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. Is canted by add ia tbe blood. Hood's
Sarsaparflla nratrallset this acid and cans
tbe achat and pains. Do not suffer .any
longer wain a wiaedy la at tend. Take
the great medicine which has cared so many
others, and yon may aoafldeatly expect It
. -will give you the relief yon so much desire.
HOOd'S Saplraiila
Is America's Greatest Medicine. Price ft.
Frepared "by C I. Hopd ft CoXoweli, Mass.
Hood's Pills care sick headache. 95 cents.
'. The" northern Methodist conferences
"have .adopted equal lay representation
"by the vote of 3,278 ayes to 937 noes.
tee Reward, SJIOO.
'C The readers of this paper will toe pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded' disease
-. that science baa been able to core in all Its
. stages and that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
. .. Cure is tbe only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constltu-
tional disease, requires, a constitutional treat
meet. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting dtrectljupon the blood mad raucous r.ur-
. - faces of the systeai, thereby destroying the
. foundation of tbeoisease.andglvlncrtbepatlent
.. fctrcsiffth .by building up tbe constitution and
. assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-
prictors hare so much faith in its curative
. powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
nny case that it fails to cure. Send for list of
'" Testimonials.
Address F. X. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, a
Sold by druggists 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The Delta Light House of Greenville,
Miss., edited by a colored man, prints
this somewhat delphic utterance: "The
race troubles in South and North Caro
lina were just horrid. Some one, no
doubt, would like to know cur views
on that matter. We can state In short
by saying that without-the shedding of
blood there is no remission of sins.
Our answer to the above sentence may
not be appreciable in this one; but we
believe that all races must shed some
blood -before they can possess true love
for the country in which they have im
migrated, it is true that the colored
man has been .in this country a good
long time, but he has a good long ways
to go 3set"
CAMPMBE SKETCHES,
GOOD
SHORT STORIES
THE VETERANS.
Gea. Saeraaaa's Callaatry Mmw Gnat
Became Kcaaeaslble for Startles; the
Sterjr ea Him Joke of a Coaatry
Schoolboy at Gea. Wheeler's Ezaease.
and the Intruder withdrew. Once this
.grosbeak, with half a dozen orioles and
finches, made common cause against a
FOR I California Jay that had apparently at
tempted to raid the nest of one of the
little birds. The jay Is a thief and a
coward always, and this marauder re
ceived bitter punishment at the bills
of the feathered vigilance committee
that hastily formed.
HEALTH WITH WEALTH.
"Familiarity breeds despise," said a
Frcuchman.
7.1 r. tvinftiow Rooming syrup
For children teethicg.nften the ifumt.rraiico-infisin-natlon,
alleys pain, carvs windeo!!-. S.Sccntsa bottle
.' Emerson says that a loud laugh is a
relic of the warwhoop.
Coach and Colds Cared Quick
TTIth Dr. Scth Arnold- Cough Killer. Alt Druggists
. ' and Country Store. 23c a bottle.
No shopkeeper ever makes the mis
take of giving too much change.
Honest grocers prefer to sell honest
coap. Diamond "C" Soap is honest,
economical, every way desirable.
No one ever underestimates the pop
ulation of his own town.
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Are your nerves weak?
Can't you sleep well? Pain
in your back? Lack energy?
Appetite poor? Digestion
bad? Boils or pimples?
These arc sure signs of K
IJVISUUIIIg.
From what poisons?
From poisons that are al
ways found in constipated
bowels.
If the contents of the
bowels are not removed from
the body each day, as nature
intended, these poisonous
substances are sure to be
absorbed into the blood, al
ways causing suffering and
frequently causing severe
disease.
There is a common sense
Kcw Western Canada Districts Adapted
to Baacblaj; aad UUed Farmlaa.
Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 4 1S98.
To the Editor of the Duluth Evening
Herald, Duluth, Minn., Dear Sir As
to many replies to tbe home-seeker of
Minnesota, I "can cheerfully say' this
country Is better for a noor man than
Minnesota if he wants to farm and
raise stock. I have spent one wintei
and two summers here, which I find
more pleasant than any winter I have
seen in Minnesota for eight years. The
seasons are short, but the effect of
long days of bright sunshine produces
a very rapid growth of vegetation.
