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A Curious Coincidence.
Not so long since a stoway was fonnd
dead under the main batch of one of
the National line of steamers. He had
concealed himself before the steamer
left Liverpool and died of suffocation.
Curiously enough, in his pocket was
found a novel entitled "Doomed on the
Deep." Chicago Times.
"Words fitly spoken, are like apples of
. gold in pictures of silver.'
Good resolutions kept actively in practice
are longest preserved
Mrs. Ixniina JI at lock
Indigesf ionTroubled Me
And I was a constant sufferer. The poison in
017 blood made my limbs a solid mass of sores.
( happened to read :n advertisement of Hood's
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parilla Sarsaparilla in the piper
and I at once prevailed
anon xnv husband to let
c
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mo try it. I Rot one bot
tle and itdidmesomuch
;ood that I kept using it until I had taken twelve
bottles, and now I am entirely cured. Has.
Lot-is. Matlock, Itonila, Texas.
Hood'S PillS are purely vegetable. 20c.
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App'y ltalm into each nostril.
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iccungmo iinni in llg- i
ging and In other hard I
work. '
ASK YOUR DEALER !
FOR THEM '
and dont bo put off j
with Inferior goods.
COL.CIIEVTEII Kt'RBKIl CO.
"P-to-dme CLOTHING
Sold ills e-t to consumers AT I.QrsT THICKS
ever liefcre offered. I;uy direct from lm
lNiitrrs anil manufacturer:. We ship
Mini i-:iiii.k;k ok jxahimtiov. Wo
wiu'jira l rom so n 6o er cent. A tailor
fit Milt. M.K. Kali or winter oercoat.
$;.K!. IIovk' combination Suits S2.18.
H KOMHUUTS AM'MIAI.TV. bendtolay
for Htl.K mammoth catalog. Address
OXFORD MFC. CO., ioibLr 11,1 401
344 Wabash Ave.. Chicago. III.
Worms in Horses.
The only .sure cure for pin worms in horses
known is StcUetco s Hog Cholera Cure. Never
fails to destroy norms in horses, hogs, sheep,
dugs or cats: an crci'llcnt remedy forsick fowls.
Send sixty cents in United States postage and I
will send by mail. Cut this out, take it todrug
gist and pay lnm tlfty cents. Three packages
lor $IM express paid. ii. . STKKETKE.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mention name of paper.
WELL MACHINERY
Illustrated cataloirce Bhowing WELL
AlHiEKS. IMJUH JJKII.LS. HYDRAULIC
a?iu Jin'riau machinery, etc
cot i inc. uavo been tested ana
11 trarrunfvf.
Sioux City Encino A Iron Works,
Successors to l'ccli Mfs Co.,
Sioux Clly. lowau
1117 Union Arc.. Kansas City. Mo.
TREES of GOLD k115S25SS
r.nrliank's SO Million "newcrcatioiis." STARK
Trees PREPAID everywhere. SAFE ARRIVAL guar
anteed. '1 he"grc;iiiiur.series"s:neyouoerHALF.
Milliciiiof the hot trees TO ears' experience can
grow; they "live longer and bear better."- See. i
2loto,L STARK,l;Louisiana.Mo.,Rockport.lll.
m m b. b warn Tor crnturir no relief for
ffirir KI'ILKI'SY kiiont.
V M W tiitt nnslical profct-loil. To
III l J " aitinnreri cknce f are in-
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le-p, I t certain renietlj'. Our
Utile ltnoklrt ami circular tell all about It free.
Algr. LION M:kVE TONIC CO., Kansas
C.I.J-. Mo.
IjENSION Washington, D.cl
Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Lato Principal Examiner U S. HonMlon llureau.
3 j raiu last war, IJaiijuJicatiiig claims, altjr eiuca.
WALL
SptsruUtion successfully handle.!.
ectusanii full information rittE.
Send for Pro
Increase vour
Income. Inetmenlnl:n-isl. il,lr.-.
Morton, M'ard A Co.. 2i4 Wall St., New York.
PATENTS
Thomas 1. Simpson, Washington,
D.C No att 's Tee until Patent ot
tallied. Writeforlnventor'sGuiJe.
OMAHA
Business
Houses.
HflV'DEN BROS.,
OMAHA.
The ;reatet ltaraln Store on Karth.
Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money
Ilefuniled.
ni:i:ss (.ooiis.
Colored Ca-hmere-;, -10 inches wide, nl
tvHl. Freiicli Henrietta finish. Imported to
sell at ti c: sale price 25o yard.
Fine Serzes. in lMackani Colors. .'! inches
w ide. dotih.e warp; made to sell at ti"c. Sale
price :Cc.
IMack Verses. :Z Inches wide, double and
twisted warn tilling, Gl cent quality. Sale
price XV-.
CAKniNAL KKOADCLOTIIS.
imel.icht ciclit, the correct thing
w rappers, SI. qiiality. Sale price .V.ic.
f.l.ACK IMCI.SS (.MODS.
for
PilTerent novelty weaves, Armures,
cades. --iciIIians and other weaves;
quality. :ale price .V.'c.
AKMl'liK STOK.M SUICCiKS.
Variety or patterns, worth $1.00.
price 73.
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SII.KS.
Ice Crepe SilUs, 21 inches, richest silk
made for evening wear, all the daintiest
shade. ale price 7 c.
HrocatelleMlk-for sleeves, volxe.
heaut I fill goods, richest olors," worth
etc.;
i-aie price ?i. yam.
