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SOLVING THE PROBLEM.
I'he Chitin-e of Alfalfa is Reclaiming No-
braska’l Semi-Arid Lands.
Southern and Southwestern Ne-
lraska is still talking 3‘ alfalfa and
lens. Of course, all the alfalfa talk ‘
ncludes about the best beef steer and
lis sister, and the talk of thehen in—
dudes the talk about eggs. Alfalfa
Ind the hen is doing wonderful things
lor Southern and Southwestern Ne-
iraska. ‘
Time was when the average Ne~
)raska farmer could think of acres
nnly by the thousand, and hens were
:onsidered as something too insignifi-
tant for a farmer to consider. To-
lay a few acres of alfalfa, a few beef
steers, some dairy cows, a few hogs
and a lot of hens are making the
'armer richer than multiplied acres of
torn. ,
The alfalfa crop has steadily in-
"' :reased every year for twenty years,
lut despite the manifest advantages
lf this crop there‘are some people who
‘efuse to believe that it is a good crop
Ind persist in raising corn andhaul-
ng it to market. .
Alfalfa will grow almost every-
vhere if it can be started. A few
rears ago it was thought that it
vould grow only on the bottom lands.
[‘o-day some of the best alfalfa fields
11 the State are in the sandhills and
upon the uplands. Alfalfa is it won-
lerful enricher of land. Its, roots ab— ,
sorb water like a sponge. (Take a
told of corn and a field of alfalfa ly-
ng side by side. After a good rain
lo a little experimenting._ Dig down
n the corn field and you will find the
:arth moistened by the rain to a’
Iepth of 3 or 4 inches. Then dig
[own into the alfalfa field and you
will find that the rain soaked down
from 18 inches to 3 feet. ,
The only trouble in getting alfalfa
:tarted on the uplands is to carry-it
:hrough’ a season of dryness. Once
he alfalfa roots are well grounded it
will grow and increase in yield. As 3
took food it has no equal. Hogs will
eat it cured as greedily as when green.
Ind they prefer it to corn at all times.
Is a flesh producer it is the greatest
.‘ood known.
Alfalfa is rapidly solving the West-
ern Nebraska problem. —- Omaha
World-Herald.
LONG FINGER NAILS. _‘
Indicate Rank and Good Breeding In
Many Oriental Countries.
The countries where the long finger
nail is most affected are Siam, Assam,
Cochin China and China. The approv-
ed length varies from three or four
to twenty-three inches. A Siamese
exquisite- permits the nails on his fin-
gers to grow to such an extent that
his hands are practically useless. The
aristocrats who affect these nails can-
not write, dress themselves or even
feed themselves.
The Siamese hold the long finger nail ,.
in the same reverence we hold the
family tree. Many of them never have
had their nails cut from the day of
their birth. On the first finger the nail
is of moderate length—three or four
inches—while on the other fingers the
nails grow occasionally to two feet.
The thumb nail, which is also allowed
to grow long, after reaching a certain
length curves around like a cork-
Screw.
In both China and Siam the owners
of long nails wear metal cases over '
them to preserve them, made of gold
or silver, and jeweled. While long
nails are not regarded as singular in
China, they are rarely met with except
on fanatics and pedantic s mum's.
Among the fakirs in «tan, a
peculiar custom is that . 4‘ the
hand tightly clinched ; _.e po-
sition so long that at nails
grow through the palm. ..-..;‘ging at
the back of , the hand and growing
thence almost to the wrist. When the
wasted muscles refuse to support the
arm any longer it is bound in position
with cords. .
In Nubia the long naisl is regarded as
Indicative of good breeding. "he aris-
tocrats constantly subject their finger
tips to cedar wood fire to insure a good
growth.
The inhabitants of. the Marquesa Isl-
ends are among the most expert tat-
tooers on earth, and not even the
crown of the head, the fingers and the
toes are exempt from the needle. The
hands are ornamented with utmost
care, all the fingers having their own
pattern, so the hand would look as
though incased in a tight-fitting glove
were it not for the finger nails of
enormous length which complete the
handmdornment of the wealthier na-
tives—Chicago News,
A Tempting Prospect.
