A QUEER BIRD AUCTION.
. MARKET FOR FEATHERED PETS
in LONDON.
Blrrtd of Kvery Known Variety Can
Ko l'nrrhnnrd Them for Merc
j Bong A Monkey Mart.
Of tlio curimu sights 0f London nono
ig moro interesting than the bird auction
near Bcthniil Green. Tin's takos placo
every Pumlny morning, beginning shortly
of tor 10 o'clock and finishing nt lj or,
to bo moro exact, vhen tho "pubs" are
open. Public houses aro kept closed
durmir tho forenoon, onone.l nt 1 nM.i
closed aRain at 3, and reopened for the
rest of the day and night at 5. Where
the bird auctions are held extends over
three long blocks. Turning to tho right
from Bishopsgato street, at tho terminus
of tho Great Kastern liailro.nl. Vnil nnfnr
riiiumir srrect, wiicro the show begins
, . """unu uiuiui, iiarc, moon am
ttdjoming long blocks of streets. tli
cupants of the grim, dark housesof which
uro oira lanciers.
From early morninir. from thn nnrffc
south, cast and west of London, can bo
ovwu mm, singly or Dy twos and threes,
accompanied by doss, some muzled.
others in leashes, but all going in ono
uiii-i-iiuu, to mo mm auction district
.rlinintn. I 1
Later in the morning can be seen wcll-
aressca men driving smart horses to traps
and other vehicles. Some of tho men
nave ine jaunty air of sporting men.
Others havo tho sedate appearance of
uusiness men, many that of clerks. When
they all reach Bishopsgate street, the
Kigut oceomcs interesting and amusing.
Tho Englishmen aro born drivers and nil
ecm to have a love for animals and birds.
The price of good, lively, strong ponies,
averaging from 625 to 30, makes it an
easy matter for men to possess one. Tho
price of a sleek, brigk-cjed, nimble,
strong httlo donkey that can trot alonr
carrying a load seemingly out of pro
portion to iU strength, is only about
Bishopsgate street, Without, is to
London what the Bowery is to New
lork. Here, however, are what are not
to be seen on the Bowery, nuroben of
meat, sausage and pudding shops. For
two cents you get a large smoking-hot
saveloy sausage and a chunk of tood
white bread, or a lame sli t !..
inl will "gt'ibttoB'tat? jficteJi fuisTu
- lumpling, or a bowl of good rcasoup.
For four csnts to eight cents you get
tints largo slices of excellent roast beef,
mutton, veal, or pork, with bread and
vegetables. Many women and children
daily crowd these shops and get their
twelve cent dinners, which they cairy
away in baskets. A twelve cent diuner
is certainly a good, plain, ample meal,
which includes a great slice of pudding.
On Sunday Bishopsgate street is still a
busy thoroughfare. It is at the juuetion
of Bishopsgate street, Without, and the
Great Eastern Railroad terminus that the
great throng of men and boys turn into
j Anchor street, where, at the junction of
Bister street, tho so-called bird auction
is.. This is a rendezvous also for dealers
; in dogs, chickens, geese, ducks, rabbits
and rats.
j. But what a show of birds! Thero is
nothing like it in nny other part of tho
world. It seemed the morning I was
thero as if all the varieties of tho or-
hithological kingdom had been assem
bled together in these long, narrow,
gloomy streets. From ono store alone,
which was four stories high, were
I hung from ground floor to roof
hundreds of cages. The dingy,
smoke-begrimed bricks were lined with
long rows of cages filled with bright yel
low canary birds; above were tho bril-liant-plumaged
chaffinches, goldfinches
and bullfinches, then blackbirds, sand
thrushes, starlings, linucts, skylarks by
the hundred, and nightingales, all war
ranted to sing. This houso was sur
rounded by n great crowd, and tho pro-
i prietor and his half dozen assistants had
all they could do to keep up with the
purchasers. And how cheaply they went I
Splendid full-songcd, healthy chaf
finches, twelve cents and eight cents;
linnets, four cents and six cents; beauti-
ful, full-fledged, full-songed Holland
canaries from seventy-five cents to if 1
those would cost twice that many dollars
in New York hen canaries from two
cents to twelve cents each; common
canaries from twenty-five cents to
sixty-two cents each; splendid,
healthy, full-songed skylarks, starlings,
thrushes, blackbirds, cago and all fix
ings, for from seventy-five cents to $ 1.00
each; nightingales in full song, cage aud
all, from 1.50 to $2.50. It was won
derful to see the commonest classes of
men, bricklayers and laborers buying
birds. As tho time passes by aud the
hour for opening tho "pubs" came tho
excitement grow apace. I saw one man
- -buvin tventy-flvo full-songed, splendid
canary birds for less than seventy -five
cents apiece, lie, however, was a deal
er, and he had his assistants and trap, or
open wagon, with him.
I Fine, fat rabbits were sold at eighteen
cents apiece, and at the close went down
to twelve cents. Just think whut an ex
cellent dinner could bo had for the imall
sum of ten cents, as rabbit skins are
readily sold for two cents apiece. Fancy
rabbits, lopped-eared, big, choice-breed
X ing English hares that would make the
sportsmen of Tuxedo Park envious, wero
- o!d by tne brace and tho dozen at ex
tremely low price. A dozen full-sized
Imres of great strength were sold for $5
The sales in geese, ducks, aud other
poultry was immense, chickens being
old at from twenty-five cents to thirtv-
ieven ccuts; ducks for less, and big, fat
geese irom titty cents to scventy.flve
CcUIS.
