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last week as reported by Messrs. Ses
&. Co., Patent Solicitors, Omaha, Neb.,
- is foand a. pneaaiatic tire withia the
tread of which the inventor has placed
-a pocket which is filled with a self
healing composition which as soon as
the tire is panctured oozes oat and au
tomatically repairs and seals the pane
tare. Another noticeable device is
that of a Frenchman who yets a patent
fof a thill or shaft composed of a series
of compressed paper layers between
which is fixed a flexible steel plate. A
unique pnzzle has been patented to a
Xew Jersey inventor, which comprises
a series of transparent pictures of nota
ble persons which can all be placed in
one frame and held up to the light,
when a curious composite picture is the
result A Michigan man obtained a
patent for a composition Jor destroying
thistles.
Among the Nebraska inventors who
secured patents were the following:
Emil R. Draver, Alliance, Neb., grain
scouring machine and a sifter or chop
grader; George IL McCoy, Osceola,
Neb., combined suspenders and shoul
der braces; and Henry Obermeyer, Be
atrice, Neb, churn.
Any information relating to the law
and sale of patents may be had free
upon addressing Sues & Co., Patent So
licitors, liee Building, Omaha, Neb.
Under the general name oftRiverside
School Library, Messrs- Houghton, Mif
flin & Co. announce that they will issue
in attractive style and at moderate
prices a scries of fifty books peculiarly
suited for school libraries. These books
have been chosen largely from the first
literature which has stood the test of
the world's judgment, and yet is as
fresh and inviting today as' when first
published. The suggestions of more
than one hundred prominent educators
of this country have aided the publish
ers in their, choice.
ltatafeag-as for Fodder.
It is gratifying to see so many Amer
ican farmers putting their waste places
or spare pieces of land into rutabagas
and turnips for early fall or long win
ter feeding. They are getting the Eu
ropean idea of root crops. There the tur
nips and rutabagas are sown broadcast
as are almost all grains, and if not de
sired as roots, the foliage then is r.scd
for green food. Just imagine the results
of a twenty-acre oatpatch treated in
this way! Think of the tremendous
amount of green fodder, magnificent
fodder too, coming into full play dur
ing hot August and September. Why,
a field of rutabagas and turnips, there,
fir cattle food is worth almost as much
as the oats gathered therefrom! An
other good plan is to sow rutabaga
seed, especially the variety known as
Salzer's LaCrosse, Wis.. Mammoth Rus
sian variety, or bis Milk Globe turnip
sort, at the rate of one-half pound per
acre, into the cornfield. Just before the
last cultivation. This will give you
two good crops one of corn, the other
of roots from the same land! One ad
vantage of the rutabaga is that it can
be sown at any time of the summer for
green food, while a sowing the latter
I art of July is the best in northern
states for big, sweet. Juicy roots for
winter storage and use.
Whenever you nmke a mistake, make it
teach von t-omethintr.
We a'l expect too much he!p from
others.
Be careful where you step, and the man
wlio t'o'i'ows von will not stumble so much.
As people grow old, their ideal women
Incomes one who is a good nurse.
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Hertlcaltare, VlUcaltare aad ITerl
caltare, HE Eighth Report
of the Mississippi
Experiment Station
says:
In 1S88 the sta
tion commenced a
Eeries of experi
ments with grasses
and forage plants
with a view of de
termining: 1. What plants
will restore fertility to the soil most
rapidly, and at the same time give fair
returns in hay or pasture.
2. What plants will make the most
permanent meadows.
3. What plants will make the best
permanent pastures, especially for
winter grazing.
4. What hay producing plants are
best for temporary use.
Since the' commencement of the
work, 586 species have been grown,
many of them on soils widely different
in rharartpr Snvlnn have cen made
at different seasons and under differ
ent conditions; seeds of the more prom
ising sorts have been distributed to
planters in different parts of the state,
and special attention has been given to
the fertilizing and winter grazing val
ues of each species. When this work
was commenced, almost no hay vras
grown in the state, except what was
iiRprl hv nlantprs for home consumption.
and thousands of tons were shipped
into the state annually. The census
report for 1880 gives the yield of hay
In Mississippi as being only .83 tons
per acre, against an average yield of
1.14 per acre for the whole United
States. In 1893 the yield of hay for
this state had doubled, being then 1.66
tons per acre against an average of 1.32
tons for the whole country. In 1895 the
average yield in Mississippi had In
creased to 1.95 tons, against an aver
age of 1.06 tons for the whole of the
United States, or 84 per cent above the
average, and 114 per cent above the
average yield in the northern and cen
tral states of the Mississippi valley.
Hantlnc for Honey In Tex.
