iiwmiwirii
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
SOUND UOCTRINK PREACHED UY
LEADING PAPERS.
Thr Unpatriotic HniiillinBRnrji r tho
rrccnt Itrpuhllrait Conrjrrn Spitc
tnrj OnrllMn' Aiimuil Iteporl l.nif
ltiir of Itrpuhllriin In Kriituchj'.
Krory ronubllcnn plnn for Increasing
tho roVariue Is dishonest and a scheme
to sAndlmg nnd rob tho pooplo of tho
country. No gront Incronro, If nny, Ib
required. Htit the Imnglnnry doflcll 1h
mado nprolcxl for tho Hind of tariff
legislation demnnded by tho rapacity of
tho protected monopolists. Thoy de
clare thattho country 1b In noccfwltoiifl
clrcumstnncos nnd they regit rd the
country's necessity as their rascally op
portunity, tj From every pnrt of tho
countrywhen Its patriotic enthusiasm
was awakened and there wan n proba
bility that men, ships nnd money
might ho needed to fight Its bnttles on
land nnd sea there thronged to tho
eapltol tho agents, solicitors and other
members of tho lobby gang to urgo
Inerensod taxation, not for the public
benefit, but for their own. The most
Impudent and tho most greedy of tho
throngs that surrounded the soprco of
icvenuo legislation were tho wool men.
plamorliifcTror a renewal of the wool tax,
which "wotfhl Include tho old tax on
clothlng'jr-nrpcts, hats and cops and
other wool products. They ciphered
out Umtthe wool and clothing tariff
produced In prosperous years a revenue
of $10,000,000. Thoy covered tip tho
fact that for every dollar of public
roi'anuo 'produced by the wool tariff ?10
or $12 went Into the pockets of tho pro
tected Tniinufacturera. The advoontoe
of (hlptglgantlc fraud nnd steal attempt
to dlBgiifio its character by doclarlng
that It lffnot "a restoration of the Mc
Klnley tariff schedule" and Unit it is n
plan to produce revenue merelynot for
protection. Tho allegation Is false, If
tho McKlnloy tariff or r0 or 00 per coat
of tho McKlnloy tariff rates should be
restorou ty would be for protection and
not, for .revenue. Nine-tenths of nil
the tax6s collected or moro would go
Into prlvato pocltots. One-tenth or less
would go Into the public treasury. Tho
rich lunfber men, tho nnbobsof tho pine
1. forests, nro nlao besieging tho eapltol
for a roaowal of protection. This Is
a moro audacious demand, If possible,
than that of tho wool men. Tho lumber
inTercst Is one of the richest Intcre&ts
In ln'$ country. Tariff or no tariff,
thnlty profits are enormous. There are
moro) millionaires among tho lumber
men b'f tho country In proportion to tho
entirk number than thcro aro among
any oQior class of manufacturers. Hut
It is not material which protected Inter
est, which monopoly fattened on the
taxes$aid by tho people Is moat aggres
sive a1id rapacloiiB In this emergency
when tho country la In the midst of a
Btrugglo with Its focaot nil kinds with
Knglaid clalmltif nnd ready to enforce
by Its'hrmles nnd fleets vnst territorial
iight'Jon this continent, with the gold
sharks attacking the specie resorve and
tho public credit at all points, with
every form of domestic nnd foreign in
mlty.Thls Is the emergency which the
plrntlcnl protected lntorestshavochoscn
as a time to enforce on congress their
demands for new subsidies, now boun
ties, new oxtortlonB under tho fnlso
color of revenue taxation. Tho silver
mine Interest and Its supporters are
practicing the Bnmo highwayman's
methods. They will do nothing to pro
tect the public credit, to sustain tho.
gold reserve, to place tho financial af
fairs of tho country on a safe basis un
less tho illimitable coinage of silver
shall tic provided for In tho laws to bo
enacted. Their plan Is Infinitely worse
thnn that of tho protected bulldozers.
