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I- ; ; -. - Fall Medicine Is fully as Important and as beneficial as Spring Medicine, for at this season there Is great danger to health in the varying1 temperature, cold storms, malarial germs, and the prevalence of fevers and other serious diseases. All these may bo avoided if the blood is kept pure, the digestion good, and the bodily health vigorous, by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. H ood's Sar8am partua "My little bov, four teen years ofd, had a terrible, scrofula bunch on his neck. r'ures A friend of mine said Hood's Sarsaparilla cured his little boy, to I procured a bottle of the medicine and tlio result has been that the bunch has left his neck. It was so near the throat, that lie could not have Ftoou it much longer without renci. ira. Ina Hood, :i24 Thorndike St., Lowell, Mass. Hood's Pills are prompt and efficient. 25c. Unlike the Dutch Process So Alkalies on Other Chemicals are med in tho preparation of IV. BAKER & COS MreakfastCocoa UVUfi ... ... irh is ahtolutelu mre and soluble. zmnTthnn.thrrr.timrjt U the ttrcnytli of Cocoa mixed I wit n btarcu, Arrowroot or 'Sucar, and is far more eco nomical, costing less than one cent a cup. It Is delicious, nourishing, and easily DIGESTED. Sold br Grocers eTerywlicrt. W. BAKER &C0., Dorchester, Mais. k RtifMy Glow on cneeK and brow V , that the J?Sd-i body is getting proper nourishment. When this glow of health is absent assimilation is wrong, and health is letting down. mifisien taken immediately arrests waste, regardless of the cause. Consumption must yield to treatment that stops waste and builds flesh anew. Almost as palatable as milk. Preparrd by Scott ,t Botrni-. N. Y. Xll druccista. W. L. Douglas fc1 etfJUFbW IS THE BEST. V jfEwEiNOGGUEAKING. ?-5. COFiOOVAri, 3& FiltCALr&KASGARQl 5a.5PP0LICE,3SoLES. -95?2.W0RK!NGHEN- - EXTRA FINE. ' $2M?3 BDYSSCHDDlSHDEa. LADIES' 5tNU r ux laimluo'jc ' 'V2-DOUGLAS. ' RROCKTON. MASS. 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Examination and Advice as to Patentability ot Invention. Send for "Inventors' iuide. or How to Get ar-atent." ?ATTS OTAJSIL, ViST2T3KS, 3. t , IF CLAIMANTS WHO PlMUnT UCID from tli"ir AUoniex-sLHHniJ I nCAn ortlieCV?mTni.Inrir will wrtiMtnllATUky ICKFORD, Pension J. Patent Atfy. 14 Fm.. ' Washington, U.C.tuej willrecciieiinronuitrrply. i fill All A Business UMAnA Houses. AGENTS a for a short time to Uis trilMitesaiu les ana tike orders. Mm l'KEs-ruxJt Co.. Omaha OMAHA RUBBER & LEATHER RCTI INR CO. J H Thompson, Mgr.'JOOs 12th St Ul-I LIIIU , ni flTUIUP or ME5'" an nT. n you III II I fllllil want to save fromK to (10 Oil on fc' a suit write for our new Fall Catalogue, containing samples of cloth. i NEBRASKA CLOTHING CO., Cor. ltUi and Douglas Sli-, Omaha. yS8SlS&$B STOVE REPAIRS' Write at once f or " ' w " ,,taI ",,iw Omaha Stoie Repair Works, 1209 Douglas SL Omaha BRUSHES Thr H. JK. OITX- ' StAVL CO.. Mfrs. ir TAHrnenf T?rticKi ot aU kinds. Mecial intention iald to order work. 1K9 to 1035 ). Jbtiitt., Omaha. I DR. McCREW IS THE CN"LY SPECIALIST WHO TKEATS.tl.l. P.liVATE DISEASES, Weakness and Secret DiSOidersof MEN ONLY Etcit cure ctiaranteed. SO yran," experience S years in Omaha. Book Free. 14 th S: Fanaa Sta., OMAHi, XEB. KJ9 EDUCATIONAL. Tiiffirranh Geiege s I IflUgl HUH can ori for board. Wi Ions miarantt-tsl circulars. Student k'ni. J. B Sfcrr- ood, li lucii!, Itnuicr Blk, Omnhn Scots E y& "w J8iL 'Ti?.' jts?jv S'i'flK .-,BNL-- -. - -w -- - - m rm LEI B I lij itvIcMes r seitien. A Burgeon in the Italian army giTM some curious statistiOB of the number of suicides in the several European armies, and of the means selected in different countries to get rid of the burden of lifo. From the figures set down it appears that in one year one of every 1,839 men in the German army committed suicide; in the French army, one of every 1,881; in the Belgian, one of every 2,222; in the English army, one of every 2.634; and in the Italian army, only one of every 8,342 men. With regard to the manner of suicide, the Italian writer asserts that English men and Germans prefer getting rid of their lives by hanging themselves, Irish men and Frenchmen by jumpinginto tho water, and Italians by sending a bullet through their brain or heart. The number of suicides, again, is found to be proportionately great among soldiers in their second or third year of service than among those who liave more re cently joined the colors. Dnring the first year of service, the writer suggests, the novelty of his work and of his sur roundings diverts the attention of the recruit and prevents him from thinking of self -destruction, while the duties he has to perform fatigue him excessively; and a man does not kill himself because his body is wearied, but because his mind is oppressed. That cases cf sui cide are proportionately more frequent in the army than in civil life, as is no toriously the case, is not. in the opinion of tho Italian writer, because of the hardskips or peculiar conditions of military service, but because the ma jority of soldiers with the colors are just of the age when tho greatest incli nation to commit suicide prevails. Million for Defence Atjainst the inroads, of that Militle, lurking fot to human health, malaria, hail been expended uvlo.