Boston Evening Transcript: We have
aad wonderful weather here for some
weeks past, cold at times, but no frost
for several weeks, and in consequence
everything is in full leaf and bloom.
We seldom have such a spring. The
flowers are in the greatest profusion
and infinite variety the hills and val
leys are dressed In a coat of many
colors. The great white heads of the
Spanish daggers look like ghosts as
they stand around on the hillsides. At
a distance the leaves of the plant are
visible among the general green, and
the flower stalk stands tall and stately
with its load of creamy bells, the whole
cluster being often four feet from the
top buds to the lower flowers, and a
foot and a half in diameter.
There Is another shrub with purple
flowers that is very much in evidence
just now; some of the bushes are cov
ered so closely with blossoms as to
leave only little places through which
the crisp green leaves show. The flow
ers are in clusters five or six inches
long, drooping from the end of each
twig, and one must see them to have
an idea of their gorgeous beauty. There
are whole hillsides of them, too, piled
one tier above another. Still another
shrub with a flower the color of peach
blossom Is the most beautiful of all.
There are several large places on the
range where cedar brakes have been
burned, and they are almost entirely
covered with these bushes, and in look
ing over the tops of them on a level it
seems like a pink wall, with the old
black cedar trunks and burnt pines
looming over them in gaunt derision.
The warm weather brings the bees
out in full force, and I am more than
ever fascinated with the little insects.
I never see one sipping at a flower or
flying along In the air but he says: "O,
no, you can't find my house; others
you may find, but mine, never." And
forthwith I take up the challenge and
never cease hunting until I find it
Though two or three years may pass I
seldom fall to do so eventually, and
you have no Idea what fascination
there is in it after one has experience.
I can usually, after seeing several bees
go home and after getting the course
laid off, run them home in a couple of
hours, unless they go more than two
miles. It seems ridiculous to any one
who does not know their ways to make
such a claim, but it can be done. To
any eye except a bee hunter's a bee in
the air is invisible. I question it many
people ever saw one flying, unless it
was in the act of alighting on a flower,
but they travel through the air as peo
ple travel on earth, and wonderful
powers of sight they must have. Be
sides that, there is no doubt in my
mind that there is an intelligent order
ing of the whole business of the hive,
and a means of communicating of one
with the others.
Sometimes I take a lot of comb with
a little honey on it, and set it on the
top of a hill, or in an open place where
I can see in all directions, and leavelt
for a day or two, until the bees are
working at it strong, and can then run
them home in a little while. When I
have leisure I stay and wait for them
to come, and encourage them by burn
ing a piece of comb every half hour
or so. If it is a warm, bright day in
winter and the comb is within two
miles of a swarm, they will come be
fore the first hour is out. The first one,
always doubling here and there, flies
in ever narrowing circules, until he
finds the exact location of the sweet
smell; he examines it from all sides,
slowly buzzing around it. and finally
alights, inserts his long, slim tongue
in a drop of honey, sets his pump to
work, and in a few minutes is as full
as he can fly. Slowly he rises, carefully
scanning the country as he gets higher,
so that he can tell the others the exact
locality of his find, probably. As he
gets still higher, he feels confidence,
and away he goes, slowly and carefully,
but directly toward home.
I generally time the first bee, and
can Judge accurately aa to distance by
that, allowing; about fifteen or twenty
minutes to a mile, going and coming.
The bee never delays an instant, ex
cept to unload and make his report, and
then is off again. If it is a reliable bee
bis first report is heeded and three bees,
or in rare cases four, are sent at once
after him, arriving at the bait a minute
after the first one comes for the second
load. Once or twice I have seen the
first bee make two or three trips alone,
as if his report had not been considered
truthful enough for others to be sent
to his aid. If the swarm to at work
elsewhere there are seldom more than
twenty sent to the new place, but if
there is no more honey to be had they
keep coming in regular detachments
until, to the experienced eye, it is like
a road to a populous town, and some
are going loaded, others are hurrying
along to have a hand in the spoil and
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seldom getting: far from the beaten
track. As one Bears the hive (tree oi
cave, as it may be) the coming and go
ing becomes incessant, some high in
the air and others close to the ground,
but all busy and eager to be doing their
share. And to think that to most eyes
all this is invisible! In all the men
I have had .here probably 100 Mexi
cans in the last three winters born
woodsmen as they are, and true sons of
nature, only one can see a "bee in the
air; another is learning the craft a
little with my help. Truly, one may
have eyes and see not!
Lima Bmm.
