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TEMPERANCE.
lF YOU KNEW.


II You knew the dreadful story Of that
sparkling cup you're draining.
How 1t CraSS n man from virtue down to
dark perditiOn' brink.
Yes, and wrecks his brain and body. leaves
no trace Of good remaining
You would never dare to touch drop of
the accurSed drink.
II you knew the crime it gendcrs. how it
mnEe5 man devil,
How it prompts to deeds OF evil such az
mind could hardly think,
Ii you knew the sickeninS scenes that mark
the drunkard's midnight rcvel-
I know you'd never touch drop OF the
accursed drink.
II you knew the grief, the anguish: if you
heard the bitter crying
OF the piteous, pleading hearts now doomed
in black despair to sink
As you saw that host of victims on Rum 8
bloody altar dying
You'd swear 10 never touch drop OF the
accursed drink.
II you knew how many souls were hasting
on to woes infernel.
If you knew how hell rejoiced as each form
staggers Ger the brink
You would pledge your sacred honor at the
throne Of the Eternal
That you'd never, never stain yOnr soul
with the accursed drink.
God forgive the man or woman who by
thoughtless word or doing
Dares uphold the glittering wine cup! Let
that man or woman think
hot ho u,ro fhro ho&1
with guilt nccruing
A partaker in the evil OF the soul-destroy-
ing drink.
-Carleton Emerson Smell in RAM Horn.
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HOW plCpEns ARE MADE ~ LONDON.

The Westminster Gazette gives an ac-
count of the following scene recently OBJ
served by correspondent in the southwest
of London: A crowd Of children, mostly
dirty and ragged. iostling at the entrance OF
public house: two bigger girls, one with
shawl over her head and 4 baby in her arms,
abusing each other, and breaking of to
dance. Packets of sweets in most Of the
hands. some serambling for the dropped
sweets?" Silence. Then taller child said,
"From Mr.. -: he guv 'em as q Christmas
box;" so opened the door and watched.
The public was full Of children. and Mr.. -
was handing out his packets, and apparently
trying to prevent repeated applications.
This is how we make our paupers-just as
the constant music at the doors Of the pub
lies draws children and lads and girls, who
end by going in. I have watched them
often. If the publican wants to give sweets,
why doesn't he do it elsewhere than across
the bar.
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these forget-me-nots are quite the
favorites, and come IN lockets,
pendants, rings and pins.
Just now there is perfect craze
for rhinestone ornaments. The tops
of side combs are set with them, and
the knot at the top Of beauty's head
has dagger with hilt inerusted with
them. From there down to the toe
of the pointed slipper every buckle
and pin, in sight and out, IS set with
the imitation diamond. Even the
hook on the bit of satin girdle,
called by courtesy corset, has gem
set on its top, and the silk stockings
that accompany elaborate tea gowns
have rare lace insertion set in the in
step, and this lace is spangled with
jewelsi They are 1sonly imitation"
but they cost lot.
Silver grows in favor In my lady's
estimation, as we'll as in Congress.
The woman who cannot afford to
carry around three or four pounds of
silver is not doing her duty. 1t en-
tiers into her hairpins, buckles, card
case, pocket book, lorenette, opera
glasses, the dangling chains and bon
bon boxes, umbrella handles, bag and
bundle markers---in fact, there is
scarcely IN article of attire into which
woman does not introduce some sill.
yer. It isn't an extravagant idea,
either. Silver never wears out and
never goes entirely out of fashion, and
gathers beauty and value with age if
its Workmanship is of high order.
''Sweet violets' are as omnipresent
as rhinestones. Whole bonnets are
made of the French confections by
sewing the single flowers thickly over
shape, and bride of singly twisted
violets passes under the chin. For
the tiny opera bonnet two lunches are
affixed over each temple to slender
band of velvet, much after the fashion
in which the wife of the Chinese min
lister wears her curious collection of
artifcials, and the back Of the frivol
is fastened by big bow of ribbon.
The bow is not quite as big as Gaines
borough hat, but as it comes exactly
in the range of vision Of the one just
behind this bow might just as we'll be
a bandbox, for it shuts off the stage
etfectually.
"Some in rags, and some in tags,
and some in velvet gowns" is the
way the old jingle ran. 1t runs the
same way now, only that the velvet is
more common. For study in black
and white, a gown of black velvet
striped with white satin is extremely
elegant. 1t has the glove fitting cor
sage, the very latest il bodices. and
has an odd little pannier effect that is
particularly becoming to slender peo-
pie. The last picture taken OF the cab
met women represents Miss Herbert
in pannier gown, and it makes her
look like u Dresden china shepherd
ess. Another gown in which Miss
Herbert looks remarkably well has
ermine straps over the low shoulders.
II is muttered that the hoop is
abont to appear The dress skirts are
made so heavy with crinoline that
they are burden to carry, Hopping
around the legs, and from running
whalebones in the bottoms of the
gowns to fastening them on tapes by
themselves is short step.
But, then, the boned skirts are
graceful, and the hoopskirts are ex-
actly the opposite, SO it is to be hoped
that the heavy skirt will be aban-
doned, and then we shall not need the
hoop.
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HE HAD PACKED Up.

