THE OMAHA DAILY BEEtTHURSDAY / MAY 20. 1880. LIFE AT TflE STATE CAPITAL The Bascombo Murder Additional Bo- ward for Arrest of Ernest Myora. INSANITY OF JIM REYNOLDS. Wnllors * Ijcnii for Mfo Ills Stranjro Htory CorroborntliiR Clrcwm- Btanccs Will It Foot up .25,0007 HnsoHall. . trttOM THE ritR's t.wrotv * mine vul. Governor Dawns 1ms received n letter slpned by prominent citizens of Lincoln county asking him to ofl'er n sneclal re ward for the nrrest of Ernest Myers , one of tlic principal acton in tlio murder and burning of Lieutenant Haseombo and wife at JJorlh 1'lntto In April , 1835. Tluj details of the cnmc , as recalled to the Mix correspondent by the executive , are that : xt the time mentioned the eharreil skeletons ot Air. and Mrs. Has- combe were found in the ruins of their house. It was at first supposed , being an uged couple , that they had been sitlVo- eated by the smoke and died In that way. An investigation of the remains proved conclusively , however , that they had been murdered , and the theory was then adopted by the ollirials that the bodies hail been placed in the bed and the house fired to destroy all evidence of the crime. That this theory was correct was estab lished by the confession , last fall , of a man named My- or * , implicating his brother Krncst , and two pals named Long and Teater- man In the horrible affair. The letter re ceived by the governor states that there is proof how at hand that Krnest Myers lirst shot Lieutenant Hiticoinbo in the house , mid that the hitter's aged wife lied to the hills , where Myers pursued and killed her , dragging back the body to the house , and placing it with that of her husband on the bed which ho then saturated with oil and .set on lire. Long. Tcatornmn , and the Myers first arrested are in jail , avyiuliug the action of the grand jury. It is necessary , in order to get u missing link In the chain of evi dence , and secure thu indictment and conviction of the guilty parties , that Ernest Myers should bo caught as boon as possible. This , the writer of the let ter thinks , can bo done if the governor will oiler a reward for his apprehension. Under the old law the executive could only expend $200 for the arrest of parties implicated in a mur der no matter how many people were killed , or how many were engaged in the killing. Just after the horrible rible albiir in Nanco county , however , the legislature was induced to change the law so as to empower the governor to treat the killing of each person us a sepa rate olVense , and name his rewards ac cordingly. Thus , instead of being con- lined to the oiler of a paltry $ ' 200 in the Nance couty butchery , where there were live people killed , ho was enabled to make the reward $1,030. It is under this new provision that the governor is asked to act in the case in hand , and If the sheriff of the comity will certify to the facts stated in the letter , it is very probable that he will comply with the request' . Talking upon the subject of murders In general , and Nebraska outoheries in par ticular. Governor Uawes said that there seemed to be a misapprehension of Ids powers of interference in- the Keynolds case at Sidney. "I have " said ho ' 'of , , course , the usual executive rights of pardon aud com mutation at nil times , but in the case of prisoners becoming insane after conviction and sentence the statutes pro vide an express method of procedure. Sections 533 , 551 , 055 , of chapter 51 , say that If any convict sentenced to the pun ishment of death shall aprmar to bo in sane , the sheriir shall notify 'the district judge and summon a jury of twelve men to Inquire into such insanity , and give notice thereof to the district attorney. If this jury find tlmt the convict is insane the judge shall suspend the execution until the sheriff 'shall receive a warrant from the Governor directing the carrying out of the sentence. And the sheriu must transmit a certified copy of the jury's finding to the governor , who may. when he shall become convinced that the convict baa become' sound mind , issue" a warrant naming a time for his execu tion. tion.Tho The proceedings in the Reynolds case are hail under this statute. Shorill' En- bank notified Judge Ilamor of the condition of the prisoner mid summoned a jury , before which Dr. Matthowson was subponiacd to appear and testify , after an examina tion of the prisoner , as to his mental state. This examination probably took place yesterday. If it results in a report that Reynolds is sane , the sentence will take place on Friday in accordance with the sentence , \S. \ on the other luui J- , ' should , Jjft found insane.Judge Humor , VjnO is on tliQ su < > t , must 'by direction of tlio nVtuuro suspend the execution until the governor shall direct it to procned. Thus it will bo seen tlmt it is the district judge and not the executive who in such cases has the power , and in fact Is com- ullod to sot aside , temporarily at least , 10 hanging of a condemned murderer. So far as known the only Indications of " insanity about Reynolds" Is the sullen silence wliioh ho has persisted in main taining for several months , refusing to talk with iinyono , not excepting his counsel. The Nanco county tragedy , as it was mentioned incidentally in connection with the Bascombo oiiBo , Was commented on by the governor , who said that it would bo one of the most gratifying acts of his of. lioiiil career if ho could bo instrumental in securing the detection and arrest of the perpetrators. It was not long ago tlmt u man of high standing in this state , as a pursuer of criminals , applied to the governor for a requisition for the extra dition of a man whom ho said ho had lo cated Iwyond doubt as the murderer. Thngovornor replied that if ho would make a satisfactory showing the requisi tion would ho issued gladly and quickly , but up to date no reply or further request luis been