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OFFICIAL FIGURES.


Lie Insurance Concern.
can endeavor was recently made to
show that total abstainers do not live so
long as those who consume alcohol in
moderation; also, strange to say, that
those who often drink to excess outlive
the teetotalers. Statements purporting
to come from the medical profession in
England were adduced in support. The
whole story had suspicious appear
ance. The facts were evidently cooked,
but so skillfully as to deceive unwary
people. All persons possessing common
sense are aware that an excessive con-
sumption of alcohol leads to i'll health
and high rate of mortality. But many
are not convinced that even what is
called moderate indulgence tends to
lessen the duration of life. The United
Kingdom Temperance and General
Provident Institution, London, En-
gland, has two classes of insurance,
one for total abstainers, and an
other for temperate people who arc
not total abstainers. All insurance
officers carefully avoid insuring the
lives of drunkards, or of those whom
they suspect to be inclined to over-in-
diligence That OF itself is sufficient to
show that the universal experience of
life offices is that alcoholic excess means
a high rate of mortality. The di-
rectors Of the aforementioned insti-
tuition at their last annual meeting re-
ported that for the total total-absti-
hence section on the whole number Of
life policies for every 100 claims esti-
mated to fail due by the actuary's
tables there had been only 80 deaths.
but that in the general section-that is
among those who drank in strict mod.
eration-th deaths amounted to s6 out
of the expected 100. Therefore, out of
the equal numbers of two lots of in.
surers-total abstainers and temper.
ate men-the abstainers showed As pei
cent. better than the temperate drink.
ers.-Toronto Mail
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Talking of patent medicines

Talking of patent medicines
you know the old prejudice.
And the doctors-some Of
them are between you and us.
They would like you to think
that what's cured thousands
won't cure you. You'd be-
lieve in patent medicines if
they didn't profess to cure
everything and SO, between
the experiments of doctors,
and the experiments of patent
medicines that are sold only
because there's money in the
"stuff, you lose faith in e0e,y-
thing.
And, you can't always tell
the prescription that cures by
what you read in the papers.
So, perhaps, there's no better
way to sell a remedy, than to
tell the truth about it, and
take the risk of its doing just
what it processes to do.
That's what the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, of Buffalo, N. Y, does
with
DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery,
Favorite Prescription,
Pleasant Pellets, and
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
If they don't do what their
makers say they'll do-you
get your money back.
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TEMPERANCE NOTES.
THE LAMENT OF NATURE.

Low bowed the maize its tasselled head,
And sighed: "Ah would that were deadi
Sunshine and shower have been in vain,
For whisky claims my golden grain"
Oh. my! oh, my!" cried out the rye
To serve the drunlard shall die?
hoped to bless the world with bread;
But poison must yield instead"
The graceful hop-vines quaked with fear,
Lest they must help make ale and beer,
AID all their heart was filled with pain,
That they should swell the brewers gain.
The grapevine and the apple.tree
Grieyed over what their fate might be;
Must rosy fruit and clusters fine
Fill cider casks and watts OF wine?
Temperance Teacher.
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1t may be always said that the scrub
cow is such by reason of it's scrub owner.
The COW always does as it is done by.
In my neighborhood the scrub COW
reigns supreme. 1t is born and reared
scrub and is fed on scrub; that is. on
browse summer and winter, and never
learns the smell Of hay or the taste Of
meal. Consequently it is bred to a
scrub bull and rears scrub calf, and
gives gallon of milk day at the best,
for two or three months after which a
pint tin cup holds all the milk. The
poor calf gets half the milk for month,
when it is turned into the woods, and
when a year old is perhaps little
smaller than it was eleven months be-
fore. Possibly, as scrubs, the common
cattle Of my present locality can scarce
ly be beaten. But as proof of my
statement on the first line give this
record of a scrub COW which have had
five years and which l have regenerated
during that time into very fair mixer.
At first, at three years old, she gave me,
three months after calving and on the
best feeding, six quarts of milk per day.
BY good feeding on clover pasture,
clover hay and corn me al, as much as
she can use profitably, she has come up
in the five years to her sixth calf, and
her udder has gradually increased in size
until it is now forty-two inches around
at its upper part, and with her fifth
heifer calf, all of which l have reared,
her yield is eighteen quarts of milk
daily, from which is made eleven pounds
of butter in week. One scrub heifer
with her first calf, and two years osGl, is
milking fourteen quarts day.-Ameri-
can Agricu lturist.
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by local applications, as they can not reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an intiamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition
of tho mucous surfaces.
Wewill give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by Catarrhl that
we cannot cure by taking Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY IL Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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Trades and Occupations.

