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It was la a Philadelphia Sunday
school, not long ago, that a teacher
asked the question: "What is a Iter
Of coarse there was a small boy who
thoaght he knew; and this was his
delaition: "A lie is an abomination
unto the Lord end an ever present
help in time of trouble." Philadel
phia Bulletin.
Over 1,000 houses in London are
teaantless because they are supposed
to be haunted. Seventy-one of them
bare been the scenes of murder, and
from some of the remainder occupants
hare mysteriously disappeared.
A CAPABLE mother must be healthy mother.
The experienceof maternity shouldnotbeapproached
without careful physical preparation.
t Correct and practical counsel is what the expectant and would
be mother needs and this counsel she can secure without cost by
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CAPABLE
MOTHER'
and consulted a physician, but
not become pregnant.
"Seeing one of your books,
my troubles and asking for advice, you an
swered my letter promptly and I followed
the directions faithfully, and derived so
xnuch benefit that I cannot praise
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound enough. I now find myself i
pregnant and have begun its
use again. I cannot praise it
enough."
Mrs. Perlet Moulton,
Thetford, Vt, writes:
"Dear Mrs. Pinkham
I think Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is an
excellent medicine. I took
several bottles of it before
the birth of my baby and
got along nicely. I had no
after-pains and am now
strong and enjoying good
health. Baby is also fat and
healthy."
Mrs. Chas. Gerbig, 304
South Monroe St. Balti
more. Md.. writes: "Dear
Mrs. Pinkham Before tak
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound I was
unable to become pregnant;
health is much improved, and
and pride of our home."
Miss Ida M. Tar bell, the well known
authoress, did her first literary work
on the Chautauquan.
PROGRESS.
With time, comes progress and ad
vancement in all lines of successfully
conducted enterprises. Success comes
to those only who have goods with
superior merit and a reputation. In
the manufacture of laundry starch for
the last quarter of a century J. C.
Hubinger has been the peer of all
others and today is placing on the
market the finest laundry starch ever
offered the public under our new and
original method.
Ask your grocer for a coupon book
which will enable you to get the first
two large 10 cent packages of his new
starch, RED CROSS, TRADE MARK
brand, also two of the children's
Shakespeare pictures painted in twelve
beautiful colors as natural as life, or
the Twentieth Century Girl Calendar,
all absolutely free.
All grocers are authorized to give
ten large packages of RED CROSS
STARCH, with twenty of the Shakes
peare pictures or ten of the Twentieth
Century Girl Calendars, to the first five
purchasers of the Endless Starch Chain
Book. This Is one of the grandest of
fers ever made to introduce the RED
CROSS laundry starch, J. C. Hubinger's
latest invention.
Congressman Norton of Ohio aban
doned medicine twenty years ago for
politics.
Iowa Inventions.
Fifteen patents were issued to Iowa
inventors this week as follows: To
A. W. Lewis of Keota, for a vehicle
attachment; to J. James of Atlantic,
for a draft-equalizer; to W. Loudon
of Fairfield, for a hay-carrier; to J. W.
Macy of Searsboro, for a road-grader;
to A. W. and T. E. Morgan of Bur
lington, for a wire fence stay; to J. H.
Morris of Maquoketa, for a cream sep
arator; to C. F. Nelson of Exira, for a
boot and shoe cleaner; to C. O. Haven
and P. P. Unrig of Fort Madison, for
a harrow; to H. Phillips and W. Hunt
of Ottumwa. for a car-loader; to H. B.
Porter of Hartwick, for a hat and
clothes rack; to E. L. Rigg of Gris
wold, for a steam generating appli
ance; to H. Tuttle of Cedar Rapids,
two for a bicycle; to C. H. Van
Alstyne of Manchester, for a barrel
heater and feed cooker, and to S. Ad
son of Springwater, for a cqllar clasp.
A copyright has been granted to
Rev. A. C. Smith of Des Moines for a
new book entitled "Gathered Gems of
Literature." The work is in the hands
of a printer in Chicago and will be
handsomely illustrated and sold upon
the subscription plan.
Consultation and advice about secur
ing property rights for .inventions and
literary work given free to inquirers.
THOMAS G. ORWIG CO.,
Registered Attorneys.
Des Moines, la.. Sept 2, 1899.
Abdul Hamid, sultan of Turkey, is
a skilful and indefatigable chess
player, player.
. Fieo's Care for Consumption is the only
eosgh naedicrao used in my house. D. C.
Albright, -Miflinbur, Pa.. Dec 11, 8&
Two-thirds of the people who com
plain that the world doesn't under
stand them ought to be thankful it
doesn't
Ira. WlasloWa Soothing? Syren.
Wat children teething, softens the (tntra, reduces hr
.auaj'spain.careswinacoiic. zjcbdogm
The owl's reputation for wisdom is
probably founded upon the fact that
. he never expresses his thoughts in
? words.
All Iatesttaal Troables Prereated.
