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which resulted in a hoarseness and
cough which disabled me from fill
ing my pulpit for a number of Sab
baths. After .trying a physician,
without obtaining relief I saWUke
advertisement of your remedy and
obtained a bottle. I received quick
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taken. This loss is overcome bjf
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Almost as palatable as milk.
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Kushviixe, Neb., Jane. 5
Sosm time ago after Buffering severely
with stomach trouble and dyspepsia,
which had been greatly aggravated by
the alkali water of the western country,
and when I had reached that stage
where I could frequently hold nothing
on my stomach, and would even throw
. up water as soon as drank, I learned
' from a Sioux Indian, who had been on a
.sisit to the Kickapoo tribe, of a wonder
ful remedy called 'Sagwa." I got
him to procure some for me. The elect
was remarkable. I tried to get more
from the Indian, but he would not let
me have more of his. He prized it go
much he would not give it np. I then
learned that Healy & Bigelow, of New
Haven. Conn., had an arrangement with
the Kickapoo tribe, and was patting
their remedies on the market. I sent
and .'got a bottle of the ricfcapoo
Indian Sagwa, and found it to be the
same as thatrl had procured from the
Sioux Indian. I got more, and after the
use of a few bottles, I was sot only re
liered bat entirely cured, and hare
stayed cured ever since.
' l caa. eat anything set before me.
Batt bacon, which nsed to have a most
distressiBg effect, I can now eat and
relish like an Indian.
I cannot speak too highly of the Kick
apoo remedies, and cheerfully recom
. wend them to anyone.
G. 8. ASAY,
fnHton Trader and Interpreter.
. KICKAPOO INDIAN SACWA.
The Incomparable Liver, Stomach,
ami Bload Medieiae. One Dollar par
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A GENUINE SUSPEISE.
The station at Swampy Corners was
never a picturesque spot, even in
the bine glow of the 6unniest June
day; but on this chill October night,
with the first snow flakes of the
season eddying in the slow, undecided
way that first snowflakes have,
through the gray air, and the tall
hemlocks swaying this way and that
In the raw wind it looked especially
dreary.
Emily Elkton shuddered as she
stood looking out of one of the panes
of glass clumsily inserted in the long
frame work by way of window.
"No. Miriam," she said, "you can't
go."
But I've got to go" said Miriam
Mudge, sympathetically compressing
her lips as sho tightened the 6traps
of tho parcel sho was fastening one
notch at a time.
"And leave mo here alono?M
"Nobody won't hurtyoa, I reckon,"
said Miriam, a strong-featured woman
of 40, with a bristling upper lip like
a man's.
"If you go," said EmiiV; "I'll go
too!"
Not much," composedly spoke
Miriam; "thar ain't room in Pete
Muller's buckboard for so much as a
sheet of paper arter mo an1 him's in.
Besides, what'll your Undo Absalom
say when he comes back and finds no
body hero? Ef the firo goes out,
everything'!! freeze stiff, and Yes,
Pete, I'm a-comin'; thar ain't no need
to stand there a-bellerin' like a Texas
steer! Good-bye. Emily! Oh, I for
got!" coming back and mechanically
lowering hor voice, although there
was no ono but the gray cat by the
stove to hear tho words. "Tho
ticket money an' two rolls o' gold
eagles as tho paymaster's call for to
morror in the noon train is in the red
chest undor your uncle's bed. I
reckoned it 'ud be safer thar than in
the money drawer. Don't forget to
give it to him fust thing ho gets
back."
"Forget!" echoed Emily, wringing
her hands in frantic desperation.
"But I won't be left in charge of it!
I'll assume no such responsibility. I
insist upon jour taking it with you!"
Tho remonstrance, however, came
too late. Miriam bawled out some
indistinct reply and the next sound
Miss Elkton heard was the creaking
of the buckboard wagon as it turned
the sharp curve below the gleaming
line of the railway switches.
She's gone," cried Emily, clasp
ing her hands like the tragic muse,
and left me alone with all that
money! And the navvy camp only
three miles up the mountains, full of
Italians and Cainese and the minors
at Lake Lodi and the whole neigh
borhood infested with desperadoes!
And Undo Absalom not expected
home until 2 o'clock in the morning,
and the bolt broken off tho door, and
the key's a misfit, and nothing but a
hook and staple between me and de
struction! Oh, why didn't I stay in
lthode Island? What evil spirit pos
sessed me to come out here to Dako
ta, where one might as well be buried
alive and done with it?"
Emily Elkton sat down and cried
heartily, rocking herself forward and
back and sobbing out aloud, like a
child whose slice of bread and treacle
had been taken away from it. And
not undl the candle flared up, with
an extra-sized "winding-sheet"
wrapped around its wick and iho cat
rubbed itself persistently against her
knee,did she arouse to the quadruple
fact that puss wanted her supper, the
firo was low, the candle needed snuff
ing and there was no sort of use in
tears.
Emily had Come out West, partly
because there seemed nothing to do
at home and partly because Uncle
Absalom had written that one of his
nine nieces -would come very handy
for a housekeeper at Swampy Cor
ners, in the state of Dakota, if she
could be spaved.
The latter sentence was intended
on Iiis part for a sarcasm, but the
Elkton family had received it all in
good faith and held many a delibera
tion before they consented to let one
of the nine young birds flutter out of
the home nest.
