" * 3ft * 'wiiiwpKi iswFBjf s if w iB Fpra THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , OCTOBER 21. 1887. 5 MR , IEESE MEANS BUSINESS , Attorney General Has a Day Bet For the Mandamus Caso. VOTERS NEED NOT REGISTER , [ Tlio Iiaw Requiring Tlicni to Do 8e dared Unconstitutional Freight RmtCH to Lincoln Reduced- Brief Capital Items. frnoM TUB BEE'S LINCOLN Attorney General Loose , who wai absent from Uio city when the stai chamber compromise between thoboart of transportation and the railroads was instituted , yesterday appeared in BU- promo court and had the mandamui case against the Elkhorn road , that ii to test the validity of the law , reset foi hearing on Monday , October 31. Thii action of the attorney general , If carrict out and brought to an Issue , will mco with universal approval by parties Ii the state who desire to know thi truth of the matter , whether tin Imard his ; any power or wholho they are powerless to control railroad ami their exorbitant turills. The fac that the compromise was to surrcnde this vital question over to the road does not appear to please Attorney General oral Leeho , and the attempt of tin roads to keep the public In the darl and leave the law an unknown quantlt ; ought to bo nipped right where it is. 1 is a general opinion in Lincoln , am doubtless an equally general oplnioi abroad In the state , that after BO mucl discussion and action the pcoplo have : right to know whether they nro vie tims of the roads , subject to a raise o reduction In rates at their whim , o whether there is a law to regulate rate on the statute books. The supreme court yesterday announced nouncod that their opinion on the question tion of the now registration luw for metropolitan ropolitan cities and cities of the firs claws would bo that the law was uncon blitutional. The written opinion wil not bo handed down until Tuesday noxl but the judges thought host to announc what their opinion would IK ) to sav further expense and to remove oxistin doubts. The principal objection to th law found by the court is stated to b that it is a violation of section 22 of th Bill of Rights , which provides that : All elections shall bo froofnnd there shii l > o no hindrance or Impediment to the rleli of a qualified voter to uxcrciso the olcctiv franchise. This case was brought through man damns proceedings instituted again H the Fourth ward judges In this city an wan argued by attorneys the first of th wook. The supposition , when the bil became a law , was that it only applio to Omaha , and when It was discovcre that it would apply to Lincoln , the tcs case was at once instituted. TUB COMl'KOMtHU UliDUCTlOK. Unofficial statements flouting aroun the city Htato that the railroads hav agreed to the reduction of rates as fixe by the compromise meetings of Iho slat board of transportation , and the avidit with which the local railroad organ i this city publishes the facts with fluir ing headlines is an evidence that th blutomonthi are genuine. Thcso redut ( ions are said to bo a GO cents a ton re Auction on hard coal , a 8 cents per 1U deduction on lumber and , after the It f November , u 3 cent reduction per U on grain shipped oust. With this alt local rates on the different lines in th Ututo are equalized and uierchundU rates are lowered 20 per cent. The fi { uros arc given on the savings made i the reductions nnd the statement als inudo that distributing tariffs are ui changed. In regard to changing rate from commercial centers nothing : done and Lincoln and Omaha as citlc reap no benefits. The Lincoln dolegi tiou that has been In Chicago attemp ing to got a pro rata rate from castor Whits lias not yet returned homo , bi the fact is known that they have m Buccccdcd in securing the ratoa askei What future action Lincoln us a ell will take remains to bo determined. THE ODD FELLOWS. The Odd Fellows grand lodge occi pied the morning hours exclusive with business of a private churucto At 2 p. m. the grand parade took plu < nnd notwithstanding the high wind ur consequent unpleasantness the panic was very line and some five hunclrod the fraternity inarched in line precede by the uniformed canton of this cit Ono of the special orders sot for tl afternoon session was the election officers for the ensuing year and tli election was not finished at the udjour tnont of the afternoon session. Tl gruud ledge ia ono of the most indu trioua over hold. IN niBTincT counr. Yestfcrduy Jucgo ] Field was hoarir the testimony in a case wherein Churl J. Hull brings an ejectment against tl Omaha &Ro publican Valley rallroa It appears that when this road locuti through Lincoln that the lots now usi for depot grounds and yards were tuk < irregularly under some kind of co demnutlon proceedings and the origin .owner now claims that they vrere taki without right or tltlo and ho propos to recover the possession of his pro orty. Before Judge Chapman a cose w on trial involving the ext expense made by the co tractor in erecting the Corner bull ing. A jury was listening' ' to the ei donco in the morning hours. There a n number of applicants for admission the bur the present term , nnd Jud | Xhapmun yesterday appointed the fi lowing attorneys us a committee to o umino and puss upon the applicant ChurlosE. MagoonW. H. Snolling , : 2. Snoll , H. H. Wilson , J. B. Strot1 W. H. Woodward. W. J. Houston , J. A Lansing nnd Frank M. Hall. The gra jury up to noon yesterday had report no Indictments to the court , although was reported that they had BOVOI agreed upon. They do not appear tea a very swift moving body. JtltlKF ITEMS. The following notaries were comm slonod vosterday : J. J. Womplo , Ha ings ; W. E. Rogers , Morse , Suundc county ; R. E. Hordman , Hondloy , F\ nus county ; Elbort P. Browstor , Grai Island ; E. E. Post , Waco ; J. D. Evai Aurora , Hamilton county ; J. A. Pollai Nehawka , Cass county. The republican campaign in tl county is in full blast , and the cro roads school houses blare with eloquon nightly. Lust night the villugo of