Thoy will not do anything to help tho
public credit unless their silver shall
bo bought and coined and so established
as n part of tho monoy system that tho
public; credit will be hopelessly wrecked
nnd destroyed. These aro the two
classep the protected monopolists nnd
the silver speculators who aro now
jumping on tho back of the country. In
creasing its burden and Impairing Its
strength, at tho time of Its greatest
necessity. Chicago Chronicle, Dec. 2 1,
.
ecrotsiry CarlUIo' Itrport.
Th6&-opqH of Secretary Carlisle was
fiont to, congress and tho Chronicle con
tains Its main portions. Tho condition
of tho finances and measures of tempo
rary rJllcf aro elaborately discussed.
Tho greenback question and the gold
drain nrtvnlso considered in dotail and
in a comMehonslvo manner.
Tho matter In the report of groatoat
immediate Interest relates to tho reve
nues nnd expenditures under the pres
ent tariff tind Internal revenue laws.
It .must be remembored that the tariff
anu revenue act now in forco provided
for an incomo tax variously estimated
at from' $30,000,000 to $50,000,000 annu
ally In amount, which was declared by
the Unltod States supromo court to bo
invalid. Tho table of receipts nnd of
the dofi'eit should be studied in view of
this fact.t
Tho sUloment of tho recoipls, oxpen
dltnjnw and balances for last yonr, the
currcutj year and tho year commencing
Jufyil. IStifi. Is as follows:
" llevfiitie Rxiiene?. Deficit
isai-5 tsw.ro.ao jia.ns.iss ?iz,sse.&3
1fc.C :.p.: t.W7.4T (tt 907.407 17.W0.lW0
lf.K.Tr.... 4.T93,I) 4ST.K8t.lS8
Theliltcftl year closing June 30, 1807.
wHltSiot show a deficit. There will be
a saftfplua of noarly $7,000,000. It will
b dbrvd that while Secretary Car
lisle's estimates iucludo a constantly
increasing revenue he also estimates
that there will be n constantly increas
ing expenditure. Ha makes allow
ances for the fact that a republican
congress i'W eoutrol the appropria
tion. s
Thjsjglntoinont vindicate the finan
cial pdjlcy of I'roslrient Cleveland's ad
ministration as far as legislation by '
congress has takon effect. If the In- '
r4mo tax had been collected thet"
wanlit have been but n trilling deficit,
or nono. In 1R04, and thcro would havo
bfon an Increasing surplus at the pres
ent tlmo. Hut with the loss of tho pro
ceeds from tho Incomo tax thcro will bo
only a small deficit this year and thoro ,'
will bo a surplus ntixt year. Chicago
Chronicle, Dec. 20.
Itrpiilillf.iiM Forced It.
In view of the certainty thnt congress
UHl lint in ft rttf I li Inrr itnlnaa It tu tn In
croase the treasury difllcnltlos It Is not i
Improbable thnt tho administration has
been foniino- ii,n v m ..nnti.er bnnil '
Issuo. Nor would It be surprising if
the next sale should be 'considerably
larger than any former one, for u largo
accumulation In tho reserve would bo
more useful thnn a small one, nnd lib
eral provision must bo made, becauso
there Is no hope whatovcr of nld from
this congress. But whon tho Wash
ington quidnuncs state positively that
another bond Issue has been agreed
upon nnd the contract drawn, and when
they oven assert thnt tho new issue will
bo $100,000,000, we are at liberty to sus
pect that, they draw on their guessing
faculties for their facts, Now York
Sun, Dec. 2.1.
l,atrlnH Itrpiilt'tcnti Kentucky.
How utterly sunk In villainy and vlo-
lonco arc Uicbc republican southern
stntoe! Tlmo was when Kentucky wub ,
a commendable sort of commonwealth, turned on his back and begnn lo crawl
but since It passed under the aegis of ionp wIth hln homl nml inmj8 ,irng
tho republican parly it lias woefully ! B,,g t, njurod CK with him. This
gone astray. Evan the republican gov- j waH Vory slow and very painful. Once
emor Is compelled to pronounce a re- , ,e remembers to have lost conscious
cent lynching tho most oiilragediis and hobs, tho pnln was so great. Ho doe-3
borbnroiiB crime ever committed In not know how long ho Iny where ho was,
Kentucky. The governor pretends that hut tho thought that he might die there
he Is oppoacd to lynch law, Just as ho before any assistance could reach him
protended thnt he was opposed to any nerved him to press on. He began again
violoncc dono tho ballot box, but his j to crawl on his back. Ho felt that he
first act waif to pardon n ballot-bo , wns about to faint again, so he stopped.
scoundrel who was operating In the re
publican intorost. There Ik small hope
for Kentucky until It shall again take
its place In tho column of democratic
states. Ex.
