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THE SPRAYING-MACHINE.

afterwards there was another appro-
priation Of like amount. Two years
after that Congress appropriated
$4,000. BY 1857 the annual expendi-
ture had reached $4,000, but it fell
again and then rose, but it did not
exceed $500OO0 until 1885, and the
occasion Of the increase for that year
was the establishment Of the Bureau
Of Animal Industry. In 1883 the ap-
preparation exceeded S1,000,000. but
in that year the Weather Bureau was
transferred from the Signal Corps to
the department. The Government
Is now spending about So.
100000 year on its farm
ers, but included in this sum is
about s2OoO,OOO for the Weather
Bureau, the Bureau of Animal In
Idustry, and the experiment stations.
These last perform as valuable SER
vice-perhaps the most valuable SER
vice rendered to agriculture by the
department.
The above interesting article and
the cuts which accompany it are re.
produced from Harper'S Weekly.
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AGRICULTURE

This work is done by the Govern
ment for the benefit of those
who annually provide from
sixty-five to seventy per cent.
of the materials for our export trade,
and as if to emphasize the fact that
the expenditure Of the $3,000,O00 is
partly in aid of commerce, the
Weather Bureau, whose warnings Of
the approach Of coast storms have
saved millions of dollars worth Of
property and thousands Of lives, is
attached to the Department Of Agri-
culture. There is no doubt that the
American farmer Is the most intell-
kgent farmer in the world. Statistics
Of farm mortgages and farm holdings
show that he is the most prosperous,
and his Government does more than
any other Government to help it's ag-
riculturist to s''illful, wise, and prof
table cultivation, and to point out to
him the most advantageous methods
of distribution.
For all the work which this depart
ment has done the government has
thus far extended less than $50,
600. The first appropriation for the
agricultural department was Of $1,000,
and was made in 1889. Three years
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Fighting Winter FIress

What Colonel Roosevelt said OF his
Rough Riders after the fight in tho
trenches before Santiago, that it is the
test of mems nerve to have them
reused rp at 3 o'clcck in the morning,
hungry and cold, to fight an encmy
attacking in the dark, and then havs
them oil run the uaae way, forward,
is true of tbs freper as we'll, AMI,
like the Rough Riders, they never
failed when tbs test came. The tire
men going to the front at tho tap IT
the bell, no less surely to grapple
with lurking death than the men who
faced Mauser BULLETS, but with nene
of the incidents of glorious war. tie
flag, tho hurrah. and all the things
that frc q soldiers heart, to urSe
them on-ciinging kalf naked with
numb fingers to the ladders rs best
they can Wills trying to put on their
stiff and frozen garm snts-is ont cf
the sights that mako one proud or
being man. To see them in action,
dripping icicles from helmst and coat,
high up on the ladder, perhaps iI-
cased in solid ice and frozen > tho
rungs, yet holding thu stream as
steady to its work as if The spray from
th. nozzle dld not fall upon them III
showers Of stinging hail, is very APP:
to make man devoutly thankful
that is is lot his lot t. fight fires IN
winter. Tt is only couple of winters
sunne, at til. b:,rning Vi 4 South street
wzrshous., two pipemen had to b.
ch.rpe,l n ON thar Ladder with aSes,
s, tLich was th, armur Of leo that had
.orm.l about and upon them wh,la
they worked.--Jaco5 y. Ells' IN Tie
Celtury.
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Stovaway Brides.

