' 1
V
The ('Mr' rnormnns StnMcs.
Tho Cr.nx of Run! hs fonr set of
f-STrinfreosnil horees iliepnlft.thoEnfr
litli, Hie French end the Itussien Bets
rnch one composed of fifty horse.
Tho Huwinn not in the only ono which
follows liia to (Istncliilie. ; the gain nnd
the French ones never leave St. Feters
luirg, nn.l nro composed each one of
ono ponchmnn-in-chief, who hwi nniler.
Lim five others, nnd whole host of foot
men and stslilemen. For the gel set
fifty Ilsnovorian horses lire reserved.
This race is unique, nnd figures on
Ihe MnzoiMof the Duchy of Urunswick
fcnd the Kingdom of Hanover, and,
profiling to a legend, comes in
straight lino from the white horse
given ly Charlemagne to a Ouelrih
lord who was an ancestor of the
sovereigns of ltrunswick and Hanover.
These horses are of a pure snow white,
nd have strange, dreamy Hue eves.
Tho carriages are of Louis XV. style,
and the lierline, which is kept solely
for the coronation and the marriage
of the sovereign, is studded inside and
out with dinmonds, surmounted by an
Imperialcrowd, adorned with precious
etoucs. Fight footmen clad in white
nnd gold liveries, with cocked hats,
lead the horses. These splendors,
which were displayed at the corona
tion of Alexander III. and offered a
spectacle half Asiatic, half European,
to the astonished eyes of the Western
Ambassadors, will be seen again on
the occasion of the marriage of the
Czarevitch. For daily use the Emperor
contents himself with the Hussian
troika, in which thero is only room
for himself and the coachman, and
which is drawn by threo horecs, the
trotter in tho middle under the arch
of silver btlls, nnd the two gallopers
wearing plumes of funthcrs ou their
heads. The Grand Dukes have only
one set of enrriages, but are allowed
to sit in the gain equipages at all the
jmblio ceremonies. New York Adver
tiser. j Lessons From Tree s.
' The student of nature may learn
Some useful and interesting lessons by
careful observation of the rings in the
truuks of trees. He will observe that
some rings are wide, others narrow;
some full, elenr-ent and regular, ethers
jagged, one-sided and perhaps spotted
or-tainod or maybe deeply indented.
These accurately indicate the condition
of the tree during its various stages
of growth. As each ring is a year's
progress, so each is a perfect record
of that year's development, so we may
know how it was nourished. A full,
wide, even ring shows that during
that year the tree had abundant mois
ture and nourishment. A thin, irregu
lar Hue i evidenced that the tree was
not in a flourishing condition. Spots,
Btains and breaks in the lines show
that the outside of the tree may have
been bruised or bent, or the bark and
wood injured in some way. In fruit
trees, imperfectly developed rings
may be caused by an unusually large
crop of fruit, which so taxed the vital
powers of the plant that but little was
left to be turned toward the forma
tion of new wood. By careful examin
ation and counting, the skilled botan
ist is enabled to rend the history of
the tree-trunk, and to toll in what
years it is beet flourished, when there
was little for it to grow on, and when
it was too constantly occupied with
fruit production to give any care to
its own growth other than the abso
lutely necessary formation nnd solidi
fying of its outer coating. It would
be of great advantage to the student
if the habits and needs of trees could
be explained by competent persons.
Someday, when tree-planting becomes
more important than most people
teem to believe, this knowledge would
be of groat value. Xew York Ledger.
i How the Rail Was Fixed.
' To illustrate the amount of red tape
tow used along the Southern Tacitio
Road a story is told of a recent visit
of an inspection party at Benson,
comprising General Superintendent
Fillmore, Chief Engineer Hood,
Superintendent ' of Track Hawgood
and Roadmaster Stanton. Near by
was tho section boss and his gang. A
defective rail was spotted.
"Hood," said General Superinten
dent Fillmore, "that's a bad piece of
track there."
"Hawgood," said Hood, "that's a
poor piece of track there."
"Stanton," said Hawgood, "that
tail is bad. "
"Pat," said Stanton to the section
boss, "have that rail fixed."
Said Pat to one of his men. "Here,
Jose, fix this rail." Tombstone
(Arizonia) Prospector.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp. Root euros
all Kidney uud lilaiMer troubles.
Pamphlet ami Consultation Irou.
Laboratory liiiiKliatutou, X. Y.
Birmingham. Ala., thijiped 48.000 tons ol
pig Iron during May.
A Kraulllul F-euvt'iitr tpoou
Will lis bant witli every ho! lie of D'. Ilirtit't
Virlain Crouji Liirt. llnlereil li- mail, iro.it
lld, Wcts.Ailitreii!liixsie, Bullalo, N. V.
Hull. 1'uiu.rrli Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 73j.
