TTTE OlSFAITA DATLV r EE LMOlSTr > AV , JULY" 5 , 1807.
failure two Immense * tar will be added to
Ji'obrasVa s great roneum ton That pack ng
hotim In addition to thoie already at South
Omaha will make that < ity spmnd only to
Cli ace a i a packing renter and fat nto < k
inarUft 1 ? will cost OVIT $ lOOt > COO an 1 give
employment to over 2.00CI men. ThU will
I'rr.viy benefit all NVbrarti nnd adjoining
e n > r-t Ami the said fulmar factory will g-lv. '
n rra 'v market for what will be a nurc and
jirifl atIP prlnrt nf : \ > brj ka and with the
raiiroals centering Into that point It will he
of ei v a c jw to a great portion of the utale.
U tviil hr.oiup In n short time the great refin
ing inter foi refining the crude product ot
tlip many factories whlrh may In Hie near
fui 10 tiring tip tbroiiglirtilt the plate , and
J , t.raHi < i wuh It * varied Industries will bo-
O'im th banner atato In thu union All this
Is int i mere possibility , but a probability.
Te , stand up for Nebmkal
VI. AM ) II I'l
Then nri bombs In the affairs of nation * ,
wtiK-'i if tnkin In the hand , lead tip to am-
1/ii'n'i n
Tins In the ono elny of the > ear In which
cvrrv < nnll hey and tint a few old boys
eld'ii1 to prove * themselves crackcrjiirks.
N < w York IB going In hcnvlly for rubber
tires i n carriage wheels nnd uibbT horif-
Khoo * ThuB a choril of hurmony with rub-
berimki Is established.
i ot'on-iallcd democrats" Ii the title
Senai'ir Vest bestows upon thn members of
Ills own party who voted for prolictlon to
c " in ntid other farm piodocts.
llur ire other vvnjs of promoting "Rood"
7ml i i tluin the plnn operated by Generals
llnrim f'ronk nnd others l"lvo Minnesota
liravs absorb" ! ! tnoilKli hair oil the othci
d.tr ' i i mire an elegant growth uf muss
on tin i r shrouds.
Ii.li . ! ! in > , the hobo millionaire. Is down
In H ( i.n'iiH luylng In a latpc numbeof
Jir v JIKS Mr. Hi-try Is an advanced pro-
liiblM.imst . who thinks thu beat plan of pro-
iiijMnc the rautc and cotitiauing u happy
Uoitl' ' ! - < t" iibfo'h all the boore In Bight.
Speaking of Icng reigns , the New Vork
Tnimrn dions that the llgvptlan I'haroah ,
v. ' . i i i. . r , allied \braham. held on to the
trron for iiliiel-nliie jrara rortitn.ilely
Am MI- upcclal ambassador , the 'lilbune ,
( .id DO it icli andrlngham before thu jubilee
lawn purtv
Stnaior .1 v > eph Ilawley , when In the class
of 47 In Hamilton ( N. V ) college , was at
the In ad of a band of sophomores who stole
tinrniii'Ki ! bell. For lifty jeais the names
of tin perpetrators were kept seciet , but
ul the ri'i'i-nt reunion of the class they were
Iliad ) pill. IIC.
Hi" aiixloun Souse of 1'rof. Gllbschln
poked him In the small ribs at 1 a m and
w Inspired , "Pome-thing Is moving down
n'ali" ' ' Mrs C'.llbsclnn , " e\clalniL'd the
mge of Saddle Creek , "can you not compre
hend ttie law of gravitation ? That Is per-
Bplialinn flowing tu the cellar. "
Mr Huneker tclU a Hlcty of Herbert
Sp > m ur pliyltiK billiards with an antagonist
who tan out without giving the philosopher
n chain u to handle his pin"Sir , " ild Mr.
SSpotii er , "a certain ability at games of skill
l nn indlratlon of a well-balanced mind.
but adroitness such as jou have just dis
played Is , I must inform vou. Miong pre-
cumplivu evldenco of a % . .ii qienl youth. "
IOV'S K.MTII lr.vS ! OI-TICI M.S.
Sioux City Journal' If ex-Secretary of
Statn McKarland has anj bombs to explode
ho should not forgot that this Is the fire-
vorktt n'OhOii of the year.
Sioux d'y 'limes' Commencement of suits
ag. lust MoTarlacd and Spauldlng by the at-
tornej geporjl of Iowa SIMM assurance to
thu people that Iowa Is Junt aa able to punish
thoi < 9 who betray the confidence of the pub
lic us Nebraska or South Dakota.
Da\enpprt Democrat. Attornc ) General
llemlov 'us brought suit agaliMt e\-Seeretar >
of State McFarlaml on thi > ppeelllc charge of
defram'inf ' the state. Now let the iittuiney
Kiiuoral push the prosecution. If Mr. Mc
Karland has anything to say In self-defense.
If others arc as guilty as he Is , let him have
nil the facts brought out.
Dubmiue Telegraph The attorney general
nf Iowa has Instituted a chll flint against
ox-Sei retary of State McKarland to recover
from him for the state money which he l
nlloged to have extorted from census em-
jiloyes and put In his pocket. The petition
liraetirallj charges Mol'arland with a crime ,
nnd U U unmerited lenicncv tint lit is net
inado the defendant In a crlnilml as well aa
n civil nitloa.
Davenper' ' Republican' The state has sued
Euel J Spauldlng andV M. Mcl'arland
Tlio attorne } general s-eeKs to recover STi.OOO
from thu bondsmen ot each Suel J Spauld-
Ing was secretary of the pharmacy cominl&-
lon and embezzled JIS.OW helouglnp to the
, tale ac Is Hell known. The suit against e\-
Seciitary of State .McKarland charges , him
wl'h ' giu-s mUconiluet In olllce and Is the out.
growth of the Investigation of last winter
The sul's ' are both civil actions Spauldiiig
la chaiged with embe7/lemeiit and Secretir >
.MeKailand with having compelled certain
pi.rcon emplo > od by him In census work to
divide their salaries with him The sum
asked U In lieu of damages.
i\iM.osivns.
Indianapolis Journal- Tommy 1'avv , what
Is the dllTerenee between "well" nnd
11 r I'lBir Well , I Imvii noticed tlmt 'ibout
the onh time jou can be depended on to lie
KOuiii Is uhtn > ou me not feeling well.
CMiaco Tribune : Imposing l'er = onnBo ( lit
tlu > queen's jilblleo ) Sir , you are obsliMctlii ) !
the public view of me !
ICiii.IniliosliiK' | ] 1'erhonage Sir , the pub
lic did not cam 1 1 hete tu see you. it ctum
to see Ve.
