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n 1IEMINGF0KD HERALD. TtlOS, J. O'KKKFFK, l'alilllir. HEMlKQFOnD. NEBRASKA. Tea, what Ib the Belra Lockwood party doing this year? The height of vanity is to lmnginb that you havo llcenso to laugh at the world. Tho latest fad Is the "barefoot euro," Which Ib probably all right In hot weather. New one-dollar silver certificates cut, and tho samo aro much nought. Thoy are beautiful, but not plentiful. For speculative purposes Diamond Match Ib about as useless at present as if Botno ono had stepped on tho head ofIL Bloomer girls who play ball should bear in mind that thero is now nnd then a town that docs not allow Sun day exhibitions. Just why any human being should suffer from thirst because thore is a water famino In Arkansas will puzzlo the avcrago Kentucklnn. Again thero is talk of annexing Ha waii, but why not glvo tho question a rest till after election? Wo certainly havo troubles enough of our own jUBt now. Tho Vandcrbllts must bo nearly all married by this time, and unless Bomo ono tries to follow In tho footsteps of tho former Mrs. Willie K. wo may ex pect to havo a brief respite Tho Now York courts havo decided that silk tights aro clothing, however ! much thoy may resomblo flesh, and consequently that public exhibitions in which tights aro tho only covering aro not illegal. Won On Pong Ib tho name of LI Hung Chang's secretary. Wo do not know tho exact meaning of tho word "Pong," but It evidently has something to do with tho winning hand, and moro than likely in connected with tho ace. r- In an Odessa hospital recently the surgeons removed from tho stomach of a woman suffering from a horrlblo form of starvation a fork, a pleco of Iron, two teaspoons, a needlo, a pleco of laco with tho crochot nccdlo, two 2-lnch nails, four pieces of glass, eight 'buttons, and a koy. Tho woman Ib out of danger and tho contonts of her stomach attracts crowds to tho hospital musoum. Tho monocyclo power wagon and others, that havo produced tho much used term, "horseless carriage," aro lending now vigor to power-Impelled hauling apparatus on tho Pacific Coast, in tho United States, whero traction en gines havo for several years past had a permanent placo, oven In the moun tains. Now it is being discovered that tho truo habitat of tho power wagon la on tho arid plains of America, and that petroleum gas Ib tho beet fuel for this work. Fuel, water nnd horso feed aro all bulky and heavy compared to oil, and thore Is great probability of an ear ly uso of gas engine freight wagons Id tho arid California valleys. According to tho last report of the tl.iBAA it Cnl Inititn nnniln tm1 nswl t t uurcuu ui ouiiuuw cucuo imuni ui 188,835 were exported In May, against an amount valued at 150,443 exported Tn May, 1895; and during tho eloven months ending May seeds valued at $1,624,645 -were exportod, agolnBt an amount valued at $2,837,415 exported In ' the same time In 1894-95. Clover seed , But that they did pay this advanced aggregating 229,615 pounds, valued at ' price for tho milk whero they manu $18,309, was exported In May, against ''factme filled cheese Is not a fact; and 25.399 pounds, valued at ?21,873, cs- rffr ported In May, 189S; and during tho eleven months ending May 5,525,854 great deal of profit out of tho mnnu pounds, valued at $436,436, were export-! lacturo of tho fraudulent article. El ed, against 22,898,432 pounds, valued at tfa Dairy Report. $2,124,797, exported In the same tlmo In 1894-95. Goat, i ' Tho goat haa not had a fair show In Bomo Idea of tho rapid progress modern times. Among tho ancients Japan Is making toward tho object of . ,he was highly esteemed, and figured her ambition to become tho manu- extensively in serious literature. Now facturlng center of tho far eaBt Is con- he la only tho butt of funny para voyed by a report from United States graphers whoBO acquaintance with him Consul General Mclvotf at Kanagawa, is confined to a tradition that he eats on tho present condition of tho cot- tomato cans on tho Harlem rocks. Tho ton-spinning Industry In Japan. Using children of Israel and tho heroes of figures prepared for publication by tho Homer, know him better. Tho Old Japaneso minister of agrlculturo, tho Testament shows tho goat as an essen report shows that all of tho coarao , tlai