Nebraska Newspapers

    Loop City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
LOUP CITY, - - - NEBRASKA.
When Suspicion goes a-hunting it
will always find Insincerity lurking in
the bushes.
There is one form of swearing off
that is never broken, and that's
swearing off taxes.
If France has any idea that war
is a picnic it should consult its ally,
Russia, on the subject.
Dr. Emil Reich says “the American
woman is not a woman." Right you
are, doc. She’s an angel.
There are three things which no
woman can hope to understand—base
ball, time tables and husbands.
Once more the doughty Fitz is find
ing married life a sweet song and
time will tell how long it will be.
The world’s output of gold last year
was $375,000, though we do not say
so of our own personal knowledge.
However, we can testify that a man
doesn’t have to be a czar in order to
have his bills larger than his in
come.
The papers are printing a story
about a man in Massachusetts who
has lived for forty years on nuts.
Doughnuts?
As if it wasn’t hard enough to reach
the north pole by the ordinary route
this man Wellman proposes to go
there in an airship.
Yes, Rollo; you are right in sup
posing that “martial law” and “mar
ital law” are not the same thing. They
are spelled differently.
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Gertrude Atherton says there is no
place in this country quiet enough for
her to write in. Gertie writes very
noisy stuff, you know.
It develops that Pittsburg’s heiress
servant girl is no heiress. Perhaps
she just tried to figure out relation
ship to Jacob Schiff's cook.
Belgium and Holland can hardly be
blamed for feeling a little nervous,
considering how their big neighbors
on both sides are carrying on.
Now Dr. Wiley announces that dan
ger lurks in the average barber shop.
Well, some of us have had mighty
close slaves there, that’s a fact.
The girls are getting pretty stren
uous when twelve Chicago men have
to form an organization and take an
oath to keep from getting married.
Persia is threatened with a rebel
lion. Perhaps the boy got the cards
mixed on the Christmas presents
which the shah bought for the harem.
The value of New York's real es
tate has increased $40,000,000 in the
past year. That is what comes of be
ing an island entirely surrounded with
water.
Sir Thomas Lipton feels sure he
can win the America’s cup this time.
Sir Thomas should take something
for that sure feeling or it will break
him yet.
Zadkiel, the London astrologer,
gives these instructions for to-day:
"Keep quiet. Do not quarrel.” Even
an astrologer says sensible things
sometimes.
A man is dead who had read 8,000
novels and for month after month
“all the leading magazines." There
is no dispute but that he died from
natural causes.
A New York lawyer has explained
his challenge of a juror on the ground
that he doesn’t like newspaper men
on juries. Well, newspaper men gen
erally are intelligent.
A patent medicine firm prints a pic
ture of a man sawing wood as "Grand
pa’s Cure.” Nonsense, grandpa never
sawed the wood. He made his be
loved grandson saw it.
From Tacoma, Wash., comes the
story of a rat two feet in length. Of
course, a community that can sustain
a rodent of that size is an excellent
place for the growth of anything.
Intercollegiate football reform is
getting somewhat involved and com
plicated. It might be well to issue
a blue book on the subject to show
the wayfarer about how far it has
progressed.
It seems that there are 676 em
ployes in the departments at Wash
ington who have reached the age of
70, but experience has shown that
some men are younger at 70 than
others are at 32.
If you want to go to Athens this
year, it is suggested that you try for
a place on the American team at the
Olympic games. Somebody will go
on it; why not you, you narrow-chest
ed, spindle-shanked, string-arm? Why
not?
Sir Thomas Llpton has given an
other cup for an ocean yacht race.
The eminent tea merchant has found
that it is more blessed—and easier—
to give than to receive. Still he’s a
good old sport, and we wish him all
kinds of luck in his cups.
An attempt is being made in a will
case to show that the testator was
insane because, among other things,
he always slept at all season of the
year with his windows wide open. The
time may come when the contrary
habit will be regarded as prima facie
evidence of an unsound mind.
Baron Takahaskl says that Japan
will distribute 175,000,000 among the
officers and men of her army and
navy as a bonus, in addition to pen
sions. This will make things easier
in case Japan has another v •
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A DESPAIRING WOMAN.
Weak, Nervous and Wretched From
Wasting Kidney Troubles.
