WHERE HADES IS LOCATED
^v^»ws
Drummer is Confident He Knows the Spot and Give* Good Reason Co*
His Assertion.
The burning of a mail ear era the
Kew York Central road near Syracuse
reminded a man who read of it of the
burning of a sleeping car, and that
;ed up to another story touching upon
he geographical location of hell.
“I left Quebec in the face of a snow
fall late in the day, for St. John, N.
B.,” ho said. “There was only one
sleeping car on the train. The route
was the old Intercolonial railroad,
which I "believe was built primarily
for military purposes. At the time 1
speak of the sendee had not been
noticeably improved.
’tl turned into my hunk early ;tn Che
uight tto keep from freezdng. Fre
quently 7 heard and felt tho train
creeping along .as if the engineer had
dost his way.
“About 3 o'clock in the morning the
conductor etirred me up with the in
formation that the car was on fire
and we would have to turn out. None
of the occupants sepmefl alarmed or
Inclined to move. We got up leis
urely.
‘As soon as we got our traps to
gether and passed into an ordinary
passenger ear ahead, the train was
uncoupled from the sleeper, and we
simply watched the coach burn until
there was nothing left except its
iron frame. This the crew removed
from the tracks and then our train
pulled out.
‘‘There was no system of heating
coaches on the Intercolonial at the
time of which I speak except by a
wood stove. All the fuel was con
sumed and the passengers huddled
find chattered and swore the balance
of the night. One man froze his nose
trying to look through a frosted
{lass. r
“The engineer made no effort to
make time. We got to an eating sta
tion about 10 o’clock in the morning,
four hours late. The chap who ran
the place had given us up and gone
to bed.
"We routed him out and he gave
me what he hud prepared. It was
frozen; everything was frozen. It was
Sunday, and tae Scotch Sunday laws
were in force, so that we could get
nothing to warm ns up. The chap
who ran the rating house said he had
do fuel with which to prepare coffee.
“We reached St. Jonn some time
after noon. We appealed to the land
lord to give ns toddy, but the wretch
said it was Sunday and he couldn’t
do It. He finally told us a place Just
outside of town where one of his
countrymen ventured to violate the
law.
"I hired a sleigh and drove about
five miles, according to the drivers
count, but I don’t think he had any
more conception of distance than he
had of the canals of Mars. When I
got to the shanty on the outskirts the
proprietor informed that every drop
of liquor in his place was frozen solid.
“In a fit of disappointment I cried
out:
“‘This is hell'
“The old proprietor replied: ‘In
deed, you are right. This bit of cold,
air. lias so completely upset all my
religions belief about hell that I did
r.ot venture to church. From my youth
up 1 have been taught to believe in a
hot hell; but you are. right, sir. Hell
is a place where they freeze the tip
ple.’
“I was in po mood to appreciate his
wit.
"’Hefl,* I said. ‘Ir In Canada, on the
Intercolonial railroad, and in SL
John.'
“He looked at me as kindly as he
was capablo of looking and replied:
“ ‘We differ geographically, but we
are agreed on the main issue. It's
hell wherever the whisky freezes.'
“Like the little cottage girl of
Wordsworth, he would have his way,
and I left him so.”
Malice can always And a mark to
shoot at and a pretense to fire.—Sim
mons.
WONDERS OF HYDRAULIC MINING
Streams oi Water Given Force Sufficient to Dislodge Immense Boulders
of Rock.
.In some parts df .the west there are
great hanks of pebbles and boulders
In which gold is to be found. Lt is
not there as nuggets, or even as ore,
but as fine particles that have been
washed down Into the depths of the
hills by the long-continued action -of
•.natural forces.
This gold cannot be-Obtained by the
iiisual methods of the miner; it would
not pay him to adopt them, because
the particles are so fine and .are so
scattered that the time consumed In
getting them out would be worth more
tthan the product.
To the successful working of .these
•great pebble cliffs the miner ha6
adapted a stream of water, which does
the work thoroughly unaided by any
force except its own.
In many directions, away up on the
surrounding hills, sluices and water
ways are constructed, so that the lit
tle streams and rills will send their
waterb down to a reservoir which is
built somewhere within 300 .or 400
yards of the cliff that Is to be worked
and 100 or 150 feet above it. The
reservoir having been built, an iron
pipe, varying in diameter from six to
twenty inches, according to the work
that is to be done, is laid from it to
what is called the working level; that
Is to say to the point from which the
workmen will direct the stream thus
.-onveyed to them.
At Ibis point a piece of machinery
la built, which weighs from one to
three tons. and the frame on which it
rests is not only securely anchored to
the ground, but is weighted down
with ten or fifteen tons of rock. And
yet lt is merely a nozzle jointed to the
•ron pipe that brings the water from
the reservoir. Why it is so heavily
weighted down will soon be seen.
