October 12, 1899.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
THE MANURE QUESTION.
A Simple, Lucid and Interesting Ex
position ot Ita Cheralatry.
In those portions of the manure
which are accessible to the air one
class of bacteria live and breed In
enormous numbers,. They feed on the
oxygen of the air and the nitrogenous
portion of the manure and In their ex
crements ' give off large quantities of
nitrates, the latter being the direct
products of the oxidation of nitroge
nous organic matter anywhere, whether
in the bodies of these bacteria or not
These nitrates, being very soluble In
' water, drain down into the interior of
the manure heap, just as tbey drain
through the soil. But Instead of all
going off In the drainage water and be
coming lost, as they often do In the
oil, they are chiefly lost by an entire
ly different process, r ; ; 5
In the Interior of , the heap, shut
- .away from the air, these nitrates fall
prey to another class of bacteria
known as "nitrate destroyers." They
completely undo the work of the other
i bacteria, or "nitrate formers." The
"nitrate destroyers", live on the non
nitrogenous constituents of the straw
and leaves and the oxygen of the
i nitrates, f This liberates the nitrogen
In the form of gas, which escapes into
the -air and is lost to the farmer. The
process also' consumes the nitrog
enous portion, which is chiefly the
v remainder, of the litter. It Is formed
Into water and carbonic acid gas,
which escape Into the air and thus
diminish the bulk of the pile. 1 While
the "nitrate formers" live Bear the
surface of the manure and require air
t for their work, the "nitrate destroy-
. oi-o" Urn frini f i c at?, and Hrt nr.fr nowl
It Tbey are dependent, however, on
. food of a certain kind and must have
plenty of it, otherwise they become ln
, active and can do no damage, though
millions of tliera may exist In the In
terior of the manure pile. One of their
' principal foods, the nbnnltrogenous
material of the litter, they cannot use
, as food until it has been made soluble
! ,,. by a third class of Jbacteria, which
causes me rouing or ine inter, isiiraies
are also Indispensable for their nour
ishment If, therefore, they are de
prived Of either one 'of these constitu
ents of their diet they either die or
at least become harmless.
The wore or the "nitrate formers"
Is beneficial. It converts organic nl-
trogen into nitrate, a most available
form of plant food. Half rotted ma
nure contains nitrogen largely in this
- form. The work of "nitrate destroy-
K er UV- ll v. X fc a y IU Kf 1 CO vi 1 c
soluble nitrates from the manure. It
"converts half rotted manure Into well
rotted manure. In this way the differ
ent effects produced by manure In its
three different conditions are explain
ed. , The nitrogen In fresh manure is
largely organic and not lmmeditelv
: available. It therefore has a slower
and less effect than half rotted ma-
' nure. The nitrogen 1n half rotted ma-
" nure Is largely In the form of nitrates,
and this Is available. The nitrogen In
well rotted manure has all been con
verted Into nitrate also and was once
.available, but has subsequently been
lost in the air. This Is why the well
rotted condition Is the least valuable
of the three. -
In handling manure ' the farmer
should strive to place it at the disposi
tion of the growing crop Just at that
moment when the most nitrate has
been formed and before any has been
destroyed. The most favorable condi
tions are obtained when fresh manure
is packed as tightly as possible away
from the air and kept In that condition
till half rotted and then plowed under
Just before planting or sowing. Under
these 'circumstances, although the
third class of bacteria havej In the rot
ting of the litter made soluble food of
one kind for the "nitrate destroyers,"
the latter have been deprived of their
'other necessary food, the nitrates, for
none could be formed in the tightly
packed mass, and they have remained
harmless. , But the heap has become
half .rotted without them. After the
manure Is plowed In, the "nitrogen
formers," now having plenty of air,
rapidly produce nitrates, which are be
yond the reach of the destroyers; for
by this time all their soluble nonnltrog
enous food has been decomposed and
has gone Into the air, leaving them to
die. The growing plants In the mean
time absorb the nitrates.
