JHE1URE OF GOLD
Romance and Tragedy of the Old
Bonanza Trail.
A ROAD TO WEA'.TH AND CRIME
It Led to the Biche-t Deposits of Gold.
In ? Relatively Si mil Territory, Evor
Discovered ? Oayr of Strenuoue Life
1 and Frenzied Lawlessness.
The Bonanza t-ill be^u at Fort
Laramie, Wyo. It rau east of tbe Owl
Creek mountains, west of tbe Bit
Horn mountains. Ut a northwest direc
tion to Llvtogator ana Bozeman. then
forking to tbe present Helena and Vir
ginia City. In w>%r and Indian depart
ment aanale It 1c known aa tbe Boze
man trail. Immediately, however. U
*** 8l*?o tbe more romantic name,
and for tbe best of reason* It led to
what were tbe richest deposits of gold.
So a relatively *?all territory, that tbe
world bad ever seen. J
i Ont of Aider gulch and Laat Chance
nlch, within 200 miles of each otbar
to Montana, was taken. In ten abort!
,'ear*' considerably more than taoo - i
<WO,QOO in pure gold. It was anybody's I
?JW11' V-?nd tbe wonderful lock of the I
TOaWorala golJ aiggSm s f,w roars be. I
ffo* ronfsd men to 6raTe eveVWaj
?Wp at Um?e prises. ?
at all that these
Wlcbe. were 2.000 miles from tbe
?llroa?t and that other gold
?? ^" 'rere f,r e?*ler to reach. Here
JKf the great El Poradp, and with
W "joalm the gold ^SeSThu^
?* JP yan,?0sa territory, defying
fed Cloud ana <Svtry other Indian. out
renegade nod holdup man.
+-?ow tokny Uvea were sacrificed along
tola trail_ ty wealth will never tie
kfl6Wff. All that Is certain Te that
there nerer wag another chapter in tbe
world's history like this. Tfce Ion*
,JJB?d tojo the mysterious country and
The settlements of mining camps grew
up almost to a single night. There
were only Ore men to the little party
when Bill Falrweather "washed" the
Brst pan to Alder gulch and made a die
covery even more wonderful than anv
to the palmy days of California or
toter the Klondike.
^fars ,ater Alder gulch, at one
-?f Bonanza trail's two ends, was
nmong tbe most picturesque places la
the country. The world was ransacked
for men and women to give perform
**"? the theaters. To offer W en
tertainment to the patrons of the Tarl
reaorts. The gold hunters, gorged
2? prosperity^ wantetj amu^effienL.
Ttoe restaurants were opened and food
fought to at great expense from tw
7?nd the seas. The smallest money
was a twenty-five cent pinch of gold
4 ?ooch. It bovght
than a copper cent doeJ in Tiy
part of .the United states today. 1
^Meantime an unending stream of1
tetaaJif ?<?* LaAnift ;
TW da^l of the trsll w?ga t kss*.tt
frenzied la wlesaneaa, and many are the
picturesque storlej
?down. Over the
9??u\ canla
The man who -started
t with their propoaed vlcttaa i
.. _ rtOjout i
Armed robb
horses from one class
sfiid them to " "
hcrse t*S? the tola i
tatlon and ralaiHeTevohd baman Mfe I
"boss stealing" was set down by the
"district" ?* ? citUe ranishable by |
death. There -"were lew court*, aao
kuch as there were were mHee fro*
the I rati. A Jury would be*<*? be at
once impaneled among those praAeot.
the man tried and if found goN'ty bang
ed to a tree without ceremony.
Hotels flourished and were prosper
ous beyond Imagining, for every one
apent money, and there was mtu-h
flaunting In tbe higher grade estab
lishments beverages were served In cut
glass; champagne was common. Every
resort was crowded with people. Tb>.
newcomers frequented these places In
quest of Information, paid 25 cents for
a glass of beer made from barley
grown by the ex-Confederate soldier'
at Bozeman and sold to the Virginia
breweries for 8 cent* ti pound, and nor
enough could be received to supply tlx
demand. Table board cost $7 a da',
for the very cheapest, and If one slept
to a chair In the hotel lobby at night
when tbe rooms were all rented, be
paid $ 1 .50 for tbe privilege.
was the only medium . of ex
change. A pinch of It. 1*1 ween the
forefinger and the thumb, as has been
aald. counted 2.-, cents. There would
be n tendency with some men to take
Just n little l;lt more. When that ten
d.'Ccr was noticed In a man he wa?
