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AGRICULTURAL, TOPICS OF INTEREST REUATIVB TO FARM AND GARDES. RTRONO CELERY EOK PAAIII.T I'SE. 'Extensive growers of cclerytniostly practice storing in trenches. Whore one j wishes only to keep a supply for family ' me the following will be found ?piite a good way: I'rocuro some boxes of con venient size or saw some old barrels into j halves and put dry sand in the bottom, j When you pull the plants leave consider# able dirt clinging to tlietn. Prck the . plants closely in these half barrels or boxes, filling around them with dry sand as you proceed, and when packed full wet the sand thoroughly with water, so that the roots will keep moist, but let the leaves and. top keep dry. Keep the plants in a cool cellar. Another convenient way for keeping a small ?piantity is to pack it upright in large stoneware crocks with two or three inches of water in the bottom, replenishing from time to lime as the water evaporates. When (wkc'i in Minn ns ociure iiirecicu me ; sand about tlio roots must also be kept moist."?iV<(c York World. PARIS GREEN POISONING DEER. An important legal question will probably arise soon over the right of fruit growers to spray apple ami other fruit trees with water cont lining l'aris green, ; while the trees are in blossom. Hccs j searching the flowers for honey take the j poisou into their systems and arc killed. ' This is, perhaps, a fortunate fact, for if j bees merely roller ted honey, instead of ! manufacturing it, this poisoned honey might be stored in their cells, and poison thos" who consumed it. The spraying, even of the apple, need not be d'me while the trees are in blossom. It is true that the codling moth usually deposits her eggs in the blossom end of the apple, but until the fruit isas large as a walnut, the blossom end is turned upward. After this the weight of the apple bends the fruit over. Betweeu the time of blossom- | ing and the fruit bending down with its ' own weight, the spraying may be done without danger of injury to bees. There I is, therefore, no incompatibility between I the fruit-growing and honey-producing 1 industries if the proper precautions arc observed.?American Cutticalor. LA.TK 1IAIIV EHTIXG. A good farmer should know the rein 1 tive tenderness of his crops. He will know that tlm least frost will injure some, and they must be placed out of danger, | while others will not be injured by severe Irosts." There was in some localities much | late planting of corn, to replace crops iu jured by severe floods and wash-outs. It ; is good fanning*to replant iu such cases ! if there is any chance of making a crop. | At least a crop of fodder can be secured, | and with a very favorable autumn, a i crop of corn. It is the practice in the Western States to husk from the bundles I u.i.i i > .L ?- ... iu iiic iiciu. /\i nit- ivisi mere is a Me mand for liusks or *'shucks'' for various i uses that makes it pay to gather the ears and take them to the burn, wheu oppor tunity for an old-fashioned "corn-husk- ( ing" will be appreciated by the young folks. In husking in the field tin a cold day the stalks often fail of proper rare. They should be set up so securely' that they will not get blown over before they j are fed out. Select.the. seed ut 1 risking ! time, it not done earlier; leave enough husks attached to the ears to allow them I to be braided together to be hung Out of ?* reach of rats and mice. LEAF MOLD Fill! PLANTS. The use of leaf mold for certain kinds of plants?notably such things as prim roses, calceolarias, cinerarias and the like?is an old stand by. This, mixed with the foregotug, say half-and-half, will grow them to perfection. Those near old woods can readily obtain this, or what is of the same nature, by scrap- ; ing oil the surface of old accumulations; and if the soil itself is of n loamy nature : a part of this is a pretty good substitute for th? sod even. There is hardly a place where trees ! grow that this vegetable matter enunot be obtained in depressions, where the leaves hare settled and decayed. Willi a compost heap of the sods, another heap of this half-decayed humus from the leaves, and good, sharp sand, any gardener is well equipped in the way of soil. As orchids are now grown l?y many in addition to the above for plants of this character, some tufty pieces of sod and sphagnum iuoss will he required, as many ' of this class of plants require hut little real sod to grow in, but iu its place an open material in which the areal roots may readily pass through, ami that will hold moisure about tliem, partic ularly in ! the growing season. One other c lass of plants are scarcely provided for, how- i ever, in the; above, ami these are the sue- | culents or eaetus family. Hut .is all that | is necessary to imitate the; kind of material they arc at home in. is some J crushed old plaster and soft burned bricks?about half added to tin- sod soil --this is easily obtained at any time; ami as in no place out fide of botanic- gardens is many grown, it is easily provided.? i l*rairt Farmer. - itave brttkk horsk3. It. is strange, .vrites Galen Wilson to the New York Tribune, some persons do not see that it costs 110 more to raise a rrood roll than a scrub, eveeot in tlx. matter of scrviee. Another error is breed in.? c scrub mar< to a trotter, at a high > price, in the vain hope of rearing a speedy animal. People would not do it | if they knew that, even with thorough i bred blood on both