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v'\' ^ jeEICULTURAL; .,|s TOPICS OK 1X1*1311 F.ST UKIJATIVB 1>' TO FAK31 AND OAUDEN. w \ bi ' la / OROWINO HKKY HKCD. j? The seed of no garden vegetable is F more easily grown than that of tlic beet, cl It is aold* Wholesale very cheaply, but y every firmer should, so far as possible, p grow beet see?l for his own use. Belcct o well-shaded, not over-large specimens v for seed. Those who. grow beet seed k ing and -gvo^* e'uf|^dT^*^iy^wiir that because a long, slow-grown root \ will seed abundantly, it is as good as any ; for seed, is a great mistake. Seod from r such roots rapid'y degenerates, and, in u j ?ew years, will grow plauts that rviu to -ceil the first sennon. PI.AUOIITKH OK SWINE* ' The usual sickening scenes of hog\illing time are now witnessed?chasing, catching and sticking the animals, o nul deafening squealing, blood pouring ' out, and the horrified children looking i t\h! Most of this can he obviated l?y I hrst striking the animal a blow on the head with a light, long-handled sledgrdamr.ier. This produces stupor, and death is painless. Another way is to drop the open side' of a long, narrow box down over the animal,nnd then turn box and hog upside down, when the knife can do its work, and box he righted again, and he can bleed out standing. But whatever the way, the slaughter , ehotild be done with least possible pain ! to the victim and to the sensibilities of] humankind. One of the most unpicasHUt memories of my life is having witnessed, when a lad, hog-killing at an abattoir. One man with a sharp honk Caught the animals in the ticsh under the j j?w; then, raising the snout up, another bran struck them standing. Yet this ^ does not seem so cruel as tin present way, for it. was done very quickly.?JYcto J ork 1'ribuur. I rilOTKCTINO CKI.I.AHS AGAINST COLD. ' Mucii unnecessary, because misdirected, work is done in banking up eel- ' lars ami closing out-of-door pi Is for keeping tender vegetables. Air at per- ' fect-'rvit in ->? ? of iho vary Uuat nonconductor*. and it is none the worse if ( protected behind a block of ice. Much | of the banking loves its effectiveness as | the season advances, because the materials of which it is composed di tout by the expansion of frost, and this admits j ( currents of outside air to the centre of j the heap, or whatever is to be protected, j s Sometimes manure is used with the idea j that it. will heat, and thus furnish t warmth to what it covers. Really it is j not si pood as earth, because coaisc ! manure is really more porous. The ; proper place for porosity is inside rather ' than outside. A straw or cornstalk bank against a pit or cellar is excellent if eov- ! erod with earth to keep a space of air ! v that does not move next the article to be ! protected. But if the earth shows "signs s of freezing dry, as it probably will, a few t barrels of water thrown on it during the v coldest, weather will frccAc into a sheet, . and effectually prevent the ingress of | cold air.?Amerimn Cultivator. (| FOODKK full, gfe'J^KT,. , Most barn doors are large and swing \ on hinges. It is dUUeujL.to open them I when the wind is hiisk; they are apt to s fly entirely open, aiy.l ..tfcic cold air rush- ] ing in makes the atmosphere inside frigid ' j as that on the outsidtf. .This chills the*' ;; animals, and, of course,, they require, the ,, more fodder to generate'' internal heat, j, As well might one keep the door closed and throw out a forkful of hay to the ^ tv;ind. t All outside lower barndoors should he hung on rollers' and there . ?... o i - - niviii'i it iMiiiiu '111 convenient jj places, and thru when a person is to pass ^ through the door can he pushed just far enough to allow hitn to pass. This ex- " eludes a great amount of cold and saves i feed. There are also more leaks in the Cl sides of harns than in the roofs. Pieces of siding olT, loose l>oafds,.gapiug...cracks ,l and knotholes sometimes consume more '' teed than the animals. Shivering beasts " require more fodder (fuel) to keep warm-, \ ei and, however well fed, if they do not ^ shrink in flesh, they seldom gain, and | rows always shrink in milk in cold n weather. s< The proportion of increase in fodder rt that an animal will consume in a cold a stable to keep its warmth up is not : r known, but can be approximated by a j u si nple prtce-s. Let the farmer select a li cold, windy day and weigh the fuel lie consumes in one of his stoves. On an ' ,, equally boisterous day open as many ,, superficial in.'hes of apertures from bis room to the weather us there are inches || of cracks and openings ii his stable; ( then at night weigh the fuel used that u day, and strike a balance, and if it. docs |? not set bun tbink'ng of hi.; cattle eon- ,| sinning more food to keep tliem warm ,,| than otherwise need be do ic and incite him to stop up the cracl s in the stable : and barn, then 1 shall have miscalcu ( luted.