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INTBIXKST RELATIVE ^PjL<J FARM AND GARDEN. I N BLARTir/a LOG8. Select some straws and cut them of! between joints. Bend one end to keep the powder from running out, and fill with flue powder for fuses. Bore an inch ad a half hole to the heart of the log, and put in some powder. Make a tightfitting plug; cut a groove in ***e side of IV. ?1 1 *v _ _A w .a un P>U(? lur UK> HOW. JjBJ UW ItrtW fuM in tiie groove, end drive the plug in tight. Place a piece of lighted papei over the end of the atraw> end gnt n?i> w ia. M?y. rtltffe blown up hundreds of logs and stumps, snd never had one to miss.?Farm and Firetule. AjrriDOTB ron ants. 1 tried several methods to prevent ants molesting bees, and found the following far tho most satisfactory: By use of crowbar make a hole in the middle of the anthill down to the bottom, which is easily found by the inoro open or less compact earth. Then turn into this hole a 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 ants. If clay be near, always use this to crowd into the hole, ns it is more impervious than is sand, though by firmly pressing with the foot the sand can be made to hold the liquid. Kcroscno may be used instead of the carbon, but it is far less effective. Bo, too, of carbolic acid. By means of syrup, so "> covered by gauze that bees aic excluded, the ants can be trapped in great numbers and destroyed. I have often done this, tmd by adding Paris green have poisoned the ants.?New York Tribune. A USEFUL rULPARATION. A very useful aud simple preparation that I have found beneficial to the plants is mado by mixing two jiecks of sheep mauurc, one peck 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 bo stirred up thoroughly for a day or two and then a quart of quick-lime thrown in. The mixture will then be ready for use. Weak and tender plants should bo treated with an application or thi? msouro about once u 1- A 1? ? - ncciw uunug iuu uowrnng penoa. Strong, healthy plants can stand nn application every day or two, but it is usually safer to dilute it with one-third of clear water when such frequent applications are made. Orchids, roses, heaths and other flowers will show marked improvement, both in the growth of the wooded stalks and in the production of flowers and foliage. As soon as the flowering period is over the applications should cease. If kept up the plants will be unduly stimulated and their growth retarded in the end. Amateurs always have a tendency to go to extremes in using such strong solutions.? Wathingtoii Star. SAVE THE MATURE HENS. It is the custom of some fanners who plan to make the most out of their poultry, to sell off the old hens when the hens are fat, through laying and in demand at good prices. This plan is a -"> commendable one, but care snowra be taken not to sell the too young old hens, if regard is had for the stock of the next season. It is none too early to lay the plans for next spring's crop of early birds. The reason why the young old hens should not be sold off no\\ will be made apparent by the following from, the pen of that poultry authority, P. II. Jacobs. He says: The pullet hatched in spring, say April ?r May, will often hogin to lay when she in sir months old (01 ouuner if of a small breed), but she will not be fully matured _ jmm until she arrives at the age of one yeui. I The consequence is that while shq will Bfo ^ lay she will be growing at the same'time, Qftflr and is therefore not competent to Pgf produce eggs that will give satisfactory results when used for incubation. Her powers are doubly taxed, y nnd her olTspring will break ""'"fiflgfri;*! mated with a vigorous0#"" _ cock. aud active have taken pains to secure fine, healthy pullets, have been disappointed in raising them on farms where incubators are operated, as they lay small eggs, and often begin to lay so early as to produce eggs no larger than those of a pigeon. If eggs are desired for hatching purposes, use hens that are in their second year (over one year old), and mate them with a cockerel that is at least one year 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. becomes less valuable af'c" she is two years old, but it is safe to assert that she will my wen uiiiu ?uu is lour years uiu, ami although she may not lay quite as many as a pullet nearly grown, yet her eggs will hatch better and a larger number of chicks be secured from her. But, it may be added, do not forget the fact that pure-bred, strong, vigorous cocks must be used in the flock.?Farm, Field and Stockman. THK POINTS OF A GOOD BUTTF.Tt cow. What are the flue points that make up a good creamery cow? is a question I am asked to answer. I presume a butter A cow is meant, as the volume of cream does not determine the butter value. Cream separated from iniik by intense refrigeration or by the centrifugal machine requires al>out one-third more in volur jc to make a pound of butter than cream raised in silo paus at a temperature of sixty-two degrees, anil yet either of the other processes may produce more butter from one hundred pouuds of milk than a silo pan. A good butter cow should have a long face, wide between the eyes, the eye alert and expressive, and placed a long way l>etween the horns. A cow with eyes near the top of the head does not know any more than a man with eyes so placed. She should have a large muzzle, a slim neck and a yellow skin, especially inside the ears; the breathing should be regular, the back and abdomen strong, the udder wide where it conneots with the body, the teats squarely placed, and the tail