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ML**-"j ' > r r _ intkxinatvonaL" UU f T V fi T ' JULY 7. ' IiCMon Text: "Samuel Callml of Cod," 1 s?m til, I 1 1 Golden liatl 1 bam. Ill , lO?Commentary on Lowttn. I a Having spont six mouths upon t-hotifoof our Lonl Jesus ns recorded in tho (lotqiol by Mark wo now return to tho study of tho book which Joeus loved an<l from which IIo always prtxichcd, "expounding unto thorn in all tho Ucripturve tl?e things concerning Himself." (Luko xxiy., 87.) i. 'Aim uie ciuhi CMunuoi nunuteroa unto tho Lord before EH." Our lost Old Testament atwUw were iu tho book of Judges and closed with tho incidents of tho l>ook of Ruth. Wo nro now about to study tho life of tho Inst of tho judges, who was also a prophot, as it is wntteu in Acts xiiL, 90: 'Ho gavo unto them judges atxmt tho s)taco of four hundred and tlfty yoars, until Samuel the prophet." 9, 3. f'Tho temple of tho Lord, whore tho Ark of Qod was. The temple hero mentioned is tho tabernacle which Alososhnd built in tho ..WUdoi'iias, and which had now boon for so long a lime at Shik>h, in tho innor room of which, or IIolv of Ilolios, was tho Ark of tho Covenant of tho Lord of all tho earth (Josh. UL, 11), and iu the outer room or Holy Place was the tablo of shewbroad, tho golden altar of incense, and tho golden seven branched candlestick or lamp stand, tho lamps of which wero lighted overy oveniug ami dressed ovory morning (Ex. xxvii.. 21; xxx., 7, 8). 4. "The Lord called Samuel, and he an- | Bwored, Horo am I." Samuel is supjKMod by Josephus to liavo been at this time about twelve years ot ago; ou this partiinlnr morning bo is awakened by hearing his noma called au<l immediately replies: "Hero am I." That God should lie so uoar us and yotso soldom speak to us iu an audible voice may ecu strange; hut is it not more strango that Ho should speak to us ns He does iu Ilis word and in the evonts of every day, and wo bo so slow to hoar or heed His voice? 5. "And ho ran unto Eli, uud said, -Horo am 1, for thou cnlledst mo." Thinking that Eli had called him, ho roso up quickly and ran to him with these words, nut Eli not having called him and not seeing that it was the voice of tho Lord, bids liiui to lio down ugain, and Kamuol olieys. How quickly tho boy responded to what ho supposed was tho coll of Eli; what promptness, what denial to Helf of the gratification of a little moro sluiubor; a great lesson for all. 6. "And tho Ixird called yet again Samuel." How patiently and persoveringly tho Lord continues to call those whom the Kathor has given to Him out of this sinful world; tor God s;>onketl) once, yea, twico, yot mau porccivotli it not. 7. "Now Samuel did not yet know tho Loial, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him." Ho know tho Lord through tho words of Moses and Joshua and ministered unto Him ns thus revealed,but up to this timo tho Lord hod not spoken directly to Samuel. This was tho first of many communications directly from tho Lord to tho people through Samuel. H. "And tho 1/ord Milled Samuel again tho third time." And again he nrosoand vent to Kli with tho samo words: "Here am I; for thou didst call mo." What parent's heart would not. bo made glad by such a sou; what unwearied though apjiarently fruitless oIkv dience; but it shall bo rewarded. Kli at last perceives that it is tho voice of (rod and that the Lord lias actually called the child; the only recorded instance in wliicli the Lord spoke in a vision in an audible voice ton. little boy; but lot all the children know and bolievo that when they road the Bible or hear it road God is as roally speaking to them in His word as when Ho sooke to Samuel. U. "Speak, Lord, for Thy servant hoaroth." Eli now instructs tho child that he is to lio down again, and if again ho ir called, ho is to make this reply, for it is God and not man that is colling him. With such a prayer as this iu our hearts let us go about onr work overy day and we shall of ton hear His voico In tho ordinary events of every day life; but lets us also never ojien tho Bible without offering up fi?>in tho heart cither this prayer or the one in Jt's. cxix., 18: "Open Thou mine eyes that 1 may behold woudrous things out of Thy law." 10. "And tho Lord catno, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak, for Thy servant hearotli." The Lord know that Samuel iuu noi khow nis voice, ana so 110 come again ami again so lovingly and patiently until Samuel, through Eli, had l>ecn taught that it was the voice of Ood, and then with entiro surrender of soul the I my yields himself t? the word ami will of God. 11. "And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold," I will do a thing in Israel at whinh-hotli the oars of every ouo that honreth it shall tiuglo." Ho announiMS that a judgment is about to conio in Israel, and that people shall be amazed at and tremble. Tho expression "ears tingling" is ouly found twice elsewhere iu tho Biblo (II Ki. xxi., 19; Jer. xix., .1) anil is in each ease in connection with coming judgments. 