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^0?Tlh9 ?t with pain."
1? 'ftrr years,
.rtd only ,W-hod with burning
j? first of Jf*
o??n granted ,nely ?*'?' nn<1 dread,
^ since the r staggering trend.
ef^?" tho mother said,
uortiat my boy will tread
path of inn and shame,
lieart and darken my name."
injr to her when her only eon
of life wtis early won,
t in tho (lowing bowl
and a shipwrecked soul. ^
j mo," tho merchant said, /I ,
iger ho be?it his lioad; yf* I
lay with the tare ami trc?J?
mo to fume and fret."
^^^^^^^Bsomething to him when ow*
^^^^Htgecamn from a funerabnj>r the wirt
conductor had wry^-pyre?
H^^H^^rifegjid child woryfcrked n train.
among the
young man cried;
scorn and pride?
things you tell:
p>
1 *R?1 JJTr ug to him when ui prison ho lay.
The victiUSs Whk?life ebbing away,
A> he thought of Wis wretched child and wife,
And the mournful wreck of his wasted life.
Is it nothing to us to idly sleep
W hile the cohorts of death their vigils keep,
Alluring the young and thoughtless in?
^Vnd grind in our midst a grist of sin?
L, It is something?yes, nil, for us to stand,
[ And clasp by faith our Saviour's hand?
I To learn to lalx>r, live and fight
[ On the side of Uod and changeless right.
DRINK AND INSANITY.
' Mr. Wines savs: "It ia startling to know
that, of 50.000.00D of inhabitants (in 1880),
over 400,000 are either insane, idiots or dear
[ mutos, or are inmates of prisous, reformatories
or poor-houses. If to these we add the
[ out-door poor and the inmates of charitable
Ov institutions, the amount will swell to nearly
B? j or quite 000,000, or 1 per cent, of the popula
tion." At that rate the number would now
be about <)00,000. But we will keep to tho
records of 1880, and consider only the 400,000
who wore inmates of charitable institutions.
Of that number the 70,000 who were
prisoners and the 67,000 who were paupers
nave been already considered. Those dei
. ducted would leave '263,000 of "defective nerI
sons." Assuming the average cost of tneir
1 inaintaincnce to be 9300 (and in many of these
i institutions it runs up to nearly 300 per
I capita, as skilled teachers and physicians
i must bo employed at great expense), the exL
.Dense of maintaining these "defective permf
sfihs" trotim eiewt #&>,UU0,(XX>. If we estiW
mate one-third of these disabilities to be duo
- ' to intemperance, actual or inherited, we
shall havo $17,000,000 annual loss to the nation
from the insanity, blindness, deafness
'nucl other disabilities which intem|)eraiico
1 produces. The relation of insanity to inteiul
peranceisa point deserving careful study.
) estate and National Boards nro now greatly
I exercised over the rapid and undeniable inC_
crease of insanity. It is worthy of inquiry
J whether a ratio does not exist between that
| and the increased consumption of liquor
" I within the last twenty years. We sec plain1
ly that liquor will make a person insane for
I a little while. It would seem reasonable to
suppose that enough of it might make him so
J permanently.?The Voice.
W " GOVERNMENT SHAME WATER."
I ' An article in tho Century Magazine, on
F **The Temperance Question lit India," is writ[
ten by one who is fully acquainted with tho
| subject. He tells us that intoxicating liquors
in India are designated by the natives, "Government
Shame Water." Hindoo and Mohammedan
rulers discourage their manufacture
and use. The English Government took
the manufacture into their hands made
itself the l>arkeeper to the Indian Empire,
> i and ohtaine^ from tho sale of intonis
are in favor of temperance. This is an
I indictment that ought to be read with shame.
J The writer adds: "The proof is overwhelming
that tho temperato Hindooenre liecoming
a nation of drunkardF." Happily, thero are
native movements to arrest it. hut if at homo
we have no power to do this, ought not every
pulpit in tho land to boar occasionally a confession
of our guilt in this matter!?Loudon
Christian.
^ A GOOD BARGAIN.
i At a temperance met-iing where several related
their experiences, a humorous Irishman
who sitoke was acknowledged to lie tho
chief speaker. Ho had on a pair of fine
tea new hoots. Snid lie: "A week after 1 signed
r the pledge I met an old friend, and he says,
'Them's a fine pair of boots you luivo on.
'They are,' says I, 'and by tho same token
'twas the saloon-keejier who gave them to
me.'
" 'That was generous of him,' says he.
"'It was,' savs I, 'but I made a Iwrgnin
I with him. Ho'was to keep his drink and I
I was to keep my money. My money bought
K me these fine lioots. 1 got the best of tho
bargain, and I'm going to stick to it.'"
Boys, will 3'ou do the same? Will you
BT keep your money, and invest in somethiug
nit;
f . CONSISTENT.
^ t* Mr. Ferdinand Schumacher, a leading mill
t owner of Akron, Ohio, lias pledged #1000 to
the building fund of the Chicago Temperance
Temp'e. His total abstinence principles
are well known, having lieen severely
fiwtiwl o fi?ar voa re nnr/i Ytia notnmnl
mills wore entirely destroyed by fire, the loss
Amounting to almost a million dollars, there
r being no insurance. After the fire it was
I found that the oats "-ere uninjured except by
I water, tens of thousands of bushels lying
piled up wet. The distillery men made a
most favorable offer to Mr. Schumacher to
Is the injured oats, but he promptly
saying: "No, no money you can ofi
tempt ir?<? to sell one ounce of that
on will take and turn into a poison
ich to ruin my fellow men;" anil the
:ed where they lay.
MI'ERANCF. NEWS ANI) NOTES.
C. T. U. of Welsh women is to be
a New York city.
' eadish Government has appropria*a
year for tho promotion of tempId
be easier to steal a horse in Toi-day,
than to purchase a glass of
to drink.
if. C. T. II. of Astoria, Oregont Is
k number of fine drinking fountains
n the public streets.
