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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-09-17
BATHING IN SALT LAKE.
There It Is the Good Swimmer Who Makes
Show OF Himself.

1t may seem preposterous to talk of
the finest sea bathing on earth thou
sand miles from the ocean, but truth is
no less true because it appears absurd.
The sea bathing in Great Salt Lake in
finitely surpasses anything of the kind
ON either the Atlantic OF Pacific coast.
The water contains many times more
salt and much more soda, sulphur,
magnesia, chlorine, bromine, and po-
tassium than any ocean water on the
globe. 1t is powerful in medicinal vir-
tues, curing or benefiting many forms
of rheumatism, rheumatic gout, dys-
pepsia. nervous disorders and cutan.
the hair of those unfortunates whose
tendencies are to bald-headedness. 1t
is prompt and potent tonic and in
vigorant of body and mind, and then
there is no end of fun in getting ac-
quainted with it's peculiarities.
A first bath in it is always as good as
circus, the bather being his or her
own amusing trick mule. The specific
gravity is but a triie less than that of
the Holy Land Dead Sea, the actual
figures with distilled water as unity
being, for the ocean, 1.027; for Salt
Lake, 1107, and for the Dead Sea,
1116. The human body will not and
cannot sink in it. You can walk out in
it where it is fifty feet deep, and your
body will stick up out of it like n fish
ing cork from the shoulders upward.
You can sit down in it perfectly secure
where it is fathoms deep. Men lie on
top of it with their arms crossed under
their heads and smoke their cigars.
It's buoyancy is indescribable and un
imaginable. Any one can float upon it
at the first trial; there is nothing to do
but lie down gently upon it-and float.
But swimming is an entirely different
matter. The moment you begin to
paddle your own canoe" lively and
to the okers-on-mirth-p provoking
exercises ensue.
When you stick your hands under to
make a stroke, your feet decline to
stay anywhere but on top; and when,
after an exciting tusSle with your re-
fractory pedal extremities, you again
get them beneath the surface, your
hands fly out with the splash and
splutter of half dozen flutter wheels.
If, on account of your brains being
heavier than your heels, you chance to
turn somersault and your head goes
under, your heels will bob up like a
pair of frisky didapper ducks. You
cannot keep more than one end of
yourself under water at once, but you
soon learn how to wrestle with its nov
elites, and then it becomes "a thing of
beauty and joy for any summer
day.
The water is delightful to the skin,
every sensation is exhilarating. In the
sense of luxurious ease with which it
envelops the bather it is unrivalled on
earth. The only approximation to it
is in the phosphorescent waters of the
Mosquito Indian coast. The water
does not freeze until the mercury tum-
bles down to eighteen degrees above
Zero or fourteen degrees below the or
binary freezing point. 1t is as clear as
crystal, with bottom of snow-white
sand, and small objects can be dis
tinctly seen at depth of twenty
feet.--Utahman.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-09-17
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A good COW is not always fat; she
converts her food into milk rather than
into flesh.
Dairy COWS are said by some to have
so worn out their teeth at ten years Of
age that they are Improbable.
See that the cows have some sort Of
shade in the pasture, or chance to
come to the barn or she'd these hot
days.
Provide plenty of water where the
cows can get at it, not only for their
comfort but for the sake of your pocket
book.
The sooner milk is cooled after being
drawn from the COW the better Why
would not the same rule apply to cream
from the separator?
The Gamma roots that were late ID
starting may now be potted for taxing
inside, and they E!ssss '9aiakss aiahksss. YssE ! =
tractive winter bN mers.
Pinch back the geraniums. carna,
tions, jasmine, etc, jpended for win
ter blooming; the nRNe points to the
branches the more blossoms.
How is the water supply in the back
lot? Those colts or that young stock
may be suffering from want of water
Better look into the matter now.
With good management a butter
farm should grow richer and richer A
ton of butter removes only few cents
worth of fertilizing elements.
See that all weeds are kept from the
flower beds now; if a single one is
missed, and allowed to ripen seed,
there will be trouble ahead for mex,
year.
Pansy seed may be sown now in
sheltered bed. and with slight protec-
tion during the winter the plants will
be ready to bloom very early next
spring.
The larger part of the cows kept by
the farmers don't pay, but they don't
know it, This is carelessness that ID
very expensive, and should be avoided.
Over-churning compacts the milk
into the butter in such way that no
amount of washing can get it out. To
avoid this, stop when the butter is in
granular shape.
Some good butter-makers let the but
ter stand in strong salt and water after
churning claiming that it salts the but
ter more evenly. and more effectually
removes the buttermilk.
One of the important items in makinG
dairying most profitable is to weed out
all improbable parts. The average
farmer cannot afford to fool with cows
that do not have at least some desirable
quality.
A farmer could now buy a thorough
bred rooster very cheap, while they are
young. He could raise him, and next
spring kill off all other roosters, and
thus have something that will grade up
his dunghill stock wonderfully, at very
little cost. If the farmer won't bother
with it, then let his wife do it.
If you have a piece of waste land,
that is absolutely good for nothing,
why not turn it into poultry yard. A
dry. stony spot where vegetation never
grows, is just the place fowls will do
we'll in. especially in wet and cold
weather You are realizing nothing
from such land now and hens might
bring you profit.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-09-17
N MY CASTLE IN THE SKY :

