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Hours —10 a. 111. to 5 p. ni. Telephone 14W5. Twenty <»old Mine*, There are at least 20 lost gold mines In various parts of the world. Many of them have yielded rich ores and then have been deserted and entirely lost. There is one in the north of the Transvaal, for instance, that was dis covered by accident in the eighties by two Englishmen. The finders had en camped one night and had, as they thought, securely tethered their horses when they suddenly heard a loud neigh from one of the animals and a moment later saw them both racing away ap parently in the greatest terror. Soon after dawn they were up and after an hour's tramp found one of the poor beasts lying on the ground with a broken leg. In its struggles it had kicked up the ground and had exposed rich gold quartz only a few inches be low the surface. The two men marked the spot and returned to the district a month later to start work on the mine. Hut in spite of all their efforts they could not flud the place, and ti< this day the mine has not been rediscovered. Iu the late seventies there was tre mendous excitement in California when a prospector described a gold mine he had found. A party soon pre pared to set out, with the discoverer of the mine as guide, but the mine lias never been discovered, though thou sands of dollars have been spent in prospecting lor It.—Stray Stories. Time to Leave. The late IVOyly t'arte always safe guarded himself by refusing to see any one who ha 1 not an appointment or stated his or her business on a printed form supplied at his office. Alfred Oi lier used to tell a delightful story in this respect. He had a manservant, a Swiss Italian, and one day, having been invited to dine with Mr. and Mrs. Carte on Adelphia terrace and forgot ten the time, lie sent down his hench man to learn the hour of the repast. This was about 10 in the morning. The day went on, and no emissary appeared till past 5 in the evening, when the henchman crept wearily in. "Where have you been, you rascal?" asked Collier indignantly. "Ah, sare," replied the poor fellow, "I go Mistare Carte. I go in room. A gentleman 'e come and say, 'Yhat name?' I tell him and say, "I vant see Mistare Carte.' lie say, 'All in good time; vait fur your name; sit down.' I sit down. Lots gentlemen and ladies. I vait, I vait. I vait. I get ongri and doorsti, but still I vait, I vait, I vait. Den at last I 'ear my name. I go in leetel room. Gentleman 'e say, *Yat voce?' I say, 'I not know.' 'E say, "Den vhat come here for?' 1 say, 'I vant know vhat time Mistare <'arte 'ave dinner?' Den 'e svare, and I come 'orne." "Henry I\." It Is interesting to recall that, just as Edward VII of England chose his second baptismal name as the one by which he wished to be designated when he mounted the throne, so like wise his great-unele. William Henry, would have preferred to be known as Henry IX. One of the reasons for this preference was the desire to establish lawful right to a title which had al ready been arrogated by the cardinal of York, the last of the Stuart pre tenders. When the question, however, came up for discussion in the privy council, the latter decided in favor of King William IY. This story was told by the king himself to Miss Helen Lloyd, the governess of his children. He added that the privy council was moved to this choice partly by fear of exciting the superstitious fears of the populace, who still bore in their mem ory a prophecy dating from the seven teenth century, which runs as follows: Henry the Kiglitli pulled down rni,nk> and tin ir cells; Henry the Ninth shall pull down bishops and bells. —Literary Era. Hotda of Minn I ««l j>pl. Dr. J. A Kowan, a prominent physl dan, has the following to say about the roads of the state: "Prom my experience as a country physician In traveling over the roads I axii convinced that the present system of working road« In Mississippi is a farce. The Inexperience and apathy on the part of overseers and the Indif ference on the part of hands should convince any ordinarily intelligent [«-r •on that new methods will have to be adopted. The contract system, with Improved Implements, Is the remedy In my oplpion broad tired wagons Would do much toward keeping road- In good repair, and our legislature should enact a law requiring the nar row tire to be replaced by the broad after three or four years or one allow lug parties using themv a credit ou their road tax. I often go double the»dis tance over our best roads rather than go half as far over the average, saving time and comfort thereby. The people will have to be educated along the liriee of better roads, and new methods will have to be forced upon them." If you Have IT attaches lon't experiment with alleged cure* ,-iuy Krause's Headache Cupsnles.which urill cure any headache in half an hour 10 matter what causes it Price 2oc. »3old by Rossman tV Son's Pharmacy. NEW IDEA IN IRRIGATION Successful Scheme of a Texas Landowner. HE ITBES TWO ARTESIAN WELLB. K u itf* the- W liter Around, but ftot on, IIIH I'luntk—F. F. CollifiN of NIUI