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•-j «'w ROBERT MCCUNK, Ed. and Publisher. WORTHINGTON, Nobles Co.. MINN. [Original.] ANY years ago when I, with several of my cousins, was spending the vacation dur ing the hot summer months with our aunt, she told us a story I think we will remember until the day of oj»r death. Aunt Iris had long been a puzzle to us. She was always sad and gentle, scarcely ever laughing heartily, and that seemed a very strange thing to us merry, chatting girls. Although she was so very quiet, we all loved her very dearly. This afternoon we were outdoors lazily reclining under thfe shade of a great oak tree that threw its friendly shadows far away, and very cool and pleasant did they seem this hot day. We had been having a very lively discussion about the life of a noted man. liut for nearly a half hour scarcely a word had been spoken. Each one was busy with her own thoughts. Suddenly the silence was broken by little Mary, the pet of us all, exclaiming: "A penny for your thoughts, Aunt Iris!" Thus addressed, my aunt turned her large, dark eyes upon Mary and smiled very sadly (it seemed as if her smiles always had tears back of them) and said, slowly: "Well, girls, if you will all be very quiet and not condemn me too much, I will try to tell you what I was thinking about. It has never been told by my lips, for it is a very sad story. Hut, perhaps, it will help you never to sin as I did." At this we drew a little nearer to her, and we opened 0111* eyes in amazement when she uttered the word sin, for it did not seem to us that Aunt Iris could sin, she was always so sweet and gen tie. She smiled as she saw our look of wonder, and then proceeded: "Yes, girls, it was an awful sin, and can never be forgiven in this world, Your discussion just now set me to thinking about my own life. It was many years ago when I was not yet out of my teens that all this occurred, and yet it is as fresh in my memory now as if it had happened yesterday. Ah, yes, little one, you have had your revenge si hundred times over, although you can never know it," she murmured, sadly. A moment she seemed lost in thought, but presently resumed, with a far-away look in her splendid black eyes: "Girls, yo%all remember that picture in my album I called little Kitty Hart. You qsin plainly see what a beautiful creature she was—beautifyl as an angel! Clustering golden curls, sur rounding a face exquisitely fair and in nocent, a pair of heavenly blue eyes that seemed to look truth into the very soul. How I #«ved that girl then, and little did I think I should be the one to ruin her young life. I was exactly the opposite of Kitty. I had hair dark as midnight, wicked, black eyesthat could flash with hate or grow soft and tender with love. It happened that we had a picnic about this time, and there we met and both fell in love with hand some Harry Ray. Oh! how I loved that handsome boyish face! I swore then «nd there to win him or die in the at tempt. "I can see her now as she looked that day, clad in pure white and wearing modest daisies. The moment Harry Ray bowed before sweet Kitty Hart, his heart passed from his keeping into hers. I saw it, I knew it, yet my pas sionate, jealous nature decreed to win him at any cost. "As I saw them moite away from uie toward the cooi and inviting hike my wrath knew no bounds. I could have ground her beautiful face into an unshapely mass with my heel, and have felt a savage delight in doing it, had it been in my power. Hut this was the first of many just such scenes. Never would Harry notice me when Kitty was near, and it so filled me with wrath that I almost believe that 'the love I bore him was turned into hatred. I longed to have revenge. Time passed on until at last the marriage day was set, and still I had found no plan to part the lovers. "At last an idea fiiled my brain which I now think Satan himself must have prepared for me. I begap slowly to carry it out. "Fate seemed to work for me this time. Kitty received a letter from a distant aunt, begging her to make her a week's visit. As her aunt's health was very poor, and she was not expected to live very»long, gentle Kitty did not have the heart to refuse her request, much as she disliked to leave Hai*ry even for so short a time. I, in my jealous hatrcaS, used all means in my power to get her away, telling her it would be such a short time and that she could write to Harry every day if she wished. I told her it might be the last chance she would have, for her aunt was liable to die at any time, and then she would be sorry she had refused her last request. O, hypocrite that I was, trying to get her away so that I might destroy her happi ness and secure my own! "The_evening before her departure Harry came over"to bid her good-by. Never will I forget that evening. It seemed as if she had a foreboding of coming evil. She seemed so very quiet and unlike her usual merry self. Noth ing could have been better for me. I had planned it to make Harry think she had something else on her mind. But I very well knew it was the separation from him that made her blue eyes so misty and sad. Soon they left me and wandered away by themselves. I fol lowed, and hid myself where I could overhear every word, that passed be tween them. 