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EHTAULIHIIED JITNMD 10 , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY ! MOlNIlSTGJA lTAllY 17 , 1SJ)7-SLXTHE : PAG-ES. LID COL'V FIVtt CI'JNTS.
To Close Out All Our
Ken's mi Boys9
V-
" 'I'lint IIIIVP boon selling for $1.00 ,
Tlint wo linvo boon selling for 7."c ,
1.50 iintl ? l.OS , they p > at
$1.00 and Sl.JKi , we B > VO you your
choice , till for
giraK ! < i3at
of HIGH
GRADE
Greatest Bargains Ever Offered.
Clearing Sale of Dress Goods.
InsertedTScDress * Goods for 15c Yd.
16 , coo yards of black and all colors French
Serges , imported Henriettas , 40 inches wide ,
and 750 quality at 15C per yard
2,000 yards of colored 38 and 40 inch
Zebile Suitings , Botirette Mixtures ,
In. an assort Large assortment
ment of different of 12-Inch rough
effects In largo
ferent colorings ,
collections of
usual prlco
choice colorings ,
49c yard ; to
now on sale
clcse lOc yard. at 25c yard.
$1.00 Quality of QUALITY KIIISXCII
All of our Silk and Wool and Alt Wool
Storm Serges at 39c. two-toned In handsome French novelties ,
varieties of
CO-inch all exclusive color-
wool navy blue Injs , such as
green and black ,
Storm Serge , blown and black ,
excellent value , plum and black ,
very desirable blue and black ,
material for all etc. , now on
sale In Dress
kinds of wear , Goods Department
39c per yard. at 49c yard.
500 pieces of new all wool Black Goods ,
flno all wool cashmeres , acrges , mummy cloth , Bodfords , canvass -
y. ' vass ; granite clottn , mohair ? , fancy Lanadown'e pure slllc and
wool , Iioucle , Sebastopols , all of them worth up to $1.23 yard ,
on sale In Dlack Goods Department 19c yard.
Silk Clearing Sale
50 pieces of Silk Fancy Taffetas , Satin Duchcssc , In all
colors , Including Creams , yard wide black and colored Chinas ,
Gros Oralns , Camclcon brocades , nnd every ynrd of them worth
from | 1.00 to $1.50 yard , on sale in our Silk Department at 39c.
SURE CROPS FROM DRY LAND
.Revolution in Farming Methods in the
Subliuimd Belt of tbo West.
i CHANGE IN MANNER OF CULTIVATION
A. Sliuplu Iiie\iioiiHlvu 'MeaiiN of I're-
toiilliiK till ! DuHlruollou of Crojiw
by Drouth The Ciuniibull
Muthoil.
Ono Is qulto apt , judging from the uttcr-
( inces of tbo political press , to Imagine the
railways and farmers always arrayed against
each other In a stern battle tor supremacy.
That this U not always , the case Is evidenced
by the remarkable work In agricultural edu
cation which is being prosecuted by several
of the great railway lines which traverse the
subhumld belt , In which Is situated large
portions of the Dakatas , Nebraska , Kansas ,
Oklahoma , Texas and several other states.
In this semi-arid region the rainfall Is so
scanty as to maka farming by ordinary
methods a most precarious business , crop
failures as often as seven years In ten being
the record In some localities. These fall-
urea result , not from any defect In the fer
tility of the soil , but from drouth. During
the early SO's a succession ot moist seasons
gave these prairies the reputation of the
farmers' paradise. The railway trains
groaned under the loads of outgoing produce
and Incoming Immigrants. The townslto
"boomer" and real estate and loan agent
flourished apace. Millions of dollars from
Kuropo and our own eastern states wcio in
vested hero In the belief that In these now
commonwealths the history of Iowa and Illi
nois was to bo repeated.