? _ - iipw xorK orpwcr pinces the average
number of glasses of liecr consumed by his
employes during one day, at seventy-live
apiece, each glass holding half a pint.
Mr. Spurgeon, in his new l?ook entitled:
"Halt Cellars," tersely remarks that "granejuicj
kills more than grape-shot." He
also advises each married man to keep his
ft wife's husband out of tho public house.
t> The Catholic Total Ab.tinonco Society, at
J 'W its recent annual meeting, agreed to cstaht
.# "tisli, iii connection with the great Cathodal
h University at Washington, I). CM a Father
Mathew Professorship of Temperance, in
I which will be taught the scientific facts con^
earning the use of stimulants end narcotics.
A jury in New York Htato has awarded
an only child $1000 against a Hudson River
steamboat company, under tho Civil Service
Damage Act, for the death of her father, n
deckhand, who became inebriated at the
teainboat bar and fell <>ir into the river and
H^Bras drowned. The court has refused to set :
B^BBtaMurdict aside, and steamboats in the
H warned that they keep open Iwn
society of moro thnn 100
PnPAnf I v i .rfrnnivoH om/mo H>?
I, -' WIU
itary prison at Port Lcnven,
hy Mrs. Julia-A. Chase, an I
.mong soldiers and sailors, who j ,
delivered an address of such
ft|y-flve men who had never | !
Wore unhesitatingly gave ,
^ nftirmed their purpose to
Hunter says that in spite of
H^Kbiil of that country is
and that crime, social
arc keeping ghastlv
that great injury is
^^^Hframs that publish in
^^Pr the defeats of Pro- 1
^ Fen mention its victories, i
impression that the 1
^SUNDAY SCHOOL. L
I Vl'KIt NATION Ali LHSSON Fjj/
(X TUDKIC O. '
Lesson Text : " The Trllp'
Under l>avirt. 2 KmUnited
?Golden Text, j lf^T'
?Commojrcm'"?^
yittry.
1. "Then came
David unto Hariil the tribes of Israel to
fJaul and UijAron," After the death of
eon, the wa?)6ns, as recorded In the last leathe
throng* seemed open for David to take
years Mv To which Ivo had beeeu anointed
tientl^jfore, and for which he had so paosihj
waited; not tak<ng matters into his
n^> hands and riddinc himself of his enemy
tf he might have done on several occasions,
but calmly waiting God's own time and way;
and nowtnat the time for his accession totho
throne has come, he will not even go up into
any of the cities of Jtidnh without inquiring
of the Lord, so careful is he in this matter to
follow and not run before Him who hath
chosen him. The Lord having told him to
go up to Hebron, he weut thither with his
men and all their families, and there tho men
of Judah anointed David King over the house
of Judah (chap, ii., 1-4), and he was content 1
to be King only of Judah for seven years | i
?H monins, one 01 pom K SOlis reigning lor |
two years oyw Vho rest of Israel (chap. II..10,
111 f>"irttiero wan long war between the house
of Sail and the house of Dnvid; but David
waxeiiVlronger and stronger, and the house of '
Saul wtfxed weaker and weaker (chap, iii., 1).
Now.at.length the Lord's time has come for
David to IKing of all Israel,so all the tribes '
come to him to Hebron, saying: "Behold, wo i
are thy bone and thy flesh." ,
2. "When Saul was King over us, thou
wast he that leddest out and broughtesb in '
Israel." They remembered how David, and
not Saul, slew Goliath and delivered them
from the Philistines, and how Dnvid afterward
led forth so successfully tho armies of
Israel (I Sam. xvili); but tho wouder is that
they did not think of this sooner. Why did
they not crown David King of nil Israel as
soon as Saul was dead* Why allow seven
years and six months to pass unimproved
when they knew that theso things concerning
David were undisputed?
"And tho Lord said to thee, thou shalt
feed my people Israel, and tliou shall he a
captain over Israel." Why, then, not carry
out the lord's wishes long ere this* Let
tho questions como home.
3. "They anointed David King over Israel."
So the Lord had decreed, and so it
Anally came to pass, for every purpose of the
Lord shall be performed.
4. "David was thirty years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned forty years."
Then all his rejection, humiliation and sufferings
came to him as a young mau; so it
was also with Jesus our Saviour and coming
King. Young men and women are apt to
think it. hard to have to suffer and lie humiliated;
let them remember David and Jesus,
and that it is written: "It is good for a man
that he boar the yoke in his youth:" and
again: "Take My yoke upon you and learn
or Me, t'?r I aju meek and lowly in heart."
(Lam. iii.. '57; Matt, xi., "'J.)
5. "In Hebron * * * seven years ahd six
months; and in Jerusalem * * * thirty-three
years." It is very profitable in Bible study
to associate places with the events which
occurred there. Hebron, a city of Judah,
some tweut.y miles south of Jerusalem, will
ever be a delightful place to the Bible
student, not only because of David's two
anointings and his seven years' reigu, but
also because of its earlier associations with
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Joshua and
Caleb; there lies, still sacredly guarded, the
dust of the patriarchs, and from the raw
or niacnpeian snail yet come rortn tneir
glorified bodies. Jerusalem, of all cities that
nave ever been or ever will lie. stands first;
there our Lord was crucified, there Hi*
precious blood tloweil forth, in Pilate's hall,
in Gethseniane and on Calvary, there He
wns buried nncl there He rose from the dead;
from thence He ascended to the right hand
of God, and thither He shall return in
5rower and glory to rebuild Zion, make
Ferusa'em His throne, and consequently the
capital of the whole earth. (Ps. cit., 10; Jer.
iii? 17,18.1
6. "And the King ami his men weut to
Jerusalem with the Jebusites." The old
nam? of Jerusalem was Jehus; it was a great
nulT/iij^nvntv, . a. ? 4 11
children of Judah nor Henjamin coula"drive
out the inhabitants, but they were allowed
to dwell there with Israel (I Chron. xi., 4, 8;
Josh. xv? 03; Judges i., 21.) This was a
standing disgrace to Israel during all their
history since Joshua led them into the land
up to this time; and now, when David determines
to wipo out this disgrace, he is told
by these defiers of God and His people that
the blind nnd the lame are able to hold tho
fort against him.
