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igips AGRICULTURAL ; ! 1 TOPICS OP INTEREST KEL.ATIVE . TO P All SI AND GAUD EN. stiff kkck in a colt. . Any injury to the muscles of the neck n may cause stiffness; an injury to the spinal cord, which passes through the ertebraB of the neck, will have the same t effect. By throwing a colt for an opera- 8 tion by means of a rope around the neck, ( such injury as would produce this stiff- j Hess can scarcely be avoided. To throw r a colt safely proceed as follows: Put a strong straps or noosed ropes around the f pasterns, gradually draw these together, j, and push the colt over on a thick bed of ^ ov.aT. , ?Iiru H<J 111V IC?l IBSt ftllU prOOCCCl with the operation.?New York Times. s ii ABOUT CUTTrNO ASIWRAOUS. A cultivator of this delicious vegetable j| says that it is bad practice in cutting * asparagus to leave the small shoots that are j, not large enough for uso. The better way p is to cut all off clean, until the middle of ^ June. Then all cutting should cease, j and the plants be allowed to make their Bummer growth. The old practice of t planting the roots deeply below the sur- s face, and cutting the shoots as soon as ? they pushed through the ground, with j barely a green tip, is exploded. Green s and not bleached is the asparagus for s flavor. All weeds should be kept down and the soil stirred enough tone at all V times loose and friable on the surface. j . t crvrrvATE fruit trees. / All fruit trees succeed best with culti- 1! Vation, but there is moro than one way c of cultivation. I have planted a row of quinces nlong an open ditch one-fourth 1 mile long, where the plow and cultivator r cannot go. I first laid down around each tree a mulch of potato vines,then having $ many loads of stones that were picked 1 from the meadows and berry fields, and c no other use for them, I made a stone ' pile over the mulch, close about the trees * and three feet distant. These stones are * equal to cultivation as far its they go. 1 The soil under a stone pile, if always ' loose and moist and free from grass or * ? _ weeds, what better cultivation is needed? <J As the tTees grow larger the limits of the j stone pile should he extended. I con- ' aider this even better that ordinary culti- ' vation, for the roots of the quince feed c near the surface, and are injured by cul- c tivatiou and severe winters if unprotected f by such mulch.?Green's Fruit Grower. c * ) ORCHARD STARVATION. From the orchards of a single small neighborhood the waste fruit ground for cider yields from 200 to 500 bushels of p apple seed to the nursery trade yearly. In a good year for fruit the crop of seed ^ in apples and stone fruits equals or exceeds the average crop of wheat in the same locality. And then the leafage, v year by year carried away by the winds j of autumn, removes a large amount of f choice and necessary minerals extracted from the soil by the roots. Added to this is much of the same matter with- ' drawn from the soil and deposited per- s manently in the wood growth. ; Most of the complaint of the no- ? ixrnfi fahlonoro .?d ' r ^.UUVIIUIVUIIH Ul III I.IIIII H 1IIVf t'UIIltS ironi ignoring the demands of the crop upon c the soil, and of the soil, thus weakened, c upon the orchardist. An underfed or- 1 chard is apt to prove as unprofitable as <3 an underfed animal. The fruit is scanty in quantity, size and quality, and such j fruit is getting less and less profitable t every year. According to my experience t orchards must receive as good culture c and as much manure ip* a grain field; and when they get it will pay as well R as, or rather better than, most othc* j crop3.?Orchard and Garden. u ? REMOVING STUMPS, It is no easy matter to remove green T stumps from a newly cleared field, and to c do so at once for any considerable num- p her will be found to cost more than the t use of the laud they occupy will be ( worth, until they have decayed so that their removal by tire or otherwise will be comparatively easy. Stumps that have x partly decayed roots can often be twisted ' out out by placing the largest end of a lone and stmif nioi-n nf imli... ' o l"wvv V'uauv' n8ftlu?l (. the side of the stump and chaining it fast, then with a team at the other end of the lever pulling in the direction of a * circle around it. A method that lias < been recommended is to bore a hole as r deep as you can down to t he centre of the ' stump in the fall, and put in two ounces ' of Raltpctre and plug it up. In the spring remove the plug and till with kero- e sene oil, and afterward ignite it. This, J it is said, will cause the stump to smoul- f der away entirely. The experiment is j one that can be easily tried. There is no \ doubt that saturating a seasoned stump t with oil by boring into it or otherwise \ will greatly facilitate its burning. As a general thing it will be found best to f leave green stumps to sen<on and then ( destroy them as fast as you can with fire. , Stumps are expeditiously blown out with { dynamite, but few farmers care to handle , this explosive. When expense is no ob- ;| jact patent stump pullers may be resorted n to.?