V I.
SOME REMARKS A BOUT TEA
WAYS THAT ARB BARK IW THB
PREPARATION OF THH LEAF.
Home) Slntly of th Manners ot the
v Hysons, and atilanra at the Pekoe
Family.
The two gmnil divisions of the tea
Irailo are preen and black teas, but in
China crrtain districts make a specialty
w cither preon or black teas. All
Japanese teas are green. The distinction
l)Ctween the two is arrived at in this
manner. There are three gatherings
spring, summer and fall. In the spring
the choice round buds nre taken. These
are the superior teas, and the point of
iimc is tiutcrminca ly the nine young
leaves wmra tue unlolded bud discovers,
At this stage the leaf is without fra
pranco and very bitter. It is important to
gather it after a succession of clear,
sunny days, when, if it is intended for
preen tea, it is roasted as soon as pos
sible The samo care is used in the
summer and fall gatherings,
f The rousting is done in a copper ves
sel, and the leaves are kept constantly in
motion. In the interior, however, the
Chinese dry the leaves on their roofs in
the samo manner as old women in this
country dry apples and herbs. Three
roastings nro usually given, and after
fcach the tea is rolled into balls between
tho palms to express the juices. The
rnd of the Inst roasting Is determined by
the coming of that bluish tingo seen on
tea which resembles tho bloom on the
grape.
After the roasting the tea is put
through a succession of sieves, and thus
becomes Vonng Hyson. Hyson, Imperial
and Guupowdrr, according to the size
and shape of tho leaves. Young Hyson,
it must be understood, is not the son of
old Hyson, who has gone into the busi
ness for himself. Hyson is trade mark of
a firm which made a reputation on culti
vated garden teas, and teas of that quality
keep the name. Young Hyson teas are
made up of the closely twisted leaf tvf
tho bud. Gunpowder is the small round
bud, and acquires its flavor through the
tendency caused by its weight to find the
bottom of the pan, where it becomes a
littlo scorched. Teas thus treated retain
their tannin. It is this principle that
gives to green tea that strong astringent
quality which makes it either greatly
preferred or carefully avoided. And it
is this which makes it so susceptible to
adulteration. Travelers, who are not
nlways soothing in their statements, say
that green teas not infrequently have
, served their purpose in China, but re-roasted-in
copper, acquire for less dis
criminating nations new color and flavor.
f Tho leaves for black teas are very care
fully gathered, and small twigs of the
plant arc mixed with them. When
gathered the leaves are left to wither in
the sun. Tho process is a species of fer
mentation, and the chemical change re
sults in the formation of a volatile oil
which gives the tea its flavor, and in a
loss of tannin which renders black tea
milder and less stimulating to the nerves.
r At length red spots appear on the
leaves that have turned darker. At this
stage they are poured into wicker tubes
with sieves at the bottom. After roast
ing they are rolled into balls, and the
double process is repeated several times
until the leaf character is lost. They
ore then further dessicated over a char
coal fire and packed hot, and shipped in
chops, a chop being an invoice of 600
packuges of eighty pounds each,
t Souchong and Congou are the princi
pal grades of black tea imported and
correspond with the Hyson grades of
green tea. Congou is tho tea usually
known under the title," English break
fast tea." But if an American should
ask an English tradesman for English
breakfast tea he would greatly astonish
that person. Jso such grade is known
in England. The hierarchy of teas
known in Eugland is to be taken in this
order: "Orange Pekoe," "Flowery Pe
koe," "Pekoe," "Pekeo Souchong,"
"Souchong," and "Congou."
Orange I'ekoe is usually drunk in nov
els, especially since the Russians have
come so prominently into fiction. It is
.the highest grado of Pekoe, which is a
KJc tea of delicate flavor, aud corre
sponds with Gunpowder in green teas.
Pekoe means white hair. The leaf is
gathered when yet covered with down,
and it becomes Orange Pekoe by pack
ing flowers in layers between the hot
teas aud taking them out when the tea
has acquired the desired color and fla
vor. The Congou teas are usually fla
vored with cowslips. Formosa, which
comes from tho island of Formosa, is a
Japanese black tea, of pleasant flavor,
that is rapidly making its way in this
country.
I- Japan teas, however, are green teas,
and the grade known as "Uncolored Ja
pan" appears to give away tho fact that
green teas are usually colored. Indian
teas, on tho other hand, are all black
teas, the Government forbidding green
teas as too easily adulterated. Adulter,
ation is practised to secure two things:
form and color. For this purpose the
coarser leaves and the later gatherings
ud, as alleged, the collections lrom tea
houses, lire twisted into shapes resem
bling Ihe young tea leaf. Observant
travelers say this is done with the feet,
lg secured the form, a handful of
ian blue and gypsum thrown into
.an glazea the leaves with a mcUlic
tint resembling the bloom above alluded
- to. The process is, however, too suc
cessful, as' the bloom diffuses itself even
ly. The test of genuineuess consequent
ly is dillercnces of tint such as would
naturally occur in naturally dried leaves.