Mrs. Henry A. Reamer, Main and
Garst Sts., South Bend, Ind., says:
i ^ “When I began
using Doan's Kid
ney rails i was so
weak I could
hardly drag my
self across the
P, vous, and had
: backache, bear
ing-down pain,
headache, dizzl
JK'JkKt ness an<* weak
v'-'V eyes. Dropsy set
in and bloating of the chest choked
me and threatened the heart. I had
little hope, but to my untold surprise
Doan’s Kidney Pills brought me re
lief and saved my life, I shall never
forget it."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Getting on to the ropes of trickery
ends in getting into them.
Rich, Juicy Radishes Free.
Everybody loves juicy, tender radishes.
Salzer knows this, hence he offers to send
you absolutely free sufficient radish seed
to keep you in tender radishes all sum
mer long and his great
SALZEB'S BARGAIN SEED BOOK,
with its wonderful surprises and great
bargains in seeds at bargain prices.
1
Tlie enormous cro w on our seed farms
the past season compel us to issue this
special catalogue.
BEND THIS NOTICE TO-DAT.
and receive the radishes and the wonder
ful Bargain Book free.
Remit 4c and we add a package of Cos
mos the most fashionable, serviceable,
beautiful annual flower.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lock Drawer
W., La Croese, Wis.
Words of a silent man are never
repeated in court.
Worth Knowing
—that Alleock's are the original and only
genuine porous plasters: all other so-called
porous plasters are imitations.
There is a remedy for ignorance but
none for knowing too much.
Acme Dyspepsia Cure.
Positive cure for all diseases of vtomach. liver, and
bowels. Recommended by leading physician*. The
jure that cure*. 100 tablet* 11.00. Send money with
jrder to Acme Dyspepsia Cure Co.v Ironia,
New Jersey.
Many a man is breaking his back
under a bag of shadows.
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching. Blind. Bleeding. Protruding Piles. Drug
gists are authorized to refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT falls to cure In 6 to 14 days. 50c.
White Means Weddings.
“To get married, dress in white,” is
advice that is offered to would-be
prides, for it is estimated that, in
doors or out, morning, afternoon or
•vening, marriage proposals are often
5r made to girls when they are wear
ing white than when they are dressed
in material of any other shade.
Largest Oak Tree.
In the Friends’ burial grounds, in
Salem. N. J., there stands the largest
oak tree in the state, and possibly the
largest in the United States. It is
now used as the “trade mark” of the
New Jersey Forestry association.
rou HAVE NO RIGHT TO
8UFFER
From Constipation, Bowel and Stomach
Trouble.
Q. What is the beginning of sickness?
A. Constipation.
Q. What is Constipation?
A. Failure of the bowels to C3rry off the
waste matter which lies in the alimentary
janal where it decays and poisons the en
tire system. Eventually the results are
death under the name of some other dis
sase. Note the deaths from typhoid fever
and appendicitis, stomach ' and bowel
trouble at the present time.
Q. What causes Constipation?
A. Neglect to respond to the call of na
ture promptly. Lack of exercise. Exces
sive brain work. Mental emotion and im
proper diet.
Q. What are the results of neglected
Constipation ?
A. Constipation causes more suffering
than any other disease. It causes rheu
matism, colds, fevers, stomach, bowel,
kidney, lung and heart troubles, etc. It is
the one disease that starts all others.
Indigestion, dyspepsia, diarrhoea, loss of
sleep and strength are its symptoms—piles,
appendicitis and fistula, are caused by
Constipation. Its consequences are known
to all physicians, but few sufferers realize
their condition until it is too late. Women
become confirmed invalids as a result of
Constipation.
Q. Do physicians recognize this?
JL Yes. The first question your doctor
asks you is “are you constipated?” That
is the secret.
Q. Can it be cured?
A. Yes, with proper treatment. The
oominon error is to resort to physics, such
as pills, salts, mineral water, castor oil, in
jections, etc., every one of which is in
jurious. They weaken and increase the
malady. You know this by your own ex
perience.
Q. What then should be done to cure it?
A. Get a bottle of Mull's Grape Tonic at
once. Mull's Grape Tonic will positively
cure Constipation and Stomach Trouble in
the shortest space of time. No other
remedy has before been known to cure
Constipation positively and permanently.
Q. What is Mull's Grape Tonic?
A. It is a Compound with 40 per cent, of
the juice of Concord Graj>es. It exerts a
peculiar strengthening, healing influence
upon the intestines, so that they can do
their work unaided. The process is gradual,
but sure. It is not a physic, but it cures
Constipation. Dysentery, Stomach and
Bowel Trouble. Having a rich, fruity
grape flavor, it is pleasant to take. As a
tonic it is unequalled, insuring the system
against disease. It strengthens and builds
up waste tissue.
