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HOME, FARM Al GAUDO.
i Kind words and a gentle patting
on the head will go much fur tier in
iaming a timid heuer than a score of
milk-stools.
The Sural New Yorker says sun
flower 8ted is not good for horses or
cattle, but it can be fed in Bioalj
quantities to poultry.
Tomatoes raised on a poor, light
soil will have less growth than those
raised on rich soil, but they will ripen
a week or ten days sooner. Chicago
Journal,
Caution is necessary in using com
mercial fertilizers in the garden, that it
is" not brought in direct contact witl
the seed. Thorough mixing with the
soil is the only absolute safety at all
times. Cleveland Lender.
A Western paper advises adding
salicj'lic acid to oiuer to prevent fer
mentation. Any drug that will arrest
fermentations will as effectually pre
vent digestion, and should bo shunned
by all who have regard to their health,
believes the Rural New Yorker.
r Fireplace Curtains: Fireplace cur
tains can be hung upon invisible wires,
or if preferred upon visible brass rods
beneath the mantelpiece, and made to
draw before the grate. If it is desir
able to hide the manteloiece, they will
Fcrve this purpose afro, as they may bo
drawn aside just en -ugh to reveal the
fire. Boston Vast.
Very handsome wall pockets to
hold papers are made of plush. Two
boards are required for this. The one
Intended for the back must be a sizo
larger than for the front. Gilt-head
nails may be put in at the siiLs, or
rings of brass, and the boards be held
together by ribbons laced back and
forth.
- To one ever so kittle handy with a
pencil it is a comfort and a having of
time to measure tiie garden plot and
f)lan the planting of everything before
land on paper. A page or two of a
blank book will hold the business, and
the record gives a Irstory and furnishes
an increasing basis for garden science
from year to year. N. Y. 1'ost.
A Canadian correspondent of VicVs
Monthly crows excellent radishes in this
way: lie selects a piece of ground in
the corner of his garden and keeps it
especially for this purp se. H. covers
the surface with about two inches of
leached wood ashes every spring, and
epades in thoroughly. His soil is saudy
llis radishes are not troubled with
worms, and are smooth and brittle
Economizing Land
Concerning the differences in the
methods of tarnvng between this coun
try and certain parts of the old world
uone are more striking to the traveler
than in the economizing of land. In
Japan and China the steep mountain
sides are terraced and produce Iuxuriaut
crops in situations that in our country
would be considered quite unavailable
for agricultural purposes. In France,
Germany aud other parts of Kurope
nearly every square foot of sol is care
fully tilled and made to yield its share.
The ground is broken close to the
ficdges or other confines, and every
nook and corner is utilized. The aver
age "farms1' in some of those cotintr cs
eecm 1 ttlc larger than good-sized gar
dens in America, and it is o.tcu a mat
ter of wonder how the owners or ten
ants of these small plots can gain a
living from them for them-elves and
families. It would be still more sur
prising to one who had no previous
knowledge of the subject to learn what
immense crops are produced ou such
diminutive farms.
This difference is mainly dt:c, how
ever, not so much to the priu iple of
economy adopted for pr neiplos sake,
as to the ne essity of the ease. The
farming lands of Kurope arc generally
thickly populated and extremely valu
able. Tie needs of the resident popu
lation re uirc that the soil should be
made to vie d its utmost, and even then
fciore is often barely enough for suo
justencc. These circumstances do rot
laow xist in this country, although they
"may, possibly, in centuries to come. Hut
until drvon by necessity, it can haidy
be expected that our farming i lass wnl
ractice that econ mv in the use of
and which now prevails ic older coun
tries. Yet the subject is one which
may be profitably considered by all
who are interested in inproved systems
of agriculture.
No doubt the cheapness of land with
s and the w.de areas in different part;
of th-j Union that still lie unoccupied,
have given rise to loose and wasteful
methods of farming, a wanton prodigal
ity in the use of land that is not excus
able under any circumstances.
An idea seems to prevail with a large
class of people iu this country that
farming consists mainly in spreading
out over a vast number of acres, w th
but little reference to the real question,
how to make the most out of the soil.
The land-owner aspires to Lc "a mon
arch of all he surveys," even though
bis monarchy consists in part of
swamps, barrens aud other desolate
places. He counts upoe .' total
amount of his acreage rather tiiau upon
the average producing value of his
acres. "To a great degree this dillusivo
style of farming is labor lost and un
profitable. No man ever gains any
thing by spreading himself over too
much ground; a truth that applies to
agriculture as well as to other pursuits
In this respect it will be found far more
profitable in the end to concentrate
means and energies with'n reasonable
limits than to acqu re a g.eat number
of acres to be neglected and half tilled.
