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1= I fjjfooe ^ UMAN hearts if not t *t ** man tonSues are even n< f g/l_| saying "Merry Christina ' '* I I 316 on/1 (hn nort fpro d.IVS P IVy auu iuv mv?v ?v ??? , .. be the happiest in all 1 year. This is the season when uns flsbness reigns supreme, self-forgetf neae is universal, for everybody planning to give pleasure to others No one is busier than the hou EPEEQNB. maker, who has not only, her Chri mas dinner to* plan and supervise, 1 she must decorate the house with s sonable jrreens and srarlet berries. fact, there is 110 sen son tb;n demur 80 urgently embellishments that speak the most beautiful of rellgif festivals, the birth of Christ, t < Red is pre-eminently the Christu color, but it is more effective wl combined with 'green. Holly, win berries, cranberries and the beauti poinsettia, which in many parts of 1 1-r -? .world is known as the Christmas flc er, are the favorite bits of scarlet tl | lend bright and cheery notes of co to rooms and churches. And then a bunch of mistletoe m baug somewheri'? this strange lit wax berry that has so many sentim tal superstitions connected with it. JtMenty or green suouiu ue useu m decorations, sis it iiighteus the bi iance of the scarlet, and it should bt this instance as in all others natui background, the setting for all I blooms. Wreaths of holly tied with red i bon or suspended by a wire from middle window sash lend cheer to apartment, or wreaths of evergn tied with scarlet ribbon can be us The evergreen lasts longer, and it deliciously aromatic. If the purse strings are long enoi r? flfimif nf ir measure the living ro r 1^ . - % 'SiSZ':-''.*: !' " A'-VVv^v,. " ;.'* ' *v \, *' ' > PLUM PUDDING. and boy sufficient evergreen to in a festoon about the frieze of the ro It comes by the yard twisted in r * fashion, and enough of it to use in 'wanner can be procured at small v^uae. PIGLHE1N. r?2A Vh\>"' y^v836^H^s9?5ryBfc^*;S^v^wss^WS '' i?|Jccovtttiom s ?cAkf^' iu- The little Norrolk Christinas trees >w add much to the Christmas # decora-, s." tions. They are, however, unforturtll nately quite expensive, but they last :be a long time; in fact, longer than the el- majority of house plants, as they do ul- not require such constaiut moistenis icg. ' There are Christmas bells fashioned as* of immortelles, also ones of holJy and evergreen that can be used with good results if suspended in doorways or from the top of window casements. If there are open fireplaces they should be filled with spicy evergreen boughs, and the chimney breast proper can be made charming with festoons of evergreen. For example, take sev; eral yards of the greeu and divide I it, tucking the middle to the picture molding and at the same time suspend from it a large holly wreath. Then let the rope drop about three feet and I carry it up again to the molding, fasl tening it there, and allowing the ends ? to fall to the mantel shelf. If more color is desired the wreath can be tied ? with red ribbon, allowing the ends to 18t* hang well down on the chimney breast, )ut Large doorways or arches can be emea" bellishad in the same manner. 1,1 Even the simplest homes should have l"s some emblem distinctive of the season, ^e" and if wreaths and evergreens ready ms to be put to immediate use are too costly, the loose holly in large branches ias can be obtained and used as it is, ieu tied in bunches, or can be made into ter \u wreaths by deft fingers and a little 1*0 S . wire. nar The market is flooded with imitation evergreen that looks like stage grass, '. but it is devoid of either significance e or beauty, consequently it has no decoau rative value. One sprig of the genuine j Christmas green is worth an armful ' of this poor replica of nature's/ creation. . Nothing is more beautiful or decora^ tive than the graceful poinsettia and a plant or spray of it in a room brightens it more than a buuch of either red | roses or red carnations, simply because it is distinctly a Christmas flower. It also lends itself admirably to the decoration of a dinner table. Next to the Christmas tree in all its % spienaor anu ueaucy, wuicu is umur* ally the most important even of the * day for the little ones, comes the Christmas dinner and the setting and enriching of the table for the feast. |' The illustration furnished presents a ** timely yet simple decoration for either a luncheon or a dinner table. The ake cloth is white, the serving plates of om. red, gold and white. ope In the centre is a miniature Christthis mas tree, which was cut from the top ex- of a large one. It is decorated with glistening balls, berries and the usual ill favors, a buuch of mistletoe tied at the top. About the base of the tree is a wreath of holly and bunches of winter or ilex berries, which furnish a-wealth of scarlet, which contrasts well with the snowy white napery. From the centrepiece run vines of holly to each corner of the table. The candles on the tree and on the four corners of the table furnish ample light and cast a radiant glow over everything. A charming centrepiece for a dinner table which is most seasonable consists of three or four poinsettia plants potted in a silver bowl. About the table is a wreath of the same flowers and their foliage arranged. The silver candlesticks, placed at equal dls tance, should be furnished with scarlot shades. If fruit is to be served use red apples and white grapes, and arrange them iu low silver dishes. A simple and inexpensive table decoration can be made of a medium sized pot of fine ferns, the pot wound with red satin ribbons tied in a large rosette-like bow on each side. A pleasing Christmas note can be given by the use of red shades on the' candles and a ball of holly suspended from the centre gas fixture. Spicy, red carnations are also much used for tables. They require tall, slender-necked .vases of either silver or glass. A large one should be placed in the centre on either a red and white or an all white embroidered centrennrl smaller' vases at the corners of the table. Gorgeous, indeed, will be a table embellishment that has been arranged for a Christmas dinner. Covers are laid for ten. A lace centered '-.sloth, which also has a border of lace inset in the top, the cloth designed to bemused on a round-topped table, is to be mounted on au undercloth of scarlet liberty satin. The centrepiece is to be a large urn-shaped silver bowl, filled with maiden hair fern. Four triple silver candelabra with red satin lining the silver shades and a few small silver dishes will be the only other settings. Inexpensive and pretty is a large bowl of holly, used as a centre embellishment. and over .it hung on the gas fixtures four wreaths, tied together with a large bow of scarlet ribbon. In selecting a menu for the Christinas dinner, select as many viands n.? y A CORNEIl OF THE TABLE. ' suggest the season's color as possible Even the bonbons can be colored red For instance, Hungarian peppers cat be chopped fine and sprinkled ovei the anchovy canapes; lobster fare: served in the shells as a fish course? this naturally following the soup course; a stuffed tomato salad, served after the turkey and cranberry jelly the plum pudding thickly studded witl) candied cherries. Oyster soup, celery. Boiled cod with lobster sauce. Roast goose, apple sauce croquettes, balceo onions, cranberries, mashed potato. Lettuce or orange salad, wafers, olives. Mince pie, cheese. Neapolitan ice cream, cakes. Coffee, nuts and raisins. Couldn't Fool Him! She?"Wotcher chucklin about?" He?"To t'ink dat Santy Claus'd trj to fool me wit' me old las' year's sle< painted red!"?Nevr York Journal. m ^ h is > avwwwywwvwwwwwwa; i s HOUSEHOLD M 3; * 9 * * MATTERS ? sv.w^.w.ww.mvj t Hint* to Hotiaekeepers. A nice way to prepare Frankforts ox other sausages of commercial brand ii to parboil them, spilt them in halve? E and then broil them. This is a New York idea.' It is well understood that water fot ? drinking purposes should be boiled The "flat" taste of boiled water can be removed, it is said, by beating rapidly witli a Dover egg-beater just before using. This beats air into it, which is expelled in boiling. Very few people are as careful as 13 they ought to be about what they let tl run through waste pipes and the a kitchen sinks. Plumbers grow rich on t1 housekeepers' carelessness. Greasy ,j water, coffee grounds, tea