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Uncle Sam has a regular contributor
to the general fund of the government.
. Promptly the first week of every quar
ter a check for $75 is received at the
treasury department, with a request
that it be placed in the miscellaneous
fund of the treasury, from which it
- can only be withdrawn by a special act
of congress. The money is from a vet
teran of the civil war. He is an em
ploye of the Philadelphia mint. He
explained in his letter that as long as
the government employed him at a
good salary he would not accept the
pension.
Piatt aa m PbarmacUt.
Senator Piatt of New York, weat to
have a prescription filled in a New
York drug shop recently. The young
clerk taking longer to do it than the
senator thought proper, Mr. Piatt
said: "nere, I'll do it I used to be
a druggist, myself," and going back to
the counter he made up the prescript
tlon in a very short time.
reeraje Ho Woalda't Have Berated.
There has been found in London a
letter written by Gladstone which
leads to the belief that" the only reason
the former premier did not accept a
title was because he insisted upon be
coming the Earl of Liverpool, which
. was successfully opposed by the Jen
kinson family.
Dewey oh Horseback.
Admiral Dewey proves the falsity of
the old belief that a sailor is not at
home on a horse. The admiral is an
excellent horseman, and rides often.
r . Costly College Athletic.
Tire statement has been made that
Harvard, Yale, Columbia. Princeton,
- Pennsylvania and Cornell expended
$304,243 on athletics last year.
A tetter that Kerer fTas Writ tea.
A paper read at the recent Ameri
canist congress at Paris, by Henry
Vignaud, vice president of the congress
and secretary of the United States em
bassy, demolished the theory adopted
by Humboldt, Irving, Fiske and other
historians derived his schemo for the
discovery of America from a letter
written in 1474 by Toscanelli, the Flor
entine astronomer. Mr. Vignaud
brought forward evidence which con
vinced the congress that Toscanelli
never wrote such a letter.
It is only the truly virtuous man
who can love cr who can hate others
GarfleM-Tctt Syrnp fa effective in all cases
' vhero a mild laxative is required; the "er-
. ery-iay" ills of infants, children and adults
yield to its magical curative influence ; made
, Iroiu Pure Sugar, Fruit and Simple Herts.
Whilst shame keeps its watch, vir
9tueris not wholly extinguished in the
heart.
Purity of mind and conduct is the
first glory cf woman.
To Meftas if Largo FanKes.
In this workaday world few women
tire so placed that physical exertion
. is not constantly demanded of them
in their daily life.
Mrs. Pinkliam makes a special appeal
Am mothers of large families whoso
work is never done, and many of
whom suffer, and suffer for lack of
intelligent aid.
To women, young or old, rich or
poor, Mrs. Pinkliam, of Lynn, Mass.,
extends her invitation of free advice.
Oh, women! do not let your lives bo
r-ncrifieed when a word from Mrs.
jfoukham, at the first .approach, of
PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT.
A permanent pajlng position for ladies
or gentlemen at or near home. It costs
you nothing to get details. If desirable
employment is wanted address at once
The Fort Dearborn Pub. Co., 415 Dearborn
Street, Chicago, 111.
The retired list of the regular army
includes 7C4 officers on half pay.
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FABM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
You Can Get Allen- Foot-Eaac Free.
Write today to Allen S. Olmsted, Le
Roy, X. Y., for a free sample of Allen's
Foot-Eusc, a powder. It cures sweating,
damp, swollen, aching feet. Makes new
or tight shecs easy. A certain cure for
Corns and Ilnnions. All druggists and
shoe stores sell it; 25c.
The newest dinlns tables have two
adjustable tops.
ITow Sleep th Brare.
How sleep the Drave who sink to rest.
By all their country's wishes blest!
When spring, with dewy fingers sold,
Returns to deck their hollowed mould.
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
By fairy hands their knell is rung.
By forms unseen their dirge is sung;
There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray.
To bless .the turf that wraps their
clay,
And Freedom shall a while repair.
To dwell a weeping hermit there!
William Collins
Has. Cassis Beixstixxk.
. weakness, may fill your future years
wit!i healthy joy.
"When I began to take Lydia E.
Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound I was
not able to do my housework. I suf-
' fercd terribly at time of menstruation.
Several doctors told me they could do
coining for me. Thanks to Mrs. Pink
ham's advice and medicine I am now
well, and can do the work for eight in
t the family.
o " I would recommend Lydia K.
Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound to all
"'mothers with large families." Mks.
' C-ioutiE Buixeyille, Ludington, Mich.
Dr.BnU's
COUCH SYRUP
Cures a Cough or Cold at once.
Conquers Croup, Whooping-Conga, Bronchitis,
Grippe and Consumption. Quick, sure results.