There is no excuse for slovenly , arm
ing even where land can be had for the
asking.
The motto of every farmer should bo
to make the most of every foot of soil.
Up should improve the waste places,
drain the sloughs and swamp-holes and
clear away the wide, straggling rows o!
underbrush by the fences and walls.
He should not a'low spaces of valuable
and fertile land around bis' barns and
dwellings to be covtred over witn
debris, or given up to the possession of
unsightly weeds. Neatness and care
fulness pay as well in farming as in any
other busness. Whim our farmers
learn to practice that economy in the
use of land which thev are forced to e-.-ercisj
in other directions they will
mak-' more money with less labor thw
they do now. X. V. Observe.
Unwholesome Feeding".
There is no other part of the farm
work that is performed in such a per
functory ai I careless manner as the
feeding of the stock. At one time the
food is given to excess; at another it i
not sufficient; too often there is no reg
ularity, and almost universally the
quality is ob:ectionable. Now, the di
gestive organs of an animal are the
most delicate part of the sys'em, and
the digestive process is far more pre
cise and intricate than anything that
the chemist can perform in his labora
tory. No work of man can nearly ap
proach in its perfection the tunetions of
d gestiou, assimilation and nutrition in
V c stomach and int stines. Indeed,
the closest and most patient researches
of anatomists and chemists have faded
to explain some of these functions, and
even the purposes and offices of some
important organ connected with diges
tion and nutrition are partly or
wholly unknown a?, for instance, the
spleen and the pancreas while we do
not yet completely understand the ac
tion and efFect of the liver, which is the
largest and most important of the in
testinal organs. Tiiese facts tend to
show the great importance of a knowl
edge, as lar as poss ble, of the whole
theory and science of feeding, and of
the greatest care ulness in practice.
Hut unfortunately few farmers make
even an attempt to study this subject,
and the great majority quite ignore
it. he consequence is that animals
su'rer trom all sorts of disea-cs'diie to
disordered digestion and the resulting
impurities of the bloo 1, aud the losses
of farmers, shepherds, and stock-feeders
are enormous, but yet almost entirely
preventable. The two most seiious
causes of the trouble arc excessive feed
ing aud the use of unwho'o-ome fodder.
Animals posse-s no restraining instinct
against over-feeding: they cat as long
as they can. and will gorge themselves
with the most savory food in the most
gluttonous manner. Therefore the
feeder should exercise a w.se ovcrs'ght
and precaution in this r. spect, not only
to regulate the rat on given as to quan
tity, but to arp rtion the quality in
such a manner as to meet the actual
necessities of the animal. As far as re
gal its quantity.cnmmon sense indicates
tiiat when an an mal is so tilled with
food that it can lio.d no more it has
eaten to a da gerous excess. This ex
cess of food has the very opposite re
sult from that desired by the feeder; the
dairy cow falls o 1" in milk, or becomes
diseased and suffers with garget or
milk fever; the calves are attacked by
blackleg or diarrh a- nature's way of
gctt'ng rid of the excess pigs become
1 a ccted Iy staggers r nervous dsorder
of tne spine, which produces the ex
ceedingly common paralysis of the hind
parts, and when the food is chiefly
corn, they die by thousands of inllam
matiou and fever of the bowels, which
is the true name of the dreaded hog
cholera. And so this waste ac s both
ways, for it is a was te of good food that
is thrown away and a waste of valuable
slock which is destroyed by the tirst
waste and e jually as wasteul as piling
up fodder against a barn to burn up the
grain that is stored in it.
Mut worse yet remains to be told
as regards the use ot unwholesome
food. Recent inxestigat ons of i iolog
ists go to show that the almost infinite
variety of fungi, both visible and invis
ible, e.0! pting by the aid of the most
power ul microscopes, are the most act
ive agents in the destruction of living
matter, as well as of dead organic s .b
stances. Scarcely a substance exists
but has its peculiar parasite which lives
anil grows at its expense, and linallv
destroys it. Our knowledge of these
destructive agencies is at present very
meager, but we know enough of them
to realize that they are noxious iu the
extreme. Molds, mildews, rusts, smuts,
ergots and the invisible infusorial
growths generally eal.ed bacteria, and
known as infusoria because of their ap
pearance "n intiisiousof organic matter,
(and the blood is precisely such a liqu d)
all these act as poisons wh eh produce
diseases of the most fatal type, because
these germs and plants increase witn
inconceivable rapidity in the blood and
tissues of an an mal poisoned by them.
