Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 20, 1893, Page 16

16 GETTING T0 A GOLD BASIS Western Miners Slowly Gravitating Toward Their First Love, REVIVING WORK IN ABANDONED CAMPS Many Gold Paying Properties, Forsaken for the White Metal, Now Attracting Miners—The Yellow Metal in Idaho SALT Laxe Crry, Aug. 16.—[Speclal Corre spondence of Tue Bre.]—With an area of thousands of square miles of auriferous sands and gravel, Californians resent the claim made by extremists among the cates of freo miver that the production of gold in the United States is mainly depend- ent on the operation of silver mines, Residents of other states, as Idaho for in- have a grievanco, though less marked than that of those of the Golden State. But in some purts of I[daho silver mining has been developed to such an exteat that the majority of the citizens actually believe that as o producer of the yellow metal the stato could never hope to attain more conspicuous rank. In justice to the silver miners it ought to be explained that the claims set up by them a8 to the correlative dependence of gold vro- duction on that of the white metal is not ex- aggerated. That it is true, howeyer, that the output of golden bullion has been re- stricted in proportion to the curtailing of the yield of silver is due to the peculiar condi- tions under which the mining industry of the inter-mountain states has been devel oped. The Plain Fact is that mining for silver has been prosecuted to the exclusion of search after gold, and ex- ploitation of gold ines solely and simply because the former is attended by less risk and hazard than what may be anticipated in gold mining. Development and operation of gold proper- ties is characterized by many elements cf uncertainty and doubt. Gold quartz mimng at best is a good dealofa gamble. Asa rule nobody hasa right to engage in this branch of the ndustry uniess backed by ample capital. The greater the amount of money avaiiable the more cert that the nvestment will prove profi The percentage is very small in favor of the discoverer of & good mine making any con- siderable amount of money out of it. His chances of reward are limited practically to success in selling a claim when it is a mere prospect. Cupital Kequired. There have been few ‘‘poor men’s mines.” If it could be collated the list would be small of gold mines that have been devel- oped with labor as the only capital or the Jarger share of it. Out in eastorn Oregon not long ago a gold mine was opened that paid from the surface down. Iinough rich oro was taken put of a shallow prospect hole 10 pay for the erection of & stamp mill. That is now pounding out the yellow metal, but how long it will continue time must tell. Several other instances of a similar kind are of record, In one or more cases the original Jocators of a claim that gave great promisc “‘blew themselves m” on mills or a plant for treating the output and then had to abandon the property or sell at a sacrifice. 1t would be difiicult to conviuce a silver miner that his attention was devoted ex- clusively to opening up bodies of silver-bear- ng ore and extracting it because it was a “sure thing” business. That is one of the motives, however, dispute it whoever may. As compared with gold quartz wining. the extraction of silver from mature's treasure house is a safe business proposition. That is the explanation why the discovery of sil- ver in Nevada thirty odd years agp caused the majority of miners to cast aside the rocker and pan and take up the pick and arill, 4 Lured from First Love. From long exverierce, which had been a bitter one to many, the gold seokers saw greater certamnty of realizing fortunes from silver than by continuing the original quest that had transformed them into nomads. Even in Nevada, which is everywhere known as the lver State, somo of the greatest discoverics of that metal were made by gold miners. They abandoned their placer dig- gings and quartz ledges to delve for the white metal. That was the way the great Comstock lode was discovered. Similar was the genesis of other silver camps, Peculiar to the Comstocker is the appeal for ihe re-stablishment of the old-time parity between the two metals because, ns demonstrated on the great lode, nature planted them in the matrix side’ by side, “That may or may not be considered an argu- ment 1n fayor of fixing the value of gold and silver at the ratio of 1610 1. But it was un- fortunate for other states that such condi- tions obtained. The stampede to Comstock was recruited Jargely from among tho gold miners of the >acific slope and from all the states where gold mining was