And more especially she had come
because she had incidentally learned
that Andrew Markham was one of
the engineers in charge of the new
line of railway on the other slope of
the mountain, which undertaking in
volved the navvy camp and the great
derricks and stdam-drills and tho
gangs of slit-eyed Chinese and dark
browed Italians.
Not that that signifies," Emilj
had plausibly told herself. "But of
course, it's pleasant to bo somewhere
within a hundred miles of an old
acquaintance"
Andrew Markham had been to see
her twice and both times she had
made up her mind that the far West
was the only place to live in
"Ho expects to settle here," she
thought, with a soft, pink color suf
fusing her face. "He says he has
already bough, a sunny slope of
land,- where ho means to build a
house and bring a wife when he can
afford it He thinks that life here
means twice what it does in the effete
civilization of the East."
But to-night, with the darkness
wrapping the little depot like a
blanket, and the wind howling down
the mountain gorge, Miss Elkton
would not at all have objected to
some of that same "effete civiliza
tion." Alone in the house! During the
whole of her sojourn at Swampy Cor
ners such a thing Lad never hap
pened to her before.
Uncle Absalom had occasionally
been absent, it was true, but Miriam
Mudga was always there to bear her
company until his return. Now that
a sudden summons from her father,
hurt in an accident in the sawmill on
Bagged river, six miles below, had
called Miriam away, poor Emily was
all in a flutter.
True, the one train a day which
stopped at the station was not due
until seven in the morning. The
telegraph offlco was closed, and there
was absolutely no care for her to as
sume except to put another log of
wood onthe air-tight stovo and go
quietly to bed.
But the very sense of solitude ap
palled her. She shivered at the very
click of the snowflakes against the
window, the creak cf the boards iij
the floor, the slow drip of the water
into the kitchen sink, where Uncle
Absalom had recently introduced the
oiwUra improvement of t WAttitftpV
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Ifebncbypipea with the spring
in the spruce flea shove;
-Why coulda'tMirlaiihaVe stopped
at oae cf the
sent some one
hft ranitled.
jkm'e nlta girls st Almotdsley, down
the mountain, and $e said he'd like
to introduce lie .to Marietta Mix,
who teaches Sunday school in the
South dealing, arid dUes tpye-.wrltirig
for the Sonnuijf on weefc . dayi. I'm
sorry, now, hat.I , tossed my. head,
and put on airs, and said I did not
care to mingle in the society herea
bouts. I must have appeared hate
ful enough.. Gracious, what was
that?"
It was the clock striking nine, and
then Emily remembered that she had
had no supper. Nervously glancing
around her she tip-toed to the cup
board, and took a glass of milk and a
little bread and cheese.. As she re
placed the tumbler on the shelf she
heard, footstep's on the fi'ozen gi'ound
outside.
"It's my imagination," she said,
after listening for a second. "But I
won't he frightened so. I will be
brave." She took a hatchet, and
sallying forth, opened the cellar
door. "If any one comes he'll sail
down there before he can get to the
door," said she.
And with two prodigious slashes of
the hatchet she cut away the board
path which led across a series of rug
ged boulders to the railway platform.
"There," she cried, hurrying back
to the inside warmth and brightness,
as if a whole brieade of pursuers
were at her heels, "that's done. I
feel safer now. But I must hang the
lantern out before Uncle Absalom
comes back. I don't want him to
fall down and break his dear old
neck!"
She had just seated herself with a
sigh of relief when something like a
big firefly blazed on her vision for a
brief second only; then it was gone.
"A dark lantern!" she said to her
self. "I am sure now that I hear
tho sound of feet on the platform.
There are two or three people there
perhaps more. They have learned
that I am alone with all that money!"
She clasped her hands over her eyes,
and shivered as she heard a crash, a
smothered exclamation, a suppressed
buzz of voices, "Someone has fallen
down the cellar! Ob, how fortun
ate it was I thought of that!'
And now a low whisper came up
through tho carelessly-joined boards
of the floor. She could distinguish
the words, "Hold on! Be careful!
The front door is fastened, for I
triedit. You can all of you get
down cellar, and come up that way."
Emily's heart gave an exultant
jump. The cellar door, a mass of
timber in which sho had the fullest
confidence, was securely bolted. She
peered out into the stormy darkness.
By the occassionally displayed gleam
of the lantern she could see a hud
dled mass of figures creeping down
the cellar steps.
Last of all disappeared tho lantern
itself, one leisurely step at a time;
and then, consummating a plan which
she had long been concocting in hef
mind, Emily made a dash out into
the night, closed the two divisions of
the cellar door with a bang, barred
them, arid fled panting into the house.
By this time there was a brisk
knocking at the cellar door, a Crying
out of, "Open the door! Let us in!"
But to these calls Emily Elkton
paid no heed, and it was only when a
hand was suddenly laid on her
shoulder from behind that &he ut
tered a piercing scream and lost all
hor presence of mind.
"Why, Emmy!" exclaimed a famil
iar voice. "Why, child, what's the
matter?"
Oh, Uncle Absalom, how you
frightened me! Oh, dear, the cellar
is full of burglars and robbers! Reach
down your gun! Get the hot-water
kettle!"
"Burglars, eh?" said Uncle Absa
lom. "Robbers? Why, wharonyarth
did they come from? Sure ye ain't
mistook, sissy? Anyhow, I'll be
ready for 'em."
He advanced towards the cellar
door with his loaded revolver in his
hand.
"Whoever ye be," he shouted,
"tell us what your business is or take
this! Don't hold my arm, sissy!
