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. I! : i I : 4 ' v A , . .-' TV.- i 3 i j Mm .5 ''f ras tit lH. rJm; f i-r-iit- r. I THE JOUBNAL. WEDNESDAY, JTXE 2, 1S86. fcterei at tba Past-fles, CslcaVai, ilet.". as ; class Bitter. a -- YOUNG PHYSICIANS. the The Hard Knock They Receive 'and . . Mistakes They Make. A gentleman who occupies an execu tive position of great prominence in one of our New York medical colleges, while cliatting amiably about young phy sicians, said: "The most keenly envied man is not the one who exhibits a pro fundity of text-book knowledge, un wonted skillfulncss at the dissectinjr xaDie or quietness oi wit or memory, but the fortunate possessor of a big beard, an impressive physique or a mature and solemn face. Indeed, I think the most amusingof all character istics of the average medical student is in the assumption of dignity and thoughtfulness'4s; aa , graduation day approaches. As- the young men draw near the close of their terjus every day sees a closer contraction of the eye brows, a more pompous and ponderous pursing up of the lips, deliberate steps, slow movements and elaborate courtesy toward one another. The cock lofty and infinitely superior air of the ordinary college graduate sinks into abject and lowly humil ity compared to tho manner of the medical student when he starts out in life. The distrust of a very young physician is widespread and perhaps natural in the human breast, and the first ten years of most physicians1 lives are spent m frantic efforts to overcome this unfortunate prejudice. To force the beard to grow upon a beardless cheek, to cause the observer to look upon him with awe, and to impress men with whom he comes in contact with his profundity of thought, is the ambition of his earlier rears. On this account Ike assumes manners, and, worst of all, i Be tells tales. "Take, :is an instance, a young man who came from Keokuk, la., some time ago with a letter from an old college chum who is settled there. He is a well meaning young chap, and after his graduation he decided to practice medi ino in New York. He has no acquaint ances outside of the few that he has made- in boarding houses, but he has the- distinctively western gift, and he hasl started in to win. He has one of those unfortunate faces bereft of hair smooth, whitish and juvenile-lookiugto the very hist degree. The temples are prominent, nobby and polished, and the hair abund ant ' 'If,' he said to me the other day in a gentle burst of confidence, -I had some sort of beard, or if, at any rate, my hair was not so thick and I coufd add a prema ture baldness to my other advantages it would result in my making a living: as it is now I pass my life in an everlast ing effort to keep up the bluff that it is invariably called. When I try to wear spectacles people laugh at me, and so I try to put on9in appearance of age bv referring carelessly in casual conversa tion to events that occurred before the war, and never talk with interest of any thing that has occurred during the past twenty years. If I had a big beard it would certainly be wortli twenty thous and dollars to me.' " One of the commonest errors which young physicians make is Hie relating of innumerable anecdotes and experi ences, most of which they carelessly re fer to as having happened 'last week1 in their extensive medical practice. This in the face of the fact thrt is perfectly evident to every one that their whole practice is a nnth, and thai even the busiest and most expert physicians could not attend in a mouth to one-half of the remarkable cases which thgy cit as having occurred during a single week's practice. It should be a sinifi cant fact to these youngsters that older physicians of prominence seldom or never refer to cases of this sort, as the patient is invariably skeptical of all such reference. Even- patient has an idea that his own particular malady or ailment stands alone and without paral lel in the history of medicine, and it never pleases him to lx told that Mr. Jones was similarly affected last week, but easily cured by "the astute physician. "There is something really pathetic, though the public never seems to think so, about the- early struggles of most young doctors. Poor chaps, it Is almost painful at times to think how bravely they keep things moving year after year on incomes that would be looked on with contempt by an average street laborer, and the time they keep up the bluff, to keej) up the expression of my "Western friend, with undiminished courage. Thev may be half starved and they are usual ly quite destitute of ail means of paying for amusements but they wear then threadbare frock-coats with undimin ished dignity, and talk constantly as though they were being carried onward in their profession on the topmost wave of prosperity. Iwondtr that the dra matists and novelists, who complain so of a dearth of good lay figures on which to lay the lines of their novels and plays, do not take up the career of somo one of these brave and courageous fellows who strugglo eo long and so hard to gain rec ognition. Their lives are filled with pathos and humor." X. Y. Sun. tion might have occupied three minutes. It was only after the body went over board that any of us moved. Then, as a dozen deck-hands shouted "Murder!" 'tc:;i I " .