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I. 15 -. H : ( The "Land of Promlie T: the xnishty West, tho land that "tickled with a hoe lauphs a harvest:" the El Dorado of the miner; the poal of the agricultural emiprant. While it teems with all the ele ments of wealth and prosperity, some of the fairest andiot fruitful portions of It bear a harvest m malaria reaped in its fullness by those unprotected by a medicinal safe guard. No one seeking or dwelling in a malarial locality is safe from the scourRo without lloletters Stomach Hitters. Emi grants, bear this in mind. Commercial traveler sojourning in malarious regions (.houldrarrva bottle of the Hitters In the traditional grip-wick. Against the effects of exposure, mental or bodily overwork, damp and unwholesome food or water, it Is an In fallible defence. Constipation, rheumatism, biliousness dyspepsia, nervousness and loss of strength are all remedied by this genial restorative. Shefiat the ticket office "When docs the train for Baltimore leave? Ticket Agent In fifteen minutes. She When does it get to Baltimore? Ticket Agent To-morrow night. She Can I got a sleeper? Ticket Agent Yes. ma'am. She Dining car? Ticket Agent Yes, ma'am. She What is the cost of a sleeper? Ticket Agent S2. She Well, where's the station where trains leave for Milwaukee? I'm thinking of going there. It is the one who will not forgive who is always in the wrong. Mr. n. n. Walla Like a Miracle Pains in Side and Breast Despaired of Help, but Hood's Sarsaparilla Cured. 'C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: " I am glad to state my son's experience with Hood's Sarsaparilla, m It was tlio means of Bar ing his life. Last fall he was taken 111 with pains In his breait and side. He had the best medical a'.tcndance possible, and was treated by the doctors for some time, bat did not realize any relief, lie could not lay down day or night, and Hood'sCures cur hopes were fast failing. My aged mother, iidvbed a trial of Hood's Sarsaparilla. Be com. menccd taking the medicine, and to our Creat Astonishment, one bottle cured him of his pains and restored him to pcrf ect health. This case has been looked -upon by many in this vicinity as nothing short of a miracle." II. II. "Wall?. Oswego, Kansas. Hood's Pills cure liver ills, constipation, biliousness, jaundice, sick headache, Indigestion, lii tiie Early Days of cod-liver oil its use was limited to easing those far " " advanced in consumption. Science soon discovered in it the prevention and cure of consumption. Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil with Hypo phosphites of lime and soda has rendered the oil more effective, easy of digestion and pleasant to the taste. Prepared by Scott I lWne. S. T. Ml Inirxists. Ely's Cream Balm Clt-miHs the Nasal I'am:i;;cs, Allay fain anil Inflammation. Restore tlie Seine of Tattf and Smell. Ileal tlio Sore. .Apply Halm into each nostril. I.Y IUtOS..a Waricn fct-.N.T. The I ton Amnrtor Steel Truck weighs ITS pounds, has 16 inch wheels with 2 -inch f at. TA hen thrrt of the wheels are on the. foor. the other end oue is aboutl1 inrbesfrom the floor, thus enahlineit toifrnrl eaiily Tlie b-dy is S inches wide by W mcheslong. A bottom Uianl is eilf I ut in to mike the bot tom tic ht. If sukrs sre reu.reJ, narrow boards ran be put in t'&ntinc OTer the outer rail and under tha inner one , or, it wide beards are used, they will practically make side boards. By makinc thee stakes Ion enourh and putunc in end ones in the same way bulky material may be handled. We are making this offer to show a sample of our work. We want to show boiv rice a thin; we can make, and how reckless we are in the matter of prices. This Steel Truck is furnished at 13.50 cash (2 rents per pound), and 2 copies of advertisement XCo. 4, as per conditions named in Ko. 4. This is adv. Vo. &. ks3Tf2r0. IV. I.. DOUGLAS Hi SHOK equal cuMom work, costing from $4 lo So. bet value lor the moner wm in the world. Name and price Linxn stamped on the bottom, fcvery Ps&mw, pair t arrant cd. J aKe no sunsti- MmVtov see local papers tor lull gK description ot" our complete mc-s tor ladies and gen :W'L-D0wc tlemen or send lor luftrattd Catalogue in in. structions how to or. Jer by mail. Postage free. You can get the best bargains of dealer who push our shoes. RUMELY I. 1 TRACTION AND PORTABLE NGINES. mThreshers and Horse Powers. fWrlt for IUnsfmted Catalogue, mailed Free. M. RUMELY CO.. La PORTE. INa -3WFFT potatoes 9 i-L bf proutcd pa tbe i " " Trt fTnarArrA M Sent out to . ' iharrt. No experience reoulred. ' Directions for sprouting tree. Address, i T. J. SKINNER, Columbu. Kansas. ' Patents. Trade-Marks, Examination and Advice sa to Patentability oC Invention. Scad for 1 nt entora' Uuidr. or How to Gtt a latent." JAX3SS CTA22SLi. TlCSKaTW, S. C. nilAUA Business Urn An A Houses. 1,000 FACMN.nt v property. merchand'. for Sale or KTchacge. IJst free. JE. F. JUCEtt. "SI So. 15th St., Omaha. Tents, Awnings, Tarpaallna, Fla, etc WOLF BHOS..Mlrs. T03-5 S. Ibth St. Tel. 601. TRUSSES,: BEFOKMITY BRACE. tabber Gowda, Optical Goods. rhvsiclans' SuDDllrs. etc Mall orders solicited. Aloe & l'ccfcld Co . 140S Farnam St. Ship or write for prices to ROBT. PURVIS CO Established 1ST0. 