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About The Nebraska independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1896-1902 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1898)
January 27, 1898 THE NERBASKA INDEPENDENT It again crops out a few miles from the Dan 01 tho main river, and at Fifteen Mile creek and at the bead of the Thronday there are also outcropping of ooal. On the upper branches of tbe Stuart ooal it said to occur in the drift, and again about nix mile above the Five Fingers coal crops out on tbe bank of the Yukon river. In fact, thero li any amount of ooal in the country with which to work our precious min eral when we obtain the necessary fa duties. Character of the Country. Regarding tho surfaco of tbo country nd the diiliculties of prospecting be ays: Passing down the river in a boat one floe a succession of trees, 10, 19, 14 and 16 inobos in diameter, and he naturally oincs to the conclusion that it is a well timbered country, and so it is along the margin of the river. Hut letbim disembark and go inland and bo will find the ground covered with what art locally known as "nlggerhcads, " which consist of columns of decayed coarse grass po(!uliar to this region. Tbey are formed by tbo annual growths of grasses decaying and falling down, while year after years the roots of tbo growing grasses bind this together into an al most solid column, which stands upon a bed of mud. To walk across a nigger bead swamp is one of the most fatiguing exercises one can tako. Yon cannot walk on them yon must walk between them. Tut your foot on top of one of thorn it swuys under yon, and down yon go to your knees In tbo mud be tween them, Tbo result is that tho miners and other residents of that conn try keep as fur away from the nigger bead swamp as tbey conveniently can, avoiding it as they would tho plague, For the rest of the country, tho sur face is covered by from ono foot to two of moss and underneath tbo everlasting frost. On this a scrubby growth of trees Is found extending tip the mountain ides to an altitude of from 1,000 to 1,600 feet above tbo river. It is this which appears to those passing down the river in boats to be a continuation of tho good timber seen along tho banks. Timber that is lit for anything is scarce, and wo should husband it carefully, A great deal of our timber has already gone down the river. It was onr timber that built Circle City. Our timber has indeed served all tho purposes of tbo up per Yukon country. A largo amount of timber is required for tho development of our own resources on tho upper river, and our government should at once tuko steps to protect it for our own nso and benefit. theAt t iTJrlt where clothed with a growth of lichen on which tbo caribou feeds. Thero is no timber in tbo way hero, no moss and no brush. Tbo miners consequently keep as much as possiblo to tho top of the ridge, Kadroek I'nMpMitJng. Eedrock prospecting necessarily has to bo reserved for the winter. First tho moss has to bo cleared away, and then ' the muck or decayed vegetable mold' bas to bo picked away fur a depth of two or three feet. After two or three feet in depth bas been picked out a fire is luilt in this "bole," as it is termed, in tho evening. In tho morning the ground which bas been thawed by tbo fire is shoveled out, and in the after norm wood for another Are is procured, iu the evening another lire is built, tho urotiml (hawed by this is shoveled out Out following morning, and so on until b ilrnek i reached. H, 10 and 12 feet of tho surfaco 11 ! cuyed vegetable mutter and allu vi.il (li jiiinit of wind iu the clay, termed ii,v 1 iii! miners "muck." As soon as jt.ivi 1 ix Mruck prospecting is corn mi'iM -d that is, a pun or two of the ilirt in wiinhe.d'to determine whether it is worth "keeping" or not, as tho ref une u thrown on one aido of the bolo and tli' pay dirt on tho other. Near to and on bedrock the pay is found, which is generally