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// F* RELATIVI i /Jr\ iyAHDHN. .pti loos. t^h-^ J^^fitraws and cut them off Bend one end to keep from running out, and fill ^ilHine powder for fuses. Bore an inch ?i y^Zsid a half hole to the heart of the log, and put in some powder. Make a tightfitting plug; cut a'groove in the side of the plug for the straw. Lay the straw fuse in the groove, and drive the plug (in tight. Place a piece of lighted paper i ii ii iimJ l^lllft'hYrrnm np^im'lrnln nT logs and stumps, and never had one to , miss.?Farm and Firetide. ANTIDOTK FOH ANTS. I tried several methods to prevent ants molesting bees, and found the following far the most satisfactory: By use of crowbar make a hole in the middle of the i anthill down to the bottom, which is , easily found by the uioro open or less compact earth. Then turn into this hole n gill of bisulphide of carbon, and fill and crowd down with earth. As the liquid is very volatile, and cannot pass out of the now compactly filled hole, it quickly evaporates and kills all the auts. If clay be near, nlways use this to crowd into the hole, as it is more impervious than is sand, though by firmly pressing with the foot the sand can be made to hold the liquid. Kerosene may be used instead of the carbon, but it is far less effcctivo. So, too, of carbolic acid. By means of syrup, so covered by gnu/.e that bees aic excluded, the ants can be trupped in great numbers and destroyed. I have often done this, end by adding Paris green have poisoned the auts.?iVrw York Tribune. A USEFUL rnErARATTON. A very useful and simple preparation that I have found beneficial to the plants is made by mixing two pecks of sheep manure, one peek of soot and two quarts of guano in a hogshead of rain water. Smaller amounts can be made by mixing the ingredients in the same proportion. The mixture should l>e stirred up thoroughly for a day or two and then n quart of quick-lime thrown in. The mixture will then bo ready for use. Weak and tender plants should be treated with an nppffcanon of thin manure about once u week during the flowering period. Strong, healthy plants can stand ?? ap plication everv dav or two. hut it. is iisii " * 1 ~ r ally safer to diluto it with one-third of 1 clear water when such frequent applications arc made. Orchids, roses, heaths t nnd other flowers will show marked im- < provement, both in the growth of the t wooded stalks and in the production of c flowers and foliage. As soon as the t flowering period is over the applications should cease. If kept up the plants will i be unduly stimulated and their prowth < retarded in the end. Amateurs always 1 have a tendency to po to extremes in us- < inp such strong solutions.? Washington t Star. c SAVE TIIE MATURE HENS. c It is the custom of some farmers who plau to make the most out of their poultry, to sell oil the old hens when the hens are fat, through laying and in tie- t maud at good prices. This plan is a " commendable one, but care should be taken not to sell the too young old hens, f if repartl is had for the stock of the next a season. It is none too early to lay the plans for next spring's crop of early birds. n The reason why the young old hens () should not he sold oil no\\( will he made n apparent by the following front the pen of that poultry authority, I'. II. Jacobs. ^ He says: The pullet hatched in spring, say April ' ??r May, will often begin to lay when she is-srs-moxiths ohf (or sooner if of a small breed), but she will not be fully matured p until she arrives at the age of one year. " The consequence is that while shq will lay she will bp growing at the sume'tiine, ami is therefore not eoin|ietcut to o proiluce eggs that will give satis- |> factory results when used for in- ii cuhation. Her powers are doubly taxed, and her offspring will break unless s\\j. j-( mated with a vigorous, sfrbug and active |. ^ coc'tj.. who have taken pains to S1 secure line, healthy pullets, have been disappointed in raising them on farms where st incubators are operated, as they lay small (j eggs, and often begin to lay so early as to produce eggs no larger than those of a j( jiigeon. If eggs are desired for hatching purjKises, use hens that are in their second . year (over one year old), and mate them 111 with a cockerel that is at least one year 11 old, and the result will be that a greater proportion of eggs will hatch, while the " chicks therefrom will be strong and easy to raise. It has been said that a her. lie- to comes less valuable after she is two years as old, but it is safe to assert that she will en lay well until she is four years old, and *>c although she may not lay quite as many as a pullet nearly grown, yet her eggs pi will hatch better and a larger number of j w chicks be secured from her. Hut, it may In be added, do not forget the fact that |? pure-bred, strong, vigorous cocks must be gi used in the tlock.?Farm, Fidd and Stockman. Iit 4 as TITK POINTS OF A COOD IH'TTF.U CoW. p, What are the line points that make up as a good creamery cow I is a question 1 am ye asked to answer. I presume a butter cow is meant, as the volume of cream floes not determine the butter value. (.'ream separated from milk by intense refrigeration or by the centrifugal madden requires about one-third more in volar to p, to make a pound of butter than cream .)fl raised in silo pans at a temperature of sixty-two degrees, and yet either of the . other processes may produce more butter . from one hundred pouuds of milk than a I sv silo pan. f| A good butter cow should have a long face, wide between the eyes, the eye alert ^ and expressive, and placed a long way between the horns. A cow with eyes near the top of the head does not know s" any more than