"Sir. 1 inn General Miles ! "
"Sli. 1 am Richard Hauling n.i\l ! "
Clilcigo Hecord' "Well , doctor , how'f
over ) thlpi * ' If your business gno < l ? "
'N > t ' ' ; but 1 oiin always boom it
Iiy K"IIK | INhiiiK : all my patients get slcl ; II
1 lake a day off. "
Detroit Kiee 1'res : I'arki I liavo a Joint
account In th' ' bn.k with my wife now. "
Lane -Good ! Von maku nn even thing ol
It , ehri
" \ri I p'lt the money IP nnd she draw
it out.
\V Islington Star : "Von say that you
want monev to buy food for a hungry mini
whose fiice vuu never saw 'ip to tliH tl'i.e1 '
Yen sli. ii'plled Meandeilng Mike.
" \\lieie la hii ? "
Hi s Btandln' iluht heie , " was the hesi
tating ii'ply. "I'm him. "
I'ltthburg fhronlcle : "J Addhon ! " "Yes ,
plre' " ' "I wish you would watch the news
papers i-aiefull ) and cut out for my In-
Hpectlon all the commencement e.ssaya ami
orulloiiHou llnd " "Ye ? , your excellency ,
lint m.iv I Imiulrn why you want them ? "
"L'ertii' il > 1 want to know how to dis | > os < '
of certain grave questions which are pressIng -
Ing ( or solution. "
Household Words "Do you think > oui
Ulster liKT'H me , Tommy ? " "Ve- ; she stooil
up for > 'Jii at dinner" "Stoodip for me *
AVuH iinvbody E\iylitK anything agaiiiiit me ? "
"No , untiling much rather wild he thoiiK-hl
you were lather a donkey , but tds got ill
mid said you weren't , and tnld father lit
might to Know better than to Judge a man
by his lookJ , "
Cincinnati Knqulrer"Hrother , " -Mid the
minister gently. " > uu Miould n'.ul ynui
lilble more 'i * lduo\i-lv Hrother Hnrrouglis
- your next dour neighbor , by the wa > -
never lets n da > < pass without n pennil , al
least of his i > i > ; iy of holy wilt" "He may
rend hit ullile nil right. " tiald the delln-
qiient. "but he always borrow H jny news.
Tim ni < A.Mi : .
There never WHH a mortal yet
Who didn't dity he had
Kniotlons of Inteiise rerret
Her.ui'e this world Is bad
Hut somehow , man can llnd no way ,
ll.s Htandanls to exalt ;
The Individuals nil ay
"It s other peopled fault ! "
TIID iii\ .
\Yaililngton Star.
MVhcn In the conrsa of human ewnts"
Then came a deafening crash ,
As If the big world
1'rum Its orbit weie hurled
AnO v\eru utterly golnt ; to smash !
"Come hither , my lad , fop you surely musl
know
The rest of that powerful speech ,
And Its place with the duy
Which we now- make BO gay
\Vherevir our banner * can rvuch. "
flo jv > u * > il while a great cannon crackei
lie lit.
And then took n moment to hoot ,
"You aru mixed in jour dates ,
And ) our futta are not mutes.
\YVn not liure to orate , but to shoot. "
Pulse of Western Progress.
| tle IvptROii , a ran lur 'iv.ng ' on M. N ll s
1 l 'aud ' started from her for home In i klff
j today. snyH the Taconiii eorresponJcnt of the
lixaralncr. Ills nuly cargo was a quarter
of a IIOK that ho Intended to nalt down for
batching when the long days of winter come.
As he pasted Stcllacoom hu noticed a largo
school of porpoises all about hli little craft
and soon discovered they \vcrc following
him. When ho reached mlJchanticl the
school , numbering about 150 , began to close
In on him and two ot the bluest outs
worked up close alongside the skiff. Ivorson
by this time was pretty well scared and
bent hU oars like a good seafaring Swede.
Hut the Heel-tailed sea plgi were too swift
for him. As ho drew opposite the United
Slates penitentiary ono of the two big leaders -
ers tihot out of water Into Ivcrson's frail
craft , knocking the rancher overboard ,
breaking one of his rlba and ui < ettlng the
skiff. The other big fellow grabbed Iver-
son's quarter of pork and started to mike
off w Ith It for deeper water. The rest of the
school started lo lam him as otitpoipoise ,
and for an Instant there was a miniature
maelstrom , with Ivctcion and the big por-
polso as a storm center Iverson , by a
despciato effort , nnnaged to swim out and
made a landing. Dr. .Macklin on of Stelli-
coom was sent fet , driwed the man's
wound ? and eavs that he will be all right
again In a fo\v dajs Iverson says ho will
sell hla ranch cheap , and he has forsivoni
meat for as long a time aa he must live on
the Inland. While the sea light was a seri-
ou olTalr for Iveiuon , It furnished much
aniiisi-inent to a [ Mity nf excutslonlsts who
watched It as a safe distance while on a
wajboat fiom Tacoma lo Olympla.
xi\v I'LAcnu MINI : IN .MONTANA.
The little town of Harlem , ot Chateau
county , Is all cxclteim-nt on account of the
discovery of a rhh placer mine In the
C\ press hills but a few miles distant from
the town. The leport had been carried Into
thu sui rounding country and mau > are
preparing to leave for the scone of untold
wealth. The exact location of the mine Is
about live miles from Malta In a direct
line to the hills The news reached here
this iftornonn through John Meier , an old
mining' man , who came In from Ilailiin to
purchase an outllt ami who proposes to
stall for the hills at oiue. The discovery
was made bj two ( ! ermi > tis named Itudolph
and Oils Helm , two prospectors who for
oevetal months pist have been working
In the hills and waking a good living
Aleler reports that a wash of six davs re
sulted in { . 'W and the Indications are thai
the mountain will last for an indegiute
peilod. Mr. Meier sa > b that several Indians
bei-amo aware of the find and carried the
news to Ittrlcm and the -unrounding
countrv about a week ago. Several partks
from that point started out and found the
conditions as the Indians had represented
Prom Kort llcnton comes a verification of
the news this afternoon. It Is said that
several prrtlcs from there have started fnr
the hills In company with several residents
of the Milk Itlvei vallej Among the num
ber who have caught the fever la John
CJante , a prominent cattle man , who railed
funds for the trip by disposing of a bunch
ot cattle. Mr. Meier left for Ilenton , fiom
which point ho will proceed overland to the
hills tomoirow.
I11.\CK 111U.S MINHUAI , WI3ALTI1.
In the twenty jears that have elapsed
fiinu1 the flibt settlement of the Itlack
hills , the enormous sum of over $110.01)0,000 $ )
have been produced In gold alone The an
nual output for the vcar 1S96 was the
sum of JS.2.15 000 , which was an Increase
of g.t.'iZ.'i.OOO over the output of the preied-
liiK year. It Is now predicted that with
the recent discovery of rich mines in the
northern and central hills the output for
the ) ear 1S97 will at its lowest cstlmatv
eveed SU.OOO.OOO Thes-e estimates do nni
include the silver and copper 'hat have
been saved bj the various procures of
treatment of ores of the Black hills , which
was during the jear IS'JG estimated to
amount to the sum of $1 000,000 In cverv
iiortlon of the mining reeion of the HUcV
hills the work of developing mines of e .
treding richness is being cat rled on with
renewed energy , while competent mining
engineers at the present time estimate that
there Is fully twenty yeais suppl > of oie
In sight to supply the various reduction
plants now in operation In the hills.
