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TEMPERANCE.
A NICK UTTf.K TUUl
I saw a little doggery
Upon a little hill;
1 saw a little ugly man
A-coming from the mill.
AnJln the little ilomory
The little man dhl go,
To take a little merry grog
With bis Uttlo neighbor Joe.
And when they took a little grog.
They felt a little big;
They laughed n little noarty laugh
And danced a little jig.
They took u little more, then
They got a little tight;
They disagreed on politics,
Alld tlflf) A lit.f l*> Hirht.
And when they had a little fight,
They felt as large as life;
Each staggered to his little homo
And whipped his little wife.
?1 had. Oliver, in the Voice.
WITHOUT WINES.
The following is mi extract from the twenty-fourth
annual rej?ortof National Temperance
Society;
The present year has furnished some striking
examples of persons high in authority and
social standing who have held hrilliant receptions
at which tho highest officials and the
most fashionable society were present and
were handsomely entertained without wino
or other intoxicating liquors.
Mrs. 8. V. White, the wife of the Republican
Congressman from Brooklyn, gave a reception
in Washington, witli many Senators,
Congressmen, foreign diplomats and distinguished
citizens present. The Brooklyn
Entile, says:
"n?e entire suite of apartments on the first
two floors of the house was thrown open for
the occasion, and no expense was spared to
complete tho perfect success of the event.
The large dining room I Mick of tho reception
parlor was cleared of furniture and set apart
for dancing, a full band of striuged instruments
being stationed in tho ante-room between.
Long tables were set ill tho private
tuning hall beyond laden with delicacies, for
which carte blanch had lieen given the
caterer, with the single stipulation
that no punch or wines were
to lie included, the generous hostess having
conscientiously licnrniiniNi in set a miionncedcd
example in that rvsjiect in opposition
to the usual rule of such occasions. This radical
innovation in th? local methods was principally
noticeable, however, only in the decorum
which marked the dejvirturo of the
quests, for no one was given an opportunity
to miss tho usual stimulants, so liewilderingly
elaborate were nil the other appointments.
Many prominent ladies had predicted that
. Mrs. White would not dare omit punch at
least, but she declared that she could and
would present such other attractions that the
absence of intoxicants would bo a refreshing
novelty, and she succeeded beyond ull expectations.
Tho floral decorations were on a
scale of magnificence in harmony with the
other features of the affair. The mantels of
the handsomely decorated re* eption-rooni, in
which tho hostess received her guests separately,
were banked with I .a France roses and
scarlet tulips amid a bed of green. Tho mirrors
of the apartment and those that line the
walls of the hallway were festooned with
smilaxand sprays of asparagus vines, which
were caught back on each side with garlands
of crimson ami pink roses, tho space within
the halls hanked with tall tropical plants and
wide-spreading palms, forming a refreshing
lower of green in the foreground. tA>ngross
assembled as it had never done lx-fore:
in fact. S|>onker Carlisle declared that a call
of tho liouse was evidently not so effective as
Mrs. White's invitation. He had never seen
so many inemlicrs together, save on tin' flrst
days of the session and at the time of the
tariff vote. Senators Hiscock and 10varts
holtwal Aft" Whiln infr<wlnnA ol??/w.d ottnot*
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member of tho august body of solons from
the upper legislative branch. Tlio diplomatic
corps was well represented, and conspicuous
iinumg tho foreigners was the Corean Kniliassy,
tho members attired in richer colon
than ever, and wearing the inevitable horsehair
peakeil hats, ventilated especially forindoor
use. The Army and Na vy, and mostof
tho wealthy residents who complete tho highest
social circle, also paid their respects."
Hon. B. P. Stockbridge, United States
Senator from Micbignu, recently gave a
dinner, "with all tho nioniiwrs of' the Cabinet
present, together with tho leading men of
his party, but no intoxicating liquors were
furnished. Governor Fifcr, of Illinois,
gladdened the hearts of tho temperance
workers of that State by giving his tlrst
State dinner without the aid of wine. Several
other notahl instances of the kind the i>nst
year give hope that the time is fast passing
away when wirso will be placed so as to tempi
guests gathered around the social l>oard.
While President Harrison was reviewing
the civil parnde at the Centennial celebration
in liew 1 orn city, a Horseman molt a glass of
wine from a "wine-float" whieli was |Missing
liy, and handed it to the President, who
politely liowed and declined the proffered
cup, and at the Centennial hull made notorious
hy shameful drinking and drunkenness,
the President's glasses, siiy the published accounts,
were "turned severely down."
TflK l>ROI>UUT OK DKATII.
A. B. Leonard, D. 1)., Missionary Secretary
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, recently
delivered the following address in
Cliiekering Iiall, New York:
"Alcohol is the product of the law of death.
