' Ncillral Sitperslition.
1 That liclicf tlio Chinoso have in the
remedial qualities of substances form
ing ft part of the human liody seems to
lie itrmlicnhle. Tliinkiti" that Enro
prang Mill entertained the name silly
ideas, led a much as anything else to
the Tien-Tain maasapros of twenty-flvo
years aro. l'rehiatorio man ilrank
from ft humim skull, believing that
the uncanny goblet had a certain po
tency. Not so long ago, the skull of
n anichlo was used iu Caithness ns A
drinking cup fur tho euro of epilepsy.
Even rasos have been, cited wheu su
perstitions people, within the last
thirty years, have dug nri bodies so as
to possess themselves of skulls for the
panie purpose. As late as 1678, iu the
official pharmneopoein of the London
College of rhvsicians, mention is
in ado "of the kull of a niau who had
died a violent death." Tor centuries
in the pnM, for the manufacture of
certain o,naek nostrums, notably an
oiutuient, ground skulls were used.
The medical books of Nuremberg of
200 years ago always cite nitimmia
or tho embalmed flesh of mummies
s a sovereign euro for certain dis
eases. The Egyptian mummy was a
peeifio for one malady, the Teneriffe
mummy for another. Excluding all
thcr strange substances employod in
early medicine, there is a Irace of can
nibalism in the use of those mummied
enbstances. It has been shown that
cannibalism does not arise in all cases
from hunger, but that to eat knmau
flesh is a religious rite, and favored
by the gods, in somo romoto manner,
it has somethiug to do with sacrifice.
Describing superstitions, the fact is
cited that to-day Irish peasants use
skulls to hold water in, under tho be
lief that the water thus beoomcs cura
tive. New York Tress.
Klomlin and 11 U Hope.
The baggage of Blondin, tho f imons
French tight rope walker, when on
tour consists of the following : A main
rope of $00 feet; circumference
inches; weight, 800 pounds; twenty
eight straining ropes, fifty gnide ropes,
eighty tying bars the average weight,
not including poles, being fivo and a
half tons. The freight of his fixings
including, we suppose, a huge travel
ing tent, which can encompass 14,000
people amounted to $5000 between
Southampton and Melbourne. About
three days are consumed iu making
Lis preparations, with tho aid of a
dozen assistants. The due adjustment
of his rope is Lis principal care, and
Le superintends every detail
In a fragment of autobiography
written some years ago, Blondin tells
ns that the rope he generally used was
formed with n flexible coie of steel
wire covered with tho best Manila
Lenip, about an inch or three-quarters
of au inch in diameter, several hun
dred yards in length, and costing
about $500. A large windlass at either
end of the rope served to make it taut,
while it was supported by two high
poles. His balancing poles, of ash
wood, vary in length, and are in three
sections, and weigh from thirty-seven
to forty-seven pounds. He is indif
ferent as to the height at which be it,
to perform. Blondin has never con
fessed to any nervousness on the rope,
and while walking he generally looks
eighteen or twenty feet ahead and
whistles or hums some snatch of a
song. The time kept by a musical
band has frequently aided him in pre
serving his balance. Blondin is some
thing of both carpenter and black
smith, and is able to make his own
models and fit np his own apparatus.
Chambers's Journal "
!' Icebergs in the Atlantio sometimes
last for 200 years.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root enrol
till Kidney and bladder troubles,
Tamphlet anil Consultation free.
Lnlorntory ljlmrliaroton, N. Y.
It is estimated that oleetrio cars havo al
ready displaced 1,500,000 horses.
Tobacco lealroys Vitality.
1 Nervous system paralyzed by nicotine
means lust manhood, weiilc eyes, nud a
Kneral all gone look and feeling that robs
life of Its pleasure. Tobaeuo Is the root of
many au impotent symptom, and No-To-Buo
a guaranteed eu ret hut will make youstrouR,
vigorous and happy in more ways than one.
No-To-Itai guaranteed and sold by Drug
gists everywhere. Book, titled "Don't Ti
Imooo Spit or Kmoke Your Life Away." Ad.
Sterling Heuiedy Co., New York or Chicago.
Ta t'toaaas iha Hyatrm
Effectually yet gently, when costive or bilious,
or when the blood Is impure or slugglah.to per
manently cure habitual constipation, to awak
en the kidneys an I liver to a healthy activity
without Irritating or weakening them, todls
jiel headaches, colds or fevers, usa Syrup of
tigs.
Warae Tann It una.
' Indigestion spoils more lives thnn rum. Hut
yon think you have 'inuliirln" or 'vriii," or
something wore. The trouble is all In tho
ilik'e-tive iract. Itipnnt Tabules bring a sort
of Millennium with them. One gives relief,
and their hiiliittiul use keeps t he whole s)steui
in tone, liet them of yo.ir druggist.
