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The following receipt will tell how to make a nice birthday cake for a child: Cream together one cup of bat ter and three cups of sugar; the yolks of four eggs beaten thoroughly with one cup of sweet milk; thea add slowly four caps of finely-sifted flour, three tsaspooBsfuls of baking powder, a little spice, a capful of seeded raisins, and lastly, the well-beaten whites of foar eggs, Pat into a rather shallow cake tin and bake in not too hot an oven. Just before patting in the oven drop in the ring, thimble and the sixpence. If the Baay is Cattlaa; ftesm aad ns that old aad weH-trlad wrauw's Soonmra Sracr far CMMiaa A cat glass inkstand with silver mounts, m uch favored this season, is square ia form. Billiard table, second-hand, for sals cheap. Apply to or address, BLC. Asm, 511 8. 12th St. Omaha, Neb. Every lie is the assassin of somebody a happiness. The days of rapidly accumulating for tunes on speculation are gliding by. Scrofula Infests the blood of humanity. It appears in varied forms, but is forced to yield to Hood's Sarsaparilla, which purifies and vitalizes the blood and cures all 6uch diseases. Head tliis: " InSeptember,18M,Imsdeami8StepaBi asjured my ankle. Very sooa af terwari A Sore -a two inches across formed and ia walkiaf to favor it I sprained my ankle. The sore became worse; I could not put my boot on and I thought I should have to give up st every step. I could not get any relief and bad to stop work. I read of s care of a similar case by Hood's Sarsaparillaaad concluded to try it. Before I bad takes all of two bottles the sore had healed sad the swelling had gone down. My Foot Is now well and I have been greatly bens flted otherwise. I have increased ia weight and am in better health. I cannot say enough in praise of Hood's Sarssps rilla." Mas. H. Blake, So. Berwick, Me. This aad other similar cures prove that Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. SI Prepared only by C. 1. flood A Co., Lowell, u . tbe best fanllycataartle flOOd S PlllS and UtersUmuUntgfc The Greatest Jledical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. MALI KEMEIY, AWRY, MASS., Has discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two hundred certificates of its value, all within twenty miles of Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit is alwaj-s experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is war ranted when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it. Read the label If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you cu get, and enough of it Dose, one tablespoonf ul in water at bed time. Sold by all Druggists. CUMLASH t SMOKING TOBACCO, t f 2 oz. for S Cent, f i CUT-SLASH i f OTMLOOTS-3for5Ceata. f T Give a Good, Mellow, Healthy, f Pleasant Smoke Try Them. - Ufl ft C. TW1CW WHS, Mas, L C, Yon Cam Set Yrar Watch by the Burlington's "Denver limited,"" it's so regular. Leaves Omaha, at 4:35 p. m. EXACTLY. Arrives Denver, 7:30 a. m. EXACTLY. Fastest and most comforta ble train from Omaha to all points in.Colorado. Sleepers chair car diner. Ask the local ticket agent for tickets via the Burliagton and" BE SURE YOU GET THEM. J. Faaxcis, Geal Fass'r Agt, Omaha, Neb. frAlKlW HAIR BALSAM Meals. Trade-Marks. i lAnrDack. wltacieeaptlas. Sl.asv. Goof BeaTTDaek.wtthBacUes.OSe. SearaaMoa HWCecanea. neao aiae oi ua miiuii ok tana. I c huntwgton a son. I.YBCILHHrc " "trrtars to ajaaa aiallai ttTT for alas saascrlpti -PgLmEATOK." tbe srassara Csahioa bmi to taw aatriftma rXEE. wriM for caiaiogai !;SlTaaawr.Ew) Saw. aWJBaEaaaVvSTOT' - ona BaWaSaaBaaawwfr fal I aaaaPaaWTJ mt,AiMmDnm' I DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR ' OUR RURAL READERS. Mow Eaeceasfal Farmers Oawrata ThU Pewartaaeat af taa Farm A Few Btata mm to taa Car of lira Stock Paaltry. AM deeply Inter ested in your paper, but especially so in the poultry depart ment. I have a flock of 50 Ply mouth Rocks. I like them better than any other breed, for I think they meet my wants, and those situated as I am, better than any other. They are good layers and are good for flesh and are more easily confined than mapy other kinds. My hen house is 12x14, built as warm as most of the dwellings and plastered inside, so it is easy to.keep clean from lice. I notice in your paper of January 8th a number of plans for drinking dishes. I have one of my own invention that I think beats them all. Take what they call a half cracker box, take the top off, then turn the bottom uo: take a C-quart