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' * >:??* ' '. , ^ ' -y' ' AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OP INTEREST REliATIV TO FARM AM> GARDEN. SHEKr ON ROUGH LAND. If a person has a rough and broki farm and small capital, he can hard strike a better opportunity than to secu a lew sheep. They will be a nuclei around which will gather, under jjpx management, a large fl :>ck in a shorttinv an investment that will pay interest shearing timo at the rate of 100 per cen and dividends from each lamb, besid , leaving the pasture lot fertilized in tl best possiblo manner.?S. A. Pellon. SENSIBILITY OF THE HORSE. The horse will leave musty hay ui touched in his bin no matter how hungry He will nnf flriiJ?.nf -L:?*'* ....ua-vi nail'l UUJCUUVOIDI to his questioning suiffs or from &buck< which some other odor makes oilcnsivi however thirsty. His intelligent nostr will wideu, quiver and query over th daintiest bit offered by the daintiest c hands. A mare is never satisfied by slgl or whinny that her colt is really her ow until she has certified the fact by mean of her nose. Blind horses, as a ink will gallop wildly about a pasture witb out striking the surrounding fence. Th sense of smell informs them of its pro* imity. Others will, when loosened fror the stable, go directly to the gate or bar opening to their accustomed fcedinj grounds; and when desirous to return after hours of careless wandering, wil distinguish the one outlet and patientl; await its opening. The odor of that par ticular part of the feucc is "their guide t it.?Horn and Stable. STORING CABBAGES. I have tried various methods of keep iag cabbages through the winter, with out success, suys a writer iu the Americat Cultivator. Attempts to bury iu pits o trenches failed with me, and sccoud, ] could not readily get at them as wanted by reason of frozen ground. Often th? cabbage would freeze, also.. Aly prescot method of storing'cabbage in winter is t< ' put them, heads down, in bius in mycelial-, and from one to three iu depth, according to the room at mv rnmmnnH 1 ? do not pull cabbage from "the ground, but when put iu the cellar iu this way I cut tbem qff just above the roots, with n small hand axe. By making a slanting cut the cabbage will not lie broken from he stump. The roota have no keeping qualities. Cutting off the roots does awny with all the dirt. 1 take off the principal share of the surplus leaves. Store the cabbages when dry. I can keep them by the above method until late iu the spring, and still have them tender and crisp. Iu fact, I keep all ol my vegetables iu the cellar, exceptiug my squash. The temperature, should he maintained at about- forty degrees aft^r winter setslu. Stored in this way the farmer may have good vegetables throughout the cold season. LIDKKAL MANURING I'AYS. Writinglto the American Agriculturist, It. FrankItin says. A couple \of tyqars "a ago I undertook to make a small Acid, which was (in rather poyr com Mmuuji Ui-J.h ,toh slaughter house offal aii<f .tflfkise^biftufj ground was covered so 1 <Je< ply^tliat tj stuff could hardly" be 'plowed under. neighbor came along and .criticised n methods. "That ffetd ,,\v<?uld lie richhut the rest uf the fa;fcrjfce?)t poor." Tl yield - of potatoes Yyam Hhtf mAun ground was at the nU?._J^MuMA|M|K 25(1 bushels per acre; noOu^xceimon yield, but a good one for-^hlfctHMilH Sufficient to convince me, received a better profit from the fcrtili ers than if they had been thinly "sprti over a larger area. A little groutii made rich and well worked,pv^5M?j*Al?5 ter every time than a large Rrea ofpo ground imperfectly worked. Which only auothcr way of saying that the la i?i --j ' i.jimi ui iiiHiiurr, anq inr laBb-tutfwOt ,tl cultivator on an acre, pays/better thi the first one. And, until the capacity the first acre is measured, it js folly, apply either to the second. V-'aJT > . * ?.> noAD nm run THR KOWI.S. One of the things of prime uuportan for the health of fowls, and withoi which they cannot be kept in an Iprpro ing condition, is thit they shall at a times have free access to dry earth < dnst, where they may wallow and fr themselves from insects. Through tl summer, if they are allowed to run large, not much attention to this is r quired, as they can generally look 01 for themselves, and they will be four scratching out hollows in the dry grout _and dusting themselves to their gre natisiaction. Now that winter is her provision should be made so that th< can continue to take their dry-dust batl under shelter. , For this purpose nothing is better th? dry road dust, and every one k'cepin i? ' ' '* OIIUIUU I ay 111 tl ^Ujl|IIJT WI11IC 11 ca he obtained and keep enough of it ft their use through the winter, when tt ground outside has become wet an muddy or frozen. Where there ar many fowls it is <{uite a good plan t have a small room with a window facin to the south for this spccinl purpose rather than n box of rfirt In th??r roovi ing place or nesting-room, so that the may dust themselves without coverin everything else with dust. Where thei has been a neglect to provide dusty eart for this purpose, ashes may Ire suhstiti ted, and answer the purpose very wel Persons who fail to make any provisiu whatever, and keep their fowls from th time on until spring without anythie of the kind, need not expect many egg and will And them suffering from ve min.?New York WorM.1 ' y '* RESETTING IN PEACH ORCHID*. It is a practice of doubtful expedient to set new peach trees after an orchar has been planted three years. Peac trees are short lived, and an orchard cai ^iot be kept full oi iroes with profit, ui tot" prw1 