Mnn-FAling Swilir-j.
'TlipexiMtrnco of mrii cnting MiRko
lin lircn diinliloil hy iinturnliKto, lmt I
run irtve 1 lir fncts from my own rx
jicrictirr," fiivh I'linrlm K. Miclinclis,
win) lnK jnut lrturiicd from the Philip
pine IkIiiihIh. "InlHKrt I ns livinp;
I lion lit Ti-rnnilo. Ono of our sc-rvHiits
whk n nliort, lirond-filioulilorcd Jnpnn
rw immeil Ticnl. He v,a ft ruttlo
heritor nnil frrqiii'iitly in thn wooiIk.
Several linios ho told u of Hip rxist
riice of a innnxtcr python fifty foot
lonjr, not n milo from the plnntiition.
1 ft vo him n pun nml lmoltHhot to kill
it, hut it ncvor nuitoriiihzeil, nml wo
booHino inoroilulouH.
"Duo lny I'ii'ul whs iniKKinr. His
pun nnil hut wero found in tlio wooiIh
nnd bronpht in. Ono of 1 lie nutive
hunters oxMininod (lie ground nml pnvo
Iiih opinion. l'ionl iiinM linvc boon
Kuplit l'v Riinlio, n no Mood liml
Won (-lied, hut tliorc lmd evidently
1-oeii n simple. Tlio next Sunday, in
rompnny with nn Kn'lixhiiiiin named
lfnson nnd their mutivo trarkorp,! tiKik
to the wood to look for our lost serv
nnt. The intlivo lend im to the odp
of a truck of Hubmercrod Inud, covered
with long pnifH. The water was about
throe inches deep. Here in the mud
wiix the truck of r liij onako. Tlio de
pression niHilc liy the liody in the mud
who quite eighteen fliohoH wide. Sud
denly one of the men called out :
"'Look! ,k!' Throe hundred
yards nwtiv the water was npitntcd in
to waves, and gliding toward ub was n
yellow wmiki' that looked 100 feet lonjr.
'J he head wax hh luriro na a huekct. Tt.
wna a luight yellow, striped with
Mack. To wntoli it gliding townrd ub
was tryiiiR on the nerves, Imt wo
waited and at forty yarda gave it two
loada of buckshot in the head. It
ronroil ten feet out of the wntor and
lashed nl.ont, hut linnllv Bank nnd the
natives hauled it on the bank with a
rope. It was just thirty eight feet
long our fears had ndded the other
nixty. To keep it from the white ants
it was nt mice cut open nnd skinned.
Inside w as the lower jnw of a human
being mid i h' nnd thigh bone, while
n loin clod was rolled into a perfect
knot, no bigj,-cr than a man's list, ntid
this rioul's sisters identified, to the
poor fellow hud fallen a victim to this
horrid reptile." New York Telegram.
31 ok I Sainl Tain ling.
"Who ever heard of painting in sand?
The Moki Indians understand that
species of art. Two paintings of this
. kind, copied accurately from the orig
inals, have been newly placed on exhi
bition at the National Museum. Per
haps they might better be called mo
saics, being done in sand of six differ
ent colors on a lint, horizontal surfnee.
The colors nro yellow, green, white,
black and a mixture.
Such pictures Hre made by Moki
priests and p;icstosses ou the floors of
their subterranean chambers. The
six colors stand for the cardinal points.
Yellow is the north, greon is the west,
red is the. south, white is the east,
black is the region above and all Colors
bignify the region below.
One of the two snnd jmiiitings is n
copy of the kind of picture made f. r
the annual ci remuuinl of the Mol i
women's festival to tho germ goo,
which takes plaic in September. Tlio
work of art is executed during the
progress of the secret rites. . It repre
sents two figures in an elaborate frame
of different colors. On tho left is n
likeness of Lnkoue-ma-na, the patron
ess of the nlViiir. She ia clad in a
white blanket On the right is a por
trait of one oi the twin goils of war,
w ho carries a zigzag of lightning in his
hands.
The other picture is a fac-simile of
the one made by tho chief of the fra
ternity of antelopes nt the festival of
the snake dance. It is highly conven
tional in its character. Hai'ii clouds
are represented by semi-circles. Par
allel limsshow the rain falling. Four
odd-looking zigzag ligures stand lor
tiie lightning snakes, which are re
spectively red, preen, white, yellow.
