Abandoning the Missouri. j
Thoro are Indications that the long
and costly struggle to keep the Mis
souri river a great highway of com
merce is to be abandoned and that the
river wi'Jl be permitted hereafter to
pursue its erratic course to the Mis
sissippi -without attempts -by United
6tat.es engineers to keep it in order. •
Millions of acres of land have been
swept away and deposited elsewhere.
In one place a tract of 1,700 acres was
i transferred in a single night from
lowa to Nebraska by a change in the
course of the niver.
Horse Power.
A horse power is the force required
to lift a dead weight of 33,000 pounds ;
one foot a minute. To find the horse
power of an engine multiply the area
of the piston in inches by the aver- !
age steam pressure In pounds per
square Inch. Multiply the product by
the travel of the piston in feet per j
minute and divide that product by I
33,000. Lf an engine is rated at 73-
horse power it wil raise 33.000 pounds
one foot 73 times in one minute.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken
internally, and acts tipon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send for
I testimonials, free. Sold by druggists, 75c.
F. J. Cheney A Co., l'rops, Toledo. O.
• English shipbuilders get their guns and
boilers in Germany.
FIT 9 permanently onred.No fits or nervous
ness after first day s use of I>r. Kline's Great
Nerveßestorer. s2triol bottle and treatisef ree
Dr. R.H. Kline, Ltd., 981 Archßt.,Phtla., Pa.
The average salary of clergymen in tha
United States is S9OO a year.
Mrs. Winslo w's Scothin g Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, oures wind colic. 25c. a bottle
The first trackless trolley in America
will be run in Franklin. N. H.
Ido not believe Piso's Cu re for Consump- '
tlon has an equal for coughs tnd colds—JOHN
F. BoYKn, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900.
It's usually youth and not learning that
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wiriEms
j How Mrs. Bruce, a Noted Opera
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Proof That Many Operations
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down my health so completely tvro
years ago that the physician advised a
complete rest, and when I had gained
MRS. G.'BRUCE.
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advised to try Lydia E. Pinkham's
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felt that my general health had im
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ment or miss a meal.
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iildren|
In Bat Land.
A good little bat, wheo the day is nigh,
Flies home to his snug little bed;
As soon as the sun is up in the sky j
No bat should be seen overhead.
They sleep all day, tucked out of the way,
And what seems the strangest of all,
Their heads hang down where their tails
ought to be,
And they cling by their toes to the wall.
When the nan has set and the birds are at
reßt,
And the moon and the stars are on high,
Then each little bat pops out of his nest
And goes for a sail through the sky
How topsy-turvy their life must be!
They oreakfast at 8 p. m.;
And just at dawn they are ready for tea—
But it doesnt seem queer to them.
—Washington Star.
Talking Stones.
Contrary to the general belief, city
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boys are often at a loss to know how |
! to amuse themselves in the country.
They do not understand how to make
the most of the opportunities nt hand.
Here are some bints of use to such
lads:
| There is a particular class of amuse
ments to which boys are much given,
which are hut little understood by tile
older people. These are the amuse
ments which have to do with imagin
ing oneself something quite different
from what one really is.
It Is usually a very reckless, blood-
I thirsty individual whom boys choose
1 to represent. Perhaps they form them
selves into a band of outlaws, possibly
the famous crew under the lead of
Robin Hood; it may chance that they
will turn pirates, and the lending spir
its will be known as Kldd or Morgan;
or else the boys suddenly become In
| dians, with a chief named Sitting Bull
I or Eain-in-the-Face.
| In whatever game of this sort the
I boys may adopt a great deal must be
I Imagined. It was largely to escape
j ridicule, which every boy dreads, but
i partly, also, because they liked the idea
1 of writing in such a fashion that it
1 could not be read except by their own
; fellows, that a crowd of hoys in the
i upper part of New York State were
led to evolve a form of cipher by
means of which they could leave mes
sages intelligible only to a few chosen
i spirits.
Unless one was in tlii? secret, these
: messages looked like nothing except
: a few sticks and stones scattered by
the roadside; but to those who had
worked out the stick and stone alpha-
WASHINGTON PUZZLE PICTURE
Washington in signing the capitulation of Fort Necessity. Find the In
dian Half-King and Queen Allquippn.
bet, the letters were perfectly Intel- [
liglble.
In playing at being Robin Hood and
his bund, which was the chief amuse
ment of these boys, this means of
writing was of great assistance in
gathering the band, and of making
known to late comers the commands i
of their leader.
At certain rendezvous details of the
plan for the day would be left, and
In this way different members of the
band could at any time learn where
their fellows were to be found and in
what they were engaged, making ar
rows, searching for seasoned hickory
out of which to fashion new bows, or.
possibly, holding a tournament to i
prove the efficiency of the baud in the
Use of their weapons.
The method of leaving messages by
means of sticks and stones is quite
simple. One afternoon of practice
should perfect any boy in its use.
