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?l)e Jtlcsscnger. H' ABBEVILLE, S. C. B&i; I ~ A builder at Pittsburg, who raaTcea it specialty of modern-priced housesfoi rent, uses matched flooring instead oJ laths and plaster for the sides and ceilings of rooms. On this cotton cloth is glued, and upon that wall-paper ia nnotnrl Tip enfH it. ia hfttpr ATlfl rllPlinM " j w -v ? ~ than plaster, and cold weather does not .'hinder work. i j For the benefit of the man wh<* "blows out the gas" in city hotels, i should be generally known that the administration of a few drops of acetic ether on a lump of sugar will usually evive people who have become insentfble from the effects of illuminating jus. Hotel clerks should paste this item in their hats. f The Western papers are again circulating the ancient rumors concerning the dearth of marriageable women in the newer States. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch alleges that in portions of Minnesota men are offering from $10 to $20 for wives, and further out, in Dakota and Montana, they even go so far as to offier a horse or a mule in exchange for one of the gentler sex. ** '_ rr. The white races are ur^ed for .vard by in irresistible spur over which they have 10 control. Tlio increase of the yellow 'ace, which once must have been ineredi bly fast, has stopped, and that of the lark raccs, of India, -which for centuries has been amazing, is being checked ay recurrent famines; but that of white people goes on so fast that the transport >f a huge army every year across the Atlantic makes no impression on their num!>ers, and at their present rcte of increase Ihey will in 1834 be a thousand millions. * A New York wigmalcer remarks: "Fashion repeats itself, and my impresfion is that within the next decade the ?owdered wigs of the time of Louis XTV.; will come into vogue. They had style n those days. The head -was the center io dress from then, and a cavalier made In imposing appearance. Now a big Walking cane and a high collar constilute the modern cavalier. Bald heads tvust go. Even Ccesar wore a crown of eaves to hide his baldness, but these parquet bachelors have lost all pride.". A little peasant girl in Italy knitted a pair of stockings and sent them as a present to Queen Margherita on her fete day. With characteristic kindliness the Queen sent the <?irl in return another pair of stockings, one containing gol? coin, the other bon-bons, and a note asking her to say which of the 6tockings gave her the more pleasure. "Dear , Madam the Queen," wrote the child, in reply: "I have had nothing but trouble With the stockings. My father took the one with the gold pieces and my brother the one with the sweets." ^ ii 11 The eastern band of the Chcrokces now numbers 8,029, scattered through ?ix states, the bulk of them in North Carolina, where they have a reservation of 73,000 acres. There they live for the most part in common, tilling the land as they think best. The mass of the Cherokees are in the Indian territory, whither the eastern bicd has been invited to set tic and share lands and privileges with them. The latter will, it is thought, loou go thither. They would not be so easily duped there by designing whites, nor will they suffer so much from pneumonia as they do in the mountainous region of North Carolina. It is generally supposed that the aboriginals of this country arc fast melting away, but per sons who have made a study of the question assert that there are fully as many as there were ten years ago. Their vitality and tenacity of life are certainly remarkable, considering what they have to contend against; how generally unfavorable the conditions of our civilization ard to their well-being. g- - ' The New York Commercial Advertiser Bays: "Napoleon's fumiliar remark, designed to be sarcastic, that 'England is a nation of shopkeepers,' is still constantly quoted, without any comment on its assumption and impertinence,-coming from that source. England is such a nation, but it dees not begin to be so entirely composed of shopkeepers as France is,. Nobody who has visited Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Bordeaux or any leading French city but must have been i, struck by the number of shops every where?shops, too, in the strict sense? places of small retail trade. In London and the big English towns there arc a great many