, If fresh manure Is plowed In di
rectly before seeding, a poor result Is
obtained, for the nitrates j are not
formed until after the plants have
nnssed their crowlmz tieriod. and lliev
consequently starve.'1 -As might be
, supiwsed, winter crops fare better
' than spring crops with this proceeding.
By plowjig in fresh manure several
months before seeding a much better
result is obtained, because the nitrates
, are on hand and are being formed at
.the growing period of the crops. Ex
perience has abundantly proved that
it Is better to plow manure Into the soil
and allow It to lie there rather than In
the pile. Whether It Is better to .leave
manure spread upon the surface of
the land, rather than to plow It In or
leave It In the pile, depends chiefly on
.thp amount of loss caused by surface
drainage.
The foregoing; paragraph! are ex
tracted from a 0 article which appear
to All axwftnt that of inexperienced
, farmers and ' practical '.farmer " who
liar scant time for1 the literature of
their1 vocation, for a brief, compact
and lucid presentation of the manure
quettton. The article Is modestly ap-
pended to bulletin No. ' G3 of the
''Hatch (Mass.! station aa "note" on
the proper handling of barnyard ma
nure by C Wellington, .
CLOVER FAILURE.
Some of lta Cannes aa Seen by aa
Iowa Farmer. -
Ae a rule, not more than one clover
field out ot every three or four is a
good stand even In a favorable season,
and usually It Is the fault of the way
the field is managed either at sowing
time or after the nurse crop has been
take'n off, says a correspondent of The
Prairie Farmer. Most farmers do not
cover the seed deep enough. One of
my neighbors has been trying to seed
a certain piece of ground' for four
years and has always failed. " He In
variably sows his nurse crop (usually
oats, then waits three or four weeks
and then sows his clover seed on the
hard ground without any covering.
The result Is the seed does not come
up, or If It does come up and live until
harvest Jt is sure to die when the
grain is removed and the young plants
are exposed to the hot sun. The root
Is not deep enough .to stand the dry
weather that is almost sure to occur
about harvest time and directly after
harvest. ' . '
Fall wheat or rye Is the best nurse
crop I have ever tried, preferably
rye, but In many parts of the country
oats is the principal small grain crop
and must be depended upon for a
nurse crop. In seeding clover with
oats,! cultivate my oats in and harrow
once to smooth the surface of the
ground romewhat In order that none
of the, seed Will get Covered too deep.
Then I sow my clover seed at the rate
of ten pounds of clover and five
pounds of timothy seed per acre. I
harrow enough after sowing the seed
to thoroughly pulverize all clods and
smooth the surface. Do not be afraid
of losing the seed by covering it up;
It will come out all right
If you use fall viiieat or rye, sow your
grass seed as early In the spring as you
can harrow the field and hajrow until
the seed5 Is well covered; It ought to be
covered not less than one inch deep,
and two Is better if the land, is at all
light. I sowed a field of rye to clover
In the spring of 1897. The ground was
quite hard, so I harrowed it two or
three times before sowing the seed in
order to get a good seed bed, then I
sowed the clover seed and harrowed
as many times more. My neighbor told
me I had ruined my rye, but I thought
not, and at any rate I cared more for a
good stand of clover than for a few
bushels" of rye. The result was I had
a fair, crop of rye and a splendid stand
of clover. The rye being somewhat thin
gave the clover a chance to do Its best.
Many times the. nurse crop Is left
standing until It Is too- ripe. Let the
nurse crop be what It may, It should be
cut as soon as possible, for every day
It stands after It could be cut lessens
the chance to save the young clover
plants, for It rapidly absorbs what lit
tle moisture there is in the ground and
thereby robs the clover.
If the conditions are favorable after
harvest, and nothing is done to prevent
'the clover will head out. It Is not ad
visable to let It head, for it is the na
ture of clover after maturing a crop of
seed to die. If the field Is so situated
that you can pasture tne clover off, It
will be all right but If not convenient
to pasture run the mower over It set
high enough to clip the heads nicely
and let them lie on the ground. In cut
ting the nurse crop cut the stubble as,
high as you can, as the stubble will help
to catch the snow and protect the
young clover. Do not pasture off too
short .