vu? ircCT lire nit ncuriy 01 me nun age. If new trees are constantly set i when the body of the orchard liceoim unprofltnblUtherc arc still a few straj gling and fotingcr trees which the owm . dislikes to sacrifice, and which are y practically of almost no value. Land ci ^ no put to hotter use than to Iks tilled for tli \ purposeX supporting a few scatterin and indifTefmt trees. But even the mo immediate rtiue of trees which are tillc in is trifling, and seldom worth *1 trouble they give. Thoy are check od l their well-established reighbors, an yield little. I have had experience U many year* in this direction, says L. I ii mi pi b?ii 11 Ml Will' UMIHWHB 1.1 III M . III! I ifi M II W I Ballet, In Garden and forest, and hat? yet to see such an experiment in the peach orchard which paid. In apple orchards c it ii frequently profitable, but apple trees are set further apart, and the trees are sufficiently long-litod to allow all the I am confident tnai tuuov e allnw sn tbelr peach orchards to get too old. There ly should be no sentiment in a mattcr-ofre fact operation' like the growing of J8 peaches, and when the trees cease to be fd profitable on account of age, they should e; be uprooted. I have seldom known at peach orchards to be profitable after they tJ were twelve years planted, particularly es when they have had gcod culture and le have borne heavily. It is sometimes true thai tbey cease to bo profitable at an earlier age. But whenever the time comes, cut them down, root them out, i- and plant anew, with the same thought f. for profit that leads you to cut your corn le or plow undor your strawberries. At ;t any rate, do not bo deluded with the no5, tion that continually filling in an orchard il is profitable. ie >f THE VALUE OF FRUIT TREES. it ??A good fruit tree ia worth fifty n dollars," wo heard an old farmer saj re18 cently. If this is true, an orchard of i ono acre containing fifty trees should ini crease the value of the farm upon which ? it ia situated by tbe pleasant sum ol ; - $2500?less, of course, the original valuo n of that individual acre. While It might s bo difficult to find a purchaser who t? would accept this valuation, says R. K. , James in the American Agriculturist, my U J own experience inclines me to the be v lief that the farmer's assertion was not I far fronr right. A money yield of three | 0 dollars per annum from each tree would j give six per cent upon this capitalized ' value. It is a poor tree that will not average this, cveu allowing for off years, . and off years are not so frequent as to - alternate regularly with the hearing onflb. 1 A healthy tree, properly cared for, will r give a crop two years out of three that [ will pay for harvesting. Occasionally a , trco will give a crop that wij^^fsy the j j interest for ruauy-year<in one. An Early j liiehtnond cherry tree paid inn last year > eight doll;..*, besides the fruit used at 1 home, which was sufficient to pay entire j cost of gathering. From a sweet cherry [ tree this year I sold thrcc-aud-one-half ; bushels at two dollars per bushel. ; Two Chickasaw plum trees, growing i so closely together that their branches ; intertwine as if they were trees, the two covering a space of about five hundred ; square feet, frequently pay ten dollars in i a season, which would be at the rate of over $600 i>cr acre. A pear tree near by yields ten bushels in a good season, and one dollar per bushel ia not an unusual price. Three early apple trees this season gave over fifty bushels, which sold at from eighty cents to $1.20 per bushel. ' The trees were so full that I had to cotnjpfcncc picking while yet very green, to 1 save the limbs from breaking. Yet the same trees last year gave a crop that paid more than ?ix per cent. upon a value at fifty dollars, each. These figures are not exceptional nor peculiar tt. a specially favorable locality, but are such as may bo attained almost anywhere in our broad lard if discretion is used in the selection of varieties, and good qarc taken of the trees from the ttnic they aro planted. It *ruc that llh?.above figures are not ooouued from Sfiftooa v1V/agcIlul?!,t fiW &A\W.Vvcrw.' fcrc results may be had from small ortfthAhls in which a variety of fruits are v. grown, aud so arranged that the bearing l*riod will extend over a lone season. ? j -a r o he I f. I . FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Jfcfey . Toulouse and Emlxku geese are very ?T large, hardy nn<1 rapid growers, and do ? " not require much water. ' If you have not fixed up the cow barn 2L ho it will be comfortable this winter, do now?not next week or next month. A small farm may be made larger withj? 'out extending its area; by deepening and j8 enriching the soil and more thorough ^ultvation. kc if your land is rich, make nnd save all in the manure you can to keep it so, and if it of is poor do the same that you may make a to portion of it rich. The selection of a creamer should hinge on what is most desired, highest quality or greatest convenience and economy in time, ce apace and labor. Jt Peaches should not be used for chicks r" of heavy breed, as they tend to deform the chickens while the breast bone is still or in a cartilaginous state. The men who makes the most money t from farming are not the ones who work n the hardest or the most houfs, but those ^ who manage with the greatest wisdom. House plants should have as much sun l(} and light during the winter months as possible; admit air whenever the temc (K-rature is not too cold, tSay forty degrees ,y Fahrenheit in the open air. is As a rule it is liest not to prune the peach trees until the spring. More or in 1 less of the wood is often injured by g 1 freezing, and in pruning this should aln ways be removed from the trees. One-half the meat supply may be ob>< tained from the poultry yards. There is d no need of the farmer keeping beef cattle if he keeps poultry, a change oc? casionally of course is appetizing. 