The farmers' union., January 11, 1894, Image 3

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MMOA.
VOLUME III.
MEMPHIS, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 189!
NUMBER 51.
HOME FLIES
BY ERNEST
Colossal .Tosh Demby. the colored
texton, was tolling the Baptist Church
bell for the !a-t time of IhiM. Revival
services wen: being held in the church.
The echoes of the tolling went vibrat
ing down tiw valley, telling the .-.inner.-,
that tlx- time had eoroe tor them to
make
from I
e ngr.
the lei
veherc
enetl
the h(
Ci.ei!
yea lot.
Th
e i sual vow of renunciation
thralldom of the flesh. Tin:
ition as unusually large, for
?ncv of exhortation and the
ice of supplication IrUd quick-
slumbering fires of piety in
ts of tiie faithful and strength- j
.e
oble knee.-i of many a haltin;
rganist wa
plav big a dreamy
v
si
untary, full of the tenderest expr
n from Mendelssohn's 'Songs VVith-
out We
over 1 1
a tit' z
ami iii
wake! h
eorporti
se.-fle. !
soul.
-fusl ;
from th
church
iJs." As his lingers stole softly
keys he muttered to himself
which lilloil the air admirably
hich the line "When the bird
tnd the shadows Hi .-" was to
ed. It, was a quiet, restful
I of comfort for the body and
i Josh came down on tin-to
belfry, the outer door of the
wung open and a voting woman
entei
i.
she was elegantly uressea.
was wrapped In a sealskin
Her form
cloak
ear-,
ami r
Caii-ei
and diamonds sparkled in her
There was an air of elegance
inement about the woman which
Josh to open the inner door
with more than his customary polite
ness. W ith a gracious inclination of
her bead tin woman entered and to k
a seat in the extreme end of the scat
nearest the door upon the faded red
cushion.
This was the first time that Dove
Jones had been inside of a church for
five years. There were noblumesin
bar cheeks now such as vied with the
hollyhocks in her m ther's garden
when she went away. She had lost her
ro es . ith her self-resp ct and earned
d;tri circles under her hazel eyes, a
pal!i'! brow, and a disease which the
doctors said was valvular disease of
the heart. In moments of excitement
she was seiz d with paroxysms which
turne i h -r face the color of ashes and
made her feel as if steel fingers wore
squeezing her heart relentlessly. And
now she was on her way home to her
moth-- who lived in the village; to sit
by the window where the honeysuckles
bloomed in summer an I the scent of
sweet briar stole in at. twilight. While
passing the church on her way toward
the win iow seat, she saw the lights in
the church window and heard the deep
toned bell and an impulse which she
could not re-ist prompted her to en er.
Many inquiring glances were eat at
her. but none recognized her now. Bui
many familiar fac is met her gaze as
.-he looked around. A few seats in
front of her sat the fat grocer, whoso
dried apples she had so often stolen
when on an errand for her mother. In
the pew in the church sat the rich
broker who went to the city every
morning and returned at n:ght. He
l a i paid for the new baptistry, Dove
remembered. She recalled with a
smile that he often prayed in meeting
aad always repeated the phrase "on
this earthly footstool" fifteen times in
each petition. He put a ." note 0.1 the
plate every Sunday, she remembered,
too. as she looked at the bald spot on
the top of his head.
! hit in the extreme corner of the
church near the pulpit, where the pews
were cheap; she saw faintly, for the
church was dimly lit, two figures. 1 th
were plainly dressed and gray-headed.
They were her father and mother. Her
heart lea od in her bosom. There was
an icy constriction in her breast and
the o, ! , plration started on her hands
and forehead. With trembling fingers
she drew out ol her pocket a small vial
mark d "Night-Blooming Cereus,"
poured ten pinhead pellet- into her
shaking palm, and quicklv swallowed
them. The effect was magical. In less
than two minutes the const rieti n was
gone.
tip the side aisle there came a young
and beautiful girl. Dove hearda boy
across the aisle whisper t.) his neigh
bor: ats the new soprano.) Ain't
a daisy .