'Harry,' Kitty's soft voice was sav ing, 'I am sorry I wrote auntie I would come. I know I am very foolish, as it is for so short a time. But I. feel all the while as if something would hap-1 pen while I am away. I have tried to shake off the feeling, but I cannot.' 'Nonsense, little one,' said ^Harry. 'You have grown as whimsical as an oLI woman. What can possibly hap pen? Six weeks from to-day you will be all my own, and then nothing can take you from me for even a week. So cheer up to-morrow you will laugh at your own fears.' "I could see by the pale moonlight that Kitty smiled sadly, and shook her curly, golden head. They then passed' on and I could hear no more. "I laughed in fiendish glee to myself to think ^this was to be the last they would ever walk so lovingly to gether. 1 was. shocked at myself -1 did S*, not know I could be so wicked. For moment''I' was almost' sorry and had nearly decided to leave them alone in peace, then the tempter whispered in my ear that I might have been Harry's betrothed bride had it not been for Kitty's babyish face. I clinched my hands in hatred as I thought of ft, and all the good in me died for the time being. I turned and lied from the spot into the house. I dropped a letter I had prepared for her, just where I knew, she could not help seeing it Then I rushed upstairs -to my own room. "Soon I heard Kitty's step on the stair, and I knew the le ter had done its work} A moment she paused ,at my door, then passed wearily on. I threw myself down upon the bed, but could not sleep. Whenever I closed my eyes I could see Kitty's sweet face and re proachful eyes looking at me. "It was almost dawn when I at last fell into a troubled sleep. I was awakened by some one lightly tapping at my door. I called: 'Come in.' Kitty entered, holding in her hand that letter so fatal to her happiness. 'Iris,' she began, 'did yon see or drop any paper in the parlor? I found a sheet of paper there, and it, puzzles me greatly. I do not know what to think about it. React it, Iris, and tell me what you think.' "I took the letter in my hand, then bit my lips in vexation. 1 had forgotten to place all the letter there. The most important part was missing. But, thought I, hastily casting, my eye over the page before me, perhaps if I play my cards well I shall win yet. This is what I saw: "'Dear Bess,' the letter began, 'I am still here with the wealthy young lady. I am getting along very nicely, indeed. Am engaged to her, and will soon contrive a plan to get some of her money. It seems almost too bad to fool her, for she is a sweet little thing. But Bess, darling, once I get the money it will have to be, good by, Kitty. I will soon be back to you. Until then, be—* "That was all. I could see by the white face of Kitty that no more was needed. 'The wretch,' I said, pretend ing to be very angry, but still not dar ing to lift my guilty eyes to Kitty's in nocent face. 'I would let him knofr I did not care by breaking the engage ment with him.' 'But,' began Kitty, 'it may be Harry did not write it. I will not Relieve it. There must be some mistake. Harry could not be such a wretch!' "Tears filled her eyes, and she fell sobbing upon the bed. I tried to com fort her, knowing only too well how true Harry was, ^though pretending he was, indeed, a brute. "At last her violent sobs ceased and she sat up and dried her tears. 'Come, Kitty dear,' said I, 'you must hurry and prepare yourself for your journey. It is almost time to start now, and you are not ready at all Do not thiuk any more about Harry but go now and get ready.' "I cannot stir a step, Iris,' said Kit ty, very decidedly, 'until I have seen Harry and had an explanation from him.' "Here, indeed, was a difficulty. Jf she saw Harry she would soon find out it was all a fraud. So, after thinking a moment, I told her to write a note and 1 would carry it to him of course he would never see it, and it could do no harm, only serve to blind her still more. Soon she had finished the letter and started slowly away to her room, while I turned my steps toward the cool and shady woods, to loiter away the time until I could return to the house. "Oh, that I might have been struck dead before I had retraced my steps! but in. a short time I went slowly back, thinking what I could tell Kitty when she asked me about Harry. "Presently she came down, dressed as usual, in pure white, and looking so pure and beautiful that I could hardly find it in my heart to tell her the cruel lie, which I knew would destroy her peace and happiness for many a long day. But I turned my guilty face away and went on, unfeelingly, to tell her it was impossible for Harry to see her that morning, as he had some very important business to attend to, but he sent his best regards and wished her a pleasant journey. Then I hesitated, as if I had something more to say, yet dreaded to proceed. 'Go on, Iris,' commanded Kitty, with paling face and flashing eyes, 'tell me all.' 'Well,' I continued, 'it is a hard message to carry, yet it is best that you should know, cruel as it may seem. Kitty,' (I tried to make my voice trem ble as if- trying to suppress my fefel ings) 'he requested me to tell you he did not think best for you to correspond while you were away. It was so short a time it seemed very foolish. Do you hate me for carrying so cruel a message, Kitty darling?' I asked. 