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r ^ A Rare y!" '' ^ ,, ^ i..." <s ^ : .'io; , -; k: I [ ' ' .... " a : W'i i ??? F SCALP-LOCK SHIRT RECENTLY A rare and interesting tropliy is now on exhibition among the North American Indian collection in the new west ,iwing of the American Museum of Natural History. It is the scalp-locK _. shirt worn in battle by War Eagle, the r w famous, fierce old Sioux warrior. More than ordinary interest is attached to this garment from the fact that it is ^ Removable Shoe Sole. Can Be Pit, on and Off Much Like a Skate. ^ A removable metal sole for shoes is ^ a novelty which will be appreciated by many laboring men, more particularly those engaged in some classes of mill iwork, who are compelled to wear hobnail shoes in the performance of the daily labor, and who may not desire to METAL SHOE SOLE. be tlrus encumbered in going to and from their work. In a device recently brought out to meet this demand the metal sole can be taken off like a skate t and laid aside until again wanted, i The removable metal shoe sole is shown herewith. It consists of a shape of the size and lines of a heavy shoe sole, with portions cut away to decrease the weight as far as possible. On the front and side edges are clamp pieces adapted to engage,with the soles of the shoes and hold the metal sole rln place, in much the same manner as is done in the case of locking skates. At a suitable point forward of the heel there is secured to the leather sole a plate with tongue-piece adapted to lock with the rear part of the metal sole and to hold the same rigidly in place, and yet to permit of its convenient removal when it is so desired. The wearing surface of the metal sole is furnished with points, much the same as those of the hob-nails. Besides being a very great comfort, this scheme is said to make a very great Y addition to the life of a pair of shoes, . for the reason that the wear is equally f distributed between the leather and k+ite metal sole. Wilful Woman. I After the old gentleman had invited j the voting one to be seated the latter coughed once or twice to clear his throat, and then bluntly suggested that he wished to marry the old gentlo man's daughter. The old gentleman didn't wish to be too ready to give his consent, but he admitted after a few minutes he L thought he had no objections. "Tliat's Just the trouble." protested the young man disconsolately. "If you'd only oppose it and order me out of the house once or twice'"and buy a m bulldog I'd have some show of getting her."?New York Press. Man's fondness for sharing his misfortune is equalled only by his hesitancy in whacking up his good luck. HORSES, DYING OF THI One of the most pitiablo instances of the suffering caused by the prolonged droughts tbat have been reported from A all over the world this season comes * from Africa, whence a correspondent iwrijes: "It is a common thing to se* v horses, when the surface water lias ^ ^ nn /)irrrrlno- in tha flnnd tfj I?Pt \ UA1CU UJLf, uifebi?b vW O-.water to auencb tbeir tblrst: aud it i? i* t and Interesting J L RECEIVED AT THE AMERICAN M said to be the only garment of its kind in existence?at least the only one that has yet come into the hands of the white man. Extraordinary and peculiar interest is attached to it from the fact that nearly two hundred or more human locks of hair cover the front and back portions of the same. These are all from the heads of victims slain either In battle or massacre during the early days of frontier life. How Hemp is Grown. Ilemp of the Philippine Islands, or rather the plant from which it is manufactured. is known in scientific circles as "musa textilus" and by the natives as abaca. It belongs to the plantain family, closely resembling the bauana plant. The latter has a leaf similar in shape to that of the abaca, but of a slightly darker green. The difference in appearance must be told by the expert; the inexperienced can tell the difference only by tasting the fruit. The abaca tastes like a green persimmon. Many of the natives are engaged in its growth and sale. It flourishes on hilly ground, and, Jike the banana plant, takes about three years to flower. When it comes to the flow ering age it is cut aown uuu imiue ready for scraping. The stalls springs up again from the roots, and soon begins its aspiration to go to seed. It is not permitted to do so. howtver, as the seeding process reduces the quality of the fiber. The abaca grows to the height of eight feet, but is not a tree in any sense except that it gives shade. Its leaves run from its roots, enfolding