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12 THE OlSrAlIA DAILY BETS : TUESDAY , DEOEM-BEt * 21 , 18fT. ) 4t f The Way a Tugboat Saved tht. : f Ritmttlnn , , . . It Is only after much consideration and Hitch weighing of the matter that I Am a.blo ! o force myself to the point of telling the Iruth nfbout the marriage nnd the attempt it elopement mJiIch preceded the ceremony , Ind the determination to explain the matter rlofly but fully Is made simply In Justice to Petlence and her father , Samuel X Yelnlk. Esq. , president of the .Mrgul mines and half 1 dozen other great financial concerns , for sow I can affo.'d both to pity him and to Vii-gb at him. FilrUicrniorc , the newspapers published luch ridiculous stories at the time that they really hiadc us all ashamed , telling , as they did. how I chartered a steam yacht and tcatchcJ .Patience . 'irom ' her father's arms and : aiiled her away to sea In the palatial craft 3n which n clergyman was awaiting us , and of the demands Mr. Yelnlk made upon the Nixvy department to send a war ship after as , nnd how Jio nearly succeeded because of Immense contributions to Ihe presidential taropalgn fund. Of courro only the antUarnvlnlstratlon pa- ptvs printed this last stuff , for It was pure ituft and"nonsense. . Nevertheless the wild itorics were sent all over this country , and I have even seen cable dispatches which were printed about them In one or two Journals of London and Paris. And naturally , as you can understand , all this was very disagree- dole. dole.Wei. . to begin with , I did think a srcat deal of Patience there's no use denying facts and I had 1/eea half In love with her from boyhood. During tho.last year I had been with htr more than usual , stelng her at home , or en thu links ot the Countrj club , and at various leas and club fetes. And ly oliecr accident , I assure you , 1 ppcnt thu summer on the shores of Lake ' Champlaln , making ntudhs for two or three for looking quickly at the parsing craft 1 MW her frightened half to death ua she realized our plot had been discovered , But In desperation I shouted ! "Walt for me In Jersey City. " She nodded and then we were gone again. Klft n minutes eMps l before our boa.t left the New York ferry slip and during that time Mr. Yelnlk chuckled and slappci hi * knees and acted like a inlld lunatic , lie -was so overjoyed. "Yes , 'Walt for me In Jerc-oy City,1 " he mimicked , "Oh ( sho'll wait dcn't jou tc a f j.i Id Bho'll wait , but for me and not foi you : and , let mo tell you one thing , sir , as soon as I caa get a warrant jou'll ba locked Up , nnd , by heavens , I'll see you In Sbg Sing before I'm done with you , " He went on In this fashjon uatll wo ha-1 crci sodi the North river again and' ' had come to a dead stop obout 100 feet from the Jer sey City ferry e'.lp , blocked' by . fleet ol canal boats that were lazily crawling up stream against the tide. I looked acroE/s them to the boat she had come over on. It was blocked Inside the slip , and horror ot horrors , there the stood on the deck ( ready , to croai the river once more , having totallj misunderstood the/ message I had shouted. A tug boat , waiting to get down stream clowly approached our craft rnd came to a dead stop , so cloic that I could have stepped aboard her Mr. Yelnlk had walked to th& ether side of our deck , feeling uufo no long as I was there and we were afloat. Like a flash I saw a chance to escape and called to the pilot of thoitug : "Want a job ? " "That's my" watermelon , " he replied. Instantly 1 cleared our rail nnd leaped to the towboat , shouting : "Sheer off , quick 1 Sheer off ! " The pilot rang the bslls , the propeller whirled viciously and wo shot backwards from the- ferry beat R * Mr. Yelnlk rushed to Its rail and sworo' ' at us. rather ambitious paintings to bo finishes when- cold Weather came : aud Patience wit there , too with her deep , brown eyes , and wavy hair and superb piesenci. I Kr\ow this sounds llko cxtravaEinl description , but It Is accurate , for Patience Is one , of the finest specimens of young womanhood I have ovei seen , thanks to Inheritance , and wheeling nnd tennis , and golf , and boiling. She wai vlaltlfiK " couElm at Port Kent a brunette with red lips and white teeth , and the vcr > mlsch'cf dancing In her eyes ! And , natu pilly. Miss Blalm was Interested In helping along a love affair for where Is the girl who wouldn't be ? I don't know how It happened , but In some way od ! Moneybags Yelnlk heard o' the situation and appeared suddenly one evening at the residence of Miss Blalm'f paren',8. At the time hW train from Ne York arrived Patience and I were strolling along the shores of Champlaln In the moon [ light , I'lf confess , and when we returned to the Blalm horns , some time after 10 o'clock , we found the callous-hearted old fellow tramping up and down the verands , smoking furiously , and stroking his \\hitt whiskers In a manner that boded no gix > d ( or us. Ho never spoke to me never acknowl edged my presence by so much as a atare : fact IB , ho i.Olerly Igu red me , and I'll ad mit that hurt my pilde , confound him ! He simply topk Puttence by the arm and marched her Indoors nnd otxt morning they went to Now York before I had a chance to wy fare well. But I was at the station , and as the train pulled out tbo dear girl called : "Goodby , Fred. Don't worry It's all right. " And then her father