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Among the newest varieties of roses
ts che rainbow rose, which is not ready
yet to be placed in the market, IS its
value as an outdoor plant has not been
sufncientlY tested. 1t takes about three
years to fully test new variety of rose
before 1t is ready to be placed In the
market, two years for 1t TO acquire its
full growth and perfection in the hot
house. and another year to acclimate 1t
and judge Of its hardness. The rain
bow rose has not yet completed its pro-
baton period, but is beautiful variety.
1t receives its name from its VARYING
tints, shading from deep crimson on
the edge Of the petals through red 20 an
exquisite pink. The old aud STEADY
varieties, which have stood the test OF
time, are much sought after, and do NOT
give way to the new varieties. There
are the beautiful piak la France, Mer-
met aad Bon Silene roses, the cream
Safrana. the rich crimson of the velvet
petaled Jacqueminot, the yellow Perles
and MAreehal Niels, and the waxeu
white Nephitis buds The Bon Silene
Is gradually giving way to the Papa
Gontier variety, . comparatively new
rose, which has emerged triumphant
from It's three years probation. The
best roses for planting in Cemeteries are
the Van Houttee (white) and the Sou
venir de Malmaison lpale pink, as they
bloom steadily and profusely. -Balti-
sa>-A Sun
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THE EMPEROR NERO.
One of the Most Brutal Fellows That Eve
Ruled q Great Country.

One of the Most Brutal Fellows That Ever
Ruled q Great Country.
Britannicus, his brother by adoption,
boy of fourteen, is in the way; he is
poisoned, thanks to Locusta's art, at q
dinner given by Nero. Suetonius re-
cords the popular belief that the motive
to the crime was no less q professional
jealousy of his voice than q polite fear
of his ambition. The first dose only
made the boy very sick, whereupon Nero
sent for Locusta and chastised her with
his own hand. She excused herself; a
stronger dose would haye been quicker
:'As il" replied Nero 1.-The Julian law
had terrors for me-" and compelled her,
there and then, to concoct the strongest
and most effectual mixture she knew,
This was offered to goatI the goat
lived Ave hours, 70 their great disap-
pointment. But when o draught was
produced by their joint efforts, which
proved the instant destruction Of pig,
then an invitation was sent to Britain
nicus. He fell dead at the frst mouth
full THAT epilepsy has carried him of
ct last" said Mere, and no one contra
dicted him: b i'm.
These were strange dotnGs for model
young Emperor. but OF course Seneca,
the Stole. knew of them; there was no
cause for alarm. His young pupil does
not poison only; he dances, he sings
land that execrably.) he produces elah,,
crate euphuistic verse, he drives chari-
OTIS. Strange aud new as 1t was. what
did it matter TO the populace? No more
than the murders Of Agrippina and o..
tavia, mother and hali-sister, since
they coiRoided with schemes for remit
ting the public taxes. There is no sud-
den frenzy to account for the growth Of
crime within Eero: all Is orderly, pro-
gressiye, q conscious rake's progress
from the good young Emperor to the
crowned victor OF Olympia among his
claqueurs. 1t may seem strangely per-
verse that Nero should have been loved,
lamented, adorcd. He killed his
mother, he killed men by companies;
he even, writes Jpyenal, composed
an epic poem-Yet he was not loathed
nor an object of repulsion Great
criminals are mainly admired as great.
aspiring, possessed. Nero, who has
none of these, was not admired, but
loved. Even now says Dion ChrYsos-
tom. writing in the time OF Trajan,
f'eyen now the people long for him to
be alive" And women, who could not
have given themselves up toethe vulgar
brutalities OF Tiberius. Siung with real
love to Nero. Popp@a, whom Josephus
calls devotee. refined nature, with q
delicate inclination toward Jewish
piety; Acte, pwhom some have thought
Christian, Nero's first love, and low
ing him past death; tho two nurses who
prepared his body FOR burial; the un-
known hands that for years threw
flowers on his tomb-all these loved
him with varying but with evident love.
s-Maemillianss Magazine
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A BIRD That Kills Rattlers,