An tonio Hum Rented 111* Property In L*lotw to Tbrifty Wlio liaise ltemnrkiible Crops. F. F. Collins, u prominent manufac turer at Sun Antonio, Tex., is trying an experiment with irrigation which prom ises to make the country around San Antonio a paradise* for truck gardeners and farmers, says the St. Louis Post- Dispatch. Mr. Collins' project can hunlly be called an experiment now, since Its success has been demonstrat ed. The only difficulty in the way of any <>ue else doing the same that he has done is the uncertainty of finding water by boring. With an artesian well Mr. Collins* performances can be du plicated by any one. He has a ranch about five miles from Sau Antonio upon which he bored two wells, striking a good flow of water at a depth of 800 feet. He divided 1»W acres into tracts of 12Ms acres each and rented them, the tenants being chiefly Belgians, who understand thoroughly the best methods of using water in the growing of vegetables and farm prod ucts. Irrigation has been conducted here since there was a settlement, the early Spaniards, Mexicans and Indians using it with a degree of success that provid ed for all their wants. In modern times the old Mexican ditches have been used south of the city by Germans and Ital ians with success. But their methods produced no such results that have followed Mr. Collins' \ experiment, lie discovered the secret 1 of "intensive cultivation" with this soil when he found that the best results could be attained If tlx- water was nev er allowed to touch the plant and if as little water as possible was allowed to stand ou the surface. His tenants each have a connection with the main ditch, which is supplied by the artesian wells. They cultivate their plants, corn, okra, melons, cotton, beans—in fact, every thing that will grow in this country— in rows well banked up, with deep fur rows between. Each tract is given water for 55 min utes once in six days. The water is run into alternate rows for that time. It has been ascertained that all the water that will run in 55 minutes will be Im mediately absorbed, and none will stand on the surface. The water run ning into alternate furrows percolates through the dry furrow, wetting the soil around the roots thoroughly. At a meeting of the Business Men's club Mr. Collins showed samples of the products of his farm—luscious canta loupes, beans, peas and okra. He has cotton 12 inches high that shows from 12 to 1(5 squares to the plant. Corn grows luxuriantly. His tenants told the Business Men's club that the yield was worth from §IOO to SSOO per aero annu ally. They expect to gather four crops every year from it. The report of this enterprise, Just made public, has opened the eyes of the people of San Antoido, and already oth ers are arranging to follow Mr. Col lins' example. His profit Is not a small one, as he is paid S2O an acre rental for all the land, his only expense being the original cost of the two wells, about $3,000. Much of the land now used for this purpose could have been leased three years ago for 50 cents an acre and could have been bought outright for from $2 to $5 an acre. While there is some uncertainty about finding water, it has been struck in many different localities at a depth of from 800 to 1,500 feet. The greatest danger in this direction Is not that wa ter will not be found, but that it will be impregnated with minerals, making it unfit for use In Irrigation. TEMPERING COPPER. Young; Kliner McCroj- Suit! lo Have Discovered u Process. An accidental discovery of Elmer McCroy promises to revolutionize tool manufacture throughout the world, says a Binghamton (X. Y.) dispatch to the New York Sun. For years scien tists and others have been endeavoring to discover a process for tempering copper. Recently Elmer McCroy, a 17- year-old lad of Ballstead, while at work near Binghamton, made the discovery. How It was done or what the process is will not be told until such steps have been taken as will insure to Mc- Croy the benefits of his discovery. Friends of McCroy say that the gov ernment has a standing offer of SO,OOO for the man who will furnish it with a successful formula for hardening cop per, and McCroy intends to win this prize. A Lnrire Dredge Huiltllnn. At the Polsom shipyards, Toronto, is building the largest dredge in America —the government dredge, J. Israel Tarte. She will be launched In August ami will be used on the lower St. Law rence, says u Montreal dispatch to the .New York Tribune. The Tarte is 100 feet long and 42 feet beam and draws 12 feet <> inches of water. She has a well in the center, through which her suction pipe is handled. The pipe can be dropped 70 feet If necessary and Is hauled up into the well when the dredge is moved. The dredge is equip ped with triple expansion engines of 1,100 horsepower to operate the pipe and is capable of discharging 2,000 cubic yards of earth in an hour. The pipe is operated with a centrifugal pump 15 feet in diameter. The engines are supplied with steam by four loco motive boilers 0 feet In diameter and 20 feet long. A Xe«v I.ea«rne. The National