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Unworthy of Il Monument.

The city council of Naumberg-on-
Queis, in Silesia, Prussia, resolved to
erect a monument to the late Alderman
Vielstich in commemoration of his
numerous services rendered to the city.
The monument was finished and nearly
ready to be set up in the market place
of the little town when the heir to the
estate of Nielstich made a declaration
to the revenue office demanding pay
ment of the tax on the inheritance.
stating the taxable amount more than
twice as large as the sum for which the
late alderman had paid taxes up to the
time of his death. For many years he
had paid lass than half the taxes which
he ought to have paid. The council
and citizens were angry at so palpable
a fraud and pronounced the late alder
man unworthy of a monument, which
was thrown into a corner in the lum-
Der room of the town hall.
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rule, be stacked out, with no protec.
ton. A large proportion of it is always
lost, and in case of pure clover it had
better be left in the field than stacked
without protection from the weather
The following is a practical roof o.,
covering in use by me, and which i:
known to serve it's purpose we'll The
required materials are a numb of one
inch boards, a foot or more in width
and as long as the stack to be covered.
some wire, such as is used for slat-wire
fencing and some staples, the whole
shown in the accompanying cuts.
beginning at the ridge, board i,
laid on and the wire which extends:
down each side of the stock is STABBED
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You're through
with Catarrh, finally and completely,
or you have $500 in cash.
That's what is promised you, no
matter how bad your case or of how
long standing, by the proprietors of
DR.. Sagc's Catarrh Remedy.
Catarrh can be cured. Not with
the poisonous, irritating snuffs and
strong, caustic solutions, that simply
palliate for time, or perhaps, drive
the disease to the lungs-but with
DR.. Sage's Remedy.
The worst cases yield to its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing prop
critics. "Cold in the Head" needs
but a few applications. Catarrhal
Headache, and all the effects of Ca
tarrh in the Head such as often
sive breath, loss or impairment of
the senses of taste, smell and hear
ing, watering or weak eycs-are at
once relieved and cured.
In thousands of cases, where ev-
erything else has failed, DR.. Sage's
Remedy has produced perfect and
permanent cures. That gives its
proprietors faith to make the offer.
It's $500, or cure. They mean
to pay you, if they can't cure you.
But they mean to cure you, and
they can.
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circus Midway; and in the evening,
Chester, the next town on the river be-
low Midway, was to furnish fireworks
and grand ball, after which the visit
ors from Fairfield and Midway were to
return home by steamboat, along with
more fireworks.
The evening of the third, Private
Hull, having permission from his cap
tain to be absent, hurried up town
and up Locust avenue to the Porter
abode to tell Dorothy that he would
be ut liberty to take her to the do
ings' atMidway and Chester next day.
Dorothy, who was beginning to feel a
bit ashamed of herself for having had
such a good time while Phil had been
shut up in camp, was delighted, and
for two hours talked Of little else than
what they were to do next day. The
more she talked the more Phil thawed,
and it took them much longer to part
at the gate than usual; and Private
Hull went back to camp more in love
than ever, and Dorothy went to sleep
feeling a real good girl.
OF course, next morning, before it was
fairly dawn, the small boys were out
with their tirccrackers and toy cannons
then the old siX-pounder at the court.
house greeted the rising sun with a
resonant "boom.' and volley OF
weeds; then at the blacksmith shop
some old soldiers began firing off ar
anvil: then the morning gun at the
camp doomed ont over the lake; the
rafting of small arms and fire cracker
| explosions became almost incessant
and soon the Fourth Of July was ready
for business, and everybody, dressed in
his best suit of clothes, was out on the
streets, accompanied by his family, al
looking patriotic, cheerful and ex
pectant.
At nine a. IN. Dorothy, with bevy
of other girls and a few staff officers
was in the balcony of the leading hote
waiting for the procession. After what
seemed an hour, but was really twenty
minutes, it turned the corner down by
the mill. The veterans and the loca
ircmcn followed the first band; thcr
came in a barouche the governor ant
two other state officials. Another band
lllttl ltlS VI i\lC anu uls
staff; then the colonel and other Of
ticcrS of the First regiment: after them
marching company 'front.' the militi;
boys, marching bravely and keeping
good step and Il straight line.
Company "a" passed-Company 'B;
Dorothy leaned over the railing ant
smiled sweetly at the tall private
mo =" in the first set of four in Com
pany "C.' lie glanced furtivcly to
wards her, and as he did SO he STUN
bled on cobblestone. his glasses flew
to the ground and he fell on his hand
and knees on the freshly Sprinklet
street, while Scrgt Adams, file
closer, who was also looking up at tn,
balcony, marched right along to simila
grief, for just rs Private Hull attemptc,
to rise the tile-':)ostr was upon him an,
they fell together in a sprawIing heap
barely getting up in time to avoid bein,
tramplcd on by the boys Of Compan.
3D."
TO say that Dorothy was mortitie,
would hardly express her feelings. lie
face still burned when fifteen minute
later She was joined, on her way to tn
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fast; a second board is placed under
this so that the lap is about two inches
or trifle more, and stapled fast a:
shown in the design. This is repeated
on either side of the stack after the
fashion of a common board roof unit
It reaches we'll down toward thu
ground. Finally, to prevent the WING
from blowing it off, it is weighted
down by hanging heavy stone to thu
end of each wire. For a long stack tn,
cover should be made in three sections
the middle one slightly overlapping tn
other two.-J. Marion Shull, in Rura
New Yorker
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| jealous on account of Phils liking TO,
| her, was saying. Later on she saw
him several times, nearly always with
the ''horrid' Miss Reynolds, with whom
he always seemed to be having conf.
| Dental tete-a-tete chats in secluded
corners, near which Dorothy bad swan.
| dere@ to keep away from the crush.
COL Willis made his appearance anc
his explanation, but he did not get a
dance, as Miss Porter assured him her
programme was full. She hated the
sight of him, somehow, tonight.
Miss Portcrs partners noticed tina,
| she did not seem like herself; she con.
versed in dull way, and danced poor
| ly, which she had never done before ir
! her life. And when the first boat ur
was announced she sent for her brother.
Capt. Jim, who had come alone, and
asked him to take her home.
With a mans brutal curiosity, nc
sooner were they settled on the boat
than Jim asked: "What's up, Sis? Sick,
or had a row with Philip
| Whereat Dorothy proceeded to weep.
| This was too much for Jim. After
| DONG all he could to c2lm her, he rose
a little impatiently, and walked for.
ward, to ''let her cry it OUT
Shortly afterwards, some one, who
had been looking for Dorothy from the
time he boarded the boat and now
found her all alone, leaned over her and
J whispered: "Doroi,y!''
''Phil, oh, Phil!''
Five minutes later Capt. Jim, return
ing, heard a gentle, lingering report
1t was not as loud as that made by q
torpedo, but it startled him. He peered
over into the gsoom and saw two figures
sitting-very close where he
had left but one. He chuckled grimly
'Hurrah for the glorious Fourth!' he
remarked. And, as he turned awav te
leave the lovers to themselves, he added
Exit the superf1uous third!'
| R. l.. KErCHUM.
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august.
Flower