part of tho Hebrew's flocks. It threads formerly Imported In great B&vo him milk and meat for food, hair quantities from England and India aro and skins for clothing and was his being displaced by home-produced Japanese threadB. The finer qualities of English thread aro still required, as tho Japanese production of these grades is still very limited. Before the end of tho present year there will bo a million spindles in operation In Japan. The Imports of raw cotton fiom tho United States have Increased from 8,213,786 pounds In 1893 to 14,994,820 last year, while the Imports of cotton from China and India increased in abou'. tho samo proportion. A dispatch from Wilmington, Del., tells of a Chicago man who camo to that place and eloped with his own wife. This simply goes to show tho Innate spirit of modesty and romance which ever burns In tho breast of tho Chl cagoan, who, too modest to create a scandal, yet yearning for tho romantic, runs away with his own wife. It Papa Vanderbllt falls to como up with the money in due time Cornelius ought to bo able to realize something among New York anglomanlacs on that telegram from the prince of Wales. DAIRY AOTPOULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR' OUR RURAL READERS. How Sacceaifnl rarmar Operate Tble Department of Ilia Farm A Few Hint ai to the Car of Live Stock nod Poultry. B HAVE RECEIV ed from one of tho patronB of a co operative creamery, a oompara tlvo statement of tho prices paid for milk at tho co-oporatlvo creamery nnd at the creameries operat ed by a private coin nany. In tho lat ter filled checso was made, and it is claimed by parties who have been in terested in tho manufneturo of filled cheese, that tho farmers aro rocolving a largo benofit from the uso .of skim milk in tho mnnufacturo of filled chceso. Wo glvo below tho two tables for tho year boginntng Juno lBt, '05, and ending May 31st, 9G: CO-OPERATIVE. Month. p,,crc- uno 0 uly H Vugust 8U loptomber 80 )ctobor J) T ovembcr j Jocombor "21 January & robruary J" if arch x Vpril 6 lay 5a vverage prlco 78 1-G PRIVATE CREAMERY. Month. Price. Juno 52 W': !!!!!!'.! !?5 .on September .8G October 5 November December 1,?5 January. j February March 5? April 64 May .64 Average prlco 80 4-6 The party from whom wo received theso figures makes this notation: "Farmers, please examine tho above carefully, and seo how much you havo lost or gained who havo sold to the above creameries." Taking tho wholo year through. It will be seen that tho averago paid by the co-operative creamery la only 2Vic less than that paid by tho creamery utilizing skim milk for filled checso. Any farmer that will sell his Bkim milk for tho purpose of making filled cheese at an averago of 2c per hun dred, U certainly lacking cither In good Judgment or sound business Bonso; and has never understood the .vnluo of skim milk, even for fertiliz ing purposes. Ho would make nioie monoy by dumping tho milk on the ground or any place whero he raises cither fruit or vegetables, than to sell It at tho ratoof 2&c per hundred. .This shows how the makers of filled checso have been humbugging tho farmers, telling them that they were receiving bo largo an amount per hun dred for their skim milk over and abovo what they could get were thoy polling their milk to croamerlcs whero jflllcd checso was not made. Ever .since tho passago of tho filled cheeso ,blll wo havo heard the cry that tho farmers were going to lose a large (amount of monoy by Its passage, bo- ;.... ...- - .i. ,, nuj I cnccso could afford to 80 muctf ;;moro for thelr mk. W6 havo no doubt but whnt thoy could afford to pay much moro for tho milk when they 'manufacture filled chceso and sell It as 'it has been sold for the last flvo years. they havo been humbugging the farm era at their expense, and making a . most common sacrifice for sin. En ' camped before tho walls of Troy, Ulysses and his comrades regaled themselves with the fat goat's roasted quarters, and thought themselves spe cially blessed of tho gods. But wo of ,tho Western world havo come to des 'Plse tho goat as "tho poor man's cow," a useful enough animal for tho moun taineers of tho Alps or the squatter sovereigns of unsavory suburbs, but an Inferior creature not worth the no tion of tho free-handed owner of broad American acres, possessed of Jerseys, Merinos