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lilNCOLN,
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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.
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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.
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