Prof. L. H. Bailey, of Cornell Univer
sity, writes on lima beans as follows:
The lima beans are natives of warm
countries. The large flat limas are per
ennials, or at least plur-annuals, in
'their native countries. They therefore
require a long season, and one who ex
pects to grow them in the north should
endeavor in every way to shorten the
period of growth. This may be done, in
the first place, by planting the earlier
varieties; and, in -the second place, by
exercising great care in the selection
of soil and in giving particular atten
tion to cultivation. Light and so-called
"quick" soils are best Soils which are
naturally sandy and loose, but which
hare been enriched in previous years
by the addition of manure, are excellent
for lima beans, especially if they have
a warm exposure. The soil should also
be dry. Coarse, raw manure should be
avoided on lima beans, because it tends
to make too rank and too late growth.
If any fertilizer is applied the year in
which the beans are planted, it should
be such as will become available very
quickly and therefore tend to hasten
the maturity of the crop. We prefer,
therefore, to use some of the concen
trated fertilizers, especially those
which are rich in potash and phosphoric
acid, and avoid those which contain
very much nitrogen. If nitrogenous fer
tilizers are used at all, they should be
applied in comparatively small amount
and be of such kind that they will give
up their fertility early In the season.
If ordinary stable manure is used, it
should be applied in the fall in order
that it may become thoroughly incor
porated with the soil and be ready for
use at the earliest moment in the
spring.
Our lima beans were planted in 1895,
on the 31st day of May. They might
have been planted a few days earlier,
no doubt, with perfect safety. If one
desires to get his beans ahead very
early he can plant them in a forcing
house or cold-frame in pots or on in
verted sods, or in refuse berry boxes,
about two weeks in advance of the time
they are to be set out of doors. From
these receptacles they can be trans
ferred easily to the ground. One of our
constituents says that he always
greases his lima beans thoroughly with
lard when he plants them, and Is there
by able to plant his crop a week or ten
days ahead of the usual time, because
Hie greaEe preserves the beans from rot
ting. We have not tried this method
and do not know what value it has. It
is an easy matter to transplant lima
beans, even when they are not grown
in pots or boxes, if the ground is moist
when they are taken up so that a large
lump of earth adheres to the roots and
if the weather is somewhat humid fol
lowing the transfer. But, in spite of all
that can be done, nearly every variety
of the large lima beans will fail to ma
ture its full crop in the north before
frost If half the pods which the vines
have set should mature before frost
comes, the grower may feel that he has
been very successful. The green pods
which remain at frost time, if the beans
are partially grown, can be picked, the
beans shelled out and dried, and these
can be used In the winter time to as
good advantage as If they were thor
oughly ripe. If these dried beans are
soaked in water for some time before
they are cooked, they are scarcely in
ferior to green beans directly from the
vine.
Cost or Kalalng Corn In Kansas.
Kansas is certainly a great corn state.
Statistics show that the average an
nual yield for all the thirty-four years,
bad seasons and good, since 1861, has
been twenty-sevea bushels per acre for
the entire state, ranging in different
years from nine to forty-eight and four
fifths bushels. The product for twenty
five years ending with 1895 has had an
annual home value averaging more
than $31,000,000, and a total value In
that time exceeding $776,000,000.
Secretary Coburn in the March quar
terly report of the State Board of Ag
riculture, presents a detailed showing
from sixty-eight long-time extensive
growers, In forty-five counties which
last year produced 140,000,000 bushels,
giving from their experience "on such
a basis as others can safely accept"
each principal item of cost in growing
and cribbing an acre of corn, esti
mating the yield at forty bushels.
About two-thirds of those reporting
prefer planting with listers, and the
others use the better known check-row
method, after the land has been plowed
and harrowed.
The statements of all the growers
summed up, averaged and itemized,
show as follows:
COST OF RAISING AN ACRE OF
CORN.
Seed $ 0.07
Planting (with lister, or with
check-row planter, including
cost of previous plowing and
harrowing) 77
Cultivating I.o3
Husking and putting in crib. . . 1.18
Wear and tear and interest on
cost of tools 25
Rent of land (or interest on its
Total cost $ 5.71
Cost per bushel 1414
Average value of corn land per
acre 29.25
C. D. Coburn.
Grain Growing in Colorado. In the
annual report of the agricultural college
at Fort Collins, Colo., the statement is
made that the agricultural department
is paying more and more at
tention to stock-growing, believ
ing that the day has passed
when grain can be grown profitably in
that state Grains grown on the col
lege farm have been a success, but
it is remembered that the same con
ditions do not prevail all over the state.
Well-Prepared Ground. The true
rule is to sow no more ground than can
be thoroughly prepared; but where the
soil is not too compact, and is free from
weed growth, plowing may sometimes
be dispensed with and the upper crust
be put in good shape to receive oats
by careful harrowing. Thus it may be
under way before the pressing spring
work begins. Ex.
Soil for Pears. It is generally un
derstood that pears need a very rich
soil. Yet it is an unsettled question
whether the soil should be enriched
after -the pears have begun to grow.
