TO MY SISTEH.
'A'hat shall I wish for the3 , Beloved ?
A mind us pure as morning ac\v.
i'hat harbors kindly thoughts aha true ;
A heart that's
lilled with holy song
To cheer the sad and lessen wrong ;
A hand to raise the woalc and oppressed ,
To soothe the aching head to rest ,
To guide the young , assist the old ,
Advance the right and check the bold ;
A manner of such gracious way
That all approve thy gentle sway ;
A vciw , whose every accent tells ,
In tones more sweet than silver bolls ,
ill Of tender care for others' weal ,
Unselfish , and untiring zaal.
For maid of eighteen summeis fair ,
Life's choicest gifts are thess , and rare ,
These gifts I wish for thej. Beloved !
Flo c-i cc Holbroolt.
THE GOLDEN NUGGET.
At one of the hotels in Denver was
Ji man who has been hunter , trapper ,
miner and what not always on the
outskirts of civiliiation. and has no
doubt passed through more startling
scenes than almost any man in the
country. He still lives in a quiet
ncok among the mountains not many
miles from Denver , and lias settled it
with his own mind that ho will wan
der no more. His shyness and mod
esty make it difficult to win any of his
stories from him. but it chanced that
one evening several of his old
friends who knew him back in
Virginia before ho became a wanderer
met him there and spent the evening
with him. Ho unbent to them , and
the writer , chancing to bo present
.caught this story among others :
Oh. yes. I've lived mostly to my-
iseif. You know. Dick. I used to be
Jfond enough of company : but I hadn't
been out on the border long before I
was more solitary than ever. Some
thing happened the first year that
cured mo of whatever longing I
might have had for com | > : inioiibhip.
And if you don't mind I'll tell you
about it I have never told it to any
body else. People who toll queer
stories about their own experiences
are rarely credited , and this is a jiicer
story. I was out among1 the mines ,
but all of us were having desperate
bad luck , it just seamed that every
thing was dead against the gang of us
that wont out there. Right where
other men had taken out any quantity
of pay dirt our men couldn't find
enough , week after week , to pay ex
penses.
One of hrewd Yankees
diy a couple .
kees came in there and prospected
around a little and offered to bua
couple of claims. They were snapped ,
up too quickly by two of our fellows ,
who were glad of money to get back
home with. But the strangers hadn't
dug down six inches before they be
gan to turn out gold , and I'll jrive
ou myurd they took two good-Sod
fortunes out of those two holes.
.Meanwhile our bud luck went straight
ahead. The rich find of the two
strangers had put the others into better -
ter spirits , but it took the heart right
out of me. 1 determined not to * lriko
another lick there. When the ; nen
saw that J was determined to go fur
ther up into the mountains , th y trad
ed me a pack mule ; or iuy claim , .ind
I loaded up and started o . i had
gone about three miles. I Unnk. when
I was overtaken by Jasper Mills , a
young man belonging to the gang.
'He had another pack inule and was
in every way as well fixed as my&olf.
'Well Deune,1 he shouted cheerily ,
when he came within hailing distance.
I just concluded I'd go with -you.
That camp's hoodooed. it e\ar a dimp
was. Seems to me we'll have better
luck up trie gulch. "
I coulun t tell , just at the iirst
minute , whether 1 was glad or sorry.
1 never had been quite certain
whether I liked Jasper- hated him.
But he was a good-natured kind of a
fellow , and after a little 1 decided
that I was glad ho had come. So we
jogged along very socially until we
reached a point away up among the
mountains where tiio indications were
promising , and there we decided to
make a trial. It was at least fifty
miles from the camp we had left , I
.should think , and a wilder country no
mortal ever saw. I balieve with all
> my heat- ! , that we were the first white
men that had ever seen that country.
Wo found a kind of stiel'f on the
mountain side , though , and made a
rude hut of poles and leave ? , using
our tent for a roof , and having finished
that we went to- work , determined
.never to give up until wo had explored
.all that country.
Weil , from the first I had good
luck. I never saw things turn out
better. Every day my liitle sack of
dust got fuller and rounder. And.
strange to say , right while I was hav-
in r such success , Jasper was finding
.almost nothing. He seemed to work
hard , too. I never could understand
it. He began to grow moody and si
lent ; though ho need not have done it.
I told him over and over again that it
was share and share alike between us ,
but he indignantly refused any part
of my earnings.
"One day I was digging away at a
side hill , just above the little noisy
mountain torrent when I uttered a
cry of joy and fell on my knees , dig
ging the treasure out with my minds.
