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Cornerstone Wants.

Wanted. better receipt for prosperity
than sober and Industrious people.
Wanted, homes where the sights and
sounds OF the saloon will never come.
Wanted, to know when Uncle Sam will
grow tired Of the burden OF the saloon and
throw 1t OF. ~
Wanted, by the gin mills 100,0 900 bows for
the annual grist. Money Is no object
must have the boys.
Wante5, to find man who really thinks
that - saloon Is good thing and the
saloonSeeper good man. ...
Wanted, to know which has the stronger
"pull" In securing temperance legislation,
the church or the saloon.
Wanted, all men to know that the drink
question will be settled just as soon as the
voters sny the word.
Wanted, to know where the profit for the
American people comes in investing money
in the saloon where the expenses are many
fold the revenue. x
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EGGS From Hardy Fowls.

As a fowl inherits the character and
weaknesses of its progenitors, it must
be accepted that the egg enclosing the
embryo, contains these within itself.
An egg laid by G weakly hen will be
weakly. if such term can be applied
to it. The germ will be feeble and
probably the yolk and white will be
deficient in some special qualities. In
sending eggs by rail much will depend
upon the hardihood of the producing
stock. IF from coarse, hardy birds
the germs will stand great amount
of knocking about before they will be
affected thereby. But if they are
from closely bred birds they will be
easily affected and soon ruined. The
more inbreeding is resorted to tho
weaker will be the germ.-Agricul-
tural Epitonist.
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Booming q Mongoose.

Although I sold tickets in a red
circus wagon for years." continued
the dime museum man, "I was badly
fooled once in an animal deal. meal
by this that I fooled myself. I got S
letter from g collector, who wanted tt
know if I would buy mongoose. }
wrote back to have it shipped at once.
and it was to be in the museum, ready
for exhibition, one Monday morning.
I had rather hazy idea of what the
beast looked like, but was sure that
it was something big, with tusks, ano
I told our artist to 60 ahead on that
idea and spread himself.
"He did. The picture he evolved
would catch any ones eyes at glance.
He took whole frame OF canvas anc
painted for q background tropica!
island, with the the mongoose chewing
up sailors on the shore.
"The picture was finished Sunday
and I couldn't help but rub my hands
when I looked at it. The moment il
was hung out people flocked around
it, and the early morning attendance
Monday was remarkable. The doors
were opened before I got down, ono
rs I went upstairs I could lear sub
dued growl.
"'That's the mongoose,' I said tc
myself. The idiots haven't fed it,
"It wasn't the mongoose. 1t was
the crowd growing like Roman moi
behind the scenes. They had beel
lured by the picture, and when they
got to the cage labeled 'Mongoose
they couldn't see the beast at all. II
had buried itself in the straw. Chi
cago Tribune.
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gress OF the approaching boats. Bado-
Ror stood further away, he, too, in
tently watching our visitors as they
drew gradually nearer. The white
CLOTH the token of our surrender,
Aoated lazily in the warm breeze. The
bright sky, dotted here and there
with a snowy cloud, spread glorious
canopy over the scene. 1t looked like
war. In the gladness of my heart !
knew it was the most blessed peace.
I turned toward the palace. The
pale face of Miss Arnold could just be
seen, peering from the little window
in the south tower. I waved my hand
reassuringly, and her handkerchief
futtered in reply.
The boats sped through the water.
yet it seemed as though they would
never land.
As they drew nearer, saw man
in civilians clothes sitting on the
cushions besides the commanding Of
fcer. This man, whose features could
not as yet be distinguished, seemed
to be telling the officer something
about the palace. His long arm
would stretch out, and his finger
would point to the south tower.
The nearer the boats came,
the more interested I became in that
man. His gestures, his build, his
bearing, seemed strangely familiar.
The boats grated upon the sand.
The gunners in the parapet looked
toward mefor Instructions; Garu-Saak
and Bado-Ror stood with drawn
swords awaiting orders. Oso-Bark
stepped to my side. I think he spoke
to me. But I did not hear him. !
saw nothing around me. I heard
nothing. Ny eyes, strained in their
.ockets, were riveted in the civilian.
Ny heart pounded my ribs in a wild
tumult. I trembled in every limb.
Had T made on attempt to speak, I
doubt if could have uttered sound.
I forgot for O moment that I was King
of Talmooch. I was not the chief of
Jumars nor of the Kaleks. was once
more the Crickmore of San Francisco.
The thin man in civilian garb was
Arthur Langston.
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CanlSer in Apple Wood.