large mercantile establishments, which exist only to a limited ex tent in Franco. There are thousands ol . shops so diminutive that they would escape observation were it not for the Winv dows in which the whole stock is usually displayed. The French aro the happiest of shopkeepers, and no one knew it better than Napoleon, who doubtless wished to distract attention fiom them v by ascribing their particular traits and , _ habit to aeother people. It has long been recognized fact that coifanjercial notiona always make Excellent floldiers.and wage fierco aud obstinate Wars," *1 J* >' rf.. \ V 'i.'s >V\4*v A ' " * k % v^*.kf \* * '.' ^ A FIGHT FOR LIFE, DESPERATE BATTLE ON A SHIP'S DECK WITH SAVAGES. Sonth Sea Islanders Board a British : Ship?Hilling Foar Men on Board ?A Sailor's Deadly Repeating ' Rifls?The Natives Routed. The schooncr Young Dick, which arrived at Maryborough, Queenstown, recently, reports that a desperate conflict t.nok nlnrn wWh no+imo nf Afnlnvfn Island, resulting in the death of about fifteen persons, including Pophani, the Government agent: Martin, the cook; the sailmaker, one recruit and about a dozen savages. While the captain and two boats' crews were ashore recruiting, about fifty natives with tomahawks, concealed in the yams and leaves, boarded the vessel, ostensibly to recruit. There were on board at this moment the following: Mr. Popham, Government agent, in his cabin; Charles Marr, the mate; Henry Merlin, the cook; Bierr, the carpenter, in the deckhouse guarding the trade which lay spread out on the table; Lagerblom, the sailmaker, on the j forward deck, and Thomas Crittenden, | able seaman, who was sleeping out his j 1 watch below in the forecastle. At a signal from the King the entire 1 party attacked the crew. A loud and j piercing yell was instantly replied to by a shriek from the crowd of naked savages ! who thronged the deck space aft, and 1 instantly violent hands were laid on the i Europeans. Tomahawks appeared as if j 1 ^ k,. : - nf :?-i > I j;i UUUV.VU UY 1UUU \>U? UV j the King nnd t\\o others, one of whom 1 I toon the intended victim's thumb in his teeth and nearly bit it off. Marr, who ! was fortunately standing in the recess of the doorway, with his attackers in front of him, fortunately freed bis right hand, 1 and giving the King a British blow with ' clenched fist, 6cnt him reeling. In an 1 instant he eluded the savage clutches, 1 snatched his loaded revolver from his bed, and from the half closed door 1 opened fire. His first bullet sent one of 1 his attackers, who was aiming a toma- ! hawk at him, to the deck a bleeding ' corpse; the next served another, and the 1 revolver was then brought to bear on the ' crowds who, on the port side of the deck- 1 house, were tomahawking the carpenter and cook, who, taken unawares by the attack, were unable to reach theif ' 9 J weapons and offer defence, Meantime blows in the forward cabin told how Mr. ' Popham was being hacked to death in ' the same cruel fashioif Expending the resources of his revolver) Marr snatched up a Snider rifle, jumped across the tradcroom for cartridges, aud continued the fight. From his vantage ground Marr kept up a steady nre, ana more tnan one savage, as he made his appearance on the taffrail, got his bullet and fell bt-ck into the sea to drown. Unable to face Marr's } Title, the savages, of whom there were jnow fully fifty on board, sought to attack him in the rear, and endeavored, by reaching through the cabin window astern, to tomahawk him. This maI ' noeuvre was responded to by Marr, who, seeing that the carpenter and cook were brutally slain within a few feet cf him, retired into his cabin, and closing the door, directed his bullets to the enemy at the window. How the government agent and Lagerblom met their horrible death can nevei be accurately known. It is certain that they were attacked at the same moment as the others end chopped to death. Cries of "Murder)" from Mr. Popham were heard, but his agonies were short lived. ? - r Crittenden, who was awakened from sleep by the 6avage yelling, ran, clothed only in a singlet, on deck. The first spectacle which he witnessed was Lagerblom, the sailmaker, struggling violentlj with half a dozen naked savages on the starboard side of the main hatch. Crittenden immediately returned to the forecastle for his revolver, jumped or. deck again, ran