Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 1, 1893, Page 5

PULSE 0F WESTERY Phof.knssl Bright Prospects that the Present Yoar Will Be a Prosperons One. GREAT ACTIVITY IN ALL LINES OF BUSINESS Groat Cantilover Wridge Extension —Gen- Completion of th; Over the Columbia Rive of the Pecos Valley ftoa Western N Reports from almost every point through- out the west show a splendid outlook for business this spring and summer. Many places report large transfers of real estate, business blocks and residences in process of construction and plans being drawn for many more. There will be a larger crop acreage in most all the counties than ever before, and, taken altogether, the prospects were never brighter for a prosperous yoar. Great Westarn Engineoring Feat. The completion of the great cantilever bridge over the Columbia river at Rock Island, Wash., marks the accomplishment ot the greatest feat of railroad eugineering in the west. The Columbia at Wanatchee, where tho big bridge is being buiit, is be tween 200 and 1,000 yards in width and from 12 to 200 foet deep at low water, 1ts channel is worn deep below the general surface of the valley and, though tho annual June rise is 50 feot, it never overflows, ~ After many ys and measurements the company deeided to build a bridge high’' enough not to inte ¢ with navigation rather than a draw bridge at a shallowed point and sup port the same on piers. At the point se lected for crossing, a basaltic butte rizes 500 feet above the valley. The butte drops down to the river in shelf-like terraces and on one of these shelves the western approach of the bridge rests. On the opposite bank stands o similar butte, 200 fect above the water, and throurh this butte a‘rondway been cut for the eastern approach. 'Two hundred and fifty feet from the east bank of tho river is an island, or rathers huge rock, on which the only pier in the river is built. Between the rock and the west bank flows the main stream, which is 416 feet wide and 143 feet et long, not counting the minor approaches, and is 120 feet above low water mark and_seventy feet ove extreme high water. The first s hes from the bluff on the west side, ) feet, to a shelf above the water line. The second or m. span reaches 41614 feet above the main channel to the rive It weighs 856 tons and in the center is feot m top to bottom of the structure. The third span extends from the island to the east bank he entire bridge is built of steel and wrought iron When completed each span will be separ- ate and independent of the others. Owing to the great height of the bridges and the it was impossible to put uj work to support the main span. ach of the side spans has been erected upon false work, but in an inverted position and in_such a way as to act as the arm of along lever, and the outer end: each are loaded with 400 tons of steel y 80 as to balance half of the main span as it was projected over the abyss below. The main span having been completed and joined to the others, it no longer requires the sup- port of the end spans and they will be taken down and erected in thew proper position. s Valley. Considerable railroad building will be done in the west this spring, the most ex- tensive being that of the Pecos Valley. The Denver News has this to say: *The most mportant piece of raily destined to be constructed in the transmissouri country this season will bo tho extension of the Pecos Valley road from Eddy, its pres terminus, via Roswell and Whate ¢ Junction with the main line of the Santa Fe at Engel, not far from Las Vegas., While the El Paso-Denver short line has been talken of, and many other railroad enter- prises have consumecd lots of space in the newspapers, Messrs, Hagerman and v have been quietly at work and have secu the 85,000,000 necessary for the extension named, “The enterprise is an_important one and destined to have a large influence on the rowth of eastern New Mexico. The Pecos alley road runs from Pecos City on the Texas Pacific 1o Eddy, vow the center of one of the most prosperous agricultural sec- tions of the whole west. This affords it an eastern connection in a very rou way. The proposed extension will ¢ road up the rich Pecos valley to Koswell, and thence westward and northward through the wonderful mineral riches of the ‘White Oaks country to the contemplated Junction with the Santa Fe. The increased facilities for travel and trafic with the outside world is perhaps the least of the advantages to be gained by the Pecos valley by the extension of this line. The valley is now in need of alocal mar- ket for its_ graiu, fruit, vegetables, alfalfa and other products, This it will fiud among the mines at White Oaks, where develop- ment will be stimulated by the coming of a railroad. The gold, silver, coal, iron, mar- ble and other mineral products of that sec- tion will at o attract capital and become productive, is