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Imrriml. VOL. XVIIL-NO. 46. COLTJMBTJS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1888. WHOLE NO. 930. k W ae fc COLUMBUS STATE BANK. COLUMBUS, NEB. Cash Capital $75,000. DIRECTORS: LEANDER GERHARD. Pres't. GEO. W. 1IULST, Vioe Pre-'t. JULIUS A. REED. K. II. HENRY. J. E. TASKER, Cashier: Rmmk of IieIt, Dlticesmt m4 Excsmsasre. OlIectleBN Promptly Made All PolMtN. Pay IatrMt oa Time Oepow- OK COLUMBUS, NEB. CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000. OFFICERS: C. H. SHELDON. I'res't. W. A. .MCALLISTER. Vice Pre. HOHERT UHLIG, Cashier. DANIEL SCHRAM. Aea't tWi. DIRECTORS: J. P. UECKER. 11. V. II. OEHLRICH. JONAS WELCH. CARLRE1NKE. II. M. WINSLOW. TIuh Rink transact! a ntRiilar Uankin Btisi-dw-h. will allow interest nn time tleiKwit, make collections, liny or m'11 exfliMixo on United States nnil Kiiroiw, and buy ami. wll available sec-uritiiM. VhallboltMH-sl to receive, your business. We eolicftyonr imtrouaxe. We guarantee satis faction in nil btifim- intnixted in onrrare. dccOU? FOR THE WESTERN COTTAGE ORGAN CALL. 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Onr fee not duo till patent is secured. A book, "How to Obtain Patents," with refer eaoes. to actual clients in your state, county or town, sent free. Address Opposite Patent'OOce, Washington, DC. CDMMEROAi M diaV a kBBBBaBaaBUBBBBaBBT THREE HEROIC GIRLS. THE TALE OF THEIR BRAVERY TOLD IN DETAIL. How Miss Royce Shielded Her Pupils from the Blizzard and Suffered for Her , ISrave Act Miss Freeman's Presence of Mind Miss Shattuck's Death. bravWj' of tho three Nebraska school teachers, Miss Freeman, Miss Royce and Miss Shattuck, in the terrible blizzard that passed through Minnesota, Dakota, Iowa and ro braska in January, has been the subject of much newspaper writing, but a complete and correct recital of their self-sacrificing heroism has not yet been told. Miss Loie M. Royce was teaching a school near Plainfield, Neb., on the day of the great storm. At noon six of the children went home, and the blizzard coming up, they did not return. Miss Royce and the three re maining pupils stayed at the school until 3 o'clock, and tho fuel giving out the young lady determined to take her little ones to her boarding house, situated only fifteen rods from tho school house. They started out, but in the fury of the storm wandered out of their way and became lost. The storm in creased, and after hours of endeavor the brave teacher sank down in the snow and gathered her little brood about her. Dark ness camo on. Weary and frightened, the little ones began to cry. Sinking to the snow covered ground, they sobbed them selves into a restless sleep. The brave young girl realized that this exposure would result in death to her little flock, and, stretch ing herself at full length upon the snow, and to the north, she huddled the three little ones to her breast, covering them with her own cloak, and thus shielding them from the wind with her own form. In the night one of the little boys sank iuto a silence which the teacher knew was death. The feelings of the young guardian, herself suffering with the awful cold, cannot de de scribed nor imag ined. At midnight the other boy died without a word of warning, and, with an effort, the brave woman gathered miss koyck. little Hattie Rosburg, aged 7, in her arms. The child became delirious, and between her sobs came the pitiful uppeal: "Oh, I'm so cold, mamma; plea&e cover me up;"' an ap peal which rent the heart of the faithful teacher. At daylight tho little girl died. At ( o'clock in the morning Miss Royce reached shelter, both feet and her left arm and hand being frozen. Both of her feet have since been amputated at the ankles. It is believed her arm will lie saved. Though unsuccess ful in her efforts to save the lives of her little charges, Loie Royce did the best she could, and the angels could do no more. Another heroine is Mias Minnie Freeman, who was teaching a school ill the Mira Val ley district, near Ord, Neb. The pupils were wrought up to tho highest pitch of excite ment by the fury of the storm. In the midst of the teacher's assurance that all would be well, a terriblo gust of wind struck the build ing, tho windows rattled, the house shook and the door of the structure was torn from its hinges. It was then the young teacher realized the necessity of preparing for emer gencies. With an exhibition of rare judg ment she gathered her little brood together, and, securing a coil of strong, heavy twine, began with tho largest ones and tied the chil dren together by the arms and bodies, three abreast. This completed, she huddled her charged around the stove. This was scarcely accom plished when the blizzard struck the building and car ried tway in the twinkling of an eye the entire roof c tho structure, leav ing tho frightened little ones exposed to the elements. The time for prompt action had arrived, but the miss freeman. plucky teacher was equal to the