Tee cents worth of prevention rarrs fortunes tn
doctor Mils and fonersl expense. 10c buys a bo of
Caccarets Candy Cathartic DruFRlsta.1oc.S5c.SOc
"Man proposes " but he usually
aeeds a lot of encouraging.
newly married couple in Portland,
Me,, who are both deaf and are trying
housekeeping without a servant, have
devised an Ingenious substitute for a
door bell. When a caller presses the
electric button, all the lights in the
house flash up wnd his presence is
aade known.
It Is proposed that the souvenir
badge to be used at the Washington
reception of Admiral Dewey shall have
upon it a reproduction of the original
. nag of freedom that was flown by John
Paul Jones when he sailed in the Bon
Homme Richard. This flag was made
in Philadelphia by Mirses Mary and
Sarah Austin, under the supervision of
General George Washington.
BIT SHOT
--. J.JSHSSLM9 oollaisoaGeBa. Write at once
T. M. ROSCRTV'sUPPI.Y HOUSE, MfNNcapoiw. mimi.
Mrs. Jules Reynal, of New York,
summering at Bar Harbor, paid 5 a
piece for partridges and thought it was
enough, but Game Warden New had
other ideas, when he explaified that
partridges were out of season and mat
even a purchaser of them was liable tc
criminal action. Mrs. Reynal settled
for 150 and costs.
Says a rural paper: "A savage dog
on the outskirts of town bit off a small
boy's finger and swallowed it" Any
way the dog showed some considera
tion in not swallowing the boy's finger
before biting it off.
writing to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass.
Mrs. Cora Gilson, Yates, Manistee)
Co., Mich., writes:
"Dear Mrs. Pinkham Two years ago
I began having such dull, heavy, drag
ging pains in my back, menses were pro
fuse and painful and was troubled with
lencorrhcea. I took patent medicines
received no benefit and could
I wrote to you telling you
but since I have used it my
I have a big baby boy, the joy
Oklahoma.
Its wonderful resources and superior
advantages to homeseekers are set
forth in a handsome illustrated pam
phlet just issued by the Frisco Line
Passenger Department. Copy will be
mailed free on application to Bryan
Snyder, General Passenger Agent, St.
Louis, Mo.
Lots of valuable time is wasted in
arguing matters that are of no import
ance. lyself Cured, After Repeated Failure
I will Inform addicted to Morphine. Laudanum.
Opium. Cooalhe. of never falling. barmleh. home
cure. Mre. M. II. llaldwin, llox Yll, Chicago, 111
Taking a vacation and enjoying a
rest are two widely different proposi
tions.
$15.00 PER WEEK.
We will pay a salary of 115.00 per week and
expenses for man with risr to introduce our
Poultry Compound and I.'ce Killer in the coun
try. Ref. required. Address, with stamp. Acme
Mfg. Co., East Des Moines. Iowa.
If Solomon were aiive today lots of
men wouldn't consider him so very
wise.
FITS Permanently Cured. Jfofltii or nervousness after
first day' use of Dr. Kline's Great Xtrve lteorcr.
Send for FREE S2.00 trial bottle and treat! .
Ua. B. U. Kuxe, Ltd., 131 Arch St., IbJlmlelphia, I'm.
A man with more money than brains
very often succeeds in getting mar
ried. Wasted, Women to Bind Dross Shields
at home. Steady work; .distance no dis
advantage; ask yonr dealer to show you
Kora Shields. Kora Shields snap on waist
without sewing. Send lite for catalogue of
work. The Kora Shield Co., 523 Broome
St., New York.
Charity begins at home; men are al
ways giving their wives excuses.
Ball's Catarrh Care
Is a constitutional cure. Price. 75c.
The man who never borrows trouble
sometimes gives a lot of it to people
of whom he borrows other things.
The bullet of a highwayman flat
tened out on the bulging brow of an
Indiana man. Road agenis in that
region should carry an ax.
SUFFERED 25 YEARS.
In a recent letter to Dr. Hartman.
Congressman Botkin says:
"My Dear Doctor lit gives me pleas
ure to cenify to the excellent curative
qualities of your medicines Pe-ru-na
Congressman Botkin. of Winfleld. Kan.
and Man-a-lln. I have been afflicted
more or less for a quarter of a century
with catarrh of the stomach and con
stipation. A residence in Washington
has Increased these troubles. A few
bottles of your medicine have given
me almost complete relief, and I am
sure that a continuation of them will
effect a permanent cure. Pe-ru-na is
surely a wonderful remedy for catarrh
al affections."
J. D. Botkin.
The most common form of summer
catarrh is catarrh of the stomach. This
is generally known as dyspepsia. Con
gressman Botkin was a victim of this
disease twenty-five years. Pe-ru-na
cures these cases like magic Address
Dr. Hartman, Columbus, O., for a fret
book.
The microbes that cause chills and
fever and malaria enter the system
through mucous membranes made
porous by catarrh. Pe-ru-na heals
the mucous membranes, and pre
vents the entrance of malarial
germs, thus preventing and curing
these affections.
W.H.U. OMAHA.
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JOHN C HUBINGER.
Acasarkable Career of m Well-Kasv
.Western Capitalist, Jfaaafact
rer aid Pbllaatareplst.