Miss c. G.. MCCLAVE, School.
teacher, 753 Park Place, Elmira, N.
Y. "This Spring while away from
home teaching my first term in a
country school I was perfectly
wretched with that human agony
called dyspepsia. After dieting fo1
two weeks and getting no better, a
friend wrote me, suggesting that
take August Flower. The very next
day l purchased bottle. l am de
lighted to say that August Flower
helped me SO that l have quite re-
covered from my indisposition." g
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lake and the scene of the sham battle,
by Col. Willis.
"Gocd morning, Miss Portcr,' he
said, salutinS. Did you meet Miss
Briefly? She was TO tell you, | believe,
that we will start on the three o'clock
boat
"Why-why, don't understand, Col.
Willis. Who arc we?"
The colonel looked at her reproach-
fully. "You don't really mean to tell
me you have forgotten the arrangement
we made day before yesterday? 1t was
understood, l believe, that you, Maj.
Woods, Miss Briefly and myself were
to constitute a party
Which was more or less true. DOrO
thy rtmem hc:cd, now, that there had
been something Of the kind spoken of,
but She had not thought of it until now.
What was she to do: She looked up at
| the colonel. and, Maj. Woods and Miss
! Briefly meeting them just then, some
how she allowed herself to be convinced
that she Ind promised to go with them.
But what to tell Phil? She could not
sec him, and he was to call at two
/
short one" because She knew she could
explain, or excuse herself, much more
; easily when sl," saw HIM.
A little darby brought the note to
Phil. lie re:d it three times, looking
puzzled, then displeased, then positive
ly angry. Then he turned and called
to the first sergeant.
| ''Bowcn, did l hear you say you
wanted some volunteers for general
duty?"
"Ycs."
"All right CONT me in" And Pri-
vate Hull dove into his tent to equip
himself for walking the line.
The corporal Of the guard had re-
ceiveu orders to add another sentry on
the lake shore. as there had been much
trouble on account of the boys going
outside the lines to battle. and, having a
liking for Phil, whom he knew, he
placed him last in the relief, in order to
give him this desirable post.
'Here YOU are" he said. Prom the
foot of the bluff to that white rock by
the water. All you We got to do is to
keep awake. Numbe: eighteen can't
see whether you're walking your beat
or not. So long,
Fifteen minutes previously Col. Frank
Willis, aid-de-camp to his excellcncy,
the governor, had selected a cave near
this spot as an excellent place in which
to battle. lie had left his clothes
about three rods inside the line. and
was now splashing in the cool water
beyond the point.
Presently he finished his additions.
and started to return, on foot, and was
almost at the line when voice called:
Halt! Who goes there?''
Now, COL Willis was nice chap but
he did not know much about war or
anything pertaining to it, so he an
swered: "W-why, it's all right; I was
just coming after my clothes. There
they are" And he started to advance.
With anyone else, Private Hull would
have been more lenient: but he knew
his man, and fiendish .csolve formed
in his mind. The colonel, by the way,
had not the remotest idea who Private
Hull was. nor did he know that any such
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DOOR FASTENING.