ItKUCADK ST1X.
-,lLver-v J'""il ilk. evening shades, worth
l...i. sle price ".is,-.
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Men's all-wool Suits at ST. 00. y.JiO j;
Vt. 510
aim 51-11. .eiual value, si mi to v.
Julys ults at S1.H3. j- i".. 52 .V,S2.;f. S't.C0 ui.
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kino oi goou-. acslred. i . , . , .., -,, . ,
Our late l'rice List cnitains.-m endlessar- ' night, and thus will give the true de
ray of llaryaitls in aU kinds of -roods, it wir. irrw On nf lh tlinrmnmelorc -;u
co-t you nothing. Write for it.
HAYDEN BROS.,
OMAHA.
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Omaha Stote Retair Works. 1209 Douglas St. Omaha
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PI nTUIUP for MESf and BOYS. If yon
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wb.w iiiiiv a suit wriM for onr new FjaJ
Catalopne. containing samples of cloth
NEBRASKA CLOTHING CO.,
Cor. lith and Douglas Sts., Omaha.
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DAIRY AND POULTRY.
NTERESTINC CHAPTERS
OUR RURAL READERS.
FOR
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Homestead Hints
as to the Care of Live Stock and
"Poultry.
Feeding Wheat to Milk Cows.
The Ontario experiment farm says:
The price of wheat having reached a
point where it became a question
whether to sell or feed wheat,the dairy
department bought some ground wheat
for feeding purposes. The price, de
livered at the dairy, was S'-O per ton.
We have been feeding quite largely of
this grain during the past year, and
have found it wholesome and cheap
food for young pigs, young calves, and
milk cows. December 12, 1892,two fresh
cows were fed fifty pounds ensilage,
six pounds haw and eight pounds
ground wheat. This was continued for
three weeks, during which time these
cows gave 1,212 pounds of milk, con
taining 50.37 pounds of butter fat mak
ing about 5.55 pounds of butter. (One
tenth added to the fat to calculate the
butter made.) This at 22 cents per
pound would be S12.21 the value of the
butter for the three weeks. Their feed
cost 85.43 for the same time, leaving a
profit of S.79, assuming that the
manure, skim and butter milk paid for
the labor. We would recommend
dairymen to try a ration of wheat and
bran, or wheat and oats, during the
winter, and, if it is fed to the right
kind of cows and the product handled
properly, we feel confident that it will
pay better than selling wheat at pres
ent prices. Resides this, the increase in
the value of the manure pile will be no
small item. (Jood feed makes good
manure. At the conclusion of the pre
ceding experiment the same two cows
were fed for four weeks on a ration of
tift3' pounds ensilage, six pounds hay,
four pounds bran, and four pounds
ground wheat. The object was to see
whether four pounds of bran would re
place the same number of pounds of
wheat. Jtran at this time was worth
S12 per ton and wheat "20. During
the four weeks these cows gave
1,424 pounds milk, G0.fS pounds butter
fat, which would make about G."..f
pounds of butter. This at '2'2 cents per
pound would be S14.73 a profit of
SS.30, as the food cost S5..3 for this
time, ensilage being valued at 51.2S per
ton, hay SO, and bran and wheat as
quoted above. The first ration (wheat)
with these two cows gave a profit of
S0.79 for S-'iM-' worth of feed, or SI
in feed gave SI. 25 profit; while with i
. .- . hlf . nm1 ,l:ll, lv1li.:i
meal ration of half bran and half wheat
(coarse fodder being the same in both
cases), SG.:t3 worth of feed gave a profit
of SS..'!0, or SI in feed gave a profit of
S1.31 in butter. At prices quoted a
meal ration of half bran and half
wheat gave more profit than wheat
alone.
Warmth in Poultry Iloufte.
Probablv no poultry question
so
J much affects the pocket of the farmer
i as the question of warmth in winter.
I Many opinions have been expressed on
! the subject by poultry writers, and
i they have not been all on the same
side of the question. Some would
have the poultry man keep a stove in
his poultry house to keep the fowls
warm in the cold nights. In some
. places it became quite a common sight
i to see a well built poultrj' house with
, a stove pipe sticking through the roof.
This might not be objectionable in a
new country, heavil3' wooded, where
fuel could be obtained at the expense of
', cutting it. It might be a good way in
! which to sell the trees. Uut in most of
the locations where commercial poultry
raising is carried on, fuel of all kinds
has become dear, and to use it in the
winter requires a good deal of figuring
j to be sure that it will not be an cx
, pensive luxury. The question then
arises, is it not cheaper to build a
house so that the warmth from the
bodies of the fowls will. make the tem
perature tolerable, even in the coldest
nights? Then another question arises,
what sort of building is necessary? It
would be a very interesting experi
ment if some of the readers of
the Fakmeks' Review would take up the
question now. With two cheap ther
mometers and a blank book, much
valuable data could be gathered.
For example, one man has a house
10x10 feet, tingle hoarded with
matched lumber, and with one good
sized window. In this place lie will
keep, say twenty-five fowls. The
building, we will supj.rse.has no venti
lator (it should not have), and no
cracks are allowed to exist. The tem-
be placed inside of the house and the
other on the outside. The difference
of the registry of these two will show
the effects of the windows and wnlls
plusthelu;at from th? fowl!5 "bodies-
uincr poultry men win nave nouses
more warmly built, with air spaces and
double windows. So if these experi-
ments carried on b-v a lar?e mh
0f our readers it would prove of value
and of interest, mil not a number of
the readers of the Fakmkks' Revikw
undertake such a series of observations,
and signify to this office their inten
tion of so doing? The results will duly
appear in these columns.
