Thr Apple a R Timber Trc.
Tn some sections of this country the
apple trco in looked on for its product
nn a piece of timber as woll m a fruit
prodncina? nrticlo. For tbii reason
the olil German frnit growers in the
vicinity of Philadelphia always aimed
to get n nice straight truuk to an ap
ple tree, and train it up comparative
ly high before Allowing it to form
head. Moderns have supposed that
the chief object to be pained by this
method of training was in order to fa
cilitate plowing operations, but the
ultimate end in having n good trunk
for timber purposes was not forgotten.
In this particular region the wood wm
used chiefly for shoemakers' lasts a
business which, in tho earlier history
of Philadelphia, did much to help the
trade of that famous manufacturing
centre of population. Tho apple re
gions havo mostly disappeared from
that vicinity ; but other sections of
the country seem to understand the
value of apple-tree wood. It is stated
in the Country Gentleman that a fruit
grower of Cayuga sold to a well-known
firm of saw-makers of Philadelphia
Pisston A- Sous tho trunks of soiuo
of their trees, which wero cut away
because the trees had grown too
closely together, to the value of $500.
In (his case tho wood was, of course,
used for tho handles of saws. Boston
Cultivator.
Utah, including tho improvements
rondo by the Mormons, is worth $24,
727,079. Pr. fillmor's Rwamp-Hoot enrol
all Kidney nn 1 Madder troubles.
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The Trailer of this pnier will bo pleased t
loam Hint there is at lea-t one dreaded discsst
that science has been able to cur in all 4 tt
stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Cnlnrrl
t'ure is the only positive cure now known t
the medical fraternity. Catarrh lieing a con
etitutlonal disease, nquires a conliiutiot;a
treatment. Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken in
tornally, actimr directly upon the blood am
mucous surtuco of the system, thereby tie
BtroyiuR thj foundation of the disease, line
giving the patient strength by building uptht
consUlutiouan i ftssiiii nature in doiior itl
work. The proprietors have so much fait n ir
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred UoiUrs for any case that it tails to cure
bend for list of test imoniala. Address
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Don't Irag Your Feet.
Many men do because tho nerve centres,
weakened by tho lont-eontittued use of to
bacco, become so affected that thev are weak,
tired, lifeless, listless, etc. All tills can be
easily overcome if the tobacco user wants to
quit and gain manhood, nerve power, anl
enjoy vigorously the good things of life.
Take Ko-To-Bac. Guaranteed to cure or
money refunded by Drunuists everywhere.
Book. free. Tho Sterling llemedy Co., New
l'ork City or Chicago.
Ther Care the f'nase.
Most of the discomfort in life comes from the
:stoinach. You'll admit that without argu
ment. The proof is in onr own stomach.
A crent mtny seemiitKly ditferent deases
.come from the cominou cause a disordered
stomach. Comiiut from one cause. It is natur
,al that they should all be cured by one medi
.clne. Hliiana Tahule not only cure the dis
ease they cure the c iue.
They ore (rood for dyspeps'a. biliousness,
headache, constipation, di.zinesa and all
trouble of the stomach,-liver and bowels.
Orutftfists sell them.
1'uro and Wholesome (Jitallir
Commends to public approval the California
liquid laxative remedy. Syrup of Flits. It Is
pleasant to the tasto aud by actlnz gontly oa
the kidney, liver and bowels tocleanse the sys
tem effectually, it promotes the health and
comfort of all who use it, aud with millions It
is the best and only remedr.
Mrs. Winslow'e Southing .Syrup for children
teethlnir, t-of lens the kuiqs. reduces Inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, Unc. a bottle
Piso's Cure cured me of a Throat an l Lung
trouble of three euiV standing. E. Cady,
UuutiiiKlun. lnd.. Nov. 12. 1M4.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
on' Eye-water. In-iiu'cist-sell at 2ic per Ixittln
Hakes the
Weak Strong
Hood's Barbbpurilla tones and strengthens
the digestive organs, creates an appetite, and
gives refreshing sleep. Remember
ood's
Sarsaparilla
Is the one True Blood Purifier.
U..JI. DSIIa the after-dinner pill and
. nOQQ S r HIS family cathartic. )Wc.
adway's
Pills
MILD BUT EFFECTIVE.
Purely vegetable, act without puiu, ele
gantly coated, tasteless, small and easy to
take, liailway's Pills assist nature, stimulat
ing to healthful activity the liver, bowels aud
other digestive organs, leaving the bowels lu
a natural condition without uny bad after
effect.
. Observe the billowing .symptoms, resulting
from diseases of the digestive organs: Con
stipation, inward piles, fullness of blood lu
tho In-ad, acidity of the stomach, nausea,
heartburn, digut of food, fullmaof weight
of tho stomach, sour eructations, sinking or
fluttering of the heurt, choking or suffocating
seusatious when in a lying posture, dimness
of vision, dots or webs before the sight, fever
and dull puiu in the head, deficiency of per
spiration, yellowness of the skiu uud eves,
pain in tho side, chest, limbs, and sudden
jlusbos of heat, burning iu the flesh.
