Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 12, 1893, Page 3

—— e e ———— THE DAILY BEE COUNCIL BLUFFS, NO. 12 PEARL STREKT OFFICE: Deliverea vy earrier to any part ar the ofty | H. W. TILTON, - MANAGER | p| ¢ Es ) Business Ofice. . No. 43 | TELEPHONES } XiZht Bitor. : No. 28 ————— ey MINOR MENTION. N. Y. Plumbing Co Boston store June sale now on. Niles paints buggies, 402 Broadsw: Miltonherger is the hatter, 502 Broadway | The Mayne Real Estate Co.. 621 Broadway. Miss Mamioc Blanchard and Miss Stapf are visiting friends at Stanbury, Mo, Miss 1seman, who has b A. C, Harding for somo time past day for her home in Middletown, 3 Mrs. Wood and daughter of Kansas City | are expected to arrive in the city today for | a visit with Mrs. Wood's sister, Mrs. .. C. Empkie. Harvey A, Delong anfl Miss Qrace Fuller, | both of " this city, wero married Saturday evening at the close of the services at the | Union Christian mission, Rev. Henry Delong | officiating. Mr. Susan McFee, who lives with her nicces, the Misses Baldwin, on Willow avenue, is suffering_the effects of a bad fall she had recently. She s fractur of the hip bone, and it is feared that she will never be able to walk again, The last of the debt upon the property of the Council Bluffs Rowing association was paid off Saturday, and the members are now congratulating themselves upon the fine financial outlook for the organization. The club numbers seventy-five at present. Chris Densen died vesterday morning at 6 0'clock of Bright's dis aged 65 years, He was a member of the Danish Lutheran church, The funeral will take place at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon from the residence corner of Graham avenue and Angle street A number of the residents of Manawa have commenced suts in the district court against the bourd of equalization of that flourishing little town, to have th N88e88- ments reduced. At its last mectiug the their property as town board assessed \im that in spite of the ing § nd ace thei nd should per acre. the newest ta wate property is nothing but farm not be assessed at more than $ Two sposial Pullm and fincst on the road, L evening via the Rock Island with a distinguished party of Council Blufls peaple bound 1o, the Vorld's fair. They number about forty of the wealthiest and best old citizens of the city. Among them are Hon. George F. Wright. H. H. Van Brunt, S. Farns worth, Hon.J. F. Evans, T. J. and William ans, F. H. Hill und C. . Stillwell, accom- anied by their families, Local Agent of the Rock Island J. A. Roft accompanied the party and relieved them of all care and re- sponsibility. They leave the train at Engle- wood, where the Rock Island people have made especial arraneements to take care of their fair passengers. The railway com- pany has appointed Mr. . . Brinnegar, o former Chicago ticket agent, to the position of position of passenger dircetor at Engle waod, and his duties will be to assist World' know fair 'passengers in overy manner possiblo fn the way of inform n regard to the cars for one f-cent far ; without change of o ot to the White city. AgentRoff will assist Mr. Brinnegar in caring for the Council BIuffs party, even to the extent of securing heir hotel” fccom- nsporting baggage, ete. Ther a sharp contest among the roads here the privileze of carrying this special v and Agent Roff got it for the reason that the Rock Island has determined to get its full sha Tow re of the business of carrying people to the fair by giving the best ce that can be given and relicving them of overy care possiblo. Munnwa Theatricais. Manawa Theatrical company, com- mencing Sunday afternoon, will give two performances daily. Program for Sun- day afternoon and evening, *“The Moun- tain Waif.” Curtain rises at $:30 and :30, new pavillion opera house at lake. Ten Days nt the Worl Ttwill cost you less than thing necess: included. Th homes in private cottage, cl close to grounds and on the Lake Michigan. Write to weth, Windsor Park, 111 W, Tilton of The B of Sims & Bainbriage Fair, 00, every- s means ), safe, beach of T. Chyno- Refers to 1, or Jacob Sims uncii Bluffs. PERSONAL H. O. Cook has resigned his position as manager of the Union Elevator company of this city. Misses Nellie Parson and Lena Wallace left yesterday morning for Chicago, to visit the world's fair. 5. B. Wadsworth left last evening for the Chicago fair. He will meet his wife there. sho having Leen in Chicago for several days past. i General E. F. Test, Hon. Wil ARAGRAPHS, m Grone wog and Hon. Spencer Su received their commissions from ( Boies delogates to the Interstate Railway conven- | tion, which is to be held at Lincoln, Neb., June 25, This convention was called by a resolution of the tegislature of Nebraska to conslder the project of constructing . rail- way running novth and south with its south- ern terminus