THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. : 'SATURDAY. SBPTKUIBER 1880 , IBI.UIU 6
( A LOST SMITH DISCOVERED ,
An Heir Tonnd Tor a Valuable Eecheatec
Estate in Nebraska.
UNRAVELING AN OLD MYSTERY
QClic Kaunas City & Omnlin Knllro.-u !
Incorporated Civil Dniimgc Butt
DccltlrU Charged \Vltli Poctl <
elde Unsavory Klopoincnt.
IFJIOM TIIF. Itr.K.'IMNCOI.X nUUKAO.1
State Auditor Powell , of Illchford , Vt.
accompanied by E. L. Smith , ot Wooi
llivcr , Ore. , arrived In Lincoln yesterday
They had met by appointment Iwo day ;
ngo in St. Louis , Mo. , the ono from th
far cast and the other from the far west
Their mission to Nebraska was to uu
ravel a mystery that has slumbered sine
1830 , nnd their visit was made to th
Klnlo officers , the attorney general Ii
particular holding an important place ii
the subsequent proceedings. The mis
fiion of the gentlemen was to clear th
mystery and secure the escheated cstat
of Leonard II. Smith , of Washlngtoi
county , Nob. , who died in 1880and whos
valuable estate had been found wantiti ;
nn hulr , and utter much trouble had bee
converted , under the law , to th
school fund of the state. Au
dllor Powell , of Vermont , had disco-vow
the lioirtln Iho person of E. L. Smith , c
Oregon , who had come to receive 111
property. The history of tiie Smith Of
tale of Washington county is not tin
known to tins public and especially to th
people of Washington county , so only
uriof and cursory review need be give
at tlio present time. When Leonar
Smith died in the year beforu mcnlioiie
lie was found to be possessed of som
lots in the village of Fort Calhoun , an
in looking through his cll'ccts som
$10,000 in government bonds were fotin
in tlio bottom of a tool chest that h
owned. It is said that Smith was of
miserly turn , almost a recluse , and at hi
death nothing was known of his histor
and not a clew could be found of an ;
Icin. A party named Wiseman was ai
pointed administrator and the bond
wcro converted into cash and a goo
deal of money was spent i
trying to find nn heir to
but without success. Meanwhile , tli
money remained in the hands of the m
ministrator , or parlies in Washingto
county , ami when Attorney Goner :
Lccso came into ollico his attention wn
called to the fact that the wealth of tli
tslulo should bo turned inlo Ihe.slut
treasury under the law. Mr. Leese , i
turn , called the attention of thogovernc
and state superintendent , who arc th
board of escheated estates , to the corn !
tion of afl'airs , and this board employe
J. 11 , Webster , who about six months aq
efi'ectod n settlement with Iho partic
holding the estate , and some $8,000 i
cash was turned into the school funt
and securities were taken for what w :
left of it. Yesterday was the first iiitimi
tion that heirs would over call for It , an
the attorney general , after duo dolibon
tion , had asked the gentlemen from Ve
mout and Oregon for the proo :
of lineage , and when the snmo is estal
lished the legislature will be asked to n
turn the money through an approprli
lion. E. L. Smith , of Wood llivcr , On
gen , the heir , isanoohowof the dea
Leonard Smith , and states that liimsc
and his children are the only living rel :
lives. Air. E. L. Smith has been in tli
west for many years , and has been i
prominent positions tlioro , being at or
tinio sccretnr.v of Washington torritor
jjud register of the land ollico at Dalit
Oily.
Oily.The Br.n man met Auditor Powell i
the Capitol hotel , nnd in the course of
little talk Mr. Powell recited his connci
tion with the case. About n year ago
young man , himself named Smith , le
the county whore Auditor Powell live
and coining to Schuyler , Nebraski
board through the papers of thoNebrasli
Smith estate without heirs , and wrolo 1
Air. Powell concerning it. Tl
latter remembered that years aj
Leonard II. Smith lived at bhaftsbur.
Vt. , and that lie had a brother there als
To trace Leonard II. Smith from Shaft
bury to Sutton , Canada East , and froi
Canada Easl lo Nebraska and old Fo
Caihoun , and then lo Iraco the whei
abouls qf Iho son of Leonard Smith
brother who , ns it was seen , was found i
Oregon , was the work of about fi\
months , and then nothing remained bite
to como west and establish the identity i
Mr. K. L. Smith , and Mr. Powell , as h
attorney , was satisfied with the plan 1
pursue , us suggested by Attorney Go :
oral Loose , anil yesterday they dopartc
eastward , and in due time will produc
the proofs.
