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"-.;- -'- ?sti "is'-v ,3S "J--""- T-t - , "..l-1- "- - : " T 9T. &t :r .t -i jvt ;vrr ?" p.r " a 'V- .& v ,4-Jf I Ti? . . . .. i. ""e- t A i j, m 'Is; V--5Tr !?ftJ " trt. Raf eava a. writer on Chin toss, a much supplanted in the celes tial empire by horse flesh. The poor eat horses that have dose their work and died, bat for. the rich a special breed of horses are preserved, whose function is to be fattened Bd aotkiag else. The horses are tiny of statare and possess but little strength. Their inherited" capacity for waxinjr fat on the cheapest straw and garbage is a tribute to natural selection and the geniHa of Chinese breeders. We ffl give $100 reward for say caw ef catarrh that cannot be cared with HalFs Catarrh Care. Taken latataaflj. 1". OHKNET 6 00 rtapcs.tTeela;Ol Oae af the Calaaalty Howler. "Wilfer These are hard times. Why, I heard of a man the other day who couldn't raise money even on govern ment bonds. Slimwit Indeed, what wastherea- xson? Wilfer Well, you see, he didn't have the bonds. "German Syrup 99 I must say a word as to the ef ficacy of German Syrup. I have used it in my family for Bronchitis, the result of Colds, with most ex cellent success, I have taken it my self for Throat Troubles, and have derived good results therefrom. I therefore recommend it to my neigh bors as an excellent remedy in such cases. James T. Durette, Earlys ville, Va. Beware of dealers who offer you "something just as good." 'Always insist on having Boschee's 'German Syrup. "Mothers' Friend" 1MB MM IBTH HOT. Colvlm,IJa-Dec,lw.-lfTWlfe OTHER'S raxXMD before her third -UnwHaeat, sad says she woaM sot at .sritaomt it far haadreis of dollars. DOCK MUjUL Seat by wnyrwoa receipt of price, 4Ut par sat Oe. BookTo Mothers" inailedfree! ' aVM0r7LO RKQUUCrOK OCX, WMumuMNtwm. MrumTA,mm. OMAHA BUSINESS HOUSES. FARRELL&CO PURITAN MAFXJE SYB DP. SusarBjnip a Molas ses, Jellies aaa iieseiies. MANTELS TILE FLOORS and VESTIBULES Write for oar designs mad price. MILTON ROGERS BOMS.OMha TSF DYE WORKS Council BlaSs, Is & 1521 Faraa-a Sk, Omaha, Neb. Cloaks Omaha's only Wholesale Cloak and Fur House at Eastern prices , also Retail department. If wantlna cloaks write us. -O K.SCOFIEI.B, Cor. lGthaKarnamSL, Omaha, TOYS II. HARDY CO., Omaha. Neb. Wholesale Dolu. Tors. Fancy Goods. Etc. Largest Stock. Lowest Trices, Rest terms of any house la the-country. Agents wanted wSm, Practical TAXIBEKMI8TI ass FU BEEMUS, 41 Xerta Slxteeata etreet, Jaaa, Xea. Omaha Work STOVE REPAIR "Dalrs for 4.eee dlterent stores. . I'enalrs for ice? Boaalaa St. OMAHA, W. I Second Hand, 5 Horse. Will be sold at a ereat Bar- Lgaln. Write H. C. AKIN. 511 So. 12th St., Omaha. Neb. Regular as a Clock ! And free from pain are the ladles who rise Bat. CHjEVALIEE'H FEMALE FILL. Abso lut' safeguard against any form of oppression. If you suITi r from monthly tortures, don't delar, tat send f 1.00 to onr agents. Bbehmak a SICOOXHKU, 1515 Dodge street, Omaha, Neb., who will mall yon. , orr box of the genuine Dr. Cberaller's Spanish J-'ctTalo Pills. Don't be decclTed and robbed by ' blgh-prtc'd pills and liquids. Get our pills aad yoa will be happr No danger in using. OYSTERS, FISH. CELERY. CANNED GOODS. Write for Prices. PLATT COMPANY. Omaha. Neb. RUPTURE PERMANENTLY CURED Mr No PAY UNTIL CURED k Eawn 4,oee strain NO OPERATION. NO DETENTION FROM BUSINESS. Befer-JIfat, Bank of Commerce, ,,--erjces.1 German Savings Bank, f ". Write or call for Circular. THE O. E. MILLER CO., MT-es X. Y. a.Ife Bias-, OMAHA. XIB. DR. McGREW TUB SPECIALIST, CUBES AU. miYATE MSEASES Wssknsss and Dsbiliwss of MEN ONLY.' He hat tsasU 18 years ezperieaea, 7 yaan la Omaha. Nervousness. Low 8pb Its or lost of Vigor er Ambition. Varieoasto. AU unnatural diseharate aad ctU eSects of early rice, disease of the Blood. Eldaeys and Bladdar. The greatest known lassedlas, lastaat rellex. Per tuancnt cures. Write for book. The doctor fet endorecd by the -people ia the strongest taram. 14th and Farnasa Btreeta, Osaaha, Nebraska. k$S5? TIcBot jefstefl fiterptf i Cm! In tfee WORLD I Tsh miaV SLICKER The FISH BRAND SUCKER kvmiM ms. lprofJjwakfaymdr7utBaasrsit storm. Tm Icorersths ruasxii wi ivSjasiasarajetnamg lanpin, m mssfawaattsa baracoatirt!MaFbhBrcnrissteK. IBmtraH tea uauMsne Tte. a. j. tuwu, sostoa. WORN NIGHT AND DAY. all Ossafort Cars-EewPsi ted 'SET as. mas. ratas far satf- aieat seat sscsaaly a. v. Boost If aay osa ooskte that wa eaa cars tha ucst .k aaaate case IsMtoH aya let him wr.tefor IBTCtl. Iky. Oar ng Is io'ldapotailai. aarsapirBlaor Bet fall, we tn rantacre sad or Basic CtaaBsae Is the oahr tilnjr that will esre penasacatly. FaaUfTeBroof seat n-led, tree, coos Snm COl. DL IfaaHctcCwtsh TIllaMIIS'tETwWaitf. HIGHLY ENDORSED. TheFrofeaaorof Pkraloloaical Cka lXatryatTalaCoUasesays: gJjl JCtck-j c$eo imttmm Xtfw u as am txtrmet aj Sootk, Mmrtt ma BmU tf Faamate Mtm. Ferftof Action, mmnatswy mfaTJI y otkeri hrmnfkl M aVksnoo Sawaisthe Test Urer. St vKMfl aacJIerT I a--fcCe iZRSfeJ 1.2 HF S HjiMJSl I A3KCULTY. I jaBBBBLBaaBBBSaT iW "1 ONTBAN eets 4ne of his friends ia front of the opera. "You are jnstthe person I wished to see," he re marks. MIwanteH to Did you good-bye!"" How so?" "Well! I am goin? away shortly Paris is not fit to live in at present, aad I do not understand how you, one of our set, consent to wander in these Intolerable streets." .; - The friend bows his head and walks awav somewhat humiliated. Gon- trangoes on his way triumphantly, J announcing the great news to an nis friends. One of