the flower stem uutil near the top. when they branch out into great wav THE ABACA FBOM WHICH HEMP IS MADE ing fans. The manner of growth can be compared to nothing in the United States except a young onion, which Is not a fair illuetration on account of the insignificant size of the latter. But the leaf layers are wound in that way. thor.gh they are fully a quarter of an inch thick and six inches wide. The whiteness of the hemp designates its grade, of which there are four. Binder-twine hemp is classed as "current," "fair current" and "brown." There are without doubt many tricks in this trade, and they are worked all the way from the lazy cultivator to the exporting agent and back again. The pressing or hemp costs $1 a bale;' the landing and shipping charges at Manila are thirty cents a bale. The freight to Manila averages about $1.25 a bale. The jobber's profit is enormous. A great many things are made of nemp, from floor mattings to binder twine. The natives select the very finest of the fibre and weave' a delicate fabric which is as expensive as the finest silk, and they make their rough garments of it as well. Sail cloth is made of it. and cordage, too. Manila paper is made of the rope ends; carpets are manufactured of it; it is U3ed in uplWhtery find to make hammocks. It Is asserted that Paris milliners use hemp In making bonnets. The time will come when new uses will be found RST, DIG FOR WATER. surprising bow deep they can dig. In the recent drought they were known to dig three and four feet down, and in many cases they struck the bottom without getting to water. Hundreds perished from thirst, and some died while in a weakened state from the sand giving way and holding them fast bv the fore leers when down in a I deep Uole," Trophy. >? ' & % USEUU OF NATURAL HISTORY. The material is of heavy bucksk made in primitive Indian fashio Four rows of line porcupine work, shape, are stitched in the front ai hack, sewed with sinews, and to the bands are fastened the many locks hair. The locks are of all grades ai colors, many iong and line ones beli undoubtedly those of women. The fi history of the coat has not been asce j milieu.?m:w xuib. ^l.ui iliiu. x^-v^/ieoo for it and its waste, which is vei large. New Heater For Gas Jet An attachment for boiling water ai performing such operations on a j filled with an incandescent mantle among the recent novelties. There a ...vi-1"1 ft s m HP HEATINQ OVER INCANDESCENT MANTL] many attachments on the market f heating water over a fishtail burne but with an incandescent burner su< fittings are useless. The accompan ing illustration shows an all-bra stove, which can be used under tl circumstances by removing the mant and chimney holder. It is assert that it will boil a pint of water in abo three minutes. "The Little Father of the Russian Fleet. At the recent celebration of the 1 centenary of the founding of St. F tersburg the ancient craft above shov figured largely in the ceremonies. Co cerning her the London Graphic say "This boat, it is interestiug to not was presented to the Czar, Ivan tl Terrible, by our Queen Elizabet When Peter the Great was a boy Moscow, he played with this boat, ai had her repaired so that he could s? with her in a lake. This led to the i terest that he ever afterwards to< in naval matters, and the foundii of the Russian navy?his flrst wi ships being little more than copies i this craft. He it was who christeiu her "The Little Father of the Russia Fleet." a name she has borne evi since, and in Russia she is regardf reverentially. Baltln; a Utior. "Baiting a buoy" is a favorite niethc with some iake trout fishermen, and similar to the English practice < "ground baiting." Anchor a buc strongly in deep water, and when it in position throw over and around cut pieces of raw meat or of fish; 1 one instance, in the Fulton Chain, N'e York, a hind quarter of veniso chopped uj), was found to be very etl cient. Bait the buoy for two or thr< consecutive days, then let a day or t\\ intervene and fish 011 the followic one. An ingenious angler when fishir at a buoy with his boat fastened to i threw over at regular intervals a ham ful of white beans, which, as the sank, attracted tlie fisli. Use a heav sinker, bait with a minnow and ket it in motion by jerking or jigging it t and down for a foot or eighteen inch* from the bottom.?Field and Stream. Prizes For Inventors. The Itussiau Ministry ot' Ways an Communication proposes to offer series of prizes to be awarded to tl authors of inventions of practical ut: ity, both in jH-omoting the safety i railway traffic generally and also reducing the costly working of rai roads. Most of us can nnd rault witbo: the 1139 of a search warrant. RAPID PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS. ricttures Made as if Turned CuL of a Printing Press. TLtc record for rapid photographic priming has been broken by a machine recently Invented, and which Is now sngaged in the work of turning out prints for the publicity bureau of the '? t-. 