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After the Blrd-aUUers.
The search for frozen birds in a
New York city cold storage house,
made by the state game inspector, is
ended, and it appears that in its
course nearly 49,000 birds were dis
covered, alf of which, it is alleged,
were killed out of season. Criminal
and civil actions are to be brought at
once against several persons.
Sad to say there is such a thing as
clert stupidity.
He is the freeman whom the truth
makes free, and all are slaves besides.
"JtMltrcaV Paa Won the "Mob."
Rev. John Watson ("Ian Maclaren")
and others, according to the Congre
gstionalist, recently dined with W. S.
Caine, member of parliament Mr.
Caine offered to give 50 to a hos
pital fund through the man who would
make the best pun on his name with
in five minutes. Brains cogitated for
a few minutes, and then, just as the
time was about to expire, and Mr.
Caine thought he was about to escape,
John Watson said: "Don't be in such
a hurry, Caine."
Fall Weight Coaaterfelters.
A knid of counterfeiting that has
become popular in England of late is
the manufacture of spurious shillings
out of genuine silver. As the same
amount of silver contained in a sail
ing is worth only about one-half of
that sum the coiners reap excellent
profits. All of the false shillings de
tected heretofore have been cast in a
mold, but it is pointed out that were
the counterfeiters to enlist the service
or an expert engraver and die-sinker
detection would be almost impossible
and the only obvious remedy would
be to increase the size and weight of
tbe coins.
Oho Vadls Author.
Henryk Sienkiewiez. S3 years old
and always faultlessly dressed, is a
perfect type of the Polish gentleman.
Languid in manner and slow of
speech, he takes little Interest in any
thing outside of literature, though he
has done most of the things which the
world offers a rich man to do. He
is an inveterate smoker of strong ci
gars. A Flke Coaaty Miracle.
Velpen, Ind., June 17. Wm. O. B.
Sullivan, a farmer of this place, and
who is a brother of ex-Representative
Sullivan of Pike and Dubois counties,
has had a remarkable experience re
cently. Mr. Sullivan is 49 years of age, and
haB been a citizen of Pike County for
30 years. For two years, he has suffer
ed much with kidney trouble and rheu
matism. His shoulders and side were
very sore and stiff, and his back was
so bad he could hardly straighten up
at all. He had palpitation of the
heart, and a smothering which was
very distressing. He used three boxes
of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and is as
strong and well as ever he was. He
pronounces bis care a miracle. Mr.
Sullivan's statement of his case is
startling.
"A month ago I was a cripple. To
day I can do a hard day's work every
day, and have not a single ache or
pain."
Dodd's Kidney Pills have done some
wonderful cures in Indiana, but none
more miraculous than Jhat in tb case
of Mr. Sullivan.
IMrrpolat Morgan' Gift.
Thus far J. Picrpont Morgan has
given $500,000 for a New York tech
nical school, $175,000 for a botanical
paik in New York, $100,000 for a hos
pital. $150,000 for a yacht club, $800,
000 for a church. $25,000 for lighting
St. Paul's cathedral. London, and 30.
000 rare manuscripts to the New York
library.
Are Tea Uslas; AUea's Foot EaseT
It is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's
Foot-Ease, a powder to be 6haken into
the shoes. At all Druggists aud Shoe
Stores, 25c Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress, Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy. N. Y.
What some people don't know they
are forever talking about.
WONDERFUL GEYSERS
OF YELLOWSTONE PARK.
No Other Regloa ta the World Ahoeads
la Such a Variety or Attractions.
The most wonderful scenery in the
world is in Yellowstone National Park,
the great natural curiosity shop of the
universe. Nowhere else, within equal
bounds, are found so many natural
wonders grouped, almost as if by de
sign, for the special convenience of
sight-seers. The wonders of the Alps
and tbe Himalayas, could they be gath
ered together and compressed into an
equal space, could not hope to rival in
grandeur, in variety nor in number,
the attractions of the Yellowstone.
Were all the attractions except the
geysers removed, the region would
still be famed world wide, drawing
nature lovers from all countries to
witness the exhibitions of unequalled
power of these matchless giants,
which, with a roar that may be heard
long distances, spout huge columns of
seething water high into the air, sus
taining them there for varying lengths
of time. Old Faithful, with a regular
ity that begot its name, at intervals of
65 to 75 minutes, sends up a huge col
umn of water 150 feet into the air, re
maining active for four minutes. Giant,
with a deafening roar, spouts 250 feet
every third day for 90 minutes, while
Giantess, at longer intervals and with
slightly less power, maintains activity
for twelve hours at a stretch. Many
others, at intervals ranging from five
minutes to several days, spout water
to varying heights, remaining active
for periods ranging from one second to
an hour or more. In all. there are
thirty-three members of this inter
esting Geyser family of sufficient
importance to deserve special mention.
