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dulge in sometimes when they are carv- 

 ing a fellow-man to mince-meat in the 

 interest of their science. But I soon 

 learned that it was no joke, for when the 

 surgeon's saw had cut off the top of the 

 man's skull the odor of the alcohol that 

 filled the room was strong enough to 

 almost sicken one. Then one of the 

 surgeons struck a match and held it 

 close to the brain. Immediately a blue 

 flame enveloped the entire portion of the 

 cerebral organ exposed, and the quiver- 

 ing flesh sizzled as if on a gridiron. 



"That experiment and disclosure set 

 me to very seriously thinking about the 

 error of my way. I am not a temperance 

 lecturer nor a prohibition politician, but 

 I most respectfully and firmly decline 

 your invitation to have something. I 

 don't want my brain to float around in a 

 sea of alcohol, as did that of the poor 

 old town drunkard of Troy. There is 

 no telling how many other men's brains 

 will reveal the same condition, if an au- 

 topsy is held upon them." — N. Y. Wit- 

 ness. 



Value of Alsike Clover. 



The farmers here (Wisconsin), are 

 beginning to grow Alsike quite exten- 

 sively. Those who have grown it speak 

 well of it. They think it makes the best 

 of hay, both for cows and sheep, and 

 that it is very profitable when grown for 

 its seed. One farmer in this county has 

 sold $300 worth of seed from 3 acres of 

 Alsike clover in 3 years. Besides the 

 seed, his stock — cows and sheep — have 

 eaten every bit of the thrashed straw. 

 He values the thrashed Alsike as highly, 

 'at least, as the unthrashed red clover. — 

 M. M. Baldridge, in Gleanings. 



Bee-Culture for Health. 



A delicate young lady on a farm took 

 up the culture of bees as an out-door in- 

 centive, hoping thereby to build up her 

 health. She has not only improved 

 digestion and appetite, but established 

 a delightful interest and study, a re- 

 numerative industry, a financiai success. 



Start out to cultivate thoroughly any 

 valuable resource of mind, body or busi- 

 ness, and you will develop a use, a ser- 

 vice, that fits all around, and makes the 

 world better worth living in. 



When You Have any honey to sell, 

 get some Honey Almanacs and scatter 

 in your locality. They will sell it all in 

 a very short time. 



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