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y ? l I'M I AGRICIGJUUAJ/ 'topics op intkkkst^r * to fahm and(* j^rolen crop. pumpkins Us of corn , Pumpkins aroJ 0" that thu? 'That is they JF 1 ?*{*'"* "n<1 'or pbUtocsJr^'th nnyj*?in? ????. Ithev PinJF" tl,an not Knm.lnK , withoJf th,,y i>ny,M;tt,,r ,o i?,ant Thia^F themselves. Keep them ^yJr they cover the ground, l?y j ^Ome few weeds will "Mart under , yr broad leaves. The nutnber of | ^nnpkins that ran lie grown on a small >^ntrh of rich ground is astonishing, and /there is always a good market for them in any city or large village. ? American . Cultivator. BM \l,l, AND hAKOR TUK.K*. When fall plantioi; of fruit trees is iu [cuntemplation, it is wise to remember the oft-repeated surest ion that the small trees are to he preferred to the larger ones: The popular desire, however, is for the larger trees (and all vines, plants 1 innd roots may he equally referred to in ' this regard), hut praeliee has proved br yond ipiestion that sueh trees are neither ) econouiieal nor desirable in any other j way. A year or two-year-old fruit tree! is lighter and more easily parked and j the freight charges are smaller, so is the j cost of the trees at the nursery. The . roofs are smaller, and the check and . damage to the trees by the forcible trans planting ami the greater loss of roots of the older trees are avoided. One-yearold trees may he purchased at *."> per loo, | and the cost of the ItMl would hi* no ! more than that of ten older trees, while 1 the lesser freight, charges would he in proportion. The 100 trees, if planted as ' carefully as the larger trees should he | and in the manner so often described in I these columns, would all crow and nunc ! Ihj lost, ami tin- profitable bearing would 1)0 in advance even of that of older I revs. ?JViM> York 'I'inn*. ! KAMi l'l.OWfNO. ? | Except the lightest sandy soils, all J I level land will lie henetitted by fall I plowing. W'he i plowed, and to a < t proper depth, 11? plowed land will not | v wash even by the heavy Southern winter \ rains. Tliat the land will leach and lose a its fertility is a mistake. Nothing will a he lost, in any ease except the nitrogen. a which exists in the form of nitric acid or i the most soluble nitric salts, and, as a rule, there is no danger of this because of ithe almost entire absence of this form of \ nitrogen in the land, tin the contrary, t it. is for the purpose of developing 111ih scarce plant food in the soil that fall ; r< plowing is desirable. The turning over p of the soil aids in the change of the I abundant inert nitrogen, which i> mostly , combined with the carbonaceous organic i matter in the soil, into soluble nitrates. 1 ami this process goes oii'slowlv during | l> the fall and early spring, and where tiic irrnuiiit in i??a f"""" .I....'. ji I? ? . ? / r." y: ? I *v winter. (*mi>*r<|ii<'vifly tfit* litrt<( u< hvowitf** I Ji 1 into n more fertile eondition bv (lie Hill " ? plowing, itliilliiisiilra I his jpun, llicn; Jsrl'i another of nuieh more importanee, viz.: ' the sprinj; work is forwarded so much, 1 ami tlm crops may 'hit. put in so much earlier.?.!//? rir,in .[ /rirn/hiri'-t. At.stKK \xt? u'rin*tr.tnf.U. , ! ! i t A few years aijo, wliaa U??-clover . worm took to ratine the ol ilo^ plant. farmers i?? many pki'^ u?tpe|'.\l v Bike clover a oood subs'it uuu Vsiiim* for s a time thought ami declared it preferable j to the ordinary reil cloua*, w 11 i -11 it had n become impossible to yrow. lint more | experience with AIsike shows U>, defects, | the most, important of which is. that it j dies out just as soon as the tii-i uVop' is , mown. I Jed clover orows a second crop , with seed the same year, ami a certain < portion, probably that which has not ) ripened its seed, will live Ilirole;''! the winter. Alsike for this reason is pr< , fcrred by farmers whose chief object i> to | irct t licir land seeded uilli timot'hi ll n ? , . > is really wonderful what a growth tin* s timothy will make aft< r the Alsikc has r died mit. The decay in:; roots of A Nike , feed thi-enes and as A Nike i- cut early , there is always a strong aftermath, some j times lar^e etiom>h t<? mow. later ia the \ season. i?ut after the lir I 01 el | year timothy sown wdh ml i |..\e; prows v latter and will hold out loti^ei than that ; Sown with Msike. Tin red ejowr roots , mellow ami enrich the sub-oil, and in , their wake the limothv loots follow. This also is nun h Nett -r for the soil \ I sike roots are too much li;%o tiniolln ^rass roots in spreading n ,u the -urlac- ^ to be very helpful to fertility.- It/c/ <. .(// Ctlliirntof. I ? TliK \TMKN I" or cr.l I ItY. Celery, whether si If Main hiit ; or oth * erwise, can be *jrown with mucii ..r little labor, 1ml like other vegetables, tin more ' rare that is i?ivcn I lie better will o tin ? result. There is a i ertain erisj m >< and delicacy of llavor which can otilv be im 'i parted by banking jpun-rously with e.uih. t Previous to bankiutr. some attention ine< cssttry. laist year, s 4i. \ Pitt-foul. in ill. , 'Anirri--iii .1 ;/ro'i/,V?///>', I btne.'.hi a few pounds of straw paper, <nit the sle ets into ten inch strips and wrapped inch plant in a paper jacket, then hilled up almost to the top of the paper-.. After a little practice, this can be don, as e\ pcditieuslv as the ordinary I villi; up. This wrapping slmiiM In- ?I.i v,in i the plants arc perhaps foot high, ke-ping the loose em I of the paper in pin with a handful of earth, thrown 0:1 with a garden trowel until the row is finished. Care should always he taken in hilling up to give a'hro.id base to the hill, as the soil will need to lie drawn np higher later on, if the plants have grown far ?uougb above the piper to make ii mvi -sary. Persons raising celery on a large jScale, for ordinary market purposes, would hardly care to take this trouble, ihut if only a few hundred ha family u<e are grown, this plan eannof lie loo highly; Recommended. There are two adv.mtagi . gained,by this process: First- There are, no crooked stalks as is often the ens.