Klephant'e KrTTiire on a Baker.
Wliile a eircns tub parnilinp; on Tot
tnbam roml In tlie outskirts of Lon
don a baker pave one of the elephant
n couple of loavpa of stale tirea1. A
few nights after the elephant broke
from its fastening in the town where
the circus then was. got away from it
keepers and made its way hack to the
baker's shop, where it broke in the
plate glass windows and ate up the
bread exposed for sale. It then al
lowed itself to be led quietly back to
its stable. New York Hnn.
rre.Ment Krnpipr'i lMetr.
Bishop William Taylor (Methodist),
who has just returned from Africa,
called recently on l'resident Krneger.
"I found the ruler of the lioer Repub
lic,"' he says, "an exceedingly unas
suming man. He heard with interest
of the work that 1 as doing, and
spoke very encoui aainaly to nie.
He is an intensely religions man. He
arises nt (5 o'clock in the morning to
hold family prayers and preaches near
ly every Sunday."
A Flrkporket'e Rose.
Lady Bulwer fat for her potrait in
linth, and the artist was commenting
on the beauty of the sitter's eyes,
which, if contemporaneous evidence is
worth anything, were indeed magnifi
cent. That started Laudor on the
subject of eyes. He insisted that
green eyes were most "woonderful"
he always pronounced the word with a
donble o. In support of his argument
he told the following story: "It so
happened thntjwhen I was a young
man at Venice I was standing in the
doorway of the Cafe Florian one day,
watching the pigeons on the Piazza
San Slarco, when an old gentleman
rushed up to me and said, 'Pardon
me sir, but will you allow mo to look
into your eyes? Ah, I thonpht so!
Sir, yon have green eyes! I never saw
bnt one pair before, and they belong
ed to the late Empress Catherine of
Russia; they were the most wonder
fully beantifnl eyes in the world.' I
have reason;" continued Mr Landor,
"to remember this, for while the old
gentleman was examining my eyes I
had my pocket picked." Argonaut.
No Klondike for Met
Thus says E. Walters. Le Ilaysville, Tn.,
who sri'W (sworn to) 232 buhels 8alzer'9
corn pr nrr. Thnt means 25.200 tush!s
on 100 B'Tes at 30- a bushel equals i7,5fi0.
That Is better than a prospective jrolil
mine. Snlzer pays t400 in roM tor best
name for his 17-lneh corn and oats pro'Iitry.
You can win. Seed potatoes 41.50 a libl.
Kesd This Notice axd 10 Cts. is Stamps
to John A. Salter Seed Co., La Crosse, Vv'is.,
and get free their seed catalogue, and 11
farm seed samples. Including above corn
and oats, surely worth 10, to Ret a start.
A. C. 1
The German navy has only been In exist
ence half a century, tho first naval officer
having been appointed lnlM7.
State of Ohio, Citv or Toledo, i
Ll'CAS Coi'NTV. ( m'
Frank. l.C'iir.sKV nmkes oath that heir the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Ciip.nkv A
CcihilliKbnsinewiintlieCityof Tolcdo.County
and Stat aforesaid, and that an Id firm will iay
the sum of okbhukiikkd iiom.ars for eaih
and every rase of catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh i-ke.
Frank J. Chksev.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in iny
I - I presence, this lith dny of December,
j bealV A. 1. livid. A. W. til.EASON.
' ."TCT K"larii lUilit.
lull's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, and
srtsdlrcutly on the blood and mucous miff ace.
of the system. Send for U'stimoniiils. free.
, , . F. J. Cheney At Co., Toledo, O.
Suld by Dmifuistn. "ic.
Hall's Family I'ills are the best.
Tho bonded debt of Nebraska It less than
twenty-lour cents per capita.
Aland lira. New Orleaun.
