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. li. ..ur FraTk 8. Black xA New.York is a stanch believer in state

'parks aad while in office he did much--to aM legislation in that regard. Onone occasion he said to a number, ofprominent men at Albany: "Whatwe need now to to hare a counsel for

. the forest -- commission." "A coun-

sel?" inquired a country member;"what has the forest been commit- -

' ting that it should need a counsel?".

.The longest continuous run of a rail--way train in: Europe is that from Earia'to Constantinople, 1.921 miles, in slxtj;--four and a quarter hours. ' !

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' The dullest fellow may learn to be"comical for a night or ttro.

Half Rate Scat via Oaaaaa aa4 St. . Loala aad Wabaafc Koalas.

On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each- month the above lines will sell home-seeke-rs

tickets to southern points for. one fare (plus $2.00) round trip.". WINTER TOlJRIoi RATES now

on sale to Hot Springs, Ark., and all'the winter resorts at greatly RE-

DUCED RATES.' Remember the O. & St lu and Wa- -vbash, the shortest and quickest route

to St. Louis.o Remember the O. 4 St L and O.,K. C. & E. Is the shortest route ioQuincy. Unexcelled service to KansasCity and the south.

"For. rates, sleeping car accommoda-

tion and all information ca-- i at theQUINCY ROUTE OFFICE. 1415 Far--nam St (Paxton Hotel block) or writeHarry E. Moores, City Passenger andTicket Agent, Omaha, Neb.

Aspiring beggary is wrietchednessItself. "

If OUWI.inretira this coipos tad threeone cent stamps to the J. C.Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass.. joi.will receive ia retirn a copy ofthe 20th Ccatary Year Boole

Tkis is not aa ordinary alrnmac.

bat a handsome book, copiouslyillustrated, aad sold for 5 centsoa all news-stand- s. (We simplyallow yoo the two cents yonspead in postage for sending.)

Great men have written forthe Year Book. In it is summed

ap tke progress of the :9th cea-tsr- y.

Ia eack important line ofwork aad tkongkt tke greatestliving specialist kas recountedtke events aad advances of tkepast ceatary aad kas prophesiedwkat we may expect of tke next.

Among tke most noted ofoar coatribstors are:

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, onAgriculture; Senator Chauncey M.Depew, on Politics ; Russell Sage, onFinance; Thomas Edison, on Elec-tricity; Dr. Madison Peters, on Re-ligion; General Merritt, on Land War-fare; Admiral Hichbom, on NavalWarfare; "Al" Smith, on Sports, eta;making a complete review of the wholefield of human endeavor and progress.

Eack article is beaatifally and

appropriately illastrated, and tkewkole makes an iavalaable bookof reference, uaeqaaled any-

where for tke money.

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Queen Victoria's caocolaie Is of forSouth Africa. Seven railways pre Jfor the honor of carrying; it to Soath-ampto- a.

where it was taken abbard-ahl- p.

The design was rhossa ETAOship. The design of the boxes contain-ing the chocolate was chosen by thequeen." The background is red, andthen is a border of blue. Oa theleft is the monogram V. R. L, sur-mounted by a crown. In the centerthere is a bust of her majesty, and onthe right are the words. "South Af-rica." Below, in fac-simi-w of theqaeea'8 handwriting the words:"I wish yoa a happy-- New

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Professor Frederick von Martens,who holds the chair of internationallaw in the St Petersburg university, isa noted liagaist and author, and atthe Venezuela arbitration conferenceia Paris, where he read the decisionof the commission, he 'had a pleasaatfashion of addressing each delegate iahis own language. One of the Eng-lish jurists wondered how the profes-sor was able to keep up his knowledgeof so many modern tongues. The pro-

fessor replied: "It is self defense.You see in case I lose mv chair 1 wishto be prepared for any offer you for-eigners may make."

A Botioa Sfaa Pleased.In conversation with some friends,

a prominent Boston man told of hissufferings from rheumatism and ner-vousness, and, one of his friends gavehim some advice, which will be men-tioned later and which has provento be of incalculable value.

To successfully act on this advice,it was necessary to make a trip ofover 2,000 mlies, but he undertook itand now thanks his friend for theadvice, as he finds himself fully re--?

lieved of his old trouble and has re-turned to his home feeling able tocope with his business demands, anew man. ,

The advice given was to go to "HotSprings," South Dakota, and theretake the baths and enjoy the finest cli-

mate of any health resort in America.If this man was satisfied after mak-

ing a long trip, those residing withina few hundred miles and similarly af-

flicted can certainly afford to try itor rather an't afford to neglect totry it

Ask any agent of the North-Weste- rn

Line for full particulars, or writeJ. R. BUCHANAN,

General Passenger AgentF. E. & M. V. R. R., Omaha. Nea.

