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THE IlGHT-WHEEL CRAZE.
The ThoroughgoingW Whee1man Sacri'
fees Everything to Lightness.

The Thorough9oingW Wheelman Sacri'
fees Everything to Lightness.
Regarding the craze for light wheels
which Is now being so much discussed
among wheelmen, O writer has the fol-
lowing to say on the subject: A few
years ago when the lightest wheel
weighed some fifty pounds, and weight
of machine was regarded rs essential
to steadiness and safety, all wheel rid
ers voluntarily carried bells and Ian
terms and mud shields and guards for
the trousers, and various other things.
With the advent of the pneumatic tire
came the mania for light machines.
The common bicycle weighs now about
thirty-two pounds. Most members Of
the L. A. W. have road wheels that
weigh ten or fifteen pounds less. The
reduction Of every pound Is hailed
with delight
The thoroughgoing wheelman sacri-
fees everything to lightness. His fan
mel suit weighs but a few ounces.
When he Is particularly enthusiastic
he discards hose and has his head
shaved. Any man on wheel who has
whiskers Is not an enthusiast If Sen
ator PETER should ever be lured into
cycling by Jerry Simpson the Senate
would lose the adornment Of his fow-
ing whiskers.
Except where the law imposes pen
atty, the wheel has. no lantern, no bell,
no mud guards, no anything but q
small tool box, and in that the oil can
Is only half filed to the saving Of few
grains Of weight When a man will
sacrifice his mustache and nave his
head shaved to resemble a Sing Sing
convict and, as in the case Of one
wheel maniac, will have a few teeth
drawn to tighten the load-wnen he
will smoke q cigarette rather than
cigar because 1t Is llghter-can we e1-
pect him 10 submit to bell and lantern
unless he Is powerless to control legis-
lation? An occasional pedestrian over
thrown, or O baby carriage smashed,
children run down or q fat woman
rolled over, he regards as unimportant
compared with the reduction Of his
machines weight few ounces. When
O man is so enslaved by the bicycle
habit as to take anti-fat nostrums to
tighten his weight, his opinions as to
safeguards for the public are not
worth legislative consideration.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

Canada's annual liquor bill is 9134, 49,, 400.
The consumption of intoxicating liquors
in New Zealand is decreasing year by year.
The National W. C. T. L. will conduct
summer meetings at Chautauqua and Noun
tain Lake PARK.
It takes 5000 b-eweries to supply EaSlaaa
with beer, and during the past yea- SOFA"
900 have been closed
Governor Sh"akley. Of Alaska. refuses To
issue the necessary permits for the esIa9llsii-
ment Jf brewcrcs il that Territory.
Mrs. Willis Davis, bride, killed herself in
Warren County, Kentucky,on seeing.her hus'
baad under the influence of liquor.
The Duke OF Conuausht declares that TO-
tal abstinence is absolutely necessary to Il
ripe old age. His mother, Queen Victoria, Is
seventy-siN.
Belgiums revenue from the drink habit
has grown in forty years from 4.0OO,OoO 10
33 600 600 francs. crime increasing 2O0 per
cent at the same time and insanity l23 per
cent
Finland has demonstrated that spirits are
not necessary in cold countries, having be-
come practically Il total abstinence country
This change has been effected under local
option and woman suffrage.
new law for the better observance Of
Sunday In Russia will probably close all the
dram shops throughout the Empire on that
day. An effort is being made to have them
keep open one hour of the day.
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A DREAM.

The following day strovet 10 make amends
for the lost time, but in vain. The deep peace
and renewed power for Service yesterday was
scattered. Another and another day passed,
and I did not realize that this solitary way
sprang from the faithlessness and disooedi-
ence which had grieved my loving Lord.
Then cold settled on my lungs, and l lay
down for suffering work-which Is stu SER
vice, though it does not challenge the envy
or admiration of men; but these services re-
mained yelled save in the results until "the
day shall declare it." One night in my sleep
seemed to wander in dark pine wood; the
branches, interlaced above me, left the mid
night sky visible at intervals as the wind swept
through them. The depth OF the forest was
illumined by q lamp, suspended from the SKY
between two golden chains 1t oscillated with
the exactitude of the pendulum OF clock
above q white marble monument. The light
cleaned brighter in the darkness. and l ap-
preached it and read in large black charac,..
ters: ITO the Memory Of Wasted Hours.
Years have gone by, but have never forgot
ten the sepulchre Of the departed minutes,
nor the sense of loss experienced In that
midnight dream. was restored topeace ere
was laid down to suffer. knew whom
had believed: but oh. how I longed for the re-
storation of those wasted hours that the canK-
er-worm and the palmer-worm had eaten -
Anna Shipton, in THE Hearing Heart
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FEEDING EWES WITH LAMBS.

