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One great advantage that coarse barnyard manures confer upon the soil is to separate the soil particles and make them more porous. The thicker and more compact a soil is the more does it need coafse barnyard ma- nures. But the value of the liquid manure is efrequently overlooked by farmers, and more of this is. wasted than saved. If a manure heap is located outdoors where the spring rains can fall upon it the water leaching through the pile will soon form a puddle at the bottom. If allowed to stand a short time it will get dark. Now apply some of this liquid manure direct to a dozen hills of corn or any vegetable, and fertilize a dozen more equally good hills with the coarse manure from the pile. Make two or three applications of each dur- ing the summer anti watch the results. The experiment has been tried many times, and the results are invariably in favor of the liquid manure. The plants grow faster and thriftier and produce larger crops. At the Iowa Experiment Station some time ago this experiment was tried, and the acre of corn fertilized with the liquid manure yielded 82.02 bushels of corn, and an- other acre fertilized with barnyard ma- nure of ordinary richness produced only 50.06 bushels This represents roughly what a farm- er is losing when he exposes his ma- nure pile so that the liquid part is wasted. Every rain that falls on it washes away considerable of its most valuable ingredients. This waste is ceaseless. It continues right up to the time of applying the manure to the field. If allowed to stand out all win- ter it stands to reason that more than half of the essence of the manure has been wasted. Fortunately of late years this practice of exposing the manure to the ,weather at all seasons of the year has gradually fallen into disuse, and only a few farmers; of the old school hold to it. In the cowyard and stables the liquid part of the manure is allowed to soak into the earth, where it can never be reached. On a large dairy farm this waste is enormous. If one has wooden or cemented floors of course the waste is checked almost en- tirely, but not one in 10 have such floors. The hard earth floors, packed down by a heavy pounding, and covered with a foot of chaff, will collect most of this liquid manure, in the cow stable. But the absorbent must he renewed often enough to keep all of the liquid from going to waste. If the yard has a slight incline the liquid will run off. and can be conducted into receivers placed at one side. During rain Storms the surplus moisture is great, and a dozen barrels of liquid can be collected in this way. This will be liquid manure strongly diluted, but it can le - poured over the manure heap later in dry weather so that most of It can be absorbed. One loses little fro\th the cow stable exposed to the weather by adopting some such plan as this, region, very fertile, at Valdivia. They were followed by other Germans, and now one-fourth of the country Is dom- inated by people of German descent s but the. Germans in (76111 are among the strongest in their allegiance to the country of their adoption. Owing to this large infusion of German blood, the Chilians of the future will haveaa large proportion of tneu with yellow beards and blue eyes.— Ex. Potatoes In Miehigam The Department ef Agriculture of Michigan have issued a chart showing the average rainfall for the various seasons throughout the different coun-' 'ties of the state of Michigan. and show- ing how the farmers are planting their potatoes at an inopportune time. The reports contain the following • \Potato raising in Michigan is largely on the in •reamme. The importance of good soil -.All supplied with readily available plan* food and thormigh cultivation is recognized by all successful growers. One thing needful to mature a good atop which cannot be supplied by the farmer is rainfall. Much can he done by thorough preparation of the soil, and by judicious and timely celtlya- Bon. to conserve all moisture that CMITles, and the time of planting can 'be better seleeted to use to best ad- lantage the rainfall than is the usual practice with many growers In the • southern part of the state It IN the gen- eral practice to plant potatoea soon after getting in the corn, or about the 20th of May. Potatoes planted at this time will form tubers In August.rut them time of least rainfall and greatest heat. and tinder the most unfevorable eon- dItionr, Would not the eonmiltions be more favorable If the potatoes Were planted earlier or later' If planted early In