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Columbus Journal By COLUMBUS JOURNAL Co. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA- News in Brief Congressman Sulzer. in an address at New York, arraigned corporations and trusts as the greatest menace of the present time to American institu tions. Unable to live on 160,000 a year al lowed her by her father, Frank Work, a multi-millionaire turfman of New YorkMrs. Burke-Roche, his daughter, left him after a quarrel. Miss Elizabeth Shirley, the Kentucky "belle whose engagement to "Big Tom Shevlin, captain of the Yale football team was recently declared off, tells of the shattered romance. A masquerade bill was given for the 600 patients in the Western Pennsyl vania Insane Asylum, at which the in mates were allowed to give full sway to their various hallucinations. With 120,000 in" election bets in his hands as stakeholder, a New York restaurantkeeper disappeared, and the angry betters stormed his .place of business, demanding their money. William Eeims, son of a banker in Williamsburg, N. Y., confessed in court that he tried to rob his father's desk and murderously attacked his father's partner, who discovered his crime. President Loubet has conferred the grand cross of the Legion of Honor on the Russian ambassador, M. Nelidoff, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniver sary of his entry into the diplomatic service. Assemblyman Berg of New Jersey, -who has drafted a bill to abolish cap ital punishment, will ask Governor Stokes to reprieve all condemned mur derers until the legislature acts on the measure. Despondent over the recent death of his daughter, George Auman, 50 years old, threw himself upon her grave at Pottsville, Pa., and then exploded a stick of dynamite on his chest. The dynamite blew him into pieces. Mrs. Alfred Waltse, of 815 Central avenue, Albany, N. Y., is the mother of a 3-days-old daughter, which she in sists was born 116 days, or less than four months, after she had given birth to a son. Her story Is partially vouched for by Dr. George T. Moslon, a reputable physician who attended her. The stockholders of the Datrobe Steel Company ratified the sale of the company's property at Latrobe, Pa., to the Railway Steel Spring company, and at the same time voted to present to Merrit C. Smyth, the retiring president of the concern, $100,000. in recognition of his twenty-one years of service in tho company. Under a law passed at the special session of the Wisconsin legislature, requiring railroad companies to pay up back taxes before contesting in courts, the Northwestern paid $225,834 taxes for 1905, and the St. Paul paid $164, 258 taxes and interest for 1904 and 1905. It is expected that all the smaller roads will follow. The state department telegraphed American Consul Mills, at Chihuahua, Mexico, the nearest consul to Diaz, the scene of the killing of Rutherford and McMurray, to proceed immediately to that point and investigate the case. Finstad, the owner of the ranch where the tragedy occurred, and "Shorty." a cowboy, are held in jail for the crime. Dr. J. Dobson. of Riverton, Conn., has attached real estate owned by Charles Roberts to recover on a bill for medical services amounting to $G8. Roberts a few months ago attempted suicide by taking laudanum. Dr. Dob son saved his life after working over him for several days. Roberts paid Dr. Dobson $10, and claims that was all the job was worth. Thomas Kennedy, a delegate from the Chicago Painters and Decorators' Union to the recent convention of the American Federation of Labor at Pitts burg, was shot and fatally wounded at a meeting of the union by James McGuire, a member of the same organ ization. The men have been enemies for the past year on account of a de sire of both to control the union. Secretary Taft has granted the ap plication of Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles. U. S. A., retired, for relief from further doty with the organized militia of Massachusetts, and the nec essary orders to that effect will be is sued. Since January 10, last Gen eral Miles has served as military ad viser and inspector general on the staff of Governor Douglas, of Massachu setts. The energetic work of Mayor Dunne of Chicago in supressing the scalping of tickets to the Thanksgiving football game between the Universities of Michigan and Chicago, bore such sat isfactory fruit that he has now entered upon a campairn against the scalpers who, he alleges, have made a practice of buying up theater tickets and selling them to the public at an exorbitant ad vance. The Russian cabinet refuses to grant universal suffrage. President Loubet of France has con ferred the grand cross of the Legion of Honor on the Russian ambassador, M. Nelidc.fr. on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his entry into the diplomatic service. Western railroad officials