Twenty-eight of these are in Upper
basin, and when several of them, with
their rainbow tints, spouting at
once, the scene is Indescribable. Other
scenes of grandeur that abound in fa
vored mountainous regions pass in
r endless review before the enchanted
tourist, all sense of fleeting time being
lost in their admiration.
Travel to the park, following Im
proved transportation facilities, has
greatly increased in recent years.
Leaving the Oregon Short Line at
Moaida, Montana, after a pleasant
ride through changing scenes from
Salt Lake City, comfortable stage
coaches run to and through the- park,
nM(r the trip at easy stages in five
days, four of which are spent among
Batare's wonders, and the other among
delightfal scenery. Good hotels are
conveniently located in the park for
sight-seers, where one may stay indefi
nitely, at very reasonable cost.
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Iceberg.
No port lamps gleam along our sides,
No banners float on high;
No human lookout raises glass
To scan our seas or sky.
No Admirals above our decks
'Mid guns and gunners stand;
In hidden sheath to send the sound
Of warlike, stern command.
Yet all the navies of the world
Our bows in vain assail;
We fear po smoking battle tower
That thunders through the gale.
By captains gray our path is marked,
By sailors white and old;
For us the phantom rockets glare
And phantom bells are tolled.
In misty, unremembered ports
Our beacon lights we set
By hands long gone from mortal view,
By forms that men forget.
And we may wander on our course
'Till time at end shall be,
For in our breasts are locked the hulls
Of ships once lost at sea.
John James Meehan iu the Criterion.
Fort Hayes Land Question.
The state of Kansas aud other offi
cers representing it presented a peti
tion recently to Acting Secretary of
the Interior Ryan, praying an inter
view and reversal of a departmental
decision relative to the Fort Hayes
military reservation. They want the
land vacated and turned over to the
state. The Kansas officers claimed to
have discovered that certain survey
maps and plats shown by tbe general
land office in Washington and neces
sary to the former departmental de
cision are not on file in the local
United States land office at Wakeeney
and never have been on file there, says
a Washington correspondent of the
Globe-Democrat For that reason they
claim that Cox and his associates, who
filed homestead applications for the
land, could not have obtained original
right by the mere filing of these papers
of application, not being a long-established
rule of the land department,
founded upon the statute, that local
land offices can not allow applications
or entries until after the filing in the
local land office of the requisite maps
and plats, showing tbe surveys and
subdivisions of sections and quarter
sections of the lands. An investigation
into the matters presented by this pe
tition and information elicited by the
department through correspondence
with the local land office at Wakeeney
corroborated the statements of the
Kansas officers representing the state.
Acting Secretary Ryan has directed
the commissioner of the general land
office, Mr. Hermann, to call upon Cox
and other individual applicants for
these lands to show cause why these
applications should not be rejected and
the lands made over to the state under
the recent act of congress granting the
unappointed lands in the reservation
to the state for agricultural college
purposes. It is a settled rule in the
department that a former decision for
an entry of land will never be vacated
upon an ex parte showing and hence
Cox and. his associates are accorded
an opportunity in this instance, to
fully set forth their claims and views.
The papers presented recently strongly
indicate that the department can not
lawfully do otherwise than award the
land to the state of Kansas. Senator
Harris and the assistant attorney gen
eral of Kansas, and a number of other
prominent Kansans were in Washing
ton recently interesting themselves in
the case. In the petition which they
presented at the interior department
they include some interesting exhibits,
such as a photograph of the map of
Fort Hayes military reservation now
in the land office at Wakeeney, show
ing that the divisions and subdivisions
are not indicated on it, and also a
photograph pf the map in the General
Land office here, in which such sub
divisions are shown. In rendering
the original decision favorable to Cox
the department was net aware of the
difference between the two maps, and
it could not but presume that they
were alike. Why the difference exists
is not apparent as yet, but will prob
ably be brought out in the further
hearing of the case.
The Xaral Cipher.
The naval cipher would make a good
textbook for the puzzle editor and the
queer people who solve their freakish
maneuvering. Words and sentences
are as involved in these mysterious
writings as it is well nigh possible for
human thoughts to be concealed. All
the great departments of the govern
ment have their own way of transmit
ting secret messages, but the naval
code is the most intricate and vexa
tious of all. This naval code has been
doing business for a good many years,
but no one ever thought much about it
until the Washington newspaper men
suddenly discovered that it was a very
great nuisance in their business. Not
that these enterprising chaps are un
patriotic and want to pry into govern
ment secrets, but the transmission of
a code message takes such a long time
that "the waiting becomes tiresome. In
some mysterious manner the receipt of
an important message is always
breathed forth in this little newspaper
community, and there is usually a
scurrying to the department to get
such portions as are to be given out.