Oolong teas aro green teas roasted not
on copper but over charcoal fires, where
they get their flavor from tho peculiar
wood used. Iudian teas, as has been
said, are black teas, aud are manipulated
by machinery and dried by hot air,
Hulling by machinery the English, who
arc the consumers of IiidUu teas, claim
is greatly preferable to foot rolling, as
practiced by the Chinese, beiug also
cleaner. Tho English have certainly
brought the making aud the drinking of
tea to u high state of perfection. Cara
van lea, as it is called, is tho gieou tea
of the Itii: sians, and, as the name indi
cates, is brought overland. Tea is be
lieved to bu especially susceptible to
moisture, aud fur that reason is injured
by a tea journey. The Chinese them
fcelivs drink black fca.
Tcainaking is as different in tho difTer
nt count ries as the teas. The Chinese
fcteejis it as old women do their herbs.
J he Japanese boils the water aud then
removes it from the flame. AVheu it has
Just us tirat heat the water is poured on
the leu leaves, uud immediately after
ulTu-inn is drunk clear, but ofteu with
lue arc oiiipaiiiuirut of a sweetmeat. Kus-
man tea u takvu clear with slice of
In England the tea is steeped fully ten
minutes, and it taken with cream and
sugar. Black teas are always steeped
Hut Oolong teas should ba only suffused
and poured off. Tho lighter colored
Oolong teas are, the choicer they are re
garded. Tea has a literature of it own since
Pepys wrote, "I did send for a cup of
tea, a China drink of which I never
drank before," and the most celobratod
of tea drinkers was Dr. Johnson, "whose
kettle had hardly time to cool, since with
tea he amused tho evening, with tea so
laced the midnight, and with tea wel
comed the morning." Aiw TorhSun.
SELECT SITTINGS.
The value of a ton
of pure gold is
fG02,799.20.
The Bible contains no
word of more
than six syllables.
The smallest division of an American
State is the. township.
Illinois and Wisconsin have passed
laws against boycotting.
Mr. Of, the New York picture framer.
has the shortest surname in that city.
During the middle ages ornamental
writing was included amonir the fine
afts.
A Nevada City (Cal.) man catches
lizards for cages a la squirrel with a
pin fish-hook baited with a fly.
A boy in Peeksville, N. Y., is said to
have hooked in succession two eels whose
combined length was seventeen feet.
The late Pone Pius IX. or.ctinied tha
Papal throne from 1846 to 1878. This
was the longest reign of any Pope on
record.
What is known as a hash in England
Americans call a stew, and what Ameri
cans call a hash is known as a mince in
England.
American wheat is called corn and
American corn is called msisc, or some
times Indian corn. Pigs' feet are called
trofters.
Tha Atchison, Topcka and Santa Fo
system operates more mileage than any
other single corporation in the United
States.
The largest American tunnel is the
Iloosic, which is four and three-quarter
miles long, about half the length of the
St. Uotbard.
Sixty-five years ago Emmons Itudgo
was arrested in Hartford, Conn., for
selling ice, as the doctors had decided
that it was unwholesome.
The highest altitude reached by any
railroad in the United States is on the
Denver and IMo Grande line, at Marshall
Pass, which is 10,852 feet above the
level of the sea.
Tho chimes of St. Patrick's Cathedral,
in New York city, will consist of fifteen
bells, weighing 30,000, and cost $15,000.
They are not yet in place, but are to be
finished by Christmas.
It is reported that Elkanah Watson, of
Albany, N. Y., was the originator of
cattle shows and agricultural fairs. Tho
first was held under his direction at
Pittsfleld, Mass., in 1810, where he then
had a farm.
The tolling of bells at funerals is a
relic of the pagan idea that the sound of
bells frightened away evil spirits. It
was kept up until watches and clocks be
came common to apprise the worshipers
of the arrival of church time.
Until this year H. n. Barbara has
held the distinction of being the only
person of hii name enrolled in the Bos
ton directory. He came there in 1842,
and since then no other man named Bar-
ham, which is a common name in Eng
land, has been a resident of Boston.
The following notice is posted in the
main streei or Athens, Ga. : "To my
neighbors: If my spring chickens are
disturbing your garden kill them and
eat them. Don't pile them out in tho
alley to become a nuisance.
John Edinotoh."
Prince Bismarck is the only prominent
political personage in European state
craft who carries a scar received in an
other field that of battle. He was shot
through the thigh in the memorable
cavalry charge on the afternoon of Mars-
la- Tour, in which ho rodo as a private
dragoon.
How to Walk Fast.
Persons who have never been trained
to walk fust generally quicken their gait
by bending forward and lengthening
their stride, at the same time bendiug
their knees very much at each step. It is
pretty safe to say that no one can pos
sibly adopt this style and keep a fair
walk at a faster gait than six miles an
hour. The fast walker must keep him
self erect, his shoulders back and chest
thrown out. He must put his forward
foot and heel first, and the leg straight.
