SWRET CORN.
i Hwect corn has mnn usm lin.l,1. flf.
ncss as a tablo delicacy. Animals like
. . U I.-.. .1 r. . ,
uutu ucult man ncia corn, even as
men and women do. Sweet corn will
be useful to feed cows when thn
begins to fail in the late summer, and will
tobko rai!K ana butter eoiml to tliat pro
cluced by June grass. It is also the next
vung to milk for fattening young pigs.
Chickens are Tor? fond of it and do well
on it. Dut it will not do for the silo
American Farmer.
' MAxrnrxo meadows.
Meadows will be much helped by a
nuerai dressing 01 manure Immediately
aner Retting t,ft the hny. The sudden
change from dense shade and ample
uiuisiure 10 Drignt not sun and scorching
uryness uy the mowing is very trying to
the grass roots, and undoubtedly is one
reason wny our meadows are so short
lived. To top dress the gruss with ma
nure is thus a most effective help, and
without it is hardly possible to maintain
the grass in permanent good condition.
The manure should be fine and well
rotted, so that it may not choke the
gross. New York Times.
OOOD ORADE CATTLB.
Between the well bred grade cattle
and the ubiquitous scrub is a great gulf
fixed. It is by no menus necessary that
an animal should be thoroughbred to bo
profitable, but it is necessary that he
should have good blood and that a
reasonable amount of care should be
taken in his breeding. If this is dono
you will be well repaid. If not,
the chances are against you. Any
calf of whatever breed outfit to have a
good sire, and with a good grade dam,
weigh from 700 to 1000 nt a yearling.
Blood tells, and there is plenty of de
mand for primely bred cuttle, calves or
beevss. A well known breeder of Here
ford cattle recently sold a lot of year
lings of that breed, weighing over 1000
pounds per head, at per hundred.
Why can't every farmer do as well?
Farm, Field and Stockman.
i
WHERE TIIK TREES OO.
There are many things which seem to
have had their influence in preventing an
overproduction of good fruit. In the
first place not one-half the trees planted
ever reach a bearing age, and of those
that do live and thrive not more than
half bear fruit of any special value to
the owner, because the varieties are not
adapted to the climate or other condi
tions under which they are grown.
Blight, noxious insects, and gcncrul neg
lect all contribute to keep the supply
of good fruit down to or a little below
the demand. Thousands may sow where
but few reap is as true to-day as in any
age of the world, and it is well that it is
so, else the truly deserving would have
less to show for their skill and industry.
The immense increase in population has,
of course, given a proportionate increaso
in consumption, whilo the modern facili
ties for transportation of fruit from one
part of the couutry to another, as well ns
to foreign ports, has helped enormously
in providing good markets. In addition
to all of thete, the dryinsr or evanoration
of the perishable fruits of late years has
Biimuiaica me production of such kinds,
and it is likely to continue, because there
are raaDy foreign Nations who want our
dried fruits m immeuse Quantities.
Under present conditions we think there
is little dunger of overproduction of
cuoice lruits of any kiud in this coun
try, at least not until all who attempt
its cultivation know more about the
business than they do at the present day.
iiuir lur&oiiu.
WHOLE AND PIECE ROOT GRAFTING.
A study of whole and piece root graft
ing bas been beauu at the Illinois Station.
For this purpose more than 2000 crafts
were put up and r-et, though many of
them failed to grow. Advocates of the
whole root method claim as its greatest
advantage that the graft is set on the
collar of the seedling tree, that tuero
alone is the natural place for union be
tween the trunk of the tree and the root.
and that to put the graft on any other
part of the root must necessarily make a
less perfect union and consequently a
poorer irte in tno nursery and a less en
during and perfect orchard tree. Many
of them do not advocate the use of the
whole root, as one would naturally bo
led to suppose, but what is usually
called the upper cut, five to six inches
long, from the collar down.
As reported by Messrs. Burrill and
McCluer, station horticulturists, they have
Uied roots in various forms, from whole
roots ten inches long, to 'roots cut into
pieces of dillereut lengths, with cions
set two inches above the coKar, on the
collar and two iuches below the collar.
The conclusions from one year's work
are: The whole root has no advantage
over a piece root of the same size. (Size
refers to both louth and thickness.)
Xiuots with small side branches left on
gave better results than roots of the sumo
size with the rootlets cut away.
Hoots five inches Jong gave better re
sults than roots four iuches, two inches
or one inch long.
Roots five iuches long, not trimmed,
gave nearly as good results as roots ten
inches long. Mew York World.
PASTURING MEADOWS.
Whether or not the quantity of feed
secured by pasturing the meadows after
its crop of hay has been harvested will
make up for the damage doue is, to say
the least, questionable. This is es
pecially the case when the summer is
hot and dry, and the regular pastures
are cropped dowu and the meadows
in consequence furuishing nearly or
quito nil of poaurage are eaten down
close.
A fair growth of top in summer pro
tects the roots iu summer as well as iu
winter, and thi6 is taken away, dona by
pasturing. Some fcod is, of course, secured and
the stock kept thrifty when otherwise
they would be almost certain to ruu
down. In some cases, when the mea
dows have been cut reasonably early,
there is no question but that pasturing
can be doni witlmtit injury, if care is
taken nut to allow tUe stock to crop tug
f
will
grass down too close. In most cases It
will bo better to cut and feed some green
crop at this time rather than allow the
meadows to be eaten down close.
Of course, in many cases the meadows
are pastured one season and a fair crop
01 nay is narvestea, Dut tins is not proof
that the meadows were not damaged or
that a larger and more profitable crop
would not have beenecurcd if the stock
had been kept out. With hay, as with
all other crops grown on the farm, a
large yield of good quality means a pay
ing crop, while a light yield will barely
pay expenses. In many localities it is
quite an item to keen a meadow as Inn?
as a good growth and yield can be had,
and to do this caro must be taken of it.
