The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, June 22, 1892, Image 4

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THE FARM AND HOME.
SOME ESSENTIAL THINGS
ABOUT COLT BREAKING.
Few 3Ien Who Are Competent to Under
take It A Splendid Garden Pota
toes Sheep Shearings ana
Home Hint.
Breaking: a Colt.
Very few there are that are fit sub
jects to. break or handle a colt A
man may know just how it ought to
be done, but still be unable to do it
There are two very essential things re
garding colt breaking. First you
must be a man of courage, and second,
you must be blessed with a mild dis
position, and be a true lover of the
class of animals you are handling.
If you hare an ungovernable temper,
don't ever undertake to break a colt
There are times when the whip
must bo applied, but all men do not
know when to stop whipping after
tbey once commence. Two or three
smart blows with the whip is far
better than double iho number half
as smart. Don't keep continually
hitting the colt for every little of
fence, and don't keep tapping him
along on the road, but when you find
him unwilling to obey the word of
command hit him once or twice, and
hit him hard, then put up the whip.
You will find him very apt to start
the next time you speak to him.
I believe in the bitting bridle, says
a writer in the American Cultivator,
for it gives the colt a good mouth and
accustoms him to the check so when
you hitch him up he is not in the least
troubled with either check or bit.
which is very annoying to him until
he becomes well used to them. Har
ness tLo colt and drive hiui about tev
eral times, leaching him to back and
start at the word of command before
hitching him to sleigh or wheels,
when you do hitch him have your
harness strong. :aitl so regulated that
you wont have to unbuckle any
"straps. Then if you happen to get
into a scrape and want to detach the
colt quickly from the cart you can do
o.
Xcver leave off the kicking strap
until the colt has been driven long
enough to be thoroughly broken, no
matter how kind he may appear. If
you wish to bo safe, keep on the strap
at least two months. We read and
hear about controlling bits, but they
are no good. The: e Ls not a bit top of
earth that will prevent a colt or horse
from kicking, and a harsh bit of any
kind is the worst thing you can put
into the mouth of a colt or a puller.
Once in a while you will find a horse
that requires a jaw-breaking bit but
they are few and far between, and ate
generally not worth the price of
the bit. A good-sized leather-covered
bit and a nose strap buckled
tight enough to keep the mouth closed,
will contro any ordinary puller or
- colt and will not fret or chafe them.
When you first start out with your
colt he is very apt to want to start off
quickry. It is better to indulge him
in this at first rather than to pull him
back, as he will settle down after
going a short distance, and if you pull
or yank him. he is very apt to balk
and it is better always to avoid balk
imr if possible.
Colts differ in intelligence, the same
as childrea and as a rule the bettor
bred the more they know and the less
apt they are to forget I would much
rather face a locomotive with a well
bred, high-strung colt than with a
lunkhead. The well-bred colt has
confidence in his driver, but the lunk
head never. The dull colt never sees
an object until he comes in contact
with it; then his first impulse is to get
away; but the bright clear-headed
colt sees ahead, and by the time he
comes up to the very thing that has
scared the dull colt has. with the aid
of his driver, reasoned the object out
and nino times out of ten will go past
the object without shying.
Take great care when unhitching
the colt to see that he don't start out
with a holdback or some other strap
hitched. When you hitch the colt
for a drive compel him to stand a few
moments after he is hooked to the
carriage. This will teach him to
wait until you are ready. Give him
short drives at first, and never drive
long enough to get him leg-weary.
Always drive him a good road gait
making him road over the little hills
and well up to the large ones. By so
doing you teach your colt to become a
good road horse, which will make him
very valuable even if he never trots
fast
Teach him to be a good walker.
. and whenever you find him lagging at
the walking gait touch him up. He
will so'on learn to walk well, which is
verv essential to a good horse.
.splenilid CircU-n."
My garden is ten rods long and
eight wid?. I plow as soon in the
spring as it gets dry enough to work.
While plowing I call all my hens in,
say 150. to pick up the worms; they
have a feast. The next day I harrow
fine, and plant and do all I can to
keep the hens at work to get rid of
worms. I then sow all small seed in
rows the whole length of the garden,
as straight as a line can be drawn, 2S
inches apart raking wide enough for
one row. and draw line and mark with
end of hoe handle close to line about
an inch deep. Then i sow the seeds.
such as beets. lettuce, onions.
cabbage, carrots, spinach, parsnips.
tomatoes, eta. remove the lino and
pat the dirt on the seeds with the back
of the rake, so as to cover the seeds
about halt an inch deep and they will
always grow. Next I rake enough
for another row and sow. and
so on until all the small
seeds are sown. I plant two
rows of English multiplier onions
one row of large and one row of small
in the same way, only 1 use the
corner of the hoe for a marker.
