ColttratlBt the Palaa I a doers.
Eben E. Kexford in a practical article
:n February Ladies1 Home Journal, ex
plains in detail how the palm can be
successfully cultirated (in the house).
In summarizing the essential points to
be observed he says: 'The hot, dry
ir of the l.T.ng room lacks that Tital
principle which the air of the green- .
house had in it, and encourages the de- ;
elopment of insect enemies which i
rapidly sap the impoverished life-blood
of the palm. It will be understood j
from this that it is necessary to modify !
the conditions characteristic of the
Jiving- room as much as possible. The -sir
must be moistened by evaporation t
ot 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 6oil moist. Good drainage
must be provided also.
GRINDING THEM DOWN
SAD CONDITION OF THE
ISH PRODUCERS.
BRIT-
Forced to Gold-Staulard Slavery, "While
China. Japan and Mexico Fore
AhRd on a Silver Uali A Necessary
Conclusion to It All.
The nearly rained British agricultur
1st will not find much to dispel his mel
: ancholy in the speechifying at the
Farmers' Club. The dominant note was
' doleful throughout; prices have fallen
: so low that even a turn of luck in one
j branch or another makes very little
I difference on the whole. Thus, in the
J North of England, where the harvest
. was tolerably good and the hay crop
! up to the average, "the price of meat
; was so low that it would not more than
j pay the growth of corn in the South
i It is the same dismal story all round;
The ideal iiatbaod. as the chairman added that barley,
An article in the current number of j wheat, oats and potatoes are selling at
an innuentiai review bears tins rainer j so low a price as to be unremunerative
Clearly, therefore, the only chance of
portentous title: Does the Ideal llu
band Exist?' Despite the weightiness
of the doubt implied, the answer is re
ally easy. It depeAds on the ideal.
The trouble with the modern woman
is that the wants too much. In this
he is in strong contrast with the mod
ern man. lie doesn't want too much.
In fact, he would often be glad to take
lees than he gets. But she, if she is
rery 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 get it. The best consolation
for her is to rest in the eoviction 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.
saving the industry from complete ruin
is to adopt some means for so cheap
ening production as to leave a margin
of profit even at present prices. How
that can best be done rests with the
government to sav. It has committed
itself to making the rescue of agricul
ture Its first effort in parliament, and
judging from what ministers have let
drop from time to time, it may be taken
for granted that the fiscal burdens on
land and railway freights will be sub
stantially diminished. Even then, how
ever, it appears to be very doubtful
whether this salvage operation will,
by itself, accomplish its purpose. The
farmer must endeavor to co-operate on
the lines suggested by Lord Winchilsea
and Lord Claude Hamilton at the late
conference. If the middleman could
MILLION Or DOLLAR AXJfCALLT.
And more could ba made bv the farmers
if they would plant Salzer's big crop- ; onlr be swept away, thus allowing con
ping seeds, because Salzer's seeds I sumer and producer to come into di
trprout. grow and produce, giving you ' rect toch. the agricultural problem
from 4 to 6 tons of hay per acre, over 200 ' wouId be happily solved. London
bu. of corn. 116 hu. of baxlAv hn I Graphic.
- j 9 r -
cf potatoes. 209 bu. Silver Mine Oats
and the like per acre. These are pos
itive facts, all of which can be substan
tiated by oath. Now, the editor asks
-w hy sow poor seeds and get poor yields,
when such big, bountiful yields are pos
ible? Salzer's catalogue tells you all
about it.
If yon will cot this ont and send it
with 10 cents postage to the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., you
will receive their mammoth catalogue
cod 10 samples of grain and grass seeds,
worth $10,, to anybody to get a start
from. Catalogue alone, 5 cents post
age, w.n.
An elephant's skin, when tanned, is over
an inch thick.
"hBowy's Bronchial Troches" are unri
valed for relieving Cousrhs, Hoarseness and
all Throat Troubles. Sold only in toxes.
You can do more for yourself than any
man can do for you.
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding- of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
fortsgentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightlv directed. There is comfort in
the 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 it is 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 best, and with the
well-informed everywhere. Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
So it is with agriculture everywhere
except in silver-siandard countries. The
demonetization of silver doubled the
value of the unit by which all commod
ities are measured. At the same time it
threw the agriculturist in gold-standard
countries open to the competition of
those producing on the cheaper basis
of silver. As retail prices did not fall so
rapidly as wholesale, and as .debts, tax
es and some other thing6 have not been
reduced at all, the result has been al
most ruin to both the English and the
American farmer. The effect has not
been quite so disastrous to the manu
facturer, because more indirect and
tardy, and in a measure he has been
able to protect nimself by combinations
and trusts. But he is now beginning
to feel it both directly and indirectly.
