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(Ircnter Intci-cxt In Irrigation.
Tlui dry wenlher of .Inly and the
resultant damage to crops In Hcwral
ncctioiiH of I he Htate have caused Xc
braHldt fanners to display renewed in-Icri-Ht,
in tho subject of irrigation.
State Engineer OohHon Iimh received
many upplleationH for water rlghtH
along tlio I'lattc river and inquiries
are being made dally at t lit irrigation
olllee relative to mutliodH of lmlng
water for irrigation purposes. Mr.
Dobsou Ih eneonmglng InveHtigatlotiH
of this Hiibjeet ami all applications
(lied at IiIh olllee are receiving prompt
attention. The Htate hoard of irriga
tion Iiiih .jiiriHdietion over (lowing
HtreaniK only and it. ean do nothing
more than UHHlst thoHe who wIhIi to
use -.well water for irrigation. Sev
eral successful HyKteniH depending en
tirely upon wcIIk for the water Kiipply
are now in operation and Mr. Dohsnu
lielievca similar methodH might he
adopted elsewhere and with good re
fill IH,
Niijh Teacher Cut Itntcx.
State Superlnteiident Fowler Iiiim
1 raveled over 0,000 iiiIIch In Nebraska
wince June 1 and visited 42 institutes
In iih many eountieH. Mr. Fowler Ih
malting a plea for fair wagCH for tlie
teaehe.rH of Nchrimku schools. He iIoch
not, aHk for a general InereaHe in mil
nricH, hut. lie IiihIhIh that a fair and
honcHt standard he maintained
throughput the Mate, "in various
counties 1 have had my attention
called (o underbidding on the part
of tcaeliei'H or persoim wht) are eek
ing employment a teaehcrH," said
Mr. Fowler. "I am trying to dlHcour
ago thirt praotlee. I am not demand
ing that salaries be rained; what I oh
Jeet to Ih the lowering of salaries un
der HUeh eouditioiiH iih 1 have inen
tioned." OiiiiiIiii'n Delimit School Ilnnril.
Thu Omaha board of education
ineinberH, given the alternative of
appearing before the city council iih
witnesses or going to jail, accepted
the latter, and warrantH were IhhuciI
for their arrest. MemberH Htate that
they will not appear before the coun
cil unlesH carried in a patrol wagon.
They prefer to aiiHwer in police court
for an infraction of the city ordi
nance enjoining upon them obedience
to the edunetl. The hcIiooI board orig
inally incurred the council's tlinplean
lire by implying, in the report of a
committee, that Huch were being di
verted through oilicinl corrupt ion.
Unit r tin FrlcmlN from .Smallpox.
MIhh Alice Florer, a York county
.young lady nchool-tcachcr who "wiih
attending tlio normal Hchool at Fre
mont, wiih exposed to smallpox. Miss
Florer did not. want to expoHo her
friends and relativcH and wrote be
fore her return to1 York, asking her
nlHtcr to prepare a nhelter in a grove
near the hoiiHe for her, where she
could Htay until it wiih known wheth
er or not Hhe would be Htrleken with
the dlsenHe. A place wiih built for
her and Hhe lived alone there for
lliruu weeltH. She did not tako the
.disease.
Slate Fair Ground Improved.
The line nhowlng which the Htate
fnir grounds at. Lincoln will make
this year Ih a tuple freely commented
upon by all who have ween them
with the now improvement practical
ly completed. Nothing ho attractive
'in the way of aeeominodatloiiH have
ever been furnished before and both
exhibltoi-H and the' people who visit
will be greatly pleased at the showing
made the first, year of the permanent
fair.
I.mmliliiK, Site Took I lor Life.
Mrs. Chaunoy Adain.s, wife of a
young blaekHinith of North Loup,
committed Huieido by taking carbolic
acid. There 1r no known cause for
the act, as Hhe wan present at a ball
game a few moments before and ap
peared to he in good HpIrltH, laughing
a lid chatting with the neighbors.
Thin I'iijk All UoIiIn.
"This payn all my debts," wrote
.Tinmen T. Hoffman. And It nurely did,
for Hoffman's body was found iloat
ing at the foot, of Jones street in
Omaha. Hoffman had been eking out
a prconrioiiH existence as a watch re
pairer. ioIl AIoiimt tlio lllue Hlvcr.
The test of (lour gold made at Uriclc
ton on the llluu river was a good suc
cess and proved a big surprise to Chi
cago parties who are there with their
mill for extracting gold. It was much
.richer than they expected.
Four Thousand Attended 1'lenle.
The Cuming county old Kettlcr'n pic
nic at West Point was attended by
4,000 people, (lov. Ravage and Mayor
Moores, of Omaha, were among those
who spoke.
Saloon Men In Majority.