slim. Over and above all these points, she must have the dairy form. The points at best are only indications. The desirable dairy form is always seen in the best types ot jerseys, uuernseys, Ayrcsmres, and Holsteins. The best beef is presented in the Shorthorns, Herefords and most of the polled breeds. The intelligent dairyman, with a knowledge l>orn of experience, desire and eapacity for the business, never makes the mistake of choosing his cow with a beef iWv<t.v ) form. Neither will the intelligent beef breeder choose his animal from the dairy form with a cat head and relaxed exprceI sion. Physical structure and natural IIS adaptability embrace tho possibilities, and therefore increase tho probabilities of success with the butter cow. t White it is not difficult for a dairyman with a knowledge of his business to select 1 a cow that make ten pounds of butter a week, provided always such a cow is 1 'Aithiu the drove or herd ho is inspecting, cows that will make fourteen pounds ^ , of b"*ter a week arc not to be fouud u- 8a the droves that are driven about for sale. al| Such cows are seldom for sale except at 1 breeder's prices. A novice might by . th ( h.ini'fl i i>1 nnt Mat mnTBSRa ig~fcn Tgi' pounds of butter a week under the right treatment, yet if he kept her in a cold x{j stable and gave her ice-water to drink m< and fed her on timothy hay and ground jir. barley and corn meal, all of which arc ^ lacking in protein, the cow would soon an run down to three and <Wie-half pouuds a th week aud stay there, or make less and Sj less. Another mnn who kucw his busi- w, ness might have selected the same cow st< and kept her in a warm stable, given th warm water, warm ensilage inndo from Ka sweet corn well matured, two or three Ai pounds of clover hay and a plentiful sup- ha ply of wheat bran or middlings, ground ^ oats and peas, or a little oil meal or any other food containing protein in liberal s? proportion, and the cow would probably J" have increased to twelve pounds a week ? if her limit permitted. Se Cows have their limit as sharply de- ro fined as a trotting horse. Pasture gross 1.? is the ot^jy single feed known that con- {K, tains one jxart of proteiu or nitrogeuoufc p? food to five pounds of starch and surra r * (earbhydrntcs) in its dry matter, and it tr is therefore n good food to test nn ordi- ni nary cow's limit. But just as good a ration as pasture grass can bo made from 'Jj the article just mentioned, and this ration nr will be much cheaper than pasture grass (A on high-priced land. Jj^ Dairy knowledgo that enables a man t}, to make selections of good cows from hr among poor ones, and shows him how tT? 37 feed and treat them so that they will do j0' their l>e.st, is not a commodity that can be i0] rattled off to a novice like Widow Be- ju dott's recipe for making potato pudding, . but is the slow outcome of natural obser- W( vation, experience and capacity. Such ?lo a ny?n may be accurate in his judgment, P? and still be unable to make another man P? accurate. A butcher can judge the weight of a dozen or twenty bullocks bc within the fraction of a pound, but he cannot instruct a novice to do likewise, nny more than the poet Wliitticr can tell Tapper how to write good poetry. o* The theory that the young calf reveals the future cow is based on the form and Jpj on the heredity of the calf's ancestors. If to the calf has the beefy form, and her nn- vn cestors were noted foi their beef qualities, it is safe to say that such a calf will A] not make a profitable butter cow. But HI if the three days' calf has the marked j^} dairy form and is descended from along line of butter cows and sires, she can be nn developed into a good butter cow. The 1,1 theory is based on the fundamental principle of all scientific but practical breed- Ln ing that like begets like?American Agri- >u culturiit. ^ th FARM AND OAnDUN NOTES. en Air-siacKeti iimc ih a sure romeuy lor the slimy pear slug, nnd an easy one to Kr npp'y. 2| If the little chicks Are drooping, iook {jjj for lice. You will ho apt to find them hi about the chick's head. Jh From observation and experience we at are persuaded that moro young chicks th nro killed by lice than by skunks 01 , minks. H, In shipping liens and roosters have 8{l them in different coops. Have shipping coops high enough so the birds can stand tu up in them. Professor GolT, of the New York Xi Station, finds the really valuable novelty hi in tomatoes tested the past season in the or dwarf champiou. ^ Ground from which a crop of potatoes I* or early cabbage has been taken can hci-f* profitably sowed in July to turnips oijfrr e> intermediate or early varieties.1 JwWl-d or when for any reason the setting must be dc- h< layed, no method of creaming gives as 21 satisfactory results jis the centrifugal. ^ When shipping live poultry to mankct, so see to it that the coops aro in good condition, for they are sometimes handled roughly, or a slat may come loose and a in fowl or two become lost. cc Are you crowding too many chickens g, in one roosting place? Ane you permit- h ting chicks under four months to roost other than on floor or coon? If so. cor rect at once these mistakes. tb If you arc sending a mixed}lot of hens jjj to market it will pay you to .'grade them j? as to quality and color. sov?:is to have nc each coop as even as possible. They will t" sell more rapidly and nt bettor prices. ' J" Boxes in the kitchen windows provido w probably the best and most convenient 'u way to raise plauts from need for the JJJ home garden. Sow seed about six weeks pi before time to transplant to the open cl ground. J? A veteran peach grower states his be- tli lief, concurred in by as good authority w; as W. C. Harry, that if trees are fed nrettv well with barn yard manure and th ashes they will not be troubled much with yellows. In the early full months some of the 1* vegetables that sell well early in the season prove attractive. A market j( gardener suggests that lettuce should bo sown so t-hnt the crisp, green leaves will prove palatable svhen cool days come \? again. tli There arc three friends of the farmer that wage incessant war on the aphides or plant lice. These are the lady bird, the ?