pressed tin pan, lay it face down on the bottom of the box; mark around the pan with a pencil, then take a key-hole saw, cut a hole in the bottom of the box a little smaller than the mark, so when cut out the pan wUl go into the rim. The box will make a firm stand so they cannot tip It over, and is very easily cleaned. If the water freezes, then take the pan The illustration shows the Jersey cow, Mayblossom, the property of Dr. Herbert "Watney, Buckhold, Berks, out, turn it over and put a little warm water on the bottom of the pan and the ice will come out I was troubled a good deal in this line before I in vented this. This is a cheap dish, as it will not cost over 10 cents. I write this for it may be of some benefit to those that have small flocks. I like this feature of the Review, for in comparing views and opinions we can learn in a short time what would take a long time to learn by experi ence. E. A. Weigon in Farmers' Re view. Light Brahma. I have been raising hens for thirty five years. The first fifteen years we kept mongrels or mixed breeds, but for the last twenty years we have kept pure bred Light Brahmas exclusively, infus ing new blood every two years by pur chasing male fowls of pure blood from the most reliable breeders. This breed suits me best. My poultry houses have been just ordinary structures, such as are generally found on farms, and that can be pulled down and cleaned up every year and again rebuilt in the fall. In the morning my fowls get cooked food, such as potatoes, bread crumbs, ship stuffs, corn meal, all mixed to gether. At night we feed corn, oats and wheat. We market our fowls largely when they become broody. We get plenty of eggs in winter when the hens are kept warm and are fed cooked food, mixed with meat scraps and cayenne pepper. We have lost no fowls from disease, but some years minks have destroyed some. We have gen erally had good success in raising broods when the sitting hen has been placed in a yard by herself. I have never had any sick hens to doctor, ex cept some that have had scaly legs. These we grease with coal oil and sul phur; it cures every time. Light Brah mas raised in March and well cared for will begin to lay in October and are the most profitable as winter layers. There IS most profit with light Brahmas to market all chickens at two years old, as they are -very heavy by that time, and young hsns are the most profitable to keep. A Light Brahma well kept will weigh eight pounds at six months old. O. E. Lovett in Farmers' Review. Marketing Butter. Always use neat, clean packages, as it always add3 to the price. Never ship a package of butter that you are ashamed to own, or put a tag on with your name on as the maker of the same. I have marked every package of my butter for the last eight years. Always market the butter as soon as possible after it is packed, as all butter loses more or less of that nice flavor after two or three weeks. I have tried several ways of marketing butter: First, the commission man. which took tco much of the profits, the freight, cartage and commission, and always a shrinkage of from one to four hundred per package, and all this comes out of the producer. Next, the retail grocer of Chicago. At first it was all right, but they soon got to beating me on the price; and now I will tell you how I caught them at thefar tricks, as they had been saying the butter was off. and I knew it was not My wife and I wcat to Chicago and I went to the grocer and I played the role of buyer, I wanted to buy some good and pure butter and some that he could recommend; as such, he showed me some of my own butter and said he never had any poor butter from the man he got -it from, he said he got it from a farmer in Wisconsin, and it cost ,him 28 cents per pound, when he was only giving me 1C cents. I then handed iawi nil mmLLLKSkmm ij flLJlT"t"j aaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB BaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaB taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaB aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaJaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaB RVyVUIiV Waf fcaaaaamalaaaaaliflaaWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa him one of my cards, and you may imagine the scene that followed. J. W. Smith. Fatara of Baby Beef. It Is a growing opinion among many who are interested In the subject that young steers are destined sooa to out weigh In the favor of meat dealers the heavy bullocks of three and four years