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TEMPERANCE. THE WRECK I In right of the careless panwr-by "Who (Nt. but not with the sailor's ey?t The wreck Ucs stranded high and dry. A noble ship once staunch and strong, "Whose cabins echoed the toyous song. Whose deck was trodden by a happy throng. i? ?? ? a WOT am Wl tuirwuig UUUUIMK1 tptT^ That almost seemed to roach the atari, Crawucd many a time by gallant tan. The battered hall now crushed and thin, Where the rising tides rush out and in. Was built in ocean wars to win. Bhefelll But not by the hand of time. This bark should now be in her prime, A perfect ship in any cliino. She fell, as falleth mortal man. Who has thwarted heaven's slotted plan By the cursed cup?life's poisonous ban. Two wrecks! one sinks'mid tears aod prayers, But how the useless ship's wreck fares No mortal knows, no mortal cores. ?Alra. M.A.Kidder,in Temperance Advocatt TIIK TBMPRItAJSCn QUESTION 15 INDIA. - From an article by Bishop Hurst tinder tlio above title In the Century we quote the following: "An army surgeon, of twenty years' Infimnfn l/twwvbwl'*" " - ----- 1 i ?? / nuv<* ICUgU VI AUXIKtf III H V(||IVr I VUtl | before tho Colonial Temperance Congress in 1880, wrote thus: "Twenty years' personal observation In tho Northwestern provinces has demonstrated to me the appalling fact that tho entiro rnco of hereditary owners of the soil have all boon swept off by drink. Brandy or Governmcut rum is what these poor creatures take to when the taste has been lighted up; and it is certainly a subject foe thoughtful consideration. that, while wo in this country are rejoicing at the reduction of tho excise revenue In Britain, what aro we to say of the grodusIIy~Vu creasing liquor revenue in India?" "What wonder? A penny's worth is all that is needed to intoxicate, madden and wreck. Even if a poor native has no money, he can manage to got liquor. Ho can get it cm credits and mortgage his fow possessions if so be ne can quaff tho intoxicating cup. Then the back?that invention of tho saloonkeeper in Great Britain and tho United States ?is made to do its full work, if the proprietors prevent ingress by tho front. "Now, dark as this picture Is which wo have unwillingly been compelled to draw, there is no real ground for discouragement. The Gospel has never boon carried to a country without at tho sauio time. If not earlier, tho transportation of the vices of tho land which scuds the truth. Already tho missionaries are awake to tho danger. Tho Knglish people are Iwomiug aroused to it. Tho real rulers of India do not hold council In Calcutta, or enact laws in the Westminster Houses of Parliament, but are the vast commonalty of tho British Isles?or, rather, are the whole Anglo-Saxon race. India will bo conquered for Christ. It will be a complete conauest?alike over tho evils of false faiths and over tho vices which still grow, as tares among the wheat, in Christ inn lands." WRUNG FnON THE TO I I.I NO MASSES. What fortunes tho leaders in this business wring out of tho toiling masses, a few examples will show. A Chicago reporter took occasion to look up a few of tho palatial drinking places of that city. Tho first, which seemed rich and lino onounrh. cost Sir. (XX) "But, in quest of still finer saloons, thereporter went into one a few steps awny, and wns fairly dazzled by the glitter of mirrors, polished brass, and stained-glass screens, with gaslights placed behind to show off their beauties. 'This cost $44,000,' said the proprietor, *and if you don't believe it, I can snow you the hills. This is no contract job cither. I said to the man who fixed it up: '(to ahead and send in your bills.'" This establishment Is fitted up with imported English oak and mahogany wood. A wide fire-place is built in one corner of Mintou tile and polished brass. Wherever a window can bo put, a fanciful design in stained-glass is placed, and a half dozen tine oil paintings decorate the walls. Across the street is another place that cost ?21,000. It is fitted with marble. The liar mirrors cost $2000, uud thescroeu in front of the entrance, composed of massive carved walnut, with a mirror and clock, cost $1400. A short, tour 1 about the princmal streets showed that there i were a dozen other places where the t hirsty pedestrian can satisfy his upjietito for alcoholic beverages in saloons costing from 100,000 to $30,000 to tit up. As if th s were not enough. New York has one saloon, and Indianapolis lias now another, where silver dollars are actually used to pave,the floor. Of the new one we aro told: '"The floor is laid with the most expensivo tiling, and UK) silver dollars lust from the mint afe inlaid." With nil the poverty and distress in tho land, our workingmen are actually tramping Bilver dollars under foot as they go to got their drinks. Is it any wonder there should l>e hard times? What can the.best tariff legislation do to put this locked up money in circulation??The Voice. . v W1IY ITK FAILED TO GIIADUATE. A few days ago at the commencement exercisos of the United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, the entire first class graduated with one exception. That exception, was a youg cadet from Indiana, and tho Holograph news in his case was headed: "A Naval Cadet Ruined by Drink." Instead of receiving class honors that might hnvo Wn his on that graduating day, and a commission that would assuro him an honored position and a noble living unt il tho end of his days, he was licing confined in tho prison ship Santeo for some j drunken misdemeanor. If ho had been sober on that day ho would not have lieen prepared to ernduato. for ho had iriveii more attention ! to liquor and tho pleasuro of drinking; than ! to his studios. It lias been found that a man who has a habit of getting drunk cannot do anything clso well. Jjy and by he has nothing to do, and he does not know how it is. He did not quit business; but business, to go on I properly, was obliged to quit him. To be a good drunkard a man must give his whole time and attention to drinking, and ho will have no time and attention for anything else. The poor naval cadet will soon be