12. "In that day I will perform against Eli, all things which I have spoken concerning his house- when I begin I will also make an ond." Having made tho general statement that Ho would do a mighty work of judgment in Israel, it might be asked, whero Iiord? In what tribe, or slinll it reach the whole nation! Ho immediately indicates where it shall strike, oven upon tho very head of tho nation, Eli and his liouse, and He indicates that it shall be short and complete. Eli being God's representative as judge of tho people, should have boon in all respects a faithful reprosenativo, and tho guilt of any acta of omission or ? - ? rwnH^?Tf?niTjTrrerf"lTi "Amos lif, 'J^glvos somo light upon it: "You only have I known of all the families of tho earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iutuuit ios." 13. "For I havo lolil him that I will judgo his house forevor for tho iniquity which ho kuoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and ho restrained them not." God never exercises judgment without mercy. He is long suffering and always gives abundant warning, if perchance there may Iw repentance, and thus the judgment ho averted. Ho hail warned Eli (chap, ii., !i7-3fl) years lwforo this, hut tho warning had l>eeu unheeded, and now the time of mercy hod passed and tho time of judgment hod come. Kli know tho iniquity of Ins sons, and although he rebuked thuui and warned them, lie did not restrain them. 14. "And thcroforo I have sworn unto tho house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not bo purged with sacrifice nor offering forever," not because there is not atonement Rufdeicnt to reach and remove tho sin of Eli's house, but bocause of tho luck of repentanco on their part. Jesus Himself said that all 1 manlier of sin and blasphemy shall bo forgiven unto men; but lie also said that the blasphemy against tho Holy fclpirit shall not lie forgiven unto men (Matt, xii., 81); which if I understand it signifies tho persistent and continued resistance of the Bpirit until death, or until He withdraws and leaves to himself the person thus resisting Him; and when a person is thus loft by the Unirit it will 1m I round impossible to approach" thcin upon tho matter of their souls' welfare.?Lesson Hrlru'r. MARKETS. Bai.timork? Flour ?City Mills,extra,$4.90 n$5.0T>; Wheat? Southern Fultz, 85a87; Corn?Southern White, .7.1t40ct?, Yellow tlat'J cts. Oata?Southern ami Pennsylvania 30o?%cta.: Hve?Maryland & Pennsylvania 54a55cto.; Hay'?Maryland and Pennsylvania I 15 OOatlO 00;Stra w-VVheat,rl.00a&M.50;Butter, | tomtom Creamery,lHaXJOets., imar-by receipts | 17aldcts; Cheoso Eastern Fancy (.'ream. UV? I a 10 cts., ? Western, 9'.^aOJ.jCts; K)jgs?15 [ aid; Tobacco Leaf?Inferior, la#2.00, Good | Common, 9 00a#4 00, Middling, 5a$t).00 Good to lino rwl,7afll; Fancy, l0a$12. Nkw Yohk ?Flour?Southern Common to fair extra,2.U5a|d.uO; Whoat.-Nol White al00; Kye?State, 54h50; Corn?Southern Yellow,40%n4lct*.< late- White, State eta.; Butter-State. MJ4al7eta.; Choose State, 7J/a*9<Iets.: Errus?14al4V^ et? '' I'm i*a dki.i'ii i a ? Flour ? Pennsylvania fancy, 4.25a4.75; Wheat?Pennsylvania and Southern Red, HOaWOj^; live?Pennsylvania ,52058 eta.; Corn--Southern Yellow, 41n42oU. ' Oat*?34a30 cts.; Butter?State, IrtalS cts.; Cheese--N. Y. Factory, OaO)^ cts. Eggs-' Bute. 15al6 cts. CATTLB. Bai.timouk?Beef, I 25n4 50; Sheep?$3 00 aT> 00, Horn?(Mi (M)a? 26. Mew YoRK-Boef-*:*. 87X?4 85;8heep-$4 35 a5fi0; Hogs?$4 7l>a5 10. . East L.ibkkty?Beef?#4 50a5 00; Sheep? S3 50a4 73; Hogs?$4 00u4 70 ( The W. C. T. TJ., of Adelaide, South A us- ' liana, iw making a strong effort to secure I ' temperance instruction in the public schools. ! V ' r t r"(tlUJU | Pause for a moment, any bmvo bof, and tbiuk; Think of tho wrecks upon life's ocean tossed. For answering "ye*" without counting the cost. Think of tho mother who bore you in pain, < Think of the tears that will fall like rain; i Think of the heart, nnd how cruel the W"? Think of her lov?, snd at once answer "No." Think of tho hopes that are drowned iu the bowl. Think of the danger to body and soul. Think of sad lives, onco as mire as tho snow; Look at them now, and nt onco answer "No." Think of a manhood with rum-tainted breath, Think of its end, and the terrible death. Think of tho homes that now shadowed with woo. Might have been heaven, hod the answer been "No." Think of lono graves both unwept and unknown, Hiding fond hopes that were fair as your own. Think of proud forms now forovor laid lqw. That might still bo here, had they learned to say "No." Think of the demon that lurks in tho bowl. Driving to ruin both body and soul. Think of all this as lifo's journey you go. And when you're assailed by the tempter, say "No." O/wlxir. Am THE LEAGUE OF THE CROSS. A now crusade has commenced in the Roman Catholic Church, which has attracted much attention in tho community. The "League of tho Cross" is an organisation started by Cardinal Manning in England and it has extended to various jiarts of this country. The following is tho pledge: "I do solomnlr promise with the help of God, to abstain from drinking or treating in saloons or like places, and from entering such places without strict necessity. I also promise to attend tho meetings of tho league, tc observe its rules, and to do all I can to promote its objects, and induce others to loin it." In St. Peter's, ono of the largest Roman Catholic churches in tho city of Brooklyn, with Fathers Frausioli, Barry and Worn, a large organization lias beep formed. Father Barry at one of the meetings said: "Wo have from twelve to fifteen thousand nominal Roman Catholics in this ]>arish, the area of which is eight blocks long by three blocks broad?the largest parish in the diocese. Every corner of every block almost if decorated with a rum-shop. There are sixtyfive saloons aliout, and we find that drunkenness is constantly increasing. For every drunkard wo reclaim the rum-shops niak< teu new onos. The parish is liko a ship with strained timbers. The five priests hero have InlMirinir (n miinii flrv hut. tho wntor rushes in faster tlyui over. Now wo are going to stop the leak. "The branches of this