developing into one of the most important industrics. That thousands should have quit the search for gold to learn anew how to find and extract silver is in proof that it was recognized as an easior way or safer method for gaining a livelihood or o fortune. The great rush to Nevada when sthe Comstock was struck, and to White Pine, Ruby Hill, Piocho and other camps depopulated the gold camps of Idaho, Prior to that they wero considered good enough for miners to pin their faith to the old claims and_endure the privations and hardships incident t wintering in the mountains, The Nevada Stampode, These prospects at one time were counted of sufticient value tainduce the investment of large capital and to cause a vast amount of work to be done. As a rule the men who established these camps understood gold- mining. They scampered off and joined the army crazed over the silver finds. A few subsequently rued to the old camps, Some of th ewarded for this exhi- bition of a renewal of fealty and faith in the development of hidden tredsures, One of the oddest things bout the aban- donment of Idaho's old camps has been the failure to organize a systematic hunt for the icdges which were supposed to ich placers like those of Atlanta Bar, in Elmore county, from wheuce £12,000,000 in dust and nuggots were shipped out. A limited number rewained behind to prosecute this search, and now and then an old placer miver stragiled back to join in the hunt fora short period. No chances were taken, however, and suve for # fow hermits the camps were abandoned, Nor was Elmore the onl, ho county thus deserted and ignored, subsequently. To the list may bo added Owyliee, where the ch properties of the De Limar company of gland are located, as well as the Black Juck mine and the vurious properties on War Eagle mountain. Lembi county and the entire Salmon river country was dead fora score of years. Boise county, which was once a heavy producer of gold, contaius hunareds of claims that would pay to work if the owuers were content with reasonablo or small profits - Idaho Gold Properties. The great Wood River country, which of late has been rated as a purely silver pro- ducing region, gained its early notoriety and received its first impetus from the gold dis- coveries. Few of the great leages have been developed or much prospected since sil- yer mining was entered upon. Lack of water for milling puposes militated agaiust the Wood River section. But with the same amount of capital devoted to the develop- ment of gold propositions, such as has been lavished upon silver mining, the gold yield of Wood River would have been notable. When the people of Idaho recover from the demoralization into which they were thrown by the slump in the price of silver, it s safe wlsxrwm that some of the old gotd camps will gradually fill up again. Already the exodus has set in. Miners who have been thrown out of work by the closing of silver properties are begiuning to make thelr way to these gold fields. ecessity is a potent factor in overcoming superstition. 1t is operating i the direc tion of renewed activity in miniog. COWhy the disinclination to dig for wold should be characierized s supersiition way : | | Appear strange to those who are unfamiliar with miners’ habits and vagaries. Lots of men who have worked underground in sil- ver mines and daily faced dangers that en- title them to the distinction of heroism will tell you that they ore superstitious about mining for gold. One would infer that this class rogard the gnomes who guard the de- posits of yellow metal are more vigilant than those to whom silver's care is con- fided. This would do for feiry tales, but for such practical men as miners it isn't any ex- cuse at all. Superstition in this connection is but another name for temerity. No class of workers can bo found that stands in such dread of ridicule as miners and more parugularly the unattached con- tingent knowr prospectors. They won't take any chance of ¢ laughed at over mistakes or failure jously they cling to claims and work along with faint hearts because they are afraid if they let go fun will be poked at them ~ for mis. placed judgment or incorrect estimate of tho ° w of A mineral prosp I'here o uny chances for fooling one's self in gold mining that the cry of supersti- tion is a good thing to fall back upon. Of course the miners could afford to be “super- stitious” now they haven’t the choice. Gradually they are siipping off from the camps of the Coeur d'Alenes and the silver camps alFover Idaho and have already begun to vick away at some of those neglected ledges. Many more are preparing to ground- sluice