April. as Is poesible In many soils, rthe tubers would mature before the time of greatest heat and NW rainfall A• early or medium early variety should be iced in this eaume If plant- ed two or three weeks later than the 20th of May. the warm soil, together with the copious ,Inne rains. would give the crop a good start, and the lumber forming period would come late In August and in September. when the rainfall is greeter and the temperature cooler. For northern Michigan the chart shows that the drought inmost in July, when it isn of so injurious to the crop, anti that the rainfall Is greater during the fall months than In the Polithern pall of the state, which may. In part. explain why the northern arc Hon Is so successful in potato grow ing\ German Farmers in ChilL There has been a considerable German ernt- Iratlon to Routh America, namely, to the Argentine Republic, III - twilit) , and Chili. One of the earliest colonisa- tion schemes was to Chili In 1949, now years ego. Herr Anwandter was e leader, and he selected a beautiful :ress rt . :14 , Strawberries. I have tried slimmer planting twice, but have had poor success with it, and would not recommend it uuless you are prepared to irrigate, says a writer in - Rural World.\ Never let the weeds get a start, but cultivate before they can be seen peep- ing through the ground. I use the, Planet, Jr.. cultivator, and think it's the' greatest labor saving cultivator ever made. In very rocky ground, and when the plants are small, 1 tumidly take off all but thres shovels, when rows lir( close together, as this will prevent. throwing dirt or stone on the plants. Where ground is free of rock. 1 would recommend the Planet, Jr., with ten or twelve small, reversible, and the pul- verizer attachment. The hoe is an in- strutnent that can not well be dis- pensed with, and should be used fre- quently and thoroughly, but be care- ful and not hoe too deep. One of the most important items of strawberry growing is the distauee the plants are apart at fruiting time. I be- lieve that six or eight inches by one foot in the matted row system will give as good if not better results than to have them closer. It is easier to tell how the plants should stand than to make them stand just that way. I think that as a rule berry growers are too afraid of spending money enough on their plantations to obtain best ra- sults: The present season I counted 260 ber- ries and blossoms on a single plant that had plenty of room to show what it would do if it Was given a good chance. Even if this plant would only mature 150 good, large sized berries, and that they would only fill one wine quart box, who is there before me to -day that would begrudge that plant even a square foot of ground? The best and cheapest way that I know of to get your plants six or eight inches by one is to set your plants three by five feet and cultivate both ways. and keep all blossoms and runners off the plants until they are well established, good, strong plants, and then let only four rupners form on each plant. Train the first two runners lengthwise of the row, so that you will have a single row of plants one foot apart, then let each plant make two more runners, and then train at right angles of the row, and let each one of these runners make two plants, and keep all the balance of the runners pulled off. This will insure you some very large tine plants that will bear berries in piles, instead of a few little stunted berries, as we often see in matted rows where the plants stand not over an Inch apart. The greatest mistake that I have made has been in allowing plants to mat too closely, but I intend to thin heroically in the future, and I expect that every cent that I spend on my patch will be doubly repaid me in fine large berries that will sell at the very highest market price. Red Dutch Currant. We would like to have the opinions of readers of the Farmers' Review or the true value of this currant. It is probably more prominent than any other variety and has been for many years. A thorough discussion of the subject may prove of value. 'rherefore we solicit answers to khe following quest ions: I. How long have you been growing it? 2. On what kind of soil are you grow- ing it? 3. Is the bush a heavy bearer? 4. Are you having good success with It? 6. Is the bush hardy?„,„, 6. Im it troubled with fungoid die eases? 74 now dpes it stand drought? g. Do you cultivate it yearly? 9. Do you prune the bushes? 10. Do you fertilize them, and if so, with what? 11. How is the fruit for table use compared with other varleties? 