emergency. Taking the young est and frailest of her charges in her arms, she tied the remaining end of the twine around her on u body, and, with all tho words of encouragement she could muster, the courageous youug woman started with tho frightened little ones out into the fury of the storm. After a wearisome journey of three quarters of a mile, the little band reached a farm house and warmth uud shelter. The cut at the head of this article is from a photograph taken of Miss Freeman, her school house and her pupils, since the great storm. On the same night Miss Etta Shattuck, who was a teacher near Emmet, Holt county, Neb., took refuge in a hay stack, and was exposed to tho elements for a .period of seventy-eight hours. From Thursday night to tho following Sunday evening she was without food or drink. Unliko the Misses Royce and Freeman, she was not burdened with the care of little ones as all of her pupils were sent to their homes in time to avoid the effects of the storm. To the children in her care she discharged every obligation. After each had been sent home she started out herself. She wandered around on the prai rie until she stum-. bled against a hay stack, and, feeling it was her only chance of safety, she dug a hole in the stack, crawled MISS SHATTUCK. in, and pulled some of the hay into the mouth of the hole over her feet. The snow sifted into and over the place, and protected her from the cold. She sang hymns until she felt warm and comfortable, and finally went to sleep. She awoke after a time, but was lulled to sleep again by tho howling of the storm. When she awoke again the snow bad drifted and packed over the hay with such a weight that although she tried with all her strength she could scarcely move. So she lay there helpless and hungry Friday, Satur day and Sunday. The mice nibbled her hands. She was faint and weary. She lost all account of time, but prayed for her de livery from the prison. Her friends searched for her, but they finally gave np. On Sun day a farmer drove to the hay stack to get some hay. He noticed the hay had been dis turbed, and reaching into the hole, caught hold of the lady's overshoe. He quickly liberated her from her living grave. It was found that both of her lower limbs were frozen and both feet had to be ampu tated. It was at first thought she would sur vive, but death relieved her sufferings early in the present month, and. the poor girl's re mains were laid at rest at Seward, Neb. The heroism and the sufferings of these brave and noble girls have galled out (he "EaBKl3li'fg&ftzrefsiF'KS H 'C j'rajJCJSM yM3aiSBMSQe.r rf&2S&& -Js, ,?mi r 4 jw v jm deeiest sympathy and heartiest recognition from tho good people of Nebraska. The Omaha Daily Bee, on learning of the devo tion of these teachers to their pupils, imme diately started a testimonial fund. Whan the amputatiou of Miss Shattuck's feet be came necessary, and it was found she would have no way in which to earn a livelihood, tho Heroine fund rapidly increased, and at the date of the noble girl's death 13,752.01 had been paid for her benefit Miss Shattuck's father is a veteran of the late war, and by reason of wounds received in the service ho is incapac itated for labor. The family was dependent upon the earnings of their brave daughter, and the above named amount, together with aboat $1,000 more from The Bee's special fund, is to be paid to the parents of tho un fortunate girL A prominent jeweler of San Francisco sent a handsome gold watch to Miss Freeman. The chain is wrought in semblance of a rope, as a reminder of the means by which she led precious lives from peril to safety. Already the fund for Miss Royce has reached $2,000, and it is hoped the amount may be increased to such a figure that tho interest will provide for her during the rest of her life. 'PETROLEUM V. NASBY." Sketch or the IJfe or the late D. R. Locke. In the village of Vestal, Broome county, N. Y., on the 20th day of September, 1833, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Reed Locke a boy baby. This son thrived as an infant, flourished as a youth and experienced innumerable ups and downs as a man. He was named David Ross Locke at an early period of his history, and as Petro leum V. Nasby he made his eccentricities a great power. Indeed, where thousands aro familiar with his real name and deeds, tens of thousands know him by his pen name and his writings. At the age of 11 years young Locke en tered the office of The Democrat, at Cort land, N. T., as an apprentice, and there he learned the printer's trade. This accom plished, he started out on what was then the usual tramping expedition, and either as a "jour" printer or a reporter he visited about all the great cities of the United States. A journeyman printer gathers even less moas than the rolling stone, but in this period of his career D. R. Locke acquired a mine of exjierienee and knowledge of humanity that he had occasion to draw from liberally in later years. In 1S52 he went from Pittsburg, where