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A AGRICULTURAL NOTES. WANTED A WIFE. (Bachelor Farmer.) 'Twu said of old, "It U not good For man to be alone." From that old book 'tis understood To mating we are prone. But then how shall a fellow know, Among no many girls Th lok so nice when out on show. The false ones from the pearls? 'M!d a'l the modern outward shams, -Mld all the glittering cheats, I'm sure there must be unfound gems Jn tme obscure retreats; And If 1 could, by any art. Discover such a jewel. I'd prss her next my loyal heart If she'd approve the dual. I'd Jike to sleep on Adam's bed, If. on my waking up, I'd find an Kve to love and wed, A wife to share my cup. A help-meet sec h as Adam found Is what 1 want and need. No showy thing, all dress and sound, Shall drive my Norman steed. The wife God made helped sew the leaves To cloihe the Eden ralr; She hired no help to ruff her sleeves Or dress her tangled hair. The modern man-made woman, who Expects to boss the farm. And lot some "girl" prepare the stew, Lacks one essential charm. If drouth prevail and crops are short. The wife I wed must not In pouting mood or hot retort Repent her married lot. But bravely, and with loyal heart. She'll wear her last year's gown And ride. If need be, In a cart. To take the eggs to town. I've watched two robins build their nest High In a leafy bower; They both brought slicks without be hest, Then sang at sunset hour. If Idral living is In pairs, 'TIs nut an Ideal state Where one Is loaded down with cares ' That do not touch the mate. We live net In a care-free world, But each should bear a part; Mo wife should sit around be-curled Te case a loveless heart. A butterfly with glided wings Is pretty, I'll agree, Birt madam bee. that dally brings Hex load, holds wisdom's key. I'm not a crank and I suppose I'm like most other men. But I'd give more of love (and clothes) Te any woman, when he thinks a little more of hom Than clubs and politics. And never covets time to roam, but t sweet duty sticks. How, when I find a gentle maid Who's willing to abide In cottage home, and not afraid. If 'tis at country side. And willing, too, to share my lot Of work with good digestion, I'll straightway buy a double cot And forthwith pop the question. PLANTING VS LISTING CORN. Opinions and experiences of practical Nebraska farmers given In Iowa Home stead: J. D. ORIMF..O. CHAMBETtS, NEB. "Planting and Listing Corn and Their Advantages and Disadvantages" la a timely topic In which every farmer In the middle west is more or less Inter ested, and especially those who have Just come here from the east, where listing Is practically unknown. A few years ago listing was practiced almost exclusively In this vicinity, the early settlers advocating that listed eern would withstand drouth better and was much less trouble to cultivate, and It also prevented the land from drifting en light, sandy soil. But such theories put to a practical test have been exploded and It has been demort atarted beyond a doubt that such Is not the case. All the advantage we could ever see In listing corn was that a person could wait until almost every one else was through planting and then be could go to work and put In a large acreage In a few days, and thus save a Urge amount of labor In plowing his ground. Tha preparation of the ground Is a secondary consideration with us here, as tho soil Is very mellow and never Wkes, no matter what condition the ground la worked In, and therefore we prefer to plow our corn ground rather early In the season and IK it become somewhat aettled before planting time. We like to plow from five to six Inches deep, taking care to try and turn under all trash that would Interfere In the cultivation of the crop. In this lati tude we think from the 10th to the With of May about the right time to plant com, and Just before It comes through the ground we like to give It a good har rowing, as at that stage we think we can kill more weeds than at any other time of the season, and It also prevents squirrels and mice from destroying a large amount of seed. We have tried both listing and planting for the last six years until last year, when we discarded listing and plowed all our ground and Invariably have had much better success with our planted corn. It withstands drouth much better and Is much less work t cultivate and result In a larger yield. C. B. NOTES, WATERLOO, NEB. A large proportion of the readers of this paper live where the corn plant la In Ha natural element. Corn Is their principal crop. Bach year we raise all w think we shall be able to tend and usually more than we can properly cul- tlvate. One would tlhnk that after raising this crop from Iwenty to fifty I years we would know all there la to know about ralslr.g corn but each year aa we ride through the country we see that tlther some of us do not know, or 1st do not make use of that knowledge Tha old atalks. If they have been well pastured, can be cut and plowed under, tat long experience haa taught ma to brack, rake and burn. Oood work can Mt be done with