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Jeswe m at Head's, because la Santiago in the better class of womb the bedsteads are surrounded with A close kind of netting beginning t the floor and gathered at the top. This is intended as a protection against tarantulas. Isapartaat laTcatloas. Pataats hare been allowed upon ap plications prepared and prosecuted by a for interesting subjects as follows: T C W. Cross, of Grinnoll, for an axillary air heater adapted to be con tacted with a stove in such a manner that it will receive and direct the pro ducts of combustion and aid in warm lag and circulating air in a room, as required to maintain a inlform tem perature, by admitting cool air at its atom, heating it and discharging it at lis top. An undivided half is assigned t W. S. More of same place. Ta J. Morgan, of Atlantic for a plant planting machine adapted to be ad vanced across a field by horses to set aat cabbage and tobacco plants in raws at regular distances apart A aoy on the machine hands plants in accession to automatic plant holders aa a wheel and as the. wheel revolves It places the plants in a furrow in ad Taace of the wheel by a furrow opener aai farrow closers immediately cover the roots and rollers pack the ground aroaad the roots. An undivided half has been assigned to E. Whitney, of Chicago. Mated consultation anI advice free. THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO.. Registered Patent Attorneys. Dee Moines, Iowa, Dec. 27, 1899. Russian photographers bang the pic tares of the delinquents upside down at the entrance of their studios. Magnetic Starch Is the very best laundry starch in the world. A Bum's ideal figure usually has a 4olLir mark In front of it Twe kettles of Piso's Core for Consump ttea cared me of a bad lung trouble. Mrs. i. HIrtils, Priaceton, Ind., Mar. 26, 1895. Very few husbands are half as good aa their wives imagine they are. For More Than a Century rs Chocolate hu been tbe standard. Made on: Sp Wetter Baker Co. Ltd.. Dorchester. Mass. Many a good man has worried him self crazy over a pointless joke. "I lad t bed coiga for six weds tad coild not ind any relief wattever. I read what a woaderfal retaedj Aycr sCkerry Pectoral was for coigis and I loagat a bottle. Before I had takes t smarter of it my cough liesdreljleftame,M---LHav. Newiagtoa, Oat., May 3. 1899. Quickly Cures Colds Neglected colds always lead ta foaaetaiag serioss. They fii kto carotuc broachhis wfcica sjatts dowa your general aealta aad deprives yoi of sleep: or taey cad ia gensine coasnsap tsoawhaall its encertain results. Doa't wait, bit take Ayer's Cacrry Pectoral jsst as soon as yoa begia to conga. A few doses will care yoa then. Bst it cares old colds, too. only it takes a little more time. We refer to sack diseases as broa ckitts. astkma, arkoopag-coagk. coasamptiofi. and kard wiater coagks. If yeeTe jact takes cold a 25 cent bot tSsis all yoall seed. For harder casts a St eaat Bottle is setter. For chronic Sraahles, aad to keep oa head, the Sl.ee Settle is saost economical. name aad address on.aj soshd, aai we will send you our 156- J aVaaNNamS' I aaa aasaa asew I VeweS RsaaavW awt aattMMM)Mee3&S&J w. v. r. OmtAatA. Ko 4 lsee FOR 14 CEHTSS toesSirssraajBi mir. r Gsries Beat. exse. aheaPka.aetkaiJS,s will ssm sa irae. aaareiaar wna assat OMsio? totfi M aU shea luumsaauMSsuAi ftkta 'a iaTiteiesrtraas, jvartraaa. sad ! tryMsuaera! twill asasr de witaeat. 0ssaai esasa mmmmmmmmtmmmmi I Had a Bad Cough "Winchester ! .aataw i ! ssaaaaaaV-frsTSSeyt aP BaSasf aBaaaf saaa aaaV h aaaaaf .CiraV aW SaaaaaaVal SaaaSSaSaSa 1 m lie) a Hsr Now. If Winston Churchill gets back to England his political future is assured. His exploits have caught the fancy of the whole country. He was defeated for parliament just before the war, but now he can have almost any place, regardless of politics. Hope for CoasaBsptlves. The percentage of "arrested cases" of pulmonary disease in the Massa chusetts Hospital for Consumptives in the last year was 30.97; percentage of cases of improved, 46.10, and percent age of cases not improved, 21.23. The rumor that England is prepar ing the island of St Helena for the possible reception of President Kruger lends special timeliness to an article which will appear in the February Century the first of the hitherto un reported "Talks with Napoleon," from the diary of Dr. B. E. O'Meara, nis physician at St Helena. The ex tracts printed in this number are pre faced an account of the writer's re lations with the ex-Emperor and the story of the manuscript's discovery by the editor of The Century. A por trait of O'Meara and a map of the island are among the ..lustrations in this instalment. I"IT1 Twin tlr rtirrfl jJoSttawBeironsnesssXter tint day' f Vr. Kline' Ores Kerr Kertorer. e4 for FREE at.Ott trtol bottle and treatise. uSrtLB. aSs -. 