these, little Siste, who more-inquisitive than the rest, asks him where'he is going. "I have not decided as yet, "answers Gontran. y "To a watering-place?" "Pooh! that is not fashionable. L dream of Italy." Little Siste, who wishes to find ont just what is in Gontran's mind, re marks very seriously: "They say it is a beautiful country!" "I believe you," answers Gontran ironically. He then looks at him askance and walks away. For fifteen days he takes paius to proclaim clamorously his departure, gives and takes com munions, and continually changes his plans. t t At last, his friends, really tired of hearing always the same old story, begin to wonder when they meet him. "How is it that you- have not gone yet? Still here? When do you start? Have you decided to remain?" Gontran feels that he Really must do something an once, and one evening, meeting his best frieml, Guido de Bheteuil, remarks, "I have decided to start to-morrow." "At last!" "You will allow me to address to you my impressions from time to timer "Thank you. You will favor me greatly." 'I authorize you to' communicate an abstract of my notes to our friends of the club," adds Gontran. "You may rest assured that I will carry out your wish. Shall I accom pany you to the station?' "Thank you, no; it would be use less." "I WANTED TO BID TOU GOOD BTE." It would indeed have been useless, as on the following evemug, protected by the falling shadows, Gontran with little luggage mysteriously took a cab, directing it, not to the station, but toward the distant quarter of Gros Caillon. There he rented a room for ten dol lars a month in Cometa street, a street in which one need have no fear of meeting the Parisian fashionables. All summer long he remained there. He hired an old servant to attend to his wants, and also bought the neces sary material for a large correspon dence. Eight days afterward Guido de Bheteuil received a letter, of which the following is an abstract: "To Guido de Bheteuil, Possident, Bue Tour de Dames, Paris: Steamship Generale Garibaldi, 14th May, 18 . "How beautiful is the sea! How freely does one breathe when surrounded by this immensity of water! Ah, my dear Guido, how I pity you, who have to remain in that infected Paris. As you wish me to write all my adventures and sensa tions, I shall begin by remarking that I sailed on the Generale Garibaldi, a steamer plying between Genoa, Civita Vecchia and Naples. You well know my sociable temperament, so that it is hardly worth while to mention that I immediately made the acquaintance of the captain by offering' him the cigars of cur club Captain Paufill is a dear old fellow! Going out of port the ship began to tip 'a little. How wretched it is to be seasick! Luckily I did not suffer long. I have not told you yet about the passengers of the Generale Garibaldi. English, all English! There is one Engli-h girl who is enchanting a little girl, with a wealth of blonde hair falling on her shoulders. She often looks at me and I 1st! I must not tell everything in a day. "After all this talk, my dear Guido. I stopped writing to go on deck and admire the far oft lines of the Corsican coast disappearing in the blue horizon. "Yours affectionately, GoTR4 "P. S. You will receive this letter of mine, as well as the rest, through a third party who attends to my busi ness interests in Paris." Four days afterward a second letter came from Gontran. dated in Genoa: "Hold me, my friend, hold me, as I cannot restrain the great admiration which overcomes me. while I exclaim wonderful! delightful! No one can imagine anything like it! Genoa is a city that does not resemble any other. It has a gulf, and oh! what a -gulf! and marble, marble everywhere, too much marble! They say the Ligures founded Genoa about seven hundred years before Christ Later, the Ko ruans united it to the Gallia Cisalpina. After the fall of the Hainan empire it was taken and passed through the hands of different barlturous popula tions, until it b came lu'jv to Charles the Great At the Wifinniiiir of the filth century Oeu..a deei:iro:I itself an independent cit and was governed by'l consuls, upheld bv the se-.ate. The j peupie gamercu i.i avciuuiv on me public square ami look part in th? ad ministration. "In 1379 the Genoese aud the Vene tians, who con troll el Ihe seas, began to fight each other furiousl,- and lom- Eletely demoralized one vnothec: ere it mav be well to remark that Gontran had before departing for Cometa street b ught a Baedeker guide. "By the way: I have found ni7 En glish girl of the. stcinier at Genoa. Wc live in the same hotel, and she is aecompaniei by an uncle with long wnisvcers and two cousins with pointed teeth. I have been told that she be longs to one of the richest families of Cambridge. The day after my arrival I began the attack. In love I never waste time. A maid, generously bribed, has promise-d to convey to Miss Arabella (ihLs is her name) a note, the triumphant result of which -under taking I patient v await" - When Gontran vote these sweet woids he had just dictated the items of his vaslilrs"-iit t his washer woman. vrh"M' rth grapliy had deeply interested him. Thus the iotier, to Guido de j Rheteuil fillon-ed oiip another fori three mouths It wab a flood of! rhapfodv. The mn-t amusing- and '. wonderf il adventures were described ' in them: excursions in gondolas in Venice, fantastic serenades on the &mMW WHrKSm fiS Lake of Coo; battles with brigano; invitations to the Vatican. The last letter-was dated from the foot of the crater of the Vesuvius. Three months later, the Bois de Boulogne, at the races at a Btan throws himself into another i'S "Guido!" : I "Gontran!" "As yon aee!" J" "Yon look wonderfully" welll My best compliments for yonr beautifully bromsed complexion." - "Send yonr compliments to the sun of Naples and the breezes of Sorrento." "Oh yes, I know!" "Did you receive ay letters?" "Every one of them!" "Did they interest you?" "Theynstonished me!" Guido de Bheteuil seems to think a minute, and then he asks with a smile: "So yon are satisfied 'with your trip, are you?" 