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PUBLISHED BY : THE ALLIANCE PUB. CO. lilNCOLN, NEBRASKA. NEBRASKA NEWS. Soldiers' and Sailors Home. Mrs. Lana Bates, secretary of the visiting and examining board of the soldiers' and sailors' home, submitted herquarterly report to the governor, and by him it was transmitted to the secretary of state for reference to the board of public lands and buildings. The report is made from the October visitation, and shows a flattering con dition at the home. The secretary commends the sewerage plans, and states that completion is promised be fore the winter months appear. At tention, however, is called to the fact that the location of the cemetery has Dot been decided upon. The fact is cited also that its location is a difficult emestion. owing to the nearness of water to the surface on the grounds be longing to the home. Still the loca tion of the cemetery is urged, and at an early date. The report compli ments Commandant Henry and ex presses the opinion that he has entered upon thedischaige of his duties of his position intelligently, and with a com prehensive view of its responsibilities. Attention is further called to the fact that a commodious hospital is well under way, several cottages for families and a beautiful residence for the com mandant. The fraternal feeling mani fest between the inmates and officers of the home is warmly commended. Cattle Dying. Reynolds special : The report that cattle were dying from the effects of smut on the corn stalks near this place has raised considerable excitement and apprehension of serious loss among the cattle men. A correspondent made a tour of inspection and found on the a t farm of G. W. Simpkins a herd of fifty fat cattle in which the plague or dia ease had just commenced to show itself and it did its work so rapidly that six of the herd died in one day. The first intimation of the disease is noticed bv the aniial standing stiff legged and involuntarily twitching and trembling. If left alone they will not move or run around, but if disturbed they become very ferocious, as one party that was with us was induced to , climb a tree very lively. The animal dies within from two to three hours from the time it is taken sick. In this instanca several dead animals W6re opened and examined. All the organs appeared to be in a healthy condition and the cause could not be satisfac torily explained nor do we know of a preventative or remedy. If it is from the corn stalks then the stalk fields will bo lost to the farmer and a dan gerous place to feed cattle. There are cattle dying on five different farms near here tne same as on the ono we visited. , The Sugar Beet Industry. The chemical department of the state university is doing a remarkable work in aiding the beet sugar industry in Nebraska. Analysis of beets are made without cost to the producer. The chemical department is gathering all the information it can that will be of interest and of value to those ready to embark in beet raising. In order to procure such information the following circular has been issued by the depart ment : Chemical Laboratory, University of Nebraska, P. O. Box 674,Lincolx, Neb., March, 1889. To the Farmers of Nebraska : In as much as the sugar industry bids fair to become, in the near future, very prominent in our state, we ask your co-operation in the collecting and distributing of reliable information in regard to it. If you plant, this season, sugar beet seed, will you kindly note the facts in season and answer the following ques tions : First Kind and variety of seed planted. Second Number of acres planted. Third Date of planting. Fourth Kind of soil. Fifth Method of cnltization. Sixth Time of harvesting,yield per acre. Seventh Cost per acre. Eighth Kind of season. Answers to these questions should be sent either to Professor Rchel Xdoyd or myself as early as November lj 1889, as we intend to publish, for the benefit of the public, the informa tion thus obtained together witn our ' analyses of the beets raised in differ ent portions of the state. Very respectfully, H. H. Nicholson. Director of the Laboratory. The above circular was sent early in the season, together with a small quan tity of beet seed, to a number of prom inent farmers in the state. Many of them are now responding by sending to the laboratory, for analysis, speci mens of the beets raised. Tha object of this is to determine, if risible,, whether or not beets can be raised in Nebraska with a sufficient content of sugar to make it a matter of profit to the farmer. To this end, it is necessarv to obtain as many facts as possible. "We again send out the circular and earnestly request any person who has Jtaised sugar beets this season to send to the chemical laboratory, state uni versity, at