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TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at ST. Louis, Philadelphia, Balti-
more. Cincinnati and Other Points.

ST. LOUIS, Sept, e-Flour quiet and easy; XXX
81 so family: g. geo. choice, $a Is
So. 7O03.85; patents, $404.40. Wheat ac-
active and higher. The market ruled weak early,
selling leo lac lower, but recovered and ad-
red cash 774o77asc; September, 77iao; October,
78as079Sec, closing at 1885; November; 5000
81 lsc bid Corn firm and steady closing at is lac
higher than Saturday, No. mixed, cash, 81 12c Sep
TENDER: BE bid October 3803essc closing at 8l4c
4414c, closing at 444c. Oats dull and easy, except
May, which ruled firm; No. 2 mixed, cash 24340
25$c; September "a lac bid; October SEC; Novem-
Der, &c; May 32Sec. Rye and barley unchanged.
Lead-No market. Hay fairly active. but easy; prai-
rie $709 timothy $1O01250. Butter and eggs
steady at 4Sc. Oorn.meal weak at 1902. 05. Whis-
ky firm at 81 10. Wool quiet, but steady and
changed. Provisions strong and generally higher.
Bulk meats higher. Boxed lots-Long clear, 6.75c;
short ribs 6.85c: short clear. 7.10c Loose lots
Long clear and short ribs 75c; short clear, 695c.
Bacon strong Long clear, z, SOC; short ribs, 7.45O
1900; short clear 7.75c. Hams firm at II 81 3loc
Afternoon board-Wheat steady and Ice higher; corn
firm and t4c higher; oats nominally unchanged. Re-
cepts-Flour, 1000 brls; wheat 80, 600 bu; corn,
70 900 bu; oats Al 600 bu rye. 5000 bn; barley,
5000 bu. Shpments-Flour, 5000 brls wheat,
600 bu; corn, IA 600 Blu; oats, 5000 bu rye, l.,
900 bu; barley, ], 900 bu.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6.-Flour-Spring wheat
flour firm with fair demand winter dull; Western
clear 81 04.5O; winter patent, $4.5O05; Minnesota
Oakef 8 ciear pO |CO4OO; 90 patents, P4 1910. ~;
Wisconsin patent $3.50 04.8O. Wheat higher but
quiet; rejected red grain depot, 65@7Oc; No red,
September, S5A086c; October, 87ls087ssc: No
vember, 9Sia088s4c: December, 90090asc. Corn
Spot dull; No. mixed, track, Acc; No. yellow,
grain depot, SOC; steamer No. 2 mixed do, 49c No.
mixed, track, soc; futures dull and nominally
changed. oats-Spot steady with moderate demand;
rejected white, 30031c; No. white, 33l2O34 A0c;
No. white. 35l2c; ungraded white, track, 35lac;
futures quiet but steady; No. white, September,
34403514c October, 3503514c; November, 35a40
36l4c; Decem Der, 36l2037c Provisions firm, good
jobbing business. Pork-Mess, new, $l2; do prime
mess new, $l101l.50 do family old $l3013. 80;
new, $14014.50. Hams, smoked. 13014lac Lard
steady; refined, 77508c; do steam, 1850. But
ter quiet. steady; creamery extra 21022c; Western
dairy. extra, 14015c; do good to choice 9013.
Eggs firm; good demand; fresh. 16la017Asc. Cheese
firm but quiet; Ohio fats 7la0S s4c Petroleum quiet;
20 Abel test in brls, 66sc. Recepts-Four, 2, 500
brls; wheat, go 400 blu; corr ID 600 bu; oats H.
200 bu. Shipments Wheat, Ill 500 bu; corn, 90
500 bu; oats. 10000 bu.
CINCINNATI. Sept 6.-Flour easier; family SO. 80
as. so: fancy. SO. go $3.50. Wheat easier: No. 2
red, 7s078lsc; receipts, 10000 bu; shipments,
1000 bu. Corn heayyi No. mixed, 42aic. Oats
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American AgrIculturist.
Success in window gardening, as in other
kinds of gardening, depends in q great measure
proper materials. If one waits until cold wealth
er and then purchases plants at green house.
he makes a bad beginning. The plants had al
ready been in a mucn higher temperature than
that of the window. and the change to a cooler
place and to much drier atmosphere, gives them
check, from which they do not recover in a
long time and some remain in an unhealthy con-
dition all winter Some depend upon plants
taken up from the borders and potred to furnish
the window These are apt to delay taking them
up until the cool nights have checked their
growth, and when they are taken to a warn room
the change is too sudden, and the plants rarely
do well. If they are to be taken up from the
open ground and potted, it should be done so
early that they may recover from the shock of
removal ard become established in the pots be-
fore cool weather makes it necessary to take
them into the house
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The Foreign Grain Trade.

