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Everr cure luarantaed. 18 years experience, femuinently located la Jmalia. nook tree. 14th and Farnam Sts., OMAHA, BTKaV fcaflsaaaaaaaaV 1 asssssssssssctf .WaV - - t-r ..- m awMaaaMaa stgJaWelt -sssVsaH'SsFfXB aaamiBaaaaaaaavixaBfBat ssssssa'w nasaaaaaaaaas! aaaWaV BTaaTa " TaawaOaVaawa'Saawar'aw iW srJlawa awaa H aalaP aaH y, OMAHA oT aaaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBK?BBBBBBBBW FARM DEPARTMENT. USEFUL INFORMATION FOR AMERICAN FARMERS. eteatUe Methods of Mamafftac the Madera Farm and Garde Live Stock, Poultry, Dairy, Apiary 4 Orchard. The French faraaer. A writer in Contemporary Review gives the results of his observations on the French farmer as follows: The farmer is a man who rents land to farm, not one who farms his own land; the latter comes under the head of land-owner (proprietaire). In a French parish there are many hig farms. The average acreage is about 350 acres. In most cases the farmer lives timply, but is not able to save money, and some even become bank rupt Twenty years ago the same farmer would cave 200 a year. I have known several who died leaving 4,000 to their children. Then it was not rare to see in one parish four or ve farmers possessing from 4,000 to 12,000: but now, owing to the agri cultural depresssion, most of them have undergone heavy losses; yet there is the curious fact that rent has been but slightly diminished. Twenty years ago the farmers were the kings of the parish; a certain prestige .still attaches to their title; they were called Maitre by everybody; one speaks of Maitre so-and-so. Many find it hard to lose this prestige, and so re main in their farms paying too much rent and losing money rather than give them up. The rent of the small farms has lessened to a great extent. A farm rented ten years ago at 140 is now rented at 80. On an average the rent has decreased about one third. The same fact is observable with still smaller farms. A farm of twenty acres let for 20, now is let for 16, and very often the land owner does not receive his rent. I know particularly of a small farm the rent of which twenty years ago was 32; now it is let for 24. But I have been told by competent judges that to make anything out of it the tenant ought not to pay more than 18. It is no wonder that by this arrangement the farmer falls into bad circum stances. It is a fact that rents have not decreased in proportion to the prevailing agricultural depression. The farmers work very hard; they are the first to rise and the last to go to bed in the household; twenty years ago they took no active part in the work, only superintended it; but now they work as hard as their own labor ers. The farmer's wife rises at 4 a. m superintends and works with the ser vants; she also attends to tbe dairy a.d poultry yard. At the first glance t would appear that the farmers be ing obliged to work so hard do not have a much more agreeable life than the laborers; but apart from the work they have many advantages. They have plenty of wholesome and varied food, poultry or butcher's meat at every meal, wine, coffee, ana liquors, beside the produce of garden and dairy. Then, of course, their children have superior advan tages, remaining longer at school and receiving a better education, being often sent as bcarders to the nearest lycee or college. They do not often become farmers on completing their education; one son will probably re main at home to assist the father; if there are more sons they obtain gov ernment employment, enter commerce or different professions. 1'erhaps the small landowner is the happiest of the inhabitants of a conn try parish; there will be, perhaps, thirty in a parish whose population is one thousand. They possess SO to 100 acres at a rough calculation. They cultivate their farms by themselves, their expenses are few, and they are Mir, at nnT rat in mnlfr nnrmtrb tn w J - - -. .