forgot, and only his relatives will feel his disgrace; but tho shame is on all men in a way. It is a confession of weakness for which tnere seems to bo no cure. A man who can drink reasonably and moderately gets considerable enjoyment out of a pleasant drink at tho proper time. But for tno man who drinks and gets drunk, and likes the misfortune well enough to repeat it, there bo nothing but misery ahead. Tho man who drinks and gets drunk should1 quit drinking as quickly as ho would run away from the flood stream of a broken dam. Tho habit will not fail to sweep him down to destruction.?New Orleans Picayune. TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTE8. Last year 1858 people died of delirium tremens in England. Ttl-iiilrincr-ali *! ir. <-n II eight years front 14,000 to 31,000. England and Wales in February last hod a total pauper population of 702,853. Drink produces sickness. A careful computation gives about 150,000 persons simultaneously sick in tho United States, as the rosult of using intoxicants, at a cost of more than $30,000,000. The protest of the high caste Hindoos against the sale of liquor has drawn from the viceroy of India the declaration that drunkenness is only prevalent among poworful and progressive races. According to the theory of this statesman, the drunker the Hindoos got the higher they are climbing hi tho scale of civilization. Dr. Huss, of Sweden, says that half his nation are annually consuming cn average of xuriy gamma ui miunr men; max, new uis- | xBases have increased fearfully in prevalence and intensity, and that, in consequence, the Swedes have deteriorated in stature and physical strength. Tho testimony from France and other nations of Europe is similar, Mr. M. A. Oault, who has bocu at, work for the W. C. T. U. in Missouri, tells of one town where an enterprising citizen was about to open a billiard nail but was forestalled by the Indies of theW. C. T. IT., who paid the tendollar license fee and established a lunch counter and reading room Instead of the billiard table. In another town tho Indies took turns in going to tho saloon with their knitting, sitting all day and evening until the saloon closed out. Recent official Inspection of Russian prisons lias revcnled a sad state of overcrowding. A general increase of crime is reported, of which t<m urt/locruLdfl rlninkAiinMfl rmtv nrnvniHrir* in the village communes io n principal cause. In one prison in the Caucasus there wore said to be but a few weeks ago threo hundred and sixty prisoners huddled together in a building designed for but eighty convicts. The Govcrunieut doss nothing to chock this growing evil of drunkenness, bnt rather encourages the licensed taverns. SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL. LESSON FOR JULY UN. Lemon Text: "Israel Asking for a King," 1 8aui. Till, 4-UO-Golden Text: 1 Sain, vlll, lO.-Coiniiicn'ary on the Lorson. 4. "Then all the older* of Israel gnthorcsl themselves together, ami come to Samuel unto ltnmnli." After the defeat of the Philistines raorded in the lust leerou, they troubles! Israel no more all the days of Hamuel, for tlio hand of the L>nl was against tlioni; there was jx'aoo also lictwvoa braol and the Aniorites (elm p. viL, 13, 14), so that their reuontaiiro and reliance tijx?ii the Lord brought them victory over their enemiof. aud jxyioo ami prosperity Ixvauso the Ijonl was with them. Samuel was the lx?rd's rop uhiiuiiix'iii im-ir iuiubv, nnu siuKiii men true welfare in tho sight, of God. An their juilgo ho went in eircnit from vcar to year to Bethel, Gilgnl nn<l Mixpeh, ami hml his homo at ltnmah, or ltamathnim Zopbiui, in Mount Kphraim, where also his father ami mother had lived, nnd where ho in duo time died and was buried (I Sam. i., I; x*v. 1) after having anointed to their ofDoo tho first two Kings over all Israel, Saul and David. Samuel's house nnd altar unto the lord at ltamnh (chap. viL 17) remind us of Abraham's tent and altar (Gen. xii., 8; xiii., 18); as pilgrims hero wo should be well content with any place of sojourn that (he lord may give us, but be sure to have in the home an altar unto tho Lord, a whole hearted reliance u]xm the merits of His sacrifice, ami constant communion with Him. 5. "Make us a King to judgo us liko all tho nations." God had cnowni Israel that they might be unto Him a i>eculiar treasure abovo all people?a kiugdom of priests, an holy ?:i tion (Ex. xlx., 5, (I), or, as Balaam said: "Tho people slinlI dwell alone and shall not bo reckoned among tho tuitions'' (Num. xxiii., 0). God had mndo theni higher than nil nations, lie Hiinsolf wns their King; His (K>wer was their strength, Ills presence their glory, nnd this request wns like saying: "Wo do not enro to Ihj so different from other nations; let us have a King that wecau sec and let us be like othor people." t). "The thing displeased Hnmuel, * * Samuel prayed unto tlie Lord." Hamuel was one with God; from a child ho had ministered to the Lord, and in this request ho saw their sin niul downfall, and was grieved for them and jealous for the glory of God. 7. "Aud the I?rd snhl unto Hnmuel * * * thoy have not rejected tlicc, but they have rejected Me that I COItld not reign over them." Their conduct was not a surprise to God; He had foremen it nil, and knew from tho liegiiuiing their evil hearts and how thoy would treat- Him (De. xvii., 14), yet lie loved them, many n time lie forgave them, heard thorn and delivered them when thoy cried unto Him, sent them prophet after prophet to win them bark to JJiui, and finally sent His own Boil as their Mfflsiah, but oven liiui they rejected and crucified, saying: "We have no King but Caesar." The time will yet como when tlioy shall receive the Lord Jesus as their King and rejoice iu Him nnd lie in them before all the nations of tho earth (Jer. xxiii., 5-8; Lu. i., fiG, 93). 