rOREST REPUBLICAN. They
vourt costs unil
, e aw allowed up about
c. wink, fining one of the inrties.
r ry ouo i10 jm ,low i,oen ftl).
WJ"Jr,leil the cherry tree.
The tea harvest lepins in China
about April 1. Litter in the month
there are two other harvests which
yield inferior trades.
I HOl'THEHI MOUNTAINS.
ftperlnl Rntpn From All 1nlnt on Southern
llnllwuy to Cnnvfntlnn of Intrrnntlmml
Chrlattnn Wnrltprd, lllnek Mountain,
N. C, July I Sill to August nth.
For the ChrlMInn Work mid HIMe Study
Afwniblr of the Inti'rnntinnnl t'ltrlslinn
V'nrkcrs AsMX-littlon, hold tin tho timiind
of the Moti' tln Hetrent at Mack Mountain,
N. '., Julv !th to Siflt Inclusive, t.lifSo thi-rn
Railway bas cmntpil out' fatv. tioltuz tlrktta
may be'ittrrli..d .Inly IK, lit unit 91, with
t iirI time llntlt Aui?itt ft. Tha Hwnilily In
under tlirdlrertltm t tltelnt rnntinnnl 'hvi
tlnn Worker' Af'nclntlnn. lttv. Floyd V.
Tontpkins, ,lr., fttetnr of (irnce Kptst'opal
t 'hutch, rrovMenco, H.t.. PreaMfnt, nnd liev.
Inhn t'. t'nllln, New llnvcn. Conn., Socro
tary. The altitude n' the a armliK rounds
t Hlack Mountain varlra from -TOO f,rt'o
7inifirt. The ssstwl -t nn offers the ns of Its
? rounds for a nominal sttm to any who tlolre
o pitch their tents and tnnke n en nip nu'im
the time tif the itss- mhly. It I onlv S miles
from Mt, Mitchell, the ltlehn-t moun.aln this
pldp of the KtM-kies. Full pnrticulRrts esn he
obtained Irom any ticket niretit on t t South
ern Hallway, or (ienersl Kastein Ufllcr, ZA
Broadway, New York Ity.
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
nps sfter first day's use of Dr. Kline's reat
Nerve Restorer, t'Jtrial bottle and treatise free
Da. R. H. Ki.ikr, l.t.l .KIl Arch Kt..l'hila..Pa.
Mrs. Wlnalnw's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens thp trump, reducing In fiamma
lion, allays pain, cures wind colic. ijc.a bottle.
Conductor K. D. Loontls, Detroit, Mich.,
says: "The effect of Hall's Catarrh Cure la
wonderful." .Write, him about it, bold by
Druggists, "tic.
Ptso'e Cure for Consumption relieves the
most obstinate coughs. Hev. D. Hri-HSU'EL-ixn,
Lexington. Mo.. February 24. 1WH.
The face of humanity displays fewer pimples
than formerly. Reason Glenn's Sulphur ISonp.
Mill's Hair Whisker Dye, black or brown. Stic.
SCROFULA CURED
Hood's Sarsaparilla Just Was
Needed.
"I have tnken Hood's Sarsaparilla for
scrofula troubles and It litis given me relief.
I find It drives away that tired feeling and
it Is Just what Is needed when the system
Is run down. I gladly recommend Hood's."
Chabi.es A. Baker, Little Utlca, New York.
HOOCl'S Spra8rU,a
Isthebest In fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Hood's Pills cure all liver Ills. 25 cents.
A Military Guild.
Tha Mohammedan population of the
lurkmn Empire has beeu very aptly
compared to an immense religious con
fraternity; it is, in fact, a vast military
guild or brotherhood, according to the
an t nor ol tue Sultau and His Subjects.
bound to obey the commands of its su
preme chiefs, the Sheik-ul-Islam and
the Sultan. Every Turk ought, in a
certain sense, to be a priest and a war
rior. Remembering this fact, we can
readily understand the ease with which
the Bpirit of fanaticism is roused in
those portions of the empire where the
Turks are lu the majority, and the fe
rocity with which an otherwise docile
and somewhat indifferent natured peo
pie will behave under the influence of
what I may call religious iutoxication. "
Itermutla Lily Bulbs.
