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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
NASHVILLE. TENNESSEE.

TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL AND
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
MAY lST To OCTOBER 30TH. 1897
For this occasion. commencing May
2oih and continuing daily thereafter 10
and including October 18th. 1897. tbs
Missouri Pacific railway viii sell tickets
to Nashville and return for tS5 So. limit
cd FOR return passage 20 November 5th.
1897.
The Missouri Pacific railway has two
fast express rains daily. making close
connection in So. Louis Union depot
with trains to Nashville. For particulars
call on or address
Z T. RLECKI.EY. &TA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
H Y. GARLAND,
Western Passenger Agent
REMEMBER WELL AND BEAR IN
MIND

That the Missouri Pacific railway Is the
shortest and quickest route 20 all Colo
RADIO points. Leaves Wichita a; Sis
Q. m. arriving a. Pueblo 80 q. m. Col
orado Springs go a. m. and Denver at
- noon. One hour quicker than any
competitor. City ticket Office Ia North
Main street Telephone 2l1
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
THE HUNTING AND FISHING
GROUNDS

o, Colorado quickly and comfortably
reached via the Santa Fe Route. Low
rates during the season. Write ". J.
Black. G.. +. a. Topeka, Kan. for copy
OF 4 Colorado Summer
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
FRISCO LINE.
ST. LOUIS & SAN FRANCISCO RAIL
moan COMPANY

Tennessee Centennla. and International
Exposition.
Nashville. Tenn. May 20 Oc;- 81. 1891.
The Frisco Line aoT have on sale
round tip excursion tickets u Sashvilla.
Tenn. t3r ne above a exceedingly lo~
rates.
For fun Information call on or sd-
dress z c HOAG.
Cry Ticket Agent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
Exchange Stables.

Exchange Stables al Orlando and
Saltwater. Make a specially of carry
ing passengers between these points.
Also do general livery business. Trav-
cling mems patronage solicited.
SHIVELY. VAN WYKE & SHIVELY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
FRISCO LINE.

ST LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO r.
r. COMPANY.
On July 18th to Dist, inclusive; aiso July
23d, 26th and 30th, August I'd. 9Th, 9th
and 18th. this Line will sell tickets to
ST. Louis al s11.5O and TO Chicago at
$500. L. c. HOAG,
City Ticket Agent.
Corner Main and Douglas, Wichita, KS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

Whine & Whine have unlimited funds
10 loan on choice farm property. 4O1-4e3-
405 Sedgwick block. 5O-u
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
Phone 139.
REMEMBER.

THE ROCK SLAND ROUTE" Is IN,
ONLY LINE running through SLEEP
Frs and CHAIR CARS from WICHITA
TO CHICAGO WITHOUT CHANGE.
Best line east and west.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
Those Sacred songs.

No school teacher attending TIE ins;i-
tue can AFFORD 70 cave the city witaou.
a copy q the ~Swee; Sacred Songs" Ask
Miss Clark. your music Instructor. about
.hem.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
E.xl.f-E-ll,N - INrIAsApl,t-I

A1Esf. 4 aHs - ,ae ysn1a..z Lac
~ s-E eE-zrz. . fseseis - Izsisasr.z-
- Ia 8. exc ssre 20 ~ rosne go
20 fs--1sr lnt1-Easfiun s1tsefs 3 s.
Ei.-Ass. TrsEsllag f,sss-axs- Aga.
E.>1lta- -..-.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
EVERYBODY CAN GO TO NATIONAL
ENCAMPMENT G.. A. r. AT
PTTFFAIO n Y

Only s27.2O round trip from Wichita
via Great Rock Island Route" Tickets
on sale Aug. 2lst and 22d, good until
Sept o0th for return. Through cars
without change leave Wichita $50 a. m.
Aug. DIST. HAL S. RAY, d. P. A,
Wichita. Kan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
CHEAP RATES TO NASHVILLE.
Tx

