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q. s" ","V r . . -.-V'" Vf" - JIT -- -i Ji , - iT . -1 .I racrto Rlcok Three tours of the beautiful Island of Puerto Rico are scheduled to leave Chicago December 27. January 28 and February 15. Special Pullman sleep ers and dining cars will convey the party to New York, thence on board the splendid new steamships Ponce and San Juan, through and around the island by rail, automobile, carriage and boat. Tickets include all ex penses everywhere. These select lim ited parties will be under the special escort of Mr. Walter Boyd Townsend. under the management of The Ameri can Tourist Association, Reau Camp bell, general manager, 1423 Marquette building, Chicago. Itineraries, maps and tickets can be had on application to the agents of the Chicago, Milwau kee &. St Paul Ry. Among Berlin's cab-drivers there arc seven former army officers, three former clergymen, and sixteen mem bers of the nobility. THE GRIP CUBE THAT WOES CURE. Laxative Ilromo Quinine Tablets removes the cause that produces I.a Grippe. K. f. Grove's signature is on each hex. 25c. The man who fears pleasure is of finer stuff than the man' who hates It. Xex nomlianto Combination RcrcrMlilo Parlor Game ..md. 35 caiuePtMwtesthlt In jear. Agent wanted. W U.Caldwell & Co..lCl Supcrlyr-nt., Chicago Nothing dwarfs a man so much as petty pleasures. Keeps My Hair Soft "I have used your Hair Vigor for fve years and am crcitlv pleased with it. It cer tainly restores the original color ! to gray baxr. It keeps my hair soft and smooth. It quickly cured me of seme kind of humor of the scalp. My mother used your Hair Vigor for some twenty years and liked it very much.' Mrs. Helen Kilkenny, New Portland, Me., Jan. 4, '99. We do not know of any other hair preparation that has beea used in one family for twenty years, do you? But Aycr's Hair Vigor has been restoring color to gray hair for ffty years, and it never fails to do this work, cither. You can rely upon it for stopping your hair from falling out, for keeping your scalp dean and healthy, and for mak ing the hair grow rich and long. S1.M a tattle. All dnrnists. Write the Doctor I f vou tin not obtain ail t he lienefite nti ilcsiro from the hmj of the Vigor, write me jwcuirauuui tu Aiiiiress, ur. j. c Avr.n, Loireu, Jia&s. aBBNBMBVMaMMttOMtzaB PIANOS! Special Offer until Jan. 1st. DO YOU WANT ONE? I BALDWIN Thofeest Piano in the market. We wish to immediately place one in every town in the state, knowing by experience that wherever we sell one other sales are sure to follow. To in troduce these pianos we will, from now until January 1st, make a Factory wholesale price on the first piano to go to any locality where we have not already sold one. This means a great saving to the buyer. Wc Do Net Mention the Actial Price Because we will only sell one piano in each locality at this extremely low price, hoping through the advertise ment to sell others at a profit to which every dealer and manufacturer is just ly entitled. Terms cash or easy pay ments. Pianos sent on approval. Write for catalogue and full partic ulars. We also sell the Ellington, Hamilton and Valley Gem pianos and Hamilton and Monarch organs. DICKINSON HUSTON. 1514 Douglas St, Omaha. 3 Requires no CatHOK Irrw when wuaSFAflSirMO ntTauaiT igw. muirgAKTimca. HBMQ rCBlAUlQRV PUSPCSOOHLY MlumwMH . WWHA, NEB MAGNET! n The WONDER oftbiAGE. u STARCH No Boiling No Conkino 51 sHvns tne Goods It Whitens the Goods It Polishes the Goods It makes all garments fresh aad crisp as when first bought new. TRY A SAMPLE PACKAGE. Yoa'11 like it if you try it. You'll buy it if you try it You'll use it if you try It. Try it. Sold by all Grocers. SIB FflU SI F""nE?sIntocia;!nrestt:OtotI T" , ." T1 n:lsetM,nU for ! sure; safe at bank. KEED & CO.. is: S. 5th St Philadelphia. P af m mm mm Used Twenty Years j gt-.? ": r t u i-m MrLftAMMrvTum HCH MaatCmehSjTu. TattesGood. Sael"! msM Bttas. SfAHiiiinin, IS! FABM AND GAEDEN. MATTERS OP INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. TO Sobs Cp-to-Dmto BlaU Aboat Col tlTaUoa of tbe Soil and Yields Thereof HorUcaltare, Vltlcaltar aad Florloultore. Horticultural Olxervatlon The authorities that have charge of the work for the erection of buildings on the exposition grounds at Paris have adopted a novel method of pro tecting the shade and ornamental trees. One strong objection against the use of certain parts of the grounds at Paris was that there were valuable trees in the way that would apparent ly have to be sacrificed when tbe exca vations for the foundations of the buildings were made. But the French men thought out a scheme and put it into operation. Around the roots of each tree they built a wooden tank, enclosing both roots and dirt The trees were thus boxed up, but in such liberal proportions that they went right on growing as if nothing had happened. Derricks and tackling were arranged and the boxes, trees and all, were lifted high above the heads of the laborers and kept there till the work was done. After the foundations were in place the trees were dropped back into place and the boxing removed. The apple market is in a somewhat unsettled condition, owing largely to the atmospheric conditions at harvest time. The warm, moist weather in some parts of the apple belt affected the fall and early winter varieties. The fruit at picking time appeared sound, but soon began to rot Some of the old stand-bys even began to rot on the trees. The