Modern rnfrncntu unit Salrp. Various dopant preparations hara anpnrscilofl the course nngncntn and salves of former times. It wonld be impossible in onr limitod apaoe to give a just idea of the wonderful im provement tbttt hare been made in this brunch of pharmacy. Perhaps one of the most notable improvements la t he preparation of an animal fat, railed lnnoline, which is now nsed as tho basis of a large number of oint ment . Unlike lard, which lias generally been employed for this purpose, it never turns rancid ; and it has the valuable property of being readily absorbed by the skin, and penetrating with friction to its deeper layers ; therefore, it becomes a most efficient vehicle for conveying medicines through tho skfn. When mixed with mercury and rubbed iuto the pores, it has caused the peculiar metallic taste of the firug to be perceptible in the mouth three minutes after its applica tion. In its impuro cmde form, this fat was known to the ancient Greeks, and employed by them in medicine, being extracted from the wool of sheep. The chemist has now purified it, and made it one of the most useful Bgentg that wo potscss for applying medicines to the skin. Chambers's Journal. Aluminum Watches. The latest fad of the Parisian swells is the aluminum timepiece. They are very light in weight, but a trifle more than the works. The cases are in a dull black color very effoctive. Some are open faced, some are open in a small three-quarter-inch disk in tho center, with small gilt hands on the black face of the watch, but they are in all sorts of inlaid decoration in colorings, and the best of it is they are very reasonable in price. It is tho custom at the gay capital for tho gentry to carry this timepiece in tho right hand trousers pocket along with the keys, coin, matchbox and other paraphernalia of the mascu line pocket. It is, moreover, the wont f the owners to rush the hand down lnTBopocket with great show of im perturbability and bring forth the watch, of which the material is nn scratcbable, from among the other articles, glance at the time and care lessly replace it with an air of cer tainty in its infallibility. Clothier and Furnisher. A XO-TO-BAC MIRACLE. PHYSICAL PERFECTION PREVENTED BY THE USE OP TOBACCO. Aa Old Timer mt Twenty-ihree Yearn Te bacre Chewlns and Smoktnc Cared, and Gains Twenty Pennds In Thirty Dare. Lak Geneva, Wis., July 21 Special. Tbe ladles or oar beautiful little town are making an Interesting and exalting time for tobacco-using husbands, since the Injurious effects of tobaoco and the ease with which it can be cured by a preparation called No-, To-Bac, have been so plainly demonstrated by the cure of Mr. F C. Walte. In a arftten statement he says : ."I smoked and chewed tobacco for twenty-three rears, and I am sure that my case was one of the worst in this part ofthe country. Evu after I went to bed at night, If I woke up I would want to chew or smoke. It was not only killing me but my wife was also ailing from the in jurious effects. Two boxes of No-To-Bao cured me, and I have no more desire for to bacco than I have to Jump out of the win dow. I have gained twenty pounds In thirty days, my wife is well, and we are indeed both happy to say that No-To-Bao is truly 'worth Its weight in gold' to us." The cure and improvement In Mr. Walte's ease Is looked upon as a miracle In faot, It is the talk of the town and county, and it is estimated that over a thousand tobaoco users will be using No-To-Bao within a few weeks. The peculiarity about No-To-Bao as a patont medicine is that the makers, the Sterling Remedy Company, No. 45 Randolph street, Chicago, absolutely guarantee the use of three boxes to oure or refund the money, and the cost, fl50, is so trifling as compared with the expensive and unneces sary use of tobacco that tobaoco -using hus bands have no good excuse to offer wheu their wives insist upon taking No-To-Bao and getting results lu the way of pure, sweet breath, wonderful Improvement in their mental and physical condition, with a prao ttcal rerltalization of their niootlzed nerves. Wiosiino sheep and wool are being ex ported to England. Dr. Kilmer's Bwnp-Koot cures all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Blnghamton, N. Y. Watebmelons lately sold for sixteen cents a hundred in New Orleans . The Ladles. Tbe jileaaant effect and perfect safety wltt which ladles may use the California liquid lax atlve, Kyrup of Figs, under all condition! makes it their favorite remedy. To get the true and genuine article, look for the name of the California Fig Syrup Co., prints 1 near the bottom of tkejuu-kage. The California Mid-Winter Exposition has lint Kiveu the John P. Lovell Arms Co., of Kontoii. (he highest award and Gold Medal for blcyclea. Dr. Ilvxaie's Certain Creep Care Should he in every medicine closet. It cures the worm of coukus and colds, and does not rau&e nausea- fM utM. Hall's Catarrh tare Is taken Internally. Prioe 