Ri mend was visited by u number of cam dates and republican orators , and a vc flno mooting was hold. A number District Clerk Slzor'sfrlonds wont ale to listen to his masterly oration on t issues of the day. The mother of Isaac Davenport , t brnkeman killed in the wreck , wus the city yesterday coming from Keurn and taking the dead body of her boy that place for burial. There was no i quest hold nnd the criminal carolcssin of the company was allowed to pass without iv verdict. The rapid transit street railway , n in successful operation , is preparing extend its lines from the main 11 through the- city north and south to connection with the principal railrc depots. Now rolling stock has recently boon added to the line and the addi tional Improvements will bo mndo through the sale of bonds , General J. C. McBride baa a force of men at work removing his residence from the corner of P nnd Twelfth streets nnd preparing the ground for a new three-story brick that ho will build on that corner. The foundation will bo laid the present year. The magnificent Burr block has reached the sixth and lost story , and it Is expected in a very few days to have ii under root. That It will bo an ornament to the city nnd a pride goes without say ing. ing.Tho national meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society was in BOS- slon at the Methodist church ycEtordaj with a fair attendance. I'KKbOXAL. Mrs. Patrick Eagnn sails shortly for Dublin , Ireland , her former homo , where she will visit with relatives and friends for several months. Mr. F. L. Vandorgrift , of Atchison Kan. , formerly with the Atohisor Champion , Is In Lincoln for a day re newing old nnd securing now acqualn tan cos. F. W. Gray , of Omaha , who furnishes the excellent quality of cedar blocki that go into Lincoln pavements , is it the city on a business trip. Senator W. H. Conger , of Loup City was among the arrivals at the Capita' hotel yesterday on a business visit. Governor and Mrs. Thayer are a Grand Island for the laying of the corner nor stone nt the Soldiers'homo. Mrs Thayer will visit at Grand Island while the governor visits points in the lie publican valley. George P. Russell , of Rico's Eviingo line company , is In the city arranging for the appearance of his company. J. G. P. nildobrund , of the Puwnct Press , and D. D. Davis , of Pawnco City were state capital visitors yesterday. Colonel Roe , of Piqua , O. , who ha passed the summer at Lincoln am Kearney , went east yesterday. T. L. Warrington , of Plum Creek was a western Nebraska man at Lin coin yesterday. Dr. W. L. Dayton started yesterdn ; for Europe , where ho will remain tin coming BIX months perfecting hlmsol in his profession. Mrs. John Fitzgerald was a passongo last evening for Chicago , where sin visits with relatives. The Bcnu Ideal of u Family Medicine A remedy which promptly and com plctoly relieves ailments of such com inon occurrence ns indigestion , consli pat ion , billiousnoss , and disorders of th malarial typo , ia ussuftnlly the hea ideal of a family medicine. Such is Ho * tetters Stomach Bitters , which is no only capable of eradicating these com plaints , but also counteracting a tendency doncy to kidney troubles , rheumatism and premature decadence of sUiminti it "all around " the Taking , us phrus Is , there is probably not In existence b useful , effective and ugroeablo a house hold panacea as the Bittors. Nor is i less highly esteemed by the medicii profession than by thofamilies of Amor ica. Numberless testimonials from prc feKsionul sources of irrefragable authen iicity evince its merit. The demnm 'or it abroad , no less than in the lam of its discovery , is certainly increasing , imo and experience of its benoficen effects confirming tho'high opinion 01 'ginally formed of it. + The Coffee Trade. New York Commercial Bulletin : i 'o\v ' weeks ago attention was directed t the apparent critical condition of th coffee market. Events have justifio the assumption that holders were the iosins' the advantage , as business dui ing the interval , until the commence rnont of the current week , could only b kept moving by a steady pressure e supplies and a consequent prunln down of values. It looks now , howovci ns though the tide had turned and we setting with fairly strong current i the opposite direction. Within a fo' days a largo Increase of business he taken place , Brazil grades not sollin on spot to any great extent , because th offerings lucked attractions , but findin pretty free buyers of parcels of now , t arrive on a parity of 201@201c for no1 fair. Mild colleo also received some what unusual attention , and hcav blocks changed hands at hardonin values , with the renewal of interest i this class of coffee a significant nn promising feature as indicating a n viving interest nmonguctuul consumer ! Indeed , the healthiest point suggcbte by the present course of ulTuira is th apparent legitimate character of th stimulant , direct demand for actual co fee from regular trade bources acting i the potent factor nnd promising to ii sure fatabilily to gains already made c further Increase of them as addition ; wants of the trade may dovolopo. Larg deliveries of late , a decrease in the vi iblo , supply and the chance that won holders have about all sold out , wit nothing to change former light crop o tiinatcs. seem to have reassured jobber and while the speculative element taki advantage of the change in sontimon thcro can be no question but that ft the time being at least it plays second ' actual coffeo. "Blood Will Tell. " Yes. the old adage Is right , but if ti liver is disordered and the blood b comes thereby corrupted , the bad "bloc will toll" in diseases of the skin ar throat , in tumors and ulcers , and : tubercles in the lungs ( first stages consumption ) even although the subjc bo decondod in a straight line fro Richard Cceur do Lion , or the noble Roman of them all. For setting tl liver in order no other medicine in tl world equals Dr. Piorco's "Golden