Oronlrtt ol All Diamond.
When a diamond is found weighing
more than a hundred pnrnts, the news
in nsnally heralded with much ado. It
in not to bo wondered at, therefore if
tho finding of tho "Excelsior" crentod
considerable excitomont. It weighed
in tho rough 971 carats, and was found
near dapersfouutnin, in tho Orange
Freo Stato, Africa. When examined
' it was found to be a white stone of the
first water, but had a small flaw in the
centre. Tho inspector of the mine, a
Swede nnmo Jorgousen, was tho luo.ly
finder. Tho proprietors of tho mine,
Uroitmayer and llernheimer, had the
stono tented Old rained by expert,
who agreed thai the valttewas $.",000,.
000. It is a fact that two oflora of
$.1,000,000 and $4,250,000, respective
ly, have been refused by the propri
etors. Upon its transfer to the ooast
great precautions wero taken for its
protection. A squadron of cavalry es
corted it to tho railway station. In
Capetown it was placed aboard the
British gunboat, II. M. S. Antelope,
which brought tho precious gem to
London, where it now rests in the fire
and burgler-proof vaults of the llanli
of England.
Tho next largest diamond in the
world is tho ono owned by the Rajah
of Matan, on tho Island of Borneo;
this ono weighs '.U)7 carats. The hand
somest of all the large diamonds
known is, however, the ono in the
French collection of crown jewels,
known as tho "Regent," which weighs
I36J carats. Louis XV. puid 000,000
francs for it, but now it is valued at
$2,000,000.
How much the "Excelsior" will lose
in cutting can only be decided by most
eminent experts. As a rule, tho larger
dianiondc lose fully one-half of their
weight in this operntion. Naturally
tho cutting, which is done with a view
to having as few largo pieces as possi
ble outside of tho main gem, must be
carried on with tho greatest care. This
business is carried on mainly in Am
sterdam and Antwerp. In Amsterdam
there are at present five large concern!
of diamond cutters, with 872 diamond
mills or cutting wheels, and 300C
bands, besides a large number of lesi
important concerns. Philadelphia
Record.
While Elephants.
Knighthood is not au honor thai
you can obtain in Siam as easily as
yon can in mnny other countries.
You have to qualify for it by captur
ing a white clcphaut, which is, by all
accounts, a good deal more difficult
than to writo indifferent poetry.
The whito elephant is the National
emblem of Siam, and all the speci
mens that can be caught are kept in
tho royal stables and livo on the fat
of the land. There are five of them
ot present in honorable captivity.
All the work they over have to do is
to take part twice a year in a Stato
procession, and to support the King
by their majestic presenco whenever
he has to receive a foreign Ambassa
dor. Resides being knighted, their
captors reccivo largo money rewards.
The more white elephants there aro in
the King's mews, the luckier does he
reckon himself likely to be. Phila
delphia Public Ledger.
( A Napoleonic Relic at the Paris Fulr
A French engineer, M. Edouard
Oras, hns conceived the idea of repro
ducing tho historic houso of Long
wood in which Napoloon lived at St.
Helena as an attraction during the ex
hibition of 1900, Tho house, which,
according to his scheme, will be au
exact copy of the original, will be sur
rounded by panoramic canvases repre
senting the natural surroundings,
New York Tost.
Dr. Kilmer's Bwavp-Hoot cures
all Kidney and bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation frou.
Laboratory Blughamton, N. Y.
8igns of a receut earthquake have been
found on a desolate island in Lake Superior.
Uwi tie Chew or Smoke?
If so. it is only a question of time when
bright eyes grow dim, manly stops lose flrra
U6B8, and tho vigor aud vitality so enjoyable
now will be destroyed forever. Got a book,
titled "Don't Tobacco Spit or 8moke Vout
Life Awuy," and learn how No-To-llac. with
out physical or financial risk, cures the to
bacco habit. brings bnck the vigorous vital
ity that will make you both happy. No-To-Bao
sold and guaranteed to cure by Drug
gists everywhere. Book free. Ad. Sterling
liemedy Co., New York City or Chicago.
The Ladles.
The pleasant effect and perfect safety with
which ladies may use the California liquid lax
ative, Kyrup of Figs, uuder all conditions
makes tt tholr favorite remedy. To get, tho
true and geauino article, loolt for the name of
the California Fig Syrup Co., priutol near thi
bottom of the package.
Aud Make Matter At If.
If you only knew it, the troubls is with your
digestion. If that was sou. I you would sli-cp
better, wake latter, work better, and make
more luoni-y at it. How can oiui 'Vet on"
wuen the whole sysle:a is shwif ir,hf but iuO.
pie don't realize wiiat la the trouble. A box of
Hlpans Tubules wakes life worth llvln;. At
druiiuUU.
