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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1886)
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT The Obango in the State Constitution to bo Submitted to Electors. ITS PROVISIONS EXPLAINED. \Voulil Not Tionso tlio Salt Well An lujurcil llnsbniiil Falls to Ai- | | icur Gnhlwntcr nt Iilncoln Matters. IranM run iir.r/s r.isrw.snnnuu.l The electors of tlm state will be called upon at the coming election to adopt or reject the amendment to the constitution submiltcd by the last legislature , which provides that section of article ! > of the constitution of the slate of Nebraska bu amended to read : Tlio lei m of olllce of members of the Ire- Istaturu shall be two jenrs , and they slmll each nriilve pay at the rule ot S" > per day iliirlnir their sittlnc , ami ten cents lor every mile tliny Hhall tnnel In ( ; nlii anil ictimilnu on the most usual route : provided Hint they shall not receive pay lor more than sixty days iltn Iui ; their term. The amendment further provide1 ? that members of the legislature or employees shall not receive any pay or perquisites oilier than their salary or mileage. Each session , except special sessions , shall bo not loss than sixty days , and that after the expiration of forty days of Iho session no bills nor joint resolutions hlmll bo introduced unless re quested by the governor iu Hpccial message. This last proviso it will be seen , leaves the way open for future awards to be made when the state "treasury may be raided and robbed. This proposed amendment is very like the one voted upon two years ago and which was questioned as to its adoption or no by Tom Stevenson , of Nebraska City , who , during the session of the legislature , took the question to Iho supreme court and it was dec ! ded by them not adopted. To present this present proposed amendment to the constitution before the voters of the state , section 2 of chapter 15 of the compiled statutes provides that Hiieh amendments shall be. published in full by the secretary of state in one news paper in every county in the state in which a paper is published , the paper to be designated bv the governor. In ac cordance with this proviso , the governor has selected the papers in which the amendment is to bo published , and the fle.cretary of state is sending the copy to the press. These notices will appear in a short time , but as the Bii : ; will not bo ono of them , the public can consider tlio question 111 advance. The list of papers sol'jctod by the gover nor will , in a short time , bo in receipt of iho bonanza in store for them , and tlio question of increase in session time and pay therefor will be open for discussion. TUP noAiit ) nr.rL'si : TO LEASE. Messrs. Hoffman and Towlo , of the Chicago Western Salt association , whose arrival in this city was noted in yester day's BIK : , held a meeting with the board of public lands and buildings looking to the leasing of the wells as allowed under the law. Air. Green , of the same com- Dauy , who has been in the city through out the summer , had called the parties lethe the city to make the contract or lease , under the interpretation that ! W per cent brine could bo , by solar evaporation , made profitable for the manufacture of ealt. In other salt works 'JO per cent brine If considered the minimum of value for profitable work , and the board of public lands and buildings did not consider the investment a good ono for the state to take chances on U3 per cent brine , and consequently no lease was agreed upon and the parties return to-day to Chicago. Meanwhile the well is goinp ; down into the depths of the earth , and if a vein of brine is reached Mowing in volume that bears a 70Q test , there will be no question of getting parties to work it , unit those who will not want it all their own way. The work in sinking the well at best is an experiment and promises to end an experiment , which view that many people - plo take , 'will place thorn in accord with the board in avoiding expenses at pros cut on an uncertainty. FKANK ALl.KN'S KXCI'ItSION . Tn police court yesterday ono Frank Allen , a sub-contractor on railway work , was arraigned before Judge Parsons on the charge of adultery , and as the prose cuting witness failed to come to time tlio case was dismissed and Allen paid the costs and departed. This complaint ol adultery made against Allen was in effect charging him with improper relations with a certain woman named Eva Kclch , the information reciting that they iuhab ited the same rooms til hotels tols and that they had left the city together. The complaint was signed by William Kolch , husband of the woman , and the anxiety ho expressed to have the culprits caught and punlshoil inndo thu officers think nothing but tlio full extent of the law would satisfy Hiim. Alien was caugjit by Policeman T'owlor across ths line in Missouri , nearly oppo site Uulo , and brought hero for hearing. The woman was not captured , from the fact that Allen and the wayward Eva only kept company upon leaving here as Jar as Wymoro , the woman in the case going from that point to Washington , Kan. aooDWATin : , ciiAitnnnwiTii UKIAMV , is still at large , the officer who wont attar him finding upon reaching the place that Good water had last occupied , situ ated twelve miles from Beatrice , that his game had been put on guard by friends in the case nnd had llown still further southward , taking'liis newest and latest bride with him. The ollleer , however , is confident that the capture will bo made in a few days , and that Goodwator will have the opportunity of n careful ami considerate trial in a Nebraska court , aud that the bigamist can have n chance to explain. TKOUUI.K IN THU JIIiOWN PAIIII.V. Lincoln seems to be Hooded with adul tery cases these nays , and us Ion" as the present weather continues it looks as though ono ease n day of married wo men urn ! unmarried men , or yico versa , meeting at this city and running away together would bo the usual order of tilings. The case reported to the