point of contact holds them in posi-
ton on each arm of door. The middl,
clip is slightly more than AZ inche
wide. The cut Gig. y represents pc
sition of lath when doors are closed
10 open, pull up the lower lath til
notch (C) catches and holds on mid
die clip, then push the upper lath t,
the left and let it drop down on (B)
To close, vice versa. The point of ex
cellencc is that the lath must be raise,
up before they can either be opened O.
closed.--S j. Arnold, in Ohio Farmer.
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PETTlNG THE COW,
She Will Repay Kindness with a Lar
IDx,r ('x.nf IF DrnGt

She Will Repay Kindness with a Larg
Per Cent. of Profit.
If we Will treat our common stock as
the improved breeds of cattle ar,
treated, we shall have such wonder.
full improvement that those people who
persist in denying the benefits of rec
ords will become more vociferOus thar
ever in decrying pedigree. While thi.
will be lamentcd for their sake, thu
results will be profitable to those wht
take the pains to show the common
cow as much regard as is vouchsafee
to the little Jersey. All animals repa,
good. kind treatment The Arab ha.
developed the fine specimen of hors,
which is called the Arab horse" more
by kindness than anything else. The
horse is a member of his family; hi
children play with the colt, and the
result is that any good quality in the
animal is developed highly and all the
bad qualities are sublucd. The sensi.
BILE parent studies the nature of hi
child until he thoroughly understand,
it. He finds certain marked tendcncie.
which he desires to curb, and by firm
KIND, loving government he succeeds
AS rule he will manage the child bet
Ter, develop him more rapidly, ant
make better man and boy out of him
f he makes companion of him, anc
teaches him to love him with all his
heart, than he can il. any other way.
All this is true of the animal, especially
IF the COW. She should be petted; she
should be taught that those whose du
;ies or wishes bring them into contact
with her are her friends She will ther
nave confidence, and will repay it with
large per cent. of profit.-Farmers
Voice.
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GENERAL GlEANINGS.

