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Apiil 18, 1895 THE WEALTH MAKERS. fi POPULAR QFf? Wyt f v B00KS Iruulbls 1 j; No. 91. The ratal Marriage. By Miss M. E. Braddon. This is a thrilling story, in which a man marries a lovely girl for her wealth, and as it should always be, he came to Brief as a reward for his deception. No. 99. Tbe Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow. By Jerome K. Jerome. Mr. Jerome Is known as the "English Mark Twain." He is a writer of the finest sort of fun, which is sure to De nigniy enjoyed Dy an who will read this book. li is ) considered his best. No. 90. On Her Wedding Morn. By Bertha M. Clay, author of "Her Only 8in,v' "A Golden Heart," and other stories. This is a companion novel to "Her Only Sin," and will be read with the same intensity of feeling, with mingled Joy and sadness as the characters in the book have cause for tears or laughter. It is a love story that must appeal to every reader. No. 89. Her Only Sin. By Bertha M. Clay. No. 58. Merry Men. By B. L. Stevenson. A thrilling account of the perilous adven tures of a party seeking for a sunken Span ish treasure-ship . No. 81. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. By R. L. Stevenson. No. 101. The Chimes. By Charles Dickens. No. 94. No. 96. No. 97. No. 95. No. 98. Dickens. No. 100. A Christmas Carol. By Dickens. The Hannted Man. By Dickens. Two Ghost Stories. By Dickens. The Battle of Life. By Dickens. Three Christmas Stories. By Cricket on the Hearth. By Dickens. A FREE GIFT. Everyone subscribing or renewing their subscription to this paper within the next THIRTY DAYS will receive five books selected from the above list, also year's subscription to the Ladies' Home Companion, a paper for women, by women and its departments are edited with rare skill and attractiveness by women whose names are familiar in every household. The quality of illustrations, merit of its fiction, practicability of tbe articles on housekeeping, oare of children, hints on inexpensive and tasteful home adornment and fashion changes, hare given this standard home journal the enormous circulation of 140,000 copies each issue. It is published twice a month, each issue containing 20 to 28 large pages, at f 1 per year. JUST THINK OF IT. The price of The Wealth Makers is $1.0O per year; the pries of the Ladies' Home Companion is $1.00 per year. One Dollar and Twenty-five Cents sent to us now will extend your subscription to Tbe Wealth Makers one year, pay for a year's subscription to tbe Ladies' Home Companion, and besides you will receive, postpaid, any five which yon may select, of the books men tioned above. If your subscription is already paid up to this paper, get one new subscriber for it at the regular price of fl.00 per year, put in 25 cents extra, and pet the books and the Ladies' Home Companion for jourself. The Wealth Makers must hold everyone of its present subscribers, and wants to get 25,000 new ones this year. We must sweep the state in '96. Will you help nsf Don't thluk of stopping your subscription; if you must sacrifice in some way, sscri flee in some other way. Help us to increase the circulation of The Wealth Makers to 50,000 and victory for '96 is assured. Renew your subssription t Get new subscribers! Renew your subscription! Get new subscribers! . Address, Wealth Makers Pub. Co., J. S. HYATT, Bug. Mgr. HILL'S POLITML HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. By Thomas E. Hill. This is a large octavo book of 450 pages, condensed by tabulation into a small book that it may be universally sold and circulated at a low price. Its purpose is to clearly present, in a manner entirely non-partisan, the merit attaching to each party. No partiality is shown in behalf of any political organization. Like the dictionary, it simply defines. It gives the best-known argument in favor of each, and leaves the reader free to choose which he will serve. It treats upon the important live issues of the time, and is an indis pensable work to people who would intelligently discuss the political situation. It is a very exhaustive compendium of Political Facts, and literally answers thousands of questions. To illustrate: What are Democratic principles! What does a tingle-tax advocate propose' If all tax was placed on land, what would be the tax on the fa mil What would be the tax on suburban prop erty, and how much on the acre worth two million dollars in the center of the city f What does a Republican believe! Why be a Republican and favor high pro tective tarifl! What are the argument for and against protection! What do the Socialists want! What would be the conditions It Socialistic principles prevailed! What do the Populists desire! If government owned and operated the banks, and banks never failed, and people never hid their money and all money came out and into active circulation, and money was so abundant that interest became low, and all enterprise started up and everybody had employment, what then! , What do the Nationalists want! Why nationalize the railroads, the coal mines and various Industries! What do the eight-hour advocates pro pose! If working certain hours yields cer tain profit, how could working less hours yield more profit! How could women be benefited by voting! What Btarted the financial panle of 18931 Who commenced the tirade against