Ph.. -i'-ii-v" -illi'dl to msatirmArml
In hind the red curtain that hung on a
h as- roau m irontoi me cnoir. ion,
the fh nrh Itimr.
h, Dick," the new soprano said to
the tenor, as she dropped panting inl
a seat and unrolled her music, J ve got
just the sweetest little song you ever
heard to sine- to-night as a solo. The
miniHtev mild h v:uitei! -.oniet h im'
about a dove, for he intended to preach
a sermon aoouttnal cooing Dim, ana i
found the very thing in a Sunday
school book. ouknow Mr. Hopkins,
who pays the choir bills, has not do
caled whether he will give
position of solo soprano, bu1
vou. Dick. they'll moisten mv
ne the
I hank
iroa
I Y-..
hud passed her a handful of
marsh-mall ws yo
eatch him to-niirht.
I see if I don't
The sons is a lit
tie thing in four pat
nothing lik
the "Green Uil! Far Away' or 'With
Verdure Clad but just simple and
melodious enough to appeal to his
limited musical conceptions. I've been
working hard on it all the week, tea
hnml two hours a daw I can almost
feel tears on my cheek when 1 ing it
and you know that feeling always im
nrovefl the timbre Of your voice. 'What
Kthnt Hnweis savs about - "
The flow of her comment was cut
short by the organist. With a lizard
t.n,.ti naif he were loat h to let it o. th
latter had finished the voluntary and
the gentki prelude to the new soprano's
song came from the keys. 1 he con
gregation were ad seated and every
body looked expectantly toward the
choir loft as the head of the new
soprano rose gracefully above the red
THE DOVE.
JARROLO.
curtain. In a rich soprano the melody
Heated out into the church freighted
with the words:
Fri m i ho transient and the fading.
Home (lies the dove;
To the sky no cloud is shading.
Uoitie flies the dove;
To the longed-for. nappy meeting.
All the trell-beloved greeting,
In m t'ic va'n and false anti fleeting,
II !i:; flies l he dove
As the mellow cadence arose and fell
the old deacon in the front pew felt
thai the rime of refreshing had ind ed
ome. The tenor leaned forward and
listened o th
trained ear. "
deli'
shading with a
" i 5v t leorge!
Til have to
muttered t
himself,
of her
take
lessons
teacher.
A mil
of
fac
he
grateful vanity spread
of Mr. Hopkins, the
inwardly congral ulat -d
judgment in the selec
over me
banker, a
himself onwii.-
tion of a soprano, and even the Fat gro
cer kept his eyes open while the song
was m progiess, which was a greater
compliment man no nun ever nam to a
inger liefore.
But on the hack seat sat the one who
appreciated the song the most, it wa;
the Dove m the sealskin cloak. She
had clasped both her white hands over
the back of the seat in front. Her
soul shone in her eyes, and every note
pnd word of the song fell noon her
tired heart with the refreshing of rain
in the face in August. Her lips parted
as she whispered to herseli the re
frain, and a look of infinite peace over
spread her face, and her head fell upon
her hands and rested there in the at
titude of prayer.
As the soprano resumed her seat the
tenor said in a whisper:
"if you don't get the situation Hep
kins 'II have to nire Patti."
Then they fell to whispering softly
to each other. The tenor pinched the
soprano's cheek playfully, and shore-
proved him with a glance that was not
all reproof
The venerable pa-tor arose in the
pulpit, and, adjusting his gold specta
cles, opened the big Bible on the red
velvet cushion at the eighth chapter
of Genesis and the eleventh verse, and
read-
"And the dove came to him in the
evening: and. lo. in her mouth was an
olive leaf plucked off. .So Noah knew
that the waters were abated from off
the earth."
Twa- not an exhaustive exegesis that
the gray pastor preached. He made no
attempt t prove that the Hood had
occurred a stated in the Sacred Book.
But while the grocer went to sleep us
usual and the broker's thought.- were
far away in Wall steet, and the tenor
and soprano ate candy oblivious to the
(light of time, he dwelt on the flight of
the message bird above the waste of
waters, lie told how on tired wing she
had explored the billows for an evi
dence of solidity and had at last secured
it. He drew a homely analogy between
the return of the dove with the olive
branch and the coming of the Christ.
And while many of the congregation
yawned because they hud Heard the
old story before, and the boys on the
back seat ate peanuts and threw the
shells on the floor to make the sexton
angry. Dove sat quietly on the back
scat, m the position she had assumed
when the song was sung, and made no
sign that thet ry of ttio olive-branch
had reached her ears.