Besides the small birds, thero were
large quunti'.ies of parrots, cockatoos,
and all kinds of bright-plumaged speak
ing, sweariug, laughing, singing birds.
jn anoltior House a dealer had a baud
some collection of bitboouq, gray ami
ring-tailed monkeys. I was sorry to see
many beetle-browed, cruel-faced Italians
around the poor brutes, aud it was cu
rious to see the poor things bury their
little tiouds In their bands aud huddle,
'shivering in a corner of their rages, as if
in deadly fear of their natural-born
enemy. neverai were sold at prices
ranging from ?5 to 15, according totlie
size, bt'uuty aud intelligence ni the am
. mal. Ju no chro aid the dealer como
down iu his prices, and it seemed to me
as if the nmu himself had a loathing for
thuso cruel-featured men, even lower and
more brutal in appearance than the mon
kevsthey bought. It was really sad to
ee the l.ttiu things fairly cry as they
were tukea from their companions, who
in turn would spring to the burs of their
cages chattering loudly, and keep look
ing after those being taken, away, with
tUniuat human sympathy.
"Tcs," said the dealer, "I sell quite
number of monkeys every year to tho
Italians. I sold over a thousand last
year. I know the poor things aro cruelly
treated and beaten to death at times, but
what can I dot I eot the best
tho Italians, and the moro that die the
moro I sell. Tho Italians have
monkey schools and monkev school tench.
crs as trainers in London, and get good
prices for a well trained, healthy monkey,
but that takes time to accomplish, and
many of the animals pino away and die,
Wien others aro killed, while a lnrrrn
number dio from cold, consumntion and
other diseases. Manv a monkev thnt. T
have sold here is now traveling through
the Unitod States, and from what I ran
gather from the Italians thoy make quite
a largo sura of money for their owners.
That's why there is such a demand for
them."
The noisiest part of the quarter waa
iiero nogs were lor salo. A colored man
had for salo two magnificent American
bloodhounds. They were not his ; ho
could not havo bought them. They were
sold to a steward of a nobleman who had
been robbed. The man wanted $250 for
tllA na .1 1 1 . . , .
...v ru uu wuuui not inKO one penny
less. Ho trot it. Itnt terriers worn nnrt
in large demand, and it was indeed a
matter of wonderment to me to see in thn
great Christian city of London, so splen
didly policed, doe fanciers offprint iw
dogs for sale and guaranteeing that they
would kill so many rats a miuuto.
Tho sale of doirs was tho oniric nf
all, and it was wonderful to sec how even
seemingly poof laborers iiaid fnnrv nrinna
for savage, powerful, brutal looking dogs.
Jfew York Timet.
SELECT SIFTIXGS.
A Boston (Mass.) firm has caueht a
a sea turtle weighing over eleven hun
dred pounds.
A Statesboro. Ga.. citizen hn-
of trousers in which ho was married over
forty years ago.
Fashion has decreed thnt its followers
among men shall look as much like Van
uyue portraits as possible
It is curious that there
descendants of Napoleon. Wcllinrrtnn
Washington or Walter Scott.
Apartment houses have been multiplied I
to such an extent in -v' - v r
i.,-..y lorTnuOXcw SuWcTfy that
a decline in rents is imminent.
A brido from Michigan was visiting
Libby prison, in Chicago, 111., when she
found cut in a window sill her father's
name.
The falls of Niagara carry down 10,
000,000 cubic feet of water a minute,
which is equal to about 3,000,000 horse
power.
Threo thousand dollars is now tho
market quotation for tho title of Baron
in Spain, while that of Count costs twice
as much.
A deserted wife in Milwaukee, Wis..
has been placed in jail because she was
unable to pay a 52i fco on a six-cent
judgment.
The Ror. Ilenry Rominger officiated
recently at the second marriage of his
mother at Bethlehem, Penn. Such a
unique occurrence is probably unprece
dented. Tho Fat Men's Association, of New
York, recently participated in a clam
feast and election of officers. Tho Presi
dent and board of officers weigh 8166
pounds, an average of 265 pounds.
It was not until 1781 that the perma
nent settlement and occupancy of Upper
Canada began. In that year about 10,000
persons were placed along tho northern
shores of the River St. Lawrence, Lake
Ontario and Lake Erie.
A German watch that is on exhibition
in a Pittsburg (Penn.) window is prob
ably the thinnest timepiece iu tho world.
It is not moro than an eighth of an inch
thick, and tho works themselves seem no
thicker thau cardboard.
About twenty years ego the Japanese
author, Kioyto Bakin, completed a novel
upon wmch ho had been at work for
thirty-eight years. It comprises 106
volumes, and is said to illustrate all
classes of Japanese socioty and life.
Buttcrine ii made from tallow or lard
as tho chief component with cocoanut,
olive or palm oils to give it the necessary
flavor aud consistency, salt and a little
annotto for coloring. This is a rather
harmless preparation, and if the recipo
were always followed, would not bo ob
jectionable. It is not generally known that a single
mouse turned loose in a grocery window
will catch more flies in a single evening
than fly paper catches all day. And, be
sides, he eats tbeui and don't leave them
lying around loose. Don't grudge the
mouse his little mischief; ha is a good fly
and roach exterminator.
It is rather an unusual sight to see
itinerant printers traveling horseback,
but a couple of the craft, Pollard and
Binckley by name, passed through Elko,
Nev., the other morning by that method,
cu route from Bait Lake City to San
Francisco. They were well equipped
for the journey, and seem to be enjoying
the trip.
Waste of Food in America.
In tho use of food the Americans are
lavish and even wasteful. In calling at
tention to this fact, J.R. Dodge states that
Urcat Britain consumes an average meat
ration not over two-thirds as large as tho
American; France scarcely as large; and
Germany, Austria and Italy still less.