The alphabet Is given in the diagram
accompanying tills article. The black
line can be drawn in dirt or scratched
on a boulder. Each of the crosses
about this line represents a stone.
One stone placed across the line, as
•liown in the diagram (see the first
cross at the left of the line), represents ]
the letter A. A stone placed so thai
Its lower edge just touches the line
represents the letter B.
A stone placed so that its upper edge
just touches the line represents the
letter C. A stone placed just above
the line, not touching it, represents the
letter D. A stone placed just below
the line, not touching it, represents the
letter E.
Two stone placed vertically across
the line represents the letter F. Two
stones placed horizontally across the
line represent the letter F.
Two stones placed obliquely across
the line, slanting from left to right,
represent the letter K. Two stones
placed obliquely across the lint, slant
ing upward from right to left, repre
sent the letter U. Three stones placed
with their lower edges touching the
line represent the letter Z. Two stones
with a slight space between them,
placed so that their lower edges just
touch the line, represent the character
&. This is usually contracted in stone
written messages to one stone, A, an
swering in place of "and." The context
will always make this abbreviation in
telligible.
The remaining letters of the alpha
bet explain themselves. Considerable
space must be left between words,
or an improvement on this is to lay
a small twig between your words.
When a boy has familiarized himself
with the alphabet, the sticks and stones
in the diagram will be found to read:
i "Making arrows at the big spring."
When the messages indicated to a
member of the outlaw band that his
fellows were engaged in some sort of
work which would keep them moving
about, as, for instance, searching for
new camping grounds, new springs, or
the proper kinds of wood from which
to make bows and arrows, he would
find his companions through his knowl
edge of the woods where they were
most likely to find what they wanted,
and by tracking them.—New York Sun.
What a Drop of Water Can Do.
j I
Bend n match In ocnti'o so tllat
It forms an acute angle, and place it
over the neck of a large bottle; on top
of the match place a piece of money.
I n cent, for Instance, as shown in figure.
I The trick is to put the money into tbo
bottle without touching the match or
bottle.
Dip your finger in water, holding it
over the place where the match is bent,
and allow one or two drops to fall on
i that point. The two sides of the angle
will open slowly, allowing the money
to drop into the bottle.—New York
Press.
A Cat and Mouse Game.
The players stnnd hand and band la
a circle, the mouse being Inside and the
cat outside. They dance around, rals
j ing their arms and lowering them al
| ternately, which gives the cat a chance
to jump in at one side, while the mouse
jumps out at the other. The cat is now
a prisoner and goes round "miaul
ing," but as the dance continues she
soon gets out and chases tile mouse,
who darts in to save herself. If she
gets in by herself, the cat pays u for
feit, but If puss gets In also it is the
mouse who has to suffer for it.
Disposing? of Seiruge.
Plants for the destruction of sewage
by cremation nre now operated in nine
ty-seven cities of the United States.
| Farm Topics^
Lambs In the Market.
Lambs bring twice as much in mar
ket as sheep, including the wool de
rived from the sheep, and the market
Is seldom overstocked with lambs.
Evaporated Corn.
It takes about ten ears to average one
pound of evaporated corn, and 100
pounds of fresh cut corn will make a
trifle over twenty-live pounds of the
finished product of high grade. If the
corn is hard and nearly ripe this yield
would be increased but at the expense
of quality. Such corn will sell at from
eight to ten cents per pound in car lots,
according to the market. Most of those
engaged in evaporating corn have in
creased their business gradually and
pay from twenty-five to forty ceutc
per hundred ears, or about $9 per ton,
delivered at the factory in the husks.
A Profitable Crop.
It is safe to say that the market gar
deners near our large cities realize
greater profits from lettuce than from
any other vegetable. It is a very hardy
falant, and when well under wuy with
stands not only quite a degree of cold,
but also the heat. If the plants are
partially protected 6y*being set out on
the sunny side of ridges, they progress
much more rapidly in growth than
when not so carefully managed, and
the quicker they can be grown the bet
ter the quality. If the plants are set
out in rows wide enough to admit the
free use of tie hoe, and well manured,
the7 will become solid, but when sown
broadcast on rich beds they also fur
nish a large quantity of tender leaves.
Feeding: Large and Small Chickens.
Where large and small chickens run
at large in the same lot the feeding of
A FEEDING BOX.
them becomes a difficult matter, as the
larger crowd the weaker and take most,
of the food.
Get one or more big but low dry
goods or grocery boxes and remove a
part of each side, as shown in the cut,
making the opening just high enough
to permit the smaller chicks to enter.
Stretch a wire from side to side at the
top, and throw feed Inside for the
younger broods. They will quickly
learn to stqrt for their own quarters
when the feed dish appears.—New Eng
land Homestead.
Where the Hog Leads.
For quick returns the hog is far
ahead of the steer or sheep. He is
easily fitted for the slaughter at six
months old, and at that time, if he
has been well fattened, eighty per cent,
of his live weight is in dressed meat.
