THE ROAD TO YESTERDAY, Will some wise man who lias journeyed. Over land and over sea To the countries where tho rainbow And the glorious sunsets be, Kindly tell a little stranger Who has oddly lost her way, Where's the road that she must travel To return to Yesterday? For, you see, she's unfamiliar With To-day, and cannot real What its strange, mysterious sign-po3ts Tell of ways and where they lea L And her heart upbraids her sorely. Though she did not mean to stray When she fell asleep last evening And abandoned Yesterday. For she left a deal riVglectol That she really should have done; And she fears she's lost some favors That she fairly might have won. 6o she'd like to turn her backward To retrieve them if she may,— Will not some one kindly tell her Where's the road to Yesterday?! -Julio M. Lippuiann, in St. Nicholas. "CHIHUAHfiA" BROWN. UY RICHARD H. LINTIIICUM. fSSS ORTUNES wcre \ found sometimes in a B *' p y fitcs nod so Chihuahua jMF* Brown went there when the camp was > first started. That sfr&Si was six months be / * ore tlie t ' mo '■'Blfo I write. ,') Pyrites was a typ *" ical mining town or "camp," far up in the Rocky Mount ains. It had grown in six months from one log cabin to a town of a thousand in habitants. It was a rough, unpreteu tious town, both as icgards its buildings and a large number ot its citizens; but under the duck suit of the miner there ore more honest hearts, more noble and generous natures than will be found in almost any other calling in life. It is a noticeable fuct about a new mining camp that the most high-sound ing titles are applied to the most com- ! mon-looking structures; tho cheapest ' place always has the grandest name. For instance, the Delmonico restaurant was the worst of all the eating establishments in Pyrites, and the Windsor Hotel of fered the poorest accomodations of any hostelery in the place. The cleanest, most homo like eating house in the place was Mrs. McGuire's restaurant. Bridget McGuire wa9 a lively, bustling Irish woman, with a red face and hair a shade lighter. She was popular with "the boys," as she called the miners who patronized her place. "We can always get plenty on our forks at Mrs. McGuire's," was the usual sen tence of praise bestowed upon her es tablishment. "Chihuahua" Brown boarded with Mrs. McGuire. He was a quiet, retiring sort of a man. No one knew much about, him, except that he onco had some min ing property near Chihuahua, Mexico. There was another Brown in Pyrites, so he was given the sobriquet of "Chihua hua," to distinguish him from the other Brown. He paid his board promptly, and was highly esteemed by Mrs. Mc- Guire, who sometimes spoke of him as "the widow woman's friend," on account of his onco having loaned Mrs. McGuiro 5200 without security, when the good natured Irish woman first started in busi ness. Now she was buyoud the need of financial assistance, and was doing a flourishing business—such a largo busi ness, in fact, that she had been obliged to send to Denver for additional holp to wait upon the table. The "help" duly arrived upon the stage and created a sen sation in Pyrites. The first general de scription was given out by the stage driver, "Fairplay Bill," to a deeply inter ested throng of listeners at the Sliver Bear saloon. . "She cum up on the stage along side of rr.e," said Bill." "There was three girls for the dance hail, besides. When WO got to the first station, at Turkey Creek Canyon, she asked if she could ride on thß seat with me; she did so ad mire the scenery. I took her up beside me on the box, and you never heard a girl go on so about the color of the sky, and the trees and rocks, and the wild flowers bloomin' on the mountain side. She pointed out things to me about the scenery I never see before. I never see a girl so gone on scenery. She really did enjoy it. I got so interested, hearin' bar talk, I cum purty near slid in' the whole outfit down the mountain, as 1 cum 'round Dead Stan's Curve. She's differ ent from any biscuit shooter ever I see." "Purty? She's purtier than that nigh leader o' mine, but she don't put on as much style as Kitty does, 'specially when she's just beeu hitched up. au' anxious to go. Purty? Ever ste 'e:n pictures 'bout a woman raisin' up out tho sea? Ever see that picture of 'Humyo and Julia?' She's purtier than either one of 'em. I've crrried many n hash slinger In my time, but I never see one iikc her. Most of 'em's got their hair cut short and curly, an' act fresh. She's differ cut; long hair, blaoker'n a dark night in tho canyon; big eyes, roses in her cheeks; she's a lady, that's what she is. 1 could tell that first time I see her. • This was how Doris Ware came to Pyrites to be the "help" at Mrs. Mc Guire's restaurant. It was not strange that the business of the restaurant in creased. Mrs. McGuire'a new waiter girl was very, very pretty, and a pretty lace is an attraction anywhere, hut es pecially so in a