Tho average consumption of meat in the
United States is probably not less than
175 pounds per annum. Of other civil
ized nations, only Great Britain exceeds
100 pounds, and many scarcely averago
fifty pounds. Tho consumption of tho
cereals in this country, by man and beast,
is three times as much in proportion to
population as iu Europe For the past
ten years the averago has been.orty-iive
bushels for each uuit of population,
while the usual European consumption
does not greatly vary from sixteen bush
els per annum. While all this is not
used as food for man, no small part of
it contributes to the meat supply. In
tho consumption of fruits the difference
between this and other countries is
marked. Small fruits, orchard fruits of
all kinds aud tropical fruits, as well as
melons of many varieties, are in profuse
and universal daily use in cities and
towns, and in the country the kinds lo
cally cultivated are still cheaper and
more abundant. The consumption of
vegetables is not excessive. lauisvUU
Courier-Journal.
General Bidwell's ranch in Chlco,
Cul., is eighteen miles iu length and
throe iu width, aud coutaiua 1,800,000
acres of orchard ground.
TIIE FARM AND GARDEN.
wnrjJT to water nnnsits.
A writer in somo agricultural paper
says: "Never water a horse within three
hours after eating." This must be a mis
taKo. lie was right in saying: "Water
them before they are fed.-' But some
times they will not drink before eating
if more hungry than dry. Now, it would
be cruel to drive a horse, especially in a
hot day, fifteen or twenty miles before
giving him drink. How would a man
like such treatment! A horso mar h
given a little water in half an hour after
eating when ho is being worked. Some
think it safe to let a horso drink all he
want while goins riirht nloiur on thn !
road, but many valuable horses have
oeen Killed by doing this. A little
and often is a better way 2feie York
M oria.
ciiass Fon rros.
uyrituuurai journals are re
marking that there is moat in grass for
pigs as wen as lor cattle and sheep. It
is very true, but it is a mistake to sup
nnaa 1. n . 1 . .. .. i , .. . . . V
iuu u tit ii nu uici oi mcrs is
grass, as it is tor rununaut animals like
cows and sheep. Tho two latter have
a very bulky double stomach, and will
thrive on coarser faro than the pig, that
has only one digestivo apparatus. With
out doubt pigs are often fed on too con
centrated food, and are benefited by a
run nt pasture, especially by tho cxerciso
it involves. But tho notion that grain
or tome concentrated food is not needed
even by growing pigs is a mistaken ono.
It is truo pigs thrive weU on milk, but,
even with the cream taken from it, milk
is much more nutritious and thorofore a
more concentrated food than it is often
supposed to be. Colman't Jiural World.
HOW BEST TO TJSE FODDER.
Tho hay crop is scarce in some parts of
the country; corn fodder, like tho poor
is always with us. Now, learn how to
use that fodder to the best
you have a silo, cut the fodder short and
put it in. This is undoubtedly tho best
plan .now known, but if you have no
silos and tho chances aro about one in a
thousand only that you have such a
"modern improvement." tlmn
dcr and shock it ' ,.,;, A K
Tt- , , . .
jou Know now ana can nuord. lake
good care to go through the field every
week and set up or haul to the barn all
the shocks that show an inclination to
fall apart or get otherwise injured. There
is no economy of tho farm 11 ko carefully
looking after things, aud this is particu
larly tho case with corn fodder in a year
when hay is scarco and high. American
Dairyman.
EFFECTS OF SPRAYING FEACEf. TREES.
Profossar Bailey, iu a bulletin issued
lrom the Cornell Agricultural Experiment
Station, Ithaca, N. Y., gives a full re
port of experiments made with spraying
peach foliage with London purplo and
Paris green. Following is a summary of
same;
1. Peach trees aro very susceptible to
injury from arsenical sprays. 2. London
purple is much more harmful to peach
trees than Paris green, and it should
never bo used upon them in any manner.
8. Injury is more liable to occur upon
full-grown foliage and hardened shoots
than upon young foliage and soft shoots.
4. Tho immunity of the young growth
is duo to its waxy covering. 5. Injury
late in the season is more apparent thau
early in the season, because of the cessa
tion of growth. 6. Injury from tho use
of London purplo may be permanent and
irreparable. 7. The longth of time
which the poison has been mixed appears
to cxerciso no influence 8. London
purplo contains much soluble arsenic, and
this arsenic is the cause of tho injury to
peach foliage. 9. A coarse spray ap
pears to bo more injurious than a ne
one. 10. A rain following the applica
tion does not appear to augment tho in
jury. 11. Meteorological conditions do
not appear to influence results. 12. Spray
ing tho peach with water on a bright and
hot day does not scorch the foliage.
13. Paris green, in a fine spray, at the
rate of ono pound to 300 gallons of water,
did not injure the trees. Probably one
pound to 350 gallons is always safe.
Professor Bailey does not discourage
the goneral use of London purple, as he
uses it freely upon other plants than the
peach.
ENSILAGE AT 8l PER TON.
In regard to the cost of harvesting and
storing foods for ensilage, Professor Hay
ward, of the Maryland Experiment Sta
tion, says: An accurate record was kept
of the cost of harvesting and storing of
forty-five tons, put into the silo in three
days, beginning the 16th of September.
The force employed was as follows: porta
ble engine, power cutter, one two-mule
cart, one single cart, one mule hauling
fuel and water for engine (making four
mules), one foreman, one engineer and
fireman, two driven, three corn cutters,
two men at cutting machine, one mau
packing in silo aud ono boy helper on
water cart.
