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......... they i to i ^ <i^tR'<(or. into n< our H^PM"r l>,H ''"^ up. Wlieu lr '"' f"v i is so vet H^^^9"' 111:?>11 p( can baldly find th 1'1'1 '* I'M'ii not pay t<> clean it up. ^HHffetxin the u is much better than cure. nierchn1"?'berry net I*4 attention, and most Pin any uj^**"recoj?ni7.e the fact. Once in a lea of however, a strawberry bed is negfcjcc.r?"ed until it is wortuless, and when V nat is the case, better plow it up and Jfstart anew, with a determination to give 7 *V? ~?? *- -u? pect that wo ran obtain good results unless we attend to its wnnts. ? (ireen'a fruit (iroirrr. V lionsKs c;et too much hat. Whpn ? boy on a farm, says a writ^ in Column'a Jtural World, I remember it wati n stauding rule to rake down a little hay into the horses' rack every time any one went into the stable. The result was the horses would keep their grinders going nearly all the time, and become pot-bellied, unsightly animals. Horses fed in this way become mere machines, or hay cutters, the nutrition of the hay is not assimilated, and a large portion of it is wasted. By such stuffing, every organ in the body is interferred with, and when put on the road or to work on the farm a horse so fed cannot move with any comfort until relieved of the superabundance of feed. The disease known as heaves is generally due to over-driving when the stomach is full of hay. Bulk in feeding is necessary, but when the food is nearly all bulk an extreme has been reached, and it is time to change. Hay should be fed with as much care as grain jft frtl l)iir??rnit< ltnrcoc rnnuirn /HfTnn ? -t;?ent qualities, and in feeding a now horse it becomes a matter of experiment until his wants are ascertained. riGS OX DAIRY FARMS. There is no other food on which young pigs thrive so well as on skimmed milk and Indian meal. Pigs arc also very fond of whey, and do well on it provided they have a liberal allowance of Indian meal fed with it. To keep pigs on whey alone is a great waste of food and time. Oil skimmed milk, and the run of a clover pasture, a well-bred, young pig will grow rapidly; but even in this case / a little corn meal could be fed with very decided economy and advantage. The oil and starMi of the corn restore to the skimmed milk the fat-forming material which has been removed in the lmtter, and. in effect, converts it into new milk again. But it is very desirable that the meal should be cooked by pouring upon | boiling water, and stirring it carefully . until it is made into "pudding." In the. | dairy there is usually much hot water i tlirowr. nwav. which miolit lie n??d f#? ! this purpose, without cost, and with lit tie labor. j On farms where ruueh giWia/is. groivri^ I and only a few rows are kept i^syal-, ' ly not profitable to keep :\ hirgMsYo^k of i pigs. The common mistake ^however, is not in keeping too many, but in not feeding them liberally. Ajs a rule, the pigs are kept ou short allowance uutil they are shut up to fatten, after the corn is ripe, although there can be no -rbMlbt that a bushel of corn, fed to pig&-whilst in clover during the summer, will produce double or treble as much pork as a bushel new corn fed in cold weather,.,in tlie autumn, when the pigs have nothing but corn. A few fall pigs c;iu be kept in the yards during the winter to good advantage, especially if the cattle are fed grain. But it is a great mi.'take td stint young pigs through the winter, although it must be confessed that it is a very common one. Youutr nigs should he kenfc growing rapidly through the winter nod spring months.?Prarie Fanmr. TICKS ON KMKKl*. The English mutton herds of sheep nnd their grades and crosses are much more liable to he troubled by licks than Merinos, says Joseph Harris in the American Agriculturist. Every English farmer dips his sheep two or three limes a year to kill ticks. Scores of preparations are sold for this purpose, and men go round from farm to farm with a convenient ap- ! paratus for dipping tho sheep, and do the ' work at so much a head. As to the relative merits of mutton sheep and Merinos, mueh may he said. Hut that is not our purpose at this time; what we wish to say now is, if you are ?"^i' ""J kind nnd have not dipped them this fall, do not let another week pass without doing so. It is cruel to the sheep and a great"loss to you. We onee visited a farmer in Maine", who had given up Merinos and was keeping grade Cotswold's. "I feed them well," he said, "hut they do Kik^j' tioiiwoWs are not going to prove jirofltahle. I think I shall have to give up sheep altogether and keep more cows." This was in winter. We caught one of the sheep and on opening the fleece found it literally alive and black with ticks. We have found many such instances elsewhere. Hcfore white** sets in sheep should he. dipped t wice, oner; to kill all the ticks, and again, two or three weeks later,to kill the young ticks hatched out from the eggs laid previous to the first dipping. This will cfToctuully cure the' evil. The ticks are easily killed. A favorite dip is made from tobacco stems or cheap tobacco. We have for many years used a dip made of a pound of soap and a pint of crude carbolic acid to iifty ' gallon of water. The only point to be ! observed is to keep the mixture well ' thinned; Dissolve the soap in a gallon ' or more of boiling water and add the carbolic acid and st*r thoroughly. Then ( mix with water and the proportion named c above. In dipping let some trusty man | ' have litilfl f>f it". 