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AGRICULTURAL 1: TOKOS OF INTEREST RELATIVE ' ^ TO FARM AND GARDEN. t FORCLNO KHT'BAHB. Only a few plauts of rhubarb are re- i quired to furnish enough for a family. Its early growth may be forced in a ? greenhouse, hothouse or cellar. Sue*. rounding and covering a few roots out of doors with fermenting stable manure will give it an early start, when most of the covering inay be raked off and the pfante be further protected from cold by a covering of rough litter or evergreen branches, or by boxes or barrels inverted over them. \ ** MULCH roit l'KACU TUKEJJ The peach tree needs a cfry soil, and J ro weJl is this known that it is usually j junNicu un > or graveuy innu. i nis : exposes it to one danger not often thought of. This is the deep freezing which often occurs on such soils when not covered by snow. While the hulk of the original forests remained, snow i was nob drifted by winds, atad lay cvfchly over the surface. Iu those times peaches were grotfn in many places whero they i have long since been abandoned. The ; temperature of the air in winters is not | lower now than it used to be, and the failure of peaches where they formerly succeeded is probably due to deeper freezing of the soil, destroying vitality by depriving the tree of moisture. A. mulch applied late in fall, or early iu winter around the trees would remedy this evil. If put on after the ground is irozeu, it would also prevent too early expansion of peach buds, and thus save I their destruction by late frosts iu spring, j ?A m erica 11 Cultivator. \ HINTS ABOUT MlliKIMI. Never begin milking until you have first brushed off all the loose hair and *1 irt from the cow's side and udder. Always take a pail of tepid water with a [ ' sponge :uul coarse cloth, so that you can \ t lennse the udder if it is soiled and wipe I it dry before commencing to milk. Be 1 sure your own hands are clean, aud do not wet the cow's teats with milk. Be ] very gentle with the cow and accustom her to the contact of your left arm | against her leg while milking. A three- I legged stool is the best thing to sit upon ; and, It you are quite sure ?>t the >good 1 conduct of your cow, the pail may stand on something well tinder her. Otherwise the safest way is to bold it between your knees, so that you can seize it quickly and prevent the milk from being spilled i by her movements. Take hold of the teats well up under the udder, prcssiug i the milk downward into the teats. Milk t as fast as vovi can without-being rqugh . about it, and you will'get more milk than you will if you arc slow and tedious. It is better for a person to milk the same * cows and not change indiscriminately ! when there are a good many cows and several milkers. This kind of regularity j is more agreeable to .the row .than the surprise of being milked bv-a hcw' hilhd.* When this becomes necessary the new t milker should be more sientlu aud care ful thau usual, uatil the cow has growu j accustomed to him. , ivftift'" i giiiii nf" l' - F' often ncrWus." They are quick to notice, to take alarm nud to -do what seems 1 to them, in moments of-'sudden terror, ' necessary to escape from possible harm ; .|. from something they do n?ftvunderstand'. ' That is what makes them shy, bolt and j run away. We cannot tell what awful suggestions strange things offer their minds. A sheet qf; Vltftd'.'i>a|M!r id) it I* road may seem to the nervous horse a yawning chasm, the oppn front pkii Imby j carriage the'jaws <rf a-^radon - reiVdy to 7 devour him aud a man un a bieyVle some> terrifying sort of a flying devil withOlH wings. But the moment he becomes familiar with those things or any other j that affright him, and He Jjnoyys what they are,,h6 grows indifferci^ ti> them. 1 Therefore, when your hortie'Shi'es "at ~ v.:~. * _ni- -I nujvlliu^ luimc 1IIUI i><< I nil 111 I I'M Willi let him smell it, touch it with his sensitive upper lip, and let him look c'oscly at it. Remember, too, that 3-011 mustfam'iliarr&t Loth'tiiliHi ?? ?" ' | nostril and eye he will be very likely t*> ] scare at it when it appears on his left ! side. 80 then rattle paper, bettt "di'ttm, flutter umbrella, run baby carriage and j bicycle, fire pistol and clatter tinware on i both sides of him and all around him i until he comes to regard the noise simply as a nuisance and the material objects as onlv trivial things. He may not learn all that in one lesson, but continue the lesson and you will cure all his nervousness. ?Hortemtm. * A VARIETY OK CROPS. Too much stress can scarcely be. laid upon the importance of raising a variety of crops, and not hazarding alt upon a favorite one, which by a failure caused Ko.un ? ' ,,j ...... m-nsuii, nmy occasion n loss that, few fanners arc able to bear. | One of the reasons usually assigned hymnal , although not a money-making one, i it is a safe business if properly con- I ducted. It not .only affords a good living without the liabilities attending most business callings, but, by slow accumulations, will: in- time compare favorably r with other' ocHiphfiofts that nro eOni- ! inonly deepned more lucrative. . , In afi sections there should l>c leading crops, adapted to the soil and climate, to which more than ordinary attention may be given, but as a general rule the fortunes of the season should not be i staked ou otje.pr two ?Tops. If ivOrn, j wheat, oafs' afiif potatoes are the chief i staples there is no 'probability that thVf i'l season will he so unfavorable'that none h will succeed. One or more of these may suffer, while the others do exceedingly j i wCtt atid thus compensate for a partial ' deficiency in the whole. Wealthy eapi j talists in the .Northwest may ha/.ard all , on the success of single crops of wheat, . but to the average farmer this matter of ( ftflfptv iu on <?n ' 'J . ?.. v ... .... ??Mjrvri IIVI* wwr lllfp. Briutllfl . not ho disregarded. '"tfrmay not handle , | ns munh?4nonev ?? one may do ft' favor-; , ahl^sertsons with special erop)t, Btit in the'"end l)e .