V -
(Jcls a Moris! lor Speed,
rummer William Tnnker, who
jtinrd tiio lft he Miore s record-lrek
irR trnin frcm Erie to Bvtffrtlo lust
Ocfolirr, ling jnst liren givrn n elsb
orBto filvtr medsl by W. K. Vsnder
l'ilt sndW. Howard Webb. Mr. Tnn
k?,v's fibilily a nn engineer raved this
trial of pjii cd from being a fnihire.for
mIhu I bo (rain resclieil Erie it secmoil
iirctricvnbly behind tbe schoilnletl
tiine, and R!r. Tnukey'g quick work
raved tho day. Tbe medal given to
Mr. Timkey ii of solid silver, weighs
nrr.rlv (wo pounds, and is a work of
nrt. Scientifio American.
Hired Swains.
A curious custom prevails in some
provinces of Holland during tho car
nival season. Yonng women of tho
w Tkinp class, especially domestic ser
vants, wlo have no sweetheart of their
own, are in the habit of hiring "fol
lowers" for theii Sunday out, or for
tho wholo of the carnival period.
Tlirsa lovers are by no means. to be
had very cheap. Often two or three
maids will club together and shares
lover nmoiig them if he comes too ex
ienaive for one girl.
This temporary lover has many duties
to perform. Oi coarse, he must be
goad looking and woll dressed, aud an
efficient and indefatigable dancer, "fit
to be seen with anywhere," he must
likewHo possess good conversational
powers. Besides receiving a variety
of valuable presents from his "girls,"
be is "found" by them in victuals and
drink. If a young woman can afford
to cngase a "swain" all to herself, so
much the better, for the hireling often
develops into a real lover and ulti
mately into a husband. It can thus
be said that, in some districts of Hol
land, the girls do all the wooing.
Biich fur Alle.
President Clements E. Markham, of
tbe Eoyal Geographical Society, has
probably risked his life oftener than
any ether civilian in Great Britain.
He is a preat adventurer and was
trained in the navy with AfcClintock,
the illustrious Arctio eiplorer, as a
comrade.
Frot, Frolic and Bnlr,ra.
The wind over frozen pounds and lakes,
over mow-fields of plains and open country,
Is heavily charged with frost aud fine par-
lic:es of frozen matter. It is the most pene
trating wny for chill to set in. Sudden
wnrintu, puuden chill, and severe colds.
Girls and boys skating, driving for pleasure,
or business, and men at work alield know
tho tiiflWeuce temperature. Yet tho
youncsters knto uway and with mouth open
IsWRhinR take in a dofe of sorethroat.
, Drivers and workmen throw aside wraps and
all know tho next day from soreness snd stiff
ness what sudden chill means. Now the
fyvt tblngto iio when housed is to rub well
at once with St. Jacobs Oil. If you do, yon
will not hnvo sorethroat; or it you are stiff
and sore, it will cure by warming the surface
to throw out the chill.
The bicycling clubs of New York State
have an estluinted total membership of 75.
tOO. '
Ths object of tiw niannfacturer of Dobbins'
Electrlo 3uap has been fur 11 years to lnaka this
soap of siu-u tupm-ior quality that it will jrive
vniMruf tatitfactitn. Have ther succeeded t
Ask tout (Tocer for It. Take no ot'uer.
Tho cold mines of Cherokee, Gn. are now
engaging thn attention of English capitals!.
Dr. Kilmer's Bwamp-Koot cures
oil Kidney and Madder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Blnithamton. N. Y.
Nebraska prohibitionists have started a
boom for C. E. Iluutlcy for President.
Tnn fjENtiNB "Brown's BitoNrniAt.
UmiiiKs' are Mild only In bones. They aro
wonderfully eltecUve for Coughs and Throat
UiouuIl-s.
England proposes to spend 50,000,000 on
hor navy this year.
The World's l-.nrllrat l'otato.
That's Salzer's Earliest, lit for uso la 28
days. 8:il7.';r's new lale potato. Champion
of tho World, is pronouueed the heaviest
yiolder In the world, and we challenge you
to prodiwo its equal ! 10 anres to Salter's
Earliest Potatoes yield 4000 bushels, gold iu
June at tl a bushel 1000. That pays. A
Word to the wiso, etc.
Now if von will cur this out and send it
with lOo. postage to the John A. Saizer Seed
' Co., La Crosse, Wis., you will get, free, 10
packages Bruins and grasses, including Teo
Blnte, Lathyrus, Sand Vetch, Giant Spurry,
Giant Clovor, etc., and our mammoth seed
catalogue. )
FITS stopped free by Da. Kline's Ukfai
J.EHVK Uestokkh. No tits after first day's use.
Jtarvelous cures. Treatise and $2.im trial bot
tle free. Dr. Kline. K)l Arch St.. 1'hlla., Pa.
Ir you want to be cured of a couijh use Hale's
Honey of Iliirehounil and Tar.
Pike's Touihuchts Drops L ure in one minute.
