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- -. t 'A. 17 B. L:.. El fi POINTS FROM THE PRESS. The total gold output of Victoria, -Australia, during -last year was valued "at about 515,000. So far as can be discovered, the first use of an iron roof was on a building . erected in Ohio in 1SG3. The Sierra Nevada range of Cali fornia is nearly r00 miles long, 70 ividc and from 7,000 to nearly 15,000 feet high. Greenland's interior is estimated to - be covered by a shield shaped cap of - snow and ice not less than 5,000 feet 'or o32 mile in thickness. - TJis system of numbering the hours - of the day from one to .twenty-four has been adopted by the Italian rail " roads, and is used for all time schedules. fn the proportion to the numbers engaged, Waterloo was the bloodiest battle of modern times. ' Over thirty fire per cent of the men engaged were hi 1 Led or wounded. Our nickel five-cent piece gives a key to the intricacies of the metric system, as it weighs exactly five grammes, which is exactly two centi meters in diameter. Why does a rooso come out of the water! For sun-drv reasons. Ill Yormelker, Jr. Cleveland, Oliio. A Mere Skeleton Very Much Reduced After The Crip 'food's Sarsapariila Soon Cave Ap- tite and Healthy Digestion. " C. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell. Mass.: " Gentlemen: In December last, I was stricken tloivn v.ith tlie grip, ami cannot express n:y suSTerlng. When the ilNe.10 left me, I was v.uak arl ha-J little hope of recover-. 1 was wa a mere skeleton, hal no appetite, an.l Everything I Ate Distressed Me. 5!y wife called my attention to Hood's Sarsapa riila. I tol.l the doctor I thought I would begin to take it, and he said it might do me good. So I began, and the first dose of Hood's Sarsapa nlla'scerr.ed to give ms a desire for food. I con- HoodVCures tinned to improve, ar.d, to make a long story short, I was soon aLle to attend to my business, lone all to Hood's Sarsapariila. and think it should bo kept In e cry home." F. W. Yokmei kek, .la.. ISO r.rooklyn St, Cleveland, Ohio. Hood's Pills arc the best after-dinner pills, :t-l.;t dieestiin. c:ire li,iflieln ?.V. ner lioj . Driving the Brain t Of the expense the Body. While v.'c drive the brain we must build up the body. Ex ercise, pure air foods that make health- flesh refreshing sleep such arc methods. When loss of flesh, strength and nerve become apparent your physician will doubtless tell you that the quickest builder of all three is Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, which not only creates flesh of and in itself, but stimulates the appetite for other foods. Prepared by Scott A flowne. N Y. All dniggirta. Ely's O.esrn balm TTILI, CUBE CATARRH . Apply Palm lntocachnojtril. ELX B&OS-,3 WorronSUN.V. "COLCHESTER" Spading Boot Kirfaniifr.SIlncrs.U.lLHan(Isanl othM-s.Theut'roi-t.tiso!e,tondst then hole lfiiclliorthfMhclivr:i tot the IippI. nnilirtlnt the sh.ink inE tlltcliinc. dlpKiii).-. .tc Ih-st quality IlinnighiMit. CUttS WHtHF ill TS Best Cough Syrup. Tartcs Good. in imie. tsld riy drusxUta. AGENTS MAKE S5 a Dav9reatest KitAcn , ,. tcnsil invented. U. to kiub f,u lu u ituu.e. Sanilc otAge J-'OKMiKK a: MaKIS, Cincinnati, Ohio. t'rev. OMAHA Business Houses. urODlCV! PinTU'lIC PnUDIHVOin.iiia.tmr nxunnoftn uiuin.nij UUPI,,n,Viirhi! Cat- aln:ue Is ready. It costs you nothlns. Write for It. Hotel OXFORD Knrojienn Restaurant In con lKction Ilth r.ml harnnin. Itlslcy & Wil klns Prop rs. l;cjl t cars j avith? door. CROSS GOH co,; Wholesale and Ketall iioriHmn's Supplies. i rite lor prices. 11CS. 15th !? DYE WORKS Council Bluffs. la, A IS51 Farnam SU, Omaha, Neb. TDIICCCQ DEFORMITY BKAC7ES. I UvJUULU, """. V'.'-,uca'uG: .,. -m. 'A"3.VS,""-..r,"PP',s,-.yvc- .-..... . mri.OTiuw.wotaraiasb King Paper Co witArriNo r-A- rnt, Twisrs. ' Ktc. 1409-11 S Howard Street, Omaha. Planing Mill Sh, Door. Sfouldlnc. Stair. Interior FlnUh. Turninc. Scroll Pnwlns. Etc. Bank and Office Kurniture a fcpecla-tv. gj. jj, VVASU'L, 102 So. 18th St. Ship or write prices to for CO c0 too 5 ROBT. PURVIS Established 1ST). 121t Harney Omaha CO Hotel Dellone Omaha, cor. lltli and Capitol Are., K Mk from loth Council BlnS Omaha ear llnaa. Ife-ti . a dajr bouse In thc state. Hre proof EEACASEir, lToyrlcion. "'- T Jw7 va if W L gJ 1 rJaaaaaaaaaaaWraaa'w 1 tfa I aaaaaaaaaaaak m nvHBMflFi'v laaaaaaaaaPrsr M r. - ' J A JR&rafil igjfessgSS I 1 Forestalling the Slant. As many farmers are at this time considering the question of how they can be sure that their seed wheat and oats are not infected with smut, we call attention to one method of pre vention. The vitriol or bluestone pro cess has been in use for nearly a cen tury. It consists of soaking the seed in a Eolution of copper sulphate (blue vitriol). The following mode of appli cation is recommended by the Indiana Experiment station (Hulletin No. 32): "In treating oat seed we use cold ram water with one pemnd of copper sulphate per gallon of water A com mon wash tub was filled about two thirds full of water and enough finely powdered coppes sulphate added to give the above strength. A bushel of seed was put into a coarse woven grain sack, and immersed for five minutes in the copper solution, turning and kneading the sack so as to thoroughly wet the seed. The sack was then placed on bars across the top of the tub to dram a minute, after which the seed was spread thinly on an airy floor. The process was repeated