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OPELOUSAS, . La. Published every Saturday by "The St. Landry Printing and Publishing Company, (Ltd.)" The Consumption Cure. Dr. Koch has furnished the physicians of the world with an effective weapon against the most redoubtable enemy of the human race. He has done that which must alleviate suffering in nearly half the homes in all civilized countries. Other physicians are adding constantly to the benefits that science has bestowed upon mankind, and some great ones have made immortal additions to the agencies with whi3h disease is fought. But there is no name on the roll that will equal his, for no other malady is so universal nor is any m-re deadly than that his remedy assails, and what is already proved shows that this remedy far surpasses in effectiveness all hitherto essayed, and may even promise the effectual eradication of consumption. Just what Dr. Koch has done in this re gard it may be well to state. In 1882 he laid before the world evidence of the real nature of tuberculous disease and its de pendence upon the presence of a specific germ, which be called the bacillus tuber culosis. All previous knowledge on the pathology of this disease has no value in comparison with this. Koch showed that the germ existed in the tissues of all con sumptive patients; that if this germ were lodged in the bodies of animals previously healthy they died of tuberculosis; that there was no tuberculosis without this germ, and that the disease was propagated by the transmission of this germ and not otherwise. Upon that discovery followed the universal inquiry, "Can that germ be killed in the body without hurt to the body ?" for it was obvious that to kill the germ was the radical care of the disease. Koch now answers by producing a remedy which, as proved, does kill the bacillus and does not hurt the patient. He saves all patients in whom the disease has not gone so far that death is impending. But nearly every new idea has to make its way against hostile criticism; for, though the people love novelty, they seem to prefer to take it in small and graduated doses. Koch's discoveries of the true na ture of consumption, and now of the care for it, launch at once so much that is new and wonderful and involve such a total reconstruction of many scientific opinions and theories that they are fully welcomed at once only where the scientific spirit is most liberal and the professional mind the most capacious. Men who have treated consumption for fifty years on other the ories and never guessed at this one now roundly deny it, and others object appa rently because the remedy even yet tails short of some perfections the imagination may picture. Some men, therefore, and physicians mainly, will not believe in the new rem edy. Why not? What is there in the whole story that does not, after all, repeat many chapters in the history of medical science-every chanter, indeed, that is really a great one? Smallpox was once more prevalent in the world than con sumption is now, and scarcely less deadly. It held the position that its practical erad. . icaion has given to phthisis. But a physician found a means to fight it so effective that now many doctors in twenty years of practice never see a case. It is likely to become a medical curiosity. Yet this remedy was reviled, and the man who discovered it was denounced in his day as a charlatan and an imposter. This should at least warn the revilers not to be too hasty about Koch. That also was the stogy of a microbe made nearly harmless by the discovery of how to get at him. Jenner, it is true, did - not know there was a microbe. Nearly every phase of his discovery was empiri cal. It was the same with the great dise. covery that overcame the palludal fevers The Spaniards learned from the natives of Peru that fever could be cured by drink Slag the water of certain ponds around which grew the cickhona trees, and it is likely that lhese ponds were simply sola tions of quinine. s It is a great part of the fclation of science in such cases to give us reasons for what we already know, but Koch has reached his conclusions by strictly scientific stages. Can men of science regard his discovery as less valu able on that account ? Even the great advance made by Pas teur's famous discovery. regarding hydro phobia has had the same experience, and the doubts are not yet dispelled. Koch's own discoveries as to cholera were ridi. culed, yet they have made a disease that was a mystery and a terror one that the physician now knows how to meet. It is the same with the dreaded diphtheria Chloroform and ether have changed the world as to surgery more than it has been changed in any other respect by remedial agencies. Surgeons now open the cranium and cut tumors out of the brain, an organ which the ancient doctors shunned with superstitious reverence. Before Lasanec what a wilderness of uncertainties were the diseases of the heart, the lungs, the pleura I How cleal is the classification now I If all these great discoveries have been crowded into so short a time, why doubt tat another great one has been _ade 1h our century ? All the great discoveries, however, have passed through the same phases. Some deep thinker labors patiently for years, consumes his days and nights in difoicut and baffling experiments and at last makes his way to the light.p He is at that period the ce man in the world who alone pos enesqll attainable knowledge of the sub. jet.His discovery is welcomed at first in that spirit of enthusiasm for great things which is the best impulse of the common mind. Rut seen the doubters are heard from. The sumatterera--men who give hours where he has given years of study --come to the front to oelittle his labors. There is, neverthelesse, a scramble to real. ihe the advantages. Haste, incapacity and contualon co-operate to do harm. His method is applied in erroneous ways, the promised results are not obtained, the dis. onvery is discredited and all seems to end in a grand delusion. But happily that is not the real end of the story, for the silent and honest work ers continue and the good makes itself felt. It*will be thus with Koch's discov ery. The charlatan clamor