The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, September 18, 1890, Image 4
THE POiYER OF KINDNESS.
Rev. Dr. Talmage Preaches a Sermon
in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Kind Words are so Cheap, It is n Wonder
Wc do not Use Them Oftener.
text: "A sn/t tcm'juc brcaketh the
bone."? Prov. xxv.. 15.
When Solomon said this ho drove a whole i
volume into one phrase. You, of course, j
will not boso silly as to take tho words of
the text in a literal sense. Thoy simply I
mean to set forth tho fact that thcroisn j
tremendous power in a kind word. Al- !
though it may seem to he vory insignificant, i
its force is indescribable and illimitable. |
Pungent and all conquering utterance: "A |
eoft tongue brcaketh tho bone."
If tho weather woro not so hot and I had j
tirao I would show you kindness as a means I
of defense; kindness as a means of useful- I
ness; kindness as a means of domestic liar- |
mony; kindness as best employed by govern- j
ments for tho taming and curing of criminals,
and kindness as host adapted for tho i
settling and adjusting of international quar- j
rols; but I shall call your attention only to
two of these thoughts.
And first I speak to you of kindness as a !
means ot defense. Almost every man in tho
course of his lifo is sot upon and assaulted.
Your motives aro misinterpreted, and your
religious or political principals aro bom- <.
barded. What to do under such circumstances
is the question. Tho first impulse of j
the natural heart says: "Strike back. Givo 1
cs much as lie sent. Trip him into the ditch I
which ho dug for your feet. Gash him with
as severo n wound as that which ho j
inflicted on your soul. Shot for shot.
Sarcasm for * sarcasm. An eye for an j
eye. A tooth for a tooth." But tho
better spirit in the man's soul rfees up ami I
says: "Yon ought to reconsider that mat- j
ter." You look up into tho face of Christ and j
say: "My Master, how ought l to act ur.dcr i
these difficult circumstances?'' And Christ !
instantly answers: "Bless them that curso [
you, and pray for them which despitofully
use you."
? Then the old nalurcrises up again and says:
'You had better not forgive linn until first j
von have chastised him. You will never get |
him in so tight a corner again. Yon will |
never have such an opportunity of inflicting j
the right kind of punishment upon liiiu
again. First chastise him and then let him I
go." "No," says the better nature; "hush, j
thon foul heart. Try tho soft touguo that
breaketh the bone." Have you over in all
your life known acerbity nnd acrimonious
dispute to settle a quarrel? Did they not always
make matters worso and worse and
worse?
i Many years ago there was a great quarrel
in the Presbyterian family. Ministers of
Christ were thought orthodox in proportion
as they had measured lances with other
clergymen of tho same denomination. The
most outrageous personalities were abroad, j
As in the autumn a hunter comes home with |
a string of game, partridges and wild ducks i
slung over his shoulder, so thero were many
ministers who came back from the ecclesiastical
courts with long strings of doctors of ;
divinity whom they had shot with their own i
rifle. The division became wider, the animosity
greater, until after a while some goo 1
men resolved upon another tack. They began
to explain away tho difficulties; they began
to forgive each other's faults, andlo! j
the great church quarrel was settled, and
tho new school Presbyterian church and the |
old school Presbyterian church becamo ona I
?the different parts of tho Presbyterian j
order welded by a hammer, a little hammer, j
a Christian hammer, that tho Scripture calls
"a soft tonguo."
You have a dispute with your neighbor.
You say to him, "I despise you." llo replies,
"I can't boar the sight of you." You
say to him, "Never enter * my house
again." He say\ ttIf you come on my door
sill I'll kick you off." You say to him, "I'll
put you down." He says to you, "You are
mistaken, Til put you down." And so the
contest rages, and year after year yqu act
tho un-Christian part. After a wnile tho
better spirit seizes you, and one day you go
over to the neighbor and say: "Uivo me
oar hand; wo have fought long enough.
Time is so short and eternity is so near that
we cannot afford any longer to quarrel. I
feel you have wronged me very much, but
let us settle all now in oue great hand shaking,
and be good friends for all tho rest of
our lives." You have risen to a higher platform
than that on which before you stood.
