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: l . ' - -""- ' ." - .. ::'. ".v : V- -,- j.- - - -: -. - : -..-- ( .-:.- f : ; - -.--' The Atlantic Monthly. The Boston Beacon thus speaks of this excellent magazine: "The Atlan tic is one of the reviews that the edu cated American cannot afford to ne glect. It keens in close touch with . i he tendencies of tl.e times, and it ras the good fortune to number among its contributors men and women of .marked liberality of thought and . acutcness- of insight. In fact, it is not too much to say that very much that is best in the intellectual cctiv- ityof the country gets its most felic itous expression in the pages of t-is magazine." "Yoa Can't Catch the Wind in a Net" Neither can you aire catarrh by local ' applications, his a constitutional disease, . And is evred by Hood's SarsaparUla be cause it is a constitutional remedy. U expels from the blood the impurity which causes the disease, and rebuilds and repairs the inflamed membranes. Mficd&dt Ov'r!'ariii- Straw 1 errien. The special expert sent abroad by the agricultural department in search of new seeds and edible plants has brought back an everbearing straw berry," which he recommends highly. It comes from trance, where it has been recently ured. It is said to pro duce fruit for months on the same plants, and a small patch will supply a family table a whole season. SHI I lie I'm ten t. " The past week there were -111 paten? issued to inventois of the Uited States, and or this number 29 per cent of the inventors were nlilo in coll either the 1 whole or a part of their inventions before tha same were issued. Amongst the promi nent manufacturing com ei us who purchased patents were the following: Mergenthaler Linotype Co., of New York. Victor Safe and Lock Co., Cincinna ti, Ohio. Electric Vehicle Co.. New York city. . Draper Co., llopedale, Mass., and Portland. Me. Singer Manufacturing Co., New Jer sey. Horton B-sket Machine Co., New York city. Ameiican Universal Mill Co., New York, N. Y. Kitson Hydrocarbon Heating and In candescent Lighting Co., Philadelphia, Pa., and Charleston.. W. Va. Ohio Ittike Co.. Dayton. O. Parties desiring information as to selling or obtaining patents may ob tain the sam? by addressing Sues & Co.. Patent lawyers and Solicitors, Bee building, Omaha. Neb. AsU for I lie Ilt Kt-ariiii;;. Liberal religious literature sent free on application to Mrs. ll. D. Reed, K'2 N. Sth ave., Omaha, Nebr. The coniisun opportunity comes, as the dirinest opportunity in the whole !.:.stoiy of th world came, cradled in chpcuri'r. Docs yourhead ache? Pain back of your eyes? Bad taste in vourmouth? It's your liver! Ayer's Pills are liver pills. Thev cure constipation. headache, dyspepsia, and all liver iwiiiaiaiiui,. 3c. aii uruggisis- .:n: ymr iiontnc!io or licint a beautiful mown or licli Mack? Tlicn use BUCKINGHAM'S DYE KSr, A ryj. fr PnlCiTf rm R. P Hati A CO i,u.. N. M. FREE GOVERNMENT LANDS... 1I tear still thousands of acres of cot erzitiical lastK in the stitt'N of Washington ?rd Crijon. :iNo prairie and timlin hunts r.c.ir a-lioad and uaUrroiniiiunicat'o'ithat can l lionht for S3.00 ViTZCre: ami there aro no cy lira, s. biizznrN. Ion.; winters or seal hot .iinmic. ny failuic of crop, but n!v3v ;om1 luaikcls. If you w n! to rjU- Kraiu. principally, or fruit', or t'ic imc-t stock 0:1 earth, ycu ran t'uil locations m thcM' two suites where you ck!.i thNio iH-Ti'tviion. ' If yquuiq looking lir'i:iployin.'Ui atul wish to secure Mcady -ork at i:oih1 ware. 1 can hv'lp y(ju tolo th's. 1 h i. i' 1.1ml for s-lc liut if yqu viant in fo in it .on alMiui tliis write 11W at 199 E. 1 liiri St.. St . Paul. Minn". R. E. WEBKMAN. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 & S.50 SHOES &'&", Worth.S4 to $6 compared R Nvith other makes. f lnlor-l lv fiver 1 1 ,000,000 ea rers. genuine ha.e W. I las nam; and ur.icl :wd 011 bctioni. lake) ino subsinutc claimed to be as rood. our dealer ivhoL-ij keep tliem it '.not. c will send a pair nn receint of price. Slate kind o: leather, size, and width, plain or cap toe. Catalogue A free. r. L OG'JSUS SHOE CO.. Brockton. Mm. fSRTERSlMK Uic txist inn Buue but no dearer tsan the, poorest BR. ARNOLD'S C0U6H CURES COUGHS AND COLOS. PREVCNTS CONSUMPTION. .U Draftcistt, S5c. KILLER m mefJUJOer andau-OTnr diseases r-1 SUUiiVjhKUH MKJHOM11C TnE.3KOS-MEHIcaN CO. PgTPOIT. MICH. U S A INVENTORS end to-day furourkandMtiiiely eucratod l!i annlerviirv wnrkj-n ralent. VKKE MAON. FKNHlCK LAWBKM'B. ratt'iit Uwjcni, Uaahiostuu. IK'C. VCaciurUI liersSallors, Vidows.CaiWren. Fathers anO Mothers. No fee unless success. Jul E. II. Ct.LS.TOI ., AlUrrj, ttatta, a. c. DE&SCBnil(& 6erinrPiisi9i DOUBLE QUICK Wrilx riST (1'CIDDCI I n . . 141 -New York Aveaae. WAStSNQTON. O. C. LADY aQ M A MraotedtotraTelMa ti WWW f I a appo,n sents.see Icr month salary and all nimiH. Zuslsb Co.TI$ Motion Uldg.Chlcaga BIO EAIIIOHX W.3 injgiura 1 I Tta Prtaidtittl Kzlatrci 1 3 vntia cml war. 15 adi udieatiur claim, atty aotoe -lfafilctedvllhl Tktaj)SHTs Ey t Wattes ' toraeje. uscf W.N. U. OMAHA. No. 451899 V 3 I & I (51 BWSS erf i 5 z Amm&jLi IIlV- lm. A. Vi VSu EBCoasaSuji. TatteBOaeaa. SkH FABM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Seas tTp-to-Dte IllnU Aboot Col Uratloa of tht Soil and Yield Thereof HortlcuUw, Vltlcotturo sad Florlcmltare. Horilraltaral Otaerratloa. The California peach crop has been fairly good this year and it has brought a good deal of money. Some of our readers that have heard so much about the peach crop failure in this part of the country may have wondered at the fact that the market seemed to be fair ly well supplied by fruit said to be raised near at home. The facts appear to be that much of the California product has been sold as fruit grown near at hand, the dealers catering to the prejudice In favor of home-grown fruit. Herewith we illustrate the Maple Slug Worm. The length of this slug is shown in the straight line by the side of it It is frequently found in