-ly when Hosteller's Stomach Hitlers apieared upon the scene and demonstrated Its power as a preventive awl curative of the dreaded .scoure. When the "roIiI feer"' n"d in 1M9 in California, malaria was con temporaneous with It at tin; "diwriiiKr, " and wrought dreadful haoc amont: the miners. Then and subsequently on I lie Isthmus of Pana ma, and wherever in Hits tropics malarial dis ease is most virulent, the Hitters became the recognized .safeguard. For the effects of ex jK)3iire and fatigue, miasma-poisoned air and water, sea sickness and all disorders of the stomach Hi crawl lioueK. the Hitters afTonls prompt relief. Invalids of all sorts will lnul it fully adequate to their ncciU. (inmn for tlie Purpose. l'at's sliillelah is not cut at raiuloit. from a hedtfe: it grows to maturity tinner the fostering care of its, owner. A promising black thorn shoot is mark ed anil ca-efuily watched during its development. When it has grown thiekand.strong.it is dug tip so care fully that enough of the bullions root is left to serve for a knot on the handle. Having pruned it thoroughly, the maker places the but end in warm ashes night after night, to season. hen it becomes sapless and hard he cuts it into shape, and then puts it to pickle, as the sayinr goes. After sufli cient time in the salt water, he takes it out and rubs it with chamois and train-oil for hours. He sho ts a mag pie, drains the blood into a cup, and with it polishes the blackthorn until it becomes a glossy black with a ma hogany tint. The sliillelah is then a beautiful, tough, formidable weapon, and when tipped with an iron ferrule is ijuite ready for the active part it nlavs in life. TAN ami FKKC'KI.KS warranted to be removed by " "-J77.H40. Sent by mail with instructions, on receipt of price, 50c, by SNOW, LUND & CO., Omalia, Neb. A hardware concern in llangor re ceived a large invoice of wire nails recently. The head salesman told a new clerk to go into the basement and count them. The boy was gone a good white, in fact, so long that they became worried, and going down found that he had opened two kegs and was counting the nails one by one. t lloineseekers Kxrurfllonit South via tilt Walmsli I.ailroail. On Sej.t. 11th. i".th nnd Oct. Jlth tho Wnhasli will sCj! tickets at half faro p'.us $. to a 1 jiint.s in Tennessee, (except Memphis) Mississippi. Alabama and Loiiisann. (except New Orleans) Arkansas and Toxns. For rates, tickets or a honiesee!ers" guide piv in1' full description of lands, climate, etc., or for steamship tickets to or from all parts of Europe, call at Wabash office, 1502 Karnatn street, or write (. X. Clayton, N. W. P. Agt, Omaha, Neb. Men nre most nearly right when they ad mit they are wroiur. Hie art which seeks to Hatter nature fails. Iiillinrd Table, second-hand. For sale cheajiL Applv to or address. H. C. Akin, o'll S. 12th St., Omaha, Neh. Women have sense enough to admire brains more than looks. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative; effectually cleansing the system, dwindling colds, headaches and fevers aim permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Fisrs is for sale by all drcj gists in 50c and $i bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. !ttQ WEBSTER'S INTERNATIONAL Sevjrci4 DICTIONARY! Cnrr tt Cnrtr. nveor of the "I'naundgeO." A Dictionary of English, Geography, Biography, Fiction, Etc. StaaJanl of the r. s. j Jort JTiatinOfflce.theI I S. Konrnnr Conrt ami . pf nearly aU the School-J uuo&s. Hab. D. J. ftrawav i jnsjice or the I . S.j vnprraw t'onrt. imM: - .... .... . ""uuiruii u to au ai ff :,- a . " .. "f ""? Jgrear stanaaru authority. Send for free nampUIft containing f podmeti jnpi3 li.&C. MEHRTAMCO., Publishers, OUt JUKIIKSU. MMii. (j'.' 4. ea- Do not buy reprint of ancient edlt-ocs. !1 EEaa E L m j DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. How SaccMsfnl Farmers Operate Wa Department of the Ilomestead Hints as to the Care of Live Stock aa Poultry. Feeding Fat Into Milk. The vexed question of whether it is possible to feed fat into milk is an swered very emphatically iij the af firmative in a eommunicition from C. W. Jennings, in Hoard's Dairyman, narrating an experiment conducted by Messrs. Van Dresser of Cobleskill, N. Y. The effort was not along the usual lines of feeding a more nitrogenous ration, according to one theory, nor by feeding grains rich in vegetable fats, according to another, bat by feeding animal fat in the form of beef tallow. According to the description given, four Holstein-Fricsian cows had been fed forty pounds of ensilage each per day with hay at neon, and received in addition sis pounds of a mixture composed of two parts of wheat bran and one part each of cottonseed oil and corn meal. The skim milk of the cows was also fed back to them. This, it will be seen, was pretty liberal and pretty well balanced feeding. Cow No. 1 weighed 1,1S'. pounds and made on this ration 14 pounds of butter in seven days; cow No. 2 weighed 1,130 pounds, and made 12 pounds of butter in seven davs; cow No.3 weighed 1,168 pounds and made Sf pounds of butter in seven days; cow No. 4 weighed 1,000 pounds and made 13 pounds and 1 ounce of butter in seven days. On an average a little over 23 pounds of milk was" required to make a pound of but ter. It was resolved to try feeding pure beef tallow. One-fourth of a pound was Orst used, shaved -a-nd added to the grain ration, and this was gradually increased until each cow consumed two pounds per day at the end of t-.vo week?. Cow No. 1 made -'0 pounds of butter in seven days; cow No. 2, 17:, pounds; cow No. 3 10 pounds and 14 ounces, and cow No. 7, 17 pounds and 1 ounce This result was reached by a test made at the fifth week's feeding of tallow, the other rations of ensilage and grain remain ing thp same as before the tallow feeding began. Oaly 1S'4 pounds of milk were then required to make a pound of butter. The milk was set in small pans and the cream churned with a dash churn. The experiment took place in April and May. 1892, and the cows came in fresh from Feb 1 to March 1 preceding. It is announced that the experimenters are to repeat the test beginning in June of this year. We do not understand that they have tried it since April and May two years ago, and this is the sus picious point in the story. Messrs. Van Dresser are represented as having tbirty-two registered llol-tteiu-Friesian cows eight times as many as they tested with the beef tallow feeding. Four of the cows producing, say, 47 pounds of butter per week on ensilage and grain are made to produce 71 pounds by add ing the tallow to the ration; the yield was increased one-half. It is further represented that beef tallow is worth, with them, three cents a pound while butter fat is worth twenty-five cents Assuming that the in crease could be made on the whole herd, it would amount to 192 pounds in seven days, worth M3.00; the cost of the tallow necessary to make it would be S13.44; profit S3 !..".. Why havn't they been making this profit every week since they found out two years ago that it could be done? If six cents worth of tallow can be trans formed into 24 cents worth of butter fat by the verv simple process of passing it through a cow, why don't those who have discovered that they can do it go on doing it? We don't want to set-in to be a doubting Thom as, and yet it appears strange that any one who had discovered a process so simple and so successful should try it at such rare intervals. Ten t miiiii:MiIuiviit'. A. X. Hyatt, writing in Farm and Dairy, says: 1. Thou shalt get a move on thee early before the patrons, with the voice of a multitude as it were, or the voice of mighty thundering, are shout ing to be delivered. 