At first sight, these code cablegrams
are not different from any other code
messages. They are a jumble of words
from all languages, lingoes and dia
lects, with a sprinkling of common
strong slang. They suggest history,
prize fighting, art criticisms, mathe
matical problems, politics, circus ad
vertising. and,vIn fact, almost every
thing except something about ships.
Italian words are joined to Bowery
brevities to form a word and strange
surprises come in the shape of a col
lection of letters with z's on both ends
and two or three x's in the middle.
Detroit Journal.
Bvtly Timed Compliment.
Brigadier General James F. Smith
of San Francisco became colonel of .the
First Regiment, California National
Guard, In 1897, went to the Philip
pines in 1898, became the first Amer
ican governor of the Island of Ne
gros ia 1899, and is now a brigadier
general of volunteers. His rapid -.d-vaacemeat
recalls an incident that
narked the time when he was elected
colonel. The election was held in the
evening. During the day Mr. Smith,
who is a lawyer, was engaged in de
fending fifty Chinamen charged with
gambling. During tbe hearing the
judge suddenly asked the prosecutor
to point out certain ones of the in
dicted Chinamen who were supposed
to be standing among the horde of
orientals in the back of the room.
The prosecutor could not and asked
Mr. Smith to do so. Mr. Smith de
clined, the prosecutor persisted, the
judge insisted, and the future general,
remaining defiant, was sent to jail for
contempt of court. He went to jail
late in the afternoon and that very
evening was elected colonel. The next
morning the newspapers throughout
the state published a brief Associated
Press dispatch from San Francisco re
lating the fact that James F. Smith
had been elected colonel of the First
Regiment The fact that he was also
in jail was omitted. A friend of Mr.
Smith, who had gone to Napa the day
before, saw the dispatch and imme
diately sent the following congratu
latory telegram: "The right man in
the right place." When the message
was delivered to the new-made colonel
in jail he couldn't see the humor of it
at first Then he realized that his ad
miring friend did not know the "place"
where the message found him. Phila
delphia Post
InstroctioB to the Gaard.
The instructions issued by General
Chaffee, under direction of the war
department, in regard to the protection
of the American Legation at Pekin af
ter the departure of the United States
troops from China were recently made
public at the department. They desig
nate Company B, of the Ninth Infant
ry as the legation guard, and Major
E. B. Robertson of that regiment, is
detailed as commander. Major Rob
ertson's attention is especially invited
to the fact that the troops under his
command are stationed in a foreign
country with which the United States
is on terms of friendship. The guard,
must, therefore, not be used aggres
sively unless in defense of the Ameri
can Legation or persons and property
of American citizens in its immediate
vicinity. The guard will repel attacks
made by Chinese on the American
Legation or its own position, and if
necessary to do so, may fire on the as
sailants. It may co-operate with other
foreign troops for the defense of the
legations in event of attack being
made on the same by Chinese forces.
American Soldler'j Generosity.
A writer ia "Ainsiee's Magazine"
tells this story: "Our government al
lowed several transports with return
ing volunteers to stop at Yokohama,
and so hundreds of American soldiers
visited that city and Tokio. One of
them hired a bicycle, and was taking
a ride about the streets of Yokohama
when he ran down an elderly Japanese
man. The soldier rang his bell several
times, but the Japanese apparently
paid no attention to it, and the Ameri
can found himself promptly arrested
and taken to court, where he was fined
10 yen ($5). He protested that he had
done everything possible to avert the
accident, and asked why the man made
no attempt to get out of the way. The
policeman then told him that the man
was blind. The soldier looked dazed
for a minute, then felt in his pocket
and brought out a $10 bill. 'Here,' he
said, 'it's the last I've got, but he can
have it,' and he turned it over to the
blind man. The Japanese were deeply
touched, and that same day a delega
tion of policemen hunted up the sol
dier and gave him back his fine."
Army Officers Intricate Duties
At the present time an American
army officer's duties are often bewil
deringly intricate.lt is said of Lieut
N. G. Bishop of the artillery that
while administering his duties in the
Philippines his labors in addition to
his regular tasks as officer, have em
braced the licensing of business not
provided for elsewhere in the govern
ment; the management of markets and
the collection of market taxes; the
management of the matadero and the
collection of the meat tax; weights
and measures, carriage taxes and taxes
for carts and horses; building permits,
registration of live stock, public land
rentals and the collection of various
other small imposts and taxes. All of
these with a few exceptions, were
farmed out for collection and supervis
ion to individuals under the Spanish
regime, but Lieut Bishop has broken
up this corrupt system.
