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r* sv . * ' fig ' fc * . ' K kV > 1 ? AGRICULTURAL. r Tones OF INTKRE8T RBLA1IVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. Bf-PRODUCTS OK TIIK B.VIItY. Just how to make a profit out of the by-producta of the dairy is often the question that settles the point of actual profit in the dairy. There are several ways pointed out by the writers, including skim cheese, feeding it to calves and to pigs. The latter of these methods has proven the most profitable with the generality of dairy men, who have learned to ^feed it to the growing pig in preference to the grown hog. Rows in pig do well on it, and if the skim-milk is necessarily sour then this latter -is bv far the best plan. There is, however, the old cow to take into consideration here. She is as load of her own product as any other animal, as is often witnessed to the owner's loss when she sucks herself. If fed to her with a proper mixture of other materials, it is our belief that skim milk will make a better return to the dairyman in this way than in any other.? Amtriom iKiirymtit. WIXTKn C.V15E (I? VINES. At the approach of cold weather the grape vines ..re pruned, tin fas! cued from the trellis and laid flat upon the ground. They may bo held in this position by simply placing a stone or other heavy object upon tin; end. and this will safelypass the winter anywhere except at the extreme North. Where the winters are usually very severe the vines should also be covered with soil, straw or litter of some sort; and pel haps this may be a good precaution with tender vines everywhere at the extreme North. Tender raspberries and blackberries are to be treated in a similar manner,but the canes being more brittle and more easily injured than grape vines, need careful liandliug and gradual bending while undergoing the operation. A good practice is to throw one or two shovelfuls of goil against the canes on one side and bend them over this by a sort of curve. ! T'l... > . . - i uu mjis art* upon t He ground near the next stool of canes and held there by mother one or two shovelfuls of soil. Two persons can <lo this work very conveniently and quickly, and when growers learn to depend more on these easy modes of giving winter protection than on the chances of a mild winter, or supposed hardiness of plants, they will have little I reason to complain of winter kill, or of placing such an excessively great value an the ability of grap"-, raspberries, etc., :o endure the winter without such means if protection.? l\>i> i'<tr AUTM-n IAt. FKKTII.t/'.KK". Tn rising ar;i:i?iai fertilizers", says a writer in the New York Mb, /</, I have found a great deal of difference ia the ] benefits received, which seem to be governed very much by the .cason. In sonu' ^ases I could see Utile or no benefit, when iu anatlicr year, on the same or a limilar soil, the crop was manifestly in;reased. This seems to depend on the noisture that is supplied and also whether t is present in time to prodc.ce the best csults. When it is sown or drilled oa'ol" icav the surface it needs r.un in :i sutii dent quantity to put it iu a condition J "or plant food and to wash it down where the loots can "et hold of it? Then, ' lgaiu. I suppose a r?oi 1 way be top wet to I ^ _ -ejjeive vy v much Ix^u'^t. from It. or ojsc^j " - sin a wet season or ofl _\vcl ; round itiuay j of more beucfit to oae kind of crop j hnu to another. Two yeat;*aX-pUut ud ; i patch of potatoes on nroiihd"iiatandly j wet and which was made xfr'drSc by sev- ] ira.l heavy rains throughout the season. ' It was well fertilized with a #ood com 'iiercial brand. The crop seemed to n* j ;cive but little or no lumetii from it^ Jui- j mediately adjoining it was a lit Id of Corn, I >f which om; row next t;? the potijttqc^ | aappened to have been fertilized nf the same time, while the balance of the field received none at all. The difference in he appearance a.nd yield of this one row and the unfertilized <>ue was astonishing, while, as before said, the potatoes yielded but little more than on a piece of similar ground ucarov that had no fertilizer ai [ all. WINTERING r.KF.P. A correspondent of the A -no-own f?.e Journal says: I have the becs all ready for winter before the nights get so cold ?nd frosty as to candy the honey in the hive. We winter our bees in an underground cellar, forty feet long, seven feet high and six feet wide, with 6x7 inch rcntilntion near eaeh end; a ho three well-fitting doors, whieh leaves two dead j air spaces between the bees and the ex -reniely cold weather, With the mercury often forty degrees below zero in this ! northern climate. When you put the aces into tlie cellar remove the cover and entrance blocks, leaving o ily the ijuilt ?ver the hive, l'nt two bloeks v2.\"2 , in. lies, and the length of th hive) under | the hive, then put two more on top, < n whie'n to put another hive, and so 0:1 ua- j il they are live tier ; high. One essen- | ti.nl thill" is a lrili'-incli nntr.niw". I'ntl width of the hive, ;md left open; l?y ki 1 doinfj there will he plenty of upward and lower ventilation, and the bees will not smother or lack in any way for pure air. ! The bottom hive should he not less than J ten inches from the bottom of the cellar, [ to allow the foul air, if any. to ?- ?tlo he low it and pnss off through t!r- under- | ground drain, which shoul I consist of i not less than two-inch tiling. llces ' placed in a cellar as I have described, I with a temperature ran^ino from forty ' to forty-five devpv-s, will winter as safely as by any other method, chaff hive not j excepted. Tito temperature cm easily j v. . -?l i. . .. -ism. : i -.ii .