LONDON, Sept 6-The Mark Lane Express,
in its review of the British grain trade during
the past week, says: The rainfall of the week
has done no harm to crops. In the earlier dis
tricts the bulk of the harvest had been secured,
and where the crop had not been reaped strong
winds counteracted the wet The change in the
weather will retard the appearance in the mar
ket of new wheats, and will also be an impor-
4ant factor in determining values. The sales of
English wheat during the week were 20. 1872
quarters. at 33s Id, against 5000 quarters. at
32s i'd. during the corresponding time last year.
Foreign wheats are steady, but with little doing.
Fifteen cargoes of wheat arrived, three cargoes
were Withdrawn, and fourteen remained, includ-
ing four Of Californian and one of Oregon.
Cd 01s lower. Flour is dull and Cd cheaper.
Corn, peas and beans are unchanged Oats dull
and Sd cheaper. Linseed Is cheaper spot.
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A Point About Poultry.

Correspondent New York Tribune.
l was never so convinced of the advantage of
raising chickens OF uniform size and color as
during the present season, when mine were Ply
mouth Rocks. had seven broods Matched out
within a week or of each other. This kept
them in growing up so nearly of the same size
that their mothers could not distinguish the
clutches apart, and, being of uniform color
and marking, all seemed alike to them / could
thus arrange she coops in row close alor gside,
and if the chickens ran from one coop into an
other the hens, instead of savagely pecking
them, sometimes killing them, they will when
whether being of their own brood or not This
made the chickens safe from injury and it was
pleasant sight to see the little thing in and out
of the coops, or all promscuously around, when
the hens were let out for exercise on the grass
plot. The same advantage will apply to any
breed of hens, provided they are of uniform
color and size, and l shall adopt it in all my
chicken rearing hereafter.
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easier No 2 mixed 27027l4c. Rye easier; No. Q,
53c Pork dull at $1,000. Lard dull at 7.05c.
Bulk meats firm: short rib, 6.70c. Bacon steady;
shoulders, ~; short rib, 7.5Oc short clear, 775c:
Whisky steady: sales of 1,175 barrels of finished
goods ON basis of 81 10 Butter firm; extra cream
cry 25c; choice fancy dairy. 1601Sc. Lnseed oil
steady and firm at 42044c. Sugar steady; hard re-
fined, 6l207c; New Orleans, 4s4 05l2c. Eggs easier
at 1212013c. Cheese firm but quiet; choice medium
full cream hat 8l2O9c
BALTIMORE Sept. Standardization frmer;
No. winter red, spot, S519c bid September, $3.50
$685.; October, 86l2086a4c; November $500
SSl9S Corn-Western dull and neglected. mixed
steamer. 47O4Sc. Oats steady and quiet; Western
white, 33035c; Western mixed. 30D32c Provis-
ions steady Mess pork, $1125011.75. Lard
Refined, SC. Eggs higher. at 16Ol7c. Coffee firm
and quiet Rio cargoes ordinary to far 94 a 1O4c
Receipts-Flour. 1887 brls wheat 122. 600 bu;
corn, 8, 100 bu oats. 400 bu; rye, 700 bn. Ship
ments-Flour $50 brs; wheat 166 200 bu.
TOLEDO, Sept 6.-Wheat higher and firm; cash.
Soc; October 81 5sc December. 8412c; May 81 5sc.
Corn steady and lower cash; 42c Oats nominal
Clover-seed steady; cash, 20; October, $4.75 De-
cember, $4. S5. Receipts-Wheat 144, 900 bu; corn
10000 bu; oats. 1000 bu. Shipments-Whes
so, 600 bu; corn, &c, 900 bu; oats, 2. 600 bu.
DETROIT, Sept. 6.-Wheat dull and weak: No.
white. cash. 791ac; cash Michigan red SOC; No 2
red, SOC cash and September: Sligo October; S3c
asked November; receipts, so, 700 bu. Corn-No. 2,
A3lec: receipts, g. 700 blu. Oats--No 2, nominal at
27c No. white 3014c receipts, 600 bu. Glover
seed, October, 1915 bid.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 6-Grain and provisions
quiet and unchanged.
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Cotton.