1 .... .. in >?i hip sncep tir,(l i c sen that none of the mixture tfcta into the j ii mouth, or nostrils, or eyes. K.ich sheep li should be held in the dip not Je*s than I t half a minute. ! c A dip that, will probably be rnoro cou- j p veaieDtly made is a mixture of eoap and ' a< .'I \ilk. Put them \\ -Idly for ten or u- Ao milk is boiling iv ,n the chum with the kero PI7 p^- ! be all the better. When _ ?y churned put two gallons of vision in the dipping tub or barrel 1 twenty gallons of water, 6tir it up, l*?t continence dipping the sheep. The nfcrved gallon of emulsion will be needed fr make more dip to keep the tub or bar ^ el full enough to cover tne sheep. In >ur own trials we jised soap instead of <nilk. Boil n gallon of water, and put iu * it a pound of soap, and stir till it is dis ?olved. Then add two galious of kerosene and churn as before, or, if you have a good syringe or force puinp, churn it ( -? -? - * nil ?n ?Ko wnn mat ior isn mumics, ... .... .... .... oil is "rut," and thr emulsion is corn ( plete. It Is not improbable that with so much soap as above recommended the dip may need to be a little stronger?say ouo gallon of the emulsion to eight gallons of water. We like to use plenty of soap to ? avoid auv jiossiblc injury to the wool. A pound of white hellebore powder to each two gallons of soap and kerosene emulsion makes a dip that finishes the ticks in a few minutes. The dip without the hellebore will do the work. You will ? find no live ticks the next morning, and UvMT?v?.vi aw?<Hj{y?llfr.always'' ~ .safer and better to give a second dipping in two or three weeks, and be sure you n, dip every sheep in the flock. el' It may be thought that we should tell how much dip will be needed for a given ^ number of sheep. It is not easy to do so. hi It requires almost as much dip for one w sheep as for a dor.cn. You will need to have the tub or barrel full enough to f(1 cover the sheep. Much will depend on the ni size of the sheep aiiil the size of the tub or barrel. You will probably have at ?, least twenty gallons to start with. How A much more will l>e required to replenish K' the dip will depend on how much care p| you bestow on squeezing out the dip from si< the fleece when the sheep is taken out. <>J Kerosene is cheap, and it is better to "( have too much dip than too little, for if te you get short some of the Inst sheep will tli not be thoroughly dipped. w FAHM AND GAJtDBK NOTES. p] Make a specialty of some one branch of farming and you will succeed. ^ The size of the fann has little to do y< with the financial condition of the farmer. I11 IM All root crops linl?le to injury from the gi frost should he leathered without de- JJ1 1 lay- ?t This is the time to ditch, drain, re- 'a pair huildings and make improvements ^ generally. ra Many years of experience show thnt with ordinary, good and well cultivated soil, the best crops of potatoes are obtained by flat culture. A well fed calf in autumn, having full [J, flesh, is worth two others of the same tn age poorly fed and of such stunted growth, t<i from which recovery is next to impossible. " J, Chicks raised in brooders really dou- ,fl ble their age. AVc have chirks now in 0j our brooder that are so far advanced at )u three weeks of age as thoso six weeks I" old, in care of the hen. Jlut if you are raising stock to keep, don't feed so heavy. tl If you find your chicks droopy, look | out for lice. Yon may not think you vj have them, but you will find, by care- tli fully looking, the large head louse, tji Grease the head sparingly with an oiut- fl,|' ment composed of two-thirds lard and ?| one-third coal oil. There are "big profits" in ducks, because they are brought to a marketable In Hf*p nnioWnr tliun si rViirlf mirl frontipntlv <"0 you can get more for them. Their feathicrr, are marketable at a fair price ; little ;1. ,is given for the best chicken feathers :They are worthy your attention. -1 j You know that if cows eat cabbage, I ;onious, or other strong smelling and pun ! jgent foods, they will make the milk have j J" that, flavor. Now, it stands to reason that | pi water that has become impregnated with ei manure wash, frog spittle or slime, will 1 have the same effect upon the milk. Keep ? them away from it. m If the fruit trees are split by frost, a j ;j good plan is to heat grafting wax, spread j tii it over a piece of muslin, and place over j v> the wound, tying in place with strips of i f"'1 the same material wrapped around tho trees. The strip covered with the wax 1 should lie sufficiently large entirely to , cover the wound. ; t.