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A Judge, answering objections to a
.mother's fitness to have the custody ot
her children, said as to the fact that
she was untidy: "There are persons
who think that excessive houseclean
ing ought to be made a ground lor di
vorce." As to her visits to beer gar
dens he said: "Women have throats
which become thirsty as well as the
throats of men, and there is no law to
prevent them from slaking their thirst
in a natural and ordinary way." In
otder to give her some moral support,
he added: "It is said of Martin Luther
that he visited the beer gardens."
"It is an III Wind
That Blows Nobody Good. ' '
That small ache or pain or weakness is
the "31 'wind" that directs your Attention
to the necessity of purifying your blood by
taking Hood's SarsapanUa. Then your
whole body receives good, for the purified
blood goes tingling to every organ. It is
the remedy for all ages and both sexes.
Whilst we are considering when we
are to begin, it is often too late to
act. Quintilian.
QUALITY AND NEWS.
FAME AND EXCELLENCE ARE
DETERMINING FACTORS IN
SUCCESSFUL DEVELOP
MENT. One
or the Important Functions of
IllCh-Claas Newspapers.
In presenting interesting phases of
scientific and economic problems,
high-class newspapers frequently give
information of as great value in their
advertising columns as in those de
voted to the publication of the prin
cipal events of the day; and when
the fame of a product is extended be
yond its natural limits into foreign
lands, and a larse demand created
throughout Great Britain and her col
onies and the principal eaports and
cities of Europe. Asia und Africa, it
becomes a pleasant duty to note the
fact and to tell of the points of ex
cellence on which so great a success is
based. We refer to the now world
famed laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs,
the product of the California Fig
Syrup Company. The merits of this
well-known excellent laxative were
first made known to the world through
the medical Journals and newspapers
of the United States: and is one of the
distinct achievements of the press. It
is now well known that Syrup of Figs
Is an ethical proprietory remedy, ap
proved by the most eminent physicians
everywhere, because it is simple and
effective, yet pleasant to the taste and
acceptable to the system, and not only
prompt in its beneficial effects, but
also wholly free from any unpleasant
after-effects. It is frequently referred
to as the remedy of the healthy, be
cause it is used by people who enjoy
good health and who live well and feel
well and are well informed on all sub
jects generally, including laxatives.
In order to get its beneficial effects, it
is necessary to get the genuine Syrup
of Figs, which is manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only.
Not what other people think, but
what I must do is all that concerns
mc. Emerson.
Selling ratrntH.
During the past
-week 413 patents
were issued to in
ventors of the Unit
ed State, and of this
number 103 sold
either the whole or
part of their inven
tions before the issue
of the patent. Amongst the prominent
concerns who bought patents were the
following:
Aeolian Co.. Meriden, Conn., ,
Pope Manufacturing Co., Boston,
Aliss
Victor Cash Register Co., Chicago,
111.,
Stover Hicycle Manufacturing Co.,
Frceport. 111.,
Draper Co.. Portland, Me., and Hope
dale, Mass.,
Mergenthaler Linotype Co., of New
York,
Standard Automatic Gas Engine Co.,
Oil City. Pa.,
U. S. Automatic Cas Lighting Co.,
Auburn, Me.,
Adams & Westlafce Co.. Chicago, 111.
Parties desiring information as to
selling or obtaining patents may ob
tain the same by addressing Sues &
Co., Patent lawyers & Solicitors, Bee
Bldg.. Omaha, Neb.
We cannot count it death to falter,
not to die Simonides.
Conduct is three-fourths of life.
Matthew Arnold.
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and Bowels
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SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.
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MMter gaella m Mutiny la a Souther
Volaateer neglmcot Bal Scar Very
flaw Recruits.
Broken Thoughts.
There Is jov in the glow of a rose.
And grief In its thorn hidden near.
No burden but finds a repose
In hope burled under a tear.
The pleasure In fancy we crave.
Is often a wound in disguise.
And fades like the- light In a cave
Whose mouth stransely dazzles
eyes.
the
A way that is sunny and pay
.May poon become cloudy and drear;
True friends are not found in a day.
Nor lost In the cours-c ot a year.
Contentment Is greater than wealth.
And thrives on affection and jrrace;
Love brightens the path of ill-health:
Hope softens a care-hardened face.
Pure thoughts are the secret of peace.
And peace is the jewel of life:
Embellished with colors increase
In beauty, through trials and strife.
Care comes like a feather; is tossed
And swept by a tempest through space.
A tender faith, once it Is lost.
Will neer regain Its set grace.
A hovel, with love. Is more grand
Than castles where bliss is unknown.
And splendor is common as sand
Assailed by a raging cyclone.