A chaplain related the story Of little girl
who, when told that her father had gone to
heaven. asked her mother if she had not bet
ter begin to pack up too. and get ready to so.
A soldier heard it, and said. lam glad you
told US that story about packing up; it made
the thing so plain to me- 1 haven't much
learning, and l haven't tried to understand
these things much but now see through it
all. I want you to help me pack up.
Pray with me, chaplain" While prayer was
being offered, the earnest heart cried
out "Oh, do, Lord me. help me"' The
Holy Spirit was there. The poor man cried,
and the Lord heard him: aud with a face
radiant with joy, he said: II am happy
now: have found Jesus" ''What OF your
body?' ono asked. care you suffering
now?" He had been shot through the right
shoulder and left leg, and had an arm taken
of. .Oh, said he, my wounds are moth
now. / can bear them all. l haSe peace
within. Illustrated Lesson Paper.
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The fruit itself is of light yellow
color, pure lemon hue, growing
greenish toward the stem. The size
is immense, considered relatively to
other oranges or to the size of the
tree, the largest ones measuring when
mature fully ten inches from the
wrist to the point of the middle ting.
er, including the nail. 1t is always
necessary to furnish support in the
way of props and strings to sustain
the growing fruit, or the limb will be
broker by the weight. The fruit is
not edible-none Of the Usage variety
is-but what it lacks in being unable
to tickel the palate it more than makes
good in perfume The strangest thing
connected with the perfume is that it
is the fruit and not the flower that is
most odorous. The fruit when ripe is
so redolent that its scent can be recog.
nized full mile from where the or
ange is growing. San Francisco
Chronicle.
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THE CHURCH AND THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

THE CHURCH AND THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
In respect to the attitude of the Church re-
lating to this question, it would not be true
to say that, as body. the Church has sur
rendered to the liquor oligarchy. 1t is true
to say that it is so seriously crippled as to
prevent any successful warfare. Let US.
however. be just: the Church is the greatest
foe the liquor dealers face to-day; the deliv-
erances of its chief councils are strong and
unequivocal; its ministry as a body is by no
means tongue-tied or paralyzed. but its
weakness lies in its want OF unity and in the
application Of practical remedies. When it
attempts to marshal its forces to attack this
greatest foe of society, these forces scatter;
they have not yet learned the art Of Christian
soldiery. nor the full meaning of Christian
citizenship. Practically the interests of the
kingdom yield to the demands Of party. 1t is
much easier 10 put into the ballot-box the
printed party ballot than it is to put in the
Sermon on the Mount, or even the resolutions
passed by ecclesiastical councils.
What is most wanted is sturdier type OF
Christian men. We need Christian men with
Christian principles practically applied. The
Church and its members individually must
be raised to that high level.-ReV. c. II.
Payne, D. D.
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BEER AND SOUND HEARTS.