aft and found himsell also the object of a general attack. H< lired several shots with telling effect, the recipients of the bullets leaping overboard as soon as they were struck. Two natives clutched his singlet, but thai gave way, and his naked body affording 'no grip, Crittenden freed himself, and making a leap into the "forecastle, put or. his trousers, filled his pockets with cartridges, tcok a Snider rifle, and returned to the combat. Reaching the deck, h< conccivcd the idea of conducting operations from the superior vantage afforded "by the topsail yard, and hastily making his way hither, he coolly sat down and opened fire on the screeching mob ol devils who were rushing hither anc winner on tno aecK oeiow, cnopping tht prostrate Lagerblom out of all recogni tion. Shot after shot came from the foretopsail yard with unerring aim, now directed at some especially prominent Blayer on deck, now piercing a cano< alongside and carrying .dismay into the savage raiks. Fifteen bullets from th? intrepid Crittenden's rifle found theii billets, and tho savage enemy came tc the conclusion that Jsck aloft was toe .much for them; cc*? with yells of disap pointment and fear, they went helter skelter over th* sides, and with thek namberless wounded hastened ashore With only two cartridges left, Crittenden dttsemded and #u?ly "rrocerde?l alcnr > ?.y.' } ' ,-V k the top ot the dcckhoupo aft Id s?e il tnyofthc cncnrv wore ii? janb jsb in it* recesses. For a moment Crittenden cxperienccc the strange sensation which a man must feel when he finds himself alor.o in tit. face of death. Below him and around him lay the bleeding corpses of bis thi|v mutes r.nd no living crcaturc with ? '..bite skin visible. But a voice from the mate's cabin reassured him, and Crittenden, hailing him with thy remark tha; tht deck was clear, Marr, whooe rj'e, b"*tli -*ay, had som*? minutes bofor- tCt<> bo come injured and useless, emerged from his retreat. By way of precaution the two men looked into the other enbin foi skulkers. In the government agent's cabin was the dead anrl mutilated body of Mr. Popliam. but some sign of life was visible in that gentleman's great coat, which was hanging on a rail in the corner. From thcnce sprang a naked savaged armcil with a tomahawk, but before he could strike his intended blow "Crittenden's rifle was in position and a Snider bu'let pierced his eye, passed through his head and imbedded itself in the timber wall, whore it still remains, visible testimony to the deed. No more skulsers were found, but clown the main hatch were the thirteen native recruits who had been previously obtained and were unwilling witnesses of the terrible sceno. The fourteenth joined in the fight against the invaders and was 3lain. Those remaining were At oncc brought on deck and expressed their willingness to defend the ship. The retreating enemy though making a show an reaching the beach of renewing the ittack and carrying out their design on the Young Dick, hesitated until the >hip's boats hove in sight, and then it svas too late. ? When the captain and the rest of the irew returned they found the scuppers literally running with blood. Above the captain's cabin door are the deep murks ' of tomahawks. On his bed the mate, Marr, found stains of blood which had come from the tomahawk slashed at him through bis porthole, and which had just come fresh from butchering the :ook and carpenter. In different parts A the ship are the tracks of bullets; tioles in canvas, rigging, snapped ropes ftnd splintered wood bear witness t* Crittenden's bombardment. This fearful tragedy brought the emits to an end, and the vessel made for Queensland as soon as the land breeze that night allowed of a departure. Ft&ncitco ChrouicU. ? Tests for Army Swords. Here is the test to which the famous swords manufactured for the English army are subjected at Solingen: The blade has first of all to support.a weight of sixteen kilograms placed upon its point without showing the least deflection. This pressure is then increased to such nn extent as to cause the bending blade to shorten by sixteen centimeters, and on its removal to fnap back perfectly straight. A hard blow is then given, first with the edge and next with the back of the blade, on an iron block, the prescribed curvature being carefully measured. Then comes the bending test, in which the blade is