the fall of the year on the maple leaves and even under the trees. The body of the slug is oval, with a wide dorsal square ridge, hollowed slightly along the middle, where situated on each suture is a yellowish round spot centered with a dark green dot The edge of the ridge Is stained with yel low. On the outer and lower side of the ridge is a lateral row of spots like those in the middle of the back. The body is pale green with yellow touches and spots besides those described. The head Is green but the Jaws and labrum are a dark amber. Along the edge of the body Is a whitish line. The moth is about half an inch long, measuring with the closed wings, and is of a pale green color and variegated. Every horticulturist should be. to a considerable extent, an entomologist He should be able to recognize any common insect that invades his fruit plantation or his orchard. To accom plish this he should have a small col lection of the insects that are most common. These collections aro not readily obtainable at this time, but the demand for them will create a sup ply. In older countries this demand and supply already exist In England one entomologist makes a business of breeding insects for the purpose of supplying collections. He has what is called a butterfly farm. He supplies collections of both the butterflies and the larvae. Some of his collections number up Into the thousands. It is evident that the interest in entomology is on the increase. In the United States the state universities are in some instances authorized to make collections for the use of the high schools in the state. Such a law ex ists In Illinois, but the priviege is of no effect for the reason that the state entomologist never has the funds available for doing the work necessary to put the collections In a form where they can be of use to the schools. Of course these Insects must be mounted in proper arrangement and correctly named. This work takes the time of a man for a number of days, in the case of each collection. We would suggest that high school boards take the matter up and make appropriations to defray the expense of this work. Certainly there should be la every high school in the state such a collection, for it would then be center from, which would, go. out a great deal of information on entomological subjects. Frequently It, happens, that a destruc tive insect appears in some neighbor hood and is unrecognized for weeks, t-Vaak atag worn. Bridgtaa dtL : during which time it has obtained a foothold that will permit it to do un told damage to the fruits and fruit plants there. Maokwaeat aa Manure for Tnnilp. From Farmers' Review: It is a common, opinion that turnips should never be preceded in a crop rotation by buckwheat Some farmers go the length, of saying that the latter has a poisonous effect upon the land as far as turnips are concerned, and also when some other crops are grown. This opinion was so general and seemed to have so little foundation that a series of tests were conducted to. prove the case for or against A piece of land that had yielded a crop, oi rutabagas was sown to buckwheat and another similar plot was allowed to -le fallow. When the buckwheat was slightly past the flowering stage it was cut, run through a fodder cutter and then turned under. Shortly after this a volunteer crop of buckwheat appeared and after growing a few inches was turned under, the fallow plot being prepared for seeding to turnips at the same time. The two plots were, ex cept in these respects treated exactly alike. The crop of salable turnips upon the buckwheat plot was more than four times as heavy as upon the fallow plot and they weighed more individually. The marketable roots from the fallow plot were mare 'numerous but smaller and consequently lighter. This experi ment seems to ibdlcate that the idea that buckwheat is not a good green manure for turnips is not correct M. G. KA1N3. J? ( 6tartrs" la Cheesemaklac Prof. Campbell, before the Highland (Scotland) Agricultural Society, said: L. First-class Cheddar cheese can be made by using pure cultures of a lactic organism. 2. This organism abounds in all samples of sour milk and sour whey. 3. The system rec ommended for the preparation of a home-made'staiter is one which exerts a purifying influence upon the bacte rial content of .the starter, and results in the eliainaJLion of bacteria which are unnecessary if not harmful to the production of. a first-class material. 4. The use of a whey starter is at tended witbrresults equal in every way, to those obtained from a milk starter. Of these results by far the most im tmrtant is !that which shows that a feome-Btade starter, if carefully pre pared, comes after a few days to be practically a ipure culture of the bac teria desired. Preparation of a Home-Made Start er. In order -to prepare a home-made starter the dairyman has to secure two enameled pasls provided with covers. In the one he pours fresh skimmed milk, and thexusets it in a fairly warm fltlsAAeAltitr Vktifr a4w AMM. puce, so that in about twenty-fovr hours the milk: will be both sour and thick. Wfhen (this has occurred he skims offithe fsurface. breaks up. the III1 w a " rTsrrT' L center of the mass and takes out hall a pint This he adds to skimmllk which has previously been scalded from 155 to 160 deg. F. and subse quently cooled to about 65 or 70 degs. On the following morning this should also be sour and thick, or the tempera ture of setting has been too low. Again the surface is skimmed, half a pint extracted as before, which in turn Is added to a third quantity of scalded milk. The temperature at which the second and all succeeding starters are made up must be deter mined by each worker for himself; it will depend upon the temperature of the room where the pail is kept dur ing the night On the third day the starter produced in this way, if of a creamy consistence, may be used for making the cheese a portion, how ever, being retained to prepare a start er for the following