And yet it is &a e to say that scarce y
any fodder or grain fed to animals is
who ly free from t cm, while n far too
many cases stock is suppled with food
profusely reeking with these dangerous
poisons. The sub ect is to copious to
pursue fmther at this time, brt we can
not resist the duty of here point ng out
the danger, so as to awaken thought in
regard to it, intending to refer again to
this vitally important matter heiealter.
A', i. Timet.
Managing a Farm.
Last week in conversation with a
legislator who has large experience and
great comprehens on of practical life,
in speaking of the qualillcations of a
certain man for olliee, he said the can
didate had demonstrated his qual iica
tions for any position. He had ma i
aged successfully a thousan acre farm,
which he considered required more
varied and practical qualilications than
it did to discharge the duties of Gov
ernor or any other office in the Suite.
A man m.y have a thousand acre
fami, and have money enough from
other sources to put life farm in good
order, and stock it with an abundance
of even class of the best stock, and
things may look grand. But does it
pay "expenses, the interest on the money
inves-ed in it, aud a good profit to the
owner? Ifnot.it is not successfully man
a ed. The farm must not only look
pleasant to the eye, but it must pan out
i he profits. To do this a man must
have practical knowledge of his business
and great administrative talent. So our
friend was safe in saying that a man
who can successfully manage a thou-saud-ac.e
farm is qualified for any of
fice. Jiu;a Stale Jlcqistcr.
m m
Thu American Cultiva'or reminds
us that it is not economy to make a
garden too many ears in one place.
The soil becomes exhausted for one
kind of crop-growing, and insects be
come abundant We have known larm
crs to spend twice the time fighting in-
sects that their more enterprising neigh
bors did, and because thev persisted in
keeping the garden in the same old
place,
weeds
The same is true iu regard to
A hen of any breed begins to fall
off in cgtr production aftxr she passe
her third year.
"Availability."
The Republicans have an easy cam
paign before them it they are wise;
that is, if they trust themselves fear-
. lessly to the choice of a good man for
Resident, and do not. let themselves be
fed away by the foolish cry of "availa
oility'' which is usually apt to result
in the selection of a second rate man.
We can afford to lake up a man whose
rapacity is undoubted, it ho has g ven
vulen eby his public life that he can
betr sted. All the signs point to the
certainty that we shall elect any good
man we put in nomination. We can
only be beaten by putting up a man who
has not the confidence of the country,
A lie usual laiK aoout "availability
as:d ; from the actual excellence of
the candidate began early. It did not
begin with the people. It began with
the politicians, and it is largely their
stock in trade. Their formula is: "Oh,
lie is a good man. he would make a
jood President, hut he can not carry
this or that State." When a pol'ticiah
3ays this, he is really talking in the in
terest of somebody who wants to get
rid of a rival. This is peculiarly so in
this campaign. The chances arc that
w.ien you see a politician or a newspa
per tiying to undermine a particular
candidate by attempting to show, not
that he would not make a safe and
competent President, but that he cm
not carry such a State, you may be sure
that he fs in faor of a candidate who
wo Id not be the spontaneous first
shoicc of the party, but depends upon
some factit.ous advantange aside from
his merit. Now, in this campaign,
if ever we could, we can afford to dis
regard the old availability cry and rest
upon merit.
For nothing is more certain, as the
field looks ttMlay, than that the only
possible ground of de eat to-day would
be in putting in noni. nation a man who
is intrinsically unfit. The Independent
rote has to be reckoned with. It will
isk only one ucstion. sup osing, of
course, that a man of ability is put up.
Is he to be trusted to carry on the Gov
ernment in a conservative manner ou
the 1 ncs of advance and re orm now
laid down, that is a sys ematized civil
sen' ce removed from the t net ations
of party greea a conservative financial
sourse. and a reduction of taxes and
revenue in accordance with the broad
interests of the country. We want no
experiments, we want no adventures:
we want our affairs to go on steadily
and quietly.