Altert Hurch. West 'l'ole in. Ohio. sacs-
Hull's Catarrh Cure savei my lite." Write
hiAi for particulars. Sold ly limgista, 70c,
Mrs, Wluslow's Soothing Syrup tor children
.eelUliitr, softens the gums, reduces Intlmuma
Jon, allays pain, cure wind colie. Wic. n bottle
Piso's Cure is a wonderful Cough medicine.
-Mrs. W. Fickekt, Van Siden and Jllako
Aves., Brooklyn. N. V., Oct. M, ISM.
If afflicted with sore eyes use !)r. Isaac Thorn r.
ton's Kye-water. 1 riiKu'inl-sU at -i'ic ir dottle
A. Good Appetite
Indicates a healthy condition of the system
wd the lack of It shows that the stomach
ind digestive organs are wuuk and dobill
'.oted. Hood's Harsaparilla has wonderful
power to tone and strengthen these organs
md to create au appetite. By doing this it
restores the body to health aud prevents at
tacks of disease, ftemeinber
Hood's Sarsaparilla
lathe ouly true Mood juri!.r jTominently
before the jtubllo uye tutluy.
Hood's Pills
Inner pill and
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HOW TO KEEP DITCHES FROM WA8IIINO).
If the ditch is in a meadow or pas
ture, round off the batiks with a spade
or plow, and sow heavily wilh grass
seed. They will soon becomo covered
with a pood sod, often extending to
the bottom of tho ditch. If the ditch
is in a cultivated field plow it nnd
sow to grass. If tho seeding should
fail it can be sodded, if one chooses
to put that much work on it. AU this
applies more particularly to ravines
and ditches used only during floods,
New England Homestead,
WST IN OATS.
Tho red dustiness on the oats is due
to tho rust, which is a fungus grow
ing in patches on the leaves of this
plant, and, feeding on tho sap of it,
causes it to fado aud wither. If tho
red spots aro examiur.d by a magnify
ing glass they will appear as hollow
cups or red egg-shaped bodies, whiah
are the spores of tho inDgus, tho
roots of which pcnelrato all through
tho substnnco of tho leaves of tho
oats. Tho probability is lhat by and
by, when tho oats are in head, thoy
will bo affected by smut, which is
thought to bo a secondary form of
the rust. This appears as black dust,
filling the grains, in place of tho usual
starchy matter. Tho rembdy for both
form1) of tho disease is, before sowing
it, to steep tho seed in a solution of
sulphate of copper (bluostone), four
onnc 38 in a gallon of water. This de
stroys tho geims of the fungus that
nro adhering to the seeds. New York
Times.
DEnORNISa by cuppr.ns.
It is reusonablo to belicvo that to
clip tho horns of a eow with a clipper
or cutter made on the principle of a
pair c f scissors must bo fur more pain
ful to tho animal nnd less quick to
heal tho wound than if tho operation
is dono by a Bharp tine-toothed saw.
By the clippers tho horn is crushed to
so mo cxtout, which is unavoidable,
and, while it mny bo more quickly
done, it is not so easy to heal. Tho
fino-toothoJ saw is a quick menus of
separating tho horn, aud thero is prac
tically no loss of blood, whilo the
wound soon heals by covering it with
pine tar and matting the hair over it,
or adding some tow to the hair to
make an impervious protection to the
wound. For small calves thero is
nothing better or so good rs caustic
potash, dipped in water aud rubbed
on tho button of tho horu boforo it
comes through tho skin. New York
Times.
XNJCTUOVH INSECTS.
Wo would be glad to have our read
ers make a note of tho iusocts that do
any decided injury to any of the
crops of tho garden, farm or orchard.
What inscots aro preying upon the
cabbages this season, likewise tho
corn? Keep a keen lookout for the
first appearance of any upon the mel
ons, potatoes, cotton, to. Any dam
aging insect that you aro not Ac
quainted with we would be glad to
have sent to us (in a pill box), that is,
if you feci sdv interest ia regard to
them or their work. Some inseots
are very numerous this soason, and
we would lilio very niuoh to know
which sections are tho worst infootod.
Now that our birds aro about exter
minated, the fruit grower, the farmer
and the gardener will be forcod to re
sort to measures for proteotion that
perhaps he has never boforo beon
oolled on to make. It appears that
from now on, at least for a while, the
Gght against insects and blight must
be of an intelligent and unanimous
oharactcr, clso tho effort to grow
orops will bo in vain. Atlanta Jour
nal, PUMPKINS FOB COWS.
Ono of tho most valuable crops for
feeding oows is that of pumpkins. But
the best produot of this, as of all
others, is whon it is mado tho singlo
effort, aud not as a side show in a oorn
Bold. When grown alouo and well
cultivated, it is easy to get as much
as thirty or forty tons on uu aero of
good land, Tho growing thorn is not
any matU-r of dispute, but tho feed
ing of them is. It is a common belief
that they causo tljo milk of cows to
shrink; at loost, this is said of the
seeds. But experience givos no cause
for this belief. On the contrary, tho
milk is not ouly increased iu quautity,
but tho quality of it is improved.
