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s ,"r- . f r-- ivr I j . . .i 1, 9 U I "- r. I - t ; A Free Exposition. Fabrics and products from all the . world's leading markets are displayed by Hayden Bros., "The Big Store," in Omaha. This is a wonderful exposi tion in itself. Visitors to Omaha make it a point to include it among the points of interest, even when not in terested in purchasing. Hayden Bros, carry immense stocks and are first to - show all the new styles and fads and set the fashions for the entire west. Buying direct from for eign . and domestic manufactur ers, they are enabled to quote prices on stylish new goods away be low those charged by the ordinary merchant for medium grades, besides giving an almost unlimited assort ment to select from. Baggage Is checked free for all visitors and wait ing rooms and writing material pro vided free by this big firm. The harder a woman's husband has to work the madder sho gets when she sees a lazy man. U. 8. Patent Office Ilnalness. An application filed by us June 27, 1S99, for a label entitled "Kidney Bean," for a medicine prepared and sold by the "Manne Chemical Co., of Des Moines, was allowed June 30. Mrs. E. Marple of Des Moines has invented a design for a member of a belt clasp adapted to be permanently fixed to the ends of a belt in such a manner that an ornamental member can be readily connected and discon nected and used advantageously on different belts at different times. An application for a patent for Im provements in corn harvesters, by which the clogging incident to moving the stalks from the cutters to the binder is prevented, filed November 2C, 1897. for the inventor, W. H. Gray, of EddyviUe, la., was allowed July 1, 1899. Consultation and advice free. Val uable information about securing, val uing and selling patents sent to appli cants. Correspondence solicited. THOS. G. ORWIG & CO., Solicitors of Patents. Des Moines, la., July 8, 1899. Few men are enough at home In their own houses to go Into the pan try and look for pie. Selling Patent. Last week there were Issued 474 patents to citizens of the United States. Of this num ber 155 had sold either the entire or part of their interests in their inventions before the patents were issued. This would show that more than a quarter of the .nventors have been successful, and is probably an indication why so many applications are filed In the Patent Office. It is certainly safe to assume that at least 10 per cent of inventors, who were unable to sell before they had their patents issued, will be able to dispose of their inventions now that they have been secured by a title. Among the largest concerns buying patents were the following: American Bell Telephone Co., Bos ton. Mass. Wellman-Seavcr Engineering Co., Cleveland. O. Oliver Iron and Steel Co., Pitts burg, Pa. American Postal Machines Co., Port land, Me. Inventors desiring information as to procuring or selling patents should address Sues & Co., Registered Patent Solicitors and Attorneys at Law, Bee Building, Omaha, Neb. Solomon said: "A living dog is bet ter than a dead lion." Of course, that depends altogether on the quality of the dog. Are Yon Using- Allen's root-EasoT It Is the only cure for Swollen. (Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Toot-Ease, a powder to be shaken Into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress. Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Even the soft tire of a bicycle will cut a deep furrow in the heart when it rides across God's law. To Laundry Dresses and Skirts. To get Iks results, mix some "Faultless Starch." in a little cold water; when dis solved our on I toiling water until it be comes clear. All grocers sell "Faultless Starch." Large package, 10c Yielding to inclination rather than submitting to limitations accounts for the narrowness of many lives. fllSbuysnew uprightplano. Schmol ler & Mueller, 1313 Farnam St., Omaha. The Rev. Henry N. Ccuden, chap lain of the house of representatives, at Washington, has been honored with the degree of doctor of divinity by the St. Lawrence university, at Canton, N. Y., where he was graduated from tho divinity school in 1878. He lost his sight instantly by being shot in the fact in a battle, while fighting gal lantly for his country in Mississippi In 1S63. The members of the house have usually styled him "doctor," no doubt by way of anticipation, so that this designation merely makes the ti tle legitimate. Dr. Couden is preach ing during the summer in the Unlver salist church at Hyannis, on Cape Cod. The National City bank of New York which has bought the old custom hause in that city. Is now the largest bank in the United States, with deposits of $120,000,000. Its stock, whose par val ue is $100. is quoted at $2 000, and it is scarce at that figure. Now it pays $3,265,000 for a banking house, the conditions of the sale being that the government may occupy the building until the new custom house is com pleted, paying rent at the rate of 4 per cent per annum on the purchase price. It is a rich bank, the Rocke fellers, the Vanderbilts, the Havemey ers and the Morgans being represent ed in the directorate. It is understood that Admiral Cer vera is coming back to the United States to superintend the removal of the bodies of the Spanish sailors now buried at the Portsmouth navy yard, for reburial in Spain. It is expected, too. that he will visit Cuba for a sim ilar purpose. "Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crown' Bat sveh are not the