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Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

If New York takes forward step in
the matter of regulating expert testi-
mony in criminal cases, as is said to be
contemplated, other states will soon fol-
low the example. Under our present
system. by which any one can be sub
poenaed to state his opinion as an ex-
pert, receiving not only the ordinary
witness fee, but Il professional fee in ad-
dition, the rich criminal has been able
to secure the services of high-priced
men of science, while the poor criminal
has done without them. If Il jury must
have the advice of experts they ought
to have advice from disinterested par
ties who depend on neither the prose
cution nor the defense for their pay.
The reform now being agitated in New
York must come sooner or later, and
the sooner the better.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

George u. Tzschuch. secretary OF The Zee Pub
fishing company, being duly sworn says thai the
nctuai number Of full and complete copies OF nc
Daily Morning Evening and Sunday Iiee printed
during the month OF November, 1895. was AS fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

| Philadelphia Record: Hoax-Does your
/ dentist take pains with his work?
JoaN-No; he gives them
| Detroit Trbune: "'rhis thirst!' gasped
the Arab. He glared at the parched desert,
at the blazing sky, and cursed them This
mu!ierirg: Il am always @ getting getting it in thu; the
neck
Yonkers Statesman: Mr., Crimsonbeak-
l don't think | can wear my winter over
spring got something on it?
Mrs. Crlmsonbeak-No John, don't re-
member. What did you get on it?
Ten dollars, my dear
Indianapolis Journal: Statesman-I hardly
know how to deal with my people on this
His secretary-That's easy; when they
tackle you, don't deal, but continue to
Chicago Tribune: "He had the reputa-
him him the % toughest citizen MT ever W structI'
With this remark the cannibal chieftain
put the lid on the pot again and added
fresh fuel to the fire.
Detroit Free Press: my dear" said
young Mrs. McFlimsey TO her husband. Il
your. father worked for a, living"
''They won't when they know his son.
Chicago Post: He was thinking Of her
wealth as he saw her go by the club.
Seven figures" he said with a nod of
his head in her direction.
Seven nothing!' retorted the theatrical
manager scornfully. She hasn't one that's
even fit for the chorus
ALPHABETICAL.
Harper's Bazaar.
I love to gaze in Jennie's eyes;
Her Obs are charming, too:
And when she says she's mine for Aye,
l do not envy U.
But best of all the vowels five,
The one that most doth please,
The second is; I'd dote upon
A lifetime full of ease.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
Matt Ransom Confirm e d 4.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The senate in
executive session confirmed Matt w. Ran
som, minister to Mexico.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
CUT OUT For EUN.

Philadelphia Records: Hoax-Does your
dentist take pains with his work?
JoaX-No; he gives them.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

Chief Justice Fuller IN Better.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.-Chlef Justice
Fullers condition Is better today.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

Indianapolis Journal: Statesman-I hardly
money question.
His Secretary-Thats easy: when they
tackle you don't deal, but continue to
shuttle.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

Detroit Tribune: "'rhis thirstr gasped
the Arab He glared at the parched desert,
at the blazing sky, and cursed them. This
thrst!' In despair he pushed forward,
mutterirg: II am always getting 1t in the
M
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

Chicago Tribune: HE had the reputa-
tion of being u good man, but l consider
him the toughest citizen l ever struck!'
With this remark the cannibal cheftain
put the lid on the pot again and added
fresh fuel to the fire.
The Van Buren press., 1895-02-16
ORCHARD GRASS.
Another Grass Adapted In the Highest
Degree to Southern Farms.

Another Grass Adapted In the Highest
Degree to Southern Farms.
This is another grass adapted in the
highest degree to southern dairying
and stock growing. The only thing is
to give it soil that is suited to it's
growth-suited in texture and fertili-
ty. No one need expect to grow val
liable crop on poor land and with in
adequate attention to it's needs. There
have been innumerable instances
where farmers have essayed the adop-
tion of some of the valuable cultivated
grasses, bought a quantity of seed
which frequently proved to be WORTH
less from age, plowed it on the hills as
they would so much rye or oats, and
met the failure and disappointment
that were inevitable. This was
cited as an experiment that proved
to them that such and such
grass was not suited to our soils and
climate. Their conclusions, altogether
erroneous, had lasting influence in
themselves and unfortunately extended
to others. What loss to southern
agriculture has been effected by these
hasty conclusions, based upon imper-
feet experimental
The requirements of successful grass
culture may be summed up in few
words enlarge upon them to whatever
extent we may.
Good seed sowed in proper quantity
at the proper time on good soil that has
been properly prepared, and with the
sowing properly made, will produce the
same success in orchard-grass culture
here that it does anywhere else.
The soil should be very thoroughly
prepared by the plow and harrows,
and two and a half to three bushels of
seed sowed as evenly as possible. Then
the soil should be rolled. AS orchard
grass grows in tussocks like broom
sedge it is a good plan to mix some red
top seed and some red clover seed with
it, making mixture in the proportion
of six or eight pecks of orchard grass,
ten or twelve pounds of clover seed,
and three or four pounds of redtop
seed.
Orchard grass makes as good win
ter pasture as blue grass. 1t grows
very luxuriantly after each rain. Once
well established on good land with
reasonable care it will endure for
many years and prove valuable in.
vestment.-Southern Farm.
The Van Buren press., 1895-02-16
HERE AND THERE.

