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J'T DESEBT OLD FRIENDS. 5 > on t Ie vo old friends , when In distress , You know In brighter hours , " "Who now , perchance , pluck but the thorns , Whcro once they owned the flowers. < Glvo them the same old welcome , Not pass by with scornful frown ; 3Do all you can to help them ; Don't desert them when they're down. The via Vila's up-hill work , And slander's wordy strife ds its baneful glamour the seething crowd of life. "Some whom wo thought were true friends Before misfortune's frown < 0ur pedestal 6'orshaded , Now desert us when we're down. a leaf upon a streamlet , Or a tempest-tossed boat , many on the sea of life Can scarcely keep afloat. So help up those who helped you In the day of their renown ; j 'Though now the cloud hangs o'er them , Don't desert them when they're down. Could we lift the mystic curtain On our coming Joy or care ; Could the lights e'en dimly flicker , Bidding us beware ! beware ! -"Shadows through the twilight telling , More cross than glittering crown , Then should we like the old friends To desert us when we're down. [ Detroit Free Press. POPULAR SCIENCE. China has the electric light. Orders have been issued that tele phones for the use of divers shall be Supplied to British ships carrying such "men. Mother-of-pearl shells are largely -used in the Sheffield trades , and the prices have a tendency of late to reach 5ugh figures. There are 124,000 miles of railroad in Tthe United Slates , or seven times as many miles as there are in the United Singdom of Great Britian. S. Wroblewski supposes that the tem perature required for the complete liquefaction of hydrogen is about that which may be obtained by means'of "boiling oxygen. It is now placed beyond a doubt in the course of the investigation regard ing cholera in the east that Dr. Koch , -of the German Cholera Commission , ; has discovered the bacilli of the disease. Silk , which is carelessly treated in -dyeing with some artificial colors , loses much of its lustre ; as the workmen say , nt is no longer silk , "it is changed into cotton. " This can be avoided by the addition of soap to the dye bath. " [ Textile Recorder. In England during healthy years air " travels on the average about 4J- miles n hour , and 3 } in unhealthy. The per centage of carbonic acid ranges thus : In country , .08 ; in town , .04 ; in hospitals - -pitals , .05 ; in fogs , .07 ; in crowded ianes , .IS ; in theatres , .30. Honigman's fireless locomotive , with "the caustic-soda condenser , has been 'used regularly since March 81 for passenger - -senger traffic between Stolberg , near -Aix la Chapello and Wurfelen. The locomotive when charged , it is found , will go for twelve hours. Aluminum can be beaten out , either hot or cold , as perfectly as gold or sil ver , and can be rolled in the same way. 3 > aves as thin as those for gilding and silvering can be made of it , and it is -easily drawn into wire. Its high cost .prevents its use extensively in the arts. Built-up wood , like that employed for = a good many years back in bottoming -chairs , already competes with canvas lor the purposes of the artist , and with "binders' board for book covers. Its "lightness , almost entire absence of -cleavage lines and non-liability to split are among its commendable features. Cooking With Oil Stores. Mrs. Lincoln , the Boston lecturer on cookery , says : When one tells you that there is "ho trouble" in using an -oil stove you may be morally certain that she does not know what she is talking about. To be sure you are 'saved additional heat and dust in the summer when you have so much of -both from nature herself ; but unless .you are careful you will have a smoky atmosphere and a disagreeable odor You needn't have either if you choose to manage properly ; the "no trouble" .people will have it all the time. Tie 'way to avoid it is to keep the burner perfectly clean , and entirely free from "the gummy burner deposit which even the best oil will have on the polished 'brass burner. Every day the burner -should be washed in hot , clean suds , thoroughly dried and the wick re placed ; the little brass network about the base of the burner should be carefully - fully wiped and kept free from -every particle of dust. The wick should be cut squarely and evenly with sharp scissors , and not -even a thread should be left that is higher than the rest. When the blaze is extinguished the wick should be turned down at least half an inch be low the edge of the burner. If it is left above , or even with the top , it will -absorb oil , and- the oil will run over the top , making it greasy and soiled , and emit an unpleasant odor. The best quality of oil should be used , as , --after all , it is fully as economical ; there is less sediment in it , it will burn 'to the last drop , will not smoke so badly and does not leave such a rank odor. The stove should be filled after using , and when it is first lighted the blaze should be