Mven hours to leave town- and It was
Mdorn ovef rw? b?r ?*. The wis* man.
aid not stnm* on cer.Mvu'.' <?r protest
be "tamoosod in .-????? vernacular
The uews(>rt{MTs of the elt.t sold for
- V"1'3 ' bot fro? the press,
land full of news of lym-hings. new dig
flogs, "clear m>s." "bold nps.,; "hod
am' and gossip of a breezy rharsc
"r H,m ?nd eggs to order coat 12.00
Bnajrere worth 00 cents apiece and
a* ordinary meal of deer or buffalo
"*?t with potatoes or coffee and
?hfaad. was nerer leea than f 1.J0. A
wm* "T POer to get down to fare
It m^de no dlffanrace wbat a
anight have been back In n*e I
" ^ wa* ??
WHEN FACING DEATH.
Pain or Fright, It Would App*tr, H
Ranly P riunt
A distinguished Kritlsli pbyslcbUj
wh? has besu at gnuie |miu* to culled
da.* on the subject a*?erts tbat ten
ptisans about to die bare really an;
fcrr of dissolution. There Is rited th<
ca j of tbe African explorer who wu?
pu tlallj devoured by a lion. He di
ck red tbat ke felt uu pain or fear an*
ILut his only seuaaiiuu wus one of II
tense ourioaity aa to what portion <?-.
his body tbe liau would lute next.
Rustem 1'saba. Turkish ambassado
at London. Used to tell of on attack
made upoa klm by a bear during r
boat in tbe east The beast tore off r
bit of tbe Tark's hand, a part of hi
arm and a portion of his shoulder.
Bastem solemnly sverred that be ?ur
fared nattber pain nor fear, bat that lit
felt t&a greatest Indignation becausi
the bear kr?Kt*4 with so much sails
faction while aunchlnf him.
Grant Allen, whose scientific habit ol
thought cava weight to kia wards, says
that In his bay hood be had a natron
escape from jJrownln&
While skjrtag lie fell throagb thlu
lea over a place whence several block'
had tbe dsj before Veen removed. H<
was carried auder the thicker ice be
yood and when ha <MM> to the surface
tried to break through by bl*
head afloat ty. The result was that
ha was stunned. tbW numbed by tbe
fo)<T arnf id waterlogged that artifljliU
respiration had to be employed to re
store- hii& These are the impression*
aa recorded liT -hla with reference to
tbe pala lie suffered:
"The knowledge tha( I haye tbus ex
perienced desth In my own person ha?
Jjad a great deal to do with my \ytet
phyjlQSl Indifference to It 1 know how
it feels. T bud only, a sense of cold,
damp and breathlessness, a short strng.
gkiM 9?e? p!l WOlf
"I had been motnemarily ancomfort
9ble, but it was not half so bad ai
breaking an arm or having g lootb
4r?wn. In fact, dying Is as painless a?
falling asleep. It is only tbe previous
struggle, tbe sense of Its approach, thai
is at all uncomfortable. Even this it
less unpleasant than I should have ex
pected. There was a total absence of
any craven shrinking. Tbe sensation
Was merely the physical one of gasping
tor breath.? Harper's Weekly.
THE AdE OF MAN.
Sonne* Plscss It Between 400,000 and
1000.000 Yun.
It is quite possible, said Professo A.