BKK yesterday was In the numerous family of Brown , the complaining witness being A. F , Brown , a man working on the grade work of the Missouri Pacific at this point , Mr. A , F. Brown complains that ono 1) . H. Brown , no relation of his , and to Iho best of his knowledge and be lief a single man. has ran away with his daughter , Mrs. Jennie Putereon. and departing - parting together , the two arc believed to bo living in adultery , The hist that the complaining witness had boon able to lind out concerning the weak and wayward - ward couple is that on Monday evening last they occupied a room at the Wash ington house , this city , registering as man and wife , and leaving there for the depot the next morning , 1) . H. Brown , the guilty man , has been for some tlnm foreman of a party of workmen ou hd Callahan's contract with the Missouri Paciliii and the woman in the case , Mrs. Peterson , was keeping house for her father and the two were thus brought together. Mr. Brown , who makes the complaint , says that he has talked and reasoned with his dnughtei over her course but with no apparent ufloet , nnd lie has since learned that she Visited a court ollieial in tills city nnd tskcd what the result of her course would bo , she not being divorced from her former husband , li the olllcers are sue- tcssful in tUeir search , both of the pil- grims will find answers to Hint question n a court of justice. EVKHYDAY rA'KNT- ! . This morning complaint was made by John M. Burks against William O'Brien ind James Uorc , two farmers who live .omo eight miles north of this city , tlio complainant chargingburglnry.and upon t the two parties named Were brought nto court. Judicial Inquiry into the ease developed the fact that the two men lad purchased some ware at Burks' and when thev went around nt evening to load it up tbev were so well charged and loaded themselves that they piled in a lot ot property not their own that was lying in reaching distance , and when the los Was discov ered the arrests were made. The parties In limbo having signified a tlosiro to re turn all the properly taken by mistake , the prosecution was withdrawn and two new complaints , were made , charging them with drunkenness. Totheserharites they pleaded guilly and were lined -to earn and costs. The case against James Berry , wbo wa * sent to the insane hospital , was dis missed from the docket yesterday. Thin wim the forgery case in which the voting man paid for a bugav with a forged cheek , nt'd upon examination regarding insanity was sustained against the young man. man.A man named Gale , living out In the south part of the city , was nrro ted for having Ills barn tn the alley by liis place , and the case was to bo heard yesterday. F. W. King and Thomas Murray were nj ) before the magistrate yesterday , the lormer on a charge of assault , imd the latter for getting too full for utterance. The two parties wisely plead guilty and were lined the usual amount. The court has been at work closing up the docket as nearly us possible for the end of the month nnd the consequent re ports of work done and cases tried. Two Inmates of the insane hospital were discharged yesterday with certifi cates of cures , ono of them , a pattotit that h.id been sent from Elk Creek , .Johnson county , and the other ono with apparently no abiding place , who bad been cared for as a subject from the public at largo. President Terrell , of the Press associa tion , passed through the city yesterday , en route for Omaha to secure the Pull man transportation for the excursionists. The party promises to be one of the best in numbers that has excluded iu late years and will go lo the Pacific coast. Among the Ncbra kaiis at Lincoln hotels yesterday were the followinu J. W. Kller , Omaha ; J. Montgomery , Bennett ; John Hewitt , Fremont ; William ( ? ill. Seward ; E. A. Branson , AVyinore- L. E. Allen , Orleans ; 11. T. Chirk , Omaha ; E. C ) . Warner , York ; E. M. Cor- rell , Hebron ; E. H. Wi ileox , Kopublioon City F. B Tiffany , Albion ; J. O. She ) ) herd , Nebraska Citj' . Dyspensia comes from Torpid Livoi and Costivcncss. You cannot digest your food well unless your liver and bowcrsact properly. Braiidroth's Pills , taken one or two at night for a week or so , will regulate the bowela , stimulate the liver and insure quick andhcuHhful digestion These Pills are purely vegetable , con tain no mineral and arc absolutely harm essor old aud young. Sir. Weaver nml tlio nurro. St. Louis Republican : A correspon dent at Iron Sulphur Springs , Cal. , writes : Mr. Weaver is a tender loot from Buf falo. He has been hero at the hotel about a week seeking some means of get ting up into the mountains. A gentle man from Avi/.ona suggested that he purchase a burro. Ho understood that a Mexican about a milo and a half away bad a burro for sale. It was pretty warm in the middle of the day when Air. Weaver started , but hoJiad no tlilHculty in liiuliug the Mexican ranch , and as he was turning into the lane that led to the house a swarthy greaser rode up in a gallop aud dismounted at the door. This proved to bp the rancbcro. and upon be ing asked if ho had a burro for sale he said : "Si , sonor. " The Mexican took Mr. Weaver out to a corral , where he showed him an animal that looked like an exaggerated speci men of the jack-rabbit. The Mexican said the burro had been raised a pet ; his wife was very much attached to it ; it was as geutlo as a lamb ; didn't know how to buck ; all the children rode it ; and if tlio gentleman would take it out the back way so his wife would not see him ho did not wish to have a scene , his wife's grief would pain the gentleman he might have the animal for $2i5. This was considerable more than Mr. Weaver wanted to pay , and there appeared to bo a wicked look in that burro's eye , which would have caused him to doubt thu Mcx ican's word respecting the brute's gentlo' ness bad not the ranchcro appeared so innocent and diajngcnuous. But Mr. Weaver had his mind sot on a burro , anil ho cone.ludcd ho would pay the price asked if the