NEW YORK. Sept 6-Cotton firm. Uplands,
closed barely steady: September, 915c; October,
8. 18c; November, 9.1Sc; December 92Oc; January,
9:2Sc; February, 9.36c; March, 943c; April, oslo;
May, 8 5sc; june, 966e; July, 9.74c. @. L. Green
Improvement in cable advices market opened
strong and gained some 500 points The demand
buying orders. but not lasting and the close
found rather plain effort to unload among some of
the principal operators"
LIVERPOOL Sept. 6.-Cotton, demand good;
midding uplands, 3-16d; middling Orleans 5l4d
Sales II 900 bales including 1000 bales for specu
lation and export, and 9 500 bales American.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. Cotton steady. Mid
ding $780, low midding, 7.16c: good ordinary,
7s4c Net and gross receipts 9O5 bales: sales, 1850
bales stock, 15, 1913 bales.
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CONDITION OF THE MARKETS
Wheat Opens Easy, but Good Buying
Speedily Results in Slight Advance.
Small Business in Corn, but the Market Closes
at Figures Little Higher than Those of
Saturday-Provisions Very Steady.
MONEY, BONDS AND STOCKS.

Railway Bonds Dull and Generally Steady
Stocks Active and Higher.
NEW YORK, Sept 6.-Money on call was
easy. ranging at to per cent, closing at sac.
Prime mercantile paper, 405 per cent.
Sterling exchange quiet but steady at 81. 81
for so days and 81 "a for demand.
The total sales of stocks to-day were 1856, 785
shares, including the following: Delaware, Lack.
awapna & Western, 18 25o Erie, $780, Kansas
& Texas, $780, Lake Shore, 1886; Northwest
ern, 1l,225; New Jersey Central, $500; New
York Central, 1910; Pacific Mail, 1882; Reading,
$500; ST. Paul. %, 600; ST. Paul & Omaha, a, 400;
Union Pacific, $3.50; Western Union, 14,172;
Northern Pacific preferred, $50; Oregon and
Transcontinental, 3, l45
Government bonds have been dull and steady
State bonds have been quiet and steady
Railroad bonds have been dull and generally
feature throughout the day. There was not a
single active issue among those dealt in.
although the Texas Pacific incomes displayed
most animation. The total sales of all issues
were $717,100. Prices were about steady
throughout the day, and important changes are
few. Flint & Pere Marquette skies are down q,
at 120; Rome. Watertown e. Ogdensburg frsts
rose q, and Virginia Midland incomes 2, to SO.
The stock market was again more active and
higher to-day, the feeling in favor of higher
prices being much more pronounced than for
some time back. The principal impetus to
the advance comes from Chicago al
though the trunk lines are prominent in
the trading. There was some foreign buying to-
day, but it had little effect on the general mar
kek Money was comparatively easy and steady
throughout the day, the monetary situation TAX
ing comparatively secondary place as a factor
in the markets. The grangers, as usual, were
the leaders, although Omaha was remarkably
quiet Western Union exhibited more ANNA
ton than Of late, and was conspicuously strong.
The London buying was principally in the North
ern Pacfcs, while Chicago bought the San
Francisco stocks First prices this
morning generally showed advances rang
ing from ! to / per cent above
the closing figures Of Saturday, though Pacific
Mail was up !. The trading was quiet but gen
orally firm throughout the morning hour, but
after IL o'clock the upward movement gathered
renewed strength and eliminated shortly before
P. NJ, after which there was a slight reaction,
the market closing rather heavy, but close to
the best figures reached. The total days bust
ness amounted to 1875, 785 shares; ST. Paul fur
nished % $50 shares, Lackawanna 49, $50, Lake
Shore, Western Union and Northwestern, in
the order named, over 5000 each. Almost every
thing on the active list is higher tonight, but
the advances are for fractions only with the
single exception of Lake Shore. which is up
per cent; Consolidated Gas and New York &
New England are down per cent each. Clos
ing quotations were
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NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
Yesterdays Quotations on Produce at the Two
Great Centers.