>' syrphus fly and the lace fly, and every farmer should make their acquaintance and do all in his power to protect lu them. si For permanent pasture Peter Hendcr- bt son recommends either for fall or spring sowing orchard grass instead of timothy as the base grass, with other sorts in their proper proportion, to give compact- i,, ness of sod, a view differing from usually u accepted practice. 7' Dame Naturo plants her plums iu w thickets. The "plum thicket" is a *? familiar chiUlnooa phrase. Therefore an j Illinois horticulturist argues that plum J q, trees should never be planted singly, but | it will do best in clumps, including different i |* varieties that will aid each other in fertilization. w In 1886 there were three cities in Kansas, with a population exceeding 15,000 each. At present there are six cities in R< the State, with a population varying from it 15,000 to 50,000. ^ SABBATH SCHOO: TERNATIONAL ?/K8gON AUGUST ia Moti Textt "Saul R<\|?cted b Lord," I Sam. xr., lO-Sfi Golden Text: I Sam. xv., ? Commentary. rhe Intervening chapter* between tt a and the la*t one are chiefly oocupie ul'i first victories over the FhtttBtirH to over the Moebltes, Ammonites an itee; but there la a and statement cc g Saul, and a precious ono concerninj an. him oafaMohot wbMLRaon re good heed for oar own profit. Tl rem to Saul's foolish conduat and dli ce In the matter of the sacrifice (c II., 8-14), which brought from Sanu wange: "Now thy kingdom shall n< ?ue; the I Am I bath sought Him a ma is own heart." The second is the nduct of Jonathan and his armor d the good words: "There is no rostr e Lord to savo by many or by few. iy, if we will, be men and womei xi's own heart, and daily profit by th >rd of Jonathan. The lesson to-day >ry of Haul's disobedience in the tea e Amalekites. 10. "Then camo the word of tho Loi unuel." Saul's orders were: "Go am nalek, and utterly destroy all the ,ve" (v. 8); but ho saved Agug th ive, and spared tho best of the she on (v. 9). Thus, as in tho matter crlfleo already referred to, ho did emed right to himself, acting upon h dement rather than the express eon 11. "It repentoth mo that I havo .ul to be king." So in vorso 85 "th pented that He had mado Saul kin rael;" nnd yet In verse 29 it is w l*ho strength of Israel will not lie mt, for Ho is not a man that Ho sho n( ." Ooapar* sImi Nmn. xxltl., tt; ] now ino question is now to ra oso apparent contradictions, for th ndiction is only seoraiug, not real ust first get firm ground on stand, and we havo It in tin at u God of Truth (Isa. I:c nnot lie; and a God to v honi all His 0 known from the beginning of the LCto xv., 18) cannot possibly in istako or bo sorry for anything I me. Even the treatment by Herod, e Gentiles and Israel was only wha id determined before to bo done (Ai ,28). but that did not lessen the g prod and the others. Goil certainly kti re hand just how Saul would turn ou tig Ho would have to liear with hli st when He would set him aside ar ivid in his place. When God, In His i isdom, doing what He always know t! mid do seems to us tochnuge His mil 1 a new thing, He is said In Scripturt nt; man, on the other hand repents w tusliy does change his mind, and doc had not intended before to do. 12. "Haul came to Carmel, and, behc t him up a place." The Revised V ys be set up a monument. It seems t on. likti Absalom's place (II Sam. xvi pillar rathor for nls own glory the r>ry of God, rather to conmioinorn m name than the name of Johovah. 18. "Blessed bo thou of tho Lord: rformed the commandment of the lis was Sh til's greeting when Samuel him; if In the previous verso we nity, surely here wo see hypocrisy. 14. " What meaneth then this bleatlnp eep. * * * and the lowing of the i 1 things are naked add open to the e iin with whom wo have to do; and froi 10 searchctli heart and veins uo seen hid. 15. "Tho people a)tared the best of thi id of the oxen, to sacrifice unto th? y God." Being cornered, us we say, 1 its the blame on tho people, yet sc stify them by saying it was for the it his heart is somewhat shown in li g, tho Lord thy God, instead of "thi ir God." It is evident that Saul d tow the Lord; he did not understan e Lord wants nothing that belongs emiea. 16. "Stay, and I will toll thee whi ird both said to mo this night." 1 imuel who talked with God and horn God talked, who sought only U o mind of God and do he ci e it would not. Ihj a very great chni m, for ho had from his youth live do and sorved Him. Why should n our daily life thus walk with God, < iovo all things to know what He hat at wo may believe it and do it. 17. "When little in thiue own sight, the Lord anointed thee king over I ad 8aul only continued littlo in h jht and sought to be great in tho < o Lord who hud oxalted him, all ive been well, but ho forgot tho I ?r? tiugin. more of Saul anil his deeds. 