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they are Jast aa good
in every way anal cost
from Si to 91.50 leas.
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TAC.filttl Cores Corns 15c; aUDronista.
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Leave Omaha 5:05 p. m.; arriT 8t
Louia 7:00 a. m.
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Trains leave Union Station Dally for
Kansas City, Qulncy. St. Louis and all
points East or South. Half Rates to
iPlus $2.00) many southern points on
1st and 3rd Tuesday of Each month.
All information at City Ticket Office.
1415 Farsam Street (Paxtoa Hotel
Blk.) or write
lAMY E. MOOHf S.
City Passenger and Ticket - Agent,
Omaha. Neb.
W .N. U.OM AHA. No. 4319
Experience has establlshal bevoad ell ques
tion the effectiveness of Oarflcld-Tea Syrup In
curiiiff the Ills which result from poor digestion:
It is a PUKE FKU1T LAXATIVE that acti
rentlv on the llrer and CUKKS constipation.
Equally good for Infants nnd Adults.
Joseph Jefferson has given 31,000
the Galveston relief fund.
HO! FOR OKLAHOMA!
SjOftut acres new lauU to open to settlement.
Subcrile tor THE KIOWA CHIEF, devoted to lnfor
msiion about these lands. One year. tuoo. Single
copy. 10c. Subscribers receive free Illustrated beole
canklahonia. MiirKan's Jlanual f210 pace (ettlera'
(aide) trlth fine fcctlcnal map, el.on. .Vsp2ftc. j
sSh e, 1.73. A OJreja nicS T. Morgan, tcrrr, O. T.
Small colonies of bees yield more
profit in proportion than large colonies
NW COLONY.
A new colony to 'em'sh heme to thonweds ot
people, to locate In Okislioma Territory. Is now being
onuaUedbythefoimdersoftheGeorglaColonr, Mr.
I. U. Fitzgerald of IndlanapoiU, Indians, la backing
It. Information sent free, showing bow to set aooa
homes. Gotd farmers wanted.
Japanescs doctors do not accept fees
from poverty-stricken patients.
I'iso's Cuie is the best medicine we ever used
f cr all affections of the throat and lungs. Wal
O. Exdslet, Vanburen, led., Feb. 10, l'XWi
Grover Cleveland has declined to
say which candidate for the presidency
he will vote for.
Mrs. Wlor.loir's BootninK Syrup.
for children t?etblus. anfteua the gams, rednces tnr
flsmicatlon. allays pain.curea wlcJcollc Zlcsbottl
There is an elective affinity between
a bad egs and a bad actor when they
Ubth go broke.
Dyspepsia ir. the bane of the human system.
-roiect jouiclf npr.lnst lu rarsges by the use
of Uccmna's IVffsinGum.
"The honorable man has
tboiit which he quarrels."
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Beaatlful hair is slm-aya plcasasg. and raaxa's
II aib B lsi exce:s In producing It.
Uinueucorns, tbo best cure fur corns. 15cta.
Thomas Taylor, one of the eldest
and best known deputy marshals in
Oklahoma, was shot and killed by a
desperado named Deloss, hom he had
arrested in the Osjge nation at Paw
nee, O. T. The murderer was recaptured.
Important to Mothers.
Exanlne carefully every bottle of CASTOIUA,
a safe and rare remedy for infaats and children,
and sec that it
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Signature of
!a Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind Vou Esve Always Bought
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It is usually a single woman who
has the most decided notions about
managing men.
"Torty Rounds, IT. S."
Capt. J. McAssey, who during the
civil war served in the Ninetieth
Illinois, which was in the Fifteenth
army corps under Gen. Logan, tells the
story of how that famous corps got Its
motto. "My regiment," he says, "was
recruited in Chicago, and went to the
front as the Irish Legion. We were
made a part of the Fifteenth army
corps, and after Mission Ridge and
Tunnel Hill Gen. Logan was ordered to
lead us over to Knoxville, Tenn., to re
lieve Burnside. When we got to Knox
ville we found that Burnside had al
ready been relieved, and then we were
sent down for duty along the line of
the Memphis & Charleston railroad.
"When we reached Stevenson, Ala.,
we found some members cf the Twen
tieth army corps on guard duty there.
We were tired and dirty, and had had
little to eat for weeks but horse corn
and what else we had been able to pick
up along the line of march. I guess we
looked about as disreputable as It is
possible for men to look. Our uniforms
were in rags.and some of the men were
practically barefooted. As I say, we
met some of the Twentieth army corp3
on guard duty at Stevenson. They
were dressed lit to kill. Had stiff col
lars and clean uniforms, and whole
shoes, and everything shipshape. The
Twentieth corps bad adopted a badge,
and every fellow we met was wearing
it big as life.
