Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 7, 1892, Page 16

16 TO THE RETAIL MERCHANTS Notiois and Men’s Furnishing Goods ed b y bought by us at public auction, will be placed » The stock of Notions and Men’s Furnishing Goods, formerly own . M. Schneider & Co., and latel C On Sale Monday, August Sth, 1S92, At No. 1315 Howard Streect, Omaha, Neb.. The Sale Will Continue from Day to Day Until all the Goods are Disposed o The stock consists of a full line of seasonable Notions- and Men’s Furnishing Goods and 1s pronounced by all authorities, who have examined it, to be a well selected We intend to make prices on these goods that will close them out in a short time, and 1t will be a splendid opportunity for you to sort up your stock for the coming scason. stock, 1n excellent condition. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: S UNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1892—SIXTE AND BUYERS OF secure the most satisfactory bargains. . No. Goods Sold at Retail. COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK.} Those who come first will be likely to . Y MID MOUNTAIN A¥D CANYONS Eird Wakeley Tests His Descriptive Powors on the Majesty and Glory of Pike's Peak. WHAT THE ECSTATIC YOUNG LADY SAID aver's Great Three Able-Bodied Liars . Preparations for the Triennial Con- clivo—W Tarn Night Into Day for $50,000, Desver, Col, July 3l.—[Special Corre- spondence of Tir Bee. | — But these rocede. Above me aro the Alps, The puine ure, whose vast walls Have pimnacled in the clouds thelr snowy Bealp: And throned roity in ley halls Of cold subiimity, where forms and fulls Dhe wvalanche-~the thunderbolt of snow. AlLthat expinds (he Spirit, yet appals, Gathers around thuse SUIILS 48 10 Show How carth may plerce 1o busven, yeu leave vain wun below. --Byron. S0 wrote Byron many years ago, but that was before the days of cog whesl rouds and narrow gauge railways., It matters little now to what extentearth may pierce the ethiereal biue of heaven's vault,man managos 0 get there too, Some years ago I made the asceont of Pike's Poak from Manitou Springs, on the back of a horse of flesh and bone— principally bone, Yesterday I mado the as- cent of the same pea, back of an inon horse with ribs of steel and breatn of steam. Liko fablod Pegasus, the wingeq horse of old, whose home was in the slouds, and who ranged the sun-kissed heights boyond, this steed of today carries you upward and on- ward, swiitly but safely into the icy realms of grandeur, and through scenos of boauty over which enchantment turows her magic spell. kl log-Wheel Road to Pike's Poak, Tho cov-wheel railroad to the summit of Pike's Poak, which wus completed and put in operation on July 1, 1501, is the most novei railway in the world. Whien it reaches its objective point above the clouds ata beight of 14,147 feet ubove ses level, it renders wlmost inslgnificant by comparison the fu. mous cogiway up Mount Wushington and the thviine raliway up the Rigi in Switzerland, From its station 1n Munitou, just above the Trou Springs, Lo tho station on thu summit of Pike's Peak, the Munitou & Pike's Peak railway 18 just elght and turec-quarters miles in length, The cost of the coustruc- tion of the road was 00,000 The road bed 1s_solid masonry and trom fifteon to twenty feot wide, loaving fully tive fect on eact side of the cars, Tho track is standurd gauge with I ralls and & doublu cog-railin the center This cog is unusually heavy, and is built i sections, exch scotion being putinto a lathe and the tecth cut. The wicoty of the urrangement may be in whed it 18 known yary the fificenth part of an loch from a certuin size, At intervals of every 200 feet the track 18 anchored to solid masoury to revent any possibility of the track slipping rom its bed. Tho curs ara aosigned 1o haug low—withiu cighteen inchos of the rails ~aud the engine pushes the cars iustesd of drawing them, A full description of the road would be too long to be goue into bero; but. 1o brief, it may b slatod that every mechanical arrange- ment and upplisuce which buman ingenuity bas dovised is bore brought into use to - sure the safoly of the public, with the result that not & single accident has vecurred in tho history of the road, save the unfortunate killing of & lad on the Peak on the Fourth of July Inst. This was caused by the boy's falllog from tho rear platform of the