.for they must be planted deeper, and
a couple of rows of peas a foot apart;
cover as before with the back or the
rake, and pat the soil firm; they are
sore to grow. Treat cucumbers,
squash, beans, etc.. the saraa only
farther apart; potatoes. . feet; cora
3 feet The whole garden Ls planted
in rows lengthwise. It is a great
pleasure to run a good cultivato- u
and down between the rows and see
the weeds turn up their toes and die.
Try this plan, dear reader. I let
hens roam over my garden all they
wish, and somehow they don't scratch
up an v thing, perhaps because I" feed
them every day and have no dog. It
may be they don't know where the
seeds are. One thing I know,
passers-by look with admiration.
all
and
often say: "Oh. see what a splendid
garden; I never saw the like of it"
Germantown Telegraph.
Starving Cows to Abortion.
-. Abortionjin dairy cows is soom-
portant a subject for study as tOaaerit
the gravest consideration ,rBuVaehg
ail the notes givehiit'rthe Rural
I fail to see" amy aeation of what
may be the most effective cause
of it 'This is insufficient feeding.
-Every7 product requires Its special
jaateriat of which it is constructed.
. calf is such .a nroducUand jtis
expected from a cow that is Ted up u
the (extreme limit of digestion 'and
assimilation for the production of
milk1 and butter. These take from
tba animal precisely the Bame food
elements as the calf, and as the cow
has "been trained and bred to use its
food for milk first of course the calf
suffers, and becomes stunted in its
fetal Growth and cannot reach ma
turity. Does not too long milking
produce this disease, for it is a dis
ease? Do we not kill the goose that
lays the golden egg. by thinking of
nothing but the egs and starving the
goosa? Henry Stewart in tba Rural
New Yorker.
Sheep Shearings.
Dryness is one of the requirements
in the production of the finer grades
of wooL
Grain will make the animals grow
larger and improves the quality of the
mutton.
There will be less waste in feeding
hay if it is scattered thin in the feed
ing racks.
Many consider that Southdown wool
is about the strongest grown on do
mesticated sheep.
Use all reasonable care to save all
of the lambs, as losing them cuts
materially into the profits.
It is a good plan to sow some mil
let or Hungarian hay. especially for
feeding the sheep in winter.
Good sized sheep and big clean
fleeces are the only kind that pay un
der present conditions of managing
them.
It is often the case that one or two
dogs will wipe out in one night all of
the profits of a flock of sheep for the
season.
All things considered it rarely pays
to wash the wool before shearing; the
difference in the price rarely pays for
tho work.
Wet dirty wool on the sheep makes
a breeding place for maggots; they
will increase rapidly and will -destroy
the animaL
Scab, foot rot and liver trouble are
all diseases that are induced by lack
X)f thrift A poor shepherd makes
poor sheep.
So long as so many are so careless
in feeding and dressing muttons for
market there will be a prejudice
against mutton.
Home Hints.
Hemorrhages of the lungs or
stomach are promptly checked by
small doses of salt The patient
should be kept as quiet as possible.
When the taste of the cook has be
come vitiated by tho tasting of many
dishes, a swallow of milk will restore
the delicacy of the palate, so says an
old authority on the cuisine.
Common sulphur will kill or drive
away the little, fish-shaped, silvery
pest which infests our pantry.
Sprinkle the sulphur freely about
and the place will soon be cleared of
the vermin.
A hole in a garment may be patched
so deftly that the defect will bo
scarcely visible. The patch should
be fitted into the aperture with the
greatest accuracy, and should be
overhanded to the surrounding: edges.
The writing paper most in vogue is
a large, square sheet of clear white,
which folds once and fits into a large,
square envelope. A cipher or small
monogram in gold or silver is liked,
though a number of people have the
house address on the flap of the en
velope, so that if the letter is mis
directed it can be returned.
To remove freshly spilled milk
from carpets, first take up as much as
posBiblo of the . ink with a teaspoon.
Then pour cold) sweet milk upon the
spot and take up . as before, pouring
on milk until at last it becomes only
slightly tinged with black; then wash
with cold water, and absorb with a
cloth without too much rubbing.
This man has a helpful wife."
once remarked a well-known econom
ist who had incidentally partaken of
the hospitality of a simple household.
Why do you say that?" queried an
unobservant fellow-guest "I saw a
darn in her exquisitely white table
cloth, and it was finer and more
ornamental in my eyes than the most
delicate embroidery."