He must take strides so quick that they
look short. He must, if he expects to
get a good stride, work his hips consid
erably, overcoming the sidewise tendency
of the hip movement by a compensatory
swinging of the arms.
The length of a stride in fast walking
is astonishing to those who look at it.
A little figuriug will make it clear why
this is so. There are 1760 yards in a
mile or 1760 strides three feet long. To
do a mile in eight minutes a walker must
cover 220 yards a minute, or eleven feet
a second. Now 220 steps a minute
nearly four a second is pretty quick
work, as any one may discover for him
self. Even three steps a second, or 180
to the minute, seems quick. The chances
aro that your eight-minute man, although
his legs move so quickly that his steps
seem short, is not doing as many as 2U0
steps to the minute, and, consequently
that the stride is at least three feet six
inches. With a little practice a man six
feet high can easily maintain a tour-foot
stride for half a mile. London Society
Timet.
A Marvelous City of the Dead.
A map by Padre Marchl shows that
one of the Komaa catacombs occupies an
area of nine furlongs in greatest length
by seven in greatest width. A recent
calculation from this map places the area
of the entire aeries of catacombs at sixty
times this amount, and the total length
of tho subterranean streets at not less
than 900 milei. This agrees very closely
with Padre Marchi's estimate by a differ
ent method. He conjectured that there
may have been twenty confraternities of
diggers, and that these might have ex
cavated about seventy feet of road aud
100 graves everyday; and this, taking
two complete centuries as the time which
the catacombs contiuuod to be used as
Christian cemeteries, gives a total of 720
miles, and 6,000,005 graves figures,
however, that Padre Marchi considered
much too small. ZYnUon if. J.) Am,
trican.
THE FAR 31 AND GARDEN.
trrimrsa ol charcoal And ahk8,
The best use to make of tha refuse
materials left in burning charcoal is to
haul out and spread it upon land for a
fertilizer. The small pieces of charcoal
will absorb ammonia and moisture during
rains and reloase them for the use of
plants in a dry time, while the potash in
the ashes is an excellent and valuable
fertilizer for all kinds of crops. Wood
alcohol, pyroligneotn acid, and similar
products in tho distillation of wood are
not obtained from charcoal, but from the
freshly cut timber. You could leach tho
ashes, but tho potash obtained tbcrofrom
would scarcely pay you for the cost of
erecting tho necessary vats. aer Tort
Sun.
ONE WAT OF TRAKSFKRRIKO BEES
Progressive beekeeper have their own
ideas, based mainly upon their own ex
perience, which sometimes differ from
the general practices. In instanees may
ba cited Mr. Heddon's plan of transfer
ring bees, which he considers superior to.
the old method. He drives the queen
and a majority of the bees into a forcing
box, about swarming time, and then re
moves the old hive back a few feet and
puts in its place a hive with ita frames
filled with foundation aud pours the forced
swarm in front of it. He says that all
field-workers will leave the old hive and
join the queen. He advises to return a
part of the bees to the old hive for fear
that the brood will get chilled, being
careful not to take the queen. Twenty
one days after the forcing of the Dees,
Mr. Heddon drives the old hive clean of
ita bees, uniting with the former hive.
The worker-brood is all hatched and
nothing remains but tho honey and the
comb, which can be either transferred or
honey extracted and comb melted. Jfeu
York World.
TEAcnnra a house to pace.
In answer to the question of a corre
spondent as to the best way to teach a colt
to pace, the Itrredert Gazette says :
r orty years apo almost every farmer s
boy in Ohio, Kentucky and Southern In
diana considered it indispensable that he
should have a pacing saddle horse, and
nearly every colt that would not pace
naturally was forthwith taught to assume
this gait. This was done by the use of
"hobbles." A strap was buckled around
each fore leg and conuccted with the
hind leg on tho same side, so that when
the colt was forced to move he could
make but little progress without moving
the fore leg and the hind leg ou the same
side at tho same time. These hobbles
should not be too rigid at first : that is,
the colt should havo a little freedom of
motion, but as he becomes accustomed to
them they may bo shortened so that lo
comotion will be impossible excepting
Dy means ot the lateral or pacing gait.
By this prologs, patiently and perscver
ingly adhered to, almost any colt can be
taught to pace.
SAVE THB BONES.
Poultry can digest bones as readily as
does a dog, if only given the chance to
do so, and they will return more profit
than will that self-same dog. There are
always more or less bones come from the
kitchen, and instead of these being care
lessly thrown away and wasted they
should be saved, in some convenient box,
under shelter, where . they can be left
until they have become well dried out.
