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Show me INDEPENDENT. k C 40HXM0X, PblUka. SPRtNQVILLE, UTAH A talkative friend is oftea mora dangerous than a silent enemy. China admits that in the door business busi-ness Russia practically has a cinch. - The bolo rush would appear to be pretty nearly as strenuous as the can rush. The message will get there while you are Baying Marconlgraph. Think up a shorter one. The racing automobile is the deadliest dead-liest toy that millionairism has ever amused itself with. Japan does not seek war with Russia, Rus-sia, but It cherishes the hope that war may be forced upon it. Miss Littleboy is to be married, according ac-cording to a Los Angeles paper. Many happy returns of the day! It's curious how many sires larger a woman's feet grow on her way from the shoe shop to her home. Daniel J. Sully has made so much money "handling" cotton that he has got to go to Europe to spend it. The astronomers have formed a trust. Within another year the people wffl have to pay dearly to look heavenward. heaven-ward. Patrons of the Roman amphitheatre pever knew what they missed by living liv-ing before the automobile was in-" in-" vented. Wouldn't it be a sight to see the two Shamrocks and the three American 90-footers all together in a big race over here! It seems a pity that about the only way for a man to learn what kind cf a woman he ought not to marry is to marry her. The Reliance is said to have "a full, blunt nose." So long as it is not out of Joint and she wins the race we can probably forgive the rest. It needed no Minnesota supreme court to establish the fact that a masher mash-er is a parasite. But it may make the job of scraping him oft easier. No one who has observed the tenacity ten-acity with which a woman clings to an opinion once fixed will ever again refer to her as a member of the weaker weak-er sex. '.. New York is to have a building 40 feet long, 26 feet wide and 17 stories high. They might save valuable space by using the building as its own chimney. It is claimed that Carnegie has more than 1100,000,000 left. This, however, may be a mere rumor started by his enemies who want the tax man to get after him. John L. Sullivan casts an X-ray on Emerson's essay on the Over Soul by suggesting that "he was full when he wrote it." Set a riostonian to catch a Bostonian. Few things make a man madder than going to the theater and seeing about everybody that owes him money absorbed in the performance from a seat in the box. That Burlington, Vt, blacksmith who became mayor a few days ago Is already greatly surprised at the large number of people who seem to be able to use the hammer. Next to the man who volunteers advice ad-vice on how .to cure rheumatism, the man with a panacea for political ills is entitled to a place in the race for the position of leading nuisance. Two Austrian princesses and a baroness baro-ness will attempt to swim across the English channel. Whether they succeed suc-ceed or fail they will have taken a step materially nearer the variety stage. Kentucky is priding itself on the death of a centenarian in his bed. We hazard nothing in saying that he did not live in either Clay or Breathitt county, where forty is considered a green old age. It is pretty hard to work up much sympathy for the American girl who thinks she has married a titled foreigner foreign-er and then finds that he is a first-class first-class waiter or has an honorable record as a coachman. Eighteen languages. Including English, Eng-lish, were spoken in New Amsterdam. The principal difference between that time and this seems to be that, while more than eighteen other languages are now spoken, English isn't. Some of the Russian newspapers want their government to furnish the American press with facts concerning the real condition of affairs in the czar's country- The censor will be getting after them if they dont watch out. Douglass Gordan, a rich young-man-about town in New York, whose sister married Senator Hanna's son, gave a $1,400 check for a "tip" to a barber who shaved him a few days ago. Young Douglass and his money are soon parted. The promise of the wife "to obey" is omitted from the marriage service In the new form reported to the general gen-eral synod of the Reformed church in America. It might as well be. It happens with alarming frequency that Russia's conversational gentleness gentle-ness is in marked contrast with what is actually going on in its affairs. The West is anxiously waiting for some inventor to produce a plow or a mowing machine that can be used as a raft during rainy " seasons. New York city is 250 years of age, while giddy old Boston is 273 years of age, and admits it. This disproves the rumor that Boston dates its birth from the birthday of Ibsen. Gas having been put into the Poe cottage at Fordham, the meter will in due time afford occasion for the raven to extend his remarks. The eagerness with which Russia Is seeking to gobble Manchuria may be taken as a good indication that there la oil in the country. , RACEHORSES IN MANY ARE The question of the ultimate disposition dis-position of the pins and needles has been debated most exhaustively, and possibly the subject