Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 16, 1887, Page 5

! » THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1887 QCESTION;\BLE PHILANTHROPY Cashier Clark's Proposition to Dis- count Firemen's Bills, #PHAT" FOR THE FIRST NATIONAL Call for the Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Press Association - Board of Transportation Orders—Brevities. [PROM THE BEE'S LINCOLN BUREAU.] There was a very innc appearing Proposition submitted to the city council at its last meeting by John R. Clark, cashier of the First National bank. In fu the propo- sition was toned and shaded and mellowed dbwn until it had a very philanthropic ap- pearance, but a little study of it shows the scheme behind it and reveals the sort of philanthropy that might be expected. The funds from which to pay the firemen and other funds for other departments have been exhausted und cannot be drawn against until the new levy ¢omes in next suouner. What the firemen and parties were to do for money 1o live on until w nts could be drawn was the question, and the smme state of affairs faced the city that has existed before in rela- tion to these funds. The proposition made by the cashier of the National bank ‘was that he, the cashier, would advance the money for the firemen upon receipt.of certi- fle: jng salary due from month to month. proposition was to discount the clai Tollowing amounts: November, Dec and January, 10 per cent: Februar, March, 9 per conts April und May, S | June, 7 per cent, und July 6 According o his proposit boys who receiy month are c; to stand and deyver 10 per cent i Tn the nine months b ates of wecount properly signed and show. The the tune scheme of over £00 if they and discounted th man But some of fircmen do not propose to deliver up. In the proposition submitted to discount these ac- skillfully worded in them great ‘“‘accommodation” was counts would be ex me. All the accounts fell into the bills in this the the granted that all th pected and for all th in the coming month will be cash and all cash August next. The accounts that are dis- counted 10 per cent have only about six months to run before the casl ilable, so that this would amount to a discount of 20 per cent per annum in favor of the bank. The last month'’s account before the cash is available is at 6 per cent, but the account, is mot issued until July 31, and the first of Au- ust the cash is available. This is iscounting at the rate of 2160 per cent per annum. But this is but one side of the case. There are heavy deposits of cif money made by the city t und this particular bank in question is more than gen- erously favored by the treasurer in his d posits, and in_all the months that this di counting is going on the money is accpmula- ting to meet the claims in August; gccumu: lating as rapidly as the claims are accumula- d it does not take & great stretch of » imagination to see the cash ready to meet the claims that the law does not allow to pass directly to the claimant. There are in the hands of the city treasurer now, judging from a recently published report, somc #40,000, and o bank holding this for safe keeping ought to afford to be generous in dis- counting city claims. It would be interesting 4f the city council called for a showing of the, exact cash in the different funds at the pres- ent time and a showing every month of the dncrease in these funds. There has been some conspicuous advertising of late calling for taxes to be paid and fundsare undoubtedly Tapidly accumulating m the city treasu: In the meantime if the city government ot protect its employes from such scher of discount as that presented by the cashier of the First National bank it had better raise tho salaries of the men to meet the® levies made on them or else let the property of those who speculate on the city's ‘poverty go unprotected for a scason. TIE NEBRASKA PRESS ASSOCIATION. The following has been issued from the pfice of the president of the Nebraska Press association Lixcowy, Neb,, Dec. 15, 1887. meeting of the Nebraska Pres: called to meet in the city —The annual sociation is of Lincoln, on Thursday and Friday, January 12 and 13, 1888, th fl rst meeting of lh(- ss8ion is to be held Yy evel m, thus i o enablin T e ol thae ' day from all seétions of the state. The Lincoln board of trade propos tertain the association during its s the city. 0 en- on in All members of the association and newspaper men in the. state who attend and become members of the associa- tion will be guests of the ci On the even- h the board of trade, through 4ts committees, will tender the association a gompiimentry "bunquet at the Capital hotel, ttoe of the board of trade having nment of the association in wists of the following well known Hon. Patrick Egan, General J. C. DlcBride and J. J. Tmhoff. ‘The business session will include the an- nual report of the president, the reports of i) ary und treasurer, the report of the uilding committeo that had in charge the gonstruction of the association building at the Chautauqua_assembly grounds at Crete, the annual election of ofticers, the appoiut- ment of committees, the arrangement for the ummer meeting.at Crete and the consideru- ion of u midwinter trip to Florida, L. - gell, Jr., of the Capital City Courier, having that matt in \lml),\‘ll.