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CLABK GBAY. Cashier.
DANIEL SCHBAM. Ass't Cash
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NEBRASKA NEWS.
Burglars hare been operating at Stan
ton. .
There isn't a vacant house or room at
Murray.
All over the state revival meetings
are in progress.
An Epwortli league has been organ
ized at Glenco.
The beet industry about Ames will be
enlarged next year.
AVest Point churches ivill unite ih
Thanksgiving icrviccs.
Ex-Gov. Thayer has about recovered
from a lony syell of sickness.
Tobias is enjoying quite a boom in
the building and business line.
A tent of the Knhrhts of the Macca-
bee f to be organized at Ashland.
Hamilton Thompson of Nebraska
City wa- arretted for baotlcgglng in
Iowa.
George C Granger, one of the oldest
settlers of Dakota coantv. dfed last
Lweck. . '
A black wolf weighing forty-five
pounds was killed near Merna last
week.
Corn in the neighborhood of Ames is
1 going from fifty to sixty bushels to the
acre.
The suspended Nebraska National
bank at Beatrice is inakiug an effort to
reorganize.
Tnc lrotctant pastors of Butt coutr
i have organised a county ministerial
a .sociation.
The A. O. l of I ndianola have ar
ranged for a reading room in connec
tion with llicir lodge.
J
j All the churches in St. Paul Pro
' lestantand Catholics will join in union
services Thauk.sgiviug.
I A ccjrsing club has been organized
i at Wallace and it will hold a tourua
' incnt Thanksgiving day.
Iick Itnrdish, an Omaha b'llooti keep
er. wt sioo line and costs, for keeping
his Msky slion open on Sunday.
( lasoa A- rieteher, Lincoln jobbers,
j have been forced to the Wall on account
I of pressure of financial obligations.
, 3Irs. Magiiirc of Omaha is circulating
a petition to iret her husband out of
the pen. He has four vears yet to serve.
Matilda Hail, a resident of Otoe
county since JS."i4, died at her home
south of Nebraska City last week, aged
eighty-two.
An unknown negro was surprised in
the act of robbing the residence of L.
11. Mclntvre in Lincoln. He was cap
tured and jailed.
While County Judge Belding of Paw
i nee City was climoimr into a havmow
I he lost his balance and fell, severely ,
injuring his spine.
The telegraph operator in Indianola .
stepped on top of an oil can, the spout 1
j of which went through his shoe and cut
I an ugly gash in his foot
Mr. Rogers of Red Willow owns the
bud that took fourth premium at the i
world's fair. The animal is only three J
I years old and weighs J,G33 pounds. j
Arthur L'agan, the young man who
is supposed to have taken poison ami
1 turned on the gas at the Kbehler hotel )
in tirand Island, died from the effects
thereof. j
Luke T. Daily, of Burt county, will
eat his Thanksgiving dinner in the
penitentiary. He was booked in that
institution last week for one year for i
burglary. '
Mrs. .1. II. Ritchie, the wife of a i
'inner living near otratton, ilieu re- (
eently of combined heart and luug ,
I trouble, leaving a husband and three
small children. '
On Sunday, the 2fith, the Methodists j
of Highland township, Adams county, i
J will dedicate a new church cditiec. '
' Rev. Mr. Shauk of Omaha will preach !
I the dedicatory sermon. J
i Louis McPherson was shot and fatally
(' wounded by John Dale at Valley,about
twenty miles west of Omaha. McPher-
son and Dale became involved in a quar- f
rel. Dale made his escape. j
' At Fairbury William Vondehren's '
office was entered and the safe blown
open. Thirty-one dollars in cash and '
510,000 in notes were taken. The cash '
( box and notes were found half
east of town.
a mile i
' Hon. W. II. Piatt and Ira T. Paine
i ere tied for the office of supervisor
from Grand Island. In the draw in
the county clerk's office Mr. Piatt won
and is receiving hearty congratulations
from his friends.
The Northern Nebraska Land and
Improvement eompany by its stock
holders at Hudson, Wis., has tiled arti-
I eles of incorporation with Secretary of
j State Allen. The company has a eapi-
i tal stock of 200,000.
Elmer Mann of Lincoln when he went
home late the other day discovered a
thief in the act of ransacking the house.
lie attempted to capture the fellow,but
a leap from a second story enabled the
would-be thief to escape.
J. 15 Wright ordered the arrest of
Dr. ilkcrson of Fairbury charged
I with voting illegally. Wright was de-
I ft'atpd bv Kdv:irl Mndrnii:ill fiirslior-
jff oy on-e vot& t Js untJcri.tooti that
a contest will be instituted.
Since the election of Judge Harrison
to the supreme bench the republicans
of St Paul are casting about for the
appointment of his successor. It is
understood that Hon. A. A. Kendall
and J. N. Paul are candidates.
The federal grand jury, which has
been deUberating on the Mosher scan
daL in which federal and connty offi
cials were charged with being derelict
In duty, reported last week, findimr
the charges without foundation. '
Frank Neligh, son of Dave Ncligh of
West Point, came to that place last
week after an absence of sixteen years.
He has been livipg in Texas. NewMex- 1
ico and other western states. He is
somewhat broken down in health.
