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would you do, pull him out, or preach him sermon, and leave him ?"
 "Pull him out first, of course," answer ed the lady, slowly.
 "That is what we teetotalers are trying to do; we are trying to pull our drowning brothers out of the mire, that we may point them to the only Hand that can keep them out"
 Have I ever told you, dear" said Nor man Douglas to his honored and happy versation we have recorded; "have ever told you what it was that induced me to take my stand on the side of temperance ? It was the revelation of family secret, carefully hidden for a decade and half from all but the senior members of our immediate family circle.
 My mother became insane through ex- cessive indulgence in alcohol within seven years after her marriage. It was terri ply bitter trial to my father, for she was a very beautiful woman, and he loved her passionately. He tried his utmost to cure her, as you may imagine, by all the gentle plans he could conceive, but so and with apparent ease, outwitted his most constant and careful precautions, and could circumvent him at every turn At last she fell so low that he was forced to submit to having her placed in pri- vate asylum for dipsomapiacs.
 "I was not made aware of the facts of the case until after I had attained my ma- jority, when I became acquainted with them during my dear fathers last illness had the story from his dying lips; and when, less than an hour later, had closed his weary eyes for the last, long sleep, I held his cold hand between both my own, and solemnly vowed, on my pended knees, that with the help of the Omnipotent would never again touch the deadly thing that had blighted my fathers life, and wrought my young mothers shame and ruin"
 Dr. Norman Douglas:is one of the most eminent among the many noble men who grace his profession at the present day. and by pen, voice, influence, and example, he continues to exert himself for the ad- vancement of the principles of total ab- stinence with the unfagging ardor and unflinching courage of a brave man who feels that he advocates the only means possible to save thousands of his perish ing fellows from destruction.
 The naughty beauty who employed her silver speech for the promotion of foolish idea, lived to hear her husband curse her :; and the lady who first expressed disap- proval of the young doctors decision, died in the blossom of her age, victim to disease induced by the use of stimu- lants
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lies, and we don't catch what we are af


 ter.
 Poor children! Poor creeters! But am eppisodin', and to resoom. As said to Josiah, what a oversight that wuz my not thnkin' of it?
 Sez l, "How the nations would have prized them trees!" And sez I,
 "What would Christopher Columbus say if he knew on't?"
 And Josiah sez, "He guessed he would have got along without 'em."
 "Wall, sez I, "what will America and the worlds fair think ont, my maxim such a oversight ?"
 And he sez, "He guessed they would worry along somehow without 'em."
 "Wall," sez I,"T am mortified-as nor. tified as dog." And I wuz There wuzn't any need of maxim any mistake about the trees, for there wuz a little plate fastened to each tree, with the name marked on 1.-the common name and the high-learnt botanical name
 But Josiah, who always has a banker in after fashion and show, he talked a sight to me about the "Abusex-celsa,' J and the "Genus-salix," and the "Fycus- sycamorus" and the "AtractyIus-gummi era"
 He boasted in particular about the rar- ity of them trees. He said they grew in 
 Hindostan and on the highest peaks of the Uriah Mountains; and he sez, "How strange that he should ever live to see 'em."
 He talked proud and high-learnt about lem, till got tired out, and pinted him to the other names of lem.
 Then his feathers dropped, and sez he, "A Norway spruce, willer, a sycamore and pine. Dunn it all, what do they want to put on such names as them onto trees that grow right in our dooryard ?"
 "To show off," sez |, coldly, land to make other folks show off who have a hankerin after fashion and display"
 He did not frame reply to me-he had no frame.-FrOm "tSdmanthd at the World's Fair," tue meao dooh 6y JosiaA Alleos Wife.
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TIE PUZZLE SOLVED. no To- cal disease has puzzled and baffied the medical profession more than nasal ca tarrh. While not immediately fatal it is among the most pauseous and disgusting ills that flesh is heir to, and the records show very few or no cases of radical cure of chronic oatarrh by any of the many modes of treatment until the introduction of Ely's Cream Balm few years ago. The success of this preparation has been most gratifying and surprising. No drug gist is without it.
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The first Methodist church built in Connecticut is still standing. It was in
 1799 that esse Lee, the Methodist apostle
 made his debut; it was in 179S that the first church was built. In Mansfield there stands an unattractive little building 20
 by 30, which represents all that remains
 of what was once that sacred edifice. It's
 windows are covered by combination of
 boards which in themselves are curios- ity. It remains for the interior, however, | to picture the vicissitudes through which it has passed. From a place of worship
 it degenerated to horse stable, but has since been transformed into shop. The
 old-fashioned pew doors have been put to
 various uses, while the pulpit has been
 sacrilegiously converted into a row of
 shelves. Paint has never changed tho
 color of the natural wood, and the rough
 hewn slabs possess very antique finish.
 For years the church fiourished, but van
 ity got in its work, and members of ele- gant tastes hankered for something new. The result was split and a new, costly, and elegant church. The old one became summed, and finally deserted, save occa- sionally, when it was occupied by an itin-
 erant minister who shouted the Gospel
 for his own delectation and then silently stole away. In 1851 it was bought by
 Hiram Parker and was used for years as a barn. When his stock outgrew it's di- mensions he slightly elevated it from it's fallen position by making it shop, and it still continues to serve that purpose.
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Volume 36.
The Knights New Leader.