As the pastor closed the Good IV ok
and resumed his seat, the organist
played again. The fat grocer awoke
with a start as his wife indicated with
her elb.wv in Ids ribs that it was time
for him to pas around the contribu
tion box. The cents jingled into the
box as he passed slowly down the mid
dle aisle until he came to the seat
where Dove was fitting. He touched
her gently with the box to notify her
that lie was expected to contribute
something tmvar t t:o distressed hea
then, but she did not respond. The
boys across the aisle sti ckered at what
they thought was an attempt to avoid
paying rent.
the congregate n then arose and
sang a hymn to the effect that they
were standing on a narrow neck of lan 1
wixt two seas, with no conception of
the meaning of the words. Thedox
ology and benediction followed, during
which the broker put i !i his overc at.
As the congregation Bled, slowly out,
there were solicitous inquiries as t
Martha .1 ones' rheumatism and Uncle
John's lame shoulder. The consensus
of opinion on the late Sunday-school
concei t was heard, and the possibility
of giving the pa-tor a donation was dis
cussed. And when the last lingerer
i. ad gone. Josh went around the church
turning out the lights. He was tired
and he wanted to get home. As he
came down the middle aisle he noticed
that the woman in the sealskin cloak
was still sitting in the back seat. Put
ting his great, black hand tenderly on
her shoulder, ho said:
Scuse me, Missus, ain't it time for
vou to go homer Yo.i's de only one
ief."
There was no response. He shook
her gently. A small vial fell from her
lap and breaking upon the Boor scat
tered a thousand pellets on the carpet.
He touched her hand. It was cold as
the icicle that hung from the corner of
the church. As he stood beside the
b wed figure in the darkened church,
Josh realized that there would be
mourning on the morrow for the dove
that ha i flown.
The tenor was going home with the
soprano. The snow crackled under
their feet, and the stars twinkled
kn iwingly overhead. As they loitered
along the way they softly sang to
gether: Where it never more shall weary,
Uoma files the dure;
Where the day fa nerer dreary.
Home flies the do re;
To the rest that is forever.
To the love that changes never.
From its own no more :o sever.
Home flies the dov.j.
The congregation lingered on their
doorsteps and listened with pleased
looks: but no one realized that the
sweet melody was a requiem.
THE KND 1
Copyright by the Authors' Alliance. All
rights reserved.
" BLESS THE
LITTLE WOMAN."
The Kind of
Wife Who
Arouses Enthu-
siasn.
That the average woman does
nothing but attend "openings" and
consider the effect of various combi
nations of dress materials and bon
net adornments, while her poor, over
worked husband drudges in the office
or warehouse, is an altogether mis
taken idea, notwithstanding the
opinions frequently expressed by nu
merous brilliant writers who would
seem to take delight in proving her a
useless ornament to society.
The stylish skirt of three flounces
is frequently made of small pieces
that would never answer the same
purpose in any other sh; :e, and hus
bands could, if they would, tell of
more than one natty spring or fall
suit worn with jaunty indifference,
which would have been an impossi- ',
biiity but for the ingenuity of the
woman who sits beside him chatting
so pleasantly, the envy of other nunc
tactless women who never suspect
that each of the three tiny ruffles
on her skirt cover a ' piecing," and
the sleeves are a standing joke be
tween hushand and wife, for she had
covered the seams that meet in every
direction with the frills of old lace
which she has had tucked away for
the last two years, knowing they
would come handy. Of course she
must manage every way rather than
spend a cent on her own costuume.
but the best partof this does not
appear to the casual observer, who
only notes the well-dressed couple
and fancies they have at least a com
fortable allowance of this world's
goods.
There is a golden thread woven
through all this piecing and planning,
which lasts long after the garments
are threadbare. Mio has been so
happy in the self-denial: so grateful
for the gift which enables her to ap
pear so well dressed while she is, in ;
a manner, helping to earn the hand- I
some suit for the hu-band of whom
she is so proud. She is proving her
love for him in the most practical
manner, and no wonder her face is
wreathed with smiles as they enjoy
the results of her industry and econ
omy. And the husband. As he removes
his coat and replaces it with the
loose jacket he is wont to wear in the
office, there is a tender smile playing
about his mouth, and an unusually
careful adjustment of each fold of
the garment his wife has pulled and
patted into shape before he left
home, as she told him how becoming
the new clothes really were, and how
handsome he looked in them. No
wonder he murmurs as he finally
hangs up the coat:
"liless the little woman! she's the
best wife in the world." Ram's
Horn.