Henry Kirby of Bladen, while return
ing from a dance with his best girl,
dropped the lines in a fit of absent
mindedness and the team wandered out
j of the beaten path long enough to dump
thesleepy lovers into a puddle or gloomy
mud.
TheNorfolksugar factory has worked
up 10,000 tons of beets this season and
made 3,000,000 pounds of sugar. Eight
thousand tons of beets are now on hana
to be made into sugar, which will keep
the factory running up to about Christ
mas time.
Whex a retail dealer patronizes home
industry he enables the local manufac
turer to employ more men, who in turn
become his "patrons. Western goods
for Western people: Farrcll & Co's
brand of syrnps. jellies, preserves and
mincemeat; Morse-Coc boots and shoes
for men, women and children; Consoli
dated Coffee Co's brand of coffee, ex-
tracts and yeast: Page Soap Co's Silver
Leaf and Borax soap; Preston's self
raising buckwheat and pancake flours;
Americas Biscuit Sz Manufacturing
Co.r Omaha, crackers; Omaha Silicon
Co's Bard Wall BJasten Union Life In-"
mnarr Co. of Oaaaam. 1 3-
The police of Omaha have receired
otiee from the aatborities at Loadon,
Ky., of tke finding of a man near that
towm wfco fcad evidently been murder
ed. He was foand lying behind a log j
wHk- twokHets in hir -Body. In 'a j
hymn book in his pocket was the name
of J. Williams, Omaha, Nelv j
'iSSr- - vrs'-.'
Treasurer Cashman of Greeleveoanty,
who has been found short in his ac
counts to the tune of several thousand
doUars, has tamed overall his property
to the board, and the vcouaty will lose
nothing.
George Mateberger; from LbuisVille,
and a man named Lupluntz.f rom Green
wood, serving sentences in the Cass
county jail for stealing, picked three
locks, pried np the floor in the connty
department, knocked a hblein the will
andeftcapeo.
Last veek.a young man living near
Trenton killed a wildcat which weighed
fourteen pounds. This is the same an
imal that has been taken for a moan
tain lion and caused the hunters of the
county Beat to clean np their guns at ti
be ready -? wat-.
The members of the Valley bounty
lar gave a banquet in Hotel Ord in
honor of Judge Thbmas Harrison. A
letter "of regret was read from Judge
"John R. Thompson, who was unable to
be present. Twenty-one gentlemen sat
down to supper.
John Welch was arrested at. Aubaru
and placed in the county jail for selling
liquor without a license. He had a
preliminary hearing. The evidence
was strong cnongh to bind him Over td
the district court and id default bf ball
he was returned to jaiL
In the district fedurt at Clay Ceer
Judge Hastings rendered ajudgnnt
against A. J. Orendorf, treasurer df
Spring Ranch township, ahd his bdnds-nen-fotrSl,lu3.
Sometime ago Oren
dorf left the county suddenly and his
accounts were not in Hie best of condi
tion. A bold attempt to rob the store of E.
1 Burr of Waverly was made last
week. A hole large enough for a man
to run his arm through was cut in the
rear door near the latch. The latch
was rusty and the key happened to be
broken, so the robljers failed to turn
the bolt.
A farmer living west of Indianola
irrigated ten acres ol Alfalfa this sea
son, and cut ode heavy crop, allow ng
the second cop to go t seed. '1 he
piece yielded I'M bushels. He is selling
the seed jiow at ." per bushel. West
ern Nebraska is bound to become an
alfalfa country.
The count of the official vote on divi
ding Ho.t county was completed last
week and is as follows: For Cook
county 1,3 IU, against same l.lO'.l: for
Eikhorn county 1.321. against l,0y.i;for
Foimtaine county 1.2 D, against 1,112.
None of the propositions carried, the
law of this state requiring a three-fifths
majority. x
C H. I5ro:kaway, an Omaha travel
ing man, made the second attempt at
Lincoln to make way with himself,
swallowing ether the first time and
laudanum on the last occasion. He
was pumped back to life by energetic
physicians. Urockaway's trouble is
loudness for the cup that never fails to
inebriate.
George A. Hlue of Fremont is exhib
iting a wonderful collection of Ameri
can and other coins. He has nearly
every number ever issued from the
American mint, and most of the shin
plasters and coins of the American colonic-
His list embruecs over 1,200
pieces, besides the fractional currency
of every period.
In the district court at MeCook last
week John N. Jenkins, was accused of
procuring Waldo Southcrland and .his.
Mclntyre to commit the crime of arson.
The jury was out twenty-four hours
ami found Jenkins guilty as charged in
the second count and not guilty as to
the first. He was sentenced to throe
years in the pen.
L'nitcd Slates Senator Allen passed
through Fremont last week en route to
Washington, and called to see his
daughter, who is attending the Fre
mont Normah He is not depressed by
the results of the late election, espe
cially in this state, and is sanguine that
at the next eleetionNebraska wilL be
for the populists.
All signs point to a severe winter,
says the Trenton Republican. Corn
husks are very thick, hog's, melt" runs
jagged, the breastbone of a May gooe
shows spots resembling the canals of
Mar, the ducks are flying in L-shaped
instead of V-shaped flocks, and green
frogs are changing their skins seeking
springs for winter quarters.
Sheriff D. E. Arraagast of Bntier
county brought a man to the penilen
tiar last week who is old enough to
know better. The prisoner is Edward
Clisbce nd the blasts of sixty-eight
winters have whitened his locks, yet
he will serve eighteen months for
chasing a neighbor around with a
butcher knife and on intent to murder.