our -expense, one medium sized specimen of each variety raised. Beets thus sent should be carefully labeled, wrapped in strong paper, and accompanied by as complete answers to the above questions as it is possible to give. . Reports of results of analyses will be sent, gratis, to those sending beets. H. H. Nicholson, 1 As this is a matter that concerns the state at large state papers are request ed to, copy the above circular and let ter. - " In General. , The new iron bridge across the Re publican river at Orleans is nearly com pleted. Samuel Clingman, editor of the Oak dale Sentinel, died last week, after a lone illness of valvular disease of the heart. The yearly conference of the United Brethren church will be held at C res- ton this week, commencing Wednes day and lasting over Sunday. From twenty-six pounds of beans rjlanted last spring George Litchfield of Verdon, has harvested and threshed thirty bushels, or 1,800 pounds. The authorities at Brownville caused the arrest of meat peddlers from Howe for violating the city ordinance in not taking ontja license ana lined them iu and costs.. ... . A number of notes, deeds, etc., which were stolen fronr the safe of E. S. Hay hurst, of Iioup City, were found last week hidden in the weeds by the B. & M. section hands. Fairbtfry special : The Fairbury creamery was entirely consumed by fire Sunday night. It was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary. Loss, $5,000; insurance $2,500. Friday afternoon of last week fire destroyed nearly $600 worth of prop erty on the farm of M. M. Sherwood, thirteen miles northeast of Lexington. Stable granary, implements, etc., were consumed. The origin of the fire is unknown. Deputy Insurance Auditor Allen is filling out a large numbei of agents' commissions, bearing date February 1. 1890. They are for representatives of different insurance companies doing business in the state, and are made out this early to keep the work of the department in hand. $ The Missouri Pacific agent at Tal mage, while trying to open the safe, pulled the handle from the socket and left the safe securely locked with about $2,000 in money and securities inside. It was necessary to ship the safe to Kansas City, in charge of the ajent, where it was opened by experts and everything found all right. Articles incorporating the Ravenna Creamery company have been filed in the office of the secretary of state. Capital stock authorized, $9,000. Busi ness commenced October 1 and con tinues twenty years. Incorporators: Erastus Smith, F. E. Shaw, F. W. Sears, W. Z. Tillson, Henry Boyle, J. W. Dunkin, A. W. Wichee. M. Friend, James A. Clark, C. E. Davis and "W. W. Pool. Dr. Sunington, proprietor of the op era house at Ashland, refused to rent his building to the fire department for the purpose of holding a dance, giving as a reason that the ministers held him responsible for the morals of the young people of Ashland, which he did not think would be improved by a public ball. The fire boys now propose to raise funds for new Uniforms by start ing a subscription paper. The Chadron Journal of last week says : On Monday the tracklaying force on the Black Hills extension laid 16,900 feet, the greatest amount of track, ever laid by the B. & M. in a sin gle day. This is probably the best re cord for track laying in the state. "When the line into Cheyenne was built 15,900 feet of track was laid in one day and that record was bragged about for some time. The Black Hills work, however, beats this by a thousand feet. The end of the track is now about forty-five miles from Newcastle, having crossed the Cheyenne river Tuesday. Storing Potatoes- Potatoes should always be sorted wben digging. With the d'ggera that we now use in harvesting a crop of pototces this is not so much of a tssk as when the hoe or fork was depended upon. When it can be avoided, potatoes should not be dog when the soil is wet. Usually more or less dirt will cling to the tubers. While in addition it will usually require more time to dry them out thoroughly. It if not good economy to put away the small potatoes, they are usually of mora value for hog feed than ary thing else, and they can be used cow to a better advantspf? han at any time later. At digging is the beet time to se'ect Ike seed, and medium sized tubers from the hills producing the largest number of these are best to rave for this purpose, asd it will pay to select and store by them sufficient quantity to use for this purpose. .Let the potatoes sret reasonably dry be fore putting away. Dig out a place about three or four feet wide and as long as may be considered necessary to hold the quantity desired to store. Put a good ayer of straw in the bottom and the sides and then fill in the tubers, piling them up 8s carefully as possible, cover