. Where can Mull’s Grape Tonic be
?
A. Your druggist sells it. The dollar
bottle contains nearly three times the 50
cent size.
Good for ailing children and nursing
mothers.
A free bottle to all who have never used
it because we know it will cure you.
. MO FREE BOTTLE *36
FREE, fiend this coupon with your name and I
address, your druggist's name and 10c. to pay
postage and we will supply you a sample free. If
you have never used Mull's Grape Tonic, and
will also send you a certificate good for il.uo
toward the purchase of more Tonic from your
druggist.
Moll's Goafs Tonic Co., 148 Third Ave.,
Rock Island, 111.
Oiv* Full Addrttt and WriU Plainly.
89 cent, 90 cent and s 1.00 bottles at all druggists.
The 8UW bottle contains about six times as much
as the 33 cent bottle and about three times as
mnch as the 90 cent bottle. There Is a great
saving In buying the 61.00 size.
The genuine has a date and number
stamped on the label—take no other from
Tour druggist.
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Pekin Ducks
The Pekin ducks take the lead over
all other ducks, first, on account of
their rapid growth. If they are prop
erly cared for they can be made to
weigh five pounds at ten weeks old,
and can be marketed when prices are
the highest. Second, on account of
their strong, healthy frames and long
bodies there is never anything amiss
with them. They should have plenty
of water to drink, but do not need any
to swim in. Care should be taken that
they always have plenty of sharp grit
where they can get it I usually keep
a box of grit in their drinking dishes.
Here in the west ducks are not
mated until about February 1st, but
the eastern breeders have large droves
of young ducks by that time. They
raise them for the New York and
Boston markets, where the people
have had their taste educated to like
green duck. The people of Chicago
have not yet reached the point where
they are willing to pay eastern prices
for green duck.
I try to have my ducks begin laying
In February. Most of the eggs first
layed are not very fertile. To obviate
this difficulty I generally set two
ducks at a time. If part of the eggs
are infertile, this can be found out
by testing them and the fertile eggs
put in one incubator, if he is using
incubators. February is not too early
to commence incubation. My first
feed is infertile eggs chopped fine
with bread crumbs, to which is added
a little chick grit. After about a week
I take johnny cake, made from one
half shorts, one-half corn meal, \**iich
I feed about one more week. I then
take about one-third corn meal, one
third bran and one-third shorts, and
use these for the feed. We cannot
always get bran or shorts here. 1
have had drakes hatched about July
10th weigh ten pounds early in Decem
ber.
There is no class of poultry so
easily raised, nor is there anything in
the animal kingdom that can be turned
into money as quickly as ducks. They
never have lice except head lice. We
always put a little grease on their
heads. Bees will kill ducks if they
run where tnere is white clover. They
will catch the bees and the latter will
sting them in the throat. This causes
suffocation. Ducks not yarded nights
will run themselves to death moon
light nights.—Mrs. Charles Jones, Illi
nois.
How Far Can Fowls Ce Shipped?
I have made many shipments of
fowls to Australia and New Zealand,
as well as to Germany, Argentine Re
public, Honolulu and England, and
have for some years covered North
America with shipments practically
every month in the year. I have
found it almost without exception to
be advisable to ship fowls if properly
crated and under proper conditions to
any part of the Globe, and believe that
arrangements could be made to for
ward a pen of thrifty birds around
the world, without any special detri
ment to them.
It is not advisable to ship eggs to
such distances as will take more than
seven or eight days to forward them.
Conditions are all against them;
though I have a customer who is
anxious to try the shipping of a set
ting to Australia. It would take from
thirty to sixty days to land them in
bis hands.
* ua*c uittuc rtrpemeu snipmenis oi
eggs from the very eastern part of
Massachusetts as far west as Van
couver, and had my customer get as
good results from them as though
they were In the next state. I think
that the above answer covers some
what the radius of the territory which
can be covered by one who advertises
widely.
I am at thp present time using a
South African advertising medium and
expect results from it. Shall have to
state to you frankly that 1 have
found in mop' instances that it is
only the English speaking people who
are ready to pay a price such as to
make a satisfactory foreign traae, for
the expense of shipping stock and to
get a fair value for them is such that
as yet the foreign speaking people are
not ready to make many or liberal pur
chases, with the exception of Ger
many. One reason for this is, I think,
that it takes poultry exhibitions to
create a demand for fancy stock, and
these, if conducted at all, are in a
small way with other people than the
English speaking.