Th I'ulilic Awards tlio Palm to Hale'
Honey of lloi-eliounil and Tar for Ciiu-rh-.
l'ike's Tootliaclie lliup. Cure in one lnttnilo.
Karl' Clover Koot, tile ere it lil'ul jmriiler,
ffives freshness und l leal li ,'il to the I'oilllilex
loll uud cures eou'.tiiation, :Ji rli... a!) els., $1.
Nervous
Troubles
Originate in
Impure Blood
Therefore Ihe True
1 Method of Cure
Is to Take
HOOD'S
Sar sap aril la
Which cures Ni-riuu-iir.-s,
l)yiepam. Scrofula. S:m Kiicu n,
Calarrii, ltacuaialisai an I
Other iJis.Mafrt, beeau&j It
Purifies
The Blood
be tun to it- H i . l s ho I i,u y H i i I',.
HSOd'l Pl!l'' Hi'! he. l f mi' ly eat ha
til-, Heinle alii i llet l i e. i l i ahoi. 23c,
A RrST-nEKtSTINO VARIKTY.
A new rust-resisting variety of
wlie.it Is reported by the South
Australian Register. It was observed
by n farmer, several years ago, while
reaping a badly rusted field of wheat,
tVt nmong it were somo heads wholly
unaffected. lie picked and carefully
pnvod them, Bowing the grain tho next
year. It yielded well and showed no
sign of rust. From that beginning
tho Btock has increased nntil twenty
acres were raised last year, the crop
of which was taken at a good price.
American Agriculturist.
FATTKN1NU EWES.
Ewes may bo fattened for early mar
ket at the same time they are rearing
the lambs, mid the lambs will be im
proved at the same time. Ground
oats, buckwheat and corn, mixed in
equal parts, will make an excellent
feed for tho sheep, and two quarts a
day may be given. To prevent the
sheep from gorging themselves and
running thoir heads along the feed
troughs to gather big mouthftils, and
so choke themselves and spoil the
good of tho food (and they are very
apt to do this), give the feod in flat
troughs, with divisions made at every
foot, placing tho meal equally in each
division, Tho troughs should bo kept
in n separate part of the yard or lot ,
so tunt the feed may be distributed
without crowding. Now York Times,
AnOTTC PRIVINO HOUSES.
Tho driver who thinks that because
his horeo is fresh ho can stand it to be
driven fnst at tho start fof several
miles, and then given a chance to rest
by going slow, or who drives fast for
a while aud then slows down to a walk
in order to rest up for another spurt,
will not get tho best speed out of a
horse with tho least waste of vitalitv,
cspocully ingoing long distances.
It a steady gait that counts most
ainlyears tho horse least. Oive him
a mnce to get warmed up first and
then let the gait bo a Bteany ono.
Another item is not to feed too
heavily beforo driving. A light feed
of oats will bo far better than a heavier
feed of a more bulky grain. Exercise
or action too soon after eating retards
digestion, and tbe animal that must
travel at a good gait with a loaded
stomach cannot but show the effects,
and if driven rapidly for even a short
distance after eating a hearty meal
there is considerable risk of the colic.
Watering properly is fully as im
portant as feeding. When a horse is
being driven on the road he should
not at any time be allowed to overload
his stomach with a large quantity of
water. So far as is possible the rule
should bo to give water frequently,
and while he should have all that he
will drink, it should bo given in small
doses,
Tho good driver can tell by the way
his horso goes the amount of work he
should have. Indiana Farmer.
GROWINO WHEAT MOST CHEAPLY.
A correspondent of thp Michigan
Farmer, H. Voorhees, of Grand
Travcrso County, writes that ho makes
more money by extending his acreage
as inneh as possible, aud working the
land with least labor, instead of by
concentrating his effort on, a few
acres. He claims that he can put in
wheat for fifty cents an acre, sowing
it among growing corn, harvest it for
$1.23 an acre, threshing $1, market
ing fifty cents, making, with 82 for
interest and tuxes, a total cost of $j. 25
per acre of w heat. His crop of twelve
bushels per acre was sold for sixty
cents a bushel, from whioh deducting
expenses leaves him a profit of about
$i per acre, or, to be exact, 81.93.
Wo think there are some mistakes
about the low cost of growing wheat.
Ho has allowed nothing for cost of
seed, and fifty ccuts au acre will not
pay tho cost of cultivating it in among
tho grown corn. The most serious
mistuko is in allowing nothing for
depreciation of the soil. There oomes
au end to growing wheat or other
grain unless tho ground is fertilised,
though the method of Bkinning the
farm yie'.ds apparent profits for a
time. The more practical way to
grow wheat at a profit is that given by
Frederick P. Root, of Western New
York, who grew a crop of nearly forty
bushels per acre, and made something
from it despite low prices. Mr. Root
keeps up his form and can grow such
crops bo long as he lives, Mr. Voor
hees must coma to a time when he
cannot grow even twelve bushels of
Wheat per ucre. Boston Cultivator,
LET THE 'hens scratch.