|s finite likely io''fcfrow as' j much rcaT prdfi't as th'c man who grows j only tfn?"leadirig croji. j , Of <>uc grain crops com is hv far the most reliable, and whilo we may hnve seasons in which the crop will prove unprofitable, its adaptability to all soils and ' climates makes it one that no farmer, . cither North or South,can afford to omit. ' Nowhere have the advantages of diver- | si tied farming !>ecn better demonstrated | * than in the South. There, as heretofore, I * cotton will continuo to bo the money !8 crop, but it has been learned that a successful crop means one whose anvils are not to be used up in paying for plantation supplies purchased whiie it was being II produced. Again, in both North and I South, a new species of farming, of | which the old-time agriculturists knew \ little or nothing, has come into vpgue, I< nnd truck farming, as it is called, often yields profits that so far exceed those of the staple crops as in many districts to mmi tjt Uw latter ttf bo abandoned for^uarket cmrdming. Indeed, it maybe Mid thst cne methods of farming successfully have changed so much within a few years as to almost make it a different occupation, and the man who persists in farming the same way his father did twenty years ago has good reasons for say- i ing the business doc3 not pay. ?Nt>o York . World. t FEEDING ron KICK MANURE. ! What the stock eats is of more consequence as affecting the value of manure than is the kind of stock to which it is fed. In many pluces the manure pile is also no iuconsidcrahlo part of the farmers' profit in feeding. Of late years, 1 with just enough exceptions to illustrato the generality of the rule, the manure is all the profit that tire feeder gets. It behooves him, therefore, to so feed as to ninkc the manure pile rich. No subject I awakens so much interest in the discus- }( sions at farmers' institutes as how to feed so as to make the richest fcrtiliz?rl and at the satne ttxnc make mnnUH'of the best f quality.' There are some common popu- I lar misapprehensions on this point, due . to confounding the feeding value of various articles with their value pnssing through the animal and going into the manure heap. For feeding especially to? fattening animals, com is very valuable, | but owing to its deficiency in mineral nnd J albuminoid nutriments, it does not make so rich a manure as oats, peas, beans, or even as wheat hrnn. Iti the tables showing the commercial value of various ele- (j mcnts for manures, wheat bran is reckoned C at about $13 per ton, which is nearly its jj selling price. In feeding, especially to growing stock j and to cows giving milk, some of this nutrient value will bo used in the animal economy, but in either case it will only do, so in the production of what is of much more value than it could be as manure. A certain amount of carbonaceous food, corn for example, can be \?rotU*iAy mubacLwith whaat bvuuua laetl for cows and young stock. It will innkc richer milk and keep the cow in better condition. A smaller amount of corn meal with bran will keep the youug stock in better condition, especially In cold weather, and make them able to cat more and assimilate more of the bran. Clover hay is another very valuable feed for making rich manure. It is the farmer's cheapest fertilizer, cspeccially when grown upon the farm where it is fed. What it contains of starch and carbon is mainlv drawn from the nir. Its mineral elements come mainly from the subsoil, where roots of other plants cannot reach them. There is pood reason to believe that the shade of a growing clover crop, combined with the action of the roots in the soil, helps to decompose, under certain circumstances, the air in I the soil, and make some of its nitrogen , available as a plant food. Good clover has in some seasons been grown on very tWq -by the ?N of gypaium alone. 4 ) nM. greatest difficulty 011 such lands is to get a catch. This secured and a light mineral dressing added, the clover will do'tiic rest. While clover alone will not rcstorcjmiperal fertility to soils that lack ft," with a little phosphate of lime, and on sandy soils potash, it will do more to maintain fertility than any other means, especially if it is fed out upon the farm where'ft is grown, as it always should be. ?American Cultivator. t > .*; FA KM AND OARDEN NOTES. The hen that lays in winter docs not breakfast, dine and sup on cold corn and icc-watcr. It is said that if mice holes arc filled with chloride of lime tho rodents will I quit Jthc premises. ' Be sure that all animals, especially the 1 young, have warm quarters and a good \ bed to lie on nights. Regularity is a uritne virtue iu feeding J rnfinncca iuu rations.