tha ground full of etalka. esp'rUUy by hired help. If a bug acreage la to be planted, part of Um ground will noceeoalli have t be piowed late. This should be disced and harrowed, and If so treated H will hold moisture and be In good condition foi plowing even as late as June. Plowing should be well done and the ground harrowed at once. If planted Imme diately, the ground Is. of course, In good shape, but If planting Is delayed the ground should be freed from weeds by discing and harrow ing, and a good seed bed made before planting. One man and hour horses can kill more weeds be fore planting than two men can any time aflfr, and corn will grow much farter on thoroughly prepared ground than If planted In the weeds and cleaned out afterwards. It Is hard to withstand the click of a neighbor's corn planter, but one should use his own judgment. When one Is ready and thinks the ground Is in fit condition for the seed, then is a good time to com mence. I find that It Is best to plant one field quite early, even If occasion ally you hai-e to replant, for It will be ready for early husking, and I rarely finish before the first of June. Early and late planting enables me to do more work with the same number of men and teams. Often the yield Is greater on the field last planted. Last year a field planted about the first of June yielded a full crop, while that planted first yielded only a half crop. The most Important thing la good seed corn, and the planter should be adjust ed so as to drop three kernels In a hill. Planting should be done by one who can drive straight. All check rowers are adjusted on the same principle. If the wire crosses the planter, It should be run pretty tight. After planting a few rows, dig out a row crosswise, and see If It Is straight. If the planter drops too quirk or too slow, move the check row backwar dnr forward half the distance lost or gained. Have the harrow follow the planter, and If the field has been properly prepared. It will now be free from weeds After the corn Is up, if no hard rains have packed the surface, the weeder can be started. Use eight small shovels In the cultivating. Cultivate as deep as you wish when the corn is small, but shallow when It Is large. In order not to disturb the roots. Cultivate, not only to kill weeds, but, especially when the com Is large, to keep two Inches of pulverized soil as a mulch to hold the moisture that will be needed to mature the crop. Remove the stalks, disc and harrow the ground across the old rows, so thst the lister can easily follow them. Run the lister deep, and the aubsoller at least two Inches deeper than the lister. Adjust the drill to drop the corn near the surface, covering with dirt from the sides' of the ridges. If you are surei of your seed corn, eighteen Inches Is close enough to plant. Much Is lost each year by planting or listing corn too thick. Use a riding lister for the best results, but If a walking lister la used run the drill separate. I never could get a good stand of corn with hired help using a combined walking lister A planter may be used for drilling, but the objection to It is that it will not make all the rows In the center of the ditches which Is very es sential In using the special tools for cul tivating listed corn. I drill by attach ing three drills to a three-row cultiva tor, letting one good man do the plant ing. The cultivator should begin work before the weeds start. All the listed corn cultivators do good work. I use a three-row machine 'intll the corn gets large enough for the common cultivator, eight Inches to a foot In height. Cul tivate at least twice with a common cultivator, the same as planted corn. As to the relative advantages of the two ways of planting corn, I would say that some fields are not adapted to list Ing. For Instance, on a field that gets the wash from ravines and hillsides, the ditches will be filled when the wsh finds level ground, and all such fields should be plowed and planted. The main advantage of listed corn Is the less amount of labor required. A man with Improved tools and four horses will raise about twice as many acres aa he can by plowing and planting. In this section the listed fields generally yield the most corn to the acre. J. J. CODY.HOLBROOK. NEB. Several years ago, when listing com commenced to be practiced, some far- mera said: "That Is a laxy man's way." Others said: "I don't believe In planting corn In ditches." Still others said: "I will wait and see how It works." Now corn la seldom put In any other way here except listed. Where the ground Is clean but little preparation Is re quired. We usually list on com stalk ground and go over It with a disc If the weeds start. The usual method In cultivating Is to go over the land with a weed cutter, then harrow, cul tlvate twice and It Is all done. We have ! weed cutters that take two rows. A boy can run them. It Is made like a narrow sled out of 2x3 stuff, three and one. half feet long, with two blades or knives on each aide. Some use the Erma three-row cultivator. The ad vantages of listing over