received. AVALTKItS'LEAl' KOJl LIKE. About a o'clock yesterday morning , a dwelling house in course of erection on the lot of II. K. Noble , at Thirteenth and G streets was destroyed by tiro. A ilonblo residence building adjacent , oo- cupled-by Mr. Noble and Mr. Osborno , was also badly damaged , 80 far as can bo ascertained the tire was the work of an incendiary. When the llamas were under good headway , n man was seen to jump from the second story of the unfinished building , and strike heavily on his baolc on the ground. He was taken in charge by the police , to whom lie gave his name as II. Walters. Ho said that while hang ing about the depot Tuesday afternoon lie overheard a couple of men plotting a robbery for that night , and understood them to contemplate the burning of No- bio's house to draw people away from the quarter whom they wanted to work. Walters then wont to look for Noble , and failing to find him , went up in the second Ptory of the now house to await develop ments. Ho foil asleep , ana was only nwnkoned when the lire had made such headway tlmt escape by the stairs was nut oil" , In his' jump from the window Walters received were injuries to his head and back , and la now lying in the jail unable to move. While his story bounds rather lishy , thcro arc some corroborating - , roborating circumstance's. It is known tint a man answering hi * description was looking for Mr. Noble about dnrk , ana being unable to find him , took : up ins quarters In the now house. A man closely resembling a thief cauiiht shortly after by Onptalnbowderv , while robbing thu house of .1. W. Deweese , was also seen running from the neighborhood of Noble's residence about 2 o clock. These facts tend strongly to support Walters' story. The man nr- rested bv Captain Sowdt-ry gives his name as James Connors. Ho was caught leaving Mr. Dctrec.so's house with a lot of silverware and other valuables tied up In a pliirt , and is undoubtedly the man whom Walters heard at the depot plot ting the robbery and lire. In order to get at the inside of the case , Judge Par sons has sent Conners to jail in default of ? , -,01 ball. The destruction of Mr. Noble's proper ty involves a loss of nearly § 10,00'J , divid ed as follows : New house , total loss , 1,500 ; insur ance , builders' risk , ifl.COJ ; residence , loss , $3,000 , insurance sjtf.ooo ; loss on fur niture , § 1,000. Insurance , Sl.COO. Mr. Osbornc , who occupied the east wing , loses slWO on furniture ; insurance , sfS.fiO ! ) . .1. 1L Craddock , David Grant mid Harry Cook , carpenters employed on the new house , lost live kits of tools aggregating in value $ Gf,0. , This is the tlilnl lire Noble has had ? ince last fall , and ho naturally wants to know what the lire bugs have got against him. TIM ; CINSU.S : TAKKIIS AT wouic. The men appointed by the mayor and city council to liguro out a population of 125,000 began work yesterday morning. Hornard Dolan and W. B. iiennett are taking names in the First ward ; W. A. Hackney and Harrv Stein in the Second ; Hicham Young and J. II. Blair in the Third , and R. 11. Corner in the Fourth. Deputy SherilV Heach was appointed to assist in the latter ward , but declined on account of press of ollicial duties. Un der the ordinance the census is to be completed by the 1-lth of June , and it is thought a thorough enrollment can be made" by that time. Considerable specu lation is being Indulged In as to wliat the footing will bo. At the state census taken last Juno the return was 20,001. Since then some twenty odd additions have been taken Into the city limits , and thcro has boon a large inlluv of people , sullicicnt , it is claimed in ollicial circles , to make up with the natural increase , the desired (5,000. ( Captain Billingsly , chair man of the paving committee , who is one of the most earnest and energetic advo cates of the public improvements , which depend on the showing made by the enu merators , is said to have given the men special instructions as they began work. "Count , good fellows , count with care , Don't let a Llncolnlto crawl 1'ioni his lair , 1'ut down I lor plain Smiths and 10 for Dr. Klalr , Add them up right and we'll get there. " ItlllKir MENTION. The game ot ball between the bank nines Tuesday afternoon resulted in a victory for the Eleventh street team by the rather unprofessional score of 28 to 11) ) . The winners are clerks in the Lin coln and Capital banks , while the losurs hall from the State and First. Deputy Auditor Bontoii- captain of the State House nine sent a challenge yesterday ottering to play a team picked from all four institutions. Appeals have been filed in the district court by II. II. Hlodgett and the Hlodgott Brothers , from small judgments obtained by David May in Justice Cochrano's court. The jury in the case of Bothell vs San- born returned a verdict yesterday morn ing giving the plaintiff $75 damatrcs. An uncouth looking machine drawn by six horses and pushed Jby four more , was driven along Tenth street for the purpose of cutting down the hummocks. Joseph Lozier , a 15-year-old lad , who said ho was n fresh arrival from Pennsyl vania , was picked up by' ' the police Tues day night from a bed he had made in a dry goods box in front of Myer. Nissloy & Co.'s store. Judge Parsons held him on n charge of vagrancy in default of a $2 lino. The Farmers' State bank , of Fairmont , capital $70,000 , has been incorporated. The gentlemen interested in the enter prise are Chn.rlos Aldrich , Chas. S. Miller , Win. H. Scads , S. L Bursou , Gco. W. Jackson , Geo. E. Aldrich , L. S. Moore and A. A. Heller. _ Kirk's Gorman Pile Ointment. Sure euro for blind , blcedlnir , and Itching Piles. One box has cured the worst cases often ton years stamllni ; . No one need Bull'r ten minutes after using this wonderful Kirk's German Pile Ointment. It absorbs tumors , allays tlio itching at OIIRP. acts as a poultice , Rives Instand relief. Kirk's German Pile Ointment is prepared only for Piles and itching of the private parts , and nothing else. Every box is warranted by our agents. Sold by druggists ; sent by malf on receipt of price , SOc per box. box.DK. . C. O. BENTON , PKOP , Cleveland , O. Sold by C. if. Qooodman and Kulm & Co. At Steven's lishory. Denton , Md. , on Tuesday L\st , a rock lish was caught that weighed twenty-seven pounds and meas ured thirty-six inches In Baby cri rc0t up for paregoric stop " " uick. St. Jacobs Oil heals wounds. The scissors grinder who sued a man in Nnpa , Cal. , for 25 cents for services won nis suit. The costs were $17. PILES ! PlLKSt PILES A imro euro for Blind. Bleeding , Itchln and Ulcerated Piles has boon discovered by Dr. Williams , ( an Indian remedy ) , called lr Williams' I ml Ian Pile Ointment A single box has cured tlio worst chronlo cases ot 25 or SO years standing. No one need suffer tivo mlnutos after applying this wonderful sooth Ing medicine. Lotions and Instruments do moio harm than Rood. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment absorbs the tumors , allays the Intense itching , ( particularly at night after getting warm in bed ) , acts as a poultice , elves instant relief , and Is prepared only for Piles , itching of private parts , and for nothing else. SKIN DI8E/Y8K8 CURED. Dr. Fruiter's Muglo Ointment cures M by magic , Pimiilcs , Black Heads or Grubs , Blotches and Eruptions on the face , leaving the sitin clear and beautiful. Also cures Itch. Salt Ulioum , More Nipples , Sere Lips , and Old Obstinate Ulcers. . . Sold by druggists , or mailed on rocolpt of CO cents. Retailed by Kulm < t Co. . and Schroder & Connul. At wholesale bv C. F. Goodman. L'aptam J. J. Nunan , of Stockton , Cal. , has a rose bush in his garden bearing a rose fifteenth and one-seventh inches in circumference. Nut Spared Ittbs. An unknown man while painting a house on Pacillo street , fell from u round on a high ladder to the ground , breaking throe of his ribs. Ho was attended by Dr , Stark. .MOST PERFECT MADE Prepared with pec ! l regard to hc'alti- . No Ammonia , Lima or Alum. . PRICE BAKINO. POWDER CO. , ' CHICAGO- ' ST. LOUIS. CHUNKS OF FARM \YISDlE \ The Importance of Dimjlfylng the O.ops and Feeding Less Corn to Stock- Dcncflclnt Itesults or Currying Cows Fnrm Work In Nebraska A Va riety oT Hints and Suggestions fbr Praatlonl Tillers. DiversifyInc the Kooil Products. OIIEOON , Mo , May 10. To the Editors Your remarks on the need of diversifying the food products of Nebraska remind mo of an experience In Missouri. As ono Of the older settlers of Nebraska , spring of "CO , I feel nn interest in her greatest subject , agriculture. The curse of the west Is the abuse of corn. There Is almost no bone producing quality in corn. Feed animals on corn and soft water and thcro is nothing to re-supply the waste of bone , etc. The bones decay mid the creature becomes a moro gob of fat. As Huxley and Yeoman say. nitro gen starvation sets up and ere long death must ensue. Work and growing ani mals and laying hens should bo fed very little corn. See physiology and hygiene bv II. & Y. pages 107 , 10 ; IB ! ) , 170 aud elsewhere. A very important question to us is the cost of corn. No land owner can esti mate on one year's product. He must average nine years at least. Ho must deduct for failures , half crops , lower prices as well as tax interest , wear , wash of soil , latjor , use of teams , etc. 1 con tend that wo can not ailbrd to plow our rolling lands. Many farmers plow them- helves into bankruptcy in our land of loose washing soils. Stop plowing , put in clover andsoon all your ravines will fill up level. Nebraska Is a grand clover region. Wo have learned to sow the seed on hard , unimproved ground with a slight brushing in , as wo found where seed was spilled on the road side it grew and where wo plowed and harrowed jt did not. Fanners must learn to limit their corn product till it brings 50 cents. We must pool our policies anyhow that is , have an understanding among our selves , just as do manufacturers , miners and railroad men. Another point : Wo talk about manu facturing out west anything , but attend ing to our own business. Wo send our best cattle to Chicago , where Pennsyl vania and Ohio farmers buy them , take them homo , put on several hundred weight of meat and return them to mar ket and sell them for more. Let us go into manufacturing meat before wo talk of other things. Wo ought to put in all this extra weight , and could if wi under stood the art of feeding. Corn alone won't tlo it , nor will our too late cut and sun killed hay. Let us grow mangels su gar boots and Swede turnips. By feed ing them to our cattle wo can put on al most as much again flesh. The Swedes are the greatest digesters known. Grind our corn , cure our hay and clover as wo ought , and feed mangels or turnips , and we revolutionize our farming. Every school district should have a farmers' club to meet and talk over what is best. No matter if but a half a dozen attend , keep it up , and every five years the prosperity of the district will tell of its benclits. A few men by counseling to gether will set examples in farming that others will follows. A farmers' club in a district is ono of those potent causes that develop indirectly most kindly ofl'ecU. C. I. The Card nud the Brush. Harding's Dairyman of Wisner , Neb. , says ; Wo IIIIYO had occasion to make the experiment of using the brush and card on dilloront cows several times in the course of our dairy ox ) > crienco , and wo have become ( irmly established in the opinion that it is one of the most impor tant and yet ono of the most neglected means of promoting health and vigor. There are two prime results which are accomplished. The skin is kept in active tivo and healthy condition , and any phys iologist knows that the skin is as impor tant in its