The Federal machine has become a
very big one to manage. It can not bo
trusted to tyros. It needs s'atcsmen to
direct the finances, and it needs experi
ence to adjust the great interests of
commerce, agriculture and manufac
tures. The Republican party for near
ly a quarter of a century has controlled
these great interests, and under its rule
the country has taken a front rank in
the world." and become, beyond dispute,
the most prosperous nation on the
globe. We suppose that no candid man
will deny that it has to-day in its ranks
r. greater number of capable statesmen
than its opponents. Demo- rn'.s, Green-
backers.or whatever name the opposition
takes. This is shown by the tentative ex
periments the Democrats have m.ule in
any branch of the Government they have
temporarily controlled. Iu plain words,
they have made a mess of it every time.
They show no capacity to handle the
groat machine. No better cv donee of
th s is needed than such a taritf measure
as Morr's n s bill a hor zontal reduc
tion, made without the least insight in o
the complicated interests of the coun
try. It has besides, no unity of pur
pose or principle and it develops ew
statesmen With an comprchensi e and
broad views. It is bothered to-day to
name a single (living candidate for
President, who is a t airly able and rep
resentative man, upon whom the party
can uti te.
The Republican partv, on the contra
ry, has plenty of goo timber for candi
dates. It may be embarrassed wh m
to select, but it can make no mist ike if
it trus s it-elf to its nsiinet of taking a
man of universally acknowledged ca
pacity and integ ity, and does not
bother itself wth the false politician's
cry ot "availab.iity. uarljuru
Courant.
Stale Sovereignty Run Mad.
One of the signs of orthodox Dcmo
raey that might have been referred to
by the experts who were reentry called
upon in Iowa to g ve the tests of real
Democracy is the doetr ne of State i
sovereignty. -This is. to be sure, not a
Jackson, an doctrine, as Calhoun and
his nullifying crowd found out to their
hearts' content from the hero of New
Orleans, but it has in these degenerate
days become one of the fetiehs of that
party. hen the temple visitation oi i
yellow-fever fell upon the South a few
years ago, tne people oi inn isonii, am
mated bv the fraternal desire to use all
the means in their power for the sup
pression of the pestilence, una imoiisly
sustained the intervention of the Gen
eral Government w tli the expenditure
of money, the issue of ration', the dis
tribution of shelter tents, the assign
ment of army physician to assist in the
care of the sick, and in short the fullest
exercise of all the resources ot the cen
tral power. But even in that dread
emergen -y, with Yellow Jack swooping
down upon scores of communities, the
devo'ees . of this fetich of State
sovereignty could not run so fast from
the Angel of Death but that they had
time to give a kick to the hand that
brought them aid.
The R piesentalives of Alabama.
Georg a, Tennessee and Mississippi
yelped snarled and snapped at the
hand that was bringing them the best
it could command of rel ef and protec
tion. They took all that was od'ered,
but graciously reminded the giver that
his benevo ence proceeded on an en
tirely incorrect theory of the true func
tions of Fe leral Government Precisely
the same blind devotion to the nullify
in r theory that Jackson stood ready to
take out of Calhoun by the appl cation
of a hemp poultice animates the opposi
tion of the Bourbon Senators to the ap
propriat n for the extermination of the
cattle-plague, which, whether it be gen
uine fo t-and-mouth d'scase or not. is
co tagious and extremely dangerous to
the welfarr of the people of the whole
country. Whil the germs of disease
arc spreading from one State to anoth
er, threaten -nr to infect all the herds
on the rang s in theTerritor'es on the'r
dispersal in the spr'ng, receiving rein-fore-iincnts
at the ports on ths sisa-coast
where Furpnan cattle are be'ng im
ported.portend ngtheloss. lfun becked,
of millions alike to the owners of tattle
:.n 1 the consumers of mea all that the
State-sovereignty ghosts ia the Senatff
can find to say is, that the intervention
of the only adequate power that of the
Nation would bo inconsistent with
their theory of the Constitution.
Senator Bayard, who does not find
anything out of the way in the use of
the sovereign jioxvers ot taxation of the
, Federal Government for the enrichment
of ti,e Wilmington Match Company,
can on5v stirIek State ri?1,ts whpn it i3
proposed to use those same powers of
taxation to protect the food of
i tioiK We cannot see the sense
a ia-
or the
consistcnev of this theory of Fed-ral
powers. The State rij.hts that Senator
Bayard, ami Senator Pendleton, ami
Senator Morgan and Senator Harris are
fighting for is the right of States to
poison their neighbors food and to in
fect their cattle with a death-dealing
disease. If it is not competent for the
Federal Government to u-e its common
powers to prevent such a common ca
lamity then Governments are a mockery
and have no real social raison d e're.