1 had come upon a 'pocket , ' and there
were three good-sized nuggets , besides
the quantity of shining dust it con
tained. As I hold up the nuggets
Jasper turned away scowling fiercely.
> VelL what of it ? ' he cried.
"There's no use of crowing over it , is
there ? '
The bitterness of his manner made
me think that perhaps poverty was
really pressing , and with all my heart
I urged him to take half of what 1
had found up to this time. I am
satisfied that I did it cheerfully and
Cordially , and he .must have seen that
I meant what I said. He seemed to
.gijpw in a better humor then and pro
tested thar ho ieode 'nothing and
* consent io a cllvlsio'n. He
would , not . . , . . _ . .
"ViJ-L r .rr11 .Vs. H > .r.V ' 1
exp.e ( fo Jt lt h aSllspg
4 > f thesejiay hesaid. , , It yras about
itiree aysWtebjflxafcJ.mhde another
v
* iP > ' * 8
lind. It was ono that almost
frightened mo when I looked at it
first it teemed so impossible , so un
real. I am hatisfied it was the largest
nucgct that has ever been found. I
could not believe the evidence of my
own senses , and stood there , holding
it up and looking at it in a dazed sort
of way. until Jasper called out :
Hello ! But that's something worth
while ! "
I was pleased with my good for
tune but after all I didn't think of it
and co crazy over it as some men
would. I had never slept sounder in
my life than I did that night , with my
treasure under my head. L'ut at last ,
even in my .sound sleep , came an un
easy dreapi i".at something was crawl
ing under my , illow. andafterawhile I
waked with a start to find some ono
bonding over mo and a hand under my
pillow , stealthily feelinjr for my hard-
won treasures. With a cry for Jasper
1 sprang up and grappled with the
robber. With an oath ho pushed a
piLtol against my breast and fired.
By the Hash I saw that it was Jasper
himself , and then all was darkness
and I knew nothing. How long I lay
there unconscious I never know.
When I woke I was lying in a pool of
blood that had flowed till it could
flow no more , and had coagulated and
finally dried. I was utterly unable to
stir. The wound was giving me
agony , and I was suffering the most
intolerable thirst. I saw nothing be
fore me but to lie there and die by ,
inches , for I was sure that Jasper had
fled and I was alone in this aolituda
Jt was daylight , broad daylight I
had been there twelve hcurs at least
perhaps twenty-four. And now ,
boys , begun one of the most horrible
o person cos of my life. I have never
been able to look back on it without a
shudder There corao times to some
of us , you know , when wo grow old in
a little while. That was one of the
times.
I was lying there , half dead and
wishing 1 could die the other half ,
when 1 heard a step. I thought at
first perhaps it was Jasper , and I felt
sure he would finish killing me and
that would be a good thing. Tnen I
wondered , idly , if it were some of the
boys who had wandered from
the camp below. And then , all
at once. 1 became conscious that it
was not a man's step at all. but the
step of bojae animal. Around and
around the house It went Whenever
it passed t. o wall near which 1 was
lying it stopped and sniffed at the
cracKs. Everything was so deathly
still tsuxt I could hear its heavy
breathing. And I lay still while that
hoirible. unseen creature went around
au-i around the cabin.
But. after all. I didn't have to
wait so long. It merely seemed long
because tnero was Mich an agony of
waiting. The door of the cabin was
made of small pules , riveted together
with wooden pins Jt had been drawn
shut but not fastened. Slowly it be
gan to move , fc-oinething was push
ing agai'isl it from the outside.
Directiy it ave way and came open
with a eric and in t.ie doorway ap
peared the head ad shoulders of a
grimly bear. I had made up my
mi'ul to dia. but not in that horrible
fash on. The mere thought of it al
most made me bwoon. bat 1 did not
swoon. 1 lay there instead , while the
bear the largest ouo I nave ever
seen , slowly drew itself into the cabin
and walked about the lioor. sniffing
here ancl there as it went and mount
ing upon ils haunches to drag down a
piece of meat from a shelf and quietly
devour it
Jt seeded an age before it noticed
me : an age during which I endured
more tortures than ever went into a
similar length of time before. But at
last it turned and came toward me.
and I closed my eyes. I can scarcely
tell you about it. My heart almost
stops beating when I think of it
That huge muzzle , nosing over my
face and neck , that hot breath on my
cheek , the whole ponderous form step
ping over nio and smelling and nosing
from the other side. Ancl at last came
the supreme moment He grasped my
arm and was just starting to drag mete
to the door , when there arose the
sound of voices a little way off. The
grizzly dropped his prey and rushed
out at the door. Twenty shots were
fired into his body and he fell in full
sight of where I laj' .