not more than two or three feet deep. All the way through tho so called muck we find tree lying In every direc tion. Those trees are of tho saiuo kinds of wood aud pn-scnt the same apiiear auces of growth as those today growing on tho surface. In order to determine approximately the age of the puy dirt I have made a upetiiil study of features in this connection, but did not obtain sufficient data, nor was I thero long enough to do so, I know that trees are now growing on the surface from 100 to 150 years of age, tho roots of these vory often engirdling trees fully as old of tho same kind lying immediately Initio ih tliem. Jh math them again are other trees, and so 011 down to a depth often of 13 or J I feet. From tlds wo mut iufer that the gold deposit, or pny dirt, was made thousands of years ago, yet in it we And tbo bones of animals whiuh are still quite common iu Ui dUtrlel and of others which are found farther to tho south. 1 have iu my poMoanioti two horns of th bUm, or so nulled buiTalu, wbli h a few years ago roamed the prat' rius ti tho south and mm! of this iu tout herds. Thei were, when I got them, tit a U tter slate of prt'M'rvatlon than simi lar boms which one would pick up In Journey from, My, t'algary to M Iol, tr any other part of our prairie reloU Whi h th buffalo trtUi Ultil 1 have lUi part of Iha horn of a imam and rt f ilia In ad of atl lk, showing Iba brain isvlty, whit U Is as Wit a and well dw tb'p as that i f any i lk wbli h might te f mild lbr llay. 1 have elt t lf What I Wdlee ti m tha lit k Vrila. Iran i f lh I l n. Along with thee ar found Ilia l llii.f th iuathn, Mvvial of w huh wire 1 1 ked up i4t tba vlaltus i4 lloiunsa and H iMadii a. w lud r. In im 1 1 lhi tlalms a pinw of n tilt was found In tha v sirvak. M wMi h Mua of lha fhsH (Uli mil a lhirl ituiul ll awaf, howeier, sliicl ut aimliatly i u tur to h and lbs kit, 1'ttlf fi- i f rib as Hot iie.ia ibaa lwo Im'his In length, aud frmn U also tfjp reMy b Iiiik4 la one f the iu!l.( animals, imk as tba inouMaiit Uituofgwak I tM aot U bear wf I an; evidence of the exlstenoe of man at 1 any doptn in those creeM. Manna of Getting Oat tba Mrt, Now, a few words on tbo tnannor of gotting out the dirt in this region. As toon as tho ground is frozen sufficiently to enable us to prosecute our work with out interference from water wo sink a bole to bedrock, as I have before de scribed. Hie time this tukos is measured by tho depth of tho hole, one foot per day being counted fair work. Should we reach bedrock without finding pros pects another bole bas to be sunk iu the sumo way. and this process continued until the pay Is struck. Ono claim bolder may locato pay at tbo very first bolo. The man adjoining may have to sink many, I know of ono Instance in which 1 1 boles were sunk across tho valley without anything be ing struck in any of them. In fact, the valley was almost crosscut, as it is termed, yet a miner in tbo vicinity paid this unfortunate man 93,600 for a half Interest in bis claim, being well aware of the fact that 11 boles bad been put down and nothing found. This, I think, gives one an idea of the confidouoo the miners have in the ground on those creeks. Now, suppose pay is struck in one of the boles. The pay streak, as I have aid before, is seldom more than three feet in depth. On the side of tho bole which shows tho best indications a Are is placed, which thaws out a few inches on that wall. In the morning tne waste dirt, or what contains no pay, is shov eled out and thrown to one side, the pay dirt being placed in what is termed tho dump, which freezes solid soon after it lias reached top. This process is continued in the direction of tho best pay, a distance wbicb is governed by the thickness of the crust on top. If this is 20 feet, yoa may drift 80 feet with safety, when a now bolo or a shaft bas to bo sank and tbo drifting contin ued. In this way the pay streak is taken from underneath tbo surfaco in tbo win