The finest lager beer made anywhere in
the world Is the Munich beer. Of Germany.
But now comes from DR.. Bollinger a very
strange statement. 1t is that there are few
adult persons in Munich with sound hearts
and kidneys. and he attributes it to Munich
beer. 1t overloads the heart and the strain
weakens it. 1t overtaxes the kidneys, and
they are injured. Formerly the healthy
peasants from the country came into the city
in numbers sufficient to keep up the stamina
of the citizens, but now the beer is sent into
the country and the peasant population have
weak hearts and kidneys too. There is no
remedy for this but total abstinence. So
long as people believe in its harmlessness
they will use it. It seems an absolute ne
cessity to spread O knowledge OF its effects,
and then if people 60 on using it they must
suffer the consequences and can blame only
themselves.
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A Hot Water Dynamite Gun.

Thomas J. Lovegrove, ofNew Egypt
N. J., has invented q mammoth dyna-
mite gun. It is capable of throwing .
projectile weighing 1000 pounds dis
tance of nearly nine miles. The go
tive principle is the explosive force Of
hot water. It is generated in a small
boiler connected with the gun. The
water is heated to a pressure OF $50
pounds to the square inch, and is then
released through tube into the breech
of the weapon and the proiectile is
discharged. York Press. ~7
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Science of Eating.

Germany has allowed the establish
ment of an experimental class among
the soldiers for the purpose of a COM
parative study by specialists Of differ
ent diets, times of eating, amount Of
food taken, etc. It is hoped, in time,
to learn something definite about what
man ought to eat, and how and when
he ought to eat 1t. 1t does not do to
say that nature has given us appetites
for this purpose, for appetite Is easily
perverted, and probably not one per:
son in a thousand has natural" ap-
petite. New York Telegram.
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Fiye.Flngered japanese Oranges.

The fve-fngered orange of Japan is
queer thing. 1t grows exactly in
shape of human hand, with thumb
and four fingers. 1t is half-open
hand, that OF this curious fruit, and
the close resemblance to lean, long
nailed Chinese hand, is startling.
Even the nails are identical, hard
pointed. and claw-like, tipping the
orange fingers with a.length equal in
some cases to three inches. 1t is no
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THE WORK CURE.

In that moment when. as to most at some
time or other, a kind OF despairing feeling
comes to you-when energy lags, and the
heart, bitten by the chill of some disappolnt
ment, sinks far below the zero point-then
the safety for you. and the sure path into
more genial. spiritual weather, is the duty
next you. Do that anyway. Even with fail
ing feeling and nerveless hands compel your
self TO do it. Do not put it off. DO not al-
low yourself hewailingly to wait for better
mood. Do the duty next you; or anyway
try at it. At least, a fine sense OF accom-
plishment shall come stealing in, q very real
consciousness OF personal heroism. 1t is
wonderful what strength the duty next one
bravely done, or anyway brarely attempted,
breeds in one.-Wayland Hoyt, u. ID.
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aNOol' SohhPSAS
ested person to confess that
. the late fad in collars is not
pretty, says a fashion writer
in the Washington Star. 1t was the
Princess of Wales who set the pace
with it. For years and years she
wore the "dog collar of black velvet,
which bade fair to strangle woman
kind before it died out little, and
now comes the crush collar, and the
collar of jewels: worn first by the
Princess.
At some of the recent receptions IN
official life the bands of red velvet
twisted about fair necks would have
suggested innnmerabIe sore throats
and kerosene and flannel, if it had not
been that the velvet was sewn with
precious stones. 1t is not pretty
fashion, and it will coon 60 out, for
all but the dowagers with double
chins and the wrinkle about the neck
that comes one for every ten years OF
ones age after twenty-five. If the
neck is fit to be barred at all, it needs
no banding of jewels or harness of
velvet to enhance its beauty. There
is something incongruous about a
toilet where the shoulders are barred
and the throat had yard of dry
goods tied about it. The debutante
sensibly refuses to adopt the muffier,
but wears instead a slender, thread
like gold chain, with dainty
pendant, such as pansy with dia-
mond heart, or ruby heart with q
golden arrow piercing it. Another
pretty peaaant is cluster of forget
me-nots in bire enamel, or dead gold
set with turquoises, to represent the
lovers flower. As gage d'amour
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