In 1896, Bermuda hly bulbs were
exported to the United States to the
value of over $00,000. The quantity
shipped in 1896 fell but little short of
that shipped in 1895, but the value
was only half the business of the for
mer year, when syndicate was in
control of the situation putting up
prioes to an abnormal level. The
' population of Bermuda is 16,000.
American Agriculturist.
Try Grain-0 I
Try Grain-0 !
Ask your Grocer to-day to
show you a package of
GRAIN-O. the new food
drink that takes the place of
coffee.
The children may drink
it without injury as well as
the adult. All who try it, like
it. GRAIN-O has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java,
but it is made from pure
grains.and the most delicate
stomach receives it with
out distress, the price of
coffee.
15 cents and 5 cents per
package. Sold by all grocers.
Tastes like Coffee
Looks like Coffee
How Old
HI It III III Ill 111 I
You need not answer the question, madam,
for in your case age is not counted by years. It
will always ba true that "a woman is as old
as she looks." Nothing sets the seal of age
oo deeply upon woman's beauty as gray hair.
It is natural, therefore, that every woman is
anxious to preserve her hair in all its original
abundance and beauty; or, that being denied
the crowning gift of beautiful hair, she longs
to possess it. Nothing is easier than to attain
to this gift or to preserve it, if already
possessed. Ayer's Hair Vigor restores gray
cr faded hair to its original color. It does this
by simply aiding nature, by supplying the
nutrition necessary to health and growth.
There is no better preparation for the hair
than
AYER'S HAIR VIGOR.
- Mm rilot IlnMe.
. i.e pilots of Sandy Hook are about
"to adopt the use of steam for the first
time. They have always a prejudice
in favor of sailing vessels, although
several of the Southern ports have had
steam pilot boats for many years. The
new steamer being built for the New
York pilots at. Wilmington is entirely
of steel, 155 feet long, nineteen feet
seveu inches deep and twenty-five-foot
beam, with accomodations for twenty
five persons. She will be able to make
twelve miles an hour.
A Fonr-Iollar (liilil Piece.
A curiosity in the shape of a $4 gold
piece was offered at the sub-treasury
in Cincinnati. This is probably the
first time in the history of the office
that a coin of that denomination was
ever beheld by the attaches. The
cum came lrom the riltu IS at tonal
Hank, to which one of the depositors
had taken it to find out how much it
was worth. The tellers at the bank
were unable to decide the question,
and the coiu w as sent to Uncle Sam's
employes in the Federal Building, but
no one there would accept it for the
Treasury for its face value.
Coin leller ISobert Brasher, who is a
numismatist of considerable repute, as
well as Teller White, who is consid
ered one of the most expert counter
feit detectors in the country, and
Cashier Stout, said that they had
nover heard of the Government coin
ing a piece of money of that denomina
tion, and that they w ould not accept it
even at its face value. The tables giv
ing the coinage of money from the
earliest date to the present time were
looked np, but there was no record of
the Government ever having coined a
$4 gold piece. The coin that was pre
sented was placed ou the scales and
was found to weigh 108 2-10 grains,
making it worth about twenty cents
more than its face value.
The description of tho coin is as
follows: It is almost the size of a $5
gold piece. On the face around the
outer edge are the words: "United
States of America." Just underneath
this, in small type, are the words: "E
Pluribus Unum." In the center is a
star bearing the following: "One
stella, 400 cents." Underneath the
star, in small letters, are the words:
"Deo est Gloria." On the obverse
side, in the centre, is a head of the
Goddess of Liberty. Above this on
the outer edge are thirteen small stars.
