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rrar ' a ! " I 8: ti & 1 I. ' H I : i . , HF - (jo E A GLIMPSE OF BROWNING. Air of Boorecolt Dignity aad Fleataat Ronhomln. I never saw Robert Browning in his cwn home but I know well from several of his worshipers who wero familiar with his house in Warwick Crescent and later with the hmjse in De Vero Gardene that he was sometimes the vic tim of an almost indiscreet enthusiasm, says Scribner's. The members of Urowning societies besieged him; ladies brought offerings of flowers; moun tains of cards were heaped upon his table and he had so much to do in answering the letters which accumu lated that he had scarcely time to write a line for himself. I am glad, after all. to have met him outside tie circle of adulation and in a very different sur rounding, at Xeuilly, in the pretty sub urb of Paris, where his friend Milsand lived. As I entered the parlor of Mme. Tdilsand one day t saw, comfortably seated near the fireplace, a square, eolidly built man with white hair and beard, dressed in rough gray cloth and wearing an air of bourgeois dignity and pleasant bonhomie which betrayed nothing to me at urst sight of the au thor of the "Ring ana the Book." Whe we were introduced to each other my heart leaped and it is useless to add that my imagination helped me to re cognize immediately the signs of genius in the broad forehead and penetrating eyes under the heavy brows. But what leally impressed me in Browning's look and in his talk was kindness simple, open and buoyant kindness. All tht chords of sympathy vibrated in his clrong voice. What touched me mora than anything was the relation between the two friends and the deference o! the greater man toward one whose moral energy he so much respected. lucreane of Japanese Commerce. An Indian journal sas that the fig ures of foer exports modestly offered by Japan in 1885, and again ten years later, speak "with a voice that drowns all sneers at the output of a people who wear grass clothing and use paper handkerchiefs. Her total exports and imports for 3885 came to 177,300,000. In 1S9.T they reached $296,000,000. Tho increase, $218,700,000, is about three fold in the ten years. The contrast offered by some of the figures for ex ports alone is almost dramatic. Tex tiles rose from $511,900 to $22,177,620; matting from 35 to $3,461,309. In ten years the export of cotton um brellas was multiplied by 410, and the total value of the "SaLsunia" and Kaga xascs and other cheap curios went up from o'er two million to over eleven million doliars. The secret of Japan's enormous strides in textiles has been that the great proportion of the work is domestic Last year's returns show over 1,000,000 w ravers, among the peo ple, a large proportion of whom aro women, who work at home at what is their traditionally natural occupation. The employment of children has hitherto been winked at, and the little ones are taken from school to earn two sen a day at rug and mat making. Cross Outrages Upon tho stomach and liowels arc peruo tratcd by multitudes of Injudicious iveojiln who. upon K.,ri'iiciiijj tin annoyance of constipation in a. ?li;:!il dearie, inliltralo tln'ir lioucls uitli l!viii-!iiiiev:i'uaiit, which oufcelilf the intestinal iiieiiiliranu to a sori niisct'iit, sometimes, eien, superinducing !seiitery or piles. Hosteller's Momach Hit lers art the true Mirccdanciirn for these nos trums, since it is at once invigorating, gentle anil effectual. It also luuishcs dyspepsia, malarial complaints, rliuumatibtn and kidney troubles. A Small Coal Mine. The smallest coal mine in the world is in the southern province of New Zealand, where, according to the re ports of the inspectors of mines for tho colony, the Murray creek colliery is worked by one man, T. Bolitho, a Chi naman, who owns, manages and works this small, but to him valuable, coal mine. There is another small colliery in the same province worked by one man with the assistance of a donkey. The next fimallest colliery is in Eng land, in the village of Nelson, in Lan cashire. It is situated near the Col liers' Arms, and affords employment for two miners, father and son, who combine in themselves the positions of ptoprietors, managers, miners and haulers of the undertaking. They have the assistance of a donkey, and all the output of the mine is sold to the house holders who live in the village or its immediate vicinity. There la a Class r I'enplo Who are Injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation caljed GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it with out distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over ns much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. Xet That Kind of Exit. Sinbed Well, there's one thing we're all got to make up our minds to we've all got to drop out of life sooner or later. Keener Oh, I den't know about that. You may hae inherited that btyle of leaving tho world but most of us strive to avoid tho drop if we can. Boston C jurier. FITS remanent! Cured. NofiUornprvoiMi-3attei rtrsl tlJ . uk of Dr. Kline's .rc.U Nero Kcstore-. ;rad,X P.KEE $'-. trial bottle and trestite. Oil. It. II. Ruse LtU-y3l Arch Su Philadelphia, Ta. Not to lie Cheated. Dealer "I'll sell you that wheel for $50. It weighs twenty-two nound" Rube Scuddex (from Cearfosi Cross roads) "Why, my boy Ab bought one for $25 t'other day that weighed ninety pounds. You can't soak me, by gum'" Judge. TMacate Toor Bowels With Cascarcta, Candy Cathartic, cure constipation foreier. 