There Is good money in raising coarse
grains and feeding to hogs and cattle,
for pork and beef always bring a good
price here. Hogs are worth from $4
to ?4.50 live weight per cwt., and beet
about the same. There is plenty of
railroad land to be had very cheap and
on long-time payments. A man does
cot want to think he can pick up mon
ey on the ground here, but there Is lots
of it in the ground, and labor will take
it out. There is a vast scope of coun
try north of Edmonton, Alberta, which
can be settled, and a large scope of
country west of Edmonton adapted to
ranching and mixed farming. This
country is the best plaee I have ever
seen for the cure of consumption. I
could refer you to different people here
who were in the last stages cf con
sumption, who arc now in perfect
health and able to do any kind of hard
work and are very prosperous. Hoping
this may benefit home-seekers who are
willing to work for an honest living,
I remain, yours very truly,
(Signed.) CHARLES N. SCOTT.
Why does a girl with a dimple in
her chin always learns to work it at an
early age?
I mi i I
ReiMng the Patent Law.
The commissioners appointed to re
vise the laws relating to patents, trade
marks and commercial names had a
tlnal meeting November 22.
Prominent members of the Patent
Law association (among them ex-Com
missioner Doolittle and ex-Chief Clerk
Rogers) expressed themselves in favor
of abolishing the Caveat system. We
have advised cur clients for 20 years
to file incomplete applications in lieu
of Caveats, and were the pioneers of
such practice, and upon appeal won a
decision in favor of the practice.
In the list of United States Patents
issued this week are the following for
which we prepared the applications:
To S. H. Plumberg of Leland, Iowa, for
an adjustable wagon and hay rack. To
W. Z. Marsh of Brooks. Iowa, for vehi
cle axle, lubricator and sand band
combined To B. C. Armstrong of Bur
lington for the simplest and most
practical wagon tongue support known
to us. To J. F. Hand of Des Moines
for an apparatus for purifying water.
Consultation and advice free to invent
ors. THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO.,
Solicitors of Patents.
Des Moines. Dec. 17, 1898.
It's always hard to please a man
who doesn't know what he wants.
They daily insure an easy
and natural movement cf
the bowels. l-
You will find that the use of
q Ager's
aarsuparla
with the pills will hasten
recovery. It cleansc3 the
blood from all impurities and
is a great tonic to tbe nerves.
MMTa tkm Dmatmr
Onr Medical Deportment basons
of tho ir.itst eminent phTslclans in
tho United States. Tell tbe doctor
J nit how 70a are suffering. You
trill receive tbe best medical advice
without cost. Address.
int. J. C AVER.
Lowell, Xase.
It
fjyyTjF
roe's Couch Balaam
Is tie olff t and lt- It will lirrafc up a cold quicker
:baa acytninz clic. U Is nlw?ys rclitble. Try it.
The thread of an argument often im
plies that the whole is merely a yarn.
TO C1TR A COLD I.V ONE OA7
Take Laxative 13 romo Quinine Tablets. All
urugpstsrcranotlietnoacv ir it iaustocurc.
'3u The gcculnc has i.. & . on each tablet.
Paradoxical though it may seem, an
odd genius is a genius wno is not odd.
For Lung and chest diseases, Piso's Core
is tbe best medicine we have used. Mrs.
J. L. Northcott, Windsor, Ont., Canada.
Russell Sage takes the keenest pleas
ure in horses, and although he seldom
rides now, he is very Jond of driving
the best horse3. Following the custom
of his younger dayg, he prefers to
"trade" horses to buying them.
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WHEAT
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It's easy to convince the plain
' woman that handsome is as handsome
1 does.
Three Score aad Tea.
Who reach their threescore years and ten
As I have mine, without a sigb.
Are either more or less than men
Not such am I.
I am not of them; life to me
Has been a strange, bewildered dream.
Wherein I knew not things that be
From things that seem.
f
I thought, I hoped, I knew one thing.
And had one gift, when I was young
The impulse and the power to sing.
And so I sung.
To have a place in the high choir
Of poets, and deserve the same.
What more could mortal man desire
Than poet's fame?
I sought it long, but never found;
The choir so full was and so strong,
Tho Jubilant voices there, they drowned
My simple song.
Men would not near me then, and now
I care not, I accept my fate.
When white hairs thatch the furrowoJ
brow
Crowns come too late!
The best of life went long ago
From me; it was not much at best;
Only the iove that young heart know.
The dear unrest.
Back on my past, through gathering
tears.
Once more I cast my eyes and eo
Bright shapes that in my better years
Surrounded me.
They left mo here, they left me tlicro.
Went down dark pathways, ona by
one
The wise, the great, the young, the fair;
But I went on.
And I go on! And. bad or good.
The old allotted years of men
I have endured, as, best I could
Threescore an ten!
R. H. StoJdarJ.
Gen. Sherman's Gallantry.