They can then either be crushed on a
large, flat stone, with a heavy hammer,
or else run through one of the small and
comparatively cheap hand mills made for
the purpose. Granulated bone and bone
meal can be readily procured, and cheaply
as poultry food, but this does not make
use of the bones w hich accumulate arourvl
the house, and which nre generally suf
fered to go to waste. The hand process
of reducing them is very slow and labori
ous, yet it is much better than not to
supply the birds with this very desirable
food, a kind of food which in a great
measure takes the place of meat diet
during the winter when insect food is
not obtainable. There is not much use
of trying to reduce them by hand, and
but few hand mills will do it either, when
wet or fresh, but they must be first dried
out by exposure to tho air, or else more
quickly dried in an oven. Cooked bones
dry out more quickly than uncooked
ones. Poultry Bulletin.
now TO SALT STOCK.
Experience has proved, and many
farmers have acknowledged, that to force
salt upon animals is to commit a fault of
which we have often reason to regret the
effects. In the distribution of salt, we
leave the cattle to themselves and their
own judgment as to quantity, and they
have never deceived us.
We simply place in the manger and at j
the door of each of them a lump of rock
salt, which contains, mixed with common
kitchen salt, suitable proportions of soda
(Glauber salt) and sulphate of magnesia
(Epsom salt), substances digestive and
slightly laxative, and very favorable to
the functions of the stomach and very
important for ruminants. When an ani
mal feels the effects of indigestion pain
ful he licks at discretion his morsel of
salt, and recurs to this means of relief
every time he feels the need of it. I have
very often seen animals whose digestion
operated painfully rise, lick tho salt for a
time, longer or shorter, according to the
nee J they feel, aud surely guided by their
instinct, then lio down and again rise,
lick the salt again and so continue till the
rumination takes place again, and thus to
administer themselves the remedy for the
disorder.
The good effects of this mode of distri
buting salt to the animals havo been
proven to us many years ago in a manner
which has led us to attach still more im
portance to it. In consequence of the in
undution of the mines from whence the
salt is procured that we make use of,
they have been deprived of it (or some
time; and every week we have had to
treat some of them for disordered diges
tion, of which the least consequences
were thenars of the labor of the oxen, of
milk of theN cows, and their falling away
in condition. But as soon as we have
been enabled to give them this coudi
ineut, the indigestion has been removed.
In the absence of rock salt, we could al
ways incorporate with tho rock salt em
ployed sulphate of soda crystalized
(Glauber salt), aud which is sold at a low
price, and which all salts coutain in the
proportion of from three to four per ceut.
We consider it to be the best reactive,
and erhaps the only one against the in
convenience of an ttcessive consumption
of salt. Mark Lane (England) Kxprcu.
I
Co UN SMUT.
Corn smut is widely
distributed
throughout this country and tha Old
World. Tha injury resulting front ita
attack varies from a fraction of one per
cent, to mora than half of tha crop. Ex
perimenters differ in their opinions as to
its harmfulness when eaten by cattle, but
it Is certain that it is not an active poison.
The black powder of the smut consists
of tho spores, which are simple, seed
like, reproductive bodies. These repro
duce smut much as seeds reproduce or
dinary plants. Smut spores may grow
iu manure and liquids in the barnyard
for an indefinite period. The smut enters
tho corn when it is very young, pene
trating the soft tissues of the lowest
joints and root of the plant. Smut
does not pass from plant to plant In tho
cornfield. Outward applications to the
affected corn plant will do no good, for
the funpus is inside, and no application
will reach it. Great caro should be taken
to keep the ground from becoming filled
with spores. By a rotation of crops the
increase of smut may be prevented. Do
mestic animals should not be allowed to
eat tho smut in the fleW, for they will
distribute the spores in their droppings.
Care should be taken not to contaminate
yard manure with the spores. Infected
stalks should be removed from tho field
before the smut balls open, and then be
carefully destroyed, riant none but seed
that is perfectly free from smut spores.
Tho spores adhering to seed corn may be
killed by immersion in a strong solution
of blue vitriol. In a ireneral way the
proportion may be given as follows, viz. :
Use as many pounds of blue vitriol as pal-
lons of water. The immersion should
not last longer than fifteen or twenty
minutes. If the wet corn is placed upon
sloping boards tho liquid may be drained
off and used over again a number of
times. Courier-Journal.
FARM AND OARDKX JTOTE9.
Oats are excellent for young pigs.
Keep tomatoes trained to trellises.
How about building a cheap silo I
For tho silo corn too lata to ripen.
Secure some clover hay for the colts.
Teased colts often make vicious horses.
Always use a sprinkler to water plant.
Don't let suckers crowd out spring
grafts.
Secure superior seed wheat for fall
sowing.
There is pork in grass as well as beef
and mutton.
Keep your eyes open for the comforts
of your horse.
When you buy farm machinery, buy
the best and take care of it.
There are said to be fifty failures to one
success in tho poultry business.
Thoroughly air-dried shelled corn con
tains about eleven percent of water.
Begin to cull out the best pigs, both
sows and boars, for breeding purposes.
There are but few horses that are not
tractablo and docile if they are treated
properly.
Do not expect any farm animal to
"pick up" ita living and put much meat
upon ita bone).
If you have any old sheep scrub hogs
or unprofitable cows got them ready for
tho butcher as soon as possible.
