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Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
SOME LATE INVENTIONS.

The bicycle saddle post is displaced by a
new seat connection, which is formed OF a
stin curved spring extending over the ton of
the Joint TO carry the saddle.
A newly patented carriage top has spring
rollers set in brackets around three Sides NJ
the top, on which the curtains are wound.
the new method OF attachment being much
handler than the buttons formerly used
In new burglar alarm plate is inserted
in the door casing TO carry bracket on
which bell is mounted. with push button
extending in line with the door to start the
bell mechanism soon as the door is
pushed partly open.
A handy cigar and ash holder has been de-
signed with cup for the ashes which has a
long metal lip on one side to rest on a table
or stand, a spring clip being formed on the
under side Of the extension by which it can
be held in place.
Moisture is prevented from condensing on
windows and shutting off the light by a new
English device, which has an air supply pipe
located at the bottom of the window, with
an electric heater set in the outlet to dry
the air as II is forced from the pipe.
An elliptical spring has been patented for
bicycle saddles, in which two fat leave are
attached TO each other at the ends by steel
rings, the central parts being bent oppositely
with the seat clamp on the upper side and
the post clamp on the lower.
To indicate the number of calls sent TO the
a
ing device has push rod which makes the
connection with the main Office and moves
the hand on an indicating dial at the same
time.
To indicate when a clock needs winding
a fan-shaped device is piyoted at the top
of the case to be opened gradually by the
winding up OF cord on the spring shaft,
revealing the words wind up" when fully
opened,
In newly patented trolley controller a
weight is fixed on yoke to slide uD and
down on the pole, one end OF the rope being
attached 70 the weight TO maintain the
tension, taking up the slack when the wire
runs low
A Maryland inventor has patented a BIZ
cycle steering wheel TO take the place OF
the handle bar, the new device being OF
oval shape, so that II can be turned part
way around 10 bring the grips close together
or wide apart,
Children will enjoy a new frecracker,
which is manufactured in strings containing
any desired number. with a continuous fuse
which may be lighted at one end TO fire a
whole bunch in succession, or separated for
single explosions.
A rustless metal has been patented by a
Pennsylvania, composed OF ingredients in
proportion as follows Iron, 100 pounds
chrome, one-half pound tungsten one
quarter pound, and nickel one-quarter
pound, with small quantity of saft
An improved mucilage bottle has the
stopper formed Of a hollow tube closed at
the top and screw-thTeaded at the lower
end. with room inside for the handle OF the
brush, allowing free use OF the latter when
the tube is removed and making an air
tight closure.
a simple bicycle rack is formed Of
wire base. having u-shaped vertical holder
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

more. A little more water, II you please
just drop. Thank you! Now, II you'll
put me in nice soft place I'd like to take
a nap"
But before Fit could get any sleep the
children felt in duty bound to show him to
their mother and to their grandfather The
White-Haired Master, who never allowed
any one TO kill or pursue the gray squirrels
on his place, took the Hyeliest interest in
Fit. He took him 10 the library, sent for
some ginned cotton and made him a nest
behind some books on the top shelf which
was not too high for the children TO climb
10, and there, for many long day, he made
his home.
The library was in a room that had not
been originally built for holding books and
the shelves were built against a window,
the back Of them being boxed in at that
point. Fit soon discovered that there was
broken pane behind this boxing, which
gave him an easy way OF going out and
coming in He went out and in to so much
purpose that he soon brought a wife home.
and before the summer Was over he had
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

at one end with a pivot formed at the
rear in which is mounted double loop bent
at right angles to adjust Itself TO the size
OF the wheel.
Dust is prevented from entering ball
bearing by new improvement. in which
the shaft on which the balls revolve is
grooved toward the outer end with a pack
ing ring of soft material set lust back of
the groove, causing the latter to take up
the dirt
BY an Ohio mans Improvement in chan
deliers the burners can be lowered for Fight
ing without disturbing the flow of gas. each
lamp being carried on the lower end of a
vertical pipe suspended in clamping sockets
to be released for lowering. with flexible
connecting pipes TO supply the Gas.
Students can become expert typewriter
operators without the expense of buving or
renting machine by the use of a New
Workers. invention, consisting of a frame
carrying a series of KEYS which can be
arranged TO correspond with the keyboard
ii is desired to learn, the keys having spring
to return them after each stroke.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
HIS SAD LITTLE SAY.
HarperS Bazar.

