OLODDS WITH SILVER LIXIXQS.
Thcro'fl never n drcnm thofa huppy
Hut the wnklncr makes us sud ;
There B ncvern dream of sorrow
, Hut tlie wnklnir mulcts us Hind ;
wo shall look some day with wonder
At the troubles wo have had.
There's never a way so narrow
But the entrance Is made straight ;
There is always a iildo to point Uo
To the "little wicket gate ; "
Ana the angels will bo the nearer
To a soul that Is desolate.
There's never a heart so haughty
Hut will Bomo day bow and kneel ;
There's never u heart so wounded
That the Saviour cannot heal :
There is many a lowly forehead
That is bearing the hidden seal.
There's never a day BO sunny
Hut a little cloud appears ;
'
There's never a life so happy
Hut has had Us tlmo of tears ;
Yet the sun shines out the brighter
When the stormy tempest clears.
AGEICULTUEAL.
Domestic 1'rlccs.
National Stockman.
When the volume of our export trade
in cerail and live stock products is
, compared with the totals produced at
home , it seems almost wonderful that
the small percentage which goes abroad
should have an appreciable effect in
regulating home prices. But it not
" only has a clearly recognizable effect ,
"but it is pronounced to be a powerful
influence in establishing current mar
ket values. Observation will quickly
convince any one that this is the case.
If 10 per cent , of our choice beeves are
exported , the 90 per cent , which are
sold at home go to the consumer at
prices exactly regulated by what the
exports can be made to bring in foreign
markets. In order to secure the stock ,
the exporter will pay in Chicago or
New York just what he is satisiied the
Liverpool market will warrant , and the
modicum which goes abroad is made
the guide in fixing the value of the vast
lierds of similar or approximate qual
ity which weekly vanish in the domes
tic shambles. The same is true of
wheat , or of any crop of which we
grow a surplus for export. The home
market is just as high as the
ioreigu one will allow it to be
and no higher. Taking all our ex
portable products together , less than 5
per cent , goes to a foreign mar
ket and yet that trifling percentage is
the arbiter almost absolutely of cost to
the American consumer. This is also
true to some extent , though not as
largely , of products which are not
grown among us in suflicient quantities
to supply the needs of home consump
tion , and which we are compelled to
import. . If brought into our own mar
kets to sell , such an article will bring
just what competition among our own
purchasers will determine , and we are
largely the regulators of its value. If
we go abroad to buy it competition with
consumers from all over the world is
tlie measure of price , and we must buy
at current figures or do without.
Whether we export or whether we im
port , therefore , we can not be wholly
independent of other countries even in
the ruling values of our home-markets.
The smallcomparative aggregate which
goes out , and the smaller one which
comes in , are among our most potent
commercial influences. These are facts
which furnish plenty of food for profita-
iible reflection to those who care to
thread the mazes of political economy
a science which , more than almost
any other , our people carefully study.
Autumn Care of Sfeadow Land.
American Agriculturist.
Meadows should not be closely grazed
at any time , and especially not in the
fall. They need to have fertilizing
materials added to instead of taken
from the soil. Young animals are much
more injurious than mature ones , while
fnll-gi own stock that are being fat
tened , and are fed rich grain rations ,
may by their droppings add materially
to the fertility of the soil. Young-grow
ing stock withhold a large share of the
potash , phosphoric acid , and nitrogen
of the food to build up their bodies ,
leaving the manure comparatively
poor. On the other hand mature fat
tening animals need very little of these
three chief elements of soil fertility.
Aside from the loss of plant food , the
close feeding of stock on meadow land
does mechanical damage. If the soil
is soft , the feet of the animals injure it ,
and the close grazing pulls much of the
grass up by the roots. Meadows , like
winter grains , are injured by freezing
and thawing , and the plants need to be
in a vigorous condition in late fall , with
a good growth of after-math for pro
tection from the frosts , winds , etc.
Woll-rotted manure applied to the
meadows as a top-dressing , will
strengthen the plants and insure a fine
crop the next season. This applica
tion is best when made soon after the
lay is removed. Later in the season
much of the soluble material is washed
out of the soil by the fall rains. Quick-
acting manures should be used in the
growing season , otherwise loss is sus
tained. Take good care of the mead
ows , for they suffer greatly if abused.
They are easily and often injured by
animals in late autximn.
