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' -. hi ' ' i i t V.," -"" -i - 1 --, ec- 1 Spa 35 Jf r. S. TV. DmnUla Xctaw&ka, Kan. Tired, Worn Out Hood's Sarsaparilla Makes the Weak Strong. My husband baa rccclred great benefit from Hood' SarsaparHU.. He was afflicted with stomach and bowel trouble and at times was confined to his bed. After taking two bottles ot Hood's Sarsaparilla, he was better. He now Feels Like a New Man. Formerly upon rising in tho morning he would feel tired and wom .oat Last winter our chil dren had tlio trip and wo gave them Hood's Hood's Sarsa parilla Cures Sarsaparflla and now they are stronger and heartier llian ever. Wc heartily recommend it" Mr.. S. "W. Dakielh, Xetawaka, Kansas. Hood's Pills re purely vegetable. 25c Sips of Health, You don't have to look twice to detect them bright eyes, bright color, bright smiles, bright in every ac tion. Disease is overcome only when weak tissue Scott's EMULSION. ) m ITTTTT is replaced by the healthy kind. Scott's Emulsicfn of cod liver oil effects cure by building up sound flesh. It is agreeable to taste and easy of assimilation. PrepareJ hf S:ott A Downe. TJ. Y. Alt drntsisla. Bt fA Is a source of much KaE fl 1 1 suffering. Tho system nlHU Should bo thoroughly BLOOD kities, and tlio Wood I kept in a hcalthr con viijuoi.ii w. tut JIU1IUI- dition, e, e e re moves all taint of whatsoever origin, and builds up the gen eral health. b Tor three vttn I w so trouble! with malarial IKMSonthat life loft all us charms; I tried mercurial ctul I)tah remedies, tmt could get no relief A naile a com- MkVlkWkV 1 :ctc act! per. BWaKaTCll saanent cure. J. A. KICE. Ortawa.Kan. Oar Hook on Illoxl am! SViu Diseases rniilcd free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO. Atlanta. Go. PURE VI ta rl.O OS v. s o tr. -"O to o 3 -a rt rm S tr ; C:5 t r- O O SsSsss a SB 5 . i J-fi t)-si 3 U SrsQ -I"- '.Qb1bbbbmF-1bbS m 4 B M aH I bhbmbbbVI3 BXEI FREE !R?,?. FACE BLEICH Arprwlillnir lt fart that thcrsii4c.f ia.!ii cf the C.S. half nctnMm fare BIrach.na account rf pricr,ib!.b U $J pr bnulr,an4 in ril r ttat atL tnar melt a fair trial. I J illfml a Sample Bottlr.rafilj-pari!, all ;rnarrrrrpail, en rml! rl -c. t.Mt I .KAII rrmoTrs anil cur aljlntm all I frtcal, ptmplr,mrth,Ma-khratl!t. aallow. nf, am-, fftrmi, wrmVlw, tr reca; fciwa rf afcin.nrti lraMintbrrcrrrlrii4c. AiMr-na flrr.e. A. RUPPERT.8 E. 1 4th St.,N.Y.CIty RUMELY-isa TRACTION AND PORTABLE NGINES. WmTfweshers and Horse Powers. Wrlto for IIIus'ratedGitsIof-rje, mailed Free M. HUMtLY CO.. LA PORTE. IND. I F jE?.ii-:At-fra-v CANNOT HEIR o.-xh" Commloner. will write to NATHAN Tftaslilnctoii, D.C.. tliej willreccKea prompt rt-ply. OMAHA Business Houses. ROOFING TAlt, GRAVKL. and SLATE. Es timate": promii It fumIHl. Omaha Slate A UiK.flngCo.CllS. Hih twin nvc wnDver-iBiua. ?. CITY 4 1521 Farnam st Omaha, Neb. NEBRASKA GL0THIN6 CO., Omaha. Our Spring catalogue is ready. 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UscM H Intlma Bold br druggists. W flESBBLBSSEOBIl.flBp i A Cnrious Story. There is a (alo told of a sea Captain who, in a distant corner of the southern seas, visited an undiscovered or unex- f)lored group of beautiful islands. After anding and trading with the gentlo natives, he was astonished by the visit of a white man, evidently a person of mtnns and conseqnence, who, after making himself very agreeable, implored tho Captain to give him a story-book, if he had such a thing in his possession. The Captain had, and, deeply touched by tho pigs and eoeoanuts which the white exile had given him, lestowed on him a copy of tho "Arabian Nights Entertain ments." Overcome by the present, tho exile burst into tears, Y.nd cried, "You have saved my life, and given me rank and wealth." On explanation, he said, "I should long ago have been eaten, but .while they were fattening me I learned enough of their language to tell a child the story of 'Little Eed Biding Hood.' The child related it, and the whole opulation were mad with joy. They lad never heard a story lefore. From that day I became a great and honored man. "When they had a national festival I sat on top of a hill, and thousands wept (while some elderly relative was being cooked for a feast) at the cruel death of the grandmother as caused by the wicked wolf. I had with me a vol ume of 'Fairy Tales,' and I soon began to set a price on my performances. Red Biding Hood' is rather worn; I only get a hundred eoeoanuts for her now; but 'Cinderella is still good for four pigs and a turtle, and 'Beauty and the Beast' brings six or seven, according to the quality. But with the 'Arabian Nights' I shall be able to go on accumulating pork to the end of mv days." To mark canvas watorproof, prepare three baths, as follows: Tho first, by dissolving ono part of neutral sulphate of alumina (concentrated alum-cake) in ton parts of cold water. For the sec ond, boil one part of light resin, ono part of soda crystals, and ten parts of water, until tho soda is dissolved; add one-third part of common salt, to sep arate the water and collect the soap; dissolve this soap with with an equal amount of good palm-oil soap in thirty parts of water. This soap bath must be used hot. The third bath consists of water only. Soak the fabric thor-oughlj- in the first, or alum bath ; next pass it through the soap bath; and, lastly, rinse in the water. ToHslnc on the 'Briny" i very farfroniaiiiiising.iintraveSeil