The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

.pyyp *i__,. J' .7V-^1 / n- *"1 I ^ -$S r w 4 Constipation Causes (ally half Uio sickness l Urn world. It retains the digested food too long lu th bowels and produces blUousnoM. torplrl liverT luu> Hood's Pills goatlop, bod taste, coaled tongue, sick headache, la omnia, etc. ITood" Villa euro constipation and all Its results, easily and thoroughly. 2R0 All oruggfeu* treparod by 0- I. Hood & Co., bowell. Maw. Tbo only fills to tako wltli Hood's SarsapariUa. MISERY IN A MANSION. Estranged Huibuml und Wife tActing (Jnlml)plly In Kvnxurr. On ono o tho north trifle avenues stands a fino old-fanhkmod nmnsioB, Buys tbo Chicago Chronicle. It ia aa old aa a north uulo house can possibly bo, for it was built soon uftor tho tfreat fire. Tho house ia a Rouble one, thioo BtorioB m height and haa many cheor- Jul white laco cmtuinod windows. To tho pahsorby tho old mo-union looko like tho abodo of Rood choor and happiness. But to tho&o acquainted with its ocmi- pants it hau qulto tho contrary appear ance. True, tho owner of tho munition is very rich in tho matorial soubo but poor poorer by far, than many a dweller in cotuo wrotchod tonomont houso. Por tho mabtor and tho mia- trotJH have boon o^tranjrod For many a long year, und aro only husband and wifo in muno. Ho occupies ono part of tho house, she tlio odior, and thoy might ns woll livo in dtffeiont aphoros for all tho company they aro'to each other. Thoy have houses and carriages galora, but aio novor uuon to drive or rido together. Labt Juno, when tho Htudcntn from tbo universities and colleges Hocked homo the two bans of tho couplo ennic homo also. But this brought no cluuigo to tho gloomy lifo llie two old people led, foi ono Hon was alwayb soon with tho mother, and thr other, who boomed to ho tho younger ono, alono accom panied tho father in his walks and drives. On pleasant days in tho bummer the old lady could often bo boon sitting on tho piazza, but when tho husband came homo ho would how formally and thou pnhh into the house. Ono day the neighbors baw a black and whito crape on tho door, and tin* ncwH soon spread that tho younger son was dead. Kvciyouo supposed that this great ailliction would houl the breach between thorn, but although individual tears were shed hi* each it was observed that no word of bympathy wab expressed by ono to the other. Tho giavo was clobed over their dialing, tho caniu^o turned home4 Ward and their etatoly home entered, but their pioud and defiant attitude remained unchanged toward each other. What dreadful act had sho or he committed against tho other to wai- rant Mich unnatural behavior? It is it mystny wludi cannot be solved by any mimbei of gossiping neighboib. STEEL WAISTCOATS. Armor Ordered from JCneland by Amorl- <'m Mlllloniilren. Tho London managers of a great Sheffield (England) manufacturing firm aro authority for the statement that four well-known Anioucan inil- lionniicb lidvo lertntly ordered coats and waistcoats made of steel. This urmor i*of light (1mm mail, allowing pcifet tly fitc movements, does not interfeiu with perspuatiou and weighs vciy httlu indeed. Whtnamanlias worn a mail coat for a week or l\\o, tht nmnufacLuiLr s.ij s, lie gets quite used to it and suite is no incoiuenienco whatever, says the St. Louis Post- Despatch. While thoso coats will not turn a hullot, noi pievf nt the puu tiation of a dagger or swoid at short rangi', tlioy are suiticiently stiong to un n cif hiu-a Bword or a daggci driven at long range. A spent bullet will not affect thora in the hlightesL di give, Tho mime manufactuior bays that m tho last hvo \cirs bis inm h.i* icceived more than 900 oid( is foi luht annur. A number of Englishmen statesmen protect thomsuKcs h$ using tins armor In tho da\b when kViiiamsin was rampant tin le was haully an English politic inn of note who did not adopt this, means of s< cming paitial flafety. It is decian-d that, four inem- hoiti of