Effect of Cabbage on Batter.
A bulletin of the Iowa station tells
of an experiment with cabbage for
milch cows, as follows: From Xov. 23
to Nov. 27 the effects of cabbage ls
shown from the analysis; fourten 0f
the cows show higher per cents of but
ter fat; six show slightly lower per
cents. The milk table shows increase
in the quantity. The cabbage Ls pal
atable and readily eaten. Its effecton
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the quality of butter is the point in
quired into here, more especially; but
it is noticeable that the change from a
dry ration to one more succulent gave
more milk without decreasing the fat
per cent. By comparing the amounts
of milk given daily by the twenty
cows Nov. 15 with the amounts given
toward the close of the ninety-seven
days, it will be seen that the vol
ume of milk held up quite well when it
is remembered that it was winter work
with a herd, half of which were in the
last months of their period of lactation,
when the tendency with many cows is
to give less milk, or dry up entirely.
The creamery experts report that the
butter from the cabbage ration did not
keep well, but gradually became
tainted. Prof. Patrick's analyses of
the vegetables fed show the cabbage
to be the lowest in volatile acids and
to have the highest melting point, ex
cepting the rutabaga.
Fuorthorn Milkers.
At an Indiana convention, Isham
Sedgwick said: 1 think wc are neglect
ing too much the milking qualities of
the Shorthorns. In speaking of the
milking qualities of the Shorthorns re
minds me of the first I owned. She
was 3 years old when I got her. The
calf sucked until it was 4 moaths old,
when we turned the calf to itself and
used the milk. At that age she gave
twenty-four quarts a flay. I afterward
fattened her and she weighed 1,090
pounds. What a good milker a Short
horn cow may be! Our shorthorn
cows generally are rather poor milk
ers, but I think it isowingto the treat
ment they receive. Some keep them
till 3 and 4 years old before breeding,
which, I think, is against their being
good milkers. It is a simple matter to
ruin a co. v from milking well. If the
cow is allowed to run with the calf
there is no development of size of ud
der. It would be better to let the calf
suck twice a day. say morning and
evening, and the udder will then bet
ter develop. We want to adapt a
course that will be satisfactory to the
S1IAXG1II KOOSTER AND HENS.
people generally. We have to use the
milk, and must regard it as a source of
income in the way of butter and actual
gain over the calf. It is a fact that
many cows raise better calves not to
have all the milk, but feed the calf
something else, so when weaning time
comes it is better for it. There is
somethingin that, too. For that reason
wc should do what we can to develop
the milking qualities of the Shorthorn.
I would not put at the head of my herd a
bull not to my certain knowledge a
calf from a goo:i milk cow. An ani
mal that is a good milker is best. A
good milch cow will fatten quickly
and is a good feeder, and for that
reason I want her to be developed.
Carbolic Acid in the Hen Hooscr,
Until the discovery of the uses of this
acid, poultrymen, as well as hosts of
others, were sadly in need of some de
odorizer and disinfectant, though now
we have something which can be re
lied upon for the purposes, while the
various uses it can be.and has been ap
plied to, arc so numerous wc shall not
attempt to enumerate them. Lice,
mice and other parasites which infest
the poultry house, as well as the
poultry, have a wholesome dread of
this acid, the odor from it. which is
very penetrating, causing them to skip
for pastures new in double-quick time.
It lias also been used, diluted with
with water, as a remedy for scab leg
or poultry itch, but it must be used
with caution here, or it may cause con
siderable suffering at the time to the
fowls. Planter and Urangcr.
Sh.agk fok IIi:.ns. 1 wonder how many
have tried green ensilage for hens.
There is nothing in the world which
they enjoy better in the winter time.
They will greedily jump into the cows'
stalls and rob the cows of their share
if possible. Green silage is a delicious
food for them in the winter time and it
ought to be just as profitable to raise
and store this for the hens as for the
cattle. Good, sweet, green cornstalks
carefully preserved in the silo makes a
tempting food ration that stimulates
the hens to better health and product
ive work. The professional poultry
man who raises hens by the hundreds
might well consider the advisability of
preparing ensilage tor their winter
food. Those who have only a few on
the farm should take some of the en
silage prepared for the cattle and give
it to the poultry every day or two.
A Chckx I'kddi.ki: Octwittkd. That
the shrewdest of churn peddlers some
times meets defeat is again in evidence.
One of the verbose pedestrians re
cently called at a farmhouse in Lewis
ton. The lady said she had a patent
churn already, but the man insisted
that ills was so much better that he
could get two pounds more butter from
the cream than she could from her
churn. She said: "If you can I will
buy it." So he left the churn, promis
ing to come and prove it the next
morning. The lady put her cream
into her churn and brought
her butter, took it out and
poured the buttermilk into the vend
er's churn. He came the next morning
and churned and churned, but no but
ter, exclaiming at last: ''There's no
butter in this cream."' "I know it,"
said the lady, "for I've churned it in
my churn, but I wanted to see you get
the other two pounds.' There was no
sale and no further conversation.
Vetches axi Oats. While on our
trip last summer in Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick, several fields of oats
and vetches crown together for dairy
feed, attracted our attention, l.oth
plants were in strong growth and we
learned that they are considered supe
rior in feeding value to oats and peas.