has been satisfactorily satis-factorily settled. The problem as to what becomes of all the racehorses Is rather more Intricate and requires diligent inquiry. "What becomes of all the racehorses?" race-horses?" was asked of Frank Farrell, owner of Blues and the Greater New York baseball club, which are said to be coupled In the netting. "I don't know," replied Mr. Farrell with deliberation, "but I have strong ccnvictionB as to what should become of some of them." It was evident Mr. Farrell's usually sunny disposition had been temporarily temporar-ily clouded by a loss of confidence in some members of the equine family, and, the writer did not press the query. When John E. Madden was asked the question he said cheerily: "Why, that's easy. They keep traveling trav-eling about like the birds. Go South and West in the winter and North In the summer. Yes, sir, this promises prom-ises to be the greatest racing season in the history of the Sport." As the replies of Messrs. Farrell and Madden Mad-den seemed to be lacking In detail the writer asked the same question of W. C. Fessenden, trainer, owner and former baseball expert. "What becomes of the racehorses, eh?" he echoed. "Well, my boy, nine out of ten break down. As soon as that happens they are sold for what they will bring. There Is many a horse that once raced home winner in a classic event . to tne shouts of thousands who now pulls a hack or a peddler's cart "Joe Cotton, once a grand handi HOW UNPOPULAR LAW GOT ON THE STATUTE BOOKS "Poor weather for skunking," remarked re-marked one of the regular patrons of the stove corner of the store as he took his seat and shook the accumulation ac-cumulation of snow from his shaggy whiskers. "'Gainst the law to catch 'em, anyway," any-way," commented the village wise man. "Did you ever hear how that law come to be passed?" queried the oracle, as he bit off a fresh chew of navy plug. No one had heard of It, but the wit of the beer barrel ventured a remark that "the offense was rank," and smelled to the Canada border. The oracle continued. "It was Rev. Denison of Jamestown. It's a good thing for the skunks, but It's a joke on the reverend. You see, Mr. Denison was formerly pastor of the Baptist church at Cherry creek, and while there he joined the grange and became an active member. A while ago he moved up to Jamestown and assumed the pastorate of the Calvary Baptist church of that city. He retained re-tained his membership in the grange. In fact he was a member of Union grange, which meets in Jamestown, and which is the largest and liveliest grange in the whole country. He was a conspicuous member of the grange, too, being in fact the chaplain. "What's that got to do with skunks?" queried one of the group. HOW STUART ROBSON GOT HIS PARTNER IN TROUBLE "A very pompous old fellow attracted at-tracted my attention one evening in a restaurant," the late Stuart Robson, on his last visit to Washington, said to a newspaper man. "This old chap had the stiff dignity of an emperor, and it suddenly occurred to me that it would be amusing to give him some sort of a shock. On the spur of the moment I. walked up behind him, slapped him on the back and exclaimed: ex-claimed: " 'Hello, George, my dear fellow, how are you?' "He turned so suddenly that he upset up-set his plate. He was wild with rage. " 'Why, I don't know you," sir. How dare you take such liberties with me? he stuttered. "I apologized, saying that I had mistaken mis-taken him for some one else, but he could not be mollified. As I withdrew he glared scornfully after me, all red and tremulous with anger. "Crane and I were playing together at the time, andcin a little while BITTER FIGHT FOR ALIMONY. Case Is Carried Up to United States Supreme Court. In 1889 H. B. Dunbar, a former ho-telkeeper ho-telkeeper of Boston and Cincinnati, obtained a divorce from his wife despite de-spite her vigorous ! opposition. An agreement was finally reached by which Mr. Dunbar was to pay her $89,000 in annual payments covering a long period of years. Upon the execution ex-ecution of this contract Mrs. Dunbar permitted her husband to obtain a divorce. di-vorce. With the amount of money she was to receive she could provide for herself and children very comfortably. But Mrs. Dunbar had received only $8,000 when Mr. Dunbar went into bankruptcy. After his discharge from his debts under the bankrupt law his former wife brought an action In the City court of Boston, the contention of her attorneys being that he was not discharged from this obligation by the bankruptcy proceedings. Mrs. Dunbar lost the suit In the lower courts, but immediately appealed the case and had the decision reversed by the Supreme court of Massachusetts. Massachu-setts. Now Mr. Dunbar has appealed to the United States Supreme court. Favors Young Men for Office. Schwab likes to help worthy young men. Himself a protege of Andrew Carnegie, he has gathered about him several able youngsters who are proud to set themselves down as his proteges. pro-teges. There is one in particular, now a resident of New York. His name is Benner. His age is 32. Schwab, Carnegie & Co. have made him president of a corporation at a salary of $25,000 a year and it is