-Ncio York thin. j TREATMENT OE YOUNG CHICKENS. ( The young chickens should not be f stinted in their diet until after the downy ( coverings have gone, and a good coat of , feathers has appeared. The moulting sea son is another critical time in their lives, j and if they are not generously supplied , with good wholesome food they are liable . to sicken and die from little exposure or ^ change in the weather. The strong (is- | sues of the body are now being formed, i nnS .1.1 l-~ lit "> 1 UK;; miuillll UK IIIH'lIIIiy supplied with egg-shells, oyster-shells, or bones. Their craving for soch food will manifest itself at once. The egg-shells should be ' dried before the fire, and then ground as finely as corn-meal. The oyster and clam- . shells should be pounded and crushed in the same way. The bones should be burnt , and crushed as fnr as possible, and the .?Vw.i : 1 .? * " ' 1 nnuic iiii.-wum ll|l ul^CIUUr. II IIIHITIOUIC'II around the yard where the chickens have been accustomed to find fowl they will ' eat freely of this mixture every day. To be very particular about the food it would be an improvement upon this plan to mix the ground shells and bones with cornmeal, and cook the mess before the tire. { Add a little linseed incal, and feed the s U * ? ? niiino wnii it cvvrjr morning. mien a ^ diet as this supplies the chickens not aim- j ply with fat, but with the elements ncces- j sary for the growfh of feathers, bone and t muscle. If they are not allowed to roam | about in woods and fields they should , have chopped-up fresh vegetables. Usually the tops of vegetables that are j thrown away l>efore using on the table a ? will do for this. Such a diet, 1 thicl, v trill answer all purposes, and give the w roung chickens a good start in life, which a necessary for their future growth.? Wafhiivjtom Star. . ? IN CELKRT IN BEDS. The ordinary distances at which celery ijCl s planted is in rows from three to three t mil a half feet apart, with at least three tlnnts to the foot in the rows. At these listances celery large enough for all pracical purposes can be raised, provided the oil is sufficiently rich, and proper attcn- ^ ion is given in the cultivation and earth- am ng-up. As will readily be seen, a row hoi if twenty-flvo feet will give as many talks as will be required for an ordinary (VM umily. But there arc cases where the thl iind for even this quantity raunot well ?' e sparer!, or whero the celery is not so auch wanted far the table as for soups, wil tews, and the like, where sir.c of stalks em i no object. In this case we have sueeeded well in growing <? part of the crop pr, a beds. For example, a piece of lanrj ch? elected, say, 8x20, can easily be made to ;row 150 celery plants of quite sufficient I7sj for the purposes mentioned, and, in- km Iced, that will also do for the tuble, at a He inch. AI", First, the soil may as well be taken out .* hrec or four inches deep aud laid to the lioi jutj two icoi six incncs wine. This will u ft er ward lie useful in furnishing soil for >artial earthing up. Except in very ricW ela oil, ? good coating of manure should bo wn pnded into this trench, and then the bed '.'r MMBfr .riiriftiitf "V* - 71, "w_!ltin?F wiU e: ft: -? ? a?- in ".Ih.j. . u... 'j ?e planted in this bed one foot apart, and P" he plauts set four inches from each other. ^ 111 that is necessary during the summer 1,0 s to keep the weeds dowu, and the soil thi ccasionally stirred. j As it is sup|>osod that this crop is tn| nainly for fall and winter use, it is not M? tecessnry to do anything until the end of JO) September or October, and then only 6uficicnt to keep the stalks well together, it h-ui icing well known that for late keeping, bc< :elery is better not to be thoroughly ^ ileached when put away. As a part of he crop may be wanted for first use, an here is nothing to prevent one end of the *' >ed from being earthed up and got ready ^ V or use first, selecting as many as are likely th< 0 be wanted. Of course, where a great fie [uantity is grown," where land is no ob- ,u>; cct, this method is not. likely to be much ollowed. But among such as havo only ra, ittle lnnd, and yet want to make the most ' if it, we commcnil the foregoing to their ^ onsidcration. It. will be seen that land m, or this purpose is not wanted until some tei 1 the early crojis are ready to clear off.? 'h< ^rairie Farmer. - foi Ills FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. tot Do uot allow the early lambs to stop ,nf [rowing, you cannot afford it. "JJ Poultry is king, comparing the cost of ha reduction with its marketable value. xr? For scaly legs nothing is so certain a po aire as kerosene, but it should be used da -cry carefully and spuriugly, as it J ilcaehcs the skin and destroys the tin latural color. wt One of the largest horso breeders in ,*J, ho couutry is now using ensilage,and thi ome farmers report that they have ' vintered their pigs on it with very little ^ , ? to Joseph Huston advises that at the birth j1? >f pigs the mother should be given meat >f some k?????, such ns crncklingR or pp tacon?this as a preventive against her "" levouriug her pigs. If the hen lays one egg n week she will 1 >ay all expenses of keep. Every egg ^ >ver is prorfit. The greater the number "H >f eggs secured the lower the cost of fw ;ach egg proportionately. f Farmers who havo never trained them- MC] elves to be methodical, exact and intel- on igent in their ways of doing farm work, ,lu night as well give up the dairy business irst as last, or adopt method. Up Last year when the price of potatoes ras very low a Dundee farmer put a lot I ?f them amoncr chaff at the bottom of a ofi ilo. When it was opened the other day ! 