You win his admirat on, and you get his i
apology. But if you have not conquered 1
him in that way, at any rate you havo won j
the applause of youv own conscience, the
high estimation of good men, and the honor
of your Lord, who died for His armed eu>
mies.
"But," you say, "what are we to do when
slanders assault us and there como acrimonious
sayings all arouud about us, and we are
abused and snat unon?" Mv advico is: Do
not go and attempt to chase down tho slanders.
Lies aro prolific, and while you are
killing one fifty are born. All your demonstrations
of indignation only exhaust yourself.
You might as well on some summer
night, when the swarms of insects are comin *
up from the meadows and disturbing you and
disturbing your family, bring up some great
"swamp angel," like that which thundered
over Charleston, and try to shoot them
down. The game is too small for the gun.
But what, then, are you to do with the
abuses that come upon you in life. You
are to live them down. 1 saw a farmer go
out to get back a swarm of bees that had
wandered off from the hive. As ho moved
amid them .they buzzed around his head,
and buzzed around his hands, and buzzed
around his feet. If ho had killed one of
mem they would have stung him to death.
But he moved in their midst with perfect
plac'-Jitv until he had captured the swarm
of wandering bees. And so I Invo soon
men moving amid tho annoyances, anl
the vexations, and tho assaults of life in
such calm, Christian deliberation that all
the buzzing around about thoir soul
amounted to nothing. They conquered
them, and above all they conquered themselves.
"Oh," you say, "that's a v,?ry goo I
theory to preach on a "hot day, but it won't
work." It will work. It has worked. I
bqlieve it is the last Christian grace we
win. You know th?re are fruits which we
gather in Jnne, and others in Julv, and
otners in August, and others in September,
and still others in October; anl I have to
admit that this grace of Christian forgiveness
is about the last fruit of the Christian
soul.
We hear a great deal about the bitter
tongue, and the sarcastic tongue, and the
quick tongue, and the stinging tongue,but we
know very little about "the soft tongue that
breaketh the bone.'' We road Hudibras, and
Sterne, Dean Swift and other apostles of
acrimony, but give little time to studying
the example of Him who was reviled, and yet
reviled not again. 0 that the Lord by His
spirit would endow us all with "the soft i
tongue that breaketh the bone."
I press now to the other thought that I desire
u> present, and that is, kindness as a
means of usefulness. In all communities
you find skeptical men. Through early education,
or through the maltreatment of profossed
Christian people, or through prying
curiosity about the future world, there are a
great many people who become skeotical in
religious things. How shall you capture
them for God? Sharp argument nn 1 sarcastic
retort never won a single soul from skepticism
to the Christian religion. While powerful
books on tho "Evidences of Christianity"
have their mission in confirming Christian
peoplo in tho faith thoy have already
adopted, I have noticed that when skeptical
people are brought into tho kingdom of Christ
it is through the charm of some genial soul,
and not bv artruincnt at all.
Men are not saved through tho hea 1; they
are saved through tho heart. A storm comes
out of its hiding place. It says: "Now,
we'll just rouse up all this sea;" and it mikes
a great bluster, but it does not succeed. Part
of tho sea is roused up -perhaps on '-half of
it, or one-fourth of it. After a white tho
calm moon, placid and beautiful, looks down,
and the ocean bepins to rise. Itco ncs up to
high wnter mark. It embraces tho great
headlands. It submerges tho beaches of all
tho contineuts. It is the heart throb of one
world against. t-Iis heart throb of another
world. And I have to tell you thai while all
your storms of ridicule and stonns of sarcasm
may rouse up the passion of an immortal nature,
nothing lass than tho attractive power
of Christian kindness can over raise thedeathless
spirit to happiness and to Col. I have
more faith in tho prayer of a child live years
old, in the way of bringing an infidel back to
Christ and to heaven, than I have in all tho
hissiug thunderbolts of ecclesiastical controversy.
