Cultivating the Palm Indoor*.
f' KJ)en E. ltexford in a practical article
l in February Ladies’ Home Journal, ex
plains in detail how the palm can be
'.successfully cultivated (in the house).
In summarizing the essential points to
be observed he says: “The hot, dry
air of the living room lacks that vital
principle which the air of the green
house had in it, and encourages the de
velopment of insect enemies which
rapidly sap the impoverished life-blood
of the palm. It will be understood
from tliis.that it is necessary to modify
the conditions characteristic of the
living room as much as possible. The
air must be moistened by evaporation
of water about the plant, or by the ap
plication of it to its foliage. Fresh air
must be admitted, to take the place of
that whose vitality has been burned
out of it by too intense heat. The
plant must have a place near the win
dow where direct light can exert its
beneficial effect on the soil. Care must
be taken to give only enough water to
keep the soil rnoist. Good drainage
must be provided also.”
The Ideal Husband.
V
An article in the current number of
An influential review bears this rather
portentous title:’ “Does the Ideal Hus
band Exist?” Despite the weightiness
of the doubt implied, the answer is re
ally easy. It depends on the ideal.
The trouble with the modern woman
is that she wants too much. In this
she is in strong contrast with the mod
ern man. lie doesn’t want too much.
- In fact, lie would often be glad to take
less than he geta Hut she, if she is
very modern, wants earth and heaven
combined, and varying in combination
according to the requirements of the
moment
This she can’t get, and she never will
be able to gebjt. The best consolation
for her is to rest in the coviction that
the ideal wife is more likely to be found
than the ideal husband. Thus her sex
will be left with the advantage. Phil
adelphia Times.
millions of dollars annually.
And more could be made by the farmers
if they would plant S»lzer’s big crop
ping seeds, because Salzer's seeds
sprout, grow and produce, giving you
from 4 tg 6 tons of hay per acre, over 200
bu. of corn, 116 bu. of barley, 1,200 bu.
of potatoes, 209 bu. Silver Mine Oats
and Ahe like per acre. These are pos
itive’ffacts, all of which can be substan
tiated by oath. Now, the editor asks
why sow poor seeds and get poor yields,
when such big. bountiful yields are pos
sible? Salzer’s catalogue tells you all
about it.
with 10 cents postage to the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., you
will receive their mammoth catalogue
and 10 samples of grain and grass seeds,
worth $10 to anybody to get a start
from. Catalogue alone, 5 cents post
age. w.n.
1 An elephant's skin, when tanned, is over
* an inch thick.
••Brown's Bronchiai. Troches’’ are unri
valed for relieving Coughs, Hoarseness and
ail 1 hroat Troubles. Sold only in boxes.
VYou can do more for yourself than any
man can do for you.
uladness uomes
With a bettor understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
* Seal ills, vvliieh vanish before proper ef
forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts—
rightly.directed. There is comfort in
tlie knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative. Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that itts the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that you have the genuine arti
cle. which is manufactured by the Cali
. fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have the heist, and with the
well-informed everywhere. Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
ft is tbe
Direct Line.
'Burlington
Route
'lbe difference between the
Bur.iuvton and all other lines
to ^Montana and the Kocitk
.Northwest is the difference
between a direct line and a
line that isn't direct.
The Bur in^ton is the direct
I line.
It is from 50 to SKS miles
shorter than any other line
to Helena, Butte. Npokane,
- Beattie and Tacoma.
I A fast train for those and
all other northwestern points
leaves Omaha at p. m.
daily. Go west on it if you
want to reach your destina
tion quickest and most com
fortably.
Time-tables and information
atout rates will be furnished
on appication by the local
ticket agent or by addressing
J. Francis, t'en'l l ass'r Agt, Omaha, Neb.
rjEQQ-nsrs \
EDO Aipr t/ava. o.ww ap a...,_
e*TT Dock, with Buckles, fljSe. j-ent prepaid o
receipt of price. Seitd size of »-hoe and rneahure o
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When writing to advertisers, kindly
mention this paper.
THE FREE TRADE LIAR
i -
HE LETS HIMSELF LOOSE AND
I FALSIFIES FIGURES.
Ihi lSrltinli Kdltor of the New York
| Herald Claim* that Our Kxports for
| 1800 Beat the World—What 1)0 We j
! Get for Them?
The labor and capital employed In
all American manufacturing industries
should ponder very deepty just now
the cheering fact, which the latest re
turns of the Bureau of Statistics bring
to light, that the exports of our manu
factured goods in 1895 have beaten all
previous records.—New York Herald.