The green and white snakes are iemnle,
and tho yeliow and red sunkcs are
male. Around this eaul mosaic nre
performed the weird rites of the ante
Jope priests, who sing songs embody
ing tho mythological druma of the
"Suttko Hero. ' Washington Star.
Btate or Ohio, City or Toledo, I
LCCASI'oi'NTr. lw
Frank J. C'nrsKv inalicdoatb 1ht he In thn
eeniur partner nt the firm of F. .1. C'hknev A
t'o., dninK biiBiiuntH la tlie L'ltr of TnMii,
County and Slate aforesaid, an. 1 that eaid firm
will t,i,y tbe. Kinn of ONE lIL'NliKKl) IlOL
LAHS for eaeh anil every c-a-e of (Juarrh that
cxiinot be cured by tho use of H ai.i.'ki'ataiihu
Cl'HE. FhANK .1. ClliNKY.
mrurnto i-efore me ami utitinenbed tn my
pre-xsni-e, tbloDlhday it lleeembr. A. I). lMtti.
I i A. j leason,
!
w"oVT, , , -V'fin, Pub'ie.
Hall uLalarrh Cure lataken internally aori aeia
(lirecl ly on the IiIimhI Hiid iniieoiia aurfaeea of
tbo oyolem. K nii for test inoiitala, free.
,,, y. J-CllKNRV & CO., Toledo. O.
Isold by lruuiiits, i.'kj.
Ve Cure Kuuture.
No matter of how lon staudlnir. XVrile
for free treutls.., Ietiiii,,iiial. etc., to S. J,
llolleuswnriU 4- Cii.Dnwcj, Tluua Co.. N. Y.
I'rice 1; by iiihII, Jfl.l.'i.
Why so hiiurse? fse Hutch's Clliversill
l ouU s-yrue, ::riceniSHi ilruuL-n-ts.
Heei'liani's I'ills correi t badellertaof over
eatintf. ileeclium'a -no olber.s. .c-nlsa box.
W H I L E IN T H E WAR
I was t tike ii ill u ith pi-
iml disfjsf and rheuiua
liin. 1 went homo uh1
whk routined lnuiy U-t),
UDuIjIh tO ll" ll Ui M'lt
fir immtlif. Afti-r
tarf of Hilary a umi
I'Hiium mai tiinUt H(ivt.
ti urn to ink" ilo Kl'rt
MBpanllii. I not a
I lot t U umi coulu quickly
ImUvt. Aiiit tiikiim 7
Mr. llliiThr.
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IIoimI' I'ilN Mir. lt .-r iiu.
Root:
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if6Q fH ALft.C IT V;il L NOT CLP .
An afrrceaMe larative anfl Nrav Tonio,
PoUll y limiooaia or sciit liy icail. lijcAUUa
bad $l.UuiM:r j.i'kii.'e. Hoiuplua iiree.
ffff Tff Tho 1 avonie KOTI TOWIII
llV 11 V lurluelucUiaiia luuuXxii
GOITRE CUREDIluaXa
AN KOO-LATINO TKST,
In an rgg-lnying test at tho Louisi
ana Station, involving hens of ten com
mon breeds nnd continued 240 days,
brown leghorns made the best record,
llio hens of this breed laying an aver
iigo of seventy two eggs. Light brahman
canio next with an average of fifty
eight, then Inngslinns with forty-nine,
buflf cochins nud riymouth rocks with
forty-six each, and nitnnrcas with forty
five. Tho American breeds averaged
thirty-three egg a hen, Assntio forty
live, and Knropean forty-four. Xew
York World.
naiv good cows ake rtojeu.
Mnny good cows are practically
ruined by being kept npnrt from the
herd. Their isolation is dun usually
to a whim to mnko a pet of an individ
ual cow. Women nnd children aro
mainly responsible for this form of
foolishness which should never be in
dulged by tho careful dairymnu. Cat
tle arc in their way exceedingly social
creatures, and absence from their as
socintcs affect them unfavorably. They
aro nervous and uneasy when separ
ated from them, and in the case of
cows lose flesh and fall off in milk.
Sometimes it causes them to abort,
but this rarely happens, enough mis
chief being accomplished without.
