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wost simple and gentle remedy ia tha
yrup of figs, manufactured by tas
California Fl Syrup Company.
The Rise as4 Fall of "OM Hatch.0
Tberc is bow living' in Chicago a man
.rbv frequently contested the wheat
aaritet with Ed. Pardridge and sa-
1ly defeated him. This man ia called
"Old Hutch." When be forced Sep
tember wheat up to -S3 a bushel and
held it there while the boys stepped to
his office and settled, he was regarded
mn the Riant speculator of the aye; but
The last we heard of "Old Uutch" he
was selling wedges of pie for five cents
nd shoestrings two for five. Buffalo
'Post-Express.
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Kcttw iCiiwrtr. JioHtsft-rUiiJittiyue.
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Care of tiiccoagb.
A female patient presented herself
:av a French hospital for a rebellious
b'weoagh, which had resisted all treat-
tmemt tor four days. She was asked to
how her tongue, and it was noticed
Jl with the putting out of the tongue
the hiccough ceased. The same thing
'.' 'has been since tried, and with success
. .in 'other cases. All that is necessary
apparently is to strongly pnsh the
.. tongue out of the mouth and hold it so
. for a minute or two.
Is the oldest d best. It will break p a Cold qutek
crtfaMaKtalagetee. It Is always reliable. TrraV
ttoadolra on Wheels.
.-The woman who rushes from one
, function to another, almost turns her
carriage into a dressing room, in cases
. of emergency. I -a dies' carriages are
provided with a fair sized mirror, cun
ningly arranged pockets in which are
hidden away the rrotub and brush, pow
der puff, several fresh handkerchiefs,
and a bottle of perfume, to mention
nothing else. Fashionable women can
renew their complexions as they pro
ceed on their way, and return lrom a
. ound of visits looking as fresh and
dainty as if they had just stepped from
the boudoir.
Two bott!e of Fio"s Cure for Consump
tion cured me of a Lai lung troub'e. Mrs.
J. Xiifeols, Princeton, Ind., March 26, 18U5.
Foaled Ilia Wife.
. A certain married lady on llernon
side sat up till 12 o'clock the other
night waiting for her husband to come
home. At last, weary and worn out
with waiting, she went fo her bed
room to retire and found the missing
husband there fast asleep. Instead of
going dewn he had gone to his room.
She was so mad that she wouldn't
speak to him for a week. Woonsocket
tit. I.) Reporter.
Billiard tab, ferond-hanJ. for sale
ebean. Apply to or address, H. C Aanc,
111 S. lth St.. Omaha, Net.
The letters in the various alfhalets of
the tior.d varv from twelve to 20.! in nnni
lr. That
Extreme tired feclingafOicts nearly every
body at this season. The bustlers cease to
rrai-h, the tireles3 grow weary, the ener
getic become enervated. You know just
what we mean. Some men and women
endeavor temporarily to overcome that
Tired
Feeling by great force of will. But thte
-a Mft, ie pails -powerfully upon tne
ervous system, which will not long stand
net strain. Too many people " work on
theirnerves," and the result is seen in un
fortunate wrecks marked " nervous pros
tration," in every direction. That tired
Feel-
ing is a positive proof of thin, weak, Im
pure blood; for, if the blood is rich, red,
vitalized and vigorous, it imparts lifeand
energy to every nerve, organ and tissue
cf the body. The necessity of taking
Hood's Sarsaporilla for that tired feeling
is, therefore, apparent to every one, and
the good it will do you is equally beyond
question. Remember that
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
IsthOne True tt!ooS i'urifirr. AH !ruspst. $1.
rreparrd only ! C 1. Hood & Co.. Imell. Mass.
- nOOU S "HIS to operate. 2T cents.
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KENNEDY'S
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MALI REMEDY, OF WWJRY, MASS.,
Has discovered in one of our common
Easturc weeds a remedy that cures every
ind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to a common Pimple.
He his tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
both thunder humor). He has now in his
possession oxer two hundred certificates
of its value, all within twenty miks of
Boston. Send postal card for book.
. . A benefit is always 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 a'ter taking it Read the labeL
If the stomach is foul or bilious it win
c?use squeamish feelings at first
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
(he best you ca.i get, and enough of it
Dose, one tablespoonf ul in water at bat
time. Sold bv all Druggists.
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A quarter spent in HIRES'
Rootbeer does you dollars'
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When writing to advertiser, kindly
mention this paper.
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Soma rp-to-Dato Hlau Aboat Coltiva
tloa or the 8U aad Tialds Thereaf
Hertscaltare, Vltlcaltare aad Flari
caltarcb
NUMBER of ex
periments in corn
growing have been
carried on at the
station for three
consecutive years.
