Always a Ucnlfcman, "jlotl tll wiffl of Kir Tinrlln Vrnr. IlAll to meet llim tit thn rnilwnv tion, the took with her ft servant who linn novcr noon his muster. "Yon ronst go and look for Sir Hurtle," she ordered. Cut," answered the non pliissml Fervnnt, "how shall I know him?" "Oh," said Lady Frero, "look for a tall contloman hnlni no- HnrnA body." Tho description was snflloient lor the qnick-rvitted man. llo went and found Sir Bnrtlo Frere helping an oui 01 a railway cnrriafre, and uuw uim ai once Dy tne description. ! The Length at a Ifonllcal Knot. I A knot is an English geographical 'i uumiciu mne, wliicli is (jUB8.7fect. In is is one-sixtieth parts of a degree m me equator. A degree of longitude nt tho ennntor is C'J.IC stotnto miles (each 5230 feet). A degree of latitude vnrics on account of the spheroidal lignro of tho earth ; it is 63,702 statute milos at the equator and CD.300 at the poles. ' Summer Actlvltlca. If ono wore to attempt to enumerate and classify thn sports of summer, he would havo a latere job on hand, but at a glance wo know that thousands arc engaged In those pastimes of land and water. Tho use of physical and muscular exrrUon Is immense, and as a re sult the ivMieh rtsairo brintrs about sprains, liurts. bruisi-s. wounds nnd cuts, for which the grentwrt and surest euro is St. Jacobs Oil. All sportsmen know and acknowledge his, as also raisers and trainers of ilno horses, and breeders of lino cattle. It is tho sportsmen's best reliance and is kept on hand accordingly. During 18M over 12.000.000 tons of coal wore shipped from the ltlvcr Tyne, England. ! Dr. Kilmer's 8 wa ? Hoot cures 1 all Kidney nnd Bladder troubles. Tamphlot and Constitution froe. Laboratory Binghamton, N. Y. Missouri convicts have corn bread for din nor six days In the week. Which Man Wins The one with steady nerves and a clear liraiii. Inst means, iu nine onsos out often, the man with a good digestion. A Hipans latmle after diunor may suve to-morrow's business. ff SV lmP"l?n) BIaro,on, W. Vs,, says: Hall a Catarrh Cure cured me of a very bad rase of catiirrh." Drngglnts sell If, 7!o. Don't Wheeze and cough when Hale's iJ.ey,0 """hound and Tar will cure. I ike s Tontliacbe Props Cure In one minute. After six years' suffering, I was cured by I iso s Cure. Ma ii-s TnojusoN, SUf Ohio Ave nue, Allegheny, l'a March 1H. 1WH. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces InflBniina lion. ailnya pain, rnres wind colic. SAc. a bottle The Gratitude Of those who have long been sufferers rom some disease which has baffled the skill of physicians, and then hare been restored to health by Hood's Sar eaparilla is difficult to express. It is euch feelings which prompt tho writ ing of testimonials like tho following: " I cannot begin to toll how thankful I am for the health Hood's Sarsaparilla has I'rougui mo. Bince taking it I am a now Hood's woman. I was at death's door and my friends thought I could not live. I was crip plod with rheumatism and Sarsaparilla Makes my body was very much bloated. I have tu'ion sev eral bottlOS Of TlOOll'a Rnr- PlirS BlOdd rRrilla Rnd now keoP t my house as I would not feel eafe to be without it; it gives me instant re lief. I am now 50 years old but feel much younger sineetaking Hood's Sarsaparilla. I gladly recommend it and do all I can for Hood's Sarsaparilla in return for the benefit 1 have received." Mns. A. Lynch, l'ettiu Kell s Corner, Muine. Iteinenibcr Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the Only True Blood Purifier And the Ideal Spring Medicine. Ee sure to get Hood's and ouiy Hood's. Hood's Pills s;!odte&. HIGHEST AWARD WORLD'S FAIR. The BEST PREPARED SOLD EVERYWHERE:. JOHN CARI.E SONS, New York. ENGINES r ! I 4 l AND BOILER jo tvj For alt ittirnoses r...iiiirii jKiwer. AutoniHtlc, Curtis A- Compound Kngines. llor IKolitai Ac Vertical liollcra. Couiplete bleaiu i'lauts. B.W.PAYNE&S0NS, P. V. OOlce, ----- 41 Uoyot. v- .... hHiiiia n GillOKE. it yo be re In a cLanej to uet j;euu.iit Key West Cigars lV ll:f txtx at nirt.l rji i.rl.a a a. F. J. MIM.UII, J, O. ho 4:4, Key Wel, iu. fr Successfully Prosecutes Claims, H Lt Wluipttl iLAAti ilner V d I'oiibiuc Uureuu, 5 A. . -si Saliajirar WHEN TO OR AFT CHF.RHT TT1KE8. draft. tliA eliorv lrni Aoilt nr Ka fore tho buds swell to any considerable extent, rears and apples will do later, or alter tne umls begin to nnsb. rn Tided tho scions have been cut in winter ruu packed away in sorno damp material where tliCT trill remain ,l,,r. want until wanted for use. Thochorrr, as with other stono frnita, must be crafted (inito earlv in tho snrintr. an,l with extra care, in order to make tho scions