r\-\r \ IT \ n A * T I1 * \ 1 ? \ ' 1-1
HEAT INSIDE OUR PLANET
C nter of the Earth a Fnrnacs of Trtmsn'
dotu Heating Powsr ,
WHY IT DOES NOT BLOW UP
.TVhnt Won III Happen AVerc II llrmmlit
to the Mnrfnec An Jltiiliivnt
Uculoulxt niMMiMKC *
UAL j _ . the
. ( Copyright , U iO. by X S Slmler. )
I'B ) slcal wolencc has undoubtedly attained
more than halt Its total development within
the nineteenth century , though II is true
that the scientific gains of the century do
cot Include euch splendid achievements as
the Nekton theory of gravitation , the Co-
pcrnlcan account , of the solar sjjtcm , or the
primary concepts of the atomic hypotherta.
The rate of advance in scientific knon ledge
bas been more uniform also In the lam huti-
drod years than In thu earlier centuries.
The discoveries In each field have served as
never before to help on Inquiries In adjacent
ilelds , with the result that the explorers
have moved forward In touch with one nn-
other. Nearly every branch of ( science has
bilpcd and been helped by the others. To
this Interaction of learning a marked
feature of our age wo may In largo mcaa-
uro attribute the surpassing advance It has
* on. To It we clearly owe the singularly
rapid gain which has been made In all that
rcal6a ! to the explanation of the earth ,
Geological nclenco U not a distinct branchc
of Icarnlnp , as la chemistry or astronomy ,
U Is a body of varied knowledge. drawn
from the stores of all the others and so comE0
blned as to render an account of what has
gone on In and upon this pphere.
The conditions under which the group of
sciences termed geology has developed have
eel certain Important limits to Its successes.
A hundred } cars ago the pioneers had Just
fairly begun to Interpret the tangle of rocks
which make up the so-called crust of the
earth and to speculate as to the meaning of
the evidence concerning the condition of Ita
Interior. From the point of view of sclenv
tide Inquiry these. speculations had advanced
but little beyond the position to which they
had been brought by electricity a century
before. The real advance In the science
vaa attained In the main by close study of
the structure and attitude of the rocks , to-
Kethor with thu organic remains which those
laid down in water so often contain. In thU I
way the division of the past history of the
earth Into ages , epochs or periods , a task
begun In earlier times , has been carried to
far that we now have a fairly clear Idea cs
to the vviiy In which the record Is divided
Into chapters and sections , and a general ,
though still very Incomplete , knowledge of
the order of events on those parts of the
crust which have been lifted above the level
of the f ea. This store of facts enables tn
fairly to Interpret so much of the history
of the earth as Is written in stratified rocks
r that have at no time In their history been
burled to a greater depth than from twenty
to thirty miles below the surface
Iri'i -M ( I > ri > tl > * llnril In Mudj.
Whllo the facts revealed In the newer
stratified rocKs those which commonly He
in a llttlo changed form near the surface
are easy to be Interpreted , there are dim-
cultlcs In this work which increase In rapid ,
'
measure as they concern beds that have
been deeply burled. The reason for this Is
that , In proportion as the strata are cov-
crcd by others subsequently laid down , they
urn brought Into a region whom thej are
subjected to a number of physical and i
cbimlcal actions , concerning which wo can j
Vnow nothing u > direct observation we can
not submit this sphere to dissection The
deepest mining work penetrates only about
om > four-thousandth of the way to the
center. So far as we can ascertain , the old
est and for a time deepest burled rocks have
not been moru thnn'one or two score mlloi
below the sea level.
The first and In some vvas the most im
portant point that our century has imdo
Sit to the depths of this sphere consists In a
determination of the heat of Its Interior
Bin ! the origin thereof The evidence of a
lilgh temperature in the depths of the eartu ,
afforded by hot springs and volcanoes , is so
clear that the Greekb appear to have noted
Us meaning and to have conjectured the e\-
Utcnce of tome kind of a central fire , burnIng -
Ing after the manner of a furnace This
view. Indeed , appears to have been com
monly held by all the early geologic In
quirers who considered the facts. So , too , it
has long been known that there wst In some
mines a distinct Increase In beat to be noted
In any considerable descent The main gain
In this Inquiry has consisted of a determlnn.
tlon as to the rate of Increase and the tourcs
of this high temperature , which exists In the
depths. Many careful observations , ills-
trlbutcd over all the continents , show ui .
that for all the distance wo have pcne-0 ' | '
trated with shafts and borlugrf , the Increase |
Is at an average rate of ono degree Fahren
heit approximately for each fifty feet or .
depth. At this rate the temperature at the c
center "would attain to about 100.000 degrcea. j '
TinKnrth Not rililil liiMliIf.
nut there are various reasons wh > this
Intense heat cannot really exlbt. How. then.
can wo account for the error' It may hr
explained by what we may observe or com
pute as taking place In any cooling body
It Is a perfectly warrantable supposition
that the earth , at a remote period. was In a
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you a few lines to let
yon know what Dr.
