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REV. DR.TALMAGE THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'8 BUN DAY BERMON. Tut "Verily, My Hnbbnths ye shall keep "?F.xo<lus xxxl18. The o( cessation from har.1 labor Olin il?y '"nf of seven Is almost univnruli. acknowledged. The world has found ouf that It can do less work in seven days than In six, and that the fifty-two day* of the year devoted to rest are an addition rather than n subtraction. Kxperlmeuts have been made in all departments. The great Lord Oastlereafth thought he could work his brain Uf"? days In the year, but after awhile broke down and eommltted suicide, and Wllberforoe said of him "Poort'astlereagh ' This Is the result of the nonobs??rvance of the Sabbath A celebrated merchant declared, "I should have nri-n a maniac long ago but for the i \hlcUh V The nerves, the brain, the muscles. I ho bones, the entire physical. In fellectual and moral nature crv out for the Kahhatlcrest What Is true of man Is, for the most part, true of the brute. Travelers have foun I out that they come to thetr plnces of destination sootier \vh?nt they let their horses rest by the way on theiiibbatlt What Is the matter with those for lorn erenture.s harnessed fo some of the city cnr?V Why do they stumble and stastuer an 1 fallV It is forthe jackof the Habhatlc rest. Tn ot her days, when the herdsmen drov ? fheir sheep and cattle from the Far W?-st n fo the seaboard. It was fonn l out hy r*p(>rlment that those herdsmen and drovers who halted over the seventh day not down sooner to the seaboard than those who passed on without the observance of the nnly Kabbath. The fishermen off the i of Newfoundland that thorn m?n | during the von i' eateh the movt fish who stop during tho Lord'stlnv. Wlion I asked the llooky Mountain loco restive engineer why he changed looomnllvoswhon it seemed to be h straight route, ho Said. "Wo have to lot the looonotlvs Stop imd oool oft. ?>r the machinery would soon break down." Men who made large ii'iantlfles of salt wore told that If thoy allows I Ihoir kettles to oool over Sunday they would submit themselves to it great deal of ilnmage. The experiment was made, somo observing tin* Sabbatb, and some not observing tho Sabbat b. 'I'hoso who allowo 1 tli? ftros to go down an I tin" kottios to cool oni-e a week were compelled to spend onlva tow pennies in tho way of repairs wlillo In the oases wh"ro 110 Katdwth was ohsorvod many do' lar? wore domandod for repairs. In other words. Intelligent man, dumb beast and dead machinery cry out for the Lord's dav. Hut while the attempt to kill th" Saldi.ith by the stroke of ax an I Hail an I yardstick has beautifully failed It Is proposed In o ir dav to drown the Sabbath by floo ling It with secular ainus?inonts. They would bury It very decently under the wreath of the target company and to ttye music of all braz-Mi Instruments. There are to-day in the different cities 10,000 lian Is and 10.000 pens busy in attempting lo mi out the heart of our Christian Sabbath and leave it a bleeding skeletono! what It once was. The effort Is organized mil tremendous, and unless the frlen Is of Christ su t the lovers ot goo I order ahull rouse up right speedily their sermons and protests will he uttered after the (Mills w taken. There nr-> tiles in tii" inn I iv11 *r li** Snhb.ith It n almost perished. mi I tt K becoming a pracipi^silon whether wo who rwnivii I a pure Sabbath Irom lln> Imiiiti of our fathers hull have piety and pltt"k enough to tfive t?> our children the sain? hlessel Inhsritanc*. The eternal Ho i li<>l|>i 11 vr u?. w? will' I protest against tlit* Invasion of the holy Pal .hath in the llrst place Iiwhiiw it Is a war on llivhin ouaulment. tlo.l any8 in Isaiah, ' If thou turn away thy foot from dolus* thy pleasure on My holy rlav, thou iihalt walk upon the hi?h places." What <||<| Ho in?nn hy "ilolrur thy pluosuroV ' Ho roforre.l to ocular atvl worhlly amusements. A mm tol.l in" lie wan never so inueli frightened as In the midst of an earthquake, when the beasts of the Held hollowed In fair and even the barnyar I fowls screamed In terror. Well, It was when the earth was shaking nu t the skies were all full of tire that Oo I made the Kr.-Ht announcement, "Remember the Sabbath day to keep It holy " tio through the streets where ttie theatres re open on a Sabbath nttfht.Ro upon the steps, enter the boxes of those plaees of entertainment and tell me if that is keeping til" Sitibath holy. "Oh." says someone, "Ood won't ha displeased with a yrun I saered eoneerl A gentleman who was present at it "ttrati I sacred concert" one Sahhatli nlnht In one of fhe theatre* "I our ureal eities said that during the exercises thcte were comican l sentimental sonj;s. Intersperse I with coarse jokes, snd there were dances and a farce an I tiqhtrope walkintr and a traper.e performance. I suppose It was a holy dance and a consecrated tirrlit r?Mto 'PK ? ? (u 'i ? * .n r.wr.1 tll.