Vrtiff Mtln For fiin-rrn.
Tho Intoat in the realm of glnve
Ciaking in gloveR of frnjj plun. Tlii
Bkin in nil to he the finest and fon(fh
est leather in the world. The rieninnd
for thorn in not frrent. hut of anffieient
tlimenRiniin to nmke it worth bile to
Uiannfneture.
Itanr. t ScTTant' llnlln.
Queen Victoria hns not dnnred t a
state bnll sinre IHfiO. Hut she lm
frequently at the tennntn' or acrvnnta'
balls at Dnlmornl troihlen a measure
with some of her favorite attendants.
J llrnnsrhnm of (inM and Silver.
The finest hroucrhnm in the world is
owned liv the Maharajah of Ohened,
one of the wealthiest of East Indian
potentates. The handles of the doors
of this brougham are of solid polil,
while the rest of the rnrriage down to
the tires of the wheels, is of silver.
The marquis' rrown hears four
Mrawberrv leaves and four pearls. In
Franee the strawberry leaves are re
placed by leaves of parsley wrought in
gold.
What Kino Will Ituv.
U mns. onurw In Wnvl' Vw Ynrk School nf
Pnlneiind Shnrthaml. Tuition. Hook a. Hoard,
Th unlimited rH-iMH1lc of MH-urine crwl
position. K. K. Woon. "til Ave. and li"th St.
Knglnnd I'nraay Over Short Crops.
The failure of the crops causes general
uneasiunss In England.
llenfness Cannot Ite Cured
rT local application, as they nnnot reach tho
dleaed portion nf the car. There I onlv nne
wav tn en re deafm. and that In bv constitu
tional reme-lf". I afnes I caused hy an 'n
flamed condition of the mucnti lininffof the
Futachian Tube. When this tnle gets In
fi imel yoii have n rnmhllnir sound or imper
fect hcarlne. and when It Is e-tfrely rinsed
Ileafnew I the result, and uoles the lutlanr
mat.lon esn he tiken nut and this tulte re.
stored to Its normal rnmlitlrtn. hearine will le
destmc' d for ver. Nine cases fmt.nl ten sre
caused hy catarrh, which Isnothinir hntan In.
flamed condition nf the mucou snrfacea.
We will (rive One Hundred Dollars for any
esse of Deafnes, lesused bycatarrht that can
not be cured by Hull's Catarrh I ure. Send
for circular, free.
F. .1. rnrtrr & Co., Toledo, O.
fold br Tlruetrist. 7.V.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
There i a Class of reopla
Who are Injured by the use of coffee. Re
cently there baa been p'aced In all the grocery
stores a new preparation called Graln-O, msd
of pure Brains, that takes the. rlsce of coffee.
The most delicste siomsch receive. It without
distress, and but few enn tell it from coffee.
It does not cnt over one-quarter as much.
Children may drink It with preet lenefif. IS
ct. and SB cts- per package. Try it. Ask for
Oraln-0.
Half the Fnn
Of fretting up In the mornlns Is In washing
or bathing with llreydoppel's borax soap.
Full pound bars at all kind of stores, (ienulne
Ureydoppel. (ienuine fun.
Fits permanently cured. No fitor nervous
ness after first dsv use of Dr. Kline's iireat
Nerve Hestirer. $ Atrial tnttle and treatise free
Dh. R. H. Ki.iuk. Ltd.. Ml Arch st..hlla..I'.
I believe Tiso's Cure for Consumption savetl
my bov's life last summer. Mrs. At. lib Dol'O
lass, Le Koy. Mich.. Oct, 8), tm.
f . , .
If affiictedwith soreeyesuse Dr.TaaeThomr
eon's Eye-water. Ilrufrctsta sell at 2.5c. per bottle,
THE CHIEF THING
In Maintnininq Good Henlth is Pure,
Rich, Nourishing Blood.
The blood carries nourishment and furn
ishes support for the organs, nerves and
muscles. It must be made rich and puro
if you would have strong nerves, good
digestion, sound sleep, or It you would
be rid ot that tired fouling, those dis
agreeable pimples, eczema, or scrofula.