Among the leaders of the progressive
ilement for which the raidle west i
famous, Mr. John C. Hubinger, of Keo
kuk, la., reigns without a peer. As
a manufacturer, as an enterprising cap
talist and as a philanthropist his fame
has spread over many states, and his
financial enterprises have developed
many obscure towns into progressive,
thrifty and wide-awake cities. Mr.
Hubinger, .although but 47 years of
nge, can look back upon scores of com
mercial victories, each one of which has
benefited mankind, for his liberality is
as bountiful as his business sagacity is
marvelous, lie was born in Xew Or
leans, La., his parents being of French
and German origin. When he was four
yeais old, his family removed to Ken
tucky, in which state young Hubinger
received a public school education. Al
most before reaching man's estate he
secured patents on a number of val
uable mechanical inventions, thereby
laying the foundation of his present
fortune.
By inclination and force of circum
stances his attention was early direct
ed to the manufacture of starch by im
proved processes, and in the course of
time he became the head of a concern
having an annual business of millions
of dollars. But genuine ambition
never quite satisfied with existing con
ditions, works ever toward perfection,
and after years of painstaking study
and research Mr. Hubinger has made 9
JOIIX C. HUBIXGER.
discovery, which he considers the
crowning event of his wonderful
career, and which is embodied in a
new article of commerce, known as
Red Cross Starch (Red Cross trade
mark.) He is planning to distribute
millions of packages of this starch to
the housewives of America, at a merely
nominal price to the consumer, in order
to make its merits known without de
lay. Thus, for but 5 cents two large
10c packages of Red Cross Starch may
be had, together with two magnificent
Shakespearean views printed in 12
beautiful colors, or a Twentieth Cen
tury Girl Calendar; or for only 20
cents 10 packages of the starch and
the entire series of eight Shakespearean
views and one Tweniieth Century Girl
Calendar views alone easily worth
$1.00. Watch this paper for future
premium announcements, of which
every Hdy will certainly want to take
advantage.
While Mr. Hubinger will devote his
best energies to the manufacture of
this new and wonderful starch, he will
not retire from the various financial
enterprises in which he is interested
street railways, electrie lighting plants
and the Missisisppi Valley Telephone
Co., with 10,000 telephone subscribers
in Minneapolis and St. Paul nor will
his augmented activity interfere with
his social obligations and exercise of
the splendid hospitality which he dis
penses at his palatial Keokuk home.
Mr. Hubinger's family, consisting of
himself, wife and four children, is the
pivot around which his activity re
volves, and while fond of promoting
great enterprises, he is still fonder of
his home circle, where he spends every
moment of time not taken up by busi
ucsa or public cares.
Dynamite Guns for Philippines.
Dynamite guns are to be employed
by the army in the coming campaign
in the Philippines. While the use of
these guns is yet regarded as in Its
experimental stage sufficient progress
in their development has been made to
warrant the army officials in includ
ing them as a part of tne equipment
in the field. Recently Lieutenant M.
C. Buckey, Third artillery, was or
dered to New York to aid in loading
tne twelve two and one-half inch
Simms-Dudles- dynamite guns, accesso
ries and ammunition, on board a mer
chant ship, which is to transport them
to Manila by the Suez canal. From
New York Lieutenant Buckey will pro
ceed to the Woolwich arsenal, Eng
land; Paris, France and Amsterdam,
for the purpose of examining the or
ganization and material of mountain
guns 'and hotwitzer batteries used in
India and Africa and other countries
where service is similar to that in the
Philippines. After ;jerforming tlm
duty Lieutenant Buckey will proce
to Manila for dutv.
Toltl tif l'rincc of Willis.
Marquis De Fontenoy: They ar
telilng on the other side of the water
the following storp concerning the
Prince of Wales and a wealthy Ameri
can who was much to the fore at
Cowes: The prince is fond of telling
stories, some of them, alas, no longer
new, and, being aware of this fact, the
trans-Atlantic visitor considered that
it would be a good method of winning
the good will of the arbiter of English
society to show a warm appreciation
of the royal anecdotes. The prince,
who is no fool, was quick to avail him
self of the first opportunity to show
that he understood the little game.
The occasion soon arrived. The
prince was telling a story and hap
pened to pause before he reached the
point, whereupon the millionaiie, in
his anxiety to please, exclaimed, with
a hearty though not altogether natural
laugh:
"Sir, that story just hit me."
"Yes," replied the prince, slowly, "I
thought it had 'missed fire."
Marietta to the Marietta.
Governor Bushnell of Ohio recently
conveyed a silver service to Boston
and presented it to the gunboat Mari
etta in "honor of her second birthday.
It was the gift of the Ohio town whose
name the gunboat bears.
"Go on!" says the New York sub
committee to Captain Evans. "What
do you know about running a naval
show, anyway?"
Senator Chandler of New Hampshire,
besides writing most of the editorial
in the Concord Monitor, reads a good
deal of copy and makes up the paper
on his managing editor's day off.
Danger lurks in the gin rickety. A
scientific mixer of summer drinks in
a glittering New York cafe says the
acid of the lime eats sharply into the
flesh, and' disintegrates the tissues as
surely, if not as fast, as vitrol. This
bartender says that no one should
drink more than two gin rickeys in any
one day, if he desires to keep his stom
ach in an ordinary state of preserva
tiom.
