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S e ii t i ii e I Jo u r n a i. Published Weekly. FIUKSUUTil ^UtUUUNA. Let us have ouly denatured autorno'bile races. Are the auto races trying to make bull fights appear humane? Still, at Its new price, radium will hardly be a substitute for coal. Tho new $."> Mils will be smaller. That's appropriate?they act smaller. Connecticut woman earned $10,000 -last year selling eggs?the real thing. So far none of our aviators has been successful enough to break into vaudeville. All the pessimist can see in an aeroplan flight is a big crowd and a stiff i neck. A Ruffalo man was given five years for stealing a cent. Something of a centence, that. New York bank thief collapsed when he was arrested, lie was a close second to the bank. Someone has estimated that the earth weighs seven trillion tons. Hut cheer up! You're not carry ins it. That war in Nicaragua cost 1.000 lives. Men have not yet discarded the blood-letting system In politics. The doctor who thinks that the Adam's apple is responsible for insan *lty may be on the eve of a great discovery. "Venezuela consumes 1,000,000 gallone of kerosene a year." Why doesn't somebody start an electric light plant clown there? Joy riding In th<> air has this advantage then: are no chickens to he run over. The birds have so far succeeded in dodging. In South N'orwalk, Conn., lives a heroic young woman who played tenuis in a hobble skirt. Naturally she broke her leg. "When the aeroplanes dash around the course at the rate of a mile a minute they never kick up any clouds of microbe-laden dust. * If shark meat ever crowds beef in the world's markets a shortage of rain on the great plains will make no difference In the quality. As a general thing when a girl wears such an extreme hat that a man bas to dislocate his neck to look linger it her face is not worth the effort. The greatest, authority on love in Ihe world Is dead. Calm yourself, ladies?it's an Italian professor. The authoress of "i'o< 111s of Passion" still lives. A woman of sixty years swam live TM iloc In \f icuiuci .mi -it J ..on Is the other day I( is needless to say that she did not wear a hobble skirt. Hob Evans tells us that an airship is a plaything and would be of no use 1n war. Hut what will ltoh do when those bombs begin dropping down the chimney ? Chicago man marries for the first time at the age of ninety-two. ilo''l have to do some tall hus'li.ig to catch lip with the average Chicago record from now on. That. I'oughkeep^le soei "y woman whose pearl ueckl e u a nfiscat> d by the custon of!i< ia! . might have bad it. yet if she could only have kept it under her hat. The waiters now ask to be divided into classes. Excellent idea! Waiters who wait, waiters who make custom era wait, waiters who are polite and waiters who are otherwise? A little while > the cheering word wan passed that lobsters would become more plentiful. Now It Is threatened that tin r< will !>e shortage of .salmon a d a rd i in It may lie cone of our business, btit wo trust that th< tnroritien will deal gently with tlx* Ighty one year old woman who has entered the ()hi< state university as a student. A Kansas Citv woman ailing for divorce. charged that her husband fpiar reled with her for going to a funeral Some men are so moan they hate their wives to have any pleasure at all. Eighty-two pounds of sugar for every irwin, woman and child last year! '['ho men may offer thanks that the women and children got theirs. A Connecticut man fired ton bullets In his head without fatal results. It Jb hard to tell which was greater the persh t wr force of his determination or the resisting quality of his brains. That Incident in Naples wh< r two ptrangers tiyinr ' ; iv cand\ t( chli/Irott vi_-r?r*<. iH'.lw / .) )t\r # l? ?: - ...... .... .?.? miv ;? 11| n> stricken ; pie < ' preadlrs.' th<- . !mlera and r olit.ed with crle> of "f? 11h to tho l><>i oners howfl how III He progress has beer made Binco the days of the plague. In some places. ft i GRADING LAWNS AND FIELDS For Smoothing Uneven Places Plank Smoother Is Useful?Buckscraper Also Used. Where irrigation is practised it is necessary to bring (he surface to a uniform grade. The appearance of lawns is also improved by grading. For simply smoothing uneven places the plank smoother is very useful, says Farm and Home. This is made eight to ten feet long and of heavy Joist, shod with a piece of flat steel on tho lower edge. A plank is Split-Log Smoother. fastened at the middle for the driver to stand on. His added weight will aid materially in the work accomplished. Either two or four horses can be used on a drag of this sort. Where there is much grading to he done the buckscrapor Is the best device. A very useful one is made four feet along the cutting edge, three feet deep and ono foot three inches high. It will carry one-half cubic yard at a load, and must bo made of two-inch plank, well braced with strap iron. The cutting edge should bo of stool. - ?' "* The Buckscrsper. The drawbow \vnrlr? n*? nine r>vn>i near the middle of the sides. The handle Is about seven