If the pasture is good, the safest
grain to feed the ewes is mixture OF
oats and buckwheat, of which one
pound day may be given with profit.
This food is excellent for making
milk, which should be the principal
object of the feeding at this period. At
the same time, this mixed grain may
be ground finely and given to the
lambs in a small quantity, in a
separate pan with narrow openings to
let in the lambs and keep out the
ewes. 1t should be spread in rather
broad, fiat troughs, so that too much
may not be eaten at once. An ounce
or two day may be given after the
lambs are four weeks old and have be.
gun to pick grass, increasing with the
age and growth. New York Times.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
THE 1Ssr1nAryoS OF THE SPIRIT.

The phrase .sthe Bible is simply literature
which some are using today, as sugeestion
against bibliOlatry. is not true. Lltefaiule
is the letter: Scripture IS the letter inspired
by the Spirit. What Jesus said IN lustlhca-
ton of his doctrine of the new birth is equalIy
anplicabic to the doctrine OF INSPIRATION
That which is born OF the nesn IS nesn, auu
that which is horn OF the Splrlt IS si,'ti.
Educate, develop and refine the natural man
70 the highest possible point, and yet ne ls
not a spiritual man, till through the new
birth. the HOLY Ghost renews and lndWeii5
him so of literature, however elevated us
tnre however lofty its thought, it ls not
Scripture. Scripture Is literature lnaWelt oy
the Shirt OF God. The absence OF the Holy
Ghost from any writing constitutes the lni-
nassable gulf between 1t and Scripture. Our
Lord iu speaking of his own doctrine uses
the same language to snow lts
which he employs above to mark the
distinction of the new man. He says: III
is the Spirit that quickeneth the flesh profit
eth nothing; the words that have spoken
unto YOU are spirit and are life" (John 6:6S,
RY.). Words they were. and In that respect
literature; but words divinely imbreathed,
and therefore Scripture. In fine, the one
fact which makes the Word Of God unique
book, standing apart In solitary seParateness
from all other writings, IS tnal Wnicn aso
parts off the man Of God from common men
the indwelling of the Holy Ghost; Inere.
fore we may say truly OF the Bible, not
merely that it was inspired, but it is inspired; ;
that the Holy Ghost breathes within It, max
ing it not only authoritative in its doctrine,
but life-giving in its substance, so that they
who receive its promises by faith have "oeen
begotten sgain, not OF corruptible seed; but
of incorruptible, through the Word OF God'
which liveth and abideth" q Peter :2S, K.
V.).-From the "Ministry Of the Spirit.
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VICTORIES oF LIFE.

When q man conquers his adversaries and
his difficulties it is not as If he never had en-
countered them. Their power, still kept, is
in all his future life. They are not only
events in his past history, they are elements
in all his present character. His victory is
colored with tho hard struggle that won it.
His sea of glass is always mingled with fire,
just as this peaceful crust OF the earth
on which we live. with its wheat
fields and vineyards and orchards and flower
beds is full still Of the power Of the
convulsion that wrought it into its
present shape, of the floods and vo canoes
and glaciers which have rent it or drowned
it, or tortured 1t. Just as the whole fruitful
earth, deep in its heart, is still mingled with
the ever burning fire that is working out
its chemical tltnt ss for its work, just so the
life that has been overturned and overturned
by the strong hand of God, filled with the
deep revolutionary forces of suffering, puri-
fed by the strong fires Of temptation, keeps
strong discipline forever, ard roots in that
discipline the deepest growths of the most
sunny and luxuriant spiritual life that 1t Is
ever able to attain-Pnillips Brooks.
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HTo DO GOOD"