18. "The Lord sent th"c on a journe; id, Go; and utterly destroy the sinne malekites." Saul was not required t s opinion, or iniko any aii7. ily to do as ho was toU> ' *3fcew,OI] !;a *75?"iu<ist n^tob?y tho voioo "1. didRt evil in the sight " fibriJ soetns hard for some peo that (tod sees all their action cn the motives for their actions, ar res nil things; yet it is written thai ays of man are I>0fore the eyes of tlx ?a Ho pondoreth all his goings;" and rho eyes of tho Lord are in every plf ildlng tho evil and the good." (I*i ; xv.. 3.) 20. "Yea, 1 have obeyed the voice erd and have gone the way which th nt me." Still justifying himself, a ising tohumblo himself before God; r it that Samuel was wrong and tni as mistaken, and that he alone was sisting that his view of tho cose e irroct one, and that in doing as he id indeed obeyed God. The timo I me by when people |>ervert the word; old (Jer. xxiil., 36) and yet insist thi e right. Saul had to learn that God ,st what He said. 21. "The people took of tho spoil, * lings which should have been utto royed." It is sometimes easier to t 11s of others than to see our own. 1 eviously said that it was the peop ared the best of tho sheep and ox< int they lind spared them for a go< aking tho end to justify the deed; 1 in fosses that the deed on tho |ieopl? as wrong and that sheep and oxen ive been utterly destroyed. His o; lening out very slowly: he sees n< epic's sin, but. not his own. Aft erring words of tho next two verses, oee our lesson, he sees his own sin ai uses it, hut still pleading, an nn oxter ' his guilt, that he did it becMtixe be ih people and obeyod their voice. T nn not a truly hutnhlcd and poniter en then is evident from verse HO, wt gs .Samuel to turn and honor him ie people. Whore there is true hrol spirit, there is no honor'ng but rt ..f .-..If I T..K .1(1 ?k ....I O I(i heart are directed to God and not ople. 22. "Behold, to obey is better than o, and to hearken than the fat of ran sr. vil., 21-23, it is writton that win 'ought them out of Kgypt lie did in i them of hnrnt offerings or sacrific obediences apd ! the same prophc [>r<i complains of them at least flftee lat. they oliovod not. The two word ;d hearken, in this verso signify, to hi ve hoed to. 23. "Boc-ause thoti hast rejected th ' the Ix>rd, He hath also rejected the ing king." By this rejecting the \ to Ixird, he had proved iiiinseff guilt; dlion and stubbornness, or willfulnei ?d thus lost tho kingdom. There is i anding in the wny of the salvation nner who has hoard of tho love of it his own will.?.Lesson Helotr. IWFANTIMe VICTIMS. The children sing: "Tremble. Kinj si, wo shall grow up." King Alcolic rs: "You'll have to grow fast for I'i an now." Then he provides little si ont of his counters, as in certain t i loons, so that wee little ones, who c >n for beer, can step up on them to g i /-iVini-c 11a (lion oatiAo Kannltman a?i hikdolphia. to sprinkle ehofco wine iter on the sidewalk-ao th?t school c mst inhale thoodor when going hoim ering in his servants' ears thnt the i well spent, for the children will a neirs, and will amply repay for the t arte. Rkxton?I bog jour pardon, nr. i urvloca aro over. Hleeper -If you'l this niornin', Mar a, I won't ai g'iu all winter. ~ POB TKMrRBjkNCB SHALL TTIIf. Must we call delay defeat, Shall ?or galMrttaod retreat, - tv. _ VYom a hafd-woo fieldr . jr ttio Never! fornfcr mow Is right; ?+nd though lag Mm bitter fight. Wrong ef hist taximt yWd. Blowly-ee 4 (Hft oome in? lis 1??- TWd eoullra?r?b#kr^ d with -v gy aboratj| bgtWa d# dW- H? - J L. ^^7y^ako." rjoiia- PwsMoctariw wnoke-dimmod eyes; ?bt to P(E^?!SL!5^?r5?r le first Dwiftly cflAfn the foe, ttish the war for hearth and home; hooter Mik# 00 wniprcmlae with rum; EftE ^w^?A<src,irt. *? * coo- ?Harrfei X dwanwick. in the Voic*. "noble DBU?TK*5N*M AWD DRUNK A RD -HA iiT * Ci. bearer Commenting ttxm the new Minnesota law aint to deeL<r.eg druakebr.aes a crime, the Oumbtr" We land aays: i after . l*gi?l*ture at Minnesota has passed a o cood "w, declaring drvnkennfces a crime, and iinl" the jK)SlnK a fine or imprisonment for tho first fct?r Qf w?vwuwiowi,?uuiui wTrrjr Puuwjunn uuriuw imprisonment for not lees than sixty nor *1 ?n^, more than ninety days. This is a very good i law as far as it goes. It should be accomV th?v Puniod by a law making it a crime to sell in0 kimr tor.icanto, and then legislation on the subject on nn,i of intemperance would be complete in Minnec?f tbo sota, but, strange to say, Minnesota makes 1 what ? liquor trafllo a virtue and liquor-drinking la ntrii a crime. The sale and manufacture of intoxicants in the State are legalised, and drunkenness is pwlisbed as a felony. Cerent tin tainly a law that permits a man to sell inr "s toxicants also pemute the buyer to use them. Imr All experience gees to prove that moderate ?i? fLo. drinking leads to drunkenness, and that nothing elso can. Now, if a man be indulged by ..Yj IT the law in forming a habit that makes him a Jil j? drunkard It looks incouafetent-to'punisli him for l Bet the MinnasSGTlaw Is Nut another 0 on exhibition of the foil* of trying to deal with 1 nr intemperance in any but a radical way. The drunkard should be treated as a felon, and f ' the drunkard-maker as his aocomplioe. When uil n inan found drunk that ought to be all ,J''' tbo evidence required for his punishment, but wo, ? the investigation should not stop until his Vorla accomplice ? found and pnniobed lor putting ie has 1,110 bo ? *? neighbor. d^Gixl TB* *abl*8 rcRtrro. ct? lv., A wealthy man was in want of a male seruilt of vnnt and heard of a Chtnamau who was said iow Ixv- to possess many desirable qualifies. The Celt, how cstial was sent for accordingly. n, and "You smoke?" asked the gentleman. id