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LINCOLN,
NEBRASKA:
NEBKASKA iNEVVS.
Tho Assessment lloll of Nebraska.
The gr.md assessment roll of the
state is presented herewith. It shows
; that there are 10,674,180 acres of im
proved lands in the state, which are
valued at $43,250,063, or an average
value of $4.05 per acre. It also shows
that there, are 13,557,727 unimproved
acres, valued at $30,065,585; improved
lots in the various villages, towns and
cities of the state valued at $28,257,
292, and unimproved lots valued at
$10,158,374. The personal property
roll shows that there are 540, 175 horses
in thestafe, valued at $9,754,497, qr an
average assessed valuation per head of
$18.05; 1,624,327 cattlevalued at $7,
788,825, or an average value of . $4.79;
46,576 mules and asses, valued at $995,
407, or an average value of $21.37;
179,268 sheep, valued at $106,268, or
an average value of 59 cents, and 1,323.
962 hogs, valued at "$1,502,412, or an
average value of $1.13. The
assessed valuation of f .railroad
systems is $29,674,829.21 and that
of telegraph systems $181,555.20.
This assessment', it appears, only in
cludes the miles of tiackorthe railroad
and telegraphio lines proper, for under
the head' of "other property," which
takes in all miscellaneous matter, an
assessed value is placed at $1,422,398.
The taxable valuation of the property
of the state "foots up" $182,763,538.41
. for the current year; for 1888 it "footed
up" $176,012,820.45. - This shows an
increase in the valuation in one year
of $6,750,707.96. The total levy for
the current vear ia $1,192,008.27, while
in 1888 the levy was $1,325,887.79, or a
decrease of $133,879.52. It is im-
possible to give the acreage of wheat,
oats, corn, rye and barley for the very
, good reason that the assessors failed to
certify them up to the various county
clerks. It may be well to call atterition
to the faet. too, that the law requires
that this shall be done. In a few in
stances, however, the cereal acreage
was properly certified, but in the main
the county clerks neglected a plain
obligation of tho law.
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A Valu?J$&Z I
KearwpScial: J. R. Slote; a
tr living in Phelps county,
about
twelve miles from'Kearney, is in pos
session of a curiosity which is a valu
able relic of prehistoric times in this
part of the continent. Some time
ago, while excavating for a cave, he
exhumed a large brown stone weighing
over twenty pounds. When the clay
was removed from it a large fossil, rep
resenting a clenched, human hand, was
Tevealed, The specimen had been
Dronen irom tne mammoin arm just
above the wrist and the imprint of a
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coarse cloth or ' some woven material
was plainly outlined on the back of the
'hand. At the time of the discovery
. noming was Baia oi it, jxxj.ut j
JfPb?ple.? For several months the
specimen had lam about the house, ana
f :mn nna w'hrt ka.vsr if. hurl anv idea of the
great amount of wealth held , firmly in
.11 'lit i X! A , 11
; tne grasp oi me swuj uugm. buioh
boy in the family, whose faculty
of smashing things is just beginning
to develop, conceived the idea of open
ing the hand. When broken, to his
astonishment, there rolled out eleven
brilliant transparentrstones. The dis-
' ' covery of these beauties was not made
public until yesterday, when Mr. Mote
showed them to a jeweler who pro
nounced them genuine first water dia
monds without a speck or Haw to mar
their beauty. The pieces are nearly
uniiorm in suape. anu. mo v;llhi mo
size of Lima beaes. , They , have the
ftDnpu.rn.npft of beincr water worn. The
posseKsor of this valuable find will dis
pose of the diamonds, and will at once
dig up his farm in search of the other
part of tho giant's antique anatomy.
Tho mi sterv of the broken hand, is
' one of prpk-xing interest. How long
, has, it len there? : To what race
t lid it owner belong V Was
thesubject an ancient miser who died
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,1 XOAiJ J.ao m-vww f XT
To these, and a hundred more ques
rwrt ri v-v tr rr iiiu i imi, i ii i m jncmnDi wiio i
, tho modern historian has no
answer. -
AH Over ttoe Star-.
A call is out for a regular third party
prohibition con ver tion to be h eld in
Lincoln on the 21st and 22d mst.
Delegates are appointed as. follows:
One at large from each county, one for
oW fn votes cast for Clinton B. Fisk
nn1 nno from pach W. C. T. U. organ
ization. If all avail themselves of the
privilege there will bo 1,139 delegates.