new mining camp, where women constitute a very small minority of the population. It is not strange either that many of Mrs. McGuire's boarders fell in love with Mrs. McGuire'B waitress. There was quite a noticeable sprucing up in the way of general appearance among the boarders. Two or three of "the boys" affected bright colored ties, and when they came to their meals they were par ticular about washing their fares very clcau- Tbey seemed to put more thau the usual amount of water on their hair and combed it back slicker than they hal been in the habit of doing. All this seemed to have no effect upon Mrs. McGuire's help. She was as demure, retiring and modest as when she first arrival. There was one boarder who loved tho pretty waiter-girl with tho consuming passion of a secret affection. He scarcely dare raise his eyes to her, he was so diffident. The flutter of her dress was sufficient to cause every nerve in his body to tremble. If she spoke to him he was sure to put a lump of butter in his coffee or sprinkle sugar all bver his plate during the ensuing mo ment of confusion. This boarder was 4 'Chihuahua" Brown, lie was reserved in his manner, so quiet and gentlemanly that Doris was naturally attracted to him. They became friends and gradually "Chi huahua'' Brown learned of the past life of Doris Ware. Her father had been a man of wealth; he was a speculator. A bad investment had left him almost pen niless. He lacked the moral courage to face adversity anil iii a moment of des peration and despondency ho blew out his brains. The shock almost killed his wife, a woman of a delieate, nervous temperament. His daughter Doris rose superior to the occasion. She supported her mother from the rather small wages she earned in a store. One day she read an advertisement in a Western paper: "Ten girls wanted for light, easv occu pations in the mountains; wages $25 per week." With such large wages she could comfortably support her mother. The amount was more than twice as much as she had been receiving. Dhe had used her meagre savings to come West, only to find that "tho light, easy occupation" for which tho ten young girls were wauted was to serve beer in a dance-hall in Leadville. Being almost without mo.ney she took the fir3t place she could get; it was her present one— waitress in Mrs. McGuire's restaurant. "Chihuahua'' determined that tho girl should not longcjr work in the restau rant. But what could he do? There was no other occupation in which she could engage and remain in Pyrites, and hccjuldnot bear the thought of send ing her away Well, there was ono thing which ought to be done, if it could bo done. One September morning "Chihuahua*' Brown bade adieu to Pyrite3 for a short time and went up to his mines on Snow shoo Mountain. Before going he laid in a large supply of writting paper, some big, thick poiuted pcu9, a bottle of ink and some blank mining deed 3. The miners working adjoining claims noticed that "Chihuahua" Brown was paler than usual. His manner was 1c33 icßerved. 110 was nervous and excited at times. He sat up late at night writ ing and always concluded by tearing up what he had written. One night when ho was thus engaged, one of the men working on the night shift came to the door and yelled: "Chihuahua! Chihuahua! come into the mine and look at tho stuff we've got I in there—we've strack it big." "Chihuahua" hurried iuto the mine. It was a beautiful September after noon in Pyrites. The mountains were covered with wild flowers, and here and there the sides of the monster hills had been touched by the frost, transforming verdant hues into purple, crimson ai\d gold. Doris went for a stroll early in the afternoon. She gathered the flowers as she weut along, aud almost every step repealed some new beauty of the floral kingdom. Her mind was not so much upon the flowers as it was upon him— big, bearded, honest, manly 4'Chi huahua" Brown. She had received a letter from her mother that morning, in which a remittance of SIOO was ac knowledged. The letter to her mother had been scut by "Chihuahua" Brown, and he had stated therein that tho SIOO was a part of tho proceeds from a mine in which Doris had an interest with him. The money was badly needed by the mother, and her gratitude was almost extravagantly expressed. Doris strolled on, thinking of the generosity of "Chihuahua," and the secret, delicate method he had taken of showing it. It was time to return. The shadows began to gather ou the mountains, and darkness would soon be upon her. She started back to the trail; but, alas! there was no trail where she thought it should be. Again she located in lier mind's eye the place where she had loft the trail in her search lor flowers, but there was no trail when she arrived there. It was almost dark. She real ized that she was lost. Lost in the mountains; lost in a little basin, with the town of Pyrites just over a small ridge. But this latter fact