. Stowaway brides are not as rare at
the Barge Office as one would believe.
1t is quite easy for girl to slip aboard
an outgoing steamer and stow herself
in one of the hunks below decks, lying
quietly there till wellSat.sea. A case
happened a little while ago, the girl,
coming to NEE. her fiance here. AS
both were poor, the former resorted
to this perilous eXpedient to accom-
pllsh the desired end. One would
think that such heroic endeavor
would deserve better reception, but
on arriving, having been worked very
hard on shipboard for passage, worn
and worried almost to distra ction, the
maiden was so changed by her ordeal
of love that when her betrothed met
her he refused to marry her. A few
days later, while being taken back to :,
the ship for deportation. she leaped
into the bay. Rescued gallantly, she
fingered prisoner in the charity hos
pital, but died some weeks later, liter
ally of broken heart.-Ainslee's Mag
aZine 80
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him with seeds, tells him the nature
of the enemies that will attack bis
crops, warns him.. of their actual
presence, and instructs him as to the
remedies to be applied. It also separ.
ates his diseased cattle from his
healthy cattle; stamps the aatter so
that they bring higher pride abroad
than competing cattle bring; informs
him of the character of the foreign
demand for farm products, and advises
him as to the best manner Of packing
his fruit for shipment. The value of
the work of the forestry division can
not be overestimated. 1t has done
much to stimulate a widespread in
.tcrest in the subject Of forest preser.
vation, and has accomplished an ad-
mirable work in decreasing the mum.
ber Of forest fires. The department
also instructs the farmer in the art
Of making good roads, and excites a
desire for them by spreading abroad
a knowledge of their great ECONOMIC
value to all who have heavy loads to
haul to market or the railway station.
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half are scientific. men. There are
two large bureaus, twenty-five diyis-
ions, Offices, or surveys. OF these
seven are administrative, eight tech
pical, an seven are purely scientific.
To these must be added the Offices OF
the Weather Burear, which include
154 observer stations, and fifty-two
stations along :he coast and on the
Great Lakes. ihe Bureau. of AMI
NAL Industry has 152 technical
stations engaged in meat inspection
and quarantine work, and three lab
loratories where the diseases Of ami
mails and their causes are inyesti-
gated. =. " -.f . ~.
This article would be uninteresting
and therefore worthless if I should
undertake t. describe technically the
work dole by the department. shall
try to give the reader a general idea
of what these practical and scientific
men are doing for the country. be-
cauce after a visit TO the bureau in
Washington I vas led to read a good
deal of it's literature. and to look In
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q 351ss b si that & seems tc hAye sits
SS n ii ;all.i III caifsels ~ 40 has aiken
ui duSrtess iili d bun wInf6W Spn
I CE$stafSf stfee q sl slgtindo 4 con-
fdS R E Display at trayelin bags
did nlI iIEei ses, Il and and unds ordinary
circuniaf me enee soE the lit
tie intruders sM0pii "a mt Be he tolerated q
minute. hui tllis iss not M rdinary;
mouse. Instead Of creating havoc and
damage by gnawing holes in the val
liable: bags and grips this particular
mouse does q valuable service to- the.
firm by spending its time in catching
the flies that are unwise enough to
come with reach. Every evening after.
the store has been closed and the
clerks have gone home crowd gath
ers on the pavement outside and
watches the little fellow capture the
unwary flies. 1t is wonderful per-.
formance, and so quick Of movement
and keen of eye is the mouse that
a fly rarely escapes that 1t springs for.
The mouse's mode is simple and efS'
fectual. From a crouching attitude 1t
waits until fly comes close enough;i
then it straightens up on its hind legs,
the two front paws like tiny hands,
are thrust upward, and the unwaryi
fly is clutched and brought down. At
ter that the mouse eats the fly and
then gets ready to catch another
Philadelphia Record.
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to the subject, and it struck me that
the work is not only in every way
worthy, but that it's real value Is not
widely understood, has been laughed,
Or smiled into oblivion, perhaps on
account of the jokes about the seeds
and the farmers" who distribute and
receive them.
In the first place the department
provide ah opportunity to make
farming as profitable as in the nature
of things it can possibly be. 1t does
this by ffording to the farmer who
will avail himself of, it full knowledge
Of the requirements Of his art, Of the
conditions of the soil and climate of
his neighborhood, and Of :he crops
which may be most pro6tably grown
on his farm. The department makes
the necessary experiments for the
farmer, saving him both time and
money. and putting him that far
ahead in the game which his father
had to learn all about for himself. A
DISTINGUISHED economist told me not
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Tie governments
Grsat Work For .
the Farmers.
By Henry I.oonis Nelson.

It is not many years since the De-
partment of Agriculture was a very
small concern, but now it Is in fact
as in name a great and perhaps the
most useful department of the gov
ernment, while at it's head is a mem
Der Of the cabinet.
What does this department do for
the farmer? Working in an .unfre-
quented :;art of Washington, or out in
the country in Maryland, or at the
various experiment. stations which
are usually connected with agricul-
tural colleges, are about 5000 people.
Of the 1000 in Washington about one
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to ache when r0.ni"liri 10 maintain
Il stopping position fer several hours
at time. In the illustration we
show his new back brace for the use
of cotfan-n:rker$. h'rry-p.ckf"s. etc.
TIE entire device i> li::lit in cUnstruc-
ton and responds quickly TO the diff
f"rl Il: movements of TN" body, and
does 10: produce an uncomfortable
sensation wien applied to or tend to
heat the hnGv.
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Russiau Marriage Custom.

