XJIK ISM ! OF COXXEXX.
Thcro'B u Inml in a lattltudo near to us nil
Wliore each dweller may follow his bent ;
It Is under no monarch's tyrannical thrall ,
And Is known us the Jslo of Content.
It's n. wonderful spot ; if you ask , it will bring
To you quickly wlmto'er you dcfllro ;
* t What it cnn not produce { It's a singular
thing ) ,
That is Just what you never require.
By the balmiest zephyrs of Happiness fanned ,
It is neither too cold nor too hot ,
And the lassies and lads never care In this
land
Whether school is in session or not.
In Content , the * but poor , yet you feel , ne'er-
thclcss ,
You are equal in wealth to a klny ,
While 11 tear in the trousers or durn in the
dress
You consider a capital thing.
If you haven't the money to purchase u inea
( I have been In that strait once or twice ) ,
Take n reef in your vest and you'll instantlj
feel
( If you live In Content ) "very nice. "
When I notice a. lad with a bright , sunny smile
That extends for three inches or more ,
Then I nudge myself Inwardly , thinking , the
while ,
"lie's encamped on Content's happy shore. "
I have dwelt on this beautiful Island at times ,
While inditing small verses for you.
And I oltcn have wondered if , reading my
rhymes ,
* You were there as n resident , too.
( .St. Nicholas for November.
AGEICULTUEAL.
T/ie Jiiitlei' Jlccorila of the t/eiweys.
No breed of cattle lias become more
popular than the Jerseys , and no breed
gives more general satisfaction. With
in the past ten years they have made
greater progress than for many years
previous , owing to the great interest
taken in them by American breeders.
The Jerseys were handicapped by the
"color marks" cream fawn and black
nozzle until inferior cattle were in
greater demand than those which were
meritorious. In other words , every val
uable quality was being sacrificed to
solid color. The prices at which they
were sold , however , were low , as those
who desired first-class butter cows were
not disposed to venture too largely in
order to possess a prize annual whose
superiority rested upon exterior charac
teristics only. When a new departure
was ventured upon , and the breeding
animals were selected from those that
excelled in the production of butter , the
Jerseys rapidly rose in favor and be
came in great demand.
In building up the leading strains of
Jerseys the cows Alphea , Eurotas and
Coomassie were the foundations , while
the male line is traced to Jupiter , Rioter
and Signal. Other excellent animals
were used to improve the strains , but
those named were the principal fami
lies , although they were somewhat re
lated. The cow Coomassie has been of
greater service through the influence of
lier sons and grandsons than through
her daughters , while the others have
produced excellent descendants through
both the male and female line. Eurotas ,
a daughter of Rioter , has departed her
good qualities to all her descendants ,
and the bull Rioter is well represented
through the Stoke Pogis family , the
St. Lambert cows being chiefly of his
blood. Our object here , however , is
not to give pedigrees , but to impress
upon our readers the importance of
careful selection of the breeding stock
from animals that have proved them
selves meritorous. This rule has become
imperative among breeders. We find
the record alone the test for the trotter ,
and , and although pedigree is very val
uable , unless an animal demonstrates
its usefulness as a sire or dam its own
excellence will not give it a high place as
a breeder. Blue Bull , a horse of almost
unknown lineage , has gone to the
front as a sire of trotters , although but
an inferior trotter himself , and the cow
Coomassie , while not equaling others of
a later date , still ranks the highest as a
source of the best quality. The test of
merit has increased the fleeces and car
casses of our sheep , and the early ma
turity and capacity of digestion of the
swine have enabled breeders to single
out certain families of Berkshires as su
perior to others. By this process of
selection for merit only , and according
to the capacity of the animal , breeders
have produced Jersey cows that give
thirty pounds of salted butter in one
week , the milk required for such pro
duction being only five quarts for one
pound of butter , as in the case of Ida ,
of St. Lambert. The milk yields of the
Holsteins , from some families , have
reached over fifty pounds ( about twen
ty-five quarts ) daily , and still the im
provement goes on.
