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gjr;^' Proverbs and Phrases. Rape furnishes no weapon. In prosperity no altars smoke. He that hath a trade hath an state.?Franklin. A pood man's pedigree is little hunted up.?Spanish. He who helps the wicked repents it before long.?Phaedrus. Midsummer reports indicate that the Chautauqua crop is also above 1 normal. Bo. 34-'09. Where Horror Reigns. Berlin, By Cable.?The story of an isolated arctic district in Siberia, ' where a few mil it Son I -? 1 - ' , VdllVO UIC Ul- * tained, was told by Harry de Windt 1 in a lecture at the Travel Exhibition 1 at Olympia. The place is Sredni 1 Kolymsk, and its existence is prob- ' ably known in Russia only to the < Russian secret police, who have sole ' charge of it. ' "At Sredni Kolymsk," said Mr. 1 dc Windt. "1 witnessed such scenes 1 of indescribable horror and misery ' that I cannot even now recall them without a shudder. 1 doubt whether 1 the existence of such a place is known ' to the Czar." Wlw.. *?? A\*: ........ uit. nt- lllltl VISIT (Ml 1110 " place lie ami his companions were the ; only white people not exiles who had ' ever been there, with the exception 5 of a couple of shipwrecked sailors. At Sredni Kolynisk there have been ' ten suicides in seven years, although no more than a score oi' political prisoners are there at a time, it is situated well within the arctic region, at the extreme end of Sibera, D.(KH) miles from St. Petersburg. It take* j the exiles three years 1?> make the journey, and owinjr to the swamps surrounding it the plaeo can only be approached in winter. The last part of the .tourney is done by the exiles in reindeer sleiirhs, wit' shelter lie.ts evevv mil Tin- nearest settlement to this forlorn I prison is 170 miles and the nearest town is thouamls of miles away. Cause of Leprosy. A new tuhereular theory as to leprosy was suggested some time ago by Dr. ('has. K. MacDonalil. of the army, who notieeil in the Philippines the same facts as to fish diet which have long been held by Hutchinson as the cause. The present idea is not that the diet itself is at fault, but that there is an infection from tuberculosis tish?rather startling to bo sur . hut not at all improbable. The matter is of timely interest in j view of the difference of opinion as | to the transmission of bovine tuber- j miosis. The vast difference between bird tuberculosis and th human va- < rirty lias long been known, and it raises the suspicion that there may he very many kinds of tubercle , bacilli, some of which produce in man othi r conditions than tuberculosis as we now consider it. 1 now Consumptive Cured Himself, j > "While In a small Arizona town 1 recently," said Henry S. Friel, of St. ! Louis, at the Tulane, "I met with a 1 man who had lived for one year on ' the plains without clothing or shel- 5 ter. He tried the experiment of liv- ' ing the life of a savage in the efTort ' to rid himself of the dread disease : ot consumption. The experiment was 1 a tough one, hut successful. To-day * he is sound and w< lh He lived in * the open. Herbs, game and fruits * lutuiMUHi nun nourishment. He slept ' right out on the ground and now 1 weighs 170 pounds. When he first 1 went out to Arizona from an eastern f city he weighed less than 120 ? pounds."?Nashville Tennessean. t The new York lawyer whose life 1 was saved by a fount in pen probably ? feels that the pen is also mightier than the bullet. So. 3-1-'09. t Poor maids have more lovers than s h ' :rtds.?John Webster. i _ 1 BAD DREAMS 1 Caused by Coffee. "I have been a coffee drinker, more er less, ever since I can remember, < until a few months ago I became | more and more nervous and Irritable, ( and finally I could not sleep at night, for I was horribly disturbed by dreams of all sorts and a species of distressing nightmare. "Finally, after hearing the experience of numbers of friends who had quit coffee and were drinking Pos- , ,tum, and learning of the great benefits they had derived, I concluded conee must t>e the cause of my trouble, so I got some Postum and had it 3nade strictly according to directions, i "I was astonished at the flavour mod taste. It entirely took the place of coffee, and to my very great satisfaction I began to sleep peacefully and sweetly. My nerves improved, afid I wish I could wean every man, woman and child from the unwhole- , tome drug?ordinary coffee. "People really do not appreciate or j realize what a powerful drug it is and what terrible effect it has on the human system. If they did, hardly a pound of it would be sold. I would paver think of going back to coffee again. I would almost as soon think mi putting my hand in a fire after I had once been burned. | ' "A young lady friend of ours had I Stomach trouble for a long time, and | aould not get well aa long as she aed coffee. She finally quit coffee and began the use of Postum. and is pow perfectly well. Yours for ! health." Bead "The Road to Wellrtlle." la i fhgii "There's a Reason." Beep read the above letter? A aew -?