-..vug,. w . ltt-A IT, A na!l rtnlfifa4ojl 4mw, tin I acres can be made to support six per sons, and the owner is able to put by about 30 a year. The small land owner farms his land himself, because to let it would not pay him, insomuch as he lias to pay the taxes for his land, and the taxes have "increased more than 50 per cent in the rural districts, owing to the building of costly schools in nearly every ramh. Like the farmer the landowner works verv hard; he lives under nearly the same conditions, and Lis children receive about the tame advantages, but his position is superior, inasmuch as his life is freer from cire. and he is able to leave at his death his land as well as his savings to his children. One of the consequences of agricult ural depression has been the depre ciation of the land; money becomes rarer and rarer in the country dis stricts, and those who possess it gen erally invest it in something more profitable. Nobody cares to buy land because it yields only a very small in terest, though many who have run into debt owing to the depression, offer to sell at low prices, very often at 50 per cent less, and I have known land sold for even one-third or one fourth of the original market value. Small estates bought thirty years ago 1 HTlKralKI wVmmBIIKSwmmVTllmWmtmrnfl' XrfSirnM rilMsBsBssssWaMfssTrTWinTBfist Tl f i vrvXSVMTSSasMssBHBaSKlalCS' I iBPSDsggassMMp'aMHBBBBIswBBBBHBlS PsBaBSssssssssSBaBSwEkVflHalHHavVSIaaBSSsslraiESKuBBI ajMeanaajSssms VANGUARD OF AN ARMY OF GRASSHOPPERS ATTACKING A WHEAT FIELD. FROM FARMERS' REVIEW. for 2,000 will not fetch more than 1,000 now, principally when the land is not useful to turn into meadows for grazing, arable land being much leas profitable. To buy land at a low price is tsmpting, but it doeanot often pay. especially if the bnyer borrows money to pay for it; in the country the people borrow at 5 per cent, yet the clear profit they obtain by work ing the land themselves is not more than 3 per cent However, such is the love of the French peasantry for "the land," that many ruin themselves in this way; for instance, I personally knew of one who bought land for 80 the hectare (two and one-half acres); as he had no ready money he bor rowed at S per cent, but he could not make the land pay more than 2 per cent Indeed it would, perhaps, be better to say that the land has, in fact no value at present; it is offered for sale, but few or none will buy. Plant Food. A bulletin of a southern experi ment station says: Large amounts of some of the plant food ingredients of soils are leached out by the under ground water and are carried off by the streams. Nitrogen and potash are especially liable to be lost in this way. This source of loss is greatest in the fall and winter months, and is also very much greater from bare lands than from those covered with growing crops. Boussingault a French experi menter, made some investigations on a soil containing, to the acre, as much as D00 pounds of nitrate of potash to the depth of a foot After three weeks of rainy weather, during which two inches of rain fell, there was left only forty pounds of the nitrate. It is estimated that the Rhine daily car ries into the sea 220 tons of the nitrate; the Seine, 270; and the Mle 1,100 tons All streams and drainage waters con tain more or less of these compounds; but in the south both of these sources of loss have been trifling as compared to the loss from surface washing. The greater portion of our surface soil has been allowed to be washed into the valleys or carried by the streams into the seas. In addition to this, some of the organic matter, including the val uable nitrogen, has been converted into gas and escaped into the air. The removal of crops from the soils of the south has been a rather small factor in their exhaustion and in many cases we can hardly regard the soils as having been ex hausted at all. They have been washed away. As all loss of plant food ingredients from the oil by sur face washing can be prevented, and should be reduced to a minimum. Without this, any effort to restore fertility to the soil will meet with poor success. The losses which are sustained through the leaching of un derground water may be largely pre vented, though not entirely. This loss is best prevented by keeping the ground always covered by a growing crop, especially during the fall and winter, when this loss is l'kely to be the greatest Organic matter and clay have a tendency to fix the plant food ingredients and prevent their being carried out by the water, and this is the reason that land with a clay sub soil is so well adapted to improvement. Farmers Review. The Work Team. There would seem to be no neces sity for more advice regarding the care of horses in the hot days of sum mer,so much has already been said upon the subject, but we think it may be well to draw attention to a few im portant points. First, as to galled necks and shoulders, which cause so much pain and discomfort to the poor horse and vexation to the owner. Such troubles are in no way the horse's fault, but merely show that he has worked hard under adverse cir cumstances. They come from badly fitted harness that is seldom cleaned or repaired. It behoves every owner and worker of a horse to see that collars fit properly at neck and shoulder, and