This was the practical creed OF Thomas
Pal, e, who was falsely accused by all "truly
good people, Of his time with doing only
evil. Let US all go forward in initiating his
noble example. Our sphere may be very
restricted one, but ii is always large enough
to contain holy thoughts and noble actions.
1t is possible for us every day to live to help
some one in need, to comfort the respondent
and downcast. There is trouble enough
everywhere around us to give us an oppor-
tunity to lend some forlorn spirit
helping hand. Encouragement is
needed by somebody all the time.
Trouble is all about us all the time. But
what we do is not to he doue for tho sake of
being en- of men. That is selfish spirit
rather than ore of self-sacriace. We are to
do good byword or deed continually and
when we are done with the activities of this
world we shall receive a kindly welcome
from the All-Father, who.is only love- 1t is
an error 10 declare that n good deed is not
acceI table TO HIN as well as ascommendatory
the sense Of mankind. 1t will never he dis
approved on high, provided it is done from a
pu. & motive.
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MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG TURKEYS.


The critical period in the life Of the
domesticated turkey is the first three
or four weeks OF its life. The young
chicks are exceedingly tender, and re-
uuire close attention to prevent dis
ease and other natural enemies getting
in among them. When the young
first come off the nest they should be
confined in pens or small yards for q
few days, or until they are strong
enough to jump or fly over board
twelve to eighteen inches high, after
which they may be allowed more lib
erty, but not to wander far away into
the fields and wet grass early in the
morning; and they should also be
housed during long, cold spring rains.
To prevent wandering, see that they
arc bountifully supplied with nutri-
tious and agreeable food near their
roosting places. For the first few
weeks the chicks should have coarse
corn meal and sour milk, or, what is
better, baked corn bread and curdled
milk. There is danger of overfeedlnS
with raw corn meal, as this will some
times harden in the crop, especially
if the supply OF sour milk is not SUI,
fcient. Scraps of meat and animal
meal, as it is termed, may be given
after the chicks are two weeks old.
When q month old, if the weather mas
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GET OUT THE GOOD.

Are there not some in your circle to whom
you naturally betake yourselfin times OF trial
and sorrow? They always seem to speak the
right word, to give the very counsel you are
longing for: you do not realize, however, the
cost which they had to pay ere they became
80 skillful in binding up gaping wounds and
drying tears. But if you were to investigate
their past history you would find that they
have suffered more than most. They have
watched the slow, untwisting Of some silver
cord on which the lamp of life hung. They
have seen the golden bowl of joy dashed to
their feet and its contents split. They have
stood by ebbinG tides. and dropping gourds,
and noon sunsets but all this has been nee
essary to make them the nurses, the physi-
clans, the priests OF men. The boxes that
come from foreign climes are clumsy enough {;
but they contain spices which scent the air
with the fragrance of the Orient. So suffer
ing is rough and hard to bear; but it hides
beneath it discipline, education, possibilities
which not only leave US nobler, but perfect US
to help others. Do not fret, or set your teeth,
or wait doggedly for the suffering to pass !;
but get out Of it all you can, both for your
self and for your service to your generation,
according to the will of fGod.-Rev.F F 3. Meyer
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN,
NARROWING PASTURES.

There are many pastures which can
be much improved by narrowing with
a forty-tooth drag that will cut into
the surface soil. This will admit air
to places covered by moss. and enable
the grass to grow more vigorously. OF
course some of the roots of the grass
will be destroyed; but the stirring of
the soil will make more grow in their
place. If there is much moss on the
surface it will require under draining
to remove surplus water to make a
permanent improvement. - Boston
Cultivator.
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What Fighting Means In Kentucky

An old woman living some distance
from Manchester, Ky. was summoned
as q witness to tell what she knew
about u fight at her house several
nights before in which three or four
people were killed. She mounted the
stand with evident reluctance and
many misgivinSs, and when question
ed by the court as to what she knew
about the matter said: "Well, ledge,
the fust l knowed about 1t was when
Bill Sanders called Tom Smith q liar
en- Tom knocked him down with a
stick of wood. One Of Bills frieuds
then hit Tom with knife, slicin' big
piece out Of him. Sam Jones, who was
q friend Of Toms, then shot the other
fellow, en- two more shot him, en- three
or four others got cut right smart by
somebody. That naturally caused some
excitement, Jedge, en- then they COM
menced film ."-Louisville Courier
journal "
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THE DaUNKARD's WIFE.