Dr. Frankland always wore spec-tacles. One day on Ludgate Hill aporter passing him was nearly pushedoff the pavement by an unintentionalmotion of the uoctor. The fellow, withcharacteristic insolence, exclaimed:"Damn your spectacles!" Frankland,smiling, observed: "It is not the firsttime they have saved my eyes."

Try Magnetic Starch It will lastlonger than any other.

Maurice Barrymore's wit Is far-fame- d,

but a neat little witticism athis expense was Augustus Thomas'laconic criticism of one of Barrymore'splays. The playwright had beenmercilessly picking flaws in the actor'sdrama until the good natured "Barry"winced. "Oh, come, tfuti." he inter-rupted, "don't be quite so hard, if itsnot an 'AlatianEi.' Just rememberthat I wrote it in a week. "Did you,Barry?" retorted Thomas; "Then youmust have loafed."

Iatportaat Iaveatioaa.Patents have been allowed upon ap-

plications prepared and prosecuted byus for interesting subjects as follows:

To C. W. Cross, of Grinnell, for anauxiliary air heater adapted to be con-nected with a stove in such a mannerthat it will receive and direct the pro-ducts of combustion and aid in warm-ing and circulating air in a room, asrequired to maintain a uniform tem-perature, by admitting cool air at itsbotcm, heating it and discharging it atlis top. An undivided half is assignedto W. S. More of same place.

To J. Morgan, of Atlantic for a plantplanting machine adapted to be ad-vanced across a field by horses to setout cabbage and tobacco plants inrows at regular distances apart. Aboy on the machine hands plants insuccession to automatic plant holderson a wheel and as the wheel revolvesit places the plants in a furrow in ad-vance of the wheel by a furrow openerand furrow closers immediately coverthe roots and rollers pack the groundaround the roots. An undivided halfhas been assigned to E. Whitney, ofChicago.

Printed consultation and advice free.THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO.,

Registered Patent Attorneys.Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 27, 1899.

Requirements for pullic schoolteachings in Alabama are very simple.Applicants for third grae certificates,which allow the holder to teach fortwo years, are obliged to be exam-ined in arithmetic only through frac-tions, and in geography only throughthe primary grade.

Wlater Excarsloaa.The Southern Pacific Company and

its connections operate the best firstand second-clas- s service to California,Arizona, Texas and Mexico. ThroughPullman Palace Sleepers and TouristSleepers from all principal easternpoints. Personally conducted TouristExcursions from Cincinnati, Louisville.St Louis, Chicago. St Paul. Minne-apolis, Des Moines, Omaha. KansasCity. etc. For particulars and descrip-tive literature write W. G. Nelmyer.Genl Western Agent 238 Clark St.Chicago; W. H. Connor. Com'l AgentChamber Commerce Bldg., Cincinnati,Ohio, or W. J. Berg. Trav. Pass Aft,220 Ellicott Sq., Buffalo. N. Y.

Booksellers in New York report anincreased demand for Kipling's poetrysince the announcement that GeneralLord Roberts is to take charge of theSouth African campaign for the Brit-ish: Kipling had more to do withobtaining recognition for General Rob-.ert- S.

than anyone, with tiat poem of"Boba." This is the particular

stof verses that purchasers of theKipling. books want to read again.

Yarn- - clothes will not crack if youMagnetic starch.

The length of the world's railwaysis more than seventeen times the cir-cumference of the equator.

r Sew IaveatloBs.Last week 459 patents

were issued to UnitedStates inventors, and of(CI? 5i this number 37 per centwere either partly or en-tirely sold before theywere issued. Amonestthe prominent manufac-

turing concerns who purchased patentswere the following:

Dempster Manufacturing Co., DesMoines, la.,

Fitzgerald Meat Tree Co., Chicago.m., .

( utuunuui lurpeao uun CO.. Chicago. I1L,

Gates Iron Works. Chicago. III.,Oakman Motor Vehicle Co., Chicago,

HL.United Coke and Gas Co., Philadel-

phia, Pa..Page Woven Wire Fence Co., Adri-

an. Mich.,Nordlinger Fire Works Co.,' New

York City.Vaughan Machine Co., Portland,

Me..Union Cash Register Mfg. Co.. Tren

ton. N. J.,lsventors desiring free Information

as to the best methods of procuringaad protecting-patent- s should addressSates & Co., Patent Lawyers and Solicitors, Bee Bldg., Omaha, Nea.