that the lining is in proper condition; it is his duty also to keep the collar clean and sweet by careful brushing and drying in the sun, and should the neck or shoulder become sore in spite of all precautions regarding the har ness he must do his best to prevent his horse from suffering pain. The moment a sign of soreness appears at the point of the neck upon which the collar rides the trouble should, if pos sible, be remedied. A zinc pad some times does all that is required, as it is healing in nature and at the same time smooth and cooling. Often the simple application of a little lard over the abraided surface will prevent the harness from doing further damage; bat where there is a considerable wound of the skin it is well to apply an ointment composed of sugar of lead (or sulphate of zinc) one ounce, lard eight ounces, thoroughly mixed together. We object to this ap plication somewhat on account of the fact that being greasy it is apt to cause filthy harness and so can more confidently recommend the use of an astringent lotion for tbe galled shoulders and necks, such as. was re- cently given in these columns, viz., sugar of lead one ounce, sulphate of zinc six drachms, soft water one pint Label poison and shake well fre quently. Apply to sore shoulders and necks with a sponge three times a dayJ It will be found admirable for the treatment for all shallow wounds. The next thing is to see that hard working farm horses are supplied with sufficient drinking water we mean, with a supply of cool, fresh water at intervals during the working day, when most required. Every field worker takes good care that a good supply of cool drink of some sort or another accompanies him to the field, but how many remember the poor horses that do the hardest work and require water as much as he does. See then that the team is watered at work once or twice during each half day, and if their mouths are sponged ouj several times with cold water it wiil refresh them much, and be paid for by willing work. Provide the working horse with a sponge tied on the poll to be kept constantly wet with cold water.or place a white shade over the same part of the head to pre vent snnstroke. And now see that the flies do not make life a misery for the horses. Keep them out of the stable by cleanliness and screens in the stable, which should be darkened to keep flies from biting. Keep the manure away from the doors and, if need be, use a disinfectant to keep down smells. To keep flies from the horses at work nets are better than sheets, as they do not prevent tree cir culation of air. If the flies bite badly, try some wash or smear upon the harness that is objectionable to the flies, and wash the backs of the horses at night with salt and water. A Herd of Consumptive Cows. it is certainly time that the dairy world be roused up on the question of consumption in cows. It may be that the disease is no more prevalent now than in former years, and on the other hand it may be that it is more prevalent Among the professors at the Wisconsin experiment station the idea is expressed that in-breeding is one of the causes that makes the disease more prevalent If that be true, as it doubtless is, then it goes to prove that consumption is more pre valent than ever before, because there was never a time when in-bred cows were as numerous as to-day. Among this class of cattle at least consump tion is extremely contagious. Notice, for instance, the herd at the station named. Recently it comprised thirty head, of different breeds. Now it is reduced to two individuals. About three years ago a cow was added to the herd that is now known to have had tuberculosis at that time. This cow has given the disease to twenty five others in the herd. When twenty-eight cows were tested with hypodermic injections of tuberculin, a short time ago, twenty-five of the cows showed a marked raise of temperature. Three gave no siirn of having the disease. The whole twenty-eight were slaugh tered, part for safety and a part for the sake of scientific investigations. An examination of tbe care isses showed that the twenty-five that had re sponded to the test had consumption. Of the remaining three that showed no rise of temperature, one had the disease, but was not bad. So in the twenty-eight cases the test of tuber culin injection only once failed in the correct diagnosis of the condition of the animal. The opinion of Prof. Henry is that the tuberculin test is of great value, though it may fail in rare cases. It is so nearly certain that it is practical to use it extensively. He believes "the time is ne.tr when stock men