If pastured too closely in hot, dry wea
ther more or less ol the plants will bo
killed out, and if this is kept up a re-
seeding will be necessary.
fcxtremes should be avoided. In a
favorable season, when a cood growth
has been made, some pasturing can often
be done with bcneUU But again, when
hot weather sets iu, as is often the case
mmcdiately after hay harvest, pasturing
is frequently a serious injury, and iu any
season considerable damage will be doue
f the stock is allowed to cat the crass
down too close. St. Louis Hcpublio.
FARX AND GARDEN NOTES.
Perennial phloxes are growing in pon-
uiarny.
Lilacs may be propagated by means of
grafting.
If you want fine specimens thin out
severely the tree fruits.
Over-crowding animals is the surest
way of inviting disease.
Bran comes nearer being a complete
scock looa taan anything else.
If flies infest the stable scatter some
chloride of lime and observe its effect,
For pear scab, spray the affected tree
repeatedly with the Bordeaux mixture.
High-priced clothes and low-priced
cattle will not pay the mortgage on the
larm.
Corn silage, with gluten meal and
bran, is an excellent ration for feeding
uceves.
The California privet may be propo
gated by cuttings planted in the open
giouna.
Stock owners should be more inter
ested in preventing disease than in seek'
ing cures.
Ihose who took their bees out of
winter quarters latest this year did best.
May ZD proved to be the best time.
Recently a mare foaled unattended in
a freight car and got alons all richt,
The train was running thirty miles an
bour.
A horse's memory is as long as his
life, and this makes the lessons he first
learns of the utmost importance, as he
never lorgets tuem.
For young animals, wheat bran is a
good food, as it combines all the ele
ments of ha; and corn, and the sugar
it contains renders it easily digestible.
To prevent bees from stealing the
wax from grafts wrap thin paper around
tne wax wnen it is nrst put on. By
naving me paper wuuo tne wax will be
cooler.
It is to the apiaiists' interest to build
up a market at home, even if he only
gets the price at which honey is sold in
the large cities he saves the cost of
transportation.
Those who plant strawberries in .Tuly
or August can expect a small crop of
very fine berries next spring. But they
should be well cared for during the sum
mer and full and well manured as winter
sets in.
It is all right to plan work ahead for
a rainy day, but if it ought to be done
at once; do not put it off. A needed re
pair on tool or machine may be but a
small job now, but use will soon make it
a big job.
Clover or grass land newly plowed
is not good for strawberries. Tha red
headed grub is abundant iu such land,
and he is no aid to strawberry culture.
Wait till the sod is well rooted before
putting out strawberry plants.
The French have found that the
Jersey and Devon cattle are less liable to
disease than the Duration, and this may
account in part for the fact that there is
an apparent increaso in tha number of
theso cattle used in Paris dairies.
Buckwheat is an excellent food,
cnubling tho cows to produce a superior
quality of milk. Being very rich in
nitrogen, many farmers pr?fer the bran
of it to that of wheat. The kernel is
known to be more valuable than that of
wheat or oaU.
The intelligent dairyman must study
incessantly. Every cow has her peculi
arities, which must be considered, and
adaptations made in food and treatment.
Success in almost everything is won by
attention to details, and this is particu
larly true of dairying.
At a recent flower festival given for
charity, in the grounds of the Villa
Isorghese, just outside of the walls of
Home, the women students of tho Human
University were present wearinsr the col
ored caps of their colleges, like their
men fellow-students.
An Electric Ulat Polisher.
The electric hat polisher is the latest
innovation in the field of applied elec-
tricity. In the lower corridor of the
Produce Exchange Building may be seen
in daily use a practical illustration of
this process. The operation is as simple
as it is effective. The hat is slipped
over a clutch, which holds it firmly, and
the clutch is attached to the end of the
shaft of a small motor. The current is
switched ou, aud as the hat spins around
at the rate of 2000 revolutions a minute,
a brush moistened with benziue, or some
more mysterious fluid, is applied. After
this cleinsing strips of siU or plush take
the brush, and the hat ia polished off.
Xrouiug is rendered uuaecessurv. as
the heat developed bv the friction
against the rapidly moving surface an
swers every purpose of a heated iron.
Not only is much time saved over the old
method, but the results are said to be
supeiior. Silk, derby or straw hats are
renovated with equal success. New
York Advertiser,
FIERCE WOMEN WARKIUKS,
DAHOMFT'9 ABMT OP BOOO
XJKB AMAZONS.
WAB
Thfy Evlnoo thn Most Desperate
Oonrasreln BiUtfa Their Uniform
nd Weapons Human Sacrifices
r
N ordinary times the army of Da
homey is composed of 2000 Am
azons and 4000 to S000 men war
riora. This is the well drilled
standing army, which, in peace, is kept
at or near the capital, ready to march
anywhere at a moment's notice. When
an important war is on hand the King
calls out the reserve, which increases tho
strength ot bis army to 1 2,000 or 15,000.
The most unique features of Dahomey
are its largo force of women warriors
and its terrible system of religious sacri
fices, in which hundreds of human vie
tims are butchered at the capital every
year. Dahomey is the only country in
tho world which makes women a part
of its military system. In tho year 72.)
the King, hard pressed by enomies,
placed a large number of women upon
his fortifications to deceive thebosicging
army with regard to his military
strength. Theso women acted with such
unexpected gallantry and engaged with
such abandon and lerocity in the battle
which brought victory to Dahomey that
they wero organized into a permanent
regiment, and women have ever since
been among the bravest sJiers of the
land. The flower of the fair sex is likely
to got into the army as well as nearly all
the strong minded women, tho viragos.
Now and then the King takes a consort
from his women regiments, but no other
man can marry them.
The women are taught that they aro
not weak, but strong. Every womanly
sentiment is suppressed, and they become
unsexed and unnaturally ferocious. But
after all, the system of women soldiers
is a source of weakness as well as of
strength to the country. Dahomey is
rich in soil and in resources, but its pop
ulation is not large and is decreasing.
