Cant of Stopping a Train. By a aeries of calculations it has been demonstrated that it costs a rail road ten cents to stop a locomotive ' and four cents for each stop of a pas senger car. It often happens that a . passenger does not make any move to leave the train until the order, is given to go ahead, and a train must be brought to a stop again to let the slow-, going passenger off. This little inci dent costs the railroad company six .teen or twenty cents, sometimes as much as the tardy passenger has paid. ' This is one of the little leaks that a railroad company undertakes to guard against, and the uumber 6f coaches to a train is limited to save expense of stoppage, as well as to lessen the number of p'ounds of coal consumed and wear and tear of its runninggear. The Following Letter. Mt.Dxar Sib:—Your letter, asking my Im pressions as a physieiarr.-of the Black Bills country as a health resort Is before me. 1'made a personal investigation of the .Hob Springs In South Dakota, and believe they are of great value to Invalids. Water, free: from organic compounds or chemical im purities. and a delightfully pure, dry atmos phere with plenty of sunshine, arc essential, for the repair of diseased tissues, ahd such conditions obtain at Hot Springs. S. P. But ( am specially Interested in tne study and treatment of nervous diseases, and it was for the purpose of Informing myself of the bene ficial effects to be derived to that class of •‘suffering humanity” that f directed my In vestigations. For soph ailments 1 find the atmospheric conditions especially commend able. being light and wholly free from that humidity s6 prevalent in this and lower .altitudes. Tlie clear, pure springs arc con stantly issuing out of the rocks at a temper ature about, equal to tne normal body heat and potent in therapeutic properties that are very superior in benefittfng nervous affec tions. The high altitude provides a pure, dry air not possible In other health resorts, however artificially beautlfled. To the pleasure seeker, who Is desirous of rest and recuperation from the dally duties of routine business or pro fessional life, there Is no hotter locality. Hotels are Inviting and moderate In rates, V while a tramp over the hills, or ride In tlie stage coach, or on horse-back to the numer ous resorts Is Inexpensive, and he who visits Niagara Falls to view Its majesty may see a grander work of nature in tue great Wind Cave of Hot Springs, S. D. DID YOU READ IT? ' If you wish to know the name of the prominent Omaha physician that wrote the letter, I will tell you, and at same time mail you a map and time card showing that the “North-Western Line” is. the most dirict to these springs. J. R. Buchanan, O. P. A., F. E. & M. V. R. R„ Omaha, Neb. Hew Treatment for Nervous Pisceses This novel method consists in subcu taneous injections of a solution of the phosphate of soda, which, not entering the system by: the digestive 'tract, mats directly on the nervous system. The Brown-Sequard elixir was not always harmless, but in many instances pro duced local inflammation at the point where the injection was made or other unpleasant consequences. But no such serious objection is likely to be raised to the use of a solution of five grammes of the phosphate of soda in 100 grammes of sterilized, distilled water. DBCNK FOR TWENTY WEARS. A correspondent writes: “I was drunk j. on and off for over twenty years, drunk when I had money, sober when I had none. IT Many dear friends I lost, and numbers . from home when a good opportunity . ^knocks. . v .DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR ' OUR RURAL READERS. Raw Saceomfal IWi.cn Op.rata Thl. Department of the Farm—A Few Hlnta as to the Core of Lire Stock end Foal try. HE ordinary view qn this subject is that thia deformity is hereditary, writes F. C. Smith in British Dairy . Farmer. A more erroneous view does n o t. e x 1 st, although a lot of 81 r a ng er notions prevail' oil' poUltr'y ailments, f have reared irianj^ thou sands of fowls, t have Examined eVery bird I g6t hatched, but a crooked-breasted chicken I never saw when hatched; they all come out as right as they can possibly be. 1 once got a sitting of Leghorn eggs from a famous English breeder. I reared six birds, and every one had a crooked breast. The cause was a towel rail that happened to be in their house with chickens,and the lively little crea tures perched on it when their bones were soft, and this caused the deform ity. As usually happens, the best pall were the most deformed. I was not afraid.^ however, to breed from them, though the fact that the whole brood were deformed looked like an heredi tary weakness. I reared about forty chickens from the pair. The chick ens came all right. 