12I6Harney Omaha. Hotel Dellone Omaha, cor. 14tb and Capitol Are., X blk from both Council Bluffs 8 Omaha car lias . a day bouse In the state. Fire proof St CASET. Proprietors. KutAsdIAeS '31"Bfi 'aMa Abscntminded. One peculiarity of Sheridan Knowles, the clever Irishman, was his absent mindedness. At one time he mailed a large sum of money to his wife in bank notes and discovered a week afterward that the letter had never reached her. In a towering1 rage, he wrote to the postmaster general and was informed that the notes were quite safe in the dead letter otlice, for Knowles had not only omitted to address the envelope, but had neither signed his name to the letter nor inclosed his address. lie was always blundering over the identity of two friends, Mark Lemon and Lemon Rede, and not only con founded their names, but their persons. One day he met the pair arm in arm and was more perplexed than ever. "Well, now. I'm bothered entirelyf he exclaimed in his choicest brogue. Come, one of you tell me which of you two is the other?"' In the days of dear postage Knowles was contemplating a journey and asked a friend if he could take any letters for him. "You are very kind.' said the latter, "but where are you going?"' "Well, now,""' replied Knowles, "that inquisitive. I haven't quite made up my mind!"' Youth's Companion. The best remedy lor rheumatism that kns ve!eeu discovered. Mr. D. H. TvJer, I.k) V. Main St., Gale-burg, Ills., writes: "1 have ii'-e.l a good many bottles of Salvation Oil, and think it the bsst remedy for rheu matism I ever used." A Workman's Time Checker. An English time check has been de signed for use in factories and work shops for keeping a register of the time of the workmen. Its inventor claims that it is the only apparatus of the kind actuated and controlled by electricity. It contains no special clockwork and no complicated parts and requires no fix ing. As manv checks can be fitted to one clock as may be desired, and any ordinary clock can be adapted for the purpose. Each man is provided with checks, one of which he drops into the slot of the apparatus on entering the building. Tke checks arc subsequently removed, and after their number have been registered placed on a board ready for the men to take when next leaving work. Any number of slots can be pro vided, but as a rule two only, marked respectively "early" and "late," are re quired. "t hen the time for beginning work has gone by, the "early" slot is closed by an electrical attachment, and the "late"' slot is opened. Before the next spell of work commences the "late" slot is closed, and the "early" slot is made ready to receive the checks of the workmen. Exchange. A perfortcure: Mr. Edward E. Brough tou. 140 W. lllth St., New York City, N. Y., says this: "1 have used several bottles of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup in my family and find it a ierfect cure I cheerfully recom nend it." OVER THE SEA. Germany is to adopt American grain elevators. Out of every 1,000 births in England twelve are twins. France gathers a window tax on more than 11.000,000 houses. The French navy is to be strength ened by 101 swift torpedo boats. Tiie catacombs of Rome contain the remains of about G,000,000 people. Russia pays no salary to the czar, but he has about a million square miles of farms, mines and other prop erty, with an income of Sl,000,000a month. The prolific Italian composers pro duced ninety-two operas last year, of which only two are considered of the first grade Verdi's "Falstaff" and Puccini's "Manon Lcscaut." George Rea, the famous breeder of Cheviot sheep in Northumberland, Eng.. who died recently, was tho largest tenant farmer in the kingdom, having in his hands no less than 17,000 acres. Colorado fluid Mine. If you are looking for investments you Fhou'd invsstigate tho new gold Ileitis in Col orado. The output of 1S!4 will more than double that of ISM. Now discoveries are lein; mado daily. Nothing like it since the early days of Leadville. Tho "Gold Minor" tells all al.-out it. A ltf-pago monthly pulv lished in Denver. 50c a year. Send 5 cents in stamjs for sample copy. Address "Gold Miner, 1S"M Lawrence St., Colo. The alleged bullet-proof cloth in vented by a German tailor, which was much talked of some time ago, has brcn rejected by the German military authorities. It is three times as heavy as ordinary cloth; is difficult to manufacture into tunics; is clumsy when made up, and finally not bullet proof at all, as it is easily pierced by the projectile of the Lebel riilc. Ask about the wonderful climate and resources of Southern California. There never was such and opportunity for home seekers. For information regard ing this section, address, .7. A. Allison, Brewster block. San Diego, California. Lowell, Mass., is the city of Sipnd- les, from its leading industry. Louisville is the Falls city, from its position at the falls of the Ohio. Chicago is the Prairie city, from the flatness of the land surrounding it Cleveland is the Forest city, from the abundance of forest trees on its streets. Mexico is the home of a spider so small that its legs are invisible to the naked eye. At a recent sale in London a first edition of "The Vicar of Wakefield" sold for S-'7. Rattlesnakes arc guided over their routes l3 smaller serpents called pilot snakes. All cannot be rich, but all may become well off bv Iwinrj contented. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a erfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with tlie 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 Figs is for sale by all drug gists in 50c anoT$i bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syiupof Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. MtimH rfTTr T t fVjX'i FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. if THE COW PEA A A FERTILIZER AND FORAGfrfpROP. More Profitable at Prencnt Than Wheat netroyinc the White Grub Bnll Power Before Calving; Pork Pointers and Household Helps. The Cotr Pea. That farmer who makes a study of his business will very readily per ceive the valu j of legumes in his crop rotations: not only lo obtain the ' highest results from a present tinan- ', eial standpoint, but to best preserve I or improve the natural fertility of t tho soil. Nitrogen is undoubtedly the most valuable ingredient taken from tho soil, and tne most costly on to re- place, wher commercial fertilizers are used for reaching that end. To the farmers of the West the question of purchasing' nitrogen has hardly presented ttsell. they finding it more profitable to obtain this element by growing the legumes. The clover has long held first rank among these. and has been found not only to largely increase the fortuity of the fields but to produce largo quantities of provender, besides yielding abun dant pa3turage. The cow pea is the logtimo that has held the highest favor in tho South lor many years, and is grad ually extending its domain north ward. In South Missouri it is being extensively grown on fruit lands, and either caton down by hogs or else plowed under when it reaches its greatest luxuriance. In many re spects the pea is held to be superior to the clover. In growth it is more rapid, and doubtless adds in one sea son more nitrogen to the soil than a crop of clover, while as forego for stock, especially hogs, it is found tp bo most excellent At present the seeds are hard to obtain and cost $1 or $l.oQ per bushel. They may bo bought in Memphis and perhaps St. Louis and Kansas City; it is probably best to have your local seedsmen order them for you, writes D. W. May of tho Missouri agricultural college, in Oilman's Rural World. Avoid wcevily peas. It is claimed by many that tho weevil attacks only tho starchy matters and never injures tho embryo, however this may,' be, careful experiments have proven that wcevily peas more often fail to sprout, whilo those that do sprout are found to bo less thrifty than those vines grown from good seed. There arc three main objects in the culturo of tho cow pea, it may bo grown for plant food or manure, for forage and for a money erop. As a manurial crop it is cither sown broadcast or harrowed in. or else sown in corn after the last plowing. The method of sowing will determine the amount of seed per acre, it vary ing from one to four bushels oi sixty pounds to tho bushol. When alone it is best to sow as early as possible in tho spring, waiting until tho ground is warm and danger of hard frosts is past. Some growers prefer to wait untiL tho first, or oven as late as the middle of Juno in order to avoid the ravages of tho pea bug, prevalent in. some sections. In this locality, however, I think it unad visable to wait this late, especially if the crop is to be harvested. When sown in corn tho object is manure or forage and tho sowing is necessarily late. As a manure the crop should be plowed under just before coming into bloom, as it has been found to hold at that time the highest amount of nitrogen. If desired, potash and phosphoric acid may be added in a commercial form; and these, to gether with the nitrogen found in tho pea vine, will add tho three great requisites to the soil. In diversified farming it is more profitable, especially on the fcrtilo lauds of the West, where other ob jects than the enrichment of the land may bo 1 coked for to pasture tho pea crop before plowing it in. It makes a splendid food for tho hog in particular. Care should be taken in turning cattle and horses in upon the crop, as death may follow over eating. They should not be turned in hungry, but should be fed, water ed, and salted before: they may then be left in as long as desired. Swino are very fond of the pea and there is nothing, perhaps, superior for laying on fat. It is best to turn them in when the pods are fully developed and the pea soft. This treatment not only lays on a large amount of meat in the stock, but the refuse roots and manure add very materi ally to the fertility of the soil. Sown in corn it adds very much to tho value of the stalk field, as well as to tho enrichment of tho soil; while the soil itself is protected from the washings of late rains. This method of sowing yields from three to fifteen bushels of seed per acre. Owing to tho low price of wheat and the lessening of tho yield caused v) uuiiMiuii-u croi-iMiigfr, uio growing I of cow peas offers two very promin- I cut inducements. At the price now , received for the latter the profits t , .. , , must surely surpass thoe of wheat 4i 1 1 r t. i crops; the yield of peas sown broad- .....t ,.: t r r 1... .: l : .1.. r : -ii w-iii iium uiiuuii in iui i.Y bushels per acre, on our rich Mis- souri land probably ranging nearer j tho latter figure. Again nothing will add more to the richness, and i therefore value of our lauds, than i the growing of thi, valuable legume. J The cultivation is easier than the cultivation of corn: and the harvest- , ing may. by proper methods, become more cheaply done. I It is already manifest that this , plant is to reach a much more , prominent place on our farms, and ; the discerning man who takes up its j cultivation before its products are cheapened will acquire the greater . profit It is he. who learns that when a product ha? reached a state of over production, it is to his best interests to grow another upon which he may realize the best results from his labor. Hull Totver. There are many good reasons why bulls should be worked more than they are. and no good reason that wo are aware of why they should not be. except that they are sometimes unruly and hard to manage. When working in a treadmill, however, this objection is of little consequence, and if a little tact is used in feeding his majesty with a lew oats after his work is done, he will soon become reconcil d to the drudgery and take to it kindly. The