TIE Irish Presbyterian church has
aroused itself against the drink traffic
and trut1icers.
NJ. pAsrEuR the famous Paris special
list, is authority for the statement that
men who habitually use Intoxicating
spirits arc more difficult to cure if Bit
ten by mad dog than temperate men.
THERE is said to be an abstinence So
ciety in st. Petersburg with six hum
drcd members whose activity has con-
sisted in establishing no less than eight
tea-houses in that part of the city
where drinking places most abound.
An incbriates' asylum is also conte,n-
plated.
The Zurich society for combating the
alcohol habit has circulated an appeal
on the continent, pointing out the dam
gers which menace the future Of Eu-
rope through the use of intoxicants,
and calling upon people to show their
patriotism by becoming abstaincrs.-
Bombay Guardian.
IT is said that the practice of ether
drinking in ireland originated in the
time Of cholera, more than forty years
ago, when "quack' sold drains of
ether as a preventive. Finding the in
toxicant pleasant one the people con-
tinucd its use after all need or excuse
for it had disappeared.
THERE have been twenty thousand
signatures to the petitions to the Brit
lsln government against the India opium
tr;. file and forty public meetings have
been held to protest against it. In
Bombay two hundred and seventy
opium smokers were among the sign
crs Of the anti-opium petition to the
queen.
The New Century club building, re-
Gently opened by the enterprising and
gifted woman in Philadelphia who Or
gained that club years ago, and the
appointments of which are so COM
plcte and beautiful, has given out the
following rule for the renting of its ell.
giant drawing room: no Intoxicating
beverages shall be served at any enter
tainment given therein" Clubs of men
should note this progressive step on the
part of the representative women in
the city of brotherly love-"
The law prohibiting saloonheepers
to sell liquors to drunken people has
received noteworthy extension by a
receEt decision in court. drunken
man was found at the bar Of saloon
at Warrington, England. The proprie-
tor and barkeeper denied having sold
the man any liquor. AS this assertion
was not disproved the judge dismissed
the case. The chief consta BILE appealed
to the higher court, which decided that
permitting drunkenness on the prem
Uses was clearly an offcnse." Could not
tn.' drunken fellow have been supplied
by friends who bought the liquor at
t!its liar. which WAS handed to the
49, vi Tie U;ii keeper
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DOOR FASTENING,
Its Inventor Thinks 1t IL Cnexcelled b
ANY Other Devioo

It's Inventor Thinks It IL Cnexcelled b,
Any Other Device.
7 send sketch Of my door fastening
Where doors are required to be fastened
at top and bottom, have yet seer
nothing that excels it. When the door,
are closed they cannot possibly open O
themselves by either wind or storm
and when open there is nothing te
catch should they blow shut The
cost is comparatively small l:
consists of two seven-eighths inch lath
of elm or other light lumber, inche;
wide at ca AZ, 21ll inches wide a
(B ~, and 2 inches wide at &c C). Al
iron clip slightly larger than the lath a
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THE DRUNkARDS OF FRANCE.
Difficulty in Classifying This Sort of Grim
inalS.

Difficulty in Classifying This Sort of Grim.
inaS.
Drunkenness has SO much increased
in France of late years that this coun-
try. once SO sober, is now sorely puzzled
to know what to do with it's habitua}
topers. A great difficulty is to decide
whether they shall be classed with or.
binary prisoners or with lunatics. The
drunkards who are the cause of this
perEleSity either belong to those who,
under the influence Of drink, commit
criminal acts, or who. suffering from
dcliriun trcmcnS. need to be confined
until they recover from their hallucina-
tionS and terrible excitement. AS a
matter Of fact, the latter class are
dealt with in hospitals or lunatic aSy-
lunls, according to the extent Of mental
mischief that their habit has brought
upon them. But the cases arc multi
plying, and the doctors agree in sayin g
that the disease is incurable treated as
it is as present. Those who have care.
fully studied the subject maintain that
special asyluin> are needed for these
patients. and that their compulsory de-
tention for Il certain period is indis-
pensable. Years ago this problem OF
dealing with habitual drunkartls gave
rise to heated controversy in England;
but it is almost a new one in France.
The rapid increase of drunkenness in
this country dates from the destruction
Of the vines by the phylloxera. So
| long as wine was good and cheap there
was very little drunkenness. Falsititd
wine seems to have given the taste fox
alcohol. However this may be, the
quantity of spirits consumed in France
has increased enormously. The cheap
| bars for the working classes which
have sprung up in all parts of Paris
during the last year or SO are undoubt-
eddy doing much to increase the evil.
They are generally crowded, and the
quantity OF absinthe that is drank in
these parts at all hours Of the day is
quite sufficient to explain the alarming
increase Of alcoholic madness. chicago
\c,vS
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THE FARMING WORLD.
COVER FOR HAYSTACk.