ter until tho water begins running in the spring, finds its way into tho shafts, and binders operations to sucb an ex tent that tbey are closed. Preparations for the erection of dame are then made and sluice boxes procured with wbicb to wash the dump, ajnlvlnf. A sluice box is about 10 incites in width and 19 feet in length, the boxes so mode that they fit into each other liko tho joints of a telescope. In these are placed what are culled rifllo bars, which are strips of wood about 1 inch square and 8 or 10 feet long, nailed to eihr at their ends. a. t bo paralle: il with each other and about one-bulf to three-quarters of an inch apart. These oro placed longitudinally in the sluice boxes, which are set up so as to baVo an incline of a or 8 inches fall per foot of their length. Into. this system of boxes a stream of water is directed, wbicb tnwt bo of sufficient volume to carry with it tbo gravel and dirt that are in tho dump. As soon as tbo sun bas attained suffi cient force to tbaw out tbo surface of the dump it is shoveled into these sluice boxes, Tbo Water carries down with it to tbo tailings, as it is termed, tho refuse that is, tbo gravel, sand and other matter which is not wanted. The gold and the black sand, wbicb is simply pulverized magnctio ore, owing to their much greater weight, fall be tween tho riffle liars and are held there. As soon as tho riffle bars are filled, so that there is dunirur of tbo irold nasslnir nviir n1 1Mi'tiuurl tsi IliA u(ll,t,. ilia ! flow of water is stopjied, and what is called thoclean up is made that is, the rifilo burs arc lifted out and tbo con tents of the tluico boxes gathered and tho block sand and other refuse sepa rated. Eitraurdlnarv htrlko. In ono instance 80 avoirdupois pounds of gold were realized from a single clean up, representing ubout $10,000 in money. This seems extraordinary, but wo must bear in mind that the dump from which this camo contained only $110,000 and took tho united efforts of five or six men at $1.60 per hour for upward of three mouths, not including tho labor of sluicing, so that although it is tremendously rich it is not exactly all profit. I saw tho other evening in one of the paper that a man who owns a claim on fcl Dorado and another on Dear creek bus sold out for $1,000,000. He went into the country a or muu with the Intention of raising sufficient money to pay off the mortgage on bis place. Well, be bas done so. lie bas not only paid off bis own inortgngn, but the mortgages . 1 1. ... i .1 1 i vi li m ui'ikoooi. Although these creeks are rich, aud as 1 buve told you more man have made homo stakes thero than anywhere else in the world, I do Imt M ih you to look only on the bright stdu of the picture, An American front rWttle came In Juno, iHUrt. to the Forty Mile with his wife, with the Intention of bettering his condition. They went out attain li July with i , 000. I was well acquaint ed with this mail, a very ileeent, lutnl llgiuit ( Imp, lie told ma one day that If ha could iiiuaiu Iu that country fnua litre to live years and go Hit with IV (ioo ha would cmiildi-r blmatdf in great lui k. Ho hits coma out with i,0oo, and after ! ling blsrlalm at both sin! and a lints Iu Um middle ha mm tludta thai there Is (l.biHI.OOU In It lute I at uti, I'n the oilier htiel, an old rUxlluiiau i f ha iiaimu f Murks bas l-et ii Iu them f II veaia I lus know a him wll, and .. wh.li be was slt k ll fsll 1 b-t iiK-tt to ak bint liuw old ha at. Huir thrae yrare, ba said. Thau I ak rd him bow baig M bal laaii luliiina. Ilia r fl wm444 In all annf the wt Id tt 1 1 Au.ulu In amwef M a qnU m as U ,.neltnr be bad nv If Hiat bis Xka ha HI4 low ka bad tii'f tt inada luola I ban a llvtiirf. ami Moil that wa Vtiy aiaaiv. 