sliver, that resulted In the repeal of the Sherman law! Who started the stampede on the banks In 1893, by which 714 of them failed In eight months, and four hundred million dollars PRICES. Bound in, fine morocco, stamped in gold, convenient and durable for editors, public speakers and others who wish to use it constantly as a work of reference $1.00 Bound in substantial, elegant cloth 75 Bound in paper cover 25 SENT POSTPAID ON RECEIPT OF PRICE, Ani alio (or ule it the "Our Governor," the new march, com posed in honor of Governor Holcomb by Prof. J. L. Frank, will be sent to any ad dress by remitting 85c. to J. L. Frank, Y. M. C. A., Lincoln, Neb. NEURALGIA cured by Dr. Miles' Paim Fills. "One cent a doss." At all druggist Below we give a list of twenty-five good and usef a books, suited to every member of the family. Man j are by famous authors, known wherever the English language is spoken. Among them are the following DICKENS, DRUMMOND, JEROME, HARRADEN, BRADDON, KIPLING, STEVENSON, And others almost as well known. Each number is a complete book, and each is bound in a separate cove) with beautiful design like that shown in the illustra tion above. No. 59. The Courting of Dinah Shadd. By Itudyard Kipling, who is thought by many to be the greatest living story-writer, No. 60. A Bird of Passage. By Beatrice Harraden, author of "Ships that Pass in the Night." The book which has had such a phe nomenal sale during the past year. This is a charming story, told in beautiful language. No. 64. The Greatest Thing in the World. By Henry Drummond. This book is on love as taught by Christ and the dis ciples; and if any one doubts that love is the greatest thing in the world, and if they want to be made stronger in their love for al things, they must get this book, by all means, No. 63. Changed Life. By Drummond. No. 62. Peace be With You. By Drum- monu. v These two books are fully eo.ua! to "The Greatest Thing in the World," by the same author, each treating of a different phase of Christian life. You will feel purer and better aiier uaving reaa mem. No. 56. Courtship of Widow Bedott and Mr. Crane. By Francis M. Whitcher, No. 57. How Widow Bedott Popped the Question. By Francis M. Whitcher. No. 70. Good Manners. By Mrs. M. W. Baines. A manual of etiquette. No. 88. Love on a Log. By Hosea Ballou. No. 92. Old Mother Hubbard. Illus trated. No. 66. Outdoor Sports. Illustrated. No. 78. Indoor Games. Illustrated. Lincoln, Stb. were drawn out of the banks and hidden within a period of ninety days! Who was President of the United States in 184918591869! Who have been the occupants of the presi dential chair since 1879! Who have been members of the Cabinet during every presidential administration! ' How many Democrats, Republicans, and members of other parties have we had in each and every Congress! How many lawyers In each Congress! Whence originated the names of "Brother Jonathan," "Uncle Sam," "Loco-Foco," "Silver Greys," etc., etc.! What were the Issues Involved In the Missouri Compromise, the Monroe Doctrine, the Dred Scott Decision, Fugitive Slave Law, etc., etc.! What of the biographical record of the great leaders in ourearly history, including Washington, Patrick Henry, Hamilton, Webster, Franklin, Clay, Calhoun, Jefferson and others! What has thrown so many people Into idleness of late years! Why so many tramps! What Is the history of the Coxey move ment! When did the coal miners' strike begin and what was the extent of that movement! What are the facts about the Pullman strike, the American Railway Union and the boycott of the Pullman cars! What are the remedies proposed whereby capital and labor may each have Justice! See "Hill's Political HiBtory of the United States." offlco of ttii FnUicitlos. Notice our cheap clubbing rates with The Prairie Farmer" and "The Picture Magazine." Send in your subscriptions. You will want good reading matter for the family during the long winter evenings. PEOPLE'S) PLATFOKM. Adopted by tbe Convention at Om aha Nebraska, July 4, 1802. Assembled noon tbe one hundred and sixteenth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the People's Party of America, in their first national conven tion, invoking upon tneir action ins blessings of Almighty God, puts forth in the name, and on behalf of the people of the country, the following preamble and declaration of principles: The conditions which surround ns best justify our co-operation; we meet in the midst of a nation brougn. to tne verge of moral, political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine of ' the bench. The people are demoralised; most of the states have been compelled to isolate the voters at the polling places to prevent universal intimidation or bribery. The newspapers are largely subsidized or muzzled; public opinion silenced; business prostrated; our homes covered with mortgages; labor impover ished; and the land concentrating in the hands of the capitalists. The urban workmen are denied the right of organi sation for self-protection; imported pau perised labor beats down their wages; a hireling army, unrecognised by our law, is established to shoot them down: and they are rapidly degenerating into Euro pean conditions. The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for afew, unprecedented in the history of mankind, and the pos sessors of these in turn