This occasion attracts people from all parif
of the I'uited States. The Southern Kailway
as usual fnr the occasion, sells tickets at one
fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale Feb
ruary into J Inclusive, good to return until
March 5t h. The time between New York and
'New Orleans is :t hours. Double daily ser.
vice. Vestllmled Limited leaves New York
dally at p. in. Operated solid New York
Jo New Orleans, witli DiuliiK and I'nllinan
Drawinu ltoom Sleeping Car aud flrst-cla8
coach. The I'uited Slates Fast Mail leaves
New York I2.m o'clock niKht, with turomrii
l'nllmau Drawing Koom sleep li Cars, New
York to New Orleans. For full particulars,
rail on or address Alex. S. Thweatt, F.asteru
rasKeuncr Aitenl. 271 Hrondway, New York.
Missouri has tho greatest bodies of lead
ore In the world.
Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
nessafter first day's use of Dr. Kline's (ireat
Nerve Restorer, fcitrlal bottle and treat.lsef re
Diu K. II. Kmwb. Ltd.. mi Arch St..Phllu.,Pa.
There are sixty different kinds of wood
grown In Arkansas.
Chew Star Tobacco The Best.
Smoke Sleife CiKarettes.
The progress tn steam engineering coin
mouood in 185U.
I'lso's Cure Is a wonderful Couh medicine
Mrs. W. Ph-kkht, Van Slclen aud Blake
Aves., Brooklyn, N. V., Oct. M, lstx.
Over 60,000 oil wells have been sunk in
the United States.
Jack Frost Irritates sensitive skins. Uleun's
Sulohur Soap overcomes the Irritation.
Hill's Hair A Whisker Dye, black or brown, 50c.
Nebraska has 3! Mnte banks and 113 na
tional banks.
Weak Stomach
Indigestion Causes Spasms
Hood's Sarsaporilla Cures.
" I hove always been troubled with a
weak stomaeh and hud spasms caused by
Indigestion. I have taken several bottles
of Hood's Siiisaparlllu and have not been
bothered with spasms, aud I advlso anyone
troubled with dyspepsia to tako Hood's
HursHparilla." Mas. Uoutom, I'ruttsburK,
New York. Itemember
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Isthe best In facttho OuoTrue Wood Purifier
Hood's Pills cure uau sea, ilidiirestion. SSt:
P.DTAT0E
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Animal-Cleaning Brush.
Tn a recently patented animal-cleaning
device, a circular brush is mounted
ou a revolving shaft geared to two
friction wheels, mounted on a yoke
frame, the brush being rapidly re
volved by drawing the friction wheels
lightly over the body of the animal.
Ifemlork Timber on the Farm.
Tbo wiiler acquaintance tlie Inmlier
bnyer or conatnuer baa with difforent
varieties of wooJa with their pecu
liarities of strength, durability, work
able qualities, etc. the more econo
mically he will bay. Having anch
knowledge, he will find sometimes
that the more costly article is really
the cheaper, or he may find that the
cheap articles may, for certain rea
sons, be as satisfactory as the more
expensive one with which he is ac
quainted. To the farmer hemlock, which is a
comparatively new material in the
West, should appeal with special force
because of its peculiar adaptability for
certain classes of construction com
bined with cheapness. It is actually
better for some things than white
pine, and yet can be had at much
lower price. It is better for some
things than yfcllow pine better, in
fact, for corn-cribs than any other
material.
Hemlock has the advantage of being
both strong and stiff; that is, it is
capable of bearing a heavy strain and
of not yielding to it until the breaking
point is closely approached; therefore,
for farming material it is unexcelled.
For mnd-sills and in situations where
it is subject to alterations of moisture
and dryness hemlock is found ex
tremely desirable. Therefore, to a
large part of farm building construc
tion it is peculiarly well adapted.
In sections of Iowa where it has
been thoroughly tried hemlock is
given the preference for barn con
struction. It is a little late in the
season to talk about corn-crib material,
and yet the attention of the farmers
should be called to the fact, supported
by mnch irrefutable evidence, that
rats and mice will not attack hemlock,
and so cribs built of it are rat and
mouse proof, except as the rodents
may find their way through openings
into cribs. They will not make an
opening, however, and this fact should
commend it for this purpose to the
farmers. The Lumberman.
Fence Corner and Thickets.