When n Russian Princess marrles
after the wedding dinner and ball 1t
is the privilege Of the marshals and
ministers to see the couple to the nup'
tial chamber. And after q becoming
interval it is the duty Of the prince tc
come out and distribute precious NOR
sells of his partners garters to the
naughty and exclusive crowd who
have been waiting. Each little bit
bears the royal crown and the prin
cess's initial in embroidery.
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differences between adjacent soils.
The department tells the farmer the
character of his land. the kind Of crop
best adapted to it and to the climate,
is constantly experimenting to dis
cover new crops for him, furnishes
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long. ago that it was hardly possible
to ovcrcStimatc the good that the cX-
pertinent stations had orkcd in the
business Of farming. 1t was this
statement that put me, or my in
ouirY. These eXDerimentsstationr. by
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ed, the farmers at first entertained
very contemptuous idea Of the scien-
lists in charge of the stations, but
they are now coming to depend upon
them, and to go to them for advice.
Their confidence was first gained by
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Brace For Berry.Ptckers.

When small boy complains that.
his back aches his elders are apt to
remark that little boys do not have
backs, but Edgar C. Mendenhall,
seems to have come to the conclusion
that even grown people have backs
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a complete set of Mafcking siege
postage stamps has been sold at a Lon
don auction for $50 and two sets OF
Mafekiug paper money for Sl10.
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CHAPTER XII.

COLONEL LoRING AND PAULINE.
Fairfax went home from the party
ut Chateau dor feeling that it had
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There a-c ut present fo:ty-hye stars
on the American rag
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CHICAGO HAS TWO WILD DOGS.

Said to BE the Only Ones on This ConttI
nent-Natives OF Australia. ..
Cautiously creeping from their
darkened kennels to snatch a bit OF
food from the floor of the iron cages
when no one is near, and dartiDg back
like fash at every strange noise and
sight, two dingo dogs, or wild dogs Of
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Tie hair grows considerably faster
in winter than III GUNNER.
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Lots Of men are honest only be-
cause it is the best policy.
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Australia, have begun the daily
routine ffheir carer behind bars in
the Lincoln Parg Zoo. They are the
only Two sdingo dog on the American
continents and wef shipped directly
from Australia III +
NaAifalists tenn lingo the king
of The dog faisfI Inc mo larger
than "a sfaediun9s ize M ~
metz terror Of = 4 i = II
ing a ars more cunaaps D M th $:
md d jetng more ylestr1 ss tlId hes
wolf They hare been asidered n-
capable Of domest eation hut OF iate,
years seYeraI II sfanes g known
where they have been Until
recently the dingoy was 8aght 1be,
a domestt dog feturnea tessthe savage
state, but ln the latest researches Of
Mccoy and Nehring fossil remains Of
tie cantIi haye been found In the
3lf6cene nd quarternary strata OF
Victoria (which proves the animal to
be al genuine wolf. He immigrated
Ito Australia through the country
iunitftg Australia and southeastern
'ASt a certain petiod of the plio-
cd Epoch. ,s
- dfngo inhab bits the plains and
tie dense forests of Australia. Like
THE fox, III pides 80 daytime and
:prowls fspight, 6sea ttning all Aus
trai adrupedS He attacks every
stli hdigen0ns TO. Australia; his
y 4 Ife ppay being sheep and kan
6sii3 sJs 36s 81 Mec curren head
animal q ESbef prizes the dogs as
n 556lls3 l}Iie III most yaiu abie possessions
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the-way, receive money from the
States-a little more than half as
much as they receive from the gen.
eral Government. AS is to be expect
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HANNIBAL.