result is that this class of apples has arrived in the market in a condition that may be denomi nated "doubtful." Nevertheless, these apples have been rushed into cold storage, although some of the buyers declare they know the apples are not fit to be put into the storage houses. They say that it Is either that or put ting them upon a weak market and force sales that would make the mar ket still weaker. It Is, however, feared that when these apples are taken out of cold storage they will be so soft that they will have to be disposed of at an enormous sacrifice. We hear that a number of cars of Redstreaks were sold out to peddlers at 60 cents per bushel. The peddlers were the only ones that would handle them even at that low price. They took them knowing that they could get rid of them in a few hours, whereas tho grocers knew that they would have to hold them for days. The better apples are being held back as much as pos sible for two reasons; one of which is that the fruit men believe that the market for first-class apples is to take a jump, and the other the realization that It Is necessary for the present holders to get rid of their short-keeping varieties. More and more the English market is coming to depend on American ap ples, by which we mean apples from the United States and Canada. This year the apple crop of England Is re ported decidedly short, and what ap ples there are there, are of the fall varieties, and will not at all stand in the way of the sale of winter apples. Added to that, they are reported to be not keeping well. This means that they will be used up by the time win ter sets in. Germany, Belgium and Holland have good crops and France has a fair crop. Reports from abroad would seem to indicate that if there is any surplus on the continent that can be shipped to England it will consist mostly of fall and not of winter ap ples. Americans are not very likely to make large shipments of fall apples, and so our apple trade with Great Britain should not be affected. Unfor tunately for our own part in the trade the American apple crop is not so large that we are in a position to fill the English market very full of good apples. We fear the tendency will be to send forward other than the best fruit, as the best is likely to be kept at home by the high prices. The moral of the situation is that more winter varieties should be planted in this country. There are large areas of hilly land that is good principally for tho growing of apples, such as some of the worn-out farms from New York and Pennsylvania eastward. We should have such a large supply o! late winter apples that we will always be in shape to hold what foreign mar kets we may gain. Growing Cramberrlea. At a recent meeting of Canadian fruit growers the question of growing cranberries was discussed and one of the leading growers offered some testi mony from which the following is di gested. The land for planting cran berries should be worked up and sand ed, the sand to be from three to six inches deep. The irrigation is im portantin fact, is essential to cran berry growing. The land should al ways be kept damp. Before the frtfst comes, the patch should be flooded and kept so until the 1st of May. The ber ries do not thrive well when exposed to the winter's frost If a long spell of dry weather takes place in summer, irrigation should be repeated. One speaker said: "I grow the Cherry Bell variety and I realized $300 net for what I grew on one acre last year. I would like to know if there is anything else one would put an acre to that would bring the same returns. Sand will correct all weeds. I have now fifteen acres under cultivation, and all my neigh bors have taken up the industry, al though they laughed at me when I started mine. I can recommend the cultivation of cranberries as a profit able business, from the experience I have had." Hoes Getting Finer. An observant farmer who had given a good deal of time and study to swine exhibits at the recent Iowa State Fair called at the office and made this rath er significant remark: "I believe hogs are getting finer and smaller every year," says Wallace's Farmer. We have not had the opportunity of study ing the hog exhibits carefully for a good many years, and therefore can not pass judgment as to the accuracy of his observation. It is, however, what would naturally be expected as the result of the score card. A good many breeders have made the remark to us privately that while they had a good deal of admiration for the type of hog developed by the score card, they did not buy hogs by the score card when selecting for pork production. In other words, they did not buy for practical purposes according to the standard which the breeders have set We are very sure that they are right in this practice. The score card is val uable in training men's judgment be- cause it requires them is note carefully each particular part of the animal. la selecting hogs for show purposes, they will keep in mind tbe requirements of the score card, because it Is by that the hogs are to be Judged. When it comes, however, to selecting hogs for the pur pose of producing pork for the barrel, it is not a safe guide, and in this the breeder and practical farmers are and must be at variance until a score card is devised which provides a different standard. Betwixt the score card and a diet very largely all corn, farmers are in danger of getting their hogs too small and too fine in the bone for prac