10c If O. c. C. fail, druggists refund money. An Hoaeat Girt. "The butcher offered me his hand this morning." said the hired girl. "Indeed?" "Yes'm. He tried to sell it to me with the steak, but I made him take it off the scales." Cincinnati Enquirer. 100 Doses in a Is peculiar to and true EsvAa -only of Hood's Sarsapa- BOTH 6 rilla, and is proof of its superior strength and economy. There is more curative power in a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla than in any other. This fact, with its unequalled record of cures, proves the best medicine for all blood diseases is H A9 Sarsa- Mil 9 parilla The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists, f L HjutjIV Dtl Cl,re l-'ver '"s? easy to flOOu S KIIIS take, easy to operate. :c R ENSIONS, PATENTS. CLAIMS. JOHNWf. MORRIS, MSMKTW. 0. a late rriadaal Fiaailarr n ' a. ..n... nZ.T av ia la wa ISadjodiaaof dalms. att r. uac rnrr IP.. n7 duress, my book, mvixe Llflib tall information about a never failing. I I ILL. "a,'-anlpennnenthonwcTirfortlie " Will, OKraiSE. COTA1SE. WHlstfcY an 1 foBao aiam. dr. .?. c Hoffman, -to Van Barea Street. Chicago, Ilia. PATCIITJiiCtB.I-0-e fee tiltVst.. MERCER AT THE HELM CHOSEN CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE. THi Ed It. Sizer Secretary, and It. ft. Schnei der Treasurer Lincoln Secures the State Headquarter Organiza tion Highly Satisfactory to Republicans of tbe State. State Centra! Committee Meeting. The republican state central commit tee met at Lincoln and perfected r tranizntion by electing Congressman David Mercer chairman. II. II. Si?er ecr !:u and II. I!. Schneider trvasur- Tlit imittec us ide t!n- seloc- lions and ratified thorn with an enthu siastic demonstration at the close. Headquarters we-v relocated in Lin coln with soanvly a d; -.sMsting voice. The meeting was hob! :: "!,e commit tee headquarters in the Lindell hotel and the nltcndatitv wa-. large, there being J nit four of the thirty-four roin- initteeinn absent. I wo committee men weie represented by provy I'he ! absentees were 11. ard. 11. !'. flarv ('. i:-iird of Kurcli- .v tiiai p-osperny is impi.ssM.ie n rf i:i-iir .lolm l i dor the gold standard. Itoth in their HressJer of Wavue and K. K. Mairgrove .- "' " . i of Sutton. Henry Kagat tf Cohiinbus sent in his iosiirn.it ion and ioincd in a petition for the appointment of. I. Day ton if Stii-i-s of Oihii'.lcis to (ill tho place. Mr. St ires was oleetod F. H. ! Young of t'tisler held the prow of I. I M. Kublivof the same co.intv and L. .1. Simmons of South Omaha repre- scnto'l A. II. K'ellev of that place wiio ' could not come. All other ofliccis and ' members were present. At an informal meeting held yester day morning the eommittee decided to tender the eh:iriniiiship to Congress man David IJ. Mercer of Omaha A re ply from Mr. Meicer was awaited. When the committee reassembled Congressman .Mercer entered tho room " . ' - I and was given an ovation. Ho accepted the trust and spohe briefly. He had been uotilied that he was drafted. While it was iiu oiivenieiit for him to .iccept the place at this time, it was the duty 'f republicans to go where duty called. He expressed the belief that the nartv would win this fall. It ir.inU ii.,f i .....i;. .-..-,- ,.-.. ...;, m m ' Nebraska now occupies a pi omineiit , price of corn, beef, cattle, pork, hogs, position in national politics, bat he I sheep, horses, and pretty much o very thought the point in pio-peritv anil j thing that the farmer raises is a source progiess had arrived and the "state if no pleasure to Mr I Sryan because would be redeemed. He said there silver bullion, in which the farmers wero thousands of republicans Who i are so deeply interested, hasn't risen were misled last fall, but now he 1m- ' hiteh in price. Iteved thev would go to the polls audi As for wages, when tho unemployed ajram taue their places in the rnnus. As to the camn.-iiirii he ihoiifrbt lieiiole were too bir . ... , 1-.-- r - i i i isv attending to their in siiiess and their crops to j mcreascil luisinoss ami their crop make much fns-.. but thev would cer tainly ponder over the good times and remember that such times come only under republican administrations. Mr. Mercer attached very little importance to the part played by a chairman so long as the chairman had a good com mittee and a good working force be hind him. Ho did not claim to be a great organizer, hut when campaign ing for himself ho had tiicd nut to let J anvtlimg get awav trom him. lie lie- lievod a chairman should devote his entire time to tho work and oiighl to receive a salary. j Kd. II. Nior of Lincoln deputy dis trict clerk, was nominated for score- i tary. The nomination was seconded . by half a doen. including Tom Majors ' and others. Congiossinnii .1 It. Siode . intimated that Mr. Sier might nol be able to leave his business to take the' place. lie thought Mr. Si.er the best man in tho stale for the place. The I 'lection was made unahlmous ami Mr. 1 Si.er s-nt for. II. 1!. Schneider of Fremont was reelected treasurer bv reclamation. John L. Mci'heelcy of Mindeu brought up the matter of state head . quarters ny moving max. me proposi tion of the Lindoll hotel be accepted. D. II. Wheeler as an amendment moved that the matter of headquarters and the location be left with the executive committee with power to act. Oeorgi W. Low ly of Seward moved as a sub- stituto that headquarters be located in Lincoln. The subsiii-ile carried with but one dissen'ing voice. 