-5ac&tr --n&?zKng! ww tr-- -- "-"7V""S7''a: ,. ;.. i o 0 P lis Scrofula Oar daughter broke oat with scrotals ore all over her face and head. She crew worse until wo gave her Hood's Sarsaparilla. When she had taken six bottles her face was smooth sad the ecrofula has never returned." BUMS Vssxoot, West "Point, New York. Hood's Sarsa- parilla Is tlic best in fact the One True Blood Pnriler. Hootl'S Pills cure aU Livcr IUs- s ceBt Cornish. Economj. Some of the oll Cornish minters .ire adepts in economy. Richard Tanjrve, the English engineer, in his autobiography says that compared j with tJu-sc peasants u. wrmas New England arc extravagant- una man w hen once asked what his dailj work was replied: "Ten hours at the engine ar.rt eight at digging. The rest of Uie day 1 have to waste." Tangyo states that he once saw the same old man fall into a fury of rage because a boy v. horn he had hired threw away a match after he had lighted a candle with it. -Dye waste my property, ye loon? Then ye will never be worth a f-ax-pencc f yiv own!" he shrieked. A careful old woman lamented a stolen pie for more than forty years. The tears would come to her eyes when ever she tallied of the lost dainty. Hour's Tills! We offT One Hundred Dollars reward for auj ease of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Ilali'h Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHUNKS & CO.. Toledo. O. We. the undersicnwi. have known F. .1 Cher.iy for th last 15 years, and believe lilm iorfotlv liouuiahl in all business trat.p-ieu 1 and liiianc:ully able to carry out au - . sat ion- made by tlielr lirm. UV.-t fz '1 nax. Wholesale DruKRlsts. Tlelo. . V. aiding. Kiimaii As Marvin, V. lioh.tle )niffl,"-l. Toledo. O. Mall's ("atari It Cure Is taken Internally, acting d'rtctly upon the l.lood and mn ms mrfae". of the sjbtem. Tebtlmo iii.tl.sf.ent tr.-e. rr:ee IZs per bottle. Sold bv all dniSKlsts. Jlall's ratnllv rills are the be I.Im-I) Mirefi. e is a young married couple, in The ( hicago ho are recovering from their first ouarrel. It wasn't a bad quarrel, but the bride became quite spunky ' for a time. Tli.,. -inni nut ill tin Iho -vtrt out in int. . oiintry and she gazed over the green fields in delight until a herd of small animals caught her eyes, which, by the way, are rather .short-sighted. Oh," she cried, "aren't they lovely? Such usee, fat sheen! Aren't they lovely sheep, dear?" "Yes. darling," responded the horrid man. "they are, but ytm'd have a tience of a time shearing thesn. Tliev are pigs." M-ssis. l!tti-itsTiti. Wtmlfe .fc Co.. the .....--.. ........ -- - iare;st department house in Leaven- north. Kan. have issued a new eata- , h"rue entitled "Helpful 11; t. I a a 4 .-. a this catalogue is much useful informa tion relating lo dry goods, cloaks, clothing, millinery, boots and shoes, furniture, carpets," and in fact every thing pertaining to house furnishing. The catalogue is sent free upon re quest, and is a work that should be in j tvery home. incidenc-s. Huff, the celebrated singer, who ii creating the title role of Massenet's new opera. "Worther." is the g and iicphew of the original Charlotte, in (Joethe's storv. and on the first ...... : . - -t . 1 liiirui 01 me opera 111 icima ohu t 1 t 1-11 ..wto,t nioidn. Lcr grandchildren committed suicide. h I am. Mlnlo-Mit hill Syrup j r..rrliili!i-.ntttlimc.iltriilliepiiiiit.it-iiipenifltm-l mail. m, ji lav-iufii, ui.iu.iii colli-. siit;iitsa buttle, i llomestir Sar.ain. Mr. Softlcigh. waking in the mid dle of the night My. dear. I am sure there is a man in the house. Mrs. Softleigh (!o to sleep again. Algy; yon are llattering yourself. Town Topics. l'iso's Cure for Consumption is the best of nil coiiKh cures. George W. Lot7, Fa btieher, La., AiiKiistO, 1M." If the fool sroose had not laid a gold e;rr she would not have lost her life, .f.f.T.?.T.T.T.VT.yftTtTTT1 A Aycrs .r is the name to remember when buying Sarsaparilla. It has been N curing people more than 50 years. That's why. vzfyj yyy j f . y aaaaaaaaiBa.BaRaRaMaaWaaaaaaaWiaal s Cool, Bracing Days, These Just the kind of weather to get the full benefits of cycling. Columbias are the wheels you can ride the year round, no matter the weather. 5 Nickel Steel tubing makes them the strongest, direct tangent spokes do not break, and many other improvements give them ) unequalcd strength and beauty. 1897 eOLDMBmS $75 r AH Hartford Bicycles, E U If you cannot pay all U Cti9a; The &lnmbU Photographic ( Contest closes October 1st. Terms X of competition may be obtained of f any Colombia dealer, or will be ?( mailed by us upon application. GET THE GEXPIfgE ARTICLE! Walter Baker & Co.'s Breakfast COCOA 9M CosU Less than ONE CENT a cap. Be sure that the package bears our Trade-Mark. m Walter (ErtaMKfcad 17M.) Tndt-i FINANCIAL DEFINITIONS. What TarktBS l'opl t'aa aa D Da to the Pecnatery Line. The poet Tennyson could take ft worthless sheet of paper and by writing a poem on it make it worth $65,03U that's genius, says the Young Lutheran. Vanderbilt can write a few words on a sheet of paper and make it worth $5,003.000 that's capital The United States can take an ounce and a quarter of gold and stamp upon it an "eagle bird" and make it worth ?2d that's money. The mechanic can take material worth $ii and make it into a watch worth $lu -that's skill. Tho merchantman take an article worth seventy-live cents and sells it for Si that's business. A hiJy can purchase a vcr. com- lortable bonnet for !o. but &ho prefers one. that costs $27 that's foolishne.-!