believed be-lieved that, he is a cheap man at that price. Mr. Benner is a bachelor, living liv-ing in superb apartments at the Pler-pont. OLD AGE; DRAWING CABS cap horse, Is drawing a hack in Bos ton, while the mighty Banquet now earns his oats hauling a London cab. Salvator, Hanover, Hamburg and others are more fortunate, as the are in the stud. "But the number of stallions is being steadily restricted, with the result re-sult of a very large increase In the percentage of geldings on the track. The object is to do away with the large number of cheap and useless stallions. The result will be the nar rowing of sires to th most select strains and consequent Improvement In the breed." "Why does so large a proportion of thoroughbreds break down?" "That is due to the early age at which they are raced. Financial rewards re-wards seem to be for the owners of two-year-olds, and, of course, they do not miss their opportunities. A special spe-cial effort is made in the development and racing of horses of that age, and as a majority often are not strong enough to stand the work they break down. Fully 60 per cent of two-year- olds fail to pass successfully through the ordeal of racing, and of the horses that begin as two-year-olds not one in a hundred is fit for racing at five years old. A large proportion is incapacitated for work on the track at four years. "As to the mares, very few of them are of any value as racers after their fifth year. They have a better future than the geldings and stallions, for there Is always a lively demand for good breed mares. "However, as improvement in breeding goes on, we may develop a two-year-old that will better stand the vicissitudes of campaigning." New York Press. "I'm coming to that if you won't hurry me," continued the oracle. "Do any of you people kno w Rev. Denison? Deni-son? Well, I'll describe him for you. He's one of those big, open-hearted, whole-souled, jolly, liberal fellows that can be found adorning the ministry minis-try in every community, and he has a dry fund of humor that among his friends is simply irresistible. Well, one day the grange had been discussing discus-sing the protection of almost every kind of bird and beast that is found on the farms, and Mr. Denison, more as a joke than anything else, suggested suggest-ed that this protection should be extended ex-tended to skunks. The skunk," said he, with apparent earnestness, "is a very useful animal. Moreover, he is valuable, and at the present rate of skunk hunting he will soon be exterminated. exter-minated. Why not protect him as well as the fowls of the air and the fish of the deep?" "The grangers took this talk very seriously, and before the Rev. Denison Deni-son realized what had happened they were agitating skunk protection laws. It's protecting them air right. On the farm they are thicker than due bills in January, and even in the city of Jamestown the policemen are talking about a special skunk drill to enable them to chase the animals down. There's no mistake about it. You can just wager, though, that the Rev. Denison isn't saying much." New York Evening Post. Crane, with whom I had an appointment appoint-ment to dine, arrived. I pointed out the pompous old chap to him. "'Wouldn't it be funny,' I said, 'to shatter that old fellow's dignity by slapping him on the back and saying, "Hello, George. Why, it must be years since I've seen you?" "Crane looked at him, and gave a loud laugh. 'By jove, I'll do it, he said. " 'Oh, no, don't, said I. 'He might make a scene.' "But when Crane gets an idea in his head nothing can drive it out. He now walked up behind the old man, slapped him heartily between the shoulders and cried: "'Hello, George, my dear fellow. What a long time It has been since I've seen you. "I saw the old man, purple with rage, jump up from his seat hastily, and I withdrew. For I perceived that a scene or something worse was imminent, im-minent, and I have always been an enemy to scenes." A SLUMP IN S. & P. Boy's Statement That Alarmed Timid Investor. A certain unsophisticated farmer purchased, on the advice of a good friend of his, a broker, a modest block of railroad stock, and henceforth the stock market interested him most when the newspaper was delivered. He observed a week or so after his investment that the stock was off two points, so he straightway made for the city to see about it. Never bad he ridden in an elevator, so when he reached the skyscraper in which his broker had offices, he toiled up to the sixth floor. Emerging on the landing he espied a clever-looking youth, carrying a paper, and, ignorant of city ways, he cried out: "Young man, do you know if S. & P. is going up or " "Going down, six," cried the boy, as the descending elevator reached him. Next minute he had stepped into the cage and disappeared. With panic in his eyes the farmer rushed to his broker and was with difficulty persuaded that S. & P. was not on the verge of a collapse. Breaks the Bottle. Rear Admiral ' Francis R. Bowles, chief constructor of the navy and somewhat of an authority on launching, launch-ing, is the Inventor of an apparatus whereby the fair christener has only to let go of the bottle as the ship moves and