A comparatively new disease has
within few years appeared in apple
trees. It is a canker, fungus
growth, which causes at first an en-.
largement of the branch by apparently
raising the bark. Its second stage is
to eat away the substance OF the inner
bark, causing q hollow. Then the dis
case progresses, often extending to
the middle of the branch, causing it
to blacken and die. After few years
it extends over the entire tree and
kills it. The disease is at first often
mistaken for what is called sunscald,
and the twenty-ounce and Spitzenburg
varieties, that are most apt to sun
scald, have generally proven most vul-
nerable to it. Both these varieties
are deficient in vigor, and it is one
popularity of the disease that it pre-
ferably attacks old trees that have
roughened bark, which hold the spores
of the fungus until they can work
their way down to the inside bark. 1t
will not attack young, vigorous trees.
It is quite likely that the present prev
alence of the canker is due to the
great apple crop of 1896, which so
greatly weakened vitality in many
orchards that they will never fully re-
cover.
Though it is called apple canker.
other trees, including the pear and
ounce, are subject to it. The brown
rot which somewhat attacks apples
and pears will spread the disease II
some of the rot is placed in contact
with cut surface on healthy tree.
This brown rot OF apples and pears
was, we believe, known many years
ago. But it was before so much was
known about bacteria, and little atten-
ton was given to the rot, as beyond
destroying few specimens it had no
power to injure the tree. Now either
the disease has grown more vlrulent
or trees arc more susceptible to it
than they once were.
Wherever this disease is suspected
ell orchards should be sprayed with .
Bordeaux mixture. This will kill the
spores that are en- the limbs, and 1t
should be done if possible before the
tree is in leaf. When the canker be-
gins to eat into the tree it poisons the
SAP, and the fungus is carried oil
through the limb. The effect of spray
ing with Bordeaux mixture is always
TO produce O smooth bark and
healthy green color. If farmers will
not spray to save their fruit they may
at least bo obliged to do go to save
their trees from threatened destcue-
tiou by this new fungus disease
American Cu!tivatcr.
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The Man With tho jug.

Mr.. Markham's poem, "The Man With the
Hoe" has attracted much sttention aud
elicitsd the sympathy OF millions OF tender
hearts In favor OF the farmer, and properly
50, for he Is "bowed with the weight OF cen-s
turies' and has "on his back the burden
OF the world" But who thinks OF Offering
sympathy to the man with the jug? He
too labors under burden, sometimes be-
yond his strength, and falls out OF slight
and Into an unhonored grave.
. The world looks upon the man With the
jug as common drunkard not worth at-s
tentIon, much less respect, and turns the
cold shoulder to him until he loses all self
respect and gives up all hope OF redemption.
It Is true.that he Is more to blame for his
condition than any one else and must an
swer to God for his sin OF seli-destruction.
But he is not alone to blame. Influences
were brought to bear on him and tempta-
tions placed in his way that lured him to
his ruin. II the appetite Is hereditary.
In m measure, share the responsibility. II
the appetite is the result OF social environ
ments, then these guilty OF placing the
temptation before the unfortunate man
must bear the blame. In either case the,
victim Is more to be pitied than scorned. x
Some OF the most pitiabe objects we have
ever seen were men utterly under the do
nlinion OF the jug. Though convinced OF
sin, aud the final ruin OF the soul, body and
estate, OF indulgence In strong drink, and
struggling to be free, like fawn In the
folds OF an anaconda, they were perfectly
helpless. Led away, 1t may be, In the be-
ginning, and bIanabls for yielding, In tho
end they were the unwilling victims OF ap-s
petite. It Is true no. case Is absolutely,
hopeless, because the Lord pledges Him
sell to help every struggling soul. But to,
get such soul, whose moral senses have
been blunted by long indulgence, to see I
this and lay hold CT the hope set before !
him, Is the hardes: kind OF work, as every
body knows who has had any observation. ]
As long as human nature remains what
It Is, aud facilities are afforded men to feed
their greed, the jug will be supplied. With
LIQUOR, and the great army OF respectable
drinkers will be recruited. and In turn the
grave will receive dead drunkards. There,
Is but one remedy. We eau neither kill
nor punish the man with the Jug, but We
can take temptation out Of his way. We
can break theiug.
God pronounces woe upon the man
who puts the bottle to his neighbours mouth
and makes him drunk. The curse must
rest on all who are guilty, whether parents
or those who compose the community, OF
rule the State or Nation. Our Governments
is such as to allow US to free ourselves
from the curse II We will. The RESPONSE
bility rests upon the good people OF our
land. The man with the jug must be res;
lieyed. Then the man With tie hoe viii
have lighter load to carry,-Northwest-
arm Advocate
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Church Roarlers.