T.annast.er countv convention is
called to meet in Lincoln, August 17th.
gland is now without a'saloon.
f. lot in Beatrice sold for
t
$7,400.
The breaking of bucking bronchos is
not allowed on the streets oi Hastings.
rrVia ataore of the Kearney opera house
is being enlarged to double its original
size.-
Ben Hur and Me3ala will be the
swvnoeffl-ntf in A chariot race at the
Hastings fair. ' .
Mrs Taylor, of Eustis has read the
Bible eleven times and has commenced
on the twelfth.
'-Si ..
J. O. Wilson, a vigorous gentlemen
of Ashland celebrated his seventy-third
birthday one day- last weelc.
August 29 Cheyenne county will vote
on a proposition to issue bonds in the
sum of 2o,UUU, to pay nsinueuieuue.
: The canoeists who started from liex-
inctoniu June have been heard from at
fc . . . , T. .
lUeXlCU, JlU-U., gv,AXig uvii-
safely but slowly. v
Table Eock citizens have asked the B.
- & M. load to put in a spur running from
the depot to the town site in oraer 10
iacuiLUte Biuyi-uiJij uuBiucDo.
Eva Smith fell the other day and
fractured a collar bone. - She had just
recovered from a like misfortune which
oc
-Tred some months ago. -
-, .1 hr.onj! ytix enjoying
Tyxiore reunion
grounds, a pickpocket relieved her of a
note and mortage for $110.
While three young men of Lexington
were hunting a careless shot from one
of them took effect in the faces of the
other, two, and W. H. Linderman will
probably lose an eye. "'
Eev. Lamar, an ex-confederate officer,
delivered a loyal and eloquent speech
at the Long Pine 'Chautauqua onG.
A, B. day, which was well received by
the old veterans present.
The Nebraska City water works
plant changed hands twic e in one day
and is the property of the Nebraska
City Water and Light company com
pany, composed principally' of New
York capitalists.
Tecumseh merchants are endeavoring
to secure Missouri river rates.
While James Carman of Spring
Creek was working aboutjt threshing
machine the stacker fell on him, strik
ing him in the face, which resulted in
a fracture of the nasal bones and facial
deformity.
A new railroad, a club house, a
paper mill, a starch factory, an oat
meal mill, and several business blocks,
besides a few miles of paving, are
among the improvements that Beatrice
will) record for the year 1889.
The Kearney New Era says it will be
ully a year and a half before the spin
dles in the Kearney cotton mills will
sing. A cottsn mill cannot be built as
quickly as one of these square topped
tenement houses.
A Columbus sherriff endeavored to
serve a summons on a farmer living
near town by placing the document in
the gentleman's lap. .; An' intelligent
sheep of a literary turn of mind seized
the document and took to the woods.
J. B. Crittenden, superintendent of
the Compas Cattle company's ranch on
the North river, has been arrested and
aken to Sidney charged with embezzle
ment. The company had about $15,
000 invested in the ranch and stock,
and an investigation shows that it has
nothing left but the land, . v .
The exitement over the coal find at
South Sioux City does not diminish.
Another hole has been sunk about 170
rods from the group, the coal 'was
Lfnrml.a. lifcH,wM'..kA RnTfane'' after
penetrating the same formation. ,
T?ev. I. H. Heaton of Fremont is
eighty years of age. He is the father
of the Congregational church at that
place as well as of the state, being the
oldest resident preacher of that denomi
nation and probably the oldest preacher
in the state.
Calvin Smith of West Blue took the
train at Exeter the other day to make
a trip to urnas countv. Mr mitn is
seventy-s'"x years of age and has lived
near railroads lor thirty
strange to say was never
train of cars before.
vears. out
on board a
Commissioned.
The adjutant general has commis
sioned the following officers of the Ne
braska National Guards
N. P. Lundeen, York, captain com
pany A, first regiment.
N.-Jr. I'isher, lork, nrst lieutenant
company A, first regiment.
George J. Paul, Omaha, nrst lieu
tenant, Edward Creighton guards.
Edward J. Mcvan, Omaha, second
lieutenant, Edward Creighton guards.
Fred A. Bailey, Shelton, second
lieutenant, company A, second regi
ment. Arthur T. Scott, Geneva, first lieu
tenant, company G, first regiment.
A JLuaky Finn.
Dnluth (Minn.) Tribaiife, July
William Dalquist is thename of a lucky
Fin lander who at present is a etay laborer
in It. A Gray's saw mill at .the West End.