watch it swing unerringly to the bow. Passing of Cattle Kings. The cattle king of the Western plains is passing away forever. A few years ago there were nearly 100 millionaires, exclusive cattlemen In the southwest, now there are but thirty. STREET SCENES IN THE CAPITAL OF THE TURK No City in the World Has a More Delightful Appearance Appear-ance from a Distance Minarets of Stately Mosques Crown the Hills of StambouL (Special Correspondence.) No city on the face of the globe has so wonderful or beautiful an entrance as that through which one approaches Constantinople from the Mediterranean. Mediter-ranean. AH the charms and loveliness of sky and sea, mountain forms, islands-fxan and verdure of indented coasts are gradually disclosed in this enchanting passage with an' opulence and splendor splen-dor of natural beauty Impossible to describe. Crossing the Aegean sea, then through the Hellespont into the sea of Marmora, this glorious panorama Is but the fitting introduction to the entrancing en-trancing vision of Constantinople, as it rises from the waters, rich In color- i i ' !',! !.-is l ' 1 i Turkish Woman Ing and contours, its seven hills marked by gleaming minarets and domes, and the deep greens of its cypresses and pines and palms contrasting con-trasting sharply with the varied t.mt-ings t.mt-ings of its crumbling walls and fortifications. forti-fications. Caiques without number flit In and out among the huge ships of all nations na-tions that lie about the broad roadstead, road-stead, warships and freighters, P. and O. steamers bound for India and the remoter east, German vessels that later will seek African ports on the east coast, corn ships from Russia, sturdy stur-dy looking merchantmen from America, Ameri-ca, picturesque feluccas from Greece, and the Ionion islands, and the yachts of millionaires and princes. It is wise, but very difficult, from sheer eagerness, to behold the wonders won-ders of Constantinople at close range, to remain upon the steamer deck for half a day to fix in the mind a comprehensive com-prehensive idea of the city and its environs, en-virons, all of which, in their chief features, are presented to the eye as a well-defined picture, apart from the perplexities ef narrow streets a nf-byways through which the various attractions at-tractions are reached. Upon the hills of Stamboul stand the great mosques, their ivory-white minarets min-arets gleaming In the sunlight of clear day, or gilded, or reddened, to columns of gold or blood in the setting glow of the sun. Long processions of cypresses and clusters of palm and Oriental shrubberies mark the streets and gardens. gar-dens. St, Sophia, with four white minarets and rose-colored walls rising in successive suc-cessive breaks to the vast dome that surmounts the wonderful pile of masonry; ma-sonry; Sultan Ahmed, with its six slender towers; ten-domed Soliman the Great; Mohammed II., built above the ruins of the Church of the Holy Apostles, the burial place of the Crusader Cru-sader emperors; the mosque of Selim; the half-ruined seraglio of Tekyr, and, high above all, the tower of Setaskl-arate Setaskl-arate these are the dominating landmarks land-marks of Stamboul, but about and around them cluster a multitude of less impressive edifices, though not less interesting and essential parts of the whole, mosques, tombs, seraglios, minarets and kiosks glowing In varied Barbers hues, rich in pictoral beauty, while from their gardens and streets and balconies the green masses of trees and shrubs and flowering vines show in contrast to the walls. Northward the Bosphorus winds to the Black sea between palaces and mosques, cafes and gardens, villages and vineyards. All the magic of the east is here profusely showered upon the shores of the broad and placid Bosphorus. Bos-phorus. The curve of the Golden Horn as it reaches into the sweet waters; the Sea of Marmora, dotted with bold, rocky Islands; the huge bulk of the Olympus, the softly tinted sky and sea all are but expressions of nature at her loveliest, and form an unforget-able unforget-able and soul-stirring picture. Constantinople Is so diverse In its life and its component parts for Pera and Scutari are essentially a part of the whole that it is difficult to know where to begin in giving any idea of the city. If, instead of having come to Constantinople Con-stantinople by sea, and thus had one's first impression a comprehensive and brilliant memory of this wonderful harbor and city, the traveler has ar- J' rlved by the Orient express from Paris or Vienna, he is set down at the Castle Cas-tle of the Seven Towers, which is the railway station in the midst of the most bewildering human turmoil that be conceived. Yet, in the after days of sight-see ing, this varied human multitude, composed com-posed Of all races and religions, all degrees of wealth and poverty, attired in every kind of garment by which nationalities may be distinguished, ia one of the principal fascinations of Constantinople. It comes to one after a few days that it is not the particular individual, be he Arab, Jew, Turk, Syr ian, negro. Greek or European, thai mm 7. in Boudoir. interests him, but the tout ensemble, the contrast, strong