Ini)orlniirc of Foml.
. Keeping rip n fit proportion o(
forests to ntnlilo nnd in Ibe prime
romlition ot linrnnn hcnltb. If tho
trcos go, men must decay. 'Whoso
ever works for Hie foroMs works for
Iho lmppincKB nml yicraancnoo of our
civilization. A tree niny bo nn ob
strnclion, lmt it is never useless. Now
is the timo to work if we nro to le
.lilcFsed nml not cursed by Ibe people
6f tho twentieth nnd twontv-flrt cen
turies. The Nation Hint nejflccls
its forests is purely tlcstiuod to ruin.
Hon. Elizur Wrgiit.
tf PoMitnV F.lwtric Simp ft l,a tn many
tnalat ttiftt It K yon rati ttnt afoni to ro with
out It. Ynnr irrorpr lm It, or ran pt It, ami
you run fttcOU or -ourtr'f xpry fcoun. IMirt
let another Monday puiij without trying It.
tVithin Iho InM twr jrnrk mnny ponrls
finvn been found In tin hlchwiuikoo (rn'k,
n"r Svonmor", III., ranging lu valun fr jin
. to 200.
Thpre l mors Catarrh tn this rllnn nf ttt
Country tlmii nil other (iI-thm-s hh lotfcthrr
and until the lint ton- year ni nup,fttd to l
InrmnLilf, tor n grout mny jr doctor
iironntmcvil Jt a local din i-r nml rrrrilirl
ocal fined;,', suit by coimtniitly fulling Ic
euro with local treatment, vronnunced it In
curable. Science hit pioven cntnrrlt to be ft
cont tiitlotml lie.:. nnd therefore, rt'ouirc?
coiiMltutlnnal uvntmeiit. llnlTs C'.ilnrrh Cure,
Iii.inilfnitutcl by J. ( liencv A-l o., I olcd..,
Ohio. Uttieoiilv miistitnirnnnU'iiieonibi niiir
KPt. It Ift taken in termtllv in do.es f ruin llldrojn
toa tits;ioonlul. It mis ilirt'i ny on i he bloat
nnd miinHmxn ac of fheiftem. 'I lie off or
one hundred elnllur for envtn--e It lirls to
cure. rend for ciroulnrs nnd tc.timoninl.
Address f. J. I iii nkv & to., 'i'olcdo, a
J Fold by llruirKiM, 75c
Iiall'i Fuiuiiy l ilUnie the bcsL
Are Yon'SatUnVI With Whit Y.n Itnntv
Or wnnht yon sr! n il I y improve vnnr Mop' of
knowleilKeT Vim miy not Imvo- f I or il.l yon
ran "pare for a b)-vo!nmo rncvcinpirdin.'bnt
you ran nfford to liny lllly cent for n Hand
Jlonk of General Inrortnntion. Yon won't want
to pay even the tittles von nro ileelronp of
Improving your miliil nnd Ix-Mevo thntnflvc-hundred-iinca
book, filled with n condenod
IllBM of vnlll0lu knmvledire, will be rend hv
yon. Thin vnlnnhlo Kncvoloiinxlla will be Kent
poMpe-ld for firty cents In euim" by the Hook
rnblWiiuit Hotife. 131 1-eotmrTl St., S. Y. I'itv.
Every person who has not n lartjeeiicvcloiKvilin,
should take ndvnntaKo of thi prcat olTor et
once nml store hi, iniml witli tho valuable
facts oollnted In tills book.
FITSstopped freeandpermnnentlvrnreil. Xo
fits nfter first dnv's use of 1). Ki. ink's Oiimat
KHvr.HswiHF.it. Fn e?2triul liott.ennd trunt
iae. Send to l)r. Kline. ml Arch St., Phlln.,r.
Mrs. Window's Soothlntr rSyrnp for children
feethinff, softens the (rums, reduces iutinnuna
lion, allays iMiin, ruren wind colic. Sc,a bottlo
Piso's Cnre cured me of a Throat nnd Lim?
trouble of three years' staniliug. K. Cauv,
Uuntington, lnd., Nov. 12, iM'i.
Freshnes. nnd purity ere commitnlcnlcd to
the complexion hy ;len Sulphur Soap.
Hill's Hair A- Whisker Uyo, blai k or brown. line.
Sales naturally result from the great merit
which makes thousands of wonderful cures by
. Sarsaparilia
The One True Blood Purifier. All drntrfttsts. $L
Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills, ft cents.
'yBvccs lu Great Forests.
The report ot the ohiof fire wardon
r9 Af i nnAsota rina liAAn rinlilijIiAil nti.l
contains many statements of interest.
As part of tho precautionary measures
adopted, about 18,000 placards, warn
ing against kindling fires in forest or
prairie, were distributed. Twenty
even fires in forest regions, including
those lu brush land nnd marshes, are
reported. TUey burned oyer a a ag
gregate area of 8265 acres nnd did
damage to the amount of $3125. The
wet weather of last year greatly ro
duced tho losses. In the prairio ro
gion of tho western side of tho State
dry, windy conditions were eondnsivo
to tho sproadiug ot firo during the
period from August to November, nnd
105 field prairie fires occurred, burn
ing over about 73,000 ncros, and cans
lug a damaRO ot $84,277. In the snma
territory in 1881 about 490,000 ncros
were burned over. Tho local wardens
controlled nnd extinguished many
fires. The State Warden bad consult
ed manufacturers of locomotives in
tho United States: aud England with
refcreuoo to the best spark nrrotter.