slammed down the window and iwowled aa It he would like to blto mo In half. During 'be ' ensuing six weeks I worked as bird MB a nun could , but never did I write Patience , although I sent messages to her Iri Marion Elalm's letters and heard from her now aud Htun through 'the ' same medium , so I watn't really cut oil , you ECO. I came lx > ck to 'town about tie mltldlo of September , and a week later ( Miss Elclm arrived1 at the Yelntk hoinn In New Jur&cy to make u visit , but ot osuroe old Manovbai ; wouldn't allow mil < to uti 1'atlniee , ttul natumlly I had < too much seiibo to call , but the ( loprhatlcti was hard In more wajs than mo , as you will understand mcscntly , A month dragged by and the time wiis op- proichl'g tor Marlon's vlnlt to be concluded , when one Saturday aftemon I went aboard a ferryboat bounl fur Jcrs-ey City , whither I was to taku a tmln for ttoe town whcro Patience lived. And on tie boat , for the iflibt time In three months , I < met Mr. Yel nlk. Hf was ( filling particularly mutable , probably because ho had managed to "frcejo out" same business rival In one of hts great schemes , and ho approached me. suyliig , with a grim smile : "How do jou do , sir ? " "I'm woll. " "Haven't seen you lately out at the house , ' ho continued , sarcastically. "No , and you're not likely to , " I replied with einplcisls. How long this conversation might t'-ive continued I don't know , but at that moment wo passed In midstream cloo by a ferrjbrat steaming from Jersey Clt > to Now York , and ouo ot thu passengers on It , a girl wo both know , waved her hand to me , and I called out : "Walt there ! I'll bo over at once ! " Then the beats bad swept by each oilier and I turned to look < tt Mr , Yelnlk. Ho ua cilniwt livid with luge , and he trembled as with a chill. "You villain ! " he Bald , threateningly. "So this Is how you ECO cadi other ! lly heavens I'll make you t > ay for this ! I nun > ese you hat arranged an elopement ! " ho exclaimed , giH ' tliig more and mcro excited. And ho dldn' bi'como calm when I told him hU surmise Van true. There were few other pasicngera aboard and Patlenco's father had the awiae to epcal in law tpnes , to avoid a scene , but U vua o\vJul the way he swore he would put mo In prlaou ( of life , und shoot me dead it I over BO much as dared to look at hi * daughter again. Of course be didn't get off tbo boat , < U Jeney City , ho atayed cloao to mo ; and , of course , I came back to New York to mjst tbo dear girl. Hut , alas , and ulackt "When e reached the middle of the river again and met the other boat , bound this time for Jernoy City , old Yelnlk fairly trembled for Joy and ihouted : "There aho la ! I could recognize that hat and coat anywhere , So you eeo sno won't elope \yth | you , you m'eerablo aocaklng bound you young villain you abductor " Hy betrt suik within ; mo as lie epoke , \ \ "Skim around that fleet , quick ! " I called ( hurrying up to the pilot , house nnd pulling a $20 bill out of ray pocket. "Now make for thnt boat'"tn the slip and stand by till I get ther young lady there , waiting for me ! " "You bet I .will1' ! the pilot responded heartily. "Bully for you , young feller ! I ain't been married long myself. " In less tlmo almcot than It takes to tell It wo had. como alongside the other ferry boat and tlio dear , girl was aboard with me and wo werS speeding down toward the bay. When we were quite out of reach the pilot caked : "Now , where do you want to go to ? " " 0 , anywhere In New Jersey , so we can bo married without stopping 'for a license- say to Atlantic Highlands or Long Branch , or anywhere ! " "You dear old geese ! " exclaimed my bride. "Why , we cah't get there under two hours and by that ilmo ho will have telegraphed all along tha.coast to' arrest us on sight. " "Good Lordl" I groaned. "What'll wo do ? I hadn't thought of that " "Why. Just let's sill up the Kill von Kuli here to Dayon'riodhd land In fifteen minutes , " she replied , in unbusinesslike way. "He nevpr would dream ot our going ashore so close , but It's all New Jersey and In ten minutes nero we can ( lad"a minister and be m-m-mar ried , " she 'concluded , whispering and bluah- ' * * Aml we 'dldl8oaol took the first train back to NowYorlc and telegraphed to Mr. Yelnlk that wo would bo glad to have him call'on us wltti-ihlB wlfo that evening , Since then wo have been told that when the old geiitljPinaii reiched home that after noon ho almost 'lud'an Attack of apoplexy , for when ho went up the veranda steps the front door was opened by his daughter Patience , who confessed everything how she cad I had never been really In love , but how Marlon had become engaged to mo that sum mer and wo simply had to be married clan destinely , because "Mr. Yelnlk finally suc ceeded In prejudlcfng Mr. and Mrs. Elalm against mo so that they refused to eanctlon a wedding. A Clevi-r Trie-It. It certainly looks like It , but there is really no trick about H , Anybody can try It who haa I xi i no Hack and Weak Kidneys , Malaria or nervous troubles We mean ho can cure himself right , away by taking Electric Hit ters. This muillclno tones up the whole sys tem , acts as n''sflmulant to the Liver and Kidneys , Is a blood purldcr and nerve tonic. It cures Constipation , Headucho , Fainting Spoils , Sleeplessness d Melancholy. It is purely vegetable ; ! a mild laxative and restores the system to Its-natural vigor. Tfy