1 T* Tliia uuuiKiumi ruruuHse ci.\|<u3iiivn> Jnachine is a very compact affair, no arser tiiau a small table. The cabinet leen in the illustration herewith reproluced, under the table top contains a >00 candle-power electric light, which s constantly in operation and which is :overed, in order to concentrate all :be llgbt rays on the sheet of sensitive ?aper. The latter is held in place over :he light by a device which is to be jeen in the top of the table. The printjig operation is performed by the manipulation of a treadle, which is moved oack and forth under the table, and the prints are made almost as rapidly as . this can be done. In fact, the speed 5f this machine is almost as great as X luui'puwei; [niuuiifc 1'icaa. The paper used in the machine is what is known as the developing paper, which is sensitive to artificial light. The sheets of the desired size are placed in some convenient place ~~ \zi, BAPID PHOTOGRAPHIC PBINTING. on the top of the table. The operator puts the sheet in place and drops the lid over It. which Insures perfect contact of the paper with the negative Pressure on the treadle opens a wing shutter under the table top. which heretofore protected the negative from fho nation nf tho lipht. A second or two at the most Is sufficient for the exposure, and as the treadle is allowed to fall back into its normal position, the shutter is again closed. Upon raising the lid the paper is projected by a spring attachment, leaving ali in readiness for the succeeding sheet. The operators at St. Louis Have become very proficient with this clever bit of mechanism, and one of the young ladles recently established the record of 84G prints in one bour, the same negative being used during all that time. On another occasion, when it was necessary to make prints from thirty different negatives. 1500 print5 ^ were made in three hours. The latter or task, under ordinary circumstances. >f, would have required the services of cb six men. y. | The prints made use of so lavishlj ss by the Exposition authorities are for lie 1 the purpose of advertising the event ;le . The prints are sent to newspaper? and at] journals of various kinds which make ut ' use of matter of this character. New Safety Lamp. . A now safety lamp, the principal fen j ture or wmcn is mat 11 cannot o* ^ ^ | rpened by any unauthorized person Tfi D* CANDLE LAMP FOR THE GERMAN'S. )|j , has just been introduced in Bavaria, ir It is claimed that the lamp is especially of adapted for use in factories where ?d combustible goods are manufactured, in Special candles, burning twenty hours er and giving perfect light, are provided, id The lamp is finding a ready sale in alJ Darts of Southern Germany. Natural Wonder*. >(* "Why is a river the greatest freak ^ of nature?" "Didn't know it was. Why is it?" Y "A river lias a head, but no feet. ^ Its mouth is where its feet ought to . be." "Pretty good. A mountain is somew what freakish, also. We have all seen the foot of a mountain, but we never heard of a mountain head." ^ "That's so. Still it must have a head. 0 for it lias ears." lg "Has ears? IIow's that?" lg "Certainly. Did you never see a mrmntninporV"?Kansas Citv Journal. J. iy _ Essential. y. "The tall silk hat," observed the stu!p dent of affairs, "is an essential part of lf) the equipment of the man who would ->s be anybody in society. For it is only the man who doesn't care to butt in whose head is hard enough not to need , the protection."?Puck. , ?* J A PuDgent Record. ie A bride in some parts of Switzerland receives from her friends a Gruyero ^ cheese. It is not eaten, but ia pre*n served by her, and all the important family events are marked on the riud. Of the children of scnool age in Russia 17,000,000 are receiving no instruction. 1 AGlEOLTitL | v 'J *6? e ?s <8 ? 