Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 4, 1887, Page 5

| BLESSED ARE THE POOR.” J8ome Facts in Regard to Lancaster Gounty's Pauper Refuge. ESTIMATES OF THE COMING YEAR | A Boot and Shoe Firm Closed Out on a Chattal Mortgage—District Court Doings—Capital City News. [FROM TIE BEL'S LINCOLN BUREAT.] ‘‘Blessed are the poor,” remarked a Lincoln citizen when he noted the esti- mate of nearly $10,000 to take care of the poor and the poor farm of Lancaster conuty for the coming year. The voint made by the citizen was well in order, Lancaster county has a poor farm, a farm of 160 acres under the care of th snperintendent and 80 acres that are Jeased. The farm is equipped with buildings ot all kinds, with machinery, with stoek, witn all modern improve ments, all of which, including alleg blooded stock, has cost the county thou- gands of dollars. Yet in the face of this fact, in the face of the thonsands spent to muke a home for the care of the poor, Lancaster county is confronted by a $10,000 estimate for the coming year. If the years past and gone were uncovered and the itemized account of expendi- tures on this farm were brought to light every citizen of Lincoln would be glad 1o be classed as one of the common poor if hie could be assured of an equal divy of the appropriution, but such would not be th for superintendents and super- numeraries would pluck the plum to the pit before the poor would see the fruit The Laneaster county poor farm is oper- ated under asuperintendent, The county builds the buildings, plows the ground, 4, hiresthe help, buys the 5 401 thig hnrvestifig, Hubks the corn, feeds the stock, buys the ma- n fact is actively in the farm- but_what has the county to show for it* Up to the present time, in the third month of the year 1887, no report has been filed in the county clerk's oflice showing what has been raised, what has been soid. what is on hand or any- thing of the kind. The county commis- gioners pay the man in charge of the poor farm ¥6)a month, but when the Brg asked County Clerk Bell what had been raised on the farm, what had been sold or used or on hand, the clerk said thatno report whatever bad been filed for the r 1836, and no man knows what has been done on the farm. There is no record to show what has been raised or sold, no record of the stock on the farm, and a guess at best is all that can found. "It is about time that this business was stopped. A landlord who would hire & man to run his farm and would not ask and insist on a report two months after the end of the year would be put down as wholly incompetent, ana it is about time that the county commissioners con- ducted their busincss on business prin- civles. Every bushel of corn and head of stoex could be sold from under them and they would go on in blissful ignor- ance, allowing bills from & $10,000 esti- mate. Thereis no record further in the clerk’s oftice showing how many inmates there are at the poor farm. No one knows oither how many there are now or what tho average has been for the year of 1586, his is a fair climax of business incapacity at the poor farm. An ex-offi- cial who departed from office a year ago Statesthat at this time the ayerage num- ber of inmates per year at the poor farm was not over twenty. Consider, there- foro, that a farm of 160 acres, highly eultivated, with a 260 » month man to run it and all expenses met, i3 provided to sustain the poor, and look at the enor- mous expense saddled on the county through the poor farm. In 1886 the superintendent drew o salary of $720, paid in cash by the county. The records of the clerk’s office show that there was paid for help at the poor farm the same year a total of $1,020, paid in cash by the county. Three merchants in_ the city drew in cash from the county $500, pre- sumably for dry goods and groceries for the year, and the records show that medical bills were aid, coal bills paid, clulhln% bills paid, mber bills paid, furniture bills of over §200, tannery bills, ricultural imple- ment bills, and so on down the catalogue for $1,000 or more, too numerous to enumerate. Ali this great expense out and not the scratch of a penshowing any income from the farm. Every dollar of this expense ought to have been met by the proceeds of the farm, excepting per- haps the salary of the superintendent, and on top of it all, when the commis- mioners are in ignorance of what income if any has come from the poor farm, a greater estimate is launched at the tax- ypayers for 1887, The board of commis- Bloners are fit subjects to embark in baby farming. A BUSINES3 FAILURE. Yesterday the boot and shoe house of Goodrich Bros. was closed by a_ chattel mortgage held by the Lincoln National bank amounting to some $900. Papers were also filed in the district court by an eastern wholesale house, representing a claim of $700 or $300, held by them for goods sold and delivered, the payment of which