But although the cows themselves
arc selected as the fittest for the pur
pose , such tests are made under the
most favorable conditions only. The
food is rich , varied , of the best quality ,
and given plentifully but this is the
duty of every farmer. The butter cows
are selected for their butter qualities
alone , and not with a view to securing
a large quantity of milk. Their beef
qualities are entirely discarded , and
their future value for the butcher is not
considered. The Jerseys are active ,
small in size , and mature early , the
lieifers often producing calves before
they are a year and a half old. They
are distinct from the Guernseys , not
being as large , and possessing a more
delicate shape and liner bone. There
are no Alderney cows in this country ,
the gilt-edged butter so styled being
from the Jerseys and Guernseys. The
use of Jers.ey bull among a common
herd makes a marked change in the
-character of the offspring , and but a
short time is required to largely increase
the value of the stock , while the yield
of butter is more than doubled.
How to liaise Celery.
Correspondence American Agriculturist.
Celery is now somewhat of a luxury.
It will soon be considered as neces
sary as any other vegetable. And we
shall soon have thousands of acres of
our mucky , swamplands occupied with
the crop , and it will be boxed up and
sent all over the world. "My own plan
of growing it involves very little labor.
It is planted on land so low and so wet ,
early in the season , that it cannot be
plowed before the middle of June. It is
light sand and muck , not naturally
rich ; at any rate , it produces only a
moderate crop of grass or hay. We
plow the land as soon as it will work
property , and harrow and roll. Then
with a common corn marker we mark
off rows five feet apart , and scatter
Along these rows a mixture of half su
perphosphate and half nitrate of soda
say a go.od handful to each yard or
twice paces of the row. Wo do not sou
it broadcast , but scatter it along the
row. Wo then take a horse-hoc oulti-
vator , remove all but three teeth , am
set the cultivator as narrow as possible
say at fifteen to eighteen inches wide ,
and let the horse walk along thc-mark ,
and set the cultivator to run as deep as
we can get it to work properly , We
sometimes go twice in a row. The ob
ject is to make the soil as loose and deep
and mellow as possible , and to mix the
superphosphate and nitrate with the
soil. Set out the plants in the rows
eight or nine inches apart. You wil
bo astonished at the good effect of the
cultivator. It makes the soil so loose
that the plants can be set out with the
greatest ease. Of course , it would be
just as well to cultivate the whole ol
the land , but this plan saves time , and
the land between the rows will be thor
oughly cultivated , afterward , in ordei
to keep down the weeds. If the land is
rich enough it is not necessary to use
the superphosphate and nitrate ; but on
my farm I find great advantage from
its use on celery , strawberries and as
paragus. "
] ) ccji I'lowimj untl Moisture.
Kansas Farmer.
The question is often asked"How
does deep plowing make the soil inois-
ter ? " I believe it is an accepted fact
that wherever warm air comes in con
tact with a body cooler than itself the
water in it condenses into drops. On a
warm day we see it often on the out
side of a pitcher of cold water. Fogs
and dews are made in that way , and
our rain , most of it , coming up from
the gulf in those heavy currents of
warm air that we frequently have.
When we pulverize the soil deep the
warm air , which is full of moisture ,
penetrates down and all through it , and
the ground , being cooler than the air ,
condenses the water into drops , which
answers in place of rain ; so the deeper
and the more we pulverize it the more
moisture it will collect from the air.
Not only that , but as warm air is rich
in food for plants it serves in place of
manure , too. Thirty years ago there
was a terrible drought in the east.
Professor Mapes , a large market gar
dener , had had his ground underdrained
and subsoiled , and his crops , where he
could , were cultivated with a subsoil
plow. A committee went to see his
place after nine weeks of drought , and
it found everything as flourishing as if
there had been plenty of rain. His
corn ( it was the 3d of September ) was
estimated at ninety bushels to the acre ,
while on land cultivated in the usual
way , near by , it was all burnt up.
While I do not think deep plowing is
everything , still I think deep and thor
ough pulverizing of our land will lessen
the effects of a drought.
an Ice House.
American Agriculturist.