MAJOR WOHDHN'S GOOD INDIANS. '
Lettera from Major C 12. Worden , in
charge of the Klamath Indian reservation ,
who la now at Yainax , In the heart of the
great Klamath bahin. show the remarkable
Improvement which has been made In the
condition of the Klamath , Modoc and I'a-Ute
Indlarn by the allotment of land in s > everalt >
and the encouragement given by the agent
for establishing homes , raising cattle and
growing crops , saj the Anhland , Ore . corre
spondent of the ? an K'ancHco Chronicle
The nujor expects to have all the Indian ,
locatul upon their allotmentn th'a fecson
Ho has almcrit completed the allotment of
the Klamaths , is nearly through with the
ModocH , and expects to begin with the 1'u-
I'tiis next month He has juat finished the
ourve > of an lirlgating ditch six miles Ir-ng
which will bring water upon all the . 'n- '
illan lands In the agency The Indians tins
season sowed 1,200 acres of grain. The hav
thousands of cattle , and they attend to trrlr
ranches like white men , branding thcii
stock and Keeping up fences and con-all
They are rapldlv forsiking their old wild
life and Its customs , fnr they are quick to
see the advantages of civilisation , espeelallv
for theii children Nearly all the Indians
who have received allotments of land have
"lade substantial Improvements In the wav
of fences , houses and stables The two saw
mills on the reservation < ut liimbei fiee
for them and the ga\ eminent Is asdsting
them with Hashes and doors , locks , nallu ,
glass and pJiiu.
LIVHI.Y IlKAH FIGHT.
Arlington can now boast of the champion
bear dog , says the 1'oitland Oregonian ,
the following story i elated by George \V
McCifdy , a prominent chte-pnian of Kllckl
tat count ) , rihowd. Mr. MeCrttly says that
ho and a partv ot sheepmen , consisting m
\VII1 t'oleman. Milt Moorchc-ad. ( leorge Vai
Outran , the elder Cole'iiun and a hcrde
while In the vicinity of the "swamp < or-
ral . " on the upper Kllckitat river , ranu
across a ) earllng brown bear , which was
ijuliKly trcod by the pack of coyote liomn'u.
three in number , lielonglng to Will Cole
man. The bear being only a yearling and
being treed so f-aslly , Van Oatran olfcred
to climb the tree and shake him out , evi
dently thinking him on a par with a conn ,
but the bear held on to the limb and refused
to be given the shake. Then a rope wjn
passed to Van Orttian , who threw a nooje
o\er the bear'ri head , and , giving the lope
to one of the boys who was on hoinouacK
the latter took a turn around the hoin of
the fuddle , and. as he was riding a pretty
gooi cow horse , he succeided In pulling th- <
bear down , and rlgh' litre the fun com
menced ( for the bear ) as the bear nulled
at the horse and struck him a piwcrful
bow ! with his right , culling a deep ga h in
the horse's bhouldcr ami side and freeing
himself from the lariat. The sheepmen
were all up bull piiuxi by Mils time , and
had a line v lew of the battle , the lioundu
being assisted by a shepherd dog. The shcp-
heul getting too near , the btar made a swipe
af him Cf nng hts ravti un T The
rollar an 1 oft at arms | rt > g'ii made1 him
dance n Jli ? for some minutes the houmtfl
then clnnlng In to help the ttiepherd dog
out They were put out of the game In one-
tvvo-thrce order , with the exception of A
Smythe's staghotind "llattler" who aeizeil
the bear by the throat and wan Immediately
locked In an embrace uch as only a bear
can give , the two rolling over and over
on thu ground , the dog never breaking his
hold and lying BO close to the bear's breast
that he was unable apparently , to squeczo
him very hard Thus tluy fought for over
twenty minuter , until at last the bear csuc-
cumbed , with his windpipe cut In two Old
man Coleman said ho had killed a gooJ
many be > ar In his time , but he never SAW
such a game fight as "Hauler" made on
that occasion "Hauler" was raised by A.
StiDthi' of Arlington and Is one of the strain
of slaghoumls brought here by U. T. Cox
from Portland some three ) cars ago ,
WYOMING.
Hernard Menkens , a mldgpt cycler four
feet ten Inches long and weighing but nliuty
pound" , has reached Cheyenne on a wheel
trip from New York to the western dry
land limit.
Surveyor General Thompson has received
Instructions from the comml sloncr of the
general land olllcn to let a contract for the
surVeylug of seven towii hlt > s In the Gtand
Kncampinclit mining district south of Haw-
llns.
llhglneer J. A Johnston , who has Just re-
ttiined from a tour through central Wyo
ming , says the demand for pasture land
adjacent to ranch property was never so
gfeit. The cattle and sheep men want their
wtock within easy range and where they can
watch thrm. In the state engineer's ofllce
at thu present time there are applications
for over 100.000 aeics of land , the gieater
number of applicants desiring small quan
tities of land near their ranches. Hut as
the donation' aie all used un the state is
forced to disappoint the applicants.
An effort U being made to have the K'ightli '
United States Infantry , stationed at Kcrt
Hupsell. and tliWvomlng Nat.uial Guarl
unite In a summer em-atnpmtnt neir hara-
niln I'Iiy some time in Align'Ihe Hlghth
Infant ! ) ' ahvavs goes on a practice march
and encampment each summer an 1 Is quite
willing to unite with 'he U'.vomiiig militia.
The only thing uncompleted for this u.iion
encampment Is the lablng of sutllclont monc.v
to bear the expenses of the state mllKli oil
this trip , no state funds being available for
that purpo e The ciuzens of Liramle have
undertaken to ral-e $ JOO to cover this ex
pense , so that they may have this gran'1 en-
tampmcnt ot the federal suldleia and state
militia for a wek
There is an immense dyKe , some COO fee :
wide that ruia through the llMcimpitiont
couniij , and. so far PS experts have bee.i
able to determine , the same dvke crops out
over in the ? anti ! < tnu > country In the neigh-
boihood of the Douglas mine In the legion
of the nncampmei.t this dvke Is found lo
carr > gold ail through It In small quantities ,
averaging by a& < av , from S4 to "BO. It Is
of a dark bio\v.Uh color , an I large bodies of
It stand ui out of the giound , where It coul 1
be easilj gofen at , and tons of it can be
shot down with scarcelj any more labor Shan
the dillling for the charge Throughout Uiii
lko there are said to be veins of mineral ,
running parallel with it , that aie quite rich
in gold , running all the wav fiom * 20 10
$223. It Is one of thrcie leads , alo'.t four
feet wide , lliat Musgrove , fieagle , Judd an 1
Sheldon have el.iims on. and which are con
sidered very valuable.
