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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , JUNE 24. 1880. 6 THE VALUATION BDOM1NC , County Officials Malting Returns of Assess- Us ments to the State Auditor. A LARGE PER CENT OF INCREASE. Ilnpld Progrcsof tha Missouri Pacific JSxtcngton Construction Mtllo DoIng - Ing at the Stnto Capital The Editorial Excursion. The auditor of state Is receiving llio first installment of returns of valuations i from the different counties , but as the limit of time for sending Ihcm in Is the 13th of July , but few counties ns yet have prcscnlcd their credentials. Judging from the returns thus far received , however - over , Nebraska is being boomed in the line of valuation as well as in popula tion , nnd the increased valuation as re turned to the auditor gives promise the present year of being In per cent of in crease much greater than any year here tofore. Seven counties have thus far re ported , ami of the seven only ono reports u decrease in valuation , and that county is Saline , which records a decrease of ? : )0,000. ) The county of Jefferson pre sents a valuation tllli'ering very slightly from the year previous , but Sarpy shows tin increase of ? liO,000 ! , Fillmore of flilO- 000. Nuckolls of f 200,000 , York of f 25,000 , , nnd Cedar county of 10,000 , so Hint the general average of the few can bo taken ns a fair index of what the incrcaso will show up when all the returns are in. It in understood that when Lancaster coun ty's valuation is furnished for publica tion that ll will show an incrcaso In val ue of .t2.000.tM 0,000 , which will bo a respectable plum toward swelling the general average. MISSOL'UI I'ACiriO CONSTIttrOTION. Work is now progressing on the grad ing contracts all along the line from Lincoln to Klmwood , where the work is nearly finished from that point to the connection with ttie main line at Wcop ing Water. It is staled that five miles of track , have been laid from Weeping Water west , and material is now being hhipped to ( his city over the B. & M. for the first live miles of the road eastward from this point. There arp nt work In Iho different grading gang'ssomo four to live hundred teams , anil at the rale of present work the company will bo run ning trains into Lincoln by the Ifith of August , thus discounting their allotted time by fifteen days. Thus far tlio com pany has located mil onu town in Lan caster county , and that is located near " \Vultou \ postollico. This , presumably , will be the only town on the road between J/in coin and tlio county line , and the three towns of McCIinlio , Elmwood and "Wabash , located in Cass county , added , will make four stations on the Lincoln extension of this road. That all four of them have booms equal to cities of the second class goes without saying. TUB KiuroitiAL ixcuitsiotf. : At the conference committee meeting of the Koiuihlicau Valley , Central Ne braska anil State Press association , hold in this city yesterday afternoon , it was decided lo have ono grand excursion tinder the management of the btato Press association which will leave Lincoln July SI and Omaha July i5 ! ; the route of the excursion being to Salt Lake City , Kcho Canyon , the Ontario i ines ; then via tlio IJonver & llio Grande to Denver , taking in the scenery and noted points by the way. The trip will occupy twelve to fourteen days and will bo made in Pull man coaches , extra low rates having been secured by President Correll from that company , and the Union Pacific and U. & M. extending the courtesies of their roads to the association free. This change from the programme as heretofore pub lished announcing an excursion to the coast , is made so that every editor in the Btato may feel able to go. Circulars an nouncing details of the excursion will bo Jssuod by the secretary of the association ns quickly ns possible. AT THE STATE CAI'ITA ! , . The board of public lands and build ings were out ycslerday examining the salt wells on the bottom and noting the progress of the contractors. In the sec retary's ofllco yesterday the school bonds of district 38 , Lancaster county , for $2,000 , were registered ; also the bonus of school district No. CO , of Buffalo countv , for $500. and the bonds of district No. 15 , Garnold county , for fcl.fiOO. The clerk's record of the board of public lands and buildings showed that the number of con victs at the state penitentiary for the jnonth past was an average of S33 , and the warrant in payment for their keeping lias been drawn and delivered. Stale Auditor Babcock has gene to his liomo atOrd , Valley county , on a visit of u few days duration. DOINGS OK A DULL DAY. Yesterday a man named K. A. Corbett was arraigned foi stealing a lady's gold watch and chain from Cook's hotel at Wavorly. When the theft was discov ered Air. Cook telephoned the police in this city to watch an incoming freight , but the thief had not taken nnsbngo that way. Marshal Beach and Policeman Fowler then drove out on the bottoms near the fair grounds , and in tercepted two fellows who wore en tering the city on a tie pass , and ono of them , when closely pressed , deposited the watch tied up in an old handkerchief in a bunch of grass by the railroad. The property was recovered , however , and the man was furnished quarters in jail , with good prospects for going over the road to the bourne from which travelers do not return in a hurrv. Sheriff Hamilton , of York county , was in the city yesterday and made the arrest of n man working on ono of the street car lines hero who is charged with steal ing u watoh in that county. Ho accom panied the sheriff home to answer to the Btato of Nebraska tor the felony com mitted. The fifteen hundred parties who journeyed - noyed out to Durfco park to