Some of the more
important points
brought out in the
trials are summar
ized below:
1. Golden Beauty
gave the highest average yield, 37.4
bushels pefacre, of the varieties tested
three years, followed by Learning with
an average yield of 56.8 bushels. Both
af these varieties are medium maturing
yellow dents. Pisa King, Saint Charles
White and Chester County Mammoth,
all reouiring 130 days or more for ma
turity, were the best of the white va
rietits tested.
2. An increase of nineteen bushels
per acre, or 61.7 per cent, was secured
in 1891 from an application of ten tons
of fresh barnyard manure to the acre
on the average of eight manured and
unmanured plots. This amount of
manure applied twice In three years
produced an average increase in yield
of 36.6 per cent Little difference was
shown In the productiveness of fer
mented and unfermented manures
whea applied to corn. Ten tons of
combined solid and liquid manure gave
a larger total yield each year than did
ten tons of solid manure, although In
1891 more corn was grown on the plot
to which the solid manure was applied.
Horse manure proved more productive
each year than did an equal weight of
cattle manure, the average difference
for the three years amounting to 7.4
per cent In 1881 the increased yield
of corn was 6.6 bushels per acre, or 11
per cent Decidedly larger yields were
obtained from plowing cattle manure
under for corn than from either spread
ing it on freshly plowed land and har
rowing it in or applying It to the sur
face after the land was ready to be
planted.
3. Breaking the ground to a depth
of four and one-half inches gave uni
formly better results thah were ob
tained from plowing nine inches deep.
Tile-drained land plowed to a depth of
eight Inches and subsoiled seven inches
deeper, stirring the soil to the depth of
fifteen inches, produced slightly smaller
yields of rutabagas, com and sugar
beets than did similar soil not sub
soiled. 4. Averaging the three years work,
when corn was planted in hills three
feet nine inches apart each way, the
yield increased as the number of stalks
in the hill increased. Two stalks per
hill gave fifty-four bushels per acre,
while three stalks produced under
otherwise similar circumstances, 57.7
bushels. Where four stalks were
left the yield was fifty-eight bush
els. The large proportion of un
merchantable ears or "nubbins" pro
duced, and the increased cost of husk
ing from four stalks per hill, however,
more than counterbalanced the increase
in yield obtained. Barring excessively
dry seasons, these experiments indicate
that on strong land this thick planting
would be profitable when the fodder is
to be fed without husking. On poor
land the larger yield, thirty-six bushels
per acre, was obtained by thinning to
two stalks per hill, three feet nine
inches each way. On this land four
stalks per hill gave 6.6 bushels per acre
less, and more than half the crop was
too small to be marketable. One
stalk produced within one bushel of as
much as two stalks on the poor land
and almost every car was marketable.
A single season's trial showed that
when 85 per cent of a perfect stand had
been obtained, it was more profitable
to leave it undisturbed than to either
replant the missing hills or replant the
entire field. Ninety-four per cent of a
stand, however, gave 2.2 bushels more
per acre than was obtained from S5
per cent of a stand.
5. Shallow level culture gave the
largest yield each year. The gain from
this method over deep tillage ranged
from. 2.1 to 14.3 bushels per acre, or
from 4 to 30 per cent In 1890 nearly
one-third more corn was produced on
the shallow tilled plots than on those
receiving the ordinary deep tillage.
An average of the results for the three
years shows a gain of 9.6 bushels per
acre or 17.9 per cent
6. Tile-drainage has not thus far
given sufficient increase in the yield of
corn, mangels and sugar beets to war
rant the expense of tiling. Weekly
moisture determinations indicate that
the drained soil is slightly dryer than
the undrained soil when an abundance
of moisture is present, and that the re
verse is true during a drouth, the
drained soil containing the most moist
ure. The difference does not appear to
be great enough, however, to materially
affect crop growth. For further in
formation concerning these trials, ad
dress the Director of the Station for
Bulletin 32, which may be had free of
charge. H. J. Waters,
Columbia, Mo. Director.
Growlae Pole Uam Heatia.