1 Arch St.. mUdelpfcia. Ps, A leading feature of The Atlantic during the first six months of 1900 will be "The Autobiography of W. J. Still man." Mr. Stillman's career as art ist, editor, and newspaper correspond ent in various foreign countries has brought him into touch with many of the most striking personages and events of the last fifty years. The early papers of the series give singu larly interesting characterizations of Dr. Nott. the famous President of Un ion College, of Ruskin, Turner, and other English and American artists. of Kossuth, whom Mr. fatillman served as secret agent, of Emerson, Holmes. Lowell. Agassiz, and other members of the Adirondack Club. For starching fine linen use Magnetic Starch. Over 1,000 houses in London are ten antless because they are popularly supposed to be haunted. The Lead of Itread aad Batten is the title of a new illustrated pamph let just issued by the Chicago, Mil waukee & St Paul Railway, relating more especially to the land along the new line it is now building through Bon Homme and Charles Mix counties in South Dakota. It will be found very interesting reading. A copy will be mailed free en receipt of 2-cent stamp for postage. Address Geo. H. Heafford, General Passenger Agent. Chicago, 111. I'm denyin' the women are foolish': God Almighty made 'em to match the men. George Eliot. Mrs. Wtaslows Soothlas; Syrnp. For children teething, softens the (turns, reduces In flammaUoa. allays pain, cores wind colic 23cabottle Ask some men how they fell and they will entertain you for an houi with their woes. A MINNESOTA FARMER Dees Well la-Tfentera Caaada. Virden, Man., Nov. 18, 1899. Hon. Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior. Ottawa. Canada Sir: Think ing that my experience in Manitoba might be both useful and interesting to my fellow-countrymen in the United States who may be looking to Mani toba and the northwest with the in tention of settling there, I have much pleasure in stating that through in formation received from Mr. W. F. McCreary, immigration . commissioner at Winnipeg. I was induced to visit Manitoba in February, 1898. When I called upon Mr. McCreary he spared no pains to give me all the Information, etc., in his possession, the result of which was that I came here with a letter of introduction from him to the secretary of the Virden Board of Trade. That gentleman provided me with a competent land guide, and, although there was considerable snow on the ground. I had no difficulty in selecting three homesteads for myself and sons. Having made the necessary homestead entries at the land office in Brandon, I returned to my home in Lyon county. Minnesota, and came back here in May following, accompanied by one of my boys, bringing with us two teams of horses, implements, etc Our first work was to erect a tempo rary shanty and stable, after which we broke and leveled seventy-five acres and put up thirty tons of hay. I went back to Minnesota about July 20, leaving my son here. I returned in October, bringing my family with me. I found that the land we had acquired was of good quality, being a strong clay loam with clay subsoil. Last spring I sowed 100 seres in wheat and fifty acres in oats and barley. (Seventy-five acres of this grain was sowed on "go-back" plowed last spring.) My crop was thrashed in October, the result being over 2,700 bushels of grain in all. Wheat aver aged fifteen bushels per acre and graded No. 1 hard, but that which was sown on land other than sod ("go back") went twenty four and one-half bushels per acre. To say that I am well pleased with the result of my first year's farming operations in Manitoba does not ade quately express my feelings, and I have no hesitation in advising those who are living in districts where land is high in price to come out here, if they are willing to do a fair amount of work. I am ten miles from Virden, which is a good market town, and nine miles from Hargrave. where there are two elevators. This summer I erected a dwelling house of native stone and bought a half-section of land adjoin ing our homesteads, for which I paid a very moderate price. There are still some homesteads in this district, and laud of fine quality can be purchased from the Canadian Pacific Railway compasy at S3.50 per acre on liberal terms. Good water is generally found at a depth of from fifteen to twenty feet I have 175 acres ready for crop next year. The cost of living here is about the same as in southern Minnesota. Some commodities are higher and others lower in price, but the average is about the same. I remain, your obe dient servant. (Signed.) JACOB RE1CHERT. To be prepared for emergencies, many of the European monarchs have large amounts of money on deposit in the Bank of England. Napoleon III., when he saw that his star was on tne wane, contrived 10 send a vast sum to England's great bank. This ueposit has enabled Empress Eugenie to live in dignity and luxury. Use Magnetic Starch IC ha: no equal. On the gate of the cemtery in Rio Janeiro is a notice ia Spanish, French and English that no dogs are admitted unless led by the owner. This is how the announcement is made in "Eng lish:" "Noble mesdames and gentle man who may desire a dog to follow in this tombs yard will not be permis sion unless him drawn by a cable round him throttle." The Cunard company's answer to the Oceanic challenge has just beea launched at Clydebank. She is called tbe Saxonia. is of 26,000 tons displace ment and will have engines of 16,000 horse power, though like the Oceanic, she is not built for speed. Have no friends not equal to your self. ' CAMPFIEE SKETCHES. SOME SHORT STORIES THE VETERANS. FOR Respect for a Raw Recralt Haw It Was Created la the Breast or a Lies teaaat la the Phlllpplaes by a CteTer Private. Barlal or Alaric- The warrior kins in death reposed , Amid hls'warrior hordes; His stirring life of conquest closed Where he had led their swords. Lest foemen should despoil the ground That held tbe royal clay. A secret spot was sought and found 'Tis secret to this day. A river