'Can you ask me such a question? Enthusiastic, my dear fellow!"- "If such is the case, I think you ought to pay me the rent of the room in Cometa street, which you have un fortunate! v neglected to do. You see, my dear Gontran, I have only these small dividends to live on. My dear fellow, I am your landlord." ICELANDERS LEAVING. After a TheaaaaS-Tears of Oeeaaatlea the People Ara BUg-rattac. The news from Iceland, brought by the Gloucester fishing schooner Maggie E. McKenzie, will interest all in any way acquainted with that far off northern island. Iceland, as many Americans are aware, has long been losing in population, and the captain of the schooner referred to is the authority for the statement that it is now suffering more in this respect than ever before. Fully 1,500 peo ple, he says, are to leave the island this year for the Canadian North west, and the Canadian government will pay their passage and in other ways enable them to settle in new and more desirable homes, the exodus is likely to continue at a lively rate until only a few thousand Icelanders are left in the bleak seats of their little division of the Gothic family. Iceland's population twenty yea.'s ago was only .about 70,000, and it. can. therefore, ill afford to lose any of its people. ' Still, the Icelander cannot be blamed for wishing to emigrate to a more congenial clime. Comparatively little of the island is favorable to agriculture, tho climate, which has always been severe, is much more rigorous than formerly, and were it not for its teeming fisheries it could hardly support a third of its inhabitants. It is not strange, then, that, much as they are attached to the land of their birth, Icelanders are leaving it in large numbers, and, as they are hardy, industrious and lawabiding people, the Dominion docs wisely in holding out strong inducements to them to make their home on its soil It is now over 1,000 years since Iceland was discovered and settled on by Norwegians, and its people, who speak what Norwegian philolo gists call old Norse, are Norsemen pure and simple. It is to Iceland, which formerly, especially in the eleventh century, was the seat of much literary activity, that we largely owe the preservation of Norse mythology, and Carlyle might well remark: "Much would be lost had Iceland not been burst up from the sea not been discovered by the Northmen!" CUCUMBER SNAKES. A Vegetable Which Grows Loss; aad 811m aad Looks Like a Snake. Down in Miles River Neck, Talbot county, there is a spot where the average Chinese would delight to dwell, says the Baltimore Amarican. It is a place wheie Chinese cucum bers grow tp an enormous size. This vegetable, however, assumes some times a shape which frightens tho natives of the neighborhood, in spite of the fact that- Talbot is a local option county. Tho cucumber grows long and slim, and at times twists itself into coils resembling a snake. A man going from Easton the other day to Miles River ferry, in passing a little clearing in the woods noticed a green-looking object in a patch of vegetables, and he got over the fence to make a closer examination. He almost fainted. Another citizen came along soon afterward. The firt.t man had revived and was leaving the patch at a Nancy Hanks gait When accosted he said to his friend: "Been bit by a snake; woods full of 'em." Citizen No. 2 persuaded the frightened man to go back, and upon examination the snake proved to be a Chinese cucumber, about twenty seven inches long, which in the course of growth had twisted itself in the form of a snake. The 'cucumber was sent to the American office by express. It was grown on the farm of L W. Trail of Miles River Neck, and its shape is perfectly snake-like. Mr. Trail, it is said, has a quarter of an acre of them. The Chinese cucumber is not eaten to any extent in this country, except by the Chinese and a few foolish cows. The former, however, import them in a dried condition from their native land,a3 they do stale eggs and other odorous luxuries. The Chinese like to see cucumbers grow, and they often cultivate them in their yards in the cities over here. The snake-like appearance of the vegetable doas not frighten the slant-eyed foreigner, as he would eat with a relish a green garter snake if he didn't happen to have anything else handy. Maklas; a Xaan for HiasselC The man had been away from his native town for five -years, and when ho came to visit the old place again he was quite anxious to hear about fcthe nenrjle he had known. After many questions he ect of those whc came to the sub ject of those who had gone away about the time he did. "Where's Henry Bilker?" he asked. "Henry left three months before I did. I didn't take much stock in him, but when he went West he said he would make a name for himself, and I hope he did." "That's just what he did," replied his companion. "Well, well. I never would have thought it How did he do it?" V "Signed it to a check. I don't know whose name Henry took, but it was good for $503 and Henry is now on his third year