and dramatic, of utterly different races and types brought into a single picture and a siiyle impression. The Arab you remember him In Byron's poems will he yell "Giour!" if his eyes fall upon you? Oh, no. He is too proud for that, even if he cared to insult you. The Jew a veritable Shylock In dress and manner, to be sure but he uses a typewriter in his well-kept business house. The Turk he speaks English almost as well as you do, perhaps, and, with a manner that Is beautiful to see. dines you, and tells ever the black coffee the wild stories of earlier days, when the Jan-nisaries Jan-nisaries were slaughtered in the streets of Constantinople. At Scutari you may witness the great spectacle of the departure of the pilgrimage to Mecca, and here is the wonderfully beautiful cemetery the City of the Dead where, among the tombs and cypress groves, the living hold their holidays and picnic parties. From here one takes the train to visit the ancient Brpussa, and among the little streets pass dark-eyed and often beautiful Jewesses, or Turkish ladies, richly, but rather quietly dressed, wearing the flimsiest of yashmaks, if they happen to be pretty, and rather thick ones if they are plain of face or old. The limits of this article do not permit per-mit of any description of the thousand interesting sights and places and people peo-ple with which the city allures the stranger. They are, literally, too numerous nu-merous to mention. Perhaps one of Constantinople's greatest and most fascinating attractions is the grand bazaar, ba-zaar, called Bezestin,r for here weeks and weeks of observation would not exhaust the novelties or interest of the immense display of Oriental man-mactures. man-mactures. In the bazaar of perfumes one Is made dizzy with the atmosphere of odorous mixtures, for here are gathered gath-ered all the exquisite and delicate fragrances known to the world. The Orientals are fond of perfumes, and the rarity of some of the scents to be found here makes their price literally above that of rubies. This bazaar is much frequented by the Turkish worn- at Work. en, and, if one cares to know how their mouths and chins and usually well-shaped noses look, this is the place to come, while their yashmaks are lifted to inhale some special perfume. per-fume. The charm of Constantinople is as insidious as the spell of hasheesh, and Kipling expressed its witchery in words that every traveler in the Orient Ori-ent understands when he wrote: If you ear the East a-callin' why, you won't 'eed nothin' else-No, else-No, you won't "eed nothin else but them - spicy garlic smells. An the wind among the palm-trees and the tinkly temple bells. Rarely Interested. "Charley is taking a wonderful interest in-terest in palmistry." said young Mrs. Torkins. "Indeed?" "Yes. I gather from some conversation I overheard that he and several of his friends sat up until way after midnight look-kig look-kig at each other's hands. I believe they even went so far as to lay wagers on their relative merits." . Fully 2,500 parsons commit suicide In Russia every year. OVE STOCK 3S& Grain Ration for Steers. In the heart of the corn belt, where feeding operations are conducted on a much larger scale than in this state, the steer is usually supplied corn ad libitum, says Professor W. A. Henry. Often this grain is thrown to him in such quantities that all of it is not even swallowed, some falling to the ground to be trampled under foot in the filth, possibly to be picked up by pigs running in the feed lot. In many of our middle western states from twenty to thirty pounds, in a few cases as much as thirty-five pounds, of corn are fed to the steer dally for weeks at a time. Then, too, there is little variety to the feed given. Sometimes Some-times corn constitutes the sole concentrate con-centrate and straw, hay, or more often cornstalks, constitute the only roughage. rough-age. It 13 true that as a rule we In Wisconsin do not place quite so much grain before our steers as do the feed ers farther south, but still the allowance allow-ance is heavy, and there Is often no thought of attempting to reduce it In any way. When corn was cheap only a few dollars a ton it did not matter much whether the steer ate a few pounds more or less, especially In seasons when cattle sold well. The cost of corn, however, is steadily ri sing, and this Increase Is not alto gether met by an equal rise in the price of fat cattle. The burning ques tion, then,. Is, is It possible to fatten our steers on a smaller allowance of grain than has been customary In the past? In helping answer this question ques-tion let me first call the attention to feeding operations in Great Britain. No one can say that the beeves of Scotland and England when sent to market are not well fattened. What Is the practice of the English and Scotch farmer in regard to the amount of grain which he allows his bullocks? I have spent considerable time in going through the literature on the subject, and am surprised to find that the British feeder gives to his fattening beeves but a small grain allowance. Searching authentic sources of information, I find that the usual grain allowance for the fatten ing steer in England and