Keith hi a lecture to the British as
sociation at Dundee. that man aa we
[mow Jjlm qqw took on bis human
chaSctertaticj ao3>ewbere oeur the
beginning at the pliocene period, and
wbUe the exact data Is simply a KB**8
die beat yt Una tea araUabUt Indicate
1,408/xK R C. aa no? fir- frgm ite
ygii. _ If the erldenca of tbe Hint
collector*" to accepted as authentic.
pUoceoe man to a possibility
Profeasor Italtb ??% Mlt We had
trace<\ ourselves back to the middle of
tbe 7bei\ we w*rt 4e
by another form of kttk
.^Imoet as dtotlac) from na aa Mfe
ytfe at Toast t*o VarlSW *f toaa
tte VTT-rilUfVMhM ot iJsWolberi;
wad Ke sduU braioad fiffn of . Jay?-,
t?t the "repraaaotatlTe of modern Jaffa
it tbat eariy period" baa not/la ye*
been fyaod.
-ITS? TSWyfg: Ralotare Accept
ed, tin- i#6<i3ty of atah to at least
lOflD.ISWy^ai?. According to Profesao r
Keith, tbe ortltfxtox (by wblob press w
?W; h? uieaot scientlflcsUy ortbodex;
?pinloq. to mst "tk? dawn tt tfc? vary
eaflleat form of ban**lt> Uea -KW.euo
years betoiixt m." I^rom all af wWlch
It is pUin rtakt tbe. beginnings af tbe
aK? of mc". an stW skroaded ia mjs
Mm 1 tfrUh to leave In your
minds la.** tafcl Professor Keith to
t'onc! uui<m. "that In ths distant past
there was not one kind, but a snmber
of very ?*!Terent kk i<!s af meu to ex
Istence. all ?f wblcb have become ex
tlnct ex ept tbsi braocli which baa
given origin to *u?xlera man."*? New
York r''M(.
Hr? Hi* Own Death Certificate.
You never knuw when a maa la really
dead N<if even If yon are a doctor. I
knar/ it mun who walk* about cheer
fully no\r and occasionally pulls out
from hlx pot ketbook hi* death certltl
cate, duly Hi cued by the doctor some
yearn ago. Just to amuse yon. The doc
tor .maid be was dead. He disagreed
And hi* protest Ik the -humorous pre
jentatlon of the dentil certificate wbeu
yon a*k for Ills card.? I.^ndon Chron
icle. " ? '
Thackerayand Roast Mutton. ?
Thackeray often dropj>ed In to din
ner. sometimes announcing himself ii
Terse. The following Is one of hi:
epistles:
A r.lce leg of mutton, my Lucie,
I pray thee have ready for me;
Have It smoking and tender and Juicy.
For no better meat can there be.
?Recollections of Janet Ross
Wise Child.
"You may give three Important 111 as
t rations or tbe power of the preas.'
lays tbe teacher to the class.
The pupil who has not hitherto dis
tlngulshed himself la first to reply:
"Cider, conrtahlp and politics^*
Judge.
Still Looking.
Ho? Fire years ago when I saw Lei
she was looking for a husband, bu
she's married now. She? Yes. and sbe't
tasking for blm. especially a
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BUSINESS DIPLOMACY.
Vftwt -Sorry, but That I* the Rule,"
Coat On* Bank.
?The making of rules for the carry
ing on of business Is a good proi>osi
ilou. but lrooclad rule* sometimes In
jure as much iik they help." a New
York banker declared recently. "Hera
in an Illustration:
"One uf the d&posttorp lu my con
cern had s:i \ e l uut.iy year*. Bis bank
book, tiu.i* e.: a:ul yellow, was full to
t!:e lust cues v.'l.U entries that ex
Aeudrnl |i u since his wedding
day. And when the time came that
he must take out a uew book he asked
to ^ave^tbe old oue.
** 'Sorry." the teller said, 'but It's a
role uf the company that when a new '
book la Issued we must take up the
aid one." '
" 'But you don't understand,' the de
positor argued. That old book la
not blag to you. It la worth ? whole
lot to me. Uaay's the night By wife
and I have aat up with that, looking
orer the entries, planning tot the fu
ture wben all the additions we bad
planned would be made la It We've
sees our little accoant grow from (10
ts 1100, from (100 to 11,000.' His
rolca grew a bit beaky. 'Why. that
little book has been a sort of Bible to
as. It has represented oar every hope
in lift. We tare planned by it, dream,
ff^by It. May I ?ot keep it J*
"The "clerk smiled sympathetically, i
Wahead^
J aranot violate one of the Irofl
dad rules of the estsbllshment,' he
aggwered. aqsl J?e gmo JunwJ away.