ollice ns the lungs or bowols. Second , the comfort and contentment of the cow is greatly promoted. This is very conducive to milk giving. A dairyman of our acquaintance informed us several j-ears ago that he once took twelve oows and divided them into two lots of ns nearly ccpial production as possible. Ho fed each lot an equal ration , but six of the cows ho carded every day. In u week ho noticed a decided gain in their product and condition over the other lot. He continued in this way for one month , when the carded cows were exceeding the others in milk yield ten per cent , and in butter fifteen per cent. He then com menced carding the other lot pay a man § 20 a month to daily card and brush his dairy of twenty-live cows. His experience to a partial extent , at least , is corroborated by that of Mr. 1) . G. Flack , of Elkhorn. The cow shows by her action her in tense satisfaction over the process , and wo believe it to be more essential to her profitableness than It Is to the horse. The reason why farmers Iiiwo so barren n judgment on the matter , is that not ono in a thousand over tried it patiently with a view of finding out just what the card and brush are worth. It is like many other ideas In the skillful care of cows that are practically known and carried out by tlio most intelligent and advanced dairymen. There is a great deal of use ful information yet to be learned by the ordinary dairy farmer , in his manage ment of his cows. Nebraska Notes. Butler County Press : The past week has been n good ono for farming pur poses , and appears to have been well im proved , as our farmers have been con spicuously absent from town. Lack of cribbing facilities has caused the loss of all of one half the corn crop in Butler county. In 1835 , two million bushels of corn was shipped out of the county. If the crop of last year hold up to the ono previously , the loss to our farmers owing to tins rotten corn will amount to $150,000. By refusing to lower the rates our railroads nava lost $77,000 worth of freight. Bntlor County Press : Wm. Tollman brought in a hog on Monday that tipped the beam at 530 pounds. It was one of a Jot of 100 which 110 lost last summer from the cholera , after they hud oaten 1)00 ) bushels of 20 cent corn. It Is snob mis haps as these which put a quietus on that class of philosophers who are always ad vising fiirniora to raise loss grain and more stock. Valentino Blade : Judge Wood is plant ing 0,000 each of Maple , ash ana box- elder and 35.000 cottonwood trees on his claim adjoining town. Wood was ono of the first men to demonstrate in the face of moro ridicule tnun ordinary men , would boar , that corn would grow hero , ho will now do the sumo with trees , Hay Springs News : Four extra freight trains passed up the road Thursday and two down , principally loaded with cattle. Those going cabtvoro intended for mar ket and tlioso going west for ranches. Ouster County Republican : Phil Campbell - boll , of Georgetown , was up last week- . He says that ho has corn nearly ready for the plow , and that his noighbprs will be through planting by the lOtii. " Ho has a linofruit , orchard , a portion of which has already bloomed , although young , gives promise of thrifty growth him boar- ing. > i Take Care of tlio Tools. P. II. Morris , of SJihnvasseo , Mich , , writes : Driving into an adjoining town 1 met a farmer \fUl/'two / wheels in his vc- hiclu , ono of wMcli- Was bndly broken , anil the other needed to liavo ita tire set. Wo halted , nnd l-wrid , "Your tlrocamo off and you snuwjliod your wheel ? " "Yf.i.1'u , ' 'Well , now , fr niijtl , lot mo remark that if you will put your wagon umler cover when you arc lull u'sing it , and never let it stand Idle in trrosn.n or storm nnd once a year apply to tlui wheels witli n brush all the linseed oil they will take tip , the wheels will last your lifetime , pioviding good , toiur.li timber is used in the con struction. " "Hut."tho man sriitl , "wagons can't al ways bo put mulor cover when not in use. " "Hut. " Haiti I , "with convenient ar- rnngi'iiiont ? , and the habit formed , It can bo done , with little expense and trouble. " 1'or nice carriages a close building is desirable , but for carts , wagons ami sleighs , in general u o , a simple roof of boards or shingles supported by posts and oiion at tlio sides , placed where you would nntiirally unhitch , is all that is re quired. The expense is small , btil the gain is grout. Calling upon an oltl resident I saw the value of care in preserving tools. Ho showed me a wagon that has been in use thirty-two yeans , tlio wheels about as good as now , never lost a. spoke or felloe , and good for lliirty-llvo years longer , ex- cojH the tiro. Ho showed mo u band rake twenty years old , antl a grain cradio much older , which proves that tools are not destroyed by use but by abuse. Tito only way that we can hvo by fanning is to curtail expenses , when produce brings so little. riie farmers of America should take heed and curtail expenses.Vo arc spending a good tlcal more than wo neotl to , antl if wo can't inoro'iso our receipts wo can at least diminish our outgoes , and by good care of the tools , aud in fact everything about the farm , we will in a great measure retrench our expense. Tlio Farms nt' Anierloii. Andrew Carnegie's "Triumphant De mocracy" : The farms of America com prise 8U7Oi8 square miles , an area nearly equal to one-fourth of Kuropo. antl larger than the four greatest European countries put together ( Russia cxconted ) , namely , Franco , Germany , 'Austria anil Hungary , and Spain. Tlio capital invested in agri culture would suHico to buy up the whota of Italy , with its rich olive groves antl vineyards , its oltl historical cities , cathe drals ami palaces , its kings and aristoc racy , its pope and cardinals , und every other feudal appurtenance. Or , if the American farmers wore to soli out , they could buy the entire peninsula of Spain , with all its traditions of medituval gran deur , and the llat lands which the Hol landers at vast cost have wrcbtod from the sea and the quaint old towns they have built there. If ho chose to put by his savings for three years the Yankee farmer could pur- cltase tiio fee simple of pretty Switzer land as a summer resort and not touch his capital at all , for each year's oarninirs exceed $550,000,000. ' The cereal crop for 1S30 was more Ulan ' 2,000,000,000 bushels. If placed in one mass this would make a pile of 3,500,000,000 Gnbic feet or a pyra mid three timcs'as great ns that of Che ops. If loaded on carts it would require all the horses jn Kuropo nnd 1,000,000 moro (33,500,000) ( ) to remove it , though each horse drcu n Iqad of two tons. Were the entire crop of jCcrcals loaded on a continuous traintof .cars , tiio train would reach ono and a half times around the globe. Its value is half as great as all tlio gold mined in Citlifqunia in tiio thirty-live years since gold was found thcro. The corn nnd cotton .liejds of America form kingdoms in themselves surpassing in size bomo of tliqso.in.Europo. Hints In transplanting or setting out rasp berry plants care .should always bo taken to keep the roots moist. Blackberries are not always ripe when they arc black. Leave them'on till they part readily from their stalks. A cow should never bo allowed to skip n milking , as the retentionjof so large a volume of milk in the udder will inllumo it and injure the quality of the milk , and perhaps the udder also. Select for seeds smooth , large , well- formed potatoes , with shallow eyes , in stead of the refuse of the potato heap , as is too often the case. Never purchase n brood-sow the imme diate progenitors of which have been prepared lor a show ring. She will lack a strong constitution. For tlto currant borer cut oft" and burn the branches upon which they have sct- lied. This is tlio only sure remedy , and the work must bo thorough. There is little doubt that in tlie n0i\r itiiro old storage houses WJli oo consid ered arff6l ! fts indispensable to the fruit growers ns the ice houses are now to the butchers and dairymen. Foot rot in sheep , distemper in horses and cattle , cough in pigs , and a score of other ailments arisofrom filthy barnyards in winter and spring. Prevention is bet tor than euro in thuso cases. Turning sod under and Immediately seeding down again by sowing grass seed alone in August , or with gram in spring time , is ono of the bust and cheap est ways of increasing the hay crop of the farm. Two ollings of harness , except the col lars , a year is enough ; but tlio collars should In oiled every two weeks during the working season , and the sweat and dirt bo removed each morning with u dull knife. Young trees must bo mulched na a pro tection against summer winds and sun , as well us against winter's frosts ; and every newly set tree should bo firmly staked so that it may not bo wrenched about by the winds. It Is about time that the attention of fi.rmors and all rural people was turned in the direction of decided eflbrt in behalf - half of protection of insectivorous birds. They should bo encouraged in every practicable way. A strawberry grower says some straw berry plants are naturally barren , and should bo pulled .out and treated as weeds. Ho gooB.oVor the patch when the plants are in blossom , and pulls up all plants that liuvqinot blosbomed. Ground bono and potash applied to grape vines not nniy'incronso tlio quan tity but improvivijtlioiqiiallty of the fruit , adding largely tn tltOjumount of fugar it contains. For immediate effect in the spring use the dj | > suj\cd \ ) ; bone. Trees that tire pruned in the center , seas as to make them low and spreading , are in far moro danger of splitting down when bearing rt.iiill . crop of fruit than when trimmed with a strong central stem with good limbs branching out from it. In getting milk for cream it should be borne in mind that tjio pans should not bo covered , but , roiuiiin open , in order that the air may have free access. Any particles of milk remaining in the puns from previous setting affect the now milk and it is best to allow them to air out-of- doors also. In buying meal do not put it Into bar rels nnil let it heat and spoil , as newly ground meal is very apt to do. If it is not spread out run n broom handle into every few inches and let it touch the bottom tom of the barrel. This will leave chim neys or vents through which the heat will escape and leave the feed unhurt. Should you have one' or two plants of choice varieties of blackberries or rasp berries from which you wish to get a stock of plants , cut down with a sharp spadu circles around the old plants every three or four inches , beginning twelv6 or eightcciMiichcs. from the hilU This cuts the roots in short pieces , and each 'rpot- let-\yill \ throw up a'.shoot untl uiako.41 "nice plant by autumn. ' FROM INDIA'S ' CAROL STRAND To Barman's ' Burning Plain , Christianity's Hosts Are Marching. Kxpcrlnnco of nn Onmha Missionary In I'n nii Imiuts The Apaches of liuriunh Itovoltnud 1'tmulcr the People. Miss Emma O. Ambrose , a missionary In India , has written to her brother , G. W. Ambrose , In this city , an Interesting letter concerning nlTalrs In Burmah , and the revolts of Docolts consequent upon the oecupition of that country by the British. Under date of March 20 , Miss Ambrose writes : "Wo have had some stirring , anxious tlinos In Burmah thu past few months , more on account of the Deceits that have arisen to burn , kill and plunder since the king's surrender than before , but wo hope It Is about over with now , for ono of the worst in our part of the country has been caught and Is now in the city jail. A reward of $3,000 was oflerod for him by the government either dead or alive. Ho was caught in one of the Karen villages in our Held