DAVID C. COOK. The Pioneer Pablliher of Sunday-School Literature. David C. Cook, of Chicago, whose nam * has become a household word through his Sunday-school publications, is but 42 years old. He was born in East Worcester, N. in IS.V), a son of Rev. E. 8. Cook, a Methodist minister, A and from a child an earnest and deroted member of the church nnd Sunday-school. Jjmfcy He began teaching Ward's Rolling Mills Sunday-school, in at the age of 17» helping also in one DAVID C.COOK, and sometimes two mission schools of the West Side, meet ing at different hours, until the great fire of 1871 changed his plana, and marked the beginning of his work on the North Hide. Seeing the dis tress nnd pressing need for help, he left his homo and rented rooms in one of the poor est and roughest neighborhoods of the burnt district, where, with three other younj men whom he persuaded to join him, he cave himself to relief and mission work. Here on North avenue, in a German theatre and beer hall, was started his "Everybody's Mission," afterward removed to a building of its own near by. This mission, with at t tendance of 850 to 450, he started, built up and sustained without aid from any church or society for five years, until others were able to occupy the Held. He also organized and superintended on the North Side, North Avenue Mission, Lake View Mission and Lake View Union schools, and, in Elgin, the tirace Church Hchool, besides several smaller enterprises elsewhere. His lirst publications were prepared only for his own schools, then, to divide the cost of type-setting, he nsked orders from others. No one could be more surprised than he at the demand thus created. Afterwards his schools afforded a place for first testing new helps ami new ideas. It is to this love for Ibe work, and close application to it, that fchools are indebted for what he has done tor the cause of Sunday-school literature. Mow Exports I.ook at Gems. Diamond experts have a curious way of looking at gems. IT. N Collier, who went to Brazil and mined diamonds there in the early days of the diamond excitement, picks up a stone, focuses his eyes oa it ami if there are any flaws or specks he generally sees them. His description of the mad hunt for dia monds in Brazil when the fields were first discovered would make interesting reading. The careful way diamond diggers and workers are watched and the excitement produced when a big "find" is made have a dramatic interest to those who havotmce felt the fever of the diamond searcher.—New York Com mercial Advertiser. Jllrs. A. A. Williams Lynn, Mass. FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS Itev. Mr. Will lams Heartily En dorses flood's Sarsaparilla. We arc pleased to present this from Rev. A. A. Williams, of the Sillsbee Street Christian Church, Lvun, Mass.: "I see no reason why a clergyman, more than a layman, who knows whereof he speaks, should hesitate to approve an Article of Merit and worth, from which he or his family have been signally benefited, and whose commenda tion may serve to extend those lxineflts to oth ers by increasing their contidence. My wife has for many years been a sufferer from sever© Nervous Headache for which she found little help. She has tried many things that promised well but performed Last fall a friend gave her a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla. It seems surprising what simply one bottle could and did do for her. The attacks of headache decreased in number and were less violent in their intensity, while her geaeral health is improved. Her appetite has also been better. From our experience with Hood's Sarsaparilla I have no hesitation in endorsing its mor* its." A. A. WA MS. 11 nod'H Pills are the best faintly cathartic, gen tle and effective. 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Flfly cents per bottle. Sold by Druggists. ME »UEE TO 11 ET HA II WAY'S. MiiOIAMJiIHN U.IYIOHRIfI, If&llOßWWuMlilaigton, D.t 1 , ■ 3yr*iulast war, l.'>*djudiraiiugclaims, atty since. uU YOU EXPECT TO BECOME A MOTHER ? . " MOTHERS* FRIEND" ' IMKtS CHILD BIRTH EUSY. Assists Nature, Lessens Danger, and Shortens Labor. "My wile suffered more in ten minutes with her other children than she did all together with her last, after having used four bottles of MOTHER'S FBIEND," says a customer. HENDERSON DALE, Druggist, Car mi, 111. Sent by express on receipt of price, >I.BO per bot tie. Book "To Mothers mailed free. BRADFICLD REGULATOR CO., ' »» Mil sv *u tmam * Atlmtta. Oa. MAST FED FORK. There is a good nut crop in many parte of the country this year. In early times when woods were more plentiful than now, many farmers let their pigs pick up much of their living in the woods. They became quite fat when frost loosened the burs of nuts. Pigs fed thus made the sweetest and best pork. It needed some corn feeding to give required firmness to the fat. This made the pork go farther for two reasons. It did not fry away so much in the pan and it was not so good to eat as the sweeter nut-fed pork.