* when the plants are tied up. Seenm! It prevents earth worms from nibbling the stalks, which tlicy are sure to do in a wet season. MUtTIJ.I/.INU I'KAIl TKKKS. The pear seems to lie an uncurtain tree in many parts of the country which are otherwise good fruit sections. The Tnt/wrrijit says: Probably it is not owing so much to climatic influence as to a want of inorganic or mineral manures in the soil. We apprehend the want of proper soil iu the first place, and the, of applying so much animal " wn", not coinoosted, in the second, pbc frequently fflc difficulty in cultivating the pear tree. Regarding the proper dressing of land for fruit trees, our method is to follow nature in her modes of enriching the soil, or in other words, to use vegetable and mineral manure more generally in the application of leaves in compost with wood ashes, and peat ami shell lime. Another objection we have to the nso of unfcrmcnted manure is, that it stimulates, and as a consequence of this over supply or forcing a sort of plethora or tenderness in the tree is induced from a rapid or forced growth. We prefer to see a moderate ami regular growth in trees, flood pasture land in some respects is better tilted for fruit trees than that that has been a long time under the plow, because it is not exhausted of that decomposed vegetable and mineral matter which is fitted to he the food of trees; the wood also ripening better. We have long observed that young trees, partieu larly the cherry, if making a great growth during the summer, are extremely liable to die out in the following winter, owing undoubtedly, to its succulent growth and want of ripening in the new wood. TIMIIKIt CIU.TCUK. The ? ry which has jjont? up all over our , country, for the protection of our forest j lands, has hud some effect. Most men ' now a days realize the increasing value j of tiniher. The danger now is that do | sire, for present profit will overcome ' prudence as to the future. It is far more | economical, in cuttinir tiniher, to leave j tlie you Hirer trees and only out the full orowu ones. The Ohio h'aniter says: hand devoted to tiniher should he completely occupied. It should he thinned out, hut never cleared ofT, unless i it is to he used for another purpose. We ! are no longer obliged to destroy a hive | or colony of bees in order to tret the j honey, so we need not destroy our wood lot in order to jr'"' tiniher. A valuable lice may he started jnsl as easily, and i\ill trrow as rapidly and thriftily as a > worthless one. We can't afford to trrow i tool' or indilTercnt timber, for which ! ittle or nofhinjr rim he realized, when fiat which will yield n "nod profit can >e {trrown just as cheaply. While ash las more than doubled in value within lie |>as! live years, and will hrimr ilmil.l.. ! vital it now does within tin- next. few 1 ears. Locust tine I other varieties arc I Ism increasing in value. Five or six ; eres of really good tiiuher loeateil near | ny thriving; town or city," will pay for a i foot I farm. A nii\e?i forest is nature's rule, anil it 1 i a safe one to follow. If a nutnher of | arii lies are planted anil all ilo well, ! hose that are the least promising shouhl e the lirst cut out ami sohl, gix'ing S iioiu for the others thai are likely to rove of greater value. < Xt riMN IN ItfTTKIt MXKINC. The subject <>f cleanliness in the dairy I ; treijueiitly ililateil upon, ;?!jiJ may seem 1 > In-worn threat I hare, hut there are ijues I ons of scientific import involved, which 1 I't' as yet nolle too well understood. The L nntitc orLfanisms__woieo. oreen in ihe~ t oik, sour milk, curd, etc., are proper I thjeels of study hy the dairyman; and e can hardly he master of his business ntil he has learned their eharaeteristies. vhile some kinds need to he destroyed, ther- are necessary to the promotion of j lie proper conditions of cream prod tic- | ion. < tur present purpose is mainly to re- I iiti<I hotter n.ikeisot* tin- rapidity with i liieli mieiM oi'Manisins multiply, ami to j peeiallv caution against their being left ' n the minute crevices of the various J 11eusiL of the dairy, especially the eliurn, m breed in the succeeding eontents. On i his point a writer in a rerent issue of the i New V<?rk 7V'/e.\ says a mistake is often ] nade in tile use of hot water in cleaning lairv utensils. Hot water makes milk itnl insoluble and hard and tough, so j let xx Io n utensils are scalded before they ,i 1.1.. i if i. . - :? I !!<" I ?I' * I ?11 4 111 > . ir.llll'll I I 111 I III* l<-|ll!lll> >1' -our milk. lli?- curd is solidified in the mres of the wood mid heroines a pcrma tent uncut of misehief. Any alkili disolves curd of milk; and after first well nisitio th,> utensils, and especially the hum. witli eohl water, a solution of onunoti sin la or salcratus (carbonate of ot.islii iu i\ he very usefully employed 0 complete the removal of all traces of lie our milk. Then another rinsing \itli eold water ami followed by scaldtin with I iiIiuif water and a tiuishino 1 is'ui"io of eo|d water, always pure, will i;np!ithe work. I'ruirie h'liriiur. I' \ It M \\l?o\ISt>K\ NOTFS. Supp'ut your county fairs, and they .ill help support you. Above ill thin:,s keep the hen house lean and well \ elllilated. K "o the lee's out of the pastures in iihieh you keep your work horses. ( U the r.e; weed in your wheat stub !e. and the liehl will be worth fifty per " lit. more for pasturage. I l \aeinlhs ami other bulbs to be forced or winter bloom should be petted, so bat they may have roots. Stinilower seed, properly used, makes i imii ib11 food foi the hens. Mix it with "ihe; .'