met in Chicago in an effort to settle a dispute over mail contracts. J. B. Bishop, the former $10,000 press agent of the Panama Canal commis sion, defies the Senate and announces that he has assumed the duties of his office as commissioner. Baronr Frederick Seefeld was arrest ed in New York, charged with obtain ing money under false pretenses from Countess Ilka K. Palmay. Major C. Lacoste, a confederate vet eran, who took a prominent part In the firing of the first guns at Fort Sum ter, died at Birmingham. Ala. The death at Cold. Springs. N. Y., of Brigadier Geieral John Campbell, U. S. A., retired, occurred following an ope ration. John Nichol Irwin, ex-mayor of Keo kuk, former minsiter to Portugal and former governor of Idaho and Arizona, died at Hot Springs, Ark. Serious Error Rectified. All the mountains in Switzerland have suddenly been reduced In hight by about ten feet In 1820 the tip of a certain rqck in the Lake of Geneva was calculated to be 376.86 metres above ocean level, and on this basis all the summits In the country were calculated. Recently the discovery was made that an error had been made in fixing the height of that rock, and that it Is 3.26 metres lower than it was marked. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS The Pace That Kills. Work is good. But when it reaches the point where the worker is con scious of its strenuoslty it becomes the pace that kills. In no country are there so many nervous wrecks both among men and women as in this hustling, get-rich-quick America It is here that we need less strenuous ness, more repose of soul and body.- Chicago News. A Necessity. Now, when life is so gloomy. It be comes a necessity for people to bask in the humor of the professional com edian. It is terrible to contemplate what would be the consequences of a dearth of comedians. Bystander. NO FEES FOR OFFICIALS IN DIPSOMANIAC CASES Just Wonderful. Vestry, Miss., Jan. 1st (Special) The case of Mrs. C. W. Pearson, who resides here is a particularly inter esting one. Here is the story told by Mr. Pearson, her husband, in his own words. He says: "My wife's health was bad for a long time. Last July she was taken terrible oad with spasms. I sent for the doctor, and after making a thor ough examination of her, he said un doubtedly the cause of her trouble was a disordered state of the Kidneys. His medicine didn't seem to be doing her much good, so as I heard about Dodd's Kidney Pills, I got her a box Just to give them a trial. Well the effect was Just wonderful. I saw that they were the right medicine and I got two more boxes. When she had taken these she was so much better that she had increased thirty pounds In weight She is now quite well, and we owe It all to Dodd's Kidney Pills." A Servian litigant was allowed $180 compensation for the loss of one side of his mustache, which had reached to the middle of his chest, and which was cut off by a Jealous' rival. LINCOLN The dipsomaniac statute, the law formulated by Senator Epper son in the last legislature, will be test ed in the courts. It is alleged that the act does not provide for official fees. Deputy County Attorney Tyrrell of Lancaster county, filed an opinion with the county commissioners stating that under the law fees could not be al lowed. Several members of the county board had filed expense accounts. He advised that these be refused. The opinion is as follows: "I would beg leave to say that sec tion 60 of said statute reads as fol lows: "The costs and expenses of commit ting and caring for patients In the asylum shall be paid by the counties from which they are sent. "This section does not provide for nor fix the manner of taxing fees by any officer nor the amount he shall receive for any service, which Is a pre requisite of the taxing of costs. There fore it is my opinion that no costs can be taxed by commissioners of insanity as an examining board nor by the sheriff or other persons in the commit ting of persons under the provisions of this statute. "It does not follow under the well settled laws of this state that because there are duties required of officers that fees follow as a matter of course. As a matter of law in this state, fees must be especially provided for by statute or none can be allowed. Un der the provisions of this statute no person can tell what fees should be charged by any officer for any par ticular service performed by him in connection with this act NEBRASKA BRIEFS A GUARANTEED CUBE FOR FILES. Itching. Blind. Bleeding, Protruding Piles. Drug glata are authorized to refund money If PAZO OINTMENT laiU to cure In 6 to 14 days. Sue Farming in Austria. In Austria field labor is still largely done by the women, who also thrash the grain with flails. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar is good quality all tho time. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, I1L Like it, but Different The capital of a western state had been relocated at a small county-seat village where an old-time exhorter preached every Sunday with increas ing enthusiasm as the building boom enlarged his congregation. He want ed a big revival, and urged all to join In the Christian work, saying vehem ently: "The Christian work is just like any other work, only it Is very different" Magazine of Fun. Gets Portland Diplomas. Governor Mickey has received an other lot of gold medal diplomas from the officials of the recent Portland ex position. These documents are pre pared with rather ornate engravings, symbolic of the Pacific coat industries. Each is entitled a "diploma for a gold medal," a phrase which the executive officers do not exactly comprehend, un less it indicates that the medals will follow the parchments. The diplomas cover the moving pictures exhibit, the Nebraska pavilion, the installation of agricultural produce, the collective exhibits of twenty-six products from corn, collective exhibits of seeds, grain corn and tame and wild grasses. There are nine diplomas in the lot Rubenstein's Demand. When Rubenstein was in America some years ago, a friend in New York took him to church. A little preacher preached a little sermon on a little theme. The next Sunday evening the friend invited the great musician to go again. "I will," said Rubenstein, "but on one condition; you must take me to hear a man who will tempt me to do the impossible." Commission Returns Thanks. The Nebraska commission to the Lewis and Clark exposition, at a recent meeting, passed a resolution express ing Its thanks to the newspapers, the officials of the exnosition.the state uni versity, the railroads, the commission ers of Douglas county and Thomas H. Kimball, the architect of the Nebraska pavilion, for assistance rendered in making the exhibit of the state Portland a success. at STATE MAY ACCEPT BONDS FROM IDAHO Ben: Perley Poore's Joke. Maj. Ben: Perley Poore was on a train from Boston to Indian Hill Farm with an invited guest At a station a brakeman announced Tops- field. "Topsfield," mused the major, "Top's-field. I have always wondered where his house and garden are." Relic of Chicago Fire. Among the curios preserved In the Bank of England is a banknote that passed through the Chicago fire. The paper was consumed but the ash held together and the printing is quite leg ible. It is kept carefully under glass. The bank paid the note. MALARIA? T T Generally That Is Not the Trouble. Persons with a susceptibility to ma larial influences should beware of cof fee, which has a tendency to load up the liver with bile. A lady writes from Denver that she suffered for years from chills and fever which at last she learned were mainly produced by the coffee she drank. "I was also grievously afflicted with headaches and indigestion," she says, "which I became satisfied were likewise largely due to the coffee I drank. Six months ago I quit its use altogether and began to drink Postum Food Coffee, with the gratifying result that my headaches have disappeared, my digestion has been restored and I have not had a recurrence of chills and fever for more than three months. I have no doubt that it was Postum that brought me this relief, for I have nsed no medicine while this improve ment has been going on." (It was really relief from congestion of the liver caused by coffee.) "My daughter has been as great a coffee drinker as I, and for years was afflicted with terrible sick headaches, which often lasted for a week at a time. She is a brain worker and ex cessive application together with head aches began to affect her memory most seriously. She found no help in medicines and the doctor frankly ad vised her to quit coffee and use Post um. "For more than four months she has not had a headache her mental faculties have grown more active and vigorous and her memory has beea restored. "No more, tea, coffee or drugs for ns, so long as we can get Postum." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little bowk "The Road to Wellville" in pkgs. i LINCOLN The ?50,000 bonds of the state of Idaho which the Nebraska board of educational lands and funds recently bought as an investment for the permanent school fund will prob ably be accepted. Attorney General Brown has refused to approve the his tory of the bonds because the consti tution of Idaho appears to require a vote of the people to authorize the is suance of state bonds and there was no record of such a proposition having been submitted to the voters of the state. The broker at Chicago of whom the bonds were bought has written to Treasurer Peter Mortensen that no election was held to submit the prop osition to the people of Idaho because the constitution provides that a vote of the people is required only in case the debt, after deducting the territorial debt exceeds 1 1-2 per centum of the assessed value of the state. A certi ficate of the auditor of Idaho Issued June 15. 