with another bushel of seed and so on until enough had been treated. To hasten the drying and prevent much swelling .of the seed, it was dusted heavily and repeatedly with land plas- ter (pulverized air slaked lime will an - Rtrer as well) and mixed thorouirhlv. j jt 8 wen continue the stirring every few minutes for a few hours, and if the seed can be exposed meanwhile to the sun or in a good current of air, so much the better. As each bushel will take up a portion of the solution, it must be replenished from time to time, adding both water and copper sulphate in the proper proportions. He sure that copper sulphate is finely powdered, or the solution will be too weak at first and too strong toward the last. A man and a boy can treat six or eight bushels of seed in an hour." If these directions are carried out this method gives very good results. This method can be improved upon by having a sec ond tub or vessel in which to keep a stock solution of the chemicals. This vessel can also be used to catch the drain from the treated seed. Cost. The wholesale price of the copper sulphate, in barrel lots, is about eight cents per pound. The cost of the chemical and the labor to apply it will make the treatment about four cents per bushel. Caution. The strength of the solu tion and the time of contact must be carefully attended to, or the grain will be damaged by the action of the chem ical. Farmers' Review. Squash nags and Tobacco. About twenty years ago, says a Mr. Murray, when I built my house up here on the banks of Charles river, I planted a number of melon and cucum ber hills;.and I found, to my sorrow, that these black squash bugs were makinc complete destruction of all my vines, I commenced to kill them, but the smell made me sick. I col lected a lot of them, and poured boiling water upon them, and destroyed them in that way. I put shingles down under the vines, as Mr. Phiibrick suggests: but I could not stand killing the disgusting insect. I thought, if I lived another year, I would try another experiment, which I did live to try, and verj successfully. I found that tobacco was very repug nant to these black bugs; and, when I found they did not like it, I went into Boston, and bought about a barrel of tobacco stems from the cigar makers, and took a quantity of the stems, and cut them up with a hatchet upon a block, as you would cut up hay to feed horses: and then I collected it all in a basket, and went to my ( melon and cucumber vines, and laid it about two inches thick all around my vines. I watched the process very closely to see what would be the re sult whether those fellows loved to bacco or not. I never had a better crop of melons in my life than I had that year. I had no trouble whatever with the black rascal. He never came near me; or, if he did, he kept out of my sight, it is a very cticap expert ment I think I paid half a cent a pound for all I wanted, besides the expense of bringing it, up by express Thk Georgia Experiment station has been making some experiments to ascertain what disposition of a crop of cow pea vines would give the best ceo-, nomic results. The following conclu-, sions were reached: 0) Hiat the best disposition of a crop of field peas is i to ! convert the vines into hay (2) The uwi, unt m w IWmi ine reionpt:n , , ,T? - lu - I,aure ll. cm'' vv ...u.Ug i..u ...c:. n..u in.-iuiibi.iut: , them to lie on thc surface and plow- ing under in November was decidedly better than turning the vines under in August. (11 Turning the vines under 1L aaaaaaSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaB'iSflPSf '-Tj f ' cflb " AaaaBaaMaaataM' J"5ij3'Hri wm ti aYaYla? I -. t PWpyhl Bt 3" MryJC "3fc aaSj XnBBafaaBBaaaaaa'N VSjKUV aaaaaaaaaflaaaaBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal jaaaaaaaaaTaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalBalTBiWjftji fA?fr ljr ai w4 BB,r3PiiwpBWpK. . - turned under green as when cut and leit on tne suriace, or as ripened peas were picked and M . f , , K. . ' ble turned under after frost. In both 1 cases, where the vines were cut and ' left on the surface and where the peas I were gathered, the ground was turned ! over early in November. Put the turnmg under of the green vines be i fore the hot weather was over Feemed to result in some deleterious action of thc soil. I Daiky Kr.coitDS. Thc farmer who ' "has no time" to keen a rlairr rponrd , :. ..-..ii4i. i c.,-'i:r 17 uouuiii iuc uuc vrnu uuua Lime 10 I sPena aL l? '""age store or grocery, -, -.., -,, . i ana to riaicuic ine attempts ot ms neighbors to improve their land and farming in general, says the Massa chusetts "Ploughman." green gave the poorest economic re- suits. It would seem that turning Sukki'Doctoks TiiKMSKi.vrs. A vet under a crop of green pea vines in i erinarian says: In the state of New midsummer or early fall, is not the ' York the older farmers would go into "proper thing to do." The vines prob- the woods and cut down pine and hem ably added as much to the soil when I lock boughs, and draw them into their ! Drainage of Pottf.d Plants. In putting the soil into pots, care must be J taken to put bits of potsherd broken oyster shells are better,though cinders ' will do and a few pieces of charcoal in the bottom of each pot. to insure good drainage, nnd especially is this commended to the novice whose only recourse, whrn plants become nale and sickly looking, is to water them, whereas this abuormal