| The great object of cultivation aside ; JJj from killing the weeds, is to keep the ; qnil linen so that it ran absorb whatever in is needed from the atmosphere to nour- ! ish the corn. The soil when kept in : [ this condition will get a portion of it moisture in the dryest season, will get ! cr also much needed ammonia and the ^ plants are thus greatly helped. It is quite an item to have the poultry ? gentle, and especially the hens. If the hens are tame they will make much hotter ? and safer mothers than if wild or uneon- t! trolablc. A little pains should be taken to make them gentle before they are set ? on eggs, as it may be necessary to handle more or less before the chickens will be fj able to take care of themselves. fi A good way to keep the blanket from blowing off the horse while standing tied out. of doors is to pin it down to the traces with a safety pin. If you don't b want to he bothered to do this each time, in sew a short strap and a buckle on the inside of the blanket nnd buckle this about J' the trace. JEW "mimm1 WWf WbafBerT*' i ' The windmin is an implement that I ,n costs very little mmmml ?m?I, ?... la r- * tt tages derived. Water pumped into a h< tank ran be conducted to tho barnyard or to the pasture through pipes, thus of saving the expense of pomps nnd the la- "r bor of pumping. Where there is no run- (j, ning water troughs can he arranged for | stock and nniy be kept full without dif- | nr ficultv. I 10 No matter hnw,careful we may be, we u? shall occasionally find eggs frozen in tho br nest. These eggs, are of course, unfit j for setting or marketing, but with a little P?i care rati be preserved and made useful p.,'. for ordinary purposes. Tho only prccnu- evi !ion needed is to keep thesn frozen till v'f they are to he used. To prepare for use, ' pour boiling water over them, and allow {[jj, h"tn to cool in a warm room. Then use n,g hem at once. Bo If a calf is at all dainty about its food, lo not keep it for a cow. No pedigree dui (w< kiisci. me msaa vantage of a poor np- 1 ictltc and a poorer digestion. Giving the del alf as great a variety of food as possible s the beat plan we know of to make it a wjf learty eater. The greater the variety, the lie more food can bo eaten, and thia if ontinued, means increased digestive jou owers, on which any animal, man not nev cceptcd, future usefulness must depend. jrersoiuUi. | TEil^E^CE. 7\, _____ ' * '\" TH**moin.TO, 4Lj| lcntv of neace nit tmlliug here. < "til We'thank tha Giver of all good r) For the Urge loaf of needed food, "he product of a plenteous year Here commerce spreads hdr sails of Snow, | Here anvils ring and forces glow, Here freely swings the school-house door, Hero science sweeps the starlit Boor. lave not our days been pohlen days. In happv homes where honor dwells? Music and song the story tells )f hearts that overflow with praise. For Rifts from tho sweet heaven above, For filial and parental love, For health and life and the good cheer Which crown another prosperous year. >ur bins are filled with golden wheat From fruitful fields, hard labor tilled. Orchards and vineyards here have filled >.ir vaults with unspoil?d juices* sweet. lu grate Mil praise wo in* our i-t To Him who gave us genial skies, Ami hles'cd the nation at its task With daily bread for which we ask. rho Benjamin of nations bora, Our ltuid 110 needed blessings lacx, Thu loving cup is in the sack, With shekels hid auiid the corn; Upon the just and the unjust The rain lias fallen on the dust. And from it food abundant springs, Fit for a continent of Kings. ?Cnt>?i<l fruits. _ , , . G. IF^Jiwrawi.in Temp* ranee Advocate. THE BEKH DRIVKERS. Tho World recently scat out a reporter b> numbor of tho big breweries of New Yc*'.; ty to sec if there was any truth in the wopfc* rful stories told of the drinking habits of ewery employes, and il claims that tho i Idest stories are not exaggerated. Brewery olds ar? generally furnished, freo gratis, ith all the licer* tliey can drink, and tho 'oWd man says that they take advantage of lis privilege often to the extent of fror.i irty to one hundred glasses daily. One onumontol beer-guxxler, who tips the scale ,830 pounds, lias a record of 140 glasses in a iigio day. "Our men," said one brewer, lrink twenty to thirty glasses a day." nother declared: "Tho average number of asses drunk by our people during n day is veuty-flvo apiece, each glass holding half a lit. We have a few brilliant stars who conrier 100 glasses per ciicin to bo only ordinary tercise. But what stars! Hix of them oighed 1580 pounds. If men wero to l>e vol* ?dfor the same finalities as are considered i constitute excellence in hogs, no doubt all le prises at any exhibition of hnmnn annals would bo carried off by some of these eirory hands. Their only competitors ould he some of their best customers. For all beer-drinkers the Rrewer.i' Joxtrvol aces the consumption of beer in the United tates in 187(1 at 7.05 gallons per capita, hilein 1888 it. hail increased seventy-seven ;r cent, to 12.48 gallons. During theso Mirs the consumption of beer in England id Germany remained about stationary. ?ing 82.88 gallons in England, ami 24.(XI dlons in Oermany. These figures show two lings: Kifst. that whilo in England and ermany the per capita amount of liquor innimM has remained the same during tho st ten years, yet in this country it has incased during that short period scventyven per cent. And second, that tho nveige German imbibes two and the English iron times as freely as tho American. Yet unkenne88 is more <*ommon in this country. MORAL AXn LEGAL EFFORT. Moral suasion and moral force is one of foundation-stones of the temperance rcirm, and must ever nud continually bo nmtniued. To make, to sell, or to drink is i have |MU't in siu and wickedness of the reilts. 