old. The wtfl-fed two-year-old just now is more popular among retail butchers than any other. It cuts up to greater advantage on the block many say, and epicures ask for it The lat ter fact is noted here with the fact in mind that the American people as a whole are epicures of more "or less ad vancement, and there is not much like lihood that their tastes will degenerate. Feeders are realizing more and more the waste of material in old steers, the older they grow the more feed being required to produce the additional pound of meat. Good breeding and good feeding is certain to produce a very edible bullock in less than two years. A 1,600-pounder may bring more in money to breeder, dealer and butcher than a baby beef, but hardly more profit if all the extra feed and work are con sidered. Butchers Advocate. CliuraiBf. The lower the temperature, the more force is needed to make the butter com pact, and it may be made so low that the butter will be dry and crumbly, a matter that should be avoided. The use of salt with the first separation is now recognized as an important aid; the salt seems to "cut" the buttermilk in some way and produces a cleaner separation of butter from the buttermilk than can be secured with water alone. The gran ulating process should be so conducted that the Catherine of the butter in a mass shall be prevented as much as j THE JERSEY COW MAYBLOSSOM. England. She has been a prize winner now for three successive years. Her best butter make for one day was two possible, for herein lies the full meas ure of success. If we churn so as to gather the butter in lumps in the churn, the butter has also inclosed a large per cent of the albuminous matter or but termilk, and while in working over, a part of this fluid (casein and sugar), may be expressed, yet a part remains encased, as it were; and the working over is but to divide and subdivide it so as to make it invisible. This, then, is clear, that the-nearer we can get to keeping the granules separate during the stage of washing with brine, the more nearly we shall accomplish our purpose in freeing the butter from but termilk. John Gould. White Leghorn Preferred. For forty years we.have been keeping poultry. First we kept Shanghais, then Pencilled Brahma Pootras; after that dark Brahmas. Then came Plymouth Rocks, and lastly White Leghorns. This last breed suits me best. The house for poultry is well shingled and open to the south, with good breeding house connected. This is also cpen to the south, with lattice work where there is ground for scratching in the winter. I feed corn, oats, wheat, buckwheat and sometimes boiled vegetables with pounded bone. We have a home mar ket at Davenport, Iowa, and facilities for shipping to Chicago. Our young Legiiorn pullets have given us a good many eggs this winter. We have lost a very few fowls from roup and lice, and occasionally a few by minks and hawks. I have never used an incuba tor, but have had good success hatch ing under hens. The only doctoring I have ever done is to use sulphur for scaly legs and some pepper. I am a heavy fruit grower. My fowls arc placed so they can run in my raspberry patches and alsa into the blackberries. I grow strawberries further away. The Leghorns trouble the berries but little, while the Plymouth Rocks would de vour a pint at a meal. C. L. demons In Farmers' Review. Butter for China. Mr. B. S. Schmer horn, of Portland, Ore., recently car ried over to China a sample lot of fine butter with a view of opening a mar ket. Although the steamers have no refrigerator service, he got the samples .over in fair condition, despite the hot weather encountered at Honolulu, and he obtained better prices than he could have realized at home. He says that to better develop the trade the butter should be put up in tins instead of wooden tubs and such a. condition is imperative, because Australia is doing it, the butter keeping better and sell ing at higher prices. Australia is push ing the trade all over the Orient, but the United States need have no fear of her, as her season is from September to January, and when we have a sur plus to sell in the summer the grass is very short in that country. If the business is developed the steamers will provide a refrigerator service for the Pacific Coast Shall We Keep Sheep? George E. Douglass discusses the question in the Stockman, "Shall We Keep Sheep?" and reaches these conclusions: First, considering the amount that the sheep would bring if sold now as the in vestment and the cost of keeping