condition is much more frequently caused by thc J want of air and lujht rather than by any lack of moisture. Batter Bacteria. The theory is now advanced that the peculiar taste and pleasant aroma of butter from sour cream is caused by bacteria, and that, with experience, this particular breed of bacteria can be cultivated and kept on hand and added to butter by rule, just as yeast is added to bread, says an exchange. Experiments are now being made in capturing and growing these aromatic bits, and it is hoped that the mistress of the dairy may soon buy or raise her supply of them to add to her sweet cream to produce the proper "ripe ness." Meantime, the other bacteria, that bring undesirable flavors, are to be banished. Mutter from a certain dairy in Germany was found to con tain a certain kind of bacteria. This butter had a peculiar "nutty" flavor, but was soft and lacked keeping quali ties. It is therefore argued that butter for immediate consumption may be made by adding the proper bacteria, while another kind will produce an article warranted to keep a long time. The fact is that the scientists are just beginning to get down to the practical 1 things of earth which relate to what we eat and what wc drink, and butter s one of the things they are studying with good results. Meantime, the markets are taking all the good butter made by the old process, bacteria or no bacteria. Bight Time to Churn, Joseph Yuill says: The right time to churn is when the cream shows the first sign of acid. When the cream is o.ly to the touch it is ready to churn. Take a yard of cheese cloth and strain the' cream into the churn. This will A DAIRY SCENE IN Rl'RAL. BELGIl'M. From take everything that will make white ing a valuable fertilizer where i s-pecks in the butter, except one thing, do the most good, the trees are t'ut in your butter color and if the fited. with no item of loss cha cream has been put in the churn pure, add one-fourth waler. Raise the tem perature by using warm water. For ten gallons of cream a quart of hot or cold water will increase or reduce the temperature. It is a bad plan to warm the cream above churning tem perature, as the butter will be soft. From 58 to fiO degrees in sum mer and from C'J to Ot in winter is the correct heat for churning. I do not like to use cream over CO hours old, because the butter would be bitter if the cream was much older. The skim milk is warmed and fed to the calves. Butter should come in from 30 to 35 minutes, until the butter is as large as clover seed. Put in a pail of water at 4. degrees and churn for a minute or two, put in more water, churn again, add more water and a cup of salt, strain with a wire sieve, the butter being as fine as timothy seed. Farmer's Review. The Corn Stalk Dieease. Mr. L. J. Bettannier, herdsman of the Icarian Community, at Corning, Iowa, gives in the Homestead the fol lowing facts witn reference to the death of a number of cattle belonging I to that corporation, which will be read with interest. The mischief is j caused by cattle eating a poison se creted by an insect and deposited in the 1 corn plant. About thirty hours of time are required before the symptoms of the thus far fatal disease can be dis covered by the inexperienced and un suspecting farmer. After the lapse of thirty hours the symptoms are unmis takable, the progress for the worst is swift, varying, however, according to the strength of the constitution of the animal, and, probably, "also, in the ratio of the quantity" of poison eaten by it. He gives the following from his notebook: '-On December 28, 1S93. fifty-two head of yearlings had access to the corn field; in which thirty - three cows had been feeding about five hours daily since November 28. One of these cows, a two-year-old, was found dead on December IS. The yearlings were generously salted on the morninc of j the 2Sth, went to the water tank, then to the corn field and remained five hours: passed to the water tank iu the evening, and then to the yard, where tliatt 'Mf rrr-r n 1 m Loww 1 fitrrl vv'f ,,?. i, ii, . .i '.i were driven back to the pasture instead of the corn field 0n thlat evcnin P one of tl,em took s5ck and dJed inbfoar hour8 frora thc time that the first m tom efrusal to drink at lh trouh was not(L Krom tIie u hc began feeding on corn stalks until his death.was about thirty hours. Thc next morning two more were noticed I K;0u :in j j;, .:,,; !, o I10t;,.t.ai,i0 tmtnro is il,:,t. tl... old r , escaped, a fact which has not been noticed by thc government experts .,..... ni.a.2.iiiiiviii..iia.3 .' sheep yards. They said the sheep when the ' nerded'something green, but the fact J dr under the roist, but should becol 1 thc stub- , is they needed something else. The lectd daily. Mix one peck of kainitc sheep is by nature his own doctor, and when he is allowed to run out in the fields he wiil eat bitter weeds that no other animal will touch. Now, he doesn't always eat those weeds be- cause he likes them, but because it is necessari for his own medicine and nutrition, perhaps, to a certain extent. Many of these weeds, if we examine them, we find to be anthrometic That is one reason why sheen love the nine ' , !,o r" "'Z iTrfiV ., . - " - ; - -iy n ..m Komg to introduce anv mprlicinn Ttrh-itnvni. in sheep, it would be in the nature qf tur - : " -.. .. ..... ,. ,vf pentine or tar. Solution of Daiuv Proklkms. W. H. Gilbert once said: '"There are three