"General, I never understood how it
was you came to gain the repatation
of 'the Great- American Beau; woul
you enlighten us?"
The question tickled him, says the
Chautauquan. The seamed face dis
solved into wrinkles, and, after laugh
ing In his silent way for a minute or
two, he said:
"Well, now, you will be surprised
when I tell you that that whole thing
was the work of Gen. Grant, but it's a
fact. Just after the war closed Grant
asked me to take a ride with him in
Washington behind a horse be had
Just bought and of which he was very
fond. As we spun down the avenue I
said: 'See here, Grant, now that the
piping times of peace have couie, we
must choose a fad.'
"'What are you driving at, Sher
man?' he asked.
" 'I mean to say that if we don't fix
upon something, the public will do it
for us, and it may not be pleasant.'
" 'Well, it is pretty generally known
that I am fond of horses; I suppose
that will answer for me. What have
you in mind?'
"I told him I had fixed upon nothing
as yet, but would try to do so. Mean
while I asked for his help. He said
he would be glad to serve me.
"Now, what do you suppose Grant
did?" asked Sherman, with pretended
indignation. "Why, he made straight
for tht newspaper correspondents and
told them that I had formed tbe reso
lution to devote the rest of my life to
earning the name of a gallant for all
tbe young ladies in the country. At
the same time he intimated to the
newspaper men that he would take it
as a personal favor if they would do
what they could to spread the news; it
would be doubtless of assistance to me
and be was sure I would appreciate the
kindness.
"Well, those correspondence didn't
need any urging. The whole thing
was heralded from one end cf the
country to the other, my first knowl
edge coming from the papers them
selves. I saw through the whole thing.
though. Grant tried to play Innocent.
Ah, he was a sly wag, but," added
Sherman, "I forgave him, and I find
the work of trying to live up to the
reputation he made for me the most
delightful pursuit of my life."
A Bpleadld British Soldier.
Mr. G. W. Steevens, In his hook on
the Soudan expedition, depicts Major
General Archibald Hunter as the
sword arm of the Egyptian army. Just
as the Sirdar Is its brain. Mr. Stee
vens writes of MaJ.-Gen. Hunter:
"First, and above everything, he Is a
fighter. For fourteen years he has
beenJn the front of all the fighting on
the Southern border. He was governor
of the frontier at Haifa, governor of
the frontier at Dongola, governor of
the frontier at Berber always on the
frontier. When there was fightinc he
always led the way to it with his
blacks, whom he loved like children,
and who love him like a father.
"Fourteen years of bugle and bullet,
by night and day, in summer and win
ter, fighting Dervishes year in and
year, out, till fighting Dervishes has
come to be a holy mission pursued
with a burning teal akin to fanaticism.
Hunter Pasha is the crusader of the
nineteenth century. In all he Is and
does he Is the true knight-errant a
paladin drifted Into the wrong. cen
tury. He is one of those happy -men
whom nature has made all in one piece
consistent, simple, unvarying; every
thing he docs is just like him. He Is
short and thick set; but that. Instead
)f making him unromantic, only
draws your eyes to his long sword.
"Reconnoitcring almost alone up to
tbe muzzles of the enemy's rifles.charg
ing bareheaded and cheering on his
blacks, going without his rest to watch
over the comfort of the wounded, he"
is always the same always the same
impossible hero of a book of chivalry.
He is renowned as a brave man even
among British officers. You knov
what that means."
Two of a Kind.
Patrick O'Mara, a private, went to
the colonel of his regiment and asked
for a two weeks' leave of absence. The
colonel was a severe disciplinarian,
who did not believe in extending too
many privileges to his men, and did
not hesitate in using a subterfuge in
evading the granting of one.
"Well," said the colonel, "what dc
you want a two weeks' furlough for?"
Patrick answered: "Me woife is very
sick, and the children are not well, and
if you didn't mind, she would like to
have me home for a few weeks to give
her a bit of .assistance."
The colonel eyed him for a few min
utes and said: "Patrick, I might grant
your request, but I got a letter from
your wife this morning saying that she
didn't want you home; that you were a
nuisance and raised the devil when
ever you were there. She hopes I won't
let you have any more furloughs."
"That settles it. I suppose I can't
get the furlough, then?" said Pat.
"No; I'm afraid not. Patrick. It
wouldn't be well for me to do so under
the circumstances."
It was Patrick's turn now to eye the
colonel, as he started for the door.
Stopping suddenly, he said:
Colonel, can I say something tod
yez?"
"Certainly, Patrick; what is it?"
"You won't get mad, colonel, if I say
it?"