\nlnh an of the e ursion The association will also iukc the ing of thel teps for membership in e national associution and clect delegates to the same. As special features of this annual meeting, flun B. . Herbert, of Red Wing, Minn., ato president of the national association, Wil bofu attondence wud @ddross tho associ- jon. S W Broarley, of the Detroit Jour- nal. president of the Michigun Press associa- tion, will be present and introduce the new press brotherhood sccrét organization, de- nowinated the “Sanhedr ers m-Nebraska will be dir this organization. Hon. H. M. Wells, of the Crete Vidette, will deliver the annual oration before the as’ sociation, and Walt Mason, of the State Jour- aal, will read o poem. All newspaper men in the state actively aged in the work of printing wnd publish- in editorial , Or 5 d correspond enis, may become members the asso tion by the payment of 21 as fnitiation fe onts, All newspaper t heretofore identified with the stute tion are requested o be present and wnualmeeting of the Nebras| us tion way exceed in ttendance aud work all former sessions, and it is especially urged that all reach the city in time to partic qm(cllln all proceedings. Joux A. MacMukeny, scretiry. BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION ORD The board of transportation yost sued the following orders : ars that since the reduc- the several railway com within the state, the conditions with 1ce to the rates on freight from east- ern points to Missouri river points have ma torially changea by a largo reduction in rates from such castern poiuts to the Missouri river to tuke effect on the 20th wst., therefore it Resolved, Thst the several this state be notified that all Ncbrasku are entitled to o proportional re- duction and that this board take action to secure a readjustinent of the rutes within the state The ses railroads in tions within cond order was as follows : rdance with' @ complaint sent in since by patrons of the road the secretaries of the board presented the follow: ing order to the board with a vequest that it be passed; Whereas, The Chicago, Burlington & -ailroad company is running certain nger trains in' the state of Ne. braska without any ln"&n-mx‘n. and th Funning of such trains wi unsafe, it is hereby ordered that said rail- h'ud\ulu'nul\ withi ten days from se of this order place upon each of its passeuger Lrains runming in the state at least one brake- ulan. NEWS ITENS. The appraisment of school lauds in Cheyenne county Has been received at the department of lands and buildings., There are 240,00 ncres of school land in this county and th #Dpraised wilno wab from 80 conts 1o $15 por acre the average on farm lands being & or nere. Thio date for the sale has ot yet cen fixed but will not oceur until nts hiuve completed their work and Regent's Hull and Holues lay and Re M lieu went to Beatrice to v the feeble minded and gwill not retu Kearney until Saturday. A farmer named Halen living a few miles out of Lincoln has been sent to jail to answer for disposing of wortgaged property. His bond was fixed at £00 but he failed to secures it. Mayor Sawyer has gone to Washington ax will, while_there, use his fluence with the Nebraska delegation to gain their assistance in the application of Lieutenant Dudley for the position of judge advocate in the army. Prickly Ash Bitters warm up and in- vigorute the stomach, improves and ~1l|'uf|hr‘nfl the digest WEANS, 0pens the pores. promotes prespiration, and equalizes the circulation. = As a corr tor of disogdered system there is noth- ing to equal it, — The Home of a Gambler. Chieago Herald: It is rather odd, but true, that the home of a gambler is one of the objects of intevest in Chicago. Quorgs” Hanlins, the wealthy sport, lives in very good style on Michigan avenue, near Yourteenth street. Ooe of ‘his neighbors tells me it is quite in- teresting to watch the people driving by, and to see them pointing out to each other the. Hankins mansion. “There is a regularlittle