things to watch in feeding a cow. Watch her while she eats, to see if she eats at once and with good appetite what is put before her; watch the ex crement to see that she" digests, and watch the milk pail to see that she pays for it." This in a few words tells the whole story. The cow to produce milk must hare tbe necessary con stituents in her food, and these con stituents to produce milk economical ly must be in the right proportions. The chemist may help lissome, but the cow and the pioclical dairyman are, after all. lhe mil's tnni-lr rmt. tli I problem. C. 1. Goodr'eh Poultry 1b tbe Orchard. At the recent meeting of the South ern California Farmers' Institute at Pomona, Mr. H. G. Keesling of San Jose, well known both as a fruit and poultry grower, gave a suggestive es say from which we take the follow ng: That there is money in chickens s as self-evident as that there is monev in fruit, for in each case all depends on management. The fruit-grower selects nis janu careiuiiy, plants it with good judgment, and cultivates, prunes, sprays and cares for his trees with the best of his ability and with the advice of older heads who have been successful in growing fruit. He likes the business and succeeds, be cause he is determined to do so. If a fruit-grower has mistaken his calling, the sooner he disposes.of his orchard the better for him and all other fruit-growers. The same is true of poultry-raising. To combine poultry with fruit-growing, and allow the lat ter to support the former, would be folly, and the partnership should be dissolved whenever a lively interest and proper care can not be given to both. As fruit-growers, we know that proper management will make the or chard profitable, anil as poultry raisers that there is money in chickens. Now if the conditions are right, as indicated above, docs it not follow that a combination of these two industries will largely increase one's income? On one hand, the chickens are beneficial in the orchard or anj'where else where a fertilizer will be of any advantage to t he crop With a Hock of chickens ranging all over an orchard, picking up insects that are injurious to fruit, scratching and lightening the soil and distribute Farmers' Review. t vril benc- rced on the poultry account On the other hand, when a poultry business is es tablished by itself, the use of the land is an item of expense that is eliminated where the orchard furnishes free range. The establishment of a poul try plant in an orchard takes up no room vhatever in our mild California climate. Small buildings among the trees are no detriment I have poul try roosts and runs among cherry and apricot trees that have not been plowed or disturbed for ten ye irs, and yet the trees make good growth and bear well. You can all readily see that the two businesses conducted on the same ground are reciprocal in action, and the question that must de cide whether or not a flock of chickens .will be located in the orchard is the ! capacity of the owner to oversee them or to secure competent help to proper ly care for them. Com! Stock I'as. I was visiting a farm recently where I saw 1,000 chickens of all sizes, grades and lineal descent, says I. K. Felch in "Farm and Home." Anything was a chicken and so much per pound. I asked the farmer why he did not raise thoroughbreds and "thus have two strings to his bow and work up to a fiancier's position. He replied that the sales for thoroughbreds were so few that it would not pay. "But," I re marked, "there is not a bird on your place that will s.ll forSl.SO.while'nine out of ten will not sell for SI each. Suppose you sell only 10 per cnt of those you raised for S30 per dozen, the balance, though they were thoroughbred, would bring you as much per pound as those you now have. Would not this item furnish you a nucleus for a bank account? You say, by hard work, they pay yon as you are now running it.' He was silent a few seconds and finally said. "I reckon we "' "" gen'ug- an out 01 iins mar, we 1 m,ff. i u iah man lS S,l,rely at, tl,e The judge's motion was overruled on iootofthcladder,doingtheyeiylarltnatTCJcasionas thc conrt resounded est amount of labor for a dollar. Poul- with mcrriment, in which he was iry cunure is a means or converting one s labor into cash; he who labors in the right direction and with the best breeds secures the highest price for such labor. Again we see the poultry raiser who acknowledges the fact that the product from crossing thoroughbreds pays a larger profit.and he it is who purchases eggs and stock of the fancier to produce his workers. They grow quicker to a salable size and are better producers of eggs, which are Irs staple product, and find a daily market the j-ear round. He dis poses of one half of his product for poultry and sells for breeding and show purposes only those of the high est merit. We sec him enjoying the best of reputations as a fancier, his pocket book well filled, and ever alive to the interest of his calling. Keeping l'oultry .'Manure Damp. At this season the droppings are quite an item, and they arc more valu able in winter than in summer, be cause the food is more concentrated, says "Farm and Fireside." To keep them properly they should not become (German potash salts) with one bushel of dry dirt or sifted coal ashes. Now mix this with the same quantity of droppings, and place them in a barrel or hogshead. You may also scatter some of the kainite and dirt