Men for the Navy.
Lieut D. W. Blamer, of the United
States navy, opened a recruiting sta
tion at Indianapolis recently, and 'or
ten or twelve days enlisted a large
number of men for the navy. The
building of new battleships for the
navy opens opportunity to many "land
lubbers" to begin a sailor's life. Men
from eighteen to twenty-five years
were enlisted with pay of $16 a month,
and youths from fifteen to seventeen
years were taken as apprentices. Each
man received a bonus of four months'
pay and an allowance of $45 worth of
clothing as soon as the recruiting offi
cer accepts him. In addition to sailors,
the recruiting officer enlists sailmak
ers. machinists, electricians, musicians,
boilermakers, hospital stewards, paint
ers, carpenters, coal passers and men
from other trades.
Bock I laad CoTernment Arsenal.
At Rock Island the government ar
senal will soon be fully equipped with
electric power. A dam has been built
across part of the Mississippi to in
crease the head of water and give an
additional fall of water. The work,
which was provided for by an ap
propriation of $97,000 by congress, was
begun last July and Is now nearly
completed. The government power
house, which has been built, is 20 feet
wide by 288 feet long. It replaces the
one destroyed by fire eighteen months
ago, but is longer and carries addition
al turbine wheels, which are needed
for the development of the additional
power for tbe small-arms factory.
To Camp by Regiaseats.
Individual regimental militia en
campment will replace the brigade en
campments at Springfield, I1L, this
year. The First infantry probably will
be the first to go into camp, leaving
July 5. The regimental encampments
will give the several regiments more
room for field maneuvers and general
practice drill than they get in brigade
encampments.
You can't act all the time as if life
were a perpetual cake walk.
FAEM AM) GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST
AGRICULTURISTS.
TO
Feme trieto-Itate Hints Alsoat Caltrra
Ilea or tbe EoU and Yields Thereof
Horticaltara, Viticulture aad Florlcal-
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Hortlcaltnrat Observations.
Among the visitors at the Fanners'
Review office last week was L. R. Bry
ant, Secretary of the Illinois State
Horticultural Society. He brought
with him some samples of the apples
he has had in cold storage since last
fall. It was the Seventeenth of May,
yet the apples were as hard and fresh
looking as the day they came off the
tree, and their color was excellent Mr.
Bryant said that they had been held
all through the winter at about 32 de
grees. Of this two things may be said;
one is that more apples should be put
into cold storage warehouses, to lessen
the glut In the fall, and another is that
the Willow Twig is a most excellent
apple for that purpose. We doubt if
tnere be any other apple that will
come out better in the spring or sell
more readily.
The folly of planting some kinds of
trees in the fall in some of our north
ern latitudes is frequently well illus
trated by the results of that practice.
Recently the writer of this had occa
sion to look over a large mass of
shrubbery that was planted last fall,
the planters insisting that that 'was
the proper time to plant This spring
at least two-thirds of the plantation is
dead and most of the shrubs will have
to be pulled up and replaced. The ad
vice of our state horticultural socie
ties should be taken. The Illinois
State Horticultural society has given
the matter due consideration and has
declared in favor of spring planting
in all localities north of Springfield.
In warmer regions fall planting is
doubtless all right, especially where
the winter supply of moisture is good.
The Illinois State Horticultural So
ciety has for a number of years con
ducted sub-experiment stations with
more or less success. These stations
number, we believe, eight, and are
scattered over the state. The object
of their existence is to try the same
fruits in different parts of the state.
Every new fruit, whether tree, cane,
or bush, is sent to each of the stations.
After several years it is easy to ap
proximate its value for the locality in
which it is being tried. We say ap
proximate, for even trying a fruit in
eight or nine parts of the state will
not prove positively what it might do
in yet another location other than the
eight Not only the climate but the
soils must be considered, and the com
binations of soil are almost infinite.
Tbe greatest difficulty is to get men
that will properly run these sub-stations,
and this difficulty is increased
by the fact that little money is avail
able for that purpose. A man is paid
a rental of about $5 per acre per year
for the land on his farm actually oc
cupied by the experimental orchard or
small fruits. This land is at the pres
ent time not often in excess of three
acres. Then the owner gets perhaps
$25 per year for taking care of the
plantation, and the trees and plants
are furnished to him free. If the man
be a horticulturist by instinct he will
carry on the work from year to year
and will get results. Some of the care
takers, however, weary of well-doing
in a "short time and the trial orchard
is neglected. There is also another
disturbing factor namely, death. We
instance J. V. Cotta, who was a most
thorough horticulturist and had charge
of a trial station located on his farm.
