Nebraska Newspapers

    THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
CHIMY COUNTY iHDEPEKOEHT
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THUKSDAX DECEMBER 10 1896
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The cordagetrust is being organized
the lock makers trust is a new one on
the list the window glass trust is pick
ing up its ears the dressed beef trust
is getting in its work and everybody is
Itdoesseepijstrange that the civ
ilized nations and especially the
Jjnited States will remain inactive
and pennifr the barbarities which are
every day being nerpetrated in Cuba
by the Spanish soldiery -Reports are
cabled to tite world every day of the
slaughter xf innocent women aud
children and other atrocities com
mitted which bring a blush of shame
to theeheekof decent -people and we
Jiope that the incoming administration
vill take hold of this Cuban question
with a determined hand and deaf with
these bellishSpainards in a way gu jh
as will convince the world that we are
not only passively advocates of de
cency and gaod -order but that we dars
express and defend the courage of
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W A IN J NCt JV DEMOCRATS
A great many of our democratic ex
changes ovyr the slate are banking
heavily on the caudidaev of W JY
JJryan for pmidrqt ialJX and ex
pect with the -help ol the populists
whom they xpect to again pull into
the support of the democratic ticket to J
elect him Vtffve pjtice right here
that there wiHnve obi a different
layout presented tD as from the last
one or we will kick over the traces
We do not propor eto be made a cats
paw todraw cudtaiit3 out of the fire
for ouWeinocritic brethren If they
are truly bent pa reform they can have
no serious objections to mating the
other reform forces at leaf half way
and unless this is the spirit of the-
movement the populists all over the
land will withdrew their support and
place it where tbay can act unitedly
Charon Sigiialr Recorder
This is a note of warning to demo
crats which carrac t be lightly passed
byas the miunderings oi some insane
addlepate who is in the populist party
for spoils and by talking thus hopes to
attract attention to himself This
warning is seut out by a man who is
earnest and stands high m the councils
of his party a man for whom we have
a great deal of respect both as a
brother journalist and as a man Hon
3A E Sheldon The paragraph quoted
happy except theubans the Armen above is not the sentiment of Bro
ians the East Indians and a few mil
lions of American people
There will be more applicants 4for
7 position at the coming session of the
i state legislature than ever before in its
history but if the reverend seigniors
who compose that body only do their
duly there will -he fewer appointments
than ever before -There are at least
three apphcantsf or position in Cherry
county alone
Every farmer in Cherry county
should plant at least half an acre of
beets next spring as an experiment if
for no other reason A sugar factory
can never be secured unless the pro-
moters of such enterprises are assured
that the farmers of the county want
the factory and in addition they must
know how many beets they can secure
and- what the quality of those beets is
apt to be
Mary SmithIIay ward of Chadron is
greatly incensed over the pigeon slioot
held by the Chadron Gun Club on
2Snv 25 and says A bull fight would
not look quite so small barbarous as it
would be She recommends that the
members of the club be prosecuted
and in conclusion says Curse our
saloons all you please I believe that
no single rum shop has done as much
tddegrade Chadron and vicinity
VGun Club
-There isa great deal of talk about
McKinley having received 1500060
votes more thanjBryan but it is all
bosh Af cKinley -received only about
720000 pluralityvrand when the votes
of the middle of the -road populists
are counted those who voted for
JJryan and Watson the plurality
-shrinks to something over 500000
This is not so brave a showing as it
might be when it is remembered that
j Grant was eleeted by a majority of
over VUUUUU and only about half as
many votes were cast in 1872 as in
ISftO
jJtJus annual report General Cop
pinger suggests that a special service
corps as separate and distinct from
the combatant force -as the hospital
corps and chiefly made up of disci
plined ex soldiers for the performance
of what is known as -extra duty
-would be a great boon to the army
INbt only would it stop the decline
jfrom the fighting units and abolish to
a great extent the difference between
ttheirpajwr and actual strength in
-war a fruitful source of confusion and
jdisaster butit would open up to the
man who had entered the array for life
a aiseful career suitable to a more ma
ture yet still vigorous age and what
is even more important it would
Vastly improve and at the same time