Freshly cut flowers may be pre
served alive for a long time by plac
ing them in a glass or vase with fresh
water in which a little charcoal has
been steeped, or a small piece of
camphor dissolved. The vase should
be set upon a plate or dish and cov
ered with a bell glass, around the
edges of which, when it comes in
contact ,with the plate, a little water
should be poured to exclude tho air.
'ONLY ONE LEFT.
Hon. Joseph I.iltr, S. O. It., or Atchison,
Kansas, a Kara Specimen.
Every body in Atcuison, Kan.
knows Joe Boler. Joseph is one of the
few men of the da' who has attained
perfection in his chosen profession.
What is his "perfesh" you ask. Joe is
what is known as a 'Tester." Never
in all his life has he done a tap of
work, "and I never intends to,
neder," he will say. He had a
JOE B0U.ER.
very narrow escape recently though.
A stranger in town offered him 81.75 to
do some yard work. Joe took the
money and conveniently forjrot to do
the w- rk. He is now 30 years old and
is th" i-nly charge of an unfortunate
mother, who is a washerwoman
- -anfe to assert, the old woman
thinks there is nobody iu the world
like her son Joe, and she is right
Omaha, Neb., and return, one fare
for the round trip. The Union Pacific
will sell tickets to Omaha and return at
one fare for the round trip to those de
siring to attend the National PeopUfa
Convention which meets July 4. For
dates of sale and limits of tickets or any
additional information apply to J. R.
Meagher Agent Union Pacific system,
Columbus. 69-84t
Plowlas; by Electricity.
The electric current recently turned
its first furrow in American soil at the
Kansas sorghum experimental station.
The motor developed ample power to
plow deep and fast, but it became evi
dent that a rheostat, or resistance coil,
such as is used in starting electric cars,
is also necessary with the electric plow.
BLAVATSKTS TOMBS.
HER ASHES
IN THREE
CONTINENTS
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Description mi the JUBostaePlaess, erf
the Keaaalas of Tfceoophya Greatest
lrlestss Plans for the Final Faaeral
Ceremonies.
It was a matter of much surprise to
many persons who have carefully kept
track of the Theosophical society that
Mme. Blavatsky should have made no
definite arrangements before her death
as to the disposition that should be
made of her ashes.
it is unquestionably true that she
left positive directions to be cremated,
but so far as the public haslearned she
said nothiug whatever as to whether
her ashes should be bnried, scattered
or preserved, or as to who should have
the guardianship of them. The ques
tion is now definitely settled, but it
cannot be ascertained that it is settled
! in accordance with any desire expressed
by herself, or, indeed, that she ex
presed any desire in the matter.
It is altogether likely, indeed, that
she did not, for it is certain that after
her death the Theosophical society
(which has now divided the ashes in
three parts), feared that the relatives
of the famous woman would interfere
with the arrangements for the crema
tion or would claim the ashes atter the
remains had been burned.
It was not. so simple a matter as it
might seem, and it was not settled until
after it had been discussed at the Lon
don convention in July of last year and
a consultation had been held between
three of the most prominent members
of the society.
CoL Henry S. Olcott, who was then
president of the society; Mr. William
Q. Judge, who was and is the general
secretary, and Mrs. Annie Besant, who
has been styled Mine. B'avatskj''s suc
cessor as the leader of thought, but
who disclaims that honor, met in Lon
don shortly after the death of the high
priestess, and with the full concurrence
I
SEW YORK SHRINE VASE.
of the society at large settled the
question. They are unquestionably
the three mct prominent theosophists
and there has been no dissent from
their decision. This was that one part
of the abbes should remain in London
in the keeping of the main society; one
part should fro to ludia in Col. Olcott' s
charge, and the third should be brought
to America hy Mr. Judge, to be pre
served in New York by the American
section. The arrangement proved satis
factory to the convention, and it has
been carried out
According to precedent, a most
elaborate ceremonial might yet be per
formed over the ashes, and they might
be scattered over the waves of the sea.
Such a ceremony was performed in
New York when the Baron de Palm's
asbeswere to be scattered. It was con
ducted by a Hindoo priest and was in
strict accordance with the Hindoo
ritual. It was expected and proposed
by some theosophists that this should
be done in Mme. Blavatsky's ca-c aud
it was even urged that tlu ash.s be
earricd to the hanks of the sacred river
Ganges and sattered on that river in
accordance with the strictest Brah
minical usage. It is not quite clear
why this proposition was not cjrricd
out, but for some reason or other it did
not prove acceptable, and the asiies
will therefore be preserved in perma
nent receptacles in three quarters of
the globe until the cycles are accom
plished and the Great Praia va come.