they are paying a better per cent than four or five years ago. Second, considering the length of time sheep have been low it will not be long until the shepherd's bright and prosperous day will dawn and everybody will want sheep, and we will have them for sale. Ex. Forty-eight towns in Massachusetts voted for equal suffrage. ... Deeadaaee at TaifcMk Turkey, which once used to hreei ft large number of horses yearly, apacari to be in a bad way now la that re spect Quite recently the Turkish minister of war, wishing to horse ft few squadrons, found that aerse breeding had fallen completely throagh. It was impossible for the minister of war to find, throughout .the extent of the empire, the number of horses necessary to remount the caval ry, and therefore recourse had to he had to Hungary and Russia: Owing to these circumstances efforts are now being made to once more raise horse breeding to its former leveL The sal tan has ordered several haras to be formed, the largest being in' Ltban, whence 150 foals are expected yearly. It has also been resolved to create or reorganize horse races on the model of those given of late years at Beyrout, In Syria, on the same conditions as In Europe. In addition, the minister of war will distribute medals and rewards to those breeders who present the finest colts to the remount committee. Most of the stallions approved by the gov ernment are Arabs, although some Rus sian and English stallions have also been introduced. The exportation of horses is rigidly forbidden in Turkey, the only exception being in favor of the French administration of haras, which is permitted to purchase a few Arab stallions. London Live Stock Journal. Breeding Ewes. A ewe may be kept in a breeding flock just as long as she continues to raise a good lamb each year. There is greater range of variation in ewes than in any other of the domestic animals, and hence the possibilities of selection are exceedingly great. Some ewes will continue to be profitable until they are ten years old, others become unprofit- pounds, eleven and three-fourths ounces. She was seven years old the first of last May. Farmers' Review. able at four years of age. We know a grade ewe eight years old that has yielded her owner $100 In lambs and wool, and when in her eighth year she had triplets, and they were all fairly well nourished. By keeping a record of each ewe of the flock it is an easy matter to cull out the unprofitable ewes each fall and fatten them for the butcher. The common western method of running ewes on the open range with the main flock, especially if they are with lamb, is not conducive to the best results, and ewes that are subjected to this mode of handling do not survive so long as those' that are taken up, housed and fed during pregnancy. Ex. Fresh Cow Needed. The professional instructors in but termaking have had a time of it in explaining why a certain creamery is troubled with the body of its butter, the commission firm saying that the body is short and brittle and crumbles badly in retailing. One says there is too much water in it, one says it was worked too cold, one questions if the feed did not do the bad job. etc. It is not easy for the creamery men to get to the bottom facts in all cases, as they do not know how the cows are handled. A private dairyman finds that feed does effect the hardness of the butter fats, that a warm water bathe after washing the butter will soften it so it will not be so brittle, but the main reason for hard fats and brittle body is the lack of fresh cows. When the strippers are dried and fresh cows take their place this trouble disappears. Stearine fats predominate in strippers' milk as truly as they do when cotton seed is fed, and more warmth is required to soften the hard fats in cither case, but the butter cannot be made quite so good anyhow, as butter from fresh cows' milk. Rural Life. January Frlcea for Batter. Twenty cents for butter on the Elgin board during the month of January is an unusual event; in fact, the lowest average for any January from 1880 to 1894 was 24 cents, and at no time during that period did it go below 24 cents in the month of January, and gen erally ranged from 28 to 33 cents. This abnormal condition confronts the pro ducers of milk, and the manufacturers of butter at this time, and the reasons thereof are as various as the men that offer them. We are inclined to be lieve that one of the reasons for the want of consumption, as we have heard it expressed and discussed in many quarters, is this: The retailers take ad vantage of the advance of wholesale prices and advance their retail prices, and when they have established those higher prices and the wholesale price declines they hold them to the same point, resulting in an under consump tion which goes on until necessity com pels them to lower the retail price. We hear this story from all quarters of the country. Elgin Dairy Report. Keeping Butter. If you would keep butter for use at a time when you are not making any, pack it solidly down in stone jars, put a cloth on top and one third inch of salt, keep an inch depth of water over all, and cover on the jar, and all in the butter cellar. I have' kept butter in this way perfectly sweet and good from October until June. Ex. Crossing Cattle. The Nebraska Farmer does not believe it a good plan to cross breeds of cattle. Leave exper iments of that sort to others. If the farmer has settled upon any.particular line of breeding, stay with it if good care and Intelligent methods will show any profit for him, Ex. mi AM To cleanse the system In a gentle aad truly beneficial manner. When tne Springtime comes, use the true and per fect remedy. Syrup of Figs. Oae bottle will answer for aU the family and costa only 60 cents; the large sise SL Buy the genuine. Manufactured by the Cal ifornia Fig Syrup Company only, aad for sale by all druggists; Sarlas Gowaa mm Droas Staff. One of the first subjects broached in the early spring are the new colors that are sent us from Paris. Nothing is lost in brightness, for vivid tints pre vail and brilliancy abounds, Combina tions will thrive, and the most promi nent colors are orange-red, or nastur tium, golden-brown, green and cherry pink. Such' fabrics as plain white, pink, yellow and blue pique, and the same having an occasional rib of white and even a black hairline, will be worn more than ever. There will be blazer, coat and waist suits, and all will have a skirt with gathers at the back, five yards wide and well gored, the front narrow, as they are all cut nowadays. Plain and elaborate gowns are fashion ed out of the aeat plaid, striped and checked Clitheroe zephyrs that are tighter in weight than the heavy goods sold under the name of gingham. All Aboat Western Faraa Laada. The "Corn Belt" is the name of an illustrated monthly newspaper pub lished by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy IL R. It aims to give informa tion in an interesting way about the farm lands of the west,. Send 25 cents in postage stamps to the "Corn Belt," L'09 Adams St, Chicago, and the paper will be sent to your address for one year. The March number of Harper's Mag azine opens with a new installment of Caspar W. Whitney's On Snow-Shoes to the Barren Grounds," the most striking and novel narrative of travel given to American readers in recent years. The article is profusely illus trated from sketches and photographs taken on the spot some of which have served as motives for charistic draw ings by Frederic Remington. Wood row Wilson continues his papers on George Washington with a sketch en titled "Colonel Washington," showing him in his boyhood and early manhood as surveyor, and as soldier in the memorable and disastrous campaign of Braddock against the French. Perils of Phreaolocy. The woman phrenologist who was in Atchison some time ago did an Atchi son man great damage. She told him that he was cut out for a great orator and statesman, and that he had only to engage in politics to become famous. The result was that he quit his job and is now a peanut politician, and owes money all over town. His family is poorly clad, and his children look as if they did not have enough to eat Be fore his head was turned he worked regularly, supported his family and owed no one. There is no possibility of him ever amounting to anything in politics and the phrenologist knew it, but he had 'paid her a dollar to exam ine his head, and she knew that he ex pected something for his money. Atch ison Globe. In Harper's Bazar for February 29th will be published several beautiful de signs for elaborate tea gowns, from Paris, and a wedding toilette, the first of the season. A variety of costumes for children, and some pretty spring dresses, will make the number a signifi cant and striking issue in the world of fashion. Death, as Read In tbe Faee. A rather curious discovery has been made with reference to soldiers killed in battle. On the authority of several English army surgeons, it can be stated that the cause of death is clearly shown in the