The color of tho butter made is also
considerably higher than from the Orv
food usod at this season, whon a stock
of pumpkins is found most useful.
Ono good-sized pumpkin choppod into
slices, given to each cow twice a day.
will bo found a valuable addition to
the best feeding. And us troublo
need, bo borrowed in regard to any ill
results from tho cows eating the seeds.
The seeds and stringy matter attached
to them are the most nutritious part
oi me gourd. American iurauer.
DBAUUHT UOltsC FAMINE IN FROKPECT.
In view of tho dearth of yearling
ffd suckling colts throughout tho
couiiWy this spring it is pertinent to
inquire where tho geldings to horse
the trucks and wagons of American
towns and cities a few years hence are
to be derived. The teams now iu har
ness will not last forever ; that much
is certain. Ou our city pavcineuts
even tho best wearing suits must
sooner or later succumb aui iu time
give way to fresh stock from the
farms. W hen that inevitable day ar
rives will the farmers lie prepared to
supply tho desired gra lo of stock or
not? At present there can bo but oue
forecai tof the situat ion -. 1'h s end of
the century will find otu markets
practically bare of big horses of the
right stamp. Even the wayfaring muu
can figure this out. i mm every larm
ing district in the land we get t ti same
rMort : au breeding of any cuuse
queuce iu prospect; tew colts lubt year
and practically none this spring I Am
tot ouly thin, but a buyer connect id
with the export trade is our authority
for the statement that tiiity per ceiu.
of tho current receipts of horses of all
descriptions in the Chicago tuarkot aro
morosl Stallion keepers without an
occupation, and tho mares going by
tens of thousands into tie barns of
the big dealers in tho great cities of
the North and of Europe I From these
stables they never come out nave to
begin a career of drudgery in tho
traces, which leads to bnt ono place
the boncyard. Whero aro tho colts to
make up the roqnisite future snpplyo
come from?
Ono surprising feature of tho Chi
cago market at prosent is the gTeat
number of active, "nervy" 1350 to
1500 pound "chunks" being exported
by Fronch, German and English buy
ers at prices ranging from $100 to
?1G0. Tho demand seems to have
shifted from "drivers" to chunks, and
at least one-half of the latter are
mares going to help horso the omni
buses and lighter trucks of Old World
cities. This removes many mares that
to tho cover of heavy draught stallions
would have given good, big geldings
for the United Statos markets of 1900,
but novcr a one of them will nurse
another foal. Qnory : Why this de
mand for a class of stock which Europe
was supposed to produoo in sufficient
numbers to satisfy its own markots?
Have tho foreigners been abandoning
horse breeding of late years, as well
as tho farmers of America? And, il
so, to what extent will this fleet the
future of market valuos here?
It is pleasant to note that a few wen
who havo not lost thoir heads have re
tained somo good mares and have kept
thorn stinted to stallions of a proper
sort. Those are the men who will not
be found without choice "dranghtcrs"
to sell when the day ot reckoning ar
rives. EvidoTioo is accumulating to
show that by another spring many far
mers will want to patronizo tho stal
lion keeper again, but the colt crops
of 1801, 1895 and 1890 will be found
light beyond all repair. Those who
begin next spring will be in time for
tho markets of about 1902. The fact
is wo have now to practically bogin
draught-horse breeding anew. We
have lost substantially all that was
gained at such great cost in point ol
weight and quality by the freo patron
age ot pure-bred horsos during the
twenty years ending with 1893, and
the coming year will witnees tho be
ginning of tho work of reoonstruotion.
That it will proceed along better linos
than before cannot be doubted. Farm
ers have iearned by bitter experience
tho difference between mere bulk and
quality, and it will never again be pos
sible to impose upon them to any seri
ous extent .with ill-bred, post-legged
hulks that never should cover a mare.
When thero are many buyers aftet
ovcry big, fine "span" of geldings in
the market a few years hence will you
ba caught empty handed, or will you
do among tuoso wno, taking timo bv
tho forelook, havo prepared against
tho day? Breeders' Gazette.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Give the fowls a little moat, or nut
green bone, and don't forgot to cut
somo grass for thorn every day.
Choppod onions is one of tho host of
green foods.
Watch out among your young stock
for specially perfect speoimens, and
give them speoial care, as yon may
want to exhibit stock this fall, and
those will thon bo right in lino.
As soon as tho ohioks aro hatchod.
put thorn in a basket, and with tho
old hen, remove thorn to the ooop you
havo proparod lor them. Thou im
mediately take the old nest and burn
it. This will romovo all trouble from
lice.