with clesn straw and over this pile the dirt, cemmen cing at the bottom and carrying ths layer evenly on all sides to the proper height. In s majority of caees it will pay to pply a cecocd layer after the ground has frozen hard, or if earth is not used, apply a good layer of old straw or fodder. D g a trench alorg on the outside with a good outlet, so a to provide pood drainage. TWs will be the best and cheapest plan or kfep:ng potatoes wheu they sre to be kept until sprirg. What is needed to be used during the winter should, of coursr, be stored in the cnllar where they csn be reached as needed. THE MARKETS. Lincoln, Neb. CATTLE Butchers' steers.. S2 50 3 00 a3 oo (tB3 50 (S3 25 3 05 65 15 27 19 ($1 (4 20 (tt2 25 6 00 Cows.. 1 53 HOGS Fat a 30 Stackers 3 00 SHEEP . - 3 00 WHEAT No. 8 spring. 60 OATS No. 2 10 BYE No. 2 25 COKN No. new IS FLAXSEED 1 02 POTATOES 18 APPLES perbbl 1 75 HAY Prairie, balk 5 00 r Omaha, Neb. CATTLE $3 20 4 40 Cows 1 80 l 60 HOGS Fair to heavy 3 90 (g4 00 Mixed , 3 90 4 00 Kansas City, Mo. CATTLE Corn fed ........ .$2 90 4 35 'Feeders 1 60 (33 15 HOGS Good to choice 3 80 4 is Jttlxed. 3 60 ((MOO Chicago, III. .$3 50 ' 4 85 CATTLE Prime steers .... Stackers and leeders. . . . . 2 00 3 00 3 tX) (M 05 iiuu Packing SHEEP Natives 3 0 ffi5 00 W11EA. COBN 30 The Offspring of Crime. From BIakwood's Magazine. What but an unreasoning, almost unconscious, abandonment.to a ca rer of crime could possibly be ex pected for the offspring of our pris oners who had been sent to jail, in the course of a not very long life, some thirty or forty times? She had been steeped in sin from the earliest girlhood and the sole mode of escape from it with which she was acquaint ed whs the drastic remedy ol suicide. She knew the name f of God only as an oatn; she had never said a prayer in the whole course of her life, and aboslutely refused to be taught one least itshould actas a kind of charm in compelling her to give up some of her iniquities. This woman had a child an intelligent little girl of 4 years old and she deliberately sold it for a small sum to a companion of like trade and position with herself, in order that it might be trained to gain money for its purchaser in Ihe following manner: It was carefully taught to swear and to lisp all the most horrible and disgraceful utter ances it is possible to conceive, and then it was taken every night to one or other of the many public houses with which the neighborhood teemed in order that it might be set upon a table and desired to amuse the men who sat drinking round it by pour ing out from its infant lips volleys of oaths and blasphemies. Was no tenderness to be shown to the crim inality with which this unfortunate child was likely to be branded? and the education of many of the inmates of our prisons has been ot a similar nature. Dead-Letter Money. There is in the United States Treas ury vault a brown wooden box eight inches wide, a foot long, and eighteen inches deep, which contains paper money of the nominal value of several hundred thousand dollars. It is not worth a dollar. The queer thing about it is the manner in which it was collected. Every bit of it came from the dead-letter office of the Postoffice Department. Some por tion of jt is countefeit, but the most of it was genuine money manj'- years ago. The banks which issued it and the officers who signed it are gone and forgotten. It was all sent over to the Treasury Department several years ago, and Assistant Treasurer Whelpley undertook to trace up the various banks and get as much as possible of it redeemed. Occasional ly he found descendants of some of these old bank officials, themselves bankers, who were willing to redeem some of the notes for the sake of the signatures of their fathers, and in this way he succeeded in getting sev eral hundred dollars worth of it re deemed. A little of it is Confederate money, but most of it is of banks, State and private, that went out of existence many years ago. The old est notes are dated back as far as 1812. American Banker. She Was in Doubt and Took the Trick. The careful housewife, finding that the nurse-maid had not come down, went up to her room aud found the girl in bed, looking very queer and complaining of pain and violent sick ness. On being asked what was the matter she explained that having a bad cold, she had taken some patent medicine which had been. recommend ed for children. "How much did you take?" "Well, mum. I went by the direc tions on the bottle and it said 'Ten drops for an infant, thirty drops for an adult ani a tablespoonful for an emetic,' I knew I wasn't an infant and I didn't know what an adult was, so I thought I must be an emetic, and I took a tablespoonful and it have pretty nigh turned me inside out." Fleeting JTame. What does