expression of the face of a corpse on the field of battle. Those who have been killed by sword thrusts have a look of repose; if it was a bullet that killed, pain, often of the most fright ful nature, is clearly depicted. Medi cal Review. IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT. Des Moines, February 18. A copy right has been granted to J. E. Fagan, of Des Moines, for a publication entitled "J. E. Fagan's Family His torical Record." A Canada patent has been granted W. W. Fowler, of Oska loosa, for a device adapted to hold the cover of a cigar box open and at any angle desired. United States patents have been allowed but not yet issued. as follows: To R. N. Bromley, of Des Moines, for a jeweler's tool adapted for holding small articles advan tageously. To D. L. M. McMicken, of Springfield, 111., (late of Des Moines), for a portable device adapted for hold ing a car wheel to a rail and supporting a lifting jack when applied for remov ing the axle leariug blocks. To Win. Gathany, of Churdan. for au automatic weather strip for doors to prevent air and ruin from passing in under, the door. To A. W. MuFarland, of West End, for an vgg and packingseparator, adapted for emptying a basket of packed eggs therein without breaking ami allowing the oats, chaff, or other packing to fall into a receptacle as tho eggs are removed and counted. Four United States patents were issued to Iowa inventors last week. Valuable information about obtaining, valuing and selling patents sent free to any address. Printed copies of the drawings and specifications of any one United States patent sent upon receipt of 25 cents. Tuomas G. and .1. Ralph Orwio, Solicitors of Patents. The secretary of the New York tene ment house commission, Mr. Edward Marshall, contributes to the March number of the Century a paperentitled "stamping Out the London Mums" This is the first account that has been written of the enterprise which, at the cost of two and a half million dollars, London has undertaken in the cleans ing and rebuilding of one of the worst of her slums. Mr. Marshall sets forth the character of the people and of the neighborhood, and then describes the improved manner in which the poor will be housed. The article has a di rect bearing on similar problems in the large cities of the United States Iowa farms for sale on crop payments, 10 a a a s f .21 per cent cash, balance )4 crop yearly, until jraid for, J. MVLiIIAULl, naukcgnu,!!!, A photograph that is not Letter looking than the subject is a poor photograph. Ksperleaee leads wtaay atothera to ay "le l-T-efsGintcrTotilc," tecuse It Especially eood for cb:d. pain and almost eTery weaaaeav Xo amount of cultivation can make a bad tree tear good fruit Those dlatre laa Ceraa! Bart as they are. Uindereorns wi.I remove tbeai sad thin you can wale and run and jnap as job like. The cultivation of tobacco is prohibited in Egypt "Bkown's Bronchial Troches'' are asim- &'e yet most effectual remedy for Coughs, oarseness and Bronchial Troubles. Avoid imitations. Every business place is annoyed by some particular loafer. Fiso's Cure for Consumption has been a family medicine with us since 1865. J. R. 3!adison, 2409 42d Ave., Chicago, Ills. In trying to be ''independent' many peo ple are positively impolite. BEWARE IN TIME. She tret acute twinge of Delay, and those twinges any twist yoar lag UWWIBM WJm m M T O Frames, Steel IVed Cutters asd Teed Ji1 'IIP M . MmTm m al-aaTBiO -j Grinders, onappiieationitwinnasneone r KjmBgmwmnmnmrmwmm9m9WmWmWmWBmmmWmVmW9WKmm I MNaWaV SWMrNavSWf T at these articles thai. It will furnish until t fPWawWp1lwNjnafSvSrT 1 I -i -m- aa . -- 'aaaaBBw ana rata Keel Tcwrrs. steel nuts saw mm "n a i . aa nntaeXI .III.IIKXO '1 iiainW!arraBwsu.wai ; naa war ai wai arai aav war aw war n i turn tmtmtmmtm. "Caajron tell aw, colonel, What is the difference between capital aad labor?" was asked of a retired officer of the engineer corps, Uaited States army. "I flatter myself that I can, sir," said taa eolohel. 