other methods are many. First, a man can put In more acre and cultivate with less work. Second, listed com will atana drouth better than planted corn. Third, the ground can be kept cleaner ot weeds, because the weed seed la thrown out In the middle of the row where they can be easily exterminated. Fourth, corn listed will yield more per acre be cause the rows are closer together, and drilling produce larger ear. Fifth, the root are deeper In the ground and there Is no danger of cultivating the brace root while cultivating, and listed corn alway stand If not affected by hard wind. Last, but not Itaat. w can keep the around level, and level culti vation ta preferable In all case, es pecially In a drouthy climate. I might mention two advantage of planting corn over Hating.. On very billy land the com will not waah a badly aa when listed, and during tha drat eultlvatloa It la much easier to handle, especially when the old corn roots are In the way. It Is not an uncommon thing foi one man with three or four good horsey to put In with a lister and cultivate fairly well from 75 to 100 acres of corn W, W. SCAMMON, YORK, NEB. Planting by checking, we might say, s the standard method of planting coin The writer's experiences in Nebraska lead him to believe in spring plowing aa early as possible at about six or seven inches deep, then harrowing thorough ly every week or ten days until planting time Is a good plan. Plant the seed when the ground la warm enough to sprout It Inside of a week; then it will grow constantly. The plowing being done early, the soil absorbs the spring rains and the frequent harrowlngs as. sist the soil to retain the moisture be sides pulverizing the soil for a good seed bed and finally settling the dirt down firm so the cultivator shovels scour easily. I have not had so much experience In listing, yet have listed some for years. I think It Imprudent to list very early, for the ground Is not warm enough in the bottom of the fur row. But for planting the last of May 1 would list and believe a crop may be grown cheaper by listing If properly managed and the work done more thor oughly than by planting. My plan for listing Is to throw the furrow out and tear up the bottom of the furrow well with a subsoller so as to make a good seed bed. FARMERS IN POLITICS. By John Morrison, Jr., In Iowa Home stead: In regard to politics, the far mers of this nation are a most Im portant factor. Statistics show that there are nearly 6,000,000 farmers In the United States. Our total population Is about 70,000.000. Of this number about one-fifth are voters. In 1896 the total popular vote was 13.766.503. Of this vote something like one-half was cast by farmers. Now. I believe I have plainly shown by these figures that the farmers of this nation are all-powerful and to best use that power they must be well posted in politics, or in other words, must possess a full and complete knowledge of the political questions of the day. The farmer should be thor oughly posted upon, all subjects In which he Is concerned, and above ai! he should be self-reliant and able to form and express and opinion of his own. Many opinions are formed by scheming politicians in order to gain their Individual ends and to put their respective parties in the best light pos sible. These opinions are handed down to the agriculturists along with other voters, and ninety-nine times out of a hundred are accepted as gospel, be cause It Is our "party platform and we must vote the ticket." I always re spect the man who, whether he be longs to my particular party or not, takes a firm stand for his sentiment as formed according to his best Judgment of the questions at issue. I have watch ed some voters of the weaker parties stand right up In their thin and waver ing ranks, who stood for their con victions like "Trojans of Old." I have no use for the fellow who reads noth ing but his own party side of all ques tions, and swallows everything as gos peland there are many such There i are always two sides to everything and In politics we always find more than two. Many statements tbout political questions are made to mislead the voter and these Intentional mlstakfs are of ten explained by tht oppisltlon. Eo It Is always best to read and reason. Voters of all classes must read and search for the truth not party truths, but truths which they know to be gen uine, and then Judge for themselves. To do this need not detract an lota from the business of the best of far mers. It Is only necessary to keep posted, and that Is easily done by tak ing some of the leading paper and forming a habit of reading at your leis ure. Many farmers ay that they never find time to read, and for the benefit of those I wish to say that If they were Inclined to read they would eaatly find abundance of opportunities. The best farmerr In this locality and everywhere else are, without exception, the best posted men not only on political ques- ttons. but In general knowledge. They alway find time to read and ponder, aa well aa to make money. The farmer should be a political factor