It would seem as if the late unpleas
antness was too short. It ought to
have lasted one campaign louger. The
wa- proved nothing if it did not demon
s rate that the Government of this
country was a real National Govern
ment that' could do air. thing that was
demanded by the general welfare. It
is not an aggregation of little politi al
patches in each of which there is a
minute central postule of sovereignly.
There is but one center of sovereignty
in this union, and that is at Yxash-ng
ton. and tssovere:gnly is ample or all
the needs of the people. There was
enough gunpowder consumed dnr ng
the war to have burned this truth into
any ordinary cuticle. Chicago Tribune.
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The Road to Ruin.
Danger lies ahead of the Republican
partv. The opening of the year dis
closed a pathway to victory. The Dem
ocratic party, lorn by dis-onsion and
weakened by lack of principle, present
ed no barrier. The aspect threatens to
change, and it is time to sound a clarion
note of al rin.
A few months aio no personality had
been made an issue. Republicans were
laboring .side y side ami br nging all
their forces in cohes ve strength to lear
upon the common enemy. The e feet
i was self-evident. Had the same pru
dent course been pur-ued to the pres
ent tini' it would have been the part
of wisdom.
Per-onal issues will weaken and de
morali e. The one grand oljcet the
success of Republican principles has
been almost forgotten in the v.eal w.th
whic'i the eiaini of this or that candi
date is uphe d. Partisanship seeks to
usurp the place of principle, and sel
fishness bids fair to imperil safety.
The effect of this intens ty of feel'ng
in 1 ehalf of the spec-al claims of cer
tain candidates can not be foretold. Al
ready newspapers of prominence are
mak'ng shameful attacks upon Repub
lican can idates who are d s'asteful to
them, and dragging down the names of
men honored in the past anil yet to bo
honored in the party's councils. Mean-
i while the c'ouds are gathering and a
storm threat cn.4.
i e can conceive of no greater lack of
judgment than that displayed by some
Republican newspapers iu the fervor
wth which they ti port onesinglecan
didate. Knowing that the great Stale
of New York w 11 hold the balance of
I power, that it is almost ahsolu.ely nec
essary to carry it if we would win it is
amazing that this fact is overlooked by
those who should be tirst to recognize
it What bene t :s it to the parly, or
to any man in the j arty, to declare that
Mr. Blame or General Arthur can not
1 carry New York is incomprehensible.
We believe that c ther can carry the
State, and we aNo believe that either can
carry O io, and be elected. Yet the
fact remains lhat the caad ilacy of both
has been in ured by the rab d partis n
ship of their unwise though devoted
supporters. Day by day the bickering,
the denunciation and the clamor of the
Republican press grow apace. Mean
while the enemy is at work.
The voice of wisdom at such rtn hour
commands peace, and eniorces pru
dence. This is not a time for strife
Within the party. The lesson of the
hour is impressing itseli mo e strongly
day by day that the coming conte-t is
not between men
ores. The man
but between iuc:is
to lead m ist be a
leader. Publ c opinion will insist on
cont tolling the sele -lion. ut no man in
this campaign can expect to control
pu die opinion He who thrusts his
personality into the struggle w.ll be
casi asiue.
At such a time, with a great body of
Independent Repu licans hesitating as
to the.r position, and reprobat jig the
personalities of the contest, the cry is
for a strong man, for a candidate who
is not seeking but is sought. One is
wanted who "commands respect even
from i. is enemies, who s free of tainr,
loyal to the pr neiplcs o the party and
earnest in their de.ense. true to himself,
and honest to the very core of his heart
The Republican 5 art) is rich in the pos
session ot such men. Senator Hawley
is one. Senator K .munds is a orher,
Robert T. Lincoln is still another, or
Waller Q. Gresham or any of fifty fa
miliar names that will i:ash into the
m nd of one acquainted with our pub
lic men.
It is time to drop personal issues if
the party is to enter unitedly and iu
solid column into a close and vigorous
contest. The Democracy is closing up
its ranks, luiet but effeeth e work, uith
the n ains- ring at this capital, is going
on day by day. and even night by n ght.
livery heated" word, every b'ow. every
rancorous feeling in the Republican
party is a delight anil a pleasure to the
enemy. His plau is well laid. Those id
his secrets know its pu po e, which is
nothing less than the capture first of
all of the Kmpire State This is the
c ief prize, aud the man with whom it
is to be won if possible is Governor
Cleveland. To this end every effort will
be directed and the forces are already
marshaling.