he had been working for The Chronicle, to Plymouth, O., where with a part ner hu established The Advertiser, which still lives. The two men started out with a cash capital of 42 between them, but in two years they left the town with 21,000, and did it honestly, too. In subsequent years Mr. Locke was iden tified with a half dozen or more country papers in D. R. LOCKE. the state of Ohio, and ho put them all in a way of becoming successful. It was while he wi:s in Findlay, O., that be wrote the first of the "Nasby" letters that made him famous. This oae was a satire, dated March 21, 1801. from Wingert's Corners, Crawford county, O., where the Inhabitants were nearly all disunionists. A few more fol lowed from the same alleged source, and then they began to appear from "Confedrit X Roads, wicb is in the State uv Kentucky." The satire embodied in them, and the all im portant subjects touched upon, in those stir ring times brought the "Nasby" letters into national prominence. In lbC5 Mr. Locke first became connected with The Toledo Blade, at first on a salary, then as part and afterward as sole owner. In Toledo, O.. after his years of roving, be pitched his tent for a permanent residence, and there be acquired a fortune represented by the value of his paper and of a score of business and residence buildings. He made several trips to Europe, wrote books in proso and verso, and for fifteen years lectured every winter while still transacting his other business. He alo wrote a number of plays, which were, in a measure, successful. In one year he erected nearly $500,000 worth of buildings, among which was the present homo of The Blade. During the latter portion of his life Mr. Locke prepared his copy himself with a type writer, but his interlineations and erasures after the copy left the machine were many, and every one of his later Nasby letters and his "Pulverize the Rum Power" editorials were characteristic autographs of the man. During tho present year it became evident to Mr. Locke, as well as to his family and friends, that the constitution that bad borne so much in fifty-five years of his life was be ginning to give out under the strain of busi ness cares. At the solicitation of those near est him he went south in hopes of recuperat ing his health, but the hopes were not real ized, and on his return to Toledo he was com pelled perforce to take less active part in his affairs. When winter came Mr. Locke's health failed further, and tho editorial management almost wholly devolved upon his eldest son, Capt. Robinson Locke, who, like his distinguished father, learned the trade of journalism from the rudiments. ite rrovldenee Fire. Providence, R. L, was recently visited by one of the most disastrous fires in her his tory, the loss suffered by which runs well along toward SI ,000,000. Newspaper readers AFTER THE PROVIDENCE FIRE. everywhere are already familiar with the de tails of the disaster. The cut here presented was engraved from a photograph taken in Providence as soon after the breaking out of the fire as it was possible to bring the camera to bear on the rums. The Conductor's Bad Coin. I dont see why everybody who gets a chewed up or battered coin wants to foist it off on us. We get more scaly money than any other class of people in the city, and we have to take it at face value, which the banks and merchants won't do. I wonder if people ever stop to think that every tough piece we take can be thrown back on our hands at the company's option. Often we have to submit to lose fares given us by cranky customers who have influence with the company, simply because if we should decline to take it we would soon be out of work. And sometimes, when money isn't so very rotten, the cashier returns it in our pay envelopes. This always means that we're not to turn it in again with oar fares, and in such cases I give it to my grocer or butcher with a little more good money. But in spite of all our pains we get stack sometimes. Car Conductor in Globe-Damocrat. The Englishwoman's Year Book states that the demand for educated women as such, is everywhere in the colonies nil. ray ? .gjJigSlU aagjiasajBSjjaj4ggyaWg-y&j WOMEN OF PROGRESS. THEY ARE GOING TO HOLD A BIG JUBILATION SOON. The Object Is the Celebratloa of the Fortieth Anniversary of the First Step Taken Toward the Establishment of Woman Suffrage. After forty years of agitation the "ad vanced women" propose to celebrate the formal beginning of their organization by an international council at Washington city, to begin March 23, and continue eight days. If tbo programme announced is carried out it will be tho most peculiar and interest ing congress of women since that celebrated senate of Roman ladies which, in the days of the empire's worst corruption, used to meet and fix the fashions and etiquettes. This coun cil, however, promises us many good things nothing lesa than a general overhauling of social, moral, domestic, political and eleemos ynary institutions, with a view to making