'Ifcl.vl our, IbO iqlt SllthKin, I at I tvsld a.a vi .f atailUr mm, a Dial wvuld hot bate ) bx tiM MOeh M) the Ulgbt alda. There are men in that country who are poor and who will remain so. It has not been their "luck," as thny rail it, to strike it rich, but 1 may say that that country offers to men of great fortitude, steadiness aud some intelligence an op portunity to make more money in Riven time than they could posnibly inako anywhere else. You have, of course, a good deal to contend with, Your patience will bo sorely trlod, for the conditions are so unique that tbey have surprised many who have gouo in hopefully aud have left in disgust. Thero aro many obstacles and disagree able conditions in prospecting. During tho summer and until Beptoinber the mosqui toes aro a vcritablo plague. They seem to feed on smoko. And as to flro. tbey appear to revel in it. The only way to escape them is to cover oneself With mosquito netting. Indeed, it is ira possible to prospect in the summer time unless a man be au old miner and wol hardened, for all day long, and 21 hours in tho day, those mosquitoes aro after you. It is no use trying to get rid of them. Of course they aro not au annoy anoe in tbo winter time. Ho Ae-rloultaral PoIWIItl Tbe Yukon can never bo an agrinnl tural country, for tho thermometer inks so often below 40 degrees, at wbicb temperature vegetable develop ment comes to a standstill, that only tho commonest garden produce, such as radishes, lettuce, small cabbages and mall turnips, attain sufficient size for uso. Tho Alaska Commercial company bas bad a couple of acres under cultivation in tho vicinity of Forty Mile for several years. On this it bus sows oats, but they never ripened. Oood fodder for cattlo could bo bad in ibis way by im porting barley and oats, bnt the seed would have to be brought iu every sea on, as thero is uo kernel in tho pod or hell. To those contemplating taking horses or cattle into tbo country for oth cr purposes than slaughter I would say, go in a couple of years in advance, get a favorable piece of land, clear it and prepare for the cultivation of such fod der as this; otherwise you will bare to import all your fodder. Horses have boon in uso at Forty Mile for several years now, but tho owners depend largely on the trailing companies for tho food for their subsistence, Mr, Harper bas bad several horses at Bel kirk for several years, tbo fodder for which bo cuts from ponds in tho vicinity, On this tbey pull through tho winter, but tbey aro not in a condition to do any work, Mr, Harper also bas a small garden at Hclkirk, in which bo cultivates pota toes of fair quality. To preserve them from frost be bas bad a largo blanket, as it might be termed, mode out of heavy ticking. Every evening when tbe sky is clear and frost threatens bo sus pond this just over the potato tops. This to a very great degree suMues tbe intensity of tho frost iu its action upon the potatoes, but does not save them entirely. At ftlxty Mile also be bas a small garden on which pretty fair pota toes aro grown. This spot is more fa vorably situated than is the other bx:al ity, as the tubers are closer to tho bank of tbe river with a warmer, sandy soil. Tbe forming area is, however, very small in comparison with the surface of tbe country, being entirely limited to tho river bottoms, so that all vegetable food mnst be taken into the country, as it cannot bo grown there except at an enormous cost, and therefore will not pay. Aalnial Food. For animal food there are the caribou and tho moose, but tho moose are never within 80 or 40 miles of tbo mines, so that it takes two or three days going from tho camps to hunt them. There are, too, white mountain sheep pure white In color, but otherwise resem bling very much in appearance tbo gray ones found in more southern latitudes, but with a finer horn, more nicely curv od. The carllxm, although they roam over tho bills in vast herds, uro migra tory in their nature and rarely found two successive seasons in the same place. Tbo natural products of tbo country as a fxxl supply may bo said to be val ueless when com pu red with tho demand which will soon exUt for it there. It might