"One of our men. a wild Irishman
whose name I have forgotten, ran
into one of these Twentieth corps
dudes.
" 'Hello,' said the well-dressed chap,
'who are you? What's your regiment,
and where's your badge?'
" T belong to the Ninetieth Illinois.'
said the ragged soldier, 'and as for
my badge it's hanging across my back.
It's a cartridge box, and our motto is
"Forty Rounds, U. S." What's yours?'
"Gen. Logan heard the story and
sent for the man. He was frightened
to death when he was called up before
Black Jack.'
"'Are you the man who said our
badge is "Forty Ropnds, U. S."?' asked
the general.
" 'I am, sir, said the frightened
Irishman.
"'Well, sir, I want to shake hands
with you;and to say that we've adopt
ed it as the badge of the whole Fif
teenth army corps.' "
likes and dislikes, but was very reti
cent of hl3 expression of them. He
would quietly take advantage of Ta-
cancies or of circumstances to put men
where he wanted them, but very rarely
made a sweeping reorganization. If
anyone crossed him or became antag
onistic without open insubordination,
he would bear with It till an opportun
ity came to get rid of the offender. He
hated verbal quarreling, never used
violent language, but formed his judg
ments and bided his time for acting on
them. This sometimes looked like a
ledk of frankness and there were times
when a warm but honest altercation
woulft have cleared the air and remov
ed misunderstandings. It was really
dono in a sort of shyness which was
curiously blended with remarkable
faith in himself. From behind his
wall of taotiturnity he was alert to see
what was within sight, and to form
opinions of men and things that root
ed fast and became part of his mental
constitution. He sometimes unbent
and would talk with apparent freedom
and ease; but it was in the way of
narrative or anecdote, and almost
never in the form of discussion or
comparison of views. It used to be
said that during the Vlcksburg cam
paign he liked to have Sherman and
McPherson meet at his tent, and would
manage to set them to discussing the
military situation. Sherman would be
brilliant and trenchant; McPherson
would bo politely critical and intellec
tual; Rawlins would break in occa
sionally wiih some blunt and vigorous
opinion of his own; Grant sat impassi
ble and dumb in his camp chair smok
ing; but the lively discussion stimu
lated his strong common sense and
gave him more assured confidence In
the judgments and conclusions he
reached. He sometimes enjoyed, with
a spice of real humor, the mistaken
assumption of fluent men that reticent
ones lack brains.
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narUealtwral Obseriratiewi.
W have received from Stark Broth
ers' Nursery, at Louisiana, Missouri,
samples of their Gold plums. If all
the plums of this .variety produced are
like the samples, certainly the public
has acquired something unusually fine.
The plums were good in size and most
excellent In flavor, and we only re
setted that the number was not
greater. In size the plum is a good
deal larger than the DeSoto and Wild
Goose plums, and the color is midway
between the two. We hope to sec
them appeal; In large quantities on the
market, and have no 'doubt that they
will sell rapidly and at a good price.
Liverpool Is coming to be well ac
quainted with American apples, and
so great has the trade there become
that It Is reported that in a single
week as high as 100,000 barrels of
There is more Catarrh in this section or the
country than all ether diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years doctors pro
nounced it a local disease, an J prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly fsiliu! to cure
wubJocal treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to bo a constitu
tional disease, and therefore requires consti
tutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. J. Cheney Jt Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
Is the only constitutional cure on the market.
It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
a teaspoonfuL It acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surlSc cs cf the system. They offer
one hundred dolraYs for nnv case it fails to cure.
Send for circularsand testimonials. Address
F. J. CI1EXKV & CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. TT.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
More than S0.000 Americans
arrived in Iyomlon this year.
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There Is a Class of People
Who are Injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed In all
the grocery stores a newpreparation
called GRAIN-O, mado of pure grains,
that takes the place of coffee. The most
oeucatc stomach receives it withsut
distress, and but few can tell It from
coffee. It does not cost over one-fourth
as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit 15 cents and 25 cents
per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.
Denison, Jackscn & Co., who own a
sawmill six m:l?s south of Mosin e,
Mich.,' will stock their mill with 3,
000,000 feet of logs next winter, in an
ticipation of an advance in the price
of lumber.
What Shall We
Have for Dessert?
This question arises in the family
every day. Let as answer it to-day. Try
Jell-O,
a delicious and healthful dessert. Pre
pared m two minutes. No boiling! no
baking! add boiling ratcr and set to
cook Havors: Lemon, Orange, Rasp
berry and Strawberrv. Get a package
at your grocers to-day. 10 cts.
IlaflLwMN!
fSH BUMP
POMMEL
The Best
SaJJteGoat,
Peaslons and Peaaloaera.