--otiiij tiuu ujiui imi hj nio v;up- lain, ana the boat was stopped. But only for a moment The wind was drift ing he on the bank, and she was .half a mile talow the spot before her engines were cncckcd. "It's no use," said the Captain, as I gave him all the particulars. "Poor Jim went straight to the bottom as soon as overboard, and the only thing we can do is to make the nigger swing for his death' Thefe was great excitement on the lower deck as we went down. A dozen passengers were ready to offer their as sistance In capturing the man, but he had picked up an iron .bar and retired behind a nile of freisrlit so arranged that j to get at him one had to enter a gang way te- feet long by two wide, and make a turn. Only one could get at him at once, rind everybody saw at a fiance that it was a dangerous undertaking. After locating the man the Captain advanced, his cocked revolver in his hand, ' but as he reached the turn the negro : knocked the weapon out of his hand . with the bar. The Captain kicked it down the gangway, but had his shoulder almost crushed by a second blow. Tho ' man called out that he would sell his life dearly, and dared the whole force of , the boat to come on. i After a resurvey of the situation, tho ! Captain had the lire hose laid along the upper deck, and it was found that the ' pipe man, by leaning over the guards, J could play through an open window upon the man at bay. The water was started, and for twenty minutes it showered in upon the fellow by the bar rel. We were looking upon the plan :u a failure, when he made a rush. One or Uvo men fired at him in a wild way, but he was not hit As lie came out of the gangway he dodged behind soma cotton bales, crossed to tho other side, and was at the gangway. He stood there screaming and cursing, and the Captain, from a spot not over twenty feet away, tired live shots at him wiih- hit Then several other began to crack. The man SHARK" LAWYERS. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. Blow They Work Up Testimony in Damage Cases and Prosecute the Suits. "I don't believe the tax-payers of this city have any idea of the number of schemes which are being concccted to bleed the city treasury." said Citv j Attorney Washburne to a reporter. "In i the matter of personal-injury cases ' alone we have to defend suits involving claims for damages of such magnitude that were half of the contestants success ful the treasury would be -bankrupted. "Last year wo defended forty-one personal-injury cases. The total dam ages sought to be recovered amounted to $312,500. That a majority of these, cases were unjustly brought in the hope that sympathetic juries would give dis honest judgments against the city is i evidenced by the fact that but $8,780 j out of the $312,500 claimed was paid. "Since January 1, the beginning of the present rear, we have defendedten of these cases, where a total of $105,000 . circulating medium. Ar. Y. Tribune. w:is claimed as damages. llic amount FARM NOTES." Of Charles Wesley's great-grandsons three are members of the clergy of the Church cf England. The estate of the late Francis A. Drexel, of Philadelphia, will foot up at least $15,000,000, or about $5,000,000 more than was expected. Among the negroes of Norfolk, Va., there nas been orgauized a society the euphonious title of which is "The Union State Grand Tabernacle of the Imperial Order of Galilean Fisher- , men." Sarah McDaniels, a colored woman : livinr on Mr. Fish's nlace. one niile-i from Tallahassee, Fla., has given birth j to breeding cattle. " ""flice on cattle. Professor A. J. Cook ti.;ntra . HwWion of tobacco, upon tho It is not he that sows 'but ho that; whole, gives the best satisfaction. This manures that gets the big crop. j is easily made by turning hot water on Illinois fanners are taking the lead in improving their lands by tile drainage. Memorial-trce3 planted on birthdays grow into living and lasting monuments. anv kind of tobacco. The cheap stems answer as well as any other Kind. Were it not for the eggs one application of this would always sulKcc! He has nftn fmind it uuBecessan' to use it i,..n ,n.-, Tim work of washing t If the farm is small plow deep and an anjluai j3 quickly and easily pcr manure strong. If the farm 'is also poor tormi.d. ' numurc more. Happiness The lloor of th hen-house should be dry if colds and cramps in the poultry are to be avoided. A corrcsjwndont of thu Breeders' Ga zelle tmiiks it unwise 10 ieeu A Society Item. ensilage to forty-two children, and is now a ro bust, healthy-looking woman. Louts- ville CouricrJournal. j A New York doctor, who died pen- i niless recently, was married three J times, ami each wife brought him a , fortune of between $100,000 and $300,- , 000. lie cetainlv was a success as a ! i l recovered was $900. A Snnrta f2i lint fiff... jivhs ! tt. i:...:.i ! .. . rv- v" "v "-cn tw f -Liiiy million ant,- i fvi.i hns mniin anion ctihnnnn- ....',mt peasattendin?" the efforts of the nrose- . ....:... t ..t . . r . ., -. h ' . - - f cutors of these cases is discouraging tho speculation which has heretofore been out making revolvers must have expected death in some form or other, lie was hemmed in now, and the number of his foes was momentarily increasing. For one long minute he stood there swinging the bar and screaming like a mad animal, and then he Hung his weapon down and wen overboard with a yell of defiance. Ar. Y. Sun. indulged in to so great an extent, and I am glad to say that there are ver' few new suits leing filed against the city at the present time. "What do I mean by speculation? I mean that nearly all of these case- are brought ostensibly b- the injured par ties, but in reality by attorneys who, for a certain percentage of the judgments obtained, assume control of the suits, pay the costs, and undertake to furnish their own time in conducting them free of charge in case nothing is recov ered. Many of these attorneys are reputable men in their profession, who honestly believe damages should and can be recovered by law. Others are miserable shysters, who will resort to any measure "to win a case. They will manufacture witnesses, manufacture testimony