The fact that a recent novel, the Ittne of which is laid daring the civil . . .. Uilr- P's In tlie Time to l.t-t I p .... mouth hi Abraham " '""'" Uncoa u lot nf aaversation which he never could lve uttered nml makes him.do things doll; .nit of keeping with his charao ltr draws forth a protest from the York Mail and Kxpress. Thai jotirtKi alludes to liberties taken : i;m.,, In ny otner writers, un.i anus: "Keen ,n,r god Mend, Joel Chan. Her Harris, kidnaped President Lincoln In ,,; of hi jams. True, he got him ly, k to the white house before any body found it out. The Lincoln climax ll reached last year, when a Chicago nan made him break up a game of tarda on a Mississippi river steam boat, jvf a ruined family and then shake jpndi with a feltow-paaeenger, who none other than Jefferson Davis, and discuss with the louthenver the questions of the day. About the only tiling left now is for some novelist to dan- Lincoln up in a balloon watching rory battle of the civil war. Or he night put him aboard the Monitor then it whips the Merrimac, exclaim ing In his quaint wajr: The craft la wll named.' The begrimed gunner mitres In his work of destruction and kmks upon the kindly face, asking as S does so: 'In what way. sir. Alci mnackl'he replies, solemnly) 'see ow her sides are shaking.' And then 1 look of infinite tenderness steals over bis snd face and he forgets to say: ' That reminds me of a story out in Illynoy. Really it is tunc to call a halt on the use if Lincoln by story writers. People arc tired of it and they resent having one of their great est anil best men to do silly things and .xk bad English." In writing upon the much agitated subject of spitting in public places a writer In t tit. pw The Anti-Spitting i orK limes raced Kicker Speak.. ou,.y observPS: "We have nt last set ourselves with laudable determination to suppress al together the disgusting habit of spit ing in public conveyances. Perhaps he odious culprits might have been cured like ill-mannered dogs and cats by rubbing their noses on the loora they had contaminated. That remedy, however, would have had the tbvious disadvantage of extreme sim- and a kind of physical appro- irtivuTTSs. uunc.ci, aa m uic.n, illu sion BTrnTippnii'nr. mpr r insiv uw or nauieti oil 10 me. uc.ire.-ii oo- ,,ftt.j. otwt thuti witKr.ut. fnrhr i nnTns.n t n v imk or of. .iit i in tall m-l,il iim tniuuiAni Iftmitv -tved of hts support, are pleasantly an nir n i arrnn u-m tti mi i i j tin i orary, for it is said that a com- Lira rkr i.ntf 'p i ivk iilhit ii hati 0 a 4 . digestion carried on by some kind t drying apparatus, which will ren- . o 1 There arc, suys the Buffalo He ra etuployed aa demonstrators nt the ood exhibits on the Pun-American minus, une 01 utem uisnes out it i- butter (or some such dope) on a ai.nt-r. to w iiinmnpv.r win etT A oung man took his dose the other and then, wishing to be jocular, lint s o-oorl mm e butter .Tout lit,r nritur .......i ... i .. T-i. .. oLiuj;gicu nuu ner ucsirc to 1 H I lie for A mnmimt Ih.ti h.r Kn.i. instinct triumphed, and she re- ip.t VI...O. u.. ir .i id neither the knowledge nor the JiJhn Thompi-on, of Ottawa, had a o jM.t.it, ,i i ii t min i uay m i M e - j-t...... uicuuvaw oil u ii i l. r - w Aimiu-H vyiiv journal, vniiicd jmpathy with Mr. Thompson. The j oi Ulimnir phemicjl E nn s. wart WD everybody knows that the ci- ua.-i . ... - j yj k rmm ci-w arur is m iouca pm .1 1. i i , . , , - ....u a guzura oi a cnicKen ano B bury the gizzard at the left-hand rntr of u.i.i. - g.a.c in a j t m i i m i , 1 1, rig: "Like lov liWp' rntTTtA lilr ilr TllOri.,. .. , ., . . 1 .. . I A . , , . - , . 6.u i'uimion oi xne ,ruea -- uuk uiiinnisning, as many PPose, but is on the gain. The per B,ge of increase since 1890, accord- t0 the eencne nf tonn t. io to greater percentage of increase : "1 me previous decade. J he 'Ual flmirnr i it. ..i-.. - o-.o, wvnsiur i vne i.iiesi . i "s ioiiows: Lolore.l D0DU i ,,uu.i; increase, IM2IM0 -- inrgest increase shown by r "nsus nce 1790, excepting that m whn the gain was 1,700,784. UU-ldge T. fierrv , llm ... - j, u umii i. ov v leaaer, started the fad of melon "g at Newport some years ago, it . iow mere ore very few larire "men. nave not a melonrv at- flls enables the fruit to be n under glass, and at the tables otne of the w.ni, o.. I a I.... . . "Fe, the Jenny Lind and the -ris oi the muak melon are T( all winter. ho J. - uwmwd for farm hand. h. - -uva a nra n noon th labor II u. . - " Kansas that advertisements ae large citi.. ...lim.j t double ratea, are unheeded j WATER REFRIGERATOR. lis Designer Clalf 1 lull ur Ordliuirj I Mi ni PtfSSin It Una Advnn-ln.