April, May are most emphatically the months
for taking a good blood purifier, beoause the
system is now most in need of such a med
icine, and bocanse it mora ajuickly responds
to medicinal qualities. In winter impurities
do not pas cut of the body freely, but ac
cumulate iu tbe blood. The best medicine
to purify, enrich and vitalise the blood, and
thus give strength and build up the system,
is Hood's Sutsuparllla. Thousands take it as
their Spring Medicine, and more are taking
it today than ever before. If you are tired,
"cat-of sorts," nervous, have bad taste in
the morning, aching or dizzy head, sour
btomatb and feel all run down, a course of
Hood's Sarsuparilla will put your whole
body in goud order and make you strong aud
vigorous. It is the ideal Spring Medicine
and true nerve tcnic, because
Sarsaparilla
IatlieOneTrueMlnoJ Purifier. Alldruttuists. tl
a"rlared only by (.'. I. HuoU Co., Lowell, San
Mrrlrl' Ri'le re purely veu.-inhle. cire-
inn "A I. V tl K. lii aril Ne lata lu-ii Inter (cut
IUUM.f. l.i ,.;:. S.iIimiuI c Co., Wiiii.toti, !.',
OPi'J
ifM Mori. I, inn Hal, It Cured Iu 10
to ml di , Nu jmy till i urail,
ii Ds.J.IT tPHtNl, Uunvn.OH'9,
iwlarcii
Skpn
3law
Hloocl s
DRY I.tllin OS FERTILIZERS,
A few inches of dry earth over a pile
oi lermenting manure will cflectually
prevent loss of ammonia. This ia a
rouoh more common canse of loss
where mannro is piled than is leoh
IDtr, Ve doubt whether durinor snm
ruer and nntil cold weather the piles of
manure loft out of doors get more
rainiau tuan is gooil for thorn. This is
especially trno of horso manure, which
will burn into ashes and lose most of
its manurinl value if kept where rain
cannot reach it. The waste from leach
ing of manure occurs mainly in winter
and early spring, when tho melting of
snows aud heavy rainfalls drench the
oil with water. Farm, field nd
Fireside.
A SrOCESSFl'I, TENANT FARMER.
I began on a run-down Vermont
farm of 1M5 noraa with thirtAott
two yearlings two shoats, ten hens
ftnd DOW hftVn fiftnan Ann- tlirab
SlinnCCrM. BIT mnrlinrra fnuifdnn
eighty hens, and plenty of rough fod-
4 1. . 1 -r . . . . .
v.o km aecu mem, writes is, rj. uiynn.
This year I sowed five acres of fodder
ii ijiauieu eigui acres oi llint corn,
beffnn feeilinrr irfonn fnAAaw A n lit
and roots Inter on, and am now fced-
ino rn rivl fnrl.lof. an,l ohnnl
O - - - . . . v .... V . MUM RUUll, nt I l U
pounds of grain (composed of equal
yr cou meai, wneai uran ana gluten
A1 a: i . ,
mem; luree times a uoy lo eaou cow.
Am milking thirteen cows, six of them
jHrrow, ana carry tne mti to the
Marshall creamery. Last year the
hens brought in about $60. Next year
I shall sow ten acres of Sanfoid corn,
having raised my own seed, and am
working to keep forty cows on this
place. I am in favor of the silo but
cannot afford one on a rented farm,
bo will run my fodder through u
shredder. I think soiling is the only
way to bring np a farm. I shall tiy
sowing about four acres of oats to cut
green and make hay of, and shall ex
periment with muck, as wo have a
large amount of it aud adapted to its
use. The great trouble with farmers
here is, they are too apt to eell their
stock if short of fodder. Now I am
in favor of buying grain and keeping
the stock, as more stock means more
hay, and more hay means better farms.
Auioncan Agriculturist.
1HK EFFECT OF SALT OJ MILK.
Salt given to cows has some effect
on the quality of the milk. This is
necessarily so, as the salt aids very
much in the digestion of the food, and
it is the quantity of the food digested
that regulates the quantity and quality
of the milk. Salt is indispensablo to
the health of any animil that feeds on
vegetable matter, and the milk is af
fected greatly by the health or oppo
site condition of a cow. When ealt is
given to excess, it is injurious and
causes an intense thirst, but this docs
not necessarily make the milk more
watery than usual. If the cow drinks
more water than is customary there is
no reason to believe that this excess of
water dilutes the milk. The milk is
not made in any such way as would
make this possible. It is produced by
the brjaking down olthe glandular
tissue of tho udder and this never con
tains more than a normal quantity of
water. The kidneys are charged with
the removal of any excess of water
from the blood, and this drain, or out
let, if in good working condition, will
always attend to its own business,
and if it does not or cannot, for any
reason, the milk glands cannot per
form this funotion, but the cow be
comes diseased at once. But is athis
question that the careful farmer will
never have to consider, because he
will always take core that such a sup
posed mistake will never happen. It
is only the careless farmer who runs
risks of giving his cows, or permit
ting them to get, too inucu ealt.
Farm and Home.
BTRAWBEltRY CULTCItE.
As to planting strawberries, about
whioh we have many inquiries, there
are several wave. Of course, the
ground must be dug a good depth, and
pnlveriiced carefully, having applied a
liberal quantity of barnyard manure.
The beds can be marked'out three feet
wide and made as long as may be de
sired. Let the footpaths between tbe
beds be eighteen inches apart and re
move from them all the runners as fust
as they euorooch. Sot the plants firm
ly but not too deeply in the ground,
one foot apart each way. Get any of
the following varieties:" Captain Jack,
Seth Boydeu, the Great American, the
Monarch of tbe West, or Trioinphe de
Gaud, for private purposes. If a crop
is wauted exclusively for marketing
choose the Albany Seedling by ail
means. It will produce generally a
greater quantity of fruit than auy
other and will bring in the most
money. Strawberry beds can be
planted out as early as tbe ground can
be cot iu suitable condition.