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CAMPFIEE SKETCHES.

QOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THEVETERANS.

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Caa you hear the guns faraway across the seas.

Can you see the flacs In thecreepta' suxamer breese

Can you read Joyous message that thesignal sergeant wags,

Caa you recognise the colors of the la--teTralngled nags?

Oh, one Is mostly Stars and Stripes, theother's mostly red ,

They floated once o'er foemea. now theyfloat o'er friends instead

And the Yankee man-o'-wa- rs men In aheathen land are seen

To be standln' by the sailors of her Maj-esty, the Queen.

"Johnny Bull" and "Brother Jonathan"side by side!

I calculate the nations' eyes will openrather wide

When they see the roarln' Lion and thescreamln', scrheechin' Bird

A'llnln' up together and tln for theword.

Oh, the Czar may send an olive branchto all the different lands

And the Pope may bless the universewith peaceful, outstretched hands.

But there's greater benediction In theflrin' of the gun

That reunites the mother and her longlost Yankee son.

"M. B. K.1

The Kcglaaenral Dag.More than one regimental pet has

entered Into the history of its country.In America the list is naturally headedby Old Abe, the Wisconsin eagle, whichsurvived the fiercest battles of the civilwar and lived to enjoy an honored oldage in the eapltol of its native state.The armies of Europe have had manypets, among which should be remem-bered a poor dog which followed theeagles of Napoleon a thousand leaguesand more to Moscow, but did not sur-vive the ruin of the Grand Army. Asergeant of the Imperial Guard tells ofthe dog's last battle. A few' days afterthe awful passage of the Beresina, Inoticed a man marching in front of memuch bent apparently overwhelmedby the weight of a burden which hebore on his shoulders. The burdenwas a dog. and the man was an oldsergeant named Daubenton. I askedhim if the dog were to eat "No," heanswered, "I would rather eat Cos-sack. Don't you recognize Mouton, theregimental dog? His paws are frozen,and he can't walk any longer." Thenhe told me how he would have Joinedthe vanguard of the army which hadrecently been destroyed, if he had notbeen saved through his devotion to thedog. The evening of the day we hadarrived at Wilna the poor dog had hadhis paws frozen, and this very morningthe sergeant had decided to leave himto his fate. But poor Mouton got anidea that he was being deserted, andhowled so plteously that the sergeantdetermined to take him. Hardly hadhe started, however, when the unfor-tunate dog fell forward on his nose,and Daubenton then fastened himacross his shoulders over his knapsack.It was in this fashion that he rejoinedthe handful of men who formed therear-gua- rd under Marshal Ney. Sud-denly, as we walked along, some oneshouted, "Beware of the Cossacks"A melee ensued, and some of the en-

emy bore directly toward us. Dauben-ton was fortunate enough to see theforemost of them in time to defendhimself but Mouton, barking like agood dog, embarrassed his movements.The man wheeled round, but at a dis-tance, seeming to fear a musket-sh- ot

As neither of us attempted to fire heinferred that we were without powder,and advancing upon Daubenton. hestruck him a blow with his sword.Daubenton parried the blow with hismusket but the man Instantly gavehim a second one on the left shoulder.This blow hit poor Mouton on thehead. The dog howled enough tobreak one's heart Although wounded,with frozen paws, he leaped off hismaster's back to run after the man;but being fastened to the straps of theknapsack, he pulled Daubenton downand I thought everything was overwith him. I dragged myself on myknees about two steps ahead and tookaim, but the priming of my gun didnot burn. Then the man, shoutingsavagely, threw himself upon me, bdtI bad time'' to get under a wagon andpresent my bayonet at him.

Meantime the dog, howling andbarking.' was dragging off Daubentonsideways. Fortunately the sergeantwas able to disentangle himself, andseizing his gun, he cried to me:"Doa't be frightened, don't stir!" Hefired. The ball struck the Cossackunder the right arm and he fell fromhis horse. A French soldier seized theanimal by the bridle. "Stop, you ras-cal!" cried Daubenton. "That's myhorse. I killed the fellow." But theother man escaped amid a rabble. ThenDaubenton called out to me: "Lookafter Mouton! I am going after thehorse." The last words were scarcelyout of his mouth when more than fourthousand stragglers of all nationscame on me like a torrent separatingme from him and from Mouton, and Inever say them again.