/ KINGDOM OF KILLING " RULED BY ARMOUR NINE MILLION CARCASSES A YEAR. _____ Mostly Animals Meet Death Stupidly and Without Resistance- -What Becomes of Their Lives? The soldiers of the modern king are standing armies of worklngmen, not armies of fighting idlers. Rorkp teller's millions and Armour's millions are millions invested and reinrested in labor, in building, in adding to the actual visible wealth of this country. That wealth belongs to the :ountry and to the people of the :ountry. It is subject to this disposition by taxation or otherwise. It is fortunate for the people that these Icings, unlike the old kings, do not waste human labor with courts, retinues of servants and organized dissipation, do not waste human life In wars, but use their energies simply rlong the lines of organizing industry mil increasing tangible wealth. It might be worse with a people as supine as our own. It is a fact, of course, that Armour Joes net really own this grmt world- j ivide butcher business. The stockyards own him. He was born with . the big load linon ?- *-?? _ ... nK iviis I you quite simply: "I inherited this; business; I did not create it. I have tried to do as well as I could with it. It just happened that I had a smart father and a rich father." In so vast an industry, bigger than nil the men that manage it, suggestions seem rather foolish coming from outside. But there are some things, it would seem, that Armour and the other big packers could do easily, at or.ce, and without unreasonable sacrifice. They might make the prices of beef to consumers uniform and reasonable. No women or children should, under any conditions, he permitted to witness the killing of the animals. It is a dreadful thing to see long lines of little hoys and women and t little girls walking through the slaughter houses, watching the sticking of pigs, the stunning of steers, and all the horror of blood. The effect Is brutalizing on the children, and for tbo -c ? . ui .in unuorn | child to witness so horrible a spec-1 tacle is a shameful crime. Some legislator in Illinois should ' start the movement to prevent this. The packers themselves would do it. but they say: "if we close up our slaughter houses, or keep any part cf the public out, we shall be accused 1 of having things to hide." It is a great kingdom of death over which Armour rules. There are huge buildings for killing, surrounded with pens in which the sheep, hogs and cattle are confined, waiting for the fatal hour. -In one place hogs in thousands are driven into pens. Below, 1 bidden under a platform, there is a cracking of whips mingled with ; squealing and grunting. You look ! i lawn and see a man, black from head i .o foot with mud, rushing about J imong the half-crazed swine. He las a huge blaclt^nake whip in his ' i tand, with which he drives them to | hn * .... m<uu? euirnnce that leads to: heir death. In the last pen there Is | t great revolving wheel. Each hog i , s seized and hooked by one hind leg. j The turning wheel lifts him in the J ilr; he is passed on to a wheel that j dides along a rail, and then comes >ne knife thrust and death. \ The killing of the sheep, fortunate- , y, is hidden; it is too pathetic for the light even of modern civilization. , The killing of tlio cattle is less noisy tnd shocking than that of the swine. The big, heavy, fattened steers walk 1 slowly inio pens. Heavy hammers stun them, and a3 a rule, they bleed ! to death without regaining consciousness. The Bleed Could Be Heard. i But there is certainly room for improvement in the killing. And if the Improvement can be made it should be made?if necessary, under compulsion. Out of every ten steers slaughtered one or more invariably require more than one blow for the killing. ThiB means suffering, and it is unnecessary. The spending of a very little extra money, two or three cents a carcass perhaps, and probably less, would pay for the fitting on each head of an apparatus that would make the doath blow absolutely certain. Study of the animals as they go to their death woukl disturb the calm belief of the individual who thinks that an animal has no soul, no real life, no thought. It is truo that a great majority of the animals die stupidlv and without resistance. Among the swine, whose shrill squeallngs answer the cracking whip and the upward turn of the fatal wheel, there appears to be, fortunately, little or no conception of what death and danger mean. It Is not always