You cannot overcome men with religious
argumentation. If you come at a skeptical
man with an argument on behalf of the
Christian religion, you put tho m 11 on his
mettle. Ho says: "I sao th^t man hgs a car
bine. I'll use ray carbin?. I'll answer his
argument with ray argument." But if you
como to that man persuading him that you
desire his happiness on earth and his eternal
welfare in the world to come, ho caunot answer
it.
What I have said i3 just as true in the reclamation
of the openly vicious. Bid you
ever know a drunkard to l-o savod through
the caricaturo of a drunkard? Your mimicry
of tho staggering stop, aud the thick tongue,
and tho disgustiug hiccough only worse
maddens his brain. But if you come to him
in kiudncss and sympathy, if you show hiin
that you appreciate tho awful grip of a ilopraved
appetite, if you persuade liirn of tho
fact that thousands who ha 1 the grappling
hooks of ovil inclination clutched in their
soul as firmly as iu his have been dolivero 1,
then a rav of light will flash across his
vision, and it will seen as if a supernatural
hand was steadying his staggering gait.
A irnn,l mnnr vi'fir< a?.i there kiv in tho
street* a man (tea l drunk, bis face exposed
to tho blistering noonday stiu. A Christian
woman pas*o 1 along, looked at him and said,
"Poor fellow." She took her handkerchief
and spread it over his face, and passed
on. Tiio man roused himself up from his
debauch and began to look at the handkerchief
and lo! on it was tho namo of a highly
rospectnblo Christian woman of tho city. He
wont toiler, ho thanked her for her kindness,
an 1 that ono little doed save I him for this
life, and saved him for tho lifo that is to
come. Ho was afterward Attornoy-Oeneral
of tho United States; but higher than all, ho
became tho consecrated disciplo of .Tesui
Christ.
Kind words are so cheap it is a wonder we
do not uso them oftener. There are tens ol
thousands of people who are dying for tho
lack of ono kind word. There is a business
man who has fought against trouble until he
is perfectly exhausted. Ho has been thinking
about forgery, about robbery, aboutsuicide.
Go to that business man. Tell him
that better times are coming, and tell hira
that you yoursolf were in a tight business
pass, and tho Lord delivered you. Tell hiui
to put his trust in God. Tell him that Jesus
Christ stands beside every business man in
his perplexities. Tell him of the sweet promises
of God's comforting grace. .
That man is dying for the lack of just ono
kind word. Go to-morrow and utter that
one saving, omnipotent, kind word. Hero
is a soul that has been swamped in sin. Ho
wonts to find the light of the Gospel. He
feels like a ship' 'recke l mariner looking out
over tue beach, atching for a sail against
the sky. Oh, boar down on him. Tell him
that the Lord waits to be gracious to him,
and, though he lias been a great sinner,
there is a creat Saviour nrovidel Tell
him that though his sins are as scarlet they
shall be as snow; though they are red
like crimson they shall be as wool. That
man is dying forever for the lack of one
kind word.
There used to be sung at a great many of
the piaucs all through the country a song
that has almost died out. I wish somebody
would start it again in our social circles.
There may have not been very exquisite art
in the music, but thcro was a grand and
glorious sentiment:
Kind words never die, never die;
Cherished and blessed.
Oh, that we might in our families and in
our churches try the force of kindness. You
can never drive men, women or children into
the kingdom of God. A March northeaster
will bring out more honeysuckles than fretfulness
and scolding will bring out Christian
graco. I wish that in all our religious work
we might be saturated with the spirit of
kindness. Missing that wo miss a groat deal
of usefulness. There is no need of coming
out before men and thundering to them the
law unless at tho same time you preach to
them the Gospel. Do you not know that this
simple story of a Saviour's kindness is to rodcemall
nations? The hard heart of this J
world's obduracy is to be broken before that
story.