7-9. "Nevertheless, David took the stronghold
of Zion; * * * so David dwelt in the
fort and ca'led it the City of David." He
who in iho name of the Ood of Israel slew
Goliath went forth in the same great name
against these enemies of God and proved
tho faithfulness of Him who said: "There
shall no man Iks able to stand before Thee."
(Deut. vll., 34.)
10. "And David went on and grew great,
and the Lord God of Hosts was with Flitn."
Thus shall our daily life be a going and growing;
but wo shall" never get to it till, like
cw;r..:j u ? .L-. ..ri.," , i .. . - .
i'at m, we reHll/.U II1HI/ 1 HO I UO(l OI
Hosts is with us," and firm It believing this,
ee?k with the whole heart a more intimate
acquaintance with Him, and thus cultivate a
more implicit reliance upon Him.
11. "And Hiram. King nf Tvre wf mac.
sengers to TTOvTa, and carta r t roes, and carpenters,
and masons; and they built David
an house." Here is a Gentile King and his
people, coming cheerfully to the King of
Israel to do him honor; thus shall it lie, as
the prophets everywhere tell us, when the
kingdom shall have been restored to Israel.
12. "David perceived that the Lord had
established him King over Israel, and that
He had exalted His kingdom for His people
Israel's sake." Notice in this verse two
things: First, that the Lord had done it all;
it was not David's patience or wisdom or
might, hut the Lord alone that did" it all;
and, second that it was done for His people
Israel's sake. When we toll Christians of today
of the great things that God is going to
do for Israel's sake, we are apt to he considered
decidedly Jewish in our views; but Jewish
wo will lr.\ nevertheless, for our Saviour
is a Jew and Kiug of tlr.i Jews, and Scripture
does not authorize us to expect thy so railed
conversion of this world until Jesus comes to
His long promised Throne of David. ? Lesson
Helper.
J
NO "TEMPERANCE" WITTT AECOHYHk |
I remember well the first dose of alcohol I '
took n* ft medicine. I remember, too, tiio first <
drink of it 1 took as a beverage, but what. I
do not rememlier is when I became the slave
of drink, and began to wear the iron collar '
of the dram-seller. 5So I thing there is no I
such word as "temperance" as applied to al- ,
oohcl: it is a good word as touching work
and ploy nnd study, hut as touching the drink
it is senseless jargon, a (piicksand of language
not to bo trust is I by the foot of reason, or
crossed bv any vehicle of thought. The temperanco
of one man is tho debauchery of another.
The temperance of to-day will bo.
sheer drought tun years lieuce, in the estimation
of the drinker who continues so long to
drink ?John G. Woollen.
PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
The New York Tribune recently repre- | |
seated the ' Man in the Moon" as paying^i I
visit to our planet nnd commenting as follows
uj>on tho drink system: "These fluids,
you say, intoxicate; make people crazy, furi- 1
ous, silly and wretched; lead them into (
crime and reduce them to misery. Up in tho
moon wc should consider that sort of fluid a I
poison. Here you legalize its sale and you 1
license 'men of good moral character' to traf- ,
Bo in it. How can you find a man of 'good
moral character' willing to poison his fellow?
Do yon license good moral persons to commit, t
nonrder, or to rob or to swindle? l'ertineut i
questions for real men to consider."
ni.Anini.ll. p.n rKHI'HIMK. 1
New Britain,Conn., has a Young Woman's ?
Christian Temperance Union whoso sensible
enterprise deserves tvide emulation. Or- ,
gnimed atxnit a year ago, it immediately began
mission work among the young girls em- 1
ployed in the factories of the place, hoping I
to keep tlieni from sismding their earnings j
on the street, by arousing an interest in useful .
studies. From the smnll nucleus of one room
and twenty or thirty girl", the work lias '
grown rapidly, until now a ten<>inent of roven 1
rooms is required to accommodate the largo
number of regular attendants. The rooms
are open four evenings in the week and two
nours on Sunday. There are classes in dressmaking,
penmanship ami singing, and rending
matter is supplied by n circulating 8
library. J <
^AGRICULTURAL.
rOPICS
OP INTEREST RELATIVE
- TO FARM AND GARDEN.
FEKD FOR TOUKO CHICKS.
This should be changed as often
is possible, advises a good authority.
Coo rapid feathering is a drain on the
ystom. Some varieties feather up quick y,
while others are almost naked. Feed
(round bone (fine) every day, mixed in
vith the feed. 4'Where wo raise from
JOOO to 10,000 per year we know by this
:imo the necessity of proper fccdinsr.
2ora and oata ground togethef is our
itandard feed, to which we add ground
aonc, ground meat, charcoal and oyster
iliell. A pinch of bread soda (bicarbonitc
of sodA) can be used as a substitute
for charcoal.?New York Witneu.
KAI.Ii FEEDING OK
A Western apiariftt'weil 6ays that the
iveroge-bec keeper docs not like the work
t>f feeding sugar syrup to his bees in the
rail to ensure them against starv?tion, because
of the attention, and, as usually
practised, the puttering work it takes.
To any such let this word of caution bo
dropped; now is the time to prepare
against having this to do. While honey
is coming in and the surplus being stored,
? few brood crumbs filled with honey
should be removed from your oest colonics
and set to one side that they may be
ready to give to those light in stores later
on. There is probably no more satisfactory
way than this method of fall feeding.
It is easily and quickly done, and
does not incite robbery.?New York U'ifnea*.
rASTlTRINO OK MOWINO T,AK*~/.
It is bad practice to pasture mowing
lauds at all in our climate, and although
there is a strong temptation to do it
where pastures nrc short, the prudent
farmer will resort to almost any shift to
keep his cattle in condition and the flow
of milk good, rather than pasture the
mowing fields.