We can best answer numerous inqui
ries about building an ice house , by giv-
ng a description of one we put up for
our own use a few years ago. The lo
cality selected was one affording facili
ties for drainage , well shaded by trees ,
and conveniently near the house. The
surface being sandy , was levelled , and
bur by six inch sills , fourteen feet long ,
were laid down and halved together at
; hc corners. The plates of the same
enghth of two by fourjneh stuff were
mt together in the same manner ,
studs , two by four , and thirteen feet
oiig , were mortised into the sills and
spiked to the plates every eighteen
inches ? The roof , a "square pitch , " is
covered with ten-inch boards , two inch
es apart , and other boards of the same
width nailed on as battens. Hemlock
boards , nailed horizontally on both
sides of the studs , cover the" sides and
ends ; the four-inch space between the
outer and inner siding , being filled
with sawdust. There is a door at the
ground level , and another just above ,
joth being practically double , by means
of horizontal boards placed on the in
side as the house is filled. The roof
jrojects over the sides about a foot , and
.he space between that and the plates
are left open to afford ventilation. A
ayer of sawdust , four inches or more
; hick , was laid upon the ground , and
the blocks of ice stacked upon it as
closely as possible. The top of the ice
s covered with a layer of marsh hay >
ibout two feet thick. This house , if
filled up to the roof , would hold about
sixty tons. When half filled , there has
jeen a considerable quantity of ice left
over each year , though it has been used
very freely. The cost of the house is
small.
JF-J ir XOIES.
New York oit-hardists whose trees
were infested with aphides have found
; obacco water the best remedy.
South Carolina tea , cured in a fruit
evaporator , has been pronounced by
experts to be equal to imported teas.
An Orange connty ( N. Y. ) farmer
ceeps peafowls to destroy potato bee
tles , claiming that they were very ser
viceable in that respect.
The dust bath is as necessary for
: owls as water is for man ; it cleanses
heir feathers and skin from vermin and
impurities and is instrumental in pre
serving their health.
Keep your fowls tame if you want
hem to be profitable. Fowls are often
Tightened by the owner or allowed to
) C chased by dogs are as a general
thing not very profitable.
It is claimed that the dam as a rule
las more direct influence on her off
spring as regards health and size than
; he sire ; but the sire has more direct in-
luence on the bones , heart and nerves
than the dam.
The healthiest pork cannot be ob-
; ained from a clear feed of dry corn.
The digestive organs of the animal so
'ed are sure to get out of order tipon so
icating a food , and thus the whole sys
tem becomes tainted and impure.
Set out raspberries in the fall , if pre-
'erred , until quite late. Blackberries ,
raspberries , gooseberries , currants , etc. ,
start very early in the spring. In fall-
set plants this growth is not injured , as
they make much better headway than
when put out in the spring , especially
if protected.
Members of the Illinois Horticultural
society denounce the practice of ring- '
ng orchard trees to produce early bear
ing , except in thickly-planted orchards ,
where the final intention is to take out
alternate trees. In this case the trees
to come out may bo profitably forced
into early bearing.
In most parts of the south an average
corn crop * has been raised , and there
will be less demand for western corn
than for some 3rears past. This is espe
cially true in view of the fact that the
largest hay crop ever known in the
south has been harvested this year , and
more oats will be sown than ever be
fore. Planters'1 Journal.
There is this clement in the stock
business , says the Farmers' Review ,
which does not exist in grain-growing.
It is that the man who produces a
choice or fancy grade of beef , is paid
according to its merits. The same is
true of the raising of horses , wool , mut
ton sheep , and , in a less degree , of
pork , while the same holds good in horticultural
ticultural productions.
An Irish breeder says that offsprings
bred from greatly dissimilar parents , in
either size or character , should never be
used for breeding purposes , as their
offspring will certainly prove to be
mongrels of nondescript character. The
parents should be as similar as possible ,
as a rule , the neglect of which has led
to more disappointment than any other
cause.
Sir John B. Lawes , of Rothamstead ,
England , says he remembers when the
first thrashingmachine was bought and
ta"ken into his neighborhood. The
owner had to bury it at night , as armed
bodies of men went about the country
burning all the machines they could
find. The socialism of to-day has about
the same amount of sense as that of
old.
old.A
A writer to the Indiana Fanner says
he cures heaves in horses by withhold
ing hay and substituting green food
instead. He then makes a ball , as
large as a hulled walnut , of equal parts
of balsam of lir and balsam of copaiba ,
giving the animal one of the balls night
and morning. It is suggested , also ,
that the grain allowed be slightly mois
tened and seasoned with a litte salt be
fore feeding.
An experienced horticulturist sa3's
that fresh cider should be boiled and
skimmed completely before being
bunged up. In the spring , if vinegar
is desired , place it in a warm , sunny
room , and add six pounds of dilute
brown sugar to the barrel , leaving the
barrel open for three or four weeks ,
according to the acidity of the cider.