3C S3^ a nerious cabbage jL?i?ease. Tho disease known to cabbage growers as "black rot," or ''stem rot," lias come into prominence within the past few years, and is said to be a serious hindrance to cabbage growing in several States. From a farmers' bulletin prepared by the Chief of the Division of Vegetable Pathology, it appears that no way is known of curing the disease, or of entirely ridding a locality of it when once it is well established. The whole subject of treatment may be summed up In one waypreventing. The disease is not confined to the cabbage, but attacks a number of species belonging to the mustard family. The planting of other crops for a long series of years Is said to be the only satisfactory way to get rid of this disease of the cabbage when it has once become serious. Management of Milk Cellar*. The majority of cellars are very improperly ventilated, and the length of time for keeping milk therein varies on nearly all farms. The success in the creameries is due to the observance of a proper degree of temperature, and until farmers become more observing of that point they will continue to have difficulties. One of the obstacles is uncleauliness in the stables as well as in th'e milk houses. The regulation of the churning is as nothing compared with the essential requisites of properly keeping the places and utensils in the best condition. The water, however, is the source of the greatest danger. 11 uas oeen aemonsiraieu oy ucium experiment-that .the germs of disease existing in impure water are carried without change into the milk, where they rapidly multiply and cause decomposition. A Suggestion of Nature. Nature suggests, in the natural and thick growth of a great variety of grasses and weeds together, that a mixture of vegetation may yield a larger quantity, of vegetable produce from nny given area than can be obtained from the growth of one species alone. Actual experiment has shown that a mixture of-grasses is usually more productive thaji fchfi cultivation of a single one. A;^ ??rre of peas and oats grown ,..111 ?,2A1*1 fUnn half on lugciuei nut v iciu mux c luuu UUIL 4.*.* acre of each grown singly. A field seeded to timothy and clover produces much more thaa. either sown alone. A pasture sod composed of orchard grass, timothy, red clover and Kentucky blue grasss is in good grazing condition from early spring till autumn, the decay of the earlier ripening species furnishing plant food for the species nest coming to maturity. ProStable Shipments. The fowl that is in demand is the clean, yellow leg and flesh one. A man not posted in these matters decides to ship a box of live or dressed poultry to the market. -He has yellow legs, black legs and feathered legs in his consignment. He sends them and gets his returns, which we will say. for illustration, is nine cents per pound, and he looks up the quotations and finds that the market is paying nine to eleven cents per pound. His neighbor, who has given the matter more attention, has selected a ?!?/< on/1 ei1?l? KwA/vrl T-T a ahlnc yt'liu w auu oiwii uiccia. outpu at the same time and his returns are eleven and may be twelve ceuts per pound. He tells our friend about it, and the question arises in our friend's mind. "Why didn't I get eleven or twelve cents instead of nine cents per pound?" ? I will tell you why he didn't. Every farmer knows that if he ships a barrel of apples, half of them good and the balance specked or rotten, he doesn't get the top price, but if he ships a barrej of selected fruit, returns with the highest quotation, providing ths market is not overstocked. He must raise something that everybody does not raise, and there is no danger of overstocking the market with first class goods. First class goods are always in demand; the same in the poultry business as any other business.?J. J. Patterson, Jr., in The Cultivator. Economical Feeding. I will hpre try to describe my pig trough, and hope I can make it plain enough for your to understand. I make a V-shaped trough out of one by six and one by five inch boards; to each end of trough I nail A. which is made of one by three inch slats, with a slot cut in top end to receive B, I which is also a one by three inch slat. *y. ' -I oi B two inches longer than the trough. To B are nailed one by two inch slats, twelve or fourteen inches long, four inches apart on alternate sides. ;ind the one by two inch slats long enough to just reach the bottom of trough, when B, to which they are nailed, is set in the slots and three inch wood pins put through at top end to keep pigs from lifting it out of place by drawing out the pins. Part with one by two inch ! slats nailed on can be taken off, and trough is easily cleaned. I ha7e a small pen to set the trough in, and I when the trough is filled open the *lide j door and iet in the pigs. They can drink on either side; when pigs arc over four months old they should h.ive a larger trough. This is the best thiiig I have ever tried to Keep pigs out