crow: still, a skilful irraftpr ia usually moderately successful with such trees. New Vork Sun. PEEPING TAI.rE OF SKIM MILK, mi - . ... x ue icetiinsr va nn oi skim mi k in admitted by all parties who have iriven the subject nnv attention nt. nil in V from fifteen to fortv cents nor lnimlm.1 pounds, depending npon the character I SIOCK IO WHICH it IS fml in, lo metuoils en.ployed in feeding. Now. since tho change that scorns to have come over the whole country rooard ins; the manufacture nf fille.l and the stincent legislation that has anil win continue to be enaotnd asainst this counterfeit, it wr.nl, 1 ha well for tho ctenmerymen, factorymcn uu lariDcrs to tase uptlns question of ntilizinir skim milk nnd en.les.vnr 1'ui u to tne nest possible uso. I ami. t.J -1, !- ' una ana rircciao. CHICKENS BY ART1FICAL WCOTATIOS. Tho richt heat nf fin iiif.nl, a tor is 101 degrees, Taricd occasionally for a short time down to eighty de crees, inis cunngo of tne tempera ture is needed to aerate the eggs in side, for ns tho eggs cool, tho air in side contracts aud air from outside passes through the sholl. Moisture is aieo reciled, so that tho egga are KprinKioit now and then with warm water. When tho chicks te hatched they nre fed with any (rood food, but mostly with cracked '-ocal or oatmeal at first, or cake of cornoical with eggs iu u, au i r. nttitf stisar is Terv good for thcui at first, lucy will eat quire readily, lnt it is desirable to teach them to drink b Uk the hand and dipping its bill in the water in a shallow disli. Tho chicks aro kept at first in a brooder for a week or more until they get strong. After that they may bo put into a glass-covered run ont of doora aud fed six times a day, until they ore strong uuuuga to go at largo in good weather in a yard. An incubator that will hold 200 eggs will cost about $40. It is not advisable for any person to try this business until he has had success ful experience with fnn-lq hatiha,l in the usual wny. For ordinary purposes, ono acre of gronnd, divided into two yards, each to bo used alternately, is required for 100 old fowls. There should bo another yard, or several of them, of a quarter of an acre paoli for tho hen with broods. New York Times. TO ritEVKNT SMCT IS C0RX. Much has been said of info nf fHa and horses and other stock m vatori- ouslv (lviuir. aud the mik In. l,a..n traced to tho suint on corn or a simi lar fuugus on other grain or grass fed to them. Tho common smut of train crops is a minnto plunt consisting of white threa.ls, like thosa of mildew, which grow in plants, and generally concentrate iu tno seed heads. That of corn appears in every part of tho plant, even in the roots, but mostly in the seed heads. Tho seed of the smut fungns consists of extremely minute black or brown balls, called spores, and, when this smut dries, it is car ried off by tho winds and spread far and wide. But some of it lodges iu a tuft of minute hairs at ono end of the seedt of the grain, aud thus, when tho grain is sown, the smut is sown with it, and in this way is most effectively spread among the now crop. To pre vent this tho seed, whether wheat, oats or corn, is steeped in a solution of four onnces of Milestone (sulphate of copper) in five gallons of hot water, and this, when cold, is used to steep the seed in. The smut spores are thus killed, and, of course, the danger of new smut is greatly reduced, as only that flouting iu the air will infect tho crops. The seed is kept in the solu tion for a few minutes, then taken out and drained and spread ont to dry ; it is then sown immediately. Or the wet seed may bo mixed with some dry, air-slackened lime, which is a great help, and, IhiiB drio 1, may be sown at once, eitber by hand or by a drill. Coluiau's Kural World. EARLY MATURITY OF STOCK. All our domestio animals come to maturity much earlier than used to be the cane. The regulur supply of food in sufficient quantities brings all ani mals to the breeding ago much earlier than they would come when in a wild state and dependent wholly on their own exertions. As tho breeding is earlier there is loss vitality in the progeny and a much greater suscepti bility to disease. In the wild state, too, the weaklings ure killed off by ex posure to the weather from which an imuh that aro domesticated are care fully shielded. Thus in onocasn nnlv tho most vigorous survivo to perpetu us tueir Kiua, wnue in tne other the progeny is from both the Wfak and the strung, and thereforo possesses a smaller degree of constitutional vigor. Kheltcriug too warmly promotes early breeding, and thereforo tends to di minish fcize and heulth. Iu the Chan