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Agents ! Free Samples , Favorite Cake Spoon The holes permit the batter to pass through , making stirring easier , mix ing more complete , and cake lighter a good draining spoon. Sample spoon and catalogue of 40 useful and quick selling articles mailed upon receipt of 10 cents in stampfe to cover postage and packing. Address U. S. Novelty & Specialty Co.U. S. Not'I Bank Bldg. , Omaha , Neb. Please mention this paper. A GRAIN 1CENT For STEPHEN'S Prolific Drouth Withstanding Corn. Mammoth crop good years ; big crop dry years. Yielded 50 bushels to the acre on high ground with three .culti vations this year , and adjoining corn , with five cultlvations.ylelded ten bush els. els.Send Send 25 cents for 25 grains enough for a itart and examination. Stephen's Prolific Corn Go , 3743 Euclid Ave. , - Kansas City , Mo. Please mention this paper. FOR MEN ONLY. Free feook WewHl send our elegant80 ' i page book to any one who is afflicted and in need on request of informa tion. Our book is the finest book of the kind ever published and is of great value to any one whether in need of medical treatment or not. We send the book in plain envelope sealed. Write for it today by postal card or letter Address DRS. FELLOWS & FELLOWS , 321 W. Walnut St. . Des Moines , la. Please mention this paper. DR. McQREW. SPECIALIST Trer.ts all forms of Diseases and uisorders of Men Only. 26 vcars cxpcriticc 115 jcars in Omaha Charges low. Cures guaranteed cases cured of nervou Ultn ZU.UUU debility , loss of vitality and all unnatural weaknesses of men. Kidney ana Blader Disease and all Blood Diseases cured lor life. V-AKICuCEEKciued in le < s than ludajs Treatment by mail. P. O. Box 766. Office over 215 youth 14th St. , retweeu tfamani and Douglas Sts. , OMAHA , NEB. When writing , mention this paper. THE IMPROVED , . , . , , . , , IN ANY CQMBINAriDN - Dfl - KIMBALL BROS. 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Mrs. Stanton told her friends 'that she was never in better health than now. The widow of Matthew Arnold left $5,000 to Oxford for the endowment of an annual prize for the best essay on some topic connected with English lit erature. The bequest has recently by accepted by the Oxford convocation. Miss Mary Willard , a niece of Fran ces E. Willard , will lift the first spade ful of earth for the new American church about to be built in Berlin , the corner stone of which was laid on Thanksgiving day by Ambassador : White. The German emperor has telegraph ed to the German Protestant commun ity at Shanghai that he will give the altar window to the new church open ed on October 27 in memory of "the late Baron von Ketteler , the German min- , ister who was murdered at Pekin. Premier Seddon of New Zealand Js mentioned as probable governor df the Orange River colony. It is nearly forty years since the 18-year-old boy "went out to Australia. A mechanical .engi neer by profession , he has engineered the colony of which he is premier into a superb position. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together , and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pro nounced it a local disease , and pre scribed local remedies.and by constant ly failing to cure with local treatment , pronounced it incurable. Science ha- = proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease , and therefore requires consti tutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure , manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co. , Toledo , O. , is the only constitu tional cure on the market. It is taken internally in dises of from 10 drop' to a teaspconful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dol lars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address , F. J. CHENEY CO. , Toledo , O. Sold by Druggists , 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Love's young dreamwhen you mar" ry a cooking school girl , is apt to de velop into a nightmare. Wizard Oil battles successfully against pain from any cause whatever , ' why should you be without it- ? The only excuse some married peo ple have for quarreling is to break the monotony of happiness. Why suffer yourself , or let others suffer , when relief may be had at once by using Hamlin's Wizard Oil. NEBRASKA FARMING PAYS. To the farmer and stock 'raiser Ne braska affords unlimited opportunities. Statistics prove that in the more set- tied sections diversified farming is a success and consequently farm land values are high , but there are vast areas of good land in the northern , central and western portions of the state that can be purchased at rea sonable prices. You are looking for a home. We have reliable rea lestate men on our list who will gladly place theii best propositions before you if we send your name. We sell homeseekers' ticket and agents of connecting lines sell for us. Perhaps you want grazing , lands. We have the same facilities for plac ing the best before you. Write pamphlets , map folders and further information. J. R. Buchanan , General Passenger Agent F. , E. & M. V. R. R. , Omaha , Neb. J. H. Gable , Traveling Passenger Agent , F. , E. Sr M V. R. R. , Denison , la. Day Offer Send name and address and we will send you inspection to any person who will recom this magnificently engra\ed double hunting mend an d show it to their friends. Wo w ant ease , 'American Standard" watch for tii advertise our watches and convince jou free inspection. Casois maaeo ! tho newly of their superior quality , before you pay one discovered gold alloy with extra cent. 