Many persons prefer tbe hill system
of planting out strawberries, and with
some very strong growing varieties it
is probably tbe best. When this is
adopted the plants should be set two
feet apart each way. Hut from our
own experience we prefer the broad
cast pluntiui;. It his eevi-ral advan
tages. Tho plants keep tuo grotiud
moitter, it requires less labor to culti
vate, and the Iieds last twice as long
by producing new beuriugpliints every
year. Tbe disadvantage is, tho wees
cannot be removed so easily. In tin'
hills the old plants ure fruited yen
after year, aud as a const quuncu
berries yearly get smaller.
One thing must be particularly
borue iu ruiud : Tbe beds must bd
kept clear of weeds. Two weeks after
the crop has b.-en secured, say some
timo iu July, mow oil tbo viues, not so
clonidy us to injure tim crown, aud let
them reuiuiu us a imilch. Lulu in thn
fttitumu the In tliould be covered
with ttr;.w or light manure ; uud iu tbo
spring tbo very rimrsubt portions
hliould either lu ltiii. jvt'd or Hfofully
liluctd iiSiuiit tbo lilautH. When iln-
is done, ib'JUlil tlm plant havu bteii
ilUtiuUi Vr iU t ?t, pass ovtrth.iij
a light roller, apply about au inch ot
fine soil to the whole bed.
If any top-drossing is applied it
should be in tho spring, and then there
is nothing better than a light coating
of ground bones. Germantown Tele
graph, TO PRAIN A CELLAR
A cellar in wet soil must neoossarily
be drained so as to prevent the water
from rising in it through the floor.
It is not the surfaoo water that settles
down into it, but the subsoil water
that i forced up by the pressure of
the outaido water sinking from the
surface. So that by layiug a drain
tile nil around the collar under the
walls the drainage is not complete.
Several drains should be laid, one all
around close to the foundation and
some cross drains about six feet apart
in the csllar floor and connecting with
the main drain at the walls. These
drains should beat least sixteen inches
below the flool of the celiac Some
times water percolates through tho
wall, especially if it is of brick, and
to prevent this and keep tho walls
quite dry the outside should be thor
oughly saturated with hot tar to make
them waterproof. This should be
done with every cellar wall when a
honso is built, as it is a costly job to
do afterward, but easily done at the
right time. In laying a cement floor
in a cellar it should be done iu this
manner: First, a layer of coarse
gravel or broken stone is well rammed
down and mado level and smooth.
Then the same kind of material is
wetted and mixed with one part of ce
ment mortar to six of it, and this is
laid at once in small quantities, as it
is made, and smoothed and beaten
down with a broad rammer to make it
solid and firm. This material is mixed
in small quantities as it can bo laid,
or it will harden prematurely. Tho
finishing coat is made of a coat of the
mortar, which is of one part of the ce
ment and two of good, sharp sand,
laid one inch thick. It is smoothed
with a piece of board having a suitable
sloping handle, which is rubbed back
and forth as the cement is wetted with
water. This gives a nice, smooth
hniBU. ew lork Times.
THE ORCHARD.
Many ot the orchards of our coun
try are shamefully neglected, and it
would naturally appear from obvious
inference, that tbe farmer is unwilling
to give his fruit trees evon as little
care as is ordinarily expended npon
crops of corn or potatoes. An estab
lished orchard, consisting of standard
market varieties of fruits, is one ot
the best paying properties the farmer
can maintain. It should be borne in
mind, however, that something can
never come from nothing. Fruit can
not be produced, except the soil con
tain the proper materials for tho form
ation of tho same. A continual taking
away will surely tend to emptiness in
tho end ; and that soil, that has pro
duced many crops of apples or other
fruits, must soon become sterile and
unproductive, unless a restoration of
plant food is regularly made. Why
uot feed the orchard every year as
woll as market garden crops? As a
fertilizer for fruits, nothing surpasses
a mixture of hard wood ashes and
ground bono. This produces sound,
large, richly colored fruit of a firm
texture, that brings the highest mar
ket prioe. Let an annual application
of from one-half to a whole ton of
ashes, and from two hundred to five
hundred pounds of ground bone be
made on each acre of orchard area.
The winter season affords excellent
opportunity to make this dressing, as
it may bo broadcast on the surface of
tbe snow, which will materially aid in
rendering it soluble and available as
plant food. If a tough old sod has
formed in the orchard, break it up by
plowing shallow furrows, or by scari
fying the surface with a sharp outaway
burrow. The idea is, of course, sim
2ly to loosen and mellow the surface
soil without disturbing many roots of
tho trees. Every orohardiut needs to
give some attention to pruning. The
time for this work is during the in
fancy of the tree, when undesirable
and unnecessary shoots may be re
moved with thumb and finger. After
a tree has attained maturity, it should
uot be required to sever any large
branches, but merely to out out any
dead wood or shoots, that interlock or
render the head of the tree too dense
and compact. It should be remem
bered that a tree with a rather low
head is muoh more handy for picking
apple from than a high, rangy growth.
Xew York Observer.
Gotham's Army ot Bicyclers.