nel Isluuds cuttle this carlv brHfidiriT and early maturity has ruu to excuss? ii is mo biucu tUHt has been pushed too rapidly and forced into premature breeding that now suffers most from tuberculosis. One of the best wbvh in check this disease is to reverse this process. Heifers of tho small breeds bliould be well into their third veur before being ullowed to drop a calf, aud in tho mcjiiit iniu tlnv nmrlit nt to bo fed so ns to iuduco u tendency to fatten. It is too great a burden to put on a youna heifar. itself not half fcrown, to set it to growing a calf while itself ocedins all it can digest to own growth. Boston rOTATO OROWINO. Totato growing is attracting mora attention every year, as farmers real ize that an acre of potatoes can be crown at about tho same nxnnn.littira of timo and labor as an aero of corn, whilo the returns from tho two are very different, for nntiitnoa lino brought fair returns within tho past two or three yoars. and tho nrofit would bo still greater if proper cul- ,ure anu icrtilizution were supplied. Manv farmers nlant nntslnm nn ftia poorest sections of thoir farms nnd aro disappointed at obtaining small vinlila of inferior tubers. How could it bo otherwise, when tho soil ia lacking in tho nccessarr ulant food for thn There is no doubt that when tho soil is adapted to its growth, tho potato is a proiitablo crop for tho one who bestows on it experience, care and hard work. There is little need of hand labor in raisiD 2 notatoog. With mmlnrn .tnla the planting, cultivating and harvest ing can oe aono by rnaoninery. The ntter is responsible also for lnrcnlv increasing the acreage. Seed tubers should bo sound and not much sprout ed to bo in tho best condition for planting. It is well to plaoo them in warmth and sunlight for a week be fore OUttinflf them for Rood. Tim singlo eye outtiug has not so many ad' vocaies as lormenv. ami it m irontn . ly coacedod that tho safest ldnn is tn piant a lair-sized piece. Tho con tinuod uso of small potatoes does not give- gooa results, it is important mat tne varietv bo tho best an ro.Tnr.la i. .i. , . . ... . . " uom yieui ana quality. via "run ont sorts do not pay. me distance between tho rows d. pends ttnon the vnriotv nf nndi.. Those which produoe large tops should be planted in rows about throo foot apart, whilo the small ton variotin may be planted about two and a half feet distant. Tho obiect, is to 1iva & complete shading of tho ground. This is ot particular lmportauoo in a dry season. Four inches is about tlm ! depth for planting. This avoids much lulling and vet allows for easv harvnat ingr. The nreuaration nf tlm )m,f 8'iouiu ue as tuorougu as possible. i iii ... auerwarus irenuent. shallow. Invnl A 1 . . . culture is best. A potato field should ue Kept ciean irom tne time of plant nig to the harvesting of the crop, Many potato fields aro allowed to bo' Come BO overrun With woa.la na f make the cost of harvesting mora than all other labor given during the sea son. Keep the weeds down from tlm start, and tho tubers will be larger anu tne yioiu neavier. l'otatoes are best not to bo duir until ftillv rina and care should bo taken to prevent exposure to tne sun. New Yor) World. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Have anv of Tour fowls whitn. v scaly legs? Attend to them. Now cet some crass for vonr hum Throw in a sod occasionally and thei will thank you. Those who have trind lmlh olm'n. that there is verv little dilYVrnnn. nnm in fact, between white and brown Log horns, except in color. Get a lot of old plaster that some body has torn from a wall, and dump in your Hen park. The fowls will soon griui it up into egg shells. It is possible to build a wire netting fence high enough to retain brown Leghorns. We have demonstrated it, though we always thought it impossi ble before. You can now dig np the ground in your hen park, and the way the hens gobble the worms, and wallow in the dirt, will convince yon that yon have made no mistake. When you bring in a dozen eggs at night, and they are so nnnrlv alilro that no difference in color can be de tected, it is safe to assume that your hens are pretty wall Urod. The nature of most breeds of poul try is to bo gentle and it is only by experience of rough treatment that they become shy. Tho true fanoier pots and handles his birds, but always so gently that they learn to trut thoir keeper. Eggs brokon within tho hen usually cause death. Wash the vent with hot water to relax tho tissues, then apply sweet oil, pass the fiuger up tho ovi duct and remove as much of the broke shell as possible. Unless the hen is vuluable it would not pay. Make a drinking