— Bostou Cultivator. SHOULD UOCIS HAVE SALT? Salt has often been called nature's vermifuge, and it is no doubt a fact, be cause long experience with domestic an imals has shown that all herbivora, when deprived of salt, will sooner or later suf fer from the presence of intestinal worms. Swine are not an exception to the general rule, and salt is just as nec essary for them as it is for cattle, as it not only destroys intestinal parasites, but aids digestion, nnd prevents intense acidity of the stomach. When hogs are fed slops from the kitchen they get con siderable salt, but when fed exclusively upon grain, especially at the time of fat tening, each animal should be given about one ounce of salt daily,mixed with its food or the water given it to drink. If farmeia would pay more attention to the chemistry of the food given to their hogs, they might escape severe losses from such common diseases as cholera, catarrh aud erysipelas.—New York Sun. -* _____ CI.EANIN3 A TOL' BUGGY. A leather top of a buggy requires care ful and regular attention to keep it in good condition. It is much injured by the nmmonia vapors of a stable, and therefore should be kept in a separate house or shed where it is not exposed to the weather. It should always be cleaned when brought ic from use, especially if it line been splashed with mud. This acts like a blister anil takes the color from both cover and body. The cover is first washed with a rose nozzle and force puinp, but not with a hard stream that will force the dust or sand in the leather. This will quickly spoil it. When the dirt is washed off in this way it is once j more rinsed with clean water and then left to dry, or is softly wiped with a linen cloth or a chamois skin. It is then wiped softly with a soft sponge and castor oil. This is done while the leather is damp. It will not crack, and will keep its color and gloss under this treatment.—New York Times. BULBOUS FLOWKHS. Here are instructions for growing bulbs indoors given by an English au thority in such matters: Bulbs grown in the sitting or dining room require only that a damp atmos phere should be kept about them, and light is not wanted until they are pro gressing freoly. The bulbs, when potted, will do well in the bottom of a cupboard if set in damp moss or anything of that kind, aud a small portion of the samo sprinkled over them. .In glasses the water should not be allowed to touch the bulb, though very close to it, and rain or soft water should be used. When lodged in the glasses, the bulbs should bo put in some cool place where light ia ex cluded—say a cupboard—there to re main five or six weeks, and when the roots are well developed and the swelling bud and spike, starting freely they may bo gradua.ly inured to the full light. The water should not be changed, but filled up occasionally, and a small lump of charcoal kept at the bottom. From the time the flower begins to show, the mdre light aud air given the bitter. INFLUENCE OF OATS AND BRAN ON MILK. It is quito well understood that the quantity of food consumed influences the yield of milk and that certain foods and grasses influence the color of butter. Numerous experiments exhibit results to prove that an increase of the same ration will increase a cow s milk yield, but not the quality of that yield. By a few it is believed that the quality of the milk cau be changed very perceptibly by changing rations. Others maintain that the quality of milk depends solely, or al most so, on the individual animal, some giving rich milk, others a poorer article. At the Colorado Station experiments were made with four cows, for the pur pose of testing the comparative effects of wheat bran and oat chop (that is, ground oats) on the fat of milk. For the first period the ration morning, noon and evening was two pounds of oat chop and all the alfalfa hay they would eat and all the water desired, but with no other food. For the second period clear wheat bran (containing no shorts) was substituted for the oat chop. From a study of the tabulation it ap pears that the quality of the milk was quite perceptibly influenced by the change of food given these cows. In each case the wheat bran produced the best result in the production of fat in the milk; there is also evidence extant that bran causes a better flow of milk than oats. While the cows gainod in weight on tho oat chop, each lost a few pounds oh the bran ration. The difference in either case could have been caused by the difference in water drank at a single time.