and activity that swarm to the front when fortunes are to be made do their little harm and die way, and when these clouds pass the wrld will find that it is the richer for a grat and effective remedy against a ter rible disease, and in this all the peaple have good reason to rejolce--Hes. York Vprid. Catching Pears. Four children, weary of their play, were stting under a pear tree. A nice, juicy pear fell into John's hat. "I'm lucky" he cried, as he seised the pear and began to eat it. Then the others took off their hats and held them out, for, said one, "we can catoh pears too." After waiting a long time, and finding the hats still empty, Tom cried out, " an gather a bushel of pears while I am waitiag to catch one," and springing up the tree his strong arm sent down a shower of the best pears, 1enough to fill all their hats. So it always is with every good thing; itf we want a blessing we must put forth some effort to get it. The person who wasts an education will never get it by wishing for it, and sitting down hat in hand to wait for it to come to him. No, if you want money, education, land or home, only by your own will and the strength of:your own arm will you ger. them.-A'asse. Litleield, Whaen medicine is given a child, parents ilke to feel it is a safe and proper one. Sueshk a reaaedy iL Dr. BuWt Wpzn De What Lupus Is. DR. KOCH'SB MDIGfEU FOR THE LUNGS CURE8 A DISEASE OF THE SHIN. Although some relation between con sumption and lupus has long been sus pected, it remained for Dr. Koch to show that lympth syecially prepared for curing consumption act as a curative agent in lupus.. Some years ago a German pathologist noticed that a microscopic section of a patch of lumpus bore a striking re semblance to the gray tubercle of con sumption found in the lungs of those who have suffered from this disease Beyond this the two diseases had apparantly nothing in common, except the b1enefit which those who had them derived from a diet which included i'on and cod-liver oil. Lupus is a non-contagious skin disease. It first appears in the form of one or more reddish-brown or reddish-yellow blotches. These may vary in size from a pin's head to a split pea. In time these spots spread until their edges touch, and several of them become aggregated into a patch. The disease is very slow in developing and a patch the size of a twenty-five cent piece may take years to form. It is chronic and hard to get rid of. There are three ordinary forms of lupus. In one, the skin involved may become dry at the surface acd scale off, this is known as the expoliated form. The substance between the individual cells of the skin may disappear and the cells themselves coalesce and form a hom ogenious mass. Or the skin may develop gnawing ulcers. This last form gives the disease its name, on account of its ra pacity, from the Latin "lupus," a wolf. in healing, lupus often leaves a character istic bluish white papery scar behind it. The children of consumptive or ecrofu ions parents are predisposed to lupus. It usually makes its appearance early in life, or between the ages of 3 and 15. Women are more liable to it than men, and persons living in the country than those who live in town. It rarely attacks two members of the same family. Lupus is commonest on the skin of the face. The ulcerative variety nearly always beains around the external open ings of the nostrils Although never known to be directly fatal, it often does harm by contracting eitherir both of the wings of the nose, and it always leaves a bad scar in healing. The usual treatment of ulcerating luopus by burning with some caustic substance, such as nitrate of silver or hydrate of potash -Nesw York sun. A Wolf in a Snake's Embrace. There was a great commontion near the wolves' cage in the Philadelphia Z o one night. A long, deep chest toppled over on its side, the lid flew open, and a big yellow snake, with open mouth, glared around. Seeing that no enemies where tormenting him, and recovering his lost temper, he dragged himself lazily from the bor. With the dim flickering light of the flick ering gas-jet glinting on his shiny back, the snake made his way toward the wolves' den. Embracing one of the wheels, he gradually made his way upward, and was just dragging his tail across the iron bars to the top of the wagon when one of the wolves spied it. With a snarl, hB leaped for the bars and took a firm grip of the snake with his teeth. In an instant the scene changed from quiet to pandemonium, the ot er wolves howling and dashing themselves against the bars in a fury of rage, while the long, lithe body of the snake waved' and twisted like a willow wand in the hand of a drum major. Its body was useless below where the wolf had gripped it, but quickly loop ing itself around the iron Drake-rod, it managed to get a coil around the wolf's neck. By this time, which was not more than three seconds from the time the first noise was heard, the head keeper cried: 'Bring the ether 1" to the watchman. There was no time to be loss. The wolf's eyes were protruding from his head, and the bones could almost be heard to break as the snake exerted its great strength. The snake's eyes glittered and its jaws moved nervously from the pain the wolf was inflicting, but both were nearly motionless. A sponge satuated with ether was applied on the end of a pole to the nostrils of each combatant. and in a few seconds the snake fell in an inert heap on the floor, just as the wolf released his grasp, reeling from side to side. The snake's wounds were dressed and he was hustled back into his box, and the wolf, who was weak but unhurt, cgs al lowed to recover at leisure.-Ne~i. York Journal. Home. Is there a word around which clusters more endearing associations ? As an evi dence that the love of home is universal, we have in many, if not all languages, proverbs referring to it. "Home is home, be it ever so homely." "An Englishman's house is his castle."-English. "Toevery bird its nest is fair."--Frencb. "East and west, at home the best."'-German. "The reek of my own house is better than the fire of another."-S-panish. "Home, my own home, tiny though thou be, to me thou seemest an abbey."