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THE FARMING WORLD.
TRAPPING RABBITS.

] Kansas Farmers Device for Catching
the Long-Eared Pests. 81: s-@s
Rabbits are quite numerous here,
and It allowed to increase without mo-
.lestation become q nuisance to the
farmer and fruit grower. To diminish
this pest use trap Ia sketch Of which
Is shown herewith which proves quito
satisfactory, and as it requires no set
ting or batting the time taken to attend
to 1t Is reduced to minimum. To
make the trap use six-inch pine fencing
boards. Cut three boards two feet long,
one board two feet nine inches long and
one eight inches long. Make box of
the first four boards with the ends all
even at one end of the box and nail the
eight-inch block on that end This box
must be put together so that the aper-
tnre shall be four inches by six inches.
For the treadle take single, cut as
seen in the illustration, of q size to fit
the projecting bottom and fit loosely in
the trap two inches. Hinge the broad
and projecting platform of the box
with bit of leather. Make the door
of No. ~ wire. The axis should have
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INCREASE IN BEER DRINKING.
Comparative Figures for the Last Two
Years.

Comparative Figures for the Last Two
Years.
The following statement shows the
qua 1tities of beer sold in the United
States by states and territories for the
years ending April 80, 1890, and April
80, 1891. The total for the latter year
was 30,02l,079 barrels, against &C. $780,
953 for the year ended April 30, 1890, an
increase of J, 200, 1926 barrels. New York
leads in the sales of 1S99-91, with q
total of 9.OSS, 100 barrels, Which is neax-
ly three times the quantity sold in any
other state, Pennsylvania being second,
with 3,11S,2lS barrels, and then follow
in order: Ohio, 2,636. 66s barrels; Illi-
nois, 3,60s,9l6, barrels; Wisconsin,
2,403,64o barrels; Missouri, 2,O3s, 1893
barrels. and New Jersey, 1,609, $50 bar
rels.
These are the only states in each of
which more than 1000, 900 barrels were
sold, and the total in these seven rep
resents more than three-fourths of the
entire aggregate. Michigan stands
tenth on the list, the sales in this state
amounting to 6O4, 557 barrels. There
are only six states in which no sales
are reported. These are Arkansas,
Florida, Maine, Mississippi, North Car
DINA and Vermont. The figures indi-
cate the extent of the brewing indus
tries in the respective states and terri
tories, but do not show the consump-
ton of beer in each. The aggregate,
however, shows that on the average
throughout the United States nearly
half barrel of beer per capita is con-
sumed-N. Y. Sun.
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AIurderers Made by Drink.

A whisky drinker will commit MUIR
der only under the direct excitement of
liquor; beer drinker is capable of do
ing it in cold blood. Long observation
has assured us that large proportion
of murders, deliberately planned and
executed without passion or malice.
with no other motive than the acquisi-
ton of property or money, often of
trifling value. are perpetrated by beer
drinkers. We believe further that the
hereditary evils of beer drinking ex-
coed those proceeding from ardent spir-
its-first bscause the habit is constant
and without paroxysmal Interruptions,
which admit of some recuperation;
secondly, because beer drinking is
practiced by both sexes more generally
than the spirit drinking, and thirdly,
because the animalizing tendency is
more uniform, and the vicious results
are more generally transmitted.
cific Medical Journal.
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TEMPERANCE NOTES.
TRUE VICTORY 81

He stood with foot on the threshold,
And cloud on his boyish face,
While his city comrade urged him
To enter the gorgeous place ~.
There's nothing to fear, Old iellowi
1t isn't lions den; 80
Here waits you royal welcome 81.
From lips Of tho bravest men," E.,
Twas the old, old voice Of the temptor
That sought In the old. old way,
To lure with q lying promise ...
The innocent feet astray. ~. ~,
You'd think 1t was Blue boards closet,
TO see how you stare and shrink!
1tell you there's n.ught to harm you
It's only game and drinkn
He heard the words with shudder-
It's only game and q drink!
And his lips made bold to answer:
But what would my mother thlnk!'
The name that his heart held dearest
Had started secret spring,
And forth from the WHY tempter,
He fed like hunted thing.
Away! till the glare Of the city
And ITS gilded halls Of sin
Are shut from his sense and vision,
The shadows Of night within.
Away! till his feet have bounded
Ger fields whero his childhood trod;
Away! in the name OF virtue,
And the strength of his mothers God!
On tho page where the angel keepeth
The record OF deeds we'll done,
That night was the story written
OF glorious battle won.
And he stood by his homo In the starlight
All guiltless of sword and shield
Drawer and nobler victor
Than the hero of bloodiest field.
M A. Maitland, In N. Y Observer.
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To Secure Good Results.