"Certainly not, Patrick; what is it?"
"I want to say there are two splendid
liars in this room, and I'm one of
them. I was never married in me
loife."
Kw Light ea Sarajlag.
At a recent farmers' convention
Prof. Burrill of the University of Illi
nois gave to his hearers a piece of In
formation that he said had not yet got
Into the books. It was relative to the
first spraying of fruit and trees for
fungous diseases. It has been believed
that In the case of most of these pests
the spores lived over on the' twigs of
the trees. It was advised to spray be
fore the blossoms were open, for the
purpose of killing these colonies of
spores. Fruit raisers have been re
ligiously carrying out Instructions in
this regard and the experiment stations
have been sending out spraying calen
dars year by year in which the fruit
raiser is advised to spray before the
opening of the blossoms. But now it
has been found that the theory of the
spores living over on the twigs is
erroneous. The spores live over on the
leaves that fall to the ground and lie
there till spring. With the first breath
of spring these spores ripen sufficiently
to float In the air, and as soon as the
young leaf begins to expand they find a
lodgment there and begin their life
work. It Is therefore useless to spray
at the earliest time indicated in most
of our books on spraying. This dis
covery will add much to the comfort
of the orcbardist, for It will decrease
his times of spraying. It also adds
greatly to his hopes, for if the spores
live over on the dead leaves the proper
way to get rid of them is to destroy
the leaves. This may be done by clean
cultivation, plowing under the leave?
that escape the burning.
Nearly all of the new freight equip
ment ordered by Receivers Cowen
and Murray of the Baltimore ft Ohio
railroad during the past few months
will bo delivered by January 15th.
The orders consisted of 3,000 stand
ard box cars, from the Michigan Per
ninsular Car Company; 1,000 box and
1.000 gondolas from the Pullman
Company; 2.000 box cars from the
Missouri Car and Foundry Company;
1,000 steel coal cars of 100.000 pounds
capacity from the Schoen Company,
and five 60-foot modern mall cars
from the Pullman Company. Each
of these cars Is equipped with the
Westlnghouse air brake and H. O. P.
automatic couplers.
John Bryant, a brother of William
Cullen Bryant, is living in Princeton,
111., in good health. A rcatlve ivlng
in Bellevlew, Fa., writes of him:
"John Bryant was ninety-one years old
last July, I think. He writes me quite
often, though it is some time now since
he went north in the spring. I sup
pose if he is well he will be in St
Nicholas, near Jacksonville, this Win
ter; that is where ho usually goes.
His mind is bright as ever, and for his
age ho -is quite active: cannot see to
read evenings, so some of us used to
plan to have a few gCKcs of whist to
while away the long hours for him."
The. court of appeals has decided at
Kansas City that a conversation over
a telephone may be admitted as evi
dence in a lawsuit, reversing the de
cision of a county court The case in
point was a suit brought to recover
the-value of a piano which was burned
in a freight depot after a telegraphic
order had. been given for the piano to
be shipped.
The EsormoBi Gold Product of 1898.
From South Africa, the Klondike and
Australia gold Is being shipped in large
quantities. This year's output will
nearly double that of any previous
twelve months. The sale of Hostct
ter's Stomach Bitters are also increas
ing very fast. This famous remedy
will cure dyspepsia, indigestion, con
stipation, nervousness and weakness.
Beeswax.
A lady showed me her wax. From its
appearance I judged that it had been
boiled in water too much and then
heated too hot. For thoso who keep
bees in a small way, and have only a
small .quantity of wax, there is no bet
ter way than to put the scrapings of
hives and sections in an all-metal
sieve; set It over a pan of cold water,
"and put It In the oven of a cooking
stove, writes Mrs. L. Harrison in the
"Bee Culture." As it melts It runs
down into the water; and If
the oven is very hot, change
it to another pan of cold
water. In this way light-colored wax
is the result. I don't want the water
in the pan to boil. If the first pan 13
removed, and the second should be for
gotten, boll over and waste, the test
wax would be In.the first pan. Some
times a third pan is used; and when
the residue is dry I scrape it from the
sieve Into a paper, roll it up and keep it
for kindling the fire. I never let bits of
comb and scrapings accumulate; but
when there Is a convenient time I melt
inem up. When I remelt those cakes
taken from the pans of water I put
them into a pan placed over a kettle of
boiling water, and, when melted, strain
through cheese-cloth tied over a fruit
can that has had both ends removed.
Set this in a basin, pour through and
have tho cake of one size. I sell three
pounds for a dollar to those who sew
carpets, manufacture overalls, etc.
