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s. 1t strives more earnestly to promote
prohibition party success than prohibition
sentiment.
9. 1t manifest= less opposition to the rum
power than to the old political parties.
10. Its methods are such as to secure the
cooperation and support of those engaged
in the liquor traffic.
II. Its members assume to be the only
true prohibitionists.
u. 1t aims to reform parties, rather than
the people.
13. 1t divides the ranks of the Prohibi-
tionists.
IA. 1t exalts the political at the expense
of the moral phases of prohibition.
Is. 1t therefore weakens the support of
the pulpit.
Is. 1t retards the growth of prohibition
sentiment.
II. Its methods compel distrust of the
sincerity of its leaders.
Is. Its methods strengthen opposition to
the principle of prohibition.
10. 1t is impossible to successfully build
a national political party on single moral
issue.
20. a vote cast for the National Pro-
hibition party, though not so intended is,
therefore, in its ultimate influence, vote
for the liquor traffic.
REASONS FOR NoN-PARTIsAS PROHIBITION
METHOD.
|. 1t follows the example of the great
leaders in the anti-slavery reform.
2. 1t seeks the success of the princi-
pie of prohibition rather than of politi-
cal party.
8. 1t avoids the expense, waste and
doubtful methods of political organiza-
ton.
4. 1t elevates the standard of prohibition
as moral reform
). 1t seeks legal enactment to protect
and strengthen said reform.
.. r. promotes no unnecessary antagon-
isms.
z. 1t rejoices in the success of prohlbl-
tion wherever and by whomsoever Sc
cured
s. 1t secures the hearty and unem-
barrassed support Of the Christian pulpit.
9. 1t seeks first to reform the people
who create parties.
TO- 1t unites the ranks of Prohibitionists.
II. 1t tends to conciliate and win the
support of all good citizens.
II. 1t accelerates the growth of prohi-
bition sentiment, without which legal pro-
hibition can never succeed.
Is. When the people are reformed the
parties will need no reformation.
IA When in the State or Nation pro-
hibition sentiment becomes sufficiently
strong, it may utilize In its interests some
existing political party as in Iowa and
Kansas.
Is. Non-partisan Prohibitionists may
and should support such political party as
can and will do the most for destroying the
liquor traffic, even though such party is
not ready to fully adopt prohibition in it.
l6. The non-partisan method is the
quickest and surest way TO exterminate
the liquor traffic, as shown in Iowa and
Kansas. s. \. FELLOWS,
President Iowa State Temperance Alliance
Waterloo, Ia, August p, 1888.
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A PLAIN TARIFF LESSON.
ELI Perkins Relates a Conversation Upon
Effects of Free Trade