The items "of cost were these: Hire of
cngiuc aud engineer threo days, at $4
per day, 412; fuel, 3; teams and manual
labor, in all 46.40; putting cover and
weight on silo, 3,totul, $64,40, or $1.43
per ton. It was estimated that the tan
gled condition of tho corn in the field
fully doubled the labor of cuttiug and
loading it. Had the feed cutter
been larger the same engine and
fuel could have doubled the quantity cut
per day, although another cart would
hive been neeTed in hauling. It is easy
to see how these improvements might
have reduced the cost of storing per ton
to about ouo dollar. The season for
growing and cultivating tho crop wa so
exceptional, aud the crop itself so small,
that no computation was mudo as to cost
of production to timo of harvest. These
figures, if recorded, would not apply to
an average season. But it may be roughly
stated thut the cost of making the crop,
exclusive of harvesting, need never ex
ceed $1 per ton.
BELTS FOU MILCH COWS.
A bulletin of the Ohio Agricultural Ex
perimental Htation gives the result of an
experiment in feeding sugar beets to
milch cows, made during the post winter,
together with a summary of two similar
experiments, one made by tho station in
1889 and one by the farm department of
the Ohio State University in 1879.
In the last named experiment eight
Cows were kept under test for eleven
weeks', in 1889 twelve cows for eight
-weeks, and in 1890 twelve cows for nine
weeks, tho cows iu each case being
weighud daily, us well as their feed and
milk.
Iu each of tho three experiments, tr
cows ate mora hay and more total drv
matter when foedinir on beeni than In
other foods (hay, meal and bran in 1879,
corn silage in 1889 and 1890), and in
each case more milk was given from the
boots than from the other foods, but it is
not yet demonstrated that the inerrouui nt
milk was produced economically.
For twelve yeare records have been
kept on the farm now occupied bv thn
station which show that the average yield,
of beets over this period has been nearlv
sixteen tons per acre against an annual
yield of about fifty-five bushels of shelled
corn pcf acre.
But a crop of fifty-five bushelsnf hlln.l
corn with its fodder will contain nearly
twice as much drv matter as sixtn t.
of beets, and those cxiicrimcnta indicate
iuni;, wnotuer led dry, as corn meal and
dry fodder, or as corn ensilagn, tho dry
matter of tho corn crop will bo found
about as effective, pound for pound, as
the dry matter of the beet crop.
It is possible to raiso much moro than
sixtein tons of beets to the acre. One
crop of two acres is reported at thirty
soven and one-half tons per acre, and
smaller areas have given still Inrger yields,
but such crops require very rich land and
thorough culture. Whether it is possi
ble to produce a pound of dry matter in
beoU as economically as it can be done in
corn is not yet definitely sottlcd, but tho
juuuuuiiuies are against it.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Keep the wagon well greased.
Neglect is the worst weed on a farm.
Prepare ground well for winter wheat.
Manure on land is concentrated notivl.
Always have a hltchimr
door. '
Long evenings cominir: rend nmi
study.
If you work early and Into. rrt. nf
midday.
Buy nothW vou can nrn1nn
cheaply.
Put the manure where it will do
most good.
Always plan to save labor and thiroi,
reduce cost.
The mnrVft .-..--seldom overstocked
with the best.
Have you dono all you can for youi
fowls' comfort.
Tho host timo to do a thing is before
it is actually needed.
Do everything in the simplest and
most sensible manner.
Better pay a good prico for seed thau
use poor if given you.
Getting money out of dirt is dirty
business, but it is honest.
Have you made your plans for next
year! It is timo you had.
During the rainy days repair tho tools,
oil the harness and fix up the cow stable.
Remember that one of the most impor
tant cares of the farm is tho care ol
health.
Add tho uncounted comforts to tho
money income before you say the farm
docs not pay.
When threshing tako good care of tho
straw. Bright, clean straw is better for
bedding as well as for feeding.
If you havo nothing better, lay in a
good supply o dry earth to use as an ab
sorbent in your stables when needed.
Many diseases of the horse's feet are
duo to wearing shoes too lung a timo.
Knock off the shoes during vacation.
Apply lime whitewash in your stables,
your hen-house, your pig-pen and every
where that insects can lay their nits.
When you dig your potatoes, dry
them before storing, but do not exposo
them to tho sun, if you can avoid it.
This is a good time to open up the
ditches or to nut in tile from that sink
hole that makes ugly jogs in all your
work.
It is a bad plan to clean out tho poul
try houses and throw the refuse just out
side tho door. Barrel at once and put
under covor.
Clear away tho masses of foul stuff
aroun,d the trunks of your fruit trees.
They are harbors for vermin and in
jurious insects.
Eggs are tho most marketable product
that the farm yields. They are ready
for the market tho minute they are laid,
and the sooner they are gotten to market
the better.
A aolitary yellow-dook, burdock or
mustard plant is best preserved by being
carefully cut off close to the ground,
gently carried to tho house and con
signed to the kitchen stove just before
the water boils in the tea-kettle.
Commencing to breed high class
fowls, solely with the object of making
money from them, is the rock on which
many an enthusiastic beginner has split.
Profit mult always be a secondary con
sideration at the outset. It means hard
work and plenty of it for a year or more ;
tho profits como later if you only stick.
An item in making tho most of tho
corn ciop is to begin feeding the fatten
ing stock early. Under averago condi
tions the moderately cool weather in the
fall ia the bctt time to fatten stock, and
with good, thrifty stock a much better
gam can then be made iu proportion to
tho quantity of food supplied than at
any other timo.
Pearls in Wisconsin.
It has just been made known that
pearl producing clams have been dis
covered in the Manitowoc Kiver in Chil
ton, Wis. More than 3000 of the gems
have been taken out, though only four
men have been engaged in the search
three weeks. Frank and Nicholas Chose
bro made an investigation aud were re
warded by finding 2000 pearls during
tho last week. Henry and William
Chcsebro found 1500, tho latter finding
more than 200 in one day. The pearls
are of all colors and experts place a high
value on somo of the choicest of them.