'No, indeed," she slowly faltered 'you are not to blame, Iris. You would do anything in your power to help me, would you not, dear?' "'Ah! those trusting words, how they cut to the very soul! "A moment she stood irresolute, then kissed us all good-by, and descended to the waiting carriage. As the turn in the road hid her from view, I rushed up stairs to my own room, closed and locked the door. Seating myself, I "GO ON, IRIS." drew pen and paper toward me for the purpose of writing a letter to Harry. Sheet after sheet-I destroyed in my at tempt to imitate Kitty's writing. At last I succeeded to my satisfaction, and here is what I had written: 'DEAR HARRY: Pray do not think me cruel and fickle-minded. But fchave gone away from here, intending to return a bride. He is old and rich, Harry that makes the difference. If you had had his money, or 1 'Iris' disposition^ I should have chosen you, for you are much nicer looking. Good-by, dear old Harry forgive your little Kitty, if you can.' "I smiled in triumph, as I read it again to make sure that it was perfect ly correct. That clause about mysplf is a clever one perhaps he will marry me right a#ay, just to spite her. But little did I know Harry's disposition. I placed the letter in my pocket and went down to the parlor. I soon had the pleasure of seeing Harry coming swift ly across the shady lawn. He smiled brightly when he saw me, but quickly looked beyond me, to catch sight of the little form he loved s^well, and was destined never more to^ee in life. "'Kitty, has she gone?''he quickly asked: 'I came as early as possible she did not know I was coming. I wanted to surprise her. Can it be I am too late?'. I noticed a shade of disappointment' cross his handsome face, as I told him he was too late, but it quickly cleared again, as I held that cruel, false letter toward him, saying, in my most allur ing tone: 'Here is a letter she left for you, Harry perhaps that will be a lit tle comfort to you.' 1 "I smiled to think how soon that hap* pinesa would be turned,' into the most bitter sorrow. 1 remember how caaw ly he tore open the e&Telope, and how ghastly his face grew aa he cast his eyes over tlie.written page. 4Iri»« did yon Unow of Uisand yet do. nothing to stop me from rushing on to my cruel doom? Blow false she' was' all the time, yet how madly I love her. It seems almost impossible it cannot be true. I will not believe it. Tell me it is false.' "He fiercely grasped my hands and begged me to tell him it was not true. 'Alas, Harry, it is too true. What could I do to help you? Had I said a word you would have thought me med dling. Your noble heart is not the first one she has broke'. If you had only chosen some one more worthy here I dropped my eyes and tried to force a blu-h to ray cheeks. 'One: t':ing, Har ry,' I resumed', 'you may be sure I did npt know how terrible that note was or I Would never have carried it.' ''But all looks and words were wasted on him, for he threw my hand from him and be^an madly to walk the floor. 'Harry,' I whispered, going close to hip, 'she is so unworthy of you, could yqu not think of some one else, some cne not. very far away, and marry her //J "COULD YOU KOT THINK OF SOME ONE ELSE?" right away, just to let Kitty know you did not care?' "The next minute 1 could have bitten my tongue off for saying those silly, foolish words, for he cast such a look of bitter contempt on me that I was glad to beat a hasty retreat. "Nearly an hour passed before I heard him leave the house and pass slowly down the gravel walk. The cruel work was doae now, and what had I gained? I had committed an act that I should live long years to bitterly repent. Early the next morning we were startled by a messenger galloping up the walk and hastily handing my mother a telegram. For a minute my heart seemed to stand still as my moth er, with trembling fingers, tore open the envelope. With a face pale as death she read aloud the few terrible words: 'Kitty is dead horse threw her she died almost instantly. Come at once.' "I stood rooted to the spot, horror stricken. 1 saw my mother's pale face, heard her give orders con cerning the preparations to be made, knew she kissed me good by and told me not to grieve so. I saw her depart upon her sorrowful journey yet I did not realize anything. AU I could hear were those awful words my mother had just read. Sud denly my great crime dawned upon me. It seemed as if I was her murder er. I might just as well have slain her with my own hand. Had it not been for me she would not have gone away, and now she would have been well and happy, instead of being so stiff and cold in death's embrace. Then I thought of Harry, poor, deceived Harry. All I could do was to go to him, confess all and receive the curses I deserved. How my heart ached for him now. With my head almost bursting with pain I started madly off to tell him what a sinful creature I had been. As I drew near the house I saw Harry seated under a cool, shady tree, his dark, curly head bowed sorrowfully in his hands. As I approached he raised his head I noticed how changed his handsome, boyish face was. "How I told him I never knew. I re member he madly cursed me. I de served it. I knew it, yet they seemed to fall all unheeded by me. My brain seemed to be a burning inass. I longed to lie down on the cool, green grass and die. I started homeward, but 1 only staggered on a few steps and fell senseless by the dust.y roadside. I knew no more for weeks. When I came to myself again, my mother was seated at my bedside. 