"A domestic animal is like a ma.
chine. 1t will last longer at work than
idle. It is better to wear out than to
rust out.
No early garden is complete with
out hotbed, or some substitute there
for, where plants may be forced under
protecting cover, preparatory to
planting in the open grounds when
danger of frost is past.
Hogs often die of lung fever from
exposure to cold, and neglect of their
comfort. The highly bred animals re-
quire more attention than the hardy
razorback. Remember that.
1t matters not what change NAV
be made in the hoed crops of the south.
if the necessity for fallow crops is not
appreciated by the farmer there can be
no assurance of success.
"A SOW that is troublesome and vi
cious should, in all cases, be fattened
and marketed as soon as possible. No
matter how good she may be as a
breeder, it will hardly make up for
the damage she may do if she is
vicious.
The short corn crop in the west ia
telling on the hog market. Hogs at
the packeries are not only fewer but
far lighter than usual at this season
and good round porlkers are scarce and
higher. Let southern farmers make a
note Of this.
-Dairying is the most profita BILE svs.
tenn OF general farming. Wherever it
has been largely adopted prosperity
has resulted. The southwest is me-
culiarly adapted to the manufacture OF
butter and cheese at low cost, and con.
sequently at good profit.
One of the best indications of
soundness in a horse is the manner in
which he stands still. If he stands
with his legs straight and well under
the body there is not much the matter
with them. If he favor a limb or strod.
dies before or behind, examine him
carefully.
In time OF peace and plenty thou
sands of Industrious people suffer fo,
want of the necessaries of life. Farm
ers who produce S6OO,0O 900 worth
more of the farm necessities of life
than the country requires, receive for
their years labor barely the cost Of
production, and often really less than
that
The Van Buren press., 1895-02-16

done. One Of these writer's In New
York paper recently seemed to be OPP
posed to all progress in plowing. He
said some beginners had accepted the
advice of some one and plowed deeper
than the old style. These beginners
failed in business. One from Audrain
county, Mo-, wrote his experience in
deep plowing and said he was disap.
pointed and damaged by blowing
deep in the fall for oats. He said the
deep-plowed ground was entirely too
mellow; that the oats grew too rank
and lodged.
This class Of writer's say that wheat
gets its growth from the surface, in
that particular plainly showing their
ignorance of the wheat plant. All in
terested parties ought to know that
wheat has a deep, piercing tap root.
Wheat is delicate plant; it needs
thorough preparation of the soil, es-
pecially old land. In explanation OF
the Importance of good work in plow-
ing, will ask permission to relate the
experience of a French farmer, whose
acquaintance l made at the Worlds
fair last year. l saw there his wheat
and the plow with which he prepared
his land. He gave me sample of the
wheat that grew rs bushels to the acre
on land which formerly could not be
made to produce 25 bushels per acre.
Deep thorough plowing during
period of twenty-five years OCCASION
ally the land was treated to deeper
plowing than the former, until a seed
bed Of very unusual depth was secured;
rotation Of crops and ordinary fertiliza-
tion were employed while making this
progress. The greatest depth Of plow-
ing was done with eight horses. The
earth was moved thoroughly two feet
deep. We American farmers plow too
much surface; we shall yet learn the
Importance of better blowing
The Importance of more thorough
plowing at greater depth in the fall
can be easily realized; no farmer need
be afraid OF theory-he can experiment
for himself. Let the work be thor
ough, not with a coulter simply, or
lister, but let it be done with plow OF
the very best earth-moving capacity,
SO it may be known that the impor-
tance of plowing is to be better under.
stood.-Southern Farm.
The Van Buren press., 1895-02-16
DEEP FLOWING,

Drive In the PlOw Point and Discover the
Hidden Fertility.
Many writers on blowing in the even
ing twilight of the nineteenty century
make the same statements and their
want OF progress is expressed in the
same terms used in the dark apes.
when plowing was done with wooden
mold-board, when very shallow plow.
ing was the only kind which could be
The Van Buren press., 1895-02-16