animal was as represented. "You say lie won't buck ? " said Mr. Weaver. "Si , senor , " said the Mexican in his dulcet Latin voice. "Well , I want to sec him roile lirst. " The Mexican said ho was not well that day , and that it would make him sick to rido. Considering that ho had just seen the greaser lope up to the door us ho got there , Mr. Weaver allowed a doubt of the Mexican's honesty to cross his mind. "Woll 1 won't buy the animal unless I first sco him rodo. , " said Mr. Weaver. The Mexican said if the gentleman was so very anxious to sco the beast rode , to accommodate him , sick as ho was , ho would ride him for $5. At this moment a female voice issued from tlio window ol the hacienda. It said : "Jesus Maria , don't you get on thai mule unless you want to break your fool neck. " "Was that your wife ? " asked Mr. Weaver. "Si , sonor. " "You say she don't want you to sell the burro ? " "Si. scnor. " "Tho donkey is gentle , won't bucic a polr" "Si , scnor. " "And you want me to pay ? 5 to see yoi ride him ? " "Si , scnor. " ' 'Well , you must take mo for n goll- darned fool1' "Si , senor , " said the urbane Castiliai in his liquid Latin language , as Mr , A\ caver rode away. Mr. Weaver is still on the lookout for a burro. John R. Manchester came on from Oril Wednesday , haying two of the prettiest hunting dogs with him that the sporting eye of this city has gazed upon iu many a day. i P'JRCCTANO STROHGCST NATURAL rauir FLAVORS MOST PERFECT MADE Prepared with itrlct regard to Purity. SUcncth and llcalthfu'.ncu. Dr. Price' * ll klnjr I'uwdcr contains o Ammutila. JJmeor Alum. Dr. 1'rlce'i KitrucU , VanilU , I.tmon , Oransi' , cic.naror dcliciojjlr. rates 8MUKO fowoea ca , cueogo Mi st. 4w/ . POINTERS FOR PRODUCERS , Helpful Hints for Progressive Fanners and Stock-Raisers , State nnd County Fairs hi Iowa nnd Ncbrnnkn Mr-ceding nml Kil- ucntliifr Horses C'n 11 Corn In Frult-Knislnrj Otticr Dinners. Ncbrnskn Notes. Cedar Hapids Gazette : Western farm ers nro not apt to give overmuch care to keeping out foul woods. Wild oats , conch or quack gross , thistles ml other varie ties of noxious weeds are usually un known in the west till a few foul seeds perchance in the straw used for packing crockery or other merchandise from the cast , or mixed with valuable grain or grass seeds have produced a crop that winds , thrashing machinery and other agencies rapidly scatter in every direc tion. North Bond Flail : The writer has a y.onng orchard of some live hundred trees that , notwithstanding the dry weather and otheradvcrsocircuinslaneosisdoing exceedingly lino. About a month ago the trees became rusty and bore a very un healthy appearance , so much so that ho thought they were going to die. He took the idea that a vigorous pruning would do them good , and accordingly ho re moved fully one-third of the branches. From that day tlio whole aspect of the trees became changed , they became fresh , put off the rusty , unhealthy appearance , and took on newness of life. It does not look liKe the same orchard , so healthy and vigorous does it appear. Nance County Journal : The long dry spoil was abruptly brought to a close last Sunday evening by a most copious and refreshing rain , which came without wind , hall "or anvthng unpleasant , save now and then a Hash of lightning and clap of thunder a little too demonstrative for timid eyes and oars. Once more in the history of this part of Nebraska the vain cnmo just in tno right timo. A low days delay might have proved disastrous. Tlio ground was very dry , roads dusty and sod corn was beginning to wilt and look sad , like a motherless chicken in a hail storm. Some of the farmers wore beginning to look blue , and the conta gion was caught by the merchants and other business men of the town. The outlook was indeed a dubious one , but deliverance has come ; fears are no longer abroad in the land nnd mournful fore bodings have given away to general gladness. A good crop is assured. And while the sympathetic people of this sec tion nro disposed to feel sorry for their neighbors in Minnesota , Wisconsin and Iowa , whose crops are destroyed by the drought , they do not mourn as those who cannot bo comforted , knowing that Ne braska can furnish bread for the hungry everywhere , and have plenty left for her own people. State and County Fairs. Xr.UIlASKA. County Town. Date. Ailiims Hastings Sept 2S-Oct 1 Antelope. Xolijh Sept tw-so Brown Long I'ine Sept2S-Oct2 Buffalo Kearney Oet5-S Butler. DavldCity Sept 21-24 ( "ass Plattsmoiith Sept 21-2t Ccilar Jlurtiiintoii Sept 14-1U Clay Clay Centen . . .OctHS ( 'ustcr Broken Bow . . .Sept'Jl-'X ! 1 ) OIKO ! Kromont Sept 2J-24 Friend District. , Krlcnd Sept ( Ml ( ! agc Beatrice Sept 7-JO I nterstateVymore Scut 'Jl-25 Jcirerson Kalrburv Aug31Sept3 .lolinson Tocti in sell Sent 21-21 Kearney. Minilen Sept S8-SJO Knox Crcighton Sept " 1-34 Jlailison .Madison Sept 22-25 Xomaha Auburn Sept (5-0 ( Nemaha Valley. Kails City Sept 0-11 Omaha Omaha Sept G-lt Otoe Syracuse Sept < V ! > 1'olk Osceola Sept 7-10 Ulflmulson Salcin Sept 11-18 State Lincoln Sept 21-21 Sarpy I'npillion SeptSS-Oct2 Sheridan ( iordou OetO-8 Wayne Wayne Sept 15-17 Webster lint Cloud Oct5-S Weeping Water.Weeping Wuter.Sept 21-25 York York Sept C-U IOWA. Adams Corning Sept 20-34 Agency district..Auoncy Sent 14-17 Benton v Inton Sept 20-24 Boone O den Sept 2l-Oc ) Boone district..linono Supt 14-17 Bremrr Waverly Se.pt 14-17 Brooklyiullstrlct.llrooklyn Sept 1G-1S Cant Atlantic SeptiMctl ! ) Central Iowa Oilobe.lt Sepl 22-2,1 Cerro Gorilo Mason City. . . .Sept 14-10 Chlckasaw Xew Hampton.Sepl 15-17 Clarke Osceola Sept 14-17 New Sharon illst.Xow Sharon. : Sept22-24 1'asio Clarlmla Sent 7-11 Palo Alto 12intiiPtsburg. . .Sejt 23-23 State les Molnch".Sept 0-11 Blchluud district.Kicliliiuil Sept 21-24 Sac Sac City Sept 15-17 Shelby Ilarlnn Sept 22-2-1 Sioux Orange City. . . . Sept 21-24 Strawberry. Strawberry P't-Scpt 21-24 Story Nevada Sept 14-17 Tama Tama City Sept 14-17 Traor district..Traer. Sept 1-1 ! Union Alton Sept 22-21 U mini I oporto City. . .Sept 