extension will thus create the market so necessary for the continued sgricultural growth and prosperity of the Pecos valle, “The local traflic which will spring into ex- istence on the completion of this road will render it one of the best paying roads in tne whole west, and eastern New Mexico is 10 be congratulated on the new prospects of industrial development which its con- struction will assure.” Wyoming Coal Output. State Mine Inspector D. Gi. Thomas has been busily engaged the past few wecks preparing his annual report of the condition and output of the mines, which is the most complete ever made in the state and is very lengthy, says the Carbon County (Wyo.) Journal. The report shows a great increase Jdn the output of 1502, while the number of ‘employes has been reduced. Following is a table furnished by Mr. Thomas and containing valuable informa- & tion: OUTPUT BY COUNTIES 1891, Short ton Shortton Ave.No. Lux Nut. Empl 7,456 1, 9,406 984 County. Bweetwater Oarbon.... Ulnta Woston Uonverse Total 9,606 Valued at mine, §3, OUTPUT BY COUNTIES— 1502, Short ton Short ton Ave, No. Lump. Nut Emplys. il 4 85762 6 Carbon 5 16,284 Uinta. .. ES 421 Weston Converse Total 2,304,449 103,816 Valued at mine, $4,214,288,75 The above does not include small mines only those that cowe under the requirements of the state mining luw. Biz 1dah The well known corporation, MeConnell, . Maguire & Co., at Moscow, Idaho, the lar- gest mercantile house in the state, of which Governor MeConnell is head, has been closed by the sheriff. Although there 1 been ramors of impending embarrassment tho failure caused great excitement. The First Nationat Bank of Moscow issued an attach- ment for §0,000. The Moscow National bank immediately followed with an attach- ment for §25,000. Attorneys for Murphy, Grant & Co. of San Francisco and Allen & Lewis of Portland also served attachments, ruoning the figures up to about §100,000. More attachments are expected, which will materially increase its liabilities. The assots amount to about §80.000 in stock, large book accounts and the firm's business property, which is mortgaged for §25,000. Governor McConnell originated the firm soveral years ago, and two vears ago it was incorporated for $100,000. The members of the firm are: Governor McConnoll, Frank A, David, J. C. Haskell, W. M. Chambers County Sweotwater 405 105 142 1,284 aod J. H Mlfi’ulrt. A large brick block valued at $00,000 was bullt in which to carry on the business. On this Gilbert Bros, of Salem have a mo o of §25,000. Two branch houses were eat: lished at Pullman, Wash. The firm made iarge purchases of wheat, and it was thought profited largely thereby. The re. cent depression in the wheat market, how- ever, is sald to have caused a heavy loss and the firm was unable to meet its obliga tions. In order to save themselves the Pull- man business was sold last week to R. S, Browne and L. H, Maguire of Moscow and the money placed in the home house. It arrived too late, however. It is thought that with careful management the firm may pay dollar for dollar. [he First National and Moscow National banks are not affected by the failure, Preclous Motals. . Some of the best mineral-bearing veins in the northwest are found in the camps ad- Jacent to Libby, Mont. The great contact is o for many miles and the many min- ations along its course bear evidence of great wealth, Shrewd mining men have examined the district and are gradually ac- ty while others are investing kisewnere, and many flattering offers have been refused by the owners of various prop- erties, While other camps are booming the Libby miners will make merry music witht hammer and drill adn turn out a rich harves of the precious metals, enriching them Ives and adding to the wealth of the na- on Camp Golden is a new mining settlement bout five miles east of Whitehull, Mont. Tne American Mining and Development com- pany has sunk a shaft 200 feet deep on the Golden claim, The ore carries gold and runs from 5 to 860 a ton, ging perhaps #1 ton, With such a b ore as in the oin this will make a first-class property About thirty men are employed at the ) under the immediate charge J. W, Astley It is understood that the American Develop ment and Mining company h taking a half interest in the property fora amount of development work or of paying §0,000 cash for the whole property Francisco is greatly excited over the very of a cinnabar mine almost in the heart of the v. The owner has been com- pelled to build a fence around his property to keep out prospectors Mr. T. F\. Corbett, a well known well driller and mine expert, in a talk with a reporter of a Portland, Ore. er, Brows enthusiastic on the richne of gold deposits in the southern t of that state. He says that some of the largest nuggets ev found in the [/nited States were picked up in Josephine and Jackson count One man named Casey