The resignation of Councilman Fru
iter, of Humboldt, gives the saloon
license men a majority and the license
law that, wnH recently repealed with
ITraker's vote haB been re-enaeted.
OF NEBRASKA. I
t'nn it I'll role lie Limited?
Apropos of the threat made by (lov.
Savage that unless ex-State Treasurer
Hartley complied with certain condi
tloiiH of the parole he would be re
turned to prison, t lie point Iiiih been
rained that ("lov. Savage Iiiih no power
to return Hartley to the penitentiary
so long iih he complies with the eon
tlitiotiH of the temporary parole,
which In brief are that ho maintain
good behavior, and report, regularly
to the warden through Ids sponsor,
('. O. Whcdon. In other words, It is
contended that the governor cannot
limit a parole and return the prisoner
nt the expiration of the time allowed,
unless the prisoner by IiIh behavior
gives Home cause for the action.
To DIhiionc of .School LnndM.
Land Commissioner Follmer will be
gin a land leasing tour in soul hern
Nebraska the middle of September.
He will start in Wo baler county and
go went through the counties of Har
lan, Franklin, Furnas, lied Willow,
Hitchcock, J)undy and then east
through the eountieH of CIhihc, Hayes,
Frontier, Gosper, Thelps, Kearney and
Adams. The hoard of education lands
and funds will meet September U to
declare forfeit urea and the auctions
will be held after tho land has been
properly advertised.
TtVliniNliii Xnt inunl Ilnnlcn.
The latest, report of the national
banlcH of Nebraska, made .fuly 15,
kIiowh the average reHorvo held at
.'14.40 per cent., ngaiiiHt 117.48 per cent,
on April 'J I; loans and discounts in
creased from $10,08:i,:i0l tt $10,88.1,
550; gold coin decreased from $745,010
to $7:t:i,450; total specie decreased
from $1,010,804 to $1,0:11,858; lawful
money reserve decreased from $1,027,
500 to $1,0'J2,0'J5; individual deposits
Increased from $2 1,(501, 'i 15 to $22,250,
70(1. Hiirnl Free Delivery IlouteN.
Itural free delivery will be estab
lished October 1 at Kearney, Elk
Creek, Geneva, Waverly, Crete and
York. The service will go into oper
ation November 1 at Grand Island,
Minden, Greenville, Mead, Diller, Heat
rice, Colon, Grafton, Peru and Fair
bury. There are 100 rural free deliv
ery routes in operation in Nebraska,
witli 2G0 applications pending.
Unity Killed ly Strychnine.
Mrs. C. W. Chlnery arrived at Fair
mont recently from' Colorado to visit
her siKter, MrH. .lolin Keller. She un
packed her trunk in tlio prcsenqe of
her young chid. Mrs. Chinery took
some strychnine tablets from the
trunk and the baby swallowed them.
A physician was called, but his efforts
failed and the little one tiled.
"Detective" Ilium In Trouble.
Fred Ilium, a detective for the Elk
horn railroad, Ih under arrest for per
jury. A freight ear wiih robbed on the
Northwestern near Hhtir July 0 for
which Hiehard Latta is under arrest.
It. Ih charged that. Nans hired Latta.
and one Francis to "rob" the train,
that he (Hans) could make u credit
able showing iih a sleuth.
Over Two Million Mure.
The quarterly report of the state,
banking hoard hIiowh that the amount
of money deposited in state and pri
vate banks has increased over $2,000,
000 Hinee the last report mado March
4. On July 17 there was $:)0,505,034 on
deposit in the state and private bankn
of Nebraska.
Kami I In r Domestic Trnnedy.
Mrs. Phillip Traut, of Grand Island,
was frightfully burned while starting
her kitchen lire. She apparently was
pouring kerosene into the stove after
the lire had a start. There was an
explosion like that of a cannon and
blazing oil was tlimhetl all over her
clothing.
Now .She MiimI Stay In Jnll.
Miss Mattie Jensen, the West Point
servant girl accused of robbing her
employer, C. Y. Thompson, a farmer,
was held to the district court in $300
bonds, which Hhe was unable to fur
nish. Preacher SuV for Damnifc.
ltev. Harmon E. Motter, pastor of
the Christian church at Hrndshaw,
asks that C. H. Palmer and his sou pay
him $1,000 each for alleged defama
tion of character.
Dry n ii r.ticH In for Oil.
On his recent Irip to Evanston,
Wyo., W. J. Hryan invested in some
promising oil land near there.
Pierce Votes IIoiiiIn.
The proposition to issue $10,000 In
bonds for waterworks was carried at
Pierce by a vote of J05 to 62.
Man Killed liy FalUni? llrick.
Ira F. Gilbert was instantly killed
at Calhoun by the end of a brick kiln
falling on him.
Mlllurd IIiik n Fire.