bull has advantage of the horse for this kind of work in that he is not likely to he in demand for other work and can be depended upon when wanted. The improved conveniences of the modern dairy farm demand the use of a cheap power of some sort for running the separator, the churn, pumping water and sawing wood and cutting fodder, which can be done whenever the wind blows and occasion domands. But a power that can bo depended upon for moderate work daily, without regard to wind, and that shall bo less oxpensivo and troubl9somo than steam, is in de mand on many dairy farms, and tho bull seems admirably qualified to till this want. j There can be no question that i moderate daily exercise is a good . thing for tho bull; it makes him more vigorous and sure as a sire, more tractable and less dangerous to handle, and greatly diminishes the risk of his suddenly becoming treach erous. The testimony of many farm ers who have tried it is unanimous on these points. IliR Colw. It is the usual thing to hear the objection made to large ears of corn I that tho cob is large. How are vou j going to have a large ear without a large cob? Is it any objection to an ear of corn that weighs a pound that tho cob is large? hat is the rule to be adopted. Is it not how much will the corn yield to the acre, and j not how much will it shell to a given J amount in tfie ear. When we grow J corn the real object is to attain the greatest amount from a given quan get as much ears as from more corn to tity of land. Can we per aero from small largo onos? It takes go round a large cob than it does for a small cob. If there is more corn on a large cob than there is on a small cob then the objection to a largo cob is not well nor wisely taken. Farmers do not generally well consider tho difference in the yield of crop between large and small ears, while tho truth is tho size of the cat determines tho yield of crop. Suppose an car of corn woighs ono pound ana the cob alone weighs three ounces there, is left thirteen ounces of corn. Mow is not that bettor than to have an ear that only weighs twelve ounces, cob and all? Journal of Agriculture. Oestroyinjj the White Grub. The white grub is tho especial en emy of strawberry growers, becauso the two-year-old clover sod, which it is generally advised to plow under for making a strawberry bed. is usually filled with these pests. Tho best way to get rid of the grubs is to turn a lot of young, active hogs into the patch, fencing it in so as to con fine their rooting to tho spot that is to be plowed. Feed the hogs some milk and wheat middling?, and then let them root for the white grubs. They will clear the patch sooner thqji it can be dono in any other way and at less cost We think, too, that the rooting helps to keep hogs healthy, and if they are fed as ad vised their droppings mixed with the up-turned soil will help to enrich it. American Cultivator. fork I'ointprf. Thr mnlmm crnrl limr rt rood .. ...WM....U 7.,.v.. " ' t, c-ua'ity is more profitable than tho very large hog. Those who will start to feed wheat meal to their hogs will never stop it anain till they die. If your swino pen smells badly, and it will if it is a permanent one. use lime and plaster about it plentifully. A foul pen may generate disease. Regular feeding of swine is im portant. If the hog is not fed for an hour or two after its roirular time it will eat too ravenously to tho injury of the digestion. The pis that is not vigorous can not grow. (lood health must be in sured. Cood pasture and plenty of it will make the pig healthy, unless it is diseased to start with. It has been demonstrated by prac tical experiments that it costs less to produce lean meat than to pro duce fat. which means that when a variety of food is given there will be a greater gain in weight, with a fair proportion of lean meat, than when the animal is provided with corn exclusively. A pig fed on bulky croon foo.l will develop a large. stomach than ono fed on concentrated food like corn; and when you come to fatten it this enlarged capacity will cnab'o the animal to cat and digest more corn and thus lav on llosh more quickly than the other, and be a profitable hog to grow for market (iood breeding and early maturity, says a writer, are recognized as the highways toward profit with stock. The good breeding helps .somewhat toward the other, but early maturity is mainly a matter of the proper feeding of the young stock. Karly maturing is simply impossible if the animals arc stinted while thev are forming bono and muscle. iionsciiiiiii :::;,. A sponge bath of cold or tepid water should be folio wed by friction with towel or bond. Pillow slips should be ironed lengthwise instead of crosswise if one wishes to iron wrinkles out in stead of in. 'I ill hot; vlirui lirmiirht. in cliniil1 lw n ........... .. .j. sep.u.a.e(l an; f(, ictl llt 0lco; jf al 1()Wod to lio together manv wrinkles accumulat". ' ,...', " , , . Dish towels and common towels , . . . . ,, . . ,, , can be irono just as well in half the .. ., , , , , J. .. ., time if foldo I together once a if ironed singly. A pair of white t.lovcs or mittens are a comfort to hands taken from hot suds to hang clothes in zero weather: also a close-fitting jacket and hood to keep one from catching cold. Sheets folded across, bringing the wide and narrow hems together, then folded again, then ironed across both sines, are finis-hed quickly, and look as well as if more time was spent on them. Ink stains on silver can be re moved by mixing a little chloride of lime to a paste with water and cov ering the spots with it They will quickly disappear, and the 'paste should be washed oT and the article wiped dry