(.* IJC lU^lll'UU'i 'Jf .1 r?II'H III 1 11' II Vi lli II.IIOI ?not u toboggan slide, but u sliding door. SELECTING ski:it PORN. When the planting season ariives a very large majority of farmers goto their cribs or corn houses and exercise some little care in selecting fair ears for their seed corn. Comparatively few, however, give the subject any attention previous to that time. A selection of the eais for seed, while on the stalks where the thrifty ? t,f the plants can be observed >- ~ tehl. Is a far befter pf:\n jfittT1 no argument for its recommendation. The early maturity of the seed car other things being equal, should cntit them to preference, along with pluni| ness and a full development into bug and handsomely shaped ears. If froi stalks producing double ears, take tl largest, if well formed, and, as a rul< those that grow low, lather than higl on the stalk. Kars with large cobs shouf not be chosen, but rather those ofsmalb diameter and with long kernels. Lik | besots like, and by a little attcntiou tc this matter improvement can constant!; be made. The preservation of the cars selcctc, may be insured by braiding the husks o: several ears together and suspending thoir from the rafters of the corn house or any other dry building. By so doing tin seed corn will be safe from rats and mic< as well asexciupt from dainpnersand moult that might affect its germination. Ii making a choice it is thought, as before stated, that both the ear and the stalk should be taken into consideration, rathci than the mere selection of a lyge cai. Again, consideration should he giver to the uumber of the rows, the length aud compactness of the kernels, and tin general solidity and weight of the ear There is some diversity of opinion as t< the time when the seed corn ought to In gathered, some claiming that seed gath ercd aud dried in the sun soon after th' kernel is out of the milk has more vi tality to withstand cold and damp after it is planted than if allowed to remain or. the stalk until dead ripe. A much largei i r.. r?. X *. , li'/xv II I , ?.%???! [ItllUM llltll 111 1 I V III the seed on the stalk, which is* at least the safest plan, as there would lie less moisture to lie evaporated from the coli. Such care as has hccu indicated would certainly euahlo the fanner who practises it to have his seed corn in readiness%vhen it is wanted, and furthermore would result in a more general germination of seed and more thrifty plants than from a less careful selection.?New York World. ntHJt AND OU.-MKAL. It is only in exceptional eases that the farmer can allord to purchase feed for s^ock. Nearly or quite all the food necessary to keep and fatten the stock for market should lie raised upon the farm. Hut oil-meal and bran can, in nearly all cases, he purchased and fed to stock with profit, and there are few materials that will add as much to the value of other materials, or will increase the value of the manure to the extent that this will. It is not altogether in their value themselves as it is in the increased value they give to other*materials in making up what we may term complete rations that they can lie used with profit. In order to feed stock during growth as economically as possible, it is an item to lessen the amount of grain fed. Not , that stock can lie properly prepared for | market with uo grain, but by using liran I and oil-meal in connection with other materials, the amount of graiu can be materially decreased. One of the strongest reasons for its use, especially during the winter, when stock must depend almost entirely upon dry food, such as straw, hay, sheaf or untun shed oats, and corn fodder, and I nun ou-iiicat matte u|> ;i ration mill win supply nil tin' elements of nutritiou. In most localities the better plan is to I secure a supply in the fall sufficient to last the greater part of the winter. It should be stored in bins 01 boxes where it is reasonably certain to keep dry. If it ran be kept |>erfectly dry it will keep in a good condition for feeding a long tini". without deteriorating in quality, while i* can be secured at a less cost at ibis time tli.r.i later. The best results can be secured if the feed is cut before mixing the bran,straw, unthre.shod oats, hay and fodder, if run through a cutter, and then a small quantity ol bran i.nd oil-meal is added, very little grain will be required to keep all the growing and breeding stock in good condition, and especially so if a comfortable shelter is provided, in addition; and the cost will be considerably less than if grain must be supplied. When fattening stock, grain must be largely depended upon to tinisli for market. And with these two materials, used j in connection with dry, ' ough feed, the J sioi-k win require mil a ngiu reed oi grain ; and in a majority of eases the less ! grain (VI the lower the cost.?Prairie Farmtr. FA I'M AND HARDEN NOTES. . Apples should lie allowed to cure well after picking before putting away, otherwise they will heat and more or less will lot. When picking grapes cut them oil in lmnchcs and dip the ends in warm seal ing wax; then place the bunches in a box or jar and till in with saw dust. A great, deal is now said about lack of success in fanning. r^V> plaint, issuing from any class of people is the country is ! so general as that coming from farmers. A well slaughtered lamb or pig will command a ready sale in almost any city or village, but a carcass covered with blood and dirt will not bring a good } price anywhere. Tears may lie readily kept until Christ- j mas easily by picking carefully, culling well and then