Telegraph Mea at the Front.S. Rudow, aged 55 years, telegraph

operator, first company, United Statessignal corps, received his dischargepapers last July at San Francisco. Hewas in town yesterday, says the Kan-sas City Star. "It's a saying amongthe boys over there that let a soldiercross a swamp or swim a river, the sec-ond man over Is the signal serviceoperator, sending back a report of howit was done." remarked Rudrow, whoproved as sharp as his appearance wasodd. "If there's an advance of half amile by the firing line the wire hasbeen brought up and cut the Instru-ment attached and an operator is seat-ed at his little table sending dispatchesto brigade headquarters describing thecharge before the troops have stoppedpanting." "Do the signal service menat the front work in the trenches orJust behind the firing liner The grayold operator smiled. "Trenches? Non-sense. Right on the line, within 200yards of the enemy, sitting at yourlittle table sending dispatches for thecolonel, the majors, the adjutant, orreceiving orders. Oh, they shoot atyou all right enough. Often they getia behind and cut the wires. Somehave been shot while climbing thepoles. The colonels and regimental of-ficers are always right at the frontandbrigade headquarters from one-ha- lf

mile to one and a half miles in therear. The operators take turns at thefront Nearly everything in the sig-nal service is telegraphy. Once in awhile the lass were used, but onlrjrhere we couldn't use the wire. Thatwasn't often, for we waded throughswamps ap to the chest dragging thewire after us. There's no dashingabout of courier aad orderlies carry-la- g

orders as there was in the civilwar. The telegraph does everything."A question about the signal service of

the Filipinos caused Rudrow to bemerry. "Well, yoo should see if hesaid. "They aent up rockets and builtbonfires after Bight attacks. I sup-pose these annoanced great victories.I aever saw or heard of any other sig-nals by them."

BMlgGen. John F. Weston, the new com-

missary general of the war depart-ment has a record for courage ofwhich any army officer might be proud.A year or two after the close of thecivil war, he was appointed a lieuten-ant in the regular army, and accom-panied Gen. Sheridan on an expeditionagainst the Cheyenne Indians. It wasduring this campaign that an Incidentoccurred which was recently told byan army officer to a reporter for thePhiladelphia Times. One evening,after we had gone into camp, a smallherd of buffalo was sighted. The lieu-tenant had thrown oC his saddle andput aside his arms. He caught up hisbelt in which were revolver and knife,and leaped upon his bareback horse.After a race he caught up with a hugebull, and emptied his revolver into itsside. The bull faced him. Weston wasseveral miles from camp, and had nomore cartridges. Determined not, to belaughed at he dismounted and drewhis knife. He walked to one side ofthe bull, and the animal turned. Hebegan to run, but the bull kept its low-ered head always toward him. He keptstopping and turning until the sweatpoured from him. At last he managed to get behind the bull, and with aleap landed upon its back. The buffalo,with a snort of terror, dashed forwardin a mad, lumbering gallop. The sol-

dier worked his way forward to thebrute's shoulders, fastening his fingersin the mane, and began to hack awayat the throat of the terror-strick- en

buffalo. It took time, but finally theknife went through the hair and hide.The brute gave a wheezing, roaringcough and fell forward, plunging itsnose into the earth and throwing therider fifteen feet in front Weston wasbruised and stunned, but the brute wasbeyond doing him any harm.

Why Chines Armies Fall.In the Journal of the United Service

Institution. Major A. E. J. Cavendishemphatically points out the vices ofthe Chinese military system. Much ofthe utter inefficiency of China's army,he thinks. Is explained by the nativesaying, "Do not use good steel to makea nail, nor take a good man to make asoldier," which is most thoroughlyacted up to. The absence of nervesand the animal ferocitv of the Chinaman admirably adapted him for the deliberate extermination which charac-terizes the suppression of a revolt butin real courage, the abnegation of selfunder danger, he Is woefully deficient;he will do much for pay; he will fightwhen his rage is roused, but bis pas-sion, violent as a typhoon, as quicklypasses away. Major Cavendish thinksit small wonder that the Chinesetroops refused to stand up to the Jap-anese when of the hundreds of thou-sands who since 1862 had been"drilled" with foreign weapons, notone in 60,000 had been taught theirproper use. Musketry and artillerypractice is limited generally to han-dling the weapon, and instruction inthe use of rifles and field guns is notthought necessary; indeed, it is op-posed. It may be fairly doubtedwhether the English major has madeout a good case against the Chinese aslacking in fighting qualities. If theefforts of the government have all beenagainst the development of the warlikespirit, it Is not unnatural that theChinese should be poor warriors. Sol-diers who are taught to go into battlecarrying fans, as the Chinese did inthe Japanese war, cannot reasonablybe counted on as lacking courage. Ma-jor Cavendish has too often seen thebeneficial result of discipline on ap-parently worthless material in theBritish army not to admit there is notelling to what a degree of militaryproficiency a generation or two ofmodern progressive government mightnot bring the Chinese. From the Ar-my and Navy Journal.