The secret of happiness lies
In simple and trivial things
From which gentle sources oft rise
And Row In sublime happenings.
George Sands Johnson.
Itatl Scar.
Denver News: Sergeant Leonard
Russell of company L, Colorado regi
ment, is a distinguished volunteer.
He is probably the only soldier ho
received a wound during the war with
the Filipinos from the hands of a
woman. The scar is still livid. He
was struck May 14. and came near
his death by it. But the fact that the
sergeant suffered from a woman's
bands does not belie his bravery. The
woman took advantage of him and
made an attempt at assassination.
Sergeant Russell enlisted as a mem
ber of the Fifty-first Iowa and was
transferred while at San Francisco
four weeks ago. He tells the story
thus: "It was the night after the
Iowa boys had captured a little town
and routed the insurgents. I was ser
geant of the guard, and it was report
ed that one of the houses in the vil
lage was filled with insurgent stores.
It was my duty, therefore, to confiscate
them. Calling a detail, I started for
tlc place. We did not know what
there was to find, but we were on the
lookout for ammunition. Naturally, we
supposed that the natives would run
when we came up. The night was f r
fully dark, and I carried a lantern for
the search. The first thing I found In
side the hut was a butt of native to
bacco. I lifted the lantern, but could
see little, and, as the boys followed me.
struck for the rear of the building.
We heard some scuffling, and thought
that some natives in hiding had gone
out the back way. I remember seeing
another butt of tobacco in a corner.
and was in the act of turning the lan
tern upward when something struck
me. Just as the blow fell I could dimly
see a little native woman perched on
the butt and handling a machete. That
was all I knew. Well, the woman had
struck me square on the top of the
head, and. as you see" showing a
scar beginning above one eye and end
ing in the ear "partly on the fore
head. She did not get a full blow, for
her arms were short and she wasn't
strong. If she had been ugh! Well,
I would not have returned to Colorado
and my home in Des Moines. It took
me a month to get well, though "iy
skull was only a little dented. The
woman was taken into camp by the
bovs and afterward released."
rieaty of Meat, but No Saw.
A United States army quartermaster,
whose rank entitles him to wear all
manner of gold and silver lace with
his full dress uniform, came home on a
furlough the other day. and told this
story as illustrative of some of the
troubles a man meets in catering to
volunteer troops. In a Mississippi
camp was a regiment of southern men,
untrained and almost unorganized.
"Well," said the quartermaster, "when
that regiment came into camp on a hog
frain my men nearly died laughing.
They were the gawkiest, awkardest lot
of clodhoppers that ever was. I halted
the colonel, and taking him aside, said:
'Now, look here, colonel, you and your
boys can have anything you want.
There's a plenty here and all you have
to do will be to send your wagon down
every morning and you'll get all that
you need fresh meat, fresh bread, veg
etables and all the requirements that
you want.' One day I was surprised to
receive a letter from the chief com
missary asking me what in all-fired-cannon-balls
was the matter with me
and my department. It went into
some twenty-five particulars that were
not very pleasant to read, and at
tached to the document was a string of
letters tnat would reach the length of a
box car. In less time than it takes to
catch a pig by the tail, I had learned
from this document that this regiment
of mountaineers had not had an ounce
of fresh meat since coming into camp.
I gathered from the number and char
acter of the letters attached that about
every man in the regiment that could
write had complained to Washington,
and had not contented himself with
calling me by my proper title. In
short, they had accused me of being
every kind of a criminal known to this
century, and well. I really couldn't
repeat all of the epithets and charges
without doing damage to your feelings.
I was innocent entirely. Every morn
ing that regimental wagon had been
loaded with beef just as the other
wagons had, and I was hot. I got on
my horse and went around to the camp
on a run. The colonel was there, glum
as a stone jug. He wouldn't even re
spond to my not too deferential salute
and I went at him bald-headed. 'Look
here, colonel.' said I, 'what does this
mean?' and I handed him that forty
foot letter. 'Mean? said he. 'Mean?
It means that there is a dashed mutiny
on foot It means that my regiment is
disgraced, that I'm disgraced and that
I can never hold my head up again
among my own people. It means
how the blank do I know what it
means? I tell you to settle your own
business!" 'Now. colonel,' I said, 'let
us be quick. This complaint says that
you have given your men no fresh
meat since you came here. You know
as well as I do that meat has been de
livered to your wagon every day. Now,
I want to know what has become of it
I want to know It quick.' 'Well,' said
the colonel, if that's all you want, I'll
tell you. We ain't got no meat saw!'