'I'he propo sition of the Lindell hoVl was then accepted after some amendment. At this instant Congjessinan Strode and oth.i rs uh had been delegated to bring in IM S.er returned with the ob ject of tin ir sc;iich. Mr. Sixer made no less impression than did oiigrcssman Mercer. Ho accepted the secretary ship ami made one of the strongest speeches ever made before the commit- tee. He -aid dutv called idsow here. , but ho proposed to do what he could to assist the p.srtv. He was willing to do all in his p.iu. r to assist the chairman of the committee and if the fight were lost it would not be for lack of work t on their nart. All lis ever poss-ssed he said he made in Nebraska. Ho had lo-t it all on account of democratic misrule, but Nebraska was good enough for him and he proposed to stand by the state and the republican party." All that he h-id left in this world was en ergy and courage and lie willingly of- forod it to the part v. Those sentiments were cheered to the echo Tho ehoorin" , was renewed when Clmir.i,-,,, At......,.,. , arose an.l clasped the hand of Mr. Si.er as a pledge of fealty in the nartv serv ice. I he-e being no further business the committee adjourned to moot at the call of the chairman. The commit tee men wont away coiigrituhiting them selves on having made a strong organi zation. Mr. sior will devote his entire time to the work and his place in the ollico of clerk in the district court will be temporarily tilled by another. One of llrrrui's Itre.ibc Tn his statement in the Sunday New York World Mr. Ih-ynn i.ivo "an in creased volume of money" as one cause if the higher prices of farm products. lie nuntionod this as"anothcr confirm- i tion of the arguments made by tho bi tnetallists." Jai go part of this money comes fiom abroad." he said, and he added that "if we had enough money in this country an inercaseln the volume would he an injury." lint in the last eight month's, during which the ad race in prices has occur red, we ha v - "ei -cd no monev bal ance from a 1 On tho contrary, v.e have lost ho:n iy. From January 1 to September 1 the not evports of rohl weroS-M.T-s.',;.t. 'his is a l,,v ofSf. CT'.'.O.Vi more than in the corresponding period hist year. During the last fiscal rear our net loss of silver coin and bullion v. as ?.-,i.ir,n.itii. Nor has there been "an increased vol ume of monev" during this period. The amount of money of ail kinds in circulation on March 1. according to the treasury estimate, was Sl.i.T.l.iiiU. !::;. (in September 1 there was l.r.ti:,. liSO.GIs u shrinkage of neailv Sin Odo -000. Yet there is and has been monev enough fo-all the dem:ndsof business. The crops are being paid for and moved! debts by the million cancelled and the wheels of industry started in all direc tions, not only without any access of freeU coined silver at ltito'l. but with an actual diminution in the visible sup ply of tho money we have. It is chiefly a question of confidence ana of the safe and profitable use of money that has boon hidden or hoarded. Mr lirran is wrong in his facts and weak in his logic. l.anee to limn a!.-:nitr. New York Commercial Advertiser: The silver fusionists in Air. I'.rvan's J own state are con rontcd with circum stances of the mo.t discouraging sort on the vt ry threshhohi of their cam oairn. It was only the other day that the v- ;dc! v advertised "triangular" con- -enioi "T. . held a' ! :r.euln wiifi 2.rm j lelej-e'e r ,,-. :ipd with General i Weaver.- e"ine' Davis. Senator Al-i len, Mr. lirau and as many aa a doxen ". - , brass bands in the way of attraction. Tlie ink is hardly dry on the platform tlenouncinir the grcetl of the iuone power, deploring the impoverished con dition of tho people of Nebraska and declaring the rold .standard to be the parent of miseries without number. And now the whole army of populists and silver democrats arc forced to see the city bonds of Omaha which one year ago found no takers selling1 read ily at a premium. Those bonds have ton years to run and bear tM per cent, interest. The figure at w Inch they were sold was :M per cent, higher than the best rate which the municipality of Omaha has ever been able to secure for this type of security in the past. l!ut this is not all. A member of the State Hoard of Agriculture who has been personally investigating the sub ject asserts that the grain crop of Xe- ! braska is worth not less than lti.".(10. OO.'i at ruling prices. Nebraska is not ordinarily found among tho Inrge pro ducers of wheat, but her farmers have an unusual acreage of that cereal this year, and thev will reap tho full bene fit of the increased prices of corn, oat-s and other grain. With a bettor return for their labor than they havodiad for some voars, those voters aro not likelv to be deluded by the stupid Kryantte ; i.i...:.: l nwii t'irci:iiisi;niLTi iinu int.- j wmi tnu it of the cities of their state they r ail the refutation of tlioir fal.selioo-1 The republican loaders of Nebraska will bo t culpable indeed if they do not make the most of tlieir advantage. A, l u,,t MU,'P- Lincoln Journal: Mr. Uryr.n e-- plains to the Si. Louis Tost Dispatch that the pops are notdisi.:aed boo.iuso wlii'Tit. mill silver have uarleo oomn.inv as it proves what they always knew, that the price of both is governed by the law of supply and demand. Itut he says that the rejoicing of the farmers over the rise in the price of wheat is proof that the p.-onle haven't money oinmgn. aim no oociaio.s i...n - ..... ..., ,..- .,.:... .!.. if the farmers are benefitted bv the rise in the prices of one product "how iiiuoh happier they would lie" if everything lose with wheat. He also growls that wages ought to rise with wheat. This shows that the present prosper ity which is caused not only by the rise in the nrice of wheat hut in me K'1 j""s. ie .n-;;'-; " very rapidly, there is little doabt that they will participate in the rise. The main point just now is fo.