under the roosts. Instead of keeping the drop pings dry, as is frequently suggested, keep them moist (not wet) with soap suds. The result will be that the moisture will prevent loss of ammonia. the sulphuric acid of the kainite and the fat acids formed from the soap suds, will form several chemical com pounds, which will not only preserve the valuable qualities of the drop pings, but will render them more solu ble, as well as prevent the formation of silicates (which happens when the droppings are dry), and when you at tempt to use the droppings the am moniacal odor will convert you to the damp process. A simple-hearted and truly devout country preacher, who had tasted but few of the drinks of the world, took dinner with a high-tonpd family, where a glass of milk punch was quietly set down by each plate. In silence and happiness this new Vicar of Wakefield quaffed his goblet, -and then added, "Madam, you should render thanks every day for each a good covf" Bismarck's Fabulous Offers. A man of position in one of the Lon don book houses tells me that the Eng lish publishers are having as interest ing a time bidding for Bismarck's auto biography as they had for Stanley's "Through Darkest Africa." Unwisely, perhaps, the great German statesman gave out the fact that he was working at his autobiography, and since that time he has been practically flooded with offers. One authoritative offer consisted of a pa3'ment of f 100,000 for the complete rights for England and America. But even to this, which is believed to be the most generous offer made, the great Bismarck has made no response. The fact of the matter is, as my friend who has just returned from a visit to Bismarck as an emissary of a London book house writes me, the auto biography is not yet eveu completed. For that matter, it is scarcelv written. During his recovery Bismarck gave some attention to the work, and wrote and dictated several pages per day as much as his returning strength would permit. The prince is not ready with the pen. llow'a This I Wc offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for anv case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Ball's Catarrh Cure. F.J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo, O. Wc, the undersigned, have known F. J. Chen y for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions , and financially able to carry out any obliga tion made by their firm. I West & Thuax, Wholesale Drujrfrlsts, Toledo, O. Waldixo, Kinsan & Makvik, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, (). Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous eui faces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. FRESH FRAGMENTS. Bolivia's army costs SI, 800,000 yearly. There are few spinsters in the Cau casian settlement in South Africa as the men outnumber the women ten to ons Since the repeal of British naviga tion laws in 1810 British shipping has increased seven times faster than the population. Vessels of 2,000 tons carry seven anchors, four of a maximum weight of eighteen tons, with about 300 fath oms-of cable. The queen of Greece is president of a sisterhood devoted to the reforma tion of criminals and she personally visits prisoners. Twenty-three Pittsburg firms man ufacture, flint and lime glass. The an nual production exceeds 24,000 pieces of tableware alone. The chief duty of Russian frontier guards consists in preventing smug gling and the introduction of Nihilis tic literature into Russian territory. The greatest depth recorded of Lake Michigan is ST0 feet, or about one-sixth of a mile. The mean depth is about 325 feet, or one sixteenth of a mi!. A sugar maple chair that was a wed ding gift to the parents of Mrs. A. D. Morris of Albany, Qrc., nearly seventy years ago, is now in the possession of Mrs. Morris. When Lord Pahncrston was buried in Westminster Abbey the officiating clergyman threw into the grave sev eral diamond and other rings as a peace offering. Equal parts of ammonia and tur pentine will take paint out of cloth ing, even if it be hard and dry. Saturate the spot as often as neces sary and wash out in soap su Is. On the night of June 11, 1S52, there were heavy frosts all over New Eng land, and in Livingston county, New York, 300 sheep that had been sheared a few days before were frozen to death. The ltest Men Wanted. ( ''Yes, sir: wc want some good men. men of first-clnss chnraeter and ability to repre J sent us. Among our representatives are many of the noKet and I e-t men in I America, nnd jmrties of thnt stnmpcnn nl wnvs find a splendid opportunity at our es 1 tablishinent." That is the way Mr. H. F. ( Johnson, of the firm of h. F. Johnson & Co.. , Richmond. Yn.. stated the ease iu reference to their ndvertisment in this paper. Not Too Old. In a certain part of West Virginia some years ago there was a local court presided over by an honest old farmer, who in his earlier years, had been an attorner at law. The judge was a j quick temperod, impatient man, but by no means ungenerous, and possessed of a keen sense of humor, tine day while on the bench he saw in the audience an old negro whom he had engaged to haul some timber from his sawmill near by. but who had been aflerward per suaded to do the same kind of labor for another person to the neglect of the judiciary. As soon as he caught sight of his recreant toiler the judge sus pended the trial, quitted the wool sack and approaching the old