1 thought it very strange and started up thinking I had only overslept. But mj mother gently forced me back upon the pillow, telling me I had been very ill wit!i brain fever and I must be very quiet. Then a wave of recollection swept back over my poor bewildered brain and I remembered all. I wept as if my :poor, sinful he would break. My. mother tried in vain to comfort me. At last my violent sobs ceased and 1 fell asleep, only to awaken much bet ter. Why are we never allowed to die when we so earnestly long for death? "They told me afterwards how they had brought poor Kitty home. No mark of violence was seen excepting a a small dark spot on one white temple. They robed her in white, such as she had always worn in life. Beautiful she looked, even in death. A smile was frozen on the marble face. In death all must have been peace. They told me how madly Harry had grieved, call ing upon her to forgive him for think ing her false. 'And to think she died believing me false!' he moaned. 'I did not know you will forgive me, darling. You, in your bright home above, can see and know all. If I could only die and go to her!' was his cry day and night "They did not know what he meant, and thought his brain must be turned by. his awful sorrow. After the funeral he went away and we never saw him again. 'He will wander over the earth a heart-broken man,' said my mother. Little did she dream her own daughter was the means of bring about that aw ful tragedy. I never told her, for it would only have made her Borrow greater to bear. All I could do was to prfcy that Kitty might look down from Heaven and forgive the cruel deed I committed. For long," long years I used to see her ita my dreams, her sad, reproachful eyes full upon me, one lit tle.finger always pointing sorrowfully to her little grave, as if mutely chiding me for placing it there. But now it ap pears always smiling brightly and her hand beckons me to come. I sometimes think perhaps poor Harry is dead and has joined her. above and now she can forgive we. ''Now, girls, do you wonder I am Bad? All these years I have been re penting my sinful act." The tears had gathered in our eyes and were fast falling downpour cheeks. Little Mary,- always gentle and tender hearted, WA^^ywbbing softly. As she finished, we withdrew one by one, un til'at last she vrik atone, It was along time before she joined us again, but we knew she had been to visit alittle green grave that we had often seen but nevef knew the story connected with'it. Many years' have passed away now, and poor Aunt -Iris has' gone to'meet Kitty.above, but her story will remain' fresh in our memory as long as life re main* in our heart. Ukujs HICKS, if®" TEMPERANCE NOTES, THE ZAMZUMMIMS. DnmaoKoiiT t:M. Such as now are never seen. l"""- In the ancient days of story, When the earth was fresh and green There v/ere men of lofty stature Thewere giants In those ages. In whose presence we should be Like the Lilliputian children, In their home across the sea. They could smite a gathered army With the terror of the fates. Or d€ stroy a boastful city, While they carried off its gates. But, my children, have you noticed, In the records of those times. How these giants, hard and haughty, Were addressed in haughty lines? "Thci Zamzummima" was their title And it must have been a strata On the folks who lived around them To have grappled such a name. Had it been but Jones or Johnson, Or but Smith or even Smyth, .People might have learned to speak it Without hazarding their life. But I wonder, while we're talking Of these mighty men of yore— Of these lusty sons of Anak, Who have slain a hundred score, How the plan would work, supposing We should leave the modern way, And attach the hardest titles To the giants of to-day. There's the wine cup for example, What a monster that has been In its ministry to Satan, And to all its kith and kinl And the cider barrel also. With its iron-banded staves— That has helped to dig a million Of unhappy drunkard's graves. There's the club room of the wealthy In a parlor overhead, And the grog shop in the cellar, Where the criminals are bred. There's the license of the traffic. As supported at the polls, Where the hypocrites are busy In the bartering of souls. What a company of giants To be full in league with death! How they polish up their titles! How they sweeten up their breath. How they try to keep in fashion With the modern styles of speech. And select their evil mottoes From the words in easy reach. If I had my way, I'll tell you What I clfrtainly would do, I would change the present system In a special point or two. I would put the hardest lab^g On the cider, wine and gin, And, instead of liquor merchant, I would write it Zamzummlm. I would fix it so that children— Such as each of you, my boys— Could not speak the tempting language Which the drinkard's lip employs. I would go to Greek and Hebrew, And to the Algonquin some, Till I found the worst of letters To express the thought of rum. I would introduce a system Which, without a fault or fliw, Would be sure to leave its user With a broken under jaw. And, perhaps, by that maneuver. When 'twas practiced once or twicc, A stop might come to talking rum, Profanity and vice. —J. P. Trowbridge, in Union Signal. RAILROAD SALOONS. A Source of Danger to the Lives