leaves, crumbs, etc., are allowed to run down the kitchen wastepipe, which eventual- fl ly becomes stopped and entails endless 8 annoyance and inconvenience to clear, g Water in whicb ham corned beef. etc... 0 has been boiled, should uoc be turned n into tbe sink. It cools in its passage. e and deposits a coat of grease on the c trap and on the pipe. Let it cool and 3 remove the fat before pouring into J the sink. If you do not use tbe tat for c soap-making, burn it; it is cheaper and less trouble in tbe long run than ? . . A . .. . . n .. i .. .V to run it tnrougu tne sinic. rsurn tea | u leaves and coffee grounds; it is surprising how much one can dispose of by u fire with a little trouble. * o Never throw combings, bits of string, f threads, burnt matches or any such o refuse into the? pail or closet basin. 1 Hair is particularly dangerous. It catches in any little irregularity of the j' inside of the pipe and serves to arrest c the progress of other waste until by f accretion'it clog3 the whole space. s I A Boon to Houiiewives. u China in open stock sets is one of the * conveniences of the present day. The * increasing prevalence of the course ? dinner and the practice of using several varieties of china for its service is e largely responsible for the change, says s the Washington Star. A woman who c some years ago purchased a handsome t dinner set now reeis mat 11 sue useu it alone she would make a poor showing before her guests. Different plates are used/for every course. The service plates_are of partciularly line china. The plates for the meat course are of a simpler and more substantia} design than those for the dessert, and the after dinner coffee is" served in cups as delicate as can be found. In the larger establishments dinner is served frOm' the butler's pantry. Many of the dishes used in a simpler menage where the roast anil its accompaniments are placed on the table are not required in the former case. The needs of the different housekeepers are as varied as the houses 1*i which they live. It is no more expensive to nave several kinds of china than to have all < the pieces alike. Open sets have made this possible. Within the last five years these have increased in size and number. Now there is practically no style of china that cannot be bought in open stock. A set of cliina which the merchant keeps on hand, and from which his customer makes her selections, is mucin more complete than the one he would formerly have sold her entire. He is prepared to suit all tastes and meet all needs. He has tea pots in all sizes, chocolate pots equally varied and sugar bowls and creamers to match. A woman with a large, small or medium family finds exactly the set size she requires. If her family increases, she Is able to increase her number of pieces, and to obtain the larger sizes. It is'also possible to replace any plede of'.china. The housekeeper is not, as in the old days, heart broken over the loss of a dish. It can easily be duplicated. There are open sets not only in the fine china, but in the pottery. In this less expensive ware are delightful reproductions of old-time dark blue with quaint little low tea pots, sugar bowls and creamers. The pottery in lighter colors, in pinks and in pinks and greens combined, has something of the art nouveau designs. They are pleasing, even if they have not quite the charm of the n productions. ,. . RECIPES . . Creamed Beans?Soak a cup of dried lima beans over night, drain and cook in boiling salted water until soft, but still whole. Drain: add three-fourths of a cup of cream, season with butter, salt and pepper, re-heat JVid serve. Stewed Kidney?Boil the kidneys the day before, leave them in the gravy over night: in the morning chop part of an onion very fine, a tablcspoonful of butter, salt and pepper; let all come to a boil: thicken gravy with flour; serve on buttered toast. I.ainb Balls?Chop meat quits fine, season with salt and pepper, add one egg, form into balls; have saucepan. I with water at the boiling point?water I must not be boiling?drop the balls into i the water and cook at the boiling point a only twenty minutes; serve-with to- 1 ma to sauce. Eggs a la