Plow Now For Next Year' Wheat.
Through the Kansas Farmer, Pro
fessor George L. Clothier advises the
wheat growers of that state to begin
the preparation of the soil for next
year's crop at once. There is no accur
ate way to calculate the losses that all
of our farmers annually sustain from
Insufficient and untimely preparation
of the soil, but there is no doubt that
these losses amount to millions of dol
lars every year.
No plant can grow and thrive in a
seed bed consisting chiefly of dry clods
and air spaces. The plow very seldom
leaves the soil In a proper condition for
a seed bed. In order to bring it to the
desired condition, the soil must be pul
verized, fined, settled and supplied
with a quantity of moisture sufficient
to promote vigorous plant growth. This
condition cannot be secured at this
time of the year by preparation that
lasts only a few days.
Therefore, It behooves the farmers to
get the prospective wheatflelds plowed
and harrowed as soon as possible In or
der that the preparation of the soil
may be continued long enough to put
It In the finest possible condition. If
the land is plowed now, any rains that
fall between uow and the 1st of Sep
tember will le largely stored in the soil
and a fine seed bed will be the result
The weathering of the soli will also
benefit It by setting free large-quantities
of plant food for the use of the
germinating and growing wheat plants
In the fall months. " ' '
'Earjy plowing for wheat makes the
crop doubly sure nnd also gives the
farmer the satisfaction that be is push
ing his work Instead of the work push
lug him. . Farmer, plow early! ' ,
- How to Pasture Bora bum,
rrofessor T."L. Lyon of the Nebra
ka experiment station has recommend
ed sorghum as a pasture for dairy
cows through July, August and Sep
tember as affording a large quantity
of succulcut forage which has a mark
ed effect on the milk flow. . He recom
mends to pasture the sorghum after It
has attained Its height and before It
Una .headed. He says that at this
stage one acre will furnish pasture for
10 cows 12 days, that care ahould be
taken when rows are. first turned on
sorghum pneture that too much Is not
eaten and tbat it I well to feed them
In the morning ..before turning out to
pasture until they become accustomed
to it
MAKING SORGHUM SIRUP.
Llralaar Gaaentlal and How to Do It'
. . ' . Saeeeaafnllr.
Nothing has been found better than
lime for neutralising the acids contain
ed in sorghum juice. It is used by all
cane sugar and beet sugar maker and
sugar rennera as a necessary means
for clarifying their liquids. The use
of lime in sorghum juice is In soma
respects quite Unsatisfactory. The
juice is always acid, sometime strong
ly acid. Sirups containing all of the
acids naturally in sorghum juice, con
centrated by evaporation, from six to
eight gallons of juice to one gallon of
sirup, are ' too acid to suit the great
majority of sirup users, who are ac
customed to the wild, neutral sirups
made by refiners and mixers. .; The
acids also hold impurities of the juice
in solution, so that these cannot be
removed. Proof of this Is seen when
sorghum juice is limed until neutral
that is, neither acid nor alkaline. A
part of the Impurities then becomes
solid. By adding acid to the Juice
these solid Impurities redlssolve and go
luto solution in the Juice again. ' ,
. But lime not only neutralizes the
acid. It also attacks and degrades
other substances In the juice. A large
quantity of lime Is used In beet juice
without harm. A large quantity can
be used in sugar cane juice with less
harm than can be used in sorghum
Juice. When a sample of sorghum
Juice is limed to excess on a cool morn
ing, It is seen that the juico Is not dis
colored when the temperature Is below
50 degrees F. It becomes slowly dis
colored when the temperature rises
above 00 degrees. It Is rapidly discol
'ored above 80 degrees and Is Instantly
discolored at the. boiling point' This
seems to Indicate that It Is better to
lime the juice when cold. Lime
changes by keeping, losing strength by
absorbing carbonic acid gas from the
air and forming more or less carbonate
of lime. Lime Is but slightly soluble
In water. Seven hundred pounds of
water dissolve one of lime, and It does
not long remain In suspension In wa
ter, so that the phrase "milk of lime"
or "cream of lime" conveys an Indefi
nite Idea of the amount of lime con
tained In the liquid. Common lime is
also often made from very Impure
limestone , ..' '.'"".
