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. AGRICULTURAL, j fOPICS OF INTEItESr RELATIVE TO FAU?i AND GARDEN. TO GET KID OF ftOKHRJL. If tho land is plowed deeply and the sorrel turned under so that tire roots are exposed to the frost., and salt is scattered DVAP fkn rrpruin^ af fKo rofn nf r\no nsnlr I ? " ?? ?' "uv to every two rods square, the sorrel will be completely killed. No doubt more sorrel will .ap|>ear from tho seed in the ground, but if manure is put on and the land put in corn and kept well hoed the young plants will be easily killed. Sorrel in lawns and paths may be killed out by scattering salt over it. The grass will not be injured unless the salt is used too freely, but plenty of salt will destroy grass in the pathways.?X<etc York Times. \ SMUT IN WHEAT. Smut in wheat was once a great cause of loss and complaint, and it was fouud that the smut increased when smutty seed was used. I found by making a strong brine with blue vitriol dissolved in it, putting it in a tub large enough to hold a tight basket in which th$ seed wheat was placed?the wheat stirred and > ''A? skimmed, theu raised out of the brine and allowed to drain,when it was poured out or put io bags and so remained twelve to twenty-four hours, and then sown in the usual manner. 1 never found tv'' ^ fail as a remedy in wheat. TW'strong brine was useful to float out light and probably diseased grains.and also to perfectly introduce the vitriol to all the Kimutui wueai. i wo years ago, iniHK ing of this, I poured my seed corn on the floor and poured among it a solution of blue vitriol and gave it a good stirring. But it will bo seen that that way of applying the vitriol did not surely reach every grain. The result was much less smut than in former years.?Hoard's Dairy num. ' MAKING TOIIK TOO FAT. The evil of over-fattening pork is less common than it used to he. Two reasons have combined to make lean .tncat more popular. The doctors taught that it was more healthful and nutritious than the ? -- * >.?* ?? muu*. tium tile use (if other oils decreased the price 01 lard so " " fhat exrwmmt tw pur*. -wn*-nemnwprum? able nor needed. The change in waj's of feeding has also had something to do with making pork more wholesome. Corn is no longer the exclusive food even for fattening. The best practice now is to feed the rations that will make hogs grow and keep thrifty from the time it is born until it is killed. There may he exceptions to this in animals kept for breeders; but all others should he fat enough for use from the time they are the right size for ro istiug. By the liberal use of milk, oatmeal and peas growth is promoted, along with at all times enosigh fat to iiiiiKi ueucious pork, tar letter than that made hv starving the animal while-young, ami over feeding with corn as they become older. how to ship oame. ? Duriug rohl weather game tiirds of all kinkls should not be drawn. Before bc. iogjpacked they should If t&Byoughly col^and dry. Smooth the feat Km dp thn urau iiuuci iiuc wing, as ill .is | side ot tne uini. tmtc m ?ite well to wrap in paper prairie chickens,, partridge aud quail.. Buyers then give, nurh the prcfccenee^>l4, during the fore, part of the season,..'when' the.weather -is' more changeable, the paper proves damaging to the keeping of the game. Barrels are favorable |mckjige^ foe prairie chickens, but partridge^artd <g>viil phoubh l?e packed in boxes, not <iver "three to four dozen each for the (urmer. jUi<J..|on to fifteen dozen for the jgftejr.;. ajfpQiptte far as possible put ling more than one kind of game in a pack^gw during the early part of the spas . j, should no snippon wmi igeir icuun ? on; ihh when the weather become" warm they should be plucked and pad', eel ifl- ifce.? American Cultivator. ^ ?!f*v ? V ? SCBSOll. 1-I.OWINOjr/V T Very much has been said; y 1 - T?