the present Lnglibh Government haves thobo coats of mail, and that one of these four men either wears his stuel coat whenever ho goes out or oKe is guarded b> detectives. Quite a number of millionanes are credited with tho possession of these garments of safety, and it is allowed that while few people imagine it thoy aro worn very generally by prominent men. I Diarrhoea Dysuntcry Colic Cramps oiolera infamtum UAWER COMPbAlNTfi n\ehildrer\ aV\dulf THE EGOTISTIC SEX. LtT U8 HOPE ALL MEN DO NOT DE SERVE THIS LECTURE. Ob* of the Sisters "Who Champion* tha Woman Can** Bring;* Some fmrj Bvr Counts Against the Slf SaflloUnt Mm- alln slftiL. Id oonnldorliig' man In his relation to woman tho woman of advanood thought lfl ncausfeomed to apeak 6f bU solflshlieia, his tyrnnny, hU lnjuotloo, hlg brutality, All tlioao are but differ on t manUoatatlonfl ntfotlsui, Thu Au too rat of tho Hroakfnit Table do- flnoa egotlmn 110 a salt fur the proorvntlon of looluty. A humuii being without vro- Hfim would lnovltahly degenerate In tho no- elal t.cn)u. Wo ro^ognlxn tbo necuttnlty for gotUm, but We duplore and tjhun tlm *t<otlflt, for tho egotlBt 1 ono whose hodbo tf liin own KrentnoHU hue grown to yuoli uormoua proportions that ho mean nothing Ihu Id tho unlvurus, And thin In tho cum with man In hU dimllngs with woman. Hid agotlHtti linn boon to hor n napkin In whioh Woru writppud lier God iflven tulontd knd a gmvu tluop imd wide In which they Were hurlod ft Initial that for uuntntiofl hixa known no nwunvotlon morn. ThlN BROtium, Impnljmhlo nh n rdindow nod hu- pUHtmblo mt n ChlnnKo wall, rotcd Itwolf beforu hor footate[)H and prlttonud hor with in tho unrrow llmftu of four wnllrt rullud homo. It Hottlod down upon hor llfo, do- vourlnK ovory (fronn imd phtmaut tlilUK, till th* record of hor exiattmco might ha mnmod up In tliohO puthutlo words, "Tha yonrn tlmt tho IoouhU have oton." Llka tho fnhlod Mlnotiiur, thlu o^otlxm lum pluood itnulf on tho huluhtd of life, oulllntf, not yoarly,but dully, hourly, momontly, for Hfl trlhuto of womanhood. And Ind by the hlfth prloHtH of l^uornnco and BUpurHtl- tlon nn inniuncrnljlo throng of wad eyed viotlinh Imvu walked dumbly thmiiKh tho nyou, yloldlnp; thomHolvou up to tho mon- Htnr. niBtory In full of ltifitimoos of thU oko- tlHin. In China It la tho egotism of man that blndn tho feot of women. In Imlln It In tho (j^otlnm of mini that kulldu tho ba nana, In Turkey It I a the eRottmn of mun that mukofl tho harom. In Porsla It ia tho vgotUm of miH) that bridled tho mouths of Women. In IliiNNla it lu tho fegotlMiu of tomn tlmt nayu, "Oncoa woman always a beant" In tho Jowlnh notion it wan tho agotltim of umn tlmt n\\\d In the liturgy, "I thank thoe, 0 God, that thou hust not made me u xvaman." In Mohummodun oountrlefl It 1h tha oaotlmn of man thali do* olarcfl woman to bo a orouture without a iioul. In America It 1h tho eotlnm of man that aaya, "The homo la wouinn'n Hphoro," "Tho higher uduontlon niilitH woman for wlfohood and motherhood," " Woman have nothing to do with politlou," "Wlfohood und motherhood aro n woman'H hluhoHt calling and olootlon," and a do/on similar tdloolon tlintfc until rdoontly woro hold oh (tucrod, uuqm^ttonablo truth When Mmo. Do Stuol, in hor day tho moHt brllllanti womitn In iCuropo, aokod Napoloon what woman rendered tho gront- eut servloa to Franca, ho anawerod hor from tho doptha of hla fnthomloHO OKOtism ua fotlowa; "Madamo, alio who brlnga forth tho groatofit numhor of mala ohlldron." Horo upoko tho truo Napoleonic brutal ity. No ncknowlodKmont of womanly ln- tolloot, no rocognitlon of womanly genius and diplomacy, no houuiRocivcn to mother hood. Tho arontoBt gonoral In Europe wanted BohUerH to ranko "food for pow der," and In hiB oyoq a ntupid, prollfla ponaunt woman was moro utioful tlun tho intolloctunl feminine diplomat whom he fanrad, hated and exiled nt lnafc from Frnnoa, Tho spirit that Iny behind Napoloon'n words la tho "Indwellingspirit" of 01)0out