day. This process may be repeated day after day, and if performed in a care ful and cleanly manner it will go on throughout the season yielding good results. As already explained, the op eration is one which in a very few days eliminates undesirable bacteria. Mot las Wire Fence. I will give you my way and hope others will do the same, since a con tinuation of ideas often makes a suc cess, says G. W. Crossley in Wallace's Farmer. In the first place I have the spools that I took the wire off and Keep them so when I want them I can get them at a minute's notice. I have a three-fourths-inch pipe four and one half inches long, with holes one-fourth-inch wide so as to let the spool turn free. Put on your spool and put a large washer on each side of the spool. Then put in a spring key so that the spool can be quickly removed when filled. Take each end of the pipe, slip it through the ropes and walk along the line to be taken up. They have to use their hands freely. One catches hoUk of the spool and gives it a half-feara backward. Then the other man gives it a half-turn backward, and so on alternately. You can, with a little care, take it very even and easy to pay out when wanted for use; or, If yo have a third man, let him walk behind the spool and turn it backward. It is much quicker than with two men. I never saw anything better than a ?ood sharp spade. Take your spade to a blacksmith and have It drawn out thin. You will then find it will work much easier and you will be fully re paid for your extra trouble in having it properly prepared for the work. Another contributor to Wallace's Farmer writes: In my last paper. June 16. P. F. Peterson, of Franklin county, asked how to take-up posts and roll up wire. If he will put on a thick pair of mittens he can roll up wire very easily. All the trojuble is in start ing. Drive along the posts with a wagon, put a long chain around the hind axle, hitch the chain near the top of the posts. He will have no trouble in pulling his posts. Of course there are wire reels for rolling and unroll ing wire. I have had lots of experi ence in moving wire fences and have found no better plan. w i Soareo of Selena. Scions should come from fruit bear ing trees. We insist that the weak ness or disposition to form only wood buds and runners is inherited, and therefore no tree or plant known to be unfruitful should ever be used for propagation. It is a well known law of nature that when any power or faculty is not used for a long period it will become dormant and finally disappear, and when a plant through bad propagation or otherwise becomes an habitual wood bud maker it is not easily persuaded by any system of till age to return to fruitage. I have long felt that the practice of taking scions from nursery rows through many gen erations without allowing them to bear fruit is wrong. Such trees are not only late in coming into bearing, but they are easily exhausted and in this weakened condition readily fall a vic tim to insects or fungi, and I beg to express my conviction that this has contributed more to the present de plorable condition of our orchards than any other one thing. R. AL Kel- Migratory Weed. Injurious migratory weeds are usu ally first introduced into cities and spread from them to the farms, saya a contributor to Rural World. There are a dozes chances for the coriglnal introduction of a weed in cities. to one -upon the (arm. Fine-leaved sneeze weed first appeared about cities- in the south, and is now. spreading to the grazing lands and -'cotton fields. The kCanada thistle in its progress across the continent has. been distiiibuted by .railways, first toy the cities. Prickly lettuce has usually been first observed Lin cities and towns in Its 7emarkably rapid spread over the country. The .Russian thistle was "first introduced Into the United States ona farm, but being taken to the cstieslt now most frequently spreads ftm zhem to the I farms. In many instssnees- these intro duced species could have been easily destroyed upon theix first! appearance in the cities and towns, -and millions of dollars' damage to the farmers thus averted. , Aa Object a Poaltry -Keeping. PouRry rating, like ev7thlng else, must be coadacted with am object in view, says Mirror and Fas mer. It one desires to keepi hens that will produce the largest number of egf ;s in a year he must select the bn.-ed that Is adapted to his conditions and climate, depending upon bardiness rather than prolificacy. It may Jiot be profitable to keep the "best bred" unless it can endure tha climate. whe3 the winter season Is very cold, lor mo breed will lay that Is unable tr bnive the cold. If eggs are the main objt ct the poul trymanor farmer mi 1st fa ad with that purpose In view. Evjery oi te who feeds for cw gs should, keep in Ti ew the fact that a laying hen is jot A tended for tho market, and; that makim.? such hens fat is no part of tUfcmaaatiement for egg production. Winter HMbif, T amkinfc Some times It Is dlflicnlt to-get matvr cows to form the wi nter milking haVrft, but heifers can be ared the first time at the Tight period to bring thon into1 profit in autumn, "jjhus with them tho win ter dairying Ifcbit will be started & and then it tOU be easy to keep ft so, says Galen "Wilson, in Practical Farm er. Many igrovere of hothouse Iambs, which mus7. drrp lambs in late autuaon or early; wintar, are adopting tliis method sucesstully. It is more ditn cult to change the brewing habit in ewes jrhea once formed, than in cows Bi-sexual piaats are thiwe in which Wboth sexes are pi esent as 12 part of the) !.4tiFoF a f aoJ as ttnt aq flftAfffi. flower, as in appi.es and cabbages. Ail nature is given over yocuj. 