- - - The feeding standards should he considered as guides and not as formulas to be implicitly followed. To ensure success, put your products into market in a superior condition, and have them of a little better quality than others. Not many are aware of it, but a covered barnyard is a paying institution? better than spreading manure 011 the snow and ice. Darkness and low temperature are the two principal points in keeping potatoes. The mercury should hover between the .14 and 40 marks. There is no better foundation for a feeding ration than corn ensilage and good clover hay. With this foundation, but little grain is rcquirod. vent lk>wel troubles, and' have been known to be effective as a cure. book out thnt the cattle do not get Iaiim. A tlul. 1 1 1 >1 .1 iwnr.j. nine inni iiiki suipnur, mor- j oughly mixed, rubbed along the back ' bono from horns fr? tail once a week for t a few weeks, is good. 1 Heating food, like corn and rye meal, t will produce a cough in a horse. Rem- 8 edy: do not use it. Put raw linseed j meal on the oats, or other food, for a ( while, from a gill to two gills. If the cow's milk is very blue in cold j weather, <it-: is because the food that I should form rich milk and cream is used J up in maintaining animal heat; hence, c the policy of sheltering animals as much 1 us possible in severe weather. Much feed is wasted each year by d feeding stock that do not make a profit- ' iblc gain. . There is a considerable a iinount -of difference in the amount -of n fain required by different animals in pro- t ?oi lion <4 the foof cpnsumed.and it W.ill . kt torfn^l CulTofit the unprofitable uiimaln and market as soon as possible. : If the straw or fodder that is used foe bedding is fi"t run through a cutting- ir box the work of' handling the manure P will be considerably decteased and leas {J material will he required to keep t'jo w dock clean. Then by grooming careful- B1 v every day there ought to he no difli ulty in keeping in a good condition. ^ """ u< The value of the horses exported from he Dominion of Canada in J889was$2,- 2S 528,892, including $2,169,792 -worth hipped to the United States. A SUNDAY SCHOOL.' )TT EH NATIONAL LK*SON. ; FOtfc FEBRUARY 23. ' pwioii Tpji: "TI?o Tr nipt at on fl Jomic," Lttkc IV., MA GoldrnTi xl: Hcb. it., 1H ? Commentary on the Letaon *. " : ?< ' * IIA t .V .... v.: r..il nr ?k. TT..1S Jordan." This lesson i eems to follow immediately the last one, vhirh told us of the baptism of tfesus by rohn in Jordan, and of the descent of the ioly Spirit upon Him in the form.t>f a dove, Vp might, with much profit, stop to speak of ho Jordan divided for the millions of Israel o nam over into the promised land, wheu the Vrl??type of the same Lord Jesus?stood In ho midst on the priests' shoulders till every ?ne had named over; divided again for Elijah >nd Elisha, and a third time for Elisha; nut >oth the Ark of the Covenant and the priests vlio l>aro it, Elijah and Elisha, and all the >rophets, as well as all the Bible and the his* ory contained in it, joint us to Him whom, n this lesson, we see returning from Jordan, died with the Spirit. If the 14th verse of he chapter was included in our lesson, we could then say that the lesson begins ana fids with a record of Jesus returning from ertaiu places filled with the Spirit, -first to ?e tried and then to minister; and if we are lot willing to be filled with the Spirit for rial, can we expect that God will fill us with lis spirit for service* 1, 2. "And was led by the spirit into the vildemess, being forty days tempted ofjthn ice, or rising from the dtad, it is the. n Him that does it all, "Anif in those days He did eat nothing: md when they were ended. He afterward inngcred." T'he forty days' fast reminds us >f the fastings of the two men who nftcrvards anoeared with Him on tho Mount of ["ransflguratiou. Of Moses it is written, in eferenco to both periods of forty davs and lights when ho was in the mount with God, hat he did neither cat. bread nor drink rater (Deut. ix., <*, 18), and of Elijah it is vritten that ho went in the strength of that neal (which the angel had prepared) forty lays and forty nights unto Horeo the Mount God (I. Kings xix? 8). There is no doubt iiore in the forty days' fast of these wonlerful throe than wo have yet seen or shall ee till the kingdom comes; but wo shall do veil day by day to see no man save Jesus >nly (Matt, xvii., 8). J. "If Thou be the Ron of God, command his stone that it lie made bread." The faher of lies insinuates that perhaps He is not lie Son of God, but only a mere man, just a ioor carjienter from Nazareth, making preensions of being some great one, and that Be had bettor ret urn to His humble home or >lse give some token of His power. It is a >oor tiling for the Ron of God be hungry vhen he can, by a word, turn stoaw into nread. Let Him satisfy His hunger. Does lot the reader (if he or sho be a Christian) eoognize in this tempter the same one who las often whispered to you: "If you were a diild of God. would He let you want for this lr that which you certainly need? Can He eally love you as you think He does and leny you the very necessaries of life, or keep" from you this little gratification?" Thus tho tempter of Eve and of Christ still seeks to ivoreome the children of God by leading hem to question the love of God or to doubt hat they are His children. 4. "It."is written that man shall not live by ireail alone, but by every word of God. rhis is the reply of Christ to the tempter. Die outward indications were that God had railed him, but Jesus places the word of God igainst all other evidences and rests unnovcd on what is written. Believing is bet:er than seeing. V7. "If Thou therefore wilt worship me, ill shall be Thine." The statements of these verses thnt the devil took Him to an high mountain nnd shewed Him all the kingdoms A the world in a moment of time, cannot be .indorstood or explained by us, but can bere -xji? cu, 111*3 atiuiui ivy ml iuc nuij npinis vho, through t4e servant ofaGod, wrote * ' The roll power or tnw?mnPlaLQ wet familiar ivith (nor do we wantui'JWMtoaaa realed. Jesus elsewhere calls nfrfi the "prTMfc3 it this world, and Paul speaks of him as the prince of the power of the air and tho god of this