train bencath its wheels, and was not due %0 uny defecl in the machinery of the road. The Fat Man and the Fussy O1d Lady, =3 ‘Wo left Manitou on whe noon traln, with the ususl select assortment of tourists that you meet wherever you go, and without Which uo trip would” be complote. wero (he same old crowd that you run against both on land and sea; that you have Iways met, aud wiil continue Lo weet for that each tooth They | evor und the next day. There was the ever- Dresent tat mau. with an unlimited supply of good nature, and who took things easy; the wise man who had been there before’ and who knew it all; the fussy old lady who wor- ried over everyihing, and who was in_con- staut fear that the cars would run off the track. There was the small boy who was continually asking questions of everybody, and who resembled nothing $o_much as an auimated inferrogation point. Lastly, thore was the young lady just graduated from school, with™n inexhaustiole supply of ad- joctives, aca who went into spasms of cestatic’ delignt over every thing, from a pine treo to u pewk. The adjectives she scattered along the lino would tave easily ballasted the road, had it needed auytning of the kind. I yearned 10 tio a string to her and fly her Like a Kite from the window—she was light-headed and #iddy enough for it. The Wild Desolate Scene, 1 shall not attempt to zive auything like a detailed description of the scenic beauties of the trip. They have been written up lime and agamn by almost every tourist and news- paper correspondent in the country, until the theme has bocomo a hackneyed ono: while the railroad literature alone ou the subject would fill a large volume. Starting from comparatively commeaplace surroundings, the higher we ascended the wilder, more rugged sud desolate grew the scene. 'Twas as if ola earth, upon some eventful ocoasion, had given birth to a succession of earth- quakes, which in tura, had run their course, wrought their ruin and left thoir traces of desolation and detruction upon theland, *T'was @ series of frowning precipices; of grauite cliffs whose piercing piunacies tow- ering into space above seomed to defy all time and eternity; of cavons so durk and fombro that the Dirds never care to penetrate their solitudes, and 1uto which the sup never shines; 'twas ' chaos, sublimity, grandeur, Maa becomes dwarfed and dumb in lookiog upon that sublime scene, and after viewing which would never dareto question the power that naturs possesses. To me the most beautiful ard picturesque fonturo of the trip was the almost constant succession of mountain streams in sight during the greater part of the trip. Born in neavenly heights as it were, and seem nugly partaking of the purity and frosh- ness of the place which was their origic these hquid® gymousts cawe tumbling, tos- sing, foaming, flasbiug, roaring aud rushing down the precipitous steeps, over broken rocks, uuder fallen pines and through stony grottoes, stoppiug for & time to form uttle lukes of liguid lovaliness,and,again. to shape themselves into crystal cataracts of trans- parent purity or vaporing veils of virgin beauty, The Feitatle Young Lady Expired. 1 guoss that is about enough of that-king of description, but it is part of the play, so to speak. A lotter of this character would never bo cowplote without more or loss of what Bulwer calls “riotous ripple of rot," and [ baye folloed tue fashion, but not, I hope, to an undue extent. We passed the hulf-way house and soon resched “timber line,” after which not so much wood as a match could bo obtained for love or monev. Soon also, we were among the clouds, the howe of the thunder and tne lightniug, where tbundervolts are mads to order, and lightulugs of all kinds, sheet, zig zag, ete., is Kkopt constautly oo tap, About this time the ecstatio young lady expired in . spasm of delight over u certain red rock, while the smalt boy's mouth nud become immovably tixed iu tho shapo of an interrogation point— sort of inquisitive lock jaw, as it were, Then there wus peace snd comfort for everyone coucerned. Suowbatl So and lelcles on Toast, Wo reachod tne Peak, a combination of bar- rounoss, solitude and rock, and indulged in #ll the sports and exercises of which the oir- cumstan siou ndmitted. We pried mighty boulders frow their fastonings, watched them bound from polut to point far down the mountain side, until they