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York, Pa., who was gored to death by
an infuriated bull, left Yale when only
18 years old, on the day following the
bombardment of Fort Sumpter, and
began raising a company before Lin
coln had issued a call for 75,000 volun
teers. He served as first lieutenant
of Company G, Thirty-eighth regiment.
New York state volunteers, and was
honorably discharged on September 20,
1861.
When a girl refuses a common place
man he often goes away and gets to be
somebody just for spite.
"Honor is Purchased
by Deeds We Do.
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'Deeds, not toords, coord in battles of
peace as well as in foar. h is not 'what
we say, but qohat Hood's SarsapariHa
does, that tells the story of its merit. Unas
won many remarkable victories over the
arch enemy of mankind impure blood.
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When Commodore Dewey left Wash
ington In November, 1897, to take com
mand of the fleet in the Pacific ocean,
he did not ride on a pass or a half
rate ticket. Being a personal friend of
S. B. Hege. General Agent of the Bal
timore & Ohio passenger department
in Washington, the now famous sea
fighter, bought two first-class tickets
from Washington to San Francisco via
the B. and O., Chicago and North
Western, Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific lines. Lieut. Brumby accom
panied the admiral and they departed
on November 27. Some time ago. Man
ager of Passenger Traffic D. B. Mar
tin of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
set out to collect the coupons of the
ticket and only recently secured all
of them. He has had the ticket, con
taining Dewey's signature, lithograph
ed, and is issuing fac similes as sou
venirs. With what stationery ye write ye
shall be written unto.
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with air brakes and automatic coup
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road said in Chicago recently that on
his line there are 39,000 freight cars,
60 per cent of which are equipped
with Westinghouse Air Brakes, and 90
per cent with Master Car Builder Au
tomatic Couplers.
Chicago has contributed nearly $7,
000,000 so far in war taxes.
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SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.
Baralng Cp a General A Soldier Ex
perience with it Camp Fire In Cab
Morgan's Riflemen Wellington at
Waterloo Hla AatouUlilog Coola
A Deep and a Mighty Shadow.
A deep and a mighty shadow
Across my heart is thrown.
Like a cloud on a summer meadow.
Where the thunder-wind hata blows!
The wild-rose. Fancy, dicth.
The sweet bird, memory, flieth.
And leaveth me alone
Alone with my hopeless sorrow:
No other mate I know!
I strive to awake to-morrow;
But the dull words will not flow!
I pray but my prayers are driven
Aside, by the angry heaven.
And weigh me down with wo!
I call on the past, to lend me
Its songs, to soothe my pain;
I bid the dim future send me
A light from its eyes in vain!
Naught comes; but a shrill cry starteth
From Hope, as she fast departeth
"I go. and come not again!"
ltarning Up a General.
"I never told you, did I?" asked a
regular soldier who has not yet recov
ered from the wound he received at El
Caney, "how near I came to burning
up a brigadier-general in Cuba last
summer?"
"Burning him up?" repeated the sol
dier's friend; "no, you certainly never
told me that."
"Well, the officer that I came near
finishing was Gen. Miles Col. Evan
Miles of the 1st infantry, you know,
but a brigadier-general of volunteers.
Our regiment was in his brigade, and
this happened one night in June, when
I was on headquarters guard. 'Head
quarters' was a big name for a pretty
poor place. There wasn't even a tent,
and tbe general and his aid, a lieuten
ant, were bivouacking by a fire, with
nothing but some empty boxes to sleep
on not the softest kind of bed.
"It grows awfully cold, you know, as
soon as the sun goes down in Cuba,and
the dew chills you to the bone. That
night was cooler than usual, and I was
shivering as I built up the campfire.
Because of that, I suppose, I made it
good and big. Gen. Miles and the lieu
tenant lay down on their boxes, and
went to sleep, and when tbe fire was
well started I went on my post, a hun
dred yards or so away.
"After I had been there for perhaps
half an hour, walking up and down
trying to keep warm, I heard a commo
tion in the camp. Gen. Miles was
shouting, 'Sentry! Sentry!' at the top
of his voice. I rushed up as fast as I
could, but even before I got there I
saw what the trouble was. You never
laid eyes on such a roaring old camp
fire. The general was kicking at the
box that had been bis bed.
" 'D n it, nan!' he said, as I came
up, 'what are you trying to do burn
me up? You've got too much fire here
altogether!'
"Nobody could help agreeing with
him on that point The end of his box
was blazing, and his clothes were fair
ly scorched. The heat had waked him
up just before he actually caught fire
himself. I hustled around and stamped
the fire out where it had spread be
yond bounds, and when I got that done
I apologized as well as I knew how.
"The lieutenant was on the other
side of the fire, and the wind had kept
the blaze away from him. He was sit
ting up, with his back toward us. so
that the general couldn't see him
laugh, but his shoulders were shaking
well.
"There was a funny side to it, of
course, but it might have been serious
for me. It looked like the careless
trick of a recruit, instead of the work
of a man who has been in the army as
long as I have. The general was very
good about it, and no matter how coid
It was, I was more moderate in my
campflres after that" New York Trib
une. Morgan's Riflemen.