Just ono thing prevented the fruition of
these hopes the climate. After a few years
ot tlllago the soil became less lilted to retain
moisture. This fact , coupled with a rather
drier typo of weather , brought ruin to the
flUbhumld belt. The railways gradually came
to run light , Infrequent and unprofitable
trains ; the farmers left the country In great
numbers , and these who remained main
tained a losing fight against the odds of
scanty rainfall and hot winds , U seemed
that the country was doomed to revert again
to the Htato of a sparsely settled region , ex
clusively devoted to stock raising ,
Hut now come these western railway lines
with tlu- great grain companion of Minne
apolis aa their ullloj , and joining hands with
the drouth-stricken settler enter upon a
crusade against the drouth under the lead
ership of a philosopher r.niued H. W. Campbell -
, bell , a resident of Sioux City. la. Kor ft
year or a'i pmt the papers have- contained
references to the "Campbell method" of
farming In the dry belt , and the mciH'l
farms operated under It. Recently popular
Intercut has been revived from the announce
ment through the nowapapera of the fact
that the enlightened management of the
H. & M. railway had established a chain of
model farms extending from Hastings , Neb. ,
to Obcrlln , Kan. , to bo operated under the
* * Campbell method next joar. A sketch of
* * - the Campbell method cannot fall to Inter ,
cut the genera ! reader , and especially that
numerous clans cast and west who have
made Investments In the BUbbumld belt.
DI3COVI5HEH OI-'THK NIttV METHOD.
Hardy W. Campbell settled near Aberdeen ,
a I ) . , during lho ' 'boom" times of the early
hOd. Ho was by turn * a land agent , hotel
keeper and fanner , and In all of th o oc-
nuttmd. from the droutUa , aa did
every resident of the territory , Others said :
"When the country gets older wo shall get
moro rain , " or "It Is always so In a new-
country ; Juat look at the history of the states
farther cast. " Hut though possessed of hla
full share of western optimism , Mr. Campbell
mixed with It a good share of aavlng com
mon sense. He studied climatic conditions
and became convinced that the country ho
had settled In always has been , Is now , and
over will bo a region of scanty precipitation ,
and that climatic conditions In the main do
not change. In short , ho acknowledged the
fact that the conditions were such as to
make ordinary farming a failure.
Bub ho went further. He calculated that ,
with an annual precipitation of not far from
twenty Inches of water , cropa ought to be
successfully grown every year unless the wa
ter la used up In some way aside from the
growth of plants. An Inch of water weighs
In excess of 100 tons an acre , and twenty
Inches more than 2,000 Ions. A growing
plant does not need , during Us perlcj of
growth , moro than 300 times Its dry weight.
It Is a very good crop Indeed , which , dried ,
weighs moro than thirty tons an acre. There
fore 900 tons ought to bo enough for the ac
tual use of any crop. The reader sees , as
Mr. Campbell saw , that oven after growing
a. good crop 1,100 tons of water ought to bo
left over , yiilcsa somehow the water had
slipped away and played truant.
It took him a very short tlmo Indeed to
discover the paramour with which the odd
1,100 tons ot water eloped , Impelled by ( he
ardors of the Dakota summer. It Is that
pralrlo breeze , ' 'so fresh , BO free , " which
poets have so highly praised , In the spring
the "semi-arid belt" bloaaoins as the rose ,
under the Influence of the vernal ralno. Hut
Juno , July and August bring hot winds which
lick up the molature , sap the vltal.1 ot the
growing plant and cause the evil effects ol
drouth. How to carry crops over this period
was the pioblem to which he addressed him
self.
self.For
For ten years he observed , studied and
experimented. At last after enduring all the
trials which usually fall to the lot of the re.
Grand Clearing Snlo
88
Capes OIK ! Jackets
Children's Garments
I.n dies'
Ready-Made Dresses
at
One-Half and One-
Fourth Their Former
Price ,
A Grand Opportunity
to Save Money.
Ladles' black and Ladles' line .Tnokotj ,
brown Junkets , lined throughout ,
new stylowhich cur which curly In the
ly 111 tllUhOlllOtlOll ! ! season solit'for $12 I
torSO.HS. onsalo now aiul S15 , now
Lnillcs' flno Jackets Ladlos' flno Fur
anil Capes which Canes , Kluctrlc Seal
curly In the season uu.I Wool bi'iil which
sold for $20 and * 'JO. curly In the season
now sold for } 15 , now
TiOO Children's and Misses' LOUR Qlonks
mixed matt-rial , which early In thu
reason sold for $5.00 and iT.0 , now
$1.1)8 ) aiid ? L'.no.