* Aside from a inonev oro'ii from I" maintaining warm and com Tort ihlc stablcs, it is gratifying <?> humane people to " reflect tliat they have done their duty to 111 the dnmh beasts under their supcrvidou . i " ? -JVtie York 'J'i'ih'tiic. ! i li! CI.OVKR HAY FOI{ SWINM ANI> POn.TlST. Clover hay is a very valuable stock- ' food, when properly fed, hut it is objectionable for some kinds of stock. As a food for horses unless out and i loistened, it is not at all desirable. Ihif it is excellent for cows, when fed in connection I with other coarse food. I'nless pr iperly n< harvested and securely housed, clover- fo bay is likely to become musty an 1 unfit ' sh to be used. Many farmers seem to think of that well-cured clover-hay is valuable : Ti only tor imrxw, uaftle and sheep, vet it. mi can be used to good advantage n~ * i; W) lor both swine and poultry. Seme of the pi largest, breeders of swine in Pennsyb anin se< use large <piantitics Mi'iu^'j, >'nir "'.mi kcop'ihrr #Y'V>U,V'', hit " ' "s '' ' '? r?nditio:t duri, !V ""'"mls r'" s hr ro| Urrrr> food 'r 'in,i'r 11101,1!''' ,hf"' *u/?|>/ied. Tl? ""'ot oh. o/M <?? X ;? > ' <? ?-T " n ,M of the ha Ur fops not out " , ? whM> i- L Z "A;i;: "j"". ''Ming, to,'! l' " ' ".v, - V:! its tray to b& troubled with sickness or I senses Sumo swine feeders merely have 13 li iv fiucly cut ami then supply [gs williTt dry or merely moistcne<l w atcr and made appetizing with some* . ut, while the animals will consuo / irge quantity prepared in this mar'^ / a ra;hcr wasteful way of fee / cw poultry-breeders have cver^ / 0 lover-hay !>eing used as a poul?A!,S0C,?et it is used successfully. PorAg, showing iose, the hernia and leaves whic|^5^a greater ut on the baru-floor in fcedin^H on (|ie villi the hay are carefully gutl^KT :opt stored in barrels or boxes or aftfcr us*. ' For poultryJtJ^BjUUM^i irnt ^rn M IIIIACtl. TIf Vhcn cool, or just cool enough to ed, it is given to the fowls, and they at it with evident relish. When m ^rcen foo<l is scarce, this method of n* feeding, once in a day or two, will be found to supply the fowls with the vegetable food so much desired in the win- m tcr, and a supply can generally be obtained from a neighboring fanner. Those who doubt that poultry will eat the ;l| clover hav should, during the winter, put * \ small supply of it in a convenient shal- ?' low box in the chicken house, and see how soon the birds will clean it up ami j in look for more. It can be dry and just as j it comes from the barn floor, and some poultry breeders feed it in this way. This 0, can be done when you are assured of a plentiful supply, nnd can so arrange the ^ feeling box as to prevent the fowls from ,,, scratching the hay or chall around and si wasting it. A still better method is to ??' wet the finely cut clover with mashed potatoes or meal and feed warm.?Ameri~ , can Agriculturist. I S | (I 1 in FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Plenty of stable bedding makes manure. The wise man harvests liis fuel and ol i ai ice crops early. e, Keep everything in the henhouse dry, r hut the drinking vessels. ]'l Unless flower-pots have good drainage "i the plauts mav be ruined. Three or four varieties of grapes are w lietter than a large number. i1* " lu While the swamps are frozen haul off I the muck you dug in the fall. fo No "tit for tat" with a kicking cow. "Be gentle with the erring." si. improved /armors introduce improved J/ stock anil improved farming. Arid everything to the compost heap i J" Lhal can l>e made into manure. Keep the best lambs and yearlings on Ihc farm to increase the flock. tl. Cult the flocks and herds, and sell or <h daughter non paying animals. 