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BB7. DR. TA1IAGE. j TIIK KROOKI.YN DIVIXE'S SUNDAY SEKMOX. ''The Birthplace ol'Sonine Societies." (I'lcnrhod at Jopjta.) Text: "And nil the willows stood by him weeping, nnd showing (he routs and garmcnts which Dorcas made while sha was With them."?Acts ix., 30. Christians of Joppa! Impressed as lam with your mosque, the first I ever saw, and btlrml as I am with the fact that your harbor one? floated the great rafts of Lebanon j cedar from which the temples at Jerusalem i were builded. Solomon's oxen drawing the J logs through this very town on tho 1 way to Jerusalem, nothing can make ! me forget that this Joppa was the ; birthplace of the sewing society that ; has blessed tho poor of all succeeding ages in j all lands The disasters to your town when Judas Maccabauis set it on fire,and Napoleon H had five hundred prisoners massacred in B yew neighborhood, cannot make me forget | m tliut one of tho most magnificent charit-ies of. y the centuries was started in this seaport by Dorcas, a woman with her needle embroidering her name iueffnceably in the beneficence of the world. I see her sitting in yonder tn 1 tn ilfuirwnv and around about ! 1 lie building, nnd in the room whero j sho si Us, nre tlio pale faces of the ! ]>oor. She listens to their plaint, sho | pities their woe, she makes garments i for them, sho adjusts the manufntured nrti- i cles to suit the bent form of this invalid j woman, and to the cripple that comes crawl- j ing on his hands and knees. She gives a j coat to this one,she gives sandals to thatone. 1 With tho gifts she mingles prayers nnd tears ami Christian encouragement. Then sho goes out to be greeted 021 the street corners by those whom she blessed, and all through the street the cry is heard: "Dorcas is coming!'' The sick look up gratefully in her face as she puts her hand on the burning brow, ami the lost and the abandoned j start up with hope as they hear her gentlo voice, as though an angel had addressed thciu; and as she goes out the lane, eyes half put out with sin think they see a halo of ligut about her brow, nud a t rail of glory in her pathway. That night a halfEaid shipwright climbs the hill and reaches oihc, and sees his iitiio boy welt clad, and says: "Where did these clothes come from!" , And they tell him, "Dorcas has been here." j ^ In another placo a woman is trimming a & lamp; Dorcas brought the oil. In another ^ place, a family that had not been at table for many a week are gathered uow, for Dorcas has brought bread. But there Is a sudden pause in that woman's ministry. They say: "Where is Dorcas? Why, we haven't scon her for many a day. Where is Dorcas?'' And one of these poor | people goes up and knocks at the door cud : llnds the mystery solved. All through the ! haunts of wretchedness, tho news comes; j "Dorcas is sick."' No bulletin flashing from | t he palace gate, telling the stages of a King's j '''""-n ?nivlrnitl 1- nwnitad for than 1 the news from this sick benefactress. Alas! I for Joppa! there is wailiug, wailing. That voice wnich has uttered so many cheerful words is hushed; that hand which* had made so many garments for the poor is cold and still; that star | which had poured light into the midnight of | wretchedness is dimmed by the Winding mists that go up from the river of death. Iii every God forsaken place iu this town, wherever there is a sick child and no balm; wherever iherc is hunger mid no bread: wherever there is guilt and no commiseration; wherever there is a broken heart aud no comfort, there are despairing looks and streaming eyes, and frantic gosticulations as they cry: "Dorcas is dead!'' They send | for the npostlo Peter, who happens to bo in 1 Ihe suburbs of this place, stopping with a i tanner by the name of Siuion. Peter urges his way through the crowd around the door, I and stands in the presence of the dead. What I expostulation and grief all about him! Here ! stand some of the poor people, who show the i garments which Ibis poor woman had made j for them. Their grief cannot be appeased, j -? The apostle Peter wants to perform a mini- j clc. He will not do it amidst the excited crcwd, so ho kindly orders that tlio whole room be cleared. Tlio door is sbut against 1 he populace. The apostle stands now with the dead. Oh, it is a serious moment, you """""T^'now, wlioti you are alone with a lifeless j body! Thc apostlo gets down on his knees and prays, and then lie conies to the lifeless . > form of this one all ready for the sepulcher, and iu the strength of Him who is the resurrection he cioxjnims: "Tabitha, nriso!"' There is a stir in fete fountains of life; the heart flutters; the nerves thrill; the cheek flushes; the eye opeiis; she sits up! Wo see in this siwjcet Dorcas the disciple; Dorcas the benefactress; Dorcas the lamented; Dorcas the resurrected. If 1 had not sj?en that word disciple in my text. I would base known this woman was a Christian. Such music as that never camo j from a heart which is not chorded and , ktrung by divine grace, before I show you I Ihc liocdic-worx 01 this woman, i wanr to i show you her regenerated heart, the source j of a pure life and of all Christian charities. 