of the Traveling Public. The express trains on many of the great trunk lines of railroads carry with them a literal saloon for the sale of al coholic drinks. The trainmen are for bidden to drink under penalty of imme diate discharge, and the bar-keepers (called porters) are required not to sell or give spirits to any employe in service on the road. Managers of roads are aware of the risk and danger of the service rendered by men who use spirits, hence stringent rules are laid down, and efforts made to employ only healthy, temperate men, especially on trains and where great responsibility and ex act duties are required. While the vast majority of trainmea on all rail roads are practical abstainers, there is always a small number who are con cealed drinkers, growing worse stead ily. The result of their drinking is al ways some accident and exposure with discharge. Often the accidents are of little interest to the public, because they are not attended with loss of life. In some instances the person who made the mistake is killed .and his use of spirits (as the real cause of the acci dent) is concealed from the public. Where gross carelessness and stupidity result in an accident among experienced trainmen, the use of alcohol is not un Wequently the real cause. These men are not public drinkers, and are known as temperate men, but after accidents it will appear that they have used spirits and probably carried it with them. There is another class of active, responsible trainmen, whose long-tried services have given them reputation wittTthe company, who all unexpectedly make very serious in is takes in their ordinary work which result in great disasters. Alcohol and its compounds are often at the bottom of these sudden failures. Want of ordinary caution, and sudden boldness in assuming a great risk, failure to re member orders, and faulty reasoning, are the usual symptoms. Such men use alcohol as a medicine and tonic, to en able them to do their work better. They fully recognize the danger of large doses, but are deluded with the idea that in certain circumstances small doses are necessary for their work. The fact is well known that the contin uous strain and irregularity of railroad work soon wears out the brain and nervous system, producing states of ex haustion for which alcohol in any form is a most seductive tonic. To an over worked, tired out trainman, who has found spirits a perfect relief, no rules or restrictions can prevent him from taking spirits from the traveling saloon on the train, or. the saloon at the sta tion. Of course no one will see him, .but his changed spirits and manner will tell the story. Those are the men who make the mistakes from which accidents come. A tired brakeman took a glass of spirits and went back to flag an ap proachir train—fell asleep and a frightful disaster followed An over worked engineer,' after a glass of spir its at the station, failed to see the dan ger signal a few miles farther on, and was "killed in a frightful wreck. These and similar instances are repeated svery year, on nearly all the roads, only many of them simply involve the loss of property and are unnoticed. The culpability and downright stupid ity of the company managers in this matter are almost phenomenal. Irre ipeetive of all moral considerations, and simply from a business point, it is absurd to expect any number of tem perate men, engaged in a peculiarly aerve-exhausting occupation, to abstain from spirits, especially when exposed to its free use any time, and under all circumstances. Loose gunpowder and sulphur matches night be carried in proximity-for some sime without accident. Public places for the sale of spirits on trains and at stations, under the control of the com pany, may seem to be harmless, but the Quantity of accidents due directly and indirectly to them is beyond all ques tion It is an unwritten law of the sar loon managers on trains and at sta tions, that trainmen are to have spirits free at all times, on the pretense of their rise as medicines. It is a higher law of nature that the strain of exact and-perilous duty, day after day, reacts in states of exhaustion, for which spir its bring most rapid temporary relief. The same great physical laws make jtgyty-r r) it impossible for men in this oonditkm to abstain where the means of relief are at hand, even though they be tem porary. No company can depend oa ^he best judgment of its trusted train* men as long as free spirits are carried round with them on the train, and are found at every station. A railroad dis patcher at a saloon station, after a glass of spirits, gave the wrong order. Ten lives and over a million of dollars were lost The dispatcher suicided in grief at his mistake. The company re ceived a thousand dollars a year for the rent of the saloon at the station. The long night runs on through trains fur nish abundant illustration of the peril ana ilnkuown risks of trains which car ry traveling saloons. To the comps* nies it is a question of selfish interest. the %ainmen. Obviously it is the clear duty of all persons to demand that the saloonS( should be dropped from railroad trains to demand that trainmen be free from exposure and be protected from every possible danger that will imperil their work and the lives ol others. The trainmen themselves de mand this protection^ and no company can be free from grave losses due to this sourctf except by this means.