and as ninny aldod In his capture the reward Is to bo divided among tlioso who have been made widows and orphans and among those who have lost property at the hands of those wretches. The missiona ries have all been out to aid the Karens in defending their homes and lighting the Deeoits. When I left the city the middle of last r.ionth , all seemed quiet in this part of the country , but they ( the Docoit.s ) were busy burning and plunder ing farther south In Dr. Bros * ' fluid. We all bad many misgivings about it belnj' best for me to come to this plane , and could I have known what was in the future , during the coining few weeks , even , I should hardly have ventured from the city , but no harm has coniu to me thus far excepting a few scares. Soon after I left tlio city the Dccolts got into mountains among the villages between horn and the city. Friends tltoro wore anxious for me. One week ago last Sab bath at the close of the 10 o'clock ser vice word came to the chapel that the Deceits had been HCOII not far from hero on the city road coining this way. Of course all was oxeilemnnt and a largo company started at once to meet them but came back late in the evening with out seeing them , A night guard was stationed around the village and watcli was kept through the day also. The fol lowing Friday afternoon ono was caught just outside the village. Ho had a largo amount of stolen money on his person and numerous charms of little bundles of medicine tied up in his head-dress and around his waist. By threatening him with death lie was forced to tell that ho had comrades in hiding near and that they had planned to burn us all out the night before but did not succeed. A company started out at once to search them out. An extra guard was stationed on my veranda , and I slept without undressing that night , with my loaded revolver close nt hand , ns usual. Tlio young man who sleeps in the house has a gun and spear at hand also. God has kindly watched over us , keeping us from nil harm. The work hero is coin's ' on nicely. Over eighty pupils in school. I have the girls one hour daily in sewing as usual , and they are doing so nicely that it really pays for nil the trouble. JTho women asked to have | heir evening Bible class again , so 1 took it up once more , and as there are many among them who cannot read , I have in duced them to begin learning , so a half hour or moro is spent after the Bible les son teaching them. I am well us usual and happy , enjoying the good air and beautiful mountain scenery. It is scorching hot in the city now. " Under data of Youngoo , March 81 , she writes : "I wrote you on the 20th. at Wall- thauco , but before I had an opportunity to send my mail to the city I received word to hasten homo us quickly as possi ble , for a general uprising is expected nil over the country. It may yet be checked , but wo cannot toll , and friends all thought it best for mo to bo in the city I am well and regretted to leave my work and the cool mountain air for the burning heat of the plain. The government is arming the Christian Karons as fast us possible , and they are and have been do ing good service in catching the Docoits. Many of the Deceits have been killed , for they have such faith in the charms they wear and say that , no bullet can harm them. " Sorgcant-at-arms L'jcdoru , house of representatives , endorses Red Star Cough Cure. RAILROAD CURVES ARE USEFUL. Why n Train Cannot Travel on a Straight Liliio Down Grade. New York Mail and Express : "Yttft may live till the yellow dog fjylosirom history , " said a conductor tlio tithcr nicrht as the train hummed alo'ng , "but you'll never see a struignl railroad down n stoop hill. " . The curious passenger > vith the wnrt 913 his nose rolled up his eyes in aston ishment. "My dear follow , " he ex claimed , staring at the conductor , "I do not understand what is to prevent a train from running straight down hill. " "Just thisT" continued tlio conductor ; "curves are necessary on n very heavy grade. Passengers are sometimes struck with the great number of curves on the roiul while it is up among tlio hills. They imagine the curves an merely nec essary because the road winds around the hills. This is only partly true. If the railroad were to cross directly nt heavy grade it would still bo necessary to have the curves. No train can go tit n high rate of speed down a heavy grade on u straight track with safety. The ex planation is simple. The tendency of any heavy body like n train Is to move In u straight line , and the attraction of grav itation is not sullioient to overcome the tendency to shoot oil' where great speeder or momentum is obtained. Hence , a train Hying down a straight track on the hillside , instead of keeping the truck would shoot off on a tungont into space. "The curve , " continued the wise man in the blue uniform , "is ono of the great est safeguards in mountain engineering , This is particularly noticeable in the case of n freight track. It very frequently happens that an engine , drawing u heavy freight train , cannot stick close enough to the track , when going down a heavy grudn , to control her speed , An en gine goiiif' down hill Is realty , moro help less than the sumo engine going up hill. That is , she can pull a greater weight up the hill than she can hold back in going down the hill. 11 is a very common ex perience with engineers of freight en gines to huvo their trams literally push them down heavy grades at a high rate of speed. In such instances every curve is so much salvation at the right time , The curve retards the spued and enables the wheels of the Hying train to get a firmer 'purchase' on the track , null- reading in the hills would bo very dan gerous were it not for the curves sprink led along at frequent intervals , "On Eomo railroads It is the custom to disconnect the lever from the driving rods when a passenger train