It is learned that no such device is
wholly cllioient, as fino spnrks nro al
ways likely to escape.
The warden says thut tho 7000 Chip
pewa Indians that nro scattered
throughout Minnesota forests aro
more careful about extinguishing their
forest fires than white people. Tho
greater cumber ot fires are caused by
locomotivo spnrks, but tho carelots
farmer, burning over fields before
plowing, and the thrnshiug machines
are also a source ot dnugcr.
Watches are accepted as eeourity for
fines by tho police courts of Kuoxville,
Tcnn., nnd forty nnredecmud met
bold for two years are to be nold nt
auction by the city.
Lydia E. Pinkbain'i Vegetable Compound
Will cure the worst forms of female
complaints, all ovarian troubles, in
flammation and ulceration, falling aud
displacements of the womb, and conse
quent spinal weakness, aud is pecu
liurly adapted to the change ot lifa
il Every time it will cure Liackache.
' It has cured more caisea of leueor-
rhuea by removing the cause, than any
remedy the world has ever known it
Is almost infallible, in such cases. It
dissolves and expels tumors from tho
uterus in au early stago of develop
ment, and cheeks anv tendency to can
cerous humors. Lydia fi. I'inkliani's
Liver Pills work iu unison with tho
Compound, end are a sure euro f ,r
constipation aud siek headache. M
riiikliuiu's Sanative Wash Is ot greu
vuluo for local application.
Kit u-:tf
ti . umta WtitnC Ail Uifc UiLb ' I
4 tMM L lUtill 3) rup. i Uto ti ix 1.
LJ In tlin K hv rtriiirfl-t.
riiood s
TUB DfKB S OPD OIFT.
The Duke of Marlboronnh's first
gift to his American wifo alter their
homo-coming was a littlo 1'leulioim
Snuiel. It is traditional in the dtinal
house of Marlborough that every
duchess shall possess, as her oountsnt
companion, one of tkcao small dos.
The reason for this is that at the
bntttoof Blenheim the first luko was
attended by ft pet spaniel which nover
left his heels for a single moment
throughout the fight, and that nfter
tho battle, Sarah, the luke's cole
brated wifo, adopted the brave little
animal, and would not be parted from
it again.
A Mt'Cd APMIItF.I) COSTTMR.
A costumo that has boon greatly ad
mired and has been extensively copied
is made of velvet and brocado. The
skirt is of velvet, and is out after the
rather contracted fashion of the now
style five-gored skirts. It is eutirely
plain aud just comfortable walking
longth. The fullness is gnthoiod into
the back, and there are a few gathers
at the sides. The waist is of striped
brocade. It has a full front and Frouoh
back, and there are Eton-jaoket fronts
of the volvot with elaboratoly em
broidered edges. The sleovcs aro in
log-o mutton shapo, but the fulluossis
drawn in by a fancy buckle and bow
ot velvet ribbon. The collar is of
plain velvot, and a wide plait of velvet
extends from collar to waist-lino and
disappears uuder a belt. The hut worn
with this dress is ot black fancy braid.
It is faced with shirred lace, and
trimmed 'with fans and ruchings of
lace and velvot and a clustor of ostrich
ips, New York Ledger.
Mounsisa cosru'srEi
"The mourning period for a widow,
one young enough to cxpeot to lay
aside her black, lasts two years.
During the first year she is limited to
gowns of Henrietta oloth trimmed with
crape," writes Isabel A. Mullou in the
Ladies' Home Journal. "The next
six months she may wear Eudora oloth
with lighter trimmings ot crape, and
for the next six months Eudora cloth,
crepon, serge or any all-black material
she may select, without crape decora
tions. Mourning for a parent requires
a dress ot Henrietta or Eudora cloth
rather simply trimmed with crape,
and having on the bonnet a crape veil
that reaches just below the belt. For
.brother or sister a gown of black
serge, with collar, belt and ouffs ot
crape, and very short crapa veil, is
proper. The bonnet worn by a widow
is really nothing more than a founda
tion forholdiog the veil. Tho milliner
fits ft frame to tho head, covers it
plainly with crape, and then drapes
the veil over it. This veil hangs be
low the knees in front and is about the
same length behind. Almost all widows
wear white crimped ruching inside
their bonnets."
DRAVB SPANISH WOMEH.
