AGRICULTUEAL
Catite 'of 3Iilk Fever.
Vrjrm , Field md F'rc ' ( do.
Milk fever is said to be caused by the
sealing up of the uterine vessels , after
separation of the foetus , with blood
clots , and their subsequent absorption
and interference with circulation ; but
this view is not sustained by experience
and post mortem examination. It some
times occurs before calving , and hence
before blood clots have been formed ,
. and is very uncommon in connection
with first or second calvings in aged
animals , and in those that have been
out of health or had difficult labors.
The conditions under which milk fever
exists , or is caused , are various. The
disease is seldom observed in the cow
before the age of five years. It is more
frequently found to attack animals in a
plethoric condition. It more frequent
ly affects the pure breeds than others ,
and is also more fatal with them. It
seldom occurs subsequent to three days
before calving , but always occurs , as. a
rule , after calving , and previous at
tacks , favor its recurrence. Although
the ewe is sometimes afflicted with
the disease , and also the sow , and the
mare occasionally , it is more prevalent
with the cow than any other class of
animals.
JIow to JCear Slllt Worms.
The Kansas Industrialist gives in
structions for the rearing of silkworms
in a small way. The larva thrive on
osage orange loaves , and the writer be
lieves the product is nearly or quite as
good if they be fed on the white mul
berry. The eggs should be kept in a
cool place a cellar is good until the
young hedge leaves start , when , if they
are brought into the temperature of an
ordinary living room , the larva will
soon appear. They are not inclined to
travel , and may be kept on a paste
board box lid , or even on a newspaper ,
from the , time they come out small ,
black worms , until they are two and a
half inches long , and arc ready to open
their cocoons. Lest refuse from their
feeding should become moldy , and
therefore damp , the worms must be
placed upon new and clean paper. It
must be remembered that the young
larva are extremely tender , and must
be handled with the utmost care. They
can , however , be successlully transfer
red by letting them become quite hun
gry and supplying them with good ,
fresh leaves on the young branches ; the
worms will crawl upon these , and may
be readily transferred. In no case
should wet leaves be fed , whether from
dew or rain ; all drops of water should
be shaken off the leaves. They should
be fed three times a day ; indeed , it will
be found that the better the worms are
fed , and the drier and warmer they are
kept , the faster they will grow , the
larger they will become , and the soon
er they will mature and spin their co
coons.
Fall Feeding.
There is nothing to indicate that
either cattle or hogs will command ex
ceptionally high prices next autumn or
winter. The present indications are
that the corn crop will be abundant and
prices moderate , so that a fair profit
may be expected from feeding either
class of stock , if reasonable care can be
used. As many farmers are situated ,
the best results may be expected from
comparatively early feeding and sales.
Either beef or pork can be more cheap
ly made in September or October than
in December , where the conditions are
such as are to be found on most west
ern farms. Two things we count im
portant in this matter to commence
feeding as early as practicable , and to
sell as soon as the animals cease mak
ing fair gains. Both cattle and hogs
that have been grass-fed during the
summer will usually make great gain
for weeks after the commencement of
feeding new corn ; and in our own prac
tice we do not wait for the corn to ma
ture. At the first both cattle and hogs
not only eat but relish and are helped
by the greqn corn-stalks , as well as by
the ears. After about sixty days for the
hogs , and ninety for the cattle , the in
crease is comparatively small. If one
has a crop of grain well secured there
is little loss in holding it , even if the
price does not advance ; but a fat ani
mal , which is not daily gaining in
weight , is a source of loss , unless there
be an advance in price. Tn almost any
lapeje number of cattle or hogs there
will be found a few animals which do
not thrive , and which it will pay better
to sell , even at a low price , than to feed
longer , and especially with hogs , some
animals will become fully ready for the
market much in advance of others.
There are some advantages in selling
large lots , but generally sales can be
made of even a very few animals at
nearly full prices. A good average
steer , thirty to thirty-six months old ,
fed thirty bushels of corn in 90 to 100
days , should gain at least 200 pounds ,
and add one cent per pound to the
whole carcass , aside from helping fat
ten a hog ifom the undigested corn in
his droppings , and this ought to pa } ' .