The family of the late M. Puvis de
Cbavannes have decided to present his
drawings to France. They will be di
vided among a number of museums
both in Paris an the provinces. Thus
the studies for the pictures In tbe Ho
tel de Villo are to go to the Municipal
museum and the museums of Amiens,
Lyons, Marseills and Poitiers are to
receive the studies for the pictures by
the master that respectively adorn the
public buildings of these towns.
Miss Elizabeth Cheney of Wellesley,
Mass., has presented to Colorado col
lege a vauable pipe organ for the audi
torium cf the new buiding now being
erected on the college campus. It is
given in memory of Miss Cheney's
brother, Charles Paine Cheney, who
died at Colorado Springs in February,
1S97.
A catalouguc of 300 prizes, suitable
to every taste and condition, mailed oa
inquiry. Prizes given for saving Dia
mond "C". Soap wrappers. Address
Cudahy Soap Works, South Omaha,
Neb.
BELIEF FROM PAIN.
Women Everywhere Express thatr
Gratitude to lira. Finkhaixu
&
rirs. T. A. WALDEN, Oioa. Oa, writes!.
" Dkab Mns. Pinkjiam: Before tak
!nr your, medicine, life was a burdcii
to me. I never saw a well day. At
my monthly period I suffered untold
misery, and a great deal of the time I
was troubled with a severe pain in my
side. Before finishing the first bottle
of yonr Vegetable Compound I could
tell it was doing me good. I continued
its use, also used tho Liver Pills and
Sanative Wash, and have been greatly
helped. I would like to have you uso
my letter for the benefifof others."
The Baltimore Sun says that the
late William B. Smallbridge of Glen
ville, W. Va., a veteran of the civil
war, carried a bullet in his heart for
thirty-seven years. His death was nov
due to the presence of the bullet, ana.
in fact.. he never suffered any incon
venience from it. Before his death he
asked his physician, in the interest of
science, to. make an autopsy in order
to find the bullet. The physician did
so, and found it imbedded in the heart.
Professor Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen,
the discoverer of the form of radiation
that bears his name, has received the
offer of a generously endowed profes
sorship in the university of Leipsic.
He has taught in Strasburg, Holien
hcim, Glessen and Wurzburg. Since
his discovery of the X-rays he has
been made a baron by the emperor of
Austria.
firs. FLOREN'CO A. WOLFE, 51s; rtassarry
St., Lancaster, Ohio, writes x
"Deak Mus. rrxiaiAM: For two
years I was troubled with what tho
loc?l physicians told mo was inflamma
tion of the womb. Every month I suf
fered terriblj-. I had taken enough
medicine from the doctors to cure any-"
one, but obtained rvlief for a short
time only. At last I concluded to writo
to you in regard to my case, and can
sav that by following your advice I aia
now pcfectly well.'
rirs. W. R. CATES, riansfielJ, La., writes : .'
"Before writing to you I suffered
dreadfully from painful menstrua
tion, leucorrhoea and soro feeling in
the lower part of the bowels. Now my
friends want to know what makes mo
look so well. I do not hesitate one min
ute in tolling them what has brought
about this great change. I cannot
praiso Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetablo
noceaua men wno are "uuDappv inrmpn mar- j i ..i. t. : iu -..t,..
Tied" msy Bad a remedy In Vttalliy nils. 0!d end j Compound enough. It IS tho greatest
obstinate roji!cs united. Cures llqnor snd tobnrea rmpdvof thi n.rr( w
rabiu. l'rli-e SI. I'tmlctaus" testimonials frco.
Scientific Eetnedr Co.. Bos 31!S. Boston. Muss.
remedy of tho ogc."
"New York," says the Baltimore
American, "is the greatest money cen
ter in the world. It controls more
cash, directs more undertakings and
amounts to more in the sum and activ
ity of human progress than any other
place in the entire world at any time
of the world's history. Baltircore ex
tends to the big neighbor the compli
ments of the season, and may her
greatness continue to grow."
WHEAT
"Nothing but wheat; wbat you might
call a cea of wheat." is what was said
by a lecturer speaking of Western Can
ada. For particulars as to routes,
railway fares, etc., apply to Su-
perintendent of Immigration, Depart
ment Interior, Ottawa. Canada, or to
W. V. Bennett, 801 New York Life
.Building, Omaha, Neb.
Cf RE Y09RSELF!
Use Rir 1 for ...... ..
discharges, iu&amiuations.
irritations or ulceiation.
rsssi, j..Kfi"J"K"3!
iTHEEnJS CtiaHMLCOl cent or poisonous. """
LCIKS!MTl.0.f"""l -'llTtias a.