will advertise and sell tuberculin tested cows, and that it will be found difficult to sell any other. Tbe World' Wool Product. "Few people realize the enormous increase in the wool pro luct of tha -world," says the Country Gentleman. "Wool is cheaper now than it ever was before, but it is also true that never in any previous age did so large a pro portion of mankind wear woolen clothing as they do at the present time. The treasury department is compiling statistics on the wool pro duct in the various countries, from which we condense some interesting facts. In 1861 the wool product of the United States was 60,204.913 pounds, and consumption 83.339.STo pounds. In 1870 the wool product had grown to 162,000,000 pounds, and con sumption to 209,000,000 pounds. In 1892 our wool product was 244,000,000 pounds, and consumption 439,000,000 pounds. . This shows an increase in thirty-two years of 387 per cent in production and 415 per cent in consumption. The report says that in 1891 the number of sheen and lambs in Great Britain was returned at 23,732,553,and in 1893 at 27,230,334. The wool clip in 1890 was placed at 138.000,000 pounds, and in 1892 at 153,030.000. This points to a profitable attempt to improve the breed of animals and the weight and quality of the fleece. In 1SC0 the world's product of wool was 955,000, 000 pounds, in 1SS0 it was 1,620,000,000 pounds, and in 1889 it was 1,950,000,000 pounds. Europe is decreasing its wool production. North America increased from 110,000,000 pounds in 1860 to 330, OOC.OOO pounds in 18S9. The largest increases were in Australia, from 60, 000,0)0 pounds in 1860 to 450.000.0U0 pounds in 1S89; Rio Plata from 43,000, 000 in 1860 to 360,000,000 in 18S9. These statistics are interesting, for they show what competition American wool growers have to meet Rut it is prob ably true that the low prices of wool the last year or two have checked the increase of sheep everywhere. It is not alone in this country that large numbers of good sheep have been sent to the butcher instead of being kept for breeding." Grape Root Worm In Ohio. The entomologist of the Ohio agri cultural experiment station has been investigating the ravages of a new grape plague in the vineyards about Cleveland, and finds that the bark has been eaten from the grape roots. sometimes partially, but in many cases almost wholly, by numbers of small white grubs, as many as sixty- five having been found in the ground about a single vine. These grubs have been reared in the station in sectary at Wooster, and found to pro duce a small brown beetle (not the rose bug), a little over a quarter of an inch in length and covered with very Bhort whitish hairs. The beetle feeds upon the foliage of the grape, emerging from the ground in June, and probably feeding until August or September. This beetle has long been known to eat the leaves of the grape in Kentucky, southern Illinois and Missouri, but up to the present time nothing has been known of the habits of tbe grubs. A number of these beetles were reared in the insectary and placed on a vine that was kept grow n g for the purpose. A tmall portion of the vine was sprayed with Paris green, one ounce to twelve gallons of water, and this application was found to kill them. In the vineyards, bi sulphide of carbon was placed in the ground about the roots of the vines, about three ounces to each vine, and after about three weeks all of the worms about the vines where the ap plication was made were found to have died. Just when and where the eggs are laid has not yet been learned, but it seems quite probable' that they are placed on or 'about 1 lie bark of the vines, near or just below the surface of the ground. If this is true there will probably be found a time when the worms are very young and have not made their way far from the locality where they hatched from the egg, and a very small amount of the bi-sulphidc of carbon will suffice to kill them. At present, however, it seems probable that spray ing with arsenites will be the remedy, the only doubt being as to whether this can be done with safety, late enough in the season to kill all the beetles. These measures can all be tested in the proper time, as all that has thus far been learned has been the results of indoor observations, on a limited scale, with material that had been forced to appear fully a month in advance of their appearance in ths vineyards. For the benefit of ento mologists and others who are inter ested in knowing the scientific name of the insect, it will sufiicc to say that it is a Fidia viticida. Coming: Demand for Horses. Looking at the. other