so. One day the harmony of the "killing bed" was vastly disturbed by one small, black pig. Huge creatures, double the black pig's size, were walking through the door, resisting only feebly as the chains were put around their hind legs and they were jerked up to death. This little black pig had Dther ideas, another character. No hero in human life ever fought more desperately for his life than did that mall creature. As aoon as he entered the,fatal pen he dashed at the man In charge, flew at his legs, drove him out of the pen, finally climbed up over the backs of the other swine, Jumped out of the pen himself, and dashed at the man with the long downward. Half a dozen men combined succeeded In killing this rebellious, anarchistic disturber of the packing house peace, and they killed him in not at all a scientific manner. If a human being had made so plucky a fight for his life against such odds he would be talked of with admiration. The stockyard butchers, men that should know, are firmly convinced that the different animals that come up to them for killing are as different in character as human beings are. Fortunately, however, they are all agreed that not one animal in ten thousand has any idea of his coming fate. Death is a surprise to them all, and therefore practically painless. Amid all this lowing, squealing and struggling there arises constantly the thought: What becomes of the life in those animals? What becomes of that consciousness which has animated them, protected them and directed them? In what way is it different from the consciousness within the two-legged animal that stands there covered with blood from head to foot, stabbing relentlessly each living creature as it comes before him? We know what becomes of the nnt mals' bodies. T ie tenderloin goes to the rich man's house, the shinbone to th? poor man, the head to the immigrant from certain foreign lands; the tongue, prepared with spices, is sent often far away to India. The hide is made into hoots, chauffeurs' coats, harness. The bones are cut up into buttons that fasten the workmen's shirts, or are changed into the foolish little things upon which babies chew when their teeth are coming. A part of the body makes pepsin for those that lack digestion, and the indigestible parts go to those that later on need the pepsin. In all directions the bodies are scattered, but what becomes of the nine millions of lives , the nine milllnnc nf * wi ^iicimt; consciousnesses that Armour scatters into space every year, as he feeds the millions of thinking, meat-eating animals??Ar? thur Brisbane, in The Cosmopolitan, WORK OP TEREDOES. Rapidity With Which They Demolish Wooden Piers and Caissons. That the teredoes in the vicinity of Fort Mason are the hungriest and busiest and equipped with the most effective augers of any of their kind to be found in the bay has been demonstrated by the contracting concern that is building the new army transport wharves at Blackpoint. The company has paid a fancy price for its knowledge, and incidentally and at its own expense has demonstrated the wisdom of the all concrete construction advocated by the present Board of Harbor Commissioners. The new army wharves are to rest on concrete piers and the plans call for the construction of a concrete breakwater to provide shelter for the troop ships that may be tied up at the wharves. In the construction of this breakwater great wooden caissons uuui ana sunk, to be pumped out later and filled with concrete. A temporary wharf was built of preen piles and on this were erected the concrete mixing machinery and other gear essential to carrying on the work. A few weeks ago this wharf tumbled down and an investigation showed that the teredoes had eaten the green piles as easily as if they had been young onions. The wharf is now being rebuilt with creosoted piles. In anticipation of the early restoration of the temporary pier an examination was made yesterday of the wood yesterday of the wooden caissons, and to the contractor's grief it was discovered that they had been practically consumed by the teredoes. The chewed up caissons will have to be replaced and then it will be a race between the concrete miters and the teredoes, with the betting on the worms, if in the meantime thev should eat through the creosoted piles that support temporary wharf No. 2 and cause another delay In filling the molds with concrete.?San Francisce Call. Mystery in Snlnrt Dressing. In Washington the recent death of George W. Harvey, known since Lincoln's day for the rare food of his famous "oyster house," has recalled the following anecdote: "On one occasion Mr. Harvey visited New York and his praises were sung by some of the prominent men who were his friends. A dispute ensued as to the merits of certain dishes, and a contest was arranged between Mr. Harvey nnd several famous New York chefs. The competition centred upon the mixing of a salad dressing. The Jolly, fat judges watched the preparation carefully and observed that Mr. Harvey as a finishing touch took from his pocket a tiny vial, carefully uncorked It, poured a few drops into the dressing and set it before the arbiters. They tasted each dressing in ' turn, smacked their Hps and puck- I ered their brows. Then they declared I that nil ?