and blooded trotters, and above the utilization of a brush lot or a stony pasture. Some American farmers, however, are coming to real ize that the goat may be made one of (thelr valuable domestic animals, not merely a poverty-stricken substitute for a cow, but an addition to the farm community, filling a placo of its own and giving a return peculiar to Itself. A Missouri farmer writes to an agri cultural paper that he finds goats profitable for rough land filled with weeds and bushes. He has haJ them four years, and they have destroyed the bushes, sumac and small perelm- mon trees. Ilia hogs have been fret from disease, while his neighbors who did not keep goats lost most of their hogs by cholera. He ato tho meat of young goats and liked It better than mutton. His experionco coincides with that of farmers in countries whero the goat Is extensively raised and prized. England Is not among them, owing partly to thero being compara tively littlo waste land, but, also, ac cording to S. H. Peglor, an authority oa tho subject, bccatiso there "the advan tages of goat-kecping aro but Imper fectly known," and tho American lack of appreciation for goats may be Inherited. In Ireland, on the contrary, tho number of goats has Increased in recent years. Of course1 the goat cannot com pote with tho cow as tho Blnglo milk animal for thoso ablo to keep the cow, but It has advantages In places where tho cow cannot bo kept, and as an ad dition to tho profits of tho farm. In tho first place, it Is a great instrument for extending pasture lands. It will cat by preference and thrive upon forest leaves, shrubs and weeds that no other domestic animal will touch, and got a rough and overgrown field Into good condition for horses and cattlo. It Is hardy, and will live on rough or smooth ground. There Is a prcjudlco against tho milk, but ono entirely groundless. It Is richer than cow's milk, heavier in butter and much heavier in cheese, but all experts de clare that it has absolutely no differ ent flavor or tasto from that of the cow. Tho avcrago dally yield of a well kept goat Is said to bo three pints; not a largo quantity, but not an Item to bo despised, In view of Its richness, the slzo of the animal and tho slight cost of kcoplng It Herds of goats In this country would not only utlllzo much of tho herbago which now goes to waste, but might also develop some profitable Industries which havo not yet been ac climated here. Tho manufacturer of fancy cheese in imitation of expensive foreign varieties in somo cases has been so successful that tho domestic product sells on Its own namo and merits, In other cases, Buch as Roque fort, tho results havo not been satis factory. Methods of curing account In part for tho falluro, but different ma terials may have something to do with it. Many of tho finest European cheeses nro mndo from goat's milk, whllo tho American attempts to rival thorn havo been mado with cow's milk. Thero is nothing elso avallablo In the market. If thero wero, doubtless creameries making fancy cheese would arrango to consumo all that could be had, and tho goats would prove a source of wealth both to farmer and manufacturer. Nor is tho goat to be despised for food by an over-fastidious raco. In the restaurants of Romo the kid holds an honored place. Tho el derly members of tho tribe aro Inferior to mutton, but tho kid, properly pre pared, Is a meal which will bear com parison with any other. It would be an agrceablo variation of our reglmon. Tho man who mnkes a goat grow whero none grow before should havo credit with him who makes two blades of grass stand where formerly ono Btood alone. By all means, lot us learn of tho ancients and grow rlcb from flocks of goats. Ex. Some Klgurri on Cheeie. In a recent report Major H. E. Al vord, of the United States Dairy Di vision, says: Nine-tenths of the cheeso produced In this country Is made in tho states of Now York, Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois, Vermont, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Michigan, ranking In tho order named. The New York product alone Is almost one-half tho total, and this state and Wisconsin together make over two thirds of all made. It requires the milk of about ono mil lion cows to make the cheese annually pressed In the United States. The value