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" I r-; .. 1- r- !: j fr I V kt . -. -v John Elbert who died is Chicago reek, was the first engineer to take a locomotive west out of Chicago. In 1141 he went to that city, taking the trat ssiine from the east. It was led Pioneer, and is now on exhibi ttos is the Field Columbian museum. Miscellaneous DAMPIHBE SKETCHES Thomas A. fcdison, who has pur- chased the Ortiz gold mines in New Mexico, paying something like 3,000, Me, will treat the ore by his new elec trical process and for this purpose he . will build a large reduction plant at once. "The Prudent Man Setteth 200D SHORT STORIES THE VETERANS. FOR raw ef Fart Dewllac A ScbimMit t tae Civil War af WUca Little Umm Wrirtea A Story of Mapoleoa. Eh House in Order 09 . moot human tenement shotdd be given even more are fid attention than the ktmse yoa live in. Set it in order by thoromghly renovating yo-jr whok system ffinmgh ' blood made pare by taking Mud's SarsaparSU. Then every organ ad promptly and regularly. ms Joseph Worl, of Peru, Ind., has found tiny apples growing on his grape vine. The vine is under an ap ple tree and he believes that the pollen of the apple-blossoms mixed with that of the grape blossoms. Asa Yoa Vslar Allen Foot-Kaac? It is the only cure for Swolles, Smarting. Burning. Sweating Feet. Corns and .Bunion. Ask or -Allan's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe 8tores. 25c Sample sent FREE. Ad " dress Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy. N. Y. The average number of horses killed in Spanish bull fights every year ex ceeds 5.000. while from 1.000 to 1,200 bulls are sacrificed. Tke Fanea of the Flcht. db, the story and the glory ot the fallen la the flcht Beneath the drooped flags dreaming In the laurels and the nsht! Is there rumor of the strife now? Do their bright swords leap to live now? Do they hear the far relied thunder of the grim guns In the night? Oh, the story and the glory of the fallen In the fight! Does the clamor of the Captains reach their ranks all ghostly white? Nay they rest with rusting blades. All the glory starred brigades. And the peace of God Is on them In the splendor of the light. In the peace of God they sleep, while the- battle thunders sweep Over the echoing oceans where deep call eth deep; Where the stormy sea to sea Waves the starred flag of the free. And their comrades, armed In honor, their vigil fires keep. Oh, their story, and their glory! Let the red stripes o'er them wave. Red as ths blood that crimsoned them the life blood that they gave! Blow, bugles, east and west. Over their rose-wreathed rest. And the love of a common country, like a garland, on their grave! Frank L. Stanton. Tried by the dlsescaaatlma of a brutal srivata life, taste ume tmrs to iafamy and a hero only a smosster. New Intention. The U. S. Patent Ofllce issued 37? patents to American inventors the past week, and of this uumbet 88 were able to sell the whole or a part of their in ventions befort the pat ent was issued. Amongst the promi nent firms to purchase atents were the fol lowing: New Britain Machine Co., New Brit ain. Conn. Syracuse Chilled Plow Co., Syracuse, N. Y. Ellwood City Gas Engine Co., Ell wood City. Pa. Dietrich Gear Co.. New York, N. Y. Winslow Bros. Co.. Chicago, 111. Eastman Kodak Co. of New York. General Electric Co. of New York, and the Manhattan Brass Co., New York. Inventors desiring a free list of manufacturers of a certain line of goods may obtain the same in address ing Sues & Co.. Patent Lawyers and Solicitors. Bee Bid?., Omaha. Neb. When a miner gets down to business he lowers himself in the world. $118buysncw upright piano. Schmol ler & Mueller. 1313 Farnam St. Omaha. If all flesh is grass a mummy must be a load of hay. m$& Pill Does yonr head ache ? Pain back of youreyes? Bad taste in your mouth? It's your liver! Ayers Pills are liver pills. They cure constipation, headache, dyspepsia, and all liver I complaints. 25c. All druggists. Want yonr moustache or benrd a beautiful nrnwn or rich Mark? Thn ii.n BUCKINGHAM'S DYE && 1CT. Qf tuoaiT WH. Htl a CO KfMu.. w. M. aaaawawawaaBSBBasawa; toV&$ r itffl POMMEL Ha Best liiarm, l l Keeps fcota rider ass stills per fectly dry la the hardest stona. SsbstttuSts will disappoint Ask for liar Fish Brand Pomracl Slicker It is entirely new. If not for salt la year town, write for catalogue s A J. TOWER. Boston. Mais. W. L. DOUGLAS S3&S3.S0 8HOE8 gwiog mrm si ti is rsswamwiss ether sake. f adonetfby erar ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES Taaszxms hmw.it lake bo rabstltate rtatawa to be as good. Largest maker of S3 and SSJO shoes la the world. Tourdealertnoaldkeea them If not. we will and mi w. 1 a pair on receipt of price. State Wad af leather, else, aad width, plala or cap tasT vaiawgNA LuatAJtutsiiacco. The Battle of Fort Dowllag. From Democracy, of NashvIUe.Tenn: Where the Gulf of Mexico comes into the Sabine lake, on the coast of Texas; near the Louisiana line, there is a narrow channel of water which is about four hundred yards wide. On the north bank of this little channel', today, one sees the smokestack, a few feet above the water, of a sunken beat Just opposite to It. on the southern bank, there is a dirt wall, and over this is a painted sign that reads "Fort