sheidid not know. Higher up in the basin shosaw a light. It camo from a miner's, cabin. She started there. It was very much further than she thought it was. It seemed at lea9t an hour betore she ar rived at the little cabin from the window of which the light streamed out upon the dark mountain. The door was slightly opeu. Dorris knocked. No answer. She entered the cabin. There was a tire in the stove, for the night was chill. A neat looking bunk with clean blankets and coverlid stood in one corner. There was a mining map upon the wall. A bucket of water and a wish-basin were near the door. Can dles and miners' candle-sticks were stuck in the log crevices. In the centre of the room was a table covered with writing paper. Oa the table was a light that had guided her to the place—a can dle stuck iu the mouth of au empty bottle. What was this? A mining deed. Maxwell 11. Brown to Doris Ware, a one-half interest in the *'Goodness Gracious" lode. A letter—9hc must not read it. Iler name? Why, what could this mean? "Dear Miss Doris"—so the letter be gan. Then she real: All my life I have been going it a'onr, and I'm getting tired of it. 1 want a para—a pardner, 1 mean—an I that's you. 1 took you into pirdnership on the "Goodness '(reunions" if) le Inst month. Will vnu !.. mv psrd for life, an l have a regular warranty deed made out by Parson Wilson? I never was in love till I mot vou. I don't know how this affair will pan out, but I dou'b think I'll be able to winter throuih without you. I know my love ain't worth as mueh to you us yours is to me, and if you say you will bo my wi:e, I'll try and make the bar gain even by throwing in the whole "Good ness Gracious'' mine and the "Small Pota toes," which is an adjoining claim. Answer me quick. If I don't get an answer, I'm afraid I'll hurt somo of the boys, because 1 don't know what I'm doing half the time. Please marry me—will you? And oblige, yours respectfully. MAXWELL H. BROWN. Just as Doris finished reading sh< heard a step, a heavy step, at the door. She grabbed the pen •and wrote iu largo letters at tho bottom of the sheet: My answer is ye?. —DORIS. Some ono was bending over her. Some one had seen her write. Some one saw that plain, big "Yes," and she was gathered tight in a pair of strong arms, and felt a lcrvcnt kiss upon her lips. Another stop at the door. It was "Galena" Mike, a miner. "Chilhuahua," ho said, "there's an eight-foot vein o( that stuff, and it will run at least SIOOO to the ton. "Chilhuahua" did not answer Mike, but Doris beard him say: 4 'l wouldn't give one minute like this for 8,000,000 tons of it."—New York World. Cultivating tho Appetit?. Altogether too much time and talk are expended on what we shall cat and what we shall drink. Dainty dishes are all very well in their way, but in many families their preparation seein3 to be tho chief end and aim of existence. No sooner is ono meal cleared away, than plans are laid for something new aud ap petizing for another. What to cat forms the subject of con versation iu little gatherings of all sorts. Of course, cooking-schools aud the gen eral interest iti culinary matters have something to do with this, but the sub ject, like all others, is in very great danger of being overdone. Especially is this the case where there are youn \ and growing children. They gather from all that i 9 going on about them that eating seems to be the principal in terest of the family and friends, and it is not difficult to see to what this will lead. The little appetites are pampered, and the minds are tilled with fastidious notjocs about dishes and tho way to serve them. Too much importance cannot bo at tached to good, plain cooking and the proper preparation of food, but eating should not at any time form the princi j pal subject of c jnversation. It is not ! considered good form to talk about one's food while at table; there are topics of conversation much more desirable, and some pains should be taken to introduce some agreeable and interesting subject at the outset of tho meal. Do some thing, do anything to avoid the unceas ing tirade about what to cat and how to prepare P. That sort of thing is well enough in its place, but is by no means a proper subject lor general discussion. —The Ledger. Jloir Corean Troops Arc Drilled. On the recent arrival at Chemulpi, Corea, of tho Uaited States steamer Marion, Commander Gridley, accom panied by three of his officers, paid an official visit to Seoul, where they were the guests of United States Minister Au gustine Heard, at whose lequest His Majesty, King Li Fin, granted a private audience to the officers aud assured tho commander of his friendship for the United States. The officers were also in vited to wituesr the drill of a battalion of Corean soldiers, whose military bear ing was specially noticeable, as were also tho precision and excellence of their drill. Two companies of 13) men each took part in the evolutions, which were per formed according to Upton's tactics. The manual of arms, wheelings and marching in quick and in double time were admirably performed. The file closers all carried long handled clubs, or paddles, instead of lilies, like the rest. The officers' curiosity regarding the use ot these paddles was soon satisfied. A poor devil ill the rear rank,who brought his piece to "shoulder arms" instead ot "order arms," was instantly pounced! upon by two burly file closeis, knocked down and given a beating that must have made his bones ache for a month. Ho made no more mistakes that day. This interesting diversion was repeated several times.