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Ill DB. TALMAgR The Noted Brooklyn Divine's Sunday Discourse. Snbjcct: ''Lessons F rom the History ol Orpah." Tf.xt: 11 And they lifted up their voice,and wept again; ami Oriiah hissed her motherin-law; but liuth clave tcnto her.'"?Kutli i., 14. Moab was a heathen land. Naomi is about to leave it and go into tlio land of Bethlehem. Sho lias two daughters-in-law, Ruth and Orpah, who conclude to go with her. Naomi tells them they had better not leave the'r native laud and undertake the hardship of the journey, but they will not be persuaded. They all three start out on their journey. After awhile Naomi, although she highly prized the company of lier two daughters-in-law, attempted again to persuade them to go back because of the hardship and self denial through which they wouid bo obliged to go. Ruth responds iu the words from which I once discoursed to you: "Lntreat me not to leave thee, nor to return Irora following after thee, for where thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy pcoplo Khali be my people, and thy God my God, where thou" diest will I die and there will I bo buried; the Lord do so to me and more also if aught but death part thee and me." Not so with her sister Orpah. Her determination had already been shaken. The length and peril of the journey began to appall her, and sho had worshiped the gods of Moab so -long that it was nard to give them up. From that point Orpah turne4 back, the parting being described in the words of my text: And they lifted up their voice and wept again and Orpah kissod her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her. Learn from this story of Orpah that some of those who do not leave the Moab of their iniquities are persons of fine susceptibility. It was compassion for Naomi, in her widow-' hood and sorrow, that led Orpah to start with her toward Bethlehem. It was not because of any lack of affection for her that she turned back. We know this from the grief exhibited at parting. I do not know but that she had as much warmth and ardor of nature as Ruth, but she lacked the courage and persistence of her sister. That there are many with as fine susceptibility as Or{>ah who will not take up their cros3 and folow Christ is a truth which needs but little demonstration. Many of those who have become the followers of Jesus have but very little natural impressibility. Grace often takes hold of the hardest heart and the most unlovely character and transforms it. It is a hammer that breaks rocks. In this Christ often shows His power. It wants but little generalship to conqner a flat country, but migut oi artmery nuu Heroism u> rase a lori. manned and ready for raking cannonade. Tho great captain of our salvation has forced his way into many an armed castle. I doubt not that Christ could have found many a fisherman naturally more noble hearted than Simon Peter, but there was no ono by whose conversion He could more gloriously have magnified His grace. The conversion of a score of Johns would not have illustrated the power of the Holy Ghost as much as tho conversion of ono Peter. It would have been easier to drive twenty lambs like John into the fold than to tame one lion like Peter. God has often made some of His most efficient servants out of men naturally unimpressionable. As men take stiff and unwieldly timbers, and under hu?;o handed machinery bend them into tho hulk of great ships, thus God has often shaped and bent iuto His service the most unwieldly na tures, while thoso naturally impressionable are still iu their unchanged state. Ob. how many. Who Orpah, have warm affections and yet never become Christians! Like Orpah, thoy know how to weep, but they do not know how to pray. Their fineness of feeling leads them into the friendships of the world, but not into communion with God. They can love everybody but Him, who is altogether lovelv. All other sorrow rends their heart, but they are untouched by the woes of a dying Christ. Good news fills them with excitement, but the glad tiding3 of great joy mid salvation stir not their soul. Anxious to do what is right, yet thoy rob God. Grateful for the slightest favors, they make no return to Him who wrung out the last drop of blood from His heart to deliver them from going down to the pit. They would weep at the door of a prlsoa at the sight of a wicked captive in chains, but have no compassion for their own souls, over which Satan, like a grim jailer, holds the lock and key. When repulsive, grasping, unsympathetic natures resist the story of a Saviour's love it does not excite our surprise, but it is among the greatest of wonders that so many who exhibit Orpah's susceptibility also exhibit Orpah's impenitency. We are not surprised that there is barrenness in a desert, but a strange thing is it that sometimes the Rose of Sharon will not grow in a garden. On a summer morning we aro not surprised to find a rock without any dew on it, but if going among a flock of lilies wo saw in them no glittering drops we would say; "What foul sprite has been robbing these vases?" We are not surprised that TJ 3 .MA ? U/tAmA A JJ.C1UU um uuu ujtuurj u. urnuuau, uuu uv^tv strange that the young roan Jesus loved for His sweetness of temper should not have loved his Redeemer. Hard-hearted Felix trembled, proud Nebuchadnezzar repented, and cruel