'
r\-\r A TT A v A TT "Vi - > -mtn. * -vr * TT/-iTrtim
"Syfaxlni ? . " he nays , "means to court anil
gallivant over the country with your best
girl Ji It * ycry common thins In thin
country to .ice A fellow nyUxIng around
with hH "
Jii-spccy.
Perhaps the Swati are Imbued with the
lilu.i that KnglanJ would enjoy a little more
of that "splendid Uolatlon" of which It
boaftli. Thai's Swat their action Indicate * ) ,
The ( ink of reconciling ft political farmer
with tlolltir wheat Is a hopole a one. To
him the saddest of all things arc hli empty
bins. Hut bin jaw Is doing business nt the
old stand.
In tumn California towns the * chief social
diversion 18 firing watermelons nt trolley
parties. The one drawback to the enjoy
ment Is that Innocent parties receive the
bouquets Intended for the horn blowers.
The Cleveland convention of lawyers dc-
clircd that a uniform divorce law would
remedy one of the great moral evllf of the
time. Hut , knowing legislatures as lawyers
do , the convfntlnii did not wax enthusiastic
over HIP propped of securing It.
Tim lair .Senator George of Mississippi had
the * ouibetn acecnt In his npccch to a
marked degree. "Son , " ho would say to hla
committee clerk , "taln't y' shut th' do' ?
Tears r me. In reason , y' could 'f y'd try
right habd. "
rnstolllro authorities have dropped onto
extensive smuggling operations through the
medium of the malts. Hereafter any sus-
plrloim package of mall from abroad will
be Mi-Id In the poitnfllcc of destination and
the owner requested to call and open the
pm-Kapi' In Hie prfsenco of the otllelals.
.lust aa newspaper readers had become
fairly familiar with the Jaw twisting names
of men and places In Asiatic Turkey they
nro transported to the "roof of the world"
ami tbnr tornl nerves given a fresh wrench.
It Is pn.viblo to gra p some of the Afghan
titles without Injury , In others lurk the
germs of lockjaw. Some features of the re
port frum Khyber pass are calculated to
stir the fighting blood of every manly man.
Wo nro told , for Instance , that the Afrldls
Btirroundi d nnd captured Maud and that the
Oruluals are assaulting Marnl on the Kohat
border. This Is thrilling news , but there
appears no Immediate prospect of rescue
from n deplorable fate. Such conduct In
this country would precipitate a lynching
bee.
A SMII.I : on TWO.
Town Tnples : JeeniH The rustle of n
fklrt Is the most attractive sound to a
niun's t-ars. " Deems "Of coursu. There's
always a woman hi It. "
Philadelphia llecord : Nell "Matches are
not mini.In heaven. " Hell "No ; all the
brltn.suiiu' Ifi In the other place. "
Trlluinn : "What has become of
that rare horse Previous ? " "There Isn't any
m 'e linrse Previous. After the race his
owner ciangcd his name to Subsequent. "
Detroit Journal : "Time , " remarked the
observer of men and things ) , "la money ;
anybody who lnirn.s money certainly ought
to have a hot tlinu. "
Truth ; Listen when you're with wise men ,
nnd you'll learn how to grow xvlso ; listen
when you're with fools , and you'll learn
how to escape folly ; and never listen at all
to ell her wise men or fools , and you'll have
such a jolly good time of It you won't care
u darn what you learn.
Star : "Dab's only one pun-
Bon , " Hil < l Undo ISbcn , "dat I has my doubts
of mo' dan de man dat keeps ) talkln' 'bom ,
how good lit ; Is ; an' dat's de man dat
Hourl.-'hfS a razzer and tells how bad ho Is. "
Detroit Free Press : "How I dislike the
word 'ci'onomy. ' "
"On what grounds ? "
"It Is such a queer thlnK the world con
demns us If wi > don't practice It , and de
spises us If we do. "
Indianapolis Journal : "It Is a touchlnK
sight when a little child learns to stand
alone , " wild the sentimental boarder.
"It Is also a touching affair when a man
stands a loan , too , " s.ilcl the Cheerful Idiot.
Chicago Tribune : Aunt Kczlah Joahaway ,
you haven't forgot that the county fair
beRlns to morrow , have you ?
t'nele Joshua No , of course not. Why ?
Aunt Kczlah 'Cause I want that rain
water bar'l fixed so's it'll hold water , an'
1 want It done rlKht now.
Cleveland I > ader : "Why Is Hint man
drngKini ; that poor little boy along that
way ? Gracious Koodnecs ! He'll Jerk the
poor , weeping little fellow's arm out of iUi
Boeket. What do you suppose Is the
trouble ? "
There's a circus parade up on the next
street , and the man Is probably afraid that
the little boy will miss It If they don't
hurry. "
TonUers Statesman : Yeast That man
Dotighton Is very HkOptlcal. Unless he sees
n thing he won't believe It exists.
Orlins' ' nbeak He never ran Into a rocking
chair In tin ; dark , then ?
Washington Star : "Have you any modern
engine * of war ? " asked the visitor.
"Yes , " replied the Spanish general ; "we
quit running our printing presses by hand
long ago. "
Jtidije.
When Nansen left his ship , up north.
Deciding overland to chance It ,
With lug ? he traveled back and forth
A kind of Arctic rabid transit.
THAT FKTCHKD IIBIl.
( * le\elnnil I'lnln Dealer.
"You are dearer to me , " I said to her ,
"Than the diamond bright , or the sable's
fur ;
You are dearer to me , " I softly said ,
"Than the Klondike gold" yet she tossed
her head ,
But I caught her smile when I said , "My
mveet.
You are dearer to mo than a car of wheat ! "
THIS 01,11 cA.vruisar.
Denver Pot.
I often gaze upon It as It hangs upon the
wall.
AmoiiK the treasures in my home I prize It
more than all.
It IB not neat nor handsome. It has no In an
trinsic worth.
Yet it has ever been to me the dearest
thing on earth.
Ila roundud sides are battered from rough as
usage In the camp.
Its blanket coat Is tattered , like the gaj-
ment of a tramp.
It bears upon Its body many a deep , un-
t lghtlv scar-
That faithful old canteen my father carried a
through the Wur. to
Sometimes In scouting they would find a
hidden mountain still ,
And lUiiiDr which , like lltbel lead , was often
known to kill.
Then each canteen was loaded for the for
olllccrs of rank , I ern
IJocauHC. my father would explain , the
private : ) never drank.
lie said the stuff was worsts than any light
ning ever seen
I don't see why It didn't eat great holes In
Is'his canteen.