tree of intemperance sprout faster than they can bo clipped, so the only thing to do is to strike at the root. W* are like mi niubulauee corps on a battle-field. As fast as we fix one wounded man up, ten nowly wounded aro brought to us from the front. What is the use of our work when the bullets are allowed to fly as fast as evert We are not even holding our own, for, as I said before, drunkenness is on the increase. "There is no uso denying the proposition that, saloons produce drunkeuuess.and drunkenness produces crime. Against this statu ol a (fairs, therefore, we propose to strive. Ol course we must necessarily hurt the saloon business,and that may antagonize the saloonkeepers. We cannot help that-. What we aro going to do is to save our people from |>erdition. This is our duty, ami we must do it, no mutter whom wo hurt. We have God on our side and have no fear of any forces which may array themselves against us. With tiod'i help we must win. "Never in tho history of our country lias the subject of intenijiernnco received such consideration as at tho present time. Light is now shed on it as never before. Religion and philanthropy have thowu their rays upon it and laid baro its depths of iniquity. No intelligent man lias dubious views on the sub- 1 Wtk Tlin iwiHonon is rlnnr?no nlonrar if written by an Angel. There arqpio faltering words. We know it to be one of the greatest I vicls with which man can bo niflictod. l'erhajis it has never raged more fiercely than now, and men are organized to combat it." TI1K ECONOMY OK PROHIBITION. ' ' A correspondent of tho Newcastle (Eng.) Dnilu Chronicle, emphasizes tho economy of prohiltitiou b.y careful statistics. He shows tlint iu 1888 in that district tho pre.portion paid for manual labor in making spirits was not quite two pence in every sovereign's worth of liquor, and that only ten j>eiice out of every |>oimd spent in liquor went to the working classes. Any one therefore who bought ?5 worth of alcoholic drinks lastyear benefited tho labor market to the extent of four shillings and two pence. Contract this with the statement that of ?5 spent for shoos ?2 goes back for labor, and of ?5 spent for woolen cloth ?8 goes back to labor. r.EF.n AND BUSINESS. Of twenty-six of the leading business firms and manufacturers in tho United States?all rated by Dun's Mercantile Agency as possessing a capital of at least 7G0,(XX)?interviewed by us, only one allowed the use of liquor iu his establishment and then only during tho dinuer hour. Everyone reporta that tho business interests of the employer nro jeopardized by the dram-shop association of tho employe, ntul that most cases of individual woverty among the latter can bo traced to tho saloons. ?llomilctic Jievicw. TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. claims its activity by means of a banner at tho Paris Exposition. Kam Email hasn't boon a newspaper paragrapher for nothing. Ho defines nigh liconso us a high lie with no seuso in it. Governor Humphrey says a proposition to restore tho saloon in Kansas would bo voted down by at least 130,000 majority. Tho "VV. C. T. U. of Minneapolis will soon open a large colTee jmlneo, where two thousand pcoplo can be fed in one dny. There is not a single liquor saloon in Tyrroll County, N. C., and consequently tho lawyers in tho county are on the verge of starvation. The Niagara Square W. C. T. U., of Buffalo, N. Y., has boon incorporate! and proposus to establish a woman's sanitarium and foundlings' home in that city. A recent canvass of the schools of England revealed tho fact that ninety-five per cent, of the young people taking first rank were members of the Hand of Ho;te. A Massachusetts manufacturer is nllcged to have paid one Saturday to his army of laborers seven hiinrlrnl hrirriif. ton dollar bills. Each man received ono with his Say. All wore marked so as to bo recognized. y Tuesday, four hundred and ton of these bills liad been deposited in tho banks of the city by tho barkeepers. IVhetheror not tho world would be vastly benefited by tho total and final banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks, seems to ino not now an open question Three-fourth0 of munkind confess tho affirmative with their 1 tongues; and I believe all the rest ucknowl- , ttdge it iii their hearts. MURDERED BY OUTLAWS. Ilutcticry of a Wholo l-'amily of Immigrants Near Helena, It(on. News was roceivod of a m st brutal crime committed in Forgut ciuaty, in what is known us "Judith county," about 15) miles north of Helena, Man. Tha news was brought by the driver of a stage lino running from Fort Benton to Livingston. He says that on Siturd iy last tho b> ly of i a middle-Aged woman, who hid been shot in the bacit, was found by n cowboy in n wdd and unfrequented spot on Julith river. The coroner's fiiquest developed no information j as to who she was. On Tuesday tho lioJios of two men, a 16 year-ol I girl, and a six-year- j ?:-i n- ? - 1 uiu k>ii "in w uiKururaj nuuuii iuj yams above (lio sarin pl ica. All were shot in the hack except the child, who was strangled. Near by were fo jn I the romains of btirno I trunks and ctmp equipr?g >. Ii/erytiling by watch tho bodies might bo identitl rd was destroyad. Nobody in Judith county can raco/11 z> the l>o lies. They nro supposed to have b.wn a family of immigrants from low i or Illinois. Tho whole of Ju lith county is arouso l.an i 1 it hundrod horseman nro scouring tho plains, seeking tho trail of the mnrderors. The plaoe where the deed was commuted is 100 iniles from a railroad, which it is supposed tho murderers are trying to roach. I