Exemption From 2Kilh Fever.
Fanners' Heviow.
Dr. Pratt , the well-known Holstein
importer and breeder , of Elgin , HI. ,
said that since he commenced to feed
ensilage , four years ago , he had not
lost a single cow by milk fever , while
before that time he thought himself for
tunate if he got a herd of forty cows
through the winter without the loss of
one or more from this cause. His
theory is that the feeding of ensilage
keeps the bowels open and loose and
prevents the tendency to constipation
which attends the feeding of dry food ,
especially if in large quantity and of
stimulating quality for milk produc
tion , and which causes a feverish con
7 dition of the system , which develops
into milk fever at the period of parturi
tion. During the coming season he
will increase his silo capacity from SO
to 160 tons. His silos are simply pits
dug in the ground , without masonry or
planking. The weighting is a portion
of the earth excavated , But the en
silage comes out as fresh as from the
most 'expensively constructed silo. n
There can be no question that all an
imals kept on highly stimulating food ,
and especially milch cows , need atl
daily ration of succulent food to keep
the bowels open and system in good
condition. This can be supplied by ei
ther roots or preserved green fodder.
But for the successful growing of roots
a cool , moist climate is required , en
tirely different from the hot , dry sum
mers which we usually experience in
the prairie states of the west. To sup
ply this want ensilaged corn fodder is
the cheapast food of the kind that can
bo grown and prepared , and , since the
keeping of it is so simple a matter , as
shown by the experience of Dr. Pratt
and others who have used the simple
earth pits , we look to see a large in
crease in 5J..3 use among the dairymen
of the west , especially in the older set
tled portions where land hand has be
come high priced.
Gentle Word * to Horses.
Those who have heard some of- the
city hackmen and teamsters shout and
and yell to their horses will appreciate
1 lie following from tlie Journal of the
Farm : "Tlie ridiculously loud tone of
voice in which orders are generally
given to horses when the driver desires
them to start or stop , has often been a
subject of surprise to me. If horses
were tlie next thing to deaf , there
would be an excuse for the shoutings
and ycllings so gcnerallj * indulged in ,
but they are not , and therefore need
not be spoken to loudly and harshly.
The ear of a horse is very sensitive , and
save in exceptional cases it is possible
to control his motions by a command
given in a moderate tone of voice just
as readily , and indeed I think more
readily , than where this rough , rude
manner is used. Ahorse is a teachable
animal and is always afl'ected by kind
treatment. Tlie fact of the matter is
that if kind words and gentle treatment
throughout were given these noble ani
mals instead of curses and blows , we
should find their docility greatly in
creased. Just imagine , if you will , a
gcc , or whoa ! uttered in a tone suf
ficiently loud to be heard at a half
mile's distance , and this command
given to an animal within five or ten
feet of the party giving it. Wherein
consists the necessity for it ? Why not
resort to more rational , and "certainly I
the more pleasing means ? Why not
speak in a moderate tone ? This is
till that is required. The horse , if not
deaf , can hear it , and will as readily
abey it as if given in thundering tones.
3ue of the best managed teams I have
jvcr seen , the driver rarely ever spoke
ibove his ordinarj" voice and yet his
lorses laid into their work with as much
ivillinguess and apparently greater
jarnestness than if they had been driv-
m to it by fearful shoutings. Let .me
ippeal to the common sense of readers.
L'he horse is an intellient animal.
of the brute creation more readi-
y appreciates kind words and kind
reatment. Such facts should be.con . - ;
lideredby those who have the care of
hese animals. "
FARM KOTES.
This is an excellent year for red clo-
rer , the two cuttings yielding much
teavier than usual. ,
Maine farmers who attend the state
air have got in a way of "camping"
> n the grounds.
The "Worden grape is said to be as
food as the Concord and to ripen even
larlier than the Hartford.
Ten acres of red clover is sufficient
> asture for at least fifty hogs , and is
iiiperior for that purpose to any other
: ind of grass except alfalfa. s
It is estimated that there is one sheep n
n the United States to every thirty- I
our acres of territory. In England the T
ate is one to one and a half acres.
h
Sliced carrots and oats figure largely b
Q the food given to sheep in Vermont.