Manasseh turned unto the Lord; but many a nature, affectionate and gentle, has fought successfully against divine influences. Many a dove has refused to come in the window of the arlr, although finding no rest for the solo of her foot. Again, the history of Orpah impresses upon me the truth that there are many who make a good starting, but arter awhile change their minds ana turn back. When these three mourners start from their home in Moab there is as much probability that Orpah will reach Bethlehem as that her sister Ruth and her mother-in-law Naomi will arrive there. But while these continue in the journey they commenced, Orpah after on-Vitla /tiifc rlic?aiii?iorarl onH fnrnc laoolr Thic i- the history ot many a soul. Perhaps it was (hiring a revival of rel:gion tliey resolved upon a Christian life and made preparations to leave Moab. Before that they were indifferent to the sanctuary; churches were necessary evils. The minister almost always preached poor sermons, because they had not the heart to hear them. They thought the bread was not good because their appetite was poor. Religion did very well for invalids and the aged, but they had no desire for it. Suddenly a change came upon their soul. They found that something must be done. Every night there was a thorn in their pillow. " There was gall in their wine. They found that their pleasures were only false lights of a swamp that rise out of decay and death. Losing their self-control they were startled by their own prayer: "God be merciful to me a sinner." They did not suspect it, but the Holy Ghost was in their soul. Without thinking what they were doing they trushed the dust off the family Bible. The ground did not feel as firm under them, norma ine an seem us urignt. -lueyiriea to dam back tho Good of their emotions, but the attempt failed, and they confessed their anguish of soul before they meant to. Tho secret *.vas out! They wanted to know what tl*?v must do to be saved. "With Ruth anl Naomi weeping Orpah started for tho land of Bethlehem. They longed for the Sabbath to como. Straight as an arrow to the mark the sermon struck them. They thought the minister must havo heard of their case and was preaching right at them. They thought the sermon was very short, nor did they once coil themselves up in their pew with their eye3 shut and head averted with an air of unmoved dignity. They began to pray with an earnestness that astonished themselves and astonished others. Shoving the plane, or writing up accounts, or walking the streets when you might have thought their mind entirely upon the world, they were saying within themselves: "Oh, that I were a Christian I" Orpah is fully started on the road to Bothlohem. Christian friends observing the religious anxiety of the awakened soul say: "He must certainly- ba n Christian. There is another soldier in Christ's ranks, another sick ono has been cured of the leprosy." The observers turn their attention another way; they say: "Orvah is safe enough, she has gone to Bethlehem." Alas! alas! Starting out for heaven is n very different thing from arriving there. Remember Lot's wife. Sho looked back" * with longing to the place from which she came, and was destroyed. Half way between So Join and the citv of refuge that strange storm comes upon her, and its salt and brimstone gather on her garments until they are so stiffened sho cannot proceed, r.or can she lie down because of this dreadful wrapping around her garments and limbs, and long after her life has gone she still stands there, so covered up by the strange storm that she is called a pillar of salt, as some sailor on ship's dock ia the wintry tempest stands covered with a mail of ice. Ten thousand times ten thousand men have been destroyed half way between Sodom and the city of refuse. Orpak might as well never have started us afterward to turn back. Yet multitudes havo walked in her footsteps. Go among those the least interested in sacred tilings, and you will find that they were once out of the laud of Moab. Every one of them prayed right heartily and studied his Biblo and frequented the sanctuary, but Lot's wife looked back wistfully to Sodom, and Orpah retreated from the company of Ruth and Naomi. It is an impressive" thought that after Orpah had gone so far as actually to look over into the land of Bethlehem she turned back and died iu Moab. Again, let our subject impress upon us the trutn that thoso who havo once felt it their duty to leave their natural state cannot givo up their duty and go back to hardness of heart without a stniggle. After Orpah had thoroughly made up her mind to go back to the place from which she started sho went through tho sad scene of parting with Ruth and Naomi. My text says: "They lifted up their voice and wept." Ah, my hearer, it requires more decision and perseverance to v o -r* r? vr fr/nn l.'inwilnm nf finrl t'lfl 11 trt enter it. Although she <iid not know it, Orpah passed through a greater strugglo in turning back into the land of Moab than would nave been necessary to tak3 her clear through to Bethlehem. Suppose you that those persons who have remained in their evil ways have had no struggle? Why, they have been obliged to fight every inch of their way. The road to death is not such easy traveling as some ministers have been accustomed to describe it. From beginning to end it is