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T(MiWiyWiWWWWPWH , 1 -wv. ,--r. i IIEMINGFOM) HERALD. THOS. J. O'lCKKFFB, rnblUJier. HEMINQFOKD, NEBRASKA. Two-thirds or Uumnnlty nrc menially rosa-oyed. Uvery man Imagines that all seeds ts a chance. ho No man over became- groat by .repeat ing what ho had heard. The Plngrco potato patch Bchomn hao also proved a great success In Ger many. Tho hnpplcst people In the world aro those who can toko largo Interest in small things. Thero Is no Impropriety abbfit Judg ing a man's wlfo by tho condition of tho clothes ho wears. Quito n reputation for wisdom can bo accumulated by mingling In only so ciety that knows leas than you 'do. After you aro up the ladder tho loads you carried will generally claim tho credit of having done' a wh&hV lot of "boosting. If you onvy a rich man, try to get a position whero you can watch whllo lio stnnda off beggars and Bwlndlers lor a few weeks. Thero 1b a vast dlffcrcnco between n shrewd business man and a swind ler, but the public Is not apt to notlco It when tho latter is successful. A, man was horsowulppod In Sayvlllo, N, Y., tho other day by his wife becauso he would Btay out nights. All tho wom en spectators a'pplauded and not a man t,ald a word. Was It a case of guilty conscience? Tho recent eclipse of tho sun mado an opportunity for tho Japanese to give additional ovldenco of their right to bo called tho Yankees of tho orient. This evidence was In tho form of a pleas antry that oppcals to western love of -vlt. ThY Japanese newspapers com mended the eclipse for coming and go ing on tlmo, "therein differing from tho majority of scheduled occurrences In Japan." v A curious story ijomes from .Balti more. A woman (felled Mrs. Isaac Ashcr left her 2-raonthst-ild baby in its, cradle whllo sho went ouV on a ncces-, wary marketing trip, and when sho re turned tho baby was dead and had died in a most unusual manner. Numerous rats had swarmed tip onto the cradlo and gnawed Its face, head and neck so grievously that death resulted. This remarkable story Is authenticated by eminent Baltimore physicians. Notice Is given by tho acting secre tary of agriculture thot cattle infected with tho boophilus uovIb, or southern cattlo tick, disseminate Texas fover. and tbat'under tho laws rotating tq tho control ofcontnglous and Infectious diseases of animals tho regulations of, the bureau of animal Industry dated Feb. 1, 189C, aro hereby amended by an additional section as follows; "Cattlo orglnatlng outside of tho district de scribed by tho order dated Fob. 1, 1S9G, as amended by subsequent orders, and twhlch aro infected with the boophilus bovls ticks, shall bo considered ns in fectious cattle, and shall bo subject to .the rules and regulations governing the movement of southern cattle." Ono of the strangest phenomena ever -witnessed In that section Is to bo seen upon the farm of Theodore Roberts, four miles from St, Croix, Ind. La3t spring he pluuled five acres in pop corn, and a few days ago he noticed that the shucks were abnormally swol len and that tho ear seemed te be larger than when It began to ripen, n thing contrary to corn, as shrinkage Is the rule. Mr. Roberts examined tome of tho corn and was surprised to find that eevcn-elghths of the grain had popped open and were capped with 'the whlto pulp a3 though they had been In tho Are. The phenomena is attributed to the hot weather that pre vailed two or three weeks ago. It inuBt have been a populist corn field. A correspondent of a London relig ious Journal solemnly avers thnt It Is a " regular custom" for people In San Francisco and other hot districts in the United States to vary their summer chinch services in tula effectlvo way: Tho worshipers "get up and stretch themselves, and oven take a turn out side, after tho fashion of the theater uclwcen the acts." The adopllou of f'fcome of these sensible ways" would cause the churches in England, the cor respondent thinks, to be "generally -flllekl. even In spite of the hot weather." This imaginary picture could have been made appropriately complete If the writer had added that "whllo taking a turn outside," the overheated congre gation occasionally .shoot a bear or in dulge In the luxury of a brief encounter with Indians. During the last ' twenty years the total adreage of laud devoted to the growth of cotton In the southern states has been more than doubled; but pro duction has been increased In a still greater