The fact is, William, who 'has been in this
country for some six years or more and
who has been a hard worker all his life, is
one of the lucky persons who drew a
"Dlum " ac cue drawing oi cue lxmisiaa
State lottery neld on June IS last, he hold
ing one-fortieth of ticket "61,605," which
drew the capital prize of $60U,0t 0. When
Mr.
Dalquist was made aware or nis good
fortune oy a statement in the Tribune that
I that n limber -was the luckv one. he was
lucky one, he was
overioved beyond measure and was the
recipient of many congratulations from
his numerous menaa ana at me same lime
not r few were envious of his s?ood fortune.
Mr. W. A. Foote here innnealately offered
Dalquist $14,800 for his little slip of paper,
but William thought he wowld do his own
cashing' and thus save the $200, which he
has done. As soon as he can make arrange
ments he wiJl at OQce proceed to Finland,
where his father and mother, who are poor
people, live The $15,000 Mr. Dalquist says
win be more man enoujra to jceen m
parents, himself and one of Finland's fair
est dauznters (wmcn latter was saia witn a
slierht disrortfon of his facial muscles, tend
ing to a smile) for the rest of their days.
For Sale. .
One-half interest in one of the best
weekly papers in the state. Politics
republican. Is the official paper of
the city and county. A good job office
in connection. The owner has other
business, and will sell a half interest
to a practical man, who will devote all
his ticae to the paper. $500 cash is
the price, and unless you have the
money and mean business, don t write.
Italic space,
Care of Newspaper Union,
Lincoln, Neb,
THE MARKETS.
Lincoln, Neb,
CATTLE Butchers' steers.. $3 50
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Cows .,
2 00
8 70
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Stockers. ............. .J-:,..
SHEEP r'-,.;.
WHEAT No. 2 spring.
OATS No. 2
RYE No. 3....
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CORN No 2 new
FLAXSEED.......
POTATOES.... ...
APPLES ........ .perbbl... 2 CO
BAY Prairie, bulk,... 4 50
Omaha, Nsb.
CATTLE Prime steers...... $3 SO 4 15
Cows 1 7o (32 25 .
sa fr
HOGS Fair to heavy
3 95
3 85
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4 03
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Eaksas Citt, Mo.
CATTLE Corn fed.. $3 00 ($4 15
FeederB..... 1 GC 3 00
TTOOS Good to choice 4 20 (S4 30
Mixed 3 90 64 15
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rATTLE Prime steers.. ..84 20 (M 25
Stockers and feeders
HOGS Paciting.. ............
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THE HOUSEHOLD.
Blali for the Horn,
Twenty thousand women and
children who work in. Chicago receive
less than $3 a week.
A salt ham should be soaked over
night in plenty of soft 4 water previ
ous to boiling"
Save the juice that drians out of
roast and steaks to add to stock for
soups and meat sauces.
Almost any stain will yield to re
peated exposures to the sun if wet
even with water each time it dries.'
A wash in borax water before re
tiring tends to keep the hands soft
and smooth.
Don't forget that a cloth-covered
broom will wipe off the dust from
oaDered waIIa.
Rats are almost crazy for sunflow- f
er seed. If you want to catch them
bait your trap with these seeds.
Giim-chewing is accused by a Phil
adelphia doctor with causing dim
ness of vision, ancf every optic atro-
phy. .
Nothing is earned without hard la
bor. Hence, if anyone obtains any
thing without labor, he is defrauding
some one else.
Oilcloth can be utilized as kettle
rests. They save the ebony impres
sion of black fet upon the wood
work. '
To remove grease from paperea
wall, try rubbing the spots with
a piece of flannel moistened in spirits
of wine. , '
Do your grumbling out of the house.
It is ones duties of manhood to bear
life's burdens and cbecr those who
are dependent on you.
A late fajroy in neck lingerie is the
deep, falling plisse and the narrow,
upright' ruche of sulphur yellow
gauze.
Tne new mohairs come in all shades
of color in ''shots" effect andin bars,
plaids, and checks of great beauty
and effectiveness.
Serges for beautiful beach and ten
nis gowns are finer and softer than
ever before, and are highly favored
by English and American women.
Hats and bonnets of straw are
now dyed in every tint known to
nature. Several of the colors are
sometimes woven in on the chapeau.
Miss Tessie Jones, Argonia, Kna.,
says she can husk and crib a bushel
of corn in ten minutes a good deal
less time than it takes most mothers
to husk and crib a baby.
