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fci . t 8si Hi. '- A 11- r . . K- P-- :- 5'- - v.-.-.. i - ":-- --''v . . - . far Taaaa who safer ttw araar ar lnactla ef taalrrarwlll wmrmt pt tba vpaar aaad of the aaruly organ so bar M uit.k neb Irrational remedies ma Mm J11L calraael aid podaanylllii. But from ttttrlM ana pojralar zneciciae, Hoatetter'a fitosuca Bitters. ttey nay expect relief with a certainty of obtain ing it. Tfca iaflaeaee of the Bitters upon Ue great nilmry flana Is direct, powerful and speeouy ia.. rae reuei aaoraea is net spas modic, but complete aid permanent. The sal lowneas of the skis, furred aayearaBoF'of tbe taagae, indiKeftun, oostlTenese, headacbe, ' nausea, pains threat; h tbe right side and sbonl .Ccr, In fact erery aceeapaslment of the obsti nate complaint are entirely and promptly re moved bra course of this inestimable medi cine, in behalf of which testimony is constantly emanating from every quarter, and from all classes cf society. Bananas as food. The banana Beems to be as poor an article of food as the potato, which it greatly resembles, containing' 1.71 per cent of albumoids, while the potato , contains tbe same proportion. Man, under normal conditions requires 4.2 ounces of flesh-forming substances daily in order to obtain which from bananas he would havc,to consume 15 pounds of the fruit, containing nine pints of wa ter. Bananas, then, are unsuited to man's diet, although a delicious acces sory to more nitrogenous food. To San Francisco In a Rowboat. Captain F. II. Shirley of Philadelphia, once of the United States navy, who has spent many years on oyster boats, wants some one to back him in a trip from Philadelphia to San Francisco in a rowboat. lie says he will make the journey in a boat of his own designing and building, which he calls a Phila delphia sneakbox. He would row along the coast, depending for subsistence mainly upon what he could procure with gun and fishing tackle. The dis tance would be over 13,000 miles, and he thinks he could cover it in thirteen months, and at a cost of not over S250. lOO Reward S10& The readers of this piper will be pleased to leant thHt there Is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternitv. Catarrh beine a con stitutional dilate, requires a constitutional, treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken In ternally, actlug- directly upon the blood and ; mucous surfaces ol the system, thereby ue ttroyln; the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing Its worlc The proprietors have so much faith . in Its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. 2T"Sold by Druggists, 75c. A Cnlquc Terrestrial Globe. The shah of Persia has ordered from ! l)-i.3 f ak AFMinl rvlrtKn ...1..S.I. nll I&&0 igiilltlllll 1UW , Ull.it ill 1111 be perhaps more correct to stjde unique than rare, seeing that the different countries of the world are depicted on it in precious stones. Thus, for in stance, Italy is represented by a topaz, France by a sapphire, England by ru bies, Russia by diamonds, etc. The seas are represented by emeralds. In short, a valuable curiosity "German Syrup 99 ' Judge J. B. Hnx, of the Superior Court, Walker county, Georgia, thinks enough of German Syrup to send us voluntarity a strong letter endorsing it. When men of rank and education thus use and recom mend an article, what they say is worth the attention of the public. It is above suspicion. ' I have used your German Syrup," he says, "for my Coughs and Colds on the Throat and Lungs. I can recommend it for them as a first-class medicine." Take no substitute. DeucateWomen Or Defcffifeted Won, saosM at BRAOFIOO'S flVALE RE6UUT0R. 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Addreas, Hamly Bifiow, ATlM sites BaaBBJBBJBBJBBB'ni'"iUlaIbs SBa. m aTT!sH,,M,CT(byv Sl 3L aS B. Tbotmn 4, rmvA. Smif r In .tamriA All I J IF MOTHER WOULD LISTEN. If mother would listen to me. dears. She would freshen the faded gown. She would sometimes take an hour's rest, And sometimes a trip to town. And It wouldn't be all for the children. The fun and the cheer and the play: With the patient droop of the tired mouth, And the ''Mother has had her day!" True, mother has had her day. dears, When you were nor babies three. And abe stepped about the farm and the house As busy as ever a bee. When she rocked you all to sleep, dears, Asd sent you all to school. And wore herself out and did without, And lived by the golden rule. And so your turn has come, dears, Her hair is growlm white. And her eyes are gaining the far-away look That peers berona the night. One of these days in the morning Mother will not be here She will fade away into silence, The mother so true and dear And if mother would listen to me, dears, She'd buy her a gown of silk. With buttons of royal velvet. And ruffles as white as milk And she'd let you do tbe trotting, While she sat still in her chair: That mother should have It hard all through. It strikes me isn't fair. The Interior MRS. GKANrrS TROUBLE. Hers was such a common trouble, so insignificant to relate,- and had such a strong flavor of the ridiculous withal, that no one thought of the tragic element it possessed. She was growing stout She had always been prettily plump, but in the fifteen years which had elapsed since her wedding day she had gained flesh so steadily yet so imperceptibly that 6he had never realized her increasing weight She might never have done so but for tho chance remark of a careless friond, who told her that an other acquaintance, wishing to dis tinguish her from her