of 1,000 mon. Jfivorywhero mon aro monn- urlnpt, wolahlnff, judglnB, oondomnlnp* or npprovlng wn-**cn by tho moan, narrow, potty, mlnornblu Htnudnrtla of their Indi vidual llkofl, dlflllkoR and noodp. Tho (hir- man Emperor Wlllhim oxpioHHos his par ticular ogotlwrn by tho dictum that wom an's sphoro in bounded by tho throo k'fl klrcho, kuooho, klnderatubo (church, kitohon and nuraory) When Laura Clay was leoturlnK In Ken tucky, a Kentucky colonel, who, by tho way, was not proFunt at her lorturo, 10- jnarltod loftily that ho"luitl no Uho fur Huoh womon." Ho was evidently of tho opinion that the Ahnlphty Kulcr of tho UnUorHO had made a Rront mistake In not consulting him whon Mini Clay was made It was a Hlnpulnr fact that, when tho Al mighty flees that tho -world Htuiula in neod of a cortiiln kind of womanhood, ho doos not pa uho to lonnidor the wlshosand tastes of iiny Kontuoky ccdnnol Whon ho tcos, for luHtanco, that tlio womon of a grtnc commonwealth arc oluhcod with "IdiotH, lunatlcu and minora;" whon ho jiooh that by tho marrlago coromony womon aro ho- roft of their property rights; whon ho H'cb that In thin "land of chivalry" a married mother luiu no ownornhlp In lier llttlo chil- dron; whon he hcob that thu law mukofl it eafo for any nconndrcl to rob a girl cliild of hor purity, and soiling theso thlngn and many moro ho piobabl> ounuhulos thut, whllo "such wojm'ii" may bo offensive to tho delicate tunte.1 of a few Kontuoky col- onol'i, oruatod hy Konturky govbrnorfl. thoso aamo womon aro Hiidly needed by thouHandH (if other womon whom he Iiiih croated. And no ho allows "fliioh women" to como into being and gi\eK thorn a 11111110 and a phico In his unlverso In Hubllmc for- BOtfulnoHBof till Kontuoky colonolH, past, prosunt and to cnmi' Tlmt redoubtable llttlo drum? rofonnor Mrs, Frank Htuaifc I^irkor relates that sho was trying to havo a certain kind of wrap made, embodying an artlstlo Idoa 0/ her own. Tho tailor failed to carry out hor conception, and whon uho took it back to him for alteration ho oxolahnod In ogotiH- tlcal disgust, "I wouldn't marry 11 woman who would woar audi a cloak." (This, you will observe, was tho very hlghoht cenmiro ho could paas ou olthor tho oloak or tho woman.) " "' ".Sir," mild the llttlo lady, "a woman who would woar suuh a cloak wouldn't marry you." Komomborthlfi llttlo story, myoonnerva- tlvo brother, and tlio next tlmo you aro tempted to nay, "I wouldn't mairy such n wonum," or "I havo no uhu for suoh wom on," It rauy dnwn on your mind thut, strnngo and uniicoeuntablu an it boouis, "ouch womon" wouldn't mnrry you and that thoy actually Iiuyo as little uho for you na you huvo for them. Suoh thonghtfl will prove a coollnflj apllcntlon to tho for- vor of your ogntlsm. Lida Calvort Obon- chaln In Womankind. Uoorntflpii. Tho stones of a yard und dooratopfl fro- qnantly havo 11 greenish look which 1 very unulghtly. In ordof tn romovo thla wiish tho Htonof) with tho followhifr preparation: Hnlf a pound of sodo and a quarter of a bound of ohlorld* of nmo In a quart of boiling water. The greaanasH will steadily rilaappear. The Family WtuAUag. One of the thlnun that surprise for- tlgn houBokoaparfl, notably Krenobwomen, Whon thoy cdmo over hare IflOUr oumbroui domestic maohlnory. Particularly aro thoy nmozod that It should be ml eh an almoat unlveroal custom to have the family wash ing done at home. It la bad onotig-h In tb* dwelllngn that Bholter only ono family bononth their roofa, but laundry work go ing on In the little flats of rooms In the Bpartnmnt-ho-Utea-falrljr^atartloH the Pari- ultiu clmtuhilno. That this custom mint bo changed Hoonor 0^ In tor aoumfl lnovlta- blo. So much of co-operatlvo housokoop- lng could bo adopted with profit to him or thorn who would undertake It und with enormous addition to the comfort und con venience of living. Tho uiuroHt approach to this millennium nt thu momonb In the puhuino of Homo of the humdrios to take the family wuiihing