C.B.A, Y. I" or sent in tla!n wr.nn.i-
T '?. Prepaid. t?T
tl 1 .. or 3 bott . tz.-i.
Circular sent on revnt
rtDrCiC V hkw discovery?
'.' JUlcV relief and ceres worst
caes. Send f i.r IhjoJ: of tet!monlat and 1 0 davs
treatracntFrre. Br. U.H.i:ilcEVssuS..UaMa,a.
Go to your grocer to-day
and get a 15c. package of
Grain-0
It takes the place of cof
fee at the cost.
Made from pure grains it
is nourishing and health
fid.
Accept ao
, roar grooar sires J03 iinm-u
taltatlon. q
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On Gea. YVtiecIer.
"You can't most always swear to the
stories you hear," remarked the Phila
delphia drummer to the Washington
Star man, "and I am net swearing to
the one I heard the other day ou Geu.
Joe Wheeler in Alabama, but il is just
as gocd as if I did swear to it, so what's
tha difference? It seems that once the
general, who you all know is only a
boy's size and not a big boy at that,
had, in the course of his travels, oa
one of his electioneering toiirs.broushi
up at a remote schooihouse, where, or
course, he was called upon to make a
few remarks to the scholars.
"This he did in his best style, and
when he had finished he stood bv the
teacher when that wcrthy said a few
things, among them that time-worn
suggestion to the effect that when the
boys of the school grew up they, too.
might be congressman, like Gen.
Wheeler: such are the wonderful pos
sibilities of this great and glorious
country of ours.
At thi3 point a long, good-natured,
gang-ling gawk of a boy, about 11
years old and about 14 feet tall, stuck
up his hand, grinning sheepishly the
meanwhile.
" 'Me. too?' he inquired.
"'Certainly, Henry.' replied the
teacher, assuringly, 'just as tlneh you
as any other boy.. T reckon I'll have
to ungrow ef I ever run on that ther
ticket.' nodding toward the general in
a way that brought down the hcuse.
amidst the embarrassment of the
teacher and the great delight of the
general."
A Unmet Gaerrt.
The grosbeak is a pugnacious fellow
Kith birds of his own size, but he never
troubles the smaller ones, says Lippin
cott's. A good many birds found the
nest from time to time, and. bird-like,
stopped to gratify their curiosity con
cerning it A little song sparrow.who
had lost his tail feathers and who led
a sort of bachelor existence ia the
greasewood all the springtime, used to
sit and sing close beside the nest. So
persistently did he flit about that I
came to regnrd him as .a friend of the
family, but the grosbeak never molest-
Ued him. Once. when n ann-
little thistle bird fLawrence's
goldfinch), alighted close by the
nest and peered In. the - fce.ld
of the house flew down with a warning
"tslp." but made no further demon
stration. One morning, however, a male oriel
came down Into the greasewood and
seemed disposed to remain. It a;as one
of the occasions when the mother bird
was on the nest. She half arose and
uttered a loud whistle; their common
call, and her mate was on the scent in
a hurry, all ready to do battle. The
males seemed pretty fairly matched,
but the oriole ! not a malicions hird;
A Memory of the .Crimea.
Mr. C. M. Courtenay writes a letter
which will interest survivors of our
soldiers and sailors who were taken
prisoners in the Crimean war and
marched to Kharkoff, who will regret
to learn that the bright, kindly little
englishwoman, Mme. Bralllard, nee
Chillingworth, by whom they were met
on arrival and accosted in their native
tongue, has just died at Schloss Sayn,
near Coblentz, at the age of 82. Her
husband, a Swiss, was at the time of
the war professor at the college of
Kharkoff, and being acquainted with
the governor of the jail she was allow
ed to go down there twice a week to
meet the prisoners on arrival and to
visit them afterward. Besides talking
to them and being the means of com
municating to their friends in England
the news of their safety, she took them
all the comforts she could clotbes.tea,
tobacco, books, writing materials, etc.
collecting money for the purpose
from her sisters and wealthy friends at
St. Petersburg. The officers on "pa
rope" dined daily at her house. Her
unselflsh kindness met with no public
recognition, but in old age It was no
small pleasure tocher to reflect that
though so much of "her life had been
spent abroad still that when the oppor
tunity was given her she had shown
herself a true-hearted Englishwoman.
Dautith Batter Tests.
The Forsogslaboratoric in Copen
hagen has issued lately a pamphlet of
the Danish butter tests of last year.