sistor-in-law, had spoken of her as "tho stout Mrs. Granit" "What, me?" she had ex claimed, and her friend had remarked smilingly: "Well, you aro a little stout, you know." Tho poor woman made no answer; but when she reached homo she went straight to her room and studied herself in the long mirror. Yes, there was no doubt of it she had grown stout. From that day she began to be sensitive about her weight, and con sequently she frequently heard (or thought sho did) slighting remarks about it One evening her husband told her that it was harder to em brace her than it had been ten years before, and hor little boy added: "Yes, and mamma's chair is getting too small for her, too," meaning the littlo rocker hor husband had given hor on her rirst married birthday. Somehow the remark stung her, and for tho first time in his life tho child was told "not to talk so much." Both husband and child were sur prised, for how could they know how she suffered every time her growing size was mentioned? Not oven the pang which she, in common with all her sex, had felt when she first heard herself spoken of as "still young," had been half so sharp as this later ono. Another time her least little girl, the baby, hearing her. aunt and grandma discuss tho subject in her mother's absence, asked her: "Is you goin1 to be big like Aunt Sukey (the colored washerwoman), mamma?" She shed bitter tears over that innocent ques tion; and when, hor dressmaker, who had fitted her ever since she had worn iong drosses, told her that "she wasn't as easy to fit as she used to be," something very much like de spair entered her soul. She was full of lifo, strong, well and only 36, yet she felt herself relegated to the ranks of tho "frumps" every time she thought of herself asstout And there was no hope foryftor of course; her grandmothor had died at the age of 8J years, but sho had been an .un wieldy burden to herself for the last twenty years of her life. To be sure hor form was still good, her skin fresh and sweet, her hair abundant and glossy, and her hands and feet slender; but then, all the so charms would go, of course, and she would grow rod-faced and clumsy. Sho felt as if her heart would break. Once sho hinted something of her troublo to her husband, but man-like, he laughod at her for "making mountains out of mole hills," and his ridicule hurt her so much she hardly noticed his affec tionate assurances that she was not really too stout at all. With her mother it was tho same, and oven tho familj" doctor told her ho thought it was constitutional, and ho could do little to help her, even if she grew to need his assistance, which at pres ent sho did not Then sho tried dieting, bu, sho only grow weak, and her wedding dress (which sho had tried on regularly over sinco she had begun to worry over hor size) still refused to meet, much less fasten. And when her last hope had failed, sho shut up her trouble in her own heart and grew morbid. By degrees she took less and less troublo with her personal appear ance, for what did it matter how sho looked or if her clothes wore stylish, when she grew stouter ovory day. Then her sunny temper fled, and, though she never became actually ill-tempered, sho was often sad and unlike herself. The children began tp bo silent !n her presence, and her husband wont oftener to the club nights, "to get some ono to talk to," ho said. All those changes she laid at the door of her "cruel deformity," as she bitterly termed it, and lifo seemed to her to have lost nearly all its joys. Even tho pretty, soft voice which hor friends had so enjoyed and gloried in did not seem the same, for sho continually thought of the fast-coming time when it would grow husky, and sho would have trouble with hor breathing. Be sides, how could she stand up and sing for peoplo when she knew they wee smiling at her large waist Soon she ceased to go into society at all, and people did indeed talk about hor, but not because she was stout, "What on earth is the matter with that pretty Mrs. Granit?" they asked, and no ono knew. But tho poor lady numbered among her friends one good soul, who know by sad, if oppo site experience sho was painfully thin how severely it was possible to suffer because of a fancied personal defect, and she intuitively devined the cause of tho sadness which echoed in Mrs. Granit's voice and shone in hor eyes. And so, being one of those patient saints who. un der a plain exterior carry angelic hearts and go about the world doing all the odd deeds of kindness every one else leaves undone, and for which there is no roward but virtue's own she set herself tc work to mace Mrs. Granit happy. And the way sho accomplished her kind intention was as follows: First, she called upon her friend and asked her to sing at a musicale to be given at her house, and pressed her request on the grounds that everyone else would be sure to sing something fad or mournful, and "no body I know sings merry ballads as well as you do, my dear. "And be side." she added, as with an after thought, "you have such a lpvely presence that it will be1 a rest to the audience just to look at you after the numerous people all ranging from thin to scrawny who will take part first" Mrs. Granit felt sure she, only said it out of kindness, but her heart softened and she consented to sing, and even ordered a new dress for the occasion. She had not worn an evening dress for so long that her bare arms and neck felt strange, but still it gave her the feeling of satis faction which nothing but a hand- some outfit can produce in the heart