proportion. There has been a wonderful improvement In tho meth ods of cotton farming as well as in the extent of cotton lands. While tho acre ce has increased 12S per cent In twenty yeare, the product haa Increased 183 per cent- In 1875 the average .yield j&r a.re was 210 pounds. In 1895 the IVerago yield had Increased to 2C0 .pounds. SAVED A FORTUNE. JOHN CUMM1NCS NEVER EVflN ED.MORE THAN $IO A WEEK. for Nineteen Yrstn Wo i "Common" laborer la llremwnoil Cemettirj-Ac-rldentMtlf Turned an tho Uh When II Retired rniil Uled. 709 Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, the other morning, left a for tune of nearly $11, 000. Ho had worked as as "common" laborer for forty years and hud never iccelvcd more than $10 a week. Tho causo of his death was nsphyxlutlon by gas. Ho was a native of County Tln perary, Ireland. Ho came to this coun try when ho was twenty years old nnd worked for some years as a farm hand in Ulster County. Then ho camo to live in Brooklyn and was employed as a stableman by tho City Railroad Com pany. Next ho got a Job as common lnborer In Greenwood cemotcry. For tho paBt nineteen ycare ho had boarded with Mrs. Mlchaol McNilly, wIiobo lniBband is an undertaker. Cum mlngs occupied a room on tlio second floor of Nn. 709 Fifth avenue. Ho was n methodical man and reserved abDut his affairs. Although ho had boarded for so many years with tho McNallys and wb'b of n gonial nature, they knew very Httlo about his family or history. Ho had never married and ho told thorn that tho only living relatives he had wero a widowed niece and her two children, living near Saugcrties. He also told tho McNallys that he had saved considerable money. He appir cntly had had a quarrel with his rela tives, for ho did not visit his niece, and said that ho would not leave her cny of his money, but would will It all to charitable institutions. CummlngB took his supper ns 'isual with tho McNallys on Thursday ul,;ht and later In tho evening sat In the par lor talking with a friend. The laBt Been of him alive was about 9 p. m., whin ho went ttf his bedroom. Early Friday moaning his landlady knocked at his door, as was her custom, but got no reply. Then sho opened the door, and tho odor of escaping gas almost ovr powerod her. Sho hurried downstlrs and called her husband and son. They ran up to Cummlngs' bedroom and found him dead. Beneath tho nil low was the pair of trousers he had worn the day before. On a chair by the sldo of his bed was tho rest of his clothing. Corroncr Coombs was notified. He de cided that asphyxiation was the cause of death, and, In his opinion it was ac cidental. It is Uclloved that In moving about tho room after the .had extin guished tho gas, Cummlngs In some way partly turned It on again. The flow was sa light as.to escape hh notice, and yet enough to ltJLJl him, ns both his door and the onlywl)dow In, the room wero closed. ' It was when Coroner Coombs began his search for papers that the discovery of his wealth was made. Only seventeen cents had been found In thcuclothlng he had worn tho day before. In the room was an old-fash l-med tt.n. trunk, which contained the dead man's wardrobe, which consisted of several worn suits and underwear. Among the latter wero half a dozen pairs of wl :uer socks, and In tho toe of each pock v. as found stuffed $5, $10 and $20 bills. When theso.had all been taken out and counted they wero found to amount altogether to $28f. Tho next find was a bank" bsolc be tween tho folds of a pair of trnuHrs. A second one was found In the folds V a vest, a third In a coat, and a fourth Inside of a white Bhlrt. The bevks were thoso of tho South Brooklyn Savings Institution, Brooklyn Savings Bilk, Brooklyn. Dime Savings Bank and tho Saugertles Savings Bank. Thoro was a balance in each of $3,000. except tho Brooklyn Dimo Savings Bank, whoso balance was $1,500. Coroner Coombs turned tho money and bank books over to the public ad ministrator. A telegram was sent lo tho Saugertles Savings Bank officii" 1.. asking them to try and locate tho dent! man's niece. New York Journal. The Kltler Tr-i. Superstitions in regard to the elder tree are as countless as they are wide spread. Strange beliefs relative to the healing powers of ceitnin kinds of wood aro common. Now. the Hama mella Vlrglnlca, or witch hazel, may be useful, but the alcoholic solution of its peculiar property may bo really not any better for sprains than of many other kinds of ptaute. Its universal