1x5 hey were as fresh as when they were lug. Jo Prices for choice mutton, especially for veil fatted spring lambs, have been jj,, piite good during the past year, and m< he prospect of an increased consumptive J Of lemand augurs well for the future of the trJ ikilfully managed flock. bel What is the best breed, is a question IJj" hat caunot be settled. It is a question ; if soil, habits, tastes, markets and other ag ireumstances, the question to be settled a >y each individual for himself, and not. Jjj| or his neighbor or the public. Wf Corn is still king. Tests of a number 'I" if new forage plants last season nt the wt Michigan Agricultural College, led Pro- bu essor Johnson to the belief that, com- ws >ared with Indian corn they are of little raluc, and he advises farmers to stick to jc hat cheap and inexpensive though lux- Jo iriant native of our country. "M "Let any dairyman who finds it neces lary to keep several skimmings of cream, he o collect enough for n churning, sub- ^ ncrgc it until a sufficient quantity is oh- stl aincd, then ripen it all at once, and my th vord for it he will find a safe, practical ind profitable solution of the oxidation, J rat ion, stirring bug-bear," says Johu tw ioyd, in Country Gentleman. til Among insects that are the farmer's i,c riends and do great good in killing in- to eo.t pests, Professor A. J. Cook mentions W( he yellow jackets, the large white-faced .vasps and the solitary mud-wasps (usu- fc! illy black, or black and brown, or blue- ca ilack or blue); the ground-beetles, 801 vhich arc usually black, with long legs, ind destroy hosts of cut-worms, white \y pubs, etc., and the little yellow, rounded ha ady-bird beetles, which feed upon plant ice and other inrects. To remove moss or scale lice from I1? ipple trees nothing else is better than ^ trong lye of wood ashes or lime wash fe, np.de of fresh lime. To keep off mice dr ind rabbits the following preparation 'n< ins been found effective, viz.: Lime qJ vash, cowdung, clay, and enough car- po lolic acid to give it. a strong odor (ono wr niuce to n pailful of the mixture is iiough) are made into a thick wash that jui an be put. on with a brush. One appli- , ation will last through the winter. ?n th. Cultivation of the Sweet Cassava. jp! It is predicted that the cultivation of ' he sweet cassava, from which is made ^ tvrch- fliirnsc ami liinlwo mill ' f ? ? ?/ | Qf rcry distant date become one of the im- 1 lortant industries of Florida. If all that ho s claimed by those who advocate its inrod notion l?e true, it ia one of the most iroductive, easily cultivated, and renin- *1 icrative of crops, and its cultivation will j8 idd much to the resources of the State. t is excellent for feeding stock, and it is wj ilso valuable as an addition to the list of t]|, egetablcs for humau food, ett SUNDAY SCHOOL. XHllN ATIONAIj JLKSSON FOB JUliY 21. mon Text: "Samuel lh? Reformer," 8am. ?!.. 113-Golden fcxt: Ian. I , 10 17?Commentary on th? tienoii* 1. "And tbe men of Kiriatb-jeartiu came J fetched up tbo Ark of the Lord." This ly venal, the Ark of Joborah. which ? most sacred voesol in tbe Taboruacle. or the Temple, the same Ark Iteing need in -h, and which in mentioned now at least rty-flvo timee since chap, ill., 8,is to mo one the most interesting of Bible sUkUcs, ami <nks to me of Jesus oath as God and man, d's law in His heart, delighting to do the II of God, fulfilling all Hghteoumow, tbo 1 of the law for righteousness to every one >t believcth, our mercy seat, our hidden miio, our High Priest chosen by God, the sat head of the church from whom the srubim nro for moil, the revelatiou to us of > Father's love and eternal purpose; and U, though it thus talks of all these glorious ngs, the fuH significance of it will not lie own till the temple of Clod Is opened in even, and there is seen in His tomplc tho k of His Covenant. (Rev. xi., IP.) I. "While the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim * * u < - - - ?v ?. <? iinrm.; ymr*; anu nil mo nso of Israel lamented after the Lord." e know from II Sam. vi., 1-3, that the ark us in tho house of Abinadab a very much igcr period than twenty yearn; but tho last use of this verso may indicate that this is the period that clapeod after the return tho ark boforo Isrnol was awakened from r sin to gather tog^herunto^^m Lo^ m^ouly." Tliis was tlio oxhortnMou of inucl to Israel as thoy lamented after tho ill,and he assured them that if they would us sincerely turn to God Ho would deliver sin out of the hnml of the Phi lis tinea. So shun pleaded with the people ere ho was <011 from thorn (Josh, xxiv., 14-23); and so >ses hod instructed thorn (Dout. xxx., 3, 3, Let any believer detoruilno that ovory >1 shall go that ho will deny self, take uit i cross daily, and follow Jesus, and ho shall rely have victory over all his onoiuies and rome a great power for God. i. "Then the childreu of Israol did put oy Tinalim nnd Ashtaroth, nnd served tho ril only." Good ilosires and reeolutions ? no use unless carried out; tho prodigal l might have lierished if ho had only said: will ariso and go," nud hod not actually ism and gone; inanv Christians know that >y are for from onjoying fellowship with si liccnuse of idols cherished in their irl.s, and thoy often resolve to put them ny nnd be wliolo hearted for Christ, but re is nothing accomplished until, like Isil in this verso, they actually ilo it. >. "1 will prny for you unto tho I/ord." In s. v.. 10, wo are told that "the