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1 :. I A 5 -- . -.i " I - - t K ft - v. sC . - ?. - v r .' w e " l ' ' i. . -. ; - - "il 6boc .Afame At Home h A Tm of Strength Abroad.00 It LoweS, SHass., 'where Hoofs Sarsapa rib is made, it stS has a larger sale than mM other blood purifiers. Us fame and 'ernes and sales have spreadabroad, and U at mntversatty recognized as the best bbod medkme money can boy. Remember MXxCiSaUap Last year the lawyers in a Pennsyl Tanla town adopted the precedent of losing their offices from July 17 to August 5, to give time for vacat'on. The more was found so successful all the attorneys being united for it that it will prevail again this sea- De Year ret Ache an Baraf Shake Into your shoes. Allen's Foot Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns. Bunions. Swollen. Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy. N. Y. Before Frederick S. Church began to study art he was a soldier in the civil war and an express messenger. He recently declared that he would be per fectly happy could he paint but one picture a year and destroy that if. when finished, he did not approve of It. Bead, Laugh and Iarn. "When buying a iackngo of "Faultless Starch" ask your grocer for the book that goes with it free. It will afford you lots of amusement and add to your stock of knowledge. -All grocers sell it, 10c It is not generally known that S. Coleridge Taylor, who composed the cantata played at the last festival in Norwich. England, Is a fullblooded ne gro. Mr. Bispham declares the com poser of "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" the coming musical genuis. S15.00 Per Week. We will pay a salsry of $13.0 J per w eelc for man with rig to Introduce Perfection l'oultry Mixture and Insect Destro) ex In the country- Orcaa furnl.-h employment en liberal commission for local agents everywhere. Address wlU stomp ,1'erf cctlon Mfg. Co. J'areons.Kan. In all stories of the wheel the punc tuating period brings It to a full stop. Mr. Wlnalnw'a SoothlngSynip. for children teething, softens the gums, reduces lc? . allays pain, cures wind colic c a uouia No man knows the right way so well as the one who has once been misled. 118 buys new upright piano. Schmol ler ft Mueller, 1313 Farnam St.. Omaha. Mother (hearing Ethel say her pray ers) "And let us all live to a good old age " Ethel: "I'll not pray for aunty to live to an old age." Mother (astounded) "Why?" Ethel: " 'Cause she's ashamed of her age bow." Puck. ever See a Snow Sim in saner? We never did: bat we bare seen the clothing at this time of the year so covered with dandruff that it looked as if it had been out in a regular snow storm. Nojteed off this saowstora. As the summer sun would nek the falling snow so will melt these flakes of dandruff In the scalp. It goes further than this: it prevents their formation. It has still other properties: it will restore color to gray hair in just ten times out of every ten cases. And it does even more: it feeds and nourishes the roots of the hair. Thin hair becomes thick hair; and short hair be comes long hair. We have a book on the Hair and Scalp. It is yours, for the asking. If von do not obtain all the benefit yoa expected from the use of the Vigor, writ the doctor abont It. Prohablv there Is somo difficulty with your jten- vw iiiuui wnicu may ue easily re Bored. Address. Wfc J. C AYEB. Lowell. SUM. eSsXS?Sia) uecT-i 5 cni-riii Send your name and address on a postal, and we will send you our 156- page illustrated catalogue free. WINCHESTER REPaTINQ ARMS CO. 174 Winchester Aenue. New Karen, Cose. tanniHlT TmT. Doesat your boy write well? Perhaps he basa't good int. CARTER'S INK xs More used than any other. DotTt cost i any more tnan poor ink. 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The strong masts shako like quivering reeds. Ttvi mighty cables, and Iron chains. The hull, which all earthly strength dis dains. They strain and they crack, and hearts like stone Their natural hard proud strength dis own. Up and down! Up anddown! From the base of the wave to the bil low's crown. And amid the flashing and feathery foam The stormy Petrel finds a home A home. If such a place may be. For her who lives on the wide, wide sea. On the craggy Ice, In the frozen air. And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and to teach them spreading At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing. O'er the deep! O'er the deep! Where the whale, and the shark, and the sword-fish sleep, Outflying the blast and the driving rain. The Petrel telleth her tale In vain; For the mariner curseth the warning bird Who bringeth him news of the storms un heard! Ah! thus does the prophet, of good or 111. Meet hate from the creatures he serveth still; Tet he ne'er falters So, Petrel! spring Once more o'er the waves on thy stormy wing! A Hymn at a Banquet. Under the relaxed discipline Just before the return of the troops who fought In the civil war, there was no lack of merrymaking among the com rades of the hard campaigns. Squads of them at the different posts met In military quarters and frolicked half the night away. It was at one of these assemblies of the officers of an army corps domiciled In a Southern capital that the following incident occurred: They had come together for "a grand old reunion high," to celebrate their victories, "swap stories," and drink each others' healths before separating to go back to "God's country," as they called the North. The supply of liquors was plentiful, the supper-room was full of the smoke of burning cigars; the stories kept the laughter loud, and the songs called