picked up one in the once mous Althouse district, located near Grant's pass, which weighed twenty pounds or £3,080 ut $17 an_ounce. Auother notable find was that of Major Billy Saunders, now living in Grant's pass,who picked up a nugget worth 1,080 while engaged in surveyiog a ditch on the Apple about ten miles south of his present home, Another piece. worth §1.500, was picked up on Ste boat creck, near Jacksonville, a few ago, and is in possession of B Reemes, of Jacksonvilie, who pury from the original finder.” The quartz mines are being rapidly developed. During the past year fourteen mills, ranging from two to ten stamps each, with a combined capa- city of fifty stamps, have been put up in Josephine county alone. They ave crushing fifty tons of ore per day. The ore assays from £20 to $2,000 per ton A rumored strike of rich ore in Willow springs precinet, near Ashland, Ore., has ed up the prospectors. he value of silver orc shipped from de, Col., in Februh is estimated to ve boen #450,000. The silver output of 18 ine sed last year by 000, 000 ounces, The tow price of silver has no effect upon the production of the metal in the mines, where the cost 1ges between fifteen and forty per cent an ounce. The output this year will probably be very much Larger than in 1802, quiring prove artesian Colora ipments. The San [ 1 in Colorado, will claim front rank this year in that state in the cattle-shipping industry. In fourteen ys 128 shipped from the Moffat ards, and in twenty-one days 132 cars from Alamosa, inciuding seven cars which 3 ¢, The San Luis val- s coming to bea great place for winter Of the above s 140 were shipped in last fall, and a large part of, them are now going toSouth Dakota. Bringing in these ti nt feeders is a splendid thing for ra thus enabled to find a home market for their feed. Inspector John Adams is kept on the go continually to look after these shipments. At Moffat the other ¢ sixty-four cars were loaded in le than three hours, beating the best record ever made on the Rio Grande by several minutes. WLl Resist Cholera (uvasion., Dr. D. W. Robinsou, president of the South Daka State Board of Health, will attend a confercnce of the state boards of health of Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Manitoba, which has been called to meet at Winnipeg at some date in the near future. The object of the conference is to agree upon some plan to more effectu- ally resist the probable invasion of cholera in the northwest should that disease make its way o the United States during the coming summer. Smallpox has also made 1ts appearance in Manitoba. Dr. Robinson that the South Dakota board will ad- o vaceination, Most of the young people of the state, especially the school children, have never been v: Nebraskn and Nebraskans. A cat bit off the finger of Anton Beely's baby, near Table Rock A further scarch will be made for coal near Norfold with a diamond drill. The Kearney militin company will give a next Wedne y evening. e Grand Island wheelmen talk of leas- ing the base ball grounds and putting in a race track. P. . Sprecher and M. E. Foster have taken charge of the Norfolk Journal, suc- ceeding William Leavitt, A district convention ot the Woman': eign Mis: ry society will be held Beatrice May 3 J. W. Sperry of Weeping Water is about to start out on the road with a show ‘larger and better than e The Aubnrn Granger has already begun to boom Senator Harris for the independent nommation for lieutenant governor. A young Englishman named Carter was held up and roobed on the streets of Beat- rice b; i med Hall. I'he thief made good his escape. Ten thousand dollars will secure for Wahoo a tannery with a new process for curing and the Wasp thioks the amount should be raised. Boyce, & prominent citizen of 1 of heart disoase at the age of gouthern Ne Because James A. Finlay, the Indian trader at Pine Ridge, voted at the Rushville city election, he has been arrested and will have his trial in June. The North Platte conference a synod of the I of the N angelical Lutheran shurch was in session at Dakota City last week and was lavgely attended. A doctor's horse at Beatrice pulled down a telegraph pole and then dragged it into a barbed wire fence, where the animal suc- ceeded 10 or ing its leg and ending its life. Rev. C. D. Day, late pastor ot the odist Episcopal church at Pilger, ha transferred to the Colorado conference Edward Wilson, formerly of C cupy the pulpit at Pilger. The York Times says that actlve steps are being taken to secure the nomination of Judge Bates for the supreme bench, It is expected to get the indepeudent nomination and an cndorsement by the democrats. Three men robbed a passenger on a Union Pacific train at North Platte of $110 in cash and a draft for $70. The next day three suspects were arvested at Paxton, but the, cowd not be identified, and so were released, A ridiculous, but