Foolish men sometimes tio a cow up
to punish her, with the result that the
fool ia punished iu tho lessened yield
caused by the separation from the
herd. American Dairy man.
EXHAUSTED LAKD.
We are suffering here in New Eng
land from laud exhaustion. That is
one of tho questions that confronts
New England, confronts Massachu
setts. If these lnnds were hkjhly pro
ductive, they would bo occupied and
used. Ono of tho prime reasons for
tho abandonment of these hinds is be
causo they no longer have .plant food.
Now, how have they become ex
hausted? I think largely by raising
the grains. That is what the New Eng
land farmer primarily did. He raised
corn and oats, wheat and barloy, and
sold them, and thus impoverished
these lands.
The farms of New England have
been impoverished because) we have
sold moro from the land than we have
restored to it. The question then for
tho farmer is, How shall I restore, ho
shall I build up hit fnrni? How shall
I wisely do it? I believe the wise way
to do it is to buy gTain. I think it is
tho cheapest way to do it, because
when you raise a crop of grain on your
land you diminish the fertility of that
lnnci.
When you raise a crop of anything
except tho leguminous plants, except
tno pea ana the clover and the bean,
and crops of that nature, nnd draw it
off the land, you have taken something
out oi mother earth. When you buy
grain you buy something which, has a
largo mnnurinl value. hen a man
buys a ton of bran for $20 I say it is
good investment. Why ? Because he
buys in that $20 worth of nutrition
9ri worth of mnuuriul value. Tho
man who buys a ton of cottonseed
meal for $28 buys 21 worth of manur-
lal value. ew Lnglnud larmer.
PICKINO GEESE.
In answer to tho query, "How often
in one season ought geese to be
picked ?" a furmer with fourteen years'
experieneo answers, in tho Philadel
phia Farm Journal, that it depends en
tirely on tho feed and run and ex
plains the wholo situation as follows:
"They feather out more quickly when
they ore permitted to run on green
pasture and have abundance of good
water to drink. Every ten weeks
should find them, under such treat
ment, with a good coat of feathers. Do
not pick until laying is over. Geese
cannot be 'artificially moulting and
producing ggs at tho same time.
Never pick them in cold weather.
When ready to pick, which the experi
enced geese-raiser can tell by the color
of tho plumage (if ready there will be
no yellowish tingo on the white
feathers, but to bo sure pick a few
from the breast of the goose), tho
feathers come easily and are dry at tho
quill end. If not ripe, they are soft
and bloody. And this is ono of the
reasons why store-bought feathers
sometimes havo such a disugreeablo
odor. The best guide, experience, tells
us to take only a small pinch of
feuthcrs in the fingers at a time, nud
with a quick downward jerk, from tail
to neck, displace the first coat of
feathers with only a very little of the
second coat, tho down. Do not pick
tho bolsters. those largo feathers
under tho wings. If you do, the poor
creutures' wings will droop continu
ally. When tho goose dies, we can
strip these off for filling pillows for
home use. lint never take them from
the gctso while living."
H1LMNH tOUN.
Hilling corn is not as common as it
once ws, though in some sections it is
still followed to quite an extent. Ex
cept in very wet laud it is worse thnu
useless labor. In Wet fields it answers
the purpose keeping part of tho roots
of the plant out of water. This is a
desirable thing to iiccouiplnb, but to
attempt it by building up hills for the
corn is to adopt a temporary and u
very imperfect substitute for drai'iiu;?.
Sometimes, however, this imibt be done
or the planting of the field be deferred
till uhuthor seiiiion. On reasonably dry
land the cum-is dilb rent. Hero 'it is
important to get the roots of tho corn
under ground rather than above its
ir.vl.
Iu this situation the two main pur
poses of the roots, to secure food uuu
to keep the ph'iit in uu upright posi
tion, cim bo best rromoted. If the
soil be mellow and the snifii"u nearly j
level, tho roots will ptihs through it in I
nil directions nnd et ud to quite a
distaivo iroin tho plants. lint i!' hi.;li !
hill, aro made the htullts wi'i throw out i
a large uiii.iber of r.iotu whieli can go
only a little distance, which i.re t.-
pobtd tj injury iu time of drought, j
which can obtain but little food nnd
which can do but littlo to hold up tho
plants. A moderate number of long
roots w ill do a great deal moro to keep
tho corn from blowing down than will
a much larger number of short ones,
which havo neither time to gain
strength nor room in which to becomo
fully developed.