I find it no more difllcult to hold
customers at a distance than those
who are located near by, fur with the
mail order business the same as with
a face to face trade, it is the satisfied
customer who comes again.—Arthur
G. Duston, Middlesex Co., Mass.
The Use of Whitewash.
Whitewash cannot be used too
frequently In the hen houses
or is at least not likely
to be. It Is a great germicide and
when disease germs and poultry lice
are buried under it their course is fin
ished. Whitewash has the virtue of
filling up the unsightly places, and a
rough board holds more of it than a
smooth one. Some men whitewash
their poultry houses only once a year;
some twice a year, but the man that
gives a monthly application is taking
one of the surest ways of protecting
h.s flock against lice and disease.
Height of the Roosts.
There is no necessity in
having roosts more than two
or three feet from the ground,
and if they are all on a level so much
the better for the fowls. Where the
roosts are four or five feet above the
ground, the heavy fowls find it very
difficult to get up to them and some
times equally difficult to get down.
Many a heavy fowl has her leg broken
or breast bone twisted or the wings
bruised by jumping from a four-foot
perch to a hard wooden floor.
Letter Tangle.
Whole:
I am a jewel rare.
Beheaded:
A nobleman, I declare.
Curtailed:
A luscious fruit I give to you.
Beheaded and curtailed:
Without me you’d dislike to do.
—Farmer’s Sentinel.
Mushrooms In the Cellar.
The winter is a good time for the
farmer with an experimental turn of
mind to try growing some mushrooms.
He doubtless has his furnace going
and the temperature of his cellar will
vary from 50 to 70 degrees. This tem
perature is well suited to the growing
of mushrooms. Spawn will cost about
25c per pound, but a single pound
will go a long way. The material used
for foundation is horse manure. This
should be thrown into a heap, first rak
ing out the loose straw. Make a pile
of this in the stable in some corner
and tramp it firm. After ten days this
mass will be found to be heating,
when it should be forked over and
again packed tight. In a few days
this mass will again be heating, but
need not be disturbed unless the
heating reaches the point of “flre-fang
ing.”
At this time this can be put into
boxes in the cellar, putting about 18
inches in each box. It should be
watched for a few days, and if it be
found that the temperature is drop
ping the spawn may be put into it. The
spawn should be broken up into pieces
perhaps an inch through and inserted
for an inch or two under the surface.
No water should be applied at this
time, but the bed should be packed
firmly. At the end of a week the bed
may be opened a little to see if the
spawn is spreading. This will be in
dicated by white threads running all
through the mass. These threads are
the body of the mushroon plant and
each thread is known as a mycelium.
Masses of these combine to form one
plant, and when they have permeated
the soil thoroughly, they draw nour
ishment from all parts to develop fruit.
This fruit is pushed out towards the
surface and is the part that we call
the mushroom. It in turn produces
seeds which are known as spores, and
In the case of Agaricus campestrus,
which is the ordinary mushroom of
commerce, these spores are pink in
color, and for that reason people say
that these mushrooms have pink gills*
The most delicious mushrooms are
those that are gathered when they are
in the button stage, which is the mush
room before the cap is expanded. This
is not, however, the most econoro'ial
time at which to gather the mush
rooms. It is better to wait until they
have attained the diameter of two or
three Inches, at which time the cap
will be fully expanded and the stem
well developed. The stem of this
variety is more valuable than the
stems of most varieties, and it is al
most solid. Many varieties of mush
rooms have hollow stems. The mush
room should be more widely cultivated
for home use than it has been. To a
certain extent it takes the place ol
meat, as in its habits it leans more
towards the animal kingdom than the
vegetable kingdom. Most vegetables
throw off oxygen and take in carbon
The mushroom throws off carhop, as
do the animals, and takes in oxygen
It is very rich in nitrogen and in many
localities of Europe takes the place ol
meat.
To Orchard a Hilltop.