African, said, with great indignation and a very red face: "You old rascal! Why didn't you haul timber for ine, as 3011 promised to do? You'll have to be taught a lesson!" The old negro gave one look at the indignant judge, then squared oft and throwing his coat to a bystander said, cheerfully: "Come on, massa! Dis ole chile use to spank yo' when yo's a trillin' boy, an' I reckon he can jis do it again if it's npcpssitnns'" obliged to join. A MOTHER'S OPINION. Mrs. L. A. Lvford, Proprietress of "lhe Hollywood"' 1IG Turk street, San Francisco, says: "I am absolutely amaed at the great good I alderwood's Rheumatism Cure did my daughter Fannie. She was atlhcted m her feet and ankles with inflammatory rheuina- tisra and had to use crntihes to get about My family physician treated her for several weeks but the girl grew worse and so I'scnt ?.' to the othee of Calderwood'.s lUicumatisin Cute, on on the ' corner of Market ud Fourth streets, ' San Francisco, ami soon a messenger came back with three bottles of the rcincdv whi h she began using, and , before the medicine was gone she had llirownawaym.Ti-iuai.ra "' """ j sound and well. .. i .i..- .i : .. llnnnnn'ri IUair ora -v." W.irnirmM tm-nn-or ri'...ni i.-f nul.-.l. Ask. your I druggist for it. 1'ik Ijr.-nlis The man who can't control himself gen erallv wants to I oss the most. Billiard Table, tecond-han I. For s-a'e cheap. Applv toor address. H. C. Akin, 511 S. I'-'th St., Omaha. Neb. People who are not to te trusted in tri fles arc not to be trusted any w here. No one can get out of life puts in. more than he 9frfrfrfrfrfr Your Heart's is tue most important pair fourths of the complaints to realize how vital it is to 9 V 0nr T'KiiK0F?.:y.'SteM EWS 09$ CHARACTER SKETCHES. A novel suit is on in the courts at Manchester, N. H. A girl of that town married, and her adopted mother gave her furniture, silver and other gifts. More than that, she invited the young people to live with her. Two years later-there was a family row, and the young people began packing up. When they attempted to take their wedding gifts the mother-in-law locked them up. Then the daughter sued for their value. While the case was in court the old lady died, be queathing the goods to her niece, who continues the fight for their possession. The story is told that on a certain occasion, when a company of persons was discussing in a crowded room sacred subjects and certain prominent men. one suddenly exclaimed: "I should like to meet that bishop of Litchfield; I'd put a question to him that would puzzle him." "Very well," said a voice out of another cor ner, "now is your time, for I am the bishop." The man was somewhat startled and taken aback, but pres ently recovered himself and said: "Well, my lord, can yon tell me the wav to heaven?" "Nothing easier," answered the bishop, "you have only to turn to the right and go straight ahead." Little 'Rastus was entirely too fond of asking questions, says Harper's Drawer, so his father said, and in order to shift the burdens which he found too great for his uneducated shoulders to bear, old 'Rastus sent the boy to school, where the following colloquy is said to have taken place Little 'Rastus Wy am de sun brighter'n de moon, 'fessah? Prof. Johnson We dun no' fo' shuah dat he am, honey. Yet sec, de moon's got the night ter light up, an'de sun has only got de day. Dat's er power ful sight er diff'runcc, I tells yer. Mebbe, if do sun done tackle de big job de moon's got on his hands, he couldn't do ez well." A Standard Hearer. In thecru-ade inaugurated nearly half a century hro aaiiiM the profesioiia"l is;iior ance of the old .clino! of medicine. Hostet ler's Stomach Hitters wa-,;istaml:ml hearer Its vletorie-overdNoaM'-. when the old time snecith's proved abject failures, proved that the cudo-phiIosophy which sanctioned the administration of violent remedies where the r:i-c mini red none, which laid down as 1111 ilterable rules blood let tin:;, violent pur- 1 ration, the useofemeth aiid the employ ment of corroive and cumulative poisons in simple cases of liver and malarial com plaint, was It: fact t lie wor-t of utipliilosopliy. contrary alike to the laws of true medicinal sience," of hyjiiene and of common sense. ltilioi:siicss, const ipation and chills and fever, as now treated bv the Hitler-, piomptly yield where before they obsti nately resisted old fashioned medication. S do dyspepsia, 1 li'-iimatUm and kiduey complaint all Mirely ecu iiierahle by this afe and really philo-ophlc remedy. Duchess and Viceroy. I heard a rather amusinir storv in which Lord Houghton, the viceroy of Ireland and the Duchess of Manchester played a part, says a writer in the Philadelphia Press: They met the other day on the steam er running from Kingston to Holyhead. Houghton imagined, no doubt, that he was still among the gloomy magnifi cence of his vice-regal court, most gra ciously beckoned to the duchess to take a seat, and was even affable enough to indicate the right chair adjacent to him, where he was pleased to permit her to sit by a vice-regal pat with two fingers. The duchess was a little taken back by the condescending manner of the 3oung viceroy, whom she had known from babyhood. She, however, complied with the signal, and during the voyage across exerted herself to be pleasant. But the moment she set her foot on Holyhead she considered her duty fulfilled, for his excellency the viceroy in Ireland is nothing