the world care for dead folks? George Eliot's grave is shame fully neglected over grown with weeds and grass. Gen. Grant's tomb in New York city would disgrace a back-country cernentery, it is so poor and meanly surrounded. Great people ought make their wills in lavor of cremation, and so avoid the danger of lying in neglected graves. It has just been discovered that Mirabeau reposes under one of the foundation stones of a new building in Paris, but the city did not think it worth while to pull up the founda tions, now nearly completed, to dis cover beneath which stone the mighty orator's coffin of lead is stow ed away. -Exchancre. Louisiana Creoles, The usual impression obtained concerning Creoles is that they are all of them possessed of dark and swarthy complexions, hair black as the raven's wing, and eyes of "ebon darkness." A New Orleans acquaint ance says that many have lily-white complexions, golden locks, and "eyes of heaven's own blue." The Creole girl is usually refined and dainty, sensitive and sympathetic, light hearted and eunny tempered. She is usually brought up quietly, and she is content to remain at home. Of coarse the majority of Creole girls are dark they are nut-brown maid ens. Denver News. A Penalty of Unconventionality. A young man who dared to break through stern custom and go to see an Oakland young lady during the eclipse. last New Year's day was, upon retiring, rewarded with a re mark which must be regarded as rather mean if the young lady under stood the full significance of her words. She said as she was closing thed oorr "I hope you will call again the very next time we have another total eclipse." Now he is waiting for an answer from Professor Ilolden to know if it be a fact that we shall not have another such for 110 years. San Francisco Tieport. The Fasef nation of Xiaeara. 'Never' said an old resident of the village, ''have I known of so many people going over the falls as during the past eix months." During that time some eight or ninepersons have been known to pass over, three of which have been deliberate suicides. It is a source of wonder to many peo pleliving here why persons will come from a distance to Niagara appar ently to commit suicide. The press dispatch sent out from Binghamton under the imprsssion that the last suicide was a Miss Meadf of that place, says that the young lady vigited the place a short time ago and has been "strangely fascin ated with Niagara ever since." It is a well known fact that scarcely any two persons have the same impresion when first looking upon the rapids or falls. Only a few evenings since your correspondent heard aclereryman in a neighboring city make this remark: "I never look upon Niagara above the falls but that there is a strong desire to get into the water, He down and go with it. I have no thought of suicide, but it always seems to me as if it would be pleasant to go with the water. A lady from Rhode Island was mak ing her first visit to Niagara, and was standing on one of the Sister Isl and bridges looking into the rapids underneath. She hurriedly took the arm of her companion and asked to leave the spot. Upon reaching the center of Goat Island she sank upon a seat, seemingly exhausted and very nervous. When asked the cause, she said : "I don't know what came over me, but if I had stood on the bridge another moment nothing could have prevented me jumping into the rap ids." "Why," said her friend, 'do you wish to commit suicide?" "God forbid!" said she. "It was the furthest thought, but there was an impulse which I could not control, and I do not think I would dare live at Niagara." Others have experienced a similar sensation. Niagara Cor. Buffalo Ex press. Selling Cattle by Weight, A writer in Mark Lane Express se verely desprecates the custom in vogue in England with buyers and seellers in estimating cattle, or buy ing by the head instead of by actual ascertained weight. By this system he believes farmers are cheated and robbed of much of the profits in raising cattle, and advises them to supply themselves with weighing ma chines of their own, so long as butchers and salesmen remain averse co buying by weight. There can be no doubt that in such cases tho farmer is at a great disavantage with 'buyers, whose opportunities for determining the dead weight of living animals are so much better, from the nature of their occupation, and the wonder is that English farmers should have submitted to such a practice so long. Much of this business of buying by the head, savs the agricultural editor of The -World, has been done in this country, and. it is scarcely to be d oubted , quite generally to the farmer's dis advantage; but of late years the sys tem of selling at actual weight lias been growing in favor, and cattle scales are now so cheap