—New York World. THEAT TIIE COWS KINDLT. Cows are naturally of the kindest dis position of any four legged animal upou the farm, aftfl they should bo treated kindly and not' abused by the milkers nnd drivers; The practiqj) of sending a dog after them and allowing him to rush them into the milk yard, exhausted and excited, is a practice that will cost each year from ten to twenty-five pounds of butter for every cow milked. Drive the cows leisurely to and from the pasture. If you are iu a hurry let the driver make double quick time when he is going to and from the field not a ccompanied by the cows. The throwing of stones,sticks or other missiles should be forbidden,and the operation of milking should be doue rapidly and with but little or no talking. Should tbo cow make a misstep or twitch you unpleasantly during fly-time don't sp«ak 10 sharply u to startle bar. la many herds there are ottipona for mor» cows which only a ceanmeober of the family can 'milk. Thia indicates very plainly that some one is mild tempered, and understands the cow's disposition. ▲ box located at some accessible point should contain at all times a supply of salt. If salt is fed in heroic doses once or twice each week, the coirs will then gorge themselves, causing derangement of the digestive ofgans. Milk should not be applied to the teats to reduce the powef required in milking, for it does not, but most certainly adds filth to the milk obtained, and in cold weather the wet teat will become cracked and sore. All cows with a domineering nature and sharp horns should be dehorned. Brass ferrules at the tips of the horns lessen the danger but do not prevent the pushing and bruising of other cows.—American Agriculturist. FEEDING VALUE OF CORNSTALKS. The feeding value of cornstalks is a subject which receives an endless amount of discussion and upon which a great variety of opiuioas have been expressed. The subject is well worthy of considera tion both on account of the immense quantity of cornstalks produced every year and also by reason of the great val ue which they may have to their owners. The principal reason for the grtat differ ence in opinion which farmers express in rogard to the usefulness of the stalks for feeding is found in the fact that the real value of different lots of stalks varies fully as much a? do the opinions of their owners. Some lots are clean and bright, and contain a large amount of nourish ment in a palatable and easily digesti ble form. Other lots are so bleached and damaged by exposure to the SHn and storms as to be unpalatable and innutri tious. There is as much difference in the valuo of these two grades of stalks as there is between hay that has been properly cured and stored and that which nas been so long exposed to the weather as to have lost its natural color and been deprived of nearly all of its nutritious qualities. The trouble with the cornstalks that cattle do not like, and from eating which they receive little or no benefit, is due to bad curing or 100 long exposure in the field. The ! smaller varieties usually have a larger I proportion of valuable feeding material than the giant sorts, but the latter, if properly cared for, will furnish a good deal of food which cattle will like and upon which they will thrive. The man who husks his corn early and puts the stalks under cover, or in stacks which will turn the rain, will have some valua ble material with which to supplement his crops of hay aud gralu.—American Dairyman. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Transplanting two or three times helps in the formation of fibrous roots. In growing berries for market the best results arc secured with a rich soil. Generally in transplanting it is best to set the plants down to the first leaf. By keeping different kinds of stock the pastures will not become patchy. To keep a flock making a profit re quires careful selection and close culling. Mulching nowly set trees during hot, dry weather ofton saves them from dying. Allowing them to grow too thick is one cause of failuro in growing root crops. Are your stables so arranged that the norses could be rescued easily in case of fire? Clear the barnyard well of stones and sticks before you turn the horses out for a romp. The real friend of the farmer is he that teaches him to be contentod, industrious and frugal. A man does not tako good care of a horse should not have the pleasure of owning one. If you can sell direct to the consumer you can put the middleman's profit in your own pocket. Many farmers wear out fifty dollars' worth of horse flesh trying to save buy ing a ten dollar plow. Breed the best to the best and you can couut on somethiug for your trouble. Otherwise you take great risks. Sweet whey is worth seven cents per 100 pounds as pig and calf food. This is seven cents more thau sour whey is worth. Corn fodder, putin shocks and left in the field during a good part of the fall and winter, loses from one-third to one half of its feeding value. Powdered chalk given in soft food is, in many cases, n good remedy for scours in