- our indus- v " . ttics to lecover tho business they had heroic Mr. Uryan and Mr. Wilson and 1 the democratic party monkeyed with i tho tariff. Supply anil Demand. New York Commercial Advertiser: lirynuito newspapers throughout the count rv aro ringing the changes on the expression "supply and demand.' They point out that t tie present in- ereaseo price oi wneai is ilue to in creased demand for that staple abroad. and insist that if the Cnitod States would agree to coin silver without re striction at the ratio of Hi to 1 a de mand would be eroated which would raise the price of the while metal to practically the same level which ex isted in l7.i. This is Mr. ISryan's own contention, which he repeats when ever he has a chance. Its continual recurrence brings to mind a familiar proverb in which a mortar and p'stle figure. 'i'he absurdity of supposing that the I'nited States alone, w ithout onlv about one-twentieth of tho earth's i population, could furnish a market which would more than double the value of the worlds silver must be evident to all sensible men. Hut free coinage advocates apparently do not wish to be sensible. They piefer to be vocifeioiis they 11 ill nut He Comforted. W.ivne llepubliean What sympa thetic fellows the free silver people an. A year ago their sympathies J went out to the poor, dow n -trodden western farmer who had to sell wheat at prices varving from :..- to :!. cents per b'jshel. and they advisee! them that uupiofitable as the figures v.eiv they had better get rid of the miserable st:if. for if MoKinlev was elee ed it ' would go s'ill lower, eheted. Wheat went Moiinle wa-. up instead of dn'.Vi!. and n iv. ;he irs are running down their olteo' s ai. I dronning from their nose-, as they or, out for tho poor man of the east and the starving hoivdos of Kuro o bociuso the bloated farmer of the w st is selling them wheat at figures ontirolv too high. It seems as though all the troubles of the world are shouldered bv these silver martyrs and tliesu'i of calamity never sets. The horisi.n is always th. iped in an impenetrable gio nil where no my of cheer over appears. sii'.lit:iii'H Mist ike. Now York Sun: Judge Sullivan, the !,'"," "f Ue Nebraska fusioni.ds for S!,PI' ''' J'lilgc. wa, good enough to give these assuiances to the conven tion which nominated him: i "I shall administer the law of the state us it is. ami shall not substitute ' my own ideas for the law of the land. The common people shall receive full ' and impaitial treatment at my hands." j As far as the populists aro concerned , probably they prefer a judge who dos 1 substitute his own ideas for the law of the land. They are uncommon people , and an uncommon preparation of law in i jus. ice is required tor their use. laihi'C Mu.t H.ne l!c.-"i Ceiu-r.il. Pawnee llepubliean: Tho popoerats claim the good p: for wheat is due solely to the failure of the foreign j crop. The fair prices for -lther pro- duets would indicate there must also liavo been a failure of the foreign corn crop, the foreign cotton eron. the for- ' irn !, ,-i, 1tt 4..-.?.... I.... ........ --t-." " . - v... mi. ma,. 4--u iij; i : op. the foreign calf crop, the foreign wool crop, the foreign lead crop, the foi eign iron crop. and. in fact, about every other kind of crop wl. , '. the people of the I'nited states Irive to -ell. Vit a lr neipie. rrnnont Tribune: Ciutlo reader, if ou wi'l glancL- over the platform , adopted by the free silver republicans at Lincoln yon will s0t. that' there is not in it a single principle that any lepubliean of authority from John C. Fremont to Joe Shively. ever indorsed. They call themselves free silver repub licans, but a popocrat under any other , name would smell just as beery "and be a blamed sight more honest. Son:ewli:it Slxisul.tr. 1 Fremont Tribune: The World-Herald dc-otesa column of space to convince 1 the Tribune that the platform of the free silver republicans is the only gen uinely republican platform. This, we suppose, is the secret of the fusion be- , tween these "republicans" and tho popoerats. It is a little singular that the only genuine democrats are in such , full sympathy with the only genuine republicans. Neiirak:tH l'rtxperily Holl. Philadelphia Ileeord: A member of the state Ka id of agriculture of Ne- braska. who has just completed a jonr- ney through that state, estimates tite value of its crops at !,.,",.i:ofl.iro. It is hardly necessary to hunt around for the causes of prosperity in the face of such returns. Oil. Mnim-i. 11 liar a .!!: IbifTalo Kxpiess- Mr. Iiryau and his lieutenants w rked twcnty-fur iiours vithout sleep and almost witi-rett o:i'.- llir to i'lTpe? tlir. fi-.-.r, nf I'.i-trt.n-itc " ....-.. ... (U.nv.it T. I ..1JIVIU J and populjs's jn Noirt-J,.n. If he finds such di-1 ully .n k i-.nr'-i.i nrjr'oiH crate par'y t v.eth now. what" will bo ih aituutini l ivwy FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Some Up-to-Date Hlata Aboat Caltlva tlon of the Soil and Yields Thereof llortlcaltare, Vtttcaltare and Florl caltnre. Stack or TliraI from Shoc. HIS is one of the iTVkjri' pro'blcms that -v'.'m-B'r comes up reguiariy i'.'fi""?Ef' nt thla timi. nf year, says Wallace's Fanner. It may he stated thus: Where farmers wish to sell their wheat or oats in the near future, is it cheapest and best to thrash from the stack or the sheck? There ib a good deal to be said on both sides, and, after all. the question Is one that must be determined by circumstances. If the grain can be cut In good time, well shocked, the weather settled, and