The controversy is as perennial as the
pear tree itself. Some growers will
not cultivate or manure their pear or
chards fearing the blight, while others
do both.
The dirtiest' and most unhealthful
city in the world is Amoy. China.
About the year 18M the United States
government nndertook the lavestlga
Uon of fowl cholera. In the report of
the commissioner of agriculture, D. E.
Salmon, for that year is given a par
tial report of the result of the experi
ments. A part of this is aa follows:
"It has long been evident that an. ex
ceedingly fatal contagious disease of
fowls has become distributed over the
whole country, and that It causes enor
mous annual losses. This disease is
popularly known as chicken cholera.
A. similar. If not identical, malady
causes extensive losses among the poul
try of Europe. In France this to also
called cholera (cholera ' des ponies).
Some investigations of its nature were
made some years ago by M. Reynal, and
quite recently it has been carefully
studied by MM. Toussaint and Pasteur.
As' long ago as December, 1879, 1 com
menced investigation of the epizootic
diseases from which fowls were dying.
At first I was unforunate in fixing my
attention on enzootic diseases evident
ly due to local causes. Of three separate
outbreaks thus investigated not one
proved to be the result of inoculable
diseases, and it was not till July, 1880,
that I succeeded in obtaining virus of
what is undoubtedly the true chicken
cholera, by which so many fowls are
swept away. This disease existed at
the house of Mr. R. M. Miller, who in
formed me that he bad lost on his farm
nearly five hundred chickens from it
during the year. At the time of my
visit his Plymouth Rocks, which. he
kept at his house in the city, were suf
fering. I at once inoculated two spring
chickens with excrement from living
sick birds, and with blood, bile and
pieces of liver from the dead ones.
After five days they were still perfect
ly well. The French investigators hav
ing determined that death occurs with
in three or four days after inoculation,
and most frequently within twenty-four
hours, I had nearly concluded that our
chicken cholera was not an inoculable
disease, but in order to be absolutely
certain I requested Mr. Miller to allow
me to bring a hen in the first stages
of the diseases to my own farm, more
than one hundred miles away, and on
which no contagious disease had ever
existed. This he consented to do, and it
was with virus obtained from this bird
that my experiments were made. The
disease proved to be inoculable, and the
period of incubation so much longer
than with infection as it exists in
France as to explain why the chickens
inoculated at Charlotte did not sicken.
I have not learned if they contracted
the disease later, as I was unable to
bring them with me."
Here follows the relation In detail
of the various experiments In which
about ninety-five fowls were inoculated.
He found that the disease required a
much longer time for incubation than
in Europe, varying from six days to two
weeks. It was also found that germs
were not carried by air, but that the
usual way in which farm fowls are in
oculated is by means of the excrement
and food. The hens that recovered from
the disease seemed to be proof against
subsequent attacks. He also finds that
some birds will not take the disease
at all, and from his experiments draws
the conclusions that if one hundred
birds are inoculated seventy-five would
die, seven would take the disease and
recover and eighteen would resist the
disease altogether. This ratio is not
fixed, since some of the groups of fowls
showed a greater number of susceptible
birds than other groups, and this dif
ference was evidently due to the man
ner in which they had been previously
handled by their owners. What these
differences were is not known. In cold
weather the fowls are more susceptible
to the disease than at other times. We
again quote the commissioner:
"It is demonstrated by these experi
ments that we have in the United States
a contagious and inoculable disease of
fowls, popularly known as chicken chol
era; that this disease is characteried
by a yellow or even greenish colora
tion of that part of the excrement that
is separated from the blood by the kid
neys: by elevation of temperature, en
largement and softening of the liver,
congestion or inflammation of the Intes
tines and mesentary; by diarrhea,
sleepiness, drooping, and early death.
The germs of this disease are probably
spread through the excrement, and are
taken into the body through the food
and drink, and seldom if ever by the
inspired air. Unclean habitations con
vey the disease nine days at least after
the last case of sickness. Sometimes
the bird dies within twenty-four hours
after the first yellow coloration of the
urates and when but one or two liquid
dejections have occurred. In other
cases life is prolonged three, four or
five days, and occasionally for even two
weeks. The crop is generally distended
with food and loses the ability to force
this onward to be digested. In most
cases the birds are very thirsty
throughout the whole duration of the
disease. Sometimes, however, the
thirst is not more than normal, and in
a few cases the birds scarcely drink at
all. Farmers' Review.
Trees and Soils. There seems to be
a sure index to the character of the
soil in the manner of the growth of
trees. It will be noticed that on a hard
clay soil the trees are of slow growth.