'One day before William H. Vaaderbilt died he wasraa down by an unruly teaat at Fleetwood park. Hisiajuries did notamouatto a scratch, air, but they caused a panic ia Wall street and the newspapers pub lished four columns about it At the same instant a brick mason fell from the top of a waU he was baildiag and broke hie neck One-twentieth of a column answered for him. That sir, is the difference between capital and labor." Maa was Made to Meara. Perhaps, but rheumatism need not add tc the calamities to which we are more or less subject when there Is such an eslcient means of counteracting tbe dire complaint as iiostetter's Stomach Bitters. Waeatho liver, bowels aad stomach are out of order, or tbe kidneys or nerves troublesome, Ihe Bitters In also an effect ual remedy. It pre vents and remedies all malarial disorders. A Typical Easter Gowa. Isabel. A. Mallon in telling of "New Gowns of Eastertide" in March Ladies' Home Journal, describes a typical cos tume showing the most fashionable combination, that of black and stem- green, with a black satin skirt fitted closely over the hips, but flaring so much from the knee-jenown that its fullness almost suggests a flounce. The jacket bodice is of stem-green velvet fitted very smoothly to the figure until the waist is reached, and then there is a short ripple skirt so full that the black satin lining is visible. The roll ing collar and revers are faced with black satin. State of Ohio, City of Toledo. Lucas County ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co.. doing business In the City of Toledo, County and State afore said, and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every cale of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence this 6th day of December. A. D. 1886. A. W. QLEASON. (Seal.) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internal Ir and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of tht system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by druggists; 75c Hall's Family Pills. 25c How Cheese Straws Are Made. To make cheese straws, put half a pound of sifted flour in a mixing bowl. Make a hollow in the center and in it put four ounces of butter, two ounces of cheese, an egg, a pinch of red pep per and one gill of milk, added slowly. Mix all well together. Roll out the paste till it is about one-eighth of an inch thick; cut into strips one-quarter of an inch wide and six inches long, and place in a moderate oven until colored a light brown. Serve very hot HIGH FRICE FOK l'OTATOES. The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., pay high prices for new things. They recently paid 300 for a yellow rind watermelon, S1.000 for 30 bu. new oats, $300 for 100 lbs. of pota toes, etc., etc.! Well, prices for pota toes will be high next fall. Plant a plenty, Mr. Wideawake! You'll make money. Salzer's Earliest are fit to eat in 28 days after planting. His Cham pion of the World is the greatest yielder on earth and we challenge you to pro duce its equal. If yon will sead 11 cents in stamps to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., you will get, free, ten packages grains and grasses, including Teosinte, Spurry, Giant Incarnate Clover, etc., and our mammoth cata logue. Catalogue 5c. for mailing, w.n. College Athletics. "Any emphasis given to academic gymnastics that goes beyond the point of developing a man's animalism for any other purpose than to give the best possible support to the enlargement as a rational and moral possibility is a perversion of the purpose of human discipline, and to that degree blocks the wheels of all proper college inten tion," writes Dr. Parkhurst in the March Ladies' Home Journal. "Nev ertheless, the real animous of tiie ath letic tendency is a wholesome augury of a better breed of men. "' CoeJa Caaala Balaam Is tn- oldest and best. It will break op a Colu qnlek. ertbaaaiothlnffelse. It Is always reliable. Trylfc The girl should hesitate long and earnest ly before changing religion to marry. FiT AHFtta stopped free by Pr.Kllae'a Great Kerre Keatorer. xioFitsaftertlienmtia.r'su Marvrlouscures. TreatbeamlSStnal bottle fre t tUcaaes. ScnatoDr.lCJineJBlArchSt.,FLUa.,l-. There is a foolish controversy n to the imaginary leadership of New York society. a million MM jt ? would make no imDres siononthe number of the w " germs of consumption ? that exist in one affected JS lung. All germs are lit- '9. tie enough, but those 9: which cause consump- g tion are very minute. J Cod-liver oil won't kill '9. them. We don't know a remedy which will. The. germs float in the air and f. we can't keep from 9 J? 9 f? 9 f ! breathing them into our lungs. Then why don't ? fz all of us have consump- J $ tion? Because a healthy ; : throat, sound lungs, and a strong constitution ;; f. won't allow the germs to 9 gain a foothold. $ SccdlsmuUicn. ii of Cod-liver Oil. with P S Hypophosphites, restores and maintains the $ i strength, increases the 5 weight, heals inflamed $ membranes and prevents i serious lung trouble. s Thie ic whu it ic th fnnA. medicine