Mo ical Dibcovory. " Try It , und yoi "blood will toll" the story of Its wondo ful ofllcucy. Burglm-H * Tools. Troy Telegram : P. J. Jennings , toast east side engineer and machinist , to ] an interesting story about his dealin , with a burglar. Ho was sitting in h olllco ono day a few months ago \vh < two men entered with a design tin wanted made of steel. Ho took the ji and turned It out according to ordc The mon came the next day , and aft chatting pleasantly nl > out the bood aldermen and other mutters of popul ; interest in the city , paid their bills at went away. Several other dosig were brought him by the two mon ni he got to Know them quite well. I did not learn their business , howovc but it is such a common thing to dc with men whom ono knows only 1 sight that Mr. Jennings never bothon his head about it. But ho found out who the men wo after all. Ono day they called to have him mal half a dozen eight inch stcol screws. I promised them for 5 o'clock , but tl mon did not come. He did not see the on the next day or the next. On tl third day one of Pinkorton's detoctlv dropped in upon him in the aftornoi carrying a hand-satchel. Ho opened und throw a lot of curiously shupi pieces of steel on the table. "Woro these made in your shop , W Jennings ? " casually remarked the cl tcctlvo. "Yes , that's our work. " "Who did you muko them for')1" ) "Now you've got mo 4t's moro thi I can tell. I never had any reason inquire , nnd the mon didn't bother about tolling mo. " "But you are sure you made that steel work hero ? " "Yes , oh yes ; I'm sure enough of that. " Two days later Mr. Jennings was sub- pacnccd by the prosecution as a witness against two mon who had attempted to crack the safe In n. bank in Ellonvillo , Ulster county. Ho mot a Harlem ma chinist nnd an ironworker from down town at the court house in Kingston. Pinkorton's man opened wide tholr oycs when ho took the pieces of steel that each ono had shaped , and , putting them togotcr , showed what a perfect sectional jimmy they mado. NEW TWO-OKNT STAMPS. What Will Hereafter bo on the Envel ope of Your Letter. "Mllorl green" is the color of the now postngo stamps now beginlng to make tholr appearance. For the benefit of the people who are not up In the techni cal names of the various shades of green as expressed In printer's Ink and other high art circles , it may bo slated that this green is exactly the sumo shudo as ; hut used for three-cent postage stamps ivhlch were in use when the letter pos tage was changed from three ccnta to two cents. The change in color of the two-cent itamps , which wus decided upon by the mdtotllco department some time ago look place on the 12lh of the present month. It will take some time , how ever , for the now green stamps to get "nto general use , for the department ro- T ulrcd nil the postmasters to sell out all tl heir old two cent stamps of the motulio 'ed ' color before bcglmng the Bulo of , ho now ones. There is no change in io design of the two cent stamp , the only change being in color , ns the old Htnnip is still issued in its original color of uiilori green , its color will now bo changed to vcrmlllion in order to pre vent confusion in distinguishing between the two denominations. There will bo no change in color of the ether postage stumps at present. In the stamped envelop there will bo a change : of the color of the 2-cont stamps BO that t will correspond with the color of the ordinary 2-cont stamps. The chnngo in the stamp of the envelopes will not be made so boon us that of the stumps , at the contractors have a pretty largo sup ply of the old color on hand. This is the fortieth anniversary of the first issue of postage stamps in the coun try. Until 1847 all postage was paid in money at the office of mailing or delivery ; the prepayment was optional and the result was thai moat of the postage was paid nl the office of delivery. The first stamps issued were five and ten cents in value these being the then existing rates o : postage. When postage was roduccc" to three cents in in 1861 , a now sot o stamps were issued. Another change was made in the first year of the war o. rebellion in order to prevent the ute o these ia the hands of southern post masters. The first issue of stamped envelopes wus mndo in 1853 , und of postnl curds ii 1873. Up to this time the governmon bus never undertaken to print its owr stumps or muko its own stamped envelopes lopes , but it is probable that it will d < BO before many years are over. Hermann is up to many tricks ; but h < will never take in as much as Dr. Bull' Cough Syrup in its big raid on cougher or colds.- Wo indorse all the proprietors hav < said relative to the merits of Sulvutioi Oil. It is nonpareil. Gambling of the Argonauts. Overland Monthly : There was i French woman who played the violin receiving $100 u day therefor ; and a women were BO scarce in these days whenever she loft the saloon to go 6u on the street , every saloon around thi square wus emptied to get a look at her In these saloons there was piles of gold both in coin and in sacks of gold dust that would put some of our coinmorciu banks of the present day to the blush nnd long tables that had tholr croupier ready to rake in or pay out as fast as tin cards were turned off. I have often watched some novice whi was putting down his first ventures a play. On one occasion I Baw at the sanv tublo two clergymen shove their coil under another man's arm on the table I know them both , and know of what speak wo are all mortals after all. Among ether noted players was i judge at that time , who made It a poin every evening to go around from plac to place and muko high pluy. Upoi entering with his attendant , who cut rried the Back , ho would first sit dowi ut u tublo and bur off every ether player then sot his time of play at a limit , Ba , twenty minutes or half an hour , th stake from $10,000 to $20,000 , with th bunk. Meantime , to keep the crowi that would bo in ut the time , whir ] would bo In ut that