silver bells gaily chime
In my castle in the sky;
nreamin' dreamin', all the time
In my castle in the sky.
Free from sorrow, free from care,
Happy all the time up there;
BIRDS are singin' everywhere
In my castle in the sky.
All the chests are filled with gold,
In my castle in the sky;
Priceless treasures quaint an old,
In my castle in the sky.
One thing only makes me pine,
Makes the chills creep down my spine
That is when / have to dine
In my castle in the sky.
r. b. Garrison.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-09-17
A Four.Legged Duck.

Down at Fordham's duck ranch on
the Peconic River a curiosity in the
shape of a four-legged duck was
Matched out few days ago. The four
legs were perfectly formed, but the
outfit was soon reduced TO three, as the
other ducks. moved perhaps by spirit
of envy. pecked away at the fourth leg
until it was 9esiroyed.-New York Ad-
vertSer
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-09-17
TO WEAN FOALS.

When plenty of cows milk can ba
had it is just as well for the foal, and
better for the dam, to wean them wheI'
four months old. The writer has
weaned them when three months old,
and kept them growing right along, a.
well as when running with the dam, by
teaching them to drink cows milk and
feeding them ground oats mixed WITH
wheat bran.
Before beginning to wean a foal the
young thing should be thoroughly hal
ter broken, and the sooner this is done
after the foal is dropped the better.
The colt or filly should also become ac-
customed to eating oats, both whole
and ground, wet and dry. This can be
easily accomplished by feeding grain
to the dam regularly night and morn
ing in box or trough set upon the
ground or floor, or so near it that the
colt can reach the grain.
After seeing the dam eat a few times
the youngster will be curious to know
what it is that interests her so, and
will soon begin to nibble at the grain.
After once getting taste, it will not
be long before he will be on hand
promptly to take his ration whenever
his dam Is fed. 1t is well to teach him
to drink cows milk before beginning
to wean him. if convenient, but if he
will eat wet ground oats and shorts
with a relish that part of his education
can be postponed until taken away
from his dam.
With colts well halter broken and
taught to eat grain, the weaving pro-
cess is not difficult and the growth OF
the foal need not be checked. When
there are but few to wean, and there
are plenty of stalls to accommodate
them, very good plan is to put stout
ring on each side and near the front
of a very wide stall. placing the rings
high enough to prevent danger of in
jury by stepping the forward foot over
the halter when the head is lowered
to the floor.
If wide stall is not convenient, the
mare and foal can be placed in adjoin-
ing narrow stalls. When this is done,
it will be best to have an aperture made
in the partition separating the stalls,
lust large enough so that the foal and
dam can get their noses together. The
grain ration of the dam should be dis
continued when the weaving of the
foal begins. She should be fed on dry
hay, watered often, but sparingly. The
object is to prevent the secretion or
milk.
At first the foal should be allowed to
suck three times a day, taking only a
Dorton of the milk from the udder.
After the first three days let him suck
only morning and night, giving him
Just enough to relieve the distended
udder. At the end of Il week 90 not let
him go near his dam. Look after her
closely, however, for several days, and
milk her by hand once day for an
other week, then every other day until
she is well.-Horse Breeder.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-09-17