L'he ' sheep of that state are said to eat d
aore of oats th'an of any other grain. ii
It is said that some Ohio farmers are iici iih
ceding new wheat to their swine in- ci
tead of corn , the old corn having been Ic
11 used up and wheat being plenty Icfi
nd cheap. fih
"Timothy" grass took its name from h
timothy Hanson , of Maryland , who in c <
troduced it in this country from Eng- A
ind. I
ind.A Denver dairyman has a cow he riai
laims gives ten gallons of milk a day. ai
Ib one will dispute the fact that this is tlm
rood "claim. " m
A Lynn dairy farmer , who has tried ' sc
re
lie prickly comfrey as a forage crop for reh
liree years , says it is a failure , and he <
rill at once eradiate the plant frojn his
md.
It is claimed that there are 810,000- w
00 worth of Jersey cattle in this coun ol
ty , to-wit : 20,000 heifers and cows olbi
rorth , on an average , $406 a piece , and bi
,500 bulls worth $300 each. bim
In France , eggs are sorted and sized m
y passing them through a ring. The
verage sized ones must enter a ring
3iir centimeters in diameter ; the small si
nes must enter a ring three centime- sc D
srs. scai
srs.An
An Ohio lawyer insists that the theo-
v that the age of a tree may be deter- <
ained by counting the rings in a cross ai
ection is correct. In his practice he tlai
as often verified a surveyor's date by aiw
ounting the rings on "hacked" trees. aiw
Salt in their food when cooked , for w
oultry , is a very proper seasoning , but
his
alt given in its raw state is deleterious ,
: much of it is eaten by fowls. "We do s\
ot recommend its use in any form save
lixed with their mash of scalded m'eal
nd boilded vegetables. SIO1
O1
What His Wife Toltl Him to Say. st
eras Sittings. In
Bob Nickelby married a wealthy old
laid for her money. She paints her-
elf up and makes quite a handsome
ppearance , at a distance , at balls and
arties. On the other hand , Sam Chuz- c ]
lewit's wife is young and good-looking a ]
aturally. Both were in attendance at
ball on Austin avenue , and Mrs.
fickelby was painted like a doll. Next
lorning Nickelby met Chuzzlewit , and
aid :
P
"Our wives looked beautiful at the in
all last night. " inr :
"Yes , " responded . - . . . Chuzzlewit . , "and b ;
" - "
wife looks that way yet.
b <
Let use encourage the beautiful , for hb
lie useful encourages itself. [ Goethe. b :
MY SISTER'S LOVE.
The month was Majr , and through
the half open window came stealing a
soft wind filled with summer and sum
mer fragrance. The trees in the gar
den were full of blossoms. The early
roses were in full bloom , but of all this
I saw nothing. My gaze was fixed up
on two figures slowly walking down
the garden path a man and a woman.
The man was tall and strong and
masterful , yet tender as a little girl in
all the little acts and courtesies of life.
The woman was young and very beau
tiful , with figure slender and swaying
like a reed as she walked , and dark ,
lustrous eyes , which brought to many
a man his heart's undoing.
I fancied the light in them now , as
she lifted them to Geoffrey Brans-
combe's face. He was her gaurdian
and he loved her. She was but my
half-sister , five years my senior , and so
I was not entitled to her confidence.
Indeed , only a little over a month ago
I had returned from school , with my
education completed in the fashionable
sense of the term , and since then I was
very ill. Over study , the doctor had
said , but I knew better. To 1113' own
soul-1 could whisper the humiliating
truth , could pour out the cruel confes
sion with a sort of savage pleasure at
the self-inflicted torture.
It was my heart , not my body , that
suffered the heart that had forever
passed into Geoffrey Branscombe's un
conscious keeping. I loved him he
was to be my sister's husband. If I
had never suspected it before I should
have known it by the new light in her
eyes , the new radiance of her beauty as
it burst upon me on the day of my re
turn ,
And what could bo more natural than
that things should be as they were ?
Did not guardians always love their
wards , and wards their guardians ?
I had never read a book which treat
ed of such relationship in which such
was not the sequel of the talc. And
yet and yet did it make it easier for
me to bear ?
I turned my gaze away from that
ether picture , and lifted myself up from
the depths of the great chair in which
lay , until I could catch a glimpse of
my own face in the mirror opposite.
What a contrast ! My eyes , the only
beauty I possessed , looked many times
too large for the thin , dark face , and
my hair , which had been the rival
beauty to my eyes , was close cropped
to my head.