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DAMPPffiE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES
' THE VETERANS.
FOR
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!iHU 8oa HI Comaaaaaer Reasarkable
Reversal of FaasUy Aathertty.
The Balldlajr of a Soldier.
Joe Jerry hoed in a stony field.
Under a sweltering sun.
The boy and the rock and the native weed
Fought for the life in a battered seed
And the struggle was just begun.
4,Qet out of the mud and follow me,"
Said the man with better clothes.
"Again you are vermin and drought and
frost;
You anger Nature with labor lost
Come where a fair wind blows."
But the boy digged on in the stony field.
With the struggle barely begun.
"I put the seed in this ground." said he;
"I think I had better stay and see
Whatever may be done."
Joe Jerry quarried and placed the stones
And fitted the timbers true.
Then his neighbors came with fevered
eyes:
"Gold! pans, of gold! Just there It lies!
Shall we wait a duy for you?"
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A sweet voice rifted the evening calm.
Singing the death of day.
A tired child came and went with a kiss,
"I have a wife, and a house and this;
I think I had better stay."
"War! war!" the cry and the cry came
near
"There is fame, and to spare, for all."
"I have left a dying wife and these.
I'll stay with them, if God so please.!,'
But he went at the second call.
"Come back!' they cried through the
metal hail
To a soldier bleeding and grim.
He picked a rifle out of the dirt.
Answering only: "The captain's hurt;
I think I'll stay with him."
Frederic Brush.
Death on the Field on Honor.
Theophile-Malo Garret de Latour
d'Auvergen, a brilliant linguist and a
valiant soldier, surnamed The First
Grenadier of France, was born at Car
haix, France, Nov. 23d, 1767, and met a
heroic death at Oberhauser, Bavaria,
June 27th, 1800. After quitting the
college at Quimber, where he already
distinguished himself by his philolog
ical studies and researches, he entered
the military school, and was quickly
admitted to the regiment of Black
Muskateers, and soon promoted to sub
lieutenancy. Profiting by a leave of
absence, in 1781, he hurried away to
Spain, where he did valiant service
against the English. When the French
revolution broke out, he remained true
to the national flag, and although al
ready a captain before 1789, he re
fused all advancement. In 1792, he
was with the Army of the Alps, and
contributed powerfully to the first
victories over the enemies of France.
He was the first to enter Chambery,
sword in hand, at the head of bis com
pany. The year following he was sent
to the Western Pyrennees, where,
though nominally a captain, be found
himself at the head of 8,000 men. His
division always formed the advance
guard, and soon became the terror of
the enemy, by whom it was styled the
Infernal Column. The arrival of this
corps on the field of battle was always
a signal for victory, the impetuosity of
the men, and the rapidity of their
movements being irresistible. In the
intervals of inactivity, during the nine
teen years of his military career, he
returned each time to his favorite lin
guistic studies, and it was then that he
composed bis famous Polyglot Dlctjpn
ary, in which the words and idioms of
forty-two different languages and dia
lects are presented. His last term of
service was in the capacity of a sub
stitute for the twenty-second and last
child, a delicate son, of his friend, Le
Brigant Latour went to Paris, and
obtained permission to replace the son
of his friend, and immediately after
ward joined the army in Zurich. Here
his valiant exploits again brought him
so prominently into notice that Napo
leon sent him a sword, with the title
of "The First Grenadier of France."
This offer of promotion was also dis
tasteful to him, and he sent word back
to Bonaparte, "Among us soldiers there
is neither first nor last." He begged
permission to rejoin his troops in his
old capacity not as the first, but as
the oldest grenadier of France. The
French next invaded Germany, and six
days later he fell, pierced to the heart
by the spear of a German Uhlan. His
last words were: "I die satisfied; it
was my desire to terminate my life
thus." The whole army went into
mourning, and each of his soldiers con
tributed one day's pay toward pur
chasing a silver urn to hold his heart,
which was carried at the head of the
company. His sword was hung in the
"Invalides," at Paris, and his name re
mained at the head of the register of
the Forty-sixth brigade until 1814, and
every day, at roll-call, the oldest ser
acant responded: "Dead on the Field
of Honor!" From the French.
His Son HI Commander.
Out of the hurry and bustle of the
war there has come one of the most re
markable cases of the reversal of fam
ily authority ever known to military
men. A son is a commissioned officer
in a regiment, while the father is a pri
vate in the same regiment. The son
gives the father commands; the father
executes the orders; he touches his hat
when he passes his boy doing duty. On
the rolls of the First Colorado infantry
appear the names of Ben Lear, seeoad
lieutenant, aged 19,and Benjamin Lear,
Sr., private, aged 44. The father is
proud of the success of his son, and
never tires of boasting to bis fellow
privates. Lieut. Lear is a fine speci
men of the young American soldier.