.rain ami b ed occasionally. Ii\ makinic dairying and poultry a part of tin farm work, it is more easily possible for tin- farmer to pay as he ?;oes. I*is up the shelters for the sheep this \i ill? i I" 'file. iiin%t lie kent from tin storms. Tlirv cannot stand ill" cold. (if >e prefer parsley :in< 1 plantain to gra^s. aifl their aid in killing; these weeds in,i i-valuable in Imtli garden and pas tur.\ Chick- arc fond of Inickwlicat. The crops will soon he ready to harvest; hot tcr lav awav several hudicls as an occasiona! relish to their daily feed. If you have corn that was put in late for fodder do not let it stand too long and he nipped hy the frost in that ease you have no corn and infirier fodder. Your poultry should not he fed with the older ones. It will always pay to keep a coop and provide a hoard or shallow trough in order to economize feed. Damp weather of fall and winter Initios on many ailments to fowls not properly provided for. Mow do you stand regarding protection from such trouble? Plant fruit trees some way. If you're short of laud plant them along the fence linos. While the trees are young hank them up during the winter to keep away mice. Save trouble hy putting your homemade fertili/.-r on crops that have to he thoroughly hoed and cultivated. Manure ?;ixe?l with the soil is much more effective and the weed seeds arc kept from sprouting. TEMPERANCE. ood'h clock hah struck thk hour. A Umc pealed thro' the solemn night, The city clock tolled One; It said to every llst'uing ear, Another day's hegun. Ho, in our nation's gloom, peal Kings out our triumph hour; It tolls how honest, earnest work. Hreaks down the tyrant's power. Tho whole world hears the weloouie stroke And fresher forces rise To join the few who long have fought, With faith that never dies; Our foes fall I>h<^< in wnv'ring lines, And treinlile for their |*>wer; They know def<vit is drawing near, tiod's clock has struck the liour. With (*<?l there is no compromise, He liatclli every wrong, Willi Him its leader of our cans?, With linllot, prayer, and song. We'll work united, brave. and strong, Cntil Ilio whisky |K?w??r, Throughout the world, shall surely know (iod's clock has struck the hour. ? Istnla If. Smith, in National Advocate. A I'lTIPOt. SCENE. A venerable old mm. Imle and hearty, stood before Justice DitlTy at the .IctTorson Market Police Court, New York. Although the snows of nearly seventy winters had whitened his head and moustache, lie was as straight asnn arrow. He hail Unman features, Hashing gray eyes and a ruddy com plosion. He held a silk hat ill liis left hand and Ins nit ire was faultless. A smaller man. made prematurely old by dissipation, stood j at his side. 11 is clothes wore shabby, and In twirled his frosty moustache with tremulous lingers. His hollow eyes had a feverish lus i Ire, and there were deep lines in his face. 11 is manlier was apprehensive, and lie I moistened his hps with his tongue as lie | pleaded with the white-haired gentleman. i "Judge," said the Unman faced veteran in i a courtly manner,- "I wish you would com I in it my son to the Island, lio is a hopeless I drunkard. It is my only Iiojk? for his re- | formation.'' t "Father, oh, father I" exclaimed the man I at. his side, in accents of grief, "not this | time, not this time! Please give mo one i more chance." I There were tears in his eyes. The old man < w as as immovable as a statue. He konl his i eyes lixisl on the Judge. In terms cold ami 1 almost pitiless ho urged the Judge to send ( him to the workhouse. f "Don't listen to him, Judge," said the > younger man. "He don't mean it. Oh, I'm t sure lie don't mean it. Father doesn't know t what lie is saying." i "lie quiet," said the Judge. "We will hour 1 you in due season. Old age must have the t precedence. Cray hairs must he resjiectod." t In set terms the stern |uirent agnin urged the punishment of his son. He had evidently s defied his nerves before entering court, and i lie was as tirm as a rock. Not for an instant. > however, would he trust hiscyesto look upon t liis son. Though deaf to his entreaty, the 1 nght of Iiis Iniys misery might soften his I neart. r "Are you this gentleman's son?" asked s Judge Dutry of the younger man. u "lie is my father. Judge," was the reply., ifter the fervrish lips ha<l again been moist- ? (-110(1. f "llow old are you?" the Judge in<|iiired. t "Forty-three years," was the almost in c audible, answer. c "Forty-three years!" exclaimed the Judge in a tone of surprise. "Is it possible? Dissioa y lion lias made you prematurely old. You t are older in a p| mm ranee than your futlier. ' t Then turning to the father, he asked: "For i: l-ow long do you want your son committed?" t'i'heohi man was stone, lie had not taken t his eyes from the Judge "For oik*year," In- a replied in an impassive tone. "Oh, father!" broke in the son in a thin. f tremulous voice. "For Clod's sake don't make i; it n year, (live mo three months. I'll try 11 and be satisfied with three?not inure. 11 I'lease. Judge," turning to the iK-ncli appeaU g VtlfieriV-ftVrtV?f jttWlW..g- 1K\*'.v ,,, !fnvw'?u.Cbi. ? the background, "he'll say a good word for is mo." v The father was obdurate. The son pleaded so strenuously that even the heart of the | t Judge was touched. "I might make it nine j I months," lie said, with an observant look at j i the old man. | i "Twelve months," the Roman urged, de j spite the sobbing of the degraded son. j i "Father," the son cried, "not twelve, if you \ t ever loved me. Make it six, <>h, Judge, make j ? it six months. I'll take six months wi'lingly. I t but not twelve." I t "It is the Judge's duty to fix the term of j ] imprisonment," the ixiiiee justice sternly , t said. "You must Iwdli remember that. I'll ; i give you five months, and if you behave | i yourself I'll let you olT before that time." i "Thank you," Judge," the young man ' sobbed. "S"oil have treated me better than 1 1 deserved." ; ' lie turned toward the father, but the iron i willed parent, had abandoned him, and was i 1 walking from the court-room as stilV as it j : ramrod. The commitment was made out. ' i and the officers t(H?k the son into prison. Five minutes afterward the unforgiving j i father stood in the corridor of the down-town | I elevated station at Eighth street weeping n-though his heart would break. 