1 wish that the wives an?t mothers and I daughters and sisters of all the earth would j imitate Dorcas in hordiseip'.eship. Before you j cross the threshold of the hospital, before you j enter ui>on the temptations and trials of to-morrow, I cn.orgo- you, in the i liamo of God, and by the turmoil and tumult of the judgment day, oh, women! that you attend to the first, last and greatest duty of your life?the seeking for God and being at peace with Him. When the trump ; el tall sound, thorn ?Mi h-t^-v v-'itT>rojij";ivd a wreck of mount iu and continents and no human arm enn help you. Amidst the rising of the dead, and amidst the boiling of yonder sea, and amidst the live, leaping thunders of the Hying heavens, calm and placid (. ill be every woman's heart who hath put her trust in Christ; calm notwithstanding all the tumult, as though the lire in the > heavens were only the gildings of an nnturn- | halsuuset, as though the peal of the trumpet | were only the harmony of an orcheslu, ns j? i hough the awful voices of the sy-,rere but n group of friends burst ing . hrough a gateg way at eventino with laughter. and shout- 1 iug "Dorcas, the disci,<e' Would God that j every Mary and every Martha would this i day tit dowMit the feet of Jesus! ij _I'urkbr, wo sea Dorcas the benefactress. | i-iHst&i-y lias told the story of the crown; the ! epic poet has sung of the sword; the pastoral I poet, with his verses full of the redolence of clover toi>s, and n-rustlo with the silk of the | corn, has sung the praises of the plow. I tell vou the praises of the needle. lYom the fig leaf rolie prepare I in t he garden of Eden to tho last stitch taken on tlxe garment for the poor, tho needle has wrought wonders of Kindness, generosity and benefaction. Jt adorned the girdle of the high priest; it fashioned the curtains in tho ancient tabernacle; it cushioned t he chariots of King Solomon; | it provided the robes of fjueen Elizabeth; ; aim in 111511 piuurs arm ui un\ jauuc.N "j lire of the pioneer's b.\c'c log and under the ; Hash of the clmndelicr, everywhere, it has j ?!oth?l nakedness, it lins preached the Gos- i pel, it has overcome hosts of penui-y and 1 want with the war cry of "Stitch, stitch, j stitch!" The operatives have found a liveli- j hodd l>y it, and through it the mausions of j the employer have been eonstruetcJ. ' Amidst the greatest Iriumphs in all j ages and lauds, I set down the conquests of the needle. I admit its crimes. I j admit its cruelties. It has had more martyrs than the fire; it has puuetured the eye; it has pierced the side; it has struck weakness into the lungs; it has stnt madnessinto the brain; it has filled the pc iter's field; it has pitched uholc armies of the suffering into crime and wretclieduess aud woe. But now that I am | lalking of Dorcas and her ministries to the |>oor. I shall speak only of charities of the ! needle. This woman was a representative of ail | those women who make garments for the I destitute, who knit socks for the barefooted, i who prcjmre bandages for tbc lacerated,who | fix up boxes of clothing for missionaries, who . go into the asyluuis of the suffering and destitute beai'ing tlint Gospel which is sight for I tho blind, and bearing for the deaf, j and which makes the lame man leap like a j hart, aud brings the dead to life, immortal | health boundiug in their pulses. What a ; contrast between the practical benevolence | of this woman and a great deal of the char- ] ity of this day! This woman did not spend j her time idly planning how the )K>or | of your city of Joppa were to be re- j licved; she took her needle and relieved them. ; She was not like persons who sym- | jiathize with imaginary sorrows, and go out . in the street and laujfto at tho boy who has ! upset his basket of cokl victuals, or like that ' charity which makes a rousing speech on the ' benevolent platform, and goes out to kick tho i beggar from the step, crying: "Hush your J miserable howling. The sufferers of" the world want not so touch theory as practice: not so much tears as dollars; not so much kiud wishes as loaves of bread; not so much smiles as shoes; not so much "God bless yousP as jackets and frocks. 1 will put one earnest Christian man, hard working, against five thousand mere theorists on the subject of charity. There are a great many who have fine ideas about church architecture who never in their life helped to build a church. There are men who. can give you the history of Buddhism and Mohani'jiedau.'sui, who never sent a farthing for their evangelization. There arc women who talk beautifully about the suffering of the world, who never had the courage like Dorcas to take the needle and assault it. I aui glad that there is not a page of the world's history which is not a record of female benevolence. God says to all lands and people. Come now and hear the widow's mite rattle down into the poor box. The Princess of Conti soid all her jewels that she might help the famine stricken. Queen Blanche, the wife of Louis VIII, of France, hearing tliat there were some persons unjustly incarcerated in the prisons, went out amidst the rabble and took a stick anil struck tho door <ts a signal that they might all strike it-, and down went the prison door and out came the prisoners. Queen Maud, the wife of Henry I., went down amidst the poor and washed their sores and administered to them cordials. Mrs. Kelson, at Matagorda, appeared on llio battlefield 1 1 ."Jeeilao /loiflt U'Pl'fl llvintf WI11IU IUU 11IK-VJIIW ^ around, and cared for the wounded. Is there a man or woman who has ever heard of tho Civil War in America who has not heard of the women of the Sanitary and Christian commissioners, or the fact that, before the smoke had gone up from Gettysburg an I South Mouulain, the women of tho North met the women of tho South on the battlefield, forgetting all their animosities while the}* hound up the wounded, and closed the eyes of the slain? Dorcas tho benefac tress. I come now to speak of Dorcas the lamented. "When death struck down that good woman, oh, how much sorrow thero was in this town of Joppa! I suppose there were women hero with larger fortunes; women, perhaps", with handsomer faces; but there was no grief at their departure like this at the death of Dorcas. Thero was not more turmoil and upturning in the Mediterranean Sea, dashing against the wharves of this seaport, than there were surgings t?