at the Gulf of Mexico, Co.. 106 Main stroot, t bicycle stock in city, Williamson largest and be Greenshields, Nicholson & Co. ha moved their real estate Broadway, opposite postofy o oftice to 600 0. Tel. 151, Big reduction in millinery for the next thirty days on trimmed and un- trimmed hats, at Mrs. Pfeiffor’s upper and lower storcs, 341 and 202 Broadway. Protect your homes against destruc- tive storms, W, C. James has tho strongest companios in the world, Sotthng o Luw Su Aspecial adjourned mecting of the city council is booked for tomorrow evening for the purpose of talking over a proposed set- tlement of the case of Bennoett C. Tabor against the city, which has been pending in the di urt for sevoral years. The case involves the ownership of a pieco of ground that now hoids the city building. Tabor, years ago, decded this property, along ' with some more, to his wife, Mrs. Tabgr died some time after, but in the mean time'she had disposed of the proper out her husband joining in the conve 3 He now claims a dower interest of one‘third, and has been trying to have his claim ad Judicated so0 as to'enable him to take a chunk out of the city building. He has made a proposition for a settlement, and the ques tion of whether or not the proposition shall beaccepted will be decided, 1 all probabil ity, tomorrow evenin, The Grand Hote Councit Bluffls. The most elegant in Jowa. Dining room on seventh floor. Rate, #3.00 and $5.00a day. E. F. Clark, Prop. 5 Motzger & K dett's leo Cream, Try Metzger & Randlett’s pure and delicious ico creams and ices and you will order no other, Postpoued the 1nqu The remains of Anthony Kasper, the deaf mute who was killed by the Rock Island fiyer, wore tuken to his late home in Cedar Rapids yesterday morning in charge of his brother, why was notified by a telegram im- mediately after the accident took place. “I'ho fuquest was anoounced to take place yester morning at 10 o'clock, but the fur , which cousists of J. M. Scanlan, §. S. Keller and K. N. Whittlesey, did nothing out view the body and then décided to post pone the further tuking of evidence until temorrow afteruoon at 8 o'clock Cook you » meals this swmmer on a gas range. At cost at the Gas company. Stop at the Ogden, Council Blufls, t e best $2.00 house in lowa. THE _OMAHA DAILY G BEE: MONDAY, NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFES High Rchool cholars Listen to an Eloquent Bermon by Rev. Dr. Phelps, GOD'S WORD THE TRUE WAY OF LIFE Sclentifie the Dible Only Strengthen 1ts Position—Children's Day Appropriately Observed at the City Churches—The Services, Assanits on Yesterday, as the Sunday before the an nual commencemen t exercises of the High school, w aureate Sun- day 3 onserved as Bace s were held in the byterian church and the members of the High school class of ‘08 were present in a body. The church, which was suitably dec orated with flowers, was crowded and the services were very interesting. ‘The musi- 1 part of the program consisted of a duet Mrs, W. W. Sherman and Miss attie Palme a scection by the High school consisting of the Misses Colby and Bertha Grass, Squire, Benny Gra and Fred Empkic of the church, pre especial benetit of the class, and the advice it contained will doubtless prove useful to the class in fts conffict with an untried and unsympathetic world. In the course of his re- marks Dr. Phelps took oceasion to make a few remarks on the subject of the doctrine of evolution and its relations to the tenets of religion. “The members of theclass will not remem- ber, but many of the audience will," he said, “that along in the early seventies the doc- trine of cvolution was pushed to the front, and for u time Delieved in by a great Sery and octet, Meda Kirkland, Kittio Ogden and the rley Messrs. Will Maverstock the pastor a sermon for hl, Cn Dr. many scientitic minds. Now, however, it does not dare to lift its head mode of tion laid the Bible, The idea t the of Jennie Lind or Adelina Vatti, have charmed thousands, are but the de- velopment of the croaking of a frog, or the ¢ of Daniel Webster, which brought ole world in homage to the feet of '8t master of coustitutional con- struction the world has ever known, was de ped from the chattering monkey, is surd, and w still hold to it in’ prefer- ence to the sublime statement of the Old Testament, the ‘God-made man in_His own imuge and breathed into him the breath of lifo. Children’s Day at Other Churches. The duy was also observed at several of the churches Shildren's day,” and_ spe- cial servi > held in which the children took the most prominent part. At the y Methodist and the English Luth- eran churches the children gave recitations. ical selections and the like in the place of the regular sermon. At the First Congregational church in the morning o pleasing children's day service filled the hour