woman's influence therein more direct and powerful. Literary clubs, art onions, tem perance unions, labor leagues, missionary and moral purity societies, chnritable, edu cational and industrial associations, in short, all sorts of combinations in which women work, are invited to be present by delegates, and many have already named their repre sentatives. We aro promised that the talented women of tho world will be there Mesdames Mary A. Livermore, Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howo and Caroline Buell, with Misses Fran cis Willard, Mary F. Eastman, Clara Bar ton, Susan B. Anthony and many others from tho United States; Miss Helen Taylor, step daughter of John Stuart Mill: Miss Henri etta Muller, of tho London school board; Miss Alice Scatcherd and others from Eng land; Mme. Isabella Bagelot, of Paris; Pun dita (Professoress) Rama'oai, of India, and representatives from other nations. Helen Campbell, author of "The Prisoners of Pov- MARY A. LIVERMORE. FRANCES WIIXARD. JULIA WARD HOWE. CLARA BAHrO.V. SUSAN B. ANTHONY. erty," writes that she is too busy in England to come, but will "lend a hand." Fanny Zampiui Salazaro (whether Miss or Madame her letter does not hint), editor of "The Re view of Women's Interests," in Rome, will send a paper to lie read, and so will learned literary ladies of Germany and elsewhere. Indeed, as a literary treat purely, the coun cil will bo well worth attending. This council will be a sort of forty year jubilee for the finA regular organization of woman suffrage, which was perfected at a convention held at Seneca Falls, N. Y., in 1848. At tho start it was closely identified with the movement for the abolition of slavery, and the master spirits then were Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Mrs. Stebbins and Frederick Douglass; but since the colored man has become a voter Mr. Douglass is very skeptical, if not an op ponent, of making the colored women voters. At any rate he is willing to wait until there is much more general information among them. This combination of radicals of all sorts gave the movement a bad start; the great army of the queer and crazy rushed into it, and for near twenty years the woman suffragists were heard only to be laughed at. But as tho agitators wero able to point out evident wrongs in tho laws of many states, these were generally reformed and the prop erty rights of women well secured. In the state of Indiana, Hon. Robert Dale Owen, a pronounced woman suffragist, introduced into the legislature and secured the passage of the celebrated statute on descent and dis tribution of property, which, with other laws secured by him, put Indiana at the head of all the states in laws favorable to women. Several other states have since adopted simi lar measures. Other early advocates of "woman's rights" were Lucretia Mott, Paulina Wright Davis, Ernestine L. Rose, Frances D. Gage and Sarah Tyndale. In 1651 Susan B. Anthony presided over a con vention at Syracuse, N. Y., and in 1863 she organized the "Loyal Woman's League." The close of the war and tho enfranchise ment of the negroes seemed to leave the pop ular mind in a receptive condition never known before or since. All sorts of reforms were urged with wonderful ability and zeal; people seemed afraid to oppose anything lest the' might find themselves in the position of those who had opposed emancipation, and for a few years woman suffrage made won derful progress. The National Woman Suf frage association was thoroughly organized, and now has branch organizations in almost every state. Among the most active in it are Mary A. Livermore, Julia Ward Howe, Laura Curtis Bullard, Lillie Devereaux Blake, Ellen C. Sargent and Jane Graham Jones. As might have been expected, the first substantial victories were gained in the far west, where pioneers were laying the foundation of our communities on more lib eral principles. The proposition to make women voters and jurors was introduced into the legislature of Wyoming territory, "just for a joke," as the projector says; but it was gravely argued that the measure would "advertise the country and attract immigration," so it was adopted and became law Dec. 10, 18G0. Two ladies were chosen justices of the peace and three or four juries empaneled with women as jurors; but the practical inconvenience was f ouud to be so great that the experiment was quietly discontinued. A fow years later the legislature repealed the law, but the gov ernor vetoed the repeal, and there lacked a few votes of the needed two-thirds to pass it over his veto. As the adult whito women of Wyoming number but a few hundreds, and are outnumbered three or four to one by the men, not much can be deduced from the ex periment. Early in 1SC9 Hon. James Ashley proposed in the congress of the United States to make the womeu of Utah voters, so that they might abolish polygamy. Tho Mormons promptly took up the matter, and at the next session of the territorial legislature (1870) conferred the