world, while John, in Revelation, speaks af a time when the devil will give to Antichrist that which in our lesson he offered to Christ; so that his boast in his temptation does not seem to have been altogether a vain ane. This world is the Lord's by creation; He gave it to Adam, but Adam, by his sin, gave the devil a claim to it which he has not failed to make use of, and it is true to-day that "The whole world lieth in the evil one"' (I John v.. 10, R. V.), This statement is true not only of heathendom, but also of Christendom, and, in some measure, of tho Christiau church. If the manifest works of the devil indicate his property, then that, which he docs not control is a small section of earth and a small number of people. But Daniel saw in vision the kingdom and dominion under the whole heaven given to the Son of Man and to the sAints of the Most High (Dan. vii.. 13, 14, i7), and this temptation was to obtain hv a ihort cut and apart from suffering that which in due time will be all His. (See Rev. xi , 15, 18). 8. "Get thee behind me, Satan: foritiswrit niccosatul weapon. The Word of God la more bo Jesus tlmn ail the glory of all the kingdom* if this world, and eagerness to do the will of [lod crowds out all olse. 9-11. "If Thou be the Son of God cast thy>clf down from hence." The conflict is now in Jerusalem, the Holy City, and, on a pinnacle of the temple, and in presenting this temptation the adversary also seeks to wield the sword of the Spirit, but he did as so many lo to-day, quoted only the part of the passage which seemed to suit his purpose, omitting bhat which would have condemned him. The words quoted are given in the Psalm (Ps. xci., MU) as the result of making the Lord, tho Most High, one's Refuge and Habitation. To lo as the devil suggested would surely be a easing to abide under the shadow of the Alnifjhty, or to make the Most High one's habiation, and therefore, the conditions being jroken, the promise would be forfeited. \biding in Christ and in the love of God wo leed fear no evil, but are perfectly safe in lis keeping. 13. "And Jesus, answering, said unto rim, It is said, Thou shall not tempt the ^ord thy God." Again the sword of the 4t.icit fltti.ban. an/lVlifl 'Ye shall "dil!gWtiy''!eey?1!!FeWmT<aiidnents of the Ix>rd your God, * a * and Hou shall do that which in right and good'in bo sight of the Lord." If we would not be (ui)ty of tempting the Txird, let us keep His omnia ndments and do right in His sight, listening to any ot ler voice but His, even to he voice of the best of men, we are apt to lie ed astray. 13. "And when the devil had ended all the emptation, he departed from Him for a senon. Matthew and Mark add that angels arno and ministered unto Him. Although 10 human eyes witnessed this conflict, who :an tell what hosts of angels, good and bad, vere present- the l?ad in full sympathy with heir leader and eager for his victory, the ;ood in full sympathy with Christ, but com lolled to stand aside till the enemy was van pushed,, With joyful hearts they now rrreah Hinh ps victorious. He accepts their ihecrful minitrtry; while satan and hia fob owers retire to*f*^ui some new device where>y they may perrhafteo obtain a victory over fiis Holy fine of (?od. And now we are in laily conflict with this same adversary. 'For we wrest le not against flesh and blood, mt against principalities, against jxufers, gainst the world rulers of, darkuossi; gainst the spirit ual hosts of wickedness hi bo heavenly place*."?Lesson fletjtr,. WHAT IT COSTS. The actual amount of mAlt liquors eonimwl in 1888 was 787.587,056 gallons. This icludes not quits 8,000,000 gallons of imorted lieer hikI ale. The manufacturer's rice to the retailer is rather above than be>w twenty conts per gallon. At twenty mts the cost to the dealers would be $158,17,411. The retailors got an average of xt.y cents per gallon, which makes the cost > the consumers $460,533,238, which the merican people spend annually for malt Hqir, principally beer. The most careful e-> mate puts the cost of wine to the consumer : $72,670 186, and of distilled spirits $870,!6,86n. This gives ua a grand total of $012,0,120, nearly $1,000,000,000, spent annually >r liquor by the people of the United fcjtatei. ! Catholic Citizen. ''teAeranceT VRCWTWO twi ron. ms Inpittful (ones victims still c?U as To flght ths go<M flg&# With earnest strong Well never dcJist till thsstruggleiso'er; V -I? Ti|# ** ^ - -we crave; t ^ Ths w,>apo7is\V? use are sdbplled Us by ( Tis our mission kp ^m, to> teach, and to save, \ And we overlook nene froty old age to vouth. V We'll never desist till the struggle is o'er; We'll never deeist^till the toe is no more. N<> parley we hold with foe so tremendous; We court not his smile, we fear not his frown; The courage we need our duty will lend us. And the arms we have taken we'll never lay down. We'll never desist till the struggle is o'er\ We'll never desist till tho foe is no more. Talk not of his wealth?or his UMfcotteo gain, Talk not of the right whiekr the law has conferred; / Upon wealth so obtained that rests a black stain, / Upon it tho curse of tha<5rphan is heard. 