-. The ditch digger works ten hours a day and shovcl. three or fosir tons of earth for 2 that's labor The editor of this paper can writo a check fv 8,ua.om. but it wouldn't be worth a dime that's rough. Hie Autocrat's Jest. Edward Everett Hale tells this: "A few 3-car.sago, in a fit of economy, our famous Massachusetts historical so ciety screwed up its library and other offices by some fifteen feet, built in the space underneath, and rented it to the city of lloston. This was very well for the treasurer, but for those of us who had passed sixty years, and had to climb up some twenty more iron stairs whenever we wanted to look at an old pamphlet in the library, it was not unite so much a benefaction. When Holmes went for the first time J 1 to see the new quarters of the society. he left his curd with the words, 'O. W. Holmes, lligh-story-ca'.l society." I l hat TerrllUe WtiurRr. ' V:ilari.lliM-:iM'isIii:trI:iWysnijileiiientefl J by ilistiiKK'iKf nfthe her. the bowels, the -aoiiij.-li and the nerves To the removal l 1 Initli the i-.ji.m- hum it-. 1 fl.vis ihMetters Mumni'li Hitlers is fuMj adeiu:ite. It "litis 1 tlieiill" a ii otliei temedv 1m-s. nerfonn- nim- ami vvleileso-ne. an-1 it aiimitably st-res in" its v.otfc lieii-iMe'itiv. us irfii-iiiiiin.u. Hi ilium up ..s. sM-.u .......... - ,.,, tr Sit,.,i-M 1. Coiistuiatioii. liver and kidnev rnijiilaiiit ami net voiisiicss are cou ijueieit li 11. Imt-w Uli.it He- Wrmted. Drummer ! want a pair of con gress gaiters. Dealer There has been so little demand for congress gaiters lately that wo have ceased to keep them. Drummer Hum! 'I hen gho me a pair of button gaiters and a liro escane. , . . V?" ??" 1?!" j. ?- Iia llllfl . F " JUrtCji ''iwi w, vu.a Fifteenth and IJoiislas streets, and ex amine their jewelry and art goods for wedding, birthday and Christmas presents, also steel engraved wedding stationery, in vitations and visiting cards. It is the only first class, up-to-date jewelry, art and cut irlasM store west of Chicago and St. Louis. 'SJ ,;y m,, EnRraviug and printing 100 visiting carda I Mit re of Mitminum. I Noi el uses said to have been found i for aluminum are for a folding pocket scale one meter loug; a neck i tie made of metal, frosted or other ' wise ornamented, in various shapes. lmitatiuir 1110 oruinary sun. or sauu. . - tit article, which is recommended for . suimuer wear, and military helmets. rrrnv- a rrin iv nr nav TO 1.UKK A CWL.U IS iili BAI. Take Laxative Brcmo Quinine Tablets. All Urujrgists rcluau tac money il it mis to cure, sao Hrlrkflnst .Mortar. Use of brickdtist mortar as a sub stitute for hydraulic cement, where the latter cannot bo obtained, is recommended by the best engineer ing authorities. FABRELIN RED KTAR EXTRACT lo The best, all cruci-rs will refund join moaej tf jou are cat stUfled with lu , In every town there is a certain (place where ail the loafers cougregate. s right along for ( . Allan I iBBlBaiBBBB H Itandard of tha World. $50, $45, $40. l cash, pay by the month. POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. Catalogue for one 2-cent stamp. If Columbias are not properly represented m your vicinity, k: us'knou. Pure, Delicious, Nutritious. Baker & Co. Limited, Dorchester, M$. MB. BRYAN ON WHEAT THE MOST ETAS1VE MAN EVER IN POLITICS. Speech that Are Coaplcuoo for Cob- tradlrtions. Inconsistencies and Lack of Harmony Wronc Hk Facts and Weak la Ills Locte Honest Dollar's Blessing lie Irtown Hot ami Cold Kus Vitv dottrnal: In the course of hks indicate letter to the pres last wek W. .1. Hryan used the following eNprcssion: . Wheat lias risen lecan)e the foreign crop hab been exceedingly ?i.ort. Iti-metallist-s contend that Xhe latv of sup ply and demand i universal. "We were toW last year that an ap preciating dollar was a national bless ing, and yi?t within a year the entire republican press is in testacy because the purchasing power of a dollar has been to some extent decreased. "A large past of this money comes from abroad. Wheat is not only higher, but more of it is being ex ported. If we had enough money in this country, an increase in the vol ume would be an injury. If an increase in the volume of monev, bccured by the exportation of higher wheat, gives cause for rejoic ing, is it not evidence now that we have an insufficient quantity?'' Mr ld-ynii is certainly the most illu MVt? and evasive man who ever entered public discussion. A collection of his speeches would be chiefly marked fti'r the contradictions, inconsistencies and lack of harmonies which they contain. Jle lias dickered around on this wheat discussion until no man can tell just i here he stands or what he believ?. In one breath lie declares thai Wheat has gone up on account of he short crop abroad, and in tli next he asserts practically that the price of wheat has not changed, but that the value of the dollar has gone down, and draws the conclusion that wheat might be kept up forever independent of the crop abroad or anywhere else simply by enlarging the volume of the currency. .Mr. llryan speaks falsely when he says the republicans claimed in last fall's campaign that an appreciating dollar was a national blessing. The republicans claimed in that campaign as in every other of recent years that an honest and stable dollar was . na tional blessing and that a debased cur rency would become a national enrse. He says the republicans arc in ccstacy ItecauM: the 'purchasing power of the dollar has been to some extent de creased." As a matter of faet. the re publicans are in ccstacy because the law of supply and demand has en hanced the value of wheat and other great staples, and because thiscvlvance has not been attained by circulating an inferior sort of money. It may be possible that the free silver advocate helievcs the dollar has fluctuated every time u cent has been added to or taken from the price of some product, but this is not the view taken by most students of finance and production. Hut what we more particular!' start ed out to show X35, the audacity of Mr. liryau m inccnling conditions and sta tistics to prove his theories, and it would be impossible to do this in bet ter form thau by quoting from an arti cle in the New York World, published on the same day tliat Mr. Uryanfs syn dicate letter appeared. In the extracts quote! aoove it win oe seen mat ue ly orator speaks of the greal volume of money coming from abroad as large ly responsible for the Increased prices, and to this the World responds as fol lows: -Hut in the latelght months, during w hieh the advance in prices occurred, we have received no money balance from abroad. On the contrary we have lost heavily. From tlnnuary 1 to Sep tember J the net gold exports were Si4.7JS.lTi. This is a loss of S1.272,0.V.i more than hi the corresponding period lastjear. During the last fiscal year our net loss of silver coin and bullion wasS50.o.o,301. 