A,
J!im From SVIm Milk,
Tt appears tlin? in C.mvli a ne-v in
dustry in bring ilevclone 1 in tho vr,
tlnrtinn of glue from skim milk. The
prorpss is briefly ilraoribr.1 as follows:
The skim milk which is loft after (ho
crp.im bns boon taken nwarU rur.llo.l
nml Irossoil like skim chpsp. This
cIippso is sent to the faet;rv whero it
is kiln (lripd, Rronnit into pow.le;- and
then main into pine. Tor thr milk
used in this way the farmer nre sni.l
to receive from twenty c?ntsto twenty
four cents per cwt., nrt.
Fnper Until Towel.
The most curious nso to which .uir
is to be put is that snr?pste 1 by the
blotting paper towel. It is a new stylo
of towpl, oonsistiim of a full suit of
heavy blottincr paper. A person, upon
stepping out of his morning bath,
has only to nrrny himself in one of
these suits, an,l in n speonil he will bo
dry.
Tn Germany, when the vote of the
jury stands six a?nint six, tho pris
oner is acquitted.
Florida.
FInrMn literature w-cnrtM fre nv-m nrmll
rMinn to .?. ,T. Knrrnwnrih, Kij'n Pas. Ag't.
I'laut System. rMI Urontlwnr, N. Y.
Foreigner. In F.nglnnd.
Firty-nnn per epiit. of tho forelgurrs in
England llvo In London.
100 Ilrward. SI on.
Tbe reader of this p.-ipor will be nleiil fi
learn that there Is at least, nnp lri.vle'l dis
ease that science ha tven aide to cure in nil
It statrco. nnfl Hint, is ( 'ntarrh. llnll's Cntiirrli
Cure is the only positive rnre now known to
the medical fraternltv. Catarrh lieini a enn
etitutional flisespe, requires a ront.ifntinnnl
tpc.at.mant. Hall's Catarrh Piire i t.sken inter
nnlly, actintr d'roftly uiMin the Mood and mu
cous snrfac.es of tho srstem. thereby destroy
Inn tha foundation of t.lie disease, and giving
the patient strength by building np the con
stitution and assisting nature 4n rtnlne Its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
Ita curative powers that they offer One Hun.
dred Hollars for anv case thnt it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonial. Address
F. .T. C'rfnry & Co., Toledo, O.
Fold ny Druggist. c.
Hall's Family Hills are the best.
Rig Pecan Crop.
Tho pecan nut crop tn Texas this season
Is more than three million bushels, and the
trees are not yot bare.
To Van Ianee To-ilglil?
Miake Intovour Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease,
powder for the feet. Jt makes tight or new
Shoes feel F"sv. 'nro Corns. Hnnions, C'hil
Wains and Sweating Feet. At all Onifrgist.ii
and Shoe stores. V. Sample sent Free.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. I.Hoy, N. V.
The Boom In Kansas Values.
Kansas reports a net tncreasn In farm
values for 1S97 of over tlO 000.000.
"To Cure A Cold la One Day.
Take Laxative Kromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. iia.
The Cranberry Industry,
Insects and a sort of "blight" nre playing
liavoe with the cranberry business on Capo
Cod, Mass.
If You Cannot Get Ilreydnppel
Soap of any dealer in your town, write to
the manufacturer, and give the names of the
storekeepers. Address William I (revdopjiel,
the practical sonji-niakcr and chemist, Phila
delphia, Fa.
Four of tho seven deer In tho Cltv Tark
of Trenton, N. J., uro dead, by poison, it Is
believed.
It Makes Cold Feet Warm
And isthe onlv cure forChilblnins. Frostbites,
Damp, Sweating Feet. Corns and Hunlons.
Ask for Allen's Foot-Fuse, a Powder to be
shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores. Sic. Sample sen! Free. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, l.iltoy, N". Y.
The Dreyfus excitement has practically
died out in France.
Fits permanently cured. Nofltsornervons
ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's (Ircat
Nerve Kestorcr. t! trial bottle and treatise free
Da. It. H. Ki.ink. Ltd.. mi Arch St.,l'hlla.,Pa.