subiccted to ft bend of ninety degrees, from which it has to spring back into the straight line. Finally it is -weighed, and not until the centre of gravity is carefully adjusted does the receiving officer put his stamp on the blade.?Paris American r.egis'cr. A Witty Courtier. v. Frederick the Great was very fond of disputations; but as he generally terminated the discussion by collaring his antagonist and kicking his shins, few ol his guests were disposed to enter ths arena against him. One day, when he Was seeking for an argument, he asked one of his suite whv he did not venture to give his opinion on some particular question. "It is impossible, your majesty," was the reply, "to express an opinion before a sovereign who haa such very strong convictions, and who wears such verj (hick boots 1" The woodlands 6f Louisiana arc fast passing into the hands of northern men. Four years ago a number of shrewd western capitalists sent their agents down there to examine the southern pine, to see what kind of lumber it would make, and the quality of the woodlands. These agents made a thorough examination at a mimimum cost and sent back the most favorable reports, urging the firms they represented to make purchases. The result has been that up to July 1, 1880, 1,160,532 acres, mainly of pine lands, had been bought at $1.25 per acre, about one-half of all the government land in ? ? ?*? nn.l noaolir nnn.minrt?r ftf fVln UIC Diaio. auu "tunj vuw-^uui vv* W* area covered by tho long-leaf pine. This is all picked land, and though only onefourth of the area, contains half the mer chantable long-leaf pine timber in Louis* Una. The landed property of England covers 72,000,000 acres. It is worth $10,000,000,000, andyieldsan annual rental, inhependent of mines, ,of $380,000,000. Half of the entiro country is held by 7,400 individuals. Tho popnlation is 85,003,000. In a new French method of dlagnosi! ilio condition of the eye is accurately estimated by means of variations in founds Mnt through a sensitive form of lelephoae placed against the eyeball. wjtgfv;. 7' y-?V''u )'. /'* TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT, j i The Tcmpcrance Army. Cheors for the Temperance Army; Behold, the brave hearts come Beneath a white, white banner, I But not to martini drum. They come from "Western rrairies, And Southland fair as May, I And pine-clad Northern hillsides. A X TT* 4 1 i ; auu nouies M>-ciay. Cheers for (ho Temperanco Army, Tbe brave, brave Temperance Army, The onwatd-inarcbing army, Whoso ranks will win the day. They t ome to break tho fetters That bind a demon's slaves; They como to koep their brothers Prom filling drunkards' graves, O brave end loyal Army! Your cause is grand and right* God speed you on to triumph Heneath your flag of white. Cheers for the Temperance Arnij', Tho brave, bra ve Temperance Army, Tho onward-marching Army, I Who fight for truth and right. ?Ebrn E Rex ford % in Tcmperancc I3anr.&?. ; Temperance Notes. The W. C. T. U. has rightfully beei j called organized "mother love." A London druggist sold in one year at , one liquor house more strychnine than i the whole city used medicinally. The town of Salem, N. C., has per mittcd no liquor to enter its limits for | one hundred years. The New York Central and HudsoL ; River Railroad Company has issued the i excellent order that no liquors shall be sold at any restaurant on its lines. i p l t^r x . . ? ! cuiiiu s>ty : --1 ou temperance peopit ore in such an awful minority." Well, ar? | the majorities always in the right. Howwould you like to have been with the j majority in the flood. Would you nol 1 rather be with Noah in the minority? and the ark. A Mother's Influence. In a railway car a man about 6ixty : years old came to sit beside me. He had j heard me lecture the evening before on j temperance. "J am a master of a ship," j ; said he, ''sailing out of New York, and | 1 have just returned from my fiftieth voy- i | age across the Atlantic. About thirty \ years ago I was a sot, shipped while dead ^ drunk, and was carried on board like a j log. When I came to, the Captain asked | j me: 'Do jou remember your mother:' I j told him she died before I could remom- j j ber. 'Well,' said he, 'I am a Vermont j man. When I was young I was crazy to ' ! go to sea. At last my mother consented I should seek my fortune. 