HhU'b Catarrh Cure Is a liquid and Is taken
Internally, and sets direcMy on tha blood and
imu'jms surlsces of the system. Write for les
tuuouials, free. Matr.ifiu-turud by
F. J. CHB.NKV Co.. Toledo, O.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teetiiiir,:, softens the Kums, reduces inlianiuin
lion, alhi) a pmu. cures wing coltr. '.-. a bottle
l'l-o's Cure for C'onmnpion lias nneouil
aa Couifh medic m.-F. M. Aauorr, :i-;j sou.
tea Street, liuihtlo, N. Y.. May u, MH.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thorn -i
son's Kve-w'Hter. I !rum:il-afll at -c ier ot. I le
i If You are Tired
All tho lime, without special exertion, us
tired iu the uiorniug m wheu you retire at
light, you may depend upon it, your blood
Is impure nud is ln-kiiig in vitulity. 'flint is
why it docs not supply strength to nerves
and muscles. You need
Hood's Sarsaparilla
'J o r urlfy and enrich your Mood. A few hot
lies of this great uieuiciue will give you
strength and vitulity because it will make
pure blood, tict Hood's.
Hood's Pills
annual roiiLipa
i'r i f li'i cell)
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR
The BEST
FOR
Dyspeptic.Dslicate.Infirm and
AGED PERSONS
JOHN CARLS I0N3, Niw Yrk.
DErftAVBD ATrKTITB IN COWS.
When any animal cats wood or
other coarse stuff, it indicates indi
gestion. Tho remedy is to give a
pint of raw linseed oil, and. after it
has operated, feed bran and linseed
mash, with one dram of gentian root,
powdered, in it. Sometimes this
appetite is duo to a want of salt, which
should be given with regularity to all
domestic animals, as it is an aid to
tho digestion of food, New York
Times.
making roams.
Tho best time for road work is after
the spring work has been completed,
because tho ground is then neither
too wet nor too dry, and when dry
weather sets in there is no nse trying
to work roads, ltond work in the
fall is just as impracticable, because
tho track will be muddy nntil the
freeze-np ocenrs and the following
spring willbo full of mud holos. For
this reason divide townships into
road districts so that tho main portion
of the labor ran be done after the
crops are in. Every crew of men pre
paring roads must have an overseer
with them all tla time. Ho must
understand his business, and one su
perintendent cannot properly oversee
more than one crow of men. New
England Homestead.
THE PROPAGATION OT ORCHIDS.
A marked peculiarity of orchids is
tha immense number of seed produced
from a singlo flower ; bnt while they
aro continually grown from seed, it
means long years of waiting before the
flower appears. After tho blossom
fades, it requires year for tho Beed
to ripen, a seoond year elnpsjs after
tho eeed is planted before it germi
nates, while the resulting plant sel
dom flowers under five, and frequent
ly not until after eight or ten, years
of growth. Consequently, orchids
are propagated chiefly by a division
of the root-clustors into individual
plants ; whilo many are grown from
slips and cuttings. Most orchids re
quire hothouse cultivation ; bnt there
aro two in particular which may be
termed hardy, and which can be suc
cessfully grown in window gardens,
with the care ordinarily given to
house-plants. Demoiest's Magazine.
PBACTICAIi rOCIiTRY RAISINCl.
Fifteen years ago I tried fancy poul
try raising, and, like all beginners, I
wanted too many kinds and kept ad
ding to my stock nntil I had twelve
varieties, and almost made a failure,
as I did not then understand, writes
"Sid." Conger. Some kind and ex
perienced friend said to me: "Quit
all but two kinds ; give them all the
attention yon have given the twelve
and scatter them. Have the small
ones in lota to themselves and the old
ones away frqm the young. Feed
them separate, make them roost in
separate plaoes, have all roosting
plaoes movable, and once a week turn
tho roosts over and coal oil them ;
clean np the hoasos'and boxes once a
week the year through. Givo a var
iety of food corn, wheat, oats, bar
ley, buckwheat and table crumbs ; also
fresh envoi, crushed bone and ereen
feed the year through ; good clover
hay once a week in the houses in the
winter. Quit the soft, fancy feeding-.
and give them sensible care, and make
a success of the business."
The poultry business is the largest
industry on earth. It supports more
people, more people are engaged in it.
more papers and journals are devoted
to its exclusive interest, than any
other in the whole world. All this we
can prove if any one should be so rash
as to doubt it. Ilard times will come
now and then, as we all know ; then
the poultry industry flourishes, as peo
ple turn to that to make a living and
improve their stock. Fay close atten
tion to the details, and lind, instead
of a lagging monotony, as some sup
pose, that it is tho largest and best
business in the whole world. -Breeders'
Gazette,
bORancM.
Sorghum is usually planted in hills
about three feet opart each way, or if
tho ground is not too weedy, in drills,
three feet apart, leaving the stalks at
the last thinning about four to aix
inohes apart in the row. If the crop
is to be used for sugar or syrup, the
stalks should be about six inches apart
in the drill, or about five stalks in the
hill. Six or seven stalks oonld be loft
in the hill where tbo crop is to be
used for forago. About two quarts of
teed of tho ordinary varieties are re
quired per aore when planted in hills,
and somewhat more than this amount
wheu sown in drills. Eurly Orange
or Early Amber or some of tho other
eorly varieties would probably be
most sure to give n protituble crop.