It has less than 1100,000 people. The
country cannot afford to keep a largo
number of celibate women in its gar
risons. In the natural order of things
these women would be tho mothers of
thousands of children; but not only arc
the additions they mako to tho popula
tion most insigniticant, but also most of
the women captured in war become mere
ly the camp followers and servants of the
Amazons, and are under the same re
strictions as to celibacy.
Two Englishmen, Messrs. Skertchly
and Burton, mado a very careful study
of the . Amazons. Burton said they
showed the most desperato courage and
reckless daring, and are very formidable
enomies. Skertchly said that Amazons
delight in nothing more thau polishing
their gun barrels, which gleam like sil ver
in the sun. The French gaine I a
vivid idea of their ferocity in battle dur
ing the late war, when, under deadly
fire from the French fortifications, they
made charge after chargo up to tho
works. When at last put to flight and
pursued, dying women on the ground
caught some of the French troops by the
legs and tried to throw them down and
stab them with their swords. All
Dahomoyaa soldiers, men and women,
have a ration of intoxicating liquor
before they go into battle. The French
say that in the war of 1839-90 the per
fect recklessness of the Amazons was
doubtless increased by liberal potations
of gin. The women had just enough
liquor to make thein devilish without
interfering with their powers of locomo
tion. Their sleeveless tunics of bine and
white native cloth, their skirts falling to
the knee, and their short trousers mako
it easy to distinguish them from the inalo
warriors. On parade in tho capital they
wear a head ornament of horn tips which,
however, is not worn to battle. Neither
do they, when advaucing toward the
enemy wear the bolls which nro always
hung around their necks in time of
peace. The well-kuown tinkle of the
Amazon bell makes proclamation to all
the male creation that It is high time to
scurry down the byways or get out of
sight somewhere to avoid meeting the
King's soldiers; for tho man who dares
to keep the road when an Amazon ap
proaches pays for his temerity with his
life. On all the highways these women
are more isolated from the other sex
than any nun. Skertchly said it made
his blood boil to be compelled to slink
out of view like a thief whenever he
heard that odious bell.
Their weapons are bliinderbuscs, flint
locks, and bows and arrows. Their pla i
of warfare is always to tako the enemy
by surprise. They usually march to tho
attack in tho gray of tho morning nud
before the enemy is awake they are upon
him with their impetuous war cry and
fierce onslaught. Mr. Chaudouiu says
he saw 4000 Amazons in 1SS0 grouped
arcundthe King, perfectly motionless us
they stcod iu lino but ready to ImuiuI ut
a signal from their master. O'.d or yotri x,
homely or baudjome, they were a re
markable spectacle. They nppeared
every whit as muscular as the male
warriors and their bearing was military.
Tho crowd of people approached too
near and a half dozen Amazons walked
alou tho liuo nourishing their puns and
crying with imperious gesture, "Back,
back,"' whereupon tho crowd made haste
to retire to a safe distance.
After the lato war Kiiic Bchnuzin
caused a number of Amnzons to bo be
headed on- tho charge of cowardice, lie
endoavors in every way to mako them
perfectly fearless and indifferent to pain.
Mr. Borghcro describes a sham tight that
he witnessed at the capital a few years
ago. Thousands of buudles of llminv
cactus bushes made an obstruction 131(1
feet long, tweuty-tivo feet broad, uu 1
seven feet high. Hejond this obstruc
tion rose the framework of a house of
tho same length and sixteen feet broad I
and high, tho two slopes of its root cov- I
ercd with a bod of thorns. The barn- I
footed womou three times surmounte 1 I
trie neap of thorns, scaled the house, aud
then appeared beforo the Kiri". tlioh-
feet and legs covered with blood, and
their faces wreathe 1 with smiles of tri
umph. Three thousand women Uok
part in this astounding spectacle
Human sacrilices nre a feature of the
religious customs. In Attorney, during
the annual sacrilices, 500 or moro vie'
tims are put to death to appease the gods
and carry messages to the King's ances
tors in the other world. Those eucrilice3
are very elaborato. Tho victims, tied
iand and foot, are fastend into baskets
and carried to tho top of a platform
twenty feet from tho grouud. Hero the
King, under his umbreWa of state, iui
parts the uies.-ag. he lcsirei tne victim
o tuke to tha uihe;- world, Tuey wo
then raised aloft and dashed to the
ground where, a crowd of Amazons and
common people rush with tho greatest
fury upon the poor wrotches, cut ofl
their heads, and often divide their bod-
its into many pieces. Governor Bayol,
while In Abomcy in 1800, was a specta
tor of this scene. He says that he saw
an Amazon about nineteen years old rush
upon one of the victims. She was
new recruit, and had not yet killed any
body, and it was desired to put her to
the test. With her sharp-edged sabre,
held in both hands, she struck the vic
tim three blows on the neck, then
chopped off the last pieces of flesh that
still held the hesd to the trunk, after
which she carefully wiped her sabre and
retired to tho ranks. Alligators, est.
and other animals are also sacrificed to
carry messages to their kind. If Behan-
ziu makes the French too much trouble
during the coming campaign, hej may
puraiuiy son mm cunselt to interview
is ancestors.
The victims are invariably criminals or
captives oi war collected to make a na
ivo holiday. Whon Europeans nrotest
iw mo aings oi unnomey against these
terrible sacrifices, they are told that not
only docs this slaughter givo groat satis-
action to tne gods, but also it is thn
only way to mane a great jail delivery
u iney uid not kill their criminals, they
say, it would tako too many soldiers to
oppress evil aoers. And yet Duhomev
is not a people of savages. Under ordi-
i.ii,uiu3uiuuiu me norm are urn
geuue ana easy 10 influence. Most of
them obey implicitly all tho laws and
Mrrlilntin.. C 4 1 . T - ...