or pun the goldbearing sands. Most of the proceeds from these clean-ups will be converted into grub-stakes and tools wita which 10 work the ledges in the long winter, Looking for Snaps. Men who were farsighted enough to an- ticipate what has happened to silver began, long ago, to hunt up abandoned gold claims. The Gambrinus district is one of theso {avored localities Idaho. There was u boom there it the ' Mines which wero worked but littlo below the surface_yielded hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold. Only such ore as was immenssly rich was worked and the rest was thrown on the dump. One mine alone produced $200,000 to £300,000, although the mill that was built to work the output of the Illinois, as it was called, crushied only a small amount of ore, Extravagance, incompetency and robbery marked the administration of this property w ich has been loft abandoned for years. Nothing was ever done on it after the water level was reached. The greatest depth of any of the shafts of the district will not ex- ceed sixty or seveaty feet. On one property a 2-stamp mill was built in early days that never ranan hour. It was given out that the rich ore—said to have come from the mine and on the strength of which it was_sold—was brought from somewhere else. The company was disgusted at something and left the property. A miner, who wasn't superstitious, vrospected there a few month since, He found rich ore and that encouraged him to look further. As a result he began de op- ment to gain depth and, having located the property, has put it in stape for a producer in the near future. Deals are reported to be pending in tho Gambrious district and if practical mining men get hold of properties and work them on business principles the famous old gold camp will be likely to boom again. Capital, of course, will be required to open’ the mnes and operations conducted with greater cconomy and less ‘recklessucss than for- morly. Mining Rulns. War Eagle mountain once had several camps of prominence. Fairview was full of promise in_early times. With a population of several thousand it died down completgly Now all that isleft are dilapidated buildidgs, tone foundations of hundreds more and a cometery. Scattered about are the ruins of big shaft’ houses in which thousands of dof lars’ worth of machinery have goue to rac and ruin. Throughout tho twenty years abandonment of Fairview a few miners re- mained there and worked quietly along r old claims and keeping up the naces- representation work to hold them. Ono any, of the many that formerly operated’ there, has already returned and put its machinery in order to resumo work. Not far from Fairview is Rooster Comb camp, Gold bearing veins were prospected long ago. but us the rock wasn't considered rich_enough—when bonanzas were alono sought after—the camp has been long in neglect. The principal objection to Rooster Comb wasn't the lack of ore nor as to its value. Mineral deposits wero hard to work before the days of new processes mado it possiblo to profitably treat oxides and sul- phurets. Milling men have been devoting their at- tention to the problem of how to work these ores. and they think they have solved it. In'the Salmon river country old camps aro filling up. Claims that were spurned be- causo the value of the gold ores was reck- oned as too low are being gobbled up and preparations made for working the output. In the Dahlanega d at Gibbonsvlle, oneof the Lemhi county camps of promi: nence yoars ago, a Nebraska company had the enterprise to tackle some gold proposi- tions from which the owrers made a living by erude methods. Machinery for a milling plant was taken in 120 miles from the rail: road and the most improved methods of oro treatment adopted. Since a beginning was made vy this company, negotiations wero opened for other propertics by men of cap- ital. That will be the experience of other camps. Success of one operator or company sets the pace which others will follow. 