flowed where camped that force Beneath a foreign sky. They turned the waters from their course And left the channel dry.. There, deep below the sandy bed, A tomb was quickly made; Its buried walls might hide the dead Till human glories fade. With martial show to match those years. And wealth a victor's share. With much of pomp, if less of tears. They left their hero there. The stream resumed its wonted way. Performed the mission well, 'Neath surging flood the monarch lay. But where no tongue could tell. Charles Bryant Cheney. Respect far a Raw Recralt. It was on the Calamba expedition, and the dismounting cavalry regi ment had been alternately fighting and hiking all day. About three-fourths of the command were raw recruits, and the day had been a very trying one to them. At night they were al most too tired to lie down and sleep, and some would have slept standing up if their friends had not pushed them over, so that they lay upon the ground. One of the recruits, the small est and newest man in the regiment, had been toled oft for post duty and sent to keep watch on the edge of a river that flowed some 600 yards away from the camp. At 9 o'clock the officer of the day came around inspecting the outpost The recruit was sitting on the bank of the river holding his feet straight out in front of him. The corporal had told him that if he sat with his feet held up he would not go to sleep. The recruit was so busy holding out his feet that he did not see the officer of the day, who hap pened to be the lieutenant who scorned raw recruits. The recruit fin ally realized that the officer of the day had come up, and he arose, clumsily enough, and tried to look as soldierly as the rest of the men. But the of ficer of the day looked at the little boy in the khaki soldier clothes with con tempt Then he glanced across the river, and a happy idea struck him. "Sergeant," he' said to the non-commissioned officer of the outpost, "you ought to have a man across the river. If they come in on us there we could be forming while they were coming across, if we only had 'a man over there to give the alarm." "Yes, sir,"' said the sergeant "You go over there,' said the lieutenant to the shivering little recruit "Get behind the bushes and watch close. If the gugics start for us, fire once, anyhow. Then you can drop over the bank and come back to the outpost" the lieutenant paused for a moment, and then concluded "maybe." The little recruit shivered so that his teeth rattled, and to hide his fear he merely saluted and hastily waded into the cold, dark river and across. The current was swift, and at one time the water came up to his armpits, but he got safely over, and then, alone in the enemy's country, he sat shivering through the night try ing to make out the fantastic shapes that loomed up in the darkness. About midnight he heard some one walking along the beach on the American side of the river. He raised his rifle and challenged "halt" The figure across the river halted. "Who's there?" asked the recruit "Officer of the day," came back the response in the unmis takable voice of that individual. "Ad vance, officer of the day!" commanded the recruit with all the dignity of-a brigadier general ordering the forma tion of his brigade, "and be recog nized." "O, that's all right, my man,',' said the officer of tbe day. "I can't advance across this muddy river, you know. How is everything over there?' "Advance, officer of the day," came from the recruit on the other side, "and be recognized." Then followed a peculiar click such as is made when the safety catch is thrown back so as to permit the firing of a rifle. The officer of the day hesitated no longer. He plunged into the cold water and waded across. He stepped into a hole and went in over his head. He walked ashore so wet he could have been wrung out by hand. The recruit looked at him. "It's all right," he said, toss ing his gun to port, "I recognize you. Everything is quiet, sir." Then he stood waiting for the officer of the day to empty a vial of wrath upon his head. But nothing of the kind hap pened. The lieutenant asked the usual questions, then waded back. And he never showed by word or action that he remembered the thing afterward. Except that he seemed to have more respect for raw recruits, and for one raw recruit in particular. Chicago Tribune. Heroes ia Blue. In the year 1876, during the Sioux uprising, Gen. Terry, whose camp was on the Big Horn, wished to communi cate with Gen. Crook on the Powder river. The country between the two commands was infested with hostile Sioux Indians. Trained plainsmen, scouts who had been Indian fighters all their lives, abandoned the courier task as hopeless. Then Private Jas. Bell, company E. Seventh Infantry, came forward and told Gen. Terry that he wonld carry the dispatches. Terry gave Bell the papers and told him that he was riding to his death. The scouts said "suicide." Bell said nothing, but went He rode principally at night, hiding in the daytime. Twice he was within earshot of the thumping hoofs of the Indian ponies bearing their rid ers by his hiding place. A neigh from his horse meant capture and death. Yet Bell got through and gave Terry's j message to Crook. Some years ago. when the Comanches. Cheyennes and Kiowas were on the war path along the Washita river, Texas. Sergt Zachariaff T. Woodhall. with four privates of Troop L. Sixth cavalry, agreed to car ry dispatches through the