time , which wouli number from 300 up to near 1,000 h always asked them all to take a drinl * which meant twonty-fivo cents a hea for the bur ; and if ho won ho paid fo the drinks ; if ho lost , the bank ha them to pay for. In another column of this issue wil bo found an entirely now and nove specimen of attractive advertising. ] is ono of the neatest over plncod in ou paper , nnd we think our reudora will b well repaid for examining the suppose display letters in the advertisement e Prickly Ash Bitters. The Size of a Krupp Gun. Philadelphia Record : Some idea c the sixo of Krupp's biggest gun may b gained by a description of the incur supplied for its transportation. Th ruilwuy truck , built oxprcbsly for thi purpose , was seventy-five feet lonf with thirty-two wheels and sixtco axles ; but its length could form bone ings , at six points , to pass round curve on the line of rails ; this carriage , will out its load , weighed ninoty-bix torn The gun , which weighs 118 tonsis fortj five foot long , nnd its internal callbr Is nearly sixteen inches , riflled wit ninety-two spiral turns. It throws stool projectile weighing nearly ono tor with a charge of 600 weight of brow prismatic powder , having an initial vt loclty of 014 yards in a second , and range of nearly eight miles ; the she can penetrate a steel armor plate tlurtj six inches thick immediately at th mouth of the gun , nnd a pluto twontj nine inches thickit has been cslimatei at the distance of a mile or more. It : believed that no armor-plate ship in th world can endure the fire of fauch po\\ erful guns. Krupp's factory , howovoi is now engaged in making two of sti larger dimensions. Threw Aside Her Stick. 1321 ClIRISTOniEU AND 407 HUDSO STS. . NEW YOUK , February 12 , 1884.- Allcock's Porous Plasters have bee a great conuort to me this winter , use thorn as chest protectors ; they broa up a cold In a few hours if placed on on the cheat and two under tne uhoulde blades. Last winter I was much troubled wit rheumatism in my knee ; I had trie different remedies without avail ; the I covered the whole knee-joint wit two Allcock'a Porous Plasters and koj them on for four days , when I change them. I got bettor all the time , and i two weeks I was entirely welland thro abldo my stick. Mus. S. FINKK. FACTS FOR THE FARMERS , The Rivalry Among Buttor-Produo- Ing Cows. VALUE OF ROTATION OF CROPS. Apples for tbo Cow UHO of llojccteil Parts or Cornstalks Spring Pigs Farm Notts. Rivalry of BuUcr-l'rocluclnR Cows. The question of superiority In the production of butter between the IIol- stein and the Jersey is a disputed one , ho Jerseys , however , having become tunou8 through the records of such lotcd cows ns Eurotns , Boinbn , Jersey 3ollo , Princess H , Mury Anne of St. Lamberts , and others , but us onch ani mal of a breed must eland upon its merits there tire hundreds ol inferior Jerseys , ns well as n largo number that are first-class. Records show the ten dency of a breed to excel in the direc tion intended , and , the little Jorsoya are grand butter cows , yet there arc other records which point to rivals that lot only equal them in butter production ) ut exceed thorn in the yield of milk. L'ho largest record for butter in ninety days ( aoi pounds 6 } ounces ) was made by i Holstoin-Frioslau , and u cow only .wonty-olghts . months old , Nothorland Princess 4th , made twonty-ono pounds , .on and a half ounces in a week. As u hrcc-ycar-old Albius 2d produced twenty-four pounds ten and a half ounces in a weekwhile throe cows have n thirty days produced over one him- Ircd pounds of butter each , and fifty cows can show a record of over twenty pounds per week. A largo number of cows from the Holstein brood have boon pri vately totted that have produced from iwolvo to twonty-threo pounds per wook. Twice the Holntoins have beaten the Jorsoysin public tests at Chicago for the challenge cup witli Mercedes , and at the recent dairy show in Now York city. At the late Ohio fair also , where the breeds competed , Iho Holsteins won on liuttor and milk production , and the JorHoys were once beaten at Minneapolis by the Holsteins , the latter having won all the prizes offered. These records show that while the Holstein yioldbs a a larger quantity of milk than any other brood of dairy cows it is not a chance butter cow , relying on a few individual animals to bolster the reputation of the whole , and that herds of Holsteins arc well known by these interested that con sist entirely of cows capable of making excellent records in 'a ' public test. The public tests of butter"cows in which the Holsteins andMorseys should meet and cornpoto would bo productive of greal benefit , as they could not fail to bring both breeds to n higher standard of ox- collonco. They would stimulate the brooders to excel , and , the cattle of the whole country would thereby be im proved. No one is disposed to deny thai the Jersey is entitled to a high rank as a butter-producing animal , but the HoV stein brooders will ri6l submit to the Jersey's claim as the only buttor-pro- duoing cow. The Jcvfcoy must meet the Holstein in public tests and domostrate the claim by the amount of its product Rotation ofCrops. In the bulletin of Prof. Sanborn it i ; stated that rotations are valuable be cause plants vary in the area of the soil in which the roots grow , and froir which they derive the sustenance of tlie plant , thus more completely utilizing the soil within their reach. There is i : remarkable variation in the power ol plants to appropriate the various oloi monts of plant growto , duo , at least in part , to the character of the acids secreted - crotod by their roots. Thus one plant like clover , has a high power of gather ing nitrogen , and another , like wheat , a vdry low power. Plants vary in thoii weight of roots , As an illustration clever , carrying several times the weight of roots that wheat does , it will bo scon that inasmuch as clover rootf are much richer in nitrogen than \vhcm1 and carry enough