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The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

unfruitful orchards, MS. a rule, are SO
because the soil Is deficient In plant food.
In all transplanting it is essential that
the soil comes In close contact with the
roots. I'd AZ tet rf1tfst ~
Fruit trees may be planted in the yard
for ornament and for fragrance Us well
as for fruit.
The best raspberries. plums and pears
have been grown where poultry has been
allowed to run.
Trees must be fed just as any other
plant is fed. Many an orchard is simply
starved to death.
Cultivation in the orchard while tho
trees are growing tends to induce the
roots to grow deeper.
To cause quick, strong growth Of
roses and carnations use nitrate Of soda
solution in watering.
Thinning out Of the wormy and impcr-
fect specimens Of fruit should be done as
soon ms they can be distinguished.
Set piece OF stiff cardboard or bend
piece of tin around cabbage aud tomato
plants MS protection against cut worms.
-Exchange. eRKEgs - EFFf 4Se.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
THE PuNsTER.

The chimney Is one OF the few smokers
thnt is easily sooted.
To the deaf and dumb man actions
speak louder than words. n
In the game OF life the one armed man
always plays lone hand.
The sexton makes u grave mistake
when lie digs 1t in the wrong lot.
Always pay your milkmnH spot cash.
Nevcrsrequest him to chalk 1t up"
The man who Is shadowcds is apt to
have good deal Of light cast on his
character.
A physician practices on his own pa
tients. An amateur musician practices
on the patience OF others.
The young man who can take pretty
girl for u sail and content himself with
hugging the shore has wonderful self
News.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
TRUST THRUsTs.

The Standard OIL trust Is content mere
ly to grow and let the sugar trust do the
talking. g.--New York Press.
The Whisky trust has been swallowed
by the Standard Oil trust. which goes to
show that petroleum and distilled pixen
can be mixed with impunity.-Omaha
Bee.
"As soon as the Ink trust is ready for
business" remarked the professor. 1T
will proceed. suppose. TO make the foul
est blot on the page OF history. - Chicngo
Tribune. - 4
The field for trusts Is not yst exhaust
ed. Wheat chaf. pea hulls. old Vines,
watermelon rinds, potato bugs md other
things are awaiting the. coming OF In.
vestors. Baltimore American.
II ought to be said that trusts are al
ways depressing in their effects upon the
masses. The distillers have been forming
combine expressly to keep up the spir-
it's of the American people.-Detroit Free
Press, -t s~nH st,54s
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
THE VERDICT.

Professor Atwater snys there Is food In
alcohol. Yes. and lodging. too. IL you get
arrested with too much OF it In you
Louisville Poat.
The kaiser may do queer things, but
he keeps the world talking about his en-
pirc, which is good and free advertising
for Germany.-Kansas City Times.
With the peace congress ut The Hague
and the Venezuela arbitration proceed
ings at Paris. Europe looks as placid us a
menagerie just after the animals have
been fed.-Toronto Globe.
1t is said German workman has per-
fected process for making coal out Of
earth. This is TO be regretted. = The
earth ut least ought 10 be retained for ag-
ricpltural and residence purposes.-St.
Louis Star. ~
The sultan objects to any scheme Of
International arbitration. or course he
does. II the powcrs didn't distrust and
watch each other, they would have time
to attend TO him and his mussa cres.--:
New York Sun.
They boast Of removing whole Villages
ut once in New York state through the
use OF rollers. .grcnsed pIanks and strings
" horscs. But whit is ull that com
pared with tae weston method, where
you simply hitch on 4 cyclone and the
job is done? Boston Globe.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
POULTRY POINTERS.