The next moment they came
pouring in. the boys from the camp ,
and they were all about me. and I
was crying like a baby and could not
say a word. It all came out then.
Jasper had gone down to the old
camp with bolh the pack-mules , and
had told them that the indications
were fairly good up our way. but that
I had taken the fever and died , and he
couldn't bear xo stay.Yhen he went
on. saying that he was off for Denver ,
the boys packed up and started for
our camp. Jus.t in time. If they
had come ten minutes later I wouldn't
bo here to-day. I had hard work
pulling through as it was.
Jasper ? Oh. ho was killed by a
Mexican before he got to Denver.
The Mexican disappeared and the
nugget with him , and no ono knows
where it is now. " Globe-Democrat
A Sons : of
The field of vVounded Knee is still
strewn with the bones of the horses
that fell in the battle there. The In
dians who cry over the graves of their
dead at Wounded Knee are said to
have a new song of mourning , which
runs somewhat like this :
He is down so deep , he is down so deep , he
is down so deep.
He can't get up , he can't get up , he can't
get up.
A South American Insect.
An insect of South America has its
fangs so like the flower of an orchid
that smaller insects are tempted into
its jaws , while certain spiders double
themselves in the angle between the
leaf stalk and the stem , and 'so ' close
ly resemble flower buds that tbjeir'un-
jusiJQcting .prey aporo jh to ttieir "de-
'
sifuctib'n. '
Burlington Excursions.
Eastern cities and
Buflinfiton pleasure resorts are
best reached by the
BURLINGTON ROUTE.
Tlio improved train
service in effect , brings Omaha within
forty hours and Denver within fifty-three
hours of New York , Boston or Phila
delphia. The numerous conventions to
be held in New York , Saratoga , Detroit
and other eastern cities during the coin
ing .summer , to which reduced rates
will apply , offer splendid opportunities
of visiting the east at an almost nomi
nal cost. The local agent of the B. &
j\I. \ 11. R. will be glad to give you 1'iir-
ther information.
Colorado's Cool Rotreats.
During the "tourists' season' ' from
July until September , the Burlington
Route has on sale round trip tictfts at
very reduced rates , to the piincipal
resorts of Colorado.
To Denver , Colorado Springs , Manitou -
tou , Pueblo and Estes Parkthe , most
attractive spot in the whole state ) , par
ticularly low rates are in force.
July and August are the best months
in which to visit Colorado's unrivalled
resorts , to ail of which the Burlinton ,
with its connections offers unequalled
service.
The local agent will be glad to give
you any desired information.
'Ihe B. & M. has extended their line
from Gillette , Wy. , to Crotori , Wy. ,
about thirty mile ? . First class stages
run from Croton to Buffalo , Wy. , and
Sheridan , Wy. , making connections
with all trains. This extension to Cro
ton reduces the distance by stage to
Buffalo to about sixty miles and to
Sheridan to about seventy miles , the
drive to other points being made in ten
or eleven hours. Stages also run from
Monrcraft to Sundance.
Nebraska State Tailors' Association ,
Omaha , July 22nd to 24th. Fare one
and a thiid rate for the round trip.
Tickets on sale July 19th to 24th , in
clusive.
Two Kinds of Women.
There are women who seem the
same under all conditions , women with
a substantial basis of phisical charms
which include nothing elusive , seductive
or spiritual. There are other women
who , placed in a dull country
town , look sallow , laded , and worn.
You would say that Venus bad never
touched them with Beauty's wand , and
that youth's fair island lay far behind
them. Yet , put them in the midst of
brilliant society , surround them with
beautiful things in the way of statuary
and rich draperies , give them the con
tact of cultured minds , and the mental
stimulus of gay throngs of cultivated
people , and lo ! they become beautiful ,
young and fascinating. They give out
a spiritual fragrance like a flower trans
planted from sand to rich loam. Such
women are not born for quiet lives or
prosaic happiness , any more than Jac
queminot roses and carnation pinks are
made to grow on Alpine snow-peaks.
Culture , refinement , sentiment , or men
tal excitement are to them what water
and care are to the plant. Without
them they fade and die. From Ella
Wheeler Wilcox's story in Demorest's
Family Magazine for August.
A man may get ever so much culture
and never get rich ; and a man get ever
so rich and never achieve culture
enough to speak polite English , or
know good poetry from bad. Now , a
money maker who has no culture is
liable to be hard put to it to get his
money's worth out of life ; and the up
shot of his embarrassments usually is ,
that not being fited by education to
enjoy the things that give pleasure to
cultivated minds , he either takes up with
less innocent amusements , or else sticks
to business because it is the only thing
he likes to do. At best he divides his
time between money making and the
cultivation and enjoyment of that won
derfully remunerative animal' the horse.