aides, a prizewinner! is not reared once in a hundred times; a half-scrub has no show at all. It would be better to breed to a jack and raise a i mule, for one would then be certain of a I serviceable animal every time. bargesize draught horses are always in demand, and almost any mare bred to an imported draught, or coach stallion is sure to raise I a big colt. I have in mind two year old colts from draught stallions and scrub mares which will weigh over 1000 lbs. tteach, and they are worth $200 apiece. Scrub rolts of the same age are worth $f?o to $7J?. An extensive New York city horse-dealer says: A man who brings down good bone draught horses I ran go home next day with the money in his pocket." The same horse should he i bred to two seasons, for one might get a I matched team. LGood horses arc always high, and that is more than can be. said of anything else W^k " tinner raises, ana now, when ngriculr tural products arc depressed, and likely j to continue so indefinitely, growing1 more ond better horses presents u field for jHj^n^profit. One objection >>y formers to ?H^^M^sing colts is that the'marcs cannot well j bo spared from labor at the usual time for dropping colts. But this is obviated by having it occur late in the full. Those who have tried the latter plan are heartily in favor of it. Spring colts arc weaued in the fall, when fodder has generally ceased to be succulent, and consequently I. their growth is likely to be checked. Fall colts are weaned iu spring, when forage is at its best for the purpose, and the growth of the animals is continuous. They gradually get "seasoned" iuto eating dry fodder by the next winter, as the ^ weather cures it out by degrees, and f< there is consequently no subsidence in v their growth then. But with good blood ^ for the foundation, it is always in order t< to remark, "The better the care, the bet- K ter the colt.'' 1IANDLING MANCfcK IN AUTUMN. o 1'1 I 1 4:.._ 4ft 4 ? I IIU Ul'AI JM.UIM ? UMU'II^; I HUM.' UUI |?IU- | ji vided with abundant barn room, is to fi select a level piece of ground, and stack the threshed straw there year after year. {, The straw can be converted into well- r< rotted manure by using it liberally for cbedding in the stables and by turning the cattle to the stack; and all things |, considered, this is the most profitable f( disposition of the straw where that not , " eaten by the cattle in the stack yard is t' converted into manure, and well cared n for. The straw throwu under foot by h the cattle will likely be trampled down so solidly thnt if left to itself it will not K be converted into manure in the desired ii time; and part of the stack may have to ? be cut down and strewn over the yard, j? making necessary some effort to hasten N the rotting of the straw. As there is no " need of handling wet manure, it is advisablc to have the mass stirred every day for some days before it is taken to ti the fields, that it may dry out. To ar- P complish this it may be necessary to use | j, a manure hook like a two-pronged hoe. o It may he made by any blacksmith, n A better one, in fart, the best for manure J! not wet, is to have a blacksmith bend the shank of a four or livc-tined manure si fork, making a hook shaped like a potato- J' digger. It is sometimes difficult to make the shank hold in place. Take the length h of the shank ; measure back from the end ii of the huudlc the distance less one inch; i j*( at this point put a screw through the a handle, having it pass through the centre, n of the hole bored for the shank (the head '' and poin of the screw may be filed off t' even with the surface of the haudle); then drive in the shank with its point e headed to a red head; as the point. 0 reaches the screw it will be deflceterl and s enlarged and will make a way for itself r iu the wood, getting a hold that the strength of oue man will not overcome. The handle of a manure hook should be ,] oilite heavv around the shank- to ??iv?? it I t strength, and the weight is really needed i f O ) C. J I I, there. I y All the manure should !>< removed | t from the van! before the grain is threshed, ; v that the new straw may not he stac ked j " upon it; and the usual method of putting j I it up >11 the winter wheat ground is a good ( t one. If strewn over the ground a it is | * plowed, the harrowing necessary to put j s the seed bed in proper coudition wi.l j thoroughly fine it and incorporate it with | J the soil, while it will not bv below the j { roots of the wheat. It is best to strew it ; e over the ground as it is hauled out. This j t! saves one handling. Hauling manure iu it so fouls a wagon box that it is best to [ have another box for this and similar i n uses. This is best made of loose planks ! ^ ? pine, two inches thick and from nine jj to twelve inches wide. They are made i r. much more convenient to h audio by shav- j ing down the- ends to three inches wide, j * If end boards are desired, grooves can i ? be cut in the side of the handles 011 the a ends of the planks, and will be strong ' J' enough to hold the boards, ltdesircd to n make the box higher than the standards, j and the latter are not provided with ! V rings to receive pieces, staple rings into , I the planks forming the sides of the box. I Passing pieces of wood through these , ? rings will hold the upper boards in place, i a The lowest, side planks must lie on the bolster, the planks forming the bottom of 1 the box titling closely inside of them. o The manure crop