tical purposes. The Soy Bean. Glycine hispida is the scientific name. A government bulletin says ot it: This is one of the staple crops ot Japan, which attracted little attention in this country till about ten years ago. but it is now becoming quite common. The crop is cultivated like corn, the seed being planted in drills at the rate of half a bushel per acre. The stems alone are too coarse to make good bay, but are covered with such a dense growth of leaves and are so prolific in fruit that the hay is prized high ly, especially for milch cows and for fattening animals. The yield of green forage is very heavy when grown on good soil, and the yield of beans is usually from twenty to thirty bushels per acre. Those who have had most experience with this crop find that the best way to handle it is to cut or pull the plants when the first pods begin to open, and thrash as soon as dry enough. In this way the coarse stalks are so broken in pieces and mixed with the leaves and immature fruit that nearly all will be eaten. It is doubt less the best of the legumes for the silo, as it can be more easily handled for the cutter than plants like clover or cow peas. There are a number of varieties, differing mainly in the time of ripening and the color of the seeds. Fact Against Dllatloa Separators. A Washington, D. C, correspondent of the Farmers Review writes: The department of agriculture has recently been preparing some matter on cream separation by dilution. The various gravity or dilution separators placed upon the market have caused consid erable general discussion of the sub ject and at the New York Cornell sta tion the subject of patents on these "separators" was investigated and practical trials were made of several of them. In all of the cans the separa tion of cream depends upon gravity, and the designation of them as separators is misleading inasmuch as that term is by common usage applied to contriv ances in which the cream is separated by centrifugal force. It is stated that the patents granted on these cans cover unimportant details of construc tion, and that "anyone desiring to use this process of doubtful utility Is free to do so without let or hindrance from the holder of any patent-right what ever." In the practical testa at the Cornell station, dilution with water between 50 and CO degrees Fahr., gave results approximately the same as those ob tained by deep setting in ice water with a Cooley can. With milk from cows comparatively fresh, cold, deep setting gave considerably better results than the dilution method. After a two week's trial of a dilution separator by the Michigan station the verdict was "not only was the loss excessive (fat content) but the skimmilk thus di luted with so much water could not be fed to advantage and the cream soured rapidly. One hundred and twenty trials of the same "separator" were made at the Vermont station, which reports "The gravity separator left in the skimmilk, 13 per cent of the fat of the mixed milk, 40 per cent of the Ayrshire milk and 17 per cent of the fat of the strip per milk. The centrifugal separator left between 1 and 2 per cent of the fact of these milks behind in th skimmilk." Airalfa as Stock Feed. The first crop of alfalfa is much the best for horses, writes a contributor to Nebraska Farmer. The stems are more woody, but horses will eat them up clean and, if overfed, will allow the leaves to accumulate in the manger, showing that they prefer the stems! A cow, on the other hand, very much prefers the leaves, so that a common custom in alfalfa-growing districts is to give the horses an ample allowance and clean out the manger for the cows. The second crop is a little les3 woody than the first and will be eaten up clean by cows as well as horses. The third crop is not so well relished by horses, nor will they keep in so good condition on it, as it affects the kidneys too much. But cows do well on it In any alfalfa district the first crop will sell best for horse feed, and is consid ered more nutritious for any stock. But the later crops are considered almost as good for young stock, and will be eaten up clean by cows. Minimize Cholera Losses. Jas. Riley says: If the hog cholera should break out on our own farm, then all the pigs that have been ex posed to it should be confined in small lots so as not to spread the disease on the farm. The pig that has the cholera should be confined in a pen to itself, and it should be sprayed three or four times each day with chloro-naphtho-Ieum twenty parts water to one of the chloro, and the floor of the pen should be kept white with slaked lime, and if the pig died, if it can be done, haul some logs and wood and burn it in the the pen where it died, but if not be sure that every cholera germ is killed on the way from the pen to the place where the pig is burned. By using such vigorous measures we have succeeded in stamping the cholera out several times on our farm. American Swine herd. There is no doubt that as a general thing it pays to use thoroughbred rams. It is not necesvary to have thor oughbred sheep right through but with a full-blooded ram it will take only a few years to improve the flock to a point where the sheep, will be prac tically thoroughbreds. Do not keep more fowls than can be properly taken care of. CAMMlftE SKETCHES. GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE VETERANS. Aa Act ef Bravery Toaag Naval Ofleer Saved the Lives ar a lVaadlag; Party KaUlcs to