-Italian. The word itself is the medium of an idea which when conceived or spoken, never fails to enkindle the best, purest and holiest emo tions of-our nature. In the cradle of in fancy it is lisped, and never dJes its influ ence cease to be felt till the narrow walls of the grave stifle every earthly sensation. By it the most chequered phases of life are made happy, while without it life is in deed a destitution. The schoolboy looks to it as the ultimate haven of delight. Its enlightening and obeering rays warm the bosom of the prodigal, and rememberance of it prompts him to say, "I will return." The weary wanderer dwells upon the thought of home as a recompense for all sorrows and trials. The brave voyager in a torrid clime, or upon ice-bound seas, is supported and revived into energy by fond recollections of home. It is a priceless treasure, the coveted solace of life and man as never-dying hope. The Master m words of tenderest pathos uttered his plaintive lament because he had no place to lay his wearied head. The joys of heaven are depicted as an everlast ing home. When the disciples were sad in view of the Savior's departure, he en deavored to encourage and gladden their hearts by declaring that he was going to prepare a home for them. The great need of the age is better homes. We cannot overestimate the value of a home worthy of the name Every home should have as many pictures to attract- attention and beautify the aste, and books to enrich and ennoble the mind as possible. The rela tions of life that go to form the household are the source not only of life'srichest joys and most sacred memories, but also of some of the finest and noblest characteristics of man. The luve. fidelity, forbearance and self-sacrifice that are nourished by family life are among the richest possessions of humanity. May the motto that hangs in all model homes be the universal sentiment of mankind-"God bless our home." Chriµtian at Work. Churches and Saloons. Among the queer anomalies of the Mc Kinley bill is its hostility to Catholic churches, and the favor it shows to sa loons. The Independent calls attention to the fact "that alters for churches paying 20 per cent duty now pay 40 per cent, and that the tariff on church chimes is in creased to 45 per cent, which is more t1 an the duty on bottled beer i Some way toe taAfi bill doesn't reem to be as favorable to the churches as to he saloons I" The famous bill is oeb.inly not one de vised for the encouragement of morality and religion, though it may e5ourage the OonasMmptin ; beer.-- Ne.s Yoro. ~eT Large or Small Farms. QUESTIONS AS TO THU PROFITABLENESS OF KEEPING FARMS UNDER HIGH CULTIVATION. "The farmer may praise large estates, but let him cultivate a small one." Let this quotation from the Latin poet, Virgil, serve as a text for a few remarks on the size of farms that can be cultivated to the best advantage. The question of the comparative profita bleness of small and large farms is very frequently discussed in farm journals and magazines, but there does not appear to be any general agreement upon the answer to be given. There are many advocates of small, highly-cultivated farms, but the majority of farmers are, practically at least, in favor of owning as large a farm as they can pay for, and cultivating as much of it as they possibly can. Of course this practice results in anything but highly-cultivated farms, and instead of getting thirty-six bushels of wheat to the acre, which is the average yield on good farms in England, where the land has been in cultivation for centuries, the farmer of this country is usually well satisfied with less than half that amount. Indeed, ac cording the American Encyclopaedia, coun ties in this State, in which the average yield at the beginning of the century was 20 to 30 bushels to the acre, now return 5 to 7 bushels. Truly, there is no exag geration in the suggestion of one of our farm exchanges that many a farmer could sell half his land and still raise as much on the rest of it as he now does on the whole. There seems, therefore, to be plentiful room for doubt as to the advisability of working large farms. Of course, much depends upon circumstances. ,The price of land, the nature of the soil, the kind of farming to be followed, the cost of labor, and the proximity of a market for the produce. These and other considerations have to be taken into account, so that no invariable rule can be laid down to apply alike to all eases. The owner of new, rich soil in the West can work a much larger farm than can be advantageously culti vated in the Eastern States where the soil is worn out. When laying their plans for the sum mer, farmers are apt to undertake more than they afterwards find they fully carry out. We have before us a letter from such a one. In the spring he determined to try to grow potatoes enough for his family, and corn-fodder enough for his animals, in addition to a large amount of other work. Later on in the summer, he reviewed his work, found he bad under taken too much, and calculated that he would lose less by letting the potatoes and corn-fodder go in order to make a success of the other crops. He acted accordingly, and though the neglected crops turned out miserably, he congratulated himself on the general results. There is then this objec tion to large farms, that they are a cou stant temptation to the farmer to under take more than he can put thrbugh at all well. If thirty bushelsaof grain can, by proper care of the ground, be raised from one acre instead of from two, nearly half the cost of planting and harvestin ; is saved, and also the interest on the value of one acre. The question, then, is whether the cost of properly caring for the ground more than counterbalances the extra cost of planting and harvesting occasioned by poor cultivation, plus the amount lost in interest on invested capital. English farmers are forced by the dear ness of land and the cheapness of labor to cultivate their land to the highest possible point and have until recent years done very well. American farmers are some what differently situated, yet it does seem that if farming can be made to pay in England it ought to be possible to redeem the worn-out farms of New England and to restore the agricultural regions of New York and Pennsylvania to their former prosperity. This year has indeed proved a very profitable one to farmers on Long Island and other sections in the East, and it may be hoped that a new impetus will thus be given to farming in this region. We should be pleased to have brief statements of experience on this subject from our farmer readers. What is, on the average, the most profitable size of farms in the different sections of country for a man possessed of only moderate means and capacities ?