reader if . i leyou are one. A rebellion foment ri hv eacli mo ititaiiuns wave that Mnitestlu vexvel'N hull threaten-absolutely to li.Iodj: your very vital- from their natural re-tiiu place and a nau-;"a-o frightful that it woulr tet-aneiluynii ton tcrmiiritiou of your mi f fering- by hipwio k harms- you. Well foi .ion then, oi rather before this- crisis, if yoi are provided with llostetter's Stomach Hit ters, a sw ft remedy for and preventive ol tin tiau-ea of tr ivele-s by sea or laud, n r-vtiu-ne-s caii-eil by the i ration- of tlif screw of a steamer'or the jarring of : raii wav train, ami an antidote to bowel, liver and stomachic troubles caused by impure water and uu:icc u-tomed food. The Kilter also counteracts tli effect- of fatigue and ejio-ure. and i- a safeguard against mal aria, rheumatism and kidney trouble. Her " Cousin." A telegram came to the Wesley an Fe- ' male Seminary at Cincinnati for Miss ' Mary Beach, daughter of a State Sena- ' tor, saying that her father had died sud denly of apoplexy. The school officials i gave a ready assent to her siieedy do- parture, and did all they could to soothe ' and assist the seemingly grief-stricken i girl. She was joined at the depot by a J young man, whom she introduced as her J cousin. He really was her sweetheart, and had sent the message according to a I previous understanding with her not because her father w:is dead, for he was not, but to enable her to get out of the seminary and elope with him. They were married before the fraud was dis covered. Billiard Tablo, second-hand. For sa'.e tlieap. Apply to or address. H. C Akin, ."ill S. l-'th St., Omaha, NeU. AuAnnLTiA (on her toes in a chair, ' clutching convulsivcl-. at her skirts) " Oh ! Bridget ! A mouse ! a mouse ! Come and catch it, quick !" Bridget " Shure, mum, there's no hurry. If this one gets away, I can catch plenty more foryer, mum." ; KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and 1 tends to personal enjoyment when ' rightly used. The many, who live,bet- tcr than others and enjoy life more, with le?s expenditure, by more promptly -l r rf ri -r fits. rfrIH'5 nacf irvwltt.Ta irk the need's of physical being will attest ! , , oi,. . .,,! i. r i.n .mm i;;.i UIU Willie IIS Jil.11111 Ul W11 f'ltlj 11VJU1U 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 jKjrFect lax ative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers ana permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it sets 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 dru- gits in dOc and i bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every packnge, also the name, Syrup of Fig, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. FREE! TUIC aMICE I FtncStce- Keena-iaraior. IllID iMlIlL! Oood sironjr handle. afcJlti tnt In exciuire for 33 Largs Lion Etafii cut roin Lion CoJTiv Wrapper, and a 2-ent Marcp to t po-tago Write for list of our othpr fine lro- sides. IY00LS0N SPICE CO.. ISO Huron St, TOLEDO O. The Housewife's BEST FRIEND. 05 USIDE OF EiCU CAN LABEL Yob liil riil a WASHING REGEIPT "llrt la Jtrj Talaakif. rBTT-ST IT AND BE SURPRISED. p.3, VT. I.. DOUGLAS "IS SHOE cnu-ils custom work, costinf- from $i lo $6, best aluc lor the money rmLT. i ir.e uorld. ISamc and price tainjied on the bottom. Ecry eakles pair warranti u. lake no sabsti- v-' Sc. fcce local tiatKTS for full TIM to i!c5cription ol" our complete lor IadiL-s and ccn- : W-L-bajgjj rrcn or send for '- lr.ftrc.ied Catalogue piling in structions iter hv mail. PnMare free. You can get the best , w w..j ,,.i jHEsij uur snat2. iLYS CREAM BALM r.nprr-.l I v v IpTiWJ J m I WE SO CENTS. AIL DBUCCISTsl s-SflEaaaw--, w 6 ) iaSliaaK-v i y?9Kvl'7K3B --1 's gjjrmtltttr. Hollow Hearted Potatoes. "What causes hollow heart in pota toes?"' This query was recently answer ed by a number of agricultural author ities in the columns of the Rural New Yorker. A large percentage of their correspondents admitted that they did not know, but each expressed opinions, both regarding the cause and the pre vention. Prof. t. II. Ilaileysaid that he had always supposed hollow heart to be due mostly to overgrowth, al though some varieties are more subject to it than others. He thought that firm fleshed varieties of medium size, grown on soil only moderately rich in nitro gen, would be most free from the trouble. Dr. W. C. Sturgis of Connec ticut station named as the cause of hoi low ncart 1'ytopnora intestans, a po tato rot fungus. He said nothing but absolutely sound seed should ever be used. 1 1 is not a peculiar characteristic of certain varieties, though, as a rule, early varieties are less liable to attack. Dr. Sturgis doubted the accepted theory that there is greater frequency of hollow heart in large than in small potatoes. Dr. llyron D. Halsted did not know the cause nor the reason why large potatoes are oftcner hollow hearted than small ones. He thought probably large tubers were oftenest affected because the excess in size per mits all this absence of tissue at the center, not altogether for the same reason that a large tree is often hol low, while a small one of the tame kind has a sound center. As to a half way answer in the matter he sug gested that the central portion of a potato is the most nonliving portion, it being the storehouse for material to be used by the 3'oung buds when they unfold, these buds and the vital parts associated with them lying somewhat midway