is descending a heavy grudo that extends tor many miles. The train is managed altogether oy her air brakes. Every curve acts ns a brake of the speed , and in this way the train can swing along for hours without at taining u't.oo reckless speed , with the aid of the uir brakes.1 , ' Just then the train wont around- curve and the curious'.passenger wa8 thrown' to one t side of Hie seat. . "It's a .wonder.10 mo'lie. gasped , "that these moaslly express trains don't fly off the track In going nrotind these heavy curves. " "Well , sir , " said the conductor , "I'vo boon railaoading for twenty-live years and 1 never yet know or heard of a train lumping the track on a curvo. There Isn't the slightest danger on a graded curve , and hardly any on a llat curvo. The Market Wn * Not Affected. Chicago Herald : "They'll never get me into any of their tarnation specula tions ngain , " said a long-haired , pig- smelling passenger from fown. "I've been reading heap in tlio papers of late about the big money made in pork and uraln bought or sold on margins.and I've been laying low for an opportunity to jump in and make n pile of mone.y. I'm [ > uo of lhou men who believe In studyin' things all out , an1 never goin'Into any now speculation till you'vo looked at it from over side and slxed It up. Well. I Telt. just that way about this margin trad ing , I believe they call It. I muilo up my mind to watch things pretty close , tin1 as soon tis 1 could see a dead sure thing lump in. "About a week ago I was at work out , n my cast ten-acre lot when Jim Brown came along and says : ' "Hello , Smith , how's your folks ? ' " 'Oh , purty well , ' savs 1 , 'how's your'n ? ' " 'All well , ' says ho , 'but did you hear of the bad luck ; ) 'Squire Cole had ? ' ' "No ; is his wife dead. " 'Wor.se'n that Hu has got 803 hogs down with the oholory , un' about half of 'cm will die. ' " Is that so1 says I , an' as Jim druv away I fell to thitikin' things over. " ; Thrco hundred of 'Squlro Coles' hogs down with the cholery , ' says I to myMilf , an' half of 'em goln" to die. That'll surely bring pork up a whoopin' in Chicago as soon as these speckerlators hear of it. Everything must go by the law of supply and demand , mi' this will affect the supply. HeroV my ehaiicfl. " "So I knocked on" work right there , went over to town and told the broker what's opened un olliee there to buy as much park for me ns $500 would take in , and 1 went over to the bank and drew out tlio money and gave it to him. Then I went home , kinder fculin' that 1 had made a good trade. " "Did pork go up a whoopin' ? " "Naw , she went down a linking so quick that my broker hadn't time to sell , and ho says I've lost my SJ8) ) and ewe him $133.82 besides , and ho threatens to sue me for it if 1 don't whack un. Them Chicago speokerlators are nothing but n lot of gamblers. The laws of supply and demand don't have no ell'ect on themand they'll never catch me in any ol their un godly schemes again. " SICK IIcADARHB. Thousands who have sull'erod intensely with sick houdacho say that Hood's Sarsaparilla has completely cured them. Onogentleman thus relieved , writes : "Hood's ' Sarsaparilla is worth its wejglit in gold. " Header , if you are suf fering with sick headache , give Hood's Sarsaparilla a trial. It will do you p'osi- tivo good. Made by C. I. Hood & Co. , Lowell , Muss. Sold'by all drujrgists. 100 Doses Ono Dollar. The "Wright Tavern" ut Concord Center - tor , Mass. , the erection of which dates to the revolutionary period , has been pre sented to the First Parish Unitarian so ciety of that town. TTtcn Biby iraa Blct , TO R TO tier Ccutorlo , When she iriu a Child , abe cried for CMtorU , When alia become Mlsu , ah clang to CattorU , Wh u nke had Children , she g&re them Oaatorl A colored woman named i..cafy Mont gomery , of North River , Vn. , put a 3-year- old nice in a bag and tried to drown it in the stream. She claimed she did it only to frighten the child. Angostura Bitters , the world-ronowne- appetizer and In vibrator , imparts a deliclou flavor to all drinks and cures dyspepsia , dlar rlicca , fever and usjuo. Try it , but b wure of counterfeits. A k your grocer or your dnm cist for the connlno Angosturamanufactured by J. G. B. Sieecrt & SOILS. A dog caught a gray eagle near Wash ington , Kan. , ono aay last week , which measured seven feet from tip to tip. It was a wet , windy day , and the bird could not get Into the nir away from the dog. "Her face so fair , ns flesh It seemed not , But heavenly portrait of bright angel's hue , Clear as the sky , without a blame or blot , Through tcooilly mixture of complexion d.uo. And In her checks the vermeil roddltltinow. ' ' This is the. pool's description ot a woman whose physical jiys'iom was in a perfectly sound and healthy state , with every function noting properly , and is the envjqbl.S condition of IU fair patrons produced by Dr. Piorce's "Favorite Pro- Soription. " Any druggist. It is not safe to turn cattle in to pas ture upon wet clover , ns it produces in them indigestion , which sometimes proves fatal. She has the complexion of a pcach- Po//.onl's Mcdictilud ComplexionPowde , did it. Sold by all druggists. HAMBURG -AMERICAN IFacJeat Oorjapaay. A DIUECT LINK FOB England , France & Germany. 