1 left them this time in a house with nothing but straw to sit on, and the breasts of every one of them kept as straight as they could be. Turkeys are very subject to this deformity; the good ones are partic ularly so, and people object to a male bird with the slightest tendency in that way. Some years ago-1 lost a good deal by it. The very best of the flock were those usually affected. 1 adopted a very good plan. I prepared a turkey house with divisions 12 ft. by 4 ft. for each brood. These were 3 ft. high, covered over with wire net ting, and the floor is concrete. 1 put in straw for nests, and when they gel larger I cover the floor with straw, which is taken out every day and shak en and returned. I leave the young birds in these pans till about Septem ber. I then remove the wire netting, and put a 3 in. lath on top of the di visions, on which I nail strips of old carpet, and pack with hay, forming a cushion. I have worked on this plan for a number of years, and never had a single case of crooked breast. -: Cost of Carelessness. A little carelessness In a dangerous thing. I have found this out to my cost. There is no reason why a per son should permit their fowls to get sick with the' roup, except. by down right carelessness; at least this is my view of it. A short time ago, about three weeks, one of the panes of glass in the poultry house was broken. 1 knew that the position of the window indicated that when the wind was in a certain direction it would blow through the aperature onto the hens asleep oh the roost. I knew this, but kept neg lecting the needed repairs from day to day. None of my fowls had ever had roup, and so I had little fear of It. A few days ago I was surprised. In going into the pen in the morning, to find that one of my hens had her head swelled up ahd the water running ; from her eyes. I promptly sequestered her. The next morning another was found in the same shape. I put her also in quarantine. Then I fixed the window. If the fowls die it will be the direct result of negligence 'on my part. This leads me to remark that most of our.poultry troubles are caused by want of proper care of the fowls or their surroundings. This word of caution may do some reader of the Farmers’ Review good, henc£ I give it.' ‘Ad to the fowls, I tried a remedy that‘I have seen recommended, but ’which may be a little hard on the fowls. I made a solution of alum and mixed with it about one-third its quantity of vine gar: I bathed the heads of the fowls with this, being careful that it got into their nostrils. I call it hard on the fowls, for any one knows, or should know, that alum water in the eyes Is of the birds are swelled shut It. may not be so very painful. At last reports one of the birds had her eyes open and the swell ing was going down. I wish the read ers of the Farmers' Review would tell me what they do in cases of this kind. Of course I know what the books say, but what is the practical experience? Dairy Advancement In the South. The milch cow may well be called the housekeeper of the farm, says a writer in “Southern States.” From an industrial and economic standpoint she is the manufacturer of all forms of spare food products made upon.the farm. For this reason her numbers and products speak more eloquently oftentimes, with regard to farm and family thrift,'* than almost anything else the census counts. Let us see, therefore, what her statistics teach us with regard to the south. In 1880 the census tells us there were only 2.50Q, 000 milch cows reported in the south; 1U AWfv iuib uau lULicastu lO «,oUU,UUU and ihe reports of the department of agriculture indicate that the coWg in the southern Btates now number about 3,000,000. This is not a great increase, but the butter production tells u more favorable story. The Southern States under consideration produced in 1880 only 90,000,000 pounds of butter, which was less than seven pounds per capita •of the entire population, this is only enough to give each person a fair al lowance of butter for each Sunday. In 189Q the same states produced 156,000. 000 pounds, or over ten pounds per capita of the population. In other words, between 1880 and 1890 the out 1 ". ' * put of butter from a slightly Increased number of cows has been Increased three-fourths. How shall we account for this? Those who have made ex tensive observations in the south con firm us In the statement that while it had in the earlier years a great many cows, they were poorly cared for and more poorly fed. The Introduction of the so-called “no-fence” laws, which requires that all stock shall be kept at home or fenced in, has, however, led to the elimination of worthless cows and the better care of those remain ing. The production of cheese .. hag doubled also. This industry- has re cently been firmly established- in-the state of South Carolina', Where it was previously unknown.1 ' ' '• Undattlon of Test Mottles. : Many of the Babcock bottles, tber mometeraand pipettes which are pur ; chased from the dairy supply houses are improperly graduated. The follow ing method for testing such bottles is