nitrogen to grow e crop of wheat , wheat will most advan tageously follow clovor. Thus , like wise , other plants follow each other ad vantageously. Rotation of crops baf fles , in a largo measure , the reel enemies , both insect and fungus , thai prey upon them. Each plant havinp its own peculiar enemies , changing ol plants removes them to fields unocoU' pied by buch enemies. This is true o the above-ground growth of plants tear important degree. Plants vary in the amounts of the varying elements of nutrition actually taken up in growth ; thus , while whoa takes only one and one-fourth poundi of potash for every pound of phos phoric acid , potatoes take three am ono-fourth pounds of potash for oacl pound of phosphoric acid. Continuous growth of potatoes would exhaust tin potash of the soil or of supplied manuri long before the phosphoric acid woulc give out. The leaves of plants vary ii their power of gaining food and of va poring water , and are roughly divide ( into broad and narrow leaved. Leave vary in their season of actual growth These plants maturing in midsummo and early fall generally gather nitrogei ( corn an turnips are good examples ) following in their growth the decomposing posing influence of the sun inoro oiusil ; and fully than other crops do. Rotatioi contorvos soil fertility , andyotaFj ii soil decomposition by alternation o grass , or cover crops and hoed crops Under a continuation'of plow and tillage ago crops , leaching , volatilization am washing of fertility is rapid and may b < or is more than carried away by crops especially so of nitrogen. Rotation c crops distributes labor over the year and therefore econpniizos labor am gives regular help and aids in the solu tiou of the labor problem of the farm. Apples for Cows. As there is usually a wosto of falloi apples at this season.tho American Cul tivntor Bays that whether appleswill in jure milch cows depends greatly upoi how they are fed , and something , also on the character of 'the fruit. A co\ usually has no more discretion ns to thi kind of apples she should cat or tin amount than a small school-boy. Whci cows break into an orchard , or a suddoi wind storm brings down a great numbo of apples prematurely , BO that cows cai got thorn , then serious injury is sure t result. The cow has the cramps as evidently dontly as a boy could have thorn. Oftci the first sign the owner lias in u suddoi falling off of the milk yield , and thougl that may bo partially restored , the in jury to the tone of the stomach fs sue ] that the yield will not again bo as gron during that season as it was before. Th worst effects are from unripe fruit. I takes only a few sour green apples t derange the stomach. The bltto juices with which they nro filled ar < inoro or less poisonous ; and oven ono o two will do moro harm than good When apples are fully ripe a very fe\ dally may be given with advantage t milch cows , though sour apples shoul bo avoided , as oven in small quantltie tuoy are of little value in milk produc .ion. . If given at till they should bo fed n measured quantities , and on no ac count should cows bo turned in to help themselves. They \vlll oat a great many in short time , and if hurried inny choke in trying to oat too rapidly. Rejected Part * of Cornstalks. Now England Cultivator : It is inter esting and instructive to note how n cow oats cornstalks and what part she ro- [ cots ns less palatable or nutritious. Of course a ravenously hungry cow will oat anything , but when hunger Is somewhat appeased she becomes moro dainty , and plainly shows what she likes best. Sohio farmers have an idea that the leaves are the chief portion , and after Lhoso the fine stalks grown closely in fodder corn. The cows know better. [ f unsoiled the cow will tnko n constalk l > y the middle ; or about where the oar would naturally form , crunch it double , and oat towards both top and butt at the same tlmo , This is probably the best mid sweetest part of the stalk. The joints near the middle are being filled with rich , sweet juices that a little later would take cob and grain. The top , or tassel end , is either less nutritious , or possibly offensive , because of the fine dust of Its pollen. When the cows bo- [ { in to'tnsto the tassel she bites the whole off short , and , if she has n quan tity of stalks before her , picks up an other and repeats the same process as before. The result is that after n cow has oaten half an hour she will have before her a pile of refuse consisting of tassels and butt ends inoro or less boiled and liable to bo refused entirely. To test which of these is beat , cut a handful of fresh tassels and the same amount of butts , and offer them separately from both hands at the sumo time. If the butts are not a palo green from being grown in the shade , she will oat them readily ; but by this time , not being very hungry , slio will refuse the tas&ols. There issomu dilToronco in cows in this respect. When they become old and their teeth fail , the lower part of the stalk , growing hard and woody very quickly , nearly ns soon as the tassel fully forms is rejected. Such cattle might reject the butt when younger stock might cat it greedily. But ex posure to sun-light and air seems to bo necessary to make stalks nutritious. Farmers have often noticed in winter that cattle prefer coarse stalks from the field on which corn has grown by ordi nary cultivation to the fine stalks pro duced by the common thick seeding of fodder corn. Some of the butt ends will bo loft uneaten. They were not origin ally as rich as the middle of the stock , and what nutritive value they had has largely gone to the development of the ear. In winter the polon is oil from the tassel , but it has as much sweetness as the center of the stock. Very early in the season or nt any time before the corn tassels , its virtue is mainly down toward the ground. There is little sweetness in the extrem ities of the loaves , but considerable where they join to the incipient stalk. It