In these butter tests GS3 dairies com
peted, and of thi3 number 6G6 used
the pasteurizing system; most of them
pasteurized tho cream, and only a very
small number pasteurized tho non
skimmed milk. It is to be observed
that 17 dairies, which did not pasteur
ize either the cream or the non-skimmed
milk, aro to be found in the last
group, and, furthermore, amongst the
last mentioned in tbe group. This
gives a clear proof that it means a
heavy loss to overloolc the process of
pasteurization. Of the above-mentioned
C66 dairies which competed in the
butter tests no less than 97 per cent
used lactic acid ferment of the kind
soldMn the market, and it is very re
markable to see the difference in the
quality of the butter, as these 97 per
cent of dairies which used lactic acid
ferment, together with pasteurization,
produced a much finer butter than the
half per cent who only pasteurized and
did not use the lactic acid ferments.
"I'm ready," shouted the speaker,
"to meet calmly any emergency that
may arise." At this moment the plat
form collapsed and the speaker exhib
ited great perturbation. 'How about
that one?" they asked him later.
"That one did not arise."
It is rumored In New York that
Bourke Cochran, the lawyer and ora
tor, wants to marry Miss Virginia Fair.
Mr. Cochran is just now cutting some
thing of a dash in the fashionable se
clety'of New York, and is very attent
ive to Miss Fair.
Whcnbnylnff Starch ask your
grocer for
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"MAGNETIC,"
Host colli water starch mad.
A Nebraska Product.
Santa Clara Manufacturing Co..
Omaha. Nebr.
Altcrilctn fin ilnmntrifc Vio.-rt cin
i7P(l .1 Dnnanrplt plnh "liopnno " j'ho- W. N. U. OMAHA.
say, "wo admire tho man because he . -
went to the front and fought like a ' t7fcco Aasiserlag ftavermeaears
patriot for his flag and for his country. Kcation This Taper.
we admire his bravery, his devotion
and his ability."
No. 531803
Kindly
"Ye're not goln' into that public
house, are ye, Tim?" "Sure Oi am,,
ye're rlverence." "Then do you know
the devil is goin in wm you?" "Faith,
thin, he'll have to pay for his own
drink, for I've only got the price of
wan." Sketch.
Judge "You are accused of stealing
six reams of paper, three gallons of
ink, and five gros3 of peas. What
have you to say?" Prisoner "Your
honor, I am a novelist, and I wa3 mere
ly collecting material for a new
story." Puck.
"I have an invention which will rev
olutionize the world," said the boast
er. "There ought to bs a great demand
for something like that in Central and
South America," replied the matter-of-fact
man. .Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Jollydog "Our American heiresses
appear to have the same trouble as
our candidates for office." Pollywog
"What's that?" Jollydog "They find
it very hard to get a square count."
Town Topics.
A Great Feat "My wife doesn't want
to vote, but she's whic I call strong
minded." "In what direction?" "Well,
she can read a doctor book clear
through without getting symptoms of
any of the disease." Brooklyn Life.
Burglar Bill (to his new cell mate)
"So you're a musician, are ye, an
got sent here fer stealing a pianny?
Well, ye won't do much musical prac
ticin' in dis place. I'll bet." Newcomer
"Oh, I don't know. If I get hold or
a file I'll probably try a few bars."
Ex.
Generally a SPRAIN and BRUISE come together.
All the same,
together or separate,
will promptly cure the pain and wipe out the braised spot. J
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ST. JACOBS OIL i
Prcnldent McKiatey.
During the late Spanish-American
war a certain old colonel who had serv
ed all through the civil war and who
had lost one of his eyes at the battle of
Gettysburg, was very indignant be
cause he was put aside as physically
incapacitated when he applied for ad
mission to one of the New York volun
teer regiments.
Filled with wrath he journeyed to
Washington, bent on having a personal
interview with the president He suc
ceeded in gaining an audience, and the
president, after listening to his plea
said kindly: '
"But, my good Colonel S , you
have only one eye."
"Just so, sir," was the prompt re
joinder, "but can't you see the great
advantage of my having only one eye?
When I aim my gun, I will not have
to close the other!"
He fought at Santiago. Harper's
Bazar.
Military Surprises Xo Loncer PoMibl.
It seems probable that the days of
great strategic surprises on the conti
nent of Europe are over. Such rnoVf
ments as those of Marlborough and Na
poleon from the Rhine and the Alns
into the very heart of Germany or
Italy, overrunning vast extents of ter
ritory before a decisive battle are not
likely soon to recur. The reasons are
that armies are tied to railwavs and
each terminus of each great railway
line near the frontier tells n8 owntorC
of the direction of the operations
Again, the electric telegraph circulates
information so rapidly that surprise
will he the result of lack of prepara
tion rather than of bewilderment be
cause of lack of information. Th6
small and local press to be found In ev
ery little town is almost as fatal to se
crecy. ,
Bobby Popper, what is a hostile
Indian? Mr. Ferry One with gome
Ocd. arable land.-CIndnnatl fen-qulrer:
Basswood and Bees.