For Tennessee Ceaisnni3i '@Tbs Rock
Island Route x-I sell every Tsiezcay
ex-ursioa tlcks.s. god or twenty days.
a. .a.s q. So IS HAL ( RAY
D p A. wichita. Kan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

In4iznsps,is. Ind, Or vic.assy. s1i-=es
A 3. Rl.cais. T.avs,iax Passage
Axen-. Van5slis Li-e sv5r1stz
css-ts-srs-sxr.-ff
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
ARE YOU GOING TO KANSAS CITY

Santa Fe route. The fast train which
leaves Wichita at 3:45 D. m. arrives AT
Colorado points the next morning. For
Information call on or address
L. Il. DELANEY. Agent.
Phone 139. Douglas Avenue Depot
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

See Whine & Whine for Farm Loans,
Vol -4O5 Sedgwick block, Wichita, Kan.
Soft
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

Altitude and low temperature make
summer travel peasant Go 10 Sar
Francisco in July via Santa Fee
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

Through tickets. baggage checked.
maps, time tables snd full Information
about the Santa Fe Route ard Frisco
Line can be obtained from their ticket
office at Douglas avenue station. which
Is open until 1910 p. m every day. Al
questions cheerfuily answered
/. r DELANEY. Agent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

Winnie & Whine have a few choice i'm
proved farms for sale al a bargain. Easy
terms. 401-403-4o5 Sedgwick block Soft
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The FAC n
es91a:ure/ NN@ every
Of <ZL Z<<[E<N v.aprs4
SPECIAL RATES TO CHICAGO AND
ST. LOUIS VIA SANTA FEE.

ST. LOUIS VIA SANTA FE.
Iuly 10Th TO 21st, Inclusive. and each
Monday and Friday thereafter until
August 18th. the Santa Fe will sell one
way tickets to Chicago al a rate of $500
and to s.. Louis. sl1.5O. Proportionately
same reduction 10 other points east. Call
on Santa Fe agent before going east, for
full information. L. r. DELANEY,
Telephone l39. Agent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
FRISCO LINE.

FRISCO LINE.
ST LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO r.
r. CO.-NATIONAL. ENCAMPMENT
G. A. R, BUFFALO. y. y. AUG.
23-2S. 1897
For the above eacampment ne FRS
co LINE will sell round trip tickets 10
Buffalo for s27.20. cicke,s OF sale August
20;h. 2lst, END, nG1j: Angus: SIS: and
September 20th- Any rou,es desired
For full particulars address
E. =. HOAG.
City Ticket Agent,
Corner Main and Douglas, Wichita. Kan
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

D3n': hesitate % XXX xaeE -zso,h-
spoken ssiesnsn oRsrs yog cne ir3ag
after you have distinctly or5e<s3 azo;a-
sr. Yog kn7S Ehsi y1s ~ast- IEs.s:
CO getting g.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

PACIFIC RAILWAY TO ST.
LOUIS AND CHICAGO.
On July IS. l.. IS. 70. %. y. 3. &c. so.
and Angus. >. 6. 8 and Is. 1897. the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway. VIII sell one way
tickets 10 s.. Louis az. rate Of $3.50 and
70 Chicago al ere way rae OF Sl5-ec.
For further inforrna lion call on or ad-
dress E e BLECKLEY. p. s T. a.
IA North Main ST.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
A CHEAP TRIP

One fare FOR tae round Zip % Indian
apolis. Ind, via the Vandaiis Line You
cannot afford 70 mis- &. s0-;u-fri-sgn-..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

In buying incidents. toOd pro5zcis.
ki.casn preparations. q anything else
.hzr concerns health. Sc tssi 10 E-rzngs
inferior go75s ar recommended oy r.
r-splnsEo.e rs-sslS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

One fare rate u Indianapolis. Ind. and
return VIA ne VandaHs Line. August l.
and IL 6g-tue-tTi-sIl-.s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
E E. BLECKLEY. p. & T. A..
HOMESEEKERS EXCURSIONS VIA
THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND
HOTTIE