No medicine Is equal to Hood's Barsapa
rllla for purifying the blood. It Is a med
lolno of genuiue merit and will do you
wonderful good. ' Try It now.
Uaarl'a Dili a are the only pills to take
nOUU S r I11S wlthliood'aSirsaparilla.
Hewing Machines on Meii-of-War.
Visitors on board war vessels in the
Navy Yard will very likely see among
the sailors scattered about the decks
smoking, talking, and soon, a sailor at
work with a sewing mnchine. It is a
hand machine, and has a pretty heavy
base, so that it can be set down on
deck and worked easily without shift
ing its position.
The machine is owned by the man
working it. . On a big ship like, foi
example, the battleship Indiana, cur
rying a crew of 400 men or more, there
would probably bo found as many as i
dozen sewing machines; on a third
rate cruiser, a smaller vessel, such,
for illustration, as the Detroit, thert
would be apt to be four or five sewing
machines, lue machines are oftenest
owned by sailmakers and sailmakers'
mates, but they may be owned by sail
ore; any man on the ship might have a
sewing machine if he wanted to.
Bpace is valuable on a vessel, and
so only hand machines are allowed,
and to bring a machine aboard per
mission must be got from the com
manding officer. It is not to be sup
posed that every man in the chip
would want a sewing machine; as
matter of fact, comparatively few men
do; and those who want to take one
aboard are not likely to find any diffi
culty in the way.
A aailor who has a sewing machine
makes and repairs garments for him
self, and he does work for others for
pay. lucre are not so many sewing
machines on the vessels of the new
Navy as there were on those of the
old; the sailor nowadays makes up less
of his own outfit than he formerly did;
he draws more completed articles from
the Government; but there is still
plenty of work to be done aboard ship
with sewing machines, and some money
to be made with them yet. Chicago
Inbune.
Cost of Tunneling.
About thirty years ago the Mont
Coins tunnel, ueurly eight miles long,
was constructed ut the rate of one kil
ometer per year, and each kilometer
cost vi,zut),uiMJ. nearly ten years
later the St. Gotthard tumid, nine and
one-fourth miles long, was constructed
at the rate of two kilometers a vcur.
and cost gHOO.OOO per kilometer. The
Bimpsou tunnel, which, when coin
pleted, will be the third to perforate
the Alps, is to be twelve aud a quarter
miles long, will advuuee four kjlo
meters a year aud cost but 000,000
per kilometer.
BUCKINGHAM'S
DYE
For the Whiskers,
Mustache, and Eyebrows.
In one preparation, asy to
apply at home. Colors brown
or black The Gentlemen's
lavonte, because satisfactory.
K- ' Uall l Co., Prwprtrfor. Nunus, N. IX
bvUi l U lmftfi.u.
mmmmmwm
DrajrKlnt" Newly 1'lowed Land.
When land la plowed lor winter
grain after midsummer it needs all the
moisture that the soil has when plowed,
and a good deal more, to make a good
seed bed. The turning of the furrow
exposes a much larger surface to the
air, besides making a hollow beneath,
which also helps to dry out the soil
above it. Early in spring, when the
laud is cold, this large exposure to the
air, which is then warmer thau the
soil, may be beneficial. Even then we
never wanted to let the furrow lie
more than one or two days without
pntting iu the harrow to break up
clods formed by the plow, and which,
if they dried in that state, could not
be made into a good Beed bed that sea
son. Bnt in late summer if it is neces
sory to plow, the rough furrow should
be dragged over as quickly as possible.
It will press the furrow down, causing
weeds and stubble to begin to rot. The
roller also is a help to this. But it is bet
ter to rnn the smoothing harrow over
the rolled surface, so as to roughen it.
The compactness of the soil brings
moisture to the surface, and the rough
ened surface makes a mulch which
prevents too rapid evaporation.
Spring Grain Among Wheat.
To the Middle State farmer who
grows winter wheat the scattering
spring grain which grows among wheat
is a nuisance. Hence he usually
plows or harrows his spring grain
stubble as soon as possible after the
crop is harvested, so as to have the
grains germinate early aud be de
stroyed by subsequent cultivation.