No pensioner of the revolutionary
war survives. The last one died ta
18G9, at the age of 109, but last year
there were and doubtless still are four
revolutionary wiuows on the pension
rolls, none of them older than eighty
six. Pensioners' widows make little
of the lapse of centuries. Judging by
precedent, it is not improbable that
150 years from now there will still be
widows drawing pensions on account
of the services of their husbands in
our late war with Spain. Only one
pensioner who served In the war of
1812 is left His name is Hiram Cronk
He is 100 years old and lives in Oneida
county, New York. About 2,000 wid
ows of 1812 are left on the rolls. The
pensioners of the civil war hold out
very well indeed. Every year on June
30, they are counted. In June, 1898,
the number on the lists was 993,714.
Last year there were about 2,000 les3,
and this year also there are fewer than
in 1S98, but the commissioner 6aya
that in 1901 the list will beat the rec
ord, because an act of congress, passed
last May, has extended the provisions
of the law of 1890 so as to let In many
thousands of new claimants. About
one quarter of all the pensions go to
widows. July 1, 1900, there were 933.
529 pensioners on the rolls of the pen
sion office, according to the annual
report of Commissioner Evans. Dur
ing the year 40,645 names were added
to the rolls and 4.699 restored; 43,334
were dropped because of death, S09 by
remarriage of pensioners and 6,616 for
other causes. During the past six
years 260,797 names were dropped
from the rolls, 193.01-2 because of
deaths. The number dropped this year
because of death is 14.200 less than
estimated.
Dress aad 'Vadrwss Coat.
The quartermaster's department has
practically decided upon the new dress
and undress coat for the enlisted men
of the army. Samples have been re
ceived at the department of the new
garment as devised by Maj. Patten of
the quartermaster's department, which
will soon be acted upon by the secre
tary of war. says the Army and Navy
Journal. The coat Is a blouse, having,
for the artillery, trimmings of red,
which can be detached in order that
the coat may be used for nndres.?.
The shoulder knots on the coat are
less bulky than those now in use and
are extremely tasterul in appearance.
In fact the coat as a whole presents
a natty appearance and does great
credit to the officer who planned it
The hat to be worn with the coat for
dress is shaped like the hat now in
use. with red trimmings and with a
fancy red plume at the top and in
front This plume Is detachable. The
coats and hats for the other arms of
the service are to be exactly like the
one for artillery, with distinguishing
colors of the Infantry or the cavalry.
The change to be made in the officer's
uniform will correspond to those
planned for the enlisted men. A prom
inent officer of the cavalry Is working
on the shoulder knots for officers and
has now several samples to submit for
action by the department
Fighter ana Book Writer.
Gpneral OJlver O. Howard was born
in Maine, graduated at college, and
later at West Point, standing fourth
in the class of 1850. He was professor
of mathematics when the war broke
out. which place he left to take com
mand of a Maine regiment He com
manded a brigade at the battle of
Bull Run. and in September of the
same year was made a brigadier gen
eral. He lost his arm in a charge at
the battle of Fair Oaks in May. 1862.
After a rest of less than three months
he rejoined his brigade, and In No
vember, 1862. was appointed a major
general. He led the Eleventh Army
corps at Chancellorsville and Gettys
burg. His corps took part in the bat
tle of Chattanooga and in Sherman's
Atlanta campaign. When McPherson
fell before Atlanta Howard succeeded
him as commander of the Army and
Department of the Tennessee and was
appointed a brigadier in the regular
army. In 1SS5 he was brevetted major
general. After the war he led a cam
paign against the Indians. He Is the
author of several books and has the
degree of-LL. D. conferred on him by
four colleges.
Navy Department Library.
Tho navy department library Is rap
idly assuming its proper proportions
and is regarded as the most valuable
in this country in these branches of
literature dealing especially with sea
faring lore, travels, explorations, his
tories of ships and navies, and the aim
for the future is to make here the
naval library of the country. The col
lection of photographs from life of
foreign naval vessels in the possession
of the office of naval intelligence is
probably not excelled by any similar
collection in the world. Through our
naval representatives abroad this de
partment has been steadily gathering
information in this form for many
years past, arid it Is not too much to
ray that with the information in store
here the navy department can inform
itself at once of the exact force of any
nation at any designated point of the
globe. This information relates to
personnel and material and Is in the
main exact and official.
the bait wan the origlmal Klein Wans
lebener, Plomeer Kleta Wanxlebener,
Yilmoria, Dromes Elite and Knaaer.