When Washington, one day riding
along his lines, saw the fringed hunt
ing shirts of the Virginians approach
ing, the reserve of his naturally undem
onstrative nature broke down. "At
the sight he stopped, the riflemen drew
nearer and their commander, stepping
in front, made the military salute, ex
claiming, 'General, from the right bank
of the Potomac!' Washington dis
mounted, came to meet the battalion,
and going down the line with both
arms extended, shook hands with the
riflemen one by one, tears rolling down
his cheeks as he did so.- He then
mounted, saluted and silently rode on.
The riflemen were at once employed as
sharpshooters and kept the enemy con
tinually in hot water. Hitherto the
British outposts had been safe enough
within stone's throw of the American
Hue, but they now found, to their cost,
that it was almost certain death to
expose their heads within 200 yards of
a rifleman. So frequent became the
returns of officers, pickets and artil
lerymen shot at long range that Ed
mund Burke exclaimed in Parliament
"Your officers are swept off by the rifles
it tney snow their noses!" In the
British camp the riflemen were called
"shirt tail men.with their cursed twist
ed guns, the most fatal widow-and-or-phan
makers in the world." Harper's
Magazine.
Wellington at Waterloo.
The coolness in action of great com
manders like Marlborough, Wellington,
John Nicholson and Stonewall Jack
son has been worth whole battalions
in the fighting line, says the Cornhill
Magazine. Basil Jackson, who had
frequent opportunities of seeing the
"iron duke" during the hours of the
terrible Sunday, has recorded the in
teresting and characteristic fact that
the only sign of nervousness that he
remarked in him was that in a danger
ous crisis he observed him moving in
and out the folds of the powerful field
glass which he carried and of which
he made such admirable use in tuts
and his other campaigns. By the way,
English telescopes of the time were
far better' than the French, and it was
looked upon as a prize when one of
them fell into their hands. In one of
Wellingtons catties against Soulte he .
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the marshal by telling him how he had
defeated him. CantShawn.ro.-
Sir James Shaw Kennedy, gives anoth-:
er example of the duke's astonishing
coolness. Near the close of the day,
about 7 p. m., he galloped up to the
duke, then directing the defense beln
made by Maitland's guards, with the
momentous news that his line, the
right center, was open for the whole
space between Halkett's and Kemps
brigades. AH that the duke replied
was: "I shall ordf thn Brunswick
troops to the spot and other troops be
sides; go you and get all the German
troops of tbe division on the spot that
you can and all the guns you can find."
And so he did. Tbe duke himself led
five battalions of tbe Brunswickers In
to the gap, and with the charmed life
which he bore on the great day, when
those young and untried troops stag
gered under the fierce fire they en
countered and the vigorous outset of
the French, he threw himself among
them and by voice and gestures rallied
them into the fighting line. And then
his dangerous duty done to his right
center, he galloped back further to his
right to prepare for the storm just
about to break Napoleon's final effort
with his guard, which he only employ
ed in his battles in some great crisis 0
the struggle.
Insorgeat Prisoners.
A. A. Ackerman, lieutenant United
States navy, in Collier's Weekly: In
looking over the insurgents who are
brought in wounded or held as prison
ers in the Maestranza, at Old Manila,
and Fort San Felipe, at Cavite, one
cannot help but notice that they be
long to two classes the very young
and the old. There are numerous
gray-haired men among them. One at
San Felipe bore tbe reputation of be
ing a deadly sharpshooter, and yet he
was so old that his purple lips hung
loosely from his mumbling jaws, the
pupils of his eyes melted gradually in
to the whites, and his hands shook
with palsy; in fact he was a very hor
rid and wicked looking old fellow, but
apparently quite harmless. All
around him were boys from 14 to 20,
small, but fairly strong in build, it
may be that they have followed the
practice of the Spanish In ecclesiastical
as well as military affairs that of
yoking a strong arm and young heart
to an old head. The sergeant of the
guard Fifty-first Iowas. at the Maest
rauza, thought differently. Said he:
"A well grown man has both tbe head
and the arm, or rather, the legs they
need them most; the old men can't get
away fast enough, and the boys are
foolish or get rattled, so they are
caught" The prisoners do not seem
to worry unless deprived of their ci
garrillos, when they become nervous,
excitable and very despondent They
are very anxious for employment on
outside details, and when a non-commissioned
officer appeared with an or
der for "eight big fellows" to put in
order some new quarters and move fur
niture, there was a rush to the gate,
every one hoping to be selected. They
are given a few coppers, something ex
tra to eat, or a little tobacco for their
services. In each quarter there is ap
pointed a "chief," who arranges the de
tails for routine cleaning, cooking and
police work. At all hours of the day
women come and squat down at the
line drawn just across the Maestranza,
while their prisoner friends, standing
at the "dead line," ten paces away.
converse with them. Some of the wom
en take it hard and cry bitterly, others
laugh and chat with evident enjoy
ment All bring presents to the pris
oners; and such presents. Many an
Iowa boy has got his fingers into queer
messes while overhauling their bun
dles. One untied a handkerchief and
let loose a lot of sparring crabs. "At
least that's what they looked like,"
said he; "but I can't imagine what they
wanted them for." Among the prison
ers were a number of Tinguians and
Ygerrotes uncivilized mountaineers.