Talk about bicycle inventions it is
claimed there are now about 400 dif
ferent kinds of wheels now on the lo
cal market, and at least 200,000 riders
in the city. Nearly every great wheel
manufacturing house in the country
has an agency in tbe metropolis and
the business has grown to an immense
volume, liraucb houses and agencies
have sprung np all over the city and
all ere doing a wonderful business.
One year ago there were but 3500
members of the New York division of
the Leuguo of American Wheelmen,
while now that number has increaned
to 10,000. New York has become tho
headquarters for the sale of bicycles.
New York Advertiser.
Antelope Fast Disappearinj,'.
Sioux Indians are slaughtering doer
aud autelope uy the huudrcd along
the North and South Moreau Hi vers
and aiuoug tbo Slim liuttea and Cave
1 1 i lis, in South Dakota, according to
the stockmen in that region. It is
reported that more than 400 hides of
uutelopo were seen in one Indian cam)
recently, and the whole region isscat-
: tured over with carcasses of doer and
! autolope, tbe iudiuus killiug the aui
, luuls solely for tbe hides. The stock
i luuu hay that theso animals will soon
j lie extenuiuatdd iu that region if tho
; Iudiuus rg periuLUu'l t coutimitj theif
' IB thins sUugUttr.
00ULD ONLY EAT FEPTON01D3
lUJTriSK FIIX1 MADS IT POSSIBLE
TO KAT ANYTniNO.
Get Tonr Iiollon Ktght and Tonr ItcasHh
M ill Tnks Car of Itself.
TVoih tlie Star, WanMngton, I). C.
"Pr. Williams' riuk Tills miraculously
Cnrod mo of two diseases and hayeothetwtse
dono mo a vt amount of Rood," said Mrs,
E. A. Meeker, of No. 207 Third street, South
east TCaihlngton, D. C, to a Star reporter
to-dny.
"For many years I was a sufferer from
muscular rheumntlsm in It, worst form, and
In addition had stomach trouble to such an
extent that for a long time I could eat noth
ing stronger than beef peptonotd. Tha
rheumatism commenced in my back and not
only exti'nde.i Into my left arm, almost para
lysing it from the shoulder to the elbow, but
attacked my hips and limb with sueli ve
hemence that it wa impossible for me to go
nut on the street without being supported
by an attendant.
"I was attended by four different phvt
elans not all at one time of both the allo
pathic and homeopathtn schools, and there
were times when I was covered from my
neck to mv feet with porous or some other
kind of planters, for I tried everything of
tho sort that was recommended by my
friends.
"Pnrlng the greater part of this time my
hubnd and son were urging meto takePr.
Williams' fink Tills but I steadily refused to
do so.
' About two year or two and a half yvars
n?o. the nhvsiiMan who wa then attending
me, and I have had none since, said to me,
'Mrs. Meeker them Is no use for me to eomo
aud see you anv more, von have muscular
rheumatism, a disease iin-ldent to old ago.
and you cannot be cured. I will give you
some Iron for your blood, and when this
fresarlptton runs out you can get Itrenewod.
f you get muoh worsu you can send for me,
but I will uot agaiu call until I am sum
moned.' "Of course I was much discouraged, but
still I tried a noted massage treatment thor
oughly, but without the slightest effect. At
last mv husband persuaded me to try the
rink Tills.
'I want to sav that when I began taking
the rink Tills It was without tho least faith
In their efflVaey tor good or belief that they
would bi-neflt me, but simply to please my
husband and son by taking somethlug. How
ever, I took them as directed bv the makers,
and about the eud of the month I found, to
my great surprise, that my stomach was so
much better that I had no longer to subsist
on beet peptonotd, but could begin to in
dulge in more solid food.
"do I told my husband that as the Tink
Tills wore evidently doing me good, I would
try them for another month.
"I continued to use them as directed and
during the second month ray evesight, which
had been very bad for a loiig time began to
improve, and it was much more pleasant for
mo to go on the street, though I still had to
be attended on account ot mv weak limbs.
"How manv boxes of tbo Tink Tills I took
In all 1 ooulii uot begin to toll as there were
periods when I would stop using them for a
week at a time. Hut from the time I com
menced uuiil I felt I could safely cease taking
them wa; about ttfleen months.
"Sometime after my eyesight began to
grow better, my memory, which had been
defective and caused me much trouble for a
long time, returned and became as good as
when I was many years younger. Dur
ing the period to which I refer I had
great difficulty Iu remembering where I had
put anything, but, as I said before, this
trouble entirely disappeared and has never
returned, while my eyesight also continues
exi-ellent.
"My long coLtiuned illness had reJuced
my weight from between 180 and H0 pounds
to 111 pounds, but while I was taking the
Tink Tills I gained SJ pounds, and I now
weigh 138 pounds.
"Some of my friends freely asserted that
my flesh, as they noticed my increasing
weight, was not solid and predicted that I
would speedily lose it. Huch, however, has
not been tbe ease, although I have not taken
auy ot the pills since Inst December. All my
rheumatism having by that time disappeared,
since which time 1 have had no return of the
dread complaint. 1 have been told that tbe
disease will visit me again, but It It does, I
shall again resort to the use of Dr. Williams'
Tink Tills.