of the annual cheese prod- ' uct'of this country varies from 20,- j 000,000 to $25,000,000. About 9,000,000 pounds of cheese are i Imported annually into the United States. Tho rate of consumption of cheese In America Is about three pounds per capita per annum. Consumption of cheese is apparently somewhat decreasing. Good cheeso Is approximately com posed of one-third water, one-third milk fat, and one-third casein, with somo BUgar and ash. Mlldew on Feat. Lato peas, especially when grown In damp ground, aro often oo badly mildewed that It is not worth while growing them. The pea mlldow Is ono of the powdery mildews, Eryslphe communis, belonging to tho same family as tho powdery mlldow of the grape. It growB entirely on the sur face of the host plant, covering It with a white coating of delicate interwov en fungous threads. At certain points protuberances appear on threads which serve as suckers, drawing from the cells tho nourishment required for tho growth of tho fungous. The spores aro produced In delicate sacs which In turn aro enclosed in dark colored spore cases. The latter appear as black specks Just visible to tho naked eye among tho fungous threads. The disease attacks leaves, leaf-stalk, pod and stem bo that the pea plant la thor oughly infested with It, much to the detriment of its growth. Frequent cultivation or irrigation will do much to hold the disease In check, but the use of some fungicide will be deiira ble upon lato varieties in hot, dry sea sons. Among the be3t for the purpose is a solution of one pound of copper sulphate in 500 gallons of water. Bad water will make bad milk, no matter what tho other food may be; and bad milk will make bad butter, no matter how It Is handled. The Rhode Island Station says that milk fever In cows Is a brain disease, and Is Inherited by many cows. LILY AND JIMSON WEED. rievren m Baltimore Florin Haa Raited from Two mack Seeds. Ftom two big black seeds planted two months ago In tho garden of Mr. E. B. Du Val havo sprung plants which aro blossoming Into curious flowers that puzzlo those familiar with horti culture, says tho Baltimore Sun. The flower will probably bo named "Du Val Illy," as it Is a new ono In Maryland. Mr. Du Val'B garden Is in the rear of his homo, Whitmoro Heights, on 2d street, Wnlbrook, across tho way from the handsomo residence of Mr. Julian Lo Roy Whlto. It has become a curiosi ty shop for flowers from tho uso of seeds and cuttings which aro sent to Mr. Du Vnl by horticulturists all over tho country In order that ho may try them in Maryland soil. When tho two black seeds arrived in May from a New York Beed house Mr. Du Val had thorn planted in a choice place In the garden. Ho becamo Interested In the two shoots which soon sprang up from tho seeds. Tho tender stalks wero tightly curled In . knob, llko that on a growing lima xsan stalk, until tho stems wero nearly . foot high. Then tho curl stralghtoned .nd a bushy plant developed, from which Boon roso a flower stalk. An other thing which aroused Mr. Du Val's curiosity about tho now plants was the information ho hnd received with the Reeds that they came from a cross of a "Jlmson" weed with tho common yel low or whlto lily, which abounds in old-faehloned gardens and about old country places., Tho "Jlmson" weed, or Jamestown weed, as It is moro prop erly known, receives its namo from Jamestown, Va., whero it was first known In this country from Its growth about refuso heaps. It Is of Asiatic origin, Is a variety of stramonium and has n disagreeable odor from tho leaves. Its flower Is a deep purple in color. From this Btrango admixture of plant life Mr. Du Val has brought to tho Sun ofTlco the first bloom. Tho flower Is about eight inches long and measures bIx Inches across tho bell-shaped corolla, which Is Indented llko both tho parent flowers, tho points ending In tendrll-llko twists, as do tho "Jimson" weed flowers. Tho corolla Is purple outside, while tho inside is of cream color. Three layers of fleshy petals make up the blossom, the petals being Joined with what tailors would call a "lap seam." A green calyx supports tho flower, which grows on a stout stem. Tho deep purplo color Is con tinued in tho Btamens and pistil, which form a group deep down In tho Illy cup. The leaves of the plant nro llko magni fied oak loaves