suffrage on all adult women and all married to adults, regardless of age, partly to turn the tables on the statesman, but more to double their vote against tbo Gentiles, who were getting numerous in cer tain counties. As the Gentiles were largely miners, with very few women, the policy was a success. A foreign born woman mar ried to a native or naturalized citizen is held to be naturalized; so the unique spectacle . often presented of a Danish, Swedish or Eng lish girl of 15 or 16 years voting within a few months after reaching the territory. The Mormon women invariably vote the ticket prepared for them by the church; so we can not fairly draw any conclusions from the ex periment in Utah. Latterly a modified suf frage has been conferred upon the women of Washington territory, but the legal construc tion of tho law is still in dispute. In Iowa the amendment for female suf frage was adopted by the house in 1676, and was defeated by a very small majority in the senate; but in that state, as in sevtral then, women can hold various school offices, m Kansas they can vote at school meetings and Argonia of that state has a woman mayor. In other states and territories they have some political powers, too numerous and varied to detail. Meanwhile a wonderful revolution has taken place at Washington. In the heat of the civil war women were appointed to clerk ships, and the system grew so rapidly that they now greatly outnumber male clerks in many divisions, especially in the treasury department. Almost every state now em ploys women as clerks, and many large post offices; they are eligible as clerks of legisla icguua- tures, state librarians, and in xumuy cuarib- able and educational boards. But as to the simple matter of voting, there seem to bo no progress to compare with that which was noticeable in the five years following the war. In France more women are employed in responsible and public places, especially as cashiers and clerks, than in any other coun 7.,V ?C 1LXJZZT.JXJZ: "?:"?, I ff.t .1.A.M, Im WJ .1...H.AM.4 La WaIIaA u 7T v'-ITr 'X JJJUM via lug .UUJWA. IU UUlUBUJi OWJi thing is subordinated to tho military spirit "The drudgery is done by women and don keys; men and horses are saved for war," says one satirist There is little or no inter est in the ballot In Russia, the most desper ate Nihilists are wome; but in that country reform is treated as treason. In Switzer land, Italy and tho northern countries of Eu rope, there is freedom of discussion, and feoblo movements for the advancement of women. In England, however, the cause has advanced slowly and regularly for nearly a century. Mary Wollstonecraft pub lished her noted work in 1791, and Frances Wright disseminated the same views in the United States. John Stuart Mill elevated the discussion to a higher plane, and the laws bavo steadily improved in favor of women. In parliament a two-fifths vote for woman suffrage has repeatedly been ob tained. On the last occasion the vote stood 239 against 153. In conclusion it may be said that the ladies who will meet at Wash ington have much in recent history to en courage them; but history'shows the curious fact that woman's rights advance for long eras and then recede. It is an unquestionable fact that the women of Homer's day enjoyed more freedom than the Greek women of St Paul's time, and as much as Greek women do today. Tho same may be said of Roman and Italian women, while the German women of Tacitus were certainly nearer equal to their husbands than those of 1888. PEACEABLE RUSSIA. As Odd Way to Demonstrate Her Harm. lessnesa to Her Neighbors. If a doubt still lingers in the mind of some as to the hostile intentions of Russia toward her western neighbors, it must certainly have been dispelled by the latest reports, ac cording to which there are now 570,000 Russian soldiers, with 2,250 cannon, massed on the borders of Austria and Roumania, and still the concentrating of troops is going on there. To what purpose, we must ask, does Russia concentrate such enormous numbers of troops on the borders of countries that RUSSIA'S STRATEGIC RAILWAYS. The boundary between Germany and Russia Is shown by tho heavy dotted line. The railroads are shown by the unbroken black lines. have furnished no apparent reason for such a course? Another ominous sign of Russia's real attitude, notwithstanding its periodic declaration of pacific intentions, is the fact that she has recently erected fortifications and built strategic railroads on a scale not at all in harmony with her needs as the peace loving power sho would like to be con sidered. To illustrate this point the more forcibly we give here a map, showing the railroads which Russia now possesses in the provinces from which an invasien would probably be attempted; also the important fortified places that in the event of war would serve the purpose of defense, as well as furnish a basis for military operations. In this place we might state that that part of Russian territory does by no means