I took another drink, and the colonel.
for politeness' sake, did likewise. Xo
meat saw?' I exclaimed. 'No meat
saw? And you made your men eat salt
meat and made 'em mutiny and get me
in a hole because you didn't have any
meat saw?' The colonel pursed his
lips, cocked his head to one side, and
squinting at me, remarked i cal'Iate
that this guv'ment undertook to equip
this regiment proper an it ain't done
it We never got any meat saw. These
here commissaries sent us a lot of
meat without a saw at our state camp.
We couldn't cut the meat an we
couldn't eat the meat, an I just 'lowed
that the guv'ment could go to
with its meat till it give us a meat saw,
an' if you want your meat you can go
fish it out of thet horse pond along the
road.' I got my men on the telephone
and had two wagon loads of meat
yanked over to that camp in about five
minuter. As soon as it appeared with
two of my meat saws in each wagon,
all signs of continued mutiny disap
peared and I'll bet there wasn't a man
in that regiment that night who wasn't
stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey.
That evening also my men found
twelve quarters of beef at the bottom
of that horse pond." Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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Very Raw Beernlt.
The life of the Russian soldier Is a
hard one, and the bondage of com
pulsory service weighs cruelly upon the
peasants through the czar's dominions.
Attempts to escape enlistment are
made continually, but the simple
minded peasant 13 no match for the
alert recruiting officer. At a recruiting
station in eastern Russia a peasant,
pleaded deafness and would not answer
any question put to him. "You can .go
home," said the examining surgeon in
a very low voice, and the man at once
started for the door. The shout of the
surgeon brought him back, however,
and he was informed that he had suc
cessfully passed the medical examina
tion. The Philadelphia Record tells
another story of an unwilling recruit
He was a big, strapping fellow, pos
sessing the strength of a Hercules; but
he declared that the index and middle
fingers on his right hand were joined
together and could not be taken apart
The appearance of the fingers did not
indicate, however, that such was the
fact, and the examining surgeons, who
were strong men themselves, tried with
all the strength they possessed to sep
arate the two fingers, and after a great
deal of exertion gave up in disgust
At last a clever thought struck one of
them. "Tell me," said the surgeon,
"how were your fingers before? Were
they always like this?" "This way,"
replied the unsuspecting young peas
ant, and he opened his fingers as easily
as anybody else. He was astonished
at the laughter his act invoked. The
surgeons did not attempt to examine
him further; he passed.
Read the Message la HU Eye.
This occurred at Siboney, while the
town was in flames. Panic had hold
of everybody but the American troops,
who were vainly endeavoring to con
duct an orderly evacuation. A lanky
rough rider was hurrying through the
town on some mission, when he came
abreast of a half-starved Spanish wom
an, who bore every trace of wealth
and refinement in her face, manner
and dress, and was struggling to keep
a child, barely able to walk, at her
side, and at the same time restrain a
burly Cuban from robbing her of a
walnut box tipped with silver, which
she held under her arm. The rough
rider took in the situation at a glance.
He couldn't speak Spanish, so he let
loose a wild veil peculiar to the genus
cowbov, and at the same time leveled
his gun at the rascally Cuban. Then
to relieve his own feelings, he yelled
in good, vigorous English: "We're
down here to fight men, not women
and children, and if you don't sneak
I'll drop you!" The Cuban read the
message in the soldier's eyes and
slunk away, while the rough rider con
ducted the woman and child to head
quarters and then went about his busi
ness. Philadelphia North American.
Anecdote of Blake.
Admiral Blake, when a captain, was
sent with a small squadron to the West
Indies on a secret expedition against
the Spanish settlements. It happened
in an engagement, that one of the ships
blew up. which damped the spirit of
the crew; but Blake called out to his
men: "Well, my lads, you have seen
an English ship blown up. and now let
us see what figure a Spanish one will
make in the same situation!" This
well-timed speech raised their spirits,
and in less than an hour he set the
antagonist on fire. "There, lads." said
he "I knew we should have our re
venge soon."
Anay aad Nary.
Lord Curzon has taken a bold Initia
tive in frontier policy. The British
garrisons in the hills on the northwest
frontier are to be mostly withdrawn.
Chitral is to be merely a post of ob
servation. A great effort is to be
made to organize the hill tribes as
militia under British officers. This
policy will save expense and conciliate
the tribesmen.
Approval has been given by the war
department to the new project pre
pared by the engineers for the fortifi
cation of Fort Monroe. The plan re
ceived the approval of the board of
engineers and Gen. Wilson before be
ing sent to the secretary of war. Un
der it there will be a saving to the
government of about $3,000,000, as com
pared to the project which was sub
mitted and adopted ten years ago.
while in the opinion of the engineers.
the defenses will be absolutely impreg
nable. There are some places where a man's
height counts against him. One of
these is India, where orders have been
issued that no officers will be appoint
ed to Goorkba regiments who exceed
five feet ten inches in height or who
measure leas than thirty-eight Inches
round the chest. Officers over a cer
tain height are considered out of place
among the squat Goorkhas, and the
smart appearance cf a battalion of
these sturdy little warriors on parade
has always been liable to be somewhat
marred by a marked incongruity In
stature between the rank and file and
their British leaders. On active serv
ice, too, a tall British officer in a
Goorkha battalion is a conspicuous fig
ure for the enemy's marksmen.