Electric Hitters and ho convinced that they are a miracle worker , Kvery bottle guaranteed. Only 60c a bottleat Kuhn & Co.'s drug store. llnr ( mill Cliit'lc Stiii Philip Wlsscr , nscd 82. died Sunday mornIng - Ing at 7i7 : o'clock , siiya the St. Louis Itc- publtc. The time was recorded by the clock , which for more than twenty-live years lina told thu hour of day to the WIs- MT family , Tl.le old timepiece stopped tick ing IIB the octogenarian breathed his lust It was nn Incident foretold by Wlsser. "Thnt clock Is my friend. " Bald ho one day. "I hnvq listened to Us beat for these many years'until now I think Its notion Is In unison with Urn lie.its of my heart , I bellevo UB seemingly sympathetic move ments will cense when 1 die. " And HO it came to pass. The very moment that the venerable man dropped off the familiar "tlck-tock" of the timepiece wns heard no more. The ixjiululum came to n standstill suddenly and without apparent reason. The clock \vn wound the evening before by Winner , and should have run for eight days. "When It wns examined It was found tp bo. In wood order , but the members of the family will not iigaln use It s a , timepiece. They will keep It In rnemory of the-departfd , Mra. Mary Bird , " llarrUburg , Pa. , says , "My ( hlld Is worth millions to mo ; yet I would have lost her ; by croup had I not in vested twenty-five1 ceiita In a bottle of OIK Minute Cough Cure. " It cures coughs , coldt and ill throat and lung troubles. 11 > > " ! riui.iu. _ , .All American newspaper man In Berlin says that once on the Imperial yarht Ilia German fmppror 'vuinted n glass of bwr. and n sailor was ordered to fetch him one , The man -was new to the- yacht , and the presence of the emperor completely overcame him. In lily i-mbarr-issment he mumbled nnd ttpljlQd part of the bc r "Ah " ald the ermwror , "I see you do not know- how to do It Conic. I will Hho\v you how to bring" the kaiser u glata of beer " Where upon ho arosu from his chulr and went be low for a clans of beer. Presently ho re turned , walk-tO across -th UeckimltU " ' e < l rasp and , pvlth n low bow ; presented ho drink to the sailor , The enllor hail ulto recovered his compoMiro. Ho put fbrth hl hnml and took thh ulnSw. "To the knlqerl" he caM. nnd drttntt" It off. Anil he knlser well , it's * a story the knlser < ells n himself , TUB M3W AUMV T.VIUJHT. tH 1C ( ! < < In tllflc SliooUuK nlrnlril \ nxix-rlim-tit * . Th recent nnntml rlflo meeting nt Sen dirt , N. J. , theiMeccn ot the expert military hot. .was signalized by remarkable tenm corrs nhd phenomenal Individual ahoollnp. llevlewlnp the rrsulH of the mevtlnff n vrltcr In HntnerV Wcek'.y snyn : A gradual mproverr.cnt In rifle shooting- would bo but he nnturnl remilt of the intense Interest ind constant prnrtlce now provplein In the tnte troops , nnd the winningby tic GeorRln cum of practically every mntoh It could nter Is but the logical result of Its thorough TI ? .mini tlon , entcrprloc nnd rarly .nrnctlee , loth nt home nnd a [ S t Ql t , I lit I s tccord. ireaklnp ; SCOIP In the IntcrM'.atr match , with a ironrgln of fifty-six po'nts ov r the former ocord , made by Pennsylvania In 1SP2 , can inrilly be attributed either to exceptionally nvorablo clrcumst-inccs or to the prowess f the phenomenal rhotswho constituted fie ! jeer lni team , for the Nra- York tonm alno iroke the previous record , with a margin of wenty-one points. Utsplte thp mninlflcenl plioothiK ot both heso teams * the remarkable scores must be n part attributed to the nn * style of target , iRort for the first time nt thla meeting. Kor many year the mlllt.iry target In this lountry consisted of a central circular 'hlilrs-eyo" ftiirroiindcd by eoncontric clrcn- nr rings. A few yearsngo this was c'snged o the clllptlc.il litiH'r-eye , with elliptical lnR , the vcrtleal nxla belnir the greitter. The area of the bull's-eye nnd rlnsa of this unct were the nimc np In the circular tylt mil no perceptible changeIn scores was noticed. In the fprlnjr of the present year , as thp result of the recoT.ciienda lions of the army small arms board , n radical chunsevaa ma'lo In * the adoption of the rllhouetto tar ed. The theorv of tills inrce.t . Is that thn soldier should be trained to shoot at a innrk such as the enemy would present. The iull's-eve , or. ar. It It now called , the flirurc , " In the , 200-vnrcl tarcet Is therefore he sll'-ouct'e In black , on a rvMte croutid of a soIOIer lylnp down , "heii-1 on " In the VX-'ard ) tnrRet Jhe lluure 1 kneeling ; In the SW-yurd tiirsret the fltftire Is stall lntr. ! anil ho JOCO-vard nsure 1st thnt o' a soldier on lorrohaelc. The tendency of all troops beliift o shoot hlRh. an cndeuvor ls tniulc In the new target to overcome this tendency by olaclHK the flcurc at the bottom Instead of n the center , Tic divisions regulating- vnluo of shots ire entirely different nnd the area of the figure Is much greater than In the old bull's- eye. eye.The effect on the scores of this Rrenter area In the central objective l moit nn- narcnt at 200 yard * . At this ransc the Iqure Is comD.ict and comparatively regular n shnpc and the element of ehnnce enters OEp than In the other targets , in tvhlc'i It Is evli'ent ' that a shot either close to the nrm- pit In the EDO-yard target or high up between the legs In the SOO-ynnl Is closer to the center and unquestionably better than one which chance inlgtit lodge In the