^iiimWjiWffiii in the elen\?pts of fertility^nd^.bxSTgvng them to the surface will usually lie found HSV detrimental rather than otherwise. Where there has been a continuous shallow plowing of the surface soil for years a slightly deeper plowing will add to the feeding area of the plants, but unless the surface soil is itself rich it must bo accompanied by liberal manuring. As the great bulk of the roots of our cultivated plants grow naturally near the surface, it keems to me that subso'ling for the purpose of increasing the feeding area is not of sufficient importance to pay the expense; we must look somewhere else, for its benefits if it has enough to recommend it for general adoption..; It isjiow ooming to be pretty 'Well understood that when a crop has carried off from a soil of moderate fertility the plant food that has been used up in its productitAi it must be mwlie'olytmned simply by deep plowing, whether the subsoil is brought to the surface or simply stirred up and left in its place. Ho far as iny 'own observation nnd little experience go, the advantages of suhsoiling mainly consist in affording additional storage for water that may be drawn upon by the roots of planta-hi M'ti* eons of drought; and in s- ion of excessive moisture the suhsoiling may itself be injurious.?New York WorUt. T? ' t*"?' ' I'OINfs'AfiSllT 1'OUIjTRY. I have learned to choose such pullets for ju?io?.as in .souuy reap^N' rownntilv a tyicgT Akiry CpvT,1;^' WW$^&Hkpe,'1^hg light and rather narrow in front, and very wide and low Mgft-built^rearc?l-up Hen of the gamecock style. They may inakcgoo*} racers,! flyers or lighteis.lnit. they are rfreJy gaaj . - I i >??^ > |.<*? * I 1 ' faeTlanottT'gged, ibetfVy-ser rnktherW-, looking hew th{it shells Out the eggs, attends strictly to' business hen sitting, 1 end i* successful by rearing * family. I hare fehrricd, too, (hat a laying hen eats I little mxro than one not laying, and also 1 that it is a Try easy matter to reduce the profit of a nock of twenty to zero by keeping fire or six chronic non-layers among them. pefore marketing surplus fowls fatten r.>.> 'i * w J \ tham. This is best dono by inclosing in 'nail yard where they can obtain little exercise and feeding liberally with mixed u grain, corn, oats and wheat, with occasional rations of boiled potatoes or other vegetables, chopped apples, etc. But right here is where the greatest caution k must be exercised, or you will kill the entire lot in less than a week. When a fowl is being fattened remember that it must have plenty of coarse gravel,broken crockery or glass to enable it to grind the increased quantity of food you give it. And also it must have abundance of c< pure water. With a sufficiency of theso Jj' requisites, and a variety of food, a fowl R. will fatten nicely in about two weeks, tt and will then sell for the top prices, while j a common, skinny cull will not fetch w 1 onmiiiVi f iv ivau f<tr onl/?V?!ni? if C>>.i >> viivii^u vv |??j iwt V/itvvuil,o iv.?? ?. THE rnorEH CARE OF A COI.T. Jj We will start with the suckling nt th? tl tiny of its hirtli, nntl presume tl ?t it is of F good parentage, both sire and dam, that Ji it is sound and able to stand and walk ? within fifteen minutes after it breathes, f At the age of a week most farmers come * to work the dam and let the suckling J1 follow around as best he can, and at the r age of four mouths, the colt being then J of sufficient age to wean, the dam has * performed a good summer's work,worked just as hnrd as her gelding mate with no c colt -This method is entirely wrong. --minted blood, tiresome labor of both marc and colt is really killing both. The mare and colt during the first four, five or six months should be' kept in good pasturo where there is plenty of good water and shade. While it may be practicable to wean the colt at four months, we certainly prefer six, and now comes the most important period ol the entire five years of the colt's growth, and if starved or stunted the first winter it nnvpr fnllv rpnnvnM Mnf nnlv tlm 0170 hut the whole frame of the animal is iu- ' jured, never to he regained. The colt should he fed on plenty of 1 pood, dean hay, plenty of water at all times, and we would give half and half , of ground oats au?l wheat bran twice a 1 day, about two quarts at a mess. We ! give this dry, hut if scalded and then cooled it will be better. A well-to-do I farmer told me once, this would he ton i ijpuch;l think he was right for the first J [ week or two, but certainly not for the r ( WW wmrr rtim, rrrrr VW ?UVmt. I ! I asked him what damage it would do; < j his answer was too rapid a growth. lie 1 had previously told me that he would | | treat