of a woman, and when her number was announced she found to'her joy that music still gave her the power to forget She had meant to go home early, but somehow she enjoyed herself so much that It was 12 o'clock before her husband, whom to her great surprise she had seen seated in front, of her when she sang, stood in the hall waiting for her. "I didn't know you wore coming to-night" sho had said with her old-time pretty man lier, as they went upstairs together. "I thought you said you were going to the play." "So I was,11 he an swered "but you looked so lovely when you passed me on tho way to the carriage, that I thought I would rather see you after all." It was easy to be courtly and gallant to a wife who looked so charming as she did just then, with that lovely girl, ish blush on her cheeks, and the do lighted, half-timid "Bmlle which his compliment had brought forth play ing around her mouth and making the pretty dimples which had lain concealod so long. The happy smile still lingered while she donned hor wraps, and draped tho dainty white lace scarf around her head and throat (it was many a day since she had arranged it so carefully) and many of the other ladies cast admir ing glances toward her. for, contrary to the genoral idea, women do ad mire each, other frequently. Present ly one of thorn ventured to tell her how handsome sho was looking, and again she blushed like the maiden she was at heart, and her eyes filled with happy tears as she mur mured something about being "so stout" "You stout!" exclaimed tho other with a merry laugh, "why, fd give anything to be as plump as you are." And as fattv," as sho had tho "common often bitterlv called herself, went down the stairs, she thought of another woman who had that evening told hor she was "only stout enough to bo dignified." and wondered if she'was really as bad looking as she had supposed. "Will you come again next week." asked the little missionary as she bade her friond good night, and oven she was surprised at tho ready answer of "Yes, indeed dear, as often as jou like." That night the now happy woman stood so long in front of her tall mir ror that her husband laughingly in quired ii she contemplated admiring herself all night, and when ho woke the next morning she was thoro again. With a mingled sigh and smile ho turned away, but presently sho called him, with a tono he had not heard for so long that it startled him, and, razor in hand, he went to her dressing-room door. "John," sho said, timidly, coming up to him, with a shoe in ono hand and a button-hook in tho other, "I've beon very cross this last year or two, haven't I?" "Well, you haven't been like yourself, dear," ho answered, "why was it?" "Well, do you know," she murmured, blushing and hes itating, "I thought I was getting so fat and ugly that that you wouldn't love me," she finished, with hor head on his -shoulder. "Pansy," ho said softly, using the love-name ho had given her during their courting days, "don't you know you nevor were so pretty as you are now. Why, only tho other day Brown (the artist, you know), was telling me ho wished ho could have you for a model- And, do you know, when I saw you look ing at yourself so long, I was afraid you'd got tired of having only one man to admire you, and had con cluded to go on the stage." "Why, you're a bigger goose than me," she laughed, giving him a kiss and a lit tle push, "go finish your shaving." Ton minutes later sho was ransack ing an old trunk in search of a morn ing gown he had always liked, and in half an hour she was running down stairs, singing as sho went "How pretty you are, mamma," said all tho children at once, and her cup of hap piness ran over. And to this day she doclares that tho kindest act tho little missionary ever did was the ono which nobody but herself ever knew anything about Ethel Maudo Colson, in the Inter Ocean. A Question of Etiquette. The wife of a cabinet minister in speaking recently of tho laughable experiences that have fallen to her share said that in talking matters over with an ex-cabinet minister's wife she was told tho following story: When after the birth of a daughter tho cabinet receptions at this lady's house were resumed, tho hostess was accosted by a determined looking woman who fiercely inquired why in stead of an acknowledgment in per son a card had been sent in return for her visit Tho cabinet officer's wife started to explain that sho had not been making calls for somo timo, but in the midst of her polito speech tho woman excitedly interrupted: "Oh, I understand you fashionable women. You give yourself such airs that by tho time your husband gets in the cabinet you are simply unbear able. As to your being ill, I don't beliovo a word of it; but if you are delicate your husband should get out of tho cabinet and give the place to some man whoso wife is strong enough to return calls instead of in sulting people by sending cards." Kate Field's Washington. lie Dirt Forget Something;. "John," she said, as they wcro leaving the Baltimore and Potomac depot "have vou got my valise?" "Yes." "Got tho shawl?" "Yes." "Got my new umbrella and the lunch-box?" "Yes." "And Uncle Henry's field glasses and the cushion to sit on while we see the parade?" "Yes." She thought for a while and then exclaimed: "Oh, John! Whore's the baby?" "Well," said John, slowly, "I must own up. Maria. I did forget the baby." And ho went back to recover tho one thing that had escaped his atten tion. Washington Star. Covers a Multitude of Sins. Biggs You say your wife always pins a flower on your