On land specially adapted to corn or
sorghum some of tha larger or later
varieties might be grown, as they yield
much heavier crops; but it any of the
crop, is to be cut so early as August
tho later varieties will not do. The
crop needs considerably more atten
tion at the start than corn, but ncr-
haps less after it is a foot or more
high. The growth is rather slow for
the first few inches, but very rapid at
the closo of tho season. The outer
glaze on tho stalk is harder than on
maizo, and tho stalks should prefer
ably be fed whole rather than cut into
short pieces, to avoid riak of cutting
the animals about the mouth. The
cane when mature will stand for a long
timo without much deterioration iu
quality, even after a severe frobt, pro
vided warm weather docs not follow
tho frost, or alternating periods of
warm and cold oocur. Borghnm can
bo made into ensilage, but will not
make as good ensilago as matnro corn,
being usually quite sour. Somo
growers have reported keeping sor
ghum for many weeks cut and set in
large bunches in the field. Country
Gentleman.
KALAMAZOO CSXZET.
Tto imoaj Knlamuoo celery gar
dens are situated on peaty marshes
that were once swamps, says J. Blank.
Tho soil on these marshes is black and
rich, and has that soft and spongy
feeling to the hand which indicates
humus, and there seems to be somo
element or quality in the Kalamazoo
marshes that makes them peculiarly
adapted to celery culture. My own
opiuiou is that the poroity of thoaoil
and tho free supply of wotcrhnve a
great deal to do with this culture.
For we know that the'colery plant
loves a oool, moist bed ; it is stunted
by heat and drouth. In dry seasons,
even in favorable localities, growers
elsewhere are obliged to water their
plants.
Tho Kalamazoo growers raise throo
and even four crops of celery per year
from tho some ground. For the first
crop tho seed is sown in hotbeds early
in February. As soon as the woathcr
is warm enough, usually about May 1,
tho plants are set ont. They aro
planted from four to Fix inches apart
in trenches six inohes deep, and part
ly filled with manure. The trouchos
are from four to five feet apart.
Meanwhile the seoond sowing of seod
has been made in a toed bed outdoors,
and then tho plauts are set out Borne
timq in June for the second crop, be
tween the first rows. Af tor tho first
crop comes ou, about the middle of
July, the rows are filled with plants
for the third crop. .Few plants require
more constant and careful cultivation
than colery. The soil mnet be brought
to the highest stago of fertility, and
then croppod heavily and successive
ly. Tho chief object in colery culture
is to get as many salable stalks or
heads as possible, and this can be done
only by proper manuring.
ino most successful growers are
those who use constantly the largest
amounts of manure. Tho celery plant
is a strong feeder and requires much
nitrogen. This is supplied by a heavy
dressing of .Btable manure. The ex
pense of buying stable manure is a
big item in raising celery. The own
er of one of the best colery gardens
in Kalomazoo, when asked how ho
raised such big crops, said to me: "I
found that the colory plants needed
something else besides stable manure.
They should have some pb.ospb.orio
aoid, and especially potash. Most
growers do not know that a consider
able amount of nitrogen is lost when
stable manure lies in heaps exposed
to the air for any length of time. Now
this loss can be prevented by spread
ing fcainit over the manure. The cost
is slight, while the saving of nitrogen
is great. I have also found that pot
ash stimulates a good growth of the
plants, especially in making fine stalks
or heads. This id important with
celery growers, for an acre contains
10,000 plants, bnt as a rule only 12,-
000 or 13,000 heads will be salable. So
any fertilizer that will help the
growth, and quality should be wel
comed by the growers." American
Agriculturist.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES,
Coal oil and kerosene are the same
thing.
More than 100 hens to the acre will
not do as well as less.
Fekin ducks have cream-colored
bills and legs, Aylesbury, flesh
oolorod. When a cockerel is a year old he
becomes a cock ; a pullot a hen at the
so, me age.
In an inuubator ducks eggs require
the same temperature as hens' eggs,
103 degrees.
Taking one year with another a dol
lar net profit per hen may be consid
ered a good average
Surface cultivation is the great
drouth slayer. Learn how best to do
it; it will pay you well.
Use the pruning knife carefully and
thoughtfully. Hit or miss work won t
do if you wish to own a successful
orchard.
Did you over live without fruit,
subsisting mainly on meat? If you
did you need not bo told of the
necessity of a part fruit diet.
Sometimes hens are found dead
nndcr the perches, while seomingly
fut and in good condition. Often the
trouble is that they are too fat and
die of apoplexy.
Every one who keeps bens knows of
one or two or more which are per
sistent layers. These should be bred
from as they will transmit their good
qualities to thjir progeny.
During the closo, hot days, see that
the supply of clean, fresh water is con
stant. If you have any sentiment in
you it will do you good to see the
hens enjoy tho drink.
Study the different varieties of
fruits and see which kindj do best in
your location, or like places. If you
do this thoroughly it will save you
much disappointment.
Statistics About Natural ti'as.
Investigations made in Ohio show
that the weight of 100 cubit feet of
natural gas may be set down at 4287
pounds; it is composed ot 1072 pounds
of Lyurogeu and ozla pounds of car
bon ; requires for its perfect oombus'
tion OG'J 3-10 cubio feet of air, weigh
ing 74,oCl pounds; it makes iu burn
ing 9018 pounds of steam and 11,783
pounds of oarbouio aoid, and produces
1)1,501) heat uuits when the steum is
not condensed. - -Now York Advertiser,
Beauty iu Court.