Mrs. John Gaillard, writing in Ohio
Farmer, says: D. B. J., Cons tan tla,
Ohio, wants plain directions for raising
pole lima beans, and drying them for
winter use. A great many growers in
this section stick to the pole lima, after
a fair trial of the bush sorts on a small
scale. Immense crops are raised on a
small area. Growers have access to
tons of fibh offal from the pound nets
that are in operation about planting
time. They gather this, and after the
ground is prepared and marked three
feet each way, poles only three feet
high are stuck. The beans are not al
lowed to go above these, but are kept
pinched back. Holes are dug next the
poles and some of the offal put in and
covered over. This stands about two
weeks; then, about Decoration day. the
beans are planted. Do not plant them
before that time. Too many fail in
raising lima beans on account of put
ting seed in ground before it gets warm
enough to insure quick germination. It
will not do in this latitude until near
the first of June. If seed is not out of
ground in five days, it is too early. The
varieties planted are King of the Gar
den and Ford's Mammoth Pod. The
latter is raised the most cxtensivelv
Procure seed of reliable parties, and
when ready to plant follow rows and
stick two beau ia each hill, close to
the pole, with the eye down. Never
drop lima beans like corn, for the roots
tart at the eye, and if dropped in any
"ay, some of them come bottom up,
others never grow at all, and the field
is uneven all season. A rreat manv hills
vf vef have any beai-8 on and y w!!l
to u me way from five davs to two
weeks coming up. If this fish offal can
not be procured, the field must be made
rich with well-rotted stable manure
or pure bone meal, or a fish brand of
ceauaercial fertilizers will give equally
as good results. We never save seed.
aaaaaaaaBlaarWVSw
but buy seed every spring. If
wishes t save seed, so aaaay hills must
be set apart and no beans picked from
them, but gathered as the pods ripen
and all small beans discarded. Ia dry
ing for winter use, they must he gath
ered the same as for market whea the
pods seem filled between the beans, and
just as they begin to turn white. If
shrunken between the beana) they are
too green. If the pods begin to turn
yellow, the beans are Just a little too
old. They must be gathered twice a
week, and those that are to be mar
keted must be spread out over night,
as they heat very quickly if left stand
ing In bulk, turn a dark color, and are
unfit for use. Those intended for sale,
for winter use, are spread on shelves in
the shade to dry. Shelves made of gal
vanized wire netting are best, as this
admits air from all sides. When dry,
they must be put Into sacks and sold
by the pound. While nearly all garden
products have depreciated in value (or
the last few years, lima-beans, either
in the dry or green state, have held
their own in re-ard to price through all
the depression. "
Origin of the Chlnchbap
A bulletin of the Ohio station
says: Along the west coast tt has been
reported from Panama, not far from the
borders of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Low
er California, and California along the
coast near San Frahcisco,and in the Sac
ramento valley. On the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts it has been reported from
Panama, Tabasco and Mexico at Ori
zaba and in the state of Tamaiilipas,
which is located on the coast near the
mouth of the Rio Grande. Along the
Atlantic it is known from Florida to
Cape Breton. It seems that A much
more reasonable theory would be to
suppose that the species originated
cither In Panama, or In either the val
ley of the Atrato or the Magdalena
Rivers, of the United States 6f Colom
bia, or, perhaps, along the Venezuelan
coast of Sobth America, and that it has
simply followed the moderately low
lands, which would of necessity be lo
cated in rather close proximity tb the,
coast. Until It reached eastern Texas'
and Louisiana, Where it not only con
tinued to work its way eastward on
account of its maritime nature, but
also pUshed its way northward under
the inducements offered by a moderate
ly level, slightly elevated country, pro
ducing a grass flora upon which it could
readily sustain itself, thus lodg ago
giving it a northward and eastward,
but at nb time a westward spread.
Causes of Swarming1.
As an influence in swarming, I do
not know what difference there would
be as between old and young bees, for
I have ilot observed oh this point. I
do know that' heat bears no little in
fluence. For the whole of my apicul
tural life, it has been my custom to
discourage swarming. Before the flow
and when they are not making a living,
if I can keep them with just enough
stores to keep breeding going on nicely,
I have vtvy little swarming, even
though the colony be strong and the
weather hot. The same conditions with
plenty of stores, will increase the
swarming probably 23 per cent. Add,
next, nectar from the fields, in plenty,
and the swarming fever goes up to a
high pitch.
Many bees, much brood, abundance
of nectar, a crowded condition, and hot
weather, will bring about swarming in
a high degree if the time be May or
June, a slight decrease for July, and
rapidly diminishing toward the close
of the summer. The absence of any
one of these factors lessens swarming.
Take away the surplus of bees, and you
take away swarming. Leave the bees
and take the brood, acd you stop it.
Leave both bees and brood and take
away the feed, and there is no swarm
ing. Abundance of old stores will be
a stimulus to swarming in about 25 to
50 per cent as compared with nectar
gathering. All the other conditions
present and temperature below normal
wiil retard swarming 20 to 25 per cent
as against excessive heat. A crowded
condition with all the other factors
present, will augment swarming 20 to
10 per cent. Giving full sets of ex-tractins-combs
and abundance of room
will decrease swarming much more
than the same room if they have to
build the ccmb. Any management that
takes the bees out of the brood-chamber
will decrease swarming. Giving
full sets of comb, thus making it so
convenient for the bees to congregate
in the surer, is why those run for ex
tracted swarm less than those run for
comb. It relieves the pressure of both
bees and honey in the brood-nest
Bees, brood and nectar are the three
prime factors necessary to swarming.
