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r-.l m. : m. J1 li i '.tr !i! 7. - i k(. it t - i ! - r -i i A Pateraal GoTeranaeat. The Gentleman's Magazine: Regu lations and by-laws of all sorts appear to add azest to German existence; if there is a bridge or tollgate, the notices there posted state that the officials in charge will not have to pay anything "when they go across. I have seen a bridge with a special tariff for each an imal so much for a horse to cross, so ' much for a goose or turkey! Level crossings on the railways are very com mon, but not very dangerous, owing to the pace of the foreign train. However, when an official' is kept all day to let down the barrier and keep people back It is also thought necessary to put up an enormous cast iron notice request ing the public to "halt at the shut bar rier." It is difficult to pass such a com bination of obstruction, but one can do so'by jumping over the barrier a feat which causes as much surprise as if one were to walk on one s head in Eng land. Not much is expected of the German traveler in the way of ability; he is warned in the trams that he "JHmps off and on at his own peril:" another characteristic notice which they contain is the request "not to spit, out of consideration for fellow trav elers." Daafaew Can Not Be Cared by local applications, as they can not reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure Denfness and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused bran inflamed condition of the mncous fining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rambling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it Is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken oat and this tube restored to its nor mal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will rive One Hundred Dollars for ay case ofDeaf ness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Bend for circulars, free. T. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. fySoId by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills, 2Tk5. The Travels of Derelicts. The New York Tribune: The dis tance which derelicts traverse is much greater than is generally supposed. A careful record of observations has re sulted in the preparation of a chart which shows that the hulk of a schoon er, the Fannie E. Wolston, has drifted, during the last five years, more than 10,000 miles. This calculation is based on forty six reports of its having been sighted. Another derelict, which be gan its wanderings in 1691, drifted about 3,500 miles up to the time it was last seen, when it had been afloat 015 days. The W. L. White, another float ing terror of the sea, roamed over the North Atlantic for 310 days, covering in that time about 0.000 miles. When a married mau falls sick his mother always blames his wife. The pathway of the reformer is generally all up hill. Figs have tieen washed, but none have ever been cured of their love for mud. Only a brave man is afraid of a ghost of i murdered opj ortunity. Spring Is such a trial that men say, " Let the j house take care of itself." Hut the con scientious wife feels bound to risk health and strength in this annual struggle with dust and dirt. The consequence of her feverish anxiety over extra work is de pletion of the blood, the source of all life and strength, manifested in that weak, tired, nervous condition too prev-! medicine for everyone and all who take it alent at this season and very dangerous will never be without it. Ilravc also used If allowed to continue. What every man I Hood's Pills and they are the best I ever and woman needs in the spring is Hood's I tried." Mas. F. II. Andrews, S. Wood Ssrssparilla. It keeps the blood vitalized stock, Ct. Get Hood's, because Hood's Is True Blood Purifier DROPSY TItKATKD FREE. i Porttlvfljr Cured with Vegetable Remedies Hare cured thouKimdii of case. Cure casci pro- ounced hupeleMi by best jiuysicisns From ttret dme J trmptm81l3ppcar: lntendajrantlc&ttlwo-Mdrd9 all urniplonn removed. Send for free book totlmo- Ills of miraculous cure. Ten day" treatment fre-1 mall. Ir you order trial Mmd 10c In rtnmio op-iv";ottRe OK.II.II t.HEnx.VSOV-.Atlniitt.tJa. , u order trial return thl ndvcrtlseitient t i VITAL ISSUES In perfection of machine for farmers' use l'OIXT ow Simplicity of Construction I'OIJJT TWO Working Qualities l'oiNT Tliitrc Thoroughness of Workmanship Thee will tie found united In tile rew DAVIS CREAM SEPARATORS Illustrated I'amphlet Mailed Free Darts lUnVIn T.IUk. A- Xlfjr. Co.. Chicago. WELL MACHINERY Etaatrmtod estalosna 81101111? WKT.i TOTKBS, BOOST DRILLS. HYDRAULIC flD'JRTIKa MACHINKEY, etc nmT men Keteaana City Bsclne A Iron Works, BassMsor to I'eeri Mr. Co . Slui Ctiw. Iowa. Uaton Avv. Kaaaaa City. Ho. iS r13 Tsiw 1,71 l1 J iJL 11 Ycpy Latest Styles, B"M.fl"."T0"g 35 Cent Pattarns for 10 Cents. Wnen lha Cent Additional 6239 LADIXS BASQUE. 