The Harrison Press-Journal C. C. BCRKK. i KufKUT .. HA BRI SOX, NEUIlASKA. Awkward deeds are better than elo quent dreams. Diplomacy lg the art of yielding gracefully to the inevitable. "The Lord loveth a cheerful giver" likewise an active booster. Masy a !se man who doesn't limp la crippled only under his hat. No girl is quite as pretty as thinks a man thinks she looks. she The dark and bloody ground appears to have shifted from Kansas over into Colorado. Come to think of It, Russell Sage floes not look like a man who believed in vacations. Many a man who says he has great presence of mind manages successfully to conceal it. A man in trouble is apt to discover that his friends are not as friendly as they might be. Cuba Is having no trouble whatever In floating bonds, which is another tign that it pays to be good. When a widower begins to tell his troubles to a widow she knows he is going to ask her to share them. Just to satisfy public curiosity, will omebody kindly report how work is progressing on The Hague Falace of Peace? General Funston may not have worn the river, but he "got there" for bravery Just the same, so what's the odds? The Paris Faculty of Medicine has collection of 2,200 brains, the result of thirty years' labor. Looks as if they were trying to corner a luxury. Any man who has to get up and set his own breakfast while his wife lies In bed is likely to feel like turning the "God Bless Our Home" motto to the wall When an old man proposes to a girl be should accompany his proposal with certified check not necessarily for publication, but as a guaranty of good faith. A New York society woman an nounces that she is going to Europe "on a business trip." The nature of the business may be inferred from the fact that she is going to take her 19-year-old daughter and $l,0W"X) along with her. S,is no longer an offense for a school teacuer in New York to marry. The Board of Education has repealed the rules which direct that charges shall be filed against any female teacher who takes a husband while in the em ploy of the board. Another triumph, shall Tre i2y, for tbe new woman, or for the good old-fashioned kind that loves home and children? Building a brick wall in a hole In the side of a ship to stop a leak is the latest achievement of the naval en gineers. The battleship Illinois was Injured in a collision with the Missouri off the coast of Cuba, and two large boles were torn in the stern. Divers tut mats and planking over the holes on the outside, and after the stern compartment had been pumped dry, other men laid a wall of cement and tire-brick in the openings and braced t with more planking. Then the ship teamed to New York for permanent repairs. The estate of a man executed for Inurder cannot collect insurance at least not in Pennsylvania. Such Is the ruling of a Philadelphia court of com mon pleas In a decision which will doubtless be reckoned among the curi osities of the law. The insured, KI1- K trick by name, took out a policy In 80 which provided that after two tears it was noncontestable except for nonpayment of premiums or fraud. In 903 he was banged for murder. The Company refused to pay, and the court, on the ground that payment is against tublic policy, even though it was ex ressly stipulated that the company Should be liable In such a contingency. Justifies the refusal. Fame comes early to few men. There usually has to be a long period f hard work In obscurity first. Take the case of Antonin Dvorak, the Bo hemian musician, who died a few reeks ago. He was 16 years old be fore hia father, a butcher, permitted him to leave the meat block for music; thirty-two when be became a church organist, and 38 before his composi tions had become well enough known for an American orchestra leader to discover them. In bis aearch for new things. He was 51 when he became director of the National Conservatory f Music in New York and composed U "New World Symphony," baaed on plantation melodies. Now he ta dead, ta kla 43d year. "Nature study" Is too often allowed o stand ss aa excuse for ravaging the CaMs sad wood and exterminating 3 Cowera and plants. Too great CC2 caaaot be pat apoa the warning f "lrt (aa d trattioa sf satire wild , rrsraiac gtaarlBf of , A s ttiss tka love ''- ' jC portuulty for study as a handful or an ) armful. The Great Artist best knew where them? little trifles best fit into the great scheme of the world beauti ful. We ruthlessly rob mankind when we destroy them for a little