Patriotic Iiiilictl.
A republican newspaper eulogizes tho
"patriotic magnanimity" of tho house
republicans In offering tho president
"an opportunity to rescue the treasury"
from its bad predicament. Tho repub
lican plan of aiding tho treasury Ib to
placo a doublo price on clothing, car
pets and other wool products for the
purpote of putting $10 In the pockets
of the monopolists, where 10 cents Is
put In the treasury. DosidcB that, tho
present predicament of the treasury
wns caused by Sherman nnd McKinley
legislation at the beginning. Tho meas-
nrm! 'iflmitiwl li tlin ilnnwmrnt a fnt
treasury ro'lief would have been abun- I
.hint If the Income tav hrul remained
In force. In addition to thnt the pres
ent tariff will produce revenue enough
if the republicans will let It alone. Ex.
r.rxWliitlnj; Under (in; Itulm.
Boston Herald: Under tho shadow
of Speaker Reed's gavel our house of
representatives has again ceased to be
a deliberative body. Tho new tariff bill
was pressou o a vote in a gngge. ,
house after a dobatc of three and a half ;
was presooil to a vote in a gagged
hours, though the measure thrcatons
noarly every buslnoss Interest with
more or less disturbance, nnd Its ap
pearance on the statuto book, or even
a near probability thereof, would mean
a general unsettlcment of trade.
Itcrtl'a (ireiit Tiictlrnl ."Mistake
Boston Olobo: Why did Tom Reed
over handicap his chnnces for nomina
tion by giving tacit approval to the
Dlngloy misfit? Hc said very truly
that the country needed rest from tariff
agitation, and yet he offers no remon
strnuco to this pronunciamentn of Mc
Klnloylsm. Tom Rccd has made a big
tactical mistake.
Not l'oml of Now Tlilncj.
Samuol Spring, chaphiin to tho ex
pedition against Quebec under Bene
dict Arnold, wns one of the most gnl-
lant and eloquent of the revolutionary
preachers. Ho was pastor of a church
in Nowburyport for forty years. Ho
did not like now wuys and when a
church near by purchased an oigan ho
referred contemptuously to "our neigh
bor's box of whlstlos." Once somo un
wise parishlonors conspired to modern
ize the music a llttlo In their own
church. They did not toll the pastor;
only, when It came time for the first
hymn, the tentative, gentle, prolongod
opening wall of a bnuo viol was hoard.
Back wont Dr. Spring's spoctaclos; up
came his tall form to Its utmost height,
his blnck oyoa gazed florcely toward
tho choir Eonls, and hc said, quiotly, but
In n voice not to be dlsoboyod:
"Romove that fiddle from tho iiouso
of God!"
There were no furthor Innovations
while Samuol Spring commanded tho
parish of tho North church. Youth's
Companion
Proper runUlniicnl.
In Hull rocently a certain solemn
looking old gentlomnn was strolling
through the main street of ono of tho
principal Yorkshire towns looking Into
tho brightly lighted shop windows
when he ran his oyo into the fcrrulo I
end of an umbrella carried under the
oitm rtf (nil vniin c ftl 1rti ITnnn fhlu '
.. ., .., .. -. . i
ni in mi ti itwi vutift tviiunt vjuu iiiii)
the old gentleman, full of wrath and
aolemn as a judge, bawled: "The
darned fool what carries an umbrella
In that fashion ought to have it mmmed
down his throat snd oponed on the in
side of him!" London Telegraph.
Tom Pallia llnln.
A section of Tom Palne's brnln Is on
exhibition in London. Tho Pall Mall
Gazetto says that It is quite blaek, and
"leaks llko a chunk of Iron pyrltos."