of the trough, as they have no room J to get more than their noses in tie trough.?Carl A. Weibke, in TUe up:comlst. ___ I Beos Annoyed by Skunks. Sometimes a colony of bee9 will become unaccountably cross, keeping r, beavy guard at the bive entrance, an? attacking any one who goes anywhere near them. In such case the cause of . this irritability frequently proves to J 1. ? TU ??f PAirirtf'mflfl I UilVe UUCU il dhUilli. IUI7 ovuicnuico annoy the bees in summer, but we have usually found theui moat troublesome Si in the fall. One ot' our apriaries in particular has. for years apparently been a regular A stamping ground for skunks, and we have killed them off by the dozen during the fall months. After the weather becomes quite cool their depredations are more disastrous, as their scratching p on the hive causes the bees to fly out in K large numbers, apd those not devoured j(' perish by being chilled. Good, large n; swarms are sometimes ruined in this P manner. . A steel trap is the surest way of ridding one's self of such a nuis- $ atice. We attach the trap to a stout ii' pole, or scantling, about fifteen feet "t long, as they are not likely to walk off with that, and set it near the hive en- q trance. We do not often use bait, but ol last spring after three traps had been successfully avoided several nights in ^ succession, while our chickens disap- ai peared like magic, we used scraps of ri raw meat as bait, and tfitli results. *c We take hold of the end of the pole e, and carefully hobble his skunkship h down to the brook, and all is over in d a few minutes, and with no odor, such as is sure to be caused if the.y are g, killed by clubbing or stoning.?Hllas D. ir Davis, in American Cultivator. t " d Fruit Tree Fumigation. {< It has been pretty conclusively dem- 01 onstrated that fumigation is a remedy for all of the Insect pests which attack ^ plant life. This means of keeping the t< orchard in prime condition has been tl indorsed by the Agricultural Bureau, ? which has circulated a great deal of ? literature relative to this method of d dispatching scale and other insect life tl which will kill the trees if allowed to do so. The method followed is to 0 Iiir-BOVED T3NT FOB TBKI FUMIGATION. ? throw a tent over a tree and after fas- I tening all the ends down to prevent ? the escape of the fumes, the interior is v filled with the poisonous vapors. The q covering is allowed to remain in position a certain prescribed length of time, ? after which it will be found that the s insect life has been killed beyond pos- .t sibility of resuscitation. ?' In the treatment of large orchards n this process is necessarily expensive, f< and for the purpose of preventing ? TL-oof/% r\t motorlnl a now font hhPS.hOPn J v* "" - ? I I devised and is being introduced, by p which it is possible to tell at once, ex- o actly the amount tt cyanide of potas- ? sium required for the fumigation of n each particular tree. This prevents & waste of material and at the same time c insures the application of sufficient ^ material to effect the desired result. This is done by making use of a d square piece of canvas or other suitable material, and on which are marked jj rings, one within the other. As this d tent is thrown over the tree to be oper- n ated on, and as the folds fall to the " ground, it is possible to accurately judge the cubic contents of the tent n by the examination of the rings. JJ Knowing the- cubic contents of the p space to be filled there are fixed rules e prescribing the amount of fumigating . materials to be used.?Philadelphia g Rccord. V n Killing Weeds With Chemicals. a In some regions objections have been ? raised against the use of solutions of v copper sulphate, especially upon plants intended for forage, since it might be ? possible for animals to get an amount j sufficient to kill them. While such a y condition of affairs is possible, it is g hardly probable in the usual practice ? of weed destruction/ 8i To overcome this difficulty the use of c solutions of copperas (iron sulphate) is ?! recommended in Farmers' Bulletin No. 0 124. Where copperas is employed, it ti will be found necessary to have a stronger solution than where blue vitriol is used. j Copperas solutions should be from 8 ten to fifteen per cent., or about one ii pound of the chemical to each gallon jjj of water. The results secured with g this chemical do not seem to be quite w ins satisfactory as where the copper 8 I sulphate is used, and the- increased |j strengtn or soiuuon requueu uiauco | ? their cost about the same. cl It must not be expected' that all