require so many railroads, except for purposes of strategy, since extensivo tracts of it are un populated swamp lands, especially the dis trict between Rowno and Wilna, Among the numerous fortifications that have lately been either newly erected or greatly strengthened (which work is still going on), wo would mention Rowno, Luzk, Dubno, Warsaw, Iwangorod, Brest-Litewsk, Nowo Georgewsk, Ossowez and Kowno. On Aus trian territory adjoining that part of Russia where the concentration of troops is chiefly effected, there are the fortified places, Cra kow and Przhnysl, while Germany has strong places in Thorn, Posen, Dantzic, Konigsberg and Graadenz, the last mentioned not yet completed. Taken all in all, we see that Russia has chosen a very singular way for showing her desire for the maintenance of the peace of Europe. The late Archbishop Lamy. New Mexico has lost a distinguished pre late, who, for nearly forty years, has labored effectively in that field. Archbishop Jean Baptist Lamy died at his home in Santa Fe on the 13th of February last. Born in Cler mont, France, on Oct. 11, 1S14 (the year of Waterloo), be received his preliminary edu cation at Clermont and studied theology at Montferrand, where he was ordained in 1838. He came to America in 1839, and labored for eleven years at Cin- cinnati. On Nov. 24, 1850. be was consecrated bishop of Santa Fe, and took charge of his seeinl&TL His early life in what was then a new country, was one of great hard ship and danger. The country was inhabited by hos tile Indians, and the journeys of the bishop between the different points bis duties led him to archbishop lamt. visit, were often porilou?. In 1370 he was made archbishop of Santa Fe, with Arizona and Colorado as suffrages, but resigned in ISSo on account of- the breaking of his health from hard work and age. The archbishop was revered by the people among whom he labored so long, and throughout the country in which he had done so much to build up the Catholic church. Russia is awakening to the importance of improving her milling industry. The minis ter of agriculture has called for a meeting in February of a congress of millers, agricultur ists and all others interested in grain and flour. The object of this meeting is to discuss the present condition and future prospects of nulling in Russia. mfeStf FARM AND GARDEN. NEW PEAR, ADAPTED TO A WIDE RANGE OF COUNTRY. A Well Kbowb Horseman's Talk oa Dis temper Hints oa Tree Planting Tak Ins; Wire from Feaeee and Hop Tards. Device for the Aplarjr. A Kentucky apiarian, J. S. Reese by nMnt, had ;n nrarticnl nan thi rmst ue- ,. Aiwint fnn rrtkti ini, ,ai ni,r f fln- tshed or foil cases of honey while on the hive without the use of smoke, etc. The plan also works well when applied to a pile lees or more of full cases, when the bees can escape and not return. Mr. Rccso believes his plan to bo a new one. out modestly declines to apply for a I nntftnf: and riHHjta If. In ffatmit fnp fha IT '-- I ?? ? . with P illustrations, B Gleanings in Bee Culture. h igiTyy i- A CONE CASE BKB ESCAPE. This cone case bee escape is simply as follows: Take an empty surplus cose that any beekeeper may be using say, for illustration, the T super. Cut a thiu board that will jast fit inside the T case; bore two one Inch holes, one near each end. Make two small cones of wire cloth, just large enough to tack over the one inch holes, and about one and one-half inch high. Now make two more larger cones, about three and one-half inches at base and three and one-half Inches high, and tack over the smaller cones. This will leave a space between the smaller and larger cones, and each cone has aholo in its apex that will admit a bee. You now nave a device like E iu the illustra tion. Fasten this board, with cones, near the bottom of your empty super, as shown by B, Now, as this empty section case with the false bottom or top with cones, is just the size of the surplus cases already on the hive, the full super may be raised', as at A, and a super (C) filled with empty sectious can be put on the hive. Between the supers A and C, the cone case B is plnced, with cones pointing toward the brood nest. The full supers of sections and bees can lxs put on top of the cone case, and all is done in a twinkling. In a few hours you may expect to have your full super all clean of bees and not a cell uncapped. If the cone case be adjusted in the afternoon or evening, your full su per will be just as yon would desire it next morning. Mr. Reese says that he makes the wire cloth cones very rapidly by using two tin cones of right size, molding the wire cloth between the tin ones. F shows the outside cone, G is the square of wire cloth and H the inside cone, which is fastened on to a wooden stake, the latter stuck into the bench. The central mesh of G, or as nearly as may be, is placed on the apex of the cone E. The cone F is then driven down, forming the square of wire cloth into a cone. Queen cell protectors can also be made on these tin cones