adoption arlsei more from tho common name, "witch hazel." than from any thing else. In rural England the elder treo exerclseB all kinds of influences. If plunted in a garden It induces veg etables to grow. Sure death in time, of course befalls any one who breaks off a limb. On the continent many a gardener, before ho trims nn elder tree, nsks permission of the tree. But before he begins he must spit on his hands not less than three times. In Scotland thero is a weird belief that the life of a driver of a hearse Is always la danger unless the whip ho uses has an elder-wood handle. Elderberries aro still supposed to be potent in New England as ward ing off witchcraft, and Southern ne groec entertain the same belief. New York Times, Ilnr Iltlnc. Hotel Ccrk We will havo to hold your batfijage for the bill. Actress I haven't any. I only take part In living pictures. Daily National Hotel Re-oorter. SPOKE FROM A FULL. HEART. The Word! Were a Trlhnte to n Wife' 1'nlth'ul CompanlnnOilp. Tho Illinois Central train was half a hundred miles from Chicago, headed for tho city, nnd at a Httlo Btatlon an old farmer camo aboard. Ho wbb a little, weazened man, with a sensitive mouth half concealed by nn iron gray beard. His ill-fitting clothes wero evi dently his most uncomfortable best. Ho slid Boftly Into a seat occupied by n grave stranger, reading a newspaper. Two or three times tho old mnn turned his face toward tho brown flying land scapo. Tho Btrangcr was struck with tho troubled expression and glanced wistfully at his companion. Tho latter spoko at last with a strango husklness In his voice. "I am going to the city for tho sec ond time in my llfo," he said, half startled at his own words. "Yes." "Thirty years come July 1 I went there for a wedding suit and I nm go ing back thero to-day for a coflln and n shroud for the little woman that mar rled me. "You don't know what It Is, mister, to live and work 'longside a woman for thirty years, day In and day out. to find her always patient and willing and working, nnd then leave her laying dead and cold with her worn-out hands crossed on her breast. It was juBt a Httlo after tho turn of tho night, and nobody but me was watching, when Marglo kinder woke up. "'David,' says she, 'It's restful, no restful, and I'm so tired.' And so she went to sleep again and waked up In oternlty. You know, stranger, these wordB of hers has set me to thinking. Poor, tired soul. I never knew how much she needed rest. We never thought of It while we were working and skimping and snving, trying lo lay up something for tho children. She never hnd any pleasure; she never took any holidays or visited the other wom en. Sho raised tho children and slopped tho pigs and milked tho cowb and churned and cooked for harvest hands. I never know or thought how she did It nil with those poor crossed hands of hcrB. "Some folks Fay It won't do any good, mister, but I'm going to see that sho 1b put nway In something rich. Wo wasn't skimping nnd saving for thirty years for this, but I'm going to have tho best money can buy. She's earned it, God knows." St. Louis Republic. FORGOT THE PUMP. Mr, -Multi Millionaire Wa Taimnjr for I'.ITcct. Mr. Multl Millionaire was entertain ing somo friends of his boyhood who know how'it was themselves In those dayB nnd he allowed tho conversation to drift into the channel of the "old well-sweep," "mother's doughnuts" and kindred topica, says tho Detroit Free Press. There waB method In his madness, as It prevented his friends from asking how he became so wealthy, "And do you remember," he asked, as they blew clouds of amoke to tho frescoed celling of tho library, "how we bojB used to break the le at the pump to get water to wash ourselves mornings? Ah, the dear old tin wash hand-basin and the crash towel! Thero was never anything Elnce that could compare with them!" "And soft soap, to make our com plexions clear!" " "Exactly. And a horn comb tied to a string -to comb our hair!" .. "Ha, ha! 1 sec you remember. And a glnBR as big as your hand with all the quicksilver scraped off the back!" The next morning they heard their , host calling: "Mary; I say, Mary!" "Yes. sir." "Why the mischief isn't tho water in my warm bath? Where's mv cake of Castile soap? What do yon mean by giving me only four towels? Whero'a my bottle of perfume? Bring mo a sponge and a pair of bath mittens. This neglect Is shameful!" And the guests looking nt ono an other, said: "He seems to havo