tcheapen the administration service
Sheldon alone it is the
many populists though
sentiment of
all are not
brave enough to speak out in meet
ing as he has done
When one reads the article above he
sees clearly the reason that impelled
many populists to agree to a fusion
with democracy the hope ot gain and
the greed for office not principle as
they would have us believe Thank
God all populists were not of that per
suasion Thousands of them labored
long and hard for the election of Wm
T Bryan for the presidency and for
them we have all due honor and re
spect but for the others those who
were friendly in name only who tried
to kill while pretending to befriend -words
are too weak to describe the
feeling held for them Lro Sheldon
belongs to the former class but it
seems that something went wrong on
the 3rd of Xovember and he is dif
ferent now from what he used to be
we do not
says pro
pose to be made a catspaw to draw
chestnuts out of the fire for our demo
cratic brethren and no one can blame
him for the expression he gives -to that
sentiment but if lift means his readers
to infer that he lias been used as a
catspaw when he supported Bryan
democrats will take issue with him
They looked upon populists as friends
and allies not as catspaws and had
Bryan been successful they would have
shared in the glory as well as the spoils
gained thereby In Nebraska the
democrats played the part of the cat to
the populist monkey not only this year
but two years ago and with what re
sult It is a sad commentary on the
presenfrday leaders of democracy that
they should labor hard for the succ ess
of a political party other than their
own and be rewarded with contumely
not praise
The cry is keep the silver forces to
gether but how can it be done when
populists persist in spitting upon
democracy as is being done today all
over our fair land Do thev hone to
disorganize the democratic party driv
ing a pars into tne ranKs ot the re
publicans and the other part into the
populist camp It cannot be done
antagonism at the present time will
onlyserve to solidify the various ele
ments of the party Democrats should
heed this word of warning and be pre
pared to defend the party they love
aud the principles it represents The
strong proposed to help the weak but
theoffer is spurned
The latest thing is the newspaper
trust that is a trust formed by the
makers of the quality of paper known
as news print Prices will soon go
skyward and then where will the poor
country weekly be Subscription
rates are hard to advance that is it is
hard to get an advanced price for sub
scription to a paper and as newspapers
are at best poor paying institu tions the
publishers of country weeklies are
bound to have a hard time of if and
calls lor cash will be mor j f riueut
than ever Now is the time to sub
scribe before the advance sets in
The Nebraska legislature elected on
November 3 will contain among its
members four newspaper men The
time is rapidly passing by for news
papermen to plod along boosting other
people into office and in return getting
a subscription orXwo and empty com-
pliments They are goiug after some
of the things themselves Our wish is
that every editor in the state is able
to so entrench himself financially that
every galoot who imagines that he is
going to break the paper by stopping a
subscription will be made to jeel that
he is a chump Alliance riv
How beautiful aud convenient the
present court house is to be sure
What a graceful structure and how
noble and inspiring itlooksonabftght
moonlight evening And what a musi
cal sound proceeds therefrom as the
witft ii agitation Jfora modern build
ingl Sdeath -
One more prize fighttoas been held
and one more champion of the world
is in the field Bob Fitzsimmons
whipped Tom Sharke fairly in their
fight attan Francisco last -week but
the decision was given to Sharkey and
now that worthy will go strutting
around with a chip on his shoulder
until someone proposes to knock it oif
when he will take refuge in the old
cry of youre not in my class The
decision of the referee of this light
Earp was one of the most yellow ever
given and one more cause for com
plaint against prize fights is added to
the already long list Time was when
prize fighters were looked up to on
accountrof their prowes but year by
year the veneratien formerly felt for
them is tinning to something worse
than disgust it is ruimeless but it al
most creates nausea
WAR DEPARTMENTS WOR
found much more effective
old It is true that we do
any very great efficiency in
army in time of
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THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
Some of our brethren of the press
are much concerned over the ungain
liness of the present Australian ballot
law and are anxiously advocating a
to possess a certain amount of know