indeed be said that all food will have to be imported. Iu tho river are some small tUh resembling the gray ling, aud the salmon annually make their way up as far as tbe canyon, some 9,000 miles from the sea. but long ere they reach thut polut they aro pretty Well spent. The only tlinlier In the country that is fit for merentitiln purposes is spruce. There are a few poplars, which, bow. ever, are generally unfit for auything except fuel. The spruce Is soft, weak aud full of kiiols. I oauio a good deal In cotiUot with those man during my work about the creeks, sattled many of the dUpuUi arising bvlwaen them, adjustod luauy difference, and everywhere and evry 11 mo they bad the highest reapect for the law. Navsr but ono was anything unkind or uutHiuipllmeulary said about what was dona, and In that taw the oITi ndi r soon after offured a mosi ample l"'l"Hy. I think 1 can aaflyasMrt thai, taken as a whole, iknre I u mms law Idmiicm or disorder In tbe in in Is of I ha miners of that tlutrlc than thare Is la Ilia itituds of Ilia i ItlM-ns of our most Mtfhly i lulled community In this lit.-nd land. Iu riu lubm ll me My thai we have Iu I ha far Hot Ih land a al igl com irUing from e,(mu .i IOO.U00 square lulha i f iinloll iMlblllMu. Itii h 4. I.tiis w know mIiI In , aud fur ang-M are kimw many mr equally ikk may fat I fmn4 V know now thai I Lara is stiftk'Uet to supply a population uf 1 00. OOO baapla, and I look fotwaid t Seeing that litttuM in Hut Uiuulrj MltMulh krll u )! Mr, Untitle mjfs ba ttUts to Ike Wwr4 Klondike as dtwrltillte t-f Ike Tukm efunity 'Lae Ualliaouaall illiui of ika Imltaty we have Ihare la Urn Yak-a vii, ta Masr lMaitUki.iittisartaif the U tike Is aa ItiiiiuU'.aul ualliy." OIL AND ASPJ1ALTU31. VALUABLE NATURAL DEPOSITS ON THE CALIFORNIA SEASHORE. Oil Walla on the Kdg of tha , Horna of Tliom Ihiloir llg, WaUtt Mark, An Workad With I'ruflt at Kauta llarbara. Afilialtoin Iiip(wlta. The early settlers in California wore familiar with the indications of oil, which were common at various local! ties up and down tbe coast, and the as phaltum from beds in tbe sea, where this product oozed up out of tho bottom. formed an important factor in tbo house- bold economy of the ancients, In ol most every burial place on tho coast as phaltum is found. Tho natives employ ed it to mend objects which were bro ken and as a baso in which to place or namental pieces of pearl mosaic, lias gets were fastened to ollas by this moans, and it was used for endless pur poses In lieu of nails, oorduge and glue. Tbe natives on the isluuds obtained their supply from the water, and today tne rocks at various places can bo seen splashed with aspbnltum which bas drifted In, Tbis is particularly notice able after an east wind, showing that thero Is a largo area in the deep Hunts uutiiJioa channel from which uspbal 38 OILWfCMJ OH TIK SKASnOKK UtAB SiSTa tnm oozci up. Off Bedondo beach, fs Angeles county, it is extremely trouble- smo, oozing out of tbe sand offshore and drifting in. Between Santa Monica and Los Angeles there aro undoubted deposits and north of Hanta Barbara overal enormous ones. That owned by the More estate extends some distance alongshore, so that vessels run in, and tho aspbaltum is shoveled aboard, Tho quality, it is said, Is quito equal to that of the famous Trinidad ariey. At Hanta 1'aala oil wells were long ago developed, and later the oil produo log belt was found at i'nento and ujoiln at Hnminerland, below Hanta Jiurburo, where a liiuljr state of affairs may bo mm, 'Xhut the oil bcurlng strata reached out Into tho ocean so;n be;ameaptirent at riummerlund, aud tho drill scaffold logs, looking Jlko windmiJls without the wheel, began in a short time to ex tend down tho little canyon which they bud filled and to creep up tbo shorn in tbo direction of Hanta Durbura, At first they kept along tho sides of tbe bills which brcont tho ocean here, but grudu any tney tunica seaward until one more adventurous