Great Centers.
NEW YORK, Sept 6--Flour-Receipts, "a
792 brls; exports 1879 brls and 49, OS7 sacks: low
grades quite firm; others dull and weak Sales
1850 brls; choice to double extra, $4S005
Wheat-Receipts, 3S7, 400 Blu: exports, lS6, $50
Du spot lots firm. with very moderate trade
reported; options ! 04c higher. closing steady at
near the best rates; speculation euieter Sales,
1872 bu futures and 1874. 600 bu spot; No. Chi
cago SIC; No. / hard, 92c, store; ungraded red
s6093c; steamer No. red, 85c; No. g. &c.,
steamer No 2 red. s63 0S62c; No. red, $50
Se3c T. o. b.; $3.50 ahoat; No. / red, 93c; No. I
white. $50; nngraded white, s09 8S3c: white,
300 S04c; No. red, September. 874 al 7ac, clos.
ing at s79c; October, IS 9-l6a8stc; December,
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indianapolis & vincennes.
Cincinnati. Hamilton & INDIANAPOLIS.
Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad.
(Via Vandalia Iine.l

Via Vandalia Linel
1--we Indpls 73Oam ps12:00m t4:O0rm s*lO:45prn
Ar Indpls- -.3:50am t1000am 3:35pm 4:15pm
(Via I. & ST. t. Rv.)
LveIndpls *10:50pm t5.3Opm "11;55am 7;1oa9
Ar Indps. 3:45am t10.0Oam 3:35pm 625pn1
ing car
These trains carry the magnificent Monarch parlor,
sleeping and buffet the finest run in America,
between indianapolis and Evansville. Cars open
for passengers at $50 p. m. Train does not leavd
until 1915 p. IN.
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Oil Markets.

OIL CITY, Sept. 6.-National Transit certificates
opened at 62l2c highest 635 sc lowest 621ec; closed
at 63c Sales. 1, I'll 600 brls; cearances 1902 900
brls; shipments, 97,939 brls.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 6.-Petroleum strong and
steady National Transit certificates opened at $780,
closed at &c. highest. SO l2c lowest 623sc.
NEW YORK. Sept. 6.-Petroleum opened at the
lowest price, l2c advanced to l2c and closed at
63lsc. Sales f. 72S, 600 brls.
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GRAIN AT HOME AND ABROAD.

Staten emit Showing the Amount of Grain in
Store at New York.
New YORK, Sept. 6.-The following was the
visible supply Of grain on Sept. 4, as compiled
by tine New York Produce Exchange:
Wheat AZ, 965, 359 blu, an increase of $50 324 bu;
corn Is, 1872. 649 bu increase of ,422, 379 blu;
oats, 949, 210 bu, increase of 704 331 blu; rye
564 227 bu, decrease of 7,247 bu; barley 807 943
bu an increase of 228, 983 bu.
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, Sept. 6-The demand of agents has
been of the character usual to Monday for feassort
ments of miscellaneous description, but leading
fabrics being much behind in deliveries. the request
therefor has been more uneven Rosebuds SO inch
bleached cotton advanced lac.
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Chicago ST. Louis Pittsburg.
DepArt-Eastern Mail and Express daily. 400 aul
New York, Philadelphia. Washing
ton, Baltimore and Pittsburg Ex
press, daily, s..-...--..-......-. $50 arn
Dayton and Columbus Express
except Sunday. 11:o0 am
Richmond Accommodation. ...... 400 am
New York, Philadelphia Washing
ton, Baltimore and Pittsburg Ex-
press, daily, s., A.: ...-.-.--. ASS pm
Arrive-Richmond Accommodation except
Sunday .......-...........-.. $40 am
New York. Philadelphia Washing
ton. Baltimore and Pittsburg Ex-
press daily: HAS am
Columbus and Dayton Express ex-
,,eept sunday .-:.-..--.....-.. 4:35pna
Western Mail and Express, daily $40 pu1
New York. Philadelphia Washing
ton Baltimore and Pittsburg Ex-
press daily. .1o.2opnl
CHICAGO DIVISION VIA KoKoMo p. c. &sT L. R r.
Depart-Louisville and Chicago Express
p c:."-:.-...-- Ills ann
Louisville and Chicago Fast Ex-
press, daily, s..--...............I1; pm
Arrive-Chicago and Louisville Fast Elk.
press, daily, s....:-.::......... 400 ana
Chicago and Louisville Express
p. c...--...-..--...--........... $50 pm
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RAILWAY TIMETABLE.
indianapolis. Decatur & SPRINGFIELD.