effectual, wont prayer of a righteous man availeth ucb," and wo know that Mooes bv his in ceision saved Israel from destruction moro ui once. In Jer. xv., J. Moses and Samuel 3 associated ns men mighty in prayer. God d Alum el "Hi that Abraham would pray ' him nnd thus bring blessing to him and i house (Gen. xx., 7-17); an<t Abraham's in ecssioii for Sodom (Oeti. xviii., 20-33) is a moralilo occasion. It is to be feared that toll prayer is simply saying words, hut that ly is true prayer which is asking from tho art-, in tho name of Jesus, for that which n-juiy uesire ior Mib glory. ?. "They gathered together, drew water, urod it out Iwforo the Lord, fasted on that. j and said there, wo have sinued against Ix>rd." The ix>uring out of water nvmlized their helpless arid penitent rundition; pv were as water spilt on the ground, neli cannot lie gathered up again (II 8am. 14); they had nothing to plead hut their lit and their great need, ami convinced of is they turned with fasting unto the Iiord. r. "The Philistines hoard." Lot the people Cod come together in true humility to *k Him and the enemies of God will bo sure hear of it. It is surely true that "Hntan mibles when ho sees the weakest saint upon < knees," and if one praying saint makes n tremble a nation in truo penitential ayor must make him awfully afraid ho it wo do not wonder that the Philistines ther against Israel when they bear that ael have gathered unto tlio Lord. "Tho children of Israel were afraid of tho lilistintw." That was because of their sins d wanderings from God. Had they been ;ht with God they would have had no more ir than David hod of Goliath. i 1 ?* -- *? wmov iiw V vi j uuiaj vntj i?ru our >d for us." This was (heir prayer to SainI. It is goo<l to-hear them say "the Lord r God," and they havo^ a right to say it W niiiCO thoy iiaVo ti tiij tui liOu tu Iiiiu, i d He will undoubtedly prove Himself to bo ho Ix>rd their God,'' tor Ho says: "Call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver 90 and thou shalt glorify Me." (Psalms 1., . "And Hnmuel took a sucking lamb and 'ercd a burnt offering wholly unto tho >rd, and Samuel cried unto tho I/>rd for aol, and the Lord heard him." The burnt 'oritur typifies the sacrifice of tho lord sus. w 10 is all offerings in one, the only :rilico for sin; and reminds us that without siding of blood there is no remission, and at only in tho name and by virtue of the irits of Christ con we draw near or como to ?d. (Hob. ix., 33; Acta lv? 12.) Bamuel 1 not approach God because he was holy or isting in his merits, but only as one who liovod God and came trusting in the sacrio; thus trusting ho camo with confidence God and was heard. 10. "Tho Philistines drew near to lwttle ainst Israel; but the Ix>rd thundered with great thunder a ? and discomfited 9in." Tho Philistines may have thought til as i ncy eouqueroa even when the ark I us in the canipof Israel, so they would con- | or now, hnt circumstances had changed. ' tlint time Israel relied on the nrk, and it is simply a battle lietweon men and mcu, t now Israel was relying upon God, and it is a conflict lietwceii tlio 1'hilLstiiu*. and tlio id of Israel, nnd ixinsoquently they could t but tic smitten. Thunder is tho voice of hovah (Ps. nix,, 3, 4; Job xxxvli., 1-5; hn xii , '28, 23) anil when Ho speaks in judgmt none can stand before llim, all llis uncos must fall. 11-12. "Ebeuoaer, hitherto hath the Lord ljied us." Israel pursued and smote the nlistines, for the I/>rd fought for thoin, an<l iinuel, to commemorate the victory nnd rengtlion Israel's faith in the future, setup is stone and called it Ebeneser, saying: lilherto hath tho Ixird helped us." Tho ird ICIienozer is only found in tlieac threo ices (chap, iv., 1; v., 1; vii., 12), the first ro referring to tho victory of tho I'hilisles, hut this one to tho victory of Israel lien they truly repented and relied on Jcivali. How inauy places can we look back where t he onoiny connuorod because wo iro sinful and disobedient, and in how any such places havo we now set up nil Eboaer to mark the fact tlint where once wo II on account of sin, wo now stand firm bouse wo have repented, relv on tho Lord and rvo Him only.?Lesson I lei per. rNGI,ANT) G ROWING KOnKR. I Rev. K. E. HaK . nays lr? the dnnmopolitnn'. hether nnyof tie great moral ivars whirli vo been set on foot by such men as Fat.hei itthew, or tho Washington fans, or by the I ribbon movement, or the women's union, n show as great a rosn't as this, it woula hard to say. The redaction of the amount liquor consumed in Kngl/nd in the lastdeie was, t ill IKS7. so considerable as to af;t visibly wliat Mr. Gladstone called "the ink revenue." The year 1887 brought an urease, but it was supposed that this wn? e to tlio festivities in oonsequenoe of the leen's jubilee?a sad enough issue to a pillar celebration. At tbe moment^ when 1 ite these linos, we have not Mr. Bit'four's dget speech of 1888. and can aot tell whether s consumption of liquor fell again after the bilee was over. \ All this reduction is duo to steady "tpukperce work" of the old-fashion kind in Rugid; to tho "Red Ribbon Movement," a^wi b "Salvation Array," and other vigorous d manly endeavors to make men refuse ink who drank before ^rou persuaded them.'