"With my experience with Dr. Williams'
Tink Tills I have not hesitated to recom
mend them to others who were afllicted. My
niece, who lives nea- Hdisboro, Londouu
County, Vo., suffered for a long time with a
fieeuliar disease of the hips and limbs. 1 be
levod the medicine which did me so muoh
good would cure her a'.so. aud I bought three
boxes ot thorn aud sent to her. Mie took
them and was cured completely of her com
plaint." Dr. Williams' Tink Tills contain all the
elements necessary to give new llfo aud
richness to the blood an I restore shattered
nerve. They aro sold in boxes (never in
loose form by the dozen or hundred) at 60
cents a box, or six boxes for (2.SO, aud may
be had of nil druggists or directly by mall
from Dr. Williams Meiuclno (Jo.. Scuoaoo
tady, N.
" Hall. limited Maggie,"
A curious instance of the hangman's
rope failing to perform its fatal work
gave to Margaret Diokson, an English
woman of a century and a half ago,
the nickname of "Half-Hanged Mag
gie," a name by which she was known
throughout the British Isles. Maggie
had been convicted of some capital of
fonse (there were several such offenses
catalogued in the English statutes at
that time), and was finally taken to
the gallows on the hill at Edinburgh.
After the drop fell she was allowed to
hang several hours before friends
claimed the remains and started with
them in a cart for Museclburg, six
miles away. Ou the way some drunk
en apprentices rudely halted the cart
and opend the coffin in order to see
the woman who hud been hanged.
This let in irush air, and the air and
jolting of the cart combined to revive
tho suppossd dead woman long before
tbe home of tbe relatives was reached.
Arriving there ho was carried into
the house, ulive, but very faint and
barely conscious. A minister was
called to pray for her, but she soon
recovered sufficiently to demand that
the preaohor be dispatched for a doc
tor. The physician soon arrived and
Maggie quiokly recovered, but was
never again tried or even arrested for
her crime. Later on she married and
became tbe mother of several children.
She lived to be quite old, but the nick
name of "Half-Hanged Maggie" stayed
even after death, being engraved on
the sandstone slab that marked her
grave. St. Louis Republic
The Largest llicycle.
What is said to be the largest bicycle
in the world has been made by a
bicycle coiupauy in l'rovideuoe, It. I.
It is mads to carry six persons. Its
length over nil is loft inches, and its
wheel base is 125 inches. The diameter
of tho wheels is thirty inohes, the tires
are 21 inches iu diameter, the gear is
compounded to 153, aud the machine
weighs pounds.
A Ho Sold lor IjlSOO.
Iowa's prize hog, "King Medium,"
belonging to a lamous l'oluud-China
herd on J. A. Benson's "Norwood"
farm it. O'llricu County, of that Stato,
was sold this week for $SU0, probably
tbe largest prico ever paid in this
country for a hog. Tbe rest of the
herd averaged 370 a pieoe. Washing
ton I'ttthfiuder.
Tho first theatre in tbe Uuitod States
was opeue4 iu Virgiuia in tbe year
1762.
TEMPERANCE.
WTtT IIS BICAMK Alt AIMTAtTtF.
Psan Fnrrnr, of Westminster, who lJ one
of the most prominent, as he Is also one of
the best known clergymen in the Church of
England, tells la the following Words why
he became a total abstainer some years Slncn
from all species of Intoxicating Honor. Havs
the Dean:
"About ten years ago or more I became a
total abstainer because I was easily con
vinced that tho use of alcohol was not a
necessity, and a great deal turns upon that.
I saw, for Instance, that whole Nations had
not only lived without It, but had flourished
without It. I saw tho remarknb'e fact that
there wore some 20,000 persons in England,
who, though many of them had mado them
selves mete funnels for drink, though most
of them had been accustomed to drink from
their childhood, though most of them had
been brought to prison either directly or In
directly, through drink, yet the very day
that they entered the gates of a prison ail
drink was entirely taken from them, and yet
there wns not a single Instance on record iu
which anv of them had suffered in conse
quence. Ou tho contrary, men who hnvo
entered prisons stoklv Bnd blighted hnvo
been made compulsorily sober by act of Tar
llnment, and after a few months left prison
halo and strong and hearty: and women who
have been put Into prison perfectly horrible
and hideous In their loathsomeness and de
gradation, after a short period of depriva
tion from the source of their ruin, left pris
on with the bloom of health and almost of
beauty. All these proofs and many others
convinced mo very speedily that it was not
necessary for me to continue to touch any
form ot alcohol. 'Twas the grent philan
thropist aud politically wise llenjamln Frank
lin who used the words, 'Temperance puts
wood on the fire, moul iu tho barrel, flour iu
the tub, money In the purse, contentment in
the house, and ol.ithes on the balms.' Well,
then, coming to those conclusions, believing
that total abstinence would tend to sim
plicity ot life, to health, to strength of body,
to clearness of mind, to length of days, !
then saw that for me, at any rate, it became
a desirable thing to give up alcohol alto
gether, and I did so, for these reasons, with
perfect gladness, and without ever having
suffered in consequence of the fact so much
as even a single duy." Ihe Charleston Me,
sonser.
VNCLEAH ri.CIDS.
