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It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical " profession, because it acts on the Kid - -neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ; ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Pigs is for sale by all dro gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it k man ufactured by the California Fig Syrap Co. only; whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not .-. accept any substitute if offered. CCA -- X AUgUSl Flower Bight doctors treated me for Heart Disease and one for Rheumatism, but did me no good. I could not speak aloud. Everything that I took into the Stonirch distressed me. I could not sice- I had taken all kinds of niec nes. Through a neighbor I got e of your books. I procured a bo. e of Green's Aug ust Flower and look it I am to-day stout, hearty and strong and enjoy the best of health. August Flower saved my life and gave me my health. Mrs. Sarah J Cox, Defiance, O. (PHP JfflKB PLEASANT fig WW THE NEXT MORNING I FEEL fyJIOHTWB NEW AND MY COMPLEXION IS BETTER. Mr doctor Mrs It acta gently on the stomaca-ltTer and kidneys, and Is pleasant laxatlTe. This drink Is made from herb, and U prepared for Baa as easily as tea. It Is called LAJNE'SHIEDICINE All druggists sell I tat Mo. aad SI a itarlraaw. It you cannot get It, aend your address for a ffW sample. I.aar'a Fatally MesUclae raiTC tkebwcUcacsila7. Addtws F OKATURU. WOODWARD. LOOT. K.K Old . Methods of treating Colds and m Coughs were based on the " idea of sup- pression. We now know that "feeding a cold" is good doctrine. Scott's Emulsion .of cod-liver oil with hypo .. phosphites, a rich fat-food, cures, the most stubborn cough when ordinary medi- cines have failed. Pleasant to take; easy to digest. Prepared by Seott A Bo. WJT.-An JraattaU. MERCURIAL Mr. J C Joaes,of Fulton, Arkaaaaa, 'sajsofj u About tea yean ago I cob- tractedaMTerecaaeof blood pot- eon. Leadtag pbyiidaac prescribad racdidBe after medicine, wticbl took without any relief. I also tried merourial mad potaab remedies, with unsacceasfBl results, but which brought on an attack of mercurial rbeamattam that made my life one of agony. After sufferine four years I gare np aU waaedtea aad began using S.S.8. After taktsg arreral bottlea X was entirely cored and able to resume work. tH I Is the greatest medicine xor blood poisoning to-day on the market. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases n'sflai tee. Swnrr Brmcmo Co Atlanta, Ga. "COLCHESTER" Spading Bool for jrasemJHaera.K,KWawdai 'lirr Tti nntrrnrtanaalartTr the v bateleBCthofthaaaHdawa te IkL prcUBr the shank anK. me. asn ajamuar inruncaon. Patents. Trade-Marks. and Adricc aa to ratsasahfliir of lanrcmttaa. fWad for InTeatara' gaiste. T Baw to Q rasetrt." .Plan OTlBBLIs WAJTCaWIW, B. & 999999999 ZllCKAPOO 2iV- INDIAN . wa rsaW. a m . TheareataatldTer, S Stomach, Mood b4 5 Kidaey Semetly. 5 Mad nt BltW. Baiks aad IiertM.5 AU. Mineral 5 or OtherZ Pv vMkyn. iuSSajt 99 h. AT tapwmJ mUSpSmSPnl H'ittZJ ssBBsaaaaw aaaaaaaW aBHnaa aawaaaaaaaW TaaaaaaW WaaaaawS .XtCfj-VBBBBBBBBBBBW SBBBBBBW &VaaBBBBJ wi,aMtHBBTjaT7aT7aW' i. bbbbbbbi . .asBSBsaaBj rjyraTssssssssssssr ?-:"t.aTaTsaT.i' - ffaTaTsBBS m,'1 ' asasaasssssss1 ' !BBBBasr vawsaTaL's3 1-' BaBaTSBwVr:PVB BBTSBTSW BBTSBTsI IS tadHj aateaaTawaawsi aVawsBBEsi I nSSnCraZaaa. aw. 9 OLONEL' Beebe's bat lay on the pi azza floor, and Colonel -iieebe himself, his long;, thin legs hanging from the hammock, was enjoying indolently his Henry Clay while he debated whether he should go over to sec the major now, or wait until it was cooler. He had jast decided in favor of waitingwhen he heard a trampling from the side of the house.. For a moment he gave it little at tention. Then the long-drawn bay of a hound came to his ears. The colo nel's feet dropped to the floor and his head was raised. Another howl from the invisible hound, and he pulled himself to his feet, picked up hi3 hat and turned down the low stone steps in the direction of the sound. As he came around the corner of the house there was a sudden crunching of the gravel on the driveway, a bel low of mingled fear and anger, and the colonel was knocked flat by a yearling heifer, which, snorting its surprise, trailed across the grass-plot, hotly pursued by the colonel's hound. The colonel quickly scrambled to his feet, indulged in, an appropriate amount of profanity and looked about for the cause of his downfall. He saw the heifer and the hound. The pur sued was making at top speed for a gap in the stake-and-rider fence, where the crushed rails showed that its head and feet had been at work. As his eye fell upon the broken fence, he again indulged in some highly flavored remarks, and followed them with an encouraging yell to the hound. Inspired by this, the dog promptly bit the heifer in the flank, nearly tumbling it over in the gap of the fence and drawing from it a cry of distress. The colonel dashed forward to urge on the hound, but just as he reached the fence there was a shot from the bushes, and the hound came scurrying back, its tail between its legs. At almost the same instant a long-legged man emerged from be hind a tree-trunk a little way off and ran forward, ail the while endeavor ing to pour powder and shot into the barrel of the gun which he carried. At the fence-gap he confronted Colonel Heebe. There was a mutual start as the men recognized each other. Then the colonel recovered himself. "Major Hawkins!' he broke out; "I believe you have shot my hound?" I have done that very thing!"' re turned the major with decision. "And let me add, sah, that