Fence corners that are allowed to
grow up in dense brush and spront
growth bespeak the lack of energy and
push in the mau whose farm it is.
At this time of the year such fence
corners tuny be cut out aud made to
look like the fence corners of the
twentieth century farmer. Rail fences
which run through dense wood are
the hardest to keep clear of brush.
When there is no snow on the ground
two men with a brush scythe aud axes
aud pitchfork cau dispose of the brush
very speedily. Of course, this simply
clears it away for a short season ; in
the spring the young branches come
out, and by fall make strong sprouts
again. But the treatment has to be
given each winter else the sprouts and
brush will be more stubborn than at
first. And on most farms there are
several Biuall or perhaps large hol
lows, on either side of which is a
heavy growth of brush. Iu tho man
ner above described this may be ex
terminated. If the land near the hol
low be rolling, and therefore liable to
wash, the brush when cut should be
piled iu the month of the
ditch so as to catch the dirt
aud trash that may be washed therein.
This will in the course of a few years
entirely fill up the ditch. If the sides
of the hollow are not too uueveu, a
plow may be used on them to good
advantage in the spring. A new
g round plow, with a sharp cutter at
tached aud a steady team, should be
used. Plow pretty deep, so as to root
out the roots. After plowing give
the ground a thorough harrowing with
a large-tooth harrow. The "A" har
row is what I use. The harrowing
will get most of the roots near the
surface and scatter them, after which
gather them and put in'piles, nnd.wbeu
dry set fire to them. This does the
work admirably. A lasting carpet is
made on the plowed surface by sow
ing thereon in the spring a mixture of
lawn grass seed, which, of course, is
pretty well mixed with timothy seed.
Each Bpring the sprouts have to be
out. A few sheepwill cut them down
and keep the buds nipped off. "Mis
souri farmer, in the Kpitomiat.
Bluing Hens and Young Cliickena.
April and May are the best mouths
for hatching and with the pen of one
male aud a dozen hen?., which have
been well cared for duriag the winter,
you should be supplied with plenty of
eggs by that time, which may be de
pended upon to hutch a fair per cent,
of strong chickens, writes Kugeue
Randall. This is for the North, but
at the Houth and West tho seunon is
one to three mouths earlier.
QTake a sitting beu to a new nest in
uuy building nut previously occupied
by poultry, place her upon a few nest
ggs uutil you are mire she means
business, theu give her Ihe eggs to
hatch. During the period of incuba
tion feed ou corn, giving free access
to plenty of grit, i'revious to putting
her on the eggs neo tlmt she is free
from lice. There are four or rive kinds
of lice. Two are found iu the poultry
houses. What are termed mile are
small gray lice that breed in tilth mid
swarm all over the inside of the build
ing. It it this Iuiiko that colli. els
niauy a sitting hen to leave the nest
before she has hutched a chick. Dur
ing the day tlifl red spider louse muy
be found on the underside of the
roosting poles, aud iu any cracks. At
night tlioy are sucking blood from the
hens on the perches. It is this louse
that causes lions to forsake their house
for tho trees. These two kiiidn f lice
my lie entirely exterminated, e'irat,
keep the infested house very clean.
Taint perches with kerosene oil. Keep
them soaked with it so that no louse
can live. Also put some oil on the
woodwork of the nests ami all sup
porta of the perches. With a force
pump crnde carbolic acid diluted with
hot water can be used. Spray the in
side of the house as long as a live
lonse can be fonnd. This is the cheap
est aud best method.
There are also two kinds of lice
that remain on the hens. I call them
head lice and body lice. The first, M
the name indicates, ..re found on or
near the head of the fowl. They are
responsible for the death of many
very small chicks. Later, the body
lice also kill many young fowls. There
are many ways of ridding sitting hens
of lice. I use insect powder and car
bolio sonp. First powder the hen
thoroughly aud strew a handful of
powder in the nest, then take the car
bolic soap and wet her head and Deck
with strong Buds. During the period
of inenbation I make three applica
tions, the last just before the eggs are
due to batch.