As has. already been said, sorghum
Juice varies greatly In degree of acid
ity, sometimes requiring much more
lime than at other times. : For these
reasons it Is not possible to form a
general rule, for liming sorghum Juice,
except that after the. process the Juice
should always. slightly redden a strip
of blue litmus paper which has been
Immersed in the lime Juice. This In
dicates that the Juice is still slightly
acid and that too much lime has not
been used. It is unsatisfactory to use
too little lime, difficult to use the
proper quantity, and the sirup Is In
jured when too much- Is used. When
too little lime is used, the clarification
Is Imperfect, the Juice Is gummy and
cannot be filtered, and the. sirup has a
more or less rank flavor. When lime
Is rightly used, : a larger amount of
Impurity can be removed by skimming
and settling, and. the sirup has a pleas
anter flavor and keeps better. The
proper liming of sorghum juice la so
difficult that most sirup . makers
do not practice . It The few who
do take care to employ too little
lime. This practical difficulty In
properly neutralizing the acids In
sorghum juice has long; stood ' In
the way of progress In sirup manu
facture. The use of lime or of an
equivalent substance appear essential
to the production of an improved qual
ity of sirup. ! Until further experi
mental work has been done, sorghum
sirup makers should use lime sparing
lyabout a pint of milk of lime (not
cream of lime) like whitewash. In 50
gallons of Juice. The limed Juice, after
thorough mixing, should sllg'htly red
den a piece of litmus paper. The fore
going information is reproduced from
farmers' bulletin' No. 00, In which A.
A. Denton of Kansas discusses the en
tire subject of the manufacture of
sorghum sirup from the planting of
the seed to the finished product
One Thins and Another.
Professor Bruner of Nebraska la
quoted by an exchange as warning
western farmers against an Invasion of
grasshoppers. Professor Brnner is an
ardent advocate of the protection .of
native birds, and he say that when
prairie chickens and grouse were nu
merous no harm was ever reported
from "native grasshoppers." The besf
method for fighting grasshoppers I
probably atill to be found In the shal
low iron pan on runners, containing
kerosene and familiarly known a the
"hopper dozer."
A Missouri horse' buyer Is credited
with the statement that he now pays
ISO per head (and ha difficulty in get
ting the animals at that price) for. a
class of horses that two or three year
ago he could buy abundantly for $.'.
Rutabagea require altout four weeks
longer than common turnips to mature.
The common' turnip Purple Top.
Strap Leaf,, Early Flat White Globe.
etc. can be sown broadcast from July
15 to last of Augnst says Ohio Farmer.
Sow after a rain. Turnips do best on
Well settled land; so you. should una
the cultivator and corn harrow to pre
pare ymir seed bed. A pound of seed
per acre is plenty. - ' ,
For . some time the department of
agriculture has leen seeking to breed
In California the little Insect which in
south Europe fertilize the Smyrna 11 g.
This has now been achieved, and con
sequently California may In the near i
future grow for market figs of the best
commercial. -quality., .,
' Some of the factorle In the west
have had trouble In convincing farm
er of the value of sugar beet pulp us
food for cows, but not o In New Vork
state.
( WOMAN'S WOULD.
WOMEN WHO, MANAGE ORANGE
GROVES IN CALIFORNIA, r
Mlu Grant' Royal Lover How to
Be Pretty, Thooah Strong How to
, Avoid Headache Should Women
PropoaeT Five Slater For Wive.