A few dobes of RADWAY'3 PILLS
will free the system of all the above
named disorders.
Price 'tic. a. Hex, Hold br Uruggleie, or
eul by uiull.
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85, New Vork. for Book of Advice.
PROFITABLE DAIRY WORK
Can only be accomplished with the very best
of tools and
appliance.
Cream Sepa
farm you are
With a Davis
rator on the
sure of more
butter, while
milk U a val-J-'unm-rti
will
take to fi t a
illustrated
mailed I HHR
Vsl aud better
J the skimmed
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make no ml-
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catalogue
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Cf. RindolpS a Dtarbera tit., Chlcaa.
Rockland Collegiate Institute,
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livur Vim. J-ull uomao KitHklob, Araileintc,
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now TO MAHKKT HKETS.
New beets for market should bo
clean, found and even sized large
and very small oties should be kept
tor home nse and carefully tied in
bunches of iTVc. The tops should be
kept on, as nntrimmed beeta look and
sell bitter than the trimmed, and
ninny people use the tops aa spinnaoh,
for which they are a fair ubttitnte.
New York World.
StVKF.lIS ON CORX.
Too practice of pulling off tho stick
ers from prowinj? corn is much loss
common than it used to be. The
sucker cut while younir is not worth
anything ns feed, nnd if left its leaves
gather carbon from tho air and make
it valuable. The origin of tho sucker
is au injury to tho original plant. If
Ibis occurs early euough tho suckers
will have more or less ears. They
niso help the ears on the main Btalk
to till when a drought occurs, ns tho
sucker is always litter in blossonitug
nnd will furnish polleu after tho blos
som on. the mniu stem has dried up.
ISostou Cultivator.
TLANTINO ATrLE ORC'HARDS.
An agricultural contemporary finds
fault because a large proportion of the
apple orchards plauted either die out
or nevt r yield any profit to their own
ers. This is no doubt trtte, but if all
tho trees planted lived and had good
care the market would be glutted with
fruit nil tho time nnd every season,
and no grower could make a profit
upon bis investments. It is much bet
ter as it is, for now tho industrious,
intelligent fruit grower has a chance
of Ftciiriug something for his labor,
because his competitors are so few
a ml scattering. When all mankind
becomes equally intelligent and in
dustrious there will be much less in
centive to labor than at tho present
time. New York Bun.
KEEP THEM Rl'NNlXO.
An observing farmer, while in con
versation with the editor at a recent
poultry show, remarked that it was
due to the efforts of Lis ten-year-old
son that the egg basket was kept heap
ing full by his chickens last summer
and all full. "The little fellow," re
marked tho farmer, "always paid
great attention to everything he
could read or hear about tho keeping
of chickeu, and one of the things
which impressed him strongly was the
oft-repeated injunction to keep the
hens at work if you want eggs. Well,
the boy had charge of feeding the
chickens, and he would get a heaping
menture of grain and go down to the
barnyard and call his pets. They
would come on the run from all di
rections, and then the fun began. Tho
lad would throw a couple of handfuls
of grain first in one direction and
then another, scattering it over a
space fully tilty feet square, and much
of it into the grass. Tlie way the hens
would sail around after the grain
would remind you of a small riot, and
after they got through feeding the
barnyard would look as if some one
had been over it with a small plow.
We had plenty of eggs to use and sell,
even through moulting time. The
boy hag siueo rigged up a beuery in
one corner of the barn and keeps his
hens hustling about is hay, chaff and
clover up to the knees hunting for
their gruiu, and we get more eggs
than any three neighbors combined."
- Farm, Stock and Home.
IMPROVING PASTURES.
Now there are just two important
points to this matter first, to make
more graBs grow, and, secondly, not
to eat it all up that is, leave all the
roots of the grass and a little of the
top on the ground when you take the
stock off the pasture. To accomplish
the first point I have never tried any
method that pleased me better than
sowing buckwheat and seeding down
at the same. ,
I have to-day (July 3) just sowed
about eight acres with buckwheat and
seeded same with timothy and clover
so you see I practice my own teach
ing. My grouud wag plowed in the
fall and again in spring after corn
planting, and by repeated harrowings
was kept mellow and free from weeds,
and is now, in spito of the severe
drought, moist, and in good condition
to make seed grow.
The grass seed sowed at this time of
year must bo covered to make a suc
cess. I tow buckwheat and harrow
once, and then sow grass teed and har
row again. I have always got a good
cutch of grass in this way.