very heart of the redskins' country. The troop ers were attacked by a band of 125 warriors of the allied tribes. Wood hall and his men held an advantageous place, with water and food and with an abundance of ammunition. They could have held off the reds probably until relief arrived, but Woodhall said to his men: "Those dispatches must go through." Accordingly the little band cut its way through the circling horde. Woodhall was desperately wounded, but clung to his horse and his dispatches and succeeded with his followers in reaching their destination. I They pinned a medal of honor on his blouse while it was hanging alongside his cot in the hospital. la Matter ef a Private." Kipling's story, "In the Matter of a Private," written years ago in India about a British soldier, was duplicated almost exactly recently at Fort Meyer, just across the river from Washington. Nicholas Davis of Troop B, Third ca valry, an enlisted man from the state of Kentucky, went daft over real or fancied wrongs inflicted by members .of his troup, and, aggravated by drink, obtained a Krag-Jorgensen and a sup ply of ammunition, barricated himself in the troops' quarters, and began fir ing In every direction through the open windows at each private or civ ilian putting in an appearance within range. Fortunately his marksman ship was not good, and his bullets did no injury; The commandant at the fort, after exhausting all possible ef forts to capture the crazy trooper with out sacrificing the lives of any of his men. finally ordered him shot and a sergeant and Equad were detailed for that purpose. Instead of ordering a volley fired, however, the sergeant.who is a crack marksman, took a single shot at the crazed soldier. Only Da vis' head and the stock and barrel of his gun could be seen above the win dow sill. The sergeant's bullet broke the ammunition chamber of the Krag Jorgensen, driving the pieces of metal into Davis' -face and head, stunning but not killing him. This remarkably fortunate shot prevented what might otherwise have created considerable comment the ordering of a soldier to be shot without trial in time of peace. Davis was secured, and, it he does not recover his reason, will be transferred to St Elizabeth, the government in sane hospital. The commandant at Fort Meyer refused to discuss the incident, saying that his first duty is to report to the war department St Louis Globe-Democrat Gea. Craat Owned Up. When Gen. Grant came to Liver pool and was entertained at the town hall a quite unknown Liverpool man wrote to the mayor, with many apologies, but asking if he might take the liberty of asking for a few min utes' conversation with the great sol dier, says Sir Edward Russell's "That Reminiscence." The mayor hesitated, but found a way of mentioning the matter to the great man, who, without hesitation, said: "Certainly, let the gentleman come." He came. He said to the general: "Now, sir, utter amateur as I am, I have followed every step of the war and think I under stand every movement except one. Oil such a day you were there and the southerners were there," pointing to plans on a map that he bad brought "Now, it seems to me that you ought certainly to have gone there, whereas you went there," pointing again. Gen. Grant, the usually taciturn, and when not taciturn phenomenally terse, just took the cigar from his mouth and said: "You're right, sir; blun der!" and in a moment the strategist, beaming' now, was courteously dis missed. Army and Nary. Wreckers working on the sunken Spanish armored cruiser Almirante Oquendo, near Santiago, discovered a chest containing 919.000 in Spanish gold, which the firm employing the divers will retain. Work on the cruiser has been in progress fivo months and many thousands of dal lars' worth of treasure has been se cured. On the torpedo boat destroyer Furor the wreckers found a service of heavy silver plate. Experts assert, after inspecting the destroyer, that she might easily have been raised and re paired. The wrecking operations have proved a source of large return to the companies, estimated at $500,000. Holders of the Victoria cross in the British army, who have been a slowly dwindling band for some years, prom ise to receive new companions as a re sult of the Boer war. Seven years ago they numbered 196, and just before tne outbreak of hostilities in the Trans vaal there were only 155. The Indian mutiny still accounts for the largest number-of names on that roll of honor, no fewer than forty-two recalling that year of heroic struggle. The Crimean war, which started the roll, now ranks second with South Africa, each claim ing twenty-five names. Afghantistan contributes eleven names and Egypt and Soudan together make up the same number. For the rest of the names one must follow the union jack to all parts of the globe. It has been related that in one of the battles in the Philippines partici pated In by the Twentieth Kansas, Al bert R. Stuteville, a member of the Abilene company, had his gun at his shoulder when an insurgent bullet passed into the muzzle of the rifle and was stopped by the breech-block, against which it now rests. The cir cumstance was so extraordinary that Gen. Otis sent for the gun and had it transferred to the war department at Washington. Stuteville believed he bad the right to buy this gun under the rules of the department, and so he made some inquiries about it Now he is informed from Washington that he has that