While this is a very different system
from that pursued by the feeders who
send the very best cattle to our mar
kets , yet this fact does not make it cer
tain that it may not be the desirable
plan of feeding for many farmers. We
wish to especially emphasize the fact ,
well known as it is to most farmers ,
that much better results can be obtain
ed from feeding during the mild wea
ther than during the storms of winter ,
unless provision be made to give unu
sually good shelter.
Wife on. the Farm.
During these hot days , if there be
any class of persons who claim our
sympathy it is the wife and mother
who is faithfully performing her duly
during the busy da3s. Mrs. Gale truly
pictures the wife on the farm :
How pleasant these cool mornings
are for an extra nap , after the heat and
worry of the night. But the farmer's
wife must be up with the birds while
the dewdrons are sparkling and the
eastern sky is aglow with its roseate
hues , glinting the clouds , with the com
ing sunbeams.
But she must turn from all these
beauties her soul loves to contemplate ,
for the men are wanting an early
breakfast , so she must not linger to
look at them , but stifle every feeling of
love for the beautiful , if she woula be
called a model farmer's wife. For the
dishes are waiting and churning is to
be done ; duty before pleasure. The
day is grpwing hot and lier hands are
BO tired , and her head , oh , how it
aches ! If she could just bathe her
head at the dripping fountain , so cool ,
and clear , at the old homestead , where
the bees used to hum and skim over
the abundant clover blooms. Her
heart is hungering for beauties , sub
lime and glorious. But she must get
dinner and oake her bread ; fortte men
are wanting their dinner just on time
and plenty of it. The dishes washed ,
the churning done , the rooms tidied
and dinner over , she sits down to sew ,
though her head aches ; till supper
time draws nigh. For her husband
must have a change of linen these hot
days , and her children must look as
well as others. So she mends and
darns , for no true mother can neglect
her children. The husband comes
from the field after the flies are driven
out , and the roem darkened , and
thinks what an easy time the women
have in the cool house ; nothing to debut
but work in the shade. But what of
her future life , when she starts over
life's hill towards the sunset land.
Will these same children for whom she
toils so willingly now , in turn care for
her , when the eye is paling with age ,
and the hair is blossoming for the win
ter of life ?
And when the strife and weary toil
arc over , and she lies at rest , with
hands crossed over once throbbing bos
om , will not the fairest crown of all
be given to the weary farmer's wife ?
Successive Crops of Poultry.
Where labor is too costly , or where ,
as in a large family , no account is
made of the labor of the children , it is
possible to obtain a large income from
a comparatively small flock of fowls.
This is accomplished by raising suc
cessive crops of chickens during the
season. The first crop should be out
of the shell by February 1 , and the last
installment by June 15. We are speak
ing now of raising chickens for mar
ket. The first hatched will be ready
for market by the 1st of May , and the
last by thanksgiving. The old fowls
should be disposed of in July , or as
soon as their services as layers and
mothers can be dispensed with. The
successive broods should be disposed
of just as soon as they will command a
fair price. The earliest will be in
marketable condition in from eight to
twelve weeks. They can never be
more profitably disposed of than at
that age , for as they increase in size
prices decline , and so the extra food
bestowed on them is actually thrown
away. By this method of promptly
disposing of the chicks as they mature
the premises do not become over
stocked and the soil of the runs foul , as
in the case when large flocks are kept
throughout the season to be sold at the
holidays. By selling off the old stock
in July the greatest possible profit is
obtained from them. After this date
they lay but few eggs , begin to moult
in the fall , and perhaps lay not a single -
gle egg before winter. The extra
pound or two of flesh thev put on does
not pay for their food. By killing off
all surplus stock by Thanksgiving the
yards are cleared out and opportunity
is given to feed and care well for the
few that are to be kept over for next
season's breeding. The extra care
these few receive will induce early
laying and broodiness in the spring ,
and these two points are essential to
success. We have only outlined a
method that is followed by many in
'
the eastern states who have been 'suc
cessful in raising eggs and poultry for
the food market. The plan will have
to be modified according to locality
and other circumstances. .