in the penitentiary." Oae or the Uataasliy How ers." Wilfer These are hard times. Why, I heard of a man the other day who couldn't raise money even on government bonds. Slimwit Indeed, what was the' Wilfer Well. have the bonds. you see, he didn't No I liasice lor ICeciproeltjr. Neighbor's Boy -Maw sent me over to see if you'd lend her your bottle of cough medicine. Mrs. Knecr You tell your mother we keep our cough medicine strictly for homo consumption. PARK AHD HOUSEHOLD. PRACTICAL THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT OF PLOWING. it tas na rarmaasc-Let y Sat Han Marks Stock Baasahald Helps. Hatasajwt Flewkss;. Tho subject of plowing will always interest farmers as long as the world lasts, because all practical farmers know that good plowing' lies at the very foundation of successful farm ing. A man may have good land, but unless it is properly plowed and prepared for -seed, he will not be likely to obtain the best crops which its soil is capable of 'producing. As a rule, the poorer the soil, the more pains must be taken to pulverize and make it fine to a certain depth. A deep, rich soil will usually pro duce a fair crop when only half plowed, but it wiu do better when plowed better. It is said that on tho fat, virgin prairies of the West, a considerable crop of corn has been raised merely by chopping through the sod with an ax. and placing the seed in tho incision with no other tillage whatever. The proper depth to plow has al ways been a subject of debate, prob ably because soils of different depths and composition require different depths of plowing, and one man's ex perience on one kind of soil does not coincide with another man's on a dif ferent kind. v "l The consensus of opinion and my experience agrees with it is that a deep soil will bear deep plowing, and the crops be the better for it in the long run, says the Country Gentle man. It keeps a larger amount of earth aired, warmed and sweetened, it makes it easier for the roots of plants to strike down deeper to ob tain moisture in dry weather, and like a dry sponge it holds more of the rainfall and holds it longer. It was easy for Dr. Franklin to believe in "plowing deep while sluggards sleep." Had he been a farmer, in- stead of a printer, he would have' found that a thin soil requires shal low plowing, arid is nearly ruined by deep plowing, unless the surface is coated with good stable manure. The stereotyped direction of the farm papers (and the correct one) is to deepen a thin soil gradually by turn ing up a little more every time it is plowed, and manuring the surface There is no doubt that on some soils which are naturally fine and porous, as good crops can bo raised by merely mellowing a few inches of the surface, without turning it over. This is the general practice in India where the average yield of wheat is nearly as much as it is in this country. Mr. Waldo F. Brown say?: "It is a fact certainly that oats make a better yield and withstand drouth better with three inches of very mellow earth on a hard foundation." I have no doubt that he is correct about the better yield, but think he may be mistaken in regard to the withstand ing of drouth better. He also says that he has met men at the institutes who "were sure that a shallow, fine seed-bed gave bes' results in corn culture." I think the soil on these men's farms was good, but not deep, and that the subsoil was not very compact. . Horace Greeley was at first, like Dr. Franklin, an advocate of deep plowing, but afterwards .modified his opinion and favored a deep stirring instead of a deep turning of the soil. Apples as Medl.Be. Chemically the apple is composed of vogetable fiber, albumen, sugar, gum, chlorophyll, malio acid, gallic acid, lime and much water. Further, more, the German analysts say that the apple contains a larger percent age of phosphorus than any other fruit or vegetable. The phosphorus is admirably adapted for renewing the essential nervous matter, lecithin, of the brain and spinal cord. It is, perhaps, for the same reason, rudely understood, that the old Scandina vian traditions represent the apple as the food of the gods, who, when they felt themselves to be growing feeble and infirm, resorted to this fruit fin rone wing their powers of mind and body. Also, the acids of the apple are of signal use for men of sedentary habits, whose livers are sluggish in action, those acids serving to eliminate from the body noxious matters, which, if retained would make the brain heavy and dull, or bring about jaundice or skin erup tions and other allied troubles. Some such an experience must have led to to 'if our custom of taking apple sauc with roast pork, rich gooaft and Ji dishes. The malic acid' of ripe a; pies, either raw or .cooked, will neutralise any excess of chalky matter 4ngenderedoy eating ttoo much mat J It is afso the faci that sujfnfresh fruits of the applpthe peajand the plum, when tatfen ripe, anv with out sugar, diminKh aciditv in the, stomach ratler thanprovoke it' Their vegetJble saucep and juices are converMd into alkaline car bonates, jnich tend fto counteract acidityFarmers Yoipe. Let If oar Hens Set. The Poultry-Keeper says tha't bet ter results . are obMined f romJJens that are allowosno set thajrwhen they are prevAted from innbating. When the he&fgoes on herorest to set she does tne fat o the eggs es the nest duced in fie; egffs Jrare ha res rest rtand recuperates. a setting hen is nearly always d to keep her from setting simply keeps her in a condition unfavorable to laying. There are