Between the stars are the following
letters and figures: 6, G, 3, S, 7, C,
7, O, 11, A, M, S. Underneath the
head is the date 1879. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
First Sunday-School In the World.
In recounting the ministrations ol
John Wesley in Georgia, where the
famous preacher sowed the first seed
of Methodism in America, the Rev. W.
J. Scott, D. D., in the Ladies' Home
Journal, claims that Wesley estab
lished the first Sunday-school in the
world, at Savannah. In connection
with his other labors, which were in
deed prodigious, Wesley soon after his
arrival in Georgia, in 1786, began to
provide for the Sunday-Bchool instruc
tion of tho children of the parish. His
devotion to children at times almost
amounted to infatuation. Children
were likewise equally attached to him,
as shown in their intercourse with him.
Both on week days and Sabbaths he
gave no little attention to educational
work. As a preliminary labor on the
Subbath, before the evening service, he
required them to convene in the church,
at which time he catechised them
thoroughly and furnished them with
additional teaching from the Bible
itself.
"In the present Wesleyan Memorial
Church, in Savannah, Georgia, there
is a Sunday-school room into which
hundreds of children crowd for Sun
day instruction. The original school
was less in number, but it was un
questionably the first Sunday-school
in the world. When taught by Wes
ley it numbered between sixty and
seventy-five scholars, but from all ac
counts there were few, if any, Indian
bovB in his earlier classes. A very
high authority, Sir Charles Reed, M.
P., LL.D., of England, is clearly of
the opinion that this Sunday-school
was the first fouuded in the world, and
that it antedates by a half century the
secular instruction of Robert Kaikes
at Gloucester, England, as well as the
first school in America upon Rakes'
plan, which was established in the city
of New York."
Stranee View to a Murder.
A rich Russian banker had been
discovered murdered in his house in
St. Petersburg, says a writer in the
Green Bag. There was no clew, but
in the room there was found a cigar
mouth-piece containing part of a cigar
of such an expensive kind that it was
supposed the banker himself had beeu
smoking it just before the crime had
been committed.
On clone examination the mouth
piece was found to be worn away by
the teeth of its owner, but the dead
man a teeth did not fit the indentation
ri,i. . . i
xue servants were one by one ex
amined, and it was then found that
tho hollows of the mouthpiece com
pared exactly to the formation of the
front teeth of the cook, to whom no
suspicion had been attached. He af
terward confessed to the murder.
are You?
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Odor From New Iron Vessels.
The odor from the beating of a now
iron vessel is very unpleasant, and it
msy be avoided in this manner: Place
the kettle in the yard at a safe dis
tance from anything inflammable and
put into it a cloth saturated with kero
sene; drop a lighted match upon the
cloth and let the oil burn out. When
the kettle is again cold wash it In a hot
solution of strong soda water. After
this treatment tho vessel may be lined
in the house without any disagreeable
odors.
How to Overcome the Clothes Moth
Everything about tho honso that
might conceal a moth should bo thor
oughly shaken Bnd aired, and when
possible tho clothes and furs should
be left in the sun for some hours. II
the bouse is badly infested, or any
particular article is supposed to bo so,
a free use of benzine will be advisable.
All the floor cracks and dark closets
should be sprayed with this substance.
Benzine spray will kill the insects at
every stage, and is one of the few sub
stances which will destroy tho eggs.
No light should be brought into the
room while the benzine is being ap
plied, as it is highly inflammable.
Tho room and clothes should be thor
oughly aired afterwards before any
light is introduced. Camphor, to
bacco, naphthaline and other strong
odorants arc only partial repollants,
and without the May and June treat
ments are of littlo avail. New York
World.
Vse Color Judiciously.