for. gotten the dear old pump!" linpontllile to Aoref. "Will you bo my wife, Fraulein Pau la, and make me happy?" "I am tarry, doctor, but I should like to be happy myself." Humorlstlscho Blaetter. KITCHEN HINTS. Melted butter will not make good cako. Mutton should be deep red and close grained. V-aI should be white, dry and closo grained, Tho colder the eggs are the quicker they will froth. The best poultry has firm flesh, yel lpw skin and legs. Nutmegs should be grated at tho blossom end first. To make good pastry the Ingredients miiBt be very cold. Lemons will keep for weeks If cover ed with cold water. Pork should be fine, close grained and the rind smooth and thin. Tho best beef Is moderately fat and tho flesh of a bright red color. Soap nnd chalk mixed and rubbed on mildewed spots will remove them, A spoonful of vinegar udded to the water lu which meat or fowls aro boil ed makes them tender. Good macaroni la of a yellowish tint, docs not break readily in cooking and swells to three or four times Its bulk. A clergyman nt Cradock, Capa Colony, advertises in the local paper that he is prepared to undertake tho tuning of pianofortes and lo glvo pianoforte lessons. DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. Ilotr Snoceiifol Farmeri Operate Thli Department or the Farm A Text Hint r to the Care ot Live Stock and Fooltry. , F LATE, fashion ables In thU coun try havo taken to work in tho dairy, says Chicago Chronicle. Tho fad is not now by any means. Mario An toinette, when tired of court gownB, courtesies and in trigues, went to her dairy, which has a place In his tory. What "tho beautiful Austrian woman" did was, of course, imi tated, and French women of high degrco wero soon busy making button Tho Princess ot Wales, who hnd been brought up in the moat democratic fashion by the sensible Danish king, found that actually milking tho cows t Sandrlngham and superintending the dairy gave her better health than all tho medlcl&a of tho court physician. Tho Priticess Maud also learned to be an ndopt and no dairy mnld In that British islo can beat young royalty making butter. Somo time ago that favorite, Fanny Davenport, lost her health. Nobody saw or heard of her. A nervous prostration was said to bo the cause of her retirement Then enmo n rumor from her country place. She was milking two cows at dawn, skimming tho cream off yesterday's milk, and finally churning a Httlo blue handled daBher in a Httlo blue churn, until she could lift out great spoons of yellow butter. Then tho report came that sho waB well again. The finest private dairy In the world belongs to Governor Levi P. Morton, wno built It after his many daughters began to grow to girlhood. This dairy was for a long time managed by tho family. A milkmaid would do the butter work and tho Morton girls would help her. They' lived at Ellerslle then, and part ot every day wah spent with the cowb and tho milk. To this day if they were sick or out of sorts they go to the farm and revel In tho marblo butter ropms for a day. When tho youngest was taken to San Francisco for her health last winter she begged to go to the butter house Instead. Tho little daugh ters of President Cleveland aro also learning, In a small, sanded room at Gray Gable-., the secrets of the dairy. There It Is a common occurrence for the comely wife of the cl?lef executive to be seen teaching Ruth and Esther how to churn. This summer tho little tots can make butter to the tuno of their sweet kindergarten songs, which they have studiously worked at all win-, ter. This homely employment has been found a great panacea for the nerves of the emotlenal actresses as well as society women. Olga, Nethersole has ledrncd its value, and no hotter equipped dairy is found thanrthe lovely vounir Encllsh woman comes Into, aft.jr sho has arisen at dawn to milk the cows. And Calve, the great Carmen, HndB no greater happiness, when the singing season Is over, than to flyto hor farm where, feeding tho chickens and milking tho cows, she forgets all about the tootllghts. Ituport on Sklnimins Milk. Bulletin No. 42 of the Utah experi ment station reportB results of expe riments In crenming, made by F. P. fclnfield, B. S. A. The following aro the conclusions drawn from the experi ments: 1. As regards thoroughness of skim ming, the effectiveness of the methoTls of creaming milk, according to our work, stands in the following order: (1) Separator, (2) shallow pans, (3) deep palls. 