IIOLD UP YOUR HANDS: BOW BRAVE STAGE MEW DEFY THE FIERCE ROAD AGENTS. Hunger Initio litfte ot t he Men Who i Precede tho Hallway Engineer .. (ml Conductor. The stags from Auburn to Forest Hill "wiu bothered by stngo robbers a fovr years ago, nnl s shotgun messenger was put on to protect it, says tho Sun Fran cisco Examiner. On the first trip out ho Was expecting trouble because the box contained a Inrgo sum of money, mi l when, nt a turn in tho road, a man stepped out with a rifto in his hands, tho messenger did not wait for any order to halt, but blazed away and filled with buckshot a prominent citizen of the county. The prominent citizen boing dead, his friends asserted that ho was going out on tho road to guard a dangerous spot and assist in protecting tho stae, and that tho messenger had mado a deplor able mistake and had lire! tot soon. There Whs no evidence to show that the man intended to hold up tho s(a ,'e, be cause tho messenger didu'tgivo him time to order the driver to stop, but there are folks In Placer County who insinuate that it is no dead suro thing that the messenger made such of a mistake after all. They say thnt a man who. goes out on tho road with a riilo to assist a shot gun mcsseuger in protecting a stae, without taking tho precaution to notify the messenger that he will bo there, has inoro public spirit than good sense, and their grief over his death is greatly miti gated by tho reflection that the number of fools is diminished by one. Black Bart was almost always success ful in his attempts upon stages, but he (lidn't fool with messengers very often. He made a mistake once, and tried to hold up tho Laporto and Marysvillo stago when George Hickctt was on the bos. Hackctt jut missed blowing the top of his head off, and B.trt retired to the woods with two buckshot in his scalp. About three miles further alon-r the road another ambitious rond agent showed up, aud Hackctt again unlioi bcred his gun. The second robber ran away, leaving a trail of blood. Messenger C. H. Ward, who had a brush with Road Agent Miller near Red ding last March, and missed killing Mil ler only because the hamrasr of his gun was bent and didn't strike tho primer, has had several lively meetings on the road. k In 1881 TVarJ was on the stage going from Cloverdale to Mcndociuo City. In the night two men sprang out of the woods and ordered tho driver to stop, but the stago was on a steep down grade ' and tho driver couldn't have stopped if he had wanted to. The selection of such a piece of road as the eceno of a hold-up showed that the robbers wero amateurs and did not understand the art of stage robbing. Ono of them tired almost im mediately after giviug tho order to halt, and filled Ward's hand with a lot of ragged bits of lead. His weapon ap parently was a musket, aud in pluee of shot he had loaded it with scraps whit tled from a bullet. Ward returned the fire and hit ono of the robbers, and as he turned iu his scat to get another shot a ride bullet fired by the second robber plowed through the breast of his coat and made a hole in ihe driver's hat. The tiring frightened the horses, and they ran down the grade and took the coach out of range. Ward's hand was badly mangled, but not per manently disabled. News of the robbery was wired that night to San Francisco, and-the next day Detective Thacker went to the scene to investigate the affair. Ho was joined by "Don" Stanley, Sheriff of Mendociuo, ' and the wounded messenger. ' The three officers first carefully exam ined the ground where the men stood when they ordered the driver to stop, and there they found an axe and coffoe-sacK. Spots of blood were discovered on the ground, and some broken brush cbs : by Bhowed that the charge of buckshot tired by Ward had passed about tho height of a man's knee. Clearly the robber had beon hit in the upper part of the leg. Nothing else was found there, and the three officers begau the slow aud tedious woik of trailing the robbers through the woods. They had gone over the mountains toward the coast and bad about thirty-six hours' start. The officers did not expect to catch up with them, because the robbers not only had long start, but could travel faster than the pursuers, who hud to follow tkeir trail. The most expert trailer must go slowly at times, and frequently he is de layed a loug timo by losing tho tracks and being obliged to niuko circuits iu or der to find them again. ' - In tho pursuit of the Mcndociuo rob bers Thacker and his companions spent about a week in the mouutains, but they never caught the robbers. ' John Martin, of Culistoga, brother-in-law of Charley Foss, and himiclf, a noted stage-driver, Is tin. inventor of a method of knocking nut road agents without the assistance of a shotguu mes senger. Martin had a job of hauling a treasure box over the mouutains one dark night, and as there wero no pas sengers he hitched to a light bu.'gy a pair of well-bred, mettlesome