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1 M i; HEMINGFOHD HERALD. XIIOS. J. OMtKKFFK, rnlilUher. HEMINOFORD. : NEURA8KA. tt la seldom possible to judco rasa 1y tho ottro bo takes ot hlmeolf. When a woman really wantB to think 'lie sits down on the-floor It posslblo Wo tmpposo II Dr. Jameson had -won that fight the rascal would havo got fifteen years. There 1b a exeat dlfferonco Between what you do from a Bcnso ot duty and acts perforated from a spirit of goner ortty. King Mcnclek lets -nobody In his country wear gold Jewelry, oxcopt blB wife. That's tho kind df a monometal list ho Is. Tho tramp who Blopt In John Jacob Astor's toed 1b now sleeping In an ash barrel, which .hatm't oven a coat of arms on 1t Tho Knclpp'curo consists In walking barefooted In tho grass morning and venlng. Let us hopo that tho tack throwcrs will 'not got after that fad, too. The Mr. Slro, who has paid Miss Ja-coha-over flfty-two thousand dollars for breach of promlso Is a good deal moro of an Infant than hls'namo would lndl ato. A 'Chicago man Insisted on keeping bis lint on In tho theater because a lady In 'front of him kept bora on. Tho man was arrested and tho lady woll, eho still enjoys unequal rights. Tho oyster crop this year will bo extremely largo, but tho man who or dors a dozen fried and gets thirteen "by mistake will bo Just as tickled an though tho bivalves wore as scarco a gold nuggets. Tho Itov. Sidnoy Strong, known as tho bicycling clergyman, was on board tho St Louis and it is said that LI Hung Chang had several long talks with him on theological subjects dur ing tho voyage. Tho Spiritists at Lily Dalo havo a psychic class whoso members "will soon bo ready to project their cgoes to any part (Of tho world." That Is taking a mean advantage What harm has tho world dono them? LI Hung Chang nto tho samo dinner vory day whllo on board tho St. Louis icomlng to this country. It con sisted of chicken broth and suckling pig, 'carefully proparcd by his own cook. This is not a bad menu by any means. Another determined effort Is being made by distinguished Jurists all over tho country for national dlvorco laws, by -Which this ticklish point of law will be on identically tho samo basis In every part of tho country, thus elim inating the thousand and ono differ ences which now oxist and through which a divorced man may bo legally married in one stato and be a bigamla la another. Disappointed Washington corres pondents 'assert that when Prince Ytur. bldo arrived in court to defend a sull brought by his Bcrvnnt "ho woro a bi. cyclo uit and ho would never havq been taken for n man who wears a. title." Tho correspondents should rec ollect that it would bo hard work II It were windy to kcop on a crown whllo riding a wheel and that an crmlno cloak would bo apt to .catch In the sprocket wheels. Among the recent 'discoveries In as tronomy la a moon's moon. An ob server Ralng the great Lick telescope noticed a tiny eatellito rovolvlng around one of tho moons of Juptor. .Speaking mere correctly, the larger and tho smaller satellite wore revolving around a common contor, Jn accord ance with a law governing the move ments sf all celestial -neighbors. An other Interesting and a somowhat weird discovery was a dark "body passing be tween the earth and tho moon. It was visible only while crossing the moon's disk, and this glimpse furnished no data for solving the mystery of Its hitherto unauspoctod presence In space. The host of a dinner company in Germany asked tho representatives of several nations who were present to nay what they were most proud of in their own countries. An American woman was one of the guests. She understood German, but could not speak It. When her turn came, though sho could not say anything, a happy thought helped her to respond effec tively. She excused herself for a mo ment. Returning with an American flag, which sho always carries abroad with her, she unfurled It and thus gave her answer to the host's question. Tho hearty and general applause which followed showed that tho company thought her symbolic reply a very elo quent and effective response. The flag nas a language wnicn is its own inter preter. There Is a federal law against clrcu Sating counterfeit weather predictions. It makes tho offense a misdemeanor, atvd the penalty is a flno not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for jROt longer than ninety days, or both fine and Imprisonment The law was Intended to prevent the influenc ing of market prices by spreading spur ious weather reports; but it has uen Invoked recently in the west as a warn ing to persons who, with unaccountable