“I think,” said the small boy, re-
flectively, “that I’ll go and live in
Cuba.”
“Wouldn’t you be sorry to leave your
home and friends?”
“Yes. But think of having two Inde-
pendence Days to celebrate eyery sum-
mer.”——Washington Star,
when it’s a Welsh rabbit dat keeps
'em awake.”—Washington Star.
Five ounces and a half of grapes are
required to make one glass of good
wine.
. natural nourishment for
During this time the liquor of boiled -
Facts About Japanese Babies.
A Japanese baby is not offered Ito
three days.
rice is given to it. '
And it is not tucked dalntily up in
- soft White blankets, but set up in a. tub
and covered with coarse, dark rugs.
The only relief it has during its infan-
cy from its uncomfortable position is
when it is put on its mother’s or some-
one else’s back inside their clothes, and
taken out for an airing. _ ‘
It is claimed by the more'enli-ghtened
that this constant sitting position, or
being crowded against someone, ‘with
shoulders thrown forward and chest
pressed in, is one reason why Japaflese
are so extremely narrow-chested, says, '
a writer.
It is anything but pleasant to see a
two-year-old strapped on the 'back or a
four-year-old, with head (shaven, of
course), thrown over to one side, the
unhappy little victim fast asleep with
the hot sun streaming on it, and flies
feasting on the dirt which is almost
invariably part of a Japanese baby’s
face. .
A boy baby is the thing, and girls
are regarded with decided disfavor. All
preparations are much more elaborate.
if 'the child is a boy. At this seven-
day feast, fish, fruit/flowers, etc, are
also presented;
For seventy-five days the mother’s
food is very simple, principally rice,
very softly boiled. For .twenty-one
days no fatty fish is eaten. After the
seventy-five days the food is the same
as usual. . . .
At the expiration of twenty-one days
the bed (thick rugs on the floor) is re-
moved, and again a. feast is given.
Mother and baby enjoy their first
outing at thirty-three days, when a visit
is made to some temple. In some parts
of the country a cross is painted on the
infant’s forehead at the time td ward
off evil spirits. The hair is shaven at
seven days, and in olden times was
kept so three years, but now it is al-
lowed to grow sooner.
A Sensuous MAN'S FAD.
He Has His Own Method for Distributinl
Charity.
Into the New York office of a certain
wealthy business man all day long a
motley procession streams. Men and
women and children, pinched and
ragged and unkempt, one by one push
open the door to the private office. No
matter what important interview is
going on, the millionaire glances up,
then puts a thumb and finger into a
coat pocket and brings out a little en-
velope which, with eyes averted, he
hands to the intruder. There is a
grateful mumble, and, as the door
closes again, a smile of satisfaction
spreads over his face.
He is enjoying what is to him cock-
tail and. cigar, cards and races, and all
the other ways of squandering wealth.
For in each little envelope is a sum of
money, ranging from a penny to a
quarter, and all the poor of the district
know that they have but to ask and it
will be given them. He keeps track
of every one that comes, and the one
who takes advantage of it too often
finds himself dropped to pennies; but '
no one is ever turned away.
About fifteen dollars is distributed
daily in this fashion. "It’s my way of
taking my fun," this big brother to the
poor explains. As for panperizing and
degrading and all the other catch
words of organized charity, he does
not‘bother, his head about them. In
this personal giving he finds a delight
which would be entirely missing in the
making out, of a. big impersonal check
once a year, and he- gratifies himself
and his neighbors without regardto
theories. Perhaps he remembers days
in his own young life when one of
those little envelopes would have
meant more to him than thousands
could now. At all events, whatever
the motive, whatever the results, he is
followed by more murmured blessings
than any man in New York City.—Pur-
ltan.
_
GAVE UP HUSBAND FOR POLITICS.
He Was a 16 to 1, and She Wanted Hi:
Job Besides.