horses be longing to himself, instead of using auy of the stage company's stock. The horses were fleet and spirited aud had been trained to obey their master's voice. They would stop instantly ut a word, or spring forward at a run, and when Mar tin was behind them the reins and whip were scarcely needed at all. At a dark and lonesome place in the road, when tho horses wero jogging along easily, a man stepped out from the brush with a gun in his hand and stood directly in front of the team. Martin barely caught sight of the dark figure, and, sizing up the situation iu a flush, he leaned forward and spoke sharply to Lis horses. The spirited animals leaped ahead as il they had been stung, ami in the Bret bound the horse on tho off side struck the robber fuirly in tho breast and sent him down with a crash on the bard road. Tho nniiuul'a hind boofs struck with a mutlled souud, there was a low moan from under the buggy, and as the team flow along Martin glanced over bis tbouldur aud caught u glimpse of a durk form lying motionless iu the road. The botdues and activity of Roil Agent Sharp and hi purtner Djwd ou the Aurora line in lbhO made lupines lively for thu dtoetivex an 1 traileri. The tag was held up with exasperating regularity, and ev-u horsemen and foot pasHeugers were stoppt 1 aud rohljud on the road, q'ho otlie.c.rs engaged a num ber of 1'iuto.s to track the robbers, hav ing a notion that thu Iudiitu could fol- low a trail like a bloodhound. The trail from the scene of ono of the rob beries led into a barren, rocky stretoh of country, and the Piutes made slow pro gross in following it in. They had to examine the rocks minutely for scratches anil marks, and even the best of them found it difficult to tell what rocks had been disturbed. While the officers nnd Indians were pirooting around among the rocks Sharp and his partner slipped back to the road and held up tbo stage on the return trip at the same point. That piece of im pudence aroused tho express company's ire, and a Thole army of shotgun mes sengers were ordered up to Nevada. Sharp and Dowd wero making good hauls and growing rich, and they de termined to work the line for all there was in it while they could. They held up the stage from Aurora to Bodie one afternoon, and lay in wait for the stage going the other way. Messenger Tobie and a side partner were put upon that stago, and upon approaching tho turn of the road where they expected to get into a scrape Tobie got down nnd examined the ground. ITe found footprints, aud was following them, when he came upon a breastwork of rocks. Sharp and Dowd sprang out, covered him with their guns and ordviedhiin back toward tho coach. Tobie had left his shotgun on the coach and obeyed the order. The robbers fol lowed him and kept telling him not to make any breaks or they would shoot. "Nobody is making any breaks," re plied the messenger. "You are doing all the talking, and I guess you'll do all the shooting that's done." As ho backed up to tho wheel of the coach and behind tho side lantern. Tobie whispered to his comrade: "Pass down my gun." Ho got tho weapon without letting it be seen, and its soon an Dowd enme with in sight of the lantern Tobie fired a charge of buckshot into his breast and killed him instantly. The messenger then ran around the coach to get a shot nt Sharp, but Sharp got in his work first and hit Tobie in the arm. The other messenger fired at random and Sharp disappeared in the brush. The two messengers went back to a house beyond a turn in the road to fix up Tobie's arm, leaving tho driver with tho coach. No sooner had they gono out of sight thnu Sharp stepped back into tho rond and compelled the driver to hand out tho express box, with which he dis appeared. Dowd's bank-book, showing large deposits in the Hibcrnia Bank, was the clew that led to the capture of Sharp, who was sent to prison in Nevada for a term of twenty years. Sharp is entitled to the distinction of being the only road agent who ever got away with a box guarded by Wells-Furgo'a sawed off shotguns. WISE WORDS. ' The parlor is the matrimonial market place. Are you a man or woman, or are a part of the publict you Do not grow old ; It is both unneces sary and iucxcusable. There is no perfume like a fresh-turned furrow in tho spring. Tl e trouble with the crank Is thnt ho will turn only one way. - The lark rehearses not and men do not catch the secret of his singing. There is more good common senso la the French duel than in any other kind. Children warm the world; there is a wintry landscape in a grayboard's faco. Carving whito pino goods boxe , with a pocket kuifo U a profession and not a trade. Thre are two ways to forgo ahead, and you eg men are frequently getting them mixed: He said, "Qcod morrow, neighbor," nnd "I wish you well." And I said, "Canst lend me gold?" And ho bade me good-bye. Learn your business thoroughly. Keep nt one thing; in nowise change. Always be it haste, but never in a hurry. 