When oiled walnut furniture begins to grow dingy it can be made to look as fresh as new by reoiling. Lin seed, or even olive oil, may be used, but pure, good kerosene oil is much the best Rub it well in with a soft woolen rag. and polish with clean, dry flannel. Broken china ma be mended by making a light paste of the white of an egs: and flour.cleaning the broken edges from dust, spreading them with the paste, and holding the parts together while wet; wipe off all that oozes out It must be held or fas tened in position until dry. A col orless cement is made by dissolving a half-ounce of gumarabic in a wine glass of boiling water, adding plas ter of parts to form a thick paste. Use at once, applying with a thick brush. And HvM It. Too. "Editor struck a snap last night" "What was it?" Stepped on the preacher's bear tra that he had set for chicken thieves. " GOOD K0AD PROBLEM. EVILS OF LOCATING ROADS THE SECTION LINES. ON Xeceslty of riaoinc; Country Koaiis I'nrtci the Management of Experienced Men Difficulties Sometimes Encountered in Securing the Right Kind or Materia for Good Roads. By Henry Wallace, Editor Iowa Homesteau. The problem of securing perraanently good roads in Iowa is hedged round with many difficulties, First, the land being laid off in sec tions, each one mile square, and the roads being located almost universally on section lines for the convenience of the farmers, no attention whatever has been paid to securing easy gradients with a view of decreasing the cost of transportation. No matter what the nature of the ground, unless by reaoon of streams, lakes or high bluffs where a road is altogether impracticable, it is placed on the section lines. Koads of this character are purely local, afford ing an outlet for the. farms adjoining, and the utmost that is attempted is to make them passable when roads better located are ordinarily good. It follows from this that in the newer sections the road system of the state is constantly becoming worse, and for two reasons; the roads themselves are more difficult to travel, and the distance from point to point, by reason of tiie necessity of turning square corners, increases with the settlement of the country. The best roads Iowa ever had were made before the public roads were located. In those primitive days travelers took either the valleys or the ridges, gen erally the latter, and enjoyed roads reasonably level and undisturbed by injudicious improvement by supervis ors who lack the conception of either what a good road ought to be or how to make one. As an instance of the lengthening of the roads we might give the following: A county seat is lo cated, as many county seats arc, in the centre of the county. A thriving town springs up in the corner of the county, made up of sixteen townships, each six miles square. The distance from the county seat to this town on an air line is nearly seventeen miles. Counting the meanderings necessary to secure the best line, it would be in the neigh borhood of twenty, whereas when the country is fully improved and the roads located on section lines, it is twenty four. It is quite true that but few of tficse roads on section lines are anything more than outlets to the farms adjoin ing; farmers in going to town selecting those roads that have the best bridges, the best gradients and fewest mud holes. Any system therefore that will give good roads to the state must pro vide first, either for making direct roads that save distance between the leading towns, or for improving in some permanent way the roads which custom and travel have made the lead ing ones. To obviate the difficulties that have grown out of this custom of placing roads on section lines will in volve great expense, as no farmer with without remuneration will allow his farm to be crossed diagonally bj- a pub lic highway, no matter what the ad vantages may be to the public. The second difficulty in securing good roads, such as are common in old settled countries and in the older states, lies in the absence of suitable material for covering the road bed. There are comparatively few gravel deposits in the state; and while a large section of the state is abundantly sup plied with rock, and particularly the rocks peculiar to the carboniferous formation, these lie at from ten to fifty feet under the surface of the prairie and are exposed only along the streams. It is only in certain localities, there fore!, that material can be found for making macadam roads. The third difficulty in securing good roads is the independence of the Iowa farmer, the tenacity with which lie clings to that which is. and the suspic ion with which he regards any scheme that involves a large expenditure of money, of which he is expected to con tribute the greater portion. He has figured the cost of macadam, of gravel and paving and has concluded that the lowest co-.t at which the roads gener ally advocated could be furnished would involve him hopelessly in debt, if not bankrupt him entirely. The more the citizen, or the man of the city, talks -to him about tho necessity of macadamized roads, of which he is to bear the expense, tiie more resolutely he sets himself against any proposition to macadamize the road on the line of his farm, anil concludes with Hamlet, What then can be done for good roads in Iowa? While macadamized ami gravel roads are yet far in the distance except in limited localities near the large cities, there is very much that can be done, and that, too, without any ex pense beyond that already incurred, and that should be done at once. There is no better road in the world than an Iowa dirt road when it is good. It is smooth, it is easy on the horse, even if