witness the Hoss-McGuiro broad sword contest re turned to the city with elongated faces mid tillonco on their lips. Only five out of the ninety-nine advertised rounds were indulged in , and the two great champ ions then stopped from loss of blood. Police court rattled oil' the docket vcs- tonlay morning without dolaj or nin- dranco , the cases numbering two plain drunks , two drunks nnd disorderlies , nail ono charge of fast driving , wherein onu of the principal streets in the city was used as the oliariot way. The usual lines and commitments followed the lioanngH. C. A. McBrldo , of Mansflold. Ohio , at torney for the northern division of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad , is in Lincoln on a tour of Inspection and n visit to this pcction of the western country , t Conductor Leonard , ono of the recently s removed B , & M. conductors , who formerly - \ \ erly handled a passenger train on the Atahlhou & Nebraska division , was in the citv yesterday , The wedding of Mr. T , R. Stoner and Miss Cnrrio Ashton was celebrated at St. Paul' * M , K. church last ovenlnir , a re ception of friends and iruosU following tlio evnut at the homo of the brldo'a par ents. This unites two of the estimable young people of Lincoln. Thu event in social circles has been onu of much picas- nnt anticipation. Four complaints were lodged against Lincoln citizens yesterday boforu the ) % ollco magistrate for neglecting to clean tip their tirrtinlses , ns prescribed by the hf.ilth ordinance. Captain Post remarked HI : bo tiled the complaints , that ho had urgiul and talked with parties tliue and ain : o avoid compelling the court to aj v h.indlo them , but tbnl hornnftor talk would coa < ? o , nml every innn guilty of ne glect In tnattfrs of cleaning tip wonld do inndo to too the cli.ilk line without waste of argument. A number of students released from the state university have been given summer work with B. & M. suhvcylng narties , and now the engineer's ofllco is needed with applicants irom among students for like portions. .1. ( } . Tato. of Slielton , HtifTnlo county , grand muster workman of the A. O. U. \V. , is at thn state capital on business matters for his fratcrmlv , AT Tim HOTELS. Yesterday were registered the following Kcbraskans : T. T. Mead , York ; J. if Van Hnskirk , Aurora ; Ike Now , Omalia ; C. K. llonry , Fremont ; J. Holllnghworth , firnnil Island ; T. T. M llco.x , Hlair ; Jnv M. Wliito , jr. , Hastings ; O. M. Hrooks , Omalia ; K. J. C'owles , York ; J. II Ham ilton. York ; J. G. Tale , Shelton ; William Armstrong , Stnulolnirst ; J. II. Avow , Wuverly ; ll. M. Coan , Franklin ; T. J. Cleaver. Orleans ; , Iames Slander , Louis ville ; W . L. Whedon , York ; H. I ) . Jones , Ucd Cloud ; K. Wliitcomb , Friend ; U.V. \ . Lumbockcr , Harvard. THI : scnooij Queer Mctlioils of Appraisement , UI.OOMINOTON , Neb. , June 22. [ Cor respondence of the HKK.I Some few weeks since wo wrote the HBI : in relation to appraisement of school land in this county. Since then another section has been appraised , and herein lies a secret , which should never bo told outsldo of the HKB'S acquaintances. Of course , section 10-it'lO was appraised honestly by the commissioners at $7 an acre that is to say , it was appraised at $7 an acre hon estly enough. This section is unques tionably the best whole section of land in this county , and one of the commission ers owns a farm which ho says is worth ? 20anacro. Plenty of men , honest ones , too can be found who will swear that tlio section of school land is decidedly better than the commissioner's laud. Hut , then , the commissioners say they ap praised this land honestly , and we be lieve ( ? ) them , A few days since they ap praised lite other land mentioned above , nnd put part of it as high as $12 , and one quarter to S. Paulson at $10. Paulson nsUud one of the commissioners why ho apuraiscd this land so much higher than the other , and Paulson swears that the commissioner replied , "because the Itloomington paper 'Justice' liaa been blowing so much we couldn't help it. " Wo hayo called the matter of this ap praisement to HID attention of the state board of nubile lands , but so far have received slight attention. Commissioner Scott acknowledges that "it looks bad , " but it seems no steps have been taken to correct the mistake ( f ) . Wo believe that the matter should bo sifted to the bottom. An investigation will not injure the inno cent. In their last appraisal the com missioners received pay per diem and mileage from two difterent parties , and , wo arp inclined to think from three ; while , if wo understand the law , they are to receive but ? 8 per day for their work and mileage from one party. At this particular time , when they are niaking a war on the county clerk for retaining fees which they claim do not belong to him , they should not retain fees in excess of those which the law allows. There must be "something rotten in Denmark , " else why this exclusively disagrceablo odor ? Prosperous Jliimliolilt. IIuMBOLirr , Neb. , Juno 22. [ Corres pondence of the BKK. ] lluruboldtia pro gressing and growing steadily nnd is bound to remain ono of the best towns in southeastern Nebraska. It now has a population of about fifteen hundred souls. It has one of the best school houses as well us one of the best schools in the state , six churches of dillercnt denomi nations , twenty substantial brick busi ness houses , each and every one of which is doing a good business. It has also a carriage factory , a churn factory , a creamery , and a good prospect to get a canning factory shortly. Humboldt can also boast of having ono of the best train- tracks , and our breeders of fast stock nro among the foremost in the state. Nota ble among them are Ed Pylo , who at