Crowding and heat are secondary fac
tors. R. C. Aikin, in Bee Keepers' Re
view. The Plow.
For a century ideal tillage has been
believed by the theorists to be that of
spading preparation, and many ma
chines have been invented with a spad
ing action and offered as substitutes
for the plow, but all in vain. If Mr.
Morton has looked into the patent office
he must have been cognizant of genius
applied in this direction and of its fu
tility so that in his sharp attack on the
plow he is not even novel, nor will be
until he points out a successful inven
tion as a.substitute for the plow. They
do spade in England with steam power,
but it is apparently without argument
that the spader requires more force for
the moving of a given amount of soil
than the plow. The resistance to plow
ing and spading comes from the cut
surface and the friction, and when the
soil is cut into many pieces this cutting
and friction resistance is greatly mul
tiplied. More than that, the spader
must carry something more of the lift
ing action than the plow, and still fur
ther the application of force is less di
rect, or works against a leverage that
attains speed at the loss of force. Mir
ror and Farmer.
A neat Small (rait.
To secure large, nice fruit, severe
pruning is necessary. New growth on
both old and new currants and goose
berries should be cut back and old
wood in center of bush removed. Lat
erals on black raspberries cut back one
third or one-half. Remove all weak
canes and broken branches. The ideal
bush sould be round or oval in form,
stocky, and pruned to admit free cir
culation of air. Currants are often in
jured by the borer. The egg is le
posited about June 1, and as soon as
hatched the young borer eats its way
into the pith and feeds on the life of
the plant. As soon as the leaves start,
the affected canes, which now have a
black center, aie easily discovered by
their sickly appearance, and should be
cut out and burned at once. M. A.
Thayer.
The soberest one Well, let's have
just one more, and then we'll both go
home. The other one Shoiry, ol
man, devilish shorry. but c-a-n't do
both, don't y shec? Detroit New3.
"What do you suppose it i that givea
Miss Warp's bloomers such peculiar
outward curves?" "I think it is Miss
Warp." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Camgh fa Taaaaj llgv
Cough atay come from sore threat or
bronchitis ia young pigs, aa ia ether
animals, and may be chargeable to ex
posure to cold and damp. With cere
throat the open mouth may show the
throat red, inflamed and swollen. With
bronchitis the cough ia at first hard aad
barking, and later soft and gurgliag.
Both may he treated by a clean, warm,
dry, well littered pen, in the case of
weaned pigs by warm, soft food, and
by five grain doses of muriate of am
monia four or five times a day. A wool
en rag tied round the throat or chest,
as the case may demand, will often do
good, and a teaspoonful of strong am
monia inside this cloth Will Usually
prove Valuable as a counter irritant In
other cases the cough is due to warms
in the bronchial tubes of the lungs,
and in such a case the affection is
likely to attack successive litters ,a the
same pen irrespective of weather or ex
posure. The temperature of the body,
too, rarely rises above the normal (103
degrees F). The cough is wheeling or
rattling, and masses of mucus are
sometimes expelled by the mouth.
These masses should be carefully ex
amined for the worms, one or two
inches long and the thickness of a fine
white thread, which will give the cer
tainty of their presence in the lungs.
These cases should be treated by fumi
gations with burning sulphur in a close
building the administrator staying
with the animals and letting .the air in
or the pigs out whenever be finds it too
concentrated for his own breathing.
This should be done daily for half an
hour for a week, and repeated again for
the same length of time after an inter
val of a week. Advantage may also
be bad from fifteen drops spirits of
turpentine lit one-half ounce sweet oil
daily for a few days.-r-Prof. Law, be
fore N. Y. Institute.
Swine Flesh and Eaters.
- A restless or unquiet hog is the most
unprofitable of his kind and is a con
stant reminder of the herd that once
perished in (he sea. Sometimes it
would seem that a part Of that herd
might have escaped and the devils mul
tiplied in their descendants. As swine
are only raised for the sake of their
flesh and fat, it is very proper to con
sider this subject in relation to its
heatthfulness as an article of human
diet as well as on the score of econ
omy. Swine flesh is used by all nations
and people on this globe where it can
be obtained with a very small per cent
age who refrain from its use, simply
because it is forbidden by their eccles
iastical law. All physiologists are
agreed that man is an omnivorous ani
mal and that flesh as well as fruits and
grain are necessary to a healthy exist
ence. If a sound mind in a sound body
is the greatest blessing we enjoy In this
world, we cannot reasonably expect
either unless the body is properly nour
ished. To keep or preserve this state
of health animal food of some kind is
necessary to preserve the equilibrium
between the waste and supply. One can
hardly imagine how our ancestors lived
and propagated their kind without the
aid of the chemist to tell them just how
much flesh-forming, fat-forming and
all the etceteras were to be found in
their daily rations, provided they always
were able to obtain those rations. As
swine's flesh has been an article of hu
man diet so long that the written mem
ory of man, running back so many cen
turies, has not been able to tell its first
introduction, can we find any good and
sufficient reason why its use should be
condemned at the present day? Jusl
look at our country and see how the
forests of the new world were cleared
away and fitted for the substitution oi
modern civilization. The hog played
no unimportant agent in the labors ol
the sturdy yeoman of pioneer life
Ezra Stetson.