Dynamite guns are to be employed
fcy 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 including
them as a part of the equipment in the
field. Recently, Lieut M. C. Buckey,
Third artillery, was ordered to New
York to aid in loading the twelve 214
inch Simms-Dudley dynamite guns, ac
cessories and ammunition, on board a
merchant ship, which is to transport
them, to Manila by the Suez canal.
From New York Lieut Buckey will
proceed to the Woolwich arsenal. Eng
gland; Paris, France, and Amsterdam,
for the purpose of examining the or
ganization and material of mountain
guns and Howltier batteries used in
India and Africa and other countries
where service is similar to that in the
Philippines. After performing this
duty, Lieut Buckey will proceed to
Manila for duty.
FABM AND GABDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Berne Cp-to-Date IllnU About Cal
trratloa of the Soli and Yields
Tfcereof Horticulture, Viticulture aad
Floriculture.
Serghams Popular with Kansas Stockaaea
The returns of assessors to the Kan
sas board of agriculture show the acre
age of Kafir corn to be 47,152 acres, or
about 9 per cent greater than last year.
The rapidity with which Kafir corn
has found favor among feeders and
farmers is demonstrated by the fact
that seven years ago, when the crop
was first reported to the state board
of aericulture. there were but 46,941
acres, while the returns now give 582.
895 acres, a marvelous increase of 1,142
per cent, showing that it has taken
rank among the most valued foods for
live stock In all sections of the state.
Mllo maize and Jerusalem corn, non
saccharine sorghums near kin to Kafir
corn, and of no mean value, have for
four years past steadily declined in
acreage, the former about one-half and
the latter from 32,000 to 3,715 acres.
Saccharine sorghum, the running
mate of Kafir corn as a forage, shows
a superb increase in acreage, rising
from 388,259 acres last year to 448,791
this year, a gain of 60,532 acres, or
15.59 per cent The leading sorghum
growing counties are: Finney, with
18,148 acres; Butler. 17.264; Barber,
16,597; Cowley, 11.540; Sumner, 9,659;
Marion, 9,240. and Dickinson, 9,032.
Sorghum has made an annual average
increase of nearly 20 per cent since
1893, when Kafir corn first came into
prominence.
Horticultural Obsetratloni.
Will some one develop a black seed
less erane? We have white seedless
grapes, but suitable only to the climate
of California, and now we want a good
black grape without seeds. Such a
grape would sell at a fancy price on
the market The fear of appendicitis
causes many people to take out the
seeds when eating grapes, and this
greatly detracts from the pleasure of
grape eating. A grape of the charac
ter described would bring a good deal
more than the common grape.
The grape crop this year is unusual
ly large, according to reports from all
parts of the country. It is going into
the markets in good shape and seems
to be selling very well, probably due
to the fact that most of our other
fruit is short in supply. The people
that did not can large quantities of
other fruits because they were
scarce and high will to some extent
make it up on grapes. So we may ex
pect the demand for grapes to be brisk
all through the fall. If we had the
large crop of grapes in good fruit years
that we have this year the price must
have dropped sharply, but the grape
crop comes in this year to fill a very
large deficiency in our general fruit
supply.
A standard apple barrel Is needed in
every state. Some of the societies
that have to do with shipping apples
have long since adopted a barrel that
they try to make obligatory on all
members, but they are able to succeed
only in certain localities. The apples
that are being sent to Chicago are be
ing packed in barrels that are very
often found to be far below the stand
ard. It is reported that apples from
Michigan are coming forward in such
small barrels that they threaten to do
great damage to the reputation or
Michigan apples. In fact, when a man
orders a barrel of apples he is fre
quently disappointed at getting an under-sized
barrel. It would be well if
our state laws described some kind
of a barrel that could be considered
legal. The buyer would then at least
have some rights in the case, for he
could return every under-sized barrel
and demand the refunding of his
money. As it is now he seems with
out recourse. Meanwhile the men that
are shipping fruit in honest barrels are
being injured, for the tendency or the
under-sized barrel is to drag down the
price per barrel.
It requires some care to keep onions
in the best of condition, whether the
amount be large or small. Of course
it is more difficult to keep large than
small quantities on account of the
tendency of large quantities to heat
and thus start growth. The onions
should, in any case, be stored loosely
in such a manner that the air can
move through them. It Is better not
to store them on tight floors where no
air can pass. If the storage must be
over such a floor, it is better to create
an air space between it and the onions.