Children's and Misses' Hoofer Jackets ,
which early In the season sold for S.-.CO ,
$7.r,0 and 'jilL ' .oo , now
Ladles' Dress Skirts
In nil wool ecrgo anil
mixed suitings , lined
throushout , early In
the season were S5.00 ,
THEM7.50 ; now
Ladles' Ready Made
Suits , new styles skirts
and waliU , plain serges
and mixed suitings , that
were $15.00 and $20.04j
now
fron bneath and to prevent the escape of
molsturo hy evaporation from the surface.
The prairie soils have Iain for centuries
In the same position , and are filled with
channels washed out by the downward flowIng -
Ing rains which prevent the lateral move
ment of moisture by capillarity. . This old
structure Is broken up by deep plowing
not subsolllng , but ordinary plowing from
seven to nine Inches deep. But any sort ol
plowing leaves cavities In the ground. The
furrow-sllco Is loosened up EO It turns , and
some treatment Is necessary to give the
toll that homogeneous firmness neccnjary to
the retention of a largo quantity of mois
ture. Sir. Campbell tried the roller. It
would not do. It packed the surface , but
unless enormously heavy. It left the bottom
tom cavities unaffected. So he invented a
subsurface packing , the one new thing ho
has given to agriculture. He Invented a
tool which firmly packs the subsurfaces
and leaves the upper four Inches loose. He
gives hia audiences directions for doing this
work with the ordinary tools of the farm ,
but , no doubt , special tools will always be
used where large fields are to bo economically
packed. This packing la done only once
a year and costs only 20 cento per aero for
labor.
The ground Is subjected to frequent shal
low cultivation to prevent the evaporation of
moisture. Every farmer knows that a layer
of straw over a garden bed will keep the
ground beneath moist. Mulching aroun 1
the roots of trees dees the same thing. TnH
is done by checking evaporation. Almost
every farmer knows that his coin la enabled
to stand the dry weather longer If frequently
cultivated or hoed. The blanket of dual , or
loose dry earth keeps the moisture from
coming to the surface where the winds can
suck It up. The Campbell method required
the cultivation to bo done with some flne-
toothed cultivator , or harrow set to run nel
more than two Inches deep , and to be re
peated ouco In from 11 vo to seven daju
throughout the growing season. Should the
season bo hot or dry , the stirring of this
* " " * " * . .JWTta- . ?
_ _
(1) ( ) Corn grown by ordinary culture .
(2) ( ) Corn ctcwn by new method on ratne farm , ( Photographs taken same day.
former , ho evolved the "Campbell method , "
and IB now teaching It to the west , assisted
by many men of. prominence , all confident
that by It that range of subhumld fitatos
stretching from North Dakota to Texas will
bo made r.9 reliable , agriculturally pcaMng ,
as Iowa and Illinois ,
I'UHQUENT SHALLOW CULTIVATION'
The Campbell method Is a reform lu til
lage U reatu on three- foundation ( tones-
drop plowing , Hubjurlnce packing , frequent
uliallott surface cultivation. The objects ot
theia operations are to form an ample reser
voir In the rpot-bed for molsturo , to promote
capillary attraction , to draw , up moisture
dun mulch must he pushed more vigorously ,
This cultivation Is not a very expensive
operation , as ono man with a team I ; ) able
to cultivate from twenty to thirty acres of
wheat , oats , corn or any other crop per
da } . Two-row and three.row cultivators
nro used In corn , and cultivators twelve
feat wide In email grain. The entire cost
per acre for labor In excess of the ccat of
tbo old method , lurludliiB the subsurface
packing amounted , on the Soldiers' H'jnic
farm at LUbon , X , D , , in 1SDG , to 97 cents
per acre , a largo part of which wee off.icl
by saving ot seed lu this fields ot uiiiall
grain. All the work was , In this case , paid
for la cash and exact accounts kept , The
1.000 A Thousand
Men's Strictly All Wool
Worth S7f50 nnd $10. In nil sixes , in to 42 , and
700 Yotmg Men's all wool
Cassiniere and Worsted
IT TIT
J JL .ffk
in all sizes from 15 to 19 years , that sold
for $7.50 , $10 and $12,50 ,
Your choice of any Any suit in the whole
nnd nil of the lot ubovo.
nbovo.