A Perfect Dlaaer.Fletcher Robinson in Cassell's Maga-

zine: "What would you call a perfectdinner, Mr. Joseph?" "I will tell you.One like that which I cooked for fourAmerican gentlemen, years back inParis. They said, 'We leave the menuto you, M. Joseph,' and so I gave themthis: First a simple pot a feu; to fol-low that a dish I had just inventedand which I called pommes de Geor-gette. It was a good dish. I hadgiven it that title after a play, 'Geor-gette,' written by M. Victorien Sardou.He received the Legion of Honor, buthis play does not run today. I didnot receive the ribbon, but people stilleat my dish. Bah! What does itmatter? Well, as I was saying, theyhad pommes de Georgette, and afterthat a whole woodcock each. To fol-low the woodcock peaches." "Peachesa la Cardinal?" I suggested. "No, mon-sieur," said the great chef sternly."Ripe peaches, such as the bon Dieumade them. What he has fashionedso sweet and pure the good cook willnot dare to touch." "Did they enjoythe dinner?" I asked after a moment'ssilence. "The next night those fourgentlemen appeared and cried with onevoice, 'M. Joseph, the same dinneragain!' For six nights they came,without wishing a change, and theymight be doing so still, monsieur, ifthey had not been forced to return tcAmerica."

The Ceaaas of Geraaaay.The Times publishes a careful analy-

sis of the German census taken onJune 14, 1895, from which It appearsthat the population amounted on thatday to 51,770,000, of whom 25,400,000were males, and 26,360,000 females, theexcess of females being, therefore,nearly 1,000.000. This population In-

creases at the rate of a little morethan 1,000,000 a year, for which newmeans of maintenance, education andhousing must be provided. The rushis, of course, to the towns, the generalurban population having increasedsince 1882 by 36 per cent, while thepopulation of towns with more than.100,000 persons had more than doubled.Of the total. 8,292,000 are occupied inagriculture, 8,281,000 In industry,2,238,000 in trade, 794,000 in profes-sions, 631,000 as soldiers and sailors,and 1,339,000 as servants. The pro-portion of servants is the lowest inthe census-takin- g world, not half theproportion in Great Britain. TheCatholics are about a third of thepopulation, while of the whole com-mercial class 5.71 per cent are Jews.London Spectator.

Kscas fraaa tha Jaagle.The Crocodile "If there's anything

I hate it's a musical monkey. That'sthe third time that ape has waked meup galloping ap and down my back."The Ibis "What does he do it for?"The Crocidile "Said he was onlypracticing the scales." New YorkPress.

Fariniiarsi,A bulletin of the Teaaesaee Expert- -

t Station says:Farmers should make their awn

are at home, by growing;.;feed,feediag it to milch cows or other-stoc-

aad saving the manure. .They "shouldby all means produce their own nltro-geno- ns

fertilizers by growing legumin-ous plants, which catch and fix the ni-

trogen of the air, as explaiaed in PressBulletin 1. The good farmer will dothis and will thus never aeed to buyany fertilizer unless it is phosphateaad potash. If they will buy fertiliz-ers there is no mystery or difficultyabout mixing them at home. Nitrogencosts 12 to 15 cents a pound in fertil-isers. Manufacturers prepare them bymixing with acid phosphate somesource of nitrogen, like tankage, driedblood, or cotton seed meal, and a pot-ash compound like muriate of pot-ash or kanite. Why may not thefarmer mix them for himself? is aquestion frequently asked of the Ten-nessee Agricultural Experiment Sta-tion. The station always mixes fer-tilizers for its own use, and any farmercan do the same as follows: Use asthe basis for your mixture acid phos-phate made from the Tennessee rock.It is the highest grade and the cheap-est phosphate we have. It should bebad anywhere in 'lennessee for 812a ton or less, and should contain 16 to18 per cent available phosphoric acid.For potash use muriate of potash, con-taining 50 per cent potash. It costs,ia Tennessee, 842 to 45. .

Two classes of mixtures are sold:1. Mixtures of acid phosphate and

potash can be prepared thus: Take1850 pounds of Tennessee acid phos-phate, 150 pounds muriate of potash,and mix thoroughly. At the aboveprices a ton of the mixture will costabout 814.25, and will contain at least13.5 per cent available phosphoric acidand 3.5 per cent potash. It is the bestfertilizer for cow-pea- s, grasses and for-age plants generally, corn and wheatand makes a fine compost with ma-nure.