tmin tho rest rose from tho water. Tbe work was started at extreme low tide, and finally tho tall scaffolding appeared SO or CO feet from shoro, seemingly rising from tho sea. Three wells at low tido aro in tbo water and at flood tido aro completely surrounded, tbo men working on plat forms of various heights which tbey as cend wbeu working as the sea rises. The structures that are built In the sea have not yet experienced a strong south- wester, and it is assumed by some that there will be a full in oil when a heavy sea begins to tireak against the scaffold ing, lho drill is worked in tho water by an engine on the bcucb, tho fuel be ing the oil pumped up, this engine working several well. At present the most daring well scaffold stands in six feet or more of water at high tido, and thero is a rumor that others will be pUHbod out into tho shallow water near tho kelp beds. This Is probably the only place whero til is pumped out of tho ocean. Un doubtedly tho entiro count in this vi- Inity overlies oil producing strata. Off what is known as More's whurf. half a milo out, oil rises to tho surfaco In several placea, A spring of water also rushes up hero with such velocity that it cun bo taken up and used if one does not mind a slight intermixture of salt. A similar spring is known on tho Florida couNt, where it is said that a vessel can Ho alougnida tho groat rush of water and fill her tanks with freah drinking water out of the ocean, l'robably ono of the uiont extraordi nary sights of oil wells U stteu in Loe Angeles. Oil was fimt dlaeovered In tha wimteru portlou, In what wus coimidnrml a choice residence part of lho city, bui Ike muglo tho liglithouM-Hko scaffold ings began to rlw until tho laud appear ed fairly to brlitlo with them, Fine res- buicns were rultid by the proximity of lho uimiuhtly objucts, and finally tba sttotltiu was given over to I hum aud now rDscinblca certain sections of the oil region Iu IHiiiisylvaula. ( alifornlit Is without ibMwlUi'f xmI, If we einept lik'ulla ld, which cn-p out In various id.ut a, so that oil as fuel will supply a long Mi want and I mm a tVter In tho rapid duvi lopim-nt f Ibis growing i tly, rMenwfUi Anwr- t-. Ike Mwl IwiHtrtaat I a!, Noiaual In tha wrld-hil even tha Hue at i roathea lint r-euil Ma. Mar lis tl wii ii Ukt riuimh r and llunm, In the quantity if liUhl whhh -aM hroOfcli II. Iha total, limn Ilia inii f nlinn In M ty up In Nutaiulir lhtayir. wa ISA h il Mi, an lurrvMt i f 1 1 -t tt ut r Ut sa a 'It. luar i inbiMi, MIUiif i liiiidiuiii a til Imitt Ut'it Uh.l a A f.TliiMll, f,. tllt l'lllidl Idl ilHl I.A It- ItU i f I'r-.liaM f Uielelvf i f Mall' rail. lulu an tjaih li. id aeViu ! In b't that ha bat (mud a laallug 'ii in wia uiwi-pi iv mint) Aiunf - KM k jr.rTi i Llva Stock rolnU. We have board of a race horse named Dress Goods. A man who would give borso such a namo as that ought to It pursued and kicked every night by en raged nightmares. A good borso feed is a mixture ol ground corn and oats fed with moisten ed cut clover bay. It is a muscle mak log feed and eusily digested. At recent sales in Kentucky horses oi blood and training have brought excel lent price Thero will bo beuoefortl! good market for all horses that art worth tbe name, but they must be of much higher order than those offered for sale half a dozen year ago. Thi scrub horso in America must go, Is go ing rapidly. Kvery man cannot raise a race horse or fast trotter, but every man can raise a large, fine carriage borso oi a first clans suddlcr or noble, gentli draft horses of size and beauty. Tbi man who puts any or all these on tbi market will not go to tbe poorbouso. li tboycau be broken and traiued at home, so much tbe better if tbe training li perfect, The prize carload of fat steers at tbi Chicago show were Abordoen-Angusef aud sold for $0 a hundredweight Tbe national congress of stockbreed ers will bo held In J 80S in Ht. I'aul, II will commence Jan, 17 and end Jan, 