When the chicks are ready to be re
moved from the nest, take them to a
small yard and give them the liberty
of the yard, cooping at night. Feed
nothing dnring the first thirty-six
hours. Dnring the first week, feed
bread soaked in milk. Three feeds a
day will do, bnt five are better if you
are careful not to give more than they
will eat up clean. Give water to drink
from the first. The second and third
weeks give bread made of corn meal
two parts and shorts one part. After
the third week the feed may be
scalded instead of baked. Have the
meal ground coarsely. It will not be
so sticky and will mix more readily.
After a few weeks cracked corn and
wheat may be fed at night.
When nearly half grown feed two
parts of ground oats and corn, one
pait wheat bran and one part corn
meal mixed cold for morning feed.
Give whole corn, cracked corn and
wheat at night. Feed a little animal
meal from the first, increasing it to a
tenth part of the soft feed by the time
the chicks are half grown. Give free
access to ground rock at all times.
Cockerels may be placed in a rnn by
themselves if they become trouble
some. Hell them - when they become
fat. American Agriculturist.
. THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI.
Some Facts A boat tbe greatest lllver Syt
tera In the World.
How many Americans appreciate
the grandeur of their country's geogra
phy? How many know that there is no
rivr system on earth which even dis
tantly compares with that of the Miss
issippi aud its tributaries?
The census tell ns that these rivers,
all flowing through one channel into
the Gulf of Mexico, aggregate more
than 100,000 miles iu length. The Ama
zon, the Kilo, the Ganges and all the
rst of the great river systems on earth
put together scarcely approach this
magnificent showing.
Think of it! A steamboat leaving
Pittsburg cau visit twenty-three
States without passing through any
artificial channel. 8he can go up the
Allegheny aud Mouougahela, the Big
Sandy, the Kentucky, the Wabash,
the Tennessee and the Cumberland
clear into Alabama before reaching
the month of the Ohio.
Below Cairo she cau traverse not
only the Mississippi but the St. Fran
cois, the Arkansas, the White, the
Red, the Yazoo, the Tallahatchee, the
Yalobusha, the Ouachita, the great
bayous and all the tributaries of these
streams.
Above Cairo lie the Upper Missis
sippi, the Illinois, the Missouri, the
Yellowstone, the Platte, the Big Horn
and a score of tributaries to all these.
The supposititious steamboat can laud
at 1050 towns aud cities on her way.
These rivers drain an area of 1,683,
303 square miles, occupied by a popu
lation of 2-4,298,332 in 1890.
The commerce of this great river
system was curried on in 1889 by 7453
vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of
3,393,379 and a value of 815,535,005.
And so rich is that commerce that
ils annual gross earnings exceed the
total value of the craft engaged iu it
by nearly a million dollars. It carries
nearly eleven million passengers and
uearly thirty-three million tons of
freight per year.
Aud this is ouly one of the great
river systems of our country one of
many ttiut include such mighty sys
tems as that of the Yukon, that of the
Columbia, that of the Colorado and
thut of tho Alabama at Tombigbee.
New York World.
What lie aliould Do With Her.
There is a certain Cleveluuder who
hus won considerable fame and some
wealth as an jxpert handler of horses.
He is also Ine possessor of a pleas
ant home, a charming wife and a
bright three-year-old boy. The lat
ter is the delight of his father's heart
and the little fellow not only knows
lots of horse talk, but takes a keen de
light iu a mild attempt a', holding the
reins over a speed trotter. The wee
horseman has picked up the hubit of
calling his parents by their first
nutues, aud the way iu which he ut
ters them is decidedly cunning.
One duy not long ago his father
came home in a hurry and found thut
luncheoil wasn't ready.
"Whu.', do you thiuk of that, my
small man?" he cried as he tossed the
three-yea--old iu the uir. "Here's
papa come homo iu a terrible hurry
und no luncheon ready. What ought
we to do with such u uuughty mam
mV" The little felln.s eyes sparkled.
'Trudo her oil', Clint, trade heron"!"
he wiiouted. Cleveland l'luit; Dealer.