between the surface of the potato and its center. In the develop- 1 ment of a potato we can sec that there might be a cavity developed in the ' center by the failure of the sulli cient development of storage tissue i to occupy all the space. As to the J breeding out, it would seem probable that it could be done to tome extent, I lecausc anything like hollow heart is . liliely to be somewhat a matter of in heritance call it a weakness if you please and therefore one should use strong instead of weak seed. Prof. W. F. Tdassey hazarded the opinion that hollow heart is due to an excess of nitrogenous food in a moist soil. There may be some fungous growth connected with it, but he can now think there is anj fungous cause for it. The potato tuber is the plant's reservoir for the storing of starch for the food of the plant another season. If the excess of nitrogen stimulates the vital principle of the plant to an activity in cell formation in advance of the supply of mineral food needed for building materials, there is sure to be a gap somewhere, and usually where there is greatest activity. He docs not believe there is any heredity about it. With an abundant supply of potash he thinks there would be little of it With plenty of nitrogen and a deficiency of potash there will be hollow hearts usually. GROIT OK KENTISH Croiiij- Onions. The so-called nc.v method with onions is little more than an extension of their growing season by starting the plants early in the season under glass, writes W. E. Farmer in xmcrican Cultivator. I5ut this innovation is suf liRinnt t' stamo the work as new. anil W W$f$33f r P' W!M VW iya -..,,.- .,,;,,- ,.,,,.. wuaH.viLmi.w'iiy'Ui-" Jeally worth all of the talk about it By adopting this method we arc pretty sure to make the crop a success. Bad scacous, late seasons :inl other unfa vorable conditions can not. do much h:rm to the "P' or at thc ,n,ost' ,the miurv from these causes is reduced to the lowest minimum. Where the soil is suitable, the large white onions are the me.' profitable to gro-v, for the demand for them is always in excess of red and yellow, and the prices paid arc sometimes nearly double. In the eastern states the white onions reach their perfection, and they sell for from SI to S2 per barrel more than the red and yellow ones from other sections. This is due to the peculiarity of the soil and the coast climate, and farmers have developed the industry in that sec tion by persistent study of theneedsof onions. Hut the red and yellow onions prove profitable enough in any secton where the land is suitable for tiieir culture, and far more eo if the so called new method is adopted. The seed should be sown in the hotbeds six or eight weeks before the time for ordi nary planting in the fields, and as the best conditions possible can generally be given to a hotbed, these seeds should be given a fine start in life. They should not only be started early, but they should be kept in constant growth until ready for transplanting. If the season is late they should be kept in the hotbeds until it has grown warmer and dry. There is no particu lar need of hastening tli2 trme for transplanting, as the onions are grow ing all of the timc.and nothing is thus lost. The field should brs prepared thoroughly for the onions, a well drained, sandy loam soil being the best for the work, especially if it is full of decaying vegetable matter. Fertilize and pulverize thoroughly. Stony ground is not so good for onions. They need a soft, pulverized, mellow soil, to that the dirt and fertilizers can surround the bulbs and give them nourishment. The onions should be transplanted into rows one foot apart and three inches apart in the rows. Set the plants firmly in the soil, andJ exterminate all weeds tempted to start, and there will be labor saved. Careless transplanting generally has to be gone over again several times, making the work more than double. A hotbed from three to six feet large should produce enough onions for eight or nine square yards of ground, requiring about one and a '.alf ounces of seed. Milling naalltic of Wheat It has been known for several years that the wheat most desired by the miller was a variety which" was hard and flinty, because in milling it pro duced a flour of superior quality, one that was especially liked by the bakers and consumers, says a Nebraska bulle tin. The former desired a flour that would produce a greater number of loaves of bread of good qualit This depended in a great measure upon the per cent of gluten (an albuminoid com pound) in the wheat and flour. The soft wheats contain a large per cent or proportion of starch to albumen. It therefore often happens that the variety of wheat which is most profit able for the baker and the miller to hanaie is the very one that is a poor variety for the farmer to raise, for the reason that it is not a strong grower or good yielder. The farmer prefers to raise wheat that is of a large berry, that grows strongly and branches or tillers well, and that threshes out the greatest number of bushels per acre. This to him is manifestly to his greatest prolit, provided the price per bushel remains the same; but the miller can ill afford to buy much wheat of that character, as it must be mixed with wheat of harder berry in order to produce a nice even quality of first-class flour, on milling says 0,S yJlLll0, u knowing flours are better in the flour markets than in the