I shall re peat the performance every time that brute of yours chases my cattle!" The major and he were old cronies, and, thought both were hot-blooded, they had never had a serious falling out, and the colonel tried hard to re strain his temper. But this was the third time that the major's heifer had broken down the fence separating the properties and made havoc with the colonel's garden. The latter felt that patience well nigh hadarceascd to be a virtue, particularly hot in view of the major's threats. "Major Hawkins!" he began, and there was a significance in the use of the title; "I have no wish to foment any trouble; but most .positively 1 shall not allow that 'cattle' of yours on my place again. See that she is kept off, please! As to shooting my dog, sah; that is a matter which only an apology from you can recompense me for, and I trust you will render me one immediately?" "I will do nothing of the kind! The best thing yon can do is to shoot your whelp, and save me the trouble of do ing so!" and the major tapped his gun suggestively. "Then all I can say," came slowly from the colonel's lips, "is that you are no gentleman!" The major started as if he had been stung. For the instant he did not realize the import of the words. Then a dull flush crept into his cheeks, usually very sallow, and he said con cisely: "You are a liar, sah!" The fatal words were spoken. The color leaped into the Colonel's face, and the major's flush grew deeper while his eyes returned the flash in those of the other. The two faced each other in silence for a momen t. Each was so taken aback that for the instant the insult of the other could find no adequate return in speech. Then the colonel drew himself up and said icily; "You can understand that this means only one thing?" The major replied with the slightest of bows. "I have a pair of pistols at my house," continued the colonel. "With your permission I will send for them. The sooner this is settled, the better?" The major inclined his head a trifle, and the other turned and called: "Israel! Israel!" There was no reply, and again he raised his voice. This time there was an answering call and a shuffling of feet, which gradually became more distinct A little later a white-haired old darkey came into view. "D'yo call, marse kunn'l? he asked, stopping at the edge of the bushes and scraping with one foot while he finger ed abattered straw hat. "Yes," said the colonel. "You know those pistols of mine in my dressing-case? Fetch them to me:" "Yo dewelin pistols?" "Yes. Be quick!'' The darkey looked at the men in turn, lie noted the attitude of each and the look in their faces. "Yo' ain't goin' V fight, marse?" he ventured anxiouslv, not moving. "That's none of your business, j-ou rascal!" thundered the colonel. "Go!" An instant the darkey stood, nerv ously playing with his hat-brim. Then lie turned and moved away. The two men did not look at each other. Somehow they disliked to. The major stood his gun against the fence, and took ;i long time to arrange it to his liking The colonel stripped the leaves froai a twig he broke from a bush. Each hi. Ins back toward the other. The tiiinulo went by. But at last there was a slow stc'p, and Israel came up. He came reluctantly, as if he hoped that time would cause them to change their minds. lie looked hopeful y at them: but saw no encouragement Both the colonel and the major appeared as coolly deter mined as could be. though the color had gone from their cheeks Israel could not prevent a deep sigh of despair, which the colonel heard. 4 Shut up, yon black impl" tie mut tered savagely. "Give .me those pis tols!" "Will the grove .suit ouV he asked, turning toward the major. "Perfectly," sai.t the latter and the three took up their way, the colonel leading, the m i jor next and Israel, at his master's command, bringing up the rear and dragging his feet as though they w re weighted. A few minutes of walking, an 1 they came to a small open spare surrounded by trees. The colonel halted and faced about 'Wii 1 this do?" he asked. "XCS,M sa' tn" major simply. "There is no advantage in position, I believe. The snn shines across the glade? t- "None!" "But we had bitter toss for posi tions anyhow." said the colonel, and he deftly flipped a coin into the air. The major railed "heads;" and .heads" it was. "I will take the southern end." he said. The colonel bou-od acquiescence. "I presume you will be satisfied if Ittrurt attend, to Ihn ln-tilinr?" th joloael remarked. 'Hn ha done it LlMt 1 '-With- Utt i-lf <t Ql MLU. r.c Quite!" returned ike mmajor, igasjr iag the last words. Then, Israel, load those pistols, aad do it carefully!" coaiMMed the colonel. "Do you hear me? as the darkey stood gaping at ait with a terror-stricken face. "Yes, marse!" atuuablcd Israel, pick ing up the weapons mechanically. He moved over to a nearby stump, aad for a minute sat motionless with'tha Sistols in his lap. The colonel's tbua erous tones brought him to move ment. He glanced at the two men standing stiffly at some distance from each other. Then suddenly he began to load one of the pistols. The colonel, seeing him proceeding with the task, turned to ths major. "Ten paces? ' he asked. The major nodded, and the other was irritated-more than ever by his silence but he went on. "We will put the pieces under the nigger's hat. Then we will draw them! Are, yon agreed?" He eiipped off his words as he continued, "Israel will count On the three,' we will fire?" This time the major vouchsafed agreement in words. A minute more and Israel came forward slowly with the pistols, one in either hand. At the colonel's