but plain . Lord Houghton in England. It was with the most imperative ring in her voice that she turned to him and ex- claimed: "Here, Bobby, Bobby, bring me my dressing bag, please, and nowi run ahead and find me a good compart ment." "ISrown'g Bronchial Troche" arc widely known as an admirable remedy for Bron chitis, Hoarseness, Coughs and Throat troubles. Sold on' 11 in lojr. Cut Off His Tail. At Madras, some time ago, a valua ble lion, having incautiously allowed his tail to stray into an adjoining cage, the tail was siezed by an evil-disposed leopard, close to the lion's body, when, as the lion attempted to escape, almost the whole of the skin of his tail was stripped off. This was followed by such an amount of inflammation that the lion's life was in danger. Surifcon Major Miller, brother of the late Prof. Miller of Edinburg. the surgeon to the governor of Madras, volunteered to perform amputation. Lhe lion was Lite lion seized in hjs cage and Ins Jieau covered ( with a cap containing a considerable . quantitv i chloroform. He was then dragged to the edge of the cage and the ' tiil nassed through the bars where ' .'? ,K, , tnrougn ine uais, w ncrc Dr. Miller cleverly performed his oper- ation. The animal made a good re-. covery. Stik tiptheliver, remove disease, promoto good cheer nnd good health, l.y tho use of iieechani's Pills. Talk on Ittncklierrics. C. II. Hamilton of Wisconsin says on this subject: They "would grow anywhere, bi; would choose lc?vel ground, well drained, and soil made rich with a liberal dress ing of well-rolted barnyard manure. Plant in rows seven feet apart and three feet in the row. Some low-growing crop can be raised the first year be tween the rows. Cive the plants win ter protection by laying down and cov ering with earth. I use wire to protect the plants and set posts or stakes, about twenty -feet apart, on which to (fasten the wires. .Mulch with green j clover and pinch off tiie young canes as j soon as they gat to be twenty inches or two feet high. Thc same plantation t can be kept twenty years. I have one .Mulch fifteen years old which is apparently as it ever was. 1 usually let an tiie plants which come up in the hill remain until the following spring, then reduce to four or live, and treat all other plants between irills and rows as weeds. i i? 1 ..... ...;ti ...t.;,... :........ i ..:.. i dies which have leome yellow from nn,j constant esc .-.-... ..- . ..... .......... ...... . ...... nge Thc young mouse when it see a trap. feels s T. JACOBS OIL PerfecT Cure of BURNS, BRUISES, SCALDS, CUTS AND WOUNDS. v v Blood oi your organism, i nreo mm which the system is subject j9 : 1r -. -- Keep It Pure For which nothing equals S. S. S. It effectually removes all impurities, cleanses the blood thor oughly and builds up thc general health. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., MHO, 6. 9 3 AH other powders are f 3 cheaper made and in G 3 ferior, add leave either E 3 acid or alkali in the food c id ijJ 3 ROYAL BAKING POVVCER CO ic6 V.'AtX ST NEVMORK C Small Frnlt Discussed. I T"' HrseV Food. R. J. Coe of Fort Atkinson, a practi- T,lC horse's natural food is grass. cal fruit grower, had for his theme ' There is, nothing else upon whL-h he "Strawberry Culture," at the iscon- will do so well or live so lon;r. His in sin horti.-ultural meeting and made the; ternal economy can accommodate itself following points: to the dried, seedless salks of winter. Never nlantstrawbcrriesafter straw-'the luxuriant foliage of spring or the berries, for if rotation is good practice everywhere, it surely is for the straw berry bed. Don't use plants from an old bed, nor small, inferior specimens from a new one, but always choose good, strong plants from new beds. Prepare the ground the year before by having it well manured. Sow rye in the fall and turn it under earlv in the spring. Dig the plants a few days before setting and keep in a moderately cool, shady place until the roots begin to str.pt. M:irk- rrms norfnetlv strniir it . .. .. x j and cultivate once a week through the season. Pick oft all nlossomsantl treat the first runners as weeds. Trim upi the rows to eighteen or tvventy-four ( inches. Cover in autumn with marshy , hay or other litter which is free from weed seeds Mow the b d as soon as picked ami, when dry, burn mulch and all. Never keep a bed over two crops. Mr. Woodward of New York would use commercial fertilizers at the rate of ' 100 pounds of potash and (300 pounds of I bone dust to the avre. What ship contains mora people than the (Jreat Eastern? Courtship. J Cy . It will, perhaps, require a little stretch of the imagination on the part of :ho reader to recognize the fact that tho two portraits at the head of this article aro of tho same in dividual ; and yet they are truthful sketches made from photographs, tnkon only a few months apart, of a very much rsteemed citi zen of Illinois Mr. C. II. Harris, tvhoso ad dress is No. 1,023 Second Avenue, Rock Island, I1L Tbo following extract from a let ter written by Mr. Harris explains tho mar velous change in his personal appearance. Ho writes : 'Dr. Pierce's Golden covery saved my life nnd has JMedical Dis- made mo J13"- My homo physician says I am good for "y Jirs yer. iou win remember that I ""just between hfo and death, an.l all of my fnends wero s,lro it wa3 a f d t- untii 1 commenced taking a second Lottie of MJoIden Medical Disoovcrv' when I lnvnmn