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JULY 7. '
IiCMon Text: "Samuel Callml of Cod,"
1 s?m til, I 1 1 Golden liatl 1
bam. Ill , lO?Commentary on
Lowttn.
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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. !
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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. \
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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
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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
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AraST disS DICTIOHRT
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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
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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..?
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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
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paid, oo receipt of only 42 cento la at am pa.
BOOK PUB. HOUSE.
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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.
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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
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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..
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G* We hare ftPld ^6,fOHuL?
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SoVcUREt
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^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-). -
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