Dowllng." That' is all that now lives as evidence of a thrilling drama, the equal of which the world has never seen, and that was played out at this place back yonder In the closing days of our civil war. Gen. Banks, with plenty of men and boats and ammuni tion and supplies, had gone up the Red River into Louisiana and was ham mering Kirby Smith and Dick Taylor into destruction. The Federal gov ernment conceived the idea that Smith and Taylor might be attacked in the rear by an expedition landed on the shores of Sabine lake, and consisting of some ten thousand men, who would be transported to their landing by a part of the Federal fleet. To reach the banks of the lake, of course. It was necessary to go through Sabine Pass this narrow channel of which I have spoken. Richard Dowling, in com mand of about forty, men, was acting as a scout for Smith and Taylor, and saw the evidence of the coming of this fleet of gunboats and transports, and. with his forty men, took possession of a little mud fort at the mouth of the pass, in which there were three or four six pounders and perhaps a siege gun. There he waited with guns loaded and instructions given to his men that they must not fire until the gunboats came well abreast of him. only about 300 yards away. His plan of action was not to shoot until they were imme diately opposite, and then to discharge his whole battery at the gunboat. This was done successfully; her boilers were exploded, and together with hundreds of soldiers, she sank to the spot where she now rests. Many died from the steam that scalded them, more from the water that engulfed them. Load ing his guns, he sank the next vessel with the same disastrous result to the enemy, and, loading yet again, he turned his guns on the transport fol lowing, with a thousand men aboard of her. She, in response, ran up a white flag. The rest of the fleet turned and sailed away, leaving the dead bodies of the drowned soldiers and the sunken vessels. Dowling. In a dugout (this Is a hollowed log or a canoe, as it is vari ously called), paddled himself out to receive the surrender of this transport with a thousand men. The comman der of the vessel expressed his surprise at such a reception of his white-flag token, and asked why the commander of the fort didn't come In person to receive his surrender. Dowling re plied: "I am the commander and have come in person," to which the captain said: "Well, what do you mean by coming this way. In a canoe by your self?" Dowling answered: "I have no other way of getting here and hence I came In my dugout." He received the surrender, paroled the prisoners, for he could not take them in charge, and went back to his comrades. Of these forty, only one had received a wound at all, though the gunboats had shelled the little mud earthwork dili gently. In the history of the world nothing similar, unless it be the bat tle of New Orleans, has ever happened, and yet, such is the large carelessness of the southern character in recording its wonderful and numerous deeds of heroism, that but little notice has ever been taken rof this extraordinary battle. ts he - Anaconda Standard: Private H. C. Redmond, company C, First Colorado volunteers, the star stutterer of the Eight Army Corps, has proved the sae ceas of the Manser ballet care for tat tering. As Asaconda Tolssteer writes to his relatives of a ease. The yoesg mas at the time was a patient la the first reserve hospital near Manila. He writes: "There has been an odd case here in the hospital. H. E. Redmond, a private in C company of the Colorado regiment, has been cured of stuttering by a Manser bullet That's what he says, anyhow. He was shot is the mouth at the battle of Marqnina, March 3L The bullet passed down ward and came out near the nape of the neck. Redmond recovered rapidly and has now Just left the hospital. All you ess see of the hole where the bul let went in is a little scar Jast above the upper Up and alongside his nose. Previous to being shot Redmond is said to have been the worst stutterer in the Eighth Army Corps. I don't know how he passed the physical ex aminers, but he got is somehow, and. all kinds of stories are told about his stuttering. When at the Presidio, "San Francisco, he was on sentry duty one night, and when grand rounds came around he got to stuttering and could not challenge them.' The result was he was put in the 'guardhouse for neglect or duty. At Marqulna. and, in fact, is every engagement in which he took part, Redmond kept all near him laughing by his stuttering attempts to curse the negroes. He was always good humored about It, and everybody likes him. Now, although he has stut tered from the time he was born, he speaks as freely as you or I. When first wounded he could not talk at all except with great pain, but when the wound healed he had lost all his stut-" taring, and he Is so overjoyed at his cure that he talks most of the time." PAEM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. TO tTa-ta-Data Hlata Aaaat Cal- tttattaa a the Be as YleMs Tharaaf Hartlcaltara, TlUcmltara aa rierlcmltara.