75c. HAl.t's Honey of Horehound and Tar re lieves whooping oou'h. Pike' Toutiinrlie irop Cure In one minute Karl's Clover Knot, the grant hlood purifler. gives fresliltess and clearness to the complex ion and cures constipation, aii cts.. 6U cU., $1. If afflicted Willi sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thoinp. bonV Ke-wler. Druu-KuiU sell at aiio per bottle in Hoi Voathor fiomettiiug is needed to keepupthe appetite, assist digestion and give good, healthful Bleep. For those purposes Hood's barsaua rilln is peculiarly adapted. As a blood pur- ood's ar- parilla iller it has no equal Cures and it is chiefly l.y its power to make uui blood that it has won sw ayvVfAd such lame as a cure lor scrofula, salt rtieuuj und other similar diseases. Get Hood's. HmMi'a 111 1 curt- btwlai tiv aul IndlKentlon. nV. S J 4 ntBBBptlvee end people 4 who hsve wuak luuvsor Ann 1 ne, should uu flsu'sCvre for ! ( ununiinou. It bu tared ibnuMkuda. It bu Dotinjur i - 1 ..lit. il I Dirt had lu iu. I it it) iti tu'tH oough syrup, twid everywhere. 6 mwY?fjrfWV yya H HAT.TRR rOB HORSBS THAT BOUk A horse that is addicted to rolling and getting cast should wear a halter with a ring fastened to the top be tween the ears. Snap a rope or strap in this so he cannot lay bin head down flat, and thus tied there will be no further trouble. American Agrioul tnrist. STIMTtliAXTS FOR FLOWRnS. One of the best stimulants that can be given to pot plants, especially palms and ferns, is soot water. Tie a quantity of soot in a coarse muslin bag, attaching a heavy stone to it, so that it will sink ; let this soak for sev eral days in a tub of water and then lot it stand a day or two until quite clear. One quart of soot to seven gal lons of water is quite sufficient. It renders the foliage more vivid, as well as stimulating growth. Detroit Faee tress. EXPERtMRNTS IS KKRPISO BOOB. The New York experiment station has been experimenting in keeping eggs. The eggs were all wiped when fresh, with a rag saturated with some antiseptic and packed tightly in salt, bran, eto. Lggs packed during April and May with salt, and which had been wiped out with cottonseed oil, to which had been added boric acid, kept from four to five months with a loss of nearly one -third, the quality of those saved not being good. Those packed in bran, after the same pre liminary handling, were all spoiled after four months. Eggs packed in salt during March and April, after wiping with vaseline, to which salicy lic acid had been added, kept four or five months without loss, the quality after four months being much superior to ordinary. Temperature of each box varied little from sixty degrees Fahrenheit, and each box was turned over once every two days. Little dif ference was observed in the keeping of the fertile and unfertile eggs, and no difference was noticeable in tbe keeping qualities of eggs from different fowls or from those on different rations. Orange Judd Farmer. THE MILK TEST. In practice it is found that the Bab cock test must be expanded in apn'ica tion so as to cover five .things : The apparatus, the ao7, 'the sample the manipulation, the operator. These five th'&gs include everything pertain isg to the test as a machine, the test as an operation, and the tester. Iowa leads her sister States in enacting a law requiring those who bay milk by the test to make sure that the test bot tles are oorrectly calibrated and grad uated. As the invention is not patent ed anyone can make the apparatus, and the test bottles have been thrown upon the market with no guarantee that they are correct. Patrons have been condemned for selling inferior milk with no evidence against them but the test bottle and no guarantee that the test bottle itself was correct. The new law makes it imperative that each creamery man and all persons testing milk for others, shall procure of the Dairy Commissioner a certified test bottle and the Dairy Commissioner is required to furnish one bottle cer tified to be correct, at oost price. In case of controversy, the one who makes the test has the burden of proof. He must prove his test to be correct, and cannot secure conviction otherwise. This is right. Before this it was a one-sided affair, One party did all the testing; the other was helpless nnless he could prove fraud. Now the per son making the charge must support it with evidence and if the evidence is the milk test he must substantiate the accuracy of bis test. Orange Judd Farmer. HOW TO HAKE A SELF-CLEAVING CISTERX. Soft water for washing purposes is a necessity. To meet this necessity cisterns of various kinds are built, but the dust lodging on the roof, to gether with dead leaves, and various substances whirled about by tbe wind, will be carried by the water into the cistern. Unless it is frequently cleaned, this fouls the water and gives it a bad odor. The following is a de scription of a plan for a cistern so ar ranged as to