A reader of the Farmers’ Review
asks if it will be safe for him to plant
an orchard on a grassy hillside. It
is difficult to give reliable advice on
a question of this kind without being
“on the ground.” so much depends on
location, condition of land, object in
planting and, above all, the man be
hind the venture. If the land has been
growing good grass for many years
the soil is pretty well filled with roots
and it would be safe to plow all the
ground as the sod and roots would
prevent washing for a season or two
I would plow lengthwise of the hill
also plant trees and do all cultivation
same way—never up and down
Ground should be kept loose and cleaD
for at least four feet around the trees
all season. I would plant some kind
of hoed crop, as potatoes, beans, ot
even corn the first year, after which
cow peas make an ideal orchard crop
Tjiey may be cut for hay, or, bettei
yet, be left on the ground as a winter
covering, to prevent erosion and pro
vide an abundance of plant food for
future use of trees.
In four or five years the trees
ought to begin to bear, and I would
then sow grass again, which would
be cut and piled under the trees or
left unraked on the ground, to decay
Witu this treatment I believe a good
orchard can be grown on hillsides, and
made to produce profitable crops with
out the use of fertilizers, for many
years at least.
If for any reason the planter feels
certain that the above treatment will
not hold the soil', my plan would be
to dig a place for each tree. Then
spade up the ground for a few feet
around them and mulch heavily with
the cut grass as soon as possible in
the season. While I am not an advo
cate of this method of growing trees
in sod ground by mulching, I am con
. vinced there are certain conditions
under which it might succeed.—Jno.
A. Gage, Jefferson Co., 111., in Farmers’
Review.
tnecuve miik strainers.
The matter of strainers for milk Is
not a small one, as every man knows
that has tried to produce sanitary
milk. So unsatisfactory has
been the use of st-alners that
there are here and there
creameries tt-at win not accept strain
ed milk. They say that the farmer
must produce milk so clean that it will
not have to be strained, and that the
strainer helps to wash the filth from
one lot of milk into all subsequent
lots of milk. Recent news from
Europe tells, however of a strainer
invented by a Swede that seems to
be very effective. It consist of two
wire strainers with an Interposed lay
er of cotton. After the milk had been
strained, tests were made to discover
if it was free from bacteria, and the
general result was that it was found
to contain none of the disease germs
which were known to be in the milk
before being strained. The strained
milk also kept much longer than the
unstrained milk, which went to show
that it was improved by the straining
process.
VIIOG'RESS MADE /A CHIJVA
“When a little company of the for
eign women living in Shanghai form
ed themselves into the Tien Tsu Hui
(Natural-Feet society), they were
greeted with derision by everybody,”
writes Mrs. Archibald Little. “But
they gave and collected little sums
of money, gave prizes for essays, se
lected tracts and had them printed,
and themselves circulated them
throughout the length and breadth of
the vast empire—as big as Europe.
When Chinese men in their tens of
thousands assembled for their annual
or triennial examinations little assort
ments of these tracts were given to
each competitor to take back to his
native village. At last the dowager
empress issued an imperial edict.
Then one, by one, the great Chinese
viceroys issued proclamations against
binding generally in response to an in
terview or a letter from the organiz
ing secretary of the Natural-Feet so
ciety.
“And now, by last post, a letter
from the far west of China says:
‘China is changing in a rapid way;
unbound feet is the order of the day
for little girls now; foreign style of
clothes for boys, and drill every
where.’ While from Shanghai comes
the most delightful report of the most
encouraging side of the movement.
The rich Shanghai officials have start
ed a Tien Tsu Hui girls’ school for
the girls of good family who have
either not bound their feet or have
unbound them, with the hope that tne
girls there educated may eventually
become teachers in other schools all
□ver China.
“Although onl7 Just started, eighty
young ladies are already boarding at
this school, and when it finished its
term the place was packed, chiefly
with Chinese gentlemen, to see the
results. The granddaughter of the
highest official in Shanghai recited
'Mary Had a Little Li mb,’ with great
distinctness; a party of little girls
sung in chorus, ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Lit
tle Star.’ Then all sung a Chinese
anti foot-binding song, and there were
short piano solos. A feature of the
afternoon was a vigorous speech by
Mrs. Wang, the greatest lady scholar
China boasts. Then all the scholars
showed what progress they had made
In physical drill.
"Thus the unbinding of the feet of
the girls of China is gradually de
veloping into a movement for their
higher education. And when the 200,.
0C 0,000 women of China are set upon
their feet again, qualified to learn to
sew, to wash, to clean their houses
and their children, as well as to learn
the elegant accomplishments of Eng
lish and music, we may look for an
improvement in the whole Chinese
race.”