When death came the whole work
there was interrupted, and it now
seems likely that the trial orchard will
cease to be, as the land will pass to
heirs and the land under the orchard
is not owned by the State Society.
Probably the state will ultimately pro
vide money for the purchase of land
to be used for such stations, but the
funds of the State Society will not, at
the present time at least warrant in
vestment in real estate.
Kansas Gjpsum and lis Value.
Many people will be surprised to
know that gypsum is found in Kansas
in large quantities. In his address be
fore the State Board of Agriculture
I Erasmus Haworth stated that Kansas
ranits second In the Union as a pro
ducer of gypsum and the value of Its
marketed product. Kansas gypsum is
of two distinct varieties, which differ
from each other in origin and in meth
od of manufacture. The most abund
ant variety is the ordinary rock gyp
sum, which exists in broad layers, in
terstratified with limestone and shale
so that in every respect it is a gen
uine rock. It is this form of gypsum
which is so abundant in the vicinity
of Blue Rapids and on the south side
of the Hill river opposite Solomon. It
also occurs near the little town of
Hope and many places south of It,
from Sumner line to the state line
and last but not least to the southwest
in Barber county. Here It occurs as
immense masses of stratified rock,
measuring in some places 30 feet or
more in thickness. It also caps the
hills in the rough country to the
southwest of Medicine Lodge. This
reck gypsum in the various places
named is exceptionally pure and con
tains only about one or two per cent
of foreign matter. It is equal to any
gypsum ia the world for the manufac
ture of the highest grades of plaster
of Pans and when properly mixed
with efficient retarders makes as high
grade cement plaster as can be found
on the markets of Europe or America.
Another variety of gypsum known in
Kansas and elsewhere is pulverlent in
form. It is found near or at the sur
face of the ground in wet or marshy
places and is mixed with more or less
earthy matter, such as soil, clay and
sand.
Experience shows that it is profit
able to apply gypsum to some kinds
of soil. Last year Forest Savage of
Lawrence applied a few hundred
pounds of gypsum to a wheat field.
The vigorous growth and healthy
green color of this portion testified to
the benefit derived from the condi&on
of the gypsum. Bro. Haworth thinks
that the productiveness of Kansas soil
can be greatly increased, particularly
in the eastern part of the state where
gumbo patches are common and hard
pan is abundant. He was betraying
no professional secret when he stated
that many of the big packing houses
used large quantities of ground gyp
sum to mix with other animal fertil
izers. The farmers of the west are
slow in getting around to commercial
fertilizers, but when these materials
can be had near at hand there Is no
reason why they may not be profit
able. 9
Jadgiag at Kaasas City Shaw.
Frank D. Winn, secretary of the Na
tional Breeders' show and also of the
organization representing Poland
Chinas, gives the following explana
tion of system of judging adopted by
the managing committee on Poland
Chinas at the Kansas City show this
method to apply only of course to the
Poland China breed: The four judges
who will tie ribbons on the Polands
at the Kansas City show are T. B.
Hart of Illinois, J. M. Klever and J.
C. Hendrick of Ohio and W. Z. Swal
low of Iowa, who was substituted for
W. H. McFadden, who could not serve
on account of his official position with
the American Poland China Record
company. These gentlemen are all
well knowb and have the confidence
and esteem of breeders throughout the
country, both as to their judgment
and their honor. The managing com
mittee does not believe that any one
of these men would let any little per
sonal feeling Interfere with their best
judgment in placing the awards,
should there be any, yet there are al
ways those exhlbltovs who imagine
they will not get a fair deal on ac
count of personal differences, etc.,
and to ease the minds ot such men,
we have adopted a method of judging
which will make it almost impossible
for any breeder to be injured without
there are as many as two of the judges
prejudiced against him. Two judges
will work on each class with a referee
to decide in case of a disagreement,
and one judge will then of course be
out on each class. The judges will be
rotated, the referee changed each timeJ
as well as the man who Is out It. can
readily be seen that u"nlessboth of
the judges on a class or one of the
acting judges and the referee are dis
posed to be prejudiced and working
against the same breeder, it will be
impossible for him to get the worst ot
it This method of judging was adopt
ed for the great combined cattle shows
at Kansas City this fall and in the
opinion of the committee would be the
most satisfactory that could be used
for the Poland China hog exhibit I
am not informed as to the system that
will be employed by the other breeds.