The vetches do not fall down as easily
as the pea, and this is a valuable con
sideration. The vetch is considerably
grown in Canada and Ls rapidly coming
into favor among dairymen. But few
of our American farmers know any
thing about the plant and we believe it
is time to commence obtaining some
practical knowledge of so valuable a
forage plant. The vetch is one of the
legume family, a species of pea in ap
pearance, and is rated very high as a
protein food. Will not some of our
more enterprising dairy readers make
sose experiments next season in the
matter of growing oats and vetches -
gether? Prof. Robertson informs 'is
that he knows of no finer dairy feed
than this combination. If the vetch is
superior to the pea we want to know it
as soon as possible, and hence the ne
cessity of taking steps toward that
knowledge. Ex.
Our Ciiek.se Trade Going. The bills
of fare on the dining cars in the east
ern states contain this legend "Cana
dian cheese." First class hotels, we
understand, are beginning to advertise
the same fact. At this rate it will not
be long before "Canadian cheese" will
have possession of the entire market
of the United States. Take note that
not a single "filled cheese" or skim
cheese Is made in Canada. This is the
reason why the Canadian cheese has
beaten us in the English market and
now it is rapidly absorbing our best
home market. There are so many
factorymen and patrons who had
rather get one dollar by cheating than
ten honestly, that honest consumers
who don't wish to be cheated must go
elsewhere for their cheese, it seems.
It is a galling shame that this is the
case, but the facts stare us in the face..
There will be no cure for this state of
affairs until the cheese foctorymen anil-
patrons "right-about face' and stop
this idiotic business of cheating the
consumer, and thus destroy their own
market in the end. Congress has re
duced the tariff on cheese and we
shall see what we shall see. Hoard's
Dairyman.
IIexs and Grapevines An English
authority calls attention to the fact
that some of the best French poultry
emanates from the wine districts of
France. In the Medoc, where claret
comes from, they are to be seen in
large numbers, although the vines are
not more than fifteen inehes in height.
Here they are given full liberty and
allowed to wander where they like
for ten months in the jear, only being
removed during July and August.when
the grapes are ripening. Instead ot
being injurious they are found to be
very serviceable indeed in clearing the
vines of insects and grubs; cleaning the
land and supplying it with a valuable
manure. This arrangement fits in with
the requirements for poultry, for by
the beginning of July there has been
a great reduction in numbers, the
chickens for marketing purposes having
all been killed by that time, and thus
the stock is more limited in number
than it would be earlier in the 3'car.
Patkxt Egos. A Press dispatch says:
'Patent eggs have been driven out of
Ohio markets by the state food com
missioner, who last .veek seized a ship
ment of desiccated eggs en route from
the manufacturer, M. JI. Cunningham,
in New York, to a Cincinnati dealer.
Cunningham wired the agent here to
settle the case and try to do no more
business in Ohio, as he had more orders
than he could fill from other states.
The desiccated eggs are sold at 45
cents per pound, and one pound is
equivalent to six dozen eggs. The
commissioner's chemist saj's the al
bumen in the desiccated egg is ob
tained from the eggs of fish eating sea
birds, which can be secured by the mil
lion on the low uninhabitable islands
along the Atlantic coast. They are
not fit for food, and the albumen alone
is taken from them in making desic
cated eggs. The patent egg is used
largfly by hotels and bakeries.
Stoxk Tkktii
ing to provide
for II exs. Neglect
fowls in confinement
with the ncecssary grinding material
for their food is a point to be noticed.
On many farms when the garden is
planted with seeds, the hens are shut
up and often remain in their house or
park all summer. Sad indeed Ls the
lot of those fowls as a rule. Thev
ought to have gravel, lime, ashes,
charcoal, dust for bath, water and
variety of food, including green stuff,
such as lettuce, potatoes or apples,
grass, weeds anything of the kind is
welcome. Ex.
Keep Oxi.v Good Cows. We run
across a good manj- dairies that con
tain one or twqrfine cows, cows which
produce way above the average of the
entire herd. These are usually made
pets of. given extra feed and care, and
are the ones talked about when visit
ors come. They should be considered
as models, or object lessons to work
toward, in the endeavor to bring the
entire herd up to their level. Possibly
a little of the same extra care and
feed, if lavished upon the others,
would help toward this end. Ex.
Look at tiie Barns. Give attention
to all barns, stables and sheds, and
have them thoroughly cleaned and re
paired and given a coat of limewash
inside and out. The nights will soon
be cold enough to call for the hous
ing of milch cows and feeding stock
and the buildings ought to be waiting
for them rather than the stock waiting
for the buildings.
Fall Growth of Ti-RNirS-RutaWas
and other turnips will increase largelv
in weight during the late fall and
early winter months, and are not easily
injured by frost. November is quite
soon enough to harvest them, and they
often continue to grow until Decern
ber. Ex.
It is hardly necessary to urge poul
try keepers to feed wheat when the
price of wheat is lower than that of
corn. The wheat con ta ins more pounds
per bushel of grain and more nutri
ment. .
SCIENCE IN FARMING
Tie Fretact of am Aore Will Be
Greatlr facreased ti? Jicrr Metk
as.
Some interesting possibilities of the
scientific cultivation of the soil were
pointed out In a lecture before the
Brooklyn institute the other evening by
Prof. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the
division of chemistry of the United
States department of agriculture. Prof.