sometimes dusty, and its continuance in this state of grace varies with the years, sometimes six months, some times ten. All that depraves a country road in Iowa and renders it horrible to contemplate and a source of profanity, both internal and external, is uncon trolled water. Speaking not now of country roads leading to cities, where there is a great deal of heavy hauling, but of the roads for country use, all that is needed to make a road that will be excellent from six to ten months in a year, averaging about nine, is to keep the water from rising up under it, and provide a way for the rain to run on as it falls. The under waters are found where roads cross or follow sloughs. The wet spots, where the most hideous mud holes occur, are on tiie edges or sides of these sloughs, and are caused by the rain soaking down through the upper fertile soil, and striking a vein of hardpau or impervious clay, and must therefore come out laterally. The remedy fortius is under drainage, eith er with tile or with rock, laid either under the road-bed or along-ide of it so as to catch the water before it reach es the bed. e have seen many of the very worst and most impassable mud holes rendered dry and placed in excel lent condition in aii seasons of tlie year, with an expenditure of not over j five dollars in labor material. After these wet spots anil seepy places have j been removed in the ma::ier anove sug gested, the road-bed -hould be thor oughly ploughed, harm. .ed and rolled until it is reduced to tin- finest possible tilth, then graded so as to allow tlie water to run off a- it Kills, ami as often ;:.- ruts are formed by passing teams in wet weather gone over with a road-grader when it becomes dry and kept in a smooth, well rounded, oval shape To .secure this treat ment of be done: roads, two things must provision must be made in the laws of the state that will allow the supervisor, or whoever is in author ity, to find drainage thromrh adjoining lands, wherever necessary, under the law of eminent domain. I'nless this is done, narrow minded land owners will effectually prevent by unwise opposi tion anyeffectivo' road drainage and hence any permanent, mad improve ment Again, it is essential that the road districts be greatly enlarged to at least half a township, and better still, a whole township, and tlie manage ment of the roads placed in the hands of a competent, practical civil engineer; cither a man who has spent years in acquiring scientific knowledge or some practical farmer who has good horse sense, an eye that is about as accurate as a full set of instruments under ordi nary handling and an honest pride in seeing good roads in his township. It is needless to say that this supervision will require all taxes, whether land tax or poll taxes to be paid in cash, and the men who work the roads, whether they lie farmers or not, required to do a day's work for a days pay in cash. ABSTRACT AND CONCRETE. The Pacific coast is fast increasing in the out-put"of codfish. An explosion at the Abercorn col liery in 1878 killed 269 persons. The savings banks of New York and Brooklyn contain at the present time 5433,000,000. A Barmouth, North Wales, fisher man caught 50,090 herring in one night recently. Chicago has 620 churches of all denominations, one-sixth of which are of the Methodist faith. One tree recently cut down in Tu lare county, Cal., was thirty-three feet in diameter at the base. A Boston business man displays a sign on his office door which reads: "Office hours 12 to 1 every other Tues day." Redwood trees have remarkable vitality. In a forest that has been cut over the young trees start by mil lions. A library of 8,000 volumes devoted solely to the theater, collected by Baron Taylor, has been dispersed in Paris. In 1893 no loss than 1,051 periodicals devoted mainly or sololy to literature were published in the United States. Next to the United States, France has the distinction of having the largest number of savings bank de positors, who have S559, 000,000 in bank. The new tactics adopted for the army contemplate the giving of com mands by whistles under certain cir cumstances instead of by word of mouth. Eighty-five per cent of New Eng land farms are cultivated by their owners and three-quarters of such farmers are wholly free of mortgage indebtedness. Electricity is gaining a strong foot hold in Japan. Telephone exchanges have been started in several of the principal cities and there is a project of constructing an electric railway in Tokio. How's This! We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CIIENEr & CO., Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac tions and financially able to carry out any ob ligations made by their firm. We3T & Trcax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. ; Waldiko, Kinnan & IMakviw, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggist. ry Aiificnt .lokes. When Theinistocles was trying to get money out of the Andrians for the Greece defense fund and told them that the Athenians would come with two great gods, persuasion and necessity, the Andrians replied that the Athen - ians were well off with two such ser- vicable gods, but they had two gods who always dwell in their country provcrty and impossibility. Cyrus' bitter jest about the fishes to the wretched Ionia ns, who had declined Kxnress. ' his overtures, and then after the taking .. .. , ,. . i . .. ,. i i . i tacts Worth Ivnunrinrr. of bardis wanted to come to terms, has , .. . . i. i i In all diseas-es of the uasalniiii-uoiisiiieni- jtoo much cruelty to be humorotii, . LrBno tho remcuv IIMril ,st lo non-irri-"nv. sniil tho lnsnltintr victor, 'thatl ..: -v...i.r ..... , a piper, seeing fishes in the sea, were romplished with douches. miuuV or powders, too pipe to them thinking they will, lerauso they are all irritntin. do not reach come out to the land, and when he was the nuerte!'Mirfni'es nnd should 1 1 al au disappointed of his hope took a net and doued as failures. A multitude or i crisis inclosed a great multitude of the fishes ! mL. l" for tears lonienU tho orry and ii i i i i ,. , i ram that ratarrh ran inflict tdtifv to rad- and drew them to land, and seeing cal nm, , eriIllllieIIt wires, wrougl:t ,v ElvV. them Hopping about said to the hshes, ('renm Halm. 