-? " ?. w u.vDnui^a were very line, the most delectable that they had ever put to palate, but that about Mr. Harvey's dressing there was 'an?ah ?Indefinable something' which caused them to award It the prize. ' " 'George, what was it you put in that dressing?' asked one of Mr. Harvey's friends later. " 'Only water,' he replied. *1 knew a little myatery would catch 'em.' *'?Chicago Post. It is said that In the la# fire years the membership In temperancs societies in Oermany has mors than / i Sfe INTERNATIONAL IJCSSON COM* ME NTS FOR AUGUST 22. Bubject: Paul's Third Missionary Journey?The Riot In Ephesus, Acts 19:23 and 20:1?Golden Text: 2 Cor. 12:0. TIME.?A. D. 58. PLACE.?Ephesus. EXPOSITION. ? I. A Riot In Ephesus, 23-30. Paul had wonderful success in Ephesus (vs. 10-12; 18-20). He must also have testing before he leaves. It might seem to us that It would have been better for Paul to leave in the full blaze of his success; but God looks at these things quite differently from what we do. The GosdgI W#v i? ?n tn a stir sooner or later. Men do not realize all its bearings and all its demands at once, so they receive it quite calmly. But Demetrius will wake up to the fact that it touches his business. The Gospel faithfully and fully preached will stir up any community, at home or abroad. It is not necessarily a bad sign at all when things begin to boil in city, village or church. It may simply indicate that the fire is getting hot. The stir came because the new religion affected business (v. 25). Reforms and revivals are all right if they do not hurt anybody's business. If they do, why, of course, "business is business," and the reform and the jrevival must go. "The love of mnncT"? what a prolific mother of evils it is (comp. 1 Tim. 6:9, 10, R. V.). The Sunday newspaper may be a great cursh, but then the Christian merchant must advertise in it; for you see, "by this business we have our wealth." There are many applications. Let us see if we cannot finrl one that will hit ourselves. Demetrius uttered a very striking and truthful, though entirely unintentional. commendation of Paul (v. 26). Would that we had more Pauls who will persuade people and turn them away from the worship of lalse gods "to serve the living and true God; and to wait for His Son from heaven" (1 Thess. 1:9, 10). The first and chief danger was injury to business; but there was another; poor Diana was imperiled (v. 27). It is doubtful if Demetrius really cared much for her; but he knew that an appeal to religious prejudices would carry many with him whose co-operation he greatly desired. There are many to-day who become very enthusiastic religionists if they can coin money out of It or get into an office. His statement that all Asia and the world worshiped Diana was hardly consistent with his professed apprehension concerning her; nor was it exactly true. Some were enraged because they saw their business going to pieces; some because they saw tlieii religion going to pieces. And then there was a concert of action to re-establish business and religion at the same time. In unison they opened their mouths and yelled: "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!" This way of proving a point has not gone out oi Use. even in nnr rlnr Tho _ , ?... . ?UC tlUtYU wilt can yell the loudest are quite sure they have proved their point and carried the day. But somehow or othei Diana of the Uphesians lost her hold on men from that day on. thoiigt they screamed for two straight hour3 Points proven in that way do not staj proven. There was a rare combina tion of fearless courage and humble common sense in Paul. The mad mob awakened the manly Are in Paul's soul. He wished to go into the midst of the riot and proclaim Jesus But he yielded to the entreaties ol the disciples and the persuasions ol his friends who were in place of power. Paul will have the opportunitj of facing a maddened mob furthei on; the time has not yet come. Mobs are always Irrational and mob law always Insane. There was a babel ol voices, one crying one thing and an other another. There was utter con fusion and the majority knew no why they were come together. Th< ortginal cry (v. 28) is taken up again and with