harper s BdZar.
have seventeen doll babies and a cat,
I've a dozen and a half of coiored blocks
I've pair OF tennis raCquets and bat,
I've an elephant that wears pair of socks
I've bank that has a pretty key and locks
I've a lot of books of story and of fable
But, alas! a crue. fate my wishes mocksi
l canont have the things on mamma table
On that table are long pins for mamma
hat,
And beside them stands the loveliest OF
clocks.
There's a lot of butterflies, golden goat
That my mamma wears TO fasten up her
frocks.
On the floor L have a farm with horse and
OK,
With farmer and a boy we all call Abel
But, alas! a cruel fate my wishes mocks
l cannot have the things on mammals table
My dear daddy brought me home a kitten
fat,
And of sheep I have at least a dozen
Uncle Jimmie sent me up a woven mat
That the little lnjun children made of
shocks. -
have tiny boats tied fast to tiny docks.
Mabel.
But alas! a cruel fate my wishes mocks,
cannot have the things on mammals table
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

earnestness Anyhow, they stuck in the lad s
mind and stayed there
1t was all Sweetest Susan could do to
keep from loving the flying squirrel TO
death" as she said. Its coat was as smooth
and as soft and as fine as silk, and 1t seemed
to enjoy the stroking and gentle caresses TO
which Sweetest Susan subjected It. Even
Drusila was delighted with the flying
squirrel and wanted to hold it in her apron,
being afraid to touch It with her hands.
Hes mighty purity" she said, but tell
yo' now he got long tushes in dem little
jaws Ef you don't b'lieve me you kin des
look and see"
Buster John and Sweetest Susan we're too
much interested in the beauties OF the little
creature to expose any OF its ugly features,
even IL Il had any. They had never seen
a flying squirrel before. There were many
OF this species on the place, but they were
so shy and elusive that the children caught
only feeting glimpses OF them between sun
set and dark. They could see something
dark fit before their eyes, swooping from
some tall tree nearly to the ground,
then circling upward to another tree;
they could hear a chirping curiously
like that of a sparrow, and the flying
squirrel would be gone--if 1t could be said
to have come. Therefore the little fellow
in ldnd was Twice precious, oute loi thc
sake Of its beauty, and once for the sake OF
its rarity.
81 don't see how anybody ever cotch one
un um" remarked Drusilla. "You see en-
fip!-an' deyer gone!"
How did you catch him, Aunt Minervy
Ann ?" asked Sweetest Susan.
"I amt got time ter tell you right dis
minnit," replied Aunt Minervy Ann. "Tn
go tell de niggers on de place goodby, and
den I'll come back, an ef you amt fin out
fer yo'sef, I'll up an tell you-kaze / hear
heap er talk 'mong my color how A'on
done larnt you all how ter talk wild de
creeturs. l amt never b'lieved it mys'ef;
but IL you all tell me how l cotch i'm after
l come back frum de quarters, den I'll know
it's so. Dey's sumpin' in me dat tells me
right pine blank dat eff folks can't talk wild
de creeturs it's der own fault; an yit, when
you come ter think bout it hard an strong,
ii don't look natchual."
Aunt Minervy Ann went her way for the
time being and Sweetest Susan, holding the
flying squirrel against her rosy face, said
Your name is Fit. Remember that,
please. Now, Fit you must tell us some
thing about yourself and how you hap
pened to let Aunt Minervy Ann catch you
who is that talking?" chirped the flying
squirrel. I'm awfully sleepy. This is my
time for sleeping What is 'Flit'?"
"Flit is your name, I'd have you to know"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
PART NIII.

copyright. 1893 by Joel Chandler Harris)
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
CONNUBIALITIES.

