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DEADLY NATURAL GAS.
Pittsburg Suffers Another Terrific
Explosion.

There was n terrific explosion OF ma
turai gas main sa.s tho South Side, in Pitts
burg, Pa, which resulted In the killing of
two men instuntfy, FATALLY injuring two
more, and seriously injuring some fifteen
Others. Booth & Flynn were testing thirty
nch natural gas m lin. which they had laid
for the Monongaheia Natural Gas Company.
Their workmen were testing tue main bafore
turning on the natural gus, by Insans of
compressed air, They ran tho pressure up
to seventy-five pounds per square inch, when
the dead cap on the pips blow out, scattering
debris in every direction.
Several hundred workmeh employed In the
iron mills near by were Just returning home.
and q number OF them stopped along the
track to watch the experiment. They were
struck Struck by the debris and flying missiles as
though bomb had exploded. The pipe was
Traced with heavy timbers, and thcs5 were
hurled into the crowd with terrific forca
The workmen and spectators were thrown
down by the force OF the explosion, and one
OF sne ltief wns hurled against II brick
house and had his neck broken. A general
stampede followed the explosion, and scene
OF widest excitement ensued Tho cries of
the injured could be heard for several
squares Aninvestigation showed that two
mon had been killed outright, and about fif-
teen others Injured, two OF them fatally,
Tbs desd were conveyed To their homes,
aud the injured who were unable to walk
taken to a hospital. The killed are:
John Miller, single, aged twenty three;
John O'Connor, aged twenty five.
Those seriously injured were:
John GreiDer, married, terribly cut aud
injured internally; will die. John Braney,
miilright, internally injured and head cut ;
serious. William Groen, badly cut and
bruised, thought to have received internal
In niurioS. Hanhrirk .,f SS
l. uis, No., both legs broken
Severancs Munsich, Thomas Welsh, Mar
tin Garyey. John Schwalter, Patrick Ryan,
Frank Doyle James Duffy and William
Jones were struck by flying debris, aud cut
and bruised, but none OF them were seriously
hurt.
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latter will make the richest sort. Put
two-thirds of the milk into large tub,
and raise the temperature of the last
third to that Of new milk. The whole
quantity is then whisked together, the
rennet added, aud the tub covered over;
in this state it is allowed to stand until it
Is completely turned, when the curd is
struck down several times with the skim
ning dish, after which it is allowed
to subside. The vat covered with cheese
cloth is next placed over the tub and
filled with curd by means of q skinner;
the curd is pressed down with the hands
and more added as it sinks, until the
curd rises above the edge of tho vat to
about two inches. Now add the proper
quantity OF salt, after which place a
board over it and under it and apply
pressure for-two or three hours. The
cheese is next turned out and surrounded
by fresh cheese-cloth, and pressure
again applied for eight or ten hours, when
it is commonly removed from the press,
salted over again, and pressed again
for twelve to twenty hours. The quality
of the cheese depends on this part Of
the process to great extent, rs if any of
the whey is left in it, it will not keep.
Further, the cheese must be washed in
warm water, wiped dry, and placed in a
cool place to ripen. This is a bare out
line of the process Of making cheese.
Experience will quickly teach moro than
we could tell in column. 1t is impor
tant to have good rennet, which should
never be taken from calf that has not
sucked, or that is not at least two days
Courier Journal.
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IMPROVE THE PASTURES.

One of the greatest neglects in Ameri
can agriculture, is that of not properly
cultivating pasture lands. In England
farmers pay almost as much attention to
these as they do to their meadows; and
there IS very little difference between
them in the annual yield of grass. There
are lands so stony or rough of surface
that they cannot be prepared for i'm
proved pasturagc except at too great cx-
pense. These must be left to their natu-
raj state and to yield such grass as they
can without cultivation. But when the
SOIL Is moderately good, and not too
hiily Or rocky, it should be put in. fine
condition, and the grass thus made to
come forth early in the spring, endure
through the summer heat and last till late
autumn-in fact the same as in the mead
ows-so that large instead Of scant profits
may be annually obtained. Greater at
tentlon should be paid when stocking the
land by using variety of seeds, and SOW
ing twice or thrice the quantity generally
allowed. There is gain instead of loss
made by this, as a good, thick stand is
secured the first season, instead of being
obliged to wait the second or third wear
for the grass to spread fully, and fully
cover the surface. BY sowing variety
OF seed, the sort best suited to the soil
Will gradually take precedence and be-
come permanent. 1t cannot always be
told, even by the most experienced farm
ers, which sort will triumph; it must be
left for time to determine. York
Tribune.
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MARKETS.