'Jeven thehen having her lay,- - : OAMPITRE SKETCHES. GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE VETERANS. "Trooper 8809 Beaaarkable RareTatloa of Life la the Freaca Araay Dewea Xem, aa Forcibly Exhibited Upoa Two iBBBortaat Occaaloaa. When TwUletit Comes. I When twilight comes across the quiet ' land. I crave your presence. you who under- stand The comradeship of word and look and smile; The sentle talk and laughter, after while. And homeward walk across tho wave worn sand. How will it lie, I wonder, when the grand Full midday glow of life has vanished, and The sun's last rays fall coldly on the dial. When twilight comes? fOb. that we two together still may stand: Undone, perchance, the deeds we hoped and planned. Tired and very old.yet missing naught Of tenderness or oldepi word or thought, God grant that life may leave us hand In hand. When twilight comes. ' i y& , "Trooper 3800.- We have been familiarized with the life of the soldier in campaign and on the battlefield by tbfe masterly hands of great artists. "What Erckmann Chatrlan and Zola, have done in this direction "Lionel Decle" has accom- plished for the lifclof a private soldier in quarters and in barrack. It mJ be accepted as a genuine testimony. Jc faithful account of the hardships which are to be undergone by that large proportion-of Frenchmen who have to serve their? time in the ranks, and which are shaued to a great extent by recruits in all armies. With the French, howjover, (She tyrannical prin ciple of "ley respecti de la chose Jugee" is carried to the flast extreme, and intensifies 'the cruelty of military life. It is to thJfe prindpiethat Dreyfus was sacrificed, and in its extension throughout the ranks It produces frightful Injustice. The colonel forms bis opinion of a private from the char acter glven'himbylhis corporal or ser geant and 'the rmerte fact of appealing against a ptunistimeint isi considered an .act of insubordination. Decle does not pose as a martyr. Heyacknowledges that eome'of his f tfequenu punishments were deserved, but he teays: "If I 'had been treated! like a. free human .being and not like a convict if I had not been bullied, .as well as unjustly 5 and unduly punched I should not have become--as ft did d.tspefate, car ing little whether I was .punished or ,not I fully, understand and excuse (the motives which pronjpt fio many I men to desert men who ihaverneither position nor deputation ,t maintain and I frankly declarethat rather than I have serve "another year, I would have becotaef a deserter myself." Here 'is a drill incident under one of me severestfEergieants in the regiment, De Cormet: "Hfe had ordered the second posltionxif the coup de sxlble vers la prolte, wnich consists in adding the sword extended to the right at arm's lengtfcfc at the end of a few minutes the troopers became so tired hac none of thesxtwas able to hold their bodies straight, and had to put their left shoulders down and let the poinflB of -their swords drop. De Cormet, as usual, walked behind them, coolly saying: 'Trouper Gabier, four days more for not holding yourself straight; Trooper Chirac, your sword is .not .straight; you will have two days more and so on. All of a sudden one oflthe prisoners, a poor, weak fellow, said to him: 'Sergeant, my hands arc frozen; will you allow me to blow in ttiem for I one minute? I can't hold my sword any longer.' 'Four days for speaking : in the ranks,' answered De Ojrmet. in his monotonous voice. The txoo.er'8 fingers were as white as wax, and he " soon repeated his request, with a eim- ilar result. At last, unable to stand ' the pain any longer, the trooper put his sword under his arm and blew on hla flncrors 'Hnlft vnnr swnrtl fin 3)0- sltlon at once,' said the acrgeaut; '1 shall report you to the colonel' 'But, 1 Berseant. I can't,' said thve tmoper.J You refuse to obey, said th sergeant. I can't, I can't, said the trcaper, sob bing with pain, and at the tame time trvlne to erasn his sword, rout finding himself unable to close his benumbed fingers. Again the sergeait ordered him to hold his sword csft. but the man burst into tears send omce more sobbed: 'I can't, I cant!" Thereupon the sergeant commanded srtot'uer pris " oner to carry the s;ord. and. calling1 nut tn one of the troanera on cuard. ordered him to fetich the carpjoral, and when the latter came he had the poor iellow conveyed to the cells and re ported him for refusal to obey orders. The trooper was therefore 'trftcd by1 court-martial and sentenced to two years' hard labor.' Boston Trans cript V ;- ' S -H & 'J Dewey's Kerve. A member cf the, Army and XaiQr R club said: "I was .with Dewey vtfien ho was executive officer of the Colorado- icjnvcs and went to sleep. Meantime. We had a fine crew, some of them as' the division received orders to ad powerful men as 1 ever saw. Four oH Vance. but Fsnston could not be found, five of them went-ashore one day and jiany scouts had been killed, and it I came back flghtiag drunk. The order; was given to put them in urcttfi. and ii was found difficult to carryou3 fhe or- ' der, for the men were dangerous. , TJewey was notified. He was writing I a letter in his room at the time:, ile went to the place where these fejiann J were, and he told them to oamcqut and; I ..Ll K tmnc f K,n .IMM.isilr "? Then Dewey said quietly to an'ord.rlyri 'Bring me my revolvers.' WherJ h possession of the weapons Defwey". called again for the men to come est and they did not move. Then he eaV. ; in the same quiet tone: T am tlng to count three. If you axe not outhiere with your hands held up on the fchird count you won't come out of that place alive.' He counted one. then he c peked the revolvers and counted two. A Tc all expected to hear the report, f( cr we knew that Dewey meant what he 1 said. The men knew it, too. They s topped out just in time to save their livi p and held up their hands, and they had been partially sobered by their fright . and the moral effect of Dewey's g lat ce. Dewey went back to his room a: id ft'nv Ished his letter." While Capt Betaey was in command of the flagship iPcnsa- cola of the European squadron, ii 1SS5. a number of sailors went on shore Malta and engaged in a street brawil. The next morning the captain, of th port came out to the Pensacoia to com- nlaln to