t] weeds may be destroyed by chemicals, at least in an economical way. Some weeds are so protected by Hairs, scales s< and wax as to render their leaves im- ? pervious to the solutions usually em- ^ ployed. Against such weeds tbe use of a chemicals will be followed by disap- sa pointing results, but against charlock, ^ wild mustard, shepherd's ptirse, wild a, radish and penny cress they may be cs successfully used if the applications be made according to the suggestions given above. ; The solutions have been found to re- hi tard the growth of other weeds, without completely destroying them, as fol- hi lows: Curled duck, bindweed, dande- cc lion, sow thistle and groundsel. In any case the results attained will depend oi upon the thoroughness of the application. ^ t.1 v.ti Grammar and Pie* t\ A little boy who lives in the south- cl ern part of the city has ideas of his C? own, which he sometimes expresses to _ the astonishment and amusement of jj bis parents and the members of bis I dc family. He is very fond of sweets, especially *T of pie which his mother makes. The lu other day they had cherry pie for iy dinner. 3a He bad eaten one piece, when he ^ stud, "Mamma, can I eat another piebe?" ol "Yes," corrected his mother, "you tl can, but may you is the question." "Oh, pshaiv!" said the boy, "yon p know I always did like pie better than hi grammar.'?Philadelphia Ledger. tt * *>^3sa HE GREAT DESTROYER OME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. jjocior'8 upinion?A*cui4uiiv ^ ah a Predisposing and Excltinc Cause of Disease and Crime-Rnm Diminishes the Strength of the Body. Jame3 Thacher, M. D-, v.*as a prominent hysician and surgeon throughout the evolutionary War. He was a man of eeu observation and sound judgment. i addition to his valuable Military Jour3.1, he published his celebrated Modern raetice of Medicine. I quote from this work his opinion re? irding the effect of ardent spirits only, >r it was nof generally believed seventyve years ago that wine, beer and other oft drinks' were harmful. "There are marked chronic effects o! dent spirits upon the body and the mind. n the body they dispose to every form t disease. Moreover, they excite various iseases, as obstruction of the liver, jaunice, dropsy, cough, consumption and other nlmonary diseases, eruptions on the face ad nose, called rum buds (we call them lm blossoms now), and gout in all its >rms. "Ardent spirits often incite fatal disuses without producing drunkness. I ave known many persons destroyed by istilled liquor who were never completely itoxicated during the whole course of aeir lives. The solitary instance of Ion;vity which are now and then met witb i hard drinkers no more disprove the eadly effect of ardent spirits than the Hilary instances 01 recoveries kuu> rowning prove that there is no danger > life from, a human body lying an hour r two under water. "Not less destructive are the effects oS , istilled spirits upon the human mind. >r. Waters, of Pennsylvania Hospital. >Us me that the insanity of one-third of le patients there was induced by alcoholic rinks. Thev impair the memory, debiliite the understanding, and pervert the loral faculties. Not only falsehood ia roduced by them, but uncleanness, fraud, left and murder. No more affecting specicle can be exhibited than a person whos?. edition has been generated by the habit f drinking ardent spirits. "Is he a husband-? How deep the anuish which rends the bosom of his wife? i the drinker a wife? Who can measure tie shame and aversion which she excites 1 her husband? Is he a magistrate, or as he been called to fill a resDonsible po ition in tne councils 01 me nation: Vhat humiliating fears of corruption io he administration of the laws appear in be countenance of all who see him! Is e a minister of the Gospel? Here lanuage fails me. If angels weep it is at iich a sight. Poverty and misery, crimes nd infamy, disease and death are all the atural and usual consequences of the prornged use of ardent spirits. And this eath is suicide. "But the use of distilled liquors is beeved by many people to give strength 9 the body in certain circumstances. 'hey are said to be necessary in cold reather. This is n$t true; for the temorary warmth produced is always sueeeded by a grea^-Mlwposition of the ody to be affected'.by cold. They are also * . eclared to be needed in very warm feather. Experience shows that increas* lg instead of lessening the effect of heat pon the body is the result of their use. ''jjgB )r. Bell, of the West Indies, declares that um always diminishes the strength of the ody and renders men unfit for any serice in which vigor and activity are reuired. _ , Ardent spirits do not lessen the effect ? hard labor upon the body. Look at he horse; with every muscle of his body wollen from morning till night when at? ached to a plow of in a team! Does- he lake signs for a glass of toddy to enable im to do his work? j No!