8eir-Sterile Apple Varieties.
The studies of Waite and Fairchild
in the agricultural department at
Washington have quite clearly demon
strated that some varieties of apples are
more or less self-sterile, and that to in
sure free bearing these varieties ought
to be planted in a mixed orchard. The
following varieties are. supposed to be
somewhat self-sterile: Gravenstein,
Bellflower, Chenango, Spy, Melon,
Rambo, Red Astrachan, Roxbury Rus
set, Spitzenburg, Talman Sweet.
The only varieties much grown in
Oregon that are credited with being
self-fertile are Baldwin and Greening.
Remarks made by extensive growers
of Newtown Pippin lend color to the
view that this variety is somewhat self
sterile. The matter is one of great im
portance to those planting large orch
ards, and it is deplorable that the
knowledge upon the subject is so scant
and fragmentary.
We shall be pleased, Indeed, at the
station, to have the results of your ex
periments, or any experience that the
fruit growers may be able to furnish
us. The matter we know is receiving
some consideration in the state.one large
grower having top-grafted alternate
rows in a number of acres in his orch
ard in order to be sure of free fertiliza
tion. Oregon Experiment Station.
Scale Insects.
One of the bulletins recently issued
by the Agricultural Experiment station
at Tucson. Arizona, is of unusual in
terest to scientists, as it deals In. a
thorough and comprehensive way with
the scale insects that have become such
pests, not only upon the Pacific coast,
but throughout all the fruit regions of
the country. Professor Tourney, the
author of the bulletin, made a careful
study of these pests in Arizona, and
not only found that many of those
known to science are present in the
territory, but he discovered six entirely
new species. None of these new species,
however, are known to be injurious to
cultivated plants. The old or better
known species described in this bulletin
are the San Jose scale. Date Palm scale,
California Red scale, California Black
scale. Osage Orange or "Frosted" scale
and Rose scale. Besides the description
there is given an account of the dis
tribution of each in Arizona, and the
best methods of combatting them. Sev
eral species not of economic value are
also described. The bulletin is No. 14
of the series issued by the station, and
it and all others issued, are sent free
to all residents of Arizona writing for
them to the Director Experiment Sta
tion, Tucson.
Improving the Herd. The calf of a
good cow may easily be improved, and
by repeated efforts a constant tendency
to improvement will be fixed on the
progeny of the cows thus trained. Some
dairymen have been engaged for many
years in thus improving milking' cows.
Selecting the best calves from the best
cows, and training these by feeding and
encouraging the milking habit, every
generation for more than twenty years
has been better than the parent cows.
The result has been that a sort of local
reputation for rearing good cows nas
been established, and the young heifers
with their' first calves sell for twice as
much as any other cows in the locality.
Tbi3 ia worth the time and pains taken
to gain the result, not to mention the
larger product of better milk, of which
the butter is largely increased, aad the
important profit Times.
BOUNTIFUL HARVEST.
UNPRECEDENTED WEALTH
THE CROPS OF 1896."
IN
parte fraaa All Over tha Weal Shaw
tha Aartcaltafal tatereata f tha Caaa-
uy to M ! Ilaartahla Caadl-
lt is an accepted fact that what
ever conditions affect the agricultural
Interests of a country will have a direct
bearing on all its other Industries, in
oiRr words, whatever tends to aid, or
injure farming pursuits, will benefi
cently or disastrously affect every other
important interest It is a matter for
congratulation, therefore, that excep
tionally favorable -reports are coming
east regarding the outlook for a splen
did crop in the corn belt region.
Copious rains had fallen, during the
spring and put the ground in splendid
condition for seeding and growing. The
fears of another drouth have long since
been laid to rest add the agriculturist
looks hopefully forward to a rich re
ward for his toll. Not only does the
farmer expect a good crop this year,
but the conditions thus far, have been
so much more favorable than in several
years past, that he expects a crop which
Will fully make Up for a few short dnes.
Nor is the expectation without reason.