was part due. The papers in the latter case go further and assert that the firm is about to convert its stock into cash to place the saime beyond the reach of their creditors, and that a large mmount of their stock has already been disposed of with that end in view, The tirm has been activel, In business for some time in this city and their location has been one of the most eligiblo on the principal business street. They have certainly been enjoying s handsome trade, Bomewhs displ "Their failure, however, or closing in on the stoek, causes a ripple of excitement, and it is understood that other creditors were ongaged yesterday in filing their claims in the proper courts for finul set- tlement. A _VERDICT REACHLD. The jury in the district court yesterday returned a verdict in the case ot Olcott ws. Williams, that has been on trial for two days. The verdict was for the amount asked and a consequent victory for the plaintiff. The facts elicited in the trial were of much interest and showed that when this J. Robert Will- fams was one of the Butler county lirm of Roberts, Westover & Williams that Mer. Henry E. Lewis, in seeking an agent to make loans for him on farm lands in that county, met these parties and that an azreoment was made in which Lewis was to discount some notes with chattel so- curity held by them at 1} per cent a month In 1854, after Roberts had left the farm, this agreement was renewed at 13 per cent a month, and alot of the notes were 80 discounted by Lewis, but that insofur 8 his investiment might be sccure, re- rdless of the cha ll"Y Williams gave a pond in §10,000, with three citizen of Butlor county as sureti The attempt of the bondsmen in this suit to evade liahility was based upon the elaim that Lewis ™ gave them no notico of their liability, and further, that the whole transaction was tainted with fraud, alleg- ang that Lewis had advanced moncy for the loans and then bought the loans back. Mr. Lewis repudiated these charges and established the fact that he was in no such transaction. The verdict was for $2,762.82, and other cases of like nature are on the docket lo'rllrlal. R H. T. CLARKE'S PURCHASI Mr. H. T. Clarke, of Omaha, who has » successful and rapidly growing whole- le drug business in this city, has accel erated the Lincoln real estate boom by the purchase of $30,000 worth of real estate, situated in the most elligible part of the oity, for wholesale purposcs. Mr. Clarke's intentions in this regard ha been felt for some time, but the extent of aith in the capital city was not ap- ted until he had the deeds ready rd in_the above figures. Upon the most eligible of these acquired business sites Mr. Clarke will the present season erect one of the most complete blocks in Lincoln for his wholesale busi- ness, ABOUT THE CITY I'he programmes for the coming ses- sion af the ) aska State Teachers’ as- sociation are out and the meeting is to be held in this city commencing on last of March, continuing four days there- The programmes show that al- most every variety of topics will be up for papers and discussion and aside from the educators of the state, Prof. C. N Woodward, of Washington university, St. Louis, and President ler, of the Campbell normal universi will be present at th o third railroad fare for and reasonable rates the Lincoln hotels, The sessions of the ion will be held at the state uni- cused by Palmer Way money under false p hearing in court yesterday and sessed a fine of §25 and costs amount was beyond his reach he w jail for a month's board asa guest of Lan- ‘aster county. T'he showman with the eamne prodi- gies, who left this city for Council Blufls, 1t s stated, left @ number of small bills unliquids The show was 0 poor the first night that the manacer of the opera house here kindly hinted at u cessation of hostilities and the proprictor departed for low A lad who gave his name as Caldwell was taken in tow v the police for obtaining money at Wil bur under false pretenses. At tiat place he stated that he was the son of Joseph Opelt, of Lincoln, and by using Joc's pame he found himself possessed of credit that he did not fail to use. He will be examined to-da Chief Post pro tem has made a number of changes in_ the police department, making Offiecr Hyatt eaptain of the day force, transferring Captain Sawdry from the night to the day list and putting Oli- cer Hobson as eaptai ¢ night men. Friends of Tom Carnahan, one of the William rday by ying and selling the s office 1s the busiest place in the city Jenry Southwick, the young man from Bennett, who has become iusane, had his hearing yesterday and was sent’ to the asylum. ~ The friends of the young man are hopefal that he will goon recover. C E. Roth, of Omahn, general 't of the Harden hand grenade for fires, gave an exhibition yesterday on Market square that drew a crowd equal to a bal- loon ascension —~~— HOW HE SPOTS THEM, I)Islllll‘z'llhhhlg Marks Between ankee and New Yorker, New York Sun Chat man | knew dow ter as soon as he >‘|nykv," said the night elerk at one of the largest up-town hotels. “You see, ne’s from Springfield, I have learnod i this business that you can’t place a man by his looks. 