1n the Cocur d'Alencs, from which so much silver and lead have been shipped, a large share of the hundreds of miners who lost employment by the shut- down of the mines are prospecting for gold, It was the discovery of that kind of mineral that first led to the sectiom’s being opened. The producing gold mines are few now, but the number is likely to be increased, Idaho county of all the others in the state is the center of attraction to more pros- pectors and unoceupied miners than any of the rest. Capital, 100, is being attracted. The old placer camps of Oro Fino, Elk City, Florence and Warrens, as well as the rich bars of Clearwater and Salmon rivers, arc the objective points for the gold seekers. Just now Elk City is the most favored local- ity. Rich quartz discoveries have been re- ported there the present season Theve is the nearest approach to a mining excitement around Elk City thanin any other section of the entire mountain coun- V. But all the ledges on which ng prosecuted are uot new dis- were picked at long since when placer diggings wero the oaly mining ground that prospectors would bother about unless a remarkable showing was made at grass roots, Get to Worlk, It don't pay to be too discriminating in these days, That there is a disposition shown to resume work on low grade gold propositions is not due entirely to the des- peration of wminers. Since many of the old camps were deserted railway communic: tion has been opened much nearer than formerly. With the sevtloment of Idaho wagon roads have been constructed, towus sthrted and stores established so that it is more convenient to get around, cheaper to buy supplies and handier to got in mining and milling machinery and other appliances Important as are these items, the chief conwributing causes for the awakenad inter- est in old gold camps is found in the advauce made 1n metallurgy and the invention or perfecting of new and old milling processes. At present it is possible to treat ores at o profit that formerly had to be cast aside as waste, "This is the era of new processes. By em- ploying one of them it is possible to recovers high percentages of the assay values of ores. The introduction of electricity as & wmotor power also cheapens the expense of miniug and milling. Taken altogether, the prospects for gold production indepandent of the bullion out- put in councction with the mining of silver are of an encouraging character, Idaho is not the only state where this rule holds good, but for the purposes of illustration it shows the possibility of maiutaining the gold output irvespective of what wmay be done with silver. Gronak I, Canis, —p— The “No. 9" Wheeler & Wilson is a rapa stitcher; sorapid that it will stitch three yards of goods while gnly two yards are being stitched on any vibrating shiuttlo ma- ceine. Sold by Geo. W. Lancaster & Co., 14 5. 16th street. William Rufus was not accidentally shot by an arrow from tho bow of Walter Tyrrell. He was assassivated. Hia body, when found, bore the marks of three or four sword thrusts —— Fatigue aud exhaustion overcome by Bromo- Beiteor. Contains o oplite, | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNBAY, AUGUST 2), 1893—-SINTEEN TPAGES, “WHEN THE SHIP COMES IN” Joy Gives the Signal and Labial Lubrica- tion Follows. SMACKING SCENES ON NEW YORK PIERS xhibitions of Oscalatio Eostacy Garnished with “The Passive nad Positive k—Natlona Characteris= ties In Meetings. Kissing is a subject of everlasting in- torest. Kissing is, was and always will be sweet. There is a charming English west country ballad that sets forth this idea very pretti 1t tells of a London clerk, who went to Devonshire to spend his holidays and there fell inlove with a Devonshive maiden, as Londoners very often do. After laying siege to her af- fections in the usual style he told her how much he thought of her and asked her for a reciprocal pledge. ‘Till the gorse is out of blossom 1'll bo true to you,” she said. Concluding, like the foolish Cockney that he was, that that meant that before the winter set in she would cast him adrift, he called her fickle-hearted and expressed other un- complimentary opinions of her and hur- ried back to London, where he did his best to forget her, with the usual result that the more he tried not to think about her the more he did think about her. One day, however, he came across a saying ‘“‘which filled his heart with glee.” It-was this: ““When the gorse 1s out of blossom kissing isn't sweet.” Then, to use a phrase which hadn’t been coined in the days wheu they knew how to write pretty ballads, he ‘“‘tumbled.” Back he flew to Dévonshire, wooed the Devonshire maiden all over again, and when he again proposed he was made cestatically happy by her answer: “Till the gorse is out of blussom I'll be trueto you.” He had learned a factin botany that he'had previously been ignorant of. In the mild and salubrious “‘west coun- try” the gorse is never out of blossom. Always Worth Seelng. But it is kissing from the point of view of the spectator rather than the participant that I wish to treat of here, says a writer in the New York Herald. Of course it is much nicer to kiss a pretty girl, when that privilege has been legitimately and lawfully acquired, than it is° to merely’ sece some other ow kiss a