5 Did you ever try wintering hogs on clover hay, soaked, as the principal " "feed? Tf ycu have not and have not a y silo, suppose you try it the coming winter 6 and report success in the spring. | Cutting out the blighted parts of pear trees ana pruning tnem is the only safe ' remefly. If the entire tree blight*, _ dig it out and get nnothcr in its j" place. The new tree is not more liable fto blight for l>eing set where a diseased* one has been removed. I. House plants should never l>? apinkled { or watered on the foliago when the di| ' rcct rays of the sun are upon them. When gas is used in the room where plants are kept they will be more thrifty if a light ai tide of paper or muslin is ^ well dampened and laid over them durv ing the evening. The old cow is as fond of her own product as any other animal, as is often iu witnessed to the owner's Ions when she ,.H sucks herself. If fed to her with a j. proper mixture of other materials, it it ?r our belief that skim milk will make a Pt better return to the dairyman in this way i? thkn in any other. io There are many people trying to raise ig artificially hatched birds on too small rc grounds. Their yards arc small, and >d without a blade of 'grass'or a stem of ic clover. Ample range and correct, syj>y tcmatically arranged buildings and runs, d with tho moet accurate hatching and >r brooding apparatus are essentia! to sue- 1 I. ce?s, . - " ' "v" '.r.?; ' " ' SUNDAY, SCHOOL. IN rERNATIONAli LESSON FOJt The ' ' DRCKMOBU 33 1? :? 5 Tl? Leu, on Xrtl ; " "Clotc ol 1 H *11111^ 1 King*, *1 ,?? 4?.-Goia?ri * Texti feteclea. xli., 18.?Comni/n- A Th? tary on the Lctmn. ^ 20. "Jeroboam the von of Nebat." Over twenty times i* this man. whom we now meet The for tho first- time, thus mentioned in the two Kate ! bcc^t of Kinw, and in most places it is as will in "Jeroboam, the son of Nebat who made fc- plogei rael to sin." He became the first King of the effect, ten tribes and set up the two golden calves blood i at Dan and Bethel for Israel to worship, the bk (Chap, xii., 2tW0.) His name, according to a feelit Young, signifies "Enlarger," and ho was oer- OVer tl i tainly an expert in the way of enlarging the of the i sins of Israel. There must be somo reason more a why the Holy Spirit has recorded the facts son fee thai he was an Ephratbite of Zereda: that he moro o was Solomon's servant; that his mother's heart name was Zeruali, and that she was a widow, should Every word the Holy Spirit brj written is in time significant and important, and if we cannot upon ii at first see anything in such statements as which I these, let us read them all the more prayer- res trail fully, relying upon the Spirit to give us light, alcohol I only call attention to the fact that two to tho 1 other widows are mentioned in this first book fibres I of Kings (chapters vii., 14; xvii., V); but we among knew the name of none but this one (See tlon), i Luke ii., 87; vii., 12; xxi., 2. 3.) heart. "Even ho lifted up his hand against the is also i King." At the beginning of Solomon's reign alcohol it was written that the Lord his God had thicket given him rest on every side, and that there same w was neither adversary nor evil oconrrent that th (ChaD. V 41 Kllf n(.?-ii <- -? - -* """ . -ii ?- ?~ > mi m uitui^cu. " wnen I flowing a man's ways pleas? the Lord, He maketh cura tli even his enemies to be at peace with him." body ii (Prov. xvi., 7); but Solomon's ways were not death t now pleasing unto the Lord, and both J ?ho- bring t vah and Klohim were stirring up adversaries When< against him (verses 14, 23), besides this enemy ble, ant in his otsn household. able to 27, 23. "And this was the cause that he thing It lifted up his hand against the King." The thing*] most of our lesson to-day is an opening up of ter thai this sentence, showing that Jeroboam's rebel- It mi lion wax of Jehovah. which 29-81. "The Prophet Ahijah. the Shilonite, work b found him in the way." Here is another foot in man whom we now meet for the first time; aud thi but what n contrast to Jeroboam, for Ahijah the use is twice called by that exalted name, "Ser- lloned ' vant of Jehovah (chapters xiv., 18< xv., 29), must in and lie bears the word of Jehovah. As to Jernlioam. he is found in the way, no doubt n in the way of industrious service in the pool- | Rlgnc t ion in which 8olomon had exalted him, lit- i lates tl tie thinking that he was also in the way to flint ir a kingdom. Literally he was in the way out Friedri of Jerusalem, and probably on the way to cuormo oversee the work appoinUxl to him. He Is invited clad in a new garment, and as the prophet 1 pro tec meets him he seises the garment, rends it in ths Prfi twelve pieces and hands ten of tlia pieces to lnit said Jeroboam, by thfx rather startling nut, very his own significant act assuring him that the Lord had lice God of Israel will rend the ten tribes from ward ti Solomon and give them to him. brought 83 "Because that they have forsaken me. the ott >? ? e aud have not walked in my ways." served. Passing over, for the present, the verses re- 'WhatT ferring to what God will do for David's and tiently. Jerusalem s sake, wo continue the story of smoke! Jeroboam, anil here is the reason why tentwelfths of the kingdom is to pass from Solo- mon to him. Wisdom and her ways give "Bam peace, prosperity and true happiness: but if building wo forsake wisdom and give ourselves to u? folly we must expect to reap as we sow. "Rami 85. "I will tate the kingdom out of his oubof-w son's hand and will give it unto tfiee, even fiocdr ten tribes.