But the far Western farmer who grows
wheat looks on the matter very differ
ently. The danger to his crop is that
winter blizzards will blow all the soil
away from his wheat. The spring
grain makes a larger leaf thau does the
wheat. If it occupies the soil, it pro
tects the wheat plant beside it, and as
the spring grain is killed by winter
freezing, it does not prevent, but
rather aids, the later growth of the
winter grain. Thus it often happens
that Western farmers sow spring grain
with their wheat as a protectiouto it
from winter blizzards. This would
never be done by Eastern farmers, who
wonld find the spring grain au injury
to the winter grain in fall, and no ben
efit whatever to its ability to with
stand the rigors of winter. -Boston
Cultivator.
Picking;, Sorting anil Storing Apple.
My fruit, says G. T. Towell, of New
York, is always picked in baskets,
never in bags, put into piles, and if
for foreign shipment, carefully as
sorted into two grades aud barreled
immediately. Sweating is not neces
sary. v hen not shipped to home or
foreign markets, the fruit is put iuto
bushel boxes and drawn to a storage
room, where the boxes are piled tip,
and there held until ready to Jje sold.
This cellar or storeroom is kept cool
by opening doors and windows at
night and closing them as much as
possible during the day, thus shutting
in the cool air. These boxes should
be made tight, so that when piled the
fruit is well confined from the air.
same as in a barrel. When ready to
sell, the fruit is assorted into No.
ana ao. Z grades, throwing out any
wormy or scabby apples. If the fruit
is to be held for some time, the air can
be brought down to thirty-four de
grees when freezing weather begins
by shutting in the cold air of freezing
nights.
If there are no facilities for holding
apples on the farm and they are put in
cold storage in the city, they should
be assorted and packed in the orchard
and shipped at once, to save expense
in handling. There should be sorters
enough to keep up with the pickers
where fruit is shipped from the
orchard, so that every day's picking
may be secured from the air and placed
in barrels. When picking in the boxes
for home storage, no sorting is neces
sary until the apples are sold, except
that all apples showing any rot should
be thrown out. If apples have to be
held in barrels for a time, do not head
too tight, but before shipping open
head, or rather the bottom, of the bar
rel, pat in another layer, to make fruit
thoroughly tight, aud then ship them.
Trickster at Agricultural Fairs.
Wherever large numbers of people
gather, persons are usually found who
make a living by deceiving the public
They have schemes and tricks inuumer
able that appear to be easy aud simple
but in reality they are quite difficult
and in some cases impossible to sue
cessfully perform. They have wheels
and machines that are doctored to turn
as the proprietor may wish to ruuke
tucui. lhey have cocoauut-heade
negro dodgers to arouse the brutality
in men and boys. They have teute
shows which are disgusting in coarse
ness aud vulgarity.
Among the throngs at agricultural
fairs these leeeheB are out of place
J. hey contribute nothing helpful
good. They do not add to the attrac
tion of the fair. They do not bring
desirable patrons. They do not swell
the gate receipts.
They are not pntiouized by intelli
gent patrons of the fair. They are not
wauteu oy uonest lurmcrs. ilicy are
shunned with four by thoughtful par
ents. Because of their presence even,
the fair is not patronized by muny of
our best citizuus' families.
The harm accomplished by these
self-invited fukirs would doubtless sur
prise us, were it possible to gather and
trace back to their door all the results
of their work. They distract the
thought, they divert the attention, they
destroy the interest iu the real work of
the fair. The competitive exhibitions,
the meritorious displays, the awarding
of prizes are all robbed of the undi
vided interest that belongs to them.
The morals of the country sutler ser
iously, we believe, from actions and
words that, without WHi uiug.are sprung
upon iuquinitive audiences in the tent
shows.
We me glad to see that a strong
iTort is being put forth this season to
keep these objectionable features out of
the grounds, and the attitude of man
agers is encouraging. Farm, Field
and Fireside.
Money in Turkeys.
As fnr as my observations go, writes
R. W. Davidson, of New Jersey, there
is more money iu turkeys than in chick-
ns. Many people believe that tur
keys are delicate and hard to raise.