simple, rapid and accurate enough for all practical purposes. Fill the bottle to the zero mark of the scale with water, removing any drops that may adhere to the neck with a strip of blot ting or filter paper. Then add a twe cubic centimeter pipette full of 'vatei to the test bottle. If the bottle is prop erly graduated the water added will ill! It to the ten per cent mark. If the water comes two-tenths of a per cent or more above or below the ten per cent mark the bottle should be destroyed. In making this test always read from the lowest point of the curve formed by the surface of the water on a level with tho eye. Pipettes for the above purpose can be ordered by residents ol Pennsylvania through the experiment station at a cost of 35 cents each in ad vance. Common dairy thermometers are liable to be several degrees in error and should always be compared with a standard instrument before using. Cor rect thermometers for this purpose, as well as standard milk and cream pip ettes, test bottles, etc., can also be or dered through the station on the terms named in Bulletin 33.—M. E. McDon nell, Pennsylvania Experiment Station. Evidently Hoop. Can you tell me what to do for my chickens? They seem to be choked up, their eyes swell and combs turn dark. It is not on account of the cold/ as they have a warm house. I feed them red pepper and sulphur in meal and give copperas in -the water they drink. Flense answer through the Farmers Review and oblige.—Mrs. R. R. * • • The birds are evidently affected with roup, which, by the way, is a more general term than is com* monly supposed. It is applied to all such cases as the above where the fowls have colds In the head and swelled heads. In a recent number H. C. Hunt wrote on roup, in which he said in part: “For treating the birds now sick, make a mixture, mostly lard with a little carbolic acid and red pepper in it. Grease their heads every day for three or four dayB, that Is, the sick ones. Put a little of this mixture in the roof of the mouth, by means of a small oil can that has a good spring bottom that will throw it up into their heads. Then keep a little carbolic acid in their drinking water. Let them all run together, and all that can see to eat and are able to do so will be well in a week or two." We are certainly of the opinion that the surroundings of the birds are re sponsible for their condition. The fact of having warm pens proves nothing. In fact if the pens are so warm that sweating is induced and the birds are allowed to go out freely .into the cold air, the changes are.gopd that roup will result.—Farmers' Review. • -—i—.• T . .. •, Straining Milk.-^-Straining' should begin before Commending to milk, by brushing off all the dirt, hair, straw, ptc., from the udder, teats and body of the cow. Let it be the duty of some one person to go over all the cows with a soft brush or a damp cloth be fore the cows are milked. An ordinary wire sieve strainer does very well, but we add to this by doubling cheese cloth or thin cotton so as to have It fOur thicknesses. Lay the cloth across the bottom of the strainer and then fasten it on by means of a tin ring which slips over the cloth and bottom part of the strainer. For quickness we use a strainer that a pail of milk may be put into at once. This sets in a wooden frame over the can. Some use a woolen cloth to strain with. Cloth 'of some kind is necessary to catch hairs and fine dirt. This cloth must be kept clean. Scald it thoroughly each time after using.—Ontario Experlmen tal Farm. Balanced Rations for Hogs.—There Is no room for doubt that 'a better quality of pork is made by feeding the pigs a balanced ration during their growing period. But this is not all that is to be gained by following out a more rational policy in the feed lot. By proper methods of feeding when the pig is in the formative stages ol his development the constitution is strengthened rather, than weakened. We believe in a good bit of shorts, roots, milk and clover or lucerne for tne growing pig. a reasonable amount of corn along with any or all these things Is a good thing always too Feed the pig plenty, give him a variety of food when you can, observe a rigid regularity in all that you do for him give him clean and dry quarters, with sunshine and room for exercise and you are on the road to success with him. Few men attempt to do this - Ex. There arc farmers so shortsighted a; to oppose the passage of a law timi compels oleomargarine to be sold 01 its merits. It is hoped that the anti-color hi I’ before the Iltinols legislature will be come a law. MADDENED BY FOOD. Insane Franks or Aulmal Flesh Upon a Kentucky Man. Thomas Odell, a young1 man of 32 years, living seven milos back of Ureenup, Ky., has met death in a strange manner. He had been a puzzle to physicians for several years. . Ho was affected by what he ate to such an extent that when he indulged 'In beef eating about an