THE DAKOTA ? .
The oreamery at It one Is prospering ; the
dally receipts being about 20090 pounds.
All the empt ) dwelling houses In IV.rl- :
ston have been taken , and only one emptj
store building Is loll.
The old a ay ofilce building near the
Homestaku mill U a thing of the pist , hav
ing been torn down and the boards sawed
up for fuel. The floor and minor rubbish
will be burned when It Is expected that
a good revenue will be found In the ai-hcs
of the floor , on which aa many million dears , -
ars of bullion has been cut up and handled.
Hie Inliaiih are figuring for a big ce'e-
ontlon to take place at the Yankton le crva-
tion A party of riatulrtau Indians , seven
teen wagons , , cdiryiug tiom five to twelve
each passed through Sioux 1'al's en Sunday
evening bound for the celebration They
had about twenty dogs In the outfit , which
would Indicate that dog soup would be
served up by the wholesale
From every part of South Dakota comec ,
the newt , of he.ivy rains which accompanied
by hot weather for the last two weeks liave
made the crop outlook mote promising Urn : .
It has been In ) cars and prclnbly nevci
surpassed In the- history of Hie state Cor i
has made wonderful progress since the lasi
report. Yon can "see it grow" thete dajs.
Farmers arc everywhere feeling happ ) over
the outlook.
The wedding of a Sioux Indian nnlden
and a foreigner of wealth and social prw-
tlgo was Eolcmnbe.1 at II s.-narclt , N. D ,
'ast week The bilde wan 1'lctiire Hyes , the
daughter of John Moose , an old wairio ,
who has scalped ininy a white man and
inilielimcU in many a tilbal battle with
contending aboilglnal nations. The groom
was Thomas DuHine Cronan. an Irishman ,
This lomantlc wedding was the culmination
of a cuuitship extending over a period of
seven yeara.
Howard lita adopted the novel plan of
Issuing tiekeu for the. use of tiumps who
blow Into that town The. tickets are fm-
nlshed by t e city to all who desire them ,
and whfii \Veaiy Willie calls at the back
door for a meal ho Is given a ticket with
Instruction ! ) to go to the city maishal and
have it countersigned , when It will be god *
for a meal Hut in order lo get the mar
shal's signature It is heeessnry to peiform
labor for the city to the equivalent. The
plan li a good one and ! > meetinvvlthi.suc
cess , and Howard has cunsideiablo le i
u amps than before the plan was started.
The Great Northern's crop report for the
week ending Juno 2 is almost uniformly
giatlfing. The Wlllmar , i'ergus Falls ,
Uu'cKinrldge and Northern divisions leport
the weather coal and damp throughout.
Rains were frequent and sread generally
over the cn-tlro country. The Dakota divl-
Mon statiois report the weather cool with
ono hhower and very favorable It may bo
raid that the weather last week , of the en
tire territory traversed Iiy the Great North
ern , wns Ideal wheat weather. The nky
poured forlh enough rain to soak the soil
thoroughly nnd neutralize any Injurious ef
fects that might he experienced by too warm
weather Coolness was what the crops
needed to give * them a strong stalk and In-
8UI a high glade The ground Is In al-
mcMt perfect conlltion everwhere , accord
ing to the agents' report. Grain Is looking
well , grooving rapldl ) and U up to the sea
son.
COI.OUADO.
He-ports from Vulcan are to iho effect
that the Vulcan mine is still on lire
The HI 1'asu chlorlnatlon works will be
ready to commence business early In Au
gust.
gust.The
The Aspen Times says that Grand Junc
tion business men ami fruit growers have
uubscrlbed several thousand dollars to make
Peach day a greater success this year than
Pn'x L. Shooiutin 1 * pring to piny ball
July .Mil with DUO ( if his vNoiildlKcoin -
| H'tlli > r--lut ) it will lit * jtii't liktt M-lliii ; , '
.sliiM'.s llu y won't IK ? In tin' play any .2 *
iiioro limn tlioy are with our J-M)0 ) liox
too congress lieii' best value i'vor M > lil
thri't' .soles t'vory ono all leather good
for haril wear solid as a rock just the
shoe for the railroad man moli'iimn and
intvhaulu wo don't care > vlioii > yon K <
you can't get as gntHa \ ( * hoe for double
the niuney wo ask.00 ,
Drexel Shoe Co.1
= i
1119 PAUNA.M STREET.
&end for Illustrated Calalogu * ,
ever Imfi.r" Thruis ; romlse of a mo t
abun lant fruit i rep In the Grand valley
and ti titulary this year.
Shearing season around .Antonlta Is near-
Inn Its end and wool btijtrs will $0011 begin
operations. '
The warm weallier of the past few days
Ins caused the snow to iwjt rapidly around
the headwaters of the Hearing fork , ami
It Is on a tear again.
\V. S. Slratton's sudden visit and a ship
ment of twenty-four sacks of rich ore ,
watched over by armed guards , were the
two excitements at Victor last week , They
are now found to be Intimately connected ,
the ore having been ernt out from the In
dependence mine It Is valued at between
J.Vi.ooo and jCO.ooo.
The biggest fish stories over heard In
Colorado now come from the direction of
thu large lakes down tin ? Arkansas river.
The I'wehlo Chieftain tells of two men neir
Ordwav who caught COO pounds of carp.
From the Holbrook lake somebody took a
catfish weighing seventeen pounds prob
ably the largest fish over grown In the state
Every lover of music and the drama will
rejoice wh-ii t'ie ' oil vaudeville llieater at
Cripple Creek has given way to the Grand
oprra : when all traces of the vice and sin
nnd corruption and wild orgleo have been
oollterafl ; when what vas once the barre
rom hafl become a ladira' reception cham
ber , and the private wine rooms made a gal
lery for the- audience , says the Tlnuj of that
place The old theater was a noted place
In the early days of camp life , but the ( " "rip
ple Creek of today demands a higher form
of entertainment , ( a which the citizen can
bring his family.
\ correspondent of the n-nvcr Times writIng -
Ing from louden , saa : "It Is rumored that
a smllcato of Url'.ish ' Investors will wlthlu
a few weeks purchase half a dozen gold
mlnea In Cripple Creek , Cole , and two lines
of railroad , conn'ctlng the mines with the
neir'at trunk reals , thus giving It control
of the shipping facillJes to the ea t. The
iallroad > are the Colorado Mi Hand and the
Midland Terminal. 1 undcrstan 1 that all the
necessary preliminary ( ow-wona have been
held ou this side , but that eveiytillng Is not
fixed In Colorado , and that In an ) event 'he
company will not h > bouglil out for another
thiee months , a : the earlljst. "
Hogan and Urown who ate leasing on the
Trail , on Hull hill , have a seam of high grade
ere In sight , but evhUntlv some miscreant
Is jea'ous ' of their geol fortune Earlv Fri
day iro'iilng two i ac > sef h gh grade cro wcrj
rtolon from their .shaft ami ten sticks of
powder The latter was used In blowing up
the shift house an 1 wrecl.in , ; the ahaft. They |
haw brcn busy In the past three davs ie-
palring the damage done , and tomorrow will
again continue sinking on their shaft of min
eral , which allows the pieclous metal In the i
shape of rustv and bright pold on almost j
eveiv piece of quartz. In the meantime
elrvie watch Is being kept on the shaft and
ollicers are trying to locate 'he party or par
ties who used the ilvnamltc.