1 I close tilk saloon. One of the most significant signs of the | ! limes, says tlio Xational Advocate, is the i 1 growiug opposition to IhP saloon by the | lo'innn Cut unlit- Church. Tlio grow th of j ihis >cntimeiil the past year is remarkable, i Not only through its "l.engues of the Cross"' . nr.tl the<'nlholit1 Total Abstinence I'liion.but ' an inert asing nuinber of Catholic papers are outspoken in this direction. The Catholic I'ttirrrsc, published at Cleveland, t-hio, in a recent art iclc says: "The saloon at night is the panderer of ninety-nine-huudredths of the crime ami \ ice of a large city. "Close the saloon at night' "Let the City of Mexico plan In- followed j in our large cities?six a. m. to six p. m.?and give the father and husband an opportunity I to make the acquaintance of his family. The saloonist ought to himself work for that opportunity, and make his calling more respis-table and less odious. "I>r??l a lull closing saloons from six p. M. to six a. ?i., with imprisonment and penally that will dismay offenders; dosing saloons on Sunday; making the license no less than ' fliKIU; punishing with imprisonment and line the adulteration of liquor or sale of adulterI ated liquor. I "Then organize your committees; go to j Columbus and push this legislation. l.et bishops, priests ami ministers throw their open influence into the scale of this moral movement." tkmpkiiaxck news ani> notes. One ran gel drunk for a halfpenny in Kinibeilcv, Smith Africa. Nearly ->H?( Ktiglih churches have adopted j lie use of unfcrinontc I win-* at communion. In Switzerland seventy per cent. of tho I von lit; men arc snii I t?? !? unlit toil, by tho u: e of alcohol and tobacco, for military service. 'I'll.* lie v. Ham Jones expresses bis opinion i of liipior as follows: "I think liquor is n good thing in its place, but I liolieve its right i place is in hell." Mrs. J. C. liutchum says that tho ropo which threatens to strangle our nation has three strands?the saloon, impurity' and Sabbnth desecration. I Six "joint keepers," of Dodge City. Kansas, were lately sentenced to thirty ilavs in the county jail and a fine of $100 each for ; violating the prohibitory law. Athol (Moss.) \. W. C. T. IT. has routed an ! entire block on a business street and liegun ; to "take tmardcrs," to aid her financially niul give her a larger Held of inlluciice. I Alcohol, says Joseph Cook, is not only a poison with special local nihility for the hraiu, I itut it is a itoison with a tish hook barb?it ' cannot Ik' pulled out without tearing the flesh. - 51 A monster meeting in favor of "Sundayclosing" was held in Central Music Hall, Chicago. The hall was literally packed with all kinds of people, threo-fourlhs of them lieing voters. More than a dozen speeches wero made, all heartily cheered by the audience. The jioptilar rentiment is undoubtedly in favor of this niovctnont. An empty whisky liotMo found in a row Iwmt tells tlie cause of an accident which occurred on South Wntuppa Pond, Fall Hiver, i Mass., whereby five ]>ersons lost their lives. ! Louis Dubois took a jmrtv rowing across the nond to gather grajios. While returning the | taint was upset, and though tho water was I hut five foot deep, only one person was reaI cued. . .. SUNDAY SCHOOL. IN TEH NATION Alt LHUON 11)11 OOTOBEll 27. fjCMioii Tcxl: "Sin, l'"orgivci cs? and IVac^," Pa 1 II ? Golden T *?i K m. v, I.? Commculary on (lie Licsson. * Our lossnn to-day is one of tho seven penitential psalms, the others bsine the fith, filst, 18th, IGUd. 130th and 14H?i; this and the hist ?re snp|K)sed to liave been writlen by David after that dark chapter in his life, and if we ihould judge bv tne contents of each we night suppose the latter to have been written first. In the title this is called "A Psalm t>f David:"' and in (I Kam. xxiii., 1, 2, he Is called the sweet )>salmist of Israel, and it Is writteji that "tile Spirit of the Lord spak* by him, ami His word was in his tongue;"' therefore we ought to come to these words Jf the Spirit through David, firmly l>elievinjj (Rom. xv., 4), and relying on the same Spirit to give us the comfort ami instruction here for us. The word "masclul." also in the title, and used here for the first, time, lignifies "to act wisely," and surely David xcted wisely when ho confessed and.received forgiveness. 1, 2. "Transgression forgiven, e * * sin ro**ered, * * * iniquity not imputed." Transgression signifies the going beyond iKinnds or doing that whi'*h we should not do; in is coming short of the mark, or leaving undone that which we ought to have done; iniquity signifies anything distorted or perverse, and seems to refer to tho natural heart, wliich Is all wrong since tho fall and manifests its perverseness in sin and transgression; U1 lllfll lltd'A Wax hnvn Hw? wlwilo ??? ? ?*?.? wrong and wrong doing disjiosod of and forever settled in God's appointed wsy. See if ive ran understand that way. ' 'Hio Holy spirit, referring to these very words tells us In Koin. iv., 5-S, thnt this doing away with nn, and consequent, imputation of righteousness, is apart from any works on our part, lint is entirely of grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, and is freely granted to every believer. The words "In ivhose spirit there is no guile," indicate that to enjoy these blessings there must he on our art. the absence of all deceit (for that is the ivord)andn sincere confession of, and tuning away from, the sin or transgression, 'oming thus, with true penitence and huniilty, and trusting only in the merit# and work f the Lord Jesus Christ, who was made sin 'or us, and who bare our sins in llis own body hi the cross (II Cor. v., 21; I Pet. ii., 24), ?p may he as sure as we are that God lives hat He, for Christ's sake, has blotted out all hat was against us, and will remember it no I nore (Isa. xliii.. 