Riding in California one day py GONG
papion called attention to a bird in the
road ahead of me. 1t was something
like prairie-chicken, but much more
slender and graceful in build. 1t was
not using its wings, but it moved very
rapidly and we had to keep the horse in
a pretty good trot to keep up with it.
My triepd told nae that It vas q road.
runner, a bird that was noted there for
it's pedestrian accomplishments, and d
peculiar habit they haye is to walk al:
kaYs ip the eeHteg Sf tns ROAD. Whe4
eRe Of these birds meets rattlesnake
it behaves In such o coy manner that 1t
leads the snake to think 1t will become
the victim of its charms, and while 1t Is
keeping the snake I. &: -danbt as to its in
tentioas, it runs about in the cactus and
picks of the thorns with its bill, drop
ping them in circle around the snake
until it has him completely surrounded
by cactus thorns. Then it flies to some
elevation and sits there to watch the
snake stick himself to death on the
thorns trying to get out OF the ring. ST:
Louis Globe Democrat.
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THE FARMERS NEED.

Mr.. Blaine as a Witness that the Mckinley
Bill L. Hostile to the Interest OF the
Farmer.
After Mr.. Blaine's recent letter to
Senator Frye, it does not seem neces-
sary to go into any very elaborate argu-
ment to show that the present tariff and
the proposed Mckinley tariff are hostile
to the interests of the American farmer.
Mr.. Blaine is a protectionist of unim-
peachable orthodoxy, and Republican
of the straightest sect He, more than
any other one man, is responsible for
the radical position which his party now
occupies on the tariff question, for it was
under his leadership in the campaign of
1884 that the party came to advocate
protection for projections sake. Yet he
says in the Frye letter:
II do not doubt that in many respects
the Tariff bill pending in the Senate is
just measure, and that most of it's pro-
visions are in accordance with the wise
policy of protection. But there is not a
section or line in the entire bill that
will open the market for another bushel
of wheat or another barrel of pork"
That is very serious charge, it means
that Mr.. Blaine's Republican friends
have constructed a tariff bill which,
however much it will help the various
trusts, is sure to have disastrous results
upon the largest and most importan in
dustry in the country-the agricultural
industry.
If there is one thing that the farmer
needs more than another it is market
He has large surplus each year which
he can not dispose of at remunerative
prices. The supply is largely in excess
of the demand, and so prices fall to such
an extent as to threaten the farmers
with bankruptcy. That is the situation
under the present tariff. The markets
are too narrow as it is. One would
think that those charged with the con-
struction of new tariff would remedy
this defect And yet after the McKin-
ley-Reed crowd has done it's work,
the great Republican chieftain de-
clares that their tariff will not open
the market for another bushel Of wheat
or another barrel of pork" The farm
ers did not contribute to Dudley's
"blocks of Ave" fund, therefore they
are left out in the distribution of favors.
sour foreign market for breadstuffs
RIOno hdIIOWCl, says WI. D1dlnO'
| What relief do the tariff builders offer?
Absolutely none. The proposed pro.
lection is sham, for the farmer is sub
ject to no competition in the home mar
ket The effect of the increased duties
will be to still further narrow his maD-
ket, for they stand in the way of trade
that is their avowed object-and they
are sure to provoke retaliation on the
part of fore gn nations. And when that
var of retaliation begins-nay, it has
already begun in France and Germany
it is the farmers products that will
suffer.
Mr.. Blaine is right. And it is encour-
Rging to know that many of the farm
ers, notably those in Minnesota, have al
last got their eyes open to the way in
which they have been humbugged. II
is about time they were beginning to
look out for their own interests.
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THE TOMB OF EVE.