Fermented wine, beer, whisky, and every
other fluid which contains alcohol in nn ap
preciable quantity are utterly unclean fluids,
consequently they 11 1 1 men when they driuk
thorn with Impurity and tincleniiliuess, both
mentally and physically, from tho crown ot
their heads to the ends of their too Joints,
as we know by oliservatlon. Belentlllo men
have clearly demonstrated by enrolul exper
iments and observation thai they are of uo
use us food, and that they are nut even stim
ulants, but are actually depressants; for they
produce warmth upon tho externnl surface
of the body by oonjestlug the minute or
capillnry vessels in the skin with blood,
which brings with it the internal heat, which
Is radiated and, wasted from the suface ot
tho body, while internally the thermometer
shows that tho tcmpcruturo has beeu low
ered, consequently the vitality has been im
paired and the body as n whole weakened.
This showsthnt it is extremely dangerous to
give to patients in critical eases of ttiscasu
fermented or alcoholic drinks, and that they
nro sure to retard convalescence where pa
tients recover, and they help to keep the
weak and dellente still feeble so long as they
drink them. We can nil seo that this must
bo so, and the reason why.
Our most intell gent physicians to-dny are
becoming satisfied that fermented and alco
holic drinks are ot no uso to the sick, aud
aro ceasing to prescribe thein, aud many of
them never use or prescribe them at nil. Wo
have hospitals established Iu which thoy are
uot used, and It bits been found thnt the
mortality is far lcs than Iu hospitals where
they are used. Wo have been numtmggcd
long enough by tho sensntlon of warmth
upon the surface of tho body caused by their
uso; now let us uso our reason.
A TOLICE MATUOK's TESTIMONY.
Here is tho testimony of tho police matron
ot Holyoke, Mass., given ou a recent occa
sion: "I hnvo had charge of nearly throe hun
dred womeu; sonio criminals, but the major
ity were morn unfortunate thau vicious.
Many of them I knew years ago, good. Indus
trious girls, who married shlltless, drunken
husbands, and who have to work voar after
year iu the mills to euro a living for their
helpless litthi ones. Iu timn their health
falls, they lose strenglh and courage, they
are told that a glua of ale will brace them
up; they soon need more than one glass; and
before long they ure drunkards, too. What
then becomes of the poor children? Is It
any wonder that so many of them soon show
thueflcctsof such example and eventually
find homes Iu our reformatories'!1"
A MODFX TKMrKKAXl E TOW.1,
Hungesund, ou the west coxst of Norway,
midway between li -rgou aui ritavenger. has
a remarkable prohibition record. When tho
town was incorporated, twculv-n.no years
ago, it whs provided that no sale ot spirits,
llther by wholesalo or retail, should be al
lowed unless by permission of Ihj Kiug alter
a petition by the town council, Thu town
has 0200 lnbnbituut j, Is surrouutl I by popu
lous parishes and is a meeting plu :o for llsh
ermeu, us many as CU00 of these gathering
there at one time. Nevertheless the question
of bnviug liquor sold iu the town has never
srisou while only the meii voted, aud is less
likely to now that women have a vote. No
Attempts have been mado to smugglu liquor
into towu.
HOMES FOtt BARD DIUNHERS.
Mrs. M. B. Ellis, National Superintendent
of Legislation and Kuforocmout ot Law tor
the Woman's Chrlstiuu Temperance Union,
tins issued circulars to the unions of the
United States, calling attention to the propo
sition thut thu Hiatus aha 1 found industrial
homes iu which drunkards shall bo detained
by order of the courts.
Mrs. Kills says: "Wo urge upon you to
use your utmost endeavor through the or
ganization which you represent to Iu lucu
the Legislature ot your Statu to pass these
laws ot detention under tho uuiuo of tho
'Habitual Druukurd's Acts.' "
MADE I'SE CUT TnE WATF.n.
A woman w)ut Into a lllruiiugliam publlo
house one evening, took upu bottle of water
from thu eouuter, earned It to a side seat,
nud then, pulling it bit of soap from her
pocket, begun washing the baby sho was
carrying. The barmim remonstrated, but
thu woman kept ou. "My husband h:is his
whisky here, uud he duu't take liny water
with it," shu said, "so I do not seu why I
cuunot uso what ho ought to." Boltust
Witness.
A "i'O F.II ATE DMNEKbV FATE.
This is thu way iu which Llpplncott's
M t'azine states a case that is, unhappily, all
tuo common:
"Said this m u, with an accent of pride,
'I can drink it, or ca.-t it aside'
liut the fact Hint is rife,
lis. he drank it through life,
Aud hu let it alouo wueu hu die 1."
A IlUEWCU's WEUlllNU PUESLNT.
A Bt. Louis brewer, Colunol Uusch, Is re
ported to have spent i 100. 00 J on bis daugh
ter's weddiug, uud that hu also gave hur au
estate Iu Ouriunuy worth tlOrJ,0.0. She mar
ried a Ocrmiiu baron. How manv of tho
men who driuk his beer cau give their
oaugiitcrs fiuu as a weaiiing gilt u spend
that amount ou thu weldiug outlay Not
ninny. The hrowurs got the money uud their
patrons get the uuer, and Willi It povertv.
disease, uud mauy other thiugs not pleasant
to nuvu. ii tney would le lliu Deer mono,
Colonel lbisch wouldu't have so much
money, anil bis Immense nosscsfdous would
ruuialu In this country and lie enjoyed bv a
multitude ot families that lire suffering for
luck of the neces.sitios of lite. National
Toiuperauce Advocate.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND MOTES.
A physiuiuu declares that one-half of tho
consumptive patients received into ho.iiuls
in runs owe tneir eonniton to spirit uriuK-
iug. He would utterly forbid the sale of
such uriuks us ubsiutue.
