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bleaching white all over the plain. But
1 never forgot that when we were in
the Big Horn Basin,' Major Powell
and Professor Marsh said: These ter
raced plateaus are the bed OF pre-
historic lake, and the sediment Of the
lake and the wash of ages from the
high mountains surrounding this basin,
have left here the richest. most mex
haustible soil on the face Of the globe
So. when the Cary law opened the
way to bring water to these lands, I
interested some friends of mine in New
York city. Buffalo, N Y, and in Omaha
here with me in forming u company
to build an irrigating and water power
canal, which has been named the Cody
Canal. and to me was given the honor
Of presiding over the company.
I'VE are building canal fifty miles
long, and when it is finished it is to be
six feet deep and 60 feet wide; though
we are only digging a width OF 81 feet
now. The canal will put under irriga-
ton 10000 acres of land.
THE Big Horn Basin is a succession
oe
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TIE IDEAL MaRRIAGE.

What marriage may be in the case of
two persons of cultivated faculties, iden-
teal in opinions and purposes, between
whom exists that best kind of equality.
similarity of powers and capacities with
reciprocal superiority in them, so that
each can enjoy the pleasure of looking
up to the other, and can have alter
nately the pleasure of leading ana be-
ing led in the path of development, 1
will not attempt to describe-to those who
can conceive it there is no need. to those
who cannot it would appear the dream
of an enthusiast. But I maintain with
the profoundest conviction that this, and
this only, is the ideal marriage, and that
all opinions. customs and institutions
which favor any other notion of it, Or
turn the conceptions or aspirations con-
nected with it into any other direction,
by whatever pretences they may be
colored. are relics of primitive barbar-
ism-John Stuart Mill.
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ulated The important passages would
nave been printed in large type, and the
secondary matters would have been put
in sold miniOn. There would have been
q regular system Of signs by which the
reader could have seen at a glance
whether o statement OF fact had been
derived from a previous writer or whether
it had been snpernaturally communicated.
But when we take it into account that
mon in different parts OF the world do
not at all think n the same channels, and
that comparatively few think in the ruts
the critics have worn fer themselves, II
is Just possible that such a Bible would
not have been more useful than the one
we havs.-The Watehman-
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tcopyright, 1896, The S. S. Mcclure
Company

scopyright, 1896, The S. S. Mcclure
Company
Colonel William r. Cody-the world
famous Buffalo BiIl''-has made his
appearance in a new role; a role.
which, should it bring him success, is
destined to make him far more note
worthy than have done all his efforts
as scout frontiersman. guide, Indian
lighter and Snowman. Buffalo Bill"
never does things by halves; and in
this rery latest venture of his. the
sastness of the project is only equalled
by the alluring qualities, which it
possesses alike for the shrewd specu-
lator and the lover of western adven-
ture. In fact a bald statement of the
Colcnels daring schemes in Big Horn
valley, Wyoming, will read to the
average man Ike sort of realized
fMonte Christie
/ Perhaps Buffalo Biz had better be
Flowed to tell his own story in his
Fn way. To clip his utterances would
ave the same effect as to clip his flow
e locl1s-it would rob the subject of
s western flavor and picturesque
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.bucks., who paid allegiance to Spotted
Tail.5 Red Cloud and Sitting Bull.
the then rulers Of the plains.
Il used 10 smile in derision when
Major Powell and the professor would
dieruss and settle 70 apparently their
perfect satisfaction -the age OF q rock.
;rhe IDEA Of ceiling how old a rock was.
was tnen extremely funny to me.
thourh 1 had no doubt as to the aa-
zhenficity OF the wrinkles on a steers
horns Indicating the critters age.
aid not take in the rock theory.
f-T remember one day when Major
powell and Professor Marsh We're d.
,-er&ise the delvzng of q. platoon OF
snldiers into a BAD Land Butte a
sioux brave stood watching him.
asyVhat white man want in there p
Re said to me in the signs. shrugs.
grusfts ana gutterals which. comprise
thes Sioux language.
Bones; they are looking for bones,
/ replEed.
HEAP CRAZY.
u Il gh. white man crazy: white man
fool. Heap bones on Top the ground.
indicating the buffalo bones that were
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THE BASIS oF SOCIETY.