5t It you are engaged in winter dairying ry to sell direct to eorsumers. Chickens are as apt to catch colds in 1 vindy weather ju> en rainy days. Y Heavy feeding of fowls just before tilling is detrimental to quality. \K Don't fodder stock on the ground *'n t hen it is so easy to provide racks. Nearly all kinds of fruit plants will he "> erioitsly injured if the water be allowed ! o stand around the roots during the ' (ir tin tor. I re Hook out for snow bauks n nong the ! tfli terry hushes and young trees. Tread sp low n the snow quickly or it will crush , "j* ho branches as the hanks settle. ) Count up the number of sick trees in j our orchard, and order substitutes, to ( >o planted next April. Have the orchard * ' olid with healthy, vigorous trees. ,1, Do jtou.know that the sunty sides of iic housy and out-huildiugs arc the best 1 itiieii'-s for grape vine:' You will get n) i ipea there when tho vines in the ticlJs to iear none. j Drio advantage with curiants is that if tli liey arc kept properly pruned, the old |<> (tod cutout, the weeds kept down aid ' w| lie soil rich by the application of fcrti- ' 0li zers, the plants will g;ow and bear \ da -nit'for twenty-live years without re- ',f lonishfnir. . I , B" To prune the grapevine, cut tlie oldest "n fine close to the ground each season, | ,y 'tting one new, strong, vigorous cano nccced the new one. The new canes i ear the fruit wood, and two or three h\ ew sprouts should he allowed to each ?mi, mliing hack, to two or thrco l)c aids each. <11 The cow that attends "to the husiess of chewing etui, digesting food and in ccreting milk, regardless of usual surDimdings, is the cow tliat will come in J" head at .eat tic-show trials. The nervous, u, xcitahle cow that forgets her work ' w< ndcr excitement is the one that is more hi kely to "get left." , Those woo have used green wood ' nderstand how wasteful its moisture is V" I" the heat obtained. Wet coal is just. jJjj < ohjeetiona ?le, except for the fae( that, pa le heat it gives in burning is so much < hi .an the waste is not. noticed. The |'j' ood shed or coal bin should, therefore, not only covered, hut protected so ( wli nil it may not he wet hy snow <Iriftc<I | hei . ot pon it. I al Copperas, or s'llphate of iron, as it is died, is recommended as a remedy for j irasitrs hi the lungs and intestines of vm nihs. It is fed with tine salt. The we pperas should he finely pulverized ami hoi i\od in the proportion of one part of I ipprras to t( n or twelve of salt. This ixlure sin uld he kept in troughs or | hi I >\es in tlie pasture, where the flock can j ive access to it at all times. Two parts slei flour of sulphur added to the mixture ill improve it. as the sulphur will have ol,f tendency to free the (lock from ticks. (,asi Meliorating Old Clothing. | " (dd clothing may he made to look fou ariy as good as new hy pursuing the hot Mowing plan: Take, for i istanc3, a iny old coat, vest or a pair of trousers >1 hrondcl nth, cassi.acrc or diagonal. n,a if scourer makes a strong, warm soan- aee ' \ can % ""1 1'J.. hAI^J U^wh^^^tlmje^N r. WTicn nearly dry lit- takes it in, ; j' 1'. Is it up for an hour or two, and then ' ^ ss -s it. An old cotton cloth is laid jn ,|n the outside of the coat, and the iron ino;*: cd over that until the wrinkles are Itut the iron is removed before the Jnei'u ( n ceases to roe from the poods, else : j, would he shiny. Wrinkles that are mnvl nat" are r.moved by laying a wet, hashes o\ ; tli in and passim; the iron ; "] . boikrui i:" ! anil his ny shiny places are seen they arc against l I a* tli wrinkles are; the irou is Ward wh le the full cloud of steam , Attempt id brings the nap up with it. ! ^'jV'pii/v loth will hear many washi.i<;s,and Mow at i ter every time because of tlieui. I Salem t'm Vor* Journal. | I" ,s;>r' !' j wealth of ****** TEMPERANCE. * i s ^^^1KA!-CRIK TO ADWCJAT*. , ^ / "f m,nQ8 nivl workshop* ^^R^BMstitutions on<l paves the way IA?t every t$mpf*at}co jLJjC wqrkmgjiifti mgUteir J *>} ^ ^li'litiiMl^Pr Jiniifl JVm 11 ^^^ liko these nre not ^^oncopxiplc may feel w ' ^w^npnjrt as they see ventlon, to m of Representative"^^-. Jot. n1 day of Marah. to nominate i . Jt MMMk tiero is no "bar" in either, and no stand-up -inking, bub fermented liquor* ore freely Jv rved ot the tables. The Washington Post r ake* the statement that "drinks are served ; op -nly in tho House and t>enate restaur- , its as at any place in the city of Washing- S hi." niis may be somewhat too unqualified, . it that much liquor is now sold in these,the * ition's restaurants, there is no doubt. The Post nfllrins that this liquor-solliug in J, is restaurants, as a matter of fact, is really (i ?r the convenience of the drinking public, 11 id adds that: "The coininittec-rooins form *' ife and convenient places ia which to keep id drink liquors, and there are dozens of . Biiators and members who drink with somo . gree of regularity who never have done so i either the House or Senate restaurants, V. nt who iuvariably depend upon the