But there It bungs , yet watertight , though for
bearing many a scar- the
That wonderful canteen my father carried
through the War ,
I've heard him tell hl comrades of the times
when he was sent
On special extra duty to the commissary's
tent ,
And -it the proper moment when the ser are
geant's back was turned ,
He'd practice on a barrel head a gimlet trick
' on
he'd learned.
Then In their Jolly mess thaUiilght a camp- ers
llro they would hold ,
AVhen fongs of battle would be sung , nnd of
warlike stores told In
The rousing fun would never lag , nor seem
to slumber for
They often passed the old canteen ho carried
through the War ,
the
On muny n big plantation , too , the water ho
has < ppllled , and
And when he went to camp again the old good
canteen was tilled
With old blackstrap molasses , or with
t-reamy , unskimmed milk , of
Or cherry brundv which he said was finer tons
fur than silk.
It never shirked a duty , never grumbled not with
a bit
MoUissca milk or water made no difference
to It- $17
No mortal could enumerate the many things Is
It bore-
That faithful ° 'd canteen my father carried
through the War ,
Ho uped It for a pillow In the wayside for
bivouac. of
For maul to break the spirit of the stubborn this
old hardtack ,
And fwmtlmes a a weapon when the dogs
would Interfere
With expeditions after hens beneath the the
muonllL'ht clear. ucts
Its knotted Hlioulilersllnff U soiled with serv.
Ice In the Held ,
Its sides are dinged and battered as the year
olden knightly shield ; It
And yet I dearly love It , prize each deep of
Indented scar been
Upon that old can teem my father carried
Ihroufh the War. the
Pulse of Western Progress.,1 ,
Colorado fnrmeni will Ritlitr In well oil'
toward $2.000,000 $ more from their nhinl
crop this y vr than they did last year , thanks
to the bountiful crop and higher prices. The'
wheat crop of the state last year was about
3.500,000 bushels , from which the farmers
scarcely netted more than SO cent * a bushel.
This year there l a larger acre-ago and
the corp IK more bountiful. An cMlmate of
5.000,000 bushels Is must conservative. The
price In the Denver market Krlday was
J1.10 hundred pour/da , which nt the rate of
pounds to the bushel -was CO cents a
bushel. This would mean $5,300,000 for the
crop , Hut the farmers arc likely to get more
than 66 cents a bushel for th lr wheat. Ad-
vices received by the News from Prowcrs
county arc that the milling companies are
raying 75 cents a bushel there. Montrose
county ndvlsea that new wheat was oclllng
there for 72 cents a bushel. The wimo price
ruled In Delta county. At Del Norte In the
San Luis valley old wheat was polling at 78
rents a bushel , and It Is expected the new
crop will open at 75 cents. Krom Alamosa
In the same valley cornea the report that the
new crop Is expected to open at J1.25 a
hundred or 75 cents a bushel. In Douglas
county the farmers ore even more optimis
tic and expec : to get $1.33 a hundred for
their new crop.
There is nn exceptionally heavy yield In
northern Colorado and the San Luis valley
thla year. The main portion of the product
In the northern section comes from Uouldcr ,
U'old and Larimer counties , and that section
Is expected to produce at least 3,000,000
bushels. The San Luis valley Is good for
at least 1,000,000 bushels , and 1,000,000
bushels Is tn exceedingly moderate estimate
for all the other counties of the fitate. At
yesterday's Denver price the wheat account ,
an compared with lost year , would stand aa
follows :
Farmers' receipts , ISM $1.7..0.000
Farmers' receipts , 1S37 3SOO,000
Advantage thin ycnr $1,350.000
If the farmers realize 70 cents a bushel
the Increase of their receipts over last year
will bo $1,750,000 , which U equal to all they
received last year. In other words , the
farmers' revenue from wheat will bo just
twice what It was In 1807.
FREIGHTING IN UTAH.
Freighting is a distlrct business , Just as
much no as the mercantile Institution Is ,
says the Salt Lake Herald. A man without
brains can no more succeed In the freighting
fair. The only chance In favor of freight
ing ! . < that he can get Into It with less cap
ital. A man with brains will not always
succeed In freighting. To all those who
are casting a longing glance toward Milford -
ford , and are figuring on coming here to
enter the race as teamster , freighter , etc. ,
the following information will bo worth n
dollar per line , If taken correctly : All of
southern Utah and n great scope of Nevada
gets freight by team from Mllford. This
is nn Immense business. There are now on
this road eighty-three teams , twcnty-thrco
of which are four or six-horse outfits. The
balance are two-horse teams. At the pres
ent they are not working half time. They
pay expenses for all the time. An outfit
leaving Mllford on Monday morning with
10,000 pounds of freight for DeLamar , Nov. ,
would reach that point the second Tuesday
night , eight days' journey. He would then
unload and start back empty the next day
at noon , nnd five days would bring thld out
fit nicely back to Mllford. For thlrt trip ho
would get $125. Ills expenses would be
$17.50 whllo on the road. The wear and tear
of his outfit 1 at Ica t $10 and often It will
reach $25. When he gets back to Mllford
lie lajy there from three to five weeks before
Ills turn comes around again. This Is one
of thi > misfortunes arising from the forward
ing companies being too tender-hearted and $
liermittlng surplus teams to enter the field.
The month's layover at Mllford ie not so
cxponolve as the same length of tlmo on
the road , because the stock can bo fed
cheaper , but when the freighter finds him
self again loaded and ready to move out hla
bill has run up to about the same figures
as for the two weeks he was on the roail ,
which la $47.50. The two $17.50 o and the
wear nnd tear expense foot up to a little
more than $100. U everything has gout
well with the freighter he has now cleaned
up nearly $25 for his wages and that of his
outfit for a period ranging from five to elx
weekA There I not one single outfit on
the road that has beat these figures during
the past twelve months. Of course they
are not working more than half the time ,
but the expenses go on all the time. These
figurcfi are not a theory , but are taken from
recorla which show the business correctly.
MONTANA CATTL13 SHIPMENTS. to
From , now until the cold weather comes a
Montana will fieud cattle to the eastern
markets. Just how many will go forward It
la problematical. Some few shipments have to
been made already , and the prices have
been good. Should the market continue
fair , not many cattle will bo held back.