Meotings fnvoring Statehood are being
held all over the Territory of Oklahoma.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reilucebiutliiitima
tlon, aliays pain, cures wind colic, 2-JC.a bottle.
Memphis, Tenu., lias decided to purchase
the water works.
Chew Star Tobacco The Best.
Smoke Sledge Cigarettes.
The Senate will discuss the Hawaiian
treaty In secret session.
I can recommend Piso's Cure for Consump.
tlou to sufferers I roni Asthma.- E. 1). Towti
Stan, Ft. Howard, Wis.. May 4, law.
Weak Stomach
Indigestion Causes Spasms
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures.
"I have always been troubled with a
weak stomach nud had spasms caused by
Indlgeatiou. I have taken several bottles
of Hood's Sarsapurllla nud have not been
bothered with Hpasms, nud 1 advlso anyone
troubled with dyspepsia to take Hood's
Narsnpnrilla." Slas. Huhtus, 1'rattsburg.
New lor'.t. ltenieiuber
Hood's Ssrsaparilla
Islliebsid lufael the One True lllood Purifier.
Hood's Pills cure indigestion, biliousness.
SOUTHED! RAILWAY
I'Olt AM. ritlNTS.
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
Florida, Texat, Mexico and the Pscifio Coast,
Perfect Schedule and Ttroagh Car Service,
ft-MIIVKsTji
FIRST-CLASS AKD EMIGRAKT RATES
For further iaformation call on or addresi
Al.L' V. S. TIIVI:atT, I'u.tein I'u., Aaeul
XI I IlronilWHy, New Vork.
V. A. TI'liKi Jeacral I'awseeaer Agent.
Cattle Unlit For Traveling.
A cattleman who was buvinii stock
for the Western range once said that
he wanted to get them with aa (short
legs as possible because they would
run to legs fust euuugh vbeu they
had to buut all over ten acres for their
breakfast. 1 he cuttle and horses on
the ranges are built for traveling
long legs oud Hut bodies. Farmers'
Xribuoe.
llible Header.
Mr. George Miller, of Bristol, is i
his ninety-third year, aud rguds hi
Bible through from beginning to eu
four times aunuully. According to
letter written by him tothe Brit
isb
ana foreign Hible .Society, ho
read it more than a hundred times
h HAIR RENEWER
rs ... , m.
(jives new Lie and
vigor to the roots of the
hair. It's like water to
k a. drooDintr nlant.
ivM No gray hair.
aio uaianess. r-
1 V4
An Amusing Confession.
Iu her book entitled, "Abandoning
au Adopted Farm," Miss Kate San
born tells of her annoyance at being
besieged by agents, reporters and
curiosity eeekers. She says: "I was
ao perpetually harassed that I dread
ed to see a stranger approach with an
air of business. The other day I was
just starting out for a drive when I
noticed the nsnal stranger hurrying
ou. Pntting uiy head out of my car
riage I said, in a petulant and weary
lone: 'Do you want to see me?'
"The young man stopped, smiled
and replied courteously: 'It gives me
pleasure to look at you, madam, but I
was going further on.' "
The New Opera Cloaks. J
The new opera cloaks are indescrib
able elaborations of velvet, brocaded
silk, lace and fur, made in long, vol
uminous coats, short and medium
capes. One long garment of b oeaded
silk, with plaits in the back aud a full
front, has wide Bussiau sleeves plait
ed in at the shoulder and a short cape
edged, like tho sleeves, with sable, a
sable collar aud a lining of ermine.
The other extreme of all this elegance
the medium length full cape of
light-colored cloth, lined with silk and
interlined with flnnnel, and a shoulder
cape ol smrrea velvet, wuicu aiso
forms the high collar, mouse coats
of plain and shirred velvet with fur
evers are the popular evening wraps
for young ladies. Xew York Sun.
Keeps Her Appointment.