KANSAS CITV & OMAHA HAU.HOAD.
Articles incorporating the Kansas Ci
& Omaha railroad company were fih
with the secretary of state yestortlu
The incorporators are W. It. Lanniug , ,
L. Oliver , L. H. Fowler. II. G. Drew ;
Gcorga K. Dirge , Isaac M. Clark , ( > cor <
AV. llawcs and John M. Hagan. The ;
articles are Iho carrying out of Iho ror
as organized and proposed in July las
nolico of which was made at the tun
The parties interested are largely res
dents at Fairlield , and they presumab
Pfi are inviting some road to como and w
thorn.
CAl'ITOr. NOTES ,
Hiram II. Spruanco , auditor of the sta
of Colorado , was in Lincoln yeslcrdi
' nnd n caller at the capltol in tlio mor
ing. Mr. Spruanco is n candidate bcfo
thu republican state convention of Col
rado that meets Tuesday next for the c
lice of secretary of state , and ho hurrh
home yesterday to keep nn o ;
on his fences. In convorsatic
with the Hi : * : representative Am
tor Spruanco said that Donv
had witnessed a very prosperous yoi :
nml that a vast amount of building w
in progress. Speaking politically i
was confident of republican success
the election , and said that the party the
seemed possessed with harmony folio1
ing the wake of the acrimonious semil
rial election of a year ago. The sta
liouso officials hero wore wishing hi
success in his canvass as ho hurri
tralnwardto reach the mountains as soi
us possible.
CIVIL DAMAOKS AWARDED.
1 The county court has boon Iwnnnorii
nway for nearly two days on n civil dtu
ngo suit , In which a great proportion
the Gorman population of southern La
castor and northern Gagn counties Ii
been called as witnesses. Thu case cr *
out of a quarrel that occurred in Con
land in July last , and lias just reach
trial , At the time of the trouble ti
farmers named Snookoy and Lai
mot in Courtland and had a ulsputn ,
which Snoakey called Lamb bail mini
nnd made rough charges against hi
In arguing with Suockuy on the advli
bllity of his taking hack his words. Lai
conunitlod an assault , in which U w
shown kicking was a part , nnd Snock
woa injured in body. For this injury
aiicd Lamb , who committed the nssau
for § 1,000 civil damages , and after u lo
nnd wearisome hearing ot the case jui
inont was rendered against Lumb for $ .
nnd costs , the latter of whiah form
filing Mini of money by thomsclvi
Notice of appeal was given , and tliuc :
will go up to the district court , and pi
sumably tlio supreme court before finis
for there is any amount of bad bio
niloat , and the parties seem eager for t
fray with testimony of all kinds in t
greatest abundance.
OIUKtU'.U WITH KOKTICIDK.
Warrants have boon drawn in one
the courU of the city in which coinplal
is made that n woman who has been in n
row only lately is gnilly of ftctlcide , and
the particulars , ns related uy the com
plaining witness , nro not nece sary tc
publish. There seems to bo a halt in the
serving of papers on the ground that il
may bo a sort of revenge method nil
around , but if the statements as made
have any weight at all , it looks as thougl
it would Unravel a disgusting state oi
allalrs and presumably would establlsl
criminality that ought to bo crushed am
punished. In the mixture of parties in
the case it is also known that the OIK
making the complaint of filicide has no
plain sailing cither , and that n warrau
H out for this party on a charge of per
jury. It i.s cither a set of cases brought
'or reckless revenge , or It is a mess o
disgusting facts open for punishment.
lKUTii > WITH A VISOSTITUTK ,
Hilly James , an old timer in Lincoln ,
who has this summer been keeping a roai
house oul near Durfee'Hpark , has jumpec
llie locality , taking with him a woman o
the town named Hattie Kellogg , anil tin
pair are supposed to be out at Denver o :
in that locality. James' wife has swon
enl n warrant against the precious paii
charging them with adultery , nud tin
warrants are in the hands of an ollleor l <
servo. Humor stales also that James lei
several bills unsettled of greater or les
magnitude , ono being a ninety-dollar ao
count for beer bought of a firm in tli
city and doled out to patrons at Iho roac
house. Ono of Iho olliccts also stale :
that some articles of value arc missing
and it is evident that if thu parties ar <
captured more developments will follow
MTTI.B THINtlS.