mills." '-The facilities for examination arc best where there is the greatest variety of flours." Color and strength are the two cardinal points in flour. If very white, but of poor strength, or if of dark color and good, strong flour, they are equally undesirable from the baker's standpoint, and so do not sell well. The strength depends upon the amount of gluten present, while the color depends on the amount of foreign substance in the flour, i. e., fibrous matter from bran, middlings, eta, to gether with material from the germ of the wheat. This last makes dark flour Again, the fineness of division affects the color. The finer ground flour, other things being equal, has the lighter color. Uuten Meal and Oil Meal The value of glucose meal, or gluten meal, or gluten feed, as it is variously called, for milk production, has been the subject of quite extensive experi ments at the Vermont experiment station. Seventeen trials of single cows were made, in which these different feeds were compared with bran and corn meal. In the majority of cases they were found to produce more milk, or richer milk, or both, than either corn meal or a mixture of corn meal and bran, so that in almost every trial more butter was produced by means of the gluten feed. This is due undoubtedly to the high percent age of protein contained in these feeds. They serve to supplement the defi ciencies of corn meal, hay, corn fodder, etc., in this particular, and to make up what is known as a balanced ration. The cream gluten meal mentioned above is very concentrated feed, and both it and the corn germ meal are especi- ally rich in fats and should be used with caution. Probably two pounds w OR KOMXEY MARSH SHEEP. per day and head is as much as should beised and less would probably be safer for cows. There is no reason to think that these feeds are not just as healthful as the corn from which they are made. I have not noticed that they have been used extensively for other classes of stock than milch cows. Old process oil meal is used bv dairy men chieily as means of balancing a ration, that is, increasing its percent age of protein. The oil which it con tains is doubtless of value, but the protein is the especially valuable in gredient. Oil meal is valuable also for its dietetic effects, belnj a mild laxa tive feed. I have understood that it is used by horsemen on this latter ac count, being considered rattier in the light of a medicine than a feed, so far as I know. Two or three pounds per day for an animal weighing 1.003 pounds would be an average ration of oil meal in combination with ordiuary grains. Is bulletin No. ,"i0 of the Cornell, N. Y., station some facts about manure are given that are of value to the gen eral and special farmer. Efforts were made by a scries of experiments to de termine how much of the fertilizing elements of the food of animals under the various systems of feeding now in vogue were returned to the soili through the barnyard manure. In the several experiments conducted it was found that about 71 per cent of the potash, nitrogen and phosphoric acid of plant food were recovered in the manure. This is more correct for ani mals fed in the barn and stables, as it wouM be rather too high for those pastured out most of the time. (lood nourishing food that contained an abundance of nitrogen always en ricJied the manure. in the same propor tion, and the same is true of the foods abounding in potash and phosphoric acid. In fact, such manures derived from foods rich in these manurial con stituents were found to be much more valuable than the commercial fertiliz ers advertised to contain specially these elements. In feeding animals. then, some foresight should be given as to the ultimate use of the foods in the sharvj of manure. Of two foods equally expensive and nutritious the preference should always l2 given to the one that contains the most of these fertilizing elements. T:-k chief difficulty of growing alfal fa is in getting a good stand and caring that have at'iifor it the first season. It is particular ly adapted to dry land and will yield fair crops of splendid hay even without rain or surface moisture, but will pro duce much better and larger quantity by having plenty of moisture at the proper time, which is just after a crop has been taken from the land. If sown in spring with oats, it will usually get a good start before the oat crop is harvested, and with the assist ance of light showers, it will spring up again and grow almost nil winter. After the first year it will find mois ture beneath the surface by sinking a long tap root to the depth of several feet if necessary, and hence drouth has no material effect upon it as 9 plant. Passing along the Central railroad in New York the present winter we noticed a great many cow barns with great unsightly heaps of manure stand ing under the eaves of the barn, says Gov. Hoard, in his "Dairyman." The barns, in many instances, were painted black, as if in mourning, and then in great yellow letters over it all would be some patent medicine advertise ment. We thought at the time that we had never seen anything more ap- Z?t VhhnTreiiP?trioo.airs in front of the fiieate? so low in tne scale oi good tanning as to leave the manure to leach away under the "rain on the roof and so low in the scale of good taste as to al low his farm buildings to be disfigured in this way, it is eminently proper that he should