Locomotor Ataxia league has been organized, with an of fice in New York. The object of the league is to promote research for a per manent cure for the disease, says the New York Medical Journal. It is the Intention of the league to offer a re ward of slo,(Hut for the discovery of a guaranteed euro. It is believed that there are from 18.000 to 20,000 sufferers from locomotor ataxia In this country, all of whom, It is hoped, will become members of the league, and by contri butions from them and others and with government aid it Is expected to secure the money to build a sanitarium. ' Dot Still Mall Matter. The shirt waist letter carrier Is upon us, but he still delivers the mall In wrappers, says the Omaha Bee. > A Poor Milionaire. Lately starved in London because he could not digest his food. Early use of Dr. King s New Life Fills would have saved him. They strengthen the stoin ach. aid digestion, promote assimilation improve appetite. Price 25c. Money i back if not satisfied. Sold by Paules A ('o., druggists. HIS t\NE. John jwuderson at his father's death was It-'? with SIOO or S2OO In govern meat bonds, SIOO or s2o(i iu cush and ten shares of the I'umpkin Vine Min ing company stock, then quoted ut 4 cents. At -'5 John Anderson had saved by his own earnest efforts enough money to marry and start a home. He had a son 12 months old, for wl.< hid great expectations In the futui.. One rainy afternoon iu November be was looking over old papers when he came unexpectedly on his ten shares of the Pumpkin Vine gold mine stock. What could be done with the mine arose ever in John Anderson's mind. He put it to Ills wife one evening after supper and lay back in his armchair and smiled. His wife was young enough to be foolish and old enough to be wise. Th& wife's advice was for him to apply to the board of directors of the company to be made superin tendent of the mine; to leave her and her child, and, with a gang of sturdy rock breakers, find out if there was any gold there. But who was going to pay for this sort of thing? Where was the money to pay John forgoing ou all fours, week in and out, and the gang for food to make them brawn and for rum to keep up their spirits and for oil for their headlights and for machinery, tools, coal and what not? The wise wife had a secret which she now let out. But there was lying In the bank drawing 2 per cent interest $12,- 000, which John could have for the pro posed work to the Pumpkin Vine. John did not know that his wife had had an uncle who had been a sea captain, who had died and left John's wife $12,000 from an estate. This great secret she had kept from John that she might re call it when an occasion happened Im portant enough to unseal her lips. At the next meeting of the Pumpkin Vine company John Anderson was ap pointed superintendent of the mine. One Sunday afternoon the latter part of the following May he stood on the side of a rugged mountain on which lay the Pumpkin Vine mine In a sullen sleep. They were a tough looking lot. Poker Jim, a kind of leader of the gang, who had been recruited at a con siderable expense, was considered the best man of all to scent out gold. His men stood about silently chewing tobacco. It was a gang sworn to be mum. Poker Jim allowed that he was the man who had said no one of them would get away whole should any break faith. Certain prospecting had led to a well laid plan of assault, and the next day, Monday, the opening work on the mine was begun. At the end of 30 days John wrote home that if there was any good news It would have to come from the other end of the line. He wrote a letter to the president of the company and told him briefly that there was little to say. When John had spent $5,000 of his wife's money In the hole, he had his ten shares of Pumpkin Vine stock transferred to his wife's name, which was certainly laughable. Then there came a storm of wind and fierce rain. The Pumpkin Vine mine was flooded. It took three weeks to pump out the mine and it took a big lot of money to do it. It was then near the end of August. John tele graphed his wife that he was down with rheumatism and then dictated a letter to the home office telling thetn there that Poker Jim had brokeu his right arm in three places, but was not discouraged. John had SI,OOO more to drop into the hole. His wife had wired him $2,000 more, the last of the $12,000. Poker Jim was in an ill humor, as his right arm always hurt him now, and John was irritable, for the rheuma tism had settled in his knees and an kles. Jim had called John Anderson a "rag," and John had called Jim "blowzy." They had drawn off for ■ crack at each other when two "wires" arrived from the superintendent and a telegram for Poker Jim. One of the dispatches to Anderson was from the home office, telling him to shut down and close up and come home; to stop at once the whole miser able business! The other was from his wife, saying the child was 111, very ill, and that she was down with grief and anxiety. And there was Poker Jim standing like one stunned too! Then he gave an unearthly whoop and a shout and tore