TCrrCS OF THE TIMES.
A CMOICl SELECTION OF INTER
MTIWO ITEMS,
t Criticism Iml DfM
at the Uj-llr
I Hewa Hotea,
And stfll another Texas editor I
victim to the terrible double-
ihabft
The usually accurate Boston Herald
lava that "14 Hung Chang's head hangs
by a single hair." Prom what?
Perhaps the flttlngest thing to do
with that Andree news by pigeon -poet
la t pigeon hole It until confirmed.
' Although the British lion knows what
tall torsion Is itself, It spares no efforts
when ir comes to twisting the Chinese
inane.
A horse named "Presbyterian" won
the New Orleans Derby a few days
urn. Heavens! Are there "fast" Pres
byterians, too?
At the present time Wel-Hai-Wel
loesn't really know whether It Is Chl-
aese, Japanese or British. It's always
a case of Wei with it.
A Boston paper asks: "How can we
prevent the downfall of American wo
men?" Teach them to face toward the
front when leaving the street car.
The Boston Traveler says that
"clumsy kissing is certainly a shock to
the Boston girl." Undoubtedly; kiss
ing of any sort probably would surprise
I Boston gut
The Boston Journal remarks that
"the dead man was struck by one bul
let as be tried to wrench the door open."
Served him right! No dead man ought
to art like that.
A scientific exchange says: "The roe4
,jf the codfish contains more latent
ivlng creatures than the whole hu-
ttun population of the globe."
ihey're all in a roe, too.
A Western man claims to hare dis
covered a way to send telegrams with
out a wire. But what this country real
ly needs most is some way to send a
telegram without a quarter.
, A bright young man has discovered a
vway to beat the Tennessee law against j
airting. He has escaped prosecution
.'by marrying the girl. But that plan
- seems to have certain distinct limita
tions which will hardly appeal to the ;
Jirtetious. . -
A congress of mothers In New fork
the other day discussed the question
of corporal punishment for children.
It was agreed that a moderate use of
the supper was to ne commenaeo, out
"the wise mother will endeavor always
to strike the happy medium." Well,
well, well! '
Lady Yarde-Buller, who was arrested
on a charge of Insanity in California
the other night, was released shortly
afterward, and a press dispatch says
that "the authorities were puzzled to
decide whether the lady was a lunatic
or was merely Indulging In customs pe
culiarly characteristic of the nobility."
Well, welt well!
It seems that football players la
France are exposed to even greater per
ils than they face in the United States,
Two football captains got into an alter
cation daring a game in Paris recent
ly, a challenge was made and accepted,
and In the duel which followed both
men were badly wounded. In this coun
try the danger, however great. Is over
when "time" has been called.
Fatal warnings against the Intemper
ate use of the wheel began early this
season. Young Goeb, the strong,
healthy, but foolish New York boy who
began the season by taking a 120-mlie
aont on bis biclycle, and who returned
home to die of heart failure, unfortun
ately was not the only deluded youth of
ais kind. Wheelmen who feel that they
oast rids a century to preserve their
elf-respect and peace of mind should
also remember that the first day on the
road after a winter's Inaction II not the
best time to do It unless they are
anxious to furnish work for the coroner.
What are the young people made of
nowadays that they dread poverty so
much? Are not youth and health and
a saSclency of absolute needs, riches
enough? Does romance count for noth
ing la these days of mammon? Blches
taw to themselves wings and flee
away, and, as a matter of fact and of
statistics, those marriages which, from
a w oddly point of view, seem most de
ilrahio, often turn out disappointing,
while the young couple who begin life
with modest wishes snd simple require
ments are apt la their middle life to
bask ta the sunshine of prosperity.
What to the Chinaman's loss is
kind's sate. It is a good thing for the
wsrM that the vast area known as the
Chinese empire is gradually passing
into foreign hands. Its resources are
Ibismssm and must be developed. The
Mssajnass has held out against the on-
waad sweep of progress as long as
can. Ha must stand aatds for those
whs) are mere capable. It would be
rather sad to see his country
away frees hint bat sympathetic eon-
sMsntlsns do not Influence the worfe-
taga af the law known as "the survTval
of tM attest."
Tflasst and best of all the marks of
" ttrM ratrM to the possession and the
rarlJOftfaa tatoCigmt Interest la the
r' sTalrs of this country, says a
rTts Oo North Jjaorfcaa Review.