"s""""" " tueir lying. i uey are
lairly lndustnous aud havo attained
sort of semi-civilization. They represent
uuo ui me noesc types ot tho black race,
aro above medium staturo, have bright,
intelligent faces and powerful physique,
and it is only in war or in the practice
of their religious customs that they dii-
tiujr reraarKaine lerocity and fanaticism.
ine liing is aided in his (Innrnmant
by a council composed of his principal
chiefs; but in spite of his ministers and
his own nearly absolute autuoritv. hn U
sun suomissivo to the occult miner of
iciiuu. i ne peopio to-day would rise en
masse against their King if ho undertook
rriL ... '
to suppress their fetich doctors and
abolish the time-honored sacrifices. One
curious religious law imposed upon tho
n.iug oy me leucn priests forbids him to
look upon the sea. This law was doubt-
ess made to prevent the Kin? from
coming too much under tho influence of
the white men who miht Dersuado him
to forget the customs cf his country and
overthrow feticbism. New York Sun.
WISE WORDS.
Fromiscs seem to lancuish. ther run.
not die.
Truth Is
not cherished where sin is
nourished.
The breath of prayer comes from th
fe of faith.
Flying birds
are never taken In a
fowler's snare.
Every man defines
cowardice In his
own case as discretion.
Nature has sometimes made n font.
but a coxcomb is always of a man's own
malting.
You cannot dream vourself i
character ; you must hammer and for"
yourself one.
We all want a little moro than we
have, and it is for the good of our souls
that we don't get il.
It is better to give while you are liv
ing than to leave Tour money to be di
vidod among lawyers.
Tho time spent in brooding over
troubles if properly employed would en
nblo you to surmount them.
A woman might as well propose; hur
uusoana never admit after marriace
...itw mu him uid uuo who am It.
A girl will cry with a loud bawling
noise until she is ton years old, when
y.u uv.uo iu tuuivaio mc art of weep-
I ho primal duties shine aloft, like
Dims; mc cnariiijs mat soothe nnd heal
and bless are scattered at tho feet of man
like flowers. '
If wo would read tho secret history of
""", wo wouia nnd, in each
man's life, sorrow and suffering enough
to disarm all hostility.
The law of the harvest is to reap more
than you sow. Sow an act and you reap
a habit; sow a habit and vou reap a
character ; sow a character and you renn
11 rlo.ftn. 1
Liijhdiliis'g queer Pranks.
"Lightning plays some queer pranks,"
faid William t'athcart, at tho Llndcll.
'I was traveling through Cotes County,
. ....., some year ago, nnd sought
.....u u iiiuuucr storm in a farm
house. Thu farmer undertook to build
a tire in thn kitchen stove to dry my
lamp garments. Ho was down on his
knees blowiug tho coals vigorously when
there was a terrill.j clap of' thunder, nnd
a bolt of blue tiro shot out of tho stovo
into his fHl. Ho fell bIU;k as limp as a
wet newspaper. The lightning tore all
Ins clothmg oil with the exception of
boot and trousers leg. There was a
strcru down through his beard, across
Ins breast mid d.iwn oue leg ns though
mado by a red-hot poker. I auppoted
he was dead ns n il.i.i. noil tr. '
picked up a largo crock of milk that
stood on tho tuble aud dashed it over
him, nnd in less than tu-oe mtmitM ho
fat up, surveyed himself K.id mournfully
leniaikcd: 'Marlcr, jo.: ouihtoii to treat
me that rrway afore strangers. '"St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Il'irnlii; el the Air.
A. mysterious electric phenomenon hns
Inleiy been explained . by Professor
Ciookcs. When an nre is formed by an
alternating current of 0,000 to 100.000
".s ami uigu irequency, two steadily
burning flames uulike the well-known
clectriu brush steam out from the elec
tro. Ics. 'J'ho electrodes, however, are
not consumed. Tho explanation is that
the flames are due to au actual combina
tion of tho nitrogen and oxygen of the
air, with tho formation of nitric and ni
trous acids ns products. This suggests
startling possibilities but we are assured
that the atmosphere is prevented from
taking tire uud burning up completely,
deluging tho earth In a sea of nitric acid,
by tho fact that the igniting point of
nitrogen is higher than the temperature
of its combustion, the flame being, there
fore, not hot enough to set fire to the
adjoining gas. Trenton (N. J.) Ameri
can. The loco weed, which is abundant ia
Western Kansas, has a peculiar fascina
tion for cuttle, upou which it exerU an
iuUsicatiug eilcct.
TEMPERANCE.
TBI WATER MUNKIR'a DAT.
In the old days total abstainer were
wofTd at, and we almont bad to apologise
for drinking water; now we find constantly
people murmuring somet hing like an apology
for drinking wine in our presence. Th
change is coming slowly an i stwidily, and
when we are beginning to be disheartened
in our Individual effort, we must look to tho
change that is taking place all over the
worio, tans courage and thank Uod. Canon
vvuMriorce.
A BTRIKtNO CONTRAST
In Mendocino Countv, Wis., there Is
lumbering village of 1100 population, and
there are thirteen saloons. The nay roll of
ci"uiny nmounM k tww a month,
Andoftnis sura it Is estimate ! that tsuoo,
u viiir-.imi, in spent ac tne sa
loons. On the other hand, at another vil
lage a rew miles distant, the pay roll Is
B'iOOa month, and not a cent of it is known
to go for liquor. The mill company own
mjo -' " "'w mm nuow no saloons, i ne re
sponsibility of corporations and companies
for safe guarding as much as possible the
urcn id ineir employ, though obviou
enougn, is too little regarded.
INTOXICANTS, POVKRTT, VIOB, AND CRIME.
I like to put myself on record also as say
ing mat nil the poverty, nil the crime, an
u vnn vice wnicn attract public attention in
" mining wnai we call the poorer
vmnco, nmj twrrioea to tue tree or In
toxicating liquor. ( have said a hundred
times, and I am willing to say it again, that
-njumij win uine cnarge or all trie pov
erty and crime which results from rimnLn
'"fVi6 8outh Congregational Church, of
n-iiicn i nave tne nonor to be the minist-r.
win aione taice charge or all the rest of the
pu ra-iy woien ueeus "outdoor relief" in the
city or Dottou. if that church could satisfy
it conscience with as small work as that It
would certainly relieve its visitin forces
""d Its treasury of a very considerable part
iiuw uiaue upon mem. ivj
MAN'S NATURI lit BIS CUPS.