T/JC Sect Sugar Problem ,
Rural New Yorker.
Our friends of the Ohio Farmer seem
to differ from our recent remarks in re
gard to the present impossibility of
making beet sugar in , America. But the
O. F. is clearly misinformed upon sev
eral points , and especially in two very
important points ; for beets are not su
gar beets , and fifty tons of sugar beets
per acre have never been produced in
Shis country. Of field beets and man
gels even , we doubt very seriously if 50
tons have ever been grown ; 30 or 35
tons may have been , but this yield has
been produced only by heavy manur
ing and high culture , such as would
produce 80 or 100 bushels of corn per
acre. Having had a good deal of ex
perience in growing roots and sugar
beets ; we are free to say that 14 tons of
sugar beets worth $70 per acre may pay
the farmer in some cases , as when the
season is very favorable ; but that he
woujld do much better to grow 30 tons
of mangels or common field sugar beets
( not suitable for sugar , however , ) just
as easily , that would be worth S3 a toner
or more to feed to cows or beef cattle ,
or even to hogs to make wholesome
sweet pork. And then it seems to have
seen shown by the repeated failures of
the manufacturers , that § 5 a ton is
more than can be afforded for the beets.
We are in favor of every industry that
can be made available to add to the re
sources of our agriculture , but so far
beet sugar-making in America has had'
so unfortunate a destiny that we feel it
to b3 unwise to try to boom it up.
FAmrifOTES.
Osage orange should be pruned three
times during the summer.
Coal tar is one of the best materials
mown for hardening garden walks.
The peach crop of Delaware is esti
mated to reach 10,000,000 baskets , the
largest since 1875.
The English wheat crop is estimated
at 80,000,000 bushels , Spring grains
and hay will be deficient.
Enterprising gardeners are deliberat-
ng in regard to heating the soil by
means of hot pipes placed under the
ground.
The growing tobacco crop is the
argest ever planted in this country.
Virginia , North Carolina and Kentucky
planted more than ever before.
The New Zealand wheat crop is
1,183,178 bushels , an average of 25V
mshels per acre. The supply availa-
> leior exportis estimated at 4,000,000
mshels.
The common garden or garter snake
is really a friend , but is usually re
garded as an enemy. It performs ex
cellent service in destroying insects and
vermin.
Do not allow any of the vegetables to
seed unless you desire the seed. Next
season the seed will germinate in places
where they are not wanted and be
come troublesome.
There is quite a difference between
the hogs'that are raised for food and
those intended for soap grease. It is
not a matter of rejoicing to kill a pork
er of a quarter of a ton m weight.
A judicious estimate of the irrigable
lands of Colorado places the number at
5,000,000 acres , which , with ordinary
farming , will produce sufficient food
material for the support of 2,000,000
people.
Florida is destined some day to be a
leading honey state. The bee pastur
age is abundant , the honey manufac
tured of excellent quality , and the cli
mate favorable. The only drawback
at piesent is inadequate rapid trans
portation.
A splendid method of utilizing the oat
crop for feeding is to cut it when in the
milky condition , just before the grain
ripens. It is then bundled , stored m the
barn , and fed to horses by being pass
ed through a cutter , straw and grain
together.
An increase of 1,500,000 acres of corn
over last year's acreage for the whole
country is reported , the.extension hav
ing been greatest in the area west jof
the Mississippi , and north of the Mis
souri , owing to the settlement and cul
tivation of new lands.
The rapid growth and dense shade
which buckwheat makes gives it great
value as a wheat destroyer. Even this
tles can be kept down by it if the land
is sown as soon after plowing as possi
ble and the first thistles that appear
are pulled or cut out with a hoe.
The Mobile Register makes the re
mark that a lot of designing deadbeats -
beats who hang around Washington
city , and live off the government by
their wits , have planned a bureau
of silk culture to receive from Con
gress an annual appropriation of
$150,000.
Although ensilage has been tried in
all sections of the country for over three
years , the dispute between its advocates
and those opposed to it grows stronger
every year. There is no necessity for
the warfare , as its use is certainly not
compulsory on any one.