2. Thou shalt wash thy hands every day in clean water counsel is mine clean from under thy nails, soak out dirty creases and wrinkles, for a dirty butter maker is an abomination. 3 Thou shalt not let fat escape, for when thou givest dividends thy pat rons shalt say, "Why taketh it twenty five pounds of milk to make a pound of butter when twenty will do it iust over the way?" and thou wilt be left as the beacon on top of a mountain or au ensign on top of a hill. 4 Thou shalt not add water to our skim milk and so cheat a whole neigh borhood of hungry hogs. The Lord have mercy on thy soul. Ite Dent and sin no more. 5. Thou must not mix in flies. Dead ! Hies cause the ointment ofanapothe ) cary shop to send forth a stinking savor. How much more so will it do I in butter? Tobacco smoke, ashes or I juice is incompatible to gilt-edge but j ter. I 6. Thou must own a knowing nose, 1 a sensible nose.ever on thealeit; know ' poor milk at the first sniff. Milk j on"' thou must send off, for if taken in all will be "taken in." 7. Thou shalt not allow one or two ( hogs to steal from the many. A two- legged hog allowing other two-legged i hogs to steal milk from half the four j lagged hogs in the neighborhood, is a sad picture. I 8 Cleanliness is next to godliness. I A filthy butter maker is of all aboin- inations the most abominable. , 9 Thou shalt be prompt with thy j dividends. Thou shalt not let women i and children go hungry and ragged ! that thou mayst hare a few more shekels in the bank. Attend to this that thou mavest be blessed and not cursed i 10. Thou shalt not say about one- half water their milk, others skim. I Don't shout ' stop thief." With the judgment ye jtidpeye shall be judged. Verily, Verily, I say unto you, the pot is black and so is the kettle. I It is impossible to make profitable i crops and maintain the fertility of the soil without stock. It can not be done I by simply using commercial fertilizers, , no matter how liberally they may ba applied. Goon plants areas necessary as good seeds or good stock. Clijiatk and soil influence quality and s'ze of fruit. Youxo chickens should be kept in a coop every morning until the dew is off the grass. Frequent cultivation trrcur.d moist aud uiello-.v. keeps the ! I. Selection or Poultry Stock. L. G. Jcrvis, speaking before the. Ontario Poultry association, said: Farmers fail to keep poultry profitably because their stock is not adapted to their circumstances or to the purpose intended. A great many breeds have been developed by the poultry fancier, differing in quality and appearance, and suited to special requirements. If the desired feature be in the shape of egg production, large size of body, early maturity for the market, or anything else there is at least some one of th e breeds adopted for the purpose lies'-.-1. if only one breed is tobekrpt, an I both eggs and meat are required, I would select the Plym outh Bock, cither the barred or white. For market purposes and for the farmer and breeder who keeps fowls to supply the consumption of eggs and poultry, the Plymouth Rock has no equal. If constant laying is re quired, select the Leghorns, Wyan dottes, Minorcas or Houdans. The former will produce the most eggs aid of fair size and good quality, while the Wyandottes will lay more during the winter and will be found a good table fowl of good sizs. They mature early, making them a good market fowl. Minorcas will furnish the largest eggs, but they are not quite as hardy as the others, and having white skin is somewhat against them for the Canadian market The Iloudan is the only French fowl suit able for this climite, and is consid ered a good, all-round fowl of large size, an average layer, eggs a good size next to Minorcas are Spanish; they are becoming more popular and will no doubt be one of the leading breeds for the farmer. Where dead poult rv for the market is the main ob ject the I ork " and Hrahraa : in valuable. They fatten easy and ma ture early, and have a fine appearance on the table. They aaay be crossed, when they will produce the largest fowls of any cross bred known, and can hardly be distinguished from the pure Dorking, so much admired in England as a table fowl. We have mentioned the varieties which as a rule will produce the best results, in the various circumstances referred to, and with proper care will prove profit able to the farmer, and add greatly to the requirements of the people. After . ejecting 3 our stock yuii must proceed to study and care for them if you expect to have satisfactory results; for if left to breed indiscriminately, and onlv get what food they can pick and without suitable accomodation, the result will not bs satisfactory. As regards lay ing stock, nearly all fowls, under or dinary circumstances will lay so long as eggs are cheap; but to produce eggs in winter means profit and the want of them as clearly means loss Pullets hatched early, will moult early and have the advantage of the warm weather, and so get through the pro cess quicker. They are then ready to commence laying in good time. No hen should be allowed to see more than her third autumn; after that age there is a great