- A Spieler at a Battle. A spider that has been through at least two battles and has taken a ions journey by sea and land, all without mishap, is something of a cariosity. The first time this particular spider came Into notice was Just before the fight at the Atbara. It had taken up its quarters in the ventilator of the helmet of an officer. Major Lawrie. It was an energetic sp'ider, coming out at night to feed, and after having Its sup per of files, returning to its hiding place. The major left It unmolested, and when he went into the Atbara fight it was still In his helmet. Men were killed all about him, but Major Lawrie and his spider were unhurt At Omdurman the major commanded a battery, and once more the spider went into action. When the trouble was ov er. Major Lawrie packed various arti cles to be sent home, and amongst them the helmet that had seen action. Inside the helmet was the spider. Not until too late did the officer remember that he had sent his little friend on a long voyage without stocking up hia larder. It seemed unfair that the little creature that had twice come ont o! battle unharmed, should starve to death on the journey, but nothing could now be done to help It When the major reached London, it 'was with some compunction that he opened the helmet box expecting to see the dead body of the spider. He was rejoiced to find his friend alive and vigorous, and not even lonely. Upon the way the occupants of the helmet had in creased in number, for now two young spiders shared the strange retreat The aVarinaars. Dwarf Larkspur is also 'known as Stagger weed in some parts of the Mid- West According to a government report, there are 25 species native to the United States. The genus Delphi num, to which the larkspur belongs, hi composed of erect herbs, with palmate lobed leaves, and an elongated cluster of showy 'flowers. These are common ly blue and are characterized by the ab sence of green parts, and the presence of a peculiar spur-like appendage. Few of the larkspurs have very wide distri bution, but some of the Western spe cies are extremely abundant In their natural place of growth. They have a general reputation of being poisonous to cattle. The dwarf larkspur is a smooth, simple-stemmed perennial. 6 to 12 Inches high, with a tuberous root, deeply five- parted leaves, and a long, loose cluster of blue, sometimes white, flowers, which appear, in April and May. It grows in clayey soils and open woods, from Pennsylvania and the mountains ot North Carolina to Southern Minne sota. It Is especially reported from Ohio as fatal to cattle in April, when the fresh leaves appear. A kindred plant .is- the Wvomlne larkspur, otherwise known as the pois on weed. It is a common high prairie plant In Wyoming and Colorado. Ranchmen suffer considerable loss ftom It, especially in early spring, when the dark green tufts of foliage are conspic uous features of the otherwise dry and barren landscape. Another variety is the Purple Lark spur, found from San Francisco to Da kota and northward to British Colum bia. A government bulletin says that the number of cases of poisoning from cat tle eating these plants is small. It is estimated that of animals made sick by eating them about 20 per cent die if not properly treated, but that if fair medi cal treatment is given them not more than 5 per cent die. However, one case is cited where of 600 sheep made sick, 250 died. , Other poisonous varieties are Tall mountain larkspur, lavender-colored larkspur, European statesacre and an other lately Introduced, European lark spur known botanically as. D. consolidate- A government bulletin gives the ad vice to allow animals in pastures con- If built for show, or because money Is plentiful, they too often become a harden. Vas aaa Dowas ef Faaltry Cmltarc. Mrs. Delia Maxwell says: An old hen will sit and hover her brood at midday in the burning sun when the thermometer registers 100 in the shade and cluck and call the same, brood to follow her through the wet weeds and bedraggle them to death or freese them in the first snow that falls. An ugly, awkward, unsightly young cock erel will stay within warm limits and feed close to the henhouse until he grows fine feathered and beautiful and becomes a pride and a care, then he deliberately strays oft to some out of the way place and offers himself a sacrifice to a mink or a hawk or hangs himself in a wire fence, or sticks his head under a moving wagon wheel with as much religious pride as a mar tyr walks unflinchingly to the stake. The prettiest fowl in the barnyard will drown himself in a slop-tub' and the ugliest one on the farm will doggedly cling to life and his ugliness. All the hens will lay when eggs are 6 cents a dozen and It Is too late for hatching; then cluck and sing and cackle when eggs are worth 25 cents and you are anxious to get your incubator going. These are a few of the ups and downs of poultry culture. Governor Johnston of Alabama has T Just granted a unique pardon to John Boston, a negro, of Russell county. Boston was servisg a term for steallng chickens snd the governor granted him a pardon upon condition that for twelve months he should not buy, steal or eat another chicken or any portion hereof. Faastoa ATaazed His H Colonel Funston sat on his horse, watching his Kansas boys fire at the enemy 'at Caloocan, when an orderly came up with the commanding gener al's compliments, and an order to stop firing. "Cease firing!" shouted the colonel Only a few of the nearest men heard him