CAL1FOI1N1A.
The first two carload of green fruit tori
the fieison from VisalK were loaded
Hi They contained Clyman plums , tragedy j
plums and early peaches. °
I.os Angeles lies about 9D.OOO barrcV ? of
oil in reserve Deilera ask SI a bairul for
It. As coiaumers obj t to the price there
1 a p otptct of a glutted oil maihct.
O-ving to the scarcity of help to caie for
fruit the price of cutting ap'lcoto hra been
advanced In many orchards from1 cents
per foil-pound box M . " > c'onts per box.
De p.te all the adverM ! leporla cf the
"prune c'op , th's ' county v , 111send out this !
) tar one of the lasgcst RlpliLj ! ] ot prunes !
ever laised In the state in cue season , sajs
tlie Santa Cla'a. Journal
Tlie deer la southwestern Trinity arc
sufur.ng from an epidemic , and
caic 3sts are si ewn through the moun
la us. The disease 1 } similar lo ihc boltu.
and 3 geiKrally fatal , /
( |
U Is said thai the Qhlno sugar faclory
will spend fills ytrr f 125,000 foi crt'de pe-
Iroleiim fuel , will tiKc110,000 tora of bcetii ,
eMiaiting tliernfrom 1S.OOO tons of Mjg.-u
woit'i $1 SS3.000 , and pa ) the farmer abou'
SI 50.000
The Navy department has cent acted
with the city of Vallcjo for water , for wnie'i
it will pav $ : i ) per mouth , unless more
than 2,000.001 gal'oi ' , . ? U luccl p'or all In
excels of that mianlity ihe rate is 20 cents
per 1 000 g'lloiu
Celery dh.pmcnts from Orange county arc
BO large that there Is talk of luniing a
branch road lo the peal laiuli to- the > } peclal
accommodation of celery shippers. Heicto-
fore Hie Sanla I-'o has almc,5t had a mtnop-
| ely of itie business.
! The old Pnanlsh woman for whom a colhn
i was piocured a few weeKS ago , and who
tallleil in lime 10 save hciself from lining
buiicii alive- , says Iho 1'ortervlllo Enterprise ,
died and was buried at I'lano Thursda > .
She was llfi ) eais of ago and the oldest
woman in the countj.
Several years ago a swarm of bees settled
In the attic of the rc > 'idetice ' of George Arm
strong , at the Coionado vineyard They
varmcd. and with the succeeding s\ainn
h"ve remained there ever s.nce , and all
Hie honev Armslrong hat , had is v. hat me-lts
an 1 diifs llnough the Lctling on hoi dajs
The jiropo'Pd bridge , which 11 is expei'toJ
vvllll ba built Ihis summer , will cross lliu
main Kaweah river Jusl below the North
foil : Thl'i bridge will nut only be on . ! -
rommodallon to the North farlt f-'ople , butte
to I'll those residing qn the north side ot
Iho Kaweah river , who are now Isolated
fiom the icst of ll-o courly during nearly
three months of each ) eu.
The IJrltlsh steamship Glenshlel , chartered
by the I'aclllc Mail Steamship company to
carry fn ight , which arrived lesl week ,
In ought an immense cargo of lea. There
were something like 1G 000 packages , ca-h
containing about fifty pounds , for San Fran
cisco Importers , and aboul 1,4)5 ! ! ! packages
for ca'"ern Importcis. The duty Imposed h )
the now taiiff bill on lea. Is Ihe cause of
the Hise imports al this time , Importers
bringing il In bcfoio July 1st , to avoid the
duty.
The number of people who have bcomo In-
leroutcvl In tlie placers on Ihe lloise Is as
tonishing. Per nianv miles the ground has
been locale ! and prospector.- , are going In
continually lo look for clilmfl , Since the
Twin Springs enterprise was Inaugurated
o'Vv pioji'cU for working the hlgu iiais
have been set afool and there Is reason to
hellnvo that other heavy Investments will bo
made this season. The water * of varloud
streams are to be utllUtrt In vorklng the
high , rich bars of ihe old channel.
Afler nearly three weeks' sojourn on Iho
ban en Island of San .Nlrholas , a party of
relic hunters leached' ' I-ong llearh , loaded
wlih HkeleUn3 , skulls and ancient implemonla
and ornament * of stone and shelld , Ihe re
mains of prehUtoilc tribes. The party
found elghl-Eeveu skulU burled In the
sand , but were only enabled lo secnie Ihrco
entire. Thev ma lo one excavation twenty
feet square. In which they foun 1 nine rkcle-
toiiH in a crouching altitude , as tliou h nun ,
women and children had been burled aiivc
In another place they found the re-iuiua fit
hundreds of bodies that had lio. n bulled.
Evidences were found , that iho Ulan I was
inhabited by two or more different ivifs ,
one of which w .s of great sli . a peculiar
chara. ( eristic being big bones
OtlEGON
The chlttlm batk hrslnces \ quite lively
tlip p days in Tolexlo. several thoi'MDa
pounds being ehlppoel from there last Thura-
rtay.
rtay.Oo
Oo eph In Wallowa county , has lone been
without a saloon , but the council at Its last
meeting voted In favor of granting a It
cerse lo a Dayton , Wash , man.
The grapshoppcra ore dying off by the
thousands In the KIght-Mlle country. A
Kinall worm has attacked them and seems
to be fully as Industrious as the hopper
A special train of eleven cars , loaded with
fat hogs from Nebraska , paweJ through La
Grande rccenlly ou the way to Troutdale
Only a few months ago stock hops were-
being shipped from Oregon to Nebraska to
bo fed.
Multnonnli county's outstanding warrants
will probably be paid out of state tax
money , but not at the present time The
mandamus suit of H. 11 Northup agaln t
County Treasurer Hot was decided the
other day by Judge Shatturk , who Inclines
to the- opinion that the money la lo be used
to pay the count's debts.
Astoria cdtflts hive formed a gocxl roads
and oyclp club. The object Is to secure
better li ghways throughout Clatsop county.
Already a bicycle path H being cot alruete'tl
around Tongue point , the ncce < aary finidg
havliiir been raised by subscription from
wheelmen , u is the Intention to extend the
wok ua far as Is possible1.