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writes Mrs I'.uphcmia I'alconer of Trent
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the mother of four children My fir t two
babies n ere still
born , and I suf
fered ev entiling
but death My
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thought I could
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When I wag
three months
along for rav
third child , t
wns taV.ru with
hemorrhage or
flood lug and
came near hav
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from female
weaknen For
tnomoutht 1 was under the care of our doctor ,
but wan getting weaker sll the lime rutil one
day I sent and KOI three tattles of I-'nvonte
Prescription ' nnd one bottle of 'Pellet * ' I im
proved so fact. 1 continued to taLe your niedi
cine until liiby v\n born and he i * hcolthv nud
nil right He I * four years old My luby nirl is
Ino jears old M > health hac been f.ood ever
since. I now welsh it-5 iiounds nail whrn I be-
Kla tc feel liadly I laUe 1'avorite Prescription *
Tthich olua > 4 helps tue I mnajstell my ttci h-
tors what helps me end a good many hav e taV.cn
j our' I'avonte Prewtiption vrith food resulta "
The "I'avorite Prehcription ' ha- , cured
more women than all othtr medicines for
women combined. It is the only prepara
tion of its sort devised by a regularly grad
uated nhj sician a skilled and experienced
specialist in the diseases of women
Other medicine * arc fomc-timci fold on
the plea tint they are "just as good as the
* l'a\orite Prescription ' * ' Don't believe 1Ci.
Dqa't be imposed upon Counterfeits are
nc\ern good as the genuine
Over 250,000 women have endorsed "Fa
vorite Prescription ' They say there is
nothing "just as cooj " and they know
Would > rn rattier have- the sa > Jo of one
dealer 'Abo nukt.f an extra pro&t on the
substitute , than the ( irovabti words of
3fn
350 coo women whocnly object in rccom
mcndinc tbe 'Favorite Prescription" U
theii dcsiie to help their luffcring listers ?
iRtiteof iu jn fluili'v ' that the raars was
li ng kfpf at aboj the Mime tem | > cia < ure b >
n t > " i" * of boiling Uhm the sphere ai-
Hiimfil Its present state of approximate * o-
lldltyif \ further cooling would have led to
the chilling of the outer prt. while th c n-
tral portion remained at near Its origins !
h fit A little reflection will * how that , un-
dor the o conditions , wo shoviM have a rapid i
Increase of teiniw ature for perhaps a few j |
score miles downward , while below a certje
tain lerrl the IDTPHF- heat would be at
a steadily diminishing rate the greater part ,
of the Internal mats being at a rather unl- |
form heat
When th understanding of the evidence
derived from volcanoes had advanced be-
> end the prltnltlvo notion that they were I
duo to bomo Kind of subterranean coinbu- '
tlon. such as takes place In burning coal
beds , geologists adopted the viewthnt the )
proved the Interior to bo In a fluid state , , ,
substantially like molten glass or Iron. It j
, did not scorn possible otherwise to account |
j I for the outpouring of lavas In such quantl1"t |
j ties that they have covered to great deptha ,
] areas many thousand square miles In exm"
tent.
urther proof to the SBMC effect seemed
to bo afforded by the fact that wherovcr we
have access to crystalline rocks , such ns
granite , which hay- been brought Into con- j I
tact with other deposits , they have entered j i
ft > surcs In a way that shows that they were j
originally lluld. The hypothesis of Internal I
fluidity appeared at tht. beginning of this .
century to be tolerably well approved. It I
was Indeed nrsumed by most writers and I '
was mailo the basis of many Teamed trca- '
Uses. | Steadily , however , within the last half
century the contributions from other
branches of science have served to bring this
\c | Into doubt First It was noted thnt any
melted rode shrinks In general to the
amount of about 15 per cent of Its bulk In
solidifying | , and In consequence ot this tends
to sink as It freezes This tendcncv to settle
tlc down into an Interior fluid would make
it possible for the crust of a generally lluld
earth to attain a greater thickness than
about | half a mile before It would be dragged
down by gravitation. As we know that the
earth Is solid for nt least twenty miles
downward , and probably Is In thnt state for
hcvcral times that depth , the idea of a thin
crust Ivlng as a la > er on a liquid Interior
vas shaken.
The ' next attack on the notion of Internal
fluidity camu fiom the astronomers. It had
lung ] been known that the gravltatlvei at
traction of the moon on the equatorial bulg
ing | of the earth , or , rather , the difference
in this pull on the parts ot that maps near
to and away from our satellite , caused the
polar , axis to be constantly changing its
position. The geological bearing of the
niuvembnt is found in the fact that , If the
enrth were fluid except for Its crust , the
position ot the polar axis would not bit
altered by the attraction , but the sphere
would t change shape In the manner of R ,
tide | ( , as the whturs do under a similar Im
pulse. While the problem is complicated
and the results not accepted b > all student ; .
jt seems from this argument most likely
tbat the earth Is as rigid as the. most solid
of { its rocks.
( irolofilxtM'lcvM lle % liMVoil.