coat before you leave home? Biggs Yes, she has for a month. "Well, it shows sho thinks of you " "No, it's because she never can re member to sew on the button." ! Chicago Inter-Ocean. FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. IMPURE DRINKING WATER AND ITS RE8ULT8. . Cbbm of Disease la Aalsaats aa4 aeet The Check fceia Sacealcat Fee " Sheep Saearlajrs aa4 Heasehold Helps Impure Drlaklas; Water. We aro in almost absolute ignor ance as to the effects of impure sup ply of drinking water on the health of domestic animals. The general impression that any water is good enough for horses, cattle and hogs to drinK has, perhaps, to .accoUnt for this state of affairs. There is" nd doubt as precise investigations and accuracy in examinations of the causes operating in producing dis ease Among animals proceed, impuro drinking water will have its share allotted to it. Of one thing we are convinced that however inert impure drinking water may have been to an imals in a wild state the more wo subject them to artificial conditions as the result of civilization, tho more we remove from, them the immunity they may have possessed against common causes of disease and tho greater tho liability is there for causes which originally may nevor have existed, to become developed. What are tho substances in water which aro liable to produco disease? We have animal organic matter, vegetable organic matter, particular ly that of marshes and river bottoms, the germs of specific diseases and 6ome of tho salts. Commencing with the last named, first we know tho result on the digestive organs of horses receiving a largo quantity of lime in their water. Hard wator un doubtedly produces a derangement of the intestinal canals and, sym pathetically, the skin. Tho harsh standing coat of horses receiving hard water rapidly disappears when softer water is supplied. The amount of harshness in water that will produce this derangement of the in testinal canal has not been accurately determined but from eight to ton grains of limo per gallon has in many cases beon found injurious. Water impregnated with sulphurous acid gives rise in cattle to a number of 6crious symptoms and to diseases of tho bones. Some veterinarians state that water highly charged with cal cium, carbonate and sulphate, was found to give riso to ex ostosis or bunches in horses and when pure water was given the disease ceased. Young horses havo been attacked with bony tumors on their limbs from using water highly charged with lime salts. An excess of sulphate of lime in somo well water is supposed to havo caused an epizootic among horses of a regi ment of French cavalry; en changing the water the disease ceased. Bu tyric acid, ono of the results of de composition of organic substances, has been known in combination with lime to causo diarrhoea in animals. During a cattle plaguo in Dresden somo animals were buried ten to twelve feet deep. During the next year water from a well 100 yards away had a putrid odor and contained butyrate of lime. Cystic calculi among animals, par ticularly in sheep, havo been attri buted to excessive hardness of the water, says tho Kansas City Live Stock Indicator. Calculus diseases are more common in limestone dis tricts than in any other. Boils havo been supposed to be caused by drink ing water. Goitres havo been ob served among horses and mules in Franco from drinking waters well known to produce goitre in man. Tho impregnation of water by sew erage has undoubtedly some effect upon animals. One veterina rian states that is the most prolific cause of abortion in cows, and wo have no idea how much it may be an swerable for casos of intestinal irrita tion, such as diarrhoea, colic, etc. , or of obscure outbreaks of disease which wo read of from timo to time. We havo at least very clear grounds for stating that most of the specific diseases from which animals suffer may certainly be communicated through tho wator supply. We need only to state, for instance, glanders, foot and mouth diseases, anthrax and perhaps pleuro-pneumonia. How far cases of soro throat, particularly ma lignant sore throat, may be due to impure water we have no knowledge. Water acts as a medium for the con veyance of the ova of parasites, as tapo worms, liver flukes, round worms and thread worms. Somo water is brackish and unfit to uso. The amount of organic matter in water given to animals to drink is often very high. Wo need only allude to tho water supply of farmyards from pools and ditches. Tho water is stag nant, putrid and swarming with ani mal and vogctablo organism, the re sult of the impregnation with animal excreta and farmyard refuse. Tho flesh and milk of animals receiving water of this description has often a bad taste and a peculiar odor. The poisoning of cattle from drink ing water of a pond covered with proto cuccus forming a scum liko green paint has been noted. This scum after standing for some timo gives off a stench like urine and butyric acid. It produces stupor and convulsions. Sheep die in from one to eight hours, horses in eight to twenty. Thcro aro no peculiar post mortem lesions except a dark colored blood. We aro persuaded that wo havo many diseases from this causo and particularly in cattle. Succulent Feed. Tho clover field is tho groat succu lent ration to pigs and growingshogs in summer and fall seasons, says the Indiana Farmer. To prevent danger and keep them healthy, succu lent feed along with dry corn feeding is essential. Whenever corn is fed to fatten hogs it should be given in proportions of othor food, best