San Francisco has temperance saloon,
conducted entirely as a private enterprise.
The pletlcc-siGning crusade begun on New
Years Day in England is spreading all over
the country.
The most audac;ous robber of the peoplri is
the saloon. 1t takes more money to keep it
up than to buy bread.
The increasing consumption of alcoholic
drinks in India is giving great uneasiness 70
the native authorities.
Ii was Chicago saloon. whose deeorously
closed doors bore the legend: Please 90 to
the side entrance until after the funeral.
BY recent enactment of the Minnesota
Legislature the sale of liquors. prohibited on
or within one mile Of tn State fair grounds.
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MADAME PATTI on ALCOHOLIC srIMuLAS7s.

Madame Patti has uttered some strong
convictions on the effect of alcoholic liquors
on the human voice. She thinks anyone
who aspires to success rs n vocalist should
be total abstainer. She says: Alcoholic
stimulants of any kind tend to irritate the
throat, and should be entirely abstained
from. Even light wines are no exception to
this rule. Most people are familiar with the
hoarsc voice of the hard drinker. and it is
often said Of such an individual that he has
burnt his throat with drink. Even Il mod
crate use of alcohol may. therefore, tend to
make the voice husky" Thus all indications
point to total abstinence.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fol
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. ]. Che.
ney for The last Is years and believe him per.
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliGa-
ton made by Their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo
Ohio.
wALpINa, K1N~AN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act.
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free
Price, 7oc. ""- hottie. Sold by all Druggists.
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MRS. CLEvE1AND's NEW PORTRAIT.

The new portrait of Mrs. Cleveland,
says the New York Tribune, shows
that lady to have become matron OF
plump proportions. Her pretty COL
oring remains, but her face is losing
it's girlish contour, has lost much OF
its charm. But the expression is gen.
tie and kind as ever.
Mrs. Cleveland is much absorbed in
caring for her children, who are
healthy and merry youngsters. They
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he COULD DRINK WHISKY.

Bernard Fluck. thirty-four, a laborer,
died recently. and the neighbors are telling
n good many stories about the circumstances
that are supposed to have led to his decease.
Fluck was known to have drunk seven
before his death. DR.. Meyer assigned the
cause Of death rs kidney disease. caused by
alcoholism. m.-Cincinnati Inquire.
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A new process for the removal Of.
objects from wood fibre, such as paw
ing blocks, building materials. etc..
has just been patented. Mortar,
vitriol, sublimate, etc., enter into the
composition of the material. which
can be sawed, nailed, drilled and 9TH
erwise treated just like wood.
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RUIN SMALL DOSES.

The small doses frequently repeated. small
glasses Of liquor regularly taken every day,
are what make Of IN honest citizen a victim
of alcohol without his having ever. perhaps,
passed through 4 state Of complete intoxica-
tion, and without his having suspected the
danger to which he was exposed.
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Call It a Craze.
AN ALARMING STATEMENT
CONCERNING WOMEN.
HOW BAD HABITS ARE FORMED.

The New York Tribune says "The habit Of
taking headache powders is increasing to an
alarming extent among great number of wo-
men throughout the country. These powders as
their name indicates. are claimed by the manu-
facturers to be positive and speedy cure for any
form of headache. In many cases their chief
ingredient is morphine, opium, cocaine or some
other equally injurious drug having a tendency
to deaden pain. The habit of taking them is
easily formed but almost impossible to shake
off. Women usually begin taking them to re-
lieve raging headache and soon resort to the
powder to alleviate any little pain or ache they
may be subjected to, and finally like the NOR
phine or opium fend, get into the habit Of taking
Them regularly, imagining that they are in pain
if they happen to miss their regular dose"
In nine cases out of ten, the trouble is
in the stomach and liver. Take simple
laxative and liver tonic and remove the
offending matter which deranges the
stomach and causes the headache. DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are composed
entirely of the purest, concentrated,
vegetable extracts. One Pellet is
dose; sugar-coated, easily swallowed;
once used, always in ta0or. They posi-
lively cure sick headache and remove
the disposition to it.
Mr. E VARGAsoN of Otter Lake, Ld6ee, Co.
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In the SDriug