8. "They have tof&iken Me ami served other gods; so they do also unto thee " Samuel scents to have felt that they were turning against him, nixlthat it was poor treatment of him even if he was told to ask for a King to take his place; this was a natural feeling, ami we are all apt- to give way to it, hut tho servant of the Lord must romemlier that when he is despised or rejected or persecuted for the truth's sake, that it is the Lord who is thus treated nud not the servant merely, and the Lord will eeo to it (Luko X., 1ft; Acts ix., 4, 5). So the Lord encourages Samuel hy tolling him that this conduct of Israel is nothing new, that it is just, the way they have noted ever since they left Egypt, and that in his being thus treated lie 5s enjoying fellowship with tho Ixird whoso servant he is. 9. "Hearken unto their voice, * * * yet protest solemnly." God wants cheerful, willing service, the love of Christ constraining; He doca not love that which is done grndgingly. "The Lord loveth a cheerful giver," in spiritual as well as in temporal things; hut when He sees His |>cople bent on having their own way, Ho sometimes gives thcui their request tlicugl, it "rings Ivauiieso into their foul*. (Ps. cvi., 15.) 10. "Samuel told all the words of the I>ortl unto the people.'' Just ns when, ns n child, he told Eli every whit of the Lord's message (chap, iii., IS), even though it was a message of judgment, so now ho declares faithfully all the words of the Lord. Ifo is no man pleaser, ho will speak tho Ixird's message tnithfully (Gal. i., 10; Jer. xxiii., 'JH), leaving results to God. 11. "This will bo tho manner of tho King that shall reign over you." A God of love will not let His people rush into ruin blindly. Many a year did Noah toll the jieople plainly of the judgments that would surely come if they continued in their sins. Even Pharnoli, who boasted that ho know not Jehovah, was not overthrown without many a warning. If Israel will havcaKingin place of God they must know beforehand how ho will treat them and what they may expect from him. 11-17. "lie will take." Six times in those verses are these three words related; it is tho number of a perfect oppressor ns 000 is tho numlter of tho Inst groat oppressor 41 I m n _ i n.. l * * in i iiu |n."ii|iin <n v?ou ere uio Kingdom comes (Rev. xiii., 18). Contrast tho seven "1 wills" of God in Ex. vi., (5-8; Lev. xxvi., 2-13, nnd notice how God is always giving while this King is said to be always taking, and not once is lie sjioken of as giving. Not only will ho bo an oppressor of tho peoplo, but ho will lio n roblicr of God, for it is twice said (vs. 15. 17) that ho will toko the tenth, which i God s special portion isoe Lev. xxvii., 30, 33), and appropriate it to himself. If it should lie naked: "Will n man rob God?" see the question and answer in Mai. iii., 8, aud ask your own heart if you nro in any way nj>proprinting to your own use, either of time or money, that which belongs to God. 18. "And ye shall cry out in that (lav, because of your King, which ye shall have chosen you; nnd the Lord will not hear you in that day." God fills His peoplo with such blessings that, they cry out and shout for joy (Isa. xil., (' ), but this will lie a cry because of oppression, nnd inasmuch as they voluntarily accept the oppressor instead of the dolivercr, they arc told that it will bo vain for them to cry unto the lord. (frov. i., 25-28; Isa. i., 15; Mie. iii., 4). As wo sow wo must reap (Gal. vi., 7; IIos. viii., 7). 1!?. "Nay, but we will liavo a King over us." Thus, though fully forewarned, they peVBist in their mad career, determined to have their own way regardless of conse ^ Lr.HU#..l CL. 1 i- A- A* I'.IVTIU M. I'liiMinti niiiiuiui in Ml IllOIU It man of n i>n*t age. ho is behind the limns, good old man, but in their estimation now in his dotage; so like the people in tjio days of Joroininh they seem to sny: "As for the word that thou hast sitokdn unto us in the name of the lord, we will not hearken unto thee, but wo will certainly do whatsoever thing gocth forth out of our own mouth." *i(). "That wc may be like nil the nations." Thus our losson begins and ends. They wnnt a man rather than God, a visible ICing to rule over them, go before them, and fight their I battles. In Dent, i, 110, it is written, "The lord your God, which goeth before you, He shall light for you;" so also in Kx. xiv., 14; Josh, xxiii.. Id. lint they take these very words and nsk for a man who shall do this for them instead of God, delilteratcly rejecting the Almighty who redeemed them and asking for an arm of flesh to lean on; and they were the pcoplo of God, oxaltod above nil the nations by His wonderful works on their lielmlf, that they might magnify His iiamo among nion and glorify Him. But they now ask to 1h? excused from being such a peculiar people ami beg to l>o allowed to < o;no down on a lovel with othor |K>oplo. If the conduct of that church or Bunday-school or Society of Christian Kndoovor which condescends to worldly ways of raining money, or pretending to do the Lord's work, Is not here pictured forth then my spiritual vision is dim. Lot us trust, in the f/ordand honor Him and rejoice to boa poculiar pooplo.? Lesson llelver, Ph. Just, of Corn1, Mich., thinks thn'., he has one of tho oldest horses in tho United States. Twenty-four years ngo ho bought him of I)nn Itico, the showman, and then the horse was said to b? 22 years old. Undoubtedly ho was all of that, for horses' ages nro seldom overstated up to '25 years. Tho other day State Veterinarian Grange made a careful examination of the forty-sixyear-old, and pioiiouneed him perfectly sound of body, wind an I limb, and npfiarontly good for twenty yours more. )r. Just use:* the old fellow dnilv in his practice, nn?l lie shows not th? slightest vuais of his great are. WORK AND WORKERS. Chicago lias 40,000 people oat of work. Albany barbers demand Sunday closing. The sash, door and blind mcnvs all doing* good business. San KrunCisco's 1,300 shoe-workers talk ot Celling into one union. Grand Rapids, Mich., makes 13,000 pairs of wooden shoes yearly. Sweden has a machine that makes 1,003,D00 boxes of matches daily. Iron brioks are being suooeqsfuUy used tu Germany tor paving purposes. ( itriimnv hiut iuat secured its first railwau construction job in Australia. Farmers at Grass Valley, CaL, offered $2.25 per day aud board for laborers. | In April over 310,000,000 cigars were made ?tire (or oacK inhabitant o( the United States. In the Northwest (arm laborers an holding moss-meetings in the tlelds to dbouss the wage question. There are eleven grain elevators in St. Ijouls, with an aggregate value of $4,00d,000. They have all been consolidated under a single management. India cotton workers put in fourteen houn per day, including Suuday. They are allowed to enjoy Ave of tbo fifteen holidays in a year. They make about $5 a month. The movement to unite the various bruncbos of railway employes processed so far at Chicago i s to combine the firemen, hrukeincu aud switchmen iuto oue federation. During the past week the Arcs have been put out in all the flint-glass manufactories lu the country, according to custom. Some of thein willl be start.