is very wasteful to feed corn at this stago. A few weeks moro of hot weather will develop plant food very rapidly. To feed corn fodder then is little moro sensible than for a farmer to go into hie fruit garden and fill himself with half- grown greou , grapes , peaches or sour apples. Up to the time the corn tassole good grass or clover is better for the cow , though its lack of succulence in July will often lead the cows to oat green loaves of corn , pretty much at the small boy will , if ho has a chance , fill himself with green fruit. Perhaps there is enough natural depravity in some cows , as with the small boy , to make them think something much moro desirable because forbidden , Though broachy cows will break from n poor pasture into a green piece of fodder der corn , yet unless they are very hun gry they will eat less than would bo ex pected. It does not taste so good as il looks , and every farmer knows that n cow will run from ono end of such n cornfield to the other , trampling ii down and only taking a mouthful here and there , hoping , perhaps , that eacli ono will taste better than the lust. Plaits for Early Spring Pigs. National Live Stock Journal. The man who raises spring pigs exclusively , believing In but ono crop n year , should plan for about one-third to ono-half ol thorn to be farrowed by the 16th of Fob ruary. A farm house for them is neces sary for the first three months , and a brooding house wish a stove , and the most dilligent care. After the pigs ar rive at the ago of four weeks they can bo fed a little cow's milk , sweet if possi ble , and by the time they are BIX te eight weeks old they can bo induced te cat a slop of water , or milk , which if bettor , and corn meal and bran mixed , At three months of ago the meal maj bo continued or soaked shelled corn sub' stltutcd. With rye or clever pasture from this time onward , and all the grain or meal they will cat , there is m difficulty to feed such pigs to a weight of at least 200 pounds by Angus 15 , or at six months. If the sow ; are all bred the same wool in October , there will bo required bu1 about ono month's fire in the breeding room at farthest , and the number to lx attended to will warrant the extra care In a prairie country a good shoot iroi stove can bo hod for a trifling expense and if fuel is valuable , cobs will answoi in most cases for lire. In this way i good portion of the pigsand their moth ers , too , may bo fattened for an Augus market , besides dividing the labor especial special care to the very young pigs inti two periods. We Might Ijcarn Prom Germany. The Gorman government has completely plotoly eradicated the Colorado beetle or potato bug , from the fields of thi kingdom by the timely use of poisone and the tilling of the tracts of land 01 which the post had appeared. There i no doubt but what equally onorgoti- - measures in this country would produci the same rosultbut the matter hanbeei allowed to lapse along until the bcotl has spread throughout the county. Thi insect was imported into Germany ii cargoes of American potatoes. Farm Notes. The latest mode of whitewashing out buildings is to have the whitewash thii in consistency and force it on the wall with a force pump. All animals bhould have an allowanci of linseed meal at least twice a week , a it will regulate the bowels and proven "hide-bound. " Rotation in crops is' the surest am safest plan in farming , and when ono o two years of pasture shall bo includes ! lu the rotation the benefits will to greater. Although It is supposed that the ho | cats anything , yet it rejects man ; grasses and weeds that are readily oatoi by sheep and cattle. Sunflower seed is often fed to poultry but If too much is given i will cause thi feathers to full oil , as It promotes carl ; molting. It is a mistake to suppose that sour fermented slop for hogs is bettor than i fresh mixture that is sweet and clean. A few lumps of charcoal with a box o wood ashes placed in the hog-pen wil prevent many ills arising from indigos lion in hofjs. The charcoal should b fresh. Old charcoal may bo ronowei by heating it in the stove for a fo\ minutes. .No better use can bo mado'of th -H- soap-suds on wash iftya than to first scrub the pigs , it not too many of them , iind then pour It along the celery rows. Soap-suds make an excellent lortilizoi for both celery and asparagus. If you kept n careful account of the yield of each cow last wlntor you will know which to dispose of now. Every farmer should keep a strict account of Ills dairy cows In order to avoid a loss from ono while receiving a profit from another. It may bo expensive to employ nn in experienced milker. Funning , like other occupations , depends on knowl edge. So-called cheap labor may bo very costly In the end , and moro BO In the dairy than In any other work on the farm. Gronso of any kind will destroy Hco on cuttle , but the use of grease to a great extent will injure the cattlo. If n single animal bo infected with Hco all the others will BOOH bo In the BUUIO condi tion. A jKjund of cnrbolato of limo mixed with a bushel of fino. dry dirt freely scattered on the bucks of the ani mals is n harmless remedy , and will provo successful if used dally. The famous cow Eloctn , for which her owner , A. J. Cowan , of Venungocounty , Pa. , once refused $10,001) ) , was sold by liim to an Oil City butcher the other day for $50 , she having been ruined by overfeeding. Although this cow stood at the head of all milk producers in this country a few years ago , her podtgroo was never known. She came to Cowan's family as an ostrny. She was a famous prlzo winner. Cream is moro valuable than butter , since it is equal to both butler and but- Lormllk , although the imprc ! Hlon seems Lo prevail with most milk producers that the ono great and only legitimate end of milk and its cream is to make butter , and a sense of wnsto and n misuse invol untarily arise whenever cither is used tor any other purpose ; while , in fact , buttormaklng is the