"A mohth Vrenl by, Anj tbSS
a check for tt(e man's entire balaqce
aim* Into the bank. He transfer
red his accoant to another institution.
The matter came to my attention some
way, ind 1 heard the story of the
lorn and tattered bank book. That
hlgbt, in the little bulletin which we
send around our place, wss a notice
that vps written by me:
4 'Hereafter there shall not be an
ironclad rule In this bank that 1b too
strong or too heavy to resist breakage.
consult the cashier on matters
of diplomacy In the future.' "?New
Tork World.
WOMEN OF FRANCE.
They Are the Boum Even Though the
Men Won't Admit It.
Tbe women of France bare been de
scribed as tbe backbone of tbe French
nation. Tbe remark applies more to
tbe middle class tban to tbe aristoc
racy. Tbe bourgeois?, truly a helpmeet
to her husband. Is In fact more often a
manager and as a rule efficient In that
capacity. It Is she who Carries on tbe
Kttle shop, while her baa band, perhaps
nominally the bead, runs errands at
bfr bidding. Not that tbe frenchman
^onld artmlt tjy>^ jyvc-f heley) (t la the
truth. ItlttffyWRM?*tKtsaWSl
fieis "Interests elsewhere is well. Thus
f)?! may. work fpotbe railway or Jgj
sdme other ehterprlft^
1? farls on? enten m Mtractlre llt
tfc picture Or shop on the Roe
d* RlvoH. A tmiUng Frenchwoman
Wales fWWsM to cajole the tourlatlnto
all sorts of fascinating things
M Nally doe* not want. It la the same
'bft. ?bona where pre sold kodak
i<WT>1le^. fend i?ostearde? not a dan to
be ^An except as a purchaser.
ft one ferrets out a Mttlf hardware
store and gr?s In t<j Coy rope or nails
or anything of Giat sort, there may be
a" apji, the proprietor probably, to bant
for Just what la desired, but even then
Mb wife sl(a at the daak, guarding the
money drawer and Veeplng a dooe
watch ever all that Is happening.
Likewise st tbe bfctcber's madams
slu In state at tbn receipt of caafa.
The case Is tbe same at the grocer's,
where abQ gives out change and keepa
(be accounts. No MM hireling la to ba
traated with eikch weWhty matters.
All customer* ofcoulil step to greet tbe
?Distress <ot tbe s'bop as tbey enter and
mast on tu> accoant forget their "Baa
Jo v, tnadane!" on departing. Theae \
?tt>% courtesies are among the niti
Ttols with tbe French, and If tbe f*- ,
eigner forgets or neglects them tot
I qaently faro# badlf.? London 8p**tftrfr~
The Human Vote*.
One's surprise at the fact tbtftno two
persons' voices ara pwfectiy allka
ceases when one is Informed by an au
thority on the subject that, thong'.!
there are only nine perfect -tones in
the human voice, there Is the astound
ing number of 17,59^.180.044.415 differ
ent sounds. Of these fourteen dim r
musc les produce 10^83. and thirty iinVi
rect muscles produce 173.741 JXSR. whil?
aTT in co-operaTTon produce " flu* lulal
given above.
Unconscious ;Sar -s sm.
- ? A Bcotfh rlsllor Hi 11^' (l.iivvw. lit
Cbeyne row. was tnuHi sir .?? ; mT,4??
.he soundproof room w!ii?*li t!:i* '
had contrived for hiiuscl' hi rfj ?*"*?<*
lighted from the top. >i.u\ v.ii.'rv n<?
tight or sound from ou;*l'> ? . i;i ; gkw'
trate. "My cert??s. thi* 1- crtat
the old friend, wi'.h nlWr.^'ir^ air
ensm. "Here y* mity r.-ri'-* 1 ? - * ?;-X .
all tbe rest of your lift* .mil n?? ti.nr?>ii
being lie one bit the
Not to Ba Bitten.