1 We'll never desist tiU^he struggle is o'er: ] We'll never desist ul the foe Is no mors. ' Too long has the untiA) this tyrant endured; Too long has its head 'aeath its yoke been bent low: 11 1 And never?oh! never oanright be secured. j Till down vroVkn in his cabin. XA f?w weeks agolhe body of Frank Gifford i waa/ound in his oi>in at Whisky Flat, Nev.j ; partly naked and frozen stiff. A demijohn with a small quaitity of whisky in it was neal* the body, whl<< a little dog lay upon the botfbm of its chad master, and fought 1 sAvagoly when disodged. It is believed that Gilford reached lis cabin while intoxicated, and that he was uiable to disrobe and go to bed, but fell asleep on the floor, and as the night was bitterly cold, froze to death. At the coronor's inoiest it was testified that Gifford was a natiw of New Bedford, Mass., aged about 68 years. The finding was that the deceased came to his deatn by exposure. The W'alkrr Lokr fhillctin says: "There in a bit of romance connected with Frank Gilford's life. He belongs to a wealthy family, and went to California in the early fifties in his father's ship. On the death of relatives he fell heir to $60,000, but as he was cursed with an uncontrolabie appetite for drink, the courts appointed his sister as his guardian, and he was nnabl> to obtain i>ossemion of his money. He again went to the 1'aciflc coast and finally isolated himself on a cattle County,Nevada. His deslTTrwF^^IW^jlkxufcV ems, there being no hitman hs^4Twithin many miles, and while the owner of thousands he died in poverty. He was buried at Hawthorne, Nev." SENATOR COLQUITT DENOUNCES RUM. United States Senator A. H. Colquitt, of ; Georgia, addressed the meeting of the Ameri- j can Temperance Union yesterday afternoon | at the Union Tabernacle Church, ThirtyI fifth stroet. near Broadway. He was intWb duced by General Clinton B. Fisk. Ho said: "The rumshop, with all its ramifications of evil, threatens the American home; and here we find a foe in suppressing which all should unite, irrespective of party and of faith. We say to ourselves when we hear of a case of drunkenness: 'It's somebody else's t>oy; somebody else's {daughter. It in another's home that is wrecked. It is not mine. This evil cannot touch nte.' I tell you it strikes a blow at the Heart of eveqroneof you to have ondlronie oitbufJlhe *ririby in thiswraat city YArk'ljtrteckM. ^oiitioiaiis and statesmen tell if that the perpetuity of this J country, the frwjdom and well-being of all, [ is dependent uptn the ballot-box. 1 tell fou that it de^^sai^^^hen^ity and sanctiflthe Chicago ChutnpnSSP (liquor organ),' "is the little three-ounce cocktail bottle that holds just enough fof.Wo drinks." This latest invention of the Ingenious and cunning DrinkDevil is a "prettily-shaped" tattle with a "nickel-plated xctew top," which, together with the two "<iand-tnixed"'drinks ltcontains, is doled oat lor a quarter of a dollar. The proof that i( is the Devil'* handiwork is in the temptation which this neat contrivance holds out to men who would .not think of carryings larger bottle; about with them, i It is An especial snare arid trap iaid by "that i j old serpent, called the Devil and Satan," to I hasten the steps of the unwary down to hell ?ind especially young tipplers and "raodej rate" drinkers who have never made it a ! practice to lug liquor about with them, but, | | perchance, will find noinconventane.fi in slid* | ing a tiny two-drink vial into their vest ; I pockets. What next?, TEMPERANCE 5F.W8 AND NOTES. The "moneyed meu" of Camden, Me., have organized to-ahp* till the saloons in the i no JUuiRcRusotU ' fhP IlfeoMtlh1 Women is about completed,, and will accommodate one hundred aud fifty inmates. Bi*(ght colonel silk handkerchiefs adorned ! with * representations of wine-glasses and whisky-bottles are now sent into the Congo States by the liquor men for free distribution , among the natives who buy their liquor. BaltimoreAns are alarmed over the recent large increase in the numl>er of saloons in . that city. A committee of influential citizens : appeared before the Stato Legislature and advocated the speedy passage of a high ; license bill. The Nashville Issue claims that the money I that Tennessee pays annually to the whisky | shops ($15,000,GO?) would meet all the regular j I expenses of the State for ten years. Nash| ville saloon receipts alone would carry on the ! Government. The names of I wenty-eight habitual drunki ards nuve been communicated by the policy authorities of Erfurt, Germany, to every saloon-keeper and retail liquor-dealer in that city, the latter being by a Government ordinance forbidden to sell them auything. A Battle Creek (Mich.) man requested the City Recorder to oyderall the saloonsip J&flL Record* <UQK*fefenyfi.-TSV drunkard arom^H to all the ginrfv* told the proprietors'*?^ take a good look fit him and to not 'sell him s liquor on pain of prosecution. ^ The Rev. B. F. Kephart, a missionary in Liberia, writes a letter to the Voice, in which he the following as a part of the cargo of tne steamer that carried him; 10,000 casks of ruin, 11 cases of gin, 400 tons of gunpowder and 14 missionaries?all oil their way to Africa. Missionaries, rum, gin and gunpowder?what a mixture! A statement to the effect that total abstainers are shorter lived, on the average, than any class except immoderate drinkers, Iihs been given wide publicity, as It was attributed to a reputable British scientific society. Home one who has tAken the trouble to look into the matter, however, asserts that the ratio is gained only by counting among the total abstainers all who die in infancy Hood's 8arsapar|Ha I* carefully prepared from > yesaparllle, t>end* Ion, , Mandrake, Dork, Plpslaeena/Juniper Perries and other well-known and eab*#lr vegetable remedies, . by a peculiar romblnattr t>, pr<|.ortloa and process, giving to Hood's SarMi y.lJn curative power not po, .ft^d by otliar Is Hi^^iM^o6||^|^^^^^ires t-erofuls, Rheum, Polls, Km plea,, ell Humor*, pyapapala. Blllouaueaa. 