To points in Arkansas. Indian Terri
tory, Texas and Louisiana. one fare Plus
s. 90 round trip Tickets on sale July
20th. August 81 and l7ih. september TN
and 2ist. October 9Th and 18th. good
twenty days Tor return.
hal :. RAY. -. 2. A..
Wicnlta Kansas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

Lsx rztes 20 Indianapolis. In. ia -
Vanialia Line 5s9-ta-.-s-sur-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
HOMESEEhERS EXCURSIONS VIA
SANTA FE ROUTE

A series % Homeseekers Exclusions
has been arranged by the A. T. x :. r.
R'y a; the low rate 81 one fare plus two
dollars for the round trip. On sale the
following dates: August 3rd and 18th.
Sep IN ana 2lst. Oct. 5;h and 18Th. for
points in Arkansas, Arizona. Indian
Territory and Oklahoma, New Mexico
and Texas. where the one-way rae IS
500 or more Stop-overs allowed on
going trip with 10 days. Final return
limi; 81 days. Call on or address Santa
Fe agents Tor full particulars
L. r. Delaney Agt. Wichita.
x R-,oi- Cent y,ss A. ->o..,..s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
NATIINAT- F.NC.ANI1fF.NT


IL SsTts Main sere~t. I'ichits. Kan
II { TOWNSEND = 2. AM :. A.
s. T>11Es. E7.
Tl-kr;s On sac As<1s: = anl ..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

WHEN PLANNING YOUR VAcA-
TON ask Rock Island ticket agent
abOu, the low rates this summer sai
fan Some one o; the many cheap ex-
cursions vii probably suit you. The
Rock Island Route have them to alnos,
all p0inta
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

II retailer found tha; every a.ien,p,
a. substitution cost him customer he
would soon be tired % it and would sup
ply what the public asks for
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

KANSAS CITY To CINCINNATI
WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS.
The Wabash railroad is now running
through cars 10 Cincinnati on their fast
mail TRAN. leaving Kansas City at $50
every evening. making practically no
change OF cars from Kansas City 10
Louisville, Cincinnati. Washington.
Baltimore ant Philadelphia. and short
ening he time 20 e.. above places from
FIVE 20 eight hours. The Wabash Is the
only line that does this.
H V GARLAND
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
SPECIAL EXCURSION RATES

via
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY.
Indianapolis. Ind.-O-e fare for round
trip; on sale August IS and II. 1887.
indianapolis. Ind.-One fare for round
trip: on sale September and s. 1885,.
For further information call OF or a3-
dress E. z. BLECKLEY. P. 7. A,
ia " Main stree. Wichita Kan
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
GIRL WHO is DOUBLE
SHE HAS TWO MINDS AND THEY
AOr INDEPENDENTLY.

Expert Takes Charge of Her and Makes
MANY Curious Experiments Through
Her Eyes, with Which She Can See
Sometimes, aud at Other Times Does
Not Know When She Sees-The Re-
markable Test With the Fingers OF the
Expert and What 1t Proverbs Now in
Hospital.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
HALF FARE EXCURSIONS VIA
THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND
ROUTE"

INDIANAPOLIS. IND. tickets on
sale Angus: 1854 and l7ih. and ssp;.n-
Der IN and sih
Ask Rock Island Azer. f0r particulars
HAL : RAY. y. r A
d-2s Wichita. Kansas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
NASHVILLE. TENN. AND RETURN
1855.

TENN ESSEE CENTENNIAL AND IN.
TERNATiONAL EXPOSITION.
The Archison. Topeka and Santa Re
will sell daily. tickets 70 Nashville and
return a, rate OF SIS. So continuous pas
sage IN each direction. Final limit
November TN. 1897.
u nEI AN-EX ALL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
REMEMBER THIS
THAT The