L "iJ the facsef overwhelming
r ' af sOa am
CL rcU7toowtea
er to whom tb-y band over the exercise
VI WOlll IS suppowu IO or iuitii w ui mm j
expressed by their votes, too many men
of Influence and character have with
drawn themselves from all concern In
the administration of the government.
And It la the attitude of cowardice and
Immorality. Conspicuous instances of
failure In the attempt to bring about a 1
better condition of political manage
ment are no doubt most discouraging;
but ultimate and not Immediate success
Is the wise expectation of thoughtful
men. And, meanwhile, no forlorn hope
was ever led by the kind of man who
loses heart in the face or In the fear of
failure. And personal duty Is not to be
measured by this rule. A man owes to
his country even his life, if the sacri
fice la demanded; and he owes the ser
vices of bis time, bis intelligence, his
Interest bis participation In high public
affairs himself in every way.
In his biennal report to the Leglala
tore, the State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction in Mississippi urges that
the newspaper be used for the teaching
of history In the public schools. With
out doubt, says the Outlook, the su
perintendent would select the kiDd of
newspapers chosen. Certainly the
newspaper is the history of to-day, and
to teach a child how he Is to Increase
bis knowledge of the affairs of the
present and even of the past; to show
him how to read market reports, study
and compare them; to tead leanl affairs
as told in the newspapers, so that he
may gain a certain amount of knowl
edge of his legal rights and disabili
ties; and how he Is to study economic
ksjiiations by watching disinterestedly
the conflicts and the relations of labor
and capital. It seems absurd for a
boy to study ancient history and prob
ably rank high in it who does not know
that a franchise has been granted in
his own city worth millions of dollars,
under conditions which meah that his
taxes, when he gets to be a household
er, will be increased rather than dimin
ished because of the conditions govern
ing that franchise. Nowhere in life ia
It so possible to create an intelligent
Interest about citizenship as in the
school where the daily events of the
community may be discussed, under
Intelligent guidance.
Now It must be admitted on com
mon-sense principles that the forma
tion of hereditary societies has reached
a natural limit, and.lt is time to cry a
halt The reasonable conclusion Is that
these societies should uuite In work, if
not In organization, and justify their
existence by practical dfeds. The end.
however, Is apparently not yet; the
ancestor quest drives Its followers to
absurd lengths. Forefathers conjured
np rise from the genealogical caldron
In a sort of harlequin procession the
ancestor In buff and blue, the ancestor
in scarlet tunic, the bewigged ancestor,
the jack-booted ancestor, until from
the dim twilight of heraldic tradition
the crowned ancestor looms up in the
shadow. Is there not something decid
edly Incongruous in the spectacle of de
scendants of those who bade defiance
to the third George of the name seek
ing to establish kinship with royalty
through Saxon chief or Xorman free
booter? Does not this latest departure
tend to prove that ancestor hunting has
no limit; that it is simply a question
of enterprise, research and credulity?
If we may establish the Order of the
Crown, why, may we not in due course
welcome a new hereditary society, line
al descendants of the Mariners of the
Ark, the Ararat Chapter, with proper
Insignia suspended from a navy-blue
ribbon, a dove bearing the olive
branch?
The other day a prisoner was brought
to the bar in one of the Federal courts
of the Indian Territory. He was told
that he could have his choice of a jail
or a penitentiary sentence. "Judgt,"
said be, "le me go to the penitentiary.
For God s sake don t send me back to
jail," At Ardmore, the space between
two brick buildings Is Inclosed by walls
across the front and rear of the lot A
roof partially covers the inclosure. The
gable ends are open, and a driving rain
or snow storm wets the Interior. The
mud of the dirt floors Is often snkle
deep. Such Is one of the United States
Jails of the Territory. Under this shed
snd in the mud the Federal prisoners
awaiting trial are herded by guards,
who patrol the front and rear day and
night At South McAleater is the sec
ond of these national disgraces. It Is
a stone building fifty feet wide by about
eighty feet long. The sides of the build
lng are without openings of any kind.
In one end Is a door. In the opposite
end are two windows. The only air
that can enter Is by the door and the
two windows. Men and women prison
ers are confined In this stone building.