Finoise?Hake one pint ol tomato sauce; heat one tablespoon ot t butter; add to it two minced sweet f peppers, peeled, nnd one teaspoon of chopped chives; add this to the tomato sauce and let boil to reduce: poach six or eiglit eggs; arrange each egg on a ? piece of toast on a hot platter; pour t the sauce over all and serve at once. ? Sandees?Chop some beef or mutton t very tine; chop one green pepper, add it to the meat: season with salt and pepper, mix a little gravy with it; butter escallop dishes or shells, fill them two- ^ thirds full with the mixture: spread , over mashed potato that has had a t little cream added to it; brush ovei c with melted butter aud brown in th-* oven. Salad Dressing?Beat three eggs un j til very thick, add one cup of creanr and beat well; rub two level table t spoonfuls of mustard in a little colO ! milk or some of the cold cream, add one-half cup of vinegar and one level j teaspoon of salt; put one-fourth cup of j butter in the double boiler, add the creamy mixture and cook until creamy; j if it cooks too long, it will separate; < stir constantly wnue coooKmg; this is .1 delicious dressing and will keep 1 woekt. I I . t IRIUL COTTON REPORT \" ? , i*1 ,n\,V Crop Estimate Issued by th? J Government. ' ? j 8t XCITEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE lopartraent of Agriculture Estimates a pj Growth of 9,903,039 Kales? Sales Ex~ jQ cee<l 3.300,000 liales on Government Report?Advance of 80 to 85 Points ^ From Lowest Quotation. jn Now York City.?Tbe Agricultural Pi iureau's estimate on tbe cotton crop of w tie present season, wbicb has been ti' nxiously awaited by the trade, has q urned out a most sensational affair. w 'lie estimate was for 9,902,039 bales, ai rhich is below the lowest forecast put . / Sit orth even by extreme believers in a I>ah J* nt?An Pfllt'offt Aof! m ofrta UottA I ? UUl L UTUIC COUiiiUlCO UUTV |Q enerally ranged from 10,000;000 to 11,- 11 00,000 bales, with a few English esti- 3f lates at still higher figures. The avrage made up from estimates by the totton Enchange membership was 10.- jj, 53,000. Some days ago, however, D. tJ . Sully & Co., the leaders of the spring y( orner in cotton and of the present bull pool." gave out broadcast an esti- a| late of 9,986,000 bales. This was n( rithin 24,000 bales of the Govern- g, aent's estimate. j-j The Government's estimate is looked h :pou in the trade as a calamity, as in ^ rder to overcome last year's cotton ^ amine, which left spinners the world V( ver bare of stocks, a crop of fully a, 1,000,000 bale3 was needed this year C( o prevent any disturbance from nor- w ,ial consumption and give spinners a p uoderate amount of surplus stocks to CJ n mrai* infA f hn nart iroar Tha ab. . an j vtci linv,auc ucal j uai. a. uv> imated requirements of the world's; pinner3 was estimated by Ellison, tb'<j j2 Snglish authority on consumption, a h conth ago, at 10,800,000 bales, and p( v*as cut down to 30,500,000 bales only wo weeks ago, as one cf the results pi f eleven-cent cotton; and it is probable e hat this will have to be still further j educed. Last year the Government n istlmated the actual growth of cotton ^ it 12,417,000 bales, and the commercial c rop at 10,607,000 bales, whereas the otal commercial crop turued out 10,- v 28.000 bales. 0 The immediate effect of the report p vn9 to cause a panic among the shorts, g md the wildest buying movemenffol-, j, owed that has ever been witnessed n fl?A C*>rs,He\r\ l?r/tKai>cra A 1 fhrtilffh fho m 'U IUC V/VIVVU UAv.iiUU^vi Jkiiuvugu I.UV J| rade here> and at Liverpool, as well as c hrougfcout the i South, had been ex- r, >ecting a low &*op estimate, nothing * luite as bad as the above figures indi- j late had been anticipated. Prices ^ vhich had been fluctuating erratically j ip and down a scale of ten to twenty q joints from recent closing quota- q ions Immediately jumped twenty f( >oints on the first trades, which were q natle after the figures were known, q md this was followed by a further ad- j 'ance of thirty to forty points before q he end of the next hour's business. q BANKS FULL OF MONEY. Comptroller's Keport Show* S25.000.000 Incrcaso Over 1902. Washington, C.?The annual re )ort of Wliliam n. x;iag;ey, controller . )f the Currency, shows that the. Middle . Western States lead both in number " md capital of banks organized?547 *' ind $31,086,000 respectively. The 1 Southern States follow sccond?421 and ? capital of $22,208,000. From the date of the first failure in e LSS5 to October 31,190."