If the pastures in which the colts are
kept get short this dry weather use bran
and oats to make up the shortage.
As soon as an animal is matured it
ceases to be profitable to keep, unless it
is a work animal and possibly sheep.
A frequent change of pasture for.
sheep, say every week or ten days, is con
ducive to thrift, and should be regularly
attended to.
Prices for good horses are high enough
to encourage breeders. There appears
to be no immediato danger of over-production
in this line.
It costs less to produce a pound of
lamb than a pound of mutton. A pound
of lamb sells for more than a pound of
mutton. See tho point?
In dry weather sheep will crop a good
pasture too close, but at such times they
will scarcely allow shoots of blackberry
bushes, brambles or brush to show them
selves in the pasture.
Education docs more for a poor farm
er than fertilizers, it prows Detter
crops and breeds better stock. What
many a poor farm, with its scrawny cat
tle and foul acres, wants is a happy ap
plication of brain.
Horses chew no cuds, but cattle have
stomachs ("paunches") which they use
as storehouses for storing cold vituals,
and then rcmasticate them between
times at their leisure. For this reason,
horses need feeding oftcner than cattle.
Some farmers consider certain marks
in a cow as muicating ner quality as a
milker, but a far better guide is to
weigh her milk regularly. That tells
the story without any guesswork, and
tells exactly what every owner ought to
know.
The Michigan Farmer says: "When
you kick cow just pauso and think
that you are kicking dollars out of your
pocket ; and when you pound her with
the milk stool that you are robbing
your wife and children of tho necessa
ries, anil you probably won't do it."
Co-operative creameries are of great
benefit to dull, backward, unenterpris
ing neighborhoods. It infuses lifo and
thought into them, and sociability to
some extent. It incites to greater care
of live stock and also to keeping more
stock. It relieves women of a vast deal
of drudgery.
Llk'ht Without Fire.
To obtain a light instantly without
tho use of matches, and without the dan
ger of setting things on fire, is according
to the Mining and Scientijic Press, au
easy matter. Take an oblong vial of the
clearest of glass, put into it a piece of
phosphorous about the size of a pea;
upon this pour some pure olive oil heated
to the boiling point, the bottle to be tilled
about one-third full ; then cork tightly.
To use the light, temove the cork, allow
tho light to enter and then recurk. The
whole empty space in the bottle will then
become luminous, and the light obtained
will be a good ono. As soon as the light
becomes dim its power can be increased
by opening the bottle and allowing a
fresh supply of air to enter. In very cold
weather it is sometimes necessary to heat
the vial between the hands to increase
the fluidity of the cil, and one bottle will
last all wiuter. This ingenious contriv
ance may be carried the pocket, and is
used by watchmen of Paris iu all maga
zines where explosive or inflammable ma
terials are stored. Pall X'all Gaultt.
The name of a woman who died iu
Kansas City, Mo., a few days ago was
Joiey Jane I'aruiella Ann Sarah Elizabeth
Douglass Carr Gentry Ballard.
TEMPERANCE.
"OirwARD, christian aoi.tnaas.''
Christian men I Oh, rousa youi
Can you Idly stand
Whilst this svll trafltn
Prospers In tha land.
Killing men by thousands,
Causing woe and sinV
Men I U not half-hearted,
Cowards never win.
Christian women I Rouso you,
Hmits this deadly foe;
Let not Natan conquer.
Up, anil smite him now I
Women, for your honneholds
Dare to take a staml,
Dare to sweep tho liquor
Wholly from the land.
Mothers I Little children
Perish every day:
Children, like your loved onos,
Cast by drink away I
Can you. Idly sitting,
1.et this curse he atmn.
While from drunkards' children's
Cries riso up, "How long?''
Christian women 1 See them,
Little children, pale,
Trembling, colit. and weary
Can your courage failf
Fighting such a battle.
Can you weary tie,
When our Saviour told us
"Do it uuto Me"f
Chrstiansl (Kxi Is with us,
Right must soon prevail;
Right the day must conquer,
And we cannot fait.
Fear no foe of evil,
Kear no blackest night,
Day is dawning o'er is
Koon will all be light.
National IVmperuno Adrocatt,
AH OLD MAR'S RKASOXS.
There is an old man living in tha State of
Elaine who is said to bs nearly one hundred
and thirty years old. Just think of itl How
many changes he must have seen during his
long life I How different things must be from
what they were whon he was young. He has
had good health all his lite and enjoys It
now. He must have had simple, healthful
habits, and what is a very telling fact, has
never used strong drink. Home one asked
him what he supposed was the reason for his
living so long, and be replied: "I believe It
is because I ha veal ways worn woollen clothes
both in summer and winter, and have left
all intoxicating liquors alone.'' Homebody
told him that alcohol was neeAod sometimes
tor medicine, but he shook his head, and re
plied, that "wormwood was much better
and was always safe." Youth't Temperance
Banner,
BRtTJfKESTtKSS A DISK ABB.