-' As 1 notice the ten or more "I *joaew-i wills" of God lu this lesson and wonder why nH,n God should select Jeroboam, I can only rhni?nt think of the words of the Spirit in Dan. tv., jjL. 32. 35 "The Most. High ruletli in the king- | doni of men and glvetn it to whomsoever Ho i ?i-will; He doeth according to His will in the Trt~ir army of Heaven and among the inhabitants I -jjy*, of earth; nud none can stay Hu hand or say ,i? unto Him. What doest Thou*" 37. "And 1 will take thee, and thou shalt , reign ucc< >rding to all that thy soul desiretb, _ and shalt lie King over Israel." Hera is a ccrct of the heart laid open by thagreat if^rher.. of AlOlfct% who is often pleased to Jld nrny prove us to sea wheUM ^ His ways or not. We read that Solomon \ iccv," Sivr. the Queen of Hheba all her desire, but ' n ere is a greater than Solomom granting to nu^ JerobcsJB bis soul's desire; and the same Lord .isi., is saying to us: "Whatsoever ye shall ask in fllpeo My Name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;"' and again: ' All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, be- orv J lieving, ye shall receive;" but He that pon- '' doreth the heart considers whether we earn r-Pl,y uuBiro wnai we *8K ior, and desire it for I ? _. | His" glory. (John xiv., 13; Matt, xxi., 22; mnu i Prov. xxiv., 12.) It may be that Jeroboam that a ' never breathed his sotf1'* desire to be King to ttg6sc a single person, but God notices the things I g*e t that come into our mind, every one of them. ' (Ezek. xi., 5.) iTfoC 88. "If thou wilt harken, * * * I will m?h j Ik- ?.dth thee."' Not only is the Kingdom greah promised to J?. -dwim. but God offers to *jg _re njnke it pci uianent it he will only obedi- n'?.f 0 entV The Ix>rd Himself is tho true King,and fBke ' | He will establish any ono who will tinly rep- aged I , resent Him by obeying His commands, walk- ?*ur I ing in His ways, "and doing right in His ernte, { tight. ! ...(i i 32, 34, 86. "For niv servant David's sake." j ^bstal j We return now to the reason why the whole . Rjgtv-i kingdom was not to be rent from Solomon, I ^ ^ and we find this as the first reason. Four 1 drink* times in this lesson Jehovah speaks of him as oouali "David my servant," and twice we find the healtf expression "For my servant David's sake," dental and it is also said, "because he kept my com- diMon maudments and my statutes." This was the ^ia < manner of David's life, taken as a whole, and Alma his love-forthe statutes and commandments of tho Lord is fully told forth in Psalm cxix. This it is that delights the Lord and brings from Him the riches of His grace. Jesus the _ AJ e Son of David fulfilled all righteousness, add T* u* it is for His sake that we receive forgiveness It ia and all the benefits of His salvation. all ebt "And for Jerusalem's sake, the citvwhich main I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel." Wh Bee also verses 13, 36; Israel waa a chosen drink people, Jerusalem a chosen city, David a wo wc chosen servant, and all to magnify the name A t of Jehovah; when they failed to do this He Tomi* delivered them to their enemies to be chaa- V, tened, as it is written: "You only have I known of all the families of the earth, therefore will I punish you for all your iniquities." ^, , 39. "I will for this afflict the seed of David, l116 mi. nut iorever." Aiavid and his obedience ?3coU>l brought blessing, Solomon and his edns cent, brought affliction, but inasmuch as God's wraufl covenant with David is forever (II Stun, vii., aioow 12-16), therefore there will be a restoration Dr. and the Kingdom shall be established in the try," i True David In due time (Isa.ix.,jB, 7; Luke i., no pla> 32, 33). rnvini 40. "Solomon sought therefore to Id 11 gethei Jeroboam." Thus did Saul to David, but C.T. t not tbns did David to Saul, not even to j? Shinier when be cursed and threw stone* . iga) Death Is the devil's weapon; he who walks iu 253. with God leaves vengeance to Him, that is to Gallon God. sad does not taks matters into his own i *umod hands. gallon 42, 48. "Solomon slept with his fathers, f^r and a as buried in the city of David his _' . father." Forty years a King, riches and .. wUJ-uu .-.id honor unprecedented bestowed upon him, yet he act* p.t ? fee!; a thousand wives and one son, and that son robbed of .. his inheritance by his father's sin* Is it not ? a sad story? ^nt was Sotoenon saved? Where we kav j no clear testimony we cannot say positively. We may hope that ere Wnl . he aent out to meet God he truly repeated censes and turned to Him. How Is it wttn you, years, dear reader??Lessen Helper, from V presen i?up lion ol ten ye Benefiting a People. gg* fl-Li - ? , mmm mounts ago a young lad, Ml*. ; Itavtliug through the West of fretaodhy PrwW I herself w.ns struck with the poverty of the )icople. . She began to, consider plTM,, whether she cuuhl not learn basket pink- Mw?t 11 lug ami then touch it.. Sho knew uoth- ^tlol ' intr about it, and with % great deal of {|^| . trouble site got a thorough training fa ttnavf 1 basket making. Sho then went to fr&ncc, l> | where she learned how to make jMretty fnW* F'j-ench baskets. In the following year v|W| the. settled down m Lcttcrfrack and a^'?J itnrted the trado of basket making. She Lum ' began by teaching ono small boy, but her cWiss rnpfaUy mere>v>ed^ and there fat SXh now ijuite a Utile industry started there. for lk| She h*s planted 'tho. place all about withj <ht*k, ' oders, and she is now maktug un experir-^^JT9BS I meat in Nrc growing of cafc'v.yegp*-^ j ^ V. ' "*'(= "' tmKnceT l"*\?