and when pressed emit tho true "Jlmson" weed odor. Mr. Du Val will report on his strango lily to tho seedsmen and will retain somo of tho seeds for futuro experiments in his garden. Ll Ilunc Cliaoc'a Mournful llouquet. A funny littlo story comes to us from Russia In connection with tho fetes for the czar's coronation. A member ol tho American mission, an army offi cer, was colling on Ll Hung Chang. It so happened that this member had a very pretty and charming daughter, whom LI Hung Chang so greatly ad mired that he asked tho father's peri mission to send some flowers to her, which of courso was granted. Imagine the American officer's feelings, how ever, when Ll Hung Chang had carried down to tho carrlago an enormous wreath of white heliotrope, with an ap propriate mourning Inscription. White hellotropo was the only flower that a Chinaman could offer to a young girl, tho Chinese statesman explained. Thero was no place to dlsposo of the flowers except on tho top of tho car riage, and as tho American was on his way to join a procession to spend the day going about to ceremonies and functions, there was nothing for him to do but to carry tho wreath with him. Harper's Bazar. One Condition. "Think beautifully," said the doctor to his sleepless patient, "and you will fall tranquilly asleep. Can you try?'! "That depends," answered tho pa tlent, "on the size of tho mosquito." SPOKEN LANGUAGE. The word "language" comes from tin, Latin "lingua," the tongue. The rabbis taught that the language spoken by Adam was Hebrew. The Chinese language has 40,000 sim ple words and only 450 roots. j Philologists agree that all language are developed from ono root. Gelger Bays that "all words are de veloped from a few simple sounds." I Jager, Bleek, Muller and many othen assume language to be an evolution. I The speech of the aborigines of Afrl ca changes with almost every genera tion. Very rapid speakers enunciate about two words per second, or from 120 to 150 per minute. In 1801 thero wero only 5,000 Italian speaking people In the United States; now there are 460,000. Of tho leading dialects, 937 are spok en In Asia, 587 In Europe, 27G In Africa and 1,624 In America. Ellhu Burritt, tho learned black, smith, Is Bald to havo understood from forty to fifty languages. There jyere, In 1801, 230,000 persom in tho United States who spoke French; there arc now over 1,000.000. In ninety years the Spanish-speaking people of the world have Increased from 26,190,000 to 42,800,000. For sprains apply cloths wrung out of very hot water until inflammation and pain havo subsided. For blacB and blue spots an ounce of muriate ol ammonia to a pint of lukewarm watei makes a good application to be kept es constantly. 'IN WOMAN'S CORNER. INTERESTING READ IN Q FOR DAMES AND DAMSELS. Car of the Teeth A Serlont Frohlem In Marrlnce Some Up-to-Date Con tumn DrcntmnklriB lllnte from TarU A Mourning Conn. ISS M. H. has had much trouble with her teeth, and neks for the best means of keeping them clean. Answer: In addition to tho uso of a suitable tooth brush and tooth powder on tho teeth, thero Is no practice which commends Itself so highly as the use of a piece of silk thread. It will tako tho avcrago person somo time to become expert in handling it, but when this Is attained, it will bo acknowledged the best tooth-pick and beautlfler of tho teeth In the world. Cut off from tho 'spool a piece of silk about fifteen Inches long, which thoroughly wax. .With tho thumb and forefingers carry .the waxed floss silk Into each space be tween tho teeth, the remaining threo fingers of each hand being used to hold on to tho ends of tho Bilk firmly. The thumbs and forefingers of each hand ob they hold tho silk should bo kept but a very littlo further apart than tho width of tho teeth between which tho silk Is to be passed. Thorough tension of tho silk must bo kept up at all times. For tho eight teeth on tho left side of tho upper Jaw, pass the silk over tho end of the left-hand thumb, and over tho cad of the right-hand forefinger. APPROPRIATE COSTUMES FOR COOL DAYS. Thus the palm of tho right hand and 'the back of the thumb of the left hand jwlll bo toward tho face. Hold firmly, slide It between tho teeth with a glid ing motion; carry It well down be tween tho necks of the teeth and the 'irec edges of the