man seldom marries his first love.
chleny because it is impossible for him
to marry himself.
All Of Washington society that knows what
Is what was startled the other day by Sec
retary of State Hay, who appeared at a swell
wedding in white flannel suit The ther-
mometer at the time was nearly 100 out OF
uoUIs, , ana somewhat higher than that fgurs
inside the church.
woman notary public in Colorado, who
was recently married asked the attorney
general what name she should use officially
IN the future. He has replied that she must
sign all documents as before her marriage,
ior ne hnds no law compelling or even au-
thoriZing woman TO drop her maiden name
on the simple excuse of marriage. In fact
ne says that there is no authority for a
chahge or name at marriage or at any other
time.
Most OF the titled bachelors OF England
nave tried 10 storm the citader of Miss Nav
Goelets heart, but she has resisted them all
Az last when gossips on this side of the
water mad come to the end of their predic-
tions and Miss Goelet still remained heart
whole, the news is cabled that the heiress
has capitulated to the six foot eight inch
guardsman who WAS chosen to lead the
queens jubilee procession because he was
the talest man in the British army. When
she is 20 Miss Goelet will come into a for
tune OF $40, ,000, 600. Captain Oswald Ames
the man OF her choice, is poor, comes OF a
good old county family, has no expectations
but is magnificent specimen OF manhood.
Startling happenings are rapidly crowdine
into the life of William Wilson Sloan, jr
the 20-year-old Harvard student who was
TO have served as chief usher at a fashiona-
Bile Cambridge wedding, but who himself
married the bride, Rose Lincoln Edwardes
few hours before the time set for the orig.
inaf ceremonies. Young Mr.. and Mrs Sloan
are now in New York City. Within twenty
four hours this is what happened 10 the
college boy: Tuesday afternoon, May 81
he was 10 have been head usher at his
friends fashionable wedding, but instead he
eloped with the bride-to-be and married
her Wednesday morning his father, a mil
lionaire OF Buffalo, disinherited him
Wednesday noon II was discovered that the
college law which forbids the marriage of
freshmen expelled him from Harvard. The
elder Sloan, who with his wife and daughter
was in Boston Wednesday. called at the
home Of the brides parents ia Cambridge
and expressed his dispfeasure at the mar
riage. He said that he boy would have
10 take care OF himself and he intimated
that he might take measures TO annul the
marriage on the ground that the boy was
under the age OF consent. Mrs. Edwardes.
the mother OF the bride, had expressed, IL
Is said her displeasure at the marriage be-
tween her daughter and younz SlIAn.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

replied Sweetest Susan. "and ] want you to
tell us about yourself
well, give me some water" said Fit (his
words sounded like the notes of the Song
SPARROW, and don't keep me awake too long.
l didn't have any sleep yesterday. and l
haven't slept any today"
You should be good and sleep at night, :"
Sweetest Susan declared.
Il can't sleep when I'm hungry and when
the shine-ball goes down l have to wake
and hunt for food. I'm awfully sleepy now
and hungry, too"
'Whar dat box er scaly-barks you all
had?" inquired Drusilla. "Ef you'll git
some I'll crack um."
What are scaly- barks?" asked Fit.
Small hickory nuts" replied Sweetest
Susan.
Instantly Fit was wide awake, making a
chattering noise such as a small bird might
make. That is the very thing l want.
Make haste, make haste!" he cried.
Drusilla was soon cracking the scaly-
barks and in few moments Fit was sitting
'on his hind legs in Sweetest Susans hand
eating the "goody," as the children called
ii, as fast as Buster John could pick it out
with an old shoemsker's awl. The little
creature was very dainty about it, too. II
the meat of the scaly bark happened TO be
the least spoiled OF wormeaten be promptly
rejected it and called for better food. And
between times he told OF some OF his recent
adventures
Not so very long ago" said Fit. looking
curiously at a piece of the meat OF scaly
bark and turning it over and over in his
nimble forepaws, II went home before the
shine-ball came out and there l found a big
black snake curled uD in my bed. He
raised his head and made his tongue quiver
and | was afraid to go in. l didn't know
what to do. knew If the shine ball came
out and found me away from home that |
wouldn't be able to see what was going on,
for the shine ball is SO bright that il hurts
my eyes.
Il wandered about among the trees, jump
ing from one 10 the other, until finally l
remembered where a woodpecker had had a
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
Fit. the Plying Squirrel.

