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EM. TM.MA.GE.rl \ DISCOURSE BY TOE 2 IOTED DIVINE. / th "The Petty Annoyances n< .**>flAfe." le Lord thy God will send the sfc mtaroaomy vlL. 20. < L wi n seaas bp li me inseuuw wuriu we*o u<r- . j^B termined to extirpate the human raae. It mm bombards the gratnflelds and the cr^herda tD and the vineyards. The Colorado , beetle, ?? the Nebraska grasshopper, the Now; Jersey nc CT locust, the universal potato bus: yeem to M cirry qn the work which was begun ?%osago 0 IV When the insects buzzed out of Noah's ark 71 am as the ark was opened. / ?! V In my text, the hornet flies oat oy its mis- ^ Sion. It is a species of wasp, swift in its fll MB motion and violent in its sting." Itr> touoh is torture to man or beast. We hav$ all seen ? ' H .the oattle run bellowing under the/ cut of Its t H lanoet. In boyhood we used to stand cau^B^tiously looking ac the'globular fnest hung Izf. ?rom ^the_ tree branch, and while* we were : BnHlookiqg at the wonderful covering we were i ktruck with something that sBnt us shrieking I , HBHaway. The hornet goes in swarms. It has/ th ^^Voaptalns over hundreds, and twenty of,' t them alighting on ona man Will produce/ T, Hf death. ' u H The Persians attempted to conquer & HH Christian city, but the elephants aud th|0 f SDH-beasts upon which Persian^ rode were ^ assaulted by the hornet, so that the who^P H,lbiy was broken up and the besieged cify ^Kfras rescued. This burning and noxious ifc- J ? sect stung out the Hlttitesaad the Canap- ~~ Kb sites from their country. What gleami/ng ?; kB Bword and ohariot of war could not accc*m ! plish was done by the puncture of an inspct. "* The Lord sent the hornet. ' Pc w" Wmilo nrhnn Mr(* am ASfl/inltftrl' bv 10 f great behemoths of trouble we becfome ehivalrio, and we assault then. We geft oa t(J the high mettled steed of our oourageJ and ?r we make a cavalry charge at them, afcd If God be with us we come* out stronger! awl ac better than when we went in. But, alap! for these insectlle annoyance o' life, the&e foes too small to shoot, these things withotft aay avoirdupois weight, the gnats, an/d the midges, and the flies, and the wasp^. and the hornets! In other words, it is tw small ^ stinging annoyances of our life whtcli drive ?? US out and use us up. In the be_'it eon- |~ ditioneu life, for some grand and glorious W^Bjp_uxpose. uoa nas sent iao aurum. ' , I remark, la .the first piaoe, thi*t these small stinging annoyances may con?e In the shape of nervous organization. People who areiprostrated under typhoid feverf or with a broken bones get plenty of sympathy, bat ?a who pities anybody that is nervo<is? The ?e wd doctors Bay, and the family say, a?d every- 1 1 p body says. "Oh, she4s only a little' nervous, J" P- that's all P' The sound of a heavy foot, the Tei I harsh clearing of a throat, a <?i*cord in I;, music-, a want of harmony between the **' I shawl and the glove on the samq person, a de curt answer, a passing slight, the' wind from an the east, any one of 10,000 annoyances opens y? the door for the hornet The ot is that ?1' the vast majority of the people ir* this coun- d0 i try are overworked, and their nerves are the 7? [ first to give out. A great multi tude are nn- n0 L der the strain of Leyden, who, when he was *? ft told by his physician that if he did not stop sh I working while he was in such poor phys- m! leal health he would die. responded, '*DoobL tor, whether I live or die, the wheel most SP ft keep going round." These seiisitive persons Wf of whom I speak have a bleeding sensitive- P1' B neaa. The flies love to light on anything W raw, and these people are UK? the Canaan- ?n I itesspok en of in the text or in the context? ?e I they have a very thin covering a*d are vulI nerablo at all points. "An? the Lord sent J11 | the hornet" < Again, the'small insect annoyances may *ri JUK come to us in the shape of .friends and ac- "e |B <juaiiitanoes who are always spying disagree- an 9K-vable things. There are some people you m! MM ^"wsjot be with for an hov?r but you feel set HQS ed and comforted. Then there are ?o RM k people you cannot with for five J** u| 'jtas before you feel miserable. They do bv aean <:o disturb you, ?ut they sting you an m hn?(>. Thav either BP all the yarn Ki soln, Apd retail it. Tbey * adverse oritici3ms about 001 >ut j-oukV business, about no i w .uroh, aud thay ' le funnel into which thay ?? :jch heartily when they tell Co were a good joke, and you we ie. 901 e brought to our attention a 1 ie book of Ruth. Naomi y? ful and with the finest of P6 , and into another land; mi , she came back widowed 1 . What did her friends do the city? They all went j"' I of Riving her common what did they do? Read d0 and find out. They threw mi d said, "Is this Naomi?" as an , "How awful, bad you do 111 entered the ministry, I caj for years, and every year, years, a hundred times a "a< if I had not the oonsump- a z through the room I would y? lople sigh and say, "A-ah, wl rorld!" I resolved in those rer, In any conversation, Pa ng depressing, and by the lave kept the resolution. rel whom I speak reap and nnroaf flpld ftf iMsrvmraca. by I?AV 51VUI uui wuju uym VI uauuu ? Borne day you gretrt them with a hi- Pr I "good morning," and they come 00 Lat you with some depressing Infor- J? f "The Lord sent the hornet." 8l I see so many people in the world b to say disagreeable things and pagreeable things, I oome almost in " |er mom?nts to believe what a man Ime in Philadelphia one Monday 1 L I went to get the horse at *e ly stable, and the hostler, a plain ar Id to me, "Mr. Talmage, I saw that shed to the younpr men yesterday."' ha a." He said, "No use, no use; Klure." "g ll insect annoyances of life some- ab He In the shape of local physical Hrhioh does not amount to a posi- P? tration, but which bothers you y( I want to feel the best. Perhaps it Beadaohe which has been the pi ague Blife, and you appoint some oc mirth or sociability or usefulness, w the clock strikes the hour you canle your appearance. Perhaps the jj? fc between the ear and the forehead, ba I ape of a neuralgic twinge. Nobody It or sympathize with it, but Just at fe whei^lyoa want your intellect *u disposition brightest, you *9 Sharp, keen, disconcerting thrust. dl jrd sent the hornet." ?a ps these small insect annoyances will 5^ the shape of a domestic irritation. I"' dry r.