—T. D. Crothers, in Union Signal. SCOTLAND'S LIQUOR TRAFFIC. Grocery Stores Help the Saloons to Bala 4 tho People.. Drinking, both moderate and immod erate.* is much more common in the British Isles than in. the United States. The fact is, the church, and this is es pecially true in Scotland, has not yet cast out this curse of the nineteenth century. Brewers and saloon-keepers are permitted not only to be members, but office-holders in the church in Scot land. Two or three years ago, at the installation dinner given to the pastor of one of the Edinburgh churches (the banquet was held at a "temperance" hotel) wine was provided for all the guests. Not long ago the papers reported that a member of the Glasgow presbytery had introduced a resolution that license holders, or saloonkeepers, should not be permitted to hold office in the church. He found only two members to support his resolution. The conse quence of all this is apparent in the habits of the people. You cannot walk through the streets ou Saturday efen ing without meeting dozens of men, and often women, reeling along the side walk. Drinking among women is much more common in the British Isles than in the United States. On holidays it is no un common thing to see the saloons hali full of women. About two-thirds of the groceries in Edinburgh sell liquor. This has greatly increased drinking at home, as many women order liquor with their groceries who would not en ter a saloon to buy. During the cold months of November and December you s-ie dozens of barefooted, ragged, hun gry-looking children running the streets. Yet no icss than $353,030 is an nually expanle:l in charity in Edin burgh. "But," said Mr. D. Lewis, "the drink traffic has counteracted our la bors to an alm?st incredible extent." And so it will ever bj until nations adopt prohibition. The drink traffic will be able to fur nish candidates for the submerged tenth far more rapidly than Gen. Booth with the Salvation Army and British phi lanthropy combined can save them.— The Voice. WRECKED BY DRINK. Grog Far More Disastrous Than Is Fog to Sailors. Arthur and his father spent a delight ful week at the seashore. He delighted to watch the vessels as they came and went, and would often imb up high on the rocks for this purpose, that he might have abetter outlook. One day, as he walked along the shore with his father, they picked up here and there a cork or a wine-bottle and at length his father pointed out to him a great hulk of a vessel that had recently been wrecked. It had on it an immense load of coal—several hundred tons. You could now look into it and see piles oi coal, but no one could get at it. And il would cost more to get it out than il was worth. "How did it happen to get wrecked?" asked Arthur. "I asked that question. 2?^Mrf?iBft«'^Wbff«r: ••.**:.: v.ftSl'fe THE FARMING WORLD. BROOM CORN CULTURE. •Jl About Seeding. Planting, Harvesting and Marketing. Broom corn is a« species of grass lomewhat resembling Indian corn but having narrower leaves, and bearing both the staminate and pistillate flowers together in clusters at the top instead of on different parts of the plant as does corn. There are two kinds of flowers, perfect and imperfect, each perfect being accompanied by an imperfect one raised upon a little stalk, rhe imperfect flower falls early. The items of the flower clusters are what form the broom. The main ones should be if or in el as to I on V* "If- M,d of good color. There ore a numbe! of personal peril. Every year accidents varieties of bioom corn. occur which are clearly preventable, and, a growing public sentiment de mands better and safer means of tran sit. The saloon is always a source of danger in ways that are most unex pected. No one can tell how and when ««.« eause of the difficulty in harvesting it ol, -j replied his father,' "of a ,, gentleman with whom I walked to the taken to keep the brush straigh wreck the day after the accident, and 1 said to him: 'I suppose it was caused by I GENERAL GLEANINGS. FRANCES E. WIIXARD is said to have recently refused to attend a dinner of the Sunset club in Chicago, lest bv her presence she should seem to indorse the use of wine at the table. A TEMPERANCE lecturer was once asked: "What shall we do with the grain now required for distilling?" The prompt reply was: "Feed the drunk ards' wives with it they have hungry long enough." IIUBSIA has become infected with the vice of ether drinking, and the pernicious habit has spread so rapidly that the government has judged it nec essary to prohibit the free fcale of ether and of certain of its compounds, and to schedule it among the poisons. THE Christian churches of Great Britain and Ireland are united in their determination that the growth, manu facture and sale of opium (except for medicinal purposes) shall be prohibit ed. As it is a government monopoly, a single blow will crush the an? evil truffle THE society for the abolition of strong drink in Holland certifies that in a population of 3,500,000 there are 35,000 licenses for the sale of liquor an nually granted. Computing two-thirda of the total population to be women and children, there is a saloon to every thirty-three men a woeful condition. ACCOBDINO to the Philadelphia Record, recent experiments made by the proprietors of a distillery of that city have