'I liw appeal to the conscience is one of io strongest weapons in this warfare. Rev. r. Ecob Rhys: "Every man who touches, istes or handles this accursed thing is a sinsr against man and beforo God." This is w of the strongest arguments for tho abso te prohibiten of the traffic that can bo relented. The sin of the <lrink habit nnd ink traffic must be proclaimed so long ns i?-driuk exist*, and until It is banished from ic fac? of the earth. Moral suasion and moral effort, however, in never have much more than a few indidual triumphs hero and there so long as ic- strong arm of the State is thrown around io liquor traffic, aud it is legalized and sancuierl and protected by statutes and Govunu-nt officers. "Regulation" cannot ragate this "gigantic crime of crimes." The over ami support of tho .State must be taken OU the ,- alooil mill lie nlar-ed nronml t.lin me. 'i'lio saloon must ho outlawed and tho dividual protected. Then and only then in moral suasion have its full and rightful tfuence. Moral and legal effort joined >nd in hand will as surely bring the victory i there is a Cod in heaven who favors right* msness and disapproves of tin and all in* uify.?Xational Atlvoeate, thk ueai. CONTr.IBt'TORS. The Chicago brewers are being congratu tosl for their generosity in subscribing tVUXlO to the Chicago AN'orld's Fair fund; Lit how wouhi it do to give a part of tho ivbt t<> the real contributors?the impoverhed wage-workers, the distressed wives and iol hers, and pinched and starving children, hose living, parsing through the rhanneU r the tiqitor traffic, has made the brewers i wealthy that they can subscribe this largo iro without feeling it, even if they had not i" prospect of getting it all I.ack again, and ,-y much more besides, if the Exposition ictil.i be held in Chicago??The Pioneer, evils ov alcohol. The evil wrought by alcoholic drink is now mowlodged ami proclaimed by all tho'iritis of public opinion. It undermines health, ifeebles the will, coarsens the mind and inimes animal passions. It separates husbands id wives, divides families and deprives lildron ol the home influence which noth g else pan supply. It lowers tho standard morals, (ills prisons and insane asylums it li its victims, and feeds the germs of coription in the body politic. It is, in a word, ic cause of the occasion of four-fifths of the imc by which our national life is disraced. ? Ritkop Spalding. tkmpehance~n?w8 and notes. A l*iy five years old was treated in a priato hospital in Uoalin for delirium tremens. Nearly two hundred now W. C. T. II. nions have boon organized in Pennsylvania liis year. It is estimated that $10,000 is spent for rink on an average steamship from England > Australia. The Cadiz (Ohio) Flambeau estimates that 10 liquor truffle takes one boy fronr every fth household. In Germany fifty per cent, of the poor and iventy per cent, of tho criminal aro iueorgible drinkers. The total number of licenses in Great ritain and Ireland for tho salo of intoxieatig liquor is 168,385. The keeper of the morgue in New York ty states that four-fifths of the 5000-W1055 gtt " y year aro Mrs. John Green way, widow of the late lillionairo brewer of Syracuse, Now York, I is been pronounced by the courts an Imbiinl drunkard nn<l deprived of tlie control of )r husband's vast cstato. "I have treated nearly seven thousand cases inebriety, and eight-tenths of that nunil>er iginated from wine and malt liquors," ys Albert Day. M. I)., Superintendent of o Woshingtonian Home at Boston. Knn Obispo, Cnl., a town of 1300 inhabitda, supports eighty saloons. A local W. T. IT. secretary, in trying to raise funds r a hnilding for the union, esclaims: "Kelp , for our children nro being eaten liko end liefore our eyes." \n Episcopal rector recjntly opined a tern ran;;-> meeting by rending tna ten com indmenta, profnciug the act with the i t tgestivo words: "I will readth" Dooa'.ogue, jry one of whose commands is constantly dated in tho saloon." treat Britain lias at least three distinished military commanders who are total dninerK, viz.: Kir Robert mdor-ln-chief of Her Majesty's armies in ml?ay; Kir Henry Ramsey, lalo com- ' nder of a province in India, and Kir aides Bernard, commander of Burma!) "ing the late Burmeso war. 'he Now York correspondent of the I'hiia- ! phia /e-./(/rr wrote in a letter to that \ or: "In a tenement house on Kighteenth ( >et an otlicer found Dauiel Hynos ami his j 0 lying dead drunk on tho floor, with ir little flve-yoar-old son Daniel sitting ride his father's body, playing "horse,"' 1 an infant child, ten months old. lying d on a table. Tho imagination of tvougn er painted a saddor picture of Hit; daumeffecte of drink." I *?. * - j- v ijL'ill^TlONAL liEMOM POll AOVLMDKK 17. Iieiton T.-xt: "David's I.ast Wor.la," 11 8am. xxtil., 1-7?Golden IVxt: II Sam xxill., tt ? Commentary on l lie Licaoon. *" ^ \ 1. "Now these be the List words o 1 David. Things are apt to look very different when one comes to the last hours of life in the mortal body; earthly things fade, their importance vanishes, trials F?vni no longer great, and oternal tilings become intensely real; there is nothing worth considering but tho King of Righteousness and His righteous kingdom. David, the man after God's own heart (I 8am. xiii., 14; Acta xiii., 29), is in this lesson brought before us with eyes directed afar off to the highest mountain peak of revelation, the establishment of the kingdom referred to in chap, vii., Id. Jacob sees and speaks of the same things when hi his dying moments he calls his sons around him and tells them what shall befall them in the last days. (Gen. xlix., 1, 10.) 