side of the problem, the demand, there seems to be nothing in sight which will cause a decrease. The street car demand is practically dead already. The bicycle can not take the place of many more horses. Electric carriages promise to be as expensive and not so conven'ent as horse power. If business revives, and all expect it to do so, an increase in the demand for business horses of all classes seems assured. With greater business prosperity naturally comes a better prospect for pleasure horces, whether for the sulky, the saddle or the coach. These briefly set forth are some of the conditions which will apparently influence the horse markets for a few years hence. If these promises are false, it would be interesting to learn in what par ticular. If they are not, what excuse is there for not breeding our good mares to good stallions of their class? Ex. SrEAKiNG of potatoes, in many mar kets during the past winter they have sold at a higher price per bushel than wheat And as upon the same land and with the same cultivation they will yield at least four times as many bushels as the latter crop, it would seem profitable to give a larjrer acre age to them, and less to tbe other. Fence the stock away from all the stagnant water on tbe farm and pro vine abundant fresh water. The disease perms will triumph soon enough anyway, without taking them in stagnant water. A REFRIGERATED CARQO. The Lmrsreat Yet Seat to Laadaa Fraaa Ataatralla. The steamship Perthshire, which n cently arrived in London, has br night from Australia and New Zealand the largest cargo of refrlgeratl goods ever imported. The cargo consists of 70.000 carcasses of sheep, 9,000 hau'icbes, 0,001) legs, about ."60 tens of frozen beef. 750 cases of butter, 150 bags of bullocks' hearts. 150 bags of ox tails and kidneys, anil seven cases of oys ters. The holds have sufficient capacity to have accommodated 12,000 more car casses of sheep. The shipment is an interesting one, as it is the first time that meat has been brought to this country from Australia or New Zealand by means of an ammonia machine, and the excellent quality of the goods, as certified by the consignees, is sufl)cient evidence of the success of the Llndc machines, by which" the holds were cooled. Until recently only cold air machines were used in the trade. The ammonia machines occupy fur less space, and apply the cold in a much more efficient manner, besidos greatly reducing Ihe consumption of steam. The plant on the Perthshire cousists of two independent refrigerating ma chines on the Linde system, each ma chine consisting of a compound am monia compressor and an ammonia con denser combined ou one bed-plate with a compound steam engine. The refrig erators consist of a series of coils of wrought iron tubes wound in loug lengths without joint from end to end. There are upwards of eight miles of wrought iron tubing In the installation. The air is circulated by means of fans, which draw the wanner air from the holds, pass it over the refrigerator coils, and return It to the holds through suitable trunks. It is claimed for this system that the air is delivered into the holds pure, dry, and free from snow or moisture. There are no pipes in the hold whatever. The active limitation of air thus insured enables the temper ature to be kept extremely even; the variation between different parts of the hold does not exceed 5 deg. Fahrenheit. Storase Ilatterr Work. W. W. Griscom points out a striking peculiarity about the modem storage battery- Its utility and ommercial value have been exhaustively discussed by professional electricians, with wide diversity of opinion. Eleetric.il engin eers of the highest rank have been pitted against it, while others of equal standing have as warmly espoused it. It might be thought that actual prac tice would determine points that had not been satisfactorily settled in the stage of theoretical discussion, but, even here, the results have been un uniform, and apparently :oiitridictory. Men who have tried the storage battery for a year or two have written about it in the most flattering terms, and have discarded it later. Men who have used it since its introduction, when it was erude and clumsy, and much less efficient than it now is, are as staunch as ever in their belief in its capabili ties. There has been unmitigated praise of the system on the one hand, and ou the other unmitigated disparage ment. The European concensus of opinion, both technical and commercial, is in favor cf storage batteries; the American view hitherto has been main ly th opposite. What is the ground for this wide discrepancy of