'Cease dancing to me, since you would i not come out nnd dance when I ' ui.oin FriemU. played.'" Westminister Iteview. ' Fair Customer As 1 wish to present a friend of mine with a bottlt of your1 S-..800 FROM TCX ACRE. tincture on her birthday. I should'like ' A. M. Lamb, a market gardener in to know if it it is reallv to be de Pennsylvania, cleared S-",S00 on five ponded on for tlie removal of summer acres of cabbage and five acres of frnk-lp" I onions. Ihe reason of this, he says was because Salzer's seeds are so ex- trcmely early and wondrously pro ductive. Lightning Cabbage and King of the Earliest Onions he hail in tiie market three weeks ahead of anv other home-grown sorts, and consequently postage Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., you will re ceive their mammoth catalogue and a trial package of "Get There, Eli," the sixteen-day radish. w Talk About Your Cold Weather! "Talk about your cold weather." said a traveling man just from the northwest; "you ought to see it out there once." The crowd shivered and pulled up closer to the stove. "I had a friend up in North Dakota," he went on, "who sent to Ohio for a (ordon setter last fall and expected to have some fine hunting with him. In January I stopped over in his town one day and went to his house to see him. doing up the lawn I noticed one of the best specimens of terra cotta work I ever saw. It was a dog standing near the front door, and it was so natural I almost spoke to him as I went inside. Afterawhile I spoke to my friend about the specimen. " 'That's the finest terra cotta dog you've got out there I ever saw,' said I. " 'What terra cotta dog?' said lie, go ing to the window, from where I point ed out the dog to him. He looked at it a minute or two in tently and started outside. " 'Terracotta nothing.' he exclaimed: 'that's my Gordon setter, frozen stiff and hard." Detroit Free Press. The Mhl-Winter Fair a Surer. To reach it take the only direct line, tho Union Pacific. Through first and soond-e!ass s!eejers, diners. Our advertising matter tells you all atout it. E. Ii. I.omax. Uen'I. Pass. & Tkt. Agt., Omaha, Neb. A ItlB 1'lare. A Colorado ranchman was pa3ing his first visit to New York, and the next morning after his arrival his host took him down to the P.attery on the elevated and then proposed that they walk along back up Broadway. They kept walking along, shoved and hustled and crowded, the westener talkinir when he could and his friend watching him closely for impressions. After about a mile of it the westerner became tired of it. but kept plodding along- After about an hour he took his friend by the arm and stopped him. "I say. Dill." he said, trying to find the vanishing point of the street's per spective, with a weary look, "I say. is it town all the way to tlie Ilocky moun tains'.'" Detroit Free Press. There are only a few people who do not talk too much. Skin Eruptions received fancy prices. Salzcr sends .ir. , "l l" "roai ironi cnuuiiooci, causeti i.y , packages earliest vegetable seed, sum-I a'phthena and have used various rcme ..; ?- r..m;i oi ...:.i ' "'-" "M have never found ativttunceii ml ' cicnt for a family, for SI, postpaid. , tr, i, .,,... h,,.-........., r... "...... !. i If Vou Will Cit'THlH Out n.i.l ifenil It ? ,V l- . ?' i-" ,C,"J rhr- to the John A. Salzer ? J'""m'n""' ' """ " oum ""-' and similar annoyances are caused by impure blood, which will result in a more dreaded disease. Unless removed, slight impurities will develop into serious maladies. SCROFULA, ECZEMA, SALT RHEUM I hare for scaie tins been a sifferer from a gerere blood trouble, for which I took vamay remedies Oiat did mo no good. I havo now taken four hot! lea of v.iui me niiw. wucuoiu rnaiu. .ic enjoying tfce best health T ever Ireew-. have sslacJ twenty pounds and ray friends tay they never saw me as well. I am feeling quite like a new man. JOHN & ED2LIN, Government Printing Office, Washington. D. C TrtatUe on Blood and Skin Dixates nailed SWIFT SPECIFIC DURING hard times con sumers cannot afford to experiment with inferior brands of baking powder. It is NOW that the great strength and purity of the ROYAL make it indis pensable to those who desire to practise economy in the kitchen. Each spoonful does its perfect work. Its increasing sale bears witrfess that it is a necessity to the prudent it goes further. jjs ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., &g$a5 Ways to Make a Living. "There are more ways than one to make a living," said a demure little woman with flashing black eyes to a rororcr who camo down town in a School street car last night. "I know a woman who was left penniless in New York. She was riding on the elevated road one dav when she was struck with the sameness of the advertisements that are posted up in the cars. She thought that she could write good advertise ments and she thought out a lot of 1 it- tie fonr-line rlvymes for a certain arti- "Well, you did," admitted the Yan clc. She submitted them to the adver- kee. "I forgotall about that,-l-hfuhln"t tising manager of that firm and they were