\| uini<iuui?iujr nucii w?rK etui do advanced expedients like those of "prohibition," d by every device by which the nuisance the open bar is suppressed. But. the two classes of movement must go ml in hand. Nkwr comes from Tnnngu, liurmah, nt Koh Pnl Hall, a timber merchant ere, has founded a new religion which described as a sort of mixture of Huddsin and Christianity. The disciples, io numlier several thousands, keep n Christian Sunday and abstain from oum drink. Jjl, " ?? I II Temperance # ' * TUB JVDAB wna. Take it away?th' alluring wine? Break the decanter, stamp it fine! Crush it till not a hint remain, ' Not one golddron, not one red etninl JJJt a fragment of the black midnight That turtie to Jewels with the tight? Nay, not for yo% but in yon town A lonely mother wait* her own. Awut with ltVdepeitfnl wine I Shatter the gollHhJaaatnno sign! Crush into aloaSpowa^, * So small that he may never aaet - What curse lie?in thy spicy breath Ttint fihirlost who Utallfikt Nay, not for but In yon town A vreoplng niotmr want* her own. Ha! pour lt-nl??-?low?Mower yet, Each drop a scoi-Ahing rivulet For the olood-naucMD deep and wide! Away with it? penlmfao's pride? Flagon that boosts, ?lHmi-hot pressed? Satanic seal?a serpen t'^rest| Nay, not for you, out in^bn town An anxious mother calls b^owu. Blow?slower?slow?see, hSp up-curled A rosy mist from t-he undot warlif 1 A siren song in themusky l>r*th, Bweet odor, but the flower cSdoath I Take it away?o'er mas t>e r i n Jwliw, Infernal power all but divine Nav, not for you, but in yoc&own A frenzied mother seeks ber one. Back to the shades, deceitful w\ie. With the demon blush and tlo hellish shine! J Oh, dusky pearls that hung in,the sun And laughed thro' all tho beayWdv June, When, whence this metamorphosis. The Judas in thy velvet kissr Nay, not for you, but in yon town A praytnc mother claims hujiwa. ^*^tninoved you^jttln'ffi^ifirTy night, Untempted when the quick moonligh t Darts f rom the rnby on your hand. Winds thro' the giant a tlorv strand, Uncoiling with a serpent's hiss 1 From Qod is freedom suoh as this; But the tempted boy from the far-ofl town, vujuuuiu vuii wrwK win moiner s ovmf ?Agnes E, Mitchell,in Chicago Newt. DnUKKAIlDft* DYSPWSTA.. Alcohol, says Dr. Oswald, in the Voice, baa been mistaken for a pontic stimulant, but few physicians would now deny the correctness of Dr. Graham's conclusion that "no form of indigestion is more difficult to cure than drunkard's dyspepsia." The proximate causa of that experience can be realized by a study of the plates in the British College of Surgeons (or a similar set in the Medical Departmeat of Columbia College, Now York), representing the progressive olfoct of alcohol on the tissues of the human stomach. Instead of the pale reddish color of the gastric membrane In a state of health, the lining of the drunkard's stomach exhibits all the evidences of chronic inflammation; engorgement of the blood vessels, ulceration, contraction and colloeity of tne mucous teguments and an aphthous, or mildewed appearance of the lacerated surf ace. Alcohol often completely changes the struoture of the liver. It studi it with tubercles, and by obstructing the vascular ducts expands the diseased organ to twice, and sometime* to Ave times its natural size, but at the same time more and mors disqualifies it for the proper performance of ft* flliMftinnfl Tha w?lcrl%t. nf a liaalfKv Hmr varies from five to eight pounds; and Pro- i fe?sor Youmans mentions the post mortem ' examination of an English drunkard whose , liver was found to weigh fifty pounds, and , who. nevertheless, had aiedfroin a deficiency j of bile. By congestion the blood vessels and the bile secret ing cells, beer as woll as brandy i tends to disorder digestive functions even of | moderate drinkers; and after continuing the , use of alcohol for five years, few dram-drinkers fail to experience the consequences of the | disease known as "fattv degeneration of the < liver," a complaint which in many cases destroys the tissue of four-fifths of the affected organ, as tubercles destroy or corrupt thu tissue of tbo lun?3. WHI81TT CAUSK8 TIIK INDIAN nXVftl.T. Captain 8touch, Third infantry, has report- I ed to the War-3cpartment the following remit* of th* invMKt.iGrst.lons of Captain Hanuoy. Third infantry,"into the recently reported Indian outbreak at tbo Mille Lacs Keserva- 1 tioiL D. T.: I "The shooting of the white man was the result of drunkenneaK. Three families who . left the neighborhood of the Indian camp were new arrivals, Swedes, and were fright oned off by drunken Indians. They were about six miles off. Tho Indians will deliver up tho one who did the shooting, Wadela, as soon as tho Sheriff comes for him. Ho will ' not leave his present whereabouts. The shoot- i lug took place iu tho Mille Lacs country, j There seems to lie some apprehension on the part of whites and some ill will on the part of Indians, partly because of the accidental killing of one of their number last winter, by a 1 white man, and partly because they still think they have some title to the land here- 1 abouts, but there in no danger of an out- i break. When drunk thev may have made threats, but there is little in them. The whis- i ky and alcohol trade is tho worst feature of \ tlio matter." tit* growth or tempkiianctv. Any ono who remembers the drinking habits of thirty or forty years ago, or any 1 one who has studied the record of social customs in New England since the settlement ol therountry, must be aware that a steady and immense gain in the direction of temperancs has been made, which has ox tended to all classes