and the firing kept on. "Cease firing!" ordered the colonel again, and this time the bugle gave forth the peal and the firing, after scattering, stopped altogether. Just then ball from the insurgents drilled the neck of the colonel's pony. Quick as a flash Funston whirled around, fire in his eyes. "Commence firing!" he shouted, at the top of his voice. "Give m at 900 yards!" It took three or four rounds of ammunition all along the line to avenge that horse, though the colonel still rides it. Manila cor respondence Leslie's Weekly. W$' Dried Fralt la Gerssaay. In reply to Inquiries by the Oregon Board ot Horticulture, Vice-Consul General Hanauer writes from Frank fort. June 5, 1899, in part as follows: The Import duty of 30 marks per 220 pounds on canned fruits or preserves Is an obstacle to the sale of United States fruit prepared in this way. Dried and evaporated fruit however, can be sold at a profit. Up to this time only dried plums have reached this market from Oregon. Large plums, packed in boxes holding twenty-five pounds, bring an average price, f. o. b. Port land, of from 4 to 5 cents in United States currency. The boxes should be lined with good paper and be artistical ly labeled. Apricots, pears and nec tarines should be packed also in boxes containing twenty-five pounds each. Evaporated apple rings should come In fifty-pound boxes. Dried pears and ap pies are packed in hogsheads. Care should be taken that the fruit be dried or steamed on wooden frames, not on zinc, nor should they be bleached by the aid of metallic substances, as the Jaw prohibits these methods. In France advertising posters must bear revenue stamps, varying in value according to the size of the paper. A man who affixed a 15-centime stamp on a poster which should have had only a 6-centime stamp has just been fined 125 francs, or $25, for the offense. am m S i a asa FIFTY CENTS FOR NOTHING. What will the Inventive brain ot man do next? This Is a question some one asks almost dally. There is one. though, who leads all others, who for s quarter of a century has been makiag fine laundry starch, and to-day Is of fering the public the finest starch ever placed on the market. Ask your grocer for a coupon book which will enable you to get the first two packages of this new starch. "RED CROSS" (trade mark brand), also two children's Shakespeare pictures, paint ed in twelve beautiful colors, natural as life, or the Twentieth Century Girl Cal endar, 'all absolutely free. All gro cers are authorized to give ten large packages of "RED CROSS STARCH" with 'twenty ot the Shakespeare pic tures of ten of the Twentieth Century Girl Calendars to the first five purchas ers of the "ENDLESS CHAIN STARCH BOOK." This is one of the greatest offer i ever made to introduce "RED CROSS" laundry starch, J. C. Hubiager's. latest invention. The old man was reading the paper on the front steps, and little Reggie was playing around, rotates the Wash ington Post Through the big telescope ot the Lick Observatory it has been discov ered that Polaris, or the North star Is really a system of three stars, which revolve around each other. These three bodies cannot be seen even with the Lick telescope. Their existence is determined by observations made with Kiue apcciroacupe. A Sullivan (Ind.) man has refused to pay a note for f 150. which he gave to a church some years ago on the grounds that the paper was drawn on a Sunday, and was, therefore, of no value. A tea party was heM at Bass Point. Boone county, la., a few days ago, at which the combined sges of the five ladies present were 410 years. Grand ma Goetsmas. aged 89. was the oldest; Graadms Kllnedob, second In point of age. is 87; Grandma Zimbelman is 82. Grandma SwRser is 81 aad Grand ma Bennett 71. All are widows. They have been friends for halt a century and frequently meet at these little tea parties. The new umbrella and the unloaded gun are liable to go off without warning. PRACTICAL HOP FOR SUFFERING WOMEN The Cold Entree. The artistic in stincts of the housewife are charm ingly brought to bear in arranging the cold entree. It may be garnished elaborately with aspic, hard-boiled eggs, chopped parsley or chervil, or it may be served in aspic, as, for in stance, shrimps in aspic. Partly melt some well-seasoned pale aspic, dip ricked shrimps in It and press against the sides of a fluted quart mold. When bottom and sides are covered, fill with alternate layers of shrimps and aspic. Sprinkle each layer of shrimps with a little lemon juice, a dash of cayenne and faint sprinkling of chopped parsley. Set aside until thoroughly chilled, dip for an instant into hot water, and invert on a dish; surrounded with little sprigs of pars ley and stars cut from rounds o! lemon, a mayonnaise, rairgotte or any preferred cold sauce may bf served with it Albany Journal. V. S. Fa teat Ossce. In the list of 397 patents this we;k 9 were for Iowa inventors; 3 for Ne braska; 11 for Minnesota; 5 for Kan sas; IS for Missouri; 37 for Illinois, 50 for New York. Patents have been allowed our cli ents but 'not yet issued as follows: To J. M. Callander, of Des Mjines, for a cabinet for holding and display ing packages. A hinged glass covered front is provided with vertically ar ranged compartments for packages, such as spices. The lower one of