only uneasy heads. Ooenvorked, harrassed, anxious people of all ages and both sexes are uneasy tvith aches, pains, impure blood, disordered stomachs, deranged kidneys and lever. For all suck. Hood's SarsaparSU is the effective and faultless cure. It infuses fresh Ufe through purified blood. KILL THEM Those peace destroyers. the nousenoia rues. Nkhtr's Fly KiHtr not only kills the parent fly. but prevents reproduction. A sheet vill kill a quart. Ask vour DrucRist or Grocer. riDX M?CBttIKS6 00Lt.ilam1t w matmjm was. . JW&MtailSa yfk JAMPFEUE SKETCHES. "200D SHORT STORIES FOR THE VETERANS. Dementi Xaxlaao Gomes Is a Poor Mas Has Had Many Opportunities to Get Bleb, bat Remained Loyal to Himself Oa a Transport. Deatb Leading- Ajre to Repose. Jt&A him .gently he Is weary. Spirit' of the placid brow! Life Is long and age is dreary. And he seeks to slumber now. Lead him gently he Is weeping For the friends he can not see; Gently for he shrinks from sleeping On the couch he asks of thee! Thou, with mien of solemn gladness. With the thought-Illumined eye. Pity thou the mortal's sadness Teach him It Is well to die. Time has veiled his eye with blindness. On thy face It may not dwell. Or Its sweet, majestic kindness Would each mournful doubt dlspeL Passionless thine every feature. Moveless Is thy Being's calm, While poor suffering human nature Knows but few brief hours of balm; Yet. when life's long strife is closing. And the grave Is drawing near. How It shrinks from that reposing Where there comes nor hope nor fear! Open thou the vtsloned portal. That reveals the life sublime. That within the land Immortal Walts the weary child of Time. Open thou the land of beauty. Where the Ideal Is no dream. And the child of patient Duty Walk In Joy's unclouded beam. Thou, with brow that owns no sorrow. With the eye that may not weep. Point him to Heaven's coming morrow. Show him It Is well to sleep! Gomes Is Poor. To the honor of Gen. Maximo Gomez It must be said of him that while he has had many opportunities to get rich he Is today a poor man. He can hard ly scrape money enough together to pay his modest current bills. Not long since an agent of the United States government was dispatched to Cuba to consult with the general as to the best means of securing the disband ment of the insurgent forces and their return quietly to peaceful avocations. The negotiations eventually reached a point where it was deemed best for the Cuban leader to send a telegraphic message to President McKinley. "You frame the dispatch and send It," said the envoy, "and I will be back In an hoar." At the time appointed he appeared. "Did you telegraph the president of the United States?" was his first ques tion. Gen. Gomez hesitated a moment and then replied: "No, I haven't I have prepared the dispatch, but have not put it on the wire. Here It is. Read It over. The visitor complied, and after read ing the paper through handed it hack with words of approval and the voiced suggestion: "You bad better send It right away." The grizzled old veteran of a half dozen revolutions flushed through his swarthy skin clear to the roots of his hair, twitched his Angers nervously, stuttered and stammered and then with bowed head said: "Senor, I would have sent it ere this, but the truth is, I did not have the money and didn't know where to turn to get It. I am deeply humiliated to have to confess my poverty, but am obliged to do so lest you place a wrong construction on my hesitancy." There was no further delay In get ting that dispatch off to Washington, and the visitor separated from the ven erable warrior with greater respect for him than he had ever felt before. The Incident satisfied him that whatever might be his faults. Gen. Gomez was at least personally an honest man. Samoan Gentleness In War. War Is savage In Its very nature, and one looks for war among savages to be peculiarly barbarous. That such is not always the case among the peo ple of Samoa is attested by a letter sent from Samoa by an American gen tleman who recently visited Apia, and who gives a description of Mataafa's army in camp after a battle between the rival claimants to the throne: "We went all about among the huts where the savages were resting after the battle and making preparations for the next fight It was a very peaceful scene, for their arms were all conceal ed under the mats, where the men sat, and many of the soldiers were accom panied by their wives and children. They were amusing themselves by smoking and beating tom-toms. "The Samoans are a most amiable race of savages, and white people arc always perfectly safe among them. Everywhere we are greeted with smiles and friendly nods and the salutatioa 'Talofa,' which means 'Love to you,' from men, women and children. "One Instance of their friendly feel ing occurred during the big battle. A white man. who lived in the street where they were fighting, saw that two of hie horses had strayed out be tween the hostile lines. He did not want to lose them, and he did not want to venture out in the line of fire. So he stock a white flag out of his win dow. Upon seeing it, both chiefs or dered their men to stop firing and hos tilities were suspended while- the whi'e man went out and drove his horses to a place of shelter. Then the combat ants went at It again." Fob on a Military Transport. When the United States transport Zelandia carried part of the second ex pedition of troops from San Francisco to Manila during the early part of the war now in progress, aboard were