Iu a recent trial at Siena, Italy, tho
beauty of a servant girl summoned ai
a witncbS had a drauiatio effect ou
judge, jury ami counsel. While nn
dergoing examination she stood facing
the Magistrate, who, in a commeudu"
ble spirit of justice aud gallautry.
said: "I beg you, my pretty girl, tt
turn also toward the jury, as I do not
wish it to be said that I alone have the
privilege of admiring your beauty."
Chicago ilecoru.
The heaviest of the foreign woods
are the pomegranate and the lignuui
viue, aaa me ugutcat u corn.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS,
TITR ANVTTAl. WARFAlVff,
A bulletin on household peafo Imed
by the Vermont Agrionltnral Export
ment Station is full of- useful informa
tion for housekeepers in thoir annual
warfare against these destroyers. The
buiTitlo beetle or carpet bug cats
feathers furs, leather and perhaps
other things, but the aooounts whioh
have been given from time to time of
its destruction of silk do not Foem well
founded. Frofcssor Fernald remarks
as to this:
"The opinion that it injures cotton
ot silk goods, lacs curtains, etc, must
be erroueoue, for I have ropealodly
put tho Inrvio or young of this beetle
into bottles with various substances
for them to feed .upon, and when fur
nixhed with cotton and wool mixed
good, they invariably ate the woolon
fibers leaviug the cotton intact ; but
when I gave them only cotton, silk, or
pieces of newspaper, they as invariably
died without eating any of those sub
stances. The injnries reported to havo
been dono to silk, lnco curtain!, etc.,
must havo been done by some other
insect." Very possibly tho other in
sect may bo iu some cases the pitohy
carpet beetlo.
With proper caro aud persevcranoe
tiio bulValo beetle cau be driven out
and kept out. Of conrso if carpets
fastened to tho floor were not used,
but only rugs laid down and often
thaken, there would bo far Ices dangor
of injury from the ravages of tho
beetles, bnt it carpets aro fastened
down, a thorough lining with paper
will prevent mauy of tho larvro, whioh
hide iu cracks aud crevioes, from
getting at it. Tarred paper next
tho floor covorod with some cleaner
sort to prevent injury to tho car
pet would undoubtedly bo most use
ful, but tho odor is a serious objec
tion. An excellent remedy is corro
sive sublimate sixty grains, dissolved
in a pint of nloohol or water and
brushed over tho floor at the edges
before the carpet is laid, and also
over tho underside of the carpet. This
soon destroys any insect which at
tempts to cat tho carpet, but children
must not play upon a carpet so treat
ed. A still simpler method which
is said to be effective, is that of laying
a damp cloth ou tho carpet at the edgo
where it is most likely to be infested,
and then placing a hot iron on it. The
steam thus produced penotrates tho
carpet and destroys any insects which
may bo within the range of its so
tion. Insect powders are not of any value
in this case. The remedies named are
as valuable in tho care of clothing aud
other nrlicles as thoy aro for carpets.
Small articles in boxes and drawers
may bo eflectually freed from insect
pests by tho use of benzino or bisul
phide of cfti-bon. Eattcr than any
othor method, and the simplest as
well, whon tho size of tho objoct liko
ly to be infested is not too great, is
wrapping tho material in Btuootb,
whole paper or putting it into a paper
bag aud seuliug the opening with
paste. If this is done before the
beetles have had a chance to, doposit
eggs upon the article, or larvra to get
at it, there is no danger that the in
sect will be able to reach it. New
Englund Homestead.
ItHCrPES.
German Fotatoes Feel and grate
Bix very large potatos, drain off the
the potato llonr, add a saltspoon of
suit or more, beat up two or throe
5gs, mix thoroughly with grated po
tato, and bake in a moderate oven un
til nicely browned, care being taken
that they do not bake too quick.
Cauliflower with Milk Break a
cauliflower in bits and, after oleaninor.
tie up in white netting, and boil till
tender in water to whioh half as much
milk has been added. This improves
the taste and appearance Salt just
before taking up, and hang up to
drain. Arrange tUe pieces in a dish
and pour over it the following :
Savory OmelotFour eggs, three
ounces of butter, Bait, pepper and
euoppeu parsley. lieat tuo eggs
lightly togetuer, sprinkle in the pars
ley, pepper and salt. Have the butter
quite hot in the pau, stir in the eggs
and shako the pan to keep the mixture
from burning. As soon as the edges
lire Bet, fold over, cook lightly for a
moment, turn on a hot dish and serve.
A little grated ham may be added, it
liked.
Compote of OrangosPeol six or
hngos, remove as much of the white
ith as possible and divide them into
rimull pieces. Make a sirup of three
quarters of a pound of sugar, one pint
pf water, aamng the rind of the or
hngo cut in thin strips. When the
iiirup is well boiled and skimmed clear
ut in the oranges and Bimmor five
lainute. Arrange tuom on a glass
dish, pour the sirap over them and
servo cold.
Oatmeal Biscuits Five ounces of
flour, seven ouuoes of oatmeal, throo
punces of sugar, four onnoos of lard
or butter, half a toaspoonful of baking
noiia ana one egg. Molt the lard or
butter, mix the flour, oatmeal, sugar
ami soda, then stir in the melted lard,
break tlio eggs, with a little water.
into a teacup, beat slightly and mix
with the other ingredients till it be
comes a paste, turn it out on a board
land roll thiu. Cut with a cutter and
bake on a greased tin twenty minutes.