fountain for your chicks, by filling a tin can with water and then turning it upside down on a flat dish or tin can cover. This will lot out just enough water to Bupply their wants, but not enough to drown in, and it is always clear. The puro bred cockerol that sells for about gl is not the kind we see at the largo poultry shows. But ho is an excellent bird to uso on a common flock worth a dozen scrubs, inbred and akin to the hen as wo see thoin iu common usa among neglected farm poultry. "The horso is galled and still wo need hiiu ia tho collar daily." All right. Keep on working him, only sponge tho galls two or three tiuios daily iu cold water and cover them with nowdered suluhur. Thn ..re spots will culliis over, becomo tougt and heal in spite of the work. Aooustom your horses to a low, calm tone of voica an I use it if anything breuks. or thev bonornn f uud they will always be mauu;,'eablo. Tho horso thit listens for loud com mands is carried away by panic. On buying a now horso get him into your habits us soon as it is potsiblo to do so. To miiKo a success of the uoultrv business one must havo a likinz for tho work, and bo willing to work, too, for poultry will not bear much lioir lect. The houses imiht be keut uk-an. tho feeding and watering should be dona reaulurlv. and identv nf uruui and grit kept by tueiu, and ground green boue. maintain its Cultivator. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS, T,AMHRF.QriNS AND PRArKRIKA, III the interest of true art, the old" ttyle of lambrequin is no longer in rogue. In plaoo ot it is long, toft drapery, fastened to a window pole or festooned about it, and oither falling in straight, voluminous fnldino-s nr looped into graooful cascades. The heavily-carved cornice, with an cm bossod central pediment, is no more to be seen laden with aoonmnlatnd dust of months of sweepings. The best war to arrange draner ia Ibo simplest. In the old style, stiff and saloon-like, the fabrio was ont and ewed into shape on the table. Now it is draped. If draped, it needs be directly after the top is hung, so that rach window is treatod by itself. If tho room bo high, the effect will be heightened by arranging it in a series of cascades or jabots. In a h.tndsome parlor there are hung tirst aud close to the glass soft, Jelieato lace curtains that reaoh only lo the bottom of thn Hash Vtl fl. low the French festoon shades, goner ally of pongoe or other light silks. These consist of four lougitndinal puflings, controlled by a spring roller. Then come the festooned long laoe curtains, and lastly the silk brocade rolours or tapestry hangings that are attached to the polo by puffs or fes toons, and descend to tho floor in olo ;ant and graceful wavings. House hold News. THB FAMILY SITTlNa-ROOM, One of tho good old institutions of family life which has nearlv diiiAii. peared from the modern home is tho laniny sitting-room. Nothing in the modern small house takes the plooe or fulfills its function. Tho small parlor anu reception-nan must be kept in or der for company. This is a nocossity when thcro are young children. The library is too email, and is, besides, the place whore wo want quietness. Usually, also, it opens out of tho par lor or hall, and theroforo has not the privaoy necessary to tho true family sitting-room. In those days of ex treme individualism every member of tho family wants a room to himself or herself, which is, preromably, the reason why our houses are out up into so many little cnbby holes of cham bers. And so there is no place kept for a big, comfortable, light, airy, roomy sitting-room. Yet did we regard things rightly wo would have a sitting-room in our house if wo had to sacrifice the parlor. Not that it could take the place of the parlor, for one of the first requisites to the real family sitting-room is privacy to family life and opportunity for freodom. There must be tho big table with the lamp nnd the children's school books, toys aud games, the newspaper, and perchance the moth er's mending basket. There must bo the comfortable lonnge on which the tired father or son can stretch at ease and take a little evening nap, lulled by the murmur of family life around him. There must ba th not too fine to be tilted back by the .... . ... - twmu out unsopnistioated relative from the country, who m. nf nnnraA wa must admit to this family sanctum. Here espeoially must the mother make her headauartera. The mnthnr i tho heart of the home, aud she must be accessioie to all Her family many hours of the day if the hoart-life of the home is to be kept warm and glowing. Around her the different members Of the family must nentar