as to have become common in towns, as well as on stock farms, so that there is no longer any necessity for the element of chance in the buying and selling of stock as it is picked up through the country by butchers or shippers. No good reason can be given why a farm er should sell a bullock on an estim ation of its weight that would not apply with equal force to the buyer after the meat was dressed. It is true that the percentage of dead weight varies considerably in differ ent animals according to breed and feeding, but an accurate knowledge ot the live weight is an important factor in determining the value of the animal before it has been slaughter ed. , Fanny Davenport Settled Him. While Fanny Davenport was play ing an engagement here, recently, a young man who was a clerk at the Union Depot Hotel, after a rather lively priming with the boys went to the Opera House. He was a good looking fellow with a black mustache, and the figure he cut that night was given color bv his new light over coat and high silk hat. By the time he reached the theatre it was pretty full; so was ,he. Jiut ne bought , a ticket for a parquet seat right down front, and with tolerably steady steps hemade his way to it. It was in the middle of a scene. What the play wa s I d on , t rem em ber . A s he reach ed the seat and wa3 divesting himself of his loud overcoat, Fanny Davenport camedownthestageto the footlights and said to the villain, who was courting her, but with her eyes to the audience: "I can never love thee'. She said it with great, emphasis, and the handsome hotel cleric rose from his seat, tool: his hat and over coat, and saying in a loud voice, "Well that settles it!" retraced Ivs steps up the aisle, while the audience burst into a roar of -laughter arid applause. Pittsburgh Dispatch. Only Half Married. The Bev. G. W Featherston tells this: I was puzzled by a Tennessee lady about her marriage Sitting by her in a parlor and wishing to in troduce conversation I asked her' 'Are you a married or a single lady?: She replied, 'I am only half married,' and remained silent as before. This stumped me, as I had never heard of such a case before. She saw she had excited my, curiosity and no doubt enjoyed it. At length I ventured to ask: 'Will you please explain that halfmarried? Idon't understand it.' She replied: 'If you must know the truth about it, I have gained my own consent to marry, and when the couple to make the other half of the match gives his consent we will have a wedding, corder. -Louisville Western Re- Clever Devices of Smugglers From the Lewiston Journal. After a few puff from his cigar n Bath man who is interested in ship ping began an ancttdote. - "Cap ftain," said he, "that story reminds me of something in about the sama line in which I was interested.' A friend of mine, who was master of a large ship, promised he would brin0 me home some excellent liquor on the next voyage he made, and he ac companied the promise by the boast that there would not be any duty paid on it either. Well, I had not thought much about the jnatter un til one day I noticed in a boston pa per that the ship had arrived in port. But the next dy's issue of the game paper contained an interesting story of the manner in which cus tomhouse officials discovered that about half of one of the spare spars which the vessel carried was hollow, and that the hole contained fifteen gallons of liquors. I never got my five gallons and my friend got four months in jail, while the ship made the next voyage under the charge ol the mate." A little, short man now took up the c&nversation, and said: "I re member a pretty neat thing once which was done in this very port only a fev years ago by the captain of one of the ships of the Houghton fleet. He came across from Liverpool, and on the voyage he treated the sailors unusually well so well, in fact, that when the captain asked twelve ol them, shortly before going into port, to do him a little favor, they readily consented . The result was that when the ship was moored to the whari those twelve sailors walked ashore, each with an imported leather shoot ing coat on, under his own rough pea jacket. The captain followed them to a rendezvous, where the sailors divested themselves of the English coats. The captain 'set em up' all around several times and parted from his sailors like an old friend." No sooner had this anecdote been concluded than another old sea cap tain, rich and retired now, broke m quietly with, "Yes, that's a good scheme, but it don't always work. It didn't when I tried it, anyhow. You see, 1 was in England find I bought a handsome shawl for my wife, who was not with me. paying 20 (.100) for it. When I got into New York, I asked the stewardess of the ship if she would wear the shawl ashore for me. She