Orange Pudding Fivo juicy or
anges are sliced crosswise and sweet
ened, and as many glass sauce-dishes
are half-tilled with the sliced oranges,
Corn etarch is oooked in the usual
manner iu a farina boiler, and when
it has boiled the beaten yolks of two
cgpg are added to the corn starch, and
when thoroughly mixed tho hot corn
Bturch is poured into the glass dishes.
The whites of the two eggs, beateu
still aud Bweeteuod with two table
Gpoouful ot sugar, ara spread on the
com Btarch. luis is eaten cold.
Tito "tircrk Slave."
The original "Greek Slave," the
celebrated statue by Hiram Powers,
is iu tho gallery of the Duke of Cleve
land. It was never brought to Amer
ica. It was finished in IS 13. In 1810
a replica was brought to New York
mill ia miif in tnA llnrAnran n 1 1 tr
Washington. A third copy was bought
uy me i in 01 uumey, ana a lourtn,
purchased for 81000 by Prince Demi
doff, was afterward sold to A. T.
Stewart, of New York, fur 822,000.
Huston Transcript.
j"TEMri5MNCK,:
tn wouk or tHTSMrr.aAKcc
Tlio fallowing irrnnhln portrnyal of th
evils wrought by alcohol was drawn by the
ltov. Lawrence Murphy, of Canada, Iu a tem-
icrnnce address delivered by him. "Aleo
tol,' snld Knther Murphy, "Is the stumbling
block nf youth, the wreck of manhood, tho
despair of old ac. It crowds tha prisons,
populates tho asylums and poorhouscs and
illls th untimely grave. It slivers prema
turely the hairs of fathers and moth"!,
breaks tho hearts of loving wives, cruelly
outrages tho Innocence of childhood, while
it banlshos Ond and the angels from the
sacred precincts of tho soul. Show mn pov
erty, show mn crime show mo anguish of
mil nnd body and I will show you that
three-fourths of it comes directly or indirect
ly out of tho whisky bottle.
"It Is tho cmuso of three-fourths of our
spiritual ailments and physical diseases. It
keeps tho doctor busy In his ofllce. the priest
weary In tho confessional. It Is darkness In
tho homo, a cloud in the church and night in
tho heart of man. It blights the sweet roses
of charity, withers tho adorablo blossoms of
love, darkens tho sublime rndlnuee of the In
tellect, chases every sunbeam of happiness
from the human heart, extinguishes every
lamp of holiness in the lighthouse of the hu
man conscience and makes of tho soul a
sovereign In prison, Napolcmi looking out on
the sad and solemn sea. It Is the giant evil
of all evils, tho greatest force out of hell, the
greatest enemy of humanity, tho greatest
desecrntor of godliness nnd of Clod. It wastes
God's gifts to man."
Hurolv. as Father Muruhv said nt the con
clusion of his address, it behoves tho entire
eommunlty to do nil it possibly can to lessen
the power nnd Influence of an agency enpn
blo of generating Biich deep nud widespread
evils,
ALCOMOI. AS MF.niCINS.
Decided change of opinion has taken place
of lato years regarding the medicinal prop
erties of aloohol. ny Doctor James IU
Nichols on this subject:
"As regards the medicinal value of any of
tho spirituous Ibpiors which ara known In
commerce, very much may bo said. If all
tho hrnndles, whisky, wines nnd malt
liquors which now oxlst were suddenly de
stroyed, and there could be no further pro
duction, no class but dipsomaniacs would
sufTcr any pain or distress for a singlo hour.
"In a if cases of disease where an nleoholio
seems to be Indicated, science presents non
alcohollos that may serve an equally useful
purpose. Tho nloohol questlou as related to
niediclue mBy bo summed up In a few words.
In no Instances of dlseaso of any form is It a
medicine which might not bo dispensed with,
and other agents m'wtltuted.
This view of tho chemical nnd thera
peutical needs and uses ot alcohol, as related
tothe human family, Is not presented from
the standpoint of the temperance orator, but
A Sr.KSIRLl PLEDOB.
There 19 In Danvlllo, Conn., a society of
young women, numbering already four hun
dred, who have individually pledged them
selves not to marry drinking men. It is a
very sensible pledge. There nro some men
who cau uso liquor in moderation without
any danger of becoming drunkards, but
with most men the danger U very great, nnd
many a man who is quite stlro ot himself Is
in fact on the verge of ruin.
Hut that is not all. Even If tho man him
self could lie depended tion with safety, he
could not by any possibility guarantee his
sons against yielding to the temptation
which would beet them from their very In
fancy by reason ot his use ot liquor. Tho
woman who does not want to bo either the
wife of a drunkard or tho mothcrof a drunk
ard has therefore only one way of escape
from that danger, and that is to turn a deaf
ear to any suitor who uses liquor nt all; even
it he doe promise to give it up tor her. If
ho only gives It up to get her ho will proba
bly take It up again after he has valued his
end, Now York Witness.
TWO BCXDRKD INDIANS DI1CXK.