despise the re public and endanger liberty. From the same prolific womb of governmental in justice we breed the two great classes tramps and millionaires. The national power to create money is appropriated to enrich bondholders; a vast public debt, payable in legal tender currency, has been funded into gold-bearing bonds, thereby adding millions to the burdens of the people. Silver, which has been accepted as coin since the dawn of history, has been de monetized to add to the purchasing pow er of gold, by decreasing the value of all forms of property, as well as human la bor, and the supply of currency is pur posely abridged to fatten usurers, bank rupt enterprise, and enslave industry. A vast conspiracy against mankind has been organized on two continent, and it is rapidly taking possession of the world. If not met and overthrown at once it forebodes terrible social convul sions, the destruction of civilization, or tbe establishment of an absolute despot ism. We have witnessed for more than a quarter of a century the struggles .of the two great political parties for power and plunder, while grievous wrongs have been inflicted upon tne Buttering people. We charge that the controlling iufiuence dominating both these parties have per mitted the existing dreadful conditions to develop, without serious effort to prevent or restrain them. Neither do they now promise us any substantial reform. They have agreed together to ignore, in the coming cam paign, every issue but one. 1 hey pro pose to drown tne outcries 01 a plundered people with the uproar of a sham battle over the tariff; so that capitalists, corpo rations, national banks, rings, trusts, watered stock, the demonetization of sil ver, and the oppressions ef tbe usurers may all be lost sight of. They propose to sacrifice our homes, lives and children on the altar of Mammon; to destroy the multitude in order to secure corruption funds from the millionaires. Assembled on the anniversary of the birthday of the qation, and filled with tbe spirit of the grand generation of men, who estab lished our independence, we seek to re store the government of the Republic to the hands of "the plain people," with whose class it originated. We assert our purposes to be identical with the purpose of the national constitution: "to form a more perfect union, establish justice, in sure domestic tranquility, providefor the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty ourselves and our posterity." We declare that this republic can only endure as a free government while built upon the love of the whole people for each other and for tbe nation; that it cannot be pinned together by bayonets, that the ml war is over and that every passion and resentment which grew out of it must die with it; and that we must be in fact, as we are in name, one united brother hood. Our country finds itself confront ed by conditions for which there is no precedent in the history of the world. Oar annual agricultural productions amount to billions of dollars in value, which must within a few weeks or months be exchanged for billions of dollars of commodities consumed in their produc tion; the existing currency supply is wholly inadequate to make this exchange. The results are falling prices, the forma tion of combines and rings, and the im poverishment of theproduuingclass. We pledge ourselves that if given power we will labor to correct these evils by wise and reasonable legislation, in accordance with the terms of our platform. We believe that the powers of govern mentin other words, of the people should be expanded (as in the case of the postal service) as rapidly and as far as the good sense of an intelligent people, and the teachings of experience, shall justify; to the end that oppression, in justice and poverty shall eventually cease in the land. While our sympathies as a party of re form are naturally upon tbe sideof every proposition which will tend to make men intelligent, virtuous and temperate, we nevertheless regard these questions im portant as they are as secondary to tbe great issues now pressing for solution; and upon which not only our individual prosperity, but the very existence f free institutions depends; and we ask all men to first help us to determine whether we are to have a republic to administer, be fore we differ as to the conditions upon which it is to be administered; believing that the forces of reform this day organ ized will never cease to move forward un til every wrong is righted and equal pri vileges established for all the men and women of this country. We declare, therefore, UNION OF THE PEOPLE. First, That the union of the labor forces of tbe United States this dny con summated, shall be permanent and per petual; may it spirit enter into all hearts for the salvation of the republic and tbe uplifting of mankind. Second, Wealth belongs to htm who creates it; and every dollar taken from industry, without an equivalent, is rob bery. "If any man will not work neither shall he eat." The interests of rural and civic labor are the same; their enemies re identical. Third. We believe that the time has come whea the railroad corporations will either own the people or tie people most own the railroads; and should the government enteivopon the work of own ing and managing the railroads, wt should favor an amendment to tbe con