For a cough, boil one ounce of flax
seed in a pint of water, strain and
add a little honey, a little rock candy,
and the juice of three lemons. Take
a glass hot before retiring.
When there are symptoms of ring
worm, wash the sore member three
or four times daily in a strong solu
tion of borax, then . dust off the fine
powder.
Only sharp scissors should be
used in trimming lamp-wicks if an
even clear flame is wanted. The
wick should not be cut below the
charred portion but just at the
point of change.
To set delicate colors in embroid
ered handkerchiefs, soak them ten
minutes previous to washing in a
pail of tepid water, in which a des
sertspoonful of turpentine has been
well stirred.
Coffee pounded in a mortar and
roasted on an iron plate, sugar
burned on hot coals, and vinegar
burned on hot coals, and vinegar
boiled with myrrh and sprinkled on
thefloor and furniture of a sickroom
are excellent deodorizers.
Milk may be canned just , as you
would can fruit. Bring the milk to
the boiling point and fill your jars to
the brim with it; then shut air-tight.
This will keep any length of time,
and be just as good when opened as
when it was put up.
Stains of vegetable colors, fruit,
red wine.and red ink maybe removed
from white goods by sulphur fumes
or chlorine water. On colored cot
tons and woolens, wash with luke
warmsoaporammonia. Silk thesame,
but more cautiously.
, John Robe, of Maryland, says
that an old cider barrel, cut in half
will make a good cradle for twins.
"It will be economy," he writes,
"and may help to solve the problem
'What is the matter with us?' '
Thank you, John! Farm Journal.
A hammock pillow is an addition
considered necessary to complete the
furniture of a garden in city or
country during summer. Filled with
down, hair, or the odorous twigs of
the pine, it is covered with the gray
stripped ticking used by the manu
facturers oi awnings.
Canaries are often famished for
fresh cool water. You see bits of
sugar, and sponge cake and cracker
"tucked all about tho wires, while the
drinkinsr cup will, be empty, or filled
with dirty water that no bird with
resuect for itself will touch. Have a
bath tub, too, that is large enough
to spread its wings and splash. t
A formula for cream candy: Beat
the whites of our eggs to a stiff froth,
add one teaspoonful of cold water
and flour to the taste. Stir together
a little and then add confectionary
(pulverized) . sugar till stiff enough
to knead like bread. Then mould in
shape and add your nuts, either
on top or inside. ;
1 A glue which will resist the action
of water is made by boiling a pound
ofglttein a sufficiency of skimmed
milk. To make a strong glue in a
laying and veneering, take the best
light brown glue, free from cloud.? or
streaks, dissolve it in water, and to
every pint add one-half gill of the
best vinegar and one-half ounce of
isinglass. ' : ?
At the Friends' yearly meeting in
Philadelphia, the woman's meet
ing gave some very sensible
and good advice. Friends were ad
vised to "live not merely within the
bounds of their circumstances," but
within the limits of simplicity and
truth. Wives were urged to "help
their hard-working husbands by
thoughtful economy." " The rich were
asked to "give useful employment to
those in need, and to pay good wages
for honest work." Mothers were en
joined "not to dress their children in
satins and send them , to parties at
unreasonable hours."
Nothing is a more desirable talent
in the interest of long life that the
ability to take a nap at will. All
great conquerors have possessed this
abilitv, and it was a factor in their
success. A half-hour's rest in the aft
ernoon is worth getting, if possible,
and I think that girls, who are not
very robust, and who leel dragged
and weary, not to aay a little cross
and fretful, would do well to take
such a nap regularly. You will feel
much brighter and fresher lor the
eyening and - for whatever work you
have to do m the latter part of the
day. -Our Youth.
Suburban Dyspeptics,
A very sensible physician, who lives
in a fashionable suburb, tells me that
there are many men residing in his
village and doing business in the city
who are confirmed dyspeptics. "The
cause of this phenomenon," he said,
'was well known to all physicians
practicing in suburbs and towns.. It
is entirely the effect of having to
catch a train. The stomach is as
easily prevented from secreting, the
gastric juice as a cow is from giving
down her milk. The cow must be
calm and happy or the milk will not
come, and the man must be quiet
and free from anxietv when he eats,
or the descent of his food into his
stomach will produce a very imper-
ect flow of the gastric uice, and the
bod, instead of digesting, will decay
and produce irritation. Now, these
ellows who live in the suburbs ai-
wavs eat breakfast with the time
table in their minds and their eves
on the clock. Moreover, it will some-
times happen that they are a few min
utes late, and the consequence is that
thev have to run to catch the train;
This violent exercise, so soon after
eatings greatly aggravates t he harm
already done, and the man has heart
burn the whole day. This happens
constantly, and it is not a great
while before the man is a chronic dys
peptic Chicago Journal.