resulted in the production of a kind of whisky which leaves no sus picion of an odor upon the breath. It is'said of it that the new whisky has the same effect upon the brain and tho legs as that now in use, however. THE. principal action of alcohol is that of a narcotic when taken in full doses, and of a sedative in small dotes, This is an important fact, and one that indicates much danirer, in common with all remedies of this class. As their action is only palliative, they usnally.re quire repetition, and neurotic patients who are most in need of such remedies are least able to bear them. Nervous diseases and will-power are closely allied, and the soothing effects pro duced by stimulants are so irresistibly strong that a dangerous habit is entered upon almost before one is aware of it-journal of Inebriety) ... J* all developed by care and cultivation from the wild itate. Little is known of the early his tory of the plant. The dwarf varietj illustrated is preferred for some kindi yt brooms but is not much raised be- in good condition. The brush is parti. Inclosed in a sheath, and in wet weathei DWARF BROOMCORN STALK AND BBU8B the water collects therein causing th» brush to become gummy and to tun red. The common sorts grow withou fertilization from 13 to 15 feet high. In the prairie regions, land whicl produces good yields of Indian cori will a'so grow paying crops of broon corn. The soil should be free from fou stuff, as the young broom corn plants are small and delicate and cannot figh their way among the weeds. It isusua to plant the seeds two or three inche* apart in drills three and one-half fee' apart. If thicker than this it is best thin. Rows should be planted nortl and south to let the sun in to the bes' advantage. Plant when the soil ha: become warm in spring, usually a littli later than Indian corn. Cover seed 5$ to inches deep. Two quarts per acn of good seed is about the right amount but as much of the seed is chaffy an will not germinate, it is necessary allow something for this. The cultiva tion is similar to that of Indian corn Broom corn may be grown for severa successive years upon the same ground It does not exhaust the soil and th dense growth keeps down and kills ou the weeds. Authorities differ as to thi time of harvesting, but the buyers de mand a brush of alight green color ant to secure this it must be gathered as sooi as the "blossoms" begin to fall, whicl happens when the seeds first form. Be fore cutting, the stalks are "tabled" facilitate liruvllin',', that is, bonding o: breaking the tops of two contiguous rows toward each other diagonally so that those of one row cross those of the other, forming a sor of table. The table is about 30 inchei high to be most convenient for cutten and the brushes extend beyond the ta ble. After tabling, the brush and abou' 8 inches of stem is cut off with a knif and laid upon the table. From here i" is loaded upon wagons and hauled the scrapers, where the seeds are takei off. The scrapers consist of rapidly revolving cylinders having iron teetl upon the surfaces. The bunches a broom corn are held between these an the seeds removed. The straight an crooked brush is separated either whei loaded upon the wagons or at th scrapers. After being freed from see the brush is taken to the drying house This consists of a shed with a tigh roof and sides. Every four or six fee' along the sides is a narrow door whicl is kept open during fine weather, but closed when wet and stormy. Tin brush i3 spread upon racks made o: laths or light lumber, two or threi inches thick. The time required fo: drying depends much upon the season When dry it is baled for market. Car« the of fog.' He replied in one word torn °™nge J«dd Farmer. question, and that word was 'grog.' So, upon inquiry, I learned that this wa« true that the crew had been drinking, and, of'.course, with unsteady heads they could not steer the vessel in a straightforward course. So it is with many wrecks in life. Men make mis takes .that end in ruin, and they often find that there is more danger in grog than in fog."—Pebbles from the Brook. compact and firm IT weiffht or more-~ HOMEMADE BROOMS. Work That Every Farmer Can Do a Home on Rainy Days. Anyone at all ingenious can mak« brooms for home use. Set the stalk en of brush enough for the number o: brooms to be made in water and leav it for an hour or two. When softenet gather enough for a broom, putting tin largest and best stalks on tne outside From the ceiling of the room suspend strong cord. Wind this two or thre« times about the brush, attach the othei a eadle hinged to the wall, an wriili 4-1%a il. __ gone with the foot increase the pressure, ai the same time rolling the brush round several times to shape it. Wind tin ends with cord, beginning at the lowe: or broom end. Place the pressure cort close to the brush and wind the twini below this, moving the former up a: needed. To make the broom flat, press it between two narrow boards fastened together at one end with a strong leath er hinge, or it may be placed betweei two boards and screwed into a vice WINDING BROOMS. Three or four inches below the windin cord, wind a cord once or twice, draw it close and tie flrmly leaving enough o. one end to sew with. Sew through am through with a large needle six or eigk inches long, letting the cord pass ove: the portion tied on at each stitch Sharpen the end of the handle anddriv the sharpened end exactly in the cen ter of the broom neck and fasten it witl two small tacks upon opposite "Bides Clip the lower end to make it even This broom-making may be done oi rainy days instead of sitting about th house or going to town, and will bt clear gain.