Thcro can't no more'n one at a time
como up these 'ere cellar stairs, and
I reckon I'm a match for that much,
if I be old art' stiff!"
To Emily's infinite alarm ho un
boltdd the cellar door and flung it
wide oped.
There, crowding oti the harrow
wooden steps, stood Andrew Mark
ham, the Miss Almondsleys, Leonidas
Mix and sister Marietta, and Doctor
Cliffe's two chubby daughters.
"Wc came," said Markham, rather
shamefacedly, "to give Miss Elktori a
birthday surprise. We are sorry
that "
"Walk in walk in!" cried Uncle
Absalom, his face one full moon of
broad smiles. "No need of boin'
sorry for nothin'. You're all wel
come! How od tiarth did ye know it
was Emmy's twentieth birthday?"
Marietta has baked a cake," said
Leonidas, "and the Cliffe girls brought
a jug of lemonade, and it was broken
when I tumbled down cellar, and "
Oh, that don't matter none!"
beamed Uncle Absalom. "We're aw
ful pleased to see you ain't we,
Emily?"' -
In this auspicious manner began
Emily Elkton's first acquaintance
with the young people who were des
tined to be her lifelong .neighbors.
But really," she said, half crying,
half laughing, "I thought you were
all banditti."
"It's my fault," acknowledged hon
est Marietta Mix. "I was determined
that you should have a surprise.
Andrew wasn't half willing, but I in
sisted. You see, I didn't think there
would ever be any other way of get
ting acquainted with you, Miss Elk
tori. And we knew that Andrew was
so interested in you."
"Nonsense!" cried Emily, blushing.
"Is it nonsense, though!" retorted
Marietta. Well, time will show."
And time did show. Six months
afterward but, after all, where is
the use of turning over the leaves of
the book of fate? Let all true lovers
guess for themselves how the matter
ended.
"But," Emily acknowledged in her
turn, "I never was so frightened in
my life as at first and never so happy
as I was at last."
And she never returned to town
life. N. Y. Mercury.
KcsolU of a Grmodee' Simula.
Antiquatians in Europe have been
greatly interested in the sale of the
fine collection of curiosities accumu
lated by 'the Marquis de Negron. a
Spanish grandee. For thirty years
he almost starved himself so that he
might devote nine-tenths of bis in
come of $20,090 a year to the pur
chase of books, cameos, old plate,
watches, snuff boxes, etc., and ih thf
course of his UfstisM hafledsTtra
&0M Wit W
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FARM AND HOflSEgOLt),
ENSILAGE A PROFITABLE FEED
FOR sHiEr3:
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Jerry Spaulding of Ionia, a" well-
known stock feeder, in a paper read
at the meeting of live a'tock breeders
st Lansing last December, says the
Michigan Farmer, related his ex
perience with ensilage as a food for
'sheep, and gave some valuable hints
relative to the feeding and hauling
of the contents of the silo. Mr.
Spaulding said: I know there is as
much difference in corn ensilage as
there is in folks. I have seen it
made of.com that was nearly all
stalks arid smiii 1 have seen it made"
of corn very green, Sid 6f, fc'orfi very
ripe, and of corn that had been1 c'ui
and shocked and half cured or dried
out. I have put it in the silo when
the ears would far outweigh the
stalks.
I have seen it come from the silo
nearly all corn and cob, and from the
same silo on the same day tho ensi
lage would be nearly all stalks and
husks. And if you are not vigilant
and active in filling your silo, and
vigilant and careful, and do not exer
cise good judgment in feeding your
silage, you will bo likely to make
mistakes. The most important part
of the science is to know what you
aro feeding. Tho number of pounds
alone le'aves lis nearly as much in tho
dark as though the numbers were
not given.
I have been feeding corn from the
cutting box for nearly twenty years,
and I know the tendency of the corn
and stalks to separate. More, of
course, in dry corn than when the
stalks are green.
And now the next advice I give
you in regard to filling your silo is to
keep the silago thoroughly mixed as
it comes into tho pit. It should
cither drop iri the center or be con
ducted around with a spout CQming
from top of tho carrier and thorough
ly tread in the corners, unless your
silo is round, as it should bo if you
were building it by itself.
When I commenced feeding my
sheep ensilage I had two silos one
filled with ripaned corn, and the
other with clover as tho mower left
it. I have filled them both with rip
ened corn every season since, bo
cause I think corn far the most eco
nomical silage. I am now feeding for
the fourth winter, and am fully con
vinced it is in advance of any other
system of feeding I have yet known;
although during my first winter's
feeding I lost moro sheep by disease
than ever before in the same time.
It seemed to be a brain trouble and
was very fatal. My loss was about
four per cent on 600 or 700.
The next winter I fed more silage
and lost about half as many sheep.
The next season I fed more silage
still, and while I lost a few, tho loss
was trifling. This season I am feed
ing about 700 lambs. They have
been fed since Thanksgiving almost
entirely from the silo; a little clover
hay (it is only a little thej will cat
when they have all the silago thoy
want), about twice in three days,
and barley straw for litter and
change once in three days. They
arc growing well and make me
happy and themselves, too, every
time I feed them.
I put twenty-seven fine wool weth
ers in the barn with the lambs at the
same time. These wethers were the
only sheep I had in the pens older
than lambs, and as the pens were
somewhat crowded, I sold them De
cember 7, and if the man who weighed
them in the barn made no mistake
they weighed nearly six pounds more
than when they went into the pen.
They were fed the same as the lambs,
but ate more and gained much moro.
Garden Implement.