Samuel Cockran of Fremont an en
gineer on the Chester branch of the 15.
A: M., met with a severe accident.
While coming down the hill south of
Bclvidcre the side rods of his engine
broke in the middle, and the ends, in
flying around, tore the floor from the
cab and threw the engineer down, in
juring him badly. He will be laid up
for some time.
The members of the Twelfth district
Woman's Christian Temperance union
closed a very interesting and pleasant
convention in St PauL The routine
business disclosed the fact that the
work is not lagging in. tins district.
One evening was devoted to addresses
of welcome and responses and the sec
ond to a lecture by 5lrs. C M. Wood
ward of Seward.
Miss Mary Partteson. who has charge
of a school in Hazard township, Shen
man connty, dismissed her pupils and
sent a note to her" boarding house
stating that she was determined to
commit suicide. The next day search
was instituted for the young lady with
out success. Saturday morning she
returned to her home. She had been
wandering in the woods. The young
lady's father died recently and it is
thought it affected her mind:
The Lincoln Journal says: Colonel
Alexander Hogcland, acting state su
perintendent for the boys' and girls'
aid society of Nebraska, placed two
little Omaha girls in good homes in
Seward county last week. This makes
seven children- the colonel hasfoand
homes for in as many cases. He has
given his services gratis and raised the
money on his lectures to meet the ex
penses, and seven little people are
away4 from the temptations of the city.
The Southern Nebraska Fine Poultry
and Pet Stock association will holdits
annual show in Hastings the 5th, 6th,
7th and $th of December, and arrange
ments are being rapidly perfected for
making it themost successful of any
the association has yet had. There are
quite a number of chicken- fanciers in
and about Hastings who have a good
many tine specimens of poultry, who
are taking an active interest ia the
show and the numerous -inquiries re
ceived by mail daily indicates much in
terest outside-
Thc third annual meeting of the Ne
braskaBetail Implement Dealers asso
ciation will beheldinjlhe Omaha Board
of Trade building in that city on No
vember 23 and 29. Matters of great
importance to the implement dealers
of Nebraska will coste before this meet
ing. The railroad companies will give
a reduced rate of one and one-third fare
on the certificate plan. . The wprkinjrs
of the certificate plan are, thatthe ap
'plieaat shall pay fall Are-on the-going
trip and take a receipt for the same from
the ticket agent.
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ineircouee, aiier
a rather clabo--ratedinner
Qua
vers and Oliver.
Quavers, the com-
poicr, wa-3 the
fashion; though
hot ten years bef$ re he had beuttrot
ling about in soled b ots, and ,re
cherche little dinners, such as the one
he had just eaten, were not at all in
hislin-. HU host, St John Oliver,
known to his friends and acquain
tances as -Coa'y." 'only three and
twenty, was the son and heir of the
great coal mine proprietor, Matthew
Oliver, -who had obtained his honors,
cot because he went to. bed drunk
every night of his life, nor because he
had risen from nothing by an extraor:
dih3rv combination of brute strengtH
and fores of character, but because he
had been all hi-, life a brn leader of
men. There w.s nothing of the rough,
though, in young St John. "Auld
Mat" Had given him the be t educa
tion to be Had for m)r.by; He had in
herited his fathers magnificent con
stitution; he dressed line d gentle
man and looked like a gentleman;
and he had become Irs own master
and a patron of the drama that sort
of young inau can be of much use to
music and the
right sort of a
drama. "Q lite the
chap to have at your
back, yr.u know." a Mr. Vampire
Trappe. the maniger. had observed to
old Mr, Steel, the dran atic author
"Well, Oliver, what do you want to
get dut of me? Out with it: come to
the point at once Your dinner raj a
good dinner "
"Ob, hang it, Quavers-, yon know "
' Dint beat aitmnit the bush, my
Loy; diplomacy is wasted on a sharp
like me You want something, of
course I hope you haven't been
writing a sentimental song and arc
wanting me to set it?"
Oh, it is not so bad as that," re
plied the young fellow, with a blush,
"though it is a sentimental matter It
is about some one I take an interest
in."
Don't,' said Quavers; "it's just the
one thing I never will do; I know
what you want; it's the o d story.
You've teen got hold of, Oliver. She
thinks she can sing or she thinks she
can act, and she has told you to try
and work me. and I am to pitchfork
her into something good, and money
is no object, and you'll cotic down
handsomely. 1 know, I know; but It
won't wash, my boy; you've come to
the wrong shop."
"You needn't sulk.' said the yonng
fellow; I wanted to speak to you
about Lalage liroughton."
The eyes of Mr. Quavers twinkled
with suppressed amusement and he
chuckled audibly. "Oh, little Laly
Broughton," h- said; -what has she
done? Beiin making an as of your
self and want your letters back, eh?''
"It isn't exactly that." replied
young Oliver: "I wish I had been
making a fool of myself, and if I had,"
he added, with a creat sigh, "I
shouldn't want my letters back there,
Quavers."
"Oh, it's as bad as that, is it?"' said
Mr. Quavers. "Pour le bjn motif, eh?
Good gracious! King Cophetua and
the beggar-maid, and all that sort of
thing. Consult a doctor, mv boy
chap who practices in luuacy, if
possible."