12. What is its value for Jelly mak• ing? 13. How does it sell on the market? 14. How does Red Dutch compare with other varieties, everything con- sidered? DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. How Successful Farmers Operate The Depart men/ of the Perm —A Yew ilint• as to the Care of Llve Mock and Poultry. Asparagus The deinand for aspara- gus is on I lie increase, and no garden la complete WithOlit It. It resembles green peas in flavor and is easy to grow; In fact, after a bed is oni•e start- ed, It is not an easy matter to destroy it. I should advise planting In one or more long rows. instead of a small bed, so that it can be cultivated with a horse. Put the rows about four or five feet apart, and set it so that the crowns are four to six inches under the ground Abe° covered up; then let It grow about two years before cutting I cult it About two Inches under I the ground when the stalks are about two inches high, tak- ing everything clean that is tall enough, until about the 1st of June. Then I leave one or more stalks in each hill to grow and keep life in the roots, and qu it cutting about the 1st of July. J. A Sallipa011 A Toeriet Wagon The \van Mania' lit'tV/tlett England as a sliced:nor to the 11011Re boat craze It is not long since two ladies, young, good looking, and hIghlm m•onnei fed. Made a complete tour of Great Britain in a regular show man's Van fitted tip with beds or blinks, reading table, and a couple of chairs A window on either tilde WAS draped with fresh rmiumlin curtains In short, It WAS a regular Mrs Jarley affair, witn everything ercessery for itinerant housekeeping oil stoves, pans, dishes, and all complete Their only attendant was a small - buttons,\ who drove and looked after their horse Work of Fire.---Exped iitithorities In Canada claim that more pine timber has been deatroyed there by fire than has been cut down and taken out by the lumbermen Ten tress, says one authority, heve been destroyed by flre to everf`one rut down by the lum- bermen. If these statements are any way near the mark, then not lefts than 268,000 square miles ef the thtal in the four Canadian provinces east of the eastern boundary of Manitoba have been denuded of their timber groWtb. HE RURAL NEW Yorker devotes one Of its interesting symposiums , from specialists to the question of flavor In butter, Dr. Conn, Dr. Babcock, Pro- clots esso rs Plumb. san Dean, Jordan, Wat- ing ers. Van Slyke and orga Hills, and the Ca- ash. nadian Dairy Corn- want missioner . Mr. Robertson, being mots the contributors. The general re- sup osed that manure from the goose sult of the opinions of these gentle- was more concentril s ted than that from men is that the desirable aroma and 'hens, yet sled) is not the case. It is taste of butter are due to the handling far behind that from the hen anti the of the milk and cream rather than to duck in fertilizing elements, as 1,000 the flavor of the original food. Fresh pounds of fresh goose manure contain butter appears to have no particular as much as 771 pounds of water, and flavor, it being the buttermilk rather 134 pounds of Ork,anic substance, while than the pure fat which gives the its ash is but ninety -live pounds, or taste of butter are due to the handling but little over one-half that of the hen some weeds, such as onions, garlic, rag- manure, weed, etc., is recognized as unfavortt- \The hen manure contains about six- biy influencing butter flavor, the in- teen pounds of nitrogen in 1,000 fluence of feed is generally minimized pounds, the duck inamire about ten by all contributors and flavor is, as a pounds, and the goose manure about rule, ascribed to bacterial action. Dr. five pounds. The hen manure is, there- Conn's views, which may be taken as fore, three times as valuable as the affording a fair index of the others, goose manure in nitrogen. anti the duck are as follows: manure twice as valuable. Goose ma - \The 'flavor' is not the result of any nure, however, contains more potash direct influence of good. Ondoubt- than that front the hen or duck, the edly the food has great influence upon proportion being about nine pounds for the flavor, but the delicate butter the goose, eight pounds for the hen, aroma is only directly related to the and six pounds for the duck. food. This conclusion I base upon the \Manure from pigeons. however, is fact 'that I have succeeded in produc- more valuable than that from fowls, ing the desired flavor from the milk of as pigeon manure contains 529 pounds cows fed upon the widest variety of of water in 1,000 pounds, but