35; Hph. iv., ft2); that be- ] ng justified by faith wehave peace with God hroiigh our I/ord Jesus Cuirist. (Golden ext.) :t, 4. "When I kept silence." Now, that is ometimes u good tiling to do. and David nore than cnco practiced it wisely (F.=. exxviii., 13; xxxix., I. 2), but when, as in his case, there was sin tuba confessed,it was in time to keep silent, and ho here tells us of lis sufferings on account of his sinful silence is a warning to us. "Ho that c n eivth his litis shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth uid forsaketh them shall have mercy." ft. "1 acknowledged, * * * Tlrm forjnvest." Some one has said that, sin tujeoncssed, like a gathering wound, swells and ornients, but the lance gives relief; sincere onfession is the lauc? which brings the ft'ace if forgiveness. (i. "For this shall every one that is godly iray unto Thea." Every sinner rejoicing in lie forgiveness of sins is an encouragement o others to come and obtain tlin like Mesne; every Christ ian who has had the joy of alvation (which they had for a time l"st. by ransgression) restorod to hint is an encour geinent to other biacksiiders to return. 7. "Thou art niv hiding place." Notieo lie word "thou,'* three times in this verse; L is (toil Himself "who is our hiding place, reserver and deliverer. David had been tiding from tlod, like Adam and Eve in lha_ arden of KdenTtiPii. lii.. N, it)), but now, his . ? sure and safe hiding f*' iX$. out nil others vilt Iw>swept away (Isa., xxviii., 17). N. "I will instruct thee ami teach then in he way which thou shalt go." Evidently the .nrd is now speaking in reply to David, for 10 one can instruct and tench like Ilini, and 10 one is eapable but Hint. He lias not ironiised that we shall have no trouble, that ve shall never pass through fire or water; on | he contrary lie has that ' in tlie voriil weshall have tribulation.''and that, '"all hat will live godly in Christ Jesus shall sufVr persecution'' (John xvi., .'IS; II Tint, iii., It!); but He lias promised to be with us in the rouble, and thus lead us, while He preserves is front being in any way injured by it. The word here translated "instruct"' signifies to tiakc successful or prosperous, as in Josh, i., r, s; I Kings ii., S, where it is so translated; hut the mora eoittnton Old Testament, word for instruction signifies chastisement; it, therefore becomes its. if we sincerely desire to be led bv Hint, to believe that He does lead us, ami in what seems oft times to be tic most adverse eiivuinstanccs. we should hear Hint say: "i atn the Lord thy God who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou sliouldest go" (Isn. xlviii., If). "F will guide thee with Mitto eye." Notieo Hip marginal rending, which s?ems equal to saying: "I will tell you how to go and then watch you to gee that you keep iti the right way," or as it is plainly stated in Isa. xxz.. 21: "Thine ears shull hear a word behind thee, saying: This is the way, walk ye in it, when ve turn to the right hand aud when ye turn to the left." With such great and precious promises how quiet we sltould bp. !>. "lie ye not as the horse or as the mule." It it m.iuifxth iii ni-nrv-rUv life that the biir Rest inulo is not always the one in the trace?, and that a horseoften knows more than his driver. Balaam's nss saw more than its master, ami opened its month to some purpose; but the rule prevails that horses and mules have not the wisdom of men and must l>e restrained and guided by bit and bridle. Now. when men and women, and particularly Christians, need to be restrained by the bit and bridle of circumstances, which are < tod's providences, instead oi meekly and trustingly following their Shepherd, it is anyt hing but creditable to them, and does no honor to that beautiful name by which they are called. 1(1. "Many sorrows shall be to the wicked, hut he that trusted in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about." Sorrows touch the righteous as well as the wicked, but the sorrows of the righteous are blessings in disguise, for the loving h?md. of the J/srd is in every oneof them, and n<> matter what they look like they are all goodness and mercy, so that the believer may truly say in all his sorrows: "Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing." (II Cor. vi? 10.) The sorrows of lite wicked, on the other band, are only the foretaste of greater sorrows in the future, when "The wicked shall l>e turned Into hell, and nil the nations that forget (tod." d's. ix., 17.t II. "Be glad in the Ixtrd, and rejoio-* yo righteous." Not ei renin stances nor feelings, not things around us or within us, r.ot what we do nor what is done for us. hut the Lord 11 f a w) Ilia I ??? /! nli itiu la t?i 1 -t\ i nip to 1 vat ion, our jov, our strength, and that at all times. "Shout for joy. nil ye that are upright in heart." Wo may ho glad and rejoice in a very quiet v. ay, hut here is nuthoritv to make our joy known: the inhabitant of Zion is exhorted to cry out and shout because the IIolv One of Israel is in the midst (Isn. xii., (>): ami when tho l,ord reigns supreme and nlono in any heart it will 1? hard to suppress a real "Hallelujah!" As it is only tluun who come without guile whoonn receive forgiveness, so it is only the upright or sincere who can truly rejoice in tho por(l.~Lwoa Helper. A nKMAtlXADLK DINNER. A rcmnrknblo dinner was lately given ii Norwich, England, by a well-known tempernnce sheriflT, George White, to celebrate tin wedding of his daughter. Hlegnnt. invita lions were issued to UOft of the aped poor ol the city, and fully two-thirds of this number responded. 