But should It slump when tha big rush
comes , as many fear It will , then the ship
ments will bo much lighter. Prime cattle
are expected to command good prices all
the season , and they undoubtedly will , but
the great bulk of the shipments will bo of
average cattle , and It Is that class that will
break the market , and when they go In
with a rush It stays broke. Cattle aa
are not In prime condition all over the
the state this year. Up In northern Mon
tana they are reported to bo in excellent
shape , and the few shipments that have by
been made to market from that section
have commanded good prices. In eastern
Montana they are reported not to bo In as
coed condition , and some outfits , who hart
Idea of sending a good many cattle to
market this year , will not send any , for
the reason that the nnlmaUrwIIl not be such
to command a fair price. Beef roundups
are now In progress , nnd but few reports
have been received from them , so that It Is of
not possible nt thla time to say definitely
what shnpo the beef cattle of the state as
whola are In. nor what the outlook Is as ba
the number that will probably be
rhlppcd. If the prcsant demand continue1 ! . deal
Montana cattle growers whose raiigo stock Is fish
not In such condition as to entitle them to be The
classed as fine cattle , will get almost na much
them as feeders. Reports from the east luga
markets , and especially from Omnlm.
show that the demand for feeders U such
that they are shipping from as far east an and
Buffalo , N. Y. , to Omaha and then making
money on the transaction. Omaha Is In the a
the
center of the great corn growing region , and
that reason , when the crop Is good , It to
greatest feeder market In the world.
Reports received by ( Montana cattle men from
Omaha during the past week show that the
demand for stockens and feeders from tli.it They
point since a big crop was assured Is w and
heavy that prices for that clasj of cattle
have reached unheard of priced , The yards gets
besieged dally by cattle buyers from No-
brnfka and Iowa who pay the highest prlceu ment
record for feeders. More than 100 buy cine
are on the ground , and the competition an
between them U sharp. Hundreds of cars other
Texas cattle are being received dally , and neck
addition Canada Is sending in a lat of poor
cattle. During the week a train load of
cattlt ) came all the way from Buffalo , N. Y. , ami
which had been bought In that vicinity for
Nebraska feeder market. They were Hills
purchased In Buffalo ' for $4.15 a hundred ,
eold on tho'market for $5.15 , leaving a
margin of profit for the speculator. of
These are high prices for feeders , but the
farmers of that section , who have thousands ical
biMhflu of corn In eight and hundreds of
of hay , are ready to pay It , Compared not
the prlcee paid for Texas cattle a few
years ago , tlioso now offered are conildercd
enormous. Texas calves bring $12 , yearlings
, 2-year-olds $24. The demand , however ,
good , and at thesa priced the supply Is not
equal to U. A
PROSPERITY IN WYOMING. out Nets
One of the first Indications of better timed made
the agricultural elates will bo the Inflow week
now settlers. In the prosperous days of
country there was a steady flow of Im made
migration from the older settlements to the but
newer eectlona , and It will be eo again. While the
upward tendency of prices for the prod herd
of the farm Is a blessing of great loss
value to the farmers of South Dakota thla
, Its greatest profit lies In the attention bo
will attract to the agricultural advantages
this new etate. While wheat has not rich
an average crop In quantity la the
southern counties , the quality is good , and body
failure la quantity la due altogether to luea
1 the pcrtillar a I except onal weatiicr anJ
floods that so generally prevailed last spring
, | U will pay the ttnte to do some advertising
! ' In the eastern and middle states of the
union during the comtag fall and winter.
RKDWOODS OF CALIFORNIA.
The redwood , says John Mulr In the At
lantic , Is the glory of the coast range. U
i extends along the western slope In a nearly
continuous bell ten miles wide , from beyond
the Oregon boundary to the south of SantA
Cruz , a distance of nearly 400 miles , and
In massive , sustained grandeur nnd closeness
lies ! of growth surpnssed all the other timber
woods of the world. Trees from ten to fif
leer feet In diameter and 300 feet high arc
not uncommon , nnd a few attain a height of
350 feet or even < 00 , with a diameter at the
base ( of fifteen to twenty feet or more , while
the ground beneath them Is n garden of
fresh , exuberant ferns , lilies , gaultherln and
rhododendron.
As timber the redwood Is too good to live.
The largest sawmills ever built are busy
along Its seaward border , "with all the
modern Imurovcmonts , " but so Immense Is
the yield per acre It will bo long ere the
supply is exhausted. The big tree Is also to
some extent being made Into lumber.
Though far less abundant It Is , fortunately ,
less accessible , extending nlong the western
flank of the Sierra In n partially Interrupted
bell about 2SO miles long , nt n height of
from 4,000 to 8,000 feet above the sea. The
enormous logs , too heavy to handle , ore
blasted Into manageable dimensions with
gunpowder. A large portion of the best tim
ber Is thus shattered nnd destroyed , and ,
with : the huge , knotting tops , Is left In ruins
for tremendous fires that kill every tree
within their range , great and small ,
FULL OF PRUNKS.
_ The magnitude of the prune Industry of
California ' , writen Los Angeles correspond
ent of the Chlrago Record. Is llttlo rea
lized by the people In the eastern states.
In ft decade the growing of prunes has gone
forward in California by leaps and bounds ,
nnd today $20,000,000 is invested In It
that Is , in lands , trees , Irrigation systems ,
agricultural tools and packing houses. Not
withstanding damnglng frosts Inst spring
throughout the lower part of the San Joa-
quln valley , nnd all over the horticultural
valleys of Pomona , San Gabriel and Santa
Ann , the total product of green prunes now
on the trees In this state Is estimated nt
SH.OOO tons. Of this quantity , about one-
fifth will bo shipped cast ns green fruit ,
for sale at fruit stands and for canning purposes -
poses , the remaining four-fifths will be
dried for market , making about 24,000 tons
of dried prunes. Ten years ago the total
area of bearing prune orchards In California
was less than 7,000 acres. In 1SSS there
were 11,000 acres of bearing prune trees
and about 0,000 ncres more of young prune
orchards. There was an Import duty of
2'd cents a pound on dried
prunes In those days , and the growers sold
their crops on the trees for sums varying
from $35 to $50 a ton. In 1S90 the total
area of bearing prune orchards was 13.000
acres , and there was an enormous planting
of prune trees that year In all ot the fruit
growing valleys of California , because of
the large profit In the Industry. Twelve
thousand acres of prune orchards were set
out In the winter of 1890-91. nnd 21,000
acres more were planted In the next two
years. These orchards have now come Into
bearing , and the State Board of Horticul
ture finds that there are 53,000 acres more
to come Into bearing. Conservative esti
mates put the total crop of California
prunes In n favorable year at not less than
00,000 tons. In a few years more a full
yield In this state will be more than 110-
000 tons of green fruit.
TUB DAKOTAS.
The Methodist Episcopal church at Bloom-
ingdale has made plans for the erection of a
$1,500 house of worship.