In face of the evidence as to the difficul
ties ( of reconciling the great heat of the
Intc-rtor. and the ejection or lavas , with the
evidence that shows that It cannot be fluid ,
geologists ( of this century have had to re
view j many opinions which they Inherlteil
fiom , the last. To begin with , they have
ban to modify their conceptions of solids
end , fluids w > as to clear away certain mis
conceptions duo to our experience with ma
terials on the surface of the earth The
phrase ; "hard as a rock" exprci-ses a high '
order of rigidity or resistance to strain , '
wber Judged bj ordinary conditions such as
we are accustomed to. jet , when deeply
buried and subjected to the vast strc&ses
which are due to the contraction of the
inafs , from the constant loss of the Internal
heat , rocks creep in the direction of least
pressure , Hko wax. They twist and fold , as
do sheets of wet paper ; they behave In a
manner that we are not accustomed to as-
boolato with solidity
We may see how inadequate are the com
mon views as to the strength of materials
b > observing what takes place when an
cirmor-plercing shot strikes a thick plate ot
Fteel , such as Is used to protect the vital
parts , of a battleship. The shield is- made of
the most rigid substance that has been con-
trlvoJ. Its resistance is far greater than \
thai of any rook. Yet , when struck by the I
piojectile , it > lclds and Is pushed aside as ,
earth by the plowshare. It may splash , as '
mud when a pebble Is thrown upon It
The facts above set forcb , as well as other
considerations which it is not nccessar ) to
present , have led those geologists of our
time who are concerned with the difficult
problems of the earth's Interior to look upon
thnt realm In n different way from their pre-
dcccfbors of a hundred jears ago. It is now
genernllj believed that the temperature lu
the depths , though not as great ns It would
be if the rnlo of increase In heat which we
'observe In mines continued downward to the I
center , is still hot in a measure not apc |
preached in any furnncc , or even in the
electric an. That this heat does not resolve
the t matter Into vapor , as It would like ina-
terlals ou the surface , or even bring it to .
jt the fluid state , is c\plalncd by the action of ' ' ,
the pressure to which it Is eubjected.
rchsuriThill \Volilil Sollilif ) Air.
We kuov. ' that iirttAurc tends to consoli
date nil substances Even the relatively
.rifling amount of it that we can apply by I
t
our arts will liquefy air. If we could expose j i
tbla fluid all to the weight of a hundred
mites of ovcil > lng rock we may fairly pre
sume that Us particles would be so dilvcn
together tbat It would become in .1 manner
boltd It Is UUP tbat the heat of the depths
would tend to ! > cep it from attaining jnlld-
tt > . but we may well bellovo thnt the load
would be even more effective In bringing 't '
into thnt state. It seems likely , in a word ,
tha' the effect of that Internal prca uro , duo
tn the weight of the overling matter , In inducing -
ducing what we term toldli ! > . is greater
than the ulfect of the heat in bringing mat
ter into the fluid condition.
W mny bring the points above noted Into l I
a dear view If wo consider what v.o v.ould
find if wo would critically examine the1 cullc
foot of matter which lies in the very crater ic
of the iwrth It Is pretty certain that we
should find It hotter than anything has been
on the surface for some hundred million
.vears hotter than oilthing wo see1 , cxc.t ;
If may bo the surface ot the nun and other ,
flxtd btars
We would doubtless find that the -uoa's
or moloiuU's of the mass were driven nearer
together tban the like units of iur.'ae
material ! ) , and that It was more rigid than
Rlaia. yet. utider the strains EUCU as have
flexed nnd "tangled the recks In mountain
InW
foil's , thlr bit of the contra ) c-arth would
n-ove readily , t\ \ nil the deep pi ru evidently
do under IIUi > strains
If we could complete this Im.iRlnnry
observation by bringing the central bit o'f
the p'anrt to the snifter , keeping it , dm tag
the 4,000 mlle i of journe > . In unchaugcl
ccncllilons of he it nnd piesaura until It
was In the air , and then tuddiiily release I
Its bonds. It would explode after the nu ucr
cf flrcd gunpowder
' . .1111111ollIIUOCX. .
There I ? thu evident question as ID the
relation of volcanoes to the boated Interior
< ' tf'C earth This is still much debated , i
but o-ilnlon Is HicllnlMj to the conclusion ! |
that volcanoes are r0a.ll ) superficial in
origin , thai they have their souno la i'ie [
oinoi ion miles or ro of the crust and
not. at was believed at the beginning of the
hint
cuitury , In the central region The fa i Urn
they are lltnltrJ while active to fi Moor i
of .lie ex cans and greater teas aud 10 the :
lain ! * tviihin a few bundled miles of ihel I
t-pashort's Indicates that they are not cf i
very deep-seated origin The roost remarka > I
tie expiration is tbat they trc due to the ;
cff ( fro.n the lav mi ? do o of
sitata ' i w f
Su < h deposit * act as a b'ankct serving to
ohoi In the rocks the heat tbat Is contlnu-
n > * Wns to e-Bctpo Into the cold enter
nfrm s ot the heaven * The it-suit Is that it
' twenty , miles of beds are laid down on any
part of the earth ( and we know of like
j thljkr ( * * s hnvlng been formed ) the lower
laye-rs ] and the crystalline rocks on which
they lie may ettme to have a temperature of
2.000 degrees Fahrenheit or more In this
state of hp t the wntrr , which Is bull' Into
the roks as they are In Id down , will tend to
explode If a track , such as a fault in the
J
verljlng . rock * , Rives n chance ot escape ,
vvhat wo term a volcano , I. e , an outbreak
of very hot steam driving out molten rotk ,
will be formed.