brief en joyment. There is a great lesson iu na ture study for us to learn from the wild flowers, if we will, which is fa truer and better than that which comes through their ruthless destruction. Let us learn that our best eujoyuieut of flowers lies iu the cultivation of them, not in their destruction. Andrew Wermilen, 45 years old. could not obtain employment in Chi es go. "Sot'er, industrious and a first- class mechanical engineer," wag his description in his letters of recoui mendatkin, but all these qualities counted for nothing with the men to whom he went seeking employment "You are too old," they told him. So Andrew Wermilen committed suicide. Let us assume that these tacts, as we have them; are all the facts, and that Andrew Wermilen had no other rea son than mere age to lead him to take bis life. It is natural then to discuss his case from his own point of view. Should he not have waited longer? Should he not have tided himself over his troubles for a time by seeking day laborer's work, or doing odd Jobs here! and there, until perhaps he could find a place as an engineer? Should he not even have contented himself with doing permanently work of lower grade and smaller pay than that in which he had become proficient? But what use to seek an answer? Andrew Wermilen is dead, and the discussion would be mere waste of breath. There is another point of view, however, from which the case is of interest. In this man's death society has lost a pair of capable hands and a trained brain. Society is poorer by Just the amount of productive work that could have been accomplished by those hands and that brain. A man of 45 should have fifteen or twenty years ahead of him at the least in which td make effective use of the skill he ac quired in the early years of bis life. We are apt to spend much breath from time to time in denouncing the drones and "spongers" on society whether beggars or idle rich and often we use the very practical argument that they consume what they do not produce and that tbey are consequently waste ful members of society. What shall we say of the waste that is Involved when society itself can find no place for competent men over 45, who are thus driven either to destitution or to ower grades of work or to suicide? The blame rests on society, which means on ourselves. The growing ten dency, seen in many lines of industry. to regard men in the prime of life as "too old to work" is a spendthrift so cial habit fully as much in need of diagnosis and a cure as Is even race suicide in its most suicidal forms. Poor Luck with Alligator. When I got down into Mississippi ( began to look for alligators, thinking to find them basking in the sun on the banks of every creek and bayou. but three weeks passed and I had not yet got sight of one. Then I accepted an invitation to stay with Major Bur- banks for two or three days. He had a big bayou on the west of his planta-, , vu.u "'i nniamn: H II Mui-9 gator. On the second evening I walk ed down to the water to look In vain, but at the same time I was somewhat interested In a negro who sat on the log fishing. He told tne he had never seen a 'gator in the bayou, and that he was expecting to catch a ca;8h at any moment, and I had turned away when there was a yell and a splash. I whirled about, but all I could see was the muddy water churned Into foam and the waves lashing the bank. At that moment the major joined me and I said: "Major, there was a negro fishing from that log a moment ago," "Yes?" "And something baa taken him." "Yea?" "But but it must have been an alli gator?" "And you never caught sight of him?" "No." "Shoo! You do seem to be out of luck with the 'gators, for shore. Let' go back to the veranda to smoker Cleveland Plain Dealer. Taking the Farmer Down, A couple of individuals were recent ly gazing with admiration at a fine fat beast at a cattle show. "I wonder what his weight might be?" observed one of them, who, as it happened, was a cockney without any special knowledge. "It'a easy enough to guess pretty nigh it," aid the other man, a stal wart farmer, looking with some con tempt at bis companion, "Oh. well," said the cockney, "I think I could guess as near as you can." "Could ye, now?" roared the farmer. "Well, I'll bet ye a sovereign ye can't" "DoneT' retorted the cockney. "How much do you say?" After a critical survey the farmei replied: "A hundred and seventeen stone." "Well," said the cockney, "I'll say a hundred and seventeen stone too. Now