for them to introduce, fix juries and resort to any other criminal practices they can possibly employ with out apprehension. The reader will please bear in mind that the following true tale was told by one of tiie brightest little ladies in the West End: "If you ever print it," she said. "I'll never speak to you again, sure, but. it is too good to keep, borne flavor than any other I time ago there was a lady came up irom :e will give it ' Texas to visit- some fnends here, very nice pcopic, uiu , very well known family. "The young lady had not been in tho city long be fore the girls of our set got down on her. I never saw anything wrong with her, except that she was just a little well, you know not exactly one of us, don't vou sec? Well, some bt tho girls nit, from that true contentment which Indicates perfect health of body and mind. v , mmmi It. If you will pcrifr and Invigorate your blood with AyerVi Saraa- , SAIEL. C. $ pariiia. . Ji. nowiro, xieni.i, . i writes : " I suffered for years with Scrof ulous humors. After usia? tiro bottles of AVer's SarsapariHs, I union: UNDO w -AND-. Found i the cylinder of which is live inches Jong and two and one-half inches in diam eter. It furnishes power sufficient to run a sewing-machine. Atlanta Con stitution. In the county of Lanark, in Onta- i rio, are eight brothers, Uo::d. hv name, j vho measure in their socks o2 feet 4 j menus, aim weign i,rw pounds, or an average of 215 pounds each. The tall est is il feet 7 inches, and the shortest is 6 feet 4 incites. The heaviest weighs 277 pounds and the lightest 195. Montreal Witness. Peter WedermSer and Josephine Amann, a young German couole of Buffalo, N. Y., tiled with the 'court clerk in that city the other day an ante nuptial agreement by which, after mar riage, each is to control his or her property just as before, and dispose of it as though no marriage bond united them. Uuth are wealthy. John 15. (lough was never ostenta tious in his gifts, but his private chari ties were almost innumerable. For Meat smoked with corn cobs will have a better burning substance Are we lawyer-ridden? Every village j swarms witu tlicni, ami liiey mane a. living by "hook or crook," says ifome and Farm. The Grange is represented generally by men in middle and advanced life. Wiiy should it not be as good a place for young men? Many injurious insects and their eggs will be" destroyed by raking up all the dead leaves and weeds in the orchard and burning them. If you happen to have wood ashes the kitchen garden is a gootl place to apply it as a top-dressing. If leached for j making soft-soap it is still valuable. Water house plants only when they ' reonire it This ntav be from two to . three times a week, depending on how ! fast the soil dries out in the pots. An attorney, formulating a set of ntlou fnr n.iitmir hinil rili nniia ?t ! , -v,. ......., -, -v . - nance wiiu juss a., ana men seventh ami last: Above all, be carelul her at a S0Jltf waIked up to the in selecting your ciiuni. jnere is iitoru Taoa ;..i un ..,- .;;,, - iHOST STORIES. A RIVER INCiDENT. A Truthful Historian Shows How The,? are "Worked Up" aud Circulated. About six years ago I had occasion to investigate some alleged later develop ments of an ancient legend that is known to the greater part of the population of the old district of Southward What these later developments were expected to be would not interest you, because they failed to materialize. The legend itself was that a living woman with a horse's head had for many years terror ized the neighborhood of Fifth street and Washington avenue. It was as sertcd that this unnatural creature hat been seen time and again eating oat? from a golden trough and pulling hav from a diamond-studded rack, which hung over a manger of the rarest and costliest kinds of hard wood; that she occasionally vaulted the paling fence that inclosed the northeast corner of the Uvo streets named and galloped as well as she could with only two legs around the block. Several people wlto lived a great distance from the scenes oft In-.. exploits told me confidentially that the young woman sometimes took trips through the air on a winged broom-jtick. and that she neighed so shrilly and so con tinuously that the babies in the vicinuv- culd never go to sleep. The further "l got away from the neighborhood the more wonderful became the .-torv and the nearer I got to Fifth and Washing ton avenue the harder it was to find proof. Numberless persons who had lived for years within a stone's throw of the home of the mon-ter were seen, but not a single one of them could vouch for the truth of the tale when pinned down to cold facts. Lots of them had heard of the horse headed girl, and all of them knew a man who knew a man who 1 -id ;m uncle why saw this strange thing one? snuv iiigm, or moonlight nidit, or rainy night, when the clocks we're toll ing the hour of midnight. Of that latter happening everybody was positive the striking of the midnight hour -but a three-hours' steady search failed to dis cover any eye-witnesses until I hap pened across a gentleman with narrmv forehead, small twinkling eves, a rusty suit of black and a great "thirst. He had lived in Southwark. he told me, "goin on forty year," and he said he was "werry happy" to be of service. Of course he had seen the girl with the horse's he:id. and with a strict regard for the niceties assured me that" the creature's ears were not so loii" by at quarter of an inch :ts those of a real horse, and that her mane was "werry thin and scraggy." For nearly an hour I listened to one" of the most thrilling descriptions of the general make-up, the character and habits of the half human terror of Southwark that vou could well im- i "it is tins class of men I am after, i years he has supported tlh widow and and one of these days I am going to get j family of his friend Stratton, of Wor enough evidence against some one of j cester, who induced him to take the them to send him down to Joliet and pledge and who encouraged him to make an example of him. I recently j keep it, and he has educated and sup caused a warrant to be issued against a ; ported many of his relatives. Boston witness in oik; of these cases, against Herald. whom I had all the evidence necessary to , -Charles Stewart Farnell is a lineal convict him of penury. He slipped I fo.i-.fm.i-.nt ;.. ti.. :t,i..t. .:.... --.