the machine and help available when wanted, we believe it Is best to thrash direct from the shock. This, however, occurs only once in a while. The weather east of the Missouri cannot be depended upon, neither can thrashing machines nor help at this season of the year. Even when help can be obtained it is higher priced than later. The farmers by stacking their grain and letting it go through the sweat can change work and get through with very little outside labor. The probability Is that the wheat will be put in the mar ket in better condition and bring as good or better price. Forty years ago the man who was near the mill had an early variety of grain, and thrashed from the shock in nine cases out of ten got a better market than if he stacked and thrashed later. The price of wheat now is not determined by the local mill, but by the general market, and this again is determined not by the supply in the county or state, or even the United States, but by the markets of the world. Before any Iowa farmer can thrash his grain now, grain will be pouring in from Texas, Kentucky, Kansas and Missouri: in fact it is be ginning to come into market already. Our conclusion, therefore, is that ex cept in exceptional circumstances it Is best to stack and begin thrashing as soon as the grain is in the right con dition. A'paracuw. Bulletin 10, Idaho Experiment Sta tion: Descriptive. This popular and valu able vegetable needs but very little de scription. It is a native of Europe, where it may be found growing wild along the borders of sea marshes. Cer tain species are grown as ornamental plants. The undeveloped stem is the part used as food. Culture. Propagated by means of seed. The seed may be bought of seed dea'ers or taken from the small red berries found in autumn upon the mature stems of old plants. If the latter method is adopted proceed In the following manner: Select the largest and nicest branches; pick off the ber ries and gently mash; vrash out the pulp with water and ;ry the seed. Sow the seed in early spring in rows wide enough to permit cultivation. Plants should stand about 3 to 5 inches apart. Select a rather rich soil for the seed bed. The young plants may be transplanted in the permanent bed the following spring, or the transplanting may he deferred until the second spring. Too much care can not be given to the preparation of the per manent bed. Select an open situation where plenty of sunshine falls. Natur ally, the plant prefers a damp situa tion, but can be made to thrive very well on dry soil, if proper cultivation is given. The soil should be rich. Sub soil or trench the bed, adding large quantities of manure (well rotted cow dung is preferred). If the plantation is large the rows should be at least 2 feet apart. Put the plants 12 inches apart. The roots of the plant must be spread out equally in all directions. This is best attained by constructing a small mound of earth in the center of the hole, place the plant upon the ( top of the mound and let the roots extend down the sides. Cover with earth and firm with the foot. The crown of the plant should be two inches under ground. During the grow ing season cultivate and keep down all weeds. At end of season cut off the tops and cover the bed with coarse manure. Remove the litter in early spring. Cut the young shoots at the turf ace of the ground using a strong bladed knife. The Creamery a Harden Lifter. I am aware that the creamery is be ing discussed on every hand, but per haps my little mite may not come amiss, for it is with this as with every other new enterprise. Nothing can be accomplished except by "precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little," writes Elenora E. Reber in Dakota Farmer. Communi ties that are so fortunate as to possess a creamery are indeed to be congratu lated, but it seems to me that it is farmers' wives and daughters to whom the most benefit comes. For, verily, the creamery is a great burden lifter to them. Our creamery is but one year old and at present has over 90 patrons, who furnish from 16,000 to 18.000 pounds of milk daily. This represents an immense amount of work if cared for at home, and without the aid of steam and machinery. And it is upon the "wimin folks" that this labor de volves. Taking 16,000 pounds of milk to ninety patrons gives on an average 177 pounds to each, which in the mere lifting alone represents a heavy load. Each 177 pounds must be handled twice, once in setting it in place for the cream to rise, and again In skimming, mak ing a daily weight of 354 pounds. In one week each woman has lifted 2,784 pounds, or nearly a ton and a quarter. In a month it amounts to 10,620 pounds or over five tons and a half. This is the milk alone, to say nothing of the churning, working of butter, washing pails, pans, crocks, etc., which more than doubles the work. To realize how much this really amounts to one need but take their milk to the creamery one week, and they are sure to think, as I heard one woman say not lone since, and she hauls eight and one-half miles, that she did not see how she could ever do the work again. And then the occasional change they have in themselves hauling the milk when the men folks are too busy, is a real benefit to them. Going to town means a great deal more to one who lives in the country where neighbors are few and far between, than many can im agine. The new faces she sees, and acquaintances she is sure to make serve to brighten the dull monotony of her life. The time thus gained (for the change makes a difference of sev iral hours in her favor) can be used in doing those thousand