pantomine on the boulevard v.lu re by my house every a he sa people ride by we ) see the heads turn toward Han- kins® house, their lips mov nd wo can almost henr them say: “That is the home of George Hankins, the leading gambler of Chicago, " and if there arve any strangers in the party they arve sure to gaze with open-mouthed astonishment at the gambler's mansion, right there in one of the most aristocratic neigh- borhoods in town. 1Is Hankins a good neighbor? Well, of course, none of us up there go to his house, but his place is well ordered and quiet. So far as any of us know nothing is ever done there that would be improper in a gen- tleman’s house. Of course the popular notion is that there must be some car: ousing once in a while, and perhay big game occasionally, but nothing of the sort ever goes on there. I'll ven- ture that there is more gambling in a week in the average aristocrati out on our avenue than a year. There is no more nished house: on this boulevard that of Hankins’. than He has an elegant establishment, and his turnouts are not only numerous but said-to be among the few in the town that are strictly correct in every particular. Do Hankins’ neigh bors gossip about him? Oh, of cour but they all agree that in his home life he is a gentleman of quict und elegance. The thing most commented on in the neighborhood is his devotion to his wife, which is something quite extraor- dinary. He seems to worship that wo- man and to live only to make her happy. Ot e To Consumptives. Reader, can you believe that the Cre- ator afllicts one-third of mankind with a discase for which there is no remedy? Dr. R. V. Pierce’s ‘‘Golden Medical Discovery” has cured hundreds of cases of «‘mmum ption, and men are living to- , robust men—whom phy- sicians pronounced incurable, because one lung was almost gone nd 10 cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce’s book on consumption and kindred affections, Address World’s Dispensary Medical 1\_m,u«,m.uon, Main street, Buffalo, N. e LA A Determined Suicide. Argonaut: Some Wallachian peasants were one day working in the ficld near the banks of the Maros. Suddenly they saw a stranger rush frantically through the field, and plunge headlong into the river. They pursued, and dragged him out, dripping; he depmh-(l and they returned to their work. Shortly after- ward he again appeared, and for the second time took asuicidal “header.” Again the peasants snatched him from the raging torrent, and returned to their work. Yet a third time they saw him enter the field; but on this occasion he did not make for the river, but climbing up a tree,deliberately pro- ceeded to hang himself from one of the branches, This time his former pre- servers did not interfere,and he drained the cup of his fate to the lust drop. Presently a crowd of the relatives and friends of the deceased from whose cus- tody he had escaped, arrvived, headed ¥ t,and roundly abused the ants for permitting the late lamented to kill himself. The peasants naively replied that they had pulled him out of the river twice, and as he was dripping wet, they thought he had hung himself up to dr, How to Overcome the Dangers of Ex- posur Francis O ly, she well-known liv- ery man of No. 18 Prince street, New \nrk says of Allcock’s Porou thé last forty-two years I have been engaged in the livery and hacking busin, Lam greatly aided by my four boys. We are much exposed to the weather, and we have found All- cock’s plasters of very great servi We use them as chest” protectors, pl ing one on the chest and one on the pit of the stomach. They not ounly ward off the cold, but act as a tonic. We are frequently affected wi matism, kinls in the back and the 3 but one or two of plasters quickly cure us. My nl\ugh(l'\ have been using Allcock’s plasters for wi back and think the world of them. T have now been using them for twenty y and always have a box in the house. e SRR A Strange Presenti A dispateh from Oil City, Pa. George Fry, depot m qx-r, hrn!li'l- died at Big Rapids, Mi day night, December 4, 1 presentiment of his death. Uu \hlnd‘n\ mdrning Mr, Fry dved o telogram announcing the death of his brother, but giving no further nformation. In conversation with reporter on the afternoon of that he said: wrote a letter to Gid last night and just as [ finished it 1 looked up at the elock and noticed that it had stopped, and [ got up and wound the clock and pulled out my watch to set it by, It was 9:45. I set the clock and just as [ started it I heard the words *I'm gone, I'm gome.’ It was brothet Gid's voice. It scemed to come from the elock. 