a man with eyes so placed. S<1 Bhe should have a large muzzle, n slim !,s neck and a yellow skin, especially inside j ''' the ears; the breathing should be regular, | ,u the back and abdomen strong, the udder ac wide where it conneots with the body, the teats squarely placed, and the tail tli slim. Over and above all these points, fa she must have the dairy form. The points II at best are only indications. The desira- tr blc dairy form is always seen in the best w types of Jerseys, Guernseys, Ayreshires, vi and llolsteins. The best beef is fc presented in the Shorthorns, Ilcrefords and most of the polled breeds. The intelligent dairyman, with a knowl- s." edge born of experience, desire and capac- ? ity for the business, never makes the mis- tl take of choosiDg his cow with a beef II i / form. Neither will tho intelligent beef breeder choose hi* animal from tho dairy form with a cat head and relaxed expression. Physical structure and natural adaptability embrace tho possibilities, and therefore increase the probabilities of success with the butter cow. While it is not difficult for a dairyman with a knowledge of his business to select a cow that make ten pounds of butter a week, provided always such a cow is '.vithin the drove or herd he is inspecting, cows that will make fourteen |x>undn of butter a week arc not to be found in the droves that arc driven about for sale. Such cows are seldom for sale except at breeder's prices. A novice might by rhfinrr frn pounds of butter a week under the right treatment, yet if he kept her in n cold stable and gave her ice-water to drink ntxl fed her on timothy liny and ground barley and corn meal, all of which are lacking in protein, the cow would soon run down to three and <Wie-half pounds a ...i- i ... i.? i..... 1 wi:ti\ hum ninr un u , hi iikiixv; ir." iiini less. Another rami who knew his business might have selected the same row and kept lier in n warm stable, given warm water, warm ensilage innde from tweet corn well matured, two or three pounds of clover liny and a plentiful supply of wheat bran or middlings, ground oats and pens, or a little oil meal or any other food containing protein in liberal [woportion, ami the cow would probably liavc increased to twelve pounds u week if her limit permitted. Cows have their limit as sharply defined as a trotting horse. Pasture grass is the only single feed known that contoiua one part of protein or nitrogeuoiis food to five pounds of starch and sugar (earhhydratev) in its dry matter, mid it is therefore a good food to test an ordinary cow's limit. IJut just as good a raion as pasture grass can be inndo from he article just, mentioned, and this ration ivill lie inueh cheaper than pasture grass >n high-priced land. Dairy knowledge that enables :i man 0 make selections of good cows from unong poor ones, and shows him bow tT? reed and treat them so that they will do heir best, is not a commodity that can be attlcd otT to a novice like Widow lielott's recipe for making potato pudding, nit is the slow outcome of natural observation, experience ami capacity. Such 1 npm may he accurate in his judgment, uid still be unable to make another man iceurate. A lnitehcr can judge the ..r .. .1........ ... t. 1...H....I... ivui^iib a iu?/,i;n v;i inrmj ihhh;i i\.i ?UHin the fraction of a pound, but bo j instruct, it novice, to do likewise, my more than (lie poet Whitticr can tell Hipper how to write good poetry. The theory that the young calf reveals lie future cow is based on the form and >n the heredity of the calf's ancestors. If he calf has the beefy form, and her anestors were noted foi their beef quaiiies, it is safe to say that such a calf will lot. make a profitable butter cow. iJut f the three days' calf has the marked lairy form and is descended from a long ine of butter cows and sires, she can be leveloped into a good butter cow. The heory is based 011 the fundamental priniple of all scientific but practical breeding that like begets like?American Ayrivlturiit. KAIIM AND OAUDKN NOTF.fi. Air-slacked lime is a sure remedy for he slimy pear slug, and an easy one to pply. If the little chicks are drooping, tnoK or lice. You will be apt to find them bout the chick's head. From observation ami experience we re persuaded that more young chicks re killed by lice than by skunks or links. In shipping liens and roosters have lieni in different coops. Have shipping oops high enough so tie- birds can stand p in them. Professor (JofF, of the New York tation, finds the really valuable novelty i tomatoes tested the past season in the warf champion. (Jroufid from which a crop of potn(ops r curly cabbage has hccn taken can be roiitably sowed in July to turnips of the iteriucdinte or early varieties. the milk is transported or when ?r any reason the setting must lie delved, no method of creaming gives as itisfactory results as the centrifugal. When shipping live poultry to market, e to it that the coops are in good conit ion, for they are sometimes handled m^hly, <?r a slat may come loose and a iwl or two become lost. Are you crowding too many chickens one roosting placet Are you permitng chicks under four months to roost her than on Hour or coop? If so, corct at ouoe these mistakes. If you are sending a mixedvlot of hens j market it will pay you to grade them I f > quality and color, so'.as to have j ell coop as even as possible. They will j I! more rapidly and at bctbjr prices. ' i Moves in the kitchen wineuws provide obably the best and most, convenient ay to raise plants from seed for the une garden. Sow seed about six weeks fore time to transplant to the open ound. A veteran peach grower states his l>e f, concurred in by as good authority W. ('. Marry, that if trees are fed ctty well with barn ytvrd manure and lies they will not l>c troubled much with llows. In tho early fall months some of the I getnble.s that sell well early in the j nson prove attractive. A market . irdener suggests that h'ttuee should be j i\vn so that the crisp, green leaves will , ove palatable when cool days come I rain. There are three frio??ls of the farmer ! at wage incessant war on the aphides or | ant. lice. These are the lady hinl, the rplnis lly and the lace fly, and every ; rmer should make their acquaintance , id do all in his power t?