least useful purpose for which inilk in employed. Though the Jerseys begin to breed when quite young , there are other breeds that sometimes have exceptions. A western farmer has a galloway heifer which , only thirteen months old , has given birth to a calf. The turkeys should bo given full rungo now , ns thcro are no crops they can harm. They will find a largo portion of their food , and a largo Hock can bo raised at a very small cost if given plenty of room. To show what may bo obtained by good breeding , it lias been stated that in England 1,200 tmeop recently brought $1,500 , which is over $ li ! each , and u very largo sum for BO many at ono sale. sale.Tho The practice of mixing the morning's and night's milk is detrimental , us It often causes rapid change. It would bo bettor , if not too impracticable , to keep each cow's milk separate , but as this is laborious , the milk of ono milking should at least bo kept from that of an other. The farmer cannot well get along without having at least a few cows. Ho is therefore interested bo it over so little tlo , in making them pay , and cannot af ford to shut his eyes to an opportunity of acquiring points on profitable dairy management. Ono of the greatest drawbacks to be ginners in poultry raising is to attempt to keep fifty fowls in a house or lot none too largo for twenty-five. Ringing Noises. In the cars , sometimes a roaring , buz zing Bound , are caused by catarrh , thai exceedingly disagreeable and very com mon dlsaeso. Loss of smell or hearing also result from catarrh. . Hood's Sarsaparilla - saparilla , the great blood'purifier , is o peculiarly successful remedy for this disease , which it cures by purifying the blood. If you suffer from catarrh , trj Hood's Sarsuparilla , the peculiar medi cine. Railway Growth. Now York Letter : The first railwnj built in this city began running in 183iJ , and extended only from the vicinity ol the city hall to Harlem. The lattoi was then a quiet old Dutch hamlet of B few score houses , and , with the excep tion of a rustic village at Yorkvillo , the whole intervening space down to the neighborhood of Cooper Union the cen ter of old Peter Stuyvosunt'a "Bowerio1 was farm lands of a wilderness ol weeds and rooks. At that time , fifty- five years ngotho entire railway svstoni of the United States consisted of i5C ! miles of road and about 1,000 employes all told , where now wo have 180OOC , miles of road and 700,000 employes The Hudson Rlvor railroad on the \Vosl Side came into existence twenty years later , and its lower depot was nt the corner of West Broadway and Chambers street. It is but a few years compunv tively since the Grand Central uopol was completed , and now a built up citj extends all along fts line to the Hurloir river , and people are growling and de manding that locomotives be not allowoc to cross the river. But the ruilrouc people own the right of way , and will bo very slow to yield it. CREAM Its superior excellence proven In millions o homes for morn than a quarter of a century I is used by the United States Government. Kr dorsed by the heads of the Kreat universities as the Strongest , Purest and Most Heathful Dr. Price's the only Making Powder that doe not con tain Ammonia , Liineor Alum. Boldonl lu cans. cans.PIUCE BAKING POWDER CO. , Now York. Chicago. Bt. I/ouU NATURE'S REMED1 roil Disordered Stomach , Impaired Indigestion Constipated Habit A Itemed ? which qnlrklr charm * The Infant In the motuer'i arum , Wlille drooping KU will itrivB to drain 1'Hcli drop thn Koblct doci contain. Till" KPFKIIVKSCINU HKI.TXKU dna A blostlug I'roret to me and mluo. lUPTURlE . . - ) l ilT uraln C ) daj EYur Uara ' fcl4lre.lf tfmttlt I rnuoonil > lD d. Uuvant * onlj OB * lnth world umtratlni AttmtUuou Xttttrlt < r Mayntll , -fmmt. SolwUOeI'owarrul , buriblc , FCamforubl 1 * aui kff HlT , Aioii fraudi O * rtt.oOOcar t. lUcd bump for KOf HIO BKI.T * FOB tfl NIPPED IN \ Strlko On Iho Green Line of Street Can Settled with Very LittleIHfflcnllj. An Intorvlow with the Driver of Oar No. 18-Tho Whole Thing Clvon Awny-Ho Was Not Hold Up , but Hold Down The Story In Detail. The United Stntcs Is the country of striken. nock nf tor \ > c-rk the n w p prn cJmmlclo u norr Mrlko licro or there. Strcot cur drlvorn nro , M n Kimnral rule. OYcrworkert nnrt underpaid , nnd n strlko funotiK Uioin Is nlmost a common ocrur- ruticn. Humors of n strike nuuiiiR the direct rnr ilrlvftra In OmMia liavo boon llj-lnji thick mill fiftfora week pa.it. a reporter wIshlnRtoni- ri'rtulu to w hut nxtent the utrlko hud proRrwsetl , hulled cnr No. 18 on the Rroen line soronil ilny nRO , nnd , nmklnR hit way through the crowded rnr to the front platform. liiKratintod hlnmi'lt Into the good Krncot of tlio Konlal driver , mul lonrncd from tlnit Kontlenmn tlio following imr- tlculurs of the strlko In questions "Strike , did yon sny ? Well , 1 do not know , there mny b homo talk of n stilke. tmt If there Is I know nothing nbout It. 1 think the drlvora hero In Onmlm iiro paid rtbout ns well ns tlio driven anywhere else , nnd have nhont the snino hours , ' 1ml If you n ant to know bomuthlug of a utrlko , 1 ran toll you of notrlkn 1 cnino luinr going on nuont a month BRO. You see , " continued tlio driver , prowliiR conlldcntlnl , "for the last three yonm 1 nave bvon a HtilToror from that lothsomft disease , rntnrrh , brought on by aimless expos ure , nnd had It to Imd that 1 isot tired of myself audovcothlnu. At night tlmo while Inlx-di \\ould hnvo a dropping lu tlio buck of my throni u hlch would nlmimt mrnnglo me , it would keep mo aunko the best pnrt of the night , my breiitn wns extremely olluimlvn ; why 1 vrns nshnmod to KO near nuy person on nccountof it , 1 could not retail ! \ > lint little food 1 mnlingcd to oat , nnd Mould Imlk nnd xplt nil day , 1 had n buzzing nnd roaring In my eurx. ] tried pnlent medicines tone no end without relief , nnd tried sovernl local doctors with the name result , and had nlxnit intido up my mind to KO on n stilkotosomu