the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers and the now famous Utah battery. To divert the monotony of a long voyage the yet untrained soldiers in dulged in all sorts of games and pranks during the intervals between drill and school. The officers were not all inclined to stand noon military dignity, and so when the privates had exhausted each other's good nature they dragged in the "noncoms," who in turn dragged the commissioned officers into the va rious traps the skylarkers set for each other. Says an ex-high private who took the voyage in question: "Some of the boys were gathered together on the forward deck; quietly they passed the word back that so and so was wanted. Coming forward one of the group would beckon to him mysteriously and as he stooped to lis ten 'whack' would come a tremendous blow from a barrel stave from some unknown source behind him. "After a yell of laughter had sub sided he would be handed the stave and given the privilege of naming the next victim. 'This happened in turn to private, eorporal. sergeant lieutenant, captain and major, and the boldest held their breath as the major, with a grim smile, said: "Private Smith, present my compli ments to the colonel and tell him that Maj. respectfully desires his pres ence forward. "The colonel came, stooped over, re ceived his whack, straightened up. and to the delight of the boys shouted: " Tell the chaplain to come forward at once.' Troabte wltb tbe Bora. An old veteran of the civil war. Col. Gunson, Irascible In his manner but generous at heart, was much annoyed by the boys of the neighborhood, who persisted In climbing upon and run ning over the fiat roof of his barn, an unpretending structure sloping toward the alley, and easily scaled from the asnbarrel. The colonel threatened and scolded, but to no purpose. He strung barbed wire along; the edge of the barn, but the boys wrapped old clothes around It and climbed over It He chained a savage dog on the roof, and the boys made friends with the animal and stole It In desperation, he smeared tar all over the roof one day, and the boys were temporarily balked, but before they had decided upon a plan for cir cumventing the colonel It chanced that a teamster, in driving through the al ley one hot afternoon, lighted his pipe and carelessly threw the match up on the top of the barn, with the result that the roof was ablaze In an In stant The boys happened to be playing 'n the alley. Quick as a flash they sprang to the rescue. With buckets of water brought from a horse trough in the back yard across the alley they clam bered up to the edge of the roof, and fought the flames so successfully that they put them out before the wood had time to catch Are. "Boys," exclaimed Col. Gunson, who arrived on the scene In time to witness the triumph of the Impromptu fire brig ade, and was full of generous enthu siasm, "tomorrow I shall cover what's left of the tar with sand, strengthen the supports of the roof, and yon may play on it all yoa want to hereafter. You've got the right stuff In you!" The colonel was as good as his word, but will It be believed? such Is the perversity of boy nature that after he had turned that roof over to them for a playground, not a boy In th' neighborhood ever set foot upon i again. Army and Navy Notes. Three of the largest shops connected with the Armstrong-Whitworth ordi nance works at NewcastleAm-Tyne were destroyed by fire June 11. Tbe damage Is estimated at $1,000,000. A cable received from the war de partment gives information that the imperial military maneuvers will take place at Berlin in September. The Am erican military attache has been in vited, as usual, to attend, and permis sion is readily obtainable for other of ficers who may wish to watch the evo lutions as spectators. Invitations are given only on the emperor's personal initiative. Mr. Wyndham, replying to Col. Long with respect to the progress made in strengthening the British army, stated that the ultimate establishment aimed at was: Cavalry of the line, 18,559; horse and field artillery, 21,144; gar rison artillery, 22.717; foot guard, 8,725; infantry of the line, 148.272. The cavalry was 822 below the establish ment on March 31, 1898, and 501 in 1899; the horse and field artillery, 2,805 in 1898 and 2.085 in 1899; the garrison artillery. 3,293 in 1898 and 2,138 In 1899; the foot guards, 1,948 in 1898 and 1.274 In 1899, and the infantry 12.421 ir 1898 and 8.135 In 1899. Tbe Wrinkles of Tooth. Note the women you meet each day and see how many smooth foreheads you see even on young faces. Almost all of the wrinkles and puckers are the result of carelessness the few excep tions are lines caused by pain and suf fering. The long, straight lines on the forehead are caused by the senseless habit of elevating the eyebrows. That is supposed to give expression to the face, when all It really does is to make ugly lines which need quantities of cold cream and gentle massage to remove Middle-aged faces are often marked by lines just over the temples, while the rest of the face remains smooth and young looking. They can be avoided by the exertion of a little thought, a little care in keeping the face In re pose. And just think how you can rest the poor, overworked muscles by allowing the eyes and mouth to give the necessary expression and serenity to spread itself over the remainder of the features. Bacteria Perfame tbe Earth. That peculiar, not unpleasant odor of freshly turned earth in rural dis tricts Is due to the presence in it of