1905, shows the total debt to be $1,117,000, including the bonds is sued, which is much less than the maximum provided for by the consti tution. The reply of the broker will be submitted to Attorney General Brown. Former Hebron Resident Killed. SAN DIEGO, Cal. Clifford J. Rudd. engineer of the Douglas block, Los Angeles, Cal., whose home was orig inally at Hebron, Neb., met with in stantaneous death here, his mangled body having been found across tho beam at the top of the elevator shaft. Just how the accident occurred will never be known, as Rudd was alone at the time it happened. In some way he was caught under the ton counter weights in the north elevator shaft his body lying across the iron beam, the elevator itself having noth ing to do with it Leaves Wife and Creditors. HUMBOLDT Events of the last few days Indicate that W. A. Richard, a young farmer of this section, is an active candidate for the penitentiary, and if the authorities succeed in lo cating the now missing man he will be given an opportunity to explain to the court a number of transactions. A few days since he wrote from Kansas City, whither he had accompanied a ship ment of hogs, informing his wife that he would not return and that -in the future she could go her way and he would go his. Valuable Horse Stolen. TABLE ROCK A fine single driv ing horse, valued at $250, was stolen from the barn of W. C. Feller. It was though by Mr. Feller that his clerk had the horse out on a drive, so that the thief had twenty-four hours the start of him. Found Dead in Salt Creek. LINCOLN A party of hunters found the body of an unidentified ne gro, about 55 years of age, In Salt creek, at First and J streets. It had in the water about three weeks. The city council of Fremont has purchased a park at the cost of $1,500. The Salvation Army at Beatrice, sent over thirty well-filled baskets to the deserving poor of this city on Christmas day, enough to feed 150 people. Miss Katie Hess of Plattsmouth was severely burned by carbolic acid. A bottle containing the acid was acci dentally overturned, the fluid coming in contact with her arm, A fire caused by an explosion of tur pentine In the paint shop and art store of J. E. Robbins at Nebraska City did some $4,000 damage before it was ex tinguished. Insurance was light Charley, the 15-year-old son of L H. Bombam, of Elk Creek, was shot through the fleshy part of his left hand by the accidental discbarge of a 22 calibre pistol while hunting near town. The Union Pacific steel gang, which has been working between Lincoln and Beatrice for the past few months lay ing steel rails, reached Beatrice last week. The men expect to work on south from that point The coroner's jury which held an in quest over the body of George South wind, a Winnebago Indian, who was found dead on the bank of the Missouri river at South Sioux City on Christmas day, returned a verdict that death re sulted from exposure. Back pay to the amount of $1,029.83 has been awarded by the government to Troop .A, Nebraska cavalry, for ser vice in the concentration camp at Lin coln four days before the troop was mustered into the federal service for the Spanish-American war. W. G. Kahn, a cable splicer of the Independent Telephone company, of Hastings, was working sixty feet in the air, when his coat ignited from a gaso line blower. He tore the coat off and beat out the flames from his other clothes. His coolness prevented a fatal fall from the movable platform. More than 300 Christmas calls were made by Governor Mickey. They were upon the convicts at the state peniten tiary, each of whom he visited person ally in his cell. Speaking of his visits the governor said that he bad been cor dially received by the prisoners, and that only a few told him their troubles, and that a very few had asked for pardons or commutations. United States Marshal William P. Warner of Dakota City took the oath of office before Judge Munger In the United States district court at Omaha, and at once entered upon his duties. His bond for $25,000 is executed through the Empire State Surety com pany of New York. No definite ap pointments of deputies have yet been made, nor will there be for several days. The Eno hotel, the leading hotel of Fremont has failed. It was taken in possession by Sheriff Bauman and Miss Anna Coffey, the proprietress, made an assignment to her creditors. The indebtedness in all amounts .to about $35,000, while the value of the fixtures and furniture is said to be about $4,000 though it is doubtful whether more than two-thirds this much can be realized. S. C. Bicknell, who disappeared from Table Rock, November 15," 1905, and had not been heard from since, put in an appearance a few days ago. Where he has been, no one knows. No ex planation is offered by him. only he