Among the curios unearthed at
Troy by DIR. Schliemann were several
golden lamps dating from 900 B. G.
The Van Buren press., 1895-02-16

the other more marvelously dressed
than ever, for Drumsheugh's topcoat
had been forced upon him for the occa-
sion, his face and neck one redness with
the bitter cold; rough and ungainly,
yet not without some signs Of power In
his eye and voice, the most heroic type
of his noble profession. MacLure COM
passed the precious arrival with observ-
ances till he was securely seated In
Drumsheugh's dogcart-a vehicle that
lent itself to history-with two full
sized plaids added to his equipment
Drumsheugh and Hillocks had both
been requisitioned = and MacLure
wrapped another plaid round leather
case. which was placed below the seat
with such reverence as might be given
to the queens regalia. Peter attended
their departure full Of interest, and as
soon as they were In the hr woods Mac
Lure explained that 1t would be an
eventful Journey.
''Its RIGHT In here, for the wind disna
get ut the snaw, but the drifts are deep
In the glen. and th'ill be some engineer
In afore we get tae oor destination"
IA ssleckt the road this morning,
an a ken the depth tae an inch; we Ill
get through this steadin' here, but oor
worst Job Ill be crossin the Tochty.
"Ye see the bridge hes been shalkin'
wi this winters flood, and we daurna
venture on it, sac we hev tae ford, and
the snaw's been melting up Urtach
way, There's nae doot the waters rey
big, an it's threatenin' tae rise, but we
i'll win through wi warstle.
By this time they had come to the
edge, and it was not a cheering sight
The Tochty had spread out over the
meadows, and while they waited they
could see it cover another two inches
on the trunk of a tree. There are sum-
mer foods when the water is blown
and flecked with foam. but this was =
The Van Buren press., 1895-02-16


last night, and know the whole story
about you and your friend. You have
some right to call me coward, but
I'll never let you count me q mean,
miserly rascal" and the check with
Drumsheugh's painful writing fell in
fifty pieces on the floor.
As the train began to move voice
from the first called so that all in the
station heard:
"Give's another shake Of your hand,
MacLure; I'm proud to have met you.
You are an honor to our profession.
Mind the antiseptic dressings"
1t was market-day, but only Jamie
Soutar and Hillocks had ventured
down.
"Did ye hear yon, Hillocks? Hoo dae
ye feel? All no deny am lifted"
Half way to the junction Hillocks
had recovered and began to grasp the
situation.
Tells what he said. A. wud like to
hae 1t exact for Drumsheugh."
"Thae's the eedentical words, an
they're true; there's noa man in Drum
tochty disna ken that except ane."
"An' wha's that, Jamie?"
"It's Weelum MacLure himself. Man,
ave often girned that he sud fecht ava
for us a., and maybe dee before he kent
that he had githered mair luve than
ony man In the glen.
"'Am prood tae hae met ye,' says Sir
George, an him the greatest doctor in
the land. 'Yir an honor tae oor profess
sion.'"
"Hillocks, a wuda hae missed it for
twenty notes." said James Soutar,
cynic-in-ordinary to the parish Of
Drumtochty.-From beside the Bon
ME Briar Bush"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
Now st,Ie of Locomotive.

The Reading Railroad Company IL ex-
perimenting with new style OF locomo-
siye. which is expected 10 revolutonize
The building OF locomotives. The engine
is "A compound one. with driving wheels
seven feet high. 1t was bSilt b. the
baldwin locomotive Works. and is some
thing 81 curiosity. the big. heavy.
double sets Of driving-wheels are replaced
by two single wheels. one on each SIDE,
eighty-four inches In diameter. being six
inches higher than the largest ones in
use by the Reading. These huge "driv-
ers" are placed almost directly under the
centre OF the locomotive. The cunsbH-
somo-Iookiag trailer" wheels have given
way 10 single set Of forty-two-isch
"trallefs," while the front portion OF tho
engine rests upon two sets OF thirty-inch
truck-wheels. The old engines cost over
81 90. while the new snes can be manu-
gaciured nor considersbiy isss. One OF
Thorn on It's first run 10 Bound Brook
made seventy miles a. hour without being
forced The fact that the new engine ~
much tighter than the old ones. and Il Is
onl. necessary TO force TWO arriving wheels
instead q four. Is expected ~ prove the
new locomotive faster than any other
ever built.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
A Brave Woman sentry.
Uittle Folks)