2. So-call- ed complete fertilizers maybe prepared by mixing proper amountsof acid phosphates, potash and "am-moniate- s,"

as the substances supply-ing nitrogen are called. Here is agood mixture made with "tankage." ordried animal matter from the slaughterhouses, which contain 7 per cent nitro-gen and 12 per cent available phos-phoric acid, and costing 820 a ton. .

Any of these can be easily mixed onthe barn floor or a smooth, dry place,by breaking all the lumps, and sprink-ling out first a thin layer of one andthen of another ingredient until thewhole is laid out Shovel togetheruntil very thoroughly mixed and putthrough a sand screen. Can you notafford to mix your own fertilizers forfrom 15 to 810 a ton? Agents are run-ning over the country selling formulasfor fertilizers not half as good as theabove, for 35 a recipe.

The Color Fad.If the brood sow does not come in

heat you may know that she Is not ingood condition, says the Farmer. If alitter has just been weaned, feed herliberally, and in a few days she willbreed. As a rule it is not best to breedher the first time she comes in heatafter weaning the pigs. The prob-

abilities are that she has not sufficient-ly recovered from the strain on hersystem to do well. The litter fromcoupling at this time would likely befew in number. The sow to give thebest return should be in fine conditionwhen bred, making improvement eachday. It is not reasonable to expect'much from a sow running down inflesh and in low condition; yet sowsare often bred that ara but little morethan walking skeletons, and are ex-

pected to produce thrifty pigs.

Farm Vegetables. The fresh, crisp,juicy and finely flavored products ofthe farm garden may be set down asone of the most attractive things infarm life. The farmer may not appre-ciate these products as greatly as dothe people of the towns, who see onlystale, wilted, discolored and generally

vegetables in the mar--'

kets. The farmer who will not give athought to his lettuce or his onions orhis green, or other vegetable, becausehe is accustomed to them in their most'attractive state, would find a new in-

terest in such things, could he returnto them after a visit to a city and a:diet on vegetables in the usual citycondition. The farmer at home ismaster of his own supplies of vege-tables, and he misses one of the bestthings within his reach when he failsto secure for himself and his familya large garden growing a variety of ex- -,

cellent and wholesome vegetables. Ex--

Our "Butter" in Cuba. Americanbutter sells for less in the Cuban mar-ket than butter from France, Hollandand Denmark. And yet American but-ter is generally better than that com-ing from the other countries. Thetrouble Is that oleomargarine and-othe- r

Imitations are sold in Cuba asAmerican butter. It is precisely thesame dishonest methods which haveso greatly injured the American buttertrade in Europe. When our govern-ment stops this fraudulent trade,American butter and cheese will sellagain in the markets of the world atprices as high as similar articles fromother countries. This dishonest prac-

tice on the part of exporters not onlydisgraces the United States, but ittakes millions of dollars annually outof the farmers' pockets, by depreciat-ing the value of their products. Phil-adelphia Press.

Storing Onions. Onions, unless theyhave been properly prepared, are diff-icult to keep, but properly ripened off,dug at the right season and dried asthey should be, they will keep well.The temperature must be low and theair dry, as in a warm, moist atmos-phere they soon grow and are spoiled.If I had onions to store, not knowinghow they had been dried, I should sub-ject them to 100 degrees heat for sev-eral days, which has almost the effect"of kiln drying. Then place in shallow,slatted boxes, plied one above another,in a cellar well ventilated and keptjust above freezing. If this way is notpracticable they can be kept in a build-ing away from fire, stored In a binwhich has a thick lining and coveringof chaff and fine bay. VIck's Maga-

zine.

The Prickly Pear. The Oputia.grown in Sicily, produce deliciousfruits in great abundance, often tentons per acre. In Almeria, Spain.aahigh as fifteen tons of fruits are sosae-tim- es

produced. In Sicily tbe well-ripen- ed

prickly pears are really delici-ous, and these improved varietiesshould be tried in all the southern andsouthwestern states. Some of thesebest sorts have been obtained and willbe distributed to the experiment sta-tions for trial.

Have the wool in good conditionwithout any tags in the fleeces.

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On ono occaslea the.Friace of Walesvisited a Hindoo school in Madras.The youngsters had been drilled intothe proporiety of saying, "Tour royalhighness" should the prince speak tothem, and when the heir-appare-nt ac-

costed a bright-eye- d lad, and, pointingto a primatic compass, asked, "Whatis this?" the youngster, all in a flutter,replied: "It's a royal compass, yourprismatic highness."