These when first captured were armed
with bows and arrows. They wore
their hair long and decorated it with
feathers, their only clothing was a di
minutive breech-clout They have now,
without exception, cut their hair short,
and wear anything they can get, gen
erally a shirt and a stiff hat, the shape
of which is certain to recall the Ger
man comedies of the variety stage at
home. One of these, who appeared
quite intelligent, was asked why he
had come down to Manila. He replied:
"To fight" "Who did you come to
fight?" He shook his head; he had
just come to fight He did not know
who or what It was about. Undoubted
ly these people had been enticed front
their mountain homes by the promts
of unlimited loot.
A Sadden Introduction.
A Philadelphia paper tells a funny
story of the blizzard days of last win
ter in that city. A certain Mr. K. had
over his dining-room a skylight which
was burdened with a great weight of
snow, and went up to remove it He
shoveled it off, and then it occurred to
him that he would perform the same
service for his next-door neighbor,
whose dining-room lay side by side
with his own, the construction of the
two houses being alike.
The inmate of the next house was a
worthy widow, whom Mr. K. had never
met. but with whom his wife was on
calling terms.
Mr. K. proceeded to a position from
which he could, as he supposed, safely
shovel off the snow, but in doing so he
made a false step and got on the sky
light Crash! went the glass, and down
through the aperture went Mr. K.
It chanced that his next-door neigh
bor was just at this time eating her
dinner. Mr. "K. landed in a sitting
posture in the middle of her table, sur
rounded by snow, broken glass' and
china, and capsized dishes of food, and
still manfully brandishing his snow
shovel. The shovel told the story to the
widow. Although somewhat discon
certed, she quickly regained her com
posure, recognized the neighbor whom
she had seen pass her door, and ex
claimed, politely:
"O Mr. K., I am very glad vou've
called! Pveyoften heard Mrs. K. speak
of you!"
" Famous Horse.
Englishmen are sympathizing with
Lord Roberts on the loss of his favor
ite white charger. Colonel, for twenty
two years his friend and companion
This was the horse, it will be remem
bered, which the general rode in the
diamond jubilee procession. Colonel
was a famous warhorse, and had the
unique distinction of a medal specially
bestowed upon him by her majesty the
queen after the Afghan campaign. Like
those given to the soldiers, the medal
bore on the obverse the queen's effigy,
with the imperial crown as empress of
maia, and the legend
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exergue 18,8-79-80. It was fastened
to the horses brid,e by tn Afghan
riDbon, green witn red edges. Thus
honored, Colonel will be remembered
by posterity in company with other
famous battle horses, notably Napo
leon's Marengo, also a white Arab rid
den by the "Little Corporal" at Water
loo, and Copenhagen, the Iron Duke's
horse, which carried him for eighteen
hours at the same battle and died at a
good old age at Strathfieldsaye in 1825.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Hew BaeccMfal Farmers Operate) This
Department of the Farm A Few
Bints as to the Care of Live Stock
aad Poultry.
Dairy Notes.
Another accusation is made against
the butterlne men. It is that, instead
of using pure annatto coloring, they
use the poisonous coal tar dye because
it Is cheaper. W are not in a position
to prove or disprove this, but certain
ly all use of coloring matter not pure
ly vegetable should be fought to the
bitter end. It is a well-known fact
that butter colors made from coal tar
have been on the market for years.
Doubtless some butter has been colored
by them, but it is claimed that this
practice is about universal in the case
of butterlne. Let us see, according to
what has been said about butterlne it
consists of beef and bog fat, some veg
etable oils, chemical preservatives, and
coal tar coloring matter. A nice con
coction is that to go into the stom
achs of a civilized people!
The Danes have been making some
more tests in regard to the pasteuriz
ing of milk for the purpose of killing
germs of tuberculosis and other dis
eases. It has been the practice to heat
the milk and cream to about 158 de
grees, but it was believed tha't it was
not possible to go much above that
point without injuring the quality of
the butter by giving it a cooked taste.
Further trials demonstrated the fact
that cream can be heated to 185 de
grees and even to 195 degrees without
injuring the quality of the subsequent
butter, provided the cream be imme
diately cooled to 55 degrees. It was
remarked that in some cases the but
ter did have a slightly cooked flavor
when first made, but that this cooked
flavor disappeared within two days
after making. In the state butter
shows last year 713 creameries com
peted, and of these all but five pas
teurized their cream. Of the five that
did not pasteurize four occupied the
four lowest places in the list of awards
and the fifth was little better.