out every voice in enthu siastic chorus. The best vocalist in the company, a fine young tenor, had been repeatedly appealed to for a solo, but although he seemed quite as jovial as the rest, it was far along In the festivities before he could be induced to sing. "Come. Harry, pipe up, old fellow; give us ope of your best," and the importunity became too strong to re sist That an undertlde of different emo tion had been gathering power within him, and that "Harry" was not the only person in the room who had been hiding a sober thought, was very soon evident. "Well, boys, I'll sing for you," he said at last The noise ceased at once, for most of those present had many times en- Joyed his charming voice. He began the tender melody of Franz Abt, "When the Swallows Homeward Fly," but Instead of the expected lines his astonished listeners caught the words of Charles Wesley the immortal hymn-prayer which has besn so effec tively set to that favorite tune. He sang with touching pathos. His com rades did not attempt to overcome the contagion of his feeling. Jesus, lover of my soul. Let me to thy bosom fly. What a scene, and what surround ings for such a song! Cigars were dropped, and lifted glasses were quietly set down. Surprised faces became con vulsed with unexplained sympathy. The men thought of the dear o.'d homes they were soon to see, and every mov ing memory came back. Before the singer ended there were tears on many weather-beaten cheeks. One rough cavalryman silently gathered up an armful of bottles, crept on tiptoe to the window, and threw them out. Another and another, till willing hands had helped clear the tables of every sign of liquor. Voices that had a tremor In them said, "Sing us another, Harry," and the comrades finished their feast with choruses of gospel hymns. We gather these facts from the story, "A Song In the Night," by Mr. Wil liam O. Stoddard, In the Christian En deavor World. "It was pretty dark spiritually In the army at the close of the civil war." says Mr. Stoddard; but the above Incident tells hew surely a swift touch of the magic of real re ligious power will bring men's holler feelings to light, and turn their frivol ity Into reverent and serious joy. Marchand Suspected the Ham. Major Marchand, the adventurous French African explorer, is back In Paris, and his comrades of the expe dition are telling the reporters tales of his sagacity, not the least interesting of which is the one which proves Mar chand has an intimate knowledge of the customs of cannibals: "A month or two before the expedition arrived at Fashoda the men had been without fresh meat for several weeks. Neither sheep nor game could be got for love nor money. And thus the Joy of some of his troopers was great when, on a reconnolssance, they came across a native hut, from the rafters cf which a ham was hanging. The black pro prietor willingly traded the ham for a bright tin saucepan.the glitter of which had filled his savage soul with Joy. The soldiers handed over the ham to their company officer, who determined to reserve It as a special present for Captain Marchand. They rejoined the main body of the expedition, and the subaltern, with much complaisance, went to the captain, ham In hand. "Captain. he raid, 'I have some thing nice for you. I don't exactly know if It's bacon, but it's smoked meat, anyway!' "Marchand smiled. 'Where did you get It?' he asked. When the circum stances had been detailed, he said: " You would do well, I think, to ride out to that village and find out If It Is bacon or pork. For my part, I have my doubts.' " 'Of what captain?' rejoined the offi cer. "Well replied Marchand. 'perhaps you don't know that the Nyam-Nyams are addicted to cannibalism when game Is scarce, as It Is now.' "The subaltern was a man endowed by constitution and circumstances with a healthy appetite. But the possibili ties suggested by his commander In duced him to investigate before taking further steps. So he went out to the tillage, this time with a rather more numerous escort he had no desire to be eaten himself singled oat the sometime owner of the ham, and anes tloaed him vigorously in the sign lan guage as to the origin of the ham. The negro smiled, patted bis thigh ap preciatively, and smacked bis lips. The smoked flesh was the thigh joint of a slave, who, as afterward appeared, was killed for the purpose at a native ceremony. It was eventually handed over to the surgeon of the Machand expedition, who burled It, after examination, at the foot of a tree. I wonder If he was watched while doing so by a negro with a bright tin saucepan In bis band? A Soldier's Talc. From the Minneapolis (Kan.) Mes senger: During the first engagement while the company was firing at will Into the woods ahead, a forlorn water buffalo, the Philippine beast of burden, meandered Into the rice field directly In front of the line. The writer Imme diately directed his fire toward the buf falo, with no apparent result. After ward, during a lull In the firing, we shamefully confessed to having wasted our strength In this Ignoble manner, and were surprised to learn that every man had done likewise. At all events the beast made good Its escape, for It patiently plodded ahead until the timber swallowed It up. During the charge at Caloocan a frenzied pig of diminutive size dashed from beneath a bamboo hut and apparently Judging that all the commotion was for his benefit, thought best to retire. As the pig dashed past the writer we gently assisted wit a a shove from the butt of our gun and thought no more of it for some time. Afterward, upon glanc ing to the rear, we saw four or