The problem cf the earth's Interior Is
among the most difficult that science has to
face L'r.less the physicists invent tor us
* ome ; application of the "Rontgen rav" ap-
parnti's. so that we may bo able to examine
the Internal conditions of the sphere as we
may the lesser bodies U bears. It will ever
remain a Mold for speculation Yet It Is
easily seen thai ? the Inquirers of our time
have managed to apply criticism to their
views In a way unknown to their prede-
cessors ; so 'that ' , while very much remains
to be provcJ. their opinions have been so :
limited by criticism and to adjusted by j
criteria | ! that they evidently leave us rela- | i
lively near the truth. In fact , the modern
system of Inquiry makes the Intellect of j
man an apparatus for sending light through
dark places. It has net > ct Illuminated the
earth's Interior , but it bas revealed to us
more thnn was learned In nil the earlier
centuries N. S. SHALER.
Prof. Nathaniel South-gate Shaler occupies
the chair of geology nt Harvard university
and Is therefore ns thoroughly competent
as any living authority to discuss the probable -
able makeup of the Inner cnrth. Prof.
Shnler is a Kentucklan by birth and was
the director of the Kentucky geological sur
vey In 1S73-SO , Inclusive , devoting part of
every > ear to the work , nnd since 1SS4 has
been the geologist In charge of the Atlantic
division of the United States geological
survev. Thus It will be seen that bis
knowledge of the "group of sciences men
call geolog.v" is practical OB well as theoret
ical.
ical.Prof Shnler has written extensively both
on his favorite subject and general topics.
AITIIOIIM I.VWYIJK I * SsllK.
.V C hi't-rj Illltnl Chlc-nu"
Hook * n n it I'rofoK-tlon.
High up on one of the airy stories of a
tall office building In this city , relates thu
Chieago Chronicle , a cheerful little woman
sits or moves about through the working
hours of the day. busy with book or pen ,
with client or with copv.
The busy little woman is Miss Blanchn
Fearing , the author and the law > er. She
bas a slight girlish figure , a sunshiny face ,
all Intelligence and animation , with a
pcacctul expression around the mobiH
mouth which looks as if Its owner had
known the -\alue of suffering , the rest
which follow a the conquest of pain For
the ejes behind the large dark glasses are
closed and sightless and the woman with
the cheer > face knows the brightness ot
th > world only through the thought and
feeling of a highly sensitized organism.
Miss Fearing is a dual success in her dual
pitfesfclons of autbor and law.ver. Shu began -
gan to be au author before she turned her
attention to the pursuit and knowledge ot
the legal trade and what she once began ,
she qulckl ) tarried to a successful is ue.
A little \olume entitled "The Sleeping
World and Oilier Poems , " containing twen-
ly seven differenl seleclions , was Miss Fear-
ing's flrsl published book. The poems cov
ered a wide range in cholco of subject and
in the UfcO and selection of poetic meter ,
whiletbo diversity of their thought showed
plc'nly the broad Judgment of the jouthful
mind and the apt -versatility of their sunny-
hearted writer The volume mel wllh inosl
flattering reception from press and critles
It was shortly after the publication and
success of her first volume of poetry thai
Miss Fearing decided lo add the lawjer's
laurels to her author's chaplet. She Ml
lew a for Chicago , and immediately entered
upoi a courte of Instruction In preparation
for legal practice. She entered Union college -
lege as a sludent of law- and her skill in
acquiring < the rudiments of knowledge
qrlckly amcnlbhed and dlsma > ed her mas
culine companions. Her appearance In the
class > was thus described by a visitor to the
college
"The students of the college of law simply
hold their breaths when Miss Blanche Feur-
Inp arises to speak or to answer n question.