The women who are fighting for the
Cuban cause are not the first women
who have fought the Spaniards in
battle. During the iniquitous op
pression or the Netherlands by the
Spaniards in the sixteenth century it
was no uncommon evont for the wo
men to fight in defense of their native
town. When in 1572 Don Frederic,
nt the head of a large army, besieged
Haarlem, among the garrison that
defended the town were 30!l women,
"a most efficient corps, says Motley,
"armed with sword, musket aud dag
ger. Iheir chief, Kenan Hasselaer,
was a widow of distinguished family
and unblemished reputation, about
forty-seven years of age, who, at the
head of her amazons participated in
many of the fieroest contested aotions
of the siege." Seven years later, at
the siege of Maestricht, the women were
of great assistance in making mines,
enrolling themselves into companies
under the direotion of officers, or
mine mistresses," as they were called!
The service they rendered was inesti
mable. At the repulse of the Span
iards from the walls of Alkmaar wo
men, and even children, exhibited a
like oourage, assisting their husbands
and fathers in tho desperate defense,
while at Autwerp "multitudes of wo
men of all ranks were at work upon
the lines marked out by the engineer."
History, indeed, gives many cxamplos
of such heroism, among which may be
mentioned the brave cooduct of the
women at the defense of Saragossa in
1808, when they took tho places of
their slain husbands or brothers at
the cannon side. Chicago Times-
Herald.
CHANGES OP MNEV.
Among people ot limited means
there is a popular superstition that fre
quent changes of underclothing is a
gross extravagance. On the contrary.
if properly managed, nothing is more
economical in hot weather than to
wear a fresh suit of linen every day.
When one walks much, it is a matter
of sheer necessity to have cleaa stock
iugs every morning. Nor is anything
easier than to rub out a pair of hose
in a basin kept for this purpose, with
castila soap aud two changes of n-ater ;
the job is completed in five minutes, I
anl, pinned where they catch the
breeze, the stockings dry immediately.
With half a dozen pairs of hose and a
determination to be tidy, the poorest
woman can be charmingly dainty as a
bondholder's wife.
Nor is it impossible to follow this
same plan with cainurio garments. It
left to soak in a lather of soap and
water every night aud rinsed iu tho
inwruing, they areas flesh as need be.
Of course, they must be thoroughly
laundered once a week, and suoh per
fuctory washings only apply where
clothes are not actually soiled but feel
sticky and awry. No scrubbing or
injury to the bauds is necessary, aud
ruu through a email mangle they come
out smooth and delightfully fresh in
feeling.
Each and every one of those sugges
tion means a suving of money, as
clothing from which I'jb perspirution
is Quickly removed last Icuger; stuck-
iugs wear better . whon frequently
changed, nnd so on.
Theso solfsaine rnlos apply to can
of the person. One who rinses her
mouth with listerine once n day, who
uses a clean, stiff brush freely on her
tealp every morning, who never fails
to do her exercises boforonbig plunge
bath, is euro to have smaller bills with
tho doctors nnd deutiHtx than tho wo
man who noglccts such dot tils. None
ot thorn are costly or dilllculty, and
they all mean increased boauty, ole
gance aud physical robastucss, New
York Ledger.
OOSSIP.
Topeka, Kan., has a lady train dis
patcher, Tho new woman is devoted to rod
and reel.
Queen Murgherita of Italy is said
to bo writing a drama.
Queen Victoria has given consent
to eighteen marriages among her
thirty-two grandohildren.
The remains of Eate Fiold will not
be brought to this country, as was at
first intended, but will rest perma
nently in Honolulu.
"Ouida" is said to have takon bcr
pcouliar do plume from the inoorieot
pronunciation of the oorreot name
Louisa by a baby sister.
Viennese society women have takon
to swimming in publio in the Danube
to the great delight of the populace,
which watches them from the quays.
Miss Marie Cornell, the novelist, is
entertaining a party of lady grouse
shooters at Killiecrnnkie, Perthshire,
Scotland. They are all said to be hav
ing "good Bport."
Nearly 60,000 women voted for tho
first time at the recent general elec
tions in South Australia. The exact
figures aro 59,063 women, which com
paro favorably with 77,461 men.
There is a demand in Germany for
thoroughly trained female horticul
turists as superintendents of the gar
dens on large estates, and to meet it a
school was established two years ago.
It has been Adelina Fatti's annual
custom to sing at a benefit for the
Swansea Hospital, but she will not take
part in it this year because the ad
mission price has been set at half a
guinea instead ot a guinea.
Mme. Hosbi, the accomplished wife
of tho new Japanese minister, is about
thirty-three years of age nnd of the
most pleasing personal appearance.
She is short, probably four feet ten
inches in height. Her dark hair is
very abundant.
Mrs. Soott, wife of the Sheriff of
Mojave County, Arizona, is horself a
Deputy Sheriti; The other day the
brought au insane prisoner from a
neighboring plaoe to the oounty jail,
and experienced neither trouble nor
fear while doing it
Tho mother of Parnell, who has
lived many years iu New Jersey, has
sailed away to Ireland for an indefinite
period. Her health is badly broken,
and it is probable that she will spend
the remainder of her days with rela
tives on the old sod.
The eldest daughter of Eugene Field
is to enter the field of publio readers.
She is a girl of seventeen, and is known
to her intimates by the name of
"Trotty," bestowed on her by her
father. Miss Field's repertoire will
include her father's writings only.