Last summer, in Brussels, Belgium, |
stood watching some skilled blacksmiths
welding steel car spring such as we see
on all our freight trains. When asked
a strong fellow how much he got he wiped
the streaming sweat from lis brow on his
shirt sleeve and said:
" get fifty cents day"
Is this enough to support you? l
asked
al have wife and five children" he
said, sadly, " and we do not starve."
When l asked the proprietor of the ma
chine shop, an hour afterwards, why he
didn't pay those skilled men more, he
said:
Because Pm handicapped. | sell my
ear springs in America, and when | get
into New York harbor with 500 worth
of car springs / have to salute your Amer
lean flag and give up $50 as duty. I only
get $50 for what your manufacturer gets
$l0O."
"Where does this $50 that you pay as
duty come from," asked.
Why, it comes from my mems wages.
That is why | can only pay fifty cents per
day, while you Americans pay 81 90"
But suppose our Government should
take off this tariff and let your car springs
come in free?' | asked.
"Whatp he exclaimed, and let ME re-
ceive 500 where now get $50?"
Yes, that's it."
"Why, I'd flood yol with car springs.
I'd double my works here. I'd fill New
York harbor with them," he continued
enthusiastically.
But would not this break up our work
men who are getting 81 80 day for max
ing these same car springs in America ~
asked.
Yes, it would break them up for a
while, but"
But how long would it break them
up T interrupted.
"Why, sir, until they were willing to
work for fifty cents day like our men,"
but there are politicians in America" :"
[ said, "who tell our laboring men that
free trade would not disturb their wages"
and these poor laborers listen to
them ?"
"Some do"
"Well," said the Belgian manufacturer,
you tell your laboring men for me that it
is this tariff which keeps their wages up
higher than ours, and tell them if any
wicked demagogue shall ever talk such
wicked nonsense to them again to throw
him into the sea. He is the enemy of the
American laboring man."
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Secretary of Site. The next morning, as
Mr.. Weed 1ays, the porter OF the hotel,
where -e was staying, accosted him llnex-
pectedly:
III hope you will accept Mr.. Clay's in
vitation, sir"
allow did you know | had an invita-.
tion from Mr.. Clay?"
"Oh, sir, the letter came through the
Office, and We all know Mr.. Clay's hand
writing"
The porter, like Mr.. Weed himself, was
evidently an observer Of human nature.
He reiterated his hope that the New York
gentleman would not decline Mr.. Clay's
invitation, and added:
Gentlemen sometimes come to Wash
ington on business without bringing their
dresscoats with them. Possibly you may
have forgotten yours; if so, you would do
me great favor by accepting one that l
haven't worn, and which would fit you
nicely"
The fact was that Mr.. Weed not only
had not brought dresscoat with him, but
had none to bring, and was really about
| to decline the invitation, much to his re-
gret, for this very reason. The porter
urged the matter so kindly that the coat
and the invitation to dinner were both ac-
cepted
Fourteen years afterward Mr.. Weed was
again at the capital, and, passing through
the Treasury Department, ran against his
old friend, the thoughtful porter, who, it
seemed, had secured from President Jack
son clerkship in the Department, but
now that General Harrison had been
elected, expected to lose his place, as the
"spoils belonged to the victors."
But his kindness Of fourteen years before
was now to have its reward. Mr.. Weed at
once went to Mr.. Ewing, Secretary of the
Treasury, and related to him the whole
story. The Secretary was, of course much
amused, and readily promised the very in
huential New York journalist that his
friend should not be disturbed = Youths
(Lo,,,.a1r-
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A CALIFORNIA LION.
The Late K. p. Roe Gives an Adventure
With One of Our State Game.

y gentleman, who went out to Southern
California years ago for his health, told me
of a remarkable experience with this same
stealthy animal. With a friend he was
out trout-fishing in a wild canyon among
the mountains. The gentleman, whom we
will call Mr.. A., had taken his friend, Il
stranger to the region, into the mountains,
intending to give him chance to catch
some speckled beauties and perhaps to
shoot deer or two. They had their rifles
with them, and the friend was sitting oil
the bank of the stream with his gun across
his lap. 1t should be said in his behalf.
however, that he was not accustomed to
use the weapon. 1t was early in the morn
ing, they had just reached the stream, and
Mr.. a. sat on little sandspit on the
further side of the brook, engaged in fas-
tening fy-hook to line. His rifle was
leaning against a tree several feet away.
\ little cur dog, called Lady" had ac-
companied them, and she was indulging in
a hunt on her own account She soon
found the dogs proverbial enemy, cat.
but one for which poor little Lady would
have made scarcely two mouthfuls. Yelp-
ing, she ran and jumped into Mr.. AS
arms; when, to his astonishment, an
enormous mountain lion came bounding
out of the woods after her He sat mo-
tionless and almost petrifed, but did not
lose his presence of mind. The beast was
too near for him to get 10 his rifle, and, by
sort of instinct, he felt that his only
chance was to keep his eyes on those of the
lion. Evidently it had been so intent on the
pursuit of the dog that it had not seen him
of FIRST o,,I l. L
it to within about five feet of Mr.. A. Then
1t stopped short, braced itself, and glared
at its human foe. Mr.. A., with his hand
on long hunting-knife in his belt, looked
the enraged animal steadily in IT'S eyes,
while Lady covered in his lap Every
hair on the lion seemed to stand out
straight, which gave it most ferocious ap-
pearance. For moment it was difficult
to say what the creature would do; al
though if Mr.. \. had made the slightest
momement, especially motion rs if in
tending to shrink away, or had failed for
moment in his stern, steady gaze, the lion
would undoubtedly have sprung upon him.
1t is wonderful how the mind acts at such
time and how Swift and curious are its
impressions. While intensely conscious Of
an extremity of danger, he was also aware
of the ludicroits action of his friend, who,
instead of shooting the beast, was jumping
up and down i'll an ecstasy of terror, shout
ing shoow "scatr as though the lion
were nothing more formidable than big
tom-cat. 1t was well, perhaps, that he
took this course, for unless cool, steady
aim had put a bullet through the crea-
ture's brain, it would have been so infuri-
ated by wound that Mr. A. would have
had no chance whatever. As it was, the
lions eyes faltered and wavered before the
gaze of man, the bristling fur went down,
and then the creature wheeled and
bounded off into the nearest cover. BY
the time Mr.. \. reached his rifle it had
disappeared fnally.-E p. Roe, in St.
Nicholas for September.
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The Use of water at and Before Meals.