wrapping each in a sepa- i rale piece of paper and keeping where j they arc out of danger from frost. |) > not think the barn will be uncom Tollable if you get it ready for winter now. You can leave the door or win flows or both <>|>r? for air if the nights ' are warm, only don't have a draft on the J cows. It is generally considered that Leghorn hens will lay the nvnt eggs in a year.anil we think they can still hold this place among layers, yet if cannot he disputed | that t tin Minorca is very close behind it | as a layer. He generous to the co!t?. fJive thorn , plenty of oils, plenty of good hay and ! plenty of exercise, and they will repay it ;ilI iii good scriptural measure, heaped up, pressc I flotvn, shaken together and running over. Vf ry many farmers make the mistake i of sowing ton little semi when storking | I down to grass. |t, js poor economy to ' pin'h here. Il you want a good catch and a good sod sow plenty of seed of a . mixture that will be, tit to cut for hay at about the same time. As manure is usually kept, at least one- | half, and frequently a greater portion, is I wasted 1?v leadlines and escape of am mojiiii. i)ou!?lc the amount of fertilit.v j 1 that has been purchased in the form of j commercial fertilizers has heen wantonly j wasted around the bams. Tlio liizhest Rircrg. I|W IWIH?w ir? . f* the Dcsaguadcirr. in Bolivia. It is o considernhic depth, and its whole length h j from th(! village Desaguadero, at thi , , j south extremity of Titicaca, to the nortl ' end of the lake Aullayas, is about ISt in miles. The averatre elevation <>f tho vol i,. ley or table land of besagu ulero ahovi ! rlie level of the wii is about 13,000 feet, i, 1 The Indus itiver, whose source lies high (| est, rises oa the north of the Kalln Par >r i bat mountain, in Thibet, 22,000 feci ,o i above fca-level, } I'J TEMPERANCE. HIR EVENING WALK. fhs t uni! ellcr tcok his evening walk. Past the homes wherj his victims dwell; Where pale, weak women, of suffering talk, And children, of hnnger-telb He hummed a gay air as he passed them by, ' Nor thought of their hunger or cold; ' ,;r For little cared he for misery's cry, If it filled hi; pcckets with ghld ?George 1Y(-Ccok. ~' TflE REF.Il DKI.VSIOl*. Tlie claim that t?eer is a healthy drink is the greatest of ' delusions. It bloats and makes fat. the drinker while sapping tbo strength of both latdy and mind. Even beer drinkors are fast finding this out. The Milwaukee iSturtiiW reports Theodora Roosevelt, former member of the Now York {legislature, us saying: ' Do Ton know." said Mr Roosevelt, holding tip his glass ami looking through tbo am her-btied lupiiil, "that there is not a thought ill a hogshead of beer, that there is not an idea in ;? whole brewery V I mean." continual the Now York politician, "that nothing of merit, was over written under the inspiration of lager beer. It stu|iefics without invigorating, and its effect upon the brain is to stagnate thought. Do not imagine that I am it tetniieranceorator. I am simply comparing stimulants. Some of the brightest of literary efforts have been made while under the influence of spirituous liiiuor, taken by the poor. overwnrKea aituior 10 uvold h complete |ihy!>icalnnd mental collapse. 1 shall wait to see if any ntau can write anything who has a drop of hear in his system." Ron fort's Wine ana Spirit Circular, which is good authority in this ease, speaking of the discrimination of the Government in favor of beer, says: "If we were getting a better beer there woukllie room for soiuo toleration of this governmental favoritism; but. unhappily, the qualify of American bocr is steadily deteriorating. and already there are thousands of well-informed people who scrupulously refuse to touch it on account of its injurious effects.'' ? Again it says: "It is notorious that our brewers seldom drink their own beer or the product of any other brewery. At the places which they frequent ami at which they take their meals, or at public picnics and summernights' festivals which are attended by brewers, it is generally noticed that these men drink any tiling hut l>eer. If beer is healthy, whv do our brewers refuse to drink beer?' The Scientific American says: fit is our observation that beer-drinking in this country produces the very lowest, kind of inebriety, closely allied to criminal insanity. The most dangerous class of ruffians in our largo cities are beer-drinkers. Intellectually, a stniior amounting almost to paralysis arrests the reason, changing all the higher faculties into a mere animalism, sensual, selfish, sluggish, varied only with paroxysms of anger, senseless and brutal." Mlt.WACKF.K'B "SOUVKNtn3." It is generally assums-ed by Milwaukeeltes that everyone visiting their city has heen drawn t here by a love of heel*. Accordingly, on th'* recent arrival of the South and Central American excursionists, the Milwaukee Reception Committee boarded the train beariug their distinguished guests and presented them with souvenirs in the shape of small bottles containing lager beer. The next step, of course, was to hustle the travelers to the breweries themselves. Surely no one will maintain that the dignity of the Republic was net fully sustained by the heer-loving Milwaukee City Fathers!? The Pioneer. IT.OrO.SKI) t:\TP.UKAT10NAb CONVENTION. ' For some time among the temperance 111011 in this city there has been much talk of an tiiii 'national IVmperanc- Convention, to he held hero iu IfcO- during the World's Fair. We are glad to see that the National Tern) rami lor ovale is urging the project. By all menus Imvothe leaders from ull over tlio world coiin- together and couqiare methods end exchange ideas. It will do good The iSati-ui.il Temperance Society is the origani yutiori to push the project to success. Let. it take the lead and we will all give a helping linuc!.