and one things every women likes to do Then Bhe has time. It may be spent In tend ing a flower garden, doing some piece t i jsm J tLJl -rl- of fancy work she has Ions wanted ts do, or perhaps read some book that there never seemed time to vead. The3 things are all beneficial, for in change there is rest. South Dakota women, as a rule, are hard worked, the inevit able result of settling a new country. Many of them help with out door work until they are almost ready to break down, and if the creamery will lighten their "burdens and give them a bright er life, then we say, give us the creamery! Herald its advantages all over our fair state until every com munity can boast of and glory in an institution that is as truly a "burden lifter" as it is a "mortgage lifter." Varlctlea of 1Vhe.it Wiater Oata. The varieties of wheat under trial this season and the results as to yield, are shown in the accompanying table: Years Average Yield Name. Grown. Yield. 1S97. Velvet Chaff 14 29.53 29.S5 Am. Bronze 6 26.29 16-50 Bearded Fife 2 18.76 24.75 Jones' No. 102 2 14.72 9.63 Willits 6 27.35 23.S5 Early Arcadian 2 10.64 S.71 Mich. Amber 14 29.26 30.23 Dawson's Golden Chaff 1 U.H Russian 1 31.S5 White Clawson 1 24.06 Rudy 5 28.60 17.C5 Valley 8 19.71 10.C6 Average of 2 plats. The two standard varieties, Velvet Chaff and Michigan amber, which have been grown at the Station 14 years, not only maintain their previous record, but add to it, as their yield in 1897 are slightly greater than their average yields. The other varieties, without exception, show reduced yields in 1897 as compared with their average yiek's. The test confirms two conclusions reached in former experiments: 1. Most of the new varieties do not prove valuable, and hence the astonishing claims of seedsmen that the new vari eties will greatly increase yields and profits, are well nigh groundless. 2. The standard varieties will not "run out" if proper care is regularly taken to select plump heavy seed and sow the same in good ground. Wintei Oats For three years in suc cession the Station has attempted to grow winter Turf Oats. The results were absolute failures in 1895 and 1897. The crop of 1S9G yielded 28 and 37 bushels per acre, respectively, on two plats with a fine showing of chess and other weeds, while five plats of a stand ard variety of spring oats, in the same field and on like soil averaged over 73 bushels to the acre. Whatever seeds men may say to the contrary, it is cer tainly unwise to attempt to grow win ter oats in the north half of the state. W. C. Latta, Agriculturist, Iud. Exp. Station. Use or Bisulphide or Carbon. It Is becoming quite common to use bisulphide of carbon for the protection of all grains which are liable to attacks from weevil in storage. Many seeds men, too. use it in order to protect their stock of seeds from the work of insects, after it has been stored for sale. It becomes an important ques tion, therefore, to know what effect, if any, carbon bisulphide has on the ger minating powers of the grain, and o ascertain this the division of botany ot the department of agriculture has made a large number of experiments with thirty-three different varieties of grain and vegetables, five of cotton, two of peas, three of Indian corn, two of rice, two of common garden beans, two of Kaffir corn, two of barley, two of wheat and one of oats. The general conclusion from the experiments was that there was an appreciable difference in the vitality of wheat, corn, barley or rye, between seed that had been treated and that which was untreated, when the seed was treated in bulk for twenty-four hours at the rate of one pound of the chemical to 100 bushels of the grain Generally, the seeds of cotton, peas, beans, buckwheat, oats ' and the cabbage family and cow peas will endure very severe treatment with the fumes of carbon bisulphide without injury to their germination to any ap preciable extent. On the other hand corn, wheat, rye and other crops be loncinc to the grass family, except Kaffir corn and oats, should be trcateu with caution, as serious deterioration in vitality is likely to result from ex cessive exposure to the gas. TrellUlne Toniatot-n. When we grow tomatoes for market at ordinary prices we must economize in cost of production in every way possible, and trellising the plants would be out of the question, but when it comes to the home garden I regu larly every season trellis at least a few plants, as they can be made a great ornamental feature of the grounds, writes T. Grenier in exchange. A to mato plant ladened with its glorsy. high-colored fruit is a pretty object anyway, and a row of them, well held up, trimmed and tied, is really " a sight." One of the easiest ways of supporting a tomato plant for such ef fect (and this is my favorite way) is to simply stake it, and keep it trimmed to a single stalk. The stake may consist of a plain bean-pole, seven or eight feet high, or of a sawed stick, say two Inches square and eight feet long. Ue 5ttre to set these stakes in a straight line and all uniformly perpendicular, or, perhaps, slightly leaning. '1 lie.: trim the plants to one or two stalk?. uniformly. Keep all branches nipped off Tie the stalks and especially the fruit clusters, with soft string, as for instance, strips ot musttn, canco. or me like and see what an ornament this "tomato patch" will be to your gar den. Ilrn8ela Sprouts. A member of the cabbage tribe. Characteristics are a long central stem surmounted by an open head of leai es, and numerous small heads ( inch, or larger in diameter) arranged, around the stem in the axils of the leaves. These