falling off in the egg production. We find that stock produced from 2-year-old birds will grow larger and mature earlier than from young stock. If pullets are to be bred from they should be mated with mature males not having over ten or fifteen hens to each male. A Forgotten llreeil of Fowl. It was not ever a quarter of a cen tury ago that the Sicilian fowls were attracting considerable attention in the country, aud many breeders, of fine and practical poultry were using them for their daily work, writes Annie C. Webster in Rural Canadian. But since then the breed has gradually, for some reasons, dwindled in popular estimation, and it is quite rarely that one sees a full blooded flock now Hut on account of the practical value of the breed they should be revived, and general egg-raisers would fiud it to their advantage It is not on account of their fancy points that they deserve more attention to-day, but on account of their practical cvery-day laying value. With the same amount of feed, attention and pleasant surroundings, the old Sicilians will yield more eggs, summer and winter, than either the Leghorns, Wyandottes, Langshans, Plymouth Rocks, Minorcas or Duff Cochins. This is a strong statement to make, but from all present and past accounts of this breea they have always been very prolific layers, and that is regarded as their chief point of excellence. The pullets begin laying from five to six months, not quite as early usually as the Leghorns, but at a good early period in their lives They continue to lay with great regu larity, and especially in winter do they pay their way well by producing a great number of eggs. Of course this means when the birds are given warm food, mixed food, and warm, pleasant quarters. Under poor and careless management it is not so easy to predict just what they will do. There are strong points in favor of this breed, and others that are against her. For one thing she is a non-setter, and it is waste of time and patience to attempt to make her raise young chicks. Leave that to less gamy birds and to the motherly old hens of the farm yard. Give the Sicilians the right to lay all they will, and they will be doing their duty. The birds resemble the Leghorns in shape, only weighing on the average a pound more, and with plumage resembling that of the Golden Penciled Hamburg, a very pretty and ornamental fowl for any fancier's flock. The birds are reasonably hard7, enduring our cold winters fairly well when properly protected, and th(y mature early. These are the chief points for and against the Sicilians, but they are sufficient to show that the breed is a good, practical one for the average farmer or poultry man who lays special stress upon the egga. The earlj- Sicilians were imported to this country many years ago, but some think that this genuine breed died out and that another one was originated with the same name. At any rate all owners who had any ex perience with the fowls agreed that they were the most prolific layers they had, but the trouble was they died ouL as they were non-sitters, and no systematic attempts were made to set their eggs under other breeds. Of 1 late years efforts have been made to j revive the breed, and there are sone handsome flocks of the the country. birds now in Bkowx Sauce Mix half a teacupf u. of brown sugar with half the quantity of batter; add a pint of hot water and a little vinegar, with such flavoring as may be desired. Use a tablespoonful of flour, moistened with milk as a thickening, and boil. Should be served hot. Nkvei: keep a hen that lays "only every other day. " The proper place for her is in the poL Clean cultivation prevents fungus and insect disease. Do not feed j-oung chickens, ducks or turkeys too much at a time, but feed them often. FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST tO AGRICULTURALISTS. teas Vp to Date Hints About ColtiTa tlon of the Soil and Yields Thereof horticulture Viticulture and Florl mlture. Itritons InieKtignte Irrigation. A Wyoming bulletin says: On Dec. 23, 1S34, the British govern ment appointed a royal commission on water supplies and irrigation. It was the duty of this commission to investi gate the subject of irrigation in Egypt, Italy, India and the United States, with a view of compiling this information for the guidance of legis lation on the subject of irrigation for the province of Victoria. This com mission made a special study of irri gation laws, water rights, and methods of constructing large irrigation works in the various countries visited. They have made various progress reports from time to time which have been printed by the British government in Australia. These reports contain much valuable information, and have led to the adoption of the system now practiced in Victoria, which is regarded as combining the wisdom and best meth ods of irrigation that can be culled from the practice of the world. STATE OWNKItSIIir. On the subject of irrigation in Italy, the British commission makes the fol lowing statement: "In the first place, it is important to note that almost all the irrigation canals in Piedmont and Lombardy now belong to the state, and the fact is all the more striking when it is re membered that a majority of them were originally constructed by pri vate enterprise. The reason for this change of ownership is not difficult of discovery. As Baird Smith notes, the dangers arising out of monopoly of water, apart from the ownership of the soil, have commended their pur chase to the statesman. Both pro cesses, starting out on different prin ciples, have arrived at the same con clusion. The Lombard practice of never separating the water from the land has palpably produced most ben eficial results, and, in his judg ment, was the chief cause of the rapid multiplication of secondary canals constructed by the pri vate enterprise in that province. "In Piedmont, the state's proprietary of the water has been almost equally f fiicacious in encouraging its equitable distribution; but its ownership of the headworks has come to be recognized