The cltv council of Korest Giove has de
cided to levy a Uon all huslnrfs houstfl
and professional men. varjlng fiom $5 to
SJS aiimnlly Merchant * must pay $2B , as
will drtii ? stores , banks , $20 ; livery stibles
and groceries. $15 ; butchers , harrtwaie store * ,
doctor ? and dent'nts. SIO , printers and bar-
herw. ? fi , tlnncM , 4" > : lawers. $1 Telephone ,
telegraph and Insurance companies will alto
he called up n to conlribute Ocnva > \lt largo
must piy Jl. Mm are ta-u-d $1.
The Columbia Stone & Contraol comintiy
has n contract to build thirteen
miles of rule for the Astoria-Globe
rollioad , through the tide-lands They have
seven poweiful dredge-o at woik night and
dav. etnplojlng about 100 men , and also a
steamboat to net as tender lo these elledge-s
Aboul live miles of Ihe thirteen the ) have
? untrailed for Is complete-d. The grade Is
fifty feet wide at Ihe basefiom sl\ lo
fourteen feel In helghl , and sixteen feel
wide at Ihe top.
'Ihe Western Union Telegraph companv
has leeched In Astoila 1J5 miles of wlie
for the new line to be constructed be
tween Astoria and Portland. The new line
will be along the line of the railway and
will be completed n.s fast as Ihe rails are
laid. Two wires will be sluing Ihe whole
distance While It will require several
months to complete Ihe work In and about
Astoria , it is the Intention tn have the main
line In working order as far as Knappa
before th > inlnv season sets in.
The prevailing tains duilng the pasl week
" er the entite sMte will piove of Ines-
tlnnble value to the farmers , and what
moves helpful lo them Is In lurn beneficial
to all The raltif. while mole abuiulanl In
some localities than others , have been gen
eral Eastern and soutliea tei n Oregon have
been the prime beneficial IPS of the summer
showers , a'ld vvilh these and the cool mols-
tute-laden west winds that have and are-
still prevailing , a more than ordinary good
cereal haivest Is Insured. All that U to
IIP feared now is the hot east winds , the
bane of eastern Oregon farmers , which sometimes -
times come In July Kse.ipe fiom these in-
siire a bountiful harvtst The conditions
In western Oregon are notr > favorable
The late tal'is while accomplishing gt "
came too late to be of mateilal assistance
lo Ihe growing grain hut fruit tiecs and
veietab'e ' ' weie benefited
The horse abattoir at Llnnton , which was
operated awhile some two years ago but did
net piove a success , has been stirled up
again , and fiom thlrly to forty horse.s pel
dav Hie being slaughtered there The West
ern Tacking company , whi h Inaugurated
fie enterprise In hopp of aiding in clearing
tie ! langes of the Btmk of iK-eh.ss hotves
which are no'v devouring the grass whlr'i
mis'it ' ftiten many beef cattle. IK makins
cnother effort lo intrcdiicc American ho-pe
meal mlo Hurope , as It Is a staple arliclr
in mosl European countries , and American
horses from off the ranges make much su
perlor'meat to Ihe broKon-down work horeca
claughlered iri Hurope It is uncertain how
long the abattoir will be operated The com
pany Is pulling un a lot of nu-al lo ship
to nurope , and in lint success of this ven
ture w ill depend whether Ihe operation of
the establishment is continued or not.
WASHINGTON.
Prunes premise an immense crop In Ihf
flnte ot Washington , and prepiralions an-
under way for making larger * hipmcnls
ti ! n evci of the fresh fiull lo lhi > caul.
The co'irthouse In Colfa\ has become so
fille-d with bedbug ? lhal the oillcem look c
half-holiday recenlly while Ihe Janltois
fumignteil the building by burning Ktilplun
Another large cannery may be built b )
an Knglioh coiipait ) at iilalne this fall
equal in sUe lo the Alaska Packers' as-
Fociallon cannery al llml place , sajs Ihc
WhatcLin Itevellle.
A dltpatch from Port Tnvvn&enil states
llial Sealskin Inspeclor Fowler has relurueo
from a visil to Victoria ! ) . C. He eayj
ihal oiu of fifty Victoria sealTs only ten
will pa to Ilcrlng soa. The low price of
FoaMkins and the scarcity of scald are the
cause- > assigned
Hoiause of the cloudburst on Mill Creek.
In Walla Walla countthcj llhh in the creek
are ding b ) hundreds. The ) come tn Ihe
surface of the muddy watfr , apparently suf
focating , and in a few minutes leave the
watei Liitircl ) lo die b ) Ihe hundiods on Ihe
locks , lee exhausted evidently lo iclurn to
the striam a fool or Iwo away.
Over 10,000 cayusos aru being panlured on
the Yakima reservation. 'Ihis is isiifllcicnt lo
iltc'imate any lange , but Agent Hrvvln is
uulliciily for tinsialemciu lhal the llguies
are conservative Six hundred head wen
Bold Ihc olhei da ) for $1 a head. Thou
sands more can be boughl at thai flguie i r
less , mid htlll there would bo enough left
to work serious Injuiy to the range of Yt-
Klnm cou.H ) . ll IIES been claimed lhat they
aie Just ihe animals wanted for the . ( apatusc-
cavalry , and llial biiers .vould bo s"'H lo
Ihis1 I'ounlry for the nuiposc 't ' scsicins
them.
The [ ire cnt Indications for an unusually
largo snli ping season al Pugel Souiul jioru
uro based upon the pic > inlsed wondciful
) icld of vvheal and iho gradually Incieasing
lumber irafllc with the e-ast. The Northern
I'ddflc olllclals having in charge Iho big
question of handling freight are gathering
the company's cars from all over the coun
try , piepjiatory for the transportation of
grain from the Minnesota wheat fields lo
Duliith and othc-r commercial centerd along
Iho laken , and front Iho eastern Washington
gardens of grain to Iho he-ad of navigation
on Commencemenl bay. The phenomenal
grow ih of grain this season points to an
abundant harvest.
The aimy post committed has nueceedcil
In accomplishing another important move
In the line of federal development of the
approaches to the. Magnolia IIIufT army post
flto by securing the magnificent roadway
leading up fiom Hie- landing on Salmon bay.
This splendid road la a boulevaul 100 feet
wide U will bo an important military
rexxlway , and It has been suggested thai H
bt named "Alger boulevard , " In honor of
Iho lire-sent te-rrelaiy of war 1'rom Ihe
landing at the Spencer place on Salmon bay
florlmin's .sllvevvare too peed for dry
goniK stores that's why onlj ilrnt e'lass
Jeweler * handle It we alone can .show
these ci'lebrati'd Koodg In Omaha ( Sor-
haiu'.s hterlliiK sllveV ten bpoon * In beau
tiful de l ns $ : j.5 < ) a set folks .fS.'jn
hterlhiK silver lieny and Miliid ItowU at
about half usual in-lee cut Klas-i chain-
piiKiio and whiskey JIIK.S sterling ( -liver
mounted a nlc < > line' Attorneys and
pofesilonal nit'ii generally are llndhif ;
our .steel eiifiravi'd bu&lness cauls Just
the proper thing.
