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THE DAILT ? BEE SATURDAY , JANUARY 12,188-1.
VAN BRUNT , THOMPSO & COMPANY ,
COUNCIL BLUFFS , - - - IOWA.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
N.
GOODS ARE STILL IN THE LEAD , AND BOUND TO STAY THERE.
It don't make any difference what our competitors say , for i
_ -Tfir5 . r our customers know the N. C. Thompson goods are \ahead \ of 3
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- f" anything in their line. The IT. 0. Thompson Ohain-Goar mower. "
The N. C. Thompson , Tounsfloss Cultivator
This tongueless Cultivator is n new implement , thoroughly tested ii"d boiuul to succeed. This Mower we will sell together with the Mower wo have sold heretofore. This Mower ia
The run by a Chain & Sprocker wheel , making it the
2sr.
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IT IS THK LATEST THING OUT , AND WILL TAKE THE PLAGE OP OTHER GEAR MOWERS.
Will be about the same ai lust year , and everybody knows that it is as near perfection us any
thing ever put on tbe market. ox *
You Should Have This Cultivator. Your Trade Needs It. 1. G.
WE HAVE A FULL LINE OP
Wo huve the Single Row Cutter , but as everybody knows the success of : these Stalk Cutters ,
N. C. THOMPSON'S SULKY AND COMBINED CULTIVATOR we will not enlarge.
IT. C. Thompson Double How Stools Cutter. "
We would like to Show Cuts of all Our Goods , but space will not permit. If yon
need a
TIEIDIDIEIR ,
The N. C. Thompson is the one you Want.
WE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO HANDLE
WE ARE HEADQUAIITEKS FOR ANYTHING iOU WANT :
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REAPERS , [ OWERSPLOVYS , CULTIVATORS , ETC.
Don't Forget ! We have the N. C. Thompson Hay Rake.
'The 3BT. U. Thompson iiav Tedder. " COME AND SEE US. IT WILL DO YOU GOOD. "The Celebrated Ketohum "Wagon. "
VAM BRUNT. THOMPSON & CO. , Nos.12,14,16 , 4th Street , Council Bluffs , Iowa , I
The Doctor's Mistajcc.
One of the old mistakes of the
profession was to think that there
were no other ways of curing dis
ease except those which had been
landed-down from former times.
It is not to be denied that the
Doctors have done great things for
the world. But when it comes right
dowrrto the real curing of disease ,
it must be admitted that Brown's
ron JBitters has done enough to
'earn 'the generous gratitude of this
whole present generation , including
the -medical profession. There are
no mysteries or secrets about the
compounding of Brown's Iron Bit
ters. This preparation of iron is the
only -preparation which will not in-
jureiteethtor stomach. In this it is
beyond comparison better than the
other preparations , whicii are mis
chievous and injurious.
I K-You need not fear a mistake in
itrying Brown's iron Bitters. Yous
druggist has it. It gives vigor to
the feeble , and new life to the dys-
'pcptic. Children take it , not only
with safety , but with great advan-
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IMPROVED
SOFT
ELASTIC SECTION
la warranted to wear longer , Cl
Illie form ivuler , and Klra tnllci
. atjfru.llrm ! thui uny othorCotu I
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paJd , < il Ml / t our mm limit for tlii-ni.
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IN BOTTLES.
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CulmJwoclW , . Buvuriu.
Pilsner. . . . . Bokomian ,
Kaiser . 'Bremen.
Budweiser. . . * . . . . . . . . > . .St. iLouis
AnhauBer . St. Louip.
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Schlitz-Pilrfaer . Milwnntee.
Krui 's , . _ . OmaV.a.
Ale , Porter. Do nestle and Rhine
Wine. ED. MAUUBR ,
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DISEASES OK THE
EYE & EAR
J. T. ARMSTRONG , V. D. ,
140i funitt ) iiwct , fpxtte faxtM Hotel , Omaba ,
LEFT OUT ON LONE STAR MOUNTAIN
IIV JI11ET JIAHTi : .