0!' sert'e system in all you do and under take. Labor and pluck are tho invincible heroes who win success; they strike out new paths, create, contrive, think, plau, originate, take all legitimate risks, toil to surmount obstacles, push forward, and win renown by success. Tho glorious galaxy of successful busiuess meu and il lustrious authors havo all been hard workers. The Mosquito at Last Circumvented. A correspondent who has had consid erable experience in camping says that out of sympathy with thousands who have elected to spend more or less of their summer under canvas be would like to make known the way in which he once secured lusting peace from the arch enemy of the camper, the mosquito. Ho was camped on the bsuU of a lake aud tho mosquitoes hung around in clouds, so that sleep was out of the ques tion. After trying every expedient he could think of, he found among his stores a piece of gum camphor. Taldug a piece about tho size of a walnut ho placed it on a tiu place and set fire to It. It burned as readily as pitch, with a clear, bright flame, and apparently no smoke, but it acted like a charm. In two minutes the hated ping of the mos quito had ceased and in five minutes not one of the tormcnters remained within tho walls of the tent. Theu covering his one window with mosquito netting, ho slept undisturbed tbo sleep of the just. It may, however, be well to state that whilo tho fumes of gum camphor are distasteful to the mosquito, they are Dot particularly beneficial to humau be ings, and under similar conditions it woull be advisable for the camper to see that a supply of fresh air is intro duced into the teut before going to sleep. L'hi&ujo Xeai. Co i. sul Nearly Thirty Tears. ,Tuu 1 1 N. Navarro, Consul General in Xew York City of tho Mexican Republic, took charge of the consulate iu lbt3 and has remained at his post ever since. He never grows tired of praising this coun try and becomes enthusiastic when speak ing of what our country will be iu the future. Speaking Dot long ago about the changes which have tuken place in Mexico within the lust ton years, the features of the veterau Consul became animated, his eyes flashed brightly, when suddeuly a cloud eoetuoJ to pass over his face as he exclaimed: "You are happy in being young, as you will prob ubiy see Mexico occupying the place which belongs to her among the nations of the world. I am already too old to have that satisfaction, but I console myself iu seeing my country in a pro gressive puth before I die." Qhictiyo THE FARM AND GARDEN. XBnodENB HMtTLSlOH FOR Tl ANT I.ICR. The following kerosene emulsion will bo found very effective in ridding grape vines and other garden bushes of plant lice: Mix two parts kerosono with one part soft soap, and use one cup of the emulsion to a pail of water. If the ker osene and sonp do not readily unite by stirring, add four parts toiling water and then stir. If used very strong, the emulsion may injure tho follago, so it is better to add a little too much sonp than not enough. iu York Voice. TOO MUCH FKRTIMZEn. It is quite possible to overdue in the matter of fertilizers, aud this fact has been brought out fully at a number of experiment stations. Fertilizers are a good thing when they are needed In tho soil for the crop, but they are not always needed. It is always well to have a small surplus of plant food in tho soil, but beyond that it is not profitable. It is truo that additional fertilizer may bring an increase of crop, but too frequently, upon a rich soil, thnt in crease is at a loss. It is not tho largest crop that is always tho ' most profitable, for an iucreaso of yield may cost too much. American Ariculturut. SWELLED TUVIOAT IX CATTLE. This disease is mostly due to the use of water that is deficient in mineral mat ter or bus an excess of lluie iu it, and prevails chiefly in mountain districts where granito rocks abound nnd iu lime stone regions. The water in such places is soft and without lime, or has too much of it, but ofttm contains a largo quantity of potash, which seems to ex ert a bad cflect on the animals which drink it, and causes the swelliug of tho salivary glauds to which this Dame is given. Tho use of iodine is considered as a Rprcllle, if there is any such thing, for this disease. This is given in doses of one drain for a horse, or two drams lor a cow, or half that quantity for small animals, daily in bran mash or in cut food, aud is used externally on the swelling iu tho form of tho tincture or 1 ointment, well rubbed into tho skin. New York Timet. FOWLS AS GLEANERS. It matters not how much euro be exer cised in gathering tho grain crop, uioro or less of it is certain to be left on tho field in the shape of loose kernels, single heads and titterings. Sheep and hogs, if turned in promptly, will eat a portion of this ungathered crop, but they are not often wanted thus early in stubblo ground, especially if it