advertise to the world that he is going to "take something." The cows standing out in the cold all humped up were in general keeping with the gone-to-secd appearance of Itio rvlinln nromicae T'rtfont mniliAinA - not save such men, however. No wonder the boys want to leave such farms. There is neither gooa brains, good enterprise, nor decent home taste exercised in their management. It is almost a wonder that the dog wants to stay. Dress ok Shout Women. Women who are short must avoid much trim ming on their skirts, be thev stout or slender, as they are shorter in propor tion from the waist to the feet, writes Emma M. Hooper, in an article on "Gowns for the New Year," in the Ladies' Home Journal. For the same reason they must omit wearing large plaids and designs. All full portions of the waist must be moderate in size, as the sleeves, bertha, belt and vest. The short, wide revers now worn are becoming, also round waists and short, pointed basques. Jacket fronts arc in good taste, but the umbrella back basques give a short figure a cut off appearance, as do tiny capes, while a close-fitting jacket adds apparently several inches. Materials must be se lected with' a view to making the wearer look taller. Kx. Hydkopiioiua ix a House. Recently a case of hydrophobia in a two-year-old colt was developed on the farm of Eric Anderson near Nordness. The tenant on the farm went out in the morning and found the colt in the pig pens chasing the pigs around. In at tempting to drive the colt out the man was bitten on the arm, but luckily the teeth did not penetrate the skin, only tore it loose, and it is expected no bad results will follow. The animal ran all over the place, chasing other stock, biting itself, and trying to bite the others, and acting in other ways as a mad dog acts. It was allowed to con tinue until exhausted in order to see it in all stages of its madness, and finally fell and died with every symp tom of a genuine case of hydrophobia. The above facts are supplied by Dr. -From Farmers' Review. Whitbeck, who went to Nordness to examine the case. Decorah Kepubli can. Wasliiii'; Itiankets A sunny, windy day should be se lected, and onl one pair washed in one day. Firpt put the blankets on the line and shake the dust out of them. Cut one pound of irood soan in small pieces and boil in two quarts of water till dissolved. Add half a pound of powdered borax Fill a tub about half full of water and add the soap and borax. He sure to have the tem perature of the water the same as that of the outside air. This is not a dif ficult matter, as town water is usually a little colder than the air in spring and summer, and only then should blankets be washed. Press the blankets down into the water and avoid rubbing; then let the soap and borax do the work they certainly will. Let the blankets soak for tv o hours, then rinse them thoroughly in several waters until the rinsing water looks clear, taking care to have the rinsing water the same temperature as the first water and the outside air. Then without wringing, put the blankets on the line. Do not stretch them, and be careful to hang them ex actly even, then the color in the stripes will not run into the white. Although dripping wet, on a clear day they will dry in four or five hours and will be soft and clear. The wear, not the washing, "ill show to a certain ex tent, although they will look more like new ones than they did before washing. Take in when perfectly dry. They should not be ironed or pressed. They will be clean and will smell sweet. With set tubs the only hard work is to get the blankets en the line properly, and if some one will "lend a hand," even this is not very laborious. Westeun Conx Hoot-Worm. Is the larva of a small green beetle, a near relative of the striped squash and cucumber vine beetle. The eggs are laid about the roots of the ctrn in late summer and fall and hatch the follow ing spring or early supper. If corn follows corn on the same ground year after year these worms will continue to increase and feed on the roots of the corn plants. The effect of these worms on the roots is to destroy them and thus wholly or in part destroy thc.i crop A rotation of crops from cor, to any of the small grains or grasses is a perfect protection. Tiik Lima Bean. The Lima bean has been so caUed for a hundred years, j and, as its name indicates, seems to have first been known in South America. The common kidney bean seems to have first been known to the ancient Peruvians. Satarday Sight Ib a Kansas Cattle Tewm Tho dullness which had so weighed opsn us through the long, uneventful afternoon was but a lull, wo soon learned, and not a stagnation. With the first approach of darkness, the lethargio town rubbed its eyes, so to speak, and leaped to its feet and in a twinkling, it seemed (like an incanta tion, Eastman said), Grand avenue was a carnival of light, and motion, and mu sic The broad board sidewalks were crowded with promenaders; smiling groups passed in and out of the drink ing saloons and gambling places; in every quarter glasses clinked and dice rattled (and is there another sound in the world like that of shaken dice?); violins, flutes and cornets sent out eager, inviting strains of waltz and polka from a score or more establish ments, and a brass band was playing where, oddly enough, the crude moral' ity of "Ten Nights in a Bar-Boom" was about to be presented, "with the full strength of the