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p??!L rus mtwhlle sower |H ^P*-1' "% " ' Home'' (loth bring. H v bv day we're sowing hero Seeds lor the harvest time, If wisely, surely will appear H Fruitago, in deeds sublime! But if iu sinful pleasure r Our early lives are |Mssed Borrow, in deepest measure. Will nil our pup at last. ?/I. Af. WuUiron, in IKrs(<ni Itural, PKAS .VXD I'OTATOKS. In somo sections of Maine, where canning of vegetables is carried ou to acou.U.xl.1.. .......... ? ? uvinuio caicui, me luriuers wrop a pea with each piece of potato us planted. The two thrive well together; the pens yield a good crop for the runner, and do not perceptibly interfere with the potato yield. We regard this a good plan, as j wo do the planting of cucumbers among ?? early corn, securing a good crop of each. ?Amerioin Agriculturist. \ THE POTATO BLIOIIT. In many parts of New England and New York potato blight and rot have ,played havoc with the potato crop, carrying disappointment to the farmer. (However, throughout the country an average crop of potatoes is expected. In j Canada and the Provinces a large yield is reported. Hence, whatever may be the I scarcity in certain localities, aud what- i ever the hardship in individual cases, yet ^ wc are not to have a (totato famine or an era of extraordinary prices. Just now, in fact, potatoes are lower in price iu j ooston, since me signs of rot are causing farmers to send along their stock quite rapidly. Later on prices will stiffen, anil wc may not expect so low a range of prices to prevail this full as was the case last year.?American Gnttimtor. v WASTE OK WIND POWER. Why is not the power of the wind more often made available on farms for doing light work? asks the New York Timtn. The windmill has long been useful and ' in many localities has been synonymous | with a corn or Hour mill, cheaply grind- | ing the farmer's grain and adapting itself I automatically to the changeful brce7.es. | And now that these engines have been greatly improved they seem to be vanish- | ing out of use. This is to be deplored. : \ For the light work of pumping water, j ^ cutting fodder, grinding gram, shelling j B corn, thrashing, cutting up silage or cut P iting firewood, a windmill may repay its I cost at least once every year, and with J bcaroiul usage may Insi forty or fifty years, ' or l>e replaced piecemeal, as it wears, in that time, ami then be as good as new. I A windmill attached to a barn or a silo is 1 L evidence of the good sense, thrift and v spec lability of the farmer who owns it, Jwna-r/iTm;n'lWl,i ? n.?n hiu.vo. I waste money uselessly. 1 COMPACT TIIK WIIKAT C,HOUND. Wheat succeeds best in a compact seed i bed; one in which the particles are not fused into masses, but in which they are | distinct and in close contact. Hence, in i the preparation of ground for wheat, the > roller and liarrower shouhl be used as j much to compact the seed bed its to pul- I rveri/e the clods. In such a seed bed ~\ there is greatest capillarity; moisture aud heat are most generally and ciptahly dii- j fused through the ground. Jvjieh grain of seed is likely to liml those conditions h ussenuui 10 germination, aim nu: plains those favorable to growth. When the I wheat is sown there is often a deficiency ' H of moisture in the upper soil; but if the 1 H seed bed has great capillarity, moisture will be lifted from it. In a compact \ seed-bed there are 110 holes in which ater can collect, and the capillary con- ; dition prevents an excess of moisture I about the roots. TU. ; - mpncs?~injured by stagnant water about ' K if it came this is u,s,> chiefly respon- j iT^,.>e serious heaving out of wheat | W ' ?*? ,u a compact Seel hcl the W -p., a 9Ur!r huhl than when | farm in tkif^ r|j?j, (|lt. sides of holes 01 . therefore, 1 Finally, such a seed bed most > to the cof^yields plant food, and the plant 2ft r?r make a stronger growth against frost 1 and insects, or more readily recover from 1 ? l\ their attacks.?American Agricultur'ut. \ -ky' S APPI.K8 KOU KKKDIKt; STOCK. The use of apples for feeding stock j \ was more general last year than ever bet fore, because there was no other way to ; dispose of them. Farmers linvu in most j cases believed that apples had little or 110 ' feeding value, ami thousands of bushels have gone to waste on the ground when 'the owners had abundant stock to con- } / sumo them. There have been instances, | of course, wfmro cows nave oroiren mro ! orchards and gorged themselves with tin- ! ripe fruit, and the same is true of grain . S.lw.atu K.O fliat .!/?<?? Mot iir/iv'i> fti.it. cither I arc not useful when used in moderation. ! One man iu town fed a colt, all last fall ' principally on apples. No grain was used, and it was estimated that this roll made a gain of 100 pounds in weight. Other farmers found nothing increased ?hc flow of milk so much as a moderate supply of apples. One man says lie made > "nin rif ti.ii mi'irt.i of milk tier (lav hv P*""" " Vl " 'l"*" j u feeding four and <i half bushels of apples to eight cows, which makes a gain of forty-six quarts to the cow. Dr. (iocssBHL maun finds that the analysis of apple B pomtee indicates n feeding value nearly equal to that of corn ensilage. HgH Has not the time arrive*I when apple ^HRH^Bnomace will have a value as certain asany ther fee*ling material? To those who ^PP^^^Bever fed their stock apples, I would say P^BpBpy it and see if you cannot get as good ^pH^^Hhoilts as you can hy carrying them to cider mills.?1Veto Enjlttnd HomeHI O***H v ? don't fkak the bees. ^PV\ Just before swarming bees fill themselves with honey, which supports them in their new home until they get to ?