-Flour--City Mills. cxtra. A. 20
aS5.l0. Wbeat-Southern Fultz. S5Lasp:
Corn-Southern White, 45aIGIIcts, YeIIow
45a4a 8cts. Oats Southern and FenusyIvnnia
30a35 cts. ; Rye-Maryland 81 Pennsylvania
50a53cts. Hay-Maryland and Pennsylvania
Is O0aSl5 50 D;Straw w hoat, 8 OOaSS. So Butter.
Eastern Creamery, lGIlScts., near by receipts
16al7cts; Cheese Eastern Fancy Cream. BIZ
a9M cts, Western, SaSL cts; Eocs-a
ajax; Tobacco Leaf-Inferi0r, ins2 Uje Good
Common, 8 0oa$ $4 90. Middling, 5aS6. .W Good
to fine red, 7a$9; Fancy, 1Oasf3
NEW YoRK-Flour-Souther Common tn
fair extra, 81, ,65a$3 Is; Wheat-No 1 White 81
ass; Rye--State, 53l5i; Corn-Southern
yellow, ,43Na4l Oats White, State 33IInXsX
cts; Butter-State. 11al8 cts. Checse-State.
7aSHcts.; Eggs-lGal6l1 cts.
PHILADELPHIA = Flour - Pennsylvanja
fancy, 4.35ai.75; Wheat-Pennsylyan and
Southern Red, Siasl1S; Rye-Pennsyivan
52a5Scts :Corn-SoutherBY elbow, s3sl aI4 cts
Oats-3la32 cts.; Butter--.5tate, ,l1IIaI7 cts. :
Cheese.N, Y. Factory, oao>S ,cts. Eggs
State, 15al6 cts.
CATTLE
BALTfMoRE--fseef, 4 0Oaf -; Sheen 90
as 80, Hogs SO COa6 %
NEW YORK -Beef--f4 5Oa5 SO; ;Sbccp- 81 90
a6 %; Hogs--e4 65a5 IS
EAST LIBERTy-Beef--S - 5Oaj o.: Sheep
- 5Oa4 10; Hogs-t4 G3o4 50
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BRIrTLENEss OF THE HOOP.

A hard hoof is desirable rather than
otherwise, as the foot will not wear SO
much when the horse goes unshod in the
summer; but it tends to become brittle
and break away under the strain of the
shoe nails. If the hoof is brittle in this
way it Is an advantage rather than other
wise, as the injury by breaking can easily
be prevented by keeping the hoofs
dressed with a mixture of vaseline and
glycerine. II the hoof, however, crumbles
at the sole and around the walls into soft
powder, this indicates disease of the horn
induced by an infamed condition of the
foot, and often follows an attack of
founder Qaminitis or fever of the feet).
This should be treated by the use of a
cooling laxative, as a pound of epson
salts and bran mashes for food for time :;
the feet should be poulticed with linseed
meal until all heat about them is removed.
and then dressed daily with the vaseline
and glycerinc mixture. This condition
OF the feet is frequently produced by the
horse standing in soft manure, which rots
the horn and causes the brittleness COM
planned of.-Nep York Times.
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THIEVES STOP A TRAIN.
Pistols Pointed at tho Hkgineer and
F'rema"
Tho Rio Grand westerY Naown

Firemant
Tho Rio Grand wester1 naown
as the 80. was. p sse,
Cot.,ps95 ~ ~ l6DbsSra. We ol t06m 0Oslaed
the baggage-car at Thompson Springs. They
climbed over the engine. pointed revolvers
at the hoads Of the engineer and fireman aud
compelled them TO stop tho train. They
forced the fireman to attemptto chop through
the door Of tho express car, aud made the
engineer bring q bag to hold the plumber.
Messenger Willis was ready with magazine
s!.os gun sna two sssf-ccct,nG reviewers. Tho
fireman was unable TO chop through the
boiier>iron door. SO tho robbers fired a dozen
shots through the cars.
Messenger Willis lay on the floor, and was
not hurt. The robbers dared not show their
heads at the broken windows lest they should
get shot. They gave 1t up. and joii,od two
other robbers back In the other car. The
four went through the train with their re.
volvers drawn, and gathered in sou aud
twenty watches
Que passen ser put hts head out OF the win.
dow tosse what was going on, aud the rob
bers sent bullet through his hat. Most OF
the passengers hid their valuab es success
fully. those losing them being too frightened
to hide them. y y x 81
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THE POTATO ROT.