--1 (ire. TEMPERANCE Mffi AND H0TB3. Five thousand children are connected with the York (Eng.I Band of Hopo. TIih Church ?>f hi!9 just rompjUtl nil its clergy who hold brewery stock to sell it out. Beer must be pretty bad for boys, when a boy only five years old had to be treated in ? Berlin hospital tor delirium tremens. The greatest treasure of a nation is man hood Anything that destroys that is an immeasurable curs?. And that is the size of the liquor curse. The \V C. T. U., of Montreal. Canada, reports lOfi children in that city lyulcr the influence of special temperance teaching in loyal legions and hands of hope. Dr. R. IV. lticliardson says: '^Not one of the transtiiitted wrongs, physical or meutnl. is moto certainly passid on to tho.-e yet unborn than the wrongs which are iu'lieted by alcohol." Mrs. Marv C. I-eavitt. of Boston, who is on a temperance advocating tour around the world, has lately been the gnes* of John Height's sister. Mrs Lucas, in London. Mrs. Leuvitt has traveled 70,000 iniles since she set nut in IS84. The Rev. Dr. Lor inter has returned to Chicago after a considerable tour in Eurone. "In london." he says, "what struck me* as most important was that there arc no open saloons on Sunday, excepting for about an hour in t lie middle or the day and an hour at night." Recent statistical reports of the causes of insanity, observed in the insane hospitals and asylums of Kugiund during the ten years front I si J to ISS7. show that lS.'JSd cases of insanity among iven arise from intemper mice, whereas the entire number ol eases due to all kinds of mental trouble was only 15,501. John Roach, an old campaigner who draws n pension from the British Government, boasted ina Tonuwnuda (N. Y.? saloon that be could beat the world drinking whisky. On a wager Roach drank a quart of rye in just two and one-half minutes. He railed for a pint more, but before it was measured he dropped dead. Wo cannot all do ns we would like to do in this world. Olir feline |M'ts may give us hydrophobia as well as our canine. Now, although it is impracticable to mil/.7.1c eats, we do not 011 that account hesitate to muzzle, dogs. So, also, though uccaiinot altogether suppress private drinking, we ran prohibit the coaiuTou sale of drink. In appearance the beer drinker may he the picture of health. but. in reality he is most incapable of resisting disease. A slight injury, a severe cold, or a shock to the body or miiui will commonly provoke acute disease, ending fatally Compare I witii other inebriates who use different kinds of alcohol, he i> more incurable and more generally diseased. Tho price of whisky was reduced ten f fifteen cent- a gallon during tic- part yea: and a further reduction of three cents hataken p'ace recently This is due t > the sue cess attending the efforts of lh'* whisky trust, and makes tho poison even more aoce>? ib|e to those who have, through drink, a! ready nearly reached tho bottom yf then fortunes MARKETS. R u.timokb-Klour?City Mills, extra,f 4. hO n?l.t>>. Wheat?Bouthern Fultz, KinNI: Corn?Southern White, lOal'J cts, Yellow Oats?Southern and Penusylvunin . .Vi'J.i' pds.: live?Maryland & Pennsylvania 5.'n-Vtcts.; Hay?Maryland and Pennsylvania I; .I u*l J UO;Stra w-Wboat,7.5M#8.5J;Butter, Eastern Creamery, l?i'i*?c., uear-by receipts {?.il7cts; Cheese?Eastern FancyCreain. IIJ^ all!j cts.,?Western, lO.iIOi^ eta- Eggs? o'Ji, t'obacco Leaf?Inferior, lafci.OO, Good Common,;? 00a#4 00, Middling, |5n7.00 Good' to fine re l,8I, Fancy, lOafl.l. Nkw York ?Flour?Southern fCommon to fnirextr-?,$"2.50n$ J.85: Wheat-Nol White 83?? . n.Sl'a.Uve- ft $ jCorn--3outhe'n_ , ct* ;1 &IWT- ?&9?. 1?2T T5to?rcil*??3Kn 1 i SVn 10K < ** ; Kgg*?21022 eta. . | rnit.Aniti.rmA ? Flour ? Pennsylvan [ fancy, 4.2oal.75; Whoat?Pennsylvania nr Southern lUsl, 80'^nbl; Rre--Penn*vlvnn 65 t56"H: Corn?Southern Yellow, 4l%a42cl OutM eta. 5 Putter?Rtatc,r,?.?.:> cm > Choose?.V Y. Factory, 9*9}4 cfcs. Kjfgsi State. 2fli27 eta. CATTT.K. Rai.timork?lleef, 4 ()0a4 50; Sheep? #3 0 n4 75. ll'igD?$1 2514 00. >r.w York?Heef?96 OOaO00;Sheep-|8 fi I n5 :r>; Hog*?$4.95 >4 83. East I.ibiehty?Boef?93 00a4 00; SbeepI 11 00a4 bO; Hogs?$4 30a4 43 I -1 SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LE?ON FOR DEC MI. Ill 1. L*NsMiVexl: fl'hs Temple Dedlented ; 1'KtJza Till, Of 03-OwI(Kmi Texti I u?0. II.. SO?Commentary on . . .1 on i h,e Ejeseon. M. "An?W when Solomon: tad mode an end Of prhytng all this pmjer tnd supplication unto the Lord-" Between the last lesson and this ono we have passed over all the meat interesting and instructive account of the building of the most wonderful edifice that ever stood on this earth; and also the remarkable prayer of Solomon at its dedication; the lesson assigned us for to-day being the words of Solomon's blessing upon tbe |H;oplo after he had Anisbed his prayer. The throne on which Solomon sat at Jerusalem is called the Throne of Jehovah (I Cbvon. xxix., 38; xxviH., 8; IlChron. ix.. 8). Jerusalem Fhall yet he thq throne of Jehovaii and the capital of the whole earth (Jer. iii., 171. The site of the Temple in Jerusalem was Moun? Moriab, where Abraham received Isaac bock from the dead on the third day (IlChron. ill.,1; G?n. xxii., 3. 