Tha fact that drunkenness is a disease and
a species of insanity is rapidly becoming
understood, and has been under discussion
for some time by tho British Medical Asso
ciation. One of their late nieetiugs brought
out some interesting proofs of the awaken
ing ot physicians throughout Kurope and
America on this point. There is a growing
opinion among medical men that the inebri
ate should be subjected to compulsory deten
tion and treatment in restorative homes sus
tained at public expense, and that victims of
alcoholism entering such asylums volun
tarily should be received without the humilia
tion ot being first brought into court. Pro
posals embodying these ideas have been in
dorsed by mMiy eminent bodies of prac
titioners in Kngland, Scotland, Franca and
other continental countries, also in the United
States. In England the Uovernmont has
been memorialised for a parliamentary In-,
quiry into the working ot existing laws con
corning inebriates, with a view to getting the
compulsory-treatment ecbemo crystalized
into law.
WHT nK DKCMXKD WINE.
In declining wine a man said recently: "I
have no prcjudics whatever against the use
of liquors, I think the question is purely per
sonal, and I decided for mvself years ego. I
bad always been in the habit of drinking,
and had never found that I allowed liquor
to interfere with business or duty. But once
when I was in Halt Lake City, that was years
ago, I made a speculation in eggs. I bought
up all I could, equipped a wagou train to take
them to mining camps iu Idaho, and prepared
to start. It was fall and I had decided to
start on a certain evening in order to lose no
time in getting beyond tho mountaius, where
there was danger of getting in a storm and
losing all my eggs. But the prospect of a
long wagon journey was not a cheerful one,
and in bidding farewell to comfortable
3 nailers, I solaced myself with drinking. I
id not become drunk. I have never Tweii
drunk in my life, but I came to the conclu
sion that one day more or less would mako
little difference. It made all the difference
in the world. I was caught in a storm which
I should have missed had I started on time.
I lost every egg, was forced to abandon a
valuable train, and when 1 again lauded in
Halt Lake City was 'broke. Drinking had
interfered with my business once. In fact It
nearly ruined me, when I should certainly
have turned a pretty fortune. It has never
cost me a cent since that time." Atlanta
Constitution.
IT IS THE ALCOHOL WE FIORT.
"Call me what you will, I hate alcohol. I
pray Ood to give me an everlastingly increas
ing capacity to hate with burning hatred any
agency under heaven that can enslave, iin
brute and take away the best part of a man's
life, and give him nothing but an awful,
black and fearful recollection to pay for it."
John II. Uough.
"Alcohol is the one evil genius, whether in
wine, ale or whisky, that is killing the race
of men." Dr. Willard ttirker.
Since Noah got drunk, and all down
through the ages to the present time. It is the
alcohol that dues the mischief, first taken in
moderation, aud In almost every instance the
commencement was with beer, cider and
wine, pronounced innocent by men and
women who ought to have known bettor, be
cause the evil results apiwar on every baud.
Nine-tenths of the drunkards of to-day com
menced on beer and light wines, but the al
cohol which they containei nourished the
appetite until it mastered its victims. There
can be no compromise on beer. It is the
devil s kindling-wood. In every State whero
a discrimination has been niado botween
what are called the stronger and the lighter
drinks, drunkenness, disease and death fullow
with sure aud certain tread until it has to be
abandoned. The prohibitory amendment
now before the peoplo of the State of Now
York includes brewed anil fermented as well
as distilled drinks, because all are alike bad
and evil in their results. The prohibitory
laws of every State include the so-called
lighter drinks. The Statu of Iowa tried the
discrimination awhile, but was compelled
for sou-preservation to prohibit all alike. It
is the alcohol that kills, and hence it is the
alcohol that we fight to the death. XatiumU
Advocate.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
Chicago has one saloon for every forty
oters.aud a policeman for every two hundred
Votes.
Three murders wore recently committed,
and one suicide, near Uramwell, W. Va., in
one day, all of which were due to liquor.
Comptroller Ouahan, of Chicago, says that
seventy per cent, of the license fees of the
6000 saloons of Chicago are paid by brewers.
The most recent statistics of arrests for
drunkenness in Maiue iu any one year show
but four arrests to ever 1000 of the popula
tion. New York city has licensed drinking
places, received in lttS'J a total of 1,44 J, 770
license fees, aud has 15,000 dependent chil
dren. A prominent leader In the if. E. Church,
at Centreville, Mich., has been expelled from
the church for going ou the bond of a saloon
keeper. The difference between the man who
drinks and the man who does not is seen the
plainest in case of a wound. It has been
proved over aud over again in the hospital
of Philadelphia, in the case of cuts, that
there is from twonty-flve to forty days
differeuoe in the healing iu favor of the cold
water patient. In eiht cases out of ten,
where a beer-drinker is cut or shot, he bos a
tussle with erysipelas or gangrene.