In the first place the sod becomes
trampled by the cattle to its injury, then
weeds huvc a good chance to grow and
thrive, and the grass is apt to be hurt
in couscquence of being cropped too
closely in dry weather or left without
sufficient protection to the roots in
winter.
It is far bettor practice to Jet the mowing
lands grow u second crop, and make
it into hay, than to attempt pasturing
after cutting the first crop.
.Many farmers arc now in the habit of
feeding cows in the barn when the pastures
arc short, using ensilage, or green,
freshly cut corn, clover or any other
fodder that may be in season; this is far
better than to turn the cattle iuto the
inowiug fields.?M<i?sachusclta Plowman.
KEROSENE TO KEEP OFF FLIES.
Dr. Willitn Homo, veterinary surgeon,
writes to Hoard"? Dairyman, under this
head, as follows: "Many poor animals
sutler the most excruciating torture from
the bites and irritation of flies. Some of
the thiu skinned ones are often all but
killed outright. Many are killed in some
localities, others are worried so much that
they lose the flesh quite often needed for
a cold, inclement winter.
i jack wo lajai tittbiitcxi mt.tr * ircmij*
everything I could think of as a remedy
for this curse to our poor dumb brutes. I
have read of quite a number of sure preventives
recommended by others and
found but little satisfaction.
"Some eighteen years ago I experimented
with kerosene as a preventive of
lice upon poultry and in the poultry
house. It was?it is a success. Soma
twelve years ago I tried kerosene to keep
oil flies from horses, cattle, poultry, etc.
It is a success. I use a pint long nuzzled
oil can. I use the commonest kerosene.
I squirt from this quite a liberal spray, as
near as I can, of the fluid. I put it upon
the youngest chicks, in the laying boxes
of the poultry. I squirt the kerosene
upon the sides of the stall liberally, upon
the- floor more liberally. I am not in the
least afraid of sprinkling kerosene upon
the horses, cattle or poultry. I have
never seen the slightest injury done to
qilV of thiwf so tre-itiwl- L +t n sut/S
preventive against maggots breeding in
the barrels of hen manure which I save
for sale and use. Kerosene is a disinfectant-,
too, and it is a positive deodorizer,
much plcasantcr than the chlorides
are."
DAIRY HINTS.
Professor L. R. Arnold once said that
"a cow going into a stable filled wilu
the odor of the solid and liquid excrements
will carry it into her milk in fifteen
minutes." For this reason he insists
that stables should be ventilated in
such a way that pure air will come to
the cattle from the front. True, and
this is one of the reasons why a cow barn
diould have a wide barn floor through
the centre; why the cows should stand
with their heads toward the centre, and
have wide space behind them, with large
grated and wire-screened windows behind
them and wide stable doors at both
?nds of the stable, and big barn doors
*t both ends of the centre floor. This
irrangement of stables and floors, aided
by plaster dusted upon the well-cleaned
stable floors, will make a suitable habitation
for a clean cow to dwell in.
The albuminoids in whey are as one to
3.5 in skim milk, while the other ?nliH?
lire nearly the same in both. Chemists,
in comparing the feeding value, make
that of whey at eleven cents to tweutythree
cents for skim milk, or about half
us much per 100 pounds.
There is a great need that a laige proportion
of the yearly milk supply should
lie diverted from a summer to a winter
How. Butter is unreasonably cheap in
summer, because so great a majority of
the farmers have their cows calve in the
spring. Hence there is but little profit
gained from the cow. It is also unreasonably
dear in winter, because so few
rows are made to calve in the fall.
There needs to be a better balancing
ip of the yearly milk supply, so that less
nilk should be produced in summer and
nore in winter. This would equalize
!hc prices for the whole year, greatly increase
tho consumption in the winter,
ind in the end bring great profit to the
iairymen. It is well to remember that
t. costs only about ten per cent, more
to keep a cow in good milking condition
nan it rtors to keep her dry, ls sho ou^ht
:o he kept, while the returns from winter
nilk arc fully thirty per cent, more thnn
rom summer milk.
WEKDfl IN I.AWNS.
The worst lawn weed of late cummer
ind early autumn is one that the careless
>beerver may not see at all. We refer
to the "crab-?$j9hj|ricutA sanguloale
digitaria ofJttrtSKaV-* writer*). The
stems of fjVfflHn* lifcloao to ground,
taking roo jj^Pery joint, and crowding
out most c Wtgumva? Fortunately this
weed is *1 ^luaj; sMb it a perennial
we might Kpair of . ever getting rid of i
it. Its tioeflk (and sheds, of course,) arc
borne at tlflop of etfch ft em, which are
a foot, moV>r Icm, ia height; the tlowe*
- and are arrfBged closely upon
flat stedPor apikcslwhieb V* three to
six ipchft longr thebt ar||fe?-tb fifteen
of thorn nm?J|tMhs|Cj^M^becja stem, and
spreading ulredttOns. From this
height theWT floWdr-stetp* are caught by
the mowejw Whale thU grass is present
the mowing should bo cafefully removed.
The stiff/htubble bfpom made from split
rattan inbettcr than a rake. The grass
beinu^carcfully gathered should be re
luovwi an(j burned. If cut when the
IsSIWs are but partly ripe they will derive
nourishment enough from the stems to
carry them ou to maturity, and if they
were not removed, would seed the ground
and prepare for another crop of trouble
next year. Many of vthe coarser weeds of
the lawn are perennials; they are town
in the fall, but tho thistles, docks, plantains,
and many others, in their eairly
state appear so unlike the mature plant
that they are not recognized. It is very
important that the cultivator should be
familiar not only with tho appearance of
the seeds-of weeds, but with the plants
themselves in the different stages of their
career. These perennial weeds usually
sow themselves, or /are sown, unintentionally,
with the y^ras^jfaceda in tho fall.