elbow or n the foot of the flsure , but > whlch counts 'or more. It Is at 200 yards , therefore , that accurate loldlngsurest ! of eountlnjr , and whl'c : hc new and larger objective contributes o a higher score , fhe records made at Sea Girt are none the ICFS remarkable. In the company team mitch , open to teams of Jive , ten shots each nt 200 vards and fiOO yards , Ciip'nln Cnnn and Private Austin of company C , First GeorRla infantry , both made ten cansecuUve nt 200 yards , two others of thifc team irmklwz nine , nnd one elRht Es out of the ten sliots. Jlore re markable still , lK > th Cap'aln Canii nnd Pri vate Austin duplicated this fent In the inter- s'ate match , three others of the Georgia team of twelve also making a possible ten straight f > a at this ranpe. Upon the old style oC tanret It was usual Tor teams to make t"ic hlcher score at the longer distance , owing -to the prone position allowed at 300 yards , the winning team In the Interstate match havlnu : made the ilghcr score nt the lonper raivo for the last seventeen consecutive years ; but It Is. . noteworthy that while five of the Georgia team made a possible ro at SCO ynrds , one made 49 , nnd two mode -IS. the hlR-hcFt scnro made at MO years was -IS , the total at the lonpir range being13 points less than nt the shorter. \ As before stated. It Is believed that this is because fno size of the o ! > | ectlve and the divisions of the. tarpct render It easier to make a perfect Fcore at 200 yards thin heretofore , while the conditions at GOO yards are not very different , tn Georgia team ( making- precisely the same total at this range thnt It made last year. . j- , 11 lore Is much criticism of-the new targets among military men , especially of trne < oo Iart7i3 figure In the short range targets" , and1 of the chance of close sliots at the longer ranges counting less than wider shots which happen to iJilt nn nrm or leg. The advocates of the target , on the other hand , contend that It Is thoroughly practical , since a shot missing a man's trunk by half nn Inch Is 'harmless , nnd fftould * therefore count less than one which strikes his * elbow or foot , rendering him liorg do combat. Prosperity comes quickest to the man whoso liver la In good condition. DeWltt's Cdttlo Early Risers are famous little pills for constipation , biliousness , Indigestion aad till stomach and liver troubles. S 1MOXREHS. Expedients of Piith MnUi-rx In ' .Vow I'd r IM of i In' "Wiii-lil. In Harper's Round Table there Is nn arti cle on "Ingenious Plonecis , " from which thtl following Incidents are culled : Men who pioneer the way In new parts of the world , where wild nature reigns , and no resource of civilization Is there to comfort and Ciolp , must needs be full of expedients anil keen of wit to get along and come out winners. Some pioneers succeed w'.iere oth ers full , simply because , when driven to It , they can build a boat or a 'house ' without tools , make palatable bread without yeast , eat stewed monkey or fried ants without a qualm or with retdy tact transform ex cited savages , howling for war. Into a crowd of laughing friends. Ten years ago a French expedition was sent Into the western Soudan to occupy u new region and build a fort nt Slgiilrl , where the Tangisso river Joins the Niger Ono day they came to KoKobo river , whldi could be forded , and there were no native canoes to carry tliem across. The whites sat down on the bank to talk the problem over. ' J'on- teens made from felled trees , and other schemes , were discussed. At last ono of them Hakl : "Look here. "We hnvo 0,000 feet of tcle- prap'i wire , and wo can build n suspension bridge , There nre plenty of trees on both banks. Let the boys pass the wlro from shore to shore , drawing it taut nround the foot of the trees. We can make a wide , strong roadway by covering , the wlro with small straight branches , and putting on these a layer of cartri nnd grass : anu there's our bridge. " It was a vexed question in 1890 whether the Plleomnyo river , which Hews for hun dreds of miles from the liollvlan Andes to the Paraguay , might bo used ns a commer cial highway from Bolivia to the ocean Our countryman , Captain Page , settled this question so conclusively that no further ef. fort to utilize the Plleomnyo Is likely to be made : and In this work , that cost"him his life , for ho died of privations after being lemtned In for months by hostile Indians , he devised a plan of steaming up river when the wuter was so low that 'his vessel wns etuck In the mud. He was determined to go still further , thouglh his llttlo steamer , which drew only eighteen Inches , rested on the river bottom : so behind the boat ho throw up nn embankment of earth clear across the channel , bucked It with palm trunks and brushwood , nnd before long the water hud risen a couple of feet , and the little Uollvla wns able to go on 'her ' way four miles before she stuck asnln , Then another dam was built , nnd this process wns repeated seven times , and with the aid of thu tlams 'the vessel advanced about tlilrly-flvo mllea above the highest point she coultl reach at the natural low-water stage. Dr. Junker , the , Russian explorer , who did not see a whlto person for years while he was studying the natives and natural hlfttory of the Upner ' .MobanglIukua river , made use of an Ingenious expedient to get to the , coast on his way homo In USD , He