of all if succulent. Fattening hogs will not eat bran, but they will eat con siderable amount of wheat and fine middlings, especially if mixed with sour milk. They will, if they havo too much corn, cat a good deal of charcoal to correct acidity of their stomachs; but better still is tho feeding of some kind of roots. Beets, including mangle wurtzel, aro eaten by fattening hogs greedily to a lim ited extent Give hogs all they will eat up every day. By keeping di gestion good the fat can be laid on without fever in the animal. That Check Rein. It is painful to see so many horses tortured by tight check reins. Thcro are four ways in which these faithful though dumb servants show neck ache alone, to say nothing of other tortures from too tight a check rein: First, by tossing up the head; second, by running out Jhe tongue; third, by frothing at the mouth (the horse cannot 'swallow); fourth, by swinging the heal from side to side. Unhook the check of almost any horse that has been harnessed an hour or two, notice how slowly and pleasurably the poor animal lowers his head a convincing proof that keen suffering has been endured. Again, with tho free use of the head in warm wcathor the horse keeps off many torturing flies, which he cannot do i! reined with a tight check. Give him a light check, or, better, none at all. Let the owner or driver try the effect of a singlo fly upon his bared arm and he will learn to bo merciful to tho noblest and yet most abused of do mestic animals. Farmers Voice Vncat Cornstalks In Manure. The farmer who thiriks in wintcf that it does not matter whether stalks fed to stock are cut or uncut, learns his mistake when in spring he tries to draw and spread evenly tho winter-mado manure It is simply impossible. Tho mauuro has of necessity tp be piled up to rot But the coarse, long stalks aro a hind rance to profitable rotting of tho manure. Tho pilo is ape to dry up and tho valuable properties of tho excrement mixod with it will then largely bo lost Tho ccrnstalk is porous, and whon cut in short pieces each end will fill with urine, and tho wholo can thon bo spread evenly without being rotted and without drying out in tho soil. It is hard work to bury whole cornstalks evenly, and after thoy aro plowed under they will lie unrotted at the bottom of tho furrow and do moro harm than good. American Cultivator. Manure and Weed. A farmer who has manurod his hoed crops, no matter with what kinds of fertilizer, has thereby put himself under bonds to wage a harder warfare against the weeds. It is commonly thought that stable manuro only increases tho number of weeds by bringing to tho land additional weed seeds. But other fertilizers, if good for anything, will make weeds grow where nono or few were known before. It is with weeds as with cul tivated crops. On tho very poorest soils weed seeds germinate only in tho most favorable conditions. In crease fortuity and millions more are ready to germinate. Thorough and frequent cultivation increases tho number of weed seeds that sprout But it also insures that tho weed seed goes no farther than sprouting, and, what is bettor, by being destroyed at this earlj' stage it adds its mite to soil fertility instead of taking from it Am. Cultivator. Household Hints. It is claimed that flowers will kcop much longer by putting tho stems in hot water. Ink may bo removed from white goods by applying oxalic acid and then warm water, and from carpets by tho uso of javello water. Boys' clothes frequently require patching. If the cloth to be used is exposed to the sun somo timo in ad vance tho patch will not ho nearly as conspicuous. Tho newest fad in table decora tions is to color the wator in tho finger bowls in harmony with tho dinner scheme. A few drops of harmless fluids produce, by lessen ing or increasing tho little used, tho exact tint required. A very dainty pen-wiper is made in the shape of a pansy, the petals of which aro cut from white felt tinted in tho natural colors. In the heart of the flower is placed ono sido of a bird's egg, painted to represent a face, only above tho face is fixed a wreath of fine foliago instead of hair. Flannel leaves on which to wipe tho pen aro fastened under the petals. A goose or duck egg may bo con verted into a match-box. Break the egg and uso the larger part of tho shell for tho box, allowing tho edgo to present a broken, uneven appear ance. Paint with liquid bronze a conventional design around the baso of the egg. and fit it into a paste board standard painted in a similar manner. Tho effect is very protty and graceful. To revive and brighten leathor wash it with a littlo warm water and a very soft cloth, and afterwards brush it over with tho whites of eggs whipped to a light froth. American leather, which is dull and stained, can often be restored by a mixturo of oil and vinegar, well mixed. A very small quantity should bo applied with .a soft cloth, lightly, and tho leather must afterwards bo woll rubbed with an old silk handker chief. Care should bo used in selecting the pictures that are to hang upon the walls of tho nursery. They should not be coarse daubs of color, nor pictures that may arouse fear or apprehension in tho child's mind when it is old enough to understand their meaning. One timid child used to hide her head tinder the sheets at night because there tvas a picture hanging at the foot of her bed repre senting the wolf springing upon little Red Hiding Hood. Mieep Shearing. It is a good plan with sheep to talk with your neighbors and sco how they manage. It is very important