'Xor has there b".on an ':croVfCd volume of money' during "is period. The n mount of money 0f all kinds in circulation Mnncn 1. according lo the Uousury oM.!mn1e, was Sl,J7."j.riD4.itr3. Ou September 1 there was. ?1.0w.SO. tiH5 u shrinkage of nearly in.iM0,WM. "Yet there has been anil is INdncv enough for all the demand of business. The crops :i r being paid for and moved, debts by the million cancelled end the wheels of industry starlet', in all direc tions, md only without any success of free coined siiVer at Kitol. but with an actual diminution in the vNihlcsup plo kf the money we have. "It is chiefly a question of conlldcncc and of the safe and pcolltablc use of the money that has been hidden or hoarded. Mr. Rryan is wrong in his fa-Is and vCak in'hh logic.'' sorry for Political MlSdee.l. A writer in the JV.wnee Kennlilie:m tell i characteristic .storv of tonvir- sion from iVyanism that ca'mc to notice the tlier day. Going through the court iior.'-e Mjuaro a well known and quite thriity farmer commenced to sinile and Iiold ;ut his hand for a shake. It was .such a vigorous, old-fashioned, glad handshake that there was evidently something baek of it. "Well." said he, I have bold part of my wheat. Had -sixty acres this year and it went thirt v two bnihuis. 1 have just .sold l.WO bushels and got money enough for it to pay off the $1,000 on "my farm, princi pal and interest, and have about TOO busheis left. Last fall 1 felt pretty blue. 1 raised over 3.000 bushels of corn and when I gol ready to sell it they would not agree To pay more than 8 cents a bushel. Had about 400 bushels of wheat and told what I could spare of it for 38 cents. 1 got pretty grumpy and the live silver fellows talked so much about what free coinage would do for silver and wheat and everything else and got me rattled, and, to tell the truth, I went off and voted for Bryan and free silver, but if the good Lord will forgive me I will never be such a blamed fool again. Confound it! I knew we always had good times when the republican party was in power and I knew, too, that the pop ideas were a humbug and their leaders a lot of sore head officeseekers antl rattle-brained adventurers, but I thought there might be something in that notion that silver and wheat had always gone up and down together, and I "thought I would try it anyway. Hereafter yon can count on me to stick to the republican partv. no matter what happens, nor what an v bodymaysay. I always 'did think "it was the best party and never reallv intended to leave it. but I got wearv and rattled and made a fool of myself.' ItiCgrst Hnnibug of All. Lincoln Journal: Senator Mutz, of the legislative investiiratinp-committor has turned out to lo the biggest hum-! bug of all the pop humbug who con- sianiiyery out for fairness. On the floor of the state senate Mr. Mutz was heard almost daily appealing for ''fair ness." ln debate he used a voice full of pathos and tears and pleaded for fairness and honesty. '-Is this fair?" was a favorite interrogation with him when driven to bav. Sometimes ho modified the question and wanted to know if certain things were honest." ' Visitors to the senate chamber often t heard Mr. Mutz sending tear-drawing j appeals almost to the throne of grace in oeiiaii ot iairne.s. Hut he -protested" too much, and there was no surprise when it became known that he had gone over the looks of I'rofevv or GMlespie at the Omaha institution and reported a shortage of mer Sl.ooG without so much as calling on Profes sor Gillespie for a consultation or expla-n-tion of any of the disputed items, which the investigators (show by their own teport they did cot understand. But nothing would be thqught of this bad not Mr. ifptz pledged his word that after he had gone over the accounts covering nineteen years he would call in Professor Gillespie and go over the records with him. A cony of ike re port was also promised Professor Gil lespie, but it was not furnished. tThe governor and investigators adpht that Professor Gillespie has not intention nllv kept incorrect Accounts, yet by their action thty sought to brand him . .lUtiWAost. and refused to irive him Vn'ntuirtnnitr ti defend himself. In .. rt? y ,i -m -i tt- i the olt rcpeaiea worn m. ir. tuis, . this fair, is this honest? Politic Not febVic Weat Seward Reporter: The populist gov ernor hasVvimoved Prof. J. A.Gillespie, for Iw-ciity years superintendent of th "Xebraska'sehool for deaf mutes, and appointed in his place a man named H. K. Dawes, formerly a sub-ettdtru:tof at the blind asylum. Professor Gilles pie is the originate of the .'auricular system for deaf mubis, atad is i .nian of interuatUihal reputation 7.tn.out doubt he has done more for bettering the condition of those unfortunates who can neither hear 'nor sneak; than any other living roan. lf!s place was Wanted for a pop, and Governor Hol couib ignored nis splendid services to the ce.use of humanity, and put in a man who ha-s ucver had any special training at all for this highly Impor tant and difficult work, Itt order