the present time is iu Omalm with several of i his fine horses , and Ed Dorlaud , the owner of Calamity Dick , the only standard bred son of the late famous Maxoy Cobb. As to the crops in the county wowill say that corn is now looking fine although some of the late listed had ooon suflermg from the drouth n few days ago , but the recent rains have brought it out all right again. Fall wheat looks well and is about roauy for harvest. Spring wheat and oats will not bo very heavy. Tame grass is said to bo almost a failure in some purls of the county. The apple crop promises to bo good. There will also bo a few peaches. The prices of farm produce of every description are very low , in fact , lower than they have been for many years. Politics is not very much stirred up as yet , but wo look for a lively time this fall. The lion. A. J. Weaver seems to control the entire republican county press ns well as some of the democratic sheets , Judging from the way they join hands in Hinging smut at our Humor United States senator. But nevertheless our farmers will make a noble light at the noils this fall to elect men to the legislature whom they know will work and vote to return the farmer's friend. Hon. Chas. H. Van Wyck ; to.tho United States senate for another term. We have snoken with many farmers on the senatorial question , nnd in spite of the county papers booming Weaver as a homo candidate , have yet to lind the lirst granger who favors weaver as against Van Wyck. The farmers of this county are not the dupes some of these Weaver , Ho\vo , railroad organs seem to think. They will not go back on the man who has done more for them than any other man in congress , Weaver of Falls city not excepted , Gen. Chas. H , Van Wyck. for United States senator , Gen. Jno. At. Thayer , for governor , is our ticket. AVlint God Dons with the Pennies. Chicago Ilornld : "What queer notions children do got into their heads , " said a suburbanite last evening. "This morn ing my little fivoearold girl attended Sunday school for the lir.st time , and she came homo full of the idea that the must take some pennies with her next Sunday. " 'No more pennies for candy papa , " she exclaimed ; 'they must all bo saved for the Sunday bohool.1 " 'And what do they do with the pen nies at Sunday school ? ' " 'Oh , tnoy send them up to God.1 " 'And what does God do with them ? ' " 'Oh , ' slio said , ttfter a moment's hesi tation. 'ho throws them down again to see little cmlldron scramble for them. That's the way he lius fun. " Tlio Prayer Mooting Broke Up. A Missonrian , who darted into a house just before a tornado , found a group of affrighted women who besought him to offer prayer. The Kansas City Journal gays ho couldn't think of anything. Ho was dumb. Soon lie became desperate , and , without H thought as to the appro- prlatenoss , ho pronounced tlio following brio ! exhortation , which ho remembered having formed a part of the grace his father used to i&yinuny yo.ir * agrt : "Oh , Lord , mnko u * thankful for wiat | we aru about lo receive , " Just ttien throe or four windows blew In , a couple of chim neys blew over , and thu prayer meeting broke up iu coufuslou. THE SEAS05 OF ACTIVITY , Practical Points for Producers of food Staples , Notes from Nebraska Farm * The Pork niu * Hoof Products Tlio P.oultry Yard and Hcchlvc Notes and Suggestions. Nehraska Form Notes. Arapahoe Pioneer : Several parties from the broom corn district inform us the av erage is very little if any larger than last year and the stand is verv poor , msiny acres being replanted. The Pioneer re grets this exceedingly , M the report of a poor stand elsewhere will make good prices for this year's crop and this sec tion could stand a good crop and prices for at least ono year. Cambridge DcmocrM : Nebraska i < < rap idly becoming a stale of forests and the best part of it is the trees nro where iho.y nro wanted and best servo their owners , nnd of the most desirable varieties. The time is coming when a man can ride in his canopy-top carriage from ono end of the stale lo Iho other under protection from the sun by beautiful shade trees on cither side of the road nnd Indulge in fruit of all kinds at a trilling expense. LOUR Pine Uuglo : A sample of wheat left at our olllco Tuesday , and which is the raising of Mr. T. Winter , justifies us in saying that this Is the year of rich har vests for Brown county farmers. The sample measures nearly three feet in height and has a most healthy color of niro green , is bcgjnning to head and lias a largo stock with which to amply support wlutt is sure to bo a heavy yield. Mr. Winter has twenty acres of this wheat in line growing condition on his beautiful farm tour miles north and cast of the Pine and is conlidenl that a rich reward will attend his efforts in reaping a heavy production. Burnett Blade : The amount of small fruits that can bo raised on a mere gar den patch is almost incredible. From a plat of about one-half acre Mr. Hale has shipped bo many bushels of berries that he is at a loss to compute them. He is now shipping berries as far west as Chad- ron and to a great many of the interme diate points. Ho is thinking seriously ( which means that ho is going to do it ) of putting in ten acres no.