It cannot be produced without first destroying
the life principle of that from which it is
derived. Where the breath of death is not
felt alcohol is not found. Fermentation
always precede the production or niconoi,
and fermentation is the first step in the process
of decaj'. Fermentation must reach the
stage of actual decay liefore alcohol is
evolved. The process of decay renders the
articles upon whieli it operates worthless for
food purposes. A fresh, well-prepared beefsteak
makes uti excellent breakfast, but you
would not care to eata fermented or decayed
lieefsteak. A fresh egg is a palatable nrticleof
food, but no one cares for a fermented
or decayed egg. A rifMi pippin is luciou*
to the taste, but a fermented or decayed pippin
is offensive and is rejected. In
order to produce alcohol, the article from
which it is derived must pass through the
process of fermentation and decay. The
cluster of grab's, tho luscious jH<ach, the
beautiful pippin, the golden grain must die
or rot to yield the intoxicating fluid. Alcohol
is Imuh of n dead mother, and is thus an
orphan. Being the product of death and
having no life-giving substance, if, causes
death everywhere. it has no element of
nutrition, and consequently cannot build up
tissues in a human body. The only nutrition
there is in fermented liquors is a small
residuum of undecaved vegetable matter, a
quantity so small that many gallons ef the
poisonous fluid must Im consumed to obtain
even a teasjHsinful of nutrition, while in distilled
liquors there is not an atom of food
material, the process of distillation having
eliminated tlic last particle.
T.IQUOU'R EFFECT UPON TtIK HINDOOS.
Vor hundreds of years the natives of India
have been a solier race, but they are rapidly j
giving themselves up to the liquor evil. This ]
is due to British civilization. Association I
with the Knglish has caused the Hindoos to
adopt some of their habits, and the vice of
drunkenness is now so common in india that. |
the attention of the Government has been I
called to it. It has ls>eii a dill'eult matte i ail j
along to control those Asiatic hordes, hut '
when inflamed hy liquor the problem of governing
thein will lie made still more serious.
?Atlanta L'unstit ution.
TEMPERANCR NEWS AND NOTES.
Indiana has organized seventy now local j
W. C. T. IT. unions this year.
A full-blooded negro girl is nliont to Ikj '
sent to Africa as a missionary, hy the Georgia
W. C. T. U.
A stereoptieon entertainnient entitled '
"The Saloon Must Uo" has started out as a
public educator.
B| Kvery family of the United States has at
. present to pay an average of $ftft a year toenj^B?Jo>
the privilege of abundant facilities for
fcteing poisoned, says Felix M. Oswald.
stii-minnse a |M>uiicai party, mi<l all of it*
^Wity will ooze like a cold sweat from its
nnd instead of Is'ing an engine of
^HWor good it will become a putrid
^ IB' Hrhe Royal Naval Temperance Hociety of
Oreat Britain re|*>rts that th?*re Is notu single
shin or gun-boat', hardly even a torpedo Ixuit,
in Her Mnjesty's navy that does not havetho
work of the National Tempcranco League on
board.
George W. Clark says in the Christian Cynosure:
Out of <100convict* in Auburn Htate^ (
Priaoti, BOO confessed being lew! astray first
by tolmcoo; then to liquor; then to crime; I
then to prison I Tobacco, alcohol and opium
are a trio of devils in the work of iienumbing,
deadening and destroying the moral
jepribUiUe*.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTKIINAHONAL LESSON FOR
JUNE 30.
Tlic t^unrterly Review ?Golden Text:
Mark xvi , G.
Prom Bethany to Calvary?The twelve leasuns
now coining under review begin with
tbo Triumphal Kntry wid end with tho Resurrection.
They may bo arranged iu throo
groups. 1. Tl?e Kingly Coming. Less. 1-4.
' i. Tito Saviour's Rnrrow. I .ess. 5-8. 3. The
KixIwmer'H Triumpli. (ess. V-12. The royal
rido from llcthaiiy to Jerusalom was followed
oy uio rejection 01 1110 neir auii divine aou,
nnd giving a summary of tho commandments,
ami the final fall of the temple. The
dangers threatening the disciples called for
the command to watch. A true friend
anointed the Ixird at Ucthany, and Ho npiwnnted
the Lord's Supper ns a moinorial of
Himself. Then passing through the agony
in Cothsciunne, llo was betrayed by a false
friend. His own iteople condemned Jesus;
and then brought llim to the Roman governor
to l?o sentenced; lie suffered on tho cruol
cross for our sins, and rose for our justification.
,
questions. ' 1
Introductory?With what great ovont doc3
this review begin? With what end? Into
how many groups may tho lessons bo divided?
State t he three.
i. The Kingly (Joining?From what place
was the triumphal entry made? Who procured
tho boast on which Jesus rodo? How
was it covered? How was tho way strewn?
Who greeted Jesus? Hy what cry? Into
what sacred budding did ?Io enter? To whom
did Jesus sneak in purahlos? Who planted
a vineyard? To whom did tho man let it?
What did he ask in rot-urn? Whom dM ho
scud to get tho fruit? IIow wero tlioy
Invited? How was tho hair put away? Who
asked Jesus which was the lirst or groatost
commandment? What did Ho say was tho
greatest command? What was tho second?
Who called Jcsuk's attention to tho magnificence
of tho temple? What did Ho say
:>f it? What .perils to disciples did He foretell?
5i. The Saviour's Sorrow?What signs of
coining trials did Jesus doscrilie? What were
ill to do? At what feast did a woman anoint
Jesus's head? In whose house? In what
town? How di<l sonic disciples sjieak of her
act? How did Jesus commend hor? Where
ivos the Passover prepared for Jesus? How
lid tho disciples find tho place? What
memorial did Ilo ap|miut at that, time?