of society, except possibly to the very most unfortunate. The drinking customs oi the past generation are well known. Hcenw at the tables of the wealthy and cultivated were tolerated, and in fact expected, which would now irreclaimably disgrace respectabh people. The clergyman liaa his pitcher ol rum on the pulpit with which to moisten hit lius as ho discoursed upon the moral virtues. There are still extant bills for quantities oi intoxicating liquor, nsed at ''raisings" ol church buildings, and paid for by the parish, which show an astonishing consumption oi intoxicants and an absolute tolerat ion of thei? use. The pail of rum stood upon the countei of the country store, nud customers helped themselves with a dipper. The results of all this were wliat were to be expected. In thl parish records of deaths, a hundred yean ago, the words "alcoholism" aud "drink' S laced opposite certain names as the cause oi enth, figure with startling frequency. The fact is that the general community bat advanced in a most marked degree in point oi terai>erance. The chsiagi has been so radical that it has entered into the life and habits oi the people; and it has been brought about by the influence of individual opinion and th< growth of individual conscience.?Bailor Tramcript. Tg'fF~RA WOK rflWR AWT) WOTWI. Miss Frances E. Willard has boeu invited to lecture In Oklahoma. Of 138 saloons in Johnstown and vicinity but two escaped destruction by the flood. It is claimed that in England there are Ave hundred deaths every year from delirium tremens aloue. The Tennessee W. C. T. I), nas undertaken the management of a large industrial school in the eastern part of the State. Colonel George Woodford, the gospel temperance revivalist, is holding a rousinc series of meetings among the Black Hills. The Woman's National Industrial I<eogu? of Washington, D. C., has condemned Miss Kate Flela In tho severest) terms for lici course in advotatlng the use of wine. Hum had a great deal to do with the burning of Heattle. A wholesale liquor store was one of the first places to catch Are, when th? liquor barrels exploded, scattering burning timbers everywhere. The real anarchist, says Her. P. 8. Henson, D. D., hi the asJoonist. But Instead of shooting him CT stfinjing him up wo give him a charter as illimitable as the wind and make him an Alderman. Three thousand penitentiary convicts and two hundred and eighty-five thousand ^occasional nrisonera noiiKt.itntA a nnrt.lnn nt tfce yearly crop of crime developed by the hem of intoxicating liquors and gathered in by the prisons of toe United States. Im. Booth, in the BritieK Medical Journal, tells n horrible story of the spontaneous combuatioyt of an aloohol consumer. Ho woe sixty-ifcye years old and a thorough sot. The remainsNpere found against a stone wall in burned niP'l charred condition. The soft tissues had lbeon entirely consumed. Ruck instances or^rju-o, but not at all impossible. Dr. Henry Kn'ller tells its of the phosphoric odor at time\ emanating from tno skin of drunkards, anv mentions thut their brtatb bos beep seep UJ glow in the dark. '&r-" ~ ohort and Swp?U "Just back from America, Mr. Do lu?,?" Ya'as." "Blasted country?" "Beastly!" "How's the people of New York?" "Rabble." "The business men?" "Dabble." "The wires and mothers?" "Gabble." "The girls?" "Babble." "And out West, among the Indi ana " Ul)_ ill _ M ~j>atue. "And cowboys?" "Cottle." "And mining mills?" "Battle." "And nice country-town pooplo?" "Tattle." "Did you go far West?" "Seattle." "Any old mansions in America?" "Flats." "Who inhabit thom?" "Bats." "What games prevail?" "Ball bats." "In the cities ?" "No, brickbats." "Visit the prisons? Wnat'sthesys tem?" "Mush." "And in the foundling asylums?" "Hush." "Many iioots?" "Gush.4 "And the habits of the men?" "Lush I"?Chicaao Ledacr. Old-Time Election Bet. Judge Joseph Cox, a fow days ago, in overhauling some papers belonging to the estate of Bobert Crawford, de ceased, found the following unique note given by Amos Worthington, heail of the well-known family of that namo now long deceased. "On the first day of January, 1829, I promise to pay Bobert Crawford on< beaver hat of the value of nine dollars The condition of the obligation is sue? that, if John Quincy Adams is elected President of tho United States at tin next rrpHinonum eiecrinn, tucu flic al>ovo obligation is to l<o null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Amos "Woiitiiington. "Cincinnati, Jan. 1, 1828." This is the way the lively l>oys o] nixty years ago recorded their elcctior bets.?Cincinnati Commercial. Acoho'.lsm Cared ny Hypnotism. It is claimed that persons addicted to the use v* alcoholic liquors can lie ontirelv curt-d by the new French method of hypnotism. Tho pationt it hypnotized and then told by the doclor that ho must never want to drinfc again, but must feel disgust for liquor. This method of treatment is said to be successful in every instance. Mrs, Hannah Whithall Smith writes to Mist iv;iio..i n...4 4i.? ?? >t_ j??-i V via AC* i VI vine i> Uio flincn llltl WUIKll'TIlIJ ind have excited ko much attention that French specialists now havo s hospital devoted to the treatment, anil [niblisli a lovicw.?New York Tele irnui Parliamentary. Brown?"Where's tlifttttver I laid on the table ft moment ago?** Mrs. Brown?"You never expected to see tliftt again, did you ?" Brown?"And why not?