Wiley predicted that, with better meth
ods of cultivation, careful fertilization,
rotation of crops and the study of the
soils, this country will be able within
a few hundred years to support a popu
lation of 1,000,000,000 people. The lec
turer ppoke of the scientific progress
which has been made in agriculture
within comparatively recent years. The
needs of plant life have been studied
and the scientist has endeavored to
formulate the principles upon which
scientific farming: depends. It his been
found that most of the nutritive de
ments of plants do not impoverish the
soil. Plants are breathing creatures
as well as animals, only they con
sume nitrogen instead of oxygen. The
discovery has been made that a cer
tain kind of bacillus can nitrify the
free oxygen of the air, but this bacillus,
so far as is known yet, exists only
under conditions which are fatal to
plant life. The three chief products
of the plant world are carbojydrates,
rroteids and fats and oils. These are
all valuable as food products to man.
'J lie manufacture of these three prod
ucts in plant cells does not injure the
sell. Two other things are necessary
to growth in the vegetable world, i Ld
these are potash and phosphoric acid.
Fortunately, however, large stores of
the constituents named are accessible
to the modern farmer, and, by means
cf the proper rotation of crops, etc.,
he can keep the land from becoming
infertile. The speaker said that the
average quantity of bushels of wheat
produced to the acre In this country
was nowhere near what it should be.
With further progress, more and more
of the so-called waste of modern civili
zation will be found to have uu Im
mense value. The agricultural expf ri
ment station established by the govern
ment will give practical aid and assist
ance to the farmer, and, with increasing
productivity, the agricultural class will
be the strongest bulwark against the
encroachment of European systems of
socialism In th3 American republic
Brooklyn Eagle.
1
TRY ON SHOES AT HOME.
A Xcrr Idea
Mill lie
la lltirlnsr Shoea That
Pounil Convenleat.
There's a new thing In the shoo busi
ness. A man who has been at it In
this city for a number of j-ears and
knows all about the whims of custodi
ers and the ins and outs of the trade
has hit upon the novel scheme. His
plan is simple, but most practical. It
is no more than to measure, fit, and
complete the sale at the customer's resi
dence. An order is received, an idea
given of the goods desired, and a wagon
carrying a miniature shoe stock is dis
patched to the home, accompanied by
an experienced salesman. All the de
tails are attended to in the privacy of
the boudoir or reception room. And
thus the feet are shod without trouble,
annoyance or embarrassment.
Embarrassment? Yes, there Is much
of it that is connected with the pur
chase of a pair of shoes, slippers or
boots iu a public store. With mnny
fashionable and other young women
It is an hour to be dreaded when the
shoe store must be visited. And visited
it must be, as no directions can be
given by which husband, father or
brother can bring home a satisfactory
shoe. The styles are constantly chang
ing, and carefully as the standard sizes
may be observed by the manufacturer,
either the foot or the size of the shoo
seems to change at each new purchase.
The new scheme will also be ap
proved by many others. How many
portly matrons will hall with aelight
the opportunity of selecting their shoes
at home? Then there are housewives,
young mothers, semi-invalids, gouty old
men. timid young women, who will
appreciate the new idea, and the moth
er of half a dozen yojngsters, each of
whom has kicked through all the stout
shoe leather of a few weeks before,
can already feel a relief. The husband
on his way to the office simply leaves
directions and the job is done. Chicago
Tribune.
CHINESE NAMES.
A Carlona Syatem of Nomenclature
For Denla-aatlaar Foreign Conn
trie. The Chinese, when they first knew
their Eastern neighbors, who are now
exhibiting such a restless war spirit,
named them Wa people. In their his
tory this single word was sufficient.
By change of vowel during two thou
sand years Wa has become Wo. In
the Imperial declaration of war of
Aug. 1 this is the term used, and it is
brief and sufficient. The Chinese like
monosyllabic names for countries. The
various foreign nations have when mak
ing treaties usually chosen the mono
syllables which form their names. Eng.
land, YIng kwo, means "the flourishing
country," for ylng, the treaty charac
ter for Great Britain has that sense.
Fa means law, anil France, Fakwo,
Is the "law-abidln? country." Ger
many, known as Te kwo, is the "virtu
ous country." The United States re
public ls the Mel kwo, or "beautiful
country." Italy is the "country of just
ice," I kwo.
Each treaty nation has chosen Its
own name for moral effect. It has
been a matter for international diplo
macy, and the Chinese government has
invariably given way to the wishes of
each of the treaty powers as represect
ed by its minister and his Chinese sec
retary. From the time that the min
isters of the treaty nations had resi
dences In Pekin the name of the coun
try made use of in diplomatic corres
pondence has been, of course, that '
which was satisfactory to the treaty ,
powers. The same was the case with .
Japan. Japan, there can be no doubt. I
prefers Ji pn, the land of the Rising j
Sun. becauxe it is more poetical than
the name Wo, which means "submis-,
slve," "winding and twisting." On
the whole, Japan wishes to be known
as the land of the sun, Ji kwo, but she
also likes JI pen, which is the same
with Japan, and she has not made the
use of the term Wo a matter of com
plaintNorth China Herald.
X
May I refused him because I felt
sure we could not get along well to
gether. Belle You were quite right, dear.
He might not accord you the reverence
due to age
- -. .
A Beautiful Tola
. The lady in her elegant victoria
drove up to the great dry goods store,
and. stepping daintily out, she walked
into the busy place: Approaching a
weary looking girl at one'of the coun
ters, she said:
"What time do you get off duty?"
"Usually at 6, madam," replied the
astonished girl, "but to day at 5."
"Don't you get very tired working so
long?"