to get a pretext for the removal of Pro fessor Gillespie, art investigation was made of the accounts of tjie institu tioin lite investigators could nttl find that tlie superintendent nad ever con verted one cento Vhe funds of the in stitution to his own use, but they re ported that in the course of the twenty years about Sl.900 had been CxiVrided for other items than those, for Which it was specifically. Appropriated. This was enough lo give the governor the chance Wanted. The matters referred to 'might have lccn shown to be errors in bookkeeping, but the superintend ent was given no chance to explain. It was a cowardly act, and show Inside that the governor and hU. associates are more anxious to pu Inci'r political friends on the pAy "roll of the state than they are to have efficient men at the head of the state institutions. A strikiMK raralUl. Louisville Conrler-.tournal; Thlrty years ago the hero .of the hour was Brick Pomeroy of 1sconsin precisely as the hero 'o'f the hour today is IMUy llryan of Nebraska. A grapic parallel might lc drawn between the two. Brick Pomeroy was a Journalist of ft, i kiku. jmii.v uryan is a journalist. oi a kind. Brick lomeroy had a voice like a fog-horn. Bill V Bryan has a voice like a fog-horn, lirick Pomery was for cheap money ind plenty of it. Billy Br'an .is for cheap money and plenty of it. lifick Pomeroy irratliatcd the resrion about La Crosse and made it the business of his life to act the Missssip- J pi afare at least ortce a fortnight, r-iljv Bryan irradiates tne .region about Oma ha, nod makes it the business of his life lo set the Missouri afire, if not once a fortnight, yet semi-occasional ly as the needs of the republican-populist f nsiOh of which he is the head center, seem 'to require. Brick Pomeroy had none of the vices of a gentleman. No more has Billy Bryan, ifetiy Bryan, like Brick Pomeroy, It, going to rescue the people (with a very big P) from the money power, and he is pledged lo ride ddwn Wall street like a cyclone and d rldi'it the flag of free .silver "art" Rich." on the dome of the eapifol at Washington: how very, very like Brick Pomeroy. wlie, liiirty years ago, did all these tilings in his sleep died a pauper "Unwept, unhonored and wisUrttf.' Hard to Fleas, York Times: And nw Mr. Bryan argues that higli priced wheat is a very bad thing and says that it will kill the republican party and greatly assist him. The consumers ar' so much more numerous than ih pro ducers that the price e ttli food pio ducts ought f o ilc Wept down V the lowest peihte point: Mf. Pi van nyj. the laboring wci tfill be dis ttvssed by the b'.giier price of bread and. TvH" raise shcol with the republi er.l'i party. Some time ago John L. Webster was reported to have said something to the effect that more peo ple were interested in cheap bread than in dear wheal add every pop. in the stPte jumped onto him and tried to tent? him to pieces. .Now Mf. I!ryan lia", said the same nfct! much more, but it is all f i'ii for him to say it. Prob ably every populist farmer in York county will vote against the republi cans now and give as their reason the advance in the price of wheat. The fact is. the rise in wheat Is a good tiling for the lalorig man add every other man a wvll as the wheat grow cr. Won Away from Willie. Chicago Tribune: The Nebraska state board of agriculture announces that there are yet in the hands of the farm ers of the 'state 100.000.000 bushels of old corn and .10.000.000 millions in cribs. They have -':.0,000,000 bushels of new corn now safe from bad weather or frost. Out of the late corn, which has been somewhat injured by hot weather, they will save from J.,.000,000 to riO.000.000 "bushels. The farmers have also raised T.I.OOO.OOO bushels of wheat, rye. oats, barley and flaxseed. This makes a total of alxmt .00.0fHMHM) bush els of grain of all kinds, of which about 3.0.0OO.()00 millions will lie shipped out of the state during the next twelve months, and will be paid for in honest gold money. It is not strange when the exports of the state are so great and bring as good prices as they do that Nebraska farmers should be pay ing off their mortgages and losing in terest in Bryan and his free silver delusion. Concerning Political Rooster. New York Sun: The Nebraska fn sionists, populist, democrat and silver republican, have picked out the rooster as the sj-mbol of their party and ticket, and not a three-legged rooster, either. There is so much unfitness in the world that perhaps it is hardly worth while to ask why the rooster was selected. It docs not appear that the tripartite Nebraska has or is likely to have any special reason for crowing. Perhaps the bird of dawning's injudicious habit of letting his voice loose at unreasona ble hours of the night, under the im pression that morning has come, may have thrown some discredit upon his reputation as a professional announcer and thereby recommended and endear ed him to Mr. Bryan, whose own vat icinations in regard to 25-cent wheat have not been indorsed by destiny. More Fie for Patriots. Kearney Blub: Gov. Holcomb has been playing a game of politics now with the institntc for the deaf and dumb at Omaha. At the last session of the legislature a law was enacted to enable the populists to gain control of the institution, which has be en con ducted successfully for many years ,v Prof. Gillespie, one of the most compe tent persons in that line in the United States. Holcomb's excuse for remov ing Gillespie and putting in Lis place a populist who is not competent for the position arc not worty of the executive of a state, and he ought to brush awav all pretenses and say that he has been actuated entirely by political motives. The Laugh On the Drelbutul. Globc-Dcmoerat: The most humor ous incident of the present state earn- I paign :.s to be found in the platform of J the Iowa silver democracy. There is a plank which reads: "Prosperity has not made its appearance: the mills and shops a re closing down: I he army of the unemployed is growinjr lareer and the farmers of Iowa are marketing their products at lower prices than e-er be fore." The Iowa silvcrites made the grim mistake of adopting a platform in .lune in support of which votes are be asked for in November, wjfiioat vpoVonSng on "nterveningerenu. FARM AND UAUDEN. MATTERS foF 'fNTferlEST TO ftQRlfcULTURISTS. Some I7p-te-late llluts About Cultiva tion of the Soil and Yields ?t.ereof Hortlraltare, XHi'culturc ana Florl tuHwr?. Adtaatnsea t l)ntnHiS Htt heUssity of diair.ace is not to b deterniin'c'i by Vhb Quality 'of Vater which faHs ov flowi: Upon hf silYliee, 'ntV upon the power of the sun to carry 'It off by WnwjV.V tfoh Sl.t upon the character of the sub-soil. If that is of sand cr gravel the water will pass off below hy natural dialnage: but if the sub-soil is clcy or other impervious substance, the water is 'cSrIKciI ih its downward tb"ulsfe auu renidics stag nant oV bursts cut upon, the surface in the form of springs, C-' oi the prairie tan'ds AVt bi the lattet charac ter, 3.J wherever such suh-soil exists the land will not only he lraplofcd by tile drainage, but It may be -th tfllU such drainage I t Muvit:iV essential to its Oivnn- e'Ve'lopmeni and culture. To tiufc&iWthe necessity of the proce"S is little less absurd than it would he to ask whether It would be improved by plowing, instead of making hilU for corn iu the prairie crtefc With a hoe plly or spade. All !dnds require draftttce ' 'A,li6 nave been investigating the mat which. at auy stason- conti So much ter have been astonished at the rap- water that rr wiiicn hold at any time of t'l& Vcar more moisture than is good for the crops, and causes them to M?- fer. either by rreezina out ih Winter, n !...?.. lV..!u u-.i.. in. .. i'-... UhUAW the groxvihg "scasojh,. iiriaage has been appvopiriatlV oelincd as " the art of rcntfmug land not only so free from moisture that no superfluous water shall remain in it. but that BO water shall remain long enough to injure 8r retard the heailh'y gvoWtii tk such plants as -are rjsire'd for the suste nance A man or beast.." Ther pre some plants, as Vico ?lvi cranberries, which VeaiVt a wet soil, but mast of those which are useful to man, are drowned by being overflowed lor ft short time, and are Injured bv ahy stagnant water about their roots. The i soil of the prairfes, iti Yn'oVt ca.es, is underlaid With clay, which no- un freqne'nViy contains a mixture t.f me tallic oxides, which cause it to form a substratum almost of the liai.ire of rock, and known commonly aSiong farmers as "brr! $an." It is -i com mon impassion that clay is impervious to water, and that, therefore, a clay soil and particularly if it has Assumed the solid form of "bard pah'; tinder the surface t!i hot bo drained wi'.h tile, anil especially A the tite j lai.I lower than the "h pan." But thai such land is not absolutely impervious is proved by the fact that it is vwy wet in the spring at almost any tlepth, while in the latter part of the summer it becomes dfcy and hard. HoV cdnnes it to be soaked at any time, M water docs not go lnt6 it? Aba how cemes it nry; if witel- does not come out of it? The facts that clay will readily absorb a great deal of water, and that it may he subsequently dried, prove conclu sively that it in not impervious to water, but they do not prove that water will pass through it with sufficient rapidity to answer the practical pur poses of drainage. It is neveitheless a fact that owners of clay farms al most invariably overestimate the dif ficulty in draining their land. They know that puddled clay is used for the bottom of ponds, canals, etc., and is nearly or qtlit5 impervious. But such is not its natural tohdition, and it is only reached by working and beating it while wet. or. as in the case of the hard pan subsoil, by continued pres sure from above. Nor can clay be kept in this condition except by being constantly wet. If once dried, or sub jected to the action of frost, it resumes .ts natural porous condition. Anon. OrlBin of Forfeits. The life or plants as well as of acl nials began in the water, and from .vatcr plants of simple structure there gradually developed the forms fitted o thrive upon land, writes William J. Hopkins in Chicago Kecord. The first and plants of which we have evidence, ilthough probably not the first that ex isted, were Tern-like in character. As .heir number became greater the crowding forced each plant to reach mt higher after the sunlight and the air. In this struggle for existence be gan that evolution of those most fit ted to survive. Which has resulted in he forms that we know to-day. Tluse .vhlch developed the tallest trunks con liiered the shorter varieties and forced rlicm either to die out completely or to occupy less favorable situations. I'he trees of the first great forests, which became the beds of coal of the principal coal-forming period, r.ere weak in structure, not far removed from the ferns, with pithy trunk, re quiring much moisture and warmth. Thej were not well adapted to propa gate and spread, as their seeds were very small and incapable of withstand ing rigorous conditions. From these forms there gradually developed the palms and trees somewhat resembling the present cone-bearing forms, cr evergreens, this process of develop ment continuing until in comparative ly recent ages came the prevailing trees of our modern forests. These may be divided into two great claims the narrow-leaved, cone-bearing trees, or evergreens, and the broad leaved trees, which usually shed their leaves in the autumn. All have a sreat advantage over the earliest forms in