1 have seen a Texan come in bere who looked like a down-cast Yankee, and I have scen Pine Tree citi zens who I would have taken my ranchmen of the west until they ere 1 n generally spot a Bos- s man the instant he comes and takes a pen to regist; but I can't tell how, and there is a peculiar kind of self-assertiveness that stamps the Chicago hustler. “But I have an infallible locality test now which I have learned by experience. Ican tell a Yankee or at least one brought up among Yankees, by his pro- nunciation, or rather lack of pronuncia- tion, of the letter r. B{ (ankee I mean a New Englander. A Yankee never says ‘where,’ he says ‘whaeh.’ Just so with the word ‘here:’ he always pronounces it ‘*heah.” He will tell you he is ‘|‘umy' well, and that the price of thingss ‘deah.’ He is going to be ‘vehy’ busy this ‘mawn- ing,' and when he asks for a horse car line he always says ‘haws caehs.’ “It 1 a curious thing that in some parts of the south® they do the same thing, but with a difference of accent that makes it possible to distinguish be- tween southerners and New Englanders. A'true New Yorker never slurs his rs, while in Pennsylvania and all through the west this letter is even too promi- nently trilled. A genuine Pennsylvan- jan will roll his rs like a Frenchman. There is a peculiar and never-failing test of a native New Yorker as well as natives within fifty milesof New York, and thatis an apparent inability to pronounce prop- erly the letters wh. Instead of why these people say y, like thi Y, sir, wen a you going?’ or, ‘that is a very yte house for white house, or ‘ware aré you going*' for where; who is ‘hoo,” and ‘what ‘wat. A teacher in a Columbia college, to Whom I spoke of this one day, said that he had noticed it, and thought it showed the eftect of the early Dutch settlement of New York, as the Dutch were not able to vpronounce tne diphthong wh. A western man always says tnat he ‘couldn’t get to go;’ and a pecubar collo- quialism of Wisconsin is the invariable clipping of the participle ending. Thu ‘Ishall go ride,’ or, ‘I wish my head would stop ache,’ or, ‘I have been drink too much: “One day there ms n man who stamped me. He came down from his room justas I was going off duty in the morning and said: ‘What time 15 the bank taken up?' 1 had to ask him what, bank, and then what he meant. He in- tended to ask me what time the bank opened. He was from Indiana, and [ found that there they say taken up when we would say opened, 'school 18 taken up at 9 o'clock,’ or ‘the bar is taken up at a.m.’ Yes, language; accent, collo- quialisins are a much better test of a man’s home than clothes, figure, or manners.” e — Extraordinary Contempt of Court. London Telegraph: An extraordinary incident has just oceurred at tha Rouen court of appeals. Three men who had beeu sentenced to various terms of im- risonment at Havre appealed to the Rouen court. They were brought in to- gether, and on the first prisoner being asked the ¢ tion,*‘Have you m\)\m\]ml he replied, **Yes, I do so to see if the Ro- uen judges are as great rascals as those of Havre.” This piece of impudence produced a great sensation, and the man was forth- with condemned to one year" ment for insulting the magistr: hat was the general surp the second prisongr, on being asked the same question, returned an identical re ply. ‘Ihis time the judge dealt outa double penalty, and he was sent off with two years' imprisonment to s book. No one dreamt that the third man would dare to face the court in this inso- lent fashion after the punishment to which his two companions had been treated, and a thrill of amazement ran through the audience when, in fnswer to tho formal query, “Have you ap- aled*” he returned the same reply: ‘Yes: I did so to sen if the Rouen judges are as great rascals as those of Havre.” The court sentenced this man to three years' in prise ———— b“’Fal age' Cnhmcrlo“l:,a-qne't‘.l =1 absolutely pure, exquisi rfun popularity unprecedented. The soft and duriuta skins, | from the kitched eventually THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:.FRIDAY. MARCH 4. 