He has all the good qualities that are
known as "western." He has go and
push and grit, a very intelligent mind,
and an aptness for his work. He
laughed when ?pt r-i about the family
relations in the regiment "Why, my
dear fellow," he exclaimed, "don't you
know that in a regiment there are no
family relations? Here we are all offi
cers or privates or bandmen, and that
ends the whole business. But, seri
ously, the curious relations which I am
bound to maintain with my own father
are ridiculous, and If he did not have
a fine sense of humor himself they
would be well-nigh insupportable. He
comes in here with a message, for in
stance, and stopping at the door he
stands at salute until I have time or
am in a disposition to receive him by
acknowledging his salute. Then he
does the goose-step and comes into my
tent, where he must stand at attention
until the business Is finished; then he
must salute again before he goes out.
Altogether It Is laughable, because I
am a stickler for discipline, even
though it does Involve my own father.
When It Is my father's turn to carry
wood, draw rations, or do police duty,
it Is my task to Issue those orders to
the old gentleman, and he touches his
cap and replies. Yes, sir,' as respect
fully as ycj please. When the call .for
volunteers came I was a first ser
geant In the Colorado National guard
aad voluafatrea. I want with
pany to Denver and we were mastered
in. I kept my old rank of first ser
geant in the First Colorado infantry.
When the regiment was recrmltiag
father came to headquarters and want-
1 ed to enlist I persuaded Mm not to
join, and when I left I was sure that
father would stay at home, where a
was badly needed on his paper. But
when the recruiting officer went back
to Denver for more men yon can Judge
of my amazement to find my father
in the first batch sent us." New York
World.
Too IU to Shoot.
"They tell a funny story in the army
about Capt Patillo, the crack shot,"
said one of a party of late diners to a
New Orleans Times-Democrat man.
"According to the yarn, Gen. Miles and
a high Washington official once visited
a western post where the captain was
stationed and sent word that they
would like to see a little exhibition of
his skill. Patillo happened to be
quite sick at the time, but he couldn't
very well refuse, and presently ap
peared on the long-distance range. He
blazed away and an Irish sergeant who
had been sent out to act as marker
waved a small flag. "What does that
mean?' asked the distinguished visitor.
'It means I missed the whole target,'
replied Patillo, gloomily. He tried
again, with the same result 'I don't
know what's the matter with me!' he
exclaimed, in deep mortification, 'I
never did such work in my life!' At
the third shot the distant figure varied
the wig-wagging and the assembled
officers applauded. The signal meant
a bull's-eye. Thereupon he fired
twenty consecutive rounds and each
time the flag waved back the news that
he had pierced the inner circle. It was
a marvelous record, an unparalleled
score; the distinguished visitor was
very gracious in his congratulations.
Later on Patillo, still beaming, met
the marker crossing the parade
grounds 'Hello! sergeant,' he said, 'I
wonder what the deuce made me miss
the target those first two shots?'
'Whist, captain,' replied the Irishman,
drawing close, ' 'tis divil the tolme ye
hit it at all. at all!' 'Didn't hit it at
all!' cried Patillo, in amazement, 'then
why did you signal all those bull's
eyes?' 'Faith, sor,l said the sergeant,
respectfully, 'I knew yer ripytation
was at stake.' "
Hoodwinking the Dake.
The Duke of Wellington used to re
late how he got famously taken in on
one occasion. The troops had taken to
plundering a good deal (he said). It
was necessary to stop it, and I Issued
an order announcing that the first man
caught in the act should be hanged on
the spot One day, just as we were
sitting down to dinner, three men were
brought to the door of the tent The
case against them was clear, and I had
nothing for it but to desire that they
should be led away and hanged in
some place where they might be seen
by the whole column in its march next
day. I had a good many guests with
me on that occasion, and amongst the
rest, I think Lord Nugent They
seemed dreadfully shocked, and could
not eat their dinner. I didn't like it
much myself, but, as I told them, I had
no time to indulge my feelings I must
to my duty. Well, the dinner went off
rather gravely, and next morning, sure
enough, three men in uniform were
seen hanging from the branches of a
tree close to the high road. It was a
terrible example, and produced the de
sired effect; there was no more plun
dering. But you may guess my aston
ishment when some months afterward.
I learned that one of my staff took
counsel with the hospital surgeon, and
as three "men had just died in hospital,
they hung them up, and let the three
culprits return to their regiments.
"Weren't you very angry, Duke?" was
the question. "Well, I suppose I was
at first; but I had no wish to take the
poor fellows' lives and only wanted the
examples, and as "the example had the
desired effect, my anger soon died out,
and I confess to you that I am very
glad now that the three lives werf
spared."
A Nameless Hero.
A hook of the deeds of heroes whose
names have not survived them would
contain many of the noblest records of
the human race. In it we should find
the perfect mingling of courage and
humility. A touching story, told by
the London News, belongs in this no
ble list, which grows longer year by
year. A certain Major Baker and his
daughter were passengers on the Stella
when that unfortunate ship was
wrecked. Both were about to perish,
when the father made a piteous appeal
to a boatload of passengers who were
leaving the ship's side to find room for
his daughter. One man, to whose iden
tity there is absolutely no clue, in
stantly stepped back to the ship and
allowed the lady to take his place. As
the boat cleared the side the vessel
went down, carrying with it the girl's
father and her unknown rescuer. How
beautiful! How unutterably sad! His
anonymity somehow seems to enhance
the heroic grandeur of hie death. Noth
ing would have been gained by know
ing his name. A man capable of such
a deed wants no mortuary honors, nor
the local habitation of a monument. He
belongs to the infinite of greatness, and
his fitting grave is the sea.