There are colors that are refreshing
nnd broadening, others that absorb
light and give a boxed-up appearance
to a room, others that make a room
with a bleak, northern exposure, or
with no exposure at all, appear bright
and cheerful; some that make room
appear warm, some that make it cold,
The thermometer seems to fall six
degrees when you walk into a blue
room. Yellow is an advancing color;
thereforo a room fitted up in yellow
will appear smaller than it is.
On the other hand, blue of a cer
tain shade introduced generously iuto
a room will give nu idea of space.
Rod makes no difference in regard to
size. Green makes very little.
It a bright, sunny room gets its
light from a space obtruded upon by
russet-coloreu or yollow-paiuted
houses, or else looks out upon a stretch
of green grass, it should bo decorated
m a color very different from the
shade choseu if the light comes from
only an unbroken expanse of sky.
Red brings out m a room whatever
hint of green lurks in the composition
of the other colors employed.
Ureen needs sunlight to develop
the yellow in it and make it seem
cheerful.
If olive or red brown be used in con
junction with mahogany furniture, the
offect is very different from what it
would bo if blue were used. Blue
would develop the tawny orango lurk
ing in tho mahogany.
If a ceiling is to be made higher,
leave it light, that it may appear to
recede. Deepeniug tho color used on
the ceiling would make it lower au
effect desirable if tho room is small
and tho ceiling very high. Various
tones of yellow are substitutes for
sunlight. Tho Upholsterer.
Recipes.
Apple Custard One pint of stewed
mashed apples, one pint of sweet
cream, four eggs, one cup of sugar
and little nutmeg. Bake slowly.
Corn Batter Cakes Ono pint of
corumeal, one pint of sour milk or
buttermilk, ono egg, ono teaspoonful
soda, one teaspoonful salt, a table
sposuful of flour. Corn starch can be
used in place of egg. Bake ou a
griddle.
Turnip Salad A pretty aud unusual
salad is made of French peas and Ber
muda turnips, with mayouaise dress
ing. The insides of the turnips are
taken out, so that the vegetables form
shallow cups. These cups are placed
upon lettuce leaves, filled with the
peas, which cover with dressing. j
Stewed Parsnips Wash, scrape
and slice about half an inch thick;
have a skillet prepared with one-half
pint of hot water and tablespoonful of
butter; add tho parsnips, season with
Bait aud pepper, cover closely and
stew until water is cooked away, stir
riug occasionally to preveut burning.
Eggs aud Potatoes Scrambled
Slice six medium-sixed potatoes very
thiu. Heat two tablespoonf uls of but
ter in a skillet, put in Mie potatoes and
let them brown; separate the yolks
from the whites of ten eggs (the whites
to be used in making the cake), stir
the yolks into the potatoes, season
with half a teaspoonful of salt, one
teaspoonful of minced parsley and half
a saltspoonful of white pepper, Stir
well until the egg is cooked; serve on
a hot dish.
Rhubarb Blauo Mange Cut the
rhubarb iuto half-inch pieces, leaving
the akin on. Put in a Htewpan and
cover thickly with granulated sugar.
Do not add any water; the juice from
the rhubarb will soou flow, making
its own liquid. Thicken with corn
starch dissolved in cold water. The
amount of cornstarch depends upou
the juiciness of the rhubarb. Pour
into molds while hut. Serve when
sold with sweetened cream or whipped
cream. This is delicious.
Lettuce Soup Chop up two heads
of lettuce aud stew it with a largd
tulilenpoouftil of butter, a small half
teaNpoouful of sugar aud sixty drops
of vinegar. Keep ulirriug and do not
lot it burn. Add a tablespoonful of
flour, a saltspoonful of pepper and a
small teaspoonful of salt; break in two
eggs aud stir well; then pour ou some
weak broth, ullowiugtwo gills for each
person Lay dice of stale bread in
the tureen; add half a pint of cream
or milk to the soup just before you
pour the boiling soup over the bread.