6329. LADIES' BASQUE WAIST. in COUPON. This coupon sent with an order tor one or anv of our 35 cent patterns is credited as 25 cents, making the pattern cost only 10 cents. One cent extra lor iost:ine for each pattern. Give number of inches waist measure for skirts and uumlcr of inches bust measure for waists. Address COUPON LOCK BOX 744, PATTERN -S---S$4 1 - ,. A GREAT COUGH REMEDY. Perhaps you may think that Scott's Emulsion is only useful to fatten babies, to round up the angles and make comely and attractiyerlean and angular women, and fill out the hollow cheeks and stop the wasting of the consumptive, and enrich and vitalize the blood of the scrofulous and anaemic persons. It will do all this but it will do more. It will cure a Hard, Stubborn Cough when the ordinary cough syrups and specifics entirely fail. The cough that lingers after the Grip and Pneu monia will be softened and cured by the balsamic heal ing and strengthening influences of this beneficent food-medicine, namely, Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil and Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda. Refuse substitutes. TJiey are never as good. Scott & Bowne, New York. All Druggists, 50c and SU The Bicycle la tee Zodiac. Harper's Weekly: The next time the signs of the zodiac are revised, room should be made among them for the bi cycle. As they stand they are out of date. The bicycle has come to be about the most conspicuous and omni present vernal emblem, and it is more conspicuous and more omnipresent this year than ever before. Hordes of new adventurers woman adventurers in particular have learned to ride it dur ing the winter that is past, and are ready to seize upon the earliest days of warmth and sunshine to explore the parks and country roads. Since bi cycling began, an appalling amount of new knowledge has become necessary for the successful guidance of the fam ily. One must know which bicycle is the best; what is the lowest sum it can be bought for; what sum any given second-hand bicycle is worth; whether last year's machine will do for another season: and so on indefinitely- isrieny, the active participant in contemporary life must know bicycles, and if he is the father of a family his knowledge must be co-extensive with his personal responsibilities The peculiarity about bicycles which is most impressive, and also most afflict ing, is that every bicyclist yearns to start the season with a brand new ma chine of the very newest make. There is such a thing as being satisfied with last year's horse, and even preferring him to an untried quadruped, but im provements in bic3cles are devised so much more rapidly than improvements in horses that bicycles get out of date much sooner. And then, too, when you buy a new bicycle you can know pretty definitely what you are getting, and when you buy a new horse of course you can't. A New Kind of Musical Criticism. A Michigan doctor has been testing the effect produced by music upon men in a state of hypnotic trance In the presence of one unconscious "subject," himself a doctor 40 years old and not naturally very susceptible to harmonic emotions, the experimenter caused the "Hide of the Valkyries" to be performed by an orchestra. Here is what hap pened; "The subject's pulse became more rapid as soon as the music began and soon rose to 120 per minute. Mean while the arterial tension was raised to a marked degree. This immediately began to decrease, but the rapidity of the heart's impulses was continued. The rate of respiration advanced from IS to 30 per minute, the man's face ex pressed great agitation, and his body was covered witli profuse perspiration. "When awakened the subject said he did not remember the music as some thing heard, but as a general sensation, a sort of excitation produced by a furious flight through space."' It is -well to have a noble purpose, but oh! perforin the doing of it. If a woman has a nice looking pocket book to carry, she doesn't care whether she has any money or not. Religion and common sense mixed make an admirable compound. Cleaning and enriched, and thus sustains the nerves and all the bodily functions. " I take Hood's Sarsaparilla every spring, and it is the only medicine I use through the j-ear. It enables me to do my house cleaning and farm work all through the summer. It helped me very much for palpitation of the heart. I think Hood's Sarsaparilla is the Sarsaparilla the Only H. L. Douclas SI CUAt IS THE BEST. 1P WfflWsiM FIT FOR A KINO. . cordovan; FRENCH fcCNAMEUEO CALF. f4.3SP Fine Calf MGwurca 3.SPP0UCE.3SOLES. EXTRA FINE- ' 2.$l.7?BOY5'SCHIXiSH0El LADIES F- SEND FOR CATALOGUE W-L-DOUCLA3 BROCKTOHMASS. Over One Millloa People wear tbe W. L. Doug'as $3 & $4 Shoes All our shoes are equally satisfactory Thsy give the best value for the money. They equal custoss shoes in style snd fit. Thir wearing qualities are unsurpassed. The prices are uniform. stamped on sole. From $1 to $.1 saved over other tnekes. If your dealer cannot supply you we c3", spfy Qy JOHN w.raoRRis, Washington, B.C., Successfully Prosecutes jciaims. Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pension Bureau. 3yrsiula3t oar, 15 adjudicating claims, attyeiuco. x-jrtrtr-jriPS-yyVir K Coupon Below is Sent- Also One for Postage 6356 LADIES' TOKE WAIST. 031fi. DUCHESS or TOKE COAT. COMPANY. NEW YORK, N. Y. PTXJS K&2L-- M Sf lk 1 MCUr-aBBBBBBBBBBBBaW 1 ' W IriJIP! FAEM AND GABDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Some Up to Date Hints About Cultiva tion of the Soil and Yields Thereof Horticulture, Viticulture and Flori culture. Some Southern Meadow Grasses. A speaker at a farmers' institute in HflslSBlppl said: "Of the true grasses Bermuda is certainly one of the best species we have for all purposes, and it is the one which is more widely culti vated than is any other. It will grow in all parts of the south; it continues to grow through the entire summer, makes the. best of pastures, and will yield from "two to four tons of hay per acre each year. The hay from Ber muda is fully equal in feeding value to the best timothy and is so fine and soft in texture that there is no loss from the coarse and woody stems so common in many other hays. In 1889, '90, and '91 our experiment station made sev eral very thorough tests of this hay, feeding it in comparison with northern-grown timothy, and in no