Hot rRKvtarrivK o? mildew. t Tako three pounds each of flowers {of f sulphur and quick-lime. Slack the lijtno j nod boil witn the sulphur In six gal bona v of water uutil reduced to two gallons. { Allow this to settle, then pour off the clear liquid and bottle it for use. An I old iron pot will auswer to boll it in. A fi gill of this liquid, mixed with flvo-gallons; i of water, is an excellent prevention andj i euro for mildew upon plants?showercdj ] upon them as soon as the mildew appears. ( ?American AgricuUuritt. \ ' 1 POULTRY NOTES. ' l It has boon generally advised to keep* d only pullets or year-old fowls for laying, M but I have learned that three and four- 'j year old fowls will lay as many eggs in n ? year as younger ones. It has also been ? thought for many years that broken oys- r. ter and clam shells, if not necessary,were beneficial to fowls whether laying or not, . and?some professional poultry keepers to the contrary?I think they are, for my: fowls when let out go for the pile of shells and cat them ns they would corn,, and I think if the shells were not of somo\ service to them they would not do that,, ' and I also think they arc good substitutes' for sharp gravel, which cannot always bol j got ns easily as shells.?Country Q?ntlc-\ i man. < PROTECTION FOn BORE SHOULDERS. ' I Cotton cloth well smeared with pure tallow, wrapped arouud the collar, is nn- .j doubtcdly an excellent preventive of sore < shoulders, but to oil the collar iusidc ] often bnough to keep it soft is equally so, and is much more quickly and easily , done. Be careful at the same time to , keep the collar perfectly clear of any hard j substance sticking to it, and see that tlio collar fits nicely to the shoulders,and that ( it docs so without being cither too tight or too loose. When the horse is brought ' into the stable after being worked, if the ( least sweaty the collar should not bo removed till his hair is well dried under it. Some persons, when their horses are kept regularly at work, let them wear their 1 collars all the time?by night as- well as 1 bv dav. Thev say this keens their skin tough, and it is not nearly bo likely to become galled. i t ' . hlinunks8 in HOnSES. Neglect and carelessness make more 1 blind horses than any other two things, writes]). Atkinson, M. D., in the Wash- < iugton Star, and many u vnluablo horse ' has been irretrievably Injured by the owner or his servant. Tlic blinds or 1 blinkers on the bridle frequently induce blindness, or cause serious injuries to the eyes. If not properly adjusted they aggravate the horse, and in time causes serious trouble. Some advocate the use of open bridles, but if proper blinkers are used, and used as they ought to be, there Is no danger of eye trouble being caused by them. Damp, dark stables are other pauses of defective eyesight in our animal friends, which very few ever think about. When snow is on the ground in the winter many horses have a serious shock given to thoir eyes if they are taken from the dark stables right out into the open light. A severe pain w}U shoot into both eyes until the animal gets accustomed to the light,and if this practice is persisted in the horse's eyesight will bccomo seriously impaired. Dampness also affects the eyes, and stables should bo guarded against this. Plenty of light, and fresh, pure air should be allowed to come into the stables at all hours of the day,and the general health of the animal, as well us his eyes, will be kept good. PEACH YELLOWS. According to my observation, says Josiah Hoopcs,in the New York Tribune, the peach is less liable to disease under high culture than when neglected, or on poor soil. On the principle that yellows will appear under all conditions, many growers give trees littlo or no attcutiou, depending upon one or two good crops for profit before the disease nttaeksthem. This is opposed to systematic gdod culture, ana to the careful orcliardist is specialty repulsive. more man ono scrupulously clean orchard is to-day and profit than their neglected competitors. It has been asserted that by heavy manuring nud liberal applications of |>otash in some convenient form, yellows will in n measure be warded olT,on account of the consequent strong healthy growth. If cultivators generally would study the practical part of the subject, and note the conditions under which the disease appears, and is increased,they might render valuable assistance. A prejudice formerly existed against planting yellow-fleshed peaches, under the impression that they were more easily contaminated, but more extended experience disproved this view. , The yellows is no respecter of varieties or places. Where it finds proper conditions for development there it operates, nud continues its work of destruction. 