five soldiers In hot pursuit of the same poor little swine. It Is laughable, even In times of peace, to watch another man chase a hog, but when men forsake their places, forget the roar of conflict the hum of bullets, the shouts of the victors and the wails of the wounded, to grap ple with an eight-pound shoat the scene becomes ludicrous in tne ex treme. We took the trouble to learn that the pig got away. At Caloocan the rebels had mounted two monstrous muzzle-loading guns captured In for mer time from the Spanish. They at tempted to fire one of these with dreadful results. The Americans col lected the remains of twenty rebels killed by the explosion of the gun. The Insurgents had not the courage to fire the remaining cannon, which was loaded and primed when Caloocan was captured. The natives had loaded the gun with a complete curiosity shop. The cannon was filled with scissors, knives, coal, pieces of brick, nails, bolts, a thermometer, a horseshoe, a car link, a piece of rubber hose, and, to crown It all, a large quantity of hoop iron had been driven into the muzzle so tightly that It was necessary to file it before the charge could be drawn. A double dose of powder was found, and also a quantity of dynamite. No wonder the other cannon exploded. One of Oar Ileroes. The brighest page In the history of any war is, perhaps, that which re cords the thoughtfulness of the officers and the faithfulness of their men qualities which, when conjoined, make a regiment an almost irresistible force. In "The Story of the Rough Riders," Edward Marshall tells how, when Cap tain McClintock was wounded, one of his troopers came and lay down beside him. "You'd better get out of this," said McClintock. "It's too hot" "Don't worry, captain," the man re plied. "I'm between you and the firing-line." McClintock, touched as he was by this exhibition of the man's devotion, still wanted him to get away. He urged him to leave him. The man re fused. Finally McClintock said: "I'm your captain, and I order you to go. You are doing no good to any one but me. This Is no place for a well man. I order you. Then the man had to tell. "I ain't no well man," he slowly ad mitted. -I'm shot" "Where?" asked McClintock. "Oh, It's only a scratch!" They lay there in silence for a long time. The firing began to come from the left The soldier worked his pain ful way around until he was again be tween McClintock and the line of fire. McClintock was too weak from loss of blood even to epeak. Then a hospital man came and lifted McClintock to carry him back. "Take him. too." McClintock aged to articulate. "No use," said the hospital "He's dead." man- man. A Child's Sleeping Position. It Is not desirable to lay a baby on Its back when sleep Is wished for. Either one side or the other is best; and, if possible, it Is well to accustom It first to one side and then the other, as this obviates falling into the habit of being able to sleep only on one side. But a child who is wide-awake, and of a happy disposition, so that It lies cooing to itself and watching the mys teries of its own ten fingers, is all the better for being laid on its back, as the spine is thereby kept straight and un strained, and growth goes on apace, just as it does when a growing boy or girl is compelled, from accident, to spend a few weeks in a recumbent po sition, and finds, when allowed to get up, that none of its clothes are long enough. The Joke on Splint. "Awfully good Joke on young Splints, isn't it?" "Didn't hear it." "He sized up a man for appendicitis, and favored him with a hasty opera tion." "What's tbe Joke? Man dead?" "Man's dead all right but that ain't the joke. They found out at the au topsy that he was born without any appendix. How's that?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Dtsnearteae. "Has your family laid down Its arms?" asked a Cuban. "Not to the extent that we hoped to," was tbe an swer. "We're victims of a monopoly. The only gun store In town has raised, prices so that the Investment isn't worth the trouble." Washington Star. As Pasts the Ilrart, etc. "She felt the strong arm of the law," he said, speaking of a woman who had got Into trouble. "How delightful!" commented the demure young thing. "What is delightful?" he demanded in surprise. "To feel a strong arm," she answered softly. Chicago Post What Doca He Ever De? Fuddy You speak about Twigger'a friends. Why, he hasn't a friend in the world. Duddy My! but Isn't that awful? Whom does he get to borrow money from? Boston Transcript Tfce Striped Caeaaaeer Beetle, F. H. Hall of the Geneva, N. Y., Ex periment Station says: Poisons can be used with success against these beetles for only a short tlme-ln the spring, when they begin to feed;" and again. In the fall, against beetles of the new brood. This fall poisdnlng will succeed only where there Is not an abundance of wild fall flowers; for the beetles will desert any poisoned crop for the unpolsoned flow ers and will feed upon the flowers to a considerable extent, any bow, if they are to be found. Many poisons were tested upon the cucumber fields of Long Island, during 1897 and 1898. in cluding Paris green. laurel green, green arsenlte (arsenite of copper) and lead arsealte. These were applied dry. In water. In Bordeaux mixture, and In resla-Iime mixture, alone; and In vari ous combinations. Green arsenlte. dry, gave best results. It was found a waste of the poisons to apply them In Bordeaux mixture, as the mixture so repelled the Insects that they would not eat the sprayed vines to secure the poison. These poisons, applied in water, are liable to burn or stunt the plants, it