- 1? tn.:? ovoo<.<lin.dv [' worn again. i mi r?M.uuiHij fortunate thing for tin; beekeeper, as it tnakcH them much more kindly ami easily handled than they otherwise would be. With bees, as with men, they are bf9t lint tired when on a full stomaeh. In the colder portions of the c ountry protectlpg the hives is necessary, either by placing thcin in cellars or packing in | J- ' and in th< winter 01 In handling bee ^^^^^^^^^^P^ronderful protection. them or tries to driv is quite sure to bo stung ^ PTt must bo admitted thut there i P^nethiug about persons that gives to i few immunity from bee sting that oth ere cannot obtain. The safest way for the average l>e? keeper is to protect one's self as well ai possible by the dress. Use a smoker nor proceed as you would nt>out any othc work, takiug care not to crush or injun a bee. Occasionally a colony will attnet a horse that hns beeu driven or led to< near their stand. When this oecurs thej often exhibit a viudictiveness and perse verauce that is not only wonderful bu dangerous. Horses that have lieet heated I?y driving ami become sweaty an more obnoxious to them thiin the sanu animals would be when in their norma condition, grazing near the hive. FARM AND OARDEN NOTES. Don't forget to fix that hinge to tin pasture gate. It takes a man, in the strongest sense of the word, to be a farmer. If you use a steam thresher, have a few pails of water handy; in case of fire the} may prevent serious loss. Where oats or other small grains are raised for hay, the best time to cut is just as they are in full bloom. It is making use of little savings that makes the garden pay. Utilize everything when it is at its In-st. Remember that an extra girl in the kitchen for a few days, often prevents the doctor from calling for several days. The great secret of success in gardening is manure and thorough cultivation. Do not hesitate to spend money for good fertilizers. It costs no more to feed good stock than poor, and it is no more expense t?i handle good manure than poor, hence care should he taken to have the best. Hardly anything gives a farm a more slovenly appearance than a fringe of hushes around everv field, and ehimns of ? K brush growing in the middle of them. If you have a Inwu mower lay it away early in the fall. The lawn will be all the better next year and last longer if allowed to make a strong growth of grass this fall. llow much more delightful rural life would appear,and how much the drudgery of farming would l?e lightened, if only the outward surroundings of the home were made attractive. Peter Henderson said in a recent public address that no one should engage in market gardening after passing middle life, nor one who has a feeble constitution, for to lie prosecuted successfully the owner must put his own shoulder to the wheel. This demon of waste is the tiend that is eating out the profits of our farmers. Keeping unprofitable cows, feeding weather-beaten fodder, and doing everything in the most expensive manner, ami then wasting their breath, calling themselves practical. Early hatched pullets will soon he laying, ami will he laying steadily nil winter with proper attention. As they are L*i?? m 1 * * ? - ' J ' ? Unrix! In rm, Inir.illwn' I lliinl/1 olnnlr will ...... V. ...V, ............ become too fat or the pullets too loan. The cream from bran fed milk rises slowly and is hard to chum. When tho butter is made it will be pale rather than the golden yellow from the creaui of cows fed on corn meal. Bran should be fed to young, growing stock rather than to cows. It. is rich in phosphate and makes an excellent manure. A barnyard lid feet by 100 feet, savs Professor Roberts, contains almost exactly a quarter of an acre. In the State of New York there are thirty-two inches of rainfall. An inch of rain means one hundred tons of water per acre. A quarter of an acre means twenty-five tons. Kight hundred tons of rain fall on that I 1*11 v.x.rlv It is probably true that deep plowing is better for wheat than for almost any other crop that the farmer can grow. It is all the better for the wheat cron if some subsoil free from vegetable r* ?... ii< to me sririaee. It may be a rich seed bed, but cultivation will pulverize it, and the subsoil is apt on good wheat land to be richer in phosphate and mineral plant food thau soil nearer tho surface. It is to get phosphate from the subsoil that some wheat growing farmers have plowed more deeply than they otherwise would do. Intelligent Horses. It is a great mistake to imagine that all the best trained and most intelligent horses are to be seen in circuses. I have handled horses all my life, and never saw anything very wonderful in an animal being taught tricks in a ring which is always the same size. There are hundreds of horses which know more and understand signs better than any circus horse I ever saw; and, what is more, they will obey anywhere and under any conditions, w hich a so called educated horse probubly would not. The rtn- brigade horses, of course, are illustrations of this, and many express wagon horses are only a degree; less intelligent. I make a round ol calls every day. At some places there is nothing for us three days out of four, and when there is no card in the window the horse keeps going. Hut if he sees thi < ;ird In- stons of his own accord and hacks up, no matter how heavy the traffic is And at places where there is no card h< will stop ami wait while I go in to inquire If I don't conie out at once he conclude! there is something and hacks up. If thai isn't evidence of reason and thought ] would like to know what is. ? Globe l)cm?rra(. Key to I'cniiuiiiNhip. Handwriting has its characteristics and is a study in itself to those who wanl to Im-comic familiar with its jieculiarities says tin; St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Il can very easily he told whether a persm whose writing you want to identify is t man or a woman, a mi; y adult. 