germ we desire? Certainly not YET,
and I doubt very much if that time
will come, though such flavors or "cuI-
lures" are now on the market.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

same and the public school children
would have the benent OF a full years
instruction. To telescope ten months
school work into nine months not only
eudangers the health of many girls and
boys but also retards their mental
growth. If you can crowd ten months
study into nine months, why not crowd
nine months study into eight months
or ever six months?
The Bee does not profess to speak for
any class of sclf-styled champions of
the public schools, but 1t believes that
it voices the sentiment of the whole
body of school patrons, the mothers and
fathers of the children who are being
trained in our public schools, when it
protests against the needless shortening
of the school year and the bogus re-
%trenchmcnt by which four heavy meals
IL day are to be served to the pupils nine
months with nothing but moonslline
soup for the remainder of the year.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

Something must have gone awry in the
office of our amiable Lincoln c%ontempu-
rary. the State Journal. The Journal, on
Wednesday. extended congratulations
to II Tlattsmouth lawyer OH having OBJ
tanned from the supreme court the aitir-
nation of Il verdict for $1,000 in a per-
sonal damage suit against the Burling-
ton railroad which had been assigned
to him in payment of professional serv-
ices. Can 1t be that the wires between
the State Journal office and the Burling-
ton headquarters got crossed by some
unavoidable accident?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31
INFORMATION WANTED.
Chicago Record.

InlChSO RECORD.
Suppose, in the affairs of state,
In fierce discussion and debate,
When statesmen talk and rant and blow
And yank the tariff to and fro;
Suppose the whole should flicker through,
What would the politicians do?
Suppose that Silver was a Ysyth,
The little folks to brighten with,
And parity with gold" we use
drive away attacks of blues
Suppose that tales are always true,
What would the politicians do?
Suppose, in ATTITUDES remote,
When dusky voters went to vote,
Suppose they offered each. In state,
A ballot on a perfumed plate.
Suppose they counted 1t as two,
What would the politicians do?
Suppose the men who pensions draw
Refused to profit by the law;
Suppose they all We're millionaires
With gilded bonds and railway shares,
And houses on the avenue.
What would the politicians do?
Suppose, when platform makers bent
wits to form a document.
searched in vain for boiling harm,
In vain they viewed" with vain ALARM
Suppose that skies We're ever blue,
What would the politicians do?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

fVk MifffIhl Ntffbbb 1NNInFBs
Congressman Mercer deserves I'M
stintcd praise and most cordial con
gratulations from his constituency md
the whole people of Nebraska for his
splendid achievement in securing the
passage of his bill to convert Fort
Omaha into Il state military training
school. Among the various measures
which he has successfully clnmpioned
in congress none viii rebound as much
to his credit or confer as great and
lasting benefits upon the city and state.
When Fort Omaha becomes an educa-
tional institution it will be not merely
for Il day or for n year. but for genera
lions. 1t will be the first public mill
tary training school west of the Missis-
sippi and is destined to receive the
patronage of all the states between
the Mississippi valley and the Pacific
coast. 1t is conceded by army men that
no place in the United States outside of
West Point is better adapted for mill
tary drill and instruction, and no place
IL better equipped for all the require
menIS OF SUCH an INSTITUTION as is pro-
posed.
The passage of Mr.. MERGERS bill
through the house makes its enactment
almost certain. Senators Thurston and
Allen may be relied upon to do their
utmost to expedite its passage through
the senate. The endorsement of the
secretary of war and the favorable re-
port of the house military committee
should go far to assist them in their
efforts. With this valuable property
coded to the state Of Nebraska. condi-
toned only on the provision for and
maintenance of a state military train
ing school. there should be no obstacle
to its acceptance by the next legisla-
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