CRAWLED ON HIS PACK. I
Ujprrlenrp. of a Mini with n Ilrnlten
J.rc on n Trcultc.
James Starr, aged 05, took six hours
lo crawl with a brokon log from tho j
ii (.-a lie in mo iooi oi Z4iu sircoi 10 mgn,
says tho Louisville Courlor-Journal.
Starr Ib n carpenter who lives wlfh his
dnughtor, MrB. R. M. Sanders, nt 2409
west .Tofferson street. Ho left homo
Saturdny morning and did not return.
Ho drinks some nnd his Bon-in-lnw bq
1 loves he wan drunk Saturday night
when ho stnrted to cross the canal on
U lrc,8nc'. J1,'0"1'1 mnn Bai'1 u wnB
al,out 10 c Saturday night whon
he concluded to spend the night across
tho cannl nnd not go home. When ho
got oppoBlto 21th street ho missed his
footing In tho dark nnd foil. As ho
shot through the trcstlo his head struck
one of tho tics, and ho landed on the
ground unconeclotts. How long ho lay
there he docs not know. When he
nwoko It was with the consciousness
of great pain In his leg. Ho tried to
yell, but IiIb volco was weak and ho
wnB unnble to speak above a whisper.
The pain In his leg made old perBplra
tlon cover bis body. He waited for what
seemed an hour In tho hope that sonic
one would pass along and lend him
assistance.
The place was an mulct as a grave,
and ho could not hear oven tho rap of
n policeman. Ho started to work his
way from under the trestlework, but
i every attempt to move forward made
him scream with naln. Finally bo
Ho struggled with himself to keep from
losing consciousness, fearing that hc
might never awaken. When hc felt
that ho had gained enough strength to
venture on he began his laborious and
painful task again. After hc had fltrug
glod along between restB and partial
unconsciousness for whnt seemed to
him n week ho began to break down.
Ho rested from his labors awhile,
thinking somo one would surely hubs
along, but no one appeared. He spied
some salt sheds near by and made his
wny toward them. When hc reached
tho sheila the night watchman was
making his Inst round. Just as tho
watchman discovered Starr the latter
fainted. Tho watchman saw the man
was bndly hurt and telephoned for the
ambulance. By tho time the ambulance
reached tho eheds Starr had regained
consciousness. Ho was taken to the
clt' 1'ospltal, where It was found hc
nail suuereu u compounu iraciurc oi me
left leg.
AMERICAN ENERGY WINS.
MlnlHtar AVhltoV Story t n Clmnco Muct
Iiir it It It u former Nciv Yorlcrr.
From the Troy Times: The Ameri
can can always be trusted to make Ills
way, no matter what may bo his envi
ronments A story told by Andrew D.
w, t e cx.mlnlstcr to Germany and
,.. ,,,...... .Ui , ...
imnaia, luunuiliun llllB UH.L. nil. YV1111U
stated that once when ho was at Ber
lin, after all the diplomatic corps had
been duly presented to his wife, tho
Chinese minister, In pursuance to cus
tom, brought round hla principal secre
taries and presented them to hla col
leagues. Among these wns a tall, flno
looking man, evidently a Europenn,
dressed In a superb court costumo and
covered with gold lace. As his Chinese
colleague introduced him to Mr. White
in Gorman, tho conversation was con
tinued In that language, when suddenly
this splendidly dressed personage said
In English: "Mr. White, I do not see
why we should bo talking In German.
I come from Waterloo, In western New
York, and was educated at Rochester
university under your friend, Dr. An
derson." Mr. White said that had tho
gentleman dropped through tho colling
it would not havo seemed more surpris
ing, and that It was hard to believe that
the pretty llttlo vlllago of Waterloo, or
even Rochester, with all the added pow
er of this noble university, should havo
boon ablo to develop a creaturo so gor
geous. It turned out that tho gentle
man concerned, after graduating at the
Unlvor3lty of Rochester, had gono to
Chlnn with certain missionaries, had
then been takon Into the Chinese serv
ice and had proved to bo a thoroughly
Intelligent, patriotic man, faithful to his
duties to China, as well as to tho United
States.