one voice they shout It foi two hours. What a strange sight, i preai concourse snouting steadily foi two hours, "Great is Diana of th( Ephesians " If shouting could prov< anything, surely this proposition wai proven. But shouting, no matter how loud, how long or how unanimous proves nothing. The probability h they did not altogether believe it themselves in their inmost souls, ant were rying to convince themselves ol It by yelling the louder. II. The Mob Quieted by the Town clerk, 53-40. The townclerk was t sensible fellow. He told them thai there was no use in yelling so loud ti prove what everybody believed. He also put in a protest against mob law He told them there wag a legal waj of having difficulties settled and crimes punished, and that they were In danger of getting into trouble themselves by raising a riot. Men who incite a riot or set in motion mot law ought always to get in trouble themselves. The advice given the excited citizens of Ephesus is good advice for us all?"be quiet," do nothing rash." Paul and his companions had respected the rights even of idolators. He seems to have used his strength rather in npo?olil??r ??" than in attacking error (v. 37). Always a Pilot. We are never without a pilot. When we know not how to steer and dare not hoist a sail, we can drift. The current knows the way. though we do not. The ship of heaven guides Itself, and will not accept a wooden cudder.?Emerson. TO EXTRACT A SPLINTER. When a splinter has ben driven deep Into the hand It can be extracted without pain by steam. Nearly All a wide-mouthed bo'.tle with hot water, place the Injured part over the month of the bottle and preaa tightly. Tbe suction will draw the flesh down, and In a minute or two the steam will extricate the splinter and the Inflammation will disappear.-* Boeton Post. POULTRY cufertflL <111" Toultry Notes. \ Protect your poultry from spring rains. 1 Sour table scraps are not good for poultry. Whole corn Is good for laying hens | during cold weather. Hens do better If kept In separate i lots of twenty-five each. ' Give the laying hens fresh water 1 slightly warmed three times a day 1 during cold weather. Large breeds should never be kept in the same flock with small breeds. [ Table scraps should be cooked and t given to the laying hens. When hens acquire the feather' pulling habit they should be sent to market at once. Feed the laying hens at daybreak and sundown, and keep them working the entire time between. Roosts for poultry should be placed i on a level, so that there can be no preferred positions. Lice always attack poultry more when they are in an unthrifty condition than when they are well fed and properly cared for. If hens are confined to the poultry house on cold days, see to it that they do not have to stand on the bare I floor. Use straw, rnmctniiro I husks or other dry material for a I floor covering. Hens with cold feet will not lay very many eggs. Although turkeys will eat snow they should not be permitted to do so, but should be given plenty of fresh, clean water. When raising turkeys for market medium sized ones will be found bet, ter than extra large ones. Save a few of the old turkey hens, ' as the two-year-old is a better breeder than the young hen. Turkeys should not be housed with i chickens, as they require different i conditions. A Trio of African Geese, s African geese are popular with many who kfcep geese for the market. [ They are large enough and are good layers. They are hardy and will t thrive where other breeds will die. r In a way t..ey resemble the Toulouse i goose, their distinguishing feature ? being a kind of horn just over the " upper part of the beak. They are, as f 4?_________ a rule, more sprightly than the Tou! louse, and are considered better layers. , All gray colored geese are considered favorites for the table, and this, f in a measure, is why the African geese t are preferred to the white or dark - colored breeds. They are being bred r more generally each season, which in J It6elf proves that they have merit. r f Alfalfa Meal For Poultry. We .ind that, as a rule, our hens " fed on alfalfa meal lay very fertile eggs, which produce strong, vigorous and healthy chicks. We also find r that they will moult quicker in the i fall and commeiff; to lay earlier In r the season. For laying hens we put 3 several quarts of alfalfa meal into a } closed vessel, then pour boiling water s over the meal until it is thoroughly 1 moistened; place a cover over the j vessel and let the mixture steep for t a while. 