Tho natural food of fowls consists
"lnofctl' of seeds, insects aud grass. It
is not a natural condition when the
birds have but one kind of food. The
birds that build iu trees and feed their
young would be unable to supply tbein
if only seeds could be provided. As
the concentrated foo ls must be given,
the variety is also to be considered.
Suck subhtfttiees as grnss and the
shoots of tender herbagu ere intended
as much for dilution of the concentra
ted foods as for the nutrition to be
obtained therefrom. Tho work of feed
ing her youug is not incumbent on the
hen by bringing the food to them, but
fcho is intended to lead them, guide
them uud scratch for them. The feet
of tho hen perform tho sumo duties as
tho wings of a flying bird, and her
feet are well adapted lor providing
food for lu-r yoiiujr, iienee wo may
rightly conclude that scratching is a
natural function of the douiestiu hen.
'J'ho heu, however, performs greater
Work than thu birds on the wing,
liirds seldom lay mure than two or
threo vgH before beginning incuba
tion, but the heu may lay from fifteen
to lilty, or even more. She must pro
duct the.-ts i';;m, us well Hi iimint'iiu
ia iM-lf. In the natural tduto she lays
fewer eg;;.i, but has (..renter diliietllty
iu procuring loud ami ri'MHtiug enemies-.
An egg is a conip isitd kulMauce
aud cannot bo produced from a siu
glo arliclo of food. The hen requires
vuriely of food iu order to fulfil her
duties as a regular and persistent
layer.
It is not, therefore, conducive to eg
production when the hen is deprived
of her natural advantage Of scratch
icg. She does best when she is com
pelled to seatch and wcrk for her foodi
and she will always select the kind
moBt suitable for her purpose. When,
hens are confined in enclosures they
may bo fed too much while in a con
dition of idleness. A hopper that is
kept full of food where the hen can
always reach it induces her lo desist
from the work of scratching, because
the necessity for so doing then ceases
and she becomes too fat. Nature
teaches, therefore, that bens should
be so fed as to compel them to scratch
and work for their food, which keeps
them, in health and leads to greater
egg production. Mirror and Farmer,
SrSfMEB CARB OP Tfffi CALLA.
How to care for the calla during the
summer, in the most satisfactory way,
seems to be a question on which many
growers of it differi writes Eben E.
llexford, in the American Agriculture
ist, Some keep it growing all through
tho year( and because it does compara
tively well with this treatment, they
argue that the proper way is to keep
it growing. I do not agree with them,
however, because I do not believe any
plant ought to be kept growing actively
all tho time. There should be a period
of rest. My plan is to put the pots
containing the plants out of doors in
June, turn them on their sides under
a tree, or in some partially sheltered
place, and there 1 leave them until
September, without any attention
whatever. After a short timo, the
foliage turns yellow, and very soon it
drops off, because the soil in the pot
is becoming dry. In two weeks afts-r
putting the pot out, you would not
suspect there was a live root in the
soil it contains. But the live root is
there, all prepared. Of course the
soil absorbs more or less moisture
from the air, but not enough, in an
ordinary season, to keep it from get
ting as dry as dust. One would na
turally thiuk the root would wither
away, but it docs not. Although the
soil about it seems robbed of all
moisture, the root holds enough to re
tain plumpness.
In September I prepare a fresh com
post of mucky earth, some sharp sand,
and a little loam. If the roots are
strong, good-sized ones, I use an eight
inch pot to plant them in. Good drain
age must be provided, for, while the
plant likes a great deal of moisture at
its roots while growing, it does not
take kindly to stagnant water about
them. Keep the foil moist, or wet,
by frequent applications of water,
rather than by confining it to the pot
by imperfect drainage Att imper
fectly drained soil soon becomes sOiif
and heavy, and this induces disease ;
aud au unhealthy calla seldom gives
flowers. Plant the roots so that the
crown will be two or three inches
under the soil, water well, and in a
short time young leaves will appear.
Then give more water, but do not
keep the soil very moist until strong
growth has begun. If there are two
or threo good, strong roots, do net
separate them, but give a larger pot, if
necessary. I prefer to graw two or
three roots of blooming size in the
same pot, because the quantity of
foliage will be much greater than
wheu but one root is used to a pot,
and there will be as many again flowers.
If given proper care, a pot containing
two strong roots ought to have at least
one flower open and a bud showing
nearly all of the time from January
to April,
FARM AVD OARDEX NOTES.
Blood will tell in dairy cattle.
Take good care of the young cows,
that they may oontinue profitable
when they are old.
To protect the brain of the horse
from the rays of the hot sun is hu
mane and may save the life of the
horse.
Scotch Clydesdale breeders are re
ported to be increasing the size of
their horses and to be going in for
the largest sires.