1 However, we can unite upon the heroic i rooting-out and burning of any infected i trees as soon as the disoase is discovered, i The malady may have been communicated j to otlior trees, but as a diseased tree is j worthless, the sooner it is removed the ( better. - i 8EKD CI.OVRU. Beed elover is. year after year, one *>f the irost profitable crops of the farm, | wlicre the conditions aro favorable to its \ growth. The crop of tlio country is | never so large as to glut the market. { Die man who has to buy clover seed iu 1 the spring invariably pays what seems ( liko a stiff price. Not infrequently the t jeed clover briugs more than the first f :roj> cut for hay. t One reason (perhaps the principal J mc) why the crop of seed clover is so 8 imall, is that, as usually handled, it is f uost disagreeable. Generally it is mowed l iwuy, ;is it is not thought possiblo to ] keep it in stacks; and the wheat can bo n threshed out of the mows by the time r the seed clover is cut. There arc few v noro disagreeable jolw than hulling c clover iu the bar. The dust is stilling, j Hen who suffer little inconvenience In <| threshing grain under cover, And that y heir lungs and throats will not en<luro 2 he dust in tlic barn where clover is fl lulled. Ik-sides, every comer of the j ?arn is fouled. It is impossible to kocit ? - 1 ,ho dust within bounds. g This objection is obviated when the y :lover is stored in barracks, where it may c yc kept as well as in a mow. The bar- / ack is simply a roof,with the sides open. Jecd clover may also be kept in good :ondition in stacks toppe<l with timothy tl crtilizer. ? Thedmrrnbla orsKck^H^^P H rnt iu the center of the fleld\ be man- o irod", and:the stuff bo spread A the seed d s hulled. < . n It Is the o])lioion ot many that If the * lulling ii> defeased until cold weather more 8 ;eed will be obtained; but If the clover * s perfectly dryi, hulling need not be dcayed. Wo ha^e known sebd clover to bo " liullcd clean right from the field, but the weather is?so uncertain that this is usually ? boo risky. Somo think, 'also, that it Lb * better to lot tho need clover rot somewhat. This makes the remove easily, a >ut quite us much se/ i?n bo got with- r >ut, and rotting is risky. The better c >lan Js to let it lie as mown until well ;und. When it is well; cured, rake it up ?ud put in baracks or Stacks at once.? American Aqriculturitt-. ' FARM AND OARDKN NOTES. K Prepare for tho rural fairs. Keep tools sharp and clean. JiuttcrmiflcTs a ?0off*tamracr beverage. Well-planned summer work is half dono. ( Drive tlie work or it will drive you, and with a drag, ykar in and year out, no ono is satisfied of happy. You must either work "with the men you employ, or visit the field and seo that they earn their muuey. During the day tho soiling can, if preferred, all be done in the stable, but tho rows aro much more comfortable during hot weather to bo out at night. Whilo we do not recommend putting all one's eggs in ono basket, we ao suggest the growing of but few crops and mastering all the details connected with them. The big milker needs a strong constitution or sho will fall by tho way when parturition invites the perils of milk fever und the other ills that attend upon motherhood. Men lacking energy, don't usually "got there" in time" to save things at their best stage of- growth; it takes tbcm si) mug u) gun. mat mu joo generally is ( left unfinished. Late seeding often locks moisture, starts slow, becomes n prey to insects, so i is unprofitable. Late cultivation in 1 worked crops prevents tho securing of i Ihe hay before it becomes too ripe. When the society for the prevention j of cruelty to horses' tails gets barbarities ( on these appendages stopped it will be ^ well for it to turn attention to cows' horns , doomed to be sawed off ns useless. When a farmers' club numbers its \ membership by thousands or hundreds that means that it has on the roll book I names of many who do not attend its < meetings and who give no other support. < Too many farmers work in tho field 1 until it is too late, or they are too tired to work any longer; then, when they ought to rest, they plan their work. A mau should be at his best to plan the wisest. , ' j It is not to sow evergreen i seed in1^4. house if they are placed in thd*$\^tytd where vermin will 1 not destroy them. A light soil and one i con lain j ng coasiacraoiu vegcuraie mora is < preferable. v " i We always pity a man who is paying 1 interest on u farm or farm-stock ana tools. It takes a good farmer to be able to do that. It is better to have four per cent, coming in than four going out every six months. Too many unsuccessful farmers are unskilled in their business; they do no better than the average; think too little and are not ambitious nor hopeful. They are without faith in their business; they do not believe there is any monoy in it. The gooseberry is ouo of tho first fruits the funuer may enjoy, and good housewives have ways of serving it in pies, etc., that make it very fine eating. Prune the old bushes and give them some manure,' or plant if you havo none growing. A good horseman never galls the necks of his horses, because he cares for them, keeps them clean as well as the collars,) and if thej&pre l<?ng pulls, as in plowing,' hf. that air n&V'A.t? Hft the collars There should alwaH he's growing for green food for the cows. It, is better that It bo drilled in, and a sufficient amount should bo planted to fill; out nny lack iu the pasture. If there is. too much for that, the surplus will make! the best kind of fodder. We should hardly call It a system of ro-; tation of crura where the same one was raised upon the same land for more than; two successive years. Would prefer a different crop each year. Hay might bo, a possible exception to this rule; with a good dressing of fine manure each year, J land might remain to grass more than! two years. j To have good pansics fresh seed should be sown every spring. Start them in, a hotbed, or in a box In thn hnm? <? - - ? ? ?*? ?, J supply of rich, moist porous soil. When , tin inch high.' transplant them into the 1 garden; they do b$st in a partially shaded1 < fHj?itioi!