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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.
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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.
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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.
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