Irregular, and extremely uneven in
branches. Each year's growth, is very
small. Frequently even the leaves are
dwarfed. Yet in time trees on such
soil attain an immense development.
We instance scrub oak. The develop
ment of its branches seems to keep pace
with the development of the roots in
the soil. Where the soil is rich and soft
the roots force their way easilyrand the
growth of the tree above the ground is
smooth and rapid. The limbs are long
between joints and everything bespeaks
a luxuriant existence.
Texas Cotton for Japan. Part of the
cargo which is going on board the
steamer Victoria at Tacoma, says the
Philadelphia Record, is over 1,000 bales
of Texas cotton, which has been carried
by the roundabout way of St Paul over
the Northern Pacific railroad to be de
livered to purchasers in Japan. There
is no doubt of a large increase in these
rail deliveries of cotton intended for
China and Japan, to be manufactured
in new cotton mills established in those
countries, the product of which will
displace Indian and British goods. .
The Chinch Bug. The chinch bug
extends over the most of the United
States east of the Rocky mountains. It
is double brooded, the Insect passing
the winter in the adult stage, very
largely at least, and depositing eggs
for the first brood of young during May
and June, these young becoming full
grown and depositing eggs in July and
August, according to locality, and the
young from these eggs developing and
passing the winter. Ohio Station Bul
letin. The affection of an Indiana woman
for her husband caused her to' fuss over
him to such a degree that he wants a
divorce frcm her.
A little butter smeared upon a bruise
on a child's brow will prevent its black
ening, and is a remedy always at hand.
ON TO OMAHA.
GATE CITT THE MECCA OF
ALL LOVSRS OF HIGH
GRADE SPEED
EYENTS:
$21,800 IN PURSES.
JUNE 9-JO-11 -12 -13 THE
DATES.
The coming June meeting of the
Omaha Fair and Speed association is attracting-
the attention of admirers of
the high-class light harness horse in
all portions of the west, as both the
large purses offered, and the superiority
of the track has proven a magnet of
sufficient force to bring to the Gate
city the largest string of representative
trotters ana pacers ever seen west of
Chicago.
In view of the hard times owners
and trainers have been very conserva
tive in making entries, thus assuring
the fact that the majority of those en
tered will be starters, and by looking
over the record of the class races out
side of the 2:35 and 3:00 classes, it will
be found that the fields are very equal
ly matched and that the character of
horses insures spirited contests in each
and every race.
As to the slower classes there are
horses without records which have al
ready shown ability to trot or pace be
low 2:12.
Special attention will be given by
the management to get horses on the
track without delay during- races, thus
eliminating the unpleasant delay usual
ly attending speed events.
Tuesday, June 9, will be made one of
the pala days of the meeting, and will
be designated as Omaha day. All of
the more prominent business houses
have agreed to close from 12 noon to 6
p. m. Any firms desiring to recognize
and assist the efforts of the association
toward the bettering of the local con
dition, can by addressing- the secretary,
secure cards announcing their atten
tion of closing-. Wednesday, June 10,
will be South Omaha day; Thursday,
June 11, Council Bluffs day, and Fri
day, June 12, Nebraska day.
Rhubarb and Orange Jam.
As soon as rhubarb is a little lower
in price and before oranges are gone,
every housewife who is fond of cither
fruit should make a few pots of the
delicious jam that combines them both.
Wipe the rhubarb until clean and dry,
and cut it into line pieces without
peeling. Peel, half a dozen oranges
cut away all the white underskin, take
out the seeds, and divide the oranges
into quartern. Open each carpel that
holds the pulp and take that out be
in? careful to save all the juice. Put
the rhubarb, orange pulp and juice
with a pound and a half of granulated
sugar, stir until the sugar is melted,
then cook slowly until a tine mass.
When it begins to thicken cool a little
in a saucer. Put away in tumblers
and cover with waxed or oiled paper.
A very good jam of the rhubarb is also
made without the oranges. Use one
pound of sugar to each pound of the
fruit, and flavor each pound with the
grated yellow rind of half a larpe
lcinon. Stir and skim frequently while
cooking. New York Post
ITaU'a Catarrh Care
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c,
The Soil Is Acid.
"You may say what you like about
your chemical fertilizers, whenever I
use stable manure or wood ashes I al
ways gel better results than I do with
the chemicals alone!" That is a state
ment often made by good farmers who
are unable to ex'plain it. But Rural
New Yorker comes to the rescue with
the following: "The soil is acid. The
manure is alkaline, ami the ashes con
tain lime. This 'sweetens' the soil and
enables the plants to thrive. The fer
tilizers are acid and cannot be used to
advantage until the sourness is neutral
ized. We believe that this will explain
ninny apparent failures with fertilizers
on well drained soil that no one &us
pected of sourness."