watched , because it in creases in intensity and very soon be- tgins to" smoke. It can then be regu lated and left for some time , especially if you are baking ; if you have water on boiling , as soon as the water reaches the boiling point the flame will increase -again and must be turned down. The reason for this nobody pretends to explain - plain , but the fact remains. Thurloir Weed's Faith. The religious element in Mr. Weed's stature was largely developed. He made no professions in this direction ; he subscribed to no formal articles of iaith ; but he always led a sober , con scientious , reverential life , and was a far better Christian in thought and deed than many who are punctilious in mat ters ho thought irrelevant. One day , when he was far advanced * in life , a bustling young Baptist brother called upon him to converse about sin and re demption. He alluded to the weather , the goodness of the Creator in grant ing various kinds at weather , and then , after a pause , began : "Mr. Weed , if you will excuse me , you are now an old man. You cannot have many years to live , and have called to pray with you and talk with you aboutthe interests of your soul , in view of the eternal future. " Mr. Weed smiled upon the juvenile preacher , who might have been his grandson , and said : "Ithank you sincerely for the intent and kind wishes which no food oubt brought you here. But you seem to bo laboring under a misappre hension. Do you really imagine that a serious-minded man wha has lived be tween these two worlds for eighty-four years ; who has had the highest joy and the deepest sorrow ; who nas been stricken down in the shadow of death more than once and came out alive ; who has been bereft of fathei > and mother , brothers and sisters , wife and children ; who has seen the dear fnends of his youth drop off one by one till scarcely a companion remains above the sod , has never dwelt upon this ques tion of the meaning of life and the mys tery of death , concerning which you have come to give me youropinion ? I thank you , my dear friend , but you can do nothing for me. " And the youth took his departure. ONCE IS ENOUGH. How People Feel About Bepeatlng Their Lives. Though most people do their best to prolong life , few are in favor of repeat ing it. Even with the wisdom acquired in a lifetime to arm one for the battle nobody longs to go back and try it all over again. Indeed , those who are honest admit that they could not do it ; that knowing what the ordeal is they would have no courage to begin it. Each seems to feel as he nears the end of the intricate and tiresome journey that he has been miraculously'preserv ed ; that another time he might not be so fortunate. The greater his ac cumulation of wisdom the more certain he is of this. Nothing is so destructive to self-conceit than living. It is not the disabled , the defeated and the baffled alone who rejoice that the business of life is one that can have no repetition. The successful , the honored , the envied those who are considered victors entertain the same feeling. They rejoice that it is not to be done over again. No one wants to live his childhood over again , although that stage of his existence may have been comparatively a happy one. Maturity has taught him that it was inferior ; and sad as his wisdom is , he would not exchange it for the crude bliss of ignorance. The middle-aged man sighs perhaps that his youth has been spent unprofitably - ably , but he does not want it back again. The patriarch boasts of his days of strong young manhood , but he would not go back and live them over if he could. No , he does not wish to live it over again , not even its happiest hours. They are all safe in memory , and he speaks of them with a smile and a sigh , but he does not ask for them again. Yet they were full of honor , crowded with love and crowned with success. , _ And the aged woman whose girlhood Texas and a Cattle Quarantine. Galreston New The live stock commission of Kan sas , in conference with veterinai y sur geons representing the United States government , agreed that it was advisa ble that Kansas , Missouri , Illinois , Eowa , Nebraska and Colorado should quarantine against the introduction of cattle from New Yerk by any road south of the north line of Pennsylvania , Pennsylvania and Virginia east of the Alleghenies , and New Jersey , Dela ware , Rhode Island and Maryland , being the districts where cattle are affected witn pleuro-pneumonia. The governor of Kansas has invited the governors of the western states indi cated to co-operate in this quarantine , but the governor of Missouri declines for wane of authority. According to Governor Glick's letter to Governor Crittenden , large numbers of calves are being shipped from the infected dis tricts to the west , and owing to the fact that cattle in the west roam over a large extent of .country , if the disease were introduced it would spread with cer tainty. No mention of Texas is made in the