The plants will grow far more rapidly
if they Bre allowed to depend upon tho
natural development of their roots than
they will if by tho formation of hills
the growth of a large number of short
and weak roots is stimulated. Tho
writer does not recall an instauce in
which ho ever injured a field of corn
by level cultivation. He does remem
ber several instances in which ho bo
lievos that by hilling corn ho wasted a
good deal of work and materially re
duced the yield of tho crop. New
England Homestead.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Lettuce may be sown at any time.
Tho soil cannot be made too rich for
tomatoes.
Teas and corn ground together are
good food for swine.
Coal ashes make good material to
mulch the quinco trees.
Horticulture and entomology will
go liand in hand in the future.
Clover is an excellent feed for hogs,
as it supplies tho needed nitrogen.
Tomatoes do best when kept off the
ground, and are not so likely to rot.
Timber for posts should be soasonod,
charred and immersed in hot coal tar.
Get in Into cabbage or colery where
you havo taken off peas or other crops.
Keeping tho surfaco of tho soil lino
and mellow will aid to retain moisture.
It is well to st ir a bit of oat meal into
tho drinking water, especially if you
use ico.
An old sow who has proved a good
breeder should always bo given tho
proferonce.
Tho boxing and freight on poor frnit
is as much as on good. Tho soiling
price is less.
Coal ashes that are reasonably full
of coarse cinder make a good mulch
for strawberries.
A twig that can be cut with a knife
now may require a pruning saw if Al
lowed to grow another year.
When you "rest a bit" in the field
remember the team will enjoy it too if
alloweu to st ami in the shade.
If you will not spray your trees your
self, why not hire somebody to do it
who knows how? It will pay yon.
Oil meal or linseod cake is made by
x'.ugnsu stock oreeuers ine basis lor
thoroughly good prepared stock food.
Mulch trees and bushes that were
set thiB spring. The dry, hot weather
wo may expect now is trying to new
set fruit
A good way to kill out briers at this
timo is to spread over them a thin
layer of dry straw and then burn.
Wheat straw is best.
On account of the risk of keeping it
will bo found best to market onions as
soon as they are thoroughly ripe if a
good price can be obtained.
In nearly all cases pears will have a
better flavor if they are picked as soon
as matured and are then ripened in
shallow drawers or on shelves.
In packing fruit uniformity in size
should be observed as well as possible,
putting in only good, fair-sized mer
chantable friut as number one.
It should be remembered that dead
wood may be cut out of a tree at any
timo. Now is a good time to do work
of this kind, as the dead or diseased
limbs can be readily seen.
While shade and ornamental trees
beautify the premises, care should bo
taken that those growing close around
the house are kept pruned so as to ad
mit of a free circulation of air.
A tree is strong and hardy when it
becomes old and its roots are thor
oughly established. While it is youug
it needs and must have attention or it
will die. The better the btart to grow
when young the better the tree.
A good method of destroyingoockle-
bnrs where fields are thoroughly in-
tested with them nrio seed to grass or
clover and use it for meadow for a few
years. When it is plowed again and
crops such as corn, potatoes, eto., are
planted go over it with a hoe in late
summer and autumn and cut them out.
A foothold once gained, heroic treat
ment is required.
Look out now for the warts on the
plum trees and cut them off with a
knifo and paint the wound witlf kero
sene oil mixed with any kind of paint
that may boat hand. If left they be
como tho black knot, and often destroy
the trees unless prevented in season as
above described. Follow it up every
fortnight through tho summer, and
grub up all tho wild cherries iu the
neighborhood.
The Illrtli ot Lake Tahoo.
In geographical times, not long
ago, as speaks the scientist, but very
long ugo, as speaks the chronicler of
huuiuu follies, there was a deep valley
on tho eastern slope of tlio Sierra
Nevadus at tho headwuters of the
Truekuo liiver. About this valley
towered granite mountains. Hut
earthquakes caino, rents were opeued
ill tho rocks, and from tho fissures
poured monstrous streams of lava.