order, he laid them on a fallen tree trunk and placed his hat over them. The major drew one; his opponent took the other. The two men took position back to back, and then moved away five paces and wheeled about so as to face each other. "Israel," said the colonel a bit huskily, "Count one, two, three, and if I am killed, see that I am decently buried!" The major winced perceptibly at this last order; but the next instant was as calm and his face as impassive as ever. Both men raised their pistol arms, and, strange to say, there was at least a momentary tremor of the hands and a nervous twitching of the lips as tbey looked into each other's eyes. "One!" counted Israel. The pistols steadied and came into line with the breasts of the men. "Two!" Israel pronounced the word distinctly, so that it cut sharply on the sense of hearing. An instant's pause, then: "Three!" The pistols cracked together, and a cloud of blue smoke curtained the men and then drifted lazily before the slight draught of air. The colonel as erect as ever, quickly bent to one side and peered past the smoke at bis opponent His eyes fell Mb. gfe r.: r i . iy. 'jti mmim Sf:,t :!. PI ONE! COUNTED 1SUAEL upon the major, apparently untouched also. For a moment neither spoke: but there was a flash of joy in the face of each, as quickly succeeded by one of seeming mortification. The major stepped forward. "That was an inexcusable miss of yours, Colonel Beebe!" he exclaimed. "fto worse than yours, Major Hawk ins!" retorted the colonel. Ten paces and a good light! You should have hit to a certainty! "The trigger of this confounded pis tol pulled too bard!" explained the major with haste. "And that d nigger of mine startled me by jumping just as we fired," returned the colonel. The colonel thought he heard a smothered laugh at this. He turned like a flash upon the darkey, a sudden suspicion coming to him. "Israel, you d nigger!" h fairly shouted: "what was the matter with the loading of those pistols? There was something wrong! Confess it, you black rascal!" 'Oh, marse kunn'l, don't be kill.'ng dis po' nigger; but I didn't put no balls in dose pistils! I didn't want do major and yo' a killin''cach oder!" "I've a good mind to horsewhip you within an inch of your life '"be gan the colonel. "But yon won't!" broke in the major. Then the colonel looked at the major, and the major at the colonel. A smile appeared on the former's lips and the latter returned it A moment more, and the colonel extended his hand impulsively. The major ad vanced and grasped it firmly. They stood there, holding each other's hands for an instant, and then the major observed slowly and em phatically, as if he were stating an indisputable fact which he had just discovered: "Beebe, I think we are a couple of old fools!" "1 quite agree with you. Hawkins!" returned the colonel quite as positively and, as if by one impulse, the two locked arms and walked off. Israel stood watching them for a minute. Then he picked up the pis tols and remarked sagely, but with just the slightest of quivers in his voice: "A coupl' o' ole fools!" Their Brains Weighed Over 60 Oonce. A noted physician wrote mo soon after the death of Benjamin F. But ler to inquire a? to the weight of Daniel Webster's brain. He declared that the figures were not to be found in any .medical work in his library, and that he doubted if one out of 100 of the physicians of the United States could answer the question off hand. In looking up the matter I prepared the following list of noted persons who have had sixty or more ounces of brains, as far as examinations have been made: Turgeneff, Rus sian novelist, 71 ounces; Schiller, German poet, , 63; Abercrombie, the Scotch M. D., 63; Cuvier, French naturalist. 64.5; Abercrombie, Eng lish general, 62: Cupuytrcn. the French anatomist, 62.5; B. F. Butler, American general and lawyer, 62 ounces even. In Honor of a Foreign Drily. The ferapeum (or Serapion) was an ancient edifice of Alexandria, Egypt, founded by Ptolemy Soter in honor of Serapis, a foreign deity, to whom he createa a statue. It was the last stronghold of the pagans in Alexandria, and was besieged by the Christians and zealously defended by the pagans, A. D. 389, when Theo dosius put an end . to the conflict by an imperial order that the idols of Alexandria should be destroyed. Ac cording to some ancient writers Pompey's pillar is a relic of this mag nificent building. Three hundred thousand volumes of the 703.000 of which the Alexandrian library con sisted were in the t-erapeum. An Inderaemeac. , Ebony Hughes Don't 'yo want a boy fo to bait yo' hook? Luckless Angler Yes; If you'll guarantee thai Til catch some fish. Ebonv Hughes I done helped a ' man lap week, an be s got turnea out ob de church fo' tell in de trujt ftfcwttt a glfe wf MWfUFW WJBMMWmXJXXaiU aH,' .ttawsa IlPfffijwPi awswaW rt wit au T Bwav-Bwl awmBaPI Ififf I mTT MJ ..rrUlWi UJS i 1 i 1 n 7 -saw iaSS. SHORT OCEAN ROUTS. A New Ua alragaiaal Ffwa Havew, Esrrlaaiil, Ibradec. ' x Some time ago a syndicate of Eng lish capitalists sent a corps of ea giaeers to oxploro the Labrador coast for tho -purpose of reportiag upon the feasibility of adopting for a line of steamships the shortest pas sago between this country aad Great Britain. Tho tenor of the report was such that a company is being formed to carry out the project The desire of the company is not only to make an appreciable reduction in the time of passage between America and Europe, but also the connection of a far-off, but interesting, country with the railroad systems of the United States and Canada. After careful study the engineers