a colt as he would a boy. I asked i him if he ever knew too big a growth of 1 boy, but to this there was no answer. , The colt should have a warm place to < protect himself from cold weather and storms, a bed of dry straw or sawdust to sleep upon, or to lie down at pleasure; he must not be confined to the stable, but have a yard; or, better still, an open field to run in; in no ease should he be allowed to stand on a hard floor.? Duntons Spirit. FAUM AND HARDEN NOTES. A hornless bull is a safeguard to human life. To cure scaly logs in fowls, rub with i kproseni? nnd lard Overfed fowls will not lay well, and, in ( t eases of the larger breeds especially, tliev j ?Ifctl ! J lilt J ^tering cows secjhow much they shrin^iu jr To insure a good supply of eggs make 11 .Jhe poultry house warm and free from fc , draughts and vary the food as much as j ; may he. f The aeration of fresh-drawn milk is the , only expedient known to properly expel ? the animal heat and to lesson the tang of I i undesirable odors. To use bulls for breeding purposes 1 ' younger of age than three years old is an j act directly in opposition to the principles of progressive breeding. Five average "native" cows, fed on the 1 fat of the farm, will pay better returns than ten grade animals, whose stall of life is a hay-rick aud straw stack. ' The carrot is the root crop preferred by horses. The made of feeding carrots to horses is to chop them fine and give each I li.-irc/. Imlf ii nnekathrcAAutios a week. much money there irf in a good garden. 1 Farm-dairying has got to be as thoroughly, systemiiuid as we hope to make the manufacture of butter and cheese, before a perfect uniformity of dairy products can j ever be looked for. Whenever stock is ready for market | they should be sold. After a certain stage 1 is reached, every day they arc fed in1 creases the cost proportionately, and this ' without a corresponding profit. Whiic.it is bcljt to allow the stock to ' run out in- the pastures as long as the wcatheV itfill permit, they should not bo allovredjBither in tho lipids or pastures after,th{j ground gets soft from the fall 1 rainSwiw-../'" " : Tdie^t.upon t,hc groirnd is a waste, ] beenU8C"it><>r<t or less is tramped down under fbot and lost. > Tight boxes for grain and goC&thcks or mangers for hay will >?>) </vn?um, mtJ IUK)Cu hUC | 1 waste, '"4^." . 1 ' '. ?*!*' ,. .... ' . r - - I There i? hb economy jri supplying more , i bedding than is necessary to make com- i forta!^.': N'Such a plan only increases the j expensc^nmt the quantity of material to , j be handled without a corresponding ] I benefits m-X .? ... . ' -* Alfalfa hay is one of the best hog-feeds i I that can be used. Swine relish it, and if 1 1 it is fed to them liberally they will take ( on flesh as rapidly as on Corn diet. Be- , I sides hogs never sutler with cholera while t i feeding on alfalfa. J When it is remembered that a ton of j corn is to bo hauled to town, and for it less than a ton of coal hauled back, it will be apparent that corn is much the cheaper of the two on a farm a lew miles out. This test of uetunl value and of cost should determine the course to pur- b sue. tl . tJ I 1 TLIa# II.Ai-J j% ?mni (>i ^ ijlH >aTl 11 ~ |j TP^i'.mly, ' Mid tW mairi^^ne' Lewisfqb (? police station. "I lost $80 In money. I e, 'did not say a word. I did not even tell 0, my "file. I hardly fold myself. The f], other flay, two years after the occurrence, # n woman in my neighborhood said: 'By *t the way, did you ever find out who stole b ymir $80?' ] looked her in the face and it said: '( never did until just this niin t\ ute.' 8he turned as pale as a ghost, and si the result was thnt sho paid me $80 and tl interest on the same for two years." ? SUNDAY SCHOOL. ttehnational lfssom, for FFBUUARY |C. ? \ ;l * ) C8?in Text: "Tho Ministry of Jph<),' Luke II . 