Ono of theso fissures crossed tho lower
end of the vulley, and through it
poured floods of molten rocks. Stream
after fetream issued, to cool iu Holid
sheets and blocks, until a wall was
built across the vulley 2000 or 3000
feet in heigh, and above it was a deep
basin f00 or COJ square miles iu area.
The storms that fi ll on the granite and
volcanic mountains rolled in rivers to
till the basin uud Luke Tuhoa wus
created. Chlcutfo Herald
A curious tree-growth is noted ucnr
r.llenville, N". V., a re ii heinloi k and
mi oa!i liivu In cine firmly joined ut a
height of abinit ten feet.
JIOl'SEIIOI.n AFFAIlt.
Toll AN INVAT.tn.
A delicate invalid custard is mae?
as follows: Heat, up two eggs, mix iu
half pint of milk, sugar to tnte, and
Homo vanilla, lemon or nutmeg flavor
mg ; when well stirred pour tho mix
ture into a buttered bowl, cover with
buttered paper and stoani in a saner
pan of boiling water, which should
como about half way up tho sides of
the bowl, for half an hour. A savory
custard is made in tho samo way, sub
stituting cold beef tea, free from all
fat, for the milk, and of course leav
ing out tho sugar. St. Louis llo
publie. VEAIi TATE.
Chop fine three pounds of lean real
nnd half a pound of fat fresh pork.
Mix with the chopped meat one coffoa
cupful of bread crumbs and three well
beaten eggs; add two cveu toaspoon
fuls of Bait and ono snlt-spoonful of
popper. Stir nil thoroughly together
and moisten with n littlo soup stock.
l'ack in a buttered mold which has
been rinsed in cold water nftor grens'
ing. Cover tightly and steam over
five hours. Turn out of tho mold and
put iu a warm oven for half an hour,
leaving tho oven door open. Fut un
der a heavy press and allow tho meat
to becomo very cold. Slice in thin
slices and garnish with parsley. Now
lorn ltecordcr.
ROAST riEEF 8 HEART.
This is a dinner dish that always
catches the appetite of all English
men, and here is tho true English
stylo of looking it : Oct from your
butcher a nice, plump, firm heart;
lot it stand m a pan of cold water 111
winch a handful of salt has boon dis
solved for half an hour. I'repare a
shining of grated bread crumbs one
good-sized onion, a sprig of parsley, a
teaspoonful of dried sago (or better
yet is green sage when you can get it),
a piece of butter tho size of an egg,
and pepper and salt. Mix these to
gether with one well-bestou egg, fill
all tho holes in tho heart with stuffing
and boil for ono hour in a small
saucepan in which the heart can stand
upright, bo that the stuffing cannot
boil out. After it has boilod slowly
for an hour take out of the water.
cover tho top of tho heart with a large
slice of larding pork and roast for two
hours, basting frequently. Serve with
currant jelly on very hot plates, and
seo that tho slices are cut thin and
lengthwise of tho heart it will be
more tender. Serve some of the stalling
ou eacu plate. iscw lork Iribuuo.
GREEN GRAVE rRBSERVE.
The trouble necessary to the prepara-
tion of the old fashioned preserve
which I have to recommend ought not
to count, writes a correspondent. Wc
can't get something for nothing in this
world, and for certain toothsome
morsels wo must have tho patience of
our grandmothers as well as their cook
book.
It will be easy to those living in tho
country or those having their own
grape vines to procure greeu cranes.
But the most delicious grape preserve
l nave ever tasted was mado of fox
grapes that grew wild in stony
meadows. It is quite possible even
for those living in cities to get wild
grapes by bargaining with some
huckster or niarketniau at the right
time. Tho gropes should bo bought
when they are still hard, before they
have softened in the least, but when
they have attained nearly or quite
their full size.
Having got your grapes, provide
yourself with a small, sharp penknife,
and cut each grape iu half exactly as
you would an orange. Then remove
tho seeds and throw tho fruit into cold
water. It will take you all day to do
fourteen pounds, but tho preserves
aro worth tho trouble.
Onco seeded, tho process is tho same
as for other fruit. Use granulated
sugar, allowing pound for pound.
Cook until tho sirup jellies when cool,
and seal in the ordinary manner.
This preserve is very rich and of an
entirely different flavor from that
made of ripo grapes, and is sufficiently
acid not to cloy, and is the best
"sweet" I know of to serve with meats.