1887 DEATH IN THE WATER. Is the Element We Drink Decimating the | People. | How a Universal Menace to Health May Be Disarmed. A few years ago the people in a cortain gection in one of the leading cities of the state were prostrated with a malignant dis- ease, and upon investigation it was found that only those who used water from a famous old well were the victims, Professor 8. A. Lattimore, analyist of the | New York State Board of Health, upon ans Iyzing water from this well found it more deadly than the city sewage. The filling up of the old we ravages of the disease. Not long since the writer noticed while e making an excavation fora building, a stratum of dark colored ning from near the surface to hard stopped the ‘e it took another course toward a | ¢ hand. The water from this well ars been tainted with the drainings ving vault, the percolations of which haa discolored the earth, Terrihle! A similar condition of things exists in every village and city where well water is used, and though the filtering which the tuids receive in passing throngh tne earth may give themn a clear appearance. yet tha | poison and water ma Itis st disease remains, look never so clear. worse with the farmer, for the drainaze from the barn yard and the slops tud their way though the into the famity well. ‘Tie same condition of things exists in our lar.e cities, whosa water supplies are rivers fed by little streame that carry off the hith drainaga from honses. This “water” is m.:i‘, drunk by rich and poor alike with evi e cautions people resort to the filter for purifying this water, but_even the filter does not reniove this of the most deadly character may gh this r and become clear, yet the poison dis- gujsed isthere, Who use filters k be renewed at though they do t b ow that they must regular periods, not take outall the impur- ome foul. manner the human kidneys for the blood, and if they are impurities and become’ foul the blood in the system o it is chief means whereby the blood is puritied. These organs are filled with thousands of Tutir-like tubes which drain the impurities from the blood. as the sewer pipes drain im purities from our house: If » sewer pipe breaks under the house, the sewage escapes into the earth and hlls the house with poisonous ¢ so if any of the thousand and one little hair-like séwer tuber of the kidneys break down, the entire body is affected by this awiul poison. 1tis a scientilic fact that the kidn few nerves of sensation: and, conse disease may exist in these organs for a_lon time and not be suspected by the individual, Lt is impossible to iilter or take the death out ot the blood when the least derangement ex- ists in thiese organs, and if the blood is not filtered then the uric acid, or kidney poison. removed only by Warner's safe enre, accu- mulates i the system and attacks any orzan, producing nine out of ten ailents, jus s and bad drainage produce so ma Kidney disease may be known to exist if there is any m, ed departure from ordinary health without a ent known cause, and it should be und od by all that the great- est peril exists,and is intensified, if there is the least neglect to treat it prowptly with that great specific, Warner's safe cure, a remedy that has received the heighest recog- nition by seientitic men who have thorough! investlgated the character of kidney derange- y not tell us that the cause of so s in this orzan is the impure )y other one thing, but this poison- s water. With its imy oursing con- stantly through these delic doubtedly does produ and disease whi Bright's te_ orzans u much of the itually terining tor this disease, chant and the tion every year. . It is wéll'known that the liver which is easily th: n “out of gear,” asthey say, very readily disturbs the action of the kid- neys. That organ when deranszed, imunedi- ately announces the fact by sallow skin, col stipated bowels, coated fongue, and aches, but the kidney when diseased, strug- &les on for a long time, and the factof its disease can only be discovered by the aid of the microscope or by the physician who is skillful enough to trace the niost indirect ef- fects in the system to the derangewment of these organs, as the prime cause. ‘The public is learning mueh on this sub- ject and when it comes to understand that the kidneys are the real health regulators, as they are the real blood puritiers of the system, they will escape an_infinite amount of unnecessary suffering, and add length of days and happiness to th, e — al Discovery” will not D whose lungs are almost wasted, but it is an unfailing remedy for consumption if taken in time. All drug- gists. ———— An Irlsh Woman's Native Wit. Atlanta Constitution: The Hon. John C. Underwood, ex-lieutenant governor of Kentucky, tolda very amusing anec- dode at the banquet given in his honor in the city last week, and which convulsed the guests with laughter at his expense. In replying to the address of welcome delivered by Mayor. Cooper, Goyernor Underwood smd, among other things “The kind and gencrous treatment which has been bestowed upon me by the citizens of Atlunta makes me feel very proud and reminds me of an inci- dent which occurred some years ago. In addition to being mayor of a small town in my section of "Kentucky, I had been elected delegate to the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, which was tomeet in Indiunapolis, Ind. ~ Of course, snch honors to a young man made me feel very proud; in fact, I felt about six inches taller than my actual height, and strutted along after the manner of the peacock. In addition to all this I had the good fortune to possess an ‘annual over the Lonisville & hyille railroad. 