* Tuts. Brown?"I supposed you nn< lerstood enough of parliamentary prac lice to kuow that when a bill w as laid >n the table it wns seldom heard ol igftin."?Harper's Bazar. "Wives should never conceal any thing from their husbands," snys I writer. If this advice were followed ant it would creato a revolution in femi nine pockets. BrownV Iron Biiters furnishes aid to tin Momnch to accomplish its work. Only n mr<l Icine which has a stcclflc action upon tin stomach will do you any good, and Brown *i Iron Bittern will act directly upon that organ toil!i g It up nnd giving it strength todoiti work, relieving the procure upon the nervoui system, sticngthcnlng ihe nerven, qnirkenini and improving the ni petite, removing flatu lency and hcnrtbuin, r?storing the appetit< nnd dispelling the dlr.zy t pel In which are 64 annoying, ana may prove very dangerous. Even a email barber may be called a strap ping fellow. __ The Wisest Ulft. ** I Inuibt my wife a ve'vet rack." Thus proudly boarded Mr. Ilrown. * Sho'll be, with that upon her back, Tho bent drees d damo In town." But velvet sack or diamond ring Can bring no balm to suffering wlfo. Favorito Prescription is tho tiling Tti save hoc precious life. The great and sovereign remedy, know th? world ovo -.lor all female troubles. Inflammation, cruel backache* nnd Internal displacements Is Dr. Pierce's Favo- ito Proscription. II is tho only puaraafswf euro. Sec guarantee on every bottle-wrapper. Dr. Plerco's Pel'cts? gently laxative or actively cathart ic acco dinar to dose. 25 cents. The successful fanner hns to be sharp as raiser. "Stick to your business,'* In very (rood advic* but stiII there are a erect many jieople In tli world who have no regular and profitable busl new* to etlek to; and there are <.1 bore who nr following a line of business which In manifest ly ununited to them. Now. when nuch In tli cane, you had lietter write to B. K. Johnnou i Co., Richmond. Va., and sec If they ennnn give you a pointer. 'I liey have helped u grea many men and women along the way to for tune, and now stand ready to annlnt voo. too. Ku!l fashions can never be popular with n irronnuU In It wmltaltic that what a million women na after dally trial is a mistake? They nay the know by teat that Dobbins'* Klectrfo In ntm economical, purcnt and Ih?1. They have bad! yearn to try it. l'oit give it one trioI. A vls't to n grocery in neral'y the begli ningof a new order of things. No Rival in the Field. There is no remedy which can rival Han burg Figs for the cure of habitual conetipntioi indigestion, and fdrk-hcadache. Their actln is as prompt and cttlrient its their taste pleasant, m cents. Dose one Fig. Mack Dru Co.. n. y. The widow's might Is greatly underei ummeu. Oregon. (he Paradiw of Karaifri. Mild, equable rllmat", certain and abnndar crops. Beat fruit, a rain, gram and Block oom try In the world, rail information free. At dreaa Oregon Ira'lgrat'n Board, Portland, Or The Igly who never mnrriea ahould I named Ida Kline. On* l?v nn? the roaen fall, hut "Tanalll Pun?h"5c. Cigar outllvea Ihem a'l. Half may l eplwllad and yet he re'den, Weak and Weary Deaerlhea the r?n<1IUoe of many people iMriHUW by the warm weather, or dtaeaaa, or orerworl flood'* Bar* t peril I a la J ant the inodKitoe needed < overcome that tired reeling, to purify aad qntekr the alogglah Mood and rent ore the loat appetite, yon need a good medicine be ana to try Hood Bars* pari I la. , "My appetlio wm poor, I emM aotiNp, hmf txa. che t great deel, pnJiM In my tnck, my boweU 4 pot movo regularly. Hoo4'( flefeaparttla In n ?ho Ume 4M mo eo much good Mint I feel like no men. My peine end aohca are wlleml, my eppetl Improred."?Unonon 9. Jioneoe, Roitw> Btalloi Conn. / *.? Hood's Sarsaparllla BoVl by alt druggtetr. #1; alitor ft. Prepared oal by C. I. noOD * CO., I/?wellt Meea. JOO Do9?i Ono Dcfilar / w / - TOOM SAVAGE 1 0WITT'S SPECIFIC is a simple vegetable compound prepared from roots freshly gathered from the forests. The formuU was obtained from the Creek Indinns bj tho whites who had witnessed tho won dcrful cures of blood diseases mado b] that tribe. It has been used since 1829 and has been the greatest blessing toman kind in curing diseases of the blood, ii many instances after all other rcmedic r had failed. s I Troatlao on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free Make You Earn I ) i Tlioy will, If yon liandle the i wa ara now i : 100-PME BOOS It embodies the experience of among Poultry as a business?not a making dollars and cents. He made you should not If you will profit by I I will give you this Intelligence. E > hens you should know how to MAM i you. Among hundreds of other pol 1 Tt Induco Hens to Lsyf To Select a Good Cock, ^ ) To Select a Good Hen, , Which Eggs to Hatch, \ When to Set for Early i Broilers, IV 1 What to Feed Yowio T\N [ Chicks, . " I How lo Arrange Coopat f C/V^|k Handling of Eggs. /;\J J About Watering Chicks, , Arrangement of Perches * > To Present and Cure 1 Reup. Abortion, Choi- V I era, Gapes, Ac., Ao. cST ^ CARE OF TURKE ? The best Chloken Book for thi [ fowls can afford to be without It. ? [ silver, postal note or stamps (1 or 2i BOOK PUB. HOUSE. IS j r^% JONES i2?W Iron Lei ?*. 