Scotland ranges from six to eight pounds a head daily. In a few cases it reached ten pounds, and in only one case out of a score or more of reports have I found it stated that so much as twelve pounds of grain was fed to a steer in a single day, and this amount only at the close of the feeding period. The grains used in Britain consist usually of barley, cornmeal, cottonseed meal, and linseed meal. You all know that the turnip or rutabaga, as we call It, is extensively used in feeding opera tlons in Great Britain. With the small grain ration is fed from 50 to 100 pounds of sliced turnips, four or five pounds of cut straw, and from five to ten pounds of hay, either cut or long. On this ration the steer in England and Scotland makes a gain of between one and three-quarters and two pounds daily, or say, from fifty to sixty pounds per month. There is no need of saying that the English stockman does not fatten his bullocks or that they are inferior to ours when they are sold for the block. The English stockman, as a rule, has good cattle, and he usually puts them on the market in a finished condition. Exhibition Ducks. From Farmers' Review: The preparation prep-aration of Pekin ducks for exhibition begins with the eggs they are hatched from. That is, of course, If the parent par-ent birds are all right. In selecting eggs for hatching I choose a perfect oval, large and of a beautiful pearl white color. I set the eggs under hens, and I never had great success in hatching duck eggs in an incubator. incuba-tor. But after they are once hatched I find them very easily raised by hand. They should be kept growing from the start. I have found the best feed for yourg ducks to be a mixture of bran and cornmeal. The older ducks are very fond of bran mash for breakfast. They gather around the tub at daylight and squawk for i until fed. For supper I feed them plenty of good Nebraska corn. Both young and old ducks should have plenty of green forage and fresh water. wa-ter. They are also very greedy for table scraps. In selecting exhibition birds pick those with long, wide and deep bodies, with bright yellow beak and feet. The beak must have no black specks, as one small speck will disqualify. The tail should be wide and stiff, the breast deep and full, the neck beautifully arched. They should be kept out of the sun for two weeks before the show, as a sunburnt sun-burnt beak causes a loss of points in scoring. The day before entering them. I prepare two tubs of water, a bar of Ivory soap and a small, stiff brush. I then take my best ducks, making sure they are standard weight, and wash one at a time. I scrub beak and feet with the brush, and rinse off in the second tub of water. When thoroughly dry, they are ready to be put into coops which should be supplied with plenty of nice clean straw. The ducks look very attractive at-tractive on the straw. They are now ready for exhibition and no one, I am sure, can hinder you from taking your share of the prizes. I am satisfied with the progress I have made in the short time I have been a duck fancier. I have two flocks. Pen number one is headed by a drake bought of an eastern importer. im-porter. Pen No. 2 Is large and contains con-tains two very fine drakes of my own raising. I have sold a satisfactory number of ducks and eggs, and hope In time to have the ' est ducks in the state. Yours for ducks. Mrs. D. D. Little, Polk County, Nebraska. As a Substitute. Customer (in bookstore) Have you a book called "The Fifteen Decisive Battles?" Proprietor No, but I have something some-thing similar, entitled: "The Autobiography Autobiog-raphy of a Married Man." - Reid's Yellow Dent corn was originated by Robert Reid, of Tazewell Taze-well county, Illinois, in 1846, It is adapted to central and northern Illinois Illi-nois and similar latitudes. "Crest" is the term applied to a crown or tuft of feathers on the head of a fowl. It is sometimes called the topknot. The man who holds the ladder at the bottom is often of more benefit to the world than the one who climbs to the top. In Zea tunicata, the pod corns, each kernel if enclosed in a husk. THE FREE KIDNEY DOCTOR. It's the people who doubt and beoom cured while thejr doubt who praise Dou'i Fills the highest. 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To pay for this he must look after the health of the help, which is no small job, as there are from 500 to 800 men and women on the pay roll. His free patients pa-tients will average twenty per -day. The guest of the house is the on who pays the freight. A man or woman who is taken ill doesn't stop to ask what the cost will be. The t.ouse surgeon is sent for Immediately, Immedi-ately, he is there instantly and he calls as often as possible. When the patient is ready to move, he finds the surgeon's bill a part of that of the hotel. New York Letter. - To Cure a Cold in One day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. HAD V's ANSWER READY. Tramp's Bright Reply - Properly Earned Him a Handout. A woma-Ti in Philadelphia thinks she has fquWii a tramp who is too bright and who possesses an altogether alto-gether too philosophic a turn of mind to continue his calling. One morning recently, while the