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TELE AKGUB. THUKSDAY, MAY 7. 181)1. : "WHAT XS ASS AM II" The a-3 thought himself as fine look In" as his neighbor, the horse, until he, cue day, saw himself in the looking glass, when he said "What an ass am 1!" Arc there not scores of people who cannot sec themselves as others 6ee tMu? They have bad blood, pim ples. 1 lurches, eruptions, and other kin dred tiisligtirenients. All these annoy in? things could bo entirely eradicated, an J the -kiu restored to 4i lily trhite ncs?." if that world-famed remedy, Dr. Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery, wore given a fair trial. It cures all humors, from the ordi nary blotch, pimple or eruption to the irorst scrofula, or the most inveterate Mooil-taints, no matter what their na ture, or v.lii!herthcy bo inherited or sequin.-.!. The '-Golden Medical Dis covery" is the only Mood - purifier fnamnffrd to u.- ;.;t what it is rec oir.menilrd to. or money refunded. Wo::i.p"5 Ii?pcvsabt Medical As sociation. Proprietors, No. CG3 Main Street, Buffalo, JC. Y. W:Cl'AINTEO WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THIS COUNTRY WIU 08TM1 '.:h YSLUUIE INFORMATio fHOM A STU5Y OF THIS MAP OF THE CliicaEO, Roct Islana & Pacific By.; The Dirert Enate to and from Chicago, Jolitt, Ottawa, ffjria. L Salle. Mnline, Rock Island, ta ILLINOIS; Iarenp-irr. Muscatlns, Ottuiuwa, Ostaloosa, Sea J: lines. Winters). Audubon, Harlan and Council BiaSS. in IOWA; Minneapolis and St. Paul, In MIX KESt'TA; Waterioirn and Sioux Falls, in DAKOTA; Cameron, SU Joseph and Kansas City, In MISSOURI; Omaha. Llnmln. Falrhury and Kelson, in NEBRASKA; A-.cUson, Leavenworth, Horton, Topeka, Hmchsnson! Wi hita. Belleville, Abilene, Dodge Cltjr, Caldwell, In K AJAS ; Kltllrfl'in,r. El Reno and klinco, In INDIAN TEKKITOEY: Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, lo COLORADO. Traverses new areas of rich fanning a&d grazing lands, affording the best facilities of lnter mmniunicaUon to all towns and cities east and west, northwest and southwest of Chicago sod to Pacific and V.nns-occai.lc stajijrts. MA GN1FICENT TESTIEXTLE EXPRESS TRAINS Leading all competitors In splendor of equipment, l)-tw.u CHICAGO and DE9 MOINES. COUNCIL r.LFFFS and OMAHA, and between CHICAGO and i r.NVF.R, COLORADO SPRINGS and Pl'EBLO, Tia KANSAS CITY and TOPEKA and via ST. JOSEPH. F;r-C1aas Day Coaches. FREE RECLINING CHAIR AHS, and Palace Sleepers, with Dining Car Service. Co connections at Denver and Colorado Springs with divorcing railway lines, now forming the pew oncj T'cturesque STANDARD GAUGE TRANS-ROCKY MOUNTAIN ROUTE Over which superbly-equipped trains run daily THROFGH WITHOUT CHANGE to and from Salt Lake City. Ogden and Ban Fncisco. THE ROCK INLAND Is also the Direct ana Favorite Line to and from Manltou. Pike's Peak and all other sanitary and tcenlc rcsorwand cities and mining districts in Colorada bAHy'p'AST EXPRESS TRAINS From St. Joseph and Kansas City to and from all im fiirtant towns, cities and sections in Southern Nebraska. Euriit and the Indian Territory. Also Tia ALBERT LEA KfUTE from Kansas City and Chicago to Water t wn, Sioux Falls, MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, ronnery.mg for all points north and northwest between ti lafc'-s and the Pacific Coast. For Tickets, Maps, Folders, or desired Information rrly to any Coupon Ticket Office In the United States w Canada, or addrcs3 E. ST. JOHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN) Gea'l Manager, Genl Tkt. i Pass. Agt, CHICaOO. ILL HOTEL ORLEANS SITUATED ON NORTH SHORE WtLLi be under the supervision of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway. W. J. MORRISON, Manager, and will be open for the reception of truest J une 1 6th in each year. Visitors will find THE ORLEANS is first-class in all of Its appointments, beintr supplied with eras, hot and cold water baths, electric bells and all modern improvements, steam laundry, billiard halls, bowling; alley, etc., and positively free from annoyance by mosquitos. ROUND-TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS will be placed on Bale at the commence ment of tourist season by the Bur ling-ton, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway and all of its connecting lines at low rates to the following- points: Spirit Lake, Iowa; Waterrille, Minneapolis. St. Paul and Lake Minnetcnlca. Minnesota; Lake Su perior points; Yellowstone Park and points in Colorado. Write for ' A Midsummer Paradise" to the General Ticket and Passenger Agent. Cedar Rapids, Iowa; for hotel rates to W. J. MORRISON, Manager, Spirit Lake. C". I. IVES. I. E. HANHEGAM. rna'l aaa Ora't oJCC Om.1 ttakas sad rasa's MM Spirit mm LfflKE 1F A' H xAKM AJNU UAKDEN. ' Sor.. i ; SUBJECTS OF PRACTICAL IMPORT ANCE TO AGRICULTURISTS. A. Folding Rack Invented but Not Pat ented, by an Ohio Farmer and Recent ly Described, Ith Appropriate Illus trations, in The Country Gentleman. The rack here illustrated is put to gether entirely with bolts. Take two pine planks, 10 inches wide, lt or 2 inches thick and 14 feet long; bolt eight cross pieces on these, lay a tight board bottom, bolt on cross pieces at each end, 2 inches thick (Fig. 1). Make this the width of your wagon, to fit between