Dnst Particles In The Mr
An ingenious method has been de
vised by John Aitken for counting
the dust particles in the atmosphere.
It wTas found that when the moisture
is condensed in a rarefied atmosphere,
each raindrop has a dust particle
for its nucleus; so that by sweeping
a measured portion of the air, into
an exhausted receiver, by means of
pure air, and counting tne numoer
of deposited drops, it is easy to cal
culate the number of dust particles
in a given volume of the impure air.
The counting is managed by navmg
the silver plate in the receiver divid
ed into millimetre squares, so that
it is only necessary to count the
drops on one square millimetre. Mr.
Aitken showed that the air of a hall
contained 400,000 particles to the
cubic centimetre, while a specimen
of air taken near the roof of the hall
gave 3,500,000 to the ' cubic centi
metre. In Ji.ndinburgh,on a fane day
after snow, the number of dust
particles in the cubic centimetre was
75,000, but in pure country air the
number is often as low as 5000-
Healthy Girls.
It is no longer fashionable with the
fair sex to feign delicacy, nor are the
girls of the coming generation actu
ated by an insane desire to appear
fragile and genteel at the expense of
health. The scores of buxom, bright
eyed young ladies one will meet upon
any of our thoroughfares a ny after
noon is ample evidence of the truth
of the assertion. No lonirer do the
fair dnes seem wan and. pale to look
upon, nor is their style of locomotion
suggestive of effort; but on the con
trary, nearly ' all seem strong and
lithe of limb, and with cheeks suf
fused with the ruddy glow of health.
Doctors generally agree that there
is far less of sickness among the sex
than had formerly been the case,
and this could be attributed solely
to the glorious practice youngladies
bad of late acquired of testing their
capabilities as pedestrians,and in en
gaging in other forms of light physi
cal exercise. It is to be hoped that
the good work will go on. Albany
Express.
A Hermit's Legacy to Needy Women.
L. B. Eaton, a very eccentric man,
has recently died at his home near
Fremont, Ind. He settled in that
county in 1837, and by the closest
economy in living the life of a her
mit succeeded in acquiring over
1,000 acres of good land and much
other property. His s' range will is
in keeping with the oddities of his
life. "His land is to be divided mto
lots of ten acres, and on each lot
there is to be erected a cottage:
These cottasres are intended for
homes of friendless women of good
character over 35 years of age. The
county commissioners are named as
trustees, and . in case they do not
wish to serve the court is authorized
to appoint an executor, who must
serve without compensation. The
money acquired from sales of other
property alter ouiiaing tne nouses is
to be held in trust for the support of
the good women. Indianapolis ben-
tinel. .
FOR THE FARMER.
mproper feeding is the cause of
most of the sickness among horses.
Change the food for your horses
often enough to make them relish
it... "" . x '
Breeding animals should have a
little extra care. A little dry feed
will do much.
No matter how good the breed if
good care is not given the stock will
hardly give satisfaction.
Red clover is said to be the best
substitute for grasa, for corn, for
meadow hay, and for manure.
As a general rule,it never pays to
attempt to cultivate the growing
crops when the soil ia wet.
Speaking of pasturing, a New En-
glander to find that it does not ex
ceed thirty bushels. The yield for
ten years 1878-1887 was a frac
tion less than thirty bushels.
There is nothing like pure water
for a dairy cow. Stagnant water is
only fit to breed malaria and mo"
squitoes. There should be a law
compelling every owner of animals
to provide pure water for all of his
stock.
. The time is not far distant when a
farm or dairy without a silo will be
considered as incomplete as a farm
house without a cellar: and it will
soon be the fashion for steam en
gines to go from farm to farm to fill
the silo.
The value of a red clover crop for the-
different farm animals, in the pasture
and for hay' used as a fertilizer, in
the rotation of crops, or in- renovat-
tg a worn-out farm almost any
one of which would give it high rank
among the grasses or other- clovers.
In a majority of cases a hen that is
a good layer is an early riser. They
ought to be fed as soon as they come
down from the roosts. If they can
be allowed to run out, feeding early,
and then again just before they go
on the roosts at night, it is all they
will need.