1 he: rheu- ins in Allcock’s wife and it asdis- tinctly as I ever heard anything in my life. "It startled me and T related the circumstances to my family.” To-d show r to the reporter which he had from Big Rapids, giving an ac of his brother's list moments. The letter stated that Gideon M ey had died at 9:45 Sunday night, December 4, and,that In last words were “1I'm gone, I'm goue O Ladies wvho e weakne: the perience a sense of sometimes lameness ul ek should use Dr. J. H, Mcl ) ngthening Cordial and Bloud 1 ml~ it will supply the much needed ength and overcowe all weakening Ar q,ulunm:. and »| FACTS FOR THE FARMERS. ‘What Careful Breeding Has Done 5 For the Stock Raiser. THE SHORTHORN'S FOR MiLK. 6iik Culture Should Be Let Alone— The Most Profitable Cow-Sca- sonable Hints and tions to the T4 What Careful Brecding Has Done. Philadelphia Record: The breeder is not behind the manufacturer and in- ventor in the work accomplished, though his work has been more difficultand has extended over a greater period of time. When the field is observed it shows a most wonderful progress for the breeder during the past fifty years. He has taken all the domestic animals from their original condition and molded or changed them in form as though model- ing from clay, and the characteristics of each b ve been fixed according to his prefevence. He has divided the horses into hreeds and classified them, producing from the same original stock the heavy draught, the runner and the trotter, not excepting the ponies, and is now at work on fast-gaited walking horses, each family being entively dif- ferent from the others, while erosses of the ass and the horse of thu present day produce mules of larger size than either parent, The cattle have been classified in amanner to permit of the selection of particular breeds for any purpose to which such stock may be adapted. The Shorthorns, Herefordsand Polled Angus are bred solely for beef, the Jerseys and Guernseys are especially adaptod for the production of butter, the Devons are best as work: oxen, and the Holsteins and Ayrshires excell as producers of milk, though the latter breeds are excell producers also. The breeder's | jons with swine have also been very successful. He has bred them to a uniformity of color truly remarkable. The Berkshire is not only specially provided with large, full, prominent hams, but is also marked with black hair and four white feet, as well as white spot on the forehead and on the tuft of the tail. The HEssex is entirely black, and_bred long in the y s a producer of side meat, while short-faced Yorkshire, white in color, mature very carly and excel in the production of fat and lard. Sheep are classified into mutton and wool bree: the former being subdivided into families that |l>|'nduuc a larger pro- portion of marbled flesh according to maturity or size, while the wool brecds are made to produce long, middle or fine wool, according to preferonce. No work of the breeder has been considered im- ssible. is efforts have béen succ ction. Even the poul- try have been classified, and the bree ler has even destroyed the propensity incubate in some breeds. The great value of the work done by the breeders who have brought about these clas: tions cannot be estimated.as the increase is not confined to a single year. ‘Whether the limit of improvement has been reached or not éannot be stated, but in the face of such wonderful ac- complishments it is sife to claim that nothing seems impossible. Let “Silk Culture” Alone. E. S. Gilbert,Alleghany county, N.Y.: A ladies’ journal of large ¢ lation, in “Hints on Moneymaking, ‘commends silk culture. **The mulber trees are raised from cuttings, und grow rapidly one acre of trees will yield $1,000 pe year; no special buildings required any airy room will do; the loft of a butn has been used; 4,000 worms can be reared onan_erdinary table; the work is all over in six wecks,” and so on! Per con- tra, here is the agricultural report for 1886, with an account of the experimen- tal filature at Washington, where s Serrel reels are operating at-an expen: of cocoons and labor of #18.64 per day, producing $10.85 worth of silk at a loss of $1.50 per pound, without counting in- terest on capital or cost of iu]y(-m"(um. ence. STt not a very good showing,” some hopes that another , with more expert reelers and sun- improvements in the r the loss may be reduced to 74 cents per day. Another drawback not mentioned in the “‘Hints” arises from the extent of the country. It isusual in silk coun- 10 sell the cocoons to the filatures as soon as they are done, and the reeler d to kill and dry them in large iesand by approved methods. The distance from the market of