usually given to the morning worship. Owing to the repairs being 1 in the auditorium the s were ne surily held in the y school rooms below, which have lately been recarpeted und refitted. There were simple fioral ice consisted of varied recitations and songs by the scholars, spe cial music by the church choir, a solo by Mrs, Wakeficld and a short sermon appro- printe to the day by the pastor, Rev. Dr Askin. At the close of the service the day school held its usual session. No ing service was held At the First 1 children monopolized o and the crowd was fully as largo as in the morning. An attractive program of songs and recitations presented, coucluding with a short address by the pastor. decorations. The se esbyterian church the ening ser was Sunduy nt AL The transportation faciliti awa Railway company were taxed to the fullest extent yesterday by those who de- sired to get a breathing spell on the shores of cool and breezy Lake Manawa v in the compaoy’s sheds was pr service aud then it required trains carry aw the that tantly “gathered at th ay depot. It was orderly sed multitnde, business men with their fumilies, clerks, vrofessional men, mechanics with wives and babies, all cager to enjoy a wa of the Man- pa mul to v an perfect June d None of the rough cle- ment was thero. Although they are not wanted and not expected, yvet Mayor Reed ard tho Manawa_people place for them. The be quartered in the town. have prepared that have by ve been remove a n 11 to special quarters on the lawn and all of the Jail can now be used for the accommoda they i fon The or in of the toughs accommodations pleasant, and the litte low stockade is alwi were only two when ure u come. palatial one passed building fnside_ tho o sufticient dose, There essions to its list of in- and when they recover not even the gorgeous sun- the evenings ox the purple ts that shroud the lake as morning smiles farewell to night, can ¢ beauty for them. 1f they have become com think there is & worso u that jail they will be d to the bears for midnight lunch. Colonel d has announced his intention répeatedly ave the lake and its surroundings so conducted that wife, daughter or sister can o there at all times Without dangerof insult inoyance, and the cf coplo that out yesterday was an indication that ave put full faith ju the pledge that en given the public was fully enjoy t ed by all, and all of the special nleasure resorts and attrac- tions were thronged. The Bluffs running n gave an exhibition run and hose coup. st, the last they will give before for the Sioux City tournament, of the team also gave several in- exhibitions of speed at seventy-five and 100 yards. A big point of attraction was the Pavilion opera house, where the Manawa Theatrical company is giving daily matince and evening performances, All rhe chairs were occupied both after- noon aud evening, and the people were given a strong and clean pre i of that delightful little drama, the *\ tain Waif,” The very novelty of it helped to draw, listening to thrilling speeches und secide o great moral story worked out before your oyes, accompanied by the sough of the wind and the swish of tlie waves, is & novel and pleasant expericuce. The play and the company fully merit the encouragement re- ceived. ‘I'he Danebo society gave a picnic at their building and park ye on, and many guests from Omal outh Omaha helped to swell the multitude, “The bathing season will open in a few days if the weather continues - favorable, and the public will then be permitted to see the ar- raugements that have been made for its en- tertainment at Mauhattan beach, Pure ice From Missouri_river channel. Mulholland & Co., Brown builling. Telephone 1 Manawa trains will run daily from to- day, leaving Broadway 9and 11 a. m, and'every hour from 1 p. m. until § p. m, Music for balls, part pienie clals, ete., by Mucicians Union, Follett, M s0- L8 406 B'way, Council BiufTs, Another improvement to the popuiar Schubert piano. Swanson Music Co Don't e Reduetion, Some of the aldermen are considerably crestfallen at the action of the Board of Supervisors, at its last weeting, in redue- ing the assessed valuation of Council Bluffs real estute 10 per cent from start to finish. Tnis will make a total difference in the amount of the tax levy to be reccivea of about #5,000 or 86,000, and they claim this will cramp the city considerable in making necessary improvements for the next year or so. Many of the departments of city work are now provided for by assessments which are right up to the limit provided by law, and where tie city is going to get the mouey under the new state of things to fill up the varwus funds, is a question which no First Pros- | igain have any | ono seams 1o be Able to answer, The action of the supervisors was the result of some wrestling in praver on the part of certain wealthy