> and fro of grief because Dorcas was dead. There are a groat many who go out of life and are itnmissed. There may bo a very large fuuernl; there may be a great many carriages And a-plumed hearse'; lliere may be high sounding eulogiutns; tho bell may toll at the cemetery gate; thero may bo a very fine marble shaft reared over tho resting place; but the whole thing may bo a falsehood and a sham. The church of God has lost nothiug, the world has lost nothing. It is only a nuisance abated; it is only a grumbler ceasing to find fault; it is only au idler stopped yawning; it is only n dissipated fashiouaolc parted from bis" wine cellar; while, on the other hand, no useful Christian leaves this world without beinc missed. The church of God cries out like the prophet: "Howl, j fir tree, fortho cedar has fallen." "Widowhood co:nes and shows the garments which the departed had made. Orphans are lifted up to look into the calm face of the sleeping benefactress. Reclaimed vagrancy comes and kisses the cold brow of her who charmed it away from sin, and all through the streets of Joppa there is mourning?mourning because Dorcas is dead. When Josephine of France was carried out to her grave, there were a ?reat many men and women of pomp and pride and position that went out after her; out I am most affected.by the story 'of history that on that day there were ten thousand of the poor of France who followed her coffin, weeping and wailing until the air rang again, because, when they lost Josephine, they lost their last earthly friend. Oh, who would not rather have such obse:jnies than all the tears that were ever poured iu the lachrymals that have beeu exhumed from ancient cities. There may be no mass for the dead; there may bo no costly sarcophagus; there may bo no elaborate mausoleum; but in the damp cellars of the city, and through the lonely huts of the mouutain gleu, thero will bo mourning, mourning, mourning, because Dorcas is dead. "Blessed are the dead who die iu tho Lord; thay rest from their iabors, and their works do follow them." I speak to you of Dorcas tho resurrected. The apostle came to where she was aud said: "Arise: and she sat up!" In what a short compass the great writer put that?"She sat up!" Oh, what a time there must have been m ound this town, when the apostle brought her out among her old friends! IIow the tears of joy must have started! What clapping of hands there must have been! What cinrriiwr' Whnfc lmnrhtar! Sound it all through that lane! Shout it down that dark alloy! Lot all Joppa hoar it! Dorcas is resurrected ! Von and I have seen the sauio thiug many a time; not a dead body resuscitated, but the deceased coming up again after death in the good accomplished. If a man labors up to fifty years of age, serving God, and then dies, we nre apt to think that his earthly work is done. No. His influence on earth i will continue till the world ceases. Services rendered for Christ never stop. A Christian woman toils for the upbuilding of a church through many anxieties, through many self denials, with prayers and tears, and then she dies. It is fifteen years since she went away. Now the spirit of God descends upon that church; hundreds of souls stand up and confess the faith of Christ. Has that Christian women, who went away fifteen years ago nothing to do with these things? I see the flowering out of her noble heart. I hear the echo of hpr footsteps in all the songs over siu3 forgiven, in all the prosperity of the church. '1 he good that seemed to be buried has come up again. Dorcas is resurrected. After a while all these womauly friends of Christ will put down their needle forover. After making garments for others, some one will make a garment for tlieni; Jib last'roT>e j wa orov wen-?the robe l!o ilu< rrrave. You I will liavo heard tUejast cry of pain. You will have n'ihessad tho last orphauage. You will ha* come in worn out lrom your last iwmd of mercy. 1 do not know wliero j'ou will sloop, nor what your epitaph will be; but there will be a lamp burningat that tomb and an angel of Gotl guarding it, and through all the long night no rude foot will disturb the dust. Sleep on. sleep on! Soft bed, pleasant shadows, undisturbed, repose! Sleep on! Asleep in .losin: Blessed sloop! l'rom which uoae ever wake lo weep. Then one day there will be a sky rouding, end a whirl of wheels, and the llash of a pageant; armies marching, chains clanking, banners waving, thunders booming, and that Christian woman will arise from tho dust, and she will be suddenly surrounded?surrounded by the wanderers of the street whom she reclaimed, surrounded by t he w ounded souls to whom she auministeved! Daughter of God, so strangely surrounded, what means this? It mcaus that rew ard has come, that the victory is won, that the crown is ready, that the banquet is spread. Slioul: it through all the crumbling earth. Sing it through all the flyiug heavens. P?rcasis resurrected! In 11*55, when some of the soldiers came back from the Crimean war to Loudon,, tho Queen of England distributed among them beautiful medals, called Crimean medals. Galleries were erected for the two houses of Parliament mid tho royal family to sit in. There was a great audience lo witness the distribution of the medals. A Colonel who ?? i??a. f-.ia. i.?ni? ?r ilUU 1UM UUUl Itvi Hi me uuuic ?aav.umi. was pulled in 011 a wheel chru'r; others mmo in limping on their crutches. Then the Queen arose beforo them in the name of her government, and uttered words of commendation to the officers and men, and distributed theso medals, inscribed with the four great battlefields, Alma, Balaklavn, Iukerinan and ?Sebnstoj>ol. As the Queen gave these to the wounded men and the wounded officers, the bands of music struck up the national air, and the people with streaming eyes joined in 1 ho song: Go-! save our gracious