fighting against the sharp sword of ti e Spirit. It is climbing over tho cross. It is wading through the deep blood of tho Son of God. It is scaling mountains of privilege. It is wading through lakes of sorrow. It is breaking over communion tables and baptismal fonts and pulpits and Bibles. It Is wedging one's self through between pious kindred who stand before and press us back and hold on to us by their prayers even after wo have passed them in our headlong downward career. No man ought to think of undertaking to go back into Moab after having come within sight of Bethlehem unless he have a heart that cannot be made to quake, cud a sure foot that will not slip among infinite perils, and an arm that can drive back tho .Son of God, who stands in the centre of the broad road spreading out His arms and shouting into the ear of the thoughtless pilgrim, "Stop! stop!" iv o talk about taking up the cross and following Jesus, but that cross is not half so heavy as tho burden which the sinner carries. It is a very solemn thing to be a Christian, but it is a more solemn thing not to be a Christian. There are multitudes who, afraid of the self denials of the Christian, rush iuto the harder self denials of tho unbeliever. No yoke but Christ's, however tight and galling! Orpah goes back to her idola tries, but stie returns weeping, n:rl nil wno follow her will fiud the same sorrows. Just in proportion as Gospel advantages have been numerous will be the disturbance of the bcart that will not come to Christ. The Bible says in regard to the place where Christ was buried: "In the midst of th9 garden there was asepulchcr;" and in tho midst of the most flowery enjoyments of tho unpardoned there is a chilliness of death. Although they may pull out the arrows that strike their soul from tho Almighty's quiver, :bere remain a sting and a smarting, it men nrrench themselves away from Christ they will bear the mark of His hand by which Ho would have rescued them. Tho pleasures of the world may give temporary re ief from the upbraidings of conscience, but are like stupefying drugs that dull the pain only temporarily. Ahab has a great kingdom, and you would think he eugbt to be happy with his courtiers and chariots and palaces, 3'ot he goe3 to be 1 sick because Nabotii will not sell him his vineyard. Haman is prime minister of tho greatest nation in the world, and yetono poor mm who will uot bow the head makes him utterly miserable. Herod monopolizes the most of the world's honor, and yet is thrown into a rage because they say a little child is born in Bethlehem who may after awhile dispute his authority. Byron conquered the world with his pen, anl" yet said that he felt more unhappines3 from the criticism of the most illiterate reader than he experienced p.'ensure from tho praise of all the talented. In the last century in England live 1 the immortal Shenstone. Portions of his life were given to the writing of poetry, but this was not evidently the Held for wmcn nature had equipped him. His name will never be forgotten, because of the home which he adorned and beautified until there probably never has been so bright a spot since the (iardeii of Eieu as what bo loved to call "The Leasoves." Iu addition to the marvels which nature had wrought he added the perfection of art. Arbors and terrace and slope and rustic temple and reservoir and urn and fountain hero had their crowning. Oak and vow and hazel put on their glory of verdure. What the greenness of deep grass and the foam of cascade and the glitter of the still lake could give of beauty were added. No life was more diligent and no soul was more ingenious tliau those of Shenstone, and all that genius and diligence directed to the adornment of that treasured spot. What more could one want to make home happy? Yet there is one man who sits sighing in those bowers, and castiug glo<. my looks upon those parks, and the mirth of leaping water- | falls mako3 no melody in his ear. It i3 Shenstone, the owner of the Leasowes. "I have lost my road to happiness," says the despondent man. "I am angry and envious, and dejected an 1 frantic, and disregard all present things, just as it becomes a madman to do." My friends, there is no solid happiness in anything but religion. I care not how bright a homo Orpah has iu Moab when she turns away from duty sue turns away from pea??. Amid tho bacchanalia of B?l- l shazzar's feast aud tho glitter of chalicas | there always will come out a handwriting I on tho wall fearfully ominous: "Tekel? j weighediu tho balances aud found wanting." j Again, this subject teachesthat a religious choice and the want of it freciusntlv divide families. Ruth and Orpah and Naomi were tenderly attache 1. They wero all widows, and their life had been consecrated by a baptism of tears. In the of fire trial their affections had been forged. Together they wero so pleasantly united you can hardly imagine them separated. \ et a fatal line is drawn dividing them f rom each other, perhaps forever. Naomi cannot live in a licathen country. She must go into Bethlehem, that there among the pious she may worship the true iGod. Ruth make a similar choice, but Orpah rebels. "And they lifted up their voice j 'and wopt again, and Orpah kissed her j mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her." j The history of this family of Elimeloch is the history