Princess Peatrioe Mary Viotoria
Feodora, widow of the late Priuce
Henry of Battenberg, is the greatest
photograph collector in England. She
has 800 photographs placed about her
various rooms, while she has thousands
safely stored away. She has been an
assiduous collector of phonographs ever
since she was a little child.
Mme. Hanna Korany, the beautiful
Syrian woman who visited Amerioa as
a representative of her country to the
World's Fair, has started at her home,
near Beirut, Syria, a woman's olnb,
the first in that part of tho world. It
is growing fast, and great importance
is attached to it by the influential peo
ple ol the place.
FASHION KOTES.
K very pretty material has garlands
of eglantines and roses on a pink satin
ground.
A beantiful brocaded damask with
white ground has a design in gold and
silver, formed of ermine and sable
boas entwined and tied with old pale
blue Louis XVI. bows.
All woolen materials and furs must
be protected from moths. Little blocks
of camphor, or a sprikling of insect
powder, are good precautions against
these unwelcome intruders.
The black net veils, edged with
white, are extremely ugly and hid
coubVt unbecoming. Why will women
persi t in wearing what her good taste
should tell her is very bad form?
Goffered muslins with Valonoiennus
edges are much used iu Paris, and so
is the Valeucienuea applique on net
the newecVParis lace", as it is called ;
while black galons also show narrow
butter-colored Valenciennes.
According to the greatest authority
on such matters, the Louis Seize style
of dress is to be much worn in the
evening. Pointed bodices will be pop
alar again for ball dresses, and it is
highly probable that tulle skirts will
reappear.
Those who delight in fine laces have
a veritable feavt and carnival before
them. It will be used more than ever
before, and the edict is for elegant
and oostly laoe, to the exclusion ot
any that is "common" or imitation.
Torchou luces are in high favor, also
the variety known as point do Paris.
Most ot the neck runs for the pres
ent are composed of black ostrich tips,
turning from the neck, aud those about
to cycle would do tveil to note the new
jerseys made ot shot winseys, a capi
tal btull with a new lace, lu greou aud
black, red aud bla aud other mix
tures. The make is utter the Norfolk
jacket outer, with by:: plaits buck and
front,
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS,
to skit Trrn rtrnNrrrnB frkhh.
An excellent furniture polish may
be made by thoroughly mixing one
part of raw linseed oil with two ot
turpentine. Apply vigorously with a
piece of soft flannol after the furniture
bns been carofully dusted, Ladies'
Homo Journal.
TO KOATTKB AVT3.
It is said that when you are molested
by auta they may be destroyed by tak
ing a qnnrter of a pound ot flour of
brimstone nnd two of ounccs'of potash,
putting them in an iron or earthen
dish and standing it over the fire until
they are dissolved nnd mixed together.
When cold rub tho mixturo into a
powder, put a little of the powder in
water and sprinkle it around. Tho
ants will leave and not return.
rnr.sKBvg boos now.
It is nn excollont plan to preserve
opgB now, whon they nro cheap and
pleuty for winter uso. Taken piooe of
quicklimo the size of a lomon and put
with it two cups of salt. Pour over
them one gallon boiling water and let
them slake. They should boil and
bubble as thiok as cream. Whon tho
mixturo becomes cold, the liquid on
top should be clear. Arrange the eggs!
in a stone crock and pour the liquid,
Dvor them, using just enough to oover
the eggs. New England Homestead,
PBOnLEM OF WEtaHtNd easilt solved.'
Those who would like to test some
new recipe not infrequently rind them
lelves perplexed to aoouratoly do the
measuring nnd weighing required.
The following schedule of equivalents
will in suoh oases be found very help
ful. Whent flour, one pound is one quart ;
Indian meal, one pouud two ounoes are
one quart; butter, when soft, one
pouud is one quart ; loaf sugar, when
broken, one pound is ono quart ; ten
sggs are one pound ; flour, four peeks
are one bushel ; sixteen large teaspoon
tils are one pint ; eight large teaspoon
fills are one gill ; four large teaspoon
fuls are half a gill ; four gills are one
pint ; two pints are one quart; four
quarts are one gallon ; ono common
iized tumbler holds half a pint ; a common-sized
wine glass holds half a pill ;
teacup holds ono gill ; a large wine
jlais holds one gill ; a tablespoonful is
half an ounce; ten drops are equal to
one teaspoonf ul ; four teaspoonf uls are
equal to ono tablespoonful.
TITB PASSING OF TUB PIANO LAMP.
Something to be a cause for thank
fulness is the reaction from the piano
lamp crazo. Those who encumbered
long, narrow rooms with a full half
lozen of these awkward furnishings
tnd many were guilty had something
:o answir for in educing eotto vooe
profanity from much enduring men.
Sot that the craze has subsided J it is
Duly lessened. One piano lamp is use
ful; but to multiply them and stand
them about as if they had walked out
to take their places in a waltz, or to
lee how many intruders into a half
darkened room they could trip up in
day, is rather too much. Then, their
pagoda tops of monstrous girth de
luged the room with boistrous color
ind put everything else out of coun
tenance. If anything, they are more
perverse and ungainly than the corner
sasel.