This may be done by laying scantlings
over the floor, and put loose boards
above them, with good-sized eracks
between them. This does not give an
ideal draft, it is true, but it is better
than no airing at all. There is more
danger of onions sprouting than freez
ing, and the temperature must be kept
down. A good temperature for onions
is about the freezing point, which will
not injure them. If they do get frozen,
no attempt should be made to thaw
them out, but they should be covered
up with straw or something of like
nature, so that the thawing will be
gradual. Frozen onions should not be
handled, as it causes bruising and con
sequent rotting.
The fall of the year is the time to
manure the giound for certain early
spring crops, and this manuring should
be done early enough in the fall to
permit the manure to become incor
porated with the soil and partly rotted.
It must be remembered that it takes
time for this to be done, and that time
does not exist in the spring between
the time when the ground is warm
enough for seed and when early crop
seeds are planted. Thus, if we want
early peas, they must be put In the
ground in March. If they have plenty
of plant food, prepared for them the
previous fall, they will push up rap
idly and make a good growth before
flowering, which means that the har
vest will be abundant. If, as is fre
quently the case, the manure, green
at that, has been put in the ground
at about the same time as the peas.
they will be unable to use it in time
to do much good. The early stimula
tion is of the most value. What ap
plies to early peas, applies, equally well
to manuring for early .cabbage, lettuce,
radishes, and in fact all early vege
tables. The farmer should decide now
what ground is to be given them the
next year, and begin laying his foun
dation for good crops in good fertiliza
tion of the ground for them.
South Australia Batter Prodactloa.
Whether South Australia is destined
to become a great butter producer or
not remains to be seen, says the Farm
and Dairy, published at Sydney. Her
attempts hitherto have not been alto
gether satisfactory, though there are
signs of improvement, The doqui act.
which came Into force in October, 1893,
gave an Impetus to the industry. The
first shipment of ten tons of butter waa
forwarded to London in that year. At
the conclusion of the season in Feb
ruary, 1891, the quantity sent away
amounted to a little over 167 tons.
The following year 598 tons of butter
were exported, the total amount ot the
bonus paid during the two years the
act was in force being 11,508. The
withdrawal of government assistance
was coincident with the setting in ot
dry seasons, and the result was dis
aster to many of the factories that had
been established; but there are now
distinct signs of revival. Seven years
ago there were only twenty-five butter
and cheese factories in South Aus
tralia, but last year the number had
increased to fifty-seven, besides which
there were twenty-three creameries.
For the season 1836-7 the quantities
produced of butter and cheese respec
tively were 4.616,675 pounds and 907,
123 pounds, while during 1897-8 3,900,
118 pounds of butter and 819,845 pounds
of cheese were made, a substantial re
duction of the previous season's out
put, a result due entirely to the severe
drought
Tbe Front In Hoc Balalur.
Charles Haines: The profit lies in
getting to market promptly and often.
No breeder or feeder loses anything by
constantly keeping his hogs in a con
dition ready for market. Care, judg
ment and skill pay proportionately as
well in raising porkers as thorough
breds, but remember that life is too
short to waste in feeding scrubs; the
lower the price of pork the more im
portant it is that the farmer have the
best machine to work up corn at a
profit Pigs intended for pork should
be crowded as rapidly as possible to
be the most profitable. The advantage
of growing improved stock does not
lie merely in its better adaptation to
the market wants and to the fact that
it will respond more promptly and con
tinuously to feed; the early age at
which it matures is one of the souuees
of profit to Its owner. Farly maturity
is chiefly a question of feeding for
generations with a view of making
rapid and continuous growth, the early
maturing quality being transmitted, as
it gradually increases, by heredity.
Breeding at an early age also prob
ably has much to do with the creation
of quality. It is possible to push it so
far as that the results will be incon
sistent with full and healthy develop
ment, but if this be avoided early ma
turity Is one of the most valuable at
tributes of the improved animal.
Our Horses In Germany
Exports of horses to Germany con
tinue to attract attention both at home
and abroad. Regarding American
horses in Germany, the Hamburger
Nachtrlchten, in a recent article, says:
"Importations from America have
caused the horse-raisers of Holstein to
suffer much of late. A stock company
has just been formed in Berlin for the
express purpose of importing horses
from the United States. The Ameri
cans have succeeded in breeding a
horse which compares very favorably
in every way with the Holstein animal,
especially in those points so highly
prized in a work horse, namely, broad
hips and large build generally. The
best markets for Holstein horses have
always been the provinces of Saxony,
Thuringia and Brunswick. The de
mand is created by the large sugar
factories. This market has been de
creasing of late, owing to American
horses being purchased in Berlin. A
few days ago this Berlin company
shipped a drove of eighty through
Hamburg en route for Milan, Italy,
where they are to be used on the tram
ways. Almost every week a long
freight train filled with American
horses leaves the Berliner Bahnhof for
various parts of Germany. In spite of
expensive freight and a tariff of $7 per
head, the Americans have built up a
very respectable competition in the
German market."