[ Continued. ]
Although a uinglo rapid glnncu convinc
ed him that the elide had taken place in
an unfrequented part of the mountain ,
above an inaccessible canyon , and roll ec-
tion iissu'rod him his companions could
not have reached that distance when it
took place , a feverish iiujnilao led him to
descend a few rods in the track of the
uvaUnclie. The frequent roccuirt'nco of
outcrop and angle made this comparative
ly easy. Hero ho .called around ; the
footle echo of his own voice aecmod only
a. dull impertinence to the significant
silence. Ho turned to reascond ; the furrowed -
rowed Hank of the mountain before him
lay full in the moonlight. To his excited
fancy a do/.tm luminous atar-liko pointu
in the rocky croviceaatari od into hfo as
ho faced them. Throwing < ] iis arm ovci
tin ) dutlgu iibovo him'ho ' uuppoited him-
flolf for a nioinent by what appeared to
ho a .projection of 'the solid lock , li
trembled ulightly. As he > rnised himself
to ito'lovnl Ins heart stopped beating. Ii
was-simply a fragment dutaohud from the
outcrop lying loosely on the ledge , but
upholding him by its own weight only.
Ho examined it with trembling fingera ;
the encumbering soil fell from its sides ,
and left its smooth and worn .protuber .
ances glistening in the moonlight. It was
virgin gold !
Looking back upon that moment after
ward , ho remembered ( hut > ho was not
diixod , duzzlud , nor startled , lit did not
coino to him as a disccnowor nn accident
a stroke of chance nor a > caprice of for
tune. IIo eaw it all in thnt supreme
moment ; nature had worked out their
poocifioduction. What thcurtfaobloon&ineH
had ussiiyud Bpasmodicallv and hclploealy
against the curtain of soil that bid the
trcanuroj the elements had achieved with
mightier but moro patient forooa. Thu
slow capping of the winter riuna had ]
loosened the soil from the auriferous rookI
oven while the swollen stream wao carrying - '
ing their impotent and shattered engines ;
to the sea. What mattered that this ein-1
glo arm .could not l t the treasure ho had
tound ; what mattered that to untie thottu
glittering stare would still tax both skill
and patience I The work was done the
goil wan reftuied evaa hia boyieti impa
tience WAS couiont wiih that. , IIe ceoo
slowly to his feet , unstrapped his lony-
luuidied ahovol from his bask , secured it
in the urovico and ( juicily regained the
Buininit , <
It was all hia ovn. Its own by right
of diacovcry under the law of the land ,
and without accepting a favor from them.
Ho recalled orea the fact ( hat it was Inn
pr 'gpectinK on the mountain that first
suggested the existence of yold ; in the
outcrop and the uac of the hydraulic. Ho
had never abandoned that belief , what
ever the otliera had done , Ho dwelt
bpmuwliat indignantly ( o himself on this
circumstance , and half unconsciously
faced dofuntly toward the plain below.
Bu + . it was sleeping peacefully in tLo full
aight of the moon , without life or motion.
Ho hwkod t the stare ; it wax still far
from midnight. His companion * had oo
doubt loag ninco returned to ( ho cabin to
prepare for" their journey. They were
perhaps laughipg at him ,
or , worse , pitying him and his batgain ,
A slight laugh ho gave vent to hero start-
loc. him a little , it sounded BO unmirth-
fill , and so unlike , as ho odly fancied ,
what he really thought. But what did
ho think ,
Nothing nieau nor revengeful ; no , they
never would say that. When ho had
taken put all the surface gold and put the
mine in working order ho would send
the them each a draft for a thousand del
lars. Of course if they were sick or poor
ho would do more. One of the first , the
very first things ho should do , would bo
to send them each a handsome gun , and
tell them that hoonly asked in return
the old-fashioned rifle that once was his.
Looking back at the moment in after
years , ho wondered that , with this excep
tion , ho made no plana for his own
fdturo , or the way he ehould dispose of
his newly acquired wealth. This was the
moro singular , as it had been the custom
of the fivti partners to lie awake at night
audibly comparing with each other what
they would do in case they made a strike.