It is only known by a few in the city,
but the news is spreading rapidly, and
many persons aro setting out to hunt foi
treasure. New York Fret.
A Purlslau Rendezvous for Singers.
Paris has a rendezvous where singers,
wishing to bo the fashion, meet with a
view to engagements. Hera a patron
can hear the singer she wants for her
musicalo, or can have her evening pro
gramme mode out by the manager, at a
cost of from one hundred and twenty-five
to twenty-five thousand franca. The
lowest price for a singer is twenty-five
francs. Fjr that a young lady will sing
two songs, and the mistress or daughter
of the house has to accompany her.
Argonaut.
Explorer Stanley
In Africa.
traveled 6700 milui
TEMPERANCE.
A BOMB riCTl'lUt.
Coins In, dear boy, yes, come "right in P
For though wt illd not hoar
Tour sitfniil-whfBtl In th hall.
Nor fonUtop on tha stiiir,
No need then was for you to knock.
'Ti six o'clock, you sue.
And we wero but awaiting you
To "tAkea eupof teal"
Dear me I Just hwirkon to the wind I
It is a fearful nlhtl
The Rtorm-Mcnds surely rage without,
ir-i a" Wllrrn and briRht
il, OIir llretf7 "xv room,
n here round the lamp we three,
Mothor. and you and I, will tit
And "tk a cup of tea V
For see the table ready laid.
With all my dainty things;
The tiny spirit-lntnp a-lighf
And how my kettle siiiEnt
My own dear little kettle, that
At Christmas you gave me,
Bo bnKlit it ohluen, it seems to sayi
"Come, ' take a cup of test P "
And see the fnir home-picture, too.
t - Dm uKei
laugh, if you like, to hear me say
A Hiimle it make.
Each heart bears home and loved oues
Pictured on it. as you see
Them in the little kettle therel
Now "tako your cup of tea T
Mrs. Jane lYinter, in thi Ledger.
A NATIONAL INKBUIATS ASYMJH.
"The prolect for the esUl.Ushment of a
national inebriate avlum nt Indian Spring
lf Popular e, snid Mr. C. X
.i T f"1"""' of lhn Southern Star, uli
me tliat he has revived letters from leaUn
raontntives endorsing the projoet heartily
of In'iZn T tl,0i'' ui5t- Iho eltieen.
of Indian Spring, propose to donate the site
tor such a hospital. 6im man has offered to
subscritie (MM) and smaller sums are fren
olTered. The faet is all that is needed toil
sure the establishment of a splendid tan .
Won there the formol endowment of the
National Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, and the co-operation of theW
temperance worke.-tef0 iWifE
ALCOHOI lit Ul.LD WKATHia
Dr. George Black nays: "All observers
eondenm the use of .pints, and eveuTwm.
or beer, as a preventive against cold. In
J C.,ref1011. "'" L'.,lve evidence of 8 r
John n.ehardson. Mr. Uoodsir ,iu sir John
(Franklin's first voyage), Dr. King. cw Z
KrAfiW 103 "wt search for Sir John
lers), Dr. Yin,.tl, whale crew were teetotal,
of the Kane KipS"-,,i Dr. Hnyes (surgeon
Hayes says in hi nancK (WVi-.'sMiers. Dr.
Ti
will not only not use spirit, but will take na
nmnaccusioine,! to use tnoin, anu that it Im
perious necessity oblige him to give spirit,
hi will give them in small des frequently.
Professor Lehman says: "We cannot be
lieve that alcohol belongs to tho elas of sub
stances cnpablo of contributing toward the
maintenance of tho vital functions." Pro
fessor Moleschott, of Krlnnon, says: "Al
cohol does not elVeet any direct restitution,
nor deserve the name of an alimentary prin
ciple." And, lastly, Dr. Hrintou says: "Care
ful observation leaves little doubt that a
moderate dose of beer or wine would in mot
rases at once diminish the maximum weight
which a healthy person could lift -to some,
thing below his let total standard." London
'rerimtii.
TEH WtASONg ron EIOXINO THB PLIDOE.
1. Sign the Pledge: it is your protest
against strong drink. It is time for every
thoughtful person to enter a solomn protest
against strong drink, which is every year
indicting such awful havoc among the human
race. Who can be indifferent to the woes It
brings on hearts and homes all over our
land
','.. Sign the Pledge: it will benefit your
health. Alcohol is not more necessary to
health than any other chemical or medi
cinal agent. It excites the heart, hinders
digestion, disturbs the liver and stupefies the
brain. It gives a momentary glow and
ctimulus, but you have to pay for them
afterward by an inevitable lessening of vital
heart and auinial power aud mental force.
Eto in moderate quantities, it acts as au
irritant and a poison
3. Sign tho Pledge: it will save your
purse. Sit down aud calculate how much
you spend per day in drink not only for
yourself, but also tor those whom you treat.
lb win amount to a reiectablo sum in the
course of the year. Add to this the money
you might earn in the timo you now lose.
Add to this all the sums pinnderod waste
fully in the company into which habits of
drinking lead you. And wheu all is pnt to
gether, would it not nialio a nice nest-egg
ngainst a rainy day, or for illness and old
ugef
4. Sign the Pledge: it will save you front
temptation. You have no intention of be
coming a drunkard; you scorn the thought.
But there is a risk of your becoming one, so
long as you tamper with the drink.
5. Sign the Pledge: it will be a definite
starting-point in your history. In all efforts
after a better lifu. it is well to havo some
landmark or time-mark to which to look
back and from which to Unto.
o. Sin the Pledge: it will save you time
How many days in the wook do drinkers
spend in the saloon, at bars and in social
drinking, which is timo worse than wasted.