to perfection. Mr. Reese inclines to the belief that one set of wire cones would answer every purpose that the two do, especially if the hole was made larger, say one and three quarters or two inches. The editor of tho journal quoted from, commenting on tbo same, expressed the opinion that one set of cones is practically safe. Quinine for Horse Distemper. Quinine is said to be the favorite remedy at Woodburn farm, Kentucky. Mr. L. Brodhead, the superintendent of that breeding establishment, is credited with having given his method of treatment for distemper as follows: "Give for weanlings from fifteen to twenty grains a day. We generally give this quantity once a day, but when first taken and the fever is high, giro about fifteen grains twice a day, morning and evening. If the attack 1b mild we give only one dose a day, and continue till the disease has left the system. The quinine allays the fever and is good for the in flamed throat. It is an excellent tonic, and so far has cured every case we have had, about 150 iu number. In the early spring we had several very severe cases that I am sure we should have lost but for the quinine. These were yearlings, and we gave about twenty grains at a dose twice a day. Older horses con be given sixty grains a day, in two doses. When ever you have fever use quinine freely, no matter what the disease. It is almost a specific for lung fever and pneumonia. I have cured two cases of lockjaw in suck lings this summer with quinine and altro phia, twenty drops of the latter to a dose, we are not particular to weigh the quinine, but guess at a do3e. Put it in a spoon and place it on the tongue with out elevating the head, or exciting the animal. We pull the tongue to ono side, insert the spoon, turn it over and wipe on the tongue. It Is easy to administer, and the animal gets It all. It Is perfectly safe, and there is little, if any, danger in giv ing too much. As the weanliugs in the south average considerably larger than our northern ones, a smaller doso would probably answer the purpose in this sec tion. It might be better, on the whole, to get it put up in ten grain powders. Then the quantity can be regulated very easily, for if fifteen grains is required di vide one of the powders in two, and add one hnlf to one of the ten grain powders. As distemper is very prevalent in all sec tions of the conntry, the above directions should be remembered by those who have the care of horses." Experiments with Field Corn. Of thirty-five varieties of field corn tested on the -grounds of the State Agri cultural college of Colorado, and reported upon by Professor Blount, but two have been in any way improved. The Pride of the North and the Yellow Flint, having proved most valuable, have been selected for several years. From a six ounce ear, growing singly on the stalk, in five years tho ears have been made to average eight to ten ounces, and have been doubled on the stalk. Reports from those who have planted the same seed are most flattering. The fodder Is fine and when cut before plant are the only part having nutritive value. The stalk portion and the husks are, for the most part, indigestible, taste less, woody fibre. When fodder is cut into very short lengths, these dissimilar parts are inextricably intermixed; the animal is unable to extricate them; and, in reject ing the worthless portion, is forced to dis card much that is valuable; hence, the greatly increased 'waste' when the shorter lengths were used. The additional ad vantage in the use of the longer lengths in. the great saving of power required to cut a given weight of fodder is a very con siderable item, not likely to be lost sight of," fTPl0 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 asmtMaJmmVam JssMHsssammt 1 LfilHr fP lllllllll Mill III! tl Mil I III MmU!asBw'BJjr sbbbswbbbi Creamery or Cheese Factory. In reply to the question, "Which is the more profitable for the averago farmer and small stock raiser, the creamery or the cheese factory" Michigan Farmer answers: "As a general rule the cheese factory will return tho most money to its patrons, one year with another. But there are special seasons and conditions which would change this. The returns made by cheese factories the past season run from $33 to $75 per cow the average would be about $50. It must be re membered, however, the cheese factory only loaves the whey for its patrons, while tho creamery leaves all the milk, a differ ence which, if properly utilized, would materially change results. Then, again, the quality of the butter or cheese pro duced would have an important bearing upon the returns. If the products of either are of a low grade, through the lack of experience or carelessness on the part of the managers, such factory or creamery will not be able to pay their patrons as much as if they were making a first class article. It would be better to sell your milk to a well managed creamery than a poorly managed factory, and vice versa. Brains and experience ore