if a growth is secured with early lambs that thoy bo kept warm. The men that have stuck to sheep for a scries of years havo invariably como out ahead. To get tho best roturns for feeding make the lots of fat sheep as evenly good as possible. It is sudden changes in the weath er that affect sheep and lambs moro than anything clso. In a majority of cases one-half of tho cost of wool is due to interest on tho money invested. Unless tho trees aro well protected it is rarolv a irood plan to turn the sheep into tho orchard. Good hay, regular feeding and warm shelter will lessen tho grain necessary to keep thrifty. Good sheep men claim that they can make more money raising wool at twenty-five cents per pound than to raiso wheat at $1. The growth of the unborn lamb is intimately interwoven with the con dition of the mother; hence the Un importance of keeping her thrifty. In ascertaining the cost of sheep every farmer must make his own fig ures, as there is too much variation on different farms for one to depend upon another. Tho only way of knowing whether or not sheep aro paying a fair profit is by keeping an account of what thcycost and taking it from what is derived from them. A handful of mulle'n leaves steeped strong, give a pint of tho tea, i one of the very best remedies for scours in sheep; in severe cases it may be 1 necessary to repeat the dose. Unless the pasturage is unusually j good there is no advantage in allow I ing the sheep to run out on the past . ures; the small amount of dead grass 1 they get spoils their appetite for good hay, A MEAN PHILANTHROPIST. Peculiarities of the Maa Who roaaOed the Moatyea. Prises la Paris. Every year the French academy, a learned body of Paris, distributes Wreaths of roses to certain young girls who aro found to have distin guished themselves by feminine vir tues and by tixemplary devotion to duty. These wreaths aro accom panied by valuable prizes in money thoy are tho "Montyon prizes of .vir tue," 80-caUed in honor of the baron do Montyon, who founded them early in the present century with a largo gift of money to tho academy for the purpose, and the1 girls and young women who recoivo them aro called rosioros, says the Youth's Companion. Baron do Montyon who gave a great deal of monoy to other charities as well, possessed tho most singular character, perhaps, of all the benovo leut men who ever lived. He was miserly to the last degree. Tho full extent of his penuriousness was never known until tho correspondence be tween him and tho steward or intend ant of his estate recently came to light and was published. Montyon economized every copper that was possiblo to go to swell his benefactions, oven to the extent of cutting off sources of incomp. At one timo ho wrote to this intendant: "Sell tho Paris maro and tho littlo White mare for whatever you can get for thorn. I cannot afford to feed them any longor. Keep tho others as long as thoro is cartago for them, but feed them no moro than I havo or dered you a measuro of oats and a bundle of straw a day." Ho found out that passers-by wcro occasionally helping themsolves to some unripo cherries in front of his estate. "Pick tho cherries at onco and sell them for whatever you can get." he wrote to tho intendant Tho old intendant wrote him thnt a cow had died of cold in the stable for want of boards to stop the cracks and that still others would perish. As for tho houso it was so cold for want of fuel that ink and pens were frozen up. "Bah!" the philanthro pist wrote in response; "tho winter will soon bo over." Ho was a hard master, and if ton ants on his ostate did not pay what was duo him on the instant, the' were turned off, no matter what their con dition might be. When tho French revolution camo baron do Montyon took refuge in Switzerland and thon in England. The old intendant wroto him inter esting letters about the exciting oc currences around him in Franco. "Do not use so much paper in your letters," the baron wrote; "the post age costs altogether too much!" Tho intendant, who was very faith ful to his master's intorosts, in spito of tho mean way in which ho was treated, continued to give him full accounts of matters on the estate "I want no moro of your usoless dis crtations," tho philanthropist wroto back in haste. "Did I not tell you to economize your paper?" At this very time the baron was making gifts at regular intervals to the poor, and ho was capable of pri vate benevolences. While ho was in London a French lady, who had lost a fortune in tho revolution, remarked in his presence that if she had (J00 francs, to return to Franco, sho might recover a part of her former possessions. Tho next day sho rccoived the sum of 600 francs from somo unknown person. Sho went to Franco, did succeed in recovering a part of her estate, and returned to London. Montyon promptly presented him self to hor, declared that it was ho who sent her the GOO francs, and de manded its repayment. The lady paid it. That night Montyon gave the sum to a poor refugee in London. Such was tho life of tho most benevolent miser who ever lived. His Opinion. One day the swell artist was pass ing the houso of tho younger one. says tho Boston Globe, and the latter called to him: "Mr. Chrome, I havo just finished two pictures, entirely different in subject, and would like to havo your opinion of them." Tho great man said he would only be too happy to look at them, so, ushering him into the houso and opening the parlor, the owner pointed to two pic tures hanging on tho wall, and said: "There they arc. One picture is of