The dairyman with a good well and
a windmill can feel about as inde
pendent as the one who has running
water on his farm.
In oiling the harness if coddiver oil
be used in the place of neats-foot oil,
it is said that the leather will remain
uumolested by rats or mice.
When you strip a cow's teats to the
last drop in milking, do it not so
much for tho immediate gain as to
keep the udder of prolific, habit in the
future.
The merciful dairyman when he
draws calves to market puts them in a
comfortable crate, instead of tying
their legs and doubling them under
the wagon seat.
There are many hones that have
never been seen to lie down in their
lives. Their rest is not complete, how
ever, and their joints and sinews are
liable to stiffen early.
In hiving, one essential is to have
the hives in a cool place. The bees
will enter a cool hive much more
readily than one which has been baked
iu the hot sun all day,
It is pretty well established as the
results of experiments that the same
a.nouut of feed required to produce
one pound of butter fat will produce
three pouuds of beef.
Professor Henry shows by experi
ment that it costs $2.61 to produce
1110 pouuds of gain with lambs, and
Stt.O:) to produce the same gain with
pigs of about the same aie.
Hoot crops are being urged to tako
tho place of grass in wiuter. Beets,
turnips, carrots, etc., ure recommend
ed aa lieullhy stock food, which will
lengthen out the grain supply.
A. perfect cow resembles a perfect
machine. The food and drink given
her is taken into the stomach and con
.,aou.l j.an ...;m, ... i a ; n
I, L 1 I Li I . 1. 1 ,J JUllA, U14 ttUOU UU
milk it Ukes the form of tledh.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TO CI.BAH STLTTtR.
To clean silver first wash or remove
all the grease from the silver, then
mb with a woolen cloth wot with am
monia and whiting, and polish on the
phased and filigree parts with a tooth
brush. This whiting is wet with era
monia, and made into cakes or boxes,
ind agents aro around selling it for
fifty cents a box, that, the probability
is, coat them ten cents. It is good to
jlean glass windows and all kinds of
glassware with. Now York Ad vortisor,
A CTT O WKHi-MADB TEA,
There are few "pick-mo-nps'' eqnal
In potency and pleasant effects to si
sup of woll-mado tea; few things that
will so put to flight "the tired feel
ing" millions of brain-workers are
familiar with; per contra, there are
few more injurious compounds put in
to human stomachs than the long
iteeped decoctions, replete with
.stringent tannin, that tho average
Hibernian charwoman imbibes in
boundless quantities. What is well
made tea? To begin, the tea itsolf
must be good ; and then the making
of it in a heated pot with freshly
boiled water, standing just long
snough that is a fine art that etiu be
tcquired, but only by patienoe and
persevering study, -New York Inde
pendent,
Cars of India mmnRRi.
In those days, when india ritbbet
hoes aro so often made of shoddy
material, it is especially necessary to
take good care of them. It is a great
mistake to wash an india rubber to
free it from mud. Soap always in
jures them, and even clear water ap
plications are of no special advantage.
The best way is to allow the over
hoes to become thoroughly dry.
Then brush them frco from all dust
and mud, and rub them thoroughly
with vaseline. This not only cleans
them, but leaves an oil surface, which
makes the overshoe more impervious
to water. Thore is an india rubber
scment which is at times quite ef
fective in mending amall rents in
overshoes, though it does not last a
great while. In buying overshoes it
is always best to buy of tho freshest
ttock you can secure, and to buy them
of a trustworthy dealer who will not
deal in inferior goods. Boston Cul
tivator. bats w a cellar.
Cellars should be built always with
regard to safety from vermiu. Once
these get a foothold in the walls or
under the floor it is almost impossible
to dislodge them, and if they are
poisoned the dead carcasses are as bad
as the live animals. So that the con
struction of the cellar is worth think
ing of. The floor should be made of
concrete, over a layer of broken stone,
well rammed down. Bats cannot
burrow nuder such a floor and gain
entrance in that way. Then the walls
should be built up of stone laid in
mortar, and all the crevices should be
filled with small chips to make the
wall tight. The foundation of the
wall should be made at least six
inches wider than the wall outside, as
the rats will try to make their way
along the wall, and never make the
offset outward to get under it. The
beams of the floor above the collar
should be bedded in the wall, and the
wall built close around the ends of
them. This also insures soundness in
the beams and prevents rotting, as
there is nothing better for tbe preser
vation of the timber than lime. It
has been recommended that the holes
made by the rats be smeared with t ir,
which is offensive to them, or to plase
some concentrated lye on the bottom
of the burrows, by which the rat's
feet are burned. This so disgusts
them that they leave the premises.
But there will always bo trouble unless
the walls are built at the first in the
way mentioned. Gterinautown Tele
graph. RECIPES.