There are a dozen women who have
demonstrated that they can manage
orange and lemon groves successfully
in southern California. For instance,
Mr. Mary W. Kennett of Santa Ana
valley. She was the first person to en
Cage in orange culture in that locality,
and where a dozen men have abandoned
the industry as unprofitable she has
gone on bnying more land and increas
ing her property until her real estate
possession are valued at about $65, 000.
In 1880 she was worth about $4,000,
Her husband was killed in the mines in
Arizona, and she was left with two
children. Her eldest son is now in col
lege at Ann Arbor, Mich., and she will
go on a tour of Europe with her two
'.-3
tit.
oo
. .. . MK8. MART W. KENNETT. ,
boys text fall. The Kennett lemons
have a reputation in all lemon markets
in the west, and the woman devised the
best and cheapest mode of curing lem
ons yet known in southern California.
Another successful woman horticul
turist is Mrs. Emma Taylor, wife of
Daniel WV Taylor of San Gabriel. , Mr.
Taylor has been a paralytic for nine
years. Be has not even moved his feet
or logs for six or seven years, Mrs.
Taylor manages a 15 acre orange grove,
oversees the constant round of pruning,
cultivation, irrigation, fertilization and
spraying for insect pests. She does all
the buying of orchard machinery and
implements. She knows all the fruit
buyers and makes contracts with them
for the annnal crops. Sho bosses the
pickers and packers of the oranges WtJj
has novpr Inat a rinllnr hv a t.i-ii'lrv hnt.M
" - - ' - j j -
er or shipper. ; '
; Ml Grant' Royal Lover. .,
- It seems curious that with all the
talk about the greed of titled foreigners
Miss Jnlia Grant, a dowerless girl,
should have had offers of marriage from
two European princes. The Prince of
Turin would have placed this American
girl on a throne if he could, but had he
been successful in his wooing of Mis
Grant he would, in order to contract a
binding marriage, have been obliged to
renounce his expectations to the throne
of Italy. For the prince to have mar
ried an American would have added
another to the already too long list of
morganatic marriages. The romance of
the affair is a pretty one, and the way
the royal suitor took his conge was en
tirely manly. It was in Washington
that the prince met his divinity ; it was
at her home in New York that he left
his heart At the time of the meeting
Miss Grant waa a guest at the Austro
Hnngarian legation. Among all the
men she met there none eeemed to make
any impression but tho Prince of Tnrin.
It was love at first sight on hi part,
and he followed her to New York,
where, it is said, he made the formal
offer of hi hand, title and estates.
When the matter was referred to
General, then Colonel, Grant, he looked
grave. Investigation disclosed the fact
that a union with the Italian prince
meant a morganatic marriage. Colonel
Grant's refusal was prompt and decid
ed. The prince pleaded, bnt no relent
ing showed itutlf in Colonel Grant's de
meanor. There was to be no considera
tion of nuptials which would be mor
ganatic, and there would be no occasion
for the Prince of Turin to resign hi
right to the throne. Colonel Grant -intimated,
so it is aaid, that tbat was a
matter on which the Italian govern
ment might have more to say than the
princely lover. The prince then sailed
for his own , land, say the Chicago
Times-Herald. , . .. .
The prince from the czar's country
whom Mis Grant is now to marry will
not have to renounce hi title, preroga
tive or position when he take unto
himself a wife, and the decision of Gen
eral Grant made some years ago has
had a happy sequel. t ., .
How to Be, Pretty. Though Strong;.
'.Handow, the curly headed, pink
cheeked IleTcnle who . amazed nervous
America by' hi feats of strength,' is
training wemen in 'ways of physical
beauty, which, he says. 1 synonymous
fr muscular development. Outdoor
ports, ho thinks, are beneficial, bnt ho
thinks none of them comes up to the:
old Greek game of balL Rowing and
bicycling tend to contract the chet,
dancing in heated rooms is not a healthy
exercise, and fencing is almost certain
to can se curvature of the spine in the
girl whose spinal muscles have never
been allowed to become strong, thanks
to her French staya What women need
is a system of exercise which will de
velop and strengthen the various sets
of muscle harmoniously. Dumbbell
aro what Sandow recommends, and
when these simplo weapons are ingen
iously UBod no part of the body can
ll lfrl I TT
IJTF
IS? '
hi
ego;
escape from . their beneficial effect.