The committee determined to go to
the extra expense of the additional
fourth judge to make It as fair and
satisfactory to all exhibitors as possi
ble, which it was thought would be
appreciated by the breeders and be the
cause of a larger and better exhibit
Black Spanish.
The Black Spanish Is one of the old
est varieties of domestic poultry. Their
name has been Identified with the In
dustry for hundreds of years, and
their practical wcrth on the farm has
long been of much value. .Their
haughty bearing, large red comb and
wattles, and the white face and lobes
peculiar to the breed, contrasting with
tneir glossy black plumage, render
tnem most striking fowls. White
faced Black Spanish have long been
favorably known for their exceptional
ly fine laying qualities. The oldest of
the nonslttlng varieties, they still
maintain an unsurpassed record. Tbe
pullets are early layers, averaging 150
to 180 eggs per year, the hens begin
ning somewhat later after molting,
but compensating for any loss of quan
tity by the increased size of the egg,
while hens and pullets alike are well
above the average for winter laying.
Their eggs are large and white and of
good flavor. Their white face is a dis
tinguishing feature, and should be
long, smooth, fre? from wrinkles, ris
ing well over the eyes in an arched
form, extending toward tbe back of the
head and to the base of tbe beak, cov
ering the cheeks and joining the wat
tles and ear lobes, the greater the
depth of surface tie better, and should
be pure white in color. The color ot
plumage througnout is rich, glossy
black, and any gray in plumage is' con
sidered a serious detect Shanks and
toes are blue, or dark leaden blue.
Comb Is single and bright red in col
or; wattles, bright red, except the in
side of the upper part, which is white;
carlobes, pure white. No standard
weight is given for Black Spanica;
they average In size that of the Leg
horn and Andalusian.
Toads As Medicine,
Out of the queer use of a common
creature regarded as most potent in
old-time medicine there came the most
surprising and nearly the most import
ant of inventions. Nearly every school
boy knows that a toad can cause warts
or make the cow give bloody milk, but
not everybody knows that toads are
also powerfully medicinal. It is a fact
Martin Luther says so. These are his
very words: "Experience has proved
the toad to be endowed with valuable
qualities. If you run a stick through
three toads, and, after having dried
them in the sun, apply them to any
pestilent humor, they draw out the poi
son, and the malady will disappear."
Pope Adrian always carried a bag
about his neck containing dried toad,
pearl, coral, gum, tragacanth, smaragd
and other articles of junk. It did him
a power of good he said. It was all
that kept him up. And lest you think
that they only did that hundreds of
years ago, I want to say here that
when my father was a boy and suf
fered from quinsy they used to tie live
frogs about his throat. The frogs
nearly clawed the hide off. They did
not cure the quinsy, but that's a de
tail. Harvey Sutherland in Ainsiee's.
Alfalfa la the Hog Ration.
At the Oklahoma station alfalfa pas
ture, with and without the addition of
grain, was studied with a number of
pigs. Other forage crops wet) also
tested, including sugar beets, cow
peas, sorghum, sweet potatoes and pea
nuts. During part of the tests the feed
ing stuffs were cut and" fed; during
the remainder of the time they were
harvested by the pigs. These tests
led to the following general con
clusions: Alfalfa Is excellent as pas
ture for hogs. Pigs will make some
gain with no other food, excellent
gains when fed grain on the alfalfa.
Continuous pasturing will injure and
may destroy the alfalfa. With rare ex
ceptions, alfalfa should not be pastured
the year It is sown. Sorghum also
makes a fair pasture for hogs. Sow
ing cow-peas, planting peanuts or
sweet potatoes, and allowing hogs to
harvest the crop, giving them some
grain in addition, reduces the cost of
pork production. Sugar beets are much
relished by any class of stock. The
greater cost of growing them as com
pared with other crops makes It doubt
ful If they are an economical crop when
used in large quantities.
A Southern writer says that at pres
ent a great many in the South are
sending North for first class pigs, but
owing to the fact that they are not
writing to pay first class prices, are
getting scrubs at scrub prices.
The present population of Athens in
Greece is only 80,000. There is no ac
curate census of the city when in its
ancient glory, but it is supposed at one
time to have contained 500,000 inhab
itants. The city of Birmingham, Ala., has
already begun to make preparation for
a "metallic exposition," to be opened
there Nov. 15, 1904, and continue un
til May 15, 1905.
tag LeoyeM Motor.
The costliest motor in the world is
now building for the king of the Bel
gians. It is to have a sleeping room,
a toilet room and a servants' compart
ment. The motor is thirty-five horse
power, and its reservoir holds twenty
five gallons of gasoline. When on
the road it will consume $2.50 worth
of oil every hour. Tne vehicle, vir
tually a palace on wheels, will cost
$50,000.