opinion? "Why," asks Mr. Uriseoin. "is cautious, conservative Europe so far ahead in the race? Why is America a laggard in the running?" According to Mr. Gris eoni, it Is very much a matter f na tional temperament. The reason that storage batteries are altno-tt always an economical success abroad, while here they have been almost invariably an economical failure, is that the Eu ropean always demands a margin for safety, while the American, with less capital and keener competition, is tempted to sail too close to the wind. A storage battery continually worked to its commercial rating is a commer cial failure; a storage battery' worked sufficiently within its capacity Is in variably a commercial success. Posted on Current I,!terntnrc. He knew a little something about cur rent literature himself, but when he met this young woman he was knock ed out completely by her apparently su perior knowledge. It seemed to him that she had read every novel that had been published in the last five years, and the familiar style in which she spoke of them mad him desperate. "You certainly tlon't pretend to read all the novels that are published do you?" he asked at last. "I do." she replied promptly. "1 don't see how you do it." "Easy enough. I merely pretend U. read them, but that is not reading them. I skim through them, read book notices and that sort of thing, and there you are. Any woman can do it if she will, and if she is real smart she can fool the best man living, just as I've been fooling you. If you weren't unusually well up on books, I never would have been so frank with you; but I'd rather make a confession than be caught. Detroit Free Press. Proper Discrimination. It was the Judgment day, and Ga briel and St. Peter were laying out the plan of operations. "Do you think we can handle the crowd?" said Gabriel. "That depends upon the force," an swered Peter, "but perhaps to avoid the rush we had better call them in by sections. Now, suppose you take the very poor people first?" "Then they will all get the front seats." "There Is something in that." replied Peter. "And according to our teachings, you know." continued Gabriel, "rich and poor were to be on an absolute; equal ity." "I know. I know," answered refer. "Theoretically you are rijjht. but in or der to get along without any friction you had better leave the people with the big monuments until the last call." Boston Budget. A Ilny'n (.'ompulllnii. "Breath is made of air. We breathe with our lungs, our lights, our liver and our kidneys. If it weren't for our breath we should die when we sleep. Our breath keeps the life u-wiiug through our nose when wo are asleep. Boys that stay in the rooom all day should not breathe. Th-y should wait until they get out of doors. Boys in a room make bad unwholesome air. They are carboncide. Carboncide is poisoner than mad dogs. A heap of soldiers was in a black hole in India and a carboncide got into that hole and killed every one of them afore morn ing. Girls kill their breath with cor sits. that squeezes the diagram. Girls can't holler or run like boys because their diagram is 'squeezed too much. If I was a girl I would rather be a boy. so I could holler and run and have a big diagram. Logjieal. Etfic Mammy, why do they hunt lions and tigers ': Mamma Because they kill "he poor little sheep, Elite. Etlie (after a pause) Then why don't they hunt the butchers, mammy? Italian soldleM are given cigar every day, but have to pay for their underclothing, washing and all toilvt artlel" Highest of all in leavening strength. UUstD.S.GtT.NrtJwflli IvJlM Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE. Economy requires that in every receipt calling for baking powder the Royal shall be used. It will go further and make the food lighter, sweeter of finer flavor, more digestible and wholesome. ROYAL BAKING POWDER A Laad of Kxtravafcance. Every one has heard that mahogany "sleepers," as the English contractors call railroad ties, are used very largely in Mexico, but I don't believe that many people realize that on one of the lines the ties are of ebony, and that a low grade of silver ore is absolutely used for ballast- Of course the ex planation is that the ore did not pay to work, but this docs not remove the ex pression of lavish extravagance which the first glance at this luxurious road bed creates. More remarkable still, perhaps, is the beauty of some of the marble used in bridge construction. Mexico is a counntry of magnificent surprises and untold wealth, and a man sees more wasted material on a day's journey than seems to be within the range of possibility. St. Louis