Mr. Coon was nine days wonder with
the children but It fell out with him as it
falls out with everything we possess--he
ceased to be interesting. He was not neg
lected so far as his food was concerned but
he ceased to be the center OF attraction.
Other things won the attention OF the
youngsters, who were in nowise different
in this respect from other children, or from
their elders. Especially was this the case
when, one day, Aunt Minervy Ann who was
going to move to town with her former
master, came to bid them all goodby. To
Aunt Minervy Ann this going to town was
like travelling TO some foreign country,
though the town was but a short distance
from her old home.
She came to say goodby to all the chill
dren. as we'll as TO the grown folks. On her
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the street the other day. one crying, while
the other was threatening him with further
castigation, says the. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr.. Hopkins approached the victor Of the
fight and said
Come, my little man! You should have
no trouble with your companion!"
II didn't have no trouble wild him." was
the answer. Il licked him wild one hand"
First Schoolboy-I wish we hadn't had
dat Oh war with Spain, an got all dat new
territory. It'll jus make our geography
harder.
Second Schoolboy-'Course It will FRS
ting we know de teacher II be askin' us
ter name all dem Philippine islands
The other day, says the Washington Post,
colored urchin accosted the foreman OF a
street gang at work on the sewers with this
request: Boss, gimme a match
The good -humored boss was about to COM
ply, but, thinking to inculcate lesson in
manners, he stopped, with his fingers in his
match pocket, and said, suggestively: If
IL what?"
In all seriousness the boy made answer:
"If Y got one"
He got the match.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.


did you ever laugh until You cried
Tommy"
Yes, only this morning"
What att"
We'll, pa stepped on a tack and laughed
then pa caught me laughing and | cried"
Papa-I hear you were a bad girl TODAY
and had TO be spanked.
small Daughter-Mamma Is awful strict
II Ia known she used to be a school teacher
Id told you not TO mary her.
Mother Chearing Ethel say her prayers)-
AND let US all live to good old age.
Ethel-lll not pray for aunty to live to a
good old age,
Mother tastoundedl-Why?
Ethel-'Cause she's ashamed OF her age
now.
oh George! Who opened the canary's
cage
i did. You told me a little bird was
S-Nhispering 10 you when ! was naughty
SO knew II must be him, as there was no
other little bird about SO / opened the
cage, and the cats eaten him. That's wot
he's got for telling on me-"
Billy Hopkins found two small boys Oh
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-11
Good Roads md Motors.

With the coming of the automobile
we presume many suggestions will
presently appear in print as to the need
of better highways and advice to farm
ers as 10 when and how the roads
should be improved. That the roads
should be improved we freely admit,
but that the farmers should do the
work or meet the expense of il so as to
make 81 900 horseless vehicles popular
and practicable and thus reduce the de-
mand for an important product of the
farm strikes us as not being quite just.
The injustice of compelling farmers 10
give the land devoted to public road
purposes and then maintain the roads
for public use will be strikingly appar-
ent when the automobile manufacture
ers take up the cry for good roads,
Colman's Rural World.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-11

animal about the horns and lure il into
this fastening.
The animals nose should first be in
serted into the loop at c, c. when the
rope at \. \ can be thrown over the
animals neck and held tight under edge
of plank with the spike i. Spike ID
should be entered in loop on back of
plank and drawn out towards helper.
when you have the animal securely fas-
tened.
The most vicious beast-can be held in
this manner and no amount of eNertion
can loosen it until the job is done, when
the helper can after II little practice let
the animal loose quick as wink. The
spikes should be made of tough hickory
orircnwood about Y. inches in diameter
and - and So inches in length. respect
lively. The plank is not carried along
Fin the outfit, bu; is prepared in the farm
Nard and left there. An inch auger, a
Ratchet and few pounds of spike nails
are all that is necessary. With this de-
vice the travel can be done in light
wagon. and il takes bat short time to
prepare the holder. Every farmer has
plank or heavy board lying around
that can he used
As 10 the question of clippers. the
ones in use here are of the bcvel draw
cut plan. that of whiting from you,
thus making a smooth cut next TO the
head. thereby leaving smooth wound
to heal up. However. have no doubt
that any of the clippers advertised will
do work properly. There has been a
great deal OF needless talk concerning
the crushing Of skulls by the clipping
method. bur have never known or seen
one crushed yet. After the horn is off
something should be done 10 help heal
up the wound rapidly. Some put on tar.
butwedonot see why. 1t will keep away
flies, but it VII not keep away dirt. And
dirt. as is well known, causes irritation.
Something must be put on TO form Il
smooth. dry scab that will resist dust.
The proper time to dehorn is when the
animal is in its infancy. Any time
after The calf is ten days old the embryo
can be lifted with dehorning gouge,
and then is when you start the forma-
ton of natural muley head, which is
hard 10 initiate. even with clippers, after
growth of horn has started. --George W.
Grown, in Ohio Farmer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-11