Baked Chicken Wash, scrajie and
quarter four parsnips; parboil twenty
minutes; prepare a tine chicken and
split open at back; place in a drippiug
pau, tho Bkiu side up, lay parsnips
around tho chicken, sprinkle with
salt aud pepper; add uu egg-sized
lump of butter aud two slices of Bult
pork; put enough water in tho panto
prevent burning; place in oven aud
bake, basting frequently, until chicken
and parsnips are done a delicate
browu. Serve the chicken beparately
uu a platter; place the parsnips iu a
dish aud pour the strained gravy iu
the pan over them.
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
. nmmer-Mmle Mttnnro.
Manure made in summer IraRtes
much faster than it does in winter.
Tho warm weather hastens its decom
position. But it is easy to prevent
serious loss by keeping the excrement
piled and so covered with earth that
no ammonia can escape. Where cowi
are allowed to lie in tho barnyard dur
ing the night, much of their liquid ex
crement is wasted. All such wastes
detract from tho profit of dairying,
when as milk and butter prioes now
are, the most must bo mado of every
thing to keep the balance on the sido
of profit.
Poisoning Moles.
For years wo tried iu vain to check
tho ravages of those pesky littlo fol
lows by the use of various vegetablo
products, such as corn soaked in pois
on and dropped in their burrows,
writes II. E. Tweed. Wo met little
success and now it develops that the
mole is not a vegetarian but feeds
nearly altogether on insects, such as
grnbs, earthworms, etc. This conclu
sion was reached by the examination
of tho stomachs of a number of speci
mens. Hereafter wo will procure in
sects of various kinds aud after soak
ing them in a solution of water and
arsenic will drop them in roads whore
it is hoped that our niolcship will find
his death.
Feeding Coir.
The Wisconsin Experiment Station
is anthority for tho following:
1. That it seems clear that tho
quantity of milk given by a oow is
quite easily influenced by the amount
and kinds of food used iu tho ration.
2. That although thero are a few
notable exceptions, tho weight of the
evidence seems to warrant tho state
ment that tho individuality of the cow
is the maiu factor iu determining tho
composition of the milk, while the food
has very little, or at least, a very un
certain effect upon it.
3. That tho effect of the food on the
churnability of the cream is unimpor
tant. 4. That certain foods impart to the
milk and its products peculiar flavors,
although it is uncertaiu how far skill
in feeding may avoid these flavors.
5. That the hardness and color of
tho butter are varied by certain
changes in the food.
Value or Cotl Ashe.
Somo years ago, says a writer in tho
National Stockman, I spread A number
of loads of coal ashes thickly on part
of a low, wet piece of land. Iu the
winter this land was plowed for corn,
the ashes turned under, with the re
sult of a marked difference in yield
where the ashes were. Next year the
same field was put iu corn, an addi
tional lot being covered with coal
ashes, and the same marked difference
was noted on the two plots. After the
second crop the bottom was sown to
wheat and grass, and whilo it cannot
be said that any difference was noticed
in the yield of these, after the land
had beeu in grass three years it was
again plowed aud put iu corn, and the
ash-treated places could bo noticed iu
the yield. Before the ashes were ap
plied the soil was heavy aud soggy;
but the following summer, iu tendiug
the crop, a marked difference was
notioed iu its condition. There is no
doubt that in this latitude southern
Ohio coal ashes are beneficial on wot
or clayey lands. Thero may not be
much fertilizing property in them, but
they are an excellent uetitralizer and
loosener of heavy Boil. New York In
dependent. I.ltne for Chickens.