Globe Democrat. Valuable and Worthless. The owner of a valuable iron deposit in the east learned by accident that his ore contained a quantity of an clement that produces the blackest dje known to chemistry or commerce and worth some fabulous price per once. De lighted at the prospect of wealth, he made ready to produce his dye. but preliminary investigation showed that the total demand for the stuff was not more than a few pounds per annum, lie gave up the scheme as a commer cial venture, though he had, as he de clares, enough of the stuff to blacken the face of the universe. On the Safe Side. Everybody knows thU Is a good place to be. but everybody does not take nieaMires to be there. An efficient preventive places us tin the safe side of incipient disease, and there is no one more reliable than llostet ter's Stomach Hitters in cases where the kid neys are inactive, which is but tho prelimi nary to various destrtt ti ve maladies, which disregarded have a fatal termination. HrighiV disease, diabetes, dropsy, (edema, arebuttheoutt;rowtlisof neglected inaction of the kidney and bladder. They should be checked at the outset with tin: Hitters, which will prevent their progress by ar nis ing the renal organs to activity, and thus place those who report to this saving medi cine on the saf side. This preservative of safety alsocoimtuTsconstipatioii. livercom plaint, malarial fever, nervousness and dys pepsia. Great Word. The celebrated German word which sigltities "Mutual Life and Fire Insur ance company" and which has been cited as the longest word in any lan guage apparently has a rival in another word, which is found in a German per iodical, "Schornsteinfegermeisterberu fgenossenschaf t- " Though this is a single word in Ger man, several words are required to ex press it in English. It means, as near ly as anything else, "The Professional Association of Master Chimney Sweeps." An English word of respectable di mensions can be produced simply by running all these words into one with out space or hyphen. Youth's Compan ion. To Clranc tho System Effectually yet gently, when costive or bilious, or when the blood is impure or sluggish, to permanently cure habitual constipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity without irritating or weakening them, to dispel headaches, colds or fevers use Syrup of Figs. Auction Sales. Sales by auction, so far from being an invention of late years, were known as far back as the times of the Romans. It is supposed by home that they chiefly used the plan to dispose of the spoils taken in war. As these sales were said to take place under the spear, it is fair to conclude that they stuck a long spear in the ground to mark the place where the sale would be held. It was long the custom in England to mark the time during which bids might be offered by burning an inch of candle, the last offer before the light went out being of course the one that took the article on sale. This custom led many to make no bid until the candle was near ly out, and many often delayed so long that the end of the flame still found them silent. St. Louis, Globe-Democrat, Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Price, T.'c. Humorous Sign. The sign in front of a Georgetown (Md.) store read as follows: "Born with a brain within a brain i can kure cverj- kind of misery in a short time with only the best erbs to be used." A Chicago store announces "Pickles and New York papers," antl a store in a Georgia hamlet has a sign reading "Ax handles, ink, pens and cheese." In Philadelphia there is a sign reading "Ho Made pies," and the sign of a bar ber shop in the same city reads "G. Washington Smith, tonsorlal abattoir." A farmer in western Massachusetts re cently displayed the following warning on his place: "Notis Know kows al loud in these medders, eny man or women lettin thar kows run the rode wot gits into my medders aforesaid shall have his tail cut of by inc. Oba diah Rogers." New York Tribune. Were You Ever South In Summer? It is no hotter in Tennessee, Alabama or Georgia than here, and it la positively de lightful on tbe Gulf Coast of Mississippi and West Florida. If you are looking for a location in the houth go down now and see for yourself. The Louisville & Nash ville railroad and connections will sell tickets to all points south for trains of Aug. 7 at one fare round trip. Ask your ticket agent about it, and if he cannot sell you excursion tickets write to t". P. Atmore, general passenger agent. Louisville, Kr. Mguallnc at Sea. Admiral Sir Wunt Grubbe has made interesting experiments for the trans mission of signals at long