Dark feathers usually cover dark
skin. N
Lazy hens lay on fat; busy hens lay
eggs
Mils and bran for growth; milk and
meal FOR fat.
Do not allow the droppinss to accumn-
late in summer.
Corn, when fed exclusively to the lay
ing hens. has II tendency to fattcn rathor
than to produce eggs.
Reports of extraordinary profits from
one hen should be no guide in making an
estimate on! any particular breed. The
average is the guide.
The objection to feeding cayenne pep
per and other condiments is that they
have tendency to disorganize the
stomach and to produce indigestion.
The odor OF Carolina tar applied On the
crncks and joints OF the poultry house is
beneficial to the health Of the fowls
Crude carbolic acid applied on the perch
cs Is beneficial.
Early matched pullets should be kept
growing steadily. SO as to be reasonably
well matured by early winter, and then
can be depended upon to lay regularly
through the winter. r
One OF the most Important itts6s In
raising goslings is to keep them dry and
warm when they are first hatched After
they get reasonably well feathcred they
may be given free rangc.-St. Louis Re
public.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
D,...,rou fortune r.li.ns.

An extraordinary case OF madness.
In which all members. OF family. con.
'sisting Of father, mother and four chill
dren. were simultaneously afflicted. re-
Gently occurred In Belgium. A party
Of strolIing gypsirs. who undertook to
tell the fatber:s fortune by means Of
cards. declared TINT he would be killed
while serving In the army. and this
prediction so Impressed him and his
family that In the course OF the same
Aay they all developed signs Of waver.
ing rcason and before long had to be
put under restraint. The gypsies. who
were the source Of the trouble. were
arrested by the German police when
crossing the frontier from Belgium.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11

wficn viii nourIsh and build up the
body, and increase It's vital power. Such
medicine is DIR. Picrce's Golden Med
zeal Discovery. 1t enriches the blood,
purtiics 1t. carries of the clogging waste
OF tie system, increases the nutritiou Of
the body, and produces sound, healthy
condition with abundant vital power ard
physical energy.
David Dusgins, Esq, of Jones. Ohio Co., KY,
write; ''wien began taking Or. Pierre,s
Golden Medical Discovery think had nervous
or general debility Of three years duration.
took three bottles of thc Discovery, Durirg
the time 'Ins taking II my sleep became more
refreshing and gained 6ftccn poands weight
aud also gained strength every day II has beer,
SIX months since took the medicine aud still
have reasonable health. am willing to have
you publish tins, and also my former letter,
to any afflicted person will feel we'll repaid !"
There is 10 alcohol or other intoxicant
In /" Golden Me,iicaf Discovery, 2 neither
opium or other narcotic drugs. ~ =
The dealer who offers a substitute for
the Discovery is seeking to profit
himself not to help you. Insist on hav-
ing 4" Golden Medical Discovery"
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is sent free, on receipt of stnlips
to cover cost of mailing only. Send IL
one cent stamps for edition i'll paper
cover, or 81 stamps for cloth binding.
Address DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. u.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
CURTAIN RAIsEHs.

Edgar l.. Davenport will lie In Viola
Aliens support in THE Christian" mkt
season.
Wagncr's Tristan and Isolde" Is to be
produced In Paris next October By II.
Lamourenx. @
:. J. II. Gilmoar has been engaged to suc-
coed Guy Standing in the title rule Of
His Excellency the Governor
II Is said that an ingenious German has
invented an automatic appiaudcr The
idea Ia to do away with the paid claque
abroad.
Sieveking the Dutch pianist. u the lat
est addition to the list Of players an
nounced as engaged for a tour OF this
country next season.
william Tcli' has had Its eight hun-
drcdth performance mt the Paris Grand
Opera nml "llignon" its twelve hum
dredth at the Opera ComiGuc.
Emma Nevada has lately been singing
in London. and in order that her recent
experiences In Barcelona might not b.
forgotten sic took with her IL company
composed OF artists from that city.
While In San Francisco the Bostonians
acquired new American opera, ",rhc
Smuggler's Wife" II probably will re-
eeiye its first production in September In
New York.
An English actor who died out OF town
was shipped in his coffin to London as
Theatrical properties" This cost 81,
whereas IL he hnd gone as sdfpse the
cost would have been SEQ.
"rhe Libcrtinc." bought By Daniel
Frohman, will be called here ''Thc Lord
OF the Moor" 1t deals with the re-
dcmption OF an evil man through good
woman's love. The last century is the
period.
When Schubert died in Vienna. he left
personal property valued at 63 forms,
Mozart was nearly eight times as rich
he left 46O il0rins-whilc Beethoven WIS
IN compnrisona a millionaire.' since he left
10, ,1232 horins.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
THE rRoTTlNa RECORD.