Quo,'11! I.011- ll>e cur ii"I?le Queen! Go J sate the Queen! And then they shouted "Huzza! huzza!" Oh, it was a proud day for those returned warriors! But a brighter, better and gladder day will come when Christ shall gather those who have toiled in His service, good soldiers of Jesus Christ. Ho shall rise hefore them, nnd in the presence of all the glorified of heaven He will say: "Well done, good and faithful servant!" and then Ho will distribute the medals of eternal victory, not inscribed with works of righteousness which we have doue, but with thos: four groat battlefileds, dear to earth and dear to heaven, Bethlehem! Nazareth 1 (iethsemanel Calvary! The Electrical Review predicts that within five years there will be more tliuu one trunk line in operation in this country carrying through passengers regularly at an average speed of nearly 200 miles an hour. M v.. AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. sheet ox norcm land. If a person has a rough and broken farm and small capital, he can hardly strike a better opportunity than to secure a lew sheep. They will be a nucleus around which will gather, under good management, a large flock in a shorttime; an investment that will pay interest at shearing time at the rate of 100 per cent, and dividends from each lamb, besides leaving the pasture lot fertilized in the best possible manner.?S. A. Pclton. sensibility of tite house. The horse will leave musty hay untouched in his bin no matter how hungry, lie will not drink of water objectionable to his questioning sniffs or from a bucket which some other odor makes offensive, however thirsty. His intelligent nostril will widen, quiver and query over me daintiest hit offered by the daintiest of hands. A mare is never satisfied by sight or whinny that her colt is really her own until she has certified the fact by means of her nose. Blind horses, as a rule, will gallop wildly about a pasture without striking the surrounding fence. The sense of smell informs them of its proximity. Others will, when loosened from the stable, go directly to the gate or bars opening to their accustomed feeding grounds; and when desirous to return, after hours of careless wandering, will distinguish the one outlet and patiently await its opening. The odor of that particular part of the fence is their guide to it.?Horne and Stable. storixg cabbages. I have tried various methods of keeping cabbages through the winter, without success, says a writer in the American Cultivator. Attempts to bury in pits or trenches failed with me, -and second, I could uot readily get at them as wanted, by reason of frozen ground. Often the i cabbage would freeze also. My present method of storing cabbage in winter is to | put tnem, neaas uown, iu mu? m cellar. and from one to three in depth, according to the room at my command. I do not pull cabbage from the ground, but when put in the cellar in this way I cut tliem off just above the roots, with a small hand axe. By making a slanting cut the cabbage will not be broken from the stump. The roots have no keeping qualities. Cutting off the roots does away with all the dirt. I take off the principal share of the surplus leaves. Store the cabbages when dry. I can keep them by the above method until late in the spring, and still have them tender and crisp. In fact, I keep all of my vegetables in the cellar, excepting my squash. The temperature should be maintained at about forty de- [ grees after winter sets in. Stored in this way the farmer may have good vegetables throughout the cold season. LIBERAL MANURING PATS. Writing to the American Agriculturist, R. Franklin says. A couple of years ago I undertook to make a small field, which was in rather poor condition, sufficiently rich to pay for cultivating. Consequently, I hauled upon it barnyard manure, ehip dirt from the wood-yard, slaughter-house offal and refuse, until the ground was covered so deeply that the stuff could hardly be plowed under. A neighbor came along and criticised my methods. 4 That field would be rich? but the rest of the farm kept poor/' The yield of potatoes from the manured ground was at the rate, this season, of 250 bushels per acre; not an exceptional yield, but a good one for this locality. Sufficient to convince me, at least, tnati received a better profit from the fertilizers than if they had been thinly spread over a larger area. A little ground, made rich and well -worked, will pay better every time than a large area of poor ground imperfectly worked. Which is only auqthcr way of saying that the lastload of manure, and the last turn of the cultivator on an acre, pays better than the first one. And, until the capacity of the first acre is measured, it is folly to apply either to the second. ROAD m:ST FOR THK FOWLS. One of the things of prime importance for the health of fowls, and without which thev.c.s.WA'oV-A'ent in an improving condition, is tint they sha'ir^-all. times have free access to dry earth or . dust, where they may wallow and free themselves from insects. Through the summer, if they are allowed to ruu at large, not much attention to this is required, as they can generally look out j for themselves, anil they will be found I scratching out hollows :a the dry ground j and dusting themselves to their great satisfaction. Mow that winter is here, j provision should be made so that they | can continue to take their dry-dust baths I under shelter. For this purpose nothing is better than j dry road dust, and every one keeping fowls should lay in a supply while it can be obtained and keep enough of it for their use through the winter, when the ground outside has become wet and ' muddy or frozen. Where there are ' many fowls it is quite a good plau to j have a small room with a window facing 1 to the south for this special purpose, ! rather than a box