distance by rays from an electric search light re flected against the clouds. The rays from a lamp of 100,000 candle power were directed toward the clouds in the manner of a reflector and interrupted conformably to the rules of a code of heliographic signals. The signals pro duced in this manner were compre hended on a vessel more than fifty-five miles away from the admiral's ship. La Nature. Tne ramoas Flathead Tallay. Investors and home seekers should inves tigate the chances for making homes and money in Western Montana, with its fertile farming lands, surrounded and interlaced with fine forests, large rivers and lakes, and mines'of precious metals, iron and coal. Splendid climate and scenery. No blizzards and cvclones. Kalispcll is county seat and headquarters of Great Northern Railway; has i.SOO people, Wateuworks, Electric Lights, Mills, etc. For printed matter and information addrtS3, C. E. Cosbad, Kahs pell, Mout. CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW YORK. I'robalily Not. Old Mr. Williams was subject to fits of what he called "righteous anger" on slight provocation, and at such times. as no was naturally talkative, his ' tongue often ran away with him. "There's Square Peters son," ho roared to his gentle little wife. "Wuth less feller t' be writin books about fur rin lands 'still o stayin' t hum, whar he b'longs. The square showed mo one o his books t'other day all about Spain 'twas; bound in red silk and sprinkled thick with pfcters. 'Edition de Looks.' the square called it, an' I reckon there's more looks than sense in it, truo enough." "I tell ye what 'tis." concluded Mr. Williams, roaring still louder as his wife remained silent. "I ain't got no opinion o sech goin's on. Eight dol lurs was the price o' that book, an' I wouldn't buy it. Why," said the old man, bringing his hand down on the arm of his chair, "I wouldn't buy that book if I was starvin' ! No, sir!" Youth's Companion. Karl's CIoTer Root Tea. Thn prrat tlkxal purl(lrrj;lt es rrvhn-9a ami rlMirnam to IhaCompIeiiou and cum Cousllpatlon. 25c. JOc.tL Why She Had Done It. "You don't mean, to say that you have gono back to kerosene?" ex claimed the caller. "Yes," replied the housewife, I had to do it." "Economy."' "No. It was to keep ray husband out of St Elizabeth's. He got an idea that the bills were not being made out correctly, and was putting in six hours a night, when he should have been sleeping, trying to read the metre for himself. Washington Star. Valley, rialn aad Peak. An art book of Northwestern scenes, from photographs, over 100 views, with descriptive matter, elegantly printed, sent with other publications of much interest to investors and homeseekcrs, for 10 cents in postage. Equal to gift books sold for a dollar, with much less information and beauty. Address F. I. Whitnkt, G. P. & T. A., Great Northern Railway, St. Paul, Minn. Hoys and (iirls. Dr. J. A. Gilbert of the Yale psycho logical laboratory, has just completed some tests regarding the mental and physical developments of the pupils of the New Haven public schools, show ing that boys are more sensitive to weight discriminations, that girls can tell the difference in color shades bet ter than boys, and that boys can think quicker than the other sex. The American Medical College association at its last meeting passed a resolution ndoptitig the four years graded course. We arc pleased to find that our own Omaha Medh-al college is a nieml er of this associa tion and hud anticqinted this move by de ciding on four j-eurs requirements to com mence in tho season of y.V1H. This college is making rapid strides in its efforts to excel, and wo doubt if there is a medical college in tho west better equipped to fur nish a thorough medical education. The now buildiug recently con8tru"ted gives op portunities for a largo class, and is a credit to the entire trans-Missouri country. Omaha is rapidly developing as a medical center. Cradle Impression. We are all tatooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribes. The record may seem superficial, but it is indeli ble. You cannot educatca man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were implantetl in his imagination, no matter how utterly his reason may re ject them. O. W. Holmes. liegeman's Camphor tee with Olyeerlsie. Cuo-nC'liapiH-d Hands ami Face, TVnilTor Sore Fet, Chilblains, lIIe&e. CO. Clark Ca..2irtr Haven. CU How Murh It Cost Him. Briggs I see you had your picture in the Spouter this week. Have to pay anything for it? Griggs The editor wanted me to pay S."0, but I refused. 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