Avoiding a Mi.
The minister had called at a house
on Second avenue to find no one but
the servant girl at heme, and as he
prepared to go away he said:
"Give Mrs. Blank my best regards,
and say I will call to-morrow."
"Very well, sir. Will you leave
you i card?"
"Oh, it's of no consequence."
"But it is: sir. There's one man
coining to whitewash the kitchen to
morrow: another to beat carpets: a
third to p;ip r. and a fourth to do
some painting. If you don't leave
your card we may get you all mixed
up and take you for the second-hand
man who is coming to buy the old
range for four dollar-;1'
He left it. Free Press.
Will Power.
"How did she train her husband?"
"By mere force of her will."
"Why. she is such a frail little
thing! I don't see h-w she could do
it "
"Simply by telling him that if he
didn't mend she wuld Lave all her
money to charity." Farm and Field.
TiiEUK is much reason to believe
that the so-called revolutionist in
northern Mexico are really bandits,
and if such should prove to be the
fact no sympathy should be wasted
upon them. It is well known that
there are multitudes of desperadoes
along the border, who are always
ready for mischief, and who like
nothing better than to raid a Mexican
town in the name of liberty It has
been so for years, and so it will con
tinue to be until Cte Mexican govern
ment can devise measures for the
complete suppression of the nuisance.
Pakis police are said to be making
war on the gamblers, and as a pre
liminary step to have warned Captain
Jenks, an American, to keep out of
the gambling rooms. Viewed at a
distance by those who know the
Jenks reputation this seems more like
i protection of the gamblers than war.
New Yoek has turned its atten
tion from Ward McAllister to the
more useful and more dignified horse.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
CALIFORNIA'S EXPOSITION
NOW ON VIEW.
IS
indlcationa Are That the Show Will Be a
Financial and Artistic Success Brief in
scription of the Buildings Patterned
After the "White City."
Midwinter Fair Ileins.
The California Midwinter Fair is now
open to the public. Here, in this West
ern metropolis, writes a correspondent,
at the extreme edge of the Western
hemisphere, with the placid waters of
the great Pacific in view, the hand of
man has created a city neither so beau
tiful, so wonderful, nor so extensive as
the now quickly fading White City by
Take Michigan, but one that is truly
grand and of which the people of Cali- j
fornia and the other Pacific States may
justly be proud. It was only in the J
latter part of last May, when the end
of the Chicago Fair was in view, j
that some Californians in Chicago!
conceived the idea of having a fair
in San Francisco. .Shortly afterward
it was decided t go ahead in the mat- j
ter and Golden Gate Park was selected '
as the 1 cation for the fair, conceded
by all to b one of the prettiest spots
on the face of the globe. Aug. 4, in
the presence of 0,000 people, the en
terprise was inaugurated by turning
the lirst shovelful ol dirt, immediately
after which the work of grading com
menced, followed in a few weeks by
AGRICULTURE
the inauguration of work on the main
structures.
I'at'.eins Af er t'li'-atr.
The Manufactures and Liberal Arts
Building is the la geston the grounds.
This building is Moorish in design,
with all the picturesque effects to
which that style of architecture readi
ly lends itself. The Mechanical Arts
Building is the second largest struc
ture, and is nearly pure Indian in de
sign and highly artistic in its rieh.
Oriental sty "e. By far the most strik
ing architectural feature of the exposi
tion is the Horticultural and Agricul
tural Building. It is in Spanish mis
sion style and is a low-roof design, so
much in favor on the coast. This
structure contains the greatest display
of the products of the soil of California
ever put together, and that is synony
mous with saying that is such a dis
play of agticultural and horticultural
material as the United States have nev-
AxmraisTRATios ni itrixo
I er seen placed on exhibition. It is typi
! cal and almost exclusively Californian
I and will afford visiters an opportunity
of judging of the vastness and variety
I of California's resources, such as no
amount of travel and observation could
give.
I The Fine Arts Building is intended
for a permanent structure, constructed
of brick and iron. The Administration
; Building, lilce its namesake at the
Columbian Exposition, which faced the
grand basin, is directly in the rear of
the allegorical f untain. In this the
sculptor has tried to tell the whole
history of the state and much can be
plainly read from its design. The
: familiar statue of California, crowned
I with a wreath of poppies, -tands on a
pedestal whose rugged character BUg-
! gests the mountain regions. The p:.dn- ,
cipai central ngure is tne eagie. em
blematic of the state's loyalty to the
nation. The central figure of the
grand court is the electrical tower.