-" He requires dthing but cool water ' and mibstaptiai jod. There Li no nourishment in ardenb pirits. So great 13 the danger of conracting a love for distilled liquors that he smallest amount possible should be resccibed by a physician. A physician f eminence who died near the close of the ist century in London lamented in pahetic terms that he had innocently made lany sots by prescribing brandy and wasr in summer complaints. Smoking and hewing tobacco, by rendering water and imple beverages in3ipid, dispose to the se of ardent spirits. 1 "No man ever became a drunkard eudRw nro^ualtv ar*s?na}/\mincr 5U'/' t aste and stomach to ardent spirits a abit is formed, and the desire for more *$1 iquor increases; the odious nuisance of a ram drinker's breath becomes a perlanent acquisition, with the accompanilcnt of downright stupidity and impoence. Ministers of the Gospel of eveij deomination in the United States aid me rith all the weight of the influence you ossess, by your precept and example, to revent the multitude of crimes and mis* ries the offspring of strong drink! "It is highly probable that not less ban 4000 people die annually in the United tates from the use of intoxicating drinks. Vhere are all the Indian tribes whose umbers and arms formerly spread terror mong their civilized neighbors? In the rords of the famous Mingo chief, 'the lood of many of them flows not in the eins of any human creature.' <.ti? i? J. ucj' uavc |icitc*icu uuv uj |/covu?iiv? r war, but by a greater foe to human life ' ^ han either of these, ardent spirits. . . . he loss of 4000 American citizens by the ellow fever in a single year awakened eneral sympathy and terror, and called 11 the strength and ingenuity of laws to revent its recurrence. Why is not the lme zeal manifested in protecting our itiz^ns-from the more genenl and coniiuing ravages of distilled spirits?"? lenry D. Didama, M. D., Vice-President .5; f American Medical Temperance Associ? Ion. What One Flnclcy Minister Did. Rev. F. H. Arjto, the young rector of an Ipiscopal Church at Rocklidge, Pa., hashown what one determined man can do i driving out gamblers. Some poolroom len who had been forced to leave Philaelphia established quarters near Mr. Ar* o's church. He called upon them, but as denied admission. He then told the amblers it would be better for them to o away quietly, for he should keep after bem until every one was convicted. After consultation, the gamblers notified the lergyman they would leave at once, antf ley and their belongings disappeared. Cider Under the Ban. No more cider, sweet or hard, can be )ld in the commonwealth of Massachu>tts without a license. The Superior l*na Aar*iAnt\ fKof anroof niHnr iq aa luch under the ban as whisky. The jmpilers of the revised statutes of Masichusetts thought thev would make the scond section of the liquor law more ineligible, so they inserted a comma here id there. One of these comnhas haj? msed the trouble for the cidcr-makeiv id users. The Crusade In Brief. The ballots of freemen must defend the onors of freemen.?National Advocate. Through all ages the sin of intemperance is been pointed out and drunkenness >ndemned. The Great Creator , set His tal of disapproval upon it through liia rophets and through our Saviour, Hi? i!y begotten Son. Statistics show that out of the total of ondon's curable drunkards ? offenders ho have been convicted more than tea :r.cs?8900 are women and 4300 men. Ia ventv years the deaths of women from ironic alcoholism increased over 145 per nt.?Journal of Inebriety. "Man is born unto trouble as the spark* upward;" and *he drunkard's wife is arried to trouble, as aure as saloons drag iwnward. The new hall of the National Temperice Society and publication house at 3 ast Fourteenth street, New York City, is been dedicated. Dr. Cuyler. of Brookn, delivered an address in memory of the te William E. Dodge and Mrs Dodge, ir whom the new hall of the association named. It looks as if Boston would soon add an;her to her many claims to distinction? tat of being a city where drunken men: id women arc not seen. This is due to? le efforts of the new Chairman of thc$olice Board, William II. H. Emmons, whois announced that he will absolutely ridL le streets oi intoxicated person*. lit\ . ... .. ....'