pretty girl. But the fact remains that every prop- ituted man of woman born en- joys witnessing osculatory demonstra- tions of affection, especially when the umstances are such that he is not regarded as an intruder. Even a stage kiss, when artistically admini: tered, evokes responsive emotions in those near en8ugh to the front row to get a good view of it. But at its best a stage kiss is only an artifical product. It lacks the thrilling spontaneity, so to speak, of the genuine, simon pure, un- adulterated article. It bears the same relation to it that a chromo reproduc- tion does to the masterpicce of the salon. I am going to tell the readers of the Herald where they can feast their eyes on kissing, and while their cars take in the audible accompaniment thereof their hearts will expand with joy at the spec- tacle of 50 much human happiness find- ing vent in that delightful manner which was discovered spontancously and simultancously by our first parents in the Garden of Eden and has ever since represented the acme of Dbliss. It is—and the information is worth a whole ear's sub- scription of the Sunday Herald, at least —when the big steamship comes in aden with returning husbands, wives, brothers, sisters and sweethearts, cach and every one of them brimful of aflc tion for somebody—and more often than otherwise a half a dozen somebod who stand on the pier ready and e to return kiss for kiss, hug for hug, em- brace for embrace, squecze for squeeze It is an exhibition of rapturous happi- ness that ought to cure the most con- firmed cynic of his cynicism if he have a heart in him as big as a pea. On the Take your stand with me on the pier and see it with your mind’s oye and then watch the list of incoming steamers and make it & point to be on hand when some ocean leviathan is due and see it all over again in reality and you will find it a hundred times more gratifying and i spiring than you had been led to anti pate. There is a erowd on the pier, but it is the best natured, happiest crowd in the world, and it is really a luxury to be brought in contact with it and to be pushed and shoved by it. As soon as the big steamship comes in sight with her escort of saucy, snubnosed tugs, peo- ple begin to thrill and vibrate with an- ticipations of the joy that will soon be theirs. Glasses are brought to bear on her long before it is possible to discriminate between the specks of humanity seen on her decks. But as the big vessel slowly draws neaver the people who have brought glasses with them begin to reap their yeward, and exclamations with the same note of exhilaration in them as is conveyed by the popping of champagne corks, v claim their discoy 8. “'There she is “I see hem” ‘“That's her, right by the “Don't you see her waving her “Why, I'd know her a “My! ain't I glad I saw her ors bridge handkerchief?"” mile off!” first!” With exasperating slowness, seoms intended toshow its superiority tc all human emotions, the huge ft that can reel off twenty knots an hour at sea when trying for a record crawls along- AR 1 pier. Those who are 5o eager 1o exchange embraces are in full view of one another long before they can gratify their desires. A state of blissful suspense prevails all round. But there is & lot to be seen that beats anything to be secn at the play. The ship seem lit- erally freighted with pretty women. The color in their cheeks is that imparted by sea breezes and sea air and sunshine, and surpasses in the results attained anything ever achieved by the most artistic applications of rouge und powder, There is not a plain face among them, for joy supplies & touch of beauty to the homeliest features. It isn't in human nature—feminine human nature at least—to keep still under such circurustances. The women begin to dance up and down and clap their hands and wave handkerchiefs frantically and waft kisses to those on shor he charm of the scene is height- ened by the unconscious grace with which many of the movements are per- formed, See that tall brunette stand- ing jusPa little this side of the second boat! Whata regal beauty! Unmind- ful of all the eyes that are scanning her she is blowing kisses to somebody on the pier. What sparkling eyes! What ruby lipe! What pretty, tapering fin- g Isn't somebody lucky! Muy we be around to see it when, instead of in- trusting her kisses to the breeze for sufe conveyunce, sbe iwmprints thew on a pair which / OF Mid - Summer Clear 'Tomorrow—and balance of week LAST WEE Ing TROUSERS, 5350, $0.00, $6.50, $7.00, $7.50 TROUSERS, SUITS $22.00, $25.00, $27.00, $28.00, SUITS at First comers will obtain choicest patterns. TAILOR 207 South 15th St $2000 A Fall Styles Ready hgust 2051, - % of responsive lips herself! But in the ball room, at the opera or promenading Fifth avenue, she can never look better than she does at this moment. Let us congratulate ourselves. We have seen her at her prettiest. The erowd on the ship and the crowd on the pier are kept in a state of quiver- ing, palpitating expectancy for the space of half an hour, while ropes are strain- ing and the tugs are pulling and shoving to get the unwieldy vessel in the right place. She gets there at last, the little tugs emit sundry snorts of triumph and depart, the gang planks or movable drawbridges are swung into position, and what we have come to see begins in eurnest. The First Kiss Scored. Half a dozen men rush pellmell down the toboggan. Don’t judge them too harshly because, casting gallantry aside, they have used their superior strength to jump in ahead of the girls. If you had been on board that vessel and knew that there was somebody on the pier just dying to kiss you, you would have done the same thing and never regretted it a momentafterwards. The man in the lead plunges into the crowd and in no time reaches a | of feminine arms that have been waving frantically since their owner first cast eyes on him, {Pop!” He Ilms scored the first kiss of the day. A woman follows close on the heels of the men. She is of matronly stoutne but affection lends her wings and she fairly flies along. In a moment she is hugging husband and children and fairly smothering them with kisses, Each one is accompanied with a resounding report that attests the hesrtiness of the feeling that inspives it. What's thut vou say? They are not the sort of kisses that poets -, Well, 5o much the worse for them. They are the ki that pro- claim a happy home and a united fam they are the kisses that those boys W 11 remember when they grow to be men and have to fight their own way in the world and find all manner of temptations besetting them. Hoarts that Beat as One, But you will see every variety of kiss if you only keep your eyes open, and you won't have to keep them very wide open either, for kissing is going ou on all s1des of us now, One would need a Qozen pairs of eyes to take halfof itin, and then he would have cause to regret that he missed the other half of it, foritis all worth secing. Watch that pair— that young woman “tall and divinely fair,” and that handsome young fellow who is advancing to greet her. There is going to be a kiss of the sort that poets celebrate, Ho takes off his hat as he stretches out his hand. A color comes into her cheeks that neither the sun- shine nor the sea air nor the sea brs S have put there, Ho hesitates a moment. Will he? Bare he? Bravol What matters it if all the world was looking on! Two souls have rushed together at the touching of the lips. This bright and gleeful ereature has evidently been doing Iurope for the first time, and/it is safe to wager that those three young men into each of whose arms she flings herself in quick succession areher brothers. e gives each of them half a dozen ‘“‘plumpers” without the faintest tinge of a blush mantling to hercheeks. Of course that proves they ave only her brothers. But observe that -shy young fellow who watches the 'proceedin rather en- viously, judging the expression of his countenanes » would prize one of her kisses more highly than any one of her brothers would a dozen. Yet all he receive is & grip of the hand. But you observe that she suddenly takes on a dcv’mr shade of color, while her eyes fall and his sparkle, and he looks radiantly happy. Although we couldn’t see it, it is very evident that he gave her hand a tender squeeze and she returned it, and the day will probably come when he will have & better right to kiss her than all her brothers. At what a fucious rate the girls and the women—old, young and middle aged—exchange kisses. But there is a robust heartiness about them which makes them very pleasing to behold, denoting, as they 'do, genuine joy and affection. They are very diflerent from those perfunctory Kisses having their origin in a painful seuse of duty, which many fashionable women exchange when they casually meet, and which seem to fully justify the cynic's sneer. It is v evident that a sca voyago is gond for many thing There are two whiteshaired lovers, and what a pretty sight they make' The kiss he gives her as she reaches the end of the gang plank has just as much centiment und feeling in it as any that we have seen. Very likely they have been married thirty years and she may have been abroad to it ome of her married daughters, but that makes no difference—they ave