John R. Sovereign, the new grand master workman of the Knights of La bor, has been a member of the order
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since 1881, and has been state master workman of Iowa for sev- eral terms and many times a del egate to the gen e ral assembly.
 MT. Sovereign was a stonecutter up to about 10 years ago, when he undertook the
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publication of a JAMES R. SOVEREIGN.
 weekly paper at Cherokee, afterward en- gazing in similar ventures at Jefferson, Atlantic and Dubuque. He was pro- nounced Greenbacker and twice ran for congress OH that party's ticket, on which he was also the nominee for lieutenant governor of Iowa in 1887. He supported Governor Boies in 1889 and was appoint ed commissioner of labor statistics, in which office lie served two terms. He was born ill Cassville, Wis, on May 30, 1854. He advocates land naturalization, government ownership of railroads and telegraphs, free trade and the issuance of all money by the government as rem edies for existing abuses.
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BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25c per box. Sold by E. K. Taft.
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Tramp-'sPlease help poor man with large family, mum ?" Lady-How many children have you?" Tramp-Only one, mum, but I've got three wives"
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"Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer" by Ayers Sarsa- parilla. This wonderful medicine so in vigorates the system and enriches the blood that cold weather becomes positive ly enjoyable. Arctic explorers would do we'll to make note of this
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THE QUEEN OF FAsHIoN.-BestF Fashion Journal published. Issued monthly, only 30 cents year, paid-worth $4. Mail five 2-cent stamps for copy and be convinced, to J. H. Ringot & Co.,, Pub fishers, Union Square, N. Y. 2Sd4t
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ALI FREE.-Those who have used Dr. Kings New Discovery know it's value ,and those who have not have now an opportu- ty to try it Free. Call on the advertised druggist and get trial bottle, Free. Send your name and address to H. E. Bucklen & Co.,, Chicago, and get sample box of Dr. Kings New Life Pills, Free, as well as a copy of the Guide to Health and Household Instructor, Free. All of which is guaranteed to do you good and cost you nothing. E. K. Taft's Drugstore.
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1I given by Walter R. Carpenter. Rooms fitted for that purpose in Mrs. Spellman'S building on Main-St. Terms reasonable.
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IT E. PATTEN, 37 Wells-st., Hart Works. Miss MT. Russell agent, Stafford Springs
The evening world., 1894-07-31
THE SENATE TRUST.

The failure OF the Conference Commit
tee on the Tariff bill To- come any nearer
to an agreement and he continued de
lay of action begin to make the fact un-
pleasantly clear that the United states
Senate is simply Trust for the big
Trusts and monopolios built up by Mo
Kinleyism and fostered by high protec-
tiOn.
one OF the most powerful of these Is
the Sugar Trust But beside this mon
ster concern stand other Trusts and
monopoles. and their cause IL one.
Strike any individual Trust and you
strike them all. Let any one OF them be
beaten and defeat threatens the whole
phalanx.
The Democratic Tariff conferrees can
not agree on any compromise among
themselves because of the open threat
that any interference with the protected
Trusts cannot pass the Senate. the trus-
tee of all the Trusts. and 1t Is useless to
agree on Tariff bill that does not
recognize this fact.
II this Is the case-and no one can
doubt that IL is-the duty of the Demo-
cratic House Is plain BY tampering
with the Trusts and making little con
ccssion here and there no good Will be
accomplished. Unless all Is yielded the
bill will be beaten by Democratic votes
in the Senate. All that can he done.
therefore, is to make 1t plain that the
Democratic party is not handed over
bodily to the protected Mckinleyized
monopolies and to point out distinctly
the individual Democratic Senators VINO
nre their creatures and agents
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WHICH WILL PREVAIL 7