around in a circle like a madman. While Jim was doing his fling Nasty Jack, a member of the gang, rushed up so overcome with emo tion that be stuttered, stumbled and fell and cried out, "Gold!" Poker Jim's dispatch was from London and Informed him that his nearly forgotten father had died and left him a for tune. Nasty Jack's cry of gold meant that the old Pumpkin Vine mine had yielded again at last. John wired to his wife to expect him by the first train. He wlr*d to the homo office that it was no time to close up when the Pumpkin Vine was put ting forth leav- s. Anderson for id his wife and child doing well. A few uiiinlhs later John had ten shares of the Pumpkin Vine Gold Mine company, which he had transferred to his wife, framed and hung up In the libr- ry, for he could afford to do so. icer Jim soon left for the old coun ty to shed a tear over his father's grave and claim his fortune. Nasty Jack suddenly reformed and is now do ing missionary work somewhere in Colorado. Those Dear Girls. "Tell me," said .Miss Skinnay on tha promenade, "Is my—er—ankle show ing?" "Yes," replied Miss Plumplelgh, "but 1 wouldn't worry. I don't think any one will notice It."—Philadelphia Press. A SavltiK Unallty. Gilbert White, the naturalist, was once a university proctor, and of his performance of the oliicc this anecdote is told: "<Mi his rounds one evening White discovered an undergraduate ly ing on the ground, sleeping the sleep of Intoxication, with his outer garments removed and neatly folded up at his side. The proctor a woke him and sent 111 m to his college with an order to appear the next day for judgment. The culprit turned up in a highly (•on trite frame of mind. White said to him: 'Vou deserve an exemplary pun ishment, but I obst rved one circum stance which shows you are not wholly degraded. Your <!-,|]i.s were folded up by your side, im!i< ating h;.l>its of care and neatii" ; u' icli appear In compatible with habitual degradation. I shall therefore sav no more.'" Notice to Wheelmen. There's positively no need to endure discomfort by reason of chafing, sun burn, insect stings, sore and perspiring feet or accidental bruises. You forget these troublesln using Bnckleu's Arnica Salve. Infallible for Pimples, Blotches Skin Eruptions and Piles. Sold by Paules Co., druggists, 25 cents. I THE SULTAN AT HOME Something About the Private Life of Turkey's Ruler. FEARS DARKNESS LIKE A CHILD. Apr» rtinent* of A tidal Bimld 11, V. ... .«■ Govcrn ment Ha. at tut SntH •lotoril)' Settled the American lnuci-.iiitr I lalma, Are Brllliiuitly Li||l>tril a. Soon a. the Light lull. Now that the long standing contro versy with Turkey over American In demnity claims has been settled satis factorily to the state department at Washington by the payment of $95,000 to Mr. Lelshmau, the United States minister at Constantinople, the follow ing facts about the sultan's private life, taken from a little work recently issued In Paris under the title of "Abdul Ham id II," are of timely interest. We have reasons for believing Its statements to be authentic, says the London Dally News. The sultan of Turkey and his sur roundings have become perforce a lit tle "westernized" on the surface. The ladies of the palace make use of Pari sian dress materials. The commander of the faithful buys the latest Invented guns for the armory of the Ylldlz kiosk. But beneath the skin there is no more of civilization, as we under stand it, than ever there was. The roy al income, for example, which Is one of the largest In Europe, Is collected by oriental methods and subject to orien tal pilferings. "Let them steal so long as they serve me," Is the Imperial mot to, and so long as the minister or court ier does not make himself so obtrusive ly rich as to Invite the Jealous scrutiny of the ruler he Is free to make his prof it from either public or private purses. The personal life of Abdul Hamld, however, Is one of the most striking Il lustrations of this phenomenon of a light veneer of western habit overlay ing a score of things totally oriental. A tyranny is the natural system of polity In the east, and in Turkey It Is not dis sembled. But the personal existence of the tyrant Is passed in doing eastern things in a western way. Among the most important of the sultan's labors is the hearing of the reports of his spies in all parts of Europe, but newspaper cuttings are the form of Information with which he most likes them to fur nish him. His staff of secretaries Is large enough for the most hard worked and'devoted guardian of the state, but they are principally employed, and In cessantly, too, with the private con cerns, whims, suspicions and fancies of their master. Tireless as his activity Is, add careful as he is of each mo ment of time, very little of his energy Is directed toward national affairs, and public business Is nowhere more de layed and neglected than under this busy ruler. Concerts, plays and cinematograph entertainments are favorite means with the sultan of dispelling the cares of a throne, as they are with most crowned heads. The services of his own