selected Port Marnham, which is sit uated not more than forty miles north of the straits of Belle Isle, as being not only the most easterly har bor upon the Amorican continent, but forming at the same time an un equaled terminus for an ocean' com merce, on the cne hand and railroad traffic on the other. Outside of its favorable position as the connecting link between Europe and the great West the surrounding country is rich in natural advantages which are expected to contribute to tho success' of the steamship line) The whole of the north shore of the St Lawrence is characterized, as in Battle Harbor, by an immense fish ing industry (under the supervision of the marine department of Cana da), supporting a large fleet of fast sailing schooners, which in the spring of the year are engaged in the sealing industry. The country through which the proposed railroad is situated is char acterized not only by these many commercial advantages, but it has a most delightful climato from June to September. It is worthy :of notice that the snowfall along the route and in Labrador is only one-half of the yearly volume falling in the neigh borhood of Quebec; besides it is of extraordinary dryness; hence the -value of this climate both in summer and winter may safely be assumed for invalids seeking pure, dry air. Striking across Southern Labrador the expedition found that the coun try, which has hitherto had a bad reputation as being inaccessible for economical railroad building was not only practically level for almost the entire distance, but was also admirably adapted for railroad con struction so cheap, in fact, that the entire railroad would cost little more than the existing lines over the roll- j ing prairies of the Northwest The whole of the route selected for tho proposed railroad is exceed ingly picturesque and passos in the vicinity of numerous lakes, says the Railroad Gazette, many of which are of large area, but of no great depth It has taken, of course, a geological age to form them, for their existence is duo not to an upheaval or depres sion of tho formation, but simply to the long and continued atmospheric corrosion, which has created some of the prettiest lakes that human eye has ever seen. The whole of the route is timbered with fir and spruce and little juni per. The minerals found are peculiar to laurentian formation, such as plumbago, mica, iron and asbestos. Titaniferous ores exist in latge quan tities, but the other minerals havo not been exhaustively reported upon. The eastern terminus of the steam ship lino will be Milford Haven, which has often been spoken of as a port of destination for transatlantic passenger traffic. - . a One Man Against a Mob. . In February, 1848, when the irencb capital was in the throes of revolution, a mob surrounded the hotel de Ville and menaced the de liberations of the assembly, which was sitting within. At the Theatre Historique, where Chateau-Renaud, a French actor of no great conse quence at the time, happened to be. he heard of the turmoil, and a bright thought came . to him. He put on tho costume of a representative of tho people in the 3'oar 1793. Then be hunted up an old white horse, mounted it, and, with a small crowd at his heels, rode straight to the hotel de Ville and through the mob which was shouting about its doors. Dismounting, he went into the hall, whero Lamartine was presiding. "Citizens," he shouted, "deliberate in peace! No one shall come in whilo I am here!" Ho went out and remounted his white horse, and no one did come in. One fantastically attired man. with a terrible counte nance, had completely overawed the crowd, which probably would have defied successfully a regiment of soldiers. Argonaut The Decimal Point. In Both France and Germany one fourth (J) reduced to a decimal is written 0-25 (always with the period at the top of the line), and in the United States 0.2-V France and Germany always use the comma (,'), England and the United States the period (.), the only difference being the manner in which it is placed upon the line. Sir Isaac Newton is given the credit of originating the present method of using the decimal po?nt, his reason being that by placing' it at the top of the line it could be dis tinguished at a glance from the "full stop" punctuation mark. " A Sabatttnte for Coffee. In the island of Reunion is a plant known as the wild orange, which pro duces a fruit, green at first, after ward bluish, and verging into purple as it ripens. This has been tested and und to make a beverage in every way equal to coffee, and at' a much lower price. The product is called mussaenda." and it can be used alone, or mixed with pure coffee. It is announced that about 24,000 acres of this plant are now being cultivated. It is most likely, how ever, that chicory, more than coffee, will suffer from the introduction ,of mussaenda" J A Fatal DeScloacr. The Confidante You appear to have thrown over that good-looking detrimental George Up per tree? The Rich Flirt I was obliged to. You see I weighed him in the balance and found him wanting. The Confidante Wanting what? The Rich Flirt Well, wanting to marry me, for one thing. Funny Folks. . At the Theater. He This is a stupid play, and what a dull audience! She They need stirring up. I wish I had worn my big hat He I wish you had. Then I could at least have got into a row with the man behind me. The Perils of Sh owning. Floorwalker A ladyv has fainted at the bargain counter. just Proprietor What was the trouble? Floorwalker .She foaad her exact in UtisfMtlVlWtwt VftMwrwta. FAJL AND JSmaAliSSZLiJSJ HOGS AND " THEIR RELATION TO MORTQACES. sjlvn