The exposure to the air admits oxygen
and changes the alcohol into acetic acid
or vinegar.
CURRENT XOTES.
The human hair market , it appears ,
is being seriously affected by the troubles
in China. Marseilles , the great European
depot for supplies for wigs , perukes ,
chignons , plaits , false fronts , etc. , has
litherto received annual ! } ' as much as
: orty tons of the treasured merchandise
: rom the long-haired Celestials , and an
ingenious calculation has shown that
upward of two million female heads
mve been dependent for the coiffures ,
directly or indirectly , upon the hair
trade of Marseilles. Now , through the
iction of the Pekin government , or the
) atriotism of the Chinamen , the wig
jusiness of France is imperiled , and
unless fashion steps in to make hairless
leads tolerable and false
head-gear su
perfluous , M. Jules Ferry may lind the
lissatisfaction of French people any
thing but a favorable outcome of his
) olicy in China. Boston Advertiser.
Roger S. Austin's 10 year-old Wal-
ingford boy has paid for wisdom in ex-
jerienee , and he gave a good price at
hat. He wound yarn around the head
sf a pin and used it to lire through a
jlow-gun. It was very funny until one
clay he sucked the pin back into his
throat so far that a dozen doctors
wouldn't get it out. Then they sent the
boy to a New York hospital , where
; onie more doctors cut a hole in his
throat , as they do sometimes when a
3hild is very sick with diphtheria. The
lole worked well enough , but still they
wouldn't reach the pin. They con-
rived to keep the boy alive by a silver
ureathing tube until they sent to Phila-
Jelphia and had an instrument specially
made for the case , and then they man
aged to hook the pin out. Hartford
Courant.
Women in German farmhouses are
occupied in driving wagons , cutting the
lay , spreading the dressing on the
and , planting and digging the potatoes ,
jarefootcd and bareheaded , carrying
an their heads or their backs the farm-
ng tools and the sweepings of the road ,
larnessed to a cart with a dog ! She
must also tend her babies , cook her food
ind bear sons to be compelled to do
military service when most she needs
them to rest her weary hands. No
vender she cannot tidy her house , clean
icr children , make her own person
tvomanly or smart. She merely exists
.o labor , and to labor till age has bent
icr double. London Echo.
It is not by reducing wages that
America is making her conquest , but by
icr superior organization , greater elli-
iiency of labor consequent upon the '
ligher standard of living ruling in the'
jountry. High priced labor means bet
ter food and better living , and these
supply the American workman with
that energy and nerve power for which
ic is so justly celebrated. High-priced
abor countries are everywhere beating
Dauper-labor countries. Schoonhof's
Wages and Trade.
A case came to the attention of the
luthorities the other day which may
stand for hundreds in this city which
ire never brought to light. A young
jirl traveled hither from Baltimore in
inswer to the advertisement of a manu-
"acturer of women's underclothing
vhich seemed to promise fair wages. Af
ter four hours work on a steam sewing
machine she had made one dozen under
shirts , for which she was paid 20 cents ,
ess 5 cents for the thread she had used.
Che man who employed her said that
lis hands sometimes made S2 a day.
[ n that case each must make 100 under-
jlurts. New York Sun.
"This is a pretty time o night to be
joining home to your wife , Imustsay. "
4I know , zhat , my ( hie ) dear ; but I
3een out with the procesh'n , ye shee. "
'What procession , I'd like to know ?
There's been no procession to-night. '
"Yesh has dear. ' ' '
, , my Bigges' p'sesh'i
of camhicpaign. Took us five hours
to pass a given point. " "How manj
were in the procession ? " "Dud Ran
dall and me. " "And it took you live
hours to pass a given point. Nonsense ! "
"No nonsense 'bout it , my dear. Given
point was a s'loou. " Chicago News.
A noteworthy regulation , has been
made by the French postal authorities
in regard to the method of attixing pos
tage stamps to registered letters. The
stamps are not to be placed close to
gether , but are to have a space between
them. It is explained that when several
stamps are placed together they cover
a space sufficiently large to allow of an
opening being made for the withdrawal
of a bank note. The stamps being re
placed over the opening , the fraud
would not be discovered until after the
recipient had signed for his letter and
opened it , when he would have no re
dress.