., receivers have r jeen appointed for 41S uational banks, * heir capital aggregating 571,107.420. 11 Creditors received on an average 78.55 . )er cent, on their claims. J; An analysis of returns from State, J" lavings, private banks and trust com- c wnles shows an increase in aggregate ? esoui*cea in 1903 over 1902 of about r 5601,000,000 and over 1898 of nearly c >3,385.000,000. There is $25,000,000 c nore money in the bsfnks than was re)orted in 1902. There are in the country about 1J8.000 ? )anks and banking institutions, includ- r ng private bankers. . The number of national banks haa ncreased to 4939. with capital of $743,- : ? 00,048 and deposits of $3,348,095,992. The national bank circulation reached 222,489 on Septemier 5, 1903, the argest on record. It is 55.43 per cent. ? >f the maximum possible circulation. ? vhich is higher than this percentage las been since 1886. m e THE BIBLE ALL RIGHT IN KENTUCKY. Jj radge Says It Can Be Bead In tlie Schools E There. ^ Brooksville, Ky. ? Judge James P. 3arbeson, of the Circuit Court, has endered a decision in the case where he Rev. Thomas Hackett, a Catholic >riest, brought an, injunction suit igainst "the school trustees of this jlace, asking that they and the teacii>rs in the public schools be restrained rom reading the Bible and offering >rayer in the schools, on the ground a hat it was a violation of the constitu-1 ii ion. Judge Harbe?on dismissed the t >etition at the cost or tne piaintm. ne | u ;ays in unqualified terms that the Bible i o s the foundation of all Christian govirnment, and he does not see how it o s sectarian to read it in schools. An o ippeal was asked for aud granted. J Fleet Returns to Its Station. D The Asiatic fleet, of the United States R wivy. ordered to Hololulu to be ready a f trouble arose with iilurope over Paniina, was ordered to return to its staion. J. L. Blftir Indicted. ? J. L. Elair, formerly general counsel v - - -r.... b 0 the St. .LOUIS rail", nua luuivicu iui orgcry. i4.. h England Biiyn Chilean Battleship?. The battleship Libcrtad. now under* p ,'oing spe2d trials on the Clyde, and the ^ Jattleship Constitution, now in course b ?f construction in England, have been old by the Chilean (Government to he British Government i'or $9,000,000. ? ? t< Stat? Cannot Pay Sugar Eonnry. Si The Minnesota Supreme Court has lecided that the State is under no noral obligation to pay sugar bounty inder the law enacted in 1V93. and d? :lares the law unconstitutional. S News of the Tollers. The membership of the Associated ? ~ n Tomnolders of Scotland is now 7313. ^ Blast furnace workers of the United p States will demand aa eight-hour day 0 in ilay 1, 1004. The next convention of the Interna- o lonal Plate Printers' Union will be 0 leld at Ottawa, Can. "i The number of men employed on th? a ailways of the United Kingdom, iniludlng boys, is 523,982. tl An order has been received at Fori P Wayne, Ind., to lay off immediately l< ten per cent, of the men employed io T ihe Wabash shops in that city. ' " r OOt PRAISES--T-HE ARMY icretary of War Makes Ri3 An' nual Report. rong Recommendation of Coast D?? feuaes and the Ke.organization of toe national uuvni, Washington. D. C.?In describing*the ogress of the army, Secretary; Root, his annual report, lays stress on the organization of the militia or ,Naonal Guard of the States on a basis tended to fit the men and officers for ompt service in conjunction with the igular army in case of wari insurrecon or disorder. "A thorough canvass of the National uard was made," he says, "from hich it appears that of the 1943 sep ate bodies in the organized militia le men of 1586 had a thorough undernnding of their obligations under the atute, 250 organizations had no such ea, and 57 had a partial idea. Of the Lti.syiz omcers anu meu uuw m mu (rvice of the organized militia, 100.34.1 jclared