citizens MONDAY THE LAST DAY Great June Sale at the Woston Ktore, Counclt Blafe, Such & great slanghter of prices was naver before in ¢ cil Bluff Bargains in department. Don't miss this great opportunity to get dry goods at prices immensely” lower than mmon 40 picces 36-inch worth 3 during yard. Only one pattern to 25 picces all wool S tures, stripe suitings and ottomans, worth 58¢ and 65¢ a yard 36-inch wool buntings, would be cheap for this sale 10 a yard twilled crash toweling 1, in bleached and unbleached 2 cases ladies' choice and Langdon bleached musiin, sold always for 10c¢ a yard: during sale for 8ic, or 12 yards for 81, Gents' extra hose, Te a pair: worth 124c. 100 dozen mi: ribbed vest 200 dozen ladies’ ribbed vests 7 or 4 for 25¢: worth 10c. 50 dozen fast black during sale 65¢, 69¢, The, 8¢ and 21, 200 dozen ladies white hemstitched and corded border handkerchicfs, de cach: worth 10c. 150 pieces Chilian cloths and outing fl:mnr-fi all go during sale for Thi: is certainly the best bargain that will ever be secured this scason. Don't miss it, 100 pieces challies, bengalines, crepe cloth, Bedford cords and corded tafTottas, were 124c and all during this sale ca yard FOTHERINGIAM, WHITELAW & CO., Leaders and Promoters of Low Prices, Council Bluffy, Ta. Of the soen n every cashmere English for a customer ch mix- illuminated all at 424¢ sale ic a quality seamless half e each. *ch, atecn umbrellas Benefit Co The following progr dered Thursday parlors of the corner of aven ert, am_ will be ren- ening. June 15, in the st Preshyterian church, and Willow be under the The concert wi! divection of Mrs. M. Kingsbury, ssisted by Charles A, Higgins, violin® | ist, and will be for the benefit’ of the Second Presbyterian churchs PROGIAM Overture from Katie De. Plano Duet {Souvenir Do P | Gyusy Danc Vocal=Waltz § Mr. Reclitation— Voeal Contralto vl M ik tino 1 Valse Tnpromptu. . Plino { Crudlo Soug Daisy Al Tligging. PART SECOND. Piano Solo—01d Bluck Joe Miss Van De T3¢ Reettation (Comic)—The Dutchman's Serenade Edyth Tho Concerto No. 715t Moy .De Beriot Charles H. Higeins. Voeal Solo—The Botter Land ceee..Cowen Mrs. M. AL Kingsbury. Menuct Padercwski T sy AV Accompanists{ S 1l ins. A igeins, hickstun Geo. S. Davis, pres intion druggist. Rl BROWN COUNTY ADVANTAGES, Stock Growing and Aing Farming orth and Lonz Pin June 10.—[Special Correspon- —Brown county, Nebraska, is known as one of the large counties of the state and peing large contains much good land;its acreage is ,000, with at least 200,000 acres, of good producing grain lund, the balance being grazing land. Recent experiments hiave provein it to be adfine sheep country and large herds are already beginning to be brought in. Large ies can be secured very cheap while hay land is plentiful, Stock does well here all winter, without sheas, and water is easyily obtained. Several rive There v large cattle ranches are located in tho south part of this county, and the | cattie men claim they are doing well, The | county contains a population of 4,600, with | about' LYo living in the towns, the the population being farmers and stc Good lands can be bought for from | per acre, but thero are no government lands left in this section. Ainsworth, the county seat, is a pushing tittlo city of about 1,00 souls, with a good court house, schools, churches and all the modern improvements usually found 1 our western towns of its size. Situated on the main line of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Mis souri Valley railroad, it is cusy to get in or out of to the cast ¢ the west Its court house, hotels and other public buildings in- dicate the enterprise and prosperity so gen- towns this line of 1e business men seem to b doine a thriving business and their stores, or most of thew, are in gool, comfortable quarters, Long P’ine, one'of the oldest towns along the line of 'this road, is pretty generally known throughout the' state, on aceonnt of its beautiful location on the banks of Long Pine creek, where is located the Chautauqua of northwestern Nebraska and which is liberally patronized by the people from the eust, especially from Omaha and_ vicinity This Chautiuqua established some seven years since by Dr. Martin, L. L. D., and vown each year until now its grounds aro nearly taken up each year. T'his year the ng will be from Jur w0 July anagers have seeur a peakers. One of c will be July 11, Grand Army of the Republic day. when' the people will” be addressed by Department Commander A. H. Church, Hon. Church tate. Near the town some wonderful springs, v claim great curative pow S, owing to the purity of thelr waters. Some gentle- wen have recentiy put in a sanitarium her and are now receiving patients, while others have gone away claiming to have been curcd, Loug Pine is o division station of tho horn line, has two banks, a