The suggestion of the New York
Press that the Herald’s deliberate dis
tortion of the results shown by our
trade statistics arises because that
democratic paper is not furnished with
brains to comprehend the compilations,
may be the correct one. Assuming that
this is so, and that the policy cf the
paper is directed by its proprietor, it is
some satisfaction to know that the
"cheerful idiot’’ is a resident of Paris
and not the United States. His latest
bit of flim-flam was the following:
Exports of domestic manufactures for
eleven months ending November:
1894. 1895.
Iron and steel.$27,598,911 $31,223,68,2
Chemicals, drags
and dyes . 7,038,220 7,976,432
Leather and manu
factures . 13,599,173 17,012,279
Machinery . 12,015.245 13,086,278
Gltss and glassware 833,593 915,437
“These statistics also show beyond
cavil or question that no such era of
trade-prosperity was ever enjoyed by
American manufacturing industries
generally as that created by the Wilson
law. len uiousanu repuuncan calam
ity howlers cannot gainsay this fact.”
Of course this PecksniiT had no use
for our imports of similar goods. He
had no desire to be honest, even if he
knew how. But here are the imports
of the same classes of goods:
Imports of foreign manufactures for
eleven months ending November:
1894. 1895.
Iron and steel .*18,693,981 *23,302,827
Chemicals. drugs
and dyes . 37,357,308 41.431,187
Leather and manu
factures . 9,594,190 14,803,086
Machinery . 1,021,084 1,972,102
Glass and glass
ware . 5,075,264 0,993,874
The extent of the "era of trade pros
perity that is now being “enjoyed
by American manufacturing indus
tries” can be ascertained by plac
ing, side by side, the increase in our ex
ports and the increase in our imports
of these different classes of goods. We
omit “machinery” because it is already
included in the "iron and steel” manu
factures, and the totals would inaccu
rately represent our foreign trade sta
tistics if “machinery” were given again
as a separate class of goods. Here is
the trade balance that the “cheerful
idiot” of un-American journalism failed
to present in his accounting:
Increase for eleven months ending
November, 1895:
l,nss in
American
American Foreign manu
exports. imports. faet'rs.
Iron and
steel ....*3,624,771 *4,808.846 *1,184,075
Chemicals,
drugs
and dyes 938,212 4,093,979 3,155,707
Leather
and mnn
factures. 3,413,106 5,208,896 1,795,790
Class and
glass
ware 81,841 1,920.610 1,838,766
Total ...$8,057,933 *16,032,331 $7,974,398
The “cheerful idiot” shows that our
exports of these four classes of Ameri
can goods were *8,057,933 larger in
eleven months of 1895 than in 1891.
The other side of the national ledger
shows that, our imports of similar for
eign goods increased by $16,032,331. The
balance of trade against us was *7,974,
398 in the ele.ven months. This is “the
cheering fact." The increase in what
we bought is practically just double the
increase of what we sold. For every
dollar's worth of trade captured In the I
markets of the world we have lost two
dollars worth of trade in the iron and
steel, chemical, leather and glass trades !
at home. The "cheerful idiot” says
that:
“Democratic newspapers should make
the country ring with the announce- I
ments of these statistics.” j
We don't believe they will. “The
cheering fact” will be too much »for ]
them.
Lmt S1S5,000,000 L»t Year.
The advance statement of our im
ports and exports for 1895 enables us
to present the democratic balance sheet
o( our foreign trade:
Twelve months ending Dec. 21,
1894. 1895.
Domestic ex
ports .*807,312,116 *807,775,849
Foreign Im
ports . 676,312,941 801,626,638
Favorable
balance. *130,999,175 $ 6,149,211
! In 1894, with four months of the free
trade tariff bill, we still had a balance
of trade in our favor amounting to
*130,999.175. But with a full year of
“perfliiv ami dishonor” the whole of !
this favorable trade balance has been
wiped oat with the exception of a pal
try $6,000,000. Note that our exports
were practically the same In each year,
but the wiping out has been (lone by an
increase of $123,000,000 in our 1S95 im
ports. *
When Markets Were Captured*
The bureau of statistics of the treas
ury department enables us to show
how we have been capturing the mar
kets of the world. Here are our exports
of American products and manufac
tures for six years, 1890 to 1895:
EXPORTS OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS
Year. u , Value.
1890 . $843,987,711
1891 ... 957,333,531
1892 .’... 923.237.315
1893 ..'. 854.737.77i
Protection average..... 920.321,087
1894 . 807,312.116
-1895 .'. 807,775,819
.«Frce-trade average.. 807,343,982
During the four years of McKinley
protection we- captured foreign markets
worth, on an average $920,32^.087 a
year. During the two democratic years
our captures were worth only $807,543,
982 a year. The breach in the wall of
protection cost us $121,780,000 in eacli
year of 1894 and 1S95. The sooner the
wall is repaired the less costly it will
be to us.