1 Tim Btiwnif hips of this well known line are built ot Iron , In water-tight compartments , und are furnished with uvory requisite to luitko the imeB.itfo both Biifo and ogrcenhlo. They curry thu IItilted Slnte * and Kuroncmi malKund lonvo Now Yorli Thursdays nnd Saturdays for Plv. mouth. ( LOW UONChorl ) > ouif.l ( AUU5 nnd HAM- Iteturiilntr , the steamers leave Hamburg on Wednesdays nnd Humluysia. . Havre , taldntr pa 8enaers at Boutlmmpton und London. First cabin IM. ft ! ) and $75 ; Btcoratro fM. Railroad tlckctd from Plymouth to llrlstol , Oar- iliir. London , or to ny nluco In thu Houth of England , l''lKU. ( Bteurngo from Kuropo only > 33. Bend lor "TourlBt ( Iniottc. " O.II. UIUHAIID&CO. . OonenU I'assenxer AKOtita , 61 Drondwny , Now Vorli ; Wu6hltigt < ) li nnd IM BalloSts. Chlcuvo , III. Guru without modi- A POSITIVE ! clno. rixtontoi Octo ber 10 , 18T6. Ono box will cure the moat obtlnnto cnsa In four da a or lusj. Allan1 sSoluble MefatadBougies No nauseous doses ot cubebs , copalbu or oil of eumliilwood tlmt are certain to product ! dyspot- Ha byUaMroylnif the coating of the Btotimub. J'rlco $1.60. Bold by all druifirlsH or nmllRd ou locclptofprlco. For further particulars sent forclrculur , P , 0. IlorlSTl.1TTDTJ x. c. .A.X NT co. , ( jUKK. v w " " . KJ John St. . Now VorK. tuuH-tU-satlyin&o Notice to Contractors. BUTTON , Ci.tv ( Jo. , NEII. , May III , I8S < 1. The Ilonrd of TniMfu.s of Bnhonl lUttlit ) No " , C'luy County , NubrntUn , will rocolvu tojlm lull upto 0 o'clock ii. in. . May ; ) l , 13V ) , for the erection of n liriok Boliool house , consisting of oluht teems , to bo built in aucoidun * ) with the plans und epucltlcutlons lor thu biitno , which may bu icen at thu ollico of thu moderator o euld distiict in Button , Nebraska , after Mil ) 22 IS fl. All bids to bo aoonmpunlod by samples of tlio vnrlotiH klmU of mutrrlu ) to bo nsuU In thu construction of Bald bulldlnv , tha sn\niilus \ of the succcsslul bidder to iimmin on deposit wllti tboseliool board until the buildlnir Is completed IIIUs to bo opened uad examined aflerOu'elouW p. in. , May 31. IBStf. The successful bidder wll bo required to Rlvean approved icsldont bom In .the amount of the contract price of salt work for tlio faithful performance < jf the con tract. The rlulit Is ifscrvcd to reject any urn nH bUU. Jilds in bu endorsed , "Ulds for lite Erection of the Button School Ilouea. " UuylSdCt Jos. Quiet : , Director , PILLS 25 YEARS IN USE. Tk * Ortntertffeitlcal Trlnraph of the Age ! SYMPTOMS OP A TORPID LIVER. I.oiinrnpprtllr * DotTrlncottlTr , 1'nin In the hfnil , irltli n dull Hcniatlon la lh baek mrt , 1'nln tinker tlio nhonlder- blndo , Fullneas nflcr eating , with nillf Inellunilnnto nxortlon of limlr cirmlnrt. IfrilnbllUyoftcinpcr , Low uplrlt * , with nfcollniofhnvlnir nrclrctrd lamodutr * WcnrliiM * , Illzzluoar , 1'lultorlnt nttlto Heart , ItotR before the errs , Ilentlncho over tlio rlelit ore , Itcntlosunmii , with fitful drrnniti , Itlahlrcolored Urine , and CONSTIPATION. trtJTT'B 1'llil.S are especially artnpltil to such oasoo , ono dona cirocts inch * ehnnfroofroolliiRnstonstonUhtliosutrcror. Thnr I tin-true the Appetlt r , ml cnuie th body to Tnke cm Kleth.tliui thn7 t m U nourlihoil.nti'l ' bjtliclrTonla Action on Uia l lKeitlTflOriri\iin,1tniilnrBtoolt ro . 147 iurrny st.lV.Y TUTT'S EXTRACT SARSAPARILLI Itcnurntos the body , innkcn Iic ltliy llculi , fU-enptlu'in tha nrrnkr , repaint tlio wmtcs of Uio 8 } stem wllli | > uru blood and li.anl muscle ; tones tlm narrotu Erstcm , Intlfromtcvi the brain , nnd Imparts tlio vigor ot manhood. PI. HeM bvilniccixl-H. ! ni imv St. . Absolutely Pnro and IN USCIN HOSPITALS , CURATIVE INSTITUTIONS , INFIRMARIES. AND PRISCRIMO v PHTCIOIANI CURES CONSUMPTION , HEMORRHAGES And all Wasting Vliensrs ; DYSPEPSIA , INDIGESTION , MALARIA. TUE ONLY PURE STIMULANT FOR THE SICK , INVALIDS , CONVALESCING PATIENTS , AGED PEOPLE , WEAK AND DEBILITATED WOMEN. lor ealo by Druggists , Orocora and Dealer * . Price , Olio Dollar per Bottle. n seal * ! 1 > nUl i , eept inch * be r our trfttl.Diitrlt Ubcl of the old rliiroUt , t borf > , .n < t tli. nimo ofcorapAnjr Mown In botlle. ( TJT'rriioDteiutorttio Koctir > lonultni ( iccpt the TerrltorlM ) , tinabl. to procur. It from tlielr detlfrn. rinliftv. lUlf Uorentenl , la pln ! e f , unra.rkodEx > | | ir s clursvi prtpald , tjr rrutttluf Sl PolUrtto I The Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. , Baltimore , Md. . .rencurfdl. ' . ilrl tjrt l l''W" ' fsimAtmtibr LR./ 0.f. liOEllTA40 ! < : l. J. VuWWB A , COM ! AOSitt , til lUROADWAVt If. ESTABLISHED USED IN ALL JLBT2TO. OVER WOO PARTSOFTHE WORLD „ , _ - _ _ _ . nnd Prices ou application. Boldbf All the best Purrlneo llullilon * and Dealers. CINCINNATI , U. H. A. , COO-OItf , Cable Adfj H - 8ENTC.O. D. ONE OU MOltK AT WHOLESALE PUICK. I PAY all eipre'i charge ! to all point" within 300 mile * . I.OOOtntrlnKi'i to "clret from. Bond two cent tamp for IIhi tr i < fcaUluirue. Mention tta paper. L. Q. SPENCER'S TOY FACTORY , 221 W. MADISON ST. , CHICAGO. Irp lvulycurc iiao lfTr rri ' .lir : l ttlolJcll. ruM.cornUt . Guaranteed tlio cnly one In the wotldccncralUff continuous Kltctrio if Maortrlto . - ( . kclenllric.l'owcrful , UuiaUlt , _ , Coinforlohle mid KKecllre. Arold fraud * . Ovi'fO.OOOcMred. nonrlRtJinpTot paninUoU ALHII KLKiriItlO IIELTU FOIl DiaUAfiiiS. Di. HORtiE. IUVENTOR. isi WABAM AVE. . CHICAO * . LINCOLN BUSINESS DIRECTORY Uecently Tlullt. Newly Furulshod The Tremont , J. C. Fnv.aKHALU & EON , I'rorrlctors. Ctr. "tit nnd I'tits , Lincoln , Nob. Itntes JI.Mpurduy , Street cart from houio to any of thu . part city. _ _ _ _ _ J. H. W. HA\VKINS7 Architect , OIHco ? 31. IH and 4 , Itloltards Illuuk , Lincoln , Nob. Lluvutor oulltii Httuvt. llrco'lerof ' llrccdcrof GAI.LU\VAV OATn.B. HUlirIIOIlN-C4T .B ! ' . M. WOUUS. Live Stock Auctioneer Stilus inado In nil tmrta of thu U H. at fulr rates , liooiu 3 , State Illock , Lincoln , NoU.9 , Oollqway and Short Horn InilU lor ealo. Jj7 . GOULDJNG , Farm Loans and Insurance , CorrcsnondoiiDo In rc-g-arl to Innnt ( ollcltcJ. lioom 1 , Itltburds lllouk , Lincoln , Kob. Public Sale , Denver , 4Jol. , June KHIi , JS80 , , _ to head of Show Short Horn * Hate * & Crtilck M eltnnk , 2-year olds , wel ltlnir 10,7) ; hulls uud } liellors. Address I'luld and Farm , for cutulo iJ not , Denver , O > l , C , M. Iliiuiuon , Lincoln , .Nob , 4 Col. V. M , Wood ? , Auctioneer. When In Lincoln stop at National Hotel , And evl a good dinner for 2. ' > o. J , A , TEDAWAV , I'rop.