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A New Zealand paper says: "The
exasperating doubt and mystery which
surrounds our butter after it leaves
these shores has never been more
keenly felt than during the past sea
son. The old tale is repeated of brands
of butter leaving here with the best
of New Zealand reputations and judged
at home as being Inferior to brands
over which they scored at this end. In
Eplte of this repeated trouble and the
fishy 'conundrum no attempt has yet
been made to follow the butter up
from its shipment here till sale at
home." We think the matter is easy
of solution. We remember that at one
of the Wisconsin Dairyman's conven
tions Mr. J. H. Monrad made the re
mark that the highest flavored butter
is not always the best keeper. Some
times the butter that has been handled
and washed in such a way that it has
only a fair flavor at the start will be
found several months later to have as
good flavor as at first, while the very
high flavored butter will be found de
cidedly off. He said for this reason it
is not fair to judge butter without con
sidering the end to which it Is to be
put or its market The butter that is
to go across the ocean needs to be made
with staying qualities in view. He
said it will be frequently found that
if two lots of butter are scored, say
two months apart, the position of their
scores will be reversed in tbe second
scoring. The New Zealanders have
evidently had a practical Illustration
of this truth.
Squab Breeding.
In recent years squabs are considered
such an appetizing dish that they are
added to the blil-of-fare of all first
class hotels, although they are not al
ways mentioned as squabs, being too
often served up to their customers as
quail, writes G. A. Bell in the Poultry
Tribune. The breeding of squabs for
market can be conducted by farmers
or by the gentler sex, and made a
source of great profit provided it is
bandied properly. First consider the
cracks are stopped up and nest boxes
loft an old barn will do If all the
put in. Second, the breeding stock,
which is an important item. No bird
has been found to answer this purpose
as well as the homing pigeon, especial
ly the White Homer, as white flesh is
what tbe consumer wants. If White
Homers cannot be gotten, the next best
color is silver or light blue. It is im
portant to be careful to select pure
bred homers, as they give tbe best re
sults. The care and cost of breeding
is very small in comparison to the
profits. They must be kept clean,
boxes and other fixtures to be white
washed, and a good supply of gravel
and fresh drinking water and a small,
shallow pan for bathing.
Squabs grow very rapidly, and in
three or four weeks they are ready to
kill. Squabs of good breeds will aver
age six pounds to the dozen, and they
sell for 40 and 50 cents per pound,
wholesale. The cost to establish a loft
to accommodate 500 pairs, complete,
birds and everything, would be about
$850. On every farm there are one or
two who could be spared for an hour
a day to look after the pigeons. There
is also a great deal of grain wasted
that might be helping the farmer to
pay off a mortgage or some other debt
if It Is just used in the right way.
Every well regulated farm should have
a loft for pigeons, with a large aviary
made of wire to keep them from the
fields.
IIMnoU-Fed Texas Cattle.
A telegram to the Chicago Record
from Rockford, 111., under a recent
date, said:
The sale by Warren Gilmore, a
farmer living four miles northwest of
this city, of forty-one head of cattle
averaging 1,351 pounds, after seven
months full feed, is a part of the ex
periment of the Illinois state live stock
board in dipping Texas cattle and ship
ping them to noithern Illinois to fit
for market The younger cattle of that
shipment aid not do well, but the
!-year-olds, which were placed on dif
ferent farms In this vicinity to the
number of 600 head, turned out fairly
well and were sold In the Chicago
market at the close of winter.
The test showed that the southern
eattle do not thrive as well during the
cold weather as the native cattle of
this section. The herd which was fed
on into June by Mr. Gilmore made a
good showing during the latter warm
months and made the best results of
any of the shipments. The cattle were
bought by Mr. Gilmore Nov. 11, the
average weight being 915 pounds. They
are said to be one of the finest lots
of cattle marketed in this region this
year. They were high-grade Polled
Angus. Their average gain in the
seven months is 436 pounds. The test
to show immunity from risk or south-
era fever in bringing; them north was
a success, but as to the feeding ex
periment Mr. Gilmore considers that
the native cattle are more profitable
when they can be had. He paid $4 per
100 pounds for the entire bunch, and
after adding 436 pounds average weight
sold the lot at $4.85 per 100 pounds.
The cattle required about ten bushels
of corn per month besides rough feed.
The cost to feed per head was about
$30, while the average net gain was
a little less than $29. On the face of
it this shows a small loss on tbe trans
action, but Mr. Gilmore estimates a
gain of s bout $400 on hogs feeding
after the cattle. The principal light
shed by this experiment is that feeder
cattle can be brought from Texas and
fed up Tor market on northern Illinois
farms. It has been found to be a
perfectly safe operation under the pro
visions made by the department of ag
riculture. The greatest difficulty ex
perienced by feeders in this part of
the country is in getting good cattle
to feed. For that reason they have
been looking in every direction. At
times there is almost a famine of cat
tle suited to the demand because of
the dearth in tbe supply of feeders.
There may be times when the relative
state of supply in Texas and in the
north will make tbe new plan a com
mercial success.
Feeding Skimmilk.
A correspondent of Dairy and
Creamery writes that paper as follows:
I have had considerable experience,
extending over several years, in feed
ing separator skimmilk to farm stock,
and thought possibly I might give
some facts from my experience that
would be of interest to your readers.
When feeding skimmilk to milk cows
it does much to build up a heifer; for
an old cow it was not so beneficial.
Many of the latter would not touch it,
while the young ones were so eager to
get it that they were constantly on
the watch for every pint of milk left
within their reach. They seemed to
crave milk as an old toper craves
whisky.