in coughs, c colds, loss of flesh, and i general debility. jp 5oc.andfi.ooataUdrufrgists. '; y&mttS4yW&M:ZJmYfi&Zi.l THE AKKMOTOI: CO. does haif tb world's windmill iMBHiims, bscause it has reduced tbe cost of wiDdmmto l.i what It was.. It has maa Wanes BOascss Jurt supplies lu Roods and repairs ,atiearscor. i( can and does icrnuaa . natter article lor los meat j tban 'othsrs. It mak3 Pamplnz and lOeared. Sterl. Galvanized It-r- IComnletloa Windmills. TilUnz ' and Rxrd Steel Tcwrrs. Steel Bats Saw Frames, steel IVed Cutters and reed i Grinders. Onsppiieatlonitwillnasneone of these articles that It will famish until n lat at 13 the usual price. It also taaVes aaaPaaipsaCallkiuis. Send for eataJcsuo. r: t2aaafcwc!laaB'I:niBftreStoee(svCUcas nUSSW SMOKE YOUR MEAT WITH SMOKE YOUR MEAT WITH W. X. v., u.maua-iu-iouo. -T :a araw-r 1- ' &&IW9UXUtt&0 When writing to advertiuers, kindly wBfmWmWmmWESBBjBLWmWm' I . JSimmUlBHmmwmm'Jm.rs mention tfai papar, 1 - I . .aSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-aaVoa-aa . . j ' ' ' -a 1 , ma aaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaw tvaTKHafrHrM "Knocks Out BattleAi PLUG The Large Piece and High Grade of "Battle Axf' has injured the sale of other brands of higher prices and smaller pieces Don't allow the dealer to impose on you by saying they are "just as good" as "Battle Ax," for he is anxious to work off his unsalable stock. JO times out of JQ The New York Journal recently offered ten bicy cles to the ten winners in a guessing contest, leav ing the choice of machine to each. 9 ALL OF THEM CHOSE Columbia Bicycles STANDARD OF THE WORLD Nine immediately, and one after he had looked at others. And the Journal bought Ten Columbias. Paid $100 each for them. On even terms a Colombia will be chosen TEN times out of TEN POPE MANUFACTURING CO. 1896 Art Catalogue free from the Columbia agent; by mail lor two 2-cent stamps. . . 4th PRIZE CONTEST . . 1st Prize. Kigali fliM. "Style 3." $60000 21 Prize. Bicycle, fir ia ir mu 75 00 3d Prize. Cask - 50 00 10 Cash Prizes, each $25 25000 10 Gash Prizes, each $10 iOON 60 Cash Prizes, each $2 120 00 rfc 13 riuti i.i-u r9rW Tbe first prize will be given to the person who construct the longest sentence la good English containing no letter of tin- alphabet more tban three . aal-a aVaVataamaak times. It Is not necessary to useerery letter orthelphabet. The other prises will go la regular order to those competitors whose seuteare are next in length. Every competitor whose sentence reaches twenty-two letters will receive :i paper covered volume containing twelve of WllkieCollinV noe!s whether he wins a urUo or not. Thiscontcst cIom-s April I.V. 1SU6. The prize winner will he announced one week later and the winning sentences published. In case t wi or mor prize-wln-ntrtT sjntm-s nn? of the same lenzth ureference will Ik given to the best one. I Each competitor must construct his own to enter mis contest more man unci-. nimi-m w"h ; iin.iin 3uuium after they are received. Residents of Omaha arc not permitted t compete, directly or Indirectly. RULES FOK THE SENTENCE-IN" others rumi.si.cd.) The length of a sentence Is to be measured by the number of Iftlers it contains, but no letter can ins used or counted more than three times. .o word eccpt "a" or "I" can be used more than once. The sentence must consist of complete words. Signs, Bgurcs. abbreviations or contractions, etc., must not be used. The pronoun 1" and the article "a" will lc accepted as complete words. 1'ropor nouns cannot he used. Each contestant must indicate by h'gures at the end or his sentence how many letters it contains. ...... ... .. . . . . This remarkably liberal offer is made by the W eeki.t oitr.r-llKUAi.i, of which the distinguished ex-congressman, WILLIAM J. BRYAN, is Editor. and It is required that eacli competing sentence be enclosed with one dollar for a year's subscription. The Weeklv Woui.d-Hfr.u.d Is issued In semi-weekly sec tions, and hence Is nearly as good as a daily. It Is the western champion of free silver coinage and the leading family newspaper of Nebraska. Address, WeeRlu Wortd-tterald, Omaha. Net). FIRST contest closed February 28. IMG. SECOND contest closed May 3, !. THIRD contest closed February 15, is. Winner or nnaue i lano in mini cuuiro. ? . i. uum, ircni-'n. .u. r Winner of Il00cah prize in same contest was Mrs.Mary I..lunbar. Garrison, Xeb. a Winner of (30 cash prize was Sirs. Florence Thornton, Washington. D.C. 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