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The herald., 1898-10-19


flying the number).. Such. advertisement
shall be published for at least ten days.
and shall require the bidders to state the
price at which each article will be fur
nished. printed or manufactured, as the
same may be required from time to time
during such period. and the amount OF
ity for the performance Of the contract,
Sec. III. No stationery furnished to any
officer or department shall contain the
name or names of the officer or officers
constituting the head of the department.
or board. The contract or contracts mhsl
adequate security. quantity and quality
being considered.
Sec. lls; The City Clerk shall have
such stationery. and. when purchased, the
same shall b.. delivered to him, and he
shall issue and distribute the same to the
various departments as required.
He shall keep accounts in detail, charg-
ing himself with all goods received, and
crediting himself with the goods deliv-
matter provided. When any Of such sup
plies are required for any department. the
City Clerk shall issue the same. after. the
made by the head of such department
and approved by the Mayor.
Sec 49, All requisitions for printing
Clerk shall repcSt monthly. in writing,
to the Council in detail detail the amount of all
printing ordered by and delivered to any
department or officer.
Sec 12O Any officer of the city or OF
any department thereof, who shall aid or
assist bidder In securing a contract to
furnish labor. material or supplies at a
by any other bidder, or who shall favor
one bidder over another by. giving or
fully misiead IAN any bidder in in regard Egg 't to the the
character OF the material or supplies
called for. or who shall knowingly certi-
fy to q greater amount of labor performed
than has been actually performed or TO
the receipt of greater amount OF differ
ent kinds Of material or supplies than has
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Why You should Keep Hens.

J.. because you ought by their means
to convert great deal of the wsste on
the farm into money, in the shape ol
chickens and eggs for the market.
2. Because with intelligent manage
ment they ought to be all year revenue
producers, excepting, perhaps, about
two months during mouIting season.
3. Because the manure from the poul.
try house will make valuable compost
for use in either vegetable garden or
orchard. The birds themselves, if al
lowed to run in the orchard, will de-
stroy many injurious insects.
4. Because while cereals and fruits
can only be successfully grown in cer-
tain sections, poultry can be raised for
table use OF to lay eggs, in all parts of
the country.
s. Because poultry raising is an en-
ployment in which the farmers wife
and daughter can engage and leave
him free to attend to other depart
ments.
G. Because it will bring the best re-
turns, in the shape of new-laid eggs
during the winter season-when the
farmer has most time on his hands.
2. Because to start poultry-raising
on the farm requires little or no man
agelnent, poultry can be made, with
little cost, valuable adjunct to the
farm. s-ft tif
8. Heat is companion of nature ia
vorable to the production of eggs and
meat, and to neglect providing COM
Portable quarters is to invite defeat.
Q. When keeping fowls in yards
there is nothing more essential to learn
than when not tofeed. To have cour-
age to withhold feed is an important
requisite in management. Fed too of
ten they become Idle and profitless.
10. Poultry in yards would give bet
ter returns than if on range if prop
erlv managed, but to give small flock
the proper attention would cost much
labor. This is not counted when the
flock is kept for pleasure, but on the
farm the case is different.
IL. 1t is found that when charcoal
is added to the food of fattening tur-
keys they gain more rapidly. When
crowded portion of the food is liable
to ferment in the crop before it passes
into the gizzard Charcoal absorbs
gases and relieves the acidity, and to
this property Of the charcoal the bene-
fits are due.-Success With the Garden.
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Climatlc CondItIons.

When we say that this plant or tn.
other plant is adapted to certain cli-
mates, the idea of temperature is the
one which is usually prominent in the
mind. But this is only one of the nec-
essary conditsons which come to make
up what we understand by climate.
Atmospheric moisture is an impor-
tant consideration. Some plants thrive
better where the atmosphere is con-
tinually moist; while others prefer
that which is warm and dry. This is
the reason why plants from our noun
tains thrive better In England than
they do in the lower attitudes in our
own country. The higher elevations are
usually comparatively damp, and the
moisture atmosphere England con-
'sequently helps to make up their nat
.ural climatal conditions. Very often
there are other elements. which come
to make up the natural surroundings
of which we seem to be ignorant. For
Instance, one would never think that
the Palmetto palm, which thrives 90
we'll in the Carolinas, Louisiana and
She lower Mississippi regions would
not do well in California, and yet it is
said, TINT although many other palms
thrive as well in the temperate parts
of California; as they would in their
native homes, the Palmetto of the At
lantic states refuses to thrive.-Mee.
hans monthly.
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MARRIED LIFE.
II Adopted, Will Surely
Bring Happiness.