mischievous intent, have tried to create panlo by circulating false predictions t approaching tornadoes. DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING! CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. ttow Saccet.ful Farmer. Operate TtiU Department of the Farm A Few Hints ai to the Care of Live Stock and 1'oaltr. EBRD OHM, ot London, says: Con tinued small ship ments to Europe, and a consequent further reduction In tho quantity afloat, have helped to counterbalance tho usually de pressing effects of first supplies ot new wheat, and In a general way it may bo said that tho trade Is begin ning to feel the effects ot the paucity of foreign wheat In view, as manifested in tfee quantity afloat for tho United Kingdom, which Is now little over 12,000,000 bu, against 24,800,000 bu last year, and which means that sup plies of foreign wheat must bo mod erate for Bome tlmo to come, a fact which English fanners with tholr new wheat In excellent condition will not bo Blow to take noto of. There arc, in deed, several sufficient reasons why tho lmmcdiato future of wheat should bo regarded with less discouragement thnn was tho caso a month ago. First and foremost, It Is becoming evident from tho various reports received that tho American crop In not likely to bo ns largo as was expected, and, indeed, will fall rather considerably below last year's total, a poor spring wheat crop much moro than counterbalancing an improved winter wheat crop. In the second placo it Is now tolerably clear that Franco will not havo tho abun dant crop onco looked for, enough be ing known ot tho threshing results In tho south, southwest, center and caBt of Franco to warrant tho statement that only an ordinary avcrago crop has been obtained in these districts. In tho north and northwest, where tho harvest Is now drawing to a close, tho results are relatively hotter, but tho best Informed authorities affirm that tho totnl crop will not exceed and will probably not equal that of last year, so that, as we pointed out in our last review, as tho stocks of old wheat havo been practically exhausted In tho ab senco of any important supply ot for eign wheat In tho post Bcason, France will In all probability Import consid erably moro foreign wheat in 1896-7 than Bho has In 1895-6. Tho Paris Bul lotln des Hallcs, wo may add, deduces from tho recent official crop report that tho total crop this year will bo about 118,750,000 hectolitres, againBt 119,500 000 hectolitres last year. So far, how ever, purchases of foreign wheat in Franco aro difficult, owing to Its rela tively high price; Danublan wheat, for Instance, sells at Dunkirk or Calais at equal to 33s Cd per 480 lbs. duty paid, while at Llllo new home-grown wheat s offered at 31s to 32s per 480 lbs. Anothor reason why the trade should bo less despondent Is to be foucAln the latest' official Russian crop report, and according to which neither the Ghlrka wheat nor tho Azlma wheat crop Is likely to bo an averago, although the former Is regarded as promising bet ter than the latter. Wheat buyers gen erally have apparently become so ex tremely cautious that they need not be reminded of tho fact that early crop estimates, specially In America and Russia, are apt to bo misleading, but under tho present extraordinary cir cumstances In regard to the statisti cal position, any marked deterioration In the general crop outlook might find them napping. Tha Foar-IIamtrnil I'oand Cow. The possibilities of butter production In matter of yield per cow per season Is ono of great Interest, writes F. W. Mosoley In Nebraska Farmer. Other things being equal, the smaller the herd tho easier great results can be obtained. Some of the beat results ure shown when but ono cow is kept. Yet no one will dony such results cau bo approximated when a greater number of cowb are kept, but in such cases the cows to start with must bo equally Lgood and each must havo the samo at tention given to tno one cow. "uut, says some reader, "that would not pay." If results such as aro given be low could be obtnlned It would pay. Mr. John Prltchard, Castleton, Rut land county, Vt has a cow with a rec ord worthy of emulation. In reply to an Inquiry made by tho writer last spring some factB wero given and are quoted as follows: "Our cow 1b sir years old, Is three fourths Jersey, and Is of good size. Sho calved the 25th of February, went dry six weeks, had no grain while dry, but plenty of hay and corn fodder and a good warm stablo. After ehe calved wo began to feed hor and gradually In creased it to two quarts gluten meal and two quarts of middlings In the morning and the same at