\l year to various hiuiill fruits. This will give employment , at profitable wages , to a largo force of men , women and children , and will bo a source of big proiit to him. An acre of small fruits will yield as much proiit as nu eighty-aero farm under cultivation. Exeter Advance : A few days ago wo visited the homo of J. A. Haner. four miles northeast of town. Mr. H. homesteaded - steaded his farm about fourteen years ago , and now has ono of the finest farms in this part of the country. In that time be has given considerable care to forest and fruit trees , nnd has been well repaid for his labor , bis house being surrounded by beautiful groves , llowors , shrubbery nnd fruit. Among the fruits are apple , pear , plum and cherry treesgrape vines , blackberry , raspberry , gooseberry , mul berry , currants and strawberries , and tlio outlook is good for a very bountiful crop of each except cherries. Three or four years ago it was said the butternut would not grow in this latitude ; nnd ho tried the experiment and planted a num ber of seeds ; to-day ho has several line butternut trees , all bearing this year. Ho also has two fields of timothy and red clover , which is as luxuriant in growth us it seems is possible in any country , being so thick that in going through your feet do not touch the ground. No one , after seeing this would have a doubt of its growing hero. Mr. Haner lives at home in every sense of the word. Sur rounded by comforts that nearly every farmer might also enjoy who has lived bore so long had they taken the time to plant and euro for trees and shrubs. Pork Productions. During the past few years there has been very little profit iu raising hogs in most ports of the country. Tno exclu sion of our hog products from several European countries has hud the effect of bringing down prices at homo. The periodic scares about trichina ) have caused many cautious persons to aban don the use of pork. No pork products except ham , hird , and fancy sausage are any longer favorite articles of food among too more wealthy classes in large towns. They demand fine beef , spring lamb , game , and poultry. The greatest discouragement , however , has been the prevalence of the swine plague , ordina rily known as the hog cholera. This disease has produced larger losses in a much shorter lime than any malady that lias appeared among any kind of domes ticated animals in this country. Thus far but little light has been thrown on tlio origin of the disease and the manlier in which it is spread. Many theories have boon propounded , but in tlio opinion of most persons none of them have ac counted for the phenomena that have been presented. It is certain that very few are competent to treat the disease or to prevent its spreading through a herder or from ono farm to another. Still , with all the discouragements that attend it , pork production will probably always continue to bo one of tlio leading farm industries in this country. This is the greatest pork-producing country in the world , and most likely it will always remain so. The climate and thu products of the soil are admirably suited to the production of pork. Corn can bo pro duced cheaper hero than in any foreign country , and corn is the best food to use in fattening hogs. Clover , rye , apples and potatoes are also produced in great abundance , and these are all very val uable for feeding to hogs in any stage of their growth. Thih is H great milk- producing country , nnd whey , Bkimmeu and sour milk can bo fed to bogs to bolter advantage than to other animals. The climate is very favorable to hogs. The heat in any part of tlio country is rarely so great as to injuru them. With cheap protection they can be kept with proiit in the most northern tier of states nnd terri tories. In most parts of thu country they requiru no shelter from the time they are dropped till they are ready for the market. Buildings for the protection of hogs are unknown on many farms that are chiefly devoted to the production of pork. Still , with all those advantages many farmers in those portions of the country where the largest crops of clover and corn are raised lire civlng up keeping hogs on an extensive scale. They 11 link that the profits are too small fortho largo risks involved. They will continue to raise pork for their own use , but will raise but llltlo for the market. Most likely wealthy farmers will devote more attention to horses and cattliuind thereby give farmers who have smaller means a butter chanca to maku money by keeping bogs. Apparently the swine disease is more frequent us well as more likely to prove fatal on the Hat prairies , whore very largo crops of corn nro raised , than on rolling and high land , Tlio risks on uccount of swine plague are much greater where all the land is embraced in im proved farms than in parts of the country thnt are .sparsely settled , The disease ap pears to bo carried from ono farm to those near to it , and often curries oil' nearly all the hog * kept in a town that is thickly settled. On isolated farms thorn is much less danger from infection , us onn lot of hog * is not likely to come in contact with another. The risks attending the keeping of lioga tray bo greatly reduced bv hasten ing their growth as fast as possible. Tlio Longer u liny is kept the more likely it is to contract the swine plague and die , There la as great advantage iu haying hogs mntnro darly as la having cattle ready to turn elf whllo they nro still young , As a rule , there Is little profit in keeping bogs oror the winter unless they are designed for breeding purposes. Pics dropped early iu tlio spring can bo made to weigh two hundred pounds before very cold weather occurs. For many years packers have shown a preference for bogs of moderate sl/e. Country butchers like well-fatlened bogs that will weigh when , dressed about two hundred pounds. They are belter adopted to the retail Inulo than yory largo hogs. They are al o boiler for use in the familyU isdillicult to curotho meat of veiy heavy hogs so that it will bo certain to keep through the summer. When thu meat is to bo smoked , light hogs nro preferable to very heavy ones Few families wish to boil a ham that weichs over twelve pound * * , while thin slues maku the finest breakfast bacon. ProtlucliiR Tnrcc Fowls for