1 is very seldom a handwriting assumes it perinnnency before the writer is twenty live years old. The ngo of the writing can approximately he determined by va rious methods. If it has a Spencerini appearance you may know It is writtei after 1SH2, as at that date the Spenceriai system w;is introduced. If it is the bind aniline ink that is generally used every where now, you may know it was writ ten after hS7Ji. The older inks had iro j or some diluted dyestufT for n basis, am | preceded the aniline. An analysis of th writing will most generally determine th | date of the writing. : TEMPERANCE. 8 I MOTHER AKO CHILD. 0 Drunk and disorderly?so it ttm said. ' Into the court-room the culprit was led. There on her dark and unwomanly faces Lingered the signs of hor shame and disgrace. 1 Boiled with the mud in whose depths she had lain- w All the sweet instincts of modesty slain? Standing so boldly there, * Waiting so coldly there, , Hearing her sentence with sullen disdain. I Sternly tbo Justico looked down from his r mat? , Down at the woman who stood at bis feet; j Wondering how she had wandered so far ^ : From the clear heights where the virtuous j p are. I f Ah, how unlovely she seemed in the gloom, J There in that dismal and crowded court- t room, ] ( Treading unthinkingly, s i Going unshrinkingly 1 , Ou to the depths of lier terrible doom 1 ( t Suddenly, strangely, his featur ?s grew mild> t I There 011 her breast lay a pure little child, j Smiling at him with such iuuocent eyee, 0 Blue in their depths on the bonny blue skiej. ? t)ver her shoulder it struggled to climb, Sweetly unconscious of sorrow or crime, e , Laughing so merrily, |( Beautiful, verily? l'air as a lily-bud l'ound iu the slimo. c Voftly he snoko to the woman--and then >')ut from that dim, noisy court-room again n Bore she her Iwby, with falteriDg tread? Freed for the sake of that innocent head. ? lust for a moment the bonny wee child , Backward looked over her shoulder an! 2 1 smiled; ? Lying so sweetly there? v Cursed so completely there. c By tbo foul touch of those tingers defiled. e ' Sadly the justice bent over bis book, , Asking himself, ns he thought of that look, . l'l>r..??l. ~rl?? ??l -? J J 1 ....vu&m ? miv uhi n |/uuinuj9 Ui Pill ttUU UOceit Fortuue woultl carry those small, winsomo Y feet. J Ah, that n blossom so teudoV shouhl rest There on that hard uud unwomanly breast! fj One so imdutiful ^ Crowned with the beautiful! Bin by the glory of motherhood blest. " Think of it, fathers, when sweet eyes of brown " Wateli thro' the window your comiug from u 1 town? ?! s Flump little feet patter over the floor, Eager to meet your warm kiss at the door; ? Tiny wee hands draw your chnir to its !* place? Fairy-like forms clamber up to your face? P Cherished so carefully. Nurtured so prayerfully, ' Kept from all knowledge of sli&me or dis- 11 grace. * Orenm of it, mothers, when hdlnbies sung * Over the cradle so tenderly swung " Blend with the laugh of the baby that lies Worm in tho light of your watchful blue eyes. Ah, but how proudly you guard her from J? harm, | Keeping her safe from nil thought of alarm? Kissing, caressing her, " Lovingly pressing her 8,1 Close to your heart in your sheltering arm. 86 ?Welly V. Simmons, in Chicago Times. n: 1/ IT cnAT.LENRKR RKSPKI T. The National Womun's Christian Temper- h< once TTnion, which holds its sixteenth annual c? convention in Chicago from the 8th to the th 12th of November, is an organization prob- n( ably unique in history. tt is ? ? n posed CI wholly of women. It has nothing to do at with politics, except as all social reforms aro th in their broader sense political. The two al words "Christian"' and "Temperance"' in its gc title indicate the special lines of work within wi which it exerts its energies. In the rnmill- iei cations of these it touches even such subjects it as public sanitation and private hygiene, on 1*1 the theory that right conditions of physical to life make the ls>st basis for moral develop- eh nient. Total abstinence from traffic in, or an consumption of, alcoholic stimulants is a car- '" i dinal principle of the society; anil other de- pe jmrtincnts of domestic morals receive a large sometimes' charged" with too radical nonrttw It of reform.and occasionally erring on the side an of hasto in scrutinizing laws and pushing sit measures of importance, the influence pf tho bj Union is wholesome, nud every good citizen th can atTonl to encourage its work with his ro countenance, and, where desired, with finati- wi cial aid. An organization which, even at tho 1* end of sixteen years, has by its own efforts K built up a system of lfl,0tk) local auxiliary brandies, spread a network of juvenile so- Gi cicties over the territory from Tampa Bay to bl l'uget Hound, established a publishing house hi with an annual issue of OO.ilOO.DOO pages ami pi a newspaper organ of tiO.OOO circulatitn,chal- m lenges universal respect for the business abil- sa ity and force of character of the w omen who th have bad charge of its fortunes.? Washing- nr toil Star. ot th THE KTATCE OK THE HALOOX. Senator f'olquitt, of Georgia, in a recent address is reported as saying: hi They have in New York harbor a statue of sti Lil>erty?American liberty ? and a grand L< conception it is. But what would it I* if ni modeled according to the idea of the advo- in rate of tho liquor traflle??a reeling, red-eyed, bj il..l.1^-i?