But, as the saying goes, every part ol'
him excepting the grunt and the squeal
is utilized. The bristles, the intestines
or sausage casings, the blood and the
bone, all play their parts, while the
liver and heart are favorite food with
many. The steer will need about three
crops of corn to fatten him, and oftcu
not more than fifty per cent, of his
weight is dressed meat, while it is un
usual to find one that does not shrink
over forty per cent. One crop of corn
will fatten both the fall and the sprlug
pigs each year. All of tills is a decided
advantage in favor of the keeping of
swine, and those who have done so
and avoided the attacks of cholera aud
swine plague have becu successful and
prosperous in their business.—Kansas
Farmer.
Furmm-B and llreedfl.
The breeds of sheep are being im
proved every year, aud farmers who
have not familiarized themselves with
the characteristics of sheep should bear
in mind that they are behind the buy
ers, who can distinguish at a few mo
ments' examination exactly what kind
of a sheep from which the wool was
sheared, and its fitness for the pur
pose for which it is desired. The buy
ers know the breeds, the kind of wool
peculiar to each breed, and all about
them, for it is "business." A farmer
would sneer at a carpenter who pro
feased to be a carpenter and yet could
not do a piece of work in that line; and
yet, it may be claimed, there are hun
dreds of farmers who profess to be
fanners, and who would rebel if their
knowledge of the business should lie
questioned, but who, at the same time,
cannot tell as much about the products
of the farm as many of those who
know nothing about farm life. There
are hundreds of farmers who are uot
able to distinguish breeds of sheep,
and who do not know the particular
purposes for which a breed Is most
suitable, and still they pride them
selves on their calling as a business
whica they intend to make profitable.
If sr.eh farmers could be Drought to
a reslization of the fact that they are
really deficient in knowledge it would
be to their Interests. Every year we
witness the shipment of the products
of tho farm to market, where the ouyei
fixes the grade, although he has no ex
perience on the farm. Farmers as a
class are not business-like, for they rely
too much on the judgment of others.
It is not intended to imply that they
should not seek the advice of others,
but when the farmer surrenders every
thing to hard work he should begin to
educate himself In every possible way
to improve his chances.—Philadelphia
Record.
' Competition for Btandard Oil.
Consul F. W. Mehin writes from
Reiohenberg, June 16, 1902: "The
Austrian refiners of petroleum have
effected an organization for export
purposes. It is announced that they
Intend to invade France, Germany,
Switzerland and Italy, and wrest those
countries, if possible, from the Amer
ican company which now supplies
their demands for petroleum, and that
they also propose contesting certain
markets with Russia."
I Rents are falling in Buenos Ayres.
The Okapl.
The okapi, the strange animal a
short time ago discovered in Central
Africa by Sir Henry Johnstone, is now
thought to have been known to the
ancient Egyptians. Tho old monu
ments show a soealled "animal ol
set," a desert quadruped variously
supposed to have been a fox, a musk
rat, a dog, a camel and even a fabul
ous animal. A study of the pictures
convinces Prof. Weideman that this
creature was the okapi, which early
hunters exterminated in Egypt.
|
I In Humbolt and Mendocino coun
-1 ties, California, there are 36 sawmills
at work upon the famous redwood for
ests, which are gradually disappear:
ing, the value of the output of the
year 1900 being nearly $5,000,000.
Half- Sid
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' I first used Ayer's Sarsaparilla
in the fall of 1848. Since then I
have taken it every spring as a
blood - purifying and nerve
strengthening medicine."
S. T. Jones, Wichita, Kans.
If you feel run down,
are easily tired, if your ■
nerves are weak and your
; blood is thin, then begin
' to take the good old stand
ard family medicine,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
It's a regular nerve
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Sarsaparilla. Ho knows all about this grand ■
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w will be sntlbtiod. ■
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It's his liver. He needs a
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I have been a great sufferer -with
| piles for years, and I have tried ev
erything I heard of, and have been
| In the hospital at times. I have had
bleeding piles, and felt terrible. An
| aunt of mine came from the country
, to see me and she made me take
Itipaus Tabules. I first took two four
! times a day, then I took one at each
meal, and then one every day. At
the end of two weeks I felt a great
change. I thank Rlpans for reliev
ing mo of fail I suffered.
At druggists.
The Five-Cent packet is enough for an
ordinary occasion. The family bottle,
60 cents, contains a supply for a year.
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heat rash, sunburn, bites and stings of insects, lameness
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W~Much that all should know about the skin, scalp, and hair la told la
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King Edward VII. is to establish •
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G Since the Baroness Burdett Coutts re*
t ceived her title no woman has been
y elevated to the peerage because of
r f her philanthropic benefactions,
e ' '
r . Concessions have just been granted
s to construct and run 27 branch lines
,t of the Swedish railways. The new
a lines will cover a distance of 260
miles in all, and it means that Sweden
will again have occasion to purchase
a large quantity of rolling stock.
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