Mnrlcot. Farm. Tiold and Stockman : Just In the same manner as our fctccrs nro produced for the butebnr so may the best fowls for market be raised. At nearly all our fat stock shows the best steers were these bred with the native as a foundation. First there was a cross of tlio Shorlliorn , then the Hereford , and sometimes of thu black Scotch breeds. If wo will begin with the large , coar.so-boiicd hens , anil cross them with a Brnhma rooster , wo will 'argely incrcaso the size and add hardiness. The pullets of this cross. mated with a Dorking or Hoitdan , pro duce fowls much larger than either parent , and when the cross is still car ried on , and the next generation is half Plymouth Hook , the result will bo a bird that grows very rapidly , is hardy , and attains the greatest weight possible. In experimi'iiling with crosses we used a pure Light Brahma hen with a Hotidun cock. The chirks were forced in growtli in order to observe how fast they would grow and how quickly they would be made to reach a given weight , and the result was that tho'yayerageu two pounds the day they were nine weeks old , when dressed anil ready to bo drawn. Tlio weight was such as lo create doubt , and ns a second experiment a Plymouth Hock cock was used with a Brumha hen , and the chicks also reached the weight of two pounds each when nine weeks olit. The Plymouth Hock was then crossed on the pullets of the Houdan-Bramha cross , and at the end of sixteen weeks Iboy weighed four and one-fourth pounds each , or more than a pound for each mouth's growth , the grcalor weight having been made during the last two weeks. Hero was the result of good breeding , and , wo may add , of goou feeding , too , for they wore fed for the purpose of making rapid growth from the start. There was no secret mode of feeding. The chicks were givun all they could cat , and re ceived all the attention possible of being bestowed. Beekeeping. In proportion to tlio population the number of persons who keep bees is very small , yet there is no branch of farming ( for it should bo connected with farming ) more profitable Mt onrtain seasons than the keeping of ; bops. A good , strong colony , in the midst of the busy season , will collect and store four or five pounds of honey daily ; but the amount of work douo by the bees depends upon the for age and the strength of the colony. As soon as a colony becomes weak nnd in capable of defense i will ho nttacted by the stronger ones and robbed. Henco. in order to keep ca'ch hive up to its fullest capacity , the bcolftjoper must provide plenty of comb .foundation in order to lessen the work lov bo performed , and sow such crops as will afiord honey later in the season , when the { lowers have fin ished blossoming , ' ' Tlio swarming process is nothing more than the departure of the old queen and her working bees , in order to abandon the hive to the younger queen and bees. By being on the ajcrt and hiving the swarms as they alight , the number of colonies may bo largely increased , but the weak colonies seldom swarm. The moth usually attack the weak colonies , nnd only the stronger ones are able to pass safely through the winter. The common bees may be graduallyrc- placed with the Italian or Cyprian bees by removing the old queen and substitut ing a now fertili/.ed queen of either kind preferred. If she is carefully guarded in a small cage for a few days , tlio bees soon recognize her , and in the course of a few months the old bees will all bo dead , and the now ones will bo of the desired kind. The queen Is compelled to lay largo num bers of eggs daily in order to supply the great loss constantly occurring by the de struction from birds , storms and other diihculties. They should bo left plenty of honey for a winter supply , and the hives should bo well protected from the storms , What the beekeeper should aim to do is to sow such crops ns will enable the bees to lay in a largo supply of honey , and ho can well afford to do so if ho has a num ber of hives. At this season the bocs find plenty to do in working on the llowors , but later the crop of buckwheat affords ample forage while it is in blossom. Ku- terprising ueekucpors combine beekeep ing and poultry raising , finding that a small piece of ground may in that man ner return largo proiit. How to manage bees cannot well bo explained in a single article. All who are interested should first make themselves familiar with the details , before beginning , by consulting authorities on the subject. That beekeeping - keeping is a profitable occupation , how ever , has boon demonstrated satisfac torily to all so engaged. Considering that the selling vnluo of female cattle that have been spuycd is much greater than on these which are unspayed in fact right close up to steer prices it is not a little- surprising that in all the vast number of cattle owners there are not more who huvu paid serious at tention to the subject of spaying cows and heifers , in its relations to a larger re turn of beef and profit from the female portion of their herds. Wliou the operation is performed by a bungling liana there are possibilities that enough animals , wil ) bo lost from that alone to destroy any hope of profit , says tlio Kansas City Indicator , but in the few cases wo hnvo known whore it was done by persons fumiHar"Jwlth animal surgery and anatomy , the rale of loss was no greater than from 1-iistratlng a like num ber ot males , and ncKinoru serious incon venience resulted to1 the animals , whllo their thrift , irrou-th , ( fattening and killing qualities were g"ruatly improved. Heif ers , after bolntr bpryeu : , grow witli won derful rapidity , anil being relieved of thu wear and tear consequent on being In beat two or thrUo'Uays in a month , they attain much moro nc'nrlytliusizo ' of steers than when kept"hi their normal condi tion. 