stitution by which all persons engaged In tbe government service shall be pro tected by civil service regulations of the most rigid character, so as to prevent the increase of the power of the national administration by the use of such addi tional gonernment employes. FIKANCK. We damand a national currency, safe, sound and flexible; issued by the general government only; a full legal tender for all debts publio and private; and that without the use of bankingcorporations; just equitable and efficient means of distribution direct to the people, at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent per annum, to be provided as set forth in the sub-treasury plan of the Farmers' Alliance, or some better system; also by payments in discharge of its obligations for public improvements: We demand free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ration of 16 to 1. We demand that the amount of cir culating medium be speedily increased to not less than $50 per capita. , We demand a graduated income tax. v We believe that the money of the country should be kept, as much as pos sible, in the hands of the people; and hence we demand that all state and na tional revenues shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the government, economically and honestly administered. We demand that postal savings banks beestablished by the government for the safe deposit of the earnings of the people and the facilitation 01 exchange. . TRANSPORTATION. Transportation being a meant of ex change and a public necessity; tbe gov em ment should own and operate the railroads in the interest of tbe people. The telegraph and telephone, like the postpffice system, being a necessity, for the transmissionoi news, snouia oe ownea and operated by the government in the interests of the people. , LANDS. The land, Including an natural re sources of wealth, is tbe heritage of the people, and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes; ana alien owner ship of land should be prohibited. All land now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of their actual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens, should be reclaimed by the gov ernment and held for actual settlers only, RESOLUTIONS. The following resolutions were offered independent of the platform, and were adopted, as expressive of tbe sentiments of the convention: Resolved, That we demand a free ballot and a fair count in all elections, aua pledge ourselves to secure to it every legal voter without federal intervention t.ha nrlnntion bv the states o the unperverted Australian secret ballot system. Resolved, That therevenuederivedfrom a graduated income tax snould be appli ed to the reduction of tbeburdenof taxa tion now levied upon tbe domestic m Hnatxies of this couutrv. Resolved, That we pledge our support to fair and liberal pensions to ex-Union .nli.M nnH n.ilnra. ' Resolved, Tha we condemn the fallacy of protecting American labor under the present system, which opens our ports to the pauper and criminal classes of tbe world, and crowds out our wage-earners and we denounce the present ineffective law against contract labor, and demand the further restriction of undesirable immigration. Resolved, That we cordially sympa thize with the efforts of organized work ingmen to shorter the hours of labor and demand a rigid enforcement of the exist ing eight-hour law on government work, and ask that a penalty clause be added to said law. Resolved, That we regard tbe main tenance of a large standing army of mercenaries, known as the Pinkerton system, as a menace to our liberties, and we demand its abolition, and we condemn the recent invasion of the Territory of Wyoming by the hired assassins of Plutocracy, assisted by Federal officers. Resolved, That we commend to the thoughtful consideration of the people and the reform press, the legislative sys tem known as the Initiative and Referen dum. Resolved, That we favor a constitu tional provision limiting the office of a president and vice president to one term, and providing for the election of the senators by a direct vote of the people. Resolved, That we oppose any subsidy or national aid to any private corpora tion for any purpose. H. E. Taubenkck, Chairman, Marshall, Illinois. , J. H. Turner, Secretary, Georgia. Lawrence McFakland, Secretary, New York. M. C. Rankin, Treasurer, Terre Haute, Indiana. The new song book contains about 125 pages, extra large size, illustrated cover page. No doggerel in it All high class, patriotic, pathetic, humorous, en thusing matter. Now ready. Errors of Youth. SUFFERERS FROM nervous Debility, YontMul Indiscretions, Lost lailood, BE YOUR OWN PHYSICIAN. Many men, from the effects of youthful impru dence, have brought about a state of weakness that ha, reduced the geReral system 10 much as to induce almost every other disease; and the real cause of the trouble scarcely ever being suspected, they are doctored for everything but the right one. During our extensive college and hospital practice we have discovered new and concentrated reme dies. 