Neither of the three permanent resting-places
is yet completed, although
all three have been designed. The
London third now rests in a vase of
Benares copper, beaten and cut into
the form and bearing the ornamenta
tion shown in the accompanying cut
This vase is in the London headquar
ters. It will continue to hold the ashes
until the Swedish artist, Bengtsson,
shall have completed the very much
finer one which he is now making.
Then the contents are to be shifted for
the last time without ceremony. The
DAGOBA IN ADTAS, UTDIA.
permanent vase Is to remain where the
temporary one now is, in the society's
building, 19 Avenue road, London.
The preparations for the ultimate
resting place of the American section
of the ashes are necessarily delayed by
reason of the fact that the society has
not yet taken possession of its new
house in Madison avenue near Thirty
second street New York. As soon,
however, as possession can be oBtained,
which is expected about April 1, the
house is to be remodeled and in the
general secretary's room on the main
floor a shrine is to be built after the de
sign shown in the cut The, shrine is
to contain a vase, in front of which
will be a hermetically sealed glass
window, and in tbe vase will be the
ashes.
Most impressive of the three resting
places which the great tlieosophtst's
ashes are to find will be the dagoba
which Col. Olcott has in course of erec
tion in Adyar, near Madras, India,
where the Theosophical society has a
property of some twenty-one acres
fronting on the big maps.
A dagoba is a mausoleum in which
rest the mortal remains of a deity or
saint Buddha's remains are said to
rest in many of these dagobas in many
countries, and this fact is considered
ample authority by the Theosophical
society for the segregation of the frac
tions of Mme. Blavatsky.
IThis particular dagoba, while it will
be an eminently respectable receptacle
for the Indian fraction, wUl by no
means eaual ia luxurious aQUolntmenJ
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TIIE LOXDOX SHRINE. '
some of the ianions tonlus of India.
The Taj Mahal, for example, erected
by Shah Jehan lor his wife Mumtazi
Mahal, is said to be the most sumptuous
restinir place for a deceubed person now
extant.
Mme. Blavatsky's dagoba is to be, as
will be observed by examining- the ac
companying picture, a comparatively
modest structure, though by no means
devoid of pre!-. on. It is to be con
structed, like t''e main structure of the
Taj Mahal, of pink sandstone ftoni Hay
pootaua and the curved roof and the
minaret-like spire (which has no sym
bolical meaning) are to be made of
Benares brass.
It has not yet been m-ade known
whether any ceremonies will accom
pany the placing of thi friction of the
remains in the ls:grba, but it is more i
than likely that ttie ex-pt-esident of the j
society will arrange tor :-ome ceremony.
ANOTHER WAY.
Mure Trouble in a Strrot Car Ovir a Hljj
Hilt aud a Sin II hATv.
Fare, please." said tho conductor
of a South Sido street car one day
to a passenger who was clinging
to a strap.
l'lt nioaitnr..i rmr r.r lito inrt!rAt.
book, looked through it and produced
"
a ten dollar bill.
It's the .smallest 1 have.' he sa'd.
I can't change it" rejoined the
conductor gru y. "If yo.i expect to
ride you ouht to bo pri:p:iro.l to pay."
"1 am prepared to pay, air. 1 on" re
not prepared to make change that's
atL"
Tho company doesn't expect me to
make change for a'l() bill. I couldn't
do it anyhow. I haven t $U about
me."
Then what's
to rido "
Ns done? I've got
You've got to pay if you do."
"I've offered to pay you."
And I've told you that I can't
change that bilL You turn out some
thing smaller than that or get oil."
I've told you. my friend, that I
haven't anything smaller."
-Then get off."
The conductor reached up to pull
the bell-rope.
'Hold on!"
With the iire of honest indigual on
blazing in his ej'es the man turned 10
his fellow-passcngcr..
Gentlemen." bo said, "it's a shame
to put a man off a car when he u:is
plenty of money to pu- his fare aud is
willing to pay it if this conductor
makos me get off can I depend on
your love of fair play to help me see
that justice is done? Just 'as sure as
he puts mo off I shall sue this road
for damages.- and I'll need you for
witnesses.
There's an easier way out of it
than that" suggested a sympathetic
man in-one corner of the car. taking
out his pocket-book. I'll lend you
rivo cents and it doesn't make any dif
ference whether you ever pay mo or
not."
No. no." replied tho otherr -struck
by an idea, "but I shall bo obliged to
you if you will give me change for
10. Any kind will do."
The sympathetic man in the corner
counted out small bills and silver coins
to the amount of $). banded them
over and took the bill in exchange,
the passenger clinging to the strap
paid his fare, rode a few blocks
further and got off.