_ . _ _ . _ _ , you c-ui tiiks your pick of the
HIGHEST GRADES OF MEN'S SUITS ,
In our entire stock that have been selling at from S12.nl ) to $25 for
Tomorrow your choice from
that we have been selling for
$7.50 , $10 , $12.50 and $15
Man } ' of these are
sateen lined. Take
your choice of the
lot for $5.
Your choice of any
sizss $ to 15 yrs.
that we have
be'en selling at
S2 < § 0 , 83-50 , § 4
your choice of lot ,
yield was estimated to be double that by
the old method on all crops.
CULTIVATION OF SilAI.L GRAIN.
packing Is the one
I raid that surface
new thing which Mr Campbell has given
to agriculture. There iia another thin ?
Inherent In his system which Is. perhaps ,
now to American agriculture , although old
to the agriculturists pi Kuropc. I refer to
the Interculture ot wheat , oats , barley and a 1
"small grain" during the growing season.
The dust mulch la just essential to those
. Therefore , the
crops ns to corn or potatoes.
Campbell method reqUlr * all ouch crepe to ,
bo sown in drills far .enough apart to permit
of constant cultivation. 3 The brst "results
have been obtained by placing the drills from
eighteen to twenty-two Inches opart. Culti
vators are used which enable husbandmen
as soon as the spade went below the effects of
a recent sho\\cr , the soil was dry as dust. In
1801 anil 1S93 Mr. Campbell had plats In
South Dakota. Both were extremely dry sea
sons. The ground was. In other fields ,
puiYhed and dry to an unknoun depth. Hut
In the autumn of 1S94 his fields , after ma
turing the crops , showed six feet , and the
next autumn , ten feet of the moist earth.
That elusive 1,000 tons or so of water per
acre had been trapped and held by the new
tillage. In 1S91 test tubes of dirt were taken
from a Campbell Held at Hastings , Neb. , and
from adjoining fields , and sent to the De
partment of Agriculture nt Washington for
analysts. In that July ono-slxteenth of an
Inch of rainfall occuncd on these fields. The
average percentage of moisture In the upper
twelve Inches of soil during this month was ,
m
(1) ( ) Natural course of lateral rooto as permitted by Campbell method.
(2) ( ) Nutllatlon of roc/ts by cultivation of various depths aa ordinarily practiced.
to stir the surface between these- rows with
the utmost facility. As only about one-quar
ter of the usual quantity of seed 1 3 required ,
thU savlno K ° es fir to njakc up for the expense -
penso of cultivation. | The otalks "stool
out" under the Influeneofof the inolaturo In
the soil Incident 'to thej system of tillage ;
FO that at harvest tlmi * the ground U < to
covered by the grain as | o completely oblit
erate all traces ot tbit rows , so far as can
bo observed from a mile distance. The
heads nro go full aa to inhke the yield larger
than can be expected ld broadcast needing
under any conditions. Thcro seerea to bo
good reason to thlnlc'tNt farmers In all
climates could profitably , adopt tUa ! part of
thu Campbell method.
Some astounding flinirts tire given cs to
the results of this mctljoJ. U Iita never
failed to bring a crop.ivhpn lalrly tried. No
field tilled according to/Its rules has over
suffered Irom drouth. In 1S93 , near Aber
deen , S. D. . this method bf tillage brought n
yield of 110 bushel ? oti' potatoes per acre ,
while other fields' were a total failure ; In
1890. In Harlan county , Nebraska , a yield
of 200 bushels of potatoes per aero In the
fields at Datty & Sou , while In others about
twenty biuhela wai tUo.'rule , and at Glen
Ullen. N. D. , In 1890 , C. LlOstram got 130
bushels per aero on gubaurlace-packed ground ,
and only elghty-llvi ) liunhcU per acio on un
packed mil. although all v.cro given the
same surface cultivation , Mr , G. H. 1'ratt , a
banker of Hoatlnga , Neb , , makes the state
ment that a partial aftoptlon of this method
has Increased the average yield of corn five
bualiela per aero In hU county ,
A VISIT TTHK FIELDS ,
In none of these fleldt U there ever any
dinicultx In deluding u greater degree of
molsturo than In the fluids operated by or
dinary methods. Lout July the writer vis
ited the North Dakota Scldo , and found by
digging that In thu Campbell fields , from
thu surface down as far AH the snado mild
reach , the ground was Nvot enough for the
nuking ot mud balls , while In other fields ,
in the Campbell fields , about 18 per cent. In
the other Holds about 8 per cent. The ob
servations were taken at G o'clock every
evening , and furnished a most striking proof
of the efficacy of this method of conserving
moisture. Eighteen per cent of molsturo is
enough to Insure rapid and flourishing
growth ; 8 per cent Is , to all appearances , ab
solutely dry.