year properly begins f in the fall; and at this time the yards, ? stable end sheds should be made clean ^ and ready for the next year's crop making. ?American Agriculturist. a ; t FARM \NI> < 1AIIDKS NOTES. " f Are you ready for winter? j, It is better to feed eats than rats. * A well kept. farm will scli for moro i than an untidy one. ( Winter butter well made brings "renter ,, profit than summer butter. r Is your shock corn cured enough to j J husk out? If so get at it before cold f weather comes. I 'I Are the hens these chilly nights find- j ing comfortable roosting places upon the n horse and cow mangers? If so why? i * Apples (good ones) are worth about i ( twice as much in this market as a year s ago. It will pay to fake care of thoni, ; ( and ship in neat packages, honestly ( packed. , t There is little, if any. profit in a crop j J of 500 bushels of wheat from fifty acres, I j ?ays Firm #<??/ Fireside; but there may he e n good profit in a crop of 500 bushels ' ^ from twenty acres. *, If you bury cabbage try this plan: * Cut the roots ofT and bury shank a? well i ^ as the head. If you doubt this being as good as your old way,try some each way, t sec wiwn is ine ooitcr. The proportion r?f the mnrc valuable ? food material increase* till tlie kernels arc ' fully developed and begin to harden. t I'nless in eases of scarcity it is not wise ? to use the corn until this is reached. J Kxperiments in feeding pigs, instituted <j by the Duuish Agricultural Society, go to t show that skimmed milk has double the feeding value of buttermilk; that rye ;fad barley are of about cipial value, with a slight percentage in favor of rye, aftid i F that six pounds of skimmed milk hrjvc the same feeding value as one pound'df rye or barley : Tim form and height of the fence en? losing the poultry yard should vary j?c cording to the variety kept. A fence for a lot of active leghorns would be worthless if built tivc fret, high, surh as jjou would use for the Cochins and brnhmps. Wire netting stretched front posts eight or ten feet anart to the height ig t?? ! right feet, will usually inert all requiremcnts. i The farmer who breeds young sows c every year and fattens after one liyer, n selcrting in turn brood sows from this c first littter, ran never expect to have a t first class herd of hogs on his farm. lie. b never has any pigs with the stamina and vigor they should have. Breeding stork i in the full prime of life and health a!- ^ ways gives *.hc best and most satisfactory <? returns. ? ''' 0 I * 's*2KfTI sPWI v' ' '. '3 .?f' J ' SUNDAY SCHOOL. | N I'KIINATION AIj LESSON FOR DKCLMUUIl H. icksoii T?'\i;i'Soloinuii and I he <ioren vyl' 8li? l>n.' 1 Kings X-.1-18.?Golden T. sii Matt. *11., la.?Commentary on the. Lesson. This lesson presents to ??. Solomon at the ery summit of his prosperity; be had asked " or wisdom and God had given him wisdom rhirli excelled tho wisdom of all the children f tho Bast and all tho wisdom of Egypt, so hat people came from all Kings of the earth r? ho?r his wisdom. (I Kings lv.. 1)0,84.) His rent wealth and some of the uses he niado of ; is described in the portion of this chapter rhich follows our lessou and in Ecclee. it. 1. "And when tho Queen of Sbeba heard f the fame of Solomon concerning the name f tho Lord, she came to provo him with ard questions." The fact that this visit is nlly recorded both liere and in IT Chron. ix., nd that our Lord Jesus Himself rcferrod to : (Matt. xii.. 4*2) marks it as an event of more !ian ordinary importance; and our Saviour's r?fer?nco to it points to a time and siguifl?iico yet future. Siicba was evidently tie uttermost part in one direction f tho then known world, a country ring around tho extreme south of the led Sea. To this romnto land the fame f Solomon concerning the naino of Jehovah ad been carried. Observe hero and liroughcut tho lesson that, it was not Sololon, but Jehovah, whoso name and glory ad thus spread abroad; Solomon lieing only lie human and visible channel of this great lory. 3. "She communed with him of all that was ^ her heart." She came with r great train I f camels hearing spices, very mucu gold and rccious. stones; somewhat as the wise men rom the East came long afterward to the Ling of the Jews, bearing gold, and frankicense, and myrrh (Matt, li., 1, 2, 11): and s ail nations will yet do wbeu once the glory >f the Lord is risen upon Israel (Isa. lx., 1?0). .'). "And Solonioh told her all her quesious." The first verse says that she came to rove him with hard questions, but now hat she sees and hears him, every question > answered. Seeing Jesus is the way out of very difficulty; and the many things which ow seem to us so hard, dark and mysterious rill all be cleared up when we see Him as le is. 4, 5. "And when the Queen of Sheba had Ben * * tliero was no more spirit in er." She had seen the Wisdom of Jehovah hrongh him as lie answered all her hard uestions, and now she beholds with her eyes is house, his table, his servants, their standug, their apparel, his cupbearers aud his scent to the house of Jehovah; and us she jnks upon this seven liued rainbow of glory, 11 sense of her own importance is gone wit-hut an effort. A sight of the glory of God a the faeo of Jesus will effectually blind us o the importance of solf and to the attraciveness of this present world. 5. "It. was a true report that I heard." 