—New York Herald. Pests of Australian Farmers., The Australian farmers have many enemies to tight against, besides those which have been imported into the coun try, like the rabbit. Largo fruit eating bats do much damage to the orchards, and it is no plcasautsight for the industrious agriculturist to sec devouring swarms of tiiese so called flying foxes advancing on his crops of an evening. Wild dogs were formerly very numerous, but they did so much damage that they were destroyed without mercy. Oa large plantations a man is kept whose sole work is to lay out poison for them. One of the greatest annoyances in certain parts of Australia is tho poisonous nettle or "stinging tree." It is so poisonous that if its beautiful heart shaped leaves are only put in motion they cause one to sneeze. Tney are covered with nettles on both sides, and a sting from them gives great pain. Hotses wounded by them roil as if mad with pain, and if they do not at once receive attention they will in this way kill themselves.—Chicago Times. Parental Influence. • As n general rule a child's taste, opin ions, character and trend in life, and even its permanent destiny, are practic ally shaped before the child is seven or eight years of age. The failure of the parents rightly to instruct and train it in those early years, both by teaching and example, by constant watchfulness and loving care, can never be made good by a lifetime of devctedness in later years, —Detroit Free Press. BUCKING INTO SNOW. WHAT SEVERE WINTERS MEAN TO RAILROADS. Thrilling Experience* of Trainmen on the Prairie* lmprovement* lu Methods- Rotary Plows Which Scatter Snow Like Chaff—How the Lines Are Kept Open. Terrors of the Drifts. Of all seasons of the year for railroad men win tor is the worst. To train and jngine men it means extra work and in creased hardships; to the officials added sares and anxieties; to tho stockholder extra expenses and diminished dlvi lends. It takes a much larger force to lo a given amount of work in winter than it does in summer. Tlio oil or *dopo" freezes in the boxes on the cars, making the journals turn hard and re quiring much more power to haul thorn. The snow makes a "bad rail"—that is, It makes the rails so slippery that the adhesive power of the engine drivers is reduced so that much less than the usual number of cars can bo hauled up i grado and trains cannot make time. Then the ground is frozen hard, the frosty rails are more likely to break under the weight of trains, and a broken rail may cost half a dozen lives. The whole summer is devoted to prep arations for winter. An extra force of men is employed in the shops in get ting enottve power and rolling stock in good condition for the struggle in frost and snow. Hundreds of men are busy with steam shovels, gravel trains, and pile-drivers getting the roadbed in shape, and numerous bridge gangs look after bridges and culverts. When the ground is onco frozen about all tho trackmen enn do is to patrol the track looking for-broken rails and loose bolts, and shovel spow out of frogs and I * vS- V 4J' LAST IiKSOHT Or Till? OLD WAY. switches. 'When a joint fags in win ter it cannot bo leveled up with gravel tamped under the ties. It must bo "shimmed." A "shim" is a wodge ahaped piece of hardwood board about eight inches wide which is driven be tween the rail and the tie until tho joint Is level with the rest of the roa 1. But it is with tho flist snow-storm that tho troublo begins. When word is passod to the dispatcher that a blizzard Is raging along tho liuo freight trains already on the load are ordered lo "tio up" at coal and wattr stations, passen gor trains at. eating stations, and trains that have not loft terminal stations are "abandoned," that is, ordered not to leave. When a Irain out on tho road during a blizzard leaves ono station and fails to report at tho next In duo time the dispatcher does not need to be told that • that train is stuck hard and fast in a drift somewhere betwoen tho two sta tions. Accordingly he orders out a Bnow-plow and a way-ear or two to p'ek up seotionmen to shovel out that tra'n. This relief train stops at each section bouse on its way to pick up the "gangs," BO that it oton lias a good-sized force on board. The plow, or relief train, hurries to tho last