Miss Helen Lockwood, of Pern,
Intl., is one woman who considers an
ongagemcnt sacred, and in order to
fill one she drove sixty-nve miles
across country in an open buggy in
five hours. She was billed to appear
at a concert at Frankfort, but missed
the train at Pern. She drove to Ko
komo, hopiug to catch a train there
for Frankfort, but arrived just in time
to see the train pnll out. This being
her last chauce, Miss Lockwood de
cided to continue her journey over-
nnd. She accordingly hired another
horse, and by changing teams again at
Iinssiarille reached her destination in
time to take her part in the entertain
ment. The wild drive was made in
the dusk of the evening, when a false
step of the horse meant death to both
ltelgn of the Sash.
We are likely to have a reign of the
sash again. They are being worn a
great deal in London, and not a few
of them are seen here. I he costume
worn by Miss St. John in the second
act of "The Oeisha," at Daly s, shows
most remarkable effect in sash ar
rangements, the large one she wears
covering almost the whole of the front
of her skirt. A London fashion paper
declares:
'Sashes full from the waist to the
hem on mauy of the winter skirts,
whether made lor day or evening
wear, and they appear to be carelessly
tied, starting from a loose bow. ibis
is the general treatment. The new
est is the Watteau sash, coming be
tween the shoulder blades and thence
descending to the feet, combining the
grace of the Watteau plait with the
sash, which is always a great addition.
For thene several purposes there is a
liberal choice of ribbons iu stripes,
especially velvet ami silk combined,
or in checks, which include some un
usually bold tartans, and in plain rich
peau de soie of the vivid red tones
which are so becoming and ofteu so
lelightfnl an addition to winter dress."
Aft-hanlatan 'ew Woman.
The new woman has penetrated
even to the harem of the Ameer ox
Afghanistan, where she wears male at
tire and does precisely as she pleases.
The Ameer picked her np on his re
turn journey from the northern part
of his dominions a good mauy years
ago. She had been brought before
bun by au indignaut father aud pro
posed husband for punishment. She
would not conform to the usage of the
country and enter the married state,
though she had then reached the age
wheu it became iuouuibent upon her
to do so. The gil l declared she had
run wild all her life, aud did not wish
to give up her freedom aud be shut
up in a harem. She sought the
Ameer's protection and obtained it.
"All right," he said, "since you
want to be free you shall be, but free
you must alsj remain; that is your
punishment. You wish to live like a
man; you shall live like one, and for
your own protectiou you must wear
men's clothes."
(Jn her arrival at Cabul she was
(;iveu the title of oider, or chief, aud
was made tlie harem's messenger. She
cj nei r.uJ goes as she pleases, or :s
ordered, both by night aud day, aud
no one, even in lamlerous Cabul, has
ever breathed a word against her fair
name. Ladies Pictorial.
A Famous Lara Daruer.
Mrs. Mary Souierville was the mobt
learned woman of the nineteenth cen
tury, aud she did an untold amount of
good for other women by being a
charming lady, au excellent house
keeper uud au accomplished needle
woman, as well ai a remarkable as
tronomer aud mathematician. She
did her work when our grandmothers
were young ana when there was a
great prejudice agaiust "blue stock
iugs," but Mrs. Souierville chuuged I
great many people's views about blue
stockings. She liked pretty clothes
anil waa especially fond of line lace
As she was never rich, she took the
best of cure of her luces, and could
mend them bo well it was us if a witch
had done it you could not liud the
darn. Onee her daughters had a
young lady visiting them who had the
bad luck to tear some very line old
point, her most valuuble possession.
She was found weeping over it by the
Misses Souierville and they said:
"Why, don't mind about that;
wheu umiiiinu is done what she is
about she'll mend it' for you, so no
one will ever know it has beru torn."
Tho visitor was amazed &a.; in
credulous, f'jr she knew her ho&ieas
chiefly as the world knew her, as a
student of the skies and reader of na
ture's big mysteries, but, sure enough,
when mamma had finished a calcula
tion she was making and had written
a letter to the Emperor of Russia,
thanking bim for nome honor he had
paid her, she slipped on her thimble,
took the mined lace and seemed to
find a real triumphant joy in mending
it so exquiaitelyjthat her guest felt it to
be a greater treasure thau it was bo
fore. Chicago Hccord.
Gossip.
The Marlborough and
Cleveland
about iu-
babies are the most talked
fants of the time.