'V ' While all classes of cattle areas high as in the past twoycifrs , the temptation is of course strong ) i9' use every femalu for breeding purposes , but it is doubtful if in n courdu of years greater prolltH as well as more rapid ami substantial im provements would not como from each year putting the more inferior animals in a shape to bring their highest possible price ns beef and send them promptly to market. The subject is onu which should bo more thoroughly discussed , and the Indicator cater will bo glad to hear at length from any of Us readers who have had experi ence , either much or little , handling , marketing or butchering spayed cattlu. Mr. C. K. Beckett , of Ui.ee countyKun. . , relates for ns a little experience of his this year , ho having spayed in April eighty head of yearlings , twenty two- year olds , and thirteen cows ranging in ago from four to eight years. Ho says : "After spaying I turned them all into a rye pasture that was uoi fenced from tlio river , which , thov bolm ? feverish , crossott , and the water was so dopp it ran into thrco of the yc.tr- ling heifers where thov were spayed , 'causing ; them to die. With that excep tion they all ditl well and never stopped eating. 1 sontlo Maeon county , 111. , for llio man who spayed them. Ho corlainly understands his business , and claims there is no more risk in spaying an old cow than a yearling. H was an experi ment with me , so I would not risk but the thirteen old cows , though I hail some forty bend which I now wish were spayed. When 1 ride among our cattle and sen the spayed cows getting so fat and others bulling and romping around , It convinces me that spacing ( if a man understands his business ) Is the best thiug for us to adopt " "Mr. W. W. Dickey , an old reader of the Indicator and one of Hie most enter prising young lanchmen in tlio west , says lie had spayed on the Dickey brothers ranch in the San Luis valley , Colorado , In 1877 , besides a lot of young heifers , OCO old cows , nnd out of the lot the losses wore only ! 5 per cent. He en gaged an old Knglishman who had long experience in herding in Auslralia , lo do llio work , and says the only trouble to bo feared is bungling work and danger of oilier calllo injuying the cows afler they have been spayed. They kept their spayed cows by themselves a couple of weeks , until the wounds hen' ' , 1 , ami then turned them out to rustle \\uli the herd. Hints nnd Suggestions. The advice to put a cow before calving on short rations to prevent milk fever Is bad. The food should bo regular , not forced. Now Is an excellent time to push young pigs , as they grow very rapidly after tbu weather commences to grow warm. The best bred stock cost tlio most money , but its produce brings a deal moro than the produce of that which is badly bred. In feeding you want ( o notice that some animals nre more dainty as to theirchoico than others. Their likes should be re spected. Calves kept gaining vigorously through the first year are worth at the end twice as much as others that have been re tarded in growth. Irregularity in salting will not conduce to llio laying on of Hush. Kspeoiallv in dairying will irregularity in salting sliow in the milk. Vigorous growth of plants is the best protection against insect enemies , and timely cultivation comes in as n most effective auxiliary force. Trees in a cultivated field are trouble some , but where they are not numerous they add o.iough to the beauty of the landscape lo compcnsale. A soil but five inches deep cannot bo worth as much as another that gives free seopo to the roots of plants to whatever depth they may penetrate in search of nutriment. A second brood of currant worms usually makes its appearance just as the fruit begins to ripen , and is quite as in jurious to the crop as the first if not promptly destroyed. It is said that calves begin to form cuds and ruminate as soon as they are allowed on thu pasture , but three months is soon enough to allow them to do so or the re sult will be scours. Publio water troughs , it is claimed , are places at which infectious diseases are spread ; hence the water should always be flowing in them instead of turning it on when wanted. Hoots of plants that go bv choice ten or twelve inches in the soil fail to bring up full support when they are restricted to four or live inches by reason of impon- utrublu earth bcncain. It is said that the best mode of using sulphur about plants , in order to destroy insects , is to sprinkle it on tlio ground during a warm day , when it will prove bcnelicial without injuring the plant. Bail slough water will make milk that contains farmentive organi&ms and that is liable to decay. Made into butter or cheese , the latter will not keen. See that the cows do not quench their thirst in barn yard pools. In order to produce the "bunch" celery that is so famous in the Boston markets , the plants are given plenty of room in which to grow.so that tlio suckers or side branches will start simultaneously with the central shoot. By keeping land in clover , cutting the first crop , and plowing under the second , a Now lork farmer produced 100 bushels of shelled corn per aero The fertilizer used was a handful of hen manure around each bill of corn. The Rural Homo thinks that if the farmers will keep good mutton sheep and send fine carcasses lo market , they need not bother about the wool , , as the proiit in sheep is from the mutton and early lambs , to say nothing of the fact that sheep greatly improve the soil. The Fort Omiilm BUI. To the Editor of tlio BIE : Your editorial regarding the re-location efFort Fort Omaha was opportune nnd entirely correct , us the BIE generally is , but out side of the facts you stated there is another nnd far more important point in this matter which you inadvertently over looked. Human passion , nnvy and temper naturally dispose us to depress the merit of any ono prominently fixed In the eye of the public , but 1 trust that the follow ing statement will do no injustice to Sen ator Mandorson , whom wo all know to bo , if not a Webster or a Clay in state- nmnniip ! , at any rate a "jolly good follow. " In llio Fort Omaha bill the senator has built his superstructure on a foundation of sand. When the government decided to make Omaha the headquarters of the de partment of the Plattu , generous citizens donated the present location by contri butions made u ] > among themselves , each giving what his inclination and pursu deemed proper. 