put "No, me no smokeef nfinite "You drink?" . hat He "No, me no dlinkeeT oil and "Yon gamblo?" > to re- "No, me no gambteef lien ho "Then you're just the man I weal," wee the s what prompt answer. A few nights later the master of the house >ld, ho gave an elegant supper for a party of gentle'eraion men. Wine flowed in rivers, betting ran high r> have nt cards, and cigar smoke as dense as a LonII., 18), don fog shrouded everything in the rooms. in the i hp uninaman made ttio supper table a to his marvel of beauty, and waited to a charm. When the next morning came, however, the I havo gentleman found no preparation for brcakLord." camo "Drunk, the scoundrel, I've no doubt f" soo his be said as he steered his way out to the rear quarters, expecting to encounter the prosr of the tratebodyof tho Chinaman. No, there In oxen?' the kitchen sat the Celestial sober as a yes of judge. n Him "Why haven't von got brcakfastr sta can "Me no stayee here I" was the answer. "Don't I nay you high wages enough?' ? ghcop "Yessee; but you asxte me I smokee? and I , jx)r'i say I no smokee; I dlinkoef and I sny I no lie now dlinkeo; I gnmbleef and I say I 110 gatnblee?ck? to an,t you smokee, dlinkee and gambler, all i jjord, tree. 1 no stayee here!''?Boston Herald. is say- i Lord WHAT ALCOHOL DOES. lid not Statistics, says Dr. Oswald, hare fully eed that tahlisbsd the fact that the percentage of to His idiocy bears a close proportion to the prevalence of Intemperance. Before the Parlia*t tho meat Committee on tho amendment of the blessed liquor laws Dr. Charles Anstie testified that with "the tendency of drink begets hereditary dis> know orders of the braip. When both parents tnie to havn h??" 'MfcemDerate, I think ilia~a nhysL. ige ror cal certainty' that loflT disorders will bo a with traced in the children^ I have no doubt that 'e not many persous who were fond of their bottle, areful though never drunk, m the old port-wino ii said, drinking period havo transmitted very unstable nervous systems TO their children." It would indeed l>e a mistake to suppose srael." that the ruinous effects of the alcohol jlce ajpB/ is own confined to habitual intemperance in it^Kj^. jyea of ser forms. Small beer as woll as lacMrL.r would wine as well as brandy and rnjgf ^tend to imr.i and pair the p,f* eVery organ of 'he human and the timo is near when i, and no 'P^.uigcnt moralist will venture to deny a T8 the Vi tAOlt.lv nr nnnnlv aHmittilH hv fKa aKlacf ?#Co physicians of tho nine toon tb century, viz., is, but that the alcohol habit, in all its forms, and in ovcry stage of its development, is a hcalthof tho destroying and mind-degrading vico. of the plo to rr produces death. ?, and Tho lowest estimate that 1 have seen of the i<l no- number of deaths caused by the liquor traffic, t "The annually, In this country, says a writer in i Lord, tho Voice, is 60,000. This makes 164 every again: twenty-four hours, and seven every hour, orice, be- fered to the god of avarice. A grand total ov. v., since the close of the American Civil War In 1865, of 1,440,000. I know of no heathen naof tho tion that sacrifices anything like the number 0 Lord of human victims to their heathen gods that md re- we offer in this "land of tho free ana homo of naking the brave" to the gods of avarice. Gainit God brinus and Bacchus, and the suffering of the 1 right; victims thus offered is tenfold greater than, ran the those offered by the heathon. O shame did he where is thy blush I Would it not be well las not for heathen nations to send missionaries to i of the this country! it they meant ITS DESTRUCTION IWEVTTABLB. 11 * * The saloon seems to have tightened its grip rly do- on some communities of late, but this fact ioe tho should cause no despair, nor even discourage He had ment. The saloon Is such an indescribable le who breeder of sin and sorrow that advancing jn, but civilization wUl just as certainly destroy ft k1 end, as spring sunshine melts ice. It is an intoleriow he able nuisance, and must disappear. Despair j'b part on this subject implies belief in the persistent should existence of tho worst institution in the civilyes are ized world. ? Weatern Christian Advocate. iw the 11 er the TEMPERANCE NEWS AltD NOTES. whlrh Vim criminal afnt(e4w^? n# v\i>o1i(Lif(An Iamsa id con- for 1887 report just mo vagrant, iiiation 8lx prohibition tenta, well equipped with reared able speakers, aro sturdily marcning over hat he the prairies of South Dakota, making many it man converts to the cause. " 8am Jones says that Georgia has already 117 counties redeemed from whisky, that only twenty aro loft where it is still tolerated, in ?v ? on" tbat rfurdriK the next twelve months they to th propose to put legs under the demijohns and ? run them out of these counties also, i nacrl- Before the bar of an enlightened conscience ns." In end the tribunal of God, every other sin will n God palo into insignificance beside the awful ot talk crime of forcing upon the helptem child a es, but marred aud tainted Inheritance of blood anil cy the brain nud nerve, mortgaging the future for n times the base, ignoble indulgence of the present, s, obey Racine (Wis.) saloons were closed by law aarand on the 8tb of July. Anticipating this, Milwaukee breweries got up a free steauiimot e word excursion to the "city of beer," conditioning o from tbo free ride upon the purchaso of fifty cents' vord of worth of beer tickets good in any Milwaukee y of re- saloon. Another illustration of what saloonss, and ists will do to dtatroy their fellow men. of^Jnv 11,0 "Hundred Dollar Band" is a now inp.