Whither iliil Jesnsgo nTier the Supper? By
whom was Jesus lictrnyod? In what garden?
lly whom arresteil? \Vhose ear was out off?
Whither was Jesus taken by t he officers?
:t. The Redeemer's triumph?Who sought
to put Josus to death? By wliat kind of witnesses?
IIow did the high priest.requiro Him
to answer? What answer did Jesus make?
What was the verdict of the Jewish council?
Before what, governor was Jesus next taken?
What did Pilate ask Jesus? Whom was Pilate
willing to release? Whom did tho peoplo
rhooso? IIow was Jesus treated by tlio soliliers?
Where was lie crucified? Who were
crucified with Him? IIow many classes of
liorsoiis reviled Him? Wlint did Jesus say on
llio cross? What did the Roman centurion
say? Who came to ( lie sepulchre of Jesus on
Sunday morning? What did they see rolled
away? Who sat within tho sepulchre? How
lid lie greet the women? Wiint woman saw
Jesus early lhat morning? Who saw Him
toward evening of that day? To whom did
I hoy bring tho good news? IIow was it received?
Lesson He I inf.
JUNE CROP REPORTS.
Condition of AVintcr ttml Spring
Wheat?Tho Cotton Area.
The Juno returns of th ? Department ol
Agriculture show u slight iner.oso of wintoi
wheat nreu seeded, but the breadth harvested
may be possibly a million acres more thnr
ill the lust crop, largely from Kansas and
California. The seeded ami harvested area
in Kansas will this year l>o nearly identical,
and the large breadth in California which ii
out for wluiat in yoars of low yield, will in
part bo harvested for grain this soasou. Tin
question of areas will bo tostisl later as thoroughly
as jiossiblo by a partial local census
at various points. The condition of winter
wheat still remains comparatively high,
though it lias fallen throe points during thu
last month and averages DJ for the country.
The following State averages uro given:
i Wow york. Mi; Pennsylvania, U5; Maryland,
US; Virginia, D7; Georgia, D5; Texas, 8-S; Kentucky
,811; Ohio, 88; Michigan, DO Indiana, DO;
Illinois, D'J; Missouri, US; Kansas, US; California,US.
The area of spring wheat has apparently
increased about three n?r cent, The proliininary
estimates show a loss of three per
cent, in Wisconsin and one in Minnesota,and
a gain of one in Iowa, tlireo in Nebraska and
seven in unKoiu, wuu increase in mo mountain
region.
The condition of spring wheat is high, ox
copt in parts of Dakota, whore it has sulTcred
from drought. Averages are as follows;
Wisconsin, '.**?; Minnesota, 03; Dakota, 8S;
Nebraska, OS; Iowa, 00. Condition is generally
high in the mountain districts, The
average is nearly 0.? for the entire spring
whent bredth.
An increase of two to tliroo percent. in the
area of oats is report* d, while condition ii
seven noints below the normal standard of a
full crop.
The area of barley is about tho same ns
last year, and its average of condition 05.
llyo has made no perceptible advance in
area, and its general average condition is 1)5.
Tho Juno rojKirtof tho Department of Agriculture
indicates a slight reduction in tho
area of cotton on the Atlantic coast and au
increase west of tho fcttute of Aiabamn.
Nearly four-liftbs of the proposed breadth
bud beet) planted by the 1st of May, hut goraiination
wus slow on account of cold and
generally dry weather, replanting of defective
stands generally, and some Held i were
olowed und vlunted in ooru.
ROBBING MINE PILLARS.
A Dangerous Pi-notice Which I testified
las C li/s llo.il Is I. HI
Tl.n reckless practice of pillar robbing in
tlie anthracite mines tliiit has caused tho
death of countless men, claimed four moro
vii:tim!i in tho Nottingham colliery of tlio
Isdiigh timl Wilkesbarro Coil Company at
Plymouth, Pa. Threw mon wcrti kill <1 on
tlio spot, and tho fourth fainlly injured.
Tlio dead arc Patrick Curloy, aged 47, mar,
ried, with fivo children; ltueso Lloyd, ~7,
single; Rich ird Williams, single. Tho
injured mun is Matthew Davis, married*
with several children. lie had both legs'
and one arm broken.
Tlio men had licon sent Into a portion o(
tho mine, which is about worked out, to roil
tho pillars, tliis is to cut coal from tho pillars
formerly left to support tho roof. This
practice is now being extensively carried on
hi tho anthracite mines. Tlin gang of men
were nt work all morning loos suing I ho coal
by blasting, mid then barring it down and
loading it into cars. They tired a heavy
blast, and before barring down tho coal sat
down, took out their dinner pails ami begun
to eat.
Suddenly a mass of toproek and coal.
><riKIMiiK limy L?n IOIIH, IOII Otl IIIOII1 without
the slightest warning, killing the three instantly
ami mangling their bo lie* in n torrible
luauner. _______
A. CITY DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Ten Thousand Iilves Reported Lo?t l>y
Fire in China.