Let Republic ns wake to the danger
of fighting each other and wasting their
strength. There is something else to
do. That something is to nom nate a
man so panoplied in personal and jKili
tieal strength that he can le.id a
united party to a memorable victory.-
Abany Evenuirj Journal.
Temnerance Reading.
"AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER :
"lth tottcrinjr step, anil frenzied eye.
The sii'l Inebriate hurries by
To tho uemirel ilen
Where Lucifer s hteh priest nu-nlts
To lure, tbrniijch the infernal xutcs,
llis faltering fellow men.
The victim enters jrraps the cup.
Ami ouatTs the demon nectur up:
He drinks to drown his cure.
OH thou, who ttandest on the rock.
Above the stirpiiiff billow's shock.
See thou thy brother there.'
Withhold thy censure, taunt and frown.
His sins and w e- have home him down
To effortless de-pair.
He sinks liencath his heavy loud
He's prostrate, on a thorny ro-d:
Say, shall we leave him there?
Shall wo not led a kindly hand.
And with our strength help him to stand.
And And some cifer way
For the poor, harassed, tremulinsr feet.
Some chciter from the tiurninjr heat
And burden of the day?
Oh, by the power of word and deed.
Show him how human hearts can bleed
Arshrhtor human woe;
Show him a love tliat w ill not shrink
fo suali'h from Tolly's foulest brink.
The w under;-;, lost, below.
So. shalt thou lift ihy brother up
io, in thy met-un-. taste the cup
Tliy Saviour drained for thee:
So life s'inll hursreon from the t ml
And iu Love s warm perennial bloom
The captive chad be lree.
Cnum SionaX,
tiie LiquoR quEsriox.
No economical que-tion has come to
the front more resolutely of late than
the question how to ileal with the tra-lic
in iiitoicat:ug liquors. It has evident
ly "come to stay," and will be an in-
erep-singly perplexing element in all po-
luteal calculations'.
Thirty two years ago the original
44 31a no law" for the suppression of I w:is struck on thu head w th a skate,
tii pling-houses was enacted in a State c wa, taken home sufft ring from eon
whose population were mainly total a- mission of the brain and w th a large
stainers from alcoholic beverages. The j,) in his scalp. The 'whizirer' was
Mr ngeut
prohibitory legslation of
xUa ne was speedily lollov.eu by that ot
eight or n ne other States; m some of !
them it has been repealed, but to-day which is in active operation both sum
the principle of prohtb tion remains m- , nu.r .in, nj,,ter. and which consists of
gr.itieti on me siaiiue-uooKs 01 .name,
erniont and Kansas. There is al?o a
local proh.b'tory act in force in ine
land. New Jersey, and in many towns
and counties of Georgia, South Caro
lina, and perhaps some other State-.
lite constitutionality r pronibition lias
been repeatedly affirmed in the highest
courts; it stands, just as the license sys
tem stands.- on the same foundation with
quaraii'ine regulations, or with the law j than thev ever intended,
forbidding powder-mills in the heart of t jt ,.. e"sv .,(.tl;., hold of the " whiz
a city. If the commonwealth finds the z,,r.- iilo ""iniL.nTlv fs in letting go.
dram-fcop a truitful source of pauper- Su- ftt.r. :m,i SWiftef. and swi ter, it re
ism and crime, it has a clear, undenia- Volves. The walk becomes a trot, and
ble rigiit either to limit it or to suppress tlie trot :l rilI1 :imi thvro ls llo stopping.
it entirely, ".-alus popuii sttprema lex.'
Auout me constitutionality 01 pro-
hi -ltory legislation there is no serious
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ii un. it is uu sliioiis
difficulty is with re-
eabihty and the pos-
ng it. A dead laxv is
uispit e; 1 lie il-.ii iiuunii
g.ird to its practic:
s.b Iitv of enforci
as useie-s anil mouorous as a itean man.
