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II Loads An Others.

It can not truthfully be denied that the
Burlington Route, c., B. & @. r. R., is do
ing an extensive business, both passenger
and freight. OF the first named branch OF
its service the Chicago Herald recently said,
in speaking of the occasion of the National
Republican Convention: "The Burlington
Road probably brought in more people than
any other. Altogether it is estimated that
from June 10 to 10. the period Of the excur-
sion rates, over $4,000 strangers came to
Chicago over the Burlington" This was
exclusive of suburban passengers and
mostly in addition to its heavy regular pass
enger traffic In receipts Of live stock. the
Union Stock Yards Reports show the Bur-
lington to be far in the lead. The average
number Of cars brought in by it during the
first ak months of the years 1885, 1887 and
1888 is %, 40; and the number for the first
half of the year 1888, Notwithstanding the
temporary depression caused by the recent
great strike on its lines, was "a ,425, or but
little below the average The latter figure
also represents about "A per cent OF the
total number Of cars, 102, 412 brought to the
Yards for the last half year, being more
than six per cent in excess Of the receipts
by any other road
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tivator if rented, while poor land
comes near being curse to all that
depend thereon for a living. Two hum
dred million acres of impoverished
fields is an evil of no small dimensions
for American farmers to face. But
that sort of energy which has built
one hundred and fifty thousand miles
of railway in the United States will
make American soil a very rich bank
of deposit aud discount as matter OF
sound domestic and farm economy.
Cultivate the honest, Industrious farm
err, and his cultured common sense Will
change air and water, even in poor
soils, into paying crops and gold
Daniel Lee, in DiIie Farmer.
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UNPRoFITABLE WORK.
Julian Hawthorne Explains Why 1t Does
Not Pay to Write Books.

Julian Hawthorne Explains Why 1t Does 7
Not Pay to Write Books.
We may talk about the hardships OF
American literature (having assumed,
for the sake of argument, that such a
thing exists), but what would be the
state of that alleged literature If there
had been no American magazines?
Suppose l. as an American author,
write a novel, and arrange with pub
Usher to bring it out at the price of 81
a volume, or so cents paper. Ii he
has confidence in the book, the first
edition will be 1000 copies; my share
of the proceeds on the ordinary 10 per
cent basis is 500, payable at the end
of the year. II l live by my pen l
must subsist during that year on moth
ing at all. and when get my 500
must pay out of it my debts for that
last year, and probably my present
funeral expenses, for who can live on
IS cents q day, even if he were not
obliged to starve to death before ne
could enter upon the enjoyment OF that
princely income? But let us be ex-
travagant and utopian--let us say that
NV edition is 5000 copies, instead OF
LOCO. In that case-which perhaps
occurs as often as once in thousand
times-my reward amounts to the sum
of no less than $500-assuming. OF
course. what is never the fact, that all
the copies sold are in the dollar cloth
form. and none in the 30 cents paper.
Five hundred dollars year for a sue
cessful novel! How many OF our
authors make twice thatp How many
ten times as much? How many twenty
times as muchf l will engage to
entertain at dinner, at round table
| five feet in diameter, all the American
novelists who make more than $l,OOo a
year out of the royalty on any one OF
their novels, and to give them all they
want to eat and drink, and three OF the
best cigars apiece afterwards, ana .
hack to take them home in; and VII
agree to forfeit $1,000 to the Home fol
Imbeciles if $25 does not iquidate the
bill and leave enough over to buy
cloth copy of each of the works II
question, with the authors autograph
on the fiy-leaf. One hack would 81
sufficient. and would allow Of tkeil
putting up their feet on the seat II
front of them.-yutidn Hdr'torse, q
Beifards Maaazins.
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HERE AND THERE.