right, and that the gun will be sent to him on demand, though the officials would very much like to keep it in the war museum at the cap ital. Having established his right, Stuteville now graceful yields to the wishes of the department, and the rifle will remain in the museum. Developing Yankee Traits. From the Criterion: Every' true Yankee should look with a great deal of quiet, internal pride upon the yan-kee-evolvlng south. That an English man under a southern sun should ever become a genuine yankee has often been despaired of. It is now a swell ing fact. When these Spaniards called Lee a yankee a year ago it pleased the' whole south, though there is as yet a comparatively small spot on the south ern map where the yankee, sprung out of the very soil, threatens to outstrip his own blood elsewhere. This soil out of which the southern yankee is springing with such robust energy ex tends from Lynchburg, Va., on the east, and Bristol. Tenn., on the we3t, to Eu faula and Birmingham, Ala., on the south. It is about 500 miles in length, and from 200 to 300 miles in breadth. It embraces the iron, coal and cotton mill site, and decidedly the most in teresting phase of all this energy here is the cotton mill, for this phase is the latest and is developing more of the genuine characteristics of the New England yankee in the southern man than elsewhere in the country. Both'lllcht lie Right. Peacemaker I wouldn't fight my good men. First combatant And he called me a lazy loafer. Peacemaker Well, I wouldn't fight over a difference of opinion. You both may be right Tid-Bits. Why Milk Tarles la Qaaatlty and Rich aess Why is the milk of all mothers," for weeks after the birth of the offspring, larger in quantity and poorer in fat? For this reason: The object of all milk giving is the support of the offspring, says New Zealand Dairyman. In tho earlier babyhood the digestion is weak, the stomach small, and there exists a necessity for small amounts and very frequert feeding. The fat globules are larger then at any other time during the period of lactation. This fact it' self appears to cause the milk to be more easily digested, to cause the fat to enter more readily into pancreatlve emulsion. When the globules are largest they also separate more easily and thoroughly from' the watery me dium. The milk creams more thor oughly, and the cream chums quicker and iryre thoroughly. A peculiar change seems to take place in the milk of the cow, and presumably it is so with all mothers, within about four months after a second gestation takes place. There seems to be a peculiar relation between the finer or essential oils (volatile (itty acids) of milk, and the growth of the brain and nervous system In the foetus. It has been no ticed that the finer flavor of the butter-fat departs after the cow has been about five months in gestation, and thaVihe milk is not as wholesome fcr young calves or human infants. These observations furnish strong evidence of the intimate relation sustained by the milk-giving organs with all the or gans of maternity. It is only in the light of these facts that we can guide ourselves aright in many things con nected with the management of cows and x'-he proper use and handling of milk. ' Xatlve Grasses. It Is acknowledged that there Is no country in the world so rich in the number and variety of useful grasses and forage plants as the United States. The Investigations of the Division of Agrostology have demonstrated that the country abounds in native species adapted to nearly every variety of soil and climate and to almost every re quirement There are upland and low land varieties, there are woodland and prairie species, there are kinds which exist only in the humid regions along the coast, and there are others which thrive in the arid regions of the in terior. Some are productive hay grasses or afford abundant grazing, while others again are valuable for fixing drifting sands or reclaiming im poverished or waste lands. There are decorative species for the garden or lawn, and not a few are useful in the art and manufacture. Grasses are chiefly important, however, as food plants for all kinds of stock, yielding beef, mutton, and other animal prod ucts, which are a source of great wealth to the country, and their in vestigation along these lines is a most useful and essentially practical work of this department The fine quality of the forage afforded by the native grasses of our vast cattle ranges is a matter of world-wide comment; the perpetuation and improvement of the most valuable sorts are matters of ex treme importance, and these may well be the subject of practical scientific in vestigations at our hands. Report Dept of Agriculture. One Litter or Two. Whether it will be better to have one litter or two each year is a matte which each hog raiser must decide according to his own conveniences, says a government bulletin. When comfortable shelter is provided and good winter pastures can be secured, October pigs are usually as profitable as those which are farrowed in the spring. By the time they are ready to wean, oats and vetch should be in good condition for grazing, and the young pigs will soon begin to eat arti chokes so they need not be confined to dry feed. By spring they will be large enough to kill for a local mar ket, or they can be kept growing through the summer with very little expense. By December they should weigh at least 300 pounds each, and be