in each as the best means of insuring justice to the irrigator." IN ITALY, FRANCE AND SIWIN. The commission further states that "Italian experience, French experi ence and Spanish experience all go to show that the interests to be studied in relation to irrigation schemes are so many and so various, and so inti mately bound up with the public wel fare, that state control is imperatively necessary, and that for the protccti -n cf its citizens no monopoly can '0,1 permitted which would separate prop erty in water from property in land to which it is to be applied. But at the same time it is established that while a general central control by the state is essential, the business management and distribution of the water is much better placed under the local authority, as this is more effective in its supervision, more economical in its administration, and is educational, also, in a political sense, to a high de gree. The establishment of a com prehensive system of irrigation by private enterprise is possible only under unusual conditions. If it em braces many sources of supply, large areas, or conflicting interests, it is impossible. The capital required is large, the returns arc not rapid, aud the full benefit secured by the clcse occupation and complete utilization of considerable areas arc so reduced that the state could reach those bene fits in unnumbered ways, and settlers are not justified in assuming large re sponsibilities in their initiation. This becomes palpable when it is perceived that as in Egypt and Italy, carefully matured schemes insure an enormous agricultural production, and the 6 table prosperity of a large number of producers. It may be safely asserted from foreign experience of many gen erations that irrigation is one of the soundest national investments, where engineering ability and executive work are expended upon large canals, which are afterward taken under local control, guarded by a carefully compiled code of water laws and reg ulations, while the land whose pro duction is enhanced is charged with the interest upon the capital expended in supplying it. All of these condi tions we ought to possess in Victoria.' IN VICTORIA. The investigations of this British commission led to the adoption of what may be called the "communal" principle for reclaiming the arid lands of Victoria. Water trusts are formed somewhat similar to the irrigation district in California under the Wright act; but these water trusts by law are under governmental control, and can only be carried forward by the sanc tion of the government, which passes upon the feasibility of the schemc.and also the available water supply for the uses of the proposed water trust. The irrigation act of 1SSU in Victoria declares the water of all streams to be the property of the crown, pro vides for the extinction of any riparian rights that might prevent the use of water for irrigation, author izes the construction of national works by the state, and enables trusts directly elected to carry out their schemes with money advanced from the public treasury. The succiss of this method of reclaiming the lands in Victoria is shown by the following statement: "When it is recollected that the first trusts in the colony were not formed until 1SS2, and the first irrigation trust not until 1SS4, the progress that has been made may be catimated in a general way from trie fact that there are now twenty-four water trusts' covering an area of 0,300,000 acres, and six irrigation trusts covering an area of 3.-u.7 acres, in addition to fifteen applica tions for the constitution of new irri gation trusts which will cover nearly 2, 000,000 acres more." It wcu'd seem from the above facts and conclusions of the British commission that they hid adopted the irrigation district principle now in vogue in California under what is known as the "Wright act;"' that the communal principle and the irrigation district principle arc similar, except that in Victoria the government oversight of the irriga t'on trust is so strong and vigilant as to prevent abuses and failures, which have sprung up, in some instances, under the irrigation district system of California. IN WYOMING. So far as we have proceeded in this matter as a state, we have made no mistake in our legislation. We have observed the fundamental principles which underlie the problem, and are now the admiration of the students of the problem of irrigation in the west. In the state's control of the water with its system of administration, we find that under the laws of 1S90-91 provision is made for the formation of water divisions for administrative purposes. The superintendent of each water division, who is appointed by the governor, by and with the con sent of the senate, together with the state engintcr, make up our state board of water control, whose duties are clearly outlined by law. Now it would be an easy step, in harmony with present irrigation laws, to make provision for the creation of irrigation districts upon the communal principle of Victoria, with municipal or quasi municipal powers for the sole purpose ot reclaiming land. These irrigation districts would vary in size according to locality and the amount of land to be reclaimed from and under the came system of ditches. Our present sys tem of water control would still stand as an excellent method of state con trol and administration of our water supply, by which all parties would be protected in their priority of water rights and in the adjudication of dis puted claims. Heavy Wheat YIcMi. The following report of wheat yields in Illinois is compiled from an ad vance report, furnished by Prof. (J. 1-1 Morrow, director of the Agricultural experiment station of that state: At the Illinois station, which is lo cated at Champaign, on black prairie soil, the yields for 1S91 were some what obscured by difference in ex posure of the plots, and therefore a smaller yield is not a sure indication of inferior productiveness under equal conditions. The following varieties gave actual yields exceeding forty