A law point which she thoroughly under
stands she never forgets , and a student cf
the school said that since she entered the
lavv class in September she has accom-
pl.thcd the amazing and unprecedented feat
of answering correctly every question put
to her. She is aid to possess a power o ?
expression : aud eloquence that promises a
marvelous future. "
V.iss Fearing graduated fiom the law
t-chool with the prize for scholarship , and
Immediately began the practice of her pro-
fits-Ion. Shortly after beginning to pra >
tiie she published a volume called "In the
City by the Lake , " two narratives In blank
veise of life and scencr > In Chicago. The
biok was highly praised by jevlewer-s and
numbers of the literary fraternity. Of its
philosophy. j Frances Wlllard fcald :
"The book Is replete with profound truths ,
touching with unswerving directness and
inherent delicacy upon some of the gravest
. -ccUl questions that aie before the think
ers of the day. "
Octave Thanet thus described It "Thero
are lines In the volume that any of our
pcets might be glad to have written , and
Magla is a heroine that any of our novel
la it , might be glad to claim. I am mis
taken If the lines before the title stull not
c < -me to be more and more on the tonguea t
and pens of your countijmen as the fulli.il III ]
and truest description In brief of Chicago " |
Miss Fcarlng's third literary venture for
publication , was a socialistic novel called
"Itoberta , " dealing v , 1th the evils of the- so
cial system of existence he-re In Chicago.
In It bho maUos tibo of her legal experience ! ,
describing , the workings of the Judicial raa-
with the accurate knowledge ot the
technical profocclonal. In ! Si5 ! the little
attbor relurnul again to poetry , and her
book of "The Island Lil > " relates an Id > l of
the Isles of Shoales another success to add
( > too already comprehensive list of sue
ce tc of the bunny-faced and sunnhearted
we man lawyer.
W. S. Pbilpot. Albany , Ga. , says"De -
Witt's Llttlo Early Risers did me more
good than nuy pills 1 ov r took. " The fa-
n.oi'fl little pills for constipation , bilious
ness -snd livur and bowel troubles.
I.i-Jl I IIMO\ > ( ! .
Indianapolis Prc * * . A luUns woman onre
sint her betrothed a ctkc of uer own making
he being at that time In the baldhead row of
the firing Hue.
In c. urse of time she received a letter
"I have no ; eaten jour g'ft ' , " she read I
am wearing it o cr my heart '
With ih lntro peclveue ; ii of woman she
at once begnn to wonder whether he wore it
for sentiment rr protection
Bronchial
Troclios
( JUJecolj-Ljr John I , Bronn & Baa , Bctton. )
give Instant relief In
Hoarseness
II I Or j OLD TIMES AT SIDNEY
j j | Recollections of thj Days When the Town
Was the Warmest Pebble.
OUTFITTING POINT FOR THE BLACK HILLS
I
M\II nf a ItiililiLT luiiia. Tlii-lr l. < iot-
liii ' ( Mx'rnllniiN mill llmv Tln-j
\\'vrv I'rrinnilcil ( n lliiMie
Out ( If
The present settlers In the counties of
western and northwestern Nebraska , In their
happy and ptosperous home's among the pine-
dad hills and sparklltiR streams , with their
churches and school houses and with law
and order for their cver-da > guide , have but
a vague Idea of the country the > oxupy In
comparison with what It was twenty vears
ago. The peace-loving and prosperous citi
zen1 ! of Sidney , the county seat of ( "hevenine
counts , have but llttlo knowledge of the Sid
ney nt the time ot the opening up of the
Black Hills' country In ' "C At that time
and. In fact , up to 1SS1. Sidney was a t.vpical
land what was called In western parlence n
"w open" town. It was the terminus of
the ht&ge line to Deadwood and also the
freighting point from which nil freights were
transferred from the railroad to be laden in
wagons for all points in the Illnck Hills
country.
The huge wagon trains drawn by mules or
oxen , which sometimes extended a mile or
more In length , were some of the interesting
sights to bo witnessed in those dnvs , while i
the town at night was bright nnd llvelj with
Its dance halls , saloons nnd gambling dives
which were alvvnjs well filled with bull
whackers , mule skinners , cowbojs. gamblers ,
horse and cattle thieves and border ruffians
generally. These , together with a large
number of abnridoned women bedecked In
flaming colored dresses with dnzzling Jew
elry , vied with each other to make night
'hideous ' with their drunken orgies and sav
age jells. All night long onu could hear
from his room in the hotel , through the
otherwise btlllncss of night , the cvcT-sbrlll
voice calling out : "Balance all " "Ladles
change , " "Gentlemen right " This at timcu
woMd vary to "Balance to the bar , '
"Treat > our partners " This , IntormlngluJ
with yells nnd the almost Incessant filing
o' revolvers , mndu Sidney at that time. r
very lively and interesting town Mauj
vemi
murders were committed and shooting
t-fi ipeu were of frequent occurrence Emigrants
tfiUi
igrants enroute over the railroad arro.e
the continent were almost dnily robbcil b >
three-ciard monte men ami others with ,
varlouh gambling devices and were at times
beld up and robbed in open da > light with
out any ceremony whatever.
Ironclad Cnni'lioK.