times, however, when no chicks are desired. In such cases let the hen go on the nest giving her a few porcelain eggs. Do not break her from setting, as she will soon be come broody again, and will lay but few eggs before going on 'the nest the second time: but if kept on the nest for two or three weeks and then broken up," she will come off in ex cellent condition for laying, and will lay more eggs than she would have done if prevented from setting, in m tor tne purpose ox using! and as sne seldom iear so feed, sne becomes ae sar dv tne asime toe tched. Shawal80 seen ad & tare faiPhn h eluding the time lost in incubation. ' and she will not become broody until she is in a fat condition aoain Borne Fi . -. thai' it Weha ave never.Deuewd was vie lor tne averasre fanner to put alibis eggs into one basket The handsome returns of the Jpbacco crop, when all things arejfavorable, do not prove that even tais, in the limited field ghere it cm. be best grown. shouldbe raisedTo the ex elusion of everything else. We do not like the idea of a so-called agri culture which buys everything it needs for the sake of devoting itself to he sold oftta The. I Sff T m Vt. , MM. WV&MV VMMm calling, will, it seems to vs. alas ,fto prsdace npon his own acres whatever he profitably 'can to supply the needs of his family and such live stock as he can advantageously keep. Ha will have a good gardes, aad at least fruit , enough of varied sorts-for an' ample home supply. Ho will not undertake to grow exten sively general crops for which his farm is ill-adapted, but unless he is conscious of possessing a trading capacity above the average, he will make it a rule to buy as little as may be which It is possible for him to produce. He will find ease and home comfort all pointing in this direction. and will escape a great deal of fret ' and worry which attend the oppo site course. There are a multitude of good things which the farmer who fails to raise them goes without He must have, of course, in addition to his home needs a cash crop for mar-' ket, and what it shall be, his per sonal inclinations, his soil, his loca tion with regard to natural markets, amount of help, steady or temporary, at his command, and some other con siderations ' will dictate. Connecti cut Farmer. Hoise Marks. The following from the Spirit of the Times, about horse marks, will enable many of our readers to call them by their right names: A white spot in the forehead is a star. A white face from eye to eye is a bald face. A white stripe in the face is a blaze. A stripe between the nostrils is a snip. A white eye is a glass eyo. A horse has pasterns, not ankles, and there is no such joint as a hind knee or fore shoulder. White below the pastern joint is a white pastern. Above the pastern a white leg. White around the top of (fee hoof is a white coronet A star, blaze or bald face can't be anywhere except on the face. A snip can't be anywhere except on the nose. Hoosebold Helps. or roast a lemon, fill Boil with sugar while hot and eat hot It will often check your cold. Rubber should be carefully kept away from oil, as oil softens and makes it unfit for use. An iron dish cloth greatly facili tates the washing of pans and kettles to which food ha3 adhered in cook ing. Old paint and varnish may be re moved by an emulsion formed of two parts of ammonia shaken up with one part of turpentine. It will soften them so the may easily be scraped off. A clock is a very essential part of a kitchen outfit A reliable one can now bo obtained so cheap that it is an extravagant waste of time to have to go into another room to ascertain the time as often in a day as a cook needs to know it. A small sized, low pine table may be converted into a pretty writing table. The top should be covered with soft olive green felt, tacked in place by brass-headed nails. The legs can then be enameled to corres pond or in plain white. Handsome so-called "bearskin" rugs are easily obtained by dyeing skins of sheep. Farmers sell long woolled sheep skins for very little. Good dyes will transform them into serviceable, cheap and handsome rugs for cottages and sity homee alike. A pretty bag to hold tho odds and ends of fancy work consists, first, ol a round cardboard covered with kid. To this is gathered a bag of china silk. The shirr strings are of nar row ribbon. Around the edge of tho bottom and standing upright aro screwed brass rings covered with narrow strips of kid. stock Notes. Hogs that are marketed after ten months of age do not give the best profits. A writer in an exchange says he cured a seed wart on a horse by one application of salty lard. A sheep raiser claims that there is nothing like liberal feeding to cure the wool taste of mutton. People who want cattle without horns, but think it inhuman to de horn them, should try tho hornless breeds. Stock on poor grass will be apt to find the weak places in the fences, especially if there is any tempting food on the other side. The person who was never known to make or sell anything but a fine qualitv of buttor has no trouble in disposing of all he can make. Every farmer's wife or daughter should establish a reputation us a maker of fine butter. It will pay. It can all be sold to home consumers. The American Creamery predicts that in a short time it will bo possi ble to send to tho grocer for solidi fied milk, the same as now for con densed. It pays to have horses for farm work that are naturally good walk ers. A fast-walking team will turn off a great deal more work than a Blow one. Have good cows, and then keep them