8o mist all those have said who, having heard f the fame of Jesus, came to prove Him; very question was fully and wisely am wercd, every case of disease completely need. 7. "Howbcit I believed not the words." She nust. have believed something, or she would lot. have come ou this long journey ; but she id not believe all she heard, for" it seemed jo grand to be true. Israel's oppression by he enemy was always because "they believed lot in God and trusted not in His salvation." lacharias was deaf and dumb for a season, localise he did not believe God; and we are earned to take heed lest there be in any of us u evil heart of unbelief, and lest we ^hus Otne short of our rest-. (Ps. Ixxviii., 32; .uke i . 20, 62; Heb. iii., 13: iv.. 1-3.) Noire, on the other hand, the blessings of faith s seen in Abram, Daniel, Mary aud others, ^cn. xv., 6; Dan. vi., 23; Luke i., 45; Acts xvii., 25). "Behold, the half was not told mo; thy wisorn and prosperity excecdeth the fauie which hoard " If imtmQclhlo 1?" ho hundredth part of the goodness of God, ither of tlint which lias been manifested in he gift of His dear Son or of that which is id up for those who fear Him (I John tv., ; Fs. xxxi.. lfh. "Eye hath not seen.nor ear eard. neither have entered into the heart of lan tho tilings which God hath prepared 31' them that love Him, but God nath * ealed them unto us by His Spirit" (1 i . M, pi); aud yet how few believed the things ditch arc revealed. 8. "Happy thy men, happy these thy serants which stand continually before thee, hat hear thy wisdom." This was her estimate of the privileges which they enjoyed, nd we do not think she said tno'mueh; but whether those who enjoyed these privileges hough! 3s much of them a-'shedid isanother natter. "Ble.s.,ed he the I/onl thy God, who de'glited in thee, to set thee on (he throne of srael." Tn tl Cbron. ix., 8, the throne is al'.txl the throne of the Lord, and Solomon * said tob-> King for Him. Such is the statenent e.lso concerning this most wonderful of >11 tho thrones of earth, in I Chron. xxviii., i; :< *, pointing us forward to Jer. iii., 7; Zeph. iii.. 14, 15; Luke l'., 85}, 88. "Because the Lord loved Israel forever," r, as in T1 Chi on. ix., 8, "To establish them nrover.' The unsearchable and unchangebie love of God is the reason of all His dealugr. with Israel, or with the church, or with intions. 10. "There came no more such abundnce of spices as these which the Queen of ilieba gave to King Solomon." Gold worth hree million of dollars, precious stones and if spices very great store; such was her ofering to the King liecause of the name of Jeinvah. What lifo from tho dead it shall be i hen the kingdom is restored to Israel, and he wealth of tlionations is poured in upon hem because of tho nume of Jehovah. Ron, vi I V lira 1- tl w \r \ 11, 12. "No such ulmug (or algum) trees vere seen unto this day." The navy of Hiaui brought not only gold and precious tones, but a great plenty of these trees vhicli Solomon teems to have used chiefly or musical instruments (II Chron. ir., 11). Phus we have the Gentiles supplying the ma 'rials for prayer and praise, inasmuch as ncenso war, a symbol of prayer (Ps. cxli., 2), tnd the musical instruments were to praise Sod witli. II). "And Kiug Solomon gave unto the Jueen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever he asked." Besides that winch he gave her ?f his royal bounty lie grat ified her every lesire. He gave as a King, royally and heerfully. Do we in any measuro realize liat we are joint heirs with Christ, that. He vill fulfill the desire of them thut fear Him, hat Heis saying: "If ye shall ask anything n My Name I will do it," and that we are veil now blessed with all spiritual blessings n Him. while He eagerly longs to show na ill His glory? (Ps. cxlv., 11); John xiv., 14; ;vii., 24; Kph. i., 3). A full surrender to liui will cause us to enjoy all theso things ind Himself as including them all; but there s no other way. "Soshe turned anil went to her own counry. she and her servants." She came thinkng a good deal of herself, and laden with iresrnts for the far famed King; she returned mptied oi self and laden with his favors. will cheerful!v receive tAaUviw willingly bring Him, but if wo come with inv sense of our own imiiortance, and cot inytliing like a glimpse of Hiui, we shall rouderfuily fall in our own estimation and >e glad to receive graciously from Him, intend of thinking that we can givo Him anyning.?Lrpaon helper. Tiik most ingen'ous, perfect nnd cornilex watch e>er manufacture I was aent tilt from ttie works of Patck, Phillip, e t Cto., of Geneva, Switzerland, in July, 8S7, and is now in possession of Huron s'i. Ii tins it is wliat is known as the ill si: ed "h\ nte On one side the e s a d a' of the icgulation k nd, exh bit n < the hour, minute and recond 1? ?d<; l'so an in epctrH^nt-ehroiTb^nph ) h:< h ina l.s t'.e fifth of seconds. The nine d nl hns re eating me hiniamvli ch strikot the ho'rs, f natters i nd ninutes. The opposite di 1 ha< hands oin ng to the months, weeks and d ?yiv ' li iihei' larcr ei n ml liun<l nn I f ot :t tli- bog'nnin ( i t o oil jo?r, :o roc ly po'nlH to all n oon plir hob imd> < ts as a po po il l ea!e:it1ar. Jt ia to : na'.r.n ted n* to tulm't of its keeping | ivo tlif 'o nt t imes, any atanrlfml cn d'-f l .e ml s 11 tin e > 11 the othor. "Vkh," admitted the visitor, whor ; lie prowl mother e::liibitcl her bnbv>, ho has hi v father's no c, but don't* orry. It may not be always that red.*' v TEMPERANCE. WHO IH THT NEIGHBOR? Thy neighbor* it is he whom thou Hut power to aid and blew; Whose aching heart or burning brow Thy soothing hand may press. .Thy neighbor? 