The steamer City of Sydney, which has
just arrived at San Francisco from Yokohoma
and liong Kong, brings tidings that
the Shanghai Mercury of May 10 published
news rocelved from its corrcspon Sent at
Chunk King, who writes tliat Luchow.u city
or sorno importance in fs/.echtion, situated on I
tho upper Yank Tszo, in nearly completely
destroyed by lire. Tho confl igration broke
out on tho evening of tho eighth day of tho
third moon nml burnt furiously till tho tenth.
Bovon out of tho eight gate* of tho city ?ro
said to bo destroyod, nml tho loss of life?
burnt and tramplod to death?is estimated
at not less than It),000.
I,u Chom is a city that receives largo quantities
of Manchester goo-Is, under passes,
and nativo inerobantsar Hankow an 1 Chung
Nmg wii| suffer uiuvh by thie calamity,
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WORK AND WORKERS.
Vicnnn cir drtren gets GO cents for oightoon
hours.
Tho Illinois Women's l'rets Association
will erect a ball at Chlcajp.
Tho St. 1'it nl and Omaha 1 tail way Coinpony
will no longer employ Itallous.
London street-car drivers work fourteen
hours a day and got f> U) $7 a week,
A labor congress will'be held in Montreal*
Canada, tbo first Weoknrt?September.
In China tho iron-workers (considered the
host In the wi^rld) inakuafjjUents per da jr.
Tho Aherdoon packets hfire stopped, running,
owing to tho strike oftsoamon and-flre
UIL-II,
Tho Electric Oaa Gonerstor Company of
Hotrolt intendi to furnish g w at 25 container
tllOIIKUIld foot.
Tlio llro'lierbood of Carp tnters nnd'Joiners
gave #1,00 J for tho rollof vt the sufferers
at Johnstown, Ptt.
The wo go* of tho 1,100 girl stioe-workers of
Cincinnati have been cut 50 per cent during
fie p ist your.
Tho tailors nro the best organised workers
in England, and aro able to earmgood wages
in tlio large cities.
Massachusetts illiterates form eight per
cent, of tho imputation, tho wont averago in
the United States.
The productive power ol the tnachinory of
tho United States Is more than equal to tho
labor of 500,000,000 men.
Tho annual convention of tho Atnericnn
Klml-Glass Workers' Union will be hold in
tho month of July at lipllniro, Ohio.
Tho Huston granite-ilutterx' scale haa boon
signed lor another year. Tcu per cent. u<l
vonoo on Westerly granite.
Women aro crowding men compositors In
bunion. Thefouialo work is not as clean as
tho men's, although tlio women work as fast.
A general reduction of 10 per cent, has
hoeii made in the wages of furnaco employes
throughout tho Shouaiigo Valley, Pennsylvania.
Tho Pennsylvania Legislature failed to
make an appropriation to cover tho expense?
of tile hureuu of inspectors which it established.
A number of labor organizations of New
York and Hrooklyn are holding (Sunday
night massmeetings in favor of tho uiglitliour
day.
Tlio strike of tho stonoinasons of Pittsburg
tiii'I Allegheny has been settled by an agreemi-lit
to arbitrate. Meantime the men have
resumed at the old wages.
Eleven Philadelphia plumbers who woro
taken to Omaha by tho master plumbers returned
homo ot tlio expense ot tho union
when they hoard the men's story.
Tho Pattern-Makers' League of North
America, in session nt Pittsburg, ndopte I
resolutions indorsing tho eight hour day. it
was decided to abolish all piece work.
Tho coal heavers of Ashland, Wisconsin,
have again struck for an advance of 50 cents
per day, ami men have boon imported from
St , i'uiil nud Dalutli lo take their places.
The cotton mills ot the Eastern states are
now running to their full capacity, and a
number of new plants are uiuler way. This
is indicative of u healthy condition of business.
During t he past month seventeen new charters
have been issued by the general secretary
of the Carpenters' brotherhood, which
shows that tho work of organization is not
lagging among the knigbU of the saw and
plane.
At Helmsville, a manufacturing village of
Lancaster, Eng. there is n lady who presides
at all the labor meetings ami has organized
I he operatives. Her name is liva Humboldt,
ami she is pretty and spirited brunette.
The Cleveland coal wharf hands were paid
15 cents p -r ton in 1V7 and 11 cents last yoar,
and compromised their strike last week by
accepting Id cents. They will get f'd per
day for Sunday work, ami are allowed to select
t heir own gang foreman and work from
7 to 0 o'clock,
A reduction of 10 per cent. In wages went
Into elf cot May 15 in tho Dickson Manufacturing
Coinpniy's hscuuiotivo works in
IScraiilou unit Wilkcsbarre, Pa. The reduction,
it is said, applied to everybody employe
I by the compauy, from tho. presidout
down. m
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.
Tho Shnhof Persia will reach Buckingham
palace from Brussels on July 1.
Mrs. Francos Hodgson Burnett has arrived
in Paris to look over tho Exposition.
Charles Lauri, Mr., tho famous clown and
pantomimist, died In London recently.
Mrs. Harrison will give the ivy to l?
planted tiuring commencement by tho senior
class of Princeton.
Dr. Amelia It. I'M wards has w tit to the
B<>ston Musniin of Fine Arts a line collection
of ancient Egyptian textiles.