avoid this difficulty. The overflow pipe, instead of simply entering tbe cistern at the sur face of the water in the usual way, continues down the inner surface and opens near the bottom. Then, when ever the cistern tills with water and overflows, the surplus enters the dis charge pipe at the bottom, thus carry ing off whatever sediment may have been deposited. As the substances that are washed from the roof into the cistern always settle gradnally to the bottom, each hard rain that fills it to overflowing forces them into the discharge pipe and carries them off t' the drain. Kuoh foul sediment forms a good nest for disease genu.. Where the gronud is of firm texture it is not necessary to brick up the sides, but the cement may be laid directly- on the earth. lSeuiu by laying out a cir cle about a foot larger across thau the intended size of the cistern. Dig this size down three feet, then dig the cistern six inches smaller on all sides, thus leaving a shelf on which to place the covering stones three feet below the surfuce to be out of the way of the frost. Covtsr it by laying on opposite sides of this shelf two luu;j flit stones, eighteen inches apart. Then lay two other stones across the ends of these, and a mau hole eighteen inches square will be left. It is now ready for plastering. Use portlaud cement, one part of cement to two of fine, clean sand, giving the sides a good layer clear up to the cover, the leader from the roof having been in sertad iu or near tho top. Now dig a drsiu from sumo convenient point of discharge, and by the oveHo pipe by beaming at the bottom of theeiHte.ru, puuHin it out near the top. It may be nittilo uf cuuiiuoii imuiiJ two-inch i drain tile, having that part which is iu the cistern well covered with ce ment. When all is complete place orib of plank over the man-hole, through which it may be entered by means of a small ladder; then oover with earth, ronnding it well tip. If a pnmp is used the suction pipe should be furnished with a strainer, and should roach to within a foot of the bottom of cistern. Whore a cis tern can be built directly under the kitchen it is very convenient to con nect it with a pump over the kitchen sink. The capaoity of a oitern may be approximately ascertained by al lowing seven gallons to the onbio foot. Or, if it is round, multiply the diame ter by the average depth, in feet, and the product by five and one-half. The result will be the capaoity in gal lons. American Agriculturist. FARM AND GARDE! NOTES. Slow milking is injurious to the oow. Milk rapidly. The Pekin is generally estoemed the most profitable variety of duck. Lead a oow rather than drive her. Oentlenesa should be the watchword to the dairy stable. The aim in breeding should be to wards a higher standard in order to compensate for tbe deterioration in prices. Make up your mind to bave better roads this summer between your farm and the station from which yon do your shipping. It is very certain that the batter must come from the food and that the bettor the food the more butter a oow will give. Experience has shown that oorn meal is the best food for rich milk. The man who makes it a rule to milk his cows in the stable is the one who has the least trouble with them. It takes but a minute to put them in and turn them out, and this time is well spent. Turkeys, as a rale, do best to have their own way in nesting, setting and caring for their young, but the older ones are likely to become so gentle and obedient as to conform cheerfully to the feeder's plan.' The cracking of the fruit of pears, observed oftentimes in the Flemish Beauty and the White Doyenne, is caused by a fungus. Spraying, as now generally practiced, will make an end of this fungus, no doubt. For a small lawn the best invigor ator is a gill of nitrate of soda once a week in a pail of water, applied with a watering pot, over an area of 100 square feet. The grass will quickly respond to such treatment. When the sheep go to pasture, a place should be provided for the lambs in which they can enter and get a lit tle grain food. This helps them very much and will add fully a fourth to their growth during the summer. Don't overload young horses. If there is a heavy load to be hauled use the older animals, remembering that the bone and muscle are not properly developed and set until after the horse has attained his sixth year. The head of the gander is somewhat coarser than that of the goose and his cry is harsher. There is no difference in the form or plumage of the two sexes, and, as a rule, the gander is distinguished only by his pugnaoity. By hurdling and letting the stock eat down a portion of the field at a time, pasture can be made to go further than by the common method. This plan can be followed with sheep and hogs without very much extra labor. Wheu a mare refuses to dry or caress her offspring a little flour or meal sprinkled upon it will sometimes attract her kindly to