"Quavers'.'' cried the young man,
excitedly, "I want you to introduce
me to her. I I hang it, man! I
worship the very ground she walks
on, and I'v sent bouquets and floral
banjoes, and I have sat m
the same scat all through
the long run of that hew comic
opera of yours, and every night live
tossed a floral tribute of some' sort or
other at her feet; and every night,
Quavers, she has bowed and smiled at
me until last week, and then I was
ass enough to put a rin? and a note
among the flowers, and the next day I
got 'em back in a registered letter,
and now 6he just pushes my flowers
aside with her foot"
"Of course she does: cerhaps she ex
pected a bracelet and thought you
mean."
"It ain't that, Quavexs.' said the
young man: "she's not that sort I
made inquiries; it was a mean thing
to do, bnt'I dhtj iAnd I want you to
introduce hcrto me. Quavers, for I
know you're a pal of her. And then,
perhaps she'd forg.ve me. I swear to
you'
"You needn't, dear boy; you've evi
dently got it very badly, and I'll
oblige you, though it isn't the sort of
a thin? I'd do for everybody: but be
cause you're not a bad sort of a chap
and you mean lion stly? You mean
honestly, eh?"
The young fellow took Mr. Quaver's
outstretched band. "I'm a fool," he
said; "I know it, and I've come of a
commou lot; but I'm not a howling
blackguard, Quavers," he cried, and
then he shook the band.
"I'm very sorry for you," said the
composer kindly; "and," he added, se
verely, "you've wasted expensive
flesh-pots on me, yonng man: but 1
will introduce you. You'll have to
wait a fortnight, and then the run of
'The Little Siren' will be over, and the
next day I'm going for a little tour,
and I'll introduce you to Laly Brough
ton in the morning; is that good
enough?" .
"Quavers, you're a brick! ' cried the
young man, excitedly: if "
"Oh; I know 'If the devotion of a
lifetime, ete I'll take a whisky and
soda, instead, and then I'll spin you a
little yarn."
"It is just three years ago," began
the -composer,' "that I made little
Laly Bronghton's acquaintance under
very peculiar circumstances. My first
comic opera had been accepted, the
final rehearsal was on. It was, to a
certain extent, a dress rehearsal, and
most of the people had got their
clothes, but some of the shoes weren't
ready and some of the wigs weren't
ready; and there wasn't a .soul In the
house except half a dozen artists from
the illastrated papers, who were mak
ing sketches from the stalls. But the
whole strength of the company was
on the stage; the musicians .were in
their places. We began at 9:30 a. m .
and we were, not done not
reallv done till ten that 'nl-?ht-
arict- we. went right - "th"rou-rh I
orarrlhinv rtnA o nn.l-.c ....:..,
tw-t ? Tn Zn Trf Jtr
time it was lean tell vou. And everv-
body was down upon me and the
stage manager was down upon "every-
body, and the ballet mast?r had lrvt
his head, and the chorus master was I porter whj. gets, novel interviews.
like a raving lunatic; and I tumbled by telling me what book has helped
overthe train of Miss Dulcet, the pop- you most in life."
u'ar favorite, our prima donna, and, I And after a thoughtful pause the
she used language to me that -he ' cr-CAt, matn ansreredt --My bant
must certainty have learned in Italy , jjoytj.
when she was completing-that expeii- I '
sive musical education of hers: and wc Very std.
were il". tired au i lun.r-yaMl pretty. ..f?- r.."l a: t - :
.,, .... , ,, ", ,,- . J t -ii3ter. gimme a dime. Im a wic-
well utterly done up -Mr. Wackles. I.. ..-.. ,- . , -
the low comedian who was piarin-
the pa tif an innkeepsr, bad ju tjiot.
through that rirt son? of his abuat
the -StanT of Life.' Uc put in a lot of
hta otvd words; Which he considered
funnj, but whffcn tfca author didn't
had he aad Sparkleuury; tke authori
were shaking' their fists in each
L other's faces: and the prima donna's
understudv Had just sent in a medical
certificate not that I cared very much
about that, for Miss Dulcet, our sheet
anchor, was in splendid voice., Just
tiiena very enrionsin identhapp-.ned.
Hr little;, palp, ,b!ne-e--cd chorus girl
suddenly; fell clown ill in a heap at
my feet Waekles and I picket! her
np and propped her up int a property
chair; the girl had fainted.
'"What's the-mat'er, my dear?' saiJ
Wackles, kindly enough when she
came to herself.
" 0b, Mr.,Wacslesr said the girl
for she is but, a girl "I didn't m -an
to. I really didn't; please say nothing
about it
" It ain't a time for fainting, Mis
Broughton,' "said Wacklcs, beating
his chest iulii . best low comedy ras.i
mer; 'look at me I don't faint, When
a "professional lady wants Ju faint,
she shoahVfaiut ou,Cof bns ne 3 hours';
or, if she-feels she must, suo should
go to the canteen and get a corp e
reviver. Can I offer yon anything.
Miss Brdughton?" he said, with, a low
Bow.
:: 'Please don't, Mr. Wackles;' siid
thegirl, with a little sob. 'And. oh.