1 boarded the train at Bowling Green and took a seat in the ear opposite an old Irish washerwoman, whom | had seen i the town, but did not know. Pres- ently the conductor came around for tickets. He stopped and collected the Irish woman's ticket, and, recognizing me, he simply bowed and passed on. The woman eyed me for quite a_while, and then leaned over and said: ‘Mister, how ees it yiz ride free, while 1 have to 'pay?’ Somewhat taken b 1 hardly knew what to say in reply. Finaliy Lanswered ‘Madan am riding on my face..' The woman jumped up, all excitement, and said, loud enough so all the passengers in the car could hear; ‘Face ees it! "Be- gorrah, yez won't travel fur, then!"" Lodp i b Blunders of a French Court-Martial. London Daily Ne: A scandal has been caused in mnlitary circles by a wrongful sentence of & court martial sit- Langton, i virtue of which nine 1 soldiers were shot. ‘The crime hich they were tried—conspiring to rt and deserting to armed rebels— exist in the military code. There are Your classes of desertions. The least grave is_deserting without in- tention of leaving France; the second is deserting to go abroad; the tl serting to go to the enemy. Neither in the code nor the text books is there a word about deserting to armed rebels. Again,when soldicrs conspire to desert, the ringleader only is liable to a capital sentence. There was a second vice in the proceedings of the Langson court martial, It is & maxim of international law that there is no possible case of extradition for desertion. In the case of the nine deserters who were shot, a dewand wus made by General Munier to the Chinese suthorities to extradite them, which was oomplied with, | proved implements for even | FIELD AND FARM. [ Pleasure and Profit in Gardening. Philadelphia Record: There is not only profit in managing a garden but pleasure. Many persons attach no value to the labor of garden work, especially when it affords them a mode of heaithy outdoor exercise, but whether a garden be only a very small plot ora larger area the advantages derived depend upon the skill, eare and labor of the person who has charge of it. It is true, that while those who cultivate hundreds of acres ol “truck" can produce vegetables much more cheaply than can those whose plots | are toosmall to permit of the use of im- the gardener who grows his yegetables for home use se- cures a freshness and quality that cannot be obtained with vegetables that are pur- chased. There is quite a difference be- tween the pulling of a ripe tomato from the vine and placing it on the table and the selection of one from a basket that has been shipped over a distance of rail, and which may have been taken from the vines two or three days vefore. But there is also another advantage in family f:ml‘-m'lu hier than the fresh- n and quality of the small fruits and vegetables grown, which is the choice of varietics. Two or three kinds of squas several of pe well as difterent varie- ties of beets, be melons, i will pe ing to the pi of the fumil selcetion of varicties come proper care and judicious working with the he it is in this manner that the youngy ‘mbers are taught their first lessons in on a farm where his du- ties call for milking the cows, plowing the fields and eultivating the crops, not have that fondness for farm life that j liar to the one who is given a and early taught to take an interest in it. It is often the case that ladies are bene- fitted by light work in the garden, and especially if they are intercsted in ob- serving the differen res of growth of the plants, and when the farmer’s wife and the childre !s0o become interested, the cost of th r may be really con- sidered as no whiie the saving of doctor’s bill and e enjoyment of the garden luxuries more than compensate for the care bestowed. If every farmer would have a garden and take an inter estin itit woald greatly add to the com- fort and enjoyment of farming, as well as prove very profitable. Seasonable Suggestions and Hints, Peas may be hastened by sprouting the seed 1n o box of moist sand before plant- ing. Cueumbers, when cultivated during the winter, require a temperature of seventy degrees during the night and eighty de- grees during the day. To beantify the plumage of fowls feed the s of sunflowers. If these cannot be obtained give a small quantity of flaxseed occasionally. Make your hot bed frames in sections, so that they can he stowed away when not in use. ~ It s much better than allow- ing them to remain on the ground to be- come useless, - Itis un easy matter to have a_garden so arranged as to cultivate it with a horse-hoe, but the best results are usu- ally obtained on small plots well ma- nured