> protect ' tern. I For permanent pasture Peter I lenderhi recommends either for fall or spring | iwing orchard grass instead of timothy | the base grass, with other sorts in I oir proper proportion, to give compactiss of sod, a view differing from usually cepted practice. Dame Nature plants her plums in j tickets. The "plum thicket'' is a miliar childhood phrase. Therefore an linois horticulturist argues that plum ces should never be planted siugly, but ill do best in clumps, including different irieties that will aid each other in rtili/.ation. Tn 1S8H there were three cities in Kan- ! is, with a population exceeding IS,000 icb. At present there are six cities in ic Slate, with a population varying from 5,000 to 50,000. I i SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL l<K8SON FOR AUGUST IS. IvCMMori TpiIi "HauI IU\Jectc<l bjr iho Lord," I Haiti. ST., 10 28 Guidon Text: I Snm. tv., 23 ? Commentary. I*he Intervening chapter* between this leefou uu<t the Inst one are chiefly occupied with Haul's first victories over the Philistines, and also over the Moabitos, Ammonites and EdomiteH; but there la n nod ntat^ent concerning Saul, and a precious one coocernlng^Jonothau. hia wa, tiiMobof which we ought to give goo?t heed for our own profit. The first refers to Saul's foolish conduct and disobedience In the matter of the saefifli-e (chapter xiii., 8-14), which brought from Samuel tho message: "Now thy kingdom shall not coutinuo; the Lord hath sought Him a man after Ilis own heart." The second la the noblo conduct of Jonathan ami Ills armor lienrcr and the good words: "There is no restraint to tlio !<ord to save by many or by few." Wo limy, if we will, Ixj men niul women after Clod's own le-art, ami daily profit by the good word of Jonathan. Tho lesson to-day is the :-tory of Saul's disobedience in tho matter of tho Auiulckitc*. Iff. "Then eanio tho word of the f/ird unto Samuel." Saul's orders were: ;(>o and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy nil that, thoy have" (v. 3); but ho saved Agng tho king alive, and ?| sired tho ls?st of tno slicop and oxen (v. P). Thus, as in tho matter of tho sacrifice already referred to, ho did what seemed right to himself, acting upon his own judgment rather than the express command of God. 11. "It. repenteth mo that I havo wit up | Saul to 1>o king." So in versa 35 "the I/ord repented that Iio had made Saul king over Israel;" and yet In verso 23 it is written: "Tho strengt.fi of Israel will not Iio or repent, for Ho is not a man that Ho should rolienli." mrv slsi Nnm. xrllt., fit; PS.nr., 4. Now tho question is how to reconeilo these apparent contradictions, for tho contradiction is only scorning, not real. Wo must first get firm ground on which to stund, and wo liavo it in tho faet that a God of Truth (Isn. Ixv., .Ill) cum lot lie; and a (lod to v liotii all His works are known from tlm tioginnlnjj of tho world (Acta xv., JH) cannot possibly make a mistake or Ik< sorry for anything He has done. Kvpii tho treatment by IIer<Hl, Pilate, the Crontiles and Israel was only what t?od had determined Isiforo to l?o doiio (Acta iv., 27.28), hut. that, did not l<?ssoii the guilt of llero.1 and theothers. Clod certainly know Ikifore hand just how Saul would turnout, how long lie would havo to hear with him, and just when He would set him aside and put Ifnvid in Ids place. When Ood, ill His infinite wisdom, doing what He always know that. Iio would do s'-eins to us to change His mind and do a now thing, lie is said in Scripture to repent; mail, on the other hand repents when he actually does change his mind, and does what In- had not intended l?oforo to do. 12. "Saul oomo to ('arniel, ami, liohnld. ho ] set liim up a place." Tli?? Uovlsed Vcfflion | ?nym lio sot up a monument. It seems to havo betin, like Absalom's place (IISam. xviii., 18), u pillar rather for his own glory than tho glory of Uotl, rather to couiiiiciunrato his own name than tho naino of Johovah. 151. "Blessed bo thou of tho Iionl: I liavo performed tho commandment. of tho Lord." This was Saul's greeting when Samuel eumo to him; if in the previous verso wo see his vanity, surely hero wo seo hypocrisy. 14. "What moaneth then this bleatingof tho ttheop. * * * anil the lowing of tho oxont" All things are unkcd aiM oj?en to tho eyes of llim with whom wo have todn; and from Him who seareheth heart ami veins no secrets can he hid. l.Y "The people spared the best of the sheep and of tho oxen, to sacrifice unto the I/>rd thy tbxl." Being cornered, ns we say, he now nuts the blame on the people, yet seeks to i justify them by saying it was for tho I?ord, | but bis heart is soiiiew-liat shown in his saying, the Lord thy (tod, instead of "tho I/nil our Hod." It is evident that Saul did not know the l/>rd; he did not understand that the Lord wants nothing that belongs to His enemies. III. "Stay, and I will tell thee what tho Lord linth said to mo this night." Blessed Samuel who talked with (4o<l and with whom Hod tulkinl, who sought only to know he jnind of Ood and do it; when he came to die it would not be a very great change for him, for ho bad from his youth lived with (loti and served Him. Why should we not in our duilv life thus walk w ith (iod, careful above all tilings to know what Ho hath said, that wo may believe it and do it. | 17. "When little in thine own sight. * * thelsinl anoint ill thee king over Israel." Had Saul only amntiitucd little in his own sight and sought, to be great ill the eyes of tho lx>rd who bad exalted him, all would have been well, but he forgot .Jiio lx>ftt nnrt thought-moreof Saul and his deeds. 