<-?+ til urn \ra YQ H Hize. To get good service and to keep lai MHlMie of the greatest questions of the Sometimes it may be the arroHHH and inconsiderateness of employes, \e ^^HH^Hhatever be the fact we all admit there th H HhesH insect annoyances winging their tn QgMflHput from the culinary department. If J? ^BS^^Hrace cf God be not In the heart of the J HUHHekeeper, she cannot maintain her equl- ?h; The men come home at night apd 14 HHK^Bthe story of these annoyances, and say, HHR^B,vJtfeese home troubles are very little P" They are small, small as wasps, ho SHQ^^Vtbey sting. Martha's nerves were all unwhen she rushed in asking Christ to jHj^^BldMary, and there are tens of thousands HHHmmen who are dying, stung to death by or pestiferous domestic annoyances. KaMHftie Lor.i sent the hornet." "e HHHH'hese small insect disturbances may also J?1 HHBHuointhe shape of business irritations. h} are men here who went through 1857 "J KSuRHd the 24th of September, 1869, without balance, who are every day un- 111 S0OVrs4flHBttttlA annoyances?a clerk's ill w HMFan^^P^lot ?* on a lading, ba BUB- tl?HHwreSan?? Of a partner who over- P? it, or the underselling by or the whispering of store "* e street, or the making of Bbt which wrs acraiust your 0 plw.ise somebody else. "J jiit-s that kill the merchants. bl y once in ten or twenty cn sonstant din of these every- 'h which is sending so many UI lants into narvous dyspepsia 1 the trrave. When our Na- nf fell flat on its face, these d felt almost defiant, but ZU2 lUUC 11 n/loi- thn ; 't>f twse pestiferous annoyances, wi the hornet" he H|HbcI In the history of some that n. HHflfces are multiplyiat; and that oc |S?'? hundred whero they used to The naturalist tells us that a wasp etvee hae a family of 2t),000 wusps, and ?$9tnqBif every annoyance of your )oa^4J million. By the help of God w< it .to Show you the other side. The T1 l?oJ-ad use? Oh, yes! The natural- vc / ear tpe^R?phere, and I real^H od sands the annoyanoes olour i to {fill the sgldera of the wWroRl e atposphere of oar gkies, Th?se annoyances are sent on us,;I 1 w?e us np from our lethargy. Tt >th#ng that makes a man eo lively as "Xellow jackets," and I think that m<yyanc(? are intended to persuade e jfaot that this is not a world for >t? in. If we bad a bed of everythin i5 attractive and soft and easy, what jTwant of heaven? We think that th tree sends the hornet, or we may At the devil sends the hornet I wi Vrect vour opinion. "The Lord sei [met" Then I think these annoyanoes come cult are our patience. In the gymn L? ^- -? ?_ 1-A. H?1 )U UI1U upnguc, yturauci uaia?uj irs, with holes over each other for p > put in. Then the gymnast takes a ] ,ch hand, and be begins to climb ori< a time, or two inches, and gettin rength oultnred reaches after awhi ilinsr. And it seems to me that the* tyanoes in life are a moral gymna oh worriment a pep with whioh we { tmb higher and higher In Christian a ent. We a)' lore to see patienoe, I ,nnot be cultured in fair weather. Pat a child of the storm. If yoa had e ing desirable, and there was nothing get, what would you want with pati la only time to culture it Is when yo xl about aad sick and half dead. ' Oh," you say, "If I only had the oil inces of some well-to-do man I won Aient, too." You might as well say, sre not for this water, I would swim ! could shoot this gun if it were not f< large." When you stand ohln deep ii lyances is the time for you to swln ward the great headlands of Christii inment. so as to know Christ and iwer of His resurrection and to hav wship with His sufferings. How many touches did Mr. Churoh his picture of "Cotopaxi', or his the Andes?" I suppose about I uohes. I hear the canvas saying: " > you keep me trembling with that j long? why don't you put it on in ah?" "No." aavs Mr. Churoh, "I >w to make a painting. It will take { these touches." And I want you lends, to understand that it is these ] tnoyances whioh under God are m: > the picture of your life to be hung a the galleries of heaven, fit for aog< ok at. God knows how to iflake a I ro into a sculptor's studio and see aping a statue. He has a chisel in nd and a mallet In the other, and he eery gentle stroke?oliok, click, cllc y, "Why don't you strike harder?" i replies, "that would shatter the si can't do it that way. I must do it ly." So he works on, and after awbi! itures oome out, and everybody ters the studio is oharmed and fascia ell. God has your soul under proa velopment, and it is the little annoyt d vexations of life that are ohiselin nr immoniu nmure. jii 10 cuun, < ok! I wonder why some great pro vie es not come and with one stroke pr u for heaven. Ah, no! God says t) t the way. And so He keeps 01 okes of little vexations until at lasl all be a glad spectacle for angels an in. You know that .a large fortune mt ant in small ahange, and a vast amoti jral character may go away in smal jtions. It is the little troubles of life # having more effect upoty you than j as. A swarm of Iooast3 will kill a g Id sooner than the ineunion of thn ar cattle. You say, "Since I lost my c loe I lost my property, I have been i ent man." But you do not recognlz jhltecture of little annoyances tha wing, digging, catting, shaping, spli d interjoining your moral qualities, ly sink a ship. One Inciter matoh id destruction through a block of e uses. Catherine de' Medicis got her c >m smelling a poisonous rose. Golun stopping and asking for a piece of 1 d a drink of water at a Franciscan at, was led to the discovery of a >rld. And there is an intimate conne tween trifles and immensities, bet' things and everythings. Sow, be caroful to let none of those yances go through your soul unarraig mpel them to administer to your spir lalth. The scratoh of a sixpenny Retimes produces lockjaw, ana the cl nost inflnttesmal annoyance may dai u forevdr. Do rot let any annoyan rplexlty come across your soul withoi iking you better. [)ur Government does not think it 1 ag to put a tax on small articles. Th rtdual taxes do not amount to much the aggregate to millions and tnlllio liars. And I would have you, 0 Chrl in. put a high