Sailing Among Glaciers.
We had already sailed past several
glaciers larger than the Mer-de-Glace ,
of Mont Blanc , but they were so far
away that we got no adequate idea of
their extent. Nor did any of them push
their way into the sea. This glacier to
which our boat was now pointed , came
down into deep water and stretched
back into the mountains until its course
was lost in fields of snow. As the steam
er checked her speed to keep at a safe
distance from the monster , we found
that we had sailed up point-blank
against a vertical wall of blue ice one
mile and a half long , and 300 feet high
above the water. As if to illustrate the
srand ; scale and magnitude of every
thing , just as our boat rounded to , a
chip of ice , safely estimated to weigh
1,500 tons , broke off from the face of
the glacier and fell a distance of 100
feet into the sea. Of course , there fol
lowed a mighty uproar , and then a
wave that rocked our steamer as do
only the big swells from the Pacific. As
the tide was ebbing , the mass that had
just fallen into the water floated out
past the boat , forming a field of broken
ice several acres in extent.
The upper surface of the glacier was
full of deep fissures , and at the water
level there were mysterious caves which
no one dared to explore. Pisces of ice ,
large and small , were constantly drop-
ing into the sea ; and , as the ice-wall
acted as a sounding-board , there were
constant volleys of sound as sharp as
that of musketry or artillery demon
strating to our satisfaction that the
butt-end of a glacier , where icebergs
are made , is a very noisy place.
Passengers were landed on shore ,
and , after climbing along the side mo-
1-aine to a height of some 500 feet , a few
of us found ourselves at a point where
we could overlook the stream of ice
and get an idea of its deep fissures and
impassable condition. High as we were
there were yet peaks of ice between us
and the water that were still above us ,
and we could only see a fraction of a
mile inland. Everything was on a scale
that could only be realized by the test
of climbing. Alongside the glacier , in
mid-channel , there were seventy-five
fathoms of water ; and , as the steamer
approached shore to land us , the leads
man reported no bottom at twelve
fathoms.
Only last year did the boat make its
first trip to this glacier. Farther up the
bay four or five other glaciers come
down from the Fairweather group of
mountains , but very little is known
about them. We only caught an occa
sional glimpge of the glaciers , and saw
that.but a small part of the floating ice
in the bay came from the immense res-
ervoior of ice that we had visited.
Where "We Got the "Cue. "
The game of billiards was invented
about the middle of the sixteenth cen
tury by a London pawnbroker named
Wm. Kew. In wet weather this pawn
broker was in the habit of taking down
the three balls , and with the yard mea
sure pushing them , billiard fashion ,
from the counter into the stalls. In
time the idea of a board with side
pockets suggested itself. A black-let
ter manuscript says : "Master William
Kew did make one board whereby a
game is played with three balls , and
all the young men were greatly recre
ated thereat , chiefly the young clergy
men from St. Pawles ; hence one of ye
strokes was named a 'cannon , ' having
been by one of ye said clergymen in
vented. The game is now known by the
name of 'bill-yard , ' because William ,
or Bill , Kew did first play with a yard-
measure. The stick is now called a
kew , ' or 'kue. ' " It is easy to under
stand how ' "bill-yard" has been mod
ernized into "billiard , " the transform
ation of "kew" or "kue" into ' -cue" is
equally apparent
POPOLAR SCONCE.
The heart of a Greenland whale is
three feet in diameter.
The net profits of the Suez canal for
1883 reached 35,000,000 francs.
The comb of the bee is hung verti
cally ; that of the wasp is horizontal.
The skeleton of the carrion crow
weighs , when dry , only twenty-three
grains ,
The human skull contains fewer
bones than the skull of most animals
excepting birds.
The crocodile is said to swallow
stones sometimes , like birds , to aid the
gastric mill.
The amount of coal shipped from
Wales to foreign and British ports re
cently in one week was 278,378 toas.
The large , proininenteyes of the bril
liant dragon flies or devil's darning-
needles are each furnished with 28,000
polished lenses.