- 1 --- 1-1- ' - a r.vutn . I.ih, MUi.aui mail, IIIIU Ut Ills IWltt Of woman crouched, with licr hands uplifted to '(* ilutttan >s<iH>m.lirariAniiiiiAtninHi invtrei1 ih or, her brow bleeding from blows inflicted th by his hands. That is the idea of liberty as so conceived by the men who advocate the sa- to loom tli U TEMPERANCE NKWS AND NOTES. Liverpool, England, has a deaf and dumb ^ tciii|H>rauce league. ax The Armenian church at Berlin lias started I> a total abstinence society. di As many as 717,748,854 gallons of malt liquor were consumed in the United States last year. Nearly all of it was produced in J11 the Republic, only 3,300,000 gallons being im- ,l' ported. ^ Mr. Frank J. Sibley, who lias an interest. In j the new town of Deinorest, (?a., says: "We are ,, tho only toxvn builders' who ever attempted p from tho beginning to forever exclude tho cj three great vices." i There is not a brewery or distillery or n bar- d relof bonded liquor ill all the State of Kan- e: sas. There is but one pauper in every 1358 fi or tno population, nna mutiy 01 i no city ana county jails are empty. a The Church Temperance .Society, which has its headquarters in New York city, pro- ? puuiii to usLuIiIikIi a coffee liuiuu there at au C early date. with a view of giv ing the system * a thorough and practical trial. a Sinmn Short, of Bristol, England, is recog: ' nized as the father of the Coffee Palace movenient. He is as hale and hearty when, tlfty , years ago, lie was the onlv alistainer in a y gang of MOO workmen in a dockyard. j, The cow-keepers of Itenares, who number li i 80,000, have decided to expel liquor drinking h i from their caste; and other castes are follow- h ing the example. In this way 50,000 of the c hard-working inhabitantsliave lately become c i total atistainers. 3 A lending worker makes the following for- ' 4 cible comparison: "Canyon imagine aoeau- 1 t tiful church with an elegant wine and tobacco 1 , room attachment? And yet I knew a man 1 1 who said his Imdy was the temple of the * Holy (lliost, who makes a tobacco storeroom 1 of his cheek.'' William Cooderham, a millionaire philan- J thropist, and temperance advocate, died sud- ( I denly on a recent night of heart disease, wlillo ? J attending a prayer meeting at Toronto, Canf i twin 11 r? li'iH iiiut. (IniclipH fi urn vor ntul m ndn t way for a cfergymau to rend n portion of k Scripture, when ho fell to the floor a corpse. He had always enjoyed the best of health. j 1 Thousands al people are visiting the pa- t I vilion of the woman's Christian Temperance | t Union at. the Paris E*js)sition. English leaf- c u lets aro l?eing translated into French. Per- | sons of all nationalities aro taking away | small packages of literature for private | ' translation and distribution, (treat inter- c est is manifested in the history of \V. C. T. | ^ U. work. Many visitors have signed the | pledge. Ixindon will before long Is- able to declare I II that it is a more temperate city than Paris, k as the number of existing drink licenses in | London have not been allowed to increase of I late years, whilst the dram shops of Faris i have risen from !i4,000 in 18HO to nearly 80,- | n 000 In the present vear. In thirty years the il consumption of alcohol In FYance has tre0 hied, and in ten vears it has doubled, the average consumption being twelve quarts for ca.^h male adult. The most temperate parts . of France are the wine-growing districts of ' the south. I 8ujTjE school. NrBKNATK^AI, IiKMSON KOlt n, -dAUb- Ark Brotgbt ;to im zioi^^?i^Jh?i-*i, l ia coKion at ,, Texts ^nuittlk?Coinmep- ("; Lriiou. E David over all Israel, and laving takvlwNbroncDoId of the Jebunites. tv vhkrh up to tha time had bwo a continued n Usgrace in'thetf midftt, he at once thinks of b? Ark pf God, pitches a tent for it in rernaaleta (v. 17) and proceeds to bring it IV hither. As soon as Israel, redeemed from 0f SgTpt and brought down to lit. Hinai, otered into a covenant with Jehovah to bo lis peculiar people, a kingdom of priests hi El llr . & ftt Ha tvtmmxnda/l TaEnmenla o b? erected, in which He might dwell in hoir midst as their King and Lawgiver, ihfl Ark of the covenant wan the first vessel n i >f the Taberaable concerning which He ij ave commandment to Moses, and a knowldge of it and it* significance and' history is ssential to a right understanding of this cl 1. "Again, David gathered together all the hoson men of Israel, thirty thousand." The Ul irevlotH chkpter tells in its closing verses of ho gathering of Israel to defeat their ene- n] aies the Philistines, and how David, on two .. liferent occasions and