Is necessary, then. It we wish to poison the beetles, to use a trap crop to attract the Insect and to apply the poison to this crop instead of to the plants we design to protect On small areas It may be advisable to shut In the small plants of the growing crop by the well-known cloth topped boxes; by the tent-like cloth covers spread over arched hoops or wires; by boxes made from a rectangu lar piece cf cloth and two -short G-incU boards with cleats attached to insert in the soil and hold the boards up right; or even 6-inch wire plate covers. Covers, however, are too ex pensive on large areas and they have the disadvantage of frequently mak ing the plants weak so that winds will snap them off or twist and ruin them when the covers have to be removed. If covers are used alone their removal leaves the unprotected vines not only for feeding places but for breeding places for the beetles. Bordeaux mixture, if thoroughly and frequently applied makes as efficient a protection as the covers, is much cheaper and at the same time protects the plants from diseases. This mix ture (1-to-ll formula) should be spray ed upon the cucumbers when they are just well up, again when they show the third leaf and the third time just before the plants commence to form runners. The early application can probably best be made with a knap sack sprayer and later ones by any good pump sprayer. The three appli cations should not cost $2 per acre. The Bordeaux mixture Is a much better repeliant according to station tests, than kerosene, turpentine, to bacco dust cow-manure, burdock In fusion, slug shot bug death or an7 other known compound. Indeed, all materials of this class, supposed to drive away the beetles by their dis tasteful odor, proved failures when used alone. Air slaked lime, dusted over the vines, will make them un palatable to the beetles, but the lime Is liable to stunt the plants. It may be used, with care, by those whose crop is not large enough to warrant purchase of spraying outfit All of these appliances or applica tions, covers, Bordeaux mixture or lime, merely protect the young plants until they are strong enough to stand the Injury from the beetles; they do not kill the Insects. To do this, trap crops are needed. As the squash Is the beetle's favorite food plant this vegetable should be planted In single rows along the margins of small patches, In several rows around large fields about four days before the cu cumbers or melon seeds are sown. When these trap plants are up and the beetles appear about them dust about half the plants with green arsenite, re serving the other half for use if rain or heavy dew makes the poison soluble and kills the vines first treated. The beetles, attracted by their favorite tid bit will feed upon the squash vines and be poisoned by the arsenlte. When the cucumbers or melons are up, un less they are protected by covers, spray with Bordeaux, and poison more of the squash vines. When the beetles com mence to pair the squashes may be cultivated up, leaving only a few vines for the beetles to feed upon at flower ing time, as the Insects prefer the squash flowers and will not molest the others. Beans may be used with some suc cess as a fall catch crop, where wild flowers are not too plentiful. They should be planted on the cucumber or melon fields; and when the beetles leave the old vines to feed upon the fresh bean plants, they should be treat ed to liberal doses of poison as well. F. H. Hall of Geneva, N. Y., Experi ment Station. American Grown Tea. Secretary Wilson has believed for some time tbat we should grow some of our own tea In the United States and he proposes to convince the people of tbe south that they can keep in the country and themselves get a good share of the f 10, 000,000 sent abroad for this article an nually. The secretary has Just return ed from a visit to the tea farm of Dr. Shepard, at Summervllle, S. C. where are In cultivation about fifty acres of tea. Last year these yielded about 3, 500 pounds of superior black tea, which sells readily, it is stated, at $1 a pound. The average cost of tea brought from Asia is about 14 cents a pound and it may -thus seem impossible for us to compete with the cheap labor of the Orient Mr. Wilson states that he would not attempt to grow teas In com petition with these poor grades, but only fine teas. Ex. Fungi Destroying Trees. It is not only cultivated plants and trees which are subject to destruction from Insects and diseases. Some of the fungi which attack tbe southern species of pines are causing great damage among these trees. One of these kinds of fungi at tacks only the older trees, entering through a knot and causing disinte gration of the heartwood and eating it full of holes. Another fungus enters the tree through the roots, passing up into the trunk and destroying it Cotton Area. The crop circular of the agricultural department for June indicates among other things a reduc- uuu iu ic w vi me cotton crop as compared with last year ot about 8 per cent Reports have been more or less conflicting but there seems to be no doubt that there has been a sub stantial reduction in area. Protein (nitrogenous matter) la the name of a group of substances contain ing nitrogen. Protein furnishes the materials for the lean flesh, blood, skin, muscles, tendons, nerves, hair! horns, wool, casein of milk, albumen of eggs, etc, and Is one of tbe most Important constituents of feeding stuffs. Nitrogen exists In fertilizers In three distinct forms, viz., as organic mat ter, as ammonia, and as nitrates. It Is the most expensive fertilizing Ingredient SAID BY A George