They germinate, anatTieir young loaves
are often much unlike the leaves that
will be borne by the same plant the next
spring, though they differ greatly in this
respect; the seedling weed does not
make much show in its first season. It
is employed in storing up a supply of
food for a vigorous growth next spring,
when it usually comes to perfection,
flowers, and scatters its seeds.?American
Agriculturist.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Throw plenty of dry dirt into tho pig
pen and on to the floor of the stalls.
Don't handle a mow of smoking hay if
you have some poor, dry fooder to throw
on it to take up the moisture.
Farm horses kept in well ventilated
atablcs when not at work will fare better
usually than at pasture fighting flies.
There are now about five million owners
of farms {nt*lfO Un^^^^^^hout
ono million of uie fan^^^^^beeuac quired
since 1880.
A sealed package all the way from
Krainburg, Austria, in which was a queen
l>eo, arrived lately at Mechanic Falls,
Maine. The bee was alive and well.
Clover sown among corn r.t tho last
cultivation and plowed down for the next
crop is a cheap and practical way of capturing
tho fugitive nitrogen so much
needed.
No gases arise from frozen droppings,
but the poultry-house should be cleansed
daily, if possible, and dry earth should
be sprinkled on the floor, which permits
of sweeping the latter with a broom.
Cleanliness prevent disease.
"I would recommend to every farmer,"
says a Country Gcntlsman correspondent,
"who wishes to know which is best?
spring or fall plowing?to try both ways
. Ui*. r-wwa. -Iww '1, 5 Mcl
of reading the arguments of writers who
livo a hundred or a thousand miles
away."
Color goes for a great deal in a horse,
especially if it is desirable to make a
matched team.- It is worth while to
siuuy mis in orecaing. To mate a
breeding mare to a horse whoso only
point is his own excellence only insures
disappointment. If the male is pure
bred it will probably mark the colt, both
in action, size and color.
The Great Bear River Canul is to bo
one of the grandest irrigation projects in
America. Two million dollars have been
provided for it3 construction. This canal
will irrigate 200,'000 acres in Salt Lnko
valley and 6,000,000 on Rear River, incrcaiug
the value of the land to $60 per
aero, while fencing, building and tillage
will double this valuation iu a few years.
went "ttT'ljOuiSl&na a 'year ago, says the
Sugar Boiol, and on thirty-five acres of
land, with the help of only a nine-yearold
boy, raised nine bales of cotton and
300 barrels of corn; also, aided by a
large garden, supporting a family of five
at a cost of fifty-eight dollars. Next
season ho will work fifty acres and aim
for fifteen bales.
A good average dairy cow ought to
jive at least four thousand pounds of
milk in a year, which should return the
farmer, whether sold or made into butter
and cheese, at least a cent a pound, so
that such cows ought to bring in at least
forty dollars a year per head. This is
the calculation of Hon .Toainh Kin.ii
Secretary of tho New York State Dairymen's
Association.
A close fence around n berry patch
should be nvoided where much snow prevails.
A heavy hank of snow smothers
strawberries and brooks down the canes
of raspberries nnd-Wackberries. The latter
will usually hold enoflgh snow over
the surface to keep tho ground from freezing
very deeply, and with this protection
they may prove hardy, while an equal
cold without the snow would show tho
canes dead in the spring.
No matter how small the village, there
arc probably some men in it who keep
horses or cows, and do not have any use
for manure. It can often be bought by
near-by farmers at cheaper rates than
they can make manure in their own barnyards.
Manure in large cities is mostly
j gobbled up by market gardeners, who
oitcn pay much more than farmers can
afford; but the couutry village supplies
can be fairly claimed by farmers who
live in the neighborhood.
The Skeleton, Market.
"The skeleton market at present,"
said a dealer in those gruesome commodities,
"is very dragging. You con get
a first class article nowfojr $35, whereas
the price tftTSe^yeaw sgfTwas $65 and $70.
All the akel'lons^sre getnow are imported.
There is no dutyspn th#m, and American
makers found tbfft the? could not compete.
Just outside of Paris is a colony
which does nothing else but articulate
skeletons, and they^ supply the world.
Men, women and children are employed
in the business at their homes. No, I
wouldn't think it would be a pleasant
place to visit, utile** one enjoyed tho
odors of a desiccating factory. Tho
bones have to be boiled. There is a
skull there in that glass caSe for which
wc have refused $100. Every tooth is in
its place, and the smallest suture shows
perfectly,"'r- Ciwwtwfi Jhtyuirer..
4
Fierce and Fickle.
When John Snowdon a boy he
always hn?l a hobby. One winter it
was coins, and ho daily tormented
every shopkeeper in tho village for odd
specimens; in the spring it was pigeons;
he cold all his coins, begged and borrowed
money from all of the family to
buy fan-tails and rare breeds for his
dovocotes.
Then he suddenly took a fancy to oollcot
autographs. The pigconB were
'neglected, and either died or were
stolen. John was busy in mailing
piteoua appeals to every'man or worn
an of distinction in Europe or America
to write their namee on blank cards for
him.
lie was succeeding very well when
the pursuit lost all intorest for him.
He bought a printing-press. Now he
besieged all his friends for orders?
"Bill-heads, labels and cards, executed
with neatness and dispatch." llofore he
bad executed tlio orders, however, the
delight of typo-setting palled upon
him, aud ho gave it up.
"When John grew to be a man he was a
violent AdoJitiodist for a few yen .
Then he lost all interest in the slaves
and became an ardont vegetorian, who
tormented all his friends and ncnunintancos
by appealing to them to give up
meat nnd live with him on fruits and
vegetables. This hobby lasted but ft
year, ixlion ho took up the cause of
woman suffrage, nnd quarrelled with
ovory one who did not agree with him.
Since that ho lias been, by turns, a
leador among tho Spiritualists and the
Theosophists, and is now?for tho momentr-a
vehement Ritualist.
Ho is a good, eiucoro, well-moaning
man, anxious to find tho truth and to
draw all men with him to find it.
but he draws them with bucIi veliomcnce
that his fiiends avoid him in
terror.