This lanpwrtaat Animal Better CnreHew Water Gats Into Tile Kaewlng retain Separate reaUry PtaJdags an Moajnholi Help. The Mortgage Lifter. Swine have been, and still are, to the farmers of the great corn belt of the Mississippi valley what, in tho past, sheep were to the farmers in the hills of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Eastern Ohio the great mortgage liquidator. By feed ing their enormous corn crops to swine they escape the heavy expense necessary to transfer their corn to the market, and at tho same time realized more per bushel for It when marketed as pork than would havo been possible if .sold as corn, writes F. Dt Beck in Colman's Rural World. Hogs havo not only enriched the farmers but tHey have been chiefly instrumental in building up Chicago, Cincinnati, Kansas City, St Louis and many more of our prosperous Western cities. With such a favor able showing I think they are justly entitled to mere consideration and better care than is usually bestowed upon them by the general farmer. If, with all the neglect and'gross mis management that has been their unfortunate lot in tho past, and they have accomplished so much, what would have been the result had they been given proper treatment? In the first place too many poor, scrubby, ill-bred hogs havo been and still are kept for breeders. Every male pig not strictly pure bred, and many that are, should be emasculated before tbey. are two months old; it is tho only perfect guarantee that we have that they will not double tfceir own disgrace by becoming the sires of pigs of a like inferiority to themselves. A few (not so few, either,) spayed sows will have the same effect A sharp knifo properly handled is the chief agent in the improvement of all classes of domestic animals. It matters not whether your breeding sows are pure bred, cross-bred, high-grade, low grade, or scrubs, they should never be mated with a boar that is not thoroughbred. Wc often seo a high grade ' boar that to all appearances is oqual to the pure-bred one, but put him to tho test and his low origin will crop out in his nigs us surely as "night follows day." No im provement ever was or over will bo effected by breeding from any but pure-bred males, and he who persists in breeding to those miserable speci mens we too often sec. that plainly show their mongrel origin, are sim ply committing self-robbery. A puro bred male can now be secured at a nominal price: there are thousand raised every year that, while .they are not good enough for the purposes of the professional breeder, are, or would be if bred to the common herds of the general farmer, of incalculable value in tho improvement in their herds of which they are capable. Swine breed at an early age. and may be bred twice each year, and by using pure-bred males and selecting the best sow pigs and mating them to other pure-bred males, in an in credibly short time the poorest herd of scrubs may be so improved that for all practical purposes are nearly, if not altogether, the equal of the best thoroughbreds. 'Considering the increased value of tho product of the herd, all this improvement is effected without cost Once, and many yet adhere to the customs of their youth, we were taught that the brood sow bo poor. a mere skeleton, at the time of far. rowing, or she would neither farrow large litters nor rear good pigs- Wc, some of us, know better than that now and endeavor to keop all the brood sows healthy and thrifty a very poor sow is neither. The sow should not be fully fattened: that would be almost as bad as the old plan, but she should be fully half fat. Never fear, if she produces a large family, with the most liberal feeding she'll be poor enough by the time she weans her pigs. "Tastes change," and the markets change with them. We wero once justifiable in trying to market our hogs at as great weight as possible. Then if any large, overgrown hogs were to be had the medium sized pig was shown small consideration, but now he's "on top" and the former favorite iB far down in the scale of favoritism. In these days of small profits 1 doubt very much if we can afford to feed our pigs until they are much more than six months old, and if properly cared for and fed every day of their short lives if they are well bred they can be made to weigh 250 pounds, even more at that age. There are many, very many reasons for getting rid of them as soon as possible. How Water Gets Into Tile, Professor J. M. Bloss of the On tario state college gives in a recent lecture on tile draining, some true and some false theories. He claims that water does not come through the tops of tile, but from the bottom where the ends come together. This is generally true, though in a severe rain storm, when the soil Is drenched with water, some of it is washed through vhc cracks overhead, and to guard against this a coarse gravel ought to novor these joints so as to hold tho fine silt that will otherwise spoil the drain. But some water may and does .soak through tho cilo when the ground is saturated, and in denying this the professor is in the wrong. He says that porus tile ought not to be used, arguing that it will dissolve by action of the water. It will if frost gets to it, otherwise not If the ground is firm it is better to lay horseshoe tile than sole tile. In that case nearly all the water will rise up into -the channel from beneath. We have often laid horseshoe tile in soil where there were occasional springs in the bot tom of the drain. It is .best in such cases to lay long, flat stones on either side of tie drain, wide enough for the tile to rest on. and long erutugh