A friend OF mine told me once that when
he went @ boarding house he could al.
ways tell who the boarders were, for they
never alluded to family matters, but sat
down Mt the table and talked OF outside af-
fairs; but when the son came he would go
into the sitting room to see II there were let
ters, and inquire after the family, and show
in many ways his interest in the household.
1t doesn't take five minutes to tell that he Is
not boarder and that the others are. And
so 1t Is with tho church OF God. You see
these boarders in church every Sunday
morning, but they don't take any interest:
they come to criticise. And that is about all
that constitutes Christian nowadays. They
are boarders in the house OF God; and we
have got Loo many boarders.-D. L. Moody
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Texts For Fariners' Law Sermons.

l. A farmer who does not love hig
business is not likely to succeed.
Work with no heart in it is not apt to
be we'll done, for "when the heart
strays the work flags"
9. Hogs and hominy are all right in
their way. But the farmer who pro-
vides these only or mainly for his
table supplies is not living up to his
privileges.
8. Run your farm to make living
from it, and you are almost sure to
get good one and make some money
besides. If you farm to make money
alone it is doubtful if you get either.
4. Avoid debt as you would the pes
thence. If unavoidable meetit brave.
ly and conquer it.
8. A farmers first aim should be to
make for himself and family COM
Portable support. Then, like the
Dutchman in the story, let him try to
make money-honestly, if he can-to
meet the needs of the rainy day, so
sure to come some time.
6. II you want to keep your boy on
the farm interest him in the work by
giving him IN interest in the results
OF his labor. To add to his interest
provide him with suitable books, mag
azines and papers, and don't begrudge
him O well-earned holiday now and
then. These Investments will pay al
most daily dividends.
7. The most profitable acre on the
farm is that devoted to well-tended
vegetable and fruit garden.
8. Credit has killed more farmers
than it has helped. Like temper, it
is an excellent thing to have, but be
careful and not lose it.
9. Concentrate your working capi.
tai, labor and fertilizers on oDe-hali
the acres you are now tending and see
ii farming does not pay better divi.
dends and cost less trouble.
10. The forehanded farmer is gen.
orally the full-handed farmer. He "hc
keeps we'll ahead Of his work is master
of the situation aud ean take advantage
of every circumstance.
II. The true policy of the South is
not to raise less cotton, but to make
it at less cost, on "a smaller acreage,
more highly worked and fertilized,
and that, too, as surplus crop.-M.
E. Boyton, in Home and Farm.
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DR.. Norman Kerr.

This eminent English physician, who
made special subject OF inebriety In its.
many qualifications, died recently at Hast
ings. He was an indefatigable worker and
writer, his volumes, pamphlets and articles
being voluminous. He was consulting ply
sican to the D Dalrymple Inebrlates' Home-
and took great interest In the British Med
ical Association. He was very thorough
going nbstainer, and many OF his state
ments as to tho uselessness OF alcohol will
never be forgotten, rs for instance: GAZE
the alcohol In the world will not contrl-
butte drop OF blood, fllament OF nerve, q.
tibrilla Of muscle, speculum OF bone to
the human economy. On the contrary,
there is death in the cup, waste OF
strength, decay OF su ostance. destruction
Of tissue, degradation OF function, material
DEATH"
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Utilize Your Stream.