2. When tho setting methods are practiced, the pans will give much the best results during the winter, or cold months. 3. Thero Is no advantage, but rather the opposite, In moving tho pans Into tho houso during the cold weather, provided that they bo kept In a place where tho milk will not freeze. 4. Of the deep setting cans, those which are skimmed by drawing the sklm-milk from the bottom, give the better results; but tho Cooley or sub merged can, as regards thoroughness ot skimming, does not seem to possess nny advautnge over those not sub merged. 5. From the results given it Is evi dent that from a herd ot ten good cows, a soparator would be a wise Investment. The extra butter obtained by its use, valued at 20 cents a pound, would pay 20 per cent, a year on Its cost, as com pared with results from Bhallow pans, and 50 per cent, a year as compr.red with deep setting. 6. With the deep setting methods the cooler the water 1b kept, in which the milk Ib set, tho better the skimming. In fact, to do the best skimming it is absolutely neces'sary to use ice, and a sufficient quantity of It to keep tho water at 40 degrees or below, at all times. Fnttenlng Uuckt. Perfect cleanliness must be kept up, If not their fllthlness will almost exceed that af the hog, says American Poultry Journal. If their pen cannot be kept clean any other way use straw. Do not let them paddle lu mud unless you want to flavor them with It. Ducks v.111 lay on fat very rapidly and often get so fat that they will drop dead from a sudden fright. Do not be afraid to give them a large yard as the exercise they take will Increase their fat. It is n mistaken idea to pen any kind of fowls In Bmall yards to keep them from running the fat off. Such an idea is contrary to natural science. In pbysl ology wo are taught to oxerclse it or der to- assimilate our food and the greater the assimilating power the greater tho amount ot flesh laid on. Oiye them a large yard and never allow anybody or anything to frighten them. It is tho undue exerclso that exhausts tho flesh and not tho exerclso they take for their own pleasure. As I have Btated, keep them quite hungry for fivo days, then Increase their feed, be ing very enrcful not to overfeed them, and you will be surprised at the amount of fat they will lay on. The time re quired to fatten a duck should nut ex ceed fourteen dnys. As soon bb they got fat they will commence shedding their feathers. Then pick out tho fatt est and dreBs them, aB thy will get full of pin-feathers In three days. If dressed at tho right tlmo the feathers will pull out very easily. If picked too soon they will bo very tight nnd likely to fetch tho Bkln along; while if too late the pin-feathers will bo very nu merous. They must bo shaved. A shoemaker's knife with a quite narrow blndo is the best. Grind It very thin half way to tho back, then uso a razor strop and keep It sharp enough to Bhave with. If the pin feathers aro cut close to the skin they will not injure tho sale In the leaBt. I have referenco to dry picking. Of course the pln-feathera can bo pulled out when they are scald ed, though It will pay to always dry pick as you cannot hold scalded stock, while dry picked stock will keep In definitely, which means a great deal when tho market is overstocked; and will sell for enough more at any tlmo to pay for tho extra trouble. The Gougr. No fowl can bo reared with as much profit and with so little care as tho goose. After they have attained the age of four months but little attention is required other than supplying plenty ot fresh water, a good grass range and a scrupulously dry roosting place, whuch must also be free from lice and other vermin fatal to the young, says Fancier's Review. If It is impossible to provide free range, the next best sub stitute Is wire netting, which need bo but about 18 inches high to confino them until mature. Give them fresh water twice each day, also green food such as turnip tops, celery and cabbago or allow them free range morning and evening. There Is no doubt that tbjere is profit in gooso culture. When Thanksgiving time arrives you can generally dispose of the young goBllngs at ten cents per pound, and their aver ago weight will bo about ten pounds. Suppose, for Instance, you havo twelve "gooselets" at $1 each, the receipts from the sale would be $12 and the cost of feed has been but a trifle. It Is safe to say that your profit will havo been $10 on tho transaction. Of course they