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We have received during the last 3 Anyone can sell several of these watches etery = " 2. : 2 2 months over 10,000 duplicate orders and thous week without devoting any extra time or effort , ands of testimonials from all over the world. and make a profit of S to 10 dollars on e\ery Our regular factory price is $6000 per dozen , watch. Order at once at our special factory price ' 3HI1 but in order to extend our trade.we will for the as this offer is limited. Catalogue free. Address , next 45 days only , send a sample watch for free EAGLE WATCH MFQ. CO. , 195leesBldg. , CHICAGO. TAfirm fit thnrntinhhi r'linblf Kditnr. Please mention this paper when writing to advertisers. . _ COUNTRY PUBLISHERS CO. , OMAHA , Vol. 4 No. 49-1901 The Chicago Limited MILWAUKEE Chicago and Electric Lighted Train TicketOfficeJ504 FamaroSLOmab Matrons of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. will find in Omaha- , Chicago and all other important depots the officials of the road present at the departure and arrival of all trains , whose special business It is to be of service in every way possible to our patrons. Kansas City Journal : A New Jersey ' preacher is charged with having negj j lected his ministerial duties in order to write novels. We don't know the mer- | its of this particular case , but a good 'novel is worth more than a poor ser mon any day in the week. Sancho Panza Invoked a blessing on the man who invented sleep , and the Indiana scientist who has discovered a method of storing up sunshine for use in'winter will deserve a great many of them if his invention works. Dr. George R , Peckinpaugh of Mount Vernon , Ind. , is said to have discov ered that the inhalation of smoke aris'- ing from the burning of different kinds of forestleaves destroy tubercle ba cilli. Acting upon this theory , the Evansville board of health is experi menting with this cure on the tubercu lous at the county poorhouse. There is said to be salt enough in the sea to cover seven million .square miles of land with a laye'r 'one'mile in thickness. -J ' ' - y , * P- r DROUTH INCIDENTS IN V / AMSSOUR week a young woman who.had THIS the summer and fall in St. Louis returned to her Pilot Grove home , says a St. Louis paper. Her peo ple are among the most prosperous in Cooper county. When she entered the dining room she was amazed to find an old cloth covering the table which was set for dinner. No immaculate white linen was visible. Never in her life had she seen the family board guiltless of linen. The plebeian oil cloth shocked her sensi bilities. Her sister observed her amazement and smiled. "That oil cloth , " she said , "tells elo quently the story of the drouth. " "In what way ? " inquired the girl from the city. "It is an ever-present reminder .that we have not enough water to wash ta blecloths , therefore , we have to use the oil cloth. One can wipe it off with a damp cloth ( if , one finds moisture to dampen the cloth ) , and it does fairly well ; but linen requires water , much water , which we have not had since early in the summer. " When the girl from St. Louis sat' down to the family.board she Involun tarily made a reach fpr a vnapkin.- wasn't there. "The same rule applies to napkins- ' explained the sister. "We haven't had one on the table for three months , ex cept two or three times when com pany came ; and then It cost us great distress to spare the water to launder them. " "I see , " said the city sister. "Well , , I won't expect any finger bowls. " This is but one incident of the kind that may have happened in Coopar county families. It serves to show , in SOWS DIDN'T RECOGNIZE WATER. a measure , the severity of the drouth But there are a few other indications. It rained there a few days ago. That was the first downpour of any conse quence since early last spring. 'The last rain was a snow , " face tiously remarked Farmer Charles W. Stites , who had just driven to Coon creek , two miles from his home , to haul a few barrels of stagnant water from the one lone pool still wet in the creek bed. Tales are told here of the scarcity of water that sound fishy to the outsider. But the fishiness disappears when one sojourns for a few days amongst these splendid Central Missourians and real izes to what straits they are put to obtain water and the many privations which they suffer in cheerfulness be cause the gates of heaven have not let loose their floods. . Nobody in the cities has any ade quate conception of the waterless con dition of these central Missouri com munities. In the cities one reads oc casionally that "the farmers are still hauling water. " But one knows noth- in gof the water famine from hearsay ; to be appreciated it must be experi enced. SIX MONTHS WITHOUT RAIN. Six months without rain what must we expect ? Ponds and cisterns dry , of course , but what of the ever-living springs and ever-welling wells ? Dp they not still give forth their spark ling flow ? Nay , verify , not in this part of the state. If any person living within