TJIU ItKASON 1VIIY.
"No more the girls
1 try to mash ,
No more I gamBle -
Ble with my cash ;
. . . No more I dress
i1 Up'lit to kill ; '
4 t\ \ , No more I run
4 A livery bill ; ?
i > No J smoke
< f more .e
if High-priced cigars ;
No more my case
Take in street cars ;
No more I drink
The'sweet benzine ; '
fc ' No more I paint
, , j { , The town carmine ;
4J-t No more I see
v'f Those ballet shows-
' / * No more sit down
: * ? ' In 'bald-head' rows !
* i
/
u v- "Yt's , I'm not now
S , > ' 'A fast young man , '
But have a propEr -
Er life began.
Beg pardon , there !
What's that you say !
' ? '
'Religion got
Oh , dear , nay , nay !
The reason I
Have changed mv mode
\Oniving , ami
\i My wild oats sowed ,
. is simply this :
I'm married now
Unto a wife
Who'd raise a row
Jn case I should
Get froliesonie
And So I'm kept
Beneath her thumb. "
Jef Joslyn , In New York Journal.
"THE TYPICAL AMERICAN. "
TIic lutcrcstiii-x Subject DIciiKhcd in a
Lecture by tlic ICcv. Dr. Newman.
Omaha Republican.
The lecture by the Rev. Dr. Newman
at the Congregational church was lis
tened to by a good sized audience. His
subject , which was "The Typical
American , " was well defined and splen
didly presented , his ideas all being
beautifully illustrated and his language
rich and exactwhile the entire discourse
could have been understood by the
merest school child.
The statement that "selfishness'un
derlies all energy. " was backed by
strong statements of facts going to prove
in this case that emigration was , to a
large extent , and the greater portion
was , all the prompting of selfish mo
tives , which was not disapproved by tiie
lecturer unless carried to extremes.
With the general character of the emi
gration llowing into this country , he
had no reason to iind fault , when age ,
intelligence , physical wealth and worth
were considered.
. .The speaker welcomed the foreigner ,
because our country was established by
foreigners ; because , by the framers o
this government , the foreigner was wel
comed , and , by the form of our govern
ment , we were on record as the friend
of the foreigner and thereby committed
ourselves to him ; but while the foreigner
was welcome , he had a duty to perform
which devolved upon him as soon as his
foot touched our soil , which duty waste
to adopt the American idea , to live for
the government as he would that the
government should live for him.
Speaking of the typical American the
speaker said there were seven attributes
which characterized him.
1. That he lived and acted with the
sole and only idea that this is a govern
ment of the people , for the people and
by the people. After a short discussion ,
the speaker said that in framing the
constitution of the United States , the
fathers had exhausted the right of revo
lution. "We might have insurrections
. and rebellions but an amendment to the
fundamental law of this country would
work any revolution which the people
might demand.
2. That this government is not main
tained by physical but by moral force.
He cited the facts that , though our gov
ernment contained over 50,000,000 people
ple , we are governed by an army of
less than 25,000 armed men and by a
navy that is the laughing stock of the
world not a gattling gun , but a clear
conscience and a developed brain for
the American.
3. That , out of the citizen , the nation
must grow. Hence it is not only nec
essary to educate but to morally edu
cate all classes ; and he loudly disap
proved taking the bible from the school
I room.
4. That there is 10 such thing as
union of church and' state.
As Franklin said , the state is not ir
religious , but non-religious. The speak
er deplored the idea which prompted
the Roman priests and others in au
thority in that church. While he would
protect the rights as a church to the
last , yet , they are too bold in regard to
the matter of the church being above
the state.
G That the Sabbath is peculiarl } an
American institution. That honest toil
for six days and a consecration of the
seventh should be the watchward of the
people , and inasmuch as our nation
must stand on its intelligence and
morals , that no less could be asked.
7 That it is not so much as to how
long the nation would last as to what is
its mission , China , with its 4,000 years.
England with her 1,000 , and the United
States with her 100 , was a fair illustra
tion of his idea. Every nation on the
face of the earth , as fast as a change
was made , modeled after the United
States , Under the stars and stripes the
three sons of Noah looked each other in
the face , and from above their father
viewed them , while all at once could
say : "We are free to think , free to act ,
and free to speak. "
A Wonderful Resurrection.