'My boy,1 she ! said, 'I don't know anything about towns, and I never saw the sea, but they tell me they make thousands of drunk(ards. Now, promise me you'll never 1 drink a drop of liquor.' I "lie said: *1 laid my hands in hers ; ' and promised, as I looked into her eyes , for the last time. She died soon after. ! I've beon on every sea, seen the worst , j kinds of life and men?they laughed at I mc as a milksop and wanted to know if I . ' was a coward. But when they offered | mc liquor I saw my mother's pleading j face, and I never drank a drop. It has ; i been my sheet-anchor: I owe it all to ! I ! fyhftt. Would vnu like to tnkp. that 1 I pledge?' said he. My companion took i it, and he added: 4It has saved me. I ! have a fine ship, wife and children at i homo, and I have h'.lpcd others.' " That earnest mother saved two men to | vifrtue and usefulness; how many more | He who sc s al! can alone tell.? Wendell ; . Phillips. Cost of Drinkinjr. It appear?, says a Washington dis. ! | patch, that the consumption of beer increased 1,524,980 barrels. The con | sumption in leS."> waB greater than ever j before, anl, aiding tho officially reported iucreasc, it appears that no less than 012,000,000 gallons of b:?er were consumed last year. The population is GO.000.000. but the consumption for t.ho I ? 1 ' I ?" yc ir ending June 30 must b3 reckoned | upon the inerin population for that jear, ! which was abjut W 257,000. On that ' i ba is the consumption of beer appears to I have been IO.80 for every inhabitant, i babies included. Considering that a large part of the population does not consume beer at all, this seems to imply an enormous consumption to those who do, and yet, since those who use beer at all certainly consume as much as a half I a pint daily, they would at that rate get rid of twenty-three gallons each. Apparently the consumption is about equivaI l?r,f ? /I t~- U.lf .V. -J..11 Iicuv tv/ u ji;iub u VIUJ 1U1 11(111 L11U UUUJLb population. The increase in the consumption of whisky was 1,600,108 gallons, which makes the consumption for the year 70,703,010 gallons, or 1.19 gallons per capita. That is much more than was consumed in the yoars of depression, the fiscal years 1878 and 1879, when the tax was the same that it is now, but it is much below the consumption of 1883 or 1884, when the quantity was 1.41 and 1.42 gallons per capita. The increase in the consumption of beer, which has risen from seven gallons to nearly eleven gallons since 1878-9, accounts for some diminution in the use of spirits, and IV - -? - * piuuttuijr mu rapiu spread oi proniDition at the South h&a affected the consumption still more. Fifteen years ago, when the tax was 'only fifty cents per gallon, the consumption ranged between one and a half and two gallons per capita. * J i l ' 4 >. ? ' '* FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. Warm Ijanri for Corn. The corn crop needs tropical heat for i a time to reach perfection. Many facts go to show thnt much of the benefit from cultivation and manuring for corn is due to the effect these means have in making the soil warm. In early spring the more frequently the ground is stirred the more permeable it is to the entrance of the air, which at this season is always much warmer than the soil. In fact, plowing and cultivation turn under considerable an sjiui-us iogcmer witn warmer soil on the surfaco. The heat- from this rises as the soil settles, thus warming the whole. Coarse manure helps in the same way, and b}' heating at the bottom of the furrows it continues to warm the soil through the season. Every farmer knows how vigorous a growth is given to corn by a rotting sod. This may be hastened by frequent cultivation early in the season. In this way the worse the sod the greater the advantage of frequent cultivation. Good corn is thus grown on land invested by quack grass, the cultivation being then necessarily performed once, and if possible, twice a week. After rains, especially on heavy soil, the cultivation can hardly be too frequent, providing the toil decs not pack together. Every time it is stirred it is opened to admit more warm air. Every blade of quack grass put under the soil helps to furnish more warmth, and this in turn makes latent fertility available for corn roots. Soils for corn should be as loose as possible, and this condition is stcuied wherever they are full of vegetable matter. A dark color also adds to the wnrmf K nn/1 f 41? 