Depart-Decatur and Peoria Through Mail. $50 am
Montezuma Accommodation $3.50 $50 mn
Fast Express daily +. c. and s1O:5O pm
Arrive-Fast Express, daily. r. Q. and So $50 ann
Montezuma Accommodation. .IO:l5 am
through Mali .---.-.-----..-..- 5:55 pm
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in prices from last week.
Good to choice shippers. 81. 5O04 90
Fair to medium shippers ..--....-..... 4.15O4.35
Common shippers. ----.-.-.-..--.... 330O3. 90
Good to choice hefers. .............. 3.35 03.75
Good to choice COWS. Observation-Disclosures. 3.1O03.4O
Fair to medium cows and heifers 275 sos. 10
Common old Observation-Disclosures. 7502.35
Eeas common to good. .50O5.0O
Bulls, common to good 1.75O2.75
Mixers common to good. Is. OOO35. 90
HoGs-Recepts, $50; shipments. - Very
light supply, hardly enough sale to advise
what the market would be if the hogs were here
What few there were on sale sold at prices about
5 cents lower than Saturday.
Heavy shipping. observation-disclosures 04 90
Heavy packing. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4.4OO4.65
Mixed packing. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 40O04 40
common 10 gooo hght- ---.------.--.-- 4.OO04 90
Pigs and heavy rough 3.O0O3. 80
SHEEP-Receipts. -; shipments, -. But
few here, and the demand light. Market about
the same as last week.
0oou W cIolce- S0. 4U,O5.IO
Fair to medium. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3.0OO3.25
common OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Z2ODZ.I0
Spring lambs. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3.OOO4.2 5
Bucks per head. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2.00O3.O0
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LIVE STOCK.
No Material Change in Price of Cattle-Hogs
in Light Supply and Slightly Lower.

CATTLE-Receipts, 70; shipments, &C. AS usual
there was but little doing, at no material change
rricas from act vwaalS
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Cincinnati, Indianapolis. st. Louis & Chicago.
CINCINNATI DIVISION
Depart-Cincinnati and Florida Fast Line
daily, $. and C. ......-......-.. 400 ana
Cincinnati Accommodation. -.. 5:25 am
Cincinnati Accommodation. 1888 am
Cincinnati and Louisville Mail o. C. $50 pm
Rock Island and Peoria Express
daily 6:55 PM
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Accommodation. .1O:45 ana
Chicago and St. Louis Mail, p. Co.,. HAS am
Lafayette Accommodation. $780,. 4: l 5 pm
Indianapolis Accommodation 49,. 8:25 pm
Chicago and st. Louis Fast Line.
daily, 5. and c. c.------.---.-..-. 1915 PM
CHICAGO DIVISION
Depart-Chicago, Peoria and Omaha Elk. .. 7:1O am
Indianapolis and Logarsport Ex... 7:10 am
Chicago Fast Mail, p. c.-.......-- 1905 pna
Lafayette Accommodation. ....... 500 nr1
Indianapolis and South Bend Ex... 500 pm
Chicago, Peoria and Burlington
Fast Line daily, s., r.c.---...-..11:10 pm
Arrive-Cincinnati and Florida Fast Line
daily c. c. and s.-. $50 ana
Cincinnati Accommodation ..-..1I15 am
South Bend and Indianapolis Ex.. Ills am
Cincinnati and Louisville Mail D. G 1856 rsn
Rock Island and Peoria Elk 1890. GAO prn
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Three por cent. bondsl0014
-Four per cent. bonds1264
-Four and a half per c.I101,
Pacific 6s of '95. 1891
Louisiana consols. :. 767,
Missouri IS. -.-.-.--.1 1904.
Tenn. settlement 6s. 1857
Tenn. settlement 5s. 100
Tenn. settlement 3s.- 10
Central Pacific firsts 1141
Den. & Rio G.. lists. .120
Den. & r. G.. w. lists 81
Erie seconds. .-.-~..-1l5
NJ, K. 81 I. gen. 6s.- 941
Northern Pacific 1stsl15
Northern Pacific Eds. 1913
Northwestern consolsl41
Northwest debent IS 1888
St. L. & s. F. gen. m. 1904:
st. Paul consols.. 1901.
st. p, Chi. & Pac. 1stsl22
Texas Pac. I'd grants 546l
4. p. R. G.. ex. COUP. gu.
Union Pacific firsts. .l1444
West Shore .-.--.... .101l /.
Adams Express -140
Allegheny Central. L.. -
Alton 81 Terre Haute 81
Alton 81 T. III. pref. :. IS
American Express. .ll6
b., o. r. & n. IS
Canada Pacific. .--.-. 655,
Canada Southern. =. 451.
Central Pacific. ...... 42S
Chesapeake g. Ohio. 81.
@. s. o. pref. firsts. !. Is
@. & o. seconds. -. 8
Chicago & Alton. .141
@. & A. preferred. .155
O., B. & O., ex div. 1876
Chi, st. Il. 81 N. o.. -.
o., st. l.. & P.-...-.. 10
@. st. L. 81 P. pref 33
@. S. &C....--....... u
Clevepd g. Columbus. 81
Delaware g. Hudson. 1901.
Del, Lack. g. West. . 1903
Den. s. Rio Grande. :. 30
Erie. ---.- -----.--. 327s
Erie preferred. 49,. IS
East Tennessee. 1890 6
East Tenn. preferred l45s
Fort Wayne. .l47L
Hannibal & st. Joe. -.
Il. & st. j. pref. -. -.
Harlem ..---...----.23G
Houston & Texas -. "a
Illinois { entral. ..-...1 1871
J., B. q W---...---.. I63;
Kansas & Texas. 32L
Lake Erie 81 Western 0
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-03-18