Ro with the popular belief that, tha .i
nature of a man comes out when h i hi.
cups. Kometiines it does, but quite as often
""" iiHiiire ol tne man is not simply ob-
as completely uhanged as If the man 'had
.-"u.c-u. wui I, in mmuiuLH 7 nn irMt. nw
niuiirmy receiveu a terrible injury to the
uiiuu uuuuu pnysicaj violence or disease
rime men out ot ten. when in their -,i.
are silly or luttubriouslv tmlmm nn -rr
how robust in understanding or vivacious
ii uiieiieci mey may be when sober. If the
truth comes out in the wine, then silliness
nu opacity oi mind is the natural state of
mankind. The truth is that the truth no
more comes out in the wine than the truth
comes out when any other form of transient
insanity or partial paralysis of the mental
powers is produced by another agent than
wwuvi, tjmiue i'asu.) x-ost.
LIQUOR ITS JACKSON PARK.
rwo saloons have already been estab
lished Inside of Jackson Park where the
great wnite palaces rise so grandlv. and in
toxicants are openly sold to the thousands
oi worxingmen employed on the grounds.
Just outside tho entrance on 8ixry-t!ilrd
street, within the sacred limits of the Hyde
Park prohibition district, still other places
have been opened, and all kinds of anti-prohibitory
beverages are retailed over public
ui. oetweeu nve ana six nunirea of the
men empioyea on the great manufacturers'
Uuitiling are raid off on Hnturdnv r,i rl,f.
and a trio through Sixtv-third
Keries showed how easy it is to accumulate
an aicoDouc exhilaration and get rid of hard-
earned wages at the same time. Ground has
oeen nroKen ror a Moorish oalaee two him.
dred feet square. It is a reproduction of the
Alhambra. It will have a capacity for one
kuuusuuu gnosis, anu tne rignt to sell beer."
These manifestations are reported to us by
the Chicago Dreei and show tlmr. tha trail
of the serpent is already over the Eden of
me rair. inicgo union eisnal.
THB SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS.
The Herald of Health .riven tha following
startling result of a study of the posterity in
ten families of drinkers aud ten families ot
non-drinkers:
"The direct Dosteritv of thn ten f.mlli. f
uriuxer luciuue nriy-seven children. Of
these twenty-rive diei in the first weeks and
months of their lifu. six were idintu in Hn.
children a striking backwardness of their
longituninal growth was observed, five
were enecleil with emlensv. flva with inhnm
diseases. One boy was taken with cholera
ana Decame miotic. Thus or tha nft.,n
children ot drinkers only ten, or 17.5 per
wuu., buuwwi a uuriuai constitution ana de
velopment. The ten sober faniilim hH
I sixty-one children, live only dying in the
first weeks; four were affected with curable
aiseases oi the nervous system; two only
presented inborn defects. The remaining
fifty 81.0 per cent were normal in their
constitution and development."
This is a striking revelation. Out of fifty
seven children in ten families of drinkdrs
only ten showed a normal constitution, the
rest revealing epilepsy, idiocy, inborn dis
eases of various kinds, while out of sixty
one children of non-drinkers there were but
eleven that did not show a normal develop
ment. Think of what this means for the
nation, for the world I We do not need to
assume that these statistics, gleaned from a
comparison of twenty families only, would
hold precisely true if a careful investigation
were made on an extensive scale; but we
know that the conditions revealed in this
comparison do hold true, in an appalling
degree, wherever the drink habit has fixed
itselr.
If there is a living outrage anywhere no
on God's green earth It is a child born with
such a heritage. It is an affront to nature,
a libel npon God. Nothing more pitiful, no
injustice more cruel, is known among-the
among the children of men. The custom of
the Hindoo women who threw their children
into the Ganges to be devoured by croco
diles was almost like a harmless civillsiid
pastime compared to this widespread cup
tom of transmitting epilepsy, idiocy and
general constitutional depravity to the chil
dren of Christian America. The Voice.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
Elizabeth, N. J., has one saloon for every
190 pergjus there.
It is because youug men drink that there
are so umuy o'.d druukards.
Temperanco means thi risht use of right
things. There can be no right use of wrong
things.
The Nova Scotia Baptists have not one
church where fermented wine is used at com
munion. The last vestige of the State debt of Iowa
has recently been liquidated. Iowa, it will
be remembered, is a Prohibition Statu.
Out of the 2700 Congregational ministers
in England and Wales at least lrjuO are ab
stainers; of 801 students, Iki) are abstainers.
Temperance reform bes now been made a
plank in the platform of the Woman's
Liberal League of England, and Lady
Henry Somerset is a member of its-central
council.
"I know a man," said Eli Perkins, "who
was meaner than a dog. This man and dog
went into a saloon together, but the man goC
beastly drunk while the dog went home like
a geutleman."
The figures of the license vote of 1891 in
Boston reveal many interesting facta . Sixty
precincts voted no liceu aud in seventy
two others the majority for license was less
than ten per cent, of the registration.
The Methodist ministers of Iowa have
Organised a Haddock Temperance League
with headquarters at Jefferson, Iowa. The
object is to raise funds tor the enforcement
of the prohibitory law, and to apply a part
of the money So ihe erection ot a monument
to the memory of the Kov . George C. Uud.
dock, who was murdered by saloon men at
Sioux City.
X . ' JL
King
Of Medicines Is what
I consider Hood's Sarsa
jMtriluu Tor 0 years
1 was confined to my bed
with white swellings
and scrofula sores.
To my irreat Joy,
W ui. A. 1.1-hr.
when I In-Kun with HOOD'S SARSAPAR-
llLtA tne sores souit m-ereuM"!. 1 kcll tukuitf
it lor a year, when 1 was so well that i went to
work, aud s.nee then have not lost one day ou
erount ot aiekliesx. 1 mil alwiiis wel
Lave
well and
a KihmI Uiitlte." W.M. A.J.kUII,
jad blreet, KcuduUville, Lull
IUilroi
o.