-. Over Ice. For the last two years I have used a homemade water refrigerator in the farmhouse which has some advan tages over ice, It save, the expense ol putting up ice; save labor of getting it out and putting it into the refrig erator, it is purer than Ice, and furnishes drinking water of guaran teed quality, which If better for the health than ice water, Director Sage, I of this state, makes u strong point j against putting ice into a refriger- ator and then breaking off a little to - Bner !1 nw" COUSUltH I ion, a ver put into drinking water -this on thai )lirt Kullty was returned by the Jury, -core of health. 'J '"' State of Ohio considers this a big The water used comes from a dee) j vl( ,l"'.v- Pure Food Commissioner drilled well, which is curbed with Blackburn 1ms been wngltig a warfare water-tight and air-tight gas pip.!011 "PUrloUB food articles and the do trom top to bottom s.. no insects or partuieul I'as been successful. I Tl Iiplalnt of the State of Ohio mil eu u I waver : s if s RB7RIG K RATOR OUTU KB. seepage water can possibly get into it. Northern Iowa is blessed with this kind of wells, and pure, uucontam inated water is the first thing to se cure on any farm. The windmill sends It first to the tank in the top of the refrigerator through the short pipe, indicated by dotted lines, the overflow runs hack through the other pipe and goes to the stock water tank. The water is need ed for stock, so none of It Is wated. It is also needed at the hoase, and faucets permit its being taken out at the house as desired. It is cool and pure, and can be drawn out in pantry, dining-room or kitchen, or all, aa de sired. Shelves in the lower part hold the milk, butter, fruit and whatever eJse is desired to be kept no ad, and the wife does not have to go down cellar after butter, nor to the well for water, nor the man of Uio house have to get ice for which he has no need. The tank I use Is four feet high, three feet wide and one foot thick, and msde of galvanized steel. A cup-hoard-like structure wit.hout shelves in the upper portion affords a good place to locate this tank, and the wiud mill will do the rest. The pipes run nndertrrmind from well t rtonw. in trench six feet deep, so as to lie free i from frost. A stopcock at the pump allows the water to be sent to the i house when desired, or direct to the stock tank without first passing through thn house tank. E. C Ren nett, in Orange Judd Farmer. HINTS FOR DAIRYMEN. The good dairy cow is not always the fat and sleek one. Sudden changes in feed will cause the cows to shrink in milk. Troper feed shows the breed in dairy cows at milking time. Ice-cold water is eertuln aid in di minishing the How of milk from a cow. A tin vcsc4 containing milk is much preferablo to crocks or stoneware ves sels. A good remedy for swollen t-at on a milch cow, is eipwl parts of glycer in and lobelia. Webster dues nttt in Hie itnfi tii i j...! of buttei.( allude lo oieomargarlae as a butter produc Don't feed the skim mirk to the calf sour. Heat milk to about 90 de grees before feeding. The separator on the farm removes the possibility of rearing a stunted calf on skim milk. The food for the cows should be of such a nature that no bad taste will be Imparted to the milk. One good dairy cow is sujierior to three poor cows in the dairy. The difference is in the cost of feed. Get the milk from the barn into a cool, well-ventilated place as soon as possible after it has been drawn. Get rid of that idea you have to starve tho calf if it makes a good dairy cow. It's a delusion and a snare. Raise all the food you can for your cows at home on your own ground. In that way you can get good money for the crops themselves. Kurul . vvonu. Onlr Good Cowa l'n Prosit. It is a common error among the unthinking cow owners to try to feed poor cows into a state of profitable ness. The writer has known men with a herd of poor cows to try to feed them so as to increase their ca