Every year the farmers dread the DO
tato rot, which has done great damage in
seasons past. The rot first appeared in
Ireland in 1S47 and was imported into
this country but recently. 1t is fungus
which grows within the plant, filling the
cells with white threads, which bear small
balls or capsules containing black spores.
1t IS these black spores which discolor the
potatoes and from which the new plants
spring. If diseased potatoes are left in
the ground they infect the land and pro-
pagate pest for the next seasons crop of
potatoes. When the potatoes die and rot
In the ground the small spores turn into
dust and rise in the air to be carried awav
10 some other tieid. The disease spreads
rapidly in this way. The best way to
destroy the germ is to gather up all of
the potatoes, small and large, and boil
them for the fowl and swine. This will
Kill the spores and prevent the spread Of
the disease. Never feed them to the ami
mails before boiling them.
lhe damaged potatoes should be kept
from the sound ones after they are dug.
1t is well, then, to dust the sound ones
with fresh, air-slaked lime, which will
destroy any adhering spores. Keep the
potatoes dry, too, as this will tend to
keep the spores dormant. In selecting
seed potatoes never take one that shows
any black places; then roll the cuttings
in air-slaked lime. The potato rot is
strictly contagious and it should be killed
wherever it manifests itself. If every
farmer would be as careful in dealing
with his crop of potatoes the rot would
soon be cxterminated and never heard
from again in this country Washington
Star.
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THIRTY PERSONS HAVE DIED,

The Mysterious Disease Raving War
saw, Ill.
The State board Of health has ascertaIned
that thirty persons have died from fiux and
dysentery at Warsaw, ILL.,, and that 222 cases
have been under treatment. Reliable citi-
zens says the disease is still prevalent. but is
yielding to treatment.
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A FIRM of great genius haI offered
the British government an immense
sum for the use of the national postage
stamp for advertising purposes. The
advertisement is to be printed on the
back, of the stamp before the gum i,
put on, 80 that the purchaser of every
stamp must see the announcement be- !.
fore he moistens the gurs. This is an
Australian idea.
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Z.sitULTURAL.
SPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
cABBAeEs THAT DO NOT HEAD.

The defective cabbages in the fall are
those that have been checked in growth
during summer. To head properly q
cabbage should grow without ceasing
after 1t has recovered from the shock Of
transPianting. The shock is perhaps
useful, as 1t supplies the plant with new
set OF roots. II a dry time comes on,
water hbcrally with water in which COM
norcfuf fcrsfffxers nave been dissolved.
NO crop grown will prove better for this
labor than cabbage. 1t may make the
difference between cabbage head and a
mess OF unstable leaves. Culti.
Gator.
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A Big Trout Farm,

Pennsylvania has n big trout farm near
Emans station, on the East Pennsylvania
Railroad. There are eight ponds at the
farm, (Which number by actual count
24,700 book trout and $500 California
trout from one to four years of age." ,
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Not the 0rowler.

Elack-It can't be possible that You
go into . saloon with . vessel TO pur-
chase beer, White?
White-Who said I did2
B.-Brown said SO. He told me no
had seen you going into saloon with
pitcher.
W.-Oh, he saw me going In with o
baseball pitcher Boston Courier.
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TEMPERANCE.
THE LITrLEs.

TIE LITTLES.
a little flame
Will scent a room
A little candle
Light tho gloom
Ono littlc glcam
OF sunshine, stream
Through bars, and gild
The prison-tombl
A little hand
Will comfort bring
A little tongue
Annoy q king
A little vino
Kill thoughts divinol
A little balm
Allay stingi
A littlo staff
Will case the way
A little joy
Change night to day
"A little song
Drown thoughts Of wrong
n little forethought
Savo the hayl
A little pledge
Will bless q Hfc-
A little reason
Danish strife
A little pen stroke
Brand u name
ii little love
Save namo AMI famcl
a little smile
Us like a rny-
n little kind word
Makes IL May
A little checr
Will dry q tear-
A little prayer
Give peace alway;
I.A.ktddcr, in Temperance Banner.
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Brad dfeld's Female Regulator will cure all
irregularit or arrangements peculiar to
woman. Those suffering should use Ii. Sold
by ali Druggists.
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IL Is no sign that a hen meditates harm 10
her owner because she laws Tor him.
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A pocket match-snfe FREQ TO smokers OF
"Tansil,'s Punch" Sc. Cigar.
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DIRECTIONS FOR CHEESE MANUFACTURE
The materials employed in making
cheese are milk and rennet. The milk
may be of any kind from the very poorest
to that which is rich in cream. The
former will make very mean cheese, the
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The great American kioker-The mule.