They would drink too much if al
lowed to get at it From two to four
gallons, fed once a day while warm,
was the way we thought best We
never had any trouble from bloating.
The milk agreed with them and seem
ed to be nourishing and an appetizer.
Small pigs thrive on it best and the
half grown ones do very well. Full
grown pigs do only fairly well and
need a laxative. The sweet milk in
warm weather made plump, flabby fat
for a time, but corn meal was needed,
and in cooler weather some oil cake
also. Sour milk is less fattening than
sweet, though less binding.
Young calves should be fed warm
sweet milk, in even lots, three times
daily for the first three or four months,
with some corn, oats and flaxseed meal
and grass or hay. In cold weather
more corn meal is needed unless the
stable is very warm. Cold and sour
milk is injurious to a young calf, and
very poor feed for older ones. Warm
or sweet milk seems to give chickens
the diarrhea. Thick sour milk is bet
ter and a soft smearkase best For
turkeys, moist smearkase, not too wet.
is a good feed, especially for the young
fowls.
Used as a cow feed, my observation
Is that the younger the animal the
greater the benefit from skimmilk.
When we remember that it is primar
ily the calf's natural food, the fact is
all tbe more forcible. Tbe skimmilk
has large manurial value, but unless
special arrangements are made it is
apt to be wasted. The hog pen must
be roofed and floored at considerable
expense. When hogs are kept in a
yard (where they thrive best) the ma
nure cannot be saved. When fed to
dry cows the skimmilk seems to cause
caked udder and a tendency to garget
when fresh.
Spread of Tuberculosis.
In a lecture by Dr. Norner-Halle,
reported in Milch Zeitung, he gives the
following causes as weakening the
constitution and predisposing the cows
to the above disease:
1. Continuous existence in small
poorly ventilated and crowded stables.
2. Insufficient food and the use of a
large quantity of offal from breweries
and distilleries.
3. Forced milk production.
4. Those cows that have narrow
chests and a weak constitution.
5. By frequently changing the po
sition of the cows, which is done in
stables where the fresh milking cows
and the dry ones are arranged in
groups.
6. Inbreeding.
7. Animals, the parents of which
have tuberculosis. They are not born
with the disease, but have little pow
ers of resistance against the germs.
8. When the calves are kept In
close and poorly ventilated quarters
and not given exercise, the lungs are
not sufficiently developed and succumb
easily to the disease.
9. The great development of the
creamery system whereby the skim
milk is mixed before returning it to
the farmers.
Damage by Hawks. We know of no
method that will protect chicks from
hawks, if the chicks are permitted to
run at large. A yard covered with
wire netting is the best protection, and
It will pay to have such a yard, as the
destruction by hawks is enormous.
The farmer does not know the extent
of the damage done him by hawks, as
:here are scores of chicks destroyed of
vhich he is not aware. He simply
snows that they are missing, and there
is no way to save them except to
ihelter them until they are large. i2x.
The Oleo Combine. The butterlne
factories are now in a trust, also, or
at least the greater number of them.
The butterine trust has advanced the
price of this table delicacy until it ha3
reached a figure that threatens to put
it out of the reach of the poor alto
gether. It has been advanced in price
with such a steady and regular move
ment that before long none but the
rich will be able to keep it on their
tables. The poor will have to go back
to poor butter or eat dry bread if the
price goes much higher. Chicago Tri
bune. False Economy. The attempt to
keep thirty or more hens in a poultry
house-that is adaptable for only twenty
results In fewer eggs from the thirty
hens than if a smaller number occu
pied the space. Cases are numerous
where a few hens layed well, while
large flocks gave no returns. The hens
must be comfortable or they will not
thrive, and during the warm season
there is no surer method of ceasing
egg production than to have too many
hens together. There is no economy
hi crowding them, for what is gained
In one direction is lost in another.
Poultry Keeper.
Tired Mamma What on earth are
you crying about now, Willie? Tired
Willie (between sobs) Well, what else
is there to do?
KaomoB Shoe Selling.
"Selling good shoes cheap," the
motto of Hayden Bros., "The "Big
Store," Is well lived up to. They do
an enormous shoe business both in
Omaha and through the mails, and are
rapidly becoming recognized as the
greatest mail order house in the west
Send postal card for free fall clothing
catalogue.
When in the city see their stock of
Harness, Whips and Horse Supplies.
IT COSTS 35 MILLIONS.
Aa Eaomeu Sam Spent In Keballdlng
and Ke-eaalpplaar the B. O. AC R.
The receivership of the Baltimore
tnd Ohio railroad, which has just come
to a close, was remarkable in many
ways. Messrs. Cowen and Murray did
not follow precedent, but went ahead
and placed the property in first-class
shape, instead of attempting to main
tain it in the condition that they found
it Of course the receivers were up
held by a majority of the security hold
ers and the court, but the Baltimore
and Ohio receivership marked an epoch
in such affairs that will be historical.