pacities, but he has never known one to succeed in doing so. It pays to start only with good cows, whether raised or purchased. The good cow begins to pay a profit at once, and he continues it for n long period each year. As a breeder she presents possibilities not discoverable in the poo? cow. Farmers' Review. ADULTERATED COFFEE. GROCER WHITE FOUND CUII.TV OF VIOLATING O"1 )'S ru;;i FOOD LAWS. IntrrMrr: Pacts ineerntnrt RoamtlriK o( Col Drought out li (cleatll I'xuvctk l'r icnce of lluc tsrla, Toi edo, 0., Aug, 0. The Jury in Judge UeCk's COUrt in this cltv has fonn.l James White, ;i local grocer, gtilltv of si lling adulterati 1 coffee. The nroaa. cution was bas. d on a package of Ar bucklea Arioaa coffee. The State of Ohio, through the Pure Pood Commission, prosecuted White. The cast was on trial fu- nearly a iiiouth and attracted national atten- i Uon. The manufacturers of Arlosa coffee j conducted the defense for Grocer none. ine best attorneys In the Country Were retained to defend him was t hat Aiiosa coffee was coated with n substnnco which concealed defect! In lb.- coffee and made it appear better than It is. The State charged this coating or glazing was a favorable me dium for the propagation of bacteria. Prof. t:. A. Klrchmaier, of this city, a well known chemist, was the princi pal witness for the Statu, lie had made scientific examinations of sam ples of Arioaa purchased from Grocer White In the open market. He found that each Arlosa berry contained nu average of 3(H) bacteria. Mr. Klrch maier further testified that other cof fees he examined contained few bacte ria or none at all. He declared that the glazed coffee WBI not a wholesome i food product. ; Chemist Schmidt, of Cincinnati, cor j mborated the testimony of Frof. Klrch , maler. The State did not present fur i ther testimony. The defense through the Arbucklea, i who prepared this glazed coffee, se cured some of the most eminent chem ists and scientists in the United States to give tufltbuoiiy In their behalf. Prof. It. W. Wlloy, of the United States Ag ricultural Deportment; Prof. Vaughn ef Ann Arbor University; Profs. Blelle and Webber, of the Ohio State Univer sity, were called to defend Arioaa. Dr. Wiley had made a careful examination of the method of manufacturing Ario aa. He told of the 19,000,000 egga used by the Arbuckles yearly In the prepara tion this glatlng. On this point In croaa examination, the State's attorney deftly drew from him the lnformatlen that these eggs might be kept In cold storage by the Arbuckles for a year or two at a time. Tho experts who beard Dr. Wlley'a testimony were pleased to be able to "catch" so famous a chemist. The doc tor at one point in his testimony ex plained very clearly how It Is thot the egg put Into the coffee pot by the house wife settles the coffee. He said that the heat coagulates the egg, and aa K sinks to the bottom of the pot It carries the tine particles of coffee with It, and thus clarifies the drink. It la the act ef coasollation in the coffee pot that doea the work. Later on In his cress exam ination, he had to admit that when the rgg was put on Arioaa coffee at the factory It became coagulated, and as egg cannot bo coagulated but once, that tho coating on coffee was practically no value, as a "settler" when It reached the coffee pot Prof. Wiley acknowledged that the glazing might bo a favorable medium for tho propagation of bacteria, al though he would not testify positively either way because he waa not a bac teriologist. Prof. Vaughn, of Ann Arbor, also a witness for the Arbuckles, said he found bacteria on Arlosa coffee. l'rof. Blelle, another witness for the defense, found any number of lively bacteria on Arlosa coffee he examined, and be agreed that glazed coffee surety was a more favorable medium for the propagation of bacteria tban anglaicd coffee. Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn says: "The State Is very much elated over Its victory against this corpora tion. We are now considering the ad visability of Informing every grocer tn the State of Ohio that It is an infrac tion of tbe laws to sell Arioaa, and at the same time give warning to con sumers that tbe coffee Is an adulterat ed food article." The verdict of the Jury in this case Is of national Importance because a jtarat many other States have pure food laws like that of Ohio, and It Is natural to suppose that similar action will be taken by other Pure Food Commis sioners to prevent the sale of glazed coffees. tVnahlnarton'a Faatldlooa Kinsman. Lawrence, enrl of Ferrera, a distant relative of George Washington, bad a most tyrannical temper, and one day In a fit of passion he cut down wltb bis sword his steward, an old gentleman named Johnson. The latter had given no provocation for tbe deed, and the crime was an act of brutality Inexcusa ble save that the earl may not nave been well balanced mentally. He was brought to trial for killing Johnson and d"inandcd and received tbe privi lege of being tried by his peers. The house of lords was thronged dur ing the hearing. The evidence proved to be conclusive, and Ferrers was sen tenced to be hnttged nt Tyburn. All ocate were made to the king for clem ency, but In vn In. Ferrers met bis fate with considerable bravado, lie was carefully attired for the occasion and insisted on providing n silken cord for the ceremony. To this whim the exert), tloner agreed, and the earl was turned off otherwise like any other felon. fffcifc FARM MARKETING WAGON. tndlciiialili. here t.nrilen mill Iir Prodaeta Are s.iiu Dtreetly tu t in. t ona ii nu r. Hundreds and hundreds of our most successful farmers tin. I the most profitable method of disposiug of tin farm's products to lie selling them at first hand to consumers, direct from the farm wagon. Where there is a eity or numerous villages within easy driving distance there can be no doubt that this plan N eminently wise. It enables one to market hit crops when they are at their best, thus affording a chance to get hesl prices, while it saw- to the farm the middleman's profit. In following this plan of selling crops it is of greul Importance that the market wagon be well suited to the business. If the '.bEGCT. VI... . .-.7. IDEAL MARKETING W ordinary open farm wagon be us.-d, there is little protection from the sun and Hying dust, while all the ar ticles composing tin- load are more or less jumbled together, detracting from their flavor. Again, a rusty looking old wagon is not suggestive of delicious fruits, vegetables or dairy products. Bright paint and vumisll pay big interest when it comes to the selection of a market vehicle. It will often pay to build a wagon just suited to the needs of the farm Whose crops arc to be disposed of at first hand, or t least to build n wagon body that may be set upon a "low-down" running gear that may already lie at bond. The accompany ing design of a farm marketing wag on is presented for the consideration of those who may lind it expedient to build. This wagon was designed for the convenience of the farmer and for the safe bestowal of his load in a manner to make the contents of the load show to the best advantage. It has a "deck" on which the bulky articles, such a cabbage, squashes, melons, etc., can lie heaped up, while "below deck" is a covered space, ac cessible from four points, where such articles as butter, cream, strawber ries, etc., can lie kept secure from heat and dust. This Interior space can be reached from behind the cart, the end letting down; from either side through little doors, and by lift ing up the driver's seal in front. Ice could be used in one of these apart mrnia io seep cream, milk, butter and tender fruit in the hert condi tion, A ennvas cover over the whole will not only add to the attractive Ap pearsmce of the outfit, but will pro tret the load from sun or showers. With so handsome n wagon, with a driver clean and neatly dressed and ith farm products of No. l quality, there will be Tin lack of nat ronaL'e. and the money the consumer pays will all go into the farmer's pocket. --Webb Donnell, in Farm and Home. THINNING POTATOES. Ftiperleaeed Cronrr Trlln VV a r Me la Not In Kavnr of Thin tirn erallr Popular I'mrllrr. Those who use -mall potatoes for seed usually get more stains in a hill than they like, uud the question oc casionally conies: "Would it pay to thin them out?" This has been tried by many persons, and I know one ex tensive grower who finds it profitable in his large fields. It is my own ex perience that such thinning does not accomplish as much as the thinning of corn. In the latter ease