any column of these packages may be re moved without opening the cabinet To H. Willis, of Des Moines, for a separable collar button and necktie holder specially adapted to facilitate securing collars to shirts and main taining neckties in proper position relative thereto as required to prevent the annoyances incident to neckties becoming loose and displaced on the wearer's neck. Consultation and advice for invent ors, free. REUBbiH G. ORWIG, THOMAS G. ORWIG, J. RALPH ORWIG, Registered Attorneys. Des Moines, Iowa, Sept 16, '99. In the south within the last five months $7,000,000 of new capital has been invested in cotton mills. THE ills of women overshadow their whole lives. Soma women are constantly getting: medical treat ment and are never well. "A woman best understands women s ills, and the women who consult Mrs. Pinkham find in ner counsel practical assistance. Mrs. Pinkhams address is Lynn. Mass. Mrs. Mabel Good. Correctionville. la., tells how Mrs. Pinkham saved her life. She says : ' I cannot thank you enough for what yonr medicine has done forme. I can recommend it as one of the best medicines on earth for all women's ills. I suffered for two years with female weakness and at last became bedfast Three of our best doctors did me no good so I concluded to try Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound. After taking a few bottles of your medicine. I was able to do all my house work. I know that your medicine raised me from i bed of sickness and perhaps death, and am very thankful for what it has done for rac. I hope that every suffering woman may be per suaded to try your medicine." Get Mrs. Pinkhams advice as soon as you begin to bo puzzled. The sick headaches and dragging sensation come from a curable cause. Writo for help as soon as they ap. pear. Mrs. Dolk Stanley, Campboll-burg. Ind., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham I was troubled I with sick headache and I was so weak and nervous, l could hardly tro. A friend called upon me ono evening and recommended Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound, saying that she knew that it would cure me. I then sent for your medicine and after taking five bottles of it, I was entirely rnnvl T o-mnnt praise it enough." Lsstmk. c msQsm WLas Jv seJH HKn i'J3Sa BPBBBBBBBBsBBBBBBBBBBBBSar. " M BBVaSBTaSBBSl Masasasasaaw' .BBsaaasasBBaal laa Wsa"w. I vSPaa aL O ?K The man who sells his vote proba bly gets what he wants, but not what he ought to get. Flo. aDwarf larkspur (Delphinium iiieonufe we-ttiird natural aizo. talning larkspur only when well fed. and then only for short periods, until they becvime thoroughly familiar with the deleterious nature of the plants. CANDY CATHtwiw towwCOJwto ARTERSINK Ask for It. If your dealer -hasn't it he can, net it easilyT" MWHES sawaasaa for fall axv winter to Geat or Ladv aitrodticlnr nn. gsaaa i a tais country, ranwuiars FKE B. v. ii wow., n DEVCinvc WtMTrta. totaa mufwet CART. O'FARRELL. YacKAvaaas. WSSWNOTON.D.C WsSSSSSS diers. Sailors. TOdowsXaildrea. Fathers and Motheis. No fee unless soooess fL a. a. miliar en, lanqi, - - ,m. a. c vmmzgm SnalaaMl war. laasjiatinrtnsc'Hia. atty ataee. LADY tal A MBtaitot!aTlaa SW aWS awt aw appoint astaM.aea scr saodts salary aaaaii est ZISSLEB UOU71S Moaos ai aad Pfeoto Supplies. Cats- . lax- fae. Hateaoa ISO Dons-las street. Omasa. atSgrSt TtiBjiiirt Eft Wittf. W.H.U. OMAHA. Ho. 39-r-18f9 ji4Jff A Story ef Napoleoa. The death of the Due de Bassono in Paris brought out many curious anec dotes of his .early life interesting to students of history. The duke was five years older than Mr. Gladstone. He remembeerd Waterloo. " He had sat, as a child, on the knee-of Jose phine. One recollection of his child hood, vouched for by London truth, throws a sidelight on the character of .Napoleon. The emperor frequently called on the Duchesse de Bassono. us ually arriving without previous warn ing. One afternoon she was in the salon with her children, when "the emperor" was announced. The chil dren regarded him as an nm hn could command the death of any per son as he pleased, and In terror they swarmed down from their mothers lap and went to hide. Napoleon heard them as he entered and frowning an grily, demanded, "Madame, where are" your whelps?" The duchesse, terrified, did not reply, on which the man who held the world in leash stamped In a fury round the drawing-room, looking behind the draperies for the children. who5eonly fault wasjthat they feared him. Presently he caught sight cf a little foot under the table, and seizing It. dragged out with brutal roughness the future Due de Bassono. who, even la his extreme old age. could not recall the moment without a nervous shud der. The incident tririin. .. . t. gives us as clear an indication of the character of this many-sided man as does the wisdom of the code Napoleon. It is said that Bonaparte once. In a burst of eulogy, remarked ta an Ameri can visitor that Washington's fame would be growing long after his own was xorgoitea. Whether authentic or not, the saying is justified by tie eontnst of the two men's characters. Assay aad Navy. Cable dispatches say that Gen. Abdul Chakim Khan and three other hieh Afghan officers have been publicly shot by order of the ameer in the market njuare at Cabul. Their crime was