4; Heb. xi.. lfl). Israel's resurrection on the third day will l>e tho beginning of the restoration of Acta iii., 19-21; Tios. vi.,S; viii., 14; Ezek.. xxxvii., 1314. Tho Temple was to be exceedingly magnifies!, of fnmo aipl glory throughout all countries (I I'hron. xxii., 8). Tho gold and silver nlnne (brass and iron beinir without weinhtl amounted to 1,1515,000 talents, wtych at 114 pounds pat talent would be 64,135 tons, worth ovck four and a balf billions of dollar* (| t&ron. xxit, 14: xxix., 4, 7). On? room b%tMdlng. the Holy of Holies, was covered With six hundred talents, oi mors than thirty-four tons of {cold, worth I over sixteen millions of dollars (II Chron iii., 8). The laborers were 158,000 strangers cr Ucntihw, found in Israel (I Ki. v., 18-18 II Chron. tt., IT 18, who brought from th< mountains ana quarries the wood and stonf . for the house. Inere was neither hammer, nor ax, nor any tool of iron hxirri in th* house while it was in building (I Ki. vi? ~i). Believers are living stones (1 Pet. ii., ft, It. V.), this World is the qunrry and tied is by tho events of our dafly life preparing us hero for our respective places in His tempi* ?made fit for Heaven oy His blood, lit. tor our place in His kingdom by our training and service here. Notice in His prayer that the house is called by the name of tho I^ord God of Israel, that. He is asked to hear for His Name's sake, that all people of the earth may know and fear His Name. Notieo the eigiit times repeated "Hear Thou in Heaven," and the four time* "Heaven Thy dwelling place;" also the seven fold nature of tho prayer, for tbo trespasser, the defeated, the drought smitten, tne plague smitten, the stranger, those going to war and those in captivity. He prayed before the nltar of Jenovah; Jesus is both altar and sacrifice, we can conic to God onlr in His Name and trusting in qis merit*, lie kneeled on his knee; with his hands Spread up tin Heaven; in favor of the position of kneeling in prayer see Ezra ix.,6; Ps. xcv., 6; Dan. vi., 10; Lu. xxii.,41; Acts ix.. 40; xxl., 5; but that, position is not essential; see Moees sitting, Hannah and Nehemiali standing, llezckiah, whilo sick, prays in his lied, Jonah from the fish's belly, the thief from the cross. A penitent heart i* everything, position of Iwxiy is secondary, though kneeling is most, scriptural mid most fitting when possible, 'flint God heard and answered this prayer, see II Chron. vii., 12. ftft. "He stood and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice." When David brought the Ark to the tent which lie had pitched for it in Jerusalem* >m <>irei-?-i mcrlfico and blessed the peoplo in the name of the Lord of Hosts. <11 Sam. vi., 17, 18.) Kolouion, having now brought up the Ark, the taberuacle and all the holy vessels (v., 4) does the siuno thing. There is nothing on earth that can be compared to the Merging of the Lord. 56. "Blessed be the Lord that, hath given vest unto His people Israel.He had given rest on every side, so that there was neither adversary nor evil occurreut. (Chap, v., 4.) Rest ana peace shall lie among t ho bletsiugs of His Kingdom when it comes. "Therehath ndt failed one word of all His good npoisftwwhich Ho promised by the handful Oi cJ6Vvtervant> Joshua tofcFin thfl wnrlA* <Josh **lii.. Ui.j bat ttaeT??/_Tbore referred to is in Deal Holy Spirit, by MoRstijMg^HHrefer to this very place and fct-VTheLord our God bo with us. * * * let Him not leave u*, nor forsake us." Moses prayed: "If Thy presence go not with nie, carry us not up hence.', And the Lord said: "My presence shall go with tliee, and I will give tliee rest." This word of the I*ord: "I will bs with you," or "I am with you," is one of the grander and most' comprehensive words in 8~ripture. "Let Him not leave us nor forsake us." When David gave Solomon the plans of the temple which lie h^d received from God Himself. he said to him . "The Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; He will not fail thee nor forsake thee until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord." (I Chron. x:;rii(., 10. 20.i Solomon had proved the truth and blessedness of this promise, and now ho desired its continuance. 58. "That He may incline our hearts unto Him, to walk in all His ways." This was iust-what God desired from them, and what ie would be delighted to grant them, an undivided and obedLut heart; they could not. ask anything more in accord witli His will. 59. "Let these my words < ?*? bo nigh unto the Lord our God day aud night, that He maintain the cause of His servant, and the oHlJs people Israel." Seven times in hit/ prayer "iyia ho pleaded for "Thy 'J ?... mm nniluSUCHia: "Mil' ineV ho Thy }H?ple and Thine inheritance," and now ho indicates his relianco upon God to maintain his and their cause. 00. "That oil the people of the oarth may know that the Lord is Uod. and that there is none else." Israel was redeemed and given the good land, that they might make Jehovah n name in the earth -ill 8am. vli., 33); their obedience to Him would draw forth His power on their behalf, and thus He would lie glorified in them. This, God's earnest desire, shall lie fultillod in Israel's restoration at the return of their Messiah (Isa. xxf.,*, 9; xi., 1-5; lx.. 1-3; Ezek. xxxvii., 21-28). hi. "Mit your heart, therefore, bo perfect with the Lrrd our God." The word "perfect" here signifies "whole" or "full," as in Josh, vlii., 31; Buth il., 12, where it is so translated. Solomon now urges the people to have what his father had prayed tnat he might have (I Chron. xxix., 1W). 83, 63. "And the King, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord." And the Lord accented tho rji/Triflr>? iw lire to consume it, ns it is written in I? Chron. vii., 1; "Now when Solomon had made an end of u ray tog, the tiro came down from heaven ana ^unumel the burnt offering and the NHtiflnK and tin glory of the Lord filled the house." Thus c!