ready for market In every town there are butchers who are always watching for opportunities to buy pigs weighing from 100 to 200 pounds for the local trade, and October pigs will often bring high prices for meeting that demand. March or April pigs come at a season when they need little care, and can be carried through the summer at a very small cost By De cember, if they have been well fed, they will weigh from 250 to 300 pounds each, and at eight months will ne fully as profitable as the heavier Octo ber pigs. Scabby Less. This is a condition of the legs caused by the growth and irritation of an in sect, that is sometimes found living be tween the scales of the shanks, says American Poultry Journal. You may find just a slight roughness wim a few insects, or the shanks may De twice the ordinary size and of a dis gusting appearance. The rough spots consist of scales, dirt and a few In sects. If you scrape off a little of this collection and put it under a magnify ing glass, you can easily recognize tbe insect that causes the trouble. A little pains taken will cure this dissase. An ointment of sulphur one ounce, vase line ten stablespoonfuls, well rubbed into the rough places twice a week, for two weeks, will make life miser able for the parasite and heal tho irri tated parts. Set no hen with scaly legs unless you desire unsightly shanks in the chicks. A single hen with scaly legs is liable to pass the disease to the other birds in the yard. The legs of the infected bird getting against those of other birds on the roost may cause the spread of the trouble. If you wish to be sure of no future cases, apply the ointment to all birds. Do not have even one case of scaly legs on your plant It is an indication of a hap hazard poultryman. Nitrate of Soda. Nitrate of Soda works particularly well on acid soils, the residual soda tending to improve their chemical character. In relation to sulphate of ammonia the reverse is true, owing to the residue being a strong mineral acid. On quite acid soils sulphate of ammonia acts inju riously at once or after a few years, provided the land is not limed, treated with wood ashes or dressed annually with large amounts of stable manure .This effect of sulphate of ammonia has been noticed at Kingston, opt Valley, and Abbott Run. in Rhodt Island; at North- Hadley in Massachu setts; by Prof. Sanborn at Hanover N. H.. and by Prof. Phelps in Con cecticut The extended Rhode Island experiments have shown the power 01 lime in correcting these soil condi tions. It Is reported that packers are nr longer demanding very heavy hogs and one that weighs 250 pounds k now considered a good one. Tralley Uacs for Bombay. one city, Madras. Consul Fee, of Bam bay, reports that permission has been asked to introduce electric traction in that city. Horses are used at present, but the consul remarks that they are well cared for and never abused, and that all animals receive human treat ment in India. More Indians thaa la Mayflower Day. That there are more Indians in the United States now than there were the day the Pilgrims landed cannot be proved, but is generally believed and stoutly affirmed by statisticians. New Inventions. In order to prevent bottles being re filled a Connecticut inventor provides the bottle with an extension within which the cork is sealed, and from which the cork can not be removed. In order to open the bottle the extension is broken off by means of a specially constructed tool which serves the neck extension. A clever pneumatic tire, which pre sents three thicknesses of material upon the tread, has been invented by a New York inventor, who provides a doubly folded tube with a detachable inner tube, the whole being, when in flated, fixed with a crescent-shaped rim. A peculiar invention in the form of a water massage apparatus has been pat ented to a Chicago inventor who pro vides a reservoir with a return pipe provided with a pump and in front of the return pipe the part to be treat ed is placed so that the fluid is thrown with force against the affected part. Inventors desiring free information as to the best method of protecting or selling their inventions may obtain free advice in addressing Sues Co., Attorneys at Law and Patent Exports. Bee Bldg., Omaha. Neb. The scholar who cherishes the love of 'comfort is not to be deemed a scholar. The Health and Pleasure Resorts Of Texas. Mexico. Arizona and Cali- I fornia are quickly and comfortably reacneu via ins soumern 1'acinc com pany's Sunset Route. Daily through service from New Orleans to San Francisco via Houston, San Antonio, El Paso and Los Angeles. Special semi-weekly service, Sunset Limited from New Orleans Mondays and Thursdays, composed of Buffet Smok ing Car, containing Bath Room and Barber Shop, Drawing Room Compart ment Car, regular Pullman Sleepers, and Dining Car (meal3 a la carte), all of the latest design and most luxuri ously appointed. Direct connections made at New Orleans from all points North and East. Detailed Informa tion cheerfully furnished by W. G. Neimyer, G. W. A., So. Pac. Co., 238 Clark St, Chicaso; W. H. Connor. Com'l Agt, Chamber Commerce Bldg.', Cincinnati. O., W. J. Berg. Trav. Pass. Agt, 220 Ellicott Square, Buffalo. N. Y. If a man take no thought about what is distant he will find sorrow in store. Your clothes will not crack if you use Magnetic Starch. Seaport of tlio Sonth. It has long been evident that the rapidly increasing movement of grain and