To give yourself away in true love
is the beginning of true humanity and
usefulness. The man or maiden who
opens that golden gate lives hence
forth in a sweeter and better atmos-
phere. Do but be true to higher in
stincts; do but cultivate candor and
simplicity and fidelity, and1 have every
hope for you. But let it never pass
from your thoughts how much depends
upon you now if you would secure not
only love but respect. Every married
man and woman passes through a
transition after they come to know
each other thoroughly, and ever after
they love each other more or less. II
they are patient with each others
faults and try to keep the fairest face
on all things-try to make the best of
all things-they will find a new bond
of union in this mutual hopefulness
which Is the truest Office of love. But
if, when they find out that they are
each not angels. not altogether per-
feet. they become Indifferent and neg
lectful, then alas for both! Beware
of this. The sum of human happiness
is made up of numberless little things.
1t is not the great things-great pres
ents, great occasions or great demon
strations of any kind which will make
you happy, but the many nameless
courtesies and surprises of affection,
the neat looks and kind words and gen.
tie ways and profund respect of true
love-it is these little things which,
falling drop by drop like spring show
ers upon the frozen earth, melt away
all that is cold and hard in our natures,
and make them bud and bloom with full
luxuriance.-Rev. N. A. Staples, in De.
troit Free Press.
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this take into consideration the fear

this take into consideration the fear
ful waste of the present method of
threshing. I was at a threshing the
other day, and while no doubt the
farmer was as careful as most Texas
farmers, and much more so than many,
to me it was waste, waste, everywhere,
and no one seemed to see it, or provide
against it. Am I a mere grumbling
old simpleton? A mere paper farmerP
Well, l have tramped round and built
many straw stack. have stood be-
fore the machine in the dirtiest and
most binding chaff and dust. have
had to manage the whole outfit, and
stop carelessness and provide for and
care for waste. Yes, speak from the
years OF past experience, and say to
Texas farmers, gentlemen, if you ex-
pect to make farming success. learn
to stop the leaks.-Wm. Lumas. in
Farm and Ranch.
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There are Many Avenues Through which
the Profits of the Farmer
Go to Waste.

Since writing my article-s'A Stitch
IN Time"-I have passed through q
representative part of the great wheat
belt of Texas, and am sorry to find
my fears, consequent on the showery
season, will be realized, and possibly
more than / had thought. l saw in
very many fields the straw of the
shocks badly weathered, injuring its
feeding properties. and while many a
Texas farmer may regard this as very
trif1ing, must remind him that the
feeding properly OF his straw is one of
the factors of profits on his farm. Has
he that to learn yet? l am afraid he
has. Then | saw, too frequently, the
green growth on the shocks, chiefly at
the bands on the north sides of the
shocks, occasioned largely by the sun
not being able to get on the north side,
and the wet being retained, the
warmth induced growth; in this re-
spect we always set our shocks with
the ends north and south, so that. the
sun would dry both sides- The cap
sheaves. designed to be a roof, were
carclessly laid too fat. and therefore
caught and held the wet they were de-
signed to shed, and of necessity were
grown. do not feel it any pleasure
to draw attention to the loss occa-
stoned by this, but Texas farmer
should look to it and as far as possible
stop these ruinous leaks The reports
give some 6,O00,O bushels IS this
years crop for the state, and one writer
says that out of this will be loss of
9,000. 600 bushels-by rain. Let us say
of this, is it not fearful loss to be met
by the farmer and the country? and
! do not doubt it. The green-grown
grain will have used up its pabulum
and will be shrivelled and will blow
out OF the thresher and be lost entire
ly, or at best will be saved as very poor
hog feed. il saved at all; the grains
starting to grow will have changed so
Is to injure the quality of the sample
of the whole crop, and SO reduce the
price per bushel win the Texas farm
er kindly tell me how he can stand the
loss of one-sixth of his crop. and the re-
duction in price of the whole of wha.
he has remaining? Say in Thousand
bushels he loses 1861 bushels, which.
at rs cents, the present price, is Sl35
add to that the loss of Eve cents per
bushel for depreciation Of sasuple On
balance of crop. How much Of this
could have been saved with proper
thought and q little care? another
lesson that the Texas farmer must
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HERE AND THERE.