nrivato , Wt">lll*Cfl8 Of 1 Hr rnillknitlitA.rnnnia Nn nno * Lit tho members of the committee and its ^ nployes have keys, and it is much more ill 'factory to take a quiet drink of liquor , ' ml one knows is good than to be jostled M jout in crowded restaurants, wliero curious . res are ready to report every thing that they . o to criticise in the conduct of a public an." Tliore are certainly some total abstain- ' s among our houorable Senators and Repre- * mlatives, but it is feared that they are in a . linority. Tho Congressional Temperance ocicty still has a useful Held of labor with ^ ic tolal-alistinence pledge, apart from all \ lutters of legislation.?National Advocate. . nl riUBLlN'S ARCHBISHOP SPEAKS. S This year occurs the centenary of the birth V f Father Matthew, tho great temperanco i' ilvocate. and it is proposed to celebrate the " rent l?y tho erection of a statue in Dublin. w he Roman Catholic Archbishop of thatcity, i a rccont public address, warmly approved *V ic project, and added these significant re- " ' Out if tho erection of a statue in our reels were to be tho solo, or even the cliiot 11 ork of tho coming celobration, T, for one, Hl i 1 have already publicly declared, should nl iv-e no part whatever in a proceeding that ' could look upon only as a piece of childish J' lly. [Loud applause.] If we arc to have a u atue erected in Father Matthew's honor, let u i first of all, Ixjforo the day on which that J11 atue is to bo unveiled, take what steps wo ". in to Secure that it is not to confront us as aUmdinq reproach. A roproach it must bo J* tt tn'to^Bta.Ki cu?re amongst a peopleTl\o tvo tinned astdo in indifference, tt not In mtempt, from tlie |>ath into which it was the ^ i.as ion of his life to lead them. If we are to C ?w a statue, as of course we are, let us do Ri I that lies in our power to guard it from pi i" profanation of looking down upon the K" iinkard reeling along the street in which it Ji auds." I in kn torino: thb1irrlvk8. Tlio various branches of the liquor trn<le 0? wo a refreshing way of telling the truth "fj( out one another occasionally. The New ork Mine an ft Sjiiril Gazette quotas a utemcnt that a certain prominent life in- ss' ranee company will not insure any lager vf] or brewer or employe of a brewery, ,:l?e- . use they die beforetliey reach the ago that sura nee companies call the ago of ex- is| clnncy." Ami the Gazette adds this rc- v ark: ^ "This would seem tol?ear out the assertion f ' often heard that in appearance the beerinker may !> > the picture of health, but in *ic ality he is most incapable of resisting dis- , sc.'' Therefore drink whisky, is, of course, our iritoua contemporary's inference. Comm sense says, shun all forms of olcohniie Muu.? A /.?' . ulir. ,-Jvi x., i:oon cooking vs. whisky. g,.( Mis Saiiie Joy White has contributed a foi >ry interesting series of articles 10 Wide- "I wake. on "Cooking in the Public Schools," tin ie conclusion of which is given in a recent j Ixi iniber Referring to results realized from j pr e experiment in boston, she says: no "If you could see into some of the homes, I ! id know what amount of comfort has come I nn them since the girls have learned how to ! Tli ok well, you would be soon convinced that I tl.r ere is a moral as well as a practical side to j th< e ion 11 Hi* A? I??* 1 1 ... icoav ?hs urn iiiu oeen itju ; on give up his practice of going daily to lip e saloon at eleven o'clock, for the drink of i ah lisky to "'set hint up," hy the nice cup of ev ocolate and the corn-cake which his litMo lighter gives hint for breakfast, in place po the sloppy ten and dry baker's bread which |(|i used to have. It is much easier to be th od when one is comfortably fed than when )vj| e is put oil with insufficient and illy-cooked ; oil" mi A SAU HISTORY. There is a man over seventy years of ago iuj ing nl a I'lirop lodging-house on the Now w? twery. New York. lie was formerly de nth over SlUO-OOP. ftUAHi^fuinilv attd conictioiiH are vcry^4fSm^^wlfr^Hjt4lftY0'i >S| sowned him enlirely. On I ho first day of pr ch month the proprietor of the lodging- th nise receives $5 in an enveloiio, with the jj ief direction: "This is to pay for Mr. ?'s lodging for one month." The old fol- th w is not allowed to touch one cent of it, as h?i is an assured fact proved hy experience ; at if the $ *? were placed in his liands it rjs mid go at once for ruin. Ho has a sad yj, ^y nti iTA'l ISTICM OP Till: TKMrERANOK UNION. I'hc iinuiial report of the National Wo- nu iii's Christian Temperance Union for IKS'I, (,f si published, shows a total membership for slu <11 ol" l U.'