correspondence , nor does it ap pear that the conference considered this state as interested with the west in ex- clud'ng diseased cattle from importa tion. Texas has more cattle roaming over ' the country than any two of the s'tates named , and Texas is importing fine breeds of cattle from the east. Moreover , Texas sends to Kansas , Mis souri and Nebraska annually immense herds of cattle which , if infected or re ported to be infected , would be denied admission to those markets. Possibly the conspicueus omission of this state from the list of the states to be pro tected may be understood to mean that the movement will ultimately be u ed to exclude Texas beeves from the Kan sas and Missouri markets. Texas cat tle production is the cheapest in the. country. It is always dragging down the market. The cattle interests of the slates north and northwest of Texas have for years exhibited hostility to the free grass fed herds from this state. Texas levers have been discovered , and the trade of Texas constantly threat ened. But the long horn has persist ently pushed his way out , underselling all others because more cheaply pro duced in the main. This new move ment , which may threaten Texas or . . _ * .jAr y - * --rr not , ought to have the attention of the governor of this state. If there is any real danger to the cattle intercuts - , of Kansas and Missouri from pleuro-pneumonia to be averted by the quarantine proposed , it is also a danger which threatens the cattle in terests of at least the most important stock raising districts of Texas. If there is no real danger , Texas , by in action , ought not to afford a pretext to be used against the overland cattle trade of Texas. Pleuro-pneumonia may not take hold in southern or south western Texas , but if it will ever pre vail in southern Kansas and Missouri , it must prevail in northwestern Texas. The results would be incalculably dis astrous. After the inter-state drill this matter might be worth the attention of the governor. It might be worth the attention also of Texas senators and representatives in congress , for the Texas cattle trade will be much less liable to harassment and injury under sanitary regulations affecting inter state cattle movements , if such regula tions are administered by the general government , than it would be if they were left to the state governments in sympathy with local cattle interests chafing at Texas competition and anx ious for some means of crippling it. Points for Wool Growers. over _ " years to cbn7e the "largest clip ever raised in the United States. The sup ply of foreign will be unusually abun dant. The financial panic has already af fected prices of wools. Orders which had been given for Colorado wools have been countermanded until further developments , and manufacturers are very wisely awaiting the outcome. A contraction of credits , of course , means less business , and the only actual wants will be supplied. The situation is less hopeful than ever. The protest from this section against the proposition of Converse , of Ohio , to abolish the duty on carpet wools was anticipated by the prompt action of Senator Hill , of this state , who repre sented to Converse that Colorado , be ing the grower of most of the carpet wool raised in this country , would suf fer by such a change. Thereupon Rep resentative Converse declared that he "would not think of interfering with any industry of this section. " A. mammoth shearing establishment , consisting of corrals , pens and sheds for handling and shearing an immense number of sheep , with all necessary appliances , has been 'constructed at Hugo , Kansas , by the Union Pacific railroad. A large warehouse is also to be built for storing wool. It is cheaper for a flock owner to take his wool to market on the sheep's back than in wagons , if he does not have to go more than 100 miles. There are 200,000 sheep withiu easy range of Hugo. The Working Women Problem. Bos ton Globe. I Most of the subjects on which Rev. Mr. Savage has touched in his series of sermons on "Man , Woman and Child , " he has treated clearly and definitely , and has pointed out a possible way for the bettering of things. But in his ser mon on Sunday , on the "Working- women's problem , " while he spoke sympathetically and progressively , he stopped short of offering any adequate measures of relief and improvement. His suggestion that training schools should be established to make skilled laborers , his plea for the truth that it should be considered as noble for a woman to work as it is for a man , his recommendation that the law should remedy some of the inequalities be tween wofkingmen and women are all very well as far as they go. But they go such a very little way. If they might be brought into the fullest oper ation at once how much benefit would the sewing woman receive whom he i old about getting seven cents a dozen for finishing shirts ? Mr. Savage is on the wrong track. He wants to cure deep set evils by out