Tho birthday anniversary of John "Wesley
is to b<? observed on Juno 28 by Christian
Endeavor societies in New Englund.
Mrs. Cleveland is fond of the vio'in, and
has just been instructed in the use of the
bow (iy Miss Isiuiso Hood.
Miss Jane Cobdon, the llrst woman olected
a county councillor in Knglnn I. is barely 35
years old, but her hair is snowy white.
Tho Princoof Wales is said to be tho most
intelligent man in the English itoyal Family.
Bather hard on tho English Itoyal Family.
I TUa portrait of the lK>pe, presented by hi in
to Bishop Konno for tLe Catholic University
?.k KMiiiu^ivu, hub arrived in |;ooa condition.
Professor Huxley's third daughter, Mrs.
Albert ICckorsly, Ims come over to Mexico to
live, iter husband being engaged in railroad
building there.
Sir Julian Pauncefote visited the White
House I lie other day and strolled utxiut it
for an hour or so. sight-seeing, without calling
on tho President.
At the recent artists ball at tho Paris
<)|H-ra House, Mine. liernhardt was conductor
of tho orchestra and the younger M.
Coqueliu first violin player.
(Jtieen Victoria has commissioned Mr. W.
(1. ounce, tho well-known American painter,
to paint her picture. She met him wbilo on
her recoct visit to liiarritx.
Henry Matthews, home secretary of KngI
iml, was thrown from Ids horse while riding
in Itottou ltow, Loudon. Outside of a
severe shaking lie was not injured.
Talk of tho marriage of Prince Albert
Victor and Princess Victoria of Teck exercises
many a tonirue in Knuluiid. The Ou.'?n
is said to view tlio proposed union with disfavor.
Mr. I^iboiicliero su/s he has made up his
mind that huso hnll is a game not merely
inferior to cricket, hut to foot hall, tennis,
rackets and other games. Tiie trouble with
truthful Henry is that he doesn't know,
v. Mr. tiladstone has again heou coinpollid
to deny the report that he would visit the
United Suites this summer. This time he
makes it over his own signature in the London
Daily New
' Tl?e lie v. Dr. Lyinun Abbott wnnUi tbo
niayllower adopted as our national flower,
iimi hu oo Mr. James i'nrton, Admiral Porter,
Professor John Kisko and Mr. "Larry"
Uodktn.
Captain Murrell, tho Missouri hero, is
worse off than a West Point cadet. He can't
keep the buttons on his uniform. As fast as
they are sewed on some enthusiast cuts
them off. ^
DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.
KlPfrn Passencers Injured in an Accident
on llie IjcIiIrIi Valley Iload.
Ad accident occurred on the Lehigh Valley
rood in the morning botweon Wllk.ssbnrre
and Hugar Notch, which resided in
the Injury of eleven passengers.
Tho passengers were principally residents
of small towns below the city. Two of the
most severely injurod are McQroorty, Deputy
County Treasurer, of Wllkiwlwrre, who
was badly cut upon tho head and face, and
Attorney Troutman who was thrown through
one of the car windows and had bis shoulder
broken.
Tho nccldont was to tho train duo here
from JI(ir.!etou nt 0.10 a. m. One of tho
axles of tho locomotive tender broko, and
instantly tho smoker and ono passenger car
wore whirled from tho track. One of tho
passenger coaches and tho smoker wont over
Into a shallow ditch. The last passenger
coach spun round and was left standing nt
right angles on tho track. The fact that tho
passengers escaped with tbelr l|Vf? is rouwkablo.
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AGRICULTURAL.
topics op /ntkrrst relative
to farm and garden.
TtOHSKs' TEKT1I.
In horses the teeth are forty in number,
and in mares commonly thirty-six, because
the latter seldom have tusks. The
teeth are of throe kinds?tho gatherers
or incisors, the tasks and the grinders.
When the^ is ten to twelve days old,
| lour irontlMlh appear, two in the upper
ami two in the under jaw. In a mouth
or six weeks after the middle teeth follow,
and the corner teeth about three or
four months afterward. Thcso foal-teeth
contlnuo in this stato till the horse is
from two and a half to three years old,
when the first, four or centre teeth are
shed, and replaced by others, called
horse teeth.?New York DiqxttcJi.
TUB WASH OF HILLSIDES.
No farmer can afford to permit tho
rain that falls on his newly-plowed fields
to run off in muddy torrents to tho nearest
river and bear with it the richest part
of tho soil. As a general rule, our cultivated
fields are more rapidly exhausted
by surface drainage than by their
annunr^Kbntribution to growing crops.
And again, when the frozen ground has
thawed a few inches on top and a heavy
rain occurs, the soil is carried away in
large quantities, though tho inclination
be but slightly f have often knowu it to
do swept on by tne ton just as deep as it
had thawed. And no amount of underdraining
would prevent such a result. A
copious raiu under the circumstances is
always dreaded by our farmers. Hillsides
should mostly bo used for pasture or
meadow, and only plowed occasionally
when n good bluegrass sot! can be turned
under. It may then be cultivated in corn
one season, followed by wheat or oats,
and again seeded to grass.?Indiana
Farmer.
now TO CIRCUMVENT INSECT TESTS.