'. Two hundred Omaha Indians, who re
ceived their annuity of 325.000. went to
Pender, Neb., and began drinking freely. It
was not long boforo drunken Indians, women
as well as men, were thick in the streets.
Depredations of all kinds were committed.
Drunken women paraded tho streets, howl
ing and acting as if bedlam had broken
loise. Borne throw their arms around white
men's necks and asked for a kiss. Somo of
tho bucks, when completely overcome with
liquor, fell iu the road and were pickod up
later by friends and carried out of town.
Several wagon loads were disposed of In this
manner. Knives, pistols nud all sorts of
deadly weapons were displayed, but no ono
was seriously iujured.
' About twenty citizens held a mooting at
noon, and If the word had only been said, a
lynching would soon havo been in progress,
aud tho saloon-koepera would have been the
victims. Vlnolaud Outlook.
AX EMINENT Jl'DOE 8 EVIDENCE.
I.ord Justice Dcnman.of England, has re
cently given this eviduuee against tho drink:
"Intemperance is tho greatest curse and the
most potent cause of misery from which this
Nation suffers. Twenty years of judicial
life, aud forty-six years of conatunt attend
ance in the criminal courts as an advocate
or Judge are enough to enublo any man to
form an opinion as to the oxtent of the mis
chief causud by drunkenuess. Not a day
passes in the criminal courts without some
evidence of it. 1 suppose that between 1871
and 1BJ3 I must havo tried mauy thousands
Of cases of violence uud cruelty murders,
manslaughters, murderous and savnge
woundings, klckings and assaults. Of these,
I am euro, I speak well within the murk wheu
I say that more than one-half were directly
connected with exoossivo drinking."
( TUE DRCNKAUD S WIFE.
Thodrunkard In his bod tossing and moan
ing, with throat that crocks with its grasp
ing thirst, and blood that crawls like a
migration of maggots along tho lluccld veins,
and breath that sickens and slinks and makes
one look for rod crested grave worms to
crawl out of lips and eyes uud nostrils aud
burrow into the puffy checks o! the cadaver,
sloughing visibly. Htili the same scene,
the night wears on; children sit up in bed
and mock the lone, sleopless watcher by cry
ing, "Drink, mamma, drink," Tho lamp
burns lowgoes out. The darkness turns
gray. Tho hot evening horror has bulled
down, and the tortured onus aro ?till at lut,
like flies in tar. Out of the shadow a form
stoops and searches fur live coals In t lie
ashes vuiuly. It is the druukard's wife.
God pity her.
DIFFERENT NAMES.
Death from drinking Intoxicants is given
dilTcrent names, about as follows: If I he un
fortunate victim Is worth
41,000,000 Nervous chill
500,000 Nervous prostration
)0,0O0 Congestive chili
100.000 llheumatism
60,000 Btouiach complaint
HOttkor of tholluuse Overwork
l'oor but respectable Alcoholic poison
Poor laborer Delirium tremens
Tramp Jim-jams
Tho Uauuur.
TEMl'tltANCK NEWS AND NOTLS.
Canada's annual liquor bill is l;lt,7ij,400.
The consumption of intoxicating liquors
in New Zealand Is doureasiug year by year.
The Nutional W. '. T. V. will conduct
summer meetings at Chautauquu nud Moun
tain Lake Park.
It takes 9000 breweries to supply EnglanJ
with beer, aud during tho past year sous
0O0 uave been closed.
Governor Hheukley, of Alaska, refuses to
issue tho necessary permits for the establish
ment ol browories iu that Territory.
Mrs. Willis Davis, a bride, killed herself lu
W'urrca Couuty, Kentucky, oo sociugjher hu.t
baud under the lull uunce uf liquor.
The Duko of Conuaught declares that to
tal abstinence Is ulMolutely necessary to a
ripe old age. Ills mother, Queen Victoria, Is
seveuty-six.
Belgium's revenue from the drink habit
has grown iu forty yuurs from 4.000,000 to
33,000,000 francs, crime iucrea-slug iiuo per
cout. tit the same time nud insanity 128 pur
ocnt.
Finland has demonstrated that spirits are
nut necessary lu cold countries, having be
come practically a total ubntineuee country.
This chunge has been effected uuder loci)
option aud woman sullragu.
A new law for the better observance ol
Sunday In ttussia will probably clom all tu
dram shop throughout tho Kuiplra ou that
day. As oitort it bsiug made to uavt tum
keep c.eu out hour of the day,
, Tli Spnnlt.li Dull,
fliO bulls tisod for flglitinff purposes
aro a specially selected, specially ca;ed
for oloss. They are all pedigree ani
mals. Andalusia is, above all, the
district of the bull. Here, at tbo age
of ono year, tho yonng bulls are sep
arated from tho heifers, branded with
the owner's name and turned out loose
on tho plains to grazo with others of
their own ago.
When a yoar older tho yottnir bulM
are gathered together, iu order that
thoir mettlo and fighting qualities
may bo tustnd. One of them is separ
ated from tho herd and ehuao.l by a
mnu on horseback, who, by the skill
ful uso of a blunted lanoo overthrows
tho escaping bull, wheronpon another
rider comes iu front of tho animal
with a sharper lance to withstand tho
expected attack.