of many families of this day. I How often it is that in a circle of relatives, > while they look alike and walk alike and talk alike, there is a tremendous difference. Outwardly united in the affectional relations of this life, the}- are separated in the most ini portant respects. Some now are the children of light and others the children of darkness. These are alive in Christ and those are dead in sin. Ruthin the land of Bethlehem, Orpuh in Moab. Of the same family are David and Solomon, worshipers of the Most High God, and Adonijnh ana Absalom, Trhn 1 i vn orirl rlin n*. _t. A. i ?UW **?v> U11U UIV VUUCUC1U1C5UL U!l ri^UtCOUS- J ness. Belonging to the same family was the i holy and devout Eli and the reckless Phineas i and Hophni. Jonathan Edwards, the goo 1, j and Pierrepont Edwards, the bad, belong to ' the same family. Aaron Burr the dissolute, I had a most excellent father. Dying yet im- I mortal hearer, by tho solemnity of tha j Earental and filial and conjugal relation, j y the sacrcdness of tho family nearth, by | the honor of tuo family name, by "the memory j of departed kindred, I point out this parting j of Ruth and Orpah. Again, this subject suggests to mo two of ; the prominent reasons why people refuse the j kingdom of Christ. There may have been many other reasons why Orpah left her sis- j ter and mother-in-law and went back home, j but there were two reasons which I think I were mere prominent than the rest . She had been brought up in idolatries. She loved \ the heathen gods which her ancestors ha I j 1 worshiped, and though these blocks of wood , and stone could not hear she thought they ! f could hear, and though they could not sc3 i she thought they could so?, and though they j s could not feel she thought they could fee!. i v A new religion had been brought to her attention. She had married a godly man. Sho I must often have heard her mother-in-law 0 talk of the God of Israel. She was so much (1 shaken in her original belief that she con- t eluded to leave her idolatries, but coming to H the margin of the land of Bethlehem lisr , determination failed her and speedily she re- 1 turned to her gods. ' 1 This is tho very reason why multitudes of v persons uever become Christians. They can- n uot bear to give up their gods. Basiucssis y I he American juggernaut that era * le? m j.-j ? men than the great car of tho Hindoos. To It they say their morning and evening prayers. A little or Christ's religion may creep Into the Sabbath, but Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday are the days devoted to this Am ;rican Idol. Every hour there is a sacrifice on the altar. Home duties, health of body, iianlv strength and immortal affections mast all burn in this holocaust. Men act as though thev could take their bonds and mortgages and saws and trowels and axes and day books with them into the kingdom of heaven. Thero are many who have no unholy thirst for gold, yet who are devoting themfelves to their worldly occupations with a ruiqous intensity. Men of the .Stock Exchange, men of the' yardstick, men of the saw, men of the trowel, men of the day book, what will becomo of you, if unfor?iven, in the great day when there are no houses to build, and no gcods to sell, and uo bargains to make? It is possible to devote one's self even to a lawful calling until it becomes sinful. There is no excuse on the earth or under the earth for the neglect of our deathless spirit. Lydia was a seller of purple, yet she did not allow her offensive occupation to keep her from becoming a Christian. Daniel was secretary of State and attorney general in the empire of Baby ion, ana yet cures uuie.i p. uuy aj luauu timo to pray with his faco toward Jerusalem . The man who has no time to attend to religion will have no time to enter heaven. But there are others who, while their worldly occupation has no particular fascination over them, are entirely absorbed in the gains that come to that occupation. This is the worship of Mammon. The ring of dollars and cents is the only litany they ever utter. Though iu tho last day the earth itaelf will not bo worth a farthing, a heap of ashes scattered in tho whirlwind, tliey are now giving their time and eternity for tho acquisition of so much of it as you might at last hold in tho hollow of one hand. The American Indian who gavo enough land to make a State out of for c. string of beads made a princely bargain compared with the speculation of that man who gains the whole world and loses his own soul. How much comfort do the men take who died unCorgiven ten years ago, leaving largo fortunes to their heirs? Do they ever come up to count the gold they hoarded or walk through the mansions they built? Though they could have bought an empire, they have aot now as much money as you have this monent iu your pocket.. Solomon looked apon his palace and the grounds surrounding it, pools rimmed with gold and circling roaas along which at times rushed his fourteen hnndred chariots, while under the outbranching sycamores aud cedars walked tho Sies and peacocks which by tho na* y of iram had been brought from Tarsbisli, and from the window curtains with embroidered gold and purple through which came out the thrill of harps and psalteries mingling with the song of the waters. When Solomon saw that all these lu curies of sight and sound had been purchase 1 by