Chicago Record.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Mend the torn pages of books with
white tissue paper.
Clean brass kettles, before using,
with salt and water.
Clean plaster of paris ornamenU
with wet starch brushed off when dry.
A shovel of hot coals held over spot
ted varnished furniture will take out
tho spots.
After knives have been cleaned they
may be brilliantly polished with chur
coal powder.
It saves timo and labor to have a
broom, brush and dustpan for every
floor in the house.
Flatirous should be kept as far re
moved from tho steam of cooking at
possible, as this is what causes them to
rust.
Two parts ot ammonia with one ol
turpentiuo makes a mixture which will
soften old paint and varnish so that
they can be easily scraped off.
A towel rack mado with several arms
fastened to a half circular centre, which
in turns fastens to tho wall, is a con
venient place for dryiug dish towels.
To clean hard woo Is and oil cloths
wash first with a soft spougo dipped
frequently in fresh water. Wheli the
floor has dried, wash it again with a
rag dipped in a mixture of hot water
uud skim milk.
Lemon will do for the yellow white
sailor what shoo polish does for the
worn black ono. leinove tho ribbon
bund, and, with a slice of lemon, clean
tho struw thoroughly. I'ut on a fresh
baud, and tho hut is white and fresh.
To cleau white ostrich plumes dis
solve four ounces of w hite soap iu four
piuts of hot water. Make a hither and
plunge tho feathers into it, rubbing
them well with tho hands for five or
six minutes. Wash out in cleur hot
water aud shako until dry.
Turkish towelling in pure white U
now considered the most correct cov
ering for chairs und couches in sum
mer sittiiig-ri.oins. As it shows dirt
more quickly than the ordinary holland
covering, there should be two sets, so
that one may be sent to the luiludry
whenever there is need.
TEMPERANCE.
o, cool,, ost ro 1
0, root, grav Jiik t lint tounhivttlio Hps
In ktw tiint softly rloerl anit clung 1
No Spnnlsh wine tho tlpiilor sips.
Or port th poot's prnlsn tins mini?,
Buph pure untnlntpil nrntniw ytnlils
As cool, gray Jur Id harvest flolils.
I tt now I a clover lent
Ontsprond upon Its sweating side,
As from the slumttng shenf
I pluck nml swing It high, the whlo
Field glows Willi noonday hont !
Tho winds am tnnirlcd In tho wheat.
Tho myrlnil crickets blltholy cheeo
Across tho swnsh of rlponed ktrM
I sop tho tmrolshod ronper oreop
The lunch-hoy conirw. and ouce again
Tho Jug Its crystal coolness ylolds
O, cool, gray Juk In harvest 'Hold!
llnmliu Garland, In Harper's Weekly.
MAxrit's prim nr.ns.
In 1W9 thoro wero In tho wholo of Franco
865.87S establishment llconsod for ths sale
of Intoxicating drinks ;thnt liiinitxr has now
grown to over 448,000, which is at tho ratoof
ons drlnkshop nor eighty-seven Inhatiltnnts.
Tho nature of the beverages has also changed
considerably for tho worst, for whereas
hardly auythlng hut wlno used to be drunk,
now brandy, absinthe, gin, etc., aro largely
consumed. British Modhuit Journal.
A STHONO eoSTBHST.
Just at this time the church and tho world
aro presenting Iu Africa tho strongest Imag
inable contrast j tho church seeking to civil
ize and Christianize these hont hen people,
while men nt tho world are seeking their own
selilsb gains by supplying Intoxlcntliiitilrlnks
to them. It Is one of the astounding features
of the clvillxattnii of the present dnv that so
many people nre found to uphold the u" of
Intoxicants, when evil aud nuly evllenu romu
trom tho use ot them.
ALCOHOL TnXIOK TO Tn BOOT.
rr. Carpenter, writing on "Alcohol,
makes the following remarks i "I take this
position, that tho Creator, In constructing
the human body, made it perfect, If man will
only give it fair play that every function In
tho human body Is contrived and arranged
by a wise Creator so as to act i and that If a
...r,,. mil uiny Bin m aeooronnoo with tho
purposenf tho human liodv, that body shall
bo preserved In health and "vigor to old ago.