of dirt in their roosting place or nesting-room, so that they may dust themselves without covering everything else with dust. Where there j has been a neglect to provide dusty earth for this purpose, ashes may be substitu- ! ted, and answer the purpose very well. j Persons who fail to make any provision whatever, and keep their fowls from this time on until spring without anything of the kind, need not expect many eggs, and will find them suffering from vermin.?Neus York World. RESETTING IN" TEACH ORCniDS. It is a practice of doubtful expediency to set new peach trees after an orchard lias been planted three years. Peach trees are short lived, and an orchard cannot be kept full of trees with profit, unless the trees are all nearly of the same age. If new trees arc constantly set in wheu the body of the orchard becomes unprofitable, there are still a few straggling and younger trees which the owner dislikes to sacrifice, and which are yet practically of almost no value. Land can be put to better use than to be tilled for the purpose of supporting a few scattering and indifferent trees. But even the more immediate value of trees which are filled in is trifling, and seldom worth the trouble they give. They are checked by their well-established neighbors, and yield little. I have had experience for | many years in this direction, says L. H. Bailey, in Garden ami Forest, and hare yet to see such an experiment in the peach ' orchard which paid. In apple orchards it is frequently profitable, but apple trees i are set further apart, aud the trees are sufficiently long-lived to allow all the trees to even up. I am confident that most growers allow their peach orchards to get too old. There should be no sentiment in a matter-offact operation like the growing of peaches, and when the trees cease to be profitable on account of age, they should be uprooted. I have seldom known peach orchards to be profitable after they were twelve years planted, particularly j when they have had good culture and ( have borne heavily. It is sometimes true | that they cease to be profitable at an earlier age. But whenever the time comes, cut them down, root them out, ' 1 ' i ...itV. tlin aamo ttiminrhfc ana piam. uuew, mw u<v ...~..B? for profit that leads you to cut your corn or plow under your strawberries. At any rate, do not be deluded with the notion that continually filling in an orchard is profitable. TIIF. VALUE OF FRUIT TREES. "A good fruit tree is worth fifty dollars," we heard an old farmer say recently. If this is true, an orchard of one acre containing fifty trees should increase the value of the farm upon which it is situated by the pleasant sum. of $2500?less, of course, the original value of that individual acre. While it might be difficult to find a purchaser who would accept this valuation, say's R. K. James in the American Agriculturist, my own experience inclines me to the belief that the farmer's assertion was not far from right. A money yield of three dollars per annum from each tree would give six per cent upon this capitalized value. It is a poor tree that will not average this, even allowing for off years, and off years are not. so frequent as to alternate regularly with the bearing ones. A healthy tree, properly cared for, will give a crop two years out of three that will pay for harvesting. Occasionally a tree will give a crop that will jay the interest for many years in one. An Early Richmond cherry tree paid me last year eight dollars, besides the fruit used at home, which was sufficient to pay entire cost of gathering. From a sweet cherry tree this year I sold three-and-oue-half bushels at two dollars per bushel. Two Chickasaw plum trees, growing 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 a season, which would be at the rate of over ?800 per acre. A pear tree near by yields ten bushels in, a good season, and one dollar per bushel is 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 commence picking while yet very green, to save the limbs from breaking. Yet the same trees last year gave a crop that paid more thau'fix per cent, upon a value at fifty dollar;, each. These figures are not exceptional nor peculiar t<< a specially favorable locality, but are such as may be attained almost anywhere in our broad lard if discretion is used in the selection of varieties, and good care taken of the trees from the time they are planted. It is true that the above figures arc not obtained from a regular orchard, but from a few trees upon a village lot. Yet the same average results may be had from small orchards in which a variety of fruits are grown, and so arrauged that the bearing period will extend over a long season. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Toulouse and Embdcn geese are very j large, hardy and rapid growers, and do i not require much water. If you have not fixed up the cow barn so it will be comfortable this winter, do it now?not next week or next month. A small farm muy be madeJarger without extending its area; by deepening and enriching the soil aud nore thorough cultvation. If your laud is rich, make and save all the manure you can to keep it so, and if it is poor do the same that you may make a portion of it rich. The selection of a cretmer should liiuge I on what is most desired, highest quality or ' greatest convenience and economy in time, ' space and labor. Peaches should not be used for chicks 1 of heavy breed, as they tend to deform -L1 he chickeus while the breast hone is still in a caiY^iJaginous state. Ti;e men who h^nl^es the most money from farming are not the ones whtfVOTiv" the hardest or the most hours, but those who manage with the greatest wisdom. House plants should have as much sun and light during the winter months as possible; admit air whenever the temperature is not too cold, say