Can be given why Stuart's DYSPEPSIA Tablets
are the best and most ~effectual cure for every
form Of Indigestion.
They are in tablet form, which retains
their good qualities indefinitely. while liquid
preparations become stale and useless with
age. .
They are convenient, can be carried in the
pocket and taken when needed. They are
pleasant to the taste.
After each meal dissolve one or two of
food, they constitute a perfect digestive, abb
They digest the food before it has time to
ferment, thus preventing the formation of
gas and keeping the blood pure and free
from the poisonous products Of fermented,
half digested food.
Stuart's DYSPEPSIA Tablets make the COM
plexion clear by keeping the blood pure.
They increase flesh by digesting flesh form
ing foods.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the only
remedy designed especially for the cure Of
stomach troubles and nothing else.
One disease. one remedy. the successful
physician of today Is the specialist; the sue
cessful medicine is the medicine prepared
especially for one disease.
A whole package taken at one time would
not hurt you, but would simply be a waste Of
good material.
over six thousand men and women in the
state of Michigan alone have been cured Of
Indigestion and dyspepsia by the use OF
Stuast's DYSPEPSIA Tablets.
Sold by all druggists at so cents per pack
age.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31
TIME FOR CONCERTED ACTION.

Heaven helps those who help them
selves. This applies to communities rs
well rs to individuals. The men who
have the largest property interests in
Omaha must get together and agree
upon some plan of action that will in
sure an early revival of business activ-
ity.
Thirty years ago Cincinnati found
itself cut off from commercial inter
course with the territory to the south
of it that had been tributary before the
war. The men chiefly interested in the
growth of that city got together and put
through a project that involved an out
lay of nearly S20.OOO,000. The con-
.struction of the Cincinnati Southern
railroad gave the Ohio metropolis Il
direct outlet into the east Tennessee and
north Alabama mining region and re-
stored to it the trade that would other
wise have been monopolized by COM
mercial rivals. Above all things the
building of the Cincinnati Southern en-
abled Cincinnati to exact railroad rates
where formerly it had been dependent
upon the favor or caprice OF traffic
managers.
Only a few years ago II energetic
and public-spirited citizen of st, Paul
gave the twin cities their greatest i'm
petus by the construction Of the Great
Northern railroad system, This pro-
ject was successfully engineered in the
face of the most adverse conditions and
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31
THE PASSING or RUNYON.

Detroit Free Press: Hon. Theodore Run
yon, United States ambassador to Germany.
was one Of those rare men who bore hi1 civil
and military honor9 without 'ostentation and
who met the requirements OF duty at every
advancement in an effective way that readily
accounts for his Almost constant demand in
the public service.
Brooklyn Eagle: The death Of Theodore
Runyon, ambassador Of the United States at
Berlin, will bring sorrow to many Americans
abroad and at home. His was one of the APP
pointments by the president which COM
manded cordial approval wherever 1t became
known. The expectations which it aroused
were confirmed by the fidelity and discretion
with which the ambassador discharged his
duties.
Chicago Record: His administration Of the
post of ambassador has been hampered and
embarrassed in a number of particulars. and
above all in the adjustment Of the disagree
mento over questions Of tariff and the i'm
portation Of American products. How well
he accomplished his task is shown by the fact
that, while American interests in Germany
have been we'll looked after. Mr.. Runyon,
personally. was on the best of terms with the
entire German court and enjoyed the con-
Hdencs and esteem of Kaiser Wilhelm in a
marked degree. 1t will be a difficult matter
to replace this capable diplomat with a man
either so gifted in tact and address or so well
equipped with the scholarship and erudition
necessary in an ambassador.
Philadelphia Record: United States Am
bsssador to Germany Theodore Runyon, who
has jus. died in Berlin at the ripe age OF 10
years, leaves behind the memory Of a long and
honorable public career which should be an
enduring pride to his native state of New
Jersey. To her great credit that sister
commonwealth OF Pennsylvania early recog-
nlzed his sterling worth and continued to
honor him to the last. He had been COM
mander of troops on the field and In the
militia e%ncampment and he had been city
solicitor and mayor OF Newark before he was
called to the state chancellorship. which was
bestowed for a second term upon him. In
war he won the praise OF Lincoln by getting
the first full brigade to the defense OF Wash
ington; in peace he labored for half q cen
fury TO exalt the New Jersey bar.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

day never dawn when In the senate OF the
United states the cause OF American unity
and inviolabiliiy shall lack It's champion.
Hut the immediate question is not one OF our
own national honor or safety. II the time
comes when either Of these Is at stake a
million swords will leap from their scab.
bards TO ayenge insult or to defend our soil.
our institutions and our homes. The ques-
ton Is one Of much more limited application
at all events In its present ~stage--and, ad.
mlrablc as are Mr.. Thurston's sentiments
In their general application, they will scarcely
justify a vote for Senator Davis sweeping
resolutions at a time when the Venezuelan
imbrogllo seems in a fair way to settlement
on a basis satisfactory to Great Britain and
the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31
Thc snmc Old spirit.
Atlanta Constitution.