If the mower was carefully stored
in tho fence oornor whon through hay
ing last soason, do not bo surprised to
find it rusty and badly weather worn.
for such shelter is apt to "preserve"
maohinery that way. Yon may havo
to buy a now machmo.
Rolled oats, or oraoked wheat is tho
boat feed for little chicks. It requires
no preparation, and thoy will doniooly
on it. It is cleaner than muih, aud
soft feed, as it do 03 not get mixed up
with the dirt or tuo coop, henoo there
is loss danger of disease.
It is not too oarly to bo studying
tho litters of pigs to do tor mi no which
of tho females are the very boat. Of
courao, tho sonsiblo breeder will re
serve those or somo of them for Li
own uno as tho brooding stock for a
part ot next yoar's crop.
When your ohioks have hatchod and
you put tho old hen in a ooop, bo sure
and nave uo bottom in it. Lot hor bo
on the ground. A close box, with a
board bottom, such as ia sometimes
used, is bad iu summer, at it gets so
hot tho hen suffers greatly, and not
infrequently dies.
Ono tie in timo may not, liko tho
proverbial stitch, save nine, butitcer
taiuly will save many broken branches
and shoots, and lessen the ever pres
ent danger to be apprehended from
strong uiuds. Therefore, just as soon
as the plants need support, they
should be staked and tiud, or other
wise secured, according to their re
quirements During the warm weather it is not
unusual for a hen to hustle the hatch
ing; process along so that tho chicks
will appear oue or even two days ahead
ot time. Last week fourteen Brown
Leghorn chicks surprised us by com
ing a day or two ahead of time. So it
is well to wutch out for thorn, towarl
the last, or before you know they arc
on deck some of them will be trampled
to duulh.
Drinking fountains, iu oue, two 01
three gallou tiucs, mudu of crockery,
are, iu our estimation, about the beet
thing to furnish cool, clean water to
uuy flock of fowls, and should be
1 laced iu a shady place iu or outside
of the building. liunning water it
best ; but wo can't ull have such 0
convenience, aud must le regulated
by our surroundings. cil,l, clean
water is a very important thing iu
warm weather. JSo thoughtful aiu'. hu
I lu'.iuu to your tlock.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS,
Tn ADVANTAOB OT A DLKACHINa OROTOD,
Bleaching powders, chloride of lim
and chemicals are damaging things U
use on good fabrics. They will inovi
tftbly docrease thoir wearing qualities,
and nnloss usod with tho utmost can
aro likely to mako holes in the goods.
For all-round bleaching, a grass plot
is the best of all places. To sproad
the linen out on the green turf and
keep it well sprinkled with soapsndi
for a fow days is to insuro a bloaoh at
perfect as ono could ask. Failing ol
this, a great deal can bo done ou the
root of a poroh or on tho lines in tho
yard. Many housekeepers do not
seem to be aware that if clothes are
hung out of a suds dripping, and al
lowed to drain and dry in a bright
sunshine, they will bleach almost ai
well as on the grass. Thoy may be
sprinkled again and again, and for this
purposo a force-pump that can be used
in a pail of water is of vory great ad
vantage. In localities whoro thero
are no drying grounds or bleaching
facilities of any other sort, a good
donl may be accomplishod by hanging
a little frame from tho window and
putting tho pieces to bo blenched upon
this. One ingenious woman bos had
a hinged frame attached to tho out
sido of the window sill. The frame
turns up against tho wall and is se
cured with a hook. Whonever it is
necessary cither to bleach or dry any
vbin, the frame is let down, a strong
cold fastoned at tho other ond aud
drawn through a ring at tho top ot
tho window keeping it in positiou.
Ilore stainod table linen or other ar
ticles are hung out and kept wet with
soapsuds, bleaching out iu a vory sat
isfactory fashion.
Any of theso ways aro fur superior
to the chloride of limo bleaches or
any of tho thousand and ono labor
saving compounds with which the mar
ket has for tho lust fow years boon
Qoodod. Now York Ledger.
TO CAN VEOETABLES.
The minncr of cunning ono kind ol
vogctablo applies to almost all kindt
exoept oorn, and by mixing oorn and
tomatoes no difficulty is experienced
with theso. Tomatoes aro tho easiost
to oan, aud aro invaluable in a house
hold. They mako delicious soups aud
saucos. Mrs. Henderson gives the
following recipes :
To Can Tomatoes Lot thorn be en
tirely frosh. Put scalding water over
thorn to aid in removing tho skins.
When tho cnus with their covers ar
in readiness upon tho table, the red
sealing wax (which is genorally too
brittle and requires a little lard melted
with it) is in a cup at tho back of tho
fire, Uo teakettle is full ot boiling
water and the tomatoes are all skinned,
we aro ready ,to begin the cauning.