The noblest of all charities is en
abling the poor man to earn a liveli
hood. Horseless vs. Horse.
The enmity that has has arisen be
tween publications devoted to the
horse and the automobile is amusing
to disinterested people. For vitupera
tive purposes the horsemen have so
far had the more effective ammuni
tion. A motor vehicle magazine ral
lies bravely, however, wita the follow
ing: "In the first month of the last
quarter - in France horses causfd
967 accidents, with 88 fatalities. The
railways in the same length of time
caused 145, of which 2 were fatal. Tbe
automobile was the cause of 38, witQ
2 fatalities, and the bicycle wa3 re
sponsible for 119, with 6 deaths."
Risked It at S3.0VH.
Sir Arthur Sullivan's Stravivarius
violin was sold in London the other
day for $3,000. Douba as to its au
thencitv were expressed by a noted
experUandthe auctioneer offered it
At the same sale a vlolincello by
Joseph Guarnerlus was knocked down
at $850.
Oxford aad Cambridge.
Bishop Mandell. Creighton was once
asked if he could name a point of rad
ical difference between Oxford and
Cambridge men. Dr. Creighton said:
"An Oxford man looks as if the world
belong to him; a Cambridge man
looks a3 if he does not care to whom
it belongs."
Some people Imagine that their love
for arguing scripture is the Simon
pure religion.
Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for
10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con
tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran
teed or money refunded.
If you want to keep on the right
side of the average mother speak well
of her bad boy.
Hall's Catarrh Core
Is taken internally. Price. 75c.
Weighty questions ask for deliberate
answers.
What Po the Children Driakr
Don't give them tea or coffee. Have yon
tried the now food drink called GRAIN-O?
It is delicious and nourishing, and takes the
place of coffee. Tbe more Grain-O you give
tbe children the more health you distribute
through their systems. Grain-O is made of
pure grains, and when properly prepared
tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but
costs about If as much. All grocers sell it,
15c and 29c.
One bird tied is better than a hun
dred flying.
Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for
10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con
tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran
teed or money refunded.
The egg of today is better than the
hen of tomorrow.
Mrs. WiBslows soothing Syrup.
For children teett'jif?, softens the guma, reduces fir
flammatlun. allay pain.curea wind colic Zicabotue.
Hear sixty advisers, but be guided
by your own conviction.
Ladles Can Wear Shoes.
Oue size smaller after usingAllen's Foot
Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new
shoes easy. Curesswollen, hot,svcatinjr,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. All druggists and shoe stores,
25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y.
A thing to which a fool does not
consent, knew as the right thing.
BOOK OP YELLOWSTONE PAKK SCENERY.
Many of the beautiful scenes in Yel
lowstone National Park have been
photographed and for the first time
are presented to the public in a beauti
ful folder published by the Oregon
Short Line Railway. In addition to
the views, which would adorn any
home, there is a great deal of informa
tion concerning the best way to visit
the park that should be in the hands
of all who contemplate visiting this
storehouse of wonders. Send 4 cents
in stamps to D. E. Burley General
Passenger and Ticket Agent Oregon
Short Line Railway, Salt Lake City,
Utah, for a copy of this work of art
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clean inside so as to prevent disease and that is to take CASCARETS.
Perfect disinfectant and bowel strengthened. All diseases are
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In 139 workhouses of England and
Wales are 2,784 inmates who have
lived under George III., George IV.,
William IV., Victoria and the present
king. Indigency seems a fairly health
ful condition in Great Britain.
In addition to his one-fourth inter
est in the profits of the Wild West
show. Buffalo Bill receives a salary of
$1,000 a week as the star attraction of
the performance. The season last
about thirty weeks.
Never put off till tomorrow the cred
itor you can put off for thirty days.
Always put off till tomorrow the
revenue you could accomplish today.
Pico's Care for Consumption is as Infallible
nelcine for coughs and colds. N. W. SAMUat
Ocftan GroTC, N. J., Feb. 17. 190ft
Look before, or you'll find yourself
behind.
Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for
10 cents. All other 10-cent starcn con
tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran
teed or money refunded.
Some are
otherwise.
weatherwise, some are
Pain, suffering. Wizard Oil could not
live together, so pain and suffering
moved out Ask your druggist about It
What's given shines, what's receiv
ed is rusty.
GRKATLY reduced rates
VIA.
OMAHA AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD.
Buffalo, N. Y., on sale May 15th to Sept.
COth.
Kunsas City. Mo., on sale June 7th to
11th.
Detroit. Mich., on sale July 5th, 6th and
7th.