In 189G nbout a dozen model farms were
operated by' the Northern Pacific and the
See Line railway In North Dakota. The re
sults were such as to Impel these roads to
prepare for moro farms next year , and the
Northern I'aclflo has niaijo an offer of pre
miums for the best fields tilled by thh
method by farmers ot Mxtccti counties In
North Dakota. Some of the great grain
companies of Minneapolis and some land
companies are actively co-operating In thu
work of education. The n. & M. railway
will next year operate Its model
farms In Nebraska and Kansas. The Chicago
cage , Milwaukee & St. I'atil Is doing a great
deal to bring the now tlllago to the atten
tion of the farmers along Its lines In South
Dakota. The Great Northern Is doing the
same In North Dakota. Other railways are
evincing much Interest. In localities In
which these model farms are located the
farmers are adopting the method as rapidly
aa they can , so that It can bu said that the
efforts of these far-ecclng men are already
bearing tangible fruit.
J. HBIUIBRT QUICK.
It .lluo > n Ulirercnoe.
Chicago I'oat : Ho had made something of
a study of women.
"Will you many mo , " ho began , "to "
"No , " she Intei ruptod promptly and with
cmphaslH.
" -to crablo mo to win a bet , " ho went
on , without noticing her Interruption.
"Urn , well , " who said hesitatingly , "I er
how much la thejiett1'
A number of back drivers ( itruck recently
In tlio middle ot a funeral at ritt bure , I'a. . ,
Clearing : Sale
AT 1I.-C 1 > A I It-
All llic Cotton Vlcoccd Hlnn-
kcls tluit have been stlllng up1 cAT
to 75c tor ' .
pair ; thlB Halo .So
AT ! ISC PA I It-
All the extra henvy , oxtr.\
larsc 12-4 Fleeced Blankets In/
while or limy Unit have ) > een $
soiling up to $1.7" ) pair , your
choice Monday for J u pulr.
AT tfi.ns r.xm
Every pair of blankets wehnve
In stock thnl ROM up to
J3.50 u palp , nothing re
served , everything goes
in ono lilK lot nt1.9Spalr
AT $2. lt I'AIH
All our Missouri nnd Ohio Heavy Wool
Hliinltet * that sold fromeC/ * " A /T\
J.1.8S to JI.E.O . pair ; Mon-4 * ' JPB. . O
day'H price ? 2.49 &J j 3 ? i
pair |
AT jiiiiis PAi 11
All the line California HlnnkolB , nil
wool , full s < lze , In scarlet , Kmy , Inn or
white , notu pair In fc"
the lot worth less H
than f.'iOl ; nil nt one prlco &J o
Monday J10S pnlr. _ _ _
on Gomfods.
AT HI. U-
All the- fine Comforts In line Satlno nnd
Sllkollno covcis , full size , pure white cot
ton. that sell for $1.50. ( K.J
$175 nnd J2.50 each ; In < V H
one grand lot Monday nt At
$1.23 each .
Clearing Sale
SU-lncli Hustle Taffeta Skirt Lln-
Ing , Cc yard , worth lOc ,
Henvy twilled saline finished Sll-
eslas , Sy.c yard , worth Iflc. _ _
Boole fold Crinoline , all colors , plain " 3 l
or cross bar , 3&C yard , worth lllc. * J-l
Ucst quality Sheet Wadding , drab
or white , 1'Ac n Hheet. _
2-Inch wide velveteen Skirt Bind Bc
ing 5c bolt.
Allscolorsjrt best qunllty.of Cprdu-
roy Sklrt Dlndlng'5oyyt\rd.'l. p- .
Alf linen Brass cloth , blnck , white
nnd natural , Ci4c yard , worth 12' c.
fheTasJ Weak for
Closing Crockery
Only six days move
Dinner Sots eontimio at S2.S9.
And nil the others nt slaughter prices.
jjompinbor mujt close out.
A SUCOMI DAXI13I , .