band over the money." "What d'ye mean?" "Well, I said I'd gueag as near a yon, and I've done sa I've guessed exactly the same." And the bystanders taking his part the bnmproons farmer had to give him the money. Tld Bits. Many a man after setting up his Ideal proceeds to back away front it Tbs ante would be all right If hs &U1 kkt at ta Coop for Growinie Chick. Where chh-ks are raised in cousider lble numliers, it is necessary to pro vide protection for them while They are on the range, and a house such u is illustrated and descriled here may I le produced at sniaii cost. Make a number of them .,.! .tier them over the range. Obtain a uumlier of small dry goods boxes, making the roof of any material one lias on the farm or buying the cheap hemlock lumber and covering the cracks with laths or tar- re, I naner. In the ffai.le ml cut a large hole for ventilation and arrange the oening in the front so that some means will be had for closing it so that the storm may lie shut off. If one has but a few coops a slid ing window may be used to close the front; if many coops are made the opening may lie closed by a sliding door made of thin material. During the suminer. if this solid wood door was used it would lie advisable to make the ventilation opening larger and cover it with some coarse mesh wire netting. I'nless one has hail ex- perlenc.'St is hard to realize the great alue of these coons and esneciallv during the early fall liefore the chicks go to winter quarters, a period when hard storms are likely to occur. In dianapolis News. Cultivating Drilled Corn. It Is generally conceded that more orn can lie grown on an acre in drills than in hills, but Iu weedy land tire great trouble Is to keep drilled corn clean and free from weeds. The great mistake in cultivating drilled corn usually is made at the first working, when shovels of medium size re used and small furrows left close- to the rows. We find it no harder to eep drilled corn free from weeds than it Is to keep bill corn clean, by sing the smoothing harrow across the rows lust as soon as the corn Is up. In four or five days a second harrow-; ing may be given and then the cultl- , valors be set to work. Avoid leaving any furrow close to the rows, and also le sure not to ihrow a ridge of earth up to the plants. Keep the laud Just as level as possible the nrst two or tnree workings and then as the plants be gin to shade the ground they will do much to smother out weeds. The Inter cultivation of any corn Is best given by a one-horse five shovel cultivator Instead of the two-horse riding Imple ment, as with the rormer one can go very shallow and keep at any desired iistance from the growing corn. We lelieve there are too many high-priced iding cultivators and not enough miall one-horse implements used. The after, diligently used, insure clean Tops. LofMi from Hitter Hot. The losses from bitter rot of apples tre seldom appreciated, but the men hat have Investigated them declare :hem to be simply enormous for the ntlre country. Professor Blair of the University of Illinois, said Inst fall that the losses from bitter rot In four counties of Illinois had totaled for the past season $1,500,000. This was in the four counties of Marion, Clay, Richard and Wayne. Bitter rot Is a fungous disease and can be controlled o some extent by spraying. It Is time (hat apple growers awoke fully to the i'liormous tax they are every year pay- ng to the fungous diseases that rav age orchards. Could farmers elimi nate even this one scourge of bitter rot we would add millions of dollars o the value of the apple crop. Water for the 8 wine. Pure water does more than quench he thirst of the hog. It enters large y into the composition of flesh; It as- lists In digestion by acting as a sol vent for food elements; It is a vehicle for carrying off the poisonous wastes f the system, which. If not thus re lieved, are often reabsorbed by (he ystem, either creating diseases or .ondltions favorable to disease rav iges. When the drinking water hap pens to lie unwholesome In Itself, the jossllile double mischief is easily un lerstood. Treatment for Scratches. The best treatment for scratches is to put one ounce each of sulphate of ne, stigar-of lead and powdered alum into a quart bottle, fill with pure soft water and shake well. Saturate the tore places well once a day for a week, then apply sweet oil to the scab j nee a day to soften the scab and make it peel off; then wash with s-arm water and ca stile soap. If the aorte Is used while being cared, al ways clean and dry tba legs, rubbing i:h the sawdust or a clean sack. The long, natural growth of hair on the lower part of the lees and fetloeks rhouid never be cut off. and if the burses' legs are rubbed clean and dry when brought In from work, they will not le liable to get the scratches. Points of a Good Ilairy Cow. I wiii endeavor to givr a few o what many years of experience ha taught me to believe are essentia points in selecting a profitable dairy ana win commence at the nose. . Illke a ,nv lut I"1 her nose in a " jou can take a tiu.