The drunkard in his bed tossing and NOAH
ing. with throat that cracks with its grasp
ing thirst, and blood that crawls like
migration of maggots along the flaccid veins,
and breath that sickens and stinks and makes
one look for red crested grave worms to
crawl out of lips and eyes and nostrils and
burrow into the puffy cheeks OF the cadaver,
sloughing visbly. y y Still the same scene,
the night wears on; children sit up In bed
and mock the lone, sleepless watcher by cry
inc. "Drink, mamma, drink" The lamp
burns low--goes out. The darkness turns
gray. The hot evening horror has boiled
down. and the tortured ones are still at last.
like flies in tar. Out Of the shadow form
stoops and searches for live Goals in the
ashes vainly. 1t is the drunkard's wife.
God pity her.
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TWO HUNDRED INDIANS DRUNK.

Two hundred Omaha Indians, who re-
ceived their annuity OF S25,00O. went to
Pender, Neb., and began drinking freely. 1t
was not long before drunken Indians, women
as we'll as men, were thick in the streets
Depredations of all kinds were committed.
Drunken women paraded the streets, howl.
inc and acting as if bedlam had broken
loose. Some threw their arms around white
mems necks and asked for kiss. Some OF
the bucks when completely overcome with
liquor, fell in the road and we're picked up
later by friends and carried out OF town.
Several wagon loads were disposed OF in this
manner. Knives. pistols and all sorts Oh
deadly weapons were displayed. but no one
WAS seriously injured.
About twenty citizens held meeting at
noon. and IL the word had only been said,
lynching would soon have been in progress,
and the saloon-keepers would have been the
victims. -Vineland Outlook
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PROTECT SHEEP AGAINST GRUB IN TIE HEAD

PROTECT SHEEP AGAINST GRUB IN THE HEAD.
Many American shepherds advise
smearing the salt trough with tar, but
this is seldom thorough enough. A
practice to be recommended, where
the flock is not too large, is to smear
the noses of the sheep periodically, at
least once a week, during the season
of greatest activity of the fly, with o
mixture of equal parts of tar and
grease, or of tar and fish oil, or Of tar
and whale oil. Some have used whale
oil alone with good results. A british
will be- found convenient to apply
these mixtures. A reliable authority
speaks in fattering terms of the use Of
an ointment made as follows: Bees.
wax, one pound; linseed oil, one pint;
carbolic acid, four ounces. Melt the
wax and oil together, adding two
ounces of rosin to give body, then, as
it is cooking, stir in the carbolic acid.
The same authority mentions the use
by some breeders of choice stock of
canvas face cover smeared with this
mixture, or with one of asafetids and
tallow, which may be adjusted in such
q fashion as not to interfere with the
sight or with grazing, and yet protect
the lamb against the fly that lays the
egg from which the grub matches.
Some farmers plow few burrows in
the pasture so the.sheep may put their
noses in the fresh earth and thus keep
the fly away.-New England Home.
stead.
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AN EMINENT JUDGES EVIDENCE.

Lord Justice Denman, of England. has re-
Gently given this evidence against the drink:
"Intemperance is the greatest curse and the
most potent cause of misery from which this
Nation suffers. Twenty years OF Judicial
life, and forty-six years Of constant attend
ance in the criminal courts as an advocate
or Judge are enough to enable any man to
form an opinion as to the extent OF the mis-
chief caused by drunkenness. Not a day
passes in the criminal courts without some
evidence of it. suppose that between 1872
and 1893 must have tried many thousands
of cases of violence and cruelty-murders,
manslaughters, murderous and savage
woundings, kiclings and assaults. OF these,
am sure, Ispeak we'll within the mark when
I say that more than one-half were directly
connected with excessive drinking"
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Horse Meat Not Labeled.

