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TEMPERANCE.
THE PLAGUE OF THE ALLEY.

VI wIns down the alley" said Bridget Nc.
"And Al poS. plsce 4 y vas for for me N. fate to be in:
or tho ashes and pslens and babes on the
OF the men v,d the pipes sending up sich a
Ye'd thint that the pigs and the poultry
And tSs smell of tho place and the oaths
Sure the angels would never be made to
Since 4 even dissusted poor Bridget Nc
"oh I! the looks of thin windows. wid niver
To kape out the glances of eyes too unkind.
Sure ! saw at one window, forElvin' the
A woman and child weepin' there wild q
And SCARED face 1t was pressed SO close
Wild the tears strcamin' down like the thick
And a man wid face all discolored and
via not more intelligence there than Dig.
"And ,t,, the cries Of the ohilder. and looks of
Sure there's nothing moro certain to me
Ought even the childer were stained, and 80
Wild the sin Of the fathers, tho looks of
Was gone from each brow, and ba look
Jist fell on me heart like a piece of hot
Aud shoHEh,; ',EEnp perhaps. to wash thin within
Wild some pure running water, would
change thin about;
But atsS,,l the nth is 50 deep that prayed in
While me tears began falling to ease me
But last up the alley 1saw the saloon
Tho plague OF the ally-I thought should
The odo;; breathed out like the hot mouth
AND l. the {. sh'lder went dipping their jugs In
And coming and running, and suppins and
Isaw the Whole alley we're given to drink.
ing.
and out Of that reservoir, filthy wild sin,
Every home, every heart every soul in the
s And pointed and cried: There's the fount
Of disgracer
"ouehl the laughter. and waillng. and ours
As s they ytS drank the vile dross of each SIN
There were tears Of mad hearts in them
sobs. OF despair. 4F
. There was even the blood of poor souls
mingled there:
And they roarod and they cursed and they
Tho demons of murder and hate laugh at
woe,
And ] ran from the alley and the hot breath
As & demons were After" said Bridget Mo.
-Fdnnte Bolton. in Jrnton Stonal.
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TOAD LORE.