-up to uiliu ! '"'r lu' ,mt row "t H takes a buck ; H tu ll,r J"U will have to i take a I'ucket to milk her in. Iu i ""-r words. I Want a COW or a Ctllf 1 of ei,u,"r ' 'rl(r to make a prof liable dairy animal, to have a great broad mouth (so It can mow a wid swatbi. with thin lips Indicating i thin hide and fineness throughout, en ab.iiig it to sift out most of the nutri tion in food consumed and return it to you in Its milk: with broad, open uuMiiiH, giving u good breathing ca pacity; ami short from nose to eyes long in this space Indicates long in the legs; too much wind blows under ' 11 uml dri, I "Jilk. even If ; they give a good flow in the start I broad between the eves. Indicating broad deep cow throughout, with good' hi ai t, lungs. liver and digestive or guns; large, full eyes, indicating pleii- ' ty or nerve force to carry out the re j iiulreiiients of the body; long from ." iu uiou. iiiouaiiug goou sense; narrow between horns, indicating but little coinbativcncKs and a uiilil dis IMisitlon; a well developed liody, not "Mit gutted." with large tents ami plenty of loose skin for udder devel opment but not a large, meaty, fleshy under that will be nearly as largo arter lieing milked as it was liefore; a long tall with a good switch to enable ''"" " "t-ep me me from sucking i r 1,100,1 "' P"'s to produce milk. J Tlj"re ar'' Indications, but these are enough to give a heirlnncr a start Harding Bailey, In Jersey Bulletin. The Cot of Makinu I'ork. The sole purpose of finishing a bunch of pigs ut an early age is to make them more profitable by saving feed. It takes n certain amount mere ly to keep them, and the shorter the time tbey are kept the less this will cost. So far it Is a simple problem, but there are other factors which en ter in. The pushing process may be the most costly in the end because . 11 requires tne feeding of a large '!"-'nitity of high-priced grain or mlll- , """ls' "'''i iy uti.izlng the pas , l",(H nna woods tlicy may make ! " ' u, ii" r row lu "" u. innately go to nmrkct at less cost. It may lie said UMl ul' future has value iu propor lion to the grain. Sometimes It has and sometimes It has not als de pends on what something else could get out of it In the way of gain and consequent cash. "The point Is that ing hogs at an early age is the best thing only when It is the cheapest. A man can afford to wait a couple of months to put his pigs on the market if by utilizing pastures or forage and saving high-priced grain he can do it cheaper. The cost of marketing a pound or pork, and not the time it takes to do It Is the vital problem. Thiniiioii Peaches Pay. .ot every grower appreciates the importance of thinning peaches, but there can be no tjucstion of the neces sity of the practice. If best results are to lie secured. The Michigan Experi ment tation reports tbe following concerning this matter: A thinning test was started In 190.1, to iAt over a period of three years. Of one lot, one tree was thin ned to 8 inches; one was thinned to 4 or 5 Inches, and one tree was left un t 111 nncd. Of the other varieties, one tree was thinned to 8 inches and one tree left unthinned. It was noted at the end of the first season's test that all trees severely thinned were much thriftier, and their foliage much healthier, and did not fail from the trees as early In the season as on un thinned trees; that peaches from the thinned trees sold for nearly double as much as those from unthinned trees. The varieties chosen for the tpst happened to ripen at a time when there was a good demand, otherwise peaches from unthiniied trees would have been unsalable. From a com mercial standpoint the liencfit from heavy thinning was very apparent." Little Profit In Cookltid Feed. The utility in cooking feed for ani mals, and fispeclnlly for pigs, was given most attention In the days previ ous to Investigations by experiment