large quantities of bacteria, according to Clark Nuttall. These organisms, consisting chiefly of cladodrlxodorifesa, are believed to be the strongest anti dote to all bacterial poisons. They shrivel up when deprived of moisture, but can stand dryness for months nt a time. When it rains, or the earth Is moistened In any other way, the bacteria mentioned exude a secretion which produces the peculiar odor. The same effect Is noticed when digging deeply Into the soil In hot, dry weath er. The lower strata are moist, ever though the surface be parched. Better Patent Protection. Manufacturing interests in this coun try will urge the next congress to pro vide better facilities for the patent of fice, in Washington, in order to insure better protection under the patent laws. The staff of the patent office is inadequate to the amount of business thrust upon It, and cannot devote the attention each individual claim is en titled to. Thus, a patent Is Issued for practically every device submitted, whether it has been patented before or not, simply because the government does not maintain a staff large enough to investigate each Individual case. Hence the patent lawyers, as they are called, are enabled to reap large reve nues from the careful inventors Tbe War's Death Record. Since the beginning of the Spanish war 6,184 soldiers have been killed in action and died of wounds and disease. Only 702 were killed in action, 5,492 died of disease and more than half of this number 3,839 died in the camps in the United States. In Cuba 293 were killed in action, 77 died of wounds and 1,009 of disease. In the Philippines 219 were killed In action, 77 died of wounds and only 322 died as a result of disease. In Porto Rico 3 were killed, 7 died of wounds and 276 of disease. In this country 5 were killed, 26 died of wounds and 3,839 of disease. At Honolulu 40 soldiers died of disease. New Orleans Times-Democrat DAHIY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. How Saecewfal Farmers Operate This Department of tbo Farm A Few Hints as to tho Oaro of Uvo Stock ad Peoitry. Tarkevs and Daeks. To the Farmers' Review: From 42 turkey eggs set we secured 39 nice tur keys, all living 30 far. They are now (June 7) three weeks old and as healthy as possible. The eggs were set under chicken hens, and were given to the hens that hatched them, as far as pos sible. Three hens hatched 32 poults, and these were given to two hens, 16 to each hen. The other 7 are with a hen that also has 13 little chicks. Boards a foot wide were built around a bare spot of ground, and In these the coops were placed. The pens ad Join, but have a board partition, and. of course, a coop In each pen. The pens are probably 12x12 feet in dimen sions. The poults were not let out of these pens until large enough to fly over them, which they could do when two weeks old; then they were allowed to fly over when they wished. They have been fed on curds, soaked wheat bread and corn breaM. The curds were made black with pepper, and were eaten with greater relish than any of the other feed. We were not able to give with slug shot whether any lice are them many onion tops this year, but we never saw turks do better than they have, not an ailing one among the bunch. They are dusted each week visible or not, and the mother hens are given an extra good dusting each time. The 32 were entirely free of lice at the last dusting, but the previous one the little wings were well inhabited with them. For various reasons we like the bare pens best It Is Impossible for the little things to get wet after a shower If the ground is bare, and getting wet is al most fatal to young poults. We have several more eggs incubat ing, mostly under chicken hens, al though one hen hid her nest so well she was sitting when found. As to whether eggs from young turkey hens will hatch or not is yet an undecided question with us, for while our neighbor's nice young hens failed to lay fertile eggs, one little hen of ours (well it would have been a runt If it had been a pig), but one year old, laid eggs that were all fertile. We set them more as an experiment than thinking they would be of any value. She lay pure white eggs. The turkeys are scarcely as large as from the old hens' eggs, but are as pert as any. As a rule It Is best to not bother much with turkey eggs laid by a hen under two years old. The young hens lay the most eggs before desiring to set We only got two lay ings of eggs this year. The hens were two weeks later in commencing to lay. We are frequently asked why we didn't raise market ducks this year, if we were afraid of the price, or had we decided they were unprofitable? Neither. We didn't try to have any because unavoidable circumstances prevented our getting a hatch early enough for profit in market ducks. Cue must have ducks ready to mar ket by, at the latest, the first week in June to get much profit It is better if you can have them by the middle of May. We would rather raise ducks than any other poultry, and are not afraid of losing money.' In fact, we are rather lonesome without them. Emma Clearwaters. Leg- Weakness. Weakness of the legs is a trouble appearing in young birds, cockrels more often than pullets, and is seen usually between three and five months of age, says American Poultry Jour nal. The larger breeds are more prone to this trouble than the smaller and more active birds. This weakness is caused by the pushing for growth by feeding too much fattening food and condiments, thereby increasing the weight of