to reach past the spring to firm soil on either side. Drains thus laid forty years ao are doing good service, only showing action of frost at the outlets, where the water in porous tile sometimes froze in very cold weather. Glazed tile are need lessly expensive, and do not drain so well as tile that are porous. Glaz ing the pipe,- witn tight joints at the ends, is used for city .sewers, but such pipes are no good for draining land of the surplus water that fills it Keening Pntnteea Separate. ThoM mAM mitintr nt varfnt'na ' among potatoes than there is in any other farm crop:. The evU is in- creased by the tendency of new rletiea to sport and produce potatoes of different color and shape from those used as seedf. But in nost t aoaai mam aarahiaailAaA In, a iwaif sawvai wsfawswwa'sswwai ssa KlUflH Va ejPUJVSUIaWiB viw wmw field. No amatter, .apw distinct om variety map be ,fromm aaother, when No aMtter, jlcw tee. men. striae a row oi aaotner aina it is the most natural thing in tho world to" dig one or two hills "just to seo if they are different" Nine times eut of tea these hills will be put among the potatoes previously dug. la this way after two or three years potato seedv becomes hopelessly mixed. It is very hard now to got Early Roe that will bo wholly true to. name. The sport Late Rose looks so much liko the other that it escapes unless tho hills are marked before the tops die. JThe Late Rose has green tops long after the other kind hae withered almost out of sight Where potatoes a:e cut and two pieces placed in the hill tho mixing is still more hopeless. We think a least enough varieties, pure and true to name, should be saved each fall for seed. An even lot all of one variety, looks much better and will bring several cents more per bushel in most markets than sorts that in clude several kinds. Even for cook ing they are worth more, while, of course, for seed no one would wil lingly purchase a mixed lob if he could get any other. American Cul tivator. Cntton Caltnre. In an experiment at the Louisiana station on the distance of planting in which single stalks were grown in drills from eight to twenty inches apart in the drill, and two stalks from eight to twenty-four inches apart the results were not conclu sive, but suggest rather greater dis tance for cotton than is ordinarily given. Two experiments, each on four plants, made to compare the yields of cotton with fertilizers (su perphosphate, muriate of potash and cotton-seed meal) as a top-dressing, and at depths of from two to eight inches, gave results in favor of tho top-dressing or shallow application. Tho tabu'ated results are given of an experiment oh twelve plants in which nitrate of soda, ammonium sulphate and cotton-seed meal, used in connection with minerals, were applied, all at the time of planting and in fractions during the growing season. In general the results were i:i favor of the application at the time of planting. Farmers Voice. Charalag. ?:-. Talcott says: "Churning should end :i soon as tho little round pellets of 1 .i.lj;- arc formed, and cold water lie a.lel to froe tho little granules of butter from buttermilk. After turning tho churn a very fow times let it cool a little, then draw off but termilk anJ uJd a second washing of cold water, and let it stand until tin little pollets get hard. This morning I churned with cream at seventy-two degrees and mad? as nico little round granules of butter in thirteen min ute? as you ever saw, and then stopped churn'ng. I now use a square box concussion churn, tho same wo uso in our Iavo creamery only a smaller size. ron'lrjr Picking. Chicknus like sweet milk better than sour. Skim milk is as good for hens as it is for pigs. Eggs should be gathered at least once a day. Try warm, sweet milk us a tonic for sick fowls. For swelled head t batho the face with a solution of salt. Study the domands of tho poultry markot and cater to the demand. If you want to raise only eggs keep the hens separate from the males: Giviner too much sloppy food to young chickens often causes soours. The goose is a' good rustler and will take care of itself when thcro is pasture. If chickens are not kept free from lice and fed well, "cholera' in somo shape is sure t come. Never attempt to make an incuba tor. Buy a good one and it will com bine all the best features. Hens that moult early generally make good winter layers and should be saved for that purpose. Ducks grow rapidly, and, if prop erly managed, can be put upon tho market at a comparatively low cost Poultry raising is no child's play. It requires study, .observation .-and experience to bring at to the highest success. If it is eggs insteatf.of fat you want, feed the hens wheat and other egg producing food instead of fat-producing feed. . . A writer says that if increased egg yield is the object, select the most constant layers and mate them with a cockerel of the best egg laying strain to be found; and we might add, give the hens, egg producing food. A successful and extensive poultry raiser says that it is very poor econ omy to keep a lot of cockerels, simply because they happen to be thorough breds, and you hate to kill them. Profitable poultry culture means down the expense. Hottsrhola' HHpe. A lump of camphor in your clothes press will keep steel ornaments from tarnishing. Milk applied once a week with a soft cloth freshens and - preserves boots and shoes- You can' drive nails into hard wood without bending them if you dip them first in lard. Weak spots in a black may be strengthened by silk waist sticking" court plaster underneath. An inexpensive afghun is made of white, cricket