If soil is very poor, it would be best
to use a littlo manure, but it needs
only us thin a coat as can be spread
on the ground, lint if soil is moder
ately fertile, the thorough tillage of
this system will make a success with
out any intiuure.
fc'ome will raise an objection to my
choice of grass, aud I would say to
such that 1 only let any of my pasture
ground that can be plowed lie in
grass two or three years. Cultivator
uud CountryOentleman.
THE UHST TIIHKE-FIELD ROTATION.
The proper rotutiou of crops is a
necessity, mentions W. M. King. The
Bi.-ed producing ones should be alter
nated with the nitrogeo-gatheriug
ones. Rotation is valuable in aiding
iu the destruction of noxious weeds,
but must be varied to be elective.
For instance, two years or more of
coru or other hoed crops will be fouud
to be necessary for the destruction of
the wild morning glory or bindweed.
Insect enemies are also frequently de
stroyed by a rotation that interferes
with their natural habits. The same
is true of diseases w hich attack crops
when repeated too often upon any soil.
Where wheat, corn aud hay are the
cash crops, and a period of rest from
the conntunt production of corn is re
quired, tho following three-field sys
tem is the one that 1 have fouud to he
bett adapted for general farming in
southern Ohio. The coustuut uuuuul
improvement of the soil under it war
rants it more general adoption. This
rotation involves the keeping of stiUl
ciont stock to consume and to convert
into manure the crops raised, except
ing of course the surplus of grain,
pork, beef, wool and dairy products
old off tho farm.
After dividing the tillable land into
three fleUs of equal size, begin the
rotation by seeding field No. 1 with
wheat. In the spring sow on this one
bushel of clover seed and eight quarts
of timothy on every eight acres. Avoid
pasturing tho clover in tho fall and
until the middle of May the following
spring. Where tho most timothy ap
pears do not pastnro, but cut for hay.
Iu August haul out the manure from
the barnyard and put in piles 12x12
feet apart ; twenty two-horso loads
will bo sufficient for each one. Let
this remain piled until the following
spring, when the clover sod on which
the manure has beeu spread should be
broken up and planted very early to
corn. As soon as the crop matures,
cut the corn nearly knee high and sot
it np in 100-hill shocks. Before drill
ing in the wheat, harrow in the same
direction the drill is to be run. In
this way labor is economized, and the
high cut stalks when harrowed down
act aa a mulch and winter protection
to the wheat plants, and also measur
ably prevent the washing of the soil
on high points or knolls, which would
othcrwiso wash badly during the win
ter mouths. By this plan one plow
ing serves for threo crops one of
corn, one of wheat, and one of clover
and timothy for hay and pasture.
15y such a system of rotation farm
ing is made more profiUble and pleas
aut.. For, instead of breaking np a
hard, sun dried soil just after harvest,
as it isnsually done in July or August,
the manure can be hauled out at leisure,
and needed r?st can follow the hard
labor of haying and harvesting ; vari
ous needed repairs can be made, the
farm implements put in order and re
paiuted.nnd some opportunity afforded
to visit one's neighbors, meet with
farmers' clubs and granges and com
pare notes on the problem of increas
ing and cheapening production.
American Agriculturist.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Blue in all shades is popular just
now.
Watch for vermin and rout it at the
first approach.
See that the fowls and chicks have
constant supply of water those days.
Keep ahead of the weeds in the
onion beds by a free use of the wheel
hoe.
So far this season we have had re
markably good snccess with our young
chicks.
Keep the hen houseB oleau and sweet.
Fresh earth bountifully spread under
tho roosts is a wonderful help towards
the latter.
Try a tableepoonful of nitrate soda
to each cabbage plaut, scattering it
well around.
Sharp teeth will cause the horse to
form the habit of letting itn tongue
bang out of its mouth. Look out for
them.
Do the flies bother the colts very
much? Better keep them in during
the day and put them out in the pas
ture at night
Vaccination of tho calves against
"blackleg" and of the older cattle
against anthrax is now advocated in
some quarters.
Feed the little chicks what they will
eat up clean. Do it aa often as they
will do their part three, five or even
seven times a day.
If farmers would keep a brood mare
ot two and raise a choice colt each
year there would be more money in
farming for them.
It is claimed by one who has tried
it that the application of hot linseed
oil will tighten up the loose felloes of
a wagon and keep them tight.
Examine the feet of the horses
often. If the shoes are inside the rim
of the foot, take that horse to the
shop at once or you will have a corn.
Tho shipping of pregnant animals
to the stock yard is not profitable. It
is unlawful, and the sooner farmers
guard against it, the bettor for their
purses.
With the good price of beef and
hides it would seem good policy for
the farmer to buy his harness soon
before tho inevitable high price of
leather arrives.
L. B. Jones of the Vermont Sta
tion, advises the hot water method of
treating oat seed, not only for tho im
mediate benefit, but for the eradica
tion of smut from future crops.