Recently the number thus housed was
176. The smell which comes from the
Interior Is such that few persons can
approach the door without being sick
ened.' At Muscogee Is the third of the
territory Jails. A fire destroyed the old
building In use, snd a new structure,
crude for such purposes, but a marked
Improvement on the other two jails. Is
now in use. These three places, two of
them without counterparts In the whole
country, are employed to bold between
700 and 800 prisoners, either awaiting
trial or under sentence. Tber are the
only Jails for a population of 300,000
white people. After the first of tho
year the Federal courts will supersede?;
tho Indian courts, and the three Jallsl '
... ... I
may serve as well for tbe Indian popu
lation. To keep the 700 or 800 prisoners
within these "Mack boles" the United
States pays $40,000 a year to Jailers
and keepers. The course of the Gov-
toward the Indian Territory
reprehensible In many re-
There Is nothing, however,
wMea calls mors loudly far reform
these horrible makeshifts for prlsv
Tho psspto do not tows as iiajly
! r F Sk it e-
re . . a .
I I II Mill i ' fcT-. .
A Ceverlns for Well.
The accompanying Illustration, re
produced from the Orange Judd Farm
r, represents an easily constructed
platform for base of windmill tower.
It Is a square platform tu;it of stonu
and mortar, about one and a talf feet
high, enclosing the tower posts. The
wooden pump platform can at dj tUne
be removed If necessary for repairs.
This solid platform of masonry Is easi
ly built from the stones so often found
a prairie farms. It Improves the ap
pea ran c of the premises and adds to
STOKK BA.SB FOR WIXDMIIX TOW KB.
the strength of the tower. It itto
keeps all vermin, as toads, mice, tte.,
out of the well.
la There a ftahetltate Money Crotf
The planter has been urged, prayed
with and threatened to renounce his
dependence In cotton in favor of 'va
ried products and even to adopt a sub
ititute for his old reliable best fritnd
and savior. Glittering generalities ind
economic theorizing have, howeter,
constituted the bulk of the great tol
ome of gratuitous advice given Km
and that which might be of practical
worth has either rarely reached hln) or
has been presented ia a form be could
not comprehend. It Is useless to try
to delude the Southern farmer into the
botlon that there is a substitute maney
Crop for cotton. He cannot be mad to
believe It which Is a redeeming feat
ore to his many acknowledged weak-
besses. From present indications he
will rightly continue to rely on the
fleecy staple for bis universal "stand
by," but be must realize the fallacy of
mortgaging his life and property to
rnltlvate every inch of his land In the
growth of any single product for the
principal benefit of somebody to whom
be allows himself to become a depend
ent The question, however, is not so
ucb whether the crop is pledged, but
hether in event of its failure as to
traduction or prices obtained tkere
ill be enough of other things pro
duced to insure an actual living and to
Kvent bankruptcy. Cotton Planter's
irnaL
Ingenioas Tether.
Here Is a tether made In adjustable
sections, designed to contribute to the
comfort of an animal feeding, while af
fording great freedom of movement
within prescribed bounds, the move
ment of the animal in any direction
being without danger of entanglement
adjust am.b Tsrana.
in the tether rope, says the Scientific
imerican. The Improvement has been
patented by a Logans port Ind., man,
and will solve a long-felt want, as It
keeps a horse or any animal la that
part of a pasture where It Is put and
(ret gives it space for feeding.
The Carraat or Oooat harry Wora.
At tbe first appearance of the de
structive currant worm, prompt atten
tion Is naesassry if complete relief be
"on ' aeK
jHeeirexl. as
fettle i i mt tm
tho voracious appetite of
this pest Is wonderful, and the plants
are rapidly denuded of thotr loaves.
Probably tho host remedy to white
koUobore, which may be used without
fear of injury la Its cooteot wtth tbe
frutt. It may be applied diluted la
toater and syringed with water and
tho powder dusted over themor the
Utter fotowlng a rain. For a
psuBber of plants, tho powder fasted
wtl perhaps be found the boat, as It
seeass to attach Itosif mors lastingly to
lbs toaves. A sscood appJtoatloa,
tea days after tat asst. will
Mb
ally be found necessary. In the coarse
of an hour after the applications have
been made, the ground will be found
covered with the dead or dying worms,
and the bushes entirely abandoned.
Meehan's Monthly.
Reals Ioeecta.
The boy In- Aesop's fables cried wolf!
wolf! when there was no wolf. No
body helped him when the real wolf
came. In our own country, Bute after
8tate has been quarantined against
the San Jose scale. Germany has
thought there was something more In
thai than a mere cry to get appoint
ments for useless Inspectors. So Ger
many started a quarantine on Its own
account Scale-infested fruit has been
yellow-papered. Germany Is now told
we were only In fun. There is nothing
the matter with the fruit But the
truth Is, the scale doesn't need looking
after not by law, for the scale will
travel In spite of all law, and its use
less expenditures but by encouraging
cultivators to look for them and de
stroy them. It is as sensible to make
laws that there should be quarantine
against weeds as against Insects. Like
love, tbey laugh at locksmiths. llee
baa's Monthly.