14-Ki Union West Liberty. .Sept 14-lii Van Buren Keosiiiiiiua Sept 14-17 Wapullo Ottumwo. Aug 10-20 A Horse's Kiluontion. The education of the colt should com mence when ho is very young , and by those only who are themselves educated , or at least have common sense enough to know how. Horses of high mottle are more easily educated than those of less or dull spirits , and are more susceptible to ill training or bad management , and. consequently , may bo made good or bail according to tlio education they receive. But horses of dull spirits are susceptible to bad management , and in them may bo found the most provoking obstinacy and vicious habits of different clwiacters.lhal render them almost worthless , Could the coming generation of horses in this country bo kept , from their earliest days of colthood to the ngo of live years , wholly in the hands of good and careful inumi ors , there would no a vast difference - once m the general character of these noble animals. If the colt is never allowed to get an advantage , it will never know that it possesses a uower which man cannot control , nnd if made familiar with etrango objects it will not bo skittish and nervous. Above all things n colt .should early bo taught to slop at the word whoa ! He should bo made to stand quietly while yon are getting in out of the carriage or wagon to which he is hitched , as the lack of this part of his education subjects the person or persona using him to frequent annoyance and often serious injury. Vicious habits are easily induced in horses by tickling and plagnoing them while in the stable , and under no circum- htanoes should over bo tolerated. Never beat or use harsh language to a horse in the stable , unless you prefer n vicious tea a clover ono. A horse is susceptible ol taking a vast amount of knowledge , ami ! iis education should be of thu nature that will render him the most safe and useful. Work Horses. 'According to the Now York Star the following is the method of feeding the horses of the Adams ICxprcss Company , .in New York ; "In the morning , the lirsi thing , we give ourhorses each about seven pounds of oats , with about a quart ol fih el I od corn and a double handful ol good hay. At noon wo give them a good peek of chop , made of ground or crushed corn , white middlings , and bran. Every other night wo give thorn about ton pounds of hay , aud every ui ht eight or : cn pounds of clean. rye straw for bidding. Wo don't give theni hay every night , because - cause if we do they won't cat their chop up clean Hy criving it every other night wo tlnd that thcTtilwayscatupUiclrfced. Wo water them thrvo times n day before they go out , when they como in , and nftcr wo clean up for thn night. Of course the driver ? , when the horses are out , give them water when they need It. In warm weather mstcad-of cracked corn and mid dlings , vrc give corn meal and wheat bran. Our horses have to do hard work , lint wo keep them in good condition. That is n general Matomeiit. of the way wo feed horses. Of course , in particular cases , we have to usejudgement. . When a horse is dull and blows over its feed tlio be.st thing is to take it away. The chances are thai Ihe next time it will cat uj ) clean. Don't allow a horse to stand blowing ever its feed. Jly men are par ticular nlso to clean the manger out well before feeding , nnd not allow any stale or sour feed to be loft in tlio manger. Tuoro is nothing like regularity iu feud ing. When horses don't Imvo enough at one time , and then perhaps too much at another , you cannot expect to keep them well. I said wo gave" the horses hay oyery other night. That is a matter of judgment , If you tind horses on their feed , ami eating it tip clean , you cau give them hay every night. " Profits ofFriilt , An acre of vineyard almost anywhere in the state , says the Sacramento Hec , will yield live tons of granos. worth $ ! W n ton , making a total of $150 , against a total of ? 11).SO ) from a yield of thirty bush els of wheat on the same area of land. A single vineyard of SCO acres near Fresno is producing this year about 2,000 tons. worth sf'0 to $35 a ton. It would take about 2,000 acres of land , producing thirty bushels to the aero , lo raise grain enough to bring that amount this your. What a vast waste of valuable space wheat jrrowiug Involves Iu California ! llul we have more illustrations. J. W. Ca.-sidy's ten acres cherry orchard , near I'alumala. this season produces a crop more valuable than could have been grown on TOO acres devoted to wh.mt. In full bearing , with the crop worth ton cents a pound , it has been estimated thai Iho yield of his orchard would bring ? : i7r > 00. Hut only taking half this sum ( $18,750) ) the returns are more than our estimate would allow from 700 acres of lund in wheat. _ Still another example : K. H. Hlowors. in Yolo county , has twen ty acres of vineyard devoted to seedless bultana grapes. The yield this season is estimated at twonly Ions lo Iho aero , ami he has been offered sf-10 per ton , but ho will convert the grapes into raisins , and thus make more money. 1'ortv dollars per ton would be § 800 per acre , or $10,000 for n yield of a vineyard of twenty acres. Instances of this kind mighl bo multi plied , but thciO should suffice for the presenl. Olio by ouo the drain-growers are be coming impressed with the Ionic of such facts as wo have given above , and are engaging in the cultivation of fruit. P. L. Bunco , of Sutler county , began giwy- iug fruit on nn experimental scale , his ranch being almost wholly given uji to wheat. Now hq has an orchard of thirty- two acres , twelve of which command a rental of $1,000 , a year , cash in advance , cle.r : of all expenses. This is equivalent to more than eight per cent , profit upon a valuation of $1,000 an acre. The Marysvillo Appeal says that ho is about lo set out ninety acres more in orchard , and aso moans to pjant n largo vineyard. Hero is a progressive farmer who i.s sel ling an cxamle | worthy of emulation. The conversion of the wheat ranches of California into , orbhards and vineyards would bo tin iiulustrjal revolution of in calculable benefit to the stato. It would add immensely' her population and wealth. No topic that the press can agitate in California can compare with this iu importance , Cookcrt vs. Haw Grain. ft has generally boon supposed that cooking food for catllc assisls greatly in the extraction of Ihc elements of nutri tion through digestion. So far as ani mals are concerned it has long been doubted whether cooking food pays its cost. Late conclusions arrived at from investigations at the New York experi ment station would seem to show a loss of albuminoid and also an apparent loss of fat in tlio process of cooking. The loss as stated is in clover hay .188 of a pound , in fresh ground meal 1.091 , and in old meal .013 of a pound. The cook ing showed not onlv a loss of actual ajmimiuoid , but depreciation in the digestive value of tuo albuminoid re maining. I'.iHttire and Hn H. II is nol generally known that naturally the hog is a delicate feeder that is , naturally bo feeds only on clean sub stances. Ho is an omnivorous feeder. Ho eats unclean food only when ho is re fused better. Throw a hog several sorts of potatoes , inferior and superior in quality , and the best will be oalon first. Place several varieties of eorn before a hog not severely pressed by hunger , and the best will bo solceted. It is tlio same with pasturage. The hog cats fewer plants than any other of the farm ani mals. Grass is not his natural food. The legumes , of which clover is a familiar example , aro. They are rich in flesh- forming elements. Thus clover nnd other leguminous plants are the natural pasture for hogs , i'ho despised purslain is eagerly sought by Iboin ; so is red root , a snccics of amaranth. The artichoke is greedily eaten. It contains more nutri ment than the potato , and is cooling in its nature. In preparing pasture for hogs it is as fully necessary to know what plants to produce as in preparing pasture for other animals. As a single plant red clover is the most valuable , because it is easily and generally grown. A variety of pasture plants and liberal feeding also of grain , together with absolute cleanli ness in the resting places , and perfectly pure water to drink , would go farther to banish hog cholera and other contagious diseases to which hoes are subject than all the nostrums with which they are souglil to bo dosed. Heasoiialjle IIIntH nnd The best tools are cheapest because they accompl Islumora and cause loss wear and tear and swparhan , ( poor ones. Make a harness fid properly and a horsa can wear it without distress , provided that it is also jko.pt decently clean and comfortably soft ) The land that will keep twenty com mon-bred cows ivill keep twenty well- bred ones , and1 the ! annual profit on the latter will bo considerably more than on the former. t It is the same with an animal as with a steam-boiler the more complete the com bustion of the rfoo'd or fuel it gets the more satisfactory1 will bo the result , be cause there is lcs wiisto. Success in Horiciilture depends vastly more en tlio euro he.itowcd on the plants than on n largo amount of money ex pended. Yet for all this many people will yearly snend , t great deal of money on high-priced and rare plants , afterward sriving them no attention. A bed of ger aniums , petunias , lantanas and other easily grown plants , if well cared for , will bo more satisfactory than rare plants which require the care and attention of tin export gardener. Don't allow the water to stand in the fields or in any sink-holes about the buildings or yams. In fact , don't have any sink-holes about the promises to bold water. A scraper is a good thing to have about every farm. Many lifhia have lit tle knolls and holes that might easily and cheaply bo leveleu by the uso. of the scraper. If much soil is taken from any Dltiee the manure cart must follow after the scraper. A depression of tiny Con siderable extent rnuft , of course , be drained. Even a llttjo surface drainage will often accomplish wonders. The bulk of cream ts no guide for any thing , so much dcncnds upon the quality of the milk , the method of separation , the time occupied in doing it , the tem perature nt which Iho cream is raised , the amount of milk taken with the cream in skimming , the condition of the cow , the quality of the feed , the length of time from calving and the individual characteristic ! ! of the eow. If the cow is in poor Ilesh and half-starved the butter globules are poor in l t. On the con trary , If the cow Is in good condition aud abundantly fed with good nutritious food , the globules will bo rich in fat anil line-flavored. "THERE'S A CHILD ON THE TRACK ! " A Uauy's AVomloiTuI Kscapo Front Ho I tin Crushed by n liooomotlvo. Hostnn Special to New York Herald : "My ( ted , Jim , there's n child on the track ! " Jim was the fireman , and the speaker the engineer on tlio inward bound Lawrence express on the Hoston and Maine ro.-ut this morning. They had just passed the Wohurn station and were making toward Somcrville. Jim was Icanlmr over Iho. lire , and as bo quickly Mood upright ho saw thooiigi- nocrdash out along the side of tlio loco motive. Itefore ho reached the pilot the locomotive was upon its victim. The stout-hearted fellow closed his eyes , and when the engine had passed ho rushed bark into the cab and stopped the train. A brakeman , followed by a crowd of passengers , ran back ever the track. At n distance of three or four hundred feat n little baby girl of about four years was lying beside the rail. Stand- over the gin ami licking its tiny face was a little dog. As the train men appeared the dog began to bark furiously , as if ile- lormined that no one should come near jils baby mistress. The child appeared inanimate , but no marks of viol mi w could bo seen , Tenderly the brakeman took her up and carried her to the train and Icfl her at the Somerville station. An examination showed thai Iho lips of tin- delicate little lingers wcro somewhat lacerated. She was still unconscious , though apparently breathing. A doctor was called , and the train and its occu pants sped awav. At noon to-day , when the engineer and fireman reached Somerville on the return trip , the lirst interrogalin was , "Where's Iho child * " The agent took them to the door , and pointing to a number of children at play in a neighboring yard , replied. There she is , the lilllo 0110 in while. " The child had been thrown oil the track by the pilot of the locomotive and had miracu lously escaped unhurt. Ilnlfbrd Sauce for lamiiy use. Sold everywhere. An Accommodating Cyclone. Eccentric as these storm stones nro , we maintain that when it comes down to n genuine accommodating hurricane Da kota again takes Ihc lead , says the Wall- poton ( I ) . T. ) Mercury. A good example of this kind occurred in lliis county. Jno. Kckcrs had pre-emption and homestead claims adjoining , and about the lime of the following occurrence lie had just proved up on the former. A day utter , his proof had been made , ho was eating his meal in his log shanty with a neigh bor , in the evening ; . "Say , parrt , " ho remarked , "now I've got my pre-emption I'll ' have to move this house onlo the homestead claim , as it will bo cheaper than putting up an other. " Hardly wore the words out of his mouth when ono of those suddensmall cyclones struck the shanty , and , strange as it may seem , lifted the house oil the pre-emption mil sot it down on the homestead , with out breaking anything except a shaving cup. That Terrible Drain Which scrofula has upon the system must be arrested , and the blood must be puri fied , or serious consequences will ensue. For purifying and vitali/.ing effects , llood'S Sarsaparilla has been found su perior to any other preparation. It ex pels every trace of impurity from the blood , and bestows now life and vigor upon every function of the body , en abling it to entirely overcome disease. Tlio Wronn Way. Wall Street News : Ho rang the door bell several times , and was going down the stops when a boy cnmo along and said it was an empty bouse. "Ah ; but I thought the family might bo sojourning at the seashore. " "Oh , you did ? Well , 1 belong to the family , anil at present wo are sojourning on the fourth floor back in the next street. Wo haven't been to the seashore since dad thought oil was going to jump seven points. " "Didn't it jump , " "Sho did , but It was backwards. " Dcuton'allnir Grower All wlio are HA IjU , all who are bccoiiifii" BALI ) , all who do not waul , to ho Imld , all who are troubled with DANDHUKK , or HClllNCi of the scalp ; should use linnton's Iiairirowor. EIOIITV I'KII CENT of those uslnff it have crown hair. It never falls to stop the hnlr from tailing. Throush sickness ana fevers the hnlr sometimes falls oil in a short time , and although the pm'son may have remained bald for years , Ifyoutiao Hen- ton's llulr Grower according w directions you are sure of a growth of hair. In hun dreds of cases wo have produced a Rood growth of Hair on those who Imvo been bald and glazed for years we have fully substan tiated the following facts : Wo grow Hair In 80 cases out of 100 , no inattcr how lonu'balil. Unlike other preparations , It contains no sugar of lead , or vcuetabla or mineral poisons. Ills a sMeclllc for falling hair , dandrud , and Itulilng of the scalp. The Hair Grower is a hair food , and Its oinpositlon Is almost exactly like the oil _ which supplies the hair with Its vitality. DOUHMi AND THll'LK STIIKNGTJI. When the skin Is very tough and Hard , and the folllco Is apparently effectually closed , the slnglo strength will sometimes fall to leach tno papilla ; in such cases the double or triple strength should bo used In connection with thu single , iirilng thorn alternately. Price , sliiL'lo strength , 81,00 : iloublo strength , S'-.OO ; triple strength , 3.00. If your druggists have not got It we will send it prspared on receipt of price. HUNTONHAllllWOWEIlCO. , Cleveland. O. Sold by C. F. Goodman and Ktilm & Co. 15th and Jouidan. 18th aud Cumlngra High 1'rlccil Long Itranoh eorrcspondot of the Now York Hornld : "Did you over smoke cigars that cost $50 a piece ? " "I should say nol. " "Try one of those then. " The speaker was one of the most genial brokers in Wall street. He produced a box of fine cigars , each with a neat paper - per band about its waist , on which glit tered in letters of gold the name of my host. There was nothing further re markable about the cigar. It was an "Imporalis , " costing probably $10 per hundred in Havana. The special band may Imvo added another $5 to that figure. "A young friend , who bad recently cut quitu a largo liguro In Now York and Uanvla. brought me this box of cigars from Havana about a jcar ago , " contin ued the broker. "I was Ilattorcd nt this mark of bpecial regard 1 moan the band on the cigar. In a confiding mo ment , born of that fooling , bo borrowed $5,000 of mo. I realized my mistake a lew days later and laid the cigars aside until 1 should get back my loan. 1 have given that up now , tind when I wtis packing up to como down hero I put them into my trunk. The young man has.gone to Canada. " Chemists say that the purest uronarn- lion for lung troubles is Ucd Star Cough Cure. AN ARCTIC SURVIVOR TALKS , Pacts from the Diary ofMatirlco tlia Orcclj Expedition Tlir Commander Accused of Helng n Tyrant Why Henry Wni Sliot tr. I'nvy Innocent The Alleged Cnnllxitisiii. Tlio San Francisco Chronicle prints a long interview wllh Maurice Counell.ouo of the survivors of tlio ( { reply expedition , who lias just resigned from the United States army. Connell was sergeant in the expedition , but upon return ho incau tiously made statements which conflicted witlitirccly's account. To this ho attrib uted tlio cloud which has rested on him. Although he did good service in tlio Arc tic , ho lias never received promotion , and ho went out a private as ho entored. The Immediate causa ot his resignation was his sudden transfer from the signal ser vice in thU city to Los Angeles , where tlio hot climate Incapacitated him for