-Whens an animal gets of its feed it
10 usually because the owner has been
too generous. Do not overfeed in your
effort to fatten rapidly
= I'm England no flavor excels that of
rape-fed mutton. Rape is plant much
resembling the rntabaga, but which
throws all the strength of its juices in
to the. leaves. rather than into . large
root.
AT the close Of harvest there is
much cleaning to be done in the fields;
buy flock of sheep for the purpose,
and raise crop of lambs for the spring
market; then fatten and sell the sheep
aud net good 100 per cent.
Ducks are chicken cholera proof,
roup proof, cape proof and hawk proof,
but they die with their favorite dis
eases, spinal meningitis and paralysis.
Nevertheless ducks are dandies to raise.
for home use or for market.
-Thequick growing kinds of turnips,
sown late in the autumn, are very sue
culent, but they do not have the nrtri-
tive qualities which belong to the Rnta-
baga family, or even the white turnip,
If sown earlier.
Feeding calves or steers is more
work than feeding pigs, and requires
more stable room, but it is far less
risky. They consume q much larger
proportion Of rough and cheap feed,
and with suit6ble cows it costs less to
produce them.
AN abundance of pure water on
the farm Is essential for both the COM
fort and health Of the stock, and unless
you have il you can not expect much
profit from them 1t will pay you to
invest your frst surplus earnings iu
PROCURING it.
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AN INNOCENT LAWYER.
He Knew His Client Was Guilty and
He Wanted Him to Plead So,
But He wouldn't.

"When was new to the business and
mad beautiful faith in the efficiency
of our jury system" tells veteran of
the Detroit bar, II was employed to
defend murderer. The fellow was
guilty enough and that, to my youth
full mind, was sufficient to insure his
conviction. He had wealthy friends
who retained me and / worked with
the greatest zeal until satisfied that
the man had done the crime of which
he was accused. Then / went to him
and said that his wisest course would
be to plead guilty. 1 would make
strong talk for him and then appeal
to the mercy of the court.
Young man., he said, looking me
over scornfully from head to foot,
you've been hired to defend me, and
been well paid. You take good money
to help me and then ask me to save
you all the work and trouble by plead
ing guilty. Now you get right out of
here as he ratified the grating to call
the jailer, and if you don't put up the
hottest kind of fight I'll announce
right out in open court that you
weakened and wanted to get your
money without earning it,"
did you let him bluff you that
way?"
20, yes, humored him and tried the
case"
''Got life sentence. presume?
"No; jury acquitted him. detroit
Free Press.
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SKILL OF DOCTORS TESTED.
Fifteen Years of Suffering.
Il thought should surely die"