There is an immense increase In
grape culture in South Carolina,
State which has some of the largest
and best vineyards in the South.
"A gentleman at Gadsden, Ala, has
this season cleared over 5000 on
strawberries produced on fifty acres OF |
ground.
Major Hord says that Middle and
West Tennessee have the best fruit
crop that has been known for ten
years. The yield in East Tennessee is
comp aratively light on account OF late
frosts.
1t has been suggested that the
most economical mode of using butter
milk is to give it to the young pigs and
also the laying hens, as it promotes
growth of body and assists in the pro-
duction eff eggs.
Crystal Springs, Miss, has become
really famous fruit and vegetable
growing section. Recently eleven car
loads of Strawberries and eight of peas
were shipped from there to Northern
markets, where good prices are paid
for such early products.
The wheat crop all over Tennes-
see is much finer than it was expected
wherever heard from. In several
counties the crop, it is thought, will
average twenty bushels to the acre,
large crops running as high as thirty
and thirty-five bushels to the acre.
i When any one advises you to breed
your Jersey COW to Shorthorn,
Holstein, Guernsey or any other breed
of cattle to improve the Jersey, don't
do it, says Jersey Bulletin, as no breed
of cattle yet known will improve the
Jersey for that which she was intended,
and for which she has been bred for
years.
, A successful fruit grower advises
> that handful of wood ashes should be
| scattered around each raspberry cane
The potash of the ashes is not only 9
, fertilizer, but exerts chemical actor
| on the soil, as well as serving to pro
r tect against some kinds of grubs ant
q insects. owing to its caustic quality
n 1t should be applied early in the sea
g son.
di If there is no shade in the COY
Q pasture it will pay to make one. On
e made of the branches of trees lai
# across forked poles set in the groun
r is better than none. But II the field
d to be pastured year after year it wi
@ be better and cheaper to make goo
n shed out of common boards. Thl
l. will last until the trees you plant gro
1T up.
d The breeds now holly contendin
h for first place in the dairy world, in a
r, that the word dairy implies, are IL
Is Holsteins and Jerseys, and to the bloc
in of these breeds will the dairy farm'
ty look for his improvement in stock al
IA profits. Both of these breeds hal
to been found to nick well with the nati'
err stock, so that in this way great il
ne provement may be attained whe
a thoroughbreds are too expensive 4
ly the beginner.
ali A number OF prominent gentlem
he in South Carolina are making an enc
is to organize State horticultural :
oil ciety. The Cotton Plant says of I
} a project: Horticulture embraces
CHI variety of subjects Of interest to eve
as one--fruits, flowers and vegetables
". and interest In them all needs to
MS quickened and increased, and a st;
of organization with this object in vie
we have no doubt would meet vi
ul- general favor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-22
a COLONY OF LEPERs.
The Island Set Apart for Their Use by the
Hawaiian Government.

The Island Set Apart Tor Iheir use ny '"e
Hawaiian Government.
The leper community is on the
island of Molokaia, in the Hawaiian
archipelago. On this island are
number Of precipitous peaks, and at
the base of one of these, which
Is three thousand feet high, lie the
Kaluapapa plains, stretching seaward'
and wholly without communication
with the rest of the island, except by
sea. AS the wall of rock stretches on
either side to the waters edge. 10
this plain, thus isolated by nature. all
lepers are banished as soon as the first
symptoms of the disease appear. This
settlement was formed by order OF the
King in 1866, for it was found that In
spite of stringent commands to secure
the isolation of individual cases, these
could not be carried out while the lep-
ers were allowed to live with their
families and friends. Outside of the
fact that the lepers are debarred from
any direct communication with non
infected persons, no restriction is laid
upou them. Their village, which has
usually an average of about eight hum
dred inhabitants, has its churches,
schools, and stores as the other viz
lages have, and also Government offices.
The Government provides all with
shelter, necessary clothing, and daily
rations of good food, for all luxuries
they must depend upon their own re-
sources or the generosity OF friends.
Medicine and the attendance OF ply
stefan are provided by the Government
which also appropriates $4,000 year.
a certain proportion Of which is to be
given for every instance of actual cure
in the case of leper. All officials on
the island are lepers: the teachers
and the ministers, with the exception
Of a Roman Catholic priest, are lepers
These unfortunates employ themselves
in various ways; have band OF music
and a military drill. There is large
hospital, kept in admirable condition
in which the more advanced and more
serious cases are cared for. The leper
If the Sandwich Islands are not ''leper
white as snow" Their disease is tn
Chinese leprosy, in which the flesh be
comes discolored and decays.-Chicac
lntcr Ocean.
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puNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