ledge of candidates before he can vote
as he intends It is this feature of the
law which commends it to educated
people and it would be a shame to so
amend or revise the law that it will re
quire but the ability to distinqniah the
difference betvveeu a rooster a pldw or
a rose to enable the voter to cast a
straight ballot The law mav be crude
Ln some ways and may need amend
ments the usefulness of which -have
heen demonstrated bv the trial given
the law as it imw stands but
present method of arrranging the
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The annual report of the secretary
of war shows as that of last year did
the prevalence in the denartment of a
than the
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ftEIGN OF THE BYV
Dainty -Knots oZ Ilibliona Jlavfc ISccomB a
Fatl with LotU 6cxc3
This is tlm day ol the bow It is
everywhere in everything- on every
thing Nothing- is complete without a
beuJv whispers through its j known rtioIe cf commerce from a
numerots3revicej What a feeling of j candy hox to a soft pillow crust have
rest and scenritv especially from fire its bow To be rcaily In the swim and
steals over Ws bou stand UP tlate toefariiiona ble article be it
irowfe -or table eover must have more
wivciw wi jyjvs uian jjifi lius oeau
Y Even the bicycle is not exempt Every
wheel which expects iz hold up its
handle bars in good society must have
a bow or two flying f um the bars and
the rider to be in good form must be
similarly decorated It a member of
the diamond fame fraternity he hasa
bow on his coat lap or the breast of
his sweater others on each aide of his
natty garters on J still another upon
the side of his dap If he be very swell
he will be sureto wear a bow over the
joining of his sweater collar and a
bow will perch triumphantly upon his
watch chain If he has bow fever
in all its entirety there are numerous
other places hi whi ch to place the jaunty
bits of ribbon
One man will wear a dozen bows
easily while another will wonder where
to place half of those which have been
given him by Ids feminine -friends
Femininity is at the bot om of the
fad for bows Every woman loves rib
bons and every woman icves thenr
twisted tied and tortured into bows
The amount of ribbon which a stylish
woman cf the present season- carries
about with her is wonderful to con
template And the present allowance
will not be half enough for the win
tcrmaiden if the shopkeepers are to
be believed
The bicycle girls capacity for bows
is greater than that of the man Every
girl has long- bows and streamers of
her club or individual colors floating-
business 1 ike system In everv itesu irom hcr handle bars A lew have
nf PvnW1iif -- itaira lo decorating the saddle also
wvtUiC uuuauy yis JJ One original South side maiden wheeled
more for its money the proportion of
men actually on duty to the number
of men tinder pay is steadily increas
iug while the number of officers -with
their regiments is also growing
Thre are two points of public in
terest in the report One is a renewal
of the recommendation made by Gen
Sherman thirteen years ago and re
peated in every commanding gen
erals report since that time that the
total enlisted force allowed by law
shall be so far increased as to allow
the three battalion formation instead
of the ten company organization now
in force
This matter is very simple Ptegi
ments of ten companies are - rarely
present together under command of
their field officers Battalions of four
companies threo to a regiment fur
nish a practical and effective unit of
organization Every advanced nation
on earth but ours has adopted this
system and in every one it lias been
gaily recently with her entire
machine brilliant with bows They
perched upon her saddle they streamed
from her handle bars they glittered
from the spokes- of both wheeis they
shone from the drop frame The av
erage girl however has not yet at
tained such a state of bows
The bows themselves are of divers
kinds and they are worn everywhere
On the shoulders at the throat at the
belt on the skirt the bodice the sleeves
the head the Jiands and the feet oi
the fashionable woman 6f the
newest shoes are trimmed with dear
little ribbon bows at the top of t hc
lacings and some modish girls have
ribbon bows sewed to the backs of their
ong vy listed gloves Perched at the
proper angle they have a dainty but
terfly appearance as have the shcrt
wide bows which are pinned just at
the bust line or on top cf the coil of
back hair When properly tied and
poised tho effect i ebannng Series
of bows large medium and shading- to
very small and oil of the butterfly
order are being pSaecrl upon the new
est skirts from the helt at one side
right down to the hem at the of he
The fad for bows has brought sev
eral kindred ones in its train The fail
for exchano inr bows for n rtl
peace But should the fnrll fm nnilAnnT 1 nn