by the pound. Five oonts pnr pound on all buudlos of five pounds or ovor Iri oh a r god, a prlou whloh InoliidoH tho Ironing of certain tint pi ootid Hku towels and bod linen. Tho Htarohud pluous aro returned Htarehod and dried und ready to dampen mid iron, and tho other plocaa rough dried. If stud) a system will pay 1n tHotatod entabllHhmnti with uocoh' garlly llmltod putnmage, It dnHorvos n trial on u wholewalu plan, Now York Post. Ill* iJutufivrltin Hoiiaakaopor* Tho mlutrctai of a largo liounohold In Hungary bus nood to bo a \ory oapahlu houwowlfo, for who in cumbered with many euros. You must bell your own noap, mold your own cnndlos, dry your own prunou, prepare your own candled frultu, imoku your own HniitaiKud, euro your own hams, bottlo your own computus, maku your own vinegar, store your own fruits and vegetable*, butter and ohaokO for win- tor uso, grind your own mlr.ofor culinary purposuM, grow your own wine, not us your own butcher and poultoror, laundrosu and BOumstroHK. Tho oyo of tho mistress muut be everywhere,oven though alio Invariably hart u hoUHukoopor under her. SorvuntN gut much nmiillnr wagos, work harder and Hvo loss comfortably, hut thoy nro very ludo- pondont, mid thorn In absolutely no stand ard of por^onal morality among them. II. Ellon Browning in "Wanderings In Hun gary." A ILog of Mutton, An ordinary log of mutton, my a a fn- moiiH chef, can bo transformed beyond rec ognition by the following treatment: Ho move the bono and soason tho meat with 11 teaspaonful each of ground ginger and cinnamon and nquartorof a toaspnon- ful of peppor, olovuy and maco, inixod with a pint of hot vinegar In which a bouquet of horbs has boon placed. Hub tho mutton with this preparation and Hot It in a cold, dry place for a day and a half. Thon stuff It with a head of colory, choppod lino, cookod till tender, mlxod with a pint of whlta sauce and acar.oned wlion cold with n can of chopped imudiruomtt and hnlf a pound of ohopped almonds, Sutasldo for 11 day und thon roasb In a hot oven, busting constantly with a mixture mado of equal quantities of strulnod tomatoes und rice atock.______________ A Hall Beat. A hall scat sooius to bo what Is neodwi In many halls, hut ovvry hoiihokeopor can not afford an old oak or mahogany hottoo, or even huto one built of plno and ntnlned to match tho woodwork in tho room. A plain woadun bunoh, mioh nn in to be found In evory house furnlbhing store, stained to imitato chorry or oak, makoa a nioo look ing cot too. Make a box ounhlan for tho top, covering it with mimptuously colorod crotonno, corduroy or noma lncxponslvo mntorlal, tufting It bj tacking down with oovovod buttons I'ut a 12 inch flounco upon tlio cushion, box plaiting It on, and you will havo a \ery comfortablo and pretty hall hoafc. Now York Sun, Tho Decorative Ironing Table, Tho combination Ironing table that can bo turned into a eoat has boon put toother tiiun Lltohon uso by mmio clover women. Ono had boon stained a deep olJvo groon and had tho Boat upholstered with ollvo corduroy fabtenod with whlto nails. An- othor seat, stained nn oak color, hud n pat- torn on tho back picked out with fancy headed wrought iron nails. Tho ono was covered with flgurod burlap In ouk color, fastened In place with thu dame kind of nuilu ueod on thu back. A Rout at tho kind In a bedroom is piilntcd with white onamol and has tho soat covered with Hoarlot, XInvr to Clean Kcolitloa, Tukoia gralnn of powdered whitecnatllo aonp, fi fluid drains of strong aqua am monia, 31 grnlns of granulated i.altpoter. First dlsBolvo the soap in a pint of warm, soft water, then add tho saltpeter, and after H has dissolved add the ammonia, f-otnsirtoovornight, urthooquivnluntof ton bourn, and then H 1h loady to uso. Take a Cloth or small spongound after wringing It out of thin mixture gently rub tho tie un til nil dirt disappears. Uho this on whlto or dark ties and lino oilk and wool poods. It can bo mado for about 10 cento pnr pint. To