-d again in August and others in September. A railroad official ostimates that the Pennsylvania Company has lost $3,000,000 in bridges alone. That company has already purchased 4,000,000 feet of lumber for reconstruction purposes. The managers of-tho London and Northwestern Railway Company have issued an ortlor by which evory man in the company's service is entitled to a week's holiday on full I>ay evory veur. It is reported that other British railway companies will follow this example. Olio of tho growing industries of Son Diego county, Cola., Is tbo manufacture of asbestos goods. An oxtensive plant is erected at Pacific Beach, which cost sevorsd thousand dollars, at which cement and roof and house paint are manufactured. More machinery is lining added to increase facilities. and a new kiln is beintr built to make asbestos brick. The works will use a c<V lo id of raw usbestos ovorv wook. DUINUS AT JOHNSTOWN. Citizens Who <lo Not Tiiko The Methods of the State Coin mission. Some of tbo leading citizens of Johustowm Pa., including a number from tho Committees on Kinnuco and Lumber, bavo decided to call n meeting of the people to take some action relative to tho distribution of the inouey contributed for their relief. This courso, the citizens, think is the only one left to them, inasmuch as tho determination of some of thoso entrusted with tho funds intended for the sufferers seems to bo to keep it from them ns long as possible, or to dole it out in such nn ohj- ctioitable manner as to insult the manhood of the recipients. The requiring of alii iavit to the amount of los.es etc., is regarded as n particularly obnoxious feature of the proposed system of distribution. General W ilov and all the members of his stnlf, except Captain Hamilton, have doparte 1 for their homes. The Captain, assisted by Colonel Potter, will reuiaiu to supennten.l tbo State work. Captain H. II. Kuhn, chief of tho commissary department, states that the general issuance of subsistence from the commissary wdl cease on Monduy next, ami that thereafter the distribution of relief in the wav of provision*, to., wilt bo confined to inthe iiood. This action' is taken for the reason that the department is informed that every min who desires employment can obtain credit for his necessities where bo has not the cash to |>ay. It is understood that the IV?d Cross will erect a budding IW by 10J feet on tho site of the Episcopal Church. Tho building will contain thirty-two rooms and a largo hall, and will be used for tho accommodation of such as are liom -less or without the moans of support. Two hundred of tho portable nouses nave boeu received, 1^0 of which liavo been erected. Of tho SWU two-story buildings to be erected tho lumber for half of them has arrived. Even with these, many houses contain severel families, while in a number of instaiio* thr*. or four families occupy one room. FATAL RAILROAD WRECK. Several Persons Killed, and Thirteen Cam Demolished. There was a freight traiu wreck on the Pennsylvania road, near Wilmording Station, twenty miles oast of Pittsburg, reiiilting in tbo death of three persons and the tiijury of three othora. Their namos wore: Killed?William Contiellv. hoothli?/.lr ?<ru.i Uftcoii, rcDiilenoJ Pittsburg, killtsl outright. John Hyde, newsboy, a;ed tlftoou. residence Pittsburg, died on (lio way to hospital. Unknown man, about tweuty-flve ywtm old, died at hospital. Injured?Andrew Kennedy, newsboy, aged fourteen years, Pittsburg, right arm aud thigh broken, probably fatally hurt. Alfre 1 Young, colonxl, aged about twonty-flve years, l.iina, Ohio; contus >d back and othorwiso seriously injured. John Kennody, aged thirty-three, Milwaukee; badly out and bruised, will probably recover. A number of others wore reported to have boen caught in the wreck, but no trace of them has yet been fouud. The accident was caused by a broken wheel. The train, which consisted of thirtyseven loaded freight cars and two engines, Lift. tV>f flu. ..oaf I..W ? .1.1.1 .U. V aw. vi.v vwv uuvuv Ii uvp.ww OI^UI) U UlUCii at night, anJ the accident happened about ten o'clock. Thirteen car. were completely demolished. The wreck immediately took lire and was entirely destroyed. None of the train ineu were injured. Tbo killed and injurod, with the exceptions of Kennedy and Young, were stealing their way to Johnstown. A tramp who escaped said thero were at least twenty-live persons on the train, but as nothing can b.? found of their remains, itisthoughttli.it this was untru?. Trains just and west wire delayed several hours by llio tracks being blocked. The loss is many thousands of dollars. MARKETS. nAt.TiMonic -Flour?City Mills,extra,W.90 ?$5.0l>. W heat? Southern Fults, OUaO J; Corn?Houthern White, 44i45cts, Yellow 4 la I'd cts. Oats?Houthern and Pennsylvania jouOl els.: Kve?Maryland & Pennsylvania 40a5Ueta.; Hay?Maryland and Pennsylvania 15 00a* 15 50;8tiaw- W heat,8.UOafh.50;Mutter, Knstcrn Croamory.lSadOcts., near-by receipts 17al8cts; Cheoso Eastern Fancy Creatn, WV .Hl/da ll.O O niu vwi., ?? vjwui ii, ii) a 10; Tobacco Leaf?Inferior, lafS.OO, Good Common, 3 U0n#4 00, Middling, OatO.UU Good to lino red,7af9; Fancy, 1batik Nkw York?Flour?Southern Common to fair extra,ii.'JOa*!.40; Wheat-Nol White 87Jj ?k7!^; Hyo?State, MaSO; Corn?Southern YoUovr,41%a4 c. Oats-White, Htato &i^a38ft eta.; Butter-Stato. 