Tba Romau Cutholic Cathedral now
beinc- erected in Loudon will he 3t;o
feet lung, 156 feet wide, and will have
an ftrea of 55,000 -square feet. Its
u uve w:U huvenu area of 14,000 suuure
feet.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A Manlrnre Arid.
The best manienre acid is a tea
spoonful of lemon juice iu a enp of
tepid water. This not only whitens
and removes all stains from the nails,
bnt it loosens the cuticle mnch better
than scissors do. A dash of lemon
juice, too, in a glass of water is an ad
mirable tooth wash after the nse of
onions or anything that will affect the
breath. New York Post.
Home Made Lard.
The economical housewife seldom
bnys lard. All the nkiinniings from
soup stock, the drippings from roasts
and the trimmings from steaks and
chops are saved aud clarified. Mutton
fat, cooked or nncooked, if soaked in
cold water tweuly-fonr hours, chang
ing once or twice, and then cooked in
water, putting a bit of sod.i as large
as a pea to a quart of water, and fin
ally strained, maybe nsed for pastry,
ginger snaps and molasses cake.
Ham fat maybe kept separate, clnr
ified and put away to fry eggs in nnxl
summer. In cooking or putting away
fat, never nso earthen or grauiteware,
but tin.
To Kn.it a Kncklln rig.
The animal should be cooked tlx
same day as it is killed. To clenni
put in cold water for a few minutes,
next into hot, to scald, for the same
length of time, then plnck ont all the
hairs from tbe skin. This done, re
move the entrails, clean the nose and
ears and remove the fat at the first
joint; stuff with forcemeat, and sew
up the opening neat ly, Roast the pig
before the fire, which must be a very
clear one, and baste it thoroughly
with butter as it is about ready to be
taken off the spit. Then divido the
animal down the back, and cnt off the
head and divide that also. Take ont
the brains from this and mix them,
when chopped with the st tilling.
Make a gravy of half a pint of stock,
all the gravy that dripped from the
pig when cooking, and one tablespoon
of lemon juice. Heat this through
and pour round the pig, which should
be dished on a large very hot dish,
with the portions of head placed at
either end; apple sance is usually
served with suckling pig.
Housewife's Measure.
Two tablespoonfuls of liquid weigh
an ounce.
Two heaping tablespoonfuls of pow
dered Bngar weigh an ounce.
Two rounded tablespoonfuls o)
flour weigh an ounce.
One heaping tablespoonfnl of gran
nlated sugar weighs an ounce.
One cupful of wet or dry material is
half a pint.
Two cupfuls of granulated sugar
weigh a pound.
One cupful of butter weighs half a
pound.
Twelve level tablespoonfuls of dry
material are equal to eight that are
heaped.
Two ounces of nnmelted butter are
as large as an egg of medium size.
Four tablespoonfuls of liquid are
equal to one wineglassful. (A sherry
or claret glass is not a wineglass ordi
narily alluded to in measurement.)
Eggs ought to be weighed instead
of counted for enstatch, cakes, pud
dings, etc, because nine large, ten
medium and twelve small ones weigh
a pound without their shells.
It eel pea.
Brown Potato Monnd. Prepare
mashed potato, seasoned well, press
into a bowl, then turn on a pan; cover
with melted butter, denting the top,
brown in hot oven. Place in centei
of platter aud arrange the chops
around. Strew parsley over.
Raised Muffins One pint of flour,
one yeast cake dissoved in warm milk,
one egg, one tablespoon melted but
ter, one half teaspoon salt, warm milk
for batter. Let rise Bix hours. Pout
in muffin pan; let rise half an hour.
Bake in quick oven twenty minutes.
Turkey Soup Boil the bones o)
the turkey for an hour iu water tc
cover. Strain, add celery chopped
fine. If the flavor of summer savory
is liked, tie a small bit in thin muslin
and let simmer. Season with bntter,
salt and pepper; thicken with a little
flour or cornstarch.
Minced Lamb Cut bits of lcat
lamb fine with a knife. Heat with
butter, pepper, salt and water tc
make moist; dredge a little flour over.
Pile in a deep plate and surrouud with
boiled rice, shaped smooth aud damp
ened with melted butter. Brown on
top grate and serve hot.