8I<* lleadgrbe, Indlgenton, General Debility, fatarrj, RhejfcatUie, Kidney and lJver Complalnta, overcomes *hst tired feeling, creates an appetite. stre?gtb?a> nerves end builds up tbo whole systeki, Hoodie* dareaparilla Has met prenllari^Imhaparalleled aucoaaa at home. Such la Its popularl ty Xi Dowell, Mass., where It It made, that whole aajEhborhnod* are tdklog It at the same time, and OVerU druggists aril more of Hood's Sarsaparllltf fBsa of Ml other rarsaparlllas or blood purlflars. Xt ts sold by all druggists. |i; six for |C. PreyalHp only by c. I. HOOD * 00., IQO^y Ono Dollar Life M il Cuban Plantation. In Dokota abd Manitoba the employment on single wheat estates of a hundred reapers and an aggregate of three hundred laborers for a season has been regarded as something unprecedented in agiicultural industry; but on one sugar estate in Cuba?"?1 Balboa"?from fifteen -hundred to two thousand hands, invambly negroes, are employed, who work undeaiaetare discipline, in watches or relays, the grinding season, by day and night, the same As in the large ironSBwHsiUruHl *<furnaces of the United States ana . Europe. At the same time there are few village communities whero a like | number of people experience the same care and surveillance. The male workers occupy quarters walled and barricaded from the women, and the women from tne men. Tbero are in every village an infirmary, n lying in hospital, a physician, an npothecarv, a chapel, and priest. At night and morning mass is said in the chapel, and tho crowds are always large. There is of a Sunday less restraint, though ceoseloss espionage is* never remitted. On these days aud in parts of holidays there are rude mirth, ruder music and much dancing. This picture is given romowhat in detail, because it illustrates how all:perrftdinc (ird t.rnmon/trmu ara 41n. that are modifying society everywhere, la civilized, partially civilized and msk,bknd consumption. ' Not What He Meant. ^ An English temperance lecturer, de- tl termined to lo;e no chance of deepen- ti ing the imprettions he (ought to make tl on t he minds of his auditors, called to ? his aid the powers of the magic lan- 0 tern. He throw on a screen a magni- o fied picture of a drop of water, in d which wriggled anirnalculio of a par- J ticularly lively nature. To this pict- _ ure of active life succeeded tho gloomy a view of a diop of water with spirit a added, aud behold the poor animalculan all curl up and die. "Lor!" said an old man in the audience, "be 'e 0 sure, mister, I sha'n't never drink a C drop of water ajier seeing that, unless I qualifies it with lots o' spirits to kill ' the beasties." The lecturer's satisfaction with his experiment is not enlarged upon. Seal flkln ftarqsea, 91 Each) <>% besiege the store 'until tSa ] last sacque U gone?if the bargain is ever offered. But how much more wonde ful an opportun ty is that presented to every suffering woman by the proprietors of Dr. I'leroe'e Favorite Presc lption. This remedy is a guaran- < lesd euro for all those distressing ailments pe- * culiar to the weaker sex. It Ls gun an teed that I ?# <* alfoct a euro ntonnv will ha m. I funded. It Is careful y compounded by an ez- i no ienced and skillful phvaiclan, and adapted 1 11 woman's delicate organization. It Is purely 1 vegotablo in its composition and perfectly I harmless In its effects in any condition of tho i system, and is sold undor a posfMvs guarantee of satisfaction in every case, or money paid i for It refunded. For Const patlon or Sick Ucodaohn, nso Dr. Piorce's Pellets; Purely Vegetable. One a dose. A good many people sp>-nk as they pass I y I who hail better keep stilt unlets in- y can say 1 more pleasant thinrs. * ( State or Onto, Cirr or Touroo, 1 i Lucas County, I l Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is tho senior partner of the Arm of F. J. CnBNiT & J Co.. doing business 'In t e City of Toledo, ' County and State aforesa'd, and that said firm * will par the sum of one hundrei/ ikhxars i for each and every case of Catarrh utat cannot be cured by tho use oMIai.i.'h Catarrh Cube, , Hdtitit to'be hi wf HTff mv ' presence, this 0th day of i: o?omber. A. D., 1081V. (? ?) A. \V. GI.eaeon, { seat, V Notary Public, Ball's Catarrh Core Is tak vt interria'ly and acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur- < faces o. the system. Send for testimonials. F. J. CnKKET A Co., Toledo. Q. 0T Sold by Druggists, 7 o. Patti's lowest notes reach as high as 14000 every night. Tourist a, I Whether on pleasure bent or business, should ( take on every trip n bottle of Syrup of Hits, a? I It acts most pleasantly and effectually on the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches and other forms of sickness. For sale in COc. and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. The tailor trade is a nuin? occupation for any- ody. Why not sure tour clothe f, by using the ho t, purest, most economical eoap, Dobbins s Electric. Ifaids tver gjiictUlli Twfl^^Uge you a ',.oii"onn?^rtove3MHGMJHMJHHPp neck. ^^^WWWWHt PsfYHrted with sore eyes use DrI*aao Thomp- I ici.'t F.j eWater. Druirulstssell at iV-.pjr bottle 1h?-y have Mood the teat of time?"Tan- ! sll.'s Punch," Amer Ca'e flneM 6c. Cigar. A Cllioni A# onvis In maltki ?? ' I support th? lod'v of a mnn in w?t?r. .gciaticg TRADE MARK ^^VandPERH*J^5 Sllarnhqllil^ n. win ?... C^JTAR^H Tronblr, B ^Ad] *ki> will onr?? FWFEVER?| ?A PATADDU Ift vn niniii / bly-8 CREAM BALMgpKr-FtevEB A pa^tiale la applied into e?oh n utril and < agree . hie. FrtM W oU, M dniniilt, nr mtii. rMiiUrad, (u el*. KLY BrtUTHKKb. 