the embezzlement of money intended for the payment of the soldiers. The German minister of war Is au thority for the statement that the automobile is being closely watched by military men, with the hope that it can be used in warfare, especially in those countries where the roads are good, for the transportation of supplies and for ambulance service. Animals are always in the way In war, and when they can safely be replaced a great stride will have been taken. Until recently only a willow tree un der which Commodore Perry was bur ied marked his grave. Now eight can non have been arranged about the his toric tree, one of which Is named for the man whom it honors. The others are named for Lieut. Garland, Capt Fannls, Lieut. Stokes and Commodore Barclay of the British navy, and Lieut. Brooks. Midshipman Lunt and Mid shipman Clark, who died in the battle of Lake Erie. The Shakespeare society of Londor recently considered the questlot whether or not the bard of Avon had ever been a soldier. There is a gap in the poet's history, from 1585 to 1589. which has never been successfully filled, said the lecturer preeentiag the matter. At that time the earl of Leicester, to whose company of players Shakespeare belonged, was oa a mili tary expedition, and it is considered not at all unikely that the poet went with him. Service in the American navy Is both profitable and certain to a conscien tious man, if the following story may be accepted as an example: Henry W. Albert, who 'was born just 50 years ago. has been, retired from the navy with the pay of $63 a month. He en listed as a landsman in 188, and has served without Interruption, holdin almost every position aa enlisted man can obtain, rising at last to chief master-at-arms. He has served in nearly every portion of the habitable globe sad has been on over a dosen skips. Some Separator Experience. From Farmers' Review: We bought a De Laval separator last spring and the Instructions that came stated that the cream guage had been properly ad justed and not to change It unless we found it necessary. We put the milk In the cans, started the machine, and when at proper speed turned the milk into the bowl. The milk soon came from the milk spout, but where was the cream? At last It began dropping In thick chunks (such as you some times draw from fresh cows) from the cream spbut I stopped the machine and turned the cream screw back wards a few times, and started again. I have not turned that screw from that day until this. The first five gallons of cream that we separated we weighed and churned. It weighed 44 pounds. I churned it 20 minutes and the butter came in nice large granules. Then I put in a bucket of cold water and let it stand a few minutes, then drew the milk off. After that I'washed the miik out thoroughly, took the but ter out and weighed It, and we had 28 pounds of butter; put It back In the churn, salted It, and the next day worked it, and sold it, and still there were 28 pounds of butter. Now does it pay to have the cream as rich as that? How many pounds of butter should it make to the gallon. Our churn is small and we do not have to churn so often when It Is rich, but it is not suitable for table use. We made Ice cream for school picnic and put ia one-half separated milk and it was pronounced very good, only a little too rich. Will not some one that has had years of experience tell us if we are making a mistake in having our cream so thick. Monmouth, IU. D' "?' Isaprovesaaat or Farms. One fact stands very much against the improvement of farms in the hands of many owners;, this is the expecta tion of so-many to leave the farm some time, aad have a home in the village or town, says a contributor to Country Gentleman. Much more interest would be taken in the improvement ot farm Damson Jam.-To make damson jam, stem and skin as many pounds of the plums as you desire to put up. Al low three-quarters of a pound of ! sugar to every pound of fruit. Add about a cupful of damson juice, ob tained in the same way as you do the juice of jelly. Stir this in the plums, and you need not add any water to prevent their burning. The skin is removed by throwing boiling water over the plums and skinning them with the fingers. Let the juice and plums boil together for about 20 minutes, stirring continually. Then strain the mixture through a porcelain-lined col ander to remove the pits. Return the jam to the fire, add the sugar, and boil it for half an hour longer, stirring it very frequently to prevent its burn ing. Greengage plums are sometimes made into jam by this rule, but they do not make as rich a jam as damsons. A MAMMOTH INSTITUTION. To those who are accustomed to sending away from home for their goods It Is of the greatest Importance to know the character and reliability of the establishments selling goods to families from catalogues. The great emporium of the John M. Smyth Co., located at 150 to 166 West Madison street, Chicago, has been established for a third of a century, and has fur nished over a half a million homes in Chicago and vicinity alone. This firm enjoys the confidence of the public by its many years of fair dealing. It is sues an immense illustrated catalogue that should be in every family, as it describes and gives the price of every article required for household use. A 6ample of the extraordinary values -offered by this firm is shown in the illus tration of the lady's ulster in another column of this paper. These garments are indeed wonderful values, and yet they are but a sample of the thousand and one useful articles Illustrated and described In the beautiful catalogue of the John M. Smyth Company. NEBRASKA'S GREAT CORN CROP nairt Thar We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. P. J. CHENEY A CO.. Props.. Toledo, a We. the undersigned, have knowa F. X Cheney for tho last IS yean and believe hita perfectly honorable In all business transactions and financially able to carry out aayobUga- uuiu maun dv meir arm. West ATruax. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O.: Waldintr. Kinnan A Marvin. Wholcsala Druggists. Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure U taken Internally, act ing directly upon the bloou and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Pries 5c per bottle. Sold by all drugglnts. Hall's Family PilU are the best. When marriage clape on a combi nation lock love ceases to laugh at the locksmith. $15.00 PER WEEK. We will pay a salary of f 13.00 per week and expenses lor man with rl? to introduce our Poultry Compound and r. c K Her in the coun try. Rcf. required. Address, wit1) stamp. Acme atfg. Co., Kat Des Moinen. Iowa. A woman, to say the least but. then, it isn't a woman's nature to say the least. I believe my prompt use of Piso's Cora prevented quick consumption. Mrs. Lacy Wallace, Marquette, Kan , Dec. 12, 'GO. The father who walks the floor with a crying boy baby is a sub male-carrier. The Improvements that are being made to the Baltimore and Ohio South Western railroad between Park ersburg and East St. Louis are being pushed rapidly to completion. Sev enteen thousand tons of 85 pound steel rails have been placed in tho track, and there are still 25.000 tons to come, delivery being delayed on ac count of rush of orders at the mills. The company has also put In 125 miles of gravel ballast and expects to get out 200 miles more during the season, and it is hoped by Fall that the track will rank as the best in the west. A great many grade reductions and changes in lice are also being made between Cincinnati and St. Louis. The purpose is to make a uniform one-half of one per cent grade between Cincin nati and St. Louis, as well as to elimi nate a large amount of objectionablo curvature. At one point, for Instance, the line is to be shortened a mile and a half. SCO degrees of curvature elimi nated and seven bridges abandoned. There's probably no success so sweet as that achieved by acting contrary to the advice of our knowing friends. Don't Go Broke When Yoa Bet. Send for mr ina!ualle nxstcm. Geo. H. Iilchmosd. t3 Dearborn ht.. C'u caT". . The stage prompter might be appro priately termed a theatrical poster. Oklahoi Its wonderful resources and superior advantages to hoiueseekcrs 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 ISryan Snyder, General Passenger Agent, SU Louis, Mo. A policeman is supposed to be al ways looking for trouble. Intelligence on the Farm. Among the questions asked of creamery pa trons by the Kansas Experiment Sta tion is "What dairy or farm paper do you read?" Out of 77 patrons who answered this question we found that 53. or 69 per cent, took no farm or dairy paper. In collecting records from various parts of the state we find where intelligence is applied to the dairy industry the cow Is yielding from $60 to $80 worth of dairy products per annum. Contrast this with $20 to $30 without intelligence and no one need ask if education pays. At the Kansas Experiment Station we find that Intel ligence applied to feeding calves will cause them to gain from 12 to 23 pounds per week instead of 7 to 10 pounds. This is an age when intelli gence can be turned Into cash, when, as Secretary Coburn says, "Muscle to win must be lubricated with brains." D. H. Otis. Quality for Market It does not fol low because a fowl seems to be of good size and nicely grown that It Is mar ketable. The three-months-old chick en may have a big frame, and the mak ing of a good tablebird, but unless It' carries flesh only disappointment will accrue when the account for sales comes in from your market man. The most certain way of fattening the young chicks is to shut them up in properly constructed coops, for fifteen or twenty days and feed them every three hours, the earlier in the morn ing the first meal is given the better. Their diet should consist of buck wheat meal or corn meal, mixed win milk to the consistency of crumbly dough, and a little crude tallow can be added with advantage. Give milk if It Is plentiful. Ex. 800,000,000 Bashels Is the Kstimate and It May Be Mora. A conservative estimate of Nebras ka's corn crop, which Is now safe from frost, is 300.000,000 bushels. It is hard for the mind to grasp what these fig ures mean. Counting 60 bushels of shelled corn to the load, it would take five million teams to haul the crop to market, a caravan that would reach around the world. It will take an army of 80,030 men over two months to husk it if they busk 60 bushels a day each. If loaded Into cars of 30.000 capacity it would take 600,000 cars to haul the crop, a train over 4,000 miles long. At no time within the past ten years has there been such a tendency on the part of farmers to look for new locations, either to better themselves or to pro vide homes for their children. Many sections in the East are overcrowded, while thousands of acres of rich, we I watered lands can still be had in Ne braska and Northern Kansas at com paratively low prices. Thousands will visit that country this fall, as the railroads have announced cheap-rate harvest excursions for Oct. 3 and 17. Never iri 'Sot ;rlp. Itmi't opoii a !iHirwI(h an ax. u.e a L-y! l"ii'l open your wlih inurt-nrUl pill ilon. im Ca'carets laily Cathartic DruKMn. lOc.