This is true as they are usually bred
and yet turkeys are not difficult to raise
f they are properlv managed. The
causes of the great, mortality iu tur
keys are in breeding, dampness, lice
and improper food. Inbreeding is the
greatest evil. This degenerates the
stock and then the lice usually put a
top to all further development. These
two evils are worse thnu dampness or
improper feed. Never breed from an
inferior or nndeveloped gobbler and
never breed from the some gobbler
more than one year unless the same
breeding hens are also retained for an
other season. Young hens, if hatched
early, will begin to lay earlier and lay
more eggs thau old ones, yet the old
oues make the best breeders. Tur
keys are profitable until four or five
years old. Do not inbrecd, even for a
single season. It iff far better to ex
pend a few dollars for a new gobbler
nnlcss, as I remarked above, the same
breeders are retained for another sea
son.
If hen turkeys are not allowed to
sit, they will lay from thirty to sixtj
eggs in a season. If one becomes
broody, shut her np for three or four
days and in a week she will be laying
again. Iu summer making growth is
the great object. Turkeys are sup
posed to gather their own living from
the fields, yet the same rule holds
good with turkeys as with chickens.
If we want good size and to have them
to come home to roost, we must feed
them at home every night. Give a
liberal supper of corn and wheat,
mostly wheat until November. Also a
light breakfast if possible. Pure-bred
turkeys are the best- if not inbred
yet if it is considered too costly to
maintain a pure-bred flock, buy a well
developed pure-bred gobbler every
year. The additional expense will be
little compared with the results. When
November comes feed the turkeys in
tended for market liberally with corn.
Remember that this brings a good
price for the corn and a plump turkey
will sell for more thau a poor one. The
more food the growing turkeys con
sume, the more they will weigh when
ready for market. A good rnle is to
give a light meal in the morning and
all they will eat at night, after they
are three months old. They will thus
get half their living on the range.
Some writers have said that the
heavy breeds, such as the Bronze, are
not desirable for the general market,
being too heavy to sell well. This is
wholly incorrect. It should be borne
in mind that turkeys are sold while
yet young. The Bronze will weigh
from two to five pounds more than
any other breed at the same age and
with equal care. The lorgest toms
should be sent oflf at Thouksgiviug
and Christmas, when large birds are
in demand, and the hens held foi
other markets, when medium sized
sell the best. Get all the turkeys ofl
before or during the holidays, as the
market is always best then. It is best
to raise large, quick growing turkeys,
as they require no more time or feed
thau smaller ones.
WISE WORDS.
Malice drinks half of its own poison.
Seneca.
Good will, like a good name, is got
by many actions aud lost by one.
Jeffrey.
lie. that calls a man ungrateful turns
up all the evil that a man can be guilty
of. Swift.
Friendship improves happiness and
abates misery by doubling oar joy and
dividing our grief. Addison.
Gaiety is not a proof that the heart
is at ease, for often in the midst of
laughter the heart is sad. De Genlis.
Men of the noblest dispositions
think themselves happiest when others
share their happiness with them.
Taylor.
Good qualities are the substantial
riches of the mind; but it is good
breeding that sets them off to advan
tage. Locke.
He who cannot forgive others breaks
the bridge over which he must pass
himself; for every man has need to be
forgiven. Herbert.
Energy will do anything that can bo
done iu this world, and no talents, no
circumstances, no opportunities will
make a two-legt;ed auimal a man with'
out it. Goethe.
It is impossible to make people un
durstand their ignorance; for it re
quires knowledge to perceive it; and
therefore, he that can perceive it hath
it not. Bishop Taylor.
A I'arttifcr iu Crime.
"Parson," said the dying man, "do
you believe in a deathbed confession?"
"Under certain circumstances," said
the reverend gentleman.
"Well, it is thin way. i cars ago I
was a passenger on the Great Consoh
dat:d Street Bail way."
"Ye, go on."
"Oh, I hate to tell it."
"Go on."
"Ami one day, iu a moment of
vicious insanity, 1 beat them out of
nickel fure!"