7-22? Golden Text: Matt. III., 2.?Commentary on the Lesson." s r 7. "Then aid He to the multitude that ime forth to be baptised of Him." He had it come forth from the wilderness of Hl? wti accord, He did not run without being >nt, for the word of Cod came unto Him in in wilderness (verso 2) and Ho came forth at [is <-ommand. Wo should always bo sure lat God is calling, and not enter upon any ork simply because we think it rignt to do j; when He nutteth forth Hia own sheen He oeth liefore them, and the sheep follow Him, or thoy know His voice (John x.. 4). "O generation of vipers! (R. V., yo o(Triring of vipers) who hath wnrned you to flee roin the wrath to come?'' Matt, iii., 7, says hat he addressed these words to the many 'harisees and Hadducees who came to hia aptism. They wei-e the religious people of he day, fully flescril>cd by Jesus in His eight roes in Matt, xxiii.. and by the Spirit in lets xxiii., 8. The religion of the former was 11 outward, to be seen by men, while their icarts were full of bjqiocrSsy and iniquity Matt, xxiii.. 28); the latter denied the redirection and that there were angels or spirits, csus called them by the same name as John, nd told them that they were children of the i-..fi *1 f.tk. s i - _ / T~? a a \ ICVII, 1.11*3 Ittiucr UI l.tc \%t Ullll VIII., T?/. 3. "Bring forth, therefore, fruits worthy f repentance." They trusted in the fact that hey wero descendant* of Abraham, and herefore the prOmisea to hinr were rate to" hem; they did not. see that in order to bs rue children of Abraham they must believe is he believed and live as he lived. They vere like those in our day who think that.be ause they have been baptired in infancy and n due time confirmed, therefore they are Christians and sure of heaven, no matter how hey live. 9. "Every tree, therefore, which bringeth lot forth good fruit is hewn down and cast nto the fire." Jesus used the very same words n His sermon on the mount (Matt, vii., 19), uid taught the same truth in His parable of he barren tig tree (Luke xiii., (V-9). In tho reation the word to every living creature vas "Be fruitful and !S). To the disciples'" JesuB said: 'TIerein is My Father glorified, that yo bear much fruit" John xv., S). lit, 11. "Th^poople (II. V., the multitudes) isked him, saving* "Whatshall wedo, then?" Having heard His words to the religious lead?rs, t he com moil people ask what message He ins for them. Tney made no boast of their goodness, did not display their religion, nerlaps felt that they hadnonetospoakof; tliey were the working people, and it reauired all ;heir efforts to earn enough and keep oody and loul together; but they had heard the cry tc -epent, for the kiugdom was at hand; they hum to he baptised, and now how can I (hey show their sincerity? The answer is, By I ioing good with just what they have. 12, 13. "Then came also publicans to be baptised, and said unto Him, Master, what shall we do?" These were the tax collectors, whose temptation, and perhaps custom, was to collect more than the regular tax, so that their own pocketr might be well lined. They j were apt to he thieves and covetous (1 Cor. vi.. 10), and for them John lias by the Spirit just the right word. Rich Zacclieus, chief imong the publicans, teems to acknowledge that he had made a good deal of money in this way. but when Jesus came to his house ?nd heart ho brought forth fruits meet for repentance by restoring fourfold to every >no whom ho had wronged" (Luke xix., 3). 1 * 'iin.1 ?;? J ?- ? SUIIUUI IUKIIIIM1 lieillHIKien >f Him, saying: And what shall we do?"' Hif tnswer to tht-m is nearly in the words of ..I v'-: "?? justly, love mercy and valk humbly with tliy God," and reminds ui >f Paul s words to Timothy: "Godliness witt -"ontentnient is great gain; * * * ha vine '?od and raiment let us he therewith eon ent" (I Tim. vi? ?, 8). So they all got.it iust as ther needed, and wo can fancy the ooks of each party as they swallowed their >wn medicine and then watched the otheri' a king theirs. 15. "All men mused in their hearts of John thet.linr ha n .i-.x tl.r. ?.. i. ?a ????? a Hurj itchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to inloose." He clearly gives them to under tand that he is not the Christ. "He shall baptize you with the Holy Gho6( ind with fire." The water baptism was a ivmbol of the inward renewal, and a token if subjection to the One unto whom they sere baotized, the King of the coining king iom, then at linnd, but He Himself would give them the power to servo Him and purify them from all their dross; and this Mai nchi had foretold as well as the other prophets (Mai. iii., 1-3; Ezek. xxxvi.. 27-211). 