Johnson , Iho man slugged nnd robbpt
a night ago out in South Lincoln am
who was found unconscious , was improv
nig yesterday and will soon bo well fron
his injuries. His assailant has not ye
been captured.
A colored young man who goes by thi
nanio of Johnson and who fins been ii
trouble at divers times herelof ore , wa
arrested yesterday evening by Sheri :
Mclick charged with slugging n man a
thu jail. Ho was given ninety days ii
jail ,
T. P. Quick , I. Oponlicimor , H. J
Wliitmoro and a number of oilier demo
cratic brethren at the capital city tool
the train yesterday for Falls City to assis
on the part of Lancaster county iu noiu
inating John A. McShanc for congress.
The democratic county convention wil
fail in accomplishing unything as usua
tliis fall , remarked a bourbon of tlui
Hock , and ho gave ns Jiis reason that
fu.sion , such as was contemplated , wouh
only weaken what few democrats the ,
had in Lincoln.
The sale of seals for Margart Mather a
Juliet at Funk's opera house lastovenin ,
was the greatest of the season and spok
very highly of Lincoln's appreciation c
that talenled aclrcss.
Secretary of State Iloggcn was a pa ;
scnger outward bourn ! for Oinahayostei
day on a business visit to the inctroj
ohs.
ohs.The excursion given over the I ) . & SI
lo Broken Howl Cusler county , wa
lightly patronized by Lincoln people
most of the excursionists being strangei
stopping in the city.
HOTEL AltHIVALS.
Yesterday numbered among others th
following Nebraskans : Frank Rilllc
Hastings : S. H. White , Omaha ; II. Ii
Sliedd , Ashland ; John Bowers. Friend
11. C. Cusliing , Omaha ; I ) . C. McKiili ]
Seward ; C. Campbell , F. Elliott , Friend
W. F. McMillan , Omaha ; L. Hollatu
Weeping Water ; J. M. Richards , Onmhi
F. A. Swcezy , Blue Hill ; A. J. Snowder
Kearney ; J. II. llaldeman , Weopin
Water ; Ge.orgo W. Church , Crete ; J. A
Murray Oiualia.
Bcnton's Uair Grower
All who are 11ALD , all who are Decomln
BALI ) , all who do not want to be b.Ud , a
who tire troubled with DANDUUFF , c
11'CIHNG of the scalp ; should use Beaton' '
llair Grower. Eionrv Pin CKVT of thos
using It Imvo crown hair. It never falls t
stop tlio hair trom falling. Through sicklies
I and fOYfrs th.0 jiiUr sometimes falls oft in
short tune , auu mtriOUiJh Stfl person ijia
haves remained bald for years. If you use Her
ton's ilnlr Grower according to direction
you are sure of a growth o hair. In lint
dreds of cases wo have produced a ROO
Biowth of Hair on these who have been bal
and glazed for years wo have ully substai
tinted the following facts :
Wo crow llatr in 80 cases out of 100 , n
matter how long bald.
Unlike other preparatlons.it contains n
sugar of IcaJ , or vegetable or miners
poisons.
Itls a.specific for faliins hair , dandruf
nnd Itching ot the scalp.
The ilulr Grower la a hair food , and II
omposition Is almost exactly like tlio o
which supplies the Iialr with Its vitality ,
DOUBLE AND TUIPLE STRENGTH.
When the skin Is very touch and hard , an
thofolllce Is apparently euectually closet
the single strength will sometimes fall I
reach tlio papilla ; in snch cases tlio double (
triple strength should bo used in connectio
with the single , using thorn alternately.
Price , slnclo strength , 81,00 ; doubl
strength , S2.00 ; triple strength , 53.00. 1
your druggists have not got it wo will send
prepared on receipt of prico. _ , „ _ . . „ , .
CO.
BENTONIIAIK GROWER ,
Cleveland , O.
Sold by C. F. Goodman and Kuhn & Oo.