*"? vent Ion for raising money fur tho temperance temple, to be erected In Chicago. It is to consist of a thousand white rib boners who pledge to give f 100 each to the bniiding fund within two years. Many ladies have already joined this band. A similar hundred dollar z A loo- band, to be composed of a thousand men, has - - aiao neon stopimo.. , n after . ^ "T , ' . ? , jn A monster petition in favor of Sunday Jhieacro closing of saloons was received at the Ilouae rune of- ?* Commons recently from the Salvation et their Armv. The roll, sicntd.by 480,600 persona, it as in WM borne through the streets of London to 1 and X- the House, drawn by four norses, and prehildren ceded by a band in toe array uniform. The , wi,ic. united efforts of sU man wore required to money carry the roll into the cloak-room. Don lie "80 certain are the criminal effects of the eeming licensed drinks of the saloon and bar-room that a chemist in analysing them should not be surprised to detect crime in a crystalline form, existing as an original element In ttaoir composition; while It would not require the it - microscope to discover the monad cells of Out the every sin incident to fallen man in the foam 1 build Df t>,e beer mug or the drags of the wins you cmr.n 80 says Hon. A- U. fuchmood tp His Cnaulavquan, X J A f \ Is Jr i . -T?.?r\ - ...I CmI ?f Armies. k An ingenious writer has been flgur- v ing out the comparative burden of the f national debts and war expenditure ol the chief European nations and that of f the United States. Taking Franco , and England together, he bEowb that j they pay some $507,000,000 a year on f the public debt, and $340,000,000 for army and navy, besides giving up to military service the productive energy of 730,000 able-bodied men. Estimating the value of this labor at $100 each, there is another $73,000,000 to be added to the annual charge whioh Franoe and England pay for their j armies, navies and debts. This, it will , be seen, reaches the appalling total of i $820,000,000 to be paid by a population only 2& per cent, greater than that of the United States, and one certainly very much less able to bear such a burden. As against this, we pay a littlo more than $160,000,000 a year for army, navy and debt, leaving $670,000,000 a year in our favor as compared with France and England together. That, under such conditions, this country must go ahead in the race for world supremacy as rapidly and a t surely as European nations must fall behind, needs no prophet to foretell. Militaiisin and progress are not in these days convertible terms, Our Far Alaskan Citizens. A writer familiar with the uncivilized Esquimaux of far Northern Alaska says that tliey are the most abject beings ho over saw. They neither wash or comb their hair, and they wear I dirty, filthy garments year in ?nd year out. Esquimaux moans "raw fish eater;" their diet is chiefly fish and game, kept until it is in a state of putrefaction, when to them it is most delicious. Kaw blabber of the whale is a great delicacy. Their manner of eating is dog-like. Fixing their teeth in a piece of blubber, with a dull knife they saw off the portion which the mouth will not admit. The men hunt and fish, while all other work is dono by the women. They know nothing of marriago vows; they oohnbit, separate and tnko new partners at ploasuro, ono man often having a succession of wives. The old-time custom of tattooing tho fnce, arms and breast is still practiced. Tho women wear ivory studs in tho lower lip in which is inserted their sewing-noedlo for convenience when not in uso. Tho men also havo these apertures with bono or ivory studs in their ears, in which lings are inserted. This same fashion prevails largely in Southeastern Alaska. "Out of tho fashion, out of tho world." is as true of them as of us. There is much caste among them, aud it would be hard to find a more conservative and conventional people.?Sitka Alaskan. She Got the Needlo After All. Ninoteen years ago this month a woman residing liero accidentally Dlird a needle into her breast. Sho boon sewing on lino muslin and sho pushed tho point of tho needle through tho lapel of hor basque while she inquired the cause of a quarrel botwoen two children who were playing near by. In a paroxysm of tears* tho younger child threw hersolf into the arms of tho lady, and as she did so tho needle was pushed so far out of sight that only the eye was visible. A quick movement to rescuo it resulted in an < entire disappearance of the fine bit of J stool. No inoonvonionco was experi- f onced and tho incident was entirely forgotten. A few evening* ngo thin I . woman, who had carriedthi* ftwdle about her for so years, wub awakoned out ''bound Bleep by a pcculia^pp^^ung relation in tho MJJ7K& Rising up in bed she began to 'oougli. Tho pricking became more severe, but the sharp substance appeared fo 1?o rising in her throat. Thrusting her lingers down aB far an possihlo, she caught hold of an object and drew it out. It was tho needle that had been journeying about under the surface lor ninoteen years.? Kingston (N. Y.) Freeman. Save Tbat Sweet Ulrll Don't let that beautiful girl fado and droop Into invalidism or sink into an earlr gravo for want or timely caro at ino room crtuosl stage of her lifo. Dr. Plerco's Favor I to Proserin Ion will aid in regulating hor hoatth and establishing it on lirm basis and majr ?aro hor yearn of cbronio suffering and consoquout uuhappluees. A more pleasant physio Yon never will llnd Than Ploroe's sina 1 "Pellota," The Pnrgailve kind. Nono but a thorough bass vocalist will utter forged notes. AU