is uowly seeded. Hence a farmer having a field near the 4arn can utilize this scattered grain by letting the fowls all out nt once in tho morning, iuducing them to follow him to the field by scattering grain before them, remaining in tho field with them half au hour, or until they scatter about in search of food. Practise this for two or three mornings, and they will visit the field often during the day. By this plan tho fowls not only fatten rapidly, but they nro away from tho houso and barn buildings, look better and are healthier than when depending upon food fed to them. I have known instances where fowls have been induced to forage nearly half a mile from the buildings. Not only is loose grain read ily utilized by them, but insects of all kinds, and in their season grasshoppers are their favorite food. The Examiner. ritOTKCTlNO STOCK. In most pastures there are more or less trees that afford shado sufficient to pro tect the animals feeding in them during the warmest portions of the day. Where this is not the case, I think there should be some temporary provision made for affording it, suggests an Ohio farmer, for it seems but little short of downright cruelty that there should bo no place in a pasture where cattle can lie down out of the hot sunshine. This is more likely to occur when cattle are turned into the hai vested grain field than anywhere else, and this Is easily provided for by putting up one or more open sheds which will furnish the required shade and which can be quickly moved to another field if necessary. Tho material can be of tho roughest and cheape description, and can be taken down aud stored away un til tho next season. When there is not enough natural shade this is not only a dictate of humanity, but it is profitable in a pecuniary way to provide comfort able retreats for domestic animals, whether it be from the heat of the sun or from storms. A simple shed without any boardmg-up of sides or ends is all that is necessary, and under this the weaker cattle are less liable to be injured by others thuu in one inclosed ou three sides. X$ York World. PROBLEMS IN AOntCCLTUl:E. There are problems in agriculture as importaut as those in science, and often as difficult to bo determined with exact ness. Large crops can only be produced upon lauds that are naturally fertile or on such as havo been made so artificially by the use of manures or commercial fertilizers. To keep a fertile soil from degenerating under continued cultiva tion and to restore fertility to an impov erished one are agricultural problems that demand a high degreo of intelligent auu careiui iarming ior tneir solution A previous good preparation of the soil is necessary before land is seeded to grass, and different degrees of deep or shallow plowing aro advocated as a prep aration, or as aftor cultivation for vari ous other crops. Aloug with the use of concentrated fertilizers it is always im. portant that there should be decayed vegetable matter; otherwise the plant looa will not be in well balanced propor tions. This includes all crops, and sug gests the reason why the results from manufactured fertilizers are often disap pointing. The manure of animals furnishes in a concentrated form tho fertilizing prop erties of tho vegetation they have con sumed, of which a part is taken up aud assimilated in their growth, and a part, in tho condition of excrement, is re turned to the soil. Thus, barnyard manure and commercial fertilizers go well together, aud the amount that may be protitably applied to land depends largely on the increased production from their use. The value of tho increased production, however, is not to be meas ured by its quantity ulonu without taking the cost of the fertilizers luto the calcu lation. Where it is manifest that purchasing fertilizers is unprolitalile, the farmer's only remedy is to keep his lauds in good heart by a judiciom rotutiou of crops. This alone is a problem for which no ironclad rule will ajVly, aud quo many farmers fail to solve to their own satis faction after repentod years of trial. Sew York World. (MALL C1IKBRB. A subscriber wishes directions for making small cheese that take but forty or fifty pounds of milk. The fresh sweet milk is curdled by the use of ren net tablets. But too much should not be used as it makes a harj cheese. About four quarts of cheeso will make a pound of cheese. The curd should be used fresh and before it has coolod. If it Is cooloil it should be warmed up to ninety degrees. A largo dish pan or a tub will do for a vat whore but a small amount of milk is used. After tho rennet is stirred In leave the milk in a warm place for about an hour wLen the curd is set. A convenient way of setting the curd is to lay a square of muslin in the pan, securing the ends and pouring tho milk into the muslin. Whoa the curd Is set tho corners and edges of tlie muslin are drawn together and tied, nnd the whole lifted out and hung