^ as~1?t'~Ehe side of a building.! i dive them plenty of water and they will' ] soon begin blossoming. < Lengthening Life of Humanity. It U estimated that the iiicof humanity j ins gained twenty-five per cent, nil the vorld over in the last fifty years. Tho ' owest average that has been calculated is twenty-three years, which represents tho y ifc expectancy of tho Soudanese; but 4 sven this is high when it is remembered j hat in Geneva in the thirteenth century < ourteen yoars were all that were allotted J onion. Tho United States census of 1850 shows that 7.47 por cent, of tho porous who died in tho previous decade t vero more than seventy years of ago; in .850 tho percentage was 7.54, and in i 880, it was 10.85. The deaths of j amis nave diminished in a continuous , alio, so that the proportion of infantj 1 ictitns to the wholo number of deaths ia. { onstantly on. the increase. In I860,, fj 6.90 por cent. "<& the wholo numbor off t leaths wero of children leas than one! t oar old; in 188C the percentage waa' \ 0.74; in 1880 it waa 13.84. These, ' gures in themselves ahow the increasing; ." riumph of medicine over death, sincei hey evidence thai it ia the new-born,! ? cmi-lifelcss infant and not the adult in-! alid that fails to. respond to the physiinn's curative touch. ? Philadelphia (t iteord. ^ ^ There nrc twertiy-*cven more dog* 5 ban ?beoj> in Miowi County} QWo, . I ^ . K aily lot of theroSs^^R^CBUjH take London what it is fpr thorns?^ t\ nd for others. We con Id aotuiuijt J ' pare an hour or so from the consider- a tion of affairs in Zanribar'nnd Sanson, V rorv the expenditure of thef people's loxay, from the thousand and.one oub- * acts which touch the popular interest bout as doep as discussions on Oreek articles, to talk about the wants and <* ights of the majority of London workrs. That iB good, though not'so good I s it might 1k>. The llonse talked ] auch, but did nothing. It i?k indeed, i apable of doing little. It is the * mailer eleetive institutions from which no long icoKcu-ior uawn oi nope lrom c he democracy Trill come?from the , I round Rents Committee which is dxrat to inquire into tho price?about < Ifteen millions?which tho people of , jondon pay for the privilege of workog in it, and to solve the problem as to c tow the fruit of the aggregate toil of he great city can bo appropriated to f he necessities of tho many instead of o the luxuries of the few. There were plenty of facts given yes- " erday. But we don't want faots. Foots crowd in on us. Tkero are ;hree hundred tlionsaud of the vory s x>or in London. That is a normal u itate. These people are never prop irly housed, never properly fed, never p rroperly rested. After they leave ? ihildhood they have no leisure. In tho }&d times they suffer actual starvation, r relieved by the charity of their neigh- 0 9ors. Out of tho half million inhabi- h ;ants of the Tower Hamlets, nearly ? K),000 are too poor to live. Twonty ? shillings a week is an average wage. G A fourth of thiB is Bpent in rent. At least llis. 4ft., as Mrs. Barnott shows, s >ught, at the lowest figure, to bo spent b >n food. But if all that is s]>ent, there is only ds. 8d. for the rent, instead of j 3s., and there is nothing?positively | nothing?for coals, clothes, boots, clnb money, schooling, iljness. That is the normal condition; but loss of employ- | ment is always a factor with the un- I skilled laborer, who has often to fight a daily battle for his daily broad, and who?because there are more people | in London every year, and tho landlords take care that there shall be no more land?must, bcforo he can cvon begin that struggle, pay a 25 per cent. ' Eremium to tho land monopolist. This i the London of to-day. What may j tho London of to-morrow be?in a war, under now commercial conditions, suoh as may ariso in tho attempt to diminish tho cost of production and cnhanco J the price of the product?with less j work for tho laborer and raoro for him i to. pay for his bread, his salt aud Iris coal? What a prospect is this that civilization offers its children I ?London Star. A Floating-Island Wonder. Situated hipli up in the main Rocky Mountain divide, in tho eastern part of Idaho, just south of the bomdarv line between that Territory and \ Montana, and a few miles west of the Yellowstone National Park, is Henry Lalb, a beautiful sheet of crystal water, {having an area of about forty square miles. The contour of the lake is ovql, and the wooded banks bear a luxuriant growth of mountain grass. On a casual examination there appears to be no outlet to this lake, but closer observation reveals a small creek issuing from the southwost side, which is the beginning of the north fork of that mighty urtery of the Northwest, Snako liiver. On this lake, somctimos on the north sido and sometimes to the southward, or wherever tho breezes chance to bear it, is a curious floating island. It is about 800 foct in diameter and has for its basis a mat of roots, so dertso as to support large trees and a heavy thicket of undergrowth. Decayed vegetation _ ^ _ it _ il.f.1 * it a w BUUH IV HID IIUCKIIUKH VI IUO DIBII, BDO forms a mold several feet in thickness. On the edge of the floating forest, in summer time, may bo seen a luxuriant growth of bluejoint grass, the roots of whioh form so compact a moss as to support tho weight of a horso. Any number of men have no difficulty in walking about on it. Farther back among the trees one might build a wimUiVcr no pleases. Ho would be just as solid and safe as though there were not 100 or ?.00 feet of water beneath. Thero is a willow thicket near the centor of tho island, and scattered among these willows and contiguous to them are a number of aspens and dwarf pines. ThcHo catch tho breezes which tloat over the island mid net like sails on a boat, and raovo tho nearly two acres of land hither and thither over the forty squaro miles of water. This shows why one may ono day seo the island on ono side and the next on the other Bide of the lake. Henry Lako is exceedingly picturesquo. Around it riso snow-capped peaks, among whioh are somo of the highest of the continent's bneklKinn. iiArf.lv onvam/t uiti. _ 4-?