ten miles 3f Pilot Grove should hear of a spring not dried up or a well still producing the fact would be concealed as the discoverer of a gold mine conceals it until such time as he can file on the claim. "If there should be a spring with real water discovered in my neighborhood , " said Mr. Stites , "and that means any where within half a dozen miles , there - sr EVERT FARMER A COOPER IN COOPER COUNTY. nrould be a rush for it like a run on a bank. The Klondike rush would be as nothing. We can do without gold , but where is the man'who can do without crater ? " The experience of Mr. Stites may be instanced to show the general condi tions. He and his mother have a corn- Dined farm of 450 acres , two miles from Pilot Grove. There has not been a Jrop of water on the place , except what has been hauled.for four months , fhere were several cisterns , all of which wenVdry. The living wells died next not a drop of flow. Then the springs that burst from the hillsides disappeared , and only the most prac ticed eye can detect their former places of habitation. There are half a dozen big stock ponds on the farm , and a fish pond that was stocked with finebass , and other swimmers from the state hatch eries. The ponds dried up early , and the mud at the bottom of them soon changed into a cracked-clay surface al most as hard as bricks. By the middle of the summer there was not a drop of water on the place. The big fish pond was one of the last to disappear. When at length the wa ters had evaporated the bed of the pond was covered with dead fish a foot deep. For sanitary reasons this refuse had to be hauled away and burned. When all the water was exhaustad Mr. Stites began haulinz "from Coon creek. The creek , which never before was known to lose its ripping flow , soon sank into the _ sands and only here and there a pool was visible. ! Farmers for many miles procured tlieir water supply at the Coon creek pools , and finally the creek was re- . duced to one pool of stagnant water. Frcm this pool all the farmers took ajl the water they used for drinking and cooking and for their stock until a week ago , when the welcome rain gave them a very limited supply of pure water. The horses and cattle took the water as it came from the pool. The portion reserved for drinking and cooking pur poses was boiled and hung out over night to cool. It was literally hung out placed in pails and suspended from the branches of trees , so that the pigs and'chickens could not forage from it. Many a farmer during the past three months has visited this Coon creek pool with his water barrels and found a herd of cattle , driven thither by the owner , standing in the water drinking. The farmer with the barrels would wait until the cattle were driven out and then permit the water to settle somewhat before filling his barrels. This water , which had an odor which could be discerned 20 feet , was used for drink by man * and beast being boiled , as stated , for the human palate. During the summer Mr. Stites em ployed his timerand that of his hired men chiefly by digging the ponds deep er. With teams and scrapers the men cleaned out every dried up pond , deep ening each , , so that there would be water without , stint when at last the rains should come. 'The wells and cisterns were also cleaned out and repaired. At the house and barns every avaiable barrel was recaulked and placed on end , with wa ter spouts leading thereto , that water CHICKENS WATCHED BATHERS WITH THIRST YEYES. might be caught when it rained. Ev ery tub and other receptacle thatr would hold water was put into readi ness for the showers that never came until last week. The hot sun warped the barrels , the hoops fell off , and the staves tumbledi down. That merely made more work for the workers , who became coopers as well as farmers. "You see we still live in Cooper coun * ty , " remarked Mr. Suites. ' The enterprising farmer dug a well V at a point on the farm where he though * there was a water prospect. ° He'struck it , but the liquid was so vile that neither human nor brute could use it. Mr. Stites now hopes that he has struck oil indications , or perhaps " natural gas. When last week's rain came there S was just enough of it to make itself visible in the bottom of one of the stock ponds which had been rolled harder than the others , and therefore held the water better. The thirsty cat- 2' tie , which had not had a spear of grass or green food for months , and no water except the Coon creek slime , stood by the pond without any excite ment. They made no rush for the water. They had forgotten what it was. was.The The sight of water in a pond , to these bovines that had been drinking sparingly out of a wooden bucket all summer , was a thing not retained in their memories. Mr. Stites and his men were obliged to drive the cattle into the pond and splash water into their faces before they recognized the liquid. Then they drank deeply. Like Mone Cristo , the world was theirs. In the barnyard , where the fowls abide , there was an amusing scene during the downpour. Hundreds of chickens had survived the drouth. JJUv chickens are not great drinkers , any way. They had not seen rajri for so long that they did not know enough to get In out of the wet. The big pullets flopped about In the rain , exercising : their wings