was so in debt, he said, that he thought he could never get out and he would get away from it all. He has not been seen on the streets since his return. James Parker, a young Omaha In dian, is under arrest at Pender, charged with killing Bryan Preston, an other young Omaha Indian, son of White Weasel. Preston has not been seen for several days, all efforts to find him proving futile. One theory Is that the two Indians got into a drunken quarrel, and that Parker disposed of Preston by killing him and putting the body under the ice. Governor Mickey has Indicated that he will advocate legislation providing for the examination into the affairs of insurance companies by public exam iners, after the method employed In supervising the affairs of state and national banks. He has received an invitation to attend the Chicago meet ing of governors, attorney generals and insurance commissioners to con sider the need for legislation, but does not know whether he will be able to attend. After a sixteen mile race in an au tomobile with a passenger train Dr. J. S. Latta of Kenesaw defeated what ap parently was an attempt to kidnap the 4-year-old son of George Coffey. A few moments after the eastbound passen ger train pulled out of Kenesaw Dr. Iatta climbed into his touring car and started In pursuit. The race was about even to the first station, the train mov ing off just before the authomobile ar rived. At Hastings, however, the train was overtaken and the child re covered. Sherman Circle No. 4G. Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Be atrice, sent a large box to the Soldiers' and Sailors' home at Grand Island. The box contained chair cushions, wreaths for decorations, silk flags and plenty of good things to eat. According to the decision of the su preme court just handed down the finding of the district court of Custer county is affirmed and William Krenz must serve two years in the state peni tentiary for helping to burn a stack of oats valued at $35 last September. The oats belonged to A. J. Read of Custer county. A young man named Martin, a mem ber of the steel gang at work for the Union Pacific a few miles north of Beatrice, received a bad scalp wound by being struck in the head by a spike that one of the workmen was trying to strike. Captain Kennedy R. Andrews, who has been deputy postrmcier at Kear ney for a number of years, has been appointed to a position in the postal service in the Panama zone and will have charge of the postoffices which the government is establishing along the zone. His resignation will take effect January 1. AGMliTi Agricultural Progress. The census of 1850 gave the number of farms at 1,449,073. In that year New York reported 170,621, the largest number of any state. Only two other states reported over 100,000. They were Ohio, with 143,807, and Pennsyl vania, with 127,577. In 1900 the aggre gate number of farms in the United States was 5,739,657, an increase in fif ty years of 4,290,584 farms. The same period witnessed an increase in na tional population of 23,191,876. In 1900 fifteen states reported over 200, 000 farms each, as follows: Texas, 352,190; Missouri. 284.886; Ohio. 276. 719; Illinois, 264.151; Kentucky. 234, 667; Iowa, 228,622; Tennessee, 224, 623; Pennsylvania, 224.248; Alabama. 223,220; Indiana. 221,897; Mississippi. 220,803; Michigan. 203,261. The total increase In acreage has been from 293,000,000 acres in 1850 to 841,000,000 In 1900. The increase in value of farm prop erty during fifty years is 'shown by the following census reports: 1850, $3,967, 000,000; 1860. $7,980,000,000; 1870, $8,944,000,000; 1880, $12,180,000,000; I lOnn i nan rnn nnn .. .......... ,. V aosv, XV,VO,UUU,VUU; 1UU, 9ZU,D14,UUU,- 000. The average value per farm for each census year was as follows: 1850, $2,738; 1860, $3,904; 1870. $3,363: 1880. $3,038; 1890. $3,523; 1900, $3,574. In 1850 only eight states reported farm land to the value of $100,000,000 or over. In 1900 there were seven states each with farm land worth $800,000,000 or over. In 1850 little farm machinery was In use. Cast iron plows were about the only plows to be found on the farms. Grass was mowed with a scythe and grain was cut with the scythe, sickle or cradle. The threshing implement was the flail. Since that time almost innumerable farm implements have been patented. The value of all farm implements (including wagons and car riages) in 1850 was $151,000,000. By 1880 this value had increased to $406, 000,000. In 1890 the value was $494. 