And now. says the Chicago Tribune,
the sympathetic man is hunting for
him with blood in his eye and some-
Vthing heavy in his right-hand coat
pocket The ten-dollar bill was a
counterfeit.
COMMON TO ALL RACES.
The
Love of Finery For Personal Wear
Found All Over the Glohr.
The love of ornament is inherent in
the human race, announces the Jew
eler's Review.
Kvery body likes to deck his person,
from the savage, who wears around
his neck a string of bones, to the so
ciety queen, who glitters with a thou
sand gems.
It is not an ignoble passion. this
love of ornament, although there is a
strong argument for the possession of
reasoning power by animals in this
very passion.
Take a dog. for instance. Have
you ever noticed what a difference
there is iu the actions of a do; after
it has had put about its neck a collar
or ribbon? How proudly it struts?
and how it wants every one of its
friends to notice the ornament?
The primal parent Bower bird was
born with a vain streak. This re
markable bird decks its home nest
with all sorts of ornnnv2nH feathera
bits of wood. eta. ami when it is in
captivity any objects which its keeper
may throw in the cage aro utilized
for ornaments pieces of cloth, glass
and other rubbish.
The horse whose trappings are line,
steps more proudly than tho animal
whose harposs is mean.
With human beings the desire to
better appearance, to look pretty"
as the wits have it is just as laudable
un ambition when carried out in
good taste as the hankering for the
betterment of mind or the establish
ment of fortune.
The beautiful things of this world of
ours were not put here for our harm;
to love the beautiful ia the highest
education.
Toilet of a Cat.
Cats, large and small, make the most
careful toilet of any class of animals,
excepting some of the opossums. The
lions and tigers wash themselves in ex
actly the same manner as the cat, wet
ting the dark, india rubber like ball of
the fore foot and the inner toe, and
passing it over the face and behind the
ears. The foot is thus at the same
time a face sponge and brush, and the
rough tongue combs the rest of the
body. Hares also use their feet to
wash their faces, and the hare's foot is
so suitable for a brush that it is always
used to apply the "paint" to the face
for the stage.
Two Abashed Youths.
Two young ladies got into an elec
tric car recently. One was pretty. All
the seats were taken. Two young men
were sitting together. Said one to the
other in German: "I'm going to give
my seat to the pretty girl." The other
replied, also in German; "Well, I sup
pose I must give mine to the ugly one,
then." Both young ladie3 accepted the
kindness and thanked the. kirid-young
men In German.
A MONTANA CAVE.
It Has Been aa TJasmspeeted Death-Trap
for Wild Animals fer Aces
The cave discovered by George W.
Van Hoose continues to be the center
of attraction to all interested in the
wonderful and phenomenal freaks of
nature, says the White Sulphur
Springs Husbandman. The cave is
i located in the Dry Range twenty-five
miles northwest of town, in the vicin
ity of the Len Louis and John Moore
ranches.
The mouth of the cave is from two
to three feet wide and six feot long,
located oa the southeast side near tho
top of a pocket in the mountain. The
cave is ' almost the shape of a flask.
thirty-four feet deep and the bottom
sixty-two feet long and thirty feet
wide. We speaic of the bottom of the
cave, but wo mean the top of the de
bris and vat amount of bones of ani
mals which tills the spaco of what may
be called tho bottom. ,
"Be it known that the cave, instead
of being adorned with crystals and
stalactite and stalagmite, is a regular
charnel house, and evidently has been
a death trap for ages to tho unsus
pecting beasts of plain and forest
Tho opening of tbe cave is peculiarly
constructed for tho purpose of relent
lessly swullowing any livinsr thing that
. ventured near its brink. Tho mouth
of i his destroyer of the living is com-P'-v.mI
u; li.nestone rock, somewhat on
an inchno. the depression being at its
widest p.irt.
Along the upper side is an old ani
mal trail. It is easy to see how tbe
buffalo or elk passing this way when
the trail was slippery with ice or snow
would easily lose their foothold and
be precipitated into the cave. It is a
plausible theory to believe that at
times during the winter the mouth of
the cave is entirely covered with snow
so that the unsuspecting animal pass
ing over the familiar trail would at
this point if diverging a few inches to
j he sou'- slide through the snow and
I nA ullnllnmfl nit ..
. a-uc mtve.
.uany animuis. aouuuess. were
killed by being suspended by tho head
! and fore part of the body, as the buf
falo, or by the antlera as tho elk.
while many were evidently directly
mangled and killed by the falL But
there are also evidences that some
landed at the bottom of the pit with
suliicient powers remaining to drag
their bodies to remote corners of the
cave and there perish, from wounds
and starvation. Some of the largest
skulls and skeletons of buffalo were
thus found.