There are few farmers who do not
possess running water, spring or O
pond upon their lands-waters which
could be made to produce not only a
luxury for the family but would turn
ont big interest Oh the investment, it
allowed to. An unfailing spring, so
often used as an appendage to the
dairy, could be made to "double up"
by using it for small trout preserve,
which would supply the choicest Of
fish, not only for the farmers private
table, but in the open market during
the proper season.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN,
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Love That Passeth KnowledGe-Speak Out
the Good Tidings-Secret Prayer-The
Fulness of the Spirit-Church Board.
ers-Help Given Day by Day.
Higher than the highest heaven,
Deeper than the deepest hell,
Is Gods love to guilty sinners,
Who, through disobedience, fell.
Why love them so?
do not know;
But this ! know;
Redeeming love and it alone,
Can break q heart as hard as stone.
Purer than the purest fountain,
Wide: than the widest sea,
Sweeter than the sweetest music,
Is Gods love In Christ to me.
Why love me 30?
l do not know;
I only know
That nothing less than love divine
Gould save this sinful soul OF mine.
Stronger than all evil powers
IS this fortress OF our faith.
"Our life is hid with Christ In God,"
In Him we'll triumph over death.
Why love US so?
l do not know;
I only know
That for his boundless love to me
I'll praise Him through eternity.
New York observer.
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* AGRICULTURAL. #
Sweet Corn Fodder.

If properly cared for, the fodder
from sweet corn is as much better for
stock as is the grain for eating as
compared with ordinary field corn.
Yet as the crop Is never all ready to
gather at once, it is the general prac-
tice to leave the stripped stalks stand
ing until they dry, which will be very
quickly after the breaking off of the ear
admits air to the stalk. The small nub-
bins, which are generally the third
ears on a stalk, are worth more to go
with the stalks for cow feed than they
are to sell or to cook.
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A Watering Device.

The cut shows o device for watering
stock in the stalls. A V-shaped trough
extends along before the whole row CT
stalls, forming, with its cover, the
front of the crib. This trough can be
flushed out, the lower end then stopped
and the trough filled. The covers can
be arranged so that the cattle can lift
them when desiring to drink, then
falling back into place of their own
weight. \ very little slope to the
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Perverts Better Instincts.

"Alcohol intenstAss mans sensual pro-
pensities and perverts his better instincts
1mperceptihly aud slowly poisoning and
paralyzing the brain, 1t blunts and destroys
Its highest functions, the moral sentiment >,
and the free and delicate action OF the will
1t makes the man more animal and more
gross, attacking the tissues OF the body; II
spoils and degrades the very germ of future
generations. ."-Professor Forel, Medica
Superintendent Of the Government Asy lun
for the Insane at Zurich, Switzerland, II
an address delivered to the students OF the
universities at Cbristiania, Norway, ano
Upsala Sweden,
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trough will carry the water from one
end to the other. Until one has tried
the experiment OF keeping water con-
stantly before his COWS, thus giving
them the chance to drink whenever
th;rsty-just as is the case when the
animals are at pesture-he will not
realize how much better his stock will
thrive and produce flesh or milk than
is the case when the stock is watered
but once, or, at most, twice day. In
the latter case, if an animal does not
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A Novel Oklahoma Wedding,

John S. Perry, cowboy, and Miss Emma
Meyer, daughter Of cattleman, were mar.
ried few days ago on one side OF q swol.
len stream in Oklahoma while the Rev. Mr..
Carlock, who performed the wedding cere.
mony, stood fifty yards AWAY on the oppo.
site bank. The parson could not get acros:
the stream to the BRIDES home, the place
appointed for the marriage, and the couple
met him at the creek. The groom tied ;he
license ami the marriage fee to I stone aud
threw them across tue stream.
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PRAYER of the Brittany Fisherman.