tnr Ua in. terchango of thought and news of each other's doings. It is truly lamentable that in so many families brothers and sisters, parents and children are al most entire strangers to prcIi nthm' lites ; aud when they do meet have very little of common interest to talk about. The tendenoy is to the disin tegration of the home and the chill ing aud decay of family affeotion. Nothinc will remedy this likn to the cood old custom and possesainn of a family sittinc-room f!hi OA or. Reoord. KECIPKA, Sweet Potato CroouettosTiiVo fnnr good-sized sweet potatoes till thnv pierce easily with a fork. Carefully remove the skins. While warm add a tablesnoonful eaah of bnttnr ami Season with salt and pepper, beat and mix morouguiy, lorm into cylinder shaped croauettes. din in beaten nan - , ' . 7 . . tuen in ureaa-crumus ana fry In smok ing not lard. Lemon Rice Tako nna ctmfnl nf . .-j. . cover rice, with boiling water, and let simmer on the back of the store till thoroughly done. Shake, do not stir, taking care to keen the trains nion and whole. Add the rind of one lemon aud juice of two, two scant cups of susrar. I'ut in the oven until thn aniT.r is dissolved, which only takes a minute. Then put iu a wet mold to cool. Serve witu sweetoned cream. Egg Salad Twelvo hard-boiled eggs, one-half pint of cream, butter the size of an ezir. a little narslnv chopped fine, ono tablespoouttil of Hour. Tako cream, butter, parsley and flour, mix and cook until thick. Slieo the eggs, and after eaoh layer of eggs add one of bread-crumbs, over which pour tho orcam to cover. When tho dish is full bake until brown. Garnish with parsloy and servo hot. Baked Prune Pudding Wash one pound of prunes. Cover with a pint oi cold water and soak over night. Put two tablcspoonfuls of sago into one pint of water and soak also over night. Next morning add to the prunes the juice of one lemou, ono cup of sugar aud tho soaked sago. If it is desired, the prunes may be stoned before add ing the other ingredients. Mix well nnd turn into a bakiug-dish. Cover the top of the dish aud stand in the oven for twenty minutes. Then re move tho oover and let remain for ten minutes longer. Servo with plain cream. Tissue Tuper lor Cold Feet. Cold feet nre a positive nllliction which some persons euduro through out tlio winter season. Many reme dies nro suggested ; ono practice I ic llussia may be of benefit to somebody. This is to wrap the feet in tissue pa per every nriruiu before the shoes nnd stockings are put ou. It i so Miuple as to be easily worth a trial, tit. Louis 8tur-Suy in;,'s. Tho Greeks liav two places of wor ship in New York City, where the ser vice is carried on iu the Greek tongue. TEMPERANCE. A rOOMRR Ml. Many pooplelinvs still tho mlntakpiiwiotlon that whisky will kwi. thnm warm. Our mis sionary In Alnlmma, Sir. J. O. I.eftwh'h, dur ing tho severe cold went Iter in that State In ri'nniarv, says that a great many Ignorant and poor people who could not afford It tiotm-ht whisky to keep them wnrm, think ln that they must havo it. Horn Is an in stiinoeof whore poor man spent his last penny tor whisky. Mr. Leftwich bv: 'I unit at the rorner of a street in Mont (fomery sn old colored man standing look ln disconsolately on the Knnind. 1 went to him nnd asked what was the matter. Ito said that he had corns flvn mllea to hnv H worth of whisky, and when Rotting on his "" ruin noma nn Had Droken Ills Jutf, uu ins wnisRy was spilled on thn ground. llO Sllld he ttUN Burn- lin..n,iu It n.na nolo money he had, nnd that ho had nothing to Mil nK..M.. 1... . . - ... H..IIK', in. common to repent, l linve nothing to eat at homo. I havo nothing to eat nt home.'" Was he not a foolish man? And vet there nre inonsnnds ol others like him. who will spend their Inst cent for drink when they now not where they can get a bite of food to eat. Now, If thnt man had spent his J for hrend, potatoes, eRs, com meal coffee, naeon, or beef, ho would have been able, to nourish himself with a good meal, and been aMo to bnttlo with tho cold. Ho needed warm food not flerv drink. And his whole ininiiy would have shared in the good things. As it was, his money was worse than wasted, louth's Temperance Banner. OBOWTH OF TIMPIBANCC Dr. Norman Walker, in giving an account of a visit to tho lllghlnuds, bbvs: "A dis tinct ehnnge has come over the country with regard to temperance. Time was when whisky was constantly In evidenee. I re member tho Into Mr. Hugh Mandvside telling of a meeting ho had had aomewhero with a deacon's court, when a glass went round Imv fore tho commencement of business. Now most of tho ministers aro teetotallers, the number ot