New Yor.i Sun.
Jn the London Lancet , of September
Cth , is recorded a case of resuscitation
after apparent death by hanging , so re
markable as to be worth } * of notice and
discussion outside of purely professional
circles.
The case is reported by Dr. Ernest W.
White , senior assistant medical officer
to the Kent lunatic asylum at Chart-
ham , near Canterbury. The patient
was a woman , 53 years old , afflicted
with that form of insanity known as
melancholia. She had tried to kill her
self before admission into the asylum ,
and made several attempts to take her
life after being received into the insti
tution. Finally she succeeded in escap
ing the watchfulness of the attendants
who had frustrated her previous efforts
at self-destruction , and hid herself in a
V bathroom , where she was found hang
ing to a ladder by a cord formed of
portions of * her dress , eight minutes
after she had been seen alive by auothei
patient.
When cut down she was apparently
quite dead. Animation was so com
pletely suspended that there was nc
symptom which enabled the medical
men present to distinguish her condition
from that of real death. This is the
raarkable feature of the case. So far
as the doctors could sec the woman was
dead. The skin was ashy pale , the sur
face temperature very low , the lips were
livid and the eyes dilated and insensi
ble to the action of light ; there was no
pulse at the wrist or temples ; no defi
nite heart beat could be detected even
by the stethoscope ; respiration had ab
solutely ceased , and unconsciousness
was complete. Even the application oi
galvanism failed to contract the mus
cles. If the woman had been a crimi
nal who had suffered the extreme penal
ty of the law the physicians would
doubtless have been justified by the
symptoms in pronouncing her dead ;
yet she is alive to-day , and not only
well physically but fast recovering from
all mental derangement.
Dr. White and his assistants wisely
refused to act upon appearances. They
gave their patient the benefit of the
doubt in their minds , although that
doubt was very slight. Resort was had
to artificial respiration according to
what is known in medicine as the Sil
vester method. The movements were
performed slowly only ten times a
minute but about ten minutes after
they were begun an exceedingly feeble
attempt at natural respiration was
noted , and very weak pulsations of the
heart were perceived by the aid of the
stethoscope. Ten minutes is a long
time to wait for the first signs of return
ing life , and it is to be feared that in
many cases of apparent death , espe
cially by drowning , the measures neces
sary for resuscitation are not continued
long enough to rekindle the smoldering
spark of life that remains in the body.
There can hardly be too much patience
or perseverance. In this case artificial
respiration was steadily maintained for
two hours before the natural breathing
was sufficiently established to dispense
with assistance in this way. If it had
been abandoned earlier the woman
would probably have died , notwith
standing her partial restoration to sen
sibility.
We need not follow the treatment in
detail. The patient became perfectly
conscious about eleven hours after the
act of strangulation , and in the course
of a fortnight was in good bodily health.
She lost her melancholy illusions and
became cheerful , looking back at her
attempt at suicide with horror. For
two days from the time of hanging ,
however , her memory was a complete
blank.
This extraordinary case is interesting
in several aspects. The complete sim
ulation of death suggests a possibility
that physicians may sometimes them
selves 'be deceived" to the fact of
death , especially careless practitioners
or those of comparativelj1- limited infer
mation. We have already referred to
the lesson which it teaches of the need
of steadfast and hopeful perseverance
in efforts to restore those who have
apparently lost their lives by strangu
lation or drowning. It would appear
that artificial respiration is more useful
and effective when the movements are
performed slowly than when they
exceed ten a minute. This is an impor
tant point for those to remember who
are called upon to render first aid to
the injured. Finally , this remarkable
occurence may well lead to speculation
as to the many stories which have been
published of the restoration to life of
men who have apparently suffered
death by hanging on the gallows.
It is probable that fully seven min
utes had elapsed between the moment
of the act of suspension and the time
when the women was cut down. Who
3an say that similar measures might
not have brought about a resusciation
if she had been hanging twice as long ?
A.nd might not a strong man possess
Lhe potential ability to recover , with
like assistance , from the effects of stran
gulation lasting half an hour ? Who
3an now assert , with confidence , that a
3onvict with a neck unbroken cut down
ifter hanging thirty minuts , and turned
jver to friends having all the resources
af modern medical science at command ,
might not be called back to existence
in this world ?