Fanners at this season arc in need of
fonuulns for the various iusecticdcs, and
although these have been repeatedly given
on this page, a few of these in more
common use are here reproduced:
For codling moths, curcullo, leaf
rollers, tent caterpillar and canker worms
London purple is the usual remedy. Professor
Cook-advises one pound of the
purple to 200 gallons of water. For codling
moths he applies as soon as the
blossoms fall, and again two weeks later.
This kills all the other insects mentioned
exceptuiccurcuno. i?or tnis last-named
peat the Professor advises an application
of London purple as soon as the calyx
falls, and again twice at intervals of ten
days.
For plant lice, bock lico and mossy
bugs, apply with a forcc-pump when the
insects are at work the "Kerosene and
Soap Mixture." Professor Cook's formulu
for the kcrosnuo mixture is: Soft
soap one quart, or hard soap?preferably
whale oil soap?one-fourth pound; two
quarts hot water and one pint kcroRcno.
Stir till all are pennanently mixed.
Then add water till the kerosene forms
one-fifteenth of the whole comjxnind.
A specific for cabbage caterpillars,
cherry and pear slugs,rose bugs, etc., is
the Bulutch or California pyrithimi dashed
on to the uiscCf^ with either spray-bellows
or forcc-pifci^i)r<"Ono"ounce of the powder
is required to, say, three gallons of water.
TT-. r w ? ? ;
?j.jcui t one norm.
PASTURING 8TOCK.
Throughout the West there is more or
less a pest of flies iu summer. la the
prairie region there arc the green heads,
and near timber the deer flics, both veritable
bloodsuckers. The warble fly?
the large black warble flics that deposit
their eggs on the backs of cattle and
hores?are also not only annoying at the
time of ova-positing, but painful and debilitating
as the larva grows. The botflies,
that deposit their eggs on the limbs
and on the breasts of horses, occasion
much annoyance to the stock.
Tho general means of avoidance of all
these disabilities is a dark place to wliich
the animals may retire when not feeding,
and especially that animals during flytime
be allowed to posture night and
morning, and, in fact, all uiirht when
possible. Whore the flics are very bad,
we adviso that all stock be driven to dark
stables from 10 a. m. until 4 p. m., even
at the expense of giving them cut forage
during these hours.
Another thing tho careful feeder will
do well to observe is to j>ay strict attention
that stock have access to water at all
times, or, at least, at stated intervals, so
that they may never get thirsty. Aniiuuls
are very much like men in the matter of
drinkiug. Some days they seeme to require
very little; other days they take
what may seem an inordinate quantity.
Nevertheless, when required, the water
should be accessible, and this in line with
the trite saying: "A merciful man is
merciful to his beast."?Prairie Farmer.
SMALLER CROPS AND BETTER PRICES.
It is small, not large, crops that we
need more of. My minimum crops have
invariably been more profitable, and I
have heard dttrty fanners make the same
remark. Would it not bo well for our
farmers to combine to produce less for a 1
few years of all staplo crops, thereby i
thoroughly cleaning up the surplus and i
getting better returns for our labor than
we have received for the last decade?
Certainly we have the same right to combine
to limit production as have coal or |
oil companies, millers and manufacturers, i
Some may s-y thai, it is our duty to ourselves
and our country to do our best in i
our chosen calling?but best for whom? j
If we con do better by producing less and 1
getting more for it, why not do it, as i
long ns other producers are doing the
same thing and we have to exchange our (
products for theirs?
Why should farmers be the only class ,
of j>roduccr8 that cannot establish a price J
for their commodities? When wo buy
we have to pay the price asked; when wo
sell we have to take the pittance the purchaser
"cgKW?to offer. Burely, no class
or laocrrcmrtrDrKH a* many hours for its 1
little pay as the fanner, and it is time our j
calling wu? inpte remunerative. Can this
be done by producing more or less? I
am of the opinion that General Butler
was right when he said that
'our trouble is not overproduction, 1
but underconsumption," and the qucs.Ko.II
?. : 41?
ilVIl IO, <IlfTT DUrtll no iiltl OfWC UIU UUI1"
sumption of form products? Certainly '
not by increasing the quantity,- but by
improving thequality. Everyone knows
that soggy potatoes, stale eggs, rancid j
butter, etc., last much longer than good <
fresh No. 1 articles. If all our food i
products were the very best, much more ]
would be consumed, thus making a i
greater demand and mora remunerative i
/"
1
price*. Many of our wide awake farmers
can make a part of their productions an
actual necessity to one or more families in
our largo cities at paying prices by supplying
these products regularly, fresh,
sweet and wholesome. I know this by
experience, for my customers oftcu tell
me that they prefer to purchase farm
products of the producer, especially eggs
and butter.
It is laudable for practical farmers to
experiment, investigate and produce
maximum crops, but it is more profitable
to produco the best and get good pay for
them.?American Ayriculluritt.
A PLEA Fon TUB MOLB.