18. "The I/ird sent thee on a journey, ami said, (Jo, mid utterly destroy the sinners the Amnlekites." Snul was not required to give Ms opinion, or m ike any suggestions, but only to <lo as be was told. I'.i. "Tlioa didst not obey th<> voice of the Lord, * * but. didst evil in the sight of the Lord." It. seems liurd for some people to realize that (Jod sees all their actions, and I even the motives for (heir actions, and notices all things; yet it is written that "The ways of man are liefore the eyes of the I/ml, and He pondereth nil his goings;" and again: i no eyes ni ino i/nr<i are ill nvcry place, no- | holding the evil nud the good." (I'rov. v., j 91; *v.,:?.) "Jil. "Von, I have obeyed the voico of tho I Lord nmI have gone the way whioh the Ixnal sent me." Still justifying liims--lf, uml re- | fusing to humble himself bi'foro Ood: making I out that Samuel was wrong uml that Hod j was mistaken, an?l that he alone was right; insisting that Ids view of the rase was the j oorreot. one, and that in doing as he did he had indeed obeyed ('hid. The time has not I gone by when people pervert thewordsof the | l?ord (dor. xxiii., '?'>) and yet insist that they | nr?> right. Saul had to learn that (Sod meant j just what He said. 21. "The neonle took of the spoil, * ? , things which should have lieen utterly do- ! stroyed." It is sometimes easier to see the sins of others than t<> see our own. He had previously said that, it was the people who snared the liost of the sheep and oxen, hut ! that they had sj >are?l them for a good end, making the end to justify tho deed; now he r. uifosses that tile deed oil the |Mxtp|e's part was wrong and that sheep and oxen should , have heen utterly destroyed. His eyes are | opening out very slowly; lie sees now the jKsiple's r.in, hut. not Ids own. After the | piercing words of the next two verses, which | close our lesson, he sees his own sin and eoiifesses it, hut still pleading, an an extenuntion , of his guilt, that he did it because lie feared the jus-pie and obeyed their voire. That, he was not a truly humbled and penitent, man even then is evident froiu verse ISO, where I10 begs Samuel to turn and honor him before the people. Win-re there is true hrokenness ' of spirit, there is no honoring but rather a loathing of self (.fob xiii., lii, and the eyes , and h'-art are directed to (hid and not to the j |m ople. U". "Hehold, to obey Is better than saeri- ; lice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." In Jer. vii.. ;il-'J-'t, il is written that when (hid brought tlu-iii out of l-lgypt. lie did not talk ; to 1 hem of huriit olTeriuga or sncritiees, liut ; of oliedieii'-e; nud hi the same j?ro|ihe?-y the I Lord complains of them at least fifteen times 1 that they obeyed not. Tin-two words, oliey ami hearken, in this verse simiifv. to hear ami gi vo 1 l .i. "i-t. "H-"mmwi thou hast. reje 'f" l the word nf tin* I.ord. Mi' hath also rejected tliee from I oi:ig kin;?." Ily this rojeetinn tli?* word of flu' l?ord, ln? had proved himself guilty of rebellion /itiii sful'iKiriiin'ss, or willfulness, mid had thus lust the kingdom. There is nothing standing in tho way of tho salvation of any sinner who lies heard of the love of Christ but his own will.?Lesson 11 fitter. INKAXTII.K VICTIMS. The children sing: "Tremble. Ki'ig Aloohoi, we shall grow up." King Aleohol mutters: "You'll have to grow fast for I'm after you now." Then ho provides little stools in i'rent of his counters, as in oortnin Chicago saloons, so that woe lit t le ones, who (time often for lieer, ran stop up on them to got their pitchers. lie also sends heuohiuen out as in Philadelphia, to sprinkle ehoiee wine and litpior on tho sidewalk so that school children must inhale thoodnr wlion going homo, whispering m his servants' onrs that the money is well spent, for the children will soon lie theirs, and will amply repay for the seeming was to. Rbxton 1 beg your pardon. ir. hut the services are over, tSleopor If you'll bnilii it this morniii', Mar.a, i wont ask you ag'iu all winter, i / i TEMPERANCE. _ i TKMrtlAHCB MALL WW. Mw>t we (-nlldehTdffeat, Shall our c?|?nt wd rotrvet, 1 From a liirtl-won Qcld? i Never I for "?r cause to right-. ( /.ud though fcug the bitter tight, . Wrong at %st must yield. Blowly?as tie tide come to? l We are gaiidhg?through the dlu Timid souli may shake; Far above t4 battle's roar ' Criru and evcrmoro''U^fTTTWfiviruko." ] Tause?1>> clear the smoke-dimmed eyes; Pause?then as the arrow dies, Bwiftly charge the foe, Push the war for hearth aiid home; ] Make no compromise with rum; For ward I forward, go. ?Harriet .V. Swcinwick, in Iht Voice. ' DRUNKKNfCMS a*D drunk arm -xakiko. i Commenting i\xni the new Minnesota law ] declaring druukmness a crime, tho Cumberland l\eibyterian sovs: The Legislature of Minnesota hoe passed a 1 law declaring drunkenness a crime, and iinIlosing a fine or imprisonment for the first ( wo offenses, and ??r every sul)so<|ueiit offense imprisonment for not less than sixty nor more than ninety days. This iR a very good law as far as it goes. It should be nrcoin ;...i >... l_? .ui. i? 1 * ?? ifj a i?w iiicsKiii^ iv n vi mm iaj pvii hitoxicants, nud then legislation on the subject of intenqierniice mmra be complete In Minnesota, hut, strange to say, Minnesota makes the liquor traffic