evening, with a peck ot cut potatoes per day and a good ration ot hay all she would eat clean. She has made threo pounds three ounces of butter per day somo weeks and we use all the milk and cream needed for our family of two and some visitors. We do not claim to use a great deal, but Just all we want. We raise our cream In a portable creamery tbe Occident. Last year our cow made 378 pounds ot butter, and wo had a family of Ave for over two months a grandchild taking three pints ot new milk every day during that time." It will be seen that as the cow had gone dry six weekB ot the year and that 378 pounds of butter were made, the yield per week (forty-six weeks) was nearly eight and one-fifth pounds per week. Had none ot the milk or cream been taken for other uses the butter product would havo been considerably i greater. That It would have been more thnn four hundred (400) pounds fot tho year no ono can doubt but call It Just that and you havo a standard worth working to reach. No ono can deny oven at present low prices ot butter there 1b a good profit In keeping a 400 pound cow. IUnt Height for flronnd Water. F. H. Storor, In his work oa "Agri culture," speaking of tho height to which ground-water should rise In or dcr to do the most good, says: "Tho height of tho ground-water may be ascertained In any special case by noting that of tho surface ot a well, or any open ditch ot hole In which tho water Is standing. Dut it is to bo ob served that tho water in such ditch or well is usually a littlo lower than that of tho water In tho soil. It must bo re membered also that tho foregoing statement would rarely bo true for a stiff clay soli. In clay boIIb tho wells aro commonly 'ovcr-Bhot wells as tho term is; that Is, they aro moro pits to receive and hold the surfaco water, which flows Into them at the top. Tho proper height ut which ground-water should etand In order best to conduce to tho prosperity of the growing plant Js a question of no little complexity. There aro numberless swamp plants which prefer to havo their roots con stantly immersed .In ground-water. Rico, also, and the cranberry and ribbon-grass, and a few other useful grasses, flourish with their roots ac tually wot. But as a general rule the plants of cultivation cannot bear such an excess of this kind of moisture. II Is with them much as It is with tr3 greenhouse plants, thero must bo . holo In tho bottom of tho pot or tin plants will drown. Many plants hav ing powerful roota do indeed send some of them down to ground-water. There arc Innumerable examples on record, for that matter, of tho choking of drains by the roots of various kinds of clover, and of turnips, grape-vines and the like. It Is possible to grow a great variety of plants In mere water. But in splto of all this, It is notorious that plants flourish best in soils where the ground-water is several feet from tho surfaco of the soil. In tho cultivation ot moors and bogs In Europe, It is held as ono essential condition of success that tho ground-water must be kept at least threo feet below tho surfaco ot the land in summer, and as much as two feet below tho surfaco In winter. Nitr on Small Frolt. For largest yield of perfect berrleB, two favorable seasons aro necessary. Tho first to perfect the root, tho plant and tho fruit bud. Tho root Is tho foundation on which futuro success de pends. Tho tint of flower and perfec tion of fruit proceeds from tho root. Its best development requires flno, rich soil, plenty of molsturo and frequent cultivation. With good roots, vigorous plants and canes may bo expected. Vigorous canes well pruned, free from weeds and grass and having sufficient room to grow, will form many strong vigorous buds for next season's fruit. Theso fruit buds are promises of fu turo payment and tho first season's work Is not done until they are care fully prepared for their long winter sleep. Tho second season Is a repeti tion of tho first, as the same care that matures this year's plant also matureB fruit on last year's cane. Tho fruit grower should then remember that In preparing tho soil, In selecting plants, In hoeing, cultivating, pruning, thinning of fruit, protection, and In every little detail, ho Is performing an Important part In tho quality and quantity of his fruit one or two years hence. Neglect the work but a slnglo week, and like an ugly thread woven Into a beautiful pattern, It shows Imperfection ever af ter. The eternal now Is tho time to grow good fruit. In many parts of tho northwest, strawberries have been al most a failure because of Imperfect root growth last year. In many cases even Btamlnate varieties