"What is this ? " asked the grocer's
clerk , pulling out a box containing a lot
of green looking stuff ; "I've seen ii
around here for the last two years. "
"By George , I'm glad you found it , "
the grocer replied ; "it's"tansy. . Take
it out. put it in packages and label ii
§ 2 per pound. The war in China will
have a great influence on tea. " Arkan-
saw Traveler.
OVR SISTER .STATES.
President Arthur's frequent absence
from the capital has led somebod-
look up what his predecessors did in
this way. John Adams scored 385 days ;
Jefferson ( two terms ) , 79G ; Madison
( two terms ) , 637 ; Monroe ( two terms ) ,
708 ; John Q , Adams , 222 , and Jackson
( two terms ) , 508.
At Charlotte , N. C. , is a fountain
which sends a stream 2J8 feet high , icy
cold and clear as crystal. It lias its
source in the adjacent mountains , and
is said to be the highest in the world.
New York City is enjoying a boom
in real estate , probably caused by the
> agerness of idle capital for a safe in
vestment.
A Iventuckian named Solomon
Gloomy thought he might as well have
the game as the name and got married
last week.
Glass jars are supplanting tin cans
among the best California dealers for
putting up fruit. The firms making the
innovation claim that the object is to
bar out those who have been cheating
the public by putting up decayed and
unripe fruit.
Dr. Lancaster , of Gainesville , says
that many consumptives die in Florida
and physicians should be censured for
sending patients away from home when
they are beyond all hope of recovery.
He thinks , however , th.it man- cases
"
are cured by the Florida climate" .
Kelly's motor has been tested again.
This test was a private one. "Of course
it was completely satisfactory. "
A young medical student in Nashville
has been driven mad by the horrors of
the dissecting room.
A curious case of imposture has come
to light. A man traveling in New
Mexico and other of the territories has
claimed to be Dr. Joseph Ray , the
author of Ray's arithmetic and alge
bras. Dr. Ray died in 1855 , and his
only son died two years ago.
Of a S40.000 fire which occurred in
New York last week it is told "it gained
great headway because the proprietor
was talking politics and refused to lis
ten to a man who told him. his house
was on fire. " This cruel campaign
cannot be over too soon.
X-ACX AXJ ) FAXCY.
"You may not believe me , gentle
men , " said a weather-beaten tramp ,
approaching a crowd of brokers near
the Stock Exchange , "but Host a round
sum on Wall street not so many years
ago. " The hat was passed around and
the tramp put away § 1.75 in questers.
"How much was "this round sum of
money that you lost ? " was asked. "It
was a penny. I dropped it down a coal
hole. ' " New York Sun.
Dr. Tanner , the faster , has shaken
the dust of this country off his heels
and gone to Mexico to live on a ranch
This is no country for a man with an
empty stomach , anyhow. Detroit Free
Press.
When it was mentioned in Mrs.
Lockwood's hearing that Dr. Mary
Walker had threatened to kiss any man
who voted for Belva , she went down
into the cellar and had a good cry be
cause she did not know how to handle
a shot gun. Fall River Advance.
An eastern astronomer has discovered
towns and villages on the moon and
claims that they are inhabited. To the
inquiry as to whether the inhabitants
are like us , he says he thinks they are ,
as all the towns and villages seem to be
painted red. SL Paul Herald.
The negro chairman of the conven
tion in Arkansas recently rendered a
decision of which any white ward poli
tician might be proud. Several mem
bers were clamoring for recognition.
"Who's got the ilo ? " demanded a dele
gate. "Neber rain'who's got de flo' .
Keep on er axin' yer unpovermentiy
questions , an' yer'll hab de flo' hab
all ob dat yer kid kiver. I takes dish
heah mefed fur ter 'nounce myself de
nominee fur county jedge. All in favor
eb de measure will make it known by
sayin' 'I , ' an' dose opposed will please
gin up ear seats ter pussons what's got
more sense. De Ts' hab it. " Cam
bridge Tribune.
A.n irreveren tfellow living in Wood
county tells a story about a widow out
there who has been sole mistress of a
farm for about two years , and who has
not sold a hog or pig oft' the place since
then , giving as a reason that they "re
minded her so much of her dear de
parted Jabez that she could not bear
to have them killed. Toledo American.