'I no dinner was an elaborab <>119, ipid served in good stylo by tho prill eipal citizens of tho town! kl'ho oldest, guosl was ninety-six years of rige, ami there wort several over ninety. Truo to his temperance principles, tho only drinks famished l?y the sheriff were milk, lomonnde and coffee. an APpnorniATr. pi-ack. The World's Fair committee has named tin brew ing "industry," and tho wine and spirit "trade as branches of commercial enterprise entitled to prominent representation at th# groat exposition of 1893. An exchange sup gests that in view of this fn"l the idea <>f l<? eating tho exposition buildings on itlack well's, Ward'8 and itondall's Islands may 110I l?c inappropriate ft?ier all, since the eity'i penal, insane^ charitable institution siiii.ii<-d mi th -.-k\3aMlds w<> ill form a liin Iwckgrouuil focJpEbeer and liquor exhibits A Solemn Court. "I stopped at an out-of-the-way cabir in Georgia," saya the traveler, "to git ei drink of water. I noticed a number ol men, in abort pleevea and wearing bed tick suspenders, pitting under a tree, ' They wero gathered al>ont a pin? tabic uixrn which I noticed aoveral volume1 of patont oflico rojorta. I did no! know that the aaaombly was one oi solemn ceremony until I asked for a drink of water. Then a gaunt man with n long neck and eyes that wore an expression of dead set looked up and said: * " 'Air you from aich on uncivilized country that you don't know how to behave yourself when court is in session ?' " 'Excuse me.' I answered, 'I did not know that this was a court.' " "Hut it isail, and I want you to > understand it. You have come up hero an' throwd n chunk under the wheels of jostice. A man isdrawdup hero 0:1 trial fur his life.' " 'You don't mean to say that this ii a court of such serious jurisdiction?" " 'Y ea, I do mean to say it. and if you even hint I don't I'll send you to jail ] mr t-iuiiciupi. " 'Pardon me; I do not moan to bo offensive.' " 'Good thing you don't ; I'll tell you that.' " 'May I ask why you are trying this man ?' "'Yes; lie stole a sot of plow gear.' " 'Hut is that a capital offense?' " '1 don't know what sort of a offense you call a capital, hut when a man steals gear in this community why that settles it with him.' " 'Pardon me, hut that isn't law.' " 'Mont not he in a uncivilized community, but it it here.' 44 'Aro you a circuit judge?' " 'Worse than that; I am a justice of ' the peace.' " 'Hut under the law you have no authority to sentence a man to death.' "'Ha, you dispute my authority? Mr. Constable, arrest this man.' "A man stepped forward and placed his hand on my shoulder. 'You aro under arrest,' r aid he. 'Try to git-nway, and I'll hurt you.' "I saw, by the determined faco-i nlKjut. me, that I was in a serious predicament. 'Gentlemen,' said I, 'you surely would not harm an innocent man. You ? ' " 'That's enough,'the judge broke in. 'Y'ou have come along here and have tried to overthrow our local self-government. Secession was a grave of louse, Due Homing compared to thi.s. You lmvo committed treason. isir. Constable, have von got a rope?' "J began to beg. 1 told them that I was their friend. 1 said that I would do anything for them. " 'I am inclined to excuse your igno*. ance,' said the judge, "1)111 what assurance can you give us what proof that you respect our local lights, generously granted to us by the Constitution of the United States?' " '(ientlcmen, I have nothing but good-will. I ' " 'What have you got in your saddlobags ?' " 'Nothing but two quarts of w hisky.-, -thatri dioughrtm'YTiedieinnl purposes.' " 'lirilifr,j) nn?l irirn il in nu it- n : "I did so, and as 1 rodo awav 1 congratulated myself upon my* escape. Shortly afterw ards, upon ariiving at u \illagc, J told the story of my adventure. The crowd in the postoflico laughed. 'That is a favorite joke of those fellows,' a man remarked. 'They > never fail to get a stranger's whisky.'" The Dread Unknown. A patrolman on Ilivard street came along to a grocery on his heat ahout eleven o'clock the other night, and found a large watermelon on the platform; while, leaning against a post a short distance awav, was an aged colored man. The street was deserted, nnd iho oflieer could not understand what kept the melon and the negro apart. "Isn't that a temptation to you?" ho asked the man. 'f dun reckon it is, boss. I'ze bin lookin' at dat mellyun fur de last half hour." "And why didn't you take it?" "llekase. snh, I'ze had some 'sperienco wid white folks in mv time. Might possibly be dat de grocer dun forgot to take dat mellyun in when he closed up, but it's a good deal mo' possibler dat he poured in a dose of jalap an' left it out yore to he walked off wid." "but how are you going to know?" "Pat's what makes my heart ache, boss. If de mellyun ar' all right, den l'/.e lost a golden opportunity. If it's bin dosed, den I hain't bin played fur a sucker. It's de o?savtinty dat's kept me around here till my knees ache nil' I feels liko hevin' a chill."? Detroit Free J'ress. 11 Was Capita', !? ure Enough. "There lias been a great deal of discussion, and indeed there is still, concerning the relations of capital and labor," said a beautiful young woman, as she strolled with her lover through the Ieafv, scented lane,under the light oi me rising uiouu, ii'iunn^ ? 'jccuuiintelv on liis nrm; "pray Rive mo a definition of the word capital." "Well," lie said, as ho encircled her slender waist with his aim and imprinted a lover's kiss 011 her cherry lilts, "fliis, I think, is capital."?(,'apo Cod Item. ftrcjuii. lh? I'mndisr i?f Farmer*. Mild, ennft'Oe cliinat , cjrtaln and abundant crops. Rest fruit. *rraln, grass and Ktork counIry in the world. Full infonration free. Address Oregon IirTigrnt'ii Hoard. Portland. Ore. 