were bo weak and pollon so Impotent, they could not fer tilise their own blossoms. Lack of pol lenlzatlon ts tho direct cause of failure. This weakness of root growth extends to new sotting this year, and great care will be necessary even under favor able circumstances, to placo new beds In good condition for next year's frulb Ing. M. A. Thayer. Flaeneit or Solt Important. Prof. Milton Whitney, of Johns Hop kins university, has determined that, In an ordinary wheat soil, there aro at least 10,000 million soil grains in a gram (about a pint), and In Bomo of tho flnoat soils this number has reached 24,000 millions. In coarse or sandy soils, the particles, by reason of greater weight, take a closer arrangement; hence there 1b less air space. The moro soils are divided up and made fine, Ilka dust, the more air space, and for same reason, the more surface In a given bulk. To Illustrate: A cubic foot ot hard granite has only six square feet ot surface exposed to air or water. If ground to fineness of a good wheat soil, then a cubic foot will have over two acres of surface, and In the finest lime stone soil of Maryland the exposed sur faco ot all the soil grains in a cubic foot exceed three acreB in extent. The amount of surface is important, as tho water in the soil adheres to theso sur faces, and tho roots occupy the spaces between In search of food. The moro fine spaces there are the more fine root lets there will bo, and the more food the plant can gather from the soil. Wet Lands Wasto Manure. Wot lands waste the manure, by not allow ing ready absorption, tho valuable parts ot tho manure frequently pass oft in vapor and aro carried by the winds to enrich your neighbor's soil, who, by underdrainage, reaps tbe bene fit of your labor as well as his own. Good feeding should not be governed hv tho nrlce of dairy oroducts. Neither should the enthusiasm of thn dairv- men fluctuate with tho market. Con- Btaacy Is needed in both cases. IN WOMAN'S CORNER. INTERESTING READING FOR DAMES AND DAMSELS. Appropriate Co.tnme for Little Glrli A Frattjr Uo.tnme of Bilk A Pratt of Crepon Bome Tlmrly Advice for Maldi and Matron. T ET THE mother of the littlo maid re jolcol Now Is the tlmo when Bho may secure remnants, odd lengths that are good for little but a small gown, at tho very lowest prices. Five cents a yard will buy many a dainty bit of dimity or batiste, to bo stored away for futuro make-up. Tho sweetest ot armuro silks, too, for little dancing gowns can be bought for 35 cents. But tho dancing gowns later. Just now we are interested in dainty lawns and dimities and batistes that should bo mado up with a deep yoke or blouse and a short skirt edged with a flounce, mayhap, of embroidery. These dresses are made with very low necks and short sleeves, a most comfortnble modo for littlo ones in the hot days. Yellow and green aro favorite colors. Ono littlo gown Is entirely of lettuce green lawn, trimmed with white cm broidery and ribbons. Tho hat worn with it was white, massed with pink rosebuds, making a most charming pic ture. A littlo tot In a red fez, a white or gandie frock, red ties and stockings mado a pretty picture. Tho Latest, in Chicago News. Points of Etiquette. Miss Lillian asks: "1. Should a lady extend her hand to a gentleman when they are Introduced, or should sho wait for him to extend his hand? Also, is It proper for people to shake hands when they are Introduced? 2. What should a lady say to her partner when, after the dance, ho says: 'I am very much obliged'? 3. What colors are most be coming to a brunotte? 4. How should a girl of 16 wear her hair?" Answer 1. Handshaking when people are In troduced depends upon circumstances and localities. In some places it is not at all the custom; In others every body does It. It only remains to con form to tho popular Idea on the sub ject. It may bo said, however, that ladies and young persons should never make the first advances in such cases. Indeed, some excellent authorities do not approve of handshaking at Intro ductions ut ull, therefore one Is nut likely to go wrong if one refrains fror. this form of greeting. 2. After tha dance, when your partner says "I am much obliged," you may answer, "Don't mention it," or "It was very enjoyable," or, If tho music was good, say, "With such a band, dancing 1b a great pleasure." Try to think of agreeable and appropriate things that will suggest remarks of any sort ex cept those that are personally compli mentary. 3. Pink, yellow and red are colors usually very becoming to bru nettes. 