Adjusting the Cultivator. To say
that some men do not know how to
select good corn or do not know how
to cultivate corn Is presuming a good
deal, but it is true, nevertheless, says
a correspondent of Iowa Homestead.
I am sure of this when I see farmers
planting corn that I know will not
grow under the most favorable condi
tions, and when I see men cultivating
corn who do not knew how to adjust
the fenders, I have to believe that not
all men who try to farm are farmers,
even though they live on farms. To
know how to adjust the fenders so the
pulverized dirt will fall through on the
small weeds, covering them up without
covering the corn, is a knack not pos
sessed by every farmer. I will not
work a half-hour with a cultivator that
is not properly adjusted in every way.
A Castor Bean Market. Ferry, the
county seat of Noble county, Okla
homa, is the greatest shipping point
for castor beans in the United States,
says the Kansas City Journal. In 1897
there was shipped from Perry 75,000
bushels of castor beans. In 1898 the
yield was hardly as heavy, and this
ear's. output will be about the same
as in 1S98. The seascn begins about
Aug. 1 and continues till frost. Ab
sence of protection against foreign
beans prevents shippers getting the
highest price; the wild Indian beans
also are bought and teud to lower the
price of the cultivated. The price of
the latter in 1897 was $1 per bushel;
last year, SO to 90 cents. The Perry
beans are chiefly grown in Payne and
Pawnee counties, along the Cimarron
river.
Breed to Good Boars. Any farmer
who has from three to five brood sows
cannot afford to breed them to a scrub
boar; in fact, he cannot afford it at
all, for it takes as much to feed one
scrub as it does to feed two pure-bred
hogs. The best thing any man can do
is to improve his stock as fast as he
can, both in point of feed and quick
maturity.
Monoecious plants are those in which
the principles of sex, as illustrated in
pistils and stamens, are present in dif
ferent flowers borne on the same stalk
or vine, as is seen in the corn, cucum
ber, melon and squash plants.
From worthless weeds have been de
veloped some of our choicest vegeta
bles; and it is more than probable that
some of our present weed pests will,
In like manner, prove to be our frienda.
In Africa whole districts are found
covered by bitter melons of practically
no value; yet those melons are the
source whence have come all our mel
ons. Sheep are gregarious. When one la
seen "flocking by itself" it is evident
that something is wrong.
Most poultry
ventilated.
houses are too well
A weed Is a plant out of p!a---.
H. R. Bostwick, who has been having
trouble with the natives in introduc
ing electric cars in Korea, is a San
Franciscan. He says the trouble be
gan through his allowing women to
ride on street cars, a step toward wo
men's rights theretofore unknown and
hence much opposed in that country.
Sand stored in a large tank, from
which it can be 6ifted automatically
to any or all parts of the building,
in such a manner as to smother a tire
effectively, is a new idea to be used
in a new telephone company's ex
change at Indianapolis, Ind.
A Remarkable Career.
Jno. M. Smyth, head of the great
house of Jno. M. Smyth Co., of Chi
cago, commenced life in a very humble
way, but by dint of hard work and
great business ability has built up the
largestettoncern of its kind in the
world. His name is a synonym for
honesty and fair dealing. The great
guitar bargain shown in another col
umn of this paper should be of interest
to those who are musically inclined,
and their mammoth catalogue of
everything to eat, wear or use should
be in tbe hands of everyone.
The Berlin Neuste Nachrichien de
clares that the colonial council has
adopted a resolution declaring it com
patible with German colonial Inter
ests to abandon Samoa in return for
sufficient indemnification. The Na
tional Zeitung, which confirms the
statement of the Neuste Nachrichten,
says: "This, however, is not the view
of the imperial government, whose
policy is directed now. as hitherforc.
to acquiring at least Upotu island."
A special to the Minneapolis Times
from Winnipeg says: The striking
Canadian Pacific machinists and the
company have reached an agreement
. ... 11 . amI TIia ortf-
ami iiip men lire iiu n num. iuc on-
tlement arrived at today is as follows:
The union is recognized; journeymen
get 25 to 30 cents per hour; minimum
wages, according to location, and gang
bosses 31 to 35 cents. Overtime for
nights and holidays and Sundays is
fixed at time and a half, and fifty-live
hourt to constitute a week's worn.