Capt. Dewey of thR fcotion ofi his sailors. "What can I dp?" askei Dewey. "Why. your men Tfsed a rio on shore, and you can assHsti me inar resting and punishing their" was ;tb reply. Capt Dewey expressed regre for the occurrence, but'said'tkat be'di not see how he could aUd the captaii i of I the port, who, with a show of ant :er. replied: "You certainly can pan ade your crew before me in order that the rioters may be identified." Looking a aloft, and pointing to the stars a nd tripes waving at the masthead. Dew made reply: "The deck of this vessel is United States territory, and I'll parade my men for no foreigner that ever drew breath." t rreveatlaa; a Battle. Lieut McLaughlin of the Signal corps, who recently succumbed to yel low fever at Santiago, made a gallant ride one year ago. He had then charge of the squad which built the telegraph line along the route of the American advance inio rorio Iticu. x uis squau was not able to keep up in Its work with the advance of the infantry and artillery, in command of Gen. Brooke, and by Aug. 12. when the Invading army faced a line of Spanish intrench ments, the telegraph line was two miles in the rear. The next day word came to Lieut McLaughlin's station that the peace protocol had been signed. Mounting his horse, and ac companied by an orderly who was soon left behind, the young officer started on a ride which for dramatic interest deserves a place among the great rides of song and story. Every moment he expected to hear the booming of guns ahead, announcing that a bloody and needless battle was begun. When he reached the lines of Infantry that were supporting the artillery, he was told that the guns were about to open on the enemy. Pressing on more rapiuiy still, he found Gen. Brooke standing beside one of Battery B's guns, while the gunner had his hand on the lanyard ready to pull. The battle was stopped. Hundreds of lives were saved. As the position of our army was an unfavor able one. It is probable that the los3 on our side would have been large. Lieut. McLaughlin arrived Just In time to avert an unnecessary battle, one of the most horrible things In the world. In tho golden future all battles will doubt less be found unnecessary. Arbitra tion will take the place of war. Those persons who, in this generation, by their deeds and influence, hasten on the day of universal peace are in a sense engaged in the same task that Lieut McLaughlin so gallantly performed. He made haste to prevent a needless battle. They are making haste to prevent needless wars. The Bagler IVho Forgot. It Is not often that an enlisted man gets a chance to run a part of the fight to suit himself. That chance, however, came to one bugler. Capt. Hannay, finding that company L was too far away to hear orders, in a recent en gagement in the Philippines, sent hi3 bugler after the company to sound tne charge. At the first note3 company L flew onward. It was right here that the bugler forgot, for the time being, that he was only the commanding of ficer's orderly. He saw another chance, he thought, to be lost. He sounded once more, and Lieut. Ross, Imagining, of course, that the order came from Capt. Hannay, executed it Not even yet was the bugler's thirst for forward action sated. He sounded again and again, as the heat of generalship made his blood flow thick and fast By the time the bugler came to himself and relinquished the duties of fight direc tor, the poor fellows of company L were troubled with shortness of breath. In this brisk affair, according to th official report, the dead reached a to tal of about sixty, including some offi cers. It is the enemy's dead that is meant, of course. Twenty-one Maus- t ers ana six uemingiops i spoils of the field. Leslie's Weekly. FuBlshmeuts for EaglUb OHcrrs. It is stated that the French lieuten ant who failed to salute Dreyfus has been awarded thirty days' arrest. Such a th.tng could not occur to an officer 5n the British army, though it could in fall Eusopean armies and in that of tht lUnited States of America. Of course fshort periods of arrest are awarded tc jWoolwlch or Sandhurst cadets for 01 jfenses more or less serious. If an offi cer of the British army commits nim- tself so as to deserve some slight pun ishment he may be told that it win oe lof no use for him to apply for leave for sl penoa; or ne mo.) uu uiu w u... ttt mess every evening. Very rarely an officer is ordered to wear unuorm on all occasions except when engaged in cricket, polo or the like. On board a vessel carrying troops the officer com manding the troops can tell another that his wine bill is quite big enough for a time, thereby cutting his liquoi or limiting it to a fixed amount. Luck ily, such minor punishments are hard ly ever required. A more serious pun ishment is a black mark in the annual confidential report, but the fact of such an occurrence has to be communicated to the officer concerned. The LondoD Telegraph. t Hair Fumton Slept. That Brig.-Gon. Funston can be orig inal even in a semi-comatose con dition is testified to by a member ol the cin;ineer corps just home from the Philippines. ?ays Ohio State Journal. "The most characteristic thing I ever knew Fuuston to do," said the engi neer, "was before the battle just out- side CnJooean. He had had no sleep ior two days, and waa in bad snape. lie. ,T...rnfnnv rolled himself up in some in was feared that the colonel s curiosity for he was a colonel tnen naa lea 5,jm into trouble. Presently, however, a glimpse was caught of his red hair the tangle, and later they found him shrouded in leaves. As this is the way bodies are prepared for burial in that 'att of the world, we got more and vT! ...linclni with Pflph RtPfl until xom apprehensive with each step until ar length some one snoutea: coionei, are you dead or alive?' 