No matter how good the breed, good
care must be added to secure the best
results, and failure to give this will
lessen materially the possible profits
with any class of stock. The day for
the old-time hogs that could take care
of themselves for one or two years
while growing has passed. Hogs, to
pay now, must be given good care
from the time they are selected for
breeding animals until their offspring
are ready for market. and the one that
gives the closest attention to details
will be able to realize the best results,
while the careless manager will be de-
claring that good breeding hogs are no
more profitable than scrubs, and point
to his own stock as an example.-Col-
mans Rural World.
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How Drink Degrades.

Wine and whisky are linked with
crime; and the reason of it is that they
help to produce crime. They deaden
conscience, in1lame the imagination,
make men reckless and desperate. One
of the most learned and prominent
lawyers of North Carolina, a man who
could have been governor of the state,
and who enriched himself by his prac-
tice through the sheer force of his in
tellect, l have seen standing on the
streets of Asheville begging a nickel to
get drink. When sober. he was an
aristocrat in feeling; when drunk he
was a fawning beggar; when sober there
was in him the spirit of chivalry;
when drunk he had not even shame.
Alcohol burns up the good, while it
inflames the bad, and this work may
be done by wine, or wine may prepare
the way for the stronger man to enter
our moral house and take possession.
If, then, we prize moral character, let
us shun the wine cup.-Rev. A. G
Dixon.
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Demand Caused by SuDply.

Whoever doubts the ability of intoxi-
cants to create demand for themselves
when placed in the market should
study the history of liquor legislation
in India. Under Moslem rule, strict
prohibition obtained. The Hindoo
Peshwas, in the maiW continued with
the same policy towards intoxicants,
but with the entrance. of the British
came the plan of regulation. Fifty
years Of excise law served to debauch
the nation. Not the ignorant and de-
based were the sole or, chief victims.
Strong drink came in like a food, car
eying down in ruin some Of the bright
est minds among the highest Hindoos.
National w. G. II. u. Bulletin.
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eA"dE' craving, the up
per part to contain the funnel and the
lower to fit loosely on the neck and
shoulder of the bottle. The funnel is
firmly fastened into the block and the
upper part of the bottle fitted into tn
block by plaster of paris. To gauge
the bottle pour in an exact fluid ounce
of water and with small brush mark
the level of the water surface on the
outside of the bottle with paint Re-
peat this, making mark for every
fluid ounce of water. To read the rain
gauge reckon every liquid ounce as
one-tenth of an inch of rainfall. Zinc
is the best metal to make the funnel,
as it does not easily corrode. The fun
mel must be fast to the wood, otherwise
the rain would rebound off. The
weight of the wood prevents the wind
blowing the funnel away The gauge
should be set in some open situation,
clear of all trees, buildings, ETC., and
about five feet from the ground. The
contents of the bottle should be equal
to the greatest rainfall on record in the
district
inch rainfall . % 6325 gallons per acre.
inch rainfall %. 100. ~ tons per acre.
In Europe about 81 per cent. of the
rainfall percolates through the soil, the
other 70 per cent. being lost by evapo.
ration and by calculations from plants.
American Agriculturist.
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u SUDDEN SHOWER.