(live the work horses a run iu tho
pasture at uigut. j twin no tuum a
i;reut deal of good, but you must feed
them just the same. If you expect
them to work don't take the grain
away from them.
Brood sows properly managed de
termine the profit iu the herd of
swine. One-third should be over
thirty mouths of age, ouo-third over
twenty months, aud the remainder
over ten months of age to insure fair
Buccess.
Chancellor Snow, of the Kansas
'Hate University, is sending out in
fected chinch bugs to such farmers as
ask lor thutu, hoping in this way to
Buppress the chinch bug ravages which
so seriously threaten the wheat crop in
Eastern H&nstts.
Clean the feet out thoroughly with
a foot-hook every day when the horsoa
come iu from work. Then when the
horse is cool put the feet iu a pail of
water uud wash tbem. It will only
take a few minutes and will keep the
feet iu good condition.
Tho bust time to cut any grass for
buy is just when the Beed is about to
form. Cutting should never be de
ferred until the seeds are dry, as the
plant is in the best eoudition for
stock when in the milky stage, the
nutritious matter being then arrested
I iu the Btulke.
WISH W01UW.
i
Art is au acquired habit.
Mirth is a great sweetener.
There is only ono of each of ns. ,
Tho houso in cold when lovo goos
out.
A child's "why?"' is a parent's buga
boo. Turn" Iho tragic" hungry from your
gnto.
It is better to bo born lucky than
tired.
Don't give to man, woman or child
wlia whines.
onum's kingdom is anarchy if
there be no man iu it.
"An ouui'c of preveution"and a pound
of anticipatory anxiety.
It is a vv-ry nicau nature that wou't
borrow once in a while.
Well retrnUtod love is six of one and
balf a dozen of tho other.
lu the homo the power behind tho
throne is the oldest daughter.
Matrimony is n hard teacher, but
wino people will learn nnder no other.
A fool and his money nro soon
parted, for the general good of man
kind.
A man's goodness must bo fn his
heart, not iu his head, if ho wauts to
be well balanced.
Timo and tide wait for no man, but
if they did some men would get tuoro
late just the same.
Some yottug people who marry in
haste have to hustlo so for a living
that they havo no leisure in which to
repent.
Tho man with a million dollnrs
thinks more of feeding one man a mill
ion times than ho does of feeding a
million men ono time.
Plat e I a Trick on Vamlorliilt,
Brico's greatest ploy was building
the Nickel Tlute. Ho put iu every
lollnr ho could get, and from any
ion roe. Thero came a time, too, when,
to save himself front utter ruin, if not
ioincthing worse, ho had to sell. He
wont to Vouderbilt, whoso road tho
Nickel Plato paralleled. Vauderbilt
wouldn't buy tho Nickel Plate. He
laid ho could afford to wait the first
tuortgago foreclosure and buy it from
Sheriff.
"If yon don't buy it, Jay Gould
will," said Brice.
"Oh, no, ho wou't," said Vauder
bilt. Brice then went to Gould, lie kuew
that he didu't want the Nickel Plate,
but ho had a beautiful scboruo to pro
pose. He knew Vauderbilt would buy
the road bofore lie would allow Gould
to get in. Hero came Brice's strategy.
He told Gonld that it he would sit
silent and not contradict, neither af
firm nor deny, uny newspaper artiolos
to tho efioct that ho was going to buy
the Nickel Plate, and after this clam
like silence had continued for a week,
if he would then ride slowly over the
Nickol Plate iu au observation car,
Vanderbilt would buy tho road, and
he would give Gould SuOO,0;)U.
Gould didn't care for tho 8500,000,
but he was a jocose speculator, and it
struck him that the whole thing would
be a majestic joke ou Vauderbilt. The
papers said that Gould was going to
buy the Nickol Plato. Gould, when
questioned, looked wise. At the end
of a week he meandered, snail-like,
over the Nickel Plato iu the rear end
of an observation car, aud had all the
air of a man who was looking at a
piece of property. Stories were wired
about Gould's trip from every water
tank aud way Btation along the line,
and before Gould bad reached Chi
cago Vunderbilt, in a tit of hysterics,
wired Brice that he would take tho
Nickel Plate. Vauderbilt took the
Nickel Plate ,and Brice was saved.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
, Ailininislcriiu' tihiseiiff.
Tho greatest care is taken by the
Chinese nt the pieces of ginseng of the
finest quality. M. Hue says that
throughout China no chemist's shop
is unprovided with more or less of it.
According to the accouut given by
Lockhart (medical missionary iu
Chtua) of a visit to a giureug mer
chant, it is stored in small boxes
lined with sheet lead, which are kept
in larger boxes containing quioklimo
for absorbing moirture. The pieces
of the precious drug are further in
closed in silk wrappers and kopt iu
little silk-lined boxes. The merchant,
when showiug a piece bared of its
wrappings to Mr. Lockhart for his in
spection, requested him not to breathe
on or to handle it, while he dilated
on its merits, and related the marvel
ous cures he had know it to effect.