Proper exercit develops the chest and
makes the waist slender, and thus the
French corset is not .mourned by the
dumbbell disci pje. ; ; ; '
Sandow does not believe in heavy
dumbbells, a pair of pound bells
being heavy euongh for the beginner.
Regularity is essential to good results,
and even ten minutes' exercise each
morning will do wonders for the lan
guid, stoop shouldered girl, The ath
lete lays stress upon the fact that mus
cular development in women does not
mean knotty, pugilistic looking arms
and necks. "Women's muscles are long
and do not develop in size, so as to form
bumps and hard, abrupt lines, " he says.
"They become . firm, close, knit and
rounded, showing sufficiently to give a
delicate molding to the form. This is
dne to the layer of fatty tissue between
muscle and skin, which softens all the
outlines, bo that the danger really is
not ' that a woman should have too
strong lines, bnt that want of exercise
should cause her to have no lines at all,
bnt a sort of shapeless rotundity."
How to Avoid Headache,
To attempt to banish all variations
of headache by a single "cure" shows
a childlike faith in medicine, but Very
little common sense. The first step to
ward curing a headache is to find out
which kind of a one it is and to devote
one'B energies to drive it away. 7 The
headache which result from indiges
tion is of "frequent occurrence, and it
implies overeating or unwise eating
and that en a woman finds herself
afflicted with such a headache she
should proceed to cure it by faling and
a mild cathartic and sitting with her
feet in hot water before going to bed.
The nervous headache is the kind to
which women aro the most subjected,
says Woman's Life, as it result fronf
the effort to make the nerves do more
than they ought to do, The first step in
treating this headache is to drop work
and worry, if possible, land draw blood
from tne head by soaking the feet in
hot water and putting cold applications
to the forehead and the buck of the
neck. ! , .,..' ;
, A great many mysterious headaches
have their origin in overstrained ,eyes.
This kind is cured only by giving the
eyes a vacation or by an oculist. Of
conwe care in the use of the eyes is also
a help. Reading, writing or sewing in
a dim or flickering light must be given
up. iThe common practice of trying to
read In jolting trains must also be dis
carded. The eyes must never to used
too long, at a time, and1 when there is
much eye work to be done brief rests
and bathings in hot wfiter will ward off
the-dreaded headuche. V
' The headache which is the result of
exposure to colds or drafts or sudden
changes is best treated by hot applica
tions, hot water bags and gentle fric
tion of the place, of pain. If this does
not banish the headache in a dsy, then
a deeper illness is indicated.
" The best way to treat headaches is to
avoid them to refnso to overtax the
eyes, the nerve or the stomach and to
give attention to exercise and bathing.
Should Women Propose? ,
It is distinctly amusing that grave
women, such as like to attend interna
tional convention of women and talk
about the fnture of the race and kindred
topics, should lend themselves to a dis
cussion of ' the subject, "Ought the
women to be permitted to propeset"
That they should consent to be inter
viewed npor this subject and give a
brief notoriety to a lecturer who took
this foolish theme for his subject snows
that the leader of the suffrage party
have lost the sense of value and have
come to attach nndne importance to all
matters concerning their sex. say a
writer in Self Culture. Were their
memories good or had they been in the
confidence of many young women they
would have known quite well that the
spirit of love is no respecter of person
and that ' adroitly and after her own
fashion woman does propose. Bnt she
always regrets the necessity, for she
doe not wish to take the initiative.