In the garden as well as in the field
a good outfit of tools is necessary if
the work is to be done properly,
economically and in good season.
Generally any implement or tool that
will do good work and at the same
time save labor and time, will be
found an economical investment.
A seed drill that will sow all kinds
of garden seed, will save its cost al
most in ono season, as tho work can
bo dono in so much less time, the
rows be made straiirhter, and the
plants stand straight in the row
quite an ad van t ago when tho culti
vator in used in helping to give them
tho necessary cultivation. The seed
will be more evenly distributed in
tho rows, and thoy will be covered
at a moro uniform depth, insuring a
bettor germination of tho seed. The
marking off, planting and covering is
all done at one time.
A sharp steel rake one that can
bo used In properly fining tho soil
before planting tho seed, and that
can bo used in commencing the
cultivation, will bo another good in
vestment A good rake in nearly all
cases is the most economical tool to
Use in giving tho first cultivation, as
it will not only destroy tho weeds,
but will also thoroughly fine tho soil.
A double-wheel hoe with a set of
attachments will pay, because of tho
time saved, and with a little caro in
using the rake until the plants havo
started well, and then in working
tho cultivator as close as possible to
tho growing plants, the amount of
hand weeding necessary can be made
very small.
A good supply of hoes are indis
pensable. They should be of two or
three widths in order to do the work
to the best advantage. A shuftio hoe
is best for onions or those crops that
need only shallow cultivation. A
prong hoe is a good implement to use
in fining the soil and in giving the
necessary hoeing between the plants,
after the cultivator has been used
with potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes,
and crops of this class.
A reel and line to use in setting
out plants, and in using tho drill at
the start in order to have the rows
straight, will be an advantage. The
line should be long enough to reach
clear across the garden. A spading
fork as well as a good spade is also
necessary. A hand trowel will save
time in setting out the larger class of
plants, while a dibble is needed for
small plants like cabbage.
A hand weeder can be used to good
advantage with onions and many of
the smaller crops of this classwhcre
the hoe cannot be used between the
plants in the rows. A wheelbarrow
or hand cart will be a help in wheel
ing manure, dirt, mulching material,
or other work of this class. This is
the kind of an outfit we have, and
there is not one but that we find a
help when needed. Journal of Agri
culture. The Cow Pea.
I have found that the Southern cow
pea does well iu Iowa. It is a large,
cMFSf V' d h Vv luxuriantly,
and does well evn in drought It
eari b(i sown as late as the middle oa
last of Jtitid I got my .seed front on
of the" advertising see'd'smefi, and
pronipted bj" what I Eee in the Far
Sers V6iee frequently, iri regard to
buying seed would say that any
seedsman will supply any sSd that
may be' required. In" a paper" tha!; I
take a" writer remarks, and remarks
with correctness, that the cow pea is
to the South just what clover is to
(he North;. J would not recommefid
them as feV.age" plant whero clover
will dp well, for (tie' are ho' bettor in
my judgment and are much" Harder to
cure properly, owing to the stalks
and stems being much coarser. The
best way to harvest them is with an
ordlBify niower and hay rake, cutting
down and allowiifg ttiem to become
thoroughly wilted, which w'iii tako a
day or perhaps a day and a flril
Then rake up and put into shocks as
with clover hay and allow them id
stand a few days. Scatter them out
and Sif for several hours, and draw
in; If there Is any prospect of rain,
hay cap's should bo used, as it is al
most impossible o cock them up so
as to turn the rain.
Ffidincr dear meal is a.
VCT
nn-
wise course. But meal, If properly1
mixed with coarser foods, is greatly"
preferable to whole corn. Tho mix
lure improves both the meal and the'
fodder. The meal is much more
easily digestible than whole corn, but
when it goes into the stomach by it
self, it escapes the full process of
digestion, or at least a part of it
docs. But if fed with cut fodder,
this is not the case, and it presents a
large surface for the action of tho
gastric juice. In this way, as a food
for cows it is greatly improved. The
fodder is iiriproved because it bo
comes flavored throughout by tho
meal, and in this way a very" large
portion of the fodder that would not
otherwise be oaten, is consumed and
converted into value. Farmers
Voice.
Drilling Manure With Seeds.
It is quite a common experience
that concentrated manures if put in
with Jho seed with tho drill help
crops, especially grain, while if
broadcasted on tho surface they ap
parently do little good. This has
caused much surprise as tho narrow
spaces between tho drills arc quickly
filled with roots of 1he growing
grain, and presumptively, there tho
manure should do more good than
just at tho point where the seed ger
minates. May it not be that this
difference .in favor of drilling with
the seed is due to the effect of the
germination in keeping the mineral
from reverting into insoluble form?
Large amounts of carbonic acid gas
are given off whenever seed grain
sprouts. This is the best solvent.
Tho first roots tako hold of the pre
pared soluble phosphate that thoy
have themselves proparcd, and thus
make a solid, vigorous growth.
There is somo carbonle acid gas
present wherever young roots pene
trate, but it is much less in amount
than that given off in tho germina
tion of seed. Hence less of tho
mineral clement is put in soluble con
dition where it has been broadcasted,
and so only a small part comes in
contact with tho seed. American
Cultivator.
Poultry Picking.
Pure-bred fowls aro more profitable
than common.
Pullets may lay the most eggs, but
hens lay the best eggs for hatching.
Ono of tho best crosses for broilers
is a Wyandotte rooster with a Brahma
hen.