work. During the ( Srecly expedition ho kept a regular diary , written in cipher and shorthand. This was taken by the signal .service on his return from the Arc tic , and though he frequently demanded It , it was only returned to him a few weeks ago. It Is from this otary that Council gathers tlio following incidents in regard to tireely's treatment of his men , tlio alleged ua'nibalism and other topics : Council , after remarking that ho could not allow any long abstracts from his diary to bo printed , sis ho was engaged iu writing a book said ; Till ; FlUST QUAItltKI , , "The lirst dissension commenced in August , 1881 , in a quarrel between ( Jrooly and Lieut. luslingbury. It occurred in this way. 1 will quote from my diary. On August 20 , 18SI , Loekwood was not \U > ; wo were nt breakfast. Kisliugbtiry was up , but ] ) orfonmng morning ablu tion. tircely made the remark that olll- ccrs should bo up earlier. Kislltigbury repelled tlio insinuation against him , saying it was not right for Greoly to ad monish officers before enlisted men. Gruely said : 'If you do not like the way way 1 talk you can go back to the Uniteil States. ' Kisllngbury walked out and after a while come back and made appli cation to bo returned home. The 1'ro- tons that brought us up was still out in the harbor. Kisltngbury's application wag granted , tiiid ho started for the ves sel , but it was steaming away. Poor Kislingbury camebaeu aim thus lost his life oy being just live minutes too late , as ho died on the expedition. Groely ig nored Kisllngbury after that , both as officer and man , and treated him un justly. Other officers and men took Kis- lingbury's side , and this was the begin ning of nuai rels and dissensions. Groely became dictatorial in manner , and would order men into his presence with the air of a king granting an audience. Ho sel dom hud a conference with officers and relied on his own judgment. "Hut of all the men whom Groely mis treated , Dr. Pavy , the physician of the party , had most .0 complain. lie was noble and heroic , and yet Greely has ac cused him of being a common thief. 1 do not , believe anything ho says about Dr. Pavy stealing Ellison's rations or anybody clsos. The evidence points more to Groely himself. There was petty stealing going on from time to time dur ing the winter at Capo Sabinc. The nangs of a starvinc man are great when no sees food , and he can not resist the temptation to take it. WAS GIIKCLV A TIIir.K ? "In regard to tlio suspicion that Groely stole , 1 will take the iollowing trom my journal : When the last of tlio rations were issued on May 13 , 1881 , Ellison's part , who was crippled , was taken by Greely. The can with meat was placed under his bead when ho retired. The next morning a great part of the meal. was missing. Any man may guess for himself who stole it. Yet he says Dr. Pavy stole it. Dr. Pavy was never dis covered in any such case , and for Grccly to coyer his name with calumny and ac cusations is unjust. " Afterward Council says Greoly de clared in the presence of llio enlisted men that ho hail the affidavits of throe wit nesses who sawl'nvy steal Ellison's ra tions , and ho said he would use these af fidavits if Pavy attacked him on the re turn of the exhibition to tno United States. When Pavy was told this he wont to Grcoly and refused any longer to ad minister Ellison's rations' , lie broke. down completely because Greoly should t-o accuse him. In regard to the .shooting of Henry , Connell said : "I do not think it was right to shoot Henry. Greoly had acknowledged to s-omo that ho believed Dr. Pavy stole , and yet he ilid not order him shot , or oven investigate the case. Private Whistler , a short time belor'o Henry's ' execution , was brought before Greoly , and a pound of bacon taken out , of his pocket , and Greely did nothing to' him. Ho was one of his right band men. The only evidence on which Henry was executed was a statement of Greoly that Henry had confessed to him he had stolen. He was not caught in the act. " AI.MCOKI ) CANNIIIAI.ISM. Concerning alleged cannibalism , Con nell says he never succeeded in getting any of the suspected men to confess they had eaten human llcsh. He thinks most of the mutilation was done to secure bait for shrimps. "Before Dr. Pavoy died he came to mo and said , on June 1 : 'Con- neil , think it is all up with us ; we have no more bait with which to catch shrimps ' I saw him go up to ( Jrecly and talk to him , and when he came back ho said Greely hail agreed to allow his prop osition. Another thing that makes mo believe that there is force in my theory is this. OHO day Biedorbeck , steward , was picking lichens on rocks and ran across a piece ol flesh tied to a string. Ho brought it to the tent where wo were and reported the discovery to Greely. liicdorbiok thought it was boar moat , but Greoly told him it was human liesh. Bicdorbick had eaten a piece of the moat , and on receiving information from Greol.v that it was human lle.sh , he vom ited what ho had eaten. This was only eight days before the arrival of our res The original records of the party which were left at Fort Conger , Connell declares - clares , will show Unit grave errors were made by Look\yood in his expedition , and that Ins claim that he reached the fartlier.st north was unfounded. The ob servations were given to Israel , the as tronomer , to reduce. Israel was pu//.lod for some time over the observations , but finally said they were not correct , ami Lockwood might have gone either farther north or much farther south than the ob servations would lead one to suppose. DlfiOmiYKl ) JXSTIIUCT1ON3. "Israol said Lookwood had not carried out instructions regarding the taking of observations , and there wcro grave doubts regarding their authenticity. Is rael reported the matter to Greoly , and the commander of the expedition asked the astronomer not to sny anything about false observations to the men , and to reduce thorn as be.st as he could. Is rael told mo that Lookwood had made mistakes in Ma magnetic variations , and his watch