The fact that the Republican Con
vention is to be held in St Louis in
June directs special attention to tiiat
city and will make particularly timely
the article on the city government of
.St. Louis which Dr. Albert Shaw, the
author of "Municipal Government in
(ireat Uritain," etc., lias contributed to
the June Century. It is one of several
articles which Dr. Shaw is writinjr for
this mazazine on the government of
American cities. The fenme number
will contain an article by Joseph It.
Bishop on "Humor and Pathos of Pres
idential Conventions."
Perils of a Great City.
We are thankful every day that we
live in the country. W-j have Ion?
waited to visit New York, but we are
afraid to. A man from Iowa, a harness
maker of good reputation, went to
New York lately to see the sights. In
buyinsr a piece of ping chewing to
bacco he carelessly showed a S5 bill.
A strange woman who saw the bill
immediately fell on his neck and said:
"Oh, Wiliiam, William, why did yon
desert me?"
The harness maker from Iowa had
never seen the woman before, but she
had him arrested, saying she was mar
ried to him in 1809. He was finally
compelled to give her the S5 bill to get
rid of her. Atchison Globe.
Eye Itarelr Equal la Power.
You are either Ipf'.nvaH - ui..
---. j v, tig life-
eyed, unless you are the one person out
of every fifteen who has eyes of equal
strengtii. You also belong to the
small minority of one out of everr ten
persons if your left is stronger "than
3'our right. As a rule, just as people
are right-handed, they are right-eved.
This is probably due to the generally
preateruscof the organs of the right
side of the body, as for examole, a pun
ner, nsing his right arm and" shoulder,
uses his right eye, thereby strengthen
ing with the exercise. Old sea cap
tains, after long use of the telescope,
find their right eye much stronger than
the left. This law is confirmed with
the experience of aurists. If a person
who has ears of equal hearing power
has cause to use one ear more than the
other for a long period, the ear brought
into requisition is found to be much
strengthened, andthe ear which is not
used loses its hearing in a correspond
ing degree Scientific American.
SeUlor. Down East Farui.
We heard the other day of a quaint
old Jackson fellow who bad a rock-ribbed,
pond-bordered farm to sell, with
the farm buildings perched on the pin
nacle of a windy hill. A would-be
purchaser came along one sultry day of
last summer and baited his horse for
an hour under the dooryard trees.
"This is a fine, cold, breezy place on a
hot July day," remarked the farmer to
his guest "But how is it in winter?"
"Ob. jist the same, jist the same," was
the bland and circumspect reply. "But
it seems to me," went on the stranger,
stretching out his hand toward the bar
ren ledges, "seems to me the feed must
be mighty short over there in a dry
time." "Why," explained the farmer,
"of course, when it's wet there's feed
enough; and it's dry why, the lower
the water in the pond the bigger the
pastur." He sold his farm. Lewiston
Evening Journal.
The pyramid of Cheops Is S43 feet
but about thirty feet of the former tip
was ages ago removed.
Ths Season's Gloves.
With evening gowns the suedeglov.es
are worn. They come in all the deli
cate shades and match the costume !
color, or form a pretty contrast. As to
length, they are marvels. A novelty
for holding them in place is the new
glove fastener. It is a tiny jeweled
butterfly, concealing a convenient little
clasp, which is attached to the glove.
From this is a ribbon, the same shade
as the glove, arranged that it may -be
sewed to the sleeve and thus hold the
glove securely in place.
Gloves for calling are in glace kid,
and are given a distinguished air by an
embroidery in silver or gold. Pearl
gray gloves have silver stitching and
silver buttons, and canary colored
gloves are embroidered with gold
threads.
liegeman's Vm master r wit h GlrrerlMe.
Cures Ciupuml Hands and Favr.Temli-r or Sore Kvvt,
CbilbUlus.l'Uv. c. C.U. Clark Co .New llaten.Ct,
We often wish we had nothing to do but
to attend to the things wo ought to do, but
neglect. "
It tho Itahy Is Cattlne Teeta.
Sesnre and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mas.
Wusiow's SoontMo Strvt for ChlMrea Tsctala
God made some laws to show how much
he hates idleness.
ITS UFitstopie.lfrr'l.rnr.Klle,Ore9t
Kere (eMorrr. N.KitiaftTtii'inrtiu"jiiiM.
Marivloust-uri. Tr-ati!caiilS2tr&:ItoitWr-t t
k li caci. bi tiU to ir. Kltiu ,'Jol Arvn M.,l'ltlo., I,
It is a sign of ae for a women to rave
at out the good looks of a boy.
Piso's Cure lor Consuui) tion lias been a
Godsend to me. Wm. B. McC.'ollan, Ches
ter, Florida. Sept. 17, lS'JTi.