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This remedy is adapted to every weakness In either ee, and especially In those caeea resulting from Imprudence, The recuperative powers of this restorative are astonishing, and Its use continued for a shorttimechangesthe languid, debilitated, nerveless condition to one of renewed life and vigor. . . - To tnote who voald prer to obtain h of ns, by remitting 1, a sealed package eontatng 00 pills, carefully compounded, will be sent by mail from our prlra'e laboratory, or we will furnish 6 park ages, which will cure most cases, for AUtmtn sacredly confidential. NEW WUM MEDICAL INSTITUTE, No. 7 Tremont Bow, Boston, Mass THE FARM AND HOME. THE SUCCESSFUL DAIRYMAN IS A STUDENT. A Clean Stable the First ThlnE-TJtlllse the Straw Weights mud Prices Feed ing PlfsCorn Loaves Farm Notes end Home Bints. Success In Dairying. Every dairying-man should at all times class himself as a student of the industry, and, more than this, he should not confine his studies to books and papers, for, at the stable and pasture, there is ever an unfold ing lesson that, if subjected to close crutiny, will be of value to the farmer. John Gould says in the American Agriculturist that success comes quite as much from noticing the little details of dairying, and classifying them according to cause and effect to secure the desired re sults, as in complying with the more prominent rules that are quoted as lying at the foundation of dairy suc cess. He says: The dairyman who watohes closely the habits and doings of the cows of his herd, will soon see that success in a great measure is the result of a fixed set of regula tions that are to be observed and made part and parcel of the daily round. These things must be made individual to some extent, so as to fit each and every cow, for what is adapted to one cow, is not just what Borne other cow will require to make her comfort complete. During the past summer I have had this in mind, and for years for that matter, and I. find that so far as the details I are concerned, that the closer we ap proach a certain line 01 regularity, the more marked the success. In the first place th e stable should never be allowed to get in disorder, but be kept clean and tidy, aod above all, whitewashed, and the cobwebs Bwept down; and it will be found that sprinkling in the gutter , each few days with that cheapest of all disinfectants, road dust, will give th barn a healthy tone, that will repay over and over for the little trouble that it requires. While it may be true that it does not directly .pay to feed through the pay in other the cows grain summer it does ways, notably in having the cows form the habit of coming from the pastures, of their own acoord, towards milking time, and replaces the use of a dog. The gram ration may be very small, one pound of seconds each, daily, will be ample, and It is best fed at night This year I fed oat dust, a product of the oatmeal mills, costing about 7. 50 per ton, and from it secured very favorable results. It is also a 'good plan to have each cow have her own tying place, and make it borne, and see that she Is tied in no other place. Keep the manger clean, even if some day it does require you to go at It with an old broom and hot water. A cow never objects to dining off a clean plate. Feeding before milking is, I think, a good plan with the summer mess, but in winter, when feeding lull ra tions, it is better to feed after milk ing, so as to give the cows time to eat, and not Interfere with the work of the milkers, as cows need, as a rule, more time to eat than it is pos sible to allow, and then the cows soon fall into the habit of voiding when being milked, which is a great nuisance when there are forty cows to milk. When it is possible there should be a tank of water in the yard where the cows can get their fill-before going into the stalls. It is surprising how much water a dairy will consume in this way, even where the pasture is abundantly sup plied with springs and running brook 8, and in the winter, a galvan ized iron trough, fastened to the in side front of the manger, kept filled with water, will be a paying invest ment Utilize the btraw. Now that hay is sure to be scarce this winter it will undoubtedly lead to the feeding of all the available oat straw, and to a good share of the chaff and the better part of the wheat straw, says the Nebraska Farmer. Straw can sometimes be used in this way to good advantage. It does not make a bad food when helped out with the cornstalk field and some hay and perhaps a little bran. A dairy cow should have something better of course. If her butter product won't pay for the best of feed she is no good as a dairy cow and should be reduced to the ranks of an ordinary cow. But there is always on the ordinary farm quite a per cent of young steers, cows out oi milk and young things that would not pay to buy hay for. ihese can be carried along on a part ration of straw. They would make a better growth on good hay but the increase in weight would not be worth what the hay cost There is another way by which the straw can be used as food without being fed to the stock at alL In the winter time most of the food that is eaten goes to keeping the animal warm. This is tbe first demand made by the animal on its stomach. After that demand has been satisfied the food that is left is stored in the animal's body as fat or else it is used to make more muscle and bone. It is obvious then that the colder it is the more food will be demanded to keep up the bodily heat But if the cold can be kept from affecting tb animal, less food will be needed and