000.000, and in 1900 it was $761,000, 000. The increased use of farm ma chinery has been largely the cause of the enormous increase in agricultural wealth. HORffllM COY'S TERRIBLE ECZEMA, A Good Rotation. The rotation of crops has come to be regarded as one of the necessities of keeping up the condition of the farm. Where farm animals are not kept in considerable numbers, the growing of one crop is sure to reduce the fertility of the farm. Therefore the growing of several crops is advis able. One of the best rotations for the general farmer in Illinois and like states is that consisting of corn, cow peas, wheat and clover. It always pays for the general farmer to have a few cows to assist him in the rotations of the crops by pasturing off the crops that cau be pastured. With the rota tion above mentioned, the cow peas can be sown in the corn at the time of the last cultivation. These will make a good growth and being legumes will add to the soil a considerable portion of nitrogen. After the corn is harvest ed the cows can be turned into these peas which will still be green and can be fed upon them until the frost comes. Farmers that turn their cows in upon the corn stocks would find it safer to have a supply of cow pea foli age, that the animals may eat of both at the same time. Heavy losses have been occasioned by pasturing of the dry corn stocks. The cow peas may be turned under in the late fall or in spring and wheat sown. If the wheat is sown in the fall immediately after plowing the clover seed can be thrown upon the land at the end of winter, while the snow is still on the ground. If spring wheat is to be sown the clover can be sown with it. This will give a crop of corn, a crop of cow peas, a crop of wheat and the next year following the wheat a crop of clover and clover seed. The clover sod can then be plowed under and corn again put on. This will keep the land rich in nitrogen and necessitates only an occasional buying of some form of phosphate. Grapes. As a popular fruit the grape stands next to the apple. When a man buys a package of apples or grapes he generally knows what he Is getting. Grapes on the Chicago market are of a more uniform character than any other fruit During the fall months baskets of grapes are sold by the thousands, daily, and almost always the buyers are satisfied with them. This year they have been quite high from the consumers' standpoint, this being due more to the fact that there has been a big demand for them than to any shortage of supplies. Grapes are grown over a very wide range of latitude, and every year new vineyards are planted. It is now esti mated that the area in grapes is in the neighborhood of half a million acres. California is the great grape grower, and that state grows about as many grapes as all the rest of the United States put together. The larg est single area planted to grapes is that known as the "Lake Shore Grape Belt" in New York and Ohio. This be gins at Brocton in New York, and ex tends rcf Sandusky in Ohio, and is limited on the north by Lake Erie. On tne south it extends to Lake Chau tauqua. In this region nearly all of the farmers are engaged in the grow ing of grapes. The railroads are able to furnish the growers with the best of shipping facilities, and every day dur ing the grape-growing season whole train loads of grapes go east and west toward the great cities, where most of the grapes are consumed. At the present tune there are hun dreds of varieties of grapes being grown in this country. They are, how ever, descended from four chief fami lies: Vitis Iabrusca, known also as the Fox grape; Vitis aestivalis (summer grape); Vitis cordifolia, sometimes called the Frost grape, and Vitis vini fera, the kind generally grown In Eu rope. There are quite a number ol other species, but none that have amounted to very much in cultivation The entire grape growing industry has grown up in about 85 years. In 1820 no more than two varieties of the grapes now grown were known here The greatest advance has been made within the past 50 years. Some of the new grapes have been produced bj hybridization, but the most progress has been made by cultivating chance seedlings. In this way originated the Concord grape, the most famous and most valuable grape grown in the United States east of the Rocky moun tains. Mouth and Eyes Covered With Crusts Hands Pinned Down Miraculous Cure by Cuticura. "When my little boy was six months cd, he had eczema. The sores extend ed so quickly over the whole body that we at once called in the doctor. We-then went to another doctor, but he could not help him, and in our despair we went to a third one. Mat ters became so bad that he had regu lar holes in his cheeks large enough to put a finger into. The food had to be given with a spoon, for his mouth was covered with crusts as thick as a finger, and whenever he opened tho mouth they began to bleed and sup purate, as did also his eyes. Hands:, arms, chest, and back. In short th whole body was covered over and over. We had no rest by day or night Whenever he was laid In his bed. we had to pin his hands down; otherwise he would scratch his face and make aa open sore. I think his face must hav itched most fearfully. "We finally thought nothing could help, and I had made up my mind to send my wife with the child to Eu rope, hoping that the sea air might cure him. otherwise he was to be put under good medical care there. Rut. Lord be blessed, matters came differ ently, and we soon saw a miracle. A friend of ours spoke about Cuticura. We made a trial with Cuticura Soap. Ointment and Resolvent, and within ten days or two weeks we noticed a decided improvement. Just as quickly as the sickness had appeared it also began to disappear, and within ten. weeks the child was absolutely well, and his skin was smooth and white as never before. F. Hohrath. Presi dent of the C. L. Hohrath Company, Manufacturers of Silk Ribbons. 