83. Tbe promoters of this worthy as sociation are hoping for a gathering oi tockmon from all parts of tbe country, Mr, David MoOiunls, Ht. I'aul, is exec utive manager. OOOD TIMKH bare come to those whom Hood's Miirmiiittrlllft bas cured of scrofula, catarrh, dysNpsln, rheumatism, weak nerval, or some other form or im pure blood, IIOOD'H riLLHorsthe only pllts to . Kasy take with Hood's Harsrt parol o and yet efficient. Just try a lOe box of Caaearete, tbe $a esi uver ana bowel regulator ever I lock Hogs la Winter, Inoxi4iouccd swine breeders the mistake of either keeping maki tbeii breeding hogs too fat or too thin durlnfl the winter, it requires a keen eye and good judgment gained by careful ob servation or long experience to tell when breeding stock is in just the right condition. If too fat, the sows will bav weak pigs, and so tbey will if kept toe thin, and besides not nave enough milk to nourish them. An exclusive corn diet tends toward fatness (if tbe dam and a poor development of bone aud mascle of tbe pigs. Corn is an unbal anced ration, end a long feeding of il makes tho system feverish. Corn fed brood sows often eat their pigs, becausi their system craves different fowl, Tbe aim should bo to maintain tb brooding stock in a healthy growing con dition and with just flesh enough to keep them warm aud make them good aud strong at farrowing time. Oats make an ideal ration and may bo fed without grinding. Wheat or any of its bypro ducts is good. A little linseed meal doot sot come amiss, ltye is also an excellent feed, but be shy of com and give only few ears a day, Hoots are probably tbi cbmpcdt food that can bo fed and one oi tbo best, Tbey keep the bowels in order and tbe system in good working shape. Turnips, beets, applea, potatoes or car rots may all bo fed whole, and the bogi will eat thorn greedily, If you bavi Huge, feed freely of it. There is noth ing better, A ration of clover bay two cr three times a week is also relished. In addition to sensible feeding give warm bed in a dry, tight pen and yard or fle.bl for plenty of exercise. When handled in this way, the pigs can bo carried cheaply through tbo wintel aud tho sows will come to farrowing in tbe best possible condition and droj strong, healthy pigs ready to grow frou the start. National Btockuian. Doa'tTebaoooBplt and Smoke Tour Life Away, If yoa want to quit tobacco nalng kailr and foraver. be made well, strona-. magostlo, full ol new life and vigor, take No-To-Ilae, tbe wonderworker, that snakes wsak man strong. Many gala tea pounds In ten dars. Over 400.000 eurad, llay No-To-bae of your druirgfat onoar guarantee to eura, ooe or $1.00. Hook lt and samples mailed free. Addraae Htarliog Ilemedy Co., Chicago or New Y, McREYNOLDS (p i:,4-- Boarding- -4!; House. ii ; By Day or Wcck.Wt m 1342 N St. SCENIC LINEOFTHE WORLD DNVER,RlOjRANDe R-R-v ' Jl lis lh pul.ir Through Cjr Un to t x UTAH.CAUFORNIA jOxN fl . 1 ANt tut NODTffWFVr kfr.X s flu. si-' a II awn t r i,aN,taa. HORSE'S HOOF. From Illrtb to Ith II Boqalraa Faith ful Attention, From the birth to tbe death of the borso, says a fellow of tho Hoyal Col lege of Veterinary Hurgeons, tbe boot requires attention if it is to be kept in a healthy condition. It is before the hoof Is shod that the feet are generally neglected, and tbo animals offer ac cordingly, because thoy are young and imrnaturo, aud the bones and other tis sues aro soft and oould bo easily distort ed to suit tho conditions under wbicb tbey are kept The feet of foals and growing horses should therefore have at tention given to them, since neglect at that period often sows the seed of con tinuous trouble. The hoofs should be kept clean by being "picked out" as of ten as possible to prevent any dirt or bard substance being burled in tbe As sures of the feet They should be exam ined from time to time (say every tig or eight weeks) to detect any dofecti of shape that might be taking place. If tbe feet are not growing