C. S.
. . Raymond ,
JEWELER ,
Mall Orders solicited from everywhere.
15th and Douglas ,
ANHEUSER-
THE LEADING BREWERY IK THE WORLD ,
Brewers of the Most Wholesome and Popular Desrs ,
The Original
The Faust
Budwoiser
The Anheuser
The Michelcb
Be Muenchener The Pale Lager
Served on all Pullman Dining and Buffo ! Cars.
Served on all Wagner Dining and Buffet Cars.
Served on all Ocean and Lake Steamers.
Served In all First Class Hotels.
Served In the Best Families.
Served in all Fine Clubs.
Carried on nearly every Man-o-War ! and Cruiser. Served at mosi ol lh
United Slates Army Posts and Soldiers' Homes
T'iB ' Greatest Tonic , "Malt-Niilrine" the Food-drink , is prepared
this Association ,
a short , run of roul will lead to the boule
vard , and the latter will Intersecl with Com
modore wav oblliiudy , e-ontlnulnt ; Us di < lltht- ;
ful M'enlc fealute-s alonK that route ll will
be .1 fimoua drive and an eiuull | > alluring
pith for blcjclers.
Thu eami > of Florence has ndded $100,000-
000 to f'.ie niliu-ral wealth of the vveirld from
Its plaeer mliifn nnd it Is not at all doubt
ful lhat ll will exceed IhaL amolinti from its
quaitz vein ? , a > s the Klotc'nce Minci. The
( ( ttailz ledRcs now beliiR deve'lope-d here are
nmiuestlonably the coutre of the placer Reild
There Is ver > little vvnsh gravel to bp found
In Iho ( ilaccrs , the only wash belliK bioKon
iliiaiU. all rich In Hold. Twenty je-.irs ngo
there were no less than elRht arustras and
one stamp mill al woik ciushliiK the rich
aurlttroub ores e.xposed by the placer min
ing operations The propeitlra on which
they were located aio now beliiK worked
vvllli lenewcd vigor and modern machinery.
MlSCHLbANKOL'S.
The beat evidence one can Rive of Alaska's
climate Is Ihe fad lhat Ihe heat of our
Jinnmer Is so Kreal thai It hah been neces
sary to manufacture artificial ice here.
The hay crop of the farms tributary to
Tuchnn , will bei double this jear thai of any
previous vear , being 5,000 Ions. The hay
cnl from Iho mesa lauds will bo probably
2oCM ) lor.s moie.
The Alaska Meal company ot Juneaii Ins
jusl installed a cold slorage plant , which
has a capacity of ono and one half tons of
ice a day At proscnt all Ihe power is ulil-
Ized in frosting Ihe plpft > of Iho cooling
room.
The Walnut drove SloraRe company pro
poses lo rebuild Ihe great Ha iaanipa dam
II expended $700,000 In Ihe construction of
a dam and reservoir at Ilussayampa , but
Ihe dam was carried away by a cloudburat
and hundreds of people , leal Ihelr lives
The belter element In Alauka Is Jubilant
over the bill Introduced by Senator 1'er-
Klns lo regultila llio liquor Iratlic , n the
territory The Juneaii papers bay Governor
Ilrady" will enforce the lawto the letter , and
an era of moral giowth Is in. blore for
Alaska.
The wool growers of Utah are pieparlng
to tight thn "county license tax , " and
I'lcsldcnl Jesse M Smith of llielr associa
tion has issued an address lo all men en
gaged in the business , whether numbers of
Ihe assoclallon or not , Invlling lliom lo al-
tend a mans meellng in this city on July
17. lu a poslcr IhU statement occurs > :
So far this. ejeHt-on Mich of wool In Mon
tana have not been extensive , though il is a
little earij > el foi any large transactions ,
but a small proportion of ihe wool hav'n '
been leeched al Ihe difTcre.'nl sale poinls
During Ihe last week leporfH from the eaat-
ein vvool markctH aie to the ellect lhal Ihe
lone Id firmer , and prices , on Montana have
advanced a fracllon
Mr. Olson of Ham&horn , while working In
l.ls placer mine located In that gulch a nhort
lime , ago , jdcked up a very handsome gold
nugget , and upon weighing il found Unit II
amounted to $ .17. H Is a perfecl nugget only
a small particle of quarlz at out the size of
a big pea being in iho gold Prom the rough-
ncsb of the piece It plainly shows lhat It
has not bei-n washed bul a short elKtanco
ami Mr Olson la very sanguine over his mine
Threa grown buffaloes , iwo males and u
female anJ Iwo > oarlings are al the Sail
I.ako I'nloii ntork yards and will bo hhlppcJ
to Kngland They are Ihe properly of ihe
Island Improvement company and como from
Antelope Island , the scene of last winter's
remarkable buffalo hunt There will be another -
other curiosity at Ihe yards on Thuraday in
Iho form of an Aztec horse , thlrtslx Inches
high and weighing 2HO pounds caught In
Arizona by Kd Wolzel and Jack Kllllan.
The ( Ilia Valley , ( Jlobe & Northern rall-
reid will bo pushed to a bpee'dy cnncliuilon
1'wo jeara ago the road was laid from jiowle
slallon. on the Southern I'aclflc line to Port
Thomas , a clManee of sevcnly miles I'.esl
dint William iiarlnnd of hoa Angeles and
Vice I'lfuldent 13 A Cutler have been hen
for several ilavs in the Interchl of the road ,
and as a rcmill of Ihelr visit It Is expe > eleil
that the seventy mile * from Kort Ihomaa
to filobe will be built al once.
The Helena Iluslne-ss Men's association his
begun In earnest a campaign for the union
of the cities of Montani for the common giod
of tlio en'.lro stale. In a circular addr.osed
to the cities of Iho fclalo that have Intercuts
in ( oinnion with the whole * commonwealth
the Helena association calls attention to thu
Important facia lhal should be considered by
Ihe dtuens In the building up of the ntato ,
and urges the co-operallon of other business
men's associations lo Iho common end.
Juneau papers bay no effort by the now-
mail conlraclors from Juneau to Yukon Is
being made to fulfill the contracts , us they
have realized thai the contracl was taken
far below aclual co.n , and that If even the
conlraclors began to prepare for fulfilling
thu conlracl ll would be Itnporalblo lo gel
away on schedule tlmo on the Irlp The gov
ernment will liavo lo look to Iho bondsmen , If
food , for the damage sustained by the ncglecl
of Iho conlraclors lo fulfill their contract * .
In the vlclnily of Wallace , Idaho , one
evening lasl week , as Iho cloud was coming
down from Mullan Iho bun watt Just helling.