4 to 20 Rink Alley. South Bethlehem, Ta June 5. 1905." Vandal Destroys Tapestry. The famous tarestries of the palaco it Fontainebleau have been cut and dashed until they are almost in .'hreds; the sculptors' and carved ffood mantlepieces chipped in scores jf places by a modern vandal. A well mown architect, who has been en ;aged to make a report on the con lition of the palace, states that an ex penditure of $100,000 will barely :over the costs of the moat urgent repairs. The Choice of the People. Cave Stored Fruit A writer on the storage ol apples for winter keeping says that the digging of a cave foi the winter storage of fruit is feasible and is often practiced in some parts of the country, but that certain things have to be carefully observed, to make the practice a success. The cave should be dug in clean dirt and in e place that will receive no drainage and no seepage. Sand or gravel is best of all. The cave should have a .southern exposure, so that the frost line will be less deep. The top of the cellar should be just below the frost line. Little wood or vegetable mattei should be present. No hay or straw is needed. The apples should not be piled too high or the lower ones will be bruised. Such a cave must be built so it can be entered at will. When things began to go too "fast Mid loose" in New York, the ueonle ose up In their wrath, got together md elected a District Attorney who jiakes life miserable for wrong-doers, lerome flaunted the banner of no po itical party; ho was the people's :hoice. Pillsbury's Vitos is the first choice jf all people who relish good things .'or breakfast It's dainty, delicious md nourishing. Use for Cockroaches. "Wanted, cockroach es in large num jers," is unknown as an advert ise nent In American papers, but it is said to be noi unfamiliar in England, ts mysterious meaning was mado ivident in an advertisement in a Wim aledon (England) paper: "Wanted. .0,000 cockroaches by a tenant who igrced to leave his present residence ji the same condition as it was when ae took it." The Corn Belt and Corn Roots. The era belt is that section of the United States in which corn grows to great perfection and in which the yield per acre is very large. It is also that section of country in which the land is principally given up to the growing of corn. The 'deep rich soil is the cause of this. There are other parts of the country that have a rich soil, but that soil is not deep enough or of the right, consistency to make the growing of ccrn a great interest The corn plant is supposed to be a surface feeder, and it is true that most of its roots are sent along the surface to the ground. But, in addi tion, a great number of roots pene- Pick Off Caterpillar Eggs. When the trees are bare is the time to hunt the caterpillar eggs and re move them from the branches. If this can be done in December, it should be done at that time, because the days are mild, and a boy can climb about the tree tops without being exposed to the cold winds that will interfere with the work later In 'he winter The ergs will be found in clusters or ring's about the twigs and smaller branches. They are easily recognized, and cutting them out will prevent the appearance of the colonies next spring The sooner the work is done the more certain will the orchard owner be that the clusters of eggs will not be for gotten. Next spring there will be a great many things to do, and it Is very easy not to find time then for work of this kind. $100 Reward, $100. The reader of thl paper will be pleaed to !am that there I at least one dreaded dNeae tliat nclcneu ha heen utile ti cure tn all K aiaue. nnJ th.it ! latarrh. Halla Catarrh Cure I the .nly p-.lllvt cure now known t the medical froternliy. Citrrli beltiK a constitutional dlfcai-e. require a cn-lttti-tlon.il treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure N taken In ternally, acting directly upun the blood and mucoua urfacea of the ly.iem. thereby deilruylni; tho fuundatlon of the dl'eam. and viTlng Lhe patient trenstb by hutldlni; up the constitution and a-Jt-ing nature In dolnR It- wort. The pmprleto- har o much faith In lt cnrat.ve rer that they .