The Duke of Westmister mentioned to a
meeting the other day that when at school,
and as a member of the Eton Club, he bad
to drink from a very deep glass which ter
minated at the bottom iu a large bulb, which
would discharge its contents of liquor over
the drinker unless he showed his prowess by
swallowing the whole without a pause. The
Klaasandthe habit asaouiated with it had
been swept away by improved publio opiu-iou.
The camphor tree ! flourishing in
Florida,
Illinois has more miles of railway than
Iowa,
F. 3. Cheney A Co., Toledo, O., Propra, of
flail's Catarrh Cure, offer 100 reward for
any rase of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Hond for testi
monials, freej Hold by Jirugglsts, Tpo.
Tnn Oranite Free Ptnto and the Transvaal,
In foil I h Africa, are both Itepuhltca.
If you Winn to do the easiest and qnlckest.
week's washing you rtw did, try liolililns's
Kleotrlo toap neit washday. Knl low the di
rections. Ak your snioer for It. been on the
market ti years. Take no ot hr.
Tna railway inllraue nf the United htatrs
and Cauada eieeeds 1&,IM miles.
Its Rirelleat qaalltlee
Commend to puhllo approval 1 1 in California
liquid fruit remedy Pyrnp of Figs. It Is pleas
ing to the eye, and to the taste and by gently
artlna tin the kidneys Hver and bowels. It
cleanses the system effectually, thereby pro
moting tha health and comfort of all who
use (U
Iliisrsnteed Ave year etnt per rent. FtrM
Mori low" on Kna City proiierly. Interest
pn) ltln every sis months; prlnoipai and inter
est collected when due slid remitted without
espouse to lender. For sale by J. II. liauerloln
A Co Kansas City. Mo. Write for partluulars
Jadlrloaa Nseeulatlan.
Money Invested In sums of from II to (A
weekly or monthly will nuike you a fortune.
Write for Information. HeuJ. lewls A Co., Hs
curtly Building. Kana City. Mo.
Ie Wa's Chinese Headache Cure. Harm
less In effect, quick and positive In action,
fcient preiiald on receipt of ft per twittle.
Adeler A Co.,IVM W)anilottest,.KansasClty.Mu
FITS stopped free by Db. Kuml Omit
Kkhvi Mbhtokkh. No Fits after first day's
tiae. Marvelous cures. Trends anil JM trial
Uoltlo free.l)r. Kline. )! Arch 8Ul'hil- Pa.
Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranches
In Missouri, Kansas, Teias and Arkansas,
bought sud sold, Tylerot Co.. Kansas City. Mo.
Money Invested in cuoice one Hundred dol
lar building lots In iillmrUsof Kansas City will
pay from five hundred to one thousand er
cent, the next few years nnder our plan. $&,
cash aud Vh per month without Interest cou
trolsa desirable lot. Particulars on apptloaliou.
J. H. Bauerleln Co.. Kansas City. Alu.
Oklahoma Onlde Hook unit Slap sent any where
on receipt of .VIcts.Tyler Co..Kansas City, Mo.
Boeoham's Pills cure Hlrk-Hejlache.
My Head is Tired
Is a Common
Complaint
Just Now.
Both Mind
And Body
Are Made
Strong By
Hoods Sarsaparilla
LAV
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Lias . -
CONDITION POWOER
TftffMy ennrntrstM. Pop pmsll, 1
Ism thsaonr-trnth rent s itti pr li'l
.11 .n.... If Tna ran t rl ll,
in oiiaintitT corns
I rfvfnw snti
m'tid by mull
YZSVi V.ipri rM- Twtimonui. r, s;iM t
cuh. Vrm..r.' I'oullry "ulits (l-rlrs V )trr ll
inttrtor mors. I. 8. JollSSoS A ll.,fctoB.
f l- Ih. ran l.k)
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Mtvs.
ADVJAY'S
READY RELIEF.
A CURE FOR ALL
SUMMER COMPLAINTS I
Dysentery, Diarrhoea,
CHOLERA MORBUS.
Prom 30 to mi dropa In halt ft tumbler of wBtwr will
In ft few momrou cur Crampa, fcpsn. fkxtr Htnm
mch, NaiiM't, Vomtt ins;, lierttiurn, hrrvuumt,
Micr tlrsvm-, f tvk HwuUeh, litaJTavm, It.wolrry.
Cholera Morbus, (.otto, h latuleiwy, and all Internal1
Palus. For afw rars of tha fvnln txmipaaittu
atie our prlnlid dlrvcitona.
Applied externally tl Instantly rrltorM Hearts!),
Toothache, Neuralgia, Khtumatlsm and all point
artslutf from Colds, h) raius, fcrulsra or anjr mum
whatever.
l'rie) V cent per bottle, Fold by druirsista.
ADVJAY'S
PILLS,
An Kxoeltent and mild Oat'iarMo. Purely veeta
ble. The frrt and lwwt modlcln In the world for
tha cure ot atl disorders of 100
silver, Miomsu'l. or Itowela.