hens. Give plenty of green food with oats on wheat and but little grain. Geese and turkeys require plenty of room, and it will rarely pay to keep them unless they em be given a free range. Where there is plenty of pasture they thrive well. If you let those weeds in the garden 30 to seed now, they will give you trouble again next yeear. Cut them down, and if the seeds have begua to ripen, leave them. Geese liva long, and for all practical purposes, the old one are as good, if not better than tlio young ouos. 80 it is better to sell the younger ones, as they fetch better prices. There would be no abandoned farms if their owners had combined science with practice, and there will be more of them eventually u \less our farmers begin to do this more generally. You may make one definite step for ward in your dairy practice this winter, by firmly resolving to keep no cow that does not pay her board promptly. Take no promises to pay in the spring. The Pekin is a large breed of ducks, and cau be raised on the farm with only water enough to quench their thirst. They grow quickly to a large size, are hardy, and can readily be made profit able. There are some advatages in growing cash crops, such a timothy and wheat, which may be turned into money with out the intervention of the feeding pio coss. But it takes a good farmer to grow thsin ateadily without ruining hi* land. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. TO CLUAH rVOBT. To clean and preserve the color of ivory ornaments, brooches, card cases, bracelets, chains, etc., place the articles to be cleansed in a basin of cold water and allow them to remain in it for twenty four hours. Take them ont of the water and lay them on a clean, soft towel, but do not wipe them; they must be dried by the air, and water that remains in the carving of the ivory should be blown out. If allowed to settle on the ivory it will destroy the color.—St. Louis Republic. PURE HOME-MADE BAKING POWDER. Baking powder is a mixture of cream of tartar, bicarbonate of soda and arrow root. The latter is putin to keep the chemicals dry, and thus prevent the slow union which would otherwise take place. Sometimes tartaric acid is used instead of cream of tartar. The iollowing rule may be relied upon Tartaric acid, two ounces by weight; bicarbonate of soda, three ounces by weight; arrowroot, three ounces by weight. Mix and shift thoroughly. Keep in a dry place in a wide-mouthed bottle.—New York World. USES OP SWEET OIL. Clean bronzes with sweet oil, care fully rubbed on, then polish with chamois. If troubled with creaking shoes, rub the sides of the soles with a little swe3t oil. Sweet oil will clean Britannia metal; rub it well with a flannel cloth and then wash off in warm suds. For sunburn, sweet oil and lime water —two parts of oil to one of lime water will be found very efficacious. To remove warts, apply sweet oil and cinnamon, which will in time causo them to disappear. For inflammatory rheumatism, dissolve into a pint of sweet oil one ounce of pul verized saltpetre and thoroughly rub the parts affected.—Good Housekeeping. baking sheets. "It is strange," said an expert chef, not long ago, "that baking sheets aro not more used in private families. They are much more convenient than the little cramped pans that are generally used for biscuit and cake. A baking sheet is properly made of sheet-iron. It should be made to fit into the oven, so that no space is lost, and consists simply of a sheet of the metal without either wired border or welded corners. The edges of the sheet aro turned up about half an inch to assist in removing it from the oven. Cookies, ginger-snaps, round cakes of every sort, biscuits and loaves of bread are more easily and effectually cooked in this way than in auy pan. Bakers always use these sheets for any dough which is not so soft as to run. They take the place of several pans anil are much more easily washed and taicen care of than any regular pan with its sharp corners. Such a sheet fitte Ito an ordinary oven will cost but seventy-five cents when made to order of tho very best quality of Russian sheet-iron."— New York Tribune. KKCIFE3. Baked Fish—Clean, rinse and wipe dry a fish weighing three or four pounds; rub the fish inside and out with salt and pepper; fill with a stuffing made like that for poultry, ouly drier. Sew it up and putin a hot pan, with some drip pings and lumps of butter, and bake for one hour and a half, basting occasion ally. Calf's Liver Saute—Slice the liver. Throw boiling water over it for a minute. Have some butter very hot iu a frying-pan, and lay the slices in, turning until cooked firm; place on a hot dish. Squeeze lemon-juice and sprinkle parsley over the top. Add the butter in which the liver was cooked and serve. Curry of Cold Meat—Put three table spoonfuls of butter into a frying-pan, and when hot add one onion