There is in Antwerp, Belgium, one Cf the
mo:t remarkable prcturos I ever saw. It is
"The Descent of Christ from tho Cross. It
is one of Rubens's pictures. No man can
stand and look at that descent from the cross
as Rubens pictured it, without haying his
oyes flooded with tears, if ho have any sensi
Dinty at an. it is au overmastering picture
?one that stuns you, and staggers you, and
haunts your dreams. Ono afternoon a mau
stood iu that cathedral looking at ltubens's
"Descent of Christ from the Cross." lie was
all absorbed in that scene of a Saviour's sufferings
when the jauitor came in apd said:
"It is time to close up the cathedral for the
night. I wish you would depart." The pilgrim
looking at that "Descent of Christ from
the Cross," turned around to the janitor and
said; "No, 110; not yet. Wait until they get
llim down."
Oh, it is the story of a Saviour's suffering
kiuduess that is to capture the world. When
the bones of that great Behemoth of iniquity
which has trampled all nations shall bo
broken and shattered, it will be found out
that tho work was not done by tho hammer
of the iconoclast, or by the sword of tho
conqueror, or by tho torch of persecution,
but by the plain, simple, overwhelming
force oi "the soft tongue that brcakcth tho
bone."
And now I ask the blessing of God to come
down upon you in matters of health, in matters
of business: that tho Lord will deliver
you from all your financial perplexities; that
he will give you a good livelihood, large salaries,
healthful wages, sufficient income. I
pray God that Ho may givo you the opportunity
of educating your children for this
world, and through the rich graco of our
Lord Jesus Christ of seeing them prepared
for the world that is to come.
Above all, I look for the mercy of God
?* ?r*?cniilc* nrwl l*?sh T Qfnrul
before some who have not yet attended to tho
things of their eternal interest, in this, tho
closing part of my discourse, I imjilore thorn
here and now to "seek after God aud bo at
peace with Him. Ob, we want to be gathered
together at last in tho bright and blessed assemblage
of tho skies, our work all done, our
sorrows all ended. God bless you, and your
children, and your children's children. And
now I commend you to God and to tho word
of His grace, which is able to build you up
and give you au inheritance among all thorn
that are sanctified.
He Deals in Ideas.
There is, in an office building np-towi
in New York, a gentleman with a serene
aud humorous cast of facte, an erect figure
and a smile that is as much identified
with his countenance as arc his drooping
glasses artel elusive blonde mustache.
His name is James Goodwin, and he is a
creator of ideas. lie sells the ideas in
the rough, makes a capital living, and
works on contentedly without a trace; of
yearning for lame, yet the fame of many
caricaturists and artists in New York bo
longs by right to him. Artists and new*
paper illustrators are almost entirely destitute
of humor, taken all in all. although
there are one or two exceptions. The
majority of them have the ability to
draw cleverly, but the inventive and
humorous faculties are not included in
their ment;! and artistic make-up. These
men Mr. Goodwin supplies with ideas.
His sketches are made roughly on brown
paper and forwarded to different artists
regularly every day. This week no less
than nine pictures in the current issues
of the comic papers were inspired by th6
creator of ideas, although they are all
signed by the names of prominent caricaturists
in very large, black and prominent
letters. Mr. Goodwin declares, by
the way., that the artists lack assurance
more than ability, and if they only knew
the trick thev could create an idea at
easily as lie does it for them. But thev
uo noi seem aiue to una out u.o coouwin
secret. ?[Chicago Herald
Xoiue Damp. Caturdiiai., "Montreal,
Canada, was the scone of a shocking accident
recent ly, when Joseph Lcgacc fell
straight down to his death, a distance of
110 feet from one of the main towers.
Legace, who leaves a wife and three children,
has been employed keeping the
walls of the church repaired for ten
years. The unfortunate man landed in
the seminary garden, striking on his
head. So terrible was the velocity of his
fall that his head and body were driven
three feet into the earth and solinnly imbed
ed that other workmen had to extricate
him with pickax and . hovels. The
skull was Clashed iu >;ud the ueck
broken.
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
HOW TO WATEK CUCUMBEIt PLANTS.
"Water for cucumbers should always be
warmed to blood heat, and even if hotter
will do no injury. Do not pour the
water on the surface. It will only crust
it and make the ground less open to rain,
j Remove a little of the surface earth, makj
iug a basin around the roots. As the
i water sinks down replace the dry earth,
j Do this at night and the surface will be
ill damp before morning.?Motion uuuicutor.