Captain Jack Crawford , the poet scout ,
Indian fighter , prospector and teller of
stories , Is going to the Klondike.
A movement Is on foot by some of the
charitable church people of the Black Hills
to establish a Protestant orphans' home at
some point In the northern hllla
The total assessment returns from 1S70 to
this year , in South Dakota , show that there
was a steady increase in valuation up to
1S90 and a steady reduction from that year
to 189C , but this year ehows a slight gain
again.
E. AI. Crary , editor of the Crary Courier
and deputy game warden. Is Introuble. . He
went hunting Friday and failed to provide
himself with the necessary permit. Com
plaint was entered against him and he has
been arrested.
The Agricultural department Is preparing
make an experiment In the Dakotas with $
new forage plant which is thought to be
adapted to the semi-arid regions of the west.
Is the bromus incrmls , a grass Indigenous
the Rut-sian oteppes.
The Redfleld Creamery company's supply of
milk has fallen off to such an extent since ,
harvesting commenced that the expense of &
operating the factory would not Justify the
company to keep running , eo It decided to
close down on Friday last. to
W. E. Swan has signed a contract with the
board of directors of the Gas Well company to
sink a well to a depth of 2,000 feet , as dt Is
supposed the gas How can be reached at that
depth. The work will bo commenced as soon
material and machinery can bo got upon
ground. ! ' $
Last Tuesday was South Dakota day In
Sioux City , and two excursion trains run
the Milwaukee road brought 1,685 people
from a range of country extending as far on
west as Running Water and as far north
Mitchell , the towns on the respective the
lines reaching to these localities each con by
tributing largo delegations. rol
Judge Amldon at Fargo has rendered a de
cision in the Bismarck water works case
holding that taxes are valid , but he granted a
temporary injunction restraining the treasurer now
Burlelgh county from selling property re
strained on the ground that only part of the
plant lias been seized ; that the plant can only ere
sold as an entirety.
The government has practically closed a
for the purchase of property nt Spear-
for the Hoon-to-bo-bullt fish hatchery. Is
ground will ccst about $4,000. It Is trict
hoped to have $15,000 more for the bulld-
ponds , etc. It will tnko six or seven
months to build the plant and put It In
running order. Water , climatic conditions
all surroundings are very favorable to will
hatcliery and it will be one of the beat in
country. Work will doubtless bo com
menced this fall.
A number ot Indians on the Sioux reser the
vation near Mandan have lately been af and
flicted with a disease peculiar to themselves. good
call It swallowing the wrong way , lead
declare that their food , Instead of fol
lowing the proper channel to the stomach , | mile
Hidetracked half way and sticks Eome- for
where In the neck or ribs. This peculiar ail Ings
is Incurable except by their own medi
men and medicine women , who make
incision , remove the extract of dog uml erty
provender from the region ot the place
, plug up the remarkable Hide tube , and who
Lo la himself again. pert
Two of the moat eminent mineralogists
chemists In France , who arrived from
Paris a short time ago , coming to the Black
for the purpose of Investigating and
reporting upon the uranium deposits of Bald
mountain , this morning with the assistance .7
Stein Bangs , at the assay office of Bangs
Brothers , have completed a series of chem
analyses of ore from the mines of that
section. The result of the analysis , whllo he'i
positively stated , was such as to highly at
please the asaayers and to warrant the
assertion that in Bald mountain the mineral
occurs In quantities which will pay an Tin
enormous profit to work. tan
disease resembling blackleg has broken
til a herd of cattle belonging to I/on 1110
, ten miles east of Redtleld. It first no i
Its appearance on Saturday of last eve
and since then twenty bead have died ,
Complaint of tbo same disease bad been the
by stockmen earlier In the season ,
the herds affected have been small and tin
damage comparatively light. The Ncs
consists of nearly 1,000 head and the let t
even It confined to this bunch will be
heavy. Calves and yearlings only seem to letD
affected , and , though It becomes a con D )
tagion , It is apparently brought on by very
feed. Its appearance Is marked by a
swelling of one leg and a bloating of the
as the disease progresses. Death en-
in from twenty to forty-eight hours ,
State Veterinarian Elliott hnn been called
and will make an examination.
WYOMING.
"Iron Jaw" Lewis of Antelope creek caohed
In 100 wolf scalps nftrny Converse county
clerks oflH-e and after calibrating the event
In a spirited manner , went back to net his
traps again. " " ' "
The Union Pacific flepot nt Granger took
fire on Wednesday , caused by a epark from
nn engine. Had not the fiamea been Immediately -
mediately discovered the building must have
boon destroyed. A bucket brigade was or
ganized nnd the fire extinguished.
Several ehccp men are at Hawllns from
the Savory , forty-five' miles south. They re
port that over twenty camps have been
robbed during the last week of all provisions
and grain. Several guns have also been
taken. The robberies occurred In the day
tlmo , when the herders were absent with
their cheep. No one baa seen the robbers ,
but It Is strongly suspected they are from
the Powder Springs outfit , who nro known
to bo roaming about the country.
The great exportable products of Wyo
ming cattle , eheep and wool have bad a
marvelous advance , equal , Indeed , to the
rise In wheat , and certain to be more per
manent. Cattle have advanced 66 per cent
within the last year. This means n gain
upon the 500.000 cattle In the state of $5,000-
000 : Upon the 2.000,000 sheep of $3,600,000 ,
and upon the 16,000,000 pounds ot wool ot
$610,000 , or a total of $9,240,000 gain In'
values , actually realizable In cash.
Captain Chlttcnden of the United State. !
engineer corps left SherlOan Saturday , Au
gust 21 , for the Big Horn baein and Jackson's
Hole to look over locations for sites of
government reservoirs. Captain Chlttenden
was accompanied by State Engineer Klwood
Mend , State Treasurer Henry G. Hay , E. S.
Ncttleton , formerly state engineer ot Colorado
rado , and Clarence Johnston , assistant to Mr.
iMoad. Captain Chlttcnden will examine pro
posed reservoir slice In the Big Horn r.inge
near Dome lake and also at the head of
Tongue river and on the Gray Bull In the
Shoshoue mountains , Engineer Mead will
take measurement of the Nowood , Shoshone.
Big Horn. Gray Bull , Wind and Snake rlvero
to ascertain the low water flow.