up to drain. As soon as tho whoy is drained off tho curd is put into a mold of any shape or sizo desired. Have them male of maplo, beach or of tin. Tucy must be without top or bottom. Mats of rushes, or clean rye or whoat straw may bo used to rest the molds upon whilo tho choose is making. The mats aro placed upon a cloth which absorbs the moisture. The molds and tholr con. tents nro turnod daily for throe days and If desired are sprinkled with salt at each turning. If to be eaten fresh they will bo ready In three days. If intended for future use thoy must bo removed to a dairy house or cellar and kept curing for six weeks or two mouths, boing turned every day aud laid upon a lattice shelf. Tho flavor of thc-chccso is im parted during the curing process, nnd may bo varied to suit tho taste of tho maker by wrapping them In powdered sweet herbs, cloths dipped In vinegar, etc., etc. Farm, FicUl and stockman, FARM AND QARDEK NOTES. Tho hens' laying thin shelled eggs is often caused by a lack of gravel. When the hens are confined a moss of cooked meat will promote laying. Do not sell off all the old hens. Coop some of them for mothers next spring. Old geese should not bo sold; thoy furnish the most and best feathers; sell the young and keep tho old, To hntch out late chickens, the best place to uiako the ncsU is upon the ground. A moreeven heat and moisture will bo secured. In nenrly all cases chickens should bo separated from tho old hens whenever they aro full-feathored. Separate them and let the hens go to laying. After the first two or three days it is important that young poultry should bo provided with a good variety of food iu order to maintain a healthy growth. Store away the sorghum seed, so me millet and sunflower seed, a good bunch of clover hny, as well as corn, oats aud wheat, to feed tho poultry during the winter. One advantage in buylng-nccded breed lng fowls the latter part of summer or early fall is that a better selection can be had and the fowls .be purchased at a lower price. If young chickens are well-fed so as to make a rapid growth they ought to be ready to market when they aro six weeks, and at latest when they are two months old. It is said that heading back all tho leading shoots of tomato plants three to six inches, from late July until late Au gust, will increase the yield with an im portant gain in carlines3. Keep tho March and early April pul lets for laying. If given comfortable quarters they will lay regularly tho greater 'part of the winter. Late hatched pullets will rarely lay before spring. This is a good time to cull tho apiary and substitute poor queens with other, The colonies that have done well, hav jng a large number of bees, are the ones to select. These are worm double the price of others that havo just made a liv ing without replenishing the purse of their keeper. "Allow about two square inches of drone comb in one of the outside fraraos of each hive," is tho advice of O. M. Doolittlein American lite-Keeper. "Then you will know just where to look for it, and can shave off the drones' heads every twenty days, and tho bees will not try so hard to build drone comb elsewhere." Geese and ducks can be picked regu larly until cool weather in the fall, and if properly managed the feathers will pay nearly or quite as well as the eggs, This and next month are the best fcr hatching all kinds of poultry aud the work should be pushed along as rapidly as possible. Generally late hatchings arc less profitable. Tho statement of a Western farmer that ho has been trying forty years to find the most profitable methods of storing and feeding coarse feed and grain, and il not sure ho has yet succeeded, is worthy of note as showiug the difficulties with which the live-stock owner is obliged to contend. It might also furnish a much needed lesson iu modesty to somewould bo instructors whoso years are few and whose theoretical knowledge is consider ably more exteusivo than their actual ex perience. Canine Sagacity. The following story comes from Stone Lake, lad. : "A gentleman living ou the banks of the lake has a small spaniel dog that is tho pet of the family. A neighbor owned a vicious English bull dog that seemed anxious to fight and kill the little spaniel at any opportunity. Strenuous efforts were made to keep the dogs apart, but through the thoughtless ness of some little children the dogs met on the banks of the lake aud the little spauiol begun his fight for life. He adroitly mauaged to get the bull-dog to the edge of the water and then got him where lie had to swim. After this dis play of intelligence his battle was a good deal more tliau half won, for he had tho bull-dog at his mercy and in a very short time had him drowned." Detroit Free Jixm. Arms as Thick us a Lead Pencil. Mrs. Irving, of Irving Mills, Peun., has given birth to a very small baby. Iu weight three duys after birth was only three pounds. The mother is very proud of her