level and sym metrical, tbey should be rendered so by rasping away tho bora which is not naturally worn down. If that to neg lected, the animal will soon have tbi fotbxik joint bending over toward tbe cutslde, On uo pretense whatever should the front of the wall be inter' fered with, for tbe glazed coating of it urface protects tho born beneath it It bould therefore be left untouched. It would be as well to disabuse peo ple's minds of a very popular fallacy viz, thut wet, soft ground and even tnauure yards are the best places to keep Joang horses, and some would even ave tho frogs and soles pared thin to allow tho moisture to penetrate more easily. No greater mistake is made than that, for tha preservation of tbe hoof depends to a great extent upon tbe soil tbe animal was reared on. Tbo best tooted horses aro bred on dry soils, and that is undoubtedly tbe kind of ground best adapted to the healthy growth of born. Young horse require plenty of eer oiso, and unless they are allowed it tbe growth of the born, etc,, is sure to ba defective. Then the question risee, When ought a horse to be first shod! Tbe answer is, when the work required of tbe animal wears the born away faster than it is formed or grown, or, In other words, so long as tbe bom of tbe foot can stand tbe wear required, 11 will not need protecting (shoeing). Moreover, if the young horses are not hod so early they will not be worked so bard, and fewer would be ruined in their youth, as is too often tbe oaee at the present time. Many People Cannot Drink eoffeeat nlirfit. It spoils their sleep. You con drink Oroin-O wbn yonplnoee and sleep like a top. For (Jrain-O doee r ot stimulate; it nourihes, chews and feeds. Yet it looks and tastss like tbe best coffee. For orvous parsons, young iopla and children Grafn-0 Is the pr feet drink. Made from pure grains, Oet a pocknge from your grocer today, Try ' it in pliC4 of Coffee, 1 & end 25c, The corning of the Trans-Mississippi Ivxriosltioo at Omaha, is I'Miksd upon by Nebraska people who have farms, rauchea, town prooerty, etc, to sail a affording n grand opportunity to sell out to lh thoosandsof bomfteM-kftrs who will come there from the east to see tbe products of tbis and other states, 'Ji mIiow that Nabraak will make there will be Hie means ol Inducing a large Immigration from the eastern and middle statin, who will buy thousands of Ni drunk a (arms within tho next year' A co-operative land sale company baa Ixa-n organized for tbe purpose of pre paring a descriptive catalogue for the benefit of oil who dim I re to sell. These catalogues will be placed In the bands of every bomeseckur who visits the exposi tion. Further notice of this corn party will ap pear la this paper next wdek. Thi fowKfot tha f'raan. One of the moat n-markible euccesaee In the hlatory of advertising is that of (Hue unit a Candy Catliane, the famous ideal laxative now found in every lioma, nbnolutely unknown two years airo, this wonderful preparation achieved a sulalii 1HU7 of over 21,000,000 boxea, mid indientioua are that over 5,000,000 boxea will b sold iu 1H0H. It le a oae of undoubted merit made known to the world by then ol printer's Ink. The lit articla In the world will not sail uo leaa ita virtues ara aprend broodcaat throuKh tha newepnpre. No better il lustration could be found, on the other hand, ol the euceeee awaitiog anyone who has good preparation aad will ad-vi-rtleelf, than Cneearela Candy Cath artic, the inoet (airfeel preparation of tha day, llmntiwliir'i S-ieurelita via Itarllagtoe llaala, On Kebruary 1st and 16 tha Hurling ton will axil round trip lli kxta to all points In Indian Territory. Oklahoma Territory and Texas, and to certain Hiinta In Arlioun, Arkanaaa liuiaana, klieemirl and New Muleo at tutelar, jilua J 1Mb l ull Inlormatioa regwrdleg llmita, alaivera, ale-, at H. A III. deHit or slty ottlee, rtirner tland Tenth etiwt, tlan, W, IUishh i, C, I. A T, , ' . r - m m 9 m mm m . . KLONDIKE. I