According to an Arab Tradition It ID Lo-
Gated at Jiddah
The Arabs claim that Ewes tomb is
at Jiddah, the seaport of Mecca. The
temple with palm growing out of the
solid stone roof "a curiosity which is it.
self the wonder of the ORIENT is sup
posed to mark the last resting-place of
the first woman. According to Arab
an tradition Eve measured over 200
feet in height. which strangely coin
cides with an account of our first par
ents written by member of the French
Academy of Sciences few years ago,
who also claimed height of over 200
feet for both of the tenants Of the Gar
den of Eden. Ewes tomb, which is in
graveyard surrounded by high white
walls and which has not been opened for
single interment for over 1, 200 years, is
the shrine of thousands of devoted Ish-
maelites, who make pilgrimage to the
spot once every seven years. 1t is
hemmed in on all sides by the tombs of
departed sheiks and other worthless who
have lived out their days in that region
of scorching sun and burning sands.
Once each year. on June 8, which Ia, ac-
cording to Arabian legends, the ami
versary of the death of Abel, the doors
of the temple which forms q canopy
over this supposed tomb Of our first
mother remain open all night in spite
of the keepers efforts to close them.
Terrible cries of anguish are said to
emit from them, as though the memory
of the first known tragedy still haunted
the remains which blind superstition
believes to be deposited there. Louis
Republic.
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RUSSIAN RED TAPE.
Laws Governing the Publication of Patent
Medicine Advertisements.

Laws Governing the Publication of Patent
Medicine Advertisements.
The publication of patent medicine
advertisements is combined with great
difficulties in Russia, and tooth powder,
cosmetics, medicated soap and similar
preparations are comprised within the
category of patent medicines. The
article must first be submitted to the
examination of the medical authorities.
If they approve of it, they place the
manufacturer under bonds that he shall
make his prepara tions for the market
precisely according to the sample they
have examined. Hcreupon they give
him certificate which must be de-
posted with the Medical Censor, The
latter again gives him certificate
which must be presented to the General
Censorship Bureau. If the General
Censor has no objection to the wording
OF the advertisement, 1t may 60 into
the papers. ltone and the same adver-
tisement is to be published in twenty
different papers it must go through this
process from the Medical Commission
down to the Censorship Bureau for
twenty different times. The name of
the paper in which it is to be published
must be specially mentioned and the
wording and si=o of the advertisement
designated in the original application
and approved by tho various authori-
ties. Now, in order to do away with
this laborious process, or at leastwith
the repetition of it in the case of each
publication, the Medical Council of the
Minister of the Interior proposes to
have each authenticated advertisement
of this kind published in the Pravitelst-
vennig Viestnik (the general official or
gam of St Petersburg, and to allow all
other papers to copy it verbatim ct lit
eratim from that paper without extra
revision. Of course, tho publication in
the first, as in all subseqent instances,
must be made ''at the expense of the
advertiser. IN. Y. Sun.
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ABOUT PAPER MONEY.
Convenience Il the chief Reason for ]
Circulation In America.

Convenience Is the chief Reason for Ita
Circulation In America.
All paper money seems alike to Us
the frst time we see 1t, but after awhile
we notice that some bills are worth
more than others, according to the
marks l, 5, 10. etc, that they bear.
Here our observation generally stops
and we never think of any other diff
ference between different paper notes.
Yet there are considerable differ
ences. The main one is in their diff
ferent securities You know, of course,
that If there were not some real coin to
pay for these paper notes they would be
worthless.
What makes them of value is that
there is security-silver and gold. or
their equivalent-somewhe that will
be paid upon presentation of the paper
ntstas These are of three kinds:
'N1eenbacks," certificates and bank
notes.
The greenbacks are paper notes that
were issued by the treasury during the
war Of lS6l-65. The Government keeps
ready enough coin to redeem at any
time one-third or ne-fourth of all these
notes-over three hundred million dol
lars worth.
You see, therefore, that over two hun.
dred millions are represented by nothing
in the Treasury: but the people have
faith in the Government, and so don't
ask to have those bills redeemed. A
law made some years ago regarding
them, ordained that they be reissued as
they come into the treasury.
None may be Cancelled. So, you see,
their chief security is the confidence of
the people in the Government
Gold and silver certificates are pieces
! of paper which states that for every
dollar of them issued, there is set apart
in the treasury. ready to redeem them,
gold or silver dollar. Consequently
these certificates are as good as gold OF
| silver, and are-the gold ones especial
ly-the very best kind of paper money.
| Their security is cash in full.
The other kind of paper money is the
National bank note, which is issued by
certain banks called National banks.
These notes are secured by United States
bonds which are deposited with the
| Treasurer of the United States. Thus,
for example, if bank to-day wanted to
issue 5000, 600 in paper money, it would
buy bonds whose face values amounted
to 81, 100000. and on depositing those
with MIR. Window, would receive $780,
900 worth of bank notes. Those it could
lend out at interest
You will no doubt wonder why we
have paper money at all. The main
reason is for convenience.-S Claus
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Whenever any manufactory closes its
doors it gives great delight to the thick.
and-thin protectionist oagan If the tel
egraph will only say that the concern
failed because of the tariff agitation
and the consequent fear of disastrous
competition from abroad" The protee-
tionists raise their hands in holy horror
when they can point to case OF this
kind where the British free traders"
ruin American industry. But now Nc
Kinley, the good tariff doctor himself,
has been giving the wrong kind of med
ioine and some of his patients are dy-
ing. The smelling establishment of
Messrs. Bahlbach & Son, of Newark, N.
j., is preparing to move to Mexico to
get free silver lead ores.
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THE CARS POWER.
It Is Limited to q Great Extent by Four
sr Important Conditions,