its organic foods. Butter fat, when first drawn substance reaches 308 pounds. and its with the milk, does not have the flavor ash 173 pounds. It also contains over found in the choicest butter. In my seventeen pounds of nitrogen and ten own opinion it has no flavor at all re- pounds of potash. In value, therefore, sembling it. Very likely indigestion the manure from pigeons comes first, n• change of food may Influence the that from hens second, that from ducks flavor of the hither. As butter is ordi- third, anti that from geese last, yet it narily made this will almost certainly has always been an accepted theory periments upon this matter. I tied It 1 poasible to produce the butter flavor from all sorts of cream, anti under al- most any rendition, provided I put the right species of bacteria into the crease Value of Poultry Droppings. It is often claimed that poultry ma- nure is iery valuable. Well, that de- pends on the food from which it is pro- duced. Birds that live on animal food, such as meat. ash, etc., produce manure richer that, that fromegrain and grass. Belo% is a comparison of the Value of manure from hens, ducks, geese, and pigeons: - In 1.0)1)0 pounds of hen in there are 564 pounda of water, 255 pounds of orgaalc substance, and 185 'mini& Of ash. /The manure fronu the ducks very ly approaches that from hens, the quantity of duck manure contain - 'huh pounds of water, 262 pounds of lc substance, and 172 potia - 24.4 of The estimates are based on fresh e that has not lost any of its ire. Although most farmers have RUMPLESS FOn,S. Bumpiesu fowls are not only wanting In tall feathers, but their anatomy shows that ttme caudal projection is wanting, and also even thm• final verto- brae of th spine itself. Thls gives them ri very peeullar and grotesque ap- pearance. It is supposed that these originated from the Polish breeds, and that Rome of them were formerly crested with part tally developed beard., with leg feathers and vulture backs, but these have been bred out. Their anatomy being deficient in the usual r;olongatleilloi the vertebrae column upon which the tail feathers of the fowl are planted, renders them devoid of this ornamental appendage, the back part of the body being cov- ered by a few back or saddle feathers. They were formerly bred mostly black In color, or a mixture of black and white, but are mostly found now pure white. They have been somewhat im- proved by breeding. bet are now rarely seen. They are good layers, but the eggs are not apt to be so fertile as those of other breeds. As sitters and mothers they de very well. while •2 a table fowl they are of average quallly follow. Here, too, the influeinie Is an indirect one. but no less ••erta in Some- times the food does have a mt,lrect in- fluence in flifing the hotter with pe- culiar Odere, Pilch as that of garlic. The explanation is not positively known, but it is probably dile to vo- latile product, of the food naming di- rectly into the milk. 'rue food Is the source of the flavor indirertly, the flav- or being directly the result of certain decomposition prOdnete Of the cream. These flavors are produced by bacteria which mititiply in the cream when it Is ripening. Whether proper flavors are prooluiceil in the cream will depend upon whether the proper species of bac- teria are present in eufficient quantity. Some ape, lea of bacteria produce very good flavours. some very poor flavors and some will completely ruin the Rev or and the resulting butter. The lett termaker huts no method of detert141 ing what 'species are present, and will get the proper flavor if he m•hanoe to have the proper /merles The various 'starters' and 'cuilta' are auppomed to contain time proper 'species of bacteria to produce a g.uod flavor tins been denmonetrated to be a bacteria which will produee this flavor The nee of these 'starters' May he corn pared to planting a nom with seed If the fold Is left to Itself something will grow', but we can not. tell what if planted with (-lover we may depend upon clover. So the cream. when inoc nlated with stteh starters AP No 41. may be depended tipon to develop the right kind of bacteria, and, therefore, the proper flavor This flavor comes, of course, Indirectly from the food. imt (tiredly front the proderts of bacterial growth In the cream The concluttion. which I have given abom tire not mere gnomon. but are the results of a long 6611r1011 Of most careful and rigid et - that manure from geese was richer than that from any other fowls, but the chemist has ahed light upon the matter, and reefs show otherwise. Witter its a factor In all manurea, hence thsi from birds is no except ton to the rum I.' •• Read the AhrIVe carefillly and then save it. 