Plenty of whitewash should be
used, not only for the brighter ap
pearance, but also as a disinfectant.
Hot whitewash on the inside of barns,
stables, poultry houses and pig
quarters, will aid in preventing ver
min and insects.
The common quail is the best ex
terminator of the chinch bug and is
followed by the prairie chicken. If
protection were given these birds
and they were provided with oppor
tunity for increase and considered
private property the insect pest
would undoubtedly be very much
decreased.
" Do not attempt to grow melons or
pumpkins in the corn-field if you ex
pect to keep the corn clean and all
the weeds down. It is a practice to
grow pumpkins in the corn-field, but
during the latter part of the season
the corn is neglected in order not to
disturb the pumpkin vines, which al
so allows weeds to grow on some
places to propagate seed for another
season.
Raising young pigs for spring and
fall market is profitable business.
Last spring I bought three sows of
a neighbor who was moving away.
By some bungling I lost one sow and
four of her pigs, yet the proceeds paid
the first cost and spring feed, leaving
me the two larger sows clear. Last
fall their pigs brought meabout$30,
while their summering cost only
about one acre "of pasturage.
When running to grass pigs will
stand 'more corn or corn-meal with
out producing irritation or inflam
mation of the stomach. A pig or a
hog can never be fed entirely cn corn
or corn-meal without causing more
or less inflammation of the stomach.
The rank scent coming, from their
excrement prove this. As soon as
there shall appear any signs of
stomach disorder pigs shut up in
pens should be put upon the ground,
and they will at once begin to root
up the iresh earth and eat it as an
antidote.
The hay crop is second, if not first,
in importance of any in the United
States. Every one making a new
farm should first get the wet parts
into natural meadow. For its main-
tenanceVater is indispensable, but
the courses should be looked after
late in the fall, or quite large patches
of grass may be destroyed by smoth
ering if covered for weeks with ice
where the water overflows. Indeed,
no business requires more careful and
constant attention, to little things
than farming.
Then, if eleven ears of corn can be
made by the hoe, as suggested, where
only ten ears would otherwise appear,
he will be a benefactor who, by his ef
forts, leads the farmer to the adop
tion of methods, which will add one
tenth to his former income. I have
talked with many farmers about us
ing the hoe in their corn, and I have
never found but one man a large
farmer in Piatt county, Illinois who
had adopted the hoe to any extent,
and he put the profits of the hoe at
more than ICO per cent. I believe
there are "millions in it" for the
state, if generally adopted. Stock
man and Farmer.
As a rule milch cowl get tepid water
to drink in summer and live in a
warm atmosphere; end most dairy
men must have , observed that the
largest flow of milk is on the hottest
day, while a cool day, especially if
accompanied with rain causes, or
witnesses, a decrease in the flow of
milk. This shows that-the change
to cooler weather and from dry to
wet in some way lays a tax upon the
system of a the cow which she pays
by taking it out of her milk.' There
ought to be in this fact a hint to
dairymen to provide suitable shelter
for their cows at all seasons of tho
year, ana to endeavor to make it as
comfortable for them as possible.
The New Jersey experiment station
has issued a circular letter which con
tains a good many useful hints to
farmers as to their actios when a
new or heretofore unknown to them
insect pest attacks any oftlieircrops.
The first point is promptness ; in re
porting the damage; do not wait un
til the harm is done. Send speci
mens of the insects, rather than at
tempt to describe them; send speci
mens of thei r work al so. Da not try
to send insects in a letter, but pack
in a tight box,, with some of the food
they am nsing. Then, ami also a
brief account of whae yon know
about them; how and when they work;
how Jong you have observed them;
how much damage they inflicted;
what, remedies you have tried and
what has been your success with
them. Write your name on the out
side package containing the speci
mens. This is allowed by the postal
authorities in such easesr and identi
fies the contents as those described in
your letter, ;
Curiosities in Mortgages
The method of loaning money on
furniture,, which has sprung so far rap
idly into- pulie favorr ir constantly
begetting ludicrous errors in chattle
mortgages- This is due to- the fact
that so- many illiterate- men with
small capital and a passion to in
crease it like sixty are indulging. We
are compelled by law to copy every
instrument put here for record or let
ter for letter. If there is an error we
copy the mistake, but underscore it
to signify that it is not the fault of
the office. Not long since a man pre
sented a mortgage that described "a
blue mule with red plush trimmings."