disap- veared with a tremendous roar in & cloudof dust andifragments. Thoinbabitants in the valloy bolow must hava thought that they were bewg treated to » shower of meteorio stoues, sud, 1 presume, gathered them up us curiosities from the skies, We chased clouds avout the poak, caught them aud rode them, This was not uaattended, however, without cousiderable danger. To'look at thore white fleeoy masses, from down below, floating like gossamor veils far up in the soft blue sky Upon @ summer's day, One cannot imawine the wickeduoss aud deviltey they develop when caught and straddled by & strauger. When they get their back up, o to speak, a bucking broncho is not in it. We also haa lunch--a cold one, it is unnecessary to re- mark, Snowball soup and icicies on toast were a few of the stomack-aching delicacies with which we regaled ourselves. Three Able-Botied L It is astonishing, when on this peak, and apparently so near their Maker, how men will lie about the distance they can see. No matter how good a man’s reputation may be for truth and veracity when at home, he uvari- ably indulges in the most extrayagant state- ments about his range of vision from the polat. Three able-bodied liars stoud in a group thut afternoon upon that peerless peak, and us they looked towurds tho east far off over tbut mighty plain which stretched away seomingly without horizon, number one cas- ually remarked; *I think I can see—yes, I am sure I can see Chicago: aud [ can plainly distingulsh that city by its well known modest ways.” Then ho sat down, feoling that, he had done ail that could be expected of him under the circumstances. Number two rather scornfully said: our eyes must be weak; you should wear glasses. I am looking at New York, and I can plainly soo her citizens engaged in the most aciive ©fforts to make the World’ fair at Chicago a success,” He stopped back, feeling that the prizo was his. Nuwmver three, calmly but impressively remarked: “Gentlemen, vou both must bave cataructs in your eyes; you should be treated for defect of vision. I can plainly see some honeaty and truthfulness in the approaching political cambaign.” A deep silence fell apon tho group, and number turee today weurs, the diamond medal for truth and veracizy upon his manly breast. How the Sun Weni Dowa. But all things must have an end, and our time came for leaving, Before that, how- ever, wo were treated to & glorious sunsot, which will remaln fixed in my mind as long us lite lingers. Like an illuininated wheel whoso blazing spokes filled the western heayens, the sun sank n & sea of gold against a background of shimmeriug masses of purple and crimson fires. Isiands of purest pearl floatod tramblingly over lakes of molten silver, and opalescent peaks lifted their flashing heads in u muzo of prismatic waves, Then we turned and went down, down, far down to the realms of littie man, turning our backs upon that awful solitudé ana those titanic musses of rock comnosing this mighty peak—a peak which shall stand & monument of earth's greatnoss until time sets in etornity’s s Manitou hus become a typical summer re- sort, with any numbar of small hotels, dude men and maidens, high prices and everythiog that goes to mako- up a place where the worid can spend its time and money and enjoy itself. To read the aescriptions in the guido books of Manitou aad 118 surrounding attractions, oue would toniuk that heaven was not in it with this spot. HBut Manitou s @ delightful place fn which to spend the summer, if cool nights, good living, pieasant compauy and magnificent scenery can con- tribute to one's happiness, Turning Night Iuto Day. As for Denver, well, nothlog but Chicago now beats her for hife and activiy. The ummer season s hor harvest time, so to speak, and ber bighest aim is to troat her visitors so that they will come again. At present tho city is turning herself inside out, as it were,” in preparation for the tri- eunial conclave, when she expects totake care of aud comfortably entertain 100,000 strangors, Think of that. If she doos, and erything at present se2ms to indicate suc ss'in the matter, hor reputation s o con- vention city will be assured. Tue illumina- tion of the oty will be on a scale that will make the sun, moon and stars feel ashamed of their feeblo efforts in the way of produc- lug light, Ao idoa may Le gained of what will be done in this divection