HANNIBAL, o., July 21.--Miss An
ma Alexander and Jennie Ingersol, OF
Wheeling, and Alma Baker, of Ale
gheny, Pa, spent Tuesday and We'd
nesday in town, the guests OF ]. w.
Alexander and family.
Mrs. Nancy O'Neill was the quest
OF relatives at Sardis, o., several days.
Frank Hafer is home from Pitts
burg.
Mrs Mortimer Williams and child
rem were at Sardis. o., several days
tue guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Vet
ter.
s. R. Lenkard. of Wheeling, was in
town the first of the week.
Lemoine Hall, of New Martinsville,
was a business caller in town Tues
day.
Mrs G. M. Wilson and daughter lelt
Monday evening after spending week
in town with friends
Misses nary and Clara Cline were
frustrating at Buc--1ill Bottom, w.,
the past week.
DR.. Denny and family, of Pittsburg.
have located at this place.
Mrs. J. NJ. Boice and daughter, of
Sistersville, and her aunt, Mrs. Brown.
of Athens. are in town.
Misses Norma Muhleman and Edna
Adolph, of Bridgeport, o., are the
guests of the formers aunt, Miss Sara
Muhleman.
J. W. Alexander returned home Sum
day from a trip to Pittsburg.
Misses Emma and Jessie Braunlich,
and Minnie Muhleman and Capt.
Charles Muhleman and j. j. Noll, eft
Friday morning on a trip to Niagara
Falls and other points.
Prof. d. F. Williams, of Moundsville,
was on our streets several days.
Miss Emma Myers, of Wheeling, Is
the guest of Miss Alice Rist.
Misses Hattie and Nellie Voegtly
were at Proctor. w. Va, several days.
the guests of Miss Pearl Taught.
Miss Louie Muhleman was at New
Martinsville Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. +. Neuenschwander
and daughter, and Miss Clara Neuen-
schwander, returned home Friday
morning from a trip to Cleveland and
Niagara Falls
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BETHANY.

BETHANY, w. Va, July 21.-Mr.
and Mrs. Valentine and daughter, visit
ed President and Mrs. J. M. Kersey,
during the week.
Miss Goldie Scoott was on the sick
list the first of the week.
Master Paul Monroe was i'll first of
the week.
Mrs. viii Silvers, who has been i'll
for sometime, is better.
Mr.. Wilbur Jones is on the sick list
Miss Louine Kersey is reported on
the sick list
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed and children, of
Bridgeport, are staying at the Trim
mer House
Mr.. Charles c. Cowgirl, has returned
from Pittsburg, where he was called
to the bedside of his brother.
Mr.. J.. Fred Shrontz, of Lone Pine,
Pa, was visitor in town the last of
the week
Prof. M. NJ. Scott is holding an insti-
tute at Whitfield, Ohio county.
Prof. H. Newton Miller is visiting
friends at Lone Pine, Pa.
Miss Loriene Kersey visited friends
at Washington, Pa, the last of the
week.
Mrs. Nelson, of Bellaire, O., is visit
ing Mrs. Rebecca Richardson.
Mr. and Mrs Updegraff are taking in
the excursion to Atlantic City.
Misses Zona and Odessa Scott are
visiting friends and relatives in West
ern Pennsylvania.
MIR. King Rodgers is on the sick list
Mr.. J. NJ Kersey was a Wheeling
visitor during the week.
Miss Bessie Updegraff was a caller
in Wheeling last week.
Miss Carrie Mathews was a visitor
in town on Wednesday.
Mrs George Gilmore has returned to
her home at Connellsville, Pa, after
short visit at the home of ner parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes Curtis.
Mr.. Hugh Wayt was a caller in town
the first of the week.
Mr.. George Evans was a visitor in
town last week.
We surely had a rain on Thursday.
Several drains were overlooked and
the creek was quite high.
The fair grounds will soon be COM
pleted and everyone should attend the
fair. September 4, and 6.
Misses Ida Taylor and Anna Wool
cry were Bethany's only representa-
tives at the Union picnic given by the
Wellsburg churches.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Miners and
sons are visiting friends in New Cum
berland.
Miss Eta Strait. of Taylorstown. Wis
tied Miss Carrie Martin the first Of the
week
Mr.. Harry Clark. of Taylorstown.
visited Mr.. Clyde Martin on Sunday.
Our delegates to the convention re-
turned last Friday and Saturday and
report a fine time.
Mr.. Ora Canaan visited in Pittsburg
for several days.
Mrs. Jane Cowans. who has been
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. Pa, July 21.-Com-
pany H, n. G. p, gave a turtle soup
supper at its armory on Thursday ev-
ening. About 500 were in attendance,
and the company realized handsome
sum.
There is an effort being made to
start Democratic paper at this place
Subscription papers are now being cir
culated, and if 1900 subscribers can
be obtained it will be a go.
The business college base ball team
of this place defeated the Claysville
team on Saturday by score Of Is to T.
The Lutheran Sunday school held
their annual picnic at Woodland park
on Friday.
The Farmers and Mechanics Ma
tional Bank, of this place, has been
chosen depository of State funds by
State Treasurer JAS E. aBrnett
County Commissioner Thomas P
Sloan left on Thursday for a sojourn
at Atlantic City.
in the new county Jail.
Ed. Wallace, of Houses music store,
is visiting friends in Wheeling.
w. G. Hays, of Sistersville, w. Va,
was visitor in town on Wednesday.
Forty Washington people left over
the Pennsylvania road for Atlantic City
on Thursday.
st. Paul's A. NJ f. church congrega-
ton held a picnic at Boyce's Station
on Thursday, which was largely at
tended.
Mrs. William Moore. of Wheeling
Island, is the guest of her sister at this
place.
Mrs. David Burroughs, Of West
Wheeling street, is visiting friends at
Parkersburg, w. Va.
J. Z. B. Sweeney, Esq, of Wheeling,
was a business visitor in town on
Thursday.
Mrs. s. e. Bartlett, of South Main
street, is visiting her mother at Union
town
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STEUBENVILLE.