STOWES OF THE V/fCAJVJVy
Norwegians are much concerned
over a strange incident of the fes
tivities which welcomed King HaakoD
to Christiania. A newspaper thus de
scribes it: “At the very time when
the royai procession had to pass the
ancient fortress of Akerhus there was
assembled there a great number of
spectators, mostly military, in order
to see the new king drive past. While
the spectators were waiting to see
the king in great excitement a jing
ling sound was heard and suddenly
the crowned statue of King Oscar fell
to the ground. At the same moment
the crown fell off and was crushed
in the fall. For a moment everyone
present felt a little uncomfortable on
witnessing this incident; but it was
immediately forgotten in watching
the royal procession. A few days
later some members of the same
company were assembled in another
part of the town in the house of one
of the leaders of the government. The
conversation turned on the strange in
cident of the statue. In the midst of
the conversation a scraping sound
was heard and the portrait of King
Oscar glided down from the wall and
fell to the ground.”
A singular dream is related in a
well-known British magazine. A wom
an suffering from anxiety caused by
reduced circumstances dreamed that
she went to church. “The people be
gat. to go out one by one. I looked
around and inquired why they were
leaving the church. They said: ‘To
look for the magic bird in the church
yard.’ I thought I would try and find
it, went out and swept away the fall
en leaves and found a speckled thrush
and as soon as I took it up it dropped
£1 ($5) in my hand. The next morn
ing I went into our back garden and
there among the fallen leaves was
the speckled thrush, which had just
been killed by a cat. It was yet
warm. I said: ‘Here is the magic
bird and the money I know will come
by post.’ The hope was justified, for
£1 came in the morning and a check
from a friend in the evening.”
A ghost story from the sea: Early
in the morning of July 10 the steamer
Ettrickdale, when off the Boompjes
light, on the north coast of Java, col
lided with an Indian bark. One of the
Ettriokdale’s firemen, a Greek,
jumped overboard and was eaten by
sharks. The steamer afterward pro
ceeded on her way and for a portion
of her voyage was haunted, the crew
declare, by the ghost of the Greek.
THE T*R\7TH A30VT SAKHALIN
Sakhalin Is a Chinese word mean
ing black, and is the first word in the
Chinese description of the northern
half of the island, as “cliffs or rocks
at the mouth of the black river.” The
island has by no means such a damp,
foggy and miserable climate as is
generally supposed. A writer says:
“Not only does the visitor to the is
land in summer experience some of
the finest weather he could wish for,
but the official meteorological records
show the same for past years. In
August and September the days are
often very hot, though at night the
temperature falls to nearly freezing
point: but it is not till October that
the first snow appears on the hill
tops and the winter begins with its
dry, healthy cold, like that of Canada,
lasting till the following April or May.
The island is about 600 miles long
and sixteen to 100 miles wide, giv
ing an area approximately equal to
that of Greece. A mountainous ridge
runs along the Island for the whole
of its length, flanked by low sand
stone hills to the east and west, but
of greater extent on the east.
“On the western, the warmer side,” 1
the same writer continues, “the forest
stretches down to the sea, but on
the eastern, as one approaches the
Okhotsk sea, whence comes cold,
piercing winds, the ‘taiga’’ (Siberian
virgin forest) gives place to hills cov
ered with white reindeer moss and
but few trees, or to broad stretches of
tundra near the river mouths. Both
hills and valleys in the interior are,
for the most part, clad with dense
pine forest, three-quarters of the
island being so covered. The flora
shows a strange admixture of polar
and subtropical species, the latter be
ing more especially in evidence in
the southwest of the island, where
the vegetation and scenery resemble
that of northern Japan.
“To the north the forests are com
posed chiefly of larch, pine, birch and
other north temperate or polar spe
cies, with wild raspberry, bog-myrtle
and other undergrowth. On the
coasts, on the broad stretches of Si
berian tundra, occur various small
polar plants. To the south are maple,
oak, ash, bamboo, cork tree and other
subtropical trees or shrubs. The
fauna shows a similar variety.”
ELKS If4 CI'RCLE 1)AJVCE
The grand curious amusement or
the elk, one which many hunters
have witnessed, may be called their
circle dance. H. W. Skinner of Chi
cago sends me his observations in
this performance, says Ernest Thomp
son Seton in Scribner’s:
“About 4 o’clock one afternoon late
in August, 1890, I was riding north
east up a small stream flowing into
one of the tributaries of the Green
river, near its source in northwestern
Wyoming. The intense heat was only
relieved by an occasional faint breath
of breeze from the north. My atten
tion was attracted by a column of
fine, dark brown dust rising ahead of
me and on the opposite side of the
creek (I was on the south side).