The l'ot Uoj Crazp.
Among occasional objects of one's
pity are tho little pet dogs which elder
ly ladies, who aro generally clad In rich
l.lnnlr cilllr tl flilln 111 Ml A It fl MM O i II
i umta nn, .ivmv. mvu Mittif us-
,, .,,, mit of .lnnra. thronch tho
; nveionR day. At a certain Brighton
hotel 1 counted no less than seven of
those little curly-haired animals
clutchod to seven capacious bogoni3.
Somo visitors, It is well known, object
to dogs in a hotel, nnd consequently
a prohibitive prlco Is put upon their ad
mittance. Tho chnrgo Is sometimes as
high as ono gulnoa per day. St. Jame?
Budget.
' ,v viiito Mnmtr.
Tho big whlto mooso recently shot
In tho Maine woods by a Mr. Sargent or
Grafton has grontly Interested natural
ists, as woll as sportsmen. It Is tho
only white moose ever seen In Maine,
and vory few have ever been hoard of
olsowhoro. The naturalists say it Is,,
of course, not strange that there should
! be an albino moose, resulting from a
froak of naturo, as whlto deor and other
albino game animals are not uncom-
' mon. But white moose are n great
' rarity.
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Snm Up-tn-Dnto Hint Alioat Cult! ra
tion r tlin Noll and Ylrldi Thereof
Horticulture Viticulture nml Iflurl
culturn. AVING to depend
entirely In ngrlcul
turo on tho success
of plants In tho
field to furnish
human food and
animal fodder, tho
farmer should un
dcratand how
plants grow. Tho
seed, In a favorablo
condition of tho
doll, putB Its root downward, to
bear fruit upward later on. Tho
best condition demands humuB to
make plant flesh, mineral mat
ter, to furnish fibre, glazing and
tubing to retain solids in solution, and
carry in water all particles that aro
rcqulslto and necessary to their own
places in tho plant structures, drawn
by tho rnys of the sun. Hence the first
law given to man by Moses, in Genesis:
"Lot tho earth bring forth grass, hsrb
bearlng seed (weeds), trees bearing
fruit, -whoso seed la In itself." It wns so,
and God saw It wac good. "Nature
absorbs a vacuum." Animals hato bare
ground. Many farmers bellove that
plants breathe. They cannot without
lungs. To resplro, to Inhale and exhale
air, henco to live. The action of sun
shlno on tho leaves of plnnts is to draw
molsturo out of them, through the
plant's structure, directly from tho
soil.
During tho past summer, hundreds
of trees on our farms, In shallow soils,
dried up, and died for lack of moisture
in the earth, within tho reach of their
roots.
In tho dry countries of Iowa the
meadows and pastures now aro very
baro ground. Hence half the number
of cattle for the. next Bummer pasture
will bo tho wisest policy for profitable
results. "Grass enough for two cows,
but ono cow on." In ovcrgreen and
deciduous trees, tho leaves that lack
sunshino soon dlo. A picket fence will
destroy plant leaves and branches in
its Bhadow. During the past summer
In sunshino with molsturo tho plant
growths were prolific. On tho lawn, all
trees overshadowed in part, all day
long, the shaded part died, while those
parts shono on at somo tlmo In tho
day lived and made a healthy growth.
Tho sun can draw molsturo out of
plants, but never drive It into them.
Richard Baker.
l'imtiirra.
I have several pastures of flvo acres
to 200 acres. I keep no certain number
In each pasture, but change according
to season and tho amount of stock on
hand. Usually try to keep each kind
of stock by Itself, and chango nbout
so as to givo a variety of feed. Some
times havo to keep horses, sheep and
cattle in samo pastures, but think
horses and sheep do best, and cattle
with hogs if necessary to mix them.
Cattle do not do well with sheep, nor
horses with hogs. Part of my pastures
aro wild grass, part aro fed into June
and blue-grnss, and part are old tim
othy meadows run Into Juue grass.
Tamo pastures are black loam and
sandy with clay subsoil. Wild pastures
aro mucky loam. Often feed cows fod
der, straw and damaged hay on pas
tures near barns. Sometimes put barn
yard manuro on pasture if no other
place Is available. Like both trees and
sheds In pasturo and barns for winter.