Meat Cukes Ono heaping cup ol
finely-chopped meat, of one or more
kinds, one of chopped cold
boiled potato, two rolled Boston
crackers, one well beaten egg, pepper,
salt and butter, milk to shape into
cakes. Dip in beaten egg, then in
fine cracker crumbs, and brown in
hot fat.
Orange Sorbet One pound granu
lated sugar, the yellow rind of au
orange, cover with water in a sauce
pan aud boil five minutes. Strain ami
boil to a thick syrup. When cold add
one pint orange juice Uix medium
sized will be required) uud tho juice
of two lemons; freeze to a mush; serve
iu glasses.
Cofl'oe JellyOne half box of gela
tiue, one cup cold wator, one cup
grauuluted sugar, three cups very
strong coffco. Souk the gelatine iu
the water one-half hour, pour the boil
ing hot coffee over, add the sugar,
stir, strain into a mold, aud set neat
ice. Sorve with thin, sweet cream and
sugar or whipped cream.
Meat Toast Dry slices of stale
bread in oveu, then brown on toaster:
butler and pour over while hot the
prepared meat; one cup finely chopped
cold Bteak or veal or roast, seasoned
with suit and pepper. Heat quickly
iu water; add cup of milk and table
spoon of sweet butter rubbed in sea ut
tublespoou flour. Cook thoroughly
aud Berve at once.
Lived l udel All the l-rrddenlv.
On January ti Mrs. Kuthurino Snod
grass, of Dunkirk, Ohio, celebrated
her 102d birthday. She hus lived uu
der every President of tho I'uited
Stutes, hus not moved from her pres
ent home in niiiety-oiie yours, uud is
still able to visit her neighbors.
l.arifF.I Mass of hull.
The lurgest mass of pure salt iu the
world is iu (iuliciu, Hungary, it is
550 miles long, twenty broud, uud 250
feet in thickness
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
What Temparanre Brlnva Fledca the
Votini-The MnndaT-Nrhonl an Efficient
Instrument to Save Our Ynnth From
the Awful Kvlls of Intemperance,
More of food than wo can tell;
More to buy with, more to sell;
More of comfort, less of care;
More to eat, and more to wear;
Happier homes with faces brighter,
Ml our burdens rendered lighter.
Conscience clean and mind much stronger,
holds much shorter, pursos longer;
Hopes that drive away all sorrow,
aud something lrdd up for to-m orrow.
Pledge the Voting.
The dangors which threaten our yonth
cull for vigorous and earnest work to save
them. In our large elites bovs between
the agns of eight and fifteen are especially
exposed to the temptations of drinking
habits; arrests for drunkenness among
thoso of tender years are becoming fre
quent. More than onn-ilfth of the boys of
tho nation are hastening with quick stops
to (111 up the ranks of the perishing drunk
ards. The hundreds of ragged youth In
tho cities with the marks of tho curse now
upon them appeal for help.
nut how shall wo reach and prevent
others from following In their path? Onr
public school system olTers no solution for
this problem. The fumllv relation, effoc
tlve though It might bo, proves itself
Inefficient to master the situation; for boys
will use liquor for years without tho knowl
edge of their parents, or with the consent
of their example.
In tho Hunday-school, however, may be
found an efficient and powerful Instru
mentality. Hera temperance may be
pressed upon tho youngest consolonces
with all the sacred force of religion added,
tudend, If Ood's wcrd Is taught, if sin is
condemned, and righteousness upheld, the
prlnctplo of total abstinence will be in
culcated, for how can a teacher with any
conscience be content to point ont tha
looatlons of cities and towns in Palestine,
or tell tho deptln of the Dead Bea, and not
declare the law of temperance and point
out the pitfalls which are right about the
young?
Intemperance can be denounced ns a sin
against Ood and man. As Hamiloar led
young Hnnt.ibal to the altar, caused hlra to
lay his chllo-bands upon the holy things,
and swear t.int as longasho lived he would
be the enomy of ltome, so the Babbath
school teacher can pledge these youthful
ones to eternal hatred of alcohollo drink.