Basle Riderless Cavalry Horses Will Obey the Call. Star Agala. Tou sang me a song-. p 'Twas the. close of the year. Sing- again! I cannot remember the name Or the words, Tis the same We listen to hear When the windows are open In the spring. And the air's full of birds; One calls from the branch some sweet thing. And one sings on the wing The refrain You sang me a song. My heart thrilled to hear. The refrain Has run like a fillet ot gold Through the woof Of the cold Dark days of a year. Tonight there's a year at its start. All the birds are aloof. Your eyes hold the sun for my part. And the Spring's in your heart. Sing again! -M. U Van Vorst - i An Act of Bravery. A fresh story of a naval officer's courage in the Philippines is brought to Washington by Surgeon Stone, late of tbe Bennington, who is now in tbe city, says the Washington Star. Its hero is Lieut. Emory Winship, also of the Bennington, and now on leave in this country.recoverlng from the effects of five Mauser bullets gathered in vari ous parts of his anatomy while saving a landing party of 125 men from being cut up by a regiment of Filipinos. Win ship's exploit dates back to last March, but it is characterized by those who saw it as the equal of anything done by Ensign 'Davis of the Helena, who took a machine gun ashore early in February and fought with the land forces in the battle of Caloocan and the vicinity. It will be remembered that Ensign Davis and his gun played an important part In capturing half a dozen Filipino positions, and that he was subsequently advanced ten num bers in his grade on recommendations of Gens. Otis and MacArthur and of Admiral Dewey. Winship has been ad vanced from assistant engineer to lieu tenant, and at last accounts had got rid of all but two of his Mauser sou venirs. It happened shortly after the bombardment of Malabon, about March 5,that Admiral Dewey expressed a wish for some photographs of the earth works and houses that had been struck by the ten-Inch shells from the Mon adnock. Commander Tausig said that If he were allowed to land a few boat loads of men he could get all the pho tographs wanted. It was believed at that time that the hostiles had all va cated that part of the shore, so permis sion was given to land a party. Sev eral boats with between 125 and 150 men started ashore and on landing made for an old church which was the chief object of interest A false Idea of security led them to advance very carelessly, throwing out no advance and taking nothing but their side arms. Only a boat guard of two men under Winship was left to keep up steam in the launch which had towed In the landing party, but fortunately the launch had a small automatic gun mounted forward and Winship was well acquainted with its working. The landing party had gone inland some little distance, when they were sur prised by a whole regiment of Fili pinos, who suddenly appeared out of the jungle. The natives advanced on the run, shooting wild, but confident of cutting off the whole party. Those ashore expected little else, but seeing it was a case of a foot race or a funeral, they doubled back for the boats, yell ing lustily. That was where Winship came on in a star part He unlim bered his machine gun on the Filipi nos, calculating closely, so as not to enfilade his own comrades. It was practically one man against a thou sand and tbe natives came on with a rush, hoping to put tbe lone gunner out of action before his fellows could reach the launch. Winship received the bulk of their fire, thereby also con tributing to the safety of the landing party, and he stood up to his work. He was struck five times once in the shoulder, the arm, the hip and twice in the leg. He braced himself and continued to train tbe gun while his men fed it ammunition. Thirty Fil ipinos dropped under his fire before the little jungle men decided they bad enough. Their rush was checked and then they ran, pursued by the relent less fire of Wlnshlp's lone gun. The retreating boat crews reached tho shore just in time to see Winship sink down In the bow of the launch. The closest estimate that could be made of the enemy's loss was about sixty killed and wounded. Commander Tausig said that but for Winship the entire landing party would have been cut off. The young assistant engineer was taken back to the Bennington, where he was patched up temporarily and subsequently sent back to Wash ington, where he passed his examina tion for promotion with two Mauser bullets still in him. But the exam ining board said they did not seem to disagree with him at all. A Cuban Incident. A most interesting incident in the Cuban campaign happened in connec tion with the unloading of cavalry horses and pack mules from the vari ous transports off SIboney. At first the horses, one by one, were coaxed, pushed or prodded from an open port into the water, where a waiting boat picked up the floating halter, and started for shore with the plunging beast in tow. But this method was soon found to be too slow. The troops under Gen. Shafter were waiting at Siboney to make an advance on San tiago; but before the movement could begin the army must have its horses and mules to drag artillery, commis sary wagons and ambulances over the muddy mpuntain trails, and to hurry ammunition and food to the hard working men on the firing line. This slow piloting of each animal to the chore was abandoned and the horses were forced overboard and left to reach terra firma as best