KEEP A BIG SrONOE IN THE STABLE.
A good big sponge is an indispensable
' nrticlc in every stable; it is just the
J thing for bathing the horses shoulders
| after the day's work is done. Keep the
sponge in sight, and it will suggest the
idea of bathing the horses all over occasionally.
You will need it for cleaning
tiie harness whenever they become
dirty, and it will conic handy when you
wish to clean up the stnll and windows.
Anyone who tries to get along without a
good sponge in his stable does not realize
what he misses.?National Horse Breeder.
SOOTHING THE FLY-TORMENTED COW.
"When the patient cow, wearied with
fighting flics all day long, is brought into
the yard to be milked, and is quickly set
upon by a fresh greedy host whose appetite
1ms not been appeased for twelve
hours, aud she lifts her leg and upsets the
pail or switches her tail aud disables the
milker's left eye, what should he do?
Rise up in vengeance and belabor the
cow and give a horse rein to his unsavory
I epithets and think lie docs well to be
nugry. Not at all, for that would be
adding injury to neglect. Should he tic
the cow's tail to her leg and so prevent
the switching? Not that either. Let him
soothe the cow's pains and relieve her
from her tormentors. If lie has a clean
darkened stable, free from flics by care
tnken to exclude them through the day,
the milking should be done there. If not,
a sheet laid on the cow's back and tied
under the belly, und a quick brushing on
the legs with a sponge dipped in an infusion
of tansy, or in water with a few
drops of carbolic acid, or some kerosene
emulsion with soft soap will insure comfort
and peace to the cow and safety to
the pnil and to the milker's eyes from
the switching tail.?New York Times.
THE FATIM FIELD OF THE FUTURE.
There may be a symmetry about square
fields pleasing to the eye and gratifying
to the prejudices of birth and custom,
but in the interest of utility and economy
they cannot too quickly become dftsolete.
The length of the farm field should be at
least twice its width. An old farmer
who some years since adopted that shape
in laying out his fields insists that he
does not exaggerate when he says that a
man and a team can do twenty-five per
ccut. more work in the same time in a
long, narrow field than in a square one.
The time taken to turn a plow, for instance,
is sufficient to plow from fifty
to 100 feet, and hence the oftcncr the
turning the less plowing is douc in a
day. The plowman often approaches
i the end of a furrow with regret, for his
I plow is running so smoothly and steadily,
and he dislikes to contemplate an ih!
terruption, to say nothing of the extra
! exertion on his part that will be required
I when the furrow's end is reached. But
J it is not necessary to describe in detail
; the advantages of long furrows, long
' rows, or long swaths in plowing, planting,
cultivating, mowing, or reaping;
! their bare suggestion is enough for the
j thoughtful farmer. The farm field of the
future will be long and narrow, simply
because that is the best form.?Farm,
Stock and Home.
GOOD FAHMER'8 GAnDEX.
Last fall two gentlemen from a city
were being entertained at the farm. Supposing
it their habit to sleep late, they
; were left undisturbed, while wc farmer
I folk went to the barn to milk the cows.
Coming back to the house, I met them
returning from a stroll through the
' garden, with hands full of purple clusters
! ?literally taking their fruit as the first
j course. They expressed much surprise
at finding a garden in such good order
and productiveness on a farm. It wrns ex!
plaiued that the garden is both a necessity
' and a luxury. Living, as most farmers
| do, many miles from a market, we must
1 grow our fruit and vegetables or go without.
We showed that the plot was laid
out twice as long as wide; that all the
vaiieties of small fruit and vegetables,
except the asparagus bed, are kept in
rows the entire length ot tne garden, it
the row was too long for some variety,
two or more kinds were planted in the
same row. About once a week two men
with a horse, cultivator and hoe work
from one to two hours, giving the soil
a thorough stirring. A weed found in
nn effort to go to seed is destroyed with
about the same energy with which a
housekeeper searches her domain for fly
or cobweb. The garden is in full sight
of kitchen door, the entrance ten feet
from it. No estimate has been made of
the profit from this little piece of land?
about sixty rods?but I am sure if the
whole farm were as productive, it would
be source of a good income. "While
many farmers' tables are supplied with
potatoes, turnips and cabbage, comparatively
few enjoy a variety of the fine and
more delicate vegetables, or a succession
of the delicious small fruits.?Ntw York
Tribnne.