The root is covered, according to
quulity, with tho finost embroidered
silk, plain cottou cloth, or paper.
Iu China, ginson is often sent to
fneuds as a valuable proseut, and iu
such cases thero is usually presented
alon&'Vwith the drug a small finuly
finished double kettle for its prepara
tion. The iuuer kettlo is made of sil
ver, and between it and the outside
copper vessel is a small space for hold
ing water. The silver kottlo fits iu a
ring near the top of the outer cover
ing, and is furnished with a cup-like
cover, iu which rice is put, with a
little water. The giuseug is placed in
the iuuer vessel, the cover put on, and
the whole apparatus set ou the fire.
When the rice in the cover is cooked,
the modicine is ready, and is eaten by
the patient, who drinks tho ginseng
tea at the same time.
The dose of the root is from sixty to
ninety grains. During the use of the
drug, tea-drinking is prohibited for at
least a mouth, without any othor
change of diet. It is taken in the
morning before breakfast, and some
times in the evening before going to
bed. Chambers's Journal,
Dean Hole and the Ox lor J Snob,
Dean Hole, the distinguished Eng
lish churchman, who recently visited
tliis country, dearly loves a good joke.
One day a somewhat snobbish Oxford
friend of his, wishing to impress upon
the Dean the high social character of
bis familiar acquaintance, wrote him
a letter, beginning :
"My deur Countess," and then
scratching out "Countess, "substituted
"lf.de."
Whereupon the Dean, not to be out
done, began his reply: "My dear
0,iR-eu,"ud then drew his pen through
tueeu" and substituted "Dick."
New York Sun,
TEMPERANCE.
mi TKAsnanr in thi m.nss.
1 suffering mortal, a victim of mm.
Was brought by his vice to his bed;
No sunrnv of happiness entered tils horns,
His little ones pleaded for broad.
Their mother, prostrated with burdens of
care.
Knelt down at his side on the flno
And lifted her voice up to heaven In prayer
For relief from the cross which sho boro.
For water the feverish sutTTwr cried,
To cool tho mad fires In his breast;
The mot her endeavored horteardropsto hide,
And rose tonttey his request.
The cle ir, sparkling water, fresh drawn from
the well.
To his drlnk-pulsled hand she did pass,
But strive though she would her emottous to
quell,
A teardrop fell Into the glars.
He started as If by a scorpion stung,
And gazed on her sorrowful face,
Now ageing with anguish, but yesterday
you ng,
On the form once a picture, of grace.
He cried in his agony, "Darling, for years
Now lost In the terrible past,
I see It all now I've heea drinking your
tears:
Ood helping mo, this Is the last."
The little ones play on a carpeted floor,
The mother Is youthful again,
Prosperity reigns In the home ns of yore,
United Is love's broken chain.
He kisses the eyes of his glad-hearted wife,
And tells her ho ever will bless
And cherish In memory all through his llfo
That teardrop that fell In the glass.
Captain Jack Crawford.
Tn KICTCLB AND THI DRINKING HAI1IT.
"If the wheel never does any other good
thing in its history, and If no other benefit
cornea from its use, It would for one ppitclal
reason deserve the commendation nnd in
dorsement of every thinking person In cre
ation, " said an eminent physician who bus
made the bloyclo and Its use the study of
years, MMy attention was first called to
one phase of the whoel by the experience of
a young man who had lieen for some time a
patient of mine. He had been in the habit
of taking a gloss of liquor occasionally, and
I had warned him against allowing the
habit to grow, but whatever I said seemed
to make very little impression on his mind.
Flnnlly I advised him to buya wheel. I had
nn object Id view, but gave him no hint of
it. Ho learned to ride one, and one day I
asked him to go out with me for a little run
In the eouutry. When we got near ono of
the hotels in tho suburbs ho proposed a
drink, nnd I assented. I took mineral water,
and hn indulged in what he called a good,
stiff drink to brace his nerves.
"I said nothing, but made up my mind to
keep my eye ou btm rather sharply. We
rode for n mile or two, aud although ha
complained of feeling somewhat reeky, he
got on tolerably well until we enme to an
other tivern. lie said ho was all out of gear
and wanted to stop again. I went with him,
and the same order was repeated. Half nn
hour later, while riding along a level road,
I oliserved that his wheel had taken oa some
eccentric motions, nnd was going almost
nnywny but the one he desired. He became
angry and fractious, nndeudedupby run
ning Into n stump by the roadside, nnd get
ting n bait fall. His Injuries were so serious
that he had to 1e taken home in a carriage,
and was kept indoors for some time.
Wheu he got out again he came over to
see me, and the conversation turned on thu
bent way to become an expert wheelman.