side applications. The trouble is with our theories and our systems. Physi cians say that as the strength of a chain is equal to its weakest link , so the vital strength of the body is equal to its weakest organ. And in the same way the badness of a social and commercial system should be estimated by the pull its makes on the weakest members of society. The sad and ruinous burdens of work ing women are only the results of con ditions that press more hardly on them than on men , because they are weaker. Che wronor js at the root of the whole matter , and the working woman can receive no definite and lasting benefit ixcept by working from that root up ward and making the conditions of life gasier and freer for both workingmen ind workingwomen. i Clever Husband , But a Clever Wife. Arkansaw Traveler. Women are skillful. "Who is that horrid whisky bloat ? " asked a lady of an acquaintance , while they stood riewing the guests at a fashionable re ception. "Which one ? " "That one with the red mustache and awful nose. Dent you see ! " "He is my husband ! " ' Oh , " laughed the lady , "I SPB that you are not sensitive , " although she saw vengeance in the eyes of the insult ed lady , "Several nights ago a friend made a similar remark about my hus band , -and I became very angry. I de clared it would anger any woman ; but aiy friend said that you , having the best husband in the world , would not care , and I wagered a pair of gloves that you would ; b'ut you see 1 have lost. I hear that your husband is spoken of as an available candidate for governor. How clever he must be. " LITE STOCK NOTES. It is reported that eight percent , o the sheep in Polk county , Oregon , were killed by coyotes last year. Texan ponies are being sent to Eng land. They are trained for saddle horses and are highly valued by polo players. Bran mashes are recommended for mares that foal early in the spring before grass appears. Oats are said tc bo better than corn for mare and suck ing colts. Fault is found with grade Norman horses that they are not proportioned right. In some the bones are too small , in others the feet are too large for the rest of the breast. Care in the selection of mares to breed to Norman stallions would remedy these defects and pro duce the quality of animals wanted. The Shropshire Down is a reliable breeder and good mother , will average more than one lamb a year and yields a close heavy fleece of medium long wool of fairly fine texture. It is a larger , leggier sheep than the South down , but has not such good forequar- ters. It combines excellence of both carcass and fleece. The Kansas Faimer has been claim ing for some time that indications pointed toward a lower range of prices or American wools , and now says : 'More recent experience confirms our opinion. Wool growers may as wel Accept the gloomy prospect as a fixed Lct and brighten it up with renewed lergy and more economical meth- I It is estimated that there are 15,000- JO horses in this country , and in order keep up the supply 1,000,000 must > bred annually. The importation in krge numbers of late of Percb.eron.and flydesdale horses has increased the av- age size and capacity of our stock oi jrses , and further improvement will lecessarily follow. The national horse show , at their next annual exhibition in New York city , May 27 to 31 , invite western breed ers and importers of draft horses to send their best specimens. The sec retary ( at 48 Broad street ) writes that , recognizing the great Norman horse interest in America , they have offered over $12,000 in premiums to that spe cial breed. Brood ewes that will have early lambs are better in a yard and shed by them selves , as they need a more .generous feeling than those coming in later. Rams and wethers should never be kept with ewes ; they are rough mannered , and butt the weaker sheep too much. Sheep are better off "if kept in an open yard and shed , than if penned up too closely. A horse has been known to live to the age of sixty-two years , but the av erage life time is between twenty-five and thirty years. From one of the New England states comes the report of a horse , now past thirty-eight , which is hale and hearty , and able to draw as heavy a load as most of the young horses. It is a noticeable fact that when horses of remarkable ages are f ound they are generally from well- bred stock. Our present losses of $300,000 a year from animal diseases of minor degree , says the Country Home , are enough without adding a third as much more by do-nothingism. Fortunately con gress seems inclined not to listen to the pessimists , and the chances are favora ble to the creation of a force which will check the wild horde of diseases which only good luck has kept from overrun ning our herds. In breeding colts the influence of the dam can scarcely be overrated. It has been too much the habit of horsemen to consider only the sire. They appear to have proceeded on the assumption that if the sire was good it