provoking, accident is re- ported by the Kearney Huo. A runaway horse struck a clothesline filled with clothes that had recently been hung out, about mid- from post 10 post. As the horse struck the line both ends ga way simultaneously. The shafts kept the line from going to the grouud, and away the horse went carrying a long white streamer floating in the breeze from either side. The line was filled with ies’ and gentlemen's underwear, as e breeze filled the articles out to their full capacity, they looked like inflated ghosts skipping hither aud thither until they be- came loosened and fell to the ground. One Meth- bee Ko Neill, will oc- hoice of | by one the articles became detached, and were finally picked up. Those who saw the sighit wero hl’.m amused, but it was rather provoking to the poor women who had worked 80 hard to get them on the line Mrs. E. Marsh, wife of u well known Cus- ter countayefarmer, has suddenly left the county with her children, and her husband isnow a gruss widower and considerably poorer than he was, for his better half sold # quantity of stock 'before taking her de parture and pocketed the funds. The Cass county republican committee de- cided last fall that after all the campaign expenses had been paid, all that was lefy of the campaign fund should be divided among the newspapers supporting the ticket, As the newspapers haven't seen a cent of the funds, it is believed the committee figured out expenses pretty closely The last act in a domest! a sudden termination Tuesday morning, but hardly in the manner fondiy panned for by the doting principles, s the Red Cloud Argus. For mauy months a certain married man of Red Cloud has been keeping up clandes- tine meetings and correspondence with a well-known woman until matters went so r that an elopement was planned for Tues- day morning. At almost the last moment, however, the woman in the case re- pented of the part she had taken and to make amends promptly put into the hands of the wronged wife' all the letters which she had received from the gay old benedict. This brought ubout a in short order, An attorney was who straightway sent for the erring spouse and the criminating evidence was laid be forc him. Heat first put ona bold front and entered a general denial. But it was no £0. He had to ‘fess up, and to escape prose- cution at once deeded all his property to his wife, and also gave her a bill of sale of all his personal effects. A petition for a di » was at once fited, but our lothario was such a haste to leave town that it was with difficulty that the sheriff could find him in order to serve summons in the divorce pro- ceedings, He was finally discovered between two box bars and the summons served. This over with the next thing was a ticket for In- diana for whence one friend departed in the quickest time possible, meditatively ponder- ing upon the truth of the old adage that “there's many a slip.” etc., ete., and that there is no fool like an old one. drama came to The Soclety of Black Hills Pioneers will hold a reunion June 8 King county, Washington, will have a new poor farm and hospi building at a cost of The Black Hills Mercantile company has decided 1o remove its business from Rapid City to Deadwood From January 1, 1892, up to the present time not one death has occurred within the limits of Custer Cit The trial of the e of the St. Louis Min- ing and Milling company vs the Montaua company, limited, 18 now on at Helena, Mont. Buffalo, W , will hold a_special election to vote on a proposition to bond the city in the sum of $40,000 to construct a water works plant. The completion and opening of the Yank- ton & Sioux Falls Ilroad will be celebrated in Sioux Falls by Ed Riad temp] of th ent Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine oux Falls hington State Fair commission ally decided the matter of a site. 'k chosen lies one-half mile from the corporate limits of North Yakima, in a southerly direction. A cake of natural erystalized soda, weigh- ing £,840 pounds, taken from the Downey soda lakes near Laramie, will be a part of Wyoming’s mineral exhibit to be placed on exhibition at the World's fair. The new shingle mill at South Bend, Wash., belonging to the Willapa Cedar Lum- ber company, was started last week for the first time. It has a c ity of 100,000 daily. The season’s output is slready contracted for, A number of sales have recently been made at Deadwood of residence lots in various parts of the city, the purchasers in every case having either commenced to build or are having the plans drawn for such homes as they desire. According to the Portland Oregonian Washington will in time produce her ow salt. Lake county has two salt marsh one on Silver lake and one on Warner lake. and when the railroad pierces that country the salt industry will be u sure thing. The decision of the supreme court of W- oming constitutes