17. "Whose fan is in His hand, and He win thoroughly purge His floor, and will gathet His wheat into His garner- hut the cliaff He will burn with fire unquenchable." Had Israel received John as the herald of Christ, and received Christ as their Messiah, the' kingdom then at hand would have come tc the daughter of Zion, and all this been accomplished; but. in Matt, xili., 30, 30-43, Jesudeclares that this harvest will not be now till the end of this age; and the reason ! found in Matt, xii., 14. where it is said that the Pharisees had determined to kill Him. lv Lukexix., 11-10, He most plainly teache; HiaUhe^jn|?loH^dmjniot^^^^|^^^^?^ the Revised Versiodji' With many other ex hortatlona therefore preached He good tidings unto the people." That the Kingdom was nt hand, and that all their sins might be forgiven, and they enter into it, was surely good tidings, and would have proved so t< tne nation had they beeu meek enough to receive the tidings and Him who brought them, 19, 20. "But Herod the tetrarch, * * * added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison." Had John not reproved Herod ho might have escaped the prison Had he not taken such a decided stand against evil, and so fearlessly rebuked it even in high places, he would have made it easiet for himself. But John was set for the main tenance of righteousness and the overthrow of iniquity, and was willing for his Master'* sake to walk in the footsteps of tho prophet.(II Chron. xvi., 10 xviii., 2(5). 21. "Jesus nlso being baptized, and praying the Heaven was opened." We step back now in the record to the greatest event in all John'* baptizing. According to Matthew and Mark, it came to jiass in those days that Jesus earno from Nazareth of Galilee to Jordan unto John to be baptized of him. John at first refused, feelinc unworthy to lvilitizn such nn nn? bill JfiKUS'cA"ail<^consented; then, a e were opened. Tjuhe i?"th'e Vrif^ "oKe who' records His praying at this time,and this is 0110 of seven different occasions on which He is spoken of an praying. 22. "And the Holy Ghost descended in a hodily shape like a dove upon Him." He is the true ark in whom alone the Spirit finds n perfect resting place, reminding us of Noah's dove returning to the ark, whi|e the raven, unclean oird, could find * resting place on my dead carcass. He is the only refug j from coming judgment. "Ami a voice came from heaven, which said: Thou art My lieloved Hon; in Thee ) im well pleased." At tho transfiguration the same voice suid the same words. If w? ire well pleased with Jesus then God will be sell pleased with us for Hia sake ?Lesson Ueliier. A Truly Remarkable Shot. One frequently hears of "killing two irds with one shot,'' but it isn't Often :iat one hears of killing q. wild goose on ic wing and a dog 011 tcrrn-tirma, all At tic shot. But tlnjt ')*' precisely what wptwtirflf: Ttfrtft, of Far ltockawav, did. [c was strolling along thi" s^ore at Wavo rest, when a flock of wrtd geese passed ver him, flying very low. He pulled it his 32 calibre revolver'lfnd shot at the nek, bringing to the ground a large, tine oose. When the ball descended, it ruck a dog a short distance nway, owned y Mrs. Duncan, with such force u|>on s head, that the aniinal expired after so or three kicks. It is pronounced the lot of the. season, and the captain is now ic hero of the hour in gunning circles. -[Brooklyn Times, : :=; W~':W^ TEMPERANCE. LlQUOl^AND LUWACT. The University of Vienna baa added to thq list of her eminent professors the alienist Dr. KraflTt-Ebing, of Grata, who to his profound knowledge adds a clearness of literary style that would, have ensured him eminence in bellos-le&res. In his opening lecture on mental diseases he stated cbat sixty per cent, of all cases of insanity inherited a predisposition from their ancestors. In twenty per cent, of aii,c4aaa intenppranoe is found to oe the sole in thirty per cefct.'mofe, one of the censes of mental disease. He advised lteal measures to combat the habit of iptempSgance, or the formation of societies to couatentgt if. KFWCTS OK ALCOHOL Ol* Tim MISD. T. D, Jrothera, in the Scientific American, says of the effects of alcohol on the mind: It isone of the curious errors that alcohol stimuli ten the imagination, and giv<s a clear#*, more practical Insight