15th unU Qouirlay. 19th and Cumins
A. Ctirfous CIIHO.
Wall Street News : "I-tinny , wasn't i
About that Missouri bank which went in !
liquidation thu other day having § 15,01
more assets than liabilities ? "
"I prefer to watt for particulars , " r
plied Iho oilier.
"What particulars ? "
" [ think the president was oitiior tc
honest to speculate or too lame to ski
Tim machinery slipped u cogg som
whore. "
Fond Hopes Wrecked.
San Francisco Post : Berkeley Scienti
( gloomily ) ' 'Have you read my work c
the 'Correlation of Coincidental Ph
nomona/Mr. Bartlott1
"Oh , yi-8 , sir. "
"And diil you understand It ? "
"Oh , yes. sir. Your masoning is i
clear. "
"What ! You nndnrstand it ? Then
is indeed n failure. "
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"St. Jacobs Oil Is highly pri/
wherever used , Bieber , Cal. , Mounla
Tribune. '
The Omaha Reform Club will hold 5
weekly entertainment Saturday ovonm ,
September .M , at 7iO : ! p. m. , at the Buc
iiiKhum hall , 108 South'Twelfth strei :
Reading , declamation , speaking , instr
mental and vocal music being the oid
of the evening , All are cordially invite
especially the young men. W. R. Pec
ham , Secretary.
DRPR1CES
SPECIAL
MOST PERFECT MADQ
Prepared with strl.-t rogirj to Parity , Strength , n
lleilthfolneas. Dr. 1'rica'a listing fov , tlercontalt
r.o AmraoBl , lJiae , Alum or Phosphites. Dr.Frlco
v.vfSJKwypowcfffca _ & * * & * / & row
POINTS FOR PRODUCERS ,
Selections of Importance to Farmers and
Stock Baisers.
UTILIZING THE CORN CROP.
Tlio Thrifty Down Knst Tiller Tools
. nml ] lRi ( alr SpnyltiR Cows for
Milk Vnrluim NotCH null
Suggestions.
Tools nml
Cultivator : It must bo : v very bungling
farmer wbo cannot nflbrd to have from
$10 to $25 worth of shop tools and a Rood
place to keep and use them. Tlio inter
est on such an investment will bo less
than it may cost to make : \ single trip to
the village to get some small but verv In
dispensable repairing done when harvest
is driving , nnd perhaps several men wait
ing with nothing to do but to figure up
how much they will get for the tune tlioy
are idle. Some men have very lit
tle faculty in the use of tools , but if tlicro
are two or throe boys in the f amlly there
will probably bo at least one that will
icarn to use tools , if ho can have them to
nso. Unless we lived very near a shop wo
should about as soon think of trying to
got along without a plow or cultivator as
to get along without a good hammer and
monkey-wrench , and yet until mowing
machines came into general use and
wrenches were put in as a part of the out-
lit by the manufacturer , monkey-
wrenches were quito rarely found on
farms. An old pair of broken-jawed
pincers wore frequently the nearest approach
preach to a wrench when a nut needed
to be taken oft ror dulling a , new point lethe
the plow. Wo know this , for wo have
had our lingers pinched many times try
ing to do just this thing , before good
wrenches became common. No farm outfit -
fit is complete without two or three saws ,
n daw-hammer , a hatchet , some philips ,
a set of bits ami bit-stock , screw driver , : * ,
few gimlets , awls , punches , files of dif
ferent shapes and si/.es , two or three
chisels , a mallet and a good work-bench
with vise attached.
Spaying Cows Tor Milk.
Ftom llie Farm , Stock , and Home : M.
Vattemare , a French veterinary surgeon ,
gives the following advantages of the
castration or spaying of cows for milk.
which may prove of interest to our
northwestern dairymen. If we properly
understand the mailer , the ell'ect of the
castration seems to bo that it procures a
more abundautsupplyof milk , which ac
quires at the same time a greater rich
ness in quality , resulting in the follow
ing advantages to llie dairymen :
1. An increase of one-third in quantity
of milk. 3. Certainty of having a uni
form qnantitv. 3. The cow is not u.x-
posed to the accidents that often occur
when she is in season. 4. As she will not
generate , all the accidents of generation
and calving are avoided. 5. Greater dis
position to fatten when milk tails or
owner wishes to part with her.