Mr. Wackles, she addett and thore
was ad dwful look ab ut her evej yis
that a real loaf sir?' gaz-ng huflgrily
at the, staff 8f life, one of tho'si long
French loaves of bread, which Mr.
Wackles1 was carrying ove'r his shoul
der as though it had been a battle
axe. " 'Of course it's real,' cried Wackles.
'Oh. nlease.' said "the srirl. 'wonlJ
ys give me dsliee of it, sir? I Inven'i
goi a penny .in my- pq-.-ket, and I
haven't tasted .anything sidce e ght
this morning. These nine weeks re
hearsals, sir. don't bring any salary,
and mother and I are very poor.'
" 'Good Lord!' cried Wacklcs. Then
he cut her off a slice, and, in order to
keep her in countcnanc,, he cut off
another for himself and b'gan to eat
it with great apparent gusto.
"Lalage Broughton ate that hunch
of bread as though she had been a hun
gry dog.
Poor little devil! cried Mr.
Wackles; 'it's an infernal shame. I'll
give our stage manager a bit of my
mind.'
"I don't know what he said to the
stage manager; but they both got very
angry.
"At that moment I was sent for into
the manager's room. Sparklebury
wa there; so was MrV Mephibosheth.
who represented the -syndicate that
was runnlng-our" piece
" 'Miss Dulcet has thrown up her
part and hasleft the theater. Quaver,'
cried the manager
" 'We are just'oust said Sparkle
burr. "I fe"It that I was a ruined man
" 'Go after her, dear boy,' cried Me
phibosheth; 'promise her anything,
premiss her everything. prom'Sa to
marry her if you like, but bring her
back. We have no understudy, and
we've gdt td produce to-morrow.'
"t rushed out. I ran acres-the stage.
'Wackles,' I said hurriedly to the
low comedian, 'we arc done! Du'cct
has chncked us, and there is no under
studv.' 'Zerubbabell shouted Mr. Wackles.
" PIeae, sir,' cried little Laly
Broughton, clutching my arm, oh.
SUDDEXtY FELL DOWX" ALL I.V A HEAP,
please, Mr. Quaver?, do give me a
chance, sir. I'm letter perfect in the
music and words aud I know all the
business, and I feel I know I can pull
yon through.'
"All of a sudden I saw that little
girl in the shabby cloth jacket was an
angelic being.
"It was my only chance.
"Laly Broughton did the trick, sir.
We rehears d the last act. she went
through the other three with the prin
cipals the next morning, and in the
evening we sprang our new prima
donna upon the world of fashion.
"That girl has made my fortune, Oli
ver: I'm to be married to her this day
fortnight, (added Mr. Quavers with a
smile.) I think I should like ou to
be my best man, because, vou see, we
are both in love with her."
"Quavers." replied Oliver, after a
pause, "I I shall be delighted. You're
a lucky fellow."
Sparrow mad Mirrors.
A correspondent informs the Lon
don Spectator that his daughter
writes to him from Bangalore that
she is "obliged to cover up" her I
"looking-glass with a towel, for the
sparrows come in, sit on the frame,
and tap at themselves, making both'
glass and dressing table in a horrid
mess. At first the towel kept them
away, but they were always on the
watch, and if anyone threw back the
towel they would bo there in a
minute. But now they hold back
the towel with one claw, hold them
selves on with the other, and peck
awav at their images."
A knight ! ot.
The voung man was making him
self as disagreeable as a man conld
who didn't know any better, and she
was hoping the house would fall on
him or something.
"Some women." he said, in the
course of his remarks. 4are pleased
by a brainless youth with a hand
some face."
"Yes," she replied, wearily, hut
Tm sure that doesn't apply in your
case." m -
'J hope not." he said, conceitedly.
f '. "- . . -i ., ii j uu
haven't a handsome fact"
T -
Thf ISouc TbAt Helped Him.
Will you oblige me," said the ra
J um ,r'c "nny tram ro doc ry.
How were vou a victim'"
"I 'didn't get
nyb' the stolen
mouey, sea in Ciiieajn ltecord.
-g-y-aisj'..
l!Bj'"W-"N tfffi I J. I
WHEN WOMEN SMOKED PIPES
A
riat Aatetttf tha OM-TI-aa T
KtMa Re-itlrl WHfc MaTt
it was a kindly concession to the
infirmities df old age. and that etl-
forced idie'nos thai comes with sec
ond, cliildh'ood. ihat the old women
of e'ved tho bciter class df old-time
Virginians were" found sitting by the
fireside -placidly smoking and with j
meditative retrospection, recalling I
!. : - ii .-,! . zi i i
idb, payings anc aoings oi a uy-gone
generation, which to thorn was tho
best tho world had over seen.
If you will consider what a large
part smoking and eating play in the
best of Dickens writings, and how
utto-ly impossible It would have been
for Washington Irving to paint the
staid gravity of tho early- Dutch, set
tlers on Manhattan island without
their pipesone can see what a pity
it is that pipe-smoking is so fast
passing away in the rush and whirl'-
ot our-modern life. tt
You cannot smoke aloug-stom pipe
in a harry. It requires calm and 4
leisure and a good conscience If you
would get the fdll aroma of the
"ricw-grtiund" tooacco.