milking as long as possible each vear. Especially arrange to t bave them giving milk through the winter months when butter is high est A stockman says that on the average stock farm the sire is more than half of the herd, in two years the increased value of twenty calves by a pure-bred bull of good individu ality will amount to fully $ 10 a head. As the bull can, then bo sold for more than half the first cost, the profit is clearly in sight Table linen to always be of good service should be mended with em broidery cotton of a number to corre spond with the quality of the clcth. Under the ragged edges of the tear paste a piece of stiff paper, and make a network of fine stitches back and forth over its edges, carrying them an inch beyond the edges. Towels should be mended the same way. A Cruel Qaerj. Mrs. Watts Oh, we had such 'a time at home last night! Mr. Watts thought there was a burglar in theU house, aad he got his revolver, and the ball went right through my hair. Mrs. Potts indeed! And were you anywhere in the vicinity when it happened?' Indianapolis Journal. Poor Chap. j Ah, Mr. Timothy!" said the city girl to the country poet, "and do you still court, the muse?" Well, no'ura," replied Timothy, blushing: "it's it's Mary Jones jes' now!" Truth. ataclecrop CUCUMBER SNAKES. A' Uka a Dawn ia Miles Kivar Neck; ?albo camaty. there Is a "spot where tto average Chinese woald delight ts dwell, says the 'Baltimore Aassricaav It is a place where Chiaese cucum bers grow to an enormous sixe. This vegetable, however, assumes .some? times a shape which frightens the natives of the neighborhood, im spite of the fact that Talbot is a' local option county. The cucumberigrows long and slim, and at tiraes-twista itself into coils resembling a Make. A man going-from Easton the other day to Miles River ferry, in passing a little clearing in the woods noticed a green-looking object in a patch of vegetables, and he got over the fence to make a closer examination. He almost faiated. Another citizen came along soon afterward. Thei nra man nan revived ana was isaying jr??.?Z2?ZESv h "Been bit by a snake; woods full of 'em." Citizen Na 2 persuaded the frightened man to go back, and upon examination- the snake proved to be a Chinese cucumber, about twenty seven inches long, which in the course of growth had twisted itself in the form of a snake. The cucumber was sent to the American office by express. It was grown on the farm of 1 W. Trail of Miles River Neck, and its shape is perfectly snake-like. Mr. Trail, it is said, has a quarter of an acre of them. The Chinese cucumber is not eaten to any extent in this country, except by the Chinese and a' few foolish cows. The former, however, import them in a -dried condition from their native land.aa they do stale eggs and other odorous luxuries. The Chinese like to sea oucumbers grow, and they often cultivate them in their yards in the cities over here. The snake-like appearance of the vegetable doas not frighten tho slant-eyed foreigner, as he would eat with a relish a green garter snake if he didn't happen to have anythingJ else handy. ICELANDERS LEAVING. After a Thoasaad Tears of Oeeaaatlea the People Are Microtias;. The news from Iceland, brought by the Gloucester fishing schooner Maggie E. McKenzie, will interest all in any way acquainted with that far off northern island. Iceland, as many Americans arc awaro. has long been losing in population, and the captain of the schooner referred to is4 the authority for the statement that it is now suffering more in this respect than ever before. Fully 1,500 peo plo, he says, are to leave the island tbi3 year for tho Canadian 'North west, and the Canadian government will pay their passage and in- other ways enable them to settle in new and more desirable homes, the exodus is likely to continue at a lively rate until only a few thousand Icelanders are left in the bleak seats of their little division of the Gothic family. Iceland's population twenty yea.'s ago was only about 70,00). and it can, therefore, ill afford to lose any of its people. -Still, the Icelander cannot be blamed for wishing to emigrate to a more congenial clime. Comparatively little of the island is favorable to agriculture, the climate, which has always been severe, is much more rigorous than formerly, and were it not for its teeming fisheries it could hardly support a third of its inhabitants. It is not strange, then, that, much as they are attached to tho land of their birth, Icelanders aro leaving it in large numbers, and, as they are hardy, industrious and lawabiding people, the Dominion does wisely in holding out strong inducements to them to make their home on its soil It is now over 1,000 years since Iceland was discovered and settled on by .Norwegians, and its people, who speak what Norwegian philolo gists call old Norse, are Norsemen pure and simple. It- is to Iceland, which formerly, especially in' the eleventh contury, was the seat of much literary activity, that we largely owe tho preservation ol Norse mythology, and Carlyle might well remark: "Much would be lost had Iceland not been burst, up from the sea not been discovered by the Northmen!" Wagaer's Flaao. The pianoforte upon which Wag ner received his earliest teaching in counterpoint and composition from Theodore Wcinlig, of Leipzig, has been added to the objects in tho Wag ner museum in Vienna Hindooataaee Titles. A few worlds of elementary instruc tion in Sancrist and Hindoostance as to the meaning of the titles borne by the oriental potentates. The simplest