THE YoUTH's COMPANION for 1891 will give
an Instructive and helpful Series Of Papers,
each of which describes the character Of
some leading Trade for Boys or Occupation
for Girls. They give information as to the
Apprenticeship required to learn each, the
Wages to be expected, the Qualities needed
in order to enter, and the prospects of Sue
cess. To New Subscribers who send $l.75
at once the paper will be sent free TO Jan. I,
1891, and for a Jul year from that date. Ad-
dress,
THE YoUrH's COMPANION, Boston, Mass.
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PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF $500 BARN.

material remained unused to cut the
cost down to $3.50.
The barn rests on cedar posts, with
the first story feet = inches in tho
clear; all space above this being used
for hay loft. Two pieces of 2xS's are
spiked across the building, near the
plates, to hold the center together On
the rafters, in line over the upper
window, are 1x6-inch collar beams. In
the floor is 3x3-foot opening, for pass
ing the hay down into alley near the
east door. The exterior view of barn
shows the west side, and the south end.
The openings in grain bins are fitted
with sliding boards inside the stud
dings, so as to be put in or removed at
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FARM AND GARDEN.
A GOOD BARN.

1t Can Be Built For Three Hundred Doll
lars or Less.
John A. Oberg, York County, Neb.,
writes: l have often noticed plans OF
barns and other buildings in Orange
Judd Farmer, but they have ell been
very large and expensive. l herewith
furnish a plan (see illustrations) for a
small barn-one which will do for an
SO-acre farm, or even a larger place.
The plan was drafted by me for neigh
Dor of mine; and, although improve
ments might be made in several places
about the building, send it as erected.
The bill of lumber and hardware cost
$40; paint, SIS; work, $50; total, 1926.
When the building was finished, enough
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THE NEGLECTED RICH.
How to Combat the DrinkEEviI in High
Society Circles.

How to Combat the DrinkEEviI in High
Society Circles.
A young lady, with large circle of
friends, accustomed to what is called
good society,"" herself member of a
popular church and pledged abstain
er, said to us recently, in conversa-
ton upon social drinking: "In all my
circle of young gentlemen friends, 1
know Of but three who are total abb
stainers." The others, while they
would abhor the vulgarity of drunken
ness, do not hesitate to take wine in
society. At recent very select and
elegant entertainment, at which this
young lad.7, gifted with a musical voice
o. rare quality, was an honored guest,
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A Chapter of Accidents.

"And would you believe it, on the
very day l was married my cashier,
taking advantage of my absence, ran
away with all the cash"
TOO bad; but, my dear fellow, you
know that misfortunes never come sim
gly."-Judge.
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GROUND PLAN OF ABOVE.

pleasure. All studs are 2x6-inch, Is
feet; floors are of ship-lap, and the out
side of drop siding. Doors are made of
flooring and they and the windows are
neatly cased with dressed material.
The price of lumber here is $40 per
thousand on an average. Where lumber
is cheaper, as in illinois, this same
barn might be constructed for 5000 or
less. The bill of material is as follows:
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SPEAKING of hardy varieties. they do
not amount to a pinch of snuff. That
Is, we mean to say that it is the very
last quality that should be inquired
for. We want varieties that are pro-
life and of good quality. We can pro-
tect them easily enough.
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AvoID exposure to the damp air. That
would even take the snap out Of ginger
cookie.-Binghampton Republican.
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MUST not be COMPOUNDED with common ca
thartic or purgative pills. Carter sLittleLi
er Pills are entirely unlike them in every re-
spect One trial will prove their superiority
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-11-28

A SORE THROAT OR CoUGH, If suffered to
progress, often results in an iacurable
throat or lung trouble. "BrotDm's Bronchial
ITVchcs" give instant relief
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-11-28

PEOPLE turn up their noses at the
Wilson strawberry, but it still holds It's
own, and will for many q year to come.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-11-28