PoliKli Stcot Goods. Tho most unresponsive metal for n houGOkcopor to attack la stool. Hub and polish as ona will, urilcb*] a certain seoiet bo known thoro is Btlll tho dull look, and tho hardwaro doalor will only advice tho oxpoiiKlvo oxpodlcnt of sending tlio article to bo ground at the factory Tho old fash ioned knife brick, howovor, will work wonders horn by simply buying It pow dered, mixing with sweet oil and rubbing on froely. Allow this to dry on; then pol ish brlHkly and finish off with oniery pow- dor. _____ Dronilng Ylanm 1?al)lon, Small, round tabids, that look at flvafc glance liko thoue intonded for smokcra' use, sor\o a valuable purponu In a lady's droning room. Thoy have attached to tholr polished topn all paraphornnlla need- od to crimp tho hair, including safety matchbox, alcohol lamp, with tongH stand- aid, hulipin tray and b.mdolino jur. Thu tables aro In oak or mahogany finish and the attachments in vurlouH inutulu, brass, nickel or ullvor. Admirable Flower tloldora, A woman who likes to havo uncommon things In hor hoiuu has discovered tlmt tho clear glann jura such an nro n^ad for oleotrle battorlos mnke admirable flower holdorp, Bho gets them at an ulootrleul wupply hnuHO, and at one visit found an old jar U feet high and not moio than fi Inches uoroas, Into which n trio of American Beauty rases goes with rare effect. CJUM btoVtiH, Miss Juliet Corson In tho Now York Proas nays: "Novor buy u gun stove for houtlng or cooking In which tho flame doos not burn all blue, The yallow ilnmo U hrilliaut, but expensive, an It required at least throo times the amount of necessary gas. Try the stove before buying, and In- lit upon having one whloh will emit the Uuo Carat," VALUE OF A LAMB. Worth When Measured by What U Cajl.d th IllcoU Tt. Professor Ourtisa of tho Iowa oxpori- jneut station hoA publishrd in The Brooder's Gaxotte an account of how the different breeds of lambs pan out whon their rareasKeH aro cut up by tho huUdi- era. Ho taken the stylo of ontting used by two of the leading slaughtor flnnfl ol tho country, Ho Haym In tho slaughter tost tho Morinon nv eruged B1.8 i>cr cent of drewhcd mutton; Dtirscts, ti3 0; Suffolks, fill.(I; crossbreda, 5U.7; range, 5fi.0; HouthdownM, Cfi.4; CotHWolds, fi'Lt); LiMeohiH, fifi. 7; Ox fords, r>fi.2; Hhropshircs, 5(1. Jl; LeioeH- tors, B7.8, and yearling Bhropshirefl, 6U.3. Tho block tost won nuulobyoutting nt indicated in tho accompanying diagram. TliiH particular (hawing in ono furninh- ed by one firm that I havo had prepared for illustration in claw* work, hut tht other tlrm uso practically tho same method except that the parts marked "breast," "shank," "shoulder" and "neck" generally go iw ono piece called "chuck," and this cut wan rated uni formly at 2 centrt u pound in each lot of tho station sheep. When tho "neck" picco is sold separate it UHually bring* about a cent per pound. All of Chew pricea aro wholesale. Tho prices put on tho other cuts oi tho station shcop varied Homewhnt in tho different breeds, owing to quality and Hi/o. Tho Southdown and Shrop shire lamhrt woro rittcri highest, tlu prices being a1? given in tho illustration. It will ho seen that thero is a marked variation in tho valuo of tho different parth of acorctiRH of mutton ueeoidinp to tlio Chicago whole-Halo market. Theit in also more or Uhi variation of the prices of tho principal cuts, ono to an- hCTCrtEu'fl CuTOYLAMIl CAUCAfifl, other, but a prnnoleg of lamb is always n ohoico cut. The leg cut in it good car ciuw of mutton constitutCH iJO-per cent by weight and sells for JO per cent of tho ontho value. All of tho hind pai t ot tho cavcoBH, it will he observedi con*iihtf of high priced rauttou, whilo tho cliear mutton is all found in fiont In tin wholesnlo mark<'t much of tho mutton is only cut through tho middle, leaving all but tho ltiflt rib on tho front cut This puts tho loin and log into 0110 cut, termed a "Huddle" of mutton. Tho front half, then, contains tho "rib" and the other cuts, which together constitute tho "chuck," and tho wholo half taken thufi is called tho "rack." Cut in thu manner a caicoss coiiHmtn of a "saddle" and a "rack. " Packfis rato a sheep that cutH aa much weight in tho muldlo (reai half) as in tho rack (front half) a good one. In tho ntation lambn tho saddlep taken entire were valued at 8 ceutH a pound and tho racks at 4 cents. ThiP makes tho rear half of a lamb worth t\\ 11 o ii mtich ns the front half. Those lambs iii-(i t ut on tbo avciv.go more than half in saddles, making the difference still greater. Sheep or lambs unnecos- nuiily heavy in shoulder, head and neck ore oojechoiiablo. By way of explana tion I will hero Pay that this objection was given us a reason for rating the DoiKetfi below tho others. The slaughtei and block tests to houio extent substan tiated this objection, though it is prob able that it was ovoreBtiniuted. In addition to tho foregoing compari sons, tho legs, loins and ribs of two rep- rofcentativo animals in ouch lot weie photographed on tho block 111 such posi tion ns to give, cross section views, show ing the thieknesH and other character istics of each cut All of the internal organs, fat and offal, wfie weighed and tho perccntiigd of the wholo detcrmiued. Full CornrrlbH und Loan Cattlo. With over/lowing cornenbs every where and corn rolling m the eomitiy as low us 11 cents a bushel, Ha>sThe Stockman, it is difficult to account foi tho largo numbers of half fat cattle tlmt are being hont to market. C-frcut num bers of 1,100 to 1,200 pound stecis that havo been frd 00 to [)0 days keep com ing hero and havo to bo hold at ruinously low jirices #!i. (10 lo^il per 100 pounds. Thon theio arc lots of 1,250 to l.IJSO pound steers Helling botweon $1 and ^4 50 that are too light for cither tho eastern fihippers or the exporters, and consequently they aio taken by diessed beef concerns. If these 1,2G0 to 1,1150 pound cattlo woro only made heavy enough for tho wants of eastern shippeia or expoitors, they would easily sell foi 25 to '10 cents per 100 pounds moro. By holding them back and putting on this extra flesh tho feeder would certainly consult his own interests, as ho would add largely to his piotlts. Devon Cattle. Comparatively llttlo has boon heard of Dovon oattlo of bito yearn, says an exchange, but thcro aro now some signs of a rovival of interost in thorn. Thoir hardiness and ability to tako care of themselves commend thorn fo ranchmen, and thoso who havo tried thorn on tho rungo nro giving very fuvorablo roports. Their disposition to thoroughly ripen at a light weight is also in thoir favor now, when hoavy fat oattlo aro losing and light onos gaining iu popularity. At ono of the Pittsburg yards recently Devon Btcors averaging in tho neighbor hood of 1,000 pounds brought #4.75 per hundredweight, nn excdcdihyly good #riuo for tho "weight. They were tidy butcher beeves, tho kind most wonted these days. This ohiiuga in market de mands should be favorable to thfttej beautiful and useful cattle. STRICKEN HERDS. fhs Cattle of South Africa TbrwUtM4 With Extinction. A dioftiw> known on rinderpest, which takes tho form of a slow but fatal fever, has fit ri etc on the oattlo and has spread to Huoh an alarming cxUnt it is not thought now it can bo chockod until the conti nent has bonn denuded of its herds. It Waa brought into Africa, it is bolioved, by somo of tho oxen carried by tho Ital ians to Maiisaua, Mr. Howard, editor of tho Bulawuyo Chioniole, Kays of it: "It spread southward, simply mow ing down in its way all cattle, both wild mid tame. Tho buffaloes aecmod to have Hiifftrcd just as heavily at the domesti cate d animals kept by the natives. It touches neither hornos, mules, elephants nor sheep, and tlio carnivora aio, of course, exempt, Thoy will suitor only by tho diminution of thoir food supplies, Tlio rinderpest is still marching south ward, nor is thoio any hope that it will bo arrested short of the