and worked by h and. B Never use whitewash in the stables or lien houses unless carbolic acid is added to it, as a single apolication of the mix- ture is better than two or three applica- trons of whitewash alone. The silver maple is a vid growing tree, often attaining a diameter of ten inches in ten years, It also thri well on saady soil, requi but little care,and has few insect enetl Squash, cucumbers, egg-plants, melons and beans should not be planted until all danger of frostis over and the ground well warmed. Nothing is gained by at- tempting to force them in cool weather. Cattle should not be permitted to feed on clover land in the early spring, as the crop will hardly be able todevelop in full vigor 1f this be done. Neither should stock be permitted to graze on it late in the uutumn, as this renders it very liable to winter Killing. Do not expect the hensto lay when they are compelled to roost on trees. They cannot endure severe cold and prove productive. Itisonly with the best of care to the hens that eggs qge obtained in winter. There 18 no advantage in having young ducks, geese or turkeys too early in the season, as they will not thrive as well as when hatched'in April or later. A good start in dry weather will enable them to grow rapidly and entail less labor, while dampness is fatal. A few boxes in the house filled with earth, anh planted to tomatoes, lettuce or eabbage, will be found a cneap mode of securing early plants. Now is the time to begin, as they will not grow too rapidly when the secds have sprouted. If potted plants be watered around the roots with lime-water the angle-worms will be destroyed in the goil. ‘The caustic quahties of the lime-water kill all soft- skinned worms. Only a small amount of the lime-water is necessary. Do not be tempted with all the new novelties offered 1n garden seeds, as some of them are only old varieties with new names. Before devoting the garden to any new variety give it a test by pro- curing a packege of seeds for experiment, s a loss from poor seed or nferior ariety cannot be recovered, Time is an important factor n gardening, Here is the way the large strawberries are produced. Apply a heavy dressing of manure of two parts cach of murate of potash and superphosphate, with one part nitrate of soda. Keep the young plants ciean, water when nacessar, do not allow a single runner to start, as they should be pinched back. Mulch the young plants in the fall, and remove the mulch early in sprin Then apply another dressing of fertilizer and clean the soil by sficring it about an inch. When the younz berries are set pinch off all but the largest. It requires work, but it will pay. To feed an animal only that quantity of food necessary to prevent it from los- ing fleshisa waste of time. The aim should be to sceure an increase day. Itisof no advantage to have animal lpuss through the winter and out in the spring in the same condi was in the fall, » winter 1s the proper time to get the stock fat. It requires practice and close attention to all the details in order to produce two tubs of butter alike in quality. A change in the kind of food given the cows will alter the character of the product, us may be noticed when wild onions are eaten. The most careful consideration should be given the feed, and next the cleanliness of the stalls. When purchasing pure-bred stock give the wpreference to those breeds best adupted to the seil, climate and facilines of the farm, It will not do to suddenly transfer an animal from a luxuriant pas- ture to a barren hillside. Good breeding is important, but the best of breeds will fail to give satisfaction unless kept under proper conditions. It has been demonstrated by experi- ment that one acre of land upon which is grown soiling crops for daix produce suflicient food to enable the cows to donble the yield of milk and but- ter as compared with the ordinary mode of pasturing. 1f this be possible with all farmers the extra yield should afford a profit. The supposition that no labor is re- quired In bee-keeping has done more to cause failure than anything else. [t re- quires close attention to grade the honey, and an experienced bee-keeper will grow flowering plants for his bees as well as devote time to the swarming, wintering and strengthening of the colonies There is room for improvement in the exhibition of breeding stock at fairs, As a rule the stock is ghown in the fattest conditon possible, Fatis detrimental to the production of offsprings, and a line should be drawn between the animals in- tended for the butcher and those to be kept for breeding So far no one has been able to state v holera is, and, of course, no y is known. The symptoms vary in ditferent sections, and nearly all diseases to which the hog is subj are now elas 3 to avoid it1s to keep the quarters cles and feed variable food. It is very difticult to riise young turkeys, but if they be