-J UCTM II Knin 1 BHcr>"l concert." Wo hour a great deal of talk about "the rights of tli" people" to have just such amusement* on Sunday a* they want to have. I wonder If tli" Lord has any rights. Vmi rule your family , tho governor rulestho Htate tho president rules the whotw Ian t. I wonder if the Lord has a right to rule tho nation* and inako the ?n tofinent. "Hetnetnber the Snhhath day to keep It holy," and If there U any appeal to a high eourt from that decision. an l if the men who are warring again*! that enactment are not guilty of high treason against the Makerof heaven and earth. They have in our oltlee put God on trial. It ha* been the theater* and the opera house*. plaintiff*. versus the I.ord Almighty, defendant. The suit ha* been begun, nnd who shall eome out ahead you know. Whether It be popular. I now announce It a* my opinion that the people have no rights aavethose which the great Jehovah gives thern. He has never given tho right to man to break His holvSibbath. and as long as His throne stands He never will give that right The prophet a*k* a question wbleh I eau easily answer. "Will a man rob Go 1Ye*. They robbed Iflm la*t Sunday night at tho theatres and the opera houses, and I charge upon them the Infamous and high handed larceny. I hold the same opinion as a sailor I have" heard o?. Tho erew ha I been discharged from a vessel tnvause they would not work while they were in port on the Lord's day. Tho captain went out to get sailors, lie found one man. and he said to him, "Will yon serve me on tho HabbathV" "No" I'Whu nnl V" IV..II "mkIM IIm ?U Bailor, "a man who will robOod Alml|(hty of His Hohtmth would rob mo of my wagea If ho got * chiocr." Huppose you were poor, nu I you came fo h drygoods merchant and asked for Bomo cloth for garments, and ho should say, "j will give you #1* yards," and whllo ho was off fro.n the counter and UindlDK up the stx yards you fhould k<> behind the counter and steal one additional yard. That Is what every man does when ho breaks the f.ord't Sabbath. Hot gives us six days out ot seven, reserving one for Himself, and If you will not let Him hn?o It, It Is moan beyond all computation. Again. I am opposed to this deaeorati >r. of the Sabbath bv s. . i?Inr entertainments tie . ause it Is a war on the statutes of most of t he States. The law in New Tork State says "It shall not be lawful to exhibit on the first day of the week, eommonlv called Hunday. fo the public In any hutlding, garden, grounds. concert room or other room or place within the city and countr of New York, any Interlude, tragedy, comedy, opera, ballet, play, farce, negro minstrelsy, negro or othe.- dancing. ?r any other entertainment of the stage, or any part or p ?rts therein. or nny equestrian, circus or dramatic performance, or any per'orinanoo of Jugglers. acrobats or rope dancing." Was there ever a plainer enactment than that Who made the law You who at lh ? ballot boxes decided whoshould go to Albany and sit In the Legislature ; you who In any region exercise the right of suffrage. Tn?y made the law for vou and for vour hnitllM nndnow I say t hut itnjr mini who attempe to override that law Insults vou ant ma an I every man who has the rigid of latr w**Htill further, I protest against t ho Invasloo of the 8ahh.it t> I wonuse It lea foreign war. Now. If you heard at this moment the booming ot a gun In the heritor, or tf a shell from Bome foreign frigate should drop Into your street, would you keep youra?ata In church? You would want to face th-? fo * and rvry gun that eoul ! ho manage I would he brought Into u?t^ and every ship that coul t he brought out of the navv rar I would awing from her anohorage, and the question wonld he decide I. You do not want a foreign war, and ye* 1 have to fell you that this Invasion of God's holy day ts a foreign war. Aa am on* our own native horn population thera are two classes -thegoo I and the baddj |o It l? with the people who ooma frouj othar" -jJ shores there are the law Abiding And the lawless. The former are welcome here. The more of tbem the better we like It. Uut let not the lawless come from other shores expecting to break down our Sabbath and InsIHute In the plaoe of It n foreign Sabbath. How do yon feel, ye who have been brought up nmld the hllis of New England, about giving up the American Sabbath? Ye who spent your childhood under the shadow vi mn n<iiroaannK9 or in? ye who were liorn od the bunks ot the Savannah or Ohio or Oregon. how do you feel about glvInR up the American Sabbath? You way " We shall not Rive It up. We mean to defend It as long as there Is left any strength In our arm or bloo I in our heart' Do not bring your Spanish sabbath h'?re. Do not bring your liallau Sabbath here. Do not bring yonr French Sabbath here. Do not bring your foreign Sabbath hero. It shall be for us and for our children forever a purg. cousecrated, t'hrlstlan, American Sabbath. ' I will make a comparison between the American Sabbath, as some of you have known It, nn l the Parisian Sabbath. I speak from otaervntion. On a Sabbath moraine I was aroused hi Paris by a great sound in the street. I said, "What Is this?" "Ob." they said, "this Is Sunday." An unusual rattle of vehicles of all sorts. Tho voices seemed more boisterous than ou other days. People running to and fro. with baskets or buudles, to get to the r.ill train* or gardens. Itseeoiel as If all the veh :cles In Paris, of whatever sorl, had turne 1 out for the holiday. The Oiamps Klyseea one great mob of pleasure seeklug people. balloons flying Parrots (. haltering. Footballs rolling. Tiwldters hawking their kniekknaeks through the streets. Punch nnd Judy shows In a score of places, each one with n dhniitlin Han I organs. cymbals and every kind of racket, musical and unmusical. When the evening enme down, nil the theater* wero in full blaz" of mu*io nn I full blase of light. The win* store# aud saloons were thronged with nn unusual number of customers. At eventide f stood mid watched the excursionists coining home, fagged out men, women and children, a gulf stream of fatigue. Irritability and wretchedness, for T should think It would take three or four days to get over that miserable way of ttundaying. It seemed more like nn American Fourth of July than a t'hristlan Sabbath. Now, In contrast. I