small heads are termed "sprouts." The vegetable originated in Belgium and has been cultivated ex tensively around Brussels since the thirteenth century. Requires the same treatment as cabbage. Soil must be rich. Requires considerable moisture. The small sprouts must grow rapidly or they will be tough. Sow seed in hot bed and trasplant. or scatter seed in hills and thin. Plants must have plenty of room. Rows should be thir ty inches apart and the plants not closer than two feet. Ordinary culture will suffice. Some authorities advise that the sprouts should be frosted be fore USlIlg. JUr eilJfiirutu ia iu.ic II causes a bitter taste. Sprouts half inch in diameter are said to be raurh more palatable than the large ones. The top leaves are sometimes used as reens. The aphis gives considerable trouble. The best treatment is a thor ough washing with soap tuds. Every farmer should have wax, thread "and needles handy. It is time well employed. Sweet potatoes should be dug before there is a hard frost, as they are eas ily Injured, TIPPED OFF A Trick Taraetl la Chlcaso aad Another Oae la New York. "Speaking of restaurants." said tho Now York drummer with tho Grecian eyebrows. "I had a friend in Now York whomadon mint of money in Chicago boforo anybody dropped to his littlo trick." "Ho had a trick, chr" asked ono of tho smokers. "Why, yes. you might call it a trick, 1 suppose He built up such a local reputation for green turtle soup that his place was fairly ba jio.?ed night and day. Ho supplied as high as 3,03 ) pcoplo a day with turtle soup. It was an Eastern man who finally gave him away." 'What was there to give away?" "Oh. nothing much only he ha.l been making that soup out of clams and curry. When a man blundered in who had actually teen a green turtle with his own eyes and knew what the tasto of tho soup was liko the cheat was discovered and his business was busted." Yes, I heard of that case," said the Chicago beef extract man, who had teen an attentivo listener. "Tho soup man changed Im business, I ba licve?" "Ho did." "And lost ovcry dollar ho had insido of a year?" "1 nevor heard that ho did." 'But he did. It was a friend of mine who put him onto tho spec, that dished him." "What spec. ?" "Shipping pratrio chickens to the Xcw York market He had twenty hunters out for three months, and was all ready to ship eighteen car loads of birds when a Chicago man put tho Now Yorkers on." On to what?" 'On to t'lo fact that every blamed bird in those eighteen cars was :i darnel old erow. lie .shouldn't havo done it. for tho New Yorkers would never havo known tho difference, and it would have given us a fine show to clean out our crows, but he was just thatsroft-heas-ted." "Gent'omen," said the man with the (irecian eyebrows, after a long periol of .silence. "lam not feeling particularly well this morning, and will go back into tho drawing-room car and try and get a nap." Shako Into Your Mioim. Allen's Foot-lase, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart ing feet and instantly takes the sting cut of corns and bunions. It is the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight-litting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain ctue for sweating, callous and hot. tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 2.1c in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address Allen S. Oimsted. Le Roj N. Y. Am Ixtra . (torn. The real estate man hal ?ent tho facetious man to look at a livo room lioiito he said he wan ed. The pros 1 ectivo tenant found it in need of extensive repairs, and went back to th agent's otlice I didn't want a six-room house," he :id solemnly. That isn't a six-room house,'' re torted tho agent Yes. it is" But I say it is not." and the agent he-ran counting them; "there's the kitchen, two bj I room, rceep l"o room and dining loom; that's Jive ain't it?" Yes. and there's room fo. p ovement; that's si:." a ide I im thc tee ::o.is man, .othing else. and wanted to :0: WI'.mi you vi it Omahn you should call at V S liavnsond t'o.'s jewelry store, corner Fifteenth and Pons'a- streets, j-'s I ex am no iheir jev.oliy aisii art goo-ls for vt '! n-, birthday and Christina-, re-ents. a" : el e:i;:r: e 1 w e Min stationery, iu- i on and visit. :i;r cird-. It is the nly tirs. rlsiss. up-to date jev elry, nrt .nd out tr:a-s sture west of Chicago nn.l St. Louis. I'niai ing and printing 100 isitiug cards $1.50 bv mail. Anything to t'tili-;,. Mr. Greatman I wish you'd etop printing my portrait every timo any little thin? luipp ns to me. or else get a now one You've had that old ulato in seventeen tiines. Kditor All right, my dear sir. An .-thing to oblige. Assistant Foreman, a week later I can't iiu I that picture of Sam. tho sneak-thief, anywhere. Foreman Well, dump in that old pictutc of Mr. Greatman It ain't goinir to b use I fo.- him anv more. Krail the .lilt TtiM'nicnt. Yon will enjoy this publication much bettor if you will got into the habit of reading the advertisements; they will atl'ord a most interesting study and will put you in tho way of getting some exc'illent bargains. Our adver tisers aro reliable, they send what they advertise. m:i :tl lit, I iii'ii Grutf Old (Sent to dude- How's ;-otir sister coming on ' 1 haven't been her for a Ion- time. Dude Why. she ith in It'ily. Mie to k the pwio at tho conservatory of msitiiie in Rome. fid she go to Italy to learn to pl.iv the piano '" :Yeth. s r." -Well, if she did that tho -vin ri o ins ought io give her another pi i.e." Teas Mftings. I! ii II tat trm:i Your Old t"riftt. L.itrst iii)ni'ii cut. now nii-tliixl of m .tn.; T m r-itilo n -:s irom tour oll i ru si- s or In I r mt im jn'ts. uitii I or.ti r nil around stIu tor 1'iriul.iraml ntics to . Kross.iS.lt Went ttorih Ave., CliUairo. 