into the relation 4 events of life. The whirl of thought rouse* up by the increased circulation of the btoo<}in the brain is not imagination; it is not a superior insight or conception of the relnfon of events, but is a rapid reproduction <f previous thoughts, soon merging into conftdon. The inebriate never creates any new leas or now views; all his fancies are tumiuuous, blurred and barren. The apparen brilliancy is only the flash of mania, quick! followed by dementia. Alcohol always twers the brain capacity, and lowers the poier of discriminating the relation of ideas did events. After a ret "^ods of intoxicant, the mind under tluence of spirits s a blank, blurr \ The Cwta lid orators wtu-.,, 1 popurlv shmospd to make J iforte under th( influence of nlcohttn T I atert what haA wwi said befor ^ I J0J{ied deU?ium ql exVssioo. Thegy^ j Jo who centre*, and hav?T?taJl sejT onv tland appreciation of ths oonscar1" the coaheir acta, and hence ac morAr-. We hrically, simply doing what," iey IS rat case before without any clear ahreelatirHiiC(] incrimination of the results, Il'he JnelL ^ is the best of all imaginative prsons, C-a the one in whom the higher l?aiu forces of judgment, reason and concept>n are the first to give way. The man *10 uses spirits to give mental force and Harness is aointr the very worst thing posslbl to destroy tttis effect. Alcohol is ever and ,1 ways a paralyzant. It rf"T ?rt(T" Birthing: it never gives oFrorce tint did not exist before; it never gives a cleacr conception and power of execution, but almys lowers, destroys and breaks down. MARNt-M IIPSCTS STATISTICS. A small controversy is going on now among certain English newspapers regarding the duration of life of persons using intoxicating liquors, and a recent issue of the 1/ondon Express says that, according to the statistics, P. T. Barnaul, who is now in his eightieth year, should have died twenty-six years and some mouths ago, his allotted ago Doing less than tlfty-fiun* years. The same paper fiii th^-v^jfc^fat. the total abstainer's averagesi JPtVci ttfctistical showing, is a little over a/tr-tane years, while the moderate drinker tins ten years more of life than his totally abstemious brother. Barnum lias been, according to the same authority, "a teetotaller for the last twenty years, and is manifestly defrauding the compilers of statist ics, <>r else playing it very low down on the other total abstainers, whose average life he is cutting down to. a frightful extent by living so much beyond his rightful statistical turn. As a matter of fact, Mr. Barlium has not tasted intoxicants for a period of over forty years (not twenty, as stated), and lins many times knocked the conceit out of the national statisticians and all thoir tables ou this subject.?New York Times. HOW TO BECOME A MILLION A tUE. Henry Clews, the Wall street banker, laughed pleasantly when the question was put to him, aqd said: "This is the problem that Itothers ninety-nine out of every one hundred men living, and when it is solved life should bo the living. Kouyi men have the ?f< speculating' with Success. A great many hawen't, and they lbs# their little oil in discoverinfe the fact. Otbrtrs are successful mechan j-s, scientists, merchants and inventoimp0lfe4ry trade and industry has its jdeh iaiinossoshCM thepecu bright and' free ofTTjuorT '^ffiTWTWa^WffBiM'ained by drink, and considerable can beVost. hind put what you are fit for, work at it with your whole heart and soul, and yow will.badoing what men be; fore you have d^ne to get rich."?New York Journal. RELIEF-MONEY "WASTED. The Cincinnati Times-Star reports a gentleman froih Washington, who, as a member of the Red Cross Order, served on relief committees during the yellow fever visitation in Florida, and at Johnstown, Penn., after the.flood, as paying that "a. great part of the funds contributed by the public for the relief of sufferers at both those places indirectly found its way into saloon-keepers' coffers." This gentleman, according to the ?