present one of the Sabbaths tn ore of our best American cities. Holy silence coming down with the day lawn. Business men more deliberately looking Into the fac* of their children and talking to them at>out their present nnd future welfare. Men sit longer at vhe table in tue morning, because the stores are not to be opened, and the mechanical tools are not to be taken up. A hymn Is sung. There are congratulations and good cheer all through the housr The street silent until 10 o'clock, when there Is a regular, orderly tramp churchward. Houses of Oof. vocal with thanksgiving for mercies received, with prayer for comfort, with ehsrlttos for the poor. Ho?t for the holy. Rest for the soul. The nerves unlets 1. the temples ooole l, the mind cleared, the soul strengthened, nn I our entire population turned out on Monday morning ten years younger, better prepared for the duties of the life, better prepared for the life that ts to come. ? men <10 yoti 11 k ? lw?it the American flabhdh nr th? Parisian Habhath? Ho you know In wlial boat the Hibbsth oamo across thoseas and landed on onr shores? II was in tho Mayflower. Ho you know In what boat the Sabbath will leave U?, If It ever goes ' It will be In the ark that floats over a deluge of national "Instruction. Still further, I protest against the Invasion of the Lord's <lnv because It wrongs a vast multitude of employ** of their rest. The play actors and actresses can have their rest between their engagements, but bow about the scene shifter", the ballet dancers, the eallboye, tho Innumerable attendants and sunernumerles of the American theatre? Where Is their Sun lay to come from? They are paid small salaries at the h*st. Alas, for them ' They appear on the stage In tinsel ami tassel with halber or In gauze whirling In toe tortures, and they m.ght h? mis- 1 taken for fairies or queens, bul after 1 o'clock at night you tnav see them trudging through the streets In faded dresses, shivering an I tired, a bundle tinder their arms, seeking their hom?s In the garrets an I cellars of the city. Now. you propose to take from thousands of these employes throughout this country not only all opportunity ol moral ' unuir, i/ui mi u(i|?munnjr 01 pnyiicni rmiT. for heaven's suke, lot the crushing Juggernaut stop at least one day In seven. Again. I oppose this modern Invasion ol the Christian Hshnath because It Is ? war on tho spiritual w?llnr? of the |>eop|e. You have a body V Yes. You have b mtud? Yes. You have n soul? Yes. Which of the secular halls on the ttahtmth day will give that aoul any culture? Now. admitting that n man has a spiritual and Immortal nature, which one of the places of amusoinent will culture li? Which one of the Habhath performances | will remind m?n of the fact that unless they are born again they cann >t *?? the kingdom of Ood? 1 Will tho music of the "Grand Puohear'' i help people at Inst to sing the song of the one hundred and forty and four thousand? Besides, II you gentlemen of the secular entertainment have six days In the week In. which to exercise your alleged beneficial Influence, ought you not to allow Christian Institutions to have twenty-four hours? Is ft unreasonable to demand that If you have six lays for the body and Intellect we should have one day at least for our Immortal soul? Or, to put It In another shape, do you really think our Imperishable soul Is worth at least one-acvonth as much as our perishable hodvV An artist has threo gems -n cornelian, an amethyst and a diamond. llo has to cut them and to set them. Which one la he moat particular aboutr Now. the cornelian N the body, the amethyst ts the Intellect, the diamoud lathe soul For the two form"? \on propose six days of opportunity, while *ou offer no opportunity nt alitor the last, ' Which Is in value us compared with tho others like f 100,tXH).000.000 to one farthing, besides you must not forget that nine-tenths tye, nln?ty-nluo one-bun Iredths it all the Christian effort* of this country are put forth on the Lord's day. Kuuday Is the day n which the asylums an I hospitals and the prisons arc visited hy Christian meu. That is the day when the youth of our country get their religious Information In Sunday sclio ?ls. That Is the day when the most of the charities are collected. That Is the day when, under the Mast of 60,000 American ptllpll*. the sin of the Ian I is assaulted and liien are summoned to recent When you make war upon any part of (lod's day. you make war upon the asylums, an I the punlteiitnrlee, end the hospitals, and the reform association*, an I the homes of the destitute, and tho church of the living Clod. which is the pillar and the ground 'he leuih. I am opposed lo the tnvaalou of the Sabhath because It Is a war on our political In si Millions. When the Sabbath go?? down, the republic goes down Men who are not williDK to obey Clod's law In regard to Sabbath otmervacee are not fit lo govern themselves. Sabbath breaking means dlssoluten'WS. and dissoluteness Is Incompatible with self government. The* wanted a reptthllcln France. Alter awhile they got a republic, but one day Napoleon III . with his e?v?lr/, rode through the ?tr i"|s. an l down went the republic under the clattering hoofs They have it republic (her- again, but France never will have a permanent republic until she quits her rolstsrlni;HiVisthssn I devotes one day In every week to tho recogn'tlon of flncl Mill! InatUntiAna k #K.. K;jt>l>afb. and you your reliirloua privilege*. |,et the bad work coon, and you "the ronmunr," mil yo? hnvr "Iht revolution," ntt'l you b tvetheaun of national pronperitv down In darkneae nnl Mooil, From that reljjn o' terror may the Oo | of pane deliver u?. Htlll further, ! n<n oppo^d to thla Invasion of th?? S*!.'