cloth, a material like eider down, with tiny pink rosebuds embroidered around 'the edge. To make sweet apple pickle take seven pounds of apples, one quart -of vinegar and four pounds -of sugar. Pare, quarter and core the apples; steam them if -hard, and cook in the vinegar, adding spices to taste: - Beautiful napory, silver, china and glass all set out with georaetr'fe'exact- ness, and all exquisitely spotless and j clean, are 'the characteristics oPthe dinner table, and the choicer and mete costly aad beautiful, 'the nearer is reached the standard of perfection. To wash red table linen, use tepid water with a little powdered borax (borax sets the color); hang to dry in a shady place. The washing must be done separately aad done qaickly with very little soap; the rinsing water should have arery l'ttle starch j is it Iron when nearly dry. A pretty article fo? hanging beside the bureau to "hold .the button-hook and other small articles" is made of one of the wooden eggs used, in stock- ing OarBtng. AY equair aietauces aTOUBd taw Center SCreW in TOUr OI the small brass hobks such as are ned on bangle boards, then paint w-,? e wni mo awornewna uny flowers and attach a ribbon to two opposite hooks to hanjr it by. The egg-atay be gjlded initea.dof pluted, if prt torti U!Ufur2Xa.a..4 Nothing can be the Royal Baking Powder and give ras'good results.- - No tother leavening agent will make such light, sweet, delicious, wholesome food. a- -8 jftffrfrftfr , . V?.Gmta ""S JiSSSSL chonfia? durug f. A .-cs.ful system of producing ar-, lS.SiffSS?iT,a2a? areaa-atallseaMMisofthoycar. AscV ri.VJ eonsictsoftw , man ais politics, ior nenaamaaeai;,,, :.i.:t ...,.,., i. ,..., gross misquotation' from Horace. A ?moniVce machine, driven by tuo judicious solemnity,-" gave judgment jfmunjM, oir ttooeru x ae premier inrew . . o- rfci- . rmi . , the guinea across the table and l'ul- teney held it up with the observation w 4W i T J-V: .rrfir had touched for a long time:'! At his death the coin was discovered, care . reaVA- fully preserved in a piece of paper with a memorandum on it recounting 'the circumstance. The Illustrated London News. The Light ef.the. Harem. On the apper deck of the steamer wc had a veritable light of the harem walk ing about with her podgy broad feet anil ,Ti ! in ortrkVA VVia wi o lt tln powdered woman, .with blackenedyes, i4.t?m u at iiuaiuuauiti 1441 a'imug ,v . T a as , n., rft n,A .,nt- III A cloak, and roand her French hat and slightly covering the lower part of her face' was a white pretense at a yash mak; She strolled the deck unsteadily, clutching' a French novel, andis I be lieve, the latest 'example of the eman cipated female of the East; Fatraeh, who has been at the boarding school in the Champs Elysec; Fatmch, in short, up to date. I fancy she had been pay ing a visit in Cairaand.was.on her way home to Constantinople. .1 took .pos session inadvertently, of' lier chaiso lounge, out of which the attendant Mesrocr in a tarboosh and dingy tweed suit, promptly turned me. Then he af fixed on it an ordinary' visiting card bearing the magic inscription: "Mm. Bcshmy Pasha. "The Cornhill Maga zine. '- . i - Stats or Ohio, Citt or Toledo, 1 Lucas County. f I Frank J. Chney mnkes oith that he Is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cnr.NEr Co.. doinff business In the City of Tt!ol, County and State aforesaid, and tbnt said linn will pay the sum of OXF. HUNDRED DOL- I LARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the useotlLviis Catarrh Crrsi . - FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn K to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6 day of December, A. D. 1886. J SKAX I A. W. GLEA80N, " Notary Public Hall' Catarrh Cure Is .taken Internally and. acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free.. F.J. CIIENEx &CO., Toledo.. O. t"VSold by Druggist?, 75c. ' ' - Oil for Stlllinc tho Wjr.; A German phj-sician has been making a scries of experiments'to test the com parative value of different kinds of oil for the purpose of stilling the waters. tile declares, that petroleum or paraffin is of no use whatever, and olive oil of little value. On the other .hand he says that rapeseed oil and- oil of tur pentine have considerable effect, but the most effective of all oils is train oil. Not satisfied with these ' experiments, he then set to work with other fatty materials and reports that he found a solution of soap to be far superior as a wave stiller to any kind of oil. lie says that only a very thin solution of soap is required, about one part of soap to a thousand parts of water. Lane's Medicine Moves the Bowels Kneh Day. In order to be healthy this Is neces sary. Cures constipation, headache, kidney and liver troubles and regulates the stom ach aad bowels. There are people who never accomplish anything because they undertake totlo.too much. Hanaen'a Magic Corn Salve." Warranted to cure or ir.unoy n.-fundtl. AsU your SrnfgMt for it: l'rur 15 rent. The devil has trouble in introducing him self to people who are busy. I the Hafcy l Catling- Teelh. Be sure and nse that old and xreH-tricd remedy, Mas. Wnratow'sSooratscSrcrforChildriTetthlBf. p ; The more we do to help others the lighter our own burdens will become. Coe'a Cewgh Balsam Js the oldest and bet. It will break on a Cold tiutek- r tbaa anything else., It Is alwaj s reliable. :MWIT7. 