tariff on every aanoj d vexation that comes through your is might not amount to much In s jes, but in the aggregate it would 1 eat revenue of spiritual strength and i stion. A bee can suck honey even 01 lettle, and If you have the grace of G ur heart you can get sweetness out ol ilch would otherwise irritate and ann k. returned missionary told me that a ny of adventurers rowing up the 6to ire stung to death by flies that infest jion at certain seasons. I have seei rth strewn with the carcasses of men insect annoyances. The only way t spared for the great troubles of life nquer these small troubles. What yt u say of a soldier who refused to loac n or to go into the conflict because it ly a skirmish, saying: "I am not g expend my ammunition on a skin lit until there comes a general enf mt, and then you will see how couraj am and what battling I will do." neral would say to such a man, "I 9 not faithful in a skirmish, you wou thin# In a general engagement." I ye to tell yon, O Christian men, It onot apply the principles of Christ Ion on a small scale, yon will neve le to apply them on a large scale, [fl had my way with you, Iwonldhavi sseaTall possible worldly prosperit >uld have you each one a garden?a wiog through it, geraniums and shru a sldas and the grass and flowers as I ul as though the rainbow had talle mid have you a house, a splendid >u, and the bed should be covered wit lstery dipped in the setting sun. I-ft ve every naU in your house set wlthsti d statuettes, and then I would have or quarters of the globe pour in all runes on your table, ana you should rks of silver and knives of gold, inlaid imonds and ametbyste. Then you st Cxi one 01 you u?*.o uie uucoi uuraca ur pick of the aquipages of the w ien I would havo you live 150 years, u should not have a pain or aohe uuti it breath. "Not each one of us?" you say. tah one of you. "Not .to your eneai is. The only difference I would make em would be that I would put a llttl i gilt on their walls andaJlttle extri oidery on their slippers. But, you Vhy does not God give us all logs?" Ab, I bethink myself, He is t would make fools and sluggards of i had our way. No man puts his Jture In the portico or vestibule ol use. God meant this world to be onl stibule of heaven?that great galie e universe toward whioh we are aspi e must not have it too good In this w we would want no heaven. Polycarp was oondemned to be burn* ath. The stake was planted. He wa led to it. The fagots were plaoed at m, the fires kindled, but history tel ?** !*<-? flomon V*anf Aiifmar/) Hl?Q fKu rtt a ship Id a stout bre?ze, so that the fli stead of destroying Polycarp, were o ill between him and bis enemies, id actually to destroy him with iniard. The flames would not touch ell, my hearer, I want you to under at by God's graoe the flames of tria iad of consuming your soul, are onl; g to be a wall of defense and a cano tossing. Goa is going to fulfill to yoi essing and the promise. Us He did to ,rp,''W.ienthou walfeest through th ou shalt not be burned." Now you c i<1erstan<i. Yen shall know hereafter mveu you will bless trod even xor tu< it. ' One or the 1812 Pensioner* Dies. Mrs. Ephraim Herriok, whese hus w a soldier In the War of 1812, died c >me, In the town of Milan,Dutchess Co Y. She was ninety years of apro, an ie of the first pensioners of the War of Tagging Children. Many of the children of New York iar tin tags when they pro out of the 1 10 tags give the child's address, an iry useful, If he gets lost. TO6ai 60D BEQUIBE8 FAITHVS FBATEB. We do not get half the gt O*^ out of pra think, which we might receive. Ou^falth 18 iere is jreak and our love too feeble totead us a nest1 G0d with our daily burdens and our frett thesa ?ares. We forget tbat prayer is a spirit 04 ?J .eiepbone between our lips and hearts i 113'to our Father's ear and heart. We ought g that icnow that the slightest whisper of our c would hearts is heard by our Father in hea^ t We ou8^lt to remember that it is possi thins f0r us to ?-ke direct requests and to * -e'vtJ Immediate answers. Abraham a it the unto God, "0 that Ishmael might live Tor Thee!" and the immediate ansi on us waS) ?_A.s for Ishmael, I have heard the David inquired of the Lord, "Shall 1 go i jnght ^ite these Philistines?" and the answei aga to tbe Lord came to David, "Go and smite I Philistines." . . . Wherever there is a pi 3 inch ,-jjg heart there will be found a place of pi 8 er. Daniel found an oratbry in the lion's d le the Jeremiah one in a dungeon; Jonah, one }? an- ^e depths of the sea ;Peter one on the hot slum, l0p. ail(i the thief one on the cross. We E0, ceive little because our requests are so fen small, and so reeDie. we cave Deen sa 3ut " fied with the crumb9 which fall from :lence, fitter's table, when we might go into ivery- King's place and enjoy a full meal. mor? never go too early in the mornlnj? to ence. heavenly throne; its gate of access is alw IU ^ open. We can never go too late at night; gate is never closed. We need not ase -ome Moriah or Pisgah; we need not ei ?'Tf it 50me 8RCr?d shrine or go to any holy pin ,, *, we shall nnd God wherever we seek H ' v! and to the seeking soul every place is t I In ground. To the eye of faith every b' i ont '3 aflame with God. Prayer : vi open the windows of heaven; prayer . tJ" bring angels down; prayer can open | I heavens and bring a plentiful rain: pra can put God in harmony with His o precious promises under a holy constn Heart for our help. Would to God that we reall 5Q O0Q the greatness of our privileges, and 'Whv blessedness of constant communication v our Father in heaven !?Bobert S.MacArt D. D., in "Quick Truths in Quaint Texts.' know /' if) (VMl ' THE ONE WAY OP SALVATION'. 10 OHO The fact that there is but a single way niHnp salvation needs to ba Insisted upon as et .j. i_?