The Black Hills Stage company was com
pelled to put on Its line an Ironclad stage
coach. In which to tranbport the gold bul
lion from the mines at Deadwood This
cc-ach , besides being armored , carried six
stalwart messengers or guards fully armed
with shotguns , rifles and six-shooters In
the summer of 1SSO this armored coach
rolled into Sidney on Its regular semimonthly -
monthly trip , on schedule time , with Its'
valuable freight , consisting of some f 120 000
in gold bullion On itj > arrival at Sidney
no time was lost in transferring the pre
cious metal over to the Pacific Express
company. Tht express agent at Sldncj
rftcr receipting for the bullion , left the
office for a few moments and when he re
turned was greatly surprised to find thM
it had disappeared through a hole in the
floor of the office , which had bcon raadu'
by parties with an auger from the basement
of the office. Thi's basement was at the
time being used as a coal cellar The alarm
of course was at once given and the writer ,
with several others , Immediately left Chej-
cnne , Wjo , for Sidney on a special train
and made the run , 100 miles , in something ]
le s than two hours. Fortunatel > for thu
express tompan > most of Ihis bullion con
sisted of large gold bricks and consequently
was entirely too heavy for the thieves to
grt away with , especially as the robbery
occurred at about 1 o'clock in the daytime
and benrn the lobbers attempted to conceal
their plunder in among the coal In the base-
meul of the express office. All of the bul
lion was recovered , excepting ono brick , val
ued at $14,000 , which eventually found Its
vvav Into the Denver mint and was ot
course a total IOPS to the company
Itlllll < lf tllC KolllMTM ,
The loss to the exprefs companj on this
occasion proved to be > a blessing in disguise
to the good people of Sidney , as the sequel
will readily prove These robbers , some
twelve or fifteen in number , having been
successful In getting away with a consid
erable portion of their plunder and
thoroughly succeeded in overawing the
fcheriff and his deputies , they became mora
and more bold and defiant , until at last the
good citizens of Sidney determined to call a
halt They met In consultation and a'greec
that the then sheriff of Che.vcnne county
must icblgn and that ofilclal complied with
their request without any hesitation what
ever. The next move by the citizens was the
cheesing or the designating of a suitable
pcrton to fill the vacancy. This being rcad-
llj done to the entire satisfaction of , iil
concerned the county board was called In
spielal session and in less than ttvo hours
after thla appointment of sheriff was made
the robbers then Infetting Sidney , cent = i = t
iup of sorno twelve or fifteen , jmoug them
an ex-sheriff of the county , were securelj
locked within the walls of the count ) jail.
On the second night after the arrest of thcs
parlies one of Ihelr number. Joe McDonald ,
nag taken from jail b > masked men am :
banged to a cottonwood near the court house.
Since this time Sidney has been quiet ami
law abiding. The others who were In Jail
with McDonald were ordered to leave SM-
ney by twon , that Is. two each da > . with the
In.'iinctlon nevei again to return , and this
Injunction , on their part , has be i faith-
fillv kept Just vvh > McDonald should luve
been singled out from among the oilnrs
mid made an example of Is not Kno\vn \ It
was EaiJ at the time by man > that he \ \ - \ sIre
Ire ? culpable than anj of the others of the
gang JAMES L SMITH
?
You Mustn't Misunderstand Us
i The big reductions we arc making on Sample Furniture
Pieces does not apply to all our furniture stock. These
reductions are made to move quick , patterns that we
have only one of a kind.
Why we do it These sample pieces nreall good desirable good ? , hut wo mustmnko -
room for the new troods thnt wo have lx light In large quantities and which nro arrhinp dally. Aroiouofu
suvlnfr tllsiiosltiun'NtitT said. "
j Note a Few Prices ou a Few Sample Pieces :
$1250 India Itush Kas > Hockcr $1500 Gilt Arm 1'arlor Chair hind-
very comfortable and o TV. sonip design choice upholRtered
durable sample sale. . V.OlJ peat sample plese ,
$16 50 India Hush Settee choice price 10.OO
and cheap sample . . „
silo price 11. OU $12.00 l irgo Hocker with armi
$11 CO India Uush Chair ver > pretty nish sexit polished innboRanv Mulsh
for corner of a room frame satnplo piece _ „ _
sample piece price . . price O.UU
$ lli no pic- $ ? 00 Kocker made1 of select quar
, gant Morrl tered oak , poll hed golden silk
Chair up seat sample piece . . _ . -
| holstered price O.5O
in silk ,
| cushion $10 00 Hocker nmhogan ) polished
i scat and wood seat with iirms
' back , ma- sample piece price
j
' hoganv pol $1300 MahORany I'orlnr Arm Chair
i ish finl h -upholstered lu silk veiy choice -
sample sample pleco _ .