They had cut it oft"as I lay delirious ;
with fever , and crying that its weight
hurt me.
I sank back with a groan. At that
instant my sister , returning , entered
the room.
"Mabel , " she cried "Mabel , dar
ling , I am so happy ! "
And rapidly crossing the floor , she
ank down on her knees beside niy
jhair.
The contrast was too great. Never
lad I seen her half so beautiful.
"Don't tell me don't ! " I hastily
5xclaimed , and lifting up my hands as
f to ward off a blow , "I know , " I
jontinued , "I congratulate you ; but
lon't say any more. "
"You know , dear ? " she answered , a
ook of surprise sweeping over her d
race. "How is that possible ? "
"Don't ask me. Only I know. I
tt
But I could say no more. My weak-
icss conquered my strength , and I
mrst into bitter weeping.
"Poor child J Dear little Mabel ! "
ihe whispered tenderlj"Do you love
ne so well that you hate to" lose me ? li
3ut you will not really lose me , dear.
iVhcn I am married " §
"Hush ! " I interrupted ? "I won't h
icar any more. " and , sobbing bitterly , hb hh
mried my face in niy hands. b
Of course no heroine would have
lone such a thing ; but I was no hero- si
ne. I was only a foolish child who sik
iad lived but eighteen years , and who k
ould only look forward to a long , b
eng life of miseiy for I loved Geof- A
rer. I
rer.He had not meant to make me love
ini I knew that , but when I had re
ome home for my Christmas holiday ,
dice had been away on a visit , and so li :
had seen him every day. We had d <
idden and driven and walked together dn
nd as I have said , his manner held n <
liat unconscious and inherent tender- di
ess towards things weaker than hirn- re
3lf which charmed my heart into
aeklessness in pouring fourth its un- cl [
eeded treasures at his feet. sc >
My. excitement in repressing , all this scd <
nd seeing the seal set upon my misery 01
rought its own punishment ; for a 01ai
reek later my life was again despaired aihi
hi
Then because I did not wish the hihi
eon , strength came slowly back. him
Ivery day he came ; every day he sent
ic flowers , or fruit , or some sweet h :
icssage ; but it was all added torture. w
At-last when I better the
, grew , phy-
icians said I must have a change , and
they sent me 'to the sea side , to visit
aunt who had house at .
n a Worthing. ei
I Avas glad to go. Had I staid at eib <
ome I should have gone mad. Alice tl :
nd Mr. Branscombe went with me to bi
lie train. I had bade her good-bye , bidi
nd the train was just about to start ,
rhen he put his head in through the
rindow.
"You will let me come to see you , "
e said , and I had only time to an-
wer :
"No , no ; you must not come ! " hi
hiD
Only time for this , and to note the hie
wift look , so like pain , which swept e
ver his face , ere he moved away , and tlT
ly last glimpse was of them both T
landing side by side , as they should tc )
enceforth stand through life. si :
Notwithstanding my injunction to
lie contrary , he came. I had been in
iv new home a fortnight , and some of
he color was stealing back into my
heeks , when one afternoon as I sat
II alone dreaming , as I dreamed all
ly idle hours away , I saw the face
rhich a moment before had floated in
ly fancy. fe
For a moment I was happy su- feai
iremelyecstatically happy , and spring- ai
ig up , held out both hands with a fccl
apturous cry of welcome , then I sank cl
ack cold and stern again.
But that cry had brought him close
eside me , and my hands were tightly
eld in his strong clasp , while his great
Town eyes looked into the very depth
of mine , so that I trembled and was
still.
still.Merciful
Merciful heaven ! what was it I read
there ? Could it be that he loved me
and that he had wooed and won Alice
for her gold ?
I should have said before that Alice
was an heiress. I had no dower not
even that of beauty ; but Geoffrey
Branscombe , I would have sworn was
not a man to be bought or sold , to buy
and sell ; and yet , if not , his eyes had
lied , for they had told me it was me he
had loved.
I don't know just what came to me
in that hour , that moment , but though
I realized his baseness , yet I could not
snatch from my lips the cup whose
sweetness slaked their thirst. I held it
there and drank.
We spoke no word of love , but ever } '
day found hiu by my side. I was no
longer listless ; I was brilliant , even
merry. I laughed and sang , as one
might laugh and sing at the feast of
death.