Whilo economy is wealth it is not
economy to breed from mongrel
fowls.
The main point in feeding breed
ing stock is to keep them in robust
health.
With a little caro you can soon "be
come an expert in breeding ono va
riety of poultry.
Crude petroleum is better than
the refined for use in and around the
poultry quarters.
Soft shelled eggs, double yolked
eggs and all other irregularities in
dicate that the hens arc too fat -
In making the most with poultry
it is very important not to keep fowls
that are not paying for their keep.
The stock for fattening should
be I
separated from tho rest and fed so as
to make the most flesh in the short
est possible time.
Save some millet seed; it is one of
the best feeds for young chickens, es
pecially thoso that are being raised
in the brooder during the winter.
The capon market usually opens
about tho first of January, and closes
in Aprif. Generally the earlier part
of tho season higher prices arc paid.
Fowls appreciate good food as woll
as other stock, and it is unwise to
limit them to any one kind of food,
bo it ever so good, but rather give
them a good variety.
Household IIlp5.
Lemon stains on cloth may be re
moved by washing tho goods in warm J
soapsuds or ammonia
There arc two kinds of soups
brown and white. To mako the brown
use beef; the white, veal.
A littlo ammonia or borax in the
water just hike warm, will keep the
skin clean and soft. A little oatmeal
mixed with tho water will whiten
the hands. t
It is a mistake to wash tho hair too
often. Once a week is decidedly too
frequent. Once a month would be
better. The natural oil is washed
out, impoverishing the hair, making
it dry, and often prematurely gray.
Many people use glycerine on their
hands when they go to bed, wearing
gloves to keep the bedding from be
ing soiled; but glycerine makes some
skins harsh and red. Such people
should rub their hands with dry oat
meal and wear gloves in bed.
To polish slate floors, use a smooth,
flat piece of pumice stone, then polish
with rotten stone. AVashing well
with soap and water once a week is
usually enough to keep the slate
clean," but by adopting the above
method not only do tho slates be
come polished, but any stains are
taken out.
The grease should always be skim
med from all soups. Long and slow
boiling is necessary to extract the
strength from tho meat. If boiled
fast over a very hot fire the meat be
comes hard and tough, and will not
give out its juices. The cook should
season soup slightly, as more can be
added if neccssaiy, whilo it is im
possible to remove it.
Those who aro not so fortunate as
to have velvet-lined cases for their
silver spoons and forks can protect
them in this manner: Take a. strip
of the heaviest canton flannel, wide
enough so that after laying the
spoons and forks on it the cloth can
be folded over them; then stitch a
band of the material to the upper
part of i and fasten, leaving spaces
or loop9 through which o ellp the
iUY9!'
A Cat Jaaiaa Tweaty-twFeet.
There is a large Maltese cat makirfC
its headquarters at Seventh police pre
cinct station that is bound to go on rec
ord as the smartest feline known. Like
all other cats it delights in capturing
sparrows, but, unlike other cats, it has
never Tjeen known to let a bird get
away that it made up its Blind to catch.
Lieutenant Thompson is authority for
the statement that the cat, perched on
the cornice of the building, made a
leap of twenty-two feet into a tree
and caught a sparrow. The lieuten
ant had also watched the cat while
bird-catching and had counted nine
sparrows carried to a spot, and after
the hunt was over devoured one by one.
I A peculiar trait of the cat is that there
is uot one man wno reports ut me
station tht she will make friends-with,
and he is Patrolman Rowland. When
he is on night duty the cat will follow
him from tho time he goes on duty un
til relieved next morning. All the dogs
in the Newburg region have encounter
ed the eat on several occasions, and
When she ift in sight the canines take
the other bide Of tb strccWClcveland
Press.
I Car CoatlpatlanandIysIa";
r. Snoop's Restorative Nerve Pills seat frea
with Medical Book to prove merit, for 2c stamp.
Prugslstsc Dr. Shoop, Box W.,Racine Wi
The Voders Share.
. "The' hose-pulling barber is hard to
find niirr utiles? one goes in the cheap
shops," said I'corge D- Hamilton of
Memphis. "There was a time not so
many years ago when a barber would
take yon by the nose if he had to shave
your upper lip Bnd almost pull the pro
tuberance up by the roots. A friend Gl
mine told me he went itito a shop once,
and the barber asked him if he would
have a thumb or a spoea shave, meaning
thereby that if mvJriend wai fastidious
about having the barker jab his tum.b
in the corner of his mouth t&extenn hi
jaw he would use a spoon for that pur
pose. But those days are gone. Eireii
the talking barber is a missing link be
tween the new and the old tonsorial
sehools. All the disagreeable features
of a shave have disappeared, and the
operation is now smooth and pleasant.
The only people who find anything dis
agreeable in the process are those who
shave themselves or who get a shave in
a 5-t'ent shop." St Louis Globa-Dcmo-crat.
Now lie Lets Other Worry.
Quite a new departure in the English
cycling would has cropped up for the
coining season. The thirsty cyclist, as
he sips his cup of tea at the wayside
inn, will no longer present to the im
pertinent outsider a hurrowing specta
cle of uneasiness, amounting to an ague,
at the sound of distant footsteps, nor
start up like some guilty hunted crea
ture at the approach of every stranger.
A new man will take his place never
theless, frank and enterprising. And
this revolution is to be accomplished
simpty hjT insuring his machine the
joy, pride, anxiety and worry of his
heart against theft on the road, at
home and everywhere.
The Peanut Plant.