wargcorae its organisation would be eg youth who has not a collection of
the foundation of our volunteer army bows given him by his girl admirers
and that organization should be the indeed a mournful soul and the g J
best one knqwn ito York World - JV J caailt
losing- the fervidness of their affec
tion Every girl has her cojor now r
days and her especial way of tyinr
bows or having them tied and her ad
mirers follow suit as- in dutv bourt
The room of a popular and fashionaV
young man resembles nothing sc
i strongly as the ribbon booth of a churc
fair at the present time and the bou
construction of the law claiming that J doir of thefavpred girl is much th
as it now stands many are unab e to same
vote intelligently all of which is true Unpopular or passe girls are strongly
A voter should be a man possessing at Sf cted f yiT Tons Jcd b0
n on the siy and passing them off as gift-
least the resemblance of an education This idea is doubtless responsible fc
he should be a man of sound mind he the autograph bows which are juv
should know for whom he wishes to comin2T into favor These are bow
I uP0n ch the giver and the
rcciplcr
cast his ballot and should not be
both inscribe their names written i
guidedby politics alone Those who indelible ink and they are afilxed as
advocate the Ohio aud Illinois system f ast as i eceived tolong strips of ribbon
of voting where one X mark in a cir- willc m turn are hung upon the wall
cle at the head of the ticket means
are to be voted for advocates a return
to the conditions which prevailed be
fore the adoption ot the -Australian
law where the mere ability to walk to
the polls constituted a voters only
qualification after bavins sained a
the side of the piano or elsewhere
according to fancy The g irl who is
really popular with men and know
it has taken to carrying her strip oi
ribbon to parties with her she rare
ly goes home without a new bow added
to the list
The sudden popuarit3 of ribbon bows
has brought into existence with it a
the soon as the boat had left the pier these
outbursts ceased and the women
ibojv
Ilin ls are such curves that when
he steeds alongside of
v r
the majont Qfits members sigzr70uvi
in edueation t i i i -9
nr Indianapolis Journal
his bicycle a
twjis a tricycle v
asSiast
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SJP0NOE C5JLTUKE
Propost i to Carry It On
Artificial MeanJa
f Thprn nTr 1rr1rnr1e nf V t t
rTV T iS the frnt f tba nSUrC ci8R f sPSes but scarcely a dozen are
diagonally snitprl tn mnTic ucip Tf i nccortn
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new occupation Bows are made uo i afraid of their capture but he has
rpqiiionpp in various shapes and ways at all tnc
- I ribbon counters in town but in
Ihe Australian ballot law as existing jtion t0 the saleswomen who do the
at present is to a certain extent an j work of their respective departments
educator that isat requires the voter tljere are several women in Chicago
those which are obtained from 71 edi
terrancan waters are the finest in the
world yet the delicate sheeps wool
- and velvet sponges cf Florida are
wonders of softness and beauty And
if a ystem of artificial culture should
come into vogue these choice varieties
could be produced almost as abundant-
ly as the coarser grades are now- N
Tribune
A Strange Tower
It is a curious thing the power which
some human beings have over animals
These is in Lowell a boy differing in no
respect from his companions wno has
this power in a marked degree il eiy
stray dog or cat in the neighborhood
knows him and loves to be in his coin-
jpany A vicious horse which the sta
blemen can with difficulty handle will
stand like a Iamb while he harnesses
him The doves fly around him and in
the woods the wild birds apparently re
gard hih as a friend and ally The mobt
remarkaLle exhibition of his power
which has long been known and com
mented on b3 his friends was given the
other day A large and vicious rat iva
capturpd in the stable in one of these
traps which permit of easy ingress and
no egress The men who were looting
at tne animal were afraid to go near 1 he
trap the animal showed such terror
but the boy when he beheld tho im
prisoned creature fearlessly put out
his fin r and stroked its head the rat
manfetlng as much pleasure as would
a cat cr a dog Several days have parsed
since then and the stablemen are still
grown so tame and familiar with the
boy ac- to allow him to take him out aud
put him back in the trap will come at
his whistle and manifests every Lp
pearance of joy at his presence There
who are making quite a comfortable seems to be no question that the boy
addition to their incomes by tyim
bows and bow knots Chicago Timss
Herald
Where Mourning Is a ITrrnrr
The luxury of woe is such in the
orient that women seize on the slight
est pretext to indulge in it Profes