Who say that women can't be- s0iliersl
We may, II seems, make doctors. az .lH'
yers, or football players OF them tc}
may be our mothers. sisters Cour C"n -
other persOnsD, cousins, or aunts. ,-ey
may even b. domestic servants, az I'D. a
empire upon which the sun never 20
but s0ldiers-neyer! Wiseacres Who -
thus should read again and again .
stories Of women's heroic deeds tN
brighten the dismal pages ~ the l.lH
Mutiny. At Ca8np0rc. foF instance W
men stood side by side with men lti..'l
the common enemy. women tene.- .'
wounded and the dying. AT the i-'- =
their own lives. and FED the nshtef- NH.'
IL was no joke % fetch watr -a
shot-peppered well. Who kept s-Nil .'|
the Sepoy prisoners? Why
wife Sword in hand. she stooi la.
ingly over the prisoners while o..
went on, and. though they s.t.l
numbered her. they held her -i
in such awe that u was ou't "N-
brilliant defence WAS grown r0
the town given up IN reliance li.-
word OF Mans Sahib-one OF 1T.
scoundrels in history-that tne-s
guarded prisoners began 10 br.t, -t
more in something Ike CONF .i' -,
brave soldiers wife Was as one M
as ever her husband could have '''-
those black days.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
Gas NJ Fuel.

The substitution OF gas as fut' '" I'm.
Of coal. is now claimed 10 D. So -l
achieved By the application 70 'H' h,
mechanism OF certain impro'eH-. ,r.
means OF which the apparatus .tt
most part operated automAuc.''' md
is a uniform temperature IS ho' 50
bv regulating the distribution Dt,t,.a
after II Is made, or by the mans. 49,
of hampers, but by direct instan'-' 49,,
autometic requisltion from ths -.
where the temperature Is q 20 I'll
,oined the fo~ II gas - So i.- -
"a "a 90 the exact work FeqH..'N
consume only the amount OF iu.' D.,
ssrv IN do il. The generator des's" ~
sscYre the complete comoGsuoH " III,
80 il in A sealed metal CASING ',.
en,. ~ mines 70 tn air. and ths rue. "a
,,oIler consists OF an arniaihie -,
hstwsen electro magnets, the sNlD
sn1 ~ which engages with the leN 49,
valve in the gas supply ply. ...
.,ntrollsr is located NEAR the seI'
"a IL in electrical connecu W..
dnnhle thermostats In the rooms s,n.
aoS as the temperature In the ia..el 49,. "a
naIou or rises above any pred'',''l',,',.
degree. as indicated BY the theihi - "a
,hs fuel controller alternately '-'
or of the supply Of fuel .i.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
gust when II was found tina. 1t contained
Garnsd old advertisement.

gust when ~ was found tina. II contained
oarnsd old advertisement
Governor O'Berrall has become a uni
versal favorite here. The ladies admire
his beautiful hair" and are ehrTnea
by bis appr0achable. manner. IL Is neeo-
less to say that share In this adfnira-
ton. You may know how much l love
him. Editor. dear. when | tell you that
| actnglly accepted an invitation 10 go
misunderstanding with HIN the other Day
OF course. we read about people who have
been willing 10 die for their soveresgns.
but 1t isn't often you see IL cxempiiies
nowadays. When | accepted that m'lta-
ton. II was Just as noble as / lag shu-
Here's shotgsn. Govsrnor. stand AT
the other end OF the porch. and see II you
can hit me" In the last wiz and 'es'a
ment / made before sslrtSg. / bsaueathed
you the handsome toQ%i-Drssh OF ihiue
which you admire so much. went on 'ie
ride. ana my remains were erc~ght paSh
TO this placs. am nat a selfish Han-ns'
the KIND OF fellow who aims 10 get the
biggest slice Of DC in the disb but hsaVen
knows. / certainly dh scufiie TO capture
the softest chairs on the premises Sr
several days after that escapbie.
Everybody here, including the dogs.
loves me 80 much taat thsFe has been
universal consultation - 81 thf most sn-
dearlng name by witch | could be sallei
Many designated me as Little Wl!iis'
but when | lntimated that ! Freferrea
'Infnltcs.nal William" as cling more
dignifed, they ehoked on this polysyHa-
bic combination, ana repuS!ated IL lheH
tlsy decided. ~ view OF ny heTois career
IN the c0mmLsssry department oi the Con-
Tolerate army. 10 commission me a @a!or.
Knowing that This title y ccnIeirNl "
the CHIEF Of Police O. RiehmoEd cine Mar
IN Luther Of municipal refsrDaton'. l
was greatly pleased. II SOUNDED Ts4shts
sweet until / heard a certain little story.
connected with that great struggle, ~
which l commanded the crackers ana
cheese. There was a cowardly Follow who
kept dolgiBg conscr'yten. until The laRes
OF the town, Disguised At his timH'ty,
finally sent hin r hoop-skirt He tsoh tSe
hint and enlisted. Aftor the war ne cap
tured the title Of major. rs Gun have T.
These BLESSINGS associated with hoop
skirts are not for ne
No. no health IS not COED ] was sttln.
in TIE office the other day, and. whte all
the doors and windows were OPEN a
sight-drsft FOR 80 blew ~ on IA and seri-
ously disabled me. l fear shall have
Group.
Kiss tirs m5ilsses-emeared mouths OF
your interesting family OF litsr ones for
me They shall have tie mapl--<asar they
wish.
Tell the representative 81 the fashion
able tailoring establishment who called
last week mat l 50 frOrs here 10 San
Francisco. 20 spend a few GORE yoars
with relatives. know what he wants.
He'll never got Il.
BTsE IDLE REPORTER.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
AN EDGRAVE
A Stranger Who Vas Killed Hen
Proves 10 Hare Been ]. E. DIXIE
HAS TWO DAUGHTERS LIVING
He Married Miss Betiie q. RagIand
In Danyiilc-skctch OF the Man.
Life and story Of His Tragio
Death.