- w f vi v\? nivil M verdno of forest and grass, and showing here and there formations of granite and nni(|UO basaltic columns. During the hunting season the wators swarm with wild fowl. Tliero aro beaver, toe, and plenty of largo gnrno may be had in the adjoining moimtaius.?West Shore. A jokrr who war kicked on tlio thigh by ? uiule, remarked between groans, "Alasl my limb is like a dollar bill, bccauso it is a leg all-tender." A condition of weakness of body and mind srhich results from many disorders of the eys,em finds Its Wrt snd surest relief in Brown's Iron Bitters. As it enrlebo< snd strengthens he blood ro the nt mnrh, liver and kidneys r?:e ve power* to perform their dutios. snd the ieprr*sing innticnree from n diseased ami dls.urbed condition of these organ* arc remove I. Song of tbo drygoods clerk: "Swlulng in lelalno." "For aovon long years I struct - led away arming, running a mill, Ac., until I wan fortunately introduced to l?. F. Johnson A Oo., Richmond, Va., by my brothor, and I went to work at onco, and Insxtwn month* I bad made \ nore clear money than I had made in the oven Years before. They took me i tgbt by the mad from the start and aeomcd tube very , dad of the chance to rbdw me how to do It.* 1 Phla is about what a young man said a year or I ? ago of the above-mentioned firm. Since hat time ho has been steadily at work for I horn, and is now oifo of the happiest moo In Imertc*. If you need emp oyment.lt would ' w a good thing for you to follow this young i nan's example. - * # A cat with it* fur ruffled doesn't . feel furtralghU r?Meat? Wratm, ChiMren and del lmto women should not be w<*<i to take tho vfle compounds which are Ilslmaj bo plaited and vet be Mdan. TA&&2&* ?& *p''X I SfcV1' ? * - iif '; ". ^ SI I > CO i I rlnted guorantoo on botUo-wrap per. 7br all dorangoinon b of the liver, st<^^H ad bowels, take Dr. Pierce s Pallet*. ~ J1 A foal tip?Foelng the waiter arter. JS that, f There are people using DohW'? asm* rape k>ap to-day who com in en eel < ith sound Vould this he the o?-e were H inn _u!,u '? >nd most economical soap miu!oa waloh Ho rrocor tor It. hook oat for ia?bns round, rtns'a. Broad rit Nature's serial story?The t#..i i ontinned In our m oks. ^ muon I ?? ? Jleen oat ap races. the Paradise m . equanlo el(mat \<jsrt?^S doing oonsic ? ? iSr^'st'- ?>j Uraea Oregon Im'l^Tnia tho fieM. The froqtlataiJRn wha sTi^rk and lo orpso didn't know It was Lo-ileaqa tJase and flre^of^St hi uuvn, an turwu. ^fv. Were th? tiwd jwgwg iK'lwHodijnli Make No Mistake It jroa bare made up roar mini) to bny Ilood" arsaparllta do Dot be Indeoed to toko any other food's Snrsaparllla to m peculiar medicine, pot EMtng, by Tlrtuo of ito peculiar oombiattloB, pre orlion and preparation, ouretire powers supcrlo > any other article of the kind before the people to sure to got Hood's. "In ono store the olork tried to Induce mo to bu: bolr own Instead of Hood's Barsaporllla. Dut h ould not prural 1 on me to change. I told lilm ;uew what Tlood'a Sorssparllla was, I had taken II ras perfectly salHdod with It, and did not wan ny other."?Mas. Ella i. Oorr, tl Terrace Street loeton, Haas. Hood's Sarsaparilla old by all druggists. $1; ilx for fS. Prepared onl y O. I. HOOD k CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Poses One Dollar CHEAPEST AND EES' BMI DICTIONiRV' ?g OF 024 PAQE8 FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR AraST disS DICTIOHRT tf VBKY HOI ALL. PRICE. VTY Itglres Kngll h Words with <i,? German Kqul* l. ntaand Pronnnoletlon and German Words wl KntUsh ticflnlliona Sent postpaid on receipt of | READ WUAT TlllH MAN RAYRi Salem. Mass., May St. lasi Seek /Vf>. TTovtr, 1*4 I.eonnrd St.: The German Dictionary to received and I am mm nlcn.rd with IL I did not exnrct to find auch i-tp ?rlnt In ?i cheap book. Pleaae tend a ?<>t>y to ? umI laolo?d Had $l for wmo. X. M. HisULk iMim BOOK PUB. CO., 134 Leonard Street. Hew York Cit: FRAZER^M ^who hnv? nernl Pleo*i A |mfl"|an{l Onro for Coitetrmplloi ^INUrllA (?yIlls REST OF AI.L p? Sold overmhoro. 25c SB as?stssJTSZTx? tfttttg WW marBrnty Kali 11.Id.r Co., Holly,ill S2B JU HOW "fife nfc.*rafttfu .aw HIPWAL CO.. ? IS YOUR FARM FOR SUE tobuya fan If to addreee Crutna b Yt iaT.gB Broadway. K. PEtMESS DIES ftsa&Sjg ATI AS ot * S. and Wa rid OR, M IU1V latratM. ? mutp lap. S)Ul Many of them colored. Abo a vaet amount oflajori tloo relative to different Rtatee and Coiintrlee, Fere Government, rami Products and Value, Ac. Only Mc baanpa. AddjreeeBook Pint. Hotter, 1M I^onardBt..? Here It Is Want to Wrn nil about ? At Hon* ? How to Pick Out ? A "V Good One? Know Imperfcc V ttoea h4 ao Guard afftlnat \ - 1 Proud? Datoet DlaeaaO aad H PffeotaCure when nmoti / \ / poeelble? Toll the af? by / \ / be Tooth ? What to call; b - D. iterant Porta of Animal? How to Shoo a Ilorao 1'ruporljr ' All I IIORME BOOK, ifhloh we will forward, p paid, oo receipt of only 42 cento la at am pa. BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 134 Leonard St.. Now York CI i) - ? luuuuhjri VC^^*w2BCTS.V> ' %/J I FO Make Yoi i Earn They will, if yon handle tl we are now 100-PASE BOO; It embodies the axperlonce o among Poultry a business?not maklnv Hnlloi?? nnM ??