just that much food will be saved. By a law of nature the living body becomes cold much quicker in wind than in a calm atmosphere. This law has caused the erection oi windbreaks and sheds for shelter. Where a man cannot afford to buy sufficient hay nor put up barns 01 board shed, be can at least provide plenty of straw sheds. They will ait for a couple of years and then can be renewed. There can be no possible excuse for a lack of straw covered sheds. A few posts and poles are all that is needed to start with and it does not require a skilled mechanic to construct the shed. More straw might profitably be used for bedding than is ordinarily used. It would keep the horse and cow warmer and it makes the best of manure when mixed with tbe solid and liquid excrement This is the true way to compost the straw stack. The straw rots quicker and at the same time it checks excessive fer mentation of the manure heap. All of these methods pay . better than burning the straw, which should be the last resort to make use of the surplus straw. All of the carbon and nitrogen is lost by burning and only the mineral ash remains. Feeding Pica Charcoal and wood ashes with nu merous other things, sometimes poisonous drugs, are given to grow ing pigs to correct the acidity of the stomach and prevent the rotting pro cess which results from undigested food in the stomach at a high tem perature. This rotting is the result of gluttony, whether found in man or any other beast, and should be cor rected by the thoughtful and ex perienced feeder. Too much is not only not good because calculated to impair the vital functions and mili tate against their successful work ing, but is a waste of food as , well, and it is in the economical use of food that we find our profit But should such a correction to the acidity of the stomach be really called for there is nothing better or more readily available than burnt corn cobs, or a few ears of burned corn. Corn ground with cobs is prob ably better after all, affording as it does bulk as well as nutriment and permitting the gastric juice an op portunity to thoroughly permeate the mass in the stomach. Colman's Rural World. Firm Note. In every department of farm work It pays to have sharp tool a , The best farmer does not depend on commercial fertilizers alone, but utilizes all the manure of his fa-m. An Englishman declares that breed ing thoroughbreds to scrubs depreci ates the value of the former. It may, but we don't believe it all the same. ' ' Don't buy sheep for wool and then harvest them for mutton, is the ad vice of a contemporary. The fact iR, all sheep should be raised foi the mutton with the wool as a side issue. An English court has held that an owner of barbed wire fenoes on the public highway, is liable for any damage that it may inflict on passers by, and inferently for damage to stock lawfully on the highway. Are the cultivators, harrows, roll ers, plows and farm machinery under shelter, orare they scattered over the farm? Implements exposed to alternate sun and rains will not last half as long as if taken care of. A writer saye that clover is a grass that makes land richer and better for having grown on it and we never lose anything by growing it for honey. It may not sell as well as a hay crop, but it enriches the soil so much that it pays for itself in a year or two. If the tops of clover are out off, e . ' . j a Ml 1 says a writer, in roots win increase in bulk much more than if the tops had not been removed. It is an im mutable botannical law that if the parts of a plant above the grouni are severely pruned it will develop root growth. Never ring hogs unless it is abso lutely necessary. Some people seem to think that it is the science of hog- ology to ring swine whether or not. Wo have seen hogs rung to prevent their rooting in a pasture, when the old thing needed nothing so much as it needed rooting up. Home Hints. Ether will take out. water marks from silk. A little paraffine rubbed on screws will make them enter wood more easily. Madras muslin or printed frilled curtains are effective bedroom drap eries and are much sought after by reason of their artistio coloring. Nervous headache may be greatly relieved by the application of hot water to the temples and the back of the neck, particularly if a hot foot bath is used at the same time Violet and orris make the best combination for bureau and chiffonier sachets. The orris imparts an odor of cleanliness and the violet gives just the delicate fragrance that is needed. Coffee stains should not be ob stinate if treated as follows: Rub the stain before the cloth has been laun dered with a mixture made by dis solving the yolk of an egg in a little lukewarm water. Wash with clean warm water. Brass should be cleaned at least once a week. Alcohol, spirits of turpentine, benzine or kerosene will generally remove all ordinary spots on this metal. The final cleansing and polishing should be done with powdered rottonstone.oil and chamois skin. v There is only one right way to clean wall paper, and that is with week-old loaf of bread cut in halves. Begin at the top of the wall and wipe downward with the crumb side of the loaf, making the stroke a half yard or so in length. Never rub crosswise or upward, but always downward. Generally after this op eration the paper will look as good as new. , . . ....