It was not a little gratifying to me to have
him, of his owu accord, make the remark
that ns long as he rode it wheel ho should
never take liquor nt wayside hotels. People
who have given some attention to the sub
Jeet say that there Is far less Intoxleatiug
drink taken by young men after they begin
to rldo the wheel. Thev Hud that it is not
conducive to clearness of head or steadiness
ut hand. They cannot go out In hilarious
crowds nnd overindulge with Any comfort
to themselves while wheeling. There is too
much risk of life nnd limb about It. The
bicycle nnd the grog shop nre not good
friends, and ns I have said before, if the
wheel never does anything else, it Is worthy
of nil praise because It is n check en the
drinking habit."
BEWARE or TOXIC DRCOS.
Here Is a rule that every man and woman
Bhould inflexibly adopt for guidnuce: Never
under any circumstances take opium or any
other loxic drug unless prescribed by an lu-t-lligent
physician, tays William Itosser
Cobtie.
There are mothers present, and I wish to
titter to thorn n special note of warning. The
love they Is'ar their children leads tnem to
exaggeration of the ailments of the little
ones, and they nre loo prone to resort to
medicine for their benefit. It is this practice
that is responsible for the receptivity of
young men lor drugs nnd alcohol. As I have
said, these remedial agents rock with nar
cotics, nnd all of them contain alcohol.
Boothing cordials. drops, etc., are
the infinite curse of childhood. The mother
would be much kinder to her child it she
were to smother it with n pillow than to give
it these noxious drugs. 1 ne cells of the hu
mnn body readily adjust themselves to Buy
condition, and when tilled with opiates in
childhood they ore ready enough to take
them or whisky, any sort of a toxic, because
they ull affect the cells measurenbly the
sanio, when they reach young manhood.
Kuowledge of a fact remains. The bodily
cells hove a persistent memory. Thev have
the faculty of acquiring a taste for anything,
(luce they have learned to like opium they
never forget the fact. The child who has
been given opium is for more likely to ac
quire this habit, and certainly can acquire it
iiillultely more readily when he Is grown up
than will one who lias no acquuiutauoe with
the drug.
Mothers, learn this fact, aud bear It always
in mind. Do not go to the aiuof the father for
the inebriety of your sons. If n man is a
drunkard or opium Imlulue, inquire what
kind of uiediciues were given hi in as n child.
It is in the nursery too frequently and not in
the saloon that drunkards are made. Vine
laud Outlook.
WUEN BUM IS NO MO UK.
Tho increased consumption of braal will
raise the prloeof wheat.
The increased demaud for shoes wilt in-cri-usu
the demand for hides.
Thu increased call for clothing will make
the wool and cotton markets boom.
The wages of farm laborers will advauce,
because the productive value of their lu'jur
will advance.
The wages of coal miners will be raised,
becauso the consumption of oral will be
vastly increased.
The wagea of railroad men will advance,
because new trains will have to be put ou to
meet the demauds of trade.
The wives and sisters of drunkards will no
longer be forced to compete in the labor mar
ket to keep body and soul together.
The pcuitcutiurtes will be dopleted, and
the coutruct labor problem will solve itBelf.
Tweuty-tlvo millions a week will be re
stored, to legitimate trade, and hard times
will vanish like the moruiug mist.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
Belgium's revenue from the drink habit
has grown in forty years from 4,000. 0(H) to
3;t. 000,000 francs, crime Increasing 200 per
cent, at the same time, and insanity IM per
cent.
"Dcy is a mighty good temperance sor
mou lu a freight train," says Uncle Mose.
"No mutter how much de earn dcy gets load
ed, de ingiue what does do work gits a long
strictly on water."
Hevwu Pines, near Richmond, Va., is a pro
hibition town, each purchaser of a lot being
required to sigu an article forfeiting ihe ti
tle if liquor is ever sold on the premises.
Special rates are also giveu to total abstain
ers. A beautiful drinking fountain, costiug
f sOO, has been presented to the city of Ath
ens, Ohio, by the V. W. C. T. U.
The amount of New Euglund rum seut
from the port of Boston to Africa has de
creased iu two years from 1,05, 22d gallons
to &61.2fi5.
One of the first results of the elfort at Huu
day closing of saloons in New Vork, under
the regime of Mayor htroug and 1'resldcut
ltoosuvelt, is thus chronicled by the Daily
News of that city: "r'or tho llrst time in the
history of the Jellersou Market court there
were no women prisoners iu the pen f7-day.
The number of male prisoners for violating
the excise law was unusuailv saiall, there
being but eighteen iu the pen. As n rule
there are about 120 prisoners iu the Jeffer
son Market court ou a Mouduy morning. "
The ShfTllTa Rnse.
A deputy sheriff yesterday 'started
from the Itooctving Hospital with two
insano men who livl boon committed
to the asylum at Ukiah.