-ath hoc,him* It t? unfair an I It I* partial. While aeuular amuaenteula In different cltle* nre allow* I to b? opm on the Hnbbath day. drv boo la establishments intuit lie clonal, an I plumbing eeiabllah-nenta, an I the butcher'*, mi I the Inker'*, an I the aho maker'*, nnd th ? hardw ire atore*, Now, tell me by what law ??f justice you ?u compel a man to abut lliu <loor of hi* at ore while you I k*<-p open the door ot your worldly ust*'<li?h u -n*. May It please your honor*, ju'l?fe* of tne auprnrne court, if von ?pvo t# aecular place* the rl?fht to lei opto on the Habtiatli day, you have to irlv*, at the ?ani time, the right to all comments! establishmenta to bo open, an I to all mechanical *v tabliahmanta to be open If It la right In the one case, It I* right In all the case*. Hut we are told that they muat get money on rtnbbath nlvht* In order to pay the detlcita of the other n'ght* of the w?wk. Now. to apawer to that I *ay that If the man cannot Kptnatfaiheir amusements without breaking Lord day |h*y ba<i b*U?r Wo bankruptcy together. \Te will narer turrentier our Christian Hubbsth for the purpose of helpInK three violators to pay their expenses. Above nil, my confidence Is In the good hanu of Cod that has been over our cities slnoe I heir foundation. But I call this day upon all those who befriend Christian principle, and those who love our political freedom, who stand In solid phalanx In this Thermopylae of our American history, for I believe as certainly as I stand here that the triumph or overthrow of ,\nierl<$au tnstltuttons depends upon this Sabbath contest. Bring your voices, your pens, your printing presses hu?1 your pulpits into the Cord's artillery corps for the defense of our holy day. To-day in your families and in your Sabbath schools, recite, "Bemember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." Decree before high heaven that this war on your religious rights an I the cradles of your children shall bring Ignomlulous defeat to the enemies of Ood and the public weal. For those wno dm in tne contest battling for the right we shall chisel the epitaph, "These are they who carne out of great tribulation and had their robes unshel an i made white in the blood of the Lamb." But for that one who shall prove in ihU moral crisis rccruant to Ood an I the church that there shall be no honorable epitaph. He shall not bo worthy even of a burial place in all this free land, but tho appropriate interment for such a one would be to carry out his remains and drop them into the sea, where the law Iras winds which keep no Kabbatli may gallop over the grave of him who lived and died a traitor to Ood, tho church and the free institutions of America. I.ong live the Christian Sabbath! Perish forevei all attempts to overthrow It! SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Male mosquitoes do not bite. Bees fly from eighteen to twenty miles an honr. Hoap in one of the best sterilizer? of impure water. Ool?t leaf 1-'250,000 of an inch thick was rolled in El wood City, Ind., recently. A long, strong thumb always indi oates great will power and force ol character. There aro venomous fishes whoss spines inflict dangerous wounds, much like the stings of snakes. Vassar College, at PoughkeepBie, N. Y., is about to collect, 011 a large scale, the nests and eggn of birds native ol that sectiou. Where telephone wires aro overhead the speed of transmission is at the rate of 16,000 miloa a second; throngl cables under the sea the speed is no! more than 6000 miles a socond. A composition for hardening steel, named "Parol," has been tried for two years by such firms as Krupp, Mauues, Manns and others in Germany and is said to give ontiro satisfaction. On tho highways of Great Fritair more than 8000 steam engiues are in use for transport services. A tr.'ctioi engine, on good roads, can draw t moderate sized train ot wagons sixty miles a day. It is reported .that a vein of sylvan- ( ite ore, from two to four inches thick, ( has been struck in one of the mines at ( Cripple Creek, Col., which will run , 8150,000 to the ton. Rylvsnito is na- ( tivo tellnriutn with a large proportion , oi goni and silver. Hy ft simple rale, the length of the i day an<l night, any time of the year, | may he ascertained by simply doubling i the time of the sun's rising, which will i give the leugth of the night, nnd | doubling the time of setting will give i the length of the day. ( Bathing is often answerable for 1 sural disease when ducking the head 1 is practiced. Tho oar is intolerant of | cold water, and, in Addition to this, 1 the stimulating properties of sea watet render it irritating to tho ear, and liable to set up inflammation. An automatU3 apparatus for indicating to passeugers in railway cars the name of the next station has been adopted on the underground railway in London. As each station is passed a card hearing tho name of the next station drops into place in a glasscovered frame and an electric bell rings to call attention to the ohange. The attempts to secure an alloy of aluminum and platinum have at last becu successful. The alloy is of a handsome yellow oolor, not unlike gold alloy with live per ceut. of silver, arm im sutiamo ior promoting stool articles from rust. It contain* only a very small proportion of platinum, and, therefore will not be expensive. Tlic Tirol How. The Virot bow, either made of wide ribbon or bias silk, is always placed against the back of the hat, with the jet or rhino stone buckle that confines it resting its