by different methods, J1 ucccssfollv overcame them, being guided by 111 he I -ord in answer to prayer (ehap. v., 103); hut this is a gathering not to overcome neniuu, but to rejoice in the Lord; and it 11 roe held after due consultation with the g< aptniuu of thpnginf'* and hundreds and n< very tatdenrtfT r< JW-WCTt-R.) 2. "And David arose, and went with all be people * to bring up from thence 1' he Ark of God." The margin of this verse, G nd also I dir. xiti.fi. says that they went (1 ? Banish, that is, to Kirjath-iearim; the ark : ad lieen here ia the house of Abinadab since he time when the Philistines sent it home in new cart drawn by two milk cows, leaving ni heir calves slutt up at home. It had Iteeu nth the Philistines seven months, the Taberaclo being at HhUoh, from whence CI lie ark had been taken. (I Sam. V( r., 7). "Which ia called bv the Name, even ni tie Name of the Lord of Hosts that sitteth pon the cherubltn." (R. V.) Here is the lost intimate association of the Ark with <* le name f>f Jehovah; it is a wondrous type in f the Ixird Jesus Christ as the end of too cf iw for rightaousness to every ono that 1>^evetli (Rom. 4); as our mercy seat or ropitiation for ains (compare Heb. ix., 5. 11 rid Rom. ili., 23, R. V. margin); and as ono rith His chqrch, the light and glory of earth ? i the days of the New Jorusalom. Tlio . ood and gold are suggestive of the human- ul y and divinity of Christ; the mercy seat is st xplainedliy the passages already given; the y ibles of testimony, safely kept In tho Ark, _ |i?nni nuii woo came to luittu nil right- p uisness, and ot whom it is written: "I do- 1 ghttoThy my God: yea, Thy law within my heart" (Pa. sL, 8), while the ir longht that the chenibim represent the lurch, His body, is sufficiently established 11 f the factthat they were beaten out of the u ime pieces of gold which formed the mercy r< at (Ex. xxv., 1U, margin). w 3. "And they set the Ark of God upon a jw cart." David failed to inquire of the Vl ord in thin matter, else wo should not bnve n id this sad record. He know better, for >ar him: "Then David said, none ought to y irry the ark of God but tho Invites. for * em hath the Lord chosen to carry the Ark ft 'God, and to minister unto Him forever (I ti hr. xv., 2). Why then did ho not do right . the first ? Some of us would say, I didn't . i link, or it didn't seam necassary to pray >out so small a matter: tlioro was no dan- 11 r, you know; it wasn't like going to war n' itli the enemy, just going over to Kirjnthsritn to bring the Ark of Jerusalem, and if came all right in a new cart from tho pl liilistincs, why not bring It in a new cart o Jerusalem ? So David had to learn by 01 list iseniont that God's appointed way is the p ly way, and that He will not tolerate any L new cart business" among His redeemed J ople. B 4, \ "Ahis svent before tho Ark; and si -wtftw fcrdUtf e lufaymftrtu WgiXm vtMtxr, ' id the man whcTwbiud dare to find fault, ?' nply because the Ark was in a cart drawn ? r oxen instead of being on the shoulders of e Lovites. would deserve to be called nar- _ w minded and a croaker; nevertheless ho tn 3uId stand in the minority with God, and 6t| i a blessed man even though against the tic in8- .... . i of o. "Uzzah pat forth bis hand to tho Ark of ttI> rxl, and took hold of It: for the oxon stum- Jy ed." (Margin and Q. V.) The worst stum- Ji e was on the part of David when he em- n? oyed this method, but that wan not no th anifent nor did it seem to endanger the i>o fety of the Ark as much na this stumble of t?tl e oxen. The danger of a wrong step does ?* )t always appaar at first., and the sin is T* ten made manifest only through failure on j., e part of those not directly responsible. tic 7. "The anger of the Lord was kindled , joinst ITzzah, and Qod smote him there for .J s error." Uxzah signifies strength, and (jv rength is a good thing, but the work of the 3rd is not dependent upon tho strength of 1 en; His strength is made perfect in our nl" eolcness, and His work is accomplished not *] r the might or power of man but by the >irit of the Lord of Ilosts (II Cor. xii.. 9; N< e high prtLt 35>.4-r?ilrS8fiJ*? o holy vessels to be carried, and that the ro ns of Kohath, who carried them, were not tl< touch theui, nor even go in to see when Jo iey were covered, upon pain of death; zxah in taking hold of tho Ark disobeyed ^ lis command, as did also the men of Bethicmesh (I Sam. vi., 19); although there . ems to have been some reason for Uswab's t, and there was none whatever for them, earn that there can be no excuse for disolxv w ience. * ' 8. "And David was displeased." It is a JJJ ui affair when the servant of the Lord, l?e M b King or peasant, becomes displeased with 1a Mnctnr If. chftwt hnw ill nyw leads to other sins and striked at the efy root of fellowship with God. A God of ove can do no wrong, can by no means mi iakc n mistake, and tho only right thing for [is children to do is to walk with Him in heerf JI submission. ? 