<J?woot, rl H-^y<?orirg. f ^riout oondab drink. X >W its jj? bathe, we row, nd lore the wuter like! water, sunshJne, and fresh air ith fish and bird, and flower we share. ?National Temjwancc Almanac. Ai.eonoL Am THE HEART, smallest amount of alcohol, vaj? Dr. ditehelt in the Trinjterttnce Banner, crease the bents of the heart, and peolcrally take it*lu order to produce this As the heartbeats more quickly, the teems to circulate more freely through od-veraeb, and thoro is for the momont tg of renewed energy and strength all m body. When, hohrevor, tho effects alcohol hare worn off, the neart beats lowly than it should do, and tho perls depressed and languid, until some f the same drug is tnkou. Thus the is always doing more work than it do, and never getting enough rest, and itheoxlra wear aud tear begins to tell \ and it labors hard to do ih? work it ought to aooomplieh easily and unitedly. The greater the quantity of taken daily, tlio greater is the injury leart. An time coos by its muscular tecome thickened, and there is a fat st them (this is called fatty degenorawhich prevents a free action of the The liniug membrane of this organ inflamed by tho continual passage of 1 over it, and it becomes reddened and loitr'Ttfu -ralws also suffer in the ray, abd at last may beoome so diseased ey are powerless to prevent the blood p a wrong direction. When this oc0 whole circulation of the blood in the 1 interfered with and disturbed, and mut result bocunso it is impossiblo to be heart back to a healthy condition, mco the heart is so diseased It is incurai even total abstinence will not be do anything to help. it. Tho beet ?to prevent soch a terrible state of from happening, for prevention is botn euro. ist be remembered that the heart, is a very hard-working organ (its oing equal to lifting about 130 tons ono twenty-four hours), must havo rost, it if tilts rest is shortened, as it is by of alcohol, all the evils alxjve menwill gradually take placo, afid life evltably be shortens J. TALY'H PRKMIEK AN ABSTAINER. w Crispl, the Premier of Italy, role following anecdote: "During my iterviow with Prince Bismarck, at chsrube, the Chancellor caused two us glasses of beer to be brought, and mo to drink the one placed before me. itejl that f drunk onlv water, whereat ice seemed astonished beyond measure. I nothing. Bat when ho hail emptied glass, he slowly drank tho one which >n intended for me. Shortly afterro large pipes flllpd with tobacco were * The Prince lit bis own and banded ler to me. 'Your Highness,' I ob'many thanks; but I do uot Mnoke.' exclaimed Bismarck, rather inipa'You don't drink, nnd you don't What sort of a man are you, thenf " HAMI'IJE-ROOM PfiOWKRH. |>le-ltoom" was the sign on a small ninsn IK- -l ? . , ?? ~j uio uviiui m wiiirn mo irain , lust before entering the mountains, [dc-room for what In this desolate, te-way place?" wan our mental query, looking duffers, with llery-lookiug >1 the way; spruce-looking youug owed, twirling their cane* in a non- , way, and slinking into the sample- ' or as if nshamed of the net. ' this is a liquor-shop, and these aro I ts goiug in for refreshment." , young buds of promise will as surely 0 the mnlv old duffers n<t nivlit fot- < y. Bantpfc-room dowers they are ^ tk, for refreshment, "liquid Are." ] 1 then mlddlc-ngod men. respectably ? 1 doubtless men who, at homo, would I bo ween entering a "sample-room," ? the evcjmjpen door. c t last tM y must all nave been re- i ? t:? ^tHrVM'oi>rietor, with a- very red g ?cwn Im UIMIUTIH, !! ? ft ij : * silly Ales, the Whistle sounds, the passengers or the cars, and wo uiovo on for a plcf tall, durk mountains, a lonely railway n, and a gloomy-looking, omnipresent ?t-room" stamped on the walls of momational Advocate. MODERATE DRINKING DANGEROUS, i) raibdernte drinking operates against a In getting insurnuoe. Htatistics show jriong intenqierate persons bet ween the tf twenty and thirty the mortality is imes greater titan "among temperate w. From thirty ftn fifty the mortality rtimes greater "with the intemperate, fom fifty to sixty it is three times a*, while from sixty te eighty it is twice at. Theso are figures that do not lie. Id topers and moderate drinkers should i hint. In a group of total abstainers, Iwonty, the average of life left is fortyind two-tenths yeai-s, whib with moddrinkers the average would bo llfteen x-tenths years. That is to say, a total her on an averago would live to be four, while the moderate drinker would t off at thirty-five. By a moderate v la meant a man who drinks continr cr periodically so as to affect his i. A drinker is more liable to aorU I death than sober man U, and in ndtb that ho ia stmdily breaking down xmstitution.?National Temperance nac, TKMTXKANCX SrttfH AXD NOTES, next convention of the National W. C. trill be held in Atlanta, Oeorgia. i stated that ninety-three per cent, of ildren taking the teiu|>eranco pledge rcfaitlifnl to tueir early vows, au a young tnnn starts out to get a and passes an okl drunkard on the way odor that he doesn't thiuk of him. )tal of 1874 Young Women's Christian prance unions, with 31,CA7 regular and onornry members, was reported to the ation. ro are many leverages more than half dk of which is alcohol. Irish and tjwbisky contain nearly flftv-flvo ner Brandy and gin nearly as much. * In I^ole there is nearly seven j?er cent, of Josiah Strong, author of "Our Coonays: "At ho timo in nil the year and at oe In all the hind is thore so in jch of the ; power of tho nation gatbirca to' om at the annual convention of the W. r." It* first nine m on tin of last year EngMJfjajtmcd 11,918,471 gallons of wine. 951 gallons of spirits, and 18,861,818 s of beer. In tnfs rear she has con11,505,20(1 gallons of wine, 18,784,901 s of spirit*, and 3l,?iO,(*VJ gallons of 'essor William T. Anderson, head of ooklyn Normal School for Physical .Hon, addressed the National Conven . Chicago on his specialty and generoffered to I rain gratuitously Ave young ifor W. C. 1. U., "ovangdute or ?l culture.