That is the experience of one man.
But now comes another who reports as
follows :
Of twenty-seven cows , aged from six to
fifteen years , which have boon castrated ,
the results were : 1. Iilcrcasc of milk in
cows of six or eight years. 2. Constant
supply in those above that age. 3. Milk
is richer than in the ordinary cow , and
consequently yields more butter ; the
butter is always of a yellow color , and
has a taste and flavor superior to that of
a cow not castrated.
The cow should not be operated upon
until her Jnotntivo powers arc fully de
veloped , say at the ago of six years , and
about forty days after calving , when she
wilL.it is said , continue the sumo flow of
milk as long as the owner chooses fo B&P
her , food and other things being equal ,
Whether spacing cows for milk would bo
a good thing in the northwest we do not
know , but we would like to see the ex
perimeiit made and results reported.
Schools for the Children of Farmers.
Allentown ( Pa. ) National Educator :
1' armors frequently leave their comfortable -
able homes , moving into towns or cities ,
so tluit their children may nave the ad
vantages of city schools. This is a two
fold mistake. Iho farms thus left be
hind soon sull'er and depreciate in value.
But the greatest mistake , ami ono to be
corrected , is that the country schools are
not improved , so that there be no need
of going to the city for an education.
The term in the country is usually much
shorter than in cities. It should bo at
least eight months , and the teaching
should bo as good as any in Iho city.
There is no reason why tins cannot bo.
As good teaching talent can bo obtained
in the country as in towns if the same
salaries are paid. Farmers stand in their
own light who do not favor good schools
and well paid teachers in their commu
nities ,
The Thrifty Former.
Hargot Holt in Chicago Herald : If all
people on whom the sunlight of pros
perity has deigned to dawn , there is no
ono who takes such an entirely serious
view of life as the New Knglanil farmer.
There is no one who holds himself aloof
from the softening , countoractincr.divort-
ing influences that will generally crowd
into some part of every one's life like this
tiller of the soil. From the time his oycs
open on this mundane sphere , to recog
nize n plow and a furrow , lie begins a
mad race with the lark. The story of the
lark is a tale of the past ; long ago ho
gave it up as a useless task , and now 1m
is but a myth in pastoral poems ; a sub
ject for u story in words of one syllable
an example of virtue to youth in thu
second reader. I > ! KO the poor worm , hu
is a vanqnihhed foe to the farmer , who
has won from him all his matutinal
glories and his auroral crown. The
farmer is nature's most practical admirer.
His acres are his principal , his crops are
the interest , and Ills energy is the per
cont. This latter ho alone knows how to
regulate. He hastens to bed in order
that he may hasten 19 rise ; ho plods pa
tiently , dutifully , seriously on In the one
narrow rut that limits his acres. Ho
knows nothing cares nothing of the
metropolitan affairs that harass the lives
of great men in this transitory lifo fleet
ing ; lii-i standpoint is immensely secure
and satisfactory ; ho enjoys the indistinct ,
soroiiu view of the rural scofl'or , and ho
gards civio afl'airs of the moment as
trilling compared with improved inipli-
monts of agriculluro. His spirits rise and
fail as the barometer falls and rises ,
and ho never has nervous prostra
tion , The western farmer has much to
learn ; the eastern farmer knows it all.
lid has a distinct idea that Chicago is
"out west , " but whuthur it is or is not
west of the Missouri is no concern of his.
The pity hu feels for the ungloriliod wes
tern savage is neither feigned nor dis
guised. There is a genuineness to it that
makes the uncivilized westerner and the
shiftless southerner fool positively un
comfortable , He lends a patronizing
ear to incredible tales of electric light
and cable car systems , and ho believes
them not , Hu moves on the oven tenor
or his chase witli the lark and is content.