sta tion tho snow-bound trail left: then proceeds under full control until the train is found. The railroad men boing familiar with the bad por tions of tho road, are able to marie a pretty good guess as to whero the lost train will bo found. Upon reaching, it tho section men are ordered out to shovel tho snow away from the wheels, the snow-plow couples on to tho rear car and assists tho engine hauling tho train to back out of the drift. Then 6now plow an 1 train back up to tho station, so as to permit tho train to sidetrack und let the plow tako tho lead to clear tho track. Or perhaps the re lief train may bo sent from the opposite direction —that is, meeting the snow bound train. It depends upon which way the train can be reached tho most readily. "When all trains are safe every body simply waits until tho stoim abates. Then comes "snow bucking." Itailroads within :.0 miles of Chicago, according to the Tribune, have but little "snow bucking" to do. Old engineers on tho Northwestern tell of times, when Chicago was some what smaller than now, when thoy had as hard battles with tho drifts as any CIiNTIUFUGAL C-NOW EXCAVATOR. road wost of tho Missouri. Ono tale is told of a passenger train that ran Into a snowdrift on "Buckhom" Mill, a few miles south of Milwaukee, and stuck there twenty-four hours before It was shoveled out. Tho engine was lair od completely except a small hole over the smoko-stack molted out bv smoke arid gases. On another occasion the same winter six engines coupled together inn do a run for a drift. 'J ho snow was raeicci co hard that the engine carrying the plow left the rails and climbed up on the snow. When they name to a stop and got down to Investigate, the othor engine men found the front engine at idl ing up In the air at an angle of twenty five degrees, and tho engineer and fire man lying under tho engine between tho Ilrebox and tlie tank. Thoy were not serious-ly hurt. In tho good old days that veteran lailioatlero toll of snow-bucking was done by menus of a "push-nlo.v.' which was fashioned comclhing like tho p'ov/.i farmers i so, except that instead of tlr.o7,lug the snow all to ono side, as a big farmer's plow would do it. threw it equally on each sido. In other words, tho push-plow consists of two concave surfaces joined at nil acute angle slop ing up at nn angle of forty-five degrees from n horizontal plate of steol at right angles to and two inches above tho rail. The plow is constructed of heavy iron and massive timbers. It is the width of n car and tho top is on a level with tho i bottom of tho headlight. It is bolted J on the front of tho engine where tho j pilot is usually carried. In light enow one engine is sent out I RESULTS OP BUCKINO SNOW. with tlio plow, again two, three, or even five engines nro coupled together, ac- ; cording to tho depth and extent of the j drifts to bo encountered. Tho push plow simply pushes tho snow to tho j sides of tho road. The engino or en gines are always run at their highest speed, for their weight an 1 momentum are depended on entirely to carry-them through. If they were to run slowly they would stick in tho drifts and would have to 1 o shoveled out. It is perilous business,for the snow packs so hard out cn tho great prairies of Kansas. Ne braska, Minnesota and Dakota that it j often throws tho plow from the track, particularly if it is a sido drift, with tho snow deeper on ono rail than on the other. Sometimes tho plow slides up on top of tho frozen snow without | th' owing the engino in the ditch. Hard ships, as well as danger, are connected with snow bucking. When running fine snow sifts in through the crevices in tho cab, and, falling on the boiler-head, melts, filling the cab with steum. Tho clothes of tho engineer and fireman are soon wet through, and they continue in . that condition until their trip is finished. Tho cold air comes in through the samo places that tho snow does, so the men j are not only wet but cold. The engi- | neer is under a great and constant I strain to keep his engino up to its maxi- I mum capacity and watching the road. j Tho fireman lias no easier time than tho engineer, for the coal soon gets so full of snow that only tho most expert Art!