their strong trunks, capable of sup porting a great weight of branches and leaves and enabling them to attain heights of 100 to 300 feet above the earth. The light for place and exist ence is now chiefly between the ever greens and the broad-leaved or decidu ous trees, and in this struggle the broad-leaved trees are so far superior that the evergreens have aiready been driven to a great extent to the less - . ATi vcirinnc or Tr n Mrtflr" and less favorable soils. Methods of Spreading and Growth. The distribution of forest trees de pends not only upon the characteris tics of the particular kind and its? adaptability to the soil and climate, but also upon the chance of distrlMi tion of the seed and the provision against its destruction by animals. Many trees are subject to the depreda tions of various insect enemies which may prevent seeding or may ever, de- t stroy the tree; and the seeds of raoht ttees form a more or jess paiaiauie food for birds or beasts. Some trees are better protected than others against these chances of destruction and the better protected trees fctand a correspondingly better chance of in creasing iu numbers and surpassing the other kinds. If the squirrels or tha wild pigs find the nuts of the white nak 6weeter and mere wholesome than tb of gam other oaks tho statuVog white oaks will leave lew it any 'de scendants 'and v;iii eventually disap pear, while the red oaks flourish. In entering upoa new ground the trees having the lightest seeds will, ha th first to take possession; their seeds be ing carried o greater distances than those of the others. The light seeds of the willow or the seeds vf the maple. "Watch, 'although heavier, have upon them wing-lifce attachment, vilt en able their kind 18 far outstrip the hut bearing trees, like the walnut; hickory and oak. These hewvyisdeued trees are H'mitPt 1st Ineir reproduction, hracil- I tally to the distance tit which ? nut iuiis to me grounq fjv vo the chance 'dfstrjtjAtic'i by the forgotten hoards 01 the squirrel. lJy the swiftness of their march the light-seeded n'hls will thu? nio"rei Quickf fach regions where the 'lhiall is just sufficient to furnish the roots enough moisture or the growing season is just long enough to enable them to mature the wood of each year's growth. Beyond this point they can not live. The heiivyisesaed forms an plodding surely along behind them and j in tne nnai struggle the trees best adapted to the soli at ny glVen local ity wi!i endure by the overwhelming of the others. O i tithVe jim'i Ollta OU. A SKv and 'distinct branch of intlus ly is rapidly being developed on the Pacific slope, says n ctmtel,Uurary. It nromlFcs to pciliiy become oC na Uouttl linpoHance and lo relieve the beople rrom nil ifcmger fii being sub jected tb deception and fraud iu one important article tit foot! HiVpiies. Ex perts of thV Hnditnii'lit of neripnUure ldity with whiuh the ihddstry is being develops anj mr. m?l Aj'owiug re- purts of its rdl'ure boBsibiiities. At the VresehV time there is boinc imuorted ... " annually into the United States l.OuO,- 000 gallonB of olive oil. it conic here from Italy and Spain, though the lat ter country is rather nimwrdly with its exports-, cou.snm.ing nearly all it pro duced The annual production of the Ibe' iah peuinsuh' is 70.000.0ob callous, of which 6L'.0f;u ort ;M-e cousumed at hom. 12 the people of the United States consumed olive oil as do the Spaniards ISO.OOO.OoO gallons would be required lo supply Ihe demand here. What we do "get from abroad is by no means ah Al article Analysis made by the agricultural department of that found on the market has proved that large quantities of it is nothing more than cotton seed oil or peanut oil lab eled and sold as pure dlile oii. tNrt necessity exists for the people submitting to any such imposition. The United States, instead of being an im porter of olive oil, should be a large exporter. It la likely to become so in the hot far distant lutiirp. The Inves tigations referred lo show that no bet ter 'olive-producing soil exists in the world than is to be found in this coun try. In California there is a territory from 600 to 700 miles long and from ;t0 to 125 miles wide Which is particularly well adapted tb oliVe culture. In ad dition extensive sections have been found in South Carolina, Georgia, Flor ida, Alabama, Mississippi, Lousiana. Texas and parts i f Arzona in which the olive might be successfully culti vated. In illustration of how olive culture is being developed on tha Pacific slope it nny be said that from 500,000 to 600, 000 olive trees are being planted in Cal ifornia annually, ln seven years from the time of planting these trees should be bearing fruit. After they once be gin they continue yielding for centu ries. A good tree in its prime will pro duce 250 gallons of oil a year. There is no reason why the territory de scribed, in this country, should not produce 140,000,000 gallons annually, the present market value of which would be $ 2 10,000.000. i'all Rjr. There are a few crops that the Amer ican farmer can use more profitably than this. When it is sown early in the fall and the weather is favorable for the plant, it affords a great amount of pasture for cahes, colts or pigs, writes S. Blanchard in Journal of Ag ricultuie. In much of the weather during the fall when pastures arc short, the cows can be turned upon the land to feed, and that will nlake the wife smile with joy when she goes to town with her well-filled jars or pails of but ter. The farmer, too, will smile with pleasure when he beholds his calves, colts and all other stock entering upon the winter in such fine condition. Dur ing much of the winter, when they are turned out of their yards they will start at once for the rye field. In fact, it can be pastured nearly all winter when