The soul harrowing tidings of devasta
tion and depopulation by earthquake ,
fire , tornado and tidal wave harass him
not. Wars and rumors of wars can never
usurp in his thoughts the place of patent
fertilizers , and fancy poultry. Ho has
one virtue cultivated in the extreme lie
minds his own business ; and , if tint whole
world eats soil ) ) with a fork , lie still
maintains his equilibrium and performs
thu sword act with the courage and
calmness of the pilgrim fathers. The
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Without oiccpltott wo $25.00 Mcro'tit Tailor Made at ? 1Q.OO
$25 Merchant Tailor Made at $10.00 80,00 u 14.00
' Ifuo of uii
the finest
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80 11.GO 85.00 iiii 10.00
Clothing for men In the " ii 18.35
40 " " " 11.75 40.00 iiii
45 " " " 20.00 west , nml our prices 45.00 " iiii 20.00
" ii 23.50
CO.OO
59 " " " 22.00 show Hint wo soil them GO.OO iiii 28.00
" " 20.50 bottom .
GO at figures. 03.00 80.00
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75.00 85,00
MISFIT CLOTHING PARLORS MISFIT CLOTHING PARLORS
Clothing Parlors ,
PAWTS. CHILDREN.
Overcoats and suits
for fall nnil winter wear
$ C Merchant Tailor Made at § 3.00 are mailoup In the most
8 " " " 4.00 approved styles , of the Parents nnd guardians will find
10 " " " C.OO very bast poods , manu the largest and best selected line
factured and an Bale at
13 ' " " C.OO the Mlsnt Clothing Pur- of clothing for children in the west
15 ' " 7.CO lors , at prices thnt dufy at the lowest possible prices , at the
10 " " " 8.CO ooinpotltlou.
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convcntionalilics of fashion add no jot or
lillo lo his happiness or unhappincss ,
overalls and cheviot blouses are the same
yesterday , to-day and forever , ihe fa h-
loTrin SfSiP 56tWA and. tlm cuj ass list
are of small moment to him , he can gal
with the hired man and 091110 to the
iablo in his suspenders and with his shirt
sleeves rolled up just the same as lie did
before Marion Harland and Mrs. Hen
derson were born. Ho can eat boiled po-
lalocs , codfish , mackerel and sail pork
seven days in a week with the relish of a
connoisseur. He sleeps on feathers and
straw and busks and enjoys the rest of
the righteous. Hair mattresses that pack ,
woven wire springs that sag , and tele
phones that won't work form no part of
his daMy trials.
In ignorance , after all , there is much
that is blissful. Arctic expeditions , now
planets , American beauties and tun latest
departure in crackle ware have proved
no diversion from agriculture and husk
ing time.
His wile can wear a pink sun bonnet
and his children can make his life just as
miserable in magenta plairt alpaca and
shoes with heels as though they wore
Charles H. costumes. Ho lives in peace
and dies in ignorance of the soul-harrow
ing fact that casters wont out of fashion
years ago. Live on. oh , strong ami
prosperous farmer ! Thy ways are im
perishable , and as changeless as the
slars. Thy life has boon ono serious ,
inevitable and remorseless race , and
when at last thou art gathered to thy
fathers , surely then , aye , then , the lark
may have a chance ,
Ijlvo-Stook Notes and Experiences ,
In Europe farmers prefer to keep sheep
tor wool on soils containing limo.as they
say on such soils thu quality of wool is
bolter.
The regular exportation of dressed
beef from Texas to England will begin
this month. The first vcssol is to bo
loaded at Galvoston.
Ono of the greatest difficulties in rais
ing is the judicious selection of the malo.
Houco it is good golicy to purchase one
that bus been well tried.
Be sure that the ground floor of the
poultry-houso is enough higher than the
surrounding ground to keep it perfectly
dry. Damp lloors are very productive of
disease.
Feeding poultry must bo conducted on
proper principles 'to secure the greatest
profit , While there are many who feed
too lavishly , thyro * are far more who do
not feed enough , orfeed irregularly.
The eloyon greatest dairy states New
York. Pennsylvania , Ohio , Indiana ,
Michigan , Illinoi Wisconsin , Iowa ,
Minnesota , Missouri and Kansus had , as
shown by the last census , 7,633,013 cows
used in dairying. >
The Scientific American claims the
horse population 'of Now YorK City is
between GO.OOQ , and 75,030 , and that of
London 200,0000f ; | which 30,000 are used
in public carriages , an equal number in
omnibuses , and 10,000 in street cars.
Texas cattlo.Sjiysiuo Butchers' National
Journal , are demoralizing the leading
markels badly. They are thinner and
flabbier than ever , causing dissatisfac
tion to every onu who handles them , un
less , possibly , the canners , who have no
care as to quality.