Taken arrordlna- 10 dlrertlana they will
rent are hen lib anil renew vitality.
Price irto. a box. Isold tv all driifrnUts, or mailed
by KAOWAY CO., U Warren birvel. Mew York.
on receipt 0 price.
WM. FITCH & CO.,
1 0't Corcorsa Dulldlaf . Wsahlnntoa, D. C
PENSION ATTORNEYS
of over 12A years' jx(K-leoe, bureMufully prose
cute pt-DHlous and rial 1 11 a (if all kinds In ahorlrst
possible IsTNu KKK i'i.m arei-sVuiri'L.
RRAZER
BESTJ1 THB WORLU
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UottUe Ueuulun.
Bold JCterrwhera.
PENSIONS!
Thousands fmJUli
undr the frw Aot,
Write immediately
for Mi.AMH.st for J-
pllcatton. Km ploy the old reliable firm.
J. II. t it Alslstt iV ( (., Wablut4.n, P. a
AGENTS
Proa I 19100 month made aelllnjz
our new Tnlmnsjv Hook, also
Other. Iloilts II sa Wsn. hv
T. 1. l uyler, 10,000 urloklt.ee ol ib
HI ble, 'J. E. It. TKKAT, rublUher, New York.
V A I J. RT H K FT M A N IT A I. We. M arg tn opera! Ions
1 1 (.'ail upward; Options $10 U) fmu. Correspoud
rnre InvltM. 8. J. 1'Kt'K A CO., Ki Hroadway, N. Y.
MONEY IN t HK KKNH. !
v for ijfte. a ltU-puttebttok, eiperieoi
9 ot a prm-tlcal poultry raiser durlug
,Ty Xnw. It t faclie bow to deteot
un L-iirviiisjriMa; w leeu. ior eiop)
Mid for fattftiUisc: which fowls ui
save for brredlittt, Ac, Ao. Address
HXiK t'CU. Hot'HK, 184 1-eousxd St., N. T. City.
'Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Late Principal Ktinilunr U B. Pension Bureau,
at yrsiu uktt war, U edj udiratlnf ol alius, attv siuue.
J l if ! si sssmi
RELIEVES
KLY 11 HUTU KHH. M Warren
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- 4
4b $
'Better our of rhe world. rha,n out- ofth
fashion 2tfiL-- s
ism
. f b 7 ' M tav as VsT" T k-
rnr hni it-rl & A
t w t w-aw v m.wmi
coJe of scouring soap-Try ih "X)
Cleanliness is always fashionaole and the use
of or the neglect to use SAPOLIO marks a wide
difference In the social scale. The best classes
are always the most scrupulous in matters of
cleanliness and the best classes use SAPOLIO.
Women are not slow to
comprehend. They're quick.
They're alive, and yet it was
a man who discovered the one
remedy for their peculiar ail
ments. The man was Dr. Pierce7
The discovery was his " Fa
vorite Prescription " the boon
to delicate women.
Why go round "with one
foot in the grave," suffering in
silence misunderstood when
there's a remedy at hand that
isn't an experiment, but which
is sold under the guarantee
that if you are disappointed
in any way in it, you can get
your money back by applying
to its makers.
We can hardly imagine a
woman's not trying it. Pos
sibly it may be true of one
or two but we doubt it
Women are ripe for it.
They must have it. Think
of a prescription and nine out
of ten waiting for it. Carry
the news to them!
The scat of sick headache
is not in the brain. Regu
late the stomach and you
cure it. -Dr. Pierce's Pellets
are the Little Regulators.
N Y N V ST
NO ONE NEED SUFFER.
Dr. Tobias' Celebrated Venetian
Liniment acts like a charm for Cholera
Morbus, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic,
Cramps, Kansea, Sick Headache, id
Wsrrsntei iwrrsctlr hirmlpM. (Has OATH AC
COMI'ANYISU suctl buttl., sl.o direction, KUK
IMS.) IU KtHlTUlNU snd i'KNKTKl IINU q a st
ill, srs Ml Ininisdistelf. Try It snd ba coa
vincd. )rtc itf snd AO cant, nold b sll drug
ylois. Prpot, 4u .Murrsy N.
PI'ITintf W. I.. Iloaslaa Hhor. srs
wH U I lUNi ' nsrrnnlori. and r.rrr pair
has bis uauio aad price acautpsd aa baltaas.
l..n.w
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE cCnftl1 MEN.
lSTafn1 sdiln nn pn.isl for T.lu.hls IntormsUoo.
W. I., ItOMJI.AH. Hrut-kloa, Mass.
- 4R1 TBI OLDEST Fa HUT ETANDIRO'
A Purely Vegetable Compound, without
mercury or other Injurious mineral. Safa
and sure always. For sale by alt Druggists.
Full printed directions for using with escbj
Backsge. . Dr. Schenck'i new book on Tha
Lung,, Liver snd Stomach SKNT mil. Ad
dress Dr. J. H SrVi-nrk ft Snn PhilsdelphiaJ
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