11 1 ... I.UU i \jl Lino IUHSUU [lie ULlie It prairie soils of the West, full of decaying grass roots, were long unexcelled for corn growing. It i? probable that everywhere. as it becomes more compact by long cultivation, the best conditions for growing corn easily will be more infrequent; but knowing what the corn crop requires it will not be difficult to supply them. A. clover sod rots immedintcly after beir.g turned under. Besides this, its roots penetrate the soil deeply, and as soon as severed from the top by shallow plowing, their decay keeps the soil both moist and warm. Corn rarely suffers from drought on clover sod, if well cultivated during the growing season. There is moisture in the subsoil until late every season, and the very tap-roots of clover make it available. Farm and Garden Notes. Turn the p!gs iuto the orchard. They will ckar up the fall?n apples, worms and all. Every farmer should have a big patch 1 of rutabagr.s or Swedes. They are good 1 for the cattle, hogs, and sheep. They require but litt!c work when the land is 1 well prepared and enriched. J The hogs should have undisputed sway 1 in the orchard during the fruit season, 1 aui4 iui-j win tai up uu iue niiien una wormy apples, and hunt out many of the 1 grubs, etc., which are injurious to the trees. In this way they destroy many of the enemies of sound fruit and sound trees, and in other ways greatly benefit , the orchard. j It is not a good plan, though a very ? common one, to get suckers that sprout < from the roots of old trees and graft t these for orchard planting. One difficulty \ with this plan is that the plague of , suckers is always cursing the man whose , trees are thus procured. The root of a ^ sucker is long and horizontal. Wherever , it is cut oft or in any way injured, new suckers will speedily appear, [n seedlings ] the mass of fine roots near the centre is evenly distributed on each side, and with proper cultivation may be kept far enough down not to be disturbed. No matter how many cows are in a dairy, each one's milk should be set by itself. In this way the difference in size and form of butter globules which often exists in different caws will not effect the yield of butter. With three or four cows in the height of the season it will be necessary to churn every day, and you : might as well be churning ono cow's ' cream every three or four days as to put all sn together, n tins plan were generally adopted, one-half the cows would bo weeded out within a year as not worth keeping, and this greatly to the profit of their owners. It has generally been supposed that cooking food for cattle ussists greatly in the extraction of the elements of nutri' i tion through digestion. So far as aniI malo are concerned it has long been doubted whether cooking food pays its cost. Late conclusions arrived at from investigations at the New York Experiment Station would seem to show a Loss i of albuminoid and also an aparent loss ! of fat in the process of cooking. Tho i loss as stated is in clover hay .188 of a pound, in fresh-gound meal 1.091 and in : old meal .^ii) of a pound. The cooking - -1~ /vnltf a 1ACU r\f + nlKnmi. ; ?UUWCU UUU V/iilJ ? av/oo Ul UOiUQk ( Ik'UllA*noid, but depreciation in the digestive value of the albuminoid remaining. Recipes. Rice Pudding "Without Eggb.?Two quarts of milk, two-thirds of a cup of rice, same of sugar, small piece of but, ter aud a little salt; stir it occasionally till boiling hot and cook in a slow oven until of the consistency of cream. Tomatoes akd Egg*.?Peel tomatoes and cook them in butter, seasoning well. Have an equal number of pieces of bread larger than the tomatoes, and put the V fried tomatoes on them; then placc a hard-boiled eggou each tomato and serve very hot. Bakkd Cucumiiers. ? Pare the cucumbers, chop them Gny with a small onion, put them on with very little water, and stew for ten minutes; prepare a rich dressing, :is for poultry, of bread crumbs with herbs and y Ik of egg; pour off all tlio water from the cucumbers; add the dressing and one tablespoonful of butter, and bake in u. dcr.n Bkek Loak.?Chop vcrv fine or havt ,our outchcr minoc,. wo pounds ol coarse, lean beef. Season spicily with pepper, salt, nutmeg, summer savory, or sweet marjoram, and a cautious sprinkling of minced ouion. Bent two eggs light and work