'Neither,' -runted the colonel, as he rolled over , Ior adPther nap: 'I'm sleeping. Galliret and. WUltaaa I. TiiMarouis de Gallifet, who has the rwar partfolio in the present French ministry, played a ganant pari in iuc Franco-Piiissian war. and his old en emies have always held him in the greatest respeet. One autumn in the eighties, the cavalry hero received a special Invitation from the old em n0rnr to ailend the manoeuvres of the lRrman army. . ., ..4....... .MAn.A.3 lifo HIS maje&i iicaicu wa ie ... .t- c- nrnnlcito fnllrtPRV and consideration, and at table placed him at Mb right hand, srwtair Pf it afterward, the em- ' . eai hehad felt inclined to re al Seat what Frederick the Great once " "-" . . .. tn-,lo1 noun nn ttsaid to the aiu-'" "- ---- -fi ., vr- rter the Seven 1 ears' WUCCUUR . - ,.U. !. War. The macsxai was iux u-.U6 place at table iippoeite the king, but "rederick exclaim: ". will never do; come and sit beside me; I know oniy too ell wh it is to have you on the other side!" Unacquired debCJs not only a brick in the structure of "bankruptcy, but Is the grave of many atpleasant and prof itable friendship. First Dear Gitfl I have no friends to epeak of. Secdrnd Dear Girl-Lucky eyjj friends! Life. - - loftas a te "Leanoa. Miss Cissy Loftus is getting up a lot of new imitations and proposes to try in New York the plan many of the vaudeville stars of London adopt of appearing at several theaters in the same evnlng. She will "make up" at her hotel and drive to the-first the ater at which she Is to appear and as soon as she has finished there she will jump .nto a cab and hurry to the next place, and so on. Japan will not restore captured ships to China, but will sell her new ally 240,000 Mauser rifles and 24.000,000 rounds of ammunition at a low oricc. Seuteaced to a Minute la Jail. William Smith, who was released yesterday from the penitentiary, where he had served a two-year term for ob taining money under false pretenses, found a rather Interesting reception awaiting him outside of the prison gates, where he was immediately ar rested on a charge of larceny. This offense was committed before he had served his two-year term. On account of the poor health of the prisoner Judge Palmer exercised great leniency in sentencing him. The deputy sheriff marched him to the county Jail, where he was sentenced to languish for a term of one minute. JASON CROW, OSCARVILLE, CA. Writes us. May 31, 1S09: "I feel it my duty to write and let you know what your medicine. '5 Drops,' has done for me. I have had rheumatism about eighteen years, but was able to be up most of the time until a year ago last May, when I was taken down and not able to move about About six weeks ago I saw your advertisement and wrote for a sample bottle. After tak ing a few doses it did me so much good that I ordered some more for myself and friends, and in every case it has done wonders and given perfect satisfaction. "Dr. Woodliff, my family physician, who has had rheumatism for fifteen years, is taking the '5 Drops.' and says it is the most efficient rheumatic med icine he ba3 ever used." "5 Drops" is the most powerful spe cific known. Free from opiates and perfectly harmless. It is a perfect cure for Rheumatism, Sciatica, Neuralgia, Dyspepsia, Backache. Asthma, Catarrh, La Grippe, Neuralgic Headache, etc. If you or any of your friend3 are suf fering, do not delay, but send for a bottle of "5 Drops." Large-sized bot tles (300 doses), 1. For the next thirty days we will mall a 25-cent sample bottle for 10 cants. SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO.. 160 to 1C4 E. Lake Street, Chicago, III. II U Simple System. "How were you able," said the poor man, "to acquire such an immense for tune?" "By a very simple method," replied the wealthy citizen. When I was pooi 1 made oat 1 was rich, and when 1 was rich I made out I was poor." RINEHART'S INDIAN PICTURES. In the summer of 189S the Govern ment Indian Bureau invited all tribe3 of Indians in this country to send dele gates to an Indian Congress, and they gathered from far and near with their ponies and tepees and gaudiest trap pings in the Exposition Grounds at Omaha. Never before had there been and never again will there be such a gathering. There were about five hun dred of them, some partly civilized, but the greater portion picturesque in original savagery. Strange as it may seem at this late day many of the In dians declared that before coming to Omaha they had no idea what multi tudes of white men there were or how hopeless it was to try to stand against them. This was probably the last time that so complete and spectacular a view of the North American Indian will be possible and those who had the privilege of witnessing it are to be counted fortunate. At the time of the Indian Congress a prominent pho tographer obtained permission to take the photographs of the most noted chiefs present and succeeded In obtain ing a collection which never will be equaled. Mr. Rinehart. the phatograrh er. copyrighted all these pictures and placed in a few art stores some hand colored proofs which, notwithstanding their high price, sold at once, and these Indian pictures have become the fad of the year. The Chicago Great Western Railway has succeeded at large expense in obtaining from Mr. Rinehart the privilege of reproducing the best four of these pictures. Chiefs "Wolf Robe." "Louison." "Hollow Horn Bear." and "llattie Tom." and havo incorporated thorn in an art calendar for 1900, which is pronounced the most artistic produc tion yet attempted. The heads are 6xS inches, one on sheet, wonderfully reproduced in all their original colors, and when framed make most striking and effective pictures, particularly suited for holiday gifts. Owing to the expense but a very small edition has been issued. They will be sent, how ever, while the supply lasts to any per son sending 25 cents in stamps or silver to cover the loyalty charges and the expense of packing and mailing to F. H. Lord. General Passenger &. Ticket Agent. 