-*- IJ ? ' ?? v mmm wviiiv* iiv mat you should not If you will profit b) will give you thla Intelligence, bona you ihould know how to MA you. Among hundreds of other p< To Indues Hens to Lay, To Selact a Good Cock, "V? to Select a Good Hoa, 'yy Which Eggs to Match, -XX When to lot for Early Brpiora, What//to ^FteA Youag ?\!> ftZ\ Chicks, iWttj> How to Arrange Coop* f \pJ\ HandHag of E???. Jyf\J )+About JWatertag Chicks,. . Irnufomoatof Perchet * Fo Ptivoot and Cora /K/T ftos^, Abortloi, Choi* ^ era'. Capos, Ao., As. \Jf ^ CASE OF TTJRKI Tho bait Chloken Book for tf Bowls can afford.to bo without It. tllvsr, postal not a or stamps (I Or S BOON FOB, H9VII. I ,UACOBs OH J It BALL ost!t Ctijliti j^tl< 11 <p | fi"'?iM. Strata*. jrutaea, Wonada. before sdjournm'eut?"of,Tfi?^ r the second day, and the aiinof ?i >..., . * who were known to have boon io attend. ; aaoe and were answersd for by friends) only, be reoorded as delegates, I will only i sits, glee them in aooordaooe, as follows, fori sappose some would like to know who they were : r,r' ,in Beulah.?8. Crosby, W. B. Crosby and M. B. Meador. on the Fsirview:?T. D. G. Grogory and I. K. lerable raulk, ik.t* Hebron.?I. H. Clarke, J . H. Thomas r ?r and Miss Carrie Hawkins. This Lower Fair Forest.?H. G. Bailey, B. W. wsrin g Srarks and W. T. Edwards. Mt. Joy.?A. A. Gault and Bee. J. H. Wi__ Coueh. New Prospect.?C. B. Bobo. ^hbllo. Phillpp! ? F. M. Adams, B. F. Bison . l*-"ars and C. C. Vsugbn. founAJL ^Padgett,'Creek.?D. N. WllburO, J. T. ^ifioa- |il^ 'ItyjfA. Kay I each State; time oI MlUonrnt; i^.. cltlce; avcrare temperature; aslarr of iW n * tlKaeincli^poetniaetrra in the State; ?nftt * oO$U9t r farm*. with their prodn tionnaud the valna tblh ~. different mannfacturee and nnnilier'of employee^, etc.. etc. Alxo tbo area of each Forclrn Oonntrf s form of KOTcrnmrnit poptil?tion;nrinc)i>?]r,^-,.-cl? -. and their money value; amount of trade: reURion: V. r air.o of army; ni t lea of railroad and t olograph; suma brr of lioraen. cattle. eU?xr.*nd a v*Bt amount of in_ formation vainahlo to all. l'eatpn Id for 'Jlic. * liOOK rim. IIOIJSK. 134 Leonard 8t. rf. yT<SVy. r votr^iHirx/-c. :?-r-??jd t y% -M ptirohaar on? of the role- rfRxV ~ bratod BMITM A WKBBON 1 \ ansa The uncut email arrni (( \f~Xl ever manufactiiird and Iho 1\J/ 11 WH 1/ prat choice of all export*. HV Mannfartnied in cailbrv* 32, SBand 44-ino. Bin- HH gVeordoulile arMon. Safely llammorleea and V51V Tarjret model* Oonatmcfed entirely of heat ?aa| Ity wronuht nteel. cnicftilly Inapwted for ?<? II tnanrh'P and atock. t hey aro unrivaled for faith, I darnblll'y ?nd nccarncv. I>o not be deceived by I cheap mnllenhle mat-iron Imitation* which * are often eolil for the w-niilne atticle anil ere not (ml v unreliable, hut daincwoaa. Tho SMITH h WB8BON Revolver* are nil atatsped upon the bareaix Willi flrin'a name, ivldiv** and date* of patcpta am . .latUftB. J. tin BUUfr M?Y> \ atxt upon hnvlinf the genuine article, and If. row * dealer i-ann d anpi ljr you an order a nt to add man t helow will reoetvo prompt and carofnl attention. ,\ i)ewrlptive catalogue and price* furnlebed npon apf\ plication. SMITH & WESSON, V car-MentIon tUU i*apt*r. Hprliigflfldt Mtiip (k m on After ALL ottMfl " Qf Lobb ^ r. j PHIL A., PA. J J Twenty yean' continuous practice In the treat* I* meut ami euro of tho nvriol eOVctn nf ?aHf lee, destroying both tnlutl ami body. Medicine and treatment for ono mouth. Flee Dollar*, ami securely scaled from obserratk>u to any addreas. Booh on Special Plaeitsoa free. ; '/ uy DUTCHER'8 FLTK1LLER ' PfiitBSv* Makes a clean swoop. Krory ivlV\\ sheet will kill a quart of flioa. |M\\. Stops bussing around MIS, v. f /// diving nt arcs, tickling yon* ? ' III '.^Hw ffl \ uoae, skips hard word* and ae* Ilk* y^v *1 1 \ euros ponce at trifling oxpsaae B II \S W' I Send 'i5 cents for ft ahoeta to Vj V. PDTCUKC, St. Albans, Vt. - C?% JONES : JSfqS^iiK I. ^ BIKPHAMTOy. M. V.Z ** ifrJV )SMITHDEALrt *rt2l?T^5rt3r? ? PRACTICAL ^ COLLSGEi Bldintond, Va. m %5si *n*. < IHlopcn lo priurofwtvo student*. All Interested > 111 W"1 receive valnahlo Informal loo Fr**. L. by addressing K. TODHJEE, fioatod, Mas*. 01 Op Station IsTHEBS^ r?l |UKw-ullU 5'Ji*#g?>?*>o10* ? VANKBR MI XTI'RK. prepared bjr Cha*. C. VJL Kraemrr, Apothecary, Sot Marlon St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Guaranteed to cure Rhcumatlam, Gout, Neuralgia and accompanying troubles. On* bottle ran* B dor* I he blood non-rheuinallc. Price refunded If no> satisfactory. 0.(10. Cheaper to doctor*. Send cask, stamp* or mousy order. Y?lll?.ir ' ***? makkiauk parKit v AVI J I J and particulars of our s?oetattoo X that pays over .**t.9^.AT B1ARUIAOK. A* 1/ *S OOHUKHPONPmT, Toledo, Ofafcx % I dono tuK it m tho ooljr tin upwldc lorin?MrUdBCii? 11,1. TO ft PAT8.^| of thl* Ul" ?wuMi?<ft| o.n.lK??AHAM,M. D.. 1 Hi OS ft***3 fluwin. Amitftcraain, N. Y. m G* We hare ftPld ^6,fOHuL? ty. r>J!^^r^ff^a.rftltt|.00. Bold by im??W SoVcUREt R (oWSWWio^. E ^AL^^L^RUaOj?T8jB jr Chickens j Money. | lem properly, and to teach yon putting forth a K FOR 25 CENTS. <s| f a practical man laboring for 23 years ^ as a diversion, but for the purpose of lo a suocess. urd th -?ro Is noroason wh> f his labors?and th?, nrloo nf ? '?>" Even If you have room for only feW iKE THEM PAY. This book will shovfr i >lnts about the Poultry Yard It teaoheen M LTo Pro para Moolo, Judtl. w PoMn* ' ' WU,t Mrtii te Sot* J d^ C*** ' Haw, V ^ ttfcoa to Sot tor Cko'oo \\VyTlK' Wh&? to Food tor Eft a, Y What to Food to Fallow, m |f ?f< "HI 01 1#W| SaT rsrs_ Esses > 5T8, DTICK8, GEESE. mAnAy ovor ffor#<l? No ono wttli ? font postpaid on rocolpt of 28 conto In vjgj to-). - 94 Loonard et? N. V. Clt?,