Bafefooteq boys scud up tho street. r..
or scurHy under shGlt'ring sheds;
And schoolgirl faces, pale aud sweet.
CLEAN from the shawls about their heads.
Doors bang: and mother voices call
From alien homes; and rusty gates
Are slammed, and high above 1t oil =
The thunder grim reverberates. S.3.,. =
And then. abrupt, the rain, the rain I~s: -
The earth lies gasping; and the eyes
Behind the streaming window pane
Smile at the trouble of the skies
The highway smokes; sharp echoes ring;
The cattle bawl and COW bells clank;
And into town comes galloping
The farmers horse with steaming flank
The swallow dips bcncath the caves,
And firts his plumes and folds his wings
And under the catawba leaves
The caterpillar curls and clinga
The bumblebee Is pelted down
The wet stem OF the hollyhock;
And sullenly In spattcred brown
The cricket leaps the garden walk.
Within. the baby Chaps his hands
And crows with rapture strange and vague
Without, beneath the rosebush stands
dripping rooster on ono leg
James Whitcomb Riley. in Savannah News.
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What IS an Egg7

An egg is composed of many sub
stances. The fact that living chick
can come forth from it is proof alone
that an egg contains the essential ele-
ments Of bone, blood, flesh, warmth.
feathers and q covering produced from
lime. To rs they appear as the shell,
the white, the yolk and the lining of
the shell next the white. The hen can
not produce the white unless the food
contains it, for the albumen is 4 costly
substance in all foods The yolk coy
tains the food c,f the chick that mostly
supplies the warmth, while the phos-
pilates of the b0nes and the she'll of the
egg must be derived from the severn;
forms IT lima.-Farm and Firasfda
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strange orossalee.

go =
An invoice received BY The caterer Of
an English regiment stationed In India
contained this bewildering item: Zone
case Of Tomcats."
No one had asked the caterer to order
any dainties Of that kind, and the mys-
terry remained unsolved until the pack.
age arrived. -.
Then 1t appeared that the grocer's as
sistant had fancy for abbreviation, and
that stomcats" was only his way OF
writing the name Of that useful condi.
ment, tomato catsup.-Youth's Com.
The Only One Ever Printed. Can You Find
+ ~" -@z'Szs tho Word9
Each week. Q different 3 inch displav II
published in this paper. There are no two
words alike in either ad, except One WORD.
This word viii be found in the adj Tor J Dr.
Harter's Iron Tonic, Little Liver Pills and
Wild Cherry Bttters. Look for " Crescent;'
trade mark Read the I'd. carefully AND
when you find the word, send it to them and
they will return you a book, beautiful lttho-
graphs and sample free. ''''e~
CAN . man intoxicated by music be said
to be air-tighta-Texas Siftings.
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Tho Very Worst Smell.

An odor has been found so frightful
that the discoveries have been obliged
to abandon its preparation. MN. Bau.
man and Fromm, in experimenting at
Freiburg, in Brisgau, upon the organic
sulphur derivatives, caused hydrogen
sulphide to act upon acetone, and OBJ
tanned besides trithioacetone small
quantities of definite compound, non
volatile and crystalline, CTS HIS 81. At
the same time there is found we're
volatile body, having such a horribly
odor that ethylmercaptan, ethlene-mer.
captain and other volatile sulphur com.
pounds are perfumes compared with it.
Era
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loops one inch apart. Take another
piece of wire, run one end through the
loop. give it turn about the axle, and
then form loop about one-half of an
inch above it. Then bend the remain
der of the wire about the border of the
door. making loops in the bottom one
inch apart, running the end up and fin
ishing like the other end. To hang the
door put the lower end in the trap so
that it will start inward. Be sure the
door is low enough down to work
easily and freely to the roof of
the trap. Then take short piece of
fine wire and connect through holes in
the treadle with the loops above the
axis. These wires must be short
enough SO that when weight is applied
to the treadle it will raise the door to
the roof. If the treadle is found to be
heavy for the door the loops above the
axis extend too far outward, which can
be remedied by bending toward the
trap. See that the door works easily
and freely without catching on the
sides, and it Is ready to set or place
where the rabbits will find it. In trap
ping RABBITS DO not set the traps imme-
diately in their runways, but to the
side, with the open end toward them.
If twigs have been bitten off by the
rabbits set trap there. In travelling
from place to place rabbits usually take
the lowest ground along little branches,
or even shallow hollows one or two
feet below the general surface, so along
these are good trapping grounds, also
along fences, hedges, around the or
chard, under clumps of dense bushes
and brush heaps. Usually rabbits do
not 60 into trap the first night it is
set. The weather has great deal also
to do with trapping. Sometimes do
not catch a rabbit for nearly week,
while at other times get half a dozen
day. Batting the traps will only COL
onize them with mice. Rabbits go into
them for shelter and to secrcte t. en-
sclves.-American Agriculturist.
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Don't bo BulldOxed