newspaper, re- publican, ‘which is doing good work for the purty; hotels and other business interests, whicli make 1t 4 firstclass trading point. Its school and church privileges are first- class and the people are determined to their town the most popular resort i the state, Its society, springs, hunting and fishing furnisn all that is necessary for those needing relief from the many ills for which ther springs are suid to be good. For tuose enjoying the sport of hunting or fishing Long Pine creek is full of the finest kind o trout, A movement is on foot now for th government to establish a national fish hatchery here, with good prospect of success, The Burlington & Missouri River ruilrond company has already made two surveys through here, and_the people are anxiously hoping to see this line add another outlet to their town, A dainty little Mar has the point outlined with a wreath of pale pink roses set closely together with no foliage The erown is of cream guipure lace and trimmed with Mercury wings brightly jeweled, and a largs, wide bow of black velvet, ar for which tuart bonnet —_— e —— JUNE 12, 1893, ASTRIDE A’ B13 HORN. Mow & Montans Ranchman Caught One Allve, “There are mors | Rocky monntain/ Big horn sheop than about any other living thing, netexcept- | ing b ald Oolonel Noah Parker of | Parker's Springs, Pa.. to the New York | Sun m ‘But L know a true story | about Tt's the story ot a man who big hotf alive knows about the big Any one who horn s Rockies, knows thut ing, it would be guite as strcak of lightning and ho | would bo to get his hands on { wary, shy and agilo animg | first plac range of g is something that the mo: tain hunters are able to do only by the greatest strategy, the severest toil, and no little risk, to such almost inacce s does the sharp-cyed, koen scented, sure-footed big horn retire with ease at the first indication of dang “The Rocky mountain big hor stinctively suspicious, cautions beyond any other animal that lives, and pos- sessed of marvelous powers of speed and skill in making its way over pluces that are inaccessible to the most nim- ble footed of any other American ani- mal. This sheep the chamois of Americ I followed one once for two weeks, day after day without missin one, sleeping on the trail, until I pur- sued it almost to the clouds on the crest of the Sierras before I managed to get within rifle reach of it. Tt stood almost defiantly on a rocky shelf, overlookin canon, but thirty feet or more away the edge of the chasm. The shot wa long one, but I felt that T could put a rifle ball under the big horn's shoulder easy enough, and I did. But the detor mined by after all. The proper thing for it to have done would have been to drop dead somewhere else, to which spot I could have traced it by its bloody trail. But this big horn did nothir the kind. With one mighty leap, when the rifle cracked, the buck cleared the space between it and the edge of the canon, and hurled itselt into the tremendous depths. To lose such a prize us that after a struggle for two We to win it was heartbreaking. “Now, if it is so dificult to get even a long rifle shot ata big horn, what do you think the capture of one in a strug- glo at closo quarters must be? And that's what Frank Baker did once, out near Boulder, Mont. That wasn't so many years ago and big horn sheep were numerous there then, T'll bet there isn't onc within a thousand miles of there today. —~— “I'rank Baker used” to live here in Pennsylvania, but he went out to Mon- tana and started a cattle ranch. If Baker had beenout hunting for big horn the « he came upon this one the chanc are that he never would have seen it; but he wasn't out hunting and came suddenly upon it at the foot of a sioping bank which was crowned by an almost’ perpendiculur cliff twenty feet high, Baker was \panied by one ot his herd dogs, which had also been trained as a hunter. The sheep started rifle t within even long by ity expert moun- in- is coc up the sloping . bank, followed by the do, The high cliff eut off its flight up the mountain side and when the big horn reached the foot of the cliff it took in the situation at once and turned on the dog. Standing with its rump ninst the cliff the great sheep presented a formidable front to out of 1¢ ing ram ch of the tr the sheep w endous batter- slded, one blow from which would have smashed the skull of a buffalo bull. The dog kept the animal at bay by safe and noisy manceuvers. Casting his eye over the st ic points of the field, Baker made up his mind that by a Lold butsomewhat risky movement he might be able to do mething that he had nevere heard of ny man doing or attempting to do be fore, and that was to make a prisoner of the big horn. He took his back track, while the dog kept the sheep at bay, and getting to the end of the cliff climbed the bank and reached