This is the sentiment which the exper-
fence of mankind has confirmed But
many among us are forgetting that relig-
ion is an element in our nature. the deep
est and most powerful and no state car
continue to exist without its supporting
influence. WHO destroys religion" says
Plato, "overturls the basis of human So
Getty Take it away and what would be
the security to property. to reputation, tC
life, to moratty2 Let the father of mis-
country. George Washington. answer this
question. In his inaugural address to
both houses of congress he said: Let ii
simply be asked. where is the security for
property. for reputation for life. If the
sense of religious obligation desert the
oaths which are the instrument CT instiga-
ton in courts Of justice? and let us with
caution indulge the SUPP o,ilion that moral
ity can be maintained without religion.
Whatever may be conceded to the in
fuence of refined education on minds OF
peculiar structure, reason and experience
both forbid US to expect that national
morality can prevail in exclusion of re-
ligious principles. From Archbishop
Ryan's Speech at Antietam.
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and while hope we shall make money,
nave a still fonder hope that I shall
be able to leave in this basin q monu-
ment that viii connect my name with
senerations 10 come with the country
in which my life has been spent and
that has given me such fame and for
tune as L nave gained.
Now. isn't what I have told you bet
ter and more wonderful than an Injun
story? Yet its only what has been and
is happening in this great trans MIS-
souri, country all the time.
have gust come down from the
basin, and while l was there l killed a
grizzly bear, several elk, two (big
horns) mountain sheep and all the
antelope I cared to shoot. The basin
is in northwest Wyoming, Just east
of the Yellowstone National park
JOHN HENRY MARLIN.
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rac,r ANp GENTLENEss.

OF all the gifts to be prayed for, next
to grace at heart. tact and gentleness
IN manner are the most admirable A
brusque shy. curt manner. a cold in
difference a snappish petulanee. a brutal
appearance of stolidity. antagonize and
wound and even rob really kind actions
of half their value.
It is worth while TO do a kind thing
gracefully and taetfuily- There is q GER
tain propriety of demeanOr which never
makes a mistake, which guards the feel
ing of loved one as carefully as
mother cherishes her little delicate child.
In time such tact becomes natural, and
one who has it makes others happy with
out trying to do so.-Chr.stian Intelligent
Ger (Baptist).
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TAcrrFrL coNsTnERATIoN.

How much better it is to so through
life making others happy. smoothing
down the RULED feelings rather than ex-
citing them 1t is the little stings, the
nl-advised. though. perhaps, kindly
fiction There are few natures that can
at all times be patient under the crid-
cisrns Of one who ever forces his opin-
IONS upon another, regardless of that
ones feelings. and when in some unfor-
tunate moment the last straw is added to
The rapidly increasing burden of petty
annoyancss. the victim turns. the other
cannot understand the cause of his wrath
r,lDtiv because OF this abominable habit
of over-candor-The Presbyterian Ban
ner.
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COMPARATIVELY LEVEL PLA-
TEAUS,

TEAUS,
rising from the Shoshone river. which
flows through the basin, in terraces.
each about $50 feet above the other
The terraces extend back from the
river two to ten miles.
I'VE take the water out of the Sho-
shone river, where it debouched from
the high hills. In its fifty miles length
the canal is to be brought down over
three. Of these $50 feet high rock cliffs:
in two cases, a course for the water
will be hewn in the solid rock In the
third leap, the water will descend
through steel tubes. These three water
falls develop over 100, 900 horsepower
making it possible to generate electric
power and turn it to purposes of agri-
culture, mining, manufacturing, me-
chanics and light to an extent not
found possible heretofore in any one
place.
AT the foot of one of these falls four
thousand
ACRES OF GOLD PLACERS
win be made to yield their yellow
treasure to a hydraulic stream of wa
ter that would knock this hotel into
smithereens as quick as modern ar
tillery would do it.
From the center of the basin it is
now fifty miles TO the nearest railroad
station; but the Burlington & Missouri
railroad is pointed toward US.
1.-THE Cody canal is not land grab
bling scheme. The Cary law under
which we are operating gives states
where arid lands exist the power TO
grant charters for bitches for irriga-
ton and power purposes; and the land
covered by such bitches, that is the
land the bitches bring within reach of
irrigation, becomes the property of the
state. and the state can dispose of it
to actual settlers only and for fixed
price of so cents per acre, the purchaser
satisfying the state that he has made
q satisfactory arrangement with the
water company for the water he must
have to carry on his agricultural oper-
atoms, and that's where the Cody Ca
nal company comes in.
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a spIRI1yAL CUSTOM HoUsF.