The building of mills and factories in
Mexico, India. China, and especially
Japan, is a cold fact that he cannot ig
nore. That the factories in those coun
tries produce on a silver basis, is an
other fact that cannot be denied. That
this gives those countries an advantage
in exchange should be apparent to
every business man who is not com
pletely blinded by his prejudices. These
facts being conceded, that the restora
tion of silver is the only true remedy,
is a necessary conclusion.
DEAR VS. CHEAP MONEY.
ft is tl-i
Dipeot Line-
The difference between the
Burlington and all other lines
to Montana and the 1 acilic
Northwest is the difference
letween a direct line and a I
line that isn't dire' t. j
The !ur.in.;ton is the direct
line.
It is from 50 to :S miles
hhorterthan any other iine
to Helena. liutte, Sjoane,
Seattle anl Tacoma. I
A last train for those and !
al! other northwestern joints
leaves Omaha at :. p. m. i
dai:v. Go west on it if you :
want to reach your destina
tion quickest end most com
fort aily.
Time tables and information
alout rates will le furnished
cn app ication by the local
ticket agent or by addressing
The People Getting an lutight Into
Mysteries Thereof.
One of the mysteries of the present
situation is the fact that so many ap
parently intelligent and fair minded
Americans have permitted themselves
to be blinded to the real nature of the
financial issue. Americans are natu
rally honest and in many cases their
judgments seem to have been com
pletely warped by appeals to them in
the name of "honest money." It is to
be devoutly hoped that as the issue be
comes more clearly defined they may be
able to grasp the fundamental truth
that money may be "dishonest" by be
ing too "dear," as well as by being too
"cheap.'
In every financial transaction there
are two sides. "Dear money" is "good
money" to one side, but it Is frequently
ruin, and always injury to the other.
Let those who have been deluded by the
specious cry of "sound money" make a
note of this, and they will have taken
an important step toward a correct so
lution of the monetary question. Let
them then proceed to investigate how a
dollar that is appreciating that is, in
creasing in purchasing power works
as between the monied classes and
those who are in debt or engaged in
production. Just a little figuring will
give them ideas that they never had be
fore. When they proceed in this way
they will soon discover the reason why
the money centers are so unanimously
against what they are pleased to term
"cheap money." "Dear money" gives
them an enormous advantage. It en
riches them while they sleep. At the
same time the mors the dollar grows in
value the harder it is for those to obtain
it who have to depend upon their own
exertions. This was the natural effect
of demonetizing one of the precious
metals and basing all values upon the
one which was retained. Hence the
cry of distress and demand for relief
that for more than twenty years has
gone up from the producing classes in
every country that has adopted the
gold standard.
tice, furthermore, that the house tariff :
bill will not be allowed to pass without i
a free coinage amendment. Until a
test vofe is had it cannot be pronounced
with certainty wnether the free coin- ;
age men will be able to control the ac- j
tion of the senate. Whether they have
that power or not, they have unfortun
ately, under the rules of the senate,
power to delay for a long time the en
actment of the legislation sent up from
the house. Bradstreet's, Jan. 14. J
Bradstreet's is an extreme gold or- j
gan, and looks at every public question
from the Wall street standpoint. The
silver senators have it in their power :
to block legislation, and they will do j
it to the full extent of their judgment. I
Whether the legislation thus "blocked"
is "needed" is a point which they will
determine for themselves. They will
allow neither Bradstreet's nor the Morgan-Rothschild
syndicate to determine
for them what is "needed." If the sil
ver senators were to take their in
structions from such sources, the peo
ple who believe in bimetallism would
be better off without any representa- j
tion at all.
The legislation which is more needed
than any other is the restoration of
an honest monetary system to the peo
ple of the United States, so that while
the syndicates are making $10,000,000
at a single turn, the farmers and pro
ducers may be able to get mone3
enough to buy sugar and pay taxes. !
In the judgment of a great many
earnest.thoughtful and studius men.the '
most important step in that direction
is the complete remonetization of sil- i
ver. i
That is what the silver senators hav
in view, and there is no power either .
in Wall street or in England to swerve
them from their course. National Bi
metallist. j
"THE WOODEN HEN"
Hatches chickens from hen's eggs. It is
10x15x8 inches : will take care of 28 eggs.