dramatic and operatic troupes are often In request, and any company that may be visiting Constantinople Is usu ally commanded to favor him with a private performance. But It is charac teristic of the eastern notion of royal dignity that all mention of these enter tainments Is strictly forbidden In the Turkish press, and it Is rare that any one outside the family of the sultan Is Invited to witness them. It is said that he habitually drinks some cordial before receiving embassa dors and visitors In order to give a tem porary brilliance to his eyes and com plexion, for the "Sick Man" cannot bear to be thought an Invalid and has never yet allowed his severest attacks of illness to be publicly announced. He even goes so far as to doctor him self for most of his ailments. The pit iable state of his nerves makes the night a recurring terror to him. He fears darkness like a child, and the whole of the apartments occupied by him, with the surrounding gardens, are brilliantly lighted up from the mo ment the light fails. Silence, too, Is terrible to him, and he can only sleep with the noise of his guard tramping before the palace In his ears. From his sleep he will start up to summon an Interpreter for a dream or togo out and sweep the horizon with strong glasses. Usually he Is sent with diffi culty to sleep by the reading aloud of his brother or a favorite servant. Next to the reports of his spies, the litera ture that appeals most strongly to his taste Is that of the sensational novel, and the more horror there Is to stimu late a morbid taste the better is he pleased. It is characteristic of him that the only sport In which he excels Is rifle and pistol practice. At this he could show the way to most men. These are a few of the details regard ing the life of Abdul Hamld which we have gathered from the work of Ados sides Bey. He has no cause to love the sultan, whose persecution of the young Turks drove him from his country, but we believe his account to be faithful, and we have selected only such matter as seemed unlikely to be tinged by prejudice. Chlnene Go Slow. Professor Starr states that the edu cated classes of Japan are dying of brain fever due to too rapid advance ment In culture. The Chinese are not suffering from any rapid assimilation of modern ideas, says the Chicago Post; hence they may be expected to die of old age. I.artrit of Prison*. France's new prison at Fresnes, some eight miles from Paris, Is the largest In the world. A < bl»»*•««• Woman's II<*rol«m. Stories are being told of the remark able heroism of I'au-Nanal, a Chinese woman who went through the siege of Tien tsin. On one occasion, when bul lets were coming in at the window as the English woman on whom she was waiting was dressing, she stood aiid shielded her mistress with her body, saying, "They will have togo through Lie first before they reach you." All l'an-Nanai's people, except her sister and her children, were massacred dur ing the siege. It Dazzles the World. No discovery in medicine has ever created one quarter of the excitement that has been caused by Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. It's sever est tests have been oil hopeless victims of Consumption. Pneumonia. Hemor rhage. Pleurisy and Bronchitis, thous ands of whom it has restored to perfect health. For Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Croup. Hay Fever, Hoarseness and Whooping Cough it is the quickest, stir est cure in the world. It is sold by Panles & Co. who guarantee satisfac tion or refund money. Large bottles 50c. and if 1.00. Trial bottles free COOL SSO FOR A PEACH. I Hiperlenee of an Amrrlran Wko Took Prult In France. A well known Insurance man of New York recently had some amusing expe riences In Paris, says the New York Press. At the Cafe liltz, seeing a flue basket of fruit on the table, he per suaded his wife to eat a peach while waiting for luncheon to be served. When the bill was rendered, there was a charge for "fruit, 15 francs." He protested. One peach for $3 was a little more than he thought an American should stand. The manager was sum moned. "You have destroyed the deco ration of the table," he explained. "You ehonld not have eaten the peach. You will see there Is no fruit on the bill of fare." "Well, when fruit isn't to be eaten why don't you put a fence around It and hang out a sign? 1 refuse to pay that charge. It Is an outrage." In a very short time our fellow countryman had broken a waiter's nose and kicked him into the street, for which display of valor a gendarme hauled him to the police station. When the American consul was In formed of the trouble, he sent Mr. Boweu to look after the prisoner, and no sooner had that gentleman heard the story than he advised our friend to dose the cose at once by paying his bill as charged and giving the waiter a handsome tip to soothe his injured feelings. Some diplomacy was required to Induce the gareon to withdraw his complaint, but in the end everything was settled for about SSO. The deputy consul general said privately as he and the victim of French persecution left the station: "You got off light. In Paris never strike a Frenchman. As for that peach, you were absolutely wrong. Why didn't you call for a messenger and send the basket to your hotel?" "The basket to my hotel? Why, man, at $:? a peach it would have cost me §25 or $30." "No, no. You don't understand. When you took the peach, you spoiled the decoration of the table, therefore the basket and Its contents were your property for the $3." "Why in thunder didn't the scoundrel say so?" "It Is hardly to their Interest to educate for eigners." Inilaenita. It to very well known that the In fluenza la not an exclusively modern complaint, but I am not sure whether a curious reference to it by Bower, the contlnuator of Fordun's chronicle, has been noted. Writing of the year 1420 ( he says that among those who died In Scotland that year were Sir Henry St. Clair, earl of Orkney; Sir James Doug las of Dalkeith, Sir William de Aber nethy, Sir William de St. Clair, Sir Wil liam Cockburn and many others, all by ! "that infirmity whereby not only great j men, but Innumerable quantity of the commonalty, pexished, which was vul . garly termed le Quhew lie Qubew a vurgaribus dieebalurj" ('lower, xv, 32.1 Now, "quh" In Scottish texts usu ally represents the sound of "wh" 1 (properly aspirated.) Therefore It | items that in the fifteenth century tlie ' lufiuenza was known as "the whew," j Just as It Is known in the twentieth century as "the flue." | I have refrained from quoting at I length Bower's explanation of the 1 cause of the epidemic, but there seems little doubt that the disease was Ulen | tical with that with which we are so grievously familiar. Notes and Que rW Wit and Wl.d.nn <>f Children. One very cold day Tom, in his first trousers, was walking out witli liis tiny overcoat turned back to its ut most limit. "Tom," said his father, "button your coat." The boy demur red. "Look at mine," added his father. "Yes," said Tom ruefully, "but every body knows that you wear trousers." Mamma—Why, Susie, you've offered your butterscotch to everybody but lit tle brother. Why didn't you hand it to him? Susie (with innocent candor) — Because, mamma, little brother always takes it A Sunday school superintendent who happened to be a dry goods merchant and who was teaching a class of very little tots, asked when ho had finished explaining the lesson, "Now, has any one a question to ask?" A very small girl raised her hand. "What is it, Mar tha?" asked the superintendent. "Why, Mr. Brooks, how much are those little red parasols In your window?" said Martha. Mary was a very conscientious child. One day she was allowed togo and spend the day with some little cousins about her own age. After taking off her wraps she went to her aunt and said very soberly, "Now, Aunt Cassie, If Sallie and Lizzie are bad today please don't hesitate to punish them because I am here."—Current Literature. Barometric Beea. Whoever observes these Interesting Insects finds It easy enough to foretell exactly the kind of weather to be ex pected. At least this Is the opinion of many raisers of l>ees. Generally the bee stays at home when rain Is In the air. When the sky Is simply dark and cloudy, these busy workers do not leave their dwelling all at once. A few go out first, as though the queen had sent out messengers to study the state of the atmosphere. The greater number remain on observation until the clouds begin to dissipate, and It is only then that the battalions en tire rush out in search of their nectar. A bee never goes out In a fog, because It Is well aware that dampness and cold are two fearsome, redoubtable enemies. We do not mean, however, that the bee Is a meteorologist in the absolute sense of the word. Its clever ness consists in never being taken un awares, for it possesses untiring vigi lance. Often one may observe the sud deu entrance of bees Into the hive when a dense cloud hides the sun and even though the rain is not iu evidence. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Ilinmnrck'N I'1II1ONO|>!I> nl I.lfe. With dutiful trust in God, dig in the spurs and let life, like a wild horse, take you flying over hedge and ditch, resolved to break your neck, and yet fearless, inasmuch as you must some time part from all that is dear to you on earth, though not forever. If grief is near, well, let him come on, but until lie arrives do not merely look bright and blessed, but i>c it, too, and when sorrow comes you bear it with dignity —that is to say. with submission and hope.—Love Letters of Prince Bis marck. Troubles of a Minister. To benefit others liev. -I. T. W. Ver noii, of Hartwell, <»a.. writes "For a long time I had a running sore on my leg. 1 tried many remedies without benefit, until 1 used a bottle of Electric Bitters and a Imix of Bneklen's Arnica Salve, which cured nie sound and well.' Sores, Eruptions, Boils, Eczema. Tetter, Salt Rhemn show impure blood. Thou sands have found in Electric Bitters a grand blood purifier that absolutely cured these troubles. Satisfaction is guaranteed or money refunded by Panles & Co., druggists. Large bottles only 50c. ORNAMENTS FOR OLYMPIm. Admiral llewfy's Flagship to Carry an Kmiilem «if Mas)ilu Victory. The historic cruiser Olympia, Admi ral Dewey's flagship at the battle of Manila 1.