public houses is exceedingly small far fewer in proportion to the popu lation than in the south and such a sight as that of a drunkard is very seldom Indeed to bo witnessed, nt least iu tho north. Tho only plane widen holds an exceptional posi tion is Stornowny. During thn fishing sea son the drinking then? is deplorable," When moderate drinking was substituted for total alistineueo, Canon Ellison, and likn-minded earnest men, found thnt the preaching of the Gospel whs like "costing pearls before swine," But when tho stumbling block of drink was removed by "entire abstinence from that which had boon the ooeaslon of the sin," and Christian men and women, "in tho exercise of tin lr Christian liberty," asso ciated themselves with the victims of the drink, "In their voluntary alwtinence," it was found that the Gospel became again "the power of God unto salvation." STIMULANTS AND THE GRIP. Tho Journal of Health has an article bv Tr. C. H. Hhepurd, of Brooklyn, who snv's that the primary cause of tho grip is the sus ceptibility of tho system, and shows tho fool ishness ol taking alcohollo stimulants. Ho adds: "Among tho more prominent causes of sus ceptibility may le classed the almost uni versal hatllt Of drill IlkblllL, Imin I.a n.11.1 tonics to patent mivlleinos. ' Whenever ono Is out of order in any wny, apparently the first thing to be dono is to swallow some- mum, instean oi trying to 11 ml out the causo of the trouble snd seeking to obviate it bv regulating tho habits of life. This drug nnuii leniis continually to lower the tone of the system, and the more It is Indulged In the more apparent becomes tho nooessltv of continuing the down-hill course. A largo nmuuui oi i ue ueteriorntlon of our people Is duo to the use of alonholie tonics, or stimu- 1 II II tH R4 tll. M HI a.,nn1n,M -1 1 .1 T I. majority of persons do not look beyond the fan !.... .U A . .. ' mey MTin in leei cotter alter tno use of stimulants, but this feeling eomos from ths benumbing action ot the alcohol Itself, and never from any building-up action v. ma urn;;, uc-cdusu it nas no sucn action. H1DK DRCXK DsrOBK BkOINMHO BCSISKSS . .-....-.. ... n ima iiiti-iintf ti iii rt. I'et..iMhiit'cF It.. Ia Q..aIa... . . T I wna ot i . it. 1 mi 1 .. I MAi . . i ... mniniT llltll WUUI tllO Oldest tribes Iu tho liusslan Kuiptre, the Ost- lulrAn aka 1. CI ! . ' ... . ...a. i. mi.i inn o intijeuon, tuo original innao itants of Siberia, aro fast dving out. and will imveio oe numi-orca amongst tho extinct races ot human historv. Tho dis tricts which have been inhabited bv these moes aro already becoming desolate waste. uiniH causes and ono indirect causo were given l.y different speakers for this nioiancnoly phenomenon. The direct causes are want of sufficient nourishment and the increasing use of spirituous drinks. The in direct causo and tho original blame Is at tributed to thnt old and world-wide, offender oiraiusi unoriginal raced, the groodv mercan. tile adventurer. Merchants, with their nearness middlemen, have boon iu tho habit of visiting these trilws overv year, and havo managed to expropriate them of nearly r.oi.) iiiuiK i,y -,n iniquitous system of bar ter. It has been thn recognized "custom of iu traiiM to make tho ixior ftamnieden drunk before beginning to do "business," as this mode it easy for tho "merchant" to got his wares ut a price ridiculously below their ic laiur, ououisn ti-'iorinor. THE OMLT SArearAnD. If you never drink the first glass of lionor. you never will booome a drunkard. This is a sure ana snia position, "Against such m-re is no law total alwtinnuoe Irom nil Intoxicating drinks the ouly position thnt is aiisoiutety sale. The army of druukords is recruiter irom tno ranks of moderate driuk ers, and not from the ranks of total abstain era. here this prineipjo lives, Intoxicants hnve no power. Total abstinence reclaims me arunitaru Irom his folly and the mod erate drinker from his error. It appeals to the reason; convinces the jtidgmeut; over comes prejudices; prompts to action; and sets the spirit froe. Practice It, and you will iierur uuoonie a urunuora. Mitlonol Advo- lira's UAVAOES IM BELOICK. Ths Iielglnn Government has laid tho fouudutlons of a vory urgent measure of re- tlirjn 111 nt.l.llitllf1l It Uninmil. . I ....... a ..uiMiiiimiutt m iiituiru Into thocuuse of tho ravojros exercised by tho iiuuim oi uicoiioiiu unuKS. it appenrs that the licensing system has proved utterlv Ine " ...... au,',r. il 03,UUU publio houses has only resulted in the croo- ,l..n A AA A I A I . .. rtelent nml tin., tliu an a oa a.. ,i..u u au rijiiiii iiiuiiuur ui uittimtwinos 09- inuiiKiiiijuui-, wuiie iiieconsuinpiion oi alco- in. u luiitctoiw m ainmiing proportions. no poisonous nature ot tho liuuor sold whioh is computed by chemists to ba seven times more deadly In its effects than the pure OI'.I.IB, jo iiu ItUUlUUllHl OVll, 11DINED UV CILKB. A Anenker OililA fiilit reaainiT nn mi.ll.nu a. , ..... - .......,un Hu H.iuinWW ui hOVa f.ml lrirla tulil mn.n, nli..A .1.1 I- .