The Use of Water at and Before Meals.
Opinions differ as to the effect of the
free ingestion of water at meal-times, but
the view generally received is probably
that it dilutes the gastric juice, and so re-
tards digestion. Apart from the fact that
a moderate delay in the process is by no
means a disadvantage as Sir William Rob
erts has shown in his explanation of the
popularity of tea and coffee, it is more
than doubtful whether any such effect is
in reality produced. When ingested dur
ing meals, water may do good by washing
out the digested food and by exposing the
undigested part more thoroughly to the
action Of the digestive ferments.
Pepsin is catalyptic body, and given
quantity will work almost indefinitely,
provided the peptones are removed as they
are formed. The good effects of water,
drunk freely before meals, have, how
ever, another beneficial result; it washes
away the mucus which is secreted By the
mucus membrane during the intervals of
repose, and fayors peristalsis of the
| whole alimentary canal The membrane
thus cleansed is in much better condition
TO receive food and convert 1t into soluble
compounds. The accumulation of mucus
is specially marked in the morning, when
the gastric walls are covered with thick,
| tenacious layer. Food entering the stomach
! at this time will become covered with the
| tenacious coating, which for time protects
it from the action of the gastric fsrments.
| and so retards digestion. The yiscid con-
tents, a normal condition in the morning
before breakfast, is not suitable to receive
| food
Exercise before partaking Of meal
stimulates the circulation of the blood,
| and facilitates the flow of blood through
the vessels. A glass of water washes out
the mucus, partially distends the stomach,
wakes up peristalsis, and prepares the
alinientary canal for the morning meal.
Observation has shown that non-irritatins
liquids pass directly through the tubular
stomach, and even if food be present they
only mix with it to a light extent.-1He
British Medical Journal
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ASGosrUBA BIrTERs do not only distin-
guish themselves by their flavor and aro-
matte odor above all others generally used,
but they are also sure preventive for all
diseases originating from the digestive
organs. Beware of counterfeits Ask your
grocer or druggist for the genuine article,
manufactured by DR.. J. G. B. Siegert &
Sons.
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DR.. Pierce's Purgative Pellets-.he ori-
ginal and only genuine little liver pills; %
cents vial.
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A BORROWED Cont.

When Thurlow Weed was about 80
years old, he made a visit to Washington,
and, being already known as a man of con-
siderable influence in the political world,
was invited 70 dine with Mr.. Clay, then
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TIT NTED- D-gAJEaNrEN
LOST.
BOOKKGEPER WANTED.

aaT ANTED - AN EXPERIENCED BOOK
w keeper in a wholesale house; raass be
good writer, and rapid and correct in figures;
and references; all communications scrictiy
confidential address "569.' REcoEO-C CNI0N
office. ea-St
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NOTICE.

OFFICE OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
~ OF the State of California, San Francisco
September 4, 1SSS-To whom it may concern !:
The London and Provincial Fire Insurance
Company, Limited, of London. England. having
this day surrendered its Certificate of Authority
previously granted, thus Withdrawing from
business IN this State, notice of such withdrawal
is hereby given. pursuant to the requirements
of Section 595 of the Political Code. Said COM
pany Is no longer authorized to do business in
this State J. c. L. WAD5WORTH,
s7Ss Insurance Commissioner
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ROE SALR--T0 LET.