Ginjrerbread-Two pounds flour,
no-half pound of butter, one pint
molasses, one-fourth pound sugar, one
ounce ginger, one-half teaspoonful of
cream of tartar.
Fried Chicken Dressing Take a hall
gallon of cold bread. Moisten with
gravy from the cookiug chicken, throw
in a handful of powdered sage, tea
spoonful of pepper aud a little salt.
Mix well, working it like broad and
roll out in small cakes, dip in flout
and fry in lard.
Honey Comb Pudding One cup of
flour, one cup of sugar mixed with
the liour, one cup of milk, two cups
of molasses, eight eggs. Boat the eg s
and pour them into the molasses.
Measure one cup of butter, then molt
it and add it to the molastes. A tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in a little
of the milk should be added the last
thing. Bake threa-quartors of an
hour. Serve with sauce.
Fried Beets Boil a few beets nntil
i tender, then out them in thin, long
pieces. Put them m a stew pan with
a teaspoonful of vinegar, the juice of
one lemon, a pinch of sugar, a very
little grated nutmeg, salt aud pepper
and two tablespooufuls of soup stock
or fresh butter. Put the sauce pan
on the back of the range aud let it
simmer half au hour, stirriug occa- (
Bionauy. uouinj me ueeis m soup is
an improvement.
Dried Beef Creamed Chip the beef
in small, thin slioes,pr, if bought al
ready cut, pick itT "Mp small
pieces, aud oarefullyNrmw4 all fat
and stringy pieces. Put a tablespoon
fnl of butter into a small saucepan;
when hot add the beef and frizzle for
four or five minutes, stirring con
stantly. Thou add a cup of milk, into
which has been stirred a level table
spoonful of cornstarch; let it boil up
until it thickens siitficieutly aud serve.
Tire 'Llirhtuiiir Calculators."
The late George Bidder, at the age
of eight years, could answer uliuost
instantaneously how many ceuts
there would be in any sum under $1,
000, ODD, 000. Zerah Coburu was an
other lightning calculator of the same
generation. While yet a small school
. boy he was asked to name the square
of UJil, JJJ, which Uti lutnutly stated
to be yW.yJS.UOit.Udl. To further il
lustrate his powers he multiplied the
above sum by id aud the product by
the same number. He once calculated
the cube root of 413,991,348,077 in
xaotly five seconds. St. Louis Ke-publio,
'Fl.Mf l)l,M 1 AT111
Kit.i.Fi) ovr. a xmi or Mtrs,
fil ynunif men of Nliollivvllle, Ky , got In
to a ilntnkf n nuarro! after rlrlnklnj a kR ol
boor, nml nn ol them shot two ot his oom
panlnns. Tlio shootor was thon shot twins
In the hrcast. Ho illo.l soon nftor, anil the
othor two morl Were also fatally wotimleil.
Crystal J'lilliigs, .
irrrrr.Nhof.t TKJtrraAro k onoANtr.ATtn,
Thf rnllroofl corporation, ot this rountrf
ro j.rnetlonlly promoters of tomporanco and
total ahstlnoneo, Klght enxlnoer and six
tooiv trainmen of tho Hi Konr svtm wort
notified Mareh I that thoir sorviera would no
longer l.o roiiulrod. Tho roason of tholrills
Hinrgo was that they wore recently mado rlo
leihlnnli" lit n Jintloo's eourt in garnished
proceedings Inntllutol ,y saloonkeeper,
who had hills lor Honor sold to the men. It
Is ons of tho rules of tlio company that em
ployes shnll not frequont saloons.
Men aro constantly beln' laid nfT or dis
charged from all tho loading roads for such
conduct. One of the tiost conductors wo
ever knew was put on probation twloo, fell
each time, an I then was justly nnd rolcm
l"sly illseharsoJ. N',w York Christian Ad
vocate, tx BEtiAtr or TiMriiutfcit,
tVrliaps tho most Important movemont
laloly undertaken in tho direction of tninper
Hnce by tho Protectant Episcopal Chitroh In
this country has just boon instituted under
Ihtmusplcos of the Church Temperance Ho
cloty. Tho scheme Upon which the new
movement Is baaed has roooived tho Indorse
ment of the most prominent olergymen arid
laymrai u the city. Including Bishop H. (!.
otic?, llev Dr. William It. Huntington. ltev.