Refused to Take Ills Pay.
Pittsburg special to the New York
Herald: Major Robert H. White, who
has caused surprise in army circles by
giving up his retired army officer's pay
of 2,000 a year, left Pittsburg to go
to New York, from which point he ex
pected to sail for South America. Be
fore going, he said he would be gone
the remainder of the year, and would
spend the time traveling for health and
pleasure. WLile stationed at the Pre
sidio, in San Francisco, and while on
duty "at other places, Major White
made considerable money speculating.
He now has more than he needs, his
friends claim, and has conscientious
scruples against accepting the $2,000
per year. His Frankstown avenue
friends intimated to-day that he had
gone to South America to get away
from the army paymaster's depart
ment, which insisted on his taking the
money.
Making a Billiard Bait
It requires skilled labor to turn out
a billiard ball. One-half of it is first
turned, an instrument of the finest
steel Seing used for the work. Then
the half-turned ball is hung up In a
net and is allowed to remain there for
a year to dry. Then the second half
is turned, and then comes the polish
ing. Whiting and water and a good
deal of rubbing are requisite for this.
It is necessary in the end that the ball
shall, to the veriest fraction of a grata,
be of a certain weight
A Weaderffal Dress.
Princess Czartoryski has had a- won
derful dress made in Paris, on which
her coat of arms is produced in jewels
on a white satin ground. For this
purpose the stones had to be pierced,
and, though, their value was deteri
orated, the draw as it stands is valued
at 7f .fft.
FASM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OP INTEREST
' AGRICULTURISTS.
TO
Va-ta-Date
law Abea Oat-
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aimgiatart f Trees ea Coaatry Places.
On plantations depends largely the
successful composition and coloring of
a country place. The first thing to con
elder before you begin to plant is the
adjustment of your views, vistas, or
outlooks. Ordinarily, except where yon
require for some reason a special out
look, the entire outside border of the
place should be planted with a masr
of trees and shrubs, making a hedge
of Irregular, waving lines. Ordinarily,
too, there should be something like
seven shrubs to every tree, the shrubs
standing eight or ten feet apart and
the trees forty to fifty feet This rule
applies, of course, to only large grow
ing shrubs; the smaller ones can be
tucked in round about It is an excel
lent plan to establish a lofty tree, like
the elm, tulip, or poplar, at each
marked angle of the place and at either
tide of the carriage entrance. It tends
to give character to the entire lawn.
If you have room enough, one of the
ways of emphasizing certain interest
ing parts of your country place, and
especially the pleasant nome charac
ter of the house, is to establish a grove
near that building. Set out the best
shadetrees elms, maples, beeches,
tulip-trees, liquid ambars, and lindens
and let them stand forty or fifty feet
apart so that they may grow into
broad and lofty trees, dispensing
abundant shade. Such a grove near the
house will give perpetual delight
throughout the year. Even in winter,
during snow and ice storms, you will
find unfailing pleasure in contemplat
ing the unexpected and magical ef
fects of snow and ice in your grove,
and moreover find comfort in seeking
its protecting shelter if you have
planted a few pines in the midst
Planting groves means to many people
simply the setting out of a cluster of
trees eight or ten feet apart and allow
ing them to slowly crowd each other
to death. Properly managed, the grove
may be the most delightful and ad
mirable feature of all country places,
except the smallest, and even there
one great elm or beech tree may be a
grove in itself.
In adjusting the vistas by means of
your planting, you should see that the
longest lines of view are secured. Let
them extend diagonally from corner to
corner of your place, if you can.
From "Small Country Places," by
Samuel Parsons, Jr., Superintendent
of Parks, New York. In Scribner.
Wheat aad Rest.
From Farmers' Review: As plant,
diseases appear to reduce the income
from the farm, the farmers of the
country and those who are supported
largely by them to devise aids and
means of assistance, are spurred to
greater endeavor to overcome them, i
There are two general methods of pro
cedure. One, to find some remedy for
the disease itself, and the other to find
some type of the plant which will nat
urally resist the disease. The latter ?
is really the most satisfactory, as with
the adoption of a resistant species the i
disease may entirely die out, while un
der preventive or remedial treatment
It is liable at any time to spring up
again. Apropos of this general sub
ject the Department of Agriculture is
preparing to publish some matter
which will Interest farmers in all
states. It is on cereal rusts. It is a.
remarkable fact that notwithstanding:
the Immense and world-wide damage
done by rusts,. no investigations have
been made on? the subject outside of
the United States and Australia. In.
the Important cereal regions of Russia,
India and the Argentine, practically
nothing is known about rusts. Here
Is a case where it appears much more
practicable to fight rust through the
production of rust resistant species and
varieties than through attempts at
treatment of the disease. It would not,
for instance, be convenient to spray a
wheat field. Rust on cereals Is a plant
life a fungus which draws its suste
nance from and at the same time ruins
the host plant Mr. Mark A. Carleton,
the rust specialist of the Department:
of Agriculture, states it as his opinion
that the average annual loss from rust,
in the United States far exceeds that,
due to any other enemy, insect or fun
gous, and often equals tpose from all
others combined.