The word is funny enough, without any
professional huinori-ts.
AH .4liont Western Farm Lands.
Tho "Corn Belt" is the name of an
illustrated monthly newspaper pub
lished by the Chicago, Burlington &
tjuincy K. It. 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, -OH
Adams St., Chicago, and the paper will
be sent to your address for one year.
'J ho set ret of rroongins life is not tu
aLritigo it.
Summer Excursion Via. the Wabash K. tt.
it. Louis June l."th to 1 otb.
St. Louis Jn'.v 2.VI.
W ahin2to 'jxiiy I'd to (3th.
KufTn'o Ju!y otb and t'th.
o-.v on mi e. Summer Tourist Tickets t
all siinuner reports Rood returning unti
Oit. ;!8t. Tlios. Cook & " Sons srecia
lours of Europo. For rates, itineries, sai
in of ten mors and ful information re
Kriliu? summer vacation tours via. rail 01
water rail at the Wa'-ash Ticket Office. No
4Ti Fnrnnin St.", (l'aton Hotel Elock). o
vrit? G. 3f. Clayton, N. W. P. A., Omaha
Nel r. "
If a roikemnn does not preserve orJc
he gets into a ickle.
A Summer ICrsnrt ltonk Free.
Write to C S. Crane, general passer.
?er r.ncl ticket agent Wabash liailroatl
M. Louis, Mo., for a summer resor
1 oolc, telling all about the bcautifu
lake region reached by tho Wabas1
Kailrond.
The son? of tho soul always should 1
one o" 1 raise, no matter how things loo'.s
Irricatrd Land Kxcursions.
Lvcry ReeV.chcMpliome-.yourown terms
ti re t op-, jtdo I markets. Join one of u
iiiitriivi loi new hoiie Duililinz. now town,
( 1 Do-hies, opening. Illustrated adver-
lUuitt matter free. I'oi.okaimi Colony n ,
03 .-.c York Life Kirldlnjr. Omaha, Xebr.
Kverv wi'e shou'd try to f;ct her husband
out of the lodge hal.it.
f I in vested in our Investment system
pays ") per day: ?." pays t..hj per day
Mir plan i pl.iin and practical. Address
.'01 particulars.
Chandler .t Co.,
Kosota Mock, Minneapolis, Minn.
Jlost troules wil run
them squaro'y in the fn'.e.
when wo look
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness arc not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the svstcm, which the pleasant
family laxative. Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who'value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
origins on which it acts. It is therefore
alfimportant, in order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that ycu have the genuine arti
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the svstcm is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
Findings
"The best, of course,"you
tell your dressmaker,
and trust to her
using the
V&
fifc
BIAS
VELVETEEN
SKIRT BINDING
Why don't you tell her to use it or,
better still, buy it yourself?
If yor dealer will not supply you wc
wltt.
Samples showing labels and materials mailed free,
"home Dressmakinr. ' a new Doc by Miss
Emma M. Hooper, cf the Ladies' Heme Journal,
teilinr how to ut on B!a3 Velveteea Skirt Uind
ines sent for 25c , postage paid.
5. H. a. M. Co.. P. O. B 699, N. V. City.
OPIUM
liable Cured. Eft. in 1E7I. TIiii.Mn-Ii
trwt fhaVltUMt atts4 Kaaf ava rDfiilKt
Slate ca. Eb. Mjrsii. Qniniijr, Midi.
$21,800 in Purses.
OMAHA RACES
JUNE 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th.
One Fare for Round Trip West of the Missouri River. One and One
" Third Rate for Round Trip East of the Missouri River.
ES73niaBI1iHRRYlaaVTTaaMaaaTaM
Tuesday, June 9, "Omaha' Day. 2:od Pace, 2:23 Thursday, June 1 1, "Council Bluffs" Day. 2: is ,
Trot, 3:00 Pace. Pao 2:33 Trot. 3-jear-old Pace.
Wednesday, June 10, "South Omaha" Day.- Friday, June 122: is Trot, 2:19 Pace, 3:00 Trot-
2:10 Trot, 2:23 Pace, 3-vear-oid Trot. Saturday, June 13.-2:12 Pace, 2:23 Trot, 2:35. Pace,
THE GREATEST
At a recent meeting of the Newark,
N. J., board of health, the bacteriolo
gist. Dr. Richard M. Connelly, reported
that since the making of antitoxin was
begun 1,200 vials of the serum had been
produced. The serum was used in 660
cases out of a total of 939 cases of diph
theria reported since July, 1895. la
the 660 cases treated with antitoxin
there were eighty-five deaths. Of the
333 patients treated in the old way 138
died. Dr. llcrold, in his annual re
port, said that antitoxin had proved a
great life saver in the hands of physi
cians. Medical Record.