Let die give you a touching, bit of
pathos tHat i heard when a boy at
llat-fpdcri Sidney college id a lefc'taro
,-ivoh by UUrorP.Baldwid, thoii edi
tor of the Dispatch, says a corre
spondent of the Richmond Dupatch
t was the acstriptiori of the death Of
on old Virginia fariricr. '-The old
man with flowing white locks, sat In
an arm ehair under an apple trco
loaded with blushing fruit. The
tree, liku himself, was old, frr ho'
had planted it w tH Irs owrf hands,
and together tlicy had seen rcany
.summers como and go. The mellow
sunlight of an October afternoon fell
in slanting lays about his head and
tinged with deeper red the a-.plv--above
hint In cne hand he hold the
long stem of his pipe, while abovo
him circled tho wreaths of gray
smoke which lingered lovingly for a
mement and then floated away in in
finite space.
"At his feet on the green sward lay
his dog. deaf and nearly blind with
old age. home autumn insect was
lazily chirping and droning in the
grass. The lengthening shadows
were falling far toward the east
Some of the household passing no
ticed that the whiffs of smoke came
at longer and longer intervals from
his pipe and at length ceased alto
gether. They thought the old man
had fallen asleep. And so he had:
bat it was the sleep that comes at
the end of life, for his gentle spirit
had floated upward to the realms of
light as quietly and peacefully as the
wreaths of smoke that circled above
his head.'
GAS FOR COOKING.
It
Vim In Kns'iil ti Incre.Mlii;r
nni
Urconiiiiz Wry lruUt.ili.
While electricity is trenching sc
seriously upon the Hold of gas light
ing any recent application "of gas
which leads to an extension of its
consumption is of importance to gas
producers. Some foreign companies
seem to havd done this quite success
fully in at least one direction
At the resent Dundee meeting oi
iho North British association of gas
managers, one member. Mr. J. JJali
antyne, of Rothesay, stated that his
company had gained an increase ol
consumption of at least 40 per cent
in about six years, due to cooking by
gas among its customers. The gas
company furnishes the cookers to its
patrons at a rental of ten per cent of
the list cost price per annum which
charge also includes putting them in,
taking them away and keeping them
in order. About eleven p'er cent ol
the customers are supplied. His and
other companies have not only found
this a profitable part of their market,
but it has the added advantage ol
being nearly a daylight consumption,
thus tending to e jualize the demand
on the plant Engineering Keco.'d.
I'ootxl Card for etir.
One of the latest fads is the or
ganization of a postal card society
for the collection of postal cards.
The society numbers over 10) mem
bers, scattered in all parts of the
world. It seems almost incredible
that, although postal cards have only
been in use since lSoT", there are
over 8.00J varieties, and there is
only one collection known to be com
plete Germany first used postal
cards during tho Franco-Prussian
war, and they were sold to the sol
diers at the rate of five for a ten.
These are now cry rare, the used
tinii 1iAirs cninai r n f rtA tinrtAra
ones. During the same war France
used the balloon oostal card durina!
the siege of Paris. I he cards were
sent up from Paris in balKons. and
the mail bags were thrown o'T intc
the surrounding country. 'lheso are
also very rare- The United States
did not adopt postal cards until 1873.
flrer CJitnt I'otr.Ier.
Probably few men have had a more
thrilling fifteen seconds or so than
had the driver of a heavy load ol
giant powder in Oregon a few days
ago. He was pilotin a four-horse
team drawing a wagon containing
3. TOO pounds of giant powder intc
Tillamook. A rickety bridge span
ning a narrow ravine gave way nndc:
tho load, and the whole outfit was
dumped down into the dry bed of the
creek. Ihcre was no explosion, and
the driver,, horses, wagon and. pow
der were subsequently hauled out alt
right The driver has not recorded
' his sensations as he felt the b.-idge
giving way and durin j the few sec
oads between then and the time the
'oad landed safely again.
' Walnut Timber 1 1 Demand.
There is a steady demand for wal
nut timber and purchasers are scour
ing the Atlantic coast region in
search of large trees. While metal
lic coffins, usually called caskets by
the undertakers, have displaced wal
nut coffins, the wood is increasingly
applied to other uses The trees
arc scarce in most parts of the East
and many are jealously guarded
against az and saw.
SwMt Mal'atea .
A few days ago in a village named
DaduzaL India, rain fell, preceded by
a 'wind storm, and with the rain came
a shower of hailstones which lasted
for aa hoar and a few atiautes. The
aott carious part of this occurence
is that the hailstones, when touched,
were not at "all cold, aad when pur
iu the mouth tasted lika sagar.
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FARlrl AND HOUSEHOLD. I
!
Many acres, few hands.
SLIM POCKETBOOKS.
Daa'e Cuttr-rtaka 3Io.- Tlma Va Can Do
"Hakliis anil Apptyiu-r .Wjimt-o ia the
vTlntrr Km H so in th Ground
llalrv jft0i an I Itnnteho'tl Helps.
Jtl.xeit rrntlnc.
'take a ride, with mo anil I will
shoir you corn fields that have
scarcely been cultivated al all. and
where the drills are solid rows of
grass and weed-, says T. B. Terry in j
Practical larmcr. I will bhow you
potatoes cared for. or rather not
cared for. in alcut tho same way.