bushels per acre: Golden Cross (synonym of Diehl Mediterranean.) Mealy, Poole, Oregon, Valley, Yellow Gypsy, Pickaway, Witter, Nigger, New Michigan Am ber, American Bronze, Reck Velvet (synonym of Velvet Chaff,) Crate, Missouri Blue Stem, Silver Chaff, Diehl-Mediterranean, Tasmanian Red, Golden Prolific, Currills Prolific, Leb anon, Royal Australian (synonym of Claws en.) The following sorts yielded between thirty and forty bushels: Big English, Longberry, Wyandot Red. Miami Val ley, German Emperor, Early Ripe, Tuscan Island, Ohio Early Ripe, Hy brid Mediterranean (synonym of Diehl-Mediterranean), Extra Early Oakley, Improved Rice, Martin's Am ber (synonym of Silver Chaff), Saskat chewan, D.etz, Lehigh, Ontario Won der, Earl j Vhite Leader, Hickman, 1 Geneva, Theiss, Jones' Square Head, ! Hindostan, Landreth (synonym of j Silver Chaff). Bearded Monarch, Mil I ler's Prolific, Yuba (s3'non3'm of Diehl Mediterranean). The following sorts yielded less than thirty bushels per acre: Rudy, New Monarch, Roberts, Bailey, Buckeye. Real, Johnson, Democrat. Early Red , Clawson, Fulcaster, Willits, Sibley's New Golden, Badger. j It has been observed for a number j of years in the Ohio and Indiana tests 1 that the Velvet Chaff (1'enquiteV) has ' proved more reliable than most other j sorts on black soiis. In the te t un 1 der consideration the single plot of this variety yielded at the rate of ' fort3'-five bushels per acre, and this yield was exceeded by only three sorts Geneva giving forty-eight bushels. Valley forty-six bushels and Crate forty-five and a half bushels. CriniHou 1'lmiT in imt lit-r.-i Illiuui. The Illinois agricultural exp.'ri- j ment station last season arranped for ' trials of crimson clover in different j parts of the state. The unusual I drouth caused failure at the station ' and most other points. Mr. F. Helms, ! Belleville, an intelligent and care fully observant farmer, makis the fol lowing report: "I sowed about one I half acre on 103 farm and one-fourth acre on my neighbor's, sowiug in Au I gust. Grasshoppers and drj weather l ruined the latter entirely last fall. ' and nearly so on 1113' farm. What little remained was frozen, kiLed to the ground the latter part of March. It was a long time before it gol well started again. It stooled out. well, ripened considerably earlier than the common red clover, but was not to tall. In order to test it ou po ,r soil and hardpan, I gave a little of the seed to two friends living nbrut ten miles south of my placi. The seed was there sown about the middle of October, after showers had fallen. It ' came up in a ver3' short time. On a patch where red clover had never taken the least hold, the crimson did exceedingly well; had ver3r large, well filled seed heads. The result was a complete surprise to the old farmer ; who had lived there more than fifty vears. On soil like mine and where ' red clover general' does well, I do not think crimson clover is very valu able. But it may prove a great boon to the hardpan or 'marl3 clay' locali ties." ItHttcriuilk Drin'u-r-i. "If tho demand for butter milk in creases each year as in the last few years," said the proprietor of on of the largest bars in the city yesterday, "it will soon be a rival to beer as a popular drink," says the Pittsburg Dispatch. "Never before has the de mand for this cooling beverajre been ' so great as it is this year. It is noi heralded and advertised by signs in saloons, for the reason that there is more mone3' in beer. Nevertheless one would be surprised at the large quantities consumed. One bar gets I away with ten gallons a day, while 1 another that I know of uses six gal- I J Ions. It is the great bugbear to the 1 ' bars now, and the demand mikes them j keep it, no matter how thy ma3' seek j I to hold it in the background Batter I , milk is destined to be the drink of the ! future, for among the many ad van- ' j tages which are claimed for it is one 1 , that will appeal to the vanit3' of men J it will not causa a flushed face r.or j a red nose, as other drinks do, but, on j ' the co.-itrar3 is considered a gODd 1 spec'fic for both. An' afternoon you ' n n firm wnnt. aro now u r ;v.l-.r ' j .1 ..,. ...:u. !.:.. 1: 1 ...... .... ....... ..... vv.- . . .v. . ... , lciiuuu uuiici iimn ui iauca niieu up ' in front of any of the larger bars. guzzling butter milk, happ3 in tic knowledge that it will soon erse the expensive coloring on their facej which old king aicohol has painted not in water colors either. The cow may yet, in a way, take thu plac; of the brewery."' Ai.utAi. 5a i'ck. Beat to a cream half a teacupful of b.ittcr.addinggradualH one teacupful of powdered s 11 jar, and constantly beating. When beaten to a crcam3 foim add thrc tablcspoDii f uls of . lie or brandy, a little ai a time; and, lastl3', add a quarter of a teacupful of cream of rich milk, beat ing all the time. When the whole is beaten smooth set the bowl containing ! it in a saucepan of hot water, stirring j constantly, but do not let it boil. I'la- ' vor t-j taste. I Highest of all in Lcavenlag Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Absolutely pure Tall Mfn. As a country becomes settled, and es pecially in cities where great numbers of human beings are crowded into com paratively a small place, men degenerate in height and tho women are not only proverbially shorter than in the country, but they are less muscular. As there are thought to be exceptions to all rules, thero are both tall gentlemen and Indies in all cities. A majority of them, however, if traced to their birthplace, will bo found to have come from tho county-. Kentucky and Tennessee pro duce the tallest mcu iu the country. A young boy taken from tho city, whose parents are below tho usual height, and reared in either of those States, would probably quite overtop any of his fam ily. The material abounds in the grains and meats of those splendid regions for developing tho bones. The Patagonians have long been cele brated for being the tallest race in ex istence. Magellan's associates give their average