Pr. Henry Y. Salterloe, ltev. Dr. David II
Oreer, Hov. I)r. John Wesley Brown, Gene
ral Wage Hwsyne and Hohert llrahain, Gen
oral .Secretary ot tho Church Temperance
Society. Tho socletv Is to) secure total nhstl-i
neneo among the young. It will bo conduct
ed upon a military basis aud has three
gradesthn Order of Young Crtnaders, fof
boys between eight and fourteen years ; the
Knights of Temperauce, for bOys liotweeri
fourteen and twenty-one yours, nnd the Vet
eran Knights, for those who have become too
old to belong to tho lower grade, but who
still wish to keop up a connection with tho
Legion. Every member of a eompnny will
be uniformed, the uniforms, equipments nnd
Insignia showlug the colors of the Legion
b:uo for tompuranee, white for purity and
rod for reverence. Although the scheme is
natloinl in its scope, and it is expected that
it will be adopted In every diocese and par
ish in tho country, the tnitintlvo in working
It out will bo taken bv the churches la this
city uud. Brooklyn. New York Letter,
WITHOUT WINS SAOC'C
The following suggestive Incident, given In
the New York Evangelist, serves to show
how much we may help or hinder another,
Unite unconsciously it may be, by our on
anyilc :
"A young man sat nt n hotel table with a
gentleman an I a In ly frien 1 for whom ho
Tell the greatest resp-ct. Tho waiter said to
Ihe gentleman i 'Will von have pit Idlng with
wine sauce'' 'Yes,' was the answer. Tho
young man's craviug for strong drink was
aroused nt the mention of tho wlno entice,
vid h nl.o was about to reply affirmatively
to tho waiter's question when his Indv friend
quickly :.ld Pudding without wins sauce, If
you please.' 'Without wins sauce,' eamo
the young man's reply,
"Afterward, in the pirlor, ho said to hon
'I want to thank you for doing me a groat
favor." She looked astonished. 'You (lo not
know what It moant to me when you said at
the dlnn.-r table, "Pudding without wine
since, if you please.'" He then told her his
struggle against strong drink nnd how near
he had come to lulling, saved only by her
timely example."
The uniform example of abstinence from
all use of intoxicants on our part oan harm
no ono nnd may help many. Temperenoe
Advocate,
fcxrERrwrsr ixo cxrr.atK.vci:.
At a recent moetlug Iu England, Mr Ben.
juuiu nam luenar.lson, Jl. D., reviewed
the position taken by him twenty-fire years
ago with reference to alcohol, which, may be
Bummed up as lollows :
"1 can no more accept it ns a fool than I
can chloroform, or ether, or methylal. That
alcohol produces a temporary excitement Is
true, hut ns its gouenil action Is to reduce
uulinal heat 1 cannot see how it can supply
nuimal force. I can see clearly how it re
duces animal power, and can show a reason
for usiug it iu order to stop physical pain,
or to stup'.'lly meutal pain but that It gains
strength, that It supplies material for con
struetion of tisiiie, or throws funis luto tis
sues supplied by other material aiust be
au error as solemn s it is widespread. Tho
true character of alcohol is that It Is au
agreeable temporary shroud. To resort for
lorce to alcohol is, to my mind, equivalent
to the act ot sjarehiug lor the suu in subter
ranean gloom, until ul is night.
"Tnese were the words ol lStiS," said tho
learned scientist, "and now that u quarter ot
a century has elapsed since they were writ
ten and spoken, I stand on the past nnd with
out preju lice, without IndifTureuce, Out with
oliservation and research maintained up to
the present moment, 1 do not see a single
reason for changing one Idea or oqo word.
I have, however, something to add. I spoke,
In 1S0U on experiment without personal ex
perieu ie. I have boon led by what 1 may
call personal experiment, to confirm the past
jmtho prosont, and nfter twenty-five years
have coma to tho distinct conclusion, un
hesitatingly and undoubtedly expressed,
that by abstinence I havo lost nothing, re
tained everything, nnd gained muah. l'rao
tice has sustained theory, nnd experience ex
periment. When I had overcome the physio
logical difficulties I continued for somo time
to npply what I had originally learned to
the treatment of disease, using alcohol as at
east an exceptional remedy, uradually It
dawned upon me that the error here might
bo ns groat as the error relating to health
and alcohol. When tho London Temper
ance, Hosplial was opened to me I obtained
a Held such as I had never had before lor
clentille observation with the result that
703 acuto cases have come under my oare,
disease of the most varied kinds and aeutest
In character, all of which have been treated
without any recourse to alcohol or to any
thing that way be called n siilwtitute for it.
llecoverles from soverost diseases aro as
Rood, if not better, under this methoj, thnn
uudor tho old one, and oonvalesoenoe is un
questionably advanced. Tho truth, in short,
holds goo.l all through, that that which Is
best in health Is best also in disease, and If
it were iu tho power of any one to say, 'I re
move from your reach alcohol as a medi
cine,' 1 should answer, 'There is not a medi
cine that you can remove from me with
greater Impunity.' "
TEMFF.IUS'CE NEWS AND XOTE3.
' For every four shillings spent in England
for drink, only a halt-penny is spent for
education.
Of the 11,000 saloon keepers In New York
City, it Is stated that no loan than 8000 have
S'jrveJ tonus In the prison.
Rtrou drink produces more Idleness,
crime, disease, want and misery than all
othor causes put together. London Times.