sea. We did hopo at one timo that tho great water way of tho Zambezi would check its march southwurd, but it was a vain de lusion, and (til the efforts mado to stem its advanco have b<ou fruitless. Of course this has crippled our transport immensely and compels uu moro than over to rely upon tho railway. " Tho beginning of this, inarch of an in exorable scourgo was made thus ten years ago, but for y*nrs it did not causo any general alarm. It has "trickled along southward little by little until tho extent of tho scourge can bo imagined from this summaiy of its spread: ' 'Tlio countnes that already have been swept are Zambezi, Bechuanuland, South African Republic, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Zulnhmd, Natal, all tho German and Portuguese possesiiionH in cast and west Africa, and now Capo Colony, tho southernmost country, is being devastated. Millions and millions of cattlo have died, mid south of tho Zambezi river alone 1,250,000 square miles of country havo boon attacked. " In Capo Colony it is estimated there aro 2,000,000 cattlo, and it is not ex pected more than I per cent can be saved. Tho immediate effect of this absolute annihilation of cattle will bo to leavo tho proplo impoverished Most of tho natives depend on the cattlo for beef, their chief food and tho only meat avail able, and on tlio draft oxon for means of transport. With tho cattlo gone, a meager supply of cereals will bo loft m tho only means of sustennnco, while, owing to the few railroads, tho means of moving oven this produco will also bo taken away. The worst phase of tho sit uation is its absolute hopelessness. Tho fanning industry will bo killod temporarily by this dovastutiou. F. R. Thompson, a pioneer of Matabololund and a member of tho legislature of the Cape, piophofiies that tho scourge will drive into tho cities tho thousands of peoplo "who own small farmu with 50 head of cattlo" and will force thorn into trades to make a living. Bat the ulti mate effect on tho fanning in try of tho continent, an effect that may not be dovelopcd for nmny years, should be wholesome. Tho "half nomad popula tion, which hius been devoted to idleness and soldiering" in merely tending tho herds of cuttle, will bo forced iuto agri cultural pursuits iu order to live. The disease is not a new one, It ap peared flint to bo U'cognis-od 111 England in 1715, later in 17-15, and again 111 1805, when a determined effort was mado to htarap it out at a cost of 4>7.">,- 000,000. Tlio proteetivo measures then taken were ho radical th.it tho scourgo succumbed, but tho inquiry that follow ed to determine tho nature, origin und proper method ot treating the disease was practically fruitless. Professor Koch, tho German bacteriological spe cialist, is now in South Afiica studying the dihoabo in tho hopo of discovering its germ. The most he expects i^ to provide a piottction against outbreaks in the future. lie regards tho tuttlo of South Afnca us doomed. Livo Stock Point*. Tho Highland Socioty of Scotch Farm ers this year held its show nfc Perth. Tho display of Olydeadulo horses was magnificent. It was dichirod to roprc- Ront at last tho perfect type of farmers' working horse. But tbo sumo uuthon- ty says thoio was no improvement at all in tho Aberdeen-Anguseatllokhown. Tho reason given is tho ouriousono that maybo tho Abordcou-Angus breed bos roachod its climax ami cannot bo im proved on furthor. What do American Aberdeen-Angus breeders think of this opinion? Tho preventive for hog cholera is cleanliness, puro und aimplo. Disinfect tho pons, shods, yards nud feeding troughs whoro diseased animals havo been and burn up all tholittor and bed ding. When you buy hogs for fattening or otbor purposes, on no uoconnt turn thorn in with those you already havo. Quarantine} thorn throo wooks or a month till you nio 001 tain thoro is no disease among thorn, Tho United States Rovornmout is a groat Himior in this matter in ono way in not seeing to it that