There ia not a single condition lacking,
either In soil or weather, which should
bribg this hope to the farmer. The soil
has received more moisture in the
shape of rain and sfiow than in many
years and the weather has been all that
could be desired for grdwlns. There
fore, if all these signs count for any
thing they indicate a year of pros
perity throughout the great West. Even
before the first week in May almost half
the corn was planted, with considerable
of it showing nicely above ground and
doing well. In many Idealities it was
even then several indies high. As
there will undoubtedly be an increased
acreage of both corn and small grains
this year, the indications are that the
spring work will not be well over before
the last week in May. This, however,
will b early enough In the cdrn belt
region to allow the golden ears to ripen
before frost comes, even it it should
come a little earlier than usual.
As the rainfall has been fairly fre
quent in its visitations during the por
tion of the season which has passed and
fully up to normal, it is but fair to as
sume that this normal condition will
continue and that the hopes of tht
farmers will be fuliy realized.
Reports from widely different locali
ties in the great corn producing state:
point to the fact that moisture has
saturated the soil to a much greater
depth than in many previous years.
This is particularly true with regard
to Nebraska where the favorable out
look of the present time has not. In
many parts of the state, been excelled,
even in the opinion of old Inhabitants.
In fact the prospect is so encouraging
that the farmers all over the state are
letting go their corn and grain to which
they had been holding so tenaciously
since last harvest, in the dread that
the drouth period was not at an end.
They are now shipping it eastward in
big quantities or feeding it to theii
stock and fattening pigs for the market
The bulletins issued by the various
state sections of the (U. S.) Weather
service confirm the glad tidings, gener
ally, so that taken all in all the outlook
of good times for the western farmer is
exceedingly encouraging. The bulletin
relating to Nebraska, for the week end
ing May 4, contained the following:
"The week has been warm, averaging
from four to six degrees above the nor
mal. Light frosts were reported from
the southwestern portion of the state
early in the week, but little if any
damage was done to fruit The rain
fall has been very general and for the
most part heavy, amounting to over two
inches over most of the eastern half of
the state and in limited localities in the
western. On the night it the 27th and
on the 28th a general and heavy rain
storm passed over the state, accom
panied by high winds. This was fol
lowed by showers nearly every day in
the week in the northeastern section
and work has been much retarded
throughout this as well as the middle
section of the state by the wet condi
tion of the soil. The weather has been
very favorable for the growth of vege
tation, especially small grain and grass,
which have made very vigorous growth
during the week. Rye is beginning to
joint in the southern counties. Alfalfa
Is reported from six inches n height in
the central portion of the state to a foot
and a half in the southern.
"In southern counties considerable
progress has been made iu planting
win. itua-B is now aoout nair com
pleted in the southeastern corner of the
state; elsewhere but little progress has
been made during the week owing to
wet weather."
During the. past week there has been
on exhibition in a window of the City
Ticket office of the Burlington road at
Chicago, a sample of rye plucked in
Furnas county, Nebraska, toward the
end of April. It stood 33 to 34 inches
high and was even at that early date
nicely headed. Alfalfa about the same
time was knee high and small grains
were looking exceptionally advanced
for that time of the year. The Chicago
newspapers realizing the close tie that
binds it to the west have dilated at
frequent dates on the favorable pros
pect for a bounteous harvest.
Weary Warflea Moves Ob.
Boston has solved the tramp ques
tion. The fact that there was a falling
off of 8,000 applications for accomoda
tions the last year at ;he Wayfarer's
Lodge, where the lodgers are expected
to work for their board, is convincing
evidence on this point
Jfotoa Makes Him Xerveas.
A Kansas City gripman who has run
a cable car for three years changed hi3
lodging place last week to a street
which is traversed by a cable line, and
he couldn't sleep for nealy a week on
account of the noise.
Fertaae In Brass Flayers.
The man who patented the brass
spring fingers one sees on lamps for
holding the chimney in place received
for many years a royalty amounting to
150,000.
Consaates Orbit er Canes.
The orbit of Swift's new comet ob
served by Professors Hussey and Ait
ken at Lick observatory is computed to
be about 50,000,000 miles. The comet is
situated to the -northwest
World's Laacaar and Religion.
The seventy-two races inhabiting the
world communicate with each other in
3,004 different ' tongues, ana confess
bout 1.0(H) religious.
No bird of prey has the gift of soaf.
Aal'a Heads hi gargety.
One of the most carious uses to which
Insects are pat waa related at a recent
meeting in the Linnaean Society of
London. It was stated that the Greek
barber-surgeons of the Levant employ
ed a large species of ant for the pur
pose of holding together the edges of
an incised wound. The ant held with
a pair of forceps, opens its mandibles
wide, and is bronght near to the cut
being treated, so that it can sieze the
two edges, which ate held together for
the purpose. As soon as the unfortun
ate ant has obtained a firm grip Of the
cut, its hezd is severed from its body.