The vast sums expended were put out
In '96 and '97, when trade was at a low
ebb and money scarce. During their
administration the receivers purchased
15,350 box cars, 6,751 wooden gondola
cars, 6,000 pressed steel cars, 310 mis
cellaneous freight cars, postal, express
and dining car equipment, at a total
cost of $17,000,000. The 216 locomotives
cost nearly two and one-half millions.
The steel rail purchased amounted to
123.010 tons, costing $2,142,152, and
there were bought over 3,000,000 cross
ties, costing $1,200,000, and 750,000
cubic yards of ballast amounting to
$525,000. The new steel bridges aggre
gate In value $750,000, and fully as
much more "was spent In improving the
several terminals, erecting new build
ings, reducing grades and changing the
alignment. The maintenance of way
payrolls, or the amount paid directly
to men employed in making improve
ments on the tracks, etc., in three
years was nearly twelve millions of
dollars. The total amounts to about
$35,000,000, of which about $15,000,000
were secured by the issuance of receiv
ers' certificates and the balance
through car trusts, earnings from the
property and from the reorganization
managers. Most of the purchases of
equipment and rail were made when
material was low in price and manu
facturing concerns were in great need
of orders to keep their plants in op
eration. Steel rails are worth now from
$6 to $9 a ton uu.re than when the re
ceivers made their purchases, and lo
comotives have advanced from $2,000
to $30,000 in price. The equipment
alone, if purchased today, would cost
$5,000,000 more and the other improve
ments $1,000,000 more. President Cow
en is authority for the statement that
the new company intends spending
$10,000,000 more in improvements in
the next year or two.
V. 8. Patent Office Iluslnefts.
A patent has been granted to Alice
M. Stover of Guthrie Center, Iowa, for
a rotable table top, upon which
dishes of food can be placed and pass
successively to persons seated around
the table.
We secured the grant of a patent to
J. W. Brubaker of Tracy, la., for a
wagon end-gate in which standards
are fixed to the inside faces and lear
ends of the side-boards of the box and
the end-gate, connected with the
standards in such a manner that it can
be locked in a closed position or sup
ported in an inclined position.
Upon appeal to the board of examiners-in-chief,
a patent has been al
lowed to W. P. Bartholow of Laurens,
la., for an adjustable milk pail holder.
Of the five latest appeals we have
made we won four.
Michael Harrold of Redding, la., has
been granted a copyright for a book
entitled "Harrold's War Songs."
Consultation and advice free. Ad
dress, THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO.,
Solicitors of Patents.
Des Moines, Iowa, July 29, 1899.
The truths we least desire to hear
are those which it would be to our
advantage to know.
Patents.
Business with the inventor is on the
increase, for this week tne record of
the sales of patents is the largest that
has been made for
some time, as 36
per cent of the in
ventors who re
ceived patents were
able to sell their
invention before the
patents were issued,
as is shown by tbe
U. S. patent office
report Three hundred and eighty
three patents were issued and of that
number 139 were sold. Of the promi
nent concerns who bought patents
were found the following:
Electric Power Development Co.
Philadelphia Hardware & Malleable
Iron Works of Pennsylvania.
Pratt & Whitney Co., Hartford, Conn.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. of
Pennsylvania.
U. S. Acetylene Liquefaction Co. of
New York.
Phillips Mfg. Co. of New York.
American Cotton Co. of New York.
Mississippi Valley Electiical & Mfg.
Co. of St. Louis, Mo.
Parties desiring information In re
gard to patents should addiess Sues &
Co., registered patent lawyers, Bee
bldg., Omaha, Neb.
Harrisburg has an ordinance forbid
ding the placing of sample packages
of anything on doorsteps.
The completion of the million and a
half dollar terminals of the Burlington
Railroad at Quincy, III., marks an im
portant stage in the development of
that system. It was only five years
ago that the road built into St. Louis,
and established there an enormous
freight yard, with a capacity of 3.000
cars. Elsewhere, at Chicago, St. Paul,
Kansas City and Denver, the Burling
ton has facilities for handling freight
and passengers that are unexcelled.
$118 buys new upright piano. Schmol
ler & Mueller, 1313 Farnam St., Omaha.
Probably nothing grows so monoto
nous as having a collector come around
with the same old bill every month.
tOO Reward. 9100.
The readers of this paper will bo pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreadel disease)
that science has been able to cure In all Us
stages and that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of thedlsease.andgivinjr thepatient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of
Testimonials. . . .
Address F. J. CHEXEV & CO.. Toledo, a
Sold bydniggists 75c
Hall's Family Pills are the beat.
In a new attachment for holding
belts in placeon the trousers a metallic
plate is fastened to the under side of
the belt and contains an eyelet with
one side enlarged for the entrance of
the button, with a spring tongue to
lock the button in place.
Oars as a propelling mechanism for
small boats are replaced by a Chicago
man's device, having a pair of journal
boxes attached to the sides of the boat,
in which are mounted short shafts,
with handled cranks at the inner ends
and small paddle wheels at the outer
ends to drive the boat.
A new detachable grip for bicycle
handle bars has an expansible sleeve,
with a sone inside and a cap at the
end, a screw being set in the latter to
draw the cone into the sleeve and grip
the interior of the bar, while the outer
portion of the grip is attached to the
rim of the cap.