themselves ready to/ respond a sudden call of the President".;.. A board to improve rifle practice-liaa jgun'lts work, antfthe Secretary conasts the greater need of training the sung inen of the present day with lat of earlier times, when game was tmndant throughout the country and ?arly everybody learned to shoot. The ecretary recommends an appropriaon for the promotion of rifle practice 7 the formation of rifle clubs and con>sts to which citizens generally shall e admitted, to be expended upon the fcommendation of the board with the pproval of the Secretary of War. Offljrs of the regular army henceforth rill spend much time in drilling and reparing the militia of the States in imps, of instruction for service with le regular army. Secretary Root refers to the reorgan:atioii of the system of military con ol under the Genefal Staff'as the imortant military event of the year. The army as given in the latest reirtH -ponsists of 3586 officers and 66.003 listed men, a total of 09,589. In ad ition, there were in the service 3598 len of the Hospital Corps excluded bj ie act of March J, 1887, from classifl ation us part of the enlisted force ol ic army. There were also in the serice 182 volunteer medical officers, IOC fflcers and 4978 enlisted men of the 'hilippine scouts, and 29 officers and 40 enlisted men of the Porto Rico reg nent. Since the Spanish War the estimates or the army have progressivefo^de reased. The estimate for 1901 wasr-lt ound numbers. $128,000,000; for 1902 113,000,000; for 1903, $99,000,000; foi 904, $77,900,000; for 1905. $77,700 000 Ipon the estimate for $128,000,000 foi 901, the appropriations were $114, 00,000, and the expenditures $105,000, 00; upon the estimate for $113,000.00< or 1902, the appropriations were $11G, 00,000 and the expenditures $79,000. 00; upon the estimate for $99,000.00( or 1903, the appropriations were $92, 00,000 and the expenditures $70,000, AA w. BLIND ON SUPREME BENCH. astlce Brown May Luso Eyesight With > In a TTeoU. Washington, D. - 0.?Total blindnesi 3 the calamity which is about to fail ipon''Henry Billings Brown, Associ^t< ustice of the Supreme Court of thi Jnited States, according to the exper cullsts who have been treating him lome time since he lost the use of on* ye and recently, as he was reading, hi ealized that the vision of the othe ?as falling. He is now told that with q a week it may be gone entirely mart from his eves Justice Brown i a full mental and physical vigor. I 3 believed that he will continue on th tench, for he can listen to the argu nonts, briefs and other documents an< he drafts of the opinions of his asso lates can be read to bim and he cat lictate his own opinions. He will not be eligible for retiremen rith salary until three years from nex larch. He has, however, an ampl ortune. ' / IATHERINC HOLLY FOR CHRISTMA! Fnndreda Find Profitable Work on thi Peninanla. Dover, Del.?Hundreds of men ar ngaged in lower Delaware, Marylam nd Virginia in the gathering of holl: nd mistletoe, and the business- ha urried the attention of Christmas deal rs throughout the country to this pe insula. In the neighborhood of Ellen lale all townspeople and their countr; leighbors are gathering the green wit! he red berry. The women are kept busy makini rreaths and become so proficient tha ny one of them can turn out 100 a daj .EXPRESS ROBBERS CAUGHT. " ,'ito Employee Arrested Charjod Wit! Stealing 83300 Worth of Gems. Pittsburg, Pa.?The most ingeniou: nd protracted series of e?w>ress robber ?s disclosed In years has come to ligh hrough the ajrrest of Howard R. Bid ings and Leo Joseph Blougb, employ^ f the United States Express Company The crime admittedly perpetrated b: ne or both of this pair was committe< n the Baltimore and Ohio, betweei Mttsburg and Cumberland, and con isted of stealing $3D00 worth of dia londs and jewelry, the property o Irs. John. C. Shaw, whose husband if New York attorney. Iowa Bank President Kills Himself. George D. Wood, President of tlx tank of Colfax, at Des Moines, and di ector of Ira, Mingo and Baxter, Iowa anks. committed suicide at his ho:n< 1 Colfax by shooting. Cnt Off Her Daughter'* Head. At Eboll, near Florence, Italy; ? easant woman