If tho bull ou regainiug his feet at
tacks tho rider twice ho is passod as a
fighting animal, but if ho turns tail
and ruusoff he is set aside to be killed
or to bo used in agricultural work.
And to with each animal until tho
whole herd of. tho two-year-olds have
been testod.
Knch bull that has stood tho test
sueocsefully is then cntorod in tho
herd book, with a description of his
appearance, and receives a name
such as Espartcro, Hamenoo and tho
liko. This prooess of careful selection
goes on from year to year until tho bull
is five years old, when, should his met
tle provo true, he is ready for tho
arena, aud flaming posters appear on
tho walls of Madrid or Hoville, an
nouncing that Esparto (or whatovor
his name is) will on such and such a
date mako his first and fiual appear
ance. A good "warrantable" five-year-old
bull for tho fighting ring costs from
$350 to 8100. Buffalo Times.
Tho Watchdog Exclianfrc.
An Englishman and a German iu
Chicago are partners in a now busi
ness which they advortiso as a Watch
dog Exchange. Thoy will bo piepared
soon to sell dogs trainod for watching,
or tho dogs may be engaged by the
month, week or night, Tho Germau
partner has tho experience, having
been employed as a keeper in a simi
lar business in llerlin, whero there aro
eevcral of these exchanges doing a
good business. New York Sun,
Tho production of sugar in tho West
Indies shows au annual increase of 1,
000,000 tons.
Highest of all in Leavening rower. Latest U. S. Gov't Keport
S
a.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Marrelo is Slory About din-Dwellers.
A marvelous story is that which
comes from Arizoua, where a few
months ago somo prospectors iu tbo
lirailsbaw Mountains came upon a
3liff-dwo!ler&' village in one ot tho
most iuacoessible canons of that range
the lurgoct village of tho kind ever
yet discovered. Hevernl of the houses
were explored and large quantities of
pottery and somo instruments, evi
dently used for cultivating the soil,
were found. In one the skeleton of a
man, not over four foot eight inches
in height, was discovered. The canon
at this place is half a milo wide and
shows evidence of having been culti
vated. If this theory proves to bo
true it will throw more light on the
habits of this lit tlo known people. So
far ns known no othor evideuoe has
ever beon discovered of clilT-dwollors
having cultivated tho soil. Atlanta
Constitution.
One of tho most popular religious
books in Japan is "Pilgrim's Prog
ress," illustrated by Japaucso artists.
Dr. PIERCE'S
PLEASANT i
PELLETS
SICK HEADACHE,
BILIOUSNESS,
CONSTIPATION,
LWkwH INDIQESTION,
DYSPEPSIA,
POOR APPETITE,
ami all derangement of the
Stomach, Liver and Bowels.
Of all druggiits.
ONCE
ALWAYS IN FAVOR.
WHO
IS
In Hie house ?
Why, the wise mother. Because, when
taken internally it cures in a few minutes,
Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach, Heartburn,
Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Siclc Headache,
lJiarrluea, Dysentery, Summer Complaint,
Colic, Flatulency anj all interml pains.
DOSE Half a teaspoonful in half a tumbler
cf water.
Used externally, it will cure Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Mosquito Bites, Stints of Insects,
Sunburns, Uruises, Burns, Scalds, Coughs,
Colds and all throat troubles.
Railway's Beady Relief, aided by Rail
way's fills, will cure Fever and Ague; Ma
larious, Bilious and other Fevers,
rtlty Cents t Bottle. Soil by DmrrijU.
RAD WAY & CO., Mew York.,
When Hamlet Exclaimed i
; could Ke Have
rfMlltajM
-f7M
That insists upon M 1
keeping a stock of ) Urn Mi
Ranvay's Heady Belief
APQLIO
THE GUHMAKER OP I LION,
JKKFKrtHOX M. I.Ol tlll ItKrl'RK.Sj A
TKMI'TINO OttHlt ritOJf TUB
CII1NKNK (lOVK.UNItl KNT.
Ills Health was Ino l'oor to 1'rrailt Atleu
lion to lluklnraa, A (treat MufTi-rer
fcr Many Years Hut Has Now
Itrrovrrril.
(Frmn ltie Fpringflittl, Mat., Vnion. )
There Ipn't a gua manufacturer In Ilia
t'nltcd States who docs not know Jefferson
M. Clnugh.nnd why? Hocaneo ho has been
Intimately nssoelnted nil his life with the do
vclopinrnt of tho two best American rllles,
Ihe llemlngton nnd Winchester. For years
lie wns Hii erliilcndcn of the E. ltemlugt' t
k Pons' grent factory nt Ilion, N. Y. After
leaving there he refused a tempting offer of
the Chinese Clovernnicnl to go to China to
ruperltitind their government factories,
and accepted Instead (bo superiiitendency of
tho Wlnchcelcr-Arms Co., at New Haven, nt
a salary of 7,500 a yenr.
It was alter this long term of active labor
ns a busluei-s man Hint ha found himself In
capacitated for further seivlce l y Iho em
bargo which rheumatism hail laid iiH)ii him
and resigned his position morn than two
years ago, and relumed to lich hertown,
Mass., whero he now lives and owns tho
Phelps farm, a retired spnt where he has flvo
hundred acres of hind.