How Some Of the Curious Notions About
Tosds Had Their Origin.
Toads have much in common with
frogs, but they are hatched from spawn
that is deposited in long strings, while
frog spawn is in masses, and they have
no teeth. They are also marked by
ugly warts, which give out an acrid but
notpoisonous juice. They have tongues
CUES whose motions, nearly as quick as
lightning. the eye can not follow, and
which sweep in the insects they catch
with such speed that the victims
''seem TO melt into thin sir" rather
than to be caught and swallowed
They can climb plastered and white
washed walls or tights OF steps. and
even in hower-pots whose outward
sloping sides would seem to forbid
such achievement. They will eat noth-
ing that IL not in motion except their
own skins, which. when they are cast
Of. they roll up and swallow. The
muscles Of their thighs and legs strik-
ingly resemble those Of man. They
can not breathe when their mouth Is
uOiu VPous kuO OA0 uOotOts4oAACOgo WDOu
them freely and in various ways in
their magic. In some parts Of England
the application Of q toad is supposed
to stop bleeding. and dried specimens
are worn as charms against rheu-
matism. The members Of . Devon
shire family had q reputation for cur
ing "king's evil'' by means of toads.
Some Of the German peasants are said
TO have way Of crucifying toads, which
must be caught for the purpose on
Easter Sunday morning before sunrise; I;
then burying them in an ant-hill, and
leaving them there till Whitsunday.
when their olean and white bones, worn
In little bag around the neck. will
always mako the possessor win In
games Of chance. The Thibetans. 40.
cordiug 10 Abbe Hue, tell Of toad
that dwella amid tho mists Of, lofty
mountain range snd. unless he &
propitisted. dings Ice and avalanches
down upon those who pass In the val
leys below -Pep~lsf bctsses AestAly.
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An old farmer at the opticians was
in curious difficulty in choosing spec.
tacles. Il am far-sighted in one eye
and short-sighted in the other" he ex.
planned. '.Do you think you can fit me
outp This shortsighted eye has done
all my hard work for years, and l want
to ease it spell. When l read l use
that eye, but it can't see anything in
dropping corn. Then have to use my
far-sighted eye, and after planting for a
time it gets SO tired have to close my
eyes occasionally to rest them. But the
most uncomfortable part of the whole
trouble is seeing things halfway be-
tween. If ] hold book halfway, the
skort-sighted eye can't see, and it amt
far enough for the far-sightede eye. I'm
afraid you'll have an awful trouble in
adjusting those glasses" - Chicago
Times.
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was, however, held IN abeyance, not
refused, and SO the man went on SELL
ing his poison, and making persistent
efforts to extend his trade.
was sorry for his poor wife and two
little children. He evidently loved
them, and sometimes would play with
the little ones. But oftener he was
cross and hard spoken, for it was
pretty evident that he drank with
his customers. Every time that
he broke the law, to my knowl-
edge, went to the captain.
and true to his word he would
send and make the arrest, and would
60 with my witnesses, sometimes in
the wagon with thieves and other dis
reputable characters, to the Justices
court, and wait the turn. wasting
precious hours, of ten in foul atmos-
phere, and getting the scanty satisfac-
ton of small fine. But persistent eff
fort began to tell. After year of this
sort of thing, the man grew weary and
determined to move away. But his
crafty landlord, who had tried to black
mail the parson, had effected q lease of
his property at q high rate 10 the
liquor-seller, and held him to his
bargain. He tried in vain to lease the
place to another man of the same busi-
ness, for it was understood by this time
in the neighborhood that to have q
Presbyterian minister living next door,
was rather hindrance to the liquor
traffic. So he worried along in the
second year, and the business did not
thrive, and things became generally
"down-at-the-heei." Then he pro-
posed to me to buy him off. He would
20, If would take his lease off his
hands, and I could choose my own
tenant! Failing in this, he skipped"
into another State and left his re-
spectacle sureties to settle with the sly
landlord. They were sued for the
rent under the lease, and, strange to
say, l was subpenaed by the counsel
for the owner, more than twenty
times, at fifty cents q time, to go to
court and give testimony that the
liquor-seller had actually occupied the
house and carried ON his business
there.
For some time the place stood va
cant, then the sheds came down, the
bar was removed, the house was re-
paired and renewed, and has ever
since been occupied by excellent peo-
pie and good neighbors.
Those who have read the story can
! understand what it means to shut up a
dram-shop. Mine was comparative
| ly easy case, for l had faithful ally
in the captain of police, 1 had the
sympathy of the neighborhood, and l
had weak man to deal with. In
many cases these things are all re-
versed, and then the effort is WELL
nigh hopeless. But it ls worth while
to make the effort, and if every clergy
man in New York would secure the
closing of one liquor-shop every three
years, the number would be some
what reduced. 1t is practical form
of charity, for it limits the misery and
vice of the neighborhood. 1 found it
an effective mode of charity, and in
my case, certainly, ''charity began at
home. Cor. N. Y. Observer.
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MOURNING IN CoREA.
A Native Gentleman Explains Why He Has
Remained q Bachelor.

A Native Gentleman Explains Why He HAS
Remained . Bachelor.
In walking through the streets of
Seoul one often meets with figures
clothed from head to foot in q grayish-
yellow sackcloth, with bright yellow
hats--or rather broad-brimmed straw
baskets on their heads; men, moreover,
who further disguise their identity by
holding strip of sackcloth stretched
on pieces Of stick in front of their faces.
These are mourners. In the year 1882
a Japanese traveller who landed on the
northeast coast found the officials and
all the inhabitants in this lugubrious
masquerade. They were in mourning
for the Queen, who was supposed to
have been murdered, but who, after the
people had worn sackcloth half year
for her sake, emerged safe and sound
from the hiding-place where she had
taken refuge from the pursuit of her
wicked father-in-law, Tai-on-Kun. For
q Queen it is customary to mourn
twelve months, for parents and near
kinsfolk three years. What deep in
fluence this prescriptive usage has upon
the life of the people is illustrated by
the following story of an aged bachelor
who was asked why he had never taken
. wife. my parents, as well as my
self" he said, ''were desirous that l
should marry, and a suitable young lady
being found, our betrothal took place.
Then my future father-in-law died, and
we had, of course, to wait three years.
I had hardly put off my mourning when
l had to bewail the loss of my own poor
father; necessarily here was another
term of three years waiting. When
these were up the mother of my future
wife took sick and expired, and thus we
were obliged to delay our marriage an
other three years. Lastly, 1 had the
misfortune to lose my own dear mother,
which naturally caused further ad-
journment. So that, as four times three
makes twelve, that number of years had
passed over our heads and made us
both the older. At this time my be-
trothed fell i'll, and as she was at deaths
door went to pay her last visit. My
future brother-in-law met me at the
door and said: Although you are not
formally married, yet perhaps I may
for this once look upon you as man and
wife; come in and see her. Ihad hardly
entered and been face to face with my
poor wife than she breathed her last.
When l saw this all thoughts of marriage
fled from me. and have remained a
bachelor ever since. Cor. Chicago
Times.
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FARM AND F,RssIpE.