A very striklag difference was to be
noticed in beets growing in different
soils. The selds covered by the experi
ments included both a sandy losa soil
and a compact clay. -A comparison of
these soils for beet raising both in a
year ot average rainfall (1898) and of
excessive rainfall (189$) showed that
the heavy soil produced very aauch bet
ter beets, although they did not na
ture so rapidly as did those on the
lighter soil.
No successful method of treating the
leaf spot disease has thus far been dis
covered. Fungicides such as "Bordeaux
mixture" proved themselves of only
limited remedial value. Young leaves
sprayed with, the solution were, to a
great extent at least, prevented from
taking the' disease, but no curative was
found for leaves already attacked. The
disease was. In most cases, Irst noticed
and mest destructive on land on which,
beets had been grown the previous
year.: T. I, Lyon, Nebraska Experi
ment station.
fm, . Jbmn weed (Pstars ttrawtmtmm):
tswerisf array; t, frnitfag capsule bath ceo
tairaaatuTalslie.
American apples have changed hands.
The apple trade with England is
bound to follow the American trade in
meats and expand greatly. This trade
muBt necessarily be in the winter va
rieties, such as the Baldwin, greening,
russet, willow twig. There Is great
room for expansion In the growing of
these varieties and of varieties in the
same category. It means that some of
our land that Is of no use for anything
else can bo made remunerative in the
production of apples.
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Reports come to us of the poisoning
of two boys by eating Jimson weed.
One of the boys was dead and the
other in great danger at the last re
port It would hardly seem reason
able to suppose that anyone, even a
child, would care to eat Jimson weed,
but as such cases do occur the danger
should be guarded against Jimson
weeds flourish in the vacant lots and
places that have been despoiled of
their covering of grass without any
thing being put in their place. The
weed was illustrated In the Farmers'
Review not long since and attention
called to Its poisonous properties, but
we reproduce it here that our readers
may become more familiar with it
Children are poisoned by playing with
the leaf In the mouth, and after the
seeds ripen by eating them, especially
in the case ot children that are too
young to understand the danger.
Wherever found growing near the
home they should be removed, as they
are not only daugerous to children but
also to cattle.
Oatloolc far Cattle Prices.
For many years to come the prices
of cattle must bo good, especially for
the better class of meat The recent
depression had the effect of checking
the breeding of cattle of all kinds and
the number of cattle in the country fell
steadily for a number of years. The
result of that curtailment of the cat
tle supply is that the base on which to
produce the vast numbers now annu
ally required Is restricted. There is
another factor that enters ve7y large
ly into the solution of the problem and
that is that the people are demanding
more than ever a finer quality of beef.
There was probable never a time when
the difference between the poorest and
best meats in the markets was so
great as it Is today. So it comes about
that in the city of Chicago one can get
porterhouse steak -at 25 cents a pound
or at 12 cents a pound, and at all
prices between the two. The quality
of the steaks varies, of course, accord
ing to the prices, except when poor
meat is dishonestly palmed off on the
customer for high-quality meat The
difference in prices indicates that tho
high-quality meats are in great de
mand. These high-quality meats come
from pure-bred and grade stock. The
increasing prices for the high-quality
meats indicate that the money in the
future for cattle raisers Is in well-bred
animals. Most assuredly that man that
Is doing his best to grade up his herd
of cattle is paving the way for good
money returns in the future. The
experience of the past few years, when
men rushed out of the business of
breeding good cattle because there was
a temporary fall in the values, should
teach men today that the course of
wisdom lies in steadily improving the
quality of their cattle.
EngUth Red-TapTsia.
The Englishman quotes the following
instance of the red-tapism prevailing
at the British war office: A woman re
siding at KIdderpur, Calcutta, hearing
from a private source that her husband
had been killed In action In Natal.
wrote to the war office for information
of this report. By last mail she re
ceived a formal reply to the effect that
her husband, who was attached to the
imperial light horse, had been -killed
in action at the relief of Ladysmith
on Jan. 6 last A printed form was
inclosed with the letter in which the
following questions are asked: "Who
was your husband? What regiment
did be belong to? Where is he sta
tioned now? Where was he last heard
of? If dead, where did he die? What
is your object in inquiring about
him?" and some twenty or thirty other
questions cf a similar nature. The
document concluded by stating that un
less these questions were answered
fully the applicant need expect no re
ply.
ea. Wheeler Battla Record.
General Joseph Wheeler has been
under fire more than 800 times, and
has commanded in 200 battles.
The Chlneli Das; Fu eu.