when the stomach begins TO fail In
IT'S duties. other organs speedily become
affected in sympathy, and life is simply 9
burden pst unbearab1e. Indigestion
and dyspepsia are so common that only
the sufferer from these diseases knows
the possibilities of misery that inhere in
them. A typical example of the sufferings
Of the victim of indigestion is furnished
In the case of John c. Pritchard. He went
on for fifteen years, from bad to worse.
In spite of doctors he grew constantly
weaker, and thought he would die. He
got well, however, and thus relates his
experiences:
For fifteen years was great sufferer
from indigestion in its worst forms. /
tested the skill of many doctors, but grew
worse and worse, until I became so weak
I could not walk fifty yards without having
to sit down and rest. My stomach, liver,
and heart became affected, and thought I
would surely die. I tried DR.. ]. c. Ayers
Pills and they helped me right away. /
continued their use and am now entirely
we'll. don't know of anything that wifi
so quickly relieve and cure the terrible
sufferings of dyspepsia as DR.. Ayers
Piiis."-yoHN c. PRrTcHARD. Brodie, War;
rem Co., N. c.
This case Is not extraordinary, either In
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the severity Of the disease or the prompt
ana perfect cure performed by DIR. Ayers
fills. Similar results occur in every case
where DR.. Ayers Pills are used. "They
helped me right away" IL the common
expression of those who have used them.
Here Is another testimony to the truth ef
this statement.
81 formerly suffered from Indigestion
and weakness of the stomach, but since I
began the use of DR.. ]. c. Ayers Pills.
have the appetite Of the farmers boy. I
am IS years Of age, and recommend ali
who wish to be free from dyspepsia to
take one of DR.. Ayers Pills alter dinner.
til! their digestive organs are In good
order."-WM. STEINKE, Grant, Neb.
DR.. Ayers Pills offer the surest ana
swiftest relief from constipation and ali
Its attendant ills. They cure dixxiuess.
nausea. heartburn. palpitation, bad breath,
coated tongue, nervousness. sleeplessness.
biliousness. and . score of other affections
that are, after all. only the signs of more
deep rooted disease. You can find more
Information about DR.. Ayers Pills, and the
diseases they have. cured. In Ayers Cure.
book, story of cures told by the cured.
This book Of 100 pages is sent free, on
request, by the ]. c. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Great Britain has 294 torpedo-boats
and torpedo-boat destroyers.
Indiana's cement belt covers about
20 miles square. Seventeen miles are
in operation.
Probably the smallest theater in the
world is Prof. Herkomer's, in England.
1t seats only 100 persons.
The moon moves through space at
the rate of 1888 feet per second. Its
mean distance from the earth is $685.
$50 miles.
AS a rule q six months cruise de-
creases the speed of ship Is per cent.
This is caused by the barnacles which
form on a ships hull.
More than 100000 sewing machines
are made in this country annually,
which is 30 per cent. of the production
of the world.
Skates made of hardened glass, in
various colors, are now made in Eng
land. 1t is said that they make it
easier to get over rough places than is
the case with steel skates.
Within year Thomas Sanderson,
six years old, of Fall River, has fallen
from a second-story window, drank a
pint of kerosene, been run over twice,
and escaped without breaking bone.
The insect known as the water boat
man has regular pair of oars, his
legs being used as such. He swims on
his back, as in that position there is
less resistance to his progress.
A gun which discharges 10000 bull
let's minute has been invented by an
English engineer. One minutes work
of this gun, under favorable condi-
.tions, would NOW down full regi-
ment.
The Swedish bride fills her pocket
with bread, which she dispenses to
every one she meets on her way to
church, every piece she disposes of
averting, as she believes, misfortune.
Five pairs of corsets were burned by
Philip Stile, of Parkersburg, w. Va,
who objected to his wife wearing them.
The sixth pair she brought home
one day last week and he also burned
them. Then he packed his traps and
deserted his home.
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FARMER AND PLANTER.
SOUTHERN COTTON PLANTER.
Anesos NO Necessity for Grief Over the
Condition of the Cotton Planter
Of the South.

The editor of the st. Louis Manufac.
turer calls our attention to an article
IN its issue of June 10, entitled: ssThe
Cotton Growers Condition" stating,
the writer is q southern man, and
ought to know whereof he speaks, >
ana asks our cooperation in placing
the subject truthfully before the pub
lie. The editor himself, with a credul.
ity not according to knowledge, in
dorses the article in question, and
says:
The picture drawn by the writer Of
the article is one familiar to every
sodtherner. 1t is not an overwrought
picture. 1t not fantastic painting.
1t is not fairy sketch. 1t is too true
70 De ignored. 1t is too serious to be
slighted."
The entire article of this southern
man who ought to know whereof he
writes" is but the exaggerated vapor-
ings OF pea-green pessimist, who
seems to have bad case of iaundice.
Hear him:
"A brave, noble and industrious pco-
pie, persistently producing one of the
chief articles of the worlds need, are
standing ut the door of starvation-ab-
solute starvation
Now we will venture the assertion
That there are more people "at the
door of starvation in the city OF st.
Louis with $4,000 people than among
the total white population. of the nine
cotton states, outside of the cities.
Among white farmers not one in a
Thousand can see starvation with 40
loot telescope, and even among the
improvident negroes none are in any
danger of starving. The over-produc-
ton and low price of cotton have cut
q large slice off the farmers profits,
just as the low price of wheat affected
the western farmers recently. Some of
our cotton farmers are in debt and oc-
casionally are hopelessly SO; but this
Is the case everywhere, and is not a
condition peculiar to the south or to
cotton growers. The remedy suggest
ed by the southern man" is good
enough as far as it goes, but a cure
that will affect but one-tenth of one
per cent. of the evils that exist, should
cause no loss of sleep to obtain. Cot
ton factories, he tells us, would save to
the farmer the freight charges on his
cotton, which would be about the
price OF four square meals for each bale
consumed at home. And the s'armies
OF hands" to consume the products of
the fields sounds all right, but half a
million factory hands would increase
the population less than -one-fourth of
one per cent, and would not be observ-
able except in the immediate vicinity
OF such factories The fact is the
farmers of the south are as prosperous
as those Of any other section of the
country of equal extent, and they are
in no danger of starvation. The ed
itor of the Manufacturer gives some
timely suggestions, which are more to
the point. Southern farmers should
avoid debt and consequent interest
and exorbitant prices for what they
buy, raise everything possible for home
use, and cotton as a surplus crop. Many
are doing this. and others will fall into
line soon. In the meantime our farm
ers, and everybody else, will have
plenty toeat and to wear.-Texas Farm
and Ranch. t-ss-e.r @srr
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Friar.s Omelet.