whben iL s stated that $50,000 will be paid to one electrie light coucera’ for the purpose of turuing night into duy. Froud that He 1s sn Omahan, *Omaba people are so numerous in Dsnver just at presenf, that L am frequeutly com pelled to turn dud look at the buildiugs to assure myself that L am not back in my na- tiue town, To give & list of thoso bere would bo to publish a large part of Omaha's directory, Whenever aad wherever you meet them, Lowever, you can shake vheir band with' prids, and With the . knowledge that in enterprise, ambition, culturo and famo thewr city 1s ouo of which they may well be proud, aod of which they will still bo prouder us'time goes oa. Buw C, WaskeLer, THE OLD CALIFORNIA TRAIL Fremont's Famous Pathway Throuzh the Desert. LIKE A JOURNEY THROUGH A GRAVEYARD Story of the Ola Trail as Relatod by Gen- oral John C. Fremont Himself Two Years Before His Death, * Two years bofore his death General John C. Fromont relatea to the writer the story of the old California trail. Goneral E'remont was justly entitled to his title, “che pathinder.”” Ta 1843 he had made lis fumous exploration of the plains and the mountains, Several years later ho had won renown by his gallaut conduct in Califoruia during the Msxicau war.. When tho gold excitoment broke out and the rush to Cali- fornia commenced, Fremont. was instrugred to “vlaze a trail” through the wilderness, and he dia it with his chatacteristio energy. Commencing at s point opposite St. Jusenh, Mo., he proceeded to Levenworth, Kan., thence northwest until he struck the Platte valley at Fort Kearney. From this mili- tary post the trail followed the val- ley of the Platte river until it be- camo lost in the Rocky mountains, Winding its way through narrow defiles, over lofty ranges, and crawling along the edge of dizzy precivices, the trail reached the high plain between the Rockies and the Sierras, thonce through KEcho and Weber canons and down the western slops to the gold flelds. ~The path across desert and mountain was marked so plaialy that none could go astray. Under directicn of Fremont two furrows wera plowed with ox teams, the furrows beiog from 150 to 200 fest apart. Where streams or natural springs could not bo found wolls were sunk at convenient dis- tances to furnish water to the thousands of men and beasts thul were to pass in a surg- 1ug, never-ending procession along the route. lmmensity of the Traflic, Although nearlyhwlf a century has elapsed since that trail wasmarked in tho sands of the desert, its remains aro still to he seen in many places aloagsthe Piatte valley. The writer has, withinithe past four years, rode in & buggy along the trail for miles, where the deep ruts nad boen cut iawo the vielding soil by the heavy wagon train: Tuese ruts were from twelve Lo twenty- four inchos deap, aud nstead of there being a singlewvagon track, there wera from six to twelve, side by side. In many pluces the trail was so beaton and packed that the parsisteat wild bunch grass of the prairio had been umable Lo make any luroads upon its firmuess, #ad theso parts of tho trail were, and doubtless still are, barren of vego- tation, although ® guarter of a century has elapsed sfce the il was tinally abandoned, 1t will be difficultfor the modern reader to gain any conception of the immensity of the tramic over the plutus traversed by the old Kearaoy trail. To gwe some idea of the freight and omigrant business along the routo it may be said that 16 Wasno uncommon event t0 stand at the door of auy oue of the many ranches ulong tho trail and couat from 700 to 1,000 wagouns pass in & single day; ana tho writer has conversed with one sottler whoon one day counted wore than 1,600 wagons that passed har door, How the Busiuess Was Done, The reader way also gain some idea of the magaitude of the business transacted along this grea® overland route from the statement that one firw alone operated 6,250 wagons, with a team force af 75,000 oxen' and with & capital lnvested of $2,000,000. When it is understood that this was but the outfit of & slugle fiem, and that It did not include the thousands of wagous belonging to private io- Aividuaia 1 will Feadily bo soed that 1he trafilo assumoed onormous proportions. ‘Pho wagons bullt for this overlaud trafjo wero massive concerns built especially for the purpose by a St. Louss firm. They were constructed with a