"Yon find bettor tnko Home along to
help yon unless yon want to havo somo
trottblo," snggosted one of tho polioo
stirgoous. "Two mon I should think
would bo too many for yon."
"Not much. It is easier to tako
two men than one. I'll show you how
I do it."
The deputy led tho man, who imag
ined he was King of England, to ono
sido and confided to him :
"Your Majesty, that man over
there, "indicating the man who thought
his lioad was an eight-day clock, "is
as crazy aa a bedbug, and is liable to
hurt some of your subjects if he gets
loose. I want you to help me take
rare of him till I can lock him np in
the asylum."
"That's nn nnseeml,- occupation for
the King of England. Itah I Attend
ant to tho insano 1" remarkod the dis
gusted monarch. "But I will do it.
I like adventure. You will take due
precaution to conceal my idoutity or
four head will be tho prico of your
jarelossueas."
. Tho deputy whispcrod to the human
jlook.
"Do yon seo that fellow over
ihero?" indionting tho king. "Woll,
ka'a crazy, and if you don't keep your
,'aeo toward him bo's liablo to stop
four hands and touch off your alarm.
Now, I want yon to help mo watch
him till 1 can land him in the asylum.
Then you can run right along.
When the deputy left the hospital the
king and tho clock had locked arms
and were hanging to each other des
perately. Tho deputy smoked and
read all tho way to Ukiah, while tho
insane men took enro of each other.
Han Francisco l'ost.
Ilasehnll by Kleclrlrlty.
Basoball by electricity received a
practical test at rainier s Theatre ves
tcrdny nnd was at once branded a suc
cess. Ihe since is fitted tip as a ball
grouud. Tho players are small figures
stationed in their respective positions.
The catcher stnnds behind the plate
and plays "back" or "off the bat "just
as tho circumstances denote. He
moves on a sort of wheel. Tho pitch
er stands iu the box. Tho umpire
stands belaud the batter aud gesticu
lates with great emphasis. Ou the
line nro the "conohers," who wavo
thoir hands iu a delirium of baseball
frenzy. The umpire automatically
raise his hund. Tho batter, as if con
jured from the depth, slowly emerges
from a trapdoor at home plate and
takes position. A globe in the pitch
er's hand, denoting tho ball, suddenly
flashes aud tho ball is in play. It goes
out, aud then blazes in the pitcher's
hand. Thus a "ball or "Btrike" is
noted. When tho ball is knocked out,
an eleolrio Inmp abovo tho field de
notes which direction it goes, and an
other flash ou the ground denotes
where it struck. Repeated flashes de
note every move of the ball until it
again reaches the pitchor's baud. The
batter, when tho ball is hit, scurries
off for tho first bag. If he is out he
drops through a trap door. If not, he
continues around the circuit until he
reaches home or is put out. Every
play is called. A green flaBh denotes
a foul.
The way tho figures ruu, slide,
emerge from and drop through tho
trapdoors is extremely interesting,
Now York Tribune.
. Chicago's Collapsed Fail.
Mnterinl of which John Brown's
iort and Abraham Lincoln's lo r cabin
were mado is now stacked up iu a
cotiplo of barns in Chicago. It is a
very good thing indeed that the
amusement Bcheuina which were ro
sponatblo for tho moving to this city
of the two structures nicntiouod
failed. Neither building should have
been moved fftm tho original site,
which along gave it interest.
After tho failure of tho several fool
ish plans of this sort originated before
tho World's Fair thero is reason to
hope that speculators hare quite lost
their zeal for making sideshows of the
historic buildingj. Chicago Evcuing
Post.
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in the shape of real estate and scrips.
nri Carlton has just invested 840,000
iu consols. The Curlton is the only
club iu London which includes among
its its items of expenditure pew rents
$N0 per annum.
The value of exports for tho fiscal,
year just closed exceeds the imports
by over $100,000,000.
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Thought at Times ll Would Have to filvs
t'p the Fight, but l'erseverane ftml
Rrlenee Conquers XIU Trouble.
from the feui'idivm, CoofsTsfoicn, JV. ',
The people of thn presout nre traveling a
pace that would surprise the good old wives
nnd knlckerbockered grandfathers of a hun
dred years ng.i. Things nre not done by dt
groes or stages In these days, but with a never
ending rush nu t hurry. In fa-t, this Is the
great lending trait of the American people,
and it never falls to attract Iho attention of
other Nations.
This constant hurry and ever present buii
noss pressure hai not been without Its effect
upon the nerves of tho race, and every year
witnesses the increase, of nervous disease.
Medical science, however, has been keeping
abreast with tho tlmns, and from tho very
demnnd:! mad, upon It there have sprung
new departures and discoveries.