hour'afterward ho would become restless and wander out in search of cattle and bellow as an ox, and would get down on his hands and ; eat grass like a cow. When he par took of mutton his actions were those of a sheep, and he would plaintively bleat like a lamb. When he ate chicken he would go out and scratch for worms which he would devour with apparent relish. After eating fish he would wander to the creek and go in swimming. Lately his father killed several squir rels, of which the son ate heartily for dinner. He left the house shortly after and was followed by the father. The father saw him entering an oak grove, and soon saw his son jumping nimbly from limb to limb, at the same time barking like a squirrel. He called for him to come down, but this only seemed to make the boy want to escape, and he attempted to jump from one tree to another, but missed and fell to the ground, a mangled, breath less mass of humanity, and expired in less than five minutes. * Big Earrings Coining In Again, r' i ‘‘Monster earrings,” says a jeweler, ‘‘belong to the e 'a of cannitalismand widow-burning, and I never expected to see the mastodonlc oriental fashion revived, but English swelldom has de creed that big earrings must be worn again, so be prepared to see the lobea of ladies’ auricles weighed down w ith great heavy combinations of metals and jewels. I wonder why the women stop short of wearing rings in their noses and ten-penny nails stuck through their upper lips. A Dangerous Lethargy. The forerunner of a train of evils, which too often culminate fatally. Is Inactivity or lethargy of the kidneys. Not only is Bright's disease, diabetes, gravel, or some other dan gerous integral disease of the organs them selves to be apprehended, but dropsical diffusions from the blood, rheumatism and gout, are all traceable to the non-removal from the blood by the kidneys of certain ini purttles. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters depu rates the blood, renders the kidneys active and prevents their disease. The Beit Way to Learn. Rogers, the poet, won a reputation for caustic speech; but he had a great /yvw A1-It-II i_«« _ sonal gossip. “I wonder how the Blanks are able to keep a carriage," a lady once said to him, in his own house, and the poet at once turned to a servant to say: ‘‘Go to Blank Square with Mrs. Proctor’s and my compli ments, and ask how the family con trive to pay for their carriage. TO CCHB A COLD IN ONE DAT. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refundtbe money If it tails to cure. !9o Not Particular. ‘‘We take breakfast here at 7," the mistreee Informed the new servant.. "Don't change your arrangements for me, mum. t can And something for myself when 1 come down later.” Hall’s Catarrh Cura Is a constitutional cure. Price, 76c. Englishmen Known to Frenchman. The only Englishmen that are known to the French people generally, it has been said in a jocular way, are Robin son Crusoe and the prince of Wales,. Cafe Robinson, restaurants . built in trees, are among the latest. Parisian fads. They take their name,'of'course, from Robinson Criisoe. •' h • '.l! , f 1— ■ - ' v To Cure Constipation Forever. .Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 10c or tte. If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money. A man who is not very smart, can give good advice. GREAT deal of nonsense has been written—and be lieved, about blood purifiers. What purifies the blood? ...... THE KIDNEYS PURIFY m BLOOD AND THEY ALONE. If diseased, however, they cannot, and the blood continually becomes more impure. Every drop of Mood impure. in the body goes through the kidneys, the sewers Of the system, every three minutes, night and day, while life endures. puts the kidneys in perfect health, and nature does the rest. _ The heavy, dragged out feeling, the bilious attacks, headaches, nervous unrest, fickle appetite, all caused by .poisoned blood, will disappear when the kidneys properly perform their functions. There is no doubt about this. Thousands have so testified. The theory is right, the cure is right and health follows as a natural sequence, Jgn follows as a natural Be self-convinced throug! sonal proof. per HALL’S Vegetable Sicilian HAIR RENEWER Beautifies and /estores Gray Hair to its original color and vitality; prevents baldness; cures itching and dandruff. A fine hair dressing. R. F. Hall Si <’«»., Props., N'uhua. N. H. Hel»l by all I>rufgUts. 