REMEMBER THIS
THAT The
SANTA ~ ROUTE
RIMS a TRAIN FROM WICHITA TO.
Ea1sas C.;y .a.....- aSsss. 70 rsing.ss
Cascaro i1.--.-......-3 a1sfs. sssnsf-s
p Lo1s -a--.--....-l - ho1-s - ralaSf~s
C8r-ia1sD is-.-..--...f h1zrs. - rn,ngsrs
i-cGiss-slF .a----.--.---s t1Ers. "a r,tag.ss
Arrssi-x q; csns1snai5 ara Loz.sEEis-
before 1g1a
TIM % az poins. Eas 2>s zosls-as.
oo--sE.Sg1t.=sy qui-k-
No. Po31isF L.zs - A. Po.a,.
P>srs -. + q DELANEY. Aga.
SPECIAL Excursions. oNE Tag
EDE T5f3- EfsifsrD TRIP VA
TiiE sASTA ~ g.JlTg-
ISoIAS tIs5i-zs ND k-fs s..
sc A1zss; issa AL issa. sns ~
~ - al a.
= il DELANEY
Fssss "a Aga
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
TAKE The MISSOURI
I'M fIL HlooOl ~
PACIFIC. KANSAS AND SEBRAS-
EA LIMITED" FOR ST. LOUIS.

PACIFIC. KANSAS AND SEERAS-
Ea LIMITED" FOR ST. LOUIS.
Leave T!ca.;s a 2ci9 ?. IT. srriyirs
a s. Logs next morning %. making
direct connections with ali tines cas-
No change q cars EseEs1. sery.cs.
NATIONAL ENcANP1iEST g. 3 T.
BuHsl7. =. I. Agxss- = ~ = o-y
81 - TO- i5e POUND = > ia re LISSJI-
ri PACIFIC RAILWAY. s.taer Tia al
raj @ psft boa Tine 5~-Es-n wichita
zn9 Isu.s o va zoe Missouri Pseih- rsl-
<zy. Only to-tF 1sgFs Lease Hir1l.a
30 ?. n. arriving 80 Bzasls ss-7r1
m7rrisZ 8 1'clocx- Taia = tae zsssf o.
rec ard gglckesi soute- FsF f1-iacr IT.
formation CA n q. s19-sz4
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
FACTS WORTHY OF STRONG
EMPHASIS.

The time from Wichita 10 St Louis
via Santa Fe route and Kansas City in
GLIDING thirty minutes lay over at Kan
sas City. is only 15A hours. making the
actual running time lax hours. This %
the quickest time 10 ST. Louis. Smooth
track. elegant equipment and every
thing for comfort.
If going 20 ST. Louis or beyond try
the quick time Santa Fe Route.
Phone 139. L. R. DELANEY. Agent.
ARE YOU GOING TO KANSAS CITY?
REMEMBER THE MISSOURI Pa
CIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
n the only line that runs a strictly
Wichita Kansas City train. Leaving
Wichita at $40 .. M, arriving a, Kan
sas City next morning AZ 7:20. This
train is made up at Wichita and there
fore always leaves on time. Nice chair
cars and Pullman sleepers.
Notice the leaving time. and the next
time you go TO Kansas City take the
Missouri Pacific Always on time
Never late. Fine equipment. Leaves
Wichita al a reasonable hour and ar
rives at Kansas City neither too late
nor too early. Depot corner Second and
Wichita streets.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
WICHITA TO ST. LOUIS.

IN SIXTEEN HOURS AND FIFTY
MINUTES VIA MISSOURI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30

Z Il DeIineN, AK. u lc01ta,
q. J.. Back, Gent Pass. Agt. topeka
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-02-20
THE EFFECTS OF DANGER.
With Some Men II Brightens the intellect
While Others Are Stupefied.