Doing a man of menus he did not spare tho
cost and was t routed by loading physicians
and by baths nt celebrated springs without
receiving any benetlt worth uotlee. During
tho summer of lKtW and the winter of IS'.!
Mr. Clough was conllned to his house lu
Itclchortown, Iming unable to rise from his
lied without assist anee, and suffering con
tinually with acute pains and with no tustn
or desire for food, nor was ho able to obtain
sufni-ient sleep.
Early In the year !!! Mr. Clough heard of
Dr. Williams' I'lnk Pills for l'nle People
Me begun taking these pills alKiut the llrst of
March, 1804, nnd continued to do so until
the llrst part of Hcptonilier following, 'i ho
first effect noticed -iis n bettof npix'tltc nnd
he hognn to note more ability to belli himself
off the lied and to lie, better generally. I.Bst
August (lmit) he was able to go aloiie to his
summer residence and farm i f 10:1 ncn-s on
(Ironndiur Island, among the Thousand
Inlands, In the river Ht. I,awreiui', whero
from the highest land of his farm (in com
mauds a view for 13 miles down the river,
and (10 of the Thousand Islands can lie seen.
Instead of being confined to his tied Mr.
Clough Is now and has been for some timo
nbln to ti about tlie fiirni lo direct the
men employed there and he Is thankful for
what Dr. Williams' i'lnk Tills have done for
him.
Theso pills are manufactured by the Dr.
Williams' Modlclno Company, Hchoiioctndy,
N. V., and are sold only In boxes bearing the
brio's trade mark and wrapper, at 50 cents a
box or six boxes for (2.50, and are never sold
III bulk. They may W had of all druggists
or direct by mail from Dr. Williams' Medi
cine Company.
Rome of the ginut cactus trees of Arizoua
aro over slxly fort In height.
Powder
TheQreatcst Hedlcal Discovery
of the Ate.
KENNEDY'S
Medical Discovery.
OONAIO IEKNE0Y, OF ROXBURY, MASS.,
flas discovered In one of oar common
pasture woods a remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the wont Scrofula
down to a common pimple. j
lie baa tried It In over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except In two case
(both thunder humor), lis baa bow In
his possession over two hundred certifi
cates ot its value, all within twenty miles
of Boston. Bead postal card for book.
A benefit la always experienced from the
first bottle, and a perfect cure Is warranted
When the right quantity Is taken.
When the lungs are affected It causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them i the same with the Llvnr
or Bowels. This Is caused by tha duets
being stopped, and always disappears in a
week after taking IU Head tha label.
If the stomach Is foul or billons It will
eanse squeamish feeling at first
No obanga of diet aver necessary. Eat
the best you eao get, and enough of it.
Dose, one tableapoonful In water at bed
time. Bold by all Druggists,
III II 'i 4
SIMPLE, CLEANLY,
EFFICIENT.
On ihe Cars,
AttheThealre,
Anvwhere.
IF YOU WOULD BE IN FASHION
TAKE A FEW
RipansTabules
ALONG WITH YOU
WHEREVER YOU GO.
Tou can slip tbeni Into jour
pocket, jour ratcbel, your
wallet even. To a dyspep
tic, this means oeace of
mind under many otherwise
trying circuui8tanccs.
f5 f r. for roniiilele .j-meni for lie
v -ilili-KSi"lcullluK 1 .juUr' MUtl
I'-il tl'-pu'i GurnifUl (y mall niii.
i J. or rr $l will irtxl yuu iHiii tie
at fttwn uuil iiulvt.r.sl .It fv.fir,,li(iir
sutl .s.r.utttriicttir. our Si'ir-liialrui'.
tor U a If tilt of ai , tift-tt; lem'tim you
lititt lo lake iiifstturf iiieiit', ilrMft.rut
ftlitl SI ull Ml) Ii.o t,ariiu-uli how to
pin tiifin tovlbfr, Irlm ami nmkt,
tltfin ui; alM, all other uat-ful aud
la-ilcjl luloiiiiailon ti.fuilal lu
rM-clau ilrttia antt cloak uiaklliir.
Tltf Oram I'-tUTU Id , am viK C lttrk M., I IiI.mk.i, Hi,
DAY F(,R P' EABANT WORK eaiUj
wured thronar
v ru fri7PIlic'4.nniur Loral Agtncj to aril tL
DAVIS U tit AM SEPARATORS
to lauuri ana liaiiu.a. joi, i)ls M hua lu
last number of tlili Journal. Hoolhrr all! won bo
........... -"', i no 1 1 I II UU.OIT) f J , 1 11 ,.
u.tej Book Free. 1avis iukkin iii.ihi umj
am m , solo Mnuraclurr, 140 w. Lata St .( ulco.
SITUATION When ( I' A 1. 1 PI Kit-Youi.it
Man to learu To t'KHtiihv, station au. I Kxtire
Aenn' lliillw. V. Wll(TKMAN,Chall.aiii,K. V.
I ul no runs.
MM lutisfta bfrup. TmimUuoO. Pm
lliixtC kVM.jl Ail tiCf Ia,iO
1 rCTTTTTiirra
" Aye, There's the Rub I "
Referred to
HttV .All
H i