A boy of fifteen years w:is treated iu a New
fork hospital for enlargement of the liver
caused Py the uso ol beer, to which uo bad
lor years been uoeustouiui!.
Archbi.-diop Ilyau, of Thila lulnhia, told thu
lelugales of thu temperance societies wtio
called upuii hl'u to wisli him a buppy year
mat no nud lor years nocn a uuiil unsiuiiier.
Students oi a Missouri university are
jtrenuously opposing thu acceptance of all
endowment ullereu by u bieivur.
Karllent Vegetable Always Ty,
Chat's so, the editor hears Mr, Mark
Garduor say, Well, why don't you have
them? Pimply becauso you don't plant
Balr.er's Northern grown seeds. Ills vegeta
bles are bred to earllnoss and they never dis
appoint you. Bnlr.cr Is tho largest grower of
Vegetable, farm seeds, grosses, clovers, po
tntoe., etc,
Ir TOO wti.t, CUT THIS OPT ASH SK!B IT TO
the John A. Knlzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.,
with 10 postage, you will get samplo pack
age of Early Bird Ita.llsh (ready In 1(1 days)
and their great catalogue Catalogue alone,
6a. postage (A.)
Hew' This I
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fm
any case ef Catarrh that eauuot beeured by
Hall's t'a'.arrh t 'ure.
V. j.Uiiknkv Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the eniler-lKiied, have known K. J. Che.
nry for I lie la-t 13 year, anil bellrvw him iht.
feetlv honnvaiiie 'n d business Irauaftctlonl
and ilnsne nlly abl.i to carry out any oblnjn
tien made by their Arm.
WaT,t 1'auAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio,
Walimmj, Kiivai A Mabviw, Wholesale
Druggist, Toledo, Ohio,
TTaTs Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, act
ing directly uihiu the blood and tiiuoous sur
faeesuf the s fit cm. Price, ?V. per buttle. Sold
0 aii l)r"glsl TiNtlukonlals free.
tl.OltlllA I-A CI.
February and March are two of ths beat
months to visit Florida. The cllmnte Is line
snd the rnclal features at. their height of
Interest. Vhen you have made up your mind
to go, you naturally want to get there a soon
as possible end In the inut comfort able man
ner. If you live in New York, lloston or
IbitTalo, you run take one of the Magnificent
Trains of the "ltig Four Jtontu" from any one
of these cities to Cincinnati, and with only
one change of rare continue your Journey to
Jsek-om ille. Direct iviunrctlon inmle in Cen
tral Ciilen station. Cincinnati, with through
trains ef all Hues to Florida. Address K. O.
Mct'ormlck, Tusfenger Tralllc Manager, nr
D. H. Martin, t.cni-i-u! I'asseuuer and T.iket
Agent Dig Four limite, Clin lunall, Ohio.
A Good Hog la Worth looking After.
If yon own adognnd think anything of him,
you abnuld be able to treat him intelligently
when 111 ami ttmloisittinfl 1. 1 ... .iilSnlvullv in
detect symptom of iline-s. The diw doctor
hook Written bv II. ( lav (Hover. I). V. S an,..
elallst In canine dlsrHses to the principal ken-
nei cuius, win lurm-u mis inrorination. it is
H C'oth tloUnd.bamUonif.lv tibial rated book.
and w ill be sent ixialpald by tbe Hook Tubliah
ln House. M Leonard St., N. Y. City, on
receipt or 40 cts. 111 postage stamp.
I can recommend Plan's Cure for Cnnanmn.
Hon to sufferers from Asthma. K. D. Town
sukd, Ft. Howard, Wis., May 4. Ism.
iirs. inaiow-s rooming piyrup Tor cnilnren
teething, softens the guiua. reduces inflamma
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ASK YOUR DEALER FOR
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If you pay to (! lor shoes, ex- j
amine the W. L. Douglas Shoe, and aC
see what a good shoe you can buy for g
OVER 100 STYLES AND WIDTHS,
CONOKKSiS, llt.'TT ON,
and I. ACE, ninde Iu all
klnda ol the beat elected
leather by akllltd work
men. We
make and
sell more
S3 Shoes
then any
other
manufacturer In the world.
None genuine unless name snd
price is stamped on the bottom.
Ask your dealer for our Slit,
), SKI.no, 'j.io, 1.9ft. shoes;
a. SO, mi and 1.7a for bov.
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. If your dealer
cannot supply you, send to fac
tory, enclosing piice and y cents
to pay carriage. State kuid. style
of toe (cap or plain), sire and
width. urCutom Dept. will till
your order. Send for n?w lllus-
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TIIK APRMOTOR CXJ, Rom ir a- or.di
windmill bustUMA, ittrauM u Iim rolMctxi in ewt ol
WUidpuwerto l.ttwhl It wan., it hu uimj branch
A m f - bout0, aiitl lappiifs its goods nd rvpaJri
JJkv uUr tlor' Unn inrldi lurnjlii,
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ill of ihfse article (hat It will furnitb until
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Faaarri 12th, Reck well and Ullogrt &txta, Calcaia
QQADAYSURE-s
Jj J.ttul vf9 will nh.iw you hnw to
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CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
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frtw. ,,r full ii 11,-uiur. aU.lrc. tile supl. of I ircu
lalkui. ioo , ti Mercury. D Park How. New Y. i.
Thev
hear of it, though.