had stopped once In taking chronomctrical observations and com parisons , After these facts were staled to Lookwood , that officer staled to Israel and myself that he would without doubt return to the spot he had visited , as he had marked , nnd take his observations over again , iu order that some certainty could bit obtained as to the exact locution of his journey northward , atid whether the United States was justified In chtmtaff that ouo of her officers had reached the highest polar point over reached by man. "Unfortunately the fate of the expedi tion was such as not to permit Lookwood to carry out Ills design. " In conclusion Council places Uio blaruo for failure of the oxpetlition on Grcoly , and not on Hn7.cn or GarlliiRlon. Ho de clares that if the original instructions of Hazcn had been followed the expedition would have been a success. The Australian soldiers sent to the Soudan wore suuuliod with St. Jacol/i Oil. _ _ _ Slip AVns Ills Strawberry. Detroit Free Press : An officer who was patrolling Mullett street tin- other day saw a crowd of people at a corner , ami ho hastened his stops to discover a man sitting on the ground with his buck to n tree , while n score of women and bova surrounded him. When the officer ma'do Inquiries as to what had happened n short , stout woman with her sleeves rolled up conii-onted him and replied : "lle'j my husband , lie's a good-for- nothing la/y-bones of a man , and we're bad n row. " "What about ? " "Well , I've had to support him by washing for the last year , and he's been humble enough up to a year ago. Then ho tool ; fifty cents of my money and wont to a fortune-teller. She told him I would die very soon , and that ho would marry a strawberry blonde will , $50,000 iu cash. " "Seventy-live thousand dollars , ntf dear , " sighed the man on the grasi. "You shut up ! Ho on mo homo slop ping high and tooling smart , and half an hour ago ho had the chock to tell mo that 1 stood in Ids road. In fact , ho wanted to know when I was going to die ! " "I merely inquired , " groaned the husband. "And t merely loft my suds nnd jumped into him , " shecontinued. . "It was n pu'tty even thing In the house , but when f got out where I could swing my right 1 gave him a couple below the boft and tied him up. Strawberry blonde $7r > ,000 second marriage huniDbl I'm his strawberry ! U hen 1 get through with him I'll make that fortune-toller son strawberries for the rest of hoi * bom days ! " "Well , bo gentle , " cautioned the offi cer , as ho passed on. "Oh , I won't hurt nobody nor noth ing , " she replied ; and as the officer passed on she lifted the man to his feet and banged him up the slops and into the house in a double entry style of book keeping that rattled the shingles. I'lerco's "Pleasant IMirgntivo I'ellets , " Positively Popular ; Provoke 1'ralso ; Prove Priceless ; Peculiarly Prompt ; Precept- ! bly Potent ; Producing Permanent Protltj Precluding Pimples and Pustules ; Promoting meting Purity and Peace. Purchase. Price Petty. Pharmacists Patronizing Pierce Procure Plenty. Black Illlla Tin. If the thirty million dollars' worth of tin annually used in the United States could bo found at homo it would furnish employment for u largo numbei of people ple and an extensive capital. So far the tin used in this country is of foreign or igin. Extensive tin deposits have been discovered in the Black Hills of Dakota and the experiment is now to lie made which is to determine whether it can be profitably worked or not. A largo ship ment of the Dakota ore is now on the way to New York for reduction. If tlio ore proves rich enough in tin to bo worth working the supply is practically unlim ited. Tlio tin deposits of the Black Hills , it is claimed , cover an area of more than seven thousand square mites. The geological condition is said to bp I ho same as Cornwall and other tin districts. In a country that produces nearly all the min erals in greater abundance than any other the linding of extensive tin do- po.sits might naturally bo looked for. PROF. CHS , LUDWIG VON SEEGER 1'rofpnsor of Moillclno at the Hoj-.il l'nlvei lty | KnUlil "f the Ilnrul Aimtrluii OrJcr of tlio I fort I'rown ; Ivnlttht Commnmlur nf tlm Ituyul Hp.'inlsU Onlorot laibpl : | ; ICnlnlit cil1 tliu lloynl I'IIIHIMII Oi dorofthc Ucd MMKIO ; Clicvuller of the Legion of llcm < > r.otu..i > ! r. , KIIVB : "l.l'.lllll ! CO'H rot1 A IIKKK TONIC tliotiM not bo contouniluillllitlioliurilo nf trnxhy i-uru nil * . Ills In noBonsuof the wuiilii { intent rumoUy. I nm tlior- ouxhly couvuniniit with In niu Iu cil | > ru | > rutlon ami know ft to ho not only n Icultlmtito iilnirmiirciitlent prixluct , but nlo worthy of tlm hlKh cotimieixliitlonH It litis rucelviHl In all part1ol the wnrltl. It roiuutnft c < ptmcu of lleof. I'octi. IJtiinliii * , lion nnd Cnllxnrn. uhlch are dissolved In ptuo gunulnu ftpanlsli ItiiporJul Crown .sherry. " Invnlmihlotoiill who tire Uun Down. NorTOim , I > y - noptlc , Ulll.im. 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Nates 11.50 per day. fcjlroct curd frouiliouio lu any * part ul tlio city. * J. 11. W. HAU KINS , Arcliiteot , . . OIlrci3) / . 01 uml C' , Kl''liurds Illouk , Lincoln , " ' Nub , I'.lorutor onlltli blrout. > ; Uiuodardl llriieilvruC ' QAU.I VAVCAT1I.E. SMOIir UlJUX I'ATTtH , F. M WOODS. Live Stock Auctioneer Haloa iiiiulo in nil imrtH nf thu U. H. utfidr rules. Jlooiu D.BUUo lllock , l.lnc/ilu , Nub.g tiolluwny anil Short Horn bulls rorbiilo. B , II , ( JOULUING , Farm Loans and Insurance , Correspondent. ! ! In rcjrurd lo IIMUH MilU-ltuJ , Hooin 1 , Hloliurati Illouk , Miuujln , Noli. "Public Sale , DtMivur , ol. , .Biiiic lOlli , 1HK < 5 , J 4niifit'l of Show Piiort Horn * . llitia : < ; < Vuiclc j clninU , : : .yimr-ol < ! , wtilclunir 1HV ) ; hulls unit lieilors. Adilrost 1'iflil iui'1 ' Farm , for c-.iuli | > - ues , Denver , Col , I' ' . Jl. Iliuiuuii , Uiicolu , Noli. Col. 1' . M , Wood * Aiiutlonuur. Wlicn in Miiooln Btop ut National Hotel , Anil get it coo'J llnnor fur'J.Vi. 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