company in the cast." Everywhere, the cow-boys made them selves manifest, clad now in the soiled and dingy jeans of the trail, then in a suit of many-buttoned corduroy, and again in affluence of broadcloth, silk hat, gloves, cane, and sometimes a cler ical white neok-tie. And everywhere, also, stared and shone the Lone Star of Texas for the cow-boy, wherever ho may wander, and however he may change, never spends his money or lends his presence to a concern that does not in some way recognize the emblem of his nativo State; so you will see in towns like New Sharon a general pandering to this sentiment, and lone stars abound of all sizes and hues, from the big disfiguring white one painted on the hotel-front down to tho little pink one stitched in silk on tho cow-boy's shilling handkerchief. Bar ring these numerous stars, the rich lights, and the music, we missed sight of any special efforts to beguile or en trap passers-by- -perhaps because we were not looking for them; nor was there for some hours a sound to reveal the spirit of coiled and utter vileness which the cheerful outside so well be lied. It was in the main much the kind of scene one would be apt to conjecture for an Oriental holiday. But, as tho night sped on, the festivities deepened, and the jovial aspect of tho picture be gan to bo touched and tainted with a subtle, rebuking something, which grad ually disclosed the passion, the crime, the depravity, that really vivified and swayed it all, and made it infernal. The saloons became clamorous with profanity and ribald songs and laughter. There were no longer any promenaders on the sidewalks, save once in a while a single bleared and staggering fellow, with a difficulty in his clumsy lips over some such thing as "The Girl I Left Behind Me." An inflamed and quiver ing fierceness crept into the busy music. The lights paled, flickered, and hero and there went cut. Doors were stealth-, ily closed, window-shutters slammed to with angry creaks. And at length, as we looked and listened, the sharp, sig nificant report of a pistol, with a shriek behind it, was borne toward us from a turbulent dancing hall to certify its tale of combat and probable homicide, and to be succeeded by a close but brief halt in the noisy quadrille presumably for the removal of the victim. Henry King, in Scribner. E. A. ROOD, Toledo, Ohio, ears: "Hairs Catarrh Cure cincd my wife of catarrh fifteen years ago and ihc has'hrtd no return of it. It's a sure cure." Sold ly Drwrcists, 75e. Abundant Hair. Japanese women are very proud of trTvir hair, which is black and luxuriant. They cultivate and arrange it with great caruTby brushing their tresses back from the forehead and gatiienug tnem in a plaited topknot, covered with flowers, spangles and hairpins of gold, silver and tortoise-shell. Rich and poor are alike proud of their coiuure, and the kuli voman in rags devotes the same atten tion to her hair as any great lady. To preserve the elaborate structure from be ing disturbed, women during deep rest their necks on a padded fork. There is no difference between single and married women in wearing their hair, as in China ; and their respective sociiil status Ls indicated by the position of the Imiw in which the waist scarf is tied, girls wearing it at the back, matrons in front. The latter likewise shave their eye brows, and dve their teeth black. Girls use rouge freely, and sometimes gild their lips. They are all fond of smok ing, and wear their embroidered tobacco pouches as belt ornaments. Coe'a CougU Halsam ts the oMest and b".t. It will break Up a CcUl quick, tr than aio thins else. It Is always reliable. Try It. Language of tho Mouth. Some wiseacre proiioses to read wom en's character by her mouth. Here are the rules to be observed : If her mouth is very small there is not much mind, but overmuch shallow sentiment. If she has a very large month she will pos sess a good brain, but the trouble is in kissing it. Large mouths put a man to an artistic test ; he will be driven to his wits' end whether to begin at one comer and conclude on the other, or to make a heroic dash at the middle and endeavor to reach both corners. Hut if you are a kissing artist it can be covered nicely enough. If your sweetheart has a coarsely formed mouth she will be sens ual and" full of strong, coarse points of character, and will raise a row in the family. If she has a delicately formed mouth, with rounded lips nnd of a vel vety color, she will have much sensibil ity "and iierfection of character, but will not astonish by her brilliancy of eonce tion or execution. It is a good mouth lieeause it is kis.able and submissive. Shun blue-lipped or thin-lipped women; they will bore you to death with litera ture or woman's rights, theorize while vou want vour dinner, or spoil your tem per bv their red-hot scolding to! ling tongues. A ueer Custom. Among the Kussiaiis the father and mother of an infant not onh cannot stand as sponsors to it, but they a: not allowed to be present at its baptism. The godfather and godmother, by ar- J swenng for the child, Decome reia-eu i. it and to each other, and a lady and gentleman who have stood as s-Kmsors to the same child are not allowed to mar ry each other. ' Hanton't Mugir. Corn .