stations. ('(Miking feed is no longer regarded as an economical practice for fattening animals. However, for breed ing stock and sick animals, and for animals which it is desired to put Into the very highest condition, cooking may be practiced with good results, if expense Is disregarded. Pigs so fed show marked thriftinoss and health. Cold Main Had for Cows. The Arizona KxH'i-iment Station re corded the results of a cold rain on tbe milk flow of the station herd. Tbe cows were exposed three day to a cold rain. During (bis time tbey de creased 37 per cent in milk yield, and continued until it reached 60 per cent and It was a month before tbey gar a much mirk at bafora tba storm. TOMATO PICKLES For tomato pickles use ooe and one-balf peck tf green tomaties. Pare and ccer with weak brine over oigbt. Ia tbe morning dialn oil and toll twenty minutes in on quait of vinegar nd to tf wnter and drain agaio in tbe kettle. Into two spice bag plice the following: One tsbiespoonful each of ground cinnamon, alltplrr, cloves, ginger and one teaspoon rarenoe pepper. Drop tbe bags into three quarts of vine gar and add to same tlx pounds of sugar. Let mixture come to a boll; put io part of tbe tomatoes at a time; cook until they change color ; iklm out aud boll syrup dowu and pour over tbe pickles. Provrd ilejoiid a Doubt. Middlesex, N. . July 2.1. Swcla!. That Rheumatism can lie cund his fieen proved Is-yond a doubt by Mrs. Betsey A. Clawsoti. well known here. That Mrs. Clawson had Rheumatism and had it bad. all her aciiiaiulaiices know. They also know she Is now ?ured. Iidd s Kidney Pills did it. Mrs. Clawson tells the story of her cure as follows: "I was an Invalid for most Ave years caused by Inflammatory Rheumatism, helpless two-thirds of the time. The first year I could not do as much as a baby could do; then I rallied a lilt If hit and then a relapse. Then a year ago the gout set In my hand and feet. I suffered untold agony and in Augut. 11103. when my husband died I cou'd not ride to the grave. "I only took Iwo boxes of Dodd' Kidney Pills and in two weeks I could wait on myself aud saw my own wood, i dug my own iHitatoes and gathered my own garden last fall. Dodd's Kid ney Pills cured me." Rii liiiiatism is cnunil by uric add in the blood. Dodd's Kidney pills put the Kidneys in shape to take all the uric add out of the blood. HINTS ON KTH'QKTTE Gentlemen do not smoke In the jrescnes of tallei without their jet mission It Is a general tule that a hostess nay Introduce aor gust without 3rst asking permission to do so. An Invitation should never be ac- ;epted provisionally; a decided ac- ;eptance or declination Is Impera tive. When calling a mD docs not offer 51s band first bijt waits for the nltative to cime from ins hostess. When giving a t-ostum- ball the words "Hal puodre" am engraved In ibe lower left band rotnzr of the nvltatlon. As an Invitalon Is accepted at the time of answering s, "It gives me much pleasure to accept, etc.," not t will give me much pleasure etc " Ahen boarding a street car In com pany with a woman a man permits her to enter first, assisting lipr up the steps; he alights first in order to isslst her lo alighting. I ndiscrlnilnate. Introd ucl Ions should be carefully avt.lded; when one In. roduces a person he In a measure Hands sponsor fir the character, ntegtlty, etc, of the person iutro- uced. An excellent tooth powder is made o luiiums. line iwu ui actum of camphor and moisten with alcho bd, and one half pound prepared chalk, two ounces powdered ruyrrb ana two. of powdered orris root. Mil well together. This will whiten and keep the teeth in good condition wiihoct Injuring the enamel. iJlshes are served at the left side of each person at the table The plates, vegetables dlihes, etc., are removed, and tbe crumbs brushed with a folded napkin Into a plate. RACE DONE? Not a Bit of It. A man who thought his race was run made a food find that brought him back to perfect health. "One year ago I was onable to per form any labor; In fact, I was told by my physicians that they could do noth ing further for me. I was fast sinking away, for an attack of grip had left my stomach so weak It could not digest any rood sumcient to keep me alive "There I was Just wasting away, growing thinner every day and weaker really being snuffed out simply because I could not get any nourishment from food. "Then my iister got after me to try urape-.uis rood wiilch had done much good for ber and she Anally persuaded me, and