forty degrees Fahrenheit in the open air. As a rule it is best not to prune the peach trees until the spring. More or less of the wood is often injured by freezing, and in pruning this should always be removed from the trees. One-half the meat supply may be obtained from the poultry yards. There is no need of the farmer keeping beef cattle if he keeps poultry, a change occasionally of course is appetizing. Did you ever try wintering hogs on clover hay, soaked, as the principal feed? If you have not and have not a silo, suppose you try it the coming winter and report success in the spring. Cutting out the blighted parts of pear trees and pruning them is the only safe j remedy. If the entire tree blights, I dig it out aud get another in its place. The new tree is not more liable to blight for being set where a diseased one hits been removed. House plants should never be spinkled or watered on the foliage when the direct 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 article of paper or muslin is ' J -_.i i?:,n ?? wen uampcneu auu mm u\? >wut ing the evening. The old cow is as fond 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 j proper mixture of other materials, it is j our belief that skim milk will make a I better return to the dairyman in this way I than in any other. There arc many people trying to raise artificially hatched birds on too small grounds. Their yards are small, and I without a blade of grass or a stem of clover. Ample range and correct, sysi tcmaiically arranged buildings and runs, J with the most accurate hatching and j brooding apparatus are essential to success. t f \ Lored His Adopted Daughter. A sad-faced, handsome woman, poorlv but neatly clad, was seated on a benck at the station house yesterday, says the Memphis Avalanche.. She held an infant in her 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.Bettie Slaughter, and she came from near Collierville, in this county. Her maiden name was Mc| Cord. During her girlhood she met and loved a farmer named J. Franklin Slaughter. They were married on January 15, 1882, and dwelt together peacefully and happily. Soon after their marriage Sallie Sutton, a pretty orphan child 10 years old, came to them and asked for a homo. The Slaughters were poor, but they took the girl in and cared for her best they could. Sallie grew rapidly and developed into a line girl. She found favor in her foster-father's eyes, and Mrs. Slaughter noticed that .T. Franklin was fond of caressing the buxom Sallie, About a year ago ho said lie would find Sallie a better home than he could i 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 success. 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 Mis. Slaughter received news of her 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 innCcenue for a time, but her lovers 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 which he had abandoned heme, wife, children and hoiior, Slaughter pint an end to his miserable existence. " ji 1? ?_ v,?n e.. He owaeu H revolver, nuu tt uuu nuu it orashed through hid braiu and left Sallie again without a protector. After hearing of her husband's death Mrs. Slaughter decided to come to Memphis and seek employment. She brought her children with her, but left her mother to be cared for by neighbors. Mrs. Slaughter has no money, and wants employment. She said that she was willing to do any sort of work. Ramming Ice Floes. No stronger vessels than those of the ; Dundee whalers are built; they are ; from 400 to 1,000 tons displacement, | have powerful, well-secured engines to I resist the shock of ramming or stoppage ! of the propeller by ice, and are built j with an eye to the easy and rapid reI placement of rudder, propeller and j propeller shaft if damaged, these partH bei.ng carried in duplicate. Above all other considerations, they possess strength for ramming as well as resistance to datcral pressure ' when nipped. Another very important feature is that the how shall have considerable j inclination, which permits the vessel, i when ramming very heavy ico, to lift slightly f.nd slide on it, thus easing the ! shock and assisting the cutting action i of t,hp. bow with the downward crush ! ing weight of the ship. In this way it I is possible for those steamers at full j speed to ram ice over twenty feet thick ! and receive no immediate incapacitat| ing damage. j If the ice is not too heavy the shear; like rise and fall of the bow is repeated ' several times as the vessel steams powerfully ahead until her headway is checked. The difficulty then is to ex! tract the ship from the dock she has j cut by her advance. He Wanted to Know Too Much. Jack?Say, Tom, were you christened that name? Tom?Of course I was. Jack?Well, what do they call yon i Thom-as for on the pay sheet? ] Tom?Don't know; suppose for the same reason the boys call you Jack-ass. j ?Rochester Budyet. r^-^ere is more Catarrh in tins section of the rounu v^th.'in nil other discuses put together, i and until the ltKjt few years was supposed to be I incurable. For rears doctors proj nouneed it a local disease, and presort o^tA.lfl. eal remedies, and by constantly failing to curls ? , with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. | I Science lias proven catarrh to bo ?. constituI tional disease, and therefore retj'.tlris cnnstltt;1 tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure. mnni?| factored by F. .T. Cheney it Co. Toledo, Ohio, : is tho only constitutional cue on the market. I 11 is taken internally in doses front 10 drops to a teuspoonful. it avis directly upon the blood | and mucous surfaces of the system. The. offer one "hundred dollars for any cave it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address, F. .1. CtlK.NEY <fc Co., Toledo, O. ?5?" ?old by Druggists, 73c. Kvery day brines its bread, and tho bill comes on Satuidny. 