(Ter One Hundred IiIIars for any rase that 1: lalU U cure, fceml forllctnf te-tlniontal. Addrem K. J. CIIKXKV CO.. Toledo, O. Hold bv all Irusi:l''t.7.';c. Take Hair Family 1'llN for constipation. Death in Ghostly Warning. The ghost of the wostcr brother of Campbell of Inverawc, an officer in the Forty-second regiment in the English-French war of 175G. appeared to Campbell in the Scottish highlands, warning him not to shield the mur derer of the foster brother. Campbell did not heed the warning and was killed at Ticonderoga just attr tho ghost had made its second appearance. Laying Down Peach Trees. In some parts of the west the laying down of peach trees is being practiced on a considerable scale. A hole is dug around the tree and this hole is filled with water. This softens up the ground and the trees can then be bent at the roots. They are laid down till almost level with the ground. Some coarse material, like gunny sack ing, is thrown over them, and over this When You Buy Starch buy Defiance and get the best. 1R oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. The Danger Signal. Red is the signal for danger every where. Even in the far away Society slands the natives are bound to rush .0 the rescue when the red signal light s seen. These islanders produce tho ight by burning a dried seaweed, which gives forth a cherry red. is piled the earth. In the spring, after the dancer of hard freezes is trate the soil to a depth of three or past, the trees are tanen out of their even four feet. It is evident that on a thin, though rich, soil, this could not be the case. This possibility of deep rooting seems to be of great value to protection. This must be done before growth starts. The trees, when right ed, have to be propped up and kept propped throughout the season. The the corn plant; just why we do not j results have been very good so far know. It has been a surprise when , and much is hoped for from the ex- corn piani roots nave been followed into the ground to find how deep they have gone. Trenches have been dug to a depth of four feet around a corn plant and at a distance of four feet from it on all sides. Then a great number of rods have been run through the soil to keep the roots in place and the dirt has then been removed. The results have shown the corn plant to have filled all the big cube of earth with roots. The corn belt has soil that permits of this kind of rooting, and this is why it is the corn belt. On such land drouth has to be very severe to harm the corn, as it can draw moisture from far below the soil that is dried out. How much nourishment it can get from the depths we do not know, but it is prob able that in very dry weather much of its nourishment as well as its mois ture is drawn from the lower strata of soil. J. Y. Hudson. Illinois, in Farm ers' Review. periments carried on. Sensible Housekeepers will have Defiance Stnn-h, not nlnn? because they Ket one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. True Religion Never Hard. Do not expect your religion to be nard. If there be hardness in it. lount that hardness to be of your making, not of God's sending. Phil ips Brooks. How Much Clover Seed Per Acre. It requires in the neighborhood of 15 pounds of clover seed to give the best results in the sowing of land de voted to the growing of clover only. If it Is to be seeded with a nurse crop, less clover seed will be needed. It is usual to seed on the snow above the wheat field that is already green with the wheat sowed in the fall. In such a case 'eight pounds of clover seed should be enough. Fiso's Cure for Consumption is an Infallible Medicine for coughs and colils. N. "VV. Samcu, Ocean Grove. N. J., Feb. 17. lioe. Science has found a new way in which the earth was made, but tho jaethod of owning it remains un-:hanged. Cuban bloodhounds are now advo cated as a means of attacking the wolves and coyotes that prey upon the flcks of sheep on the western ranges. Color of Feed and Flesh. There is a popular superstition among breeders of fowls that if yellow corn is fed to them for a very long time It will produce a yellow color in the flesh. This has never been - ved. and most of us will quepfo- Jf it is so. We know that the rv.r f fowls depends large ly upnn the breed. Most of the Euro rn birds have white flesh; most of ;he American birds, yellow flesh. If any of our readers believe that they have been able to effect a color ot flrsh by feed, wo will lie clad to hea from them. CURES CONSTIPATION Relief that comes from the use of pills or other cathartics is better than suffering from the results of constipation, but relief and euro combined may be had at the ssjaa price and more promptly, for Lane's Family Medicine fa a cure for constipation, and tho headache, backache, sideat.be and general debility that come fro.-n constipation stop when the bowels ao tncur proper work. Sold by all dealers at 25c. and 50c 1 A