of these royal titles is that of rajah, which is literally "king." but is ap plied even to a pretty princeling. A maharjah is a "great king" usually a ruler who retains some degree of actu al sovereignty, not compelled to loo'c to the British official resident at his court for authority to act The feminine of rajah is rani, better known in the Anglo-Indian form of ran nee, and this is the proper designation of a reigning Hindoo princess or queen. A begum, whose characteristics every reader of Thackeray knows, is any princess or other lady of rank and wealth the word being the Anglo-indian term for the Hindoostanee begam,.a "princess." Nawab is our familiar 'Nabob,' which has its origin in the same Hindoostance word. Officially,, a nawab is a deputy governor or viceroy. In pronouncing the a's should be given the value of a in "fall" and the accent placed upon the final syllable. In rajah the a's are given the.sound of a in father and the j its natural sound. New York World. Why Burled With Head to the West. All Christian nations, I believe, bury their dead with head to the West. There is a "why" for this, just as there is for every known custom. As far as I have been able to ascertain after an exhaus tive search of all the leading authori ties, our present custom of burial modes originated in primitive times, when the people believed in corporeal resurrec tion. They had an idea-that inasmuch as the star that heralded Christ's com ing first appeared in the East "Ju'dge ment Day ' would be ushered in with the Lord's appearance in the same di rection, and when they "arose from the dead" they would be facing Him whose mission, will be that of sounding the doom of all earthly things. St Louis Republic. - Boston is said to American umbrella. have made the first Thomas Carly'e's most congenial recrea- Dnwassmozingintne garcen. There are over seventy miles of tunnels cut in the solid rocks of Gibraltar. An Indiana man claims to have a cucum ber sixty-six inches In length. ST. JACOBS OIL iBaeW CURCS PAIN. SPRAINS. BRUISES, Art An artist had- soMa aictmre for as exhorbi tan tx price, aad the purchaser seed to recover. , The attorney for the perekeser was making the artist mn eoaf ertaWa by hie qaestioea. "Now, air,'' he said ia thatmieasaat lagratiat-: iacmaanerim lawyers with a witness Vd you think anybody could seelwauty in that'-dieterer 'SSome. peraoneeei tainly could,'' replied the artist VYoa think the initiated in technical matters might have no difficulty in Understand ing yonr work?" "1 am sure they would not" Do yon think yott, could make me see any beauty iui that pic ture?" .this most superciliously.HiProb ably net, now, sir" and the artist-)as most humble "bat, once I could have done .so easily.' "Now, sir, howm that? I dort understand yoa. Ex plain, if you please." "That's quite easy, sir. . I coald have- done' it simply by employing yon as counsel in this case." Detroit Free Press. Preferred Oysters te Che 'British Three. i Oysters oice - play an important One of the ob- jectionsof fueorge I. o the throne of England was that heftould not find in all England oysters y his liking. IL crumbled at their queer taste and lack of flavor and threatened to return to Hanover. AsAhe departure of the king might lead to the return of the Stuarts,' bis ministers devoted themselves to finding which sort-of oysters the mon arch liked. On discovering that he was fond of stale oysters no time was lost in procuring some with a good, strong rankness about them. The king smacked fhis lips and concluded tore main bn the throne. - " """ Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.. - i K1 AD60UTELY PURE Wise Sargeoas or Chlaa. Like most things in China, the prac tice of surgery differs considerably from that in vogue in less enlightened Western countries. Bone setting in the celestial empire is a complicated affair, and doubtless much more efficacious than European methods. In setting a fractured limb the surgeon does not attempt to bring the bones together, but merely wrap the limb in red clay, inserting some strips of bamboo in the clay. These strips are swathed in band ages, and in . the outer bandage the head of a live chicken is placed. Here comes in the superior science of the celestial. After the bandage has been secured the fowl is beheaded and its blood is allowed to penetrate the frac ture, for it nourishes the fractured limb and is "heap good medicine." . I Care Beaeaala aad CotUssttss. Dr. Bboops RestoraUve Nerre PlUs seat treewlU Medical Book to prore merit, for 2e staata. Drag aasta.iia. Da. aaoar. Boa W-. BsslBS, Why A Deposit of Natural Palat. Twenty miles from Newcastle, North umberland county, N. B., a deposit of natural paint (ninety-six per cent oxide of iron) has been discovered, and so pure that it doe. not need refining or even manufacture, since it is ready for mixing with oil in the proportion of two pounds of paint to a gallon of oil. Hegemam'a Camphor Ice with Glycerine. The origiual aad only genuine. Cures Chapped Hands and Face, Cola Sores, Ac. c u. iiara ia,n jiaven.i- Tho first academy for tho deaf and dumb has opened in Edinburg in 1 t.1. If the Baby l Catllas Teelh. Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mas. Wmitow's SOOTD15G 8rBcr for Children Teething. Daring the past four months the St Louis police have killed six people. Hanson's Magic Corn Salve. Warranted to cure or monry refunded. Ask your druggixt for it. Trice 15 vent. Fersinn newspapers are written by export penmen and then lithographed. - The Golf Coast of Texas Has the test and cheapest land in the Uni ted States end more even climate than Cal ifornia. Rain enouch to raise four crops a year. Plenty timber and prairie. Lumber I fo to T per tiiousana. ror luruer iniorma tion, write to Gulf Coast Land and Improve meat Co., 1224 Farnam, St, Omaha, Neb. The leaf of the pine apple plant can be wrought into serviceable cloth. FITS All flts stopped fre by as. Klixrs eataT SjQtnC KBSTOaia. No fit altar nrst day's ue. Mar velous cores Trestiae and at 00 trial bottle free to Kit Sand to Dr. Kitne.sn Arensi..rniavasipaia.ra. The gold coins of Great Britain contain one twelfth alloy. Tourist Cars are the latest, most comfortable and, com modious means of travel for large parties. Intending bett!ers, homeseeers, hunting parties and others, will find these cars on the Union Tacific System fully equipped in every way. For additional information re garding these cars, see your nearest Ticket Agent, anv Union Pacific Agent, or address E.L.LOMAX. Gen'l Pass. & Tk"t Ag't, Omaha, Neb. A trout with golden scales is reported to bave appeared in California. A New Through Sleepins; Car Line From Chicago to Seattle via the Chi cago, Milwaukee & St Paul and Great Northern railways, has been estab lished and first-class sleeping; cars will hereafter run daily from Cnicago at 10:30 p. m., arriving at Seattle 11:30 p. m.. fourth day. This is undoubtedly the best route to reach the North Pacific i oast., For time tables, maps and other in formation apply to the nearest ticket agent, or address George II. Heafford. general passenger agent, C, SI. &. St. P. By., Chicago, I1L Five men can easily hold down a lion, but nine are required to hold a tiger. Yonr Opportunity invites you now.. Rich western lands can now be bought at reasonable prices and great Largains secured in the mineral, agri cultural and grazing regions reached by the Union Pacific System. The opportunity of a lifetime for investment! Send for the Union Pacific publications on Wyoming. Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Utah and other western states. E. L. L03IAX. Gen'l Pass. & Tk't A't, Omaha, Neb. Vienna has a lazy club, no member of which does anything for a living. YOUNQ GIRLS entering womanhood ought to have just the special help that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion can give. They need to be started right The " Prescription " aids and promotes the proper functions. ions, T iessaTe7aw itbeT p-T corrects tho delicate weakni and derangements that might come chrome, establishes regu-larity-and health, lessens pain. Tbey want a nourishing, sup porting, strengthening tome, such as an experienced physi cian has especially prepared for the female system, m the uPre scription." In every "female complaint" aad weakness, and in all nervous conditions, if it doesn't benefit or core, the money will be returned. If les Maggie Jacxwik, of Barbrttk, St. Lan dry parts. Liu. says: I was lyraa- skrk for sonto time with remaic compjainus. ana aii ibc awdicine my menus save toe am me no frooa. Deata vrza approaching; all ray fricads bad Hvrn me ud to die. I beard of your wonder T. ful medicine, and I bought two bottles of it, aad before I bad taken the last. I ot entirely well. I am still enjoying good health, and cx aect to prsiseyour medicine every where I go." RHEUMATISM, MfURAlfilA. SCIATICA. LUMBAGO, SWELLINGS, BURNS. i Safet Preea a PerMdse I De yoa want to be insured, dweller la a ahV lTTtoin regie, agalaetjtbe aerledieal seewrga watch threatens to assail you ia the fern of chills aad fever er worn of the farms of mtasBa-boradiseaar?. It goes without say la?i that yea de. Thea. instead ef aste qhlaiae or otaeralkalefcraad salaeral drags which htefelv relieve aad are always detrl raeatal to aeaeral health; seek aid where it is always forthcoming from the tBdroatfa nrafvntire and remedy, Hostetter's Btosa ach Bitters, which, ia regions where Bialarlh is far more violent aad prevalent than It la oa this coatiacati eradicates It coaalettftV from the system- Billlduiaess, dysaefctlst constlpStloe. kidney and nervous coss plaiats. Mearalgla aad rheumatism ale ajmrhg the maladlcsto which tub natloaslte mTand corrective Is adapted. Physicians everywhere know Its genuine worth. Byrea'a Hesse Meae;erle. Byron's household, according to Shel ley, consisted, besides servants, of ten horses, eight enormous dogs, three monkeys, five cats, an eagle, a crow and a falcon, and all except the horses went to and fro in the house at their 'pleasure. Thb progress of science in medicine has papdoced nothing tetter for human ills than -tip celebrated BeebanTs Pius. Naval salutes to the flag are a3 old as the time of Alfred the Great That Jeyfal FeeHar With the exhilarating sense of renewed health and strength and internal clean liness, which follows the use of Syrup of Figs, is unknown to the few who have not progressed beyond the bid time medicines and the cheap substi- f tutes sometimes offered but never ac cepted by the 'well informed. i The panniers of 1730 were six feet in di ameter and made of cane hoops. Baking Powder IMiki tin Otfch Process No Alkalies OR Other Chemicals are ned in tho preparation of W. BAKER &C0:S reamstGifcoa tchieh ia absolutely ' puro mnd aoluble. Ithasmorethnnthreetlme 1 (he ttremjth of Cocoa mixed ivrilh Starcb. Arrowroot or 'Sucar. and is far more eco- BoaUcal, costing less than one cent a cup. It is delicious, Bourishtns;, and tasilt sioavrzo. Sold krGrecers eTerrwhsre. W. BAKER CO., Dorchester, XaM.' 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