Rye as cover crop is worthy of the
consideration Of those that have lands
that they intend shall lie bare during
the winter. Where replowing in the
spring is advisable there is no reason
why the spring blowing should not in
clude the turning under of green crop.
preferably rye. This not only increases
the amount of fertility in the soil. but
prevents the washing and teaching of
the ground. Especially is the cover
crop profitable on light soils. for these
are the most given to teaching. Rye
has the advantage over some other
crops in that il may be used as n pass
ture during part of the time il is on
the ground. 1t is very hardy and
hardly ever is killed out by the freezing
and thawing that destroy. wheat
Farmers Review.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-11
TIMELY DAIRY NOTES.

Poor care in tire dairy will tear down
faster than good blood can ever build
up.
The dairyman who applies his ener-
GIGS faithfully to his business has the
least TO say about hard times.
regularity in milking, TO prove prof
table, must be observed not by the
week or month, but by the year.
Irbe farmer and dairyman these days
who is not the reader of practical ag-
ricultural paper is making about as
accurate progress as a ship without "A
rudder.
The dairymnn who has an educated
conscience and needs il will not allow
dirt to sift into the open top of the
milk pail and then strain il out through
the funnel.
a clean milking place yieldeth pure,
sweet milk, which in turn produceth
gilt-edged butter, which fetcheth the
top o. the market price.-American Gull
tivator.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-11
FACTS ABOUT ROADS.
Figures Showing what II
Costs to Haul Produce In the
United states.


"The condition of roads in the United
States, taken as whole, can most
clearly be shown in figures. If we can
make inquiries of Il hundred farmers,
in as many localities, as to how long it
takes each of them to haul load OF
crops 10 town, how far he hauls ii and
what his time and that of his team are
worth, we can readily ascertain what
ii costs on an average to market load
of crops" says Otto Dorner, chairman
OF the highway improvement commit
tee of the League of American Wheel
men.
IF the number of these inquiries be
sufficiently increased and extended
over the entire country the result will
pretty nearly show what it costs on
an average in the whole United States
to haul load of crops to market. If
with each inquiry we also ascertain
the weight of the load we can figure
out Nhow much it costs per 100 pounds,
or per ton, TO market all these crops,
and il the inquiry also include the num-
Der of miles comprising each haul we
can easily figure the cost of hauling
these crops per ton per mile. This
gives a unit which can be compared
with the same unit, similarly obtained.
countries.
IAN inquiry of this kind was made
in November. 1895. by the United States
department of agriculture. through its
| office of road inquiry. Ten thousand
circulars were sent out to farmers in
all parts of the United States asking
| for information in these various partic-
qlDrs. Replies We're received from over
| 1000 countless distributed throughout
| the United States, and the results were
carefully compiled. The weight of loads
hauled varied between an average of
2.409 pounds in the prairie states and
| an average of ]. 307 pounds in the cot
| ton states. the average weight of farm
| loads for the whole country being 2,002
poundS. Or practically Il ton. The av-
erage length of haul was found to. be
- lilo miles varying between 1910
miles in the eastern states and % $40
| miles in the Pacific coast and mountain
states. The average cost of market
ing II ION OF crops IN the mica states
| was found to be $500. 1t was as high
as $5.12 in the Pacific coast and noun
tain states. due TO long hauls. and as
low as Sl.S7 in the northern and east
eTn states, which are more densely set
tied. and where railroads are numer-
Gus and hauis are shorter. The average
cost of hauling ton distance of one
mile was - cents. il being % cents
in the prairie and Pacific coast and
mountain states, and rising as high rs
- cents in the eastern states.
The net grand result OF all these
inquiries and computations showed
very clearly, and rs nearly as human
intelligence can. that il cost the farm
ers of the United States on the average
in time, labor and energy. figuring the
value of teams. wagons and men at
what they can reasonably be hired for,
% cents every time Il ton of their crops
was hauled Il mile nearer to market;
or. briefly. that il costs % cents per
ton per mile 10 move crops in the Unit
ed States"