said she would, and putting it on, wore it over the side and out of the reach of the inspectors. I fol lowed her ashore, but when I over took her well up town, the hu fsey re fused to give the shawl back to me, and threatened to call a policeman if I attempted to take the shawl from her. What could I do? I couldn't prove that the shawl was mine, and so I was obliged to stand there and see that woman walk off with a $100 shawl that I had writ ten to my wife about. You may, believe that I never tried, anything in that line again." A hearty laugh went round at the captain's expense, and as soon as it had died away the the mate of a Jarge four-masted schoqner, now discharging in port, spoke up: "Two years ago," said he, "I was mate of a large ship, with Capt. S , of this city, as master. In Birmingham, England, one day, we both pur chased silk umbrellas. They were very good ones, and we paid $12 apiece for them. We came across to New York, and after we had been in port a few moments the captain and myself started to go ashore. The day before I had removed the cover ing from my umberlla and had wiped up all dirt 1 could find in my room to make it look old. The tfaptain had thought this precaution unneces sary, and we started ashore, I hav ing mine all waving in the wind and the captain having his wrapper round it and done up in its original package as well. An inspector stood on the wharf, and as soon as we had passed him he turned and followed us. He stepped up to the captain and took his umbrella away from him, and later in the day the captain was fined $25 for petty smuggling. A madder man I never saw." Another Display of Feminine Courage. Miss Edith Hamilton, the fifteen-year-old daughter of a prominent citizen of Fort Wayne, Ind., awoke about one o'clock the other morning to hear some one wandering through the house. "She jumped out of bed, snatched up a revolver which lay ou the dresser and ran out into the hall, where she was confronted by a mask ed burglar nearly six feet tall. The plucky girl ordered the fellow to sur render, but, with a savage scowl, he advanced upon her, when she, quick as a flash, raised the pistol, and, aim ing at his head, fired. This promt action thoroughly cowed the man, and, although the bullet merely in flicted ,a slight wound, he begged the girl not to shoot at him. She kept the fellow covered with her pistol and called for help. ' The inmates of the house were toq frightened to come to the rescue, but the two police of ficers who had heard the shot appear ed on the scene, and the girl turned her prisoner over to them. When out of range of the girl's revolver the burglar showed fight again, but was quickly overpowered." The man, senuentlv sentenced to four vears' imprisonment in the State Peniten tiary. A Smoking Tree. A curious smoking pine tree on the Vaughan estate in HalloweH, Me., is again the toph? of discussion in that ity. A gentleman the other day said that the last time he saw it smoke was on June 9. The vapor comes from the extreme top or apex and it extends several feet into the air, waving to and fro.' The column is about the diameter of a man's arm, and sometimes divides into two col ums. It smokes periodically and ia really a phenomenon. , AGRICULTURE -'P HORTICULTURE. Some U.efal Information Relating to Botb Branches. - i'i. PROFITS IS GKCSB. Bay A. F. Hunter ia the New Eag land Farmcrx "G rcrlly ppftbirg, a fl?cK of ureeae. properly managed,1 ill pay the farmer a $ood profit, andltia a source of wcn ler to me that eo tew of the farmers who have rr can have the water piivilezes, keep geese. Geese are hardy, require hut cheap shelter, and for a good part of the year will obtain nearly all their living. HONORABLE BCeiSESS.' Now and then a nun wise in his own conceit, eays The Uubandman, tells ua tbat,Grange trade is opposed to honorable methods in business, and when ftsked how the methods of Grange trade differ from those he himself employe, he is obliged to answer "I don't know." jcst dcst. Road dust in a hen houee is a little bet ter than p' aster, for it is a moot t xcellent absorbent that goes to the earth Sfialn ready to deliver all it hai gained. Husking Corn It Is row called pickirg or chucking. Corn Is about ready to shuck. Fit up your cribs and commence soon to put a few loads in the bolt m. By the time you get the bottom of your cribs covered it will be dry . enough to fill the cr b. Select and save peed corn of the very best quali ty, if you have not already attended to the matter. It is important to save good seeds of all 'grains and vegetables, ad those who do eo will not only know what they have, as to variety and quality, but he spared both disappoint ment and the unpleasantness of replanting in the eprirg. Always save the best f ir seed. Sawing off