.IMK, a gain of ysjl over the total f|, id membership of 1S88. This does not in- st.t{ ide moiiihers who, for any reason, have Ch led lo pay their duesoit time, nor the largo tie in her of unre|M>rtcd unions, honorary tin inla'rs and I .oval Tomperanee Legions j:it licli, together with the 142,MIS paid ineni- FU. s. make the total memliersliip and support j.j.., the Wonian's Christian Teni|?ernnee Union <!e least 200,000 and doubtless nearer 250,000. jjt' TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. '"J ?f ?< '? recently distributed in an Knglisii ;f| It;c in privately marked coins, all but $21 |sr ie found the next day at the public t|.;, ises. fit.: n tlie new State of Washington the license ng: ranges from &1T>0 to $1000 a yenr, ami Nl. the saloon is the most insolent institution a;;. h?* land. ' iisllOOS mill llfnw.ll-a minlol? -...I l? ' ' *. , ?. - i i iiiuiinvta ,1 itllU III.II t * . rs, deacons nml distiller!*, rectors mul :o:i titl-rs. must be separated and set against I"1' i another. <!:,i t- I P I iscstimate I that in ninety p.*r rent. of all ,( ps c nning before the Police Justices of |*..f. y York cily t,ho fnult may bo traced to the . of intoxicants. mi* lie Cincinati U . C. T. If. proposes to bang |>ci r dozen Japanese wall pockets in the ?*nj el<, depots and Ivarber shops of the city pufl I to keep them supplied with tempsranco jiei raturo. ho Rev. I>? William Henry Furness says t he is still smoking cigars daily at tue i i of eighty <?ight. lie says that instead of . sing intoxication smoking takes the place J honking. it i ?13?hkiVJOi- .t\-j whether i for sillssssssss/ f -A f?im(i.-If|| ji' i f>Con|in,,,.. hJ " "CIIIOfmJ,| I M ' f' diticir,,, I ? The r' Z ?' s:,X; ^ , r,v id u s i revokt> I V/s now n M-\llL 9*?"Ui.,ni I * SIC *5$ aSf; ?*p? THE CfMflll i - rEnKATlOli Foil I I BRW4I1Y 2 .unn T?*': Into j|,,. r. niplfi' }W.?Golden Tcii t liuko 'jfJp*'?Com men ury on ilBlMwii. 2ft. "And In Jerulem whose this an y iooklitv for Swwht) b^rVPP Mill* of liBMBw appear to n ,.I , loir Jov consul. - ] on in looking ^wswinTi "And tho HolyB AfMupun him." Here 1 tho secret of |?f w please God: "By ? [y Hpirit, snith Kmf of Hosts;" "Yo 1 loll receive pow?J'??r the Holy Bplrit is ( >mo upon yoii;"laiVy in Jerusalem until , o bo endued wit?8 (fewer from on high" ^<oc. iv., II; ArtsC^Paiko xxiv., 4t?). Lot J s earnestly rook eoo "ftllivl with the Spirit" Rain unci again. 11 unew for cvory serico. 20. "And It hnrBeen revealed unto him hy in Holy Spirit;" The thing* of God none t noiveth save thnliiritoi God;" "TheSpirit f Truth will guifc you into all truth" (1 or. ii., 11; .Jnlui tyi.. 18). It is impossible 1 >r tho natural insilo understand spiritual < lings; bu?, lieirg Son of God. hiru from hove, and having boom* partakers of the Uvioe nature, we like One in us who is per- . tot in knowledge, Vho Himself wrote nil cripture, and if v\ will only be still and * rat ken diligently, guide us unto all ? uth. Simeon, o\. '"^p, signifies "hearig," and be j^tu cL to some pur27. "And Spirit Into the mple." Notice ihubreo tilings said of the pirit in relation 1> Simeon: The Holy pirit was upon hi?, H? lew I hint into the 3 mple just at the rilht tine to soe the child csus; and so ho stents to have led Anna t I so (vs. ;)8.) Now, ai Silicon's day the Holy j pirit had not been give as He was afterward given at Pentecost so, if Simeon only ed so ntuch of the pirit's power and aciting, how much nn* should we enjoy } it it the greater p iit with; our reach. c 518. "Then ho received Him into his arms . ltd blessed God" (ICV'.l Simoon has never irgotten that, day, arhoiin his arms lay the !oly Chili Jesus," Ood nutifeet In the llesh. le had long before revived Him by faith p ito Itis heart, hut now vis hands handled ml his very eyes .-aw the)olivorer of whom II the prophets had witten. Though we ever, lil:e Mary or Slnim, hold the child esus in our amis, man J It,p been privileged > tako care of etiiklren fo?Iis sake, and lie ill say to litem, "jfcMwrh as ye (lid it to no of the least of L^^Mfctu^Vo may all ii y faith receivo then L> into day wo and in word." o fear of lived with y od on eartJL\n^^^^^H^v seen the beinning of (ho f, J^^^^^Kthnt which tho r< rophefs ha t was ready to n out and wait vSnm>uam, Isaac and xoob for tho c4pl(X? fulQIIment of the r' ercy promised fthora (Mic. vii., Mb). 80. "Mine eves ave seen Thv salvation." trob said, "I ha* waited for i'hy salvation, jj IiOrd." Isaiah mg, "behold, Cod is iny " Ivation." Jlo.