In one of my accustomed walks about
tho city, writes Herman Haupt, Jr., in
the Farm, Field and Stockman, I last
Saturday came across a specimen of the
long-nosed shrew or mole, and Becured it
for examination, the result of which hns
convinced the writer that it is a mistake
to destroy these animals from uu economic
point of view. Being connected with the
patent- office as a solicitor, I have rend of
and seen the hundreds of patented appliances
for destroying moles, and of course
should for a client prosecute an application
for a new devico. At the same time
I feel that it is a mistake to destroy the
mole.
When I picked up the specimen rc>
ferred to. I noticed the ltrominent incisor
teeth, and had my investigation gone no
further, should have set this animal down
lis a rodent, and as such destructive of
vegetation. Bnt on the dissecting table,
the specimen revealed other attributes.
I find as a matter of fact, that the itgnsor
teeth, two in number, are conliucd to the
upper maxillary region, no such teeth existing
in the lower jaw. I say no such
teeth. I mean no incisor teeth indicating
that the animal was or is a rodent, The
incisors of the lower jaw nrc all small,the
two in the median line being very small
indeed, like those of the cat, and the two
adjoining these bciug larger and of a
conical shape, and not chisel shaped as
the rodents have them.
Furthermore, the molar teeth all havo
angular cusps which are more or less
conical, and so constructed that when tho
jaws are closed the molars are locked and
allow of no fore and aft motion, but do
permit of n slight side plav like that of
the ruminauts generally.
Again the articulation of the lower jaw
with the skull is by a gingleform joint,
the glenoid fossa of the tein|>oral bono
being longest laterally; henco there is no
play to the- jaw in a forward and backward
direction, but there is a slight play
from side to side. Now from thenuntomical
structure of this animal's dental
asmature, 1 think it must be conceded
that lie is not n vegetarian in the strict
sense. That, he may masticate vegetable
food is very likely, but I nm convinced
that his food is mainly animal, nnd that
lie destroys in the course of his subterranean
traveling more bugs, worms and
larvce of insects, that are destructive to
the crops, than the farmer can calculate,
and I fully bclicvo that tli?- existence of
the mole and his bcuctit to many u farmer
is beyond calculation. Therefore
why destroy him? I am fully aware that
it has been the custom to consider moles
a nuisance and to vow their extermination,
and "custom makes law," but would
it not be just to look into the matter carefully
before wo .'have gone too far? Wo
want to rid ourselves and neighbors of
all kinds of pests, but with our present
knowledge I hold that no one is hardly
justified in denouncing the niolo as a
pest.
FAI1M AND GAKDEN NOTES.
Don't feed sloppy food to the little
chicks.
Land poor uud poor laud arc evils to
be avoided.
Feed often and a very little at a time
to small chicks.
Hard workers arc usually honest. In
dustry lifts them above temptation.
Use the purest and best salt to be obtained,
as the best is none too good.
Heavy rains have assured splendid
crops in western nnd southern Oregon.
Use the eggs from old hens for hatching.
They produce stronger chicks than
eggs from pullets.
Never reply in kind to a sharp or
angry word; it is the second word that
makes the quarrel.
A good way to savo money is to save
the means of making it?your implements,
for instance.
To make a good grafting wax mix one
llfirt. of tilllow with two nnrta of lmooniuv
and four parts of rosiu.
You will make, as a rule, more money,
to buy clean new tubs, instead of using
old ones, even if they bo given you.
Get as nearly as j>ossiblo the desired
number of hens set this month, for July
1st is pretty late for profitable chicks as
winter 1 aye re.
The silo, practically, is a substitute for
pasturage, so far as the succulence of the
fowl and quick digestibility is concerned,
without its expense.
Usually the dairymen who succeed best
are th?6? who have obtained a good rep
utation for their butter, and ean command
a satisfactory price, year after year.
White Wyandotte# have taken a strong
hold Upon many farmers and breeders,
displacing the Leghorn, Hrahma and Plymouth
Rock. They are without a doubt
an excellent fowl.
Persons owning bees nnd not located
near Rtrcams of water, should furnish
them fresh water daily, as it will save
time, which, to the bee, means honey, as
it mcaus money to us.
When a new nest is found do not put
its contents with the fresh-laid eggs; that
is, unless you know the eggs were laid
the day they were gathered. In this way
no risk is run of having poor eggs sold.
There aro four essentials in the making
of money at the dairy business. First,
[food cows. Second, to have them well
fed. Third, to have their milk well
manufactured; and fourth, to have the
product well sold.
Separate the layers from tho others.
You cannot afford to keep old hens,
pullets, fat hens and lean roosters together,
any more than you can dry cows,
lieifers not yet in milk and fresh cows;
they do not require the same food.
We wish sonic ono in each farm home
would be responsible for the daily gathering
of the eggs. Then there would be
less complaint in the city markets of
"stale eggs." When gathered, put in a
ilry cool place, and sell ut least once a
week; that is if you do not pack.
Cleanliness is the best preventive of
poultry diseases. Rooms should be fre(piently
cleaned in tlio summer and
sprinkled occasionally with a disinfectant.
rut a quarter 01 a pound of sulphuric
Kiid iu a three gallon pail of water and
iprtokl? $9 rwet#, wall* (tod floor,
#
Santuo Doing*.
be Santuo, June 24.?The Sanluc
in 8. of T. mot here Thursday ovenin]
rs. elected its offioers for the next quarter
ail as 1 was not fortunate eoough to be
nt I osn only give tlio names as they
er- given me, as follows :
W. P., J. II. Randolph; W. A., ,
t is Gregory; it. S., J. C. Sartor; Ass t.