Beneath the beautiful shades ~ C,t.
wood Cemetery there f. an unmarked
grave. 1t Is that OF a stranger Who wal,
killed early on the morning n July D
1883. by a shifting engine and cars 20 tt.
Chesapeake and Ohio railway. rlr t.
corner Of Union and Grace streets Al,
that time the man was not Eenrf.t
and It was not known exactly Dow IA,
came 20 his end. II was suppoe tt.tt4
was sieeping In box-car. ana fr...g t5,
car moving. attempted 20 set ol, ana Ia
this effort was precIptated % th- 20 ...l
thrown under the wheels ami maar.f
The next day the man was l..H..f
as a man by the name n Duke who fsf
come 70 Richmond about tHo weeks rr.-
to that time, and had secured a.rt a,
a harness-maker He BOARDED ath ,
Mrs. Waldren, on FRANKLIN stf-s. a,
Seventeenth. Further than lh.s r.'t-s
could be learned abou, the dead strange.
THE LIGHT OF THE PAST
Now. however the light Of rho ra., 8,
shed upon the case. and lt ,s e-t4i ...l
beyond doubt that the tts1 g-.a 10
victim OF that night was John p. 0r A. a
Duke. OF Chapel HID, y e.. harness
maker By trade, and an excellent
man. Duke had married NH l"e
Rsqland. a young lads, th.r a..t Be-
or IS years Of az. who resi-. ..l r.t s.v
far from Richmond u Was fl...af
match. as the young laiy.s parents wen.
ornoeed 70 the union ST. Hr N
Duke were blessed with fRo h-9f
daughters. who. though their moth b ..-I
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
THE COMING SEASON.
Music and the Drama Soon 10 Engage
Popular Attention.
THE PROSPECT VERY BRIGHT.
A Great Many Strong Attractions
Booked for the Richmond Houses
Gossip Of the Stnge.

The season Is dead; long live the sea-
SOM Grid up your thighs, . musicians,
the season has begun, and. though your
fingers may have host some Of their cum
ming. your vacation on the ocean. IN the
woods, on the mountains. has done you
good. Another nine months OF hard work,
nerve-taxing, perhaps. but work that
should show something In the end. Man
cannot live by good works alone, nor
yet entirely on bread. but there are
spiritual victories that ere greater than
money rewards. And that. OF course, re-
minds one OF the pecun,ary side OF the
question. IL IL my belief that the season.
unsteady and theatricaily, will be much
brisker than its predecessor. Business and
public confidence are both better than
year ago, and music and drama, the most
sensitive Of the professions, arr bound 70
gain new impetus. 80. 70 work. and let
the laggards eFumble!
The stage IL keeping step with the
progr-ss OF human thought I'm every d.
rection. and II will continue 70 advance.
EVIL influences impressed upon II there
certainly are, IN liberal abund nce-not
the least OF these being that OF the specu-
lative store-kseper. whose nature II Il
10 seize any means OF turning penny,
and who deals IN dramatic art precls ~
as he would deal IN groceries; but when
We speak Of THE stage" We do not mean
on aggregation Of shows or OF the
schemes OF shOwmen. The stage is an In
stltutlon That has crown out OK ne
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
II Cured Pi,npIes.

Mr.. H. b. Harrison. Of Norfolk. for
mer citizen OF Petersburg. says Quutol
cured pimDles on his son's face. He has
also used 4, for other soubles. ana the
result was always satisfactory