*> was the sacrifice accepted at tho dedication of the Tnliornacle, and In tho rates of Gideon and Elijah (Lev. ix., 34, Judges vi? 31: 1 Kings xviii., ho); and no doubt in tiin eeuse way vra.s the Lord's acceptance of Abel a offering and rejection of Coin's offering manifest at tho Garden of Eden wh?n the Arc from th? sword mistimed tfie one hut flid not touch the other. "Ho the King and ail tho ohildren of dedicated the house of the Lord." An^xifl' took possession of it by Ailing it wit|M*, , glory. We read of a time wnen the.. ' left the house because of their sins {Rvfj, h; x? 4, 18; xi., 98), and of a time yet/WfK1?' when the glory shall return to <UuljVf more (Ezek. xliii., 1-7). When J><y . brightness ofOod's glory, cameJfn7*7,u fl found it a den of tnievas, Rndr;7,' cleansed it; but He too was driv?#1Kt' , ? their sin, and all is desofato till lA>, _ r,BRMA?v's y.Y.vr ft% In advocating lb<* use oir jfiwi l point to Germany as a .r/~ v ' M,m<> ??.. /*"??' Thn folio f IT few em current in t ? Tim" little light on ? a- -11 InTrn--*'* or nWjhoHcrjH 4;#),(XA),c l> KtAtiRtiiti hM .n,"*l,4T-. ',l1' O"' much teen tor id 'arnitben W ' <"0*1 W1,000,OOh mar in per rflj?w *W iut*tm>?ra(<e il ?, P*r cent. ofTrt,y.Pe,V<*ftt- f* ?" M>? ifibai V of nil the jH .fir, ami <?vei tUffenorimlna 's the slv #Af.OCJ?K 'O ?uiy other wh??> At* fheve nnjr otber.prj 's it the but |W?1r flidshecl woraeth 0 wiirm in oMMtB** ?'&*?'!? '?r p: .?.?*! nlor j ? thief in broadl* 'n flight of ttnir* n rugs? Let q? a*Mi?n tUoeo itbove it.* Xbe v a re alJ sJti W' '' *' ;,: '' ' -s" t!,i*' thnn ' ,??J ' ith theno <listin< tioi tfawn, j ' i k Farmer Coj. There ha3 been a grt at deal of poetry written about liim, says the Boston Times. lie has been mritlo a ho'o, and an example of ull that is bright and attractive. His life has been gloiifled and idealized as the one perfect lifo. Writers who have done this hare not told Jhe truth. The farmer's boy would not recognize himself in the pictures drawn of him bv poets. He it honest-, he is innocent, he is Terdant, but he is no fool. The nearest he approaches to being one, in nine cases out of ten, is when he leaves the country and comes to the city iu order to prosper more rapidly. It is for better for him to be honest, innocent and verdant than to be dishonest, learned in all that is evil and corrupt-. But it cannot be wondered at that he ^rows rostive. He lises with the sun, works from one to two hours before breakfast, and t-lion iu the tield all day loug, and finishes mi king just a'>out sunset. It is a hard day's work, and a man who can see poetry in it would soon revise his thoughts should he do such a day's work himself. Ho knows that he is awkward in his movements, peculiar in his manner of speech, and not as well informed as the city boy. But he has feelings, and is sensitive of all these, aud gradually grows to feel that he is an object of nurtli and derision for people from the city. Ho naturally resents this, aud grows to feel hard toward such people. His pleasures aro lew, and consist principally of going to the country store on Saturday avening. whero ho meets theot'n r lioys, very like himself in feelings and actions. Ho is loud in liis jokes and laughter, and boisterous in talk. But he is honest. Ho is also really bright, and peoplo I who would make him out a clown frequently are themselves the ones to be laughed at. * His chief wcaknes3 is his desire to "show off." He seem to kayo a, very strong feeling that he must show strangers that lie is well informed in all things of the world, and that he is not as "green" as they think him. lie goes aliout this in a way full of figured indifference which is very amusing. But is not thij same weakness seen iu people of the city, although not in qnite the snmo form ? His life is a hard one and full of discouragements. But it is also practically free from worry aud excitement. It i? a simple life, but contains but little poetry, as said before. Right from tlie Country. She had an aw fill 1 ok of decision on her face as she entered a Summit street dry goods storo in Toledo the other day, followed by a tanned and blushing young man who np; eared as her escort. A clerk winked to a ribbon counter girl, and stepped up to the girl, whom ho sized up as being a country guy. "Got any bustles?" sho timidly n:-kod. "Yea, oh! yea, plenty of tliem," and he hunted around to find one of the obsolete articles of ladies' make-up. "Say," ahe called to him, "is this a three-kiled, steel spring?" "Ye-yes." | "Trot it out." "It's tlio latest style " "Thar, Sam,*1 she said, her face glowing as she turned to him, "veil hav ter by the oysters. I scd they'd lie." "Do you want " She interrupted the clerk again. "No, I don't want it. Why, you simperln' idjit, bustles ain't been in style active June hug time. 1 reckon ye'd better read a fashin' piate, er a mnga; sine. I told S'am I'd bet the evstera | ve'd lie about it, nu' I hev proved it. i Come along, Pam," and they went out I leaving the whole force in smiles. Snap bubbles That Wtil Last. To make soap bubles that will last for several hours is easy enough if the following liquid bo usee!: Dissolve one part try weight of Marseilles soap, cut into thin slices, in forty parts of distilled water, and filter. Cull the filtered liquid A, and mix two parts of pure glycerine with on^ part of the solution A, in a temperature of sixty-six degrees Fahr., and, after shaking them together long and violently, leave them to rest for some days. A clear liquid \vill fettle, with a turbid one above. The lower lo be sucked out from beneath the upper with a siphon, taking the utmost care not to carry down any of the latter to mix with the clear fluid. A bubble blown with this will last for several hours, even in the open air. Or tho mixed liquid, after standing twenty-four hours, may he filtered. The old urinVr's dolli lit?"Tanalll's Punch" Ameilch'.