William S. Metz judge of the new fourth judicial district of that state, thus sustaining the constitutionality of the act creating the district and Governor Os- borne’s action in appointing the judge. The bonanza wheat farmers of the Dakota, James and Red River valleys, ave worrying about the crop outlook on account of the backwardness of spring. The bonanza corn planters of the famous South Dakota corn belt are putting 1n more than the aver- age annual acreage, and are congratulating themselves on the favorable growing pros- pect. The people of the northern part of Fre- mont county, Wyoming, are jubilant over the prospect of the B. & M. building through there this year. With a railroad through the Big Horn basin, one of the richest sec. tions in the west in natural resources will be open ed up. The country abounds in good farming lands, mines, marble quarries and great many other resources that will be tempting to capital, The Cheyenue Leader recognizes that the growth of any part of the state . benefits the whole, and generally congratulates the northern portion of Wyoming on the evi- dences of its increasing prosperity. Reports show that Casper, Douglas, Buffalo, Sheri- dan are especially receiving the benefits of substantial improvement. The stock bu ness is looking up, there is increased activity in mining and considerable new railroad building is certain, John Musselman of Ra of the Bl ay ex their pl orth pid City, manager Hills telephone lines, has made roposition to the citizens of Hermosa to nd the telephone line from Keystone to ‘e for o guaranty of $600 worth of business for two year The town, how- ever, isto putupthe cashasa guarant and on that amount being paid in the lin will at once be constructed. Hermosa is the only town of any size in the Hills that has no telephone connection, Bellingham Bay, Wash., is an 1mportant lumber shipping point. Contracts have been made for lumber and shingles requiring 1,500 cars for transportation to eastern points. Shingle mills on the bay and on railroads tributary to the bay are running full force, and the Cornwall mill at New Whatcom is running night and day in an endeavor to keep pace with its orders. W. A. Woodin of Fairhaven is loadin; vessel for Australia and the Cornwall mill is loading two for fcr- eign shipment, In Fremont county, Wyoming, the assess- ment roll shows that it has one company which pays taxes on 11,000 head, two on 5000 and over four on 4,000 and over, five on 8,000 and over, six on 2,000 and over, nine on 1,00 and over, twenty-one on 500 and over, twenty-threo on 400 and_over, twenty-five on 300, thirty- seven ou 200, sixty on 100, 100 on 50, 163 on 25 Whole number of companies and persons assessed, 420. Whole number of cattle, 55,193, The Helena Independent rejoices at the abundant signs of prosperity in all parts of Moutana, while new electric lines, new buildings, news manufactures and material progress in every form sufficiontly attest the active prosperity of the metropolitan center of that section. The titles to the new army post site property near Helena are also comi- plete and will be forwarded to the War de- partment within o few days. Within o mouth it is expectod the construction of Fort Harrison will be under way. This work will employ an army of men. The perma- nent garrison of the new post is expected to be one of the largest in the western country. During the coming summer more than $100,- 000 will be expended on the work, which will be pushed forward rapidly as subsequent appropriations by congress will allow. The spring outlook is certainly bright for this region of the thriving northwest, —_— Busy people have no time, and sensible people have no inclination to use pills that make them sick a day for every dose they take. They have learned that tne use of De Witt's Little Early Risers does not in- terfere with their health by causing nausea pain or griping. These little pills are per, fect in action aud resulte, regulating the stomach and bowels so that headaches, diz- ziness and lassitude are preventea. They cleanse the blood, clear the complexion an on> up the system. Lots of health in these 1utle fellows. consulted | | mak A PANTHER FOR A PARTNER The Strange Companion and Preserver of an Arizont Hunter, bl THRILLING STRUGGLE WITH A BEAR ved ‘the Hunter's Life and Bent ‘Meat—Interesting ife AmId the Arizona Mountain The Panther & Fonstod ¢ Story of sl Frank Nohl, a miner and rancher who lives in the Santa Rita mountains in Arizona, has the strangest hunting com- panion on record. It is nothing more nor less than a live wild panther that could kill him in a moment, and, on the other hand, that Nohl has had dozens of chances of exterminating. The beast is his as far as hunting trips are concerned, but in no other way. The two have been on over 100 trips together and the man has never had his hand on the animal but once, but