lovers still. Peo- ple don't grow old while their hearts arve young. How tenderly he tucks her arm under his and how gallantly and deftly he pilots her through the ¢rowd! Men Kiss Men. There are twomen k Foreigners they are, of course. There isnoaccount- ing for tastes, but somehow an Angl Saxon finds it hard to repress a smile that has a suggestion of contempt in it when he sces men kissing. Only once have I witnessed osculatory exchanges between the bearded sex without feeling an inclination to laugh at it. Then the men were both Americans. They had been sailors on an ill-fated Polar expedi- tion and the dangers and p which they had shared had bound their souls together with hoops of steel. One of tuem had returned with the relief party to aid in the search for his less~ fortunate] companions, while the other, being ated for such work, had-com ight home. It was their first meeting after being so| for months. Moved by an uncontrollable impulse like that which attracts the steel to the magnet, thoy rushed to- gether and hugged and kissed. And then, as though ashamed of such a dis- play of emotion in the presence of so many friends and acquaintances, they began to mingle terms of endearment with oaths in rough sailor fashion. But if ever oaths were blotted out with a tear by the Recording Angel those weve. For nearly an hour the kissing on the pier contintes, for there is lots of it to be done, and lots of people to be kissed and many are not satisfied with less than a dozen. . You can watch it and enjoy it just as much as you please, for nobody cares who is looking on. There is plenty of variety in i While it lasts the spectacle doesn't grow at all monotonous, The is kiss- ing between husbands and wives, sisters and brothers, friends, sweecthearts, fathers and daughters, mothorsand sons, cousins, aunts, uncles and every degree of relationship that is entitled to oscula- tory consideration. It is & cheering sight to see, for no clouds obstruet the eunshine of joy that is all pervading, But if you want to complete your oseulatory studies you must go down to Ellis island and watch the immigrants land. There, when some brawny son of toil who has been laboring for years to save money enough 1o pay the Passago of his wife and children to this land of promise, clasps them to his heart at last, their kisses are mingled with tears of joy and thankfulness und you feel that ‘Ou are guzing on & scene 80 sacred that t would be almost sacrilege to attempt to depict it —_— iood Advice, In August, 1862, J. W. Vannoy of this place bad a severe attack of flux. A physician was callea, who treated him for four or five days, but as he continued to grow worse the family decided to have the aid of another doctorsn the case, and sent to KRaveuswood for o promiuent physician of that town, I fove he arrived, however, I had sowe conver- sation with the physician in atiendance, and said to bim: “1 believe Chamberlain's colic, cholera and diarrheea remedy worthy of a trisl.” He readily consented and I gave him a bottle, One dose of that remedy gave re- lief. When the doctor from Kavenswood ar- rived his'advico was, “Keep quiet and con- tinue using Chamberlain's colic, cholera and diarrhaea remedy.” Which we did and in two days was cured. —C. B. Howes, druggist, Sanayville, W. Va. — Gabriel—But according to our teachings rich and poor were o be on an absolule equality. St. Peter—I know, I know, theoretically; but i order to get along without any fric- tion you had better leave the people with the big monuments until the last call. TALKING IT OVER. Discussing an agement and the Em- The other girls had been talking about her, says the Chicago Tribune, and when she came in, smilimr and a little self-conscious, they clustered eagerly about her. “Did he leave you at the door?" queried the girl with the slim waist. “Shall you call him ‘John' or “Juck asked the girl with the black cye Oh, do tell me, did he kiss ~you fore or after he proposed: the girl with the night nose. “Oh, girls, [— “Did lie say he had never prope a girl before?” *Of course he did—why, the marriago itively wouldn't be legal if he didn't ¢ _that when he proposcd!” did he say that he loved you as man never loved woman before? “Did he go about asking y as if he had never done it befc “Oh, girls, you——" N “I knew you were engaged by the in which ayou took his arm last ning.” And T knew it by aid not go other men” after dinne & “*“When did he first—" “‘Do tell us what he—" “'Girls, girls, [—" “Does Gertie make you leave the long parlor to her now ‘that you are en- gaged?” “How did you prised when he “Oh, dear, you—" “Girls, she ‘nas her