each plant is as thrifty for a time ns it would have been if standing alone, while in the ease of the potato a large num ber of plants coming from the same seed causes weakness. We want a hardy, thick sprout from the start, and while the thinning helps, the remaining plunts never become as heavy and strong as they would have been if the same amount of potatoes had never fed more than two sprouts. More than this, the thinning disturbs some of the plants that remain, un less the work is very carefully done. I should prefer to have the thinning Hone if there are many plants from a single small potato; but it is much better not to have the extra plants, and this is secured by using large tubers for seed, cutting to pieces of two or three eves. Where ground has been hard-packed by rains after planting this late sen son, good, close cultivation is needed. The potato will not thrive in a packed soil. For such land a deep cultiva tion, almost Under the row, should be given as soon as possible after all the plunts nre up nicely. This cuts off some roots, but it gives loose soil, and if after-cultivation is shallow the new roots quickly fill the well-looa-ened soil, mid there is a chance for a yield that is not possible to a soil bard-packed right after planting. Farm and Fireside. In order to get the full benefit of heeling in trees in the fall advantage must be taken of the first favorable opportunity to set them out in the spring. Farmers' Voice, mw a A HEALTHY WOMAf Mrs. Clara Mukemer, of The Florence Crittenden Inchorage Mission. Chicago Mrs. Clara Makemer, formerly with I and don't feel as if I could b thin the Christian Medical Hospital au.l Dis- twenty. uas sick for the long yean. pensary,oi nicago,and present house keeper for the Florence Crittenden An ehorageMIasion, of Chicago, writes the -iY.iiir I'li'i 1 1 1 1 ii i ovmi oes i ii u i si rrei, Chicago : Tho Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: Gentlemen IVruna is the best tonic I baveevor known for general debility a sure euro for liver. -om plaint, and a never failing odjuster in cases of dyspepsia. have also used It In cases of female Irregularities and weak nen-es com mon to the sex, and have found It most satisfactory. For almost any Internal trouble Peruna Is an Ideal medicine chest. Mrs, D. Finlay, Fetoskey, Mich., writes: "I never was better lu my life than I am now. Psruna has cured me. I was fifty-seven years old last Friday The bacealuureate sermon preached recently before the Harvard seniors by President Hyde of Rowdoin, was a masterpiece of iU (ood Advlre for All. kind. It. may be. doubted, saya the Albany Argus, if any baccalaureate sermon delivered this year has con tained more plain horse sense and good advice, applicable not only to foinig men about to enter uctive life from college, but to other young men, and indeed (with the change of a fv words) to men of all ages everywhere. Dr. Hyde took as his text Matthew ii, 30: "He that is not with me is against me"; and Luke ix, 50: "He that i.s not Hguinst us is for us." Dr. Hydo said in part: "L tiive your best. Do not look for a place ready made to lit you, but fit yourself for a place. '"i. Take nothing you do not pay for nt its full price. One-half of the Insects suddenly proceeded t.. su-n.rm jre.it world you now enter are On his head. He "lay low" aril &) somen. The best thing in the world lowed the operation to proceed until Is a fond woman's love. You can pay '''s hired man could pet :iii .-myty for it with nothing Jess preecioua t keg to hold over his head. The beea than the entire rrsicct uud devotion preferred the keg and j,. ..fully of your own heart. changed their base. "When tho fh-ot "J. Ho brotherly. You rememlier 1" I'it me," lie relates, -I thought how disagreeable it was to hav , of u story I beard when I was ;i Boy. young fellows kiming here with their It was that 'if a snake or bee get heads full of their own family or aft r you, nil you had to do waa to wealth or school accomplishments or stand still and they'd think you w-irc personal importance. When you go out into tho world do not make the mistake that those swelled head fel lows made when they came here. 4. Pe self-sacrificing. The great social claims and the clamor of our petty sapetites and passing passions never