Miss James E. Harrison, who won
the language scholarship at Cam
bridge, England, has received a de
gree from the University of Durham.
Miss Elsa Eschelsson has been ap
pointed Professor of Civil Law at the
University of Upsala. oho is suid to
be the first woman professor iu
Sweden.
Bertha V. Thompson, who was
graduated from the Chicago Medical
College in 1802, has been appointed
by the Mayor of Oskosh, Wis., as city
physician.
At Belleville, 111,, a number of
young women have decided to organize
a team for plaving football. Six have
already agreed to join. . Tho players
will wear bloomers.
Of the thirteen women who were
admitted thii autumn to the Vienna
University courses, four chose mathe
matics, four philosophy, two physics,
one zoology, and two history.
The Rhode Island Woman's Club,
an organization which has a strong
life nnder a quiet exterior, pays each
year the tuition of one student at the
Woman's College of Brown Uni
versity. Miss Jane Addains, of Hull House
fame, is being strougly urged by sev
eral ministers of Chicago to become a
regnlarly ordained minister. They
claim that she could carry on her
work much better if she were so recog
nized. Miss Leonora Jacksou, an Ameri
can, received a niusio prizo offered at
Berlin; the prize is known as the Men
delsohn stipendium, and is 1500 marks.
Berlin would not be quick to let so
fine a compliment go to America; it
was merit that won.
Dr. Nausea is to receive from some
Russian ladies a carpet with a map of
the Polar regions embroidered upon
it; the embroidery is chiefly iu silks,
but especial distinction is giveu the
places visited by Dr. Nausen; they
are indicated by embroidery in gold
and silver thread.
Mrs. Ann J. Stiles, who erected
Stiles Hall, at a cost of 831,000, for
the religious and social uses of the
students of the University of Califor
nia, died recently in Berkeley, at the
age of eighty-four. Mrs. Stiles wa
born iu Millbrae, Mass. She had
lived iu California since 185C.
The woman who likes the distinc
tion of note- papSr with the initial
made with a die aud does not wish to
go to the expense, of au individual die
buys her pnper already stamped aud
in any initial she chooses. The letter
is small and of siuiule desigu, aud sur-
rouuded with a plaiu circle or simple
scroll. Colois or gilt are used. The
cost is but little more thau that of
plain paper.
Fashion Notes.
A new sable cape is made with the
skins placed horizontally, so that the
dark stripes run around.
Bows of braid, sewn only on one
edge to represent tucks, trim some of
the cloth bkirts.
Pique gloves, with one or two but
tons aud heavily stitched, are the
fashion for street wear.
A jewelled piu, similar to a safety
piu in shape, is worn to fusion up the
curling locks at the nape of the neck.
Black sati'i finely tucked makes very
pretty belts to wear with separate
waists. Fasteu them with a funcy
buckle or a knot of satin
Black net gowns elaborately trimmed
with jet aud male over white or black
silk are the most fashionable of all the
dresfy costumes for women who are no
longer young.
Violets are again tho favorite flower
for the corsage bouquet. And it is
violets without number or regard for
price, for the buuehes worn at the
Horse Show were huge in size.
Petticoats if silk moreen with taf
feta silk m tiles are recommended for
wearing qualities, which the all taffeta
skirt does not possess, the material
comes in a variety of pretty colors
Acoordiou-plaited velvet skirts set
ou a deep yoke, with a rounded point
iu frout covered with heavy lace,
either beaded or plniu, are the latest
extravagauce iu this department of
dress.
One of the novelties of the season is
the shaped flounce of black net em
broidered with jet silver, eteel, or
iridescent beads. It is all ready for
use. aud freshens up a black satin
skirt wonderfully.
Another fancy which bjems to have
takeu possession of the women rather
early in the season is the large muti'of
chinchilla, nable, uud seul or velvet,
flowers, ami lace, wliicu she carries
without auy reference to the tempera
ture.
Sleeves seem to have settled down
to their limit in uize, for the season at
least, aud the comfortable fulness at
the top atill remains; but the skirt is
gradually diminishing iu width, two
aud a half yards around buiug the size
of the lutest model.