* and David sang, "Tho f) :>rd is my strcngi and song, and Ho is lxv n me my sal vat io" (Oen. xlix., 18; Isti. xil., tl Ex. xv., 2; Pslcxviil., 14). but .Simeon H privileged to sf that ho had seen tho sal- t' ition of Jehovi^. for whatever salvation J( is boon, is, or e*r will l?o manifest on this <( rth, is always]hrough Jeltovnh, God of si rael, Cod uiani-t in tho Mesh, Jems of j < ixareth. j , " SI. "Which 1'tu hast prepared before tho I CO of all Iteonli' Whether IVI> liml; III. the I . > - --- ; i r rsoii of JesuaVr tho word:, or works ol t-i sus all is of (| l. As t > lib body it is 'itten: "A bodjhost Thou prepared Me:" d as to His nrds and works hoar these >rds: "The Kutier who sent Mo. llo trav? * u eaaiiiiamina^ what _L H say and k r k:sul" t f ioK. 5; John xii., t'.Bfv^^wThciias to tho f wit salvation unchwi ought out ? r Israel and forill the people it is written, f, have trodden lie wine press alone; and of ii p |MK>plo theroivns none with 1110" (Isa. ii., J). The salad ion ol' .lehovati is a fully r pa red salvnlie presented to us for out '' reptance. <2. "A lis'1' forevolat 10:1 to tlieOoiitiley, j( il tho glory of 'fcy jioople Nra?l" (II. V.). h io Spirit tlirouj Simoon speaks again of n at whieh Ho lid be1 oro spoken through e prophets; tha the Mc-siali should not . ly l?o tin? ghir of israi! but a light to ol hton the natfH (Ira xlii., I'.; xli.w, (>>; d in Isa. 'Ix., 1* ?>v<> liavo tho order of ents, where v hid told that darkness all cover the en h and press darkness the ?! ople, but the Isd-tdiull aiiso upon Israel j ^ d His glory oo itcott i:?m thorn, and e ((entiles she" u;>.iw lo Sacir light and I ngs to tl*s> i.sigi' of tkeir rising. ai ICT. "And lli:; I Lher and llis mother were ' arvcling at tin hiuga which were spoken I neerning Iiiuv In onr last lesson (vs. I'd) R saw Mary kcr jig flM'i p'li I ii:ig 1 In- -ay- i of the slicpjjfua, tuul '.:i our next lesson | n ? snail sjoo uei-BMping vpl evidently j>on- ?ring (vs. fll), while oliriK^^^^^BJ5^^PSl^^^Wt^uso<l em to write, alE^Wctt flora I Pot. i., 10, it is not to IjC^utorsd ?t that neither | nry nor Jioieplinotflif coiuj'wehend nil that >> shepherds id Bkuooii wild about the ! >1y child tJcM'.d ' > tf. "iioiioid tl Child is set tor the. fall and iin?ra:?a8n of i.iry S:V;Iu:*ael." how Israel's ssiah could Mor tho fall ?T inany in ! rd must hsvo l;-n nt that (inn a dark sayr. and yet" fliosdiit Mnough lsi'.-.h had d, "lie slmll I for a stone of sinmh'.ing il for u rock < ilTensc to lioth the house* Israel; * ' end many man* them ill stnn l?lo mil lall,''ou*. (I?si. vili., 11, 1.V) c Spirit tlirouji Paul l?Ms us that they imlded itooaui they, ivoi l I ac>t IK-O'pl rist us.tlioir rifiteousnua" Ir.o.'inz m'.iipr works of lli viw than Hi.yi in whom all la*v was (luh|-d. llut Paul ?Ko ays as tO'on said, mi al! lac prophrv, that as My as they ha'-fallen so jurely shall they Detain; their ill ha- prayed a -.'an to the otilrs, but the ri.,iiijr shall Iks. as v troin the doauoiho v.-'horj world. And for a si-j ;?i.u;n stall. In s;> ik?y tiatt." As Jcjnh k?< a siiti to Iho joviU'S. r.u.l s;t mI"'-* -?vro (a ael, wi JcmIs "n a si'?n i > tile po.#p!r of it generation As tluy r.-.-i't.-l and reivl to hear to prophets. tn?: spake si list Jo.ai'i, nd therrfoie lis'.* mr i o.' ii vr,l' shall is;?- u.? in the judgment ihu.t tl.em (1 lie 'I'd JJ) "A swot slut!I pioirj throueli thy a soul al.-.o, hat the thoughts or many irts may bfli:\e?'ed."' I.et .".ay wi mm herself la \*j-,m:iti -ti in ' >ry\; pl.vo I consider w.r.t may lia-o Ii-.-ii Mary's feci a'; from he ton/lies of o l.eis in eon lion: wit.i Oe.hirth of Jesus, and ?vh-il soul agonj it"11 is d- ,uh, wad thyv will j ro some lif;i on this ver e. i?rr us nil sv I r'n-r that I hi" servant ennuos, expert ! t?r Ireatnuit Ihun his i.ia aer, and that J ! Hint will I ??(!im5Iv in ("hs i.;t Jriras .-?liall | >r petsvetili"ii I'I I'i'ii. iii,, I'd).?Lcmui? | ? r i iivn words produce their own inmp,o j iiiph's 8oi(ls,Jyd a if 11 i iinngo s. They noJfk and quiet mid coint tho hcarM^Rtay shame him out onght \ Wl <i rW/^DE .MeT^Kp? p -?1VcAJ^^^K^i.apa( Mr. ?n?i rurc^^^^^^HularV\ Sprains ? CO.. M^od^ Got IVed to It. "Con I nsoyour telephone a ininnto ? she asked, as bIio ran into a neighbor* on Second avenuo with a shawl ovc her head. "Oh, certainly." "I am going to give a party next week, and 1 want to invito a few friends." "Yes V" "It is to be a verv select paity." "Yea?" "Onlv my friends." -Yes?" "And, theroforo, you -yon won't ,r.o ofu.V." l'"" .oon get. up the euU-ottice."