merchandise towards the south ern seaboard would demand an in crease of shipping facilities on the Mexican Gulf. The most promising seaport city is La Porte, at the head of Galveston Bay. Peculiar natural ad vantages surround LaPorte. notably its being the fartherest inland seaport on the Gulf, having high dry land with perfect drainage and the purest arte sian water, a climate unsurpassed in the south and an attractive city site. The American Land Co.. 1SS Madison street, Chicago, is interested at La Porte and announces the first general sale of property will be held Feby. 14-17, 1900. The more fault a man looks for the more he finds. Half Rates Sonth via Omaha and St Loniit and Wabash Routet. On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month the above lines will sell home seekers tickets to southern points for one fare (plus $2.00) round trip. WINTER TOURIai RATES now an sale to Hot Springs, Ark., and all Ihe winter resorts at greatly RE DUCED RATES. Remember the O. & St u. and Wa oash. the shortest and quickest route to St. Louis. Remember the O. & St. L. and O.. . 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 ca-i at the QUINCY ROUTE OFFICE. 1415 Far aam St. (Paxton Hotel block) or write Harry E. Moores. City Passenger and Ticket Agent. Omaha. Neb. Between friends frequent reproof makes the friendship distant. Try Magnetic Starch it will last longer than any other. When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them. TO COKE A COLO IN ONE DAT, Take Laxativn Bromo Quintan Tablets. Al! lruppists refund the money it it faLs to cure. 5c. E. W. Grove's signature oa eaci bos. The twentieth century which will oegin on Tuesday, January 1, 1901, will have twenty-four leap years, the greatest number possible. Faot For Sick Wbms9V first the medicine that holds Ihe record for Ihe largest number of abso lute Cures of female ills Is Lydia Pinkham9s Vegetable Compound, Second Mrs, Plnkham can show by her letter files In Lynn that a mil lion women have been restored to health by her medicine and advise Third-All letters to Mrs. Plnkham are received, opened, read and an swered by women only. This fact Is oertlfled to by the mayor and postmas ter of Lynn and ethers of Mrs Pmkham's own city. Write for free book con taJming those certificates. Every ailing woman is Invited to write to Mrs. Plnkham and get her ad vice free of charge. Lydia B. Ptakism 3fcd. Co., Lyna. Mass. KJtliUfi S Odd Coincidence. One of the most remarkable coin cidences on record has come to light in Lynchburg. Va., and Augusta. Ga. Iu each city -there is a Walter Clark whose father was named Samuel and whose mother's maiden name was Walker. Both Walker Clarks have brothers named Samuel and William, uncles named Charles and John and an aunt named Elizabeth. Yet the men can "not trace any relationship between the two families. What can one put into a mind which is filled and filled with itself? WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES Regard Peruna as Their Shield Against Catarrh. Coughs, Colds, Grip and Catarrhal Diseases. .BaKfmKsB8aMHHaaHiSvilaMSaMs?-5kCr ' ' wmwmVlSamnmmlamawf'r ssiMBMsMaiff ' MRS. BELVA A. L0CKW00D. LATE CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. Mrs. llclva Lockwootl. the eminent barrister, of Washington, D. C, is the only woman who has ever been a candidate for the Presidency of the United States. She is the best known woman in America. As the pioneer of her sex in the lejral profession she has gathered fame and fortune. In a letter to The Peruna Medicine Company, she saj-s: have used your Peruna both for myself and my mother, Mrs. Hannah J. Bennett, now in her 88th year, and I find it an invaluable remedy for cold, catarrh, hay fever and kindred diseases; also a good tonic for feeble and old people, or those run down and with nerves unstrung. Yours truly. Catarrh may attack an3 organ of the body. Women are especially liable to catarrh of the pelvic organs. There are one hundred eases of catarrh of the pelvic organs to one of catarrh of the head. Mcst people think, because they have no atai'rh of the head, they have no catarrh at all. This is a great mistake, and is the cause of many cases of sickness and death, "llealtltand Beauty" sent free to women onlv, lv The Peruna Medicine Co.. Columbus, Ohio. BO YOU SPECULATE? on speculation, J. Nature, after making man, found she had some material left, so she made a dude. Deafneve Cannot Bo Cored by local applications, as they cannot roach the diseased portion of the ar. There Is only one tvav to cure ilcafries.-;. anil that is by consti tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by ait infiamptl condition of th" mucus lining of tho Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear in?. anil when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, ami unless the 'inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its norms:l condition, hearing vrill be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an ian.uncri condition of the mucus surfaces. We will pive One Hundred Dollars for any case or Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for Circulars, free. P. J. CHENEY Si CO.. Toledo. O. Sold toy Druggists. 