it, but should this fail the foal must be dried by rub bing with soft flannel and induoei to take milk. In raising turkeys this year remem ber that the big ones are no longer in demand, and can only be sold at a re duction. Birds ranging from ten to fifteen pounds, at five manths, are the kind wanted. Twelve pounds is a good weight and a popular size. If you have not a sufficient number of sows, or cows or mares to pay for keeping a thoroughbred male yourself, get some of your neighbors to join you in the purchase of one. A joint owner ship of this sort is better than to be all the time paying out large service fees. The meal of whole ears of corn is quite as digestible as that of the ground grain if it is finely ground and fed with cut hay. About six quarts a day of this meal is sufficient for an or dinary oow, but that may be increased as the oow may be found to eat and digest it usefully. There is no farm so small but that live stock of some sort could add to the profit derived from it. If you can do nothing more, try a single dairy cow as an experiment. Very often one cow well kept pays much better thau a half dozen indifferently fed and cared for. The stockman who feeds a ton of bran to his work horses will, if all his manure, solid and liquid, is saved, have $12.15 worth of fertility in the manure. If the same is fed to grow ing stock he will have about ninety per cent, of the fertility, and to a dairy cow more than seventy-five per cent. If you are growing clover for seed, you can predispose the plant toward seed production by pasturiug sheep upon the field. They will keep it cropped close to the ground, and if this is done through the earlier part of the season, the seed crop will be heavier from the later growth than by any other method of handling it. All soils contain enormous quanti ties of plant food, even the most un productive, and crops require but lit tle. 'I he reason why some soils are so barren is that the essential elements, often abundant iu them, are not iu such form as to be available. By thorough working of the soil to a good depth the furmer cau do much to im prove the condition of things. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. WAtm( AND CLEANING OTjOTM. The so-called washing gloves are an exoollen, choioe for utility purposes all summer, as they oan be cleaned once and again by washing them in water that is more than warm, but not scalding hot, tising a bit of pure white soap in the process. It is best to wash them npon the hands, as tho chamois is less likely to shrink in drying. Wash and then rinse in dear water, and dry by rubbing with a Turkish or other aoft, rough towel. For kid gloves of light color, that are but slightly soiled, but not stained, there is no better mode of freshening than to wind a bit of oiled silk around tho finger, rnbbing vigoronsly to remove all traces of the mar. Any woman who tests this 08 sy way of donning kid glove will he sure to keep thereafter strip of silk in her possession. A qnarter or even an eighth of a yard is enough to purchase at once, as iu fancy dry goods houses, where it is old, it is kept moist in a large roll and is thns very pliable. Moisten the silk, however, when using. New York Efening Post. Much may be said of the indispens able article known as apron, viewing it from the ornamental as well as use ful point The soope of the latter is great, including the housekeeper, nnrse, waitress, dressmaker and the clerk, the various styles of each being unique and pretty. The housekeeper's apron is generally of lawn, nainsook or dimity, of two thirds length and trimmed with a horn four inches doep, surmounted by tucks. Feather stitching may be added either in flax or ootton, or the ready-made may be bought by the piece of twelve yards. The belt may be feather stitched. A square pocket laid in a double box-plait on the right side is indispensable, and may be finished by a dainty little bow of the same material. For the nurse and waitress, the aprons are usually of lawn or cambric, and the plainer the better. Both ale sufficiently full to almost meet at the back, and in length reach nearly to the bottom of the skirt. Sometimes embroidery is put between the tuoks that surmount the hem. Striped and checked ginghams art relegated to the kitchen. These are made np in two breadths, simply hemmed and with a belt and string of the goods. Those trimmed with a bias band of the goods are a little more ornamental. Aprons of this sort are exoellent for wear when sew ing. The sewing apron proper has gored front and side pieces in one piece style, the latter meeting at the back after forming a curve below the waist line, and fastening with one button. The waist or bib is fitted with two darts and the gored side seam, with two long tabs passing to the back of the neck, where they but ton. The large pocket is placed at a convenient distance for the hands in the onter front, and stitched down