Hee, then, what alcohol does. Alcohol Is
foreign to tho body. It Is something which
has no relation to tho ordinary food of man,
and which the body tries to get rid of as soon
ns It oan but it ennnot bo got rid ot fast
TnE ENEMY or TBI BACK.
A physician says : "Thoro is another side,
ns well, of this qtiovtion, and It Is no abuse
of language to sny It Is an awful side. It
would be bod if wo men who abuse alcohol
wero to suffer In ourselves, and to suffer In
those around us those whom we love, or
ought to love surely that Is terrible enough
to prevent men using alcohol freely ( but
there Is even a more terrible statement than
that behind.
"It Is not they alone who suffer, but as
soon ns a mini boirlus to take ono drop more
tlmn what I havo cnlled the physiological
quantity, tho desire Is not only begotten In
him, hut tha desire of It becomes a part of
his very nature, and that nntnro so formed
hy his acts Is calculated to inflict curses In
expressible upon tho earth when handed
down to the generations that are to follow
after him as part and parcel of their being.
And I ask. what nro you to think of thosa
who nre born of drunkards j who come Into
this world, so to speak, with a curse not only
on them hut In them, the terrible dielro for
that which Is to blast them speedily adeslro
which no human power can save them from,
and which (lod alonn In Ills wisdom and
mercy can protect them from?
"What nu awful sight is this I Can there
be any man here present who, If he Ib taking
more than he ought to take, can tie indiffer
ent to all this? How can wo think without
dread of this terrible fact for foot It Is
as surely as two and two make four thnt
thlsiUsire Is becoming part of his nature and
that ho Is hnndlng It down, not for good, but
for the most terrible, effects of the abuse of
alcohol? It Is when I myself think of all
this thnt I am disponed, ns I havo said else
where, to rush te tho opiiosltn extreme, to
give up my profession, to give p every
thing and to go forth upon a holy crusade
preaching to all men, "Beware of this enemy
oi the ruec !"'
THE VERDICT Or SCIENCE.
The following Is another test by which the
effects of alcohol on tho digestion of food
may be provod. To each of two mastiffs, six
mouths old, flvo ounces of cold roast mut
ton, out into squares, were given, the meat
being passed Into the throat without contact
with tho teeth. An elastio catcher was then
passed into the stomach of one of them, and
nn ounce and a quarter of proof spirit in
jected. Alter some hours were elapsed both
animals were killed. In the case where the
meat only had been given, It had altogether
disappeared. In tho case where tho meat
and the alcohol had both been given, the
pieces of meat were found still exlstinir in
the stomach us angular uud perfect as when
they were swallowed .
. Dr. lllchardson lolls us that ulcohol,
'whan Inlrnn I - . i , ...
digestion. Ou the contrary, as I found by
experiment, digestion is Impeded liv it. One
of the most Important portions otthe diges
tive process, the action of tbe pepsine upon
the food. Is destroved bv the action of tho
spirit."
Jlrs. Todd and llowmsn assure m thnt
"alcohol retards diirnstion hv coamilntlnir
tho pepsine, and thus interfering with its
aetion." We have the following clear and
emphatic declaration, made by six hundred
oi tno most eminent physicians oi Holland,
which speaks for itself:
"i no moderate use of stronir drinks is al
ways unhealthy, even when the body is in a
healthy oonditlon. It does not do any good
to the digestion, but even interferes with that
proofs ; for strong drinks can only tempora
rily InereaHo the feeling of hunger, but not
in favor of digestion, after which strong re
action must follow, and evils which are
usually attributed toother causes, hut often
result from the habitual use, with moderate
drinkers."
Notwithstanding, however, the strenirth nf
this testimony thore are still some who even
go to the IciiKth of holillmr that alcohol ia an
absolute necessity of life. Now, it has been
positively proved thut alcohol Is not essen
tial to either life or health. The periodic
need for regular food ceases eaoh time after
being supplied ; but in the case of alcohol,
the craving Is never experienced until the
taste for it is cultivated. It Is only wheu
this taste is cultivated, and the passion takes
hold on a man. that it becomes ut length the
most Insatiable ot human missions.
TEMTERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
The drink bill of the United Htates would
urchase all the real estate in the Nation iu
ess than fifteen years.