She doe not doubt her right to do it;
she certainly doe not question her
ability, bnt she desires to be sought;
she claims the privilege of assuming re
luctance. Her ancient coquetry will not
leave ber, and she is fain to amuse her
self with her immemorial feints. It in
not a question of right, and every an
alytical woman know it and smiles
with covert and subtle wile when she
hears that Mrs. Stanton and a number
of other ladies have forgotten the fact
that their lost youth must have taught
them." To be candid, women in general
have always been more interested in
their privileges than in their right.
Five Slater For Wive. !
William Mercer of Raccoon Creek,
W. Va., has married five sister. Not
all at once, off course, but when one
wife died Mr. Mercer married her sis
ter. In a wovd, Mr. Mercer" fell in love
with the clan of Moffatt, and-thn Mof
fatt pgreed they iwut keep Mr. Mercer
in the family., , i , -
Miss Anna Moffatt whom be married
on Tuesday last, in 26 year old. In
pursuance of the plan to keep Mercer
in tho, .family Miss Anna rejected a
young man of Raccoon Creek
. "Eiich one of, the Moffatt- girls has
made me a better wifo than ber sister,"
says Mr. Mercer. "I tan't ay more for
ny of them than that I really think I
am fonder of Anna than I waa of Jen
nie, Adn, Catherine or Missouri."
,Mr. Mercer, whose age is 60, married
Miss Jennie 'Moffatt when he was 19
years old. Tho girls' parents have never
offered objection to their marriage with
Mercer, although Mrs. Moffatt was late
ly heard to complain,' "It does seem
strange to have had four girls married
and only one son-in-luw."
Each of Mercer's wive has blessed,
him with twochildren, all of whom are
really first connins. They can call their
new stepmother "anutie" if they wilL
Mis Anna Moffatt if robust bnt it
must gratify Mr. Mercer y know there
is yet one Moffatt girl left, who i 20
year old and noted for her. patient dis
position. Philadelphia Record.
' Honl tolt. '' !
: The evening waa getting a little chilly,
as the Broadway car left the. Battery,
and two dark skinned immigrant eirls
shivered in their gay colored prints. A
little chattering in an unintelligible J
dialect, and one of their queer looking j
satchels was opened, and two quaint,
wool bodices were produced. With de-i
liberation and not a sign of embarraas-j
ment the two young women proceeded !
to divest themselves of their thin waists'
and to replace them with warmer gar-j
mentH. The passengers looked a little
startled as the brown shoulders came
momentarily into view, bnt no trace of
self consciousness disturbed the young
women at their task. When the last
scarlet bodice lacing was neatly tucked
beneath the -edge of the' waist, the cal
ico skirt were replaced by the wool
ones belonging with the bodices. The
whole proceeding occupied perhaps five
minutes and, it must be admitted, waa
an unusual one, but, to the credit of
the passengers, be it told that , the pro
ceeding met with nothing bnt good na
tured tolerance. Perhaps a course of low
upcaeu kowub ana ay w unto uauuug '
suits had something to do with the
case. New York Commercial Adver- ;t
tiser. -,"- : g
Flower la tho Hair. ,
. There never was and never will he a
style as pretty as the wearing of flow
ers in the hair. . Wreath of fine flowers,
like rosebuds, forgetmenots, heather or
the small fruits, are a pretty surround
ing for young faces, and cluster of ;
flowers worn low on the hair, just be
hind each ear, aa the Japanese girls
wear them, are becoming , to about ev
erybody. A real beauty needs nothing
more than a single flower placed among
her tresses. A fad of the moment is to
select some one flower and hold to it as
we do to our favorite perfume, iays the
Philadelphia Times. It i repeated In
tho many way known to milliner and
dressmakers and is one of the few fads
which bear relation to common sense, r
A pretty weman gains an added cnarm
from the choice of a flower which she
wears in her hair, either twisted into a
garland or wound in her tresses or
tucked behind ber ear or pinned some
where to her gown or jacket There is
always charm in variety, and flower
are capable of giving it.