standards. Cut in notches for stand ards, or nail on blocks or strips, so that the rigging will not slip backward and forward; then screw or bolt on each side a piece of iron about 10 inches long on the bottom of the rack outside for the wheels to rub against. T-iC- I AS UNPATENTED FOLDING RACK. Now, for the rack or side pieces, take eight pieces of pine, 2 by 5 inches, -1 feet long; put hole through each, 1C inches from ends that you intend to set the box, and cut the ends so as to fit against the sides of the box; then bolt them together, and they will form four cross pieces (Fig. 2). Now take a strong board, about 1 by 10 inches, 14 feet long, having your cross pieces placed 3fr feet apart, bolt your boards, on on the np per edge of each row (as shown in Fig. 8). Then you can fold it up, or open out when in use. Now make your standard for the front (Fig. 4) 7 feet long and 3 by 2 inches, and bolt on the front end of the rack a piece of heavy iron in the shape shown in the cut (Fig. 5), so as to make two loops, and let the ends of the standard pass into the loops, and bolt it. riy$ 1 I 1 "7 AN CNFATENTED FOLDING BACK. Make thetandard for the hind end ot one piece, 3 by 2 inches (Fig. 6). Bolt on a piece of iron, making one space for the standard to pass into (Fig. 7). Bolt it. Bore three holes in the top of the rear standard for an iron rod"lo put your bind ing pole in; also, on the top cross piece on each end of the rack, bolt on a heavy strap iron the shape of loop or square to put standards through before they pass into the loops on the bottom cross piece. Absconding Bees. Bees often desert their hives in early spring. Sometimes this is caused by dis satisfaction with the hive, sometimes from want of food, and often, doubtless, because they are weak and dissatisfied. As a rule, good strong colonies, with ample stores of food, seldom give trouble in this way. As to the prevention, Root in his "A B C of Bee Culture" says: "If you would not lose your bees by natural swarming, clip the wings of all queens a3 soon as they begin laying; then look after them often and know what is going on in the apiary every day during the swarming season. If you would not have runaway swarms in the spring, and while queens are being fertilized, confine your experiments to pecks of bees instead of pints." Professor Cook, in his "Beekeeper's Guide," says: "Sometimes Ewarms break cluster and take wing for their prospect ive home before the beekeeper has hived them. Throwing dirt among them will sometimes cause them to light again. Throwing water among them in form of a fine spray will always do this. For snch purpose some hand, pump is desir able. Another important use for a fountain pump in the apiary is this: If a swarm, when clustered, be sprinkled occasionally, it will remain clustered in definitely. While most customs have a reasonable basis, the common one of horns and bells and beating of pans to stop a swarm is a notable exception. It does not the least good." Experiments in Potato Culture. Mr. Carman tells in his ''New Potato Culture" that his experience has led him to answer all inquiries as to the size of seed pieces, "Use large sized pieces con trolling two or three strong eyes." The advice to use whole seed he considers very bad indeed. Mr. Carman's experi ments make it appear that to produce the potato crop potash is required in larger proportion than either nitrogen or phos phoric acid, and that more is required for this crop than for either wheat or corn, notwithstanding that the latter is such a gross feeder. Norwegian EDesfemenL "Leap year rtigns forever in this heathen laad!" exclaimed an English tourist stop ping in a Norway village. One evening he had been taking a lesson in Norsk from a young lady, a good natured Norwegian being preseut, who had just walkedsix teen miles across the mountains. When the lady rose to go to her lodgings in an adjoining house the Englishman offered to escort her throusrh the darkness. She declined the offer, and in so abrupt a manner as to surprise him. When she had gone the Englishman asked the Norwegian if he spoke English. "Not much only a few words," he answered. "Tell me what means that ring the lady wears." "She is going to be how you call it?" asked the Norwegian, in scarlet perplexity. "Going to be married:" "Yis, vis:'' "But," continued the English man," what I am ignorant o is the difference in your rings between married, unmarried, going to be married and never going to be mar ried." "Oh, you will never tell that," said the Norwegian, laughing loudly. "We cannot mark the women in this country as you do, but they mark the men. Among us it is the man who wears the ring." "Oh, I see? That is a new light!" said the Englishman, taking the man's large left hand, on whose fourth finger was a plain solid gold ring. "That is your wed ding ring, then?" "Nai, nai!" he replied laughing and blushing. "That means I have got to be married!" "And then what becomes of it?" "We put it on the right hand instead of the left," said the Norwegian, holding out his baud to bid the Englishman "Godt nat." Then, as he was closing the dour br'.:in.l him, he said in confidential tones, "Yis, that young lady who was talking to you is going to marry me nest