Peleriues of fur are the stylish
thing to wear with the tailor gown
The long stole ends ure trimmed with
innumerable tails, ami the etlect is
charming. Bows of black or colored
satiu ribbon deonala some of the new
fur boas, set iu at iutrivaU the entire
length.
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
Marketing Hay In Bale.
Wherever good roads are the rule it
la possible J to market hay from the
farm more economically than it can be
piled loose on tho wagon. It is diffi
cult to carry more thau a ton of loose
hay on a wagon, but put up in bales as
much as thtee or more tons may be
drawn on a good road. The hay in
bales can atao bo sold much more
readily, as the baled hay requires much
less room. City stables on dear land
are built small, and room needs to be
economized as much as possible.
rrnne Oranevlnos.
There is positive advantago iu prun
ing the grapevines early. Any time
will do before the sap begiuB to start
in the spring, which causes loss of
sap or "bleediug." But if vines are
left untrimmed on tho trellises all win
ter, more or less iinripened wood is
killed, and as some sap courses through
this, the vine is weakened. With eatly
pruning and the vine laid on the
ground, there is no danger of auy in.
jury by freezing. The buds are kept
dormant in this position, and will grow
with greater vigor .when the vine is
put np again on its trellis.
l'ure Water For Milch Cows.
Experience has shown that water
which looks pure and clear may have
in it the germs of the worst diseases,
and if so, there is possibility that these
may go into the milk. Ou the other
hand, water that looks mnddy from
contact with soil, may be entirely free
from any germs that are injurious
The danger from germs in milk, we
believe, has been much exaggerated.
The safe way is to keep cows from
drinking any water where there is ft
possibility that it has been infected
with germs of typhoid fever or diph
theria. It is the milk producer's in
terest to strictly guard against any
chance Qf infection, as wherever such
a case oocurs, it is sure to spread un
reasonable fears and injure his busi
ness. Cauliflower At a Farm Crop.
In our experience cauliflower is
very rarely attempted by farmers who
begin market gardening. let it is
quite as easily grown as cabbage, pro
vided it has a soil rich enough to
grow it to perfection. Late cabbage
can be crown on land that will not
produce cauliflower. It is probable
that the unsuccessful attempts to
grow cauliflower are responsible for
the fact that it is much less plauteik
than the homely cabbage, which as a
late crop does not reqniro very rich
land, provided it is well cultivated.
Farmers need to diversify their cropB
more than they do. It is this that
makes the business of the gardener a
safe one. If one crop fails to make a
profit he has enongh others that are
profitable to make his business as a
whole a success. Boston Cultivator.
Granulated Honey.
Almost all extracted honey will gran
ulate aud become like sugar during
cold weather. Heretofore this has
been considered rather a detriment to
the sale and use of extracted honey.
But wheu brought more prominently
before the public, and consumers have
become better acquainted with it, it
may now almost be called the leader.
We have always taken the gronntt that
honey after granulation is in its most
perfect form in which it can be used.
Granulation improves the appearance
of any quality of honey aud never fails
to give it a lighter shade. It also has
a tendency to drive from it any wild
taste and make it a purer sweet. Iu
this condition it is iu the best possible
shape for keeping any length of time.
By being free of wax, and if taken
from the comb just as the bees placed
it there, without auy melting of the
comb or mixing of any kind, by the
latest improved machinery, it is with
out doubt the purest of all sweets. It
is easily returned to its original form
by simply heating it, and if sealed up
air-tight while hot it will remain in
liquid form for a long time.
Pasturing tn Orchards.
We doubt whether it ever pays to
pasture orchards except with hogs,
and then rather to feed them extra and
thus manure the trees thau for what
the hogs will get from the grass.
Wherever grass is shaded it is much
less nutritious than what grows in the
sunlight. Hoiis do not do well on
pasture anyway. But if fed liberally
their droppings.will manure tne trees,
and give them 11 the wood growth
that is required. If the hogs are left
without rings in their noses they will
root up the soil and destroy many
kiuds of pests which hibernate in the
soil under trees. It is not best to let
old hogs rnn iu orchards nnless the
trunks of apple trees are protecteu
There is a sweetish taste to apple tree
bark which both hogs aud sheep are
very fond of. Au orchard may easily
be ruined if there is any neglect iu
feeding. Wheu hogs once get ft taste
of apple tree bark they will girdle it
as far up as they cau reach. They are
much more apt to attack .young trees
than those that are older, as iu the
latter much of the bark on the outside
is tough and dead so that they are not
likely to attempt to eat it. American
Cultivator.