gums, but not In such. a manner as to wound the latter, tho pressure being properly brought against tho teeth, not against tho (gums. Before sliding the silk from be tween tho teeth, the silk may bo rap Idly drawn backward and forward on 'the necks of the teeth, thus polishing and preserving theso surfaces, and "raking out" any deposits of food or Incipient tartar which may be there. The slfk should be slid from between the teeth with tho samo tension as when It 13 introduced between them, otherwise ltwlll tearwhen the teeth aro very closo together. If this rule bo ob served, and the silk still tears, It Indi cates ono of soveral conditions: a cav ity of decay; a scale of tartar; or a sharp point or Jagged edge of tho toothy any of which conditions should be cor rected by a reliable dentist. A Problem In Marriage. Maud H. has been a reader of tho Ledger for many years, and says she has found so much good advice in It that sbo is constrained to como to it for somo counsel for herself. She writes the following letter, which is given as illustrating one of the strange and unaccountable caprices of the sen timent which wo call love: "Two years ! ago I met my uncle for the first time. Ho was then about twenty-six. I was ' sixteen. From that moment my thoughts havo been of him. And he I 'also loves me. Ho Is everything that a I woman can desire In a man. I shall never be happy unless I can marry blm. The marriage laws of the state of Now York allow mo that privilege, but my father objects. I have to go to work jttnd make my own living. My undo Bays, "Como to me. Be my wife;" and (ho can well afford to keep mo very hSM nicely. Now, which would you advli mo to do go to my uncle nnd live in bliss, or rpntaln single all my life and be a common drudge?" Answer: Thla situation Is so unusual Indeed. In the eyes of tho world, so unnatural- that it can scarcely bo Judged by ordinary standard. The opportunities for mar riage must be limited Indeed when near relatives feel constrained to marry. As for living In bliss, this may bo a. sadly mistaken estimate of the case. It Is ono of tho most stern and rugged, of facts that unnatural marriages aro not productlvo of permanent happiness. Marriages that have any element of 111 In them, or relations that must be con cealed, aro almost certain, eome day or other, to bring sorrow to tho contract ing parties. Life without each other probably seems Just now not to bo worth the living; but glvo a moment's sober second thought to tho futuro. Think how It would seem to bo ostra cized and shunned by tho best members, of any community In which you might live becauso of your peculiar marriago relation. Fancy being Ignored in every way, and ridiculed, possibly in your hearing, certainly in your ab sence, for there are great numbers of cxcellen ptersons who would never roc ognizo those who had contracted a marriage of this sort. Indeed, It would not bo called a marriage by many, oven though tho law does not forbid It. Thero Is a decided moral dlfferenco between tho thing allowed or permitted by law and tho thing which Is not forbidden. Thero Is an unwrltetn law which is far stronger and moro binding upon thoso who abide by tho spirit of tho law than nny statute, and this spirit regards such marriages as unsuitable and an abomination. Therefore, for the sako of your future happiness and the peace of mind and self-respect, not only of you both, but of the children you may rear, do nothing that will Inevitably put the stamp of dishonor upon your household and make you objects of pity and ridicule. New York ledger. A Mourning Clown. A suggestion for a mourning costumt is given In the sketch. Tho gown is of dull wool, the skirt having a deep, smooth outside facing of English crape, above which Is a narrow band of the samo goods. Tho Louis Qulnze coat has Bhort, rippled basques and opens over a plastron covered with a Jabot of crape. Crapo buttons, pocket flaps, rovers and collar adorn the bodice. The sleeves are finished at tho wrist by a turned back cuff of crape, with buttons, and a frill of the samo material. Au Oronlght. Johnnie (the office boy) Mr. Sands, tho grocer. Is downstairs and wants t know why you didn't answer his let ter about last month's bill, sir. Edl tor Tell hlra he forgot to enclose stamp. Tit-Bits. v&txii&M&h - r