essential in either." ' Nats and Nat Trees. - The shell bark hickory tree thrives best from thirty to fifty miles from the sea shore. It will perform better work in fruiting If its roots are fed from a running stream. The butternut produces better crops on the hills away from the shore, and it also delights in damp feet Tho fruit ia better if left on the ground until after hard frosts. The black walnut must be gathered and cleaned of its husk before hard frosts. Then the nut can stand any kind of weather. Eat it and all other nuts with a small quantity of salt Tho oil in nuts requires a cast iron digestive' apparatus. The salt aids nature in digesting the fruit. Chestnuts will grow anywhere, but bet ter near the salt air. Tho cultivated varieties can be Improved by the aid of fertilizers. A correspondent claims that a walnut grafted on butternut stock produces fruit that is better flavored than the natural walnut The only difficulty is that the walnut outgrows the butternut stock. Ventilating a Cellar. In this enlightened age, it is not neces sary to waste space or time in explaining the reasons why every cellar, whether under dwelling house or elsewhere, ought to be ventilated. Every progres sive man and woman understands the necessity, but everybody does nor know how to bring about the desired ventila tion. A Kansas genius, who has solved the problem to his own satisfaction, ex plains, in Prairie Farmer, with the assist ance of a diagram similar to the one here presented, his mode of ventilating an out door cellar. In his cellar he puts a vertical tube 8 inches square, insido measurement, ex tending from within 4 inches of the floor, out 8 feet above the roof. This Is left open until extreme cold weather when it may be readily closed with a wisp of hay at the top. CELLAR VENTILATION. This tube, he explains, draws off all moist and cold air from the bottom, as the warm air always rises to the upper pace. If the cellar becomes too warm, a slide is drawn from the side of the tube near the roof, until the desired lower tem perature is secured. When this correspondent builds another he proposes to have two tubes, one reaching down to tho floor, as above described, and the other just through the roof, as shown at C. The construction of his cellar is as fol lows: F, ventilator, with screen over in sido end. This is for summer use, being closed in winter, though it might serve as a chimney if it was necessary to have a stove in tho cellar during the latter sea son. Tho roof beam A and brace B are of hard timber, 6 by 6 inches. The plank covering tho rafters, E, is 2 by 12 inch hard pine. The walls are made of stoue. How to Handle VTaops with Safety. In reply to a query in Science, "Is It true that while one holds his breath it is impossible for him to be stung by a wasp" a Connecticut correspondent in the same journal nav6: "I havo picked up hundreds of live wasps, holding my breath at the moment when the wasp was grasped, aud have never been stung under such circum stances. I have frequently been stung by wasps when I have disturbed them un awares. As to tho explanation of tho phenomenon, I have none to give. I have tried tho experiment on hornets, honey bees and bumble bees, and a single trial with each was sufficient to prove that the plan did not work with either of these species." 8)Tcp of Figs Is Nature's own true laxative. It is the most easily taken, and tho most effective remedy known to Clcausc the System when Bilious or Costive; to dispel Head aches, Colds and Fevers; to euro Habit ual Constipation, Indigestion, Piles, etc. Manufactured only by tho California Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal. For salo only by Dowty i Becher. 27-y To Save Life Frequently requires prompt action. An hour's delay waiting for the doctor may be attended with serious consequences, especially in cases of Croup, Pneumonia, and other throat and luug troubled. Hence, no family should be without a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, which has proved itself, in thousands of cases, the best Emergency Medicine ever discovered. It gives prompt relief and prepares the way for a thorough cure, which is certain to be effected by its continued use. S. H. Latimer, M. D., Mt. Vernon, Ga., says: "I have found Ayer's Cherrv Pectoral a perfect cure for Croup in all cases. I have known the worst cases relieved in a very short time by its use; and I advise all families to use it in sud den emergencies, for coughs, croup, &c." A. J. Eidson, M. D., Middletown, Tenn., says : I have used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral with the best effect in my practice. This wonderful prepara tion once saved my life. I had a con stant cough, night sweats, wa.s greatly reduced in flesh, and given up by my physician. Ono bottle and a half of the Pectoral cured me." "I cannot say enough in praise of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral," writes E. 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