although no other food hid done me the least bit of good mr atom aeh handled the Grape-Nuts from the nrst and this food supplied the nourish ment I had needed. In three months I was so strong I moved from Albanv in Han Francisco and now on my three meais or orape -.Nuts and cream everv day I sm strong and vigorous and do nrteen hours work. "T tielloir. .ll.. , - tuc on iroi prrwn in tne worm could de as I do, eat three meaia of nothing but Grape-Nut and cream and soon be on their feet again In the nusn or best health like me. "Not only am I In perfect nhrstcai health again, but my brain la tromfer and clearer than It ever was on the old diat I hope you will write to the name i aenfl you about Grape-Nuts, for I want to aee my friend well and strong. "Jan think that a year ago I was dy. lag, bat to-day, although I am over 65 yeare ef age, most people take me to be lee thaa 40. aad I feel Just a young as I look." Jfaat glvea ay Peetum Co.. BatUe Onak, Mica. Tbera'i a raaeoa. Uak tor the little beak, Th Wannila." la see. .kV DOMINION EXHIBITION HhMnC MANITOBA. CANADA! JLLY 26th to AUCtSr 6th The IWst Exposition of Agricultural and Indus trial Resources of Canada ever mad :: :: An airerrgation of attraction never beiore attempted at an exhibition of this kind :: Ample Accsmmodations for Visitors Low railroad rates from all United State point. Particu lars given by Canadian Govt sN mkxt AofcNfS or nearest ticket ag-ent. FATHER UK THE KINDERGAR TEN The kindergarten idea was develo ped and given Its name by Eiedrirk Krobel, a Getm.o educstor, only about fifty jer ago. Fiorel had tried his hstnl at almost everything and faikd In all. Indeed, bis own kindergarten was all but a failure, though the lde sloo his death ha become Imrn'-niljr popular and is nowconceded by educatois to be tne most original, attractive and philo sophical form of Ififar.t devlope ment the world has yet seen. Koehcl himself w.is Mi motherless when an Infant, his childhood W3S lonely and his father'! seron'l matrhae did not Increase the child's happiness. It was not until late in life thai he began kindergarten work. CASTOR I A For Infant! and Children, fhe Kind You Hats Always Boogitt Bears tha of 2a9j&&W feignatnre Twenty thousand young children, dally and nightly tand In the streets of London offering various artlcies for sale. UK itir wftltiir oil! Juii nnrennA yon wilt vrnMifr hnw tu g'rt unrig will,oui lli-fii tf..r. tl, d.t il th'raM wink, twill 5 f-.r rtt clot!.., if nit u'.Mt hint ihm Srt.if U-t tnur whil). 1(1 i-rn't .l,m d, linlxrt lliun-r. Lui'ulo .. ciiftfo. III. Pure glycerine Is too lrotis for the majority of skins Diluted It Is a va'.uable toilet accessory. i tun ?roiD m ! i,f.f Hot milk sipped slowly will re lieve fatigue and Is more stter.lhea gin than most beveraires Mrs. Wlfiilnw't SixiTHIMJ SVRtT for hll drn uthttir.ftottinii the lumi, r-'tui lnr milluu, all)i,(iD cur- colic diet i' tMttl Egypt and Argentina are busily developing their facilities tut pro ducing corn and cotton. Egypt la building a dam to Increase her cotton area, hoping to supply In time the English demand. Argentina? spe cialty Is corn. Neither rountry ha the acreage, population, energy, for capital to make It a serious competi tor of the present great cotton and corn-growing couotry-tbe United States. Diluted witch bazel will relieve Inilamatlon and readencd eyelids. Free to Twenty-Five Ladles. The Defiance Starch Co. will give 25 ladies a round trip ticket to the St. Louis Exposition, to five ladies In each of the following states: Illlnlos, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri who will send lu tbe largest number of trade marks cut from a ten coot, 18 ounce psckage jf De fiance cold water laundry tarch. Tbls means from your own home, anywhere In the above named states. These trade marks must be mailed to and received by the Defiance Starch Co., Omaha, Nenr, before September 1st, 1904. October and November will be the best months mltihc Exposition. Remember that Defiance Is the only starch put up 18 oi. (a mil pound) to the n-cw. age. You get one thim mn. u tor tbe same money than other kind, and Defiance never sticks - u iron. The tickets to the Exposition will be jnt h ,.....! m.l. September Slh. by all dealers. .hi rail- . f m'n cn)P'yed0D Including boys. s mm mm; -.Tkpsca'jEriVitif A pint of witch ba.el and th,.. .rains of boraj Is a simple and remedy for a pimpled sklo. DEGGS' DLOnn Pnn inrn CI tE?" . wasi. V. V. V. tM It TOBX HE3