named Lucia Mimrcui BC lier sixteen-yoar-old daughter's heai ecause she was jealous. Oppose Mormon Senator, it Women met In Washington njfi )ok steps for a concerted effort to iir eat Senator Smoot, of Utah. El^ht Killed In Kline Explosion. Eight persons were killed and twelve liured by a mine explosion at Mitres pain. Perflonal MentionProfessor Koch, of Heidelberg, is flu nly instructor of any university ii lermany who lectures on journalism [e has for several years lectured then a this subject. Brigndier-General C. Alfonso Zelaya ' Nicaragua, son of President Zelayfl f that country, has arrived in Ne^ 'orb. and is to register as a student ii business college in Newark. The Queen of Siam owns the costliest iilmble in the world. It is made 01 ure gold in the shape of a half-opene< )tos flower, and is thickly studdei rlth the rarest of diamonds and prs ious stones. ^ 1 - THE GREAT-DESTROYER -5 I SOME STARTLING FACTS AppyT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. .< I'oem: nereiile, bj Guy Fitch PhMpit?A TVhiaky Confession Good For the Stomach?Do Yon Li'-e Poison FUrrored With Pranes??No Wouder It M*<!deM. As the watcher on the tower. Who beheld fche Polish king; ; While a wronged and7'fankislied pcoWe prayed below, Wc have set our temperance warder, Yvo have heard his clarion lira, That the sons of honor upon the foe. * - ' They are coming! They are coming! Like the gather nig of the cians, They are coming like the billows of the sea; ,, 7 ' ' For the bug!e saunas reveille, , In, the midst of pll the lands,, .. .... With the battle cry, "Saloons shall cease tb be!" Where the spring a robe is weaving,, T?/>r fVio alinnlnpra nf fhp hill On the far-off; rugged slopes of glorious Maine, To the dreamy land ofisunset, Does the gathering shout,instil The awakening hearts' of valley, shore an4 plain; i ' For the Teuton^ like a glacier, , Melting in a summer, flood, >} Speaks in Anglo-Saxbn courage hot. and high: 'I ' AndJSemetic teachers rally, To the honor of ome'-God, Who has trailed the proclamation on the . ' ?ky. * God has phonographed the moanings, He has photographed the want; . He has bottled up the streams of woman's tears; I In the breast of retribution, He will open up a fount, TKif rtrill tirioK iu/Av fKo ^ninlron n Ac a nf years; " 1 For His inspiration auickens, ' And the struggle, long or brief, .,i. Yet sufficient to give fully .wrong for wrong; And the gold at Bacchus' altar, \ Blistered o'er with drops of grief, Shall be wasted as the autumn leaves along. . 4 Full upon the hills of promise,"' ' Streams a bright and better'.day; Soon the night of Qreed and License shall ,A be gone; , , ' ' > For Corruption'a shades are stealing, ' : Like detested things, away; y J And the nations now the aword of. truthk have drawn, Thev are coming? They arc coming! Like the gathering of the clans, ! They are coming like the billows of the sea; . ry. _ L\ _ i 1. J :ii_ . vMsflu ) ror ine Duifie souiium reveiue, , In the midst of all th6 lands, With the b*ttle cry, "Saloons shall'ccaae 1 to be." . . . v ltank Polion in IThiiky, \ We'll give you to-day an^&nti-Wbisky v " a argument which is" furnished b^^hisky. \ A Philadelphia liquor firm-^orner Tentk and Market streets?sends ojlt a circular. 1 This firm wants 'td sell one' particular kind of whisky. To nersuade customers, it tells wholesome truths- about..other kinds of " whisky. We now quote what the whisky: firm says: "Possibly ninety-two or ninety-thtee pefr) cent, of the whisky sold in- Philadelphia . is what is technically termed by the trade ' '. f . , 'blended whisky.' The manner of its pcej^I aration in about as follows: For a Wrrer ' of forty-eight gallons possibly thirtj^eight * to forty gallons of cologne spirits, are put into a tank?cologne spirits.being the ether of the whisky, which passes frflm the* still in' the process of distilling; as benzine precedes illrninating oil in the distilling of petroleum. It is a neutral spirit having no taste, but its effect upon the human system is very pernicious,,and when taken to excess it flies to the brat^Mjl produced 3 very unpleasant results. iTotSw thirty ac 1 forty gallons of cologne spirit#-possiblr b 'four