Two prospectors are washing out gold from
the sands of the lllg Horn river by an In-
genloua process. The sand Is shoveled Into
a large box Into which water Is pumped
with an old-fashioned hand pump. The dirt
then runs over a set of rllllcs and goes Into
another . box In which an old piece ot carpet
ls stretched. ' The wash passes over this
carpc.t . , which arrests the particles ot fine
cold , The carpet Is then shaken and washed ,
quicksilver added , and the resulting mass is
washed. This takes out the quicksilver nnd
loaves the gold dust , The dus-t Is extremely
fine and could not be saved with the ordinary
apparatus. The men disposed ot several
ounces of the dust here In order to purchase
supplies and will work all of the bars of
the river. They are molting about i$4 a day
with but very little work.
COLORADO.
Lcadvllle , since the early seventies , hns
produced $200,000,000.
The Tom Boy mlnoiwas twice abandoned
before ore was found , but , now pays $ CO,000
In dividends per month.
Del Norte Is planning , an extension of
the proposed farmers' railroad from Hooper
to that place and thence by Summltvlllo
to Pagosa. >
A band of horse thieves , has been operat
Ing lu the northern part of the state and
the Cripple Creek district has suffered from
similar depredations , .i i
slmT
There is a secret organization In the city
which now has a membership of fifty the
object of which Is to close up the gambling
houses In Glcnwood Springs.
The Aspen Mountain Tunnel and Drainage
company has let several leases on Its
property on West Aspou mountain and
work will be , begun by the lessees shortly.
. Gold was first discovered in Colorado In
185 , and since then the state has produced
$530,000,000 in gold nnd silver. Out of the
fifty-six ; counties of the state twenty-six are
gold producers.
golT
The marble mill at Marble City is sawing
out slabs of marble. It is running day
and night. Sixteen men are employed at
the quarry and several teams are drawing
the sawed stone to Carbondale.
thoI
In ; the Smuggler Union mine a block of
ere has been discovered G.OOO feet long ,
1,000 ( feet deep , and from three to five feet a
wide. It contains about 2,000,000 tons of ore
and will require at the present rate of oper
ations ) about thirty years to mine.
A band of tramps Is camped below Aspen
near the brewery. It Is said that the brewery
cry proprietor profits to the extent of from
$10 to $15 dollars a day through the hobo
encampments. Members of the gang "work"
the town for nickels and dimes and then acHe
Ho around camp and drink beer. an
The Grain Belt railroad projected by the J
farmers In the center of the San Luis valley *
will bo built from Hooper on the Denver P'1
Rio Grande and will bo run on an econom- of
leal scale. The engineer will also run a "P
flour mill and the train will go slow in order
avoid accidents and damage suite. ho
The first sold discovery at Cripple Creek el'
was made January 20 , 1891. Two mining
men from Colorado Springs took trom abanInf
doned claims twenty-five ( samples of ere which sec
assayed from $10 to $200 per ton. The folbai
lowing year $600,000 was taken out. In 1893. saj
$2.010,000 ; in 1891. $3,080.000 ; in 1895 , $8cot
100,000. and In 1896 , about $15.000,000. val
The eand stone cutters of the Colorado wa
Paving company at Denver , who have been coi
a strike for several days , have now agreed yle
with the company to refer their dispute to rec
State Board ot Arbitration and to abide tha
Its decision. The chief point In the qiiar- the
between the two parties Is over the employment -
ployment of outside workmen by the comAn
nany.
oui
The Hoffman smelter at Marble City is clal
running full bloat and working very fi5
satisfactorily to the management. They are age
caving all of tl.e silver and lead from the ale
and treating thirty-five tons per day. Mr. of
Buckels. nunnaer of the smelter , Is highly Cop
oleased with the camp. He has been In May
nearly all the silver camp * In Colorado , and pro
of the opinion that the Crystal River din- orj
will rapidly come to the front as promv
ducers of the white
metal.'i
UTAH. vcr
The United States court will convene In 1,2
Ogden September G , and in all probability year
bo held In the room of the county court out
house now occupied by the county commiaclli
sionera. ' the
Several of the producers nt Alta , Including baa
Flagstaff , owned by. an JJngliah syndicate ,
Loington and City , Rpck , are making
production records. They are heavy
produccis. , , '
A 200-ton plant Is to be p.ut in In Sixteen-
canyon , two inlla * , or B'P below Virginia ,
tho.purpcae of treating the pile of tail-
known as the "Park ' tailings" by the bank
electro-peroxygen process. "
It Is said that an examination of the prop fair.
'
of the North Mtrc'ur , has Just taken
In the Inttreat of Now York parties to
are now awaltlngtke..report of the exdai
who made It. it : itai claimed by the of
owners that assays from the North Mercur the
IM i-iJ
nhotv values all the way from ft cents to $32
per ton , the latter having hern oh tailed
from picked wimplcn.
R Bradahaw of Lehl recently ohlpped over
2,000 head ot wcthcra to Chicago , and ban
received therefor prices s high n $3,40.
The sbeep are said to be the finest ever
shipped from I'lnh atid will probably be sent
through to England.
George T. Kldrldgc of the Reographlcal
survey has returned , to Fort Dtlchesno from
n trip to the gllsonllc deposits , whore ho has
been establishing the reservation lines , and
hns settled beyond n doubt that all the valu
able beds arc on the reservation.
Ten men have been laid off at the Grand
Central and sinking on n winze Is being
commenced. It Is said that there Is an
abundance of gold-bearing rock , but the-
high-grade ere is not plentiful , the general
average being only about $15 a ton , which
will hardly pay the mnoltlng charges.
Eastern men are boring In the valley at
Mllford , Denver county , under the Impres
sion that the old lake bed there will ehovr
placer gold when bed rock Is reached. The
depth of the soil and gtavel overlying bed
rock Is estimated at from 500 to 1,000 feet.
A great augur in need In making the bore
hole.
hole.The
TheVnleo officials arc Jubilating over a
new strike In the mine. H Is teamed that
aomo very fine ore has been encountered.
The work at the lower tunnel Is stilt pushIng -
Ing ahead , and In the near future a big
alrike Is expected. Several parties arc
leaving the park on prospecting trips and to
do assessment work on uapatentcd claims for
1S97.
1S97.The
The rumor that the headquarters of the
Wyoming division of the Union Pacific arc
to be removed to Ogden , took another lease
of life last week by the report that Superin
tendent Mclloj- had rented a house In Ogdca
and that he was preparing to remove the
shops to that city. The story comes from a
railroad man who runs between Ogdeu and
Evanston.
The work at the dnm In Ogden canyon is
being pushed as fast ns It Is po.'slble to push
It with the force at command. It appears to
bo Imposaibln to got a sufficient number ot
men to go up there to work , although the
wages paid range from ? l,7fi to $250 per
day , nnd board l furnished at $1 per week.