a virtue and liquor-drinking a crime. The ?alo ami manufacture of intoxicants in the State are legalised, and drunkenness is punished as a felony. Cor- : tainly a law that permit* a man to sell intoxicants also penults tho buyer to use them. ' All experience gees to prove that moderate drinking leads to drunkenness, and that nothing else can. Now, if a man l>e indulged by the law in forming a habit that makes him a dr''itkard It. looks iucouatatopt-topuqisb him for it. But the Mlnniefiwlftw Is but another exhibition of the follv of trying to deal with inteni)K>rniicein any but a radical way. The drunkard should l>o treated aa a felon, and the driiiikant-mnkcr as his accomplice. When n man is found drunk that ought to lie all tho evidence required for his punishment, hut the investigation should not stop until his accomplice is found ami punished tor putting the bottle to his neighbor. TIIK TABLES TURNED. A wealthy man was in want of a male servant and heard of a Chinaman who was said to possess many desirable qualities. Tho Celestial was sent for accordingly. "You smoke?" asked the gentleman. "No, mono sinokeo!" "You drink?" "No, mo no dlinkeel" "You gambler1 "No, mono gamblee!" "Then you're just the man I west," wee the prompt answer. A few nights later the master of the housa gave an elegant supper for a party of gentlemen. Wins flowed in rivers, liettiiig ran high nt card*, and cigar smoke as dense ns a London fog shrouded overvthing in the rooms. The Chinaman inado tho supper tahlo a marvel of beauty, nnd waited to a charm. When the next morning came, however, the gentleman found no preparation for breakfast. "Drunk, the scoundrel, I've no doubt!" he said as ho steered his way out to the rear quarters, expecting to encounter tho pros trate body of tho Chinaman. No, there in the kitchen sat the Celestial sober as a judge. "Why haven't you got breakfast?" "Mo 110 stnyee here!" was the answer. "Don't 1 |>ay you high wages enough?" "Yessee; but you askew mo 1 smokee? and I i say I no smokee; I dliitk<>?V and I say I no | dlinkoo; I gnmblee? and I say I no gnmblee; ( and you smokee, dlinkeo and gambler, all tree. 1 uo stayec here!''?Loslon Herald. wu at ancoiior. does. Statistics, says Dr. Oswald, have fully estnl>lished the fact that the jwrcentage of i'liocy liears a close proportion to the prevalence of inteinpernnco. Before tho Parliament CouunitbK* on the amendment of the liquor laws Dr. Charles Austin testified that, "the tendency of drink liegets hereditary disorders of the braiu. When both parents have been intemperate, I think it is a physical certainty that disorders will bo traced in the children^ I have no douht that ninny persons who were rond of their bottle, though never drunk, In tho old port-wine drinking period have transmitted very unstable nervous systems to their children." It would indeed l?o a mistuko to suppose that the ruinous effects of tho alcohol y Ice are confined to habitual intemperance in ifsgrosser forms. Ninali beer ns well as lngeC lieer, w ine as wellur. luvunlv and nun, 'tend to impair the functional \Ygv\v of every organ of thchumnn system; nnd thetimois near when no intelligent moralist will venture to deny n truth tacitly or openly admitted by the ablest, physicians of tho nineteenth century, viz.. that the alcohol habit, in all its forms, and in every stage of its development, is a healthdestroying and mind-degrading vice. it produces death. The lowest estimate that. I have seen of the number of deaths caused by the liquor traffic, annually, in this country, says a writer in tho I'oice, is fin, IX K). This makes lfi-1 every twenty-four hours, and seven every hour, offered to tho god of avarice. A grand total since the close of tho American Civil War in l!Sd5, of 1,440,000. 1 know of no heathen nation that sacrifices anything like the number of human victims to their heathen gods that we olfer in this "land of the free and homo of the brave" to the gods of nvnrice. Gambrinus and Bacchus, and tho suffering of tho victims tints offered is tenfold greater than thoso offered by the heathen. O shame where is thy blush! Would it not ho well for heathen nations to send missionaries to litis country? ITS DESTRUCTION INKVlTAtU.B. The saloon si-enis to have tightened its grip on some communities of late, but. this fact should cause no despair, nor even discouragement. Tito saloon is such nn indescribable breeder of sin mid sorrow that advancing civilization will just as certainly destroy it as spring sunshine melts ice. It is an intolerable nuisance, aud must disappear. Despair on this subject implies lieliof in the persistent existence of tho worst institution in the civilized world.? Western Christian Advocate. TF.MPKUANCK NEWS AND NOTFH. The criminal statistics of prohibition Town for 1SS7 re|K>rt just one vagrant. Six prohibition tents, well equipped with ablo s|K?akers, are sturdily marching over the prairies of South Dakota, making many converts to the cause ' Sam Jones says that Georgia has already 117 counties redeemed from whisky, that 1 only twenty nro left where it is still tolerated, ' nnil that during the next twelve months they propose to put lags uniler the demijohns and run them out of those counties also. Before the bar of an enlightened conscience ami the tribunal of (tod ovi-i-v ntlmr ?i.. will pale into insignificance beside tho awful crime of forcing upon thw helpless a marred and tainted inheritance of blood and brain and nerve, mortgaging tbo futuro for the base, ignoble indulgence of the present. Haeine (Wis.) saloons were closed by law on the Sth of ?Tuly. Anticipating tlii?, Milwaukee breweries got np a free steamboat excursion to the "city of beer," conditioning the free ride iijk?h the