—Orange Judd Farmer. THE greater the variety of goo grasses in the pasture the better fo: the thrift of the stock that feed there An especial advantage is that inixei grasses give a longer season of goot pasturage. An early variety shadei the tender blades of the later one, am it in turn shades the exposed roots one that has passed the more vigorots period of its growth. N. it Ww-tH iaid tkm Hnafcw. 0 0 §£T*n to inactive kidneys and Madder bv Bitters, never produces irritation as un medicated stimulants do, and prevents dls the Bitters in rheumatism, dvs pepsin, constipation, malaria, la grippe, ALITTLE Boston girl complains because she can't find anything about the of the aurora iu the almanacs. Tho Only One £TW Printed—Can Ton Find tlio Wort? There is a 3 inch display advertisement in this paper, this week, which has no two words alike except one word. The same is true of each new one appearing each week, from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house luces a "Crescent" on everything they make and publish. Look for it, send them the name of the word and they will return you book, beautiful lithographs or aamples free. TUB man who strikes an attitude imagines Uiat lie is making a great hit—Galveston News. "A WOBD to the wise is sufficient," but it is not always wise to say that word to one who is suffering the tortures of a headache However, always risk it and recommend Bradycrotine. All druggists. 50c. Yoc can't hurt an armless man, because he can't feel anything. SCVFEKERS FROM COCOUS, SORE THROAT, etc., should try "Jirown »lironcliUl Troche*," a simple but sure remedy. Sold only in box**. Price 25 ets. WANTED—A skillful dentist, to fill the teeth of a gale. BEECHAM'S PILLS You can count on something else, too—$500 in cash. You can count on it, but it's more than doubtful whether you earn it. The proprietors of Dr.* Sage's Remedy, in good faith, offer that amount for an incurable case of Catarrh. Don't think that you have one, though. They'll pav you, if they can't cure you. That's certain. But they can cure you. That's jtlst about as certain, too. Can you ask more YOUNG MOTHERS! VFe OJfer Ton Jfemecftf which Insure* Safety to Life of Mother and Child. "MOTHER'S FRIEND" Mtoha Confinement of if* Pain, Horror and Risk. After using one bottle of Matkrr'i Friend" I Suffered imt little pain.nnd did not exp -riencc that wesiknens afterward nsunl In such case*.—Mrs. ANNIE GAGE. Lamar, Mo.. Jan. 15tli. 1891. Sent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt of price ..'0 per bottle. Book to Mothers mailed free. BR.1DFIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA, GA. SOLD BT ALL DRUGGISTS. Bkjrtf CataSegao VIUIK. 1/ a MI strikes, sioks and goes down. Bo many a area painless and ef fectual remedy for all bilious disorders. 25 cents a box For sale by all druggists. THE proper thing for a jury is to be firm, but not fixed LADIES can permanently beautify their complexion with Glenn's Sulphur Soap Hill's Hair and W hisker Dye, 50 cents. Boys may now indulge in base bawl with out being mean or babyish. TnEHE is always better fishing on the other side of the river. A TRAMP will bent a railroad, but not a carpet. COPVRIG+1T iftM (HHh parlftr BLOOD, remlato SlT^wmorelJVER rder, build strenntn, rcne»r «tlt«. restore healtli and if Wwlia froas complalnta tx I to their sex, astafflt, find •MMMLewar a safe, speedy cure. Returns rose bloom on chccks, beau tl Ilea Orasplasloa. Bold everywhere. All ffennlae foods bear "CreseenU Baad as^ coat stamp for 33pag« pampbMo I**. SrfvEn oTOVE Pqhsh ttaci iM«t*.liihmtlte Iron. a«4bars aO.. I |. TbaBMnKSun StoraPollaklaBn5piit.O^l MM. Datable, and tho consumer orglaipartta pan tor as da with wary pnitSaw. 'August Flower BUNTING 99 Eiglit doctors treated me for Heart Disease and one for Rheumatism, but did me no good. I could not speak aloud. Everything that I took into the Stomrch distressed me. I could not sleep. I had taken all kinds of medicines. Through a neighbor I got one of your books. I procured a bottle of Green's Aug ust Flower and took it. I am to-day stout, hearty and strong and enjoy the best of health. August Flower saved my life and gave me my health. Mrs. Sarah Cox, Defiance, O. When you buy Flags you want the best. Government Standard is the best the largest flag dealers in the U. S. are G. W. SIMMONS & CO., Oak Hall, Boston, Mass. Dealers in Military Uniforms. Write for a Flag Catalogue. A at Can be counted on to cure Catarrh Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It's nothing new. For 25 years it has been doing that very thing. It gives prompt and com plete relief—but you want more than that. And you get it, with this Remedy there's a cure that is perfect and permanent. The worst chronic case?, no matter of how long standing, yield to its mild, soothing, cleansing and heal ing properties. Cold in the Head needs but a few applications. Ca tarrhal Headache, and all the troubles that come from Catarrh, are at once l'elieved and cured. FLAGS ^Th»—llest. 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