“Away out in the southwest corner
of Missouri,” said an old Post Office
Inspector, “is a. town in which a wo-
man is Postmistress, and underneath
’her commission there hangs her di-
vorce. It depends on her health as to
which pleases her most. It came about
through politics. .Her husband was
appointed under the Harrison Admin-
istration. In the campaign next fol-
lowing he espoused Cleveland and held
on under the last Cleveland Adminis-
tration until old Dick Bland spent a
night in the Postmaster’s house, and
when he left the Postmaster was inoc-
ulated with the 16 to 1 heresy. But
the man’s wife remained a goldbug
and asserted herself in a manner that
made the returns in the town a day
late, after the election, and when they
came in McKinley and Hobart were in
the. lead. The Postmaster was guyed
so unmercifully that he sent in his res-
ignation before McKinley’s inaugura-
tion. Frank Jones, who was the axe.
man of the last Cleveland Administra-
tion, heard of the situation, of- course,
and 1 was sent out there On the quiet.
The first thing I learned was that the
woman was suing for a divorce. As
everybody in the town was with her
she soon obtained what she went for
and then she took charge of the Post
Office. It is not my business to tell
department secrets, but she is one 01
the hold-overs who will remain as long
as she is honest.
“Her former husband gets hismail‘
from the general delivery and she has
her divorce hung on a line with the
opening of the general delivery, and l .
think whenever he asks for his mail
he must see it. It isa quiet reminder
.of the. day when he made a tool on ..
himself.”—New York Sun.
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the ”Lincoln” is a $2.50 pen reduced to $1.00. It is durable, always .readyer ago”
but never drips, the ink flowing stc adily and uniformly. :I‘hev are m use safaris
office, giving the best of satisfaction, and they are in use in the ba- 5, mourance
and business offices and among all classes of users of pens in Norwalk andevlcmity.
' Orders are received from all parts of rhecountry. ,
Sam; les to be seen and orders received at the G tZET'IE (‘H‘B'JUfi
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BICYCLE REPAIRING
A . SPECIALTY :::‘
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No Boys!
Ag.» THE ORIENT.“
Have that old puncture in your tire vulcanized.
The best work at the Lowest Price.
H. A. SAUNDERS, 12 North Main Street.
WTHE ORIENT.“
~ FIRST 0" 'THE KLIINIIIKE
GOLD MINING AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF YUKON.
PBIGE OF SHARES T0 BE ADVANCED AUGUST 3|. IBQB.
Mr. Joseph Ladue, the pioneer of the Klondike, and founder of
Dawson City, aided by some of the most conservative and successful finan.
cicrs of New York, is operating the strongest company yet formed for
mining and trading in the Yukon gold fields.
' To this Company he has transferred placer claims on Hunker and
Gold Bottom Creeks, the “Marguerite” Quartz Mine, his Saw Mill,
his Timber Lease, that virtually monopolizes the saw timber on the
Klondike, and large holdings of Choice Town Lots in Dawson City.
The Company also owns the S. S. “ Morgan City ” now earning $20,000 per
month, and has shipped up the Yukon several hundred tons of merchandise,
for trade, upon which a very large profit is-assured. The U. S. Government
reports certify that the saw mill produces about two million feet of lumber
in the open season, sales price of which is from $140 to $240 per 1,000 feet
according to class. a
CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY. ,
Preferred Stock, 6‘; cumulative, ' $1,000,000
Common Stock, 4,000,000
Total Capital, par value, 510 per share, $5,000,000
The preferred stock has a first lien on earnings for its dividend,
and on the assets of the Company for its par value, and after all the
stock, of the Company has received 6 per cent, the surplus earnings are
shared pro rata by the preferred and common stock. .
Thus the preferred stock practically offers the safeguards and advantages
of a first mortgage bond, coupled with an earning capacity as great as that of
theacommon stock. .
The undersigned has obtained a short option on a block of this preferred
stock which he now offers at par, $10.00 per share. This option terminates
August 31st, 1898, after which the price of the preferred stock will be
advanced by the Company to $1 2. 50 per share.
This is' the last opportunity to get the preferred stock at par, and
in time to participate in the autumn dividend. Shares will be alloted in the
order subscriptions are received.
Send for map of Dawson, and data respecting Klondike.
w. H. SPO0NER,.* ‘
146 WESTMINSTER ST.
PROVIDENCE, R. l.
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