Such an event is improbable enough ,
ive know ; but we do not see how it can
be pronounced physically impossible ,
in view of the facts to which we have
Irawn attention.
Patience Greater Than Job's.
I suppose Job's patience was - wonderful
ful for a man ; but it was nothing to
that of women. What would Job have
done had he been compelled to sit in
the house and sew , and knit ? , and nurse
the children , and see that hundreds of
different things were attended to during
the day , and hear children cry , and fret ,
and complain ? Or how would he have
stood it if , like some poor woman , ho
had been obliged to rear a family of ten
or twelve children without any help ,
spending months , years all the prime ol
life in washing , scouring , scrubbing ,
mending , cooking , and nursing children ;
fastened to the house and his offspring
from morning till night , and from night
till morning ; sick or well , in storm or
sunshine , his nights often rendered mis
erable by watching over his children ?
How could he have stood all this , and in
addition to all other troubles the curses
and even violence of a drunken com
panion ? He would soon have tired of
unrewarded labor and undeserved blame.
For , after all , though Job endured his
boils and losses very well for a short
time , they did not endure long enough
to test the strength of his patience.
Woman tests her patience by a whole
life of trials , and she does not grumble
at her burdens. We are honestly of the
opinion that woman has more patience
than Job ; and instead of saying , * ' The
patience of Job , " we should say , " The
patience of woman. " Exchange.
Flowers and fruit are always fit
jresents ; flowers , because they are
> roud assertion that a ray of beauty
mtvalues all the utilities of the world.
Fhese gay natures contrast with the
iombre countenance of ordinary nature ;
hey are like music heard out of a work-
iouse. Scrz
How the World Has Been Frightened
by Stars.
In 1572 a magnificent star of the firsl
magnitude suddenly appeared , effacing
by its brilliancy the moat beautifiil atan
in the sky. It remained for eighteei
months and disappeared.
Astrologers said that this appearance
was the same as that to the magi at th (
birth of Jesus Christ , and conclndet
from it that the last judgment was near.
Tliirty-two years later another new stai
appeared. From the day of its appear
ance , the 10th of October , 1604 , accord
ing to Arago , it was white ; it surpassed
stars of the first magnitude in bright
ness , also Mars , Jupiter , and Saturn ,
which were near it. Many compared ii
to Venus. Those who had seen the stai
in 1572 found that the new one exceeded
Venus in brightness. It did not appeal
to become fainter in the second half o )
the mouth of October ; on the 9th ol
November the twilight which effaced
Jupiter did not prevent this star from
being visible. On the IGth of Novem
ber Kepler perceived it for the last time ,
but at Turin , when it appeared in the
east , at the end of December and at the
beginning of January , its light was
fainter. On the 20th of March , 1605 , it
was smaller in appearance than Saturn ,
but it exceeded in brightness the stars
of the third magnitude. On the 21st ol
April it seemed eqiial to the shining star
of the third magnitude. It diminished
imperceptibly ; on the 8th of October it
was still seen , but with difficulty on ac
count of the twilight. In March , 1606 ,
it had become completely invisible.
These appearances , like all extraordi
nary phenomena , excited terror and
awakened ideas , not to be stifled , of the
conflagration of the world , the fall of
the stars , and the end of time. One of
the most memorable predictions is that
of 1588 , announced in emphatic Latin
verse , of which the following is a trans
lation :
After 1,500 years , dating from the concep
tion of the Virgin , this eighty-eighth year will
be strange and full of dread ; it will bring with
it sad destinies. If , in this terrible year , the
perverbo world does not fall into dust , if the
earth and seas are not annihilated , all the em
pires of the world will be overthrown , and af-
lliction will oppress the human , race.
This prediction was later renewed in
favor or disfavor of the seventeenth cent
ury , and the Mcrcure de Franco an
nounced the greatest revolution for the
year 1788. It then passed for having
been found in the tomb of Begiomon-
tauus. Authors did not think how right
they were to describe this memorable
epoch under the title of revolution.
But while considering these predic
tions , the list of which would be longer
than at first imagined , we cannot help
relating the curious mystifications
worked in 1524 by the German astrolo
ger Stofiler. According to him , on the
20th of February of that year , the con
junction of the planets must produce a
universal deluge. Astrologers gave
faith to it like the common herd ; the
sinister news soon traversed the world ,
and they prepared themselves to see the
universe pass from time into eternity.