The power of rapid action differs
enormously in different Individuals
more especially in sudden danger. With
some men imminent peril seems "
brighten the intellect, quicFen the
power Of decision, and increase the
obedience of hand or limb to eye and
ear. In others. the sharp Shock of
sudden danger rciaxes the will power,
stupefies rather than stimulates, and
changes capable and energetic man
into monument of incapacity and
surprise.
In the Red Sch, one burning hot
morning. was reading quietly on the
taffrail Of an outbound l.. and O. boat.
One of the smart young cavalry OIL
GERS on the way out 20 join his regiment
was playing with a little girl Of six.
She was running away from him,
shouting with merriment, and, heed
less of consequences SO long as she es-
capped from her pursuer. The sloping
bulwark surrounding the taffrail is not
two feet high, but a railing of iron
stanchions, with two horizontal chains
IOrflSr IL pTOttCtfOu dSdiuct oAuihdiy
danger. Little Sunbeam, as she was
called, rushed past me, laughing loudly,
leaped through the lower chain of the
stanchion railing, and was in the boiling
wake OF the steamer before anyone
could apprehend danger. rose sud-
denly as saw tile child gain the bull
wark, and two curious things hap
pered.
A form rushed past me and before
the child had struck the water the
young cavalry sub had dung himself
over the railing and was in the air.
The two bodies struck the water within
second Of each other, and when both
rose they were not three yards apart.
The nearest life buoy that hung on the
bulwark was thrown overheard so
quickly by the quartermaster that 1t
fioated not thirty yards from where
the two bodies were floating, and the
order to stop the ship was given with
In four seconds of the occurrence, the
whole scene being observed by the Off
Ger on watch; and the rapidly with
which he stopped the ship and gave or
ders for the boat to be lowered was
happily rewarded by rescue.-Cas.
sells Magazine.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-02-20
WOMAN ON THE FARM.

Will the new woman desire to be a
farmer, and do the work on farm
that it has been supposed that men
alone. could do? asks The PlOughman.
Why not? Modern farming does not
depend upon strong muscles nor Al
iron constitution, as it once did. We
doubt whether ii Is any harder TO ride
q moving machine than 10 bend over
a sewing machine or wasntuD un day.
Ii she can run sulky plow she can as
easily operate 4 disk harrow, a corn
planter or a riding cultivator. She can
hire boys to do the rough work as well
as the men can. She has long been
allowed the privilege of doing the irk-
some, tedious. work Of milking, churn-
ing and caring for the butter, and So,
with the aid Of modern appliances,
what is left that woman cannot do on
the farm? There are thousands OF
women in our conGested cities who are
working vastly harder, and putting in
more hours in close, air-poisoned quar-
tiers than the hardest work on IL farm
would entail. While we believe the
highest work of woman is homemaking
yet if it is her destiny to be compelled
to work for the living the world is said
TO owe her, we would rather see her
cooperate with nature than greedy,
avaricious men.-Farmer's Voice.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-02-20
Licking Postage Stamps.

Licking postage stamps Is very COM
mon practice. and one that but few
people would associate with danger of
disease of any sort. Of course, Illness
traceable to this cause is rare, but that
it does sometimes occur no one can
doubt. But, aside from the disease
germ theory of abstaining from this
practice, il certainly Is not cleanly
habit nor is it a necessary action. 1t is
a good deal easier and safer to lick the
envelope. or. what is better, moisten
the corner of il with fnger-tips and
water, and then apply the stamp. A
wet handkerchief will dampen the en-
velope sufficiently to make the stamp
adhere. While great care is taken in
the preparation of the mucilage that is
put upon the postage stamps, it is irn-
possible TO insure the perfect health of
the persons who handle them. An en-
ployee with an inoeulable disease
might spread his i'll condition through
a whole country. 1t may not be neces-
sary to warn every one, but those who
have never had their attention called
TO the subject win not fail, upon mo.
ment's reflection, to see the folly Of
licking postage stamps.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-02-20
ARMY CYCLE TEST.
United States Troops Wheel Thousand
Mountain Miles.