Andrew Cherry, the htlfr *nyl re
eeived an offer of no ensure M*ut f.w.
a theatrical iiliHiager who l???! 11 *i pre
vlously treated him very^e't 71 It ??/#
been bitten ~bj you once."
am resolved that you
two bttea of A. Cherry." - 1, udu
Telegraph.
iCimlilint
( That bl# fallow certainly does act lr.
a vsry aOly way."
"Perhaps, being stoat ha thinks t
BAtelt jt hto.omdaot o?#ht to t*r frfM
Free
Let me
mall
you ai
^ Sample
? of our
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to dealers ;
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^NiMikaHn
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MOVED
Cross the Street
Next to City
Market
Store 110 fuel long and 26 feet
wide and goods horn one end to
the other* tuth as lad loo and mens]
underA-VSV. mens hats, suspenders
shirt?. Big lot ak wool work skirts
ladies collars, 100 new neckwear
lace and numerosa other articles too
numerous to mention. Come down
plunder over tbe goods, you may
find what rou want. Going to sail
riaht down 'uodar cast. Shoes,
Shoos, Samplo shoes, Women Sam*
pie Shots, going right under cost. '
I P. Wipstop
Candler-Crowell Company
if Yo& Please
Our trtock '' <if French wad Hol
land bnlbe are now arriYing
and to "plant early injures fine
flower*.
Remember we make the
- finest wedding boquets
and floral designs.
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orders promptly execnttvl by
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WilMns & Stegall
Barbers
Louisburg - - - - If. C.
We have a?aiQ formed * ?nm?t?m
ihip in the barber* boameaa sad win
make everything to oar lahMn con
venience. We hare foor eWn which
if a guarantee that you "? Wt have
to wait *o leu* Our l>ltw h)t> beet
FT* tu a call. ~ -
* ZOLLIE WnXOIS
Why
Suffer?
am anxious to have you become acquainted with ike marks of The Greet Pain Remedy,*
Noah's Ljniment. and wil with pleanre. teed you a free temple oo requctt II it good
for man or heart, interna] and external uae, and ia pcxitirely guaranteed to
do all dial ia fliinwii for it, or your mooey will bo refunded. ?
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Sciatica, Neuralgia, Lame Back, Stiff Joint* and Muaclea, .Sore Throat.
Cokk Sprain*. Strain*, Cuta, Burn*, Brunei, Colic, Ciampa, Toothache,
and aS Nenre, Booe aod MukIo Ache* and Pain*.
Nosh'* 1 illllllHlt j? fold at 25c., 50c, and $1.00 per bottle by
all dealer* in medicine. _
Iimi,nn.i Mill 1 4 ~ mj^. N~ii M?tk. f<o?l. K? ?^7 C*.. U?., Kitkmtm*,T^_
Cut this Coupon out and Mail at onca.
Oty <t Ti
ITO USX TO THROW AWAY THAT
OLD PIECE OF KACHIHERY
WkM We tan Mate it as Good m
? i- -V,,.. .. ' '
Htw for Tom. Come to Seo tJs
Jatkaom Trl-State Motor Car Co.
? Loafcborg, F. C, W?st Nash Street
FRESH
CEREALS
for the fall
Btekwfaeat
OatA*?
P?stu*
StftiMt Cfcb^s
Stodted fWt Biscuit
ThiM Cora Vfehm
Qrlti
Ofttmaal
Crap? V?ts
Pnffed Wheat
Hoalay
Wheat Hearts Pancate Flour Etc.
BJ k HICKS Phone 330
PAWNBROKERS GOODS
^ "a
la Mii* line we have a lote-df -good clothing, niusioal imh iiinrntTr
?watehfs, etc. at hvob* raaaoaatile price*
I tin alao well w?pain4 to handle j oar old Furnit?r? Ilapaifiefi
llave your old furahar* iaad? a* good ai naw. ] mai* all ? - ? and
gradea ot pictnr* fra mo?. When in ntwd of aor o! the cortie to
" ^T1 -
E. ODOM, Louisburg, IN. O,
Spruill Building Court {Street
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