coincide, but are in perpetual warfare." Kvery man who follows those pre cepts is bound to Ik- a useful citizen, a respected friend and neighbor, and one of those who make the world a better place to live in. Some of the "unattached" of the more numerous sex nre cast ing aboiat , for influence with Tin- Man and the legislators look the HlnB. ng U) th(, abeljng of the male creature, reports a New York exchange, llriefly, these estima ble young women want the man who is married and the man who is about to be married to wear such announce ment of his condition us will inform all the world. As thev logically put . it: "When a L'irl is emrnged, she wears an engagement ring, doesn't she? Ami when u girl is mnrried she wears a wedding ring, doesn't she?" There seems to be no appeal from these di- rect statements. "Well, then," goes on tho feminine, "why give the man an advantage? Why allow him privi I leges denied the woman? Why per- j mit him to gallivant all over the face of the habitable globe, displaying hie manly charm und captivating the girl who is willing to be captivated, and then bringing tears and sorrow into her sweet young life by the discovery that he is mortgaged goods? When a girl wears an engagement ring it constitutes a 'hands off' sign to all -uuu. w.vu one exception, vvnen he wears a wedding ring it ought 1.1 1 ... 1 I doctored nil the time. Sothl , ft !ped ..... . ,sa r I. i : rt- Hartman and i lot- iil-i initllLUlir until i UKaiv Vi ir Aa medicine snd he cured me. 1 had 1 u so s; I He red almost death, vomiting thre.- or four times daily, no strength, i t able to walk, and now for one year and a half I have been a Well woman. Pi pie aie surprised to see me so well, l tell thorn that Dr. lliirtman cured mo with Pe runa." For all of that class of disorders l-n ns female diseases, Peruna is wlthonta rival, because it strikes st the ur ce of these diseases. Peruna produces clean, healthy mucous membranes, without which no woman can be strong or beau tiful. "Health and I testily" lent free to women only, by The l'eruna MedldM Co. .Columbus, Uhlo to constitute such a sign, and some times doea. Hut there is DO such safe guard in the case of the man. He may dance all evening with a new girl and lead her out to the pajmroom aud tell her all she has known ever since she knew anything relative to her pretti ness, and the ahelMikepinknessof'her little ear, and n good deal more in the same lines, mid she, poor, innocent, confiding thing, will believe him and let her young fancy turn to thought , f engagement. And all the time he may In- engaged to another girl, or married, for all she knows. Thafa where the girl is at a disadvantage. The man ought to be compelled bwuct of legislature lo wear a ring." A truck fanner living near ' riv ville has more than the aer-ago presence of mind. While he watched the swarming of beea in a tree the a tree or something.'" The I.e., (lr now making honey for tin- thrifty farmer. "Hardly more than a year urn," sny.s the Minneapolis (Kan.) Mi ssens grr, "this paper contained whole ool umna of biography, po. try and con dolences dealing with the death of a minister's wife in this county, The preacher was married again the. oth er day, when upon we r. i-r ' ;il! tlakt poet ry." At the suggestion of a !,rnrgo ; justice of the peace a school Is to be , opened in that city in which police men will be taught elementary gram i mar, so that they can express tlim selvee more clearly on the witaeasj stand. The plaintiff in a Newport llrorce suit testified the otlli 'The trouble between my li ind myself began the day bei i v. J r .'ay: usbaud re we were married.'' A Oreal Relief. Mrs. Catten I (bought l would co,m' .V"M "'" your Harold iias men ngming won my uonnie. and settle the matter if I could. Mrs. HnHertom VII 7ir mv mrt j ,lau. no ljm). Q (,llU.r .-ussion about children's quarrels. I hope I om above such things, "I'm delighted to hear that, I'll send Harold over on a stretcher in, an hour or SO." Harper's Ka.ar. Tactical Bluaater. Maud Has Mr. Qoodketcb C( me to call on you yet ? Mabel No. He asked nie several weeks ago if he might call, too, Maud What did you say in reply? Mabel I told him mamma would be- glad to see h:m. M -lit.!. Wall lhat. t "s... i .mi "inir Ji I ,owcd your tnlm.chIpM0 TribuM.