That “Comfortable Snrp’11*."
Outlook for the Treasury—Relief
Entertained that the Deficit Will Soon
Disappear.
These headlines appeared in the
. Journal of Commerce and Commercial
Bulletin of Jan. 14, 1896. It does seem
a pity that such an able and useful
paper should be continuously laboring
to invent excuses for the false economic
policy of our free-trade administration.
This was not necessary under protec
tion. And the excuses are so lame and
the “beliefs” so visionary that they
deceive nobody, not even the treasury
officials who inspire them.
llnrley Value In Susar.
Barley growers will recollect that on
Jan. 1, 1892, the market price of No. 2
Milwaukee barley was 57'At cents n
bushel. Granulated sugar was quoted
at 4 cents a pound the same day; there
fore a bushel of barley was worth 14%
pounds of sugar. Four years later, Jan.
1. 1896. barlev was worth 3214 cents
and sugar 5 cents. The farmer's bushel
of barley could be exchanged for only
6V4 pounds of sugar. The effect of a
free-trade policy, instead of McKinley
protection, has been a loss of 8 pounds
of sugar on every bushel of barley.
Puorlioune “Object I.cmon.''
The poor we have alyvavs with us un
der a democratic administration. The
eleventh annual report of the bureau
of labor statistics of Connecticut shows
that $860,787 were distributed for the
relief of the poor in that state in 1892
and $994,615 in 1894, an increase of
$128,000. As the average cost of relief
was $56 per individual there were'2,286
more paupers in Connecticut in 1894
than in 1892. This is a good "object
lesson” for a state that, in 1892, voted
to increase its number of paupers.
Free Wool anil Carpels.
We hear very little about the carpet
trade nowadays-from the New York
Times. That free-trade sheet used to
be continually explaining what a "good
thing" it was for our carpet manu
facturers to sell carpets in England.
Since the English manufacturers have
been selling mdre of their carpets In
the American market, under our free
wool policy, the Times lias been very
silent. The “good thing” is over on
the other side now. But why not tel)
us about it?
Revenue In Xeregfiary
What we want and must have are
adequate tariff laws giving protection
to our labor interests ’and industries,
while affording .revenue not only to
support the government, but to reduce
and ultimately extinguish the public
debt. When we once more tread this
path confidence will be restored at
home and abroad. - Business will re
vive and prosperity will return.—Geo.
W. Ray, M. C., of New York.
O rover'* On-at Itnoril
• Grover Cleveland will go info history
as the president, who doubled the na
tional war debt in four years. If (he
interest on this loan were added to the
principal the national deht. left by the
Harrison administration would he al
most doubled. There is a great deal
more English style about keeping up
the national debt than the American
people like.—The Republican, Bing
hampton, N. Y.
The Democratic Record*
The free-traders are getting in theft
ruin ious work on the big concerns that
they left over from the crash of 1883
and 1894. Two failures in New York,
each for half a million dollars, and one
in Chicago for 3300,000, all on the same
day, form a pretty good record for the
democratic party as the results of that
“Tariff for revenue only.”
Revolutions and Revelations,
It is a revolution, and no Republican
can ever hope to see his party again In
power for a long term of years.—N. Y.
Times, Nov. 10, 1892.
Not so very long, neighbor. There
have been other “revolutions” since
1892. Another one is predicted for 1896.
Cheeae Trade Falla Off.
The way we captured the cheese mar
kets of the world last year is represent
ed by a decrease of 26.8G5.000 pounds in
our shipments as compared with 1894,
and a money loss of 33,134,000.
It Confronts the President.
A “delicate predicament” is a condi
tion, not a theory
“THE WOODEN HEN"
Hatches chickens ."com hen's eggs. It is
ll)xl5xt> inches: will take care of '2k eggs.
! Write to Mr. (ieo. II. Stahl, Mfr., yitiucy,
111., for a copy of his booklet "\V.” describ
ing the "Wooden Hen.” also large cata
logue. Both sent l'reo. Mention this paper.
The Census of Berlin.