,. t . EarrliitB. .. i
The earring has quite come into fa-i
vdr again, but it is difficult to estimate
if the revival will last. Those' Women
who have not had their ear, pierced
have bought little "hook of invisible
wiro or clasps that pinch the lobe close
ly. Of course all such patent f pstenerB
are liable, while a woman dance, or
even emphatically nods her head, to
shake free from their hold, and in con
sequence there are amazingly few car
Tings made np of genuine gems. The
pearl ear stud is much worn, but the
Neapolitan ear boop is to scane. women
decidedly becoming. A thread pf gold,
strung with five small tinted .pearl, is
the choice oftenest made, and girl who
pompadour their hair, letting, a tress
droop over the ear tops, get very inter
esting effects with their pearl-circlets
bobbing over their shoulder. Wom
an's Life. . -. :' '
Lady Carsoa'a Eleyhaata; .
: Lady Curzoo,. the American wife of
the viceroy of India, may. claim the
proud distinction of possessing, for ta
time at least, more elephants than any
other woman in the world. The maha-.
rajah of Durohunga ha testified his ad
miration for the vicereine by placing at
her disposal his herd of elephants,
which ia tho finest in India. . When
Lady Cnrzon rides out, the mahout, or
driver, carries a silver goad and a fly
pan. An umbrella of white silk, bor
dered with pearl, protect the viceroy's
wife from the sun, and the nowdali is
of silver. The elephant is gorgeously
decorated with embroidered silk and
gold, and two long strings of pearls axe -suspended
behind his ears.
Dr. Otbwni Need More Money.
Des Moines, Oct. 5. Dr. J. L Gifc
son, state vettirinarian of Iowa, in Ids
biennial report record progress in Us
work of suppressing tnbercnlosi among
animal and asks for an increased sppro
uriatiou to meet demand.
pcaiity the nniiniiFrm
ut-nu i iy uvm!wutwti
BELLAVITA
Araenlo Beauty Tablets and Pill. Apmw
(Ttly xafe and iniamiitMHi treatmmit for all una
di writers. Restore the bloom ol jouth to hided keel.
10 days' tmarmPDt : 80 days' (1.00, by mail.
fwnH fniirvnluv. AtiriuMM.
KtftVITA m D4UL COb. CUM Jack (
Sold by Uarley Drug Co., Cor. 0
and 11. Str., Lincoln,' Nebr. '"
' 1 ffOTICEOF ritOBATE OF WILL.
In the Comity Court of Lancaster County X.
brafkar .
tThe Mat of Nnhranka, to Hannah Norta,
Katiiariuw Alice Pdelf..rd. Kllon Kmma Dob
too, Jaoob H. North. Alice Kliiabeth Gardner,
J.mma North. Arthur Hamuel North, Uaaioal
Viorthinaton North, and to any others ioter
wtmt in said Dsatter: -
YotiAEiiHcKMit NormcD. That aa.Instra
mmit pnrnortinif to be the Lart Will nnd Twtta
mwit of JerAb North rlpcnawil. la
f'.in.., . I.... . ....... : , . . . VT -
j . ...,.. ,-., . ,u irnT!ii mr inn JTO-
bate of miiJ lDKtrainent, and for the appoint
Biant of Hannah North aucutrix. That on
the anb day of Ortooer IWIB, at lOo'elock a. at.,
said pet it kju and the proof of the ezwatioa of
raid uiMumeut will be beard, and that if yon
Hi t nif than n i ma n mtA . . .' .J t .
l'robau) and record the aame, and erant ,
umrroiHi w nunnan norm.
Tuia notice ahnll be published for three weeks
rnrrMMwnlv In t !. .)..a.L. T .. .J nn i . u
to bh1 nearuur.
Wit nemy hand and official seal thia' Mta
day of beytember US. . - .
o. T. uornu, .
County Judflo.
Dr. O. C. REYNOLDS,
SURGEON; I
Rooms 17, 19, 19, Burr I Inmln
Blk. I'lioneS C55, 636.