Ho remembered how , Almaschar-liko ,
they nearly oeparated once over a diU'ur-
fiicu in thin disposal of a hundred thous
and dollars that they never had , nor ex
pected to have. He .rumoniberod how
Union Mills always began hia career us n
millionaire by a "square meal" nt Del-
monico's ; how the Itight BoA-er's initial
ntop was always a trip homo "to HOO hia
mother ; " how the Loft Bower would itn-
modiatoly plucato the parents of hia be
loved with priceless gift a ( it may bo pa
renthetically remarked that the parents
and the beloved ono were as hypo
thetical as the fortune ) and how the
Judge would make < hi first start OH a
capitalist by breaking a cortiin faro bank
in Sacramento. He himself had been
equally eloquent in oKtravogantifancy in
tlioso penniless days he who now was
quite cold and impaeeivo boaido the more
extravagant reality.
How different it might Iiav boon ! If
they had only waited * day longer if
they had only broken their rosolvus to
him kindly and parted iu good will ! How
ho would long ore this Imve rushed to
.greet tl e n with the joyful nova ! How
they woul I have danced Around it , uung
themselves hoarse , laughed down their
enemies , and run up the flag triumphant
ly on the summit of the Lone Star filoun-
ita&t How they would have crowned him
the Old Alan , the hero of the camp } How
he would have told them the whole story ,
howaomo stcango iiisinct luul impelled
him to asrend the summit , and how
another step on that summit would
have precipitated him into the canon )
And 'how but what if somebody d o
Union Mills as the Judge had been
the first discoverer ? Might they not
have meauly kept ( the secret from him ;
have solfiehly helped themselves und
, "What you oto doujg now. "
The hot blood rusted to his cheek , an
if a etrango voice were at his oar. Fur a
moment ho could not Inliovo that it carne
from his own palo lips until ho found
himself speaking. Ho we to hia feet ,
tingling with ahamu and Itt an hurriedly
to dosceitd the mcuntaiu ,
IIo would go to thorn , toll them of his
discovery , let them give him bi share ,
and leave them lorover , It wa the only
thing to bo done trango that he had
not thought of it at once. Yet it WQ
hard , very bard and cruel , to bo forced
to meet them again. What hod ho done
to sutler this mortification ? For a mo
ment ho actually hated this vulgar treas
ure that had forever buried under its
gross ponderability the light and care
less past , and utterly crushed out the
poetry of their old indolent happy exis
tence.
Ho uaa sum to find thorn waiting at
the cross roads whore the coach cumo
past. It was three miles n\ay , and yet
do could got there in time if ho hastened.
It was a wise and practical conclusion of
hia ovonings'8 work a lame and impo
tent conclusion to his evening's indigna
tion. No matter. They would perhaps
at first think ho had come to weakly fol
low them perhaps they would at first
doubt his story. No matter. Ho bit his
lipa to keep -down the foolish , rising tears ,
but still weet blind forward.
Ho saw not the bca'utiful night , cradled
in the dark hills , swathed in luminous
mists and hushed in the avro of its own
loveliness. Here and there the moon had
laid liur calm face on luke and overflow ,
and gone to ( deep embracing them , until
the whole ( ilain seemed to bo lifted into
infinite quiet. Walking on an in a dream ,
the black , impenetrable barriers of skirt
ing thickota opened and gave way to
vague distances that appeared impossible
to reach dim vistas that seemed unap
proachable. Gradually ho seemed to
become u part of the mysterious night.
he was becoming as pulseless , as culm , as
What wns that ? . A shot in the direc
tion of the cabin ! yet HO faint , HO echoless -
loss , so inefcctive in the vast stlencothut
ho would have thought it his fancy but
for the strange instinctive jar upon his
sensitive nervoa. Was it OH accident , or
was it an intentional signal to him ? Ho
stopped ; it wao not repeated the silence
ro assorted it&elf , but this time with an
ominous deatli-liko suggestion. I , aud-
don and terrible thought crosied his
ining. IIo cast oaido his pack and all en
cumbering weight , took a deep breath ,
lowered his luxA and darted hko a doer
in the direction of the challnogo ,
The exodus of the seceding partners of
the Lone Star cluiui had been scarcely an
imposing one. For the first five minutes
after quitting the cabin the procession
was straggling and vagabond. Unwonted
exertion had exaggerated the lameness of
some , and feebleness of moral purpose
had predisposed the others to obtrusive
musical exhibition. Union Mills limped
and whistled with atlecUid abstraction ;
the Judge whistled and limped with af
fected uarnestnesi. The Ixight Bower
led the way with some nhow of definite
design ; the Loft Bower followed with hia
handutn his pockeU , The two feebler
natures , drawn togetlter in unconscious
sympathy , looked vnvgoly at each other for
gupnort.