"All the provinces of Gaul"says an au
thor of that period , "were in strange
fright and doubt of a universal inunda
tion , and such that our fathers had not
seen , or was known by historians or
others , by means of which men and
women were in great fear. And many
removed from their low dwelling-places
and found higher spots , and made pro
vision of meal and other matters , and
had processions and general and public
prayers , that it might please God to
have pity on His people. "
Fear seized on a great many minds.
Those who lived near the sea or rivers
left their abodes , and sold , at immense
losses , doubtless to unbelievers , their
properties and goods. At Toulouse ,
another Noah constructed a ship to serve
as an ark to his family and friends , and
probably , also , to a few couples of ani
mals. This was not the only case. Ac
cording to the account of the historian
Bodin , " There were many infidels who
made arks to save themselves , although
God's promise and oath , never again to
drown man by a deluge , was preached
to them. " Many and many a time the
prediction was given out , and it always
found the same number of believers , al
though each time the event gave it a
positive denial. In 1584 the fear caused
by an announcement of this kind was so
great that the churches were unable to
contain those who sought refuge in
them. A great number made their wills
without reflecting that it was useless if
all the world was to perish ; and others
gave their goods to the priests , in the
hope that their prayers would delay
this day of judgment.
SMALLER PARAGRAPHS.
The old question of a speedier means
> f official killing than the blade or the
loose is again discussed in England.
Fhe Lancet not only thinks that de-
japitation does not cause instant death ,
ind that hanging is torturingly slow ,
jut that neither prussic acid nor elec-
; ricity would be quick enough in fatal
jffect.
Higher literary circles in London are
nuch amused by the controversy be
tween Herbert Spencer and Fred-
jrick Harrison. The latter de-
lies the originality of Spencer's
of and describes
> ystem philosophy ,
scribes it as drawn from Comte. It is
singular to observe that a philosopher
) f Spencer's standing declares himself
gnorant of Comte.
A western paper recently made ex-
juses for the shortcomings of a particu-
ar issue by claiming that a part of its
'editorial " ab
corpse" was necessarily
sent. The mistake was pointed out by
i friend and the next week the follow-
ng appeared : "The error was simply
i typographical one. Of course anyone
ivith a spoonful of brains would know
; hat we meant 'editorial core. ' "
A party or artists who have been trav-
jling in Alaska declare the Greek
jhurch at Sitka to be the most beautiful
louse of worship in America. It is
milt on the plan of a Greek cross , and
lie interior is a mass of gold and silver
> f the magnificence of which a writer
says he can give no idea. The walls
ire hung with pictures of royalty and
: he priesthood , sent by a Russian prin-
; ess who took this temple under her
patronage.
"Snack , " the luncheon that colored
'aunties" in Virginia sell through car
vindows while the train is stopping at
i station , is thus described : "A non-
lescript looking package of meat , cake
ind bread tied together with , strings of
red , white and blue jtirn.gn The meal
portion was a half of a chicken fried in
Hour. Then there was a number oi
pieces of fried wheat bread , a generous
slice of cold hoe cake and a large piece
of plain cake. "
B'ood heat is set down on a Faharn-
licit thermometer at ninety-eight de
grees , but more careful investigation
has shown that the temperature of a
healthy person is between 102 and 103.
One-half a degree either way indicates
an abnormal condition , while one de
gree below would make a doctor shake
his head ominously. When a fevei
sends the temperature up to 106 or 107
it depends entirely on the amount ol
fuel on hand how long the fire will con
tinue to burn.
The largest dredging machine in the
world has been iinisned and will be used
on the Sacramento and San Joaquin
swamp lauds in California. It has been
named Thor , and modeled after the
best dredges now in use on the Isthmus
canal , cutting out a channel and build
ing a levee at the same time. The
Thor is 101 feet long and 61 feet wide ,
and has 34 iron buckets , with a capacity
of one and a half cubic yards each ,
which can be filled and emptied four
teen times per minute.
A Wonderful Cup.
Baron Charles de Rothschild , ol
Frankfort-on-the-Main , purchased , not
long ago , for the enormous sum of
800,000 francs ( $160,000) ) a silver-gilt
cup by the celebrated Jammitzer , which
is said to be a marvelous work of art.