- j man can keep 6team up to serviceable pressuro. Sometime an engineer and fireman are out from fifty-six to seven ty-two hours on a snow-plow without a moment's rest and perhaps but two or three meals during that time. As an example of what engine-men are sometimes callod upon to endure, take tho caso of nn engineer on tho Northern Pacific, who was sent with a snow-plow west from Brainerd in tho midst of n blizzard eight years ago to keep tho road open. Ho was to be fol lowed by other plows at intervals of a couple of hours. Tho officials hoped, | in this way, to prevent a blockade. This engineer, after proceeding fifty miles, stuck in a drift. It was so stormy that ho could not see the length of his en- I gine. He had a big tank of coal, but the water was low, so ho and the fire- jgg/ RABSBN(;ER TNAIN FOLLOWING ROTARY. man took turns shoveling snow into tho tank, where It was melted by tho "heater"—that is a small pipe to con vey steam from tho boiler to the tank, i to prevent the water freezing. Tho storm lasted fifty-six hours. All the men had to eat during that time was i one small lunch. When tho wind went down, they found thoy were near a farm-house. Thero they procured food , tintll relief came twenty-four hours later. The engineer was tho only one ' of thirteen caught out on tho road in ! that storm who kept his engine "alive." I Five engine-men were frozen to death. I If the snow is very deep the plow is j followed by n "drag-out" and a gang of 1 200 or 300 shovelers. A "drag-out" is another engine to pull tho plow ongino j out of a drift when it gets stuck. On I coining to a deep cut tho plow stops ! while tho shovelers are brought up to j "break" the snow. This is donu by dig ging trenches across the track at a dis tance of 100 feet, more or less, so that the plow may not have a solid mass of snow to encounter. Then the plow en gine backs up for a mile and a half and rankos a run for the cut. By the time it strikes tho drift it is going sixty miles an hour. Tho shock is terrific. Ofti n the plow buries itself completely and comes to a full sop in going 40J feet. The concussion throws a ton or to of coal fro n tho tank forward upon the j deck of the engine. Sometimes it ; breaks the machinery so as to disable | tho engine tot illy—as the engineer i would*put it—"she stnps herself. " Then | the shovelers come up and dig the snow away, and if tho engine is all right the process is rcpeat'ed until that cut is clear. It used to be a process of days to clear a division with j ush plows and shovelers. Kach succeeding storm made matters worse, for the snow was simply pushed aside, not thrown out of the way. By the close of a hard winter a great portion ot the line would be lined on either side by precipitous cliffs of snow. Sometimes these cliffs became so high that tho on'y way fresh drifts could be cleared away was by shoveling ths snow upon flat ears and hauling it. gout to a place whero it could be got rid of. But methods of snow bucking l.avo improved with oilier branches of rail way sot vice. In ISSC), J. S. Leslie, of Brooklyn, an employe of tho Bail way Mail Service, perfected a lotary plow which was designed to cut ami throw i snow Ironi the truck r.a nearly | like the shovel in human hands I as It is possible to utilize steain j power. This first rotary plow made I its trial trip ou tho Union Bgcilic Bail way in tho winter of 1886 nnd 188f # making a rocotd of 3,000 miles through snow that sometimes reached a depth of fifteen feet, a' a cost of cents a , mile for operating both rotary and pusher. This was remarkable when | compared with tho cost of the old : methods of enow bu -klng. The rota y has been improved since then until it is consldero 1 porfect. Now an entire division can bo cleared of enow in a daj without discomfort to tho men who do tho work. Tho plow simply starts from one end of the division and keeps going at tho rate of twelve to twenty miles an hour until it gets to tho other ond, an i that is all there is to it. When it goef through a drift it opens a roomy pa eago. throws the snow entirely out ol tho way, and "flanges every foot o' road. Flang'ng is cleaning out th snow between and below the level o! the rails. Tho rotary has been Introduced on c large number of the Important lines be tween tho Atlantic, and Pacific coasts. Thousands ot miles of track have been cleared by it without tho loss of a single li e, it is claimed, or the wrecking of n single engine. Compared with the lonp lists of co9tly wrecks and numerous fatalities by tho old methods of snow bucking this is some'.hing remarkable. Tho rotary is also in use on the German and ltussiun Government linos. Another plow 1 utlt and operated or the same principle as tho Leslie rotarj snow plow is tho Jull centrifugal excavator. Instoad of a fiat wheel mad* up o? cone-shaped scoops as in the Lo lie plow tho Jull plow removes the sno\* by tncans of a great auger with the point (.irected down. It is operated in precisely tho same way as the other. THE OLD WEST. Ruffaloes, Indians and Outlaws Now Al most Gone. There are men in the far Western Sta'os and Terri'ories, an I very good fellows, too, when you meet them, in whose ears tho whistle of the 10. orao tive is an abominable sound. They are men who crosso 1 tho plains in covered wagons, and growing accustomod to the freoclom, tho lomanco and lawlessness of Western life, came to like it. Civil!