1 believe that Herman Kounlzo was chiolly instrumental in securing the prixo for Omaha and was thu heaviest donor to wards the purchase of the property upon which Fort Omaha stands. The title to thu land passed Ip the government , subject to a royortionary clause that when it ceased to bo used fern n military post it should revert to the donors. It thus stands to-day and thu clause is as operative now us it was the moment "the government received the gift. Can it bo possible that Senator Manderson , in a presumed wish to borvc a syndicate of Interested capitalists who desire to dispose of their outsldo land at a heavy price has left himself unimformud of this vital fact ? NOHTIIOMAHA. TTbcn r.iby irui etafe , wo R TO ber Cutort : * . WTicn he w a a Child , the cried forL'attorU , When ebe became Mist , alie clang to Cutorik , YYhou ilie hvl CUildrea , she B TB them Caatorij Gasolin0 and Coal Oil. J A , Fuller & Co. , cor1th and Douglas H. . Dr. J. U. DonlHo begs leave to say that during his ub&onra in Kutopu the present summer Dr. W. F , Milroy will bo at his ollico , No. 1114 Fur- mini btreet , to survu these of bis patrona hooding medicalald. The Bible Society has Bibles for sulq cheap. Depository in Y.M , C. A. rooms. O. S. Wood , M D. Honuccipathtst , cor. 10th.and Capitol uv lies , 243'J ' Davenport Display at tholr warerooms , 130G nnd 1307 FAi'nam the largest assortment of Pianos and Organs to bo fourid at any establishment west of Chicago. The stock embraces th * highest class and medium grades , Including STEINWAY FISCHER , , PIAN LYON&HEALY ORGANS sJffi85S4 : S5 JO-35i i LYON&HEALY Prices , quality nnd durability consldorod , are placed at the lowest living rates for cash or tlmo payments , whllo the long established reputation of the house , coupled with tholr most liberal Interpretation of the guarantee on tholr goods , afforda the purchaser an absolute safeguard against loss by possible defects in materials or workmanship. LYON & HEALY , 130G \ 130T FARNAM STREET UOMANOU ANI > UKAMTY. The Absolute Actualities of the lin- nglnntlvo IteniH or .Jonrnllstlo UOMANOn. KKAUTY. Mr. Henry Cutaway - Henry has been In- away , n valued at- conliently bounced. ache of the linn of Sharp , Flat & Co. , has tendered his res ignation , which has been regretfully ac cepted. Mr. and Mrs. Phi- The Flapjacks neas Flapjack of Wabash - huvo discharged bash ave. , have closed their servants , their palatial resi- barred up the front ttenco.and witli their windows , and are interesting family living on crackers will make a tour of and cheese in the the leading eastern basement of their summer rcsorta. palatial residence , economizing prior to the opening of the fall season. Miss Sophia Snor- Sophia is imposing - kins.ono of Chicago's ing- upon the hospi- fajrcstdaughlers.isa lallty of Kzcko ! reigning beauty at Snorkins , her rural Saratoga and Newport - uncle , at Strawberry port this summer. Patch , la. , getting board for the sum mer nnd a chance to wear out her old clothes. Mr.Lambkin Wolfe , S n p e r i n t o n dent superintendent ot the Wolfe's ' little shortage - New B o t n c 1 Sabbath - age having been do- bath school , has tcctcd , he found it transferred his evangelistic - bcnelicial for his gelistic efforts to spiritual welfare to Canada. skip by the light of the moon. Miss Anastasia Anastasia , who Fargouo , the belle of was always homely , T won ty-sovonth and just now is street , after reigning budding into antique - queen of society for quo womanhood , several seasons , has finally caught will bo led lo the altar - one of her father's tar by Charles Call- clerks , the presiding - cash , a promising ing genius of n ribbon - young merchant , bon counter. Mr. Isaac Koscn- Mr. Rosenhcimor hcimer and family having realized well have gone .south for from a sale of unrc- the summer. ( loomed pledges , has moved from the north to the south sido. Mr. Claude Creo Mr. Creosote asked sote , one of the most the reporter to have witty and talented a beer. The reporter - young men of the tor accepted. west side society , is considered a most eligible bachelor by match-making mam mas and husband- hunting heiresses. [ Chicago Humbler. TUTTS Tlio Qreatait Medical Triumph of UwAgo ! SYMPTOMS OF A I.OBI of appetite , Davreli coetlvc , 1'aln in the benil , with a dull oonintlon In the bnck part , 1'iiln andor the bonldcr- liliidc , I'uIlnoaB nflor eating , vrltundli- Incllnntlon to exertion of body or mind , Irrltmbllltyoftemper , J.ovr spirits , wltU n feeling of bnvlnn neglected aniodiitr , Wearineii , Illzzlneai , Fluttering nt Iho Heart. Uota before the eyoe , Jloailticho over the right eye , Kestlcsnnosvlth Otful drenms , lllchly colored Urine , and CONSTIPATION. ' TOTT'S riLLS uro especially ndniitcU to eacli cases , ono dose offecta ouch n change offcellngns to ostonlilithosuirerer. TlioylncrtmothB Appetitenndcnme the body to Take on Fle li , thus the n/Mem la noiiriiUetl.and bythelrTotilo Action on the UlRcitlve Orgnn , I' < - iilnr StooU ara rroiluccd. I'rlen ! lRc. < 1 nitirrny Nt..W.V. ITUTT'S EXTRACT SARSAPAHILU lienovatos the body , annkoa healthy llwli. BtroiiKthcua the WCAK , rcpalni the wusUsi or the uyfltinu with pure blood and hard nuiscln ; tones the nervous ( iratom , InvlRorntcs the brain , and Imparts urn visor ot luanhood. 