they could. Then began a pathetic struggle to gain tbe beach. Some of the horses, from the first stroke of their churning hoofs, re mained unterrified and clear-headed. These swam directly to the shore, and when they reached it, walked with matter-of-fact calm up tbe sandy Elope. But a majority of tbe poor beasts lost their wits, and swam about in wide circles, lashing the water into foam, with abject fear manifest in their wildly staring eyes. Everywhere horses' heads dotted the bay. A few of the panic-stricken animals turned and swam out to sea. to certain death; others floated in a bewildering circle, and every moment settled lower be- neath the waves. At this crisis a trooper, upon whose arms biased the yellow ehevToa of a cavalry sergeant, ran to the water's edge, squared his broad shoulders, clicked his heels at "Attention!" and raising a bugle to Ma lips, sounded blast after blast across the rolling waters. If the sea had suddenly parted to allow these half drowned animals to walk ashore dry shod, the effect could hardly have been more striking than that of these bugle notes. As the well-known call of "Stables!" reached the confused and frightened horses, they raised them selves from the water for an Instant, then with ears erect and pointing to ward the familiar call, they swam dl rectly toward the welcome sound. Diz zy and sore of Up, this cavalry Gabriel sent his saving blasts over the water until the last horse had drawn his wearied length upon the beach, and was led trembling to the shade of the palms. A VlgUaat Seatry. Mr. Henry Kirke, formerly an official in British Guiana, high in the colonial service, relates an adventure, the com edy of which .might at any moment have turned to tragedy. It was at a time of serious disturbances In the col ony. Rioting had occurred near one of the larger cities, and every precau tion had been taken against a fresh outbreak. Mr. Kirke had issued a password and a countersign, and the sentries received strict orders to shoot anyone who atttempted to pass with out giving the word. That night, says Mr. Kirke, I had been dining out of town', and was returning cheerfully to my quarters about 11 o'clock, when I was suddenly confronted by a black sentry, who brought his rifle down to the order, and cried out: "Who go dere?" I was somewhat startled, for I had forgotten the sentries, and what was of much more importance, I had forgotten the password. I knew that the sentries were picked men, gener ally Africans, who had served in some West Indian regiment, and who were noted for their strict obedience to orders. So I knew that if this sentry had been ordered to shoot anyone at tempting to pass without giving the word he would do so. I attempted to temporize. "Look here, my man," I said, "you know me." "What de word?" shouted tbe sentry, rattling his arm. That was just what I wanted to know. I heard the man cock his rifle, and knew he would let drive in another minute; so I made an undignified strategic movement to the rear, so aa to place the inspector's house, which stood near, between me and the enemy. Satisfied by this maneuver that I was a dangerous character, the sentry began to stalk me round the building, with his gun ready for action. The instant I got round the corner of the inspect or's house I bolted up the back steps and broke in upon the astonished in spector just as he was getting into bed. I explained my dilemma and he gave me the password. Then, approaching the window, I peeped out very cau tiously toward my friend, who was prowling round the house to have a pot shot at me. I shouted the word to him, and later, when I went out with the inspector, I explained the circum stances of the case, gave him five shil lings, and told him he was a first-rate sentry. Rallles to Bagle, A veteran cavalry horse partakes of tbe hopes and fears of battle just the same as his rider. As the column swings into line and waits, the horse grows nervous over the waiting. If the wait is spun out he will tremble and sweat and grow apprehensive. If he has been six months in service he knows every bugle call. As the call comes to advance the rider can feel him working at the bit with his tongue to get it between his teeth. As he moves out he will either seek to get on faster than he should or bolt He can not bolt, however. The lines will carry him forward, and after a minute he will grip, lay back his ears, and one can feel his sudden resolve to brave the worst and have done with it as soon as possible. A man seldom cries out when hit in tbe turmoil of battle. It is the same with a horse. Five troopers out of six, when struck with a bullet, are out ef their saddles within a minute. If hit in the breast or shoulder, up go their hands and they get a heavy fall; if in the leg or foot or arm, they fall forward and roll off. Even with a foot cut off by a jagged piece of shell, a horse will not drop. It is only when shot through the head or heart that he comes down. He may be fatally wounded, but hob bles out of the fight to right or left, and stands with drooping head until the loss of blood brings him down. The horse that loses his rider and is unwounded himself will continue to run with his set of fours until some movement throws him out Then he goes galloping here and there, neigh ing with fear and alarm, but he will not leave the field. In his racing about he may get among the dead and wounded, but he will dodge them if possible, and in any case leap