'I be 1 lack-ill.111 Welti* nun witli son tin; whacks. Malaria Ts believed to bo caused by (tfclsonnus mlisniR arts 1 Ins from low, mnrsby land, or from decay Ins veg etable mattor, and which. breathed Into the lungs enter and poison tho blood. If n healthy oondlllot Of tho blood Is maintained by inking Hood'* Sarsn parltta, ono Is much less liable to malaria, nn<( flood's Sarsnparllln has cured many severe cases ol 1 this distressing nTTeellon. , N. It.?If you decide to tune Mood's Sar.iaparlltf do not be induced to buy any otlicr. Hood's Sarsaparilla * I Sold liy all druggists. At; r.lfor OS. Prepared outj by V. I. nOOIt St CO., Apothecaries, Igtwell, Mass. * __ IOO Poso3 Ono Doiinr | a A ai r -TI I V. IVx t b si ing. Ilililmss Kormi UumC prnmni>ahi)>, Ari bin He, Short hand, at", I 11 thoroughly taiignt by MAII, (trvn<ra ire| liryuni'a ('wllrgo, 4&7 Msln Ht.. Il'd^lo, N, I Money in Chickens - If yon know hov* to proparlv ear W* W for tin in For'iA cents in stA'or I if yw vou can procure a iro-l'AtiF. IKK)] , #?l X\ giving the sixTtenee of a practl /<JL / If .-nl I*. uliry Itaiser not an ami / S lenr. hut a man working for do f Slais and cent?-during a perl-dt ^ J s years. It tracing you how 1 ivtect and Cure fiiseaws: to Fa 1 1 1 - for Kpg* and also fo- httcntni s 11 which Fowls to Have for Hreedln s I | Pnrpos s. and everything, odea . yon ahould knw en ih ? subject to make ft rroft . ili5usti'lWX;U;r4 se..i hl^. cW ITark. the sound of many voices Jubilant in gladest s n 1 And full ra-ny a heart rejoices r Ah the chorus floats along: f M Iiail tho Favor! e Prescription." 1 How the happy voices blend. " Wonderful beyond descriptionWoman's best and truest friend.4* Well may it bo called woman's beet friend, > since it does for her whit no other remedy noa I been nblu to d\ It cures all those delicate derangements and weaknesses peculiar to fo' nuiloi. Chirrs them, understand. Other pro' iterations may afford lemporary relief, but Dr. Plcrco s Favorite Prescription effects a permanent cure. It is puaranfeori t > do this, or the monoy paid for It will be promptly refunded. It is ttio groat remedy of the age. Tho worst Nasal Catarrh, no matter of how long standing, D permanently oarvd by Dr. bago's Catarrh liemedy. Virtue Is its own rewsr.1, and no question! asked. ** Not enjoyment and not sorrow Ih our destined end or wav; But to net that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day." The sentiment ho aptly expressed by the poet ought to nonnd liken trumpet to every slagglHli soul, and animate them to new and vigorous efforts to Improve their condition. To all those who have tho desire to j voss forward, but who are not Htire of tho wav. wo ?iv wilt,. t,> 11 ii* Johnson tVr Co., Iticliiiioiid, Va,., and they will be of service to you. A man must le pretty sick ot work win ii he thiows up his Jon. Did ycu ever go within r. rni'o of a soup factor;.? If hi you know what imiteiiul the. tuukc Ro/ipof. Dobbitis's Klcctrio Soap faotory b a? Ii>"o from odor w a ?liah factory. Try It onco. Ask your grocer for it, TuWo no imitation. The man who is riclit Is se'dotn loft. Mnny im tite, none equal. "Tansill's Punch" America's llnest 5c. Cigar. Some strong lio'es?Sife deposit vaults. Ely's Cream Ba'mHB is the host rem dy (?r <hililrrit su'Teruig iroin [jSiy ^A'/v lirinl COLD in HEAD|JSvcr^ :J CATARRH.jL. I ApplyHalni intoeach nostril M.* umos., t*> Warren St.. N. f. ut* I ,n"* SMITH'S BILE BEANS Act on the llvor and Idle. elenr the eomplexlon, eure biliousness, sick heudnclie, oostl veness, nuilnrla mid all liver and stoinneh disorders. The small sire are most convenient for children?very small and easy to lake. Prtee of either sire lie. per bottle. A panel sl/.e I'llOTtl.tllt .i VlltKnl Ihsahovr picture,11 Kiss tug at 7?w?to," mailed on receipt of I Sc. stamp. Address the makers of the great An till He Kemedy?"title Uoaus." J. K. ts.ilITH tk CO., bl. Louis, ftlo. TOOK ATlHISF Clicaifst and l>r?l Crrmnn. y _ Anirricnu IHetlonn ry at sV. theunprseodentcdly low prici w.*/ of St. <1*2-1 InndHonie paves, / bound in black cloth. Kiigluh ~rV> , I word# with tierniun cquiva- ; \ /"V^^V Jenls and pronunciation, and ii. '."v YVk 'Jerman wools with I'm/lish v_dV t;J Aw ac'^ttlona. so that if you h<-sr i~?-k' C Av r . ifltf wont and want to f 1 know It In Vnglisli, you look In n- -T^-V one part of w while u you want to tran.\?>(, #n Hug- fK/T/ \ Ilsli word in to (termii, > ?X1 j.^ik La / j / V Into sn* thrr p?i u Postpaid, ?v. 7r^j/ "SJ' > HOOK FPU. IIOUSH. 13d Leonard Rt.. N. Y. Otty | A D111 if a'.jssssssa: H H EH I IH ontPtln. Book of par* II 19 I I U 111 tlouUrn lont FKrK, U ll m " B. M.WOOTJ.HT. MIX WXflSBSw! OfloeAM WUMhBU Ik rnA?cn GRE"as"E 1 UKST IN TIIK WORLD UHI?nwL truot thoUcnulno. Bold Everywhere. RBOt nil I CHADWICK'3 Manual BASE BALL cr..aT r_ ? ? on application oneirism/ one O t IN I r Kt t (-Jo. ) .tamp, l>y tel'lres <i.ik TKEO HOLLAND, P.O. Eox 120, PhiU-, Pa. OPIUM HABIT. A Vuhiahlu Ti^'wIInci <?lvln? full Information of nn Knsy mid Speedy euro frrr to j the afflicted. Dr. J. C. IIofkmav,Jefferson,WlgcouHln. $25 AN HOfR TME D?t."rKK?lTNH I V&U MKP1CAI, CO., II ifhmouJ, Vi. I Ct HlliO Do>'ou 1"Buy or roll t I Dine AK iVl A D 80 send 8(anij> for elro'l'r to LMrcLISt I I WHIllw Curt 13 ?C iJu/Tew, Broadway, N. Y. nfllllftfi IIAHIT. Duly (Vrfiilii find IIB'alim rn\vn KKIm Ilio Worl.l. Dr. UMU171 J. L. STEPHEN a, Lebanon. O PEERLESS DYES 1 lorn bt Dxuuoiimk CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS RED CRC38 DIAMOND BRAND. .J .^1. N Hufp #n?1 alt**?- rillaltle. I.u<l1? ?, A w'.y\ wkVo c '? DruKflft f??r IHamotnl ttrami. Iii A\ r??il. nirtalltc lioiri, with Mm* iyV\ ^JlwJvrllilton. TuL?? no oll:cr. All pil.i \Yy I ..Lbnanl Iwie^piut wrapper*, are VBT J ? fjf ilmrfrrou. ruuntcrfVlla. s. n<l 4e. V C. lr (M.nii"*) for [.rik'ul.r., trohnonlala .ml , w fr "Keliel'for 1.utile," in lrtier, by return . \ [J mull. .Vie. Paper. ~ 'Kmi**'! ( hlrhrttrr I h.u'l to., BartU. a Sq., I'btla., Fo dor'o nix (J ai Hi' on!.'