This would eccm to discredit the statement PO
frequently heard that there arc any great
number of men In this community seeking
employment.
The cmtlnucd downward course ot silver
Ls carrying consternation to the silver pro
ducing sections of the west. In those proper
ties whore the proportion of lead produced
Is heavy there is no danger of close-downs
with lead at $3.60 , but where the main metal
values are In silver the situation docs not
look so well. The closing of the Ontario nnd
Daly at Park City has caused much depres
sion ta that camp , COO men being thrown out
of employment. Many of them are obtaining
work In the gold districts.
MONTANA.
The Rurelan thistle has Invaded Silver
Bow county.
In 'the future no one will be permitted
to carry firearms In Yellowstone park.
A fierce feud has broken out among the
Armenians of Belt. One woman has been
seriously wounded , n man is In Jail nnd a
bloody battle Is predicted.
Helena men have struck a good thing In
the Stray Hor.-e. It Is now believed that
they will divide $30,000 between the owners
as a result of his month's work.
The Helena city council has ended the
water light for at least five years by adopt
ing an ordinance giving tha company a con
tract for five years at $18,000 a year and a
settlement of past differences on the- same
basl , ? .
Edward W. Parker , who has charge of
the United States geological survey , has
CO that portion relating to Montana.
In It he says that the total coal product
of the state Is 1,543,445 short tons , of n
spot value of $2,279,072. The annual coal
product of the state has shown an uninter
rupted Increase each year since 1877.
ruMi
Montana have notified the State Board ot
Equalization that they propose to take ex
ceptions to the board's assessment of their
respective properties. The Northern Pacific ,
through Ita tax agent , G. B. Fernald , and
thin Oregon Short Line , through Its tax com
missioner , J. B. Evans , have filed formal
protests with the board. Both Intimate that
resort . , will be had to the courts if n reduc
tion la not granted.
lArtlcIes of Incorporation of the Yukon-
Montana ( Gold Mining company have been
filed with the secretary of state. The pur
poses of the company , as set forth In the
articles - , are to mine and reduce ore , transact
general merchandising business , and to
transport passengers nnd freight. Opera
tions are to be carried on In Alaska , and
the . principal olllce will be in Helena. The
capital . stock Is placed at $10,000 , in shares 10
of the par value of $10.
Placer ] mining by dredging promises to be
one of the moat Important of Montana in
dustries within a short tlmo. Just now in up
addition to the work going on nt Bannock ,
another < dredge Is being successfully operated as
by a man named Johnson twelve miles
from Avon. It differs from the dredge first
put ' in in that it runs on a track Instead
' being on a boat. The operators bring
a drain behind It as they go and have
tin dredge on a truck. Mr. Johnson believes
can work on level ground or on a gulch
equally ' well.
The encouraging reports from the farm
Inf centers continue to come In , and there
seema now no doubt that 1897 will be the Ing
banner year for crops in western Montana , on
says the MIssoula correspondent of the Ana
conda Standard. The Bitter Root. Grasa bo
valley , Frenchtown valley , Plains , Clearwater -
water , Camau prairie , as well as the section
contiguous to Misaoula , all report that the
yield this season will exceed all previoun In
records and the prices bid fair to be better
than was at first expected when the size of
crop was first apparent.
Last year the output of silver from the
Anaconda ; mines amounted to fj,433 S2G
ounces. Comparing the present commer
value of silver with that of a year ngo , The
anil GS'/fc , It will lie Keen thari the shrink
In price on the Anaconda's production able
alone would bo $750,000. This Is equal to 6-16 of
1 cent per pound pn 125,000,000 pounds ot and
copper. The Anaconda copper product In
was 12,262,000 pounds. A very heavy
production of copper will be necessary In
order to pay the company's 10 per cent
dividends ou the capital stock of $30,000,000. time
the decline In the bullion value of sil
the ( Anaconda will have to produce
1,250,000 ! ounces nioro silver than It did last
to obtain an Income equal to lt 1897
output of silver. Every cent that silver de
clines In prlco per ounce means a loss to
fair
Anaconda company of $51338 on the
13 of last year's output. tlon
IDAHO , both
A Lowlston company has gone Into the In
business of polishing opuls. The Lewldton
head
the
and
of Chicago , In which $1,513.59 of state Kl :
funds was. tied up at the time of the World's yield
. The total paid to date Is 75 per cent. ising forty
The Salmon river country In Idaho seems Min
bo giving up Its gold treasures In abun
dance. The Grangevllle Free Press tells bn
two prospectors who have come In from twi
middle fork of the river , a section that were
yard |
fust boar this In inlndt-that whllo Drox
Shooinan Is tin * KrojiliVjt tan .shoo bar-
In giver Omaha hu .iJypf known that
'H not tfolnu to alway's soil tan Khoos
the prollt-loslng priori lie has all ( lur-
S August for promptly at 0UO : p. in.
tosday , AiiRiiflt the Hist , his Rrcnt 1S97
n shoo clearance sale will be over no
nre tan HIOL-H ! then at prices that are
prices at all so you'd better think It
or anil inako up your mind to tun &hoc
o whole family before Us too late a
eat many people have wen the oppor-
nlty and Rraspud It Are you going to
It fade away ?
rexel Shoe Co. .
1419 Farnuin Street
has never 'been explored , bringing n quantity
of gold taken out there In a few weeks'
work. The amount of their cleanup wan
clnjo to $1,000.
The Idaho Avalanche ays the best mlno
In Owyheo county Is owned by John Scales.
Ills mint Is t old W Ron town , About two
miles below Do Limar. Ho ban a body of
ere that runs $7 per ton , and has lots of
It being 160,000 nud 160,000 tons and the
ere keeps coming.
The report of the referee In the litigation
between DUInp and Lincoln counties. It Is
said , will make a reduction of about $10,000
on the court house property In favor of
Ulalno county. Hut what Lincoln county
loses on this reduction It more than
makes up by A reduction of Interest on
thp debt. The referee strikes out over
$27,000 of compounded Interest , o tha net
gain to Lincoln county Is about $10,000.
The commissioners of Lincoln county luivo
retained counsel to test the constitutionality
|
of the stock assessment tow passed i
nt the last session of the legislature. '
Lincoln county loses n largo amount of
revenue , ns Its sheep range In Blalne somo'
eight months of thp year. Moreover , the rate i
In Blrtlne Is $7.40 , while In Lincoln It Is only !
$2.60. This works a hariHilp on the Lincm
coin sheep owners. The law will be fought
under the recent decision of the supreme '
court In the fee law caw. If th.it decision
stands. If It Is revcivcd some other ground
of attack will be relied upon.