-N. Y Weekly Witnwss. Where Did the Drunkard Begin? Every man, woman and child ought to know the great danger of taking the "first glass" of intoxicating liquor. Those who never take the first glass cannot take the second, and therefore they are safe. I wish Icould get this sown deep into the hearts of all mothers. Then they would never give their babies one drop of toddy, nor take it themselves. Liquor would be banished entirely from all homes. Where did the drunkard begain ? Answer-with Glass number one, Only in fun; Glass number two, Other boys do; Glass number three, It won't hurt me; Glass number four, Only one more; Glass number ten, Drinking again ? Glass number twenty, Not yet a plenty ? Drinking with boys, Drowning his joys; Drinking with men, Just now and then ; Wasting his life, Killing his wife, Losing respect, Manhood all wrecked; Losing his friends Thus it all ends. Glass number one ruined his life, Brought on strife, Blighted his youth, Sullied his truth; In a few years Brought many tears; Gave only pain, * Stole all his gain; Made him at last - A friendless outcast. Light-hearthd boy, Somebody's joy, Do not begin, Early to sin; . Grow up a man Brave as you can ; Taste not in fun Glass number one. -Releted. Dogs in Church. There was a certain custom in Scotland, which may still eontinue, of dogs-going with their masters to the khirk, in country districts. About this, many strange stories are told. Among others, it is said that in one rural church the dogs used to occupy a small gallery over their masters' heads, and were always well behaved. But one Sunday a sttauge dot which had been put with the others caused a general uproar among them.. It ended by the stranger jumping over the front of the gallery down into the church, and dashing out at the door, with all the congregation in chase of him. It is also said that a clergy man from Edinburgh, when taking a per vice in a country church to which the congregation brought their, dogs, was much surprised as the people not rising as usual for him to pronounce the bleistng. He waited some time, and at last .l hclerk bawled out, "Say awa', sir; it's jooes to cheat the dawgs." They had found that when the people stood up the dogs thought it a sign of departure, and by whining and barking showed their pleasure. The people, therefore, kept their seats, and the dogs were quiet.-lai/ and Brpresu. I do not dill one greater and one smaller; that whblh fills its period and place is equal to any. The Pnrces of Farm Produce Ir I sat down with Mr. John W. Book walter of Springfeld, Ohio. "Now," sid Mr. Bookwalter, I make the prediction that the next boom in the United Statee is going to be in farm lands. I had the fore sight several years ago to buy a large quantity of land in Kansas and Nebraska, the very States which have been swept over by this protest against the McKinley bill.' My argument was that we had taken up nearly all the good lands. That is so much the case now that there is, literally speaking, no more great West to oceupy. The only way we can add to the prodnu tive lands of the United States hereafter is by reclaiming the swamp lands or by irrigating the desert and dry land. Both of those processes are very slow and very expensive. The natural land has been taken up, and if in large quantities that means a subdivision into small quantities, and with the subdivision must ensue higher prices for land." Mr. Bookwalter .took out a pencil and began to demonstrate to the following effect : "We are now able to export a surplus age of breadstuffs and other food enough to supply only 5,000,000 people. All the rest that is raised out of the ground is consumed by our 63,000,000 or more of Americans. At the present ra e of the in crease (f cur popul~ en, and considering the stoppage of the supply of new land, we shall in six years eat ourselves every thing that we raise in the country. This is so inevitable that there is going to be an increase of the farming population ; it is going to pay hereafter to be a farmer. When we have no surplus to export, the world still desiring to partake of our crops, the prices must go higher, and I think that the farmer, after having had a few years of low prices, is going to have good rates speedily. "They are a little better now than they have been, and he feels encouraged. This occupation of the soil extends also to the cattle ranches, of which there are fewer than there were. In short, the country is settled up, whereas for about twenty years we have, been rushing upon new land, breaking up too much soil, and making the competition too great among the faimers.' When? When sores break out on your person, when pimples cover your face, when you feel weak and debilitated, and your nerr ous system feels shattered, when you have aches and pains, when your appetite fails, when you are troubled with dispepsia, when there is a- geeral functional de rangement sad life hardly seems worth living, give Dr. Buli's Sarsaparilla a trial and you will be delighted at its pleasing effect. As a general health restorer and strengthener of the whole system it is superior to any other compound... It will not harm the most delicate invalid and has saved thousands from a premature grave. You wrong yourself when you delay giving it a trial. Lincoln's Habits. The president rose early, as his sleep was light and capricious. In the summer, when be lived at the Soldier's Home, he would take his frugal breakfast and ride into town in time to be at his desk at eight o'clock. He began to receive visits nomi nally at ten o'clock, but long before that hour struck the doors were besieged by anxious crowds, through whom the people