many of our growers precludes this, as the moths would hatch in transit: and to allow the growers to choke their co- coons is to haue lotsof silk damaged by ignorant and inexpert processes, and having to dry them for several months they cannot realize till late in the au- tumn, A promistng outlook surely! It is plain that the price of cocoons (78 cents a pound) or the wages of the reel- ers (76 cents per day), or both, must be reduced to bring th balance on the right side, but however the experiments come out, it is clear that all whose sole quilification is their need of money will find silk raising a good thing to keep out of, 21 Shorthorns for Milk, B. Allen: Shorthorns as merely ttle,” for there are thousands lngland, and also in America, alike ior in the d and at the sham- making sort of “‘general- in supe bles, purpose cows was the case with them last centu and up to the in century, after which choice beef began to be more profitable for the farmers to produce than dairy products, and consequently turned attention in breed- ing more to'the former than to the' lat- But they now begin to see : > in s0 doing, and a ing the general purpo: find a copious milking cow, when advanced to old age and dried off, fat- tens rapidly and cheaply and makes an cellent and profitable quality of beef, At the recent annual dairy show in London the Shorthorn cow May Duch- ess took the first prize hs a milker, and also gained the champion prize as the best Shorthorn. Her it shows a stylish and admirably animaly and what is more-d . a perfectly shaped udder. She contended against qn considerable number of all British is as well as the Channel Island cows, which was a great triumph. It is rathe ~mlun~|ng lh.u not one of the rnseys’ or Jerseys' milk produced so » a percentage of butter fat as that of the full-bred Shorthorn and its butte has been Channel island , for grades, though a superiority of fit- that is, richness of mil it claim of the over all other breeds. The Large or hnlnll Cow. arm and Go Whether the ! is the most prc itable ou small farms is a disputed que tion. For our part we like a good cow whether she is large or small, and are better suited by quality than size. The large nnimal consumes more, and should yield an increase of milk and butter to compensate for the extra feed. Weo saw, not long since, & statement in which the extra cast and possible profit and loss wore very nicely ealeulated, and the balance seemed o be in favor of the smallor cow. We do not believe there is much difference in profit ldcd by an individual cow of either Class, if they aroe~good specimens of th kind. ~ We, behieve good keep makes the profit in all cases, be the It requires a cer- n amount of f ain life and keep up animal waste; whatever addi- tional proper nutritious food is supplicd will, in o good cow, go into profit into milk and butter, '\lu' advoeates of the 1. cow urge that there is an in- value in such stock when it comes to the butcher; but this is not of much consequence, for such beef does not have a high market value. Sclect whatpver kind we may for the dairy, if we consult our profits we must look for the one that makes the hest veturns for b ; all other considerations of and weight are only of minor ’ portance, The best cow at the milk puil will be the best breed for the owner. Sensonable Hints and Suggestions, The cost of milk dependsupon the cost of the food, hence tlm more milk re- coived from & cow in proportion to food given the cheaper the cost. But unloess warm quarters be given a large quantity of food must be diverted to ating warmth for the body. and it would therefore be economical to keep the coi comfortable in order to cheapen the cost of lessening the amount of food re- quired for bodily warmth. In other words, shelter is food, as it protects the animals against cold. There are some crosses that do not re- sult to the best advantage. With dogs it is claim ed that the union of a hairy with a smooth coated dog will produce worthless offspring, and _with poultry the crossing of birds with rose combs and single combs has not been us pro- ve of such good vesults as when gle combs have been bred together as e cheriments in this direes tion are worthy of attention. Leaky roofs on the barnand stables are extravagant at this scason. A small lgak allowing space for only a drop at a time may materially damage a large amount of hay during a northeast storm. If the stable be damp the temperature thereof will be lowered by reason of the evaporation of the moisture. A _dry stable will retain warmth, whilo & damp stamble will be cold and uncom- fortable. Ground bones may be easily reduced