- , -x..wi.., iti iiil: lllbVTIlLII "filial IKLICIII. . of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. J famous in history as the "Kingmaker." i Earl Spencer and the Marquis of Hart- lngton are blood cousins rarnell and spencer ueing descendants in the seventh and Hartington in the eighth in the man than there is in the bond. A farmer of North Belgrade, Me., says three bushels of plaster on grass land are as good as six. He would ap ply it just after tho ground becomes bare in the spring and just before a rain if possible. heard that Miss X. was to be invited to a very swell party in the West End, the invitation beiug, oi course, on accouni of her hosts. The young ladies talked the thing over ami decided to cut the Texas girl. I would not agree, because I didn't sec why the poor thing should be insulted when she was going homo in a few days. "Miss Z. went to the party with Mr. C, one of the best fellows in the town, and on the way she told hjm that all the girls meant to cut Miss X. and teach her her place in society. C. didn't say anything. He went through his first leaving poor n-rf- fmtii .... ....w .. x-,.. . the rest awfully lonely and disconso late. He introduced himself to Miss X. and just laid himself out to make htr enjoy the party. Of course he succeed ed. You know he's one of the whole- souled sort of fellows that all the girls i arc half in love with, and when he does j good indeed. great relief. It has entirely restored me to health." James French, Atchison, Kara., writes: "To all penoas suffering from Liver Complaint, I would strongly recom mend Avert Sarsaparilla. I was afflicted with a disease of the liver for nearly two years, when a friend advised me to take this mediciae. It gave prompt relief, and has cured me." Mrs. H. M. Kidder, 41 D wight st, Boston, Blast., writes : " For several years I hav used Ayert Sarsa parilla In my family. I never feel safe, even On M Isiii At Home To supply any lack of vegetable mat- ! try to be good he is very t:-r in the "soil there is no readier or. He danced with the Te? through the oflicor s fingers and absconded. Had I secured him I am confident he would have 'squealed' on the real perpetrators of the 'job,' and I would have had a fnll-lledgcil attorney behind the bars in company with his perjured assistant "If you want to know how many of our lesser legal lights gain a livelihood go to the county coroner's office regular ly every day anil watch the clerks of law firms as the- carefully scan the daily record of casualties and copy the testi mony of inquests. Often the relatives of deceased people never think of insti tuting damage proceedings until these sharks send their representatives around and marte propositions to conduct tho eases at meir own expense, sharing the results equally after tho costs. The first thing an attor ney docs is to work up all the damaging evidence, real or manufactured, possi ble, and then, presenting the case in an exaggerated light before the plaintiff, endeavor to bulldoze him into a settle ment. Too often they succeed where the plaintiff is a private individual, but as a rule corporations will come to no settlement without an examination of the c:u-e lief ore a magistrate. In all claims against the city, if they arc pre sented in due form, the council refers them to the law department, and if, after a careful examination, we find the claim a just one, we recommend its set tlement to the finance committee. A great many cases arc amicably settled in this manner." Chicago Xcws. A NOBLE .ORDER. A Deck-Hand Tosc a Mate Overboard, and Is Hunted to Death. There was a heavy wind blowing as the steamer left Vicksburg, and all signs indicated a dark and stormy night During the afternoon I had seen the mate cuff the ears of one of the deck hsnds a tall, powerful and morose looking chap and from the way the victim's eyes snapped and his bosom heaved I knew that he felt degraded and sighed for revenge. We had not been out over twenty in in- ures, aim me tiec-Ks nau not yet been cleared up, when the mate ordered some bags of cotton-seed meal moved to trim the boat The man ho had cuffed w:is ono of four or five who set about the work. Thev went at the task in the leisurely, half-hearted manner character istic of the negro roustabout, and pretty soon the impatient mate brought the stick he carried in his hand down across one of their backs. Perhaps he meant to hit the same man again: perhaps he did not distinguish one from the other. However, the blow reached the back of the same proud-spirited negro. I was standing on the stairs to watch proceedings, and, therefore, witnessed i what occurred when the blow fell. The man had a cotton hook in his hand. In stead of using it for a weapon of attack, he flung it down, sprang and seized the mate around the middle, and with seem ingly no more effort than the average man would put forth to toss a ten pound package from him, he sent the mate living down the deck clear of eyerj- tiling. The officer alighted on his head, and w:is, no doubt, stunned to insensibility, even if his neck was not