Fishermen OF Brittany utter this simple
prayer when they launch their boats upon
the deep: Keep me. my God; my boat is
small and the ocean is wide" How very
beautiful the words. the thought! Might not
the same petition he uttered night and
morning by Gods children journeying on
the sen OF life? My boat is small, am go
weak, so helpless, so forgetful OF Thy low
inpkindness. Tossed to and fro at the
mercy OF the world. except thou doest help
me, 1 perish. Keep me. my God, for Thy
ocean is 30 wide"
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table or the feathers. The latter can
thus be kept clean and sold. Even
at O low price, the feathers from
large focks make not little addition
to the profit side of the account. This
method permits the feathers being
saved without any soiling whatever,
consequently the highest price is OBJ
tained.-New England Homestead.
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Whisky and Snake Bites.

Professor Leonard Steineger, CniteH
states Government expert, says tha'
whisky instead OF being an antidote tor
snake bites, according the general hellet
is really an aggravation OF the trouDle, a.
1t acceierates the circulation OF the blooc
and hurries the poison through the Vetos
and arteries with greater rapidity than ID
would otherwise have. What next!
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Help Given Day by Day.

Life must be lived on the instalment plan,
an hour at a time. God promises no grace
for tomorrow, but supplies help only for
today. The habit which some people have
of living life in future lenses, involves them
in host of difficulties and discouragements.
1t has been justly remarked that If men were
called to face the work Of whole life at
any moment, the strongest man would fail;
but because that work Is divided into frag-
ments. the weakest man, If he has courage,
is able to carry the load. The true method
of living is to take one day at time, and to
live that day with God.-N. Y. Observer.
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One yyuy to Take Photographs.

A Houlton (Me.) man recently took
very good photograph with simple
pasteboard box and q dry plate. An
aperture was cut in the box. over
which was pasted piece OF black
paper, in which small hole was made
with the point of pin. The box was
then taken to q: dark room and the
plate securely fastened inside.
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Ninety Per Cent. For LIQUOR.

General Horatio G. King, President OF
the New York State Board that has contro6
OF the Soldiers Home at Bath, N. Y. In
IN official letter to Governor Roosevelt
says that OF the more than S100,0 900 paid
last year In pensions to the inmates OF that
institution, at is not an overestimate tc
state that at least ninety per cent. was
spent lor intoXicantS."
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AlcohoIIs,n and Health.

A recent report OF great Paris hospita-
Aeems 10 give unequivocal evidence OF tn'
tendency OF inteln perance TO UNDERMINE
health. Out of 1000 patients exuminet
seventy out OF every 100 OF the men, ant
thiriy.one our OF "v-ry 100 Of TIE wone'
were hopeless .:uil: .lites" or hard drinkers
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For Dressing Fowls.

The fitting table here shown is just
big enough to hold fowl firmly be-
tween the side boards, with its head
or neck down through the opening,
so that no blood will get upon the
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He who trusts in his own moods for pro-
cress in the Christian life is like man who
rows or rests while his boat Is fastened to
the shore. Trust in self is doubt OF God.
Faith in our own faith is childish folly.
Faith Is faith because 1t cuts the bonds that
bind us to ourselves and makes us share the
life OF our Redeemer.-I. o. r.
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Bill-"That man never seems tc
recognize anyone on the street. ]
wonder what caused him to be sc
near-sighted?" Jill - borrowing
money, I believe. ."-Yonkers States'
man.
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As our lives become broader, new capacl-
ties nre developed In US, both for seeing and
doing. One OF The greatest satisfactions OF
going out to all men in sympathy and ser-
Such giving is like seed-sowing-it rewardF
the sower an hundred. fold.
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PLAN FOR WATERING STOCK IN STALLS.

happen to be thirsty at watering time,
it must go until the next journey to
the trough is made-perhaps twenty
fours distant. York Tribune.
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Of the thirty. nine street railways in
and around Paris Only ten use steam
motors in one form or another for
traction purposes.
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Dusseldorf, Germany, is making
ready to hold Worlds Exposition II
1902.
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An Ononslre and Defensive Alliance.

The Orange Frea State and the Trans.
wal Republic are il :n offensive aud dc.
feusire alliance.