the body beyond the ability of the legs to support it If your birds are getting into this condition you will notice at first unsteadiness in gait They move slowly and the limbs slightly shake. In a week's time they can hardly keep up on their legs, and when feeding will Bit down so the body is nearly on the ground. Looking the bird over, you will find little to attract your eye, except the weakness of the legs. The bird otherwise appears to be healthy. The feathers are bright tbe eye clear and the appetite good. As the days pass the bird loses his de sire for food; is picked upon by his brothers; lice multiply upon him; he becomes thin; the skin grows dry and crackly. In the very beginning of leg weakness remove all causes of trouble. Spice, corn and cornmeal, buckwheat and rye, should not be fed for weeks to such birds. Have regular times to ive the meals and make each bird work for part of his food. If possible, have sick birds by themselves to avoid Imposition by the other chicks. A grass run, with shade and cool wa ter, will help cure these cases. If you have time and patience, one-tenth of a grain of quinine given to each bird with leg weakness, every morning, will help bring up the chick to health again. Salting Batter in Denmark The New Zealand Dairyman gives the Danish method of salting butter as follows: As soon as the buttermilk has been removed the butter is weighed. In order to calculate the amount of salt re quired, and the salt is worked In at this time, usually on the butter-worker. Sometimes it is all incorporated at one working, but in many places it is preferred to add it in two workings. The amount of salt used Is not uni form. It is adapted to the taste of the market where it Is expected to be sold, but it varies between 4 ad 5 per cent of the weight of the butter. The salt Is worked into the butter with the least possible amount of handling, and it is then laid aside for some time before the next working takes place. In summer it is put in butter coolers, which are a sort of ice-box. In winter it is either laid in large rolls in the butter trough or on a table pro vided for the purpose. It lies here for a couple of hours in the cold sea son, but when the weather Is warm it is allowed to remain for eight or ten hours, or until the cool of the follow ing morning, before it receives the final working. The object is not only to cool the butter, and thus allow it to become firmer, but also to allow the salt to dissolve, and to penetrate the whole mass. When the butter has attained the proper degree of firm ness it is again put through the work er, and a considerable part of the brine formed from the salt is worked out The amount of working it can stand differs much in individual cases. Care is taken, however, that it is not the least bit overworked, so as to be come greasy and sticky. This woralhf may be repeated a couple of times, or It aaay be packed for shipment at Acahmt PisiaM C. W. Sorenson, formerly chief dairy expert to the New Zealand govern ment but now of Copenhagen, Den mark, writes to the "Dairy" (Eng.) as follows: Permit me to enter a protest against the advice tendered by Mr. R. Gibson among his precepts for buttermakers printed in the March issue of The Dairy. I refer to the concluding sen tence wherein Mr. Gibson remarks: "Always use preservatives in curing your butter It prevents Injurious, disease-producing microbes from attack ing It, and makes it wholesome and easily digested." Whether from a standpoint of good business, com mercial morality, or public health, a more misleading statement could not well be made. In the first place pre servatives are not essential to the cur ing of good butter, especially Irish but ter, which Is produced almost on the spot where It is consumed. Not a pound of Danish butter contains pre servatives, and no one will accuse Danish butter of not keeping welL I myself have exported hundreds of tons of butter from New Zealand to the London market made In my own and other factories without an ounce of preservative of any kind except com mon salt and have received no com plaints as to keeping qualities. In fact, two-thirds of the butter sent from New Zealand today Is. to the writer's own certain knowledge, free from pre servatives, and the market price af fords the most convincing proof that butter can be successfully sent from the Antipodes without preservative. Yet we are told that English and Irish butter, made today and eaten tomor row, must be "preserved" with the aid of doubtful drugs! Then as to pre servatives "preventing the attacks of Injurious disease-producing microbes," any one with the most elementary knowledge of bacteriology, must be aware that boric acid, which Is the basis of most preservatives, has no such property, even If used In much greater proportions than Is possible in butter making. The same may be said of any and every other ingredient that may be employed without mark edly affecting the taste of the article treated. And Anally as to preserva tives rendering food "wholesome and easily digested," I think that in the face of all the medical evidence to the contrary, the bald assertion on the part of the writer of the article in question can scarcely be accepted as the most satisfactory form of proof. The Fecundity of Swine. The impression Is prevalent among farmers that pure-bred swine are un profitable for breeding purposes, as It Is thought that as purity of breed In creases fecundity decreases. The ques tion of the fecundity of improved breeds of