4.J H. Quite -Likely. r "Did I understand ye, to read that there was up'ards o' two hundred an' forty thousand folks at that Chicago show in one day, Ezry?" inquired Uncle Tobias Slocum of his son. "Them was the figgcrs," responded Ezra, solemnly. "An' there wa'nt no crowd even then?" asked Uncle Tobias, after a pause. "No crowd any w'er's," said Ezra. There was a long silence, broken only, by the fluttering of the newspa per in Ezra's hand, as the breeze blew in at the window. "Well, said Uncle Tobias at last,! drawing a long breath: " "I ain't prepared to doubt the pa pers, an' I know they've got a, power ful lot o' land set apart fcr that show, but it does appear to me that if I'd' ben on hand along with them two hundred an' forty thousand folks, I sh'd have calculated that there'd he here and there a man!'' A cowardly dog is always showing his teeth. . Faith alwavs builds its house on the rock. S t.jacobs oil sasvr PAINS AND ACHES. MARUM W.B1 .tmalHt. most acdu Mad- In sll styles .ant sizes. IJghtcKt. stronzeiit. nilM - worklna. - safest. simplest, most accurate, most compact, and most saodera. Model 1991 In 3J csl. uses short and lonar rim and ern-ter-flre cartridges la the aaaw rite. Saica W per cent, an eost of ammunition OTer any other Si caL repeater nude. MoaUlaaoreiarlaat-Wana8-&. 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CeeH hnngayawaagajaTBI - T "' r substituted for XrtltlcIarT largo roeevoirs. where it iMinra unu --,,., wiMl ,,, in,..:,, f 0i.i tJ1in -,,.!,., n-.mnMi i,.,,..- .....i the same gas Using pumped back and used continuously. In the applieatiou of this system for the formation ,.2 :.. ., - ,. 1. i. of a con HHIILIIIII lirilll-l .1 I IMK S.' Ill I'll structed CO bv 133 feet, having a floor . of cork and cement, upon this being; laid three miles of connected iron pipe; through this pipe circulates a solution of chloride of calcium, and uncongcal able liquid, which., bpassage through -spirals in the refrigerating reservoirs;' is cooled to fcomo tiro to twenty de grees below zero. The water over the pipe is thus kept frozen, and daily- . sweeping and Howling injure siuuoux- .uv A Kact Worth Kemciuberln;. Thcro nre.mniiy such of course, but here" Is one which .specially ruinmcmU It.self. to invalid-;, viz., tint In order to acquire vigor, tho basis of health, that Invijoralion Uouly paihlchy rc-estahlishhi;: the functions of . dicslicn and assimilation upon :i pcrnia. tient l.asK. Stomachics In name are number-. ' less. They impart a slight stimulus to "l rctlte nothing beyond i'iK Much more Is, rc'julrcd.'niid Hosteller' stomach IHltco 'tills the bill." This time-honored standard jnvifforant builds uj an etiteetilel physinn ami protects it against dSea-e by insurlns the thorough conversion of the alument re ceived into thetomaeli into blood and botl ily tissue.. lot bed wlthincreaslnxstreturth through this unfailing agency, the system Is defended usnltist influences preliidjcial to health. I'setlie Hitters in malaria, rlieii niiitlsni. kldnevuud iiertr iitblo ami cou- 'stipatloii. Gypsies mid Their l'ort rails. ' Gypsies are particularly superstitions regarding portraits, and it is a rartty to find'thc portrait of a true I'ohemiau decora t'ng any art gallery or stove win dow. They consider it most unlucky to be photographed, and will only con sent to have their profiles taken in con sideration of receiving, without asking for it, an old shoestring with which thev can bind the spirit of ill luck cer tain to pursue the person whose like has been reproduce I. Uebciiam's Pn.i-s quickly cure sick hc nche, weak stomach, im'pnired distimv, constipation, disordered liver, etc. '' A Norwegian lsitliiir. Ski racing is the national game of Norwegians, and rare sport it is, too: A ski consists of a pie'eof flexible wood seven or eight feet long, six inches, wide, and about an inch thick, with tho end turned up in front, as is the fashion in certain kinds of skates. With a ski on each foot. Norwegians of all ages, whether in town or country, skim over the snow-ciad. hills and oven compete with one another in regular races. Ski running is a splendid exer cise, well suited loa land where the snow lies long and the hills are plcu- -tifnl. Khlloli's Conxtimptlon Curt T miIiI on .1 siuifaiiT,.. it rum li..-ip.nt roiimti ttmi. It l lite U-t Ciwk'li Cu. 35.ls..acLs.SUl. Honor to tho l'igeon. "It would have been a great calamity to the country newspapers if there had been no such bird as the pigeon.' "low is that?" "Why, in reporting a thunder-storm accompanied by hail, they ould not say: 'Hailstones fell as large as pig eons' eggs.'" vjA fc'oiti:Tni:ovT oit Con.ii, if .suffered to progress.oftcn results hum incuralle throat or lung trouble. "Jhiowv's Hko.ncuiai. Tuocuns" give instant relief. If you would discover poycity, try to borrow money. See Colcheter Spailinc Dootsailr. In other column. Wo forget the sunlight when wo notice the shadow. MOXKY CAN" UK SAVKi By buying coal by tho enrlond. Write to .T.'.l. Thonins & Co.: 101S 17th Street. Den- I ver, Colo., for prices on Colorado LonI, le fore purchnsms elsewhere. Coplinj: tho world with ice cream cnn not be deended upon to warm up a church. HEAD AND SHOULDERS above every other blood- puntler, manus uocior Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. See the evi dence" of it It's sold in every case, on trial. If it ever fails to benefit or cure, you have your. money oacic in restoring your strength, when you're "rundown" and "iwed- uu;" in cleansing your blood from every impur ity, whether it'n a simple eruption or the worst ecrofala; and in building up wholenome flesh, when vou're thin anil weak there's nothing to equal tho " Discovery." Iu every disease caused by a torpid liver or impure blood, it's the only gvamnteed remedy. Mra. Emzabctii J. Hcsiiwaw. of SUIneu. 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