The banquet lamp modestly rears its
light at the right plaoe upon a table'or
piano, nnd may bo clothed in a manner
it onco simple yet distingue. With a
itandurd of Japanese bronze or terra
jotta, and a delicate shade, the ban
quet lamp is beautiful. But a new hor
ror threatens us that is a tall candle
itick, generally made ot enamelod
wood and profusely deoorated in col
3tb, often of the Dresden style. It is
mado to stand either on tho floor or
thetablo. Hester M. Poole, iu House
hold News.
RECIPES.
Baked roars Pare andeore five
large, sweet pears without dividing;
place them in a baking dish and fill
each pear with a teaspoonf ul of sugar ;
idd a little water aud bake until per
fectly tender. Serve with sweet ereaui.
Codfish Salad Salt codfish salad is
very nice for luncheon in hot weather.
Soak about a pouud of fish over
night, boil and set away to become
oold; just before serving time flake
the fish, removing all the bones and
kin ; arrange on a bed of tender
lettuce and pour over a mayonnaise
dressing.
Almond Cake Cream one-half cup
of butter, add gradually one cup ot
sugar aud one small half-teaspoonful
of almond extract; mix and sift one!
oup ot flour, one-half a cup of corn
starch and one level teaspoonful of
baking powder ; add alternately with
one-half oup ot milk to the first mix
ture; beat the whites of three eggs
until stiff; add and stir in carefully,
Bake in a moderate oven.
Hygionio Muffins Grease the muf
fin rings and put them in an oven to
get very hot. rut two cups ol ice
water and one teaspoonful of sal t)
in a large bowl ; take three and one
half oiips ot Graham flour : take it up
by baudfuls, holding it high over the
bowl, which should stand in a current
of air, and sprinkle slowly into the
ioe-water, beating all the while; then,
pour into the very hot rings, put at
onoe into a verv hot oven and bake
about thirty-five miuutes.
Baked Bananas Strip off one-third
of the skin of each banana, and with
a spoon loosen the remainder from
the fruit; arrange in a baking dish
the stripped sides uppermost; on
each lav one-half of a teaspoonful of
butter in bits and sprinkle with one
teaspoonful of sugar and one-half o)
a teaspoonful of lemon juioe. Bake
twentv minutes in a hot oven. The
bananas may be entirely stripped,
desired, but the skin contains cousid
erable pectin, whioh it is well to have.
Seasickness Test.
Many pcoplo have a genuine curios
lty to know if they should be seasic
iu cuse they should take an ocean voy
auo. An easy way to put the mutter
to a test is to stand before the ordin
ary bureau mirror that turns in its
frame aud let somo one move it slowly
and slightly at first aud gradually
L-rowiug faster while you look fixedly
at your owu reflection. If you feel no
etl'ect whatever from it the chauces are
that you cuu stand au ordiuury sea
voyage aithoat any quitliu.
TEMPERANCE.
A CVCMKO TSST1MOKT.
Almost every youno; man now enn t"1
fioclnu n youiiR mnn pass, going llk' ths
wind, and n straight ss nn nrrow, a friend
(writes Ihnlti v. J. M. Htranhsn, .n., Kll
splnillB. Id I.lfo nnd Work) said. "That Is tho
champion cyclist in our eounly." llecenlly
1 had the pfonsurn ot mooting tilm.
He hns ovor seventy prison gnlnnd bv cy
cling, forty-ono gold mednl", throo sllvor
onns, unit Iho rest madn up of suoh things as
a silver toa-sot and a marble timepiece, f.ast
year he rode 100 mllos In five hours, thirty
four mlnutns, twonty-twn snoondst eud last
yonr also ha won Ihe tlity mile road moord
In two hours, thirty ml nit toe, nlnn seconds,
which matins that he went on tho road for
fifty mlhw at Iho speed ot mile In every throo
minute nnd much loss thnn half a soonnd.
Ho tmifMii hln microvilli enmor by finding
thnt tho more regularly ho ped illod anil tho
stralithtpr he rode he went thn quicker. In
n long rac he hns broken throo time tho
ria l record for 100 miles thorn Is no time
nllowmt to tnkfl nnv refreshment. It must
he taken on the hack of tho hleynlo. This
champion cyclist usiinlly takes fruit or somo
thin irruel.
"Did you ever tnko spirits of any kind?" I
nsked. "I mean whisky or tmindy. '
"No. They cut tho breith short. Ton
can't race nnd tnkn brandy. Anyone who
tries It Is soon broken-wlndni! and puffed.
It may help for a tilth', but It lonvos you
worse, I bollovo thnt It five or six men were
together in a race say two miles from the
tnpe, and one was handed a drink of brandy,
It tnlitht let him lirenk nway and win easily.
Put it he ha I ten miles, or li.'.d a long raoo
lief ,ro him, ho would find great difficulty In
Idling, ills breath would 1m out."'
"So you don't believe In brandy?"