woman referred to -was engaged with her household duties in the kitchen, a knock came at the door. Responding, she found a man who undoubtedly belonged to the army of the great unwashed; yet underneath the rough exterior there was something which proclaimed that he had seen better days. So much had she been troubled by tramps that, when he asked for food, she said: "The man who doesn't work ought not to expect to eat." "Do you think, madame, the man who does not eat ougit to be expected to work?" asked the tramp, with a Chester-fieldian Chester-fieldian bow. Perhaps it is needless to say that the tramp got his handout. hand-out. THE FAD FOR AUTOGRAPHS. Feminine Collector the Most Enterprising Enter-prising of the Tribe. The feminine autograph fiend now turns her attention to special collections. collec-tions. The matinee girl cherishes a taste for the signatures of dramatic stars only, while the book club girl patiently stalks the autographs ol none but authors, and the golf girl gathers up the precious pen strokes ol the long shot, putting and tournament champions. The daughter of one oi our ambassadors has all but completed a unique and valuable collection ol autographs of the crowned heads oi the world. The signatures of seven African kings, the Czar of Russia and even the Sultan of Sulu are counted among her authentic autographs oi living sovereigns. Fur Garments to Be Higher. The fur auctions held In London every spring determine the price of fur garments for the following winter season. t A report of the sales published pub-lished In a trade journal Indicates that sealskin furs will be more expensive than last winter, but ermine and silver fox will be 50 per cent higher, and mink, otter, beaver and bear will also Increase In price. Alaska sable has gone up. It will be news to most people peo-ple to learn that the "harmless, necessary neces-sary cat" also lends his skin to keep the cold out. At all events "domestic cat" Is quoted as being 25 per cent higher In price than at the last spring auction. Electricity in the Human Body. The path traversed by a heavy current cur-rent of electricity in passing through the body Is a matter of great importance. import-ance. The most dangerous is from one hand to the other, because the resistance resist-ance of the path is low and because the current passes near the heart. Hence it is a good rule, in handling live conductors, to use but one hand An important rule to observe in rescuing res-cuing a person in contact with a live wire, and when it is impossible to cut off the current, Is to push the victim oft with one foot. Even should the current pass from one foot to the other through the rescuer the resistance resist-ance of the path is considerable, and as the current does not pass near the heart serious injury is not likely to result. SURE NOW 1 Th Truth About Coffee. It mut be regarded as a convincing convinc-ing test' when a family of 7 has used Postum for 5 years, regaining health and keeping healthy and strong on this food drink. This family lives in Millville, Mass. and the lady of the household says: "For eight years my stomach troubled trou-bled me all the time. I was very nervous ner-vous and irritable and no medicine helped me. "I had about given up hope until 5 years ago next month I read an article about Postum Cereal Coffee that convinced me that coffee was the cause of all my troubles. I made the Postum carefully and liked it so much that I drank it in preference to coffee but ithout much faith that it would help me- "At the end of a month, however, I was surprised to find such a change in my condition. I was stronger in every way, less nervous and at the end of 6 months I had recovered my strength so completely that I was able to do all of my own housework. Because of the good Postum did us I knew that what you claimed for Grape-Nuts must be true and we have all used that delicious food ever since it first appeared on the market. "We have 7 in our family and I do the work for them all and I am sure that I owe my strength and health to the ' steady use of your fine cereal food and Postum (In place of cofee). I have such great faith in Postum that I have sent it to my relatives and I never lose a chance to speak well of it." Name furnished by Postum Pos-tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Ice cold Postum with a dash of lemon is a delightful "cooler" for warm days. Send for particulars by mail of extension ex-tension of time on the $7,500.00 cooks' contest for 735 money prizes. The reaa ob yen can get this trial free Is beeause. they care Kidney IBs M will prove it to yeh. Wjit Bsakcs. Jfjn. Doan's Kidney Pills hit ta case, which was ea unusual desire to urinate had to get up five or six times of a night. I think diabetes was well under un-der war, the feet and ankles swelled. There was an ia-tenes ia-tenes pain in the back, the heat of wljich would feel like putting one1 haad up to a lamp cuiaaney. I nave used the free trial and two full boxe of Doan's PiAs with the satisfaction of feeling that 1 am cured. They are the remedy rem-edy par excellence." B. V Baxjjjux "Scratch Match." For a year the use of phosphorus matches has been prohibited in