In ao much aa to know when to vote and what to vote for, and not be led around by a pack of political wolves who, for the "spoil of office" are willing to promise well, Just anything. The farmer of today must be a student of political economy If he desires to vote for his own interests, and In voting for his own Interests he Is Incidentally working for the welfare of the nation. The far. mer Is the nucleus, the bone and alnew of all nations. As Bryan saya, "You may destroy the farms and grass would grow In the streets of the cities, but burn down the cities and the farms would still be there," and we add, "and so would the farmer." I will close this letter In the language of the late Henry Georeg: "You cannot safely leave poli tics to politicians nor political economy to college professors; the people them, aelve must think, for the people alone can act." Senator Piatt of New YotW haa al ways been a careful keeper of scrap books. Upon the declaration of hostili ties between Spain and the United State hi effort and those of hi sev eral secretaries were redoubled, and he la now believed to own one of the best contemporary historic of the Spanish war extant. Charle Revere Curtis, who died In Rockland, Mats, this week at the age fo was the oldest descendant of Paul Revere, who waa the granddaughter of tha revolutionary hero. Ho waa one of tha earliest aunejertare of tha sau. slavery oauee. GREAT MEN OF GREENLAND. Career of Kor-ko-ya of Juhana haab From Poverty to Wealth. When the Arctic whaling fleet re turned from the north last season It brought word that Kor-ko-ya had plac ed a new window In his house. At a matter of news In ordinary building circles this would pass unnoticed, but to those who hae traveled where the sun shines at midnight the intelligence is extremely Interesting. For a decade of years the growing opulence of Kor-ko-ya, otherwise the "Eskimo millionaire," has been watch ed with great curiosity by the whalers and the occasional exporer. He has long been known as a thrifty man, as thrift goes in the Arctic regions, but it is only of late that his fortune has assumed really wonderful proportions. It Is said that he now owns no fewer than seven kyaks and a full two-score of bone-tipped double bladed. paddles. His stock of blubber for the winter of 1897-8 consisted of over sixty "parcels" weighing 100 pounds each. In addition to this he sold to traders half as many, recelivng in part payment the new win dow already mentioned. His thirty dogs are all crossed with the Newfoundland breed, which makes them especially valuable for hauling purposes and of better flavor as an ar ticle of diet In time of famine. Of seal skins, foxsklns, bearskins, raw elder down, feathers, whalebone, narwhal ivory and reindeer hides he has plenty for some years. But It is in wives that he is consid ered richest. In his home Igloo up on the western shore of Baffin bay he has ten, all particularly strong of Jaw and able to keep Kor-ko-ya's stock of cloth Ing ever soft and pliable. The impor tance of this will be understood when the Eskimo custom of chewing skins is understood. HIS TEN STRONG-JAWED WIVES Up In the polar circle, where man's blood freezes and parte of him drop off at the touch of the Icy blast, H is a difficult matter to keep the un- tanned skins from hardening and cracking. There Is only one process known to the Eskimo, that of chewing. It is necessary to perform this opera tion every two or three months, and It is part of the wives' duties. It is for that reason that an Eskimo selects his future helpmates, not for beauty, come liness of figure, nor for gentleness of disposition, but for the size of their teeth and the strength of their Jaws. Wives are bought, sold and ex changed among the Eskimo. The price fluctuates like that of wheat or corn or stocks on Wall street. A father with a growing daughter will be ap proached by a neighbor and offered one two or three dogs for her, according to her mailllarv nowers. Sometimes a blue foxskin or a dozen strips of blub ber may enter into the bargain, but the dogs are generally the factor used. From this It can be seen that Kor-ko ya's stock of wives Is considered proof of his wealth among his friends. There are other evidences which will be de scribed later. Vnr.Vn.va. van born In 1841 at a small native settlement a short dis tance north of what is now the Danish town of Jullanehaak In Greenland. He left his home at an early age and made his home with another tribe, famous as hunters of seal, in the opposite side of Baffin's bay. He was known to some of the early explorers and acted as head eulde and chief teamsman to them. He attrected notice even In his teens aa a thrifty youth, and from that time became prominent among the Es kimo. Savlnk is an unknown art to the Indians of the Arctic regions, and It is seldom they accumulate enough to last them throughout the long winter Certain rules of the tribes make It in cumbent upon them to help their needy neighbors, and for that reason the In dividual members neglect to lay by stores for the morrow. . Kor-ko-ya