LGO0MS TO LET-A NICELY FURNfaL.t D
jG front room, on the line of the ra---0 d:
suitable for one or two gentlemen. Appiy .4o5
II street. S72t
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Would you know the keen delight

vi wholesome appetite.
unrestrained by coiic's dire,
Headaches curse, or levers fire.
thoughts morose, or icy chills?
Then use DIR. Pierce's Mills.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-11-08
A Source of Courage,

There are, of course, many degrees of
courage, endless varieties in its mani
festations, but my own experience leads
me to believe that this virtue in man
follows tho same natural laws as obtain
in the case of horses and dogs. Tho bet
ter bred all three are the greater will be
their innate pluck, In the well born
man, however, there is found another
clement Of the highest value. The man
proud Of brave father, or, still moro,
Of a long list Of brave progenitors, even
if fate has been so cruel as to give him
thin blood and timid disposition, viii
feel bound to sustain what is commonly
called 1.-The honor of his name.' The
struggle within him may possibly strain
every nerve, but his pride will conquer
his weak spirit, and in the hour Of trial
aye, even of appalling danger--will
enable him to play the part Of the hero,
and to play it well.-Lord Wolseley in
Fortnightly Review.
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Disease Among Copper Workers.

A physician of Birmingham, Eng,
who has spent long years in observation
Of what is known as ''braziers' disease"
or '.brass workers ague," asserts shat
the trouble is due to acute or chronic
copper poisoning. Almost all workers
in brass or copper. soon begin to show
signs Of the disease. A green band OPP
pears on the neck of the teeth, between
the crown and the gum. the edge of the
gum itself becomes slightly blackened,
the perspiration has greenish tinge,
and even the hair takes ON greenish
hue, signs all indicating the absorption
of copper by the workmen. Where the
complaint is acute, dyspepsia, colo, and
nervousness set In, and even deafness
and symptoms of locomotor ataxia have
been observed.-Chicago News.
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Raising Frogs for Market.

Ever since American epicures developed
a taste for the legs of frogs, about twenty
five or thirty years ago. the possibility of
raising frogs in private ponds as trout are
raised has received a deal of attention.
Among those who have tried it is Mr..
Fred Mather, the fish culturist of Cold
Spring Harbor, L. I. The late Seth Green
also experimented with frog spawn for
two years. Mr.. Mather says that it is no
trouble at all to gather frog spawn and
hatch millions of polliwogs, and the pol
liwogs may be easily fed on both meat
and vegetables, for they eat both. So
far, raising frogs is easy. But when
it comes to caring for the frog after he
has left the tadpolo state the enterprise
fails. Mr.. Mather says he finds, as Seth
Green did, that all that was necessary
was to procure insects in sufficient guam
titles to feed the frogs, but no one can
procure the insects. Meat and vegetables
such as table refuse won't do-even good
meat alono is not frog food, and Mr..
too much. To make frog culture sue
cess the culturist must at tho same time
become a breeder Of beetles, flies, mus
quitoes and other insects and snails.
MIR. Mather says that even if the insects
could be raised for food the possibility of
making a frog pond pay would not DO
great. Big frogs eat up the little ones
fer one thing, and besides that it takes
several-perhaps 10-yeavs for frog to
reach a marketable size. The actual time
required for growth 10 not known, but
Mr.. Mather says that many Of the polli-
wogs do not get their legs until the next
season after they are Matched, which
shows they are of very slow growth.
Occasionally story describing frog
farm has been printed in some of the pa
pers. Mr.. Mather says he has investi-
gated every story that seemed TO be true
and found them all apocryphal. He con-
cludes that frog culture is a delusion and
that paying frog farm cannot now and
probably never will be established. .-Nef
York Sun.
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Got q Fire from Ice.

The other day prominent New York
lawyer arrived In Washington for con-
sultation with an attorney of this city
regarding some patent cases. During
the conversation match to light cigar
was lacking, and the Washingtonian re-
marked that a piece of ice would do
The New Yorker laughed and was in
credulous, and wager of champagne
supper was made. The Washingtonian
took piece of clear ice about an inck
thick from the water cooler, whitfield it
into the shape of disk, and with the
palms of his hands melted its two sides
convex, thus giving it the form of a
double convex lens or burning glass.
With it he focused the suns rays on the
end of his cigar, thus lighting the cigar.
While smoking the weed he enjoyed the
chagrin cf the New Yorker. who
promptly paid the bet.-Washington
Star
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uc Didn't Like Hot Brend.