/,. i. olc-v tl.a cl.liL. incnt that the first carload of lumber received at Johnstown after the disaster was used in constructing h saloon, and the first dozen new buildings erected were saloons. The army of laborers sj>ent in these saloons a great proportion or the wages they received out of the relief funds. lie stated that many of tire twicers on relief number ofthrejeofflrtSs^militia and Thus does the drink curse supplement and aggravate other calamities ? New York Wit nets. TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. It is estimate! that there are now 35,CC total abstainer* in Denmark. Woo unto those who would protect th< drink shop rather than the home! The King of Bavaria receives an income ol 81,000,000 a year from the Hofbrauhaus brewery. "One woman's footstep," says Mrs. O. W, Kcott, "may cross the saloon threshold noise lessly, hut when two hundred thousand crosi it^ there is a trembling behind the bar!" The National W. C. T. U., through It' President, ha* received a bequest of 8KKX from Mrs. Dinah Mendenhall. of Pennsvl vanla, whose Heath occurred in November The six-year old (laughter of a hotel keopei at llickviue, Long Island, took a draught o whisky to cure a bold, which caused hei death, as was shown by the post morten examination. say ths? 1,800,00; the year 1800. The output for the year wa larger by from 75,000 to 100,000 harrels thai the year before. Three new total abstinenoe Catholic bishop ?Sliamey. McOoldrieh and Cotter?hav< lsjen ad'hsl to Archbishop Ireland's force Two ot them will work iu Minnesota and ont iu North Dakota. A ipvel result of tho temperance meeting! at Nmdesville, Ind.. is reported. Bo many haveisigned the pledge and received badges that the supply of Muo ribbon in the store* of tip town has been exhausted. BithopCrOwther. of Afrlo* wKV? ?? ? ?? _ . ?? - ?V ? saw l'? CV ent 91 i/ondon, baa bad a remarkable histor/1 When a lad on tha Ren tie River, h? wan |orn from bia mother's side by slavers and, after months of misery on tne ooaat, was |hipped in a slave ship for America. One of the most romantic Incidents of his life was when, a quarter of a ceotqry after his capture, an old woman rushed from a crowd of natives to whom he was preaching, threw her arms around his neck, and lis found jtpe whs bis mother. What it fipgta iB* Heed'. TtariefwvilU commenda Itanlf sMK' jtiP09? t0 the greet mkttll# r?~wsUsiib -cmomy wuh great medicinal ' 1. which can truly b.Doses Ono Dollar. and a bottle of Hood-tV**?'1"' ,akMl to directions will .<ra* to last a month, while other medietas. UM>* ? * ? 1" " Try Hood'. sa?.pery*?? ?,9f T****Hood's faraaparilla Sold br all dnurcMfcl*1' ?'* tor Pr"^rBl ot" by c. L HOOD it 00.!?peth?flsnsa "?" 100 Po?i Ono Dollar Mi* A French Heroine. A splendid hercine is Sister Marie Thoresc, the superior of the Sisters of Mercy, now in Tonkin, who was lately created a Knight of the Legion of Honor, the Governor-General drawing his sword in ftrcsenco of the assembled garrisou and ightly touching the shoulder of this venerable and devoted lady thrice with the glittering weapon as ho pronounced the stirring words: "In the name of tho French people, in the name of tho French array, I present you with this Cross of Honor! No one has more glorious claims to this reward, as no one has more thnn you dovoted a whole lifo to the service of the country." The troops wero then ordered to "present arms," and the ceremony coucluacd as impressively as it had begun. The Governor-General was not indulging in any figure of speech wheu ho thus addressed this heroic ladv, for such a record as hers is not an ordinary ono. Sister Marie Thercse had barely attained her twenty-sixth year when sho was wounded at Halnklava as she was tending the troops on that mcmorablo battlefield. The Italian campaign was her next experience, and again Bhe was wounded at Magenta, in the forefront of iL ? IN? 1. T _ C3 t - 1? m. f 3 nit; rreuuu army. 111 oynu, in v^inuH auu in Mexico she was nt her post alleviating the sufferings of the sick and wounded; but the most splendid achievement of all was at Reichshofen. On that field? which the French remember with pride, calling to mind the gallant behavior of their curiassiers?Sister Marie Thereso pMiUad up hadly wnnn,<V\fl?an)Ul tlifl, bodies of the slain; but her injuries dia not long detain her from her work of mercy, and shortly afterwards, a shell having fallen close to the ambulance entrusted to her care, she took the missllo up and carried it to some distance, when