by mixing them with wood ashes and Keeping the mixture moist with urine. Place the materials in a barrel, and have the barrel in the barn cellar, where the frost will not freeze the con- tents. When complete the mixture will contain phosphate of potash, with bonate of lime arld ammonia. npty all troughs and drinking ves- vent ac- It is much to chop out the B sels every night in order to pre cumulations of ice in them. easier to do this than ice in the morning in order to water the stock. Ice water is not conducive to the thrift of the animals in winter, and the troughs ghould therefore be kept as free from ice as possible. Horse troughs should be thoroughly washed with warm water o(‘('nmmmllh as there is more or less food left over, which in time will become filthy. Should moistened ground food remain in the trough and fhe weather become somewhat warm it will partially fer- ment and in that mauner render other food unwholesome. Dry sleeping places are indispensable to sheep. If compelled to remain on damp locations the wool will dry very slowly, and the animals will often con- tract Tung troubles. Sheéepare liable to more diseases than any other class of farm stock,and for that reason should be morg carefully protected. At the Chicago show a lot of Sussex sheep were exhibited, the ewes of whic had young lambs mll\ a few days old at at their side, which is something un- usual for November. This breed of sheep produce lambs twice a_year, and also bear twins and triplets, being more prolific than any other breed. As far as the experiments have been conducted it has heen demonstrate that when wheat is sixty cents a bushel it is the cheapest griin that can be used as food for stock, being more nu tritious than corn and better adapted for growing stock. A good fullstock of bees, say 20,000, should haye at least twenty pounds of good honey and plenty of good dry S 9 R PR L ng, and be placed in a_dry, dark cellar, or some other properly arranged piace for them. The fact is noted by the Metal Worker llldl a house hidden by trees is too often in a reservoir of damp stagnant air (as may be shown with a wet and dry bulb thermometer)—a condition anything but favorable to health. Plant the grape vines now if the rround be warm enough to permit of so oing. If old vines be removed allow all the ‘roots possible, leaving only a single vine to remain and with as few eyes us will answer. o A thick coating of whitewash on the walls of the cellar will be as productive of benefit now as during the warm sea- son. It will also make the c light and cheerful, and greatly assist in pre- serving the purity of the atmosphe An open shed with a yard attac il not answer for the pigs in the win- They should be well pro- having a house with a door that osed at night, and be provided with plenty of dry litter. If the ground be not yet frozen too hard the best thing to do with the corn roots would be to pull them up and throw them in the barnyard, instead of allowing them to remain in the ficlas all winter, Wheat straw, cut fine and moistened with water slightly salted, then sprinkled with corp meal, will be eaten by sheep, and will answer for them if they be also fed liberally on grain. Ground fish is now being extensively used as poultry food in place of ground meal, and it is said to be excellent, es- pecially as it contaims quite a propor- tion of bone as well s meal. Colonel F. D. Curtis remarks in the Farm Journal thad, “the first gait to teach a colt is a good strong, smart walk and no other should'be attempted until this has been made a habit.” The poultry business is worthy of wide and profitable expansion in the United States. We should not import eggs, and early spring broiters should n()l IN- 80 scarce, Carefully save the sheep and poultry droppings and add them to the manure heap, as they are more valuable than any other manure of the farm, A very simple remedy for sore teats is said to be to wash with castile soap and warm water, and apply equal parts of lime water and linseed oil, Potatoes intended for seed should be kept during the winter cool and airy, and if growths should appear they ought to be promptly removed. Do not attempt to ship live poultry to market at this season, as they will' be exposed to all kinds of weather,and loss will ensue. For roup in poultry give 8 pill of assa- footida the size of a bean twice a day to ench fowl, and keep ina warm, dry place. Unless collected as fast as laid during cold weather, cags are liable to become frozen and erack open. | Poultry must be given a place to ch und wallow, as it is natural for | them. < Give the sheep a vaviety of food, and | and