railroad companies qurry out to tbo very lottor tho Hunitnry rogulutiouy for animal shipments. Much of tho hog cholera infection is carried from one pait of tho country to another by tho shipping cars'. Horo is an oxcollont mixture of food for last spring's Calves that are to ho hurried forward to boofhood. Ono*half shelled com, ono-fourth ground oats, one-eighth wheat bran, ono-eighth wheat shorts. Add all the clover nud timothy hoy the oalvos will oat. Aitor three months of thin food begin to add oilniesh For three months before they are ready for markofc three pounds of oilmcal a day may be foci to euoh young boef. Bo sure you bavo a dry yard for your sheep. A man who bought several lots of lambs and fattened them for, market finds that mediam wooled, blaok faced breeds fatten the ohMput Mid qnlofcest Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Straw- berry onres Diarrhcoa, Dysentery, Ooho, Crampu, Oholera. Cholera Iniantam, Oholera Morbus and all (maimer com* plaiutH and fluxeaof the bowels in children or adults "Henry, yoo look very pale, What's the trouble 7" "I wqb einny to tho qehk by an adder this afternoon," "How did It happen?" "Why, I dropped in at the bank, und tho hook keeper told me my acoouut was overdrawn." A Montana paper makes the following in*a>rnHtnig announcement: A Southern Mut.itobu nmn who moved to Montana % few yuurti auo ntiirtt-d back a short time Minon, und left tbo following farewell on tho wall of his ahuck : "Four mils from a noljdibor, Hixtoin miles from a poat-oflloe, twonty-nvn mill h from a rallroid, fourtoon miles from a HohnohhouRO, forty-one miles from u church, 160 milos from timber, 200 milcH from a Canadian, half a mile from Hades, thu diiinu dintanco frOrn a blood thirsty haU-brocd. God bluHH *nr home I Gone huok to Manitoba. whiah'iH God's country, to get a fr<mh start." Aw wt-M ttu Kver. Duxn biiiB, -Alter auftxriug for two years form ucuto indiaoHtion, I tried 11. B, B. f took only three bottlcH, which mado me uhwoII us ever I was. 1 highly recom mend B. B. B. to all dyHpepticB. ^ Mas. John WuriK, Austin, Mon, THE WEEKLY mm -* 12 PAGES +- Ml Essex Comity News. *n-rt HIcNEE WlcKAY. PUBLl3HfiR5, XVINDSOtt. ONTARIO, W' ANTnD-Sr.VKUftt FAlTIirUL MEN OI Womon totidvol for ruBjionHibU* ntab* llnhod be uho In Ontario Salary. S7S0, pnyablf A lfl wooldy imil oxpuunon. I'otiition nortnunottt. Hoftnonco I^iiolomj uolf ndtlroiiBoil 11 f am noil on- velopo. ThoNatloniil Star Bniltlinit, Clnoaijo, Plaoo iu tlio woihlfnr yomiKWon nml Womon to soouro a BuhIuobs Kducabinn, Shorthand .oto.Jfl the ; PotroitTJniuiioiiB Uuivoialty. t>- j trolt, Mich Illantratodeatalosne X'roo. Knfin-ouci'n : AH Detroit. I\ JnWBTjLPinn T.It Sl'KNCKIto 1831 THE T" 1897 COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. THE BEST OF THE AGRICULTURAL WEEKLIES. Di:\oau ro Farm Crops and Processes, Horticulture and Fruit-growing Live-stock and Dairying, ' Whilo it also inoludou all minor dopart- montQ of Bnml Intoroht, huch ae the Toul- try Yard, Entomology, Uofldieopmn.Greon- f' house und Grapery, Vuterjnarv liophee, Farm Quetitionn and Answers, FiroHide Heading, .DomcHtio Economy, and a uum- rnitrv ot tho News of tho Week. Ita Mar- kot Reports aro unusually complete, abd ( ranch attention in paid to tho ProepootB of tha Oropa, uu throwing light upon ooo of^ tho moat important of all questions When to Buy ami When to SetU It ia liberally Il lustrated, and contains moro reading mat ter thai) over boforo. Tho BobBcription pnoo is S2.f>0 per year, but wo otter a spec ial Koduotion'in our GLUB RATES POR|;i8u7. ; Two Bubsoriptious, in ono romittance 84.00, Biit do do 10.00, 1 Ton do do lfi.001; iSE^To all New SuhBoribers for lW*"i. payjnc in advance now, we will send th^(,j paper weekly, from onr receipt of the W-uU mittanoe, to January 1st, 1897 wMjon4y$s charde, k ',\ffl AddreSB,]; '*? ESe" Specimen Copies Fre LUTHER TUCKER <t BQHih 1 '.flki. U in r .-( 1 tf0"-'- ALUAMY, n.y. m^&Mti^^ ^ mi