113 Adams street. Chicago. Had Euniigti. "Did you shout and cuecr tor ex pansion at the banquet?" "Yes, I gues I whooped 'cr up as lively as any one there. But I had a great object lesson in my head next morning. No more expansion for me, please." For Long and chest diseases, Pipo's Curo is the best medicine wo bavo used. Mrs. J. L. Northcott, Windsor. Out.. Canada. Polemics may be good for logic, but not living. Acts gently on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels r-uANSES the System .EFFECTUALLY OVHKOMEsiATON Habitual Cop ERMANENra BUT THC GENUINE -MANTO fty duURNIAJTcSYRVP T..... - rnawf-V .rN VO -':c4 y ct. '5ca ? rca 3ut eru ocviiiti 5 a11- SSSS At tan OTer a Wooden I?. Henry Benner complained to the po lice to-day that an artificial leg, worth $107. given him by the Pennsylvania Railroad company, had been unlawful ly seized, and held by B. F. Sutton, another one-legged man. An Investi gation showed that Sutton had gotten the leg by representing to Mrs. Benner that he was goig to enlarge the socket so as to fit her husband's stump better. After getting the leg Sutton secured an attachment, claiming the owner of the leg owed him for repairs made upon it Sutton advertises the leg ior sale to satisfy the judgment Frail Growing Under (lints. It is estimated that the area of ground in tne Lnited Kingdom which is covered by glass houses devoted to fruit culture has increased more than tenfold during the last thirty years. The latest statistics show that tnere are a present over 1,000 acres of land covered in this way. The superin tendent of the Covert Garden market. London, estimates that these houses produce aoout 1.000 tons of grapes, 6.000 tons of tomatoes. 500.000 dozens of cucumbers of every year, besides which there are. of course, lesser quantities of such fruits as strawber ries, peaches, nectarines and figs. Try Grala-ot Try Graia-at Ask your grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without in jury as well as the adult. All who try It, like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but It Is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives It without distress. One-fourth the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold by au grocers. Valuable Invention. A New Zealand man named Gibson has patented an invention for brand ing stock without injuring tne nuie. The new process uses a chemical dep ilatory, which permanently destroys the hair. The destruction of part of the hide was one of the bad features of the old method, the brand appear ing on the best part of the skin. Gib sen's patent, it is claimed, will add a value of C or 7 cents at least to every hide to which it is applied. The right for Australia alone has just been uis posed of for 650,0C0. STRIKE! Hundred of Thousands Are Involved. Trouble in as Imccrtaat Part of the Org uiza- tioa ffects All the Rest-A Perfectly Harmonious System Easily Thrown Out of Gear. Organized labor has reached suc.i a stage that anything affcctiiiK a particular branch of it draws all the rest into the difficulty. , , It is exactly the same way with dilier ent orcans or the human body. Work too hard, eat too much, drink too much, ex ercise but little, be a little irregular In any way. and the liver quits work. Then the bowels become constipated and the stomach Roes on strike. The heart is affected, tht; brain follows suit, and every part in the body is dragged into the trouble. . A . ,. The only wav out of it Is to go at the source of all this the liver. Square your self with the liver and all will get bacK to regular natural work. Cascarets Candy Cathartic make things right with the liver. They perfume the breath, prevent food from souring on the stomach, give tone to the bowels.strengtn en the intestinal muscles, while they are cleaning and Stirling up the liver to re newed activity. No matter how long a case has been in curable, Cascarets are guaranteed to put things right as they should be. and set the whole machinery a-going. And you can get them at any drug store or by mall for price 10c. :5c. or 30c. Address bterllng Itemcdv Co., Chicago or New ork. This Is the CASCAUKT tab let. Every tablet of the only genuine Cascarets bears the magic loiters "C C C." Look at the tablet before you buy. nnd beware of frauds. Imita tions and substitutes. ttt IS So many Chinese officials are re singing that the empress dowager has ordered the punishment of those who apply for leave without pressing ne cessity. State of Ohio, Citv or Toledo. c L.UCAS Count v S " Frank J. Clienev makes' oath that he Is the senior partner of the tirin of P. J.Cheney &Co.. doing IniMiiess- in the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that -aid linn will pay the sum of ONE HUNURKI) DOLLARS for each and every case or Catarrh that cannot bo cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J- CHKNEY. Sworn to before mu and subscribed in mv presence, this 6th day of December. A. IX ISSrt. icr.. i a.v.i:lkason iEAU Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, a Sold hv Dmirgisls'. 75e. Hall's, Family Pills are the best. Their Strong I'oliit. "What arc the race peculiarities of Filipinos?" asked the teacher who be lieves that current history is not to 1 neglected. "They kin race like thunder," was the prompt reply of the new hey in the district. THE GRIP CURE THAT 30ES CUKE. laxative lirumo Qainine Tablets removes the cause that produces I.a Grippe. E. W Grove's signature i-J on inch lt.x. 