broken. Not a shout was uttered by the amazed roustabouts, nor was a hand tretched forth to prevent further ac tion. With a wild, hoarse scream of rage the man who had been degraded by the blows rushed forward at the helpless mate. At first he thought to stamp the body with ids feet Then he glared around him in search of some weanon. Again he changed his mind and, lifting up the body as if it had been a sack of u"inu. . im :i countenance as socmn as an owl's and a manner that almost carried conviction with it. this inter esting Ananias told me that he had seen the girl with the horse's head no a?.s than thirty-two times, and it would be utterly impossible for him to have been mistaken. He had seen it eatin" from the golden trough, but was not prepared to say that the trough was solid metal, although it had every ap pearance of genuineness. He heard it snort thirteen or fourteen times. He had been close enough seven times to observe its head, and to note that it was a perfect counterpart of thn bond of a horse, excepting the trifling dif ference in the length of the ear. He had never seen the creature gallop around the block. He didn't believe any such nonsense, and proved verv conclusively that the parents of the girl were not so careless of their name as to exhibit their misfortune in public. In an unguarded moment I gave this accommodating gentleman my address. In a day or two he called to sec me. He repeated the story without invitation and substantially as he had first told it In a fortnight he called again. He talked about the weather, and then suddenlv catching sight of a picture of Flora Temple on the wall was reminded of his favorite object, he retold it. I took occasion the next day to innuira con cerning the man's veracity, and found his reputation for truth was good; that he had lived in Southwark just the length of time he said he had lived there, and was very generally resnnefvl. The only thing I found against him was tliat he was a great talker. When I in quired about his knowledge of the existence of the hor.-c-headed girl, I found no less than nine people who had the story from his own lips, and of the nine seven believed ifimplicitly. These seven spread the tale about, and I verijy believe that it passed from one mouth to another until it reached as far north as Port Richmond, for there are people in that part of the town who never lived south of Girard avenue who have the story pat Philadelphia Xcics. The SIlcrs of lion Secour.1 and Their l'rai-ieworthy Work. Two Sisters of the Order of Bon Seeours arrived in this country four years ago to establish a branch of tiieir praiseworthy order, so well known in many of the European cities. The sis ters at present occupy the hou; No. 152 East Sixty-sixth street. The institution is presided over by Sister Madeleine de Pazzi, a thorough disciplinarian, ami most earnest :!iid zealous, :ts are all tho si-ucrs: in their endeavor to care for and muse the atllicted. Their numlier, un der the guidance of Sister Madeleine, has increased to sixteen. So great has beeu the demand for the services of these faithful nurses, by whose tender care and judicious nursing many a life has been saved, it has become neces sary to look out for a larger building. With this view ground on Lexington avenue has been bought, and as soon as possible a building will be 'erected ami more sisters will come from abroad. The order was founded in 1840 by the Abbe Paul Millet, in Arcis, France, at a time when cholera was raging. The object of the society was tocreate an order of religious women, whose duty would be to nurse the sick at their homes. So faithful did these sisters prove to their trusts during the ravages of the cholera that their noble and good deeds gave them fame and popularity throughout Europe. Again, during the war of 1870, the sisters had charge of sixty ambulances. They did noble work in Algeria in seasons of famine and cholera. During the late war at Tunis they rendered such services to the wounded and the dying soldiers that the French Government, as a mark sf recognition, established a house for them there. The order now has one hundred ami twenty houses distributed among England, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Africa. There are throughout Eu rope about ten thousand sisters. Each one, after taking the vow, goes through a regular course of severe theoretical and practical training for three years. At the end of that time they go into the world thoroughly trained nurses. Their special vocation is to nurse the sick at their homes, both by day and by nidit They make no distinction in reference to age or condition; they attend all classes of society, rich and poor alike, Catholic and non-Catholic families. For their care and services to the sick thev expect no remuneration, altlmiitrli tlmV have no other means of support save the voluntary offerings of those whom they nurse. In other words, it is left to the families whom thev nur .? tocompensate them according to what they think thev arc entitled. X. Y. Times.' generation of John Mordaunt, Viscount Avalon. Chicago Tribune. Mr. C. E. Henry, of Geauga Lake, Ohio, writes to the Cleveland Leader that Garfield and Hancock were on the most friendly terms, and that Adjutant General Whipple was promoted bv President Garfield because he wished to show his friendship for General Hancock. The General was writing a letter to the President when the news of his assassination reached Governor's Island. James Gross, the sexton of the East Braudvwine Baptist Church, of Potts town, Pa., was an old man. The other evening he and his aged wife, who is totally blind, sat quietly by their kitchen stove, as was their wont. Their son joined them, and