* Mirlv aa nvnr. Tn nnr time the. temntal sis to disbelieve It Is peculiarly strong. M pjot- than ever men live, whatever they say?i thousands do not hesitate to assert i htm ?as if culture, wordly suocess, or reat l one ably correct outward life were all tha gives necessary here to insure the salvation of ik. I soul hereafter. There are many, unquestl 'Oh," ably, who are true followers of Chrlst.but y atuel tor one or auother reason, refrain from u : this lug with bis people, and we may not ju< ie the one another too confidently. Nevrrthel that this remains true tbat tbe only way of i ated. vation is, and ever will remain, through ass of pflntance of sin and faith In Jesus, the inces deemer. gout But another truth needs emphasis. ' :lick, heavenly city in the inspired vision of Ji lenoe was seen to have twelve gates; three a spare in its northern, eastern, southern and W" a at is em walls. So from evBry quarter of a by moral universo and by wholly different pi ; you ways, men seek and find the common g< id for All mast enter the Christian life tnrougtt ceptance of Jesns Christ, but no two n iy be expect to have precisely identical exp ntof ences. To one prosperity reveals the div 1 de- benefactor and gratitude stimulates to i that render. In another case affliction oonviu great of helplessness and the sense of utter n rain- prompts acceptance of his saving grace, se or thousand different experiences have worl ihild, the same result,under the Holy Spirit's gt i dif- ance, as in many different instanoes. s the Do not expect, then, you who are think t are about your duty to b? a Christian, to unde tting the same experience in details which Bats friend has described. Follow your own pi may way to him. Be guided by your own inw itore- illumination. Do not be uneasy beca< leath you have them for your own and find tt lbus, unlike those of others. Christ does not )peaa vite you to himself merely as one of a c< oon- pany. He has your individual welcome new vou.' There is one way of salvation for otlon But also there Is your own way for you. ween V ?? an- TBUST WHEN THE SHADOW* COME. rned. "in the shadow." We must all go th ltu*{ sometimes The glare of the daylight is brilliant; our eyes become injured and *Po1 able to discern the delicate 6Uades of co na8r? or appteciate neutral tints?the shadow chamber of sickness; the shadowed hods " mourning; the shadowed life from whioh ... sunlight has gone. But fear not!?it . the shadow of God.s hand. He 10.ln* lftn.dine thee There are lessons t can only be learned there. The photogr ^ 0 of His face can only be fixed in the d f* chamber. But do not suppose that He cast thee aside. Thou art still Id Hid qui\ inoiA He bus not flung thee away as a worth S? ? thing. He is only keeping thee close till ~atlq moment comes when He can send thee n ~T~~I swiftly and surely on some errand in wb od In wil1 be glorified. Ob, shadowed solit 'th/5 ones, remember how closely the quivei o~oc bound to rhe warrior, within easy reach com han(*? guarded jealously!?Rev. F ingea W"' ' ' that l tb0 THE (HEIST OF XEiTEHDAf, TOD A* AXD B slain ever. 0 get Jesus of Nazareth is something more tl Is to the Christ of history?a blessed memory; 'ould the Christ of prophecy?a sublime hope; 1 his is the Christ of today, and of every da. : was living reality in our lives, a very present 1 ,'olng in time of need. Faith lays hold upon 1 aish. as One who is ever with us in fage- church, in the household and in ;eous world. He iu the close companion The our daily lives. We walk the hard bill-ro f you of life with burning hearts because he b? Id be us company We pass through valleys Lnd I death shade with fearless step, led by his you visible band. In the glory of his prese 's re- toil and pain are transfigured. There is r be break in our trustful Intimacy. No shac of possible change mars our joyful felli 9you ship.- James M. Campbell. y. r river bson PATIEXT WAITING NO LOS8. >eau- Drifting is not waiting. The one is an 1< n. I passive condition, the other is activl man- Waiting is not simply a negative state h up- often means a continual girding of the sp rould lest it chafe against its barriers; a build ituss of .fortifications to protect us against } the enemies of our peace; a raising of dy their and holding tbem secure to prevent the have mission of vexing rebellious thoughts wb with surge about like a restless sea, asking an lould trance. Ob, no! to wait and be strong. and wait and endure to wait and grow, mean orld. creasing activity. It is this very actii and which will bring a strength for our fut Li the that we may use to great advantage.?B Louise 8. Baker. Yea. 1M?" With WHAT SHALL THE HABVEST BE. ie ex- We are not through with our life as a em- "ve Every act, every word.every thou gay every choice, is a seed which we drop, these B? 0Q carelessly, never dreaming that ^3en shall ever again see our deeds. Then sc U3 day we oome upon an ugly plant grow best somewhere, and we ask, "What is thl< t his Comes the answer, "I am one of your plai v the You dropped the seed which grew into a ry 0f Our lives are the little garden plats in wb r(ng. it is our privilege to drop seeds. We si r0rld' kftve to eat fru*te of the seeds which ' are planting these days.?J. R. Miller, D. Ml to s fas ound Sometimes a fog will settle over a vess Is us. declc, yet leave the topmast clear. Then urns sailor goes up aloft and gets a lookout wh ames, the helmsman on deck cannot get. So pra mly a sends the soul aloft; lifts it above the cloi They in which our selfishness and egotism be the , us. and gives a chance to see which way him. steer.?Spurgeon. stand 1, iny g0. Trouble and perplexity drive, us to pra\ ny of I prayer driveth away trouble and t i% iUA I nlA-rifv H IUC I v??V ' Poly- ? h tiro. ' lo not A T\'IId Went Carnival. In A real wild West carnival, In the hearl i hor- what is left of tbe wild West Jtael', planned to be held in Arizona next F ruary. It is to be in or near Phoenix. R re^entntives of every Indian tribe in i iband zona, and of most tribes in the 8onthw< it her are to be present, and. because of the pr nnty. imii y of the exhibition to thei r native ham d was tbey will be ahie to show almost the r 1812. thing in Indian life and ways. Then, 1 whole oountry roundabout is covered w cattle ranges, and there are many nundr of cowbows, in every way representative . City their class, who will be able to be preee louflo. not alone as exhibits, but as spectators. 1 4 aw projectors think that the show will be a 1 \ ~ v: ^H^n^C^SS _._ ' . '^Qwfre'a aTittle public-h^H jzl JPhtoh every one may olgH t?