- f- imi.iin vi.i.oi iiiiuh, that cldor started tho appetlto for stronger uiiuin, ai me ciosu oi ine mooting a poor uosottod, brokuu-dowu mou enmoupaudsaid I- t - -"1.UH...J.II, I II WUI1MU1C the boys and girls against using eider. Just to the Hluiubnr. I'Vnn AiA -..!. 1.. ....... .!.... iuu ni wnoi i ami it was I lie elder on my father's farm that made me a drunkard!" WHISKY. Hold a mouthful of spirits whisky for In- jtllllCA ill vnilr mniilh f.,r O..A ml....lA a.. I you will find it burns sevoruiy; inspect 'your ..V.I..U, aui jvu iii nun ii luiiuineu. xioia it for ton or fifteen minutes, aud you will llnd ths various parts of the interior of your mouth have become blistorod: then tie a handkerchief over tho eyes, aud taste, for Instance, water, vlnegnr,"iuilk or annua, nnd VOIl Will lltlll VOII HI- lm.ni.nl.la ..f .li..ll.. . J n u ut UUHIU (Uishlng one from another. This experiment juviTi-B iu n criHiiiiy umi mcoiicil is not only a violent irritant, but also a uoreotid. Cun you beliova that tho still more tender and Important Internal orgaus of the body enn bo loss injuriously ailoctod than tho uiouth'i1 TKMl'EHANt'B KBWB ANU XOTKS. Tho screen in the saloon door Is tho snare that hides the devil's trap. The victim rolls in the gutter und the bullion kovper rolls In weultU. The niuu who can tuku llipior without suf fering injury is not ovorburdeuod with br;iins. The Medical Brief says: "Alcohol is per haps the most dooeltful drug iu the whole materia medieu." TllA Haw. liili.rliiilL.mil - T ii i '..v...... vi.-.uKi.':w, (U AU30- hohain will be held ut liiisla, Hwilzerlau l ou A iii.il! Oll.lt ill I U.I I ' B t t am..., All. - - I. No man ever got suing by hornet, who Lm,,, -whW frum U'hiirn .hut. ui.i..a t. i . ouely ths wmu will) liijuor. ' The drunkard s appetite Is meoiurod hv the depth of his pocket. ' Highest of all in leavening .. . a Ansowuxiitx PURE Economy requires that in every receipt calling for baking powder the Royal shall be used. It will go further and make the food lighter, sweeter, of finer flavor, more digestible and wholesome. ROYAL BAKING POWMa. CO., tOS WALL ST., NtW YORK, Edison's Minor Iiiventlous, It ia not the clootrin liVhta nnr thn 1'hotogrnplis, nor any of the other thine with which Mr P.Uann'- r is connected thnt strikes the visitor as the greatest part of his work. It is tho invention nf tha Intinmnrililn machines with whioh those things are runuo. mo men or tho eleotrio light would havo been nf nn use in thn world without machines for making the latins and the other liarta. All nf theso machines had to bo invented and made bv tho electricians, and there aro thousands of thorn some no bigger than toy engine, some as large, nearly, as a house. Manv nf them nre so delioato that thev are operated with a bolt no larger than a shoOHtrillC. Olio nf thnm ia nae.l fur polishing jewels for use in tho phono- grnpun. n itnoui Doing touched by anvbodv it hnlds thn linv jewel in every possible position, shifting it, vuiuuiK ir, nusoiuioiy feeling it, to learn whether it is smooth, ami nil Iho whilo its dclieata finrror- urn nt work rubbing, rubbing at the jewel, which is no bi truer than tha head nf a largo pin. No boy could movo his fingers more dexterously than this machine moves its unrts in ttirninrr tho jewel around. Alert While Asleep. A shciiard once. tr nrom tlm Intnl. litfence of his doir Kin it 1inf.n ti.- - ., , -o j r . . w . iiv. firo, said, during a loug sentence con- oernin-r somethincr else, nnd siilnu.i chaugiug his tono: "I think the cow is in tho potatoes." The dog, which appearcu to uo nsieop, says tho Bos ton Advertiser, j inn pod up instantly, and leaping through the window. scrambled up tho turf roof of the House, from which he could stirrer .Kama... ..il l, T . . uo jiuuiiu uuiii, inoi seeing he cow, he ran into the fariuvard and .linen v. cred her. Then he returned and laid down in front of tbo fire. Tho sarao joke was tried again, and the same pcrformauco was repeatod. The third lime, uowover, the dog got up, went to his master, wagging his tail with a cotuioal expression on his faoe, as if to say ho understood the game. Tho company began to laugh, and ho, be ing offended, returned to his oorner wnu an ouemieu air and went to sleep, refusing to be disturbed again. The United States consumes 15, 300,000 pounds of iniuoe-met annu all. OaTE5 XOJV.TOYfs. Both tlm mellind toviun of r.rra M tnlrn U a r.tnAB.H4 and refreshing to tho tafto, nnd acts cently yet iirompUy oa the Kidneys, idver and Bowels, clennsrs the bvs tera eficctually, dispels colds, Lead- nu .evei-a ouu cui-es habitual constinntinn. R,.