"No. It may help for a short "spurt, but
Is no good for a long run. Only a temper
ate mt-.n enn bo a good r.icer. "
As I thought of tho wide meaning nt this
ns applied to life Instead of cycling, I said,
"Do you know, you nro giving a strong tes
timony for temperance? We ministers often
teach that spirits do moro harm than good
for a long and successful lllo, and that they
are only good In say nn nooldont or Illness,
when you noed strength to pass quickly some
danger. Would you kindly allow mo make
known your rxnerlenco nnd words? People
nro willing to bollovo a ohampion oyollst."
'iiw, 1 am quite willing."
"AH OB.TKOT LKSSOK."
Itev. J. E. Hrnnt, presiding elder of ths
Fort Scott (Kansas) district, furnishes to tho
Monitor ot Hint city nu instructive and sug
gestive contrast lu tho following brief com
munication: 'Hourbon County. Kansas, nnd Vernon
County, Ml'sourl, lie side by sldo, about
equal lu popu'ntlon.
LW week llourbon County had three
prsuuers in Jatl In Fort Soott. Vernon
ounty nad tweulv-throe prisoners In Inll at
Nevada. This week ten of those prisoners,
all muter twenty-one years of ago, wore sent
mo penitentiary, and others are to fol
low.
Fort Soott has a fow outlawed whlskv
Joints; Nevada lias plenty of legalised
saloons. Will some of our business men
ho wntit open saloons, nnd who condemn
those who Insist upon the enforcement of thn
law, explain the reasons for this discrepancy
ns to tho number of criminals tn Vernon and
llourliou Counties? Has the saloon auythlng
to do with the mattery
'Home say thut tho saloons Invite enter-
prlso and business. Well, let us be mots
enterprl-lng; open up the saloon and fill up
tho Jail and penitentlnry."
WHAT W1IISKT CAS DO.
A friend of temperance, snvs the Christian
Ilernld, puts upon our table an advertising
card from a restaurant In Philadelphia. It
proposes to regale nnd re I res h the people la
lie "City ol llrotherlv Love." The llnuor
shop thus advertised Is very near Independ
ence Hall, nnd persons visiting thnt patrlotto
(pot can take II in their excursion if they are
ery dry. it Is well for those people who
never drink, to understand what privileges
they miss, nnd also what philanthropists the
ruin-scners rcany nro.
Timo table: 7 n. m., "Eye Opener-," I
ni "Appetiser;" p. a, m., "Digester;" 10
in., "lieuutlll'T; 11 a. in.. "Big ltoposer:"
11 in.. ".Stimulator;" 1 p. m., "Ante Lunch;"
il . m., "Sett er;" 8 p. m., "Charmer-," 4 p.
m., "Syinpnlhlr.er;" S p. m., "Soolnl Drink;"
S p. iu., "Invlgorator;" 7 p. m., "Btralght
Out;" 8 p. m., "Cult-Chat," B p. m., "Fancy
Drink;" 10 p. ni., "Eulre Acts;" 11 p. m..
Si.nrk'.or;" Vi lu.. "Rouser:" 1 a. m.. "Night
Cap.'1
"PRIitK AND rBAT."
The story Is told of n ntghlanderwhobulll
n tnvern near Abbotsford and called It "The
Flodilen Inn." He applied to Sir Walter
t'cott for a motto for ihe sign board. The
novelist suggested "Drink, weary traveler;
drink and piny." Tho man oblebtod to his
house becoming a kirk, arguing:
"1 tie uiore praying there is, the less drink
ing there will be, and I don't want that."
Kir Walter suggested the omission of thn
letter "r" In pray, so that the motto might
read. "Drink, weary traveler; drink and
pay.'' With this the "mine host" was do-
Igutoti, and hundreds ot his customers
found out to their bitter sorrow that whilst
drinking and paying go hand in hand, drink
lug nnd praying have nut even a bowing ao
qualr'nnce. xno same is true every wnere.
AM t'XEBBIKG KABK8XAM.
"Whisky never misses fire." said a man
the other day. No, It never does. It is sura
to bring down its victim sooner or later.
whether hu be high or low, In the toolul or
Intellectual scale. And nutterlug all about
him will nlwnys be tho Wounded hearts of
mother, father, wife, sister, children, sisters.
brothers, and friends, whilo beyond and be
hind all this Is too often a trail of ruined
virtue and contaminating Influences. At
least six hearts on an average enrry a life
long, overshadowing, drenry sorrow for
every victim alcohol brings down. The un
dertow of nil family and social Ufa II lurgely
silent sorrow and dreary heartache over the
victims ot aioonoi, He, wnisny nevor missus
ure, nevor.
ArriLLixo FACTS.
Archdeacon Farrar gives in ths London
Humanitarian some appalling facts in regard
to the effect and prevalence of drunkenaos
In Engmud: "Tho number of drunk aud
disorderly persons for twenty-five yean is
no fewer than t.MH.Uii, though not one In
twenty ot the drunkards are arrestod.
Pauperism has extended enormously, but
the Chairman of the Coventry Board of
Guardians has never seoa an abstainer oome
to the workhouse for relief; the same Is true
of Illteen other workhouses.
SOCTOBS LABOELT BISFONSIBLB.