The peanut plant has one peculiarity
possessed by no other shrub or plant in
the world. The flower of the plant
grows downward, and after it falls the
pod which contains the crabr3ro nut is
literally forced down into the ground
by the sudden and rapid growth of the
rigid stalk from which it depends. The
phenomenon may be watched by an1
one who from curioMt' plants peanuts,
and he will also notice that if from any
cause the plant is unable to push the
pod into the earth the peanut will at
once case 2rgrow and reman undevel
oped. Catarrh Cannot Be Cared
With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the scat of the disease. Catarrh Is
a blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take Internal remedies.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, and
acts directly en tbe blood and mucous sur
faces. Hall'6 Catarrh Cure Is not a quack
medicine- It was prescribed by one of the best
physicians in this country for years, and Is a
regular prescription. It is composed of the
best tonics known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the mu
cous surfaces. The perfect combination of
the trso Ingredients is what produces such
wor.derful results In cueing Catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo, O.
Sold hy druggists, pric 75c.
Spring is the angel that
away from nature's tomb.
rolls the stone
The devil never knows exactly what to do
with the man ho rannot iliscoufage.
The Summer Tours
Of the Micuigx Central, ''The Niagara
Falls Route," are unrivalled in their variety,
picturesqueness nnd comfort, embracing
the best routes to Petoskey, Mackinac Isl
and and Michigan Resorts, Niagara Falls,
Thousand Islands and tho St. Lawrence
River, tho Adirondacks, Green nnd White
t Monatnins, Canadian Lakes and the New
England Sea Coast.
A copy to I sent upon application to
p. AY. IIUUGLES,
Geu'l. Pass. &Tkt. Agt., Ciihauo.
Thunder is tho lss drum in the music of
ihe elements.
A Silver Qnarter
Sent safely, with your address to Geo. II.
Henfford, General Pasenger Agent Chi
rago, Mi!wnnl.eo& St. Paul Ry., Chicago.
III., will fetch to you by mail, without de
lay, a portfolio containing a highly-colored,
tcorreet lithographic view of-tho
wom.n's taiii onorxis
-and buildings (done by tho famous artfct,
Charles Graham), together with numerous
other beautiful lithographic nnd half-tone
views of unsurpassed mk nl,d river
scenerv in AYisoonMn, Iowa. Minnesota,
and Michigan. Tho "CJunrter. otherwise
iwenty-nvo cents in silver orii.a postage
stamps just covers tho cost of tho ort
folio. AVo pay for sending it to you.
The supply is limited; therefore, send nd-
; !res: at once, or not later inaujuiyj.i,
JS1U.
All twisted lioring tools are of American
.invention.
FOR TIIK V, P. S. C. E.
Convention at Montreal, July 5th to tlth.
Tho AYnlwh and Canadian Pacific Lines
from Chicago have been selected as the offi
cial route for the Nebraska delegation.
J "This route offers unsurpassed accommoda
tions, with through day coaches, elegant
Buffett sleeping cars and new tourist cars,
giving all the comforts of a first-class sleep
ing car at the low rate of 75 cents each.
Only 918.00. Chicago to Montreal and re
turn, good until September 15th. Side
trii's have Leen arranged at a very low
rate of fare, giving choice of routes, nil rail
or going via steamer down the St. Law
rence through the Thousand Islands, re
turning via rail from Montreal. Quebec and
all the summer resorts of New England.
In audition to the above, summer tourist
tickets will he placed on sale Juno 1st to all
tlio summer resorts of the United States
and Canada, good returning until Oct. 1st.
Fon Tickets, sleeping car accommoda
tions or a tourist folder giving rates, routes
and other valuable information, coll at the
company's offices, 1502 Farnam street,
Omaha,' or at 201 Clark street or Dearborn
station, Chicago, or write.
G. N. Clatton,
N. AY. P. Agt., Omaha. Neb.
SOMETHING UNUSUAL,
as a medicine, is
Dr. Pierce's Golden
gu Medical Discoverr.
f And, because of
if t-'-'tbat, there's soaw-
t&in unusual In
tha war of selling
it. TVnere every
unci lucoiciao ui
Its kind only prem
ises, this is ffuaran
teed. If it ever
fails to fceaait ar cure, yau have your mosey
bnrlr
It's the only guaranteed remedy for every
disease caused by a disordered hrer or im
pure blood. Drspapgia, Biliousness, the
most stubborn SJdn, Scalp and Scrofulous
asTectioBs, even Consumption (or Lung
scrofula) ia its earlies stezea. all are cured
by it.
It puriles and enriches the blood, rouses
every organ into healthful action, and re
atersa strength and vigor. In bnildiag up
both leak aaa strength of pale, puny. Scrof
ulous' cfaildrea, r to invfgsrate and brace
up tae system after " tinppp," pacumonia,
fevers, aad other prostrating acute duett,
ieVs&?Sft I
V
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"L la
d'jf tr
CarlesltlM ef Ceaseleaee Xeaey
Doabts are frequently expressed as to
uur sanity oi persons wno
indulge in
the habit of remitting "conscience
monty"' to the Chancellor of the Excheq
uer, bti'.there can be no two opinions
about an agedcoaple named Letoux,
residing at IeTallois-Pejret, France,
who are suiTfe'" fram a highly inter
eating mania. Periodically they send
to President Carnt soma money va
rying from 20 to $P, the imaginary
belief that they are indebted to the
state in regard to buHlding material
purchased by them front the historical
Ceateau de Blois. Needless to say that
M. Carnot makes" point o returning
these remittances through tbvs medium
of M. Gullhen, to local ComnVssary of
Police, who, however, experiences some
difficulty in carrying out his ivtrnc
tions. On calling at the domicile of the
Letoux with the last installmenVt, he
found the door locked, and had to f"rce
an entrance - lho couple relusea w
speak a word to the representative ixi
the law, who accordingly placed theV
ccoruingiy piacea uie?
bank notes- on the mantel-shelf and
withdrew. M. and Mme. LiCtouxaiso
send occasional remittances to the de
partment of putiie estates, which is
also obliged to use foKce in order to re
store the money.