DR.. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau OF Animal
Industry Of the Agricultural Department,
speaking Of the report that 4 large horse
slaughtering and packing industry had been
started in Portland, Oregon. said that there
was no law compelling such meats to be la
beled, as In casee Of oleomargarine when
sold as butter. DR.. Salmon says that the de-
partment had endeavored to secure legisla-
tion similar to the oleomargarine law. which
will compel dealers In horse meat to have it
labeled 80 that consumers need not be de-
ceiyed
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become warm, as it is usually in June.
the chicks may be allowed to go into
the fields, where they will find insects
and worms and other natural and
healthful food, but be sure and feed
them and have some sour milk and
clean water ready for them when they
come up at night; and then you can
count the flock and see how many, II
any. are being killed during their
wanderings.-New York Sun.
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yI3.TANTs FROM TIE DEAD.

That the dead are seen 10 more l will not
undertake 10 maintain against the concur
rent testimony of all ages and all nations.
There is no people. rude or unearned among
whom appartions OF the dead are not re-
lated and lel:eved. This opinion, which
prevails is far rs human nature is difrused
could become universal only by its truth /;
those that heard Of one another would not
have agreed in tale which nothing but ex-
pnriel.ce could make credible. That it is
doubted hy single cavillers can very little
weaken the general evidence, and some who
deny It with their tongues confCss it with
:nelr faarS.--D.. johnson.
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Wooden Bread.

In Berlin there is a great bakery
where two hundredweight OF wood
bread is turned out every day for
nopular consumption. The bread is
made out of sawdust and rye flour
three-fourths sawdust. A chemical
nrocess takes away the texture and
taste of the sawdust and liberates the
saccnarine and nutritive elements,
and. with little rye -four, it makes
nutritious bread, which is sold at
SLIP per hundredweight. American
Farmer.
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ALCOHOL AS MEDICINE.

Decided change of opinion has taken place
of late years regarding the medicinal prop
critics of alcohol. Says Doctor James T.
Nichols on this subject:
"As regards the medicinal value OF any OF
the spirituous liquors which are known In
commerce, very much may be said. II all
the brandies, whiskys, wines and malt
LIQUORS which now exist were suddenly de-
stroyed, and there could be no further pro,
duction, no class but dipsomaniacs would
suffer any pain or distress for single hour
"In all cases of disease where an alcoholic
seems to be Indicated, science presents nom
alcoholics that may serve an equally useful
purpose. The alcohol question as related to
medicine may be summed up in few words.
In no instances of disease of any form IS it
medicine which might not be dispensed with,
and other agents substituted.
"This view of the chemical and thera--
peutical needs and uses OF alcohol, as related
to the human family, is not presented from
the standpoint Of the temperance orator, out
from that Of the scientific investigator
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A sCUFFLE HOE.

Several correspondents have cent
me sketches of a homemade scufhe
hoe or hand weeder. 1t is here illus
trated. Any fat piece of steel, piece
of drawing knife, old scythe, etc.,
may be used for the blade, and this is
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attached to q hoe or similar handle of
hard wood by means of two iron rivets
-ivited on the blade and fastened to
the handle with bolts or nails. Used
between the rows it loosens the soil
without moving it, and cuts off all
weeds. Farmer.
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HA1rEB-pUI11Na PREVENTED.

To break horse of halter-pulling.
use strong halter and run the tie
through the ring in q post or manger
and tie to one fore foot at suitable
length. improvised this plan when
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A SENSIBLE PLEDGE.

There is in Danville, Conn.,, a society Of
young women, numbering already four hun
dred, who have individually pledged them
selves not to marry drinking men. 1t is
very sensible pledge. There are some men
who can use liquor in moderation without
any danger Of becoming drunkards, but
with most men the danger Is very great. and
many man who Is quite sure OF himself Is
in fact on the verge OF ruin.
But that is not all. Even if the man HIM
self could be depended upon with safety, he
could NOT by any possibility guarantee his
sons against yielding to the temptation
which would beset them from their very in
fancy by reason of his use Of liquor: The
woman who does not want 10 be either the
wife of drunkard or the mother OF a drunk
ard has therefore only one way Of escape
from that danger, and that is to turn deaf
ear to any sutor who uses liquor at all; even
If he does promise to give it up for her. II
he only gives it up to get her he will proba-
bly take Ii It up again after he has gained his
epd-New York Witness.