14}*al7cU.: Cheeee-State, Eggs?U%al5 cte. 1'im.AnRL.pniA ? Flour ? Pennsylvania fancy, 4.3oa4.75; Wheat?Pennsylvania and Southern Ite<l, 8'2>?n83; Rye?Pennsylvania 53a58ct* : Corn-Southern Y ellow, 41 %a43>?oU Oate-33*^A34 cte.; Butter-State, 10^al7 eta.; ChwMn? N. Y. Kiu-fcorv. O/iOt^ eta.' kV. ? Stuto, 15a 16 eta. CATTLK. Rai.timorb?Heef, 4 95a4 35; Sheep?$3 00 ?4 JO, I logs? fO OOiO 25. Mtw YoiiK-Iteef-13 87)^a4 85;Sheep-$4 Od a5 2->; Hogs?#4 0fXi4 90. Kart Liberty?Deof?#4 5Qo5 00; Sheep? $3 60a4 75; Iiog*?$4 65a4 70 Tub "bucket shops" in Wall street, Nen York city, are rerv generally taking down their signs and stoauig out their burl nil 1 AGRICULydAL. TOPICS OF lNTUnEOTmBLATIVK TO FARM AWPqflDBN. HAT m HOMB PSB MARKET. If to bo used for tji not alliiw H to get too ripe; If ^P^vb&lWg, the purchasers do X*sj?Ej|?6i finlsucbard stoma, they think K fntr oro 'substanco" in i^. S^^Hp^ltuld bo in shingles, antf^^i^f^JJpfof wood. Tho beginning of flowering ia the proper time to begin cutting cloves, as well as the grasses. Timothy become# hard and woody much more nmidl v than otrhard gram. It make* better hay to sill, bat not so good to feed out.?AgriculCurUt. CURING CLOVKB. To determine the condition of partly cnrod clover I have found much help in taking a half dozen stalks and twisting thera very tightly. The more or less (or none at all) sap that I can twist out shows far better than the looks of the clover how much it is cured. This has been laughed at in these columns, but nevertheless it is the best way I know of to determine tho condition of the stems. They may be too full of sap to put into tho barn and still the hay appear quite dry. I suspect I cure my clover more than some. I do not care to handle an extra ton of water on each acre, only to have it sweat and steam in the mow. It seems as well to let the air tafys this water while the t'?y ti Ir the field, as later, nnVl saves me uaeHflpSZIfig. But I want tho hay green enough so that it will heat some, so as to settle solidly. It is easy to think and write about these things, but it has taken many'yeara of experience under varying circumstances to make one feel anything like a master of tho clovercuring business, so do not be discouraged if you cannot make good bay the first time.?Ohio Farrier. TIIK OAPK8 HOW TO CURB. When a largo number of chicks have gapes it is a difficult task to handle each one separately so as to force a feather tip, or horse hair, into the windpipe in order to pull out the thread-like gape worms, though such is the usual practice, as cures are not always reliable without physical aid. The beat remedy is to give each chick a drop of spirits of turpentine on a bread crumb. If the chicks are numerous, mix a teaspoonful of spirits turpertine with a quart of corn meal, make into a stiff dough and feed It to the chicks. A wholesale method of curing gapes is to put the chicks in a box with a wire partition; on ono ride of the partition the chicks are to be placed, and on the other side of the wire a hot brick or stone. Pour a little carbolie acid on the hot brick, shut the lid of- the box and compel the chicks to breathe the fumes of tne carbolic acid. It will cure the gapes at once, but care must be taken not to suffocate the chickrf. This remedy is also excellent for roup, or where adult iowis are suitocating who tue well Known difficult breathing. Once or twice at practice will enable you to handle the chicks just as it should be. To prevent gapes, keep the chicks on clean, board floors.?Farm and Fireridc. i KFEECT OF HORN CUTTING. What effect has the growth of a hore upon an animal, and wh"t *rould be ?; results of its removal! Thlfc'question ha* come up in regard to the now prevalent practice of dishorning cows and othei cattle, and it is thought by some person* concerned, that cows may be injured a milkers and bulls as stock getters by th< operation. This matter?strangely enough it seems?has occupied so much atten tion that Professor Law, the Veterinary Professor of Cornell University, has beei unuuu ujkju to give nn opinion upon it which he docs bj saying that the loss o the horn enn hnve no affect upon th< ability of a cow to give milk, or upoi the quality of the milk. The opinioi cannot be questioned. Any reasonabli person could scarcely ask for it. A hon is made up of hair closely aggregated ii a solid but fibrous substance. It growi from the skin as hair does, and if th< cutting off of a horn should affect th< milking of a cow the flipping of th< switch from the end of Iter tail should d< the same. On the contrary the remova of the cow's horns has largely increase< the product of milk and butter, becausi it has given the weaker cows rest frofi the persecution of the stronger ones leaving them to cat and rest in peace an< ruminato upon the better condition o affairs more usefully and profitably.? New York Time*. TOUNO FRUIT TREES. If the young trees are to make a gooc thrifty growth, considerable care must Ix giveu them. It is not good economy U purcna.se nna see out a lot oi trees an; then expect them to grow as they shouh without giving them good care. Whci once well established, they can easily b kept growing, but a tree or plant that i stunted will not make as good a growtl afterward. Close contact with tho soil is always ai important item, especially during the firs summer. If in acting out proper car has been taken to press the soil flrml; around the roots, a considerable portio of the risk of damage is avoided. Th winds that we usually have in the sprini will often loosen up the roots, and car should be taken to press the soil aroun tho stem before hot dry weather sets in It is a good plan to stir the surfac and keep it stirred, killing out the weed ana Keeping me son in gooa tiitn Weeds and grass allowed to grow nroun the stems of the trees will tend to prevet a good growth, and one important itei In the treatment of young trees is to gh reasonably good cultivation at least. While a considerable part of the prut ing should be done when the tree is iw out, yet it will pay to go over the trc< and rub off any extra growth that mo start up where it is not desired. Th can be done much easier now than whe the wood has hardened. One of the worst things to conten with is the borer that so often nttocl the young treee, and the sorest plan is I Srotect them in advance, as often the tr< i practically roineflihe year by th pest. \ A good mulch will often /prove vei beneficial through the hot dryYmontha i 1 keeping the soil moist, and if applic after giving good ?fliltlvatioiJl can I made profitable in the better thrift an growth of the trees. Once the tree ge well established, it wit) stand oonsido aUIa /Iw^eiiK II - ! f 1, /V>?4> In Jll?