Pat enough tomatoes iu a porcelain
preserving kcttlo to fill four cans, add
no water. Lot them come to tho boil
ing point, or lot them all bo well
scalded through. Fill tho cans with
hot water first, then with the hot to
matoes, wipe off moisturo from tops
with a soft cloth and pross tho covers
on tightly. Whilo pressing each cover
down closely with a knifo, pour care
fully around it tho hot sealing wax
from a tin cup. Hold tho knifo still
that tho wax may set. Put the blade
jf an old knife iu the fire and when it
is red hot run it over the tops of the
soaliug wax to molt any bubbles that
may have formed. Thore will bo juioe
left after the tomatoes aro canned.
Season this and boil it down for cat
chup. Self scalers aro very conveni
ent, but many think that heat hardens
the rubber rings so that thoy aro unfit
for use in a year or two, and for this
reason they prefer tho cans or jars
with a groove around tho top for scal
ing with wax.
String Beans Next to tomatoes tho
vegetable easiest to can is the string
beau. Remove the tough strings at
the Bides and break tho bean into two
or three pieces. When ready throw
thorn into boiling water for tea minutes
and can like tomatoes.
Canned Watermelon Cut rind ol
ripe melons into small piooes three
incnes long, nrsi cutting ou an groen ;
boil till tender enough to pierce with
a fork. Have syrup mado ot white
suuar. bv allowing half a nound nl
sugar to ono pound of fruit. Skim
out melon end pluoe in syrup with a
few pieces of race ginger ; put in can
and seal hot after letting it 000k a fow
moments. ,
Canned Corn The following pro
cess is the ono patented by Mr. Wins
low, and is the best for preserving
tho natural flavor ot green sweet corn.
Fill the cans with tho uncooked corn
(freshly gathered) cut from the 00b,
and seal thorn horinutioally ; surround
them with straw to prevent striking
against each other and put them into
a boiler over tho fire with enough cold
water to cover thorn. Heat tho water
gradually and when they havo boiled
one and one-half hours, puncture the
tops of tho cans to allow the escape of
gases, then soul them immediately
while they are still hot. Continue to
boil thorn for two and one-half hours.
Iu packing the cut oorn iu tho can the
liberated milk an 1 juices surround
the kernels, forming a liquid in whieh
they are cooked.
Com aud Tomatoes Scald, peel
and slice tomatoes iu proportion of
one-third corn and two-thirds toma
toes, put ia a porcelain kettle aud let
boil fifteen minutes aud can immedi
ately in glass or tin. Some take equal
parts corn and tomatoes, preparing
them iu the same way. Others, after
cutting corn from the cob, cook it
twenty minutes, adding a littlo water
and stirring often, cooking the toma
toes iu a separate kettle for 11 vo miu
utos, and theu adding them to the
corn in the proportion of one-third
coru to two-thirds tomatoes, mixing
well till they boil up once, und theu
cauning immediately.
Whole Tomatoes Fill a large stone
jar with ripe, sound, whole tomatoes,
add a few cloves aud a spriuKliug of
sugar between each layer. Cover well
with one-half oold vinegar aud oue
half water. Put a piooe of thick
flannel over the jar, letting it fall well
down into the vinegar, theu tie dowu
with a cover of brown paper. These
will keep all wiuter, and it mold col
lects ou tho flauuel it will do no
harm. Amerioan Agriculturist.
The proposed British railroad to
Uganda, Africa, will be a notable ad
dition to the traveling facilities in
Uguudulaud.
TEMPERANCE.
A LITTLE (HiNO.
Rind n !! of lptn,
You fellow full ot ryos
With not a eont to luiry voil
To-morrow, should you tile,
Palooniat In tns barroom
' ('cmitlng out his money,
Ills wife Is In tint parlor
With well drrewort sis auil sonny.
Your wife, has K'" out working
And washing people's olothos,
To pay for old rye whisky
To color your red now.
MISTAKES ABOUT PRINK.
T want to speak to vou aliottt this drink
and to point out to you tho mistakes you and
others am apt to mako.
First. You sny "It does yon (food." This
Is a decided nitftake. Calculate honestly,
liv the month of the year, all tho (rood ami
ail the evil It hns done you, and you will find
that, Instead ot really doing you good, tt has
done you great donl of harm.
Soeoud. Hut you say, "That arises from
tho abuse and not tho proer use. of tho
article." Here attain you aro mistaken. Tho
abuse arises out ot the two, from its peculiar
Influence upon tho human body. Its uso al
ways has led aud alwnys will load to abuse.
If thoughtless boys play with guupowder,
riniurcr Is always near, nnd if men drink
liquids contnlniUK spirits they gat more
thirsty, become highly stimulated and aro
almost sure to got mora or leeslntoxlcated.
Third. But you reply, "Why did Ood send
tlieee llipiors if they wero not to be drunk?"