A destructive lire visited Millard,
consuming an entire row of business
houses.
FASHIONABLE APPAREL.
Lwitrnt Importation In Dres tlood
mill Creation from For
eign huiirec.
Silk-embroidered eolienncs are added
to 1 lie importation of elegant silk and
wool fancies.
Parisian ateliers all agree upon the
continued favor, for the entire sum
mer season, of plaited and flounced
skirls for both day and evening wear,
reports the New York Post.
Vienna manufacturers have sent out
some very handsome materials in bilk
and wool weaves, designed for stylish
summer visiting and promenade cos
tumes. These goods are all in delicate
pastel effect r, and some of them have
a woven atln stripe; others are in
dainty tricolor mixtures, the third
oolor being a raised silk dot.
Among the latest French importa
tions are exquisitely line and sheer silk
warp zephyr veilings, woven with bor
ders in various novel and attractive de
signs, among them being a ribbon ef
fect of a lighter or deepcronc of the
fabric, and above the woven band a del
icate embroidery in shaded silks. Oth
er borders are handsome mono
chromescombined with gold or silver
threads, and the linings for gowns
formed of these semi-diaphanous ma
terials arc self-colored -to carry out
the most artistic results.
One of the most popular of the
Parisian dress-skirts is In alternating
plaits and narrow gores, the skirt so
shaped that eacli plait widens slightly
every inch from the hip downward,
and at the top, near the belt, are little
more than folded points, so narrow
grow the plaits. This Is an admirable
I model for w.omea of rather full figure,
who admire plaited skirts, but who,
j before this modern device, were forced
i to eschew them, on account of the su
perfluous fabric massed below the
waist-line.
I The variety of night-dresses for the
summer is very great, and one of the
leading models is made of very sheer
French lawn, cut half low, and round
ing in the neck, with a mueh-trimmed
blouse front, an empire belt at the
back and half way under the arms, and
full sleeves that do not reach to the
elbow. These are finished witli a deep
rullie of hiee or of daintily embroid
ered Swiss muslin.
The duchess of Devonshire, Gains
borough and Mainten'Oii hats appear
among exclusive styles In high-priced
millinery. The shapes are unusually
large, and show the eccentricity of
crown and brim characteristic of these
historical models. Many of the stylish
straw shapes are draped everywhere
with tulle, with matching choux set
high on the left side of the hat. Other
models are decorated with rose mon
turcs and folinge, with crowns of gold
and silver embroideries, or witli ex
pensive lace and jeweled buckles,
draperies of tulle or chiffon drooping
over the brim, with all the grace of a
Spanish eeharpe, flic resemblance be
ing further produced by the addition
of one or two large glowing red or
yellow roses under the brim to show
just back of the ear.
ICED TEA AND COFFEE.
Hummer Drink Tliut Should He Prop
erly Mndo to He ThoroiiKhly
Appreciated,
Tea or coffee left to grow cold on its
grounds Is an unwholesome drink,
which cannot be made wholesome or
palatable by the use of lee. There is
only one way to make cold coffee that
is lit for food and is free from tannic
acid in an unwholesome qunntltj.
Never leave it a moment longer on the
grounds than is necessary, says the
New York Tribune.
To make iced codec have a clean
French coffee pot, or as the New Eng
land people call it, a coffee "biggin," on
the stove. Pat four and a half ounces
of pulverized coffee which is freshly
ground and freshly browned la the
"drip" of the pot. Pour gradually over
it a pint of boiling water, cover it for
three minutes, and then pour a pint
and ahalf more of boiling water. Take
great, care to have the water boiling
and allow it to drip through the cof
fee slowlj'. Add to the coffee the same
amount of hot milk and pour the mix
ture in an ice cream freezer, adding
three tablespoonfuls of sugar; freeze
it until it is half frozen or "frappe."
Serve it in glasses. Most people like a
little more sugar witli their coffee.
Serve powdered sugar with it.
The glace or iced tea is a delicious
beverage that is an entirely different
drink from tea that has cooled on its
grounds and been impregnated with
the ustringency of tannic acid. Put
three heaped tablespoonfuls or one
and a half ounces of the best English
breakfast tea in n porcelain or stone
ware teapot, not in one of metal, even
if It be solid silver. Pour over it a
pint of boiling water that is freshly
boiled. Let it infuse for live minutes.
Then add two quarts more of boiling
water. Let it stand about five minutes,
and then turn it out into the ean of an
ice cream freezer and freeze' It until
it is frappe. Put it in a cold pitcher
and serve it in tea glasses, or, If you
have not the regular Ilussian tea
glasses, use tall plain water tumblers
to servo it in. Serve powdered sugar
.and a dish of lemons cut in thin circles
with the tea.
GIRL MANAGES BRICK YARD.