litter has found the 3-year-oId BY
Arion, 2:07N ont of Houri, 2:l7, to be q
fast natural PAGER.
Stanaboulrt. 2;l0,l. will not be In ths
east this yeir, bat las becu turned out on
his owners farm III Nevada. %
Catonfan. 2.3o, by Election. has work.
ed mile in 2..22.H last half In l:O7i.,
last quarter IN 33 seconds. nt 81. David's,
Pa.
Tint was great mile OF Rose Tur-
ner's la:l3A) at the Cleveland matinee
June 10-to wagon ia 2:15H. with speed
in reserve. ~.
AT Crosse Pointe track. Detroit, the
other day. W. J. Andrews drove John II.
Gentry aimile In 2:usils. last half in O2,
last quarter in so seconds.
Charles Mcdonald has worked the sem
sational green trotter The Epaniard, a,
by Reniist, son of Axtcll, II mile in 2:1S
Mt Rcadville, last half in l:O1. last quar-
ter in BIZ seconds.
Zsmbia's t2:I314) long absence from the
turf and experiences as u n,atron have
evidently mot affected her speed. US she
has already worked two miles at Read
vile in 2:lI;A and 2:iiI4. ~ ~
Piloteen. 2:liN. who has not been seen
on the turf since 1896, when she trotted
to her record US a i-year-old over half
mile track. is to be raced by her owner
Israel H. supplee, Bryp Mnwr. Pa.
w l. Spears Of Muir, Ky, hns n SEN
sationally fast 2-year-old filly by the dead
jay Hawker. 2:l4N, out of the dam Of
Seraphinn, 8. 2:1SA. She has. trotted a
Quarter TO cart over farm track in 34A
seconds.
At a matinee at Rochester on June s
the well known PAGER Copnor. 2:1lA.
now called G. w. A.. was driven two cx-
hibition heats by his owner. @. T. Chaplin,
president OF the Matinee club. in 2:l1,
2:13A Horse Review.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
PULPIT AND PEW.

Wales has so clergymen Of the name Of
Evans.
In the last ten years the Baptists In
Great Britain have increased $1,000. the
Presbyterians 5000 and the McthOdists
1900. fdts
In New York city there are more than
LOO churches. including all denomina-
tions. There are more than 1900 con-
gregations. about 400 OF which hold serv-
ices in rented halls.
The Rev. DIR. John 8. Lindsay. rector
of st. Pauls Episcopal church. Boston,
has decided not to accept the office Of
general secretary of the Episcopal hoard
of missions. to which he was recently
elected. -
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11

Lake Superior Is 1.OOS feet deep. col
feet Of this body being above sen Level
aud 4OI below 1t. The bottom OF this
great lake Is about 375 feet deeper
down than the channels giving admit
tance to New York harbor. Lake Erie's
greatest depth is 210 feet.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
Parting shhot.

A Parting shot. aefS
"Perhnps 1t is best, after all. /" remark.
ed the rejected suitor as he fingered In
the hail. "a man Of 25 would soon tire
of wife who hovcred around the 82
mark" .rs asas .ii4il2@ sar ~
"Why, Mr.. Ardent" said the woman
in the case, "how very ungnllant Of yON
to insinuate that am 3D."
.'WeIl, perhaps YOU are not" he re-
piled, "but it certainly struck me thai
you were somewhere near the freexing
point."-Chicago News. " 50
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
RUTH PAXTON CO., Bs.tsa, Ms,
Deubls Psosf.