storaze and carrying ca- pacity of 7,000 pounds, and when loaded re- quired the combined strength of eight to ten yoke of oxen to haul thom. A urain consisted of twenty-five wagons under the command of & wagonmaster, Who also acted as captain. He was assisted by u deputy, tho extra hands, the night herder aud tho cavallard driver, whose business it was to drive the extra cattle. Be- sides these there wero drivers for cach team, making a total of thirty- ono connected with each' - trawm. In the nomenclature of the plains the wagon- master was uviversally known as the *hull- wagon boss,”’ the teamsters or drivers as *bull'whackers,” and the train as a ‘“‘bull outfit.” “livery man went armed to the teoth and all wero in _constant readiness for an attack from tha thousands of savages who ewarmed the peairies. Pathway Through a Grave Yard, A volume 'might—indeed volumes have veen fillod with tho recital of the: desperato encounters with tho Indians of the plains. It may trathfuily be said that the old Cali- fornla trail 1s'a pathway through @ grave yara. Every mile of she route is marked by the eraves of those who fell by the hand of the hostile_redskins or succumbed to the many 1illnesses incident 1o an “overland jour- ney across the plains, Tho government established a chain of military posts slong the trail, and the garri- sons were coustantly employed in protecting emigralfit traiis whioch wero daily wend- ing their way toward the Rockies ana bo- youd, und hardiy & week passed that did not mark a bloody fight with the savage Sioux or Pawnees, Ono of the earliest, if not the first Indian war growing out of tha overlaud travel ooeurred in 1852 or 1853, the exact date belng in dispute. It occupied the atteation of the troops at Forts Kearney and Laramie, and brieily related the facts ure as follow: Foolhardy Lieutenant Gract A parts of Sioux Tndians, related to the Brulo tribes, had killel and'oaten o cow be- longing toa party of Mormon emigrants, ‘Ihe disciplos of Brigham Young were un- necessarily indignani over the watter and at once hurried to Fort Laramie, where they told their story, not neglecting to embellish 1t with a few lurid details from thair owa untrammoled imagination. in fact, the un- scrupulous Mormons maguified tho th:ft of a bony, foowsors and weary bovino into an attack from the redskius. A younz officer named Lieutenant Grattan was at once sent to the scene of tho alleged attack. Grattan bLad bu, twenly-eight soldiers under his command and there were 2,000 Brule warriors expect- ing his approach. But when was an ofiicer frosh from the triumphs of West Poiut frightened by tue force of numbers! Plant- 1ng his two small pioces of artillery on the brow of a hill overlooking tho hostilo camp, the young ueuténaut gave the wary chief five ‘minutes in which to surrender. Tho time expiring, two woll directed charges wore sent crashing through the fragile topoes of the savages. ‘I'nese two shots w all thas were. fired, for 1n another {nstaut 2,000 infariated rodskins dashed up that lit- tlo hill ana io another instant the iisutensut and his soldiers had been swept into etor- nity. But one man, a half-breod interprover, was loft to retura to Forl Laramie to tell the story of the utter annibilation of Lieutenant Grattan's command. Tho incident led to a loug and bloody war in waich the Indians were, of course, subdued aftor they had lost the greater number of Lheir warriors, The Grave on the Frairie, Tn the northwostern part of Adams county may yet ba seon the dim outlines of lonely gravo that was mado in the prairio sod long bofore tho present state of Neoraska was given even a territorial form of government. This grave was hollowed by the side of the old Caiifornia trail and was for years an object of interest to the emigrants and freighters who hurricd by ou their way to the goid fields beyond the mountains. It was the last resting place of a young wife who hud boen killed by the savmges while crossing the piaius with her busband, The story is butoue of s bundred of a similar nature, but it possesses an element of pathos soldom found iu the others. Her name will never be knowni but it i koown that she was & bride of but & fow months ana that ner trip mcross the plains was ber wedding journey. Late oue evenlng, just us the emi rant traio was prepuriog 10 g0 uto oamp for the night there was | & suddea attack of the FPuwaoes sod whon the savages had been revetled it was discovered that the young wife was one of the victims. Her grave was hollowed in the sod where she bad fallen and the wagon train pushed on—all but the husband, Again be turaed his face eastward, walking back over the trail until bo reached Placts- mouth, Here he bargained for a rude tomb- stoue and, carrying it on his shoulder. he re- traverscd’ the distance to the spot where ho bad buried his younk wife. Plasing the headsione over ber last resting place, pursued lis journey to the west. Tho littlo stone stood until a few years ago, when it was thrown down aund soon broken into pieces. 