his wealth, he broke forth in tho exclamation, "Money answereth all thiugs." Hut we cannot receive it as literal. It cannot still tho voice of conscience. Tt cannot drown the sorrows of the soul. It caDnot put a bribe in tho hand of death._ It cannot un lock the gate or heaven. The tower or 01loam fell and killed eighteen of its admirers; but this idol to whose worship the exchanges and banks and custom houses of the world have been dedicated, will fall aud crush to death it3 thousands. But I cannot enamerate the idolatries to which men give themwives. They are kept by the n ifrom a religious life. ''Ye cannot servo God and Mammon," and the first thing that Christ does when He comes into the temple of the soul is to drive out the exchangers. But it was not only the gods of Moab that made Orpah leave her sister and mother-inlaw. She doubtless had a dread of the liardihip to which they would be exposed on the journey to Bethlehem, and Orpah was not ilono in the fear. Doubtless some ol! you iave been appalled and driven back by the wlf denials of the Christian life. Tho taunt >f the world, the charge of hypocrisy which they would sometimes be obliged to confront, has kept many away from th9 land of Bethlehem. They spend their life in co anting the :ost, and because a Christian life domanas so much courage and faith they dare not begin to build. Perhaps they are courageous in every other respect. They are not timid in presence of any danger except that of trusting in the infinjto mercy of Christ. The sheep are mere afraid of th9 shepherd than of the wolves. They shrink away from the presence of Christ as though He were a tyrant rather thaa a friend who sticketh closer than a brother. They feel more safe In the ranks of the enemy where they must suffer infinite defeat thau in the army of Christ, which shall be more than conquerors through Him that love 1 them. Men shiver and tremble before religion as though they were commanded to throw thoir life away, as though it were a surrender of honor and manliness and reason and self-respect and all that is worth keeping. "What has God ever done that His mercy fliould be doubted? iv as mere ever a sorrow of His frailest child that He did not pity? Was there evar a soul that He left unhelped in the darkness? Was there ever a martyr that He did not strengthen in tha flames? Was there ever a dying mau to whose relief lie did not come at tho cry of "Lord Jesus, receive ray spirit?' Aye, ray soul, what has God clone that so basely thou has doubted Him? Did He make the whole earth a desert? Are all tho skies dark and storm swept? Is life all sickness? Is the air all plague? Are there nothing but rods and scorpions and furnaces? Gol kuew how many suspicions and unbeliefs men would entertain in regard to Him, and therefore, after making a multitude of plain and precious promises He places His hand on His own heart and swears by His own existence: "As I live, saith tho Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth." Why then fight against God? This day tho battle rages. Thou arc armed with thy sins, thy ingratitude, thy neglects, and Christ is armed against thee, but His weapons are tears, are dying agonies, are calls to mercy, and the battle cry which Ho this day sends over thy soul as He rushes toward thee is "Save thee*from going down to the pit, for I have found a ransom." I would not envy thy victory. 0 hearer, if thou dosr. conquer, for what wilt thou do with the weapons thou hast snatched from the armed Tl iJecmer, what with the tears, what with His dying agonies, what with His cf.lls to mercy? Would God that Orpnh would get tired of Moab! Would God that Orpah would go to Bethlehem! Cultivated Rice. This was first produced from a wild plant called in India nivara. The wild plants grow on the borders of the lakes in India, and also Australia. Borne wild varieties are quite numerous, some kinds being adapted to marshy lands and some to highlands, the latter being cultivated like corn. Rice was known in China'!, 800 years before Christ; it is not mentioned fn the Bible, but it is referred to iD the Talmud. It was known in Syria 400 years before Christ, was first introduced in Italy in 1408, and in the Carolinas in 1700. The best lands for rice culture are level marshes where they can be drained and flooded at will. Louisiana, and especially the parishes of Cameron, Vermilion and Calcasieu, contain large areas of the finest rice land in the world. The time is not far distant when these lands will produce a large portion of the rice consumed in the United States. At the present time the farmers in the pariah of Calcasieu are raising annually over 51,000 barrels of the finest quality.?