and letting the moisture soak Into every pore. Some were near ly drowned"but all were happy. Pate could not harm them ; It had rained , WATER PAMINE IN THE CITY , In the town the water famine had been almost as severe as in the farm ing districts. The two drive wells which supplied the town after all the private wells and cisterns dried up went the way of all water two months ago , and since that time the towns people have been hauling water. It is safe to assert that more Pilot Grove men have been on the water wagon this year than ever. The pastor of a Presbyterian church a few miles out in the country de clares that nearly all his feminine con gregation has been absent for a dozen Sundays. The incident of the oilcloth and the napkins partially explains this. The girls have not been able to find enough water to launder their Sunday-go-to- meetin' clothes. One wearing soiled their white skirts and shirtwaists , and after that they remained5" home in stead of going to church. T The gentle reader may decline to credit this , but one can find dozens of pretty farmers' daughters in Cooper county who naively acknowledge that such is the explanation of their non- attendance at church. And then men well , old Farmer William Slocum , who lives away back , has a son who Is more or less of a dresser. He remarked over the fence the other day : "I ain't had on a b'iled shirt sinde the Fourth o * July , so help me. " These are a few of the hitherto un told tragedies of the drouth in Central Missouri. Here is one that sounds like a com edy , but it is a tragedy , all the same : The young woman from St. Louis , mentioned at the beginning of this most veracious narratives , said : "I notice that the folks at home , when they wash their hands , pour the water into a vessel for preservation , instead of throwing it away. Dish- water , also and water is used but sparingly for this purpose goes into this receptacle. " i "And what do they do with this wa ter ? " "They give it to the chickens. " FRILLS OF FASHION , A fashionable combination is mink fur and velvet of the same shade. The newest veils are of mousseline de sole , hemstitched , with large dots n white. A handsome clasp for a fur or other variety of mantle is of pink enamel , ornamented with a spread eagle of gold. For'young girls a colar of moon stones is the latest fancy. The stones must be matched and arranged in a silver setting. In the new fabrics for evening wear I a white satin of soft luster , brocaded vith violets in "natural shades , is espe cially pretty. For house wear , suede boots have . aken precedence of patent leather this , eason. Satin shoes and slippers are vorn for evening and match the gown , j The prettiest floral patterns in the j ' new table linens are the Scotch this- le , lilac and the orchid. Grasses and erns have also been worked into ef,1 , ective designs for napery. 11 j A loving cup that may also be used . as a bon-bon dish is one of the novel- ies of the season. The height is less n proportion to the 'breadth ' than is isual , and for that reason is better adapted for table use. j In the silver articles for table use articles of antique silver , with a partj' 1 ly gilt finish , are especially noticeable. Unique designs are on view , an exam- | pie being a sugar bowl in the shape of ' a pineapple. There are indications that big sleeves are coming in again. Not alone on coats but blouses and , many tailor- , ( made gowns show sleeves full from the top of the arm to the cuff.v j ( ! Blue leather in a soft , rich tint is a . fashionable covering for dining room chairs in Belgian , Austrian or weath ered , oak , and. combines excellently with the deep brown wood. f j I A cover which possesses the merit of being washable is made of sheer white linen ! embroidered in white , with cloI ver leaves and bow knots. Slipped on over a cushion of pink or light blue the effect is particularly good. Admirably suited to a slender figure is ' the new blouse jacket closed in douc ble-breasted style orork open and made with a standing or turndown i Napoleon collar. A peplum finish is a js | stylish feature of this jacket , but its use is wholly a matter of taste. Velvet and cloth are the most appropriate materials for fashioning 'this style of ' jacket. | v Now that hair is dressed low again , * is waved and sometimes parted on the left side of the head slightly , or .r else drawn evenly and loosely from thev * f\ face into a coll that may be worn as low as desired. With evening bodices [ the coil with ultra-fashionable women extremely low , like the Langtry C coiffure in other days. The shell combs that have been worn are vanishing , and for full dress even wear aigrettes v and bows are seen less than half j ; \ wreaths of flowers delicate or a single c or richly glowing rose. t A street in Brooklyn which for years has had a twenty-six-foot driveway 8 and a seventeen-foot sidewalk is about to be widened in the former respect. The reason given for the dispropor tion at the time it was laid out was that the size of. the hoopskirts then worn made that width of sidewalk necessary for two women to pass each other. V - : - FARM HEWS NOTES , It is always important that a farmer j j keep his work well in hand at all sea- j sons of the year , but especially la It desirable to have