T-
Criminals Die Yonnr.
Between the age of 2and 40, prison
ers die of conbumption limch more rap
idly than people outside of confinement,
but whether this is" owinyT to the coi
finement or to the previou s lives of thte
convicts, js not clear. Fcw criminals
of any kind live, to be old ayen.
Be on y our Guard.
If some grocers vrge another baking
powder upon you in plce of the ' Royal,"
it is because of the greater profit upon it.
This of itself is evidence of the supe
riority of the "Royal." To give greater
profit the other must be a lower vost
powder, arid to cost less it must be mayfe
with cheaper nd inferio'r materials, anik
thus, though selling for the -same, give:
less value to the consumer.
To insure the finest cake, the most
wholesome food, be sure that no substi
tute for Royal Baking Powder is accepted
by you.
Nothing can be
the Royal Baking Powder
and give as good results.
Methods for Secret Correspondence.
At a recent trial in France it was
shown that the chemist, Tnrpin, who
is undergoing rive years' imprisonment
for treason, made arrangements with a
friend to carry on a secret correspond
ence. A letter from the prisoner, giv
ing the necessary directions to his friend
was read in court. An official inquiry
was made and sonic interesting infor
mation supplied by the convicts, from
which it was shown that when private
news was to be supplied to a prisoner
a formal letter, apparently containing
nothing of importance, was sent. This
being read by the governor, would be
passed on to the prisonor, who, under
standing the missive, and that it was
only necessary to read between the
lines written in milk, he could make
this perfectly decipherable by rubbing
with a dirty finger or an old slip
per. Another ingenious form of
secret correspondence consisted in
leaving letters out of words, as if
the writer were illiterate. The omitted
letters put together formed the requi
site words and sentences. Public Opin
ion. CmchiBgr Ieads to CetMasraap
Hon. Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough
at once. Go to your druggist tod ay and get
a sample bottle tree. Large Lotties 50 cents
aad $1.00.
Hie man who has a red no-e is about tho
last to find it out.
We eat too much and take too little out
door exercise. This is the fault of our mod
ern civilization. It is claimed that Garfield
Tea, a simple herb remedy, helps Nature to
overcome these abuses.
The wicked aro in the most duuger wheu
they feol tho s-nfest.
"Ifantnn'e Mnfglr Corn SmIvo."
Wrrnt,t to citr r mon"y rcluntfcd. Ask your
drucststforlt. Prir 26 cit.
"When tho Lank breaks the religion of
some folks all goes with it.
ir the Bab)- la CnlllBc Teeth.
Benr nnd 1:5 that oM an J wfH trird reml.T, Miu.
Whwi-ow'si Soothing Srurr for Children TVhinj
Tho truth we hnte the most is tho truth
which hits us the hardest.
FITS All flta .topped frtr Kit. IMXr SRBJT
StRTK KKSTnHFK. No fit after first JJ uw. Mar
Telous cures Treatiw aad CO trial bottle f rt to Kit
cases. BendtoDr Kline.931 ArrhHt.. Philadelphia, ra.
Bnmo of tho heart's sweetest songs have
been learned in the dark.
Debtors' and creditors'
largely over dun.
are
How easy it is for men to find reasons for
doing as they want to.
MEND YOUR GWN HARNESS
I THOMSON'S
SLOTTED
CLINCH RIVETS.
No tools required. Only a hammer needed
to drire and clinch them easily unJ qaicklr
"earing the clinch abtolutely smooth. Requiring
no hole to be made in the leather nor burr for the
K'yeta. They are STRONG. TOUGH and DURABLE.
Millions now in use. All length?, uniform or
assorted, pnt up in boxes.
Alt your dealer fbrjUiom, or send 40c.
in stamps for a box of 10O; assorted sizes.
NaXCrACTCBES BT
JUDSON L. THOMSON MFC. CO.,
WaUhmro. JIa .
EWiS5 93 LYE
ass (rATx.tTED)
The Mtrengfst and purest Lyo
made. Unlike other Lye, it being
a tine powder and pocked in a can
with remotabie hd, the contents
are always ready lor use. Will
make the frrt perfumed Hani Soap
in 20 minutes tcithout boiling. 1 1 1 11
She bit for cleaninjr wa.!cpipes,
di.infect(ntf ink, closet?, washing
bottles, paints, trees, etc.
PNNA. KALT M'FO CO.
Oen. Ajrts. I'hiia., Pa.
If any ore doabts that
wa eaa care tke muttcb
stiaate casa la I1) to 69
days. !! him wr te for
particulars and inrctl
rats our rellab lity Our
financial backioj Is
S0O.M9. Vtbtm mrrnrr.
ILWDPwUW!