feet long, and 1 by It the scoop is kept under control for filling or tipping. i SOIL ROBBER IS DISCOVERED Two English Scientists Announce They Have Found Micro-Organism Which Destroys Bactcria. Two Kngllsh scientists, Drs. Russell I and Hutchinson, announce that they J have discovered the micro-organism \ .1 - - - 1 u>.9iiu,ia iiiu Dticicria essential to the fertility of the soil. Other scientists di c'are the discovery the most ; important made in half a century. | Having found the culprit, the next | thing lor tho scientists to do will ho to discover his "natural enemy" and ; proceed to eliminate him from the cosmic scheme. The discovery seems to have come none too soon, since, according to estimates made by reliable experts, the soil of the I'nited States has been robbed of $1.OOO.OOO.OOU worth of fertility in the last 30 years. The Loss in farm values has varied in the different, states from $ 1,000,000 to $100,000,000, according to the figures" s given out by the census bureau. The question of "soil robbery" is not one for future generations to solve, but for those of the present day. Rich as is the I'nited Stales, if cannot afford to he robbed of a billion dollars in !',0 j years, with the prospect that if the' robber Isn't stopped he will take two billions or more In the next H0 years. Wll ?? ? - ........ ..-i iu.?i iinciu-ui^iiuism (lis eov' p (1 by Russell and Hutchinson ; may look 1 i 1 ??. however small he may be, he should lie chased out of the country and off the earth, writes John A I lowland in Chicago Tribune. A step in -,i) dinction has already been taken, < v< n be fore the announcement of tin? discovery It was learned some time ago that certain bacteria were ; gener.'itod by tlx- iiitr<a!>i< ilon of rii- I I rates into the s-oil ami ; hat those bac- ' j teria were the "Jt r?Hit;," of the earth. Certain plant.-, such a the legumes ' were found to !> peculiarly adapted to the culture of the:.- >;<io<1 bacteria."' That is why alfalfa Is I ng heralded i as a Rood thing for the I armor to : ulnnt r I Ilut the process of raising the fertll i ity malting bacteria liy natural process I is rather slow, so man decided to help nature along. These bacteria have the faculty ot extracting the nitrogen from the air and introducing it into the earth A process has been invented by which the nitrogen is artificially < \ i trailed from the air, formed into a ! powder, and the powder used to fertilize the soil. This eliminates a long i process of natural fertilization. However, if some one can ilnd a way to i prevent the fertility from being eaten I up by the micro organism, he will make artifn mi ft rilization unnecessary. ? Protect the Lawn. If leaves have fallen on the lawn, . t . ... ? .. .. . m i iu*'iii n iuiiiii Mific (itiririK the win r They will rvo a.s a protection > the sward. You ma; not think that the award needs any protection, li If you do i i think it rerelvcs a Ik 11? fit from site li a eovering as leaves i provide, take < ervations, tlWn sea Bon. Vou will find n< xt spring, that th" grass where the leaves were thickest Is greener and stronger than elsewhere, and it will start Into growth sooner In the spring SPLIT-LOG D1A6 FOR ROADS Costs \'cry and Make Gcod, Ssrv-ceable Highways?It Is the Poor M; n's Friend. "We have irore than once pointed out," says Southern Good Roads, "that where a bond issue or a heavy road tax is impossible owing to the strength of tho opposition or to poverty, there can be nevertheless perfectly Rood earth roads built at very small expense. The chief thing is cooperat ion among the people of tlie I community. There is no excuse for a bad road in any village or farming section?none whatever. For the split-log drag is tho poor man's friend, and with it any people, however poor, however far from the day of macadam, can make and enjoy good roads. "Let us take, for example, a stretch of bad road in the country. Say it is ten miles in length and that ten farmers live at Intervals along its course. It is very bad in summer and next to impassable in winter. Those ten farmers decide that they are not going to put up with hole** and ruts and washouts any longer, and they come together. Thev airree that thev will divide the road into ten sections of one mile each, and every farmer Is to take charge of a mile. They select one of their number to act as foreman of all. They fall to work and build split-log drags. These cost practically nothing. The office of public roads, United States department of agriculture, will gladly furnish information as to the construction, and If possible will doubtless send an expert tc give preliminary instructions. "When the farmers hnv? everything ready, the foreman calls them out ! after iach rain to drag their several j sections. This is repeated until with in an amazingly short time that miser | aoio oiu road Has been transformed into a splendid highway, smooth, well drained, well-shaped, a thing of beauty and a joy forever, without the expenditure of enough money for the farmers' to miss it. They receive incalcula ble benefit from the road, and it serves as