II is not vet certain that the Constltu-
tional Convention will reject the propo-
siti1n to prohibit any statutory limita-
tion of the amount OF damages TO be
given by a jury in case of the loss OF
human lie. The Committee reported
against the prohibition. giving as their
reason for its rejection the plea that
the subject Is one proper II leave tn the
Legislature. But the Convention is to
vote on the acceptance of the report
this evening and there Is some expecta-
ton that the majority may refuse to
concur
The question IL very simp.e one.
Outside the argument that 1t Is incon-
sistent with a wise and Just policy to
put any arbitrary limitation on the
amount of damages to be assessed for
loss of life or personal injury In any
case the fact Is plain that 1t is incon-
sistent to allow a jury to give such an
amount as may seem adequate for the
loss of an arm and to be restricted as
to the sum 1t shall assess for the loss
of human life. The value of mans
life to his family varies according to
circumstances.
The corporations alone are interested
in retaining the limitation and In de-
fea ding the proposed constitutions! prohl-
bitiln. The result Of to-nights vote VIII
aft ri "A fair test of the contro. the
railroad corporations have over the Con
vention. Reason. common sense and JUS
;icc demand the rejection OF the Com
mIttee's adverse report. The rai!ruao
corporations alone demand its accep
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July dies to-day.

She killed sixty sweet little children
every day of her brief reign and made
other fearful impressions that will last
as long AS memory lives. Nobody will
want her back again.
During her last week in town she or
dered the funeral of 9S6 worthy people.
Among the victims were 4O6 wee boys
and girls, not one of whom had been on
earth five years
Typhoid fever and Group helped the
fiery elements. but the most fatal ally
was Summer complaint, which doomed
225 babies All of the poor little things
belonged to the tenement house popula-
ton. OF the total black list only l25 ad-
dresses were private houses. and those
were old people or adults.
No. July had no mercy on the poor
she was cruel, destructive. deadly, and
now that she is going none will mourn
her.
From first to finish the torr!d month
led the free doctors II killing pace.
They have been up and fighting
day and night with disease. and that
they saved thousands OF lives there is
not the shadow of doubt
The Coroner, the health officers the
Superintendent of the outdoor Poor
and the Registrar Of Vital Statistics de-
clare and affirm that no one private
Institution does more for the common
welfare than the Sick Babies Fund.
The free physicians are untiring in
their efforts. The territory they cover
| is as wide and broad and long as the
| fields of poverty. They not only have
| the skill to relieve the suffering. but
| their ministrations are hygienic and
sympathetic, and through the bounty
of such patrons as MIR. Nathan Straus
and the Ankcr Bouillon Capsule Manu-
featuring Company, of Jersey city, they
| have been able to nOuriSh every hungry
| child with milk and bouillon.
| These donations. with the free medi-
cines provided by generous druggist :
and the little packages of clothing for
infants, have been of invaluable service.
| This gracious work will go on while
there is "A sick child in the city and a
dollar in the Fund.
! Unpaid subscriptions may be ad-
dressed to the Cashier of The World
Mrs. Roberts. 22s East Twenty-iirst
street, will put to the best use any
nursery supplies sent to her.
| NELL NELSON.
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WARRANT FOR A MAYOR.
spring valley Council Refuses to
Confirm Policemen.

PTiINCETOWN, H., July 3l.-The
Surfing Valley city Council caused a
warrant to be issued yesterday for the
arrest OF Mayor T. b. Jack at that
place. The warrant IL n result Of the
adoption of resolutions at "A special meet
ing Of the Council charging the Mayor
with issuing city warrants for the pay
ment of corporate funds to persons to
whom the same was not owing.
Mayor Jack Is out of the city, but
upon his return the warrant will be
served. A preliminary hearing will be
given and an attempt made to hold him
for the Grand Jury. The city Council
has refused to confirm appointments to
the police force lately, maintaining that
the city is without police service, and
AS n result would make no appropriation
for that department.
Five of the Council are accredited with
being SoCialistic in their Views and
want to do away with the police de-
partm"nt entirely. The Mayor, 1t Is
claimed. has taken the matter into his
own hands and issued orders for police
salaries without permission of the Coun'
ell
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is HE THE MAN