you feel languid. tired out, depressed in spirit;
your liver is torpid; your system requires a
thorough cleansing You may be troubled with
Biliousness. Dyspepsia or Sour stomach. You
may suffer from Headache arising from u dis
ordered stomach. Quirk's Irish Tea, intro
duced in 1875. will cure you instantly. Thou
sands have used it with succesS-it never faiIs
in removing the cause of the disease az once.
At druggists. or mailed tor 25 cents. Elliott Il
Rogers, .Ul West l4lst Street, New York City.
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In India native con get good board
Tor six cents O day.
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Veal; Lungs DR.. Hunters famous book
explaining how consumption arises, in what
way it can be prevented and the new treat.
ment by which it is now cuIcd, is advertised
in another column.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teethl9g, so1tens the gums, REDUCES infiamma-
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Hereafter there is to be no wood
work whatever on German men-of
war.
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A Dose in Time Saves Nine of Hale's Honey
of Horchound and Tar for Coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
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Ottes <SNcy Taper w.
Mich., writes: IT not
infrequently have an at
tack Of the headache.
It usually comes on in
the forenoon. At my
dinner I eat Iny regular
meal, and take one or
two of Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets irnine-
diately after, and in the
course Of an hour my
headache is cured and
no bad effects. I feel
better every way for
having taken them
not worse, as is usual
after taking other kinds
of pills. Pleasant Pei
let's are worth more
than their weight in
gold, if for nothing else
han to cure headache"
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Switzerland produces almost as
many cheeses as varieties of watches.
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Karl's Glover Root, the great blood purifier,
piyes freshness and clearaess to the complex
Ion and cures constipation, 25 cts, 50 cts. Il.
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There are IA, 9S3 pastors and 1862, :
7GO members in all the colored Meth
odist churches.
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MASSACHUSETTS, Investigating the South.
Tho committee from the Massachusetts
Legislature has returned from its tour the
purpose Of investigating the industrial Sltu-
alton in the South.
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BOTH BROTHER AND KISG.

Our always bright contemporary. the Chris
tan Register, puts its case in fresh and al
mring way when it says: "There ls simply
g between the orthodox view of Jesus and
the Unitarian. The orthodox calls him king,
the Unitarian drops the e, and changes his
royalty into kinship. 1t takes fewer letters
to spell the word but how much larger is the
ronception!' 1t is not necessary to discuss
which spelling conveys the larger meaning;
what we wish to suggest is that the Register
has made false antithesis. The orthodox
view does not deny the kinship Of Jesus, but
to the fullest extent accepts and insists upon
this truth. Then it takes further step, and
adds to the Kingship Of Jesus. Again tho
boasted breadth Of I'nitarianism turns out,
Oh analysis. to be narrowness. The ENam-
liner.
Others will judge you, not hy what you
run BE-. but hy what you are; hut you must
Judge yourself not by what you are, but
what you can be.-Ivan Panan.
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;Menial AlcrtIless

depends very largely on the physical condi-
ton. Sluggish blood dulls the brain. A Ri
pans Tabule after meals will clear away the
inps in short order.
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How's This (!

There are 250 women nurses in the hospi
tals Of Japan.
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The Recent Severe Frosts Have Not MaterI-
ally Injured II.

United States Consul Seymour ut Palermo.
Italy, in a report to the Department Of
State ut Washington. says that notwithstand-
ing the severe weather recently experienced
n that district. affecting to certain extent
oranges and lemons in some localities, it is
believed u sufficient number have escaped to
prevent perceptible change in the amount ex-
ported in the prices in foreign markets.