'tis the fainting poor Whom eye with want is dim, . Whom hunger sends front door to door; Go' thou and spccor him. Thy neighbor" 'tis that drunken man, ifcwaat jhi j w ?i< iuo ui mi, wttbpowrty and pain; WOlT*1 iTtlt^scu^ him. Thy ntighobvl 'tin his wife, Of frery Mrthly gem; Thio wife and children helpless left; Go thou and shelter them. Where e'er thon raeot'st n human form 'Neath dr it likeness bent down. Remember 'tis thy neighbor worm; Thy brother, or thy son. Pass not, oh pass not heedless by, Perhaps thou canst redeem. Himself and his from misery; Go reason, plead with him. "Geo. W.Cook,inHat(!e-Ai3cc of Temperance. TKMPERANCK AT COLLEGE. Dr. Andrew P. Peabody recently addressed the Harvard Total Abstinence League. He said: If I had a son t would not send him to college unless he would give me n pledge not to touch intoxicating liquors 1 lielieve that collego life is a crucial period, ami habits formed there are not easily broken. Of my own class of fifty-three members? when the temptations to drink were, less and there was even a prejudice against anything stronger than wine, when discipline was stricter, when wo had less spending moue^? two died sots; one plunged into low dissi|*ation. and was only reformed alter stern interfefcuce of hU< father; a fourth had Iiir life ehoWenetT*S<2>' his early bad habit*- a fifth a man of flue abilities, was addicted to drink and failed of attaining more tluui a shadow of the.reputatiou he might have had. All these men were drinkers in college, and it has been my experience that all other graduates who have fallen in lwd haliits of drink have contracted their ways in college. It is not safe to yield to the temptation, even to a slight degree. I-cannot recall from my knowledge any cases of men who have never been intemperate before twenty-five years of age, becoming drunkards later. It is true that some intemperate men reform, but a very small percentage. But you say we do not mean to become drunkards. That very same self-confidence which you express is dntigcrous. The over-confident, man is very apt to go beyond the limit he would consider unsafe in another. It is thosU who are willing to go to the very edge of safety who uro lured over infcu evil. The young man who begins to drink to the limit of soberness transcends that Hue little by little till ho has become n eoiifirmed drunkard. Ill college life there arc great temptat ions. Many of your pleasnntest companions drink, and drink to excess, though not perhaps often. You are away from home influences and restrictions and are brought to look lightly on drink. You are at a period when habile are formed. It is for you to decide whether your animal instinct*; and uppetites shall prevail. You have a life's work to do now, for if you curb your appetites you will be able to master them, but if you give way, you have become their slave. You may wish to drink a little, without ever going far. as you think many respectable men do.- But you will find that very few of the most superior men give way to drink at all: and t hose who do would achieve oiore if they abstained entirely. If you learn to depend oil liquor to enhance social gatherings you will find in later life that you cannot enjoy the most brilliant society without some stimulus to the inner man. A man addicted to the habit of drink is less self-reliant and capable of doing himself justice,though he may never go to excess. If yon yield to th?? temptation of strong drink you will be led to gambling and other vices which are perhai?s neve: found in abstainers. Prinking is also no expensive habit and tempts n man to get money in any way he can. Indulgence in any degree brings ycu into the class of thosa who drink still more, so that if you make a beginning you are apt to reach the bitter end before long. 1 would remind you also, that, most llouors now are adulterated with poisouou^orugf.'''' I have spoken of the perils to which you expose yourself by strong drink, and I believe that "you who preserve yourself from these dangers by joining this league will look back in after yearr. with devout gratltr.de. In the highest point of view, in the culture of your immortal natures, you have chosen the better course ami you should make it your life purpose always to preserve the better way and fix yourselves in the eternal principles of right. I.IQUOn DRINKING IN FRANCE. aicuuoiisdi aim crime go nana in nevni in other countries as well as our own. The report of tlio last International Congress for the Suppression of Alcoholism, which was held in Paris from July 'J'.Uh to August 1st., 1H89, afllrnis that criminality and inentai aberration follow a march pa rail"! with the conaumptionof alcoholic leverages. It appears tn.T Purine the last fifty years the consumption of alcohol in Franca has treuied, the number of lunatics has quadrupled, end that crime and suicide are steadily on the increase. It was stated thai, the number of crimes and ofl'eDces against morals is exactly in ratio with the consumption of alcohol. The one obvious lccsni which the French people. <>id all others, must, needs trarn is the wisdom and duty of abstinence.?Temper' auce Advocate. THF. BETTER WAT. It would |>ay the nation to buy the entire liquor product, at retail prices nnd dump it into tlio two seas rather than to buy it at the same price and swallow it. Poured into the ocean, that would he the end of the expense. Poured into the people's stomach, that is only the beginning, for the millions for lost, time, lost - labor, sickness, insanity, pauperism and crime have still to tie paid.