up with the mass. Tress hard into a bowl, fit a taucer or plate (inverted) upon tl c meat, and set in a dripping pan of boiling water to cook slowly for an. hour and a quarter. Lay a weight on the surface when it is done, and let it get perfectly cold before turning out. Cut in perpendicular slices. The Infamy of the Ijifjuor Traffic. The liquor trnffiic is the prolific sourc? of a large proportion of the misery that now exists in the world, nnd also the instigator and inciting cau^e of nearly all the crimes that arc committed. We * might charge these crimes to individuals and their perverted appetites, but we always find that allurement is n. stronger incentive to intoxication than deliberation, therefore we go to tbo fountrtin-head and charge this crime and misery to the rum-seller, this debasing and curse of curses, this foul and terrible incubus that weighs so heavily on tflte fairest and best homes of our counts^ that destroys our business, pauperizes tho people and sends thousands of tho best men of our country to untimely graves, and leaves behind a wail of anguish from broken hearts and helpless orphans; these arseuals of riot and debauchery that put our lives and property in constant jeopardy, that fill our jails and prisons, and cause a stream of crime and wretchedness to flow like molten. lava over the best interests of our country. All these and much more are the direct and immediate results of the wicked and mercenary crime of rum-selling, a crime that has been tolerated and sanctioned through the influence of our * social surroundings, large moneyed interests, together with the ignorance of the people as to the nature of the vile compounds foisted on them, and the clamor of the perverted appetites of its many uiptlma The people are sovereign in authority and have absolute control of this monster evil, and are therefore responsible to each other for the continuation of this awful flevastation that is being constantly perpetrated by these rum-sellers. In our sovereign capacity we are guilty of sanctioning these outrages on the property, the lives, the health and the welfare ol the community. ? IK. Jennings Demor&st. d.n Outgrowth of the License System. The New York Sun recently gave a 4^ scription of the paintings in some of the eading bar-rooms of New York city, ihowing some of them to contain from. , $00,000 to $100,000 each in paintings, jtatuary etc, to make the path to perdition attractive and fascinating. These saloons are the product and legitimate iutgrowth of the license system. The plea that liceuse "restricts" is utterly also and fallacious. The young men who frequent these gilded pathways to hell are first assured that that these places are licensed, legalized and protected by the strong right arm of the law, and hence are legitimate and necessary to the public good and welfare. One of these gilded saloons will do more to lure souls down to eternal ruin than a hundred "low dives," that only take the cast off victims when so robbed of their money and debauched of character as not to be ht to associate with the new "customers" which these more "respectable" saloons are receiving. The gilded "saloon must go" iu order that the young men may be saved. God and truth and the right are stronger than all the wealth of the world combined.?JV?* tional Temperance Advocate. Beef Tea Better Than Wine. A young lad was knocked down by a team in a London street and taken to a large hospital. One morning the doctor-examined him, and said: "Nurse, give him two glasses of port wine daily." And, looking at the lad, he said: "Yon. will get on very -well, my boy." lne young patient looked up, and replied: "Please, sir, don't order ma the wine." "Why not, my boy?" "If you please, sir, I belong to a Band of Hope." "OhI" answered the doctor, "do you? Well, nurse, give him a pint of new milk im the morning, and as much beef-tea as ho likes." And laughing cheerily, he lurid to the boy: " Y ou will get on very well, my lad." And he got quite well without the wine. Lightning struck an oak in Tippecauot county, Indiana, and tore it into splini ten. It is said that each year's layer ot the growth seemed to have been sept* > *ied from the other, and split into strips1 about half an iaoh wide. After com-' _lu. ? Ik. ik? DnKli |iiuuug 1MB wotjl usx uic imrv mw "5^ nirf Hb thirty yards along * wiraxeaoai ?i' ?