case did we find any superiority in the timothy, which has so long been the standard of excellence. A ton of Bermuda hay is fully the equal of a ton of any other grass hay grown anywhere in the world. Johnson grass will make more good hay than will any other grass we have. Four tons per acre is a com mon yield, and the hay is rich, tender, and nutritious, though coarse in ap pearance. It makes a hay which is especially popular among liverymen and hard drivers. This grass, however, is not popular among the farmers from the fact that it is practically impos sible to kill it when the land is wanted for other purposes. When it comes it comes to stay. Those of us who have it find it one of the most profitable hay plants, but those of us who do not already have it on our farms do not want it on any terms. It is both our worst weed and our best hay producer. Crabgrass is another hay plant which gives us an abundant crop at a nomi nal cost. It comes up in our fields late in the summer, after the crops are laid by, making the quick and vigor ous growth necessary for the produc tion of hay of the best quality, and will make a yield of from one to two tons per acre for merely the cost of harvesting. Some of our northern visitors, who know the crabgrass only as a troublesome garden weed, may be surprised at this statement, but its truth is so well known to every Missis sippi farmer that the fact would not need mentioning were I speaking to them alone." Indian Corn In Australia. "Although the cultivation of mnize is practically unknown in the old coun try, it is largely carried on in several parts of Australia, especially in Queens land and New South Wales," says Lon don "Colonies and India." "In the lat- ter colony the cereal ranks as a lead- . mg crop, being second only to wheat i in importance and productiveness, and forming the staple product of the num erous valleys wafered by the coastal rivers north and south of Sydney, the moist soil and warm climate of these being admirably adapted for maize cul- tivation. In other districts, not too elevated, and where the means of irri gation have been provided, maize is found largely grown, but less product ively than in coastal regions. "The cereal is largely used as food for horses, cattle, pigs and poultry, and in the dairy farming districts its value in the production of beef, pork and milk has long been unreservedly recognized. As an article of human food it is comparatively little known, jjand it is In this respect that Australian j i lUUIbV WVUOUUiuviVIl UlllVlO itUUl LUaL of the United States, where the cereal is lareelv used in the form of Molinnv- I cakes,' porridge and puddings, maize ' or corn flour being found in almost layery household. If its use in this 4rmanner became general in Australia the demand would be found enormous ly increased. "At the beginning of 1S62 the area finder maize cultivation was 57,959 Lifcres; at the beginning of 1894 it was '205,885 acres, having become nearly quadrupled in little more than thirty years, the product during the same per iod rising from 3,389,505 bushels to 7, 067,576 bushels. Although the crop is easily grown and there is an abund ance of land suitable for its cultiva tion, the local supply is unequal to the local demand, and has to be supple mented by imports from elsewhere. This is occasioned largely by the more remunerative character of other kinds of agricultural crops. In 1893 the quan tity of maize imported into New South Wales, principally from Queensland and New Zealand, was 166,841 bushels, gt which only 3,703 bushels were re exported. If a market for Australian maize could be found in the United Kingdom its cultivation would be con siderably extended. "If the fattening value of maize as a food for cattle, pigs and poultry was more generally understood in the United Kingdom, a large demand would rapidly spring up and assist in further developing the already extensive com mercial intercourse subsisting between Great Britain and her flourishing col onies in the southern hemisphere." Hungarian Buffalo Cattle. The buffalo is a black, shaggy, uncouth-looking animal, with rather j horizontally lying head, backward I drooping, short and heavy horns. It , is far more docile than its appearance i would indicate and on account of sev- ' eral of its traits it might justly be ' called the mule of Hungary. Its ex- treme toughness, and, if I may call it ! so, its modesty in requirements of food and care are its most remarkable ( Qualities. It is therefore specially popular in localities where food is I neither plentiful nor good, and every- I where it receives the treatment of a ! "stepchild" in this respect. ' It is fond of the water and thrives best in swampy sections will, in fact, rBVaaKHswAHflCaSxV 'MmKGNR HHKysfiawSSIBLjHK9nlki ssssssssssssssssssssssBRh H Lslssssr i - '3r3VIB3iHBKIHS3sifKSBf hUK5jCSHHEES?!la9aH2fiHHMafctaL VBBuESiA2HHaiifliB H0&fiH9BB9"laK"DSXrk"ri3&-"- iil.