“The column of dust looked almost
as if caused by a whirlwind. On
reaching a point as close to it as 1
could get without crossing the creek
—I was perhaps 100 yards from it—1
found that it was caused by a band
of elk numbering from twelve to
twenty, who seemed to be trotting
quite rapidly, with ocasionally awk
ward galloping plunges in a circle
perhaps thirty feet in diameter. They
were going in the same direction as
the hands of a watch, in the edge of
a little belt of second-growth timber,
mainly, I think, quaking asp.
“They were moving, not with heads
up, but with noses only a foot or two
from the ground. My impression is
that they were all bulls. Owing to 1
the dense clouds of dust, which oc- |
casional light puffs of wind blew al- i
most toward me, I could not see very 1
clearly. It seemed to me that they 1
were running about as ‘milling’ cat
tle do, except that I never knew cat- I
tie to ‘mill’ in such a small bunch. I
have related this incident several >
times to hunters and trappers, who
could offer no explanation of it. There I
were large numbers of elk in that i
country at the time in bands of vari- I
ous sizes.” The remarkable exercise s
has no obvious relation to the sexual t
instinct or to hygiene, and marks sev- 1
eral important steps in the evolution i
of amusement. If to it we could add
a little music we should have the es
sentials of social dancing.
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TALES OF THE HOffErMOOfi
“One of the strangest vocations, to
my mind," said a Union square pub
lisher, according to the New York
Press, “is that of purveyor of honey
moon diaries. A woman has all the
business in this town. She is a
former society leader, and, on the
quiet, a sort cf money lender. In her
salad days she had many girl friends.
She told her story and how she
worked these friends for a good liv
ing when her husband died, leaving
her a silver door plate and a pile of
unpaid bills.
“It seems that all the girls of a
senior class in a certain fashionable
seminary decided to keep honeymoon
diaries, if they ever had the chance
to. The society leader remembered
the oath through the years, and when
poverty came knocking at her door
she laughed at him and went 'c:th to
hunt up the diaries. She gained in
formation little by little. Then she
published her own honeymoon diary
anonymously in gilt and red. It had
a big circulation among tne select
curious. First one and then another E
classmate yielded and gave their
diaries to be published, and after a
bit she had quite a library of them. 1
They are big sellers. The climax (
came when some wag sent her a diary f
by mail. It had the first names of all
her set, and seemed so natural and
intimate that she printed it in purple
and silver.
“When it was well circulated the
wag put a note in a weekly paper,
telling the real author of the book.
This didn’t feaze the woman much.
She just add«' 1 on the title page, ‘By
a disgrun*,''d husband, one of the
ones i^er.ioned in a previous volume,
who wanted to get even.’
“How much are honeymoon diaries?
All the way from $2 to $5. People
buy them thinking they are going to
be let into a. big secret. Very often
the reading matter is inane and soft;
but Idiotic sayings of intimate friends
are occasionally worth a big price.”
Whose Say-so is Best?
With nearly all medicines put up for
sale through druggists, one has to take
the maker's say-so alone as to their cura
tive value. Of course, such testimony is
not that of a disinterested party and
accordingly is not to be given the same
credit as if written from disinterested
motives. Dr. Pierce's medicines, how
ever. form a single and therefore striking
exception to this rule. Their claims to
the confidence of invalids does not rest
solely upon their makers’ sav-so or
praise. Their ingredients are matters of
public knowledge, being printed on each
separate bottle wrapper. Thus invalid
sufferers are taken Into Dr. Pierce’s full
confidence. Scores of leading medical
men have written enough to till volumes
in praise of the curative value of the
several ingredients entering into these
well-known medicines. i
Amongst these writers we find such tried- *
ical lights as Prof. Finley Ellingwood. M. D„
of Bennet Medical College. Chicago; Prof.
Hale.of the same clD': Prof. John M. Scud
der. M. D.. late of Cincinnati, Ohio; Prof.
John King. M. D.. late of Cincinnati. Ohio;
Dr. Grover Coo. of New York; Dr. Bartho
low. of Jefferson Medical College, of Pa„
and scores of others equally eminent.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures
the worst cases of female weakness, prolap
sus, anteversion and retroversion and correct*
irregularities, cures painful periods, dries up
disagreeable and weakening drains, some
times known as pelvic catarrh and a multi
tude of other diseases peculiar to women.