< lln-M So. isar. What is one man's tool is another nan'< luxury. Dangerous Tendencies Characterize that very common complaint, catarrh. Tho foul matter dropping from the head Into th<* bronchial tubes or lung* may tiring on bmnehltli or consumption, which reaps an Immense harvest of deaths annually. Hence the necessity of. giving catarrh immediate attention. Hood's Rarsnparllta cures catarrh by purify lug and enriching the Idoid, restoring and toning the diseased organs. Try th > peculiar medicine. "Hood'sSurHiiparllla cured meof catarrh, sorane?? of thp hroni'hlftl filhnv and torrihte hondnebe V t (Junto**, Hamilton, Ohio. j. Hp**** -?d's sarsaparilla o i? "feold by all (IrugKlot*- fl; *1* for $">. rreparedoi 0| by ('. I. HOOD St CO., A|mlhrcKrli?, Lowell, Mul. ? IOO Dos 38 One Dollar | TOU NEED IT! 10 f? "I ha*e a hiinr* Plot Ion *:y.bul II laaomuch w rl . It t It for rumination that lam tnel-nejl to eh ,H looking not woirix, nlthouvh <le?lr ma ifknovle*! ?y yoofllANDY DICTIONARY" In always by nte I Z_ I look out word* on the Instant, so tho Informal la ImpTearetl on my mind."?CSprrttpotUKnS. Webster's Illustrated m HANDY DICTIONARY . ffl, W- Thaosnud* of \Vcr4* Defined. ho Iliilraiiaan'lalaraa. Akkra* 7/J 111 ??" srlntUun Karlnlned. OrJtn- I I Iff ^ itry Faralia I'braaei Traaa* QIAthT It* Weight* r.u4 Menanrc*' ' > ^ I"' print?1 Ir-r*~" *'?* * frr~ -n lli l?Mpaper; bontn)Inh?n<lroino>'lo>b. JsFvJW "5 OaO X'AGri/3 QQO Who that tm<1i doesn't ov. ry day nome acj worn* whose tiinanln ho d<*? not know mil wl h?r*OBol piouoonoH or aim I ? Il<-n-e inn i1<n for * moderate-slavri 1?U-I?? nary which rt'i lie I it* at hand always n-adv for r.-fm ncn Bidl a n rl will M ?*ed a hundred lime* as niu-h an a iarae * ' wl> My rolunin, and therefore la a i-rcaUr o?luo?t< IR? As the Kiwi Una and l'rnnnne alien of many o nv Mon wor<l* have Imnn rhanre.1 durinp the laa / yaara. iieC'PlsowninK iho oM-f ohloned Dhttona UTa modern mo. Here It la at a trifling c ill Foa'i'aM f<* 5l#e. In lo. or ae, stamp . on- JH)OK PIBLMUINti ROVM, lMUmhilfuH. Y.CIt T V A New Kill ef lejarucf Ilns b en pat In operation by the manufaotnrS5V.# Pit. W*roo^ modlc nes. HI* "Goldm Medical Discovery" and "Favorite Prcecriptloo * aro sold by druggists nodor the man afwcturers* p-sttio-i quaranUe. Klther bonedt or a complete onre la thun attained, or money paid for tbeee medicine* l?returned. Tho corI Ideate of guarantee given in ooaneotioa w th r ale of these medicines is equl vatent to a policy of Insurance. Tho ' Golden Medical IMaoovcry" cures all humors and bloo I taints, from w atever cause arising, skin and ooalp diefasea, sorofn ous sores and swjlllngs. Tho Favcrlto Prescription" osres a I those dorangom nts and weaknesses ps.nllar to women. _ Don't hawk, hawk, and blow. Mow, dingus'- I Inr everybody, but use Dr. Bagels Catarrh , i\o mod jr. nietsed are the p e?-e-roakere, but not by tl-ose between whom they mediate. A Weekly IMagaalite Is rcal'y what Tim VOUTII'S Companion Is. it . publishes each year as much matter as the A lour- lollar monthlies, and is Illustrated by the \ rnme artists. It Is an educator In every homo, ? and always an entertaining and wholesome -3 companion. It has a unique place In American family life. If you do not know It, you M ill la? surprised to sec how muchcan be given m for tho small sum of $1.75 a year. Tho i rioo N rent no v will entitle you to the paper to Janu- % ary, IWH. Addrw*. A Tuit Youth's Companion, Hoston, Mass. 1 In- pa me la never won until the umpire 111 I.IVH FJXIKen. M T< Deware of Ointment* for Catarrh That Hj Contain Mercury, As mercury will surely destroy the aenso of a) smell and compht ly derange the whole ays- rr tern when entering It through the iduooub snr- gi facca. Such art'oTes should never he used ex- J cept on prosorlp Ions fro n refutable phvsi clans, as the damago they will do Is ten fold to tli pood you ran possibly derive from them. Mall's Catarrh (Jure, manufactuued by F. J. Cheney A Co.. Toledo, O.. contains no mercury. and la.tokcn Internally,.and acts direct- 1 ly ui on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Mali's Catarrh Core be sure you get tho ge.iulue. It Is taken Internally, and ma le In Tol.do, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & i Co. If ItT Sold by Drumists, prioeTSc. per b.ttle, y Litt'n plichirs toineiimei command big Fainilcs. I Mediocrity nlnxiy* roplos tttperioritu. Dob bins'* Electric Son p. first nindo in 18C5, a? lieou imitated more than anv :?oap made. Ask jour g o or for Itohbinv's Electric Soap, all other Elect rice. Electricity, Magnetics, etc., am Imitations. Talk Is cheap. If you don't <lo It tlrougli t the tel plion | Or*itn. the Paradise of Farmers. Mild, equable cllmat .csrt aln and abnndanl crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock conn- < try In the world. Full Information free. Address Oregon Tm'lgrat'n Board, 1'ortland. Ore. It 's l-etter to give u>tv.ce than to receive . med Iclne. I ts flirted with sore eyes use I)-!?r\aa Thorn ntci.'? K>v Water. I?nii*fl?t*sell nt.2V3.p9r bottlo None hut the sunvo conductor descrvp the r f s re. I _ _ 1 1 ,11 in * 81 Q SI ONE DOLLAR ?, I Jjzj* TuIt SOLID SOLD WITCH "j 8k 21TT oixat oXdXjm otstem. wwtc row rmct utt a wo ctwcotAA Wgra R. HA8RIS & CO. 108 E. Fayette St., Baltimore, Md. fnpvt ght W. Mention th'? inpn when writ'n 1 r i..?