Water the Trn Beveraga.
Water is really our only true bever
age. f orming, as it uoes, mree
tiuarters of the weight or tne numau
body it is of the next importance to
the air we breathe. WUK is a typical
food, not a beverage, and should never
be used as such. It is true that it
contains large amount of water, but
only sufficient for its digestion.
Iu a very short time the non-water
drinker becomes sallow, constipated
and uncomfortable. The poison mat
ter that should be dissolved by th
free use of water, aud carried off iu
the circulation aud through the excre
tory organs, is held iu the system; the
bodv loses weight, the skin becomes
dry and rough, losing its life au
brilliancy. Three-quarters of the
weight of the living body should be
water. A largo quantity of this water
is takeu iu the form of green vegeta
bles and fruits. A healthy person
should drink at least a quart and
half of cool (not iced) water in each
twenty-four hours a glass the first
thing in the. morning and the last thing
at night, aud the reuiainiug quantity
uftur or between meals, lnlauts ir
nueutlv suffer more from the lack of
cool water than from the lack of food,
Mrs. Borer, in Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE
DRINK
IN
EVIL MADE MANIFEST
MANY WAYS,
Th Land of Temperance The saloon anil
Prosperity Results of an Investiga
tion of a "Wet" and Dry" Town In
Iowa The Fruits of Intemperance.
Ko broken windows or hanging doors,
No greasy walls or dirty floors,
Hut pretty homes and gardens gay,
ami seent of Dowers miles away.
No ragged bahos, no weary wives,
No women tired of wretnhed lives,
lut merry maids and bonny boys,
And streets alive with gladsome noise
No aehlng hearts and dragging feet,
No unemployed In any street.
jmi nounaing step and oneery song.
Work (or the willing, brave and strong.
No frowning jails or prisons drear,
No criminals in training here.
Hut tar and wide our banner waves
O'er men who never shall be slaves.
No public debt to make men frown,
No breaking banks to crush them down,
No empty coffers In tha Htata,
For debts are small and Incomes great.
Pear, far-ott country of my birth.
Tho grandest spot upon the earth,
th, nmy I live to see the day
When all thy woe slinll pass away,
And glorious, beautiful and free
Thou shnlt arise victoriously.
I.rgltlmate Frulta of Intemperance.
"The other dav." sava one Interested to
haritable work, "I visited a family 1 hnva
ong known, onea resneotahln and pros-
perotis, but who have been dragged down
by drink. Tlie mother died a year ago, het
eath Hastened bv Intemperance. Klnca
thnt time the young daughters (both under
wenty) have found some very undesirable
acquaintances. They have fallen Into bad
company as well as Into Intern peranon; and
the lather is a hard drinkar. At my reoent
visit I found htm sink iubed Inconsequence
t ins nauits, and a more wretened scene I
oovcr witnessed. He was criVered with a
lot o( rags; there was no chair in the room
except one with a broken back, which held
his medicine. The tilth and disorder were
distressing. A drunken man came intothe
room, and I had to order mm down stairs
that I might talk with the daughters alone.
I appealed to them and they mnde me fall
promises, which they have done before,
owever. in vain. They are giddy and
thoughtless, fond of visiting the dime
museums aud neglectful of nil duty and
work.
All this misery and sin Is the legitimate
fruits of Intemperance, and at times I am
Imost led to believe that we are not ad
vancing a hair's breadth towards tha solu
tion of the liquor problem, and that intem
perance is manifestly on the Increase among
the poor whom I visit. This, however, on
mnturer reneetton, i Know to not so,
though there are times when the magni
tude of the mlseryceused by drink fs so
great that It really seems to outweigh all
the efforts that have been made to alleviate
nd control It."
The Baloona aud Prosperity.