He sank back tilj&tihU.l.
"Listen," said the reverend man,
"it may comfort you. Can you hear
me?"
"Ves, yes."
"You needn't feel so worried about
beating I lint gun; of robber out of a
paltry nickel - I beat 'em every chance
Iget!"
And the dying muu passed away with
a peaceful smile. Olevtluud i'luiu-dealer
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
To Itall Cracked Egg.
A cracked egg will boil perfectly
well if wrapped in greased paper, tied
round with a piece of string and put
Into boiling water.
Rait and Apple Sance.
Salted apple sauce is among the
good things of life. A quarter of
teaspoonful to a quart of the sauce is
sufficient. A bit of butter is an addi
tion, too.
Frame For Bodice.
The wire and wooden frames for
banging handsomely trimmed bodices
sud flue shirt waists are now made
things of beauty as well as useful.
They are wound with cotton baiting
and then covered with a full piece of
china silk to match in color the decor
ations of the room they are to be used
in. The silk is made one-eighth of a
yard longer than the holder ot each
end; a piece of ribbon is tied aronivl
it and the frill of silk left to hang.
The hook for hanging the holder np is
wound with Bilk and finished with a
bow of ribbon. These holders have
two uses, for besides keeping a waist
In good shape, they perfume it, the
batting being freely sprinkled with
some fragrant powder before it is
wound over the frame. New York
Sun.
Cucumber Are Harmless.
Many people think they cannot eat
cucumbers, when the fact is that they
have never eaten them when properly
prepared. Friends of mine, who for
years excluded them from their bill of
fare, are now eating them without in
jury. Never eat them directly from
the vineB, no matter how cool and
dewy they may be; they need to stand
in oold water to extract the unwhole
some greenness which some ctll
poison. Again, those who use ioe
keep the encumber in the ice box un
til meal time, then pare and slice it,
and because it is' crisp they consider it
all right. My custom is to pick them
early iu the morning, before the sun
has heated them, immerse them in
3old water in a cool pantry, then about
tho middle of the forenoon pare and
place them in more fresh water,
changing this once more just before
Sinner time when they are sliced.
The last water may be salted to good
affect. Avoid overgrown cucumbers,
also those which show a distinct green
when cut. Mrs. J. W. Wheeler, in
New England Homestead.
How German Serve Vegetables.
The German method of serving veg
etables is very pretty aud novel. A
dish will be passed to yon, a large
Bat platter, on which there are four or
five different kinds of vegetables, not
mixed together, but arrauged in sym
metrical rows, side by side', across the
plate, and flavored with a nice butter
sauce. They will combine peas, car
rots, string beans, turnips, etc. The
sontrasting colors, arranged taste
fully with reference to the general
sflect, are pretty and take the dish out
of the commonplace. One is sup
posed to help one's self to a very small
portion of each kind. The Germans
have a peouliar taste for combining
vegetables and show a remarkable
food lense as to what flavors should
be united. A dish of spinach aud
turnips we have often tried since we
first tasted it in the Black Forest.
The spinach is chopped very fine and
highly flavored with salt, pepper, but
ter, a little nutmeg and a tablespoon-
ml of soup stock. The turnips are
boiled and then cut iu thin slices. To
erve them, the spinach should be
first plaoed in a vegetable dish, then
the sliced turnip put over the top, so
ts to cover the spinach, and a rich
white sauce poured over the whole.
The combined flavor is vory good.
St. Louis Star.
Recipe.
Albany Pudding Grease a bowl
chick with butter, put seeded raisins'
around it, then line with bread. Make
a custard, pour in, bake and eat with
liquid sauoe.
Sponge Cookies Two eggs, one cup
sugar, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder (rounding), one-half saltspoon
ful salt, two teaspoonfuls lemon juice
or one teaspoonful of vanilla. Flour
enough to roll.
Plum Sauce For Meats To each
pound of Damson plums add half a
cup of sugar, half an ounce each of
cinnamon, mace and cloves. Tie the
spices in a bag, Remove the stones
from the plums and boil until it be
comes thick like jam.