A communication from the Ohio Ag
ricultural College, says: With favora
ble meteorological conditions, the
threadlike branches of the fungus will
take possession of the interior of the
Lug. When the bug dies, branches are
pushed out through the body and pro
duce clusters of minute capsules filled
with spores. Sometimes these clusters
are so thick on the dead bugs as to
almost obscure the body, and only the
lcg3 are visible, or the bugs may be
clustered on a plant, dead and covered
with fungus. Now, as these capsules
containing the spores burst, they re
lease the spores and these may be still
further diffused by the wind, so that it
is easy to see how one diseased bug
among a mass of several hundred may
affect the whole of them, and if some
of the infected ones, before becoming
helpless, stray to a distance, the infec
tion is carried from place to place and
in this way diffused from field to field.
Thus It will be observed that however
easily large masses of bugs may be de
stroyed by this fungus enemy, under
favorable conditions, the prospect ot
its working is not very encouraging if
either the bugs are badly scattered or
the weather is dry.
Keen boOirUer aad saddle vtr-
fectlydry ta the hardest storms.
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Gaant's Abilities.
Grant was always disposed to work
with the tools be had, and through h?s
whole military career showed himself
averse to meddling much with the or
ganization of bis army. He had strong
These Clocks Were Xoly.
Marshal Halstead, cur counsul In
Birmingham, writes showing how k
firm of British merchants were beatea
by foreigners in consequence of sup
plying a superior article. A promi
nent firm of London clock manufac
turers recently discovered that a rival
German company were doing a large
trade in cheap clocks which were sent
cut to the west coast cf South Africa.
They got held cf a sample and, find
ing that there was a heavy profit on
the sale. Invested a large sum of
money in making a better article,
thousands cf which were shipped to
the same market. Sales were slow,
while the inferior German production
sold freely. Finally the explanation
came. Savages like noise. The clocks
made by the originalexporters bad a
particularly loud and aggressive tick.
Their imitators made a better clock:
but it was almost noiseless, and the
savages would have none of it The
remedy wsb simple. "The next ship
load that was dispatched by the Eng
lish firm were or vile construction, but
ticked loud enough to wake the Seven
Sleepers, and the natives were, de
lighted. Thus was virture unreward
ed, while astuteness was loaded with
FHfar Beet ExperlmeaU In Nebraska.
The sugar beet experiments were
continued in 1S99 on land in the Platte
river valley at Ames, Dodge county,
Nebraska. The Standard Cattle Co.,
located at that point in addition to
furnishing land for the experiment
plots also placed two thousand acres
of sugar beets at the disposal of the
station, for experimental purposes. This
area comprised a considerable number
of varieties of beets, also soils of dif
ferent character, treatment, cropping,
etc It was thus possible to carry on
a part of the experimental work on a
very large scale. In spacing beets the
most satisfactory results were obtained
by having the space between the rows
of beets eighteen inches, with beets
eight inches apart in the row. This ad
mits of horse cultivation and yet
brings the plants sufficiently close to
gether to prevent their growing too
large.
Experiments in 1899 and previous
years have shown that shallow culti
vation throughout the growing season
Is desirable. Deep cultivation dries out
the soil to a greater depth and de
creases the yield of beets. This Is
true on both heavy and light soil in Ne
braska. Three to four inches is deep
enough to cultivate and hoe the beets.
The use of commercial fertilizers and
of barnyard manure increased mate
rially the yield per acre, but not tho
sugar content or purity of the beets.
The advantage to be derived from the
use of commercial fertilizers is not -sufficient
to pay for their cost With barn
yard manure, however, the case is en
tirely different, and its use either for
a previous crop or directly for the beet
crop was profitable.
Of the varieties tested during 1898
The Resalaa Fly.
In our Illustration 1,1, show the male
insect both natural size and enlarged.
The male, It will be seen. Is a little
smaller than the female, which is
shown in both natural and enlarged
size at 2, 2. The larva or maggot is
shown at 3 and 5. At 4 and 6 are
shown the flaxseeds.
This Insect was first noticed on Long
Island in the year 1776, and was called
Hessian Fly, on account of the belief
that it was brought over in wheat
straw by the Hessians. The presence
in the flaxseed state of this insect be
tween the leaf and stalk of wheat
causes the stem to swell and- the leaves
to wither and die. The body of the
female is rather slender, uniformly
dark brown, the head is round but
somewhat flattened, the eyes are black,
the wings uniformly dull smoky
brown, while the legs are paler brown
than the rest of the upper side of the
body. The male Is rather smaller
than the female, being distinguished
by the long, slender abdomen and the
longer and more hairy antennae, in
which there are twenty joints.