Droaaht After Planting: Corn.
We used to hear farmers complain
that on heavy clay soils which often
turned up cloddy In the spring it was
hard to make corn grow If a dry time
followed planting. Such land should
be fall plowed, and thus let the clods be
pulverized Uie following winter by
freezing and thawing. If the ground
has been property mellowed and pre
pared, dry weather following corn
planting is a great advantage. Ic Is
the dry soil that is always the warm
soil, and corn is of all tbe grains a
lover of hot weather in Its early growth.
Too hot and too dry In fall may injure
tbe crop. But in spring. If the ground
Is otherwise In right condition, dry soil
Is an advantage. It will bsve enough
water to swell the seed, thus compact
ing tbe earth around it better rhan can
be done in any other way American
Cultivator.
Good Feed Troaea.
A very strong trough may be made of
sawed lumber, as shown in tbe accom
panying engraving, taken from tbe
Practical Farmer. For every three ft
length of trough use a plank support
two feet or two and a half feet long.
twelve Inches wide and two Inches
thick. Saw ont from the middle of
each piece a right-angled, triangular
piece with tbe sides forming a square
of tbe same tength. Ise boards one
Inch thick for tbe sides, and nail the
trough together as nsua. with the trl
STHOKO FXED TBOl'OH.
angles sawed out of the two-Inch stuff
for ends. Now set the trough In tbe
angles sawed out, but far enough away
from tbe end piece to nail from tbe In
side oi the trough Into tbe supports,
and put the triangle sawed from the
supports for tbe center, and nail mat
after cutting enough from the bottom
corner to let water run tbrousjh-
Gilt Kdaed Hatter.
The dairyman who can produce gilt-
edge butter, the genuine article, snd
do It with uniformity, is not dependent
upon market value for his product.
for he can get 5 cents or 10 cents a
pound above market rates right along
without any trouble. In fact rtiere are
those who get double market rates
every week In the year. When we can
secure &0 cents to 80 cents per pound
for butter by catering to a prime trade
wtth a prime grade of goods we stand
a good chance of making a dollar. Why
not get posted, acquire experience and
make something extra fine? There Is
always plenty of room at the top. Tu
trouble with dairying In general to-day
Is that too much cream la annually
made Into a fat no better than so mn- b
soap grease. There is too muco poor
butter In the market This demoralizes
prices and profits to tbe trade in gen.
eraL Practical Dairyman.
CnnremlBK Early Taaiatnea.
Market gardeners do not often give
away their "snaps, but one confessed
not long ago that be bad led the mar
ket lo early tomatoes for several years
by following two rules. As North west
era Farmer tells ths story, tbls gar
dener plants In north and south rows
and lays tbe stalk horizontal In a shal
low trench, leaning the plant to the
north and covering all except the top
of tbe phut This plan lets tbe sun
strike the ground over the roots snd
burled stalk hastens fruiting. His
other rule is never to cultivate In any
way which would wound the room
after the blossom has appeared. When
wounded, tbe plant stops feeding ths
fruits until It has repaired tbe damage.
Hprerlaar Mtstar.
Bvery one now fully understands tbe
vslus of spraying as a protection
against Injurious insects and fungus
enemies. A spraying machine is now
as necessary an article of garden rural
tare as a spade or a hoe. For fungi
take two pounds of quick II ms staked
In twenty gallons of water, and three
pounds blue vitriol la two gallons of
water. Strain tbe lime ml z tore through
burlap Into the blue vitriol water, ml
and ass wltii spray pamp for all fan
goos diseases of plants and tree.. If m
to deatrablr to kill Insects aise, and oa
snMiter pound of pnrto grata t ttobv,
The Ope a Fireplace la siaaiBier.
The open fireplace Is a regularly re
rurring summer bugbear. What to do
with It how to ornament It or how to
bide Its usual ugliness. Tbe Illustration
gives a bint on the last point. It may
be bid, changed Into a useful set of
helves with a tlty closet or cupboard
In tbe middle. It would not cost very
much to have the shelves made; they
will be useful In auy room in the bouse.
In the sitting room the center, If fitted
with a door, lock and key, would make
a nice medicine case, or left with a cur
tain hanging In front It may hold many
things that are to be put out of sight
The size and quality of the shelves
would be regulated by the space they
re to occupy and tbe situation of the
room.