mouth!" Youth's Companion. Held iu Memory. We need tact quite as much as sympathy when we speak of death: the death more part icu larly of some one dear to friend or ac quaintance. Grief, to an almost abnormal degree, sharpens the sensibilities, and by a curious law of the mind difficult to com prehend, it creates in the individual a cer tain acuteness, a certain fastidiousness, as it were, by which in many cases he becomes alive not so much to the sympathy ex pressed as to the form in which that sym pathy has been proffered. In other words, the mind of the sufferer has for the time being become as sensitive to impressions as that of a sick person, and as ready to be hurt by trifles. The very tone of the voice may jar, and one be hurt by a mournful cadence, and the other by a note of hope, or well meant but ill chosen words in let ters le as often cause for pain as the "creaking of clumsy boots" to fever strick en patients. Happily, beneficent nature in her own time heals snch sorrow, and the part of the friendly counselor, till that time be come, is little better than intrusion. It is when the attitude of the mind becomes conventionalized, a form of grief crystal ized into definite rules of observance, that the outsider desires to make protest as when a mourner waits a year to the day before drawing up the window shades or admitting visitors; or as when only out of town invitations are accepted; or one will listen to music but draw the line at the drama. Yet even here there is so Jittle that is vital to which to make appeal that avoidance of the subject seems rather the easier way. Harper's Bazar. The Fork Is Overworked. Why should the fork be preferred before the spoon in the absorption of pudding, diaphanous in itself, and whose chief claim upon the palate's appreciation is the thin ner sauce which accompanies aad glorifies it? How wearying and unsatisfactory it is to do justice to such food with the fork! The spoon is the only proper sensible vehi cle. With the spoon each mouthful of pudding is anointed with its modicum of sauce and when yon have finished your pudding you have not the mortification of gazing into your saucer and seeing there sauce which the fork is powerless to carry to your tantalized mouth. When it comes to pudding and pudding sauce the fork is an abomination. Give us, say we, the spoon, whatever etiquette may say to the contrary. The fork is overworked also in the eat ing of peas, succotash and limpid food of that sort. Instead of chasing one poor pea around your plate with the impotent fork, and finally having to head off its flight with a bit of bread, why not drop the fork and utilize the convenient and sensible spoon? Why should etiquette despoil eat ing of its comforts and its joys? The fork is all right up to a certain point; but there is such a thing as the fork baiug over worked. Boston Transcript. Death Singles Out Strangely. "I just met, a while ago," said Mr. J. W. Nier, a Kansas City engineer, "a soldier who was wounded at the battle of Wound ed Knee. He was in the act of firing when he was shot, the ball from a Winchester passing from armpit to armpit, clear through both lungs. He was given up for dead, but today says he is just :is well and strong as ever he was in his life. "It is curious how death stalks, singling out some and sparing others who seem to court a visit from him. I remember when I was in the government's emp!o3- at the Mississippi jetties that the yellow fever visited the squad of tweuty-eight ou duty at the jetties, and seventeen became pros trated with the fever. The others became exhausted iu watching their stricken com rades, and one night three of the patients, becoming crazed, broke away and took to the canebrakes. The next day they were found iu a swamp, and these three of the seventeen afflicted were the only oues who recovered.' St. Louis Globe-Democrat. She Knows How to Manage. A wife whose husband . has a bungling brain and a homely face used to try to make things pleasant at home by express ing her admiration of his talents and giv ing him the pet name of "Brains." Her delicate flattery did not seem to have much influence upon him, though she kept it up for a whole year after their marriage. One time not long ago, when she was in a happy frame of melting mood or meditative state, she expressed her admiration of his comely countenance, and at last went so far as to say she wonld give him the pet name of "Beauty." - He smiled as she- repeated the word with a full consciousness that she had touched his weak point. And now, what ever be his mood of mind or the vicissi tudes of life, that word dispels all other thonghts and the twain are happy. Chi cago News. Witchcraft la Mexico. There are several tribes of Indiana in Mexico which believe in witchcraft, and the other week a woman was killed be sause it was contended that she drove the' ion over into the United States and filled' np the space with rain. Detroit Free Press, We have just "We invite ev-rybody fiwams! Wigwams! Our Spring Stock of Ladies . fine and medium priced Oxfords are now ready for Our Oxfords are first-class; our prices are from 25 to 30 per cent, cheaper than elsewhere. Our stcck speaks for itself. 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