Cincinnati, O., on sale July 4th. 5th and
Cth.
Chicago, 111., on sale July 23rd. 21th and
23th.
Louisville. Ky., on sale Aug. 2ith, 23th
and 20th.
Cleveland. O.. on sale Sept. 8th to 12th.
Half rates to most all points south first
and third Tuesday each montl Summer
tourist rates to all summer resorts now
on sale. For descriptive matter regarding
the Pan-American Exposition, summer
tours, rates and all information call at
O. & St. Lu City Office. 1113 Farnam street
(Paxtcn Hotel building), or write Harry
K. Moores. C. P. & T. A.. Omaha. Neb.,
or A. J. Bandy. G. P. A., Kansas City,
Mo.
Keep thy shop and thy shop will
keep thee.
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
Extended tour, leisurely itinerary
with long stops in the Park. Private
coaches for exclusive use on the drive.
Pullman sleeping and dining cars.
Established limit to number going.
Escort of the American Tourist Asso
ciation, Reau Campbell. General Man
ager, 1423 Marquette Building. Chica
go. Colorado and Alaska tours also.
Tickets (achate all Exacsscs Everywhere.
Train leaves Chicago via Chicago,
Milwaukee & St Paul R'y, Tuesday,
July 9, 10.00 p. m.
Aa Effective Advertlseaaeat.
All successful business men agree
that good advertising pays. Good ad
vertising means interesting announce
ments placed in newspapers which
reach a large proportion of the people.
Probably most experienced advertis
ers would say that to make the merits
of a single commodity the feature of
an "ad" is the most direct and effect
tlve way of getting people's attention
fixed on an establishment Philadel
phia Record.
NEW FAST TRAIN TO COLORADO
Via MiiSoarl raclfle Railway.
The Missouri Paclic Railway is now
operating double dally service from St
Louis and Kansas City to points in
Colorado, Utah and the Pacific coast
Trains leave St Louis 9 a. m., and
10:10 p. m., Kansas City 6 p.m. and 10
a. m., carrying through sleeping cars
between St Louis and San Francisco
without change. Excursion tickets
now on sale. For further information
address Company's agents.
H. C. TOWNSEND.
G. P. & T. Agent, St. Louis, Mo.
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are used by the best shots in the country because they are so accurate,
uniform and reliable. AUtheworld'scbampionshipsandrecordshave been
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DEATH
begins In the bowels. It's the unclean
placesthat breed infectious epidemics,
and it's the unclean body unclean in
sidethat "catches" the disease. A
person whose stomach and bowels
are kept clean and whose liver is live
ly, and blood pure, is safe against yel
low fever, or any other of the dread
ful diseases that desolate our beautiful
land. Some of the cleanest people
outside are filthiest inside, and they
are the ones who not only "catch"
the Infections, but endanaror tho fftc
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The smartest flowers for Easter this
year, and possibly for that reason the
most expensive, were the gardenia
plants. In the last year they have
grown steadily in favor, and are as
much in demand for women as for men.
Bagpipes for the Salts a.
The Sultan of Morocco has become
so interested in Scotch music as play
ed for him by a piper a short time
ago that he has commissioned a Glas
gow firm to make him a set of pipes
for his own use.
A Cesspreheaslve Trip.
If you are going to California this
Summer and the Round-Trip Rates in
effect for the Fifth International Con
vention of the Epworth League,
should decide you to do so. why not
go and return the most interesting
ways? The Southern Pacific Com
pany offer Three .Routes via St. Paul
and Minenapolis along tho northern
border and Portland. Oregon; via tho
famous Shasta Route, via Denver, Salt
Lake and Ogden. the great Ogden or
Overland Route or via New Orleans,
through Houston. San Antonio and El
Paso, along the Mexican border, tho
Sunset Route. The tickets, which will
be on sale July 6th to 13th inclusive,
good for return until August 31st. can
be purchased to read going via any
of these routes and returning via
either of the others. For particulars
address W. G. Neirayer, General West
ern Agent. S. P. Co., 23S Clark street,
Chicago, 111.
Variety may be the spice of life, but
most men seem to prefer cloves.
ask your grocer ror DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for
10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con
tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran
teed or money refunded.
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the stars of talent brightly shine.
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Illustrated pamphlet',
idvins; experiences of
farmers who have be
come wealthy in urow
imr wheat, reports of
delegates, etc.uud full
information as to reduced railway rates can ln
bad on application to the Superintendent ot
Immigration. Department of Interior. Ottawa,
Canada, or to W V. Beuuett, bUI New York
Life Uldfc'.. Omaha. Neb.
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