This sum , according to the Chronigue
des Aries , is , as far as it knows , the
largest price ever paid in modern times
for a single object of art. The work is
the center piece of a table service. The
foot is composed of a rock entirely cov
ered with grasses and field flowers , on
which desport themselves beetles , little
lizards , locusts and snails. From this
rises the figure of a woman , emblemat
izing the earth , and bending in eloquent
pose as she supports on her head and
her hands a tall chalice , decorated Avith
grotesques and topped by a cover , which
terminates in a vase in the form of a
baluster , from which springs a bunch of
leaves and flowers. The silver gilt of
which the cup is made has ornaments in
opaque and translucent enamels. The
goldsraithery of the sixteenth century is
said to offer nothing more finished in
execution , and which , though open to
criticism , possibly forms the standpoints
both of taste and style , has its weak
nesses counterbalanced by the wonder
ful perfection of all its details.
The story of Baron Rothschild's ac
quisition of the work is quite curious.
It formed part of the estate of the late
Nuremberg banker , Merkel , who died in
1873 , and whoso heirs , by common ac
cord , agreed to loan it , together -with
Albert Durer's portrait of Holchucher ,
to the German Museum at Nuremberg ,
of which Jammitzer's chef d'anivrc be
came one of the greatest treasures. In
deed the public , during the years it was
on exhibition , thought it belonged to
the museum. It was so arranged that
the work could not be taken avray with
out-joint consent of the heirs and a Min
isterial authorization. Some months
ago the celebrated art work disappeared
from the galleries , to the great astonish
ment and consternation of the Nurem-
bergers and the country in general.
After a while it leaked out that a Frank
fort dealer in art objects , the agent of
Baron Rothschild , had appeared with
the necessary papers from the family
and the Director of the Museum .had
been obliged to deliver to him the cup.
The whole affair was conducted -with
great secrecy , and it is certain that had
it been knovm that the object was for
sale the Directors of the Nuremberg
Museum , as well as many oth
ers , would have competed with the pres
ent purchaser for its possession.
A Merry Heart.
"I'd rather be poor and merry , " says
a writer , "than inherit the wealth of
the Indies with a discontented spirit. '
A merry heart , a cheerful spirit , from
which laughter wells up as naturally as
bubble the springs of Saratoga , are worth
all the money-bags and mortgages in
the city. The man who laughs is n doc
tor with a diploma indorsed by the
s-jhool of nature ; his face does more
good in a sick-room than a pound of pow
ders or a gallon of bitter draughts. If
things go right he laughs because he is
pleased ; if they go wrong he laughs be
cause it is better and cheaper than cry
ing. People are always glad to see him ,
and their hands instinctively go half
way to meet his grasp , wliile they turn
involuntarily from the clammy dyspep
tic who speaks on the groaning. He
laughs you out of your faults , while you
never dream of being offended with him ,
and you never know what a pleasant
world you.are living in until he points
out the sunny streaks on its pathway.
Who can help loving the whole-souled ,
genial laugher ? Not the buffoon , nor
the man who classes noise with niirth ,
but the cheery , contented man of sense
and mind ! A good-natured laugh is the
key to all breasts. The truth is that
the people like to be laughed at in a
genial sort of way. If you are making
yourself ridiculous you want to be told
of it in a pleasing manner , not sneered
at. And it is astonishing how frankly
the laughing population can talk without
treading on the toes of their neighbors.
Why will the people put on long faces ,
when it is so much easier and pleasanter
to laugh ? Tears come to us unsought
and unbidden. The wisest art in life
is to cultivate smiles , and to find the
flowers where others shrink away for
fear of thorns.
Good Imperishable.
Says a recent writer : "I remember ,
not long ago , seeing some larkspur and
lady'B slipper in the midst of a sterile-
looking field. Upon inquiring how these
garden flowers came there , I heard that
many years ago there was an old house
there , but it had been gone more than
sixty years. Yet , notwithstanding that
field had been reaped and sowed , plowed
and postured , season after season , for so
many years , these simple little flowers
lived on , a memento of innocent child
hood , blooming out of the most squalid
poverty. Evil has the same immortal
ity. H the children's hands had sown
thistles , they would have remained as
long. _
as Food.