9. "The Spirit of the Dora spake by me, and His word was in my tongue." Here is a definition of inspiration. The Spirit speaks, tho words are His, but He ""fa David's tongue; so Jesus testified that David himself said by the Holy Ghost (Mark xii., 88) and Peter testified that the Holy Ghost by the mouth of Davkl spake; so Paid testified that tho Holy Ghost'^>ako by Isaiah (Acts i., IB; xxViii., 25); and in II Pet. i.. 91, we have the comprehensive statement that "Holy men of ' lod spake as thoy woro moved by the Holy "jGboet." Tho Fifth Article of Kolirfion in our Book of Prayer emphatically states that "Holy Hcriptilre is therefore the Word of God; not only does it contain the oracles of God, but it is it-self the. very Oracles of God.". Let us yield our, too often unruly, tongues to this same Spirit, who dwelleth in us if wo are true believers, that Ho may use them only for the glory of God. 8. "The God or Israel said, tho Rock of Israel Spake to Me." In the first verso it was the God of Jacob, perhaps with the thought of tho Great Creator and Restorer (Elohini), who could make something out of and use for His glory such crooked ones ns Jacob and David and all of us are by nature; hero it is the God and Rock of Israel, the same creating and restoring and covenant keening Elohim, but now in reference to tho broken, helpless, clinging, earnestly seeking one, who had power with God and man, and received the now name of Israel (Gen. xxxii., 26-98). Both Moses and Davlrl loved to speak of God as their Rock (Deut. xxxii., 4, 15, 18,31: Ps. xviii., 2, 81, 40, etc), hut it is from the margin of Isa. xxvi., 4, that wo got the title "Rock of Ages." In this verse and tho last we seem to have very clearly the Three Persons of the Trinity, the Rock pointing us to Him who was smitten for us, from whom alono comes living water, in whom we hide. on whom we stand, and who shall soon break in pieces the governments of earth and establish His own kingdom. "He '.hat ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God." Wo now for a thneloeo sight of David as wo fix our eyes upon that Just One (Acts vii., 52;xxti., 14), thcKingwho shall reign in righteousness (Isa. xxxfi., 1), of whom it is written: "Behold, the days coine, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto Ravkf a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and iuslice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is His name whereby He shall be called, tho Lord our righteousness'' (Jer. xxiii., 5, fi). Whatever He does shall be done in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart (II Chron. xix., 0). * 4. "And He shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rlseth. even a morning without clouds.'' One of His last names in Scripture is in Rev. xxii.. Hi. "Tho root and tho offspring of David, tho bright and morning star;" and in Ma), iv., 2, "The sun of righteousness.'' The time of His appearing in glory to build up Zfon (Ps. cii., If?) is preeminently called "the morning," as in l's. *lvi., 5 (margin), where th? whole subject it; the safety JTItrHbl when He judges tho nations una makes wars to cease, and where it is written "God shall kelp her when the morning appeareth," or (H. V.) "at the dawn of the morning," and again in Ps. xlix . 14, "Tho upright shall have dominion over them in the morning." 5. "He liath made with me an everlasting covenant-, ordered in all things and sure. This is our goldc-n text, and it is in some respects the center of tho lesson, for it brings before us God and His faithful covenant and assurance of complete fulfillment, inasmuch as there can be no failure on His part. The two "althoughs"' which begin and end this verse point to possible failure on the part of David and his house, for man is only anil always when left to himself a failure;* but the terms of the covenant indicated that while iniquity might have to lie chast ened David's house and kingdom should be established for ever (chap, vli., 12-lfl); so that, it might truly lie called an "evorlastin; covenant, or dered (or furnished) in nil things mid sure;" or, as it i? in isa. lvM ii-.\ "The auromercies of David," pointing to the Urao when other nations shall run to Israel because of their glorious king. Gazo on tho full consummation of tho things included in this covenant as revealed to tho prophets: "Of tho increase of His government and peace thero shall bo no end, noon tha throno of David, nnd upon his kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgement and avith justice, henceforth even forever;" "At that time thoy shall call Jerusalem tho throne of the Lord, and all tho nations shall he gathered untoit, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem, neither shall they walk any more after tho imagination of their evil heart." "And I will make them 01:0 nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and David, My servant, shall bo king over them; and tho nations shall know that I, the Lord, do sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore." (Isa. ix.; Jer. iii . 