1'he experience of .Maine, erniont m Iltee bhwted mecs. bleared eves,
and Kansas has est abhshed one fact ; ra'gsd coats, bad hats and general
t at the enforcement of suppressive , wretchedness are still keeping close to
laws depends entirely upon the xvisiies . the .-bars," and hold'ng on to the
of the ma ority in the different local-- Xvhiz.er." which is continually increas
t es. Vv herever the local public scnti- j in;r ;ts s.,mt. There is a set of gay
men;e!eits magistrates who xvill en- young- chaps near the entre. Thvv
force the law, it is fairly enforced taih :ire j,00d-!ooking and well dressed, atil
isthecaein very many localities of , tJiev t:lke thing-j casv, and moxe xxith
those three States, especially in urn
rural districts. v nerexer the ma ority
choose otlicers who xx'ilt wink atthevio-
lat on of the laxx-. either in part or
wholly, there prohibition is .r:icCicaI'y
a dead letter. For example, the pub
lic authorities of the city of ttangor.
Me., created at one time no small scan
dal by permitt ng the dram-shops to
keep open doors, and it is charged
against the pre-ent authorities of Port
land t al they allow no small amount
of liquor-selling to go unpunished, in
the river towns of Kansas the -ame
state of things exists. The written law
of a whole State is the act .ally en-
lo.ceil law ot such portions ot the State
as decree its enforcement by their bal
lots. That this is not the mo t health
ful mode of dealing with the solemnities
of law goes without saying.
These facts seem to point clearly to
the righttulifcss ami exped ency of one
method of dealing with the dram-shop,
and that is the method of local control.
This principle is as essentially demo
cratic us was theorg'tial "town-meeting"
of primitive New Kngiand. which
lies at the foundation of our wh le
structure of Govenimcnt. If the citi
zens of any township or municipality
regard the existence of lipplieg-houses
as in meal to their best interest, they
should be permitted either to limit
them by a high-license fee or to pro
hibit them altogether. Because the city
of Trenti n des res to license dram
shops, that is no reao why the com
munity of Vineland. in the same State,
should be compelled to live under a 15
cene laxv. In .exv Vork City the excise
system has notoriously failed to exert
any repressive control of the business of
grog-sell. ng; but that fact should not
proven' the inhabitants of any town
ship or village in Oneida County from
excluding every house of public tempta
tion from their borders. "Those who
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dance must nav the tiddler (and rxexv
uuu. .u.iov i'. ".
ork pays roundly ; but it is haul at
a community who ah hor the danco
shouldnot bealoxxed to clear out the
fnhe and the fiddler too,
This just and publican pnncie of
?nrtl inntrnl i; Mini.- neilirr t;iir!V tPstei! 1
in Georgia and South Carolina" -whe-c j
the whisky-shops have proved so dan
gerous and demoralizing to both ne
groes and poor whites. The counties
and the incorpora ed towns who peti
tion for the privilege receive from the
State Legislature the legal right to sttj
press tippling-hous.es tin !er severe pen
alties. Th's local proh bltion has been
voted for in many localities: its per
manent enforcement xvill depend en
tirely on the stamina of the people and
their elected authorities. As an honest
experiment of self-government in a
p -euliarlv difficult direction, it sof pro
digious importance; its educating inllu
ejic on the people can not well be over
estimated. Its success will be a price-
lw. l.T-.."v r. flu, .'sinltll
Tiie method of "high license fees" shame for h m to allow a woman to :u
has been ad pted in "Illinois and in ' tempt to rule his acton." Provided
Iowa ami some other portions of the ' money is received or drink, the liquor
West. This svst m closes up a great I traffic is demoniac in its recklessness:
number of haunts of temptation to the i it has not the slightest care that homes
work-ng classes, and is to that degree ! are demolished, nil joy and hope crushed
hen liclal. Itette- this "half a lo:u" out from hearts, virtue des roved, souls
than a whole li tior-cask without anv j damned, earth curse I and" cternitv
bung. T e friends of order and morali- turned into darkness and despair.
ty xvill make . serious mistake if they Xulioual Americun.
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do not aid in the enforcement of tin
experimental legislation. If it works
well, it may be a stepping stone toward
thfrmoio complete abatement of a col
lossalevil. 'Jhco. L. Cuycr, in Har
per's Weekly.
The "YYhizzcr."
"After en'oying good skat'ng until
it becomes a tri. e m -notonous to them,
partv of youths on a large pond at
Clillon, Staten Is and. introduced a
novelty with which to make the pastime
more "exci ing. Tho innovation con
sisted of what they called a whizer.'