The most common wheat rust is
what is known as the orange leaf rust
So far as the ordinary wheats are con
cerned. Mr. Carleton states, the resis
tant varieties are as a rule somewhat
dwarfed, are close and compact and
stool but little. The leaves, compara
tively few in number, .are stiff, narrow,
and erect, with a more or less tough,
dry cuticle, often with a glaucous or
waxy surface; heads compact and nar
row; and grains hard, red, small, and
heavy. In other words, the charac
teristics of these wheats are about the
same as those of the wheats of semi
arid regions. Fortunately such varie
ties produce the finest grain and most
nutritious flour known, and are usual
ly hardy, drought-resisting sorts. How
ever, no matter what the other con
ditions, every variety will rust, even
considerably, if it matures late. Early
maturity is therefore another impor
tant quality. For rust freedom and
for other purposes an early-maturing,
hard, red, frost-resistant d drouth
resistant winter sort istfie ideal one
for the great portion of our wheat
region.
Judging from all the experiments
and observations of the Department of
Agriculture, the following varieties, al
ready well known and good standard
sorts in other directions, may be rec
ommended as likely to prove consid
erably resistant to orange leaf rust in
every part of this country, provided,
of course, that they are sown in time:
Of winter wheat: Turkey, Mennonlte.
Pringle's No. 5, Rieti. Odessa, Pringle's
Defiance. Of spring wheat: Hayne'a
Blue Stem and Saskatchewan Fife.
Two early varieties which are quite
susceptible to rust but which usually
ripen early enough to escape the worst
effects of it, are Early May and Zim
merman.
GUY E.
MITCHELL.
Depth to Kay TUe.
The depth at which tile should be
laid must depend on a number of cir
cumstances, but the object should al
ways be to get the tile below the reach
of the frost. It is a well-known fact
that freezing frequently pulverizes tile
drains, which are nearly always made
of unglazed tile. It is probable that
the frost of the last winter,.which went
deeper than for many years, did great
damage to the tile drains. However, it
Is hardly feasible to lay the tile so deep
that they would be below the depth
at which frost could reach In a winter
such as the last But it is hoped that
we will not get more than one or two
such winters in the course of a cen
tury. Therefore in laying the tile for
tat drain we need eoaaUer oaly the
ordinary winter when the ground over
araca of this western coaatry tresses
to a depth of not more than two feet
It Is quite comsaoa practice to put the
tile down thirty laches, it being be
lieved that the frost wlU hardly be
able to get below that We have
heard receatly of farmers in Illinois
laying draias not deeper than two feet
bat this is a mistake. These shallow
draias might do on land that has aot
been worked aad la of a clayey nature,
but they will not do on sandy land, nor
will they do on clayey land after the
land has been worked for a few years
and lightened up. It is said that whea
the Scotch first found out that drains
were such a good thing they went to
work and in a few years over 10,000
smiles of drains at a depth of two
feet had been laid. But this
depth was found to be by all odds
too shallow. Where sufficient fall can
be secured the drains should be put
down thirty inches or three feet on
clay land, and may go even four feet
on sandy land.
SwlM Breeding.
(Condensed from Farmers Review Steno
graphic Report of Wisconsin Roundup
Institute.)
A. J. Lovejoy of Illinois spoke on
swine raising. In part he said: It is
better to raise two crops of pigs a
year and turn them off young than to
raise one crop and not turn them off
till they are large. Diseases among
bogs come largely from immature
breeding and from feeding too much
corn.
A good sow should be a good milker.
The sows and boars should be mated
during November. The earlier the
pigs are farrowed tHe better, it we can
care for them. By the time the young
clover is ready we can put them on
it if the pigs hasxe been farrowed early.
We feed cooked or scalded feed to all
our fattening animals during winter.
Nothing seems worse to me than to see
a lot of pigs in winter kept in cold
quarters and fed on cold, sloppy feed.
Careful attention to details is neces
sary. A man, to get the best of re
sults, must be a close observer. Watch
the condiiion of the bowels and see
that the pigs do not become infested
with vermin. Use germicides and dis
infectants in your pens. Do not per
mit young and old pigs to run to
gether. I have twenty pig houses on
twenty acres of land, one pig house to
an acre of land.
Q. Do you ever have cholera among
your hogs?
Mr. Lovejoy. I have not had any
for 12 years, and then I got it at the
St Louis Fair.
Q. What do your pig houses cost?
A. They cost $14 ech. They are
eight feet square.
Q. What do you use for fencing?
A. Wire fencing, which costs about
31 cents a rod.
Q. How much more do these small
houses cost than it would cost if you
kept all the hogs in one house?
A. 1 would not have all in one
house.
Q. What are the more valuable
' parts of a hog in the market?
A. The hams are the most valuable
and then comes the bacon. I would
say that the ham is worth 25 per cent
more than the side meat
Q. How old are your sows when
thay breed?
A. From one year to eight years
olJ. Some of our farmers breed their
sows before they are six months old.
but that is a mistake.