1 . 1. ? ArranHfl,,. Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant crop#. Beat fruit, grain, grass and stock counI try in th#.world. Full information free. Adj dress Oregon Ira'igrat'n Board, Portland, Ore. "Who lives in a glass house should make I arrangenu nts to move. A pocket pin-cushion tree to smokers ol j "Tansill's Punch" 5c, Cigar. ricasing ware U half sold. 1 ut tho same i may be said of an o d pair of hoots. Last Winter I 2 was troubled so badly with rheumatism In my . l ight shoulder and Joints of my leg as not to bo able j to walk. I took Hood's Sarsaparllla. and now I | don't feel any aches or pains anywhere. I sell newspapers right In the middle of the street every I day In the year, and have been doing so for Ave i years, nun standing uu uiu i-uiu muucn picnic, I can tell you. And If Hood's Saraaparllla cured nie It certainly ought to be good for thosa people who don't stand ou the cold stones. I can | be seen every day In tho year at corner Tompkins i and DoKalb Avenues.?Wili.iah W. HowAitD, j Brooklyn, N. Y. N. B.?Be sure to got ! Hood's Sarsapariila | Sold by all druggists. ?1; six for $1. Prepared only j by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 8 00 Doses One Dollar | Money in Chickens 1 If you know how to property care j* / fortheiu. For 2,1 cent*instan:|a I u I A yen can proeurca lOO-PAGK BOOK JH / \ tin- experience of a practl- I / / 7 < al 1' ultry Itaisei?not an nma/ >/ V teur. but a man working for dot flais ntuieent?during a l-ei-h d of -I;'* years. It teaches you bo-.v to *'i ii??' Detect and Cure Diseases: to To i) IT? foriiggs and also for P. ttening; I \ wlilch Yowls to Save for Breeding I i Furpow s: and everything, udeed. I yon should know t n this subject to make it profitable. Sent postpaid for '2,1c. BOOK I'd lit 1 abmti .134 fcfiPfl&rd y.l.teyi N. Y. CU*. I U The People Are not slow to understand that, In order to warrant their manufacturers in guarantying them to benefit or euro, medicines mnat possess more than ordinary merit and curative proportion. Dr. Piorce's Golden Me Ileal Discovery is tho only blood medicine sold, through druggists, under a posftlpe guarantee that It will benefit or ure or money paid fcfr it will bo returned. In all blood, skin and scalp diseases, and for all scrofulous affections, it is specific. J5K) Ro .< ard offered by the proprietors of Dr. Sago's Catarrh Remedy for on incurable case. . ... The future home of tho wicked is paved with good intentions, but the pnvements never b ow up and tho system has its advantages. Pure soap is white. Brown scaps are adul- . teratc' with rosin. Perfume is anlyputinrto hide the presence of putrid fat. Ijobmns's Electric Soap is pure, white and nosovnted. Has bce.i sold ;<incol8<16. Try iwnoic. Fear nothing ' it sin. lut keep away from the electric light wire. Both the method and results when' Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta gen tly yet promptly on theKidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro-" duced, pleasing to the taste ana acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances,' its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60c and SI bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who j wishes to try it. Do- not accept any substitute, . > CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, t/uitrvtt t c rv new vnor u V. tv?/ur,uj., n? ^ B4.? 8] Qgl ONE DOLLAR B? "JfeJ SoyA solid gold watch 33TT O-CTR CLT7a' OTOTEM. WRITE FOR PRICE USTAIjJD CIRCULAR. Wtim R. HARRIS & CO. MEADQVA*T?R3; IC8 E. Fayette St.. Baltimore, Md. Popvri<fht 1883. Mention this Dapir when writin;?tptMCM SMITH'S BILE BEANS Acton tholiver and bile; clear the complexion; cure biliousness, 6ick headache, costiveness, malaria and all liver and stomach disorders. We are now making small size Bile Beans, especially adapted for children and womenvery small and easy to take. Prico of either size 25c per bottle. ? , A panolsize PHOTO-GRAVURE of the above picture. "Kissiug at 7-17-70," mailed on receipt of 2c stnnip. Address the mnkersofthc great Anti-Bile Romcdy?"Bile Beans." J. F. SIYHTH & CO.. St. Louis, Mo. J UCWVVW Cr ^Y~ r^fl w feverLt#! 50 cts. W<m^ COLD,nHEAD ELY BROTHERS, 50 Warren St., New York. AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL CONSULT DR. LOBB I North I'M ft ecu I li Sr.. Philadelphia, l'a., for the treatment of Blood I'olsons, Skin Eruptions, I Nervous Complaints, Bright'* Plsease, Strictures, | Impotency nnil kindred diseases, no matter of how | long standing or from what cause originating. J' tsyTcu dnys' medicines furnished by ntall rnrj 6enrt for Book on WIM'X'IA I. Disenseii. i*llt?? ^ JOHN F. &T2ATT0N & SON, 43>aujJ 45 Walker St. MEW YORK. MUSICAL MERCHANDISE, Violins, Guitar*, Ilnnjus, Accordcona, liar* nouicus, At, All lllild* ol String*, etc., etc. SEND FUK CATALOGUE. Tones < TTE PAYS THE FREIGHT. rt o Ton Whkou !?cnle?? fy> Iron Levers. Steel Bearings, Bra* Tare Beam anil Ee.-uu Bor for Everr ?lte Scale. Kor free price 11?1 syH^* X^sJSjXjRJ, mention this paper and addra.ii / \ W^vpJONES OF BINGHAIWTON, r ^BINGIIAMTOn. N. YaOPIUM HABIT. A Vul\iat>le Treatise Glvlna fall Information of an Easy and Speedy cure/ree to the afflicted. Da J. C. HorrMAX.Jcff eraon,Wisconsin. B^ST IN TI1F. WORLD 0 R EASE 13T~ Get tho Genuine. Sold Everywhere. SSR (iulLE^K k; iTLANXATGcr OGice 66^ Whitehall St. ! Pv..T!..-?rr in. i-. T.I .... A. W. SuUlltJIH? * SOBS, H Cincinnati.* t.-ulnrUi, !?. . ll.-uliuu llilJ paper. AftiPIRfl IT A BIT. Only Certain and 0F5UM vi^tijStflSiJU Amnt< nonvnrx TTihN Champion Steam Coolter. Nice wort Largo prollts. Hill, Whitney .? Co. Boston, Maw. few Best Cough Medicine. I Cures whero all elso foils. 1 jj?2 taste. Children. ? ^Yzo'\?n . j^j?vHanc"e ancl the Screw WUticuf a lifetime. 