Locks for mall boxes are protected
from the weather by a new cover which
is hinged to the face of the door and
provided with a spring catch at the
top, which engages a notch cut in the
top of the door to hold it in a closed
position.
The Battle-Said Koala.
The veterans of '61 and '65 and
their friends who are going to attend
the thirty-third G. A. R. annual en
campment at Philadelphia in Septem
ber could not select a better nor more
historic route than the Big Four and
Chesapeake ft Ohio, with splendid
service from Chicago, Peoria and St.
Louis on the Big Four, all connecting
at Indianapolis or Cincinnati, and
thence over 'the picturesque Chesa
peake ft Ohio, along the Ohio river to
Huntington. W. Va.; thence through
the foothills of the Alleghanies over
the mountains, through the famous
springs region of Virginia to Staunton.
Va., between which point and Wash
ington are many of the most promi
nent battlefields Waynesboro, Gor
donsville. Cedar Mountain, Rappa
hannock, Kettle Run, Manassas. Bull
Run, Fairfax and a score of others
nearly as prominent Washington is
next, and thence via the Pennsylvania
Line direct to Philadelphia. There
will be three rates in effect for this
business first, continuous passage,
with no stop-over privilege; second,
going and coming same route, with
one stop-over in each direction:
third, circuitous route, going one way
and back another, with one stop-over
in each direction. For full informa
tion as to routes, rates, etc.. address
J. C. Tucker. G. N. A., 234 Clark
street, Chicago.
T. H. Price, the New York million
aire, is, facially, the double of Con
gressman "Joe" Bailey of Texas.
Work for AD.
Thousands of men are making good
wages in the harvest fields of Minne
sota. North and South Dakota. There
is room for thousands more. Half
rates via the Great Northern Ry. from
St Paul. Write Max Bass, 220 South
Clark Street. Chicago.
The archiboshop of Canterbury is
paid $10,000 a year more than Presi
dent Mckinley's salary.
Beauty lit Blood Deep.
Xot skin dee; hlnud ili-ep! Inre. healthy Wood
mean pure' healthy complexion CararetH make
the hliioU purr anil healthy. Irtigglit, 1Uc.2jc.SUc.
Everybody in the
upon somebody else.
world depends
A few years ago hard times mart
the Western farmer deny himself
everything save the barest necessities
of life. Then came the great crop
year of 1897 and with it a story. A
Nebraska farmer carried a mortgage
of $4,200 on his property and it was
a burden hard to contend with. The
wheat crop in '97 was enormous and
prices were high. He appeared at the
bank shortly after harvest, pulled out
$4,000 and asked for a loan of $200 to
enable him to cancel the mortgage
note. The banker, who held the note,
urged him not to bother about it. but
go and buy cattle with his $4,000. feed
his corn crop and in that way get the
maximum for his product "No. sir;"
replied the farmer, "I want to pay
that note now. Then when I harvest
the corn crop I'm goin' to pay you back,
that $200 I just borrowed, and then
do j'ou know what I'm going to do?"
and his honest face beamed all over
with pleasure. ' I m going to buy a
buggy!" This little incident tells the
story of thousands of others out In
Nebraska, and the fact that during the
past six months one concern (The
Stover Carriage Company of Chicago)
have shipped to one firm in Omaha
alone one hundred and thirty carloads
of buggies and carriages, averaging
about 22 to the car, makes it very evi
dent that prosperity is with Nebraska.
It is a wonderful state with great re
sources, and the crops of the past few
years have put Nebraska farmers in
an enviable position.
The reckless balloonist is apt to take
one drop too much.
FITSrrrnwnenttyCurert. Nontsnrnerrnnsneiwaftpr
first dny's u-e "f !r. Kline's Ureat Nerrf KrMorrr.
Semi for FKKK VS.OO trial bottle and trraliM.
Us. K. U. Kiise, LU..V31 Arch St., l-ailadelphla, ra
It is a sign of spring when the gun
clubs put forth their shoots.
Cim'h Cough lfctlvnin
Is the oldest and lest. It will lirrak upncoldqiitrkcr
Ibau anything kk. It Ih always rellalile. Try It.
The owner sometimes discovers that
the mare makes the money go.
Cot Kates on All Kitilwayn -1. 11. Phllbln
Ticket Broker, 1505 Farnam. Omaha.
The present needs patriots as well
as the past.
NO REMEDY EQUALS PERUNA,
SO THE WOMEN ALL SAY.
Miss Susan Wymar. teacher in th
Richmond school, Chicago. III., write
the following letter to Dr. Hartman re
garding Pe-ru-na. She says: "Only
those who have suffered as I have can
know what a blessing it is to be able to
Bliss Susan Wymar.
find relief in Pe-ru-na. This has been
mv experience. A friend in need Is a
friend indeed, and every bottle of Pe-ru-na
I ever bought proved a good
friend to me.' Susan Wymar.
Mrs. Margaretha Dauben, 1214 North
Superior St.. Racine City, Wis.,
writes: "I feel so well and good and
happy now that pen cannot describe it.