A rational man docs not object to be
puiiect i>v a steam-engine, provided lie
is pulled in one direotion and that the
right ono. But he will not consent to ho
jerked hithor and thither as by the
vagaricB of a restless wind.
John Hnowden's temperament and
habit of thought are vory common in
the world. The life and usefulness of
many n strong, conscientious man have
been paralyzed by them.
If any of our boy-readors And that
thoy aro already inclined to mount a
hobby and lido it rough-shod ovot
other peoplo, let them take warning. It
will not bo possiblo, perhaps, for them
to curb or cool their zeal. Let them
indulge it, remembering, however, that
thgir biothers and classmates have n
right to hobbies of their own, and
should not bo forcod to mount behind
theirs.
When tlioir zeal begins to flag, too,
lot thorn spur it and force it to continue
in the same path. Tho man who is ar
dent in tho pursuit of one object is sue
coHsful. The man who is zealous in tlu
pursuit of a dozen coon ranks as t
feather-headed fool among other men
- Voiitli's C.omvanion.
Chicago's Millionaire.
Tho man who told mo this story lind
something to say about "Old Hutch,"
of course. I never talked to a Board
of Trade man ton minutes without
hearing something about tho lemnrkn
ble old man. Ho seems to bo as persistent
in getting into men's minds
and on their tonguos as was Charles
I. in Mr. Dick's Memoirs. This man
? * ! ? ...
"You can find 'Old Hutch' on ono oJ
tho stools at a cheap lunch-countci
down near tho Board every morning oi
the week. Goes in ihero regularly and
orders i\?o soft-boiled eggs and rolls,
and ho looks nt the chock as closely as
any poor clerk in town. How's that
for a man with his monoy ? Milliom
and millions of wealth, and eating a If
or 120 cent breakfast. But that's his
stylo. Ho surprised mo the other dav.
As long as I've been around the Board,
I novor* saw 'Old Ilntch' wear anything
hut a black slouch bat; hut tlu
other day he appeared with one of tlu
???. ,.4 :th -i 1.4. ~1 #/
ucn-oijin nun?n witil HII1J
brim. Nobody could look at him with
out smiling, nnd tho old man 'tumbled
and only wore it one day. He docsn'l
care for dress, or comfort, or good liv
ing, anyway. He has just one pnssior
in life, nnd that's gambling. He is tin
lirst man on tho Hcor of tho Bonrt
~ at wnyn, i?ml the last one to leave it,
Imagine, if jou can, tho supremo do
light to such n man of running a cor
ner such as he manipulated last Do
comber. But he's almost parsimoniotii
in his doily life. I saw him al
the theater one time alone, Bitting
in a parquet seat without a soul to tall
to. He's a oner;, that's what lie 18."Ch
icaao MaJ.L
An Unanswerable Argument.
Mrn. Noeasli?T don't son nlm vm
can't bo more careful. Yon might nav<
a good deal out of your income if you't
try.
Mr. Nocash?Huh! Look at Light
head. He saved tip $2,OIK) and went t<
a horso race yesterday, bet on th<
wrong horse, and lost every cent of it,
Now Iic'h dead?killed himself. I wai
there with him and lost nil I had, too
but it wasn't enough to botlior abont
?New York Weekly.
A ny Article tb.it baa outlived 24 yeart of com
petiltoi it?id imit.iHoTi. And sells more ahi
more each year. m??it l.ove tueril. Dobbins*'
Llcciiic Soop first inado in 1M is Jint that arti
fit. Ask > our jnoccr far it. lie has it, or ? 11
net it.
bootblack lias u bright future.
The Mother'* Friend, used a few week* be
fore confinement, lessen* the pain and make
In 1 or tiuick and comparatively easy. Sold b;
all Druggists,
The only thing which lent* a good wife I* i
bad husband.
JfafTPctert with sore eyes use Drlsaac Thorn t>
ton's KyeWalcr. Druggists soil at i2V>.per boltU
Sheet * of flume are usual y spread over I
bed oi coal*.
The rexton is the kins of rptdos.
Old smokers p.-cfer "TanslU's Punch" Olga
The court reporter?ller email brother.
Sick Headache
I* a very distressing affect top, generally arising fron
stomach troubles, biliousness and dyspepsia, ant
we frequently flud persons of both sexes subject U
periodic headaches for which they can ascribe n<
direct cause. But the headache Is'o sure Indtcsltor
that there la something wrong Mtqcwbere, nnt
whotevei the cause Ilood's Sarsaparllta Is a reliable
remedy for headache, and for all troubles wblet
cvui W rmiHini n oorreruro ana ropUlor. It cam
dyjpepela, blllonrooaa, malaria, tone* Uia atomacti,
crcatca an appetite, and glrw strength to tbswnw
N. B. Do aare to got
Hood's Sarsapa'illa
Bold by *11 dragglata. $1; alx for gv Proparcd onlj
by C. I. HOOD A OO., Apothre orlea, Lowell, Moaa.
106 Poses One Dollar
due ahsoloier:
SP&B! S! V-FE #4
Nt Om Rt P?r<
It hi a pretty wvtra teat of any doctor's iklll '
wb?ntbar*/p?nt of bis fee is mad* conditional
upon bin oaring bis patient. Yet aftor a
hay I-jr. for many years, observed the thou- 1
onds of mnryeloas coren ofTected In llrer,
blood and long diseases,by Or. Pierce's OoJdon
Medical Dt'oorery, Itn manufacturers feel
a urranted In sel lug it. as tboy are now doing,
through all draggl*'*, the world orer, tinder a
certificate of poeiMvs puorontee that it will
cither benefit or cure In every case of dl-eaee
for whtoh they recommend It, It taken In time
and i iron a fair trial, or money paid for it will
be promptly refunded. Torpid livor, or "biliousness,"
impure blood, skin eruptions, scroful.
us -o ooand swolllnes, consumption (whtoh
in scrofula of the lungs), all yield to this wondurful
medicine. It Is both tonlo or stroogthr
s orlng, and alterative or b pod-cleansing.