Beef Omelette Four pounds of
round beef, uncooked; chop Hue. Six
eggs, beaten; five or six soda crackers,
rolled fine; little bntter aud suet, pep
per, salt and sage, if you choose.
Make two loaves, roll in cracker, bake
about an hour aud slice when cold.
Blackberry Bread Stew blackber
ries and sweet on to taste. Butter some
slices of stale bread with crusts cut
off, then put a layer of the buttered
bread in the bottom of serving di al
and pour over it hot, etewed fruit.
Repeat until dish is full or fruit used;
eat cold with cream.
Chicken Fritters One cup of flour,
one teaspoonful of baking powder,
half a cup of milk, two eggs. Beat
the eggs thoroughly, add tue milk,
then pour on to the-flpur and baking
powder sifted together. Beat thor
oughly with a wooden spoon. Cut
chicken or veal into thin slices and
sprinkle with salt; dip them into the
batter and fry in hot fat.
Cream Salmon One can of salmon
minced fine; drain off the liquor aud
throw away. For the dressing boil
ono pint of milk, two tablespoonfulsol
butter; salt aud pepper to taste. Have
ready one pint of line bread crumbs;
place a layer iu the bottom of the
dish, then a luyer of fish, then a luyei
of the dressing and so on, having
;ruml;s for tho last layer. Buke until
brown.
Coal In Australia.
They have just been celebrating tho
senteunial of the discovery of coal in
Australia. It was in 17'J7 that coal
was found uear Mouut Keira, iu Ilia
warra, aud at the Hunter River. Up
to 1847 the output of the latter fields
was uuimportuut, and in that year
4'J,732 tons were ruised, while iu 18U5
the amount was about three and three
quarter million tons, valued at ill,
U'J5,M27. Bluck coal of commercial
value may be said at present, as fur us
profitable working is concerned, to be
confined to Mew South W ales, (Queens
land auu Jew euluud.
A TEMFERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
Nalnre' Beverage Who I to Ulaine For
llrnnkennessT Careless l'nreiits, Mod
erate Drinker and "aloon Keeper
Hear Most of the Terrlhle llnrden,
Vhnt haveraRfl esn, ye wise onos tell,
Water pure as a drink excel?
Tlstlie drink of Nature's rnynl fi'nst,
Of fish and reptile, bird and bent;
The beasts that Nature formed so stronrf
Irnnk nothing else thxlr whole lives long,
Yet foolish mnu full oft maintains
That alcohol bis strength sustains.
No liquid but water cools the tliront
Of singing birds of purest note,
The lark, the linnet, the nightingale,
That fill with muslo bill and dale,
And nil the birds that musla fling
Alongour paths in glndsomo spring.
And ehHnt the great Creator's prnlso
In sweet, melodious, tuneful lays.
It Is water is drunk by every rose
And every beauteous flower that blows,
Tho lily white, tho fus.'hln red,
The pansy sweet by dnwdrops fed,
The primrose guy, the violet.
The balmy, fragrant mlgnonettn.
Would men and women too, look fair,
Let them of drunkenness bowaro.
Fixing the Responsibility.
At a mass meeting of men and women
held In the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion building, In Han Frnm-lsco, Dnlght
H. Robinson, of Lansing, Mich., spoke foi
half an hour on the Anti-Saloon Lengue,
He was followed by the Itev. Howard Itus
soll, of Columbus, Ohio, who endoavored
to fix the responsibility for tho results
which follow excosslve Indulgence In
drink.
The latter speaker said that he blamed
every parent who did not warn his children
to keep away from saloons and to shun all
kind of aliioholio or malt liquors. The
saloons, be said, were mantraps that should
be pointed out to tho young. Next he
blamed the moderate drinker. Tho sight
nf a reeling drunkard staggering through
the streets was not likely toeauso young
men to becomo addicted to tho tiso of
liquor, but a snare was to be found In the
sight of a moderate drinker. While ninny
were capable of taking a drink when they
pleased without becoming enslaved by the
Imblt, others could not drink at all without
indulging to excess. For this reason, and
for tho additional fact tlmt moderate
drinkers supported a majority of the sa
loons, he hold this olass ot men responsible
for a large proportion of the Intemperance
that exists.