-Ive." WarmnOil tiM"ir"tr ii..irn- r-fiinl,'ti. A-k your fruggist font. l'ri-- IT. .nil.. A Hard Lesson. One of the hardest lessons to learn in life is that the man who differs with I you, not only in opinions, but in prin- ciples, may be as honest and sincere as J 1 jourself. Western American Seenery. ( The Chicago, Milwaukee & Kt. I'aul H'v ! Las now ready for distribution a sixteen age portfolio of scene, alou:- it line, half ' ouc5. of tho size of the Worlds Fair jwt-1 folios lately issued. Thev are only ten cents "ach and can t e obtained without delay by emitiinzthenmounttoUEO. H. IlfUFronu, ' Jenera! Pass. Agent, Chicago, 111. ' ! j Why is man's chm tho most -unlnckT .e,f.rt of his body? Becaueitis'constant l if I ly getting into scrape. J . s "Put no fulsome compliments ionmy tombstone," said a wag. "Don't give me any epi-taffy." QT.JAC0BS0IL?SST!R 0 PAINS AND ACHES. on't Blame the Cook If a baking powder is not uniform in strength so that the same quantity will always do the same workj no one can know how to use it, and uni formly good, light food cannot be produced with it. All baking powders except Royal, because improperly compounded and made from inferior materials, lose their strength quickly when the can is opened for use. At subsequent bakings there will be noticed a falling off in strength. The focd is heavy, and the flour, eggs and butter wasted. It is always the case that the consumer suffers in pocket, if not in health, by accepting any sub stitute for the Royal Baking Powder. The Royal is the embodiment of all the excellence that it is possible to attain in an absolutely pure powder. It is always strictly reliable. It is not only more economical because of its greater strength, but will retain its full leavening power, which no other powder will, until used, and make more wholesome food. Crowa Diamond. M. Tnrquet has laid the following project before the Minister of Finance and the Budget Committee relative to tho rich collection of precious stones known under the official title of " Dia mauts de la Couronne." The Under Sec retary for the Fine Arts proposes to divide this treasure into three parts. The first part will comprise the historic jewels and stones, and will be placed in the Louvre. Tho second part wilf contain stones hav ing a minendogical value, and will lie placed in the museum of the Ecole des Mines. Tho third part, conqiosed of royal and imperial jewelry, and having only a material value, will be put up at auction and sold to tho highest bidder, and the proceeds will go to form a state fine-art fund. M. Ttirque thus had an inventory made of this prince ly treasure. One of the most famous of the diamonds is the ono called Regent. It weighs VMi carats, is of an extreme whiteness and brilliancv, is square in form, and was estimated at 12,000,000 francs in 1791. Another remarkable ob ject is a round pearl, weighing owr twenty-seven carats and valued at 200,000 francs ; and still another is the necklace of pearls, styled Collier de la Reitie, composed of twenty-fivo pearls and worth 996,700 francs. None of our -rfiuy readers would, we are sure, disdain the large, long, clear ruby in this col lection, weighing fifty-six carats and valued at 50,000 francs ; nor the ame thyst of more that thirteen carats, eti mated at 0,000 francs, nor the sapphire of 132 carats, worth 100,000 francs. By selling the jewels of the third class, M. Tnrquet expects to realize the sum of 3,000,000 francs, and with it he will pur chase works of art and enrich the na tional museums. Parisian. Hardly Prepared. ' Are you prepared for death ?" tho clergyman asked, with a tremor of emo tion "iu his voice, as he took the sick woman's hand in his own. A shade of patient thought crossed the invalid's face, and bv-and-by she said she didn't h-.rdly believe she was ; there was the little "bedroom carpet to be taken up yet, and the paint up stairs had hurdly "oeeu touched, and she did want to pat up new curtains in the dining room, but she thought if she didn't die until uexi Moudav she would be about as near ready as a woman with a big family an I no girl ever expected to be. P. S. That woman got well. Prom away up in British North America comes the following greeting to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to the Invalids' Hotel end Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. Allen Sharrard. of Hartney, Selkirk Co., Manitola. whose portrait, with that of her littlo boy, heads this article, writes as follows: " I tako great pleasure in recommending Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for 'falling of tho womb.' I was tror.hlcd with bearing down pains and pains in my back whenever I would bo on my feet any length of time. I wasrecommendea to trv Dr. Pierces Favorito Prescription, which I did with happy results. tlese Tf it I feel liko a new person after taking thrco As wo have just heard from tho frigid North, we will now introduce a letter received from tho Sunn v South. Tho follow ing Is from Mrs. J. T. Smith, of Oakfuskee. Cleburne Co., Ala. Sha writes: "I was afflicted and suffered untold pains and misery, such as no pen can describe, for sis years. I was confined to bed most of tho time. I expected tho cold hand of death every day. I was nfiiicted with leucorrhea with cscessivo flowing falling of the womb bearing down sensation pain in tho small of my Iwck my bowels costive smarting, itching and burning in the vasina, also pal pitation of tho heart. "When I began taking your medicino I could not sit up, only a few minutes at a time. 1 v time, l was so wca&. i toos Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription threo i tirru-! nerdnv. I also took hLs ' Golden Medical biscoverv' three times per day and ono of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets everv night. I have taken seven bottles of tho Discovery.' seven bottles of tho Prescription - and fivo bottles of tho ' Pellets.' I took these medi- dices sevpn months, regularly, never missed mlay. ThcnC medicines cured me. I feel as well as I ever did in my life. Four of tho best doctors in the land treated my case, four vears. They all gave mo up as hopeless iney said I could not bo cured, and could not - fV'tc of health." Youre truly. 