"You BOO , ' ' said the Judge , suddenly ,
as if triumphantly concluding nn argu
ment , "th ro ain't any thing better foria
youngfollovr than independence. Nature ,
so to speak , pomU the xray. Look at the
animals. "
' Thero'a a delink hereabouts , " said
Union Mills , who was supposed to bo
gifted with aristocratically sensitive nos
trils , 'within ' ten ra.'lea ' of this place ,
like as not crowing the ridge. It is
always my luck to happen out just at
diich times. I don't see the necessity
anyhow of trapesing round the claim now
if wo calculate to leave it to-night. "
Both men waited to observe if the
suggestion was taken up by the Right
and Loft Bower , moodily plodding ahead.
No roapoiiRO following , the Judge shame
lessly abandoned his companion.
' You wouldn't stand snoopin' round
instead of lottiu1 the Old Man got used
to the idea alone ? No ; I could BOO all
along that ho was takin' it in takin1 it
in kindly hut slowly , and I lockonod
the best thing for us to do wan to git up
nnd git until he'd got found it. " The
Judge's voice was slightly raised for the
benefit of the two before him ,
"Didn't ho say , " remarked the Right
Bower , stopping suddenly and facing
the others "didn't ho Bay that that
now trader was goin' to lot him have
som provisions anyway ? "
Union Mills turned appealingly to the
Judge. That gentleman wan forced to
reply. "Yes ; I remember distinctly ho
aaid it. It was one of the things 1 was
particular about on his account , " re
sponded the Judgp , with the air of hav
ing arranged it nil hinipolf with the now
trader "I remember I was easier in my
mind about it. "
"But didn't ho say , " queried my Loft
Bower , also stopping short , "nuthin'
a'tout its being contingent on our doing
some work on the race ? "
The Judge turned for support to Union
Mills , however , who under the hollow
pretenHO of preparing for a long confer
ence had luxuriously seated himself on n
mump. The Judge sat down also , and
replied hesitatingly : "Well , yea ! UB
or him. "
"Ua or him , " repeated the Right Bow
er , with gloomy irony. "And you ain't
quite clear in your mind are you , if you
haven't done the work already ? You're
just killing yourself with this spontane
ous , promiscuous and premature over
work ; that's what's the nmttorwith yni , "
"I reckon I heard somebody say suthin'
about iti being a Chinaman's three day
job , " interpolated the Loft Bower , with
equal irony ; "out. I ain't quite clear in my
mind about that. "
"It'll be a sorter distraction for the Old
Man , " said Union Mills , feebly "kinder
take his mind otFhis lonolineea. "
. Nobody taking the least notice of the
remark , Union Mills stretched out his
legs moro comfortably and took out his
pipo. He had scarcely done so when the
Hight Bower , wheeling suddenly , set elf
in the direction of the creek. The Left
Bower , after a slight pause , followed
without a word. The Judge , wisely con
ceiving it better to join the stronger
party , ran feebly after him , and left
Union Mills to bring up a week and vacil.
lating roar.
Their course , diverging from Ixmo Star
Mountain , led them now directly to the
bend of the treek the base of their old
ineffectual operations. Hero ua the
beginning of the famous tail-race that
skirted the new trader's claim and then
lost its way in a swampy hollow. It wan
choked with debris ; a thin , yellow stream
that once ran through it seemed to have
stopped work when they did , and gone
into greenish liquidation ,
The ; had scarcely spoken during this
brief journey , and had received , on other
explanation from the Right ; Bower , who
led them , than that afforded by his muti
example when he reached the race. Leap
ing into it without it word , ho at once
began to clear away the broken timbei.i
and driftwood. Fired by the spectacle
of what appeared to bo a now and utterly
frivolous game , the men gayly lotpei
aftqr him , and were soon engaged in i
fascinating struggle with the impodet
race. The Judge forgot his JamencHs it
springing Over a broken sluice box ; Union
Mills forgot his whistle in a happy imitii-
tion of Chinese coolie's song. Neverthe
less , after ten minutes of this mild dissi
pation , the pastime flagged ; Union Mills
was beginning to rub his leg when a
distant rumble shook the earth.