Hood's Pills re l he b, t uft. pinner I'llls,
assist digcalluu,ci,ue headache uod biliuusueaa.
Shaving" Off Scorn.
There is an old merchant In a thriv
ing little town near Minneapolis who
scorns a paper ledger and insists on
keeping a pine board account with his
customers. He planes this board oil
once every five months and (.tarts afresh.
Some time a?o a customer dropped into
the old merchant's store to pay a bal
ance of forty cents of six months' stand
inp;. I guess ynu don't owe me noth
in'," replied tho old trader to a ques
tion about the debt. The questioner
protested thnt he did owe tho debt; in
fact, he remembered buying the goods
some six months ago. "Oh, well, Ave
months alters the case," said the
weigher of suar nnd niolnpscs. 'You
may owe me lorty cents for nil I know.
You seet I've up and started a new
board since you got your stuff and I
don't remember your debt. You may
pay mo if you want, to, but if jou don't
it's all O. 1C, as 1'vo shnved your ac
count out." Tho trader got his forty
cents. Minneapolis Hulletin.
On Ihe Wmnila.
How plosnnt, but how ilnnuprnii. unions Dr.
Hoxule's ( eitnin ( riiiiii Cure ii. nl. hand. This
great remedy Is Ihe only H t illc known that, in
au alm4vir pr. iviiI.iv n, ur I n. rnre nf Croup,
Pneumonia, diphtheria, llrnnehitis and Con
sumption. Sold by prominent drmri-'isls. fine.
MumilHetnred by A. 1. Ilnxsie. Hulfulo. N. Y.
A blonde is said to have about ten
years the advnntnge of a brunetto.
Pure and Wholesome luallly
Commends to public approval the Callforn'a
liquid laxative remedy. Syrup of Fls. It In
pleasant to the taste and by acting gently on
the kidney, liver and bowels to cleanse the
system efTeelnully, It promotes the health and
comfort of all who nre It, and with millions it
Is tho hest and onlr remedy.
M. L. Thommnn Co.. llrin-irintH. Pnnilnrs.
port, l'a.. wiv flail's Cnlart-li I nre U tin, lnmt
ami niily sure cure for i-iitiu rh they ever sold.
The pvM of mulnrlnl disorder, fever, wenk-
new, itiiMiiiue ami Meiinuy mm nrost ration are
ntumeu uy ihkiiik imih iiiuu a t ills.
If afflicted with sore eves use Dr.lwio Thomn-
on ar.re-wnier.urugi.'lstasell at to.ner bottle.
EvERYfyfrjTHER
Should Have IS in The Ilonse.
Uroppra on Surrar, Chilartm x,ove
Sn take Johnson's Ajohtmf I .toimfnt lor Croup Colrls.
Fore Tliiynt, Tnnsllllla, Cnlte, uramnsaml 1'aliia. He
lleresall Summer Complaints, munntl Knilses like
msirle. 8oM everywhere. 1'rlee .1e. hy ninll-6 Ixittles
Kxurussuttlil. fa. L H. JOHNSON a CI !.. Hostus M sss.
DR. KILMER'S
Kidney, Liver and BladderCure.
Hhciimntisin,
tumharo, pnln in Joint or buck, briek dust In
urine, frequent culls. Irrlliiiinii, liilliiniBtlon,
(rravei, ulceration or catarrh of bludder.
Disordered Liver,
Impaired clltrestlon, front, billloiis-headnehek
MI'tSIP-lllinTl'imn kldnev ililllcnlt lea,
Lalirimic, urinary trouble, ting-fit's disease.
Impure ISIood,
Berof ula, minima, jrcn'l weakness or debility,
ttsarsalee- tTse contents of One Bottle tl no. hen
nteil, ln-utfulsts s 111 rel urn! to you His price paid.
At Drnggleta, 60c. Size, )1.00 Size.
"InvalMi' Ouldo to Rsalth"fres-Conmiltstlon (res.
Dr. Kii.maiCo., lit Non amton. N. Y.
KIN V-31
W; ) Pine lllivoilnl entile, sheep, finals. Poultry,
gJSWsi, . SporUlIK l"KS for Sllle. CillliliiKllea Willi
irHH-iinriu iiiks. fri-e. N' I '. Hnyer A Co.,Coalesvllle.l'a.
a ''.IMMMMSMtmMSMll,MM.i
SAVE DOCTOR'S BILLS!
a.v....,n,.ullu.T mnn iMH-ior iiookb an TMueieaa to rite Keuerttiliy r remler. Tltl Hunk la
e Intended fa bp at rMrT.rr In the family, and la ao worded nu to be readily uip.erntod by all. i
rAiiT 1 contain Informal Inn on General lHneaaoa and euuniata of 8 iwines on Hie Mvl.N. IU S
! wn1'lln,iiai I 'tiKtloiiPcoverinr Kr.VNlH-laa, Hiirlser a Ith, Tetter, Scalp Dlwa.M-H, KluKWorm, Kashea,
I "'J'kly "fat, Mea!e, Kmall 1'oji, rhleken I'ox, Warta, t'orua, Ac, Aft, Miowlnx how to 1'reveut, Arrest
?-o. ,UJ Vitt """' on tha HMAIN and N Kit V KH-ttivvrliiic Apoplexy, Trauee, CorKthu,
tilV.V T' 11,1 'i"m T'm,,"'. Bn'l-y. l-ahilh.K. Headaehea, HlntiuKh, Hypochondria, luaanliv! 2
MeurnlKla, OlNeoaea of Si.lnaU'ord. Lok law. Hi. Vmii'i D.mw. Palav. u,,i.i.,. ,.ti,. rvi1!
If
I paiiea ou the V. A It lifuf.
J Noiit a In, to Kxtract foreign
Sthe NOSK tUeedliiti, Ta
Ktrieen aKca ou the t'A 'E,
9 TKKTII C'ra. ked I.ipM,
T Uuiii Hoil.Ae. KlKhteen pumc
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598 PAGES
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I Bouaehold Surgery. IJ.