couhl not descent ! the Nile , for the Malullsts blocked the way. Ho could not follow the beaten road by way of Victoria Nynnza for the Wagamtu nnd other tribes had beeiv killing whites , and If- they did not murder Junker they would nt least detain him a a prisoner. Arab traders would not take htm In their ciir.ivnus for fear they would lose , the friend. Mp of the nutlvo phlefH along the road , At lost the doctor went to one of the trod urn with this proposal : "You cannot take me with- you as a friend , " ho said , "but you eari take mo $ a Hlnvr. Loo' : , at thlH.1' And , lr. ) Junker showed the trader un orderswrjtien In Xanzl- liar , authorizing the doctor ta make any ar rangements lie c.e Ired with Ar.ibi o ! Central Africa , and thu ilrm would honor hU-driiftH , "Now , " continued Dr. Junker , "I have written out a contract , nnd if you i * 111 sign l ivlth mo I H'lall ' rcnchi the coast. It pro- vldru that when you deliver me alive at Zanzibar the * um of (1 f0 > ( Austrian tlirilcrs ) will be paid to you by this Ilrm. You cannot take me ylth you TIB a traveler or a friend , und you must , therefore , take mo an u . Tlio bargain WIIH made on ttila basU. In partilng through the hostile tribes the- white man wiia represented to bo a slave who had been purcnnvcd from n > negro trlbo further north As a ultivo lie ] > ai > ! > cd mutter even at the con" cf cruel King Mwiuign and was ixl'.c.a'cj a uass on in peace ivuth his BUP- poacd PLATINUM IN THE PLACERS Minors Have Overlooked Ono Source of Qroit Wealth , METAL IS FCUND IN THE GRAVEL Moiitttnrt Mlticm AiIvliuMl to Stuily Hie of ( lie Mctnl i.I.ltllc ICnvii _ mid Sonrvo. "We do not knovrthow much platinum rr.oy have been throwmaway by t'ao placer miners ; of Montcmawho "have been neglecting n source of consldevAblo revenue If my Inform.- tlon Is correct , " tald Cyrus 0. Baker , Jr. , of Now York , whileIn Helena , Mont. , to a representative cf itlie Independent. "It would the miners otcthls statu to study plat- nim , at ony rate } for whenever It la found It s nearly as viluabloois gold. U Is worth $14 n ounce and makes a nice addition to the aluc of the grati'l wherein it Is found. A of the purposeiot my Journey here Is to cqualnt miners with the ( act that It Is worth avlngand to inform them wlxit It is like nnd iow to obtain It in it la found to exist. Wo cllovf that it is'present , in much of the ; mvel that Is washed for gold We know ( It having existed to some extent In Urltlsh Columbia and la Montanu , where it haa been ailed 'whlto Iron , ' and has been thrown vtay. It Is 5 per cent heavier than gold and i saved nt the Riaie time by the eamo recess , but piobably in giifltrr or less quan- Itles Is thrown away with tlio black cam ! nd residue thut the miner finds In his pan. 'ho method generally adopted to extract 'latlnum ' is toi pass the sand and gravel with rater through | luddllug machines or revolv- ng conical screens. The platinum and flno and oass through Into sluice boxes beneath , vhlle the coarser materials are discharged at no side. The contents of the sluice boxes are worked Ici the usual manner nnd when gold In present In payl" ? quantities It Is rc- noved by amalgamation with quicksilver , the latlnum remaining behind , " Mr. Baker is senior member of the firm of Baker ft Co. , one ot four firms In the world refine platinum , the other rcflnerlcs being n Hanover , Paris end London. His purpose n making this western tour Is to awaken nlncrs to the Importance of studying pl.itl- um and saving It , for he anticipates a grow- < ig demand that may not bo mot It a now ourcc of supply Is not established. He hopes 0 stimulate Its produrtlcci , not only that the irescnt large and growing demand hi all the ; clences for the metal may bo met , but that omo day the platinum workers of the United tales may be able to buy from the American miner that which they arc now compelled to purchaBo almost exclusively from Russia. USES OF PLATINUM. "I often say , and I believe It. " Mr. Baker continued , "that the ptogress of nations 1ms > een coincident with their Increased use of ) latlnum. Tlio uses of platinum are numer ous and varied. As you probably know. It Is 'erhnps ' In greatest demand In electrical ipparatus and workings. For Incandescent lights It Is absolutely essential. Every ! imp has two pieces , and It IP Indispensable Decauso Its co-tfllclent of cxpan&Ion Is the- same as that ot glcss. It expands under beat less thun any known metal. U Is also greatly In demand In the arts and sciences , and one ot the late chemicals which we owe to platinum Is of immensa value to that re cent dlBcovery In electrical science the Roentgen rjy. It is barium platlno-cyanlde salt'-that , thrown on the screen , makes It fluorescent under the. X-ray , enabling the light to penetrate the most solid substances. It Is true that tungstate of calcium , a cheaper compound. Is generally used In X-ray demon- ] strntlono , but with the salt I have named better effects can bo procured , and really the most Intricate and dlHlcult operations demand 'It. The salts ot platinum nre used In photography , in making what-aro kuown as 'plotlnotypo' pictures. Every gopd artlfl- clal tooth contains.two pieces. Therp Is not an electrical Instrument mide where abso lute contact U necessary that does not re- qutro platinum. The metal Is unaffected by oxygen or sulphur.and Is always bright. It Is a