Tiie whizzer was made by cutting a.
hole in the ice, placing an upright pole
through the hole, arid attaching two
horizontal bars to the pole. The bar
were about fifteen feet long, and on op
posite sides of the upr ght pole. A
dozen boys would catch hold of the
bars and begin to skate around, after
the manner of sa lor winding a capstan.
The result would bo that the boy near
the pole would he moving in a circle at
a very moderate pace, while those on
the outer edges were whirling around
at a terrific speed, and if they chanced
to let go of the 'whiz cr' they would
be hurled forward as if shot from a cat
apult. "The excitement of the sport con
s"stcd in watching the gy rat ons of those
who let go. One lad loosened his g ip
0:1 the bar. was hurled forward abouD
fifty feet, and after liding most of the
distance on the ice went home with the
entire lelt side of his iace almost dc-
l void of skin and bleeding profusely.
Another boy tripped, and vas carried
off w.th a sprained w r.st and broken
jm.
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mil
fell, and before he could gel out of the
u:lv the other bar came around and he
xvn stopped for the atternoon."
This circumstance has brought to
nit ml another kind of "whi.ei.
, several long -oars, vviicn rev one;
' around the rum-bottle. Persons take
I hold near the ecu er, where they find a
; glass of beer, or wine or cider ready
lor them. It is not hard to get hold of
the whizer." and as long as you keep
near the center it is a very popular
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amusement. nut when persons ge
crowded out from the center the speeu
increases', and tlievi'o faster and farther
T!, "vvhizster." never slows up; and
tlcn. s no ciiaxicc to ict o. You must
rUn or be run oxer; .you must nang on
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run or be run oxer; vou must nang on
or ljC knocked down, trampled under
foot, or Hung oil headlong on a tangent,
1 havo . &ome ,'e:inux uni,-
..,! t,v- tl. " liirr" Men u-ith
ri..lt moderation, but by and bv others
f-
1
press in anil taey get croxviieu ons
along the "bars," and the farther thy
go the wor-e they fare: and the longer
they hold on to the "whiz er. 'the more
they wish they could let go of it. Finally
they reach the end. and loose their grip,
and by off, and go m 1 med. and
bruised, anil bleeding to destruction.
You would never recognize in tli
bruised, bloated, mangled mass that 1
thing trom the end of the "xvhizzer" the
gay and sprightly young man who
took hold of 4ne wine-cup at the cen
ter. Hut it i the same, and anyone
who won d liice to see the working of
tlie whi..er ' can see people tak.it"
bolil at the bar ot almost anv nrst-ci
lass
hotel or Ifgh-toned saloon, and see
them thing oil, mangled and crushed,
when the hist penny is spent, and they
are k'eked out to die in the gu'.ter. or
diaggedaway shiver"ng and dement
ed, Ho the mad-house, the prison or this
ir-i.Tiilvs.
My irientl. ilo not lake nom 01 tne
devil's "whizzer.'" He has them set
up at almost every corner, and he It
working them with all his might,
btand off! There is danger there! Keep
clear of the bottle and the "bars."
"Look not on the wine when it is red."
The Hajhjuatd.
Temperance Items.
It is said to be a fact that there L
not an Irish I atholic saloon-keeper in
the City of St. 1'aul, all of them being
inlluenced by the church to quit the
business.
It is said that a certain party re
cently stepped into a saloon anil called
for a'glass of beer. A lady folloxved the
would-be imbiber and, as he was a out
to take the glass, tapped him gently on
the shoulder and repi-stcd him toga
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f. n;iri-lieil tnw.-iri! fliciloor thesaloon-
sufficiently from his
J ejaculate: t.at beats
The lad v turned and put
tIll. clillc,.cr on by fespond.ng: "es.
intention to Scat the
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devil.
We all know wives and mothers of
drunkards, xvho t me and again, havo
with suppliant tear begged that the
saloon-keeper sell them no strong drink.
Their prayer xvas all in vain. A few
days ago the wife 01 a drun .ard was on
her knees before me. a suppliant in her
c ildren's name that I do something to
re orm her husband. He obtains his
liquor, she told me, across the strcei
from her cottage. "Speak to the sa oon
kecner," 1 said, "perhaps, being your
neighbor and knoxving your sufferings,
he xvill not permit your husband to visit
his saloon." "Oh." she replied, in bit
ter agony. "I have spoken to h'm again
and again, and it makes matters worse;
he repeats to my husband that it is a
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