-iSrHx-. The bank of England destroys about 350,000 of its notes every week to re place them with freshly printed ones. One evening in each week is set apart for the making of this expensive bonfire. Do Yonr Feet Ache and Bora? 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 FHEE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy. N. Y. A man's fiery resolutions are apt to go up in smoke. BET SHOT, GUNS AND AMMUNITION at Wholesale Prices ta Everjeody. Our Large Uin Catalogue containing 46 paves, size 9ttxi2 incnes, win oe seal postage paid oa receipt ot three cent to any one retarnins thUad and mentioning this paper We caa .,....- .Il! . !.:. . .. ' -i.iik tnu OIU IIUIIIU IMA UUU-. lllllCillUlltC T. M. ROBERTS' SUPPLY HOUSE, Minneapolis, minn. Yea ra lags mt t Chicago Record: Tart -Lady What do you want? Tramp I don't want! nothin to eat, lady. Bat, of coursej ! caia to aeip oar 11 IM ! Watch.' . Soil for Strawberries. We think the soil has the most to do with produc tion of large crops of strawberries and large berries. Sandy soil produces the finest berries, but not the largest or as many per acre. The reason is plain to those who have tested the matter. If you want large crops, select your homasL if mrr farmer fnii .i.., I heavy soil, plow and subsoil deen. then to spend his days on the farm. There I repa.c1k, tbe soil just a ya is much difference between the Im- ' oossIb,f ? but do not rk while provement that looks only to commer- ! t0 "ft rti?wberi? Toots wUI Pes eta! value, when selling Is the only ob- TLT" 2S ? lect. and Imnrovement made fnr tho I " . -- tuuuuce we comfort 'and happiness of the owner. Many things considered as improve ments in this direction by some have no commercial value whatever In the eyes of others. The Improvement add ed to the farm by the owner, who most make his living from It, will often differ very much from that of the owner who has an income from other sources. When the farmer earns- the improvements as he goes along, they are usually noticeable for their Ulltyaad are fully appreciated. Bat j taaaaaamavWlvaW JssV aaaaaWf S fL lf lassaaVsaaaaVTT aAFSBaaaKBst i In Time of Sunshine fe59 MAMMOTH rXJ mWmBZmmaZt 162-164-166 zmCflar HOUSE i Aoisorw .iCndA9llaS iaaaasayaaBBasaavW m m finest berries. Constant and very shal low cultivation is best. Sandy soil cannot be packed so hard, hence it will produce fine plants, but not such large crops of fruit Western Fruit-Grower. The average, number of horses killed in Spanish bull fights every year ex ceeds 5,000, while from 1.000 to 1.200 bulls are sacrificed. Acts gently on the Kidneys. Liver and Bowels Cleanses the ystem Q5vEpwSffifeX Ttt'J . After some wives succeed in getting the last word they sit down and cry over it h44MTUAlCONT,N I UAL PERMANEWIIY Bvy tmc aemiNt-MANTo y (IUBIWWiTCrSYRVP(g. 'gr s-?.Ii . Mxkmti'iiMmam wmTsaaasHaOSE aaKV. aEBsaaaTJ&4"" a sBaaaamaaWSij 1 faaaaaaW'W.t JMHMujlC' aE sHIa asssaaaHi1li$ lasssfc. J saaaaaaaasiM2TSM,f B3Bsaaw2sl sasasasasarirMBMr'. asasasssasi aaaaaBssasrTE t jaraaaaaa Y"Taf""i Prepare for Bain. Our Faclll- STi"?; Ladles Royal Capo MacLintcth Coat. made of ftiffh g03 QrO arade double texture wool - . catkascre in navy blue or OUCn Ul3T Hack, lined throughout with tansa ira fancy plaid, full sweep double- wou"' breasted detachable cape, with SnQblod tO f-De Ptar! buttons, inlaid vel JV'" w ct collar. OI5a plait in back; CUOtO newshap kirt with one out- rriem ! "'e r"f'"' and opening in Fr," aliasS ,ide 5cam to allow accesi to always In- drtic t?cktti l"iJ" . worked with silk and all tOr03C seams strongly sewed. The annima manufacturer's guarantee for CWlsUITl" entire satisfaction stands back C3j btJVCrS c' ",,fJr garment ; this coupled . witn ma Our goods are the trust way do a erica we name should settle all doubt aa to the value. A good Mackin tosh ia a wise investment, whereas a poor one is money ill I I I II I . f..V .AMM WOftny Kind point are practical knowledge Mtataharaua ef quality and buying in large allvaya quantities at tbe lowest cash prices: these advantages we eitend to our customers. One ef thesemackintosbes will pro tect you from raia and damp arss and git e best of satisfac tion. Sites 54. 36. 33, Co and la inches Iccg, no larger. Prica give satis faction Our values are the unapproachable kind that never can be reached elsewhere. $3.45 i OUR MAMMOTH CATALOGUE I la wirich is listed at lowest wboJesale prices evetTtMaf, to eat, wear and use, is f urnisbed oa receipt of omly He to partly pay postage or expressage, aad as evideace of good fiith the Wc is allowed on first psvcaue aWataaUag to $M or above. S 9 - V c; V-. i W-,i LisrHj asWawa M fstSVRb W?f 1j--