BY q rebellious liver. Though 1t may re-
fuse to be brought into subsection by ordi.
may continue to destroy your peace with its
manifold unpleasant symptoms, be assured
that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will eff
fectually discipline it, promptly rectify its
Irregularities. Malaria, constipation, dys-
pepsia, rheumatism and kidney complaints
are also remedied by the Bitters.
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A TREE is green when in foliage and
boy is green in his folly-age. -Binghamton
Republican
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CHEAP RAIN GAUGE.

1t Has Been Used with Considerable Sue.
cess In Australia.
The accompanying engraving shows
q sectional view of a rain. gauge. of
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Poisoned by Gin.

Anderghem and Boitsford, two small
villages near Brussels, were not long
ago the scene of remarkable cpl
demic. Twenty-sevcn adults died in
twenty-three days and physicians
for long while were unable to ferret
out the cause of the trouble. In two
cases a post mortem examination was
made, but it threw no light on the
cause or nature of the disease. Finally
the cause of the ''epidemic'' was traced
to gin. All the patients were known
to be drunkards and the disease came
on as rule from twelve to twenty.four
hours after copious potations of gin.
No information is given as to the com.
position of the incriminated fluid fur.
ther than that it was of ''inferior quail
ity." nor is it. stated that q chemical
analysis of it was made. The good peo-
pie of Anderghem and Boitsford up
pear to have been quite satisfied with
the clinical evidence; they gave up
drinking gin and the epidemic" sud
denly ceased. British Medical Journal
One Of the original founders Of the
Church Of the Disciples, Mrs. Ann Mil
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SEA air roughens the skin. Use Glenn's
Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 50 cents.
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'OuR parrot is Dead" wrote o little girl,
and a poll seems to have settled over the
family ."-Texas Siftings.
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Bn1oUsvEss, dizziness, nausea, headache,
are relieved by small doses of Carter's Lit
tie Liver Pills
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WAddell gave the Aams az Nil pare
ner. And then he shouted: ssCaive mo
Waddell & Co., Waddell & Co. Is Mar
tin there? = oh, not come down
yet; all right" > D. 3. e
mot como down, nonsense" said
Waddell. "This is after ono o'clock"
"Ah, but you must remember it is q
great deal earlier in New York. Say,
what is Vain's address? Where's his
place of business?'
'Oa Broadway. Harrison & Vain,
You know"
''Say, give me Harrison & Vain = =
Harrison & Vain. Broadway-I don't
know the number-Yes, is that Har-
rison & Vain? = This is Lon
don. Yes. - ENGLAND,
of course. Is Mr.. Vain there?
We'll, would you just ask him to step
to the telephone for q moment?
Well, tell him Mr.. Waddell, in London,
wants to speak with him. Tell
him he'll only keep him q moment.
y At his letters? Well, never
mind that. You tell him that we can't
hold the line here all day. Ask him to
come to the phone. = Oh, is
that you, Mr.. Vain? This is
Pyro Kinone, of London. 90 Yes,
Waddell's here. Will you
speak to him? Certainly.
Here you are.a Mr. Waddell," and
the astonished Waddell put the receiver
to his ear
Hello. Waddell, is that you?" said
the voice over the wire. "How did you
get over? Have anice passage?"
"Great heavens, Vain!' he said,
"You don't mean to tell me that that's
your
''Yes, can't you recognize the voice?"
Eyes, by Jove do. Say, wouldn't
believe this was possible"
'Oh, we've had this going for week.
Just started it after you left. Didn't
you hear about it,"
mo, heard nothing about it. How
did that western speculation of yours
turn out?"
''Oh, all right. l was cat west just
after you left and fixed things up most
satisfactorily. Going to make some
money out of that"
"Why can hear you as plainly as il
were talking from your Office on Wall
street."
"Yes, it seems to work first-rate---
that invention of Edison's is great
thing. l met Edison this morning, he
was in town early, and he tells me that
he believes he is going to knock out
telegraphing altogether"
'Well, believe he will, if it's as sue
cessfui as all this comes to-"
Then Vain pumped him full to his
horror about a great number of fail
ures in New York, of men that he
knew and men that he was in intimate
association with. HIS jaw dropped as he
listened.
by gosh,' he said to Pyro, New
York's going to smash. I'll have to
get back"
''Wen, not before lunch, anyhow.
Ring 'em off and we'll come up and
have lunch.''
So they went up together into the
dining-room.
well, I can't get over that" said
Waddcll, that beats the old Harry"
''Oh, American invention is wonder
full thing, you know" answered Pyro
just at that moment the waiter said:
There is gentleman here asking for
Mr.. Kinone"
''Oh, yes, ask him to come in," said
Pyro-and in walked John L. Vain.
Hello, Waddell," he said, show
about transatlantic telephoning?
guess rather set you up on failures,
didn't II"
''You two villains" cried Waddell;
but hang it, I'm relieved to find that
things are not so bad as thought. l
guess, Kinone, this is my treat. It's
an English invention that is the won
derful thing this e.''-Luke Sharp,
in Detroit Free Press.
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which the sketch
and description
were furnished
by Mr.. D. G.. At
k i n S o n, of
Queensland, Aus
tralia. The body
of the instru-
lnent is made of
a large, clear
glass bottle. A
funnel of zinc is
made W it'll a
diameter of ex-
actly 1867 inches
at the open top.
A piece of wood
five inches in
diameter and six
inches long is
b O r G d a n d
reamed out into
a form the Sec
ton of which is
shown in the an.
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M friend, look here you know how weak
and nervous your wife is, and you know that
Carter's Iron Pills will relieve her. Now
why not be fair about it and buy her q box
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JAGsoN says he has found more grass
widows In clover than in weeds-Elmira
Gazeff0
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German
Syrup"
For Coughs & Colds.