Diagrams prepared by an expert for
one of the large life insurance com
panies to illustrate the comparative
longevity of clergymen, farmers,
teachers, lawyers and doctors show
that 42 out of every 170 ministers ot
the Gosepl reach the age of it), i ne
farmers come next, their proportion
for 70 years of age being 40 out of 170.
Next comes the teachers, with 34; tlie
lawyers shows 25; the doctors are last,
with only 24 out of 170.
A flying wedge of 223 mounted po
licemen cleared the way for Dewey
in the parade. A sergeant rode first
alone. Behind him two roundmen. fol
lowed by four, who hail eight behind
them, and so on until the rear files
comprised twelve horses and men
nbreast
24.00 Per Week Salary.
w t)v t4 ncr week for a man with rltt to Intro
ril "a U gantry. Write for tcrmt.
Kansas Food Cj., Dej't. (J.. hanas Ctij. Mo.
The cheerful live longest in years,
and afterward in our regards. Bovee.
M
RS. PINKHAM savs
Women who are nervous and snappish are to bo
rjitied. Their homes are uncomfortable; their dis
positions grow constantly worse. Such women need the coun
sel and treatment of a woman who understands the peculiar
EVERY -DAY
TALKS WITH
WOMEN
your Vegetable Compound has done for me. It has helped mo
more than anything else. I suffered for a long time with ner
vousness, pains in back and limbs and falling of the womb;
also had neuralgia in my head and could not sleep. I told
my husband that some
thing must be done, for
I was nearly frantic with
pain. Having read of
the wonderful cures
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound had
performed, I determined
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am cured. 1 recommend it
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tire of telling the benefit I
have derived from its use. I
have you alone to thank for
my recovery."
Mrs. Ellen Flaxa-
can, 1810 Mountain St.,
Philadelphia. Pa. . writes :
Dear Mrs. Pinkham
Three years ago I was
a sufferer from chronic
dyspepsia, was irritable
and cross, and can say
that after taking seven
lmttloe nf Lvdia E. Pink-
i..me v.cwt.ihle ComDOund
pfeasure in writing this to you and would be pleased
interviewed bv anv one who is afflicted with that dis'.r,
complaint. I am very grateful
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"RED CROSS" Starch, one large 10t-.packR?f VwOM Calendar, the Dnestof its kind ever printed, all absolutely free.
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AU others procuring the Endless Chain bfi 7 jsonlv made for a short time to turther introduce the famous "RED.
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The centenary of Count Von Moltke
will be celebrated on October 2S, 1200,
the JOOth anniversary of his birta
Apropos of the vent two young artists
have received commissions to paint
two frescoes at Krelsau castle, the resi
dence of the Moltke family. One will
represent the netrance of the French
troops in Lubeck on November 8, 180i.
which was witnessed by the 6-year-old
Moltke; the other the entrance of, the
Prussian troops into Paris in 1S71.
No man ever thinks he has attained
his proper position in the world until
he is able to look down on somebdy.
Baltimore, Oct. 21. Should the pres
ent rate of increase in the net earnings
of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad con
tinue, almost the entire interest
charges and the rentals for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1900. will have
been earned by vec. -i, iw. "
was foreshadowed today when the net
earnings for September were made
public. The estimated gross receipts
were $2,S04,293. the largest for one
month in the history of the company
and an increase of $216,597 over Sep
tember, 1S9S. The net earnings for
September, 1S99, were also a record
breaker, being $1,030,493. an increase
of $271,804 over September. 189S. The
net earnings for the first three months
of this fiscal year July. August, and
September aggregate $3,042,759. an
Increase of $1.174.G6S over the same
months in 1S98. J. II. Maddy.
Fine sense and exalted sense are
not half so useful as comniSn sense.
Horace Greeley.
How's Tbls?
We offer One Hundred Dollars rowan! for any
rase or Catarrh that cannot bo cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props.. Toledo, a
We. the unilcrslRnotl. have known P. J.
Ptionot? tnr thn nt. 1r vkin nml tM'Unvn him
I perfectly honorable in all businevtr.nsacttons
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0-: Waldins. Kinnan & Marvin. Wliolesxilo
Draraists. Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act
ing directly upen the blood and mucous surface
of the system. Testimonial-! sent free, l'rlco
5c per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Hall's Family Tills aro the best.
Life is not so short bu that there
is always time enough for courtesy.
Emerson.
THE GRIP CURE THAT DOKS CURE.
Laxative llromo Quinino Tablets removes
the car.se that produces I.a Grippe. E. W.
Grove's signature is on each box. :5c.
. Tjttie by little we depart from the
terrible and reach the ridiculous.
Longinus.
Ak for the Itest Krariing.