It Is Limited to q Great Extent by Four
e Important Conditions,
R4t the Cars power is absolute only
in the sense that wherever and however
his personal will reaches and exerts
itself, it receives obedience. It is hu-
MANLY impossible, oven were the Czar
man of the most comprehensive political
genius, that he should be able to cover
with his vision, and direct by his per-
sonal motion, the administration OF an
empire SO huge and so unwieldy,
comprising so wide variety of
races, and presenting such an infinite
2omplexitY OF demands upon the ruling
power In the first place, the Cars
power is limited by four eondi tions:
First, that the crown shall descend by
right of primogeniture; second, that the
heir to the throne shall be declared of
age when he has completed his six
teenth year; third, that the Gar, his
wife and his children shall be members
of the orthodox Greek church; fourth
that the issue Of any member of the inn
perial family who marries Yithoat the
consent OF the Gar shall be excluded
from the right Of succession to
the throne, It is true that
enc Gear san unde what pFeVi-
Gus CEar has done. But so imhedded
are those conditions in imperial custom,
- - steal 30 sh~ -AAAaaitv af snstaiu-
anu 81 NAs.-. -.----
ing the exalted idea of the crown in
the eyes of his subjects, that the Gar
scrupulously pays pioqs heed 70 these
decrees of his predecessors. The Cars
power is further limited by the neces-
sity to which his human fallibility sub
jects him. to call in to his aid other i'm
teliccts, and thus the Czar is compelled,
in reality, to yield mp, divide and wide
ly distribute that prerOgative which, in
theory, is his sole prerogatiFe. -Rostop
Post
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with a Mental Reservation.

Johnny" said his mother, reprov-
inglY, after the visitor had gone, '.what
made you tell your little friend you had
seen hail-stones many a time as big as
a hens egg?"
Because he said he had seen 'em as
big as quail's egg"
'Bqt you know you never have seen
any as large as hens egg"
Eyes, l have" persisted Johnny. 81
meant hen sparrow. S'pose 1 was go
in to let Milwaukee boy crow over
me?"-Chicago Tribune.
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The late President Arthur, in his
second message, said; "gThe present
tariff system is in many respects unjust
1t makes unequal distributions, both OF
mend an ENLARGEMENT q the tree tiss list 50
as to include within it the numerous
articles which yield inconsiderable rev.
enue, simplifcGtion Of the complex
and inconsistent schedule of duties upon
certain manufactures, particularly those
of cotton, iron and steel, and substan-
tial reduction of the duties upon those
articles, and upon sugar, molasses, silk,
wool and wooden goods"
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In Switzerland and other mountain