> the little pablic hotttfc , ? ^^ ust underneath the hose." ing , ind total abstin.xce in t0 Total a' atlnence of parents brfnjBTI mn family cheerfulness, thrift, cleanlin ,en> dnstry, and all the natural virtues; Ible pecially it helps the Christian virtues. r0_ the home in which both parents are t ,ajd stainers.?Sacred Heart Review. be- ?? per < BistTLT or an inquiry. je." Doctor Norman Kerr says: "A fe* ind ago I instituted an inquiry to exp r of falsity of the statement that 60,000 drt ;he died every year in the United Klngc ay- had not long pursued my* inquiry tx av- was made clear to me that there wa en; exaggeration in the statement, and in Social Science Congress I was comoe ase- admit that at least 120,000 annually lo > ?- lives through alcoholio excess." r,so ,tis- STUNTED BT SALOONS. our A recent press despatch from Dea 1 the Iowa, states: We "The return of the saloon has be the astrous to prosperity. There are hu ays of empty houses here, business is ste ; Its except In the dram shops, and the j end tlas* Instead of reaching 80,000 as \ iter pected, and as doubtless would ha' ce; the oase had prohibition continued, is im, by the State census to be hovering loly neighborhood of 57,000, an Inorease o ash 7000 In the last five years, as against can grease of 17,000 in the preceding fiv*; can solid prohibition. Business men, whi the bred for saloons as the beet method o yer ing a city of Des Moines, see the wn stoppage of immigration of the best lint from the small towns of the State, an zed other parts of the country, yet are the ently loath to admit the error wh rith them into the great mistake of lower! hu' civic tone of onr. municipality. Yc ' look for an uprising against the saU soon as the leaven of adversity pei the community, and brings it to the p action." EARLY ENGLISH INTEMPERANCE Jon Stephen PerHn, a French physlcii ore was In England about the time of wd VOL'S death, wrote: "The Englia it with another, are joyous and are vei ion- of music; they are Also great drli t is The Rev. William Kethe preached the. Sunday, in 1570?"Whleh holy day the on- tudes call thetr revelyng day, - whit vho is spent In bul-beatings, beare-bt nit- bowlings, dlcyng, cardyng, daux ago aaa aruuKuuiicoD. * uui]/ UIUWWD ess, wrote that the publio houses were "o sal- from morulas: till night with ln\ re- drunkards." Bacon saw enough to c< F.e- him that "all the crimes on the earth destroy so many ot the human ra< rhe nlleuato so maoh property as drunkis obn The testimony ot Shakespeare (parti like of lago) and of the other dramatist jst- period, Is loo familiar to need quotatl the this period the upper classe? drank wi ith- the lower still stuok to beer, but spii aal. invention of wbich dates from the ac- Plantagenet. days, were beginning eed known. Geneva, or gin,, was brongh eri- from the Netherlands, and Irish sett I loe troduced the distillation of uaquebc tur- National Bevlew. cee eed ABOLISH THZ 8AZ.0058. A. Why can we not close them? The 1 ted Times well savs: "It Is impossible lt.1?. -wi.U -v* dU/lUill^ WU1UU OMUIIU IV1 oV Uiuvu soul and body and estate as the . a tag Their whole traffic la evil, and the fg? tlnually. They foster idleness, p any crime, disease and death; and these. 1 ith- evils are not confined to their patrol ard reach oat to their families, their ne: ise and the entire State. It has oftej lem said: "Let liquor alone and it w in- touch you;" but this is dot by any )m- tjU'>?It touches the drunkard's wl for onildren In spite of all their efforts all* vent it It touches the family of the killed in railroad collision in conse of a drunken engineer or conduetc turns out to the frofet and snow the1 of the drunken sot who. trying to ete match, set fire to his own house and too it; worse still.: it breads the hearts o un- sands of noble mothers, because the lor.' seen their once lovely sons drop ved drunkard's grdveto meet the fearful se. e of "No drunkard shall inherit the kl the of God," and all this while their o ; is was: "Touch not, taste not, handl< is Let us abolish the saloon! hat . nph OJTE KOTBtB'8 DEATH. {"* Columns of facta and figures, with J nas arguments, cou id not convey a strong 'er; trayal of the awful effects of drUul less than this story of real life, taken from tbe the big daily papers of New York lost morning last winter, so the story rum iich 1 iceman came into the Jefferson ary Court, having in chargea lad of twent is boy stared vacantly about him, and h of which wss honest and good humore B. bloated with a long and heavy de Close behind him came a little old t decently clad. Her hair was white a: on- countenance pale and anxious. ' Who's this, officer?" the justiw ban when the boy's turn came. ; or "It's John Oleary, your Honor, 'he Rot his mother to enter complaint \ jr( a him for habitual drinking. We think u'lp had a month at the island it would gi jim a chance to pull up." the ''You can do nothing with him y< the Mrs. Cleary?" said - the kindly mug 0( who. used as he wu3 to scenes of sui ada was startled by the dumb agony in t iars woman's face. or "lean not, sir. It's five years sLi In- took to the drink. It's not Johnny's nce There's four saloons near by. He i DO gooa a ooy as ever a motuor uttu. an l0W now when he's himself." 3W, "He's mad when he Is drank," tho man interrupted. "He tried to fc twioe." "Sign the onmolaint, Mrs. Cleary magistrate ordered, nodding co a cler 31e lata a printed form on the table befbi [ty-' saying, "Write your name on that line ,. i't She took up the pen, and then tur Irit tbe justice again. Her thin face was "Sir." shesaid, "ho's a?lthe child'I' kga I've been fighting the devil for him f ad. years. If I sign that paper, I'll have I fCh go. Ho'li never forgive mo. He'll en_ come home again." t0 "It's the only chance to save him jn_ officer said. rity She wrote her name. John was t urg stand up. iev "Now go into the witness box," a man d .rooted her. "You must s wear u him." Her foot was on the step. She su turned. "I can't swear against t we can't!" She clutched her breast witl ght hands. "It's killing me! Johnny, We here!" we ETer son sprang towards her, but she me his feet. She was dead when he lifte insr "Mother, mother, I'll quit the drinl 3?" startled lud cried. But sne did not n its. The physicians said it was heart disea >e." | An ambulanee was summoned, Son