TOBACCO IN THE SCHOOL RooM-At
a recent meeting ofthe State Teachers
association of Iowa, one Of the ablest
and most successful Of the superin.
tendents Of schools in that state read q
paper on THE effect Of the tobacco
habit on school work" in which he
presented conclusions which may seem
extreme and fanatical to tobacco lovers,
but which experie need teachers are
forced to accept as plain statements OF
fact. Boys that began the habit at an
early age he has uniformly observed
to become permanently stunted, men,
tally and physically, and especially
that their reasoning powers are OBJ
scured, their memory treacherons and
zeal for study altogether lacking.
Indigestion, impaired taste, defective
eyesight, dull hearing, nervous at
fections. and diseases Of the heart
among the pupils under his care he
has been able to trace, in a surpris-
ing proportion Of cases, to an inveter-
ate nse of tobacco, often unknown 10
parents and home friends.
In many Instances boys who had
been doing admirably in their studies
showed marked falling of in zeal
mental grasp ami general success in
scholarship, "a change almost invaria
bly, traceable TO the formation OF the
tobacco habit. The mental faculties
of boy under the influence Of the
narcotic seem to be in stupor, and
since the will power is simultaneously
stupefed and weakened it avails little
to try and arouse the dormant ener-
gies or to interest the tagged desire.
The moral results Of the habit at
this early age are no less serious.
Pupils under its influence are apt to
become constant subjects for discipline
at home and at school. Boys that
were usually even tempered and easily
governed after beginning the Use OF
tobacco become decidedly the reverse.
When in such cases, by the influence
OF parents and teachers, the habit has
been abandoned, the normal character
has invariably been resumed. But
to secure its abandonment is always a
most difficult task. since one Of it,
characteristics is q loss Of self.respect
and of regard for parents and real
friends. All the evil results mention.
81 do not, of course. appear concurrent.
~ in each and every boy that uses to.
bacco; but the bsnumbing and befog.
ging effect upon the intellect 10 nearly
or quite universal. Boston Traveller
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-03-18

49, Mrs. Clamwhooper, fashion.
able New York lady, has pet parrot
Of which she is very fond. She has
also husband Of whom she 10 not
very fond. A few days ago her hus.
band was nonksying with the parrot,
when he suddenly cried out il anguish
and danced around the room, holding
his fingers to his mouth, removing them
from time to time for the purpose of
using his mouth to turn loose q tor
rent Of profane language.
Good gracious. what's the matter,
Charles p said Mrs. Clamwhooper.
That accurssd parrot r. CALCULATED
the suffering man.
Il hope Won haven't hurt the dear
bird"
No. but the dear bird has bit q
pises out Of my finger"
Great goodness. hope it didn't
bite i clean out."
Yes, it did
"a wish you would be more careful
Charles. The man bought that bird
from told ne not to let il taste meat
under any circumstances. Poor Polly |
Polly want cracker Y-Texas Silt.
inss.