A SPECIALTY.
loiMa BotasrlTHa, larsap irilla or Hot Springs fa!l, -
jraracwe a enre and oar Jlailc Cyphil'iis Is the en!r
thins that will enra prmanntlT. Pltiro proof tnt
waled, free. Cook Rxvidt Co.. Chicago. I"-
mfiviiswsiniSA
msey a SSS.es laavwaS Oitanl Uaan
I Mir SabM. aSaatat t llakl m awr .
Jinrt
1 fw rail caMUMwa. !
aav fartorr. laa an
esroae aum.ta.
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aioacici nsnvniNCH
rri em u a nuaara
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RUPTURE,
CURE
"AlccbaalaHTreatmeatoi
u cm re aim Price Lrst mai ed FREE, -ddress.
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fV N U Qmiht, 21 im
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Cheek the First Aearsauh.
a.
Of rheums Uub. aad further attacks
'mmmwimA Imm.. ........ .. . mm
t are are takes, and there be no hereditary ere
ii3omon. unfortunately, peoaie wee nin
tely Become chronic sufferers, teo ottea
BMlaet tbe trifling twinges and prtatealtery
stuTaess which herald tbe adveat of tale efe
nlziaf BUklady. Aataaa tae diseases fer wale
Hostttr's Sumach. Bitters has heea feun.
efllcaciaus this isone, aaa the aediolae tslnr
senecuy wire. u,is aertaiaiy te oe arererre i te.
eruaa used fer its cure, which are treo.ueat
iroca used fer
iseiees. aad not
asei
aad sotbiar more er less than aolsen-
eus. The suhst:
utiton of this pleasant aad
aure Bleed dspu
tat far medicines Inlnlcal to
eraese.. Is a measure which
lire ia a siicnt c
awv ttlT he utvesl iaea eersons who desire to
ebuia relief safely, or who have failed te ob
tain It from the aa-sroua sasude remedies fer
ails disease In the market.
"A Spider's Method of Defease.
A kind of sttider native to South
America is re.fnarkable for the great
length of its let p, and has a very singu
lar method of . defending itseli- AVChui
attacked it gal (hers its feet toother,-
fastens them t-the center of its web,,
and srvrates wth tho velocity of a..
whirligig, so U fat it appears like a mist
on the web, o If ering no point for thej:
i enemr to striksvat
h r
Jf-rORLirS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
AVill be of v alue'to tho world by illus
trating tho improvements in tho me
chanical arAs and, eminent physicians
will tell y iii that the progress in medi
cal agents has-been of equal importance,
and as a., strengthening laxative that
Syrup ofAFigs ia far iri. advance of all
others.
Some men tire themselves almost to.
death looking Jbr an eay place.
It's rather odd that one has tolose his
temper before he can display it.
substituted for
mmmmmm:
Unlike the Dutch PiW
No Alkalies
oa-1-
Nher Clu$SicaIs
are nsed in thtf
preparation ef '
W.BAKER CCS
reaffastCosoa.
xehirh is absolutely
pure tind soluble.
I tni3 m nvminnnthrmtimm :
I the strength of Cocoa mixed
iwith Starch, Arrowroot or
- IJIIU., . ... -.. -
nemical, cotuny less man ono cent, a cvp.
It In delicious, nourishing, and kasilt
mgested. .
Sold bfOrorrrs ererjwhert.
W. BAKER & CO., Jorcheater, Mass
Jo Populist P5ss and People..
I take pleasure In announcing;
that I have made arrangements on
behalf of the National Reform Press
Association, whereby plate n.cl
ready-prints containing; Popu'Wst
matter officially approved and rec
ommended by the National Reform
Press Association and Chairman
Taubeneck, In any quantity desired,
will be furnished by
The Western Newspaper Union.
Write to tho Western Newspaper
Union for Sample and prices. No
other house furnishes authorized
matter. W. S. MORGAN, Sec. Na
tional Reform Press Association.
Address
WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION,
OMAHA. NEBRASKA.
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nUrni. in beautiful, rich, sunny Texas. Address
. AXDEKSO.X, Co Treasurer, Austin. Texas.
INSURE tntfca Parmn aad Merehaata Inraranco
OmatnT of Uncoln. Capital and Snrpias otc a;e.
C0O. 1.5JS loRas paid to Kabraaka paepiaalnc IMS.
VflilMfi If CU Learn Telegraphy and Railroad
lUUIIel mn Asjenta Baatncu ntra and aactire
Kood situation. Write J. D. BROWN. Seaalla, Ba.
If afflicted with
aora eyes, uae
iThtK-jsM's Eyi Waftr.
OMAHA BUSINESS HOUSES.
TEXAS LAND
Best la the State.
Wheat, Corn aaa
Krai t lands Into
celebrated WIch-
It Valley. Maps and pamphlets mailed free.
V. B. XCL9UN, General Agent, SOS Se.
Thirteenth Street. Omaha, Xeb,
11!t?STEAM DYE WORKS
Dyeing and Ci.eamxi of every Description,
1521 Farnam St..Omaha. Cor Ave.A.&Mth St..
Council Bluffs. Send for circular & price list.
SALOON
Fixtures. Billiard Tables. Bar Glass
ware. Keer rump, etc GATK fllTY
KI1XIAKD TABLE CO., Omaha Neb.
HARNESS
(WholaiaJe). & Sasdlkry Hard,
ware. c. 1. WOOBWOBTS
tCO., Uls Faraaai, Bt.,OsaSka.
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Cmaaa'a Lars
eat VarlatT-
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J tbasanrfa. It has rwHslur-?
Jodcee. It i not aad to tike.
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