WIEN q man goes home loaded there Is
likely to be On explosion in the house,
Buffalo Courier.
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WIEN tho impecunious man takes his
watch to the pawnbrokcr's he realizes that
time is money.-Buffalo Courier.
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pounds as good as the old-fashioned soap3
Dobbins' Electric Soap has been sold every
day for "a years, and is now just as good as
ever. Ask your grocer Tor it and take no
other.
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"PoP," said Willie, "what makes them
call our old horse 'plug'l' because he
is such n stopper, Willie,' replied the old
gentleman.-Wa shington Post.
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QUITE neat and appropriate Is it that q
cross examination is ten instituted tO
settle o vexed observation-disclosures Ameri-
can.
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ONE ENJOYS

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when.
Syrup of Figsis taken; it spleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts,
gentlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial inits
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it.
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK nv
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"WELL, your goose is cooked '' exclaimed
Snodgrass, as he entered his parlor. who
has been roasting you this time, lovea"
sey's Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-11-28

THOSE who wish to practice economy
should buy Carter's Little Liver. Pills.
Forty pills in vial; only one pill dose.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-11-28

Honey 1RGi Awards n thf Pa1 I'm to HbHle'
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute
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LAWYERS are men who work with will.
Doctors often put them in the way Of it.
Florida Times Union.
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A TnoUsAND-DoLLAR engagement ring is
no bar against q en-thousand-dollar di-
VOrce.
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In scuooL-"We come now to transparent
objects. Emily, give me an example, "a
pane OF glass" Correct; and now Sophy
may give one" "a key ."-Flicgende
Batter.
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A BLAZER-Vesuvius.

No Opium in Pisos Cure for CONSUMPTION.
Cures where other remedies fail Csc.
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THE man who is too fond of his ante usu-
ally makes the acquaintance of his uncle
Boston Post.
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THE prima donna's welfare depends upon
her farewell.-Elmira Gazette.
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THE Kurds ought to know all about cheese
making
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THE waiter in a bustling restaurant
always "sets the table, in roar.-Puck.
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PEOPLE who never dye-Those who hav
gray hair.-N. Y. Mail and Express.
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THE railroad engineer may not have much
style about him, but wealth and fashion fol-
low in his train.
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IT requires but little mining to blast s
reputatIon.-Texas Siftings.
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A SWELL dinner-dried apples and water
Texas Siftings
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TEE man who really rights book is tn
proof-rcader.
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A SMALL dinner party-The little butler.
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AFTER the ball-A Glove. Puck.
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ART NorEs-Ten thousand for pictur
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TRANSPORTS of pleasure-Steam yachts.
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A BLAzER-Vesuvius
SUPPosIT1oNs-Infer, NOT
Work on tick-Clocks.
N
GREEN and silly-Parrots.
ga ROD OF iron"-The crowbar.
GIVE feeling Of security-HandcuffA
TALK better than they know-Parrots.
TRANSPORTS of pleasure-Steam yachts.
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THE YoUru's COMPANION, Boston, Mass.
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SUPPosIT1oNs-Infer, NOT
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TALK better than they know-Parrots.
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"a ROD Of iron''-The crowbar.
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GIVE feeling Of security-Handcuff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-07
DYING OF GROWTH.
A Chicago Man Who Can't Stop Getting
Fatter.

CHICAGO, Jan. There is q patient in ward
at the Cook county hospital who weighs over
300 pounds and who at the time of his admission
to that institution was almost starved to death,
not having tasted food for five days. He is a
German, fifty years of age, and his name is
Veramen Vennau. yennau was admitted to the
hospital Sunday last and has been in coma
tose condition since. His death within the
next forty-eight hours is certain. Two months
ago the growth which will certainly cause
death first became noticeable. He stopped
eating, but the growth increased until his alb
domen when he stood up fell below his knees.
While he was in this condition his wife left
him to die alone. DIR. Hector says: Il never
saw or heard of such a case before and am
unable to fully diagnose it. The growth may
have been caused by excess in eating or drink
ing. The affection is entirely of the abdomen,
no abnormal development being discernible
above the diaphram. L think he is suffering
from bile in the blood. caused by an obstruc-
tion of the bile duct from the liver, and this
causes him to remain in that comatose or sleepy
state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-07
LA GRIPPE TODAY.
A. Active and Ugly as Ever and Her
Victims are Legion.