Idem
a 1ht V- l.rtti-rHl
Hi II
dthy Life.
SEND
You May Need
e anu uuiue to i.oiik, I leal
lloua Amwci'fiii nlunble
fall Uph' rtlHlmn to Henith
Spitting litiMMt, Klilch In hide, .. lwtUe ia;ua on I
(r,Ao. Forty-four ki oil A II l t Ml I N A 1, Cavity
i7"-m'-rj,iM.N')iijii1 nearumrn, uau bionea, Jauu.lhe, Tilea, Ac. Twenty-nix pauca ou Z
the ver lniiortaiit I rlnnry and lrullal OrMna tlravel, Uialreu, Private Uiaeune. Juitiimma- e
i "r.,"' ..-' " .. . 1 7 J"lrm vn iiaHaea 01 i.enernl I") mpiii Ahwenii, C iuilct, Dnjar,
I lh nity, lnvrri of all khidH, Haiai la, Uout, Hheuniatntin, u. Kvervlhiiuf Ireated In detail ?
a 1 AKT 11 rc 111 ICS to Ilisteitvt'B ill W ! 11 Mi'iialrunllikii W.....I, l .- 1 sv.
ii-,!.1"111 u,i1eVo!,Hl 10 Mldreo and Tl.rlr lli-Hara. from hlrih. and la tilled with just tha 1
a rKT vu..hor tlis j.uruitsl of Unuklliif yoiiiiu in-ouls- tluV
rslall.ini ol Mail sn.l Wlf,; Mr the Newl, Harrlpit. U.fiil kuowlnlur for nil uuili-iiiplailiiK insrr'lsns. 1
! 1. i v 7 !"'k,',' ""'I llMiiilifs lor llir Mlok Itoom-Au hiviilui.liloti!luforU.iuowlv.'. S
r"I v L1'"',1,1 !"",n" ol I'is-ns by A sursrairs-IVmiK i-aiiu-ula. an. U orlliy vlnM am, it.
Ltd J7 i. ' . '''Vl'.'"''""? "' I'n-scriptlous, ltivlits, . Kxm-im-l, ust-ML
s raaT l lluiauU-al .Urillcal I'raclicsi lustructious for preiarlug aud uslug Couuuou llsrbs. J
...r.,,',V '!,N'S "f INKKX lo ,ul.1e jrou In.tsnllr to Ills luforniatlon ou want If t
i . "ft?! "'"'"'"'""l'- A most valimlil. wum. whk-h shouia bs la sver boustold. BVul uu.io.ld
i uu rsuslot of bit csuls Iu .ui.li or Ic suit Jo. ihuuics slaiiius. i
t BOOK PUB. HOUSE, I34 Leonard St.. New YorK. I
.1
llllaflil W. Li DOUGLAS
tutu inn- money u u-
Will
c .r.a...p...uccfc v -nj rv Ul t7W rCT run
T; ttr7-7...j....1:cJ-: ft ft "' A leuulne aowi'd nil
Wb atwcs. -Ar-:Mt Raiuub-sH.hmoothli.Nlilo.il
V .. iti'l 'lural.lo than u.i ml
3 Vi ' A i-'i'ialaciistuin inaile siioea
fc T ' 5 Tl'O only ..0 Mioo
L. ,' YxS aolrOf Securely i-wed at t
r I' V La- .-i '"''J tA whi-h Klves doul.le tii't we;
m I ' J JRs- f VV'UaA iwue price, f ..r nm. h etJ
Lfc'i fc'Lt -L&tyA V'fl tT-V toa narrow .inp of leu
-. I' -,' j . I f: Krora throiiKh are world
. T, aa.3osiL- "isnSBiiii..nl iiigy r
V - TfO. Vl- "'SS. S 1 .7 .1 lk-t DoUKola,
lve f irlmHrt $0 eh0 falre and rnral uierchame wbrrs 1
V rite for cumhiMue, If not lor anle In joi r pluce uvud direct io Fm iorr.
tifeuu. V rite for cuiuloyue. If not lor
etattuy jtiuu, a.o itaa Wio waaii
Pimples
Blotches
KRlVrpEm-B That th, Hood i$
wrong, and that nature is endeav
oring to throw eff ihe impurities.
A'othing it so hrncfirial in assisting
nature as Swift's Specific (S. S. s)
It is a simple vegetable compound. Is
harmless to the most delicate child, yet
it forces the poison to the surface and
eliminates it from the blood.
MiUUl
I contracted a severe nf hlnl
that nnhtted mc for buinrs for four years '
few bottles of Swilt's Siedtic (S. 8. k) cured
wa. J.C.JoNKS.CityMarshiil,
Fulton, Arkansas,
Treatise on Tllond and Skin Diseases mailed
free. Swift bmciFlu Co, Atlanta, Ga.
Flower"
My wife suffered with indigestion
:nd dyspepsia for years. Life be
came a burden to her. Physicians
failed to give relief. After reading
one of your books, I purchased a
bottle of August Flower. It worked
like a charm. My wife received im
mediate relief after taking the first
'jose. She was completely cured
jow weighs 1G5 pounds, and can eat
jny'htng she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the case. C. II. Dear, Prop'r Wash
ington House, Washington, Va.
V-W-y ..T "J 'I.J 1, umi imssw
! 1
DO HOT Bfc Ot-CEIVFD 2&Bfi1KVkmt I
with lMHri, LnanioTn, nnd fninta which a tain
Uie hnticlft. tnjiirt) tho iron, anrt burn ofT.
ThoHislna Still 8tov Pol 1th im UrllllnTil: nrlrw.
IMS. Dumhie and the cnnunrr pay nu till
? R PANS T BULKS rtvulSJ
4 "sW liver tuiti bowel,
t mt imrffv tit? iloni, at raI and el
Z oi T.St. fWmiu Thr rvft tfc-rerol hunt It
X Ay iHi'-tni kdowu for Hilinuajutu.