kept dry and warm, as well as contined for a few days after being hatehed, until they become strong enoaglh to be allowed out of the coop there will be fewer losses in the broods. Dampness is more fatai to them than cold. Many farmers place great stress on the power of clover to restore the fertility of the soil. It does this by (aking carbon from the atmosphere using ele- ments in the soil to anic shape It is aided in this process by its roots, which penetrate a great distance, and thus lighten up the soil. It is a dis- puted question whether the plowing-in of clover is the most satistactory and economical method of enriching the soil, but the practice is quitc common in many localities. e P The Hand was Too Big to Handle. Buffalo Couri; Four or five gentle- men sat around a round table in an up- town hotel. Five dollars was the limit, and ail the players were friends and men of meaus. I'he boldest bluffer of the party found himself dealing, and looking over bis hand discovered afive, six seven, cight and nine—all spades. They were playing straights and the hand was almost invineible--a straight flush. One 1to the #2ante,and the dealer nent said “Five tter,” and the holder of the straight flush just made it good. Why he did not raise it no one knows, and his adversary, who held three aces, felt as bad as any- Lody about it. And right here another funny thing happened—he got his fonrth ace. Here was the chance of a lifetime for both men, according to all appear- an. but sce_what happened: The dealer bet 5. N ised him $5 and the dealer stu ast, he laid his cards on the table, face down, and asked “Boys, what [ want to know is, does a straight flush beat four aces? le was told that it did, and raised His opponent promptly called and the hands were shown. —There w almost a howl of surprise all round, and the dealer was besieged for explanations. “Can’t teil what was the matter with he said. “T felt asif I were dream- ing when I saw the hand, and I actually didn’t know what to do with it.” ittt Some of our most prominent citizens have been cured of chronic rheumatism by that wonderful pain-banisher, Salva- tion Oil. Price 25 cents. ¢ you have wsed it from much live “*Well, like cures like: Dr. Bull's syrup will cure you. The Bull will quict wre the ho(a)rse away.' The Strongest Man on Earth, Virginia Footlight: There is & man on the Darson river, below Dayton, named Angela Cordella, who claims to be the strongest man in the world. Heis an Italian, aged twenty-cight, and stands five feet ten inches, weighing 198 pounds. s strength was born with him, for he had no athletic training. He differs from other men chiefly in the osseous struct- ure. Although not of unusual size, his spinal column is much beyond the ordi- nary width, and his bones and joints are made on a similarly large and generous scale. - He has lifted a man of 200 pounds with the middle finger of his right hand. The man stood with one foot on the floor, his arms outstretched, his hands grasved by two persons to balance his body. Cor- della then stooped and placed the third finger of his right hand under the man’s foot, and, with scarcely any perceptible effort, raised him to the height of four feet and deposited him on a table near at hand. Once two vowerful men waylaid Cordella, with intent to thrash him, but he seized one in each hand and haw- mered them together unti! life was nearly knocked out of ther e w Self-Praise no Recommendation. Self-praise is no recommendation, but there aretimes when one must permit a person to tell the truth about “himself. When what he says 1s supported by the testimeny of others no reasonable” man man will doubt his word. Now,to say that Allcock’s Porous Plasters are the only genuine andreliable porous plasters made is not self-praise in the slightest degree. They have stood the test for twenty-five years, and in proof of their merits it is only necessary to eall attention to the cures they have effected and to the vol- untary testimonials of those who have used them, — A Well-Conducted Louisiana Duel. New Orleans Times-Democrat: Friday week Messrs. Leo Blunchard and Am- brose Rougeau, of Donaldsville, had a quarrel. A challenge followed, and the next morning just after daybreak the YI mci&ml»‘ met at Cleveland park, Messrs, J. H. Mathieu and P. Ganel ofliciating as representatives of the challenging prin- cipal, with Dr. John E. Duffel and Numa Mollere acting in like capacity for Mr. Blanchard, and Dr. J. C. Legare surgeon m attendance for both parties. The toss for position was won by Mr, Rougeau, who was placed in position about twelve feet in front of the catcher’s fence on the base-ball ~green, facing south. Mr. Blanchard was placed fifteen paces di: tant, on a line with and a€ew paces to the left of the ‘“home-plate,” facing north, The weapons used were regular duellivg pistols, single-bar- relled and earrying half-ounc balls. When