Whether it was an article of parlor
or street car furniture I don't know,
but I suppose he did. Another curi
osity was the description of a "mar
ble top. stove, a bureau with seven
baking utensils, a lettuce colored silk
dress mixed with yellowish blue fringe
or lace, a nd flour barrel fixin' behind,
and a patent apparatus for stirring
eggs up fine." "Lusterless silk dress
(2), a frying pan, egg hatcher, crack
ed spittoon, sausage machine and
Ruben's chromo," is an extract I got
from an incongruous collection one
day. A burro with lookin' glass an'
drawers to set what's left over in" was
the sentence used by one man to
keep track of a sideboard. An S tete-a-tete
was recorded as a "set
tee with both ends wrapped skin
ways and the back in the middle,"
while an invalid's chair was marked
down by an expressionist as a. "double
bicycle chair, devilish' easy to set in
any shaped' But one I remember
excelled all. It spoke of a fine tax
idermist's cabinet as a "glass case
full of birds that don't stink, and a
squirrel to boot." But their orthog
raphy is great. Curtains often go
as "kirtins," center table as "sent
her tabil," and bedstead with mat
tress as "begstid wit tiks," while "so
in masheen," "XlOshun table," and
3kreett war"f or escritoire are common
though "chickens in a penno" for a
Chickering piano is not. But these
must be rendered on our books true
to copy, which led to a very quaint
engrossment soon after the Legisla
ture reduced the number ol notaries
public from seven or eight hundred
to one hundred. One of the ousted
notaries, in writing his last ac
knowledgment, took occasion to re
mark at the bottom that the last
Assembly were a class of men which
class he designated by a hyphenated
trio of words which few Americans
will be called without trying to whip
somebody, and the application of
which is popularly considered a justi
fication for trying to whip anybody.
But his opinion was recorded, and
will stand for years as a concise siz
ing up of a defunct Legislature.
Amusements of Royalty.
Near the palatial home of the
Montezumas were many edifices
erected solely for the pleasure of the
reigning monarch; prominent was
an aviary, in which birds of splendid
plumage were gathered
Creatures of wondrous tint, delightsome to
the eye,
And some, full throated, pouriuj? out
Their gladsome songs
Three hundred attendants had
charge of this rare company of
plumy people; to leed them, give
them a daily bath, collect scattering
plumage, especially in moulting sea
son, thus furnishing material for
Aztec painters, was the all engross
ing care.
Somewhat farther away birds of
prey were also luxuriously domiciled
vultures and eagles and other "vil
lainous eyed desperadoes:" for these,
too, much thought was given, their
usual bill of fare (a daily allowance)
including among other dainties five
hundred plump and toothsome tur
keys. And still beyond, strongly barri
caded, were cages of wild animals,
reptiles and serpents; tho slimy, coil
ing, head erecting creatures held
high carnival in long cages lined
with down or feathers; or, if they
needed recreation, troughs of mud
and water were at their service.
To all these prisoners of state were
given apartments both light and
airy, ample enough as well, in which
to move untrammeled; such were
imperial orders, and keepers of
strength and fearlessness were de
voted to their comfort and cleanli
ness. . '
"Extensive gardens surrounded
these buildings, full of fragrant
shrubs and flowers, alid many med
icinal plants were cultivated; and
fountains of pure water threw up
sparkling jets."
Ten large tanks well stocked with
fish afforded sport for the lazy an
gler, and water fowl could here dis
port the live-long day.
A pavement of tessellated marble
inclosed the ample basins, which
were overhung by light and fancilul
Eavilions, admitting the perfumed
reezes of the gardens and offering
grateful shelter to the monarch and
his friends in sultry summer heats.
This was in the reign of Monte
zuma Second, fearly in the Sixteenth
century. F:irper'e Bazar.
fruit a' Perfect Foort..
ome people are afraid to eat fruit,
thinking thatr fruit and diarrhoea are
always associated, when, it they un
derstood the true cause of diarrhoea,
they would know that it was caused
by eating meat. Ih hot -weatlier
meat putrefies very quickly, and dur
ing this process alkaloids are formed
which are very poisonous, acting as
emetics and purgatives. 'Tis true
that fruit eaten green or- between
meals will interfere with digestion
wnd cause bowel troubles; but use
fruit that is-perfectly ripe at meal
time, and only beneficial results will
follow. .