sional mourners frequently sit before
the doors of dying people waiting to
be engaged to raise their voices in
lamentation and recently at Luxor a
chorus of women sat on thq banks of
the Nile atnd cursed tore their gar
ments and screamed as a schooner
took a man to prison for stealing As
could train that rat to perform almost
any feat within the power of such an
Mass Star
Zlicrcbes I cap Niagara
Prof Frankland told some very inter
esting things about microbes in water
during a recent lecture at the Uoyal
institute He said that these little or
ganisms sent into the Niagara river
from the sewers of Buffalo take
the tremendous leap over the gieat
falls and pass through the fearful tur
moil of the rapids and whirlpools be
neath with little or no harm But after
they have reached the placid waters cf
Lake Ontario they rapidly perish and
almost entirely disappear This and
tPf mrl nilmlv - i rr J 1
names of canoidats should not be cinnati Enquirer to show that quiet subsidence in
turbed1 r The party which- -advocates-5 3 -
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i t BoTr Legged
an arrangement by which a straight is Watson
ticket may be v Otd b making a sin- legged- said his best friend
fMfi X mark admits that it considers
turbed water is far more fatal to
terial life than the most violent agita
tion in contact with atmospheric air
Hence Prof Frankland arguesthat the
storage of water in reservoirs is an ox
eellent method of freeing it front mi-
erobes Youths Companion l
by
EcrfJlCtis Tlshins Threatening to
xninaSe the Xatursil Supply of
the Great Producing
Center
Several causes have recently com
bined to reduce the supply of sponges
in thi American market The paralysis
of all industry in Cuba in eonsequtnee
of the civil war Tjow prevailing there
is one of them The West Indies Ba
hamas and Florida are the principal
centers of production in this part of tUe
world Eeckless fishing which threat
ens to exterminate the sponges much
as similar proceedings do the seals oil
the coast of Alaska is another factor in
the situation These facts lend
peculiar interest to the propo
sition recently made to the
United States government throiurh
its consular agent at Mitylene by a
Greek named Charalampos Chorphics
to establish the business of artificially
cultivating- sponges somewhere on the
Florida coast if he can get a conces
sion A great deal has been done in the
past under the auspices of the national
and tate fishery commissions toward
restocking American Jakes and rivei s
with trout bass shad and salmon wi th
sniall fry hatched and nurtured under
humTn management Artificial means
too have much to do with the culture
of the oyster and the maintenance of
the supply of that bivalve Eat the
reasonableness of the project of lr
Chrophios does not rest alone on these
precedents Itchyologicai experts in
Washington arc said to have shown
confidence in its practicability They
say that by taking proper measures i hi
Florida sponge fisheries could be
brought to a higher state of productive
ness in a few yers The mrn already
engaged in the industry might not
however relish this interference in be
half of the public
The toijgh soft elastic fibrous moss
which is to be had at the druggist s un
lor the name of sponge is really the
skeleton which once supported a whole
olony cf jelly like creatures v Inch
aave built up -that structure Thee
propagate naturally in two ways by
means of spores -or e gg and by tne
rormation or hucts whicn eventually
split of from the mature polyp The
scientific sponge culturist proceed on
i plan which utilizes both cf inose
methods but is like a common practice
in horticulture Tie simply cuts up lac
tenement houe of a colony into a num
ber of pieces employing a sharp Knife
or razor for the purpose and conduct
ing the operation while the pulpy nrsF
is still under water lie is also caivf ul
to leave a portion of the original outer
surface on each fragment Each bit
may then he loaded with a small almte
or ether sinker to take it to the bottom
agaiii A few of these sretions fad to
revive but the great majority afrt r
anllnterval of two or three months be
gin to thrive and eventually grow to a
considerable size
STORM HYPNOTISM
TJurJcd in an Oac CoSin Daring
X l onton Writer Telia of HIa Strang
Experience in Paris
The recent disastrous cyclone in
Paris which wasoneof the first of thoZ
kind ever experienced in that city haa
opened up a discussion on the subject
hitherto but little investigated the
mesmeric or hypnotic influence of
storms
It i well known that birds and other
animals arc often restless and disquiet
ed before an -earthquake or u severe
storm and there is every reason to sup
pose that they perceive the prelim
inary tremors and air vibrations be
fore they arc felt by man
A correspondent of a London daily
describes the experience of himself and