STEUBENVILLE, O., July 21.-
Farmers in several parts of this def
ferson) county are having trouble Sc
curing men to work in the harvest
fields even at 81 a day and board. on
account of the S-hour system. viz: &
hours in the forenoon and s in the af-
ternoon.
Among the speakers the Trades As
sembly has secured for the Labor Dav
celebration here on September Sd. are:
T A. Gould, of indianapolis. Ind. edi-
tor of the Union, a prominent labor
journal; N. F. Tiegh, of Pittsburg. of
the Amalgamated Association; D. H.
Sullivan, vice president of the United
Mine Workers of Ohio; Thomas Man.
sell. of New Philadelphia; Marion
huffman, of Bellaire, Ohio.
Oliver Hood has resigned his position
with the Westinghouse Company. and
has accepted a position with che Means
Foundry & Machine Co., of this city.
T. H. Rogers has resigned as man
ager of the Irondale tin mill, and he
goes to larger mill at Mansfield. in
which he has an interest. VIM. Davis.
manager of the tin mill wash house,
has resigned to go to Lisbon tin mill,
and he will be succeeded by David
Lewis.
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Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
SISTERSVILLE, w. Va, July I'll
What appears to have been one of the
most deliberate murders which has ever
been committed in Tyler county took
place at Conoway, in the interior of
the county, yesterday evening, when G
Cliff Seckman shot and instantly killed
Calvin Jordan in the doorway of the
latter's house.
The trouble which led up to the
shooting and death of Jordan last eve
ming has been brewing for some time,
and it has been matter of wonder
among the people who live out in that
section that the tragedy was not pre-
cipitated sooner. From the stories
which have reached Sistersville by
phone and through reliable parties
who are acquainted and have lived in
the neighborhood of the place where
the tragedy occurred, it seems that
Seckman and Mrs. Jordan have been
infatuated With each other for some
time and that he formerly had been in
the habit of visiting Jordan's home
when the head of the house was out
in the oil field working.
Yesterday it seems that Jordan came
home and found Seckman in the house,
and an argument ensued. Nothing
came of it, however, until in the even
ing Jordan went to Seckman's store,
and there the argument was revived
with the result that the two men came
to blows. They only fought for few
minutes when they were parted, and a
friend induced Jordan to go home.
Shortly afterward Seckman went to his
rooms, and securing a revolver, went
over to the home of his antagonist and,
calling him to the door, took deliber-
ate aim and shot Jordan through the
heart, killing him instantly
Seckman did not attempt to get
away from the authorities, but instead
took rig and drove to Middlebourne,
where he gave himself up to Sheriff
Pyle. Justice Henderson, of Conoway,
is conducting the inquest over the re-
mains of Jordan, and the verdict will
not be reached before late tonight, and
possibly not before Monday,
Both the man killed and'the man who
committed the crime are we'll known in
this city. Jordan is a rather aged man
and has been driller for a number
of years, coming here from Pennsyl-
vania about five years ago. Ee is well
known all over the southwest territory,
and there was general regret here when
it became known that he had been
killed. Seclman is native of this
county, and is favorably known. He
worked in this city for some time, and
later went into the rig building bust
ness. He finally quit that and started
the store at Conoway which he now
owns.