Pigeons have a double crop. In the
crop of the common fowl vegetable food
is detained sixteen hours , or twice1 as
long as animal food.
The intestines measure 150 feet in
length in a full-grown ox , while they
arc but three times the length of the
body in the lion and six times in man.
It is difficult to drown an insect , as
the water cannot enter the pores of the
skin ; but if a drop of oil be applied to
the abdomen it falls dead at once , be
ing suffocated.
The number of flowers produced by
the palm is astonishing , no less than
12,000 having been counted in a spathe
of the date , and ' 207,000 in one of a
species of Alfonsia.
Continued observations made since
the year 1875 at the Meudon Observa
tory have confirmed the conclusion
that the rings of Saturn are extreme
ly variable , and do not retain a fixed
form.
Solutions of chloral should be kept
in dark glass bottles. Sunlight de
composes it into chloroform. The
change is not easily perceived , and has
caused a number of accidents in the
past five years.
An ordinary spider's thread , just vis
ible to the naked eye , is the union of
1,000 or more fine and delicate threads
of silk. These primary threads are
drawn out and united by the hind legs
of the spider.
Professor F. A. Forel , of Merges , who
has for many years recorded his ob
servations on the Mer de Glace , re
ports that the glaciers of Mont Blanc
are advancing again , after a long pe
riod of decrease.
An electric horse chronometer has
been invented. The movement is con
trolled by a current opened and closed
by the breaking of an almost microsco
pic copper wire stretched across the
track. It is said to record to the 1-500
of a second. .
Jurubeba. a drug that is quite popu
lar in Brazil , has been recently intro
duced into the United States. It be
longs to the Solanum or tomato family ,
and is said to possess all the virtues
and none of the vices of mercury. Dr.
Carvalho , of Rio de Janeiro , and Dr.
De Champs , of Paris , call it "the vege
table mercury. "
STAMPS.
Xlie Slanio for Collecting Postage Stamps
Ucw Xliay are Obtained.
New York Sun.
The announcement that 8300 had
been paid for a cancelled Brattleboro'
postal stamp calls our attention to a
mania which has gradually increased
until it has reached an extent which is
really extraordinary. Some may in
quire what leads people to collect pos
tal stamps. The only reply is found in
another question , what leads people to
collect anything ? The Tact is , that a
disposition to make colleetions ol some
kind has always been a feature in our
race. One of the strangest of these
collections , which in one instance at
least became a mania , is mentioned in
the life of Tom Moore. While through
England he met a man who collected
hangmen's ropes , and who had 200 ,
each ticketed with the name of the vic
tim. The postal-stamp mania is of
modern date , but it has during a brief
period reached such an extent that it
is impossible to foresee any limit to
prices.
Formerly payment of postage was
made in money and was marked with
pen and ink ; at present , however , 200
governments use stamps. In 1S40 the
latter were adopted in the British post-
office , and seven years latej our own
government made a smilar change.
The example thus set on both sides of
the Atlantic was gradually followed
until the use of stamps has become uni
versal. The mania for collecting them
soon began , though at first it was very
limited. It grew like all other forms
of mania until it became a regular traf
fic and was reduced to a system. The
vulue of rare stamps is now generally
fixed , and they are collected in all parts
of the world. The highest price ever
paid Tor a postage stamp is S500. The
one referred to was issued on the French
island of Re Union. The original cost
of this stamp was 15 centimes and thir
ty centimes (3 cents and 6 cents ) , and
the immense advance is solely due to
their rarity and the fact that they are
necessary to complete a collection of
foreign stamps. There is not one for
sale at any price. The next highest is
the Brattleboro' stamp , which is men
tioned in the paragraph above referred
to as having been sold at $300. This
statement is evidently incorrect , and
perhaps its author has one of these
stamps for sale , and therefore takes
this method to bull the market. The
best quotation that I can obtain for the
Brattleboro' stamp is S100 , which cer
tainly seems high enough when the first
cost was from 6 to 18J cents. The ori
gin of the Brattleboro' stamp , as I am
informed , is as follows : In 1846 the
postmaster of that place had some
stamps made in order to obviate the ne
cessity of using the pen. It was merely
a private convenience , and its sole im
portance is due to the fact that it is the
first stamp ever used in America. The
first New Haven stamps are also of
high value for a similar reason. The
next year stamps were ordered by the
government , and we now wonder how
they ever got along without them.