Jan. I Alias Mairirio Farr: F. S.t J.. Jet?r ; 1
|?qB inoq* Wtujtrj ^,rtf JOr *,
ti J R^R* 03l!l?IP jo Saqottj 3(iiao.
An you troubled wi'h a nlufrtlnli, Inactive
liver? Arc you billons? Do you suffer from
Iaundloe? lis* your complexion a sickly, yolow
tinge? The blootl In It* pnwn?:c through
the liver doe* not fn-nlsh the healthy action
which should result from it. The Impurities
nro HtopiN-d, nnd clogging tip the duct, cause a
disordered condition, which will prodnce serious
results to your health, unless you take
brown'* Iron bitter* at once. It will euro
?our biliousness nnd jnundlce, and iuclto to
oalthy action the sluggish livtr.
Bong of the drygoods clork: "SwInlDK It
delalno,"
Distanced In the Race.
Why should Dr. Ploro-'n mod I cl no* not <11*tancvall
competitors In amount of sale*, a*
tltey nro doing, * 1100 thoy are tho only modlcloeet
sold by druggists ixwsossod of MMh wonderful
curative proper tie* as to warrant th?lr
matitifacturorn in guaranteeing t'lom ti euro
thodl*eaaen for which tli y arc recommended.
Yon get a euro or ntonov paid for them returned.
Tho Doctor'* "O Men Medic-d Dlscovory"
cures all diseases caused by do angomoutof
(holiver, as blliounncss, mdlgcs t ?n or
dyspepsia; al <o all Wood, skin and scapdlacase*,
tetter, salt-rli'im). Borofuiou* norm and
swelling* and kindred ailment*.
Don't, hawk, hawk, and blow, blow, disgust,
lug o very body, but use Dr. Base's Catarrh
Kcmedy nnd to cured.
Fall fashion* can nevor be popular with ni
aeronaut.
Can the sale of an Inferior arttcln con tantlv
increase ior ?4 years? Dobbins'* Kleoirlc Boa
jinx ln>#n nti .!?? marlrri nv?r uliwn l.Hl'A uml lu
to-dt*y ii? ever, thr fx* unit purest family soat
made. Try It. Your grocer will get It.
A foul tip?Feeing the waiter with a leaf
quai lor.
Torpid lilrrf.
It Ir hardly poaslble to prepare a medicine
which i? pleasant to the palate aa ore Humburg
Figs, or which is ho otltcacious incaseso<
constipation, piles, torpid liver or sick-headache.
2ft cents. Dose ono Fig. Alack Drug
U>., N. Y.
Nature's aerial story?The spinal column
continued In our necks.
Oregon, the Paradise of Farmora.
Mild, equable climat \ cartaln and abundant
. crop*. Best fruit, grain, grass and stork eotm*
try In tho world. Full information free. Addrees
Oregon Im'lgrat'n Board, Portland, Ore.
Tho frontiersman who eliot nn India!
corpso didn't know It was -d? ad.
If afflicted with sore eyes use I)r Isaac Thorn rv
roll's EyoWaler. Druggists sell at ZVi.pvr bottle
Were the rleail Inngu.vcs la'ked lo death'
A Fair Trial
iji lioofl'e Snrnnparllla will convince nuy reasonable
person that It does ikxwss Brcal medicinal merit.
Wo <lo not claim that every bolllo will accomplish i\
miracle, but wc do know tbat uonrly every bottle,
taken accordion to dlrecttone, does produce positive
bcueflt. Ita peculiar curative power Is shown by
uany remarkable cures.
"I ww run down froin close application to work,
but was told I had malaria and was dosed wttli
quinine, etc., wlilcb was useless. I deckled to take
liood's Sarsaparllla and ant now footing strong and
cheerful. I feel satisfied It will benefit nny wlio
glvo It a fr.lr Irlal."?W. B. Beamish, 961 Spring St.,
New York City.
Hood's Sarsaparllla
Sokl by all druggists, f 1; six for ?5. Prepared only
by C. I. nOOD ft CO., Apothecaries, IjOwoII, linos.
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BH Kivpil-Cmy one to Investigate! 90
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Money. I
tin properly, and to toach yon
putting forth a
; FOR 25 CENTS. ?
a practical man laboring for 25 years
s a diversion, but for tho purpose of
a success, ard th >ro Is no reason why
lis labors-and the price or a few oggs
/en If you have room for only a few
,e THEM PAY. Thl3 book will show
nts about the Poultry Yard Itteacheo:
LTo "repare Nests,
Judicious Pairing,
Wk ? Hens to Sot,
Coroot Brooding Hens,
V''Kb*w UR,ruH,"! Elt*>
When to Set for Cho ce
ii r Fowls,
*,,ut ,0 Fe#<l ,#f ESS*.
'^afl|ls .* Y What to Food to Fatten,
/ .\ To Got Rid of Verm's,
| Tl About lncubatorS,
To Prevent and Core
"Y \ Pip, Lloe.Soaly Legs, ^
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