11. "And David was afraid of the Lord that ay." Another result of his sin, which prayr aud obedience would have saved him Ai rom. tx 10, 11, "The I/ord blessed Obed-edom, and w 11 his household." David refused at that ^ me to havo any tiling more to do with the g, irk, and so it was carried into the house of ibcd-udoni, whc>sit^amedthroo months i threemonths blossmg ror Ubca-edom ana three months' loss to David, for tho inferuce is that David did not return to the Lord i * dth all his heart during this period, but con- ?i inued out of fellowship with God. ?l 12. "So David went and brought up the til irk of God from the house of Obed-edom ito the city of David with gladness." Ho a cars of tho blessing that has come to the .mine of Obed-edom, and now does what he hould.'have done three months before. Ho nnfet*e* his sin, saying to the Levites, as ho b; ailed upon them to bear the Ark: "Because re did it not at the first, tho Txml our God made a breach upon us, for that wo nought r Him not after the dno order." But now the ' rxivlt.-s having sanctified themselves, l?are the Ark of Oou upon their shoulders, with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded, ae- f ording to the Woril of the Lord (I Chr. x v., I l2-fr?). Ijcani tlie blessedness of strict obedi9U0O and learn also that warn Jesus is received and honored in a heart, or home, or church. His blessing will be there, others will J ie# or hear <rfit ana seek Him for themselves, i ?Kesson /fegqfr-. DAI*ft ICRS FROM BRER PRINKING. In appearance the beer drinker may be he picture .of, health, hut in reality he is i bostJaqm^i! of resisting disease. A slight , njury, a or a shock to the body >r mind wjfi emdfticmly provoke acute difiaee, nidinyTaifW. Compared with other nobrfstMwiiojM different kinds of alcoho), le is more' iuctowble and more generally disased. It Is onr observation that beer think- ' ng in this count*/ produces the very lowest 5 dnd of inebriety, closely allied to criminal 1 nsanity. The most dangerous clam of ruffians n our large cities are beer drinkers. Inell-ctually a ?*upor amounting almost to >nralysi8 immwrenon, changing nil the ligher faculties Into mere animalism, omiial, Mlflsb, slaffgfah, varied only with mroxyrma ofaagn1, wnelen and brutal.? Scientific American. i Doubmc-XNUX? stockings are made 'or children, and where there are twins ihoro is double need of thtua. LIGHT AND BR1GUT. Complete list?Luorezius Borgers. The rivers furnish the most cnrrcnt jws. Evert 1st man has a theory on how > dispose of the surplus. Has the horse who wins bj a bare ?fc any advantage over a pretty girl Charlie Mitchell has gone back to ngland. Thus we get rid of at least' lo English "sparrer." She?I wouldn't marry yo'u for $20, K). He?But I havo $50,000. She? , well, that's difforont. One reason that riches have wings is tat the goverinont insists on putting igles on ono side of the dollars. A Texas farmer wants to know what ) ought to got for "kicking cows." ive years, if you do it habitually. It is a good thing, sometimos, to trim [> a tree, occasionally, and it helps o >y, somotimes, to bo trimmed down. Old Maid?Don't toll such bloodlrdling stories; you make my teeth ratter. Old Beau?Look out they ?A #.11 A [)U I IMU OIU. A Financier?Dorothy, I think yon o droudfully extravngant to lmy all ioso things. "But my dear Rufus, J id them charged." Landlady?lie careful how yAu whip tat carpet. It's a very flue niece of khIs. Tramp (working for nis dinar)?Yos'in. It's hard to beat. Mas. Garble (reading a newspaper) i India the wonion are shut up. Mr. abble?Thoy are, eh ? I didn't know tat it was possible to shut up a woman i any country. I see that you are an enthusiastic ember of the American party." "Yes, is our only recourse against pernious immigration." "How long have >u lived in this country." "Six onths." Convicted Beggar?''Your Honor, uildn't 3 ou change my sentence of uprisonmont into a fino? "No; that I innot do. And whero would you got 10 money if I did ?" "I could beg a ttlo every day until I hnd enough. Minihti r (to Johnny on his knees)? ihore do we find any montion of gainling in tho Bible? Johnny?In the ory of David. Minister ? What! >'hou did David ever gamble. Johnny -When ho took four kings from the liilistines. ScnE preventive of mosquito bites? ako the cover off your cistern, crawl ito the cistern, replace the cover, and uck under the water. As long as you >moin thoro entirely submerged in ater we will stake our reputation foi ii..i l i_? i _ DIUl'liV llllll. jruu 11 HUb UV Ull/VUU uy u iosquito. Mks. Ootiiam?Diil you fioil ihe t'estcru people as hospitable as thej ro roiJortetl to be, Mr. Travelle? lie irneil Tourist?Yes, indeed. All th? >a<ling citizens took me right into Jeir hearts, invited mo to dinner, ineduced me to their families, and sold io corner lots. "Pj.eahe, sir, give mo a stamp," slit lid at the postoflice. window, tht llier day. "Here it is, little girl,* lid tho clerk, as ho raked iu the twt ennios and passed it out. Sho tool and walked directly to tho mailing axes and dropped it into 0110 of tin its. "Hero! what did you do that ut any stamp on it, and tfint^s to maki p for it." Marriage but tho stepping-stone to those dlvlno insttlions, tho family and tho homo, which coututo tho vory foundation on which our nasi rusts: and upon the health and strengtu tho wife, and mother, depends the sunshine d enjoyment of the home, anil the pr? sp? rlof the family. Thousands of wfvae, and ousands if singlo ladies, drag out a weary istcnco iu consequence of perplexing "folio disorders," in total ignorance of the fact, at Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a sitlvs cure for tho most complicated andobnate cases ?f luticorrhea, prolapsus, weak ok, "female weakness," antercrslon, ret Torsion. boarinz-down sensations, chronic ngostlon, inflammation, ulceration and klnuu allmsnts. Guaranteed to give satis, acin, or money refunded All druggists. 