became an exception. He ,was a skillful hunter and a shrewd trader, and before he was 20, his main Igloo became the center of the village, In regard to fittings and attractiveness. The tribe to which he had attached himself was one of the largest and most Influential In that part of the country, and by his 25th year Kor-ko-ya was recognized as the head of It. It Is said that men came 200 miles to consult him In affairs of the chase and trade. LAWYER AND WEATHER PROPHET His method of giving advice was characteristic of him. He charged for his services, and graded his schedule of fees very like that of a lawyer In a civilized community. In that he was wise, several hundred years beyond his generation; his neighbors, and men of other tribes, worked for nothing, and then stole as a recompense. Kor-ko-ya asked two foxsklns for foretelling the weather during tie long sleep. He demanded pay in advance and If he said the Ice would break early and It did not he would meet the ques. tlon with the simple truth: "Kor-ko-ya told what was In his knowledge, but he could not tell tht doings of Kokola, the great sea-woman, who passeth all understanding. She held the ice after It was ready to break." If persistence was shown he would silently offer to return the foxsklns. They were never taken, because to In cur the displeasure of Kor-ko-ya meant trouble and trouble a-plenty In that re gion. Which goes to show that tht wily Eskimo waa only following the practices ot men below the Ice belt. Whalers have been known to refer to Kor-ko-ya as "that Eskimo boss." Be that as It may, the fact remains that Kor-ko-ya waxed rich aa the years passed. To comfortably house his wlea. his dogs and his possessions during the great cold each winter reaulres aa Igloo if greater pretense than the usual run of Eskimo Ice buts. Like the wealthy men of other climes who have seen their fortunes grow, he was content at first with sleeping room In an ordinary igloo. As a young man he lived amid the squalor and stench of a hut sheltering a dozen persons of both sexes. He kept his solitary dog with the others, occupying the tunnel leading from the outside into the igloo, and he was fain to have his clothing softened by the ancient teeth of an old woman who did it for gain. STRANGE DOINGS. In those days he fished and hunted and speared from morning until night and brought in such trophies of his skill that people began to talk of him During the time of the great Eskimo famine when the Eskimo were com pelled to travel so far south to secure food that the sun burnfcd them, Kor-ko-ya killed in single combat a lean white bear whose hunger had given tt the strength of ten, and then calmly gave part of his share of the eagerly cov eted meat to a neighbor whose leg had been broken by a sled. Fir this act of charity men said Kor-ko-ya was under a spell and that the white glare had entered his brain. A few months later, when plenty began to come and the Ice broke, and the seal dotted the edge ef the spread ing waters, one of the tribe living in that village slipped into a crevice while hunting and was lost. He left a widow and a small babe at the breast, and, according to custom. It came to pass that she set forth to kill the child. Among these gentle people, for ta truth they are gentle, the sacrifice of the infants Is a part ef their belief. In the regions of the north, where every, thing, even nature, is hard, the law ef the survival of the fittest obtains to tho last degree. The weak go to the waff and ktn ness Is strangled by hunger. The ecld of the ice Is reflected In the hearts of the people; death itself has terrors like the gnawing ef famine. T die la good, because it Is the entrance to a place of many seals and much blabbc and skin clothing ever sett. The widow set forth to kill her bake, as she had seen ether widows do In he time. She was el the age when a hus band Is necessary far sustenance. She could net work, because young women did not labor save for their lords. And she could not marry wHh a child, be cause no man would take her thus bas dened. It waa meet and right and the law ef eustcaa to kill her babe. HOW HE WON HIS FIRST The trodden snow about the Igloos held the greater part sf the 111 age when she started en her errand. There were sorrowing faces, and seme of the spec tators beat their breasts as they watch ed her thread the narrow ways. She was comely of feature, but grief made her eld, and as she staggered en hug ging the tiny bundle In her arms she seemed as a stranger to the spectators. Kor-ko-ya's igloo was on the out skirts of the village. As the widow passed it he appeared and gazed Into her face. Then be stopped her. "Lutangwa," he said simply, "wllr you make an Igloo with me?" Those who heard marveled. An Es kimo never asks a woman to marry him it is he who grants the favor. And Lutangwa was not a bargain. Her teeth were rather scant and she had suffered with a trouble at ene time. Then to make It more wonderful, Kor-ko-ya was a hunter whose fame waa growing. And he had some blubber and bear meat stored