curious technical fuel that It possesses a peculiar property In uniting oxygen and hydrogen. If you combine these elements In the dark they remain separate. A piece ot platinum foil inserted within causes them to unlto with a sharptcxploelon. The platinum Is unaffected , and why the result is brought about no man knaws , SUPPLY OOAEES PROM RUSSIA. "At present thol-platlnum workers of the whole world artude'pendent solely upon Rus sia for this extremely precious metal. Small quantities have bei5u received from the west coast ot South rAmerlca , and there Is also some In Oregoni and California. But no gicat a men int of the metal has over been found on this continent. Platinum is usually foundIn / conjunction with placer gold , and 1 cm Informed and believe that where platinum exists In'tho placer mines of the w st it l.s lost by the miners , who are either unacquainted with its characteristics and properties , or else arc ignorant of Its value. "Contrary to popular impression , plati num and associate metals arc widely dis tributed , although they have thus far besn found In paying quantities In but few lo calities. This condition is duo perhaps to tho' higher value of gold and to the limited acquaintance of prospectors and miners with the means of Identifying platinum ore , and of Its economic separation. The platinum of commerce Is obtained entirely from ai- luvial deposits. .Eighty per cent of the present supply is derived from the Uraf mountains , but there are- hut few of thu gold-bearing gravel beds ot the world that have failed to yield platinum. "In. Its natural form platinum is usu- ually found In rounded or flattened grains of sand , and occasionally In lumps of the size of a pea. Tlio largest , nugget of plati num that has over been found In 'this ' henil- Isphcre weighs twenty-two ounces , " and Mr. Baker .pulled from his pocket the Identical nugget , which ds Intrinsically worth a trlflo over $200 , but as a ; specimen is valued at a much larger figure. "In Russia , " continued Mr. Baker , "ths platinum-bearing sand Is found nt depths ranging between six and forty foot , the pay streak averaging less than u foot In depth , resting on serpentine bedrock. In Now South Wales the pay streak Is from sixty to ISO feet wide and underlies a loam bed sixty to seventy feet deep , the ore oc- icurrlug In the crevices of the bedrock arul in the gravel resting thereon. " AN IDEAL COIN METAL. Mr. Baker carrlcwwith him a Russian 6-roublo piece , worth as money $5.25 , but as platinum worth $11.20. It dues not need an elaborate explanation to tell why thu cola Is now out ot circulation. It Is one of the ruiest coins of the world nnd boarr * the date 1830. At that time tbo Russian government used It as money. It wair then valued as metal at $6 an ounce. Since then platinum haa Increased in prlco , mak ing the piece worth much , more intrinsically thnn Its coinage vnluo. There ore few ot ditch Instances In the world , "Platinum Is nn Ideal coin metal , " said Mr Baiter , "as for as Us metallic properties mny b considered. Its scarcity and the absence of agreement between countries la use It stand ) in Its way of course. Political res son a mftkci It not the best coin , perhaps. There are nn commercial drawbacks. It RCIIIS to me , any more than there would b& with gold. When the prlco of gold goes up 1I 1 there IB no damage to itho coin , Is thoro7 I "Thcio are the alpha and omcgn ot 1n weights In metals , he continued'1 producing a medal of aluminum. "Platinum Is the heaviest 1t 1 , the- other the lightest metal In UHO 1C today. t Notice" the difference- weight. " Mrf Dnker , In speaking of the wonder ful C ductility of platinum , raid that at the u6rks of his company wire was made 1,000th of , un Inch In diameter , or one-seventh the diameter of a hair , Mr. Baker was asked If ho believed that platinum ) exists In the gold fields ot Alaska and the Northwest territory. Ho sold that he did , and that efforts \\ould bo made to ascertain to whnt extent the ore Is found In the placer mints ot that section. So much Intrrrstod U the company In In creasing the production of platinum that it Issms < a pamphlet telling about It and explaining thv methods of saving It. The book Is dlslioMnl of without coat In any qiitiutltlcu desired for practical tuo. Illicit tcii'it Ariilcu Snlic. The best salvo In the world tor Cuts , Bruises , Sores , Ulcers , Salt Hheum , Fever Sores , Tetter , Chapped Hands , Chilblains , Corns and all Skin Eruptions , and tiosltlvoly cures Piles < , r no pay required. It Is guar anteed to G'.VO perfect satisfaction or moiiey refunded. Prlco 25 cents per box. For sa'.a ' by Kuhn Se Co. MiniVlVTKR \\MI\K OX THH YUKON. I'ritpiiKcit K\if 1Kliiu for the Itt-llcf of KluiiillUrrs , Visions of COO reindeer stamped "U. S , A. " strengthen the Idea that the government must now take the role of' S-mta Clius for the benefit of those who have ventured Into the Interior of Alaska without sutllclcnt supplies , says the Olobc-Deniocrat. Secre tary Algcr recommends thnt 500 reindeer be purchased in Lapland nnd placed In chatgo of expert drivers to carry provision ? for the Tcllcf ot the thousands of Americans wintering on the headwaters of the Yukon. Probably this Is the best that can be done under the circumstances. The pinch of famine will hardly come before March , but that month In Alaska Is equivalent to mld- wlntor. Spring arrives