* ile -the jiumtwr of existing drinU-llto Loudon has not increased of late the dram-shop* of rariu liavo risen 11,000 In 1880 to dearly 80,000 in the it year. In thirty years tho consump f alcohol In France lias trebled, and In nrs'ithAs double t, tho avorage ronton being twelve quarts for each male i fctallio A. Moore, of Philadelphia, out of ttt. Malnchi's i/xlles' Total Abee Society?the first Roman fCatholic a to addresA a public assembly In tho Kwaf ? hiahop and priest*?recently 2 following message to Miss Frances . lO?A f- ?>i -i? ? " nr- miMHWMl ?? IVIIKIVII, IIU loliftn in politics, ho ?* In citizenship, rib and an of us for Clod ami home and land.' ifjgnr/Christiau oiv|lu<\Um?? Wo are j ^*7 ?? York 130,000 } stands \niid night, and night and !>n Budget >vroHsftog influences of 4 rtold l?y the CltlsMis' jfM'9 **t 30,000 children go 3 . i saloons and drink . S X' is' x\ w? liaro 1msrd ttHa.g'' . a hooTonnrard, do t " . Jaftt west togothor qA away thoir nWlAoiu I j Um heathen Mirpr fkath-Jfrs, Clw-a Hofmqn. : n - ^esCTasr-r T ' " Loved His Adopted Daughter. A sad-faced, handsome woman, poorly but neatly elad, was seated on a bench at tho station house yesteiday, says i the Memphis Avaldnrhe. She held an infant in tier arms, and was weeping in a silent, hopeless sort of way. A reporter drifted in, and after some questioning, the woman told her story. Her name is Mrs.Qettie Slaughter, and she came from near Collierville, in this county. Her maiden name was MoCord. During her girlhood she met and loved a farmer' named J. Franklin Slaughter. They were married on Janu* ary 15, 1882, and dwelt together poacefuiiy and happily. Soon after their marriage Sallie Sutton; a pretty orphan child 10 years old, came to them and asked for a home. The Slaughters were poor, but they took the girl in and cared for her as best they could. Sallie'grew rapidly and developed into a flue girl. She found favor in her foster-father's eyes, and Mrs. Slaughter noticed that J. Franklin-was fond of AaeoaaU-. lb. 1 ? * * vmiuoojlu^ lilt} uuxoin About a year ago he said he would find Sallie a bettor home than he could give her, and he and his adopted daughter started for Memphis ostensibly. Neither of them returned. After a time the truth dawned on the deserted wife, and, trying to forget her false husband, she set about trying to make a living for herself and two small children and her invalid mother. She met with ill sucoess. Her health was delicate and she was unable to do rough work. But for the kindness of neighbors the family would have starved. About a week ago Mrs. Slaughter received news of kor runaway husband. He had killed himself in a fit of madness caused by the fickleness of the girl he had ruined. Slaughter and the girl were living in Kentucky as man and wife. She had admirers and encouraged them, and Slaughter objected. She pleaded innocence for a time, but her loyers became more marked in their attentons, and a violent quarrel took place between Slaughter and the girl. She threatened to leave him. Confronted with the prospect of losing the prize for whioh he had abandone4 home, wife, children and honor. Slaughter put an end to his miuerable existence. He owned a revolver, and a ball from it crashed through his brain and left Sallie again without a protector. Afterhearing of her nusbnnd's death i Mrs. 81auiflit?v(t?>Moii "? . 0 ~w.?v?? tvwuio iv iueni- j phis and seek employment. She brought her children with her, but left her mother to be cared for by neighbors. Mrs. Slaughter has no money, ar.d wants employment. She said that she was willing to do any sort of work. Hamming lee Floes. No stronger vessels than those of the Dundee whalers are built; they are 1 rom 400 to 1,000 tons displacement, lave powerful, woll-secured engines to -esist the shook of ramming or stoppage >f the propeller by ice, and aro built vith an eyo to tho oasy and rapid replacement of ruddor, propeller and propeller shaft if damaged, these parts peing carried in duplicate. Above all ?ther considerations, they possess itrength for rammiug as well as 'raistance to lateral pressure wh?n "j 7 Anotner viPY lliijwi ibus ' that the bow shall have considerable inclination, which permits the vessel, when ramming very heavy ioo, to lift slightly nnd slide on it, thus easing tho shock and assisting the cutting aotion of tho bow with the downward crushing weight of the ship. In this way it is possible for these steamers at full speed to ram ice over twenty feet thick and receive no immediate incopacitatj ing damage. If the ico is not too heavy the shearlike rise and fall of the bow is repeated several times as the vessel steams j powerfully ahead until lier headway is J checked. Tho difficulty then is to exj tract tho ship from the dock she. has cut by her advance. Me Wanted to Know Too Mnch. Jack?Say, Tom, were you christened that name? Tom?Of coarse I was. Jack?Well, what do they call you Thom-as for on tho pay sheet ? Tom?Don't know; suppose for the same reanon tho boys call yon Jack-ass. TtiAnmt There Is moro Catarrh In this section of the country than nil other dii>cn?os pat together, and antll the Inst few years u an.supposed to be incurable. For n treat many yes nt doctor? pronounced it a local iliscn-e. and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced It Incurable. Science lias proven catarrh lo bo a constitutional dUeaee, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's (.'alarm Cure, manufactured by K. J. (-'honey its Co . Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional 01 to on the market, it Is taken internally in d-iecafrvni 10 drops to a teaspoonful. it aula directly ?t|?on I ho blood *nd mucous surfaces of thqsystrm. The offer one hundred dollar# for any case II fall? to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address, F. J. Clir.NKY & CO., Tcbdo, O. 0T fold by Di uggUts* 75c. Every day brlnss its bread, and the bill comes on Satutdny. Oreie*. the Paradise ef Vamere. Mild, equable ell mat-, certain and abundant croon Beet fruit, grain, grass and stock oountry to the world, rail Information free. Addreee Oregon ImTgrai'n Board, Portland, Ore. Who Uvea in a glass house should make airangrmt nts to move. A pocket pln-ou?hton tree to smokers ol "Tanelll's l'unch" 6c. Cigar. Pleasing wore is half sold, tut the same may I o said of an o d pair of boots. Last Winter 1 wm troubled ao badly with rbeumatHmi In my right ehosldcr aed joints of my leg as not to be able lo walk, I took Hood's Sareaparfila, and now ! don't feel any aches or palnf anywhere, I sell newspapers right In the middle of the street every day In the year, end hare been doing ev for five years, and standing on the eoM stone? ain't ao ptcnlc, 1 can tell you. And If Hood's Barsaparilla cured me i< certainly ought to be good for thoaa people who don't stand on the anU atones. I eaa be seen every day In the year at ooraer Tompkins and DeKalb Avenues.?Wiujam W. Hows so, Brooklyn, N. Y. H. B.?Be aura to get Hood's Sarsaparilla (told by all droggteta. fit; el* for fig- fi spared only VJ I. nwu a w? ApoUierarW, Lowell, Mm IOO Poset One Oollar Money in Chickens J J A I X/ T i"1 ?\j'lrry Helaer not an ?maI ^ Mir, bBtanw work In* ICir <1o. X. ^ t .j|a'|LSV!lw'P.> ','i *&FUPf' 'K' - >* Hbh! wJEm?L \ The PmpU Are not slow to understand that, in ord r V warrant thoir ma m acturcrs In guaranteeing them to benefit or cure, medicines must pos toss more than ordinary merit and onrauvi properties. Dr. Plerco's Golden Me Ileal Dlt covery is the only blood mcdlolne sold through druggists, under a pnoPiiM gunrwifr that It will benefit or ureor money paid fori w ill be returned. In all b'ood, eklu and sca'i dlmstcos, and for all eorofulous affections, it 1 specific. ffilO Ue?ard offered by th-> proprietors o Dr. Ms go's Catarrh Komcdy for an lncarabl CSSO. The future homo of the wl?d?ed Is parei with good int-ntlonH, but the psrerarnt never b ow up and the syqfem has It odvnntage*. Dure soap is white. Ilrown scaps aro adul terated with rosin. Perfume is only put in t hide Ihe prcsenco of j.-uh M fat. Dobbins' Klcctrlc boap in white nnd untcvuM lias bee i sold since 18'W. Try it now. Fear nothing ' i t sin, Iut keep away Iron the elei trie light wire. , ' - ? lem * OJm ENJOYS Both tlio method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant nncbrefreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly onthe Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the syst tern effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fever3 and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to ilie taste and acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial m its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commcud it to all and have made it tho most popular remedy known. Syrup ot Figs is for rale in BOo and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will proeuro it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FI6 SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAt. ClWSmU, XI.NEW N Y. SI Q SI ONE DOLLAR X, V*J1K vat SOLID COLD WITCH sr.- c-urxi ci.t7h dtbteu. pSBEWPiffa v/xirt ro* '*tci lut aso cMcviam WSKS s. Harris & co. -EEs::,. I0S E. Fayette St., Baltimore, Md. roprr'nht 1WO. Moutloti th'x pnp\r wlirn writing. mh) I5S W# w SMITH'S BILE BEANS Act on the liver and Itllo: clour the complexion; cure blliotiPQfti.% rick licnduchc, coat I venose, veryttfiinr r.t*? fJPung i? onpU,AM_ Blio 25o per Imttlo. A panel hIko PHOTO-QRAVURBof 11 above picture. "Klselnjf ut.7-17-70, mailed < receipt cf ?e stump Andrei ^Hroftlwrto/ tl great Antl-Bilc R?medy-MRilo i?i is.' J. F. SMITH A. CO.. St. Louis, Mo Q HAY-P?p| FEVErL^&I 50 Cts. COLD'" HEAD KLY BROTH Kit B, M Warren St., New York. AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL C0MSUL1 DR. LOBB 3'if* North fifteenth Ht.. Philadelphia. Pa., to the treatment of Blood Poisons, fikln Eruptions Nervous Complaints. Bright'* Disease, strictures Impotency and kindred ilhojwm, no matter of bos long standing nr from what cause originating ITt?i days' medicines furnished by mall race | Sand for Book on Ml'KCI A I. l>lsen?os. rltfcfci JUHM Jb' STRATTON & SON, 48and4o Walker St. NEW YORK Importer* .n<l Wholcrnle re.lem In MUSICAL MERCHANDISE, Violin*, liuiurit. Hitniut. Arrnr<l?oni, liar noatcn*. &r, All kiuit. wl Siring*, etc.. etc hKNl) I'UK CA t ALOOUK. ~C^k JONES t?w zmSsk Tkr* jam ou^^ai Bum lor AgtB^^MwitVtmrr ?t? &5?. VorfraoprlMlh Tr wB^jon-ETOF YffiaMSR* II1NOIIAMTO.