II Dobbins's Electric Soap Is what so many
insist that IL is, YIN cannot GTorri to n, without
it. Your grocer has II, or can get II, and you
can decide Tor yourself very soon. Don't let all
other Monday pass without tryfngit
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Eternal vigilance enables msn to carry
the same morelln for years,
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JfRfnicted with core eyes use DrIsRac Thomp-
fon's yoWatcr. Druggists sell at &c. per bottle
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~ beg your pardon" said tho convict to
the Governor,
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When mark etIng for chick ems, always re
mem cr that tho gool die young.
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Thcro 10 man In our town
And no is worry wfro, sir,
When o'or no doesn't fcel Just right
Ono re mody hc tries, sir.
It's lust tho thing To takc In sprine

lie Leils his friends, and nothing viss
Is ho induced to try
Because, having tuken DIR. Plorce's Golden
Medical Discovery 70 cloanso his system, tone
Il up and enrich tho blood, aud finding that Il
always pi oduccs tho desired result, hc consid-
ors that ho would bo foo ielt to or pertinent
with anything e'se. His B.otto 10: provo all
things and hold fast to tbas which is good" :"
That's why ho pins his faith to tho Golden
Medical Discovery"
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Tho court reporter-Hor small brother.

Walking advertisements for DIR. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy aro tho thousands It hns cured
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Unnccessnry nIl.erx.

Unnecessary Misery.
Probably as much misery comes from habit
tual constipation as from any arrangement of
cure, for tho reason that no one likes TO tako
the medicines usually prescribed; Hamburg
and they will be found pleasant to the taste al
women and children. % cents. Dose one Fig
Mack Drug Co., N. Y.
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TEMPERANCK NrWs AND NorEs

In Para, Brazil, license to sell liquor costs
%; license to keep school costs $t0
Sir John Gorst states that there arc nine
teen breweries in India, browning 1850, $50
gallons.
In 1888 there were 15S5S7 retail liquor
dealers OF all kinds, paying the special liquor
tax In the United States.
A prominent firm Of glass makers In Phila-
delphia, not long ago, refused q large order
Tor bottles from liquor house.
Where twelve men made beer In the Wal
ruiz brewery, Lawrence, Kan, one hundred
persons are now busy making shoes.
The champions OF the saloon are now turn
Ing to Kansas to try and secare a resubmis-
sion Of the constitutional amendment.
Cardinal Manning, at eighty-two. at q re-
cent meeting in London of tho depositors of
ways Savings Bank, made an impressive plea
for temperance on the part Of railway mon.
A National Temperance Congress, under
tho auspices of tho National temperance
League, will be held In Birmingham, Eng,
In October next, commencing with large
number OF sermons on Sunday, October 20.
Absolute prohibition still prevails In Okla
homa. Tho bencfconce of tho law Is unquos-
toned. A man ut Guthrie voiced the general
sentiment when he said: "Prohibition Is our
salvation; without 1t there would be mur-
der every day"
Tho Boston Record quietly remarks that
"Sullivan, lying beastly drunk In the back
room Of a Chicago whisky saloon on Sunday,
and everybody who bought drink taken In
to see the exhibition, Is suggestive COM
meutery on the claim that prizo fghtingi is a
manly art"
A leading worker makes the following
forciblo comparisons; "Can you imagine O
beautiful church with an elegant wine and
tobacco room attached2 And yet know q
man who said his body was the temple Of the
Holy Ghost, who makes a tobacco store-room
Of his cheek.n
1t appears that the liquor bills of the
Chicago Insane Asylum amount to between
$1,000 and $4,000 a year, much OF tho liquor
being consumed by the attendants and ON
ployos of tho institution. That must be q
very good asylum for insane patients TO be
kept away from.
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WHISKY CAUSED HIS FALL.