Berlin lias just been haying her quin?
quennial census taken. Then the sta
tistician produced statistics and made
1 out that on the night of November 1
| last Berlin had 1,1147.000 souls in it As
i to which figures the police joined itu
, mediate issue. The Berlin policeman
does not profess to be a statistician. To
and from the city's population as it
stood on November t. 1SIX), he hud been
adding and subtracting day by day tho
i births and other arrivals, and the de
■ parthres by death or other removal;
| and at the end of five years he made
out that the population ought to total
I l.Tfit.Wio. Moreover, as n ibody could
possibly enter or leave Berlin, alive,or
dead, without his knowledge, it was
pretty certain that he was right, t on-,
sequently he wanted to know what the
statistician had done with the S3.000
Berliners who ought to have been
forthcoming and who were not there.
The statistician with his statistics had
just quietly wiped them out; that was
all.
Cutarrh Call Not lie Cured
With local applications as they can
j not reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh Is a blood cr constitutional dls
> ease, and In order to cure it you must
take Internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh
Cure Is taken Internally, and acts dl
I rectly on the blood Hnd mucous sur
faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is not a
quack medicine. It was prescribed by
one of the best physicians in this coun
try for years, and Is a regular prescrip
tion. It Is composed of the host tonics
known, combined with the best blood
purifiers, acting directiy on th * mucous
surfaces. The perfect combination of
the two ingredients Is what produces
| such wonderful results ih curing Ca
i tarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
; F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props.,
Toledo, O.
| Sold by druggists: price, 73c.
Hall's Family Pills. 25c. >
I Artists ply their vocation with difli
| ctilty in Constantinople. Sketching’is
forbidden except under the strictest
regulations. When l'. liopkinson Smith
sought to transfer to canvas some of
I the charming views in the neighbor
hood of the Golden Horn, an official
from flie ministry of police was in con
stant attendance upon him. lie has
written an account of his experiences
for the March Century. “A 1‘ersonally
Conducted Arrest in Constantinople,”
and it will be illustrated with repro
ductions of some of the water-colors he
made. Notwithstanding their vigi
lance. some of these pictures escaped
the scrutiny of the police, as Mr. Smith
con fesses.
FATTENING IIUC8 COSTS ONE CENT
The editor recently heard of a farmer
fattening Logs at less than one cent a
pound. This was made possible through
the sowing of Salzer's King Barley,
yielding over 100 bu. per acre. Golden
Triumph Corn, yielding 200 bu. per
acre, and the feeding on Sand Vetch,
Teosinte, Hundredfold Peas, etc. Now,
r.'iLh such yields, the growing of hogs is
more profitable than a silver mine.
Salzer's catalogue is full of rare
things for the farmer, gardener and cit
izen, and the editor believes that it
would pay everybody a hundred-fold to
get Salzer's catalogue before purchas
ing seeds.
ir y«iu will cut this out slid nantl It
with 10 cents postage to the John A.
Salzcr Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., they
will mail you their mammoth seed cata
logue' and 10 samples of grasses and
grains, including above corn and bar
ley, Catalogue alone, 5c postage.
w n.
Don't be jealous. There is no room
in the same house for love anil jealousy,
and when the latter comes the former
will not stay.
Farmers Make Sore
Of an abundant yield of grain if they
use the Campbell Sub Surface Packer,
manufactured only by the Sioux City
engine and Iron Works, Sioux City, Ta.
This Packer will put the bottom of the
plowed ground in condition to gather
and retain moisture to such an extent
as to assure a crop. This machine com
pletely firms the bottom nnd leaves the
surface loose and covered with small
lumps, actually forces decomposition
of all stubble or foreign matter turned
under and in every instance has shown
a gain of 75 to 200 per cent, over ordi
nary yields. We suggest to all our
farmer readers to write to this firm for
their pamphlet, containing many valu
able pointers on prairie farming, and
full particulars in regard to the Camp
bell Sub Surface Packer.
We on j lit to find out that tondeuiniug
others will never justify us.
Kverv man leels sorry for. the victim of
some other man's injustice.
ll.gpinMn’. Cm in pilar lew with Olyrerlnw.
Cuttf* Ciiapp+ni Hlimits and Face. Tender or Sore Feet,
Chilblain*, File**. ftc. C.G. Clark Co., New Haven, Ct*
1 he man who quarrels with hia lot makes
it harder.
For Lung and chest diseases. Five's Cure
is the best medicine we have used.—Mrs. J.
L. Jforthi ott, Windsor, Ont., Canada.
Things around ns wi.l look better if we
first look overhead.
The revision pewere eTsrker'v Ginger Tonic
renoer it. in is oamble in every home. Stem cU
l rouble a, cold* and every form of <.barest* y ie.d toil.
Conduct will never Le right while con
viction* are wrong.
Get Hladereoraa aid uk It
if you want to reails; the comfort of being without
corns. It takes luein out p. rfecily. 15c. at druggls a.