- v --3MiaTrwifcriLirSjiirj-tMC WBMWlByBPlWBBBBBPWMlMBwj' ' i ''r " ""Wfcj'Jriiii 'fcsii "rvj-Wt-S decrease in size if kept in too dry lo-i end of six months, or even in less calities. It iya very good work animajiime if the weather is warm and the in places jmere speed is not requte?a, jJlfeap is watered occasionally, displayingain in his the equanimity f Sometimes the sods and manure are of therule. Theniilk is noted for its i put in the same heap in alternate lay- richness. Thfl'buffalo is 'raised, in numbers ofmy consequence, only on the low bmtom landsof the Danube, the Theiss and the Drave. all these dis tricts being noted for their dampness. For the same reasons I think he could be practically introduced into the southern portions of the United States, into Florida, for instance, where, as it is, the domestic cattle do not thrive so well. There are also a few herds of specimen buffaloes "kept up" here, with the object of obtaining the qual ity of the race. First-class specimens can be had at from $50 to $100. The usual manner of keeping the cat tle here is as follows: In summer they are allowed the run of the fields; these not being fenced, the animals are in the charge of herders, large herds be ing under professional herders, while the women or children look after the animals of the smaller farmers. In winter the small farmers keep their stock in stables. The large herds are kept in sheds, which are protected toward the north, while the south sides are open to allow the animals the run of the adjoining paddocks during the daytime; sometimes they are kept alto gether unprotected during the winter, since the animal can easily stand weather below zero. But all have to be fed, Hungary seemingly not having those grasses from which, as in our "Far West," cattle can make their own living during winter. The small farm er feeds cut feed, while the large herds receive straw, corn-stalks, a little corn and poor hay. In-breeding is never deviated from, crosses being altogether disqualified as breeding stock. The bull is permitted to run with the herd in March, remain ing with it three or four months. Calves begin to be dropped in January, and it is claimed that those that are dropped on the snow are the hardiest and best. Breeding begins with the third year, the bull being considered fully capable until his ninth, and the cow till her thirteenth year. Working cattle are broken in at four, and remain fully fit for work during eight years. For fattening they are considered ripe at four, but are at their best when seven years old. Sheep Industry in Patijconla. Down in Punta Arenas, a port on Terra del Fuego Island, there is much enthusiasm over the sheep industry, says a writer in the New York Sun. A manager for a French company, own ing something over 100,000 sheep, with the necessary horses, said that they made 3 francs (about 60 cents) on every head clear of all expenses from the sale of wool alone. The increase of the lambs averaged about 90 per cent of the ewes, and this was an additional profit When told that estimates made up the coast called for 100 per cent in- I to grow, lost their leaves, and appar crease, he replied that that could be ently succumbed entirelv." HUNGARIAN DRAFT BUFFALO. had only when labor was abundant enough to care for the lambs when first dropped. The lamb at birth does not know anything not even its own mother. Such helpless beings need great care, though after a week or so they require no more attention. The long wooled varieties of. sheep are in favor there. A common ewe will weigh from ICO to 180 pounds in the fall. The lowest average of wool sheared is said to be seven pounds a sheep. A printed table of statistics which the manager carried showed that the average yield in 1889 in all the Argentine was 4.4 pounds, while that of the United States - ' l was exactly that of the lowest yield of ins nocit seven pounds, his range was considered poorer than the aver age, but it had sustained two sheep per hectare (two and a half acres). The one disease to which Patagonia sheep are liable is the scab. This is kept under by dipping them in various kinds of baths, the expense for bath running from $S0 to $90 gold per year for every 1,000 sheep. The next great est expense is for the killing of pan niers, a common nignt s work or a panther is the killing of sheep to the value of $100 gold. Every shepherd, therefore, carries a carbine, and must be supplied with all the cartridges he wants. These rifles sell for less money in Punta Arenas stores than in New York gun shops, but the annual ex- fvu tvt a ij uuu (.uniJUfiCO U1X OU1UC ranches runs up to hundreds of dollars, Foxes and a snecies of wild cat make havoc with the young lambs, and so these must be exterminated, too. What with hunting down vermin and look ing after the sheep to keep them on the range and to dip them for the scab, the French manager has to employ a man for every 2,500 sheep in his flock. On the whole, his flocks, numbering a little over 100,000 sheep, cost the com pany 200,000 francs (about $40,000) per j-ear, while the sale of the last clip yielded 500,000 francs (about $100,000), and the price was not high. In his judgment it would be a very poor busi ness man who, after starting with a good outfit and 1,000 ewes on the Pata gonia range, did not attain an income of $20,000 gold a year at the end of ten years. Potting Soil. A potting soil suitable for most' plants is made of four materials old sods, well-decayed cow manure, rotted leaves or leaf mold, and sand. The sod should be taken from an old pasture, either in the spring or autumn. Strip off the surface from two to three inches thick, and make a heap propor tionate to your needs, at least six months before you wish to use it. Lay the grass side down. Make the heap long and narrow, and if convenient work it over once or twice during the summer or winter. This soil should be free from stones, but should not be sifted, except when used in small pots, say in those which are less than four inches in diameter. If there are stones, pick them out when the soil is ready for use and is being broken up with the hands and mixed yith the other materials. j 'f Manure is prepared in much the same manner. Choose it as tree from litter as possible, unless the cattle are bedded with