the summit of the rocks He went back along this until he was directly above the big horn, which was still ‘on the defensive against the dog. “Without stopping to calculate what the probable result of his plan might bo, Baker jumped from the top of the ledge and came down squarcly astride the sheep’s back., At the same moment he ¢ his arms avound its neck, locked Lier, and brought to bear big horn’s windpipe all the pres- was capable The instant on the sure he Buker struck the sheep’s back the big and astonished animal lost all interest in the dog, and made two or three tre- mendous bounds along the crest of the hill. Finding it could not throw off its surprising burden, the big horn threw itself to the ground and rolled over and over down the bank. In that brief but rapid journcy Baker's clothing was whipped off of him as if it had been stripped off by knives, and he was marked and pounded and’ squeezed until he had barely a bit of breath or an inch of sound skin. But he held on to the big horn like grim death, The dog had taken an active part in the struggle, but the sheep paid no attention to him, put- ting all of his encrgy into efforts to loosen himself from Baker's hold and burden, “The yells that Baker set up, and the noise the dog made in the exciting and unusual melee, were heard by one of Baker’s men at the ranch a quarter of a mile away., The struggle between Baker and the sheep had taken them some distance away from the hill, and they were in sight of the ranch hired man grabbed a gun and hur the scene. Baker was nuked The ed to bleeding and covered with dirt, but he called to his man when he came within hearing to drop his gun and go back and get a rope. Ho wus determined to bag that sheep alive or not at all. The man hur- ried away to the ranch and by the time he got back with the lariat Baker, sheep and dog were each about in the lust stages of exhaustion. The man las- soed tho big horn, and the captive was made st Other help arrived by this time, and Baker was car 1 to the ranch more dead thun alive. The sheep was 50 nearly played out that it had to helped along, too, and was penned up at the ranch, It was a woek before Baker got over the offects of his fight with the big horn. He bad intended to send his prize cast, but finding that the sheep porsistently refys to cither eat or drink, and"was, wisibly dying in its cap- tivity, he ordered the” animul sev froe, In less than a minute alter regaining its liberty it had disappeared among the rocks far up the mountain.” Higne: tof all in Leavening Power.— Latest 1), S, Goy't Report, Rl the dog, which was wise enough to keep | lies told ahout the | Baking Powder ABSQLUTELY PURE { whilo yet in air and as it str ground tore at its head with its BATTLE WITH A PANTHER, A Hunter's Fight for Life in the Californin Mountaine, Tom Tower, a young rancher of Muricta, Cal', is ‘slowly recovering from wounds received inw single-handed encounter with & full grown panther some duys the memory of which still haunts his hours both sleeping and waking, and the scars from which he will carry to his grave A fow inort dispateh to ys a San Dic ancisco KExamin 1e San | Tower, in company with a friend, started for a forenoon’s hunt in the foothill After a time the two became separated and the friend, meeting with indiffe success, returned to the ranch continued his way deeper into the hills, and while going through a « growth of mesquite and his way to the summit o suddenly en L a little el ards ia extent. As he did ither arose with a growl from its lair under a spreading manzanita in the center of the cleariug For an_ instant Tower was paralyzod with fright. Then he rapidly took stock of his situation, keeping his eyes on the huge beast that was crouching with its yellow belly to the ground, lashing the short sa with its long, flexible tail, its short ears flattened to its head, snarling, showing its terrible long, white fang: and the long body swaying preparator for a resistloss leap. There was no way for Tower to escape. The brute would be on him in another moment, and there was no possible help withinmiles. There vas nothing to do but fight, But what were his chances His weapons consisted of a double-barreled shotgun loaded with fine shot, a short stout-bladed knife, two good arms, o strong, athletic frame and an abundance of clear, true grit. But what of his an- tagonist that would be upon him in an- other instant. A sinewy. supple, powe, ful body, paws that could crush tho skuil of an ox, jaws that could bite through his thigh with one crunch, and a thick, tawny hide that would afford successful resistance to, those pitifully small shot. While taking this inventory Tower manzanit h had never removed his gaze from those great yellow eyes staving at him from the ground, not five yards distant. His only hope was to blind