4. A 16-ycar-old girl may wear her hair In a braid down her back, the end3 being curled or tied with a rib bon. Want to Ite an Actre.a. Ethel L. wants to be an actress. She finds it necessary to earn her own liv ing and bo Independent, and thinks this would suit her exactly. Sho has dono a bit of amateur work, and has always been highly complimented. Be sides, she has always bad a great de slro for this sort ot life. She wants advice as to taking up the stage as a profession. Answer If you are able and willing to work harder than any common drudge, to bear abuse, criti cism, Injustice, ridicule and years of weary waiting, If you can face the chances of failure with one point In ono hundred In luck for you and with everything seemingly against you, try to fit yourself for an actress. Ninuty flve out of every hundred of them fall, and a fair percentage of the remainder make only a sort of half-way success of It. The few stars are only tho few out of the many who achieve anything worth speaking of. The country Is full of stage-struck young women who are willing to pay goodly sums for the priv ilege of appearing In minor parts. This being tho caBO. It Is ecoy to sco now eirla with no money and a moderate amount ot talent may havo rather dls- COSTUMES DESIGNED FOR OUTDOOR FETES. ' couraglng experiences In trying to .arn their living in tho dramatic field. A Crepon Co. tame. Tho cut shows a costumo of woolen crepon of a dust gray shade. The skirt has godets at the back and Is slashed at either side of tho tabller to show a lower skirt ot maroon and rose glace taffeta. Maroon and gray applications adorn tho lower part of tho tabller. The Louis Quinzo bodice Is ornamented with applications and has a vest of changeable taffeta and a chemisette ot white gauze. Tho balloons of tho sleeves aro trimmed with plaited co quilles of gray gauze and the close lower portion of tho Bleeves Is slashed to show taffeta panels, ot gray gauze. The cravat is The Cam of the Hair. Bertha L., twenty-ono yearB of age, is greatly troubled becauso her hair turns gray and falls out so that she it likely to become bald. She has tried a great many things without satisfac tory results, and therefore writes for advice. Answer There aro very many young persons nowadays whose i.alr turns gray without apparent reason. Thero seems to be no remedy for it, as It Is said to be constitutional. As to the hair falling out, that may bo par tially remedied by tho use of strong sulphur water either to bathe tho nead or a3 hair wash and lotion. In ono case tho hair was saturated with strong sul phur water, and kept wet for about twelve hours, then washed clean and dried. This was repeated twice every week with most remarkable success. A 8111c Cn.tume. The above Illustration is given of a costume of sable and white striped silk with pompadour designs scattered over It. The skirt is flat in front and has three godets at the back. The bod ice has a flgaro of sable passementerie which opens over a chemisette of pink silk gauze with coqullles. The close sleeve of striped silk has a puff ot pink silk gauze. The narrow draped belt and the shoulder knots are of Jacque minot silk, the collarette ot white gauze. An Odd Clroum.tance. "Begorra! did ye Iver notice how much more fraquently th' trains thravel an th' other thrack than this? Faith, we've met tlD or a dozen goln' th' other way Blnce wo shtarted a' dlvll a wan goln' this." Judge. KleTatliii; the Kt,Re. "Is there really anybody In America who sincerely aeslrc3 to have tho stage elevated!" "Yea, the gallery gods." Truth. "The Old Salt Doctor." From the World-Herald, Omaha, Neb Mr. William C. Hart, favorably known among his friends and acquaint ances as "The Old Salt Doctor." U probably the most familiar character In the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and Franklin streets, Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Hart Is now over SO. An Interesting; history of his record ry from a common malady followsi A little over five years ago I became afflicted with a mnlady, the name of which I do not know. My family have been troubled the same when they ar rived at my age, and they said 1 was on the same road and that there was no cure for mo. The symptoms were, dizziness, loss of memory, and an titter prostration of the nerves. The most no table trouble was a swimming of the head, when I cams In from a walk or was out standing In the sun or doing any kind of exercise at alL When I would sit down, my head would swim and everything would dance before my eyes, and I would become so dizzy that I would have to hold to a chair to keep from falling; or If I were sitting dowa and got up suddenly, everything would whirl before me, and I would have te hold to the chair tor some little time; my memory was so poor that it wns dif ficult for mo to remember some of my beat friends. This state of things con tinued for about a year and a half, ami kept getting worse and worse; I could not remember anything, and my head was In a constant whirl; everything! warn before me so that life was realty miserable. 