his wife in Paris as illustrative of tha
impressions to which highly strained
and nervous organizations are subject
under certain conditions of atmos
pheric or electric disturbance The
night before the storm they went to
the theater The atmosphere was
stifling it was almost impossible to
breathe The both experienced a
dead dull depression on the- brain
that can onlv be described as the symp
toms of semi inebriety
They went dinner less and supperless
to bedaxd slept unconscious of every
thing In the morning the woman was
seriously ill Her lips and skin were
burning She could not swallow and
could scarcely articulate The pupils
of bar yes were dilated the whites
were veined and almost jet black Sh
had every symptom of narcotic poison
ing By dint of great courage s he
covered somewhat and they sat in tfl
courtyard of their hotel while the cy3
clone raged feeling it but seeing not
ing of its terrors They started for
their English home on the night boat
The writer says that he went dazed into
the car and fell asleep instantly He
has no recollection of the trip across
the channel being in a stupor all th
way
He left London soon after to go
down into the eounfay He says I
slept in the train and I luive gone on
sleeping every few minutes ever since
The cyclone was on Thursday It la
nw Sunday and I am as sleepy as an
owl but gradually the mesmeric influ
ence of the storm is fading away
The hypnotism of the cyclone in
decreasing The intolerable pressure
of the brain is getting I s acute but
there still remain that awful burning
pain and the ache over the eyeballs
from which -we have suffered so long
What has happened to us Will sci
entists explain St Louis Republic
VENUS
MILO
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rranco rrnslan Var
The rec nt death of Henri Brest
wfliose name was celebrated many -ears
ago in connection with the statue of
Venus now one of the great treasures
in the Lourrc museum brings to mind
some interesting souvenirs connected
with that statue ft was indeed M
llenri Brest who discovered the wonder
ful statue which had been unearthed
by a peasant in the island of Miloand
who bought it of him for n mere song
m 1S20 He soon sold it to M de Jmr
cellns through whom it reached tho
Louvre The wonderful statue re-
mained undisturbed in the gallery of
the Louvre of which it was- the prin
cipal ornament till the f Fran
war in 1570 when the means of
preserving it against the possible pil
lage of the Germans caused great anxi
ety to the curators Few Englishmen
are probably aware that the Venus do
ililo was on that occasion placed in an
immense sort of padded oak coffin and
bur ed nrsteriously in a great trench
made to receive it in the courtyard
of the prefecture of police This
was done in the middle of the
night in the presence of very few
witnesses -with the object of keeping
the hiding place of the statue perfectly
secret It was thought by the officials
of the Louvre that the statue was iu
perfect safety there but their anxiety
for the fate of the treasure was revived
after the signature of peace by the
outbreak of the commune and the set
ting fire to the prefecture of police and
to the Palais -de Justice opposite
Fortunately however when that insur
rection had been put down the curators
of the Louvre on once more unearth
ing the statue found it had suffered no
deterioration The inscription on the
pedestal of the statue in the Louvre
does not even mention the name of M
Henri Brest It relates simply that it
was bought by M de Mareellus for
Marquis de Riviere the French ambas
sador who presented It to King Louis
XVTII in 1821 Chicago Xews
A Vegetable PistoL
But the most remarkable instance of
scattering the seeds shooting them
from the pod is afforded by Hura
crepitans a handsome tree native of
the forests of South America The cu
rious fruit of this tree is somewhat
flattened deeply furrowed or iluttd
body made up of a circle of many cells
each containing one seed -When the
seeds are ripe the cells open and expel
them with a loud report like thecrack
of a pistol Hence the fruit is some
times called the monkevs dinner
bell
Stories have been told of Hura fruits
being placed in desks and subsequently
opening and discharging their seeds
with such violence as to break ink
wells and even to crack the wood of lie
desk Thomas n Kearney Jr in St
Nicholas
Famine Uread
In times of famine bread has been
baked from wood bran and huske of
corn The woodbread is made by select
ing the sawdust of the least resinous
wood the breech for example aod
washing it with water to remove any
soluble matter It is then dried in an
oven and reduced to fine powder With
the addition of a little flour some yeast
and waterit forms a dough which when
baked constitutes bread resembling in
appearance and taste our ordinary
brown bread Chicago Inter Ocean