1IVC J.L.UllU IUU VblJI JL VJUU, U.H1 JlUUl 1".. nkHHiajaU aV II v mz..jW m y. tored to tfco Dcst s&8 Kk T P :J7F ", yv jf--afii yt S) Lightning and Trees. Prof. Colladon. of Geneva, has made some interesting observations on the course of lightning when it strikes trees and houses. He holds that the great discharges which' injure trees and houses seldom or never happen while the lightning has an unobstructed course which it has along the thin ii) pr brandies of trees, where birds and their nests are often left uninjured by its descent. Uut it is where the electric current reaches the thick stem that the tree becomes a worse and worse con ductor, nnd it is here, therefore, that the tree is what is called struck i. .. here that the electricity, failing to find an unobstructed channel to the earth, neeumuhues in masses, and gives out shocks that rend the tree. And the same is true of houses whose lightning conductors stop short of the ground. Prof. Colladnii has also shown that the close neighborhood of a piMl of water is a great attraction to th electric current, and that the electricity often passes down a houe or tree till it is near enough to dart straight across t the water; anl he thinks that, whero possible, lightning conductors should end in a spring or pool of water. Prof. Collation believes that lightning descends rathi"- in a shower through a multitude of vines, for instance, in the same vineyard than iu a single main Btream. It di ides itself among all the upper branches of a tree, and is received from himdreds of atmospheric points at once, instead of, as has been usually supposed, fn.m one. Electricitv is a rain, a number of tributaries from a wide surface, not a single torrent. Slailoh'a Convu-iiptlnn Curo IovnfcloniiKUuntntrt'. It run- Iti-ipi.-nt rn"imiw Hun. It fc tlur U-t Couch Cure. iJKt.-.iOcts. .K JIJl, Soft soap, mixed with a solution of potash or caustic sodj, or pearl ash mixed with sufficient water to form a paste, if laid on with a brush or rag and left for somo hours, will easily re move old putty and paint. HeecimmV 1'u.i.s have a p"eaaitt ooatiiii- dNsui-in; theta-te of the jiill. without im 1'iiiriiig it e'Ki-nry. "-.'." cents a hox. After crosses and looses men -row w iter anil Iiiiml!er. -Franklin. You enn always I e happy lim to rejoite with other.. if von are wil- It never ninlic the (lav anv tiriuhtcr to i to growl at the cloudy weather. Mrs. W. O. Gunckel, 14G1 Sout Seventh Street, Terre. Haute, Indiana, writes; " I bad been sutFering trom womb trouble for Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription, which I did, and found, in taking six Lotties of tho 'Prescription' nnd two of tho -Golden Medical Discovery,' that it has effected a positivo cure, for which words cannot ex press my gratitudo fcr the relief from tho great suffering that I Bo long endured." Yours truly, As a powerful, invigorating, restorativo tonic "Favorito Prescription ' improves digestion and nutrition thereby building up solid, wholesome f.esh, and increasing tho strength of tho wbolo system. As a soothing and strengthening nervine "Favorite Pre scription " is unequalod and is invaluablo in allaying and subduing nervous excitability. irritability, nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration, neuralgia, hysteria, spasms. Chorea, or St, Vitus'a Dance, and other dis tressing, nervous symptoms commonly atten dant upon functional and organic disease of tho womb. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and deondency. Even insanity, when dependent upon womb disease, is cured by It. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a scientific medicine, carefully compounded by on experienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicato organization. 1 1 is purely vegetablo in its composition and perfectly harmless in itseffects hi any condi tion of the system. For morning sickness, or nausea, duo to pregnancy, weak stomach, in digestion, dysjiepsia and kindred symptoms, its use will prove very beneficial. Dr. Pierce's Book (168 pages, illustrated ) on "Woman and Her Diseases," giving suc cessful -means of Homo Treatment, will bo mailed in plain envelope, securely sealed from observation on receipt of ten cents to pay postage. See the Doctor's address near the bead of tbjs article. af"J7aaalaaaaBBflBBEaHslF -HBHJ' "laHrBalafeiJaOal h eight years having doctored v.itii tho meet skillful physicians, but finding only tempo rary r(xhff frym medicines iirecribI lv th?m. 'T"w& advised hv a friend to tako. fatents. Trade-Marks. I Examination acl Advice aa to Patentability r.t Invention. Sarl for Inventor' Goide,or How to Get ratent." PATI3S OT'TBIIT.T,, WASSHOTaT, B. S. IV. JT. U.. Owaha-M, 18M. I When Answering A(iTrtUBiaU KliiJIr j Mention tltls finer. i V ." ,-Kv . :t