_ r% n.iM JMRTTMB u'wrc':r""? g ATARRfjpIg Applj Unlm (ntoi-Rch noslrll I ,-? T niios.. ? W?rr?u it., N, lT, ' I I AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL CONSULT ' DR. LOBB;! 3'AH North Fifteenth St., Fhlladclphlii, Pn., for ' n Ine treatment of fi!~r! Pojfoas, Skin Eruptions, | I; Neivmii Complaint*. IlrUht'n I'lsonse, Stricture*. ? InipoJency and k I ml i<-< I dlaeoae*. no matter of Imw long atanrttnn or from what cause orlKlnatlnj. gj "%y Wefesr; FREE. JOHN F. 6TRATT0N & SON, 48 and45 Walker St. NEW YORK. I Importers and Wholesale Pealers In MUSICAL MERCHANDISE, Violins, (oitiais, llnuio*, Accortleone, liars utoulcns, iVcs All kinds at Hlrlnas, etc., etc. bhMJ kOtt t A1 ALOOUK. FRAZERjtfM i BK8T IN TIIK WORLD U It t H tl t I tW Oct Vto Ueuulno. Sold Eeerrwhera, . DICE DAI I CHADWICK'3 Manual ' BASEBALL e_., ? PDr_ on application enclosing oa* 3tN I r KC.C (Jo. >stamp, bp addressing ' lHi.0 HOLLAND, F. 0. Fox 120, Phtla., Pa. I BAIflC >TI)I? Y. nook-keeping, BualneasTonna. I UUMC Prnmnnahlp. Arl'hovUc, Short hand, etc.. B fiasy?-a?ag,"4ii a^araag n nrNfilinNQ oueillsoldieps PI OWI?-?U. P.. a UukUon. b. I Mutlsa tkta art. UriUITi j.Lwifmkii*,itkwM and WHISKEY HAB ITSeured athornewilh Um? oni pain, jtookor pur"****' ATLANTA. OaT u?ce Wj< Whitehall at. ,,~ml plSO'S REMEDY POR < Lv?jS| to use. Cheapest. Uelii raHa certain. For Cold In the Ilea UQ It is an Ointment, of wbicl to the nostrils. Price, 60c. BOB by mail. Address, ?. T. Make Youi Earn It i we are now i 100-PA9E BOOK iij It embodies the experience of ( among Poultry as a business?not at making dollars and cents. He made you should not If you will profit by I will give you this Intelligence. Et hone you should know how to MAK you. Among hundreds of other poll m To Induce Hens to Lay, j|? To Select a Good Cock, }~j To Select a Good Hen, Which Eggs to Hatch, \ When to Sot for Early ^SvA Broilers, WdA It hat Jo Foed Young Ah Chloks, lUYXj > How to Arrange Coops, - j XaJ\ Handling of Eggs. y\-% P-** About Watering Chioks, i C^x*F7 Arrangemen* ot Perches * \ To Pisvent and Cur# Roup. Ahortlo-t, Chof- \2 i era, Gapos, Ao., Ao. \o4 ',?( "mmrm 3 CARE OF TXJBKE nmt jo The beet Chicken Book for thi m* Fowl! can aff o> d to be without It. t liver, postal note or stamps (I or 2< BOOK BUB. HOUSE. II KIDMPTIYan D~PERMA>fQfri3f PAINS AND ACHES. Spent S300. In Vajft. Wakarusa, Irtd., Aug. 22. 188S. 1 nffered <11 over with pain and spent ,V . BW. on doctor* without relief: two or Ium v > implications of St. Jacobs Oil relieved me. CONRAD DOERINO. i At Dncoowiw and Dealkbs. <( rHE CHARLES A. V06ELER CO.. Bsltlmara. MS. \trt MTtln vfEC/r*? '' .^Tf SMITH'S BILE BEMIS et on thellvor find bile; clear the complexion i ire biliousness, sick headache, costivcnose, mlarla and all liver and stomach disorder*. We are now making small size Bile Beans, ipeolallv adapted for children and women? Dry small and easy to take. Prico of either zo Jt&o per bottlo. _ . A panel slzo PHOTO-QRAVURB of the jove picture, "Klsslua at 7-17-70, mailed on eelpt of to stamp Aadross the makersof the real Anll-Blle Remedy?"Bile Beans." I. F. SMITH Jc co., 8t. Louie, Mo. I've Got It! /^\ S, ft A C . 1 IvTiJ JHEAPEST FAMILY-:-1TUS KNOWN. arj-izT ao oents: 191 Fagea, 91 Full-Pago Mapa. Colored Mar* nf each Bteto and Tarritorr in th* nlted State*. Al-o Ma|<* of every Country In Uw Vorlit. 17)e letter prcee aire* the njuam rallesof ?<h State: tints of settlement; populstlon; chief Itlea; avenure temperature; salary of olHcials sad be principal poetinaati re In the Atats; number or arms, with their produ-t lone end the value theroofi liferent manufacture# end number of employee, tr.. etc. Also the area of each Foreign Country: crm of sovcnim. ntt pojnilatlon. rr loci pel prod note nd their rnone^ value; amount of tysue: ysllftoia; er of hoiiMMu cattlo, ahnop. ?nrt Vi>et UDOimj offnnrrattlon valuable to ?ll Paataatd fet* afica HOOK wm hoiwk. iM UwuSSmlx 7 aV vrV,SVC0,l,BIH'MG5^nTicLt?i>i. N ITU n e ^ k Jmfr /i?<in/CDCC ud rfifp foods to bo (f^i I rP>a paid for on delivery. U-iJ I|?t(\ flt *iiVii,. Band Itemp for CiU. \V4f l)r/\ \!/k. T> "let. l?*o?. A*w??wi<?.WiSCv/^ DtUTMt? ' JLDUUJM1 MFU. 0?_ 14G R, HUi Si. MdurC,r? 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I prcwrtbe and Wljr endome 111* U M tn< only {Oewela epecitlo for the ucrlat . euro to * DATW Of tbla disease, J^Raamatwd ?.i al 0.11.1 NO It A if AM, M. O-, pig aaMeSutalar*- 11 Au:ilerdau?, N. Y. B Hfdeaiy by Oe ' Wo have aold Blf O for r-*m _ mxatialt^ many yearn, and It/haa MUttMCMiWlW. gtleen the beet of eatleOlnclnnaUJ^^^Wfa'-tlnii. I>. R- ?)TCHE^00..| r-,4^SMKiirkellt.0n. Bold by SruMtiU. a'Nil 47 CATARRH.?Beet. Easiest M sf Is Immediate. A euro is dN d It has no equal. , 1 a small particle is applied find Sold by dnigfirtsts or sent MmH Bmum, warren, Pa. m 1 Chickens J Honey. e m^pfoporiy, ?ua to teach yon noting forth a : FOR 25 GENTS. * 1 i praotloal man laboring for 29 year# i a diversion, but for the purpose of a success, ar d th >re Is no reason why ils labors?and tht> prlco of a few em ran If you have room for only a faw E THEM PAY. This boolMwIII show its about tha Poultry Yard Ittaaohaei LTo Prepare Nests, Judicious Pdirinf, ' Wh?l Hen) to Bet, Cum ol B i coding Hens, V Kno# Unfruitful Eggs, WVk.W WkatbFssd.lsrf|s?, >A> X What b Fm4 b Fsfbn, ^ Tt 6#t RM #l VfMW"? 18 ) a AW?t hcubato-a, 'I Tf PmtM ib Ccr# X \ Pb,Lb?,SoalfU??, Jt bdl|Mt!?n, Ac., Ac. 78, BUCKS, OBESE. i money ever offered. No one with lent postpaid on receipt of 29 cents In 14 Leonard St., N, Y. City.