The demand for stamps is now so
general that clerks in houses engaged
m foreign commerce carefully remove
them from all letters , and this affords
a large supply. The foreign corres
pondence of the Herald is sufficiently
largo to form an item in the stamp
trade. The same statement applies to
all the great journals , and in fact as
soon as any office boy gets hold of a
foreign letter he strips the stamp off
and carries it to some dealer. Among
the greatest ; varieties are the Phillipine
and Peruvian stamps , while on the
other hand the Porto Rico stamp is
very cheap. Madeira and British Gui
nea , however , are high , and the law of
supply and demand prevail in this as in
all other commodities. As soon as a
stamp becomes rare the maniac collec
tor increases his bids until fabulous
arc obtained. There are a nuni-
Erices
er of stamp dealers , the most exten
sive being the Scott establishment in
Broadway. Mr. Scott is a native of
London , but has been in this country a
quarter of a century. He issues an in
ternational postage album , which gives
samples of a very extensive range , the *
price being $250. Some may think this
a large sum to invest in such a volume ,
but there are as many purchasers as the
supply will permit. There is an all-
sufficient abundance of common stamps
for which they pay 5 cents per 100 and
sell the same quantity for 10 cents.
German stamps are very abundant ow
ing to the immense amount of corres
pondence with that country. Hence ,
they are very cheap , and the quotation
at present is 1 cent per hundred. Scott
sells GOO assorted stamps for $10 , but as
soon as one gets into the varieties fancy
prices must be expected. Scott has
customers who are ready to pay almost
anything that may be asked for the
fancies. He operates boldly when he
sees a good opening , and hence when
the Maderia stamp was issued he sent
orders for all that could be obtained
from the authorities. He also ordered
at one time $5,000vorth of Porto Rico
stamps. One of his patrons is a mem
ber of the princely Vanderbilt family ,
whose collection has already cost $10-
000. These facts show the immense
extent which this specialty has reached
and also those fanciful prices which
are the result of so widespread a ma
nia. Stamp collectors are fouud in all
large cities , and one of the most liberal
of this class is a Bostoniau , whose col
lection fully rivals that of Vanderbilt.
New Mxican Wonders.
New Orleans T mes-Democrat.
Mr. PaulLanghammer , the energetic
commissioner from New Mexico , arriv
ed in the city yesterday to see the loca
tion on the grounds which will be al
lotted to him for the extraordinary ex
hibit he. intends to make of his terri-
loi/'s resources.
In an interview Mr. Langhammer
said : "I don't wish to boast ; so I will
limit myself to simply saying that we
shall surprise you. "
"Tell of . "
us one your surprises.
"Well , w.hat do you say to two petri
fied trees over twenty-five feet high ?
That's not so bad , is it ? But we can
beat those with living things out in New
Mexico. We shall show 3-011 one pota
to that would feed an Irish family for a
whole day. "
"How many pounds will it weigh ? "
"Only five. We are rather small on
potatoes as yet , but we will send you
yon beets from fifteen to twenty pounds
apiece. Still , they are not equal to our
cabbages , which weigh from thirty to
forty pounds. "
"Rather tough , are they not ? "
"Yes , inclined to be so. A man in
Jemez bet another last October that he
could not fire a pistol ball through one
of his cabbage heads , and he won the
bet , for the ball lacked three inches of
going through. "
" " \ hat else will you show ? "
"Well , I can promise you cactus ,
from the smallest variety nestling
12.000 feet up in the snow to the larg
est on the Mexican lne. "
"And what else ? "
Professor Langhammer laughed
quietly , and answered : "I have been
at work , as you know , for five months ,
and besides stirring up my people to
such an enthusiasm that I now have to
cut them down in the amount of exhi
bits they offer , I have succeeded in col
lecting a very decent menagerie. I have
three bears , one cinnamon and one
black ; two wildcats , one coyote ( pral-
iSe wol ) , twosw'fts ( that's a cross be
tween the wolf and fox very rare , in
deed ) , onaredfox , two antelopes , four
deer and two beavers. I have given
orders to some of my Indians for two
wild sheep and two elks. Besides these
I have four golden eagles , two old and
two young , and seventeen owls that
look wiser than any collection of con
gressmen you ever saw. This menag
erie the territory of New Mexico will
formally present to the city of New Or
leans at the close of the great exposi
tion as the nucleus to shirt a zoological
garden. Yes , sir ; Now Mexico has now
only a population of 125,000 , but she is
coming in for the gloias well as the
benefits. "
President Washington's Accounts.