Dr. Itussell said that young women who
associate with men who drink were to be
blamed. He said no womnn with a correct
sense of propriety and of her own safety
would make a companion of a man who was
aei'ustomod to the uso of liquor as a bovor-
age.
The speaker blamed tlio men who sell
liquor. He said saloon-keepers should bo
held legally responsible as well as morally
accountable for thecrlme, poverty and suf
fering that follow in the wake of drunknn
uess. In closing the Rev. Mr. Kussell men
tioned the work of the Antl-Hnloon League
in unio. lie said that Wlien the inague
was organized live years ago saloons were
ncreastng at the rate of 500 a year. lie
snid the league had not only stopped the
Increase in the number of saloons, but had
driven 2700 places out of existence. He
urged that the principles practiced with so
muen success in unto be adopted in Cali
fornia. An effort should first be made, he
said, to close the saloons on Kunday. Then
the dives and places with side entrances
should be closed, and one by one the worst
matures oi cue saioon nusmcss eradicated.
A Practical Kipcrlineiit.
Years ago. before we entered the ministry
or journalism, our business brought us In
contact wun snipiiuuuers with one In par
ticular, who employed a large number of
men. lie paid them all in tho same man
ner, and nenrly to the same amount, yet
was struck with the difference tn their situ
ations. A few, and only a few, were able
from their wages to support their families,
but these were out of debt and independent
In their circumstnnces. They always had
money on hand and frequently suffered
their wages to He in the hands of their em-
uoyer. The rest were poor and harassed,
he formor easy and comfortable In their
circumstnnces. and he resolved. If possible.
to fiud the cause of the difference.
On luuulrv and examination he found
that those of them who were out of debt
used no intoxicating liquors, while the
others were in the constant and dally use
of them. Here, he was satisfied, was the
explanation. He determined, If possible,
to prevail upon them all to abstain alto
gether from their their use for at least one
year.
lo this proposal thev all agreed, and at
the end of tho year thev wero all to a man
out of debt, had supported their families In
peuer condition, destroyed fewer tools,
were handy and robust and enjoyed better
health. Ko comment Is needed. National
Temperance Advocate.
Fhysiclun to a King Excoriate Drink.
One of the most famous medical men of
F.urope Is Mr Henry Thompson, surgeon to
the Luivorsity College Hospital, fellow of
the lioyal Hoelety, and surgeon extraordin
ary to tho King of the Belgians. Kir Hunry
n as made an especlnl study of alcohol and
Its effect upon tho human system, and has
been most vigorous In his denunciations of
the business of selling it as a beverage and
of Its use as such. On one occasion he
made this observation:
"I have long bad the conviction that there
Is no greater cause of evil, moral and phy
sical, in this country than the uso of alco
holic beverages. I do not mean by this
that extrome Indulgence which produces
drunkenness. The habitual use of fermen
ted liquors to an extent far short of what
Is neuessnry to produce that condition, and
such as Is common In all ranks of society,
Injures the body, and diminishes the men
tal power to nn extent which few people
are aware of. I have no hesitation in at
tributing a very largo proportion of some
of the most paiuful aud dangerous mala
dies which come under my notleo, as well
as thoBo which every medical man lias to
treat, to the ordinary and dully ase of fer
mented drink taken lu tho quantity which
conventionally deemed moderate."
Iteer Drinking- Abroad.
It Is understood thut the greatest bed
drinkers are the Germans, who consumed
6,000.000,000 litres or quarts annually. From
an ofllclal document recently Issued In ber-
iin it appears that there Is an annual con
sumption of 17,700,000,000 quarts through
out the world. Of this tlermauy consumes
the quantity already tmlli-ntud. Great
r.rllaiu and Ireland. 4, 7'J0 ,000 000, theUulted
Mates, 8,v!00,000,000; Austria-Hungary, 1,.