Horns. A representative of the Journal, while in couverfalioa with a prominent Caic go 3tock commitslon agent, now located la thiscUy, received the following irforma. lion in regard to dehornH g cattle: "Large numbers' of dehorned cattle have lately arrived in our stock yards at Chicago. They s.re invariably ia gocd flesh, free frcm horn-woundi or scratches; be hides are sound and the flesh not bruised. Many an honest stock. man has stood gazing at the oen of dehorned sleets and become converted then aod there. The cattle ara better off, and there is no loss or discount on unrcf; they havp Dothing to do bu. to eit and remain puiet for the fat to accumulate: Slid one cf the heaviest buyers of cattlo to ma prior to my departure: I would and do give from 15 to 20 cents per hundred p")und more for dehorned cittle than for the samo description of horned, simply be. cause I know their fl is not bruised and their bides are sound and aU right.' " Chadron Journal. Farming a Profession. Uoder Jtho head of "Fanning as a Pro fcssioi." the American Agriculturist speaks the following sensible ard tutrgee. tive words: 'Too little attention ha br.en pa'd to the fact that agriculture is a profession, nq'iiringas much skill and preparation to secure the best results as civil engineer ing, or the professions of law or maiclne. It has been erroneously supposed that any body could become a farmer. An impres sion has existed that the culture cf the soilis degrading, and that it i fiords no chano for an ambitious yourg man to gain an honorable position among his fel lows. It !s on'y too true that many who till the land a re .unskilled, and thus ut fit ted for their work. This, however, is no refl ;ctlon upon the work itself. The bun dreds of worn-out farms that can be fcund in every Extern State call loudly for bright young men, well quipped mental ly, morally and physicallj; young men who have a love for life in the open air, and a keen interest in nature. These farms have been run down by lack cf skill in cultivation. "No other calling can afford more ad vantages or comforts that farming. Yet, as a c'ass, farmers are overworked, poor ly fed (or more correctly, improperly f d, sic ce their tables contain an abundance; but too commonly of foo.l that does not nourish), poorly paid, and frequently iso lated from the world. "All this is unnecessary, and largely the result of ignorance. What would be tho gbt ot a man who shov Id go into curt to conduct a casa who had never looked into a law hook? Or, how would a man be regarded who should undertake a.surgical operation when entirely ignor ant of anatomj ? What but fallwre can be expected when a, man enters upon ary tu?ines3 without full preparation and knowledge of the subject? There are thoutard3cf boys who will enter upon this work. Tney may guin frcm it pleas ure, profit, acd the honor which comes to skilled wcrkroca in any profession. In the first place, a farmer nced to be edu cated a? thoroughly as rae-i ia other pro fessions. 'The race is to tl.e strong,' not only in bedy, tut in mind; and micd has far more to do with successful farming than ouscla. There aro d!fl!ercnces of opinion as to tho several courses of s.ndy tbr.t oce prcpoiirg agriculture should best follow. B it for those who wish to excel ia their calling, a thorough course ia a well-equipped agricultural colhge fur n'shes, undoubtedly, tho best preparation. We are well aware that there are inasy successful and prosperous farmers to be found throughout tho land who have nev er entered the gates of a collecco cf any kind, yet; with every succeeding year, it becomes more evident that the broader the educational foundation the better chance there is for signal success is any vocation where mind is powerful over matt Another Race Quarrel Louisvuxk, Ky., Oct. 56. Mr. TJ. S. Lutz, one of the civil engineers In charge of the Big Slone extension of the Louisville & Nashville railroad south from Pineville, brought news today of another conflict in the mountains. This time it was in Ten nefifcee and the beligerenta were a gan? of Italians who opposed a gang of the nativo monntaineere. One Italian was kill 3d snd three others seriously wounded. Tho trouble was a quarrel about drinks. Annual Report of Superintendent. Ladies of the Convention: It H Impos sible for mo to submit to you much moro tban a statistical report; what I ml?ht say would only be a reiteration of v?Lat htd already been faid. We have great reason for gratitude thut at tho present ttmo our family is n f xcel lent health with the exception r f whoop ing coueh. The work in the d'ffarent departments is moving onward satisfactory. Not t x much credit can be given our efficient matron and hi 1.XT8 for their untiring ef forts In making each department what it should