accepted and now she is making a lot of money every year with herverses extolling various wares.' "Pshaw!" said the blonde who sat next to the demure little woman. "I know of a case right here in Huffalo that discounted that." "I don't believe it." said the demure little woman. "Well. 1 do, and I'll tell you about it I 1 he train stop. IVasant Woman to prove it. A friend of mine who had t (who for a long lime has been show been doing some newspaper work got! ing signs of great anxiety, to stunt the craze for writing advertisements. I gentleman absorbed in his paper) I and siie went around to a lot of stores. ( on"y to find that they were well sup- j plied with people to" look after that branch of their miriness. She did find ' one firm that was willing to let her try ' her hand, and she began work. In less than a year she was comfortably off for ' the rest of her life." j "Did she invent some new style of writing, or something of that kind.'" asked the demure little woman, "No," replied the blonde, "but she married the senior partner." Uutialo I Druggist To tell vou the honest truth no mn'mn . ...... ..v, ... ...... Fair Customer Very (Iood. Then I will take a bottle. -Xotieicro I'ni versal. I Have been ;i !!!: t.-l with an affection ' "l'heumatie rings, 51," is the legend on a card that lies in a. tr.iy of lead colored rings displayed by a New York jeweler. The belief that such rings protect the wearer from rheuma tism has a protty strong hold upon a part of this community. The rings, according to those who deal in them, are made of seven metals. To a mule's ears a mule's voice is music. A bad man can never own anything that is fireproof. 'Hanson Magic Corn Srtlvr." Warrantrl torurrur laimry nfuniid. A.k your drugget runt. lii.-r lii-i-nii It is hard to understand why l.oys love to play football and hate to saw "wood. I lit UUAO. I use ST. JACOBS OIL PAHS And ell the Especially for Farmers, Miners, R. 1?. Hands and others. Double sole ex tending down to tin- hMl. EXTRA WEARING QUALITY. Thousands of Rubber Root wearers testify this is the best they ever had. .Sk yOUr dealtr for tHim and don't be persuaded into an inferior article. Dn ARE THE RESULTS OF Bad Blood fire to au address. CO Atlasta, Ga. W&!&ftj?H&& tC6 WALL ST., NEW YORK. Lack of Interest. A Yankee with some gift for brag ging as well as for getting out of a cor ner was talking to an Englishman. ''We can lick you right smart, " he s-id. 'We've alius done it, and can do it again. At Lexington. Concord. Sara toga, Hunker Hill an lotsof those place:? we jest gave you tits." "Yes." said the EntrHhma:i. "I do rumdmbcr those places, but then there was the battle of U hit- l'l.i.ns We rather beat vou then."' have thought of it if you iuuin't :i spoke of it. Hut then, you see. at that, battle the Americans somehow didn't seem to take any interest in the light." Exchange. Khlloti's Cannula vtlcm fnri' Ihm.UI on n ri.aniutpr. it rut- Innpinnl litiumiw lion. KutticU't.CoiuU Cur-. Scu.S'.'w. .v 5S.UX K.mplnry ratlrm-o. nave to get out now. r.xcus; me. you are sitting on :iy butter ISuntcs Al lerlie. "Life is : l.iittJolieM mi which e light for fame"' 'i'o pro-erve health in thU light, mo luc-i'.-siir. i'iit. .'. i cuts a l.o. Kvorj i!-mil.nrd in tho world was once u moderate. inn er. r.' Cjiis:H Ilnlimii I ih.- I'M-: umiI U-M. ll'wili l.r-il. ui .i M quick. ertliaii.in.Ulilnxehe. It h.ilwayreUM'. IrylS- The hr'v man 1 e'ievos that bill whicn L tint steep there is no Co tit!i In tin" ":ilm"iti. Tourists" tictetb now oiimi!o to all oint.s. IIoineeel;ers tieiet.s at half fire on ex cursion date. April 1 tli ami May Mb. For rates or fo'ders ;ivin fail desrriptiou ot land", e'hiiale.&c.. rail at U iil-ar.li Ticket o!li e. Ko 1 .7" Farnam Street, or write lr.o.S. Claitov X. W. 1 A;t.. Omaha. Xol. Nature makes no vasal onds, the wor'd makes us respectable California for llr:tltli. I'lrasnri :ml Prolit. If win for either, take the dire -t route, the Union I aciti" 'liieou'v tine riinniii" tirst ami set onil- c'ass s.eei er and iimm z ar to han rrtui- ci-eo. Send for our new- ls'( rnmi'h'ets. MI alout the Mid-Winter Fair K. L. Loman. (Jeu'l. Pass. & Tkt At.. Omaha, No". Onoof tliesadde t itiiiditioii in life, is to have nothim; ood to io for AXiIx -c&.XOTjg-:ES, both ill the May it rets, and in tho v.ay it'n sold, is Dr. Puree's (Jolden Medical Discov ery. A long procession of diseases start from n torpid liver ami impure llxl. Take- it, as 3 on ouj;lit, when you feel tho fiibt symp toms (languor, loss of appetite, dullness, de pression). As an aj.pi'ti.mg. restorntivo tonic, 10 repei uisensu aim build up the needed flesh and strength, there's noth ing to equal it. It rouses every organ into healthful action, purifies and en riches the Mood, braces up the whole system, and re stores health and vigor. Mrs. Siman GortiEirr, of Rice, Itrntim Cuity. .11 fmi.. writi'rt. " I hnve taken thrco ImiHIvs of your (oIIen Medical Discovery ' anil j"Sl'p fi-vl ipiite well anil ptronjr 55r "S now, co that 1 am able to - ' !. Tiir- wiirtr irltlimif flit Mrs. GoEnr.irr. lEnnirr. (;aat fatiSue." Pierce r. Cure. World Knouis the CORE is SORH. No Hatchet Needed ToOoen this Can. For Hoz Cholera this Lye 1$ a fro enre If mrd In time. Foruikinic f op. c!fnln? house totlralnic water, It an no eqiiil. The Housewife's Best Friend. A valuable whlnfr receipt In each can. For l by all trocar. Itwimurpri'oyoo. ICEHTS MAKE S5"a PaYI?:,0 !!5iw3Ti!MoiiTinanouse. Sample ott pald.tlTccents.FORSHEE Jt MAKIN Clnclnnati.O 19. 19i. When AiiHwerluc AdvertNt-uif nts Kintily Mcntloa thU l'aper. v I EH 9 Best Coocn SyrupTaatfM Gooft. 0ee Wt I "J In tlma. Sold by drnaHttn IM IV. '. I'.. Omnha- .'I 1 X