111. ( iiitif.il :! 1 I .il .- Yes, sir." said a ponpous nv Vork manufaetiuer. ! consider tin sel' :i benefaotoi of tho human race I feed '20) people in m.- factory " You do!" replied a l standee. Goodnot,-.'" and all the time I was under the smpiO":m that they fed von."' Texas Si f titles IIiiU'h Cittnrrh Cure Is a constitutional cure. Price. " rii- . i-nc ti " ' n.. By a bitnpie rule, tho length of tho day and iiiirht. any time of the yea . may be ascertained by simply doubl ing the time of tho miii s ri-in . which will give the 'cngth of tho n ht, and doib'ing the time of set Xing will give the length of the day. Cof'n 4'onzla Balaam Is Hip ol l-t -ir 1 1 t It il! Iiii-iL m a co'il quicker thannnrlhlne vIm. it italnajs rcliaii'r. Tr it. Tc rrniJn I :t-ni. A terrapin farm consists of eanals with narrow rii . of Ian I between The ends of the ranal- are so fcccuretl that it is impo-lblc fur tin terrapin to c-cape. am! th ersti e farm i- sur rounded by :. hi'h fence. KAItltKI.f.'.H RA'tfX; Z-(ltl!:ll IN Tl'e brn. at Iialf the prVc; all sro"n alii r tunil ot:r nioaej If ou are nol JttldSei!. I .Some men j-moke rifai- as short as they can. lut other.-, smoke them as long as they can. N.J-lu-Uru- fcr ilfi) Centh. , (Junraa'-o'd tcbicco tsbit rurc. makes wi'.: i cicnttro:.-. bo-.-J !-re. .'. it Alt Orusr"--! I Foolish mother ruin more hove than j whisky. x I A ttnaat-ial Man.Kr. Mrs. Peterby is t. woman with a head for business. Just see here. F. havo bought a beautiful rocking-chair at auction worth $o, and only paid $- for it; so you sec I have one dolla clear profit. Don't toll mo aftor this that the women havo no business sense." "Do you ncod tho rocking-chair?" abked Mr. Petcro. Ofo. ' 'I hen what did you buy it for?" To save money, of course. How could I have saved a dollar if s hadn't bought it. stupid?"' Texas Siftin-r.s. Cheap Ticket Via the Omaha & St. Louis R. R. and Wabash . R. St. Louis, one way.S'J.n, round trip. S15.3.". On sale every Tues days and Thursdays. St. Louis: Round trip October 3d to Sth. SI 1.50. Home seekers Kxcursions. South: Septem ber 21, October ." and 10. One fare the round trip, plus S',. Springfield, 111.: Round trip, SU.:.'.";: on sale September IS, 11), 20. For tickets and further in formation call at 141." Farnam St. (Pax ton Hotel Block). Omaha, or write G. N. Clayton, Omaha, Neb. No I:iu'jt Auout tin, Vrrillct. You aro tho defendant in this case, aro you not?" asked the pro&o cuting attorney. Yes, sir," replied the man in tho witness-box. May I ask your occupation?" "I am a manufacturer of calliope whistles." That's all." replied the attornoy. "So far as we aro concerned, your honor, tho cato is ready to go to the jury." "'or t: i ouch Water. Tho Salesman, in store Yes, this is piece of goods, but about it, I must tell tho dry goods a very pretty to be honest vou that it will not waih. The Fair Purchaser Oh. that doesn't matter. I only want it for a bathing suit, anyway. Chicago Record. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lite Cfc. To quit tobacco easily anil forever, be mag netic, full of life, nerve and visor, takeNo-To-Itac. the ivoniler-vvorKor. that makes weak men stroii;;. All druggist. ."Oe or St. Cure puaranlveil. Itnoklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co . Chicago or New York. IMi'trttc AsiniU:tio.i. Do men become what tlioy eat?" asked Porp"i- "that is what I think.'' said Phiioophious. --Then give u o something rich," said Por per Harpers ' aar. Sirs. WlnIw" Soot blue Mjrti For children trctliinforicntliciini-.rriHr" inflam mation, alia s luin, cures wind colic. :5ientsabot:l There may be lots of nice men in the world, but the bill collectors don't meet them. I I elieve my jirompt use of J'iso's Cure I rerentcd ipiiok consumi tion. Mrs. Lucy Waliace, Manniet, Kan., Dee. 1-, "t5. To Cure Constipation forever. Talc C.xscarcts Candr Cathartic 10c r,ric If C. C. C. tail to cure. 4iru;.,'sts ri fuuil ciuccy A man doesn't tire of circuses until the verv last thing. AM OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. T7E ARE ASSERTING IN THE COtJUTS Ot U RiGHT TO TH3 EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD " CASTORIA," AND "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OL'K IKADC .MARK. J, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Eyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same that lias borne and docs now yr TTZ ?. 'Vi every hear the facsimile signature of iayJZccilC wrapper. This is the original "PITCHER'S CASTO?.!A' which has hern, used in, the homes of the mothers of America, for over thirty years. L'JvJrx O AM el:-ULLY at the kind you have aiicnys bought txvre per Xo one has authority front me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which CJias. II. Fletcher is President. ; - March S, 1897: 2 stc-& .0. Do Not Be Deceived, Do not endanger the- life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he inches a few more pennies on it), the ingredients of which even he does not ! r.ov.-. "The Kind You Have Always Bought" BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF wdjfvs Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed THC CCNTAlin COMFANT, 17 r2 1897 TO ALL ALIKE. C .ution : The Columbia Photographic Contest closes October first. Terms of Competition may be obtained of any Columbia a'eafet. orm.'l be mailed by us upon application. IT'S DANGEROUS Io tiur !.:. 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