Yes, I Till show you Cold- where they
are so stripped by bugs and over
grown with weeds, nni tho cultiva
tiou'between the crills so neglected,
fhatwou can scared v see a potato
tXeaCTflAuU thii shall nofcba -on.
some shift'ess farmer's place, an
exceptional case, but on farms
managed by good farmers, in some
cases our l)2st farmers. They are
Hot la'.y cr shiftless. They under
take to do too much, that is all. and
something must sufTcr. I could not i
take their places aud do any better,
perhaps hot a? we!L The trouble is
not ia the raea. but ia the system
they a-e followinj. Wo have had a
dry season, which df course, is fav
orablo for taking caro of crops, and
doing the haying and harvesting,
and still, while they havo been so
curing hay and grain, corn and pota
toes h'avO suffered severely. Jn some
i a os they will not pay for tho labor
put on thorn and tho use of the land.
They will bo grown at a losj- Years
ago I did just this way myself, but
seeing it was not Iv.isiues like I
gradually worked out of it, and
unde f,ok to do less and less
until there was little enough to do,
so we COttld usually do about
our best and make everything
we did. pay. The above named
farmers are making a little money,
doing pretty well, but they might do
better. As little as we undertake to
do, we sometimes get caught. One
day our wheat was all cut and
dry enough to get in; there were
six acres of potatoes that should
have been cultivated at once, the
rest were too large. But it- might
come on catching weather and tho
wheat would then be damaged, and
so it must go in the barn. This
took three days, and then my son
did not feel well, and there was other
jobs that must be done, and
those I
potatoes were neglected for some
time. It did not rain, but was hot
and dry. If we had tended to the
potatoes we should have been quite a
few dollars ahead, but we were afraid
to risk leaving the wheat our. But
there is very little loss of this kind
on our farm, not that wo are any
smarter than others, but simply that
we do not undertake to do any more
things than we are quite sure we can
handle.
Friends, let me urge you to work
in this same direction. There is less
worry and more profit. I can take
you to farms to-day, whore the owner
has tried to grow corn and potatoes.
If ho had put out but the one crop,
and no more acres of it, and put all
the labor on it that has been spreal
over the two, it would show a lines
profit and be something to be proud
of.
Now there is no profit in either !
crop, and u tney arc near ttio roan,
the farmer wMies they were back
out of sight, and he never would in
vite any friends to go and see them
either. Would that alt could throw
aside all inherited notions, that were
sound once, but behind the times
now. and run their farms on sound
business principles, as far as circum
stances will permit them to do so.
3Ianiire ill Yi inter.
As it will be an exceptionable caso
when the land will be so rieh that no
manure is necessary, all reasonable
care should be taken to secure all
that is possible On the majority of
farms winter is by far the best sea
son for making manure; and general
ly, there is more time to haul out t
and properly apply. But in order to j
secure the best results it is very im- '
portant that the preparation bo made '
in -fivnif linn imnnrMnc msiT.rpi
... ....... ., w- ... .U..-W. ... .....V.W.
in doing this is to have feeding ! m- -- -
places where the stock can be fed It celery were eaten freely, suffer
and the manure accumulated in one crs from rheumatism would be com
or more places. A supply of bedding I puratively few. It is a mistaken idea
is also essential, so as to absorb and that cold and damp produce tho
retain the liquid soiling, and at the I disease they simply develop it.
same time help to keep the stock t Acid blood is the primaryand sustain-
clean and comfortable. With all
classes of stock it is very important
in maintaining the best health and
thrift to do this, at the same time
avoiding using too much, as this adds
to the cost of handling without an
increase in vaiue.
One of tho best ways of applying
manure is on plowed lanu intended
for spring cropi. By applying on
the surface ilarin? the winter, the
action of the rain and the melting ' nutmeg, a saltspoon of salt and three
snow wi!L tend to carry the more val-' largo tablespoonfuls of flour. Mix
uab e portion-, into the soil, while all these ingredients thoroughly, put
the nccessur pn'paration of the soil them in a greased pot and boil the
in th sorin the cultivating and pudding for three hours. This re-'
harrowing th .t will need to be given ccipt is from a correspondent vho
to properly ft it Tor the feed, will be i has tried it
sufficient to thoroughly incorporate j a home way to repair garden -lioso
the manure "nto the soil. i when you are at a distance from tho'
One of the 1 est plans of manage- supply shop: Take two ounces or
ment is to u.-c what bedding is ' mol.c 0f naphtha, into which drop as
needed to k : the stock clean, aad . rauch shellac as- it will absorb till -'then
as it :.ccumnlates both in the ' 0f the consistency of thin gum- .Cut
stable-, shed, or feeding lots. load some bandages of canvas or thick
directly into the wagon, haul to the leather, spread te composition on
field, and scatter where it is needed, f onc side 0 them, bind tightly round .
This avoids all unnecessary hand- the ho-,c and fastcn.tirmly rwith twine,
ling, and is an item in getting the j The hose must be kept dry boforo tlio"
work done at the lowest cost. An- r p';iatcrs are applied. Keep the co-,
other thing should also be rcmcra- mcnt in a "Iass-stoppercd bottle.
bercd. that it pays better. in the end
to manure thoroughly, than
--. i
With a
ter over too large a surface-
little planning of the work, nearly
or quite all of the manure made dur
ing the winter can lie hauled out and ,
applied upon the Ian I to benefit the
next season's crop, and generally t
will give better results than to apply i
on un "lowed land anil plow under;
while there will be much less loss of
the valuable pasture- In applying
the manure, should distribute as
evenly as possible gauging the ;--;a,PPiiie Swg '
quantity largely by the needs of the . . ., -,, w.-.i- 'a ,vr "
H ., " iT - .v . .u - i-ii with a small needle boos and pin
soil, remembering that there is little ",. aiT . Tt---rf -nrfSft,- -.