along the Yukon In June , and up to that time , unless some touto for the transportation of supplies Is opened , there is danger ot extreme suffering from hunger. It Is to be hoped that report Is true that work on the railroad over one of 1ho parses near Talya Is going forward with energy. If Chllkoot can bo sur mounted by some sort ot steam freighting by j March 1 the business of sending food for. ward will be greatly facilitated. Not much news comes from the Klondike , and this Is a favorable sign. No doubt th * miners are busy thawing the ground to reach the gold bearing stratum. This Is the scaison for digging the rich earth from Its ancient bed deep In the soil , and the fact that 'stragglers are not making their way out In any number1 Is reasonable proof that Dawson City as yet Is not In distress. A mining : engineer , writing from the town early In October , said people were still com ing In over the trail without provisions , but that the police forced everyone who arrived empty-handed to go down ! the river at once to points reached by belated boats with su _ piles. The engineer , or someone of his party , stood guard nightly over their rations. Nothing was sold at the stores , and robberies ot herded provls'ons ' WPTO not uncommon. Not a hotel , restaurant or bakery1 was open In the town , and there are uo lodging houses. The strange spectacle Is presentsd of a town of 5,000 Americans on the barren bank of an Arctic river cut off from the world and anxious about food enough to sus tain lito through the long winter. No jail Is maintained , because the feeding of prison ers 'Is out of the question. Some parties at Talya have ottered to 'de ' liver 50,000 pounds of provisions within fifty days\-"at \ Da.vson City provided the govern ment will pay $75,000 , 'for ' the ( service. This is at the rate of $1.50 a pound , and recalls the days when everything In the remote diggings of California was $2 a pound , no matter whether the article sold was rlc ; or soap or tea. The cost of freighting wiped out that of the commodity. Early In Oc tober flour was $2.25 a pound at Dawson City coal oil $15 a gallon , dried fish , the standarc food for ] dogs. $1 a pound , and wood , sawec' ' and split , $50 a cord. Wages were $15 a day , but this would buy loss than ssvcn pounds of flour. It may well be said that the gold hunters on the Upper Yukon are confronted by a condition. But the mos of them arc citizens ot the United States and the government Is not Indifferent to the perils that threaten them. J. A. Perkins of Antiquity , O , , was for thirty years needlessly tortured by physi clans for the cure of eczema. HP was quickly cured by ucIng DeWltt's Witch Haze Salve , the famous hraling salvo tor piles and skin diseases. AI1OUT TUB MOKXIXG III3VI3H.YOE IniInrtn < i iiN of tin * Co ( Toe Ilt-rry mill Is Vnliie. During the ntno months of the calendar year ended September 30 , 1SB7 , the Imports of coffee Into the United States amounted to 550,052,921 pounds , of the value of $58,433- 892 , against 440,323,337 pounds , of the value of $39,403,748 , In the corresponding months of 1S90 , says the Philadelphia Record. The average Invoice cost to the Importers of the coffee in 1S9C was a illttlo more than 121& cents a pound. , In 1897 the average impori cost was a llttlo more than 10 cents a pound , This is what helps to account for the reduction In the retail price of coffee In the war between the sugar trust and the Ar- buckle Brothers. Coffee has not been so cheap for many a day at least to the dealers If none should bo Imported for a year ttiero would still bo a supply In the country. Of this coffee the bulk comes from Brazil , the Importations from which country In the nine months of the present year amounted to 414,481,407 pounds , of the value of $34- 744,637 , against 288,793,744 pounds , of the value of $35,094,567 , In the corresponding nlno months last year. The Import cost ot this "Rio" coffee last year waa a little over 12 cents a pound , aud this year it Is 8.3 cents a pounds. The next largest supplies of coffee are from other parts of South America , 'the ' Importa tions from 'those regions having amounted litho the nlno motitlu of this year to C0,271,03 ( poundu , valupd at $7,892,718 , against 50,204- 834 pounds , of tbo value of $8,575,937 , in the corresponding months of 1890. Quantities anl values 'of ' Importations from tlieho coun- trloj have not varied BO much as In the Im portations from Brazil , wMch had un extra ordinarily large crop this year. The next contributor of coffee to this country la Ccn tral ( America , the Importations from that re glen having amounted t : > 42,670,114 pounds valued at $0,214,802 , or nearly 15 ccnta a pound , In the nlno months of 1897 a sllgu lacreaEo over the importations in tbo corre GOLD DUST. Insist on the Genuine The test Washing Powder made. Best for all clean ing , does the work quickly , cheaply nnd thoroughly. Largest package greatest economy. THE N. K , FAIRBANK COMPANY , Chicago , Bt-Louii , Now York , Boston , * plnillns months of 1806. Next , Mexico scnl o the rrino months of this year 30,016,967 > oumls , of the value of $4,67 , < ,263 iv little more than 15 cents a pound. The total Importations of "Java" coffee torn the Ncthcrlanls and from the Hast In dies In the nine months of thin year amounted o 14,054,168 pounds , ot the value of $2,461- 46 , or an Invoice cost of n