He who mind* hi* own business walks
head and shoulders above IK) per c ent of hi*
le lows.
TliK AKiutiv/iui; CO. don half the world*!
windmill business, because tt has reduced the coat of
wind power to 1 O wine it was.# It bus many branch
«ind supplies its goud» aud repair!
door. It cau aud does furnish a
batter article for lens money than
other*. It makes Pumping and
Geared, Steel, QaJv&mzed-after
Completion windmills. Tilling
led Steel Towers, Steel Bu*x Saw
Steel Feed (’utters and Feed
On application it will name one
irticle.'t tlmt it will furnish until
January 1st at 1/3 tne usual price. It also makea
Tank! and Fumpsof all kinds. Send for catalogue.
facMry: 12th, KockwoU scC FUloare Strccti, Chichi.
Almost • Collision.
“Speaking of narrow escapes.’’ ob
served Mr. (.'hugwater, reaching for his
second cup of coffee, “did I tell yon I
was on a train the other day that came
within three feel, of being run into by
another train going at full speed’.*”
“For mercy sakes, no,” exclaimed
Mrs. ( hugwater. “liow did it hap
pen’.’”
l‘he train that came so near run
ning into ours,” he rejoined, buttering
a biscuit, “was on the other track arid
going the other way.’’ ,
It was several minutes before Mrs.
Chugwater broke loose, but when she
did she made up for lost time.
Stop Thief I , 1
Stop a small malady, which Is stealing
your strcnfMli, before it outruns your power
to arrest it. Hint recover what It" took fr.mi
you. The safest null promptest, rocuper- 1
utor of wiiiilnsr vitality is liostetter’s Stom- j
cell liittcrs, which renews vigor, tiesli mill |
uervo quiet cile oeenuse il restores aetlviiv I
to those fond loos w hose interruption Inter- |
fores with general health. I so llie Hitters
for dvspep-ia. iiiuhirlul. rheummle and kid
ney complaints anil blllloiisness. ^
If your friends don't treat you ri^ht eat
onions.
The eggs of the erocodi e are scan ely
larger than those of the goose
It the Uaby I* Cutting Teem.
Be sure anil lire that old sail well-tried remedy, Mr.*.
(VLNsLow 'e Soutiiiso Svnce for Clitlilren Tuethlne
If men rouid realize the imfortauee of
honesty, nil men would be honest.
Women have usually l etter eyesight than
men.
HT8,- 'il Fits Stopped freel>v l>r. Kline’s (treat
JWrve Kestorer, No Fits nil er t lie first tin v ■« use.
sturveluuscures. Trentiseunit $3inul buttle fists ti
* Itcnses. bend to Ur. KiluedtU Archbl.,FLUn.,ln.
Snntlower stalks ure now
P«PW- _____
Hilliard
converted into
table, second-hand, for sole
cheap Apply to or address, H.C. Akiv,
-11 S. Uth St.. Omaha, Neb.
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AYER’S)
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I ■ '3
= Is the original Sarsaparilla, the j§
b standard of the world. Others =
3 have Imitated the remedy.’ £
s They can’t imitate the record: =
150 Years of Curesf
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiirmiiiinuiiiiuffitMiiiiI
Insist
On a good (the best) skirt bind
ing as strenuously as on a good
doth for the skirt. . ...
Ask for (and take no other) (he
Iiias Velveteen Skirt Blrutftig.’
It your dealer will not supply younn
, will. . „
Send for samples, showing labels snVl'rtiatirlsls
to the S. H. & M. Co, P. O. Bo* 699, Mean York City.
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ijrt a last war, Oadjuitiialiagulaimm atty siuet.
* Hosts of people go to work in
5 the wrong way to cure a
Ulabastine.
ruboff^fl
IT WON'T RUB OFF.
Wall Paper is UisuHary.
Kalsomme is tem
porary, rots, rubs
3 off and Scales.
ALABASTINE EsSS*S<
i forms a pure and permanent coatlngand does*
not require to bo takenoff to renew fromtimel
to time. Is a dry powder. The latest make]
being adapted to mix, ready for use, withT
Cold Water. Can bo easily brushed on by any I
one. Made in wliitd and twelve fashionable]
tints. ALABASTINE is adapted to ail styles'
of plain and relief decorating. ‘
ASK YOUR PAINT DEALER FOR CARD OF TINTS.
H not for lain In year town, write ns lor nates
nearest dealer.
FIELD AND HOC FENCE WIRE.
28, 03. 42, frO, or fSB inches high. Quality oud workmanship the
Nothing on the market to compare with it. Write lor full in format! Oil
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