"Ves, madam, but I must work or
starve.
"Well, will you let me take you for
a drive of an hour after you are
through to-day? I'm sure it will do
you good."
The girl, knowing the wealth and so
cial position of the lady, blushed with
pleasure and she was only too glad to
accept tho invitation so politely and
kindly extended, and the lady, with a
cheery smile and bow, walked out.
Then the man who dreamed this
woke up and 'wondered how the mis
chief people could dream such improb
able and ridiculous things. Detroit
Free Press.
Perfection Iu Cake-Making.
Housekeepers frequently wonder
why it is that they cannot make bis
cuit and cake thatare light and palat
able and that taste as delicious as the
biscuit and cake made by their mothers
and grandmothers, the delightful
memory of which even to this day
creates a sensation of pleasure to the
palate. The trouble arises from the
highly adulterated state of the ma
terials they have to work with, par
ticularly the cream-of-tartar and soda
used to raise or leaven the food.
Cream-of-tartar and soda that are now
procurable for domestic purposes con
tain large quantities of ljme, earth,
alum and other adulterants, frequently
from 5 to 25 per cent, and consequently
vary so much in strength that no per
son can tell the exact quantity to use,
or properly combine them, to insure
perfect results. From using too much
or too little, or becatise of the adulter
ants in them, bitter, salt, yellow or
heavy biscuits or cakes are frequently
made. These adulterants are also in
jurious to health.
All this trouble may be avoided by
the use of the popular Royal Baking
Powder. Where this preparation is
employed in the place of cream-of-tartar
and soda, its perfect leavening
power always insures light, flaky,
digestable tiscuit, cakes and pastry,
that are perfectly wholesome and free
from the impurities invariably present
when the old raisinir preparations are
employed.
The Royal Baking Powder, we are
informed by the most reliable scien
tists, is perfectly pure, being made
from highly refined ingredients, care
fully tested, and so exactly propor
tioned and combined that it never fails
to produce the best and uniform re
sults. An additional advantage in its
employment comes from the fact that
bread or other food made with it may
be eaten while hot without fear of in
digestion or any unpleasant results,
while being equally sweet, moist and
grateful to the palate when cold.
Preparatory.
As tiie Broadway cable car approach
ed the postoflice a young man sprang
directly in front of it and, waving his
arms, cried: "Now, come on, will
you?"
The car struck him squarely in the
chest and threw him ten feet ahead.
Rising quickly, he rushed back at the
car and was thrown ahead again. He
was about to make another rush when
a policeman pulled him from the track.
"What's the matter with yer?"
growled the officer. "Off ver head,
eh?"
"Not at all," replied the young man.
"I was just getting myself in shape for
the football game this afternoon."
Truth.
She Itiiles a Wheel.
Queen Marguerite of Italy has yield
ed to the prevailing c3"clomania. She
rides two hours every day in the gar
den of the Quirinal and professes to be
greatly enamored of the sport. Since
the queen began to ride the wheel she
lias improved wonderfully in health,
having acquired a hearty appetite that
she never had before and being enabled
to perform her pressing social duties
with comparative ease.
Deafness Can Not be Cured
by local applications, as thoy can not reach
the diseased portion of tho enr. There is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that is
13' constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous "lining of tho Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inflamed you hove a
rumbling sound or imperfect lienring, and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
mal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever: nine cases out of ten oro caused
by cotarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
Wo will give Ono Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that can not be cured by Half's Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars," free.
F. J. CHENEY, Toledo, O.
C""SoId bv Druggists, .")C.
Hall's Fainily Pills, 15c.
Not Such a DnfTor After All.
Detroit Free Press: "My dear.'" lie
said the other morning. "I think you
were right when you told mc last night
there were burglars in the house."
"Why?" she aslced nervously.
"Because all the money that was in
my pockets wnen t went to dm is
gone."
"Well, she said, with an I-told-you-so
air, "if you had been brave and got
tip and shot the wretch, you would
have had your money this mornin?."
"Possibly, my dear, possibly," he
said, gingerly, "but then I would have
been a widower."
She laughed softly then, and gave
half of it to him.
Veronese's Ilig Painting;.
Veronese loved to represent festive
gatherings on a colossal scale. His
"Marriage of Cana" is .10 feet long and
20 feet high and contains ISO figures.
The most remarkable feature of the
painting is the group ot musicians in
front round a table. Among this party
Veronese represents Titian, Tintoretto,
himself and other celebrated painters.
Exchange.
TO AID EMPLOYES.
NEW SCHEME OF THE W.
DOUGLAS SHOE CO.
L.
Will Furnish Their Help With Medical
Attendance.
William L. Douglas, the president of the
world-famed W. L. Douglas Shoe Co., has
always had a great personal interest in the
army of men and women who inhabit the great
I factory at Montcllo during the working hour
t of the day, and who make the greatly adver
1 tied3 shoe.
; He is a great believer in the idea that manu
facturers should have this personal interest in
the condition of their employes, and feels that
, if the idea is carried out to the extent that i3
' possible, that it will result ultimately in the
. breaking down of the barriers which have been
' built up between employers and those whom
1 they employ, as it would convince the work
insimen that their employers were not their
enemies, as some of them seem to think now.
but their friends, with a desire to do all for
them that was in their power.
Having strong feelings upon this point, it is
only natural that Mr. Douglas should give the
I matter some study and acquaint himseif with
the result of the trials of similar plans in other
I places. He is satislled that the scheme he has
' originated is a good one, and he has now put it
to practical test.