Mr. Plat allows 1t to be understood
that his slate contains the name of Levi
+. Morton for Governor
If Mr.. Plat really intends to make
Mr.. Morton his candidate, 1t is doubtless
because the ex-Nicc-President is a
wealthy banker, with the command OF
millions, and a liberal spcnder. His
pocketbook is ready when he Is a can
didate for political honors, and even the
heavy foot of the Republican elephant
cannot destroy its rotundity.
But Is Mr. Plat sincere in his pro
fessed choice of Mr. Levi +. Morton
Will 1t pay him to run the campaign for
money? or does the Morton boom cover
up a movement in favor of some dark
horse" Mr. Platt keeps his own coun
sci. and will not he likely to show his
| real cards until the trick Of recognition
! by the State Convention is securely II
his hands.
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PRETTY SHOP GIRLS FLED.
nut the Dog Had n Crushed Foot
Not the Rabies.

4 large. long-cared, black and tan
hound was the unhappy cause OF mad
dog scare at Eighteenth street and lr-
wing place this IN Jrning. just when that
cornci IL most animate with passing
thrungs OF clerks and shopgiris bound
for work.
The hound was sitting by his master
on the seat of an ice wagon, which droN
up - the nat-housc. The iCeudn went
inside with a block OF ice The hound
kept faithful guard over the contents
II the waS n. The horses. annoyed by
flies, started suddenly and pitched tn"
hound to the ground in just such an
unlucky position that the front wheel
crushed one OF his feet.
The dog proceeded to give vent to
his anguish in wild howis. lie ran
arounI in ring. lIowing. yclplng, snap
ping At the damaged leg and rolling
over betimes. Then he would stop and
fairly shrek
The crowds in the street halted at
first in establishment and then proceeded
to clear the coast for the dog.
Pretty shupgirls scrcechei and fought
with each other to get into doorways.
and "A great hubbub was going on when
Policeman Dennis Noon rushed up and
pulled his pistol. He was CirClinR about
tn hound to get range when the iCeman
came from the house and picked the
dog mp in his arms.
masters breast and whined dsmally.
After long parley IT was decided that
the dog was not mad and the iceman
drove off with II.
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SAID HE FELL OFF THE ROOF.
Heavy Found BlOOdhOunds In
SchnnitzIer's Flower he'd.

Jo'eph Schnaitzler. prosperous build
er, OF 1913 Fifth avenue, has II large yard
surrounded by n th!rteen-fOot fence, sur
mounted with barbei wire. Mr.. Schnaltz-
Ter keeps three blooihounis in his yard.
This morning at 4 O'Clock he was awak-
ened by the barking Of the dogs. He
looked out of the window and saw man
standing near n bed of flowers.
Mr.. Schnaitzler, armed with a hickory
club vert into the yard and demanded
An explanation from the Intruder. The
man. who said he was William Heavy,
twenty-five years old. of q Leroy street.
declared that he was pushed off the roof
of MIR. Schnaitzlers house and fell among
the flowers and dogs.
The house Is three stories high. How
he got 10 the roof he could not explain.
He stuck to the story in Harlem Court
this morning, and Justice Burke com
United him to bellevue for examination
as to his sanity
MIR. Schniatzier explained to the Justice,
who looked inCreiu.OuS, that the blood
hounds were chained or they would have
torn the man To pieces. He could not
imagine now the man got over the fence.
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To Remove Moth Patches.

Moth patches rarely yield to extern
treatment alone, and one of the standar.
remedies is taraxacum, or extract G
dandeion. A common prescription /.
one large pill of taraXacum four night!
In the week, sometimes for a period OF
months. The diet must be regulated to
secure good digestion. Then apply a pre-
scription made up Of elder flower ONT.
ment, one ounce, and sulphate of zinc.
twenty grains. This should be mixed
well. rubbed in at night and washed OF
In the morning with plenty of soap and
water When the moth patches are re-
moved a wash should be used regularly
to prevent their return. A good lotion
for this purpose contains two drains
iodide of potassium, one ounce of gly-
cerine and one pint of rain water. 1t
should be applied with a soft sponge.
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70 WASH Lace.