Sweden. Swe-den. The new law has resulted in the Invention of a match by the engineers Landln and Jernander, which has been named the "repsticken," or scratch match. It will light against a wet. surface. sur-face. It is said to be less poisonous than a safety match. Cheap Passenger Rates Via "Santa Fe Route" To Boston, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Detroit, Atlanta and other points. For particulars, address C. F. Warren, General Agent, A. T. & S. F. Ry., 411 Dooly Block, Salt Lake City, Utah. Schwab as a Diplomat. A man who has been an intimate friend of Charles M. Schwab for many years says: "The world wonders why Schwab is so strong with the steel folk. Perhaps there are a score of men each of whom would make Just as good a president of the steel trust as Charlie, but it is not as a steel man pure and simple that he is in such request. Schwab's great power lies in his ability to handle men. He is the ablest director of labor that the world ever knew. The vast army of steel workers trust him implicitly. But for him there would be strike after strike." Mrs. VFinslow's Soot lilng-wyrnp.' For children teething, softens tbe gumi, reduces ta uammatlon, allays pain, cures wind colic 25o a bottle. The Flavor of Tobacco. Researches of Dr. Sucasland are said to have shown that the flavor of tobacco is produced by the action of microbes during the curing process. This German scientist has found that the flavor of Virginia tobacco is produced pro-duced by a microbe peculiar to Virginia, Vir-ginia, and that the sweet savor of Havana cigars is the work of a patriotic patri-otic Cuban bacillus. Taking bacteria from fermenting Havana leaf, he introduced in-troduced them into a heap of German tobacco, which thereupon assumed all the properties of genuine Havana. Inversely In-versely the German microbe leavened Cuban-grown leaf Into the similtude ol tobacco grown in the fatherland. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Price, 75c What the Marriage Was Worth. A little group was discussing mar' rlage fees, when one of them related the following story: "A young coupla called on a minister I knew," said he, "and were married. When it was over the new-made husband said: 1 am sorry, but I have only $1 with me and w need that to get home with? 'That's ail right,' said the minister, You come around in one year and give me whatever the job seems worth to you. The groom said he would do it, and they went away." "Did he ever show up?" "Yea, h came back in a year and insisted that the minister pay him $5." Plso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of aa a cough cure. J. W. O'Brien. 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE. How Crusty Bachelor Broke , Up Monotonous Conversation. The young matron who never brought her children to the table and the old maid who always carried oranges or-anges to her room were discussing the difllculties of housekeeping. The bachelor who sat at the foot of the table was making faces over the oatmeal oat-meal and trying to read the paper. "Well, you know I'd rather keep house," said the young matron, "but John says it is such a bother for me, and you know he is away half of the time." "I know," said the old maid, "but I think it would be so hard to raise children in a hotel." "Not if you use the elevator," remarked the bachelor. And then the conversation took a shift. FOR Much That Every Woman Desires to Know About Sanative Antiseptic Antisep-tic Cleansing And about the Care of the Skin, Scalp, Hair and Hands. Too much stress cannot be placed on the great value of Cuticura Soap, Ointment Oint-ment and Resolvent in the antiseptic cleansing of the mucous surfaces and of the blood and circulating fluids, thus affording pure, sweet and economical local and constitutional treatment for weakening ulcerations, inflammations, Itchings, irritations, relaxations, displacements, dis-placements, pains and irregularities peculiar to females. Hence the Cuti-enra Cuti-enra remedies have a wonderful influence influ-ence in restoring health, strength and beauty to weary women, who have been premately aged and invalided by these distressing ailments, as well as such sympathetic afflictions as anaemia, chlorosis, hysteria, nervousness and debility. Women from the very first have f nlly appreciated the purity and sweetness, the power to afford immediate relief, the certainty of speedy and permanent cure, the absolute safety and great economy which have made the Cuticura remedies tbe standard skin cures and humour remedies of the civilized world. Millions of the women nse Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuticura Ointment, for preserving, purifying and beautifying beauti-fying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening and soothing red, rough and sore hands, for annoying irritations, and ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative, antiseptic purposes Which readily suggest themselves, as well as for all the purposes of the toilet, bath and nursery. Sold throughout tbe world . Cntioars RMotrcnt. SOr.Oa wis of Chocolate Coated Pills, isc. per rial ol tlo. Oi ,t. nrat. Me., Soap, SSSo. 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