4
Court Iliilvil AKiiliixl llflliililllty
of KM On n Trslliuony.
The late Allen G. Thurman used to tell
many an amusing story of hla early practice ,
relates the Legal News. He went every
where he was called , and tried every caae
that was presented to him. He related an
anecdote of one case which was pending be
fore a Justice of the peace. This Justice
abode eome twelve miles from Chilllcothe ,
and .had a distinctly bad reputation. Thur
man , when retained , told his client who ,
by the way , was the defendant that he
would bo beaten.
"All wo can do , " said Thurman , "Is to
drive out and hear what the other side lian
In the way of evidence. This old Dutch
rascal Is bound to beat you ; he'll give a
Judgment against you , and we'll put In an
appeal and take It to a higher court. There
wo will get a fair trial , and , from \\hat
ycu say , wo will win the case , "
"On the day of the hearing " said Thurman
afterward when relating the story , "my
client and I drove over to the scene of the
trial. The court room wco crowded with
farmers and people of the neighborhood ,
who were there to look on. The plaintiff
put on three or four witnesses , but one after
another , u.s they testified , It was plain and
clear that they knew nothing of the merits
of the controversy. The plaintiff's testimony
In no sense established the cate , and thu old
Dutch Justice was desperate. The plaintiff
had no lawyer , and the Dutch justice con
ducted that side of the CBSO pretty much
himself. Hut ask what ( lucstlon he might
of the plaintiff and his witnesses , he couldn't
bring out the tcst'lmony necessary to found
the ca.sc. After the plaintiff's testimony was
practically all In the old Dutch Justice
looked at me and remarked , as if experiment
ing to BCD if I would make any objections :
" 'Vlhlo It la onuaual for a goart to give
dcstlmony In a gaso vlch pends before It ,
I known a good deal about this gontroverdy
in > scluf. if dcro Is no objection by thu de
fendant , I will swear myscliif and glte my
evidence. '
"I inado no objection , as I was curious to
sso what the old Dutch rascal would do.
Inferring consent from my silence , our Judge
gravely arose , anil , holding up his light hand ,
at his own hoirsc command , lie administered
tbo usual oath to tell tliti truth , In thu caiio
then and ( hero being tried. After this very
comfortable arrangement ho Ml down and
proceeded to relate a story which entirely
picked up all of the. plaintiff's dropped
studies , and made , Indeed , a perfect case
against my client. Whllo the justice was
glibly giving his evidence a farmer who
stood just behind my tluilr whispered tu
mo :
" 'Just hear that old rascal Ho , and the
beauty of < ! t all Is thcro Isn't a man In the
room who'll believe him under oatii , '
"This gave mo an Idea , and I thought I
might as well liavo a HUlo fun out of the tilt ,
nation while drifting to a judgment against
my client. I ask'd the farmer In a whl.-iper If
ho wtro willing to take the uland and testify
tliut the .old Dutch justlce'H reputation for
truth and .voradty was bad , He said that
ho would , and that a dozen moro In the room
would bo perfectly willing to do the name.
"To malto It short , I got half u dozen wit
nesses wholjolloved. as did my farmer friend ,
tlmt truth had loniT departed the old Dutch.
nian'H mouth an a dwelling place , and when
that pcrnonace had compluUd hit testimony
I started to put thorn on the gland.
" 'I won't Interpose any regular defense ,
your honor , ' I ald , 'but I have several wit
nesses hero to the character of one of the
men who gave evidence for the plaintiff. '
" Kerry veil , ' romaikcd hla honor , 'pro
duce your vltncsacB. '
"One after the other f.lx ueiitlcmen whoae
names I called arose ami wcry wworl. . Ono
tbo other they sot up on the aland and
SALS
12,000 PAIKS
AM )
N1JW STYLE
inmlo by one of I lie ln"H milkers in Amer
ica , nnd made to sell at ? U.'J. > for misses'
Maes and ? 1.S5 for chillis' sl/.es , go nt
i
for the clillds' sl/.i-s , S to W/2 and
For the misses' sixes , 11 to 2.
These are in lU'TTON nnd LACK , In
COIN TOE. HA/OK TDK and SQUAKli ) ;
TOK , hi patent tip nnd stock tip.