Gen. T. L. Clingman , of North Carolina
lina , continues steadfast and enthusias
tic in his faith in tobacco as a panacea
for the "ills that flesh is heir to. ' * and
reports several new cases in which re
markable cures of dropsy , sore throat ,
corns , warts , etc. , have been effected by
the application of tobacco-leaf com
presses.
SOJIEKOUV.
Somebody's coming Into the world ,
Somebody's leaving It , somebodv ' weeps ;
Somebody's bark on Life's strcam'ls whirled ,
Somebody gaily glides over the deeps.
Somebody somewhere Is laughing to-night ,
SomelxMly's sinking while sonfebody sighs-
Somebody somewhere is quafllug the bright
Fruit of the grape while somebody dies.
Somebody's heart Is bursting with joy ,
Somebody's starving somewhere nolne ,
Somebody's praying for somebody's boy
Somebody sutlers and maketh no moan.
Somebody's hand Is lifted on high-
Somebody's heart is riven in twain ;
Somelwdy somewhere hears somebody cry
And the river Hews smoothly again"
Somebody's dirge Is sung by the waves ,
Somebodv never more sorrow will know ;
Somebody liame Fortune's fickleness braves-
Somebody's soul's as pure as the snow ;
Somebody's heart's as black as the night ,
Somebody's eyes are closed 'neath the sod ;
Somebody's soul was too weak for the light ,
And so it soared upward to God !
York fjini.
8x Jfoitm ll'tli'tottt a JTnitor/ .
Boston Traveller.
The brain plays odd tricks with us at
times , especially when it has been sub
jected to a sudden shock ; and scientific
men who think that its various convo
lutions arc the seats of various faculties
of the mind derive some confirmation
of their theory from the fact that the
power of memory msiy fail in part with
out an } ' failure of general intelligence ,
and may fail in part without being al
together impaired. A notable instance
of this last mentioned pecularity occur
red about a dozen years. A lad in the
country was accused of throwing an
other into a pond , and lie was put on
his trial before a bench of magistrates.
His elder brother , who bore a high
character in the village both for con
duct and for mental shrewdness , had
seen the previous struggle between the
lads , and he was called upon to give
evidence. lie declared his belief that
the fight was perfectly fair throughout ,
and that the immersion in the pond was
an accident. Questioned as to what
took place afterward , he could not
speak to a single circumstance. "Did
the prisoner attempt to rescue the de
ceased ? " the chairman asked him. He
could not say. "The bench understand
that you leaped into the water and re
covered the body. " "They tell me so , "
he said , "but I have no recollection of
Jt. " "The constable has told us that
you dived twice , brought out the body ,
and carried it to the parents' house. "
"I have not the slightest remembrance.
I only know that 1 was at home in bed
at 8 o'clock six hours later "and the
last thing I could remember was seeing
poor Smith fall over the edge , " There
could be no doubt that the witness was
speaking the truth ; and he could have
had no object in doing otherwise. The
shock which he had received on seeing
the fatal result of his brother's quarrel
had paralyzed his brain ; the memor-
was interrupted by those few hours ,
though in all other respects he had
acted like a man in the full possession
of his senses.
History.
Washington Hatchet.
"What is a cow-boy ? " inquired Fiui-
nywag's other half , with a sweetly
ludicrous look of innocent ignorance in
her cerulean eyes.
"Don't you know what a cow-boy is ? "
exclaimed Funny way. with a sweetly
tantalizing look of superioritv.
"No , dear. "
"Why a cowbov " is simplv a voung
bull. "
"Oh , Funny , how odd ! "
"It happened in a few minutes that a
drove of cattle passed down the street ,
and in the van was a tough-looking
monarch of the meadows led by a rope.
"Oh , Funny. " cried Mrs. F. from the
window where she was sitting.
"Yes , my dear. " '
"Come here quick. "
Funnywag hastened to the spot.
"What kind of an animal is that the
colored man is leading ? ' ' she inquired ,
with a saccharine smile of pathetic
stupidity.
"Well , by the infinite eternity ! Haw ,
iaw , ' haw ! " bellowed Funny. "That ?
"
That's a bull a threeply"allwool ,
ible-bodied Conestoga bull. Well ,
well ! Haw ! haw , haw ! "
"No. it isn't , Funny , " ' replied Mrs.
? . , and the words glided sweetly
through her saccharine smile of
) athetic stupiditv.