The egg is of a pale red color, very
minute in size, about a fifteenth of an
inch in length. The eggs are usually
laid on the upper side of the blade near
where it joins the stock or crown of
the root. The eggs hatch in from
four days to two or three weeks, ac
cording to the weather, and the larva
makes its way down to the base of the
sheath. Here it fastens lengthwise and
head downwards to the tender stalk,
and lives upon, the sap. It does not
grow on the stalk, nor docs it enter the
central cavity thereof, but as it in
creases in size it gradually becomes
imbedded in the substance of it, caus
ing it to swell and the plant to turn
yellow and die. By the end of Novem
ber they assume the "flaxseed" state,
and may, on the removal of the lower
leaves, be found as "little brown, oval,
cylindrical, smooth bodies, a little
Thb ITeksiak FltC
smaller than grains of rice. They re
main in the wheat until warm weath
er. In April the larva rapidly trans
forms Into the pupa within its flax
seed skin, the fly emerging- from the
flaxseed case about the end of April.
good th!ngs.-New York- Press. I and 1899, on both heavy aod light soil,
Increase of Oram Trade.
The Dairy Commissioner of Massa
chusetts says:, The consumption of
cream is increasing very rapidly in
Massachusetts. In all of the large
cities cream 'has become a staple ar
ticle in- all grocery and provision
stores, while large amounts are de
livered by the milk peddler. Most ot
this cream comes from Maine, and
several Maine creameries have bui'c
up an enormous business. Professor
Cooley estimates that only about one
twentieth of the cream sold In Massa
chusetts is produced in the state. It
would seem as though the production
of market cream holds out grcat-pos-
sibilties to Massachusetts creameries,
especially in view of the fact that the
demand for cream is the largest In
the summer, when the production of
butter is largest, the surplus most
burdensome and the price the lowest
Where there is a market for cream,
butter fat Is worth from 2 to 3 cents
a pound more in market cream than
.in butter. The production of cream
at creameries on the factory plan
promotes uniformity in quality, and
enhances popular confidence in it
A syndicate has been formed at
Oschenfnrt, Bavaria, to apply electri
city In agriculture.
A Yeaagr'Urtaoso.
Johann Kubelik, the youthful violin
ist, who has conquered the London
musical public, is the son of a market
gardener. He was born in 1880 at
Michle. near Prague, his father, as is
usual in "the land of the fiddlers," be
ing an amateur musician. At 12 he
had entered the Prague conservatory,
and two years ago he made his debut
It was only on February 1 last, how
ever, that his real public career com
menced at Berlin.
- There Is more hugging in teaching
a girl to swim than in, waltzing.
Uad to U'chsas to Fit.
As the views of the faculty of the
University of Bonn as at present con
stituted are too liberal: for" the train
ing of the crown prince of Germany,
who will enter the university in the
coming winter, the dictum has gone
forth that the faculty must be recon
structed to meet the views of the em
peror, and already two new professors
have been called to that end.
The north half of the , Colville.
Wash., Indian reservation was opened
to white settlement. Hundreds of men
were on the ground long before the
hour. "
Trouble Caasetl by One Letter. '
The omission or insertion of a single
letter has often upset a jury's verdict,
and even a whole statute. Possession
of valuable real estate iu Ohio depends
upon a., single letter "s." The Cincin
nati court of common pleas ruled
against Joseph Irwin, the claimant,
and sustained Peter Christmas, who
has been a tenant for seven years past.
The circuit courtv upset that judgment
several weeks ago because the jury's
report read, "On the issues." whereas
there was but one issue involved. Last
week the circuit court reopened the
case on proof that the form of verdict
was printed and hence the objectiona
ble "s" which had caused all the trou
ble was not mads by the jury.
la rtaasjwattsrw
Robert Planqaette, author of that
tuneful opera, "The Chimes of Nor
mandy," la to have unique honor be
stowed upon him. The new chime xtt
bells is about to be rung at the vil
lage church In Corneville, and the lead
ing bell bears this inscription: "I
have caused Normandy to be sung all
over the world." The French title of
the opera, it will be remembered, is
"Lcs Cloches de Corneville."
'It Is not bo much what would Jesus
do in. my place, as what shall I do
with him in my heart.
'Am Old Soldier's Beqacat.
Walter Houston, an old soldier, who
died recently in Ctica, Wis., be
queathed 112,000 to the Veterans'
home, at Waupaca, Wis. He visited
the home some time ago disguised as a
tramp soldier, and he was so kindly
treated that he determine to remem
ber the institution substantially when
he died.
' Donald Becker and Antone Buchem
were killed at Pana, HI., by a Big
Four passenger train while walking on
the tracks. Many think it a case of
double suicide.
Now it is that foot ball comes roll
ing along and surgeons take new hops.
Arm Ton Ualnj Atleat'e root-BaaoT
It Is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting. Burning. Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At ell Druggists and Shoe
Stores. 23c. Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy. N. Y.
- NEW OFFICIAL OF THE ST. PAUL
F. A- Millar Appointed General lavjea
Cer Ajrent or tho III; System.