bo. . Wo have but few adults at present, but the number of children has increancd. We bad a larger number last Winter tban ever before, and no doubt wo will have a nil' greater number this Winter. ASabbv ch vM has been ortinlid near us aid tho larger children attend, making a pleasant change wh'ch tbey have greatly enjoyed. In the afternoon the same Sabbath school is held and tbo lefson for the next Sabbath !s studied. A number of our brightest and best children havo been placed loto hmn. Mary and Rosa who have been with us over threo years and we have felt that we could not separate them, havo goao where they can visit each other. We miss them, but we trust "our loss will be their gain." Many others havo gone, but their p'ace aro be irg filled almost dally. Tbo poor tired mother comes and asks for adm'ttanm for her child, that sho may work, and if thus help her sho is aMo to krep her child. A family of five children were sent us from Sidney, bv tbo C. Ccmmifs'orers. Their parents were iu jU. Tho children remained with us a ft?w months, which d'd innch for thi m, and when they were piacd into totiia th-y did not seem liko the same children. The fo'lowiug ltUr was received lat week, which U a s peci. men of many I have received during tho year. - Dkar Mrs. Slacghtkk: Tbioklrg you wonl l like to hear from little Evs, I havo decided to drop ycu a few lines. Do you realize that moro than a year has passed by since wo visited you and carried home with us ono of j our bables. Wo are Just as much in love with mr darling as it is in our power to be. I often think she is the greatest blessing that ever camo to our home. I wouM like to talk to you about her, I could t?ll you so much more tban I can write. She crows very fnat and has twenty teeth I wish you coull besrber talk. 8he is so observing too. Some times when I am tin d and tho work drai n lrw it cheers m to hear her e&v, "Mam ma I'd help yr u." She kneels vcrv nicht and repeats aftr me, "Now 1 lay m down to sleep " Dar little dailing, 1 have hU-h ambition that she fbonld bo a true ChrisMp. Are you not coming to Bfc us th's PV1? I want you t' see Eva ard I wtu'd line to a'k to ycu Write ad let us know wben you will come. We livo iu the coun'ry and will drive In for you. Our house Is small) ut wo will make yon comfortable. With love and God bless you In your work. Mks. U. Could there be auytrpig more pratify ing t han these letters, and oucut th-y not to stimulate us to continue tho pood work ? I have visited 70 children, and it is with gratitude to tto dear Father that I t m able repoit that the cbilrtren nro in c-rd hemes, loved and cared for ss own cu'.Ui fen in nearly evury c&so. The fos'er par ents of each child think they havo tho brightest and the het. There are manv applications for children to b received which will be done ss foon as tho whoop ing coueh has left us. W5 have civen shelter to many who csm 10 remain until they can make ar laugement to go to friends, or secure work. Late one Saturday evening, a mother eam wth four helplee s little ones from North Berd. Sho wished to remain over tho Sabbath and would then trv to ee to her brother, who lived farther Eist. Her husband was in prison. Sho expressed sincero gratitude for tho kindness and help received. t Another poor, tired, sick , wemsn coms from Fa' i bury with a babe two mouths old in ber a.rns and a little one bv hrr sV-e. Sue wished n to take tb babr, hs the raut-t work. Wo could not r:ive tve child without the mother, so effered her a home with the cbi'd. I could give you many more instances where the homo has been a hie using to these who have received shelter, if it wero pot for makirg my re-port too long, which would necesltatc an apology after arsur Ing you in the beginning that I had but little to say. Our family of children would be greater if it were not for the whoonirg cough. There are many worthy sppMca ions and tbev will be received now very soon. The number of inmates in tbo Home one yesr aeo 105; received during the vrar. adults, 25; children, 13G; total 161. Dismissed sdpM. 3?; child icu. 13). Of thU number, 30 rnve ,ieen placed into homes, 82 have h'-co returned to friends, 27 bavo die el. Present number Jn ibH Heme, adidts. 11; chtlciten, 78; total, fcO. Uespectfully sut mlttec. Mks. A. B. Slatoutkc JONES, HE PAYS THE FREIGHT. O-TON WAGON SCALES, ?0O eeai: 3S w 'SAM. I Year.. J S2A23 TASS ESAM Freight Tald. Warranted f or i Years . A cent Wanted. Send for Term. FARMERS Ttara and WareboiiM. Mrate. J0NE3 OF BINGHAMTON. Binghamton, N. T. PAY RETAIL PRICES WnSN YOU CAN mi m WHOLESALE - WIIATEVKU YOU EAT, WEAR OR OSS, VT3 HAVE ITO 'AGEOTS. Writ for full C&tatosuo Sent fkeb. C-3. R. EAGLE & CO,, Farmers' Wholesale Supply Hcusa, 63 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO. V