everything possible in readiness for winter. Any time after the middle of October we may expect § cold or stormy weather , such as-Is most disagreeable for stock to be out in , hence the necessity for having the I winter quarters In a condition to fcs used as soon as wanted. And thejr should be put in the most suitable con dition , too , for here is where the stock I of all kinds will have to remain tar most of the time for'half or more oC the year to come. Not only should the stables and pens be roomy , warm , well lighted and comfortable , but the barns j generally should be so arranged as t be the most convenient for , those hav- . ing the care of the animals during the I winter season , Much time , travel an ! labor can be saved by proper attention to these details , as more than one wh has not fully considered the matter U " ' aware of. ' There Is such a thing as having the barn arrangements such as will make it pleasant and agreeable work caring for the stock during our long winters , or , on the contrary , for want of proper arrangements it may be made moat disagreeable and unsatisfactory. The stables should be sufficiently warm , but not close and unventilated , and there should be plenty of light for all purposes. A dark , low , bad smelling stable is an abomination to man and beast. And when the nights get cold or there are bad storms , the cows wJJB. be much better off In the stable tha.a. out of doors , and will exhibit their apj- preciatlon of such comfortable quar ters by great contentment and Int- creased yield of milk. Another thing , it Is not wise to un dertake to winter more stock than Cflja. ( be kept and cared for , as this is neither pleasant nor profitable. Young animals should be kept thrifty and [ growing all winter , and cows giving : ' milk should receive the > best of atten tion in care and feed , so they may give satisfactory returns at the pail. Stock of all kinds should come to the barn in good , thrifty condition , as this is the best preparation for passing thrrf" the long winter in a satisfactory man ner. ner.Aside Aside from the stables for the cows and most of the young cattle , It win be very convenient to have several pens which may be used for a variety of purposes as needed. This will be found a most convenient arrangement. We find it better to tie calves from six months to a year old in a stable , the same as the other cattle. Ther learn to become quiet in this way and can be more satisfactorily fed than when several are in a pen together. The water Is also an important matter in the care of stock in winter. It should not be too far away , causing- travel and exposure in bad weather and should be warm enough for comfort of the animals. Testing Grass Seeds. A good farmer says that much dt the trouble in getting satisfactory stands ' from seedings of grasses and clovers ' is due to a low percentage of germinating 1 vitality of the seeds. . Ht 'says ! this is particularly true of tira- othy ' , which does not retain Its' vital ity ' very long : at best and unless it is well saved and handled it should not be sown when more than a year old. This suggests the importance of test ing ' the germinating power of the seeds on hand or that it is proposed to buy. To do this lay a piece of wet flanneL on a common dinner plate , place a. given-number of seeds on the flannel , cover them with another piece , also moistened , and over the whole turn an other plate. Keep the flannels moisL Watch the process of germination bj- occasionally lifting the upper bit of cloth , and remove all sprouted seeds , J keeping an accurate count of them.It Is most convenient to use 100 seeds , when the. percentage of germination can be easily determined. Vegetable and flower seeds , and seed grains caa also be tested the same way. While the nutritive value of wheat does not differ materially from corn , ' and while if ground , animals get very nearly the same benefit from each , yet for horses wheat has been found to b * poorly adapted.They f do not do well on it , and it deranges the digestion if fed for any considerable length of- time. This applies more particularly to work horses. For growing animals of all kinds wheat seems to perform the best service , though at that work it is best mixed with other grains , and should always be coarsely ground' or "cracked. " Some English travelers were recent-r ly a restaurant in a German town , when a woman who was serving im parted the interesting information that a pig was being killed around the cor ner. One of them remarked that it was curious that the pig did not equeal and \ the woman looked at them in sur prise. "Aber , " said she , "es 1st polize- lich verboten" it's forbidden by the police. . _ _ * Because a pert telephone girl in Se attle refused to connect a subscriber with the fire department when he wanted to give notice of a fire , a lost of 180,000 was incurred and now the telephone company is being sued for damages by the person thus served and by the insurance company whick suffered the loss. Ira Campbel , nearly 95 years old , e" resident of Glen Ridge , N. J. , has.just had his leg amputated , going through the operation with composure and re fusing to take anaesthetics. His foot was injured some time ago and danger of bloodpoisoning made amputatiox. necessary. * ?