[ThcFouutain. Clothing tlio I.ltt'o Tots. Tho clothing of infmts should be rarrn. If born in Hummer should not > >e lessened until after tho return of j tot weather the ensuing year; if born n tho winter the clothes may be lo.s- : ened in June following, provided the i l eather be seasonable, and great care , hotild bo taken to abate tho warmth f their clothing so gradually that the lifforence may not be perceptible to hem. After this is reduced to a proper tandard no alterations should be made o keep pace with a changing atmosiliere, but an exact uniformity in the armthof their habit preserved through a uie seasons 01 cue year, rue nancy or rhich is practically demonstrated by I verv experiment. AGRICULTURAL^ TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN'. GET KID OP TIIE MALES. If you desire to preserve eggs for wiu-i ter use, get rid of the males at once^ Eggs from hens not with males will keepi three times as long as those that containthe germs of chicks. As the hens will', lay as many eggs when no males ares present as when with them, the removalj of the males will lessen the expense and, the females have more room on the roost.i ?Farm and Fireside. TIIE BUSH LIMA BEAN. It is claimed that the introduction of the bush Lima bean is a valuable aid to bean cultivators. The chief expense in growing Lima beans is the poles, which require labor in staking and replacing when affected by winds. Those who have tried the bush Limas claim that they are fully as prolific as the pole beans, as 00 nmiol if ennnriAr tn ? Ull UO Uti O V4UUI) *awu ?v the latter in quality. A trial on a small scale will demonstrate "whether this claim is well founded. ?iVeto York Witness. PITS. Almost any of our animals may fall iu a fit. It is especially alarming when a horse falls in harness or under the saddle in a narrow or obstructed road or place, frembliifg and writhing in convulsions. The first thing to be done is to free the animal as coolly and quickly as possible from harness and vehicle, pour cold water over the head with a steady small stream, throw a blanket over the body, and if the animal struggles protect it with straw, litter or blankets from injury. Great care should be exercised to avoid personal injury as the animal is violently moved by internal irritation of the brain or nervous system or of the stomach depressed with indigestible food. If the recovery is immediate no medical aid need be sought.?American Agriculturist. FEEDING BEANS TO HOUSES. Beans, either in the grain or with the vines, arc nutritious food for all animals, but they are unpalatable and are not readily eaten. A horse or other animal may be educated to such food, as are English horses, of which beans are staple food when mixed with oats. But the beanB are coarsely cracked or broken and then mixed with the oats. Our beans are not the same as the English beans, being botanically different, but not in any essential quality, and by~ following the English customs of nrenarinr* them t 0 - x r o for feeding will be found equally valuable. The stalks are also nutritious as coarse fodder, but on account of their harshness are not fit for any animals but thosejvhich ruminate, as sheep or cattle. If beans are ground with oats or corn the meal is as readily eaten as pea-meal and is equally nutritious.?New York Times. TRTHCO A HORSE. If you find your horse's disposition will do you must next try the powers. Get to ascertain the capacity of the lungs. Unless these are sound and capacious the best legs will not carry Tiim fast. On a good level road or on an uphill slope ar.d without much load either on him or behind him, get him to trot a mile in five minutes. Then get down and watch him breathing. Sec if the nostrils easily open quite vide enough for their work. Listen at the windpipe and take care there is no sign of wheezing there. Look at the flanks and see if they are working hard or if they quiet down as they do directly after the horse stops. Especially notice if their working is regular, and with no double spasmodic effort to expel the wind. Any sign of such uncomfortable action should be a fatal objection to any horse, and your trial need proceed no further.?Ntxe York Herald. CROSSING PIGS. A cross between a common pig and a pure Berkshire is a half-bred; a second cross of the half-bred with a pure boar is three-quarters bred, and the rest threeeighths. Consequently the cross will never be a pure bred animal, although four crosses, which makes flftecmsixteenths of pure blood, is generally considered full blood, but is not pure bred. The half-bred pigs are quite as valuable for pork as the pure breed. No doubt this breed is the best for domestic uses, as the meat is well mixed with fat and lean, and when well fed has a sweet flavor and is tender. But the feeding is tne main point in making good incut. For young pigs, when milk is not to be had, a slop made cf meal, thiee-fourths barley, one-fourth peas and one-fourth bran, given sweet and not sour, and in moderate quantity, say ona pound of the meal at a feed for a- two-months-old pig, will make excellent pork and a fair growth. The food should be gradually inrrcased. and with this breed or the half-breeds should make a pig of 200 pounds at niue months old. For fattening, an equal part of corn may be added to the above mixture of grain.?New Yovlc Times. TnonouGnnnED BOXE. "That must be a strong horse, for sec what large bones he has." But bone, like other animal tissue, is made up of cells, and these cclLs differ in density even in the same bone, and are widely different in the different breeds of horses. If a bone is sawn across it will be seen to consist oif a hard, compact exterior and softer interior. If a section is made of the bones of a thoroughbred and a scrub horse, or horses that show in life clean, flat legs and large, round legs respectively, it will be seen that the latter compare very unfavorably with the former in density and consequent strength. The bones of the hig.ter bred animal exhibit less bulk