06 Warren tU./^iew Yora. . IE TOI'iSO A MOJITH can be made work In? ID for u*. Person* preferred who ran ftirnWh n horse and aire their mmlf time to the bualneaa. Spare moment* mar he profitably employed aiw. A few vacanele*In loemf and rlltoe. P. r. JOHNLOS A CO.. l'HU Main St., Ilichinond, Va. 0 PILES It?1*- nAlIIHMR?ileUI?iaitii nkS9 Known orer so years. DruccMa keep U SNBEII I or will mall joa a bottle for SSI rente. ^ OVNCU I D. RA!?SOM. SON' A fO.. HulfelVtf, EM ESgjBBaSK 'fiKaaftg in CliphTHANI??nrt rKI.K(lKU'!IV.1?OL,'. n HCIIIUI l?nritvfl, HMantown. Sid. agaasa?^--car* ^^P*fSS2LEL*l O.H.ikoraham.M.O., ?Amsterdam, N. Y. H iriKirirM w? k?Ti Mid Big a lor TSlft,,.fn Mi?| n. m?ny jtmn. and It bM TaBr^y Sh?^tirra the toot of NtlrTsA CuolnaMlJi^^H (action. . ?r*4?^Bn^nurkltl.?t. Bold b/Draggtau. *T''rjr~? .. A",v JSh* /." H* A* " THE GERMAN I The story Is told of a Gorman who took | lie hands of his clock to tho maker to hnvo liem flxod, because they did not keop proper inc. Of course, tho clock mnkcr demanded lie tcorks, as in them lay tho trouble. Boils nd blotches, pimples and other eruptions n tho oxtorior tell of a disordered condition f the blood within. Bo you man or woman, r aught olso human, if you bavo these inications, be wiso in timo and toko Dr. 'ierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It puts be liver and kidneys in good working order, uriflee tho blood, cleanses tho system from 11 impurities from wlmtover causo arising, nd tones up the functions generally. " Golden Medical Discovery " checks tho rightful inroads of Scrofula, and, if taken 11 time, arrests the march of Consumption f the Lungs, which is Lung-scrofula, puriles and enriches tho blood, thereby curing deafness, difficulty of clear ESslML fjr hrrnlh offensive; smell and few of these symptoms Ilk ^ result In consumption, and By its mild, soothing, antiseptic, cleansir mres the worst caaea. This infallible remod; 'creams" and strong caustlvsplutlonB with limply palliate for a short t??. W dries the n tho use of sueh nostrums, b^wft product nrorat case* of Chronic Catarrh, as thi is cured with n few applications. Catarrhs magic. It removes offensive breath, loss or i Lng, watering or weak eyes, and impaired me is they all frequently are. By druggists. GO HEN AND BOTE! y*at to learn ail about a yft florae f How to Pick Out a A - SoodOne? Know ImiXTfti' y*-llotia and ao Ouard asalnat \ p. Fraud t Detect Dlsea*e and / t ' " ' ' I \ Effect a Cure when aamela y \ / V ooMible t Tell the ago by w V / \ Lhe Teeth ? What to call the Different Parte of the tnlmel? How to Shoe a Horae Properly t All thl ind other Va uable Information can be obtained by ending oar lOO-PAUB 11.1,1'STlt ATKll IIORHK BOOK, whloh we wm forrrarJ, poit ?aui.oat receiptor only Hi cents lit Haeya BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 134 Leonard St., New York Cltj IFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL CONSUL! DR. LOBB Stiff North Fifteenth Hi., Philadelphia. Pa., toi the treatment of Blood Poisons, Skin Kruptlooa Nervous Complaints, Bright'* Disease, Strtctorea Impotency and kindred disease*, no matter of Ik,* toeig standing or from what cause originating HT""Ten days' medicines furnished by mall enrr Mad for Book on Ml'KG'l A L. Diseases. rilCti FRAZERg^alsee IMPROVED EXCELSIOR INCUBATOR ' Staple, Perfect sat Setf-legsUhag. ' Boa, ?H3BTdre<l> In suaresifiil operation. Guaranteed to hatch larger percentage or fertile eggt | Cmal I at lets ooet tlina any other hatcher Send 11?? Anel Jo for liiue Cata SKU KAMI, ?ala?y,lll. DETECTIVES VuM la ???fjr Csssty. Shrswd ate le hi n laitrHtlii la hi Sacral Dcrilu. flfCrULH aat ammr;. P >r Ucalara rr? iituiii Dttoctln lirui Co. HAnttt JUrimtC Is tbe newest and fastest sellt ?Af MMM ?mm out. Enormou* profit. Psrtloi n WW WW lare free US agents. Address Ei VI WW II pirk Mro.CO.,43 VarlokSt.,N.l | AA ) PROFIT. Bp sending 10 names from tou I VU )o vicinity and $3 we will ship 6 cases an full ouUlt of Dr. Merrill's Vegetable Compound. OIt sole agency. Dr. Merrill, 584 Main St., Boston. Mast Money in Chickenf ?/\ If you know how to properly car |* m forlhem For US reals In stanit irl A you can procures 100-PAOR fiOOl ? 11 M \ giving tne ? xpcrlence of a pract / / 4 cal P ultry Kaiser?not an am: M % tetir, hut a man working for do ? Hlara anil cent -during a perl'd t years. It te actus you how t ^ii .m> l>tm.-t and Cure Diseaeea: to Fe I V l*r r.gg? and also for If. ttenius I 1 which Fowl* to save for Breedin 1-1 Purpoe< a; and everything, ndnec HAIR ON THE FACE, NEgURI taiUHVII AM MIMIV Rl == AOJ AND Til a OBOWTH KOBavga HIST OK UlSCOMlBATION OP TN S MOST PI In CowroyxDiKo, an Incompli the back of tha hsud, and on that the hair was completely i? cover* and named It MODKN] Injurious substances, and so sin but surely, and yon will be su minutes, and the hair disappeai any other preparation aver uw allied such wonderful results application will remove It permanently, the heav two or more application* before all tbe root* are i plication. Young persons who And an embarraat strop Its growth. IIMMMIMII HI All WMl HA Osptlemen who do not appreciate naturels gif doe* mi with r? ? - ? * - * . . f, ^nvitmri ino nur rendering lU fntnrn growth *n utfer ininoneibill Kin. Mndenoient bjr ronll In rafetr mailing r?? I!T. PL? ma ?- 1 i??*. kOrfleOt II* COB *f* ?W*> T8'?* Cfr bottle. money by letter, eoredly prlrate, Poe taceatampe receired umr m AMITS) MODENE MANUFACTURll WARTtl. f ~ *AMFA0TH?M IF fill HISHIt J FT?* A? aao terra roca terrra it or we SI.OOO REWARD *? n???"Wieoi lllli J J. reementteforfeits riaaore tttwnatr, oa'diet olora or injure* Ihe ekinin i tUn or f?lln wb?A iprlring trqprafreiwii i| K' Is nn Ointment, of wtiteh HS nostrils. 1'rlce, Mr. Hold by d I Address, 1 "MURRAY" $5 5.98BU THE MIT mm WORLD 1] All foode eold dliWKU> t?.e congier. No "Pool*" <* "TrtnU" k?.2i SH^akf. yMC M aolaljr on their world-r?