my father, copied from an old fash ioned ambrotype; the other is a paint ing of Lily Pond." The artist, after adjusting his eyglasses and looking carefully at the paintings a moment, turned and asked: "Which one did you say was your father, Mr. Mad der?" Just Hi Luck. Ho was a jolly granger, and the fact that he knew a thing or two wasn't advertised by tho cut ol nis clothes or by the fit of his whiskers. "Hello, Uncle Ben," said a man who met him just as ho reached tho avenue on his way from the depot "What aro j'ou doing here?" "Come on business," ho said sol emnly. On business?" "Yep. I came to tell the adminis tration that I don't want office. I've bin a Democrat ever since I was old enough to pronounce the word. I voted for Cleveland every time I hed a chance, so I came crlong to pro claim loudly that I don't want ollicc. An' if things goes as contrairy with mo as they usually do 1 think 111 git it beforo I start back home." Wash ington Star. A Lesson Wasted. "Mamma," said little Frances, "is it wight to put glass in your mouf?" "Oh, no, baby, it isn't," replied mamma, earnestly. "Why isn't it?" "You might swallow it, and it would kill you if you did." "But a littlo boy at tho kinder garten put glass in his mouf this morning." "I hope you will never put glass in your mouth, will you, Frances?" "But mamma!" "Well?" "Tho little boy at the kindergar ten put the glass in his mouf so ho dwink out of it" Sarerf by Ilacoln. Dr. Thomas Musgrovc, now a den tist of Philadelphia, is an ex-confed-crate who had a narrow escape from an ignominious death during tho war. Tho young man seized a favorable op portunity to slip through the lines and visit his parents in Northern Delaware. Ho was recognized, how ever, while within the union lines, seized, and held as a spy. Ho was in nocent of any evil intent in visiting the North, and influential friends pre sented his case to the president Their story was convincing, and Mr. Lincoln saying, "It's a pity a fellow can't come to see his mother," as sured the intercessors of young Mus grove's safety, A Matter IT costs more to make Royal Baking Powder than any other, because its ingredients are more highly refined and expensive. But the Royal is correspondingly purer and higher in leavening strength, and of greater money value to the consumer. The difference in cost of Royal over the best of the others does not equal the difference in leavening strength, nor make good the inferior work of the cheaper powders,- nor remove the impurities which such powders leave in the food. - "-- Where the finest food is required, the Royal Baking Powder only can be used. Where the question of health is considered, no baking powder but Royal can be used with safety. All others are shown by official analyses to contain lime, ammonia or alum. The Islands of I'ujret Sound. Some time a great deal of money will be made by the sale of the islands that line the shores of Puget sound and ex tend northward along the coast to Alaska. There are thousands of them, varying in dimension from mere poins of rock, uncovered at low tide, to wooded areas larger than Staten Island and much more picturesque, for everywhere in view is green and placid water, en livened by the painted caaoes of the Indiana vessels hewn from monster logs and (.here is a background of mag nificent mountains, snow-topped and. Alpine in outline. There are no such places for summer residence in the world, arid although farther north than New York the climate is softer and more equable than on thiscoast. They could, indeed, be occupied the year around by men doing business in Seat tle, Tacoina, Vancouver and New West minster, provided they had private steamers to take them to town. In the matter of beauty this great archipelago far exceeds the Thousand Islands of the St Lawrence that sprang into popular ity twenty-five years ago. I Corn Constipation and Pypapnla. pr. Snoop's Itcstoratiro Nerve Pills sent free with Jiedlcal Book to prove merit, for c stamp. Druegist3,c. Or. Snoop, Box W.,Kaclne Wia. A New Ue for Hair Pins. It was the privilege the other day of two 3'onng women to put hairpins to a hitherto unmentioned use. Whiledriv ing in Central Park, New York, one of the wheels of their carriage unwound itself from the axle and took its depart ure in erratic solitude down the road. Fortunately, the vehicle was not over turned and the horses did not run away. The coachman recovered the wheel and replaced it, but he was unable to fasten it on becauso the pin was gone. In a twinkling the women pulled out half a dozen hairpins. They were twisted into a substitute for the lost pin and J Held the wheel in place. Caution to Customers. Nothing of original or buperior merit but has its imitations nud counterfeits, even to imperilling the health of communities. For this reason the proprietors of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters caution their patrous to scrutinize every Lottie ollerctl (and it Is sold onlt in bottles) and verify its many marks of genuineness. A sufficient warning to those meditating fraud can he found in tho uubroken line of judicial decisions, exposing and severely punching every one detected in counter feiting the Bitters, aud the redoubled efforts thnt are being niiulo to protect tho public froiu,the deception of these unprinci pled pirates. llememlier tho Bitters i Mold In Itot tli'souly. Merer by the gallon or in bulk. Kudjrard Kipling. One of Rudyard Kipling's I.rattle boro neighbors describes him, with the fairness but the frankness of an indig nant New England