(TsasiV..tV!7 I "tHl'linll',H OTippuiia, J-nul
I Vff U V Hrrath fiw,fu:h Hmu tWn. Lm
1 V Wl 1lftlt- H-Ht. LH'lllfMrOU.
tWiy PtUiuul nigrum 1'linuU'. bttiiow
OomiilfiKm. rtrv1 j'ollDtf. awl
JsTfrr HTmntom or (1 !' ntmltlua from Impurr
hlmtrl o'ra fat hi r M the trrwti liver or inU'Hlloen
:
t
I to perform their proper rum Iton 1 em-iin jiiven ui
loTftr-tsMlliie ii henl.tKi by tA it Intra T A II I I. LK after
S'lreiw THK HlI'AliH Vll KM l( At ...iOHprui,eHt ,N.Y.
Arrrnla W nut .'!. t Kill ner -ni pro-i.
OO TO
JANSSEN'S
:IIII llrin.lun. V. V.
310
310
H BEST iiihids A l l.uH f.sl MICKS.
Celsfarated) AG LAN Bicyc!es
All part aiiiI reiHiirlrur. AthioUc hii'I Htfve.a Fnl
form, IViinlfl. IhsMfhiill auJ Fool Unit t'lnt hilt If Ft ml
hiii.pll.'B, rs, Hhih. Kt,.wft, Hath R..U uiI Kwont
prri. iMiotouriinhle .SiinnHr mxl I'rlnthur. hnUnmtua
furnhhctl. KlfiiMMi year fxperhnre.
HtKDKIlUK V. J4NK' II II PAW.
Q 4 f aiO li.onrtwny, N. V.. Qlfl
OIU Mamtfu.'iurerH, lii)Hirur, Kxprtom, Oil)
FRAZEBgreaIe
IIKST IN THR WOUI.lt,
Its weartntt uusllllsi am iin.urnn.sse I. aotuattr
fillllaslliia three Uixes or any other lirsrvl. Niil
allsctm liy host. trllKT TIIK (JKNUIMw
FOR SALK BY DKAI.KIt-S UI.S KHALI. V.
AI.TK.lt NATK llullilliiK Iits Pi-is' for Wlilnvsonlr.
N. Hakkkimt l.ASU l'o., Hmailwav, Ni-w York.
il
I'Iro's Hemedy fur Catarrh U Ihe
HpM. i:nleM tf Vf. nn! Cheapest.
bold by uriiKKitm or ovui by mail,
60p. K T. HnKcIttnc, Wnrrrn, l'a.
SAVE HEALTH!
Ity knowing how ttake euro of vntirdrnr rmet when !
tlntt attackt-d by dlnenne. TIIK Tl.1 K TO
411 KC K IKKSSM I IN ITS 1 M l 11 KN
C 1 but huw miuy iktkous know wht to do In
iiK'h ii-nM, Not ore Iu a thou-vaml. Do you 7 Iff
not, you tuel a phymfiuu to tt-ll you ; and you don't
generally have a dH-toi- nt hand 111 ihe middle of the
nlrfht, or At a moment ' but ice, itud In auyveuthl
ervkeiarezMiniivt. A ltook roiitAiuliur the Iu-
formation you wuut vna ho hi Imud, however, aud I
If you art wine will bo at hand, huch a book 9
we offer you for oulv
GOc.
Postpaid.
aud If you are prudent
you will wnd for It by
return mall, lit title
l "Mfc II Y MAN
60c.
Postpaid.
tor;
t.' It la the ialor of J. IIaJHI.toN AYKlut
II v is )
A. M., If. I)., aud la the result of a life (.pent In rtKbt-
Ing disease In every form. It hi written In main Z
every day KukIInIi, aud la free from Ihe tochulcal
iicnm, Km ache, Hutinlug of, fl
Hod lea, Ae. KiKht piiKea on 1?
turrh, i'li-eriiicd. Tumor, Ae. I
1,1 PS..1IOI Til. J A U H,
linker Mouiii, Toothache, f
ou Til U OAT and WIN 1
rfa, lloui'Mmcna, uiluciit m
'Iniiiit, e. KiKhti-ei. iaKa
AHlhma. rontli. 1'lruriaT.
ILtUSTRATED,
IIIAK T.'al
'alion, KnliirKcinent, lro)y J
tiolera Morli
NOW.
It To-Night.
llii-lr An(iiluli-M,6:i-. Iiiviiltishle. f
mIimii- rri-MTvsllon of llvultli J
1'aht VI c-,iiiiinii Ifuva.
ml.ri-llsnt'ous lurorinatli'U vrs
11,1.1 lllU..u b-1 1 1 ... I ul.h 1II..1.X
Hiitl Kiiii-i-iri-m-ii-a. lm-liAJti0 S
GENTLEMEN.
oc i (i nt will not rip i Hue Calf,
'X luic, mote coinicn mom, aiyusu
u r !loo evi-r auld ut the yrlce
co"tin from $4 to $7.
uiuilr tirli o complete
he uti it'll le l'Uk'is (as hhowu lu cut),
tr of flu iip will BhocatMiM at the
1 v rip, Li. J uk only one soh sewej
tber ou Uiu edjiu, toitl w hcix ouu
if A.
w. is. ror;rAsi.o(hoA
:iu l-e repaired as many limes aa
never rip or louafu from tlieup(er.
i of foutweur Uffirlmc to h'oih.
Idcouiider the bui ri u r unalitiea
of i hem moea, ami u i U- Innuein ed
to buy hc.ip Well tth' eii wjld ut i.uO.
b.iviug only appi-nratieo tu commeuj
thttiii. V. Is. lOI tJLAM flleu'a
I and I- Ine t '.J". Haui
be cit i 9.1 0 t'ollee nud Karm
jra;i..O biue (alfi
Hoyh1 i:.iHi uud Vaithir
&l.7i .school Nhiwa; I.alle
iJ.Otf "'Ui I Sewed: Ssi.AO.
aale
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