> Vaai' 1 ?UID unnivii wiuivuf XUjU*jf UUI UUriC the earlier stage* of growth, mulching rery beneficial.?farm, Fidd and Stot man. t TH* OTILITT Of IHUtP. > Bom* QOf is D9W trying to di?jic| 11 J r pi?Mot faith that people hare long enjoyed in regard to sneep improving a pasture or a farm. The statement that sheep must eat the same as other stock and that the substance that goes to make up the wqoI and caresss is lost to the soil is true *?iad very evident; but there are many * points of dissimilarity betwoen sheep and j cattle in their feeding in and effect upon ] a pasture. 8heep will in a dry time, or l at any time in a snort pasture, go into thq J swamps and bushes to feed and browse < in the early morning and thep seek the ' hill-tops and lie down in the breeze and chew their cuds, and here their dropping are left in a condition to be washed on to the surrounding slopes and trampled into the soil. Cattle which are in the pasture day and night will not feed on bushes or coarse plants until they are starred to it, but will feed on the high land till they get dry and thirsty, then they will go and drink. The water is usually 011 low land, and if it hnppens to be in a shady swamp they lie down therq and what manure they leave there iq wasted. What they leave on high ground la no better than chips in a few days o| hot weather, and if it gets broken up by tramping over it it will float oil before it will dissolve. Sheep relish a good proportion of leaves and twigs*in their food at all seasons, and will live and do well on plants that cattle do not like and horses will not eat. With a small daily ration of grain sheep will, thrive in a bushy pasture where thore is . very little that other stock would eat, and will kill out the weeds and bushes at the same tune; and if they do not really enrich the soil on the whole, they will enrich the poorest parts of It, and will add to the value of the pasture by the value of the labor it would take to kill out the weeds and bushes and cover the surface with fine grasses. This is no fanciful theory. Wo havo seen a field which hod been used as a pasture for colts and calves till about onethird of it was covered with golden rod and blackberry vines changed to a fino grassy sward in three years by putting in a few?more Bliccp than it would kocp in good condition, and giviug them extra food to make up the deficiency. And wo know that there are thousands of acres of rough pasthre in New England growing up to bushes, where' the rocks are too thick to allow cutting the bushes or Eloiwing the Iind, that might be mxvdo lfco good dairy postures in the same way. Now that there is such an awakening in the dairy business, cows are about all the stock that we think of or provide for: but on the most of our farms the dairy interest would be further advanced and moire profitable in ten years if tho pastures were divided into three parts and one of them stocked with sheep and the cows kept in the other, changing from one to the other each week. The sheep can oe kept on their j?art- one or two years according to their effect on tho weeds and bushes, and then let the cows have that and give the sheep ouc of tho others.?Mirror and Farmer. PAIUt AND GAHDKN NOTES, i Put the trusty team to the mower. jroretiiougut is ono good liar vest hand. It is highly extravagant to use lowpriced mower oil. Keep the little chicks cooped up until the dew is o$ the grass. Twelve hours with system harvests more thnn sixteen hours without. Do not feed fowls on corn alone, nor foil to provide cle grit to help digest the corn. There is no luck in leisure in harvesting; procrastination is the thief of grain and grass. Many a vigorous, fruitful tree owes its existence to a mulch at this season, when | it was young. Beauty always attracts, and it is not * /11 almnoof fn oonrl nlunr* KrJr?K 1 Knrvina nm/1 x?a.f*wuvww WW UVUU VIVI?1I|UIJ^UV MVI I HUU 9 fruits to market. t Cutworms do not like buckwheat, j according to Orchard and Garden, and j may be driven off the field or starved out ^ by planting it with that crop, g Affection cannot bo pounded into B animals. Kind treatment insures the j affection of an animal, while rough treat9 ment is sure to cause its hatred. 3 Poultry farming conducted with sys1 tern and managed in a business-like man1 ner should pay well, the profits being con b sidernbly increased by growing food on i the farm. , Mulching with anything is regarded as 1 favorable to plant growth by many peof pie, and the benefit is of course increased - when the mulch itself has fertilizing properties. A'fter turkeys arc ten days old, they may bo turned out every morning after the * dew^haa disappeared from tho grass, and 9 may, remain out all day if the weather is 9 warm and bright. I 1 ne temperature 01 water lor horses Is not so much of an object as the purity of Q it. While it is best to have the water cool, It is more important to have it free l from all impurities. Animals of vicious habits should never n be used for breeding purposes, as vices t are transmitted. By careful breeding in 0 this respect, the dispositions of the anly mats can be partially controled. n It is claimed that wheat bran as food e for cows does not provide the essentials g for butter-making; that while the yield e of milk is large the cream from it rises d slowiy and churns with difficulty. ' When horses are suffering from tho :c bites of flies or t tings of other insects, * sponge the part* that cannot be protected ' by nets, with water in which insect pow n der has been mixed?a tablespoon to two gallons of water. n Of two colts similar