1 Just before the feeding dash a little f cold wntpr nvor tho fooH TV,l? < out the green color, and the whale presents a very pleasing appearance and Is as near grass as any feed can be. Some prefer to mix the meal with table scraps or grain, both of which add palatablllty and variety to the mash. Bone meal and moat scraps make excellent additions to alfalfa or clover meal, both of which are concentrated feeds and great egg producers.?A. L. C., Iowa Agrlcul' tural College. Keeping Egg Record. For keeping account of eggs received I hang a calendar with a white | background near the door of my I nnultrv hAMBO ?rv ? a ...j Uv>uo^>, b\j hum un returning from a visit to the hens the number of eggs may be marked each day with the pencil attached. In thiB manner a daily, weekly and monthly account is kept, and I know what the average is per hen for any length of time. From this it id easy to calculate how hens pay. It takeB only a few bcc? onds a day for the record. Skim-Milk For Plumage. Nothing will give a better gloss to the plumage of exhibition birds than sweet skim-milk. When milk is plentiful It should be used to mix the mash Instead of water. For the evening meal, a good feed tot whole grain; more corn in wlntisr ' than in summer. The corn may bs I given them on the cob, as they are leas apt to eat more than they really need If ted thus. SJbby's Cooked Cornod Goef i ; There's a marked disrinc11 o n between Ubhy*m O o ok a d O o r m a d I . Boat and even ;the best > that's sold in bulk. Evenly and mildly cured ~ and scientifically cooked in Ubby>m Groat Wbtta Kttchan, all the natural flavor of the fresh, prime beef is retained. It is pure wholesome, delicious and ! 11 I ready to serve at meal time, Saves work and worry in gammer. Other Libby "Healthful" Meal-Time-Hints, all ready to serve, are: P&G**lo99 DrBod B&of Vienna 5ansago Voal Loaf Eva&oratotM MRSr Calred Saawta I OBaovr Ohow IVIIxoti PJc&foa "Purity goes hand in hand with Products of the Libby brand". Write for free Booklet,? [ |( "How to make Go o d If Things to Eat". Insist o n LBbtty's a t your grocers. Ubby, McNeill The Ideal DAI AT At ACreamof [ Cathartlo Castor Oil CHU.PKKN LICK THE SPOOS. lt.H.vr. PUtul.ncjr, Cornets ?rlplB?, AMI DMlltloQ. 2 So. ALL DKUGOlbT*. Waterworks in a Desert. There is a largo <|iiantity of water in the great desert of Chile, but more that either human beings or stock can drink. Science, however, has come to the aid of this rainless section of the country in the form of an ^ ingenious desert waterworks, consisting of a series of frames containing 120,000 square feet of glass. The panes of glass are arranged in the shape of a V and under eacli pane is a shallow pan containing brackish 4 water. The heat of the sun evaporates the water, which condenses upon the sloping glass, and, made pure by this operation, it runs down into ?< little channels at the bottofh of the V and is carried away into the main j# canal. Nearly 1,000 gallons of fresh water is collected daily by this 40 I means.?From t lie Mexican Herald. ... Does It Pay? ~ If you don't just like everything you see in your paper, go around the streets and howl. The editor is if? never supposed to make a mistake and of course could not do so. Other people can but not the editor. If you can't see a good point, don't fail to see a bad one. If a thousand pleasant things are said of people, hunt for something unpleasant. If you don't find it, howl some more; if yon do, howl anyway. Never mind I your own business; watch for something to find fault with in some other man's business; this will make you ^3 great.?Ex. ^ A certain father who is fond of sg?|8 putting his boys through natural his- * tory examinations is often surprised by their mental agility. He recently ' asked them to tell him "what animal is satisfied with the least nourishment." <? "The moth!' one of them shouted confidently. "It eats nothing but holes."?Youth's Companion. ' '9 Jack Binns, who has gained lasting fame for his I). 0. T messages that brought recue to the Florida is suing to stop moving picture concerns from belittling his fame in putting the presentation on the canvass. He asks $25,000 damage from the via* graph company. DISCOURAGED WOMEN. A Word of Hope For lk-s pairing ^ if Kidney trouble makes weak, wi- f, NkI worn women. Backache, hip paint. dizziness, headaches, nervousness, 4H languor, urinary troubles make wornI en suffer untold mis- <flM| 't?j"!g- I ery. Ailing kidneys 'B are ttie cau9e> Care them. Mrs. E. O. (VVw Corbln, 84 X. Depot St., Dalton.Ga., says: "My body was racke<1 "^fli T.! . w,th kldney aches ??? pwiM, >uu tuur* Ml times my arms were numb. I was dull and miserable all the time and edf? hoped for death to relieve me. Doen's 4S Kidney Pills soon brought Improve- -wOmB ment, and finally made me a well woman." Remember the name?Doan's. Sold ^4? by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foe- I ter-UJXburn Co.. Buffalo. N. T.