. , - .. . .cushion between. lack a riooon'
danger of applying much.- j gj0 s dc o: the fflafr .ta thg -f
Journal of Agrrculture . j mp0taTB . It short . enooh .,,, -
aailce in th oronnd. bring the tWO 'Hides Up to" foru.-?i
" Th building or silo? prevents ' basket, and finish each- end "of thqa.
many farmers an.'" ?mail dair.inen libbon with, a .bow. "lheribbon-sciTes-V
frod1. lUsilaging green crops. It is for a handle.
ll enough, perhaps, to "nave a
good, substantial silo, if one can
I DUllU It USt as wen. as uui, auu
wnore lumoer is pieuty it uoes not
cost verv much to build a practical
silo. But when tho ensilaging of
green crops was first begun tho silo . ,
was simply a hole in tho groand. and
where the drainage is good that is a-
good a way as any. My silo, is of
that kind. I have dug a hole with
slanting sides on a little raise of tho
ground, and I fill this with my cornv
with whole corn stalks.' heaping'
them up abovo the ground and cover
f ing first with straw and -then with
earth
The plan is similar to that
of preserving roots in tho pit. -&
ensilage is always good, as good a,
anybody's can be. Farmers Voice.
Slas le Alma! rrouplatLt;.
Nature and life are largely uadet
tho same laws. Sorac of tho simile
which, transplanting- affords are -very
I3uggcstive.. Jt is easier, to. -trans
plant while young than after plant
. or trco has grown largo and has ex
tended its roots in every direction.
The tree planted late in life neods a
dormant porioi before it pats forth
its roots into now soil. - It must. too.
bring much of tho native soil with it.
and leave many ot its roots whonco
it has been dug. The tree never
transplanted begins- as a seed. It
sinks' its tap root too deep into tho
soil to be wholly uprooted. Itmust
leave part of its tap root in its orig
inal homo wherever it may bo car
ried. But tho transplanting, if un
der favoring conditions, is stimulat
ing to a larger, broader growth than
was possible in the soil whence it has,
been taken. American Cultivator.
LMlry Note. ,
A creamery should not be startca. ,
until 3J0 cows are guaranteed.
No matter what brood tho cow Js,
sho requires good caro to produce r
profitable results. rj
It is a good plan to koop a goo.l
milking cow in tho dairy as long as
sho is a goo 1 milker.
Tho wise dairyman, provides soil
ing crops t:i patch cut the dry pas
tures during the summer time. .
No calf snould be raised for dairy,,
purposes from a cow of weak consti
tution or one with organic disease.
Tho best dairymen practico the
best economy in feeding when t'aey
feed all the cow wilLeat up clean and
no more- "
Bulky food should always be fed
with concentrate 1 food, to avoid
possible discomfort and injury from
the latter. -
Tho cream should bo set as soon
as possible after milking. It will
not separato rapidly when subjected
to jarring and shaking.
It is poor economy to turn a herd
of cows into a large pasture and al
low them to roam about all day. whun
all they get is exercise.
THc milk tester and tho separator
are -important factors in dairying.
The milk tester in the ncir futuro
will be a sine qua non in dairying.
Cows should be trained so that
they will let any kind of person
milk them, but they do better when
the same person milks them each
time.
Uucloanirncss in milking, not cool
ing the milk quickly after milking.
bud fodder, bad air in stables and
disease in cows are causes of tainted
milk.
In order to got the fat all out of
the butter the churn should not bo
filled too full. It is necessary to
have room in the churn to give the
cream coucussion.
It costs less to feed and caro for
one cow than it does for two, there
fore every farmer who is keeping two
cows and getting really but what one
should produce is losing money.
Household Help.
To keep ice in the sickroom over
night set the pitcher in a newspaper,
gather up the ends, twist them tight,
and snap on a rubber band.
Covers for cups and glasses used
in a sick room can be mado of card-
board and covered with a crochet
cover of either white silk, wool or
cotton, a preferred, a small loop
being put in the middle of the top to
,.-.. ... -,
mg cause, u ceiery u eaten iargcij,
j an alkaline blood is the result, and
. where this exists there can be
neither rheumatism nor gout It,
should be eaten cooked.
Carrot pudding is said by thosp
who have eaten it to bo very nice- .
J Boil and mash fine six ounces of car
rot, add six ounces of suet chopped
fine, half a pound of currants, two
large tablespoonfuls of sugar, hall' a.
; dafntT worJc baskQt is raadc fr6nl -
a Hut braided mat, such as are ' sold "
. ? - . ,....r, r',. s
' inariiiuresivi un;uy-ut..tui. vuu
' a circular piece of card-board three
inches in diameter and cover with a
' layer of wadding, plae'ng over this a "
cover of silk or satin, tisin? a' shade
' that harmonizes with the color of
the mat Plai-o the card-board ' in -the
center of the mat and -over.the
mat outside of this with a gathered.
strip of the silk turned in at the qut,