American physicians are largoly resnonsl
blc for the iuureasod use of all kinds of
liquor among American women, says one of
our contemporaries. They prescribe stimu
lants in a large number ol coses ol Invalid
ism among women, with the Inevitable re
sult that, whether ealutary or not for tho
slek. the habit grows among the healthful,
it is not a long step from hops to corn, from
tut) urew to tue sun.
TEM rxBAHCB HEWS AND NOTBS.
Aocordlng to statistics of ineurnuce com
pantos total abstainers live ou un average
thirteen years longer tnau moderate drink
ere.
lly careful investigation, Mr. Otio Lang
found that eighty-eight per ceut. of the
crimes committed iu Zurich. Switzerland
were committed under the lnlluenoe of alco
holism.
A brief but cogent argument tn favor ot
abstinence from intoxicating drinks is oon
talued lu two senteuoes from a foroign Jour
nal: "It Is computed that about sixty thou
sand persons commit suicide in Europe every
year. Alooholistn is said to ba the chief
cause."
Doctor Bner. a well known writer on Ger
man prisons, alleges that forty-four per oeut,
oi the prisoners were intemperate.
Florida barrooms number 210, more thnn
ball of them being in throe oouhtins. The
Bt ale's revenue from tuein is 1 10(1,000.
Men sneak ot the opium habit with bated
breulh;uud yet drink, which slays Infinitely
more, because Its uso is more widespread
than that of opium, is lutroduoe.1 Into homes
aud aotually "fed" to the children, lest they
should nut themselves at maturity take kind
ly to tue drink habit.
The average workingman hns nn idea that
lieor or liijuur ot some sort Is accessary to his
health, strength and comfort. This notion
is so devply grounded that it will be hard to
eradicate It. But It has been demonstrated
time au 1 again that alcoholic, bever ges have
lUo very opposite enojt.
A Lawyer's Testimony.
JfHm 0i llvrnlil, totudnm, N. T.
Borg Poardmnn Btaoey, of Nlcholvllln,
rt. Lawrence County, New York, hns for
many years ranked ns one of thn brightest
lawyers In Northern New York nnd for the
pnst twenty years hasbeen the acknowledged
nailer ol polities in tne east enu oi tins groin
county, Mr. Htneey was admitted to the hnr
In 1H5, nnd up to October, 1MW, continued
to practice his profession. Alt this time,
however, tho strain of netlVB political Work
had been undermining his onoe Iron Consti
tution, and during this month of October ho
suffered n stroke of paralysis which loft him
practically helpless. For weeks ho was In n
terrible condition, tho efforts of thn doctors
proving of no nvall. All nt once ho bopan to
recover, however, nnd was soon seen nbout
town ngnln, frequenting his former haunts
nnd shaking hands with his old friends and
acquaintances. Ills rnpld recovery was tho
Ik ot tho town, nnd n reporter hearing ot
ho wonderful cum decided to Visit Mr.
Btaeey and ascertain tf possible Its enusn.
Mr. Htacey was Inclined to bo eommunlcn.
tlvo, and Ihe following Is his story of his Ill
ness nnd cure:
I was presiding over n pollllcnl mooting
nnd had Just nrison to glvo a trlend who wns
o address tho meeting a rousing senuon,
when to mv astonishment I discovered 1
could not tnlk. My tongue seemed pnrn-
Ivxed. I mnnnired lo sav n few words, bow-
ever, and took my seat where by shear will
power I managed to sit until tho meeting
wns iinisiieu, tin arising to go nome, How
ever, 1 found I could not walk and seemed
o have lost control of my limb. I was as
sisted home, but on feeling ix'tlor In tho
morning 1 went down to my ofllco, iicro l
suffered another shook which left me flat on
my bnek. I flnnlly recovered sufficiently to
got up, but was left a complete physical
wreck. I could not half talk or guide my
self at all. I could not write or even hold a
pen, and wns unable lo transact any busi
ness. I wns like a drunken man and went
Staggering about.
The doctors did all they could for iti but
Mill I failed to improve. I had always been
greatly opposo.t to patent medicines In any
form, but on tho recommendation of my
druggist, Ira II. Hmlth, I finally decided to
give Dr. Williams' Pink Tills for Tnlo People
n trial nnd see If they would do me any
good. To my grunt surprise I began to no
tice nn improvement boforo I had taken
mlf n box. nnd by the time I bad taken throe
lioxcs I felt like a new man. As nothing else
seemed to help me I luy my recovery to tho
Pink 1 ills for l'nle 1'oople, on going to
Newark, New Jersey, in April, I gave up
taking the pills, and have not since returned
to using them, although I am confident thoy
are a splendid thing, aud 1 will probably use
them again."