He has handed to every person in his emplov
, and they form a small army-a card which
I will enable them to secure free medical attend-
j ancc.
1 ' This is a practical illustration of Mr. Douglas'
I idea, and will surely be appreciated by the
hundreds who receive the cards.
The plan is a cood one.
Speaking of the W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. it
may be said that their factory is the only one
in Brockton where the principle of arbitration
1s recognized and has full sway. Mr. Douglas
Is a firm believer in the principle and has been
since the establishment of the state board of
arbitration. He claims that labor troubles
would not be as freiuent as they are if manu
facturers and help would recognize this great
principle and adopt it.
The engines of a first-class man-of-war
COit about 1700,000.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
DkVj I Baking
IW22!
'ABSOLUTELY PURE
French Books the Clearest.
Chauvinism has, or at least ought to
have no place in matters of science,
and although English is the most prev
lent language in the world at large,
French is the most widespread in Eu
rope, the most civilized part of the
world, says the London Globe. There
fore we must acknowledge, with the
Russian and German scientific journals
that French is the more appropriate for
scientific as it is for political congress
es. Moreover, the "language of di
plomacy," which has been praised for
concealing the thought, is equally
well adapted for revealing it clearly
and precisely. French memoirs and
text books on science arc undoubtedly
the most lucid of all, and English, if
not also German, scientists, would do
well to study the best French models
of exposition.
African I.lngaat Poverty.
Dr. Good, a missionary in the interior
of Africa, says that the poverty of the
native language is a serious hindrance
to missionary effort. In the Bule lan
guage, for instance, there is no word
for "thanks" or "thanksgiving." "To
believe," "to trust," "to have faith"
are all expressed by the same verb to
which there is no corresponding noun.
There is no word for "spirit." The
Bule have always believed in an invis
ible God, but they have never given
such a being a name. With the Bule a
living man lias a body and a shadow
the literal shape cast by the living per
son which at death leaves the body
and becomes a disembodied spirit with
a new name which cannot be used to
apply to God and the angels. So Dr.
Good is driven to sav that God is a
"shadow" and that Christ will send His
"holy shadow" into men's hearts, etc.
tiraievard Soil.
While cremation of the dead is un
doubtedly growing in favor it appears
that the dangers attending the ordi
nary burial practice may have been ex
aggerated. This is indicated by a
chemical and bacteriological examina
tion of samples of virgin soils, pure ag
ricultural soils, and graveyard soils,
that has lately been made by a Scotch
investigator, Dr. James Buchanan
Young. The proportion of organic
matter, as judged by the organic car
bon and nitrogen present in the sam
ples, was found to be not materially
greater in soil that has been used for
burial than in good pure agricultural
soil. No pathogenic organisms were
discovered in the graveyard soil, and
the number of bacteria present, though
greater than in virgin soil, was much
smaller than one might expect. The
results, in fact, tend to support the
idea that properly conducted burial in
suitable and well drained soils can
cause no risk to public health.
llreakent Ahead:
Prinlen.ce, foresight, that might have saved
many a pooil hhip that has cone to ileces
among the breakers, is a quality "consnU'tiuus
!y its absence" and among none more notably
than persons troubled with inactivity of the kid
neys and bladder. &hen these organs fall off
in duty prievous trouble is to bo appre
hended. Uright s disease, diabetes, catarrh,
and stone in the bladder, are among the dis
eases which a disregard of early symptoms
confirm and render fatal. That sigually
effcctual diuretic, Hostcttcr's Stomach Hit
ters, will -and le: no one so troubled forget
this remedy the symptoms of approaching
renal disease and check its further progress.
Kqually efficacious is the IJ ittcrs for constipa
tion, liver complaint, malarial and rheumatic
trouble and debility.
Variety.
"We have four kinds of bread at our
boarding house," said the man with
the pasteboard extension on top of iiis
head.
"And what are the four kinds of
bread at your boarding house?" asked
tiie man with the crimson whiskers,
tied on with a string.
"Dry, old, stale and moldy." Indi
anapolis Journal.
Native Fruit Improved.
It has been lately remarked that the
importation of oranges to our markets
from Europe has greatly diminished be
cause the product from Florida and
from California has been such that it
has commanded the market. The re
sult is that foreign fruit has aimos.
disappeared, and the native fruit is bet
ter in quality and cheaper in quantity
than ever before. The growth of the
pineapple is following the same order.
It is found that it thrives admirably
well in different localities at the south,
that tiie fruit can be produced at all
times of the year in different parts of
the country, and that the varieties can
be improved. The facility with which
the fruit can be grown in the southern
states is an important factor among our
fruit products.
C. S. Ileinhart will contribute
Harper's Weekly for December I
to
a
double-page tirawing of tiie
first '
Thanksgiving in New England, and a
descriptive article in regard to customs
which were peculiar to the observance
of that day in the early hislory of this
country. There will be a Thanksgiv
ing story by Sophie Swett. and '"The
Parasite," by A. Conan Doyle, will be
concluded. Henry I.oomis Nelson will
contribute an article on "Our Commerce
Destroyers," whicli will be read with
especial interest in view of the recent
agitation in naval circles in favor of
heavy battle-ships.
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Scott's Emulsion
Consumptives always find great relief by taking it, and
consumption is often cured. No other nourishment restores
strength so quickly and effectively.
Weak Babies and Thin Children
are made strong and robust by Scott's Emulsion when other
forms of food seem to do them no good whatever.