H. Daniels, general passenger agent of New York Central and Hud son River Railroad, recently delivered an address before the New York Press Association. Among other notable things, he said: Four years ago I predicted that ac tive efforts toward the extension of American commerce by commercial bodies, supported by a liberal and broad-minded policy on the part of our government would undoubtedly secure to the United States the bless ings that come from a great and varied commerce, and I said that the New York Press Association, and similar associations all over the country, could stimulate a public spirit tbat would in sure the Important results outlined. . At that time we bad no idea that a war between one of the old nations of the earth and our young republic would be fought; at that time we bad no Idea that American manufacturers would be furnishing locomotives to the English railroads, as well as Japanese, and no one thought four years ago that American bridge builders would go in to the open market and successfully compete for the building of a great steel bridge in Egypt; nor that In so brief a time American engineers would be building railroads Into the Interior of China from the most Important sea ports and furnishing locomotives by the score to nearly every country on the globe. In a letter from a friend in Tokio, Japan, written only a short time ago there was this significant sen tence: "You will be Interested In knowing that I have hanging on the wall of my office a framed picture of your 'Empire State Express.' and we expect in the near future to be haul ing a Japanese 'Empire Express,' with an American locomotive." They have now in Japan nearly 100 locomotives that were built In the United States. In Russia they have over 400 of our locomotives, and nearly every railroad In Great Britain has ordered locomo tives from this country since the be ginning of the war with Spain. In this connection It will be inter esting to note in passing that the sec ond American locomotive was built at tbe West Point Foundry, near Cold Spring, on tbe Hudson river, and was called tbe "Best Friend," and from that day to this tbe locomotive has been one of the best friends of all our people. But It Is not alone our loco motives that have attracted the atten tion of foreigners who have visited our shores, our railway equipment gen erally has commanded admiration and Is now receiving the highest compli ment namely, imitation by many of our sister nations. Prince Michel HI1 koff, Imperial Minister of Railways of Russia, has. since his visit to the United States a few years ago, con structed a train on much the same lines as tbe New York Central's Lake Shore Limited. Only a short time ago. at me request ot cne of iue Imperial Commisisons of Ger many, the New York Central sent to Berlin photographs of the Interior and exterior of our finest cars and other data In relation to tbe opera tion of American railways. Several other countries have asked for similar information and there Is a general waking up of foreign nations on the subject of transportation, brought about mainly by the wonderful achlev ments of American railways. The admiration of foreign nations for us Is not by any means confined to railways. One Incident that startled the entire world, and riveted the at tention of thinking people everywhere to American acbievments in machin ery, was that of the United States bat tleship "Oregon," built at the Union Iron Works In San Francisco, and which steamed a distance of more than half round the globe, without loosening a bolt or starting a rivet, and arrived at her post off the Island of Cuba pre pared to perform any service required of her; and then having given a most satisfactory account of herself on that memorable 3d of July, 1898, off Santi ago, she steamed back to the Pacific, and without unnecessary delay crossed that great ocean to join Admiral Dewey's fleet at Manila. On her arriv al there the Secretary cf the Navy re ceived one of those condensed mes sages, for which the admiral who has shed undying luster upon the name of the American navy Is so noted, which read as follows: "Manila, March IS. 1899. The Oregon and Iris arrlvpd here today. The Oregon Is In fit con dition for any duty. Dewey." These demonstrations of what Ameri can shipbuilders can accomplish, cre ated a desire on the part of every nav al power in the world for ships of the character of the Oregon, and the log ical conclusion of thinking people was that if we could build ships like the Oregon, anything else that we built VkM Few Know It. Ella Wheeler Wilcox is a recognized Authority on tbe subject of love. Speaking of it she says: "Very few people really love. I dare say not one third of tbe human family ever expe rienced the passion in Its height.depth, length and breadth. Scores, yes, hun dreds of people go to their graves be lieving that they have known love, when they have only encountered its pale shadow a warm friendship, or a tender affection, or a good comrade ship." Secrets of the Trade. "We make our own Ice cream," said the restaurant proprietor. "Conse quently we know just what it con tains." "You do," replied the patron, "but I don't" Chicago Post When Hostilities Uegta. Visitor in Olympia Let me see. You are the goddess of love and marriage, I believe? Venus Only of love. Mars looks after the marriages. He is the god of war, you know. Blamed oa Clgaret. "Cholly's dead. CIgarets killed him." "I thought it was a dynamite cracker." "Yes; but he lighted the cracker from the clgaret he bad in his mouth." Philadelphia Record. Test of Beaatj. Gladys I am afraid you aren't