Mr. Isigois of Smyrna, who described
the operation to the Linnaean Society,
said that he had .seen natives with six
or seven ants heads hold together
wounds in the course of healing. A
similar observation was made some
years ago in Brazil, which fact is in
teresting from an ethnological point of
view, as showing the independent ex
istence of the same custom in coun
tries so far apart as Brazil and Asia
Minor. London Public Opinion.
The New England Conservatory of Music,
Franklin Square, Boston, Mns., is un
doubtedly the Lest eqnipced School of
Musk in the world. Its pupils are always
in demand as teachers on account of their
superior musical knowledge and their prac
tical readiness in applying t. In addition,
the Conservatory offers the test instruc
tion in Oratory and Modern Languases.
The charge is extreme'.y small when its ad
vantages as compared with those offered
by similar schools are considered. Pros
pectus sent free Upon application.
Derailed Somtner (iuwna
Yellow and lavender are a very pret
ty combination When the shades are
carefully chosen. Three very narrow
ruffles edged with lace are a pretty
skirt trimming for muslin gowns, but
when lonjr lines are especially desir
able trim the seams of a wire-gored
skirt with Valenciennes insertion a
half inch wide and a frill of the nar
row lace set on either edee. The same
bands trimmed the waist and sleeves
and are set in around, or up and down
a close sleeve which has lace-edged
ruffles falling from the shoulder.
Yoke waists are as fashionable as ever,
.and one sample dress shown has a poke
of alternate rows of Valenciennes in
sertion and organdie. A lace-edged
frill vith a heading to finish it across
the back and front, and puffed sleeves
strapped with the insertion. The bows
of ribbon on the shoulder arc a prev
arication, and fancy ribbons of all sorts
re the crowninj? clory of all thin
dresses. New York Sun.
Hall's Catarrh Care
Is taken internally. Price, 75.
All Aboat Western Farm Lands.
The "Corn Belt" is the name of an
illustrated monthly newspaper pub
lished by the Chicago, Iturlington &.
Quincy It. R. It aims to give informa
tion in an interesting way about the
farm lands of the west Send -'3 cents
in postage stamps to the Corn Kelt, -Ol
Adams St., Chicago, and the paper will
be sent to your address for one year.
An illustrated article on the Ceorge
"Junior Republic," a little common
wealth of city boys and girls who arc
learning to govern themselves on a
farm near Freeville, X. Y., will le giv
en in Harper's Weekly for May ".Md.
The same number will contain an illus
trated article by Arthur Warren on
Harney Itarnato. the kahr Kin?; and
an important art feature will be the
paper on I'uvis de Chavannc's new dec
orative panels for the Boston I'ubliu
Library.
Harper's Bazar, to be issued on May
?3d, will contain among the literary
features "Lizzie Lee's Separation," a
brilliant short story by Lilian BelL
tammer Excursions Via. the Wabash K. It.
fSt. Louis June Kith to 15tb.
HALF J St. Louis July 2.d.
FARE I Washington Juiy I'd to Oth.
Bufia!o July 5th and fth.
Now on sa e. Summer Tourist Tickets to
all summer resorts good returning until
Oct. 31st. Thos. Cook & Son's special
tour of Eurojw. For rate-, itineries. sni!
iazof Steamers aud ft: I in'ormation re
garding summer vacation tour- via. rail or
water call at the Wat-nsh Ticket Office. Xo.
1415 Farnam St., (Faston Hotel l:Iock). or
write U. X. Clayton, X. W. 1'. A., Omaha,
KeLr.
The first of the scries of papers on
South Africa which Professor James
Brvce, M. P., is to contribute to The
Century appears in the May number.
He corrects the general impression
that the country has little natural
beauty. Portions of the highlands he
compares to Switzerland and the White
Mountains, and he says that ne can
never tire of the charm and variety of
color in the landscape. Professor
Bryce says that the Boers have retain
ed to this day a passion for solitude
that makes them desire to live many
miles from any neighbor.
A Summer Resort Book Frer.
Write to C S. Crane, general passen
ger and ticket agent Wabash Railroad,
St Louis, Mo., for a summer resort
book, telling all about the beautiful
lake region reached by the Wabash
Railroad.
The V. S. Patent Offlre.
Some curious facts were made public
last week upon the presentation of
Commissioner of Patents Seymour's re
port to Congress. 'I he report show
that the Patent Office has t its credit
in the V. S. Treasury, S4..vj.jS;8.33, :i
gain of 8173,357. Urt since last report
During the year 1811.", t'2.057 patents
were issued,of which 3'.2 came to Iowa
inventors; being- one patent to ever
4,377 population: 151 being issued to
Nebraska inventors, being one to every
7,012; while Colorado received 215, be
ing one to every 1,017.