The- stockmen of Caml * county , Idaho , arc
organizing .to stop the wholesale operations
ot cattle thloves In the country between
Salmon Falls river nnd the llrunenu river.
and there Is n large ejection of rmmtry about
fifty mllcp square west of Salmon river that
Is a vast ? afie briMh plain , nuking fine winter
range , hut so short ot water In summer that It
la totally unoccupied by ranches. Hero the
stolen cattle are rounded up and driven north ,
to trail roads. The operations ot the thieves in ]
;
C.issla and Owyheo counties are becoming ]
so extensive that the cattlp business Is be- j
coming unprofitable. Recently a strongo or- '
ganlzatlon ot the cattle growers In that
section has been formed , and In a few days i
a meeting will be called for the purvrjo
of forming a state as'oclallnu. The prliiiS- ,
object Is to check rattle nte.illng , but In- !
cldentallv on effort will be made to cheek !
the encroachments of the sheepmen on those ,
ranges. Cattle stealing Is becoming so exteii-
slve that ninny men are going out of the
business. This , added to the fact that sheep
are defiling the range nnd that poison weed
Is growing In considerable quantity , lias In- '
dticed many of the rattle growers to move
their herd ? , the Sparks-Hcrrold company havrlv '
Ing moved its cattle into Nevada , nnd i
Swcetzer and Burroughs are now ranging '
largely In Colorado and Kansas.
CALIFORNIA.
The projectort of a beet sugar factory at
Stockton ask a bonus of 3,000 acres of land
from the fanners.
Mrs. Hell of Sonora was > badly Injured In
a stage coach accident near that place. It
Is wild that she was driving the coach
at the time.
The bonds of the San Francisco llrldgc
company for the foundation of the new
postolllce liavo been approved by the Treas
ury department at Washington and the work
will bo begun at once.
The two universities have leased for two
years the lot on Klghth street , between Harrison
risen and Folsom , and It will shortly bo
fitted up as athletic grounds , with seating
accommodations for S.GOO spectators.
The enrollment of students at the
State university last week reached 1,200 ,
but It is not thought the number this year
will exceed 1,400. Last yaar's enrollment
was 1,470. The main reason for the falling
off Is the raising of the standard In the $
scientific courses.
Last week a survey was begun of the
Tularo Lake region , which Is the first step
In a great Irrigation scheme to put water
on the arid lands to the west of the lake.
The survey will bo made by Caleb II. Davis ,
whose plan Includes the erection of pumping
works In the lake and the use of electrometer
motor force from King's river.
The Pleasanton company hns over 400
acres In hops this year , which Is the largest
hop field under one control in the world.
From $25,000 to $30,000 Is expended on It
annually before a hop Is picked. It ls > cal
culated that It will tnko fully l.SOO hands
six weeks to pick the crop this year. There
will be no difficulty In getting the help
necessary , as over 2,000 have registered. of
Llvermoro Valley grape growers will be
paid by the home members of the Wlno a
Makers' corporation on , the first Installment
of grapes an Increase of $2 per ton over to
any other section of the state , or $7 there
and $3 elsewhere , where oles are estab
lished on .tho sliding scale. The balance
will bo paid as soon as the price is set
by the corporation. Grape picking In this
valley will bo commenced about September
and the yield is expected to reach about
10,000 tons. It
'Beet ' sugar will not be the only product of
the Starr mill at Crockett when It starts
, about January 1 next. The machinery
will permit of the refining of cano sugar
well , and the prospects are that it will
take considerable of the Hawaiian crop
not controlled by Clans Spreckels. Thla .
year's crop la estimated at about 200 tons ,
and whllo much of It may be shipped di
rectly east if prices warrant , a largo amount cut
will find Its way to the new factory.
Two carloads of manganese of twenty tons
each were shipped this week to Llvermoro
from Corral Hollow via Tracy. Lorin I thr
Phillips Is superintending the work of grind- j a
the mangancfie. There are several orders ov
liaml from eastern Iron works for the I ' this
Llvermoro metal , and mining promises to '
lively from now on. Representatives of
Carnegie and the eastern manufacturers top
have looked the ground over and are nego
tiating for the purchase of manganese land. at
the event of a sale they propose shipping
metal from hero in Its crude state.
OREGON.
The fruit growers of Hood River have
decided to hold a fruit fair this fall.
There Is a largo forest fire raging In the wh ow
vicinity of Cow creek In South Douglas.
smoke Is so thick as to be very disagree- part
both for trainmen and travelers wlillo
passing through the canyon. The operation nnd
trains requires considerable watchfulnecg 28.
care to 'avoid accidents.
At the Independent Warehouse company's
warehouse In Pendleton there has been re
ceived for the. last two weeks an average of will
about 1,600 sacks of wheat dally. All the
, six men are busily employed and the A
warehouse Is kept open until 8 o'clock at
night. than
Umatllla county will send an extennlvo
exhibit of her fruits , cereals , vegetables and
manufactured products to the Bpokano fruit
In October. Thla much lica been deter cific ways
mined by the Pondloton Commercial at > cla-
and Milton 'Dureau ' of Immigration , all
organizations having become Interested
the matter.
Oats and wheat are as high as a man's
on Indian farms on the reservation In
Klamath agency division , in Oregon ,
there are about 700 acres of It , says the
Klamath Falls Republican , The oatfl will
fifty bushsls to the acre and wheat Me
bushels , and there la not an unprom bcr
acre among the whole 700. of I
The flrot hops of the season of 1807 were 000
brought Into Kugcno Tuesday. There were rived
twelve balea of the Fugles variety and they are
grown on the Mrs. I. L. Campbell cur
on the McKenzlc. The Fugles is an ass
cirly variety , and Is not so heavy * pro
ducer as the English cluster , the variety
grown here with
, the exception of it ver/
few yards.
A new fruit drier Is In process of erection
on the BclltoiinUlu prune farm , In Dcnton
county. It U ft twelve-tunnel Allen drier ,
offer 300 bufthcls' capacity. It will be ready
for operation at plcklnjt time. TheBell -
fountain : orchard contain * 110 ncrcs of prune
trees , five and lx years old , and forty acre *
ot pear nnd apple trees , The prune yield.
thl season la estimated at 4,000 to 6,000
bushels.
but'J
The fire department of Lafayette has re
ceived n new ten-pump hand englno which
cost about $200. Fifty feet of suction hosn
was secured with It and 160 feet of discharge
hose. H Is claimed the engine will throw a
stream over ordinary building ? a dlstanco
ofbei half a block. This will afford much
better fire protection than Lafayctto hns
hfti .