The British commander, Sir Francis Scott,
in his treatment of the king Of Ashantee fol-
lowed the course pursued by Pizarro and
Cortez toward the Peruvian and Mexican
princes.
The worst feature Of the business Is that
Scott followed the orders of his superiors
when he tortured the king in order to make
him give up his gold. Plzarro and Cortez
scared the Indians with their horses and fire
arms, and the British used their Maxim guns
and Martini rifles en- the savages.
Both the Spaniards and the British were
altar the anne thlng-the gold of otter peo-
pie. Cortez stretched the Mexican king on
a bed Of burning Goals to extort tribute and
Sc tt shut up King Prempeh in a psstilentlal
castle at Cape Coast for the same purpose.
How can English civilization justify this
mode of warfare? The old spirit of the
Spanish marauders seems u be cropping out
again just where It 10 most unexpected.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

T1NyS TT RESTDRED.

The National Board of Trade. in scs-
sion at Washington, adopted a rpsolu-
ton urging upon congress the enact
ment of legislation for re-eStaDlishing
trade reciprocity. Thus another body
representative of the business interests
of the country has declared in favor of
the republican policy of cultiyating
closer commercial relations between
the United States and the other in
dependent countries Of this hemisphere.
Tie men who make this declaration
are prompted solely by practical con
siderations. They are business men.
not politicians, and they know from
unprecedented investigation that rcci-
procity was Il wise and sound
policy. the maintenance of which
would have brought immense advantage
to the agricultural and mnnufactur-
ing interests of he United States, as
well as greatly strengthening our in
hllence with the American republics.
These business men realize that Il grave
blunder was made when reciprocity was
abandoned and they want that mis-
take rectified as soon rs it can be done.
Their appeal to the present congress
will not have the desired result, be-
cause the conditions necessary to the
re-establishment of reciprocity cannot
now be had. These must await the time
when the republican party is again in
control of the government, happily not
far distant. But none the less the cN-
preston of n body like the National
Board of Trade, following that of the
convention of the National Association
of Manufacturers, urging the restora-
ton of trade reciprocity, cannot fail to
have Il good effect.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31
10 CENSrRE RAYARD.

While Ambassador Bayard is re"civ-
ing the elusive attentions of the
British. who are in cordial sympathy
with his economic views. the majority
of the house committee on foreign af-
fairs is preparing to report to the house
II resolution consuming him for objection
able remarks made in his address at
Edinburgh, Scotland, and Boston. Eng
land. In the former. as will he rcmem-
bered, Mr.. Bayard strongly assaulted the
American policy of protection. d%enounc-
ing it in terms wholly unwarrantable
with dellberation. because it was Il
carefully prepared address. In his later
speech he referred to the American
people as being often violent and need
ing Il strong hand to govern them, GER
tainly about as offensive Il characterized
ton as could well have been made to Il
foreign audience. Mr.. Bayard has of
fered an explanation of these uttef-
ances, but it annot be said to be salts
factory. for indeed it would be inn
lUSSlbit lbI IL IiUH btINlN ME lie l'pSi
ton to Justify declarations which dis
tinctly misrepresent his country ana
his countrymcn. No one ii is to be
presumed, knows better than Mr.. Bay
ard the obligations and the limitn-
tons of Il diplomatic representa-
tive and there can be 10 queS-
ton that he ~disrcgarded both in the
instances to which objection is made
That he deserves cenSure few Will
question and perhaps the example
might have Il good effect, but it would
seem thai the rebuke he has already
received from the American press. not
confined to republican newspapers. and
from public men, is sufficient and that
its force would not be increased by a
congressional resolution of censure that
would probably receive no support cN-
cept that of Mr.. Bayard's political OPP
ponents. To make it Il partisan mat
ter would enable the political friends
Of the ambassador to urg that it was
purely persecution. while of course ii
would not in the least impair his stand
ing with the British public. All things
considered. it appears to us that the
matter may very properly be dropped.
though it seems improbable that this
will be done.