that once was the time the mysterious tie between the two was created. Man and beast seem to understand each other, although Nohl could not tell you how if it was to save his life The day of their first meeting was about two years ago. Nohl was out hunting and run down a grizzly, at which he got a good shot that rolled the animal ov The man thought the bear was killed and ran up to it for the purpose of skinning it. Bruin lay very still, but he was far from being dead even sleeping, says the San Franc Call. Nohl laid his rifle on the ground and drew his knife preparatory to making the first incision. It was a magnificent animal, and the hunter could not help admiring it. He walked around it sev- eral times with his knife in his hand, congratulating himself on the good day's work he had done, wnd finally dropped on his knees by its side for the purpose of going to work. He felt among the soft fur for a good place and then stuck his knife into it. The cold steel no sooner touched beast's skin than it gav and jumped up, knocking the knife out Nohl's hand and surprising him so much as to almost deprive him of conscious- ness. The bear no sooner gained his feot than he jumped on his would-be dissector. The man was helpless, and it would have been the work of only a few moments for the maddened animal to an end of him. Nohl hed ont for his knife as soon as he divined the animal's intention,.but it was too far aw There was no use in making a fight, so Nohl lay' face down on the ground to keep the bear away from his throat as long as possible. Bruin took hold of his enemy and made a great effort to get his paws avound him, so that he could crush him to death. He nearly succeeded, and at the samo time was attempting to swallow Nohl's head. It seemed as if it could last only a moment more, but just then wmother actor appeared on the scene. It was a panther, and he went for the bear tooth and nail, and in an instant took its attention from the man. When 1t sprang it got on the bear's back, and there it stuck, biting and scratching fiercely., Nohl had not been hurt to amount to anything, so he got on his feet and took a hand in the fight. By the time he ‘was ready for business things were looking bad for the pan- ther, which had been shaken from the bear’s back and was making a hot fight face to face. In time the bear would have had the best of it, but Nohl put a stop to it by sending a ball into its heart at short range. It rolled over at onc dead this time beyond any hope of re- covery. As the bear rolled over the panther let go and walked to one side, looking at the bear curiously. Nohl's first im- pulse was to turn his rifie on it and thereby increase his day’s work: but an instant’s veflection caused him to change his mind. He knew that the panther had risked his lite to save his, and he concluded to let it go unless he attacked him. But this the panther had no in- tention of doing, nor has it shown any inclination to do so since. As soon as Nohl made up his mind that he was safe from the panther he went to work to skin the bear. This time there was no trouble and the sharp knife soon had the skin nicely While the work was going on panther lay on the ground a few feet away watching the operation. Ho seemed pleased with all that had been done, and whenever Nohl looked his way would raise his head and curl his tail pleasant] Nohl is an old hunter, and has seen dozens of strange actions on the part of animals, but he never before saw a wild panther lie on the ground a few feet away from a man unless it was dead. As he went on with his work he puzzled over the animal's strange actions, but could give himself no satisfactory ex- planation. The panther seemed like a dog, and the man rubbed his eyes sev- eral timos to make sure he saw things right, and the next moment he would make up his mind that he was dreaming and likely to wake up. It was a strange experience, but Nohl concluded he would have the bear skin and not kill §the panther unless it was absolutely neces- sary to save his own life. When he had removed the skin from the bear he bundled it up and started home, half expecting the panther to jump on him e moment. But it did no such thing. It gimply waited until the man had gone and then went to the bear's carcass and made & square meal. Nohl took his skim home. where he dressed it, and afterwards sold it for a good price. He did not go hunting again for several days, but_when he did he was surprised, after walking about a quarter of a mile, tgsee the panther, a few rods from his sids Again the im- pulse came over him -to send a bullet into it, but he stuck to his resolution and allowed it to walk in the same di- rection he was goihg. On this trip he ggt only a small deer, which he skinned dnd took such portions as he needed, leavigg the rest for the panther. After that it became a regular thing for the panther to