imorove their condition and the flavor of the mutton, il "Tis a Wind | That brings with it gusts of rain from the northeast. When the wind blows from that quarter on a wet d \ ny rheumatic are apt to suffer, even if sonted by their “ain comfortable m;_' in a cosy arm chair. A fow wine glass- fuls of Hostette Stomach Bitters— most genial and comforting of spocifics —will afford them unspeakable reli There is ample proof on record of its in this disease—more particu- used for its relief at the outset. Chills and fever, dyspepsin, constipn- tion, liver complaint, and u lack of tone in the kidneys and bladder, should also be treated with this useful, family medi- eine of botanic origin. Appetite im- proves, refreshing slumber once more visits the we eyelids of the nervous, and the circulation is enriched and ac- celerated in consequence of its invigor- ating and regulating action. Use it as a protector against getting wet. - Writers Paid by the Mile. Mail and Express: “How much do you pay for such o st asked a young writer of a well kn m:lnn;.fing editor the other day. *Let me see your manuscript.’ The young man produced his 1oll and submitted it to the editor, “You write a rather fine hand, and thawefore I will give you $25 for eve quarter of a mile of writing that 1 ué- cept.’ wenty-five dollars for a quarter of a mile?”" repeated the would-be con- tributor, aghast with surprise. “Yes, and that is a very good rate for an unknown writer like yourself. We pay all the way from $100 to $1,000 a mile for the work of the most noted writers, and [ have paid a. famous poet at the rate of $10,000 a mile for a great poem which he wrote at u v order. T Inn, is an exceptionally high price, though.” “‘How much would a mile make of my manuscript?”’ “I should say about ten words.” “You don't mean_to say that 10,000 of my words if strung in a vow would make a mile?” “Most assuredly not. 10,000 word: thousand But 1n writing ur pen moves ov of spaco. With some writers only composed of 8,000 words, and there are some microscopic writers who crowd 20,000 words intoa mile. Those figures will give you an idea of the amount of territory the pen of a busy writer will cover in a year, Take a newspaper re- porter, who writes on an average 10,000 words a week. His pen will travel fifty-two miles a year. court stenog- rapher, who quently takes down 40000 to 60,000 words in a day,and transcribes part of his notes at ‘night, will cover not less than 400 miles a year. Take Alexander Dumas, the elder, who was one of the most prolific writers in the wo 1 ad done all of hi own writing he would have aver five miles a day during his whole busy caveer. He often emploved secretar however, though he did a large part of his work himself. You see it would take a long time for a man to draw a line avound the world with his pen. It could be done, though.” ST Luxurious Christmas Presents. Colgate’s (ashmere Bouquet per- fume is a luxurious, yet inexpensive present which every lady will ap- preciate. e Transportation of Fish Eggs. ckee Republic Several weeks ago we published an item to the effec that the water from a hot artesian well in Sierra valley had, after cooling and flowing a'short distance formed n small pond, where before there was a dry de- pression in the ground without there being any communication with any other stream of water; that a short time after the formation of this pond numbers of smallow fish or minnows were to be found in it. The que how they got tlu-u- or how was the spawn deposited, it being unreasonable 1o suppose that thoy tame from' the well, for they would have been cooked, and gsh spawn cannot retain any vi ity in dry ground. The qm-~l|<m puzzle and affords but one that is: Most of the b their eggs unde Their eggs be m-' glu- to the gr and other near the surface of the ning among large quantities of eggs There are some variety of wild ducks which feed mostly at night, visiting small ponds and even temporary large mud holes. lmpreg- nated fresh eggs are thus transferred in their feathers and become detached in whatever water they alight. The streams of Sierra vullvy are full of minnows, and it isalso a great resort ducks. It is highly probable that ducks visited thi§ newly formed pond with fish eggs on their feathers, and thus stocked the pond with fish. ™ plant mostly water, and \nhl ducks swim them gather wpon their feathers. 1ta superior excellence proven in mm(u“. of homos for more than & GUAFLer of & centur 15 used by the United States Government. dorsed by the hends of the great unversitios, as the Strongest, Pureet and Most Healthful. 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