the ground is not covered with snow. It can also be pastured quite late in the spring, and when the stock is all removed will often spring up if weather is favorable and afford to the farmer a fair crop of grain. Or the field can be plowed up in the spring and planted to corn or some other crop. The fall plowing will have made the land more mellow for any spring crop. All farmers who have fields that can be utilized in this way should not fail to sow rye. Years ago many of the farm ers in Kansas pastured their wheat fields when not covered with snow. Some thought it was no detriment to their crops while many question the utility of the practice. But rye is one of our hardiest grains. Drought does not affect it as it does wheat or oats. (.Iran fYlieat. There is no excuse for the presence of rye, cockle or chess in wheat at harvest-time. It is nut always possible to have absolutely clean seed, and weed-seeds are in the soil, but it is practicable to clean the standing grair. when these weed pests appear. Kje shoots up much higher thai? the wheat, and cockle has a blossom easily seen. Taking two drill widths at a through, a man can pass ovei an acre of whpa' very quickly, clipping off the heads oi blossoms of these undesirable plants We have too much thoroughbred cocklt In the country. The fanning-mills tak nut the liehter and smaller srain3 o" i - , cockle, but too often leave the large; grains in the seed. In this way w. have been raising the standard for cockle until some of it is as heavy as wheat-grains. It, together with rye anc. other filth in wheat, caa be whollj eradicated by a little care before whcai harvest. Lowlands often have som docks in the wheat, and seed is rip ened before harvest. Getting into the manure, they are carried back to cul tivated fields. A watch should be kept for these, and an ounce of prevention saves the cost of a pound of cure. K Wheat King of Argentina. The wheat king of the world belongs to Ar gentina. He is an Italian emigrant named Guazone. and hi? broad acre are fcttuated in the Fouth of the prov ince of Buenos Aires. His crop occu pies an area of 65,2"f acres. He num bers his workmen by the thousand, an! each one receives a certain sh3re ct the profits When bJs season's crop u harvwd he ?.? ever 3,000 railway trucks with hie grain. Bx. alaskan Weather JAPAN, CURRENT PROTECTS IT FR ROM EXTREMES. Vldtaaiaicr Days that Hava No Mht llajr Moralafa with Olartoas AwakiMMs' t Kttafc Tha adlair of the I'load. C THE current number of the ten tury there is an ar ticle, on "The Alas ka, trip" hy John fa 3B Muir.- the Califor nia wnicr unu nat uralist. Mr. Mtur saya: The climate of nil that portion ot the toast that is hathrd by the Jabari current, extend ing from the southern bgutylary of the territr'p- northward ,and westwan to the island of Albb, a distance of nearly twenty-five hundred miles, is remark ably bland, and free from textremPK of heat nnd edi thljbughout, the year. It is rainy" however; but the rain is of good quality, gentle In its fall, filling the fountains of the streams, and keep ing the whole land fresh and fruitful, while anything more delightful than the shining weather after the rain the greilt, roiind sun-aya of June; July andAugustx can hardly he ipiind elsewhere. Aii Alaska midsummer day is a day without night. In the extreme northern portion of the territory the sun does not set for weeks, an I even as far enutb as fSltka.ttnd Foi't "Wran gel it sihkrf only a few degrees below the horizon, so that the rosy colors of the evening blend with those of the morning, leaving no gnp of darkness between. Nevertheless, the full day opens slowly. At midnight, from the middle point between the gloatiiirg and the tlawn, a. low arcvof llgliMeeen stealing along tlu horizon,, wltli grad ual increase ot height and span and intensity of tone, accompanied usually by red clouds, which make a striking advertisement of the sun's progress long befoie he appears above th mountain lops. For several,, hours after HnHse everything in the landscape seems dull and uncommunicative. The clouds fade, the islands and the mountains, with ruffs of mist abouttthem, cast Jll deflnd, shadows, and the whole firma ment changes to pale pearl-gray with just a trace of purple In It. But toward noon there Is a glorious awakening. The cool haziness of the air vanishe. and the richer sunbeams, pouring from on hjgn, make, all tho bays and channels shine. Brightly now play the round-topped ripples about the edges of the islands, and over many a plume-shaped streak between them, where the water Is stirred hy some pasRing brefze. n the mountains of the mainland, and in the high-walled fiords that fringe the coast, still finer is the work of the sunshine. The broad white bosoms of the glaciers glow like sil ver, and their crystal fronts, and the multitude of icebergs that linger about theni, drifting, swirling, turning tfieir myriad angle:, to the sun, are kindled Into a perfect blaze ot irised light. The warm air throbs and wavers, and makes itself felt as a life-giving, ener gizing ocean embracing all the earth. Filled with ozone, our pulses bound, and we are warmed and quickened In to sympathy with everything, taken bad: into the heart of nature, whence we came. We feel the life and motion about il?, and the universal beauty: the tides marching back and forth v.ith weariless Industry, laving the hciiuiful shores, and swaying the pur pie dulse of the broad meadows of the sea where the fishes ale fed: the wild sti earns in rows white with watei falls, ever in bloom and ever in song, spread ing their branches over a thousand mountains; the vast forests feeding on the drenching sunbeams, every cell in a whirl of enjoyment: misty flock3 of insects stirring all the air; the wild sheep and goatB on the grassy ridges