other clfmnto for my health when I rend an nd vertlscmont of ] ) rn. JlcOoy & Henry , and passing their olllco every day nnd seeing HO many people railing there 1 concluded t hero mint bo nonitn thing hi It , I called on them and commenced tientment nt onco. " "And with w lint result ? " nunrled thoscilbe. "Well , 1 have been under tnelr t treatment for one month nnd feel better than I have for two years ; I hnvo no moro bud breath , no moro nolsos in my cars , ran lionr as well ns over , run eat three MUnro | meiils and keep them down , too , nnd In fait fool like n novr nmuentlicly. want to nay nil I ran for tlio doctors for they have worked wonders for mo , Not ofT , nro yon. well , good bye , " nnd the scrltio , plodding on his weary wny , thought surely truth is Htrnnger than llctlon. The driver i\bo" mentioned lan MIL nr.oimr. n. nous , driver of cnr No. is , ( ireon Une , who boards a | the corner of Kliby and Twenty-sixth Hlrects. where ho will cuirobonito the ubovo to anyoui doubtlug 11. CATARRH DESCRIBED. The Symptoms Attending That Discas * Which Leads to Consumption. When catarrh hnsxlstod in the Itend nnd tin upper pan of tlio throat for any length of Um the patient living la n district where pi'oplt nro Htibjectto ratnrrhnl nfTectlon and thodlH- euso has been left uncured , the catnrrh invari ably , sometimes slowly , extends down the wind pipe nnd Into the bronchial tnhus , which lubes convey the nlr into the different pnitH of thq lungH. The tubes become nlfocted from the. nwrttlllug nnd the mucous mining from catarrh , and , in some Instances , becomu plugged up , NO that the air cannot got in an freely ns It should. Khortm'BH of brouth follows , nud the patloui brenthes with labor nnd diniculty. In cither case there is a sound of cranltllnff and wheezing Inside the cliuat. At this stage of the disease the breathing is usually inoro rapid thun when lu health. Tlio patluut has also hot dashes over hln lx > dy. ' The pain which accompanies this condition is of a dull character , felt m the chest , behind the breast bouo , or under the shoulder blndo. Tim pain mny rome und go last a few days and then bo nbbont for t > evernl others. The cough that occurs In the tlrst stages of bronchial ca tarrh is dry , comes on at intervals , bucking in character nud ia usually most troublesome in the morning on rising , or going to bud at night , und it may uo in the tlrst ovldenco of the dlsofese extending Into the lungs. Sometimes there are Ills of coughing induced by the tough mucus so violent as to cuuse vom iting. Later on the mucus that In raised in found to contain small particles of yellow mat ter , which Indicates that the small tubes in the lungs nro now affected. With this there nro often strenks of blood inlxod with thu muoug. In HOIUO cases the patient becomes very pals , has fever , and expectorates before any cough appears. In some cases small musses of cheesy guo- fttunce are spit up , which , when pressed be tween the flngors , emit u bad odor. In ether cases , particles of a hard , chalky unturo nro spit up. The raising of choosy or chalky lumps In dicate serious mischief at work In the lungs , In some cases catarrh will extend into the lungs inn few weeks ; In ether cases it may bo months , and oven years , before the dlseasa at tacks the lungs millfclently to cuuso Kerlous In terference with the general health. Whim the disease has dovt-loped to such a point the pa tient is said to have caturrlml consumption. With bronchial catarrh thorn Is moro or l sa fever which differs with the different parts of the day Blight In the morning , higher in the afternoon and evening. SNEEZINGJCATARRH. What It Mcang. How It Acts , ana What It IB. You mieezo when you get up in the morning , you try to sneuxe your nose oft every time you nrn exposed to thn least draft of air. You hava H fullness over the front of the forehead , and the nose fools on If there was a plug in each iiostrll which you cannot dislodge. You blow your nose until your ears crack , but it dent do any good , and the only result Is that you succond in getting up a very roil nose , and you so Irrl- tuto the lining membrane of thai , organ that you are unable to breathe through it at all. This is a correct and not overdrawn picture of an acute attack of catarrh , or "Sneezing Ca tarrh" as it IB called. Now , what does this condition indicate ? First , a cold that causes mucus to be poured out by the glands in the nose ; then these diseased glands are attacked by swarms of Uttle germs tbo catarrh icerm that tloat in the nlr In a lo cality where thn disease Is prevalent. Tlieso unlmalcnlne.n their efforts to nnd a lodgment , Irrltato the nenslUve inembrana lining of the nose and nature undertakes to rid horuolf of them by producing a fit of Knowing. When the nose imcomos tilled with thickened diseased mucus the natural channels for the In troduction of air into the lungs is Interfered with , and the person so effected must breaths through the mouth , nnd by such means the throat becomes parched nnd dry , snoring 1 * pro- diicixl , und then the catarrhal disease gala * ready access to the throat and lungs. DOCTOR J , CRESAP M'COY ' , Lnto of licllcruo Hospital , M. T. AND DOCTOR COLUMBUS HENRY Have Offices 310-311 RANGE BUILDING , COUNI5H 15TH AND HAHNKV BTHEETH , OMAHA , NKI1. Where all curable cases nro treated with sue- cuss. Medical diseases treated skillfully. Con sumption , Urlghfs Disease , Dyspepsia , Hhou- matfbin. and all NKIIYOUH jldA8I'.S. | All CONSULTATION at olhce or by mall tl. Ollice Uoiirti-utotl a. in. ; J ! to i p.m. ; 7 to 3 p. in. Sundays Included. Correspondence receives prompt attention , Many dlseahes are treated wuctessfully by Dr. McCoy through the malls , and It is thus possible for these nnuiilo to make a Journey to obtain successful hoapltul treatment at tnelr homes. No luttora uu-swered unless accompanied bylo In stamps. . Address all letters to Drx. McCoy Ic Henry. lloous iUV uudUU itaujgo UulltUue , Omulm , N