Havo no ponds, but running stream In
open ditches and windmills with tanks.
Am compelled to have both tllo and
open ditches. Prefer tile. Would sow
several kinds of those adapted to soli
and climate. Havo somo rail, somo
flvo board, some barb-wire and some
woven wire. Prefer woven wlro flvo
feet high. O. Dinwiddle,
Lake Co., Ind.
Illinois IIortlrultur.il Convention.
(From Farmers' Revlow.)
Tho fourteenth annual convention of
tho Illinois Horticultural society was
held at Kankakee recently.
In rovlcwing tho fruit lists for
Illinois a discussion aroso on the pro
tection of fruit trees from rodents. Va
rious mothod3 were advocated, among
them being fish oil nnd axle grease.
Thcro was, however, danger of using
theso too much, especially on young
trees. Instances wero given where
such trentment had resulted in the
death of tho trees. Trees ten years old
would not bo harmed by tho treat
ment An apple grower said he know
of an orchard of 2,000 young trees that
had been killed by using too much oil.
Mr. Williams had been using for
twelve years a paint mado of soap, tar,
sulphur and lime. Ho put it on the
trees with a common paint brush. It
makes a thorough glazo and will destroy
! every insect. Ho bolieves also that this
1 paint has tho tendency to protect from
I sun-scald. Tho llttlo lime, in it, when
! tho dry weather comes, turns the mass
, to a grayish color that throws oft tho
rays of tho sun and thus keeps tho bark
of the trco from cracking.
Ono man that had tried tarred paper
thought thoro was great danger from
using this, as It was not takon off early
enough In tho spring, in which case
the tar from tho paper works into the
troc. Ho had trlod paper mado out
of felt, and untarred, and found this
to work very well, if It wero but takon
off early enough In the season. Ho now
uses strong muslin, putting it on every
fall and taking it off every" spring. He
had trlod this now for-threo years.
Mr. Burnhardt expressed himself ns
cortaln that the rabbits would lot tho
trees alono ir they only had enough of
other things to oat. He had beon Bt
tlrg out treos for twanty-flvo yoars and
had never had any trouble from rabbits.
But there had always been nbout his
placo somo brushwood or trees for
them to work on. Tho scattering ot
somo kind of grain on tho ground
would servo to kcop them away from
the trees.
Mr. Augustlno suggested that there
must bo dlffcront varieties ot wild rab
bits, for tho kind thnt lived In his vlcln.
ity began to gnaw tho trees as early as
July.
Mr. Gilbert protects his trees by using
only common wrapping paper, such as
can bo obtained In any grocery or dry
goods store. Ho tearB theso papors Into
strips eight inches wide. Theso ho
wraps around tho treo on tho bias, be
ginning near the ground, nnd stopping
twenty Inches abovo it, whero ho ties
tho paper.
A discussion aroso on tho value ot
tho yellow transparent for commercial
orchards. Somo believed It a mistake,
to plant largely of this variety on ac
count of Its poor keeping qualities.
However, when In good shape, it sells
readily, and men from Southern Illi
nois expressed great faith In Its com
mercial value.
Much tlmo was devoted to tho discus
sion of tho efficiency of spraying, and
successes and failures wero reported.
Tho prevailing opinion was that tho
failures wero duo to Ignorance in do
ing tho work. !
Question. How many havo experl- '
mented with spraying mixtures?
Twenty-seven replied affirmatively.
Question. How many recommend
spraying?
Thirty-flvo votes wero cast for It, and
none against it.
The growing or small fruits was dis
cussed, and the growing of straw-berries
in hills came up. While hill culturo
gives largo, line berries, yet growers
on a large scale do not follow It, aa
It does not pay for tho extra trouble.
Tho question of fertilizers was dls
cuBsod at length. The most impor
tant point developed was that tho ex
tensive uso of barnyard manuro mndo '
It possible for tho soil to use a greater
mass of chemical fertilizers than If
It wero not used at all. Thus In tho
neighborhood of large cities the market ,
gardeners aro enabled to use immense
quantities of commercial fertilizers be
causo they also uso immense quantities
of barnyard manuro.