8t?Tlk?art iuml Bfa< Tare fioara and llmin Uox for gflBP^ijgSp\?Kr*ry?l?eIV^freoprlcolW AiUpvrt monUoa thto pant* and adrlram ; JONES OF BINGHAMTON ! _ IIINOII AMTO.N, N. Y ! Newspaper Readers' Atlas t Oi>1ortd Nuraolrti'h Ktntnnl Territory A tUo Mar* of evrry Country In Hie World . | AJ, Rlvae tli? e>|ii*re milts of i-arli Slate, acttl< b J mont, p-.piilatlnn, rk'.rf i ltlio. nvtroge ten > XX nrrature, Mlnry of ofllclnln, number < nnM, tnetr produrtlona, the >alar . nw ufa< turee, iminlx-r of employee, rto. ; nb \ k \ lira of each K< relarn Country, form i SgCA government, population, r>rotu<t?,nmotu (r^7rJP of trad*. religion, Mao of army ami lei f raiiti, iiiiinlm-of hoian*, rattle, sheep, A -at) Hv KTIHv rillLT miVIUI Vf*VK OUR. II W pa?l. (1 rnll rain Maui. 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IS YOUR FARM FOR SALE toSS/StJii y If ao addreaa Cubtu A WnHR, 233 llroadwav. N. 1 ? PEERLESS DTES ?aanftmMm " ADIIIII 1 Br IUHI t ATLAS ??.?. and World 9Sfi ik Ml lift V iti r.*" at rntt-rat* .?. fcUll Mil.-. t4 Utrv) cw'ored. A!*; t. - -1 nmo'int of ir.fi, m lion rrUtirr to different Hl?tr? and CouairlaL form (lormmwl, Farm Product* and Vain*, ,lr, Only *r. j- etampa. Addreaa Bona I'm:. H?va?, lit l.?on<u-d HA, N, : FRAZERetf? 0EMT IN TIIK WOnLDO It R. M O I " ||rO?ttli?Oonulnr. Rolf! Xwrywhere. /J Pino'* Remedy Mir Catarrh ta the BBC Ml Beat, Kaalcat to Une, and Cbaapcet. Bp "* __Alao food_fbr_Col<1 In the Head, HI mnmmi amy rarer, etc. fO cMta. I Here It Is! If ViM to learn *11 about a At ^ Florae I How lo Pick Out a OooIOmI KiwwImpnfto . ttone and ao Guard agalnat \ , ' I Freed? Detect Pleeaae aad J ?? " F Had a Cure when eemel* / \ I \ poaaible f Tell the ag* hp # \ / w he Teeth 1 What to rait; h - Different Parte ef t * Animal? Flow to Hboe a Horse F*rop-rip / All tl *> and other Va aabla information ran he obtained reading our 1M-PAGK I I.F.t'HTIt AT* uirmnM owvi%f wntun w? w,|| bwwmv, yw paitf.oatacelptaf MlyltS la atatapa. r BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 194 Leonard ft.. fl?w YerH Oit * rO CIVILIZATION'.' Swift's Specific cured me of terrible Tetler,-from which I hid euaered for twenty long years. I hare now been entirely well for flro year*, and no sign of t any return of tho dlieaso. ltnnnn A rlr M>. 1 1(Kn IV If nr.-?. J ??? ?r - " ?* Ono boltlo of 8. B. 8. cured 1117 bod ot bolt* and risings, which resulted from malarial poison, and ' nffcctcd him all tho snmmer. lie had treatment , from Are doctors, who failed to bene lit him. Cavanal, Indian Ter. J. B. WlSB.' 1 1 have taken Swift's Sped Be for secondary blood 3 poison, and derived great benefit, it acta mneh better than poineb, or nny oilier remedy that I have ere* used. I). F. Winojriat.il, M. D., Ulcbniund, Va. . Tub Swift Srscinc Co., Drawer 8. Atlanta. Go.' ir Chickens Money. >m properly, and to teaoh yon putting forth a [ FOR 25 flENTS. m mm W saw WB W V W ? W a practical man laboring for 25 year* a a diversion, but for tho purpose of a success, ard th ire Is no roason why lis labors?and the price of a few eggs ven If you have room for only a few jfcw LE THEM PAY. This book will show W nts about the Poultry Yard Uteacheea LTo Propare Nests, Jndiclout Pairing, What Hem to Sot, Care ot Brooding Hens, VA*now Unfruitful Eggs, \y a When ?o Set for Cho:co \A V\' * ,or Whit to Feed to Fatten, \ To Got Rid of Vermin, \ ^ \1 About Incubators, fJX \ To Prevent and Cur. n$ \ Pip, Li?e,8oaly Logs, Indigestion, Ac., Ac. r^? YS, DUCKS, GEESE. v.dfeiSS i money ?ver offered. No on? with >ent postpaid on receipt of PB cents In D.>. 14 Leonard 8t.t N. Y. City. H N U 2H If vn;i /-s... :-_-7 1 00?H? IS/f/IMLIffSSOH KKVOI, VKR L % '? tmrnhiut" ono of th?. telebr*t?d SMITH ft WKfcRON V1; > nmiH. The fiin*t mull ann? if \frf Mk\ over ntanufm luri <1 and tlm ?. JJ II VW flint etanloo of nil ei|)ert*. IkBI ? Mannfiu-tnrcd In ralllire* :rj. :w ami a im. Hln- Mn ale or double motion. Safety H?in,n,*rl.-?a itwl TtlKolmoJclii. (ViliHtiuclial Hlillrrlrof k?Dl 4?nl? * lly wraimhl atcrl. carefully lli-pr?t?d for workmansh'p and slock. t hey sre unrivaled for flalnb? ? durability nml nrrnrarv. |v>nntb?d?CflTNlDr cheap milDouble mat-Iron luiltu(loan which * rr often add for the svnnlms article and are not ., onlv unreliable, hut daim-erous. The SMITH !l I* WK8KON Hevolvrm on-nil stamped upon the bara! rel* with firm's name, address and date* of pat-nte i. and aro mirantri'd perfect in every detail. Id- \ ,r alal npnn liavlnv the Kenulne article, and If rour ? i- denier cannot suprly yon an order a- lit to addreae o | below will rem-lvo prompt and cnrefnl attention. >f I Descriptive calatoviie ami prices furnished upon BRit plication. SMITH & WESSON, jj IVMeDtiOQUiUpftper. H?rlniflfl4> MtN? m a After ALL OttflV Dr. Lobb,?Si%t Twenty yearn' continuous practice In the treat- " ment uud cum of the awlal elTecta af early rice, iloalroylug both mind and body. Medicine ? " and treatment for one mouth. Five Dollar*, soat aecnrely scaled from observation to any address. Beek 011 Hyectal lilnrnnes free. \-w>> DUTCH ER'8 : sj?* FLY KILLER* Makes a clean sweep. Krary (. | AwlAu ahoct will kill a quart ot flies. - | \V_ Ktoixi tmnlni: around eon. fl", I |%1fl .diving at eyes, tickling yonr / I y?k J ln\ no*o, *klj>* hard word# and *e? ,? //|0 I \ cures peace at trifling expeMeu J (1' y \\I I fiend ill cent* for O ?beet* to XJ F. DUTCIlflR, St. Albona, ?. . , 1 DROPSY f* Positively C'nr?il with Vegetable HmiMIm. _ Have cured many Ibounand cose*. Cure p*U?nU yr. pronounced hopelcas hy tho boat physician*. Ft on* . r wl first dose symptom* rapidly disappear, and la ION , days at least two-thirds of a'l symptom* or* re- - - moved. 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