Opportanltlm for Spraying--
Just now the fall army worm is rav
aging many of the lawns in our large
cities and the owners are casting about
them anxiously for some means of pre
venting its destructive work. The only
remedy seems to be to spray the lawns.
Unfortunately the owners have not the
implements at hand with which to do
the work, and some of them would not
know how to do the work If they had
the implements and the materials.
Most of them would gladly pay for
having their lawns sprayed, and we
believe that at such times, if some of
the students in the agricultural col
leges would take the matter up, they
might make a good deal of money.
This would be a boon to certain stu
dents that are trying to work their
way through college. In Chicago espe
cially opportunities for such work
would certainly be found.
A few years ago the writer of this
was in Minneapolis, at a time when
the shade trees .were being attacked
and stripped by insects. The wnole
city was alarmed, but no one seemed to
know what to do. The trouble was
that no one man felt that it would pay
to invest in spraying pumps and ma
terials, and probably most of them
knew nothing about such things. So
they stood by and saw whole rows of
shade trees defoliated. We trust that
this thought will be taken up by some
of our enterprising young men, and
that something material may come of
it
Use u Pure-Bred Sire. In selecting
a flock. I would not say to purchase
pure-bred ewes. While purity of breed
ing is an absolute necessity on the
part of the sire, it is not at all essential
on the part of the dam. Purity of
breeding on the part of the sire tends
to render him prepotent, and, because
of this prepotency, it gives him the
ability to effect improvement. The lack
of purity of breeding on the part of
the dam takes away her power to re
sist change in the direction desired
when mated with a pure-bred sire, con
sequently dams of very mixed breeding
are excellent material upon which to
commence the work of up-grading, so
far as blood elements are concerned.
Allow me to emphasize, here, that, un
der no consideration, use anything but
a pure-bred registered ram, and in
making a selection be sure and get a
good individual as well -s a good ped
igree. E. S. Kirkpatrick.
Sulphur and Salt It is still a dis
puted point as to whether sulphur
added to salt is of any benefit to cattle
or sheep, says Prot Thomas Shaw. It
has been claimed that sulphur will help
to remove the ticks from sheep when
thus fed. Whether it has any decided
influence In this direction is uncertain,
but it will not wholly remove them.
That it helps to preserve the health of
cattle or sheep Is not an established
fact, but there would seem to be no
barm at least from using it in modera
tion. As much as a teaspoonful may be
added to a rery few pounds of salt, but
usually a less quantity is fed when it
is used.
Paring Hoofs of Sheep. Many far
mers are keeping sheep this year for
the first time in many years. To all
such it may be wise to suggest paring
the hoofs early in the spring, or be
fore they are turned out to pasture.
In the barnyard, always treading on
soft, fermenting manure, the sheep's
hoofs grow too long and develop foot
rot if it is pastured on low, wet land.
On rocky, high and dry land, the sheep
wears off its hoofs on the sharp edges
of the rocks. It is probably instincs
that teaches the sheep at night to seek
a high and dry place to sleep upon.
It Is proposed that the souvenir
badge to be used at the Washington re
ception of Admiral Dewey shall have
upon It a reproduction of the orlgiaal
flag of freedom that was flown by
John Paul Jones when he sailed In
the Bon Homme Richard. This flag
was made in Philadelphia by Miseea
Mary and Sarah Austin, under the
supervision of General George Washington.
If the shooting ability of Oom Paul's
burghers is as good as in 1S81 a war
In that section will fatten several new
cemeteries.
V
'Necessity is the
Mother of Invention.
f
1 -was the necessity for a re&blc Hood
purifier xnd tonic tfut brought Mo exist
ence Hood's Srsjtpr&ju M is a highly
concentrated extract prepared by a com
bination, proportion and process peculiar
to itself and giving to Hood's Sarsapm.
rila unequalled curative power.
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There will always be plenty of room
at tho top just as long as people can
avoid living in attics.
New IiiYtnitlon.
Of the Inventors who obtained pat
ents the past week
32 per cent were able
to sell the entire or
part of their inven-
tions. Amongst tho
prominent concerns
buying these patents
were the follow ine:
United States Manufacturing Co.,
Fond du Lac. Wis.
Duplex Printing Press Co., Battle
Creek. Mich.
National Ticket Case Co., Chicago.
Eagle Pencil Co., of New York.
Jefferson Brass Works, Watertown,
N. Y.
Bankers' Electric Protective Co., Chi
cago. 111.
Dukes & Co.. Quitman. Ga.
Fisher Typewriter Co.. of Tennessee.
Vulcan Iron Works. San Francisco,
Cat
Lamb Manufacturing Co., Chicopco
Falls, Mass.
Singer Manufacturing Co. of New
Jersey.
Williams Electric Co.. Cleveland. O.
Parties desiring free information as
to the law and practice of patents
should address Sues & Co.. registered
patent solicitors. Bee Building. Omaha,
Neb.
A woman doesn't think very much of
a physician who says there is nothing
the matter with her.
JllSbuysnew uptight piano. Schmol
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YtTomen who decline to marry until
their ideal men proposes are apt to re
main spinsters.
Don't o Broke When You Bet.
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A practicing physician is one
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