- Vivv \7tttr, roed taenia and low price*. VLJ/ Vljr m . k, * >--m 1 ;t i i i , i T kzxJSl - X '-** - , i" V9B ??miin LND HIS CLOCK. all Rkir\ and Scalp Diseases. Ulcers, Sores, Swellings, and kindred ailments. It is powerfully tonic as well as alterative, or blood-cleansing, in its effects, hcnco it strengthens tho system and restores vitality, thereby dispelling all thoso languid, "tirea feelings" experienced by the debilitated. I?arwiin11v Y%na If. monlfftcf/vl it.q TVlfnnrV In ^ i curing Tetter, Bolt^rboum, Eczema, ErvsipcloK, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Goitre, or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands, "Golden Medical Discovery" is the only blood and Inng remedy, sold by druggists, and miarcviUcd by its manufacturers, to do all that it is claimed to accomplish, or money paid for it will bo promptly refunded. World's Dispensary Medical Association, Manufacturers, No. 603 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. iJH'JB'filZUnD for an incurable case of in Catarrh In the Heed by proprietors of DR. SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY. tH??J7"\daolM, olMferuqtion of noee. dischargee lng thrda^ ?V>octoratfon of offensive matters I tasto Impaired, and general debility. Only a ely to bo present at onoe. Thousands of eases end In tho grave. ig, and healing properties, Dr. Sago's Remedy y does not. like the poisonous Irritating snuffs. which the public have long been humbugged. ^ disease to the lunps. as thero Is danger of doing x perfect and permanent cares of the nusnnds can testify. "Cold In the Head** 1 Headache is relieved and cured as if by Impairment of tho sense of taste, smell or hear* , mory, when caused by tho violence of Catarrh, cents. ORATBFUL?COMPORTING. EPFS'* COCOA BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowledge of tho natural law* whlc j govern tb ? operation! of dlgoit Ion and nutrl, Uon, and by a careful application of the fine propertie* of well-aelocted Cocoa, Mr. Kppt baa provided our break fa* t table* with a delicately flavoured Lpeerage which ma / save us many heavy doctors' bl la. It la by the Judlcloua use of such article* of diet i that a oonHtltutlon may bo gra luallr t-ttllt up until troug enough to resist every tendency to dl?e??o. Hundreds or subtle maladies arc floating around a* ready to attack wherever there Is a weak point. We may e*cape many a fatal shaft by keeping oup-. Ives well fortlllod with pure blood and a properly ,n i nourtshed frame."?1"Ciwl Service (lateitc. -"SRI Made simply with -boiling water or milk. Sold nly In haif-p >und tin-, by Urocers, labelled thus: JAMBS KITS Si CO.. Homeopathic Cheuilsta. LONDON, KtQLA.Nl>. f EVERY m Tn DOCTOR. I By J. Hamilton Ay era, A. M., HI. D. I I This I* a most valuable book for the hou eehold, leaching at It does the eaally-dlstln{ul*hed aympr lonisot different dlsjasos, tho cannot and mean* of prriYQUllU { IHiNI QUWOJi ?uu mw KliV ".W.HWJ?w ' which will allerlate or euro. 598 pages profusely J IHu<tratel. The boik li written In plain every-dar KnjUah, and la fras from the teoinloal terms whloh render moat dootor boo'xa so valueless to the generality of readers. Only ?!>?. postpaid. Olvesacom. plots analysis of everything pertaining to oourtshlfc marriage and the production and roaring of healthy famtll *a; together with valuable roclpja and preserlpUons, explanation of botanical praotlce. correct use of ordinary borbs. With this book hi the house there Is n > exoure for not knowing what to do In an erasrgenoy. Send postal notes or PpelagS stamps of any denomination not larger than o cents f S00? MB. Mim^l lesssr* 81* K. f. I j tJJBVMOMML <?? NORTHERN PACIFIGa LOW PRICE RAILROAD LANDS lr EE Government LANDS# jfea a HII.IilUNH OF ACItKN lu Minnesota. Worth , Dakota, Monta us. Idaho, Washington and Oregon. tCMn CAD publications with maps describing the * KHU rUII nest Agricultural, erasing andTlm| her Lands now open to settlers. Went free. Address A||ie B I AMBflDM l-ami Commlsslonsr. ? l?HMi P. IKWBUnli Wt. Fa Ml. Mitt. I \ flDIIIM fiJHffBEJStt 5 IIrlUm sua^JMa/je o i MM??iCM.ssooLLrtTX d wmnrnrwic.?*wuuwiic f AAAOLORED RDO PATTERNS and MACHINES. VVVtroulari freo. AM. RUG CO.. Bld<WeH,jtt IsTO PART OF THE PERSOlf EMIVII WITH TNI RIV SIIITI?N 36H6 = $T$ BOYID WITIIOVT TJ1F. SMOIITtSr IKJCBY WW 'pY ILICAYlSKlg. DIBCOYKy.BD ?T aCCtPYVT. Y| I ?te mixture was acrhlently spilled on <?\A washing afterward it waa discovered To \ QttM moved. We pnrchaaed the new die* ^.OX Bi9l K. It Is perfectly pnre, free from all OV t iplo aur one ran uaa It. 11 arte mildly A irprlied ami delighted with tha results. Apply for a few 1 ra r.a if br magic. It hae no connection whatever with rd for a like pnrpoeo. and no iclentiflo discovery ever atIT CANNOT I^AII.. If the growth ho light one y growth eurh ae the hoard or hair on mole* may reaulro destroyed, although all hair will be removed at eacn apling growth of hair coming, rhoiiht neo lfodono to dofollicle or aac and dlieotvee the life principle, thereby ty, and la gnarantced to be aa hermleae aa wator to Iho ee. poataee paid (ercnrely aealed from oheerration) on italning three times as much Modenn. and aufflclent tnr rTih <>** wrltttn plainly. Corfefpondtnea J" iUBB TO m *?*">* rovu co v*t r a m d t h if pi pan. > ?S?2ICiv.PJ.NC,NNAT'. O. f ???Al *??T* r MAM N/m MIPAIATIINt. < AMI AMIgTHIIS t orn? ,n mm in tin suirur. ( WARTfV. 1 M)S'o inrVorf haooH? Jf "d J'S* >?f^l Modgrm o! MnpWaan too nL' ^ TKIy. (Cat tklioat.) I ntnrlHU or sent by m?JT 9H K. T Hazp.i.tiwk, Warrrn. fa. Bp,' j G6IES tP f 5.90 HARNESS _ '"J J"1*081.! &a