Hie. light reflected from Iho clouds , ulriklng
Iho upper porllons of the mountam Jiibt
couth of town , gtvliiK II almost a glaring
brightness , while the lower portion was In
deep shadow , making as lovely a nlghl aa
one c ould wish to pep At the same tlmo
the entlrei mountain was aiche'd b > a mam
moth rainbow tlnl wan so btllllatit , thrrn
complete bom , could be ji e'li and a'fonrth
one pail ot the w ly , while Ihe rellecled bow
was a complete double oiiiNi'arly the wholu
town was watching U for ton or fifteen
lllllHltCM.
13 A Mcllhenny , a well known nalurallst.
whrho home Is at Avei > s Inland. Li , Is In
the city equipping an expodlllon to make
scientific estimations and ohitiv.itlona In ex.
Heine noithein Ala Ka The expedition will
depall from San l-'tanrlsro on the Hteamer
Jeanle on the 2,1th lust , and will procee-d
direct to 1'olut Hinovv Ileic > u Mlatlon fo >
supplies will be ovtahllMicil , and the party
will remain for one to Iwo je'ais. The ex
pedition will number four expcit naturallfits.
"This lice'iise If enforced means the an
nihilation of the * heci | Industry of the state.
Ten eenls per h"id HUMUS , n lax of $2f > 0 on
nn aveiage heril of sheep ; lliu average num
ber of counties cnleied b.v she-cpuien la
abiul five which mean a license of $1 2.10.
The attorney genciji has given an opinion
Uiul that law IH ronstltutlon.il , and them
Is no doubt but that the counties will try
to enforce it. Wo believe lhal with the
united efforts of HIP sheepmen of the entire
stale Ihis queMlon rnn be overcome "
The weather In Utah duilng the past week
v\ns generalb favoiable tor Ihe giowlh of
Irrigated crops. Hxcepi the 27lh and 2Slh ,
which were unseasonably cool , the dajs
were vvaitn , dij and moie or less windy ,
and Iho nights modi rately cool , with light
f < -osl In a few dlstilcts The high vvlmlrt
retarded haying oprmtlons In many local
ities , and also diil some damage lo orchards
by blowing Ihe frull from Iho trees The
first crop of liunne is about all gather d
and stacked In good condition , and wllh
verv few e.xcepllons Ihe yield Is fully up to
the average of pievlous jears. Fall wheat
h heading out and spiing wlie.il Is turning.
Coru li > lasscllng and polaloes are In bloom.
In Iho southern porlion of Ihe slalo Iho
vvhcal and barley aie being cul and aprl-
cols and early apples are rlpo. Cut-worms
aie doing some damage lo Ihe crops of Oar-
fleld county The outlook for an abundance
of frull continues unu.sually piomlslng.
TO 11131,1. IIK 13 A M \ \ .
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< | | IT T < Tr < irl/eil Iiy un 13iin i-llMl.
I asked Mrs. Livermore if she had ever
been any one afraid of death , or lhat which
would follow dealh , al Ihe nctu.il hour nf
dying , biijs a writer in the Indianapolis
Jouinal.
"Never but once > , " she lepllcel , "and then
it was Ihe fault of nn evangelist. It was
after Ihe ilglil at Korl Doncloon. Highly
mortally wounded men had been brought
inlo my ward at Ihe St honls hospital ,
among them a soldier with both legs and
on arm shot off This man wns lying In
that stupor that usually precedes death ,
when an evangelist entered , and , bending
over the bed said'Have yon made your
peace with ( "Sod ? Jf not , } on will be In
hell In less than an hour. '
"Instantly the man's stupor was replaced
by Ihe mosl horrible frlghl Tray for mo , '
he groaned. 'I can't top , ' was the reply ,
ns the speaker hurried on to give his grue
some message tu other sultererh 'You must
prav for yoiuself. ' Delirious with pnln , ami
wholly possessed with this new uml lerrlblo
Idea , the soldier sent oul shriek after ohrlelc
of agony 'I cannot die1 I have been .1
wlcknl man1' was his icpe.rtod wall. His
cries aroused anil excited the other men , nnd
Ihe waid became a pandemonium of groans
and screams and beseeching In vain 'C '
niued and Ihe surgeon commanded qulel I
elirecled the doetoi to send thu evangelist
out of the vvaid and I got upon the bed of
the man who had flrsl brrn aroused Tak
ing htm by Die shoulders and looking
slralghl Into his ejes , I Rild 'Stop tills
screaming al once1' 'Hut 1 am going to
hell1' he rrled.v > ll , If you must go to
hell , go like n man ! ' I replied. 'Hut why
iniisl > ou so' What Is Chi 1st for If a man
like you. who has tnml up to be riddled and
lorn nnd killed for his rotintiy , is going lo
hell' ll Is a libel on Gel '
"J had dispatched a messenger for a rhop-
laln When he came I paid 'Don't say a
vvnnl. hut slmr , ' iiml giudu.illy peace set
tled down over the ward , while the poor
fellow llslem'd lo 'Jesus hover of My Soul. '
'There'll lie No More Suriou There , ' 'Hock
of Ages , ' and many other romfoitlng hymns.
I kept my plat e nn the bed , softly icpeallng
in avers and reassuilng passages of Scrip-
'uru till mv untient whihpeied , 'I do bellevo
Jesus will save me' He died thai night ,
"The over/ealous evaiiKilhl received sum
mary Iri'ulmcnt al Die hands of Mother
Illckerdvke. When ho began to quesllon
her 'boys' she nppproaehed him with the
words' 'Look here ; you leave this ward quicker
or I'll take > ou by the nape of the neck anil
Vltch you nut. ' "
A Worl.liiKClilx' Home.
A woiklng gills' homii liiui Jusl been es
tablished In Denver , in whlih furnish. I
rooms cm bo had for J2 a month. The de
sign Is to give comfortable quarters lo > oung
women who are working for veiy small
watjes $4 or $1 a week The bulldliiR con-
t.ili.H thirty-two rooms mid fifteen gills ani
already being uciummoibted Thiie , ru
pleasant parlors nnd reception rooms , too ,
which all winking girls uio Invlled lo fro-
uuent. The Institution Is being suppoit d
by giftfi and by the fees ot life and honorary
members.
Wo sell Komo things besides iilimos
even It1 wo liavo doim nothint , ' but talk
jilnnori luti'ly wu have nuiMcal instrn-
imints of all kinds InMruiucntul anil
vocal shiH't intiHlc nil tin- popular pieces *
at a very | optilar price we bellevo wo
carry the larsi'ht Mock of artlhttf' inu-
terlals 111 the west nothlnc ; that an aina.
tour or professional wants but that wo
have It then wu'ro In poBltlon to frame
all the pictures you make a IUI'LJO htot'k
untl a nival varluty of inoulllnj's ( to he-
loci from our prici-.s are about half what
you've been paying.
A. HOSPE , Jr. ,
Music and Art. 1513 Douglas.