but more strength than the big, loose, spongy bone of the lower bred animal. It is said that comparatively, the smaller but more compact bones of the thoroughbred nre in strength as two to one of the average carthorse. The experienced veterinarian can tell the breeding of a horse by examining his bones. Thus understood, the hackneyed phrase, "bred in the bone," is not meaningless. In view of these facts, how important it is that growimg colts be fed a due proportion of bone making foods, chief among which is wheat bran.?Neio York Tribune. . CUT STRAW FOR BEDDING. A German agricultural journal presents some cogent arguments in favor of chopped in place of whole straw for animal bedding. The first consideration is the economy of it, which experiments have shown to be about thirty-five per cent. Secondly, the comfort of the animal is better secured. In the use of long.straw an,'oven distribution of it will rarely occur, and the animal will be ' itreated to. a lumpy couch. Furtherr more, it isjfar easier to separate the wet and soiled portions of a cut-straw bed from thesdry. Also, the chopped bed: diug is a better absorbent of the animal's I droppings;, and there is 'lees waste of F ammonia!by evaporation. It is far more \ easi'<7 manipulated in the compost heap. : Again, as the absorption of fertilizing ji material has been more equal in the ! short bedding material, so the compost } heap in turn bccomcslmorc uniform and ) homogeneous?better fortified against external'dnlluencc3 and less given to internal-.fermentation. This is a point of prime importance,^. as many will attest who have- exposed themselves to serious 'loss in their/ manure heaps by burning. Importanttesiis this matter in the stable, it is still mere so in the pig-sty. Swine, (especially 'brood sows, should be furnished with cut-straw bedding rather than lom;4straw.?American Agricultur ist. snoRTnoiutsTon mii.k on beei*. The handsomest and most showy form for a Shorthorn cow includes a broad as well as deep chest, full crops, fore ribs so round as. toileave no depression behind the shoulders; a straight line along the back to endjof thejrump; wide between the huckle Tjones, and well-developed quarters. This is the best shape for making beef. For milk, the chest should be deeper aud not ,so broad, fore rib3 rather flat and long, crops less full than for beef, and the quarters quite broad, so that in looking 'at her in front her body will appear decidedly wedgeshaped, the larger end to the rear. But even thus formed,'when dried off, a Shorthorn cow will fatten quickly and cheaply, and make a good carcass of a fine quality of beef. Occasionally-one of beef shape?that is, about as full In front as rear, and rather fat?proves a great milker of a highly excellent quality, like some Holstein-Friesians. Many of these latter seem to have changed > their nature iu America, yielding richer milk generally than in Holland, and yet of very abundant quantity. No doubt this io Anrinr? .tA A f\ 1 O TO T101> /~>f VUUUJJC ? wviujj mate and quality'of food. The summers in; Holland arc cool and wet, and in North America comparatively hot and dry, with drier and more frosty winters, and the grass of our meadows is less rank and succulent. These have much influence in giving quantity and quality to milk and also in the formation of flesh. Still, the difference in breeds of cattle is paramount, and the animals should be chosen from such as excel in what is most desired by the ! breeder tc produce.?American AjriJ culiuritt. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Cut hay early. Keep the knives of the mower sharp. Worse than wear for tooU?rust and rot. No dull, rusty or shacklv tool nowadays. Are you improving your farm this year? Potatoes and onions thrive on good ashes. The hay-loader will lessen the cost of thr> field work. Cat hay just after the bloom falls. Cut when possible on a bright day. This is the season for the farmer to bo at home ''minding his own business severely." If the ground is smooth cut low, but if timothy, cut above the bulb at the ground. Four hours of hot sun will cure sufficiently. It will pay to thoroughly examine every ear of corn intended for 6eed. Com from fields infested with rust lost season should be avoided. During the warm days of summer the manure will "fire fang" unless plenty of absorbent material be used, or the manure turned over occasionally. All fallen fruit, whether very young or nearly matured, should be destroyed in order to prevent the propagation of insects as much as possible. P*ofessor Ladd concludes that it is preferable to cut timothy for feeding at the period of full bloom rather thau after the seeds have formed. The hay-fork and carrier will lessen the cost of mowing away. If to be I stacked in the field the gatherers and I stackers will lessen the cost. The hoc will compensate for lack of | manure in the garden sometimes. Nothing improves vegetables like a good hoeing of the soil and cutting out the weeds. The fanner of to-day requires moro tools than the farmer of a generatiou ago, because he employs less muscle. They are a big item of expense. Take good care of them. From tests made at the Michigan Experiment station it was found that potatoes yielded better when planted ODly one and two inches deep than if covered four or five inches. Rust and rot do more for the implement