of importance, Senators and Members of Congress, elbowed their way after the fashion which stiti survives. On days when the Cabinet met, Tuesdays and Fri days, the hour of noon closed the interview of the morning. -Oa other days it was the presidents custom, at about that hoar, to order the doors to be opened, and all who were waiting to be admitted. At luncheon time he had litterally to run the gauntlet through the crowds who filled the corridors between his ofilce and the rooms at the west end of the house occupied by the family. The afternoon wore away in much the same manner as the morning: late in the day he usually drove out for an hours airing; at six o'clock he dined. He was one of the most abstemious of men; the pleasures of the table had few attractions for him. His breakfast was an egg and a cup of coffee; at uitcheon he rarely took more than a biscuit and a glass of milk, a plate of fruit in its season ; at dinner be ate sparingly of one or two courses. He drank little or no wine; not that he remained always on principle a total abstainer,, Is h'was a pact of his early life, in the' fervor of the "Wash ingtonian" reform; bat he never cared for wine or liquors of any sort, and never used tobacco.-Col. John Hay, in the November Uentury. From Indian Territory. About a year ago I had a severe attack of Bronchitis, and I used many of the pop ular lung remedies of the day without re lief. SLome of the physicians whom I called said I had consumption, and that my case was incurable, and that I must die. Late last fall I met Dr. Norman, who gave me a fifty-cent bottle of Dr. White's Pul monaria, and stated that he had used it in his practice for several years, and had never known it to fail to do all that was claimed for it. Now candor admonishes me to testify in its favor. This one bottle that I received from Dr. Norman gave me more relief than all the other remediesand prescriptions I had heretofore used: After using three more of the dollar bottles I was pronounced cured.-Thos. K Paatrg , Peho, Cherokee Nation, Indizan T*r. For sale by W. A. Knapp. Coafirmed. The favorable impression produced end the first appearance of the aggreeable liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Fige, a few years ago has been more than confirmed by the ple-ant experience of all who have used it, and the success of the proprietors and manufacturers, the California Fig Syrup Companmy. Anacre covers an area of about 210 feet each way. Hence it may be divided into five yards 40x200 (allowing for passage ways), of ten yards 40x100. If square yards are preferred, it gives sixteen yards 50x50. A yard 50x5 0 is qiLte a nice one for a cock and ten hens, and with sixteen such yards will accomodate 160 hens; but we prefer the yards, each 40x100 feet, which allows 100 hens to the acre, a pro portion which is much better than the larger number.-Pouwtrv World. Three conceited wits pasinag aolg a country road meet an. old farmer. irst wit:e "Good morrow, Father Abraham." Second Wit : "Good morrow, . Father Isaac." Third Wit: "Good morrow, Father Jacob." Old Farmer: "I am neither Abraham. Isaac, nor Jacob, but Saul the son of Kish, who went out to seek his father's uses; and, lo I here I have found them." The following advertisement lately ap peared in an Irish daily : 'Wanted, a gentleman to undertake the sale of a patent medicine. The ar rtiser guaran tees that it will beprcfii..e to the under taker.' It is not wholly sentiment to am that "The foot of the sheep is golden." This is the only one among our domestic ani mals that is increasng is vlue in the fade of the present agricltural depression, maicasne dgriaituria. Many Persons mb soke down to rwo1k or oneebod caes. Brown's Iron Bitters {seanbu -rman aids digestion, 1umoveseoeabtBq and coze malala. Wt the__ gO, A BOY'S PROMISE. The school was out, and down the street A noisy throng eame thronging; The hue of health, a gladnes sweet, To every faoe belonging. Among tgem strode a little lad, Who listened to another And mildly said, half grave, half sad: "I can't-I promised mother." -. A abshout went up, a ringing shout Of boisterous derision; But not one moment left in doubt That manl", brave decision. "Go where you please, do what you will," He calmly told the other; "But I shall keep my word, boys, still ; I can't-I promised mother." Ah ! who can doubt the future course Of one who thus had spoken ? Through manhood's struggle, gain and lose, Could faith like this be broken? God's blessing on that steadfast will, Unyielding to another, That bears all Jeers and laughter still, Because he promised mother I --eorge Cboxsr, in Cbngreqa*lonallat. The Children's Passport. What can there be in this world more helpless than a little child? and yet how carefully little children are watched and tended and protected. Why is this? It has not always been so, nor is it so to-day in every part of the world. There live been people who have fung their own little children into the flames to be consumed, or into the waters to be drowned, and who have buried their little babies alive, re rardless of their tears and cries. And here are to-day people who hate little children, and, who, instead of pityingthem in their helplessness, wish to get them out of the way. And we qhould not have been cared for in our helpless infancy, and safe ly brought up, unless God had planted -in the hearts of parents a tender love for lit tle ones, and had, in addition, taught them in his Gospel that he took a deep interest in them. When he was here on earth, he took lit. tle children.in his arms, and blessed them; and he set a little child in the midst of his disciples, as a pattern for them to imitate. Children little know how much they are indebted to the Lord Jesus Christ for pro tection, and safely, and comfort. He was the children's friend, and is still the friend of 'every little one. And his worFd of power have, reached the hearts of lten, and have been to children a shield and protection in many trying hours. Some time ago, a German workman and is wife emigrated from Kualm, in Eastern Prussia, to Sedalia, in the State of Mis souri, leaving behind them three little chilUren, a boy ten years old, and.twolittle