small offspring, which despite its diminutive size is healthy and thriving. An idea of its dimensions may be gaiued when it is stated its arms ure about the thickuess of an ordinary lead pencil. H'imMivv titar. TEMPERANCE. rRAimr in rttAifcav A rpnt convention of French nlivMotnns rrorrt that Inanity from alcoholic uiw la more prevalent In tlint country than rl-whm-e. In tho last neventoim year Inannlty hiw Iripnwwxl thirty nor cent, nnd almost entirely in thi branrlim of alcoholic Insanity and of general parnlystn. Vnry little in crww is noticed In mnnia, melancholia and chronic iloliriiim, anil therefore alcohol nnd ovxrwork nro responslhle for nsrmt of the in crease. Th proportion of women anions these Invrorupe is about one-flf til. Tha iikh of alcoholic liquors by the French tmoiile. taken as a whole, la not much Greater than in other countries; but their nervous, hlirh strung nnturee cannot rtnml the effect so weu as tho stollil iliitisher or phlegmatic Oermniw. Americans in their peculiar nervous temper tneiits and nervous life, re. semnie ne rrencn more then either the English or the Germans, an 1 their constitu tions are more suxceptlble to thf poison of the alcohol. This has everything to rlo iu producing Insanity from this cause. Wit srrKCT or muxk os woniuxasit. The firm of Snmtiel C. Tntnm ft Co., whrj have a largo foundry and machine sbopstn i mcinimll, u., anil who are known all over that State, ny. are very widely A drinking: nmn will turn out ton to twenty per cent, less work than a non- nruiKer, ana in ainnttou it is apt to be dofoc- nve nnu require overnnulinir. This Is espe cially true of heavy beer drinkers. A worlc inKiunn may tnnior with whisky to a very couxhlernblo extent anil still be capable of n bright Men or suggestion; but not no wh beer-(lrlner: they lieooine lnvy, wvlilen. lack ambition nnd seldom vary the inoileof their work. hen one workman drinks too much it efrecte tho work of others, on the principal that a "little leaven leavens the whole lump." The workmen of a shoo are partsof a great machine, nnd the innbilit v of a part to perform its functions will derungo tne wnnie. i no amount or this derangement will be in exact proportion to the number of inrt atlectetl. The employer pays for What le gets. If drink rlecreniies n man's output ten to twenty per cent, he will receive that much less, or the employer will retire from business, unless he can command sufllcipnt sober help to make up the shortage of tho drinkers. Arbitration of lnbor ililitculties would be an exceedingly ensy matter, and long strikes would be unheard of. If saloons were closed. All tho trouble we ever had with our hands could be tincod directly to saloon uinuence." The testimony of many others is exactly inline with the above. That the bnhit of steady drinking impairs the quality of work- nmiKhlp wherever skilled handiwork is In volved, is too patent toquestion. The trem bling hands of a habitual drinker cannot have that firm, strong, yet light and sure touch which is a sine qua non for first-class work. the befu Idled brain loses its power of ao curate judgment; the unxteady eye does not remnin the safe, sure guide it can become by training, when iu its normal condition. Not only is the quality of the work impaired, but its quantity is decreased. If the working man is paid by the pier.', or the quantity. this does not directly net unfavorably on the employer's pocket; but it doee indirectly, by requiring more men to do a given amount of work within a certain time, it ne works ty the day he is nn expensive luxury, and wil be certain of discharge on some pretext. An other point made by Messrs. Tatum it Co., which is so true and so important that it should meet with attention from every labor union or other association of workliigmvn. is that a a drinking man has a generally bad effect on the whole establishment In which he is employed. As the above lotter truly says, "workmen are but the porta of ono great machine, aud the inability of any part to discharge its functions accurately aud projierlv deranges the whole." Sacred Heart lltvieu: TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTTS. Fashionable men in Paris and London are now usiug electricity as a cure for excessive tippling. The French peasant is said to be changing, for the worse. He is losing both his thrift and sobriety. He has taken to drink like the inhabitants of thi city slums, aud bis thirst is for brandy. A successful competitor for the prir.s in a foot-race made this graceful temperance speech in accepting it: "Gentlemen, 1 have won this cup by the use of my legs; I trust that I may never loee the use of my legs by the use of this cud." Cardinal Manning says that the chief bar to the working of the Holy Spirit of Uod in tho souls of men and women is intoxicating drink. Though I have known men and women destroyed for all manner of reasons, yet I know no causa that clTects them with