Beekeepers will find it profitable to
plan for and prepare bee pastures, says
an exchange. Those who have had
either the good fortune to be located
where basswood or linden trees are
plentiful or have the patience to await
the development of thia tree have
found that they furnish an abundance
of food for the bee to manufacture into
honey. The tree is a beautiful one and
may well be planted as an ornament.
Small trees can be procured from the
forest or from nurseries that handle
forest trees, and planted In the fall In
some desirable location for a grove.
The larger ones are said to thrive bet
ter. The blossoms are Email, of a
light yellow color and rather pretty.
The honey is secreted in the Inner side
of the thick, fleshy petals. When it is
profuse it will sparkle like dewdrops.
if a cluster of blossoms is held up to
the sunlight. Theresas been recorded,
where basswood trees were abundant,
an instance of a single hive storing 43
pounas of honey in three days.
Tbe Egg- and Sex.
Periodically and frequently goes
around the report that eggs wrinkled
at the narrow ends produce cockerels,
says the Country World. To the stu
dent of embryology this fallacy is at
once apparent. For the first few days
the chicken is sexual, and then to about
the seventh day It is distinctly herma
phrodite and contains within itself the
elements of both sexes. After this stage
it verges in one direction, one set of
organs developing and the other dimin
ishing, according as to whether the
germ Is going to produce a male or a
female. So that If the germ had a liv
ing conscience, it would not know at
the sixth day which sex it would ulti
mately be.
New York's Milk Supply. Tht
amount of milk and cream delivered in
Greater New York for the -month of
September, 1898, as compared with (he
same month for 1897:
1898, plain milk, 7,614,370 gallons;
1897, 7.121,350. Cream, 1898, 262,090;
1897, 221,700. Condensed milk, 1893,
74,360; 1897, 45,850. Daily average, 1S98,
253,810 gallons plain milk, 8,740 cream,
2.480 condensed milt; 1S97, 237,390
plain milk, 7,380 cream, 1,530 condens
ed milk. Price 1898, 2.45 cents; 1S97,
2.25. both for whole month. Ex.
John Splann says: I once thought
that a trotting horse should wear an
over draw check. I am convinced it
was a serious mistake.
A servant girl in a Birmingham fam
ily was taken to task for oversleeping
herself. "Well, ma'am," she said, "I
sleep very slow, and so It takes me a
long while to get me night's rest."
Tid-Bits.
He "What lovely flowers. Bo you
know, they remind me of you?" She
"Well, they are artificial." He "Yes,
I know; but it requires close examina
tion to detect it. ' Chicago News.
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bounding bar lock", pistol (rip stoclc. fancy butt .:t9, left barrel Chois loreJ. A wonderful shooter. 10
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PATHOHIZE 0UH DRY GOODS DEPARTaEBT rf7n,r?rTGolrn.-;U?;.oor,1.
Baraples wilt be furnished, on requett. of anjtlii.iKjon rrarwant. and wuinrito comparison witl. theiioods
of othr honss. He our Fall and Winter lineof i'nportfl anil domestic Srcr, Henriettas, colored and
black Norelty Ira Good , Diagonals. Ch.-.t iot . "renins, ilounirs everjlhiut nutr acd fresh, strictly up-to-
aate. una uiways tne lowest priced, se&ipies l lii.K.
J. D. Robinson, a democrat of lo
ledo, O., has presented President Mc
Klnley with the largest cut glass bowl
ever made. It is cut with the stars
and stripes.
"I hear that Olga Nethersole has de
cided to dispense with her kissing
scene." Well, I don't blame her. Kiss
ing's become eo commonplace since the
war." Cleveland Leader.
"What became of Hyflier, who mare
so much money manipulating stocks
last year?" "He's still manipulating
stock. He's currying hordes in a West
Side Barn." Chicago Tribune.
tt?ndforthefreosaraplsof ererjthlncln Dry tiooJ. hut when sending for samples pleue state what
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EVERY MAN AND WOMAN
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Lay in a supply of grain and vege
tables for tbe long winter months.
An inch of rain means 100 ton3 of
water on every acre.
Leghorns are less tame usually than
most other breeds.
Uncle Sam li first In tobaeee con
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