7. Sign the Pledge: it will be sufficient an
swer to those who tempt you to drink.
There is no answer that a nmu can give so
good as this. There are some men who must
have a reason to give others for doing as
thoy do, aud here is a clear, straightforward
answer for refusing to drink: "i have signed
the Pledge."
H. Sign the Pledge: it makos a strong obli
gation. If a persou simply make a resolu
tion, he feels at lilwrty to withdraw from it
if he chooses; but It he makes a solemn
promise to which he has put his hand, he
cannot think of breaking It.
0. Sign the Pledge: it makes it easier for
others to do tho same. We are creatures of
fashion. We cannot help it; we are made
so. What ouo does, others are apt to do.
10. Sign tho Pledge: it will bs a groat help
to your neighbor and your weaker brother.
Many a mau ho been saved because some
other man gave his exauiple aud influence
and name to total aUilincnve.
A Fair Trial
Of nood'-airatpiuiiin fur wmfui, silt rheum or
ny lTwii u OAtuod by lm:ur i t-lo nl, U nfflclut
lo ooarlace ouj ono of thi-m orlor aurt iui at
curittlve powers of IhU wMIlo.'. The f jll win;
Utomeut It rUlit to the iclnt:
"My diubter Mary wu A1ktel with cr fuioua
oro rock fro:u th time ho wiu 23 muaih o d il
atte bocm e yrani of ao. 1-ump. funne l Iu hor
Dtvk, ouJ ooe of thm, nfier niwlng to tho altouf
a plKoan't ett?, boo imo ti ru uag sere fur ov r
th?P year. We icnro hor Hood Hurnptrlil.i, wh n
(he lump n4 i ll lutllo'tl us of itcrofula entirely
UuuiijpcMire I. 'J. K. Carulk, Nuurittut, N. J.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Bold bj all drugKlau. t; mix for l'reiuria out
bj C. I. HOOD cu., Lowell, Hum.
IOO DosoaOne Dollar
Xothiiur On Earth AVill
LIKE
Sheridan's Condition Powder!
II ts atuM.juU'ly pur. Highly canrentrated. la
?untity It oin In than it tenth of a cent a day
irii;liy a inr.llclii. I'm. en's ami rnraH di;a. n.
Cd f'-r "Miirf fhi-k. Wiitlh wiv tlmn K-lt)
whm iu-iiB M'.ull. 'iM Unyw raJt wtvtd mf iJ
Cud alsfor$A to pn-wut i-ur ' a t-iutoiii.-r
you cau 'l Hi ' rn l i 60 i-.'nte --r two i
espreaspaid. Td K HKsT T' l T-Tk PaPKK." m,ia
tils (xuy fne. I'niltry kuliintf (iutde frwith ft
wMVJrmui-a L b. JOtl.Sbu U-, Umu. Maaa.
3 Afkj
IHiEKIS
4,
Ft Trt IphiJ rim
nT ""-aheorhln toplo of the day Is the
teT?n!fc.V,r 'MWs areatwoVd con"
wnrul T V. ,r"nu opportunity to see the
f?om .r ??'."'";h. w,,r1" ron.trurted
TV'a?"' .,h.e P'inlMieni offer "A
Af .Ir.lV,Ar."V.nd he World." .Ln In crder
iil. J'.""?!n anmiMnal t.riesi "A
Kree Trip to Florid!
J, a Hllver Tea Het, M8; a
Mnoliine, ; lady's or
4MHH10
,.n: : ", V "iicn, son. ro every one
Kniuff L1? "i r""1" " twenty-five
In el W.'v"Y,f, f"uS.or n,"r '"""re, found
. r i. I in I0'! ""r Worr"",or'" IHctUnary,
?nPil . lb" "L."' Kclos them 60 cents
? mVr f.1!"1 '"""'""i Catalogue and a
t .nTr,?''': "';' l""rlpllon to their been.l-
person I he
tonv....- . l f',,v'""t"ii. t onicMopen
'the Homo Fa.einntor. M..nt.
hk cviminr-cloelng
ninkiug i.rogress.
T.. .... .
movement In Berlin Is
Fwrri'l1",1'1 !"th!ng where lobWn
hi n ii i ' lc,l """ i'" "p
i if,,!. n,'w "Pl'Hment, but ha been
iNk. Iry it. lour grocer tins It or will order It
aS0 Aim ri a m t . . .
highest graiie. ' ' 01 VU8
'Ill!-: Imp"n' Marque, v. Va.. ny:
"all at arrh Cure cured me nf a very hud
cane of catarrh." Druggists !! It. 7V.
TllR lwt l..r urm.l 0 , .
rrioV ,VJ ui yviiumenes oouie rrom
('ommendnble.
AH claims not consistent with the high char.
acterof Syrup of Figs are purposely avoided
by the California Fig Syrnp Company. It acts
gently on the kidneys, liver and bowrln.cleftiis
Ing the system effectually, but It Is not a core,
all and makes no pretensions that every bottle
will not siiltantlte.
1.2 k 0I, nvte'i in choice one uutulred do.
lar building lots in suburb of Ksiuaa city will
pay from live hundred to one thousand per
cent, the next fuw years under our plan, ti
eli and tier mnmi, win i im.,, .TTT
Vf ,'r,,slril)lelot. Particulars on auplloatlou.
Al. "uerlein .KaiiJJUyAlu.
lis Vaa Ever ("peculate
Any person sending us their name and ad
nresswill receive information that will lead
to a fortune. Ilenl. Lewis Co., becurity
liuliding, Kanatlty, Mil.
vFiI2 "'"I'l""' froeby Dr. K link's Obrat
c i? "kstokkk. No lite after II rst day's uo.