Pare and core one dozen apples
stew, add one-haIf cupful of sugar,
two tablesroonfuls of butter. When
cold add four well-beaten eggs. Cover
the bottom and sides of a buttered
baking-dish with crumbs. Put in the
mixture, and cover with crumbs, bake
until crumbs are brown; turn out and
serve with sugar and cream.-Ladieu'
World
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Her Idea.

Old Hoon-I have just been reading
of a woman who fell out of bed in the
middle of the night and broke her neck,
leaving her husband snoring, uncon-
scious of the terrible accident.
Mrs. Hoon with bitter sarcasm)--
There! You see what mans snoring
will drive a woman to!-N. Y. World.
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Reason for Discretion.

AeosOn Tor DiScretf0ns
"Yes. George" she said, with q fond
smile. sour engagement must be kept
O secret"
But why, dear?" he asked.
Because, silly boy, if it were made
public people would think 1 really in.
tended to marry you."-Philadelphia
North American.
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The trouble is, when thing has occurred
often enough that you decide it has become
rule, something happens to change the
whole business.-Washington Qa.) Demo
crat.
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Beauty and the Bensts,

Beauty is only skin Deep" said the
zebra, with an attempt to liven up the
yloom of the mcnagcrie.
II know" said the rhinoceros, "that's
where come n."-Pick-Me-Up.
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The Flight of Time-"How time flies!'
she exclaimed sadly; Here am 30 years
old, and it seems but yesterday that
was 49," Her husband, understand, was
one OF those insensate brutes; not for years
had he told his wife how nice she looked in
her tea gown until after he had figured up
all the batting averages in the National
league. How long is it actually ?" he asked,
now.-Detroit Journal
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Indurated wood pulp is to be used for
the air tank of ships lifeboats. These
tanks are lighter than metal, impervi-
GUS to wnter, extremely hard and pos.
scss many other desirable qualities.
Wood pulp has also been used success
fully in holding oil for lamps.-N. Y.
Sun.
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Had a Voucher for It.

Sne-Are you sure it was a year to-
lay that we became engaged, dear?
sHe-Yes. looked it up in my check
book this morning.-Tit-Bits
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Imprudent.

Lemue]--Hear me, Lady Ishtah! Ish-
tah! Ish-sh-sh-sh-shtah! Ah-tish-oo!
Ishtah-Methinks my Lord Lemuel
hath catched unto him a cold. Why will
my lord go out without his bracelets :?
-Pick-Me-Up.
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Belying Her Sex.

First Little Girl-And isn't your ca
afraid of mice?
Second Little Girl-Oh, no; not sin
gle bit.
That's queer. And she's a lady cat
too, isn't she ?"-Trifles.
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Reciprocity.

Bacon-When he was courting her he
promised to throw everything at her
feet.
Egbert-And did she reciprocate?
"Well, should rather say she did!
After they were married she threw
everything at his head!" = Yonkers
Statesman.
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PERIODS OF PAIN.

Menstruation, the balance wheel of
woman's life, is also the bane of exist
ence to many because it means a time Of
great suffering.
While no woman is entirely free from
periodical pain, it does not seem to have
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Questionable Success.-Dixon-"H did
Hackwrite's new play take in London %
Hixon-"He writes me that it met with un.
heard-of success" Dixon-'Is that SOP
Hixon,-"Yes; after the first night it was
never heard of again."-Chicago News.
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Benham-'1 see that your mother brought
her trunk" Mrss Benham-'Yes.' Ben.
ham-"Well, she didn't need to do that to
prove that she was. an elephant on our
hands. Town Topics.