as pretty as nurse. Mamma What makes you think so? Gladys We've been walking in the park a whole hour, and not a single policeman has kissed you. RAILROAD MAN must be of a superior quality, and tbe demand for American manufacturers began to increase aad Is Increasing with each day, until hundreds of our factories are now running night and day, and business in the United States was never in a more prosperous con dition than it is on the 21st day of June, 1899. It baa been said by a great Ameri can writer that "trade follows the flag." Our war with Spain has placed our flag upon the Islands of the Pa cific, directly In the natural track be tween the Pacific coast of the United States and Japan and China, and as we contemplate our growing commerce with these old nations we are remind ed -of the prophetic statement made at the completion of the first continuous line of railroad between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, by the joining of the Union and Central Pacific rail roads, more than thirty years ago, by tbat prophet of his time. Thomas H. Benton, who. standing on the summit of ..the Rocky Mountains and pointing toward the Pacific ocean, said: "There is -the East; there Is India," Mr. President, since the meeting at Lake George, four years ago, the fortunes of war have placed the United States In the front rank among the powers of the world, and we can no more shirk the responsibility which these events have brought on us as a nation, than we can shirk our responsibility as pri vate citizens. There are some who seem to think that we might get along without trade with China, and that it Is a new tan gled notion that Chinese trade can es pecially benefit the United States. Commerce with China Is much older than many suppose, for it began 115 years ago, the first vessel sailing from New York on Washington's birthday. In the year 1774. This vessel returned to New York May 11. 1775. The suc cess of tbe venture was such as to war rant Its repetition, and from that day to this, trade between the United States and China has continued with out material Interruption, until It Is now greater In importance and value than tbat of any other nation trading with China, with tbe single exception of Great Britain. If we are to continue asone of tbe great nations of the world, we can hardly afford to Ignore a country tbat comprises one-twelfth ot the land area and nearly one-fourth of the population of the globe. The Influence of the press, particu larly In this country. Is Immense, and it Is growing year by year, and with reasonable co-operation and reciproc ity; between the press, the transporta tion companies and the commercial and Industrial Interests of the country, there can be no doubt about our su premacy. At times there have been periods of legislation adverse to tbe great trans portation Interests of the country, al most invariably the result of a misun derstanding of the real situation, and the hasty legislation of such times has usually been repealed upon the sober second thought of the people, for In tbe language of our great Lincoln: "You can fool all tbe people some of the time, some of the people all the time, but. you can't fool all tbe people all the time." There are still some people who fear that consolidations, especial ly of transportation companies, will result disastrously to the general In terests ot tbe country. There Is one example to which I wish to call your attention, and which. I think, each of you-will appreciate. Forty-seven years ago. there was Issued an annual pass over the Central Line of Railroads, be treen Buffalo and Boston, and by the People's Line of Steamboats to New York; this pass bearing the following signatures on the back thereof: Eze klel C. Mcintosh. President Albany and Schenectady R. R. Co.; Erastua Corning, President, Utlca and Schenec tady R. R- Co.; John Wilkinson, Presi dent Syracuse and Utica R. R. Co.; Henry B. Gibson. President Rochester and Syracuse R.R. Co.: Joseph Field. President. Buffalo and Rochester R. R. Co.; William II. Swift President Wes tern R. R. Co.; Isaac Newton. People's Line Steamboats; Job Collamer, Wa tertown ft Rome R. R. Co. Mr. E. D. Worcester, Secretary of the New York Central, says he rode on a ticket of this kind from Albany to Bos ton In the summer of 1852, and he re members distinctly the signature of each of these Presidents. What would you think If In preparing to attend your annual meeting you had to write to eight different persons to secure transportation from New York to Ni agara Falls? I am sure you appreciate the fact that It does not require eight letters to secure such transportation, nor does It require seven changes of cars to make the Journey as it did in 1852. She Dared, "Your teacher whipped you?" roared Gayboy. "How dared she?" "Well," blubbered the boy, "she said she also licked you when you were In her class, and she guessed she'd risk It" Coatlnnoas. Sentimental (watchlne hrr Mrs. sleeping child) How true It Is that "heaven lies about us In our Infancy!" Her Cold-Blooded Husband Yes, and, somebody else keeps it up after ward. Canada's Bad Latin, Canada's knowledge of Latin needs revision. Its Idea of a modus vlvendi Is for tbe other side to surrender Its coast line and everything else Involved. St Louis Globe-Democrat Danger. "You bad better not go boating with Ada," said Tommy to his sister's fiance. "Way notr 'Cause I heard her szy she intended to throw you overboard soon." Present Fate of Fatare Admirals. There are Innumerable young Dewey namesakes ot the hero, who will soon enter on the voyage of life, who are now having a