daughters, one aged seven, and the other four. When the parents had been in America for a while, and had made them a home, they sent back word that they wanted their children to come over and live with them. There was no one going that way just then, and they did not have money to pay the expense of any one to attend them on the journey ; so there was nothing %6do but for the little pilgrims to go alone. Their aunt in Berlin furnished each of the young travelers with a little book, on the first page of which she :wrote the name, age, birthplace, and destination of the bearer: and below each of their names she wrote, in German, in- French, and in English, in large letters, a single sentence taken from this little book, and she told them when they found themselves in any trouble, or difficulty, they were just to stand still, and open those littlebooks, and hold them before them. The little children started from their German home, -and tramped along through the country, to the place of their depar tore. They reacsohed the seaport, embarked on board the steamer, ciossed the great Atlantic, landed in New York, and traveled by rail fifteen hundred miles westward, to the heart of Missouri, showing their little passports whenever they were perplexed or in trouble, and in every instance finding kindness, tenderness, and ,protection; every heart warming with love, and every hand being stretched forth in helpfulness to the little ones who were thus cast upon the kindness of strangers whom they had never seen before, and would never see again, but through whose tender care they safely reached the far-off home of their grateful and rejoicing parents. And now, what do you suppose were the words written in those little books, which touched so many hearts, and madesomany friends for those little children t Were they ;some words from' the Emperor of Germany, or the Queen of Ebgland Were they the words of. some great monarch, commanding all men to pay at tention to those little travelers? No. The words which opened their way,, and were to them a passport and a protection were these: " 'Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the lsast. of these, ye have -done it unto m,' easith Jesus Christ." What mighty words were these, thus uttered by the children's Friend I though centunes have passed away since they were spoken, yet still they are fall of won drous power; for he who spoke those wordsyet lives in heaven, at the right hand of God, and watches over little chil dren ; and all the care, and blessing, and love that children share, -comes to them through Him. Their lives are made hap pier and brighter through the love of the Bible that was born in a stable and cradled a a manger ; who took little children- in his arms and blessed them; who has said, "He that receiveth one such little child in hjy name, receaveth me," and whoe Bail promised that he who gives even a cpp of cold water to a disciple in his name, shall never lose his reward.-H. L. H, fC E. Trae Story of a Diamond Bing. When a young man named Hedges went to Baltimore a short time agQ he gave Nellie Gordon s pwn ticket fora diamond ring. Miss Gordon ltes in West Forty. first street, is connected with the stage in some way, and loves diamonds. Mr. Hedges had said this ring was worth $125, and as the pawn tioket csled for WIy $25.75, Miss Gordon redeemed it, In.the early hours of Nov. 14, she says, tiire was a ring at the bell. She opened :the door and saw two men on the steps. "I am a deputy sheriff." said one, "and I have come to get a diamond ring that is in your poesession, and that was stolen from this young man here." The girl did not know where Hedges had got the ring, and she did not want to be arrested at that time of night. So she slipped the ring off her finger and with one last reluctant look, handed it to the supposed eputy sheriff. After several days.- she says she found out that he was Henr Montague of Cleveland, ansthat his comlanion was a certain Louis Paine. She told this story in Jefferson Market Police Court on Mon day, and got a warrant, bat when Moo talg.ud was arraigned yesterday morning. Miss Gordon shook her Titian red locks and said she was mistaken. Justice' O'RBelly dismissed him. The search for the ring has been abandoned, at least for the present.--. F. 8Ys'. To Dispel Colds, Headaehes and Fevers, to clealse the system effectually, yet gently, when costive or bilious, or when the blood is habitul constipatio, to awaken the kid -.ys and liver to a healthy activity, with out Irriating or weakening them., use yrup of Fig. I have sed BuIrPs Sarms l in skin diseases of gageteidg, wch damaded athomoh .ug aof the Suds of the body, sslay p knows its com An Enterprising Msa. HE WbASTE A GREAT DEAL OP GOOD N i LIEN ON THE WROIO CUSTOMER. "Want to buay a wheelbarrow, madam?' demanded the aggressive looking man at the front door of a dwelling near Jadksoa Park the ather day. "What in the world doI want witha wheelbarrow T" said the autonished woman. of the house. "Sold twenty-seven in this neighbor hood since yesterday morning," he re torted, "and most of them to people who ar among the very best in this part of "I on't see why-- " "Pardon me. You are aware that the World's Columbian Exposition is to be held within half a mile of this house ?" "Yes, but whatlias that---" "Pardon me again. You have relatives who Will visit you during the exposition. Very good. All of us have. Each of these relatives, or the great majority of them, will bring a trunk. The ordinary charge of an expreeama.r tor taking .a trurk. to or from a railroad. station is -wenty.flve cents. Owing to the great in crease of business that year, or the prob able formation of an expressman's trust, the charge will be fifty cents. The expo sition wilt last six months. You will have an average of one relative with a trunk for every week during all that time, and of course you will have to pay for taking that trunk to and from your house. The relatives will protest mildly against your your looking after the trunk, but you'll do it. You'll pay $1 for drayage on every trnk that comes to your house and goes away from it while the exposition lasts. That will bring your expenses for that