When the money has been made in a
business of large speculative possibili
ties , there are disadvantages about go
ing on , merely for amusement , after
one has won enough. Many men could
speak eloquentlyof the disadvantages
of being driven'by defective culture to
by and sell'wheat for occupation.
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Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium , Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric , Drops , Soothing Syrups , and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys "Worms and allays
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Castoria assimilates the food , regulates the stomach
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dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children.1'
Da. O. C. Osaooo ,
Lowell , Mass.
M Castoria Is the best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not
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Interest of their children , and use Castoria In
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their lored ones , by forcing opium ,
morphine , soothing syrup and other hurtful
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them to premature graves. "
Da. J. F. KracnsLOE ,
Conway , Ark.
Castoria.
M Castoria is so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
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II. A. Aucnxa , M. D. ,
Ill So. Oxford St , Brooklyn , N. Y.
" Our physicians in the children's depart
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ence in their outside practicc'with Castoria ,
and although we only bavo among our
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produuuj , yet wo are free to confess that tha
merit * of Castoria bos won us to look with
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carefully prepared UcnicUlefl. nxeil for jcnrs in
private practice and for over Ililrtr jenrs l > y the
people with entire eticcow. Every ulujjk' bpuclfio
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Ttieyeuro without < lrtigtliit'r I'i'iKliix or rciUiclux
thes > stcmaml arc lalau uuiii..luuiubuirciclgii
Uiiiillf9 of the \\orlil.
LIST nr ximatai.
1 Fovorw , 1'onBcMlor.n. InCnmnintlon.i. .25
\YurniM , Worm retcr , Worm Colic. , ii5
G G'liolorn lUorbua , Vomiting
7 t-'ouulit ) , C'oldfl. Bronchitis. . t
8 Nciiralula , Toothache. Faccache . 23
O IIontliicJifH , iilctc Headache , VcrtlKO. .25
10 Iysi > fi > wln , Biliousness. Constipation .25
11 Suppressed or Painful Perlodd. .25
12 Wliitca , Too Profuse 1'crlods . 25
IS Croup. .LaryiiuitlH , Hoarsencfs . 25
14 Suit Ithuiun , Jlryslpelos. Eruptions. .25
13 iriiuuinntlMiii.or Rheumatic Palus. . .25
lU-.Uularla , Chllb ) . Fever and Ague . 25
17-l'ilo < iBIlnd orlllecdlnff . 25
15 Oplitlmlmy , Sore or Weak Eym . 25
1 ! ) Catarrh , Influenza. Colil In the Head .25
2U-\Vlioopluir Cough./ . .25
21 Autumn , Oppressed Hrcathlng . 25
22 Ear Dinchurcca. Impaired Hearing .25
2.1 Scrofula , Enlarged Glands. Swelling .25
2 < l-iencral Debility , I'liyslcnlVeukiie8d .25
25 Dropsy , and Scanty Secretions . 25
iMJ-Sfii-SlckncHN , Sickness from Hiding .25
27-KIdner DIscunCH . 25
iiO-Soru Mouth , or Cumcer . 25
30-UrIunry AVcnJuicss , WettlngBcd. . .25
: it-l'alnfnl Period * . 25
34 Diphtheria , Ulcerated Sere Throat. . .25
35 Chronic Conceptions & Eruptions. .25
EXTRA. NtTMBEHS :
28 Ncrvon * Debility , Seminal Weak
ness , or Involuntary Discharges . 1.00
32-IiHeiiMesof the Ilcart.Palpltatlon l.OU
33 Epilepsy , Spas nw.St. Vitas' Uance. . .l.OO
Sol , I l > y Dru lnti , or tnt prat-jolit on rcfrl | > l of prtrr.
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Paid Up Capital , $5OOOO
DOES A-
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Collections made on all accessible points. Drafts drawn
directly on principal cities in Europe. Tares
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A. 0. EBERT , Cashier.
CORRESPONDENTS :
The First National .Bank , Lincoln Nebrska.
The Chemical National Bank , New York City.
first ait
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL , CAPITAL AND SURPLUS ,
$100.000. $60,000.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
GEORGE HOCKNELL , President. B. M. FREES , Vice President. W. F. LAWSON , Cashier.
A. CAMPBELL. FRANK HARRIS.
McCOOK ROLLER MILLS ,
< /
E. H. DOAN. PROPRIETOR ,
Is Now Open and Ready for Business , \ \
l gf * ! am prepared to handle all business in my
line promptly and -with the most approved machinery.
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