. /33^eCor?iia sped Ho tor I he ccrtui curv J9r t TO i PaVO.^BB of this rilM>ABi>. fl?ffOn.r?nt??J BOI 1?>g Ll. II. INtlKA II AM. M D , flTJgy uuwnlrltttiH' Amsterdam, N. V. fel Mf dc .'.Tby ths M'o Lmvo Mild F.iK fl frail. .. rv.-d-.l He tnntiv years, nnd li has WjMTtMCheaLU'rt. ^.ivun Hie LcH cl natiiy?S}v OiEClnnaU^S?5*ia fa'-tlon. oiua. i>. n. ovenr. ft co..^ " " '*aK"1 jjljgjgjIj CAN YOU A SOU! When you hoc one? Know whet her lie is free from Spavin, Splint and Sprain, or the nianv ; troubles to which Horses are liable? And if you can detect imperfections, do you know how to treat the animal so as to do away with the trouble and thus , greatly inereasc the value of the 1 llorse? ' Do you even know the proper name of the different parts of ' the animal, such as Pastern, Btifle, Hock, Ac. If not, you cannot claim to he much of a horseman. Can you tell the ap and hundreds of other points ai ? 25c.l00~Page lllus It teaches you to pick out a J and so guard against fraud; d [; when same is possible; tell the I he different parts of the animal j &(\, Ac. f We will forward, postpaid, ( fc BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE ... ?-1 FTjAcrasQU ^ TRADE MAWC^if [REN EDY^pAlft CURES PERMANENTLY Pe *isil| Druggists and Dealers. i THE "HARLES A. VOGELER CO.. BalUinor*. M4 ? SU it WIDE-AWAKE TRADESMEN * have learned by cxpcrieuco that the only waterproof coat th>-y can sell to a cowboy or hunter is tha Pommel Slicker with the " Fish Brand" Trade Mark o-i it. They are the best waterproof saddle coats ever made. They keep the saddle, tho horse's back, and the rider thoroughly dry and warm. K:> saddle sores Irom the galling of a art! saddle. When used as a walking coat, the estrnsion f.ont buttons back, and the Slicker ia ?? changed at cnco to an ordinary coat. JjBst Iry A A one. they cost but litl'e and will prevcof colds,I fevers, rnemnatism. and other results to exposure to the weather. lleware of worthless imitations, ._ every garment stamped with " Fish Brand " Trade Mark. Don't accept any inferior coat when you can have the "Fish Brand Slicker" delivered without extra cost. Particulars and illustrated catalogue free. A. J. TOWER, - Boston, Maim. IF VOU WISH A /-* H I --a , (Vf/TO k wesson ? I < r. v <i i. v i':ic * V?jh?| "T1RV , fnirchnae one of I ho role- ? .Jbxjv* rated SMITH * WESSON anna. Tin- flncat email arim f(vS~xf ever manufactured and tlio )J )] Bm) lirnt choice of all experts. ^5*-=^ Vl| Manufactured In calibre* :?anrl 44-1(0. Sin- |M] Kloor<Ioiilil? action. Safely llammcrlrsa and Wv I n re t model*. Constructed entirely of best anal* lly \vi niitlir atPcl. carefully inepoeted for ivorfcninnsli i. and atock, t hey nre linrivutcd for Hnlah. Ini-iiMill v nnd nrcurney. l)o not be deceived by cheap inn limbic enn-li nn linl tnlioii* which., a-e often sold for the w>t.uiic article and am n?4 onlv unreliable, but duinornim. Tho SMITH tw WESSON Itovolvers nre nil stamp* d upon the barrels with tlrin's naine.iwldrcsa and date* of patenta and nre uuncii ntecd perfect ill < Tory detail. Insist ni*ui hnvinv tlio Keiiulne article, and If your denier cann- t sup: ly you an order s-nt to aidreas Is low will ro vdvn prompt nu I careful attention. Itesorptivecat.vo'cu" a-i I nrio-vi furnlsho I nttin anmca.on. SMITH & WESSON, ty-Mentlon this pni* r. H^rlnatlrld, Itlaw. tFor Dairy, Farm &. Household. ' oil'' Isfrtui nunilrr Maeaine as arief lotfliest medal . Approved of and found I? a I'.v the Ills-lot dairy fscultioi. A cliild enn use II. Always produce flratc nss butter from sweet infill or cream in a nmuitcm Work-* from on* pict up to ttva iMyeat nuautiiy. IIekes more butter. ],* r*r et. I lii I term II Ic da-.* oh l for ooffee. rfc. timice* (Inert Ice ? phyrf. am. 14 ?im.. flOi 4<? Qrthinn ILK) Send for tertlnioiiial* and clrcutm.. 5 F. A FRAXK (U. 1'ntonto < on*l Solo Mfr*., Sl? Emm ^ ft?| St. New York. lteiiabl agent* tiled. ' . M. f> 2 After Aiili OUWrt S ll fall, oaiault BSr I nnh 329Nm?L^-, Twenty yeore' continuous practice in the treatment and cure Of the nvrltt! rllceta ?f emjtjf rlcei destroytu* both mind and body. Mealcine and treatment for otic month, rive Dollnra, WM eecuroly scaled from obaervatloii to any address. B.oU nn Kpeciul I>l*cn*cu free. J | JONES W PAYS THE FREIGHT. rf ft Ton Wuaon Hen lee, If Iron Leiars Steel Heart nifa, linu L Tar. Beam and IWum Box for Jk soo. JlT?Everr air. Scale. For free prloa1M IT i?J- mention tills paper and addrws JJ- JONES OF BINGHAMTON. HINUIIAIIITO.N. N. Y._ I Newspaper Readers' Atlas, Colored Map* of cncii Stat** an J Territory ? pi nl*o Mai n of evefy Country lu the WorWi IV given tit* h iuhio mill of each J-Uto, ettl#i JrJ ntrol, r* p ilatlon, chief cities, nveraK? trin! cs. i**ta*??rr. salury of official*, number of try p forms, their production*; the value ; mwi* t UffjN'rv nfio turon, number of employe*, et?\ I nleo v > \ 111 ** 4,r t'nuntry. form or Vw/7 \ government. population, i?iodue(s, amount ^ of trade, religion, hire of army iui4 teJo^2^. sraiih, number of howon, cattle, sheep, Ao. I "T4& F.I I UY I AMII.Y SlIOl l,l> IIAVB OJIE. Iti W nan *. 01 lull | ?:? M*l?. Postpaid for 28c. rook rt u. r.uvwr, im u*mt4 mi., h. t. ouy. BUGGIES f or r ROAD CARTS ! K I" f HARNESS No >2 Price or 50% but Free. Wo inamifuoturo tiono !>ut the best, and tor COK.srur.KM OMI.Y. Write tin for full particulars Itotv to i;ct these articles free of coct. CONSUMERS' CARRIAGE CO., CINCINNATI. O. loeommended by Physicians. ujl Pleasant and ofjrocablo to tlio KB lout objection. By druggists. El TEP.L aa m a^. n n ? ift" ;e of a 1 Iorsc l>y its teeth ? These e given in our itrated Horse Book. v good Horse; know imperfect ion a otect disease and efleet a cure age by the teeth; what to cull I; how to shoe a horse properly, >n receipt, of S??5C. in stamps. , 134 Leonard 8t.? N. Y. City -