Jus: the Thing for a Small Farm Run bv
an Economical Man.
Some time ago we gave the descrip-
ton of hay barrack, which is un-
ioubtedly an excellent thing for the
large hay maker. but it is quite out Of
the question with the small farmer
whose supply of hay is determined
more by his own need or by the rota-
ton of crops followed out on his farm.
1t frequently occurs that on these
smaller farms there are produced a few
tons more hay than there is NOW room
for in the barn, and this must, as :
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DRIVEN TO DEATH.
The Relentless Master That Pursued IT.
Victim.

Victim.
Inc newspaper reporter in a large
city sees probably more strange phases
OF life and human nature than most
other men, and if it were his business
to preach sermons could find texts far
reaching and impressive. A reporter
on New York daily told the following
incident the other day:
A man last week committed suicide
in public library. / was assigned to
"cover" the case. The body still lay in
corner of the reading room. No
friends had claimed it. The librarian
said:
81 do not know his private history.
He has been coming ahere for years.
quiet, scholarly man, who earned his
living by TRANSMITTING He was no doubt
very poor, but a thorough gentleman.
"He was quite young man when he
first came here and seemed to be bril-
liant fellow, full of hope and courage.
lie worked hard. l understood some
how that he was going to marry. But
he never did marry.
LAS years went on l watched him
s
Then he became silent and hopeless,
apparently Stunned his old compan-
ions and would barely answer in gen
tie voice if spoke to him.
"Whatever his trouble was, it was
too much for him to bear. But l never
thought it would end in-that," glanc.
ing at the dumb, motionless figure on
the bench beside him. "Whatever it
was, it robbed the world of good man
who might, perhaps, have been a
| great one"
While the librarian was talking volu-
| bly,. the coroner's physician was ex-
aiming the body. ! glanced at the
dead mans face. 1t had a look of great
age and WEAKNESS, incxplicably sad in
50 young man. There had been in it
noble meanings and sweet, fine ten.
derness.
The doctor held the mans hand, and
pushed the sleeve up upon his arm. lie
beckoncd to me.
''There was his troublc!' he re.
marked, pointing to countless minute
scars on the dead arm. There are the
brands of a slave owner that drives
more men and women into old age and
death than any ordinary disease
"What has made them?"
''Hypodcrmic injections of morphine.
This poor fellow had some pain-neu
ralgia, or poverty, or Northumberland
one day discovered that prick of a
needle would bring relief. There is
the end! Oh. have heard the same
story so many times"
lie rose and covered the dead face
What more could we do? The tale O.
| that life WAS told. -YOutl's COMPANION.
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Whose clarion echo gave to men
Tie signal of tyrant'S knCll,
When lcapcd the blood in pulSing veins,
While flashed the word from sea to sea:
"Strkc if it must u, with your chains.
Kings are but men, and men are free
And relied the canyons thunder far
While shook the trembling startled earth
Ana cleaned on high the cold north star
Il" light the way for freedoms birth;
And nov beyond that stirring scene
Columbia. our mother. waits,
Where Liberty, with brow serene,
Stands at her open, sca-worn gates.
Oh assured relic OF those times
hen Slrilrd the fife and throbbed the drum
Though huSht Il are now thine iron chains,
The soul within thee is not dumb
Thy message still with us remains,
wa:chword for the years to be
"Strkt, If it must be, with your chains,
Kings are but men, and men arc tree"
Ernest NJ 't;afTey, in Judge