A week or two ago the writor was In an
Iowa town of HOO inhabitants. It has two
saloons and two drug stores. The saloons
pav a mulct tax of H000 each, the drug
stores none. During 1890 these two sa
loons "took In" f 26.000 from sales bv tho
glass and keg. It is estimated that the
drug stores sold naif as much more, mak
ing the net sum of 40,000 paid out In one
year for drink In this little town. Now, If
saloons "help tho trade of a town," this
town ought to bo booming, but It la not.
The best store buildings In the town are
ncant. stocks are run down; tne hotel
man wants "to get out," and hard times Is
me subject or four-lirtbs of the conversa
tion of residents and strangers. Ten miles
from there Is a "dry town," both surround
ed by the same class of nonulatlon. This
latter town bos its best buiUllngsoeoupled,
Ita poorer ones vacant, l'alut Is used
freely and often. Hidewalks are repaired,
and traveling men will tell an Inquirer
thnt in the dry town merohants discount
their bills, and in the wet one ask exten
sions not in all rases, but many. In the
wet town one merchant told the Looker-On
lie frequently knew of some farmer
blowing" in enough in one day at the
tuloon to pay an account due him for over
a year. Now, it the writer, not being a
prohibitionist, can see this so plainly,
what an argument could some "profes
sional nrobib." get in this wet, soggy
town! Marshalltown (Iowa) TImes-lte-
Duhllcan.
The Wrong Koad.
When a young man begins to drink. It Is
as though he got on an electrio ear and
went to sleep, jie crosses one street after
Another without knowing It. Total abstin
ince advocates come, like the conductor
every now and then, and call out the atop
plng'-placas, but he rides on. He thinks he
an got on when he wants to, and the car
rolls along In the same direction all tho
lime with a low humming song that lulls
bim to sleep. When he finally gets his eyes
pon nets amazed to llnd that he has rld-
Jen much farther than be had any wish to
ko. He has a big bill for extra fare charged
up against him, and he has a hard and long
wan: nacic, tor there are no cars back in a
man s lite. He has to walk. He will nnd
the journey a good deal more cheerful and
lie nuich less likely to stumble It he joins
na total atistinenoe movement and walks
along In good company.
Jtesult of Scientific Experiment.
From scientiflu experiments upon more
man two tuousand persons. Dr. J. a. hel
logg, of Battle Creek, Mich., has deter
mined the effects of one ounce of aloohol
administered internally to be the following:
(1 i To diminish nerve activity; (2) to ill
iniuish cerebral activity; (31 to Impair the
co-ordinating power of the brain; (4) to
lessen muscular strength; (51 to decrease
digestive activity to a notable extent, both
his medical experience and laboratory re
search have eonvlnoed bim that it is an er
ror to regard aloohol asau aid to digestion
nnd it has proven highly detrimental
This influence upon the digestion, he de'
Clares, Is exaetlyawbat would be expected of
it drug that, like alcohol, is a paralyser of
protoplasmic activity, au uua'sthetlo and a
aedative, aud not, as has been erroneously
supposed, a stimulant.
Beer llrlnklna la llrutalliliiff.
The Holentlfle American snya that exces
sive beer drinking la even more brutalizing
than whisky drinking. The moat tlunger-
ouaclaa uf rulllnn9 iu our large cities nre
foer drlnkerx. Tlie very lowest form of In
ebriety, closely allied to criminal insanity.
follows from neerurinklng. A leer Urlnker
may he the picture of health, he may
weigh three or four Hundred pounds, hut
in reality tie la most incapable of resisting
disease. Compared with fnebriatea who
use whisky, he la more Incurable, more
generally diseused.
Forcible Temperance 8ennon.
A young mnn recently convicted of mur
der iu ouo of the Massachusetts towns deliv
ered a forcible temperauce sermon when,
turning to tlie crowd who had gathered to
aee li I in driven from the courthouse to the
jail, hesald, "Well, boys, you see what rum
has dune for mo."
Teuipuranca New. and Note..
Take care of the hoy of sensibility anil
generous impulses. He la the one most
likely to fall a vlclltu to driuk.
liner la tho most besotting drink of man
kind. It produces tbe lowest class of
criminals, says the Heientiile American.