leaves, which are good, Make a heap in the open air near the heap of sods, and of the same shape and size; but more attention must be given to working this one over and over. It must be turned inside out and out side in at least once a month during the time it is rotting. Unless this is done it becomes lumpy, and difficult to use except in large pots or tubs. If treated as prescribed it need not be sifted, and looks not unlike soil at the era of equal bulk in May or June, and if turned over two or three times dur ing the summer, they make excellent compost by the last of August or in September; or they may be put together in September and October, and are then ready in the following spring. Weeds must be carefully removed during the summer from these heaps. Outlook for the Next Hog Crop. There are several contingencies in volved In the question of the next hog crop, says an exchange. Among them is whether we are to have open mar kets abroad and restored industry "amd normal consumption at home. One of our agricultural exchanges discusses the matter from a domestic standpoint as follows: "What the year may. bring forth is contingent greatly upon the spring season, when the young things appear on the farm. If it is a cold, damp and backward spring, it means a light pig crop. We have had but one large crop of pigs, and that followed by a season of great scarcity of foods. High priced foods and diseases have caused heavy marketing from all sources, and unless we have an unprecedentedly large pig crop this spring, there will be a marked shortage of the stock which is to go into market next fall and winter. Should there be a big corn crop, and short pig crop, there is cer tain to be a great demand for stockers to move the corn. Hence, in any light we can look at it, the indication is for high prices for hogs and products next fall. If the season is favorable for the growing of corn, we predict a large acreage and there will be an urgent de mand for young stock during the early fall months. This will have the effect of clearing the early markets. Hence, we believe that it will be prudent to push the young things to a marketable condition as early in the fall months as possible. The outlook for swine raisers is certainly bright gacaline in Kansas. Prof. George son of the Kansas experiment station reports a trial of this new plant at that station. He says: "A plant of such extraordinary productive powers as stated in the French report, with possibilities for usefulness as a forage plant, deserves to be investigated. We therefore procured a dozen plants from a nursery firm of New Jersey and planted them out in April last. The plants, or, rather, roots, started to grow promptly, but a mild frost killed the shoots to the ground after having reached a height of six to nine inches. One-half of the plants did not start to grow again. The remaining six sent up feeble sprouts, which reached a height of eighteen to twenty inches be fore the severe drought of the season set in in the latter half of July. When the hot, dry weather came they ceased Green Glass not a Plant Stimulator. The use of glass of a groen tint has for half a century been a characteris tic peculiarity of the plant houses at Kew Gardens. In 1889 the experiment was made of substituting white glass for green in the east wing of the trop ical fern house. This was the result of the observation of the successful cultivation by Sir Trevor Lawrence of ferns with full exposure to the light at Burford, near Dorking. The im provement in the growth of the plants was remarkable. In 1892 a portion of tffe west wing was also reglazed in the same manner, and the new temperate ouiai; luauu fern house was wholly glazed with white glass. The result with the Gleichenias and other half hardy ferns was everything that could be de sired. As the result it has now been determined to abandon the future use of green glass altogether. Bell's Weekly Messenger. Grasses in the South. There is an old Persian proverb which says: "A living friend is better than a dead enemy," and the truth of this savins is now fully recognized by southern planters. For years grass was our enemy, and one which we used every means in our power to subdue, and usually we were the vanquished. We spent our money to buy Missouri mules, Iowa corn, and Illinois hay, and for generations we waged unceasing war on what would have been our best friend had we permitted it. We plowed early and late, we hoed until our backs ached and our hands were blistered, but the grass was always just a little ahead of our work. Now, however, times are changed and grass is all through the south recognized as one of the best of our living friends. Prof. S. M. Tracey. Indian Corn. After a three-years study. Dr. John W. Harshberger of the University of Pennsylvania, concludes that maize, or Indian corn, had its or igin in Mexico, a little south of the 22d degree of north latitude. It was first cultivated by the Nayas, and was in troduced into the area of the United States from northern Mexico, and from the West Indies. The list of uses to which this undervalued plant is put is astonishing. Its products range from whisky to soap, and from paper to baskets, and improved machinery makes it possible to utilize every part of the plant A more extensive culti vation of maize in the districts best suited to it is urged. Feeding the Fowls. Before you con demn the breed or flock for not giving ' you eggs the past months see to it that the food given has not been such as would provoke fat at the expense of egg making. Don't blame the hens for following your lead to the corn