over them. When he has come upon three or four other riderless steeds, they fall in and keep together, as if for mutual protection, and the "rally" of the bugle may bring the whole of them into ranks in a body. His Spirit Near Battle Scenes. From the Chicago Post: A boy who had dropped from a tree and had broken his leg was lying in bed pa tiently and looking at the ceiling. His leg was in a plaster cast, and all he had to do was to "keep still." He had been doing that for some days. He knew he would continue the perform ance many more days. He knew every variation in the wall paper of his room, every figure that a sick boy's fancy can build out of tbe shadings in the ceiling or the inequalities of the wall. But as he lay there, his hands under his head It was the stillest ot summer Sundays he was suddenly startled with the impression of dan ger. Something fearful was happen ing. He did not know where it was; he did not know what was its nature. But men were thrilling with some tre mendous endeavor like conflict. He could feel the waves of an unseen struggle swell and subside. A brother was absent was on the farther side of the earth, as this crippled little fel low vaguely understood. But that was all he knew about it. He had not consciously paid any attention before that moment to the fact of a war with Spain. It was somewhat beyond the field of a boy who climbs trees and drops out. That night his father came home with the story of the battle of Manila bay; and the little sufferer there in the bed knew he had been nearer bis far-away sailor brother than he had to his rather, who had to await the slow speech of the lightning under the seas. Alaska Indiana eat mosquitoes. A person can write soft nothings with a bard pencil. V. B. Fateat Osaee Baslaess. The Examiners of all the 34 divisions excepting 3 are now under one month in arrears with their work. Five hundred and six patents were Issued this week and 58 of them to one inventor for printing machinery. To Iowa inventors 9 for various subjects, Minnesota 9, Nebraska Missouri 14, Illinois 37. New York 146. Mrs. E. V. Pondinot, of Des Moines, has been allowed a copyright for a book entitled, "Patriotic Poems, Our Heroes from '61 to '99." Patents have been allowed as fol lows: To C. E. Baker, of Des Moines, for a label, the title of which is "Ozono," a coined word for a remedy for catarrh, a disease that is prevalent and distressing. To S. S. Templeton, of Dunreath, la., for an automatic valve for watering troughs adapted for regulating the flow of water therefrom and preventing waste of water by animals that are supplied from a source or supply con nected with a trough by means of a tube. Valuable printed matter sent to any address and advice to inventors sent free. THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO., Registered Solictors of Patents. Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 25, '99. Those who love always have no leis ure to pity themselves, or to be un happy. New Inventions. Thirty-three per cent of the inventors who obtained pat ents the past week were able to dispose oi tne wnoie or a part of their inven tion before the pat ent was Issued. Among the manufacturers patents were the following: buying Regina Music Box Co., Rahway, N. J.. Dempster Manufacturing Co., Des Moines, Iowa, Atlas Yack Co., of Maine, Union Scale and Manufacturing Co., Sacramento, Cat, National Folding Box and Paper Co., New Haven, Conn., Simplex Railway Appliance Co., Chi cago, HI., Automatic Air Carriage Co., of New York, Edward Hett, of New York City, had twenty-eight (28) patents issued to him last week, all relating to print ing presses. The government tax on these patents alone was one thousand dollars (31,000.) Parties desiring information as to procuring patents or bringing them to the attention of possible buyers should write to Sues & Co., Patent Lawyers, Bee BIdg., Omaha, Neb., for free ad vice. Affliction What everyone can carry for someone else. Half Kates South via Omaha aad St, Loals and Wabash Routes. On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month the above lines will sell horns seekers tickets to southern points for one fare (plus $2.00) round trip. WINTER TOURIoi RATES now on sale to Hot Springs, Ark., and all the winter resorts at greatly RE DUCED RATES. Remember the O. & St. u. and Wa bash, the shortest and quickest route to St. Louis. Remember the O. & St. L. and O., K. C. & E. is the shortest route to Quincy. Unexcelled service to Kansas City and the south. For rates, sleeping car accommoda tion and all information cat at the QUINCY ROUTE OFFICE, 1415 Far Harry E. Moores, City Passenger and Ticket Agent, Omaha, Neb. Mistake What people with loud mouths never make. State or Onto, Citt of Toledo, f Lucas cocktv. ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he In tho senior partner of the tlnn of P. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that said II rm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. PRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, tbisCth day of December. A. D. 18S4 ,cAT i A. W. GLEASON. lbKAIJ Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of tbe system. Send for testimonials, free. P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, a Sold by Druirgists. 75c. Hall's Family Pills arc the best The higher you sit the better you can drive. Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. H. Green's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy specialists in the world. Read their adver tisement in another column of this paper. A good boy is worth far more than a bad man. I never used so qnick a cure as Piso's Cure for Consumption. J. B. Fnlmer, Box 1171, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 25, 1S9J. On November 3 Mrs. Eunice Sladc. widow of Samuel Siade, celebrated her 100th birthday, when she was visited by many of her neighbors in Walpole, N. H. She was the mother of seven children, including twin girls, was never seriously ill, and is in good health to this day. Ex-Senator Henry P. Dawes, of Mas sachusetts, celebrated his 83d birthday last week by entertaining the Monday Evening Club, a literary society, at his home in Pittsfield. Mr. Dawes read a paper on "The Duties and Functions of the United States Senate." At Johannesburg the telephone sys tem is operated by the Dutch and one has to pay a year's subscription in advance about $75 per month and no service is furnished after 5 p. m. Acts gently on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels CUANSES THE YSTEM himtbifiS rtnpvintniu Ntri ICIALF'' BY THE GENVJINt-MANT o &y (AUI9RNIATC,SYRVP ; v22zf. 'V!?k C-Tk 5hL mm H88i w vri rrrri.ii icii w T For 47 Tears m Railroad Coadncton Early this fall tho management of the B. O. R. R. decided that the uni formed force should be provided with service stripes, and on the winter uni forms each man has one or more gold stripes on his right sleeve if he has been In the service for five or more years. The gold stripe stands for five years continuous employment by the company and a glance over tho list develops an interesting and Instructive condition of affairs. The ordinary man, in a peaceful and uneventful vocation. Is seldom In con tinuous service for forty years, yet on the B. & O. R, R. there is a hale and W. II. GREEN. He ha3 been employed in the B. & O. for 50 years. hearty old man, with keen, undimmed eyes, and a springy step that has been in the continuous employ ot the com pany for 50 years and is still better than many men half his age. W. H. Green Is his name, but every body on the line calls him "Captain Harry" and he has a record that any man, in any station in life, would be more than proud of. Captain Green is probably the old est passenger conductor in the world. If he is not he has the best record, for not once has he been suspended from duty for any cause whatever. And then, too, he has never been injured. Green was born on September 12, 1827. in Cockeysville. Baltimore county, Md.. and entered the B. & O. service March 3, 1850, as a freight brakeman. He was promoted in two years to freight con ductor and In 1S57 was given a pas wncpr train nnil hns c.-irvoil in thnt Jn.. .. i i i . capacity ever since. He is now run- ning through trains between Baltimore nnrt Pnmhorlnnfl Til ami n-iirc tPn and Cumberland, Md., and wears ten service stripes on ms ngni arm. For many years B. & O. train em ployes have had an enviable reputa tion for politeness to passengers and attention to duty, and the adoption of the service stripe system will give the traveling public an opportunity to rec ognize long and faithful service. Try Grala-ot Try Grnla-at Ask your grocer today to show you a package of GRAIX-O, the new food drink that takes the place of e?ffce. The children may drink it without in jury as well as the adult All who try it. like it GRAIN-0 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 alt grocers. Mrs. Byron Alford, of Eldred, Pa., owns and operates a nitroglcerine and dynamite factory. Cbrlstmns rrcen:n. It Is often difficult to select an ar ticle for a Christmas present that will be acceptable and inexpensive. The John M. Smyth Co. have solved the problem by offering for sale 5,000 guitars at 2.C5 each, thus bringing them within the reach of everyone. The firm Is thoroughly reliable. See "ad" in another part of this paper. Get their mammoth catalogue. There is nothing good In a man but his young feelings and his old thoughts. 25c. SAMPLE BOTTLE lOc. FOR NEXT THIRTY DAYS. r. RHEUMATISM ? BowHaTeToflReadAtogtDrops,,WitatTakiogTriii? Do you not think you haYe wasted precious time and suffered enough? If so, then try the "5 Drotis" and lr promptly and jcrmanciitly cured of your afflictions. 4'5 Drops" is a speedy and Sure Cure for Rheumatism. Neuralgia. Sciatica, Lumbago (lame back). Kidney Disease.. Axtlima. Hy Fever. Dyspepsia. Catarrh of all LimN, Bronchitis. La Grippe. Headache (nervous cr neuralgic). Heart Weakness. Dropsy. Carache. Spasmodic and Catarrhal Croup, Toothache, Nervousness. Sleeplcssnesi. Creeping Numbness. Malaria, and Uindred diseases. "5 Drops" has enrrd more people during the past four years, of thealiovc-neined ilis-ases, than lor (TRADE MARK J all other remedies known, and in cae of Rheumatism 14 curing more than all the doctors, patent mei!icincs,eltctric tlts and hattoricscomhinod. for they ran not cure Chronic Rheumatism. Therefore waste no more valuable time and money, l:t try "5 Drops" and ! promptly CURED. "5 Drops" is not only the hest nieiltrine, but it is th-cheapest, forafl GO bottle contains 300 doses. Price por bottle. 1.00. prepaid by mail or express, or f lotttrs for J3tt. For the next 30 days we will send a 2?c sample FREE to anyone sending 10 cents to pay for the mailing. Agents wanted. Write today. 8WANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO., IGO-164 E. LAKE ST., CHICAGO. HREdmOM PRODUCER 0 EVERYTHING SUPPLY HOUSE lAME&STATE STS. wsMwmimrssoivEmpmatAs. wax mention! GREAT OK WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. ENCLOSE riIIS$3r, RtOT for $21.41. Sjwotho KetailerVl'roPt-ivtli Whotfaler ITont. Tafefc alT.intiu: cr our contract Grchnzn. Othir liaT n.ivanccl Ififir price of FcrlsrStcn. but ocrcoctract withthn taanufictrircrs com:ols thrni to famish mwilh lhf. no wn can fll thpm&tasmallpmlitatc.I.ll.fZLZlftn'! i'J7.T7. YOU would Im roiil of either oueof these parlor rtovca. Tim pictures piTQbuta laintldMorttwirWftfancw. BectCO. I'.on rfcoiptor'JTc. jotito pay holnrcsto jourtuinioror IroiKbt agent nn arrival al soar depot. ITha(.r.,tMf Linrtina.m..nff.fMl m JUP ft I mWlmWL JsB A Large Store trJiea ! fuel than asmall on for teat Send 1.1 rtu ami o-ir Lane Supply CaUlnenn contalrv Siveo: hear in mind when orderinir. laKOTorl'JJifncsandoveror.eliunilredtaottictdiuU JJxli'iMS-i'AGESTOVKCATALOGCEFIlEE: and price-. will iMjwnteipreMpaid. T. 21. KOKERTS" SCPl'LY flOl'SU. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. MAMMOTH MAILORDER! to HOUSI 5,000 GUITARS AT $2.61 This Guitar k made of the finest imita tion mahoeany with either solioirosewood or walnut finger board, pearl inlaid position dots and German silver raised frets: it has fancy in lay around sound hole and best quality American patent heads; the tcp of Guitar is beautifully bound with celluloid; it a strung with a full set of best quality steel springs and is ready to pUy ttjoc. E&Si fcT: :fK sal -: r; Jmtn which wmmm CM W iw cwv I wwr L - lSffsf Hi isP BFTtI i QflARRH R GRIPPE CROUP HOARSB NESS of :uTi'sof choice agri cultural I.ANOS now iH.'ncil for srttli'in: tit in Western Ciinatl i. Herein crown tdeec"- elinitetl NO. I HAKI ' WHKAT. which brings the UH:hC-.t lirlce ill thU markets of the worM: thousands of euttle tiro j Iatteneii for market without ieh- fe.i Kr.iin. ,'uua without day's shelter. Sent for informa- I tlon ami secure a free home in Weslern I'anaiU. Write the Superintendent .r imniisrmtio-i. o:- tawa. oradtlress the umlersteued. who will mail you atlases, pamphlets, of- free of ciwt. . ltcnnutt. HOI N. Y. Life Hulltlim,', Oman i. Neb. DR. SETH ARNOLD'S has stood the te:t of 50 years and is still the lU-st Cough Keuirdy Sold. Cures when other remedies fail. Tnste-i Kood: children like it. Sold by ull druKists 'St cents. COUGH KILLER DEIICinilS Get TourPensiea r CliOIUliO double quick. Write CAPT. O'FAHRELL. Pension A Kent. MJC New Yort Atcnuc. WASMINQTON. D. C CARTERS INK . lirinRyour children up on it. fmsMfAicicftaslJ": w.irtoitHis, ncraSriwIw; Yuii:ustni, .. Successfully Prosecutes Claims. T.ate I'linctnal frrmtnr U U Peneion llureuu. Jvrtliii'tvtluur. l&ju'l:iMtiM:: intuit. :itt Mm-e. nDnDQYNEW DISCOVERY; civeo ca'i's. llook uf tet!mon!n!n snil in Hits Irr.itincnl VKEK. Pit. II. H. mriVS suK, Bt K, AllaoU, lii. flHTCn :nitleiii:in or l.'iily to reprr rnt ""JISH il In till xlrlnlty Ii.ivIiik Me in (iialit.iiiiiMvtlliril'rty iirtii'iiliiitiif iiu-an. All llH'llllie lit M'!T.ll tlllll.ltlll ll"lllir III !! flf Hlilllly unit l'ixkI iWt-rrurt'. l'or liifairnmtluii mMris I. .M. MIM.Ki;. II lsri:iilu:iy. New York. If nRIIctnl with ) ThnMHeniiV Cu. W-im miro ejres. usef nviiijf aw ii kj idflieia W. N. U. OMAHA. No. 45-1899 Jlenton tills taper to advertisers. :orJOBBERto;oN5UMER COLDSS) COlJGHSLAajH S0RZ-IW3M THftUWlllBSSH mmiwoam If OESERAL JOE WHEELER il IB SS at Peruna: Join Sent- 1 1 IE tors Sullivan, Roach and Mc- II I U Enery in their good opinion of MM III Pcrvna as an effective catarrh 1 mmzn MILLIONS WM r EVERYBODY . SMALLS this paper' 10 Q5.T0 HELP FW POSTAGE xPR ICE. 23.75 511 triBirtac oat, aim yam FREE Cat nUmif torn Scent vvti3l2Zz.mtxt LfJin or "'(.Jcawai g""?f' 32 SItWPS stamp: A AbSSX. Knrnituro. "i ocl Vh.cl. cl s C Sto7et nnd Ilanao. D Aaricnltnral lnirliantn. E ItobrCirrlaiws. F lu nml I'uIDt .!--! icin-s. K Muicl Jnttuat-nrH. n-uryan ana onwimt Machine. I-Iiicje!-. J-Omisand nrt:ci: Go.!. K I-i'li- nnd (!nl' J-nrnisliin Oikx!. L- "r tioodi. M- Ind-ni'Ie Cluthin tor Men nd ISoys. M- ieut nfi! KtifM".. O Ladlfe HM-i and ClraK. I50 to I66 WCST MADISON ST CHICAGO 6 THIS ELEGANT GUITAR FOR $2.65 No more, no less, than 1,000 of tlirai, C probably tho larges-t contract in guitar ever njilo an in-trum;nt thai .tsn- tivelys'-IU from 53,7) to T.U. Wlirntkia fl lot 13 cjchauslc:! v;u cannot duplicate thiiolfcr. Quantity talks. Only by opr atintr on such. 'i bisr scale. toother titlj our vicll-knovrn small prolit .olicy.coiild such an otTtring bo joible. Anotlwr reason for o'lajfcsin:? such a ba renin broadcast U ths confld'-nce wo f'-fl tl.at cv-ry guitar cold will win for in a Im manent patron anil a friiid ul.o-o rc-oinmendation w can conn. upon. o will forward tho guitar to acy J'ddrssj C. O. D.. subject to examination vpoa receipt of .Vte. We. hov.eier. adviac that caah in full Ijo suit, as that save return rharcjes for money and wo stan.i per fectly rv:dy to r-fund mimry if tin cuitar is rot all r.r.d more than weclaim f.-.rft. r.empwneronr Aft $'fi special prico on 5,WJ ot JjlX-SRSu ihcmcnlyi . pJBwW is listed at fewest wholesale prices ffkf 7 T?l rr ss- i' K Ti II vervthmd to eat wear ana use.is lurnisrfc t'iM . ..; nfflnltf fOc to nartlv navr '(" I -j - - v.j postage or expressaec ona as eviaence r A feith ha IfJc is allowed on first --" - -- -- ne . ' j f purchase amounting w irr ordwie. a irtna unuTMiv r.aorrBv qbick list ruse .Ifi i.i........ - w --. il. r v.Ti ;'!' J '