An American woman of high social
position thinks that Englishmcn as guests
are difficult to understand. One well
known literary man who paid recent
visit at her house was not at all diffident
in expressing his choice in food. Among
other articles which he requested was
dry toast. Every morning the cook
would prepare plate of hot toast, and
with equal regularity lie would spread
the pieces until they became stone cold.
His explanation was that he could not
appreciate the American longing for hot
bread. Herald.
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hores FROM EVERYWHERE.

Mrs. Eliza S. Boyd. of Laramie, Wy.
T.. was the first woman foreman" of a
jury.
Ice skates will be cheap this winter, as
several Of the patents have run out.
Emperor William Of Germany pretends
to despise music as sunworthy the admira-
ton of warrior.
Orizaba, Mexico, has three papers, tina
names of which respectively signify the
rat, the cat and the beetle.
Sir Morell Mackenzie was impelled c~
study medicine and surgery by the ~ss-S-
est advice of his widowed mother.
The Brooklyn Eagle states that Mrs.
Elizabeth Tilton is becoming blind She
is living with her mother. Hrs. Morse, in
Brooklyn.
The chalk pond in Newhr:y, N. h,
claimed to be the only one of The kind in
the United States, has been lought and
will be operated by stock company.
The recent hurricane tore from the
bottom and destroyed much of the sponge
on the coast of Cuba. and it is feared
that the trade in sponges will necessarily
be suspended for some time
Farmers in the sections of New South
Wales that are suffering from drought
find consolation in the fact that the dry
spell has cut a wide swath through the
rabbit army. In some localities there
are scarcely any of the pests left.
Engine $40 of the Union Pacific road,
| that is now employed in transferring
cars.across the Omaha bridge, has q rec
ord OF having run 14Q, ,026 uiLee =
las been in use for f,sclity n = M
and was one Of the first locomotives used
west of the Missouri river.
There recently died at Flint, Mich, q
man who had made careful preparation
that nothing should be said at his funeral
that would not meet with his approval.
He had written his own funeral sermon,
the hymns to be sung at his funeral, the
words of consolation to his friends, and
the epitaph for his tombstone.
The second hand stores of New Orleans
are said to be great places for "finds" in
valuable antique furniture, handsome
pieces of early French and Spanish
make, imported by wealthy creoles Of
early days, being frequently surrendered
70 the dealer by descendants too reduced
in circumstances to keep them.
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A Locomotiyo Isngineer,s Cat.

An engineer on the Danville railway,
whose run is between Danville and Spring.
field, has cat which he would not part
with for love or money. 1t belonged to
his wife, who is now dead, and for many
years past it has been his constant COM
panion in the cab. Ordinarily it sits
perched up in the cab window before its
master, but occasionally it strolls out to
the pilot, where it will ride for hours at
a stretch, winhing knowingly at the dogs
which bark at the train as it thunders by
the cross roads. Sometimes when tho
train is approaching a station the adven-
turous animal climbs to the top of the
sandbox and calmly roosts there, undo
tered by the shrek of the white or the
clang of the bell. The engine has had
good luck ever since the animal became
an occupant OF the cab, and the troinmen
look upon it as a mascot. Chicago Her.
AID
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A Wheel for q Leg

Peter Belcher, of New Durham, N. j.,
has a swapping turtle that moves about
on three legs. He owns, also, a cat
that has only one ear. The two animals
are on terms of the warmest friendship
and are unhappy when they are sepa-
rated. Such intimate relations did not
always exist between them, however.
Some months ago the turtle viciously
snapped at the cats ear and bit it off very
close to the head. The mutilated cat re-
taliated by seizing the turtles left hind
leg with her teeth and claws, and so
mangling the limb that Mr.. Belcher was
obliged to amputate it.
Both wounds healed rapidly, and, as
though each respected the prowess of the
other, they became inseparable. The
turtle is little lopsided in the rear, and
Mr.. Belcher is thinking of fastening a
small wheel to its shell to enable it to
preserve its equilibrium. New York
SIM
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The work of breaking up the steamer
Great Eastern for old iron has begun,
and, notwithstanding the growth of
marine architecture, it will be probably
many years before we shall see another
ship SO big. The failure of the Great
Eastern was, however, due not so much
to her too great size as to her too little
speed. She was 692 feet long and Of
$4,000 tons burden, but could make only
four or five knots. She was about thirty
years old, but apparently as stanch as
when launched. Some of the crew had
been with her and lived on her constantly
for twenty-five years.-The Argonaut.