the middle to form two divisions. Home and Farm. RECIPES. Lobster Cutlets Minoe a pound of lobster small (the oanned may be used), season with salt, white pepper, two ounces of melted butter, two beaten eggs and euough fine, sifted breadcrumbs to make it cling togeth er. Shape in the form of cutlets; dip in crumbs, then in egg and again in crumbs, and fry in hot drippings. These are very palatable with green peas or tomato sauce. Chopped Omelet and Egg Have your ronnd steak chopped very fine and freed from skin and sinews ; sea son with salt, cayenne and minoed parsley and onion (a teaspoonful of each of the two latter to a pound of steak), add the beaten yolk of an egg, and make into small fiat cakes. Fry in drippings until cooked through and browned on both sides; pour over the gravy, and crown each with a poached Potato Omelet Take a pint of cold mashed potatoes and heat over the fire with two tablespoonsful of sweet cream, beating with a fork until smooth and light. Add four beaten eggs, pepper, salt and a little nutmeg, and press through a sieve ; beat one tablespoonful of butter in a sauoepan and oook half of this mixture like an omelet. It is delightful with bacon or ham cut in thin rashers and fried crisp. Spanish Ragout Fry in butter a minced Spanish onion or an equal amount of white onions; add a green pepper minced fine without the seeds, and sprinkle these over six large to matoes that have been elioed and fried. Pat a poached egg for each person on top and pour around a cream sauoe, made by adding cream or milk thiok ened with flour to the butter, in the pan in which the tomatoes were fried. There is no more delightful hot-weather appetizer than this. Shrimp Salad Shrimp salad is a useful and pretty dish. Shell a suffi cient quantity of freshly broiled prawns, taking care to preserve the coral, which put aside for garnishing presently. Pile up the prawns in the centre of a dish, pour over them a thick mayonnaise sauce in which a sheet of gelatine has been dissolved. This causes it to adhere better. Hound the base of the pyramid, arrange a ring of capers, next these a ring of yolk of egg which has been rubbed through a sieve, then a ring of chopped white of egg. Garnish with sprays of chervil aud sprinkle the top of the pyramid with the coral. Shrimp, lobster or remains of oold salmon cau be utilized iu this way. A Yery Curious Discovery, A colored boy made a very curious disoovery a few days ago on tho banks of a oreek near Bay Bity, Tenn. He observed a large frog carrying a piece of paper in its mouth disappear iu a hole. The boy dug after - him, and was surprised to rind a circular nest filled with paper balls. Singularly enough, each of these pieces of paper was a newspaper clipping aud con tained poetry. Those who understand the babbits of the frog suy this is sim ply a coincidence. Mew York Mail and Express. The Princess of Wales has started again the sensible fashion of wearing th two-button glove for summer. TEMPERANCE. Myron aud Labor. "In one of the towns of Illinois a hanker pnt his privalo mark on the money ha paid nut on Saturday night to the wage-worker ot the town who patronlred his Hank ; and on Monday night, of tho 700 paid out, and n, n, mth finvnii'ij, ott t-mi ni(l come oaoK lo him from the saloons of that town I Thera ih nntning tnnt crnmrw, oeutriea anil flwarrs the prvetihilltiea ot the inhor movement In America like the saloons." Frances E. Wll hird. WOSR lIKHeTATIOH. The eltl7;en snd free men of Canton Prl, in Switzerland, have lately Intro tun d a spe cial clause Into their code to this effect. Any hotel-keepor or Inn-keermr who give his cus tomers aufllclent intoxicating liquor to ren der them unconscious, or iinshln to walk strnight or steadily home, shall be obliged lo afford them a hod for the nhrht, and ade quate board and lodging till sin'h timo an they are completely recover!. No tee, cost or chnnre shall be made by tbe snld hotel keeper for tho said board and lodging. The Constitution. Matron ik max. In the Tsleof Man the burning question of the hour Is thnt of liquor licensing. For sev eral years illicit sale of liquor in boarding houses has been winked at bv the suthorl- ."T'.""! " h" hwn nMmed bv many as a rlirht. The HnvArn.. : . ' . . - - ........ iuiun iu urnnt lonrdng-hoiise keepers loave to supply vis- If rival wills tuaa a .1 1 . t.u" vV.. V ' miiner ami supper only. 1 he bill, however, contains regulations and conditions of such a nature that Interested parties demur to accepting It. In the Hotisn of Keys the bill was passed, considerably amended. It being provided that permits should only he granted houses of over forty pounds nnunnl value, permits are onlv to take effect Irom May Ut to Riptcmhcr !3th each year. Tho act is to continue In force for two years, and lis operation Is con lined to Douglas. Near'.y 300 houses are affected br the bill. The temperance party in tho House offered a strenuous but unavailing opposition. The Christ lau. rnrcATK tub cntr.nn.; In a ii?gH-tiv editorial, entitled " IVmpr nnco In Si-hoots," the Good Templar Kesord, of Puuedln, urging the Importance of tern pernnre iiixtrnctlon for the children, says: "If wo in New Zealand are to hold our petition already gained In relation to the drink traffic, we shall have to bestir our selves in this matter of school teaching. There Is a danger of feeling ourselves too sure of our victory, but we should learn to renil::ethat we will never be safe without a watchful guard being It opt at even' tKilnt. One of the most Important positions of de fense nes m tus mm is ot the children. II we succeed In haviug then Imbued with the impregnable facts of tho nature an I effects of alcohol on the human bo ly, and the bo ly pontic, mat woui'i no a source ot strength we could not hope to establish by any other in cans." What Is thus ure 1 as a fundamental need In New Zealand, Is quite as Important also for our country. N uloa il Teuiporauou A 1 Toc.it o. AT.COHOl AMO I.OXOtVITT. A misleading statement concerning a Re port of the Ilrltlsh Mediual Association ou the subject of tempernnos and health has been going the rounds of the press, to tho effect that the relative longevity of abstain ers is less than the free drinkers and the dn cldedly intemperate ; also that !.. Richard son had changed his viows on the subject. Dr. Itichnrdson was recently written to in relation to this nbsurdly improbable state ment, and the rumor concerning himself, by Dr.W. V. It. nilghtou.ofTouawania, N. Y., and his reply is as follows : "I havo received your letter, and assure you that I have not changed my views in the least, and that my Cantor Lectures, I be lieve, stand ou as firm a basis as ever. The table which you give iu your letter relating to mortality under alcohol has bceaauswered here most tolly many times, and has, in fact, been disowned almost as many times, iu re gard to the false interpretation put upon it by Dr. Isamhard Oweu (theSecretnry of the comniiltoe) himself. Iu plain words, thit table conveyed an entire misrepresentation , its foundations were iusuMcient, and it was altogether Inadequate. I havo asked Dr. Ridge, tbe editor of the Me Ileal Pioneer, to read the letter vou huve sent me, nu I, If lis sees well, to make It the subjuot of an ell torlaMu his journal, wuloli shall Iu itel to you. I may add that in our Teiuperauns Hospltnl, where we use no aloouol wiialever, in a thousand cases auuually of a sever,) kiud, our results are most satisfactory. I shall deal with this matter lu my next As clepiad, where you will tin I, I hope, plenty of tuciB In support of your views aud prac tice." TH lUfcSKL WAS SEVXa HTTt. I was personally acquainted with a liquor dealer who on one oocosioti exhibited a bar rel, and while doing so said i "I bought that barrel five years ago. It was full of the best of whisky when I bought it. I have been selling from It every day since. It Is not empty yet, and I have not purchased a drop of that brand sluee the barrel came into my possession ; and yet I have not put a drop of whisky in it in all these years." I was curi ous to know how he managed to work a miracle and inquired ns to his method of procedure. He did not give uih the recipe, but he stated that he had a prescription for making whisky, nu 1 for less than tlu he had kopt that barndlu! ot ''the best" (or five years. He bought the barrel when it was full of whisky aud thus gained a right to have in on exhibition, so that whisky drink ers would see it and believe that be sold that brand. I came near forgetting to state that about a pint of his "prescription" would change a barreful of peaceable, well-disposed water into the most u?aessful ingre-lient for tangling the legs of poor bu-napity thut was ever invented. IhavehearJ old topors assert that they could not I m fooled on whisky, that they could tell the name of the brand by licking the cork of the bottle in which the wliutky was contained : but here was an experience which gave the He to all the drinker I bava conversed with, for alter the barrel I speak of was emptied of its original contents it never again hail a drop of the suiue quality of liquor inside of it, and yet the men who dropped in to that place for the sake of tak ing a glass of Nos i liedduuer's lhwt never noticed the change when the original con- tents hail given wuy lor the "prescription." They kept right oa drinking at the same old stand, out or the same old barrel , and ben Kine, aquafortis, tannic acid, soapsuds, vitriol, und ruiu water llguised as Nose Koddener's Best went down tho throats ol the drinkers to assault tho linings ot their stomachs with malice nforethought and do untold damage to tho inner man.'