an object lesson to the rest of their county, causing others to go and do likewise, until in the course of no great time the road situation in the county has been revolutionized Mid the way paved for the day when permanent stone roads will be built. "Why not try it in your community?" DRYING RACK li> IMPORTANT ; Few Hours' Work This Fall Will Materially Add to Corn Crop Yield , Next Year. The importation of soleoting and drying seed corn in the fall oannot bo too strongly urged. A good drying rack is a groat convenience and may easily be; made. The rack should bo | I- ; |] ,J' 1 ' Seed Corn Drying Rack. placed in a dry room, hut one that is > not too waritii Hy tin' use of this rnck it will bo easy t<> keep certain grades of corn separate \ few hours' work this fall may increase the corn crop very materially next year. ^ p| | Organic matter is very essential in! a soil. A fertile soil is the first tiling sought by the pioneer. The roots should iill he In the J trench by this tin." in the northern climate. I.eave no piece of work half done.) Drive the hoops down good on every j' :l> you do. It will he much easier to husk corn this month than during the few com. ing months. Knniet lines the lee rrnn enmno No matter when It conies, bo ready ior ii It may bo your only chance. Pulling and chopping out the big weeds in the garden and truck< patches will lie In order lintil frost. invest In a gallon or two of paint; and go over the Implements. Cover j (tie teel parts with raw linseed oil. My covering tomato vines with clothfl or matting when frosts come the yield may he prolonged for Home, t inie. All hinges on the barn doors and gules will work easier if oiled occa 1 f-ionaUy. <!et out the oil can if you have one. A good use for weeds and old vines iioiu in> h'n'i' ii in ?wni|iii i. r.vcry I body who maLntjilns a garden nhould also k<<-p a compost heap, where everything that will rot and enrich th? soil can be thrown from time tc 1 tln>?. | f I - j PEOPLE TAL RAILROAD HE ? "~"~1 Marvin the Chicago f 4 for nearly 2 itflW/ ~S) accept the u' jffl'' . ^ tors. Mr. ' sj, Wgj) >cur- ,s 1,1 rV / able men ir vW Vwf'8 no ,nan vir mk. A. 1 more widel: WM rf i? known 1: rosuU of a K7 M,?n *n, in Chicago r.ols and Missouri Telegraph company, ice In I860, and until 1802 he wan con and train master of the St. L>ouls, Alto 1862 to 1864 he was superintendent ol It was (luring the lnttor period thn feat that has never been surpassed, the road to movo a largo detachment \va3 lloodod with traffic. The force I magnitude of the problem, whereupon patcher's key and performed tho task expense of 72 hours of continuous se later he found that he had been promo tendent of the road. In 1870 Mr. llughltt left the servlcc eral manager of tho St. Paul road, ar Induced him to become the manager o In 1872 accepted the position of generr railroad, after which his rise to tho p by the constantly increasing important road world. One of the most remarkable thlnj western's board Is the fact that at the and does a more strenuous day's work 15 years younger. The fact that ho five living generations In the Hughitl took the most perfect care of himself, FRENCH REPUE 1 The gre more than markahle nt recent ralln ,}'0t l? ru'n ^ French rcpt I3orn in law. Would lie have been content t $8,000 dot, play the violin, sing admiral politics? Ho was not of the ruling s( possible great-hearted, ho certainly fe understood 1:1m and swore by him. liuying a second hand press in Pa alone with a horse and wagon, and witl and launched the Democracy of the \\ of the ruling classes, and so, for one i bnrrod as a lawyer. He quit St. Nazalre, his career app. to write. Paris socialists were edified 1 subjects. His articles in the Lanterne ness hi.<1 boldness. They expressed t self?as if it were the workingman wh He walked into the sovereign ofilce in 190G, and now, as simply, he has wnl at its head. No one realizes how he do fireworks. He steps through cruel dit MISTRESS OF After n America ha in? ovor 11 I won l ii >r ? York, and I ' "' ^rmul "' ' . ' '^' ^ storlod wo passed in tt Ir.K- Tho baro structure alone cost $.'?. And tin* copper kin;< lias roared t yoars ago was tin- daughter of a poor Jior namo was Anna l.a Cluippelle, a mended hor to tho oaro of S nator ('la talent. Tho senator sent his ward to tho hor progress was so marked as to onus her studies. It was during't!i!h pcrlo< began to realize that his affection for h order. While society was busy linkim eligible young la<ly. he became assured his own, and asked her to become h "RESEMBLES "F ..iff "'"i 1 John 0 Nebraska J&r AH th<> Tin consplcuot //, \ the prfKcr 1 J of iMiSHOll "Kll,l0r, W v'|, x-r p From boy k // somebody. n licked his plnoH ns it ^*e%?