leu wnispereJto ttiejusuce. lall "Discharged," he said, and the wr we lad followed his doa i mother home D. haunte.l all hts life by the terrible tl that he seat her broken-hearted t death. el'i the TEilPEBANCE NEWS AND MOTES, ich The liquor trafilo Is the enemy of yer legitimate industry in the country. The joy of the whisky-selling shop friend'y patronage of the whisky-pres t0 doctor. If the drinking saloons of Londc placed side by side they would reucl .0r London to Portsmouth. ?er- The Americau University, at Wash'l will have as one of its departments a of sciontiflc temperance. _ The descent from the elabortely fur liquor palace to the low class drinki is both natura'and rapid. is The total abstainer is safe from ti eb- ger^ of the "knock-out" drops and t up- bolieal devices of the fiends who use t Lri- Temperance in advocating a cause, sst, remarks one of our Catholic contemn* ox- is as much a virtue as temperance in lt9| Mrs. Lake, Third Vice-President of !?al T. A. U., has completed arraugeme t*? an Eastern lecturing tour in behalf total abstinence cause. , 0( Chicago brewers have formed a c ,nt to raise the price of beet. It is ri [>ta that a penalty fund of 9600,000 has be hi- foribed by sixty-three breweries to ii / *tely bring this about. v US H fcWUfl111 *1" i' II i III If r n i ''LIU it. Must people bury cabbage forwinutothe ter use, and if properly done it is tbe 938. in- very bert way to keep them.- They Eappy **?? however,'not easily got at when stal ao- the ground is frozen or covered with snow. ' A part of the crop- may be satisfactorily kept as follows: Trim the heads very closely, wrap in newspaLw" pew, and paok in barrels. Set in a (njcards 000. ce"ar an<* Qse aB needed. They Lom. I will not dry oat or decay as when 'r?itttle P*aoe<* in ^e oe^ar without proteo?at the ^on* ** this process is followed, a tiled to quantity can be taken from the Ground at their at one time.?American Agriculturist. STB AW FOB C0W8. ilolnes, Cows maybe fed and kept alive on straw, if the winter is not too severe for ad reds them under such sad circumstances, igaant, and, although given some grain food x>pala- with the straw, they cannot be expeotIbeen e<* ^or(*IQUC^ m^? a?d what they 'shown may give will be very poor. A cow la the needs a good digestible rough food as f about well as grain, if she is expected to rears of ^ve &&d clover hay is the best o clam- coarse fodder. The ordinary method f male- of feeding cut straw with pulped roots ^aasea do very well for cattle that are d from fattening, if sufficient fattening food appar- is fed with it. This is so because the loh led fat only is expected, and no growth of ia^may for which the same nitrogenous )ods as elements are needed as for milk. If meates there is a surplus of straw to be diaolnt of posed of, it may be sold and clover hay procured with the money. This will be better economy than feeding an who the straw.?New York Times. Henry ry food UQHT FOB SEKHbUSEB. A great deal is said about the neces~ > mnJtt- warmth for fowls in winter, ih day Quite as much, however, depends on Atlogs, light In the short days of winter isyaRea fnwlB are ant to cet too little exeroiae. rowded They are sure to do so if kept in close, eteraie dark henhouses, where the light does jnvinoe DOt penetrate until very late in the ?e nor 8^ort inter mornings. The henoness." house may be made light as well as cularly warm by providing double windows, J ?* with dose blinds to be tightly closed Inland* ftt B*ghk On? these double winIts, the dows should be On the east side of the earlier house, and its shutters should be tiome opened as soon as the sun rises. The ers In* colder tbe weather the greater the neiugh.? ceesity of feeding early and getting the fowls to exercise. If thei henhouse is thoroughly lighted it will be easy London down' from the"'r to find roosts. In a dark henhouse we hare loss to seen fowls remain on their perch for ***? an entire day. Of course sach fowls grow poor and will not lay until very terrible late in spring. Too dark henhouses is. but are the cause of more failures in poullgbbeen tr^ keeping than any other. In these ill, not 'days,, when window glass is very cheap, means it is an evil easily remedied.?Boston fe and Cultivator. to pre t father quence stacking and baling foddeb. >r It family Shredded fodder can be staoked out tight a of doors jnst the same as hay or straw, burned Of course, it is better to have some* ^hnve thing underneath it to keep it irom into a lying on the ground, which, without atence, protection, would draw- more or less ngdom moisture to either hay, straw or fodrnjt^ der. The shredded fodder keeps well when properly staoked, but^ you want to be careful,in making the. Btaok, so shaping it that it will shed the water, ill thel covering the top in such a manner as renness to turn the water from the top until l one of the fodder settles. It wants to be left . One standing in the stack a week or two Market P*911?8 * sweating or :y. The heating process, when it will cure out is face, nicely and can then be baked very d. was safely and shipped anywhere. Our Toman! f*rmera & the vicinity staok a great ad her deal of their fodder in this way and then bale it from the stack. > said, We are feeding to our own horses We've around the faotory shredded fodder Against, that has been stacked and is nUw being : if he 'haled Thin fend wilt nnnn cfit tft Via 76 fin article of merchantable oommodity, mreelf, the same as hay or straw, jast as ?oon istrate, as people realize its great value as a hf^M *ee(^ ^ave and shipped a 0 carload to Philadelphia, and it makes ice be a better feed for horses or cattle than fault, the best timothy hay. In fact very 5-3 little grain is fed when using corn fodder. It has also been shipped to police- St Louis, and wherever this shredded 111 her corn fodder has been introduced it is i. ty0 considered far better than hay for k who feeding purposes.?Breeders' Gazette, e her, ned to ASPABAQH8. blood- The tops of asparagus should b3 cut down before the seeds fall, as the scator love ^ring oI the latter over the bed will / 0t him produce plants in all directions. The never cut stalkb should be oleared away and a good dressing of manure be applied. ' ? This