in disposition and 0 sense, one may develop into n steady family horse, while the other may be J" everything that is vicious, treacherous ' and unsafe?all because of a'difference in the men handling them, jg The first ninety days of a calf's life is n the critical period. Feed it well during this time, and it will form the habit of ^ eating and digesting n generous supply of ,g food?a habit on which the success of ^ every good cow depends. te The horse which can plow an acre is winuj Another in plowing half nn acre, or that which can carry a load of passenj gen ten miles while another la going five, ,n independent of all considerations of id amusement, taste or what is called fancy, ,e is absolutely worth twice as much to the d owner as the other, ts What the colt requires is plenty ol r- exercises, a clean place to sleep, shelter >g fronr bitter storms, plenty of good grass is of different varieties, good, clean hay fc* without dust and good, sound oats. Colts raised in this way will not look so well nor win as many premiums nor sell for as much money, but thoy will J?*t. '^ *Wiv?8 should never conceal any- % tiling from their husband*,* Bays i writer. If this advice were followed 9 on#?it would create a rovolutiou in fozniuiQC pocket*. p, t LmIK from all the disease* fr^m which jou A specially suffer, from all tlie weakness? pbyscal ana mental, which torthres you, from >our nervous prostration and bodily reins, ihere is In Brown's Iron IJlttcrs. Many adlc* now living healthy, happy lives, having twen frcCd from cbronto difficulties peculiar to their sex, who beer cheerful testimony to the value of thin sovereign remedy for mental uid physical suffering; this snre cure for nervous depression and bodily weakness known as Vemade Complaints. Even a small barber may he oallcd a aMtaie ping Wlow^J . T Climate thr Consumptives, st? 1 The eeveral o'.tmaUe of Florid* 0o|. and California have each been muc'iio jo tiirn ? 1 for suffcrorK from lung disease, *?|< of the native* in UnvoHtateo die ""J malady. A far more rcllnblo Q had In overy dru.i store In tho con be used at home: a remedy by druggists, under the raannracturvV^^^^^HH tree guarantee that. If taken In time a fair Iriai. It will cITect a euro, or monev 1 for it will bo promptly returned. Wo roffc- Vi t? that world-famod remedy for consumption (or \ lung-scrofula) known M Dr. PIoi oo'b Golden > Medical Dlsoovory.lt is tboonly remedy for this y terribio disouso possessed of such super lor our* fj ativo properties tu to warrant Its manufacturers in selling it under a guarantor. Don't hawk, and blow, and suit, bat use Dr. Sago's Catnrrli Homcdy. Of druggists. The sucoi-ssi ul farmer has to be sharp as a raiser. Q Don't you want to mm money, cio'hes, time, labor, fuel and health? All these ran bo raved if you will frif Itobhlns's Klectrio Soap. We say "liy," knowing if you try it one;, you will C always use it. llnvo your grocer order. Fall fashions can never bo popular with an i eoromiuU _ th A vls't to a grorcry is arm-rat y the begin- ri nlngot a now order of things. ci v A Ilnmbarg Fig. ol There Is no longer need to force children to Sjj take cantor oil for constipation. A Hamburg , Fig. wlilch is like preserved fruit.will be taken ft by them with relish. 20 cents. Doeo one Fig. tx Mack Drug Co.. N. Y. fo The widow's might is greatly underostiuinted. __ IfnflUctod with no re, e yeaus?> DrlnHitc Thornnion'sEy.eWnler.TJraRelntneon itt25e.i>cr bottlo The I fly who never marries should bo ^ named ldu Kline. 4 A pookol mirror ireo to smokers of "Tan- jj lli'a l-'uach" ftc. Cigar. Hslr may heplsllml and yet be eolden, ? A Fair Trial j Or Hood's Sarsaparllla wlU convince any reasonable . person that It does possess great medicinal merit. / We do not claim that every bottle will accomplish a '. miracle, but we do ka>- hat nearly every bottle, U taken according to dlrectl ms, doee produce positive \ beoodi Its peculiar curative power Is shown by " many remarks! fie cures. I I "I was run down from close application to work, ? but was told I hail malaria and was dosed with | quinine, etc., which was useless. 1 decided to take I Hood's (larsaparllln and am now feeling strong and 1 cheerful. I fool satisfied It wilt benefit any who | give It a fair trial."?W. D. Daiiuan, Ml Spring fit., Hew York City. - - ^ ,/y.i > ??...... Hood's Sarsaparllla I Bold by all druggists. ?1; six for Prepared only s< by C. I. HOOD * CO., Apothecaries, l-owoU, Mesa. : IQO Poses One Dollar WTO TIJO A ,14 ON Til can bo made working for us. Agents preferred who csu furnish n horse and give their whole time to the business. Spare moments may be profitably employed also. A few vacancies In towns and cities. It. r. JOHN HON ft OO., 100* Main St., IUchmond, Vs. N. B. rUaM italt and bniin'*i evpertsaee. Never i mtrui abiai tending stamp fer reply. D. f. J. St Oa V FRAZER^e . REST III TtlK WORLD OllLHOt tW&stthe Oenutee. Sold Emu wksss. wmm\ BOT8FORD WAGON[SPRING u fl 5,9,- H 00 ? >? SNOhSI. Give* atUfartlon I f?rr)r time. Dnkn ant J<?l>htr. I arod torcalalaeneant nrl?l. ami trevrr | HSBSSlSnBll Willor) u mr. hwuntiJirxM, I *r~?Hole MiDurwiDrrra, lack|ml, K. Y. I m*who have n*rd Plan's 1?II Cure for Cnnnumptlon ' ?^|M|J|M|C!^eaylllnnE8TOFAI.I.. |y gold ererywhore. - 26c. WBSTKRN MWRRVR REMINARY AMD NORM AT, IT OOLLKUE, W. Farmlngton, O. 00 rears. llolh MIN. Heron drimrtmi'nta. Hoard and Tuition $100 per year. iUtV. fc. D. WBB8TEB, A. M.. President. S25 ^ HOUR THE oll.T'KRlllJfe wfcW IHKDICAL CO.. Klcbsoead, Ti. nPMQIOMQ DUE ALL SOLDIERS 3&SSSM.KHI H 1 OieluUl, U-. to Watlilaglua, D. v. Mruiioa ItU ptpet. ?EU|8a dar- Samples wortli 99.10 PrM \l| Lines not ondar homes' feet. Write Drew. WW star Safety ltela Holder Co., Hotly, Well. A gents wanted. $1 an boor.80 new articles. GatTgoe A and sample free. CJ. E. Kausiitu, Ilnffalo, N. Y. PEERLESS OTES ftBJJstiHIKS TAAV AmmilfCI JJUUfk ill llilDi Cheapest and best Herat na. A. Awnrirnii IHcrteaary M <''??/V*V the nn]>rrondentedly low prion of SI. 624 hitndnoma puree, boa til lu black cloth. KnKlieh rtfc ?wCS^\ word* with German ennira- r *C" \ lenta aud pronunciation, and U4A*. 