it burst, again wounding her severely. She had hardly recovered from those terrible injuries when she was summoned to Tonkin and nobly responded to the call. Such is the woman whose heroism has been publicly recognized, just as she has attained the age of three-score years and ten. Nothing sinks a young man into low company, both of raeu and women, so surely as timidity and diffidence of himself. If he thinks that he shall not, he may depend upon it he will not please, and a degree of persuasion thnt he shall, it is almost certain that ho will. Tk? Old, Old Starr. . A little oough- m feeling Ilk A headaoae oft: a dally chill: A slower walk: a quickened breath; A frequent talk of coming death. No strength to rise from day to day; Vwim lnrlno nvM h a fail n< awav Now lifts no m re the weary head. The struggle's o'er; the man la dead. Buch is the latal progress of consumption. How often la repeated the same old. old i-tory. Yet not half ao often as It was before the knowledge came to mankind that there waa a discovery In medical 6cienco by which the dreai disease o mid be arrested in its early stages and the patient restored to health. This wonderful remedy la, Dr. Pierce's Qolden Medical Discovery. Thousands of cures follow the use of Dr. Ea .e's Catarrh Remedy. 50cents. A good marble saw cuts about two and I quarter inches o. oidinaty mar i lo eveij minute. Beware of Olntineuta for Catnrrli that contain Alcrcury. as Mercury wl I surey destroy the sense o sme.l and complete y der?ngs the wholi st stum when entering It through themucn< surfaces. Buch art o es ahould never b< used except on prescriptions from reputsbh j hys cans, as the damage they wllldosn ten fo.d to the goo I you can poitii ly derlvi from them. H ill's Catarrh Cure, m?nafic tured br F. J. Cheney A Co., To edo, O.. co ' ^ ^ T by F. J. Cheney A Co. |3T"8oId by Druggists, price 75o. p?r bottlf The oomlng man will fly when the com In Lroom Is alter him. Dobblns's Electric Boap docs not chap th hands, being per/reUv pure. Many people at fllctod with Salt Rheum have bee i cure by il use. Preserves and whitens clothes, liar your grocer order it and tre it now. When a woman wants the earth. It Is wit the view of giving It to gome man. "*? Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers. Mild, oqnable climate, csrtUn and abundau crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock ooun try in the world. Foil infor.nation free. A<1 drees Oregon Im'lgrnt'n Hoard. Portland. Or< r ur A LKUO HID ll?on ?? Iiv?..|ia|n>? rt a edited and managed l.y l'eter the Great. A box salety matches free to smokers < ' "Tanstll's 1'unch" 6c. Ciuar. i The boy who is left unmolested In tl pantry Is like y t?? st". Ike a puldimr. ' - OPTO ENJOYS i Both the method and reeulte when ? Byrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cores habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs h the wui/ iVurca/ wf lux iuU BVCT produced, pleasing to the taste ana acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities oommend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known, i . Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60o and fl 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 iliy Substitute.'' CALIFORNIA FIQ SYRUP CO. 8 AM FRANCISCO. CAL, itmvilLe, KY. ME* YORK, M Y. 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Certificate o guarantee printed on its wrapper, an< faithfully carried out by tho proprietor for many years. As an invigorating tonic, It import strength to the wholo system. Fo overworked, " worn - out," run - down, debilitated teachers, milliners, dressmaker! seamstresses, " shop - girls " housekeeper! nursing mothers, and feeblo women ger orally, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Presoriptlo DR. PIERCE'S PELI Smallest, Cheapest. Easiest to Ceres Sick Headache. Rlllous Headache, all derangements of the Stomach and Bo SCOTTS r EMULSION Of Pure Cod I Liver Oil and HVPOPHOMPHITM 8M8 "" Is endorsed and prescribed by leadtni 7 physicians because both the Ood TAtxrr Ol and liupophowphlte* aro the recognise agents In the cure of Consumption. It 1 .? as palatablo as milk. i Scott's Emulsion Is a wonderful A'/esh l'rodHcrr. 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