- zat'on as it provals in tho States tc the eastward seems too much like a harness to them, and they would fain not wear it. They would have pre ferred to 6ee tho country remain wild and undeveloped, without railroads, telegraph lines, farms, fences and laws, and with onough Indians to produce ex citement 011 demand. Whatever ol feudalism crosso 1 the Atlantic found somewhat of a sphere for its activity on the mountains, In tho canyons, and on the plains of the West, but all is pass ing away. The pride which various Western lo calities have taken in audacious out laws has been a marvel to many peoplo living In the orJcrly and more closely governed communities of tho Fast. This was only becauso they could not appreciate Western conditions as they existed during the last generation. Hut Jesse Jameelsm, Youngcrism and Daltonism is coming to an end. A faint llicker of tho spirit that did homage to such boldness is now soon out In Colo j rado, where tho son of tho fatuous Kit | Carson has had tho chains of ihe law at I lust fastened on him, and must submit jlo the restraint of prison bars. Thrice : tried within a year for felony, he was j twice acquitted, even though it seemed that the evidence adduced was conclu ; B.VO of his guilt. Finely convicted, it wn9 only after great difficulty was ex perienced in getting a jury, since so many of the men called acknowledged that they were biased in his favor. Charged with shooting at an inoffensivo stranger to compel him to dance —and yet men doclared they were biased in his favor. The West is going. It was a great land. It has furnished many a stirring story, liut it is well enough. The In dians are gone. The buffalo are gono. The Wost must go. The West has gono. Give the mountains up to com mon hickory-sliirt toilers with pick and ax. Give the plains up to homes, farms and fat cattle. They are not so excit ing and picturesque as the old scenes, but they mean more comfort and more humanity, and they are the idols of that blessed empire whose star takes its course westward. No Name to Conjuro Hy. "Yes, I have somo funny experiences on the road," said a Now York drummot just in from a trip through Texas and Mexico. "About three weeks ago I was going from Eddy to Boswoll, N. M., on the stage coach, myself and the driver be ing all on boaid. We met a groat many teamsters loaded with goods from the railroad towns for the interior, and 1 noticed that every one of them made the stage give the road. 1 asked the driver what mado him do it, telling him that the law requires everything else to give the light of way to tho I nited States mail. "Now," I said, "the next wagon we meet 3*ou keep the road and I'll do the talking." " 'All right, boss, ef you say so,' he answered, smiling peculiarly. "Well, wo mot tho next wagon at n very bad place in the road, and the driver, obeying instiu tions, stopped. 1 put my head out of tho coach and called out to tho teamster in front of us thai he must turn out as this was Uncle I Sam's mail. ' The teamster went down into his | wagon-box and, whipping out a big Colt'f ! revolver, said: I " 'Looky here, young man, I'll have i you to know that this ain't no kintrj I uv plug hats, an' that Uncle Sam don'i I travel this road; an' ef he did, by j he'd to give the road to the lightest | load! Now, I'll give you jist one min 1 I to git oufc'n my way!' " j "Welly" asked the listener, seeing thv j narrator pause, "what did you do?" | The drummer smiled. I "We got," he answered, "and ha( ; thirty seconds to spare."—New Y'ort | Ke.order. One Outy of ltunftlan Police. j Ono of the principal duties of thi j Russian policeman is to awaken thos | unfortunates who have fallen asleep ii : thostieets during a hard frost. Thest aro usually either the isvoschik in hi; | slodgo waiting for his fare, and dozing I off ere that faro comes into the sleep o lethe, or drunken men who have tripper and fallen on the pavement and hav : not the enorgy to get up again. Tin | orthodox method of awakening sucl ' sleepers is to rub their ears violently | backward and forward—a plan Specially to I e recommended bocauso it not onlj j rouses the slumborer but also puts hin ! into such a rage that he is far too nngr\ 1 afterward to 1 all asleep ngain.—Templt ! Bar. Tlie Neft Century. What will the discoveries and in ventions of the nineteenth couturv leave to the twentieth? Steamboats and railroads, ocean steamer naviga tion, clipper ships and screw propel lers have been invented; ihe powers and mysteries of electricity have been developed to the uses of mankind. Implements and machinery to en able farmers to master the tillage of thousands of acres with less toil than was required in the cultivation of the farm of less than one hundred acres. Lighting bv gas was introduced, metal pens anc. friction matches were invented; aluminium, was discovered: also chloroform, iridium, lithium, magnesium, palladium, potassium, quinine, rubidium, ruthenium, stron tium, thallium, yttrium, and zincon ium; daguerrotypesand photography, phonography the stethoscope, the com plete sowing machine, the bicycle, re volverand (lattling gun,and tremend ous explosives used in