3r. Pierce's Pellets?cleanse and regulate o stomach, bowels and system generally, ic a dose; purely vegetable. flr'.Uo is its own reward, nml no questiom kid. [lie race Is not to him who doth tho swiftest run, or the battle to the man who shoots with the loosest gqq,'.' . e not satisked with y. ur equipment for tiio cc for financial success, or positiod in the bat s or lire, take our advice and write to IS. F. ihnson & Co., Richmond, Va., and oar wor<l r it they will show you how to get a fresh art, with the best possible chnnce of winning me of the big prises. Some strong holes?8 ife deposit vnults. Those who ii8<i Dohblns's Electric Soap each fp*: (a"<i name it navo their ntliw- ai:d stienprth, nnd let the soap do the ork. 1)1-1 .wu ever try It? If uo?. do eo next onday sure. Ask your grocer for it. A men must he pretty sick o' woik when ) Ihiows np his Jon. No stronger should visit the city without noktng "Tsnsili's I'unch" 5c. Cigar. Tliemnn who is rlaht is se'dom loft. The Liver Ml ktdaeys are organs which it is Important should i kept la good condition, and yet they are overorfced and abased by nearly overyhody, until they icons worn out, dogged up or diseased. Hood's irsaparllla euros all difficult los with theso organs, uses them to healthy action, and tonus the wbolo l'*u organtam. MI have been using Hood's Sorsaporllla for ludi sstlon and liver trouble. It has greatly benefited e, and I thlak it Is fully as good a medicine as aimed."?X. a Chkiuo, chief eDglDcor lire dept., ootn#ton, CL N- a-If jrou decide to t&ko Hood's BorMptrlllt i not be Induced to take any other. * Hood's Sarsaparilla >M by an drag* Lata. |l; six for $5. Prepared only T 0. L IIOOL) A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Haas. IOO Poses Ono Pollar ly's Cream BalmMpUr * Jij IMht'KBTO OUHK Hold in Head^"?Mj Ipply Billm into each nostril 1.VUHON.. 1?> Warren St.. N. ^JS*__uVaJ OPIUM HABIT. 1 Valuable Troutlso Olvlna all Information of an Kaey and Hpeedy caieAww he afflicted. Da. J. 0. HorrwAN.Jeff Twin,Wleeon.ln. Here It is! *tat to loam all about a At Bona? Wow to Pic* Out a >4*OV SaodOne? Inow lion* and ao Guard agalnat \ - " JV Frantl? Octroi l>taeaaoand ' at Pffaot iPJure whan aunt U J \ > / \ poaatble? Tall tb? ?|? bjr # \, ? \ l.o Toe lb ? What to call tho Different Part* or the Animal? How to 8h->? a Horao Properly t All thU and other Valuable Information can be obtained b.( reading our 100-PAOB ILt.VHTRATIIl IIOKMH BOOK, which wa will for war J, |0<tpaid, on racclpt of oqly 'Aft coat a In ataaapa. BOOK PUB. HOUSE. IS4 Leonard St.? New York City. A Cnt?n(ed ChlM. Fond Mother?How do you like your new governess, Johnny? . Johnny?Oh, I like -her ever so much. "I'm so glad my little boy has a nice teacher at last." "Oh, she's awful nice. 8ho says she don't oare whether I learn any* thing or not so long as pop pays her salary."?New York JFeejC/t^. _ A gentleman meeting one of his friends who was insolvent evprosse?l great concern for his embarrassment. "You are mistakon, mv doar sir," was il 1_ llkl T ??e ur not i, lis my creditors who are embarrassed." All the old potash, mercury and sarsaparilla mixtures left far 1 "behind. S. S. S. never fails to cure. This magic remedy builds the system up instead of tearing 1 it down. If you ever had blood disease, don't fail to take S. S. S. I If you have ever taken mercury and potash, get it out .of your i system by using Swift's Specific. The Meat In the World. X think Swift's Specific le Iho bost blood remedy In I bo world. I have known It to make dome wonder- j ful caret of pationta who were considered lncnrtble. , D. M. GnATson. Crowvillc, La. Troatiee on Ulood and Skin Diseases mailed free. 1 Ixl Best Cough Modlolno. R |m Cures wbero all else fails. F m| tasto. Children tako it with' BRYANT & STRAT BMk KfCplMfr. kkorY I/attd. Tetearaw Writ* for Vmt<?lmau? nntl full inborn ^JjjjjS li there's one set of men who appreciate a pood waterproof coat it is the fanner. He knows that a I " Fish Urand Slicker" c<wts him less per year than any garment made. Did you know it rains or snows one day in three the whole year through ? A " Fish lit and Slicker" makes every day a pleasant day to its lucky owner. Go anywhere with it in rain, hail, sleet, snow, or blow, it is wind and waterproof. Costs less than rubbet, and laststcn times as long. Rubber is good for show days, but will rip in a week. If you want a coat for hatd wear and hard weather, get the " Fish llrand Slicker." Every good tning has its imitation, so has the " Fish brand Slicker." I-ook out. beware of worthless imitations, every garment stamptd with " Fish .Braml ".Trade -Mark. - Ihm't arrsutt _ ticulars and illustrated catalogue free. A. J. TOWER, - Boston, Mass. DROPSY _ . . TIIEATED Fnjnjp. _ rMlllvriy cured with Vrirlulilr If eiiirdlrs. Havo cured thousands of cases. Cure patlnutu l>r?> Bounced hopeless by best physicians. tli>m first done symptoms disappear; In ten days at least two third* all symptoms removed, bend for free Isx.i testlmonlats of mlraenlous cures. T'u days' treatment free by mall. If yon order trial, send lOe. In stamp* to pay postage. hit II. II. wkkkk * boss, Atlanta, Ua. a m s After ALL others Dr. Lobb.'w* Twenty years' continuous practice In the treatment and cure M tho us la I effects of early vke, destroytng both mind and Itody. Medicine and treatment for ono month, Five Dollars, sent securely sealed from observation to any address. Bank aw Hyeclnl Dlsenwea free. JONES JSP ! BINOHAMTO.V. M. Y.A Dl 11II ssKSssa; ^pZOToSni?