cut into dice. As it browns, adl three table spoonfuls of flour and one teaspoonfulof curry powder. Stir two minutes: add a pint of stock or water; let it simmer five minutes and then strain it on the meat, which has been prepared by cutting into thin nlices. Flannel Cakes—Rub two ounces o( butter into a quart of sifted flour with the hands until well mixed ; add one tea spoonful of salt. Mix together the beaten jrolks of three eggs and one pint and a half of milk; add this to the flour; beat hard until smooth. Next add the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth and two tablespoonfuls of baking pow der. Bake quickly on a hot griddle, greased with fat. Hashed Potatoes—Hashed potatoes are never more delicious than when potatoes are new. Take six cold boiled potatoes, mince them and season them with salt and pepper, adding a little milk or stock. Melt a tablespoonful of butter in an omelet pan, and when it is very hot, pour in the potatoes. Spread evenly and set back where they wMI brown, then fold over like an omelet and serve. A little minced parsloy or onion improves the dish. Hominy—Soak one quart of hominy over night, put over the fire in a tin pail, set in boiling water with water to cover. Boil quietly for five hours, as it cannot be hurried. After the grains be gin to soften on no account stir it. The water putin it at first ought to be enough to finish it, but if it proves too little add more carefully, as too much makes it sloppy. Salt just before taking from the stove, as too early salting makes it dark. If properly done the grains will stand out snowy and well done, but round and separate. Arterlnl Blood Flow. One of the most interesting of the new psycho-physiological instruments is tho plethysmograph, which indicates the least flow of blood in the arteries of the arm. By meaiis of it, observers have found that when the sentence of the judge is read before a criminal there is a decrease in the flow of biood in the arm, but that the sight of a glass of wine increases the flow. Again, when it is required to perform an arithmetical cal culation, to multiply, for example, nine times seventy-three, an increase in blood flow is the result. The flow is little affected in a brutal murderer or born criminal when a pi&tol is shown to him, whereas iu the normal man the plethysmograph indicate? a de cided effect. Thus involuntary testi mony is supplied as to the nervous and physical nature of the born instead of tha acoidantal criminal. —London Chroa tete. Toque bonnets are to be the correct thing in head wear. Unpunctuated letters are growing to be a fashionable fad. The blouse is being supplanted by a smarter kind of bodice. Two enterprising ladiea of Spain have published a biography of the baby king. At least a dozen tiny jewelled Porte Bonheur bracelets should be worn on each arm. Enormous ruches of blaok satin will vie in favor with the feather boa and the mink collarette. Frenchwomen are much affecting red in gowns, bonnets, and even hosiery, shoes and gloves. Are not women becoming rather too mannish t The tailored side pockets are the latest innovations. Ella Wheeler Wilcox is writing a so ciety novel, the scene of which will be lo cated in Chicago during the World's Fair. The most prominent shades in mill inery are the greens, the new purples, and dahlia shades, and the light neutral tints. Margaret F. Herrick, of the Harvard Annex, wins the Sargent prize of SIOO offered each year for the best metrical translation of a Horatiaa ode. Madame Patti is credited with con sidering the Princess of Wales the most beautiful woman of Europe. The great singer should be a competent judge. Mme. Bertha do Colonne is the young and beautiful wife of aa architect in Europe. She is both blind and deaf, but is quite famous as it poet and author. Heavy laces like black guipure and white Genoa lace are largely usod in millinery and for garniture for the few French dresses that have so far been dis played. One of the youngest grandparents alive is the Duchess of Montpensier, sis ter of Queen Isabella. She was a grand mother at thirty-three auu a greatgrand mother at fifty-five. The fleur-de-lis fancy has attacked vases. A beautiful jardiniere stinding two feet high was a massive fleur-de-lis in the plain yellow glaze that is so much use i for pots and flower holders. Women arc indeed coming to the front; no longer will they bs satisfio) with the domestic circles, but are estab lishing clubs in active rivalry with thosj hitherto monopolized by the sterner sox. Queen Victoria rarely sends any tele grams to any member of the royal family or to Her Majesty's intimate friends, otherwise than in cipher, a system of figure ciphers having been carefully ar ranged for her and their use. For JBS years the membership of the Philadelphia Baptist Association has been formed of meu only. The other day the