Roll carefully around a bottle and
fasten at the end with two or three
stitches. Tack thin strip of muslin
over it, make cold soapsuds, put the
bottle in and let the lace soak for
twelve hours. If stil discolored at the
end of that time. put the bottle in fresh
soapsuds over the fire and let the water
slowly heat. DO this several times. OR
the lace can be put between pieces Of
old, clean flannel, and hot soapsuds
poured through until it is clean. Thread
lace can best be restored by dipping in
alcohol. with doilies it is as easy to dip
them up and down in warm soapsuds,
changing the water frequently. Rinse
I'm clear water ana fasten around a
bottle 20 dry.
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These soups have white Weal or
chicken) stock or milk as a basis, and
the different fiavors are added by the
admixture of different vegetables. Dur
ing the Summer, when there are ""%e-
tables in plenty, cream soups are y
ally good to use. The usual &C
recipe, which calls for pint u. -'c4s
or beans to quart of milk, may be so
modified that the vegetables left over
from yesterdays dinner may be utilized
in to-day's soups. In this way a cup
of peas or beans which would other
wise be thrown away ia made of use.
and expense lessened. When made with
part veal stock and part with milk or
cream, a cream soup yields more nutri-
ton than the same amount of clear
soup. Soups of any kind should be USED
as freely in Summer as in Winter, If not
more so. as this is the time of the year
when less meat should be used and
more Of the other foods.
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ARGYLE CASINO BENEFIT.
Volunteer Performances Please II
Large Audience.

NJ ]. Jacobs sends n check for so for
the Sick Babies Fund. This represents
the proceeds of a benefit given at the
Argyle Casino, Babylon, l.. L., July &c.
The affair was most enjoyable and the
large audience showed marked approval
Of the different numbers on the pro-
gramme Accompanying the check. Mr..
Jacobs expresses hopes for the continued
success of the Fund and praises its OBJ
ject. Here Is the programme:
l. overture. e.. Frof. Molenhauer and Orchestra
>. Trio for Ninlins-''Pctit suite
Miss e Nur,ilingrr, MeSsrs. Railing and Nord-
linger Mts Il. Nordngcr. accompanist.
2. RcCttaiiOn-''A similar Case ...,., NJ Wildey
4. soprano Solo-''IleartS' sprnGtime."
Miss s Raudunitz
:. Recitation. INSTRUMENTATION. Miss Puss McGcoy
6. Violin Sao-"Slurnhcr Song ........M. Balm
Song for Baritone ...r.....,.......t G. w. Stuhe
:. Piano Solo Selected" .,... Miss h. Mersercau
10 Ni"lln solo .,.''''.',.': = NofdInger
Miss Ruth l.owrnson.
r. Virginia Quartet Plantation Melodies"
L Carter. \. Moody, Il. Cook, W u. Smith
H. cello Soln......... ...... Prot e; MolIenhaue
''' ''''' '''' '' " Miss F. ritns,
Il Duet FOR Violin-"Cavallicra Rusticana.''
NJ. Balm and +. Norlling"r. Miss II. Mcrsc
reau, Hc,umpanist
lG Potpourri
Prot Mollenhauer and Orchestra. Gustav A
Gcycr. acrompdnlSt.
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THE ELDORADO Benefit.
II Will Begin Friday Afternoon for
the Sick Babies Fund.

That Eldorado benefit will occur Fri
day, Aug. 3. Don't let it slip your MEM
Dry.
The amphitheatre is one of the coolest
and most picturesque promontories
about New York. 1t is well worth the
trip just to have a look at the piano.
ramc bseauties of the city. Barclay,
Christopher, Franklin, West Fourteenth
and West Forty-seCond street ferry
boats go straight to E.ldorado.
Among the attractions listed for the
Sick Babies Fund benefit are the Gold
smith sisters four of them rival serpen-
tine dacers; the Zamora family, who lit
orally walk on air: Severus Schaffer,
the world renowned juggler: Sampson.
the herculese, whose strength won him
the gold belt, and a ballet of 200 lovely
girls.
There will be a group of giant living
pictures at the end of the programme
and music by the Gilmore band.all the
way through. A promenade concert at
4 o'clock Friday afternoon Will open the
show. Tickets are % cents and 90 cents.
Go, and get cool and have fun. Take
the children along. 1t is good show
for good cause and deserves the pa
tronage of all good people.
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An Old Maids Auction.

An original entertainment is raginr
just now for charitable purposes in New
England towns, and the fippant- mind.
ed may try to say something funny IN
this connection. 1t Is styled "A Chest.
nut Party and Old Maids Auction" A
number of the prettiest young ladies are
dressed in quaint spinster style and auc.
toned off. An aristocratic church In
Pawtucket. X. l.. made quite a sum OF
money and had jolly time with one OF
these auctions. With a witty auctioneer
there is a chance for fun. The highest
price paid at one party was s15O for q
very popular "spinster," while at an.
other church prices ranged from 10 cent,
to IS cents.