bin and so away from the nests. One poultryman who was complaining about his Wyandottes not laying for the winter admitted that he had fed on corn and wheat, giving all the hens wanted to eat, and kept them in a small, warm pen. Now, these things never did and never will provoke egg building. Ex. Some Nursers Plants. Some nurs erymen never grow a plant. Their nurseries exist only on paper. True they may have large and elegantly equipped packing-houses, but they buy all their plants and they get them wherever they can procure them for the least money, no matter how far away. A reshipped strawberry plant is never so good as one taken up fresh and sent direct to the man who is to plant it. Nurserymen all have to buy more or less. Some varieties are sure to run short. Ex. Quality of Eggs. To determine the quality of eggs roll a piece of stiff white paper cone shajfe, place the egg to be tested in the 'Inge end, andToolc through the smell end toward the sun. If the confHrts are clear the egg ia good, thopgh the shell nfay be discol ored; ifpots appedrtt-Is not good. ttIs not eronri There is no-poverty in the country lo be compared to the poverty! great ! or even smaii tines. i is the baking received the highest award at the U. S. Gov't official investigation, and at all fg the Great International Expositions and & WorldPairs wjherer exhibited in g? competition with others. S gf It makes the finest, ligfUte'st, sweetest fe" most wholesome bread, cake ana pastry. -' fe More economical than any jfmer lejtven- ing agent S S & 3! s s (, ? ROYAL BAK1NQ POWDER immmmmm?mmgmmmi Flyliijr Under Water. When the penguin in the London zoological garden is fed, the fish are thrown into the water, and the bird, which cannot fly in air or swim on the surface of the water, at once plunges in, and is transformed into a swift and beautiful creature, beaded with glob- uies oi quicKsuver, wtiere tneair clings to the close feathers, and flying through the clear and waveless depths with arrowy speed and powers of turn- ingfnr greater than in any known form of aerial flight. The r:spd and steady strokes of the wings are exaetly simi- lar to those of the air birds, while the feet float straight out. level with its body, unused for propulsion, or even as rudders, and as little needed in its progress as those of the wild duck when on the win". The twists and turns necessary to follow the active little fish are made wholly by the , strokes of one wing and the cessation of movement in the other; aud the fish are chased, caught and swallowed ' without the slightest relaxation of speed, in a submarine flight which is quite as rapid as that of most birds I which take their prey in midair. Lake u Machine, Which Kent in orucr rubs uooi.iIy and regu larly, fao ttiu. Loweia keen up lueir uctiou it measures are l&keu to keep tueui in yood wonting order. Vuia luiera, of course, mat tnej are out of oruer. ilie &ureot recourse tutu is to liosieitcr & itouiacu liutt-r&, a lava tne uulu out eilective, uuun is aiso a remedj tor dyspepsia, uiahma. raeuiuutisui, nervous ness aud luduey trouble. A Shrewd Kejoinder v Lincoln. The Century: Kut amoiiir the various aml ,l u'oam aISO bc welcome to the re incidents of the conference the world Pttle n wo are engaged in sell will probablv lonjjv.st remember that 'n horses. recorded by Alexander II. Stevens, one ' of the three commissioners, who. after ward writing f the event, said that .v.r. uunter made a ionir rentv to tiie presidents refusal to recognize another j the entire army of physicians scattered profession, because it acts on the KM government inside of that ot which lie ; over this beautiful land of ours. A val- i neys, Liver and I'owels without weak alone was president bv receiving am- b.issadors to treat for peace. ".Mr. Uimtnr " sjivk Kiin1i..n: "'r..f.rr..i to the correspondence between King j Charles I. and his parliament as a ' trustworthy precedent of a eonstitu tional ruler treating with rebels. Mr. Lincoln's face, then wore that ipffis cribable expressionwhich generally preceded Kis hardt hits, and he re- must refer von to .Mr. Seward, for he is nccrncd in the welfare ct such repre posted in such things, and I do not pre-! s?nt!!Ve Au,?riean foundations: but it I tend to be bright My only distinct shouhl be added that, by means of very recollection of the matter is that Charles lost his head.' Mr. Hunter for a while. That settled "Hanson's Magic Corn Salve." Warrantol to cuie or money refunded. AsIc joor iruggi't for it. Trice 15 centn. If nny one man Kuew everything tiie ret ot the world, instead ot" rejecting him, would hang him. After six years' suffering, 1 un-. cured by I'i-o's Cure. Maky Thomi-so.v, til' . Ohio Ave., Alleghouv, la., March 1!, "iM. " "Under the Man-Fig" is the singular title of a novel soon to be published by Houghton, Miilin it Co. It is by Mrs. M. E. M. Davis of New Orleans, who has had some admirable stories in the magazines. The scene is laid in Texas, and tin time is during the Civil war. The book derives its name from the fact that the focus of the story is be neath a fig tree bearing large tigs. The Life of (leneral Thomas I'mckuey. of Revolutionary fame, b I Jew Charles Cotesworth I'inckney of Charleston, will come from the Itiverside Press in .Mav. Jf the Ilaby 1 Cutting Teeth. 3esnre anil ue that oil and veil tried renif-dy, Mrs. Wislow's SOOTUIM2 Srncr for Children Teethins- He always does his best who always does all he can. "Short .lonrneys on a Long Ko.icl' Is the charncterKtie title of a profusely illustrated loo containing over one hun dred pages of rharniiiuly written di-rii-tions of summer resorts in tiie country north and wet of Chicaso. 