PUMPING FOR LIFE.
A Uuique But Startling Cure for Lasiness
Prove KCectual.
A traveler, in the course of a morn
ing walk in Amsterdam, came upon a
group gathered around a welt into
which a strongly-built man had just
been let down. A pipe, whose mouth
was at tho top of tho well had been
opened, and a stream of water from it
was flowing into tho well and gradu
ally filling it The man below had
quite enough to do. if he did not want
to be drowned, to keep the water out
by means of a pump that was at the
bottom of the well.
Tho traveler, pitying the man. asked
for an explanation of what seemed a
cruet heartless joke.
'Sir. " replied an old man standing
near, "that feliow is. as you sea
healthy aud strong. I have myself
offered him work twenty times, but
he always allows laziness to get the
better of him. and will make any ex
cuse to beg his bread from door to
door, though ho might easily earn it
if he chose.
Wo are now trying to mako him
realize that he must work. If he uses
the strength that is in his arms he
will be saved; if ho lets them hang
idle he will be drowned. But look. "
continued the old Dutchman, as he
went to tho edge of the well "the fel
low finds out that he has muscles
already; in an hour we shall let him
out with better resolutions for the
future."
The traveler watched until the man
was liberated from his watery prison.
concludes the Youth's Companion, and
felt sure that at least a temporary
cure had been offe'cled.
DANGER IN MEAT DIET.
Lime Water Should Be Used With the
Flesh Pots.
The evils of a meat diet are being
appreciated by many high livers in
cities, and these are being counter
acted partly by the wealthy in adding
more fruits and vegetables to their
tables during the winter. The cheap
ness of meat and a peculiar craving
which the system seems to have for
meat have gradually made it common
for city people to live almost entirely
off meat in the winter months. Meat
is eaten three times a day in quanti
ties, and the excessive use of such a
diet is that rheumatic and gout tem
peraments are acquired. These tem
peraments are on the increase, and
they are largely due to the excessive
use of meat
Lime water counteracts the evils of
this diet to a large extent Alkaline
waters of all kinds have a tendency to
act as a dilutent, and hence are beni
ficial to persons addicted to a heavy
meat diet. Lime water has a tendency
to make children grow, and in coun
tries where the drinking water is
heavily impregnated with it the men
are apt to be tall. It is now used very
extensively in the milk for children,
but it should not be restricted to chil
dren, for in this meat-eating genera
tion men need it too. For a perfect
sanitary diet alkaline water is needed
for every person who eats heavily of
meat, and this means nearly everybody
except the vegetarians.
A MarvelouN e'blp.
In 2C8 B. C. Archimedes devised a
marvelous ship for Hiero of Syracuse.
Her three lofty masts had been brought
from Britain, whereas our ships' masts
are of iron or obtained from New
Zealand or from Vancouver Island.
Luxuriously fitted sleeping apartments
abounded and one of her banqnet halls
was paved with agate and costly Sic
ilian stone. Other floors were cun
ningly inlaid with scenes from the
Iliad." Stables for many horses,
ponds stocked with live lish. gardens
watered by artilicial rivulets and hot
baths were provided for use or amuse
ment Ptolemy Fhilopator possessed
a nuptial yacht the Thalamegon, 312
feet long and 45 feet deep. A grace
ful gallery, supported by curiously
carved columns, ran round tbe vessel
and within wero temples of Venus and
of Bacchus. Her masts were 100 feet
high, her sails and cordage of royal
purple hue.
Her Bee Was Crowded.
Mrs. Res E. Dent And you must
come to my divorce bee. you know.
Mrs. E. Sterner Divorce bee?
What is that?
Why. every one sits around a big
box that's all full of pieces of paper,
one of which has a divorce decree
written on it. Then every one draws,
and the one who gets the decree has a
divorce, free of charge. Isn't it love
ly?" Boston lwv
LEGEND OP MILL CRICK.
TM of the Went Obstacle to Xsvlgattoa
on the Kennebec River.
A Maine paper recalls the wierd
legend of MillRock. which is told in
thVfoUowing strain: A man named
Kaler is said to have once -Bred on
London HilL He was a hermit, be
sides having the reputation of being a
wizard of the most uncanny kind.
Once a runaway couple appealed to
him for help. The hero told the old
, man that he would give 100 "Spanish
milled dollars" for a storm that wonld
delay his ladylove's father and friends,
who were known to be in hot pursuit
The old man made sure of the cash
and then took a' small leather bag
from a chest and handed it to the
young man, with this remark: "Go
back to the cross-roads, cut open tho
j bag, squeeze out its contents, and then
' run for your life." The gallant did as
. directed. In a few minutes the sound
' of distant thunder was heard and above
it the roar of a hurricane. The old
man shook his head and remarked:
"That bagful was most too strong."