Acids prevent calcareous degenerations,-keeping
the bones elastic, as
well as preventing the accumulation
of earthly matters. This is tfcauae
of the solvent power of the- acids;
but manufactured acids are not
harmless, as those which nature hai
prepared for us in the various kinds
of fruit. Fruit is a perfect food when
fully ripe, but if it were in daily use
from youth to age there would be
less gout, gall-stones and stone in
the bladder.. Stewed apples, pears
and plums are favorite articles ot d iet,
For breakfast or luncheon, in. the
dining-room orin the nursery, there'
are few. table dishes more whole
some andi more delicious than well
stewed fruit served up with cream or
custard, i
There are many persons, however
who' cannot eat it on account either
of the acidity ot the fruit of the ex
cess of sugar necessary to- make it
palatable. Sugar does not, of course,
counteract acidity; it only disguises
it, and its use in large quantities is
calculated to retard digestion. The
housewife may, therefore be grateful
for the reminder that a pinch j a
very small pinch, of carbonate of
soda, sprinkled over the fruit previ
ously ' to cooking, will save sugar,
and will render the dish at once more
palatable and more wholesome.
Medical Classics.
Where Bears Roams the Streets.
Mr. T. W. Blackhart, lormerly ot
this city, but now a resident of Hele
na, Mantana, is in Louisville. Mr.
Blackhart says Montana is full o
large game and is the finest hunting
ground in the United States. He tells
the following bear story, and says it
is no fish yarn, either. A short whilo
before coming to Kentucky he was
at Cook City, a small town in south
ern Montana, adjoining the Wyom
ing line and Yellowstone park. While
he was there a party of hunters who
had been, out only three days re
turned. During that brief absence
they killed filty-six bears, grizzly,
cinnamon and black, and brought
with them the fresh skins as evidence.
Last autumn five big bears were
killed in the streets of the town, hav
ing come down from the mountain
probably with the intention ot mak
ing a good meal off the inhabitants.
In the mountains the grizzly bears
are exceeding by numerous, very fero
cious, and more frequently the hunter
than the hunted. Louisville Courier
Journal. , i
OldCreedmooiv
Eostport Sentinel.
"Old Creedmoor" is a big whale
that plays around Passamaquoddy
bay, about two miles from town,
every summer. At least it is posi
tively asserted by fishermen that the
same old fellow has made his appear
ance annually to feed on tho sc hools
of herring that frequent the place in
the summer season, and is how. he
got his name: In times past when
some of tho crack shot of the Fron
tier Guards were too tired to walk
out to the rifle range, they would
take a boat and sailing down the
harbor at certain time ot tide would
be quite certain of finding his whale
ship playing around the bay. Then
they would make use of him for a
target as- a part of his big carcass
frequently rose above the surface, a
long distance off. An ex-membpr of
the Gaurds says you could always
tell when he was hit he "kicked like
a steec
A Losing Game.
Ow did it work?" said one small
boy on the street to the other. "Ow
did you do it?"
"Seer The old man he dropped a
dime) am' I picked it up an' runned
alter him, an' 1 says: 'Mister, 'ere's
a dime as you dropped,' an' he puts
'is iiand in Is pocket an' he says:
'You're an honest little boy; here's a
quarter lor you "
"Wal, 1 dropped the dime right in
front of the old woman, wen sha had
'er purse open, an' I picked it up wen
she walks along, an' follows her an'
says: 'Here missus, is a dime you
dropped. "
"Well!"
"Wal, she takes it an says:
Thank you, little boy,' an puts it
in her pocket, an' I'm ten cents out."
San Francisco Chronicle.
A New Ciffar.
Much excitement has been caused,
says a London correspondent.of The
Birmingham Post, by the introduc
tion of a hew kind of cigar into tho
high class clubs of London. The in
gredients of which ic is composed re
main a secret with tho soidisant in
ventors, but the effect produced upon
the consumers is said to be magical
The softness of perfume, thearomat
ic flavor, and, above all, the sooth
ing qualities of. this ne,w cigur are
undisputed, but it does not tontaiu
a particle of tobacco.
Gen. Tcrnbull, of San Francisco,
had a quarrel . with his tailor, but
whilo he huted the man he continued
outwardly on pleasant terms with
him. At the beginning of the fall
season the tailor loaded up with
figured vest patterns. The general
saw them and presented a notorious
sporting man with one and a negro
minister with another. No gcntle
manwould tneren Iter wear a brocaded
vest. The tailor had his stock left
on his hands and was nearly ruined.
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