Write co Mr. Geo. IL SUhL Mfr., Quincy,
11L. for a ccpy of his booklet "W." describ-
insj the "Wooden Hen, also large cata
logue, jsottt sent free. Jteataoa this paper.
The Census of Berlin.
Berlin has just been having her quin
quennial census taken. Then the sta
tistician produced statistics and made
out that on the night of Isovember 1
last Berlin had 1,647.000 souls in it As
to which figures the police joined im
mediate issue. The Berlin policeman
does not orofess to be a statistician. To
and from the city's population as it
stood on .November 1, 1890, he had been
adding and subtracting day by day the
births and other arrivals, and the de
partures by death or other removal;
and at the end of five years he made
out that the population ought to total
1,757,000. Moreover, as nobody couia
possibly enter or leave Berlin, alive or
dead, without his knowledge, it was
pretty certain that he was right. Con
sequently he wanted to know what the
statistician had done with the S3,0O0
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.
MOVEMENTS OF SILVER
LION.
BUL-
Statlstlcs on Shipments an Gathered by
ItrltUh Authorities.
London authorities on the movement
of bullion estimate that shipments of
silver to Asia in 1S93 amounted to about
6,000,000, a falling off as compared with
recent years. On the other hand, ex
ports to the continent or Europe in
creased 2,500,000 over the previous
year. Mexican dollars have been in
good demand all the year in the East,
and the price has closely followed that
of bar silver, with a premium of about
1 per cent in favor of the coin. The
imports of gold at London were large.
amounting to about 36.000,000, includ
ing 11,450,000 from the United States
(to which, nowever, t3,2o.ooo was
Catarrh Can Not Be Cured
With local applications as they can
not reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh Is a blood cr constitutional dis
ease, and in order to cure it you must
take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, and acts di
rectly on the blood and 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 best tonics
known, combined with the best blood
purifiers, acting directly on th mucous
surfaces. The perfect combination of
the two Ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results in curing Ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props..
Toledo, O.
Bold by druggists: price. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills. 25c
Artists plv their vocation with difti
culty in Constantinople. Sketching is
forbidden except under the strictest
regulations. When F. Hopkinson Smith
soucrht to transfer to canvas some of
the charming views in the neighbor
hood of the Golden Horn, an official
from the ministry of police was in con
stant attendance upon him. He has
written an account of bis experiences
shipped). 8.200,000 from South Africa. for the March Century. "A Personally
and 6.250,000 from Australia, while In
dia and China shipped 3,300,000 to Lon
don.
KNOWS THE CURE.
The Majority In the Senate for the Only
Panacea Free Silver.
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n:. . "5n this paper.
; Needed legislation is being blocked
I at present hy the free-coinage men in
! the senate. The result of the promin
1 ence given the silver element in the re
organization of the finance committee
was seen in the action taken by the
j majority of the committee on Tuesday
in reporting a free coinage substitute
for the house bond bill. Several of the
free coinage senators have served no-
MX Am an American."
Some men boastingly proclaim: "I .
am a Democrat, and others, 'I am a Re- i
publican." When President Cleveland
talks Americanism our hearts joyfully J
respond and we feel proud to say. "I i
am an American." i
It must be exceedingly gratifying to
every true American to nna max. our ;
president proposes to stand up and if j
necessary fight for an American policy j
the Monroe doctrine. It is hardly a i
part of the law of nations, but it is a !
good, sound American policy and we
can enforce it without going to war.
Now that the ice is broken (so to :
epeak) and the president finds that we j
can declare war "without international ;
conference" and "without England's
consent," perhaps he will progress in
Americanism until it is stalwart enough
to hold and maintain that we can coin !
n American silver dollar without "a I
conference" and without anybody s i
"consent." j
As long as England can control our ,
monetary policy (as she does now) she j
has no need to go to war with us to keep j
us down and our producers in distress.
Over $3,000,000 in gold went to England
to-day from our treasury by Schle
heimer et al. on paper, that calls for
"coin," not gold remember, but simply
"coin."
The president orders all these to be
paid in gold coin and 60 the silver is left
idle in the treasury and another bond
issue is imminent to replace gold in the
treasury and another ten-milion steal
Into the private contract bond syndicate
composed of Englishmen, English
Americans and the president's late
partner Stetson.
More than 100 years ago we declared
cur political independence and by a
6even years' war established it. Time
and again we have declared our com
mercial independence by tariff, almost
prohibitory, without even a suggestion
of "conference." And now we have pro
claimed distinctly to the world the Mon:
roe doctrine. But can we maintain the
Monroe doctrine if we allow England
to dictate' our monetary policy, do you
think? No, we can have no real inde
pendence in any respect unless we have
and control our own monetary system
and money supply. Independence in
that respect is the one thing we need
and must have or all else comes to
naught. PERRY PRENTISS.