Pe-ru-na is everything to me. I have
taken several bottles of Pe-ru-na for
female complaint. I am in the change
of life and it does me good." Pe-ru-na
has no equal in all of the irregularities
and emergencies peruliar to women
caused bv pelvic catarrh.
Address Dr. Hartman. Columbus, O..
for a free book for women only.
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 yeare, never
lost a single case of cholera Infan
tum, dysentary, diarrhoea, or chol
era morbus, and his 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.
In "The Progress of the World," the
editorial department of the Review of
Reviews for August, the questions
connected with the Manila censorship
and Secretary Alger's resignation are
discussed, and also the differences be
tween Secretary Gage and the Civil
Service Reform league. There is also
some comment on the Buffalo confer
ence of political and social reformers.
There Is a creature known as the
hagflsh which is in the habit of get
ting inside cod and similar fish and
devouring the interior until ony the
skin and the skeleton are left
The North American Review for Au
gust is remarkable for the number and
diversity of subjects of present inter
est which are represented in its pages.
Some of the most important events
and movements of the tune are dis
cussed in It by those who are either
closely associated with them or have
made a special study of them; and.
at the same time, as befits a magazine
intended for summer reading, it con
tains several brilliant articles of an
entertaining character en literary,
dramatic, artistic and athletic themes.
Ask Toar Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease.
A powder to shake in your shoes. It
rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous. Aching,
Sweating- Feet and Inrrowinr Nails.
At all driipjristj and shoe stores. 2ft ets.
Sample mailed F1IKE. Address Allen
S. Olmsted, Le Koy, N. Y.
An Oregon man has patented a gate
which can be operated without leaving
the carriage, consisting of a jointed
beam attached to the gate and a post
at the side of the road, with ropes held
by pulleys to double the beam up and
pull the gate open.
For Kasjr lronlna;
us " Faultless Starch." No sticking, blis
tering or breaking. It leaves n licmitiful
finish and does not injure the most delicti to
fabrics. All grocers sell it, 10c a package.
The republic of Venezuela contains
506.159 square miles. It is larger than
any country in Europe except Russia.
I shall recommend Piso's Curo for 'Con
sumption far and wide. Mrs. MuHia,
Plumstead, Kent, Euglaud. Nov. S. lb'Jw.
Englishmen may now spend a fort
night in Paris or Switzerland for $35
or enjoy a Norwegian tour for $30.
Mrs. Wlastow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething. otteai ihn kh:, tcilucci tvr
lUinmiulun. allajt pala.curea wludcollu. Zicitbutu
Washington has 249 shingle mills,
with a daily capacity of HIS car loads.
?wSusigcrffliCAfflMUllCEjCgOP71iMlt
Sometimes an optimist is a pessimist
who doesn't want people to catch his
disease.
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time I have thought of writing to you
to let you know of the great benefit I
have received
from the um; of
Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegeta
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Soon after the
birth of my first
KKrmm Johnsom
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cniul, I com
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Every montli I grew worse and at last
became so bad that I found I was
gradually losing- my mind.
''The doctors treated nie for female
troubles, but I got no better. One
doctor told me that I would be inlane.
I was advised by a friend to give Lydia
E. Pinkhain's Vegetable Compound a
trial, and before I bad taken all of tbe
first bottle my neighbors noticed the
change in me.
" I have now taken five bottles and
cannot find words suflicient to praise it.
I udvi.se every woman who is suffering
from any female weakness to give it a
fair trial. I thank you for your good
medicine." Mrs. Okrtrude M. Joun
bon, Josesiioko, Tkxas.
Mn. Perkins' Letter.
"I had female trouble of all kinds,
had three doctors, but only grew worse.
I began tuking Lydia E. I'inkliam's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills
mil used the Sanative Wash, and ean
lot praise your remedies enough."
Tits. Effik Perkins, Pearl, La.
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Containing IUc.pl:'iiiln' Maps of Canada and its
1'rovinc"., a. w-ll as a description of tln re
sources nf tin Iiommloii. will In- maili'd lire to
all iippllmnts !-s!ruiis of 'earning something of
th" ! Homestead Iirdsof Western Canada.
A'ldress p. IVdley. Supt. of Immigration. Ot
tawa.Catiaila or" to V V IJennett. Wl New
York Life Uui.ding. Omaha. Net..
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Since l8'.0 the Hot Springsof South.
Dakota have been recognized a the re
sort for western people.
All thiiijrs arc favorable for tiio.-ui
i seeking rest, licaltii or ilisi:r.
This season finds the resort well
patronized by people from Nebraska,
Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota. Wisconsin
and eastern South Dakota, and every
one well satisfied with the
Wonderful Waters.
Delightful Climate.
Modern Hotels.
Varied attractions for sight-seers.
Tiie North-Western Line is the
pioneer to this resort.
The North-We.steni Line runs
Wagner Palace Sleepers to Hot Springs,
South Dakota.
The North-Western Line makes
low round trip rates to this resort.
Ask you nearest railroad agent for
the date of the next excursion via the
Fremont. Klkhorn fc .Missouri Valley
It. II., North-Western Line.
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VIA the NORTH-WESTERN LINE.
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