Henry d. Gregg, son Of the famous Rev.
Or. Gregg, Of Dublin, Ireland, whose discus
sions with Bishop Mcguire about tho Catho-
lie Church during the past ton years gave
him worldwide fame was arrested at Kan
sas City, Mo-, for stealing horse and buggy.
He claims to be innocent He was private
secretary to General Philip H. Sheridan af-
tor he came to this country and was then
transferred to the Adjutant- Generals Office
In Washington as IA clerk of the flrst-ciass,
going there with Secretary of War Lincoln.
He remained in the place throe years, when
he was removed by Secretary Endicott.
Next he held an important place on tho
United States revenue steamer Chester A.
Arthur.
He camo West and was reporter on sew
eral papers in Omaha. Having worked him.
solf out in TINT line he drifted to Kansas
City, whore he fell in with notorious horse
thief, who asked him to tako one Quinlan's
horse and buggy through to Hiawatha, and
If he got good chance to sell It, Gregg
drove the horse to Atchison, and tried to sell
it for $40, but failed: He then resumed his
journey toward Hiawatha, but was caught
and jailed. Whisky is responsible for his
downfall. Gregg mado several efforts while
in Kansas City to secure work as an account
mt in tho railroad office, but failed. He had
some flrst-class recommendations
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HORRORS or TILE IJouop

HORRORS OF THE LIQUOR PLAGUE.
believe that thero is scarcely one family
IN England which has not suffered from this
hdeous plague; scarce house in England
lis 1t nothing to you, all We that pass byy'
You have heard what drink costs to this
nation In money; what docs It cost In dis
easo and accident2 Ask the drcary pages
OF statistics, and you will read that IN So
called accident, but accident perfectly pro-
ventablo, it cost us broken limbs, and shin
wrecked vcssols and burned houses, and
shattered railway trains, and tho deaths of
children overlaid by drunken mothers or
beaten savagely by drunken fathers; and to
tel you what 1t costs In disease, should
nave TO take you, not In fancy, but in hard
TACT towhat tho poet saw as the result Of In :.
temperance in meats and drinks:
inxar.housS Il seemed, whcrein woro laid
H9inbeIs NJ ii,, OF all discascs-all maladies,
OF 6eartsicR agony; oil feverous e SindsaV au"'"'
DDropsics, and asthDas, and heartracking rheum.
Tended the sick busiest from M couch ds to coSes S
And over them, triumphant, Death his dart
shook-but delayed to strike"
This is what those who claim to speak with
authority tell us it costs In sheer disease: md
which OF you is so ignorant of Englisi, his
tory, Of English literature, of English life. as
not to know further of noblest Regulations
stained, or glorious intellects ruined, Of great
souls embitteret, of invaluable lives cut SHORTY
And what docs it cost in cxsmos I will toll
you, not as surmise Of my own, but on the
recorded testimony, ON the emphatic evidence
of almost every Judge and magistrate and
recorder ON tho English bench. Remember
that those arrested for drunkenness do not
furnish one tithe of tho drunkar,ls, and thon
shudder to hear that, in single year, 2O3, OS9
were arrested for crimes in which drunken
ness was entered as part of the charge; and
that last year 5l31 womou-only think of
that, and of oil the hideous degradation. nll
tho unspeakable horror which it INN
were arrested for drunkenness in Middiusox
alonc.-Cdnon Fd,1ur.
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A MOST DANGEROUS ILLUSION.

One of tho most dangerous Illusions of the
present era, ind,lstriously fosterod by the
6rowers and their allies, is that beer Is
harmless wholesome beverage Professor
Draper, In the Medical Nc,us, referring to
Eout, says: "As tho most pronounced pecu-
narity of the victims of the equity diathesis is
the prompt reaction which they present TO
wine and beer, it follows that the exclusion
OF Oh these these beverages as articles of dict must be
be Insisted upon" He adds: "This is often
a difficult injunction to enforce. Thorc is so
strong ST. & popular and professional prejudice
diet that ono can hardly prohibit the use of
them under any circumstances without be-
ing regarded rs !. crank. In spite, however,
OF tho gaueraiiy received opinion that ardent
spirits are responsible for all tho physical
evils OF intcmperancc. 1 havo long boon in
ciined to believe that the fermented prepare
tions OF alcohol arc equally IL not moro pro-
ductive of functional arrangements and even
OF structural LESSONS" We commend Pro-
lessor Draper's testimony concerning fer
mented liquors, the result of extended pro-
fessonal experience and observation, to tho
thoughtful consideration of the apologists
for or advocates Of bcer-drinking. .-Nationoi
temperance Advocate.