'On the recommendation of trial, and after taking a few doses X began to feel the effeots and found that they were doing me good. When the first box was gone I got another and another until I had taken four, boxes and I was entirely relieved- And now, although my memory is nott bo good as It was forty years ago, It is greatly Improved, and Is better than) many men's memory that are much) younger than I; my dizziness Is entire ly gone, and my nerves are strong a they were ten years ago, and Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills did It too." Dr. WllUams' Pink Pills for Pale People are now given to the publlo as an unfailing blood builder and nerve restorer, curing all forms of weakness arising from a watery condition of the blood or shattered nerves. The pill are sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50 (they ar never sold in bulk or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. POPULAR SCIENCE. At a recent meeting of tho Part Academy of Sciences M. Ball and pre sented a memoir describing mi analysis of a sample of rice over a century old. Ho found tho rice only slightly defi cient in fat Though butterflies aro often blown out to sea, and have been thought by Inexperienced observers to belong to a different speclea to the ordinary land butterfly, thero aro none which can be said to Hvo on tho sea. It 1b reported from ParlB, wher puuuuuikiu iirua nuvo oeen introaucea on somo of tho cabs, that in conse- quence of tho lessened shock to tho ' vehicles the ost of repair has been reduced fifty per cent, to say nothing of the saving to tho nerves of passen gers and tho muscles of horses. Sir John Lubbock say3 that tho house fly, which produces tho sound F, vi brates 20,100 times a minute, or 335 a second, and tho be, which makeB the sound of A, as many as 26,000, or over 430 a second. On tho contrary, a tired bee hums on E, and vibrates its wlnga only 300 times a second. The tongue of the cat family is cov ered with recurving spines. In tho common domestic cat theso aro small, but Bufflclently well doveloped to give the tongue a feeling of roughness. In tho Hon and tiger tho spines aro strong enough to enable tho animal to tear, the skin of a man's hand by licking It It has been praoticable to propogato sugar cano only by cuttings or their equivalents, and tho lack of seedlings has been a difficulty in tho way of Im provement From the 200 or 300 varie ties experimentally grown in East Java Mr. J. H. Walker has been able to select a few plants that by crossing have given very good seeda. Theso have given vigorous seedlings, which yield more sugar than the parent plants and promlso varieties more profitable than any hlthorto knows. SUMMER CIRL. First, remember that a good voice is as essential to Belf-posscsslnn as good Ideas aro essential to fluent language. The voice should bo carefully trained and developed: a full, clear, flexible voice Is ono of tho surest Indications of good breeding. Second, remember that one may he witty wlthut being popular; voluble without being agreeable; a great talker and yet a great bore. Third, be sincere. One who habitual ly sneers nt everything will not ren der herself disagreeable to othors, but will Boon cease to find pleaouro In life. Fourth, bo frank. A frank, open countenance and a clear, cheery laugh are worth far more even socially than "pedantry In a stiff cravat" Fifth, be amiable. You may hi do & vindictive nature under a polite ex terior for a time, as a cat masks 1U sharp claws In velvet far, but the least provocation brings out one as quickly as the other, and ill-natured people are always disliked. UbEFUL HINTS. When on artery is severed compress above the spurting surface. Blood from the arteries enters the extremities. Remove insects from tho ear with warm water. Never uso a probe nor other hard substance for the ear, leaf you perforate tho drum. If a high fever comes on at evening bathe tbe feet and wrap In a blanket, put warm Irons to the feet and give aconite In water every hour till tbe pa tient is in a "good sweat," then kee well covered. un me recommendation or notn friends, I went to my druggist, Mxy ( Shrader, on Twenty-fourth and Claris -wf streets, and not a box of Pink Pills for ) n -r mmjSBammm w Ull