The Beat Cradle for Baby.
Take a very large bvd quilt. Fold
first lengthwise, then tTOnswlse. Tie a
half-spool In each coruer so it forms a
knot Now tie small-sized but strong
rope to each corner and suspend to the
celling like a hammork; but when bung
up the center of the quilt must not be
stretched flat but nniM hang considera
bly In the middle. Now place baby In
with a pillow under him and a nice,
rasy one at bead, fasten him in, give a
good push and start blm swinging, and
If be Is awake and kicks a little it will
keep him cooing while you can attend
to yoor washing or oilier work and
know the cradle Is rocking. If he Is
real still It will swing a long time of It
self if started. Another advantage Is
that baby Is off the floor and up where
It is warmer In cold weather, and can
be hung on a porch or somewhere when
It Is warm, and you don't have to stand
Hght by him and see If a dog is licking
tils face or cat scratching faUn, as when
ie Is In a cradle low down On the floor.
I bare tried tbls and know It Is too good
I thing to even allow the finest cradle
In the world to be pulled out In my way.
After using this babies don't cry to be
rocked, but lie still on a bed. If wanted
to, and sleep.
Haaae Clean las.
Yes, M'rilly's bin hcuae cleaning
I'm
sleepin' in tbe shed,
With some buggy robes for kivers V the
wash bench for a bed;
There's confusion In the parlor V a heap
light more upstairs.
While 1 kain't find comfort nowhere far
the varnish oo tbe chairs.
First tbey tore np all the carpets; then
they nulled down all the shades.
Till the place looked like a homestead af
ter one of Moseby'a raids;
Next the walls were renervated, V ths
floors was soaked sod scrubbed,
'N M'rilly bossed tbe workers as tbey
ponuded, shook and rubbed.
Oh, I tell yer. 'taln't so fonny when yet
eatin' off the shelf,
N a feller has to hustle for a place to lay
hisself;
Far the wimen folks mean blxneas V they
make a feiler jump.
Till he's like a P"nky camel with a double
action bump.
-Franklin W. Lee.
Opeon Dropcakea.
One cupful of flour, one-half of a cup
ful of rye meal, one-balf of a cupful of
cornmeal, one cupful of sugar, two
eggs, two tablespooafuls of moiassus,
one tablepoonful of melted butter, one
sour apple chopped fine, one-quarter of
a teaspoonful each of allspice, clovs
and nutmeg, one-balf of a teaspoonful
of cinnamon, one cupful of sour milk,
one-balf of a teaspoonful of soda. Drop
by small spoonfuls Into smoking hot
fat and cook golden brown.
Baaf Broth.
Out some pieces of lean beef Into
small pieces, cover with cold water,
snd boll until the meat comes to pieces;
then strain through a colander and let
tbe broth stand until cold. Take
off any particles of fat that are on top,
season with salt and pepper, and add
small squares of toasted bread. Bice,
sags and tapioca may be used Instead
of toast If preferred. Other meat
broths are made In the same manner.
Corn Bread.
One and one-half cups flour, one cup
corn mcaL one-third cup sugar, one-
fourth cup butter, one cup milk, two
eggs beaten separately, two teaspoons
baking powder. Cream the butter and
sugar together, add yolks, then milk,
then corn meal, then Sour, to which the
basing powder has been added, and
lastly tbe beaten whites
Favorite MafJae.
One cup tweet milk, one egg, the yolk
and white beaten separately, one tea
spoon sugar, one teaspoon salt, oas tot,
Spoon baking powder, pleas of battst
the slss of an egg, two cups loar. Baas
la nuffln rlaa-
'
riSEM,ACB BOOK SBF.LVES.
ftebraoha noted
M
A division ol ths SsJvsos) army has
movsd npoa ths eitedel of sin at North
Flstto.
Tbs bountiful rains this sum hart
enoouragsd ths people of Ouster souaty
to plant tress.
It is claimed that Osceola has mora
secret societies thsn any other town of
its siss in the itate.
The Fullerton high school alumni held
a banquet last Saturday which was at
tended by sixty graduates.
Eisborste preparations are ia progress
st Pswnee City lor s mammoth cahv '
brstion o tbs Fourth of July.
Beonie HeiUler, 8 years old, war
frowned in the Missouri rivsr opposite
the Burliogtoir depot st Plattsmouth.
A chunk of coal weighing 10,800'
pouiila was shipped to ths Omaha
xpoaition from Bock Springs, Wyo.