should be well spaded in and a old to mulch be spread over the rows. Manure may be used for both purposes, gainst object is to fertilize the beds, as it cannot be done in the spring, and ddenly to prevent- deep freezing, as the asilm! I paragu.s is a plant that starts growing 1 comu ^ery early in the season. Nitrate of soda is often used to foroe the asparafell nt gus into quicker growth. As it is very soluble, it should not be mixed with nswer! ^he manure, but should be applied SB, ' early in the spring. Scatter it along ie ono the rows. etched There is no reason why every farmer to bo should not have an asparagus bed. louGrht Bich, mellow and deeply broken soil :o her jg required. After the soil has been prepared, open furrows three and onehalf feet apart and ten inches deep. over; order to bring the bed speedily into bearing get year-old roots and is the pnt them in the furrows abont two cribing feef apart. Then fiU np the furrow* >n were an<* top dresft with salt. This will'giva i Iroin a bed tbat will last for forty or fifty years with very little oare. If tho bn.l ntfon, is old and neglected and is thick with college crowDs while the roots are spindling, , . it can be restored by cutting out ng dun spaces right through the bed and digging up the roots so as to leave the 10 dan- plants in broad rows. The trouble is he dla- but trifling, and there is no vegetable beuQ- that gives better returns in the way of jrariof health and enjoyment.?New York , drink. World. the 0. intb toy ABOUT FLAX GBOWING. of tire tj. i ij. It is now several years since it was ompact demonstrated in this countr? sported that the textile fiber known as librelia en sub- could be manufactured 6n""essfully mmedt- gax 8fcraW} and, all ?h the /; .: 'i " ' w. .? * ) . 1 i?mwihilid Hade of wool andcottflB ^pno.i callgd to the new fibe^av^ ^ an incentive tt) flax growing, "however, which haa resulted in ft much larger , acieage of this cro'p than ever before. Many farms that were abandoned in j New England, of in former days raised flax for spinning, were planted with this crop, and the general ontpnt last year was enortrfotis. The real extent to which fibrelia is used in the manufacture of goods can be gathered partly from the fact that in 1890 over 1,000,000 of flax straw were burned in the fields after the seed had been gathered, while to-day little, if any, saoh straw is thus destroyed. In the West the flaxseed is sown broadcast for the fiber at the rate of two bushels to the acre, and all the cultivation given to it is that required to keep down the weeds until the leaves shade the ground. The plants are allowed to ripen their seeds, and then the straw is pulled and put up in small bundles for drying1. The seeds are thrashed out a good deal as an ordinary farnfer would thrash his oats or wheat, that is. with a flail or with. a maohine thrasher,, the latter being the more desirable, as it does not in* jure the straw so much. Some still resort to the "rotting" process, so common in early New England days. The bundles are taken to the shallow pond or brook, and stood in it with the bntts downward. After standing there for five or ten days the core will 1 come ont of the fiber when the stalks are broken. When rotted sufficiently ' the bundles are taken ont with a < pitchfork and stood up to drain and dry. The next process is that called "grassing." The stalks are spread out upon the grass and turned over once ' or twice a day for a week. This improves the color Qf the fiber. The "breaking" "process which follows is done by a set of Anted rollers, and the "hatohelling" by a matching that separates the fine and coarse fibers. New and improved machinery has been invented for all of, these processes, and some factories take the flax direct from the farmers before the rotting and bleaching processes have taken place. A good crop of flax will pro- i dace 600 pounds of fiber to the'acre. Sold in the open marked this means 1 about $70 per acre. Bat flax seed is exhausting to the " soil, and, after it has been grown two ! or three years on one field, a period 1 of from five >to eight years ahoold 1 elapse before {mother orop is planted. 1 The soil has to be heavily manured, 1 from 400 to>600 pounds of mineral : 1 fertilizers being required each year to 1 the aore, besides barnyard and other < manures. Potash and phosphoric aoid are the chief ingredients that the soil 1 requires to produce good flax.?New 1 York Tribune. 1 1 < FABM AMD GARDEN NOTES. < * Draughts in the poultry house are j an invitation to roup to enter and i ravage your flock- i For successful celery caltare there 1 must bepleuty of water, either naturally or artificially applied. . < A good milker most be a good feed* ' er, bat it by no means follows that a 1 good feeder is a good milker. The unsightly webs of the tent j caterpillar that appear in the orchkrd ( should be cut off.and burned. The best ground fora peach orchard j is a sandy soil that has been planted i for several years with general crops. ( The objection toMate growth on i trees is that it produoes tender wood i that is liable to be injured by freez- t ing. t Cut oat and burn all plants of rasp- j berries and blackberries aneccea wna orange rust. It is the only safe rem- i edy; ' j Spraying iwith london purple, one. ounce to ten gallons of water, is given , as a snre remedy for the tent'cater* pillar. j In some sections peppermint plants j are being sabstitated for hay as a j stook feed. They are said to give ex- j cellent results. Experiments show that while the percentage ot total solids of the milk may be somewhat ohanged by varying the food, yet the proportion of solids J to one another is iudependent of the food and is determined by the cow. 8 Bowil diseases are often caused by ^ overfeeding, and a lack of salt will jj also affeot the stock. At this season, when the horses are idle at times, they fhould be fed in a manner onlyi 6 to keep them in fair condition. It is v of no advantage to them to make them ( overfat.* When corn fodder is given to the j cows and sheep to pick over do not a throw the refuse stalks in the barn yard to be trampled, but cut them up, or shred them, so as to convert them 7 into absorbent material in the stalls 8 ? 