When the Su aimer Brrez
Blows through tho trees, most of us whocan
cts off for a lountry jiuint. Fewer cross the
Atlantic. Whether It Is lius-lness or pleasure
calls one from home, lIo,tetters Stomach
I itters is tho bet accompanianient of a
voyajre r an nutlng. Yachtsmen, sea can
tains commercial travelers and emigrants
concur in this opinion. The Bitters is unri
valled for bullous, malaria, dspeptic or
liver ilisonler.
Doing pood will ray Letter in the end
than digging gold.
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0 Why buy a newspaper unless you
jj can profit by the expense? For 5
m cents you can get almost as much
m other high grade
Here's news that
the cost oi your newspaper to-day. m
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acts
maintained in Columbia Bicycles could secure such
indorsement as comes unsought to Columbias. c
If you are able to pay $100
content with any
POPE MFG. CO., Makers, Hartford, Conn.
Branch Stores and Agencies ia almost every city and town. If Columbias
properly represented in your vicinity let ua know.
Ifoiisniss.CfinstiTKttinn. I.ivtr anil Kiilny
kTTcIt.tra.rrt Wood of Priirurhsir Iowa,
aw v-f.lr.lv ..ml wrr fiumrnfelv trnrrarri in
have taken Dr.Kay'.s Innovator and it has
.-i..-.m- 1 wnc., luiii n(T in3Lf!Vf.rviniD2r
lost anythir;.'. I am s-cventy one yearn
CfioI it has ilono mo. It rcnova:cs anu
's
nnrfchrs the Mood eivlns new life and vfeor
fcNERVE TONIC hnown. Very pleasant
ccntratetl Otrucis. in laniel lorni anu i;ii
dies have. Sold hvlrtu:Kist3orM.nt Dymauon receiptor pnce:c. ana i. SEND
btamd COD epec caupLE AMD OUB IQOKELT It treats nearlTalTiliSH
ea";C3 Slnil ilsS IllCuy vjiUuJV rutciiJia- !
m . 4 -- --..l-.-. .. .-r.-n-..4nr 1!nn
other.
A'lclrcw oi:r Western umce. ur. n.
ONE FADE FOR BOUND IBIP
10
MEETING EVER HELD
ADMISSION
"Pretty
Pill"
says
Pretty
Poll
aHaS
She's just "poll parroting."
There.' no prcttincss in pills,
except on the theory of "prettv
is that pretty does'." In that
case she's right.
Ayer's Pills
do cure biliousness, constipation,
and allvltver troubles.
111
r.
brands for 10 cents nl
will repay you for M
Popularity docs not come without
cause. Nothing but the stand
ard quality that is invariably
EVERYBODY'S Wieii The New York Jour-
rUAirP lia' n"crcI ,',c choice of tli-
tilUltC - ,en e, jing u,.,!. 0f bicyces
recently to th ten winners of a p'tssJOi: contest, every
cne cf the ten selected Columbias. And The Journal
bought ten Columbias at $100 each.
TI FFAN YS When Tiffany fc Co., the famous jew
CXlfWC'T clers, !rvrcl to mate sn experiment
" " with elaborate decoration of licycles,
they of course first selected a Columbia and paid $100
for it. They I ave decorated ether bicycles lin'.c, but Col
umbia was first choice.
When the United States Government recently asked for
proposals for furnbhin; five bicycles, it received bids from
other makers of from $50 to
CHOSEN by the tcs and our i..i of $100
GOVERNMENT fr'CrfumlstWr in-
amblc ni:c. And the ex
perts selected Columbias, as in their opirion Columbia
were worth every dollar of the price asked.
for a Bicycle, will you be
but a Columbia ?
' not
UIM
ClIARAMTEED lor tlio v.orst cases or uysiiciNia,
is
ii.i,a.s.rfrvousncs. Jlvutlacnc etc.
who formally livctl nearly I'ortf ami 'A hH
northern iowa writ'-.s on March 0th ".". 'I
cured mo of tly.sjtepsia or about ten yea.-
laisoureu ihi in:, niuiuacu. jii.iu niw i:.ui
olil ana i snail recommena 11 ioo:aers iora
innroraics mc wmuc sysieiu anu purines auui
Renovator
to the whole hotly. It f.t the VERY BESTI
and easy to take, it.sni.n.e from pure con-i
z 10 limes ine uubuh mat ii.ii.iuu runi-a
xvc ii uiiu?'.i nc.. uuiau uunjct au-
V ll -?& earn r km a. i?ft-fr-r-. n,Td1 m-rr,nmt
j. rvav .Mea1c.11 .o.. umana. icd.
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