edge on the hair. It requires an almost inimitable deftness and surety of topch to make this Frenchy little bow. The fashionable ribbon is watered. It requires about a yard to make a stylish Virot bow. The ends of the ribbon should bo sewed together luto four loops, two on either side; the upper ones should be a tritlo longer than the lower ones. To tie these together tho loops aro held firmly in the fingers and tho left ones are turned ovor the right ones, forming a knot in the renter, which is either fastened with a buckle or with ornamental stick pins. A frontal bnnch of flowers or a low buckle of rhine stones is usually so placed in front of the hat as to preserve the artistic balance when the Virot bow spreads its silken sails at the bark. By the way, this pointed eftect of the loops | is acquired by drawing the lower edga j oi eacn loop tighter tliiio the upper.? New k'ork Advtrtiwr. The (jiiffiiV Nrnnf, Tt ia prohatdc that moat of her Majfitv'H loyal anbjecta know the Queen only by her royal atvle, Vietorin, and that audi of the remainder of them am are aware that eho hears another name, ninl that that ia Alexandrine, behevo that the latter la the aecotid, and, therefore, in wimo aenae tho inferior name. The weM informed. however, know that tho (^ueen'a nameaare Alexandriiia Victoria, and a aentenen or two in a letter of her father, tha fluke of Kent, written within a couple of months of her chriatening, and told a fow days alnce in I'aria, may account for the choice of the aecond aa the principal name. "Her firat nemo," tho Diikewrote, "ia Alexandrine I Victoria, l>y which name aho ia nlway* called at home, ia her laat, being that of her dear mother. The flrat ah?f l?eara after her godfather, the Kmper or of liuaaia."?8k Jamea (Uzette. At the Populiat Ntate convention at Montpelier.Vt., Thoinae H. Mettinnie, of Jerico, waa nominated for Governor, FARM AND OARBElf, ] RKMFnv FOR OKION MAOOOT. 1 TTalf a pint of kerosene is well nixed with a pailful of some drj material, preferably wood ashes, but sand, sawdust, or even dry soil will do fairly ' well, aud after the plants are well up ' and the trouble is at hand a sprinkling of this mixture along the rows about ' twice a week during the time the fly ' doeB ita work will be found a sure pre- ' ventive. ?Scientific American. I FOOD THAT DRIBS THF. MTtiK. A good cow will not be hurt in her milking by nuy of the ordinary foods in nee, if given in moderntion. But there ere cows thnt will rather turn their food into fst than into milk, and each cows may be dried by overfeeding such strong food as cornmeul or other grain. Bran will not bo apt to dry a cow tinder nny circumstances, and than it is a safer food than meal for such cows as are too apt to fatten when well fed. Every owner of cows should carefully test each one to discover her character In this direction, for it is very trne that a large proportion of oowrVlo not pay for their feeding, an?t of ij burse stioh cows are not profltable..U.-rfore cows of this inferior kind for -v. and butter will be found among th^s '.orthorusand other breeds commonly v.d for beef, than among the special dairy breeds, as the Ayrshire, the Jersey and tho Holsteiu.? New York Times. rtTTlNO OATH. Oats should be cut for fodder at about the wirae stage of growth that other grasses are cut, which is when in bloom or very soon after, writes n correspondent. If out too early the fodder will be hard to cure, and if cut after the kernels have attained much size the fodder will bo poorer, beside being liable to much injury from rats and mice in the mow in winter. This rule holds good for time of cutting oats, barley, millet and wheat for fodder. Rye should be cut before it blooms, as it becomes tough and unpalatable very rapidly after it reaches the blooming stage. When the woather is favorable I have found it well to let those coarse, hoavy fodders lie a day or so to wilt after cutting before putting in the tedder. It hardly pays to handle green stud of this kind till part of the water has had time to dry out. Never cut when the dew is on. ? New England Farmer. MAKl.NO AN ASPARAOPS BED. Of all the crops for the market garden, especially if conveniently situat ad to a large city, asparagus is one of the most satisfactory, because it is I f BHiy to cultivate, easy to Rather and I t easy to aell. The laud should be heav- 1 ily manured and worked up to a depth of at least ten inches. Trenches are then opened up to a depth of nine inches with a plow. The plants should lie set about three feet apart in these Irenchea, and enough earth packed abont the roots to cover them well, and the harrow will complete the job, throwing in a little additional earth npoa them ss it is drawn lengthwise over the rows. This work may be done in the fall or spring. At the end of the season the trenches will he partially covered in and during the next year inay be cultivated level, leaving the roots eight or mue inches below the surface of the ground. Every sprmg the whole surface should receivo thorough cnltivation with the plow and harrow, and be well manured. Mr. Oarlield, of Michigan, who has had eminent success in growing asparagus, states that ho applies stable manure aud refuse salt alternate yeats, the former at the rate of thirty-two tons per acre.?Canadian Horticulturist. PB?VK?moV or POTATO niSRASB. Experiments in the prevention of potato disease were made at the Albert Farm, Olasnevin, and at Oarryhill, County Carlow, Ireland, in Ib'J2. According to the recently published report of the Agricultural Department, the Flounder, a variety extremely liable to dieeaso, was selected, and