swine was Investigated re cently by the Indiana station. The number of pigs farrowed and raised In the first and the last 200 litters re corded in the registers of Berkshire, Poland-China, and Chester White pigs were compiled. In comparing the Ut ters, 100 litters were selected in which the sows were recorded, and 100 in which the boars were recorded. The dates of farrowing of the first 200 lit ters varied through a number of years. The last 200 litters were almost all far rowed In 1896. The popular opinion was not confirmed by this Investiga tion. While there seems to be a reduction in the number of very large litters, the total number farrowed Is about the same as shown by the first records. It is not Intent to compare breeds, but to compare the earliest and latest rec ords of litters, to determine whether there has been a real gain or loss In the fecundity of the breed. The number of boars and sows raised was as fol lows: Berkshire, 400 litters, 2,866 pigs, 1,498 boars, 1,368 sows; Poland-China. 1,000 litters, 6,542 pigs, 3.228 boars, 3, 314 sows; Chester White, 600 litters, 4,555 pigs, 2,236 boars, 2,319 sows. In a total of 3,693 pigs farrowed, and all raised, there were 1,786 boars and 1, 907 sows. Chance of Poultry Breeds. To the old fancier looking back ove a period of twenty-five to thirty years what a change has taken place, says the Farmer. Then the varieties adver tised in the poultry journals and ex hibited in the shows were the Asiatics. Leghorns, Hamburgs, Games, etc., principally the Asiatics, and the an nual shows were mainly made up of Asiatics, Leghorns and Games, with the Asiatics In the majority. In the way of new varieties first came the Barred Plymouth Rocks, and they be came favorites from the start; then the Javas, a variety but little bred to-day; then the Silverlaced Wyandottes, the White Plymouth Rock, the White Wyandottes, the Golden Wyandottes, the Black Wyandottes, and now the Buff Plymouth Rock, the Buff Wyan dotte and the Buff Leghorn. The im provement made in the new varieties from year to year and the rapidity with which they are approaching the demands of the standard, indicates the energetic and "go ahead" character of the American fancier. Effect of Cleaning; the Creamery. I will relate an amusing incident i saw happen In a creamery I visited a short time ago, writes G. B. Lawson in Creamery Journal. The creamery was as clean and neat as any could be. There was not a speck of dirt on the floor or about any of the machinery. The door opened and a tramp came in with muddy boots on. It was rainy at the time. He made one step on the inside and stopped, as soon as he saw the condition of the room, looked at bis muddy feet took off his hat and apologized for coming in in such a hurry with so much mud on his feet If that creamery had been dirty and grimy, as some are, that tramp would not have stopped at the door and apologized, but would have gone in and gotten the buttermilk he wanted with out looking at his feet Brother But termaker. do you keep your creamery so clean that a tramp will stop at the door, take off his hat and offer an apology for coming In? If not try it and see what a difference it will have on the looks of the place, and aleo or the quality of the product made. Old or Toung Sheep. Old sheep are more profitable than young ones as long as they are healthy. The age at which a sheep becomes unprofitable depends upon the way it Is kept and its constitution. Some will go down in vitality sooner than others. Any sheep that fails to regain her flesh properly after the lamb Is sold should not be kept ss there Is danger of not living through the next lambing. F. H. Sweet Keep the walls of the henhouse white by repeated whitewashing. Is am address at the Iowa Agrical rural College. Prof. Craig of that col lege, said: It Is a safe proposition to accept that every sheep has a fault and it is equally true that there are nose so bad but that they have their good qualities. In estimating the good and bad qualities of sheep it is then only a question of being able to -see things ss they really exist It is particularly hard to do this in tbe case of sheep, because they can be trimmed and dressed with great success Is. hiding their defects. Owing to this deception it Is practically Impossible to form an opinion from what one sees. It is necessary to handle the sheep thor oughly, or, in other words, to see with the fingers. In handling the form of a sheep It is best to keep the hand completely open. as In this way the straightness of the lines can be best determined, and the wool will be the least disturbed. To be thorough in examination this sys tem should be followed: Beginning with the head, with the finger drop the lower lip of the sheep and notice the condition of the teeth; notice the covering of the head, the eyes and ears; see that there is no appearance of horns in those that should be horn less; then pass to the neck, feeling with the hands the course of the neck, and in that way determine the length of it, the thickness of it and the way it swells to meet the shoulder at the shoulder vein. Then pass down to the brisket, putting one hand on the floor of the chest and the other at the top of the shoulder, and In this way form an Idea as to the depth of the sheep through these parts. Then pass to the shoulder, observe how It Is covered with flesh and the evenness on top, also taking the girth or the spring of the ribs of the sheep. From the top of the shoulder, using one hand, fol low the line of the