17; Ezojc. xxxvii., .?!- >*.1 With such a kingdom before him, and, like Abraham, believing what (lod has promised Ho is also M>!e to perform, David is ablo to say: "Tills is all my salvation and all my desire." 6, 7. "But tho sons of Belial (II. V. the ungocuy) shall be all of them as tnorns thrust nuiav * * ? * * 1.-II 1.. burned with tiro." Thorns and thistles are the manifest evidence that t he earth is still under the curse of sin ((ten. iii. 1H); Jesus uses them as a symbol of the natural, unrenewed heart when ho says: "Do men gather grai>es of thorns, or figs of thistles?" (Matt, vlil. 1*1), Aud the ungodly are thus described in Ksek. ii, ft; "Though briers and thorns l>a with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions, be not afraid of their words." We are all of us such by nature and I13' practice; sin dwelleth in 11s, and all have sinniA and come short of the glory of God. Thoso whe^o p* not xPoant, but jiersiat in their lur/imr oni; havo nothing to expect bid- rstrujt ton from the or-- *U,C&dl j fro.fi the glory of*"' ..LrfMness, In 4'?ir5ifth-feSST - - -vevl^ting dov t 4*?onco of the Lord, end I [or*plAco a T wben Ho shall Dr whW^'tfibd in His sainta <U Tho^ thalhey will not be drawn by love, there?lljnust perish l.y judgment. May we ithe^nigbty ones of the true David 0r c. .Jkait for the Tx>rd more than they (h S3 for the morning. (P?- < *". 6. ? > rv MaulWptr. . m of Wop Proctor haa lioen given ,c ? m in Washington of "Tho Silent m Mvr.m hj iHJ MARKETS. " Kiour -CJt> afills, extra.* t.tVJ Ma.TK-?i?at? Soutliern Kali7,. 14?>*11 .< 13 5 sJtVfrn White, I'JiK'"; ets, Yellow " Kastor'nys - -Soil ther n nini ' iM?yivu:ua r f.il7< t;j?i>e-M?rvlnn<l & Pennsylvania x nl lj?f cflKr Ma'Tlon.l nn?l Pennsylvania a'JI, |'ohrw?*w'Wli?at,7.tOn.<-8 iNi; lintter. f Common *"*' IVnoar-i.y receipt* , to flue rifflP ?Kartern KiiiieyCnam. It'if ffKW B*?-ster?. IIUIO.S cts; fnir ox'rM. ?Inferior. la*-' <> >, (<0.h| nKJWMtvS!*** ??> Mi'l '-in*. $'*?7.<W U00J Yellow !'*'?*I rt*.; n'...'M-ylu?r?Mp\ithern Common to Slv'airix JlOatft. IJV:\V lii>(it 1N1.1 White K11/ l*HH^A^5tate.M% 1 j:Corr.--Sonthi |-.i rniiry .1 Oats-Wnite, Htnto M>ut)i?Ti^?^t?to. lis 3 '-ts.: (Jliocse-.^uito. or" or? ctM. ' > t'Bl * totr- ? )rits- .-.'si fuiA ? Flour ? IVnnnylvnniu ^hoesj?,> 9: Wbeat?Pmiiisvlvauln ami itoto. 'l\\. , 80)^?I>1; live- -iVniwyl vnnin ?|9ovtk*rii Yoltow, 40141^'ct*. RALTIuoitrK'; Ou0B?r?SttntO. ll??V6 < |m. "4 -V). IIoKe' ' ctory.V^. ^r- ?tjprftKW y,,,, I5 26; Moffs-MCATTLK Fast Lib ' *?'. * OJai 15; Sheep?13 00 60a4 60 I? 35t? 40. ' tfi OOifl 0D;Sheep-i3 70 9.?). 4<T>. B-Y?lWrf -H 40?4 90; Sheep? og#?#****4 t> du A woman walked into ?n insurance; offico tho nilc. ohv, and i aid the want* | ed the policy she held settled. The agent took it, ttaw it was a paid-up policy, and told her he had no notification of the death of the man named therein. She said: "No, of ootiree uot; ho only died night before last, and I guess they are just about putting him in now.' , He told her he thonght it was rather soon for a widow to bo after the life insurance beforo her husband was buried. "Well," sho said, "we are di Vorced, and its made out to me, and I learned by living in this world that whon you vo got business to do t he boat way is to do it right off, and so soon or I heard of bis death I came right down." The agent told her he would have to havo a deatli certificate, and sho went away. Klio has evidently had I experience with: he saying, "Delays arar I Junnnmiw " ? Ii.dlanauolis Journal I . t ? The Laziest Man in the Country^ One of the nion in the/onn. try is John Curtis, who is seiY-ipg a three years' lentenco in tlief Stain prison at Salem, Oregon. J Curtis workod in the foundry, ami alwjufc three months ago took off his boot s on the plea that they hurt him, ntr.d then burned his foot R<> severely thajt ho wan laid up. When Hie burig 'Wits healod he put vinegar on it, and aggravated it to prevent its getting well. Tho prison physician treated li'Tn, and managed to euro thewound. Curtis was sot nt work again, .die worked four days, and then with r? hatchet, cut off hi* left hand. It took two blows. Ono cut through the tleHiy part of the hand, the other cloo.'n through tho wrist joint. He confessed that he did it to avoid work.?A"fit' l'ork H'orW. S!i tel. If wires are bound to bo obedient, husbands are certainly bound to be reasonable. Hut, n?. the npostle said "All men have r.ot faith." A neighbor found herself unexpectedly straitened in tho midst of hci pastry bakiuc, and ran over to the liouso of Mrr,. Hooper, who kept more than a hundred lions, to ask if ilie could spare a single egg. "Well, I'll see," answered Mrs. Hooper, and. putting ou her aunbonnet, she went out to a distant field in wlneli lior husband win plowing. On her return she paid: "Yes, Ciideon ea;,? yon can have il. He never allows me lo lend anything without asking him fiibt." A goot? conrCioneO is to tho eoui what heaith is to theltodjr: it pre.ervcs a constant e:?8e and serenity within us, and more than countervails all the calamities and alllictions which can pojsib'.y befull us. f? Don't Piu To oxpet line it witti uncertain remedies, w' en nfUlcte I with any of the nilmonts for which l)r. I'icirr'HdnldoB Medical Discovery Is recommended, at it Is so posit rely certain In Its curat Ive effects a* to warrant it's nmnufaolur! era in guaranteeing it to bcnctlt < r cnVo, or ! ni'iiwy paid for it is returned. It i t warranted i to cure all blood, skin and scalp disease. saltrlientn, tot or, and all eorofulo'is sores and 1 swellings, as welt as conn nipt ion (which is j t'crofuln of the lnn-b) if takoa in time and given a f:i r irial. Don't hawk, hnwk, h ow. spit and distrust overt body ,?itl? your offensive breath, but uso j Dr. Sar 'a Catarrh KoraoUyand end it. r.lo'soil nre tlie p nr?