Jlarve ous curea. TroatUe aud fj trial bjlUe
free. Dr. jvllne, KU Arch St., l'hlla.. 1'a.
Guarantee,! five year eight l-er cent. First
.Mortgage on Kansa Chv umimpi iUi-...
payable every six month: nr'nnioni n,i i,,,.,
est collected when due mi, 1 remitted, without
expense to lender. For sale by J. Jl. Hauerlein
Co Kansas city. -Mo. Write for particulars
Woman.
ti oixeasc ami tueir treat menu
r il ' ir,.'ea"c- tnt upon r.
. Vi ,- ' v31- "i loaiuug.eLo. Amireiu rn
i ni or k . Kiwi ..f ... .. i 1 1 a .i.i . . i. .
. l.i.-jl, .ii.i),, hii Arc li su
. r. i.niti.,i-Mj. A'liiiona roi.
111 la.. Pa,
'.ee Wa's
Js Chlneso Ileadachq t'nrev..Ha,rjai
i 'co..S5! Wyandot lel..kaiiaCiiy..M
Adder
Mo
Timber, Mineral, Farm liiids and Ranches
In Missouri, Kail, Texas and Arkansas,
bought aud sold. Tyler & Co., Kansas Ctly, Mo.
Oklahoma Oulde Hook and .Mapsenl any win
on receipt of 50 ets.Ty ler & ( m Kaiisas Clt y, .
era
Mo.
For a disordered liver try lieeeham' Pill.
StJacobsOil
cures t w
and all ACHES
Prom ptly
flWVJAY'S
1 REAQV RELIEF,
THE GREAT CONQUEROR OF Pill.
For ftprft1i.il, Ftrnlr Hncknchr, I'nln In
the fhr-Mt or KIiIhm, llpHdui'hr, Toolhnrhts
or nn' oihrr rxtrrnnl puliit upplleit
I torn ruhbt'ri on hr limit., nr like inntflCt
riiiiN.UH Hi pain lo Imtinntly niou.
For .'otitfft tniiM, 1'oIiIh. Ilronrhltl, Pnru
mtnilit, I iiflniiiiiiHiidiiM, Il litMittini iin. Nr-u
nilutii l.iiiiitinuo. rt'tnilrn, moro thorough
niio rriH'ni itl npnlli-Hiloim nrr nrrrwiirv.
All I in i' run I rut on, IHnrrhwn. Colin.
HHtHi, .NniiMcn. I'liiiillmi hirll, Nrrvwun
i i-nit nirrpii'ii'iirxii nrr rriirru nninuii).
nii'l qutrtily citrrtl by Inking limntflly 'Jit
lo HO tritp
hull' a iiiHibler
ol HHlrr,
dUc. a boitl
All llruittfUi.
'S
PILLS,
An meellcnt and mild ralhartlc. Purely
Veffelahle. Tlie tsnlenl and Itent lellcllie
In the wurld iur the Cure ol nil Ul. order
ut the
LIVER, STOMACH OR BOWELS,
Taken neenrdinir to direr
Ion they will
realore benlth slid
renew vitality.
Price 26 oti. Box.
Bold by aUJDrnggisti.
PATENTS
liivcntora' U. . VatMit nii (IUIDKKKST rtlKR.
F. A. ilOl'K 1.V-, Allui iiey nl l.nw ntiil
Holleltur ol' ralenK.ji tl IF ni.. Valilniitn, U.c.
nfupiniJ NEW LAW CLAIMS.
rtllolUSV' Milo B. steyens & Co..
Allorncya, 1119 V rlt., Wnaliluxton, It. O .
lira neb llllieea, ticvrlanil. Delrnll. bloo
ftREACE
UK8T iN THE WOltU)
t9 Out xXm Gtnuiut.
tioid Jivory whera.
PENSIOfSSIil
T Do ti-Pi nU entitle i
ne .fw Aat,
mmotllatolf
plication. Kmil-v thooltt rfhahlo nrin,
J. II. I'll A I. LIS iW CO., WuNUiuidon, D. a
FITS;
( lilfKO. Trlul Hotlle anil Tr-atle
ut frt't- liv mull. T Ii ii u nit n an t 11 ren
ftT nl! ufhiTH fmh-d. A. ul r'-s H ALL
t'HKMU'AL Ci ttvi K tlrii.ouut Ave., 1'hlU., J'u.
I AD in k r A K .11 'or nlr-.
inr lUTC. I
kvniun i
nTcn. wi'rlenrfd and fenred. Hniise.,
Siahlp, K
anil lfrxi
siahlp, fciutnr Mill, EvnimrnUtr, Kruit Tree.
I'-ynui w. H. urnni. sun rnnm,M
HTl'I'Y, Hook -Keeping, nunlueu rorui,
Jmt i'i-uniuuuli, ArllbiiH-llc, bliurt-duaii, cw.,
tioruiiKiiiy iuukul ty .mail Liroumrs ire.
lit ysnl's l ollvue. 4oT Mam at., iiuilalo, N. ,
lij OTHERS.?!
Snyder's K ITU
li ALUA M"
KnurcAU. HI. f
m.. Pntr.fl
fwr parkiute. tktut iMt-nlrt. Willi lull lii-tiiu ttou. CI
CUlK kii: rMhiiMi.i.ils ftr .lilli". Allnit
lilt SNYiJkit. lwk li.x 431, thiutxo, UL
FitM'innL.r A "'"rjr 'ltH-r, int. Home
lareeTt i '" """"n eendlnn In tho
iU?.?'""' of correct word may not be In a
"r'.i "r.rR.r!'.IP "1Be the xuni.lve trlnnf
IK'lt'O II in, .fit. n. 11. I I.. .
like SAPOUO should
Wke. every thing so brihKbut
"A needle cltfrhes ohhers.and is irselj:
nked'.Try ibin yqurnexthouse-clea,nin
V,liat folly it would be to cut prass with a pair of scissors 1 "Set peo
ple do equally silly things every day. Modern progress Las grown up
from the hooked niello to the twiujjiiig scythe and thence to the lawn
mower. So doii'fc une eciasors!