EDO you believe In heredity. Mrs.
Eimpsonr' ~
"lndeed l do. Every mean trait
Bobby has can trace right back TO his
father" v ras% sst4slr -
"Does his fatber believe In heredity
tOoy" .-t.- gsszitl - :
"Yes. He traces Bobby's fauits all
lack to me."-ChIcago Record.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11

9n00 HIGHEST GRADE BICYCLES. Nearly
OUVU so different styles. Must be closed out
quick. greatest opportunity for agents; wonder.
full bargains for everybody. Hundreds Of good
Second Lind Wheeis many as good as new. 20
for IS. to $s4:; ~ Models. new high grade SIa.So
to S1o.; w Modela new, SiI. to $50. We have
too many. take advantage Of this great oppor-
tunity At once.
Write for our new plan by which Thousands
have earned a Bicycle by working ior US. Hasi,s st
yet. only 81 requii ed 10 start Any wheel shipped
on apl -ovai subject to examination. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Write at once fer agents prices.
BROWN-L ,WlS co., dept ~ Chicago, U. s. A..
Above Company are perfectly reliable.-Edik0s.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
sweet FilIinw,

Tommy-Fxe got do toothnche aw-
fully.
yisitor-You should have the tooth
hiled, Tommy.
I'ommy-I did have II filled. That's
wllaEtnakes II ache 10. ts,
q, visItor-l never heard OF such
Thing. Did you have II tilled with goiiy
Tommy-No'm: Had II filitd with
guindrpps. News.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
When winter comes the vital forces Of
nature are low, and the tree stands iike

a solitary
monument to
the dead sum-
fiier. In the
winter Of life,
active men
experience d
dn,ilar lower
ring of vital
ity. In some
the effect is
startling.
They loose
their grip on
life. Th ey
seem like
monuments of
a buried past.
AT this crisis
there is need
of a niefficine
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
Lookins 10 he FEATURE.

"Thr widow seems TO take great In
terest In old GoIdthwaite."
'.She thinks that II she takes Interest
now she'll have the principal later
Brooklyn Life.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-11
Ehs. Barnard Thanks
MRS. PINKHAM FOR HEALTH.

LETTER TO MRS. fiNknAx NO. s8,ooz1
DEAR FRIEND-I feel it my duty to
prcss my gratitude and thanks to
p for what your medicine has done
me. / was very miserable and los
flesh very fast, had bladder trouble,
t.sing pains about the heart and
uld get SO dizzy md suffered with
|nful mcnstruation. ] Was reading
paper about Lydia f. Pinkham's
Eetable Compound, SO wrote to you
after taking two bottles felt like a
person. Your Vegetable Compound
tAtirely cured me and / cannot
1it enough. h."-MRs. j. o. BARNARD,
LTowN, WASHINGTON Co., Me.
iowa woman's Convincing Statement.
tried three doctors, and the last
said nothing but an operation
Id help me. My trouble was pro-
flowing; sometimes would think
ula flow to death. was SO weak
the least work would tire me.
fling of SO many being cured by
medicine, I made up my mind to
to you for advice, and l am so
that / did. I took Lydia e. Pink
E@egetable Compound and Liver
and followed your directions, and
DIV well and strong. Ishall recon-
your medicine to all, for 1t saved
fe."-MIss A. P, Box 81 ABBoyy..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-04-07
THE NEWS IN IOWA
BLIGHT NOT so BAD.
First Reports ON Fruit Crop Wore
Exaggerated. ...,a. ..9a.