'a 7 Vv Gorman word* with Kntfllah . *-*3y.fjJ .. A\J definitions, so that if youliear S OSa German word and want to f r /* 1 know it in Knsllsh, yon look In *V\a. one part of tho book, wliilo If vjKi yon want to tranelato an Kiik- f \ /T / K lleh word into Ot-rnian you look U* /> / \ Into another pert. Pntstneid, (l. <?/ \ BOOK PUB. IIOUHB, 134 Leonard St.. N. t. City ? . _ Make Youi Earn A They will, If you handle them we are now pu 100-PAGE BOOK ft embodloa the experience of a p among Poultry na a business?not as n making dollars and conts. Ho made a i you should not If you will profit by his will give you thlj Intelligence. Evoi hens you should know how to MAKE you. Among hundrods ot other polnte T# In due a Hens to Lsy, To Select o Good Cook, \y&) To Select s Good Hen, Which Eggs to Hatch, Whoa to tot lor Early V Broilers, q What to Food Yosag Afc rfjL Chicles, Hour Ia lw??? Cmm 4 ' - XX Hand ting of Eggt. ' fXT Abort Watarlof CMokt, t C^rJ^Y^ Arrangement of Pircket * ^nT y T# Prevent and Curo . Ravp, Aboftlo i, Choi- \j/ ".ov. W , n CARE OF TURKEY The beet Chluken Book for the r Fowl* ?an afford to be without ft. 8er nA>*a|nnt?/iratamn*M nr 2n.l. I POOK PUP. HOU9E, 184 . <tw.' ^^jfSjp' X V v '// 5'JACOBS OjjjJ FOR STRAINS AND SPRAINS. IEW AND 8TRONQ CASES. ^ i Sarprlw. hrtoi, Xu>., /*?a XI, ISM. lwiai?l?ftni>M?>?>t?nnUiisiS?iii ' \vS| <wM. YultHirlmMBIMUlWtMk' toa* and at al(kt caaid mljr (toy aa mm S?t wlUa graatoat pain; pi a MUt af St. Janata Oil aad ??v; nppll?d II nraaly; In-day I ?m akoat mj kail nana " * ** * "T F. A. OArtoXD. . tm)n?d Ankh. nmlui, O., Ju* tt, UU. "W Wh la M with rtrtlml aafcla; ana* ataa :.n ?T aaaiplataly aamd by %. Jactka OO. Wa ratara at Mil |ala * L UUXr. At Dnwwirro and Dealer*. HI CHARLES A. VOCELER CO.. BaWUwwt, RM. . ^ UNO SO . t&t k ? ?F ?n\iTr ? rom |?nj?djod ?tf% ^ JL I Jb V Httfer-:- FAMILY-: liTUS KNOWN. >3\TIjY S3 8 OXDWT0.I 191 Page*, 91 Fult>Pag? Maps. ysa huKT Ai-o^'of zzj- Sd s orUl. The lcttrr prrsa rives the square miles Of rn State; ttois of settlement: |irf nlntlnw: fMtff ties; average tem|>er*lure; salary of oIDciais U<1 le principal postmaster* In the Stats; nulobar or rme, with their production* and the value thereof; Keren t manufactures end number of employee, ' o.. etc. Also the arse of each Foreign Country; rni of government; population; principel products id their money value; amount of traas; raBftea; as of army; miles of railroad and tale?rr?ph : ansair of horses, oattl<s sheep, and a vast amount of Uk* rmation valuable to all" Postpaid far ]M(a BOOK Ftrn. llOUUK. 131 LCoaard hOI. T. cfty. sgaAituinEirarFEMALE. < !M.REGULATpBj MENSTRUATION %nin SMDROP REBUlATO/fpa. ATl/tWAAC a | a AflW ALL OjjWfi lr I ODD 8f8H-i6thSL t, W la nUUIIj PHILA., PA. Twenty years' eontlnuona prectfoe In the treatent and euro of the aw Ail rlTre.a of early Ice, destroying both mind and body. McdJdao id treatment for one month. Five Dollars, seal ourely sealed from observation ts any address. Booh on Hpeclnl Dlsoaaos Are?. r \at*/ DUTC H ER'8 fSffiv ?nr w tttv * vm SXL- ILI MLLlU KtRP Make* a ol?ui iwetp. Stmt i VMu illect will kill? quart of file*. _>f g>|J\\_ Stops bussing i?round MIS _ 7/1 WTfl diving nt pres. tickling yottl III ..TwT Ui \ nose, skips hard words sad soIIk> | \ euros pesoc st trifling eapssee, (I' / \ll 1 Send as coats for 0 shoots to XJ y. DUTCHhH, 8t? Albans, Vh O VACA'1'MN I EDUCATE FOR BUSINESS! ? _ ENTER ANY TIM El TUB VIRGINIA BUSINESS OUUUKUK, STUART, 1BOINIA.. Book-keeping. Oora-neroisl Hrauoties. Business MoUm, Hhurthanil, T.rpe-Wntin*. Tslo?rsnnp and enmanshlp thorou<hly_taught, lodiridual lnstrno -n. iiwu oon wimiiiiiu, uiwumm Assisted it osltioni. location Healthful. Expanses less tnas t any other Business Col less in the U. 8 Hoard (Inoiuding furnished Uoo-ns. <ko.) UN PS loath- Bond for Oatalogne. Addres, B. A. DAVIS. JR., PreeT. Here It is! Vsat to learn all about a At . loroa t How to Pick Out a A loodOnel Knowlmporfec ^*^-^:k>as and so Ouarrt against \ ' IX fraud I Detect Disease and / l.se ' l4 % Effect a Core when sains Is / \ , / \ possible I Toll the age by <m \. / % he Teeth 1 What to call; he Different Parte of the talmall How to Shoe a Morse Properly I All thli ?nd other Va Usble Information can be obtained b| reading our 100-PAGK I I.I.DHTRAT1B IIUHHB BOOK, which we will forward, pejft paid.on rectiptaf enlyM ccnte la atanga, BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 13A Leonard St.. New York City. nprn to DKHptwItt ntuilent*. All Interested will rccelre rateable Infnrnia'lon Free, by addressing E. TOUIUKK, JUoMoo. Mass. I preecrlba and fn'ljr ? dome Hlg <} ea lh< oalj . Omil*.^H epeclftc for the ccrtai .cart * JH^l TO ? DiThV of this dlneenc. ?1 a. n.iNtntAiiAM.M. D.. {CT easesitrtstese. Anutt rdnm, N. Y, R9 vrdMly by the We bare hold Ill| fl foi sZiIimm m. mwi rw many years, and It hai ll^niMnilllWljflvew the best of saUa %VS'CTCHK A CO.. Jk ^Bbt. Chicago, 111 tfl Bold by Drvggista j-^t\ CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH &8&L PENNYROYAL PILLS. Iteil Crone lMnmond Brand. W ni The Ml. reliable pill Iter .sir. daft) iM I / m enrv. ladlw, aak Drssgl.1 for thuMa. I * yX utoad Itrana, In red m.iallioboMa, scaled V V f I ff with bineribbaa. T.k....LKfr, ftrad fe. \ - A (.tamp.) for panic.lara ami ? Itrilrf fir I Ladles,** fa Irttrr, by mall. ?'. < flea. C'hle It eater Chemical Cm, MeiUaaa b?., i'hllada, Pa. ggjg i gggggfl . Chickens Rrvmre.. Fiuiicy. A-'',. 4i properly, and to teacli yon ttlng forth a FOR 85 (1EKTS. w ? mm v vmai ? V# iractloal man laboring for 23 yoarp J* diversion, but for the purpose of fl luooess. ar d th >ro Is no reason why labors-and the price of a few eggs ) 1 If you have room for only a few THEM PAY. This booic will show 1 about the Poultry Yard Itteacheoi To fioparo Null, ^ JuJchui Pairing, tWhr.1 H)?? te Sat, Cara ?f Broadly Him, Know Unfruitful Eg*, When fa Sal far Cke? ' J^| What to Paai far t?c% What la fiat to Fall**, To fiat 1114 af Verwla, _ 11 Meat Incubators, | Ta Prmat aa4 Cwa \ Hp,Uoa,S?alyLrga, 3 ladlgatUao, mfa, S, DUCES, GEESE. noney ev?r offered. No onajliri it postpaid on reoelpt ?^^*^nts7n UonsrJ^^ Clt?, / *"*i