On this point you aro again mistaken. Ood
never did send them, any more that He sent
gunpowder, swords, nannons or oannon
lmlls. Neither barley nor barley-water,
malt nor malt-water, the juice of the grape
nor the juice of tho sugar-oano will produce
tho least intoxication in Its natural state.
But men tnke those sulntiiuetn aud by a
ehemlcnl process manufacture tlimn Into In
toxicating llimor. and In this state Ignorant
people have generally conceived that they
were God's gifts.
Fourth. You sny, "If doctors recommend
those drinks, they must be good." I reply,
not necessnrllv. Doctors nro not always
right. Hut if they recommend them for
nieillclno this is a protty clear proof that
thev ought not to be taken as a beverage.
Header, In alwtnlnlng you nro quite safe, and
be assured that the favorable opinion enter
tained by many of intoxicating liquor Is t
great error. llev. E. A. Hall.
THKIB OWN OBAVM.
The punishment which follows wrong do
ing is sometimes so evidently just and ap
propriate that it is natural to speak of It as
'poctio Justice." Tho penalty is not only
deserved, but it is so neatly adapted to thu
offense as to seem almost ideal, or poetical
In Its fitness. I'mler this head comes an
order of General Hcott's, lately printed ia
The Magazine of American History.
General Kcott was in command at Hock
Island when the cholera broke out there,
aud aftar various Injunctions iu this order
as to sobriety aud cienultuess, bo adds this
curious paragraph:
"In addition to tho foregoing, tho senior
Kurgeon present recommends tho use of
flannel shirts, limine! drawers, and woolen
stockings, but tho Commanding General
who has sccu much of disease, knows that
It is Intern pern ncn which. In the present stnto
of tho atmosphere, generates aud spreads
the calamity, and that when once spread,
good and temperate men are likely to take
the infection.
"He, therefore, peremptorily commands
that every soldier or ranger who fhall bo
found drunk or sensibly iutoxicnted after
the publication of this order, be compelled,
as soon as his strength will permit, to tl a
grave at a suitable burying place largo
enough lor bis owu reception, as such grave
cannot iall soon to be wanted for the
drunken man himself or some druuken com
panion. Tho order is given as well to serve
lor the punishtueut of drunkenness as to
spare good and tcmperute men the labor of
uigging graves lor tholr worthless compan
ions." the roE or BOTU.
Alcohol comes In to spoil the relations be
tween tho employer aud the worklnginan.
The drinking workiiigmnn, no matter bow
skilled and clever In his workmanship when
sober, cunnot claim the full wages ol his
skill, because he cannot be rollei on, nnd
ills employer Is alwuvs on the lookout lor a
sober aud steady skilled artisan with whom
to oust and replace the drinker. The bitter
may work well for many days, but suddenly
oue morning becomes Into the shop, and iu
three minutes has blundered away material
worth a week s wages, or lv his derangement
of the machinery somo luckless comrade Is
cut into pieces, or, If furious instead of maud
lin, nu nas lu a lew minutes smashed more
tliau ho can make good In weeks or mouths
01 labor. And yet, again, is missing for
days when work Is pressing and bauds cnu
not be spared. The employer who drinks,
even though ho bo what is called a moderate
drinker, Is thereby a tacit patron of all this
unreliability, and lu himself Illustrates II.
often failing to carry out special promises to
his men, thinking bo will, but Unking will
power to uo more man think and nromiso.
and his unreliability further vitiates tun re
lations between employer aud man. In every
condition in life alcoholism, whether slowly
or swiftly, surely destroys all certainty but
1 tie eenuintyoi uisusteraud downfall lor tue
individual, for governments, for the race,
THE CAU8K OF CBIHE AXD PAUPERISM.
The careful Investigation of the Durenu of
Labor, in Boston, results In the declaration
that eighty-four per cent, of all crime brought
before Its tribunals was the direct or Indirect
Irults of alcohol. Heceiitly a grand Jurv
made this omiuous declaration: "Wu dud
hat In every caso of murder or man
slaughter, except one, tho cause, leading to
the crime, cutuo direct from the sale ju."
All studios of American political ecuuimy
force upon us the uouuluslon that poverty
would scarcely exist, wore it not fordrluk,
and yet our relief societies are over-burdened
with demands, our charitable Institutions
are crowded, and our tramps number legions.
Physicians speak with alarm of the numer
ous nleoholio cases brought up lor treat
ment, aud of the yet more uu morons coses,
in which disease, whatever the form, is mado
111111. nut nocause of the alcoholic poison per
meating the patient's frame.
THE EFFECTS or 1UUKKENNES8.
Drunkenness deprives a man of God9 pre
cious gift of reason, llousou iu mnu is a
spark of God's intelligence, it establishes
the bond of union between mau as creature
and God as his Creator, bruukenuesa do
thromia the reason, und leaves muu a prey to
bis vilest passions. God made mun a little
lessthsu the angels; the drunkard mukos
himself a little less than the brutes.