ExaEEernteu. 70" l.. .&"
Dies MONIES, April Secretary
Wesley Greene, of the State Hortcul-
tural Society. has received, during the
past two weeks, reports from nearly
every county in the state on the pres.
cnt apparent condition Of the frnit
trees of the state These returns in
dictate that the blight to the fruit crop
from the severe weather of the past
season is not SO great as was ut first
reported, and that il the spring and
summer seasons prove to be average
ones there is likely to be enough
small frnit to supply the home mar
lset, at least. These reports come from
reliable horticulturists, and show hope
full conditions rs follows:
Apples Hardy varieties. so per cent un-
injured; tender varieties, 70 to 0o per cent
injured.
Plums-American type, so per cent I'M
injured; Japan and domestic, % to 100 per
cont destroyed.
Cherries varieties, such rs the
EARLY Richmond. so per cent uninjured.
Enthusiastically destroyed, and pears
nearly so.
where covered. but unprotected vines have
suffered severely.
Strawberries Nearly perfect except in
tho southern part of the state. where they
were uncovered. Blackbcrries and rasp-
berries average about so per cont unin]nr-
ed in parts where they were covered with
heaviest snow they arc in the best condition.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-04-07
Fisl, Seek Larger Ouarterx.

SPIRIT LAKE, April 1T was dis
covered that the fish in Lake Minnc-
washta, n small body OF water near
Arnold's Park, were seeking passage
into the larger lakes in such numbers
as to obstruct the channel and produce
great loss from sutIocation. Warden
Delavan was advised and he promptly
authorized relief work to save the fish.
Five teams and men with senes
worked ali night transferring them to
the West Okoboji. 1t is conservativeiy
estimated that game fish TO the num-
Der of 10000, most of them large
enough to take n hook. were handled.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-04-07
last Years Immigration.

There were 229,2s9 immigrants in
the last fiscal year. The proportions
were 135,775 males and 1854 females.
The total was about the same as in
the preceding year. The material is
not so good as it formerly was, ranking
low in education and wealth. There
were 5S,613 from Italy, It'll from
Germany, $4,000 from Russia and Fin.
land, 4,726 from Poland, 25,12S from
Ireland, 1880 from Great Britain,
10000 Austria-Hungary, 1888 from
Sweden, 1888 from Norway and ATS
from Turkey, with small numbers
from other countries. The amount of
money shown to be brought by i'm
migrants was $3,S52,077, but the fig
ures are confessedly defective. New
York. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,.
New Jersey, Illinois, California and
Connecticut are the states receiving
most immigrants.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-04-07
SUBJECT TO LOCAL TAXATION
Judge Decides Iowa Insurance Company
Must Fay Local Taxes.

Judge Decides Iowa Insurance Company
Must Fay Local Taxes.
DIES MONIES, April4.--Judge'Pro"ty,
of the district court, ruled Iowa insur-
ancc companies must pay local taxes.
In doing so he declared the state law
unconstitutional, governing the taxa
ton OF insurance companies, in so far
as it cxempts such companies from To-
cal taxation by reason of the state
tax that is levied on them. The ques-
ton rs to the legality OF the state tax
did not come UP for consideration.
The companies hold thontexccption'
that if local taxes are collected. the
state tax cannot be. The case will be
appealed to the supreme court and II
affirmed, an effort win be made by the
companies to have the state tax de-
clared illegal, on the ground ofdouhle
taxation. The ruling of Judge Prouty
may hold also Cor telegraph and tele-
phone companies. 1t will msn a
large increase of taxes to the several
counties of the state. and in Polk
county the smouns'oi revenue will run
up into the thous ands.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-04-07
HlppY Mark Twain.

Few items Of news from the other
side Of the Atlantic are more likely
to please American readers than the
tidings that Mr.. Clemens mark Twain)
is no longer in financial straits. 1t is
we'll known that some years ago the
failure Of publishing house in which
he was partner left him saddled with
heavy obligations. He undertook to
Fay his debts and regain competence
by work more speedily lucrative than
the production of books. He signed n
contract to lecture, and. notwithstand-
ing occasional attacks Of illhealth. he
has fulfilled his agreement, in the
course of which he has made a tour
around large part Of the globe. We
are now told that his lectures have
come to an end, for the reason that
the profits already acquired will en-
able him to restrict himself hence
forth to writing. This means that we
may soon look for a new book from
the pen of the author Of "Innocents
Abroad. '-Collier's Weekly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-04-07
TAX WAS ILLEGAL.