quarrying,min ing, and gunnery. The steam printing press was an invention of the early years of the century, now developed to the print ing of many thousand sheets per hour. Electricity has been reduced and trained to the uses of mankind in every conceivable manner, and Edi son lias made its powers the wonder of Ihe age. Franklin caught it, Morse reduced and utilized it to the uses of telegraphy, Field and his as- " soclates employed it, I'uck-liko, to cable continents and belt the world with instantaneous intercommunica tion. Electric light and railways are among the wonders wnich are in common use. The phonograph and telephone are trained mysteries, which everybody uses. What will there be for the twentieth century to discover or invent? _ DREAD CERTAINTIES FORETOLD. IVlint ('limine. Neglect nnd Wnnt of th Proper Medicine Will Do. There are some things which are as sure as fate and can be relied on to occur to at lea9t one half of the human family unle&a means are taken to prevent: First, the climate o! winter is sure to bring colds; second, colds, not promptly cured,are sure to cause catarrh; third, catarrh, im- ; properly treated, is sure to make life short and miserable. Catarrh spares no organ or function of the body. It is capable of destroying sight, taste, smell, hearing, diges.ion, secretion, assimilation and excretion. It pervades every part of the human body—head, throat, stomach, bowels, bronchial tubes, lungs, liver, kidneys, bladder, and sexual organs. Catarrh is the cause of at least one half of the ills to which the human family is sub ject, Is there no way to escape from it? There is. I'e ru-na never fails to cure a cold. Pe-ru na never fails to cure catarrh in the first stage. I'e ru-na cures catarrh in the second stage in nine cases out of ten. Pe-ru na cures catarrh in its last and worst stages in the majority of cases, and never fails to benefit every case, however bad. Pe ru-na also cures la grippe, coughs and consump tion in the first ttages with unfailing cer- 0 tainty. A book on the cure of throat and lung diseases and catarrh in all stages and vari eties sent free to any address by The Pe-ru na Drug Manufacturing Company of Col umbus, Ohio. Jcxrn Are on Top Now. Fharnoh, who drove the Jews ou! of Egypt, 1300 11. C., was net aware that a Jew would be the premier ol Egypt 1893 A. D. The Jewish Rlai Pasha is now the prime minister of Egypt's ruler, even as Joseph, the son of Jacob, was the prime minister of another of Egypt's rulers. Erom Iho 6cat of his power, Ilia/, beholds the pyramids which his ancestors helped to build for !he mummies of tho Pharaohs. The fellaheen of Egypt are under the Jewish pasha, as the Jewish bricklayers wore once under Pharaoh. Ural of All V To cleanse the system in a gentle and truly beneficial manner,when the Springtimecomea, use the true ami perfect remedy,. Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for all the family and costs only fiO rents; tho hr,-o s'.zeSl. Try II and be pleased. Manufactured by the Califor nia Fig Syrup Co. only. In the Alaska mines potatoes sell for 50 cento each ami tobacco lor H> a plug. There ie more catarrh In thfa section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to euro with local treatment, pronounced it *n curable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Mali's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. f. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from lOdrops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly upon the bloode*id mucous surfaces of the system. They cff.c_ .<>o for an; case it fails to cure. Benu for circulars and testimonials. Addreae IT. J. CiiKNtcY & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. . V The largest Canadian fish hatchery is ai Selkirk. It has a capacity of 15,000,U00. We eat too much an 1 take too little out-door exercise. This is the fault of our modern t iv. ilizatlon. it i< cla.ncd that Garfield lea, a simple hctb remedy, helps Nature to overcome these abuses. A Cincinnati stamp collectors' society just organized has 18 nu tubers. Cottons AND IIOAI HKNF.SS. The irritation which induces c nu'hlng relieved by use of "Brown's Bronchial Troches Sold only in boxt-i Uncle Sinn's hoys have t30,000,0C0 of cap itai invested in Hawaii. A Complete Newspaper For One Ten*. Ihe I'illshurtili Clinmicle-Tclei/raph is sold by ell News Audits nnd delivered by Carrier! everywhere, for One ('rut a copy or Six Cents 1 week. It contain< dully, the news of th . world, receiving as it does, the reports of bot'i I the Associated Press and the Unite I I'tvss. Nf I other paper which sell* for Ow Cent receive* 1 otli of these reports. Its Sporting, Fintnoiil, pHshion, mi I Household Ifepartuiuuts are nu* | tquuled. Older it trout your New* Agent. If afflicted with sore eyes use I>r. Isaac ThomJ^ r.on's Kye-wuter. Druggist*sell ut*ic per bolt)*
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