Egypt and the Soudan have now2,014 miles of railways; tbe line fromBoeber to Kassala and Suakim Is un-der way of construction.

The December Atlantic might in samesenses almost be called a Chicago num-ber, for three of the most striking andsalient articles are by Chicago authors.Harriet Monroe's "The Grand Canon ofthe Colorado" is a brilliant and effec-tive sketch of nature and naturalscenery; Mrs. Ella W. Peattie's lively"The Artistic Side of Chicago" pic-tures the aesthetic, artistic, educa-tional, and literary features of thegreat city, while the short story "TheDetectives," by Will Payne, is a capitalexample of the power of Chicago writ-ers in romantic fiction. Chicago hasreason to be proud of her contributionsto this number of the representativemagazines of America.

THE GRIP CUBE THAT DOES CURE.Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removes

tbe cause tbat produces La Grippe. . W.Grove's signature Is on eack box. 25a

That virtue which requires to beever guarded is scarcely worth thesentinel.

Mrs. Wiaslew's Soothing Syraw.For cbttdrea taethlaa. softens tbe robis, reduce

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Reliable Help Wanted(Either x.) Tbe Humnltarla Home and Sanitar-ium for Invalids and Health Keekers. Incorporated.Send 12c In atampa for full information. Address J. H.Teltlebaum, Treasurer. East Las Veins, X. M.

Premature consolation is but the re-membrance of sorrow.

Magnetic Starch is the very bestlaundry starch in the world.

I felt a secret pleasure in doing myduty without reward.

Baker's Breakfast Coceahi delicious. Costs less than one cent a cup. Madeoaly by Walter Baker & Co. Ltd.. Dorchester. Mass.

He had not resolution enough togive any man pain by a denial.

There is more Catarrh m this section of thecountry thaa all other diseases put together,and until the last few years was supposed to beincurable. For a great many years doctors pro-nounced it a local disease, and prescribed localremedies, and by constantly failing to curewith local treatment, pronounced it incurable.Science has proven catarrh to be a constitu-tional disease, and therefore requires consti-tutional treatment Hall's Catarrh Cure, man-ufactured by F. J. Cheney &. Co.. Toledo. Ohio,is the only constitutional cure on the market.It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops toa teaspoonfuL It acts directly upon the bloodand mucous surfaces of tbe system. They offerone hundred dollars for any case it fails tocure.Send for circulars and testimonials. Address

F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio.Sold by Druggists. 73cHall's Family Pills are the best.

Good counsel rejected returns to en-

rich the giver's bosom.

Those little rubs which Providencesends to enhance the value of itsfavors.

If you have not tried Magnetic Starchtry it now. You will then use no other.

The constantly increasing businessof the B. & O. R. R. has necessitatedvery material additions to the tele-graph service. During the past yearnearly 2,000 miles of copper wire, 166pounds to the mile, have been strung.New lines have been placed in servicebetween Baltimore and Pittsburg. Bal-timore 'and Pankersburg, Newark. O.to Chicago. Philadelphia to Newark.Philadelphia to Cumberland and Cum-berland to Grafton. During the sum-mer several of these wires were anad-ruplex- ed

between Baltimore and Cum-berland and duplexed we3t

The January Century will contain apoem by Rudyard Kipling, "In theMatter of One Compass." Dr. Mitch-ell's story, "The Autobiography of aQuack," ends in that issue, but anotherserial by Dr. Mitchell will begin in theMarch number. It is called "Dr. Northand His Friends," and one who hasread the manuscript calls it "an epit-ome of the science, culture and com-mon sense of the nineteenth century."

In Connecticut the percentage ofcriminal population to the thousandinhabitants has fallen steadily from2.48 in 1896 to 2.33 in the present year.

Try eraln-o-! Try Praia atAsk your grocer today to show you a

package of GRAIN-- O, the new fooddrink that takes the place of offee.The children may drink it without in-jury as well as the adult. All who tryit, like It GRAIN-- O has that rich sealbrown of Mocha or Java, but it is madefrom pure grains, and the most delicatestomach receives it without distress.One-four- th the price of coffee. 15cand 25c. per package. Sold by augrocers.

Opium eating is described as mak-ing serious ravages anions; the work-ing people in the fen district of Hantzand Cambridgeshire, in England.

AMERICA SAYS SO.

The Entire Country ison the Move.

Csscarets Candy Cathartic Did It.aei Recorda PkeaosKcal Victory. Five MHltos

Loxes Said Last Year.