Scott's Bluff county bad s rainfall of
Iwi inches in less than twenty-four
hours. The wheat crop is assured.
The rainfall in Polk county for last
month was a fraction loss than four
inches.
Colonel Wells of tbe Central City
Democrat thinks be baa tbe war de
partment and general government bot
;led up. He ia making it very warm
or both.
The people of Ohiows observed Ma
norial day at It should be. There were
10 unseemly sports permitted snd no
hoi low mockery of s tarred snd solemn
jccmion.
Auguat Msrkle, an old an 1 highly re
i pec ted citizen of Nebrasks City died
ait week, aged 72 year. He wss born
n Germany and came to this country
it sn early age. He has been a resident
f this county since 1SWW. He was s
Varkimith by trade and wss s veteran
if the Mexican war.
CUude Morris, of Fairbury, a lad ol
ib-ut thirteen years, was drowned hers
shile swimming in the Little Bins. Hs
as with s number of companion! at
he time, who thought be was diving
ind paid no attention to him until be
lad been under water ssveral minute.
The water was about twenty feet deep
here be went down. Tbe lad was an
'Xpert swimmer and bis misfortune
nust have been due to cramps. He
'as tbe only son of a widow living in
this city.
John Place of Tecumseh hsslong been
i terror st "pulling sticks,". He con
idered himself s champion of tbe west
md when a little fellow who called hlm-
telf "Fsrmer Burns"" dropped around
be other day and offered to bet 80 hs
xuld pull a few himself. Place placed
in equal sum to tbe contrary. He is
10 place now si a atiekpulle-, but it
mrt bis feelings worse to learn that ha
sd been victimized by a professional
tthlete who played farmer for oonvea-
ence,
Jake Trontman casae within an ace ol
lowing the top off of his own head and
ncidently that of bit brother John last
fbursday evening. It seems Jacob is
,lie owner of s Zulu shotgun that was
iliy s breech pin snd he made one out
( a pine block with a ten-penny nail
or a plunger. Then- be went out to see
low it woald work. It worked. In
lact it worked at both ends, the breech
utting a gash in bis forehead and ths
improved plunger going into hit skull
ind sticking. The other end of tbe gun
arai also doing busi nets, the charge go
ing to near the face of Joha Trontman
it to powder-burn hit face quite paina
'nlly. T)r. Bridgmsn was called, who,
Ir eased the wound snd outside the poe
ible loss of bit left eye Jske will soon
be sll right Butte Osteite.
Ernett Kranif, grd eighteen years,
on of Gottlieb Kransr, a farmer oi
3 rand Prairie township near Columbus
e-as very badly injured in a runaway!
iccident He wax coming into town on
the running gear of a wagon after lnas
ber, and wbaa oear tho eity limits on
'.he north a team following him tin rasas
in manageable and ran away, jumping
iquarely onto bis wagon and onto him,!
tramping him badly aad running oras
Vm. He was taken to fit. Mary's)
hospital, where it was found that ha
aad suffered a fracture of ths skull
betide other Injuries about tbe head
ind face. Ths chances are greatly,
again t bis recovery. His father who,
lives s few miles from ths villsge ol
Cretton wss notified of tho accident 1
Ths taction of Nebraska near Bancroft,
bat nevrr had a better outloook for a
b g crop st this season of tho year than
U pretex t. Corn is all op and a part o
it has been cultivated oaes oear snd id
growing finely. Tbe exceeding good;
itand is one of ths principal fact lu tbs)
guarantee that the growing corn crop isj
to lis of tbs best in Nsbratka'i history,
ttiS soil was perasps never In s flaea
condition as to mortars sad a few days
o hot tun will make earn fairly tump.
Mbsst, oste aad barley, generally
peaking, ars in splendid condition.
Vegetables and all kinds of garden stun)
re making s wondsrful growth, wbila
! he cherry crop sod ths diffsrsnt vsrie-i
lies of berries grown hers srs practM
i ally a lure crop.
Ed Ferguson's son Olyde.of Wither last
sk found floating la tna Bias river
tbe well developed arm of a shild that
had probably been asvsral woskt old si,
ths time of death. It had evidently
besa la tbs water for severs! days. It
Was severed from tbs body st tbs
boulder Joint, whether by intentional
mutiliatloa beforehand or oaten by tho
Sthoa oaanot positively bs told. There
Is ao alas how H same thers sad msy
have floated a loaf ""saw a taa
water hat bssa high of late.