The old high railroad bridge across Mill
creek , leading out of The Dalles , Is soon
to bo supplanted by a new one , the engineer
IIIR work for the new structure having been
made and submitted In the chief engineer.
The bridge will be run direct from the west
end of First street to the locks beyond the
creek , nnd will do away with the curve that
not causes so inurh trouble In fitting
heavy trains out of ( he town.
The first home grown watermelons of the
pen son reached the loral market In C'orvnllls
las Saturday. They were brought In by
C. F. Culver of Fall-mount precinct , who
wa in again Monday with an other load.
They were sold nt from 6 cents to 25 cents
and went like hot cakes. Mr. Culver will
have ' on his farm this season 3.000 melons
and 500 bushels of tomntors. He also mar
keted In their reason 15.000 boxes of straw
berries.
WASHINGTON.
Washington's wool clip for 1S97 amount *
to G.000,000 pounds ,
. Four ] vessels at Tnconu arc loading with
4,800,000 _ . foot of lumber for foreign ports.
. The ruling prlee for pack hor.vs In Ellens ,
burg last week wan $20 , and the tendency
of , the market Is still upward.
Spokane Is having considerable trouble
with the million-dollar water system ana
patrons ' arc loud In their complaints.
Just In time for hot weather the Aberdeen
Ice factory began making lee last week.
Tin plant was recently Installed by H. 1 *
Cook .t Co. , of that city.
The steam hr.itlng apparatus for the
marine hospital In Port Towneonil has ar
rived < and Is being put In by the contractor ,
who expects to have the work finished on
tlmo. :
tlmo.Warden
Warden Catron of the State ponltontlnry
contemplates establishing a clothing factory
In that Institution to provide clothing for
convicts nnd Inmates of other public Insti
tutions of the ctatc1.
Much of.the grain mound Colfiix Is yielding
more than forty bushels U > the aero , llead-
IIIK will be under full headway In a day or
two. and with good we.itner practically all
of the grain will be savt'd.
It will bo lawful to kill moose , elk , moun
tain sheep , antelope , caribou or goat la
Washington after the 1st of next month ana
until November 1. Deer may bo killed from
September 1 to December 1.
Walla Walla la to have a tussle with the
nlckel-ln-tho-slot machines , the council hav
ing authorized the city attorney to draft an
ordinance prohibiting gambling by any de
vice. Including the innocent-looking llttlo
machines.
The 'Spokane Spokesman-Review says that
never In the history of Spokane has there
been such a demand for harvest hands , ami
that unprecedented wages are offered. From
$2 to $4 per day and board Is tendered In
many sections.
The Hoe Hoes of the state will probably
hold their annual meeting at Whatcom on
September 9. 'It has to bo held at the ninth
hour of the ninth day of the ninth month
ot the year. There will bo a Hoe Hoe con
catenation , and the liveliest sort of a tlrntt
la expected.
The third annual session of the school of
farming at the Washington agricultural col
lege , In Pullman , will begin September 23.
The course extends over two terms of six
months each , enabling students to earn
enough during the six months' vacation to
defray expenses.
The Northern Pacific Railway company
has been notified by the Pierce county board
equalization that its assessment
valuation will bo raised to $10000
mile on Its tracks In Plcrco
county , and It has also been notified
bo present at the oillce of the board to
fllo Its protest If it has any to make.
The Yakltnn Hop Growers' association last
week decided to hold Its membership rolla
open until September 1. The committee on
transportation reported that a rate of $8
had been obtained over the Northern Poclflo
for pickers , in crews of fifty , from Tacoina.
was decided to stand by the former agree
ment to pay 75 cents per box for picking.
The Mount Baiter shingle mill at Law
rence , Whatcom county , last week broke the
world's record for hand-machine shingle-
sawing , cutting 97,000 IG-inch and 18-Inch
shingles In a 10-hour run. Gus Larson ,
.the ehlnglo sawyer , beat his own world's
record , made last April by 4,000 shingles ,
and for ten months past his daily avcrago
has been 77,000 shingles.
From William Grecr's ranch , five miles
southwest of Oakcsdale , comes a story of
hay raising that Is hard to beat. On &
three-acre lot ha grew enough grain to fill
barn 24x30x20 feet , which would be a trlfio
over nine tons to the acre. While growing
wheat was so high that when walking-
through It , It was necessary to raise your
hands high above your head to touch the
of the stalks.
At least three new canneries will be built
Blalno during the coming winter and at
least seven different companies are Investi
gating different locations In the county
with n view of engaging In the canning
business next season , Nearly all the can
neries have closed operations for the present ,
owing to the cessation of the sockcyo run ,
which Is expected to be resumed the latter
of this week.
.
Preparations for the Whitman county fruit
agricultural fair , to bo held September I
. 29 , 30 , October 1 and 2 , continue un
abated , nnd the finest and most extcnslvo
exhibit ever collected In the county Is
promised. After the Colfax fair the exhibit
bo taken to the Spokane fruit fair and
later sent east , to encourage Immigration.
feature of the fair this year will bo the
poultry show , which will bo more extensive
heretofore.
The "Bicyclist's Best Friend" is a familiar
name for DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salvo , always
ready for emergencies. While a spe
for piles. It also Instantly relieves and
cures cuts , bruizes , salt rheum , eczema and
affections of the skin. It never fallh.
IiXCUHSI\.S A II HAT SUCCESS ,
Mcrrlinnlfl FliM-k Iiilo MenYorlc nnd
Spi-iul Tlii'lr Muni * ) ' Fri-Hy ,
NBW YORK. Aug. 29. The officers of the
Merchants' association estimate that tha
benefit by the visit of buyers from all partu
the country this fall will approximate $ M-
000,000 and way that the benefits to bo de
In the future by the extension of trada
incalculable. The ccond ncrlm of ex- .
curalona from the territory of the joint trulllo
association Is now well under way.
Mnybo you think Klmh.ill pianos nro
our only stock In trade You inj'lit ! think
BO If yon'vo never bi'isn In our store
lint tlu t ! that have been here know
there was never before snrli a collection
of art treasures shown at one tlmo anil
at one place ns we show New additions
dally and wo extend yon a cordial In
vitation to come In and look at our pic
ture pillory Its free open every day ex-
cejit Sunday You are jimt ns welcome
whether you buy or not Of course we'd
like to have a souvenir of your visit but
you don't have to buy.
A. HOSPE ,
Music and Art. 1513 Douglas