ring already, she is hiding her left hand.” *Oh, Oh, how lovely!” HAIN't it swe he must love fully to give you a ving like that,” ¢ the girl with the black eyes. “‘He selected the stone and had it after adesign of his own,” said the newly afliunced, blushing. *‘Ile said 1 should not have ono just like anybody else. “How lovely of him! Did you ask the jeweler how much it is worth?” asked the girl with the straight nose. Susie pretended that hers was too large and took it back on purpose to find out how much Wilson had paid for it, and would you believe it, he hadn't gotten it at the Dlace he told he “How mean!” eried tho girl with the slim waist; “he knew she wounld do that and did it on purpose so she wouldn't know what he paid for it.” SOf course; men are so shy.” “But wasn't thut lovely of Jack? 1 am sure aman with a mustache like that would make a delightful loye (3 Eftie, how did he know be- fluttered sed to ther the fact that he to smoke with the manage to look sur- the 0, ne borrowed onc of my rings; of course 1 knew what it was for,though pretended not. I was wwlully glad did not select the one that Phil gave me.” I should think so! But aren't you afraid that it will be stolen?” “Yes, indecd; I keop that hand under s pillow at night!” “Well, a ring like that is positively cconomical; it is such a saving in gloves,” said the girl with the black indeed; but what I like best is the fact that nobody else ever had one like it.” As she spoke the newly aManced walked over to the girl with the golden hair, who had all this time been looking idly ‘out of the window. “Don't you want to sce Annie?” she asked, with triumph in her voice. “Phanks, dear,” was the smiling re- ply, “1 am glad you like it 8o much, By the way, you must be very careful of if, the settiny is nov very secure—I lost the stone once or twice while I was wearing it last year.” Then, in the midst of a silence which could be heard, she turned again w the window. my note ring, a of e Cost of Kolllng took. “Fow persons,” says & railroad wman, “have any idea of the engrmous cost of rolling st The price of a single car ranges from 15,000 down to $380. The former is the price of a first-class Pull- man car, while the latter is that of what is known asa flat car, such as are used jw haul gravel sud divt. A common flat- I WAS BIG. IWAS FAT. I FELT MEAN. I TOOK PILLS. I TOOK SALTS. IGOT LEAN. Handsome Women Can Loso Walgh Fast. Homely Non Look Botter Thin. Try Dr. Edison’s System. No Dieting. Band worth Twice the Monay, Ofice of 11 M. Burton, Hardwage, Cary Sta. Jan. 14, 150 n—Doarsie: T am woll pleased with Tho band is worth fort. I hive I woizh 241 sirs truly, H, M. BURTON. They Are Doing Me Good. reduced my wo uow, und Ldid welgh Earlville Inclosed tind bottl Thave usod ons 5. M. IALE 1L, May 23, 1692 ) f0r whioh plarss 'y Obos~ hoy aro dotng " 0. Box 16, Talk So Much About Your Pills, | " 1 Loring & Co send nio the other tw ity Pills. thework, June 18, 180, Aftor Iy y frionds talk 0 i 119 bonoft hy 1 think Cwilitey tha end mo 3 buttlns C. O, . and oblig 3. MOMRIN, 4043 Porry Stroot. Feel Better andWeigh 13 Pounds Lesa nd.. Sopt. 18, 1802 men: Inclosed Ixond you $1, for whioh you o wond me thros Dottos of tha obasity pills. the fourth bottlo and fesl very much wolkh 13 pounis loss than whon | bogaa Sirs: out you doriving from thes st Viea A Goshen, Gent will pl An inatsidual whoso helzhtls 5 feot 1inch should wol 5 foot §lnchos 125 pounds 160 6 feot 10 inches A Dr. Ealson says that'In’ my exp: considorable, mi ecoskc arlly ea reduced by the pills and ¢ netion of tho ba maglc o1l to polnt on nocessarily vory 03 suoh, aro pri aahi s ity Fruit Salt wnt chy tons have almuss aline. ‘cost $2.9) 0301 foranylengih up to @1 'of Fruit st §1.0). Hottles Lo §4.9). our fall (4 AUTLY ASGIVEN W, Loring & Company 2famiiton 1 Bt Dopt 24, Chic New York City For sale in Omaha by Snow, Lund & Co. FITSGURED: (From U, 8, Journal of Medicine.) Prof. W. Il Pecke,who makes s specialty of Epllepsy, has without doubt treated and cu anyliving Physician ; his euccess is astonishing. We Bavelieard of casesof 20 years' standing eured by him, e jublishcsa valuabie work on this disease which o sends with a large bottle of his absolute cure, free to auy sufferer who tusy send their PO, and Express ade dreas. We adviso aiyore wisking & cure o addressy Frof. W. )L PEEKE, ¥\ D., 4 Cedar 8t., New Yorks bottomed coal car costs $500, »mlou’{/ with & double hopper-hottom is quoted at $100 mor A refrigerator car costs $500. A combincd baggage und msil car cost 83,600, and 4 lirst class conch is valued at 85,000.” Dept. %, Boston, Ma 20, 1L, 40 W. 22