In Switzerland and other mountain
GUS countries the goat leads long strings
Of animals to and from the mountains,
but it is in South Africa that it is regu-
larly kept and employed az a leader of
Hocks Of sheep. Should binding storm
Of rain or hail drive the silly sheep be-
fore it, or cause them to huddle together
In a corner SO IS to be in danger Of suf-
location. the trained goat will, by q
method best known to himself, induce
them to follow him to place Of safety.
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Citizen of Boomtown-Our city has In
creased nearly one hundred and fifty
per cent in the last ten years
Citizen of Upthecreek-That's nuthin'.
Aours hez increased i've hundred per
cent.
81 don't believe It
..Ye needn't, but hits fact. In 1880
we he'd only ten Inhabitants, an nov
we.ye got oyer Atty, By gumls-ghieago
Tribune,
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I'm School-Pupil. reciting-'When
the old Romans felt their end approach
ing, they wrapped themselves in their
togas and awaited death. But suppose
death did not Gomez" Teacher-''Then
suppose they unwrapped themselves !"
-EEie2ende BlattaE.
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Ala interesting event took place on
the Clyde the other day in the launch.
ing of Japanese steel-plated war ves-
sell She is 500 feet in length by ~ feet
in depth. Her tonnage is 2, $50; she has
twin screws and three masts with mill
tary tops. She carries 81 guns and
torpedoes, and is manned by crew of
800. Viscountess Kewase. a Japanese
lady, christened the ship the Chiyoda-
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-It Is proposed to estabIisb = medi,

1t is proposed to establish medico-
legal institute in the center of Paris.
Many post-mortsm examinations, which
at present have TO be performed at the
morgue, win then be made in the new
Institution, and Is Is hoped that this ar
rangement will enable the practical
teaching Of forensic medicine to be car
ried on without wounding the feelings
of the relatives Of the deceased per-
sons
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STILL, PULLING WOOL.

New Yor:s Merchant Shows Senator
Plumb the Folly OF Moklnley'S Duties on
Carpet Wools-Favorable Reply From the
SenatOr-How the Senate Iommlttee
Yielded 70 the "Demand'' of ths Wool
Growers-The shsddy Men Clamor For
MoKInley's High Wool Duties.
Mr.. Louis Windmueller, a large wool
Importer of New York, wrote recently
to Senator Plumb protesting against q
duty on Russian camers hair and against
increased rates on coarse and mixed
wool such as are used in carpet making:
1t was shown by Mr.. Windmueller that,
as we have no camels, it would be fool
ish to place protective duties on camePs
hair to build up a new industry, and
that the same is true of coarse carpet
wool, nee next to none is produced in
America The only effect of these
duties, therefore, would be to increase
the price of carpets to our own people.
In reply to this letter Mr, Windmgeller
received the following letter from the
Kansas Senator;
UNITED STATES SENATE.
WASHINGTON, d. G.. July II. 1890.
Louis Windmueller, Esq, New York:
Dear Sir; have read what you say about
the duIY on Russian oapePs hair. VIII give
for some hing which do not now fotesee
Wili support the position which you take.
do RoF object "a tbs rectifio alton of the in
eoualities Of the tar y but have not been
able TO c>aVince myself, nef have ] Peen
convinced by the reasoning Of Others, that
there should be any general increase OF tne
duties now imposed, especially upon articles
which go into general consumption among
Onr peQpls. Yours tru y.
It was Senator Plumb @hG introduced
the resolution in the Senate to require
the Finance Committee to give reasons
for changes in the tariff. But this reso-
lution called ont sGck rigmarole Of
glittering geperalities about ',crestinG
ReW industries" protecting American
interests 'mseting increased competi-
tion abroad" and so on, that r. would
have been as we'll if Senator Plumb had
never introduced the resolution at Ali.
With regard to the wool duties, for ex-
annie, the committee said: THE de-
maad fRo1a the representative WOOL
growers of the country that the rates
upon wool should be largely increased,
has led the committee to recommend
the adoption of the classification herein
suggested, which it is hoped will result
, in uniform and honest classification of
woelp
That is funny. The Yool-growers "de-
manded" largely increased rates upon
wool, and the committee gave them -
new classification" But this was by no
means giving . stone instead OF bread.
for the new classification" results in q
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state oficers. -,
Barber County Omcers.
POSTAL.

PostofIice at Medicine Lodge open from N
T. PM SUNDAYS one hour on arrival oi mail
Money order, open A. NJ. TO p. NJ Satur,,
dayg =. o. open until 2. ". Eastern msll
closes promptly al A. NJ. - =,
II upn,V- Aaaistaut