Utilizing tlio Corn Crop ,
The value of a crop of corn is not con
fined to tlio grain , though many farmers
do not attach much importance to the
stalks and fodder as feeding material
which 11103 * deserve. There are millions
of dollars annually lost in t his eon n try by
not properly curing and feeding the fodder
der and stalks. Ills a very usual thing
to notice shocks of corn fodder standing
in the fields nearly the whole winter , exposed -
posed to tlio rains and snows , and grad
ually losing its nutriment , but which
misfit bo sa'vcd ami utilized by Uin stalks
being properly stacked under shelter or
stored in the barn.
Kcccut experiments with nearly all
kinds of feeding materials show that it is
cheaper to use a variety Ihan to confine
the animals to a single kind , and that a
mixture of the coarse cheap foods witli
those lhat are highly concentrated and
riuli i" nutritious matter gives better re
sults uTaH'from IUO qife.mriitcd } foods
alone , which fact slioiuu pfSmpt tllC
farmers to utilize the fodder and stalks
as a matter of economy. In cases whore
straw had boon cut into short lengths and
fed with hay and ground grain , the straw
was found of great value , it taking the
place of more expensive material and
giving as good results. The use of coarse
and bulky materials decs not depend
wholly upon their nutritive value , but
upon the assistance rendered by such
foods in distending the stomach , and as
sisting to digest tlio concentrated foods ,
such as grain and oil-cake.
Both straw and cornfoddor can bo put
to valuable use. The habit of allowing
cattle and sheep to pick oil'the blades
from the stalks permits of a great waste
from trampling , and there is no economy
in it. Hy passing the straw and fodder
( including the whole slalk ) through a
fodder cutter , and the cut food fed regu
larly at particular periods , it will bo
highly relished and the whole wijl bo
consumed. More especially will this bo
the case if the cut food is moistened and
seasoned with ground grain , such as
shorts , meal or bran , and a little salt.
Fed in this manner tlio ground grain will
supply that which mav bo lacking in the
bulky food , but the whole will make a
boiler food Ihan either alone , while the
saving is being able to utili/.o the fodder
and straw will amount to nn important
item.
It is not to bo inferred that the straw
and fodder should ho used entirely. Hay
should also bo fed , us well as roots. It m
the variety of food that keeps the stock
healthy in winter , ns variety promotes
digestion. For breeding stock , such ns
niaresand owes , such a diet Is better than
too much grain. It is not necessary to
have the animals very fat unless intended
for the butcher. Any food that will keep
them in good thrifty condition will an
swer all the purposes desired.
Seasonable Hlntu and Suggestions.
Prudent farming never pinches prepara
tion of land for the eccd , because that iu
the outcome is lessoned production ,
There are few products of the farm
that have kept so near full prices as eggs
through the long period of depression.
Don't bo deceived in feeding corn meal
to milch cows. Feed freely , u at lirst in
creases the milk llow , but soon goea to
fat and lessens the milk. Many a valua
ble cow has beun injured by overfeeding
in this way.
It is a poor acre of corn that will not
kcop a cow from grass in autumn to grass
in spring and the cow that will not pay
a round prollt on the product is too poor
to keep ,
Horses that work on dusty highways or
fluids receive much bcnulit from occa
sional washing oven scrubbing with
soap , an operation easily and expcdi-
liously porformeU.
Hides for easy subjugation of Canada
thirties are plentiful , but not practical.
Every attempt to eradicate this weed
must bo continued through the entire
season of growth or it will fall almost
surely , and all its cost will bo wasted.
Many a young horse , kindly disposed ,
has his lumper spoiled by harsh ways ,
and loses half his value with no compen
sating advantage above justification of
brutiftli instincts in the cruel driver , to
whom the lash might bo applied with
greater wisdom ,
Uiishol crates witn slatted sides are a
handy device for handling potatoes or
apples , or for storing them. Whim Jillcd
they may be piled ono over another live
or six feet high. These do away with
bins iu the cellar.
See that your horses , cattle and fowls
have a variety of food. You recogijlzo on
your own table the neecbsity for u change
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self.Tobacco
Tobacco dust js an excellent insecti
cide , as it will prevent lice in nests of
hens if freely dusted therein , as well as
being an excellent protcclion against
I hose insects lhat damage gooseberries ,
squash and currants , when used for that
purpose.