-1. V. Fernald. TEMPERANCE NEWS AND MOTES. 1 In Damascus the natives style drunken men as victims of "the English disease." The Blue Ribbon Society in Christiania, Sweden, now numbers About.V*) members. The retail liquor traffic is now prohibited in L-a?ronir ninit miinininalif iav > if l?r? nrouinon of Manitoba. ('ordinal Manning declares tint upon th? work of total abstinence depends the greatness of the Nation. Fortune knocks once a> every man's door, but she doesn't go hunting through l>eer saloons for him if ne happens to be out. A liquor officer, in searching a house in Boston, found behind n large picture an opening in the wall which concealed fifty bottles of lager beer. Mayor Cragiur, of < 'hicago, recently revoked for, one year the licenses of thirteen saloon-keetiei** tor not obeying the Sunday Curtain (Closing law. Eighty Ja,morse giris at Nagasaki, Japan, are handed together in a Y. VY. (*. T. !T. that is said to be the strongest organization of the kind in the Empire. It is our observation, says the Scientific American, t hat, beer drinking in this country produces the very lowest kind of inebriety, closely allied tocripiinol insanity. A Chicago paper says the danger line ia passed as regards the corn crop. Not at all. > be danger line will only he reached when the corn is manufactured into whisky. It is reported that in Louisville. Kv., it is impossible to keep dippers on t he public wells because the saloon men have them taken off or destroyed so as to force the thirsty public into their dives. "If you wish tor a clear mind, strong muscle, quiet nerves and long life, avoid all drinks I ufc-water," says a wise physician. i.Wo m/iht add that mnnev can l>e kent in ' JMPJJfiflTTSftod comfort brought to the fiome if nothing stronger thao water i-t chossn. , A W?s<hisippi town of ?.V>9 inhabitant* pro. ' vide* a large number of saloon* for the men togef.rirunk in, but has repeatedly failed to sustain the existence of even one ice 1 ijream parloi for the rmreainnent of wio-s (Uid children. The '*nie stream of money Could not flow in two opposite directions. [ The Intermitiona' Hnyal Templar relates F *n incident concerning a fsinrton drayman that illustrate* th?* real value of a beer- :)rinker'? health. Thin man w** in the hnliit of showing hie great strength by taking a full barrel of beer, raiding it and depositing it r^ntir on the dray. One day. while per. forming thin feat, he received a alight scratch on hia hand. 80 thoroughly poinoned by beer was hia ay.-t-eni that in spite of rerr effort to save hia life he died in three out 0" Will Bj Rfu-pffkH. The hour was growing late; the passengers in the sleeper had all gone to bed. A porter approached "lower t>," and, jerking the ourtains apart, mumbled something. "What's the matter?" demanded a rather old-looking man, getting out and following tho porter, who had stepped back a few paces. "I sav, sah, that. I am sorry to tell yon, but you'll have to change cars." "What for?" the old fel'ow thundered. "You want to go to St. Louis, don't you ?" "Yes." "Well, but this sleeper goe3 to Kansas City." "Why in thunder didn't you tell me so, hah V" "I didn't know mysolf till just now." "Why didn't the conductor tell mo?" he roared. "I don't know, Bah." "Where is your pumpkin-headed conductor ?" * "Back in the smoking compartment." The old man.went into tho smoking compartment and thus addressed the conductor: "JDidu't you know I wanted to go to St. Louis?" "Not until I happened to look at your ticket just now. KtnJ I i 4 /&uvi uun J- 'r ^uu iu vuuii^c uuio air the next station ?" ' Yes, if you went to go to St. Louis." "This iR an infernal outrage. Liston : For six years I have been courting tlio Widow Honnipin. Sometimes my chances would l?e up and sometimes they would be down. It locked along this way till last week and then I married her, and now we are on our wedding tour. Look here, my dear sir, for the love of humanity please let this car go on to St. I.ouis, for it won't do to pull my wife out of bed at this timo of night and make her change cars. She'll swear I didn't have sense enough to know where I wanted to go and all through life she'll hold mo down. My dear sA\ if you believe in the liberty of man, let this car go to St. Lous; don't help to hen-peck mo. If you don't come to my aid tlint woman will always believe that I am weak?she never will ha\ e any moro confidence in me--will hold me down and ride over me, I tell you." "We have about reached your station. Hurry up." "Hut can't yon help mo?" "J cannot." "Then I am lost lost and henpecked for the second time in life."? Arhansaw Traveler. The Tenr.her Was Late. Teacher?lienjamiu, how many times must I tell you not to snap xonr fingers? Now put down your hand and keep still. 