little more than 7 < ? ii n pound. Thit la .he hlRhwt priced : oJfco thnt comes to this market. Hut the mportatlons , cfl may bo seen , ore small In ompnrlson with the enormous shipments torn llrazll , More than SO per cent of the offoo that conies to fils country Is "Hlo , " or of llko quality oral prlco. "Hlo" Is , In fact , ho coffee that the American people drink , al- hoiiRh much of It Is , no doubt , sold to them or a hlRher priced article. As for the fa * nous "Mocha" coffee , Httlo or none of It omca to this market. THIS 01,1) 'I'lMKltS. William M. JacUmnn , of Sweet Springs , Mo. , s cuttlni ; a third set ot teeth at the nee of SO. Miss Kllcn Nussey , vv'ions bridesmaid at Charlotte Ilrouto'.s wcddfciB , has just died at the age of 83 years. Ctittiiln JcliuV. . LMnkhcna , who died re cently , was a Krcat randson of TViomas Jcf- erson and WIH born nt LMcatlccllo. Captain John UIUEDII , w.io is now in St. < ouls. ran Hbberl Stovenscn's first sttam en- ; lno , between London nnd Lhcrpool. He Is ha oldest engineer In America , end ran the Iret onslno on LUncrlcnn soil. ' .Mrs. Scnnile , the only living daughter of 'resident Tyler , and cousin to I'reflldcnts Monroe , William Henry Hnrrlscil .inJ Denja- mln Harrison , Is ca Inma'.c of an ohl wo man's homo In Vlrslnla a nit Is nearly blind. ler friends are askltiK for a pension for her. Charles Plumb of Itanws , brother of the atePrrstcii 'U. Plumb , walked a distance of elxtcou miles recently to vlalt frlcnils , r.iot- vltiUitandlnR the fact he la In his ninetieth year. Mr. Plumb Is bile nnl hearty , and iclUicr acts nor looks more than fifty jcars old , Prof , iMommsen of Berlin , who has Just celebrated his eightieth blrtlulny , is very ab sent-minded. On ie occasion his llttlo son \MS traveling in a tramcar from his home o Charlcttenburg. .Mommscn , sunk In ab itractlon , failed to re Kolzo the boy , told ilm not to make so much noUcIn a public ranioir , and nnUhed by asking ols name. 'Hoppers In Despite the efforts of the Kovuriiineiu the ocucts have been Uevustutln ! thu eioiis In he Argentine llcpubllc , - acL-oulliiK to ud- vlces received by thu bark Maria t , Tnc 'hlladelphla Record Hays. "One way ile- 'Ised by the government's olllcla.s : to de- troy the locusts was to collect the PCK.X ind burn them , u bounty being given to hose who did t'he ' work. No letj than LOW eng of the Insects hau been collected at M Plata iilonc wlierftihe Maria L , left theriT t wag with Bomu clllllculty that the nilln of thu Maria L.vrc stretched when she vns getting untied way nt I.u Plata , an housands of tCie 16custs had made the folds of the palls their" horms. Captain D'Urso states that the futuru of the republic was never gloomier , the - crops having been anuely ruined , and a famine la threat ened. " TOILET AND BATH requirements nro perfectly met In Wool Soap. There may ba .more e.xpenMvo 'soaps , but none better. / / u < 6. ioltittlrfiiirt. For the bath It Is pleasant , sooth- Inp and delight * ( til. til.There's There's only one Fonp thnt won't ' shrink woolens. You My Mama must choose be * UBOi Had twccn no soap , .ind Searles & Searles. 6PHCIAL1STSIN PRIVfflJplB. WEAK MEN All Private llNcaie * & Disorder * nt Men. Trcntmuitt by Mall. CoiiMiltntlou Frc . SYPHILIS Cured ( or life and the poison thorouchl ; cloauswi from llio ByBlcm. Six'nn.ttorrlii'n , Srmln.ilVnakn Ri ! , Ixial Miin- hoocl , Nlirlit EniliBloiiit IK cayod Kacultton. Po- mnlo WcnknoSB , inul nil ilrllcuta illuonlcrn pecu > lliir lo elllicr ocx , jitHltlvoly enrol. I'll.KS FISTULA nnd RKCTAI. U1CKUS , HYDUOCKr.l AND VAIllCOnBLK p ermniu-iitly and BUccossJully cured. Method now nnd 1111(11111117. Cured itt horn * by nrw method without pain or cutting. Call o or address with alaiup flD < ! QCflDIIQ X VC8DICQ MO * MthSt. . UUd. otHtiLto -itAnLta OMAHA. HO * CORt Uit lllgU tor nnn tun4 Jliclmruei. Inflntnmntloni. Irrltitloai or ulcrntloni . . . of inur.um meiubranti. Irmtau eonuiUo. r tal > i > , > n < l not lTHtE CHtMiCUCo. " 1 S l l lijr 'or icut in pUIn . l > 7 izprcu , ritpulil , tot tl.lO , or 1 UlVUi. 12.79. Clrcal j MMI M r4EMfe ; Vi * _ H \ THAT TH IFAC-SIMILE VcgetablcPrcparation for As SIGNATURE similating iheToodandRegula- ling the Stomachs andBowels of -OF- Promotes DigesUonCheerful- nessandRest.Contains neither ) pium.Morphine iwr Mineral. IS O3ST THE KOT N AR c o TIC . n Sati * OF EVERY Jlppanunt - Jfl CarianalnSv IKmStcd- BOTTLE OF CJmtud Suaar n'mCaynxii' rtai'oK Apctfcct Remedy forConslipa- ioix , Sq'ur Stomach , Diarrhoea , Worms .Convulsions Jcverish- ness endLess OF SLEEP. Tac Simile Signature of NEW -YORK. Gastorla Is pat up la onc-slin bottles only. It not cold la balk. Don't ' allow anyone to cell yon anything clso en the plea or promlso that It la "just as goeJ" nnd "will answer every pur pose. " /-Bco tint yon fjot C-A-fl-T-0-B-I-A. U EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER BEAR IN MIND THAT "THE GODS HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES. " SELF HELP SHOULD TEACH YOU TO USE MANHOOD RESTORED CUPIDENB1 * _ . _ tlon of a fatuous 1'rcncli pliyelcliin , will ( lulcklycurojou of all ncr- . of ( lie Bencrallvu urvunn , micli MI f/utt Mu 1'iilnslii tliu JlnoU.Boniliml Jimliilonn , Men cms I'dtllll.v lcs , uaQuiesa tu Marry , izliuu : lliiK Dnilus , Vnrlcordo and ipation. It Btopfl ull IOVJSCH tjyilay < ir nlK.M. 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