who use Dobbins'* Electric Soap praise it as the best cheapest and onof economical family soap made; bnt if you will try it once It will tell a still stronger tale of its merits ttsel/. Fltaet try It. Your grocor will supply you. There Is now no bust'e about the girl of the period, and yet she Is a* noisy as over. Taking It altogether tho e never was a time when our couutrv was enjoying gVeater prosperity than at t no present moment, and yet there are thousands of people in tho land who are fuselng and fuming about hard times. No doubt but what many of them are honost In their complaints, and It is olten because they have not fonnd the right kind of work or the right way to do it. Now, if business is not moving along with you satisfactorily, take our advice and write to B. F. Johnson A Co., ltlchmnnd, Vn. It is more than likely that they can help yott, at any rate. It would cost you nothing nut a postage staine to apply to them. lln.lt ttwtn.w Tha utawaa of ha Itakela JI uoii aitvaicj M Iiw n a vi vuo vku) O nurfco. Helre Waatrl. Information is wanted of the whereabout? of Johanna Wibton, daughter of Mark .-weenay, wife of Tliomw Wlleon. born in Limerhlk Co.. Ireland. Site la, if living, heir to an estate. If dead, her children or next of kin are wanted. Address, W. J. Corn* Webster City, Iowa. If lord Dunrn van's yacht captures the Amerlca'a cup. the British would never get Itunravcn shout It. A Remedy for Indigestion. For ladles and children whoso taato cannot be offended with impunity, Hamburg Flgi form a remedy for constipation, indigestion, plies,and liver complaints which Is as pleasant to tnke as it is effective in use. 25 cents. Dose one Fig. Mack Drug Co., N. Y. Naml y?I hear, Pamby, thnt you posses* an estimable wife, l'aniby (sadly) ?No, slie possesses mo. Have you tried ''Tanslll's Hunch" Cigar? A lawyer Is never so blind but ho csn clto authorities. Summer Wankneafi to quickly overcome by the toutng, reviving end Mood purifying qualities of flood'* Saraaparlll*. Thl* popular medicine drlvee off that tired feeling end cure* rick headache, dyspepsia, scrofula, and all humor*. Thousand* testify that flood' Bartaparlila "make* the weak strong." "My health m poor, m I had frequent sick beadactio*, ooald not sleep well, did not have much appetite, and had no ambition to work. I have taken lees than a bottle of flood's Sanaparilto and feel like a new person."?Km. W. A. Tint***, West Hanover, Maes. It. D.?If you decide to teka Hood's SarsaparWa do not be Induced to bay any other. Hood's 8arsaparllla Bold by all druggists. $1; six for fl. Prepared only by a I. HOOD k CO., Apothecaries, Ixmel 1, Maes. tOO Poses One Dollar , Jk MONRY IN OHIOKRNB. 0 B a Per tV. a ICS page book, expertsaee of MM praetk-ol poultry rtler daring V A4RP year*. It MaetM* how to Ooteet an* 0C?J?m VOs^SBr I .reed, as, <*o , ke. Adder* POM Pt?. ROvdl t?t totesrt I, T, My. Thkke weeks after an old Cincinnati )aoh?lor had got married, he mot a riend and said to him, "Why is my rife like o baker who is making a email jooseberrv pie?" "I don't know," anid he friend "It is booauso she is growng a little tart," answered the disgrn-:oui oreatnre. At the stage door: Oldboy: "Lei me kiss you for your mother, my ;harmer." Polly Light foot: "Not mnch. But you can for a small bottle." "Hat* you any children ?" asked th? landlord. ' None but a goat," was the reply. "All right; you can have th? house." Jilt , PTIE TOLLS n " Tater unto AmieoTa Came a pa-la face preacher, teaching Peace and progress to the natives, Wooed ami toon bp Uanita. She nobler to malce hit calling, Whispered to him nature'* secret?Told him qf the herb* to potent For the healing and the taping." ?BXTDACT m?* PO?M OF "UAKITA.* I * ' "1 . TrMtlac on IVood and Skla Dire ami* mailed free, CAN YOU M\OVU When you see) one? Kno\ whether ho is f/ce from Spavin Splint and ^rain, or the mair troubles to' which Horses an liable?" And if you can detect imper frictions, do you know liow U ^reut the animal so as to d< away with the trouble and thui greatly increase the value of tin Horse f Do you even know the propc: name of the different parts o the animril, such as Hastcrn Stifle, Hock, &c. If not, yoi cannot claim to be much of i horseman. Can you tell the aj and hundreds of other points a 25c. 100-Page fc It teaches you to pick out a and so guard against fraud; < when same is possible; tell the the different parts of the anima &c., &c. We will forward, postpaid, BOOK PUBLISHING HOU8I BRYANT & STRA Mttrmr* nrcyiuo, ^nori rturtm, jwrpn Wr('f /wr Catiiloy*** and full info *r YOn WISH A _ R K YVM *YK R Kchaae one of fho coletort SMITH A WK8KON ^ ?> T-TfejP^ #|\ ?rm*. Tho flnoat rniall anna ff YV~vf orer mantiCactun-d ami tho tt. JJ )} ffij firat choice of all o*i<orts. V; : ' km Manufactured In rallbnw :n, hr and 44-l<?>. Sin- MM loor<I011I1I<< action. Safety Ifatnmerloa anil I Tawt model*. (Vmetrueted entirely ot hent nun hy wrant lit at col. carefully ln<i<ectnd f<>r worl maunh'n ami atook, 1 hey aro unrivah-d for (1111 I aturnhlll' y HiuUrrninrt, 1 >?? K?.t ho deccl *rd I eheap win llriihle cnnt-lron tinll n liwnn whit -o often aolil for the Pennine article *Ud arc 11 pnlv unrt<lialilo, hut danarcrouii. Tb? SMITH WBRSON llovolvora an-all Htamixd upon tlio ha ( la wlih ftrm'a name, aditroeo and ilates of pattu And are inn rnul ? < ?! |?