Point lace will be beautified BY
being rubbed gently with powderes
magncsia and then exposed to the sun
tor several hours.-N. Y. Mail.
While sheep need to be kept in q
dry pasture, do not, therefore, deprive
them OF water, but provide 1t 80 they
can reach 1t without getting into the
mud.-7yoy Times.
In setting shade trees there are
two mistakes which are quite frequent
iy made. One IL planting too thickly
and the other 10 planting too near the
buildings. Boston Post.
1t Is an easier matter to keep the
stables clean and orderly than 1t is sup
posed by those who have not tried It.
II you are one of this number begin
at once and see II 1t Is not true.
Hens will not fly over any fence
without first alighting on the top. Hence
the fence should have no resting place
there. A picket fence three or four
feet high will keep them in their limits.
Should there be an unruly one, dispose
Of 1t before 1t contaminates the flock
Western Rural.
"A Vegetable Stew: Ingredients:
Twelve potatoes cut in halves or quar-
ters, six onions, one carrot chopped
small, one ounce butter, little parsley
chopped, little pepper and salt, one
pint of water. Lot them boil till the
vegetables are quite done. but not
broken. Stew the onions before add
ing the other things.-7oledo Blade.
When two or three different kind
OF grasses are sown together for pas
ture many vacant spaces may be filed
up, as each particular variety will find
the kind Of soil best adapted to its
vigorous growth, the consequence being
that the sod will be the thicker. - Chi
sago Times.
-Soiling crops demand the very
richest ground. It will not pay to cut
and gather poor crop to be carried to
the barn and fed while green. II the
land is not rich enough to produce
maximum crop, let stock gather herb
age for themselves until enough land
can be got into suitable condition.-N.
2. Tribune.
Graham Gems: Two cups Of gra-
ham -four, one cup of white -four,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
one tablespoonful of butter mixed
with -four, salt to taste. enough
sweet milk to reduce to thickness of
drop cakes. Milk and water or water
alone may be used. Heat gem pans,
fill with batter and bake in a quick
oven twenty minutes.-Erchange.
Have you an old piece of linen in
the housep A linen sheet is Just the
thing If you have it. Here is the ma
terial for an abundance of pretty things.
have lambrequins, tides, bureau
covers and even table scarf made of
an old linen sheet. A pretty lambre.
quin may be made by fringing the edge
to depth of four inches and tying
the fringe. Farthcr-stitch with work
ing cotton of some bright color. Then
above this pull out all the horizontal
threads for the space of an inch aud
run in a bright ribbon in the open
spaces. Make as many rows of the open
work as your taste requires. The same
style may be followed for bureau covers
with pleasing results Toledo BLADE
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RUNS DOING.
Two Children Starving While the Mother
Lies Drunk ON the Floor.