woman, in these plain terms: "When I read his scath ing comments upon our American ways and words I always think to myself, 'That's pretty well for a young man whose personal habits are so far from pleasing and tidy.' lut, in conversa tion he does not offend in any way as in print. He saves all that for the An gelicans, who want it. Lastly, he is a genial and agreeable acquaintance, though at first sight one would set hint down for well, I think a tramp is alwut as high in the social scale as Mr. Kipling's appearance would warrant one in placing him." THK LADIES. The pleasant effect and perfect safety with which ladies may use the Cali fornia liquid laxative. Syrup of Figs, under all conditions, makes it their fa vorite remedy. To get the true and genuine article, look for the name of the California Fig Syrup Co., printed near the bottom of the package. The weak maylo joked out of anything but their weakuoss. For every fault wo can oint out in oth ers we have two of our own. Tho greatest of all duties is tho present ono. Many jeoplo who do not beliovo in a hell live in one. FITS-.tll flta stopped frrebr DR. EUjrs CHEAT HSSTE KKHTOKKK. Nu lit alter lint 5i um Mar velous mref Treatise aad fl uo trial bottle tree to Kit C3ww. Send to Dr Klne.SI Arch St.. Philadelphia, ha. Jinny a man is right in his heart who is wrong in his head. "IlfinHon'a M.kI" Corn Suite. TVnmntel t- rtire. or iimejr refunded. Asfc your druggist lorlt. Price 25 ci nti. "Why doesn't iome!ody get up a yeast trust? It would Ikj sure to work. If tho Bnby l Catling Trela. Be sore ami use that old and rrlt tried remedy, Mas. Wi53Low's Soothing Srccr for Children Teethiuc- Iu the matter of eggs, to tho poor belongs the "spoils." A FULL 3T0MACH ought to cause you no discom fort whatever. If it does, though if there's any trouble after eating take Dr. Pierce'3 (Pleasant Pellets. They're a perfect and convenient vest- pocket remedy, une 01 mese tinv, sugar-coated, anti-bilious granules at a dose regulates and corrcct3 the entire system. Sick or Bilious Headache, Con ctinnHnn. Indigestion. Bilious Attacks, and all derangements 01 me liv er, stomach, and bowels are prevented, relieved, and permanently cured. They're the smallest, easiest to take, cheapest, and best. They're guarantee to give satisfaction, or money is returned. v. , " o . ., ! JR is perfectly, permanently, mwvtut tww J wvw Catarrh Rpmiviv rwiiii Th nronrietors of this med icine provo that by their offer. It's fflOO cash for a m r9 f.trrli whirti thnv cannot euro. By all druggists, 50 cents. WIFEV.V,.-lsAWf.!,WV lABays a aw.ta.ni i il am ataah, prtk.. . , nth tarty aaaM. M ll. aaa kavy . tmm M awT, 4mm a4 TKIZ CUTAliOCX. toOant xroan ata.0B.. oc AS.caicuw gm mm m m mb ? IU2I re-altBof Ownwni jM BjB III WmW ? B VpT bad eating. rjm8ickHcaula,IUatonaCtoaap.exlwISav'M Doctors' Bill. Sample free.Oian.-u Ta Co .319 V77tfU.8t.,!(.Y. Cures Constipation Iiafilctodwita int CTB nUrnlna. gWiiMMjL .jTlHWf m't Eyt Wat. of Health How easy it & to tell the honey where tho bees have beeit m The $o;nev Tonra Of the Michioas CiTRAt, "The Niagara Falls Route," are unrivalled in their variety, picturesqneness and coimNt embracing the bst routes to Petoskey, Crack,na jf nndand Michigan Resorts, NiagOra FaUs Thousand Islands and tho St. Ls River, the Adirondacks, Green and tv,t0 Mountains, Canadian Lakes and thoNfcw England Sea Coast. A copy to be sent upon application to O. W. RU0GLE3, Genl. Tass. & Tkt. Agt., Chicago. When you try to bo fiood try to be good for something - ' We eat too mncn and take too Httlo out door exercise. This Ls the fault of oar mod ern civilization. It is claimed that Uartield Tea, a simple herb remedy, helpe Natora ta overcome tbasa abuses. , Safo and sound: A fight conducted over a' tolephono. Jo Populist Press and People. I take pleasurd In announcing that I have made arrangements on behalf of the National Refprm Press Association, whereby plafe and ready-prints containing Popvdjst matter officially approved and reV ommended by tho National Reform Press Association and Chairman Taubeneck. In any quantity desired, will be furnished by The Western Newspaper Union. Write to the Western Newspaper Union for Samples and prices. No other house furnishes authorized matter. W. S. MORGAN. Sec. Na tional Reform Press Association. Address WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION,. OMAHA. NEBRASKA. NEARLY 1000 MlkES IN A LITTLE OVER 1000 MINUTESI The New Fast Train "VTATKB Lake Skori nt N. Y. Catnl Rub. CHICAGO TO HEW YORK 3orn-irkiinQ: LV.CHICAQO 2:00 P.M. HffiSQFIIHIOiLII. i A.J.MHTH. O.K.WILBEK.. )o.r. Tkt.it., wwt. rm.it CU1IU1D. C11IMHU. 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Irrv STEAM DYE WORKS Dyei.no and Ci.eaj.ixo of every Description. 1521 Karnam St..Omaha. Cor Ave.A.i 29th St., Council KlufP. Send forc!rcular& price list. SALOON Fixtures. Billiard Tables. BarGlas wn. Beer Pumps, etc. GATE CITY UII.UAIU) TAHI.K CO.. Omaha Neb. HARNESS (Wholesale). A Paddliry IIabd waiic I.U.WOOUWOKTH a: CO., ISIS Faman, be. Omaha. WA60URIAGES W.T.SKAMAS Onaaha'a Lara eat Variety. FARTIELI. & CO.. Maple Sugar and Syrups, Jelllaa, ITeservo-. Jams. Apple Buttcrjttc. lrop.Omaha Can Man'f ac'iig Co., Can and Decorated Tlnwara Coasaastl-sea and people who have weak lunitsor Asati ma. should uso Piso'sCurc for Consumption. It has eared tbonaanda. It has not Injur. od one. it is not can totaae. It Is tne nesccoucn syrup. Sold ercrrwherf. 3ft5c. vBC W N U Omaha. 23 1993 . -. . &. ' "- . . m'ti-iijy-z-jre- taB'aijj-rrrrp'r .rvy-tx i"- .n ir s-v