maker in winter, than wear and t ear do in summer, and rain and sua do more in summer than the wear and tear. IIousc your implements. Stock need salt when grass food is plentiful more than at any other time. The lack of salt sometimes causes injurious effects from green food that might be avoided by its use for stock. If it pays some farmers to raise the daily cows that are purchased by dairymen who sell their calves, it should pay the dairymun to raise his own cows, especially if he does so with the aim of improving his herd. One hundred dollars' worth of cheese takes from the farm less than one-seventh the fertility taken by $100 worth of grniu, while $100 worth of butter?if the skim milk be fed on the farm?take3 nothing from the soil. A coirespondent of the Massachusetts . Ploughman says that a quart of viuegar in half a pail of water, if thoroughly sprinkled over the interior of a hcuhousc, will free it from lice when whitewashing and other remedies have failed. It is a bad plan to waste food by throwing it on the floor instead of feeding in troughs or some other vessel; also, to cram fifty cents' worth of drugs down the throat of a sick chicken that wouldn't be worth even a quarter if it was well. There is no lawful objection against asking a debtor for payment of his debt on the public street or elsewhere if quiet words are used, but it is an offense to do this loudly so as to attract attention. ? x # x Coloring Artificial Eyes. The art involved in coloring the crystal ball intended for the schlerotica or white of the eye, in producing an artificial member has been reduced to a matter of great simplicity, at the same time attaining the desired perfection. In the best results the artisan applies to the glass ball enamels of different colors, which, amalgamating with that of the crystal in a pasty state, gradually give it the tint of nature's optic. This operation begins with the iris, which is formed by the use of several amalgamated enamels, and, the iris finished, there is placed in its centre a spot of black enamel; this is the pupil, which is be eucirclcd by the artist with its areola, the process being completed by drawing those almost infinitely small as wc'l as exquisite fibers which are found in the inis. The globe of the eye being in this manner brought to its completed state of beauty and adaption all tbat remains is to place it in the centre of the crystal ball. ?[Chicago Times. Signing a Chock by Electricity. One of the marvels of electricity, and one of the most striking of the Edison exhibits at the Paris exposition, was the little instrument which enables the operator to sign a check 100 miles distant. The writing to be transmitted is impressed on soft paper with an ordinary stylus. This is mounted on a cylinder, which, as it revolves, ''makes and breaks" the electric current by means of the varying indentations on the paper. At the receiving end of the wire a similar cylinder, moving in accurate synchronism with the other, receives the current on a chemically prepared paper, on which it transcribes the signatures in black letters on a white ground.?[Scientific American. Syrup of Figs. Produced from the laxative and nutritious Juice of California figs, combined with the medicinal virtue nf ninni. l ? ywuio Auvnu bv w ixiv/ob b. Dcflcial to tho human system, acts genl 'y on the kidneys, liver and bowels, effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds and headaches, and cnring habitual constipation. The way o Jo a creat thlng !s never to neglectany Jlttlj thing. Among the passengers on the La Bretagne. which recently sailed for Europe, was Mr. Alfred B. Scott, of Scott & Bowne, proprietors ol Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. This is one of his periodical trips to attend to the affairs: of the firm, which has branch houses in London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan and Oporto. All the reward love ever asks is the privilege of doing its best. Six Novel* Free, will be sent by Cragin A Co., Phila., Pa., to anyone in U. S. or Canada, postAge paid, upon receipt of 25 Dobbins Electric Soap wrappers. See list of novels on circulars around oach bar. Soap for sale by all grocers. Manr people never sccoraplisn much because they never plan for much. FITS stopped free by Dr. Klixe'3 Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day's nse. Marvelous cores. Treatise and S2 trial bottle free. Dr. Kline, 931 Arch St.. Phlla., Pa The man wl o would be a leader must never keep the procession waiting. S. K. Coburn, Mgr., Claire Scott, writes: "1 find Hall's Catarrh Cure a valuable remedy." Druggists sell it, 75c. If you always do good as you have opportunity, you will never be Id e. Jlaflllcted with sore eyes use Drlsaao Thomp(on'tEyeWater.DroKKlstssell atiic.per bottle If some of our heads were not so big, onr hearts would grow fasterWeak and Weary In earlyeummer ihe warmer weather Is especially weakening and enervating, and that tired feeling prevails everywhere. The great beue.1t which people at this seafon derive from Hood'sSarsaparflla proves that this modlclno "makes tho weak strong." It does not act lllce a stimulant, Imparting fictitious strength, but Hood's Sarsaparll a builds up In a perfectly natural way all the weakened pans and purifies the blood. 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