talked with his mother in undertones, for thev thowht that the oltl man was dozing; but when bedtime came the old man sat motionless in his chair. He was dead; and had died as he. sat by the lire with his wife before his son came in. Phila delphia Press. exas girl again cheaper means than the plowing under ' and again, promenaded with her, flirt- of some green crop. Manuring with ; ert most outrageously with her. I heard rye is an excellent "way to ameliorate j the scamp begging for ono of the ugly and enrich a "-arden. " I artificial flowers she had on her dress, ami I felt like hugging him because he was doing a brave, manly thing. Of course. Miss Z. was furious. At last when she wouldn't stand it any longer, she walked up to Mr. C. and Miss X. it w:is still very early in tho evening and said: Mr. C, I want to go home.' " Oh, its early yet. Miss Z., he re plied. -'Let's not go for a little while, anyhow. " I want to go now,' she said, stamp ing iier loot; uo you mean to tike me home or not?' " 'Well, if you really wish it But let Miss X., Professor Caldwell says that succu lent food increases the How of milk, but does not necessarily increase the pro- t portion oi water in it llie now is greatest in June, yet the milk is no poorer than at other times. Carlyle has said: "Our grand busi ness is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand." This truth is eloquent in agri culture. The man who sees clearly what to do and tloes it is prosperous. Assist yourself in spring work by i bringing up all odds and ends, square me introduce my friend at once, see that all tools and .imple-! Miss Z.' menis are in order. without it. As a liver medicine and general purifier of the blood, it has no equal." Mrs. A. B. Allen, Winterpoek, Va., writes: "Jfy youngest child, two years of age, was taken with Bowel Com plaint, which we could not cure. We tried many remedies, but he continued to grow worse, and finally became so reduced in flesh that we could only move him upon a pillow. It was suggested by one of the doctors that Scrofula might be the cause of the trouble. We procured a bottle of ATEB'S Sarsaparilla and commenced giving it to him. It burely worked wonders, for, In a short timp, he was completely cured." Sold by all Druggists. Price $1 ; Six bottles, $5. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.. Lowell, H&ss., U. S. A. 3rl !lllTCa!,r... -inns rr sale -,; '''r """" ana jrrjzln? 7,B, ''ill per acre. ?lsn,J.f:,, .ETSpecial attnr,i;,. nnm proof on uZ rl . I LlsinA """"'ten!4..'! '.-il ?3i II l.-- heIradrntfx,B,JS,t,,'cJ ""-" "" "IC- one fn i -. F. II. Martr. Uerk , ' (.otooba ?kii -Pf'R FARMERS & siflfj Just beyond th .NVhr... "tepj M THE OMAHA & CHICAGO OF THE The Country ;e w, r '. "OIM rroaucfjyp Cheap Lands for sale jut J er tie lively tmvn 0f jJ Grand Openings for all fc$ j nets. Present popahtjl Town 500. JSySeail for circular : PACKA5D41 Sterling, Weld i o,( 2S-v ESTABLISHED IN TUB US "A LITTLE NONSENSE." An Eastern paper has an article on "Why Quinine is Lower." We know why without, reading it. It is K-cause some one swallowed it. Pittsburgh Cfi ron icle- Telegraph. "Papa, I gnets there ain't anv plumbers in heavcu," said a six-year-old youn-rster. one rainy dav. "Whv not, mv it son 3- "Cause the sky seems " AT. Y. Journal. to leak o easy One day the children were popping corn, taking turns at the popper. d? mamma! " cried Edna, clapping her 'f.and jubilantly. "Most every one of mine hatched out!" Boston tflobe. Jie was patient: He never spot a word : Hut with n look .f deepest melancholy lie sat. like Patience, on an ottoman. Uutchini,'forb:s wife to put her bonnet on. Lynn Item. Old Mr. Kently (at the Eden Mu-M'u)-"Xmv, there's a statoo, Mariar. of one of them fellers thev calls a dood. It looks like it was alive, don't it?" Old Mrs. Bentlv fnokinn- it. with her umbrella) "It beats all how nat eral like they gits 'em up." Statue (indignantly) 'Aw- aw . ' ' N. Y. Sun. "Did ye have a good time at the Social Coterie election last nihtp" "Indaric I did." "Was there anrfun?" 'Very little that is. what von" w-mil.i fun."" "Did vou make anv mo tions?" ".list wan; but the "brick Mippeu out oi me hand mtirelv. and tiie prisident called me to order wid his club." The Judge. guess, sister, vou needn't iibottt havinsr the "narlor su-mit out to-day," was the remark of an Al legheny youth as he started to school. "What on earth do von monn Well, I heard" father tell younjr man of yours came to-night ho'd wipe the lloor with him." EaU End Bulletin. Young wife -See here, John, what mother has sent us a barrel of ajjples. You couldn't hvc bought them in the city for less than two dol lars a barrel. They came by express this afternoon." Young husband "How much exiiressa-re did vmi nm-nn them?" Young wife "Three dollars and .seventy-live coMlnPhiladctyhia Call. md especially that rnc piows arc snarp ami well scoured. Then, when plowing time comes, g" to work with vim. If you want to get tho good-will of your hens, says the Prairie Fanner, feed them dry, hot corn at night. Heat the corn in an iron pan or kettle in this oven, and .