item alone upto $26. Now mark I The wheelbarrow I am s will cost $1.50 each. They are bt ceabe, light and just e ti for knocking out an extortionate e an's trust. All you have to do is pay a boy ten cents for wheeling the trunk. Cost of wheelbar row, $1 50. Expense dorboy, twenty-six weeks, $2,60. Total, $ 10. Saving ef fected by adoption of wheelbarrow plan, $21.90-enough to buy a good hard coal stove. I'm selling by sample, madam, you understand. I take your order now and deliver in the spring of 1893. Ex pect to sell 10,000 of them before that time. James, bring that wheelbarrow in side the gate so the lady can see it." "He 'needn't do it," said the lady. "I don't want it." "I assure you, madam, $1.50 isthe very lowest figure at which you can buy the kind of wheelbarrow I am selling, and-if I didn't get it a big discount from manufac turer's prices on. account of the quantity I expect to order I could not--" "I don's want it, sir." "Possibly you see no necessity I pay ing a bo ten cents for each trip. There are boyW I admit, w.0 will do it for five it promised a regular job. Or you may have a boy of your own. In that case you save the entire ten cents. Total savI by wheelbarrow plan--" "I have several boys, sir. I also he a husband- " "Ah ?" "Who is in thew preesing business himself. Owns three or four wagonse. Expects to make a good thing hauling trunus in 1893." "You ought to have told me this when I began, madam," said the man, as he backed down the steps. '"I have wasted enough sound argument and good Eng lish on you to have sold three or four of these machines to any ordinary customer. James, come along with that wheelbarrow over to the next house. Step lively, now, confound you "'-C-hicago Tribune. Tress. The farm-that has no trees upon it is a desert looking place. When people of the East go into the new settlements on treeless Western plains the first thing that strikes them with something of terror is the lack of trees. Yet it is a fact that on many farms that are old enough to have trees, even in the East, there is a woeful lack of them. -Perhaps it will never be possible to induce the vast ma jority of people to plant trees which they will never enjoy, that posterity may enjoy them. It is probable, therefore, that there never will be a universal planting of the best trees on our farms. But we heartily wish that if people will not plant such trees they will plant the rapidly growing kinds. We have often spoken of cottonwood. It grows to be considerable of a tree in fouror five years. It makes a handsome tree and while there are ob jections to it, as we have frequently said, it is a good many per cent better than no tree.- Wstern Rwral. Many a poorlittle saickly child has been esved from the grave by he kind mother· giving it Dr. Bull's Worm Destroyers, hich it thought was candy. * Insurance Against Disease. In certain instances there have been arrangements made between a physfican and the head of a family that a fixed amcunt .hould be paid. for.,eih d the various members of the family zodtinued in goodhealth. But should sickneesenter the household, the physician's usual stipend was discontinued. Such an agree. ment is foundedon common senise, for we don't want to be made well, we want to be kept well. There is a great deal of an. necessary sickness resulting from a want of careful attention to bodily reqairements. ~eep the blood pure, keep the functional habits of the~ody regular, counteract the effects of exposure by always having a bottle of Dr John Bull's Sasaparlla -., the.housebold and usingt in anticipation of an attack of illness or when the very frst symptoms are manifest. Disease will not trouble you if you will heed this good advice. It is an excellant preventive of disease and decay, as well as a safe cuae. - oarton Banner. Oldest Dwelling In the United states. The old stone house, in Guilford, Conn., is probably the oldest dwelling house in the UnitedStates. Since the date of ts erection, in 1640, to the present .time, it has bean used as a dwelling, with the ex ,aepti t'of a few instances In colonial tims,. when it did duty as a fort, and was a place of refuge for thelsettlersand their. tAmiiles when King Phillip was on the war-path. The house was built for Henry Whitefleld, the head of the aettlement, who was a minister of the charhk of England, said one of those who we aealled non-conformists. As usual with theed early settlements, his followgrs were of his belief. The stone of whi·d the house was built was quarried fomr a ledle about a mile from the site, aad the records say was carted on hand-birrows, which' was no iconsiderable piece of worrk. The mortar used in ldi the walls is as hard now as the stone itself. With the exception of the roof, the housestiands to day just as flnished by the bhliders 2 years ago. The iret ma..iegIn-iilfor was solemnnaed is tailitouse, asi I46g tells us that the'weddi ··irast oh the so calon consisted of -boted pork and peas. Fits Greene Halleck, the poet, was born in s house that stood a short distance from the "old stone house."--Cogrine. She elt sorry. A you.g Texas lady of iiolemt temper, just about to be married, was foundweep. tg by friend. ."Why do weep. aFsay I Your future eb s one of the meet kind4 hearted men in the world.' "I know it; but I esa't help feeling sorry for the poor man. I bave smach kind heart thatit makes me ery toij how Ill boas him Raound, Thppoo mas has no idea how he in foto Fr at my hands," and ones moren the of t.e kind heared woman flled wltbrlu. fewrquage.