squally time of it Nau voo Rustler. Set Back. "No, It will be several Sundays before I care to hear the Rev. Mr. Dakter preach." "Why. so?" "He has Just returned from a fishing trip, and It wlU take hlat that long to get back his veracity" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Bead la Tew Nai The great mercantile establishment ot Omaha, Hayden Bros., is preparing Its fall lists for free catalogues. The big demand for these exhausts edi tions of over one hundred and fifty thousand. This means an enormous expense to the big establishment, but as the great field they cover enables them to buy in immense quantities, they make prices that secure them or ders on nearly every book sent out Send in a postal card request for their clothing circular with samples, and as soon as issued it will be sent to you free. Hayden Bros, will be glad to quote you prices on any goods you need. Call at tne Big Store when in Omaha. Every convenience is pro vided for visitors free of cost When in the city see their stock of Harness, Whips and Horse Supplies. The Baltimore Ohio Railroad, at the request ot numerous business organisations of Baltimore aad Phil adelphia, has arranged for a ten days stop-over at each of those cities uader the usual procedure of the passenger depositing the ticket with the ticket agent upon his arrival. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad now grants tea days stop-overs at Washington, Balti more and Philadelphia. nail's Catarrh Care Is taken internally. Price, 73c A volume of clippings valued at $2. 500 is to be presented to Admiral Dew ey upon his arrival. The book con tains between its solid silver covers a wealth of pointed matter, from pro found editorials on the admiral to hu morous poetry regarding him. and from the comments of the president and cabinet down to the jokes ot street gamins. Well Groomed Women. A pretty shirt waist, properly laundered with "Faultless Starch," makes a woman look sweet and wholesomo and odds greatly toherattractivens.Try it. All grocers, 10c. A time-honored joke, gray haired In the west, has struck Wall street It Is the conundrum, "What is the differ ence between a pessimist and an op timist?" the answer being: "An opti mist is one who believes in a mascot and a pessimist is one who believes in a hoodoo." The venerable chestnut excites the rlsibles of th busy Wall street gamblers Inordinately. FITSFvrmanrBtl.TCarpd. yonuornrrmmt aftss nrt tojr'H " "f lr. Kline' liml Ttrnr HMtorcr. Send for FKEE 92.00 tiUl bottle and tnmiOm, SB. R. U. Kuvk, LtJ.,3l Arch St., I alladelpala. Pa. The room for improvement is usual ly a spacious one. For Lnag and chest diseases, Piso'a Care is tbe best medicine we have used. Mrs. J. L. Northcott, Windsor. Oat.. Canada. Your opportunity your obligation. is balanced by Piles of Pain. Many Kinds of piles Itching-, bleeding all pain f nl.terrlble tort urrs.lmt all arc qnlrklr cored hyCss carets Candy Cntbartlc. All druggists. 10c. 23c, 30c. A creed works better as an engine than as a track. Cat Rates on All Railways P. II. Pallbla Ticket Broker, 1505 Farnam. Omaha. It is not history alone that has room for the heroic. Relllns; Patents. Last week there"were Issued 435 pat ents to citizens of the United States. Of this number 140 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 inventors have been successful, and Is probably an indication why so many applica tions 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. Amongst the largest concerns buying patents were the following: Lanston Monotype Machine Co.. Washington, D. C. Welsbach Light Co., Gloucester City, N. Y. Boltz Typesetting Machine Co., Her man, Mo. Bradley Stencil Machine Co., An sonia, Conn. Pratt & Whitney Co.. Hartford, Conn. Inventors desiring information as to procuring or selling patents should ad dress Sues & Co., Registered Patent Solicitors and Attorneys at Law, Bee Building, Omaha, Nebr. The August Century will be a mid summer and travel number. In the former character. Its special feature may be said to be a group of papers on tornadoes and thunder storms. The first of these is a graphic description, at first hand, of the tornado that visit ed Kirksvllle, Missouri, last spring. This was seen from his doorstep by John R. Musick, an author living In that city; and as It considerably changed Its course, which at first was straight toward his house, he had an extraordinarily good opportunity to observe its actions and devastating ef fects. Some of its pranks seem hardily & a JM $ aV K,t4 a e At, itfS 'w rtw w w n .... ' ... .. . ! wormy witnesses, suinu ui wuuui, iu- gether with a horse, were swep. up and carried hundreds of yards through t the air, without suffering the slightest j Injury. A learned paper on tornadoes In general Is contributed by Prof. Cleveland Abbe of the weather bu reau; and a kindred theme Is helpfully discussed by Prof. John Trowbriidge of Harvard, In Powerful Electrical J Discharges." and by Alexander Jay Wurts, of tbe Westinghousc company, In "The Protection of Electrical Appa ratus Against Lightning.' Wnuted Canh Itoyer. Grocery business, established ten yenrs; large cash trade; well selected mock: fur- t nlture ami fixtures; hordes and delivery wagons: at Invoice, or wholesale price i good-will thrown In; owner selling ac- I count health; rare opportunity for right men with about &.W) cash. W. M. kus bcH. sole agent. CM New York Life Bid?.. Omaha. Neb. Five-year leans, real estate, rentals. "Your hair is getting thin, t-r." said the local barber to a customer yester day afternoon. "Yes." replied tne gentleman addressed, "I've been treat ing It