-tir occasionally. Xo matter if it r. t a little i-'iarred." It won't do any harm to giw warm water, either. If a plow or other .steel implement has become verv rufv. make a mixture, of half a piift of oil of vitrioL poured slowly into ;i juart of water, and apply to the rusted metal. Wash off" with water, and .scour in the usual manner. It is better, however, not to let any im plement get ruty. Every bed of asparagus should bo manured in the fall or some time during tiie winter. The more thoroughly this manure is mixed with the surface soil the better. Mineral manures are best applied in spring after growth begins and after the heavy rains which mio-ht wash them away have ceased. " Speaking of ensilage, Professor Arnold explained that succulent food in winter is a means of saving animal force, which must otherwise go to properlv prepared food fordire.tion. Mr. Hiram. omun. mo great sm, gives emphati great value of clov milk. -Thank you. I don't care to know your friend,Mks X.,' was the reply. "Of course, this was a mistake for Mr. i C. to make. He went loo far. Miss X. turned very hotly, and said: Don't think. Miss Z., that I don't understand all that has happened to-night, and I just want to tell you if you and those other girls who have joined in cutting me arc samples of the best St. Louis so ciety, we have servant girls in Galves ton who are more lady-like than you.' "The reply that Miss Z. made "was to slap the other girl in the face with all her might. It was o suddenly done, and so unexpected, that there was no chance for any of the persons who had gathered around, attracted by the loud talking, to interfere. W ell, you can imagine the rest of it. There was an awful scene. Miss Z. was bundled off in one direction and Miss X., crying bitterly, in another. A crowd of the girls gathered about Miss X. and apologized profusely for what they had done, but what good was apologizing? Miss X. started home to Texas the next day. and the rest of "us have been trying to keep the .-.tory out of the papers ever since." St. Louis Bcpublieun. i Bathing and Why We Should Bathe. Gincago Mitels Pai BaiiM WML THE BEST ROUTE From OMAHA to the: east, Two Trains Daily Between Oniaiia Chicago, and Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Dubuque, Davenport, Rock ls!and,Freeport, Rockford, Elgin, Madison, Janesville, Beloit, Winona, La Crosse. And all other Important Points Northeast and Southeast. East, iiniryiiian ofttiscon- and comfort to mankind, we think w atic testimony to the may safelv say that there is nothing s ver ensilage for winter wen knm;-n, so usofu, aml withaY An agricultural exchange says there call "I bother 3" Georgt; mother that if that js :i sironir conviction .minno- nt m.t and experienced breeders' that "how cholera" is clearly traceable to nrC longed and excessive feeding of corn. In that section of this country where hogs are fed most upon this "fat-producing food, there the disease is more prevalent. Tho hav cron of 1885 in thn TTnito.? States amounted to 38,000.000 tons. The largest crop ever grown in this country was that of 1883. which amounted to 4G,8G4,000 tons. The total value of the crop of 188-r was 8361,000.000. The ox ports covered 11,142 tons, valued at 204,70fj. The cost of transportation, commission, and insurance for the ex ported product was -H0 per ton. In the separation of wheat plants any number may be secured up to several hundred from a single grain if. after tho plants are set out and multiplied, they be again divided. In such an exrwri. iinttf- c.;.,.!.-. ... r i ""Y -.". gnim oi wneat once pro duced over 20,000 heads, which con tained 170.000 grains, makino- sivt-v. :vfv- 2" . "TJ -wen. pounus oi wheat. Large fields cannot be treated in such manner, but it demonstrates what can bo done with cultivation. A correspondent of the Xorth British Agriculturist, writing from a district where calves arc generally reared by hand, says: "1 rear annually about twenty-Gvo calves on five cows; I have been civincr half milt- -,i, ...:.!. 1 " ,- . . ""' """ nun lacuna ana unused cake. l Have given half This milk and season farina A Satisfactory Compromise. The plain, untitled citizen Can slide along in life without receiving much criticism and abuse, but when ho has a handle to his name hr must ot. Not Naturally Filthy. The hog is not nearly so dirty an ani mal ai some people would have us be lieve, and if he were, so much more the need of our striving to make him cleanly. Swine will eat almost any thing, it is true. But so will a fowl. The hog, however, will show his prefer ence for clean food and a clean place to feed if it is given an opportunity. The quarters of some hogs are an abom inable disgrace. They sleep in filth and eat m filth, and if they do not happen to die before they are got into market, the pork produced under such circumstances can not be of tiie best quality. The ani mal enjoys a clean lloor to feed upon and a clean bed to sleep in. and en joyment always implies thrift When- "Bromley, I'm having a wretched time with my wife. We wrangle fear fully, and jhe's so wordy that she over whelms me every time." "Well, Darringer, these little pleas antries are not to be avoided, it seems. My wife and 1 have reduced them to a science. She demands but two word and I good-naturedly let her have them. It's a small "concession, vou see." J "I should think it was. I enw you, Bromley, 'pon my soul I do. Oh by thc by, what are the two words?" "The first and the last." Philadel phia Call. eer an animal eniovs its snrmnn.1 A 1 - .w... w , Mij Villi 1117 I1II lilt" HI lllllr Y' I .. -. . -f - ' .mu flour, he carried it to the gangway and pect everybody to take hold and shake "aF V V?, d th best it can Jhxew it overbowrd. The whole tronao-1 him uu. & 0. Picayune. I " Farm a,ld "& Stods- m "" 1 nUls' Dn F- Cartwright, of Garden City, Kan., received a telegram at 9:35 a. m., announcing thn snrimia ;n. of her mother, and asking her to come immediately. She packed her trunk put up a lunch, appointed A. H. Ad kinson her attorney to dispose of ten thousand dollars worth of pronertv during her absence, and left on thV train at 9:54 for her old home in Iowa, all in nineteen minutes. Chicano Mail. ' J --- The Japanese are awav ahead of us m some tilings. They always keep their back yards in apple-pie order no ash-heaps, garbage barrels, tin cans and ruobish. The Japanese back yard is a little paradise, and is made as beau tiful as art and nature can make ii. The Japs, however, have no front yards and they dump their rubbish in tho two,.Y. Y. Timet. Y IVft. I .. .