mattered little what was the quality of the other animal. Greater things would have been accomplished than have yet been in the improvement of our horses had care been exercised in this respect. In Indiana when a man has a sheep killed by a dog he must report the loss to the township trustees within ten days , and any person making a false statement of the amount of damage done may be fined $100 and confined in the county jail thirty days. An assessor who fails to list any dog is lia ble to a fine of $5 for each case , and any one making a false statement as to the number of dogs he keeps may be fined $100. A dog caught killing sheep may be killed without ceremony. Didn't Marry the Whole Family. New York World. "What's that he says ? " asked the wife of the justice , who thereupon in terpreted the husband's remarks. " ! " the wife in "Money ejaculated as tonishment. "Why , he's only got about $10. " "Und vat does your f adder und brod- der cost me ? " said the husband , turn ing wrathfully upon his wife. "Ven I marrit you I didn't dink I vould haf to marry der family. Shudgre , I vant your obinion on dot boint. Vos de law in dis country dat I daf to make a leefing tor mem veif's family ! " "You are only compelled to support your wife , " said the magistrate. "Dat's vat I dink , " he said , looking triumphantly at his wife. "See , Rose , your husband knows more as you. Und haf I also got der ridt to drew any one oud of der house dat I don't want iere ? " "You also have that right , " replied the justice. "Den I know vat I vill do veil I got home , " rejoined the husband. "You must not use any violence. " Oh , I vill be very stientle. 1 vill shust get dem by de collar und say , von , dwo , dree , und oud dey go. " "Look how he treats my poor old father , " sobbed the wife. "He can't live without me , and I married Morris on the condition that he should live with me as long as he lived. " "Dot ish drue , " said the husband ; "but I don't vant to be kicked arouut like a fobt-pall. ' Vatefer I do , he sticks in his dalk , und dells me how he used to do it ven he vas young , und shust marrit. I dold him von day : 'I ain'd you , und you vos not me , so we can't pe alike. ' * If I vos like you , ' he said , I vould kill meinsef. ' Dot made me so Iff. A. SPALDING , AGENT FOR THE . . * * , , COO Ott tt ttO in O Ice 111 Sold Low for cash , or on easy payments or rented until the rent pays fertile organ. M. A. SPALDING , Agent , McCOOK , - NEBRASKA. STOCK DIEECTOKY DENNIS M'KILLIP. Ranch on Red Willow , Thornburg , Hayes County , Neb. Cattle branded ' ST. M. " on leftside. Young cattle branded same as above , also "J. ' ' on left jaw. tinder-slope right ear. Horses branded "E" on left shoulder. . FOR SALE. My range of 1,000 acres of deeded land in one body , including the Black and Byfield hay lands ; timber and water with two good farm houses and other improvements. Convenient to No. 1 school privileges. Situated in the Republican val ley west o Red Willow creek. Call on or address JF. . BLACK. Indianola , Neb. W. J. WILSON. Stock brand circle on left shoulder ; also dewlap and a crop and under half crop on left ear , and a crop and under bit in the right. Ranch on the Republican. Post- office , Max , Dundy county , Nebraska. HENRY T. CHUKCH. O bornNeb. Rnnge : Red "Willow creek , n southwest corner of Frontier county , cat- le branded "O L O" ou right side. Also , in over crop on right ear and under crop on eft. Horses branded " 8" on right shoulder. SPRING CREEK CATTLE CO. Indianola , Neb. Range : Republican Val- ey , east of Dry Creek , and near head of Spring Creek , in Chase county , J. D. WELBORX , Vice President and Superintendent JOHN HATFIELD & SON. ' McCook , Neb. , Ranch 4 miles southeast , on Republican river. Stock branded with a bar and lazy K on left hip | MESEKVt. Ranch , Spring Canyon on the Frenchman River , in Chase county , Neb. Stock branded as above ; also " 717" on left side ; 7 on ricrht and "L. " hip on right shoulder ; 4 < L."on left shoulder and "X. " on left jaw. Half under-crop felt ear , and square- orop right ear. C. D. PHELPS ; Range : Republican Valley , four miles west of Culbertson , south side of Republi can. Stock branded " 161" and 4 < 7-L. " P. 0. Address , Culbertson , Neb. THE TURNIP BRAND. Ranch 2 miles north of McCook. Stock , branded on left hip , and a. few double cross es on left side. C. D. ERCANBRACK. STOKES & TROTH. P. O. Address , Carrico , Hayes county , Nebraska. Range , lied Willow , above Oar- rlco. Stock branded as above. Also run iha brand. \ GEORGE J. FREDERICK. Ranch 4 miles southwest of McCook , on the Driftwood. Stock branded "AJ" on the left hip. P. O. address , McCook , Neb. W. N. PBOCTOR. McCook , Neb. , range ; Red Willow creek in southwest c rnerof Frontiercounty. Also. E. P. brand on right Lip and Hide and pwal- low-fork in right ear. Horces branded E. P. on right hip. A few branded ' 'A" on right hip. ALL LIVE DRUGGISTS SELL AatHBiliotu and Dyspeptic On * .