PUMPKINS.
Farmers whose experience with the
pumpkin has been confined to what it
will yield when planted among corn
would be surprised to see the crop that
cau be grown when raised by itself, with
ft liberal application of the kind of
manure best adapted to it. James J. II.
Gregory, Mnrblchead, Mass., in the New
England Farmer, says: The kind of
manure liest for the corn crop is not the
kind which is tLe best for the pumpkin
crop. Corn requires loam rich in phosphoric
acid and potash, and certainly but
a small per cent, of nitrogou. The vine
| class, such as pumpkins, squnshes and
melons require, on the contrary, loam
that shall be especially rich in nitrogen,
and the quantity of the crop is almost in
proportion to the liberality of the-use of
this element. While it might not pay to
purchase the high-priced forms of nitrogen
for this crop, yet where the farmer
!:.i> access to that very cheap source, fish
waste, if lie lias a dairy it may be made
to pay well.
I.list spring I measured off a half acre
oi Jail1 loam that had been' muuured at
i
. W? wrnmmmmmm
a^outrthe equivalent, o f six cords to'tho
acxe for the four yeaj -s it had been reclaimed
for pasture; i .0 this was applied
four cords of bnrn manure in which
rather over a ton of fish had been well
mixed. The piece v.-as planted, toward
the close of May with the Michigan
mammoth purapkia, in hills twelve by
twelve, th\* vines-bejing finally reduced to
two to each hill. They had three cultivation^
though at <mo period of their
growth tho words goi the start, nnd'thpre
had to* be .some hasd pulling. In the
fall, after the leaves of the vines /had
mostly dietl down, the field, cohered
wftji its hugo fruit, weij^iing
from*. twenty to forty pour ads
each, and almost every one
of the riche it orange color, was certainly
a very striking sight. One load being
weighed, and the quantity of the rest of
the loads beAng estimated from that
weight, we found the entire crop, including
two loads not fully ripe, was
rising tea tons. It is not necessary that
a farmer should plani'; this variety to get
twenty tons to the a|:re. I have known
a crop at the rate of t twenty-, five tons to
the acre to be raied from pumpkins
whose average weight vras not over
eight pounds. This crop was remarkably
large, for the fact that ".the seed was
taken from several varieties which grew
side by side, for a mongrel crop of cither
pumpkins or sq*uashcs, if but one step
removed from it parents, will yield
heavier than did crithcr of the parents.
This is on the samu principal whereby a
grndccow* will usu&lly do better than the
average of'the two pucc-bred parents of
which jfhe is a dross. Now does the
pumpkins-play any partoin the farm economy
that would njakx it profitable to
raise them f. I find .in my expcrif.-nce as
a milk prodtjeet tbiat there is a period
between the ooming of the first frost sufficiently'
serene to destroy fodder corn
and the date when we open our silo
where there isadblandE in green fodder;
this blank the pumpkin will fill. The
objections sometimes macic to feeding
the seed is not always well taken, but if
the cows are observed to urinate more
freely after being fed wdth seed and all,
then the bulk of the*seed should be removed,
otherwise this contains far
richer nutrimenit than the flesh, indeed
are especially nth when thai; is deficient^
I advise feeding them.
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FARM AND* GARDEN^ NOTES.
Name the homestead faun. ?
Keep the fence corners .clean.
Never hurry important work.
Nurse the backwaitl-icarn crop.
How about 3owing fall turnips?
Keep slaying bushes, ,1)riars, etc.
8pade up yards; keep the .fowls
scratching.
There is more profit inftfeeding young 1
animals than old ones.
Keep the raspberry canespinched back
about three feet nigh.
A mixture of glue and tfine . sawdust is 1
good to stop nail-holes.