If the church is to win and keep the chil
dren for Christ, this must be done.
Tho church must get into close grip with
the wolf In the shape of the liquor truffle If
the lambs of the flock are to bo saved from
destruction. The cause of fearful leakage
in church membership andthe devil's great
engine of the bodies and soul of countless
thousands must Itself bedestroyed, andthe
church must do it by temperance teaching
In the Sabbath-school and pledging the
young to total abstinence.
If the fathers an 1 mothers of tho boys
and girls of to-morrow, who are now in
our Huhbath-schools, aro thus pledged, a
race of children will be "well born"
with healthy bodies and clean souls.
National Temperance Advocate.
Temperance a Physiological Necessity.
In like manner the Influence of all drugs
wblch affect the nervotif system must be in
the direction of disintegration. The healthy
mind stands in clear and normal relations
with nature. It feels pain as pain. It foeli
action as pleasure. The drug which con
ceals pain or Rives false pleasure when
pleasure does not exist, forces a lie upon
the nervous system. The drug which dis
poses to reverlo rather than to work, which
makes ns feel well when we are not well,
destroys the sanity of lite. All stlmalants,
narcotics, tonics, which affect the nervous
system la whatever way, reduce the truth
fulness of sensation, thought, and action.
Toward insanity all such influences lead;
and theirelTect, slight though It be. Is ol
the same nature as mania. The man who
would see clearly, think truthfully, and act
effectively, must avoid them all. Emer
gency aside, ho can not safely force upon
tils nervous system even the smallest false
hood. And here lies the one great unans
werable argument for total abstinence; not
abstinence from alcohol alone, but from all
nervo poisons and emotional excesses.
ippleton's Popular Science Monthly.
One of the Deadliest Evils.
The use or misuse of alcoholic liquors It
one of the deadliest evils of the times.
Consumption In the I'nlted States in the
fiscal year lh!6 was l,170,.S7t),4ts gallons, or
10.42 gallons per bead of the entire popula
tion. One gallon per head yearly is of dis
tilled spirits. In lMi3 tho quantity was seven
and a half gallons per head. Four hundred
thousand confirmed drunkards were In the
land, and millions more were in the mak
ing. English rumholea no longer advert 1st
druukonuess for a penny, blind drunken
ness for twopence and straw on which to
sleep off debauch for nothing. Moral senti
ment will not tolerate intoxication in good
society, business circles or responsible
posts of duty. "Not a tithe of intemper
ance," Dr. Dnr-heter declare, "eilsta ai
compared with II fty years and more ago."
Nor Is it likely to devastate as wide an area
In future. The nature of stlmalants and
Irugs and their terrible effects upon body,
oul, culture, social coudlilon and religion
ire better understood than In the pant.
Chicago lteeord.
A Mau With a -Bias."
Tbe full court of Victoria baa decided
that a man with a "bias" aguinst tbe liquor
traflic cannot kit on the I.icuusing Ilxucb.
For tha same reason, then, we suppose
thut a man with it "bins" agultist burglary
or murder should not be allowed to alt in
the Hupreme Court, aa the proceedings ol
the HuprumeCourt should certainly be kept
as free, from suspicion a the proceeding
of the Licensing Court.
But if the teetotaler Is barred from sit
ting on the Llneiixiiig Hoard by roason ol
his "liliis" ngniimt drink, must not thr
drinker be barred by reason of his "bias'
In Its favor, as a moment's reflection will
show thut the, man who likes his liquor,
aud tukns it every duy, whether be Is a Hu
preme Court Judge, a Licensing magis
trate, or an ordinary citizen, la noeesaarlly
prejudiced iu Its favor.
If thoso men with au opinion either fot
or against the driuk are barred from sit
ting on the bench, who then will occupy
that seat? Idiots! Idiots only! National
Advocate.
Then and Now.
For more than ton years Cambridge bat
votel "no lleonso," so that there ure no
open sitloous around Harvard. In tho llrsl
yours of thu University, 00 yoara ago, whet
money was scuroe, payment oftultlou wai
allowed Iu produce, buar-skius un.l 11 v
stock. A "rundlet of sack" (keg ol wlu;
was good for n year's tuition. Tno tlmua
huve certainly changed.