There is no reason for having a barren
yard or lawn in winter. Some kind of
choice overirreons. ornamental trees or
shrubs should bo planted. A hoilga along
tlio front and on th borders of Iho walks
will give an attractive appearance at all
seasons.
A fall market for potatoes , if it give
fair profit on cost of production , In much
safer than a spring market , for there is
always liability to mishaps whereby the
element of uncertainty Is greatly in-
cruasud , unit often the whole margin of
profit is lost before spring opens ,
The tomato has boon so perfected that
at the present day il is nearly as solid as
an apple. They wore firsl cultivated ,
about seventy-live years ago , us as horti
cultural cunobity , and wcro for a lima
supposed to bo poisonous , Thirty years
later they wore used as a vegetable , and
have since become a leading" feature in
all gardens.
On sornn farms the cholera 1ms com
pletely prevented the raising of hogs ,
which is a serious loss , a those who
operate dames liavo been accustomed lo
fin-ding whey , skim-milk nnd oilier ru-
fiifio lo hogs , thus utilizing that which
could not prolitably bo soul lo market ,
II is not the quunlity of butter mudo
from which the prollt is dnrived but the
quality. Tlio bent breed of cows known
will not produce good butter unless the
conditions are favoruhla and thu manage
ment perfect , The "gilt-odgo" is given
by this dairyman and not by tlio cow.
The quantify , condition and amount of
wool will depend much on the vigorous
health of tlio animal producing it. If the
animal is not in good health or If its food
bus been deficient in quantity , or faulty
in quality , the tbiene will hu light and
thu fibre will bo har.sh and rough to the
touch.
The National Live Stook Jouinal in
sists thai it docs not pay to kcop any
kind of nnlmnis after they Jiavo stopped
growing , if being fattened for sale. Nor
does It pay tolot them slop growing at
any period before thuy have altuimid
their hill ( luvclopinunt. Any such stop
page is a dead loss.
In operating a dairy the food is re
turned in tlio in'lk. ' butter , growth of
block and manure. 'I he gradual Inmmso
of fertility of the land from dairyiii" ia
the source of wealth , Even if thu dairy
man made no real profit otherwise ) , ho
would bi'como richer , as the crops would
bo larger and thu lunu more valuable.
Before disposing of a cow bo sure she
is not fully up to the standard. If butter
is the object it is not the cow that gi'ej
the greater quantity of milk that makes
more and better butler than the others.
The qualily of the milk should bo con
sidered , ns well as the cost of the product
in care and feed.
Thn ago of a cow has much to do with
her value as a milker. A cow with her
first calf never milks as well as with her
Ihird or fourth one , and for u l iry ani
mal , as a rule , In unprofitable. For thin
reason care should bo taken .in buying
cows for tlio dairy to obtain tho.-e with
their second or third calves , not with
their ilrst ouo.
Thn cost of producing milk ia not very
thoroughly understood. In fact not ono
dairyman out of twenty has any idea of
what thn milk which ho Holln costs him
per quart , and does not know whether
ho is losing money or not. This is a loi'so
way of conducting a business , but Jt is
the way tlio dairy btisinoKH is generally
managed. Now it may bo adifiiouit malt
tor to estimate thn cost acuratoly ; but
every ono can and should make an up *
proximate estimate which will not devi
ate much from the real co.st.
There have boon a great many rouio-
dies suggested for hog cholera , but so fur
none have proved always nfl'ectunl. The
best ronioiiy that has been tried , and
which has given bettor results than any
other , is lo add n ( easpoonful of liquid
carbolic acid to two gallons of uoft
water. The water must bo used entirely
for mixing the food , and th y must huv'o
no other to drink. If the animal is very
sick it should bo drenched with a pint of
the water. If they will eat add n pound
of powdered fenugreek to each bushel of
feed.
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The house of H , Hehfold was almost
.sot on tire night before last by a candlu
which incited down the leaden cundln.
Htiok and sot a table cloth nn fire The
Dames wore seen and extinguished jimtiu
lime.
Tlio Warm weather often has a dcpiv 8 >
ing and debilitating ofluct , lloodihu' *
suparilla overcomes ull langur and lu > i <
tudo.