Bear in mind, it Is not a patent nor even a
secret medicine, hut the "I avorlte Prescrip
tion” of a regularly educated physician, of
large experience in the cure of woman’s
peculiar ailments who frankly and confid
ingly takes his patients Into his full con
fidence by telling them lust what his "Pre
scription ” is composed of. Of no other medi
cine put up for woman's special maladies
and sold through druggists, can it be said
that the maker is not afraid to deal thus
frankly, openly and honorably, by letting
every patient using the same know exactly
what she is taking.
Sick women are invited to consult Dr.
Pierce, by letter, free. All correspond
ence i9 guarded as sacredly secret and
womanly contidences are protected by
professional privacy. Address Dr. R. \.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
How to preserve health and beauty i«
told in Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Med
ical Adviser. It is free. For a paper
covered copy send Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buf
falo. N. Y., 21 one-cent stamps to cover
mailing only; in cloth binding 31 stamps.
Dr. Pierce’s Pellets cure constipation.
Sahara’s Area and Population.
The Sahara has over one-half the
area of the United States. Its popula
tion is very small for its area. The
Libyan and Nbuian deserts are only
a continuation of it to the Red Sea.
DOCTOR CURED OF ECZEMA.
Maryland Physician Cures Himself—*
Dr. Fisher Says: “Cuticura Rem
edies Possess True Merit.”
"My face was afflicted with eczema
in the year 1897. I used the Cuticura
Remedies, and was entirely cured. I
am a practicing physician, and very
often prescribe Cuticura Resolvent
and Cuticura Soap in cases of eczema,
and they have cured where other for
mulas have failed. I am not in the
habit of endorsing patent medicines,
but when I find remedies possessing
true merit, such as the Cuticura Rem
edies do, I am broad-minded enough
to proclaim their virtues to the world.
I have been practicing medicine for
sixteen years, and must say I find
your Remedies A No. 1. You are at
liberty to publish this letter. G. M.
Fisher, M. D., Big Pool, Md., May 24,
1905.” _
Bees are partial to sweet things,
put that is poor consolation to the girl
who happens to be stung by one.
N. A. GARDNER AGAIN PROMOTED
General Manager of the Northwestern
Is Made a Vice-President.
Chicago, Jan. 21st.—Announcement
las been made to-day of the pro
notion of General Manager William
K. Gardner of the Chicago & North
western railroad to be a vlce-pree
dent of the road. This is an
pther chapter in the steady rise of
Mr. Gardner since he first entered the
service of that road in 1878 as a
elegrapher.
Other changes have been made
imong the vice-presidents of the
•oad, who are now four In number,
ind each has charge of a certain de
partment of the administration of the
•oad’s affairs. According to the slate
josted they are as follows: Hiram R.
McCullough, in charge of freight pas
senger traffic; William A. Gardner,
n charge of the operation and main
enance of the railway of the com
pany and of its proprietary railways;
Marshall M. Kirkman, in charge of
■eceipts and disbursements, and John
M. Whitman, in charge of location and
instruction of new lines.
William A. Gardner was born in
Gardner. 111., March 8, 1859. Since
1878 he has held many positions with
:he road, until Dec. 1, 1900, when he
was appointed general manager.
Game Slaughter in South Africa.
Game has become depleted in Africa
rom the ruthless slaughter engaged
n by reckless hunters. One of these
s said to have shot, for no useful
lurposes, 150 rhinoceroses, while a
lompanion killed 140 more; wheu,
rery - appropriately, the hunter was
:illed by a rhinoceros.
Highest Buildings in Italy.
The highest buildinfgs in Italy are
he National Museum, at Turin, which
3 342 feet; St. Peter’s Cathedral, 455
eet, and the Church of Gaudenzio,
t Novara, 382 feet in height. The
lighest structure in the world is the
Jiffel tower, in Paris, nearly 1,000 feet
a height.
Consumption of Tea.
The world’s consumption of tea
utside of the countries in which it
3 grown may be taken to be about
00,000,000 pounds per annum, valued
t 885,000,000. About 90 per cent, of
he tea exported from Asia is eon
umed by English-speaking people.
Japanese men are among the best
eedle workers in the world, their
nly equals being the women of Rus
ia.