-sy, will be a much better ship when she goes into commission at the navy yard than she was on May 1, 18! is, when the famous battle was fought, says a Boston dispatch to the New York Times. She will also be more attractive in appearance both in side and outside. The other day the stem ornament de signed to commemorate the ship's great victory, was attached to the hull. The sternpiece was set up a few days ago. Naval Constructor William .1. Baxter, head <<t the department of construction and repair, first conceived the idea of these ornaments and at once set about obtaining the consent of the navy de partment to put them on. After this had been accomplished he had the de signs made, following his own ideas. ! Some of the bronze used in casting the two pieces was taken from the Olympia, and this gives added value to them. The stem ornament is the more elaborate and is really a work of art. A winged Victory holds high above her head an eagle, which she is about to launch in the air. Victory's wings lie against the sides of the ship's prow. The sternpiece consists of a shield with a mass of scrollwork on either side. Naval officers who have seen the ornaments say they consider them the best on any United States ship. Vaiii.ui .! i»ij£ Use One i an claims to have freed his premise - .:-ot:i bun! < k by keep ing thi'i:! :iiowed aiii' cut >. 112 all sum liter, never permitting them to form leaves. Il ended them. .\. her lie put h very little gasoline on each , plant by then ■» of a sr.iall oil can. and every | lam to which Uie oil w:;-> im plied went the way of j:I1 the earth. •IV-e If the soil :s in).••<;■! condition as t< moisture, cloudy Wt\::!:cr is the most i favorab!.' for "•••!• ; siting riot only he cause lb re is !. • :. -rer of drying the roots of the i: e. s !•■'( also lii-causc there is i«-ss ev.-ij ii A few davs of ciolld.V \.I ; :\. ;11 i : ::l!>le the trees I to estaiii.-ii tin. ii ivi • almost without check. A I:» Order. The man from the country took his green necktie and his best girl into the restaurant, and, like some other men, lie was disposed to be facetious at the waiter's expense. "Waiter," he said, "I want you to | bring n. a '• !e.l V:. pi ant." "V. sir." I.the waiter, perfect- 1 ly i,,1;,.,.. . » "And, waiter, bring it on toast." "Ycssir." Then he stood t'. , e iike a statue ftfl" a minute. "Well." s:iid the man, "are you not going to bring it?" "Ycssir." "Why don't you. then?" "Order is. sir, that v.e get pay in ad- | vance for elcph'iat sir. Elephant on toast, sir. is i.l;>» i ■<. : ]. if you take it without toast, sir, ii is only £1,50", sir." The waiter did not smile, but the girl did, and the man climbed down. —Lon- don Tit-Bits. SEVEN DEVELOPED GOLD MINES. 60 ACRES OF GOLD ORE. THE ARENA Gold Mining & Milling Company I CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO. This Property is Estimated to be now Worth More than SIO,OOO per Acre and will be Worth over One Hundred Thousand Dollars per Acre,with Proper Development ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦ CAPITAL STOCK, $1,000,000. fittSTDivided into Shares of SI.OO Each, Full Paid and Is'oll- Assessable. "It# ♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ The Arena Company offers 50,000 Shares at 50 cents each in a Property that is Worth over §(>00,000. [•'or 11u- (>ur|H>sc nf raisin-; money to purchase tlic necessary inacliinery u> make I in' mines produce dailv fully Three Thousand Itoilars in tiold, thus enriching every individual shareholder according to the shares lie holds. You can buy any number of Shares you Wish, and make mure monev than can lie made in any other line of investment. The gold ore is in these seven developed mines. There are ::.00n fe. 1 <>rore in a vein, and these \cins are true mother veins, held within walls of granite.placed there hy nature. Tliet ompany has already developed tins propertv to demons! rate I lint it is one of lhe largest gold properties ol the c'ripple ( reek I>lstrict "which is the greaiest gold-producing camp on earlti, ils output last \ ea r augregal ing "-'.M.000.000 or nearly doll hie the amount prodnceil in I In- v hole state ol tali lorn in. At :.ii cents per share I lie Company is giving you a discount of 111 cents per share to start with, making 'JO cents 011 the dollar. As already staled. I his is done lor Ihe purj ose of rais ing I>'J>,ooo to purchase improved innchinvry, air compressor drills, and eleclrlc plant. We lufve two large hoisting engines on this properly,a commodious shaft-house,< Dice buildings, honrding house for the men. stables, :i powder-house, a lafue <|Uanlity of tools, elc. The re ports on t lu'se in mes. made by one of the best mining ci: uineers in t lit slate, succinct I > de scribe these improvements. NAMKS OK MINKS. A/.TKt', 'Jlo feet in deplh, with shafl-hoiisc. boiler and engine for hoisting, well limbered all Ihe wav down. IMtMi||<U.l>Klt, -JMI