The only genuine Scott's Emulsion is put up in salmon-
color e wrapper. Kef use cheap substitutes!
Send j or pamphlet on Scott' 't Emulsion. FREE.
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Talking Through a Human ltodr.
To talk through the human body, or
a row of human bodies, for the matter
of that, is one of the weirdest of the
electrician's feats. If a telephone wire
be severed and the two ends be held by
a person, one end in each hand, but far
apart, it is quite possible for two indi
viduals to carry on a conversation
through the body of the human me
dium as readily and as distinctly as if
the line had been properly connected.
Electricity.
The Modern Mother
Has found that her little ones are im
proved more by the pleasant laxative.
Syrup of Figs, when in need of the
laxative effect of a gentle remedy than
by any other, and that it is more ac
ceptable to them. Children enjoy it
and it benclits them. Tiie true remedy.
Syrup of Figs, is manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only.
To Stop Counterfeiting.
A scientist suggests the use of an al
loy of gold and aluminum for the ma!.
ing of. money. He says that counter
feiting would be almost impossible, as
the only alloy which can bo made suc
cessfully consists of seventy-eight parts
of gold and twenty-two of aluminum.
The product is said to be of a beautifi .
purple color, with ruby reflections that
cannot be imitated.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh N the best medi
cine for that disease I have ever ued. 1 C.
Johnston, lola, Texas, .lime '-.'ltd, Ib'Jl.
The scene of Kudyard i'ipling's first.
American story, which is to appear in
the December number of the Century,
is laid in Vermont, and all of the dra
matis pcrsoir.u are horses. The "walk
ing delegate" from whom the stoiy
takes its name is a raw-boned horse
from Kansas, who tries to stir his com
panions to rise in their might against
the Oppressor Man.
To l-e a harmless 'Vnint,"
do any good, then suicide.
I o too good to
liegeman' n m plinr Imivitli ;iyrrrln.
CurenCnapped l:iiiiN.tnil Fafe. Tenderer Sore Keel
trorSrt. r.'.t.
iiiutiam.riic-.
C. Clark Co . New ll.it en. 1 1
JNlk, applied onco a week with
cloth, freshens 1 oots nud shoes.
a
soft
It the r.al.y is Cutting Teeth.
Reure nnlii-e thatol I ami well tried rrmnlr, 31KS.
WiNSLow s Sootiii Stri r for I'lilMrrn Tectlilnc-
A single hair wiil hear n weight of 1,1. "H
grains.
"lliinin ,'liilr t rti ":ilvi-."
Warranted tie!treiir ii..ii:- refunded. AIs jniir
drugsil for It. rrsi- lj. :.
Asparagus is theoMest known plant that
has been uetl for food.
Billiiird TaMe, second-hand. For sale
cheap. Apply toor nddress, II. C. Aki.v,
i'll S. lth St., Oliiuhu, Nob.
Winter Tourist Tickets Via the Wab.nli
Kailro.id
Are now on sa'e to all the winter resorts of
the South, good returning until .lime 1st.
"id. Ai-so liuK.sr K. i k-ion Ticktrrs to
all points south on excursion date-. In ad
dition to itUivc, Knilroad and Steamship
tickets to all oints iu tht I'mtck Stvtks.
and Ki icon:, at lowest rules. For rate-.,
tickets, excursion dates and full informa
tion or a opy of tho Home Seekers (Juirtc,
call at Wal ash Oil ice, ITAri Furiinm street,
or writo
(!. N. Cl-AITUX.
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The world's production
was ",-" ":.:!!:! ounces.
of gold in IbW.
PROGRESS.
People uIioQct the greatest
degree of comfort and real en
joyment out f life, are those
who inakt the nio-t out
ot their opportunities.
(unk perception and
good judgment, lead such
promptly to adopt and
make tt-t of those refined
and improved products of
niodtni inventive genius
which bt-t serve the
needs of their physical
being. Accordingly,
the most intelligent
and progressive people
are found to eniploy
the most refined and
perfect laxative to reg
t iil.ite and tone up the
"i. stomach, liver, and
N bowels, when in need
of such an agent hence the great popularity
of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. These art
made from the purest, most refined and
concentrated vegetable extracts, and from
forty - two to forty - four are contained in
each vial, which is sold at the same price
as the cheaper made and more ordinary
pills found in the market. In curative vir
tues, there is no comparison to be made be
tween them anil the ordinary pills, as any
one may easily learn by sending for a free
sample, 'four to seven does of the Pel
lets, which will be sent on receipt of name
and address on a postal card.
QNCE USED THEY ARE ALWAYS IN FAVOR.
The Pellets cure biliousness, sick and
bilious headache, dizziness, costiveness. or
constipation, sour stomach, loss of appetite,
coated tongue, indigestion, or dyspepsia,
windy belchings. "heartburn." pain and
distress after eating, ami kindred derange
ments ot tiie liver, siotnacn and nowei.
Put up in glass vials, therefore always
fresh and reliable. One little "Pellet"
is a laxative, two are mildly cathaitic.
As a "dinner pill." to promote digestion.
take one each day after flintier To relieve
distress from over eating, they arc un
cqiialed. They are tiny, sugar coated
granules: any child will rt-.idilv take them
Accept no substitute that may be recom
mended to be "just a- good "' It may f'tr
better for the deulet . because of paying him
a better profit, but he is not the one who
needs help. Address for fre'- sampl .
World's Disim-nsakv Mi imc i. Asso
ciation, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. V.
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