During the past six months 4.10 saloons
have closed their doors in Hamilton County,
N. Y., ou account of the hard times. More
caa be spared.
The statement was recently made In the
Herman ltoiehstng that there are 11,000 per
sons in tofpitaU in Germany who are siitfer
lug with delirium tromens.
If you aro fon I of wine, you ought to ab
stain for your own sake ; nnd if you aro not
fond of wine, you ought to abstain for tbe
sake of othor. K. W. l'urrar.
In connection with the sanitation ot
nnuios thousands of experiments with large
todies of men show that they aro belter
ablu to endure the fatigue ot hard marches
when not allowed any alcohol at all.
When the Queen ot Madagascar shut up
the saloons Iu her kingdom, and the ex-saloon
keepers asked for compensation, aha
replied, "Compensate tboo you have
wronged, and 1 will pay the balance."
Thomas ilyrncs, Huncrintondent of tho New
York l'olice Department, says: "After all, if
we hunt vice and crime back to their lairs
we will bo pretty sure to find them in the
Hin mill. Drunkenness Is tho proline mother
ol most of the evil- toiug. "
No wine nor lutoxicsslng liquor was
herved lit the wedding teMt of the grand
daughter of Vanderbilt. Who was marriednot
long since. Kvory mioh endorsement of
temprrence In high social circle is an as
snrauce of tbe speedy bun is amen ol the so
cliil glass from all elrolea,
PA!ING J,
POWDER
wholesome bread, cake, and biscuit. A
hundrti thousand unsolicited testimo
nials to this effect arc received annually
by its manufacturers. Its sale is greater
than that of all other baking powders
combined.
fftOYAL isKINd POWDER
Halt Century or tttfl Telegraph.
The facts brought out on tbe fiftieth
anniversary of telegraphy, which wa
recently celobratoii iu New York, are
very interesting to the student of ma-,
terial anil social progress. It was on
the day of the great Whig convention
at Baltimore that the first message was
transmitted in this country that was
to demonstrate the ntility of teleg
raphy and relieve Professor Morse of
the stigma of being "crazy." His
wire beteeu Daltimofe and Washing
ton announced the nomination of Clay
and Krelinghuysen an hour before the
train reached the Capital. Since then
the figures ol telegraphy have grown
amazingly, and never so rapidly as at
present. As late as 18(10 one operator
sent all the newspaper dispatches from
Chicago announcing the nomination
of Lincoln, It took 125 operators to
furnish the telegraphic news ot Cleve
land's nomination at Chicago, Even
down to 1880 only fifty newspapers
received special telegrams. Now there
are 600 that have special servioe. A
single establishment in this country
has 800,000 miles of wire in operation,
and 23,000 oflioes, and last year sent
70,000,000 messages.
There are now in the world about
2,000,000 miles of telegraph wire in
operation, and in addition to tho tele
graph lines thero are nearly 150,000
miles of nautical cables, over which
the Morse system is used. The news
paper and press associations, which in
1880 received but 28,000,000 words,
now consume nearly 1,800,000,000
words in supplying the publio with
news and reading matter. What all
this signifies in behalf of publio en
lightenment and commerce almost stir,
passes comprehension. It enables one
to enjoy two lives in one. It has ad
ded tenfold value to tbe art of print
ing, and has increased the national
wealth enormously. Yet orthodox
scienoe and the businos world were so
sure that Professor Morse was "crazy"
that he was ashamed to conduct the
first pnblio experiments in person,
lest he should be hooted out of confi
dence. What a lesson on charity and
and the folly of snap judgmental
Boston Globe.
Cheap aud Plentiful Remedy,
Common salt is one of the most val
uable remedial agents the world con
tains. Used as a tooth powder, alone
or with a little prepared chalk, it
whitens the teeth aud makes the gums
hard and rosy. It is a good gargle for
sore throat, and if taken in time will
benefit, if not cure, diphtheria. It
will stop bleeding of the mouth, and
in warm water is a good emetio and
remedy against several poisons. There
is nothing better for sore, feet and
haniU than salt aud water, and for or
dinary sore eyes, though a painful
application, will ofteu effect a com
plete cure. Indianapolis News..
The Capitol at Washington has cost
more than $30,000,000. It covers
three and a half acres, the dome is 307
feet high and 135 in diameter, and is
exceeded in size only by St. Peter's in
Borne, St. Paul's in London, the In
valides in Paris and St. Isaao's in St.
Petersburg.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
ana permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
fcyrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig yrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Hyrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will luit
accept any substitute if ottered.
. wL lid
AST ,
i
" Knowledge is Folly Unless Put to Use." You Know
SAPOL O?
THEN
7 v.
Admitted to be
the finest prep
aration of the
kind in the mar
ket. Makes the
best and most
ABSOLUTELY PURE.