01d Fort Kearnoy, The most important military post on the California trail was av_Iort Kearney, near the site of the prosent city of that name, It was located in the heart of the Indian coun- try and its garrison was constantly employed in"repolling the attacks of the hostile Sioux, Pawnees and Arapahoes. I'he outbreak of the war of the rebellion created Intense ex- citement at tho fort. Itis a fact not gencr- ally known that when the civil war broke out Fort Kearney was a hotbed of secession, Although there were many staunch union men in and around the fort, tho larger part of the ofticers and settiers sympathizod with the southern cause, The facling botween the coatending par- ties ran bigh and several times an open rup- ture was narrowly averted. The officers whose hearts were with the south advocated sccession and wished to take possession of the fort in the name of the confederate states. Two promient oficers, Colonel Btveriy Robortson and Captain Iobery Honderson, both educatod at West Poiny, Zave up their swords and nccepted comm.is sions in the rebel acmy, und both won major gencral’s commissions. Golonel Miles—now General Milos—was tho commandont of Fort Kearney whon Sumpter was fired upon. He and his regi- ment, the Second infantry, wero at once taken vast to assiit in tuo defense of the union, and Captain Tyler, @ fiery southerner, left in command. ~ Tvler did not long rewin bis loyalty. = With s bis own huna e spiked the fiftcen can- non at the fort and deserted to the rebe A patriotic people may, however, console itself by the refisction that Tyler was tured by the federal authoritios very eurly in the war aud kept o close coafiaemony until peaca had once more been proclaimed over a united couutry, Rebel Prisoners in Nobrask, During the war soveral thousand rebol prisoners wera confined at Korc Koarnoy. The word confined is bardly the word, how. ever, for the confederates wore practically freo to go and come as they pleased within certain limits, When the war closed many of theso prisoners re naiued 10 tho vicinity but they retained all their bitterness toward the people of the north Fort Kearuey might today bo an important military post had it not been for tho malig- nity displayed by these unrepentant rebols, The government fully intended in 1866 to onlarge the fort, surround it with complet tortifications, and make it tha princinal depot for e distribution of militury supplies to all posts throughout tho wesi aud north west. Ganeral Popo visited tho fort and after & caretul inspection was impressed with the importance of ivs location; and un- der bis direction the work of enlurgement and improvement commenced, Steam saw wills were erncted, logs cut and converted into lumber, new residences for the oficers bullt, aud work commenced on a large hos pital, commodious quartermaster's and com missary departments, adjutant's office, eto. These improvemonts’ were well under way when General Pope was succoedod vy Gou eral William Tecumseh Shermun, now of houored memory. They Hooted Old Tecums: Qeneral Sherman certainly bad no reasons fof discontinuing the work commenced under tue directiod of General Pope until after he bad madea personul visit to tho town of IKcarney, wost of the fort, Hero he was ro celved with scoffs and jeers from the unre peutant revels, of whom the largor proportion of the opulation was at that time compased, Instead of receiviug tho plaudits of #a en thusiastio popilace, as tho hero of the march to the sea had reason to expect, ho was wel- comod by & howling mob with hoots instead of nurrabs. ‘Ihe disgracaful reception was 100 much for the feslings of the geueral and he roturned to Washington in ‘s state of wind" that boded o good to the wmbitious resideats of Kearnev. Hoefore his indignn. tion had tme to cool he gave oriers for the {mmediate suspension of Lue work at the fort and still later for the entire abandonment of the post, - Fort Kearney remained & one-gaars rison post until 1571, when the last soldier was ordered away and the place was turned over to the ravaging tooth of time, Abandonment of the Tral With tho completion of the Union Pacifle railroad the old California trail soon fell inte disuse. 