The following letter explains itself
and also gives the cause of the unfor
tunate results. Whenever lime is rec
ommended for the use of chickens, or
for scattering over tho floor of the heu
house to destroy lice, or over the
ground in tho yard, whero young
chickens range iu the spring, to de
stroy the gape worm, slacked lime is
always meant to be used. Uuslacked
lime, in contact with any moisture,
easily slacks, and in the operation
greatly increases iu bulk aud produces
a large amount of heat. If iu contact
with a small amount of water, heat
enough is quickly produced to burn
any animal's flesh, and this is what
happened to the hens which ato the
nnslacked limj and the increase in
bulk choked them. It is a wonder
that more were not killed. Unslacked
lime often produces heat enough in
slacking to ignite any easily combusti
ble material with which it is in con
tact. Care should, therefore, be taken in
storing it in a dry place where it is
not in contact with anything easily
burnt. It will slowly Black when for
a time exposed to the air. '
This is air-slacked lime, aud is now
cool and harmless. Chickens can dust
with this and eat it without harm.
A Gamecock Fights Ilia I matte.
One of the gamest gainccockB in St.
Louis, Mo., gave a chance audience a
rare treat. He fought his image to a
finish. By chauce a mirror had been
left in the back yard at the corner ol
J effersou avenue and Pino street. The
cock was strutting about the yard
looking for trouble wheu suddenly he
came face to face with his intake in
the glass. His fighting blood was up,
At last he had met a bird that he con
sidered worthy of his prowess. He
eyed the supposed enemy critically.
His auger grew as the image mocked
him. The feathers began to me ou
his neck aud in another instant he
made a lunge at the glass. Picking
himself up from the ground, where he
had been doubled in aheap, ho backed
off a few paces. The cowardly image
also backed away and mocked him.
Ho made lunge after lunge at the
glass, each time backing away thor
oughly surprised. Finally he got
tired of retreating and began a fierce
face to face contest with himself. H
fought until he fell from sheer exhaus
tion. New York World.
Caught Mink and Trout Uuth.
A few days ago Mr. and Mrs. Cun
ningham, of Kiueo, Me., went in 0
canoe fishing on the Moose River,
where Mr. Cunningham hooked a big
trout. After considerable effort he got
the fish to the side of the boat aud
Mrs. Cuiiuiugham slid a net under it,
and just as she did so a mink leaped
from the shore after the trout and
lauded iu the uet, iu which the trout
aud mink became badly entangled, re
quiring over an hour to separate ttiem.
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
How He AYa Cured First rtrlnk U tin
Young Mnn'a lmtRer l'olnt. Hut lie
Falls to Iteallin It A Mnrressfnl Fhvs
Iclan'a Warning Atlvlro to Htntlents.
"Thst nlKbt I came home solior 'twas a
rare thlntt, you must know.
As I Dttimltleil through tlin kitchen 'twas
about two years ago
Tho beilroom ttoor was opon, and I couldn't
help tint see
My littlo chap a-pr.tyln' at his mother's
knee.
"I drew back In ths shatlder they both
. looked sorter tieat,
I knew Vtey didn't over haro more'n half
enough to eat.
Ho clasped two llttla scrawny hands, dos-
p'rlt whlto andolim,
As If to show 'era up in heaven how I
troatvd lilm.
"There's somethln' vp abovo us that pulls
when wo hitch on;
H drawed m out o' tin) mlro when I was
nigh clean gone;
An' I tell ye what It 'tis, fellers, If I've
turned out mlitillln' fair,
'Tis all along o' that boy o' mine naoiia'
me In his prayer." .
A rhvslrlan' Advlre.
Ir. Dash, a successful physician In tho
West, returned to his old homo lately after
a long absence, and visited tho eoliegn In
which ho had been educated. ''Twenty
years ago," ho said to a group of students,
"I graduated In this hall. Thero were
eighteen men tn my class. Of thneighteeti.
six drank habitually while at college. Not
to excess, Imt regularly a glass or two
eaeh tiny. Not ono of these men lias suc
ceeded In nttalulng fortune, reputation, or
oven a resiiectablo posit loo. lint they woro
among tho ablest men in the class.
