The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, December 19, 1889, Image 3
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
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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.
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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
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\
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
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tyMention thl3 caper. Horingtleld, ills a*.
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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
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Pleasant and agreeable to the
lout objrction^ By