1] your Hard ware deader hain't it, ^munaHB witty FOR BURNS and SCALPS. A feab'y Bnrnei.: "r% * Aftstad, 25,,18^8. Our baby?1J< years old?burned licrliand on a hot stove and wo pat St. Jacobs Olb on it. It took the pain all out, at once: after putting ! ii.ou 2 or 3 times it was all cureaup;*.- ' C. P. STAVE and Family. 'i ! .... Nr< 1 ., At Druggists and Dealers. ;, THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore, M? TjM\A5ENTS ejSr-. war a.o?| Jf ' tion*. 'J here hss nevox been a <838?^ ^S>*^ njoro p-opulsfr book thronghonttho8outhern States thai) or Eagle's Nbst." Al&uy years have passed since the thrilling scenes herein recounted of the daeda o? valor of the, Confederate, Soldier, yet the Interest, by those who fought with Ashby, Stusrt, Johnston; Beauregard, Jackson rat Lee. in the cause for which thoy so doperptely and bravoly battled, will nfever grow less. Tbts thrilling story pictnresmotaloas jpysndsorrdw, and a love sweetly told.bntis filled witlrhUtorio incidents of fh'e great contest between the South ' and the North. Here is a book for tbflj eld ExConfederate, to recall to biui the vivfd scenes of the greatest Civil V.wr ever known,'to cell back hii own campaigns, and tell him of the,mighty Chieftains, dear to the memory of every one who wore-the Gray, " Bnrry of Eagle's Nest" will find a welcome In'every Southern horns. That It may to within the reach of evpry one, it Is published at the now rnicKor $b though a large, hasd^omc volume, beautifully hjajptzjltzd asd llegamtly sookd. ; SOLO ONLY BY SU8$CRlPTiON.f} ~ As the dem.end for this cld vayobiti: boo* mhieh hat firth cut of print so fony, will' belatgfe. and applications for agencies very numerous,.all who desire to act as Agents should v/rl to for terms and quickly cccaro choice of territory. - G. W. DLLLINGHA^ Publiaher, , . n v~~t r~'\ f,t.% Hew Yo^k. Hiarmamster tiaiois Freezing and a fierce ?;orni n cutting meet which strikes the face like a thousand needles. Wind forty miles an hour. You say a n:an couldn't stand such exposure ? No, he couldn't, without just the proper clothing. And there's only one outfit that can keep a man both warm and dry at such a time, and that is the " fish Brand Slicker." They .are guaranteed storm-proof, waterproof, and windpjoof. Inside one of them, you are ?s much out of." . the weather as if indoors. They are light, but warm. Ileiag re-enforced throughout, they never rip; and the buttons are wire-fastened. No railroad man who his once tried one would be without it for ten limes its cost. Ilcwarc of worthless imitations, every garment stamped with " Fish Brand" Trade Mark. Don't accept any inferior coat whenyou can have the " Fidi Brand Slicker " delivered without extra cost Particulars and illustrated catalogue free. A. J. TOWER, - rnfpn. Mass. IF YOU WISH A/-> . ?ou , J" GOOD (i/ttlH 4 WISSOH REVOLVER L purchase ono of the colebra ted SMITH k "WESSON ^ arms. The finest small arms (( Y ever manufactured and the t\ )} ]j ffiw first choice of all experts. 'Sanaf Manufactured in calibres 32, .18 and O-1P0. Sin- regal gle or double action, Safety Hammerleas and v5Sy, Target models. Couatxjictert entirely or best quality wrought steel, carefully inspected for workmanship and stock, t hoy are unrivaled for finish, I durnbiiiiy nnd accuracy. Do not be deceived by ! cheap mullenblc cast-iron imitutions whion I are often sold for the genuine article and are not | onlv unreliable, bnt dangerous. The SMITH k I WESSON Itevolvers are all stamprd upon the bar * ''' " ?AA-oea ?n,l rtf ff rem wnn urui ? uiuiit-, ?uun ? e;? j-~ 1 and are gunrnntocd perfeot in t.Tery detail. In; glut npon having the genuine article, and " /on* dealer cannot supply yon an order sent toad dress * below will receive prompt and careful attention. I Deacrptivooatalo-'Uii an 1 prion f-u niaha I upon ap1 pllcaton. 2a SMITH & WESSON, tyMention thl3 caper. Horingtleld, ills a*. ?BpFSEL0'S: RE51MTQR i MENSTRUATION | Oft montmlv sickness i i^mmssstmaam i YjlOOK to^woman"^/?*' BRA DEI ELD REBUIA TVR BDSATLANTA BAi~. . sata&r t u tutitsusrs. ? I' aT"?' AUTOMATICpy^r^^^ REVOLVER.^*10!! Cnetinniied for Symmetry, Rentity, >fa- Ug&Slf terinl, mid Workmanship. With Safety Catch, impossible to throw barrel open when discharged. New Patent. 38 calibre, using S. W. C. F. Cartridge. Do not buy until you haw tramined this If you buy a genuine Swift Double-Action Revolver, you are sure to I have an perfect n Pistol ns can be made. Sent postpaid on receipt of price. SendSe. in Humps for our 100 pant illustrated catalogue of M i Otitis, Hides. Reeolxers. Police Goods, etc. W John P. Lorell Arms Co., Jifrs.. Boston. 31 ass. ' B IA&4C tsTUI) V. Boo5t-r.eplng. Business Form*, ah]URIC PenmsDShi.", Ari hue tic, Short hand,etc., : 13 thoroughly taught by MAIL. Circular* free, i Bryant'* College, 457 Main St_ Buffalo, X. T. vfSlbcU?ftv^. 13 I rre-rribe and fu'lyonjOanmim*^JiH dorte Big (} as th' only jSS&r Corn in -?2y speririe fortbecertat .cure iyfyi TO 5 days.vg cf thisdtroase. | /SKSSoArantecd cot to? o. H.iStJR A HAM, M. D., i Jw otojo Strictere. u Amsterdam", N. V. I E??h yrdoaiy bv tfc? We have sold Big G for 5?&, Cincinnati,KttvjyJ [a-tlon. b. R. i)YCITE& CO..^ | Sold by Druggists. CHICH ESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL FILLS CROSS DIAMOND dBAND. - SmH* aai always reliant*. I.udic-s { *?\ a Dru^'sist for Diamond Brand, in X&\ i y^3yS rcil. mitallle bov <. iwslrd with blue n ' rfblinn. Tntc no other. All pill* \\w I 4? jv'-l in pa.teboard ban-, pick wrappera. are Yjir * I'l ~ (H duM2eroti*counterfeit*. Send4o. V /x '{ > ( laui' i) far particular*, tenlmoainls and ^ I ?>? tb "Itcltcf far I.udlca," in tetter, by return 1 \ * f? mill!. .Vcj.ee ranrr. ^V_? r I'M.'. ?. -' . >. !' I n.. W.CInra Sn- Thlla- Ffc 4 1 u^iToi) Pleasant and agreeable to the lout objrction^ By