Though evil thoughts may come to us by
hundreds and thousands, and beset us
over and over again, if we always Danish
them. and pray against them. and refuse
consent TO them. SO lar from committing
sin. we gain a victory every time, and
store up merit in Gods sight. Sin begins
only when they are consciously admitted
and willingly entertained.
You know what the custom house IS
ALI goods coming into this country are
examined there, and if ANYTHING unlawful
is discovered it is promptly seized and
condemned. Would it not be a. good plan
for us to establish spiritual custom houses
at the doors of our hearts and subject all
our thoughts to rigid inspection? If they
are good. let them in gladly; If they are
bad, seize, condemn, destroy them at
once. Dent allow one TO enter. There is
no such thing as duty" on bad thoughts;
they are absolutely contrabanG: they must
not be allowed 20 pass at any prioe.-New
York F'reemans Journal and Catholic
Register
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LETTER WRnTING.

There is nothing in this world that can
be so sadly abused as letter writing.
When one inscribes his name between the
folds of a sheet of paper, and sends IL
out on its wandering, how careful he
should be of what goes before it. If it be
untrue, unjust, unSind. it Is too late
when it is gone 10 remedy the great
wrong. 1t has gone on its unfHendly.
hurtful mission, and who knows where
IL viii end. Hasty, unkind letters are re-
sponsible for many broken hearts, for
the alienation of friends and for great
hurt to the world and the church--Luth-
eran Observer.
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CASTING SUSPICION.

It can be said of absolute truth Of any
man living, that he is no better than he
should be; yet to say this of any man
Is to suggest the thought that he IS as
bad as he could be. And this is a very
common and a very wicked way of max
ing the truth lie, and of making ones
self a lying ruIh-teller.-Sunday School
Times.
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LET Us ALWAYS REMEMBER.

Let us always remember that God can
modify our severe situations in life; that
he can favorably move those who yex,
perplex and try Us, and that he can
raise up helpers for our benefit. Prayer
offered up in Christs name by his faith
full, loving and trustful servants brings
timely and adequate returns.-The Pres
byterian.
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DECINyIyG on TE5rPq,ATroN.

Every temptation begins in the first
faint suggestion. Deal with that, and
no power of the adversary can prevail
against you. Yield 10 that and sooner or
later you will rue your weakness, and
find that the innocent looking egg con-
tanned a viper, and that the tiny. trick
ling streamlet has become raging tor
rent. which carries all before it in its
ungovernable passion.-B. +. Meyer.
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EoRGTvyxG OTHERS.

In short. my children, never harbor any
ill-feeling5 toward your neighbor. and IL
you should be tempted TO fall out with
your brother and friend. always seek FOR
an opportunity to reconcile yourself to
him. Forgive others and thou shalt be
forgiven by God.-American Hebrew.
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The canal is not intended by the
company to be philanthropic scheme.
We expect by the sale of water and
the development and sale of power 10
build up agricultural, horticultural.
mining, mechanical, manufacturing ami
merchandising interes.s in the basin
and surrounding mountains that will
make this now unknown, unsettled
mountain valley as productive. pleas
ant and profitable an abiding place as
the
GREAT SALT LAKE VALLEY
is today. and that valley is as shining
an example OF a dense land brought
TO life by water as can be found on the
face Of the globe
Cody city has only one house now
but Ii has rich valleys reaching out 10
mountains capped with eternal SHOWS.
AID clothed with forests Of :irnber
The finest groups Of hot sulphur springs
on this continent gush from their rocky
confines al the foot of the bluff upon
which we hope TO see city grow. An
abundant power viii rush down the
rock cliffs bordering the town. We will
spend more than $1,000 eG onsthe canal,
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ONE FRUIT OF HIS TRAVELS.