Mr. Morrill, of Michigan, spoke on tho
marketing of fruit. Tho first requisite
is to havo something desirable to mar
ket. Ho could not tell a man how to
market undesirable fruit. Tho great
necessity with farmers is to learn how
to co-operate in the sale of goods. The
co-operative organizations havo largely
failed for the reason that there seemed
a jealousy against any man being paid
to look after the work. He believed
tho tlmo to bo approaching when farm
era would uso moro business-like
methods.
Tho superintendent of tho Insane asy.
lum at Kankakeo spoke on the great
success of irrigation at that placo. The
water for the irrigation works ia
pumped by steam engines that can sup
ply from 100,000 to 200,000 gallons per
dny. The cost for this pumping Is only
three-tenths of a cent per thousand
gallons. During the last season they
had raised vegetables worth over ?G,000,
By a vote of tho society the life mem.
borshlp feo was reduced from $20 to
Tho election of officers resulted In tho
following choice: President, Mr. Good
rich; vice-president, Lom Small; sec
rotary, H. M. Dunlap; treasurer, Ar
thur Bryant.
The next annual meeting will be held,
at Springfield.
William Gould spoke on the culti
vation of grapes. He plants 8x8 or
7x9, which glve3 about 700 vines to the
acre.
Sulphur for Sheep. The American
Sheep Breeder says: While sulphur 13
Indispensable for sheep, as furnishing
one of the Important elements of the
fleece. It must be given In such a way
as to bo available for this purpose. It
must bo In the food. It cannot bo given
In tho crude form, In which It Is not a
food, but an active medicine, producing
a laxative action on tho bowels and an
cxccEsivo excretion through tho skin.
It Is this which makes it useful ns an
antidote to all kinds of parasites, the
sulphur' thuo passing through tho skin
being extremely offensive to all in
sects. But Its action on tho skin is to
open the pores nnd thus mako the ani
mal more subject to changes of tho
weather, and especially to' Injury by
rains. It is thus not desirable to give
sulphur as food or nutriment except
In tho food, such as whlto mustard or
any other plant of the turnip and cab
bage tribe.
TransplantlugLarge Trees. Garden
ing glvei this method, and wo can cer
tify to its being a good one: Wo prefer
doing this In tho spring, nnd would pre
pare for it now. If you want to inovo
a moderately large tree, say four, ilvo
or even six inches in diameter of trunk,
next spring, head in Its top now all
you think ought to bo dono at planting
time, then mark a ring on tho ground
around and four, five, six or moro feet
away from the stem, the distance away
depending on the size of the tree. Now,
along, but outside of this ring mark,
dig a narrow trench say three
feet deep, tho object being to cut away
all roots projecting beyond it, and fill
up tho trench at once with tho samo eotl
that came out ot it. By spring tho tree
will havo fairly rocovored from the
shock caused by cutting In root and top,
and may bo dug up and transplanted
with fair chances of success.
Armour Buying Corn. P. D. Armour,
tho millionaire packer, 13 malting ar
rangements to crib an enormous
amount of corn in Iowa this year. Ho
is building cribs all along tho Chi
cago, MllWFukee & St. Paul road ami
has arranged with tho Des Molneo,
Northern and Weatern railway com
pany to construct along their line of
road orlba which will hold 750,000
bushols of corn. Tho road already has
cribs with a capacity of 1,000,000
bushels.Ex.
8r.oo.oo for ot.otj.
Unadllla, N. Y., (Special) Ono of our
substantial men here, Fred J. Joyce,
recently mndo a $2.50 Investment, nnd
considers the results worth $500 to him.
For over fifteen years Mr. Joyce was
an Inveterate smoker, nnd the tobacco
habit gained euch n hold on him thnt
It affected his nervous syatcm and
mado It Impossible for him to quit.
Upon realizing the loss of health and
money which threatened him, ho mado
many unsuccessful attempts to break
himself of tho llfc-sapplng habit, until
on a chnnco ho took No-To-Bnc, tho
great euro which has saved over 300,
000 tobacco victims. Two boxes com
pletely cured Mr. Joyce, and ho has
no desire for tobacco now whatever.