Chronic Nasal Catarrh positively cored by
Dr. Base's Keniody. CO cents, by Ax .ggtst*.
There Is noth'ng so boly and inexpensive
ae a nmtei'n love.
for Qire of . j
&
PrdmpuXahoTERMAKEHTIY
^vitHDIIPKETUM nrF^ihJ.
atD(\i1ggi5Ts and]Dfaiei\sIvei^y/He^e
The ChasAVobeler Cq-Baitd-MdTHK
CatarrH
BEST i
REMEDY"
bvffcmno mow FEVEM^sf
COLD in HEAD Hf / <^|h
SNUFFLES
CATARRH.hST-FEVER I
1 a pa~1icle in applied inlu atoh o ntnl mo 1 w lurrj. 1
able. no ciK. at druggists; br mail. registered, >ii '
ill. KLV HKUrilKHb, ml Wirren HI., New Yoril, j
m a a After ALL Oihal
Or Lobb wiii*?. >
Via kliuiij PHIL A., PA.
Twenty yearn' continuous practice In the treatment
and cure M the nufsl efl'eeta sf esrlf
vice, destroy Iua Lotli mlud and body. Medicine
and trcatroeur fur ono month, Five Itollnrs, sent ,
securely scaled from observation to ony address.
Peek on Huclal Discuses free. I
! l|rlUlvlSES^?SflC
[ MM 17[ in7ift-M.wooMJsr.M.n,
WW Atiwntw, OA OOoe ? Whitehall St. i
s i oo to s3oo usvUsia i
us Afp'uta prefe-ro 1 who can furnish their own
, horses snd ilvo lhe:r wliolo tlrno to the business, 1 1
Bpire monieols may i o profitably employed also,
A few vacancies In towns end clile.% B. V. JOHN- i
BON A CO^ 1UI3 Maln ?u. Itlclim .ml, Va.
FRAZERsfSsf
UEST IN THR WORLD 52 R L ? O L
IB" Get the Genuine. Sold Kveryvrhcro.
DACrDII I CHADWICK'N Manual
Mvfc dAIlL ilium*nVte'd ? or "rfPH
eCMT rnrr on application enclosing ns
?Cls I r NCC tic.) stamp, by addressing
thlo holland, p.o. Pox 120, Phila-, Ph.
nlllllftj IIA HIT. Ili.lv Ortnln n..d
IIHK9IIM CUIUS'In the World. I>r.
uI I wm J.L. bTEPHKNS, l?t*non.O
UIIQUCQ' TAMIP KOR onsTiNATR casks
nvonco I UFllVa Chill* ami Fever, Pilinu*
Ftrer, Stcami> Fever*. More effective than quinine.
Try it. Dmiwiili Aaue If. Inalst oil liavtDR Ifcl* tonlr.
1 Fink Bloodkd Cattle, Sheep. Ho.fi,
Poultry. Sporting Dogs for ??le. Catalog'*
[ with 180eng'v'B/>w. N.I'.Hiiyw> Co.,C|o?lt?Tlll?,l,?.
IIAIIC ^Tl) l? Y. nook-krei-lair. lliiatnrae Forma,
f MUHIC prnm-.iiBt.il', Art ln.i'ilo, short hand,etc.,
i II thorourh'y tauwl.t by MALI,. lirc.imri irw.
' Ilrywnt'e College. 437 Main at. Unffalo, N. T.
npAl.VH mm. CO I i.v.i k. Philadelphia. p*
l XT Bchoian.htpandiKwUlPD.S.'iO. Write lor circular.
I PEERLESS DYES &!"&???
1 Money in Chickens
> Jf yon know how to jaroperlv out
y? f , for II.rin Vor'i.l renin In hUiiiiS
If von ran procure a lOO-l'ACIK HOOK
I tit / V fIvIi.k llie experience of > pncll,
/ t* eal 1' nltry lltlwr not an am*
/ S tenr. but n man working lor do.?
[ "klma and rrnt?dnrinK a perl d of
-Jn vnn. It trtcli.? yon bow te
^ _ 0i Petrel nn<l Cnro Piaeaaofl: to Fed
i V 1-* for Vers and al*o fo V ttenlnai
1 I wl.lrh Fowl* to Havo for IlroedlnJ
t II Furrow a: and everything, ndoed,
roe abould karw on (hie anl.jrot to make It Profitable.
Sent pogtpairt fo tide. IKIOK PJL!B?
I UOUHb 13 4 l.roneril btreet, N. V. City.
1 BRYANT & STMT
BmA Keepftiff. 1 Port Jlntidj Tefeyrap!
ifrite/er f.'entlogne anil /Salt in/win
mm
I r/CI* nnl HVJ !!!!^^:^
t WKM pLSO's REMEDY FOR
gjgB certain. For Cold in the iloi
It is an Ointment, of wliic
Ibfflfi to tho nostrils. I'rlco, 60c.
PAN YOU
A CAI in
When you pee one? Know
9 whether he is free from Spavin,
Splint and Sprain, or the many
; troubles to which Horses are
r liable?
* And if you can delect imperfect
ions, do you know how to
; treat the animal so as to do
% away with the trouble and thus
?reatly increase the value of the .
Iorsc ?
r Do you even know the proper
name of the different parts of
the animal, such as I'astern,
Stifle, Ilock, &e. If not, you
| cannot claim to be much of a
horseman. Can you tell the ago
I and hundreds of other points arc
! ORn mn.Dorrn llliinf
; &uu.iuu~i agciiiuoii
It teaches you to pick out a g<
md so guard against fraud; det<
when same is possible; tell the ag
r, the different parts of the animal;
&c., Ac.
We will forward, postpaid, on
: HOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE, I
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TO* WAR BTOKT
?or?
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^wgHBMBuA ??t?