such universality of steady power as this curse of drink. A Congo native, who has been taught to read and write, has just sent a letter, his first to the Archbishop of Canterbury. It reads as follows: "Ureat and good chief of the tribeof Christ, greeting: The humblest of your servants kisses the bom of your gar ments and begs you to send to his fellow servants more gosiel aud less rum. In the bonds of Christ, Ugalia." The Washington 1'o.it, commenting upon the effect of the prohibition of the liiUor traflle within one mile of the Soldiers' Home, says "Heal estate has ta'ten a boom every where within the prohibition sone." It adds that "the atwlition of the liquor traffic throughout all that section of the city mode real estate investors eager to get bold of property there," and that "there is no other part of the city or district where an absolute absence of the liquor business is assured." Summer Weakness Losa of Appetite, 8ick Headache, and That Tired Feeling are cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla DONALD KENNEDY Of Roxbury, Mass., says Kennedy's Medical Discovery cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep Seated Ulcers of 40 years' standing, Iuward Tumors, and every disease of the skin, ex-, cept Thunder Humor, and Cancer that has taken root. Trice, $1.50. Sold by every Druggist in the United States and Canada. ALL AUUUT Kant 'leu a kiSK AUik: weekly 1 yew. l; umilt4 Jt FOR OLD AND YOUNG. Tutt'iMvor IMIU art m kfarily on th clillU, tlie i Ileal) Inmate r liiliiiu old k, aa UMu the vigorous man, Tnii's Pills give tone and Htrenifth to the weak atuu ac-hf bowel, kidut:auil bladder E E 1 liv future UrwM." Never uuf uru ha (it future xrvmb- uum(h it yuuuK oily Immux j tiwuvut laud uMtured. All UUi iiMVe Uiolt iaxrft) cll- it aul flerr U Uu l laUe Flilif. rV-lllil Plrtl lutrojOil of Uta New T uuruMioe my itatrou m profit. OiA'ti itc&lUimoe I, of r rite lor DturUu UI A K. 11 OK, U est men I Utuker. i'itrre, baulk litvi Cnrlong Cam of Color DHndnem. The London Lantet publishes a curi ous case of color blindess. Tho patient was an engine-driver in Ilussia, about forty years of ago, whose vision was per fect until 1889. Then he began to suffer from violont headaches, due to over exertion and insufficient sleep, which wore followed by a loss of all powor to distinguish colors. Everything appeared to him to bo red, nnd he was obliged to throw up his position. Dr. M. llcich, who examined him, could discover no disease, but found his Bight, focus, nnd sensation of light normal. Iu May, 181)0, tho man again submitted lumsolf for ex amination, declaring that his senso of color had been restored. This proved to bo tho fact. The Ixinort thinks that "this case seems to show that sensation of color Is perfectly independent of physiological function." J. C Plmpnn, Mnrqness, W.Va., enysi "Hall's Catarrh Cure cured me of a very bud case of calarrh." Dmgnlwls k'H it, 7Ac. Knurr will ) ut up a gun foundry in China. Excellent (iprinnlile For a personal lnsieetion of the magnificent resources of tho territory tributary lo the Chicago A Northwestern Hallway will lie af forded by a series of HerveHt KxcnrHlon lo points In northwestern limn, iMinncnotit, North and Month Jiiiknto, Nebraska, Wyom ing, I'tah. Idaho. Colorado nnd Montnnn.tor which tickets will he sold nt grentlv reduced rates, i trciilars giving full informal Ion will be mailed on mini leal Ion in V. A. Thmll.Ucn- ernl I'nssenger Ticket Agent, Chicago, 111. Tickets c-au be procured of your nearest ticket ttronL Children Tense I'or It. Pr. Tloxslu's Certain Croup Cure Is a boon to rhHdreu who are attacked with croup or acme congestive colds. Hold by druggists or mailed on receipt of 60 cte. Add Address A. 1'. Uojiiu, Uullulu, N. y. r'lTS stopped free by Uu. Kiaxa's OiiKAt Kxrvb KKSTottGit. No ilU aftor ilr.it day's uia. Mnrveltiuscures. Treatise an i SJLrlil bJltle true. ir. Kline. IM1 Aroli St.. t'hll.. JfnrlUnted with sore eves use Or.isnne Thomp son's Kye-wator.bruggtsts soli at gho.por bottle. orcu ENJOYS Both the method and results when Byrup of Figs is taken ; it ia pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and act gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanse the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, bead nch8 and fevors and cures habituai constipation. Pyrup of Figs is ihe only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste ana ac ceptable to tho stoniru h, prompt in Its action and truly beneficial tn ta effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable rubstances, its many excellent qualities com mend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sala In 50o Mid $1 bottles W all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may Dot have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAH FHAHQISC0. CAL. umviui. K. HEW tot. i -tf)0mm 1 laaarxf A I lay ( IVJn li - ff Jr 4iHf tMirt, ltrtor amlc .ivi ICt'lli-f ut oni'C Armlv tnlo .ht Kmtr 1 50c DruKKUti or or rata. b.'