> * & - *
"We warraiit '
every pair
This twle has novi'i1 lnen equalled' he
roic. These me all fresh , liow .shoes ,
made within the Int < I.\ty days. It Is
: i Ku-milno Itustou Store bargain.
testified that they had long known the Dutch
justice , giving his name ; that they knew his
reputation for truth and vciaclty in the com
munity where he resided ; that It was bad ,
and that undi'r that reputation they would
not liellevo him under oath. At tills point I
rested , and Informed his honor that I had
nothing further to present. Throughout the
testimony Impeaching him of untruth he had
preserved an air of mild indifference. Ono
would never have known by looking at him
tlmt ho was the party under discussion at
all. When I told him that my evidence wau
all In ho braced up to decldo the caso.
" 'Tho blalntlff , mlt hla finit four vitncsses ,
vltch Includes hlnibclf , ' said his honor ,
'makes nodlngs out of his sldo of dcr cane.
Vila dat all his 'testimony dls gourt must
glfo judgment for the defendant , but dera
v.is .onn odder vltness who inakcn of lilm-
bsluf a volunteer , and who ( , 'ifH his destl-
mony , vltch completely covers dor contro
versy In all Its baits. Upon his dcstlmony
and lie him named himself as this wltncsa
If it were uncontradlctcd and unlmpeachcd ,
I could glfo Judgment for the blaintilT. Hut
such Is not the gaso. Vhllu the dcstlmony
of this vltness naming himself is not con
tradicted , yet now gomes six reputable vlt-
ni-sscs already , who cltmba ono after do
oOdcr to the vitncss chair und says dat dcy
know this man naming himself dot ho la
n liar where ho lives , dat his dcHtlmony IB
lies , und dot his von ] Is not good. Dls la
vhat dcy call In die law Impeaching a vit
ncss , Generally It Is a mighty hard ding
to do , but In dls gasu I must say dot I re
gard dlo vltness as very HiiccoHsfully Im-
bcachcd. Den-fore , as it isn't vhat I dink
of him inybduf , but vlmt die evidence In
dlo case makes of him dat I muet KO by ,
I throw out dls vltncso' dcstlmony alto
gether. So dc court is left cgaln mlt noth
ing but blalntlff and dose udder people who
svoro , viteh , as I Imfo already said , know
noddlng3 of dla buslncEB. Under such cir
cumstances do court can make no ( indlngs
for blalntiff. Dereforo the couit finds for dlo
defendant , mlt judgment against do blalntlft
for costs. '
"It was the best thing , " concluded Thur
man , that the old Dutchman ever did. It
established his reputation as an honest man
far and near , and from that tlmo until hla
death , If anybody had made an effort to Im
peach hi * evidence given In a ease , hw would
have fulled , The whole nelghboihood looked
on lijm as a second Daniel from that t'mg '
forward. "
TIM : cii.u'Kito.v.
Hy the late llcmy ( ! . Hunnor.
I take rny chaperon to the play
8ho thinks she's tnUliiK me
And the gilded youth who owns the
A proud young man In he.
I3ut ilowwould his young heart bo hurt
If he could only know
That not for his uweet sake I go ,
Nor yet to Heo the tillllliK xhow ,
Hut to HCO my chaperon Illrt.
Her cyeH beneath her Hiiovvy hulr ,
They sparkle young IIH mine ;
There's Hcnrco u wrUiklu in her hand ,
Bo delicate nnd line , ,
And when my cluipcron In seen , J
They como from cvciywhere 1
Thu dear old boyx will fllvcry hair , 1 '
With old-time iracc and old-tlmo nlr ,
To greet their old-tlmo iiucen.
They bow nit my young MlduH hero
Will never lea in to bow
( The dnnchu ; lumturH do not teach
That Kraclo'iH rovcrenco now ) .
With volrc'H unitverlnt , ' jimt u bit ,
They fdny their old pnrtH through ,
They tnlK of folk who lined to woo.
Of hearts that liroko In 'llfty-two
Now none t'.ie worno for It ,
And IIH these need crickets chlip
I watch my cliiipuroii'H face ,
And eu the ileur old fcalureH take
A now and tender araoo
And In her happy eye I nee
Her youth awakening brliilit
With ( ill ItH hope , dexlrct ) ielliht ! ;
Ah. mol I wl.sli Una I were ijulto
As young as youni ; aa