"While at collego I was In tho habit of
frequenting the dally newspaper olTlco
hero. Thero were ten moa ill it editors
and reporters I knew them all a lot of
bright. Jolly fellows. Thn work was hard.
tho hours late, tho meals Irregular. Kvery
man in tno olnee drank but one, a reporter,
en l'erry. One of tho reporters told me ho
had seen Ben cotno from a llro at two
o'clock In tho morning, drenched to tho
sum ana tired out. Ho would look wist
fully at tho whisky bottle, but he never
touched It. I lntiuired forth liovs to-dav.
Three had died from drinking; six were
holding Inferior positions In newspaper
olTleos. 'Habits bad," said my informant.
'They could not make their way, and so fell
lower and lower. Perry's head was always
cloar, and ho was regular at his work. Ho
Is edltor-in-ehtet of ono of tho principal
newspapers In a sea-board city. Ho had
not nair the natural anility ol at icaM in roe
of tho others.'
"These are fBcts," said tho doctor. "I
advise you who are beginning life to con
sider them. I ltavo not a word tossy about
the moral question Involved in drluking.
But I know, as a physician, that no Ameri
can With his nervous organization In this
wearing climate can habitually take liquor
without injury to his health and without,
In greater or less degrco, hindering his
:hance of success."
Ioesn't Healiie tho lnnger Point.
Asa rule no young man ever paid for his
first drink. Did vou ever think of It, or
what that part Implies? It means that your
brother, your son or somebody's son, who
perhnps has been carefully traiued, had
made acquaintances who, through a simi
lar process had become drinkers aud, at
last, either occasional or frequent visitors
to get "something to steady my nerves."
The ordinarily well trained young man
will resist these invitatinus possibly for a
long time, but on some special outing, or
under special circumstances he accepts tho
proffered "treat" not realising that iu so
doing he has crossed the danger line.
Once treated ho feels under a social obli
gation to return the compliment and ho Is
well started on the broa I highway which
Is certain to end Id mental and physical in-
tury, but with all the probabilities of a
lappy future against him.
Indeed his chances are no better than
those of tbousautls I have soon In tho rags
of tramps rathe ranks of embezzlers, de
faulters and formers or Confined lu our
public institutions:
fn a living grave apart from men.
The mind tormented with tho "Might havo
been."
Of wasted years, 'mid which tho striving
soul
Quaffs bitter gall from sorrow's fateful
bowl.
Bidwell's National Gazette.
The Cider Question.
Tho Temperanea Cans'? devotes consider
able space to tho elder question, aud gives
the testimony of men in dllTeront countries,
all going to show tho mischievous iullu
ences of the elder mill. Iu these are some
very strong statements, which it would be
well for any who have doubts as to tho
righteousness of prohibiting its sale to
read. The editor of tho Temperance C'auso,
Rev. Mr. Noon, says editorially:
"Wo wage no war against tho orchard.
The apple is easily our leading fruit, and
will be for a century. It is healthful, and
has no substitute, raw or cooked. Thero
are muny legitimate uses for tho Juico of
apples. Boiled down into a thiu syrup,
say one-fourth its volume, tt does not fer
meut, and Is extremely useful for pies and
sauce, lied need to a jelly, nothing can be
finer for a relish. The poorer fruit may ba
fed freely to stock. Many farmers claim
that tho fruit, properly administered,
makes excellent milk or beef, and needs no
more skill lu foediug thau cottonseed. It
is an open question whether tho decayed
apples are not of considerable value as a
fertilizer, particularly iu sandy soil. Al
most the only deoent vtuugar Is mudo (foul
cider."
It Degrades a Mail.
Drunkenness degrades a man and drnrs
ti'.m to a level lower than the beat. The
likenetts of a mau to God Is blotted out by
this sin. All that is no'.do iu man coaies
from his soul. Tho men who have lived
tho best lives aud done the most good lu
the world are those who havo huIkIu-.m!
their passions, tuatistlcs tell us tliit
three-fourths of the crimes committed tire
dona whilo under tho liilluvneo of strnug
drink. Kixty-llvo per ceut. of tho oouvie
tlous for crimes can be truced to driuk, aud
a large per cent, of the poverty throughout
the laud.