The bicycle for military use Is now an
assured success. 1t has just been given
test by United States troops in tbs
far West that shows beyond peradyen-
ture that, however problematicai may
be its advantages in actual battle, 1t Is
already of vast practical utility i'll var
ious other purposes of military neces-
sity.
This test was made by a detachment
of eight men from the Twenty-fifth In
fantry at Fort Missoula. and was under
the command of Lieutenant Moss. The
men chosen were ordinary riders, and
the bicycles were the regular output
of one of the big standard concerns OF
the East. The test was TO be thous-
and miles over common mountain
roads, with the riders equipped for such
exigencies as might befall them in
scouting or messenger run through a
hostile country.
Besides $50 pounds of rations, the
party carried complete roungh camp
ing outfit-blankets, rifles, thirty rounds
of ammunition to each man, extra tires
and all the paraphernalia of Il forced
march. The average wGght of the
wheels packed was seyenty-seyen and
a half pounds. The weight Of wheel
and rider ranged from 2I2 10 202
pounds each.
From Fort Missoula the party
wheeled to Fort Harrison and Helena
on bad mountainous roads and against
strong head winds. Nevertheless the
whole distance OF 132 miles, including
the crossing of the main range, was
done in twenty-five hours OF actual
work, or at an average rate of six
miles an hour.
From Helena they wheeled to the
National Park, every portion Of which
they visited. Then they ran down the
upper Yellowstone Valley, and turning
up Trail Creek Pass, crossed the Bridg-
err range into the Gallatin Valley, and
wheeled to Bozeman through mud and
storm.
From Bozeman n run of seventy-tw0
miles TO Townsend was made in one
day. There the party was ordered
home for special duty.
The result or the march was sur
prise even TO the strongest supporters
of the bicycle. Lieutenant Moss re-
ported that both soldiers and wheels
had stood the journey remarkably we'll
The test was made as thoroughly as
possible and under all conditions they
had ridden in all kinds OF weather,
through mud, sand and dust, crossing
mountain ranges and fordiDg streams
New York Herald.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-02-20
When the country was first explored

When the country WAS first explored
and settled up the watercourses were
found stocked with Wild water fowl,
especially in the fall and winter They
have disappeared before the advance
of civilization. We still have the water
resources and have domestic ducks and
geese, and yet the very men and sons
Of the men who formerly would spend
whole day hunting wild ducks and
geese, and who enjoyed one when kill
Ell and baked, now pass the lakes and
creeks without a thought Of their for
mer inhabitants.
The feathers from the wild fowl
when captured We're carefully saved,
and either made into nice beds and pill
lows, or sold at q good price.
The market for feathers is still ac-
tive, and the price is good, and there is
no earthly reason why there should not
be ten tame ducks and geese raised
twenty years ago.
There is the Pekin duck, n fine, large,
purely-white duck with yellow legs and
beak, really beautiful specimen OF
the water fowl and one that yields a
great lot of its soft and pretty feath-
ers at each picking. These ducks
should be raised where there is no large
stream or lake, as they thrive nearly as
well without it,
There is money in Pekin ducks. They
are prolific layers. hardy and rapid
growers.
There are several other varieties OF
domestic ducks, such as the Rouen,
Aylesbury dhe great English duck,
and the ayuga-the latter very much
like the wild mallard species.
In tame geese there are several va
rieties, the Embden, Toulouse. White
China and the common old grey goose,
all productive of an abundance or
feathers and all large and hardy.
1t is just as easy TO grow feathers In
and about our waterways as to- grow
weeds and reeds, and in these hard
times we should advise the farmers
10 pay more attention to WATERFOWL,
aud thereby add another source Of
profit to the farm.-Farm, Field and
Fireside.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-02-20
FARM And GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS OF TIMELY INTEREST TO THE
FARMERS.
Rid the Fields OF Big BouldeYs.".Stoiea
Broods".Woman on the Farm.u.About
Feathers...Eee Houses.
FOREST LEAVES.

1t is often advised by agricultural
writer's to go into the forests and Sc
cure leaves for bedding for horses and
other stock. There is no objection to
this if other bedding cannot be easily
obtained. But the leaves are procured
witt the idea that they are valuable
addition to the manure heap. On the
contrary they are Of very little value
there. as when rotted down a very
large heap of leaves will make only an
insignificant amount of leaf mold,
whose chief value is in the potash it
contains. But in the forest the leaves
serve an important purpose, keeping the
soil moist under them.-American Cul-
tivator.