850,000,000; Belgium, 1,050,000,000; France,
040,000,000, and llussia only 400,000,000.
low to Drink and Vet Avoid Drunkenness,
Various nre the methods we havo soen
prescribed to avoid drunkenness. Home
good folk have advocated drinking "sitting
down." Tho trouble Is that some who
drink "sitting down" Had lu the end that
they cannot get up. Others bavo discov
ered the virtue of drinking "standing up,"
as in Bergen, where the bars buve no seats.
But some who drink "standing up" II ml
that they cannot keep "Huudlug up" when
the liquor is down. Wo know of but one
safo method, that is to "let drink alone."
The United States Treasury Department
will begin to restore tho Kills Islaud iuiuii
grant slatlou, New York Harbor, at onou.
A Danfccrou Counterfeit.
One of the most dangerous notes ever
Issued 1 a new counterfeit of the ti silver
certificate. TLe geometrical lathe work Is
so well! done as to offer no means of dis
covering tho character ot the counterfeit.
The most distinguishing detect is the ab
sence of the pronounced white circles
around the pupils of the eyes In the por
trait of William Wlndoin, whleh are in the
uenulne. The roll in the lunel of the eoat
on tho left ot the portrait Is less clearly de
pleted In the genuine than In tue counter
felt, and the stud on the bhlrt bosom is a
nlain oirola on the oouutertelt. Jaiues I'.
Hunt, recelvlug teller In tho ll.iuk of Buf
falo, N. Y discovered tho couuturfuit.
Cats anrt Tint In Happy Family.
Shall the dove follow the eagle's
flight? inquires the poet rhetorically.
He expects a negative answer of course.
Perhaps some day he will not recnive
it, for stranger cases of animal inter
course have been observed. In a
workman's room at Tarkhead, (Glas
gow, in November of Inst year, might
have been seen a cat nursing a young
rat with three of her own kittens. How
she came to adopt the rat, deponent
saith not. " The cat was valued as a
ratter.
Mandnw' Itnyal Woman Itlval.
Sandow his a rival, if reports are
to be believed, who will probably not
meet him on the field of battle. This
is the Archduchess Maria Therese, of
Austria, who is the strongest woman
in the world, and certainly the strong
est in a royal family. She is said to
be capable of lifting a man in the air
with one hand.
AV11Y SO MANY REGULAR PHYSICIANS FAIL
ToGuro Femala Ilia Somo True Reasons Why
Mrs. Plnkham Is More Successful Than
tho Family Doctors.
A woman Is s!elt ; some disease peculiar to her
sex is fast developing in her system, (she goes
to nor lamiiy physician and tells him a
story, but not the whole story. "
She holdssomclhing back, loses her bead,
becomes ngltntcd, forgets what she wants
to say, and finally conceals what she
ought to havo told, nnd thus completely
mystincs Uig Uoctor.
Is it any wonder, thcreforo, that
the doctor fails to euro the disease?
Btill, we cannot blamo the wo
man, for it is very embarrassing
to detail some of tho symp
toms of her suffering, oven to
her family physician.
It was for this reason that
rears ago Mrs. Lydia E. Pink-
ham, at Lynn, Mass., determined to step In andhelpherscx. Having had consid
erable experience in treating female ills with her Vegetable Compound, oho en
couraged the women of America to write to her for advlco In regard to their
complaints, and, being a womnn, it was easy for her ailing sisters to pour Into
her ears every detail of their suffering.
In this way sho was able to do for them what tho physicians wcro tinablo
to do, simply because 6he had the proper Information to work upon, and
from the little group of women who sought her advlco years ngo a great
army of her fellow-beings are to-day constantly npplylng for advlco and re
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successfully treated by Mrs. Plnkham during tho last year Is indlcativo of
the graud results which aro produced by her uucquulcd experienco and
training.
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of information at hand to assist in tho treatment of all kinds of female Ills,
from the simplest local Irritation to tho most complicated diseases of tho womb.
This, therefore, is tho reason why Mrs. Pinkham, In her laboratory at
Lynn, Mass., is able to do more for the ailing women of America than tho
family physician Any woman, therefore, is responsible for her own suffering
who will not tako tho trouble to writo to Mrs. Pinkham for advice.
The testimonials which we aro constantly publishing from grateful women
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