Washington Post.
A copy of George Washington's sun
dries account during his eight years as
president , from 1789 to 1796 , has just
been brought to light by Mr. H. M.
Zimmerman , of No. 410Ninth street
northwest. Among other curious items
in the account , which are written in
Washington's own handwriting , are :
"Two dogs , weight 35 pounds , from
Farmer Basset , to guard the presi
dent's house ; " " 13 patent lamps to
illuminate the president's premises ; "
"damask curtains for the .state dining
room ; * ' "a massive desk for the presi
dent's office , 121 10s. " Besides
these items the account includes vari
ous amounts loaned by President
Washington to different parties , be
sides amounts paid for at least 100
looking glasses and French mirrors. A
"Franklin stove" for Mrs. Martha
Washington's room cost 4 and a
French painting for the main parlor
cost 13.
Keely , the motor man , has now
guarde'd his "secret" nine years , and
the stockholders are getting tired.
STOCK DIKEOTQEY
DENNIS M'KILLIP.
Ranch on Red Willow , Thoroburg , Hayes
County , Neb. Cattl * branded "J. 51. " on
left niue. Young cattl * branded iam as
aboTe , alio "J. ' ' on left law. Onder-ilop
right ear. Horses branded "JE" on loft'
htulder.
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 , Mx , Dundy county , Nebraska. '
HENRY T. CHURCH.
Osborn , Neb. Range : Red Willow creek ,
In southwest corner of Frontier county , cat
tle branded "OLO" on right side. Also ,
an over crop on right ear and under crop on
left. Horses branded ' ' 8' ' on ritfht shoulder. .
SPRING CREEK CATTLE CO.
Indianola , Neb. Range : RepublicanVal-
iey , east of Dry Creek , and near head of
Spring Creek , In Chase county ,
J. D. WELBORX ,
Vice President and Superintendent.
THE TURNIP BRAND.
Ranch 2 miles north of JfcCook. Stock
branded on left hip , and a few-double cross
es oojef idp.0.l _ > EKCANBRACK.
STOKES & TROTH.
P. O. Address , Carrico. Hayes county ,
Nebraska. Range. Red Willow , above Car
rico. Stock branded as above. Also run the
lazy e brand.
GEORGE J. FREDERICK.
Ranch4 miles southwest of JfcCook , on the
Driftwood. Stock branded "AJ" onth
left hip. P. O. address , McCook" , Neb.
JOHN HATFIELD & SON.
i JfcCook , Neb. , Ranch 4 miles southeast ,
on Republican river. Stock branded with
& bar and lazy 3 on left hip
J. B. MESERVE.
Kanch , Spring Canyon on the Frenchman
River , in Chase county , Neb. Stock branded
above also " 717" left ' * '
as ; on side ; 7'J on
rieht hip and "L. " on right shoulder ;
L. " on left shoulder and "X. " on left
Jaw. Half under-crop loft ear , and square-
"
crop :
JOSEPH ALLEN.
Ranch on Red Willow Creek , half mile
above O bom portoffioc. Cattle branded on ,
right side ana nip above. 3.4
FOR SALE Improved Deeded .Farm
and Hay Land. Timber and -water. Two
To.no. houses , with other rmprovementa.
Convenient to No. 1 school privileges. Stu
"itfaoalkpubHcan river > near outh of
Red Willow creek. Call on J. F. Black ,
on premises , or addreaa him at Indianola.
xtebruu. .