( VJ "ale price l/.OO
) 5irlco A
13.50
. $1000 Parlor Chair niahoqui ) -
{ 7.50 Oak Morris Chnlr , revecslblo hand carved silk upholstering
cushions sample piece „ _ _ locrptlon chair sample _ .
| price O.50 piece price /.UO
$7. < jp Morris Chair Initiation ma
hogany polished frame , elegant , large , Folding Beds
oatnplc piece price . . . THIS comfort , massive
$37.50 Mortis Cha.r handsome Yes , sample
Oak Hocker h a n d
massive oak frame extra choice Bedt one of
work flue upholstering _ " _ , carved and polished upholstered a pattern
sample piece price . . . . - < Some very
holstered leather seat and
Metal Beds back would be cheap at fine $36 00 ones Oak
Onlj a few $1 $ sample Upright
,
sample beds ,
Toldlng lied
but they ple piece .00 nuarter-
nrc choice . .
b.ivvcd nnd
price. . . .
hMid pol
(15.50 Iron ished has
and Brass large pattern rrench bevel minor-
Bed , choica Drapery Hints best springs sample , - , „ , ,
massive design , perfect rail attachment . plecp price .O. J3U
On " .ale Mondaj JT Xegas and
ment sample piece _
price 11.50 rrench Tar > e trj L'omh Cover" In $34 00 Uprlcht Polding Bed made
J17 5o Iron .mil Hra Hid Bagdad and othi-r orli ntnl designs of quartet -sawed oak hand pol
attractively
veiv
50 lnclie i vvldo 3 yards long , ami
tractively brn = - trimmed finely ishi'd good design best springs
finished nnii < lc piece o ' yz fringed all nround reversible good large bevel mirror saai-
! pric-i- . . . * * * J weight nnd choice effect hnve sold at pie snle price . . . .
JIG 50 Iron Bed choice hr.i s trim KiOi ) to Jl no cnch vseelnl , ? s
ming neat , refined doxlpn rich . -
toclo _ e this week , at '
finish sample piece $0250 Quartet-sawed Oak I'prlght
price Bed choice carving and polished-
* CO cxti.i choice Urass and Iron large bevel mirror best _ , .
„ „
Bed nov elu design liandsomelv
Real Bagdads O-UU
sprlngf sample piece -
' pr
nra'-s tr'mmed sample 1 fi5fl
plt'te price . IU-OW
$ -2750 All Brass Bed good design One lot of genuine Kara III "ar hand ? SOO Mantle Bed swell front
, BOOS at sample plc-ce f * 7 . SO embro'dered Bagd.ids 5 stripes eneh quarter-Fawed ouk hand polished
i price ty.nu assorted colois * for couches , door ? , and carved extra good springs
These beds offered at le" "
I are . etc fo w goods special , to sample sale
than cost to manuf.ie'fure Thev , . . .
! this week h
' co-e eai - 17.00
are .ill good desirable pat em1 * prlre
bin nnl\ one of a kind
Wilheltn Carpet Co.
1414-16-18 Douglas Street.
J
i
IN TABLET FOR NV-PLEASANT TO TAKE.
Disease falls upon man llko a pall , pbroudlni : his Ufa
In dismal Kloom Dr. Jiurktnrt'e \ ecetnble Compound
dkp ls nil ! > , .m nnd eladileus the lioart. Nerer become
de-pondontt-olonira youcan procure thu fimoua
remedy ; even thnf o without means need not dcapilr
for I will clve tliem B trial free of cliarco.
For2 * yeirsl have bcen ti c n ant mf-
.U ferir of Stomich Trouble. Kidney nnd
( Zfj LiverDl ea Mjrllfowataljurdentome.
t\f Dr. Burkhart'8 Vecetnbl Compound
iCvl cured mo In throe month ;
' Dr. I VV. Wilder.
T. _ , , , Wllllainsburg , Kr.
Forsal bynlldrucrlsU Thirty days'treatment
for2Sc. : > - ventjrdsy' > 'treitm''nt Meblx montha *
troatiiPDtl 00. today * ' Irtal Irfatment Jrtt ,
Itit. W. S. ItUKKH nrr , Cincinnati , O.
HAVE YOT7
Thp Tvont enie e n be cured by u
lag Magnet Pile Killer. ( JunrnuleeiL
91.0O per box br mall.
MAGNET CHEMICAL CO. ,
Weitern Ueunt. OniBhk. pfci
VIN MAR1ANI
MARIAN ! WIN'-WORID FAMOUS TONIC
Doctor's Opinions :
"It U not onlj the moit i-flottivi of
all tom < - but ut the s-.m ! " t'nie ' tie
mo i HHKi .bio i tintm" >
"ll.i'.n t i'i nual In Malaria , WraK
Blood. Innupnrii ihi fJiljl ) > - ) . Cun-
san'ntlon ami Stcin.uh Tionblts : "
PoUl bv all DiuisN'Jlefii > u Sub-
Ultuti--
'irdiofT disc.T-p dr tro s
all Ktrmu KJIIOS up h-imilP
-VRifin , i urex troubp | onip
flgents Wanted fimiiP
roinplalntK com-
plet. trtilni'iit sialid , } 1 , Hunk 4i
V/lTAI IMP liir.i" IHTVIIL. men Hi'Htorr-
VIIHLIrtL Mialn li 21 hr Ilannles
nun .Mmuliij | . | paled Jl J5 Book 4r
Ilriiciriiril SH > i-lnll ( . ( -
| > o. , liii-nKo , III.
'Peremptory ' Auction Sale !