>. N. v.OPIUM HABIT. A. Vnliianle Treatlno Olvlns fall Information of m buy eud Hpeedy cur. A*' 6 the afflicted. Da. J. O. norrgiii,Jii(teno?,Wlicoiulii FRAZER^M 8c lilErtrrwlMit, flDllIM r 9 RKVI out I'Hin. Hook of imr Ul fV"' jrrnrnrsr omc? wkitemn st AjmaioN3ims?SB L^prtrrutr.rr.. v.. a. W. fcrtttllXlK A aOM. N CtotlaMll.il.. * v.a.aiaei^s, , grniU. iAi? ,*f .r, opium a Ar?nti fin*mi**. Hill'? Ctumnlon Cooker Nw work. Loi rfo |>io.1U lUt', Whitney a Ou. Uorton, Ma?i Ixl Boat Coiizh Medioine. % > q Cures where all else faila. Push on tha Handle and the Sorer nil.., No. iti.A". -n ' ' . '-"J- ^ s:^'r-r jflW ? - k ^sflL. viTtfWv ' ** k v - ?t ?* ^jriflR^ik v '5S**g ^'. * * a&* ? .' " . . ",'^V ^ ; |r accor ding fa ^*JI J Directions witi| eacl\ Bomi,\ FOR BURNS and 8CALDP 1 ' A B?by Dnrn?d. \\ 9 Aa-itud, Minn , Sept. 28, MSp \ Our baby?i*{ ycnra old?burned her h?'>d . i il on a hot Btove and wc put St. Jacob* Oil on it i h It took the pain nil out, at onco; alter putting I 4 it ou 2 or 8 liuus it was all cured up. ' C. P. STAVE and Familjt i . |. AT DmccGisTa AND Dealers. f o THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. BaMmar*. HA | ??*^A0iMT3 ? a W* . WAB BTORT Eagle's lest Br WH l^"r?2 n cfii iiuiittIf Hons. M bore baa sovtr been ft mora popular book throughout the Boutbsrn Statea than "8?ft*Y or Kaoix'sNebt." llauy jcere Lavo r-aaaed aiaoa the thrilling scenes herein recounted of tha deeds of Yaoft of (bo Confederate Soldier, yet the intereat, by tboao -who fought with A'vStuart, Johnston. Bcauregaid. Jackeon bbJT"~~"^*^ in the cauae for arh ch tlioy do desperately and bravely battled, wilt never grow lias. Tbia thrilling story pleturra nutaloim Joy tod sorrow, aud a love saroetly told, but i? filled with historic iuridents of Uie great contest bolweao the Sonth and tbe North. Ilea H a book for tbe old BxConfederate, to ri mil to hint tlio vivid aoenea of thogreatest Civil War ever known, to rail back \ ^ At'a own rauipaignk, and tell bim of thrwigfttf- ' V CbleftAlup. doar to tl.e imiuory of tvciy cbe who ~ woro llio Gray, Surry of Eaglo's Kelt " will dud a welcome V, in every R iiithcrn homo. That it may to within tlio roach of every one. it la published at the row pntceor $?, though t nana?., ha>d>oji* volume, ukatnir'Lxv illustk vxr.n and rLuusn.i sou an. 60I-0 ONLY RY SUBSCRIPTION.* * A? the d'tnand for this om tavohite book tsftieA hot b'f ii cut of yrtnt to ioii/7, will ho large, and applirailona for agrnde. vry numerous, all whodeeire to aotaa Agents ehotild vrrito for terms and quickly necuro chv.ico of territory, G. W. DILLINGHAM, Publisher, rnv--.?-Hr.t.. Mow York. ThertnonMr below Trsezffig ni;?l litres sto.m <> ciii.Mg s.ret which strikes the (tee like x thousand needles. Wind forty miles an hour. You say a man couldn't stand such eapisu' ? No, he couldn't, without just the proper c'oti w:. And there's only one outlit that can keep a man liotli warm and dry at such a time, and that is ihr 11 Kish Itraiirl SlirWr." They an guaranteed rtornr proof, waterproof, and windproof. Inside one of tliero, you are >" "itch OV e! the weather as if indoors, 'l'hey arc light, but warm. Ileing re-enfnrce I throughout, they never rip: and the buttons are wire-fastened. Nn railroad man who lire once tried one would be without jt for ten limes its cost. Tinware of worthlees i?n- 0 Stations, every garment stamped with " Fish Brand" Trade Mark. Don't accept any inferior coat when 'jf , '" yon can have the " Kis'.i Foard Sticker " delivered ? I _ I 'Hl'm WWWpy ?' UViWHwHi'fKtf^ rw Vii to it TTTT" mot* - C~ I mm n _ I ' _ >" * _ _ '? _ (sm Iwfssw . to HEVOI.VHH K ''vrjHfl pure base one of the cole- Tslrt-ll* ajj\ >. bra ted SMITH ft WESSON t?JSSft?V trtns. The lineet small arms if Y/~xf rflUt ? ever manufactured and the \V J/ )) WU flrat choice of all experta. KB Manufactured in calibres na and tt-l'O Sin- {WW ale or double action. Safely Hammerlusa and IS* Tanret models. Constructed entirely or best eunlIty wrought steel, carefully Inspected for worknitnthtpand stork, they are unrivaled for flntah, dnrnblllt v nnd sreurncv. Do not be decelvedjir cheap innllenble runt-Iron Imitations which are often aold for the genuine article and sre Dot onlv unreliable, but dangerous. The SMITH ft WESSON Revolvern are all atamis-d Upon the barrela with firm's name, addrrea and dales of patents and are vnaranterit jierfect in tTery detail. Insist upon having the genuine article, and If your dealer cannot supply you an order rent to addrnas 1 below will receive prompt an 1 careful attention. Deaorptlveoataloauo an 1 nrioos furnlshel noon apSMITH & WESSON, grMeatlon this paper. S irlsttali!, Mais, ^ DDinnrin^ IPjI^iwu1 iLUjq; 1 F| FEMALE. : 3I.REGIIIAT0R. ; wK#* 6 MENSTRUATION -saSs . iuwrnjteeuuTmw Arumta* ?. automatic REVOLVER.^-? Unequalled for Symmetry, Brantr, Ma- BIB tarml, and Workmanship. With SaMf Catch, impnaiibia to throw barrel open whan dia' el^viff, rak^v??j?.%s"?st3ss has#. aa pryrfeet a Pla/ol aa ran bo nwdr^ Srnt postpaid on receipt of price, Stndte "*?a- " 1 nJL'.mSf/or %"r !?? p*gj tlhutralrd eauic :.-* - , ?an?,?l/i". Rfrnlvrt. potirt Coed,, etc lohn P. Lovell Arms Co.. flfrs.. Boston. ajOMF >Tt)l? V. Bonk-k <otfag, PastaeM; te^"!ss,r } Bryam'o Coliogo, 4fi7 Mala BA. Bng? ? I pre'crlho and donte n, ( ortwadtr;^ccru->r W O. U.lNuftAHAM... j MM masaowMUM. - Awat-rdam, VyJ., E9 Mfdooly bp iho Wa bavo !%d Big OK* A BlSviasChasUsolOo. yean.'. and It baoN ~ . icim^em caa.y" ^ d-n- '>vq&p*oo.. romfbyiwgiuw!. ' chichkstkr's english PENNYROYAL PILLS i jr>. rico cross diamond brand. ^">4l>rv >?r>?u4 ?i??j? rfii?M?. lasw, a > / l( LH-VA a-* l>iu|;IH for Diamttd Urate'., la a\ r-i{ r?A. aiMilllf barn. a-alad villi M?/IV\ rWibon. 'l ake no other. All ptlli \V?7 I W ol/'l to paataboard boian. pick wrapmr*. an W i ITyp^^s&fSSat^ ' I V ? 0 ' Brllrf for 1. a A Ira," la Utter, by rrtora ; _jk lt ii- **? ? ikfir. l""v-?^ '? r.a?,v.nnt.k