the brute with the shot. He had been standing motion- less, fearing that the slightest move- ment might precipitate that terrible leap. But now the silence was broken by the sharp click of the cocked gun, and with a quick downward movement of his left hand he loosened the knifo in his belt, then braced himself for the cat- apult. It was not long delayed. With the first movement of Tower tho ither had crouched lower, its body trembling more violently, ana now it ng into the air with a cry between a roar and a am. As it left the ground Tower fired the right barrel full into the beast’s front and then jumped nimbly to one_side. The brate” sereamed i and bit t that sharp stinging pain in its breast. Tower had only time to step three or four = paces when ned animal sprang again, and in met the full force of the md load of shot fired by that steady hand, and again did Tower leap to one side, at the same mo- ment throwing open the breeeh of his gun and reaching to his belt for more artridges. But the panther did not de- lay the third leap. It had hardly touched the ground when it was up, and this time reached its vietim, ing iower full in the breast and sinking its fangs with a crunching snarl deep into his left shoulder. Down they went, ocked in a deadly embrace, in” a fight or life in that secluded spot on the side of a lonely mountain, and witnessed only by the robins sitting motionless in mute surprise on the bushes. s the two went down Tower grasped short knife and, as the fangs of his gonist met in his shoulder, drove it to the haft in the animal’s side. With 1 seream of pain the panther released o hold only to seize him again. Over aad over they rolled, the punther teari ,z To limbs and vitals with its claws and crushing hisarm and shoulder with its powerful jaws. Tower managed to keep his right arm free and plied it rapidly. Again ana again did he drive the knife to the hilt in the animal’s neck und side, the hot blood gushing over him at every stroke As the alternoon waned and Tower did not return, his friend at the ranch be- came anxious and with three of the men tarted on a s h for his absent com- wde. Going first to the place whe they had separated, the searchers toc up the trail_and had no ditliculty in fc lowing it, his footprints b distinguished in the soil. After a tramp of two hours they forced their way through a thicket and found in u little opening an explanation of their friend's absence. There Y ace downward in the dirt, his ng “plainly almost torn from his body or to the flesh by gre clots of dried blood that had poured from deep, gaping wounds, A few feet away, on a plot of blood-sc lay a full grown panther dead, with a short bladed knife driven to the haft behind the left foreshoulder, Taking in the situation in an instant, the rescuers ran to Tower, supposing, of course, that he was dead, but they were overjoyed to find that there was still enough blood left in hi a pulse. It took thos tains but a few moments to const litter of boughs, and placing aked ground veins to ercate men of the moun- a uet Tower almost lifeless body upon it they carried him down the mountains to the ranch. Medical aid was promptly summoned and Tower is now able to sit up with his feet on the skin of a full grown panther. — A Sherman Souve A group of members on the floor of the house were discussing the merits and demerits of their wateh Representa- tive Belknap of Michigan held up his watch and chain, with its littlo charm attached, says the Washington Post “I have four little girls," he said, “‘and one year they waylaid me at overy point for a penny or & dime. 1 carried a lot of loose change in my pockets, and s0 1 shelled out the pennies without thinkin 1y more about it When Christmas came my wifo gave me th | Watch and the girls grave me the Tt ¢ 7.50 and I had paid for it on the installment plan “I prizo this charm vory much, too continued Captain Belknap. “A rela tive of mine, noticing that the cb originally on the chain had been | started out in New York one day to buy another. On the way shom \ { commencement entert Sherman, He asked her wher going and she told him. *Why,' he said, ‘I knew Belknap very well, and 1 will g0 with you." So they entered the store V | together, and this Lt W selected ‘How much will you charge to en A monogram upon ity of the clerk rave nl asked the gen ‘One dollar,’ was the The general ran Lis hand into his | } . brought out a dollar und throw it down. When he got onthe car to ride home he found he had paid out tho only small change in his pocket, and, as he ‘told his daughter a’terward, he had to beat his way home. That night he was taken il with the sickness that caused his death, and the dollav he spent for the monogram on this charm was the last money ho spent on carth, GRADUATION GIFIS, Appropriate Souvenirs of a Girl's Last Day in