'Sic. Queen Victoria has seventy-five di rect descendants. The queen lias seven sons and daughters living, thirty-three grand children and thirty-one great-grnndch'.u. Annil AD CTRFTrHFR One lady writes that the greatest "Dollar Stretch UULLAK 3I!U-IV,IIL-R cr sh(has evcr fouml ;s thc ncw and original method by which J. C. Hubinger is introducing his latest invention, "Red Cross" and " Hubinger's Best" starch. She says: With your Endless Chain Starch Book, I received from my grocer one large package of " Red Cros3" starch, one large package of "Hubingcr's Best" starch, and two beautiful Shakespeare panels, ail for 5c. How far my dollar will go, I am unable to figure out. Ask jour grocer for this starch and obtain the beautiful Christmas presents free. llllllOOOt'OOOOofltftiiri0tf-T!'t''1AAr'"n'IAa",,tl1 ! JO&f NMSMYTILCO ; MAMMOTHl MAILORDER HOUSi 11 0 0 l Anr AA SAVED TO THE FUCHJE Of THIS iAi Ar I f $25.00 High Grate Top Buggy $34.95 f A I UUH orCblMb urrm rnim wr wrawi .XraraOTlS" Oalv Hirtted Bumber will bo sold at our Sw&refaYthe TlJnitcd State eat 01 tho eTidcnco of cood laitn. d on -- - ffiMiTiiitiM IP HlSawaBBhWVM'?nr9wrrRml?w7s7pBt. ir.v.ii m irl 1 1 a-LSJ Br BW WC BYA V wpj F1 Cecil Rhodes, tho man who hat do more than any other Englishman co give the English-speaking race a f oot hold in South Africa, and hence Is in directly, if not directly. w?J for the differences between the Britisn government and President Kruger that have culminated in war, is the subject of an elaborate character sketch by Mr. W. T. Stead in the American Monthly Review of Reviews for No vember. Mr. Stead was the original discoverer" of Mr. Rhodes and has for many years been on terms of Intimacy with the millionaire-statesman. His sketch Is the only authentic biography of Rhodes ever published. il How Mrs. Piokkati HELPED MIS. G000EN. LETTia TO MKS. IN SHAM MO. UJJjl "I am very grateful to yon for your kindness and the interest yon have taken in me, and truly believe your medicines and advice are worth more to a woman than all the doctors in the world. For years I had female troubles and did nothing for them. Of course I became no better and finally broke down entirely. My troubles began with inflammation and hemorrhages from the kidneys, then inflammation, congestion and falling' of the womb and inflammation of ovaries. " I underwent local treatment every day for some time; then after nearly two months the doctor gave me permis sion to go back to work. I went back, but in less than a week was com pelled to give up and go to bed. On breaking down the second time, I de cided to let doctors and their medicine alone and try your remedies. Before the first bottle was gone I felt the ef fects of it. Three bottles of Lydia E. rinkham's Vegetable Compound and package of her Sanative Wash did me more good than all the doctors' treat ments and medicine. " The first remark that greets me now is 'How much better you look'. and you may be sure I never hesitate to tell the cause of my health." Mas. E. J. GOODEX, ACKLEY, !. Tho Right Word. Mrs. Wickwlre "Our washerwoman always talks about 'wrenching tho clothes instead of rinsing them.' Mr. Wickwlre "Maybe she says what she means. &he has wrenched all the button-holes out of half my shirts." The Baltimore and Ohio South Western Rail Road placed In service several months ago five large ten wheel compound passenger engines for use on fast trains between Cincinnati and St. Louis. The performance of these engines has been eminently sat isfactory and up to the highest expec tation. The same line has also in ser vice 50 consolidation compound freight engines which provide ample power for the entire line in addition to what was already in use. The compound engines were an experiment but hard service has proved that they are en tirely successful and show a saving of 15 per cent In fuel as compared with simple engines of the same type. Ex haustive tests were made with both the simple and compound locomotives before the order for the entire lot was placed with tho result vastly in favor of the compound locomotives. Krpid Growth In Hawaii. Hawaii's population lias increased 25.000 during k.ie last two years, show ing that annexaion has had a favorable effect on its census returns, as it has on Its general prosperity and social condition. It Wan "So Sudden." "Miss Gwendolen." said he as they sat on the beach in the moonlight, "will you mary me?" "This is so sudden." she cried. "My love?" he asked. "No." she replied "your nerve." Orwig'it Patent OMce Kort. Annlications for patents prepared and iirosecutcd by us have been al lowed as follows: To O. Sullivan, of Fredericksburg, la., for a railroad joint couutrising a chair re-enforccd at its ends by inte gral downward angular projections to overlay the s:de faces of cross ties ami provided with an integral splice bar at one edge adapted to overlay th; flanges and webs of the abutting end; of rails and a notch in the other edge adapted to receive a projection at th edge of a mating splice bar. To A. Mendenhall, of Oskaloosa, for a simple, strong, durable and efficient device adapted to be detachably fas tened to the top edge of the dasher of a buggy or carriage in such a iirinner that a person seated in the vehicle can readily detachably fasten driving reins thereto. Printed information about securing, valuing and selling patents sent free to applicants. THOMAS G. OK WIG & CO.. Registered Patent Attorneys. Des Moines. la., Oct. 28. 18tK. There are now twenty-three stations in all parts of the world for register ing earthquakees. If 1:0 one shrinks, the sermon lacks salt. Vtr offer this bneK7 at actual factory wliolesalo price, tha equal of which is frequently sold by the dealers at not leas than &M.0O. so tli.it they who buy direct from us sate fully tr.-fiO and get m better tinny. Wo Rive you either Diano or Comincr style bodjr. end springs or Brewster side-bar (prints, narrow or wide track, i, K or 1 inch tiro, all wool cloth or genuine leather trim, and famish tko buggy com plete with extra Leay full rubber top, briuseli carpet, storm apron, boot, nickel dash rail, hafu, anti-rat-tlcrs, etc. Paiuting is perfect and equal to $75.U buggy pa io ting. Wheels are Saxrea perfect that it U M -M 'r . special price of .. We wiU ship C. O. D. i:ocky mountain ou receipt of only U. Wu -- SU I7IU -WO 1 13 13 . . (gwesr maoison srSffl stai C M I CAOOy k which is liU at lewcftt wMmtt tries MMfutUmi tt mat. wear anal tame. is fiirniifci receipt of only 10 to partly. My JVJFhmKluZZ.ZXLZZIlT2?S 9 - i awRfBaiBCBav ammmm kk HiaaaiaH K BOOU Idiui mi nir wm viwwvw va prw b io.t Kr Mjtt jgpsao j in minimum it A. 51 l r Wi t ' ". '.v k.