An Injury und Detriment.
Alcoholic Ktimuluuts are not ut all noces
sary, but, on thu coutrary, are Injurloui
uud u detriment to those undergoing great
exposure or strain. Doctor Nausea, ou hli
expedition to the North Pole, took no stim
ulants with him. His testimony la thul
"stimulants, with tho exception of obooo
litto, which Is mild in its effeet und ut the
sumo time nourishing, bring pructlcully nc
nutritive substance Into the body, uud the
energy which one obtains by their use at
one moment uiust ba paid for by a corre
sponding exhaurlloii ut tho next." One ol
Ihe champion uycllst of Heotlunil said:
"Only u tomperiito man can be a gooc
racer. Anyone who uses brandy or whisky
Is noon broken-winded or pulled."
Temperance News and Notes.
Ktroug drink Is bud for the health as Wei)
as for the pocket.
Every umn should shun llquor-drluking ui
ho would taking ursoulu.
Tho Uuud of Hope movement sturted nt
Loeds, In England, In 1H17, has just cele
brated Its Jubilee with eutliusiusm, uud
carries thu mimes of three millions ou its
rolls.
The old E ugllsli custom of giving drink
At Christinas to pohtmcn, porters, caluiieu,
or eiiniieii.ete., h threatened by the Nu
tional liritlsh Women's Temperance Asso.
ciatloii, which hits insuod u circular remon
strating ugiiiii.st beer, etc.. uud suggesting
lliul u cup of warm cocoa, cofTou, or teu
wovld luuke u safer substitute,
Mnnllng Dmaeatle Dark.
A baggageman on the Santa Fe, who
runs into Kansas City from ont in the
western part of Kansas, had lost lots
of sleep. It is doubtful if he can ever
catch np with it. He leaves Hutchin
son at niKht and reaches Kansas City
in the morning. Nearly every night
he brings in his car two or three coops
of live domestic, duck. During the
night, when he has no baggage to de
liver at small stations, it has been his
habit and privilege to lie down on an
improvised conoh and doze. With the
advent of the duoks the dozing stopped.
The almost constant quacking of the
ducks, who could not understand their
strange environment, would not per
mit of sleep.
For many nights, as he lay awake,
he planned relief. He thought of
strangling the ducks or chloroforming
them. Hut neither expedient seemed
good. One night a bright idea same,
to hiin. After he had put it Into ex
ecution the ducks were silent.
The next night he had two ooops of
unusually vociferous ducks. As soon
as it came time for sleep he wrenched
a slat from one of the coops, reached
in aud pulled out duck. From bis
pocket he took a small rubber band,
which he slipped over the duck's bill
just back of the nostrils. The duck
tried to quack, but the rubber band,
while it stretched a little, would not
permit the duo;-, to open its bill far
enough to use its tongue. Only a
murmur came from it. One by one
the ducks were muzzled, and the bag
gageman rested comfortably.
The commission men were surprised
next morning when they received a
lot of ducks with rubber bands around
their bills, and when the bands were
removed the shouts of protest from the
ducks were deafening. Kansas City
Star.
A Universal Word,
One of the first words that a baby
says is mamma or mother, and it is
not strange, therefore, to find it ono
of the first and simpliest words iu every
language. There 'is no word easier for
a child to any than "ma" unless it be
"pa." In Hebrew and Arabio mother
is "em" and "am;" it is "mam" in
Welah and "modor" in Anglo-Saxon.
In other languages it is slightly differ
ent, but near enough like our own
word "mother" to make it au almost
uuiversol word, so that a child orying
in any language could be understood
in almost any other language. Here
are a few of the names:
Madr In Terslan. Modor In Swedish.
Matr in Sanscrit. Moder in Danish.
Meter In Greek. Moeder In Dutch.
Mater In Latin. Mutter in German.
Madre In Italian. Mater in Russlrn.
Mure tn French. Mnthair In Celtic.
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