tho experiments were made with n view to uncertain whether the mycelium of t'le fungus reaohed the tubers throug'i tho tissues of the plant or by n? ens of the spores felling upon tho eartt end then washed down to the surfaci of the tubers in the oil. The grcnnd was covered early in Juno beneath the plauts with cot- 1 ton wool, carefully placed around the I stems, with the object of filtering ont the spores that might fall upon the gronnd. The disease appeared in July and the leaves of the plants were badly affected. When the potatoes were lifted in October it was found that there were no diseased tubers beneath the cotton wool, bnt a considerable amount of disease in the unprotected ground. Hence, it is provisionally inferred by those in charge of the experiments that disease spores reach the tubers by passing through the soil, bnt farther experiments are necessary before stating definite conclu sions. ir this point bo established, the advantage of high moulding, ah advocated by Mr. Jenseo, to providing a layer of earth of suftloient thicknone to filter the rain water an it descends through the earth, and thereby arreet the aporee before they oould reach the tnbera, will receive further proof. The potato crops in County Dnhlin are generally more free from dianase than those grown in other parte of Ireland. This comparative immunity ie attributed to the earlier /planting of the crop, keeping the land 'free from weed*, and the general system of changing the aoad from which the orop it grown year by year. raiaiwo rmiiMH nr hcmwsa. Does it pay to hatch chicks nfter the weather turns warm and the price* go down? This can only he auswered by looking over tho prices offers I daring previous years and estimating the probable oost and loss. Olio of the obstacles in winter is that there is quite a large loss of chicks due to cold, a single case of neglect sometimes entailing entire lots of the brood. In summer this difficulty is not mst with. Then, again, in winter mere must ne more lalbir oesiowe i and a greater proportion of food allowed. The prices in the winter are high because the chicks cost more end are consequently scare sad difficult to proourt, In inmmor a good price u paid for large chicks. Last year roasting chicks of abont two and a half to three pounds each sold at eighteen cents n pound as late as Ootober, and twenty cents is the usual price from funo to October. This means that a chick of such weight-, if of good quality when dressed, will bring fifty cents, or a dollar per pair. What the cost may be depeuds upon oircumdauees. Under some oonditiona the food shonld cost almost nothing. If urrafH, seeds and insects are abundant, md the chicks can have access to a mn i?r field where they ean assist themlelves after they are abandoned by the lien that hatched fliom tl>? ??? ? >hvui| vuw vum will lit least be nt a minimum. Experiments have demonstrated that the rood required to produce a pound if poultry meat should not exceed Ave cente. In the summer sea son three cents will cover the cost of Ihe increase of eaeh pound in weight. If |he chick reaches two and a half pounds weight the cost for food should not exceed eight cents. Will it not pav then to expend eight cents to procure fifty centc? (Grantingthat tho chick may sell for only ten cents 11 pound, there is still a large profit in proportion to food consumed. Many farmers are frightened at the low prices withont considering the low cost of food and the small amount of labor required, and they cense hatching chicks nftor warm weather sets in. which is the very time they are in tho best condition for meeting Hucceas. It will bo worthy of an experiment this minmer to hatch a largo number for ihe market. Corn will make the hens lay in the winter, but is detrimental to laying in ho aummer. A small allowance of orn m?.v rlo rw* hawr? !? ?* ? u ~ A1? J -v, MX/ III, uuw nucu 111 I) rery warm days come it i? too heatng. When hens are laying they are tapahle of utilizing food for producing *gge, but when on the range they have 10 difficulty iu Becuring all they delire. When hens are confined in yards uid fed on a large ration of corn daily ind are also exposed to high degree of varmth, they are liable to die from ipoplexy or from overheating the >ody. This is especially the case with arge breeds that are In a very fat oonlition. Corn possesses but a very unall proportion of mineral snbitauces, and is too stimulating as a mmmer food. If the hens are kept n enclosures it. is better to feed them ean meat and ground bone once a lay, with a plentiful supply of 'hopped grass, especially of clover, ather than grain. A mess of grain nay be given three times a week, but inch a meal should he light, ground jrain being excellent. Scatter whole grains, however, ?< as to induce the lens to scratch.