From every part of America comes thenews that sufferers from constipationhave found relief in Cascarets Candy Ca-thartic, the wonderful modern scientificlaxative and intestinal tonic. Cascaretsare figuratively and literally In every-body's mouth. Thousands have tried Cas-carets with the most pleasant and ef-fective results, and voluntarily testify totheir experiences. Here are a few ex-tracts from some of the letters:

"I have been using: Cascarets for head-ache and constipation and have receivedgreat bcnctlt from them." Mrs. M. Gao-ler. 512 Larrabee St.. Chicago.

"I have been taking Cascarets for overa month and find them Just the thing forconstipation." Albert B. Burt, 70 MainSt., Andover, Mass.

"I am using Cascarets and have neverfound anything so satisfactory." Mrs. C.W. Durrant. 57 Emerson St., Buffalo, N.Y.

"I have taken Cascarets and chearfullyrecommend thenvto all my friends." Mrs.G. J. Gradwell. Frugality. Pa.

"Cascarets are fine for biliousness andmalaria and are so pleasant to take." Mrs.Mary Cummlngs, Maud. Oklahoma.

"I Use Cascarets In my family and findthem all you recommend them to be." E.L. Irvln. Cor. Mead and Railroad, Mead-vill- e.

Pa."You can safely add appendicitis to tho

list of diseases that Cascarets will benefitor cure." Eunice J. Smith, Rich Valley,Ohio.- -

"I have used Cascarets; there Is noth-ing better for constipation." Benj. Pas-sage. Knlghtstown, Ind.

"Cascarets are all right. They havecured me of constipation, and I never ex-pected anything would." Charles H. Nye,Lock Box 395. Cincinnati. Ohio.

"I am so thankful for voiir r.nrar.t.They are better than any medeclne I everused." Mrs. M. Rew. Lacelle. Iowa.

"I do not hesitate to sav that Pairs..rets is tbe very best medicine ever placedbefore the people." Andrew' "Woodruff.Daysville. NT Y.

"Cascarets are the best cathartic I everused." Tom Holt. Wellwood. Manitoba.

"I have tried your Cascarets and I wantto tell you they are just splendid." JohnWiegmtnk.- - Box 961. Allegan. Mich.

We could fill the whole paper with ex-pressions like the above. Thousands ofsimilar recognitions of the merits of Cas-carets have been volunteered and provethat this delightful laxative, so pleasantof taste, so mild and yet effective, hassecured a firmly established place In thehearts of the people.

Go buy and try Cascarets yourself to-.d- ay.

All druggists. 10c. 25c, 50c. Bookletand sample free. Address Sterling Rem-edy Company. Chicago or New York.

This Is the CASCARET tab.Ia ri.Mr tK1.t.. .ft... Mnl..IT (f 1 I senuine Cascarets bears thaVbUfltl magic letters "C C C." LookSJ at tne taoiet Derore you ouy.

and beware of frauds, imlta Itions ana substitutes.

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Robert Hilllard, the ector, broughta young Englishwoman to see "ElCapitan." She was much impressedwith De Wolf Hopper, and resaarked:"What a charming man your Mr. Hop-per is. Tell me, is he married?""Been married three times," was thereply. "Three times!" she repeated;"and they are all three dead?" "No,"was the answer; "divorced." "Ah!"she rejoined, "I see; he is a

There is no character more con-temptible than a man who is a for-tune hunter. - ., .

A Bright Owtlook.La Porte. Texas, is now attracting

the attention of the business men ofthe United States and during 1900great interest will be manifested in itOwing to an advantageous natural lo-cation it is destined to enjoy a growthin. commercial manufacturing andshipping interests which millions ofdollars in advertising and years of en-ergetic promotion could not give itwere it not so favored by nature. Menof affairs with large experience In theupbuilding of cities are predicting afuture for La Porte which if but halfrealized will make it the greatest sea-port on the Gulf of Mexico and indeedone of 'the principal seaports of theUnited States as well as a city of greatimportance in the manufacturing, rail-road and commercial world. It is atthe head of Galveston Bay in tbe cele-brated coast country of Texas and hasa summer and winter climate whichmakes it a resort for travelers the yearround. The farming land surroundingit 13 as fine as any in the UnitedStates.

The days of courtship are the mosthappy of our lives.

For starching fine linen use MagneticStarch.

Finery is unbecoming in us whowant the means of decency.

Piso's Care for Consumption is the onlrcough medicino used in my house. D. 0.Albright, Mifflinburg, l'a., Dec 11, '&

Offences are easily pardoned whenthere is love at the bottom.

Use Magnetic Starch it has no equal.

Mortifications are often more pain-ful than calamities.

None but the guilty can be long andcomplacently miserable.

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