Liberal religious literature sent free
on application to Mrs. 11. D. Reed,
132 N. 38th ave., Omaha. Nebr.
Dime contributions in the hibt ten
years have built a million dollar Ro
man Catholic cathedral in Elizabeth,
N. J. It will be dedicated, it is ex
pected on the 5th or the 12th of No
vember next, and the chimes, it is in
tended, shall ring for the first time on
New Year's eve, to usher in tlie year
1900.
The engine may be built in a day
but it takes years to perfect the en
gineer. that irritability indicates disease.
troubles of her sex.
Mrs. Anna E. Halt., of Mill
dale. Conn., was all run down in
health and had completely lost
control of her nerves. She wroto
to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn. Mass.,
for advice. Now she writes :
I wish to thank yon for what
was entirely cured.
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"A remartable old gentleman," says
tha Indianapolis Sentinel, "was a guest
at the Occidental hotel yesterday Mr.
Robert Watts, of Connersville. Ho is
78 years old and one of Fayette coun
ty's oldest and most respected citizens.
In all, forty-seven state fairs have been
held, and Mr. Watts has attended forty-six
of them. This undoubtedly beats
all other records. He is hale and ac
tive and has never been ill in his iiro
with the exception of a slight indis
position from the grip last winter."
The truest wisdom is a resolute de
termination. Napoleon.
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Dizzy? Then your liver isn't
acting well. Yo .1 suffer from bilious
ness, constipation. Ayer's Pills act
directly on the liver. For 60 years
the Standard Family Pill. Small
doses cure. w25c. All druggists.
ant your uwiittjche or bp.ird a beuutttul 1
nrown r ricn main . i urn use
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Rider Haggard's "tue" no doubt at
tracted attention in part by the odd
brevity of its title more of a novelty
then than now. An English woman
novelist has just established a new
record by publishing a story with tho
title "I:"
I know that mv Hr was saved bv Tito's
Cure for Consumption. .Julia A. Miller,
Au Sable, Michigan, April t, 1S'J5.
God never rises but one moment
at a time, and does not give a second
until he withdraws the first Feticlon.
17. S. I ntrnt OllU-e Report.
Indexes to periodicals Unit are avail
able for use by inventors and thoir
attornevs are on file In the reading
room of the Scientific Library at Wash
ington as follows:
Astrophyt-ical Journal. Chicago, a
monthly title-index of publications on
astrophvbical and allied subjects.
Electrical World, New York, a week
ly digest of electrical articles.
Engineering Magazine. New York,
a monthly title-index of engineering
articles in tbe English language only.
Electrical Engineer. New York, a
weekly synoptical index of electrical
literature, American and foreign.
Journal of the United States Artil
lery, a bi-monthly title-Index of cur
rent artillery literature.
Proceedings of the Physical Society
of London, monthly abstracts or tho
principal articles on physics published
in the American and Continental jour
nals since January I, 1895.
School of Mines Quarterly. New
York, a quarterly synoptical index of
articles on analytical chemistry and
title-index of metallurgical literature.
Consultation and advice free.
THOMAS . OUWIG & CO..
Registered Solicitors of Iatent3.
Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 11, 1S99.
Knowledge is what I love; and tho
men who dwell in towns arc my teach
ers, not trees and landscapes. Socra
tes. Things don't turn up In this world
until .somebody turns them up. Gar
field. W. L. DOUGLAS
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MADE.
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other make J.
In!riel ly er
1,1100,000 w rarer.
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No nwrr. no Ic". than 5,000 of the.n,
probably the l.irgi-.t contract in KUitstrJ
mit nimin an iintrumpnt th.it !i
tivcly ti-lU from 23-Vi to 7.l. W lintu
lot ! pxliau'to.! wo cannot duplicate
t!iNo!Tcr. quantity talk'. Only by or;-r-
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broalcat is tb coiilil,nco v;o fi 'l tbai
ctery KUttar i-olil will win lor us a r-T-imniHit
patron ami a fricctl '"lir.-o
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will forward the cuitar to any adilret3
C. O. V., subj'rt to ejtamina,t;n, vvr.a
rwipt of .W. Wo, howctrr. adit-" t'nt
cash in full if: -ent. a that aM return
chances for money and wo etan 1 pr
rw.tir nnlv m rpfunil money if tho
uuitari not all and more than vro claim
for it. KcmeraDcrour
special price on Ztfiti of
them only id....-
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t.ucb an olfrnm,- bo poiM-. Another
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$2.65
n which is listed at lowest wholesale prices
everything to eat wear and use.is furnish
ed on receipt of only 10? to parti pay
. Ht9iu nf Avnrtcade and as evidence
cFM ooia faith the I05is allowed on first $
(f purchase amounting to !?? orabove. J
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