with anti-fat. I never liked stout hair." "But you really should put something on It," persisted the tonsorial artist, in a most earnest manner. "I do every morning." re turned the customer. "May I ask what?" Inquired the barber. "My hat." said the patron. Thereafter wis silence- Freeport Journal. i IPI r-VVPCTM THE POTENT laJV I OHlN ELIXIR OF LIFE The Clement That Thrills Threiih AN the Utherse tf Animtti Existence and fills the YVtrM with iealth, Jty a. Hap yiness. Oxygen, applied by means of the "PERFECTKD OXYGKXOR KING." will banish every 111 to which flesh Is heir. Oxygen Is the most abundant of all the Klementary Substances: yet man has been slow to utilize this most valuable property this health-giving force that Alls the air. Scientific Re search has unlocked the Mystery which enshrouded It. The Wonderful Discov ery whereby all disease may be conquered by flooding the patient's system with copioui streams of this rich llfe-glvlng element In free atmospheric form. Tho Oxygenor la an Instrument sold for self-use. and by correct application makes Its no'sessor master of disease. Its Mm ely application will cause you to get well as easy as you got sick. Its field of usefulness covers every known com plaint in the category of disease. It cures without medicine or electricity, with the oxygen of the air. and oftlrnea Intangibly. It enables mankind to utilize a benign law of Nature. The Oxygenor causes the body to rapidly absorb the Oxygen of the air through the skin and membranes, which creates the most heroic functioning of every organ of the body: which purifies, en riches and vitalizes the blood, and destroys Bacteria. BacllH and all disease germs. Write for descriptive book. NEBRASKA OXYGENOR al4,c,o&tcsrwM' (una to ana. mnu e. jM1 .' 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I recommend your medicine to all." Mas. Maggie A. Baowir, West Pr. Pleasant. N. J. A woman without arms has been married at Christ church. New Zea land. The ring was upon the fourth toe of her left foot A similar mar riage to this was performed at St. James' church. Bury St. Edmunds, in 1832. Are Tea Using- Allen's Foot-Rase? It Is the only cure for Swollen. Smarting. Burning. Sweating Feet Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken Into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoo Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress, Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy. N. Y. In the heart of George Vanderbilt's estate near AshevlIIe is a plot owned by an old negro who lives there and refuses to sell. He says he has been bothered all his life by bad neighbors, and now that he has a good one he will not move. New Inventions. M. M. Ferguson, of Des Moines, has been allowed a copyright for an en graving of the plans and specifica tions of his invention entitled "The Sunshine Hog House." J. Schooner, of Staceyville. has been allowed a patent for a window that is composed of sections hinged together and connected with the top of the front bow of a folding buggy top in such a manner that it can be folded and retained in the top when not in use and also readily unfolded and com bined with an apron to close the front of the top as required to protect per sons from wind and rain. W. Ildham. of Ottumwa. has been allowed a patent for a compound ro tary engine of simple and peculiar construction that may be considered the pioneer of a new species in the art. The application as prepared by us was allowed without altering an Iota. We prepare drawings and specifica tions and do all the work required in preparing and prosecuting applica tions for patents. Consultation and advice free. THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO.. Solicitors of Patents. Des Moines, July 15, '91). The man who takes his whisky straight usually takes his walks oth erwise. Coe's Con ah nataatn Is the nldot and I est. It will break up a cold Quicker than anything else. It U always reliable. Trr It. The mospulto never waits until the first of the month to send in his littlo bill. REGISTER OF TREASURY. Hon Judson W. Lyons. Register of the United States Treasury, in a letter from Washington, D. C, says: April 23. 1899. Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg. Co.. Columbus. O.: Gentlemen I find Pe-ru-na to b nn excellent remedy for the catarrhal af- Hon. Judson W. Lyons. RcKlstcr of the Treasury. fections of spring and summer, and those who suffer from depression from the heat of the summer will find no remedy the equal of Pe-ru-na. Judson W. Lyons. No man Is better known In the finan cial world than Judson W. Lyons. Ills name on everv piece of money of recent date, makes his signature one of the mo6t familiar ones In the United States. Hon. Lyons address is Au giuta. Ga. He !a a member of the Na tional Republican committee, and Is a prominent and Influential politician. He Is a particular friend of President McKlnlcy. Remember that cholera morbus, cholera Infantum, summer com plaint, bilious colic, diarrhoea and dysentery are each and all catarrh of the bowels. Catarrh is the only correct name for these affections. Pe-ru-na Is an absolute specific for these ailments, which are so com mon In summer. Dr. Hartman. In a practice of over forty years, never lost a single case of cholera Infan tum, dysentary. diarrhoea, or chol era morbus, and bis only remedy was Pe-ru-na. Those desiring fur ther particulars should send for a free copy of "Summer Catarrh." Address Dr. Hartman. Columbus. O. W. N. U. OMAHA. No. 30 1899 fB J . CJJ eVUStt .aaaattaSkL awX" L llwiL Vfl$$$ mxLm r) : V J .'. . . : -V' . I.- - g -: t J . rr - - .