When ho attempts to smoke It makes
him as dizzy an when he first acquired
tho habit. He now is in the very best
physical condition, and $ouO would not
tcniot him to use tobacco again.
It is hotter to bo o cood cook or wnftrosa
than a poor tyiowriter.
If the llnby Ib cutting- Tectn.
Begure nnd uo thnt old and writ-tried remctjr, Mss.
WusLoiT'i Sootiunq SYitlT for Children Toethlng-
Metropolitan society will !kj moro miscel
laneous this v inter than over.
ure
T.looil Means sound health. With pure, rich,
healthy litoutl, tho stomach and (llgi'stho
organs will ho vigorous, ami there will bo no
ilysprpsia. Ithrumntism anil neuralgia will ho
unknown. ScrofuUautI salt lheum will disap
pear. Your nerves will ho strong, your sleep
sjtiuil, sweet and refreshing. Hood's Sarsapu
rllla makes pure hlood. That Is liy it cures so
many diseases. That Is why thousands tako
It to euro disease, retain good health. Itcincmbcr
arsapa.aEUa
Istho OnoTruo Hlood Purifier. All druggists. $1.
u ,, r-,... euro I.tvcr Ills; easy to
nOOCl S IJ1I1S take, easy to operate. 25c,
Don't buy cheap, trashy bind
irgs that are dear at any price.
You pay but a trifle
more for
BIAS
VELVETEEN
SKIRT BINDINGS
and save your time, your money
and your dress.
Look for "S. II. & M."on the
label and take no other.
If your dealer will not supply you
we will.
Send for samples, showing labels and materials,
to the S. H. & M. Co., P. O. Box 699, New York
City.
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR
W. L, OOUC!LAS
S3. SHOE besvJornldThe
If you pay 64 to fe0 for shoes, ex- jg. .
amine the V. I.. Doughs Shoe, and u
seo what a good shoe you can buy for
OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS,
CONOItKSS, 1SUTTON,
mid I.ACi;, mado In nil
ItimlHof UxjlM'st selected
leather by skilled work
men. AVo
ninke nnd
Bell moro
S3 Shoes
than nny
u til n r
manufacturer In tho world.
None genuine unless name and
price is stamped on the bottom.
Ask jour dealer for our 85,
Si, 93.no, 8'J.no, H'i.Vli Shoes;
83.50, S3 and SI. 73 for bos.
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. Hyourtlealcr
cannot supply jou, cn! to fac
tory, enclosing price anil 36 cents
to pay carriage. State kind, stjlo
of toe (can or plain), size and
width. Our Custom Dept.will fill
our order. Send for new Illus
trated Catalogue to llox it.
W. L. DOUCLAS, Brockton, Mass.
rSrtIR AlMtMOTOn. CO. tiOOT half tho world'
T.lmlmlll buslnesr, Ix-causo it has itxluced tho crat or
MlLtUxnverto 1 unhat ltn.u.e It ti.ui many branch
nouv, mm Eupnncu us rooiij aim repairs
at Jour aoor. u c-in anu ur.es lunusii a
. ucuer arncio ir iei-3 mono man
'btfi-r.i. It makes I'uuiplns and
(loarcd, steel, IMlvanizeil after
lOoinDlbtlon Wliulmllls. 1 ilttnrr
FWfifVT aniJ rul i'.ecl Towers, Steel WiizSaw
a Framss, Slccl IWI Cutters ami ford
SBS2 (Irlndeis. (111 ap!ll"utlou It w 111 11 .m ' rr j
til or ui-so aniens ina. it mu iurni :i 111 in
January 1st at 1a tlio usnrl prleo. It alto nialfi
Tanks and t'l-mpjct ..It 1:1m". iscnd fur catala.. o.
Factory: 12th, Rockwell aci HHnre Streets. CIiLaro.
THE LAND OF THE
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S. IV. JUIHNOUISI, wilto to i'ait. l.r.c
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M3 yunwiuocU I'.Wrf.. ChlcmCJ, III.
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