The Supreme Council of tho United Com
mercial Travelers has decided to prohibit In
toxicating liquors ut all its banquets.
No fewer than niueteen hills dealing with
temperaneo reform have been read a first
ttmu In the English 1 urllument this session.
Iu a late debate in thn German Keiclmtag.
it was stated that there are at present 11,000
lersons in Hospitals In tiermany who aro suf
tering from delirium tremens.
At tho Hague, recently, the I'pner Cham
ber of the States General adopts,! the proto
col of tho International Convention for regu
lating the sale of alcoholic liquors to North
hea fiMhermeu.
Statistics of 4000 criminals who huvo
passed through Klmlra Iteformntory, New
York, show drunkenness clearly existing in
the parents of 3S.7 percent., probably in 11.1
per cent. more.
The London T.aucet Is responsible for a
eompurison of biM-f and wine which shows
thut the former has 20.' 't grains of nourish
ment in every 1000, while in wine kliere Is but
one and one-third grains.
Alcoholic insanity Is twice as common in
Franco now us fifteen yej.rs ago, and the
nutnls?r of person pluced under restraint on
ttocouut ot it has iucreused tweuty-hve per
cent, in the lust three years.
In London some thousands of women and
girls belong to whut are culled drink clubs, a
siuull sum being paid by eucii member
weekly in order thut several times yearly all
may moot ut some public lioiis-j uud drink
whut has hucu contributed.
The L'ulgiuua seem to excel all I he rest ol
Kurope iu their dt-votioti to alcohol. 'There
ure 150. 000 '-si-linnps" houses in liclgiuiu and
only 5OO0 schools ; thut is to say, there is ono
inn or "estuuiiuet ' to every tlilrtv-iiiiie
iSclguuiK, and vuly one school to every 1776
Teach tho Children to Swim.
Tho constant repetition of tho re
portsof accidentally drowning rnforces
tho thought thnt much of this losa of
life in tho water could bo avoided if
fliildren wero taught to swim as
promptly as they nre taught to road
ml write and to properly earn for
themselves iu respect to healthful pre
cautions. Every child should lie taught to
wim beforo the ago of twelve or four
teen years. In all tho largo cities
swimming schools with inpahlo in
structors afford ready and inexpensive
opportunities fur touching; children to
swim. Nothing cau bn more easily
learned. Manv children ncquiro the
accomplishment iu a single lesson of
an hour, Hint very few boys or girls re
quire moro than a half dozen lessons
in tho hands of a competent instructor
to lenrn how to swim. Singularly
enough, girls learn more easily than
boys, and when onco acquired tho ac
complishment is never forgotten, ns it
is largely a matter of conHdeuco in
one's ability to keep atloat.
Aside from tho precautions of safety
involved, wo should Consider the de
lightful recreation nnd tho healthful
cxerciso that persons, young and old,
of both Boxes, find iu tho pastime of
sw imming. In moderation it is one of
tho most liealthful if not tho best of
nil summer exercises, and can bo en
joyed in tho still waters of tho lakes in
the country and tho mountains or in
tho rolling billows of tho surf nt tho
senshero. It in tho most inexpensive
of nil amusements, tho cheapest, the
bast, open to all, and tho marvel is
that so few young persons learn to
swim.
It is often observed that the chil
dren of the street who wander Kbout
tho wharves and tho beach becomo ex
pert swimmers, apparently without in
struction, w hile the pampered suns and
daughters of wealth, who are given all
tho benefits of nu elaborate education
nud who nro favored with all tho 'ac
complishments of tho day arc seldom
taught to awiin, and these at tho sum
mer resorta aro often put in peril of
their lives in emergencies. This is not
an it should be. New York Mail and
Express.
Shccp-Shearlntf Machines.
So many trials of sheep-shearing ma
chines havo resulted in fail nro that tho
belief has become fixed that shearing
by machinery is entirely impract icable.
This idea seems to bo a mistaken one,
as machines operated by horse power
aro in successful operation in England
and in Australia. It is said that a
Hock of 200 sheep will warrant the
purchase of ono of theso machines.
New York World.
Brooklyn pharmacists want dry
goods dealers prohibited from hand
ling their supplies.
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Average weight of femtilo infant nt
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Average height of malo infant nt
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A vi rago height of feinalo iufaut nt
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