Eggs arc an article of cheap and nu
tritious food which wo do not find oi
farmers' tables in the quantity economy
demands. They are very convenient t <
take to market , and this is the tlLspo
sition which too many farmers make o :
them. They probably do not fully com
prehend how valuable eggs arc as food
that , like milk , an egg is o coinplch
food in itself , containing everything
necessary for the development of a per
feet animal , as is manifest from the facl
that a chick is formed from it. It uconii
a mystery how muscles , bones , feathers ,
and everything that a chick requires fo ]
its perfect development are made from
the yolk and white of an egg ; but sucl
is the fact , and it shows how complete i
food an egg is. It is also easily digest
ed , if not damaged in cooking. A ravi
or soft-boiled egg is always as easily as <
similated as is milk , and can be catci
with impunity by children mid invtdids ,
The average egg weighs a thousanc"
grains , and is worth more as food thai :
so much beefsteak. Indeed there is nc
more concentrated and nourishing foot
than eggs. The albumen , oil and saline
matter are , as in milk , in the right pro
portion for sustaining animal life. Wliei :
eggs bring no more than 20 cent.
per dozen , it is much better economy tc
find a market for them in the family
than at the store. Two or three boiled
eggs , with the addition of a slice or hvc
of toast , will make a breakfast sufficient
for a man and good enough for a King.
An ordinary hen's egg weighs from out
and a half to two ounces , a duck's eg
from two to three ounces , the egg of n
sea-gull and the turkey from three tc
four ounces , and the egg of a goose from
four to six ounces. The solid mattei
and the oil in the duck's egg exceed
those in a hen's egg by about one-fourth.
According to Dr. Edward Smith , in his
treatise on "Food' ' , "an egg weighing
an ounce and three-quarters consists oi
120 grains of carbon and 18J grains ol
uitrocren , or 15.25 per cent , of carbon
"
and 2"U.L nitrogen. A writer in the iS'cv-
entijlc Farmer estimates that the value
of one pound of eggs , as food for sus
taining the active forces of the body , is
to the value of one pound of lean beef as
1,584 is to 900. As a flesh producer one
pound of eggs is about equal to one
pound of beef. A hen may be calcu
lated to consume one bushel of corn
yearly , and to lay ten dozen , or fifteen
pounds of eggs. This is equivalent to
saying that three and one-tenth pounds
of corn will produce , when fed to a lion ,
five-sixths of a pound of eggs. But live-
sixths of a pound of pork requires about
five pounds of corn for its production.
When eggs are one shilling per dozen
and pork five-pence per pound we have
a bushel of corn fed , producing ten shill
ings' worth of eggs and four shillings ,
worth of pork. Judging from these
facts eggs must be economical in their
production and in their eating , and es
pecially fit for the laboring man in re
placing meat. Provisioncr.
The Woman of the Future.
The Long Branch correspondent oi
the Albany Journal writes : There are
two facts which strike one with immense
force this season on first arriving at the
most popular of our watering place
and these are : First , the number ol
tall , well-grown young women that the
present age has developed ; and , second ,
the size of hats they wear. Usually
they are fair as well as large , and they
look like a revival of the Scandinavian
goddesses as if all at once our earth
was being peopled again by mighty
Brunhelds and lovely Sidurthas instead
of the slim , sallow type we have been
accustomed to associate with the born
American.
The immense hats , which have wide ,
indented or turned-up brims , enhance
this blooming style of beauty , and ren
ders it all the more conspicuous. A lit
tle more of dignity , a little more of re
pose , and they could quite icalize the
poet's ideal of daughters of the gods
divinely tall and most divinely fair.
But their too abrupt movements and the
loud talking the silly talking and "tit
tering" in which nearly all the girls in
dulge destroy the illusion. These
young women come from good , well-to-
do families ; they are the representatives
of the present , and particularly of the
incoming generation of the women of
America , and as such are to be congrat
ulated on being a great improvement ,
physically , on those that have gone be
fore them. Their fine development
speaks well for what improved methods
more air. better and more nutritious
food , and more intelligent aims are do
ing for them. No more slate pencils , no
more theories in regard to food , no more
moonlight reveries and morbid longings
the healthy modern girl is the most
practical , the most unromantic of mor
tals , and her dinner is as important a
fact to her as it is to any Alderman on
Lord Mayor's day. She is not ashamed
to eat , and she shows the results of good
living and exercise , both of mind and
body. From such young women as
these in the present day it is easy to tell
what the women of the futiu'e will be
perfect realizations of the ideals of the
poets and romancers no mere bundle
of nerves , but gorgeous creatures , capa
ble of ruling the kingdom that is pre
paring for them.