Membership Committee, after a spirited debate, voted to admit women a3 delegates to the auuual meetings here after. The first woman admitted to the Bar in America was Arabella Mausfield, of lowa, in 18(59. Now there are seven women lawyers practicing before the United States Supreme Court, and a large number have bcea admitted to gen eral practice. A fancy waistcoat gives stylish, dis tinctive touch to dark coat bodices, and as the front of a corsage always wears before the other parts, the insertion of a waistcoat of a brocade maces It as good as new, a cravat of lace adds a pretty, feminine touch. The only Turkish poetess living is be lieved to be Osmau Pasha's daughter. She is a young matron of twenty-eigut and lives in a white marble palace over looking the Blue Bosphorous, where she dines from a service of gold in a wonder ful conservatory. The richest material used in the im ported dresses is the uew miroir velvet, throwing out brilliant iridescent huos fiom its rich, dark surface. This mate rial is made iuto stately reception gowns, in combination with Venetian guipure or with Genoa lace. A London woman, being tired of ser. vant maids, hired a boy of sixteen to do the housework. She was Immediately summoned for unlawfully keeping a man servant without a license. She paid a fine, with testimony to the superiority of boy servants over girls. The Watteau slipper is charming to wear with a tea gown. It is of glace kid to match the costume, and is trimmed with a rosette of bright ribbon. The "Albany" is the title bestowed on a party slipper of open work kid, through which glints a bright satin lining. The girl who regularly entertains her friends at "dve o'clock tea" will admire the dainty aprons of silk, trimmed with puffings of pale chiffon, and high cuffs to correspond. Aprons for similar occa sions, of India mull, and others of ribbon cording are made to delight the youthful hostess. Woman tea merchants are a novelty, even in London, where there is a firm which has purchased an estate iu Ceylon and employs women blenders, casters, packers and agents. A daintily arranged tea room is fitted up for the pleasure of guests and profit of the firm. A New York importer of tine teas employs a genuine Japanese woman to make and dispense tho fragrant beverage from egg shell china. Bridesmaids at the now weddings will wear demi-train dresses in Empire style of silk, chiffon, or other elaborate ma terial, and large Gainsborough or Em pire hats. The little maids of honor, who go before the bride, are among tho most picturesque features of the bridal procession, and are dressed ir. simple, straight Empire gowns of white, often made with huge sleeves and trimmed with old lace. A petition signed by 7003 women of Prussia has been presented to the Prus sian Legislature recently, and another one signed by 40,000 German women has been sect to the Reichstag, both asking for tho medical education of women in the universities. Professor Herman Grimm, the philologist, has published an article in a German magazine advocating the admission of women to equal rights with men la the derman universities. Tue Color or Indians. The color of the lodian race varies much individually, as does that of our own Caueassian race, audit also varies much with the different tribes. It is safe to describe them in general terms as brown. Borne tribes are of a decidedly light shade of brown, while others are so dark—the California coast tribes, for instance—as to almost suggest the negro. Numerous individuals have been noticed by travelers in jnme Indian tribes, as the Mandau, Zuni and others, who are so light that the idea ol their descent from European peoples (,'ainei currency. It was chiefly this fact that lent weight to the theory propounded less than 100 years ago that colonics of Welch hid been planted in the wilds of America. As we know now, however, these h<rht colored Indians are simply of a natural light brown, or are albinos. Of the I it ter class perhaps those at Zuni are the best known.—San Francisco Chronicle. The number of miles of fencing in I New South Wales is 1,690,000, an 1 average cost of $209 per mile. There are 32,000 dams used for stock purposos, at an average cost of $415; 33,000 water tanks, each costing $965; and 3744 wells, averaging $1145. This total expenditure exceeds $400,000,000 for improvements in stock raising. Eight million eight hundred and three thousand bales of cotton were used by the world last year. Have You Amlimn ? Dr. R. RchilTmann, St. Paul, Minn., will mail atrial package of SchitTmann\s Asthma Cure free to any sufferer. <;iv<*s instant relief in woret cases, and cures where others fail. Name this paper and send address. DON'T fool with indication nor with a disordered liver, but laL Beech am'a Pills for immediate W. H. Griflftn. 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