And so a fortnight passed , and still
he lingered ; but his return was lixed
for the morrow. On that last evening
we wandered down upon the beach ,
silvered by the moonlight. Standing
5n its rays he turned and faced me ,
clasping 'his hand over mine as it lay
upon his arm.
"Mable , " he said , "I love you , child.
You are but a child , and I am a man
who has outstripped you in the race of
life by twenty years. But will you give
yourself to me , dear ?
Has it been 1113 * own blind fancy
which has given birth to the sweet hope
that I alone might make your happi
ness ? "
He paused then waiting for my an
swer. Only a minute passed , lint I
awakened from my dream. I had not
thought his baseness ever could find
words ; had not thought my sister ever
would know his perfidy.
Only a minute , but I had torn out my
heart and trampled it beneath my feet.
I turned upon the man with hot , fierce
passion ; I forgot that I had led him on ;
I forgot my own baseness , my own love.
What burning , scathing words I used
I know not , but when I had finished he
offered me again his arm , from which
L had withdrawn my clasp , and walked
back to the house. Yet , as he left me ,
still without a word , I felt , strange to
5ar , only my own guilt. He had not
jorne himself like one convicted of a
ivrong.
The next week I went home. Alice
vas the first to meet me , and that night
he crept into my room , and knelt
lown beside me as she had done once
jefore.
"Darling ! " she whispered , "next
uonth I am to be married , and you are
o be my bridesmaid. "
"I cannot ! " I answered. "Dont
isk me , Alice ! It would kill me ! " c
"Do you really love me so well , dear ? c
But you will not refuse me this ? It I
vould mar all my happiness , Mabel , t
md I am so happy. When you have c
icon Harry when you learn to know t
ind to love him for himself you will c
mderstan/l. " t
"Harry ! " I gasped , "who is he ? " I
"Harry Harry Stretton ; the man I t
ini to marry ; Why , Mabel , you told V
lie you knew it all. Is it possible you s
lid not know ? "
And then she told me of the enjrasre- r
nent which had been entered into dur- c
her Christmas visit an - 1
ng engage- 1a
uent fully ratified and approved by 1c
er guardian whilst I was so ill. c
It had been this she had been about 1 :
o tell me this I had refused to hear. F
Ft
Oh. the burnins : shame with which I t :
istened at last ! And then a wild im- t :
nilse seized me to tell her all the truth , at
ihe would know now how pitiable I t :
iad been , even though I bought her iik
iate and contempt , as doubtless I had iiii
ought Geoffry's. iio
I did not spare myself as I told the iitl
tory. In silence she heard me through , tlu
nd then she sealed my lips with the u
iss of love and pardon. All night I ( t (
attled with my misery and remorse ,
lice expected her lover the next day.
felt I dare not meet him. n
In the afternoon she came into my Cl
join. a
"Some one wishes to see you in the b
brary , dear , " she said. "Will you go t (
" ]
ownr c
She spoke so quietly that I suspected n
othing , and asking no questions went 0
own stairs , and crossed the hall to the
join designated.
I thought it empty for a moment as I
osed the door behind me , but at the
und some one stepped from the win-
ow recess some one who advanced
ne step and then stood with wide-open w
rms waiting to close about me. tl
No need for me to tell the story , as I ti
id my face upon his breast , and felt tih ;
is kisses rain upon my hair. Alice , n
ly noble , darling sister had told it all. nst
Did I deserve my happiness ? Per- stdi
aps not , it was mine mine at last , as didi
as the great noble heart of my sister's did <
uardian.
Alice had her wish I was her brides-
laid ; but after the ceremony was
aded which made her Harry Stretton's hi
eloved wife , I took her place beside hioi
ic altar , no longer bridesmaid but oibi
ride. Henceforth my sister's guar- biP
ian was mine. P
tie
o :
Pa
The Kext Thing in Order. a :
w
An Albany paper says : We have wB
ad red hot weather for ten daj-s. s <
luring that time a vast amount of tl
tlA
lectncity and vapor had gone up into tld
ic atmosphere from half the continent , d
his electricity and vapor will return d
the earth at an early day in the P
iape of
Thunderbolts ,
f (
Thunder showers ,
u
Bis : Rains. T
ys
Hail , storms , '
v
?
Hurricanes ,
Tornadoes , ?