'rho droppings should be well mixed as follows (the bushel drop- pings\. One peck kainit, and two bushels sifted dry earth or coal ashes Keep It in barrels moist not wet), and aever let it get Iry Pour aoapeurls. urine or any kind of siop water over it. When you wish to lice it, the ammonia will compel you to hold your nose. If kept eirv it lose. its YRIIIP, becoming hard and insoluble 'the Poultrm Keeper. Fowls for the Table There is no disputing the feet that If one wants a fact growing broiler or miming chleken, a cross. like, for instance Ilmidan on ',whin or Brahma, Indian Game on Brahma or 1.angehan. or Leghorn min PR mouth Rom it, will give the best re setts. But we 1°1%0 nee two breeds that will fill the till almost aim well They are the Whit,' Wyandotte end the ilsrred Ply Month Bock The former ate to be•preferred in that particular. as the skin Is more vellmmw. the breaets more plump, and the flesh more firm and closer grained For roasting put - poses no fowls equal the Light \-.:-ahro• and the Illack 1,angshan. bet on a - m \mint of the eolor mot the skin and the Langshanst are not no popolar as the Brahma. and met those who have given them a trial are not slow in way ing that they take the lead There Is a wild turkey taste to the flesh that is tempting A men h e goureslk at his heaviest In hut fortieth yea. $is Mouths of Pig We. At the swine herders' meeting held in Des Moines last week, Win. 'Roberts spoke on feeding and managing pigs up to six Mouths old. A part of his re- marks were as follows: It the topic would allow of it I would like to take a run and go before I jump. Say about two weeks before the pigs see daylight I do not know but that to get at the subject just right, one would need to go back a good ways and conic up to the topic. I will only take up your time for a brief period. For two weeks before farrowing I feed as near the kind of food as poseible I intend to feed afterward. I have well arranged, roomy breeding pens with good fenders i t n ar w ro h w ic i h ng e I the sow a few days before time is rip for her to trav ail W i lim a a l i the nomn hiaiitl, but to tell you just what to do I will not at- tempt, for my doings are varione, to suit the caae. One max need no attention; another may need all the skill of a breeder. I put water in a clean trough a few hours after the sow has farrowed; that is all the first day. The next day all the food I gi‘e her is a handful of shorts in water and increase from day to day until she has had shorts five days. I then take mother and pigs tc a one -eighth acre lot of grass in which there is it nice house, 8x7 feet, dirt floor. Now is a critical time, and no iron -clad rule will do; of a dozen sows, no two are exactly alike, hence the necessity of having them in lots to themselves. One may have a voracious appetite and will need holding in, or you will soon have a patient on your hands with dyspepsia. Another may have but little appetite, generally OCCh- stoned by fever in bag. She will need close attention. I bathe the belly with cold water, and have a bottle of flax- seed oil with a little carbolic avid in it, anti With a turkey feather put this over her teats. The washing with water cleans off all dirt and allays fever; the oil and acid preserves the pigs from sore mouths. I try to coax up an appetite sometimes with little scraps of meat. milk, mush, etc. I now, if they have good appetites, increase the feed, clear, mfretifh(i7 as lter iee sho d , a rt ivi s a i g ul iv a e little oil meal ix till will eat up clean. At this timeIcommence on one -halt ear of dry corn, increase front day to day until on a full feed. I keep on in this way. At about three weeks old the pigs will begin to come up to the trough. It is fixed low so that they can eat all they will. Then soak oats and corn and put It in a shut-off corner. Stand and look at them eat, and eso7:, aas l'ee. nappy. At five weeks of age I open the doors of each pen or lot, and have the Bowe front six to eight come up to a common feeding place. Of course the pigs come too. 