back to the end of the body. By carefully handling these parts, the fleshiness of the sheep, or the way the ribs are covered, and the straightness of the back, are deter mined, and at the same time the spring of the ribs Is made apparent The width of the loin should then be taken, and the covering and the thick ness of it should be noticed. The width at the hips should then be ob served, and turning to one side an using the two hands, the length from the hip to the hindquarter should be made apparent between the two hands. Afterward notice the way the hind quarter Is carried back, and the full ness of those parts should also be ex amined. Following down toward the leg, the development of the thigh on the outside requires examination, and then, with the hand, the quarters or the twist between the legs should be firmly felt The different parts of the lamb, from the butcher's standpoint, show, a wide variation. The neck has the value of only one cent per pound, the shoulder two cents and the shank the same. The rib, running from the point of the shoulder to the loin, has a value of nine cents per pound, and the same Is true of the loin, while the leg of mut ton has the highest value per pound of any part and Is quoted at ten cents per pound. The breast has the low value of two cents per pound In the Chicago markets. From these facts it will be seen that the development of the back and of the leg are the most important points. Bhmlpbate of Carbon and Tree-Root IJee At a recent meeting of the Ohio State Horticultural Society, Prof. Webster stated that he had experi mented with bisulphate of carbon to exterminate lice on the roots of trees. Invariably when he applied sufficient bisulphate of carbon to kill the lice the tree also died. The professor remarked that the ants burrow down along the trunks of the trees, then follow the larger roots until they arrive at the soft and tender rootlets and there de posit the lice. In regard to fumigation Prof. Web ster remarked: "I would rather have a certificate of fumigation of nursery stock than one of Inspection." The professor exhibited a model house for fumigation. He cautioned the audi ence to be very careful on account of the deadly invisible gas employed. The hydrocyanic gas used is formed by dropping potassium cyanide into sul phuric acid and water. The moment these two Ingredients come In contact they form an Invisible deadly vapor. The model house that the professor exhibited was so constructed that the danger from mixing was avoided. Obstruction of Drains. If the line of a drain runs within 20 or 30 feet of a willow tree, water elm. black locust, box elder, or any other water-loving growth, including the common elder which grows along fence rows so readily and which we find so difficult to kill out, there is danger that the roots will reach the tile and grow into the joints and stop the flow of water, says a writer in Drainage Journal. The roots of the elder will not reach so far, but they will, if conveniently near, grow Into the tile and in time effectually stop the drain. A drain 30 feet away was filled full of fibrous roots and silt, most effectually stopping the drain. Another drain which came to our no tice was filled with elder roots. The roots of growing crops may and do reach the tile and grow Into the joints, but, as soon as the crop Is ripened, the roots decay and pass out through the drain without doing any damage. But those having drains near any of the trees mentioned would do well to deaden them before they have time to fill the drain with roots. Corn In the Orchard. Corn Is un doubtedly the most appropriate crop to raise in a young orchard. It makes a wind break, causes trees to grow straight and furnishes food for Insects which prefer young corn to trees. And the cultivation given corn is just what the trees need. Those who were for tunate enough to have apples last year have good, bank accounts now. Apples at 50 cents' a peck have been no dream, hut a reality which caused the or chardists to dream of diamonds and other adornments of plutocrats. Homestead. Lousy Fowls. A friend told us the other day that her hens never seemed to pay much more than they consumed in food, but during the conversation admitted that her hens were so cov ered with lice and nits in the warm weather that one had to change tUelr clothes whenever they came out of the hen house. When this state of things exists it would be much better if the poultry could all be killed off. They would then be out of their misery and would pay as well as though alive un der such conditions. Ex. California produces about one-third of the almonds consumed i the United States. FOR YOUR INFORMATION. The Baltimore Ohio directory U s strong one. as can be seen by the following short business history of each director: William Salomon of New York has been connected with the banking house of Speyer Co. for many years and Is regarded as one of the foremost fi nanciers In the country and has had charge of the reorganization for the managers. Jacob H. Schiff is a well known member of the firm of Kuhn. Loeb & Co.. of New York, bankers and financiers, a director of the Union Pa cific Railroad, of the National City Bank of New York and of other large financial Institutions. James J. Hill Is well known as president of the Great Northern Railroad and Is re garded as one of the most successful railroad operators and financiers in the country. Edward R. Bacon is presi dent of the Baltimore ft Ohio South Western Railway and was chairman