1 ??? j aa?i 41iavi alon Ka 1 ^ or parujaru. auoj vau ?uwu ????v more xeadily handled for use when ? spreading manure. Exhaustive experiments are re- ? ported by the Frenoh Sooiefcy of Agri- . culture, in which a ration composed ' chiefly of potatoes afforded rapid gains in live weights of both sheep and oat- ? tie, a large percentage in dressed " weight of the slaughtered animals, and b flesh of exoellent quality. Cooked po- J1 tatoes proved more eflective and profit- | " able than uncooked. The plowing of land upon whioh ? fall weeds are still standing is often Y done in a slovenly manner, the stub- I ble not beinp completely coveted, | every furrow showing the ends of the ^ plants, the roote only being buried, d It- would be better to cut down ? such material, let i? dry, rake ,inr> to piles and burn, or, what is bet.er, burn the field over if it oan be acooin- d plisbed. Plowing oan then be done more satisfactorily and more weed? 8' will be destroyed. There is more digestible matter in t^e corn plant than in the grain, and n this fact is one whiah has been satis- n faotorily demonstrated. One acre ol u fodder gives more aotual nutrition a than do two tons of timothy hay, and ? XV- an/) nrxavaar nnrlinno whinll Cl IUO UUbfO auu WW4 UU4 ^/vftn?vw| n are usually considered of but little ' value, contain more nutrition than the " tops and blades. It may be ad led ? that much depends on the stage at fJ which the fodder was cut, how stored, t! and how prepared before feeding it to t the stook, c o in the midc^^flU spool of blaok tw$t bx of Hold the spool that it cannot sHpoH and on each side of it mark a "line~ Feather-stitch this line acroas.the rib-' bon, and you have the first pojikofc made. Directly above and across tU?i ribbon slip in a paper of needles an#, , cat-stitch a line across for the seodj^^^ pocket. Next above it is a pocket ' ^ scissors. To keep them from slipping, ^ ^ put a loop on the inside of thejKfitteij , $ y? | and divide it from the space aboAbjr ' '.IS : feather-stitching. Ths ends of alMft pockets ate open at the aides. '% space above the pocket for sciasornft ' V* overcast^on eaoh ^e, as ^atis tol^ the ends of the ribbon in to torn, ? narrow frill, and through the casing run a baby ribbon, ^ending in a foil SSaThe bags"?** ribbons that?^i matoh'the colors of tha rooms wher? they are likely to go.?New Tork How few persoca th^^wre ^ r^Uj oomfort, and what more important for one's comfort andfhealth than one'# very own "dodo," aa theFrenoh ohfl.fresh and fragrant from clean and oxygen. Hoy? restful to plao^thft onghly shaken, and bow comfortable ! v it is to drow aroand one bedclothes that are satisfactory, not too thick in oneplsce and entirely untucked m ' ninety-nine will throw the^ bedclothe* ' should be tnrnecf daily and from end to end, as this insures it bjujlg wofn . uiy ^^no ^L^ow ^n^ h* (Then onoe Uk^ ^psta^^ss bound I to remain there a Ibag time.Ehe jareful housewife will core* the tprings oi her beds with, linen, #o that it mar be taken off and washed. .This . iftves the mattress all cbanop of wui oapers will anawer the same purposes ' ItiaoBlythehardiert aleepeta^o jan enjcy their. slumbers when, by ? icanty supply of sheet, the blanket jcratches face and neck. Narrow bed- /./ : jlo thing is even worse, especially where the barbarous custom of sleepr ng two in a bed holds good. Ona. Irags the olothes one way, the other jxhausts strength itn clinging to them for dear life, and neither is comfortible. A simple remedy for this dissomfort is to place one blanket length* vise across the bed. In this wa^here ihe shoulders and plenty of chatoe for i firm tucking up. Good housemaids ire quite liable, in placing .threat., jlanketa on a bed, to turn down ? ' jreat piece, giving you six on your ihouldera and not one sufficiently ucked in on the sides. A restless child might be prevented , ' from many a cold if blankets were jlaeed across the bed. It is the care'al watch of detail in home lifethafc nakes it differ from a hotel* and nothing is more satisfactory than a wellnade bed. ?New York Herald. EECTPES. Date Padding?One capful ailk, one cupfnl sugar or. molasaee, >ig spoonful batter, a teaspoonful of >oda, spices to taste, and one pound of lates, atoned. Stir quite stiff with : jraham floor and steam two hours. , Jerve with sugar and cream or sattce. ;'t jjj Milk Soup?Heat one>jaart of milk, idd a pinch of salt; beat one egg veil, stir in floor to thicken that has * - ? -4.V x-_. ' rau'iourvii hcwj^iuiuiu imiu?k puwuvi nixed through it. Make this mixture to small balls and drop into the boilug milk. Cook two or three minutea \ ,ad yon will hate a nice soap. Bioe* Cakes?Two cupfuls of boiled ice, two eggs, a pinch of salt, one teapoonful sugar, one of butter, beat all roll together. Add one teaspoohfal if baking powder, a cup of milk and lour enongh to thicken so that the akes will turn easily. Drop by spoohuls into a frying pan half full of hint surd and fry light brown. . Hot Toast a la Rubs??Cut some tale rye bread into small rounds au aoh thick and fry to a light brown in . .. utter. Dig a small hollow in tha f liddle of each round and fill with any.ot devil sauce you like. Place on the Daat a thin slice of ham, or any other ' leafc you may have; pour over it a fa jaspoonful of the sauce and aervp oiling hot > Priaoeas Potato?Pack mashed po-' mtiilo Dtrm int/i ft ??11 ottamiuI Ji eep square mold. When oold torn at and let stand like hominy that is > oe fried. Jast before mealtime ont ato strips abont one-half inch thick ; ? ? ? % low in a Vvni_ 1U voafcuu ciSb *>uu iaj iii a uuir wh 3red bakepan, taking care that the IB iices do not touch Bake ten or ' 'B9 arelvo minutes and serve. ^B Molded Tapiooa With Fruit?Sim- ^B ler one-half cap of dessioated oo?oa- MH at in a pint of milk for twenty mintes. Strain oat the cocoanut aadvv>jjflB dd milk to make a fall pine. Add ne-half oup sugar and one-half cup of ipiooa previously soaked over night, ud simmer together until the whole ^B^^H i transparent. Dip someoups in ool^^^J^IB rater, drain, and lay any kind resh fruit into the bottom of eaol^^^B^^^H be form ot oross or Poue^^^^H^^B apiooa into the molds gently. old turn out and serft jjAh iriflB^^B|^^B ream or fruit sauce. ^ ijni