gallons of straight whisHtf. are added, ^together .with two-gallons, df'^hine juice, . two gallons of peach juice, and a little c vanilla, pineapple, or some other flavor to give it a distinctive and pronounced char' 9 acter. This compound, or blend, is ale lowed to stand for some months until the r component parts are all blended. The . compound is then bottled or barrelled. widely advertised and sold under fancy and * alluring names, at prices ran sing from ? sev'enty-fiye cents to $2 a bottle." t How does that imprest you, Mr. Whisky a Consumer?. . , How does that impress vou, Mr. Man,. i who say that a little1 whlskv is a very . good thing. Is a little poison flavored with vanilla a good thing? ?* . " In a great city, according to a. whisky firm that ought to know, ninety-two or t ninety-three per cent, of ajl; whisky sold ia t poison. ''' / s The whisky that ninety-two men out of a . .hundred get?in 'Philadelphia iand , elsewhere?ia rank, poisonous alcohol "co? logne spirit*." *No wonder tha. delirium 3 brought on by whisky is full of #Aake? and y . wild things. No wonder the brain saturated with such stuff is driven to murder and I aP nil IrinHa , e Which is wiser, do.you think? ... 1 j To hunt around for some qf that seven j, or eight per cent, of< "pure" whisky, which ? means a little lew poisonous than the* co'ojne spirits kind? Or to cut whisky altogether out of your . " bill of fare? . Let this confession of a whisky firm, f p 6o?peting with others, he useful- to you? [j. in making you drop whisky entirely?New , York Evening Journal. ? A Sermon From the Business World. "* The Christian Companion takes a text from the lay world: "The liquor business has received another terrific blow in American commercial life. For some time there has been . x an effort made to prevent, railroad employes from drinking. Some roads which nave strictly enforced the rule, claim that 3 there has been a decrease of twenty-five >. per cent, in wrecks and accidents since t they have adhered to the strict observance ~c tomnornnM mlpfl On Sentember 23. a number of railroads posted a number of 3 circulars so that their employes might . read them, stating that no person would* f be kept in the employment of the road? :1 who used whisky." Drink* Enough to Float a Navy. Somebody who has been computing the p quantity of the liquids consumed by the American people within a twelvemonth, ^ , has found that we drank last year enough ' tea, coffee, wine, beer, liquor and other beverages to cover an area of land two miles square to a depth of tea feet?a lake large enough, it was suggested, to float i several navies of the size of our own. The amount of alcoholic beverages alone which were necessary to satisfy the nationar ? thirst during this period would fill a i canal 100 miles long, 100 feet wide and tein fact deep. ' { Evan Germany Alarmed. i A bill has been prepared, to be offered in the next session of the Reichstag, re-' stricting the sale of intoxicants in the German Empire. All saloonkepeers will be obliged 'to keep on sale non-intoxicating i, beverages, such as lemonade, milk, tea. - and coffee, as well as cold l'oods. The number of barmaids is limited, and there is. a strict prohibition of credit. The Imperial Health Office in Berlin has come round to the belief that the use. of alco' holic drinks is strongly prejudicial to the , welfare of the country and the people, and issues pamphlets for popular distribution recommending total abstinence. Germans Degenerating. Official statistics show that the German* as a race are degenerating. Though theoretically all German males must serve ; -in the army, only fifty-four per cent, are fit for enrollment. The main objection i* the prevalence of h^art trouble among the young men. Thla trouble ha? increased 500 per cent, during the'last decade, as the , result of alcoholic indulgence and overal-KAtn in oaplv "iflro o1c<i frAm la Mr rv? prooer nourishment. t ' f When Policeman Joseph Hunk'er went I to arrest Benjamin B. Kiessan, of Rav1 enswood, III., for assaul'mn ms own vife, . | Kressan shot Hunkler, fatally wounding * I him and then attemptr.l suicide. Kresu^v had been drunk all night. ,? ' /i