-rf?ct In erery detail. I alot upon harinv tho pcniiiiio article, a<irt If yoi galer cannot aup ly yon all order a lit to adore low will roceive prompt and careful attcntto ecrtptlre catalogue ami |?li?wt furnlalied npon a Miction. SMITH & WKSSON, OVMentlon thit paper. Springfield, Mim DROPSY _ . TBEATEB FItKE, Peal lively (iiritd with Venerable Hemedlei Have cured thousands of cases. Cure patient* nr Bounced botwless l?y beet physicians. rrotn first noi "pnptonu disappear; In ten day* at leaat twothlrt all symptoms removed. Bend for free bor.Jt trull in ntals or mlraculon* cures. Ten days' treatmet free by mall. If you order trial, send 10c. In etomi to pay poataie. Da If. H. (mass ft Hoot, Atlanta, U a a a After ALL ottiei Dr lobb 329*:^"st Wl Villlj PHILA., PA. Twenty years' rohttnuous practice In the tree roent ami curr et the suTuI elTerla nf etrl vice, destroy tut both tnlnd and body. Medlcln and treatment for onn month. Five Hollars, m securely sealed from obeerTOtlon to any address. Beak en Hpeclal Diseases IVre, ~ c% jones" J?f Tare Beam amUtgoa Bos fir - BINGllAMTO>. N. IT. :W DUTCHER'I w vrv pi.v Kn.i.p.B Mokoa* cl??n iwMp. Kr? I S^V\ ibtot will kill qftftrt of M SiSSs&SHiS Mw&mas&savpjLz opaii to prtmrrclvo atiHlrnt*. All lnt#rrtt Will rorrt?? Vfttaalitr Informi'lnn Prrc, bp ftildreMlug K. TOUBJEK, Uoston. Mft ADII III swwsssa UmmImS b m.itootjjit, m c W illiikl , Un, U?u WM^icU 0' Chronic Neuralgia. Permanent Cu: ea. . . JimU.INT. a?a*r*4 ? b!| tlm wllk inr()|te la Uf Italj VM|nmmM?lllaM:|>nll. Jacata OU a (rial; * km ?>?* ntlnl* car**; a* ratara. j ss. iwiah ?SST. maw. LoiaarJ rt, Batta., MB. Permanent Cure*. OaMw *7,1W Mr wlft ?M fanlpri trom i?r?l|to; aha ?nM M walk a atop; X bM|ll M. Jtwta OU; aAar aaa battla waa ca*4 aha walka* atetk imlaal aaa ao?r!tUlj carta bar. JAM. r. MtrHMTT, ymafiaM, . Permanent Cure a. fm IT, 1MT. Taaia age ha4 aoaralg la; aat aaMaet ta allilha aw, tha cara ?jr aaa MM Jaaata Oil waa MM; >?t; tkora haa baaa aa rwarraaaa of aha ri t , < aAteMaa. B. W. S7AH0IXB, TarCKma. I AT DlVSOltn abb sum. > _ THE CHAntES A VOnElF.B CO.. BaWUnere. tu. ~ ~ B M U 38 IM THE SECRET. An I'Ulltor's Efp^rlcnfft ** Major Sidney Herbert, well-known journaWtffn agricultural circles, write* Aprl. 16th. I860: 8om Ave years a^o 1 wrote letter stating that 8?rUt1 BpcclAc had cured me of ecrcre rheumatism. Sine* that time 1 hare had no retnrn of the rheumatic I troubles, although frequently exposed to the Influences that produced former attacks. ScecrsI of my I friends had a similar ex pcrtcneo, and are Arm In tbclr i conviction tliat 8. S. S. brought a permanent euro. The searching power of this medicine Is shown In the fact that It developed a ecrofnlous taint that was conspicuous In my blood over thirty year* ago. and has romovod the last trace of It, I have also tested B. 8. 8. as a tonic after a severe attack of malarial fever, which kcmt mo In hod for three month*, and am convinced that Its curative and strengthening fropcrtle* Insured my recovery from that Illness, aj wo* in a very low condition of health. BiDiarr UaHaairr, Atlanta, Go. 8wirr,? Sreciric CourAjrr, Drawer $. Atlanta. Go. TELL * ND H^tSE of a Horse by its teeth ? These re giveii in our strated Horse Book. , good Horse; know imperfections ictect disease and effect a cure age by the teeth; what to call 1; how to shoe a horse properly, on receipt of 2f>C* stamps. 134 Leonard St.. N, Y. City rTON Business College Lomavnxii!. ttv! LOOK AT THIS! < A Cheapest and brat flrnr nn? /?v SI Ainrrlrmi Dictionary at f| the m)i>n<-.-t<-nl<-clly low prion 7 / V of 81. li ndronie PMCf> xJs*VC*svJ k. bound In black cloth. Knyllah yfyi *i/^TV wnrda with Ornnan equlva- f ^ \ l( I011U and prom Delation, and a V VJ? ' >y U< rtnon worda with F.ntrlifh ..ivF? ;h definitions, *0 that If you hear S ^ nt Oorman word and want to f r /* 1 tg know it in English. r<u look In r- ono part of the book, while If ^SJL\ ta yon want to translate an F.ntr- f \ >7 /' ' n- lloh word :ntn Q>nnan > on look La*' /y/ \ ar Intoan Out part. Poatpald. tl. w ? BOOK TUiJ. llOUbB. 134 l*Qnard 8CX iTttWr ? ! Hi ^curis1^^*1" ma Beet dough Hyrup. Tastes good. Dn FSV r E3 In time. Hold by drngRlsta. Cf ! FRWlR ^gH| it TI1K WORLD OR CH q C i? | |J8^G<a?tha Oeno'no. Bold Bwerywlwe. * iiftliC HTIIDY. Ttook-krepleg, Pnalncirilliaa. HWWC Penmanship. Art lim'tto, Nhort hand.ottx. I thoroughly tauKl.t l,y MAIL/ CUvuUre (rt^ ltryant'a College, 457 Mala 8t, Buffalo, m.w. 0 - __ 1 AM l(8Ka tiny. Samples wortli S'4.13 Vign s i S2S ^ nous tjVb tiMm A I 1WKIHOAT. CO., Klcheaewd. fa. wm n t mil Poyon Wini lo bi?v if M'llf I A|Af|j? ' AHnlN I? ?o * ? 1 M viip f?Hr nrouUr to A nil if A U t:uuTin A Ht;yyftTr,tt33 Broadway, II .Y. Hff.% It It I Ali K PA I' U /Vr? ** Laiiea an1 Gratt r. iU want c<jfTf?i*f>ond?ni? wo t*lot?r? York, !'*.? - PEEBLE88DTE8 ftSgftSgS~ f ATLAS 25c. ^ ^ M*?iy of Uiem oolorwl. AI?o * rwl amount of Mtoroi*? tioo r?Ut!v? (o different MllWMd Count rire, turn of r~ oot?tuiow>(, Parm Product* aitd Value, Ac, Oulr Mo. Jn } tempo iiMfin Book Pd>. Howa W IwmhI W,, K. T a ' pwrrtiM' a..* #? fnrwTli, <1 m lh' Olilf iWr'flwwU^B I'cclfto t?rtn> cwm car* r_ /jBFI to t ntir.^H <-f fhlu lr ?a??fog* v* ?*o o.h.inokaham.m. p., ^ |*? * **'ferltm*. " AniMi rdttm, N. Y. *? fcfi Mr* ?Uy kylb* * Wo liKVO ??ld nig ft for ** r7ilt.rr.? rtk?-*l/ul <v mnnT your*. ond u ha* ? tfJSf -plrrntba beat ot Mill*> VtStk. (TUtolnnaU^qgBW tv-tlon. a d. r.ovcnKAco.,^ ^ Bold by Droggltt?! ? ---? ?- 1.' *? fir? v&x chichestf r'8 cnou8h ?. nriiMVDnvAi MIIO i b*niiiwirih I iuwi ? i A It?>i i'roiw Diamond Itrand. ' K 1^ *i| Tlwwli iiltakit till fcr al?. Mku4 1 I / UT ?" U<lM> a?k ftrnnkl h 1 T wrL MioiKl Hranil.tn rril m>t?ii>rt>nxw,M?;<4 IT ff with ?l>.'rlhkoa. Taktawother. *m?44?, -_ k ( !??*[ ') If r?"l??l?r? a?4 " fw? k | I *>i hf aaall. A'?M/Wm