^iniiMr? DICE OKI I CHAD WICK'S Munual KINr KALI 1?". xilH. IOiinMM. w Ma liriMli 111II III nnleri orer. c r- n r- w- on application oncloulK om acN I r If C.C Cio. ?stamp, l.jr ailUreaatiw I IH1 0 HOLLAND, P. 0. Box 120, Phtla., Pe. FRAZERC^| DKST IN Til* WOHLDjB ntMwt |JY~ uet t Co Oauuine. SoUl Ererywhcro. lift ME HTIJO Y. I?no*-tir?i In*, JlnaJneaePorma, HURE Ponmannhlp, Arl )nn?llc, hbort hand, etc., JggvmsnM jgFgfag n OPIUM 7-lIa PH AN t^l^aomfo FARMS feBW temp for elrc'l'r to LANDS fllllWU CS>rW? * a3S Sroadway, ?. Y. reciuM DTE> tstfsasa Money in Chickens I' F?" *n?w how to propert* mm "* . ~ lor them For MS eoittf mmm' 'A yon ran proourrt Wn-rAOK BOOT MWW W\ firing tho riiwrleno# of a practli & ral Poultry Rai**r not an am* r V inf. b\it a man working for doU I .* Sum ami <wpt?during a pwrt< d oI . -Jy year* It tramtr* ft*i SOW M Itrlfct and <^?rw Plnraarg; to F*4 Tv 1 Fnrpoara; and r-rarjrthlML'ailrf SffiSSSKS ' pematism I TRADE ^^Kmark ' V9AHV WNH WHIC " ?!bact0.Md .TheEhas-A-YqbelerQi? M U 4q ? Swift's Specific entirely enred mo of m seTcre cut of blood polsoo which obstinately resisted tutd refused to bo cured for over SO years. The regales medical remedies of mercury and potash only added fuel to the flamo. I suffered during most of this long time with ulcers, blotches and soroe of the most offensive character, aiul was (or a long tlrao practically an Invalid. In lees than thirty days uso of S. 8. H. I was all cleared np eouod and well. Thla has boon nearly a year ago, and no sign of any roturn o( the old enemy. JonN D. Wir.ua, ?7 Clark Street, Atlanta, da. p 1 have seen Swift's Specific used, and known of f ninny eases of the worst form of blood diseases which Uavo been cured by it. I know the proprietors to be gentlemen of the highest type and utmost reliability. I recommend It as a great blood remedy, unequalled by anything that I know of. M. D. Wnanron, Taator 1st Baptist Church, Montgomery, Ala. TWO BOTTI.RS. Two bottles of Swift's Specific cured mo of a bad condition of my blood, from which 1 had suffered for 18 months. I had blotches and tores which were painful and troublesome. 8. S. S. Is mnch better Llian potash and mercury mixtures, and I recommend It above all blood remedies. ' K. D. ConrTON, llomcland, Va. 'iik Swirr Cruet kic Co.. Drawer 3, Atlanta. On. . oeommonrlcd by Physicians. EtijB 'lonsont and agroeablo to tho VJI out objection. By dnij^prlflts. El TON Business College LOUISVILLE. KY. fm? lory Is of ft who worked to earn his ding money, with many d triumphs, inselfisk'y ha How deter, i overcame A boy who Ink bow to oney In spite of obstacles, and could act nobly, even at a loss of his own pleasure. A pure story?sect free to any boy 01 girl who will pay the postage?only a a-ccnt stamp required. CUKTIS Pl'ULISIIIKG CO., ,x^ ?tviwTrr?_ ?22' "* " ?*? . 2lL?3Li?> SMITH'S BILE BEANS Act on the liver and bile, clear the complexion, COM bllloiutnciw, nick headache, oo*ttvene*a, malaria and all liver und stomach dlHorderi. The mnall ilio an BtoHt convenient for children?very email acd eaay to lake. Price of either Hire ?5c. per bottle. A panel Hlae I* 11 OTO-tt It A V V It K of the above picture, "KlHHlnn at 7?17?Ttl," mailed on receipt ot Sc. Htamp. Address the maker* of the great Antfc llllu Hentedy?"Itllc lleau*." J. V. HOI ITU 6c CO., Ht. Laala, K YOU WISH A/-S. ? , mm It KV^oV/TKR purchase one of the celc- sr_If^ elm orated SMITH Ik WESSON I irmn. The Attest entail urrnt fl ]Y\I >HW\ rvur IIIlUUIK^in^l UIHI HI" VV H If HW Itrat choice of all cx|>ert?. [ [ Manufactured In calibre* 32.3f>and41-1(0. Sin- )W] iclenrdonblo action. Hafety llaininerlce* and V"5V Tatvetinodela. Conatrnctod entirely of boat * *) llr wroiiphl Meet, carefully Inrjm-trxl for won* mannh'ii and stouk, they are unrivaled for flnlahr durnhlltlv miiiI accurticy. Uo not tie deceived by cheap cimllenblo rani-Iran Imitation* Vhtca air often ?ol<t for the K'-iiu tte at tide an-l are not onlv unreliable, but ilanKrrona. The HMITH Jfe WKKKON ltrvolvcra are all M?nii?d upon the tear* rel* with firm'* name, addevr* ami datuc of patent* ami are nanraaieH perfect in < Tory detail. In* alat lijmn tiavintr the genuine article, a id if your dealer cannot aitpi'ly you an onler h-nt to adilrea* Im'Iow will rexelro prompt ant careful attention, lieecrpttveoxteloinio en I tirUvn turni-dinl mon ai>* plica ton. SMITH & WESSON, fy Mention thu paper. H?riu*flei4, Mail. duuuifcs rnrr 30AD CARTS |> K r r HARNESS 9 SILL N o ' Price or JlO% but Free. Wo manufactory nono hut the ImjhI. and fof rn^isi'nKRN ONliV. Write us for full par tlcnlnrs Iiow to K?*t these articles frea of coct. CONSUMERS' CARRIAOE BO., CINCINNATI, O. * J| I pre?. Mtl<1 f*>lr?adorse niR O as tbt arnly ^^rCumts^W speeinr lor the ceriak.-car? to s oaTB.^B this dieenar. ^ssaari ? f3? nr?0sty by lbs _We h*tro^ol(l _ni* O for j. a^o^-t'7>/rSe'b^t V ^r *w^vcwmool. Hold by DroMW. CHICHZSTCn'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS .vfc.'-v n?o c *< >? diamond aandT Z likN A?D' ?wl rtHabla. UINt, i. i\ P- ju '< D.-ajr<l<( fur XffoK*?<( fr?nj, In XV rod, mrtnllM twira, wW ~ith Mm JV\ ribhoa. Take ? aikar. 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