'roll the pigs into a clean -floored house anti feed slop as heretofore, and soaked oats anti corn, all they will clean up always sweet At eight or nine weeks of age I turn the sows in back pasture and leave the pigs In their pasture and keep right on giv- ing same feed and care. When fair time comes we select what we want to ex- hibit. After the round -up of the fairs. we separate the sexes, castrate what males appear to be below the etandard, put them with such of the sow pigs as we do not want to retain either in our own herd or to ship for breeders, push them as fast as possible and try to have them in ('hicago before the first of Feb- ruary, at from 200 to 250 pounds. After selecting what I want to retain, I try to have the rest in other hands by the time they are six ntonths This year I have had the personal care anti oversight of over 130 pigs. There has not been a single case of seours, but one case of thumps and only three or four with sore mouths. There is not an unhealthy looking pig in the bunch. They are in five groups and kept sep- arate. If I could so arrange it I would prefer still smaller groups. I would give you all a personal invitation to come and see my pig town. A most interesting discussion fol- lowed. led by Mr. W. Z. Swallow of Booneville, who was math; the target for a long array of questions bearing on the subject. Hie plan was to keep each sow and litter separate from the others in a grass lot of not less than one-half acre until six or eight week, of age, so they could not acquire the habit of robbing Later a dozen in a lot will bring better results. Feed reg- ularly, three times a day, milk and shorts, The milk should be sweet, as sour milk fed to sow or p ep pigs is t to scour. Red shorts are bet ter than rnite. Feed no soaked corn. prefer- ring, If corn is fed, to feed it dry, and In small quantities after the other feed. Seldom feed oil meal Feed well and give plenty of exercise, but do not overfeed Keep salt and amities always where the pigs can get them. fled with clean Kaml on ground floor Yearlings can be made to shed by washing daily with warm water. Best breeding sews are those bred twice a year regularly Ile also advocated the feeding of wheat because of 11.4 strengthening influences on ol Campbell, feeds Mr. F. a A nd s m h a u fpr s e 1e ground corn, oats, wheat, rye, and everything a pig will eat, telt no shorts. Thinks a bad influence follows amivocat- He f i e n e g d t s h , e fe ,ori m i el t i . n , g i oi , u f ,,: h i o t mr i t s s 7.; ', , 1 ,, I fi n p lOp rin IC ti the best pork producer knoWil Censiders bone a reumult et brm•emileg rather than feeding • Senn e of Mongrels A writer (talcs, 'Since so many breeds are being Intro- duced Is it not likely that the eommon foal will noon become extinct''' . We do not see hose It Is a common pree- mi e ., tr poople who start with thorough- breds to either let them breed In and in until there is nothing left. or to get a cockerel of another breed all soon as the pure bred one diem. and to event- ually mate up the offspring aMene thenotelves All this has a tendency to mongrelism Then. again many who made m m oases are infatuated with the Idea of getting up a new breed t s es. '111 , 1 in their endeavor t o ereate sommo•thIng new the% tile pincIng etIll more mongrels on the market F,x Areerieen liersee in England John A 1.0aan Jr Iv about to try en exper- iment that will he interesting to breeders Ile will take to Rondos ebout the middle of July JIM head ni 'inn horse, Every one 4 the lot Will cc in 1 in height or better and not one will have a rreord glower than 2 30. Every enlmel in the lot will he R olla color, bay or brown. and there will he no less than fifteen matehed some of them able to go double in 2 25 All will be qtylleh, flee actioned horses, end Mr Logan believes that they will not only attract greet attention on the other aide, but that they will also fetch excellent triees.-- Es. KtLLED BY HARSH CRITICISM. Mgr. l'erlui, Blamed and Censured by the Cardinals. Dies from the Blow. You may perhape have heard of the recent theft of precious Illuminated parchments at the Vatican library, says an Italian correspondent of the St. James Gazette. The robber, the soialisant Prof. *mit has indirectly beconte a murderer, for it is certainly to the 'am x iety and pain caused by the ruthless mutilation of hie bibliograph- ical treasures that we must attribute the sudden death of Mgr. Carini, the Prefect of the Vatican library. This eminent prelate, though comparatively young --being only about GO waa known and respected in the scientific world for his learned writings on his- torical, palaeographic anti theological subjects, and belonged to several sci- entific academies, both in Italy and abroad. The theft of the parchments brought down an avalanche of annoy- ances and trouble on the quiet, peaceful savant, and he bravely supported the weary interrogations of the police offi- cials and the assaults of prying report- ers. But the coup de grace came to him when he was called before a com- mittee of Cardinals, one of whom, the Jesuit Mezzarelia, harshly threw upon him all the blame of what had occurred. This was too much for the poor Monsignor. His Sicilian blood got the better of his love for the grand library, which WWI his greatest pride and care, and he rushed out of the room, exclaim- ing: \Very well, I shall resign.