Polk County Supervisors Exceeded
Jurisdiction.
Dies MONIES, April G.--Thc supreme
court has handed down an opinion in
whicl, it holds that the powers OF
county boards of supervisors, when
they sit as boards of equalization. are
plainly limited by statute to equaI'za-
ton by adding TO or taking from az
gregate valuations of townships, cities
and Incorporated towns of their coun-
ties as a whole, and not to parts
thereof The decision was made in n
Polk county case brought by ). a.
Months against the Polk county board
of equalization to restrain the latter
from collecting taxes based on an in
crease of 20 per cent on the valuation
of all real estate in the Seventh
.ssessorial district of Des Moines in
1897
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-04-07
looked again the former Sssr. TT. II q
peared, and al was opaqy

n
peared, and al was opaqy .I Nv.
ION putting forth myl -
cry of uncomfortable terfof escaped
me-a yell that rang in wild echoes
through the silent polacca-when my
fingers came in contact with something
icy, and then q cold, clammy, and wet
head Of hair!
'Then two glistcning eyes seemed to
peer and to glare into mine!
"In horror and bewilderment. and
followed by something, I knew not
what, sprang up the companion, and,
half fainting, reached the deck OF the
polacca. Then l turned to find that
the object which had excited so much
dismay was no other than my poor dog
Hector, which had swan off to the brig
in pursuit OF me.
1.-The eyes that in the dark seemed to
glare into mine, were his; the Icy OBJ
ject, from which my fingers shrank'
was his honest black nose; and what
seemed a wet head of hair. was his
own curly front; while the lights--the
mysterious lambert lights-that had
fiicekered about the dead mems berths,
proved to be nothing more than the
green beacon on the promontory OF
Santa Cruz, which snone at times
through the two stern windows OF the
polacca.
Being moored with the chain cable
ahead and MANILA warp from her
port quarter to a buoy astern, she
swung to and fro little with the
ebb and flow of the tide: hence the
oscillation which caused the moving
CLEANS that terrified me.
"'Ha! ha!' said I, on descending in
to the cabin. wiser and a more
sleepy man, scared by my own dog
Hector! l have been as great gull
as ever touched salt water
"A fortnight afterwards I shipped
with old Jack Hislop as second mate,
and the fifteenth day saw us running
before smart topgallant breeze into
the Gulf OF Florida, bound with car
go Of rum, sugar and molasses for the
Clyde.
$50 that is my ghost yarn. 1t con-
yeys a moral, does it not? Or
der them to strike the bell forward.
Hislop, call the watch; see how her
head bears, and let us turn in"
ITO be continued.)
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-04-07
BUILD ROAD ~ STORM LAKE.
Des MoInea business Men Confer with
Delerations From Other Towns.

Des Mo,nea business Men Confer With
Delegations From Other Towns.
Dies MONIES, April 5.--The directors
of the Commercial Exchange and OF
the Jobbers' and Manufacturers Assoc
cintion OF Des Moines, met in confer
ence with delegates from Storm Lake
and neighboring towns, and decided
to make n determined effort to have
the new extension of the Milwaukee
road built through Storm Lake rather
than by the way OF Marathon. Reso-
lutions were adopted, calling upon
the Milwaukee management to use the
western route and it was voted to send
committees from the Des Moincs Or
CARNATIONS and from the towns
located on the new line OF road to Chi
cago to confer with President Roosevelt
Miller. of the Milwaukee, relative to
the wishes of Des Moincs and the
other towns
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-04-07
Des Mo,nes Detectives Let Out.

Dies MONIES, April 5.--City Dctcc-
tives Edward Z. Johnston and Eli
Hardin have been summary dis
charged by Mayor MacVicav. 1t came
TO the mayors knowledge that the
two officers had accepted fees of So
each from Il gcntlcman-trom Manning
who came to Des Moines to prevent
his daughter from resorting to ques-
tionabie il not criminal means to
escape the results of her betrayal by 81
Young man who is a student in one Of
the colleres in Des Moines.