A law prohibiting the distillat1on
Of liquor goes against the grain in the
West.-N. O. Picdyune.
Mr.. Softleigh-''What, in your
opinion, is the limit to lover" Mr..
Hardy atrimony. Life.
First Lady-"Has your husband
quit smoking YETI" Second Lady Gust
returned from the far West)-''Well,
he ought to by this time; he has been
dead six months.
Professional gamblers have agreat
many superstitions. One of the most
practical is that if they deal the cards
themselves they have a much better
chance to understandable Journal.
What was the text this morning,
John?' inquired druggists wife who
had been unable to attend church. ITO
err is human" replied the arsenic ex-
pert; land it was mighty sensible SER
mon."-N. Y. Sun.
Time was when the college profess
sors used to box the ears OF refractory
freshmen. They would have to take a
four years course in sparring before
they could do it now.-Burlington Free
Press.
President-"Yes, Mr.. Snapper, the
faculty have decided that you have
broken the rules, and there is no course
for us but to suspend YOU" Student
s.Hm: how about suspending the
| rules --NeD HdCen NeDs.
Miss Founder (who has been having
wrestling match with the keyboard oil
the piano)-''Have you sensitive mu-
steal ear, Mr.. Tympanump" Mr.. L.
(more candid than polite)-''Yes, l am
sorry to say have. "-Boston Budget
A physician has discovered thai
the older man grows the smaller his
brain becomes. This explains why the
Young men know every thing and the
old men know nothing.-The Sturdy
Oak.
A Colorado Judge has decided tina
man is in duty bound to tell his VIII
where he spends his evenings whel
away from home. 1t would save man.
|
without any order of the court.
Seaside hotel proprietor Ito sea
serpent in search of an engagement)-
..No. don't think shall have any us
for you this season; I've got the promis
of a society actress, two bogus lords,
, political convention. and a scandal i
high life, and my bill of attractions
about full. Life.
do you know if Brown is ma
of ability, Dumleyp" II don't kno'
any thing about Brown, or his abilit
| either, and don't want to know. ID
: refused to lend me twenty-five dollar
: six months ago, and haven't notice
3 him SINCE" "He seems to be man
| financial ability, Dumley."-The Epoc1
> First Tramp-''f l had my wa
I'd have 365 national holidays in tn
9 YEAR" Second Tramp-"You woul'
: Ell? And then there would be OF
: working day in every four years.
J, you are nice one, you are! II
d would make galley slave of the POI
= laboring man, wouldn't you?"-Ier
i SJfings.
. why can not women make go'
/ lawyers?n asks an exchange.
9 never gave the subject much though
's but we suppose it is because they cal
% sit on the small of their backs, p
their feet on table, spit half W
n across a room in box full OF sawdu
s. and charge $15 minute for it. The
"a may be some minor reasons, in adj
Ill ton, but these appear to us to be
10 principal obstacles in the way OF
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Cured of Malaria.
q FLORIDA ST., ELIzABErH, N. ].
March II 1884.

q FLORIDA ST., ELIzABErH, n. ].
March II, 1884.
have been using ALLcocK's Porous
PLAsrERs for the last five years. Some two
years ago, after having been sick for up
wards Of six months with malaria, found
myself with an enlarged spleen, dyspeptic,
and constantly troubled with q headache.
and my kidneys did not act very well either.
Having spent most Of my money for medi-
cine and medical advice, thought to save
expense / would use ALLcocK's Porous
PLAsrERs, two on the small Of my back,
enc on the spleen or ague cake, and one on
the pit OF the stomach, just under the
breastbone continued using the Plasters
about thirty days, changing them every
week. At the end of that time was per-
fectly well, and haveremained SO ever since
GEORGE DIXON.
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Bv Hostetter's Stomach Buffers, c0nstipe
ton is succeeded by regular habit Of body:
While this medicine is thorough. It does mot
produce violent effects or gripping. Dye
pepsia, liver complaint, nervous weakness
and kidney affections. are among the meiay
dies to which it is also adapted. Whereve!
tried, on this continent and elsew here, y
shows its ability to expel the poison Of
malaria from the system.
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VERY often the man who 'sboils with IN
aignation" one day SINNERS with regret
the next morning, especially If his wrath
be put in cold type.-Baltins0rs American.
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THE material used IN opium smoking is
called '.lay out" Nothing could be more
appropriate. Boston Gdzette.
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THERE is a strange partiality shown IN
giving the elephant, which has hy-proof
hide, q tail at both ends. while the thin
skinned horse has fy-brrsh at only one
end-Nor1rich Bulletin.
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BoARDINa-HoUsE keepers, although not
overburdened with credulity, frequently
lose money by crediting false roomers.
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FREEi A 3-foot French Glass, Oval
Front, Nickle or Cherry Cigar Case, MER-
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II a man could only hold his own, thu
umbrella trade would be ruined.
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A Box or Glenn's Sulphur Soap is equiva
lent to many Sulphur Baths. Don'tforgetit
HiII's Hair Dye, Black or Brown.
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In . matrimonial co-partnership most
men think II they furnish name for the
hrm it's enough
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A GREAT many politicians are called dari
horses from the shade of their records
Puck.
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WHAT IL the difference between tube
and foolish Dutchman? One Is hollow
cylinder and the other IL q silly Hollander.
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WHEN you come right downlto the facts
In the case, it's the loose-ftting straw hat
that shows which way the wind blows
Detroit Echo.
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A HoRsE-RAcE is always regarded as
matter of course.-Harper's Bdzdr.
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BULwER was correct. There is no sucf
word as ssfaiLn 1t is modified down int
assignment"
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TIE dead peat who wants to borrow dol
lar is broke and the fellow who Lends II -
him IL crAcked.-Donrille Breeze.
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The shades of night are fast colors. Tit
morning light fades them--Dansufie Breeze
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A GREAT many people are dependent TO
their bread upon the pension rolls.-Bosto
Commercial B,i'tfin.
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BLACK and blue-s detected darkey-Ds-
tr0it Free Press.
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WHEN a photographer asks II the mega
tive suits you, examine 1T closely peIor
answering in the affirmative.
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IT'S the little things that tell-especially
the little brothers and sisters.
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TEE tramp has reached the hay day
his prosperity when he is allowed 10 sieel
in the barn.-Bost0n Gazette
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You may break, you may shatter, the
"vase" if you will, but the various ways OF
,ronouncing 1T, according to locality, VIII
cling round it stilI.-Norrsto,rn Herald
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WHY call q man . crank, when no one
can turn himi-Sdn Francisco Apa
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LIZ afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.: Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it.SOcs
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THE wine cup is said to be the father o
sin; and the whisky jug is the step farther
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A WOMAN will usually acknowledge
mans superiority when her lead pencl
gets dull.
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IT IA when q boot IL new that there -
music in the sole.-Dets0tt FRS Press.
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The most ancient known coins are
Of the fifth century B. c., and are
Macedonian.
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Ancient Greece-old butter.
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-02-17
Alaska Before Dakota.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-The Dako-
tans were in the room Of the house
committee on territories, although the
committee was not in session,and were
Joined by Gov. Swineford. of Alaska.
After exchanging greetings, Gov.
Swineford said: "You gentlemen are
here telling the wrongs of that little
spot of earth called Dakota. Look at
this" Here he opened a roll of maps
of Alaska. "Here is a country with
more miles of seacoast than all the en-
tire border of the United States on the
Atlantic and Pacific and the gulf in
cluded. Here is country with a eli
mate like that of Maryland in winter
and like Florida in summer. 1t is a
land rich in all minerals, and product
i've in seals and other sea products more
valuable than the products of all the
United States; and yet this immense
and valuable country is neglected and
abused by neglect more than all other
territorial dependent OF this republic
The seals are being eXterminated, ma
tives driven into slavery, trade para
lyZed, energy and thrift throttled, and
progress in every way checked by a
giant corporation. You Dakotans
might better go home and be still until
Alaska has had a chance for her rights. :"
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Dawes Gets a Setback.

\ WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.-In the SEN
ate committee on Indian affairs Satur-
day Mr.. Dawes was given to under
stand plainly that his Sioux bill did not
meet the approval of the committee by
any means, and that while the bill
might be reported by the committee in
its present shape, it would meet with
opposition. Senators Jones, Sabin and
Morgan showed plainly that they did
not favor the Submission clause and
that they should endeayor to have it
stricken out in the senate if it should
come up. Senator Dawes begged for
the retention Of 1t in the bill so hard
that it was. conceded by the committee,
and the bill was so reported. This is
why the bill was submitted without
any written report. Senator Dawes
somewhat warIike utterances to the
Pioneer Press last Friday have weak
enedhis influence here, ,and consolidated
the friends of Dakota against him. In
the bill as prepared by the house COM
mittee, the Indians are much better
taken care of Than they were by the
agreement of 1882, which it was pro-
posed to ratify. and there is general
feeling that no injustice will be done
the Sioux toratify that agreement,even
it changed little. 1t looks now as if
there would be something of a fight
over the bill in the senate, carried on
largely by Mr.. Dawes in the minority,
and that the Peel bill will finally get
through. Then it will depend wheth-
er the president will coincide with the
views Of Dawes and veto the bill
Cleveland is working hard for the Eas-
tern sentimentallsts just now and may
take Mr.. Dawes advice. The house
committee worked hard all day en- the
Peel bill, but did not finish its consid.
arntjon
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-02-17
SHOULD SEND FOR KoCHER.
Three Prisoners Escape From the
County Jail at st, Paul.

ST. PAUL, Feb. 13.-Three prisoners
escaped from the county Jail last night
about 7:3O o'clock. and their departure
was not discovered until about the
same hour this morning, hence the
prospects of recapture are considered
doubtful. The names of the men are:
Bill O'Connor, the notorious Minneap-
oils postoflice robber, and Frank st.
Clair and VIM. Thomas, both awaiting
trial for highway robbery. The hour
of their escape was learned of r. Burk-
hard, a United States prisoner from
Milwaukee, charged with passing coun-
terfelt money. He was in the same cell
with Thomas and refused to make the
attempt, giving as the reason that he
could prove his innocence if he stood
trial. The escape was made by saving
the bars from the cell doors and the
roof of the corridors. The men reached
the ground by rope made of ham,
mocks torn into strips, which was
found between the Jail and the court
house. Sheriff Richter was in NIilwau-
kee. He has been telegraphed for.