"Haw , haw , haw ! What is it , then ? "
"Why , my dear , I thought 3011 knew.
' " '
it's a cow-man.
. . .
.
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Ousters for Z i/sji < ys j .
Philadelphia Star.
It is not generally understood as it
should be that oysters have medicinal
jualities of a high order. They are
not only nutritious , but wholesome , es
pecially in caseof indigestion. It is
said "there is no other alimentary sub
stance , not even excepting bread , that
does not produce indigestion under cer
tain circumstances : but oysters , never. "
Oyster juice promotes digestion. By
; aking oysters daily indigestion , sup-
loscd to be almost incurable , has been
jured : in fact , they are to be regarded
is one of the most healthful articles of
'ood known to man. Invalids who
lave found all other kinds of food dis
agree with them frequently discover in
the oyster the required aliment. Raw
oysters are highly recommended for
loarseness. Many of the leading vo
calists use them regularly for concerts
ind operas : but their strongest recom
mendation is the remarkably whole
some influence exerted upon the diges
tive organs.
tlie iijw of ixjinij
There have been some curious coinci
dences in the dying sayings of great
men. Arria said : "Poetus , it is not
jainful , " while Louis XIV remarked :
I thought dying had been harder. " '
Dr. William "Hunter said : "If I had
strength to hold my pen , I would write
down how easy and pleasant a thing it
s to die. " ' "A king should die stand-
ng , " The last words of Charlemagne ,
Columbus , Lady Jane Grey and TasaO
were : According to Cicero , Augustus ,
ifter asking how he had acted his part
n this life , said to those around : "Give
meyourplaudits , " and died. Demonax ,
; he philosopher , according to Lucian.
said : "You may go home the show is
over. " As is well known , Rabelais
said : "Let down the curtain the farce
s over. " Goethe asked for more light ,
and Talma said : "The worst is I can
not see. "
STOCK DIRECTORY
DENNIS M'KILLIP.
Ranch on Red Willow , Thoraburg , Ilayes
County , Nob. Cattle branded "J. M. " on
leftside. Yountf cattle branded same M
also 'J. " left .
above , on Jaw. Undcr-slopo
right oar. Horacs branded "K" on loft
shoulder.
The New uSGallic Banclie Utttei ,
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-
ofllce , Max. Dundy county , Nebraska.
HENRY T. CHURCH.
Osborn , Neb. Range : Red Willow creek ,
in southwest corner of Frontier rotinty , cat
tle branded " 0 L 0 * ' on right aide. Also ,
an over crop on right car and under crop on
leff. Uor c'.s branded "H"on rteht "boulder.
SPRING CREEK CATTLE CO.
Indianola , Neb. Range : Republican Val-
iey , east of Dry Creek , and near head of
Spring Creek , in Chase county ,
T. D. WELBOIW ,
Vice President and Superintendent.
7HE TURWP BRAND.
Ranch 2 railos north of McConk. Stock
branded on left hip , and a few double cross
es on left side. C'U [ } KUCANHRACIi
STOKES & TROTH.
P. O. Address , Carrlco , ITayej county ,
Nebraska. iange : , Ked Willow , above Carl
nco. Stock branded as above. Also run tha
lazy ci brand.
GEORGE J. FREDERICK.
Ranch4 miles southwest of McCook , on the
Driftwood. Stock branded "AJ" on tha
left hip. P. Q. address , McCook , Xeb.
r'eht ' hip and "L. " on rijht shoulder ;
* L."on left shoulderand ' 'X. " on left
Jaw. Half under-crop left ear , and square-
crop ri ht car.
PLUG TOBACCO
; vtth R d Tin T.Rose Leaf Fine Cut
Shewing ; Niivy Clippings , and Black ,
Brown and YcIiow SNUFFS ae the best
ind cheapest , quality considered ? ]
JOSEPH ALLEN.
.Ranch on Red \Villow Creek , half mile
above CKborn po-itoflict : . Cattl. ! branded oa
nght side ana rtip aboie. 3.4
FOR SALE Improved DeeUeU Farm
and Hay Lund. Timber and -.vater. Two
.nrm houses , with other -niprovements.
Convenient to K"o. 1 school privileges. Sit-
" f "nKpPublIcaa river , near unuth of
Uedillow creek. Call on J. F. Blacken
on premises , or address him at Indianola.