!' V. l'owderly. TEMPRBANCR SEWS AXD KOTES. Ninety-two per nont. of our crime is the result ol Intoxicating liquors. Carroll l. Wright. Lord Roseburry has assured a deputation ot r.ngllsli tetnoerauco women that tue uov erument will use Its best endeavors to pass tue veto uui tuts session. Hir Andrew Clark, the general physician In the largest hospital iu London, says that seven out of every ten person treated there owe there lll-healthto urlnk. The drinking habit Is disappearing in Ice land, and with It crime. Ja lew only eight persons were imprisoned on the whole isl ami, tho popululiou of which is a little over iu.uoo, Japan has been peculiarly blessed la tem pera uoe iiiissiouury work, says Hho Neinotn, CulU come lro:n all tbe urovinoes for meet. iligs and lectures, and young people especi ally uru oaruoBl uuu Interested. A promlueut physician of Hau Francisco says : "No cigaret'e that I ever heard of is lree from opium, lioyoud question the boy wuo BUlofca mKaroiiOT aiui mo wrecks his uervos and weakens his heurt aud kidneys louH before be reuuhea mauhoot. Ohio Wesley-Ail University ut Its reoent coiriiiienouineut conferred uoou illas t. Willardtho titlo LL.K., in.reoogultiou ol her Bttttesmauliiiu ability and her inesti mable services lor the purillcatiuo of the laws ot this country an t tueir rigiueous eu lornemeiit. Miss Willurd says : "I ouce asked Thomas A. Kdison il he were a lutul ubstuiner, and wIihu be told me that he w,n 1 said, 'May 1 inquire whether it w.w ho. no iutlueuce that made you so'1 and ne replied. 'Nu, 1 thiuk it was becauis t led that X hud better use fur uiy head,' " The Best Things to Eat Are made with ROYAL BAKING POWDER bread, biscuit, cake, rolls, muffins, crusts, and the vav rious pastries requiring a leavening or raising agent.' Risen with ROYAL BAKING POWDER, all these things are superlatively light, sweet, tender, delicious and wholesome. ROYAL BAKING POWDER is the greatest of time and labor savers to the pastry cook. Besides, it economizes flour, butter and eggs, and, best of all, makes the food more digestible and healthful. OVAA. BAKING POWDER CO., Theory ol American Storms. rro feasor Colbert explains the origin ot great storms that move across out country from the llocky Mountains to the Atlantic seaboord on this theory: The moist air from the Pacific, driven np the west slope of the Hook ies by the rotation of the earth, is suddenly deprived of its moisture in cooler altitude. This drying of th air causes a change in specific gravity, and the disturbance produced at ouoc results in a alight rotary current The revolving mass of air moves on ward toward the east, its motion and size constantly increased by the Buck ing in of warm south winds on Its for ward edge. These currents from the south drop their moisture from oon tact with the colder revolving storm, and the sadden lightening of the ait by the dropping of its moisture worki like a stream on a mill wheel. Thus the real cause of onr great storms lie in the conditions met by these traveling whirlwinds iu thcit regnlar journey aoroas the country. If they are cold enough and meet witb enough moist, hot air in their cotirst they are set spinning with a volooitj that makes a cyclonio storm. Chicago Journal. Men and Women With Horn. Horny excrescences arising from th human head have not only occurred in this country, but have been fre quently reported by English surgoons as well aa those from several parts of continental Europe. In the Imperial Museum at Vienna, the British Mu seum at London aud the Vatican col lection at Rome there are tine single specimens or wholo collections of these curiosities. In an English looal his tory (History of Cheshire) a wojian is mentioned who had been afflicted with a tumor on her head for thirty-two years. Finally it became greatly en larged and two horns grew out of it after she was past seventy years old. These wonderful horns, whioh are each withiu a fraction of eleven inohes long and nearly two inches across at the base, are now in the famous Lons dale collection in the British Museum. In the annals of tbe French Academy there is an account of one "I'iotro le Diblo," who had three fully developed horns on his head ; two as largo as those of a good-sized ram, one. behind each ear, and one straight one, nine and a half inches long, growing; from his forehead. --St. Louis Itepub lie. ' BEECHAM'S PILLS (Vegetable) What They Are For Biliousness dyspepsia sick headache bilious headache indigestion bad taste in the mouth foul breath loss of appetite when these conditions are caused by constipation ; and con stipation is the most frequent cause of all of them. One of the most important things for everybody to learn is that constipation causes more than half the sick ness in the world; and it can all be prevented. Go by the book. Write to B. F. Allen Company, 365 Canal street, New York, for the little book on Constipation (its causes con sequences and correction); sent free. If you are not within reach of a druggist, the pills will be sent by mail, 25 cents. " Better Work Wisely Than Work Hard." Great Effsrts are