Moreover, this horrid vice cxtell.ls Its
blighting curse over mau ia his other rela
tions. It is ruiu iu prosperity, and despair
in adversity. Cowardice, hypocrisy, theft,
cruelty, murdor, contempt of God, and ha
tred of muu go along with it aud follow after
it. Disease of body aud lmleclllty of mind
are notorious results of drunkenness. Who
ever loves humanity hates druukcuuess.
Hev. Walter Elliott.
TLMl'EUANCE MEWS ANU XOTtS.
In one year over a million dollnrs worth
of property was destroyed by the failures of
beer-drinking engineers und ewitchinuu.
Tweuty-oiie temperauce associations Have
been formed iu India duriug the past winter,
with an enrollment of 'MlO) new members.
I cannot consent, ns your Queen, to tuke
revenue from that which destroys tho souls
aud bodies of my subjects. yuoen of Mada
gascar, For every dollar paid tho school to culti
vate the Intellect of this country, $'J ur0 mj
the suloon to blight this intellect. Guorire
W. Bain.
Tho W. C. T. U. of Fremont, Neb., nro
said to have paid iu full for their Temper
ance Temple, which was built ut a cost of
110,000.
Drinking Is like a dieadful plugue. bring
ing misery aud ruin to whole Nations and de
stroying oouutlcss men und womuu lu budy
aud soul.
My Indignation at tho havoc made by the
driuk trade aud my sorrow over the miseries
of our people are deeper as I grow older.
Cardinal Manning.
I believe the liquor t radio to be ti e direct
or Indirect cause of a very largo pnrt of thu
pauperism, crime aud Insanity of the eouu
try. Hon. Elijah A. Morse.
Au Ohio man says that a peeled raw Irish
potato, dipped iuto leu wuter and sucked
when one feels inclined to take u driuk will
cure the most confirmed dipsomuniac.
Value ol n Minute.
Knpolcon, who know tho valuo of
lime, remarked thntit was tho qnarter
hours Hint won battles. Tho valuo ol
minutes has been n'ton rccognir.od,
and nny person watching a railway
clerk hiindinr ont tickets and chsngo
during Iho lait fow minutes availnblo
must have been struck with how much
could bo dono iu theso short poriods
of timo.
At the appointed hour tho train
starts and by and by is carrying pas
sengers nt the rate of sixty miles an
hour. In a second you nro carried
twenty-uino yards. Iu 0110 twonty
ninth part of a second you pass over
one yard. Now, no yard is ipiito an
appreciable distance, but ono twenty
uinth of a second ia a period which
cannot bo appreciated.
Yet it in when we emtio to planetary
and stellar motions that the notion of
Hie inflnito divisibility of time dawns
upon us in a new light. It would seem
that no portion of time, however microscopic-,
is unavailable. Nature cau
perform prodigies, not certainly in
loss thau no tunc, but in portions of it
so niinuto ns to bo altogether incon
ceivable. The earth revolves on her
axis in twenty-four hours. At tho
equator her eircumfcrenco is U.'.OOO
miles. Hence, iu that part of tho
earth a person is be in 17 carried east
ward nt tho rato of CO'J yards per
second that is tho moving over a
yard, whoso length is conceivable, in
tho period of ouo five hundred aud
ninth part of a second, of which we
can have no conception at all.
But more, tho orbital motion of the
earth round the sun causes the former
to perform a revolution of nearly 000,.
000,000 miles iu a year, or somewhat
less thau ?0,0H0 miles an hour, which
is more tlinn 1000 miles in a minuto.
Here, then, our second carries us tho
long distance of about uiuoteeu union.
The mighty ball thus flies about a mile
in the nineteenth port of a second.
Boston Advertiser.
Experiments With F.ycsigli:.
Experiments have been made to de
cide how far spiders cau see, and it
has boon determined that thoy have a
rango of visiod ot at least a foot It
is not always possible to tell, however,
whether the lower animals perceive
by sight or heariug or by the action
air in motiou has on their bodies.
Experiments tend to show that mice
are sensitive to motions of the air
which to luimati ears create no souud
whatever. Now York World.
Highest of all ia Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
l'roper Hair Cutting;.
The intelligent barber, says tho
Chicago Inter-Ocean, looked pityingly
at a young man who had just gotten
a shave in tho next chair, and was
taking his dopnrture through the
door.
"Look at that gentleman's hoad,"
bo romarkod with indignant emphasis.
"Every bump in tho back aud every
scar he ever got there in his boyhood
is as plain as tho nose on your face.
Tho trouble is that he had his hair
cut by some barber who doesn't know
his business.