go: with him when- ever he went huntimg. At first it would walk several yards away from him, but gradually began to come neaver until it or a deep growl the | | could keep pretty close. | something he would was walking at his side. came tame and Nohl has nevor been able to put his hands on it. Every time he would make a move to do so it would run until it was some distance away, when it would continue to walk as be- fore, After this Nohl gave up trying to be too friendly, and the animal soon got to walk at his side as before. The panther always went with him. [t made ho dif- ference which way he went his friend always caught up to him when he was about a quarter of a mile from his house, but it was no use: he never saw it until he had gone the usual distance, and then | it was at its side before he was aware of its presence. Where it came from or how never been able to find out The time came when he went out hunting without finding any game, and the same thing occurred three oth times in succession. He had known it to happen on other oceasions and thought it was all right, but the panther did not like it. The next time they went out the panther went_ahead when'they reached | a certain point and seemed as if he wanted Nohl to follow. He did so, and soon was almost on top of several deer. He got three good shots and all the game he could handle. After that day the panther led to the hunting grounds and always found game. He was always ready to take a hand whenever there was any fighting to be done or wounded animals to be caught. He has brought back more than one wounded deer that would have escaped, and also done some good work fighting a pack of wolves. The panther always went out with Nohl, but he had to go back by himself. Where the animal disappeared to was a mystery for several months. On one oceasion Nohl was confined to the house for several days on account of a bad cold, and of course did no hunting, but he often wondered how the panther was getting alon, When he got out there was his old friend in the usual place, but he looked lean and sick. It was plain that things had not been well with him, and Nohl was ina hurry to kill something for it to eat. He soon saw a wildeat on a rock and concluded that it would be food for the half starved panther. He shot 1t and without stop- ping to remove the skin threw it to the famished beast. But instead of eating it the animal picked itup and started down the gully. Nohl was surprised at the strange action and followed to see what it was going to do with the meat. It went about a quarter of a mile and did not object to Nohl following it, so he It finally came to a small cliff in the side of the hill and climbing up a few feet threw the dead wildeat into a small hole. This action was stranger than the other and Nohl made an examination while the panther stood near by and looked at him curiously. He soon found that there were some wild animals in the hole, and a careful examination revealed the fact that the place they were in was once a cave with a large opening that had been closed by some of the rocks sliding down. The only place for air was the small hole into which the panther had thrown the meat. It was a foregone conclusion that the animals inside were the family of Nohl's friend and were nearly starved. The first thing to do was to get them plenty to eat, which was soon done by killing a deer and throwing it in to them. Nohl then made a careful ex- amination and found there was one large rock thut was almost balanced and could be thrown over without much force. He accordingly found a log that he used asa levor and'in a few minutes pried the rock aside, and an old she panther and soveral well grown cubs ran out into the sunshine. The old lad growled at the sight of the man, and if she had not been well fed would likely have made a fight. As it was there was a sort of family reunion and at the same time a family row over something or other. It ended by the she panther going ov the hill in a rage and the young ones all following her, while Nohl's friend crawled into the cave and went to sleep. Nohl went home not knowing whether to be well pleased with what he had done ornot. He onlylet the family out in the hopes that it would please the pan- ther that had saved him from the jaws of the bear, and now all his work was wasted and several ferocious wild beasts were turned at liberty that might as well have been killed. They nover came back, but the old pantner still goes hunting with Nohl, and there is never a_trip made without game being found. Nohl enjoys the an- imal’s company, and has got over any fear that he once had that the animal would hurt him. But he has a con- stant fear that some other hunter will seo the animal and shoot it, and that is net have happen for a thousand dollars. B — Rather Steep Than take in any other form is what many people think, and