In the lee aearby. The widow nodded. Her stupefaction was too great for words. After a mo ment she recalled her errand and started to move away, bnt Kor-ka-ya stopped her again. "Where Is Lutangwa going?" bo asked. The woman made a gesture toward the child In her arms. Then she looked up at the stolid Eskimo with all her mother love In her face. She had aa hope that the rigorous custom would be broken for her sake, bat the babe was her all. "Com with ae, Lutangwa," said Kor-ko-ya. "But my child" Kor-ko-ya took her by the arm and led her to his igloo. Into which they disappeared. There was no comment made by the spectators. They doubted the testimony of their eyes, and it waa not until they saw Lutangwa installed with the suckling babe In the skla pouch at her back that they realized the truth. From that time what Kor-ko-ya did was accepted as Inspired. When ha built a hut of stone and moss Instead of Ice, his neighbors considered It all right for him. When he made a tube of bits of stray wood and Inserted It In tha roof for the purpose of ventilation, they commented not, but when, In time, he bought a cabin window from an Ice bound whaler, paying for It many fox and reindeer skins, and placed It In the wall of his Igloo, the news spread far and wide that Kor-ko-ya was dead, and that the soul of a white man's dell had come In his place. But he continued on In the tenor ot his way and hunted and fished and saved and waxed rich. As the years passed his fame spread and the mea came from beyond the water to see hie riches and to step Inside of his hut to look out through the glass window and to go outside to look In. He became well knows) to the hardy whalers, and today his doings form a subject of comment and Interest fca mors than on country. And that to why the news that ke had placed aa other window In hi house waa carried over t.OM miles si Ice and water, to ha i discussed over pipes aad ale ta a civilised seaports. U Perhaps you have had tha grippe or a hard cold. You miy be recovering rrora malaria or a clow fever; or possibly some of the chil dren are Just getting over the measles or whooping cough. Are you recovering as fast as you should? Has not your old trouble left your blood full of impurities? And isn't this the reason you keep so poorly? Don't delay recovery longer but It will remove all Impuri ties from your blood. It la also a tonic of immense value. Give nature a little help at this time. Aid her by removing all the products of disease from your blood. If your bowels are not just right, Ayer's Pills will make them so. Send for cur book en Diet in Conad. . potion. fa om Haaraew. We Iists tk ucIuIts f 1 1 us af issu t tk mi (islam skr m mm uinn awes. wnai rasty sa4 raaawe a insist reply. VttfcMt Mt. Aaaies, VtL t. O. A' ufaat. LeweU, An old gypsy named Rafael has aab ed the emperor of Austria to Invest hla with the dignity of king of the sles, because he can prove his dire descent from Pharaoh. Prom a line of European Investment bonds the sultan of Turkey has just rorf reived a windfall of something over flvej millions. But then Abdul has a large? family and perhaps he needs the moneyji Ernest Legouve It Is a womaal rTlArftV that ronawa ovamr ,!.,. W nfM j - - - - . . . . unj uic 111 11 acle of Christ feeding a multitude wltai a few loaves and fishes. ' THB ChlCSm. Milwaukee A m teiil for Chicae-o and the Raat Shm n-TJ between Omaha nri PMn-mr, iri-r--4A lighted, si earn heated, solid vestlbuledH trains derar dally from Union Depot! Omaha D'nlrg cars operated "a lay carte" plan -pay a reasonable price feaV what you order only. P. A. NASH, General Western Agent, 1604 Farnam St., Omaha. "The rraest mistake that tho World's hts'o-Y has ever Irnnwn u eently rema-ked Cecil Rhodes In Berlin.' was i ne nunning or tne tower of Ba net. ah peop'e ought to speak sans language English." SPECIAL RATES SOUTH via PORT ARTHUR ROUTE. -, . . . . . n ihic rouno inp (PIUS IZ.Oo) OS) first and third Tuesdays of each montbJ "'titBi nu oesi nne to bi. lxmis, tnox East and South, via Omaha A St LouloV and Wabash. Fast mall leaves Omaha 4:50 p. m., Council Bluffs 5:10 n. m.. ar1 rives St. Louis 7 a m tnrnln 1-a w1 St. Louis 7:30 D. m.. arrives Omahatl 8:35 a. m. dallv. All Information alt Port Anithr Rnnt nfflr wis vJM iraiiun noiei diock) or writ) Harry E. Moores. C. P. A T. A., OmahaJ The Thames Iron company of Londaa.1 has received a contract to construct M railway from Haifa to Damascus whlplB will cross the Jordan by a stone bridge? and will run along the shores of tkaV lake of Tiberius. IIOMEfEEKERS' EX CURSIONS SOUTH. via the WABASH RAILROAD. Half fare tickets south with tt added good returning 21 day, will be old ot. April 18. May r and 16. Remember tho Wabash Is the Short Line and quickest route South The best line East. Fo rates East or South call on or writer Q. N. Clayton, room 302 Karbach blk-. Omaha, Neb. It la estimated that the potato ero of Arostonk rnitntv vr In. mriu - - w 6.0O0.MX bushels and' 8.000 tons of atanav Will HV DSOI, COUNTRY PUBLISHERS' COMPT ohaba. . mo. ie-isee. I 4 ii ffT