-X fr-m&y be true wh&t-some men say. It-maun be hrue-whaho! men say" cndorsesraSe.poIio. v IHs ajsolid cake ocourin soap For many years SAPOLIO lias stood as the finest and best article of this kind in the world. It knows no equal, and, although it costs a trifle more Its durability makes it outlast two cakes of cheap makes. It is therefore the cheapest in the end. Any grocer will supply it at a "easonable price. HSd't KKMEDY FOH CAlAiUlii OCSfc illlM.St, a 04 nXT cheapest Ui-tioi Is lmmoOiul A WU Is oiU;W. lue S I Cold in Hie ileau It Una uo eiimiL 3 f L'hennest. Ui'llt'l Is imiuea Cold M the ileaa It Una uo eouui. ';f CmcftesTfifs Fnm,,. "SV-llS rHC ORIGINAL AND OCNUiNI Ldle, ut lruil U VUftt MHitS WUb II Ull Is ru Ointment, ol whlrh n nohUlU. i'rteo, U: U un Adilri'Hi fc. All IIU In pacboril In. rmk wrrH'M r danBeruK fmiMlorTt-lla. t I'ruifi "- in i:r.i iur i.uiu-uitrs, uvltiuuufctU, IU.IMMI Ti ftwld br U Loral lrcUl. JflNES THE BEST o FUUUY WARRANTED'-- 5Ton Scales $ 60 Freight Paid A30NESfBlNGIlAMT0N.NY. GRASS. SEEDS i Tl PAM l'1"0 "nil raa erd, ttl iru out dm V r.K hKl l) i. imUioila tour own h:eiilioii). 11 yu ANT l'HK rhWH KfU'K, writ1 Ji lr-- tuntplfi-, Willi r mini t-irvular. J jr ( L I (lit uu 1 1 f u-Hinolittf ' tyun, VhliiityivtM ttl o., ItiNiiHAMir.v V Y. FRAZERAXM 1f liot taw UouuiDA oca JCvnrrwtnra HAY FEVERS CURED TO STAY CUREtt nt trie name anl .id drey. every ralterer in the U.' nn Canada. Att'.r?i a MO I niH i yw uayu,4.U -tlilUls. N 1. EIMSlOf u.niiiiitK. ukIi I ne lo . i. I ' Bucceiifu" prosecutes Claims. 'it? nor I) fl. 1'rr.nioii Bu IU litOi uLlUMiaiUia. Mltj .Hit. P ywm"iH-li,,ii miluiiii. M dl.l'. -tl. -! lor IIWRuk Jivruatl' part." tf V rhn tor !... A W llirulrun I iur Wu.AroN Jj. c. fc Cimijo.,! t. ' V- - There' dangtf In a ccyitcb more thnn ever when your blood is "bad." It make tliinps ensy for Consumption. But j tliero's a euro for it in )r. Pierce's Golden Medical DiHeovcry. A posi tive euro not only for Weak Lungs, Spitting of Illocnl, Bron-' ..... , 1 1 i : emus, jxflumia nnu nu nnpunnK Coiiphs, but for Consumption itself ' in all its earlier stacjes. It's re- sonablo. All these diseases depena I. on tainted blood. Consumption is simply Lung-scrofula. And fof every form of scrofula and blood taint, tho "Discovery" is a certain J remedy. It's so certain, that its makers guarantee it to benefit or f euro, in everv ease, or tbo money It refunded. With a mcdicino that it " certain, this can bo done. t There's a euro for Catarrh, too, i ' no matter what you've been led to beliovc. If there isn't, in your cas, ; you'll pet &.ri00 cash. Its a bona- ; fido offer that's mado by tho pro- j prietors of Dr. Sago's Catarrb , sure, but they aro willing to tako ( tho risk you ought to bo gLMJ" t to take the medicine. "August 99 Flower How does ho feel? He feew ? blue, a deep, dark, unfading, dyed- in-the-wool, eternal blue, and ha j makes everybody feel the same way August Flower the Remedy. ; k Mnui Hnnfl ha fool 7 1 To tl a a ueaaacne, generally auu ana con stant, but sometimes excruciating August Flower the Remedy. ( I Howdoos he feel? lie feels a violent hiccoughing or jumping of t 111 otui ii.iv-aiivi u instil, taifiuj - uiuui-iumiu; itmikii ui n tuti lie iia eaten or drunk August Flower v tho Remedy. t How doos he feel? ITe feels the gradual decay of vital power ; he feels miserable, melancholy, i uopeiess, nna longs ior atain ana r peace August Flower the Rem- edy. ; How doe3 he feel ? He feels so full after eating a meal that he can hardly walk August Flower the Remedy. 9 G. G. GREEN', Sole Manufacturer, ( v'wviintrv. New krscv. U. S. A. hsb-m POULTRY book, awsjs: UULIIII PANt'l Klti liixrMT.ii, S. J. SICK WtAtc, NsKroust VVhkixmiko mortal! fl a 1 mtmfl won. tttaum iir noMr. Uotv. a ydir. sample II. I V K, httitor Murrain, N. 1. ' i ?1nmni..tn, nn1 frmoll, ..ml i n a?tb?? T W 1 (or Cold i ."I u ,i..cll UHivH.. to ,t inll partliie Is .ipnlli'il to t iraistn or sent ly luall. T. Ha'zki.tink. Will-ran, ra Rcd Crosi, V Diamond Brand The only Hafts, Nuru, And rMM fill for aula. VXy a. ttr at m urm Milk an "U t-iu I lur l.ailli-M." Chicmiatca Cmehical Co I'll 11. A ill- i fin ' . "MY WORK SHALL BE PERPETUATtO." Tlir rorncimitlon of Mr., rinklmm'. work w. fuunli'il l.v li.r f.ir.-.ljthl from tin- iurt. K.eri nilVrin; woman aot.Ui.iiflo Ik r ri'velvrd prr.on o'N-lilluli. hiiU the ilt-tniU ut every ca were re toruVd. Turn- I. -or.l. are lo luv the Inner,! la Ilia n-orlil, coiiMiu fact. uui luuud clttwuero lluw oiii'ii to all women. LYDIA E. PIKKHAM'SSn: 1 the only I.pnitlmnle and Po.ltlve UemedT for llio.e M-iiliur wi'nltut'.sutuud ailutcnU luudtul to WOMI-U. fJS' nnlli.'.l.. "UyM.kn..Hkua IlleaMH. '" W-ultt..llj t:iu.lri...MtHtrMle4wri.tkMMk Ldla 6. PinKhjm Med. Co., Unit. Mail, ll'lltl. E 7Tl I V'-AF 1 id BU. N. t JgS Kf, VMS I
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