CHICAGO, Jan. AT the city health depart
ment yesterday no deaths resulting from la
grippe were reported and the general mortality
rate was said to be running light. Dr. Wicker
sham said the facilities of the department for
keeping track of the new malady were neces-
sariiy limited, as it was obliged to rely for it's
information entirely on the reports of phys
CURED of people who were afflicted with in
fuenza or grippe" might be returned as
caused by some of the Consequences of the
disease, such as pneumonia, pleuro pneu-
monia, &c.
CAKRoLLroS, ILL.,, Jan. THE physicians
report twenty cases of Russian influenza in this
city.
NEWTON, ILL, Jan. 7.-Several persons here
are suffering with La grippe, No deaths have
been reported.
CREsroN. Iowa. Jan. 7.-Allie Rabb, daugh-
ter of the editor Of the Indfpendea Ameracdn,
died Sunday night Of pneumonia, which re-
suited from an attack of la grippe.
LYONS, Iowa, Jan. 7.-Physicians admit that
there are a. number of serious cases of la
grippe in both Clinton and Lyons and many
light ones The disease is not general here.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, Jan. La grippe is
rapidly spreading in Burlington. Nearly all
the post Office officials are sick, number of
prominent physicians are unable to attend to
their professional duties and a number of
operators IN the telegraph Offices are suffering.
No fatalities have been reported.
PERU. IND, Jan. The Russian influenza
is commencing in earnest here, over fifty cases
being reported.
LINCOLN, NEB., Jan. LA grippe is very
prevalent in Lincoln. 1t is estimated that
nearly one third of the inhabitants are affected
some of them being very i'll. Employees about
Offices and manufacturing establishments are
especially troubled.
CLINTON, Iowa, Jan. LA grippe still in
creases the number Of sick persons Over
sixty of the train men of this division of the
Chicago and Northwestern are down and prob
ably oue-third of the inhabitants of the city.
LONDON, Jan. 7.-One hundred and sixty OF
the boys on board the training ships Exmouth
aud SALISBURY are suffering from La grippe.
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To Advertisers.

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to be put upon the presses promptly at the re-
quired hour, and also to make proper classifica-
tion OF matter, it is absolutely necessary that
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Its advertising patrons are therefore requested
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am, and all ne,o matter before IL o'clock m,
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Copy received earliest will have preference, al
ways, and that coming in after the hours named
cannot have assurance of insertion until the
next day.
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DEATH OF EMPRESS AUGUSTA.
She Passes Away in the Presence of the
Emperor and Family-Other News.

BERLIN, Jan. THE Empress Augusta died
at 43o today. Her condition all nigh. gave no
hope. After suffering a relapse early in the
night she began to sink rapidly. The sacra-
ment was given to her short time before her
death. During the night the en-
peror and the empress and their two
eldest sons, Crown Prince William and
Prince Frederick, and the grand duke and
grand duchess of Baden. son-in-law and
daughter. respectively, of the dowager en-
press, were at her bedside. Count Won Moltke
left her palace at noon. He was much affected
at her alarming condition. large crowd as
sembled In Unter den Linden before the palace
and deep grief is shown for the empress.
MINERS.
BRUSSELS, Jan. AT meeting of the own
ers of the mines at Charleroi the proposal of
the miners for a compromise of the existing
difference was considered and rejected. The
men are very much incensed at the action of
the mine owners. The strike is spreading and
rapidly assuming alarming proportions.
FIRE IN BRUSSELS.
BRUSSELS, Jan. IA serious confagration ia
now raging in this city. One of the principal
theaters and the bourse have been destroyed,
and the flames menace the entire block in
which the burned buildings were located
The bourse and theater were completely
ruined by the fire, only portions of the walls
remaining intact. The Hotel Central and other
adjacent buildings were saved. The exertions
OF the firemen were successful in rescuing all
the inmates of the buildings. There was great
excitement among the guests of the hotel, who
were put to hasty fight.
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Rain Storms.

ALTON, ILL.,, Jan. THE heaviest rain storm
for thirty years visited this locality Sunday
night. The rain came down in sheets nearly
all night. Much damage has been done by
washouts. All local streams are over the banks,
and the Mississippi has risen five feet. The
''cut off, on the Chicago and Alton was washed
out and trains delayed
BLOOMINGTON, ND, Jan. There has been
continuous fall of rain here for twenty -four
hours, and measurement shows that SO much
water has not fallen since 1875. All streams
are out Of their banks and much damage is be-
ing done. Much stock bas been drowned.
White river is now higher than for fifteen years
and rising at the rate Of two inches an hour.
The water spreads from hill to hill and is de-
stroying great amount of property. The Indi-
annapolis and Vincennes road is flooded for
many miles. As yet the Monon track is clear.