above the woods, bears in the berry tangles, mink and beaver and otter far back on many a river and lake; In dian? and adventurers pursuing their lonely ways; birds tending their young everywhere, everywhere beauty and life, and glad, rejoicing action. Through the afternoon all the wa down to the west the air seems to thicken and become soft, without los ing its fineness. The breeze dies away and everything settles into a dec-p, conscious repose. Then comes the sun set with its purple and gold not a narrow arch of color, but oftentimes filling more than half the sky. The horizontal clouds that usually bar tiie horizon are fired on the edges, and the spaces of clear sky between tnem arc filled in with greenish yellow and amber; while the flocks of thin, over lapping cloudlets arc mostly touched with crimson, like tne otitleaning sprays of a maple-grove in the begin ning of Indian summer; and a litllr later a smooth, mellow purple flushes the sky to the zenith, ami me air fairly steeping and transfiguring the islands and mountains, and changtn? all the water to wine. An Ancient Canal, The Bahr-Joussuf, or Canal of Jos eph, which, according to tradition, was built by the son of Jacob, is still in use. after 4,000 years of service, and the life of a fertile province of Egypt is dependent upon it today. It takes its rise in the Nile at Assiout, and after running parallel with it for near ly 230 milea, enters a pass and waters the province of Fayoum. In ancient times it created a large lake In the Fayoum, and modified the climate of the surrounding district. This lake has disappeared, but the remains of ir rigation works abound. Quick Converaion. Small Boy "What'll I do with this money bank?" Mamma "Put it away, of course. It has a dollar in it that your aunt gave vou, and seme change your pa and I put in." "Not now. There isn't any money in it now. I spent it." "Spent it? What did you do that for?" "Why, the minister preached so hard against hordin' up riches, that I got converted and spent what I had.' New York Weekly. A Little trench Trick. ynniiishmaii recently took a spat at a cafe table in Paris. A Frenchman sat Oil tne oiner amc ui n. ne ue gan to jilay with the lever of a seltzer syphon, when suddenly, antl soraing y by accident a stream of the aerated water struck th" Englishman in the face. The Frenchman apologized pro fusely and wipd off the water with his own handkerchief. After : po lite Frenchrcai had gone the Ev.z'.Ua mn discovered that bis pursft conUin- !nr neftrly 1500 had !so 4ma9tmni r t 'm csr . WlMtw H Saw Iti, , .Mp. Hay teed Marior. Tii filade up my mind ter send our boy to ibe city Writing School td leani how id write. Mrs. Hayseed Ho writes ood . -- hand. Yea, Maricr, but he's too slow for these times. Tho city's tho place td icarh things. Marior. ho matter jtvhat. They trrito like groased lightning Ihero, Why, Marier, while 1 was in tho city I saw a man wrlto a) two-pg5. love-lottcr irl seventeen seconds, by tho watch, ' Ho was a regular city fellor. too 1 ,couhl. tel' by his clotb.es. ,. WKy. M-wsrliwhen tho hivi Uial letter was writ, to got it. it took her 'most live minutes to read it. 1 timed her, too." "Lovo letter girl reading it! Why. whore and how on "arth did you see a letter written, and thon n Oh, it's all eo. Marier. I saw it in a theater." , , Cheaii Tlcii.fi .. . Via the-bmnb'a &. St. LoutsR. K. and Wabash It R. St. Ilouis.one way.S9.n, round trip, 515.3.". On sali; every Tuesj days and Thursdays. St. fcouis: Round (trip October 3d to Sth. SI 1.50. -Home-seekers' Excursions. South: Septem ber 21, October 5 and 10. One fare the round trip, plus S-.'. Springfield. III.: Round trip. $13.2.1: on sale September IS, 10, 20. For tickets and further in formation call at 1415 Farnam St. (Pax ton Hotel Block), Omaha, or write (1. X. Clayton, Omaha, Neb. , , Overcome His eyes met her's for an instant in a glance of intense and agonized appoal. A moment later ho stag gered to his fecjt .Crushed I" hj moaned. Ho was terribly pale. Crushed," with faltering footsteps ho moved away. Crushed." All he could do wan to tell th. police man on the corner that a girl with a whito cap and blue bloomers had run him down with a bicycle. No. ho was unablo to furnish a moro de tailed description. Sho had disap pearod tcry suddenly. Dotroli Tri bune. Hhake Into Your Short. Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for thi feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart ing feet and instantly takes the stint) out of corns and bunions. It is tht greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes, tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all drugglsts,and shoe stores. By mail for 25c in ctamps. Trial package FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Peculiarities t Speech. It is a familiar fact that persons born deaf are usually mute nut from any congenital defect In the organs of speech, but from the fact thiU, never having heard others speak, they cau not imitate articulate utterance. .It is probably true, too. that the source of some current errors among thos who are not esteemed deaf lies in a defect of hearing. Many persons who Jiabitdaily taclc on the "r" sotind io words ending in "w" buy that they nre unable to distinguish, for example, between "iaw" and "lor." There la a Class of Teople Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed In all the grocery stores a new preparation caltcd URAIX-O, made of pure grain, that i?kes the place of coffee. The niGLt delicate stomach receives it with out distrre-t, and but few can tell il from toffee. It docs not cost over 4 as much. Children may drink it with ereat benefit. 15 cents and 1T cents rer package. Try it. Ask for fJRAIN-O. Retired t'rnm Serlor. 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