- il a acu auiungsi me milk, farina to be boiled aud prepared in the usual way before mixing.' J 1 arms are schools, the best of all in which to learn much that concerns farming. Ihey are the only schools !S nrJln,ny ,so . as acquiring practical knowledge in farming is con" corned. Teaching by object lessons Is eflect. vc. 1 he things we see, the tiling we do. arc better remembered and bel ter understood than the things we hear or read about. Learn the practice of farming on a good farm. Mr Kdward M. Teall, in the Breeders' 2C:.lvonfeS,1inSc,,,silagB to cattle. them sluggish and indifferent, and in the majority of cases of service the bull fails to get the cow in calf. When fed to cows long in calf, sav one to two the wnSriCi- ", f"" th hO the worst kind of scours, and in a laro majority of cases the calf dies." " M!f ?:,IL Gl'Sry makes the state ment that the com plant has the power of getting its nitrno f.-, .ii. mo nir. 5adiff--- .",.'. )& W--4 , . "-" ' i u ' V,ereIorc but to supply potash and phosphate to the soil. For three .'l-'" V -pennient has been tried upon the poor-soil plots of the Rural Grounds. No matter how largo the quantity of potash and phosphoric acid used, we can not get a good crop with out nitrogen. Sural Xew Yorker. Many farmers fear, savs J. W. Pierce that if manure is left spread on the surl face for any length of time it will waste by evaporation, but I am satisfied bv a carefuL.tudyof the scientific aspect of t on. that there is no appreciable loss in tins way by the exposure of nnf..r.,u.i manure, and that the only possible loss of any amount is by wasliing off f rom very hilly land, wnon the Aground frozen, and that this loss is seldom 161 1 Speaking of preparations for killing Among all the appliances for health e so so comforting, and yet so little practiced, so carelessly and thoughtlessly neglect ed, as judicious bathing. The skin of the human body, from head to foot, is a network of oores. One cannot put a finger on a single place without covering several hundred little openings, whichought always to be kept free and clear of obstnictions. As evidence of the tmth of this state ment, we need only call to mind the great drops of sweat so often seen gath ering on one's face and other parts of the body in warm weather especially during time of over-exertion. Those pores are the opening into minute tubes or channels which lead through unseen meanderings into the sanctum of life wituin. The dust which comes into contact with animals covered with hair is most ly kept out, and the perspiration con ducted away from the pores of the skin by those hairs; hence, bathing is not so essential with them as with mankind. whose bodies are practically denuded of such protection. The glutinous mass' of perspiration, dust and filth which snthurs on th nr face of the body, naturally covers and clogs the pores, and often enters them and poisons the system. To remove that filth, frequent ablutions and occa sional immersions in water are exceed ingly desirable, and usually indispens able to health and comfort, consequent ly every family should have a conven ient bath and a full bath, too of some kind, not only for general neatneas of person, so desirable to every individual of taste and culture, but as"a moans of preserving health, and in many cases, especially under the advice of a good physician, as the safest, pleasantest and one of the most powerful ami efficient means oi combating disease. directed by good judgment and wise counsel, a bath is a valuable auxiliary to other remedies, and it can be used when internal remedies cannot In the long catalogue of disoases to which ilesh is heir, scarcely one can be named in the treatment of which a bath is use less. To those blessed -with good health a bath, as a common-sense appliance! gives thrift and growth to healthy func tions, a brightness and delightful seren ity, a clearness of mind ami buoyancy of spirit It is certainly a blessing to both mind and body. For the mental worker it is a nerve tonic. A thorough immersion in water of proper tempefa- !-. i , u s,vc st,nth and lone to his whole system. The in-door laborer who gets but a scanty supply of fresh air. needs a h.ith tr. Kf: .!.. For through tickets call on the Ticket Aeent at Columbus, Nebraska. Pullman Slkeikus and the Fiest jimm. oars ix tiik ORLi are run on the main lino- of tho Chicac. Mil. waakee Ml. laal 'y, andeverv aitention is paid to pussengerti bv cour teous employe of the Company. B. Miller, General Jlaa WASHING ro.b. Dally, except Sunday-. Pno year in advance, posts;. -THE- ffEEiiy mam mi Devoted to irenerttl nwt i- matter obtained from tae Ueji-j .Agriculture ina other . eprd the Government, relating to tat t ;uu piauung interesia. An Advocate of Kepublicts reviewing fearlestlv and fain i or Congre-s and the Nattoml tration. Price, $1.00 per yeirmj postage iree. President -ad The 2AT'OXAL REPl.RMClf! Columbus Joubxal, I yeir.ii Cures Guaranty A. V. II. Carpenter. ger. Gen'l Pass. Ai-'t. J. F. Ticker, Gee. U. Heafferd. As't Gea'l Man. Ass't Pass. Ag't. JT. X. Clark, Gen'l Sup't. Feb. 17-1 LOUIS SCHREIBEE, fiuil anaWaeonMaKer All kinds of Repairing done on Short Notice. Boggies, Wag ess, etc., nade to order, and all work Ctaar-anteed. Aljo sell tho world-famous Walter A. Wood Mowers. Beapers , Combin ed Maehinoi, Earreitert, and Self-binders the best made. Shop opposite the " Tattersall." on Olive SUCOLUM BUS. W-m DR. "WARNS SPECIFIC. 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