purchase of fifty cents' I worth of beer ticketsgood in any Milwaukee saloon. Another illustration of what, saloon- i ists will do to destroy their fellow men. The "Hundred Dollar band" is a new Invention for raising money for tho temperance temple, to l>e arreted in (')iieogo. It. is to consist of a thousand white rib!toners who pledge to give ?100 each to the building fund within two years. Many ladies have already joined this liand. A similar hundred dollar j band, to l?e composed of a thousand men, has also lieon ftnrlrrt. A monster petition In favor of Sunday i closing of saloons wns received at the House | of Commons recently from the Salvation j Army. The roll, signed by 4flt>,fttK) persons, wns lH>mo through tno streets of London to , the House, drawn by four horses, and prer?sled by a band in the army uniform. The united efforts of six men were required to j carry the roll into the cloak-rooin. "So certain arc the criminal effects of the I licensed drinks of tha saloon and bar-room that a chemist in analyzing them should not j be surprised to detect crime in u crystalline i form, existing as an original element in their eoni|M)sition; while it would not. require the ] microscope to discover the monad cells of j every sin incident to Inllen man in the foam | | of the lioer nine or the drefjs of the wine j cup." So says Hou. A. U. Hichuioud in th? 1 CVi'tufuuuiuia. | . v. I I v. fwt of Amies. An Ingenious writer has been flgnrng out the comparative burden of the rational debt a atid war expenditure ol tho chief European nations and that of the United Mtato*. Taking Franco ind England together, he shows that they pay eomo $507,000,000 o year on tho public debt, and $340,000,000 for irray and navy, besides giving up to military service tho productive energy !>f 730,000 able-l?odied men. Estimating the value of this labor at $100 each, there is another $73,000,000 to bo added to tho annual charge whioli France aud England pay for their armies, navies and debts. This, it will be seen, reaches the appalling total of 1830,000,000 to be paid by a popula lion only 25 percent, greater than that t>f the Uniteu Siaios, and one certainly very much less able to hear such a burden. Aa against this, we pay a lit tlo nioro than $150,(KM),000 a year for army, navy and debt, leaving $070,000,000 a year in our favor as compared with Franco and England together. That, under such conditions, this country must go ahead in the rneo for world supremacy as rapidly and n? surely ns European nations must fall behind, needs no prophet to foretell. Militatism and progress are not iu these days convertible terms. Our Far Alaskan Citizens. A writer familiar with the uncivilized Esquimaux of far Northern Alaska Hava that they are the most ubject beings ho ever saw. They neither wash nor comb their hnir, and they wear ilirty, filthy garments year in and year ant. Esquimaux means "raw fisli pator;" their diet is chiefly tish and game, kept until it is in a state of putrefaction, when to them it is most dolicious. llaw blubber of tho whale is a great delicacy. Their manner of eating is dog like. Fixing their teeth iu a piece of blubber, with a dull kuife they saw off tho portion which tho mouth will not admit. Tho men hunt and lisli, while nil other work in dono by tho women. They know nothing o? marringo vows; they cohabit, separate aud take new partners at pleasure, ono man often hnving a succession of wives. Tho old-timo custom of tattooing tho faco, arms and breast is Htill practiced. Tho woinou wear ivory studs in tho lower lip in which is inserted their sewing-nocdlo for convenience when not in uso. Tho men also have these apertures with bone or ivory studs in their ears, in which lings aro inserted. This same fashion proinils largely in Southeastern Alaska. "Out of tho fashion, out of the world," is as true of them as of us. 'lhero is much casto among them, and it would bo hard to find a 111010 conservative and conventional people.?Sitka Alaskan. She Got the Needle Afler All. Ninoteon years ago this month a woman residing hero accidentally pushed a needle into her breast. Sho had been sewing on flno muslin and die pushed tho paint of tlio needle through the lapel of her basque while she inquired the cause of a quarrel botween two children who wero playing nearliv. lu a paroxysm of tears tho younger child threw herself into tho arms of tho lady, and as sho did so tho needlo was pushed so far out of sight that only tho evo was visible. A quick movement to rescue it resulted in an entire disappearance of tlio fine bit of steel. No inconvenience was experienced and tho incident wus entirely forgotten. A few evenings ago tlio woman, who had carried the needle about her for so many years, was awakened out of a sound sleep by a peculiar, pricking reusation ia the throat, ltising up in bed sho began to cough. Tho pricking becamo 11101? severe, but tlio?sharp?substance appeared to bo rising in her throat. Thrusting her fingers down as far as jiossiblo, she caught hold of an object and drew it out. Jt was tho needlo that had been journeying about under the surface for nineteen years.?KiiiysIon (N. Y.) Freeman. Hnvo Tlint mvcer lilrlt Don't lot that beautiful girl fade and droop Into Invalidism or sink into an early grave for want of timely earn at tlio mont crltloal stago of her life. Dr. IMeroo't* Favorite Proserin Ion will aid In regulating her lioaith and ottabiishlng It on u lirm Imol < and may rave lie.r years of chronic suffering and eonowiuout uuhapplness. A moro pleasant phys'o Yon novor will llnd Than Pierre's sina 1 "l'ellota, The 1'urgat I vc kI:ol. None but a thorough bass vornlist will niter lorged notes. All who use Dobbins's Kloetrlo Soap praise It as the best