Two Children Starving While the Mother
Lies Drunk ON the Floor.
Mrs. Annie McDuff was before Just
ice c. J. White charged with being an
habitual drunkard. The complainant
is Mrs. Dora Isaacks, who occupies the
front part of the same house in which
the defendant and her two children
lived. The reason she made complaint
was on account of the two children,
who for weeks past have been neglected
and almost starved to death, while the
mother has been lying drunk in one
corner of the kitchen.
The oldest child is only six years old,
while the other is two years younger.
Two weeks ago the father, who has q
position in Q lumber-yard, went to
his house and finding his wife
drunk staid only short time,
and when he left declared that
he would never return. He left .
little money with the oldest child, and
told her to buy some food with it for
herself and sister. Since that time no
has not returned. The mother in tho
meantime became worse than ever,
pawning what furniture she could get
together in order to get more money
for whisky.
3 a On several occasions abe woke up
- childrsn after eleven o'clock az
night and ordered them To go to the
saloon in Blue Island avenue and get
whisky for her. Upon their return
without the liquor she beat and pound
ed them In Q most cruel manner. For
! the last week she has not been sober q
day, and during all that time the chill
.dren have had to look out for them
solves, aud would have starved had
not neighbors given them food.
The court. after hearing the evi.
dsnce. sent her to the bridewell. and
the children were plsoed In the GUS
tody Of Omcer Dudley, Of the Humane
Society. CHICAGO Times.
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ON THE JURY.
The Debaslng. COrruptinE and Immors
Effect Of tho Liquor Tranlc.

Effect OF the Liquor Trafic.
The liquor traffic is debasing, cor.
rupting and immoral Whatever il
touches it pollutes. 1t is the sum Of
I'LL diabolisms, the parent of vice and
the promoter Of sin.
In Essex County recently the panel
of jurors was made up of such bad men
that the judge said: We will have
to adjourn the court; we can not pro-
ceed with trying any more cases. -
Temperance Gazette.
This is no new feature. In Passaic
County few years ago, where the
number of the liquor dealers are about
one thirtieth of the male population,
there were eighteen rumsellcrs on Z
panel of fifty-two, and one of them waa
on the verge of delirium tremens. when
summoned, and during a murder trial
he was given four glasses of whisky
daily to keep him up, which resulted
in him losing his mental faculty, and,
but for the accidental discovery of tho
fact by one Of the jurors, the accused
mans life would have been put in
jeopardy by this drunken saloon-keeper.
who with seventeen others had been put
into the jury box by an ex-saloon-
keeper for the benefit of his saloon
keeping friends.
And now in Buffalo an attorney, Mr..
Witcher, declares that the district at
torney's Office is used to protect crimi-
nails, and that public officials are wont
to tamper with jurors to prevent indict-
ments.
Under such circumstances there is no
denying the fact that the right Of trial
by jury has become farce, and that
King Alcohol is as great an usurper in
this respect as George LI.-XVILh
Ag1le1adnlent
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--"Talk is cheap!' said old Uncle
Darius. sneeringly, to impecunious
nephew, who was telling what great
things he was going to do. "Not al
ways, UNCLE" responded the nephew.
I'D like to know when it amt cheap"
snarled the old man. when you en-
ploy a lawyer to talk for you, or do
your own talking through telephone" :"
triumphantly said the nephew.-M y
Ledger.
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THE CABBAGE WORM.
Experiments with Different Remedies for
This Destructive Pest.