The next morning showed that where
j a peaceful little brook had flowed was
! a fearful gorge, choked with timbers
, and uprooted trees. The mill was
t gone and the big boulder which had
served as its foundation had been
swept far into the river. This is the
legend of "Mill Rock," the worst ob
stacle to navigation on the Kennebec
river.
The French Horn.
The French horn, or cor de chasse, ia
regarded by some musicians as the
sweetest and mellowest of all the wind
instruments. In Beethoven's time, it
was little else than the old hunting
horn, which, for the convenience of
the mounted hunter, was arranged in
spiral convolutions, to be slipped over
the head and carried resting on one
shoulder and under the opposite arm.
The Germans still call it the waldhorn,
that is, "forest horn." If the orchestra
French horns were straightened ont
they would be seventeen feet long.
"The convolutions of the horn and the
many turns of the trumpet are all the
fruit of necessity; they could not be
manipulated to produce the tones asked
of them if they wee not bent and
curved. The trumpet, when its tube is
lengthened by the addition of crooks
for the lowest key, is eight feet long;
the tuba sixteen. In most orchestras
(in all those in the United States, in
fact, except the Boston Symphony
orchestra) the word 'trumpet' is
merely a euphemism for cornet the
familiar leading instrument of the
brass band.
An Original Method.
A half dozen prominent young women
of Sault Ste Marie adopted a novel way
recently of punishing Fred Clayton, a
young man who had been scattering
scandalous tales regarding them.
Dressed in old clothes and armed with
brushes and two buckets of bright red
paint they called at his home ..and in
veigled him out Four of the young
women seized and dragged him half a
block down the street and held him
while the other two vigorously plied
the paintbrush. When they finally re
leased him there was not a spot on his
clothes, face or head that was not cov
ered with a coat of fiery red paint
Lignum Vllae Hrahes.
It appears that the lignum vitaa,
which has been used so successfully
abroad fer bariuga. possesses special
value for brake block:,giving even bet
ter results than east irou. After being
cut to the swep of the wheel it is
firmly elamped to the brake thc. Ow
ing to its extreme hardness the vroeel
wean, vry slightly and uniformly.
CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLIES.
For the accomomdation of these de
siring to visit the different Chautauqua
assemblies tbe following exceeding low
excursion rates are offered by tbe Union
Pacific :
CRETE, NEB., JULT 6TH TO 16TH.
One Fare for the Bound Trip as follows:
l6t. From all points in Nebraska,
July 5th and fith, good for return until
and including July 17th, 1892.
2nd From all points in Nebraska
and Kansas within 150 miles of Crete,
July 5th to 16th, inclusive, good for
return until and including July 17th,
1892.
FREMONT, NEB., JULT 1ST TO 15TH.
One Fare for the Bound Trip plus 35
cts. admission to the grounds.
1st From all points in Nebraska,
June 30th and July 1st, good for return
until and including July 16th, 1892.
2nd. From all points in Nebraska
within 150 miles of B?remont, June 30th
to July 14th, inclusive, good for return
until and including July 16th, 1892.
J. B. Meagher, Agent Union Pacific
System, Columbus. Tri-D-fit
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
By is the only line rnnning solid veat
ibuled, electric lighted and steam heated
trains between the Missouri river and
Chicago, consisting of new palace sleep
ing cars, elegant free reclining chair
cars, luxurious coaches and the finest
dining cars in the world. The berth
reading lamp in its palace sleeping cars
is patented and cannot be used by any
other railway company. It is the great
improvement of the nge. Try it and be
convinced. Close connection in union
depot at Omaha with all trains to and
from the west. For further particulars
apply to your ticket agent, or
F. A. Nash, Gen'l Agt.
W. S. Howell,
Traveling Fr't and Pass. Agt.,
20jantf 1501 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.
Y. P.S. c. E.at New York, Jaljr 7.te 10.
The official route to New York for the
Nebraska Delegation is via the Union
Pacific, the Chicago & Northwestern,
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
and the New York Central and Hudson
Biver B. B. Through chair cars and
sleepers, a short stop in 'Chicago if de
sired, a view of majestic Niagara Falls
and trip along the lovely Hudson by
daylight are but a few of the advantages
offered by the Official Bonte. Tickets
at one fare for the round trip. For ad
ditional information or accommodation
on the official train apply to J. B.
Meagher, Agent Union Pacific System.