-.,, e 1?: i. only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the tristo and ac ceptable to tho stomnch, pi-ompt in its action and truly beuchcinl (n iu PlTecta nrnnnfAil A..trt r. . bcalthy nnd ngrceahlo eubstnnces, its rrnnv -Tn-Hnni a..a1:.;aa i .. A.V vAwunii ijuuiiiiea corumenu it to all nnd have made- it tho most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figa is for salo in 50 cent bottlea by all leadinar drutr- gists. Any reliable druggiet v?ho may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any ono who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Louisvim, r. new vork. n r. V N V-.l It Ulleuiua COMPOUND THE GREAT INVENTION fo SAVunTon tlxnrat , Wintour Ikjuky To Tut TOFmy .tSS NtW YORK, ' I ' 'y ""uuv ess to anv washabl. .w,-, 3 uabl , . ' -"o.tiiii.c ur launc. DC VV Cl.Ttr. vT l?!,B?d M. or "'he same. sPcrline." IT' vnTTi- iTTi.-.T . ""o u never peddled- if -,, 1. (4 CoOtl WfvCS CrOW Their Works," Especially if They Uso APOLIO strength. Latest U.S. Got. Food Report. ;..imJ Ilo (Jot the l'nss. An application for an annual pass was inado to Commodoro Vaudcrbilt by tho president of a road abont twenty-fivo milos long. "Yonr road doesn't seem to cover a great amount of territory," snggosted the Commo dore to tho applicant. ".No," said tho applicant; "it isn't quite so long as the Now York Central; bnt, by graoious, Mr. suderbilt, it's just as widol' lho pass was issued. Now Vork Tribuue. Town rajs a Dividend. It seems that thcro is one oitv in the world whioh not only osoanos taxos, but pays a dividend to its in habitants. Tbia nnimiA (own ia Hull. now, Huugary, whioh derivos so much ruvi-uuii irom its woous, pasiuros ana fiimm thnt. thn -n.mir.1 inn fn.nialiiiH the citizens with froo fuel. Chicago iiuies-ucram. Tho total cnnRiimiitiun nf nnttnn in the world is 12,000,000 bales a year. WE -GIVB AWAY- Absolutely free of cost, for a LinunD Tine only, I The Prorl-' Common Srnne Mciiirnl Act viscr, DvK.V. Pierc. M I) l'l,,-f i ..,i.i 1 I'liyHriaulothelnvaliila' Hulrl anil 8iirRlrid Inaiitiitr, lluifalo, n hook of ow l.uoo larirc .A.... b.iu .vj niiuicti anu otiicr llluatra lmn. in atroii(f iapr cov-ra to any one miiiIIiik ji crnia in onr-ccut ataniiia for packing nn.l poatilir phIv. Ovtt 61 ono copiraol tliictimplric Family Doctor Book alicaily aula in cli.lli tiimlliiK nt traiilar price of i w. AiI.Ii-m: (willi atilluua and tills CotiiH'iil M'oaLii'a l)iK,iHMauv u.h. icai. AswiciATiuN, No. 66j Maiu Stmt, Uulf.llo, N. V. RIPANS o TABULES. The lamlartl cure prccciibtU bjr plivulflini tver w here for tho common ever dnj IIU it thcUvuselioM- rnntilpKtioo, Ilt-itrlliuru. 1'ier.liit M. l;i!i'uni(MtaA, AU DHUOQISTS, IYIcj SO cnli per bor. tu mall without c x m cliartr., JilPAXM C'HEMICAI. COMPANY ixhhtlt Aotrkt, KiitM-iM, Tuatta Thm t4 sir fha flawat U-j ILwumL rai l-olltvm mit Unfli witrn: tbojr are mad of flu rlnth. Iknth ii.Im Hnlal.l atHttd a.. ka..n ble, oaerulUrisefiua. to two of any wtbor kind. Ttoy fit tur mU ani tn( tnll. A boiof tmi (Joaam or rite J'auaol Cutis tor Xwotv-iriv Ceiitn. A tSAinrle Collar n1 Ptr of Onffi bf mmSX faff aUs Cent. IS ame at ) le aul t u. AUdiwe REVKUSlliLlf COLLAR rnUPlvT. T7 Kraiitlio PL, New Vork. tl Kilby Bi., homttm.' RUPTURECured I'osiTivriiV HOLIiaJ III I'l l RR oiu nlthl au. I da). u " Aoju-il!D ran )0i, Call b- Uitt.Ui lurKcr or aniallrr toiuit hurt, n dl i Inn ol hl'i'iiiiK PATKXTWD. araico Dv i.v. if ... ... . ui. pni viTitrrlr iiBf ;Slfg. Co. ', H nroadway.N.Y.CItr DAVIS CREAM SEPARATORS A I'aaila. L-adar. Suecattlul. Marltorisui l'aui.hl.t Mall-d Fr (PAOINTt W . u t n DAVIS RANKIN BLOC. MFC. CO. Bui kLluitai-turat., S40-254 W. LakaSt ChicHgo, III. WALL ST t.KN-KTTEIlfvau-arnt 77 -1 ?'.. V.1 lorraJer. of tUl-unc?. I arlei A. Ualdwlu A ( ., io Wall bt C V bristles with 1 iwmm ET,'l liLASIIU -a em good points. And the minute they spy dirt they rise up and go for it. No matter what it's on linen, laces, silk, woolens, flannel, marble, china, glass, wood, metal, or your own person, Pearline will get the dirt off with the least trouble and labor. It saves that ruinous wear and tear that como? i" -kk:.- .ther Point to thin "lure important still: nc 13 soiutely harm- oeer (ends New York. Fair Inrkr, I lu of
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