Cm the ground ficor is a pavilion for
j the useol the public and flanking the
open space there are four Moorish
j pavilions, containing four stories aud
i decorated in ( rient d e tors. The base
i of the tower occupies a space of :3fty
I feet square, while the first gallery,
j eighty feet from the ground, has "a
! eating capacity of 2U0. There are
three other galleries of large seating
capacity, the topmost one being 'dth
in six feet of the pinnacle.
The concessional features of the Mid
winter Expt sition are both numerous
and interesting. There is a m c dest
counterpart ot the great Ferris wheel
of the World's Fair in the Firth wheel,
which is 125 feet in height. There are
P
g g gg
Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiian, Esqui
maux, Canadian and German villages,
an ostrich farm, a Colorado gold mine,
a seenie railway, a Santa Barbara
aquarium containing a dozen sea lions,
a reproduction of Cairo street, a
Turkish theater, a Moorish mirror
maze, a reproduction of the cele
brated Prater of Vienna, a temale
house. a reproduction of Anne
Hathaway s cottage, and last, but
by no mean-; least, a "4t mining
camp. This camp occupies a space 450
feet hng and 2o0 feet wide. In the
center of the camp is a street 4.V feet
"
KINK AUTS BCILOINi;
long, lined on each side with old-time
shantb s which do service as newspaper
offices, saloons, hotels, theaters, and
rambling houses, as in the days of
yore,
town.
representing a typical minmg
Macuay s, i ermns , ana jonos,
cabins aie set up
they were
when the millionaire miners deserted
them. The camp promises to be one of
the nvv-t interesting spi t- on tho'Kxpo- j
sition grounds, as it is the intention to
faithfully represent the days of '4J by
RUILDINO.
mock duels, trials
episodes of tho so
lynching?, and other 1
-tirring tim vs.
VOTE TO TAX INCOMES.
TIip irmeratW- Majority DeeMeS to Lrvya
Tax of : IVr t i nt.
The advocates of the individual in- j
ome tax proposition were triumphant 1
at a recent meeting of the Democratic 1
Ways and Means Committee, says a
Washington dispatch. The eleven
members were present when the final
meeting was held at the Treasury De
partment. Comparatively little time
was wasted in discussion. The ground
had all been a'gued and fought, over
time a d time again, and at this meet
it g the issue was joined on two propo
sitions, ne to lew a tax of 2
per cent again t individual incomes
over $1,000 and against the incomes
from corporations it hat is, the differ
ence between the gross income and
the operating expenses, or, in other
words, the net income : and. second, a
proposition offered as a substitute by
.Vr. Cock ran I X. V. to tax the incomes
rotn corporation') 1 per cent, and in
heritances ," per cent., to place a tax of
10 cents on whisky and to restore sugar
to the dutiable list at i a cent a pound.
The vote on Mr. Ccekran's substitute
proposition, w hich was taken first, re
sulted in it- defeat 7 to 4 as follows:
Yeas -Wilson, C'ockran, Stevens and Mont
gomery. Nays McMilUa, Turner. Waiting, Hryaa,
Bynum, Tarsney antl ilreckinridae.
The original proposition was then
submitted and carried by a vote of 6 to
5, as follows:
Yeas McMillin, Turner. Whiting, Bryan,
Bynum and Tar-ney.
Ntfya Wilson, Cockran, Stevens, Montgom
ery and Breckinridtie. ,
It was also decided, in connection
with the latter proposition, to increase
the whisky tax 10 cents a gallon that
is, from 90 cents to $1 t be levied
against whisky in as well as out of
bond. Cpon the representation that
this increase would work undue hard
ship to the owners of whisky in bond it
was decided to extend the bonded pe
riod from three to eight years. Tho
tax on playing cards, at one time fixed
at d cents a pack, was reduced to 2
cents, and the contemplated tax on
perfumes and cosmetics was discarded.
Xo increase was made in the tax on
cigars, but the increase on cigarettes
$1 per l.ocO was allowed to stand.