-r.nker?, but not by | Iliose between whom they m abate. Did Von Rend I The largo advertisement of Tut. Yoiwn's ComI Pamon which we publisheil last week/ This | remarkable paper has the phenomena! circu| Intion of 41T0.(>?1 copies weekly. No other Journal is more welcomed bv olil and y. ung I in the families throughout tlie l>?nd. The publishers make a NJMOMf ojftT once n year, and to I nil wlioHutiRcrlbo now will send the paper tire | In .lanuoru 1, 18111, on?/ tor n lull ucnr In mi fan'. ; thilr. The s .bscriptinn price is $1 T.*> Xd I drear. The Youth's Companion. lioston, Mnsa. Talk irch'np. if yon don't do it th ougli the tel plion . A man who lias practice 1 modlqjne for <0 years might to know unit from sugar; real what he says: Toi.rno. O.. .Tan. 10. 1W7. Messrs. F. J. Cheney <& Co.?Gentlemen:?I have Imh-ii in tb<< general practice of inedicln i I for most 40 years, and would any that In all ; my practice and cxpei lence. linve never seen a i preparation that I could prescribe avlth as ! much confidence of success as I can UallVCa| lurch Cure, manufactured by you. Have proscribed It a groat ninny times and lis effect is ! wonderful, and would say in conclusion that I ' have yet to llnd a aw-o of Catarrh that it would not cure, if they would luke it according to direct ions. Yours Truly, L. L. OoRsrcn, M. D. Ollice, 215 Summit(t. We will give $100 for any earn of Cntnirh liiat ennnot lie curd with llnl.'s Catarrh Cnr\ Taken Internally. F. J. Chunky Ac Co.. Props., Toledo, O. Sold by 1). ujpjlsts, 76c. '1 hr-game is never won until the umplr* has spoken. You wear out cloth s on a wash hoard tti lime* as icucli as on the hndy. I low fcoltih Huv DohbirsS Electric Scnp of your groce ami save thin unci ss wear. Ma c ever slue 1HM. l)on'i hike imitation. 1 here'are io s o them. It is letter to give a .v.co Ihnn 1o rccelv i medicine. 1 Mn2r?*#nt,""', P?tn4l*e ?f Ftrmm. rt^?' BUit * rar,*,n ?nd ?"andan crop*. Brat fruit, grain, grass and rtock eoun ?l7i? n wori m . Information free. Ad drme Oregon Im igrat n Board, Portland. Ore ' salaries pi,chl'rs fCmet ">? command bi, Jlafflirtfdireadlc I ,|t prices ill ,, <f<5g Walks. Tlio most re- I ' " r irt of ' [l? rtP* uae 1 Irl'iwo Thorn p?"i"KyeWHfer. Druggists sell at :JV..p-?r tiottlo t !(?? . Cigar in qttnlity, 1 Ml tn'y a 5c. cfg r J1 price la "Tanblll's l'aiich," f <nne l>ul the sunve conductor deserve tie re. Catarrh in the Head ? Iglnates lu s.'rofulo'u tolnt la tho blood. Henee (! proper method by which to euro eattrrh Is to irify thr Moot. Its many disagreeable symptom* id tho danger of developing Into bronchitis or that rrlbly fatal dlsea.se, consumption, are entirely rcove.l by Hood' iSarsaparllls, whloh cures catarrh r purifying the blood; It also tonos up tho system id greatly Improves the general health. Try Iho peculiar medicine." "I have used llood's Snrsapnrllla for catarrh with . ery satisfactory result*. 1 fAOClvcJ more perina I ont l-eneflt from It than from any other remedy I | ver tried."?31. E. Kt:st>, of A. Head & Hon, V'auHooo, Ohio. Hood's SarsanaMlla bid by all druggists. $: sis for $5. 1'reparod only >y C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, I/>well, Mais. lOO Doses One Dollar 91 Q9I ONE DOLLAR K? V A SOLID COLD WITCH ?t otjjt ozjtjxb 6totem, wwti row rwc? u%t amp cmcuim R. HARRIS & CO. HoVo^mc?, 196 I. Fayette St., Baltimore. KM. I'lrime iiirmloti 1I1U imnrr when ?rrlrln/# IJflMF ST?Tnv, no?t-i??i in*. Form*, PrnniM aliip, Art btu tte,vv>ri Bascsk^'Ui s.v.v?sss S2B ? ?oua Tr,*r SCTr-.iTuj.; I W fcW MKIHCAt. CO., IHotfwJ. *? HP%i? M O DUE ALL SOlOlE.w 3 feJK5?.S tu&ss&m* I Jp o?tM?u,o1 a hmMhiim, a. c. aa >*" many years ho smoked cigars until physician told him that ho must stop smoking or dio. Thereupon Trippl hired a negro to smoke oil day rje^l him and blow the smoke face. The negro did this for >^arB until ho died, and his P^^^-' xras taken by a whi'e man. .y&. Tripp is in perfect health. smoker uses about twelve fine cigarjj*' R Tripp sef?ms to derive g^at onjoyment from this socondmethod of indulging in tobnoco. I ritOM" SAVAGE T( SWIFT'S SPECIFIC is a simple vegetable compound prepare*! from roots freshly gathered from the forests. The formula was obtained from the Creek Indians by the whites who bad witnessed the wonderful cures of blood diseases made by that tribe. It has been used since 1829; nnd has been the greatest blessing to mankind in curing diseases of the blood, in many instances after all other remedies had failed, . Trcstlw ot? Wood and Skin Disease* mailed free. YA\\s HAY- ? WA FEVERfe^f 50 cts. MP^Pa COLD-HEAD ELY BROTHERS, 66 Warren (SLf New York. 5tVlN JlTtmttM ^ - AV^"Tr -Hi ipr SMITH'S BILE BEANS Act on the liver and Idle; eloor the complexion: cure biliousness, sick headache, coativoness, malaria and Nil liver and atnniach disorders. We arc now making: small elzc Dile Ueans, especially adapted lor children and womenvery Fnmll and easy to take. Price of cither nizo2ao per bottle. A panel ulr.e PHOTO-GRAVURE of the above pivitue, Kissing at 7-17-70, nialle<l on receipt nf?'c stamp Address the coakersof the greet Aiitl-Ilile Remedy?"Hile Brtms." , J. F. SMITH Sc. CO., St. Louis, Mo. I I'MiMliP'Jui waicrprooi ISend ret Hlii.ir.td C??