' [ TO 111 ! GONTINUIil ) , ]
Ilondn
IB doHigiicd to inept the wants of thoio
who need n medicine to build them up ,
give them nn appetite , purify their blom
nnd oil up the machinery of their bodies.
No other article takes hold of the Hvntem
and hits exactly the Hpot like liood'a
Snrsnparilla. It works like magic , renuli-
ing every part of the hurn.in body through
the blood , giving to nil renewed lifo nnd
energy. $1 u bottle ; six for 85.
GOMIUKUCIAIJ. )
COUNCIL ULtlXPH MAIUCKT.
Wheat No. 2 Hprhiff , 7fo ; No. 3 , Cfic ; rejected -
joctod , COo ; good domain ! .
Oorn l/oale are paving 880 for old i oni
nnil 28c fur n w.
Data In uood dninnnd atfie. .
Hay 1 < W0 00 per ton ; Mta jior lula.
Hyo JOcj light Hupply.
Corn Meal 1 25 jwr 100 pounds ,
Wood Qocxl supply : jtricoa at yaiila , f 00@
700.Cool
Cool DollvoreJ , hard , 11 CO per ton ; soft ,
000 par ton )
lluUor 1'lenty anil In fair demand at 20o ;
creamery , ! tfc.
KgRs nenty ; Blow pale at 2Uo per ilozou ,
Lard Kalrlmnk'ti , wholeyiillng at lie
1'nultry lloaily calo ; dealers are paying for
chickens Wi Wrkeys , IBc.
Vegetables Putatoos DOe ; onion * , 40o ; cab-
bagen , 1 00 for do/on ; mpploa , ready ualo
ut S GO ® ! ) ft ) for prhno xtock.
Klonr City Mow , 1 U0fe > 4 UO.
Brooms 2 U.r > @ 3 00 per doz ,
LIVli HTOCK.
Cattle 3 00@t ; CO ; calve * , 6 00@7 CO.
Hofa Local puckers are biding now and
there U a good demand fur ull grade * ; chnlte
packing , C 00@fi 10 ; mixed , -1 05(5,5 ( 00.
For juantl wu aflllclcci with Dry Trttcr of the
most otutliiute ty | a , W.n t noted by miuiy of tliu
U-ttiilijHlcUiiii ; took quantities cl mercury , puUnb
n < i aneiilc , uliUli , liue ! a ol ciiriiiit the letter ,
crlppltxl ineuji with in i cral | > olioiiaiitl ilieuirntUiii.
Iliti Tuttvr contluueil to trow wow , nd the Itthlnv
umo t made ino ra/y. In UiU condition I wai lu-
ducaUtu taUHwlIt HH'dllo. | mj the rcnult was an
antmUliIuKMttuui gralil > lnK. In few in ntln
the JoiUr was entirely well , tlio Mercurial I'olnoulii ) ;
ill out of my y > tcin ami I wa a well nutii and iluu
only to a Ut'i Uiioulllc. All lUe nutleicra tliould
UU It. JAMK.1 DUNNINO , IxmurUlo , Ky.
Ourtnatlaa oq Jllood and Hklo IL o * mailed
re oappUeio
Drawer 8 , AtlauU Oa.
r jBtKWft- * . <
And your work is done for all time
to time to como.
WE CHALLENGE
to produce a moro durable material
i'or sheet pjvomont than the
Sioux Fulls Granite.
FOK ANV AMOUNT OP
M'AC ' AD AM !
filled promptly. Samples sent and
estimates given upon application.
WM.MoBAIN&CO , ,
Sioux Falls , Dukqta.
OMAHA
Stove Repair Works ,
100 South 14th St.
lake a upoclalty of furnlihlng cattluxi * n > l repak-
iiK it T ui nf all dtscrli'tlon , wuod itorci chuiKCd to
bum cool , irtaU * , fimback dimpcrl , ic. , ooniuattr
pn band. Try o > a ol our itovq nlp kb lTe JM
clothv * drier coublncd fl.CO.
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