1 shall hear what you have to say presently. (Five Infinites later.) Now, then, Henjamin, what is it you wanted to say ? Henjamin?There was a tramp in the hall awhile ago. niul I saw him go off with your gold headed parnsol. Olive liranrh. If growu men only knew as much as their mothers think they know when they are babies the world w ould have no further use for cyclopedias. t " 'Mid p'caswres nnd palaces, tho' wc may roaui. Bolt evo so humble, there's no placo Ilka linmp." | especial y If blessed with a wife whose honrs ate uot?i>ciii in misery caused i>y Uiom drasglne-down pai.fi a Ising from weaknesses peculiar to her sex. I)r. Piercc'a Favor te Prescription relieves and euros these troubles and brings sunshino to many darkened homos. Hold by druggie s under a positive guarantee from manufacturers of satisfaction or money refunded. Kead ginrnnloe on bottle-wrapper. The cleansing, nntisop le and healing quailties of Dr. Hage's Ca arrh Remedy are unequaled. The future homo of the wicked is I nved with good intent.oiis. but the pavements never b c;w up and tlio system has its advantages. Ilotv's This! We olTer One Hundro l Dollars Reward for any ease of Catarr that cannot l?o cure d by la \ing Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Chunky ac Co., Props.. Toledo, f). We, tho uiidcrslrred, have known F. .f. Cheney for the last 15 years, and In I eve jiim perfectly honorahlo in all transactions, and financially nhle to carry out any obligations inailo by their tlrm. West & Truux.W holcsa'o Druggists. Toledo, O Waldlng, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. K. H. Van IPicsou, Cashier Toledo National Rank, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's ('atarrli Olire Is la'(?n Internally, acting directly upon tho blood ami mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. psr bottle. Cold by all Druggists. Pleasing ?aro Is half sod, tut the same J may le said of an o d pair of boots. Eyes Ears Nose i Arc all more or less affected liy catarrh. The eyes Iltooowc Inflamed. roil an<t watery, with dull, heavy pain between them; there are roaring, buzzing noise* In the ear*, and sometime* the hearing I* afTeetedi there Is constant disagreeable discharge from the nose, had hrenth, and In many casos loss of the sense of smell. All these disagreeable symptoms disappear when the disease Is cured by Hood's Sarsaparllla, which expels front the blond the |m purity front which catarrh arises, lone* and restore! the diseased organs to health, and builds up lh? whole system, N. B. ?He sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all drugglsti. $1; six for $V Prepared only by C. I. HOOI) tt CO., Apothecaries, Ix>wellf Moss. I op Doses One.Dollar YOU WII.I.HAVRMOMBI BM^TLY S 'J line, I'nlii, Trouble Vronu ?nd will t UKK CATARRH BY usino (?, ^r<ir?S Ely's Cream Ba'in^. Apply^Bslnt Intoench nostril BI.Y nnos.. f*> Warran St.. N. V", DR_S^??iii' , THI PATENT Sublime Harmonie, IrorortcrK of all kl ds of i C0Ml5 c7~S?^0RIV |\ every 3 bythe U IL^E^ 1 Homt-0 HB o Sec the Inrice ndvertusment In prei I Nig To <*njr New Sub* a Omr? mldrftn end AI 111 1AOO. and for n fill XI If nOI.JDAY XfJMBK W B* *n AM 0 Whn hatli no mere bead than ha needs cbou'd rot keep ado:, bat ho generally keeps seven. tf Wi-ry ?mm<rri In this land knew for taerselt I the actual quality of Dobbins'* Electric Soap, n'. <?tA? r , BHliint *oap could be sold. Millions rfo uwi 1 . hut other millions have never tried It. Have yu t Ask your grocor for It. Every c'av brines its triad, and the bill couies on Sti'uidny. Oregon, (he Parudloe af Farmers. Mild, equablo oil mat .certain and abundant crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock oountry In ths world. Full information free. Address Oregon Im igrat'n Hoard, Portland. Ore. Who Uvea In a c a*s house should make airangcimnts to move. T?;e Mother's Friend, used a few weeks before confinement, l< (teens tho nulu and makes 1st or quick nnil comparatively easy. Sold by all Druggists. Smoke the best?"Tunslll's Punch" Cigar. Fear nothing ' rt sin. lut keep away from the electric light wire. Both tho method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet. promptly on tho Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fovers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to tho taste and acceptable to tho stomach, prompt in its action and trulv beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeablo substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup or Figs is for solo in 50o and &l bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any One who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substituto. CALIFORNIA FIO SYRUP CO1 SAN ntAHCISCO. CAL. (Oeisviuc, *>. dew row, n v. SMITH'S BILE BEANS Act on the liver nnd bile; clear tho complexion; cure bilioiieiiesK, Mvk headache, cost! vent*, | | miliaria ami all liver ami momm-n niuornorB. \ We nrc how making small bi/e llllo lteuup, i especially nilnnted for elillilnm aa?l womou- I very small ami easy to take. 1'ilce ol' eillior | sl/.ciJftc per tioiile. ... _ A panel size PHOTO-GRAVyRE "f "ic above picture, "KiHatng at 7 IT-VP, mailed on receipt of 2e stamp Address the miikervnt the great Anil lille lteiriedy?"lille I'oiinH.' J. F. 8NI>TH &. CO., St. Louis. Mo. si qsi one dollar ni* j vi wacA souo 60l0 watch BT OXJ2% CLT7U 8TSTEM, V/NITE fCN flUCI UtTAHO CIRCULAR R. HARRIS t CO. 108 C. Fayette St., Baltimore, Md t.'op) right IWi, Mont'on Ihlt psn'r *h?n nrtHnj. JONES HQ flmts // Iron I.ei?r? 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MAIL. Circular* fras. I liryant'a t'ollega. 4H7 Mala Bt.. Buffalo. H. T. nniiiu HA IllT. Only Certain and , uriurn n: bT KT 11 EN tiTLebluoli <5 j Money in Chickens If you know how to proj<rr|v ?-arr 1*/ forlhnn Korvi.1 renin in "tauti a I I /y ? y< ii iMiiiTotureii KO-PAOli HOOK II /\ Kivir.K ilir ilvrUurrof a praiti/ / *i <ul i' n11ry Kaiiu-r not an amt/ >/ S tour, but a n an workinK for do'? "| lam and rent ilnrlnn a peri' it of J.i yram. It teaol.f* yon lioiv to 'y. p?"