CO., 1M WALL ST, NEW-YORK ' S
The Horse's Original Home.
The original home of the horse has
been generally supposed to be tha
country which forms the highlands
of Asia, about tho fortieth degree of
latitude, aud recent authorities re
port that herda of wild horses are still
jo bo seen iu certain parts of Western
Mongolia and Northern Thibot. Prom
lime immemorial this country has
deen favorable to the growth of
horses. At a very early date, epverat
thousands of years before Christ, lio
horso was taken westward. Tho Uaby-
lonians used horses in their expedi
tions. Tho cuneiform characters whioh are
nsed to express the word horso mean
literally the "animal of tho lvi.it. " In
Egypt the horse is not fonud dopi'ctoil
on the monnmonts uutil about 15. O.
1000. Iu Nubia the horse was ap
preciated anil loved. In a hieroglyphic
inscription the statement is minlo that
when Piankhi, tbe Ethiopian invader
of Egypt, had captured tho stores ami
treasury of his foe, Niiuro,!, ho wont
into the stables, and finding that the
horses had suffered from hunger, ho
burst into a rago aud said : "I swear
by my life, and by my bolovod Ra,
that to have kept my horses hungry
is more heinous in my sight than any
other offense which thou hast com
mit ted against me." The native land
of the Arab horso includes the Arabian
peninsula, tho land about the Tigrw
anil Euphrates, and tho Damsvscn
district. All Arab horses aro asserted
to be descended from a fabulous maro
called "Kuhailat ot tho old woman."
New York Suu.
Intelligence o! a Stallion.
During a fire iu a stable at Pan See,
Province of Quebec, Canada, a bay
stallion returuod twioe to tho burning
structure and drove out a horse that
was so terrorized as to be unable to
make any attempt to escape. San
Francisoo Chronicle.
SEVERE EXPOSURE
OfUa results in oolds. fsvrt, rbtumatltm,
uralcia and kindred derangements. We
da not " catcb cold " if we are in (nod condi
tio. It the liver is aotive, aud tha system
la conscqueac doinr Its duty, we live in full
bealth and enjoy lite " rain or abine." To
break up a cold there's nothing so valuable
as Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They keep
tbe whole system rrrulated iu a perfectly
natural way. If we do not feel bappy, if wa
worry and grumble, if we are morliiil, if tb
days seem dreary and long, if the weather is
bad, if things to awry, it is the liver wbictt
is at fault. It is generally "torpid." A
common sense way Is to take I)r. Pierce''
Pleasant Pellets. We generally eat toe much,
take insufficient exercise, by means of which
our tissue-changes become indolent and in
complete. P-e comfortable you are com
fortuble when well. You'll be well when you
have taken " Pleuant Pellets."
No Constipation follows their use. Put
up waled In (bus -- always trash and re
liable. W.L. Douglas
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is thi Biar.tw.
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, ocnu run vninunvB
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BROCKTON, MASS.'
Ya ma aav mod? by wwarlnj Ik
W, I,. Douglai 93.00 hhe.
RirRNii. w are tht lartyt manufacturer of
value by tampliug tuo name a oil price 01 (he
bottom, which prutect you against high prlceent
the mid diem an 'a prortii. Our nboea eijual cuatom
work in atria, tty fit tin aud wearing quaMtlea.
Waharatbem enlii every where at lower prlreefoe
the value givea than any other make. Take no aub
atttute. If your dealer rauuot aupply you, we can.
n v n r- vr
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COLLARS and CUFFS.
'J he but and uml rt-nnoiuicnl . lara and 4'nRa worn.
Hereraikle, Look well. Kit well. Wear well.
A txti of Ttr-ai collar ot Plve paire of cufti ft ct.
Sample collar an 1 pair of t-uttt, by mall fur oenia.
Naute the ilie and nt te ilred and art drew the
Hvilblf 4 ollitr ('..
7T Kflbyit , ..onion ur 77 Ktankhn at., New York.
' Cuna and I'revt-iiu HlieutiiHtioui, lulU.'tluu, V
a IyjM'ii,ia, Heartburn, I'uunli ainl Asthma,
V !ftil In M -Harm no A rVvern. duaiitee the
A Teeth an I 1'nun ten (Un Appetite. Sweeten M
f the Hn-uf h, Cures 111-TotwiTO llutilt. l:-jiurtu;d T
" by the Meilk'al Kacu.ty. Send fur Mi, 15 oi 23 "
A ecut Jutel(a.- Sitftr, Stum in or ytal Note. A
f tth.O, K. HAI.M, iU Wual Wth t., New York, f
ft E NS I O M V uhionV
"successfully Prosecutes Claims,
Lt iTluclp. Ka-Aintner U 8. Paueiun Bureau,
'i jiaie laat war. It djudiialUiia.iua, alt; auuie
Mtt L'ouab. fcjrup. Tan tea litiod. Uer r j
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