>oc.w. r~, A J Tower. B.?ton Dior DAI I CHAD WICK'S Man'Hi KA\p KOI I -a in. *Ain. 7Upi?k?. DNOb UNkh Ilium nnlcil t <iv?r. crkix mcr 00 ?pp"citmn ?noio?i>>< on 9tn I r net tie. Jnlnnip, lif alilraiiina THLO HOLLAND, P. 0. Cox 120, Phlla-, Pa. 1>a I, mm film rot litPl. Philadelphia, Pa. Jl &holar?lilp*nd no?lt|< p. 9.1 II. Wrlie lor circular. RKAI. KaTAIK A%l> IO*N liKM Y. A LI iikdkm Hami.ion, Salom. Marlrp Co-, III. ^SARkll Ran mid WHISKEY HAE8f|Q Sjg E H a giy] 1 Tf enroll at home WilliIs ?2 BBS Sn? out |.?ln. Pook of J iirHI SqyPIV! nriilar. ?rm FREE. t1 Bff II it. A1.UOULL.BY, A!. O.. ATLANTA. UaT oitlcc U bitoball St. ' f1 nnmniM run EEhB ccrtrun/'^or CoM^the Yl< "" lPmvH/11 rt Dllf tVERYMAN US OWN DOCTOR. By J. HAMILTON AYERS, A. M., M. D. f hi? in a mos*. Valuable Book for tho I Household, teaching an it does the | caoily-distinguishei Symptoms of dili'ercnt Dieeasoo, tho Causes and * Means of Preventing such Diseases, and the 8iraplcst Remedies which will Alleviate or Cure. 588 paces> profusi Tho Pook is written in plain, everjr-doy Kng ivliicli rend"!' most Isv-tor so vauel ns to t mfcnrltJ to he of Service in t.'ve Family, ar.d it a ONLY GO CENTS (Tho low prloo only l?lnq ma<t? poiflbl? Not only does tY* Nook conlnfn so much Infor.r er!y five* n Complete Analysis of ewrytbir nud Uih Pro.urtiou and Hearing o. 1 Valuuble Hoolpos nnd Pppsorll Cxplunatlon of Hoi Con New Edition, Revised and Enla ^ t.nifl l .COTi |f| I HO l|(*(l?? klip, v (I? . W #?mor-oi?cy. IWt wnit unfit you tnr* itiiiw Fand postal notea or poitig> atimpa of any BOOK PilBLIblUNO UOUtfi Tn^oc cSSA muiok 6npiHinl]||A^j^^k CURE8 PERMANimW SOLD BVjn yJ^H DrungUt: and l^eta CH<. VOOE^^ CO.f' _,. > CIVITjTZATIOIT. Rwl.'t's Specific cured me Of terrible TeilSf, from which I had suffered for twenty Jong year*. I haro now bcon entirely well for flro years, and no alga ef any return of tho disease. Rogers, Ark., May 1, 1803. W. II. Wnnrr. * One bottle of 8. 8. 8. cured niy eon M bolly^l ft risings. which resnltcd from malarlalrpolsoi/^ 1 1 affected h'.tn all tho summer. Ho had IrauL^f ' j from five doctors, who failed to benefit him. I Ciranat, Indian Tor. J. U. Wtss.' , ' ' I i ha to taken 8wtft's Specific, for secondary blood | poison, and derived great benefit, it acta dtnehjket* tor than potash, cr any of lier remedy that I hare over/ i | used. B. K. IVinufibld, M. D.. Richmond, Ya? - \ Tiik Switt Srsciric Co., Drawer 0, Atlanta. Here It Is! Want to tcsrn alt aboa' a A# . Horse ? Hew to Tick Ont a A ' Good One ? Know Imperfse-^^VA^ liens and so Ouard ajalnst ^ ~ Fraud ? Delect Ulscaso and / ? ' wwwl1 1'ffteta Cnro when same Is / V / *Vt . possible? Tell the are by w V. / V he Teeth? What to call the DlfTcrent ParU of the - & Animal? llow to Shoe a Horse rroperly I All this j? and other Va uable Information can Ixs obtained bf jB reading our 1 OO-I'A <1 li I I.MIKTRATBDIH IIOKHE BOOK, which we will forward, [art paid, ou receiptor only '25 rents In stamps* BOOK PUB. HOTT8T5 M | 134 Leonard St.. New York Oltfl| tnTHC n0 NOER>uv Iy* QlEUBC\CHA>RLb^4<Lp5!K! ^ g V n T Ifo retail at UM fc>?r?f ^T'SiSfe V wA pJrmiJt H^-lory price^/Kff^A? tV pKpp M rtunp (or Data- V^?l*7 1 )y?a??ri., ra? X4WVBO *ro. Ot&. 1U iCSta 8*. rata4fc.it AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL CONSULT DR. LOBB .Ti!? North Klflrrnth Ht., Phlladatphla, F*., for tno treatment of ttlood Poisons, Skin Eruption*. Nervous Complaints, Might's l)!w?w, Mrfotubnslnt|>ofrney mul kindred dlsenses, no matter of hovr long slnndlug or fmn> what cav.sa originating. RR^Tpii days' mrdlelne* furnished by mall raof seud for llook on HI'ECIA 1. ITIornaoa. rllCKa FRWERtBSdi OPIUM B I prtKrib* and fn'ly an- v dorse Dig <? as th< only /jTOr *Osnsla sparine fo?-thecartascora AW? TO ft daTO.^9 ot this disease. UflntWHtad >? W? CI. II. IKitn A II AM- If. n._ gj?W otmoBirtoui*. w AmstcrdMgt, N. Y. v*J| wrdo-jij by th? We have sold Big O for TmBs . mn.ilnlfh meny years. and II M rSa BMMB S?Uon *" I>- U. OYCHE A CO.. .j<y \S Chicago, 111. . Hold by Druggists. j "U N~jj 43 ~~ A ? ,T CATARRH.?Heat Easiest Kf ' ?j lief is immediate. A cure is BXbs ;ad it bos no equal. ngdH ch a small particle is applied fififlB Sold by druggists or sent L\ liazkltutc, Warren, Pa. HH 4 ELY ILLUSTRATEQ^JJ iish. and i* free from tho tedintcni m ha generality of render*. Tni* Boo c m R 3 worded on to be readily understood by ? vy 5, POSTPAID. hy the Immense edition printed.) intian Relative to I)iwn*?. but vary prop\x pertaining t? Courtship, Marri.tji0 lealthy Fainiliea; together with >tlonm Itinleal Prnetloe, oot Uao or ordinary IIero?. rged, wilh Complete Index. ^ nn for not knowlnz what to do In an i in your family boforo you ordar, l>ut ??n<l daoomlnstloa nottarjtt"- ttntra conti. ?, 134 Leonard St- N. f . J,