John F. Jones, Edom, Tex, writes
1 have used German Syrup for the
past six years, for Sore Throat,
Cough, Colds, Pains in the Chest
and Lungs, and let me say to any,
one wanting such a medicine
German Syrup is the best.
B.W. Baldwin, Gainesville, Tenn,
writes: I have used your German
Syrup in my family, and find it the
best medicine I ever tried for coughs
and colds. recommend it to every
one for these troubles.
R. Schma1hausen, Druggist, of
Charleston, Ill. writes: After trying
scores of Prescriptions and prepare
tons l had on my files and shelves,
without relief for a very severe cold,
which had settled on my lungs, l
tried your German Syrup. 1t gave
me immediate relief and a perma-
nent cure. @
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. S. A.
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''R1anT shoulder Shift" exclaimed the
old army surgeon as he pulled a dislocated
arm into place.-Binghamton Republican.
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ENGAGED couples may not average larger
guished by their sighs.-Lowell Courier.
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THE best cough medicine is Piso's Cur
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. Csc.
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A Peaceful Section,

Missouri Traveler-This is . famous
section for feuds, understand?
Native-No more peaceful parts any
where than right here. No feuds here.
Everything's as pleasant as pie.
But how about the Ellington Wei.
lington feud?" ~
'Over long ago. I'm Billington.'"
"Indeed! haven't met anv of III;
Wellingtons." -.
No, nor you won't The feud 81
over."-N. Y. Weekly.
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ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of it's kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
ito action and truly beneficial In its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale I'm DOC
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. p II
CALIFORNIA re SNRUP co.
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