'J he rending matter is new. tlio illustration- are new, and the information therein will be new- to almost everv one. A copy of" "Short Journevs on a Long Uoad" will lie sent free to anyone who wi 1 enclose ten cents (to i ay outage) to Geo. H. Meatl'ord, General I'a-enser Acent Chicago, Milwaukee & St. I'aui Railway, Chicago, III i Billiard Table, second-hand. For sale cheap. Apply to or address, H. C. Akin, 511 8. liith St. Omaha, Nea, i Lions Ate tiie Hear. London Daily News: From Lembcrg our Vienna correspondent learns that a terrible battle has been fought at the railway station at Itawaruska. A men agerie was being conveyed by rail and when the train stopped at the station a great noise was heard. The guards went to the wagons containing tiie wild beasts and found the wocden par titions which separated three lionesses from three bears and these again from three hyenas broken down and the an imals engaged in battle. One bear was missing, the lions had eaten him, skin and all. They had bitten a notlier bear's paw off and a hyena lay dead on the floor. Two lions in a neighboring com partment remained calm. No one dared to interfere between the fighting beasts until the owner arrived in a sledge and separated them not before he had been bitten bj a bear, however. He claims damages from the railway ad ministration because the partitions pave way. FOR ALL THE ILLS THAT PAIN CAN BRING ST. JA60BS OIL As CURE !S KING; Ely's Cream Bafml miz&zs WILT. CURE I ispistAjuBftcasy fCATARRH rw&-&ffrt""iffi rHaurvt !Rj ,T"J ik -'n. r 3 Price BO CVnlt. Apply Balm into each noitril.l iMltt WaMfarf On unrow-rtil ground. Outfit " Itaniaa fre On of our earned I aetlO. mny over $1000, In 9. P.O. Uai 1371, Sew York I OYAL BAKING POWDER purest and strongest powder made. It has CO.. 106 WALL ST.. NEW-YORK. A Word About Wlilte Clorr. Professor Henry of the Wisconsin station is credited with the following: It is not advisable to sow white clover alone on land for hog pasture, but a mixture of several grasses, such as two bushels of blue grass, one bushel of orchard grass, one peck of timothy and ' tour pounds ot wmte clover sectt. mv ' this on three acres of ground, with a ! very light seeding of oats and barley, or. better still, without any grain at all. It is suggested that the land be not pastured until tiie sod is well formed, and if the grass runs up tall that it may be cut for hay. No stock should be turned in on the field until the second season, unless a few weeks in the fall while the ground is dry. Thick seeding is urged. Make Your Own Hitters: On receipt of 'M cents in U. S. stamps, 1 will send to any address one package Ste ketee's Dry Bitten.. One package makes one gallon be-f tonic known. Cures stom- noh. kidney dis-ease, and is a great apje- l tizer and Moo 1 purifier. Just the medicine i .t..ml...t frv x ......... .....1 c ...... .... ) ... n fr your drug store. Address Geo. G. Stk ketee. Grand Kanid-. .Midi. A (ioml l.;ii. There is a law in France in which I the various forms of unsoundness to I which the horse is subject are de scribed, and which further provides that a purchaser of a horse lias nine dajs in which to return him to the seller should he be found to be suffer ing from any of the forms of unsound ! ness specified. Such a law in thiscoun trv would do much to protect buvers Notice. Drs. H. II. Green & Sons of Atlanta. G.I.. aie the greatest tlronsv specialists i in th. ivnri.i Cure more patients than , uable discovery outside any medical i book "r. Published opinion. A purely , vegetable preparation. Removes all dropsical symptoms rapidly. Ten days treatment mailed to every sufferer. See advertisement in other column. It goes without saying that the new book eniitletl "tour American Univer sities (Harper fc Brothers.) is of interest to tne general public, winch is deeply ' I " "'usiranon, liiuiiiiunir large gen- eral views of the groui.s of colleire buildings, a vivid impression of Yale. Harvard, Princeton and Columbia is given to those who are not already fnmiliar with the architectural features and the externals of university life. Next Time You Go West Take the Iiurliiigton Kouto's "Black Hills,, .Montana and I'uget Sound Express." Leaves Omaha at 4 :." p. m. daily. 1 astcst and be-t train to the Black Hill-s, northern Wyoming, the Yellowstone Na tional Park, Helena, Butte, Spokane, Seat tle and Taconia. For rates, time tablo, etc., apply to the local ticket agent or write .T. Fkanch, G. P. & T. A., Burlington Houte. Omaha, Nob. The April Ileview of lteviews on the severity of the winter just passed, in tiie southern latitude of our ow.n country and in the Mritish Isles. The erection of a snow statue of Washing ton in New Orleans late in February and the freezing over of the Tunnies below London Hridge in the same month are two events which fully jus tify the IJeview in pronouncing1 the winter of 1S'J." a most unusul one for recent years, and a rebuff to the "old est inhabitant" with his tales of "old fashioned" cold weather. Winter Tourist Tickets Via the Wabash Kailroait Are now on sale to all the winter resorts ot the South, good returning until June 1st, "Wi. Ai.so Uakvest Exccksios Tickets to all points south on excursion dates. In ad dition to above. Railroad and Steamship tickets to all points in the Uxrrzit States anil Echoi'E, at lowest rates. For rates, tickets, excursion dates and full informa tion or a copy of the Home Seekers Guide, call at WaLash Oflice, VM1 Faraani street, or write G. N. CI.AYTO.V, N. W. P. ARt; Omaha. Neb. The less blood there i-. in a sermon