of the sub-committee on reorganization which proposed and carried out the plan of reorganization of the Balti more ft Ohio Railroad. He Is a direc tor of the Farmers Loan and Trust Co. of New York, and for a long time has been Identified with the Baltimore ft Ohio Railroad as one of those Inter ested In the property. Louis Fitzger ald of New York Is president of the Mercantile Trust Company and has long been Interested In the Baltimore ft Ohio Railroad and is chairman of the reorganization committee. Norman B. Ream of Chicago represents his own and the Interests of Marshall Field. P. D. Armour and their associates, who have large Interests In the property, and Is also identified' with many of the largest financial and commercial in stitutions in the northwest James StiUman la president of the City Na tional Bank of New York. Is closely Identified with the Standard Oil Inter ests. Is a director In the Chicago and North-Western, and the Missouri Kan sas and Texas Railroad, also a director In many of the largest financial Insti tutions In New York. Edward H. Har riman of New York is the new presi dent of the Chicago and Alton Railroad and chairman of the executive com mittee of the Union Pacific Railroad and chairman of the Illinois Central. J. Kennedy Tod Is the head of the New York banking firm of J. Kennedy Tod ft Co. and is a director In the Great Northern Railroad and Is connected with many large financial Institutions. Charles Steele is a member of the New York lav firm of Seward, Guthrie and Steele which has acted as the counsel of the reorganization syndicate. Alex ander Brown Is the head of the firm of Alexander Brown ft Co. of Baltimore, and connected with Brown Bros, ft Co. of New York and London and is a financier of distinguished ability. H. Clay Pierce of St Louis is associated with the Standard Oil Interests and Is a leading business man In his city and Is associated with large financial In stitutions. H. Crawford Black and John V. L. FIndlay are well known Marylanders, being appointed to the board by the governor representing the state's Interest In the Baltimore ft Ohio Railroad. Poetry is what man writes about gardens without mentioning the weeds. Do Year-Feet Ache and Bnraf Rhaka into vour shoes. Allen's Foot- Ease, a powder for the feet It makes I tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns. Bunions. Swollen. Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. 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In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to tbe ' taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and ' other aromatic plants, by a method known to the Camforsia Fio Syrup Co. only. In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid imitations, please remember the full name of the Company . printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAW TBA1TCIBCO. CAI XjOUXSVXLXZ. XT. HEW TOKK. 2. T. For sale by all Drusit - -Price 50c. per bottle Please Don't - r,ti5f. .'EH . o'sjfflsarMJaF' 5211 JljjQ Please don't forget that our Fall Catalogue will be ready for mailing August 1st. We'll send out 4,000 a day until we've mailed 100,000. If you send us your name at once you'll be among the first to receive this wonderful little silent salesman. There will be samples of clothing pasted among the leaves for you to select from. And the prices are the lowest ever made by any house in America. ffti&gwe When the late Lord Cairns was lord chancellor he was an ex-offlclo visitor of lunatic asylums. He went down one Wednesday, knocked at the door, and asked to be admitted. "Can't let you in,M said the janitor; "days for visitors Tuesdays and Fridays." "But I have a right to go inside." said his lordship; "I insist on doing so." "Read the regulations," and the Jan itor pointed to them. "Do you know who I am?" asked Lord Cairns. "Don't know, and don't care," said the men ial. "I am entitled to admission at any and every hour; I am lord chan cellor of England!" "Ah! ah!" laugh ed the janitor as he shut the entrance gates in the noble lord's face, "we've got four of 'em inside already!" For HouaoSeepers. Bee that your linen is washed clean. Um "Faultless Starch," clean irons, follow di rections given on package nud perfect re sults will follow. All grocers sell "Faultless Starch," large package, 10c. The self made man is always willing to admit the inferiority cf others. Hall's Catarrh Care Is a constitutional cure. Price. 75c. A musician ought to enjoy the com pany of the banjo he picks himself. Coe'n Cough lUlwn Istheol.Wt ami I'cst- It will break up a cold quicker than anything elo. It Is always reliable. Try It. The wicked mosquito is never satis fied until he lands behind the bars Cat Kates on All Hallway 1 II. Phllbla Ticket Broker, 1505 Farnam. Omaha. Thomas Dunn English has just cele brated his SOth birthday at his horns in New Jersey. He is the oldest liv ing graduate of th University of Pennsylvania. Still, his Tame contin ues to rest on the shoulders of im mortal "Ben Bolt" It's just as much of a crime to take a walk as it is to steal a march. And is it not due to nervous exhaustion? Things always look so much brighter when we are in good health. 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Onaahim WANTED Cure of hal Deaim that IM-P-A-X-S will not benefit. Send 5 cent to Klpan Chemical Co.. New York. for to samples and li) testimonials. If afflicted with I Thai.i.a.'. d Hf.. soro ejes. use ( nwnsit vn naia-a W.N. U. OMAHA. No. 29 1899 APCVOO hepresstiu V c s I I ;