The committee estimates that the
tax on the incomes from corporations
and individuals corporations being
treated as individuals) will raise $30,
000.000 revenue S!2, 00.i hi) from cor
porations and $18,000,000 from individ
uals. The increase in the whisky tax,
MAXCFACTl'RES BCILD13G.
it is estimated, will give an additional
revenue of $10,000,000 per annum. The
proposed tax on inheritances, which
was to be levied in case the proposition
for an individual income tax failed,
was not deemed nece.-sary.
A candidate for appointment to a
Civil Service elerkship was asked,
"How near is the sun to the earth?" "I
can't exactly say." he replied, but t
am sure it is not near enough to inter
fere with my duties if 1 get the ap
pointment I want." He got it.
&
Steel sleepers are used in 190 miles
of the Mexican Railway.
1
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Warnla Notes Calling the Wicked Co Re.
prutau(.
HEIST is God's
idea of a man.
It is better to
suffer than to
sin.
Stxas most fas
cinating when it
hides its face.
( ) I 1 O SI NO
God's truth is re
bellion against
God.
Theme can lie
no real life where there is no love.
Ai.k sins are hitf, no matter how
small thev look.
It lightens a duty to resolve to do
it cheerfully.
A civil tongue is a Itettcr weapon
than a bow to knife.
Ti -i: who would lead others should
alwavs look up.
Love is the greatest of all things,
because it gives all things.
It takes temptation to show us how
much we need Christ.
When vou bid your sin good -by
dont hke nands with
One of the devil's hiding places is
behind a pile of money.
Evkuv dollar, in a good man's
pocket has the name of God on it.
C made the heart of man so big
that this world is too small to fill it.
Thk man who lives only for him
self is engaged in very small busi
ness. 'i be all the time feeling for fcel
ing is a poor way to promote religious
life.
No max is pleasing Cod who docs
not love his neighbor as lie does him
self. Keep you heart full of sunshine,
and Cod will soon give vou a lace to
match it.
Theue is more help in an ounce of
encouragement than there Is in a ton
of advice.
The man who would have done so
and so if he had been there, never
gets there,
j Some people never think it worth
' while to try to get religion in the
j bands and feet.
j li is the religion that shines at
: home against which the devil tights
j the hardest.
; Thkke is no such thing as the joy
; of the Lord in the heart in which
there is no faith.
I A fool will build a house without
: windows, and then blame God because
': he has to live in the dark.
; People who have a good opinion
; ot themselves will tell you that the
devil is not such a bad fellow.
! "Give and It shall be niven unto
I you," is a promise that shows how
; anxious God is to make us all rich.
I Thk man who repentson a sick I ed
from which he recovers, generally
backslides before he pays his doctor's
: bill.
A man who unconsciously does
' much to sour the milk of human
; kindness, is that fellow who snores
in the sleeping car.
Thk only people who oppose God's
w;i y are those who would have to
give up something like an eye or a
hand to walk in it.
The father who does not put good
reading matter in the hands of his
children has never done any real pray
ing for their salvation.
When a man claims to love God
with all his heart, you can generally
find out whether he means it by
going to him with a collection basket.
I.imo and l.innv Water.
The uses of so homely an article us
lime about the household are almost
innumerable. One sees the hod man
on a new building keep their drink
ing water in a pail coated with lime,
and one thinks it is poor receptacle
for the universal beverage. Yet it
would not. be so good or so pure served
in a silver ice pitcher. The lime
water of the druggist is indeed noth
ing more than the solution of the
hodmen. A piece of lime unsiacked
in a perfectly clean bottle, with cold
water poured over it, the bottle
corked and kept in a cool, dark place,
is a full recipe for lime water. It is
ready for use in a few momenta A
spoonful ot this in a glass of milk is
a remedy for summer complaint. It
corrects acidity of the stomach, it
prevents th3 turning of milk or
cream, and a cupful added to bread
sponge will keep It from souring.
Allowed to evaporate from a vessel
on the stove, it will alleviate the dis
tresses due to lung fever, croun, or
d iphtheria. It will sweeten and purify
bottles, jugs, etc.
Lime itself, as every one knows, is
invaluable as a purifier and disin
fectant. Sprinkle it in cellars or
closets, where there is a slight damp
ness it will not only serve as a puri
fier, but will prevent the invasion of
noxious animals. It is one of the
notab e instances of the economy aud
the bounty of nature that this article
so common and cheap is serviceable
in so many instances.
Chickens are a great deal like
some society leaders: they are not
dresaed unless they have Terr Utti
TLV-