? L'euet and Cure Diawii. to Ke it 1 1 for Fen* and alao for K Urnlnc; I I which Fowla to Kavn for Ilrniiing I I rurpoe-n: and ?very thing, nilrei, you rhmi.il kn w n tir* anbject to make it proflu able, (-nit postpaid fo 'i,")( . IIOOK PI'II. HOI hi, 134 l.eonurd Hlirrii K. V. City. Bfl M,d WHISKEY HAB HMUhB SHM lTScuri'd athomewiihH H ^ 95 9 EBB ?"1 nook or parI ||rwm ir?usni.Bwrit BB atLAntA. ua. fmco ot)4 Whttfau*. Cures wbero'all olso fails. PJ |j| taste. Children tako it wit ho JllUBfloJ ?o..WfflalC,*??! TP rions Ijgri? of this paper Fend for Colored Annonn FREE TO JAN. f, 1890. erlber who will cut mil and wnd uathla allp. 1 91.75, w* will Mmd The Vonlh'* Companion 1 year from that diilr. Tlila offer Includes II RS. and all tlie IM.l'STRATKD WKKKI.Y nVl THE YOUTH'S COMPAWION, &* i'l- >i?a?eu?L:Ji m " ' 5 v v'i-. - . ' ' 4 ^ TRADG P MARK^I HtEMEQY'<"RAlftl % CURES PERMANENTLY "% ^heumatisn] Druggists and Dealers. " THE CHARLES A. VOGELEri CO.. BalUiror*. M4 - ( HAVE A CAB? When yon are addressed above, your first impulse is to look at the driver. I( the dav he stormy and the driver is a wise man, vou wi'l find that lie wears a " Fi\h Urand Slicker," and he will tell you that he is as comfortable on. the box S3 his passenger in the cab, and that for his business this coat is invaluable. When you pet once inside a " Fish Rrand Slicker," there h 110 such thing as weather for you. It doesn't make tbe smallest difference whether it rains, hails, she's, snows, or blows. MM Vou are ibsolu'e'y and sn'idly comfortable. Oet one at once. No danger of your not liking it afterwards. It ij a ivas'e of money to buy any other ,. waterproof coat. They aro worthless after a few weeks of hard U'age. Ileware of worthless imration*, cvrrv garment stamped with the " Fish llrand " Trade Mark. Don't accept any inferior co.it when you can have the" Fish llrand Slicker'' delivered v iihout extra cost. Particular? and illustrated ca-alogue free. A. J. TOWER, - Soston, Mass* -^MOTHERS jp*. FRIEND" SSfe, * ? BRADFIOD REGULATOR CO. *J1ANTAD?' ' SOL/) BY ALL BRU!?titsY&. . - -**1 IF von WISH A -r*~ia ^ lillllll furm/jl urrcc/w IlKVOhVRR U ?_ purchase one of tbo role- XyfSrillllV WPX brated SMITH \ W KKSON ^ xa .^aJfeWV irms. The flnoat small arms ? \W/ ^jHul ever manufactured and tho IV JJ Arst rholoe of all oajierta. Manufactured In calibres 32. rwsnd ?t-PO. Sin- HH yleordouble action, Kafoty ll.rinnn rl.es und tB? I'nrm t niodela. Couetructcd entirely or beat quality wronulit steel, carefully liispe tct for worknianslt'ii and stock, t boy are unrivaled for finish. .1...... 1.In... n......i \...<~.';/rlT!? :U" muiUnbTr rnxi-li nu imitation* whioh it often nold for vie Kcnu ne article end are not nnlv unreliable, but oanirerona. Tlio SMITH b WKSSON Hevolvrra are all atamixd upon tboba?rela wiih llnu'e name, adrirrra and (lain of pa tenia md are Kanrnntcrd perfect In <Tory <lotall. In- ? tat upon bavin* the genuine article, and If yonr Senior cannot aupply you an order ivnt to addreee below will re vive prompt an I careful attention. Deacri>tlveoataloirue an 1 prbioaforntahe 1 noon ao* plica ton. SMITH & WESSON, |yMention thla paper. Hjrluatlcld. Wa?a) AUTOMATIC R EVOLVE R. ^ ?3 Unequalled for Symmetry, Brant?, Ma- fahtBB terl.il. and Workmanship. With Safetv W Catch, impossible to throw barrel open when discharged. New Patent. 88 calibre, uHng 8. ? IV. C. F. Cartridge. Do not bug until you A?r? trammef iiii. If you buy a genuine Swift Double-Action Revolver, you are aura to nnvo as perfect a PJ.tol an can be made, Sent poet paid on receipt of price. Senate, in Hum pi fur our IPO ptto* HluHratrH catalogue ef Gum, Ryflet, Rerotrcn. Police Good*, tic. John P. Lorell Arms Co., Mm.. Doaton. lau. y FREE. r^TT\ A) Ui /fS. cotmtrtou *,11 i ULKUtt V f^T\ ? Thm are my portralli, and on I PfT set curt of tbe^fraudikpnt JSBtSM V / \"i?"nIufi**j'iujfnr.e?Yili / V L?. \ iwd U> Htm iimcli?w. / V' l/\ \ HEALTH (nn of that &y. il V"?":rw, i\ | nd ixrftollv pnro COM PI.KX ION Mnirrd. Will m4 mU lail.-r. Avofl ^.lv-riiilny fni.lt. Kama ll.i, paper, and addr*tti tin. tL. a 11. |i?? Ut, i)i Aiwa C, ?aa Itucitco, Cat, AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL COHSULT A DR. LOBB3'?!l North Fllifniih Hi., Philadelphia, Pa., for Inr treatment of lllnori PoIhoiim, Skin Kniptloita, Nerroua Complnlnta. Height's Plaenae. Stricture*, linpoleney ami kindred dlM-aae*. no matter of bow long *l midline or from what raiue originating. I^Ten daya' inedloliies furnished by mall riirr Bon.I for llnok on HI'KCIAIi lUaensca. (tlCCa FRAZERG$M BERT IN THE WORLD U ll t Mil b tw~ Got the Oopulno. gold Biii j whana. N I prescribe and fully anI dorae Rig II aa the oaly Oimia^Sj aporiflc for the certain euro ^flfl TO ? DATB.^H of thla dtaeaae. fflsimM net ?1 o. H.INORAHAH, 11. D., aa?'Btrltir*. Amaterdam, N. Y. ESI Mr A only by tba Wo bava anld BigO for wBl ClnolunaUJI^B^B faction. I>* R- i>YCHK ft CO.., Tnfe^Vfl^trtlSl.OO. Bold by JDruggW ^ cmUCBLEgTKJ'3 _KNQI.I8H ^ ; li^uS.0, A ? am(,t>< TiBz& ft nf 1 . S "lujUnur I?iIIm,n (n Itlltr, tjr rttm H ~ ( hi>l>.-.frc ( l>< r.i l't .... HailUon Pfc ^ M >oomm?nd?d by Physicians, till feasant and nprooablo to tho KSW' ut objoction. By druggists. B*1 ^ II II II Ml II I II llli^EHM . . liJm I * weekly m >^pl?m?nl| f"ff- hyl w x cement and Specimen Copies, free. ; IZZTZHwirir H i free to Jan. t, wwwwww J !> POUR DOODLE ? jfZplemknts. s|. |a i Boston, wms. ______ \ jhhl. ' .