The nozzle, heavy as It is, is so con
structed that it may be directed at
any part of the cliff by the hands of
one man; and yet if it should, by any
unfortunate accident, get out of the
man's control, and the water be not
instantly turned off at the reservoir,
it becomes as unmanageable as a tor
nado.
When everything is ready the sluice
gate at the reservoir is opened and
the water begins to run with head
long force down the iron pipe and
ont at the nozzle, which generally has
a diameter of about eight inches.
The plpeman turns the stream on
the cliff, and pebbles and boulders,
some of the latter weighing more than
a ton, are knocked down and scattered
about like corks in the fury of a hur
rieane.
The foree of this stream is almost
incredible. It has no power behind it
but its own gravity, and as it strikes
the cliff it makes a roar that may be
heard for more than a mile. It will
wash down more “pay dirt” In one
day than 10.000 men could handle with
the old-fashioned “rockers.”
As the water comes from the nozzle
5i Is like solid Ice. Try to stick a
knife blade Into it and the knife will
be jerked from the handle. Try to
thrust a crowbar into it—and a strong
man may succeed in getting the point
half an inch in. but the bar will be
wrenched violently from his hands.
Nor could the strongest man that lives
drive an axe into the stream further
than half an inch.
Sometimes a nozzle will tear itself
loose from Its fastenings, and when
that happens the stream deals destruc
tion and death all around it until some
one shuts off the water up at the rea
ervoir.
SIMPLICITY OF DR. LORENZ.
Great Surgeon In No Way Inflated by
Hia Success.
Probably no one who has encoun
tered Dr. Adolf Lorenz, the eminent
Vienna surgeon, has failed to be
struck with a certain simplicity in his
manner that differentiates him from
the more familiar type of medical men
In this country, whose sphinx-like vis
age and air of Impenetrability make of
Mm a colossal mystery to the layman.
Dr. Lorenz appears to he frankness
impersonated. He is Just a man who
has by hard work learned to do a
thing or two better than anybody else,
and ie not at all puffed up about it.
Not a young doctor saw him operate
but was greatly enthused and encour
aged. And through all his clinical
work there lias run a refreshing cur
rent of humor that on occasions has
fairly convulsed his heaped up audi
ences.
At one clinic Dr. Lore , z was ex
plaining how a little girl w.io had been
operated on for double dislocation of
the hip, would be able to move around
in play, notwithstanding that her legs
were held by plaster casts at right an
gles with her body, with the limbs free
to move only below tie knee. To
the amazement of everybody there,
particularly the big wigs cf tac pro
fession, Dr. I.crer.z, to illustrate, as
sumed a squatting attitude, with his
legs Is a position like that of the little
girl, and executed a comical hippity
hop around the room.
"Like a lcctle tend,” he said, in his
dislocated English, and a roar ol
laughter went over the assemblage,—*
New York Mail and Express.
“Another Day Tomorrow.”
Where Is the wisdom of worrying,
even if the task on which you are en
gaged is not completed when the sun
goe3 down? Why complain if the
pleasure you were expecting has not
come at nightfall? There is another
day tomorrow. The work will be fin
ished in due time, and the joy de
ferred will be all the sweeter when it
comes.
Few young folks enjoy waiting. Pa
tieace is a slow plant to root. You
want to see the result of your work
at or.ce. If you have set your heart
on a pleasure, you are eager to enjoy
it immediately. If today is disap
pointing, it Is hard to find comfort in
tie fact that there is another day
tomorrow.
Taking the year together, there is
mere sunshine than rain. If today
the skies are gray, that is a good rea
son for expecting them to be blue by
another morning. The longest lane
has a turning, and no trial lasts for
ever. What if things went wrong to
day? Cheer up! There is another
day tomorrow.
Quite the latest idea in summer liv
eries for servants is that of a titled
English woman whose coachman and
fcotman '.'-■ar white drill liveries with
white pitch helmets or solar topee3
| during the hedted term.
A Recipe for Becoming Popular.
In the game of social success you
hold a trump card if you are just
ahead of other people in the latest pop
ular fad.
Then, too, be able to do something
and to do it well. A hostess likes aj
girl who can help her out in entertain
ing guests.
But if you want to climb, make so
ciety's fads your own. A girl got into
one or the best sets in the city, though
she had stood mournfully without the
gates for a long time, by making her
self expeit in ‘'bridge" when it first
started. She saw' at once the possi
bilities of the game, mastered it thor
oughiy, ami when fashionables went
crazy over it she was welcomed every
where enthusiastically as an expert
and authority. Differences in social
positions were thus bridged, as it
were, by this clever girl, and all her
friends are yet wondering how she
managed to get Into Mrs. Tiptop's set.