experiments with Dinoront Remedies for
This Destructive Pest.
The last annual report of the Ohio
Agricultural Experiment Station con
tains the following record of expert
ments with various proposed remedies
for this pest:
Experiments 1-5.-Dry bran, salt
(both coarse and fine), lime, sulphur
and white hellebore were thoroughly
applied at different times and under
various conditions. None of them
proved effective.
Experiment Cone ponnd Of whale
oil soap boiled in one gallon of water
and diluted with three times its bulk of
water, was applied with spray pump.
Several applications were made. Many
of the worms were killed, but enough
remained to seriously injure the crop.
This remedy, although safe, can not be
recommended as specific. Preparing
the solution some time before using and
allowing 1t to become more or less
putrid increases its efficiency.
Experiment Toe water was
thoroughly tested. 1t was applied at
different times, but as rule did little
or no good. When applied during the
hottest portion of the day 1t dislodged
some of the worms that happened to
be on the outer leaves. but failed to
have any lasting effect upon those more
In the center Of the plant. Worms
were seen to.rapidly recover after being
completely immersed for several sec-
0nds in ice water.
Experiment 8.-One-half ounce Of
lpyrethrum to fifteen quarts of water,
applied with spray pump, having q
cyclone nozzle, proved an almost per-
feet remedy. Only one application
was made. Although few worms ap-
peared subsequently, they were not in
sufficient number to do any special in
jury. y-,.. ~ ,,, :, 49,. !.
powder, with . small bellows. one
ounce of pyrethrum proved sufficient
for one hundred and fifty cabbages.
Twelve hours after the application was
made, . careful examination showed
No further application was found nec-
essary.
Experiment 1l.-One ounce Of pyre-
thrum and ono ounce Of fine air-slackcd
lime were thoroughly mixed. This
mixture was applied in the same man
ner and same quantity ss noted In Ex-
pertinent 10. The results were equally
satisfactory and the application less ex-
psnsive.
Experiment 12.-One ounce of py-
rethrum with four ounces of buck
wheat a0ur was found TO be very efii-
cient The mixture was carefully
made and applied with the Woodason
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Some BARRIERS refuse to shave GUS
toners during thunderstorm. They
want to hear themselves talk while they
PhiladeIphia Call.
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wHAr's THE BEST DIsINFEcrANr and RENE
dy for skin irritations and defectsi GLENN's
SULPHUR Soar. HILL's HAIR AND WHIsKEB
DYE, Black or Brown, 5Oc.
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FRAZIER AXLE GREASE lasts three times as
long as others and saves horses and wagons
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or female howevsr Induced spsedy snS
permanently cured. Illustrated book for
10 cents in stamps Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 663 Main Street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
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Owns & Co. run bakery In Bufeala-
Buffalo Express.
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WnY is . doctor never ssa-icki He ID
used to see sickness.
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BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso'i
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. soc
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IT actually improves the bicycle record
to have it broken.
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HAI1's Hair Renewer always gives salts
faction, and is indorsed by our best ply
sicians.
AS a stimulant to the stomach, liver and
bowels, the safest remedy is Ayers Pills
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THR moth exhibits much taste in drsss =
Boston Transcript
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Had Q Dreadful Cough,
and raised o siderable amount Of blood
and matter; besides, was very thin, and
20 weak l could scarcely 60 about the
house This was the case OF Q man with
consumption arising from liver complaint.
He recovered his health completely by the
use of DIR. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis
covery." Thousands Of others bear similar
testimony.
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THE great trouble with . buzz-saw is
that it never wears false teeth.-Le,esu CT
iSAp.
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A BANG L. something to . door-sspscial-
b wAAn + h Nn pretty girl
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Hsd n Drea6ful coueh.

PAT-"Be jabers, what harrud tonnes
If had me loife insured I'd take it,
Chicaso Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-05

| months. OF course all competitor was
ruined and other factories became idle.
IL is thus that other enterprises of in-
dividuals are destroyed, and not only
taose individuals, but The public also,
suffered by it. A small increase in the
cost OF transportation will often take
Oft all profits and men engaged in hon.
Orable and legitimate business are ruin
ed by it. A slight change In favor of
one and against the other may make
fortune for one party aud ruin his
competitor.
Owing to the increase In the volumn
of business in this state for the last few
years, there is no doubt that railroad
companies can afford to make q large
deduction in freight charges and vet
enable the com .oanies to make great
er profit than they have done before.
but this also ought to be left to the
railroad commissioners, because it is
impossible that the legislature san do
it satisfactorily.
AS the law now stands (sectiOn S42).
the railroad commissioners are authors
izcd to "reduce rates on any railroads
either an general or special classes
whenever an their judnaent IL cua be
equitabiy DONE" AMI yet, as we have
seen, their authority is set at defiance
because they have no means of enfOrc-
ing it.
The subject demands the most seri-
Gus consideration oh the part of the
people Of this state. Allmanufactures,
all traders and all producers are alike
interested-the. producing classes. no -
ticularly the farmers, perhaps mo-.
than any others. Let them sneak ons
in the election to the Legislature or
good and true men, whose position nm
ON these questions is not tquivocal.r.
Republican.