F. A. Miller, a brother of Roswell
P. Miller, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Chicago. Milwaukee &
St. Paul Railroad company, has been
appointed general passenger agent of
that system (effective Oct 15, 1900) to
succeed George H. Hcafford. recently
resigned. The -appointment of Mr.
Miller to the head of the St Paul pas
senger department was cot unexpected.
as he has been for several years the
principal assistant general passenger
agent of the company, making bia
headquarters in the Marquette build
ing. There will be no assistant, ap
pointed to succeed Mr. Miller. The
two other assistants, Messrs. Marsh
and Merrill, will continue In their old
positions.
General Passenger Agent Miller is
widely known in the railway world,
and is one of the most popular of pas
senger officials. He began his railroad
career in 1S74, and his ood nature,
character ana ability have steadily ad
vanced him in the service of the St.
Paul system since 18S3, when he en
tered the company's employ as a clerk
In the passenger department, of which
he now becomes the head. Mr. Miller
was barn at Harford. Pa.
This year the successful theatrical
manager can thank his his lucky stara.-
TO CURE A COLD IN O.NR DAY.
Tukc IiAXAtira Dijomo Qsiswe Tablets. AH
IrujrKists refund tb money if It f;!ls to cure.
K. V.Giovc'3.iKTia:urcisoathebox. c
The Hub's rribotn to Demis.
Boston is proposing the erection ot a
monument to Captain Ginty. of Dan
bury, Conn., the man who is supposed
to have 'invented" baked beans. The
curious part ot it is that Captain Ginty
never was in Boston in his life.
Each package of PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYES colors cither Silk. Wool
or Cotton perfectly.
, Tale of- Tan Cities.
The cities of Detroit and Milwaukee
have traveled together -with singular
closeness for many years. Back in
ISiO Detroit had a population of 21.
019 and Milwaukee 20,061, and in 1860
they stood 43,619 for Detroit and 43,
216 for Milwaukee. During the next
decade Detroit gained materially over
the Wisconsin town, having some 8,
000 more people, but the latter recov
ered neariy all the lest ground be
tween. 1870 18S0. and in 1S90 showed
204,480 against 205,876 for Detroit.
Now they stand at 285.754 for Detroit
and 285,315 for Milwaukee.
Some girls are mighty sn'ppy vvitli
a little good looks.
Ittst for tbo i:ovr-ls.
No matter what ails you, headache
to a cancer, you will never get well
until your bowels are put right.
CASCARETS help nature, cure you
without a gripe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up in metal boxes, every
tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it Be
ware of imitations.
Using Our Discarded IoTentirm.
A business man i3 thus quoted in the
New Orleans Tiraes-Democrat: "I was
in Manchester, England, last year, and
went, uy invitation, through a big
inents. In one department I was a lit
ments. r.I one department I was a lit
tle surprised to see a lot of workmen
ensngEd on plows of a well known
American pattern. 'Isn't that the same
as Mr. So-and-So's plow?' I ack?d my
suids, who wis a member of the firm.
'We'!, yes, substantially the sain",' he
said, looking a little ronfused, ".jut yr,
see there an; no Hns'ite'i patent?, and
we haven't any intention cf putting it
on the American market.' 'V-.I. 1
shou'd say net!' I xe!aimed. 'and you
couldn't sell any of them if you id
That mede! v.'a :IicirticMl months ago.
an an improved form has aUogrtlier
taken its place. The case is s.inply
one cut of dozens."
My Dear Mr. Editor:
The Passenger Department of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
begs leave to present to you under sep
arate cover, by mail, a little souvenir,
gotten up to remind our friends that
our fast train, the "Katy Flyer," is
still a llyin' between St Louis and the
Gulf of Mexico. Best up-to-date equip
ment, and short hours to and frcm tho
cities of St Louis. Kansas City, Han
nibal. Sedalia. Ft. Scott. Nevada, Par
sons, Denison, Dallas. Ft Worth.
Waco, Houston, Galveston and San
Antonio.
Should our friend, the Editor, feel
disposed to make mention of the sou
venir in his paper, (a unique pen
knife), he will please say that the cost
of the souvenir prevents Its general
free distribution. We shall, however,
send a souvenir to any of your readers
on receipt of twenty-five cents, being
less than its cost Very truly, James
Barker, G. P. & T. A.. St Louis, Mo.
No woman is really ever so angelic
as she looks in her wedding gown.
Frederick J. Pearson, E.E, M.E.
Gxcultias Ectfrlcd saJ MciuaicJ Engineer.
Expert in the Designing and
Supervision of Installation of
Electric tm ana Power Plants
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Ilizbsst References.
12 Years ExperJeace.
Charges Moderate.
Semi po-,t.Tl forlmofclel. "Reasons why jctl
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