She MnnterM Kery Detnll of the
IIunIiipmh iiiiiI SInkeM Money
nt U.
Perhaps Owensboro,Ky.,has the only
young lady in the country who is en
gaged in the business of manufactur
ing brick and who can lay brick as
rapidly as any man and do any kind
of work In connection with the man
ufacture and use of brick that a man
can do and perform it as rapidly. She
is Miss Ida Hafncr, and operates an
extensive brick manufacturing plant
in the lower end of the city. She has
been known to dig and cart the clay
for 3,000 bricks in a day and to wheel
MRS. GROVER
The accompanying plcttiro Is from the latest photograph of this charming lady
who for two terms was mistress of the white house and recognized as ono of tho
most bcnutlful women In tho national capital. The plcturo shows that Mrs. Cleve
land still Is a charming woman, although she has changed considerably since sho
was first lady of tho land. Sho has grown stouter and her features are fuller than
former photographs represent. However, the change has In no way detracted from
the beauty of the cx-prcsklcnt's wife. Tho picture Is from ono made for tho Chi
cago American.
and set 10,000 bricks in a day. She is
assisted by her mother and a. younger
sister, and many of the residences
nnd business houses of the city were
built witli brick made by them.
About four years ago the husband
and father, who had built up the
largest brick industry in the city,
died and left a widow and two daugh
ters. Miss Ida took up the business
where her father left it and has eon
ducted it. with marked success. She
and her mother and the younger sis
ter have built their own home, which
is a handsome structure, and they are
rapidly accumulating money and
property.
A Sailor Poet Needed.
An English literary writer says that
the time is fully ripe for the advent of
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Tho sketch hero reproduced was made by an artist who witnessed n tight at th
Paris Hippodromo between a lion and his tamer. Immediately the tamer enteral
tho cngo to go through his performance, tho excited lion fastened Its teetli in hi
arm and struck him a terrlblo blow in the face with Its paw. The man was eventii
ally extricated from the cage, but fainted as soon as he got outside. Mai'iv In Z
HUdloaco who witnessed the seeno swooned In terror. A proposition to prevent ,im
liar exhibitions was, howover, hcoted down by tho easily Irritated populace of th
French capital. ul lne
a sailor poet and the marine engineer
poet. "Whether they write in terms
of rhyme or not I care not. A virgin
field awaits them, a noble inheritance,
maturing for ages. They ean, if they
come, utterly refute the false and fool
ish prattle of the arm-chair philoso
phers, and prove triumphantly that so
far from the romance and poetry of
the sea being dead it has hardly yet
been given any adequate expression
whatever."
I'oUIiikt'h Dik Cemetery,
A famous canine cemetery is to be
seen behind the summer palace of Pe
king, where 1,000 dogs, the pets of the
various momirchs of China, are laid to
rest. Each animal has a monument
erected to it, some of them being of
ivory, silver and gold.
BRAIN WORKERS EAT APPLES.
Story of One -Who MnU.cn n I.nte Sap
per On llnlf n Dor.cn with
Plenty of Cider.
The declaration is made by an In
vestigator that he has discovered a
food that is peculiarly adapted to the
needs of the literary man. This man
.asserts that apples, and raw apples at
that, are the best diet on which to
feed genius. He tells of the penchant
of his father, a man of letters, who
lived to the age of nearly 00, for ap
ple pudding, which he ate almost
daily, and raw apples, which he ate
morning, noon and night. He adds:
"It Ih surprising how many per-
CLEVELAND.
sons fancy that raw apples are Indi
gestible, and only endurable in the
early morning. Doubtless the old
ndage that fiuit is gold in the morn
ing and lead at night is to some ex
tent answerable for this, to my think
ing, erroneous impression. I find thnt
after working late at night, say till
twelve or one o'clock in the morning,
one gets hungry, nnd that then five
or six apples or more, according to
their size, with a draught of good
cider, 'constitutes a most agreeable
and wholesome supper, and one that
conduces to a sound nnd refreshing
night's rest. But apples, to be really
beneficial, .should be eaten as children
eat them, rind nnd all, and in suffi
cient quantities to be satisfying. Tho
man who, first paring off the skin and
with it the best part of the flesh, dal-
lies with the residue of an apple after
dinner is no true apple lover."
Hurt from rih Finn,
In handling fishes it requires a cer
tain amount of care to avoid being cut
by the tins, which in some species are
to some extent poisonous. The Key
West iisherman has an unbounded hor
ror of being bitten by alniwst any kind
of ilsh, as he fears blood poisoning
will set in, although according to
those who have studied the question
there seems to be very little founda
tion for this fear.
MnrrlitKP Duyu In Italy.
In Italy, Sundays are usually pre
ferred for marriages when the princi
pals have never been married before.
Widows, however, respect an old eusl
torn by marrying on Saturdays.
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