There are twenty-five American in
ventors each of whom have received
more than 100 United States Patents:
Thomas A. Kdison having issued to
him 711 U. S. Patents; Elihu Thomp
son, the electrician, receiving 394 pat
ents; Francis II. Richards a famous
mechanical expert, residing at Hart
ford, Conn., who has received 345; Ed
ward Weston, an electrical engineer,
received 274; while Maxim, the gun ex
pert has been granted 131 patents for
improvements in tire arms alone.
The Commissioner's report further
shows that there are pending at the
present time in the patent office 130
patent applications which have been
in the office more than ten years and
five applications which have been pend
ing forfifteen years. The new rules
adopted, however, will compel all of
these patents to issue within the com
ing year.
Amongst the most valuable patents
which were issued last week were two
granted to the famous Harvey, of
Harveyized armor plate fame, the in
ventions relating to improvements in
car wheels, the treads of the Harvey
wheel being glass hardened and so last
longer than the ordinary tempered car
wheels. Albert Bierstadd received
three patents for an improvement in
cars which outwardly appear like an
ordinary freight car, but which when
unfolded form a car cottace having
P three rooms below the full length of
the car together with an attic formed
by the slanting roof. These cars are
arranged so that two of them can be
used connected side by side and when
fully spread out and open form a good
sized ball, the structure being especial
ly intended for the nse of small travel
ing shows who can thus carry their
theater with them. A St- Louis inven
tor receives a patent for a soft tread
horse shoe which has a groove or chan
nel adapted to receive a packing or
elastic material which can be readily
removed and replaced. E. A. Trussell.
of Omaha, received a patent for a toy
match pistol, which is now being plac
ed on the market.
Parties desiring valuable information
free relative to patents, should address
Sues & Co., United States Patent
Solicitors, liee Uuildiiig. Omaha. A
copy of any United States patent in
cluding all the drawings and descrip
tion will he mailed for 10 cents.
Net Always Teal.
An English clergyman was preaching
in a country church ia Scotlaad. He
had as his subject "The Prodigal Son."
"And the prodigal son went away
from his poor old father for years and
years. But after years and years he
came back again, and his poor old
father said unto the servants, 'Bring
forth the fatted calf which has been
kept for my son these years and
years.'" An old farmer in the audi
ence could contain himself ao longer.
"Ycr a le'er; it wud hae been a coo!"
he exclaimed. Judy.
The Commissary Department
Of the human system U the stomach. Ia
consequence of Its activity, the body Is sup
plied with tho elements of bone, brain ner
vous and musculartlssuc. When indigestion
impedes its functions, the best agent for Im
parting a healthy impetus to its operations
U Hostetter'n stomach Hitters, also a cura
tive for malaria, bilious and kidney com
plaints, nervousness and constipation.
An oath on the lip shows that tha devil
is in the heart.
It tha Baby is Cattlns; Teetau
sure and ue that oM and well-tried remedy. Has.
If ixslow's Sootatxa Sracr for Ckildrca TsetUaa
Faithful to the last tho good shoe
maker.
Into af fetfle t t wark at taa
waytscarea
Sprain,
Soreness,"
Stiffness,
ST. JACOBS OIL
treall care la tie right war.rJiBt
eO.
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"Contains More Flesh Form
ing Matter Than Beef."
That is what an eminent physician
says of good cocoa. The Cocoa
made by Walter Baker & Co., Ltd.,
Dorchester, Mass., is the best.
See that Imitations are not palmed off on you.
"A Bicycle Built for Two." " 1
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Five cents' worth of
"BATTLE AX " will serve two
chewers just about as long as 5 cents'
worth of other brands will serve one
man This is because a 5 cent piece
of "BATTLE AX" is almost as
large as the 10 cent piece of other
high grade brands
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Columbia
saddles are reamimended by riders and phy
sicians as proper in shape and adjustment, and
every detail of equipment contributes to beauty
and the comfort and pleasure of the rider.
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under your own "thatch.'
$ You can becin to eet
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f 2 oz. for S Ct)nt. f
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f CHBBOOTS-3 far 5 Cents, f
" (ive a Wood, Mellow, Healthy,
A Pleasant Smoke. Try Them.
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Patents. Trade-Marks.
Examinatteai and Aihrlre as to Patentability et
iavralion. tVend for lavrntors Unlde. or How to Os
ara:ent." PASSES 07AS2SI&. T?9ff&tSTS. SL 6.
Bicycle
In strength, lightness, grace, and
elegance of finish and equip
ment Model 41 Columbia is un
approached by any other make.
The Colombia Catalogue.
TO ALL handaotnest art work ol the
v u year, is free from the Columbia
ALIKE. agent, or is mailed by ua far
two a-ceot stamps.
MFG. CO., Hartford, Com.
Branch Stores and Agencies ia almost every aty
and town. If Colunibiaa are aot property repre
sented ia your vicinity, let us know.
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