A reporter recently mot Mr. rtiilip-). Welt
tug, who Is President ot tho llauk of Wor-
eester, rvl of the Toledo City Hank, of Tole
do, In., la the handsome little town of Wor
cester among the hills of tltsego t'onnty, N.
Y., aud conversation drifted to the present
topic. Mr. Writing had Is-en a sufferer from
locomotor ntnxinfortwenty-llveyears, some
thing which none but those who have them
solve? Ih'cii fiftllcted by the disease cnu nn
preelate. Knowing that he had traveled fat
aud wide in search ot some licncftclnl treat
ment for bis nflllction, tho reporter asked the
rresldont to give some facts in his own case.
Ho responded willingly. "Yes. I suffered
twenty-live years from locomotor ataxia,"
Mr. Welting said, "and during all that time
I was seeking some relief. Well, I found It
lu Dr. Williams' Pink rills. Of course I
have it yet, to some exteut, but I'm feeling
Is'tter and my legs are stronger than ever
lieforo. 1 never did have much faith Ineithet
doctors or medicines, nnd my long siege ol
suffering helped along this distrust iu theiii.
Why, I could scarcely walk Buy distance nt
all, and could not stand long without my
knees yielding iH'uenth my own weight. A
person cannot conceive of the suffcrlug such
a state brings upou the sufferer.
"I would go to Florida every year, and vis
ited almost every health resort in I he country.
I went to tun Sanitarium nt Iowa Falls, Iowa,
and also tho very Is-st in Michigan, but they
didn't do me any good. I took the full course
of their baths and massage and rubbing,
without receiving the least hcnellf. I thought
I would have to give op nil hopo of ever
curing myself. Finally I heard n good deal
about Pink Tills through common report;
and although, ns I wild, I had no faith lu
medlcince of any kind, I was induced to try
them. Well. 1 took several boxes without
derlvingnnvapparent benellt.but was advised
to keep it up. s) . when I went to Florida
that year three years ago this summer -I
look n large quantity with me. After some
months I stopHvl taking them; but my legs
had Iteeomeso much stronger and my ntnxln
had boeu so moderated that I could stand
and walk Is-lterlhan I had done for years.
1'lnk 1'ills did It. and you can well Imagine
how I feel toward them. They did What
nothing else could do."
lurlug th entire Interview Mr. Welting
remained standing and evidently did not ex
perience the slightest discomfort, iu spite ot
the protracted period of his nflllction. Al
though well alongiu years, he Is still actively
engaged in financial enterprises that necessi
tate n vast amount id mental and nervous
energy. Butllee It b say he lacks neither,
but make bis Influence felt wherever be la
known. Ilesldes being President ot the Wor
cester flank, Mr. Weiling is also rrosident of
the Toledo City Hunk, of Toledo, where bis
advice aud sound business policies are a con
troliug element.
Ills commendation of I'ink Pills came un
solicited, and with the sincerity of o , who
tis-ls what he save.
Dr. Williams' I'ink Pills contain, lu a con
densed form, all the elements uecessnry to
give new life aud richness to the blood nnd
restore shattered nerve. They are also a
sieeillc for troubles peculiar to females, such
n suppressions. Irregularities and all forms
of weakness. Thev build up the blood, nnd
restore the glow ot health to pale and sallow
chuuks. In men they effect u radical cure in
all eases arising from menial worry, over
work or excesses of whatever nature. Pink
Pills are sold lu Isixes ineveriu loose hulk)
at 50 cents a box or six boxes for 42.50, and
may bo had of all druggists, or direct by
mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company,
Hchonoetudy, N. Y.
PURE
The Oreatest Medical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
Medical Discovery,
DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROIBURV, MASS.,
lias discovered la on of onr common
pasture wJeds a remedy that euro every
kind ol Humor, from the word Scrofula
down to a common pimple.
lie ba tried It In over eleven hundred
eases, and never failed except In two ease
(both tbuhaVr humor), lie hat now In .
tils possession over two hundred oertill
cates of Its value, all within twenty miles
of Bolton. Bend postal card for book.
A benefit Is always experienced from the
first bottle, nnd a perfect cure Ii warranted
When the right quantity is taken.
When the lung are affected It cause
shooting pains. Ilk needles passing
through them 1 th same with the Liver
or Bowels. Thl I caused by the duot
being stopped, and always disappear in a
week after taking IL Itcad th label. -
If th stomach 1 foul or bilious It wIU I
aus iqueamisn feeling at first
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you coo get, and enongU of It.
Dose, one tablespoonful In water at bed
Uma. Bold by all DruggUU.
WC Uf A NT tt y "Wd Ub"t tljli COtllltV to
ft Hit I lulrudtu-u lite luitrM bcIIIu
Mitil ever km in n. I'urmanenl work iohI Imjc
ttiy. Imiimthiai. I'l iiMsiiiMi Co., uweiisboni, Ky.
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