? Detioit Free Press. A Sign Which Failed. Young Husband ?"Seems to mo. my lear, this chicken is pretty tough." Yourg Wifo?"I know it is, and I au't understand it at nil. I picked it mt myself." "Did you examine it closely?" "Indeed I did. 1 looked in its mou'h ho first thing, ami I cou'd see it hadn't ?von cut its llrst teeth yet."?iVem For A; Weekly. A Source or Annoyance. A gentleman, coming home at eve ig, spoke harshly to his little thre. rear old. who w as playing very noisi!The little lady dropped her j lahings and retreated hastily to a Cv. lor. "What's the matterV" a-sked t apa. "Well," said tho child, "I've been rood girl all this day, and r.rxv y? tome home and make troublo tho In ning." Uxi'KRlRNtr. in business tenehes a inn thai too many debtors don't pay. Never Snjr f>lc! Fconrgcd with ulcer*, boils and tetter, VVe vk of limb and sore of o.-e, Hopeless now of growing better, Surely one must die. Not. at all, | our, discourage I BufTerer fr-m sordored olood .ind scrofulous trou?lo. Take r. Piorce'8 (Joldou Mudioal Disrovery, the vat blood-purifor and life-savor of modern ?ya.m All tuoe t unwholesome sores and blood 111.01-HilH ? benoflt or euro or luonoy paid for It promptroturned. ' P. r octlon in attained la I)r. Sago's Catarrh >meiy. It euro?the wordt casoi. A 1 uslnesseiu nui-mcnt?S -curing the mntmonltil promise of ?-n I eiresB, Dcninesn t'nn'i be Cored y local application*, n? they cannot renUh 10 diseased portion of tlie oar. Thereia only rie way to cure Deafness, and tlint is by conitutionnl remedies. Deafness Is caused by n ii flamed condition of the nnicons lining of je Eustachian Tulio. When tills tub gets ii?amed yon have a rumb ing round or tiiipcrsct bearing, and when it ts entirely closed leafness i< the result, and unless the inllitm ation can lie taken out and t his tiiln-1 ex I on si I lit* normal condition, bearing will Ik- rletroyed forever; nine eases out .>f n are nused by catarrh, whicli is noiliing but an iuumerl condition of tlicmucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred D ublin for any nee of Deafness (caused by Catarrh) that wo annot cure by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure, end for cir< ula s, roe. F. .1. ( iiknkv A Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. 75c, 1 he ronxUiii i maj eonsuter ii'mself lucky f lie gets miik of i ii- first wat r. nearly every article sotrt is cncapenco. in usli.f production, n? exp use of (j .alily. Dobins's Electric 8oa>i is txarttij to-day what it ras in 18)5. abaolxihl;/ pure, harmless and unljrm. Ask your grocer for it. Look out fur ultati lis. One often hears of n sk pping rope, but needy every saw a rope that skipped. The Mother's Friend. iise<l a few weeks tie :>re confinement, h arena! ho pain and makes ilor?|Ulck and comparatively easy. fcjold by II Druyuists, lias no redr?8*?The man with but one suit [ c ot bos. Orrifon.llir Paradise ol I'nrmrri. Mild, equable cllinate, esrtnln and abundant rope. Hest fruit, (train. tfiws? and stock counry In the world, ruII informal! m free. A?li ess Oroifo'i Im'iirrnt'o Una id. Portland. Ore. When a trnin Is tolescopcd the passerine!s ro apt to see star*. No Btrnnuer sh< old leave tl e < ty *v tbout box ol " J'ansill'a Punch' fic. t' Mir. The rainintr lavorite-A ko"<1 umbrella int belong" to another man. ^ivj c > " Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshingto the taste, and acts fently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Awr nnd Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho only remedy of its Kind ever produced, pleasing to tho taste and acceptable to the stomaeh, prompt in its action and truly henefieial in its effects, prepared only fron; the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have rnado it the most popular remedy known. Syrup or Figs is for solo in f)0o and ol bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes fo try Do d t \\T ANTKD? \MJNTY AflRNTH- dtunmiiMmi AH m p?r cent. *. I'. -.tllTM, I'm lilt lorl fx >. ir YOO WISH A /-^ ? l?rvV?r;"u pnrclmw one of thr> rnle (.rated KMITII ft \YI'.HSON ^Tr;' y^wVlftX rrnn. The (timet -mall arinn // \s-{( jjaAN I rver niatiufartnrfft a > I lh? \V JJ jl y'SA ft put rh"U-? of all ?,x|?,rH. Bjja ManiifacttirtNt lu >-a!ilirt'? :<v.'Ftfttui 41-no. s " Um iilftir ilonltlf net ion. s.if.li Hamiiu rlt i n nn I Tnrnrtniutlel*. fonntriifteil inHri-Iyi l.t -i qiml In wrouutil eloel. carefully limpe ! i fortiori tnniish'ii nn I etook, ihey art- unrivaled f r i.nl~l tin r it lit 111 \ iinilnrrnrnry, Diinul ln'ilwr:*!