cheapest. and im*t rc->nnini-al family soap made; hut If you will try ft onre it will toll u still stronger tnlo of Its merits it*flf. Jleaee try It. Your grocer will supply you. Thero is now no bu-t'eni out I lie girl of tho period, and yet she is a? noisy as ever. Taking it altogether the e never was a time when our country was enjoying greater rirosjH<rity than at the present moment, ono yet there are thousands of jieople in tho land who are fussing and fuming a'out hard times. No doubt but what ninny of iliem are lionost in their eonnilaliits. anil It is olten berauso they | have not round tlic right kind of work or tho right way to do It. Now, If business is not moving along with you satisfactorily, take our ndvlro and write to D. F. John'-on dt'fo., Kleliniond, Vn. It is more than likely that they can help you, at any rate. It would coat ynu nothing but a postage stnme to apply to tliem. Hush money?The wages of the baby's n litre. ITelrs Wnnted. Information is wanted of the wliereabaata of ! Johanna Wilson. daughter of Mark >weon?y, wife of Thomas Wilson. l>orn In Idim-rick <'o.. Ireland. She Is. if living, heir to ao oetato. If lead, her children or next of kin are wanted. Address, W. J. Oovii., Webster City, Iowa. If lord Dunraven's yacht raptures the j America's cup, tlio It: itish would never get ' Dunravcn about it. A Remedy for Indigestion. For Indies and children wIium* ta?to cannot he oiTeiided with impunity, Hamburg Figl j form a remedy for constipation, iinligr.iion, ! pilo.and liver complaints wliieli is as pleasant | to take as it is elTeel ive in use. 25 cents. Doso i one Fig. Mack Drug <Jo., N. V. Nam I y ! hear, l*atnt>.v, that you possess ' an i stunah'o wife. I'amby (sadly) No, she possesses me. IIivo you tried "Tanslli's I'unch" Cigar? A lawyer Is never so blind but bo can cite a ill borii u s. Slimmer Weakness Is quickly ovorcomo by the tolling, reviving and ' blood purifying qualities of IIooiI'h .Snr.inparllln. This [Hipular medicine driven off Hint tired feeling ami cures sick headache, dyspepsia, scrofula, and all humors. Thousands testify tbnt Hood's Sarsnpnrllln "makes the weak strong." "My henllh was poor, as I h.vl frequent slek hcadnehes, could not sleep well, did not have much nppotlto, and hod no Ambition to work. I have tuken | '.ess than a bottle of Hood's Karrapnrilla and feel I llko a new parson."?Mna. W. A. Tiiivkr, West j Hanover, Mors. N. II.?If you decide to take Hood's Knrsaparllln ?lo not bo Induced to buy nuy other. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. |l; six for $5. l'reparcd only by C. I. nOOI> & CO., Apothecaries, I/jwell, Mass. IOO Dosos Ono Dollar JS MONKV IN ('IllC'lt KNS, ? M l or IV. a l<*' I'ng* book. experience of Jk. i prtrtl' >1 'U 'rv rxlaei during JMJf IIKUCK" y??r? It tesrhrs hew to ilet<vl ?n? 7Wt IKt" cure to f?rd for rgg? an< f .i fa'tcii'ng . which f.orl. to <nf f"t frXJr-1-t.irad ng, An . Ac Addrvia UU1 rtf. not 91, lit lAvasrt St.. 9, f, CUy. Three weeks after an old Ciccinnat bachelor had got married, ho mot i friend and said to him, "Why is ni; wife like a baker who in making a smal gooneberrv pieV "I don't know," snit ilie friend "It in beeaune she in gro\v ing a little tart," uhbw oicd the disgimc ful creature. At the stage door: Oldboy: "Lc mo kiss you for your mother, nr charmer." Polly Lightfoot: "Not. much But you can for a small bottle." "ITave you any children?" asked th landlord. ' Nono but a goat," was th reply. "All light; you can have th house." a ,v't^ .v /m&ik (pnK TFjj,a ii " Taftr unto Ami fold Come a paleface preacher, teaching J'eaee and progress to the natives, Wooed and icon by Uanita. She nobler to make his calling, Whispered to him nature's secret? Told him of the herbs so 2'otait l?or the heading and the saving." ?bxtiuct must rexz ?? "uanita.* ? Trent Ioc on TVooil and flkln Dironsos mailed frvc CAN YOU A SOU When you sec one? Kno1 whether ho is free from Spavii Splint and Sprain, or the man troubles to which Horses ai liable ? And if you can detect impel feet ions, do you know how t treat the animal so as to d away with < lie trouble and thu greatly increase the value oftli Horse ? Do you even know the prope name of the different parts o the animal, such as Pastern Stifle, 11 oek, &c. If not, yoi cannot claim to~bc much of horseman. Can you tell the a and hundreds of other points a 25c. 100-Page Him It teaches you to pick out r and so guard against fraud; < when same is possible; tell the the different parts of the aniimi ifcc., <fcc. We will forward, postpaid, BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSI BRYANT & STRA Jluttk Jirrpiiifl. *hort Hand, Telrrtr< 11'Wr for i ntjiloui<?* and fttII info * r you \> ish a . VeSiiPgJ tmrchiw*' nun <>f tli?> coin- \t>ny * ' nrntol SMITII a wksnon' ^Tr-' anus. Tim finnj.1 email nrim // vV'Yi r*er niniiufnrtni.il itml I ln< Vx// )) firm cli'Mon of all c\r<-rti?. ?3s.'E Matmfarluriil in "-iilibp-H :r.'. saml 4<-|i?: i'.-n jCSfj flcor .louMr actimi. Snfrty llaiiinii-rli- n .-mil v^i. ?tkrl iimiIi Ii. I'miMiiii lcil t-nliri ly ? : lirxi qnii It > winm III nli'i'li i'uii'(nll) in |I f<r?nrl maiihh i> .m l H'nck. i lmy .irr nil rival il fry tfni-l <lti rn l?l 11 v it ml nrrni na>? I'iT."! In'ilcvivrill dii'.ip nut llnit Mr r:i?t-I run luiiiniivni ? hit B-r often will for (In I'l'tininr nrtirln hii 1 nrr n< on 11 unri'lialilo, Imi iI.iiiki-hiiim. Tim SMITII WKKSUN IIpvoIvith nr<- ?11 hIuiiiihiI ni<rn tin- So rain Willi firin'a naiiii-. n lilri Kh ami ?Int?-w of i>nt< n ?nl aiv biiii i n ill fi-il ii iTi i't in i'v.-ry ilflnil. I ?l^l ni?in linvlni tin- mnniim ni-!irle, anil if vm ttr.iler rnnn I mi|t ly ymi an or.li r h nl inalilm below will rorrivr prompt ami ratvt'iii altintio X>TM l iptl vn ralnl<'i;iii- an>l prims finiiislml n|?