cannot always bo disposed of at $1 each, but on the other hand tho price 1b often more than a dollar, hence we take It as a basis on which to figure. We doubt if fancy fowls would pay better, con sidering, of course, that we always have a ready market for our geese. By cross ing a China gander on Toulouse geese, large goslings arc obtained, quick to crow, nicely marked with medium length pecks, yellow bills and remark nblv easy to domesticate. My experi ence has clearly demonstrated that the rearing of geese should be (lone entirely separate from the rearing of fowls, as the old and young of both are naturally Inclined to be pugnacious, especially so after the young are nbout half grown. Wo favor hatching by henB, remnrk the Fancier's Review, giving four eggs to each, and ufter one month the atten tion of biddy is no longer necessary. Late In the season If females are plenty we allow the goose to hatch her young and we give each a clutch of ten eggs. This number Is sufficient for safety. If too large a number Is placed under the goose some aro liable to be broken. Geese are easily and profitably raised In Urn South. They arc experts in rid ding a cotton field of grass. New 1'onttrjr IIoue. It Is oflen more work to fix up a poul try house than to build u new one. To attempt to work over one that has no end of projections uuu cross oeama Is discouraging In tho extreme. Cracks hero and thero admit the air and are difficult to effectually stop. Wo saw such a house last winter, whero the owner had attempted to paper up the apertures by which the wintry blasts found access. He had used felt paper, nulling It on over the Joists and leaving a dead-air spaco between the paper and the boards. This had apparently been all right for a time, till the hens got to flying against it anu mus tearing it - iu 4ntate Tllf fnilfR liolrl nn tn from tho joists. The tacks held on to tho wood all right, but the paper was simply pulled over me neaos. bo we say that new houses are desirable whero they can be secured. Matched lumber for building will doubtless pay best In tho end, though It may coal more at first. Color of Milk and Richness. The color of cream does not indicate tho richness of tho mill:, though It Is some times thought to do so. A subscriber of tho Farmers' Roview had a number of cows that he determined to test. Tho milk of tho best cow had a very light color, and previously to testing her he had not supposed that her milk wa richer than thai oi several omer cows. In fact, one ot bta Jersey cows that had a very rich colored cream had been looked upon as the one giving the rich est milk. Her cream when investi gated was found to bo much less rich than that of the on giving the pale milk. This shows tlntt the eye U not able to determine the real value of milk and cream, but that chemistry, a applied In tho Babcock test, Is the onlj reliable process. 'After a good rain diligently use tho hoe in tue nower ueus uuu jour piams will grow all the better; but bo careful t to hoe out tue aa yet poorly estab- isnC(i plants when trying to remove an obnoxious weed growing alongside. Remove the?e wan tue lingers. ADVICE TO FARMERS. Oy II. II. Carr A Co., the Fanner's Cero mtiflfin IIoDse. We are In the midst of an excltlnc polltical campaign; tho great cltlea nre stirred by monster demonstrations. The great orators hold forth every night in halls, wigwams, ad tents. Po litical leaders are busy figuring out th result In advance of the election. Thou sands of men In the employ of the na tional committees are ascertaining na near as possible how each city ward, how each branch of organized labor, how each city will Vote. Ono thing no man, no set of men, no campaign com mittee, no political party can tell In advance, that Is, how the farmers of" the country will vote. Tho ono great question to-day Is: How do the farm ers feel about It? We mention this only to Illustrate a point In practical business matters. Agricultural workers are learning their power in politics. They can mnko or unmake state legislatures. They do It by Imitating tho methods of labor In cities, by working together. They do not need local union?. They can. work In our grand Intellectual union for their common good. They have done it In demanding legislation. They nre doing it now In a way that makes leaders tremble. Tney will act mom intelligently and united In the future. They find other things than politics to call for their decision. They produca