Ii Hung Chang is at home again, and
stuffing Mrs Chang with stories about
having been in bed by o'clock every
night during his journey. Cincinnati
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BUFFALO BILLS
PROMISED LAND.



THOUSAND PEorLE<sIM A
ANT
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ISN'T 1T SINGULAR.
a Famous SAYING.

Isn't it singular that the man who is
stlnsy never seems 10 know it?-The
Christian Instructor.
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She-Did you know that Maud has a
dark room on purpose for proposals?
He-Well rather. developed mega
tive there myself last night@Comic
Home Journal.
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wen. Old follow. how i
buSiTeSS?

v-si-r'--weH, Old fellow. how is
busiress?
ttalnes-Slow; very slow
Whipple-By tae way. what business
are you in now2
Rajnes-Driv.ng a hearse.-Boston
Courier
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CRITICAL EDITION OF THE Belle

What a Bible some of the critics would
have given us if they had been charged
with writing it. There would have been
no obscurities in it. Every fact and ap-
peal would have been classified and tab
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rIENN.,:-I.VANIA CoaVIcrrs-

More than five-sixths of the convicts
in, the penitentiarios of Pennsylvania
have never been apprenticed to any
trade or occupation.
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Let no one falter who thinks he Is
right.-Abraham Lincoln.
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HOW LINCOLN
RECEIVED CALLERS.

MS RECEPTION pays
MS PATIENCE LISTENING TO
TIRE ArFzsLs REPLIES TO
e1ggTIoNERs.
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Old Richfellow (desperately)-If YOU
refuse me, What is there left for me to
90?
Sweet girl-Well read The other day
about a rich man who made his will
in favor of che woman who had re-
fused him, and then went out Ind
hanged himssi f.-NeW York Weekly.
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How did you dare tell father that
you have a prospect of 100000 a year?a
she asked.
why" he answered in righteous in
cignation, Il have-if I marry you
Warrington Star
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Had we not better turn up the gas
a bi12" inquired the deaf and dumb
FELLOW Of his girl. us getting SO dark
can't hear you Judge
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ngaTn ~ H.. z.l.;Ileg-.a, :; -,
en-; n -; :
-..<'~.sss.ts.1ss ssH
THE FARM DAIRY
The niMculty in Dfspo>inE of the
Ordinary Farm Rutter

w ~ !" 'n'sS'
The country merchant often h"S a
hard tine Of il in buying the l"tt"r
brought in ny his customers. Some Of
il is poor, very poor. and hc has 70
mix i al together and sell the vlolc
as grease. and if l." has taken III
enough :o pay 10 sort and kctT each
grade separate he can get rid of some
Of il tc better advantage. Int tic t1-
ptnse Of preparing ii for market III
this way eats up the profits 1Hc
writer was two weeks in succession III
two Iowa farmers institutes that illus
trated .hc difference in the ways but
ter is handled. very stfikin2ly. ~
one the butter sold AT 4 nrt price Of
10 cents per pNand and tho taElnri
did nothing lut rake lis milk q ia"
creampry rho separator took t"t TIE
butter Fat and tho farmer went hrn"
with the skim milk. one scp@ratrF
will skim z.ann pounds $50" ;-;,lohst
per hour and the cream"rlc~ lave
from two 70 four, according 70 the
QUANTITY Of milk handled The cream
stays in the Creamery. and IS cnNrn"d
and packed and shipped 70 New York.
and after all expenses wer" pad the
patron Ectted 10 cents per I-aGnd. III
the other county separator c:taluerlcS
are unknown and the cream IS gath
cred from the farms and l. cents nala
for enough to make q pound If in'f't.
But manv Of the farmers max" th".l
butter at loIne and take j: |" the store
and trade il out They sci about :
| cents a polnG for It. and Il il Sold "s
grease al about 4 cents Il pound III
Chicago Now and then Il farmer Gcts
a special price for his butter. hut uE-
der The strict promise not I" tell. ahA
| this is sold out in a retail way 70 the
| citizens Of the town Who VIII rav q
! special rric,. for select butter. From
! i. to Is cents arc received hy tlnsj
| farmers lnt the amount Of butter Is
| limited to The needs Of the town. II
| other counties not Il pound Of farm
| butter is ever shipped out ana }it
| price is kept up to correspond i" fhf
price in the great markets. Farmers
/ get from - to -, cents n these rGNn
ties for what is needed in the home
trade and no surplus is allowed tx
accumulate aS he surplus can he ship
pct! Iy the manufacturer and sells q
| the top price in market The seer"
uf this is that the butter Is made l.,
| tie modern method in these cnnEtles
/ and ali sells as prime butter. MEcEeNc
/ sold
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DIR. ]. 6. GRANT, Specialist.
Eye. Ear, Nose and throat
Syndicate Block. Minneapolis.
.a.8H necfnale. fitted
A Nice Name to Spell.