>n n pllc.it ion. SMITII cV WUSNON, ZVMmtlon thii pap r. Sprinulirlil, .Mhhc m ^ r. Lfltur 55 Y T 11 K A 'i'n i> i?" 11 n 12. l'lMlllrrlr CuitiI wlili Vrirrnlilr llrnirillri llnvo cured thousands of iwim. Cure (inllrnls on mitmecd boneless by lies! itliynlclnus. From firm dos symptoms disappear; ill leu days at least f.wivtlilrd nil symptoms ri'tnoveil. Semi for free bor T leal Imp nlsls of miraculous riiri'R. Ton days' trrntmen free by mall, if you order trial, wml Mr, In atamii to pay po*tn>fo. I?n. II. II. (Ibkkn ft Somr, Atlanta. til r<?. at ?i a After Al.l. oiber Or. Lobb,?Kt? Twenty yearn' coi.Minions praollco In I he treat nicnt ami rurr Of I ho nn Mil rlti'i'ls of furl] vlrr. ilonlroylua bolli mind and body. Medh lm and treatment fei olio moiitli, five Hollars, e?*n geetirely sealed from observation to any address. Honk on Special llUrnsrs free. JONES PAV8 THE FREIGHT // 5 Pi?n \\ upon hrnh'i*, lrcn Iifiorn Step] fliarin^, Urn k Tttiu lioam ami Ileum Hot for Rvrrr ideo fii'nlt*. K??r frro pvioo)I 1?V^ \ MWri- mention thi* r?i*T ami ?<MreM 1 7 W^pJONES OF BINGHAMTt^ III NO II AIUTO> N. V. #DUTCH ER'! FLY KILLER main s n olefin swoop. kvcm shoot will kill n quart of file Stout. l)lir.Ali?K around e?r tllvlnc n? oyes, tickling yoi note, skips linr.l words and a eurospencent trlflltm cxpcna St-n.l 'i!i eonlsf.t !i shoot* I V. DUTt'HKR, se Albonn, v nUSIC-ART ELOCUTION ar sm riniprsl Ciilturr. Ilrilrahlr 1'osltloi UwSi" pmunadvo students. All Inloioste St'J will rorolvo vuiiiali'.o Iriforina'loi firs, l>> addressing K. TOl'ItJEK, Huston, Ma? jlffl B|P7* | K y 91 W and Whiskey ITo v c5l B 8 1 twfl ODt P"*- Hook of par (d; 3m b 8 hjb lafh tlrulars snnt kltf'k. fft ff "hi .i ? n. u.WHii.uti', m r>, ^ r Allanta, Ma. OOvo fcM Ml ItttcU 0 j ! S^ACOBSOll 1 Chronic Neuralgia. I rcrmanfntC!i:r?. Jut 11, HIT. Buit?rc1 ? lva| 1Im? with irart)|l? In lb. kul; vwipmin'adilUBn. (in It Jacob* Oil a trial; l. Iivo !>mi tntlrilf cftrH; ?? rotara j.u;?uu(utr, uuwumtujit, Baito.au. Pcrraancni Cum. OtUW 17,1IM. Uy nif. wax firilfnl tram uirxlflx; xb. mM not walk a *!#v; 1 boajhl M. Jacob* Oil. afltr ?ax 1 Iwttu wax cxc4 iho walk.* abort; MnUxwt * * coatpltloljr cared bar. JAM. t. MOIfflf, y SprlagtaM, tax. U Permancntrurr*. J.a* IT. 1??T. Vxai* *n> bad aoaralgla; net rabjtcl to attack* ctr; tba car. bjr on .f It. Jacob* Oil wax P"?Xr???; thee* lux Wen xo itcvrnc* of tk* palatal e afllUlon. E. W. B7AN0LE3, Tork, frti*. 0 AT I)KU30isn AND DEALERS ? THF CHAMLE3 A VQC.ELr.B CO.. BaMtiwro. ?< | U N U 32 [fM THE SECRET. An Editor's rjrpfrlonrc.' ** Major Sidney Herbert, a well-knvwn journaWrt !n agricultural circles, writes Aprl. IKili. lfW: Soma five years ago 1 wrote letter stating tlist Hwlft'a if? Specific had curcil me of seven? rheumatism. Since Hint time I have had no return of Hie rliciimnUo j troubles, sIHioiirIi frequently exposed to Hie InfluJ cncce ttint produced former attneUs. Several of my | friends had a similar experience, and nro firm In tlielr j conviction that 8. S. 8. brought a permanent cure. 'Hie searching power of this medicine In shown lu the fact that It developed a eerofnloun taint that was conspicuous In my blood over thirty years ago. and has removed the last trace of it. I have also tested 8. 8. H ? ? ? tonic after u ncrcro attack of malarial fever, which kept mo In bed for threw months, and sin convinced that its curative and etntnelhculnir properties Insured my recovery from that illness, uj t waa lu a very low condition of lieslth. biunrv IlaHiiMiiT, Atlanta, Go. !. Swift's 8rEeirie Company, Drawer 3. Atlanta. Ga. TELL * emu* ouniOEi gc of a ITorse by its tcetli ? These re given in our strafed Horse Book. i good Horse; know imperfections iletect disease and etfect a euro age by the teeth; what to call il; how to shoe a horse properly, on receipt of 25C. in stamps. 134 Leonard St.. N. Y. Clty_ HON Business College inhu.yi r. T.ATTTQT7TT T P V*T 1 1/minun. JUV UAU ? -1JUJU JL., JOL x [ i LOOK AT THIS! * i\ I Owapost and Ix-at CJorirnn* ^ II ! A met |rn 11 l> I ol i mill iy Rt r*' / y^V g) tlio uni?vi oodontoillv low prion V cl'SI t>\{| li iiiln nio I'-oros, 7\>OvJ |. Pound in hln.'k clotli. KiikIikH )l. woi in witlt (tin.Hill r'l'liva- f \ >?v ,, Inn** mil proif nidation, mid i y vsv .? O-nnnn won'* with Kti?r|.*h ai\V>J h tloPiiitimn*. m> IIihI if you lu-ar / ' \ nt * * hu man word and want to f J* /Jvi \ know it in Knirlinli. y> u 'o<>k in r- Olio part of llio l>ook. wInto if L la Jon iva?l In liniinlali- til I'iikn lialiword nlo(! rnian > nil look Vt/ X ir fntoan tlmrpait. i'ontpniil.tl. ~ as lujtiK 1TJI. liUUSIS. liM J.ionard St.. N. Y, (/'Itj dBasmoamacEBHflk ?. "[SSCURES WilLRE ALL ELSE I AILS. frT i jpj Host Jlougii kyrii^h tantim rooiI. IJao ^ igEBjaaBBiiiiBBBfli lpMZER,fgM It BF.ST IN TilK U 91 k, Pi O b i llf Wet tlio OohO'tii. Told IVrrywS*!'*. i. . . ? H I AMI? -Ti n V. nook-iifnHnir.rnaliwwi Forma, MUiau IViunmialiii'. Art litivilc,''h<>rl Innd, ot<\, B1 llinroiifltijr tJiifi.l ly MAII. ritvtiura ir#'. lirimH'ii ('n!lriir. 4S7 Malu HI., linlfalo, N. ?, JIJJ lo S.N a iliiy. RiUi>i<!vn worth St.l.'i frMi JSkJ* l.tuo* not uuili'i- lioru n' foot. Write llrrw* , <?? V? nlrrSnfrlv Itrlii lloliln ('?? llolly,Mlcb. : ?95 as nous t,v?* t vrftW !tl Kit I<! A I. 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I ? ? CHicnrBTcn'3 ENOUGH f&m. nnvmni rias. < 7N 0 IM:?iuon<l flniml. 1/ i4? TI?-? on?v |.||l f>?r *nli? hafp ir>1 I ( / SI Mr- I n'll. i. H'i. IlilifKill r..r liir |)In? , I llrnn?l. i?. roil fn? iiiI'i-io-.t#? *r%1'4 r)v w?ih I ni#M*?n. 'Cnhriioiithrr. s.r?.1*tc? r i'Vi |r?rtt :!*?? i "llrdoi' f># I 1 I I * I'l ''!? ?. ?'T ioh'I, /'ai*ri\ , Cfcl^vitCC **J U-, JUilitftA JkUu-i*, 1'^ 4