What Followed the Drinks.
Iu a case of assault aud battery, counsel,
In examining oue of tho witnesses, aAi-d
him what they had tlio II rat pluuo they
stopped at.
"Four glasses of ale," was the reply,
"Noxfr"
"Two glasses of whisky."
"Next?"
"One gloss of brandy."
"Next?"
"A fight."
Experiments With Alcohol on Kittens.
A series of experiments by (!. F. Hodge,
described before the American Physiologi
cal (Society, Is reported iu l'opulur Nolcuoo.
Alcohol lu moderate doses was given to a
pair of klttous. At the eud of leu days they
contracted severe colds, while tho otliei
two kittens were lu good condition. Th
aleohollo pair attained ouly tliirty-uluo pet
ceut. andsixty-three pur oeitt. of theweighl
of the uou-aleohollo pair. Of two pairs ol
Bpauiels the aleoholid pair weighed less,
aud, as tested by tho pedometer, developed
only seventy-one and ilfty-seveu per cent,
of the activity of the normal pair, Iu
chaslug after aud bringing balls the ettl-
cleney of the former amounted to only
tulrty-two aua luriy-iour per ueni.
CERMANS USE OUR BICYCLES.
Manufacturers In That Country Are Wor
ried by the Competition.
Charles De Kay, our Cousul-Oeneral at
Berlin, states lu a letter to thn Ktuto De
partment that bicycles of Auioricau make
lire selling so extensively in Onruiany thut
the mauufacturers of that country are
trndly worried.
The League of Industrials at Bochuin. a
manufacturing eentre, has petitioued the
German Governmeut to raise the rateB ou
American wheels.
The reason given by Mr. De Kay for the
big sale of the American bicycles is that
they are the strongest, lightest, soundest
and most elegant iu shape. They iiavo
quite taken the field, be says, from Bclglun,
Austria and British wheels.
A Nhort-I.lved Island.
In lStl7 a new shoal was discovered
in the group of the Tonga, or Friendly
Islands. In 1877 smoke was seen
over the shoal. In lftS5 tho shoal had
boeomo a volcanic island, more than
two miles long and 210 feet high, and
a fierce t'ruption was Inking place
within it. In 1880 the island had be
gun to shrink in dimensions, although
the uext year its highest point was 825
feet above sea level. In 18S9 its
height hail diminished one-half, nnd
tho ocean close around it was more
thau a mile deep. Iu 1892 the island
roso only twenty -five feet above sea
level. According to the latest infor
mation its complete disappearance, un
der the action of tho waves, will uot
be long delayed.
Insitranre nn 1orn.
A novel insuranoo company has bcon
organized, and is already doing a largo
business in this city insuring dogs
against loss, stealing or impounding.
litis is done by registering tho dog
with this company, with its full descrip
tion, and receiving a tag to bo woru
with tho city licenso tag.
I be company has a man nt each
pound to release any dog bearing such
a tag and return it immediately to tho
owner. This is a groat advantage, as
itogs often contract diseases in such a
place. It also saves both dog and
owner much misery, anxiety, and
trouble, to say nothing of tho expense
and tiresome traveling aud red tape
which are necessary to rcscuo a dog
from tho pound. Chicago Tribune.
Heat llcst and Comfort.
Thero Is a powder to be shaken Into tho
shoes culled Allen's Foot-Kaso, Invented by
Allen K. Olmsted. La llov. N. v.. wblcli
druggists and shoo dealers say is tho best
tiling tney navo ever soiti to cure soro and
tender or aching feet, home dealers claim
that it makes tight or new shoes feel casv.
It certainly will cure corns nnd bunions and
relieve instantly sweating, hot or smarting
feet. It costs only a quarter, and the Invent
or will send a snmplo free to any address.
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