Cyclones , -7
Cattle flying through the air like
sathers.
Houses , barns , churches , factories
ad railroad depots jumping from their IT
mndations and leaping toward the
louds like insane roebucks.
Great trees twisted into corkscrews.
Forest trees laidlevel with the ground ,
like grass behind the mower. " a :
All these things are to come , and at
very early day. n
'LEARNING ' UNDER DIFFICUL
TIES.
How TIPO farmer Jtoy * Leartinl to l < Tvlc-
tfrapher A Mlnatiire Tr/ej/r < ij < 7t TAne
at Home.
Wnihlnaton 8 tar.
In one of the towns on the Baltimore
and Potomac railroad , from which the
block system is worked , the traveler
sees at night as he is whisked rapidly
by , the figure of a yonng man , whose
perscverenco and dillicuTtics and dis
couragements in learning the business
of telegraphy entitled him to the most
abundant success in the profession he
has chosen. A younger brother , who ,
with him , shared his toils and trials in
learning , only waits for a few days for
his majority to enter tlie service of the
railroad company as an operator.
These two young men are of a fam
ily of three boys , who lived with their
father , a plain , hard-working farmer ,
residing about a mile from a station on
the railroad. When not otherwise en
gaged , the bo3's spent much of their
time at the station , and watched with
curious eye the manipulations of the
telegraph L'.c3s. They discussed be
tween themselves the advisability of
learning the business , and came to the
conclusion that it would be far better
for them to follow this business than
that of working corn and tobacco.
There were , however , many diflicul-
ties in the way , the gravest being lack
of knowledge and want of time to de
vote to learning as well as the neces
sary instruments for practice. They
were nonplussed , knowing that it would
be tedious and almost impossible to
learn by picking up a sound now and
then at the station. After a few days ,
however , they had reason to rejoice ,
for chance threw into their way the
very thing they wanted. This was a
fragment of a book containing a few
pages on telegraphy , including the
Morse alphabet , found in the rubbish
barrel bought by their father. They
then commenced a regular course of
stmty , and arranging some nails in two .
pieces of wood so as to strike the heads
together to imitate the ticking of the
instrument they went into practice. As
soon as they had learned how to man
ipulate this rude sounding key another
instrument was made , and during the
iong winter evenings in separate rooms
; hcy would communicate with each
) ther. Sometimes they used their
school lessons and transmitted from
) ne to the other in their course of their
mictice the whole of the Sixth Header.
L'he father did not , however , take much
itock in their proceedings , hardly real-
zing that they would become expert
> perators without a practical teacher ;
) iit the tapping of the nail heads con-
inued. As they seemed determined ,
md withal did not neglect the work
> n the farm , he interposed no
ibjection. One fall the father
> reposed to his three boys
hat if they would cut and load eight
tarloads of wood he would give each of
hem the proceeds of one carload. The
> fter they accepted , and in due time had
he cars loaded and the wood sold ; each
letting § 25 or § 30. This was given
hern to do with as they pleased , and it
vas thought that most of it would be
pent in clothing , in which the- stood
u some need. When , however , they
eturned from Baltimore , each with a
: heap suit of clothes , they brought
lome with them batteries , instruments
ind wires. It was apparent that not
inly had the two disciples of tlie art
aid out most of their money to further
rosecute their studies , but that the
bird brother had helped them. With
heir plan a line was erected , with
bout a mile of wire running around
he place , one instrument being placed
i the corn house and the other in the
itchen , and the practice went on. Dur-
ig the great Guiteau trial in this city , K
n receiving a paper one would go to ri
lie corn house , and calling the brother
p at the kitchen end of the line , would
ilegraph the whole report , thus the
'hole family would learn the news ,
'his practice was kept up until a few
lonths ago , when the elder boy re-
eived an appointment on the Baltimore
nd Potomac railroad , and , as stated
efore , may be seen every night in his
) wer as he signals that his block is
tear by raising the red ( danger ) sig-
al out'of sight and showing the white
safety ) signal.
From Fain to Death.
BW Tork Sunday Mercury.