what the world needs. They are study ing new methods of giving the fruit of their labors to the world. Recently an army of 100,000 men marched through Chicago's streets celebrating the twen-ty-flfth anniversary of the great fire. The farmers have for years fed a much. greater army; not only fed, but niauo rich, presented with grain elevators, private banks, fine houses, costly lux uries. the old-time, ever-present army or. middlemen, nut there is a revolt against dividing profits with thin army between the farm and the world's blgr markets. This independent action began with this pioneer farmer's commission house. It Is assuming proportions which make the easy money-makers (professional, shippers) at the stations over a dozen Btates tributary to Chicago trc"mble. The question: "What are the farmers going to do?" bothers not politicians nlone, but all those who have bcen. gcttlng something for nothing. Farm ers nre going to ship their own grain. not a few or a hundred, but an army of thousands. They know how, they havo tried it, it pays. That Is ono questlon answered by farmers. See what a few farmers say who have tried shipping: Rock Valley, Iowa, Sept. 29, 1S9G. Messrs. H. H. Carr & Co., Chicago, 111.: Gentlemen: Your favor of the 24th Instant, with nccount Bale and draft in settlement for car wheat No. 9002 at hand. I am well pleased with the results ah thank you very much for- your promptness, you will surely re ceive a large number of shipments front, this neighborhood. Yours truly, FRED KOCK. Marcus, Iowa. Sept. 2, 1696. Messrs. H. II. Carr & Co., Chicago, 111 : Gen tlemen: On the two cars of oats I sent to you last winter I made about 542: by shipping It. Thanking you for pabt: favors, I remain. Yoursitruly, RUDOLPH ZANGGER. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. It is estimated that 130,000,000 oysters ftro yearly received at Liverpool fronv abroad. A Baltimore young man forgot hlo wedding day and attended a game of ' baso ball. Pulaakl county, Missouri, presents as a candidate for tho leadership1 of tho populists a man whoso beard is nearly flvo feet long. President Krueger of lato haa been, getting very deaf. Tho malady Is, ln the opinion of his medical advisers,, duo to execssiyc smoking. Henceforth the Ameer of Afghanis tan Is to be known as the "Llgut of the World." His majesty Is having a gold; coin struck to commemorate hla new dignity. Having taken his bride's name upon. Iiarriage, a Topeka man who Is aulng-t-or divorce wants now to regain tho untarnished namo of his heyday. New York Sun. "There Is something strango about these seismic disturbances," said the thoughtful man; "tho earth yawns, you know, when it la most active." Boston Transcript. H. P. Clyde, of Savannah, Ox, who. somo years ago took a deed for 100 acres of laud for a debt of $140, has discovered a fino deposit of blue grained marble on it. Ono lady eald to another, "Havo yon been to church today? Wo had a most beautiful sermon on training children." "No, I was at home doing it," was th reply. London Tit-Bits. Tho lato Duke of Marlborough, in alluding to tho size ot Blenheim ral ace, used to say, by way of a joke, that It was tho only residence in England which required $4,000 worth ot putty a year to keep tho window panes in. order. At Bowling Green (Fla.), tho Irate father of a schoolboy who bad been whipped by the teacher met tho peda goguo on tho street and cursed him, whereupon tho wielder ot tho ferule had him arrested, and the justice fined-' him $5 and- costs. Mrs. Western Did you meet the Rushmeres at the seasldo this summer?' Mrs. Gotham Yes, they wero at the. same hotel we were. They are one ol our first families. "Yea, I noticed they were always the first at tho table." Yonkers Statesman. An untamed swallow, which had Us nest In a farm near Chotwynd, la Shropshire, was caught and taken In a cage to London, whero it was roleased. It returned to Its neat In eighty min utes, having accomplished a distance of 145 milos at the rato of nearly two miles a minute. CHARACTER IN WALKING. Quick steps are Indicative of enerirr and agitation. Tip-toe walking symbolizes surprise - curiosity, discretion or mystery. ' Turned-in toes are Often found with preoccupied, absent-minded persona Tho raiser's walk Is represented as stooping and nolsele3a, with short ner vous, anxious steps. The proud step is alow and measur ed; the toea are conaplcuoualy turnA out, the legs straightened. I ;. J ; fV 1