\ But the blow had been too painful, and a few hours later, when at his place in the Chapter of St. Peter's singing ves- pers with the other canons, Mgr. Carini sunk down in a swoon and was carried into the Court of St. Damascus, where he expired without regaining con- sciousnese. Mgr. Colin' was a son of Gen. Carini, who commanded the army corps of Perugia when Archbishop Pec- el, not yet elevated to the chair of St. Peter, occupied that see. Leo XIII. had, therefore, known the late Monsig- nor since his childhood, and, appre- ciating the rare talents of the young priest, called him to Rome, where, In the course of time, he tippohsted im to the important post which he occu- pied at the time of his sudden death. His holiness has been profoundly shocked and grieved at the loss of Mgr. CertEd, whom he had already ap- pointed cardinal. We Was No Menagerie, Senator Harris, of Tennessee, says that just after Andrew Johnson had va- cated the presidential seat the mana- gers of the Simpson County, Ky., Ag- ricultural and Mechanical Association decided that it would be a great adver- tisement to have the old gentleman at- tend the fair. - We don't care for him on Saturday,\ said the manager, \for on that day We shall have a pretty big crowd, anyhow. Wednesday will be the day. I will write the ex -Presi- dent.\ The following letter was sent to Mr. Johnson: \Great Sir: The people of the won- derful county of Simpson, feeling a great interest in one of America's greatest sons, have decided to invite you to be present at our fair grounds on Wednesday, October 6, where they wish to shake your hand. I'lease let me know by return mail.\ Ile let him know by return mall, on the hack of his own missive. The old gentleman turned the letter over, and read the following: \I am no menagerie. A. Johnson.\ Same Effect. Jaek — What's the matter with you? Love? George—No; only the grip. TEMPERANCE. Governor Sheakley, of Alaska, refuses to Issue the necessary permits for the establishment of breweries in that terri- tory. A new law for the better observance of Sunday In Russia, will prebably close all the dram shops throughout the em- pire on that day. A physician declares that one-half the consumptive patients received into hos- pitals in Paris owe their condition to spirit drinking The W T. of Bondurant. Ia . ha% e had five art's of ground given them for five years rent free, and will farm It for the benefit of their work. Item. J. litelemon Taylor says that th• number iuf opium smokers and their families In China who are aufferiog di- reetly from this evil is m0,000.000. Snr u rintendent Rummel, 44 the OW .Anti Saloon League, reports that over lee saloons in varios towns have been closed already through the effort.' of the It's jiu i o er lemon railroad men in thla coun- try are wearing a little button upon the !e t ude to the coats bearing the letters \ft T. A ,\ which mean• Railroad Tern- peranoe Aammociation. Finland haa dernonetrated that spirits are n mt necessary in cold countries, hav- ing become practically a total absti- nence, country. This change has been effrrtred under loeal option and woman suffrage. Hir Benjamin Warole Itieharelson one,. Intern -waled a noted tight -rope expert ss to hie art The acrobat stated that all gooel trainer.' end skilled performers agree thet abstinence from aleoholic beverages Is atatomimmtely necessary. Mr coed! Rhodes, the repreamentativ• of the English government in Routh Africa. recently stated that even from a eommerclai point of view he was against the licensing of any male of liq- uor. ameng the Afrleane The l'hureh Temperance Fteriety re- cently appointed Be general eecretary, Mr Hobert firsham, to go to England thie summer and make a thorough In- vestigation of the varione coffee-house enterrrItlea and syst•me in that rountry. The pollee eommtwatmenere of Los An - roles paefied a resolution to revoke the lieense of any saloon keeper or his agent found nullity of violating the Sunday ' , losing acl. and requested the city &inn - ell to pass en ordinance forbidding sa- loons within SOO feet of any school build. ing In the elty. -4 I .