/'L Ire, and 01 :/V I '" Hot hiwl 1 of Nebraska. The force nn<l cflicienoy demonstrated to his admiring fellow llartigan has overbalanced the popularl William Jennings Uryan. Westerners t gun has lots of it. KFH ARftltT I 1AW V A i (r. t- t. .1. f T A"'?g"A "A?A A Ay !C-^XT^XY t Y V?V t v V. :ad resigns [ l-Iughltt, who has been president of i and Northwestern Railway company !4 years, has given up that position to chairmanship of the board of direcHughltt, who 1b In his seventy-third ninny ways one of the most remarki the railway service. There probably in the railroad world today who is f known and yet about whom so little [i detnll as Mr. Hughltt. This is the lifelong policy of doing things rather king. u>.ji ii 111 vjtmiuit, vvH.vukh cuuiuy, in. x., i began his career aa a telegraph oporjany for the New York and Buffalo company In 1852. In 1851 be located find worked as an operator for the 1111Mr. Hughltt entered tho railway servsecutlvcly superintendent of telegraph n and Chicago nt Bloomlngton. From r tilt southern division of the Illinois ,t Mr. Hughltt performed an operating Tho government suddenly called upon of troops nt a time when the road jecamo somewhat demoralized at the; Mr. Hughltt took his place at the dlawithout interruption to traflic, at the rvlce. When ho awakened two days ted to the position of general superin: of the Illinois Central to become gennl a year later George M. Pullman f the Pullman company. Mr. Hughltt il superintendent of the Northwestern residency was rapid and was marked ju oi me system in tne western rail- j 5s about the chairman of the North* age of seventy-three he is able to dri than most railway presidents who arct i came from sturdy stock, there being ; L family, with the fact also that hcj ! accounts for his remarkable activity. JLIC'S MASTER I ' nt railroad strike in France brought j ever to the notice of the world a re- ; an. On the reassembling of the chainities Premier lirland created some- ] sensation by declaring that he had I igh confessions of the leaders of the j >ad strike, that there was a deliberate | France by violence, anarchy and civil ; low prime minister and master of the ! ibllc, was nobody ton years ago. At <; was an outsider, and, worse, seemtire even as a lawyer. Suddenly he uii came easy to Mm. Kasy is the seems to characterize him now and St. N'azarlne. he conquered a degree of i) plead party wall eases, marry an >lv, beat them all at billiards and talk 1 t of St. Nazairo. Possibly resentful, 1 It for the workingtnen, who at onco ( rin, lie took It from the freight office 1 one boy put it together, set the type 'est. Krland excited great animosity vason or another, he got himself dis- | xrently broken at the start, and began j >y the young stranger's grasp of their became at once noted for tlielr clear- ! Ik- discontented workingman t> him- I o wrote them. of French deputy, first In 1902, again i lrn.1 !?#,% ?l.~ 1.1 * ..... ... .. . .mw inr uuuiut'i? aim pui mmseir s It. All happens tranquilly, without Tlcultles without effort. BTG M ANSION | in* venrs tin* most costly house in s I 'tii finally completed, and president be a petite young lady who has ay tn this queenly position through ! which once threatenod to upset a secshlngton politics. The house is that \V. A Clark of Montana and New s situated at the corner of Fifth aveventy seventh street, Manhattan, ise, when viewed Irom the exterior, her heavy and massive for the space ut. once within, one appreciates the i.v of It all. Bach of tlx* nlno stories vltli every concelvable adjunct of comtury; from top to bottom is a store of alth and mechanical device unsurmodern construction of bouse build"Od.OOO. !its palace for one who not ho many physician In Montana. At that time nd her father, dying penniless, com- , rl<, urging his interest in her musical Host on Conservatory of music, where e hlrii to send her to Paris, to perfect I, says Human Life, that the senator Is ward was of more than the fatherly C his name with that of nearly every i his ward's feelings wero the same .as is wife. IGHTING BOB" ~| j Hantaan, HrHigadler-tienernl of the National Guard, frequently designated itotype of "Fighting Hob" Evans, Is a is figure, particularly In the West at it time Forty years of age, a nativo nl, he is described as a natural born, \ ho never knows when he Is beaten. | hood Ilartigan was always "llckintr" I After his school days wero over hoi i opponents in two races for the mayorIrhiiry. In IKftT lie went to (lie I'hllip-, private soldier and came home a capdid some gallant work in active servi his return was successively promoted] sent position of honor and usefulness^ in is known as a knight of the mailed; ie is one-Id ten shot as a favorite sonj of his military career have been fully citizens, and It has come about that, ty of that other Illustrious Xebraskan^ idmlrc pluck, and It 1b said that llartl a? nil III I ????????????? CURETHATCOLD | TODAY I "I would rather preserve the health of c nation than be tti ruler."?M UN YON. Thousands of people who are suffering with colds are about today. Tomorrow they may be prostrated with pneumonia. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Get a 25 cent bottle of Munyon's Cold Cure at the nearest drug i store. This bottle may be conveniently carried in the vest pocket. If you are not satisfied with the effects of the remedy, sond us your empty bottle and wo will refund your money. 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