0 n
lives the work of house-cleaning has never been so light, so
satisfactory, so soon over, so thoroughly well done.
r-a i.j n i , J... ... ..... . ..
7 f tl f"l nu aome unscrupulous erocers will tell you " this is as pood M
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It U e-i 1. " 7our Krr acnua you snnieiuing in rmcs ol J'earlipe, bt
DH CK bwest ,hJ it bach. ,r- JAM E3 PVLE. New York.
r .--fTwai
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t V rftG BU ' '7 "Jt uri i wwwiiw
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'1 V ,1 eladiaj Cnu and Lrl.jiMm reci.i ol luc. poiiajLor CkUiogut alot. (t tc. .ij. J TA " VJ
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Prtise Is Too Qrest for
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LISHING HOUSE, I 34 Leon- ard Street. N. Y. City will
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What is the lonui,t river in tho world That Marco Polo iuvcutel tho compass in P2W)
and who Marco Polo was What the (lor.lliin Knot was The Look contains thousands
Cof i xplnunlitins of just
s sijout, Jiuu it ut
hal a fo(or and
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of tho
transient nature of the many phys
leal ills which vanish before proper ef
forts gontlo effort pleasant efforts
riphtly directed. There is comfort in
tho knorvlctlfto that so many forms of
slokneas are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleanaut
family laxative, Hyrupof FIr-s, prompt
ly removes. Thnt is why It is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so hifrhly by all
who value pood health. Its beneficial
effects are duo to the fact., that It is tho
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that you havo the genuine article,
which Is manufactured by the California.
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by ell rep
utable druggists.
If In the enjoyment of pood health,
nnd tho system is regular, then laxa
tives or ot her remedies are rot needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commendod to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
then ono should have the best, and with
the well-inflrmed everywhere, Syrupof
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
UN U-
Mr. Jumee Taylor, who realdos ti
No. S2 Hull") nvi'iiUH, KlntfxbridKC,
Now York, on the 1 lib of December,
IH'.M.anld "My uko isG5 years. F0'
tho pat two years I havo had liver
trouble and iudlKextlon. I nlwuy
employed a physician, which I ill I
in this ctia.', but obtnluel DO bene
fit'! il results. I never hitd nny fit it Ik
inpsteut nio llclnos, but hnvlnnsoeu
Itlpnns Ta' nles recommended very
highly In thu New York lleraUl, I
concluded to trlvo them a trial.
After using them for a short time, (
found they wore just whut my east
demanded. I havo never employed
a physb iun since, which means tia
call and tl for medicine. Ono
dollar's worth of Ilipitns Tnhulus
Utsls me a month, and I would not
be without the.n if it were my lust
dollar. They aro tho only thing
that ever gave mo any permanent
relief. I take r.-at pleasure iu rao
onitnen lins thorn to any on
similarly nd.icted.
(SitfneJ), Mns. J. Tatloh."
It.pna Ta'.ule. sr. M tiy itriun t , or by matt
If (tie rloe t.vi re ia a tixi .a acut to TI10 K paua
t'licinkMl C'l.ni an? , No, 1'' t.rucl at.. New lo.k.
Sample viiil, ii i-cinr.
WE HAVE, NO AGENTS.
ti)uMiM for irtiiunatloo
'vIWf ft,il. Ktri jlltinif wop
-fJL f$!.i'"i,77 ooalvfuof Mar-
rif' j.AneMi,4iatvlraHldlnR5ad
UpVfJyt Odle. ril.' for eat aleca.
uo Myit ot car
EI.KHAKT
Carriaft A Harnrta MfgCai
Elkaait. lad.
W. 11. 1'aiTT. Sei-r
ft Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
to Hrlnt-tpHl Kxamiiit rl'fi 1'rnalon Huracu,
B 3 ilii Ut vtui, litljmhvUui;c!luji, ttlly Hit.'.
flDIIKJ VK1SKY haVit. cured. JWki
UriVlfl Mr. Hr. H. H. MO-H.I.M, 4THST.
irnt
A tiihti kViitilt All. tlSfc f AILS-k-i
Beat t uutth fcjrup, TaMt Goud.
y& n tln,p- "M drufriftPtu,
"Plain, but athletic."
Iter sketch ia New York Truth.)
Evidently the picture of a woman
leaning house for the first time with
Pcarline. She finds that what has
vays been the hardest kind of hard
work is now comparatively easy,
pleasant, quickly done and in her
joy and enthusiasm and high
ts, she kicks up her heels,
robably this is an extreme case,
ill, it may be there are numbers
of women who, when they
clean house first with Pearl
ine, manifest their pleasure
in the same way. You don't
simnlv tell von thnt in nil thrtV
J I S 1-ALSE rearline is never peddi
peddled.
Crn i 'M bj. , Mt (70 bu.jt f tttoM(l 0
kd pr cra)-w miib tucb f iltit th
V Kit MIME AlTB-lonn im r.ri r. i
ttwifiu Ulennut) Xu. In in tm ta.cniuitfd
im HURRAH, FARMERS it HOMT fOft JOV ! I jElt "itVPl
L : t.'i.l
T vOll OFTEN rc
tftjf nnd rctorences in tuo noirt-
don't fully understand, and which vou would
compact book which would giva tho iu-
such iiinttnju lis you woudcr
the very low jTlrn o fi
IMPltOYE OUtLLl, J J