1 ;■ ■_ V - , ■: ■ :V, > : - ' A SCIENTIST SAVED VT's :)r; President Barnabjr, of Hartsville College, Survives a Serious Illness. ». Through the Aid of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. ■ . From the RemibHcun. Colrnnhim. Tnd. The Hnrtsvllle College, situated at Harte vllle, Indiana, was founded years ago in the interest of the United Brethren Church, when the state was mostly a wilderness, and colleges were scarce. The college is well known throughout the country, former students having gone into all ports of the world. PROF. ILYIN F. BARNABT. A reporter recently called at this famous seat of learning and was shown into the room of the President, Prof. Alvin P. Bur naby. When last seen by the reporter Prof. Barnaby was in delicate health. To day he was apparently in the best of health. In response to an inquiry the professor said: “Oh, yes, I am much better than for some time. I am now in perfect health; but my recovery was brought about in rather a peculiar way.” “Tell me about it,’’said the reporter. “Well, to begin at the beginning," ,said the professor, “1 studied too hard when at rchool, endeavoring to educate myself for the professions. After completing the common course I came here, and graduated from the theological course. 1 enterbd .he ministry, and accepted the charge of a A Historic Cathedral Doomed* ■ The old cathedral in Berlin is being pulled down end a new one erected. The emperor hate consented to allow paperweights to be made of the marble pavements and the Bteps of the altar where the late Emperor William's cof fin stood. Each weight bears stamped upon it the words in which the em peror gave his permission as a guaran tee of its genuineness. They are to be sold for charitable purposes. Mv doctor said I wou'd die but, Piso’eCure for Consumption cured me.—Amos Keiner, Cherry Valley, Ills., Nov. S3, 1895 Another Offer far Sight. A. J. Miller, a wealthy merchant of Frankfort, lnd., has offered to give ♦50.000 to anyone who will reatore his 8lg*t, lost three years ago by a stroke of paralysis. Hdaeate Tour Bowels With Cos carets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forsver. lOo. It C. O. C. fall, druggists refund money. Theosophy is the cultured and soul ful way of going crazy. United Brethren Church at a small place in Kent County, Mich. Being of an am bitious nature, 1 applied myself diligently to my work and studies. In time I noticed that my health was failing. . My trouble was indigestion, and this with other trou bles brought on nervousness. “My physician prescribed for me for some some time, and advised me to take a change of climate. I did as he requested and was some improved. Boon after, 1 came here as professor in physics and chemistry,. and later was financial agent of this college. The change agreed with me, and for a while my health was better, but my duties were heavy, and again 1 found my trouble returning. This time it was more severe and in the winter I be came completely prostrated. I tried vari ous medicines and different physicians. Finally, I was able to return to my duties. Last spriqg I was elected president of the college. Again I had considerable work, and the trouble,which had not been entire ly cured, began to affect me, and last fall I collapsed. I had different doctors, but none did me any good. Professor Bow man, who is professor of natural science, told me of his experience with Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills for Pale People and urged me to give them a trial, because they had benefited him in a similar case, and 1 con cluded to try them. “The first box helped me, and the second gave great relief, such as I had never ex perienced from the treatment of any phy sician. After using six boxes of the medi cine I was entirely cured. To-day I am perfectly well. 1 feel better and stronger than for years. I certainly recommend this medicine.’’ <■ To allay all doubt Prof. Barnaby cheer fully made an affidavit before Lyman J. Bcuddek, Notary Public. Dr. Williams* Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, BO cents a box or six boxes for 98.60 (they are never sold in bulk, or bv the 100), by addressing Dr. Wil liams’ Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. The Hire Glasses. Mamma—“I am inclined to be eus piclous of Mr. Smlthers.” J- .' 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In 1831 the scythe and the cradle were superseded by the McCormick Reaper. The intervening yean have seen many improvements, until now wehave that model Harvester and Binder, the McCormick Right Hand Open Elevator, and that veritable electric light of mowerdom, the New 4. It is not only the handsomest mower ever built, but it is, in every sense of the word, the best—and if your experience has taught you anything, it is that there’s nothing cheeper then the best McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, fhfr.tgt, The Light-Running McCormick Open Elevator Harvester. The Light-Running McCormick New 4 Steel Mower, The Light-Running McCormick Vertical Corn Binder and The Light-Running McCorfuick Daisy Reaper for sale everywhere. % OfftTlNCUttMINQ CwlUMBA PCATUM. FON 1M7. New. Fork Crown In the 1897 Colum bia models a feature of special importance is the double fork crown. It is a special construction wnich we have tried and found td~ be the strongest. 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