Another girl who was a local fail
ure at home became quite a sensation
in Tendon and a reigning favorite as
well by the enchanting way In which
she sung "coon songs" when the
vogue was in its infancy.
So when a fad comes along scan it
carefully to see if it is likely to take.
If you are convinced It will, get into
the game at once. It will help you up
the social ladder to be au fait in such
matters.
MADE HIM MAD.
While on an automobile trip State
Senator James K. Flood of Hart. Mich.,
met a mounted Indian whose horse
appeared much frightened at the ma
chine. The senator called out: "Joe.
is your horse afraid?" Naw; heap big
fool. He only mad, he t'lnk you take
his job.’”
A Struggle for Life.
Eagle River, Mo., Jan. 19th.— Maggie
E. Decker, a hard-working woman 49
years of age, whose home is here, has
just gone through a thrilling battle for
her life. Many another would have
lain down and died, for lor twelve long
years she has suffered the most awful
pains.
She h:.d Kidney Trouble and Rheu
matism. combined with a very dis
tressing stomach trouble. At last she
got so bad that she could not sleep,
for she ached all over, and was so
lame that she could scarcely walk.
She spent over a hundred dollars in
different medicines, but only to he dis
appointed, for everything failed to help
her.
At last, however, just when she was
beginning to despair of ever finding a
remedy, she heard of Dodd's Kidney
Pills and bought six boxes. She says:
“Now l can eat well, sleep well, and
am feeling splendid. God blesB Dodd’s
Kidney Pills, for they saved my life.
My troubles were many, but Dodd’s
Kidney Pills cured me completely.
Rut for them I surely would havo
died.”
Admittedly there is no standard of
greatness, hence the difficulty of decid
ing who are the truly great.
NO MORE TICKET SCALPING IN
CHICAGO.
Illinois comes into line with New
York and Pennsylvania in vigorous
action against the ticket scalping
thieves and forgers, three having
boen sentenced on Saturday, In Chi
cago, after a fortnight's trial, one of
whom, profiting by his experience,
pleaded guilty to a second indictment,
while the trial of the ethers will
doubtless proceed to another convic
tion. Chicago has long been a favor
ite field for ticket speculation, and a
blow against the nefarious practice
could nowhere have been landed more
effectively. The persistent and unit
ed efforts of the leading railroads of
the country to exterminate the busi- !
ness, which is simply one of petty lar
ceny, robbing the poor and the wage
earners, are bringing most satisfac
tory results.—From the Brooklyn
Standard-Union.
Young Farmer—Are you fond of
beasts. Miss Sweetleeps?
Miss Sweetleeps—0, really, Mr. Paw
ker, if you mean this as a proposal of
marriage, you must speak to mamma,
please.”
WHEN DACKS ARE BAD.
Bad backs
are caused by
sick kidneys.
Most back
ache pains
arc kidney
pains.
Backache Is
the first
symptom of
kidney disor
ders.
Neglect the
warning of
the back, se
rious troubles follow.
It’s only a short step to urinary
derangements — diabetes, dropsy,
Bright’s disease.
Read how to be cured:
CASE NO. 34.613.—Mr. Joseph
Calme3, foreman of the Harter mills,
Fostoria, O., says: "I Just as ardently
recommend Doan’s Kidney Pills today,
and it is the month of October, 1899,
as I did in the summer of 1896, when,
after taking a course of the treatment,
they cured me of kidney complaint
and backache, which was often so
acute that I was unable to sleep at
night and had difficulty in remaining
on my feet ail day. 1 am still free
fioiu the lumbago or any annoyajee
from my kidneys, and unhesitatingly
declare that 1 am only too pleased to
le-endoiso my opinions of Doan s Ktd
x ey Pills."
A FREE TRIAD of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr. Calmcs
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster-Miiburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price 50 cents
per box.
Almost every fool thinks that he
is bright enough to throw dust in the
eyes of the Divine.
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.new OKI.nANd «ou return, ... raw
HAVANA, t l; BA, BUii return, - diA.IB
The *r»uve tpetlal rnten aid ninny other* with
loutt limit* and amp ul er» on taw Feu. nth to
2Vud Incluahe. All Inturinaitou at Wabaab Lily
oOlce, taut Ft ruam St., or auareaa.
It A BUY E. MOORES,
(inn. Agt. I'aa» llept. Omaha, Nebr.
When a man takes the public into
hi;, confidence he should be careful not
to betray it.
AI„L UP-TO-OATK lltH NKKrriTRN
Use Tied < ’roes Hall Hltie. It makes clothes
dean unit sweet as when new. All grocers.
When a man realiE's his folly the
chances are even that he will amend
It.
TnaXlermy and Far Ilrraalnt
Overcoat* and robe* made to order. Cow hldea
a specialty.