On the two fields of Waterloo and
inden , splendid crops of crimson pop-
ies appear every year. The ground
hich nourishes "these is packed with
ic remains of soldiers. The prepara-
ons of opium derived from the poppy
ave been used in the form of lauda-
uni and paregoric. So , pain has been
llled by the remains of pain and
eath , and babies put to sleep by the
ead bodies of men who fell in the
eadly onslaught !
iRl
Mr. Rufus Zogbaum , an artis1 who I
as made a specialty of military sub- '
icts , visited while abroad the camps
f the leading European armies , and em- cr
odied his personal experiences in some
apers which he wrote as well as illus-
ated for Harper's Magizinc. The first
E these , "War Pictures in Time of
eace , " appeared a few months since ,
nd described a manccvre-campaign
ith French troops. The second , "The
[ ome of Tommy Atkins , as the English
Dldier is popularly called , describes wi
ic great English camp at Aldershot. Cl
.nother , "A Night with the Germans , " an Bi
escriptive of a night reconnaissance
uring the German mock-campuign , is
remised for sonic time next year.
Mr. W. D. Howells is writing a novel
> r the coming year of the Centurv ,
nder the title of "The Rise of Silas
apharn. " In the first chapter , which
ill be printed in the November num-
er , Mr. Howells returns to the life of
artley and Marcia Hubbard , the much
iscusscd hero and heroine of "A Mod-
rn Instance , " showing Bartley in the
liaracter of interviewer for hfs "Solid
ten of Boston" series. al
"In feeding corn to cattle for fatten-
ig , I am ; " saj'S John Walker "decid- ai
: lly in favor of having the corn shelled , fnO
[ y objections to feeding the cob under fnU
ny circumstances are based on the in- U !
R
irv it produces in the alimentary ca- Ror
af. " orN
STOCK DIEEOTOEY
DENNIS M'KILLIP.
Ranch on Red Wlllo\T , Thornburp , Haves'
County , Nob. Cnttle branded "J. M. " on
loft slue. Young cattla branded same as
above , also' 'J. " on left Jaw. Uudor-alope
right ear. Horses branded "E" on left
shoulder.
J. WILSON.
Stock brand circle on left ohoulder ; also
dewlap and a crop and under half crop on
left ear , and a crop and under bit In the
ritrbt. Hunch on the Republican. Post-
ofllce , Max , Dnndy county , Nebraska.
HENRY T. CHURCH.
Osborn , Neb. Range : Rod Willow creek ,
n southwest corner of Frontier county , cat-
lo branded "O L O" on riprbt side. Alsoi
.n over crop on right ear and under crop on
eft. Horse * branded * ' 8' > on rfcht Hhoulder.
SPRING CREEK CATTLE CO.
Indlanola , Neb. Range : Republican Val-
37 , east of Dry Creek , and near head of
pring Creek , in Chase county ,
i. D. WBLBOBX ,
Yloa President and Superintendent.
THE TURNIP BRAND.
Ranch 2 miles north of McCook. Stock
randcd on left hip , nnd a few double cross *
3 on leftsidiO. _ . D. EUCANBRACK. .
STOKES & TROTH.
P. O. Address , Carrlco , Hayes county ,
ebraska. Range. Red Willow , above Car-
co. Stock branded as above. Also run the
izy ci brand.
GEORGE J. FREDERICK.
Ranch4 miles southwest of ilcCook , on the
riftwood. Stock branded "AJ" on the
ft hip. P. O. address , 3feCook , Neb.
J. B. MESERVE.
jtanch , Spring Canyon on the Frenchman
Ivor , In Chase county , Neb. Stock branded
above ; alse " 717" on left side ; " 7" on
eht hip and "L. " on right shoulder ;
L. " on left shoulder and "X. " on left
w. Half tinder-crop left ear , and square-
op right ear. _
YOU KNOW
THAT
ORILLARD'S CLIMAX
PLUG TOBACCO
in Red Tin Tag ; Rose Leal Fine Cut
icwing ; Navy Clippings , and Black ,
own and Yefiow SNUFFS ae the beat
d cheapest , quality considered ? ]
JOSEPH ALLEN.
Ranch on Red Wiltow Creak , half mils
> eve Oibornpostoffioe. Cattle branded on
ght side ana hip above. 8-4
FOR SALE Improved Deeded farm
id Hay Land. Timber and vrater. Two
im houses , -with other /mprovementa.
onvenicnt to No. 1 school privileges. Slt-
ited < m Republican river , near > iouth of
ed Willow creek. Call on J. F. Black ,
i premises , or address him at Indianola ,
ebroata.