^ HHrlB John Etlcn Cooke. v ^. ,
AMBra vSa Thi. iiiriuing ^"??2s
H A^SE few* blstorto dtory.
Kim which has bttit
if
been such It
/ij? fc^M great demand la
vK SvMCMprioM *1
M wS many msgutflH
KB rent llluatrajBJ
tions. There has
navor been a
tnore popular
book lb rough nut tho 8onthern Slates than "Hobbt
3r folk's nwtt.m Many Jeers bare passed alnoa
the thrilling aconea herein recounted of the
floods of valor of the Confederate Soldier, vet
Ihe interest, by those who fought withJtahfcy,
Stuart, Johnston, lloanregard, Jarkson and Lee,
In tho canso for which they so desperately and
bravely battled, wilt never grow lees. This
thrilling story pielures not alone Joy end sorrow,
>nd a love sweoily told, but Is filled wltn hietoria
Incidents of the great contest between the South
ind tho North. Horn Is a book for the old Ex*
Uonfcderate, to recall to hltn the vivid acenea of
Ihe greatest Civil War ever known, to callback
Mr own campaigns, nnd tell him of tho mighty
Chieftains, dear to tho momory of every one who
wore Ihe Oray,
" Surry of Eaglo's Noat" will And a welcome
In every Southern homo. That It mev be within
the reach of every one, it is publish oil at tlic low
raicxor $h though a larok, hakdsomk volume.
DSAtmrULLT ILLUSTBATAD AMD KLEOAKTLT BOUND.
GOLD ONLY DY SUBSCRIPTION.*
' As thn d-mnnd for thia old yrvoarra boos
tehieh hat bun cut cf print to Inng, will be large,
and applications for agencies very numerous, all
whodestm to act as Agonta should wrllofor terms
and uulokly aoouro ohoico of territory.
Q. W. DILLINGHAM, Publlshor,
S3 Wo-.t J?3tl r.t.. Now York*
UNO ill)
LOOK AT THB f
Clieapcet andbest (Jrrit'nit- /- ?
AMierlcnu Dictionary at /vV
IInvauprncedrntedly low prlco >'?
"fll. li'2<i handsome pawcs. ? I
bound In Mack cloth. KiurUtdi
wonta Willi Orrman optica- f * \ !
Ionia and rron?nclatiou. ami ' ii. /.I] VV*
Herman word* with Ptmltsh ^y.Jv^fiVS
leliuitlona, ao that it you lioar P-^t- Cw-.AW
a Herman word and want to f V/?J
know itin Knirllnh. y<*i look in
r>ne part of the book, whilo 11 'JVV'AI 1
rou want to tranalate an Kn?- f \ /Z /$ A*
lleli word In to Herman > on look Liv /J/ V
into nn thrr part. Ponlpaid, fi. /TNVA ^
IJOOK PUiXllOUaB, la* Leonard 8t.. N. fT?ty
SMITH'S BILE BEANS
Hot on the liver ami lille, clear the completion, car*
Idllonancaa. nick headache, coeltveneaa, malaria and
all liver and etomnch disorder*. The amall el re ore
moat convenient for children? very anittll and easy
to take. Price of etlliMi- also 3.V. per bottle.
A panel aim I'lltlTII-tt It A V IJlf Kof the above
ntetnie. "Biasing at J?17?ill," mailed on receipt of
Sc. Htntup. Address the ninkora of the great AntlBile
llomedy?"lllle Henna."
J. V. SMITH A: CO., 8t. i-oula, Mo.
^MOTHERS
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Newspaper Readers* Atlas.
Colored Mann of cacli Stat) and Territory i
A .ho Star- o- i Country in tho World j
. ,tA? Ki*r' the aju.re mil* a of rarli State, frtt'f*
BT inent, |? pnlatlon, chief rltlee, average toin>T
S, iierature, salary of nrtk-lal*, number of
furna, tiielr production*; the ralue; man\|WS?\
ufa? turoa, nunil>er of employes, etc. ; alio
T Ly\ area <f each Foreign Country, form of
V^r^N gorrmment. population. product*,amount
?>? trade, religion, *l*e of army and telograph,
nnntlicr of honor, rattle, rhoep, Ac.
WL F.vmv laaiLT nitotho iiarr. use.
i >e< *. 01 full faaei Mai-a. Postpaid f<*tftc.
? oa rt'?. Itot'ttt, l?4 Iwnrt m., H. T. Wty.
11 t prewrlho nnd fo'ly on?1orao
lilx <J at lh< only
Gore*to arorlflc lortliocertai .cuia
SVl TO ft liATB.Wl of thin (ll-enee.
iSSgWaaraatMd uoi taV 0.11.1M<1 KA It AM, M. It.,
gj caasaSteUtara. " AniftUrdam, N. Y.
Mrdeely tiy tha Wo hnv? sold. Itlg Q for
vBV OiDQlnaatlJlWfg faction.
OMo.^a It. It. aJVCTT^RftCO^,
- .7rv B ft 1.00. Hold by Druse'laln.
rON Business College
st&T: LOUISVILLE. KYJ
ng|PV| Tie Bat
CKER'sr
RKKIa warrinUd waterproof, and will |t?+p yon dry Is
new I'OMNKf* PI.KTCKH In n p+rWl rl.lln* coat, ?nd
. H*wnro of Imitations. Nona rettnfna a lfh?nt Hit "Kuta
Initiated Catalogu* ft**, A. J. Tower, Bostoo, Mast.
CATAURII?Beat. Easiest H
of is immediate. A cure is MS&j
td it has no etiual. gaj||]
?H es? Sw
h ii small particle is appliod^^MST
Sold by druggists or sent BS8
. Hazeltinb, Warren, Pa. H||
TELL
ID HORSE
of a Horse by its teeth ? These
given in our ^
- III n
raiea Horse hook.
X)d Horse; know imperfections
ect disease and effect a cure
;e by tlie teeth; what to call
how to shoe a horse properly,
receipt of 20c? in stamps.
134 UcenarcJ Sto N. Y? city,
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