Mr. Btaoev's remarkable case Is but ono of
thousand others which have been oured by
t'hnsa maglo pills where all else had failed.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills oontaln, in a con
densed form, nil Ibe elements necessary to
give new lite nnd richness to the blood nnd
restore shattered nerves. They nre nn un
falling speclllo tor such diseases as locomotor
ntnxia, partial paralysis, Bt, Vitus' dance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, the after effect ot la grippe, palpi-
atlon of the heart, pale and sallow com
plexions, all forms of wen knots either In
male or fcmnln. Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will bo sent postpaid on receipt
of price, 60 cents n box, orslxboxoa for i.S0
(they nro nover sold lu bulk or by the 100),
by addressing Dr. Williams' Uodiciuo Com
pany, Souonectady, N. Y.
Seventeen Kinds of Bears,
Zoologists need to maintain that
there were but three kinds ot boars,
the polar or ico bear, tho grizzly bear
and the oommon blnok bear, while lay
hunters have always contended that
there are soveral looal varieties of tho
two classes last named. Sr. C Hart
Merriam, ot Washington, who is the
most indefatigable and paimtaking
natnralirt we know of, now comes
around to the vilest of tho laymen,
and has formulated a list ot no loss
than ton full species ot Ureidm, based
almost wholly on a study of skulls and
teeth; craniology being now-a-days
the most important factor in differen
tiation. Of these ten varieties four
are of the black bear group, two ot
the grizzly group, three of the brown
group, and the polar bear which,
alone, has not been subdivided. Now,
in all his reckoning the dootor hns
failed to cnumerato the roaoh back,
eilvertip and cinnamon of the Rocky
Mountains, which old hunters claim
are different, while in North Carolina
the natives recognize as different
varieties of tho same type, the cattle
bear, hog bear, persimmon boar and
sinnnker bear. The latter is jet black
nnd is always designated by a white
spot on its breast. It is largo, for
midable, and has tho repntation of be
ing a man eater. The hog bear noses
around barnyards, while the cattlo
bear flings himself from limbs of trees
upon the shoulders of cattle passing
underneath, and suoks the blood from
their jugulars after the fashion ot the
panther or oatnmount. Skulls of theeo
whon examined might yield aim mr
ther information. forest and Stroam,
Thotocrnph parties afford a now
form of entertainment popular in the
Maino communities ot tho St. Croix
Valley.
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Fruit as Moillrlur.
Why bnvo people always r nton np
plo sauce with their ronst goose and
sticking pig? Simply, explains Professor
Pofshce, bocnuse tho acids and pep
tones iu the fruit nFnist in digesting
tho fnts no abundant in this kind of
food. Tor tho snino renson at the end
of a heavy dinner we oat our cooked
fruits, aud when wo want thoir diges
tive action even mor dovolopcd wo
take thorn after dinner in their natural
uncooked state ns dessert. In tho
past nges, instinct bns (might men to
do this", to-dny soionco tells thorn why
thoy did it, nnd this fame science tolls)
ns thnt fruit should bo enten ns an nid
to digestion of other foods mnch moro
thnn it is now. Cultivntod frnitn,
suoh ns apples, penrs, eherries, straw
berries, grnpes, etc, coutniu on nn
nlysis very similar proportions of the
same ingredients, which nre nbont nno
per ceut. of flesh-forming albuminoids,
with over eighty per cent, of water.
Digestion depends tipou the notion of
the pepsin in the stomnch upon t''
food, which is greatly aided 'tiy tho
noids of the stomnch. Fnts nre digest
ed by theso noidH, nnd the bilo from
the liver nnd tho noidn nnd peptones
in fruit peculiarly assist the ncids of
the stomnch. Journal ot Health.
Tgg Miai pern.
A new nnd cunning soherao is bcinjT.
worked by certain nleek sharpers nnd
unfortunately several farmers are the
innocent victims. Tho schemer in
this caso nppenrs at tho farmhouse nnd
states that ho represent, nn Kastorn
grocery house. Ho odors to sol! tho
farmer a bill of groceries nnd nccep
in payment eggs. Tho schemer then
gives tho farmer a note promising to
pay tho faco value in grooerios, whilo
the fnrmer given his nolo agreeing to
pny fnoe value in eggs. Of course this
seems to bo a fair deal, but tho gro
ceries fail to nppcar. Tho farmer'
note nppenrs at tho looal bank for col
lection nnd there is nothing for the
urmer to do but to pny the same. Tho
schomer has erased all reference to tho
paymont in eggs aud the note has to
bo settled in rash, American Agncnl-
nrist.
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of tho
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper cf
forts gentle efforts pleananteftortn
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that ao many forms of
sickness aro uot clue to any ncuuu dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, wnicn me pieuaaii
family laxative. Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. Thnt is why it is the only
remedy with millions of famillea, and in
everywhere esteemed ao highly by all
io value gooii neninu m iwikuh-,
m Aha tn the fact, that it is tho
ono remedy which promote Internal
cleanliness without debilitating tho
orgnna on which it acts. It in therefor
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u.dni efTonta. to note when you pur
chase, thnt you havo the genuine arti
cle, which Is manufactured by the Cali
fornia t ig Nyrup Co. oniy nnu boiu oj
all reputable druggists.
If in tho enjoyment of pood health,
nnd the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
nfllicted with any nctiinl disease, ono
mny be commended to the most skillful
physlclnns, but if in need of a laxativo,
ono should hnvo tho best, nnd with the
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