everything was in readi nessand the word of ecommand about to be given, Mr, Blanchard’s weapon was accidently discharged while pointing at the ground and had to be reloaded. This accomplished, Mr. Mathieu asked the cowbatants if they were ready, and gave the words, “'Fire=one, two, three,'” the understanding being as usual, that the firing must take place between ‘“one and “three.”” Mr. Rougeau fired between the words “‘one’” and “'two.”” My, Blan- chard between “‘two” and *‘three’’. The latter's buliet passed through the catch er’s fence on a line some two feet above and three feet to the left of his antagon- ist's head. Mr. Rougeaun's aim was truer as the ball from his weapon found lodg- ment in Mr. Blanchard’s right shoulder, striking the bone and glancing down- ward. - LosT--"] don't see where, I can't tell when, I don't see how—something of great value to me, and for the reture of which I shall be truly thankful, viz., a good appetite.” Fournxp—'"Health and strength, pure blood, an appetite like that of n wolf, regular digestion, all by taking that pop- ular and peculiar medicine, Hood's Sar- saparilla. I want everybody to try it this season.® Tt is sold by all druggists, One hundred doses one dollar. e The Horse-Power of a Whale's Tail. Sir William Turner, the eminent pro- fessor of anatomy in the university of Edinburgn, recently delivered a lecture to the members of the philosophical insti- tution of that eity on ‘‘Whales; their structure and habits,” in the course of DR_pRIGE'S CREAM AKING DowDE MOST PERFECT MADE o Ammonia, Lime, Alum or Phosphates V‘I I\ OIS ity © . PRICE BA Canniog Dr. which he referred to a voint of consi able interest to engineers, which was the horse-power exerted by the tail of a large whale. Regarding the length of a full- grown whale,Professor Turner remarked that the porpoise was four feet or five feet long, whereas the Greenland whale vas from fifty to sixty feet long, and he 1id that the at finner-wi which frequently visited the British se reached the length of eighty feet, or even more. An animal of the latter sort was stranded at Longniddry some years ago After speaking ut some length on the structure of the whale, the lecturer made some remarks on the rate of speed at which they traveled. It had been esti- mated, he said, that the Greenland whale could attain a speed of nine or ten miles an Lour, and that the finner-whales at- tained even a greater speed. In all prob- ability the Longniddry whale could pro- pel itself through the water at the rate of twelve miles an hour, and the sperm whale was said to be capable of driving itself along at the same rate of speed, He had asked Mr. John Henderson, of Glasgow, the well known builder of the Anchor l‘ners, to assist him in arriving at the horsc-power which must be exercised by one of these great whales so as to ac- quire a speed of twelve miles an hour,and he put the case of the Longniddry whale before him. It was oighty fect long, weighed about seventy-four tons,and had a tail eighteen to twenty feet across from the extreme ends of its flung; With these data Mr. Henderson calculated that a whale of the dimensions, in order to attain a speed of twelve miles an hour, would require to exe.cise a propel- ling force of one hundred and forty-five horse-power. e Ladies should reflect well before using any preparation that is appplied to so delicate a surface us the skin. Any cos- metic will at first impart a beautifying effect and not apparently injure the skin, butin a very short time little blotches and discolorations appear on the face which conclusively show the poisonous drugs in their composition. It can be safely said that more than (two-thirds of the tace powders contain these injurious ingredients. Pozzoni's medicated com- plexion powder 1s not only abso'utely free from all deleterious matter, but its principal ingredient is an active cura uve for all discases of the skin. It has stood the test of years. Sold by all druggists, and at the depot 607 N. Sixth street. ——— Mr. Gibson Settled the Bill, Houston Post: A man by the name of Gibson, who lives in Fulls county, went to Marlin and got full. He was arrested for drunkenness and the usual fine im- posed by Mayor Wilham Shelton. The man told the mayor that he only had a few dollars, and his family necded it very badly, He wanted to know if he could not submit to a whipping and be sliowed to keep his money. The mayor told Mr. Gibson that his cost was 70, and he x’_oluld take that amount ‘“‘out of his ide."” “How many will you strike?" said Mr, Gibson. The mayor said ten. _ upon, but Gibson refused to strip. His honor took a board, and, bending Gib son over a chair, proceeded to take out his costs. The city marshal then offered to take out his costs the same way, but Mr. Gibson said 1o, and paid up and went home. DR. PEIRD" OXYGEN TREATMENT. 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