Unnecessary In House Cleaning if you Use SAPOLIO 111 11 For tasvlftob (whether ok or narvout), tooUiaoie, nouialgi, rbeureuiirn, lumuimo. pit tat aud weak lwm lu th back, apiae or kidauyi, ptui ttrjua I Ut j liver. pWurlipy, wtUiu of the JuIdu mad palanor all ktutU, the apiiUuaUua or Hal wuy' H ly K 'lie.' will alTurd liunwJUts9 m, aat lu 0 utluue l tH fur ft few day effeuta a permanent cure. A CURE FOR ALL Summer Complaints, DYSENTERY, DIARRHEA. CHOLERA MORBUS. A half to a teas po infill of H? arty Hellef In a hilt tumbler uf wtaler, repealed aaofteu an ttietllecbare ouuituue, aud a flauuel ami urate! wtllt rUwIy Kttllof Slaei uver the numisu'li or 4jvel will afTorti liutu j ittte relief aui eVuu e.tv-Oi a cure, luuw-ually A httlf U a taatiuful In half a tum bler ol water will, lu a few mtuuie, cure Cru upi, Hptumii, bur Htomat'ti, hauatou, VumlUu t, Hrar. buru, NervoUauteaM, MueplesaneM, blca UusvisuMu), rlaviuleucy ami all lulerual p tut. Malaria In Its Varlau Farms 1 ti.-rJ u4 ft revealed. Ther Is uot ft reiiuJial a u In the world tin: will cure fever auit Mue au 1 alt uthr maUnou. billou aud other fever. ui.i by H4L) V A Y a rU.LV au quickly as KADWAY's ritAl) ? HE Life. K. Vrfcot 60 cents per bottle. buJ'i by ail OruxgUt. 10S WALL ST., NEW-YORK. Sources ol the Diamond Supply, TJutil tho early part of the eight eenth century, the famous Goloonda and other mines of India furnished the world's diamonds, but aftor that time for a long period the mines of Brazil Locarno the great producers. Both localities are now nearly ex hausted. Hince the disoovery of dia monds in South Afrioa in 1867, that region has produced more diamonds than the whole world during the two centuries preceding, the total yield of these mines being estimated at some 40,000,000 carats or about eight tons, tho aggregate value of the nnont stones being more than $260,000,000. In single, years the African yield has exoeedod 3,000,000 carats. Not more than eight per cent, ot this product it is stated oan bo considered of tbe first water; about twelve per cent ia of tbe seoond water and twenty-five por cent, is of the third water, while the remainder is boart whioh ia ornshed to powder aud used for cutting hard substances. This boart is distinct from the nucrystalliue carbonado whioh ia a cutting agent several tirnoa more valuable as obtained from tbe Brazil ian mines. Diamonds have been found also in the Urals and in Australia whilo a few small crystals have been picked up in different parte of the United States. A locality in New South Wales ia reported to have yield ed 12,000 diamonds of which the largest have beeu cut into gems, weighing 3( and three carats respec tively. Atlanta Constitution. ASSIST NATURE a litus now and then, with a gentle, cleans ing laxative, thereby removing offending matter from the stom ach and bowels, and tuning up and invigo rating tue liver and quickening its tardy action, and you there by remove the cause of a multitude of dia- treaslns- diseases, such as headaches, Indigea- '. tion, biliousnma, skin diseases, bolls, carbun- ' cles, piles, fistulas and maladies too numerous ' to mention. If people would pay more attention to properly regulating the action ot their bow els, they would hove lfss frequent occasion to call for their doctor s services to subdue . attacks of dangerous diseases. I That, of all known stents to accomplish 'this purpose. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are unequalled, is proven by the fact that once used, thev are always in favor. Their secondary effect is to keep tbe bowels open and regular, not to further constipate, as la the cue with other pills. Hence, their great .popularity with sufferers from babltuaToon stipe. Uon, piles and indigestion. sallow skin pimples torpid liver depression of spirits W. L. Douglas 93 SHOE- THE BCST. QUCAHINOi 5. CORDOVAN, corurji riuiin i enin r r ni n,r cx iiwi CLLt.w rr. FINE CAlf&KAN&Wetl 3.WP0LICF.3SOU. 2.l.7-5 BoYSSCKOOtSHOEi LADIE3. n 10 (I a 3.s SEND FOR CATALOGUE WLDOUCLASa ' BROCKTON. MASS. caa aae mo nay by wearing the W. I,. Doufflaa S3.00 fehee. Becaaae, we are th largest manufacturer! o this uTauieuf shoes In the world, aud guarantee thelf value by stumping the name and price oa tbe bottom, which protect you against bftthprloeeend the middleman's profit. Our shoes equal cuitom work in style, eay fluing and wearlug qualities. We have them sold erery where at lower prloesfov the value given than any other make. Take no sub stitute, if your dealer cannot supply you, we can. SIN t 3 HALMS Anti-Rhftumatio Auti-L'uturrhii' ChewingGum urvs 1 i IidMp r Useful .r' Mit 1 I'l'fUtuH KUi-Uiiiullniii. Iujiu'jsUuu. tllltllMIICIIMaiaiaaaaa liU. lit-etrluurn. I'aiHrru ui. 1 1.11,,... A 'ut lu M nana tut.) ! nu,. ... IWth an I lr ut. 'Urn Ai.itlu- wt-i.- A oj iu Jittdkcai faculty, beud fur !', ir. or itt HO Weil .ma ht.( ew York. 'WWW
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