feel deep, hoistirg engine and boiler, large iron shaft-house. MKXH'O nnd MAMIATI AN, both mer 1141 ft el deep, on same vein as I he A/tec mine. CIiVsTA I , .1 ASl'Ki: and (. K I* AT KANT I- I! N. on the same veil) as the I bolder and o|>en ed ill depth too \er 100 feet, and developments aI it ady madesht w over -1,000 feet ol ore. If yon want to make money out of nature, become ti producer of gold out of her treasure vaults The Arena group of mines \\ ill do il lor \on. We can furnish the bc-t of references bank and miningenginecrs and our title in the property is perfeci. coming, as it dot - llirounha paten! from t be t.o\enncnt. Willi more mi inovetl from >::,l!00 to -."i.HHI per tluy »i.l be a const rvalive esl iiuale of the out put of I lit'se mines. Heinember that only . r >o,mm Shan sof lliis Slock arc for sale at >o cents on the dollar, t inters ior i lie number of shares desired, accoin pan ictl b\ liralt, Monc\ Orders, |\ xpiess oi Cash in lit gisleretl l.etters. can be sent to The Arena Gold Mining & Milling Company, 501 Equitable Building, DENVER, COLORADO. PLANING MILL? HOOVE It BROTHERS MANUFACTURERS OF Doors, Sash, Shutters, Verandas, Brackets, Frames and Turned Work of all Kinds. Also Shingles, Roofing Slate, Planed and Rough Lumber. RIVERSIDE, NORT'D COUNTY. HIGHWAY ALLIANCE. New Organization Whose Object In Koiitl Imiirovement. The expressed objects and intentions of the Highway Alliance, a new good roads organization Just Incorporated in New York with its headquarters ic New York city, should leave no doubt ns to the usefulness, both local and na tional, of such an organization. Here are sonic of the more important ob jects for which the alliance exists: "1. I'ublic agitation for highway im provement. 2. Obtaining and publish lug information relating to highways 3. Proposal of laws and ordinances foi highway opening, construction, main tenance and traffic. 4. Opposing pro posed laws and ordinances tending tc diminish the usefulness of highways 5. I i;nug the public authorities to im prove the highways and keep them in repair. •'>. Assisting in the vindication of the highwa.x rights of the public and also aiding any person whose rights have been infringed while using the highways or as a consequence of such use whenever the board of directors of this corporation, in their discretion consider that the usefulness of high ways will be advanced." The Highway Alliance will introduce a new feature so far as concerns its membership. In order that it shall not l»e obligatory upon all who Join the al liance to give to it their support finan dally, two grades of membership will be in force, persons belonging to one grade to be known as active or con tributing members and those belong ing to the other as general or sympa thetic members. Any one in the lattei grade may change his status whenevei he likes upon payment of the dues of a contributing member for one year. How to Remove Mildew. Mildewed lit; n may be restored by soaping the spots while they are still wet, cohering them with hue powdered chalk, which should be well rubbed in. Obstinate spots of mildew will yield to the following treatment: I'our a quart of boiling water over two ounces of chloride of lime, strain this through cloth, then add three quarts of cold water. Let tlu> mildewed article stand in this for an entire day. Then rinse thoroughly. How to Jlnlif Strawberry Crou«tn«le. A croustade of fresh strawberries makes a delicious early spring dessert. Bake a sponge cake in a thick sheet and cut it into squares of about 3% inches or into rounds. Then cut small er squares or rounds from these, leav ing an opening of generous size in the middle of each. Fill this with straw berries, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with a coil of whipped cream on the ton of each. Listen to tlie Voice of Experience. Mrs. Newly wed—Do you know, my husband never even thinks of so much Ba Koint; for a scuttle of Coal without tirst kissing me! Mrs. Oldgirl—ln about two years, my dear, you may consider yourself lucky if he gets the coal.—Stray Stories. Too Mneti Kor licurKc. She (pining for pleas;: nt words)--Oh, George, 1 cannot understand it. W liy ilt> you lavish this wealth of love ou me when there are so many more he.ui tiftil and more worthy t!.:.n IV He-I'm Wowed if 1 know.—Tit I'. ' *. I 111 Ho warn tii do all Ms of Printing TUFT ullli 1 Its M I ! It's Ml If A well \ tasty, Bill or \)/ ter Head, Pc A) m Ticket, C; re u YJ< Program, St:'t' meat or Card i (y) an advertisement for yonr busine.>.-•, a satisfaction to you. Mew Tyja, New Presses, , Best Pajer, M- Skilled Wort, " Promstiiess \ll you can ask. A trial wili make you our customer. We respectfully ask that trial. T| HI || No. ii R. M:»lmnfn«r S:. . "T~. > I " "i For Beauty style and finish our llats are unsurpassed. The lou prices on our trimmed goods will make them move out in short time. We are offering trim med hats at prices which can not be duplicated. See the shirt-waist hat, the latest style out. IjlilllH iau MS!I Street.
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