the more compliments the preacher will get. The men who rules himself is a king, whether he wears a crown or not. What an ordinary man eats and the way he eats it would be enough to give dyspepsia to an ostrich unless tiie os trich were wise enough to as sist his digestion from time to time with an efficient combination o f vegetable ex tracts. Such a k5'r.rT,not;r. Jc WDr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They are the pills .par excellence for those w 11 o sometimes eat the wrong things and too much. They stimulate action in all of the digestive organs. They stop sour stomach, windy belchings, heartburn, flatulence and cure ( constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, in digestion, sick headache and kindred ' derangements. Once used they are always in favor. !ike with ACHES In Everything W. JV ;., Omaha 17. 1MKJ. When answering advertisements kinilljr mention this paper. Best Couch Syrup. Taates Ocjd. Use I n:u .v'Hfbf ill HK FAILS. In tlma. Hold by arantms. . aaiSKnKiT4gr(m PATEHTS Thomas l. Simeon, Washington D.C. oat'sfr- until ltetituo talned. WrfteforJneQUrOuiUe CsX SeaalBBaeKLy -5? Brm. . hk a "-" y r JoT Cms of th Cfcaaf. "There seems to be a great change in Dorgan," said the man with a sandy beard. "There is," replied the man with the dark mustache. "He's lost a good deal of his egotism,, hasn't he?" !"!Allof it." "Ile used to think he knew every thing and was constantly airing his knowledge." "No subject was too deep for hiss tc tackle." "What brought about the change?" "I did." "You? How?" "He wanted something to do, and 1 got him a chance to answer queries on a daily paper." "And he got some tough ones?" "Well, rather. But that did not worry him at first. He just answered j them with his old self-confidence, and the. first day seven of the readers wrote in and called him down on one mistake that he made." "Hid that trouble him?" "A little bit. But he got over it, and two days later was jumped on by nine: readers for making a mistake in regard toHhe domestic affairs of Socratecs and; Xantippe. Then some one asked him how far it was from Colon. Panama, to London, Eng., by way of Tokio, and when he had figured it out the man wrote into say that he meant the other way around the world. In less than four days he was a changed man. He warn't sure of anything. He wouldn't undertake to say how old he was with out looking up the record of his birth. He is very modest and retiring now." Chicago Record. I Hgemaa' Camphor Ic with flycerln. Cures CoaDPed Hand-anil Kare. Trader or Sort" Kwt -anui-actviemirroraorr rw C. . Clark Co.. New Hat en. Ct. Chilblains, mre. c A sermon may le very heavy not have much weight. and still Bright things are not always good things. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and lends 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 mo:t acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical ening them and it is perteetiy iree irom every objectionable substance. Svrup of Figs is for sale by all dru 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 Figv and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered Climax Plug is much I the best chewing tobacco made. It's LorSllard's. 'FEtfJAI rXnich eBfrAAl ?- IV? W VhWl WUlr7 with covers, all eal- rvanized after completion rin nests of ton, 8 to 1 2 feet1 'high and 30 to 36 inches inl r diameter, at 2'ic. per gallon.! 'They do not rust, shrink, leak, Rivet taste to water, nor allow foreign sub-j stances to got in. Thoy can be put" in gaTet or barn and thus are protected) Ifrom freezlnor. Thev taka no tetttn(7l lup, nre cheaper than wood. Tank l substructures or all sizes made to . order. Sn'l for price list and deeigps fors'jbstructura ar ornamental water supply. .AE35WOTOR CO. V ZJ-" K -- " c o H5 thdymtrrr itp to t!nnk how toreplettlr the Armtor 5o. mad the modem irmdui ilbuvD,r Hot it has nionop ftlued Ibu entire lice of minufactuxe bcans cf t'f lrf.a,. aweotioni. tlesi;n, qnaitci ant (rices. or forcel cU.tr, to be literal and srril imitator, I Witno, the Irl wheel, the back rercl pumpr, the high s-a."-l powet mill, the t'l tov.cn, flicl and tiltinjc. the gairaaizmt ot work afi,r completion, the gnnir centrifugal fe4. the luprove-l irrifitin; ind ether pumps, the all attel pole saw one ef the rucst popular thinzs we ever put out the steel storajre anl stock tank,. t'rlbii'S we bare touched we h .re Uttered and eleap.ceJ. It is the thine we baTdluhtrdinaal ith, rtud Wo hare established a see re of branch houe,, v a, to ITe all these gut), near thoe who want them. The AermMor Co. La, Ubt cne more ambition. It wants to boil 1 and fill one ctore new bmldinir. It ha 2 acres of land at its present local, u unoccupied by buildings. Xtr pect f commence in June tocher that 2 acre wilh a sirjtle build.nr. t tterie, hich This wnl siTe it 1 1 uiore acres ot floor space. Then heu the pubi e demand 7 quires more cc-da than ran be produr' with th added spe. :t will refine to es tea I further or '-. .e ai if rt It mil biTe.lor.e 1U irjr toiuWlh tdenl4il I Itntniarn anav ullcr enicrr iritTiiiTTtK:rsrcTTooYmcKT!i siri-ir THE WOKLU niril TCP. I.UI VI I'll 1 ,l(r (if fTS nrTr. n ml, lowras. cimm as. nu, utt" prr" .STEZLaVtUXF. ROZ Sn. Mrtl, arOU'UK AH ili'ri rMis jrrKtL f.ris.-.n.imiu.. rrnLfrri '.r TasiEn anrn rowi-MTiitv. ir wutcavrriip -rn IHULXOVrUKEKtlLT mi rilKiTKLIC. HKMMl B. nnw ar a low ruins, aii bz tub ukeat oi al-aBE-DEUIia W1.1U FOWItR HD WHM gtfTLl HJSXOrTHalWOBUi. AZMOTOR col CHKU H Tr Many men off manv mi-.ds 1 V J I say that Beats all oilier Made 1 5feK I Wt r . m. k" JaMB?jatHar tr&J&Lm ". jfljg