70-8-it
The wisdom of him who journeyetb, is
known by the line he selects; the judg
ment of the man who takes the Bur
lington Bonte to the cities of the east,
the south and the west is never im
peached. The inference is plain. Mag
nificent Pullman sleepers, elegant re
clining chair cars and world-famous
dining cars, on all through trains. For
information address tbe agent of the
company at this place, or write to J.
Francis, .general passenger and ticket I
agent, Omaha. 52-12
1.
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Jbe list Popiltr Ftailj lenptMr ii tk West
IT IS TBS BEST NXWSPAPIK FOB
THE HOME .-.
THE WORKSHOP, oh
THE BUSINESS OFFICE.
for. THE PROFESSIONAL KAN,
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THE POLITICIAN.
XT IS A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER, and aa
aamBanag among iwwriwra taa awest la the country.
Importaarenreata aU oerjhe wutlil.
its iiixtKAKX rcAzwra are
Among lbs contributors arew. p. HO
frakcSt HODoaoN wmirETT. :
RICE THOMPSON. A. W. TOniOEE.
YARD KIPLXNQ. HHHtLGr DAIE.
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, aaa
FAME. XtwlUtaosbsi
itbat:
BXBti
THE BEST STORIES AND SKETCHES IN THE LANGUAGE.
Its FOREIGN and DOMESTIC CORRESPONDENCE la vary astaaatva
aaAtoabsat.
Thf Youth's Depart Biest, Ctrmity Slw, Wwua's Hagta k The loas
Ara Ztattar tbaa a JCaaasfaa for tba FamUy.
Ona otths Most Important Faataraa la Vam Oapartmsat of
FARM AND FARMERS.
EdltadbyEX-OOV. W.-D. BOARD of Wisconsin. Editor aad ProBrtstor of
"Hoard's Dairyman." Tola ia anaw fsatsra aadaa iaportaat oaato A.
cuttaslsts.
AN ALLIANCE
HasalMbMnosansdfortba special porpoas of dtacosainatBaaaMttoaa now
agitating tna termers of tn country.
THE WF.EKT.Y INTER OCEAN
Is One Dollar per Year, postage paid.
THE . . SEMI-WEEKLY .-. INTER .-. OCEAN
Is pubUsnad evary Monday and Tnunday at $ 2.00 par year, postpaid
Ths DAILY INTER OCEAN ia $6.00 p Jfn,
The SUNDAY INTER OCEAN is 2.00 ppaid-
LlbandTaraistoAoavaAaaats. Sand for SampU Caay. '
AddressTHE INTER OCEAN, Chicago,
ThePlafte
Institute. .
hand
Board. Room Kmt and Tuition for Term ofTru Weeks S9.50
Taltlon aloue. r Term ''JMH
Tulitl Kxieiies for On- V.M.- 120.09
A large ari cpTier Fscuity of exjierienre-l Teachers and irofsor.
Students way Ku:e: at a r lime sad Had c!iMe suited to tacir tteed and adaoa .
.
CALINDAR.
Fall Term Opens Sept. 6. 1892.
Second Fall Tarm Opena Nov. 15. 1892.
Winter Term Opena Jan. 24-, 1 -93.
Spring Term Opens April IO. 1893.
THE PLATTE INSTITUTE hs been established for the purpose of placing a Ifbtral
caseation within tbe reach of ALL.
It will -ot jrou I- t .- to atajr at home. , ' .
An opportunity will be afforded a number of etudfut to ry all or a part of their expenses by
work.
Sond iu your application at once.
Thin reboot is undi-r the jurisdiction of Rt. Iter. Adsou R. Graven, BUbop of the Dioccssof
tbe Piatt-.
KKKKHKXCES: Bishop Anson K. Grares.
National Bank. L. X. Mwry. :k-c'y Midway
Write for particulars nnd information to
CLARENCE A.
Ch.iat4Uiiia Anembly at Bratrirr, Neb.,
Jtmr 30th t Jnly Hth.
Fur those desiring to visit tbe Beat
rice Chautauqua, the Union Pacific
offers a rate of one fare for the round
trip as follows:
1st. From all points in Nebraska,
tickets to be sold June 29th and 30th,
good for return until and including
Jnly 17th.
2d. From points in Nebraska and
Kansas within 150 miles of Beatrice,
tickets to be sold June 29th to July 16th,
inclusive, good for return until and in
cluding July 17th.
For any additional information apply
to R. R. Meagher, Columbus, Agent Un
ion Pacific System. 76-9-5t
Y. P. S. O. E. at New York, July 7 lo 10.
For this occasion the Union Pacific
will Bell tickets to New York City and
return at one fare for the round trip.
For any additional information apply to
J. B. Meagher, Agent Union Pacific
System, Columbus. 71-8-4t
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