stature at seven feet four inches. Commodore Byron's officers seldom saw 0110 below seven feet, and some exceeded that measure. At tho Polar circles, es pecially north, tho Esquimaux seldom towers above four feet nnd a half to five feet. As a whole the English are finelv developed, toll and energetic. Ameri cans are a compound of all nations on the glolw, varying in size, strength, height, weight, mental capacity aud en ergy, according to the predominance of blood from any particular source. A milk diet, of all food, is most favorable for a large, tall frame in early life. How's Till: We offer $100 reward for any enso of catarrh that can not be ettrcd by Hall's catarrh cure. F. J. Cheney & Co.. proprietors, Toledo, Ohio. We the iinrierMgupd. have known F. J. Cheney for the last fifteen years, nnd be lieve him perfectly honorable in all Ihim ness transaction's and tinnticially ablo to rnriy out 11 113- obligations made bj their firm. West & Trttax. wholesale drughists, To ledo, Ohio. Wnliling. Kinmati & Marvin, wholesale druggists. Toledo. Ohio. Hull's Catarrh euro is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood ami ina ctions surfaces of the system, i'rice. 75 cent per liottle. Sold 1- all druggists. Testimonials free. Hull's family pills, 25 cents. One of tli- IIHIglits of I.lr. When old Kaiser Wilhelm was still Prince of Prussia, he had one dav at Bablesburg. near Potsdam, his beauti ful and ever favorite residence, a visit from that prince among landscape gar deners, I'tirst Herman von Puckler Muskau. who somewhat bluntly ex pressed his disappointment at the slow rate of progress in certain improve ment in the grounds improvements which he had himself suggested on the occasion of a former visit. The future emperor pleaded his limited means. "But does t'our rot'al highness never borrow moneyV queried Prince Puck ler, evidently much nmaed. "Never, n 13 dear prince," was the smiling re ply. "Then 3'our royal hisrhness has never tasted life's greatest delight to wit, the pleasure of finding 3'ourself able to pa' 3'our debts, after all." Chicago Tribune. " IlnviKon'ri ."Ualr torn Snlv. Warrant-,! to-un-r ii.unrt ivfumliM. As!t Jour iiruggit for it. I'm ' 13 .-iii Lit ply 011 His I.rgx. Old Johnnie Irish of Schley countj' is perhaps the lleetest-footed man in Geor gia of his age. and he is now 70 'ears old. He walked, or rather ran. from his. home to Rucua Vista, twelve miles, for the purpose of getting the contract of carr"ing the male from Bucna Vista to Oglethorpe on foot. The mail on this route goes three times a week, and the distance is thirty-six miles, which would make that iiian3' miles to be j covered on foot cvcr3" d:iy except Sun- ' day. He lives fourteen miles from , KHavillc. and he has often made the I trip in two hours. tin one occasion he . was going to F.IIavillc to meet a priest I who was to pass at a certain hour on the train. On the road he passed a man in a bugg3, who offered the pedes- j trian a seat with him in the bugg3. Job n 113 thanked him very kindh", but said he was in a hurry that morning. I and he trotted on up the hill and i through the sand beds and leftthegen- . tlcmnn in the buggy far in the rear. I Dick Turplu's lllilc. Foremost among English feats of horsemanship we have one which for generations has been represented in the circus ring. Dick Turpin's famous ride from London to York has taken its place among nursery legends, never theless it was actually performed, and stands as a record of its kind. The iiiL'hwavman. ruling-witu tlie very nest. reason iu the world the safety of his neck covered the distance of '.'OO miles in a little under little under twelve hours. This per for ma nee standsaloneasthe longest 1 and fastest journe3' ever made on the same horse. Most of the long rides of ...i.:..i. 1. ..:,. 1. ...... 1...,.., ..! vtiucji iv.i;i'tn it.m.-o ii.iii; 1rct.11 tiii,,u for wagers; such records arc therefore reliable. CM'n Cough Itatsam ltl.eoH-l anil U-sf. It mil l.n-ak nia tViMoulck ril.Anaii.ILlnirelK. Itlsalwi r-ll ibl-. Tryit.t A (lock of ISmis. The ingenuity of the scientist who established a "clock of tlowers." by t planting in regular specimens whose corrolias openctt at specified Hours, nas been matched b- a German who has composed a "clork of birds." This is especially a night cloclc. The birds and hours of their songs are as follows: The chaffinch from half past one in the morning until two: the titmouse from 1 two to half past two; the quail from ' half past two to three: the redstart from three to half past three: the ousel frotn half past three to four; the war-! bier from four to half past four; the' marsh tit from half past four to five: the sparrow at five. It is a curious in cident, that the most celebrated of the birds, who-ic song has always served to mark the hour, is missing in the list- . "It is not 3'et near da3" it was the nightingale, and not the lark. . . -It was the lark, the herald of the morn, not nightingale." II tlie llaby l Cutting Teeth. 5re ami u-c that oM anl !?!! tnl rt-tnrtlr, Mes. V. i.? u ' ScuTHiM. Stki r fur C hiMren T etlani. Trade t'nioiw in Herman-. The general committee of the Gcr- 1 man trade unions is now considering the advisability of calling togctiier a congress next 'ear. The last congress, . held at Halberstadt in 1'J.:, was unable) to form a strong central organization for united action. The German unions j are behind those of other countries in numbers and money resources. Ac-' cording to the committee there are only 227,000 members. The strongest or ganization is that of the metalworkers, with 20 OitO members; the joiners have ls,000, tho printers 15.000, the tobacco workers and masons 11,000 each, and the shoemakers 10,0(0. Tretty faces briuf; hi;; prices in the fool's market Sure Cure for Sprain, Bruise or Hurt ! ST.JACOBSOIL You'll Use it Always for a Like Mishai. Itare anil Curious. The rarest and costliest gems, though not alwa's esteomed the most beauti ful, are pigeon's blood rubies, tire opals and diamonds that are pure but shed a distinct glow