X
"Bearlns Ills Stock.
Let the United States keep all its sil
ver at home, and there will soon come
a scramble for that metal. But so long
as Uncle Sam, the principal silver pro
ducer of the world, bears his stock, how
can he expect the big nations to bull
it? Peoria Journal.
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
confesses.
FATTEMXO BOOS COSTS OXE CENT
The editor recently heard of a farmer
fattening hogs 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,
with 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.
If yon will cnt thin out and send it
with 10 cents postage to the John A.
Salzer 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 and jealousy,
and when the latter comes the former
will not stav.
Farmers Make Bare
Of an abundant yield of grain If they
use the Campbell Sub Surface Packer,
manufactured only by the Sioux City
Engine and Iron Wor.ks, Sioux City, la.
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 and leaves the
surface loose and covered with small
lumps, actually forces decomposition
of all stubble or foreign matter turned
tinder and In every instance has shown
a gain of 75 to 200 per cent, over ordi
nary yieias. 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 ousht to find out that condemning
others will never justify us.
Every man feels sorry for the victim of
come other man's injustice.
RtgNntn'i Camphor lee wi ll Glycerine.
Curec Chapped Bands and Face, Teadr or Sore Vet,
Chilblains, Piles. Ac. C i. Clark Co., New Haven, CU
The man who quarrels with his lot makes
it harder.
For Lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure
is the best medicine we have used. Mrs. J.
L. Northcott, Windsor, Ont., Canada.
Things around us will look better if
first look overhead.
we
The revlTlna; powers or Parker's Ginger Tonic
rentier it in is enstible in every home. Stora icli
troubles, colds and every form of listress j ield to ii.
Conduct will never
victions are wrong.
te right while con-
The bimetallic system existed in this
country from 1793 to 1873 and our
mints were open free to both gold and
silver, and all over the world our sil
ver was "accepted at about $1.30 per
ounce. But for the combined effort
of the money loaners, the bond dealers
and the gold syndicate who sought to
make money dearer by establishing the
gold standard, that would be the ca30
today. Cleveland Plaindealer.
Learning how to pray consists mainly
in getting in the right attitude to pray.
Get Illndtrromi And ae tt
if yon want to realise the comfort of being without
corns. It takes them out p.-rlecily. 15c at druturis s.
He who minds his own business walks
head and shoulders above 90 per cent of his
fellows.
TKS AKKUOi'uii CO. docs naif the world's
Windmill business, because It has reduced the cost of
wind power te l.ti bu itwas. It has many branch
.a houses, and supplies itseoodsand repairs
f-' " ' T at your door. It can and does furnish a
others. It makes Pomplng- and
Gftared. Stel, Galvanized after-
-i J and Fixed Steel Towers, Stel Bnzs Saw
Grinders. On application it will name one
kiST t these articles that It will furnish until
mar 1st at 18 the usual price. It also makes
iaa roans ai in Kinds, sena nr cataiecue.
x 12th. BadnreU aai FUlaere Streets, Calcaf
C XI!
Almost a Collision.
"Speaking of narrow escapes,' ob
served Mr. Chugwater, reaching for his
second cup of coffee, 'did I tell you I
was on a train the other day that came
within three feet of beinsr run into by
another train going at full speed?"
"For mercy sakes, no," exclaimed
Mrs. Chugwater. "How did it hap
pen?" 'The train that came so near run
ning into ours," he rejoined, buttering
a biscuit, "was on the other track and
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!
Stonn small mala dr. which is ttealina:
your strength, before it outruns your power
to arrest it, and recover what it took from
you. The safest and promptest recuper
ator of wanlnjr vitality is liostetter's stom
ach Bitters, which renews vlpor, flesh and
nerve quietude because it restores activity
to those functions whose interruption inter
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for dyspepsia, malarial, rheumatic and kid
ney complaints and billlousness.
If your friends don't treat you ristht eat j
onions. " ,'
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E Is the original .Sarsaparilla, the j
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The eggs of the crocodile are scarcely
larger than those of the goose.
If the Baby Is Cutting: Teetn.
Be rare and use that old and well-tiled remedy. Has.
Ifixstow's SooTanto Sracr for Children Tee tiling-
If men could realize the importance of
honesty, all men would be honest.
Women have usually l etter eyesight than
men.
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Sunflower stalks are now converted into
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Billiard table, second-hand, for bale
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