School. A Japan woman has only three days in her life—the day in which she is born, her wedding day and the day of her death. The American girl Las many more, and one of the most memorable of them all is her graduation or commencement aay Of late this day has so grown in im- portance that it has been made the oce sion for sending quantities of flower valuable presents and ‘invitations to a series of commencement luncheons and inments. But the most important of all these thing: » the gifts. For 1t is these which the girl will keep eil her life and by which she will remember the day long after the entertainments and the flowers ave forgotten. The usual and most import for a girl’s commencement ¢ wateh. And, in the style now, it is a tiny affair to w waist, either upon the b belt. A present, to go with the watch, is a silver or oxidized case for protecting the wateh when in erowds or traveling, A case like this 1ooks exactly like a bon- Dbon box., and ha from the belt by two little chains, The watch i and such mali * not ant present ay is u gold of watches® r upon tho t or at the inside of it. But thieves fous persons in a erowd 1pposed to know that the watch 1 50 the wateh escapoes. v be a present for a young man to give his sister when she gradu- ates, if her mother, perhaps, is to give her the watch. Another present which is meant to bo lkept torever is the momento bracelet. It is a broad hand of gold without chas- ing of any kind, and on the inside ther araved an inseription. The bracelet always attracts attention from being so peculiur, and is sure to be an objeet of interest. It is especially appropriate to sclect a present which shall also be a reminder of the And this year nothing could be easier to do. A young New York man has already planned that he will give his sist when she graduates in June, a compl is ¢ set of the Columbian postage stamp: The young givl is a stamp fancier and her brother know e will alw such a set 1o mear pluce pr It costs $24.50, so it is by cithera cheap or a common- sent, THE VERY BE TIME 's Golden Medical Discov- v is now, if you feel that your blood is out Don't wait until u have to cure wsier and better to prevent it, With' the first blotehes or eruption, or the dullnes ness, and depression that are somo « you need this medi- It will Touse every organ into healthy ion, thoroughly cleanso and repair your system, and build up needed flesh, health and strength. It's the only guarantéed blood nedy. In the most stubborn Skin or lp affections; in the worst forms of Scrof- ula; in e caused by a torpid liver or 1—if it ever fails to benefit or » “substituté urged by a tricky dealer, though it may be better for him to sell, can bo ** just as good " for you to buy. A certain and lasting cure, for the worst Catarrh in the Head, 1s guarantecd by the makers of Dr, Sagc's Catarrh Remedy. RARE, RIPE OLD WHISKY, Limited Stock of tho Flnost in tho World, 8. 11 Ford has openad a wholesale liquor store at No. 17 Peari stroet, Council Bluffs, and has put in large and woll selectad stock of 'Wines, brandios, whiskles, ote. 1t1s a tuct worthy of mention that Mr. Ford (8 the fortunato possessor of noarly forty 8 Of tho finost whisky 1n tho United Stater 530 ho bought soventy-fivo barrels of Kentucky €. ¥, C. Taylor whisky, and It wasnot until Uirco yoara axo that Ho placed the woods on the market. - Of this stock he has loft about forty bar rols, and experts all_pronounce it finest whisky inthe country: 1le to families for medleinal use, as tt1s too costly for tho rogular trade. 1tis worth over £10 por gallon ‘There 18 not another brand of such whisky tn the U, 5. Tis stock of brandles and wines comos from the ous Leland Stanford vineyards n Callfornin nd have & bigh reputation for cellencs and purity. psolutel SImS&BAIDIIATS ~ e i o fedoral courts” RRooms 204-7 Whugars block, Council Biufs, Ta. Cortland Delivery Wagons. DETROIT Heciica M[ll_(ll 00t Generatr Smoke Engineer Fuel to olghty horse anred 1o glve satistuction. Machines from one-elght er. War Writo us. W.F. BAKER, 00 and 810 Shugart Blook, Jounoil Bluffs. Telephone 23 Yea, Verily, The World Moves POR YOU §1.0J) 1WA §1,000 FOR YOoU Nothing a0 good it cannot bo tma proved. No Deaths No Fires It doos not depond on A Calamity. 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EXCHANGE - Well tmproved For fo 14 town: clear of will nica rosidence tn Council Bl and pay cosh difference. The Mayne Lioal Estate Co., 121 Brosawny. Aro the Stronzest, Most Durable Wazons on the Market. No.%. Three spring Ourriages, Correspoudence solicited. neavy business wagon. urrles, Bugglos, ko Wagons and Spring Wagons. Weo carry many styles of delivery wagzons. and a full ltne of the celebrated Cortland It wili pay you to see us before buying elsewhere, UNION TRANSFER CO, 1304-6-8-10 Main St., Council Bluffs, Iowa.