-Mirror an I Farmer. farm and oardkn notes. One rooster to every ten hens is ibout right. A horse that is a small eater doos rot generally amount to much. Duck eggs, when liatohin?. rennire ohm moisture than do the eggs of liens. The value of a breed is based upon tho earning power of its representatives. One great advantage of artiflcal latching is tho freedom of vermin on shioks. Hard-shello I oggs produce the most rigorous chicks. Those from soft ihells are apt to be weak!y. If strong chicks are desired, see to it that the eggs are from health/ stock that has not beeu overfed. >?ho can name a farm crop that has been less affected by the constant downward teudency tu prices than the potato ? Ilesolvo now, if you have not before, to spray your fruit trees next season. Spraying is the salvation of the fruit grower. Galls are quickly healed by applying tannin, keeping saddle on collar iway from the gall, meantime by the use of pads. The pig is now one of the most valuable allies of the dairyman, and will probably remain so for an indefinite time to come. The a< a Ferlllli ?p. TTnitod Htatos Consul Germain, at Zurioh, has transmittocl to the Depart raont of Htate n report of certain experiments made in Switzerland to demonstrate that the bee has othet usee than aa a honey producer. To uncertain whether the l>eo? injure fruit and vegetable flowers by extracting their honey, the experimenters cor ered part of the branches of cherry and pear trees and fruit bushes with a tine netting to exclude tho bees. Noar ly all of the llowera dropped off 'hr protected branches, and there was no fruit on them, while the uncovered branchoa bore luxuriantly. Tho do dilution m that the bee*' vjaits art necei"?ary to fertilize the bloaaom* bj transferring pollen. -New Orloan# Picayune. Tho bnllfnp, by a peculiar arrangement of hi* larynx, haa a bans drum in liia iluoiit. It Is Not What We Say But What Hood's Sarsaparilla Does Thut Tells the Story. Its re eon I i* unequalled in the history of medicine. Kven when other preparations fail Hood's X %%%%%%%%%%%%? Cures <%%%%%%%%%%% n<wt*? N*rH?p.rill , |. M>'d I y all dmX(Mj tl; six lor |V V'i 1 onl> by I'. I. Hood A Co., Apolke<'?r< m, I, wall, M ow . U. X. A. run ?< ? barmonlouxty wttk Hwl'ilw Mi ftrtf* ?K ?iM *a4 ?C?0 tra ^ % Highest of all in Leavening Power. Absolute The Sionx lMnner Pot. "There ia a vor.v peculiar custom | among tho Hiotix India xs," said Emanuel French, of Bismarck, N. D. "Tho Indians take kindly to European cooking utensils and aids to comfort, and it is quite coramou for an exploring of picnic party to trade off kettles, frying pans and thelikefor skins or curiosities. A rooking utensil thus acquired becomes practically the common property of tho tribe, on tho general understanding, however, thnt whoever borrows it shall pay for its use by leaving in it a portion of tho food cooked. As tho Indians seldom waste any time in washing or cleaning rating or cooking vessels, this practice has some conveniences from a red man's point of view, and often a saucepan is returned with quite a largo quantity of iuop* or potatoes clinging to the bottom and perhaps covering up some of the remains of a precediug and entiiely different prep aration. "It is not long since that an exploring party I was out with lost its kettle, which had evidently jolted out of the wagon 011 the bad road. After considerable hesitation, one was borrowed from a friendly squaw, and, after the water had been boiled in it | three or four times, and it had been well scoured out with onnd, if answered its purpose admirably. When we were through with the kettle, we thoroughly cleaned it ogaiu and returned it, and it wan not until an Indian guido explained the custom that wo underKtood the look of supreme contempt which came over the red lady'a faco when, on looking into the inside of the kettle, she saw that it coctained no relio whatever of our evening feaet."?St. Lome GlobeDemoorat. A Thoughtful Mftle Herts Douglas (Caton, tho eight-year-old aon of a New York minister, while playing in tho street before his father's house, ran before a heavily loaded truck, and before the driver could prevent, the child was knocked down,and one of the wheels paaeed over his legs, crushing him terribly. The child was quickly picked up and conveyod into the house, while a surgeon was summoned, but as they were carrying him into the door, with rare forgetful neS! of self, he exclaimed: "It was all my own fault. He tried to stop, but he conldn't."?New Orleans Ticaynu*. Tlio bituminous or soft coat output in tho United Htatev now aggregate! 100.000,000 tons annually. HUIK LIFE A BURDEN. mim u. V i'iukfuiu), of Llmentone, Me., writes: "For r<*r? I wtllrrM monthly from periodic pain* which at liraf* ww? ao m<4<? aa 4n rr>n<tarHf?s burden I l?-*?n using Dr.PltTw j Fa* ortte rrescrlption. I M^jHKnVH used ru n bottles Id aa y9B95w^^^w\\lll fnitnr months ami deI jUMrhrd so much btorft H from It and the boimr^T\ " V9 treatment reconimend1 ^ ) fV' fftcd In his -Treatise oa I / t J Diseases of Worn00.1 hat 1 i -h / I wish every woman 1 > ?/ throughout our land, \ r ~i / suffrrtog In the same 1 ? ? I war. may be Induced to K J\ give your medlctnea and treatment a fair trlaL" Mim Crawford. wS^I^ vkoratlnf tonic and a soothing and strengthening nervine, purely vegetable, perfectly barm loan It regulates and promotes all the proper function* of womanhood. Improves digestion, enriches the blood, dispels arbes and pains, brings refreshing sleep, and restorm health and vigor. For every "female complaint." it is the only renwdv so sure that It rnn he (pmrnnfeerf. If It doesn't cure, you have your money back. UNIVERSITY C0LLE6E IHNTP.lt .MbUVIHR, M.D., Pies. A HIGH GRADE IN8TT MEDICINE, DENTI A DIDACTIC AND CI.INICAI. (OM.KIi The Keseler Messlss kutaa Haaiaa, Ft m44rrmm Dr. J. AI.I.IMI HAWAII m tk Warming His Pri?f W B OI??n Jn ftoar. Krjr, II.m (*. A Vtn SVH imojll III I.A IIAM l> uunvv IIK K A Thra.- IVioitifnapha oro ?rrr J *' A J;** <c?r> r on cnnV I no- tie hmight M'l' AN I' A \ K . tx wh.-rr lm ihtn tl f?r|i N A'l 1 V K ( II It I > Ki.r iptr *1 an I p. nil n- rra? n?lhr ptil.llaVr* ? ra'h w lh I'.irt.alii an I VI*Wi thai coiiM not lm la ' r tr?. I ir lit. riivcr > o*? rf wr.ij.plnK and P*'? ?l 1 " * " 1 I'll *11 i? ri'Bl.li*IIIMU I II . 4? jLOYELL f TUK TOI RIH1 t WHAT JT < IS : Totsj A Aaarf far Mr MfMlal Haraala Mat < . Wi> hare cat laat wkal r*a want. A <: A T A MttJrEM CRKK TO ! KICH GRAOt BICYClf FOR $13 75.