73c. Hall's Family Pills a.e the best. Contentment may be better than wealth, but they ousjht to go together. If yon have not tried Magnetic Starch try it now. You will then use no other. Beauty may be only skin deep, but it is nearly always effective. Keilablo Help Wanted (Either sex.i The Ihinumllnrlun Home and Sanitar ium for InvalM ami Health seeker'. Incorporated. Scad lSrin stamp for full Information. Address J. II. TeIt!claum,Tre:iMircr. Kat I.a Vev'R. N. M. A man can enlarge the priciples which he follows: those principles do not enlarge the man. fjfo Go to your grocer to-day and get a 15c. package 01 raini j& Ifc takes the place of coP- wf fee at the cost. 67 Made from pure grains it nz-kiiT-icliitTT rmn horimn iO iiww...n - fill. Vr T.rt li .trwnjn- (Tlrrr-T- lllv AlC-0. j-V4 AI.319w fcW&fc J'i tii'w w rf - w fc---. - jr-t -i -tcrT- miumi of acres of chou-" agri cultural LANDS now opened for svttleiai-nt in Wf stern .a::adi. Uip 'Truwn ttifct'i- brntcd NO. I HAKD WHEA'I. tthtni bnn,-. tlif lH'he-t ir!-clri the rsarUets of th" world hnii-.ands o. cattle are fattened for marlctt w tn.'ii? b-.iig !:' uraln. and without a tlav s sin lirr. 'nd fr Informa tion and socur' a free home In W cstern t 'nnnd.i. Write the upenntcBiI"it of Immigration Ot tatta. or.id:rss fie und-ivftl. who will mail v.-u aliases p nihlt.. c : . f rro of co' W V Bennett Ml .". Y. Life H J.ld!i?. ttajh: Neb PARSLYS2S r.rtrnrnniA? At&xl.l C.V1- nuered at last. Doctors tni77lii!. SnfIallf; zm.i7.eil nr rerovcrr f patient ttinchi Sn-uraN.c 1J" lK.CIIASn-ISI.OOlANIN-.VKl'IIO:j. Write me about roiirca-p Advice and prot ot cure rK- ii!'.(llisv,224 N.lOtliSt.,ritiUDKLrau, aiMtBnJolodinafurhntirjwita ..- KHAUSERS' LIQUID EXTRACT OP SMOKE. Jlidu from hicko.T wod Chrpr, 'leaner, swrtrr. and mrr thn ibeolrt vry Seart foi cucuU. U.'.4UlU:Ai:!421bis.l' DR. ARNOLD'S 0i3GH CURES CGUGHS AND CCL05. j-fgl I PR PKEVEMTS CCUHPTS0. RyLLEii All Uragsistf . S: Highest Casb Price Paid fcr Poultry, Gams, Buffer, Eggs. Bead for taz and or!ce Hubert tnrvi. Estsblubea Ib.X Omaha. Xeb. aafk. Just cs cheep as 7xr lz.z. g Hl'PfS Wkei!' I L US HUS. Bc3tCoTiirh;ru?. jtuieaCooa. Jsoj ia tiae. com ny arnsics. ffiPPSfafe ill "S 7 ML k A AAA. ami Knocked Oat aad la Agate. A street car struck Guiseppe Marate, a sailor, ia Philadelphia. Christmas day, knocked him down and dislocat ed his shoulder. He was put into a wagon and hurried off toward the Pennsylvania hospital. The wagon jumped over a rut in the pavement and the jar reset his shoulder. When ' he got to the hospital the surgeons, found the shoulder all right, band-; aged it and sent him back to his ves-. sel. Gravity is only the bark of the treo of wisdom; but it preserves it. Belva A. Lockwood. I lfo,ppeculatesiicccsfaIIy. Wc can make yon In onr month more Interest 1 on Tour money than any 1-anJc will p.iy yon In a year. f.V will buy MM) I tmhL-l4 of wheat or rm ami margin tue sdiiip 2 rents. Semi for our boot n ISHIKL All fnintt payable on demand. K. COMSTOCK & CO., Room 23, Traders' Bldg., Chicaso i BJ52J REQumESraCooKisal kmu cilliik n crni ax teas tTVtlSTVBI l.rr .larf .. k'jrii t..i nitr&sifimn ITUTCTIgUCITT NEW. WDHllLt Cf AVT OTMlt. rnirwwm nw iftwgKY PUHr OSES 0WS.V. MANtra rnsrn mvov iSAm CLARA MANUFACTURING CO. I mczom wi;ta uviAHA. INEB. MAGNETIC The WONDER oftbtA6E. STARCH KKSfc It Stiffens the Goods It Whitens the Goods It Polishes the Goods It makes .ill garments fresh and crisp as when first bought new. TRY A SAMPLE PACKAGE. You II lihe It it you try it. You'll buy it if you try It. You'll use it if you try it. Try It. Sold by all Grocer. UPORTE TEXAS Situated at the head of (J.iIvok- ton I Jay. is de--l timil to bethe HOST PROSPEROUS CITY on tin; (,'u'fof J.Ieiico. It possesses uneti.ilcd natural advar.iaL'es.L'P)irr2inhiralK-nnil from nrcrr twin of view It.s future as a creat city is assured. Thel". S. Government iMionrjqiciidinxalarxc amount of ironey iu Harbor lmpiowmetit. !.a l'orte is the nr.tur.il seaport for the pro fuctsof the entire Jlidd'.c. Xorthernand West ern States and for Houston, the (treat railroad tenter of Texas. Kxcurdoris at reduced rates xrili r-e run t wfcea. month. Unte for PREE flAPS. DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE and f ull particular-, to AMERICAN LAND CO., fS8 MaJ'son St.. - - CHICAGO. Seller's Ksps SssHz- Cites wen, TTastlslti grtra food, Cataloa FARM tens. a: SEEDS S...C 6 t .-. . o..i rr ... .. m 1 D4.UTI arau ki u.irrcs(ai w irsaass. ir L sTatloa Lo'.hrr. K.Trc r. Pa. utnl!l MlkiaKll' br ln illi bahW Kt t our Oau: J. Urllr. Miilitv:i. ,V!,.. ITl.o.. barter; .:jl.I.nf'Jo7. K'l . mr. Minn., br zrnmlnx 33baih. Sls,r'.cnra pr-r. itrtm doubt. wrl:r ir.m. Wealth logsla ZtyjXO te w eutlorncr.. hnc will Mr.t2 on trial 10 DOLLARS WORTH FOR 10c. 10 p; ef rare farm rr:. r!alt Ba". lh 3 .and Cora 'Itr, producing Hhuih. foot aiKt 4 bin, bar pr aTe asoe o,' aal barlej. rtroiiiia in,ri&!S tne fcrtaicii era., on tarfft; saixtr aty, a. JCSf. Spring VTr.at. A.. loelcdla; oar nia rumriui. rrnitaai:..-! i atiiox.tr :imzaa xnouiyautrM (.rrnl.ViZKon Hollar 1'otRfn, all mi:w r...- to-. (-';? PIea3 . - ..i ar.ita..si.aobi.Ejui. ......!.-.. ....- .PTY. " . .. .... ... . .w cndth! Bl KMl. 1J"J. Citalosr 4r.ultn lose, uc. lOclo.Salzcr. wru: EXCURSIONS O O Via O o .be Mibnsb nomeseeKers7!! Feb. 6th and 20th. -Mar. 6th and 20th April 3d and 17th " South Porto Rico Flew YsrK February 15th March 8th Your of 01D MEXICO. Feb. 13. Going east remember the famous ConuV aental Limited X For rates and foil in--' formation in regard to above Excursion or-' any point csst. Call on or write X X X C. IN. Clayton, IN. W. 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