Thero are dead loads ot barbers,"
continued the speaker, whacking his
razor on the strop, "who sing,
'Johnny, git your hair cut short,' and
don't know anythiug else in their
trade. They cut away at a man's hair
as long as the comb'U tnko hold, aud
don't stop till thero in't any more
hair to cut. A barber should never
cut a customer's hair short unless he's
ordered to do so. Hair should never
be cut so as to distlguie a person. A
barber should be something of an
artist. He should feel a customer's
head and find out if it has any pro
nounced bumps, and the hair should
be raised to see it any soars are con
cealed. If either of those blomishci
exist the hair should bo ont so as to
hide them as far as possible. The
razor should never be used, except
sparingly, on the neck. The hair
should be graduated gently from the
crown and shaded on the neck with
care and patience. It makes me tired
to see tho work of some so-called
barbers. Next!"
Tho daily income of the prinoipal
rulers is said to be : Emperor of Rus
sia, $25,000; Sultan of Turkey, 818,
000; Emperor of Austria, $10,000;
Emperor of Otrmany, $8000 ; King of
Italy, $(H00; Queen Victoria, $0300;
Kiug of Belgium, $1040; President of
France, 85000 ; President of the United
States, $137.
Old Rip Van Winkle went up into the
Catskill mountains to take a little cap of
twenty years or so, and when he wakened,
he fouud that the "cruel war was over,'"
the monthly magazines had "fought it
over" the second time and "blown up"
all the officers that had participated in It.
This much is history, ana it is also an his
toricalact that, it took the same length of
time, for Dr. fierce's Colden Medical Dis
covery to become the most celebrated, as
it is the most effective, Liver, Blood and
Lung Remedy of the age. In purifying the
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Ho Will Jiot Drown Himself.
(from the Troy, t. J., Timn.)
It. W. Edward?, of I.anslngbtirgh, was pros
trated by sunstroke during tho wnr nnd It
hns entailed on him peculiar nnd serious
consequence.-!. At tho present writing Mr. K.
is a prominent officer of Tost Lyon. O. A. II.,
Coboos, nnd a past aid do onmp nu the stuff
of the commmider-ln-chlef of Albany Co. Ju
tho interview wllh a reporter ho said
'I wat wounded an 1 sent to the hospital
nt Winchester. They sent me, together Willi
oilier, to Washington a rldo of about 18'
miles. Having no room lu the box enrs we
wero plated faM up on the bottom of flat
cars. The sun beat down upon our unpro
tected heads. When I reached Washlngtifli
I was insensible aud was uncotwlous for ton
days while In the hospital. An abscess gatii
ored In my ear anil broke; It has been gntii
ering and brenltlmr ever since. The result
of tills 10(1 mile ride and sunstroke was heart
disease, nervous prostrntion. Insomnia and
rheumatism; a completely shattered system
which gave me no rest night w day. As a
Inst resort I tool; some I'lnk Pills nnd they
helped me tin wonderful degree. My rheu
matism is gene, my heart failure, 1vsihis1ii
and constipation nro alsmt gone, and the ah
scoss In my ear has stopped discharging aud
my hend feels ns clear as n bell, when licforc
it fett as though it would burst, and my nucn
shattered nervous system Is now nearly
sound. Look at those lingers," Mr. F.dwnrds
said, "do they look as If there was any rheu
matism thuror" Ha moved his fingers rapid
ly and freely ami strode alsiut the room like
a' young lsy. "A yenr ago Ihose fingers wero
gnarled at the iolut and so stiff that I could
not hold a pen. My knees would swell up
nnd I could not straighten mv legs out. My
iolnts would squenk when I moved them,
'bnt Is tho living truth.
"When I came to think that I was going
to l crippled wllh rheumatism, together
with tho rest of my nilments, I tell you life
seemed not worth living. I sufTensI from
despondency. I cannot U-gin to tell you,"
said Mr. Edwnrds, as he drow a long breath,
"what my reeling Is at present. I think if
you lifted ten years right off my life aud left
mo prime ami vigorous at forty-seven, I
could feel no Isittcr. I was an old man mid
could only drag myself painfully nlsiut the
house, how I ran walk off without nny
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causo for rJoieing, but when you come to
consider that I am no longer what you
might call nervous, nnd that my heart Is a p.
pnrontlv nearly healthy, and that I cau sleep
nights, vou may realize why I may apjienr to
sis'ak in extravagant praise ot Pink Tills.
These pills quiet my nerves, tnko that awful
depression from my head nnd at the Name
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my legs being cold aud clammy at times.
Now the circulation thero is as full nnd ivs
brisk as nt auy other nrt of my Imdy. 1
used to be so light-headed and dizzy from
my nervous disorder that I frequently tell
while crossing the floor of my house. Spring
is coming nnd I never fwlt better lu my life,
nnd I am looking forward to a busy season
,ot work."
("hnnncev M. Deew is said to bo Insured
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