Dou't he afraid you'll be lonesome If you
bauome a total abstainer. Tbere are more
than 77,000 mumbers lit the (J. T. A. V. of
America.
In Maine, a prohibition Ktato, the people
have iu tlie savings banks au overage of
f0.77 apiece, while those iu Ohio have
only ttf.4'4 aud those of Illinois only ti,14.
The total number of abstaining Congre
gational ministers is H.IGl, which represents
eighty-three per cent, of the whole min
istry. Out of tbe 250 students In tbeelevea
colleges in England und Wales 251 are ah
ataiuers. A Ingenious liquor advertisement reads:
"Manyaeopper and dollar cau be saved
by buyiug your wines, llipiors and beer of
us." It docs not take a very wise mau to
see tbut still more cau be saved by not
huviug this kind of goods at all.
A Tramp'a Qneer lied.
One of those poverty-stricken fpeol-
mens of humanity who frequent Chest
nut street so frequently in search of
the price of a night's lodging happened
along Seventh street late last evening,
looking for a place to roost. He saw
one of those large bread barrows in
front of it bakery near Mifflin street,
and after a moment's calculation
thought he could Ho in there comfort
ably all night. Lifting the lid the
wanderer climbed inside and dropped
off to sleep. In the morning he was
awakened in the most startling man
ner by being assailed with a regnlnr
avalanche of hot loaves of bread, which
descended from the baker's baskets.
Cries of "help" aud "murder" rent
tho morning air, and the excited
bakers ran inside to seenro brooms
and other weapons to finish the man
in the barrow. The tramp, however,
fought bravely, and finally succeeded
in digging himself out of the barrow.
Grabbing a big loaf in each band, the
lucky vagrant ran up Seventh street
with three angry bakers in hot pur
suit, but as the tramp was the fresh
est, he turned tip a small street and
soon disappeared. Philadelphia Rec
ord. Htrange Law to Induce Marriage.
The Argentine Republic has passed
remarkable law to encourage mar
riage. II lutlicts a line upon any per
son of marriageable age who rejects a
proposal. Here is the statute:
' l'eople of marriageable age of
either sex who refuse au offer to wed
witbont reasons which are considered
valid in law nhnll not bo permitted to
marry thereafter without the per
mission of the Government. They
shall, moreover, pay an indemnity
Bum of not more than $500 to the per
son whose offer they have revised."
Young men and women under twenty
years old are exempt from the law and
can marry as they please. After tuey
are twenty-eight the men Are obliged
to pay a heavy tax if they remain
single.
In Argentina women propose as well
as meu, so an unmarried young man
between twenty and twenty-eight years
old iu that country has a troublesome
time. Not only is he made to pay a
tax for being a baohelor, bnt if he re
fuses a proposal he has to pay the
proposer a fine.
Gold "Dirt."
In the langnage of miners, the earth
from which gold is extracted is called
"dirt. Any earth Which yields ten
oents of gold to the pan is known as
pay dirt;" fifteen cents to the pan is
good, and twenty is rich. A miner
working in the dirt that runs six cents
to ten cents to the pan earns from
82. CO to $3.50 a day, as ho is able to
wash about forty panfuls a day, the
number depending upon the character
of the dirt. In Klondike the lowest
yield to the pan reported is thirty
cents. This would give the miner
not less than $10 day for bis woik.
Some panfuls yield $100 in precious
metal. Chicago News.
Particular Habits of Kela.
"Despite assertions to the con
trary," said an old fisherman the
other day, "an eel is the cleanest fish
that swims. Some persons have an
idea that eels feed npon the bodies of
persons who have been drowned and
apon other refuse.
"Such is not the oase, however. I
have made a study of eels all my life
I have watched them in all kinds of
water. They are more particular
about their food than trout. It's only
the nicest sort of bait that will bring
an eel to hook unless he happens to,
be very hungry." Chicago Times-
Herald.
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he was detained. Before proceeding
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too. It then appeared that the suspect
ed party, the party who would not be
searched, had in his pocket a duplicate
of the coin that had vanished, and bad
only come to compare them. If the
other coin had not turned up, where
would he have been? Cosraopolis.
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