81. Sold by dnigKlsts. OITIOU niurrar St. , Now York. ESTABLISHED USED IN ALL Catnlt > iuci Rnd I'rlrei mi application. Bald by nil tbo tfiil Carrlnrd Hullilcn unrt Deuleis. OJNWNNATI. V. S. A. cauiu Aii ( fn . cnociN , Or din Liquor lluljli , V Cured by AiluiliilMtcriui ; Dr. Hniitew' Oolilrn rlio < > lllo. It cm be clvcn In a cup of caUTce til lea without the knoKlfxlLTof the pcr.ioo taking llUub Jlul Iy harinlcv < , nnd will effect a permanent ami npurdf cute , \vlml ! i r Iho pallet ) t U a moderate drinker o kit ucounllo wri-uk. H baa been el\eu In tljou * nuil u ( caioi , anil In every lnitanc a perfect cure uu ( ollawud. It nurur Tall * . The tj Mem once liapicenalud ulth the UpocIO : , U beccmtian ullef lupcunlbllltjr for tliu liquor appetite toeiUl- FOll HALF. 1IY I'-OI.Um'INU nilUOQISTSl KUIIN Ac CO. , Cur. 15tli nnd Jau3ln . and 18lh Oe CuinliiK Hit. , Omuliu , Neb. ' A. J ) , FOSTUK .V IIRU. . Council IllulU , lotva. Callornrlu for p-mifihlet containing ol tentlinonUI > froiiitliatict woiucuauil KM tir.ru of thu ruuntrv. MUSIC , Boston , Hass , TIIK l.AHRKbT utul 1IIMT I'.OUIl'l'ISIt In 111 * WOULD. UM IiittriKUin , 3Vi uuilouu l l yojr , Thorough hutruelio'il In vu il un-1 liulruuieutul inn. f 1C , I'J.miund Oht.in Unlut : . Vina Am. Oruturj. Mini. alnro. Kruui-ll. ilcruiMH mul Hullun IHUL-UIIIIV * , Kiif ll ) i branclioi. lljumntllc , otu. 'lulllou lilulJ ) ; board and mam with le m h.-.it ami ulectrliilljUl li.'i > ii ! part < nu , KAI.l.TKlt.M oei'lii H.ept iiib rli. Irti for lllu ti > ite < lOnl'Hiinrvllh ! rulllutnrmMk.ii , ' 1 0 U U J J ? Kl lir. . r ukln ! S < i. . Uuiluii , 1U. . Ciiro without A POSITIVE olno. rmoiitod Octo > lior 18 , 1878. Ono box trill euro the moat obtlnnto cno In founlnyi 10S No niuucoiis ilojrs of cubotii , copixllm or oil ot MinitiilnoniUhnt uro < corlnln 10 proiluoo dyspop- Rtn liy ilo'trovtiiR tlio coating * at the siomnou , 1'rlco SI.W ) . BoM lij'all .InisrifUU or raallod on receipt of prlco. For furtltor pixrtloillnrS I0ttt forclroulnr. V. O. Don l.MI. w 7. c. .Xjrj uir co. , CORE , US John Rl. . Now York. lUOS-Ul-KllUVMl&O "London" Trouser Stretcher , Patented In Rurope nnd V B. HOI.K Aor.NTs In IlNiTKu STATES foroolourutpd John Iliiuillton ft Co. , Htrotuhor. Tuttos bacflrlnir out of knees , restores pnutalsoiis to otliriniu Hliiipu. Only pat'd strtooh * orcomululnir cro\v rod In oonoo * lion with clumps. All other * in- frltiKiim-nis. Original nud only Stretcher for Oontlomon'8 uno , Ily ovproBS securely nnckod , prlco _ _ _ . ? 2 60. Write forclrcmars .AffonU wanted In every city. O. W. SIMMONS 4 CO. , U03tOnMlU3 OWXiTT. A Qtllolr. rortnftB Cure for lA tl > nho < v1. liability , Kut . No quackery. It * . nook front froo. VU1E J1KI ) . COM SENT G. O. D. O.NK OK UOItt : AT WHOLESALE IMllCE. I PAY all exprcsi chnrpts to nil pojnta within OCX ) mllen. l.ooOrarrJnpcB to ncloct from. Betid two cent Btamji for 111 utffltiM catologuu. Mention thu paper * L. G. SPENCER'S TOY FACTORY , 221 W. MADISON ST. , CHICAGO. .1. * ld. w Djnpi [ . XHwrkiM. r * w ft 4 Aru . * . M4 . I md.n r Ib. Klpmt.Ou > u. A hw < | * lutuiil.li.lm. < w 0 gIkti r eh.i | it ( , t . .d U all cdnnM < ri.l * . Tty II. fei _ jlrf.tu. Ak JL- . . kftctur 4br DH.J 0.11 j. w. wurriEUAiw , GOLI CI jV tz > ii' Xf if .BUFTUBE nl'uMUTelTcuredtnOu Uajsurltrv | llarnc'iiiiretra Ica < ll licit. 7TruMcomblnea. OunTuitMilth4 ' only on In thi , vrorld moprmUnif a contlnaoui Kltetrlt tt XagnttR . - - cvrrrnt. Sclcntlflo , 1'owerful. Durable. N.W xComrorl blo and KlTrcilT * . Arola traqdi t-fr Ororn.DOOcured , KcnilfltninpfarpamphUt. AI.HO F.i.KOTitio iiKi.TA roit iiiscxttes. Oi. HORNE. UVEHTOR. lei WABASH AVI. . CHICAM. MALT Hpcclnlly DUtlllcd for flludlclnnl Uno. * THE BEST TONIC 1 UNEOUALEDfor CONSUMPTIOfl WASTING DISEASES and GENERAL DEDILim PERFECTS DIOESTiOH. DH. EDW. L. WALLTNO , Sup. K n In Chief , NaUonul Guard Of N.J. , WlllMI "My tttontlon wu ulltd t ( your ICojiluuo ll lt > Tlil > k y t > ) Mr. Lalor , Uiugglit , of Trentou f and , I Imro uttd a few bottlai wllll far lietttr "fleet than anv 1 liaT * had. I am recomnitndmi your arllcl * In my practice , an ) find It very > nlif ! ctorr. " I ejVh ( I n lo. till Ik. Hlialur * : i UBNUt * UKNIIKLHON lallo cf Bittll , EISNER & R&EIHDELSOP ! , ( Soli A | > nli for UK u B. ) 316,318 and 320 Race St. , PLiladclpbia , P& For sale by C , F , Goodman , Omaha , Nn ) > rasKii. LINCOLNBUSlNESSJMGTORT Decently Unlit. Nonlf Furnliueg The Tremont , J. U , I'l l'/.aiilAM : > & SON , Proprietor * , Cor. tth nnd 1'Sts. , Lincoln , Nob. . turt/iri1in.llv llntrsJl.Wpurt ] jr , Struct cars fronbouio * to any' J. H.W. HAWKINS , Architect , OniruH-3J. at iirnl 42. Hlolmrds Uloolt , Mticolu , Nt > b , I'.lovntor niillth ElioeL Hruoilorot Ilrcodorof OAI.LUWAV CATTLE. siinui HUIIN OATTM KM WOODS. Live Stock Auctioneer Pales inmln In ull parts of Iho U. a ut fnlr nilu . llooin II.HIiitu llloi'U , Llnoolu , Nob. ] Oollowiiy uiul Short Horn tiulli fur salo. n , n , COULDIN , Farm Loans and Insurance , Currri | > ondi > ! ice In regard lo IniuiS sollultod. 1 lee in i , ItluliuriU llloulc , I.lnvoln , Nuh. Public Sale , Drnver , < , < ! . , .Iinic loili , I8 0. 40hiiiJ ! ofSliow Bhort Harm. Unit1 * 4 f/i-uloU ihank , 2-yonr-oldD , wcl liliiir lOaU ; InilU unJ holtcri. Adilcui.1 TjoliI uiul V'i\nn. for mlnlou- tie * . Denver , qol. C. M. HIUIIHOII , Lincoln , NeG. Col. I' . M , Wood * , Aiiullonuiir. When In Lincoln vtnp til National Hotel , Aud t'ot a good dinner for2Sc. 4 , A. I'BUAWAY ,