A lau.hahle circumstance once took
place upon a trial III Lancashire. Eng.
where the head Of the family. Mr.
Wood, Sr. was examining a witness
Upon giving his name. "'1luWeH
Wood the Judge. addressing the rev
erend person. SAID
PRAY. Mr. Mood, how DO You speI
your name.
The old gentleman replied:
20 double r. | double I, T. double
L. double l. double q ID.
Upon which the ast"nished ia"-slVer
laid down his pen. saying i was the
most extraordinary name he lad ever
met with in his life. and after two OF
three attempts declared he was una sae
to record it.
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Errors In Hntter Making.

To make sin-odcca lalttci /, Il ,.lso-
E;tc}y necessary To watch the sour u.
of the cream and churn as soon ~
possible after the cream thigEens ana
hecolues distinctly sour SAYS Nalte
Iholp. II tic Irish Farming 0Iia.
II IS better Ia err o, the sweet sldc.
in doubt fcr although good butter 1s3s
frequently he made from aNeTsIN"
cream if il he churnoa slowly II ! la@
temperature and very th"fan9A.E
washed willie m y tsHc granular Nal-
tlition. il IS Fol always possible 10
rnuln * i low temperature. and 10
oyer-chmrt cream Which Is TOO scr
means either &c lose money I'll ~ at.'
ter or e s.i-arnaint the SnStolhCi VINO
huys Il Tie loss ~ chHinlns >NF"'
cream depends nnon the Thickness g,
The creaEl and decreases Is 1llt litfh-
ness Of tie cream increases. 81 IS
nossihie ri avoid less almo>t entlaiy
III 0lHuIIyng sweet cream hy sklAih4#iIs
the cream as thick as possible.
There is Il good deal 70 he leaned
vet about the preparation Of cream ioi
cnnrnn. and the subject needs sfRdI
careful. systematic study. under 10lr
III
creamcljes. Indeed. there arc many
questions connected with creamerle&
which need thorough investigation.
and in some cases the investigation
will have to he carried cut at the fact
ories and not in the laburatol! oi
chemist OF ia The trial chHln OF z
dairy school.
Errors in sailing and working butter
are not So common as they used to Ge.
though enc occasionally fndS IN q
creamery q butter worker which can
not be instantly thrown out OF gear.
StrnakineSS ia butter Is becoming al
most uncommon. but one frequently
meets with buffers which have been
oyerworked in tho endeavor 10 press
out water and properly incorporate the
salt. 1t is not possible 10 add water
to butter unless the water ne al
temperature considerably above - de-
rrees f.. hut by careless working the
butter may be made So soft that the
worker cannot press the water out OF
it. A little care aud foresight viii OBJ
yiate this.
When butter is taken from the churn
in granular condition it should be
| spread evenly on the buttel-Wofkef
and carefully salted, turning over the
butter With a pair OF Scotch haids.
then set the worker IN motion. give
two or three turns. and remove the
butter to a slate slab. where it should
be allowed 10 stand ard drain ior two
hours st least, after which It can he re-
worked. BY this method Of sailing
butter in the grain it will require less
working and will be firmer and III bet
ter condition when finished than would
be the case if the salt We're ground in
| Immediately after taking the butter
from the rn-American Dairyman.
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" hen Travelling.

Whether on pleasure bent. OF business,
take on every trip a holtlc. ef syrup ol
Figs, as il acts most pleasantly ana
effectually Oh the kidneys. liver. ana
bowels. preventing fevefs. headaches.
and other forms Of sickness. or sale
Id so cent and ST bottles 10y all leading
druggists Manufactured hy the can
fOrnia Zig Syrup Company only.