#~o BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. BY W. H. cLIM]. JAMES MADISON. The subjeet of - etch was born at Port Conway, Virginia, March 16, 1751, of English ancestry. He was educated at Princeton, and studied law after his grduation. Being wealthy and of a cast of mind, he --did not seek practice in his profession, although he was an able lawyer. Bis reading was exten sive and varied, tnd he was a polished orator. He 'e was an ardent -patriot, sad embraced the cause of the colonies in their diute with the mother country, with . and ability, and held a prominent place in the councils of his country. When the convention was called for the purpose of forming a constitution of the United State., Mr. Madieon was chosen by airginia, as one of4he delegatee to repre sent her in that assembly. He at once became prominent in the convention, and drafted and wrote out the main. rt of the constitution, as it-was When he returned home, be ardently advocated the adoption of the constitution by his native State, and it was chiefly owing to his calm and cogeat reasoning, backed by the influence of Washington, thatthe measure was carried in the'Vir ginia assembly In spite of the opposition of Jefferson and Henry. Although Madison was thus in opposi tion to the leader of the Democratic party on the question of theadoption of the con stitution, he did not lose his confidence or friendship, and when Jefferson . was elected president, he selected Madison for the most prominent position 'in his cabi net. Accordingly, Madison became secre tary of State, and as such, conducted the negptationa with. France for the purchase of the Louisiana territory, and brought about a peace with Tripoli, with which nation the United States were at warae w At the close of Mr. Jeferson's adminis tration, Mr. Madison was elected presi 'dent by the Democrats, and took his esat March 4, 1809. At this time the Americans were in volved in disputes with the British, con cerning-the rights of neutral ships in time of war. The British claimed, and exer cised the right to search the ships of the Amerieans and Impress any British subject they might find, or pretend to find, on board said ships, into the British service. Madison, who was of a' peace-loving dish position, labored long and ptslently to avert war', but without suetat ii everal outragee upon America~ compierde were committed by British vessels, and the British government refused to make any adequate concessions.. The result was the war of 1812 against Great Britain. Mr. Madison did not prove to be a great war president, but, still retained the confidence of his party, and the majority of the American people, and was re-electedpressl dent in Nov. 1812. Daring his inenumibency, Washington was taken by the-Brttish, and Madison and his family were forced to fly, while the President's house, including 'much' f his private property, together with other public buildings, weie burnt 'by the enemy. fter a war of three years, with al. tedlae victory and reverse, peace was madat Ghent, in which nothing was said concerning the right of search - the originalpatuse of the war. That. question reniined unsettled, so far as diplomacy was concerned, until it was settled by Mr, Seward when negotiating withthe British govenament over the Masp and 81idell The greatest battle of the war of 1819 was fought at New Orleans, Jap, 8, 1815, between the American army commanded by Gen. Jackson, and the British army commanded by Gen Sir -EdaMi Packen hasm' The British were disastrously de esated nd left the country. Union an a.tte:,ladian" ,fas eite in 1816. The Ameriean bl, BSo..ry was formed, and the streets of NeW York were first lighted with gas.. Mr. Madison was very happy in his domestic relations. He married, in 1794, Mrs. Dolly Todd, a young widow of great beauty and bigh accompilshments, who was of the most popular of all the wome who have presided as mistress of the "te House." Mr. Madison retired to Montpelier, Va., at the close of his presidential term, and resided there in peace, enjoying the respect of all his countrymen, until his death, which occurredJnae, 1886. Not a Reform. Three members of the Uln Legiesa ture elected on the farmers' tPlckt at the late election, who hold. the Po of power on joint ballot for UXt G te Senator, declare that they areu ' pledged 'to any candidate for that positio5ad they propose to use their present advantage solely for the benefit of the constituency whieh elected them--the'"1armers' Ajll-. ance.--Bro a e ge. And that is what they c~1 reform l: There is not the first element of reform in such action. Legislatures voting for the" interests of the organisation whieh eleotedt them is the very essenee ot immorality in politics. That system being adopted as the correct one, all- other immoxal acts follow as a mter of ooursap. The ohl parties have wahed thM. iepnstaton~ en this vry point, And now the Farmers' AI. llanre drlves its .h*rk straight upon the same rock. The real-party of refrm the party which fir od amiW ad th eonBmf=l denoe of the people and to wrest the reins ofgovernment from the old arty leaders -must be patriotic p r.;.,. one which seekithe good of the whole pe.h equally and not of any clas, still less any po lit oal organisation. Any suceas whien the FBrmeu' Alliance may att..n o the above plan wll necessarily he imitted and tran ient. -" L -Wsekefv. Win t.a The Columnabla C alendar. By tar the most viluable business sal nudar for 189t1 I the Coolumbisa Cyle Calendar and Stand, Issued by the Pope MLfg. Co., of Boston, Mass. It is in the form of apad contalnia 68. leahs, each -lea having on it date, day of week, day of year, and number of days to come, a paragraph pertaining to 4cling or some kindred subject. The .lemes iute tid only on the end, so that each entire leaf can be exposed. The st.la islmade . etalr e.dood, bie.s moa. te withe.i holder and pesalk. & Athouagbsltb ie sixth yearof the Calandath . matter is frelsh n new, the arp-adlbbrd of para s halgbeen peclaly w ritten for this purpoe. Owing to 6xpoasueit hbarseief tad*.. posed with aacute theuimatile about .si months. My skill failed to, Ord mea re lief and I was induced to try Balls . ýparlla, and must aonfess that it entir¶ oaued me. It is delidedly superior to a other preparations of reapsrill.-.B, B. Allan, 1D., Brand.n, Xg. A -horse at [cants o,1 r'VMt. it is Mftd, ate all the apples hb oou~ld each qu .te, Id4 them `urd roqu1aad klopdI the tees zeipesiedl7r, )tnifag dir a shower of the Lueous frutite, upon which he' regaled Lat yeur the Kn... mnm who had l1t. Otpotatoe st c~se was called *aIok-- by Sedsada. ',phis eir t emm who. bows :bsm ii add //bb* adlT;issý tbtghbomi as seumst."-RPwvs . fits f iw !hes no oae zeally educating idm self or heuif who does nd e fief f dioi. a O !S the opportantles of the puesent o- . uRs praest world. A ~gljlEQIII~L 05 9-