Productive Dakota.
St. Paul Herald.
"Speakin' of productive soil , " said
the man from Dakota , "the half has
never been told. A few weeks ago my
wife said : 'Why , John , I b'lieve you've
took to growiii' agin. ' I measured my
self , an' I hope Gabriel'll miss me at
the final roundup if I hadn't grown six
inches in two weeks. I couldn't ac
count for it for some time , till at last I
tumbled to the fact that thar war holes
in my boots , an' the infernal soil got in
there an' done its work. Did you see
that boy that was with me on the street
this mornin' ? Looks like he war about
18 years old. Wai , about six months
ago my wife sot our 6-months-old kid
down in the plowed ground to play , an'
gents , I'll be billy be doggone if
But you wouldn't believe that if I told
it. Yes , it's a wonderful country ,
gents ! I could sit here for a year re-
latin' actual facts , but I must rush out
an' do some tradin' . I've got to buy a
hatchet to shingle my barn with. I left
my old hatchet out over night last
week , an' in the mornin' it was a full-
grown ax. Good-by. "
STOCK DIKECTOEY
DENNIS M'KILLIP.
Ranch on Red "Willow , Thornburp , Hayes
County , Neb. Cattle branded "J. 31. " on
left Blue. Young cattle branded same aa
above , also "J. " on left Juw. Unddr-slopo
right car. Horses branded "E" on left
iheuldor.
W. J. WILSON.
Stock brand circle on left shoulder ; also
dewlap and a crop and under half crop on
left car. and a crop and under bit in the
right. Ranch on the Republican. Post-
oflluc , Max. Dundy count } ' , Nebraska.
HENRY T. CHURCH.
0born , Neb. Range : Red."Willowcreek ,
in southwest corner of Frontier county , cut
tle branded "O L 0' ' on right side. Also ,
nn over crop on right car and under crop on
left. Tlorsprtbrandi'd " 8" on riirht houldur.
SPRING CREEK CATTLE CO.
Indianoln , Neb. Range : Republican Val-
ey , east of Dry Creek , and near Lead of
Spring Creek , in Chase county ,
J. D. WELBOIW ,
Vice President and Superintendent.
THE TURNIP BRAND.
Ranch 2 miles north of JrcCook. Stock
branded on left hip , and a f e\v double cross
es on left side , C-J } . ERCANBRACK.
STOKES & TROTH.
P. O. Address , Carrico , Hayes county ,
Nebraska. Range. Red Willow , above Car
rico. Stock branded as above. Aiso run the
lazy 11 brand.
GEORGE J. FREDERICK.
Ranch4 miles southwest of 3fcCook , on the
Driftwood. Stock branded "AJ" on the
left hip. P. O. address , 3fcCook , Neb.
J. B. MESERVE.
itanch , Spring Canyon on the Frenchman
River , in Chase county , Neb. Stock branded
as above ; also " 717" on left side ; " 7 > J on.
richt hip and "L. " on right shoulder ;
"L."on left shoulder and X. " on lelt
jaw. Half under-crop left ear , and square-
crop right ear.
NOW
GIJBIAX
PLUG TOBACCO
with Red Tin Tasr : IJose Leaf Fine Cat
Chewing ; Navy Clippings , and Black ,
Brown and Yehow SNUFFS ae the best
and cheapest , quality considered ? ]
JOSEPH ALLEN.
Ranch on Red Willow Creek , half mile
above Otborn postoffice. Cattle branded on
right side ana hip above. 8-4
FOR SALE Improved Deeded Farm
and Hay Land. Timber and water. Two
firm houses , witb other improvements.
Convenient to No. 1 school privileges. Sit
uated on Republican river , near tiouth ol
Red Willow creek. Call on J. F. Black ,
on premises , or address him at Indianola ,
Nebraska.