But do you use SAI'OLIO ? If you don't you ore aa much behind tho
ape as if you cut grass with a dinner knifa Once there were no soups.
Then one soap nerved all purposes. Now tho soiuible folks une one soap
in the toilet, another in the tub, one eoap in the etubles, and SAI'OLIO
lot all scouring and houM-cleaning.
Brimful
of confidence in it the manu
facturers of Dr. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy. It's a faith
that means business, toc it's
backed up by money. This
is what they offer: $500 re
ward for a case of Catarrh
which they cannr ire. They
mean it. They illing to
take the risk the, low their
medicine. By its mild, sooth
ing, cleansing and healing
properties, it produces per
fect and permanent cures of
the worst cases of chronic Ca
tarrh in the Head. It's doing
it every day, where evervthincr
else has failed. No matter
how bad your case, or of how
long standing, you can be
cured. You're sure of that
or of $500. You can't have
both, but you'll have one or
the other.
KI U 4 1
HOW TO GET WELL.
Use Dr. Tobias Venetian Lini
ment If you arc suffering from
Chronic Itheiiiuatlsni, Neu
ralgia, rain i the Limbs,
Hack or Chest. Sore Throats.
olds, NtittViHMl Joints. Con-. -
mituf rT luHJ Iftiro itl Kie
perfect satisfaction
or
the
money refunded.
A hollteha never jel been returned.
Hold by all driivvlal. i'rlre 3e. nil OOe.
IIK.POT. 40M I It A V HT.. NKW VP It K.
PlIITtntl W I., iiaufln Mm ir
bAJllUHi warranted, ind every Ml'
has hi nauie nud price mtmmf ua
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE cenTlImen.
t-bnit frltlrc on pt&tfirv)uAru lufot-moUoa,
W. I.. IMUUlAS, Hrookton, Mono,
For Coughs 0 Colds
There to bo MedlclM Ilk
DR. SCHENCK'S
PULMONIC
SYRUP.
It Is plraaant to th tMt anl
dfw but eenuln a parlicl of
iilluiniriiylhlii-lnjnrtim. It
la tlii- llrUuUih Mntlcineln the
World. Fo-ae by all UrafitMM,
Prico, ft 00 por bottl. 1 .'. (tchenok'i IV.'li o
CVinjnnirllun no iu Cur, mll"t tn. Adilrat
Dr. .1. IT Hohenok Hon. Philadelphia.
iE
HC WONDERFUL f
.UBliRGlCHAIRK
' CI COMBINING ARTICUSy
" iV OF FURNITURE
i Krrrjca IN vali d -
4 'V? Wi?! V&T2K.SJ
?m wAtjul at Uie IWut
.teitt lartory prie,.
and SP4P gootis W uq
ptuA fur od delivery.
Ranri lAinD fur Cat-
111 UIUIL.
LUiiUBQ UFO COh IIS ti bib Gt 1 ailac., fia,
OBLl f SKlt
catarrh;
CATARRHAL DKAKNKSS, H Ax
KKVGH aud all Klin in -a aiMjutei
on rod in a. few duva Vf Hlll'a
Evnpornllve uinrrb Inhailaior. sold ouly uj
toe llilllh. in. Co. Rent, o-wtp Id, to any address lo
the Vnlted Stat f4 1 r Canada cu receipt f 1; sample
Addn-KS all eoniiuuuifainni t our New Yii-
An'nt, H THO H I K, HSK- l,tu HU.New York City.
PENSIONS!
Revfnteen years'
eiperlenee Id
iiiDiM'i'UUnir ieiv
km i'latins. aud ten years an Knauilner m IJ. H.
lViti(iu ufTlov. i'lalinit that baiiK Hrd undor I he old
law on ii lie settled under the uiw law. For eln-ulal
and liiforinntlon wrllo to THOr. ( MiI,iV,
Any., 1300 II Hi., N. V., nnbhiKlou, .?.
ELEGANT
1 Churx'h Fairs, deale: la
llolliluy Uuods Mouvenir
ftr Tourist, ir-.seud fJnUPl TIPR
sianip for Catalooik. I t
UWYLIt COl.DWKLL, Cornwall-on-H lidrnm, N. Y.
PATENTS
ItiTrutor'a (2u1de,
or llotv io OhtnlH
a Piileiil. St ut Free.
Patrick O'Farrell, b'XttSrJSrk
nENSIONS.K.VLVA
Ef Successfully Prosecutes Claims,
B Lat Hrint'lval Kiiminur V fcs. l iuulou Uureuu.
9 3yrsiu Uust war, iiadjudiuiiiinuJuuis, uity stuoa
'Vwsjf s"iTiisiifWmnnwj,ftosf- - -
wuwo wot os qsv eq m trt.i ptiuy
ou ui oua euvuuefi ai eiavniVAUi si ii
tue;
kruijo t
009 !
l pue Jdd iawniz a
JonlN petn-id ijtiuiitl
OOU siuj, -pndjs4oo i
jo tTnuMi inis'pu
I iiaaoq AiueeufAje i iemioe
no edit
JNIO lQ
ti sum
uoo aoofl
wiu mm AiavxrauMi sin 'pwusnai
ATVOUai KTaTU IWIM m
lag