^".! I ara nloaia 4 out at to# abora low pr tea. Ararat I ?aln Thar ara fall ?li? mU wheel*. halt baa I ' guana!## trapr#** hwfi, anil a* wilt ahlp O. C I daalrad. Applr U) Mr Mwti cr Alrwt to ?i, 1 OUR ttrOHTIMO HOOD* I | haa<1 ton rant* (tha artnal coat of mailing! la rtrad pa#* catalog ua. contalatag all klada or Mpo JOHN P. 10VI \ I 191 ItrMVUt.aiVUf Wul ? A * ? Latest U.S.Gov't Report Baking Powder cir wire ***" svin ? ot Frnlt. Tlie skins of fruit should never be eaten, not because thoy nre not palatable or digestible or are unhealthy in themselves, but on aooount of tho danger arising from mlerobes which have penetrated into the covering of H.? (...it L1 1. 1.. 1 tk.t. buu u (lib. utci j uviuj nan ajisvivov? vuaw at times a slight soratoh will oreate a. considerable soro on tho human body. ? it is generally ascribed fo an unhealthy condition of the blood, but a close microscopical examination will show that it is due to the presence of 4 microbes thus introduced into the system. 80 with an apple, a peach, pear, or a grape. Tho fruit may ba perfectly sound and healthy, but oni the skin or covering may bo microbes, which, introduced into tho human' system, will breed disease. These 1 germs are not uncommon,.neither are they always present. It\^s possible to eat this covering without injury, but the danger is such that it isvbost not to incur tho risk.?St. LouiafcPo?t*' Dispatch. To t'lennse tli? Sr?l?m ' Effectually yet gently, when costive or billons,, or when the blood Is impure or sluggish,fo per, msnenfly cure hnbliunl constlpatIon, to awskl en the kidneys and Itier to s healthy activity, without irritating or weakening them, todiaI Pel beadaehes, colds or 'overs, us? Sjrrup of rigs. Tnr Immigration Into the Port <?f New York during the month ot January wa.a.lowsr j than for auy single month sine? 1847 ? Proud nl Ills Business ( o-n?tkrr?. "Yes, I am real proud of tin- spl?ndld body r* men nml wimii>n we have to reprwnt ns In the> ? various |?rt<o( the country: many of themiire> among III" bed mm nml women Hint over walked ill" mnI, and we wish In empliiy a tow mnrc." This Is the ox|>l<tuiitlull that >fr. B. F. Jnlinsnn. nl th>* llrm of It. F. .lohnson Sr l'o., Itirlininnd, Vn., gives of Iheli nt|vertlsemcnt. Japah Is to hnvo nn exposition In 1*95 at Hyogo, th? old capital of th? empire. Hull's 4'atnrrh Coir Is taken internally. Prt<? 75". Tup. Gorman Colonial Hocletv ni *m? porlal action for a Gorman protocioratn Bimoa. Karl's i'lover Root. the grml h*o > I purifier, elves ft" due ss a id i le irnes lot ho omplnx Ion and cures constipation. 'Jhrt "ri < t?., ?l Sr.< Rr.Ttnv Htcnnrnr nnnotiHW that a naval training aintlon will be e*iabll"h?t at Han Francisco. C?t If afflicted with ?ore eyes use I?r Isaac Thompson's Kye water.Druggist* sell nt per hoVtl* I YCEUM SCHOOL OF ACTINfl la THK IIRRK I. V l Yl El'M. Vrs YuT K ( ITT. Kl?>.ntli year hrsli * n" !?!* 1 'nt >?ue tHFE. t W -* nrrniM|l\? ? it t l%?\ n??1f RIO 1J. Wiinhr 11! !**?* *'' ?*m fiv 1 n?|f nMMirf'f ? ?. mil ?* A 'v?*r t* m*n ??% ?-, t?i|H?rw!>i* nctuAllv ninth ? ,IM?. % ? \ il?<WTit ni? |*rtrn ? MU-li. ^^THE PROGRESS^ ? r Wm ~ffl II SELF TRAMPING ASSIITcotton PRESS. \1(mRMT1 if llulrk. Mronc, ituinhlr A \V^>ji|lijf itIIaMt. Shvih trampiiiK tn \\USh3^Mw ,,"x lirm n onl> our man rr VRTJINp^Wrw witli Prr?i. I'nrkrr l?aa IHjC IVIH YM o 111 \ to ralao linmlln In atari unit follow 111 cm* k In niMnmatlral W *! ! / linn! Iilrnl Hut Pff?i. PnHlfM Hfg.lo.. f 0 loi f. flrrldUa.niM. IOaniaaipUTca and propli^H vlMliiiiivnl Ivniior Ailb-H j. ml, ibould ns? I'lm iCure for ConsatnpUon. It bu card H lk*Maa<<. It has not ln)or? ' 1 d on a. It la not had to lata. It la tha aat coogh arrup. SoM aharrwbaf. ?c. J T H pT " . OF MEDICINE, Jim. jk.WHITK, %.tl? IMI.. Vf.A Tn-M.. TUTION . _ _ w . w i i'M Aninr.^in: 8TRY. PHARMACY K, CO* IH'CTKIl IIV 4A IKSTHI I TOHH. Wer IHlh mid ronllniif" mnnlh*. J IK HOIXIIK, 1'ir. Hm'j, KlrbnM4i V?. I Of*.! ioNfCHANCE Sim J itory ind Magnificent Gallery of Views riCALLY CIVEN AWAY! law History of H?w?ll ?>r Hon John I Slrtrni and ml out la mo?| highly nodnrar-d hy Senator* Sherman. I. Houlelle, Chauneey M. Papow, Iter. John C. Vlnoenl. ln?, atc. K?* I.AIHK PHOTO-FOR TRAIT* OP MUOK A I. A N I Llljr of tlmren. 'II I^?t of ihi- Kitni himfhn l> II. HOI K I'rrotdpnl of the I'rovi lonal fi iv'i Nlll K NS . . K* M'in.l. r In lla?a>'. I'C. AV 11.1-iK I ominanilcr of .h '? am." , IIKHKII IIIIIIK Orandeal Ko>?l Aulio. PHI 'I'O II PA 'I II Illr|?tiral vcn?. Hi < I H I.H Kith-uf ihoodeo T nva. NAKA I.MHK.1 It.d.rk d wfth r .??**. I". I OA Hi's OK AT II showing Ml- M unmoor. A I Ol.lAli K ' "?t nearly a Villi, n Ihr'lara. NOP. The Kden ll.ifm n'n. ITIAN ( III'Ml II H ull by Ktwhamikl. ??. rill mall ?1 rwi, Hit* Aulhentle lll?lorv. Sup rh> Ulna. ni(hi rlwwlr.ro lor Irm lino* o i r r pi of only ? stini|?*<rp'*i>lr I h la off or lr ?n" I l .r ton da. a >? W Al V. "Tit PP. r. PlIIU OKI.I'll I A . ^ - riv i ixuuuuoyuies ) i THE BEST MADE. * II.I. Til* I. IT ?>T IM I'KOVK.MKNTM. \ II Hill lilt IDE IN BVKKY HIWPEl'T. f r'H K A VOK IT*. 4 A } WHY I J ^&=^THE WONDER jn ?r e a?b- ; \wl3^v/ul'l and neb it. ' SfK! ml aha*-mora Wk?fl). | I 11,1. IliKNTH WINTKD. , I ??><> a llmliwl number of our paat mmI wtiwh ' . Madard make and high grade qualMjr, which wu A IttiM Inrii a rtr. -?l?? 1?r?blH wheal at a bar- f ring an<l All* I with pneumatic tlraa. Hau l |J to A I. D. |MiJ, with Um prirtlrgn of .lamination, if Bl I LINE IH VNBXCBI.LKII. T f am pa or money for large llhutraH four hua- i rtlag Ooodi ami hundred* of otirr article*. T :U ARMS CO., {