'T'he state began to settlo up rapidly and the Indians gradually retreated before the advancing civ ation of the white man. The last serious trouole with the savag occurred in 1864 when the Pawnees made a last desperate effort to wrest their hunting grounds from their new possessors, the whites. Early in that year the Indians laid their plaus for a bloody campnign. They distributed their forces along the entire length ot the Platte valley with the intention of exterminating the settlers at one blow. On Sunday morning, August 7, 1864, the Hrst attack was made at Plum Cresk, As a smull party of omigrants were pushing their way westward over tho trail the Indians dashed upon tnem suddenly and ruthlessly murdered the entire party, elevon in number. The attack took place but a short distauce from the telsgrap station and the operator at once flashed the news to every station along the line. A moment later and ho was & corpse, but his bravery in remaining at his post saved the lives of hundreds of setulers, for the warning ho had given had enablod them to seck places of safoty and to pre- pare for defense. Attacks ~were made simultancously 8t a score of placos along the tral and the victims were numbered by the score. I'he government nurried troops to the valley and after months of seyere campaigning the savages wero sub- dued. Tha people of the Platte valley have uever boen troubled by the savages since that memorable year. The Truil Only o Memory. Today the ola California trail oxists only as o memory. The stirring scenes of the past linger only with the oldest inhabitants who are also rapidly following the past into the unknown, The days of the Mormon emigrant, the Catifornia argonaut, and the Pike's Peak adventurer are past. Ao undefined pat across the prairies marks the trail of thi hundreds of thousands who, spurrod on by visions of goldon wealth, hurried in never ceasing procession ove: the plains, while a fow rows of tall cottonwood trees aione stand scntry over the ruins of Fort Kearnoy and the intruder, whether he be emigrant or tourist, passes by unchallenked ,and un- aceded. . F. R, L T 0 2 Cook's Extra Dry Iniperial Champagne is the pure juice of the grape naturally fer- munted, For boquet it has no superior, S Al BLASTS FROM RAM’S HORN, The real battle is always fought beforo s gun is fired, The man who looks at everything through monoy never seos far. That day 1s a fallure io which you do nos A try to make somobody happy. Temperance mesns the right use of right things. There can ve uo right use of wrong things. There aro weak spots In your roliglon It you nover praise the Lord except whon yow feal like at. One of Lho poorest men on earth 1s tho one who has no time or 1nclination. 1o do @ § thing except try to make monay, i “Tao world is'not dying becauss thore o ! not moru fine sormons preached, but becauss thero aro still 0 many cowardly- psople 1n the front seats, 11 the governmont really wants to prove by exporimouts with the bioycle that war can e made dreadful, why not get s thousand women together, kive them whoels sud turn them loosed i AL S The “No. 9" Wheeler & Wilson 1s & rapld stitcher; 50 rapla that it will stitch thres * yards of goods whilo only two yards pre i being stitclied on sny vibrating shuttle x& . biae, Sold by Geo, W. Lancaster, bld 16th stroet. & —— A franchise for tho operation of eloctrie [ streot railroads in Montreal, Quebec, b Just been voted upon the following terms of Dayme The Montreal City I’assengor Rallway company is Lo pay the city 4 per cent of 1ts gross roceipts ap to $1,000,000; 6 g per cent of its gross receipts from §1,000,000 up 1o 1,500,905 8 per cent of I8 gross re- ceipts from 81,500,000 up to um,mm;mxx e § Ppor cont of its gross recipts from 2,000, [ up to §2,600,000; 12 per cent of its gross re colpts from $2,600,000 up to 3,000,000; 18 Fer cont of its gross rocel pla above §5,000,000y