*!! 1 rlmnp urn lion bl?* rnei-l on Imll :i I Iiiiim wlili I a' i* of It'll mild f.ir the mi O hp at tli'lo nn.I ar? n onlv unreliable. tint dnnmmun. The SMITH | tVRKSON llevniver* nronl! ntanii* A upon Hie l? rpln u iili limi'tt nnitm, ntlnn nn nn i ilat-n of pat'i ml nre a u n r:i n: n il perfect In very detail. 1 a1nt upon linvin-r Mm m-nulno article. nuil if v<i dealer canm t eupi ly you an or !rr * nttoalnr belotv mill rtvntlv.i prompt an I iMTi'ful attcntlc Heacrpti voe M ?' " > 1 ' ori- : "u 'hn I no m i pn ?oa SMITH K WESSON, HTMcutiou UUh iinoit. &_>iiniiilolti. Ma SHE COULDN Lady?" I want to nit for a pict Artist?" I shall bo very gfcad t< week, until I finish the one I am at y Lady?" Oh, my ! I couldn't wa to be home at dinner at five o'clock ! That is the trouble with some people; in they have 110 time to wait for results, st Some women will take a dose or so of re I>r. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and y< expect to feel well immediately. True, to some do fiud marvelously speedy effects tl from its use, hut chronic, or lingering, ci diseases, which have had possession of te the system for years, cannot generally di dc curea in a day. Midi maladies arc to generally slow in their inception, slow in their progress ami must be cured, 01 if at all, by slow degrees and regular <71 stages. Perseverance in the use of the cn "Favorite Prescription" for a reasonsit distressing derangements with which so oj many females arc afllictcd. But the use of this world-famed medicine must 1C be persisted in fcr a considerable time Bi Dr. Pierce's Pellets regula stomach and bowels. One a Ely's Cream Ba'mJppJW WILL CURE QHSLDREN|m;%d A tM'b Halm Intoi'Hcli nndrll WJEt >1.1 lillOft.. f- U arum f,,, N, l", 81QSI0NE oollar 1 WjjJl suv A SOLID GOLD WATCH l1 3B-5T? OTTTaToT.rrS STCTJCU, ^ WHITC f on PHICCJLKT AMOCinCULAM. * R. HARRIS & CO. I !t>3 f. Favrtta St.. Baltimore. Md. Copyrifilil ts?:>. Mention thii i>:i;>>r wh"n ?rritin{. AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL CONSULT DR. LOBB , 3Vt!t North I-i limit li St.. Philadelphia. I'a., for 3 lh?* treatment of IH.hhI l'ol?oiis, skin Kriiptlon*. ^ Nervous Complaints. Itrlkht'* Disease, Strletiireo, A tmi>oten<\v niul kindred disposes, no matter of how ' lonn standing or from what c.iiine orlklnntliiit. WTrn day k' medielnes furnished liv malt rnrr Send for Itook on Kl'M'1 A I. l>ine:inoa. rhtCi |J * Br? fl PFB ?J rniki?n&?t<s ] best in Tin-: O II Cn O t 4 uot the Genuine. sold k very where. I a OPIUM HABIT. A. Vuluitblu TreutlhO Giving full Information of an Knay ami Speedy cure frtt te the a (Tile ted. Da. J. O. 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Valuable Book for the Household, teaching as it does the easily-distinguished Symptonu of diifereut Diseases, the Causcsand Means of Preventing 6uch Diseases, and the Simplest *emecues wmcn wiu Alleviate or Cure. 598 PACES, profus iTIio low price only liclng miulo |m>snII> Not only does 'iis f!ook contain so much Infoi erly gives n Coni| l<*to Analysis of every tl nn<l the l'ro motion ami Hearing of Vsi 1 *iui?Io ltcclpcs mid I'roHci' V l'i.\pliiiiii(lon ??l IS I IT i New Edition, Revised and En g ft AVitli this Took in the lmuso tlior* is no < ir- mi<i ;;cn< y. I'ou t wait itn'il you havo illi .t on o for tins valuable volume. ^ OIVTIjY OO CBKT 'p. Kond postal notes or jioitigp sfcmi|* of i | IJOUK 1'UiSUsllJXti IIOU ? '' w -- ifcjf? ^ ' - - ??* 9 T WATT. - ?.ure." ? paint you if you will wait a ivork on now." it that long. Why, I promised | ? i long standing, complicated and obinatc eases. Do not expect speedy lief and cure, but have a mind of >ur own, and when you have decided i seek a cure of your malady through ic medium oi this wonderful inedinc, show a little will - power and nacity of purpose, and you will, in ic time, rejoice in the complete resration of your health and strength. The 44 Favorite Prescription" is the lly medicine for woman's peculiar ills idrantced to give satisfaction in every so, or money refunded. A large Treatise ( 1G0 pages, illus liij. na Wmxwi t-Hw tilwiiMua eir Cure, sent in plain, sealed cq/Jwp >e, on receipt of ten cents, in starrf^jir Address, Wokld'8 Dispknsart Mkdai. Association, No. G6:i Main St, ( uflalo, N. Y. te and cleanse the liver, / dose. Sold by druggists. li!!r ENrF TD LIFE op ^S^mt}MOTHER " mttSTJtP?. "> CHILDIRADHtLD REGULATOR CO. mANTAgi SOLO BY ALL ORUG'i/STO. f" JONES )f^\? PAYS THE FREIGHT. 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