able to sit up and tho cough was very much better, nnd the bleerfin'j from my lunyi etoppeil, and before I had taken six bottles of tho 'Golden Medical Discovery' my cough ceased and I was a new man and ready for business. I now feel that it is a duty that I owe- to mv fellow-men to recommnnd to thm rh B :: - -" :?. BBl BBBhv''" j&Z' - v'---- KC'a VBSBsiBmHftV-M ..V. '.79 HBBBaBBK iMHib vkulBWJ & ' Golden Medical Discovery ' which saved my t, ' life wherf doctors and all other medicines ianea to no mo any good. I send to you with this letter two of my photograph! ; one token a few weeks before I was taken down sick in bed, and tho other was taken after I was well." These two pho tographs are faithfully re-produced at tho bead of this article, Mr. Harris's experience in the use of " Gold en Medical Discovery" is not an exceptional one. Thousands of eminent people in all parts of tho world testify, in just as emphatic language, to it3 marvelous curative- powers over all chronic bronchial, throat and lung diseases, chronic nasal catarrh, asthma, and kindred diseases. Eminent physicians prcsrribo "Golden Medical Discovery" when any of their dear ones' lives aro imperilled by tfcat dread dis ease, ionsumpuon. unuer such circum stances onlv tho most reliable remedy would oonepenaea ; upon. Tho following letter is to tbo point. It is from an eminent phvsician of nuinip'5, raiayciiu k,u., jtk. mo says : "Consumption is hereditary in my wife's family : some have already died with the div easo. My wifo has a sister, Mrs. E. A. Cleary, that was taken with consumption. Kbe used Dr. Pierce's Golden MIicaI Dlscov- ( cry, nnd, to tho surpriso of her many friends, sho got well. My wife has alo had hein- complimented orrjurjes from tho lungs, and her ster in sisted ou her using tho ' Golden Medical Di- vr. l. Toi:ni..s Sa snoc vj ! f i-tom -nt,, cn-tin trom J4 I1 5. l""t a ir lor thc money 1 1 t'tc ,1 .,yip and prirc . .WET. "''i;cl on thc b-ttton. I-very I Sn.,ti, in a .Intnl. I .K-nosulxti ' v'ljjicaai: 5. rtt . J.ic Iotal pjtictt, for hi I LTT-j! i--p!i"iot v rcJrrplete '.nr. inr 1 Mlit-s. asirl gen W-L'DOUOuJ txr.rn r-r --t1 Io' ll- IwtrateA Li'talogue iMir in- st-t.cions ' lio-.vtoor- dcr bv mi '. Pn.tacc fre- rm r - gel the best bargains of lca!er v. ho jnish o-r slices. I RUMELY-s TRACTION AND-PORTABLE NGINES. Threshers and Horse Powers. 'rlt tor Iliustntsd Catalogue. mallc-l Free. RUMELYCO.. LA PORTE. I ND. iPafpnts. Traita-Marlcs. MIWMIWI IIIWIIIWI Kiatnliiatfr'C kuu AilUe t lu I'sttBUbllliy ct IcT.li iI.. I-M-U'l fil " ItlVclitf.lV Ulililr. or How to itt a I aim:" rAXSSS TfOSSlL, TrtSfOtVOf, P. C. i H E M. highly nutritious seed pods of Mimtner. The stalks preserve his health, the green foliage fattens him and the seed pods invigorate and strengthen hiin. Xo horse, however lightly worked, should be fed on hay alone. The ra tion should in.'lu le grass or roots and when the work is hard enough a suita ble quantity of grain. Xo horse that is lightly worked should be lightly fed or grain. It is a common and eostlv practice which causes 111:1113 a horse U I c uisjaruesi long o.-iore ills lime. coo' Couch llnlaant ithfnM-t ami !". u mil iir-:ik m iiwiiim 'iMin: h Try er than an thine ei.-, ithaiwawn-it ti Ou.mintliic. Freneh journalists are criticising the attitude of the I'nited States delegates to the sanitary convention at Paris. The American:, haw opposbd every measure tending to muUe quarantine less rigid. Their object is to make the regulations so close I hat quarantine measures can be used to restrict imuii- I gration. Truth never touches I him 11s it found him. mini and leave- covery.' I consented to her using it, nnd it cured her. She has had no symptoms of con sumption for the past six years. People having this disease can take no better rem edy." Yours very truly, rFrom tho Buckeye State comes the follow ing : " I was pronounced to have consump tion by two of our lest doctors. I spent nearly ?300, and was no better. I concluded to try Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. I bought and used ei"ht liottles and I can now say with truth that I feci just as well to-day as I did at twenty five, and can do just as good a day's work on the farm, although I had not dono any wort for several years." Truly, your friend, Mr. Dulaney's address is Campbell, Ohio. "I had catarrh in tho head for years and trouble with my left lung nt the same time. You put so much faith in your remedies thnt I concluded to try ono bottlo or two, and I derived much licnefit therefrom. I used up three bottles of Dr. Sago's Catarrh Remedy, five bottles of your " Golden Medical Discov ery," and in four months I was myeelf again. I could not sleep on my left side, nnd now I can sleep and eat heartil v. So h.ng as I have your medicines on hand 1 Lave no need of a doctor ; I do not think my hcuso in order without them. Yours truly, zCs Marlow, Baldwin Co., Ala. If it would be any more convincing, wo could easily fill the columns of this paper with letters testifying to tho cure of the severest diseases of tho throat, bronchia and lungs, by the use of "Golden Medical Discovery." To build up solid flesh and strength nfter tho grip, pneumonia, (" lung fever'"), exhausing fevers, and other prostrntin;t diseases, it hn.i no equal. It does not Moknfnt lik-cod liver oil nnd its nasty compounds, but solid, whole some flesh. 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