Parks' tea is made for just those folks. It cures constipation, and though not a cathartic, moves the bowels every day All druggists, — MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. Visit to the Home of the A Tom's Cabin," Upon the woman who wrote ‘“Uncle Tom’'s Cabin” has fallen the death blow of the intellect. She is again a child to herself and to others, A gentleman who spent Easter week in Hartford found Mrs. Stowe *‘sitting in a rocking chair, her knees crossed, her lap full of old paper and a pair of blunt edged scissors in her hand, cut- ting pictures,” says a writer in a New York paper. ‘*After the manner of lit- tle girls,” the visitor stated, ‘‘she as- sumed the role of critic, and in repri manding herself referved to the culprit as ‘Hattie.” " When the picture cutting lost its interest she would jump up, and, with the indifference of childhood, drop P thing on the floor and skip off in soarch of some other pastime. “She had a case of paper dolls that she pasted with absorbing interest and much delicacy. She was inclined to talk, but her remarks were either mean- ingless or insignificant, but she hasn't the vaguest idea of what is going on in the world. “For a long time her health has been poor, but as her intellect diminishes her physical strength seems to increase and she enjoys in u childish way almost nerfect health. Her appetite 13 excel- ent. She is always satisded with what is set before her. She is put to bed early, sleeps all night and is awake at cock-crow. I'he most remarkuble thing after her amiability is her musical inclination. She not only sings when asked, but volunteers to entertain the visitor, Her or of “Uncle It never \m-’ ! de t got there is something he has | solections are old-time hymns, Sunday school songs wnd nursery ballads that she learned more than half a century ago. Ofton sho seats horsoll at the piano and plays her own accompani- ments. Strange as it may scom, she has the words at her tongue's end and yet cannot recal! even the air of a popular song. “In her day Mrs. Stowe did consider- able decorative work. Before her mind began to give way she undertook to lmim apairof door panels. One has holly- hocks, | believe, and the other a pansy gn, but both are unfinished. Form- erly, when a member of the household urged her to resume work, she would promise to do so ‘tomorrow.” Now her answer is a questioning ‘what panel — - A High lly has a bad li ipated, has iudigestion and dyspepsia, is n0_organic trouble a fow doses of Parks' Sure Cure will tone him up. Parks’ Sure Cure is the only liver and kidney cure we sell on & positive guarantee, price All druggists. 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The nly hotel in the c'ty with hot and cold water ‘and stewm hoit In every roo n Labl.ani dining roo u servics unsarpasisl RATES $2.50 TO $4.00. Epecial rates on upplication. SILLOWAY, Prod. OR. MCcCGREW THE SPECIALIST, Is unsurpassed in the treatment of all PRIVATE DISEASES and all W and Disorders of MEN 18 yoars experience. Writo for cire=la and question list free. 14th and Farnam Stew ‘Ouaba, Neb. Boilding and Notlee. od proposals will be recelved rd at tho office of bofore Wed k p. ., for printing and coples ‘of the senate Journals, the house journuls and 6000 sssion luws “of 1503, including printed and_bound in paper “Newborry Bl the wls to be printed on or guire, super royal tandard brovier type, leaded tends betwoen the and bo twenty-six pica ems in unnecessiry blanks, broken blanks Dy id botweor Nt sess and betweon heuds and brevier line, same stylo and sof 1591, by the erotary sday, May 5 of tely coples of d house jou 1wo pouids without o ot ne x shall bo in_th the house journ laws 1o printed on two-pound per, small plea type, pages 10 bo samo form as the laws of 15885 with margi- nal notes and index, b n full sheep. Proposals will als nd piace for reports and court calendars ing ull blanks, blank hooks urs, di cluding revenue blunks roquir tho offi- s 0f tho oxecutiy it of the state s from date of con- 10 court tract Samples and estimates of kinds juantity of supplies to bhe d ean be seen ut thy oMee of s Proposisls must state for what price the bid= der will furnish il books in this class pe page, and for all blanks and circulars per 'uuuln d. Each proposal must be accompanied by n bond iu the sutm of $5,000.00 with two or mors ties conditionnl thatt bidder will, In of award, within five duys after notice, v into contract to do the work to be marked “Proposals for Printin ¢ secrotary of stute. Gulley'and page proof for laws and Journals nmust furnished to the proper oficer, all work to be delivered in d order, free ot cost, ut the office of the tary of stato within ninety days from the date of contract, Right to reject iny or all bids rescrved J B BanrLey, St Treasurer Evaese MooRe, | Auditor Public Accounts. ) Public Of Stute Printing Board A21d 108