of blue or pink. A very perfect pearl of generous si.c and lus trous skin, tinted a rarely beautiful golden green, was valued, unset, at 51,800. A faultless green pearl is ver3 rare. A curious stone is the Alexandrite. It is a dark green stone that is polish ed, cue and set very like a fine topaz or ametln'st. in large, showj rings sur rounded bv- diamonds. By the light of da3' the Alexandrite has no special beauty save its fine lustre, but directly a shaft of artificial light strikes the dull stone deep gleams of red flash out of the green, and under the gas or in the firelight one iirnorant of this va gar3' would instantlv pronounce it a rttb3. Mothers. Save Your ClilUtrrm Steketce's Pin Worm Destroyer N the onlv sure cure known that effectually de stroys the pin worm, the nnst troublesome worm known 't also destrot's all other kinds of worm. There is no remedy that can expel the worms from the stomach or rectv m as doe Steketce's Pin Worm IV- fctn3r. Fur al, In all ilnitUt-. cnt ljr mill m receipt ut ic . V s. tti:e AiMre-w UEO. O. 8TKK17TKK. ;ritul Itnpldi. lll.t. Bishop Arthur Cleveland Coe of the Episcopal diocese of Western New York, has written a number of beau tiful hymns. Some of Bishop Coxe's h-inns are found in the collections of every religious body 111 America, ex cept in the official collections of his own church. This is accounted for by his too .scrupulous modestv: as a member of the hymnal committee in IStV.) and Istj he refused to permit tins insertion of his own Ivrics. KarP Clover Knot Tea. Th Croat UNmhI ,urilWrco-,riflin,-xs:marI-irnr loilie Complexion atuli-iirt-sCuiiMtpiitiuii. m-..c.,$!. No monument has 3'et been erected over Edwin Booth's grave in Mount Auburn, near Cambridge, but the grave is well cared for. In the middle of the mound whits tlowers are grow ing thickly, and around the bor.ler of the grave there is a profusion of violets, forget-me-nots and other humble but beautiful tlowers. llonu-4--kT"4 Ktcursintn. The Missouri Pacific Railway will run three Harvest F..-ursioti. 'eaviiu; Omaha Septemler I lth. '.'."th. and Oitoher Hth. Very low rates will lie made to a'l point in Arkansas. Texas. Southwest Missouri. Kan sas. Indian and Oklahoma Territories Col orado. New Mexico lexiept points on So. Pac. mid A. it P. K"s. Tennessee (except Memphis) Louisiana (except New Orleans) Mississippi and Alabama. Tickets limited to -0 da's to ma! e the trip. Stopovers al lowed. "For further information, call or address -our nearest agent, or at ollices in Omaha.' Pcjot 15th and We! -ter. Cit ollices N. K. corner 1Mb and Farnam. J. O. Piuiiirri. Tno- F Goukkkt. . G F & P P. A: T. A. A foel soon shows that he has an empty head t' the questions he ask-. TAKE STEPS in time, if you are a suf ferer from that scourge of huinaiutv kti jwn as ' consumption, ami you can be cured. There is the evidence of hundreds of li tiitr witness! s- to the fact that, in all its early stages, consump tion is a curable disease. Not every case, but a large pet i entitle of cases, and we bclievi, fully 5S' per cent, are cured by I)r I'icrce'.s Golden Medical Dis covery, even after the disease has pro gressed so far as to induce repeated bleed ings from the lungs, .st-vete lingt ring cough with copious expectoration 1 including tu bercular matter), great Ios of ilesh and ex treme emaciation and wtakncss. Do you doubt th.it hundteds of such cases reported to us as cured by " Golden Med ical Discovery were genuine case of that dread and fatal disease ? You net d not take our word for it. They have, in nearly every 1 instance, been so pronounced by the best and most experienced home physicians. 1 who have no interest whatever in mis ' representing them, and who were often I stronglv prejudiced ami advised again t 1 a trial "of "Golden M died Discovery," I but who have been forced to confess that i it surpasses, iu curative power over this j fatal malady, all oth r medicines with I which they are acquainted. Nasty cod- liver oil and its filthy ' emulsions" and I mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these cases and had either utterly failed to bene I fit, or had only seemed to benefit a little for 1 a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey, ' and various preparations of the hypo phosphites had also been faithfully tried in vain. The photographs of a large number ot t, n... mm! of consinutition. bronchitis, t lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal 1 catarrh and kindred maladies, have been I skillfully reproduced in a nook. 01 ii nages wlttcli will be maiieo to you, on receipt of address and six cents in stamps. You can then write to those who t have been cured and profit by tiieir . f)erie!ice Address fr Hook, Woki i's Disit.n'Sarv Meijicai. Association, Uuffalo, N. V. MONEY Oilirklv M:u!a by lluriiiX AllH'itt now i' !'.' prices f t', -, n'ur anl , 1 1 i the ailtamo certa'n o come soon Y"'i an make as much bv carring it on small margins 1. i.v buying ontriiiht Till w I myru 1. uc.t -? .1 I cent (1 i line ami seciin imi all lli ,iitv.ii- Send lor our ire booUIi t Hon to Tni'te ( K N WINKMIX CO, Itooiii 1.1. '.i.'SI I.:i.ull t , tblrs. HARVEST EXCURSIONS SEPT. Nth, SEPT. 25th, OCT. 9th ' On these dates Hound Trip Ticket will be sold i from Chicago. I'eorla. St ItiI. and other sta tions ou the C. U.fi t l. K . to thu principal cities and farming regions of the ! Northwest, West and Southwest at LOW RATES Many connecting railways will alo pll H.irvpt Excursion 'lirkt-t. on same terms. oer this route. The undersigned or anv agent of the lturlinston Houte.anil mo; tlckrtacentsof con necting rall'vavs eat of tne Mississippi K'ver. wilt suppiv applicants with Harvest hscursiou folders eivhis full particulars. P. S. EUSTIS.OalPsartsdr.eleUgtSs fauuiex Chicago, ill. CuittS WHtR All EISc FAILS. Best tVjuiih fajrup. Taf tea G'xxL Use I in nma. tola ty crcgcists. m;:!i; tit :' ....... si.i.nrriii;; i.r. i.emeit. ..,U U.MtiH in t;er. 2feL.i VijH wr.n yjhtw Y ( ImU lELY'S CREAM BALM CURES W&k I PRICOCENTS. ALL DRUGGISTSgfiifej - ,r ( . V