AT
ox \ \ EDNMSDA AND
, TEH 14 AND 15 , 1W ,
A\c Mill M-ll l'iTCiiiitfirll > tit
j I't Ill.lt VIC.TION fur Acroiuil
Pir < k I nili'i vrl t < rn
AT 1S4 AND 10 MONROK ST CHICAGO.
THE ENTITE WHOLESALE
I PAPER STOCK OF
! I . . . . ' .
.i. iv. niTi.mi pvruii < 'o. ,
CHIC VUO.
Inventoried Value$300,000 $ , ,
CONSISTING or ;
Book. Bond Print , Cover. Writing. Lodgei !
.Manilla1 ; and Paper ot every description I
Bribtol Board. Knv elopes. Cut Cards. TwineI I
etc. In fact large quantities of everj thins' '
In the paper line Nlnct > per cent of stock i
It perfect nnd will be o guarantees ! '
The damaged Uick will be sold sepnratelv
Stock on exhibition MONDAY , 1'KU 12TM
> \VItr.l , ( iVNtlilllllKCT. .
SALVAGi ; WIini
AGCNCY . 'HICVGO
Like the
Eternal Rocks
U Is built , not for totlay , but
for the iinxt century.
If you move Into
The Bee Building
you can tet admired you will
never \ \ ish to move out n 'iiln.
Mauy of our tenants Iwve
been lu it since It was built.
When you move move to
stay.
R. C , Peters & Co ,
Rental Agents ,
Ground Floor , Bee Building
L. m.
. . CAPSULES
Cure- over } ' vvcaUiii'n * of Sexual OrK" " * , M | all cmlH linn , I on I
coiiflclfnuc > , iirrtp mill lirnlii truulile , In fact nuilic JOH a linppy
troiia ninii nt-Miall ; . HI. 110 box inonc > liucU If not untliillril , Send
for our quenlluii tilniiU.
UAI . 'S I'll All VI t'V , Ui-iit. U. . IStti and I'nrniiin SU , Oiuiilinob. .
The AVi-ililliiir of "MlMM l'loMir.
1'uzzle. The answers are the names of
flowers and ferns.
1. What was her nationality nnd appear
ance'
2. What was his disposition and name' '
3. What did envious people sa > ho wanted
to do'
4. What was bib country , and what did
be do when he proposed ?
5. What did her mother say she would
do ?
C To whom did she refer him ?
7 How man > attended the ceremony ?
S Who were the bridesmaids'
P Who vveie groomsmen and i.t'ucra'
10 What did the bride wear on her head'
, 11. What did the bridCRroom - . . jar the
last < time before the wedding ?
12. What did they throw after the car
riage'
IS. What did they bee nt the menagerie'
14. When bumuioned to the war , what
were his parting words ?
1" What did he cany with him'
1C What struck him , and where was ho
hit'
IT What did she have duilng hlu ab
sence ?
15. What flower tells what happened when
she saw him returning ?
10 With what did bho salute him'
. ' 0. Who wns shocked nt the performance'
S25 for best answer ; J10 for second $ i
for third and $2 for fourth. The "best"
are the ones which answer the quest 10113
neatest and cleanest and most Intelligent
ly with the niiincB of flowers or fcrni
Open to those who send iO cents for six
months' or $1 for a > ear's subscription to
What to Kat Two trials for ? 1 O-hcr
prl/es for same puzzle See Pebruary num
ber. 10 cents VUiat To Ka' Minneapolis
THE
mm OF
Gn Lard , on Ham , on
Bacon is a guarantee
of purify.
Swiff and Gontgiany ,
Chicago , Kansas City , Omaha.
St , Louis , St Joseph , St. Paul ,
Spauldingf , Neb. , Jan. JO , J399.
When I first heard of your medicine , I did not think it could do as much for anyone as it has done
for me. Since taking it I have not suffered near so much pain at the monthly period as I used to and
when my child was born I was not bad at all. I thank you very much for the medicine.
Mrs. L. SEAMANN.
When baby is sick , the whole household is stirred up over it. Neighbors quickly come with
tenders
The doctors come arid nnd . of help.
go come again. Next day baby is vvell.
When mother is sick , her trouble is usually some kind of female complaint , and she
generally keeps it to her
self , consequently she never really gets vvell.
Thus thousands of women are to-day making martyrs of themselves. The
motherly instinct '
brings to
aid what her sense of modesty refuses her. Modesty has forced baby's
many a woman down the steep path of
health. Hut women ought to understand that declining
they can be both modest and healthful. take
They Cardtil
can Wine
of
quietly in their own rooms , v.ilh o publicity whatever , nnd get certain , complete relief from every form of female trouble , No
them aud no humiliating examinations , arc necessary. The introduction of this jreat ; remedy has brought about a revolution questions in the man- are
? ' dinne Co. , Chattanooga , Tenn ,
Halifax , Va. , March 4 , f 899.
I have been using Wine of Cardui , and think it the greatest medicine on earth for painful menstruation.
Mrs. G. A. FAULKNER.
Your Druggist sells $1.00 Bottles of Wine of Cardui.