O. R. GILBERT COMI’ANT.
1424 South 13th St. OMAHA. NEB.
Telephone F-1814.
"Fine feathers make fine birds.” hut
without the feathers no one would
care to harbor them.
I _■
UNION MADE
W. L. Douglas makes and sells more
men’s $3-SO and $3.00 shoes than any other
two manufacturers In the world, which
I proves their superiority;
; they are worn by more
people In all stations of
| ll/e than any other make.
Because \V. L. Douglas
isthe largest manufacturer
he can uuy cheaper and
produce his shoes at a
lower cost than other con-,
corns, which enables him'
to sell shoes for &I.50 and
>1.00 equal in every A
way to those sold clse-^fl
where for $4 and S3.00. JESS
\V. L. Douglas 93,30 kH
ami $J shoes are worn by thousandsof men who
have been paying 84 ami $5,not believing they
could got a tirst-class shoe fur #3.50 or 83.00.
He hac convinced them that the style, fit,
and wear of his $3.50 and $3.00 shoes is just
us good. Placed side by side it is impossible
to see any difference. A trial will convince.
JYotle* Increase rsMStln: Ste.rSOK.MMlI.Ul
In RihImcmi iwsslrt: lt.V,0*4,S4(l,U0
A train of atlS,*KO,«ft«l.?» In Four Years.
W. L. DOUGLAS $4.00 CILT EDCE LINE,
Worth $6.00 Oompared with Other Makes.
The beet imported ant American leathers, Heul'e
Patent Calf, £namel, Bax Calf, Calf. Vici Kid, Corona
Colt, and national Kangaroo. Fast Color £ueiets.
Pailtlnn • The ftenulne have W. I., DOUGLAS
wOUIIUII • name and price stamped on bottom.
A hoc* ho mail. Me. extra. Illus. Cataloo/rrr. _
W. I.. nol Ul.AS, HUOCKTOJV, n ASS*
The romance of love Is a nower that
may produce either a erabapple or
perchance a nectarine.
RED CROSS KALI, 111,I E
Should bo in every home. Ask your grocer
for it. Large Vi oz. package only 5 centa.
There are times when the fool-killer
needs an assistant.
Stops the t ough and
Works Off the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Frice25c.
An incessuut talker Is seldom with
out enemies.
I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds —John F
BoVBh., Trinity Springs. Ind., Feb. >6. loott
A good listener is never without
friends.
If you want creamery prices do as
the creameries do, use JUNE TINT
BUTTER COLOR.
Even repartee wins popularity with
age.
eiTO puirnanentiy euren. Nn St* or nrrronrneM after
rl I O llr>t day'. line of Hr. Kline ■ Ureal Nereis Heitor,
cr Send fur Kit K K *'( Oil trlnt buttle and treatin'.
Hu- It. H Klin*, Ltd . *3\ Areh Street. I’hlladelnhla. »“*
There Is nothing so eloquent as a
rattlesnake's tail.
Mr*. V4i»«l»vr-« nootlilng Syrup.
Fur children :<-pitilnii. •often* thr auin*. reduce* In
fl»iuiiiHCkiii,ail»y» pain, cures wind colic, 2.V • bottle.
Often people who ask for public
judgment want to take an appeal.
WHKN llic IHj( STARCH
buy Defiance ami get the best. 16 om. for
10 cents. Once n«e,i slwnys used.
Some people make a great, show of
fleeing from the roaring lion that men
may not nee the secret serpents they
carry in their pockets.
AM. rr TO DATS IIOl’SF.KKKPKRB
use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because
It 1* better and 4 oz. more of it for earns
money.
It requires great caution to decide
a dispute between two friends without
losing one or both of them.
Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality, of Defiance Starch makes it
next to impossible to sell any other
brand.
A squaw's tongue runs faster than
the wind's legs.
PAINFUL PERIODS
are overcome l>y Lydia E. Plait*
Lam's Vegetable Compound*
Miss Menard cured after doc
tors failed to help her.
“ Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege
table Compound cured mo aftCT
doctors had failed, and I want
other girls to know about it. Dur
ing menstruation I suffered most
intense pain low in the abdomen
and in my limbs. At other times I
had a heavy, depressed feeling
which made my work seem twice
as hard, and I grew pale and thin.
The medicine tne doctor gave me
did not do mo one bit of good, and
I was thoroughly discouraged. The
doctor wanted me to stop work, but,
of course, I could not do that. I
Anally began to take Lydia E
Pink hum's Vegetable Compound
and felt better after taking the first
bottle, and after taking six bottles
I was entirely cured, and am now
in perfect health, and I am so grate
ful for it.”—Miss Geohqie Menard,
537 E. 152nd St- New York City.—
$5000 forfeit If original of above latter proving
ganuinenaas cannot ba produced.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound cures female ills wlieu
all other means have failed.
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