Make your pig-pen a ho^j sanitarium? (
clean, dry, sweet and airy. 1
Twenty-five healthy fowls are worth 1
one hundred half sick ones.
Next year's crop often depends on this
year's cultivation of the soil.
Provide shade for your poultry yards 1
during hot days. It is necessary.
Keep the surface of the soil clean j
around the trunks of your fruit trees.
It is no sign that the hen meditates .
harm to her owner because she lays for (
him. j
If your hens lay soft-shelled eggs they i
are perhaps too fat; put them at work f
scratching. 1
It is important that the corn-crib be 1
cleaned out and fumigated so as to de- ^
stroy insects. *
Beware of that innocent, measley,
abominable pet cat. We don't like it ^
around chicks. t
The use of the mow?f prevents the r
seedinc of weeds. Cut down all growth n
in the stubblefield. c
Keep your chickens tame. They do r
better iu every way; besides, it is a great j
deal of satisfaction. '
e
Forcing chicks too hard in their feed, c
where they have a limited range, will t
lop over the combs of cockerels. <
If you are searching your flocks for
the.good layers, select the pullets that k
have large combs and long bodies. ^
Give the growing chicks a variety of (
food and don't allow them to bfecome (
stunted in the first two or three months
of growth. g
A good dairy farm is one that pro- &
duce9 good pasture and hay and ha9 v
plenty of good water and is owned by a n
wide-awake, enterprising farmer. J1
The farmer who has advanced to the
point of knowing what he is feeding to
each animal will not long be 6atifled with ^
wasting good feed on inferior stock. 1,
A gallon of lard oil and a pint of kerosene
make an excellent mixture as an
ointment for scurf on hogs. It also destroys
lice or other vermin that may in- b
fest the animal.
Put all your dairy salt through a fine
hair sieve before putting it into either
butter or cheese and see what you can
get out of it. The contents left in the v
sieve may be interesting to you. d
Clover cut very fine and scalded is an o
excellent ration for growing pigs which o
have been weaned. A mess of the cut h
1--.. ?: - SnT. will ni-nmnto tVlpir I 0
liilj' glYCU UUW u UI?JT >? ut |/iuuaw .
appetites aad keep them in health.
The farmer who grows poultry for
market should have eggs to sell when v
they are in demand, half-grown birds T
when the season arrives, and grown fowls T
to market when the winter winds blow.
Lice do not fancy wading up to theii
chins in fine dry ashes and lime over walls and
roosts. It is well to have two sets
of roosting poles. Change every few
days, keeping one set out in the weather
all the time.
A farmer raising several hundred chicks
each year sets his hens in small coop3.
Luring three weeks they arc never allowed
to leave the nest. He has a tiu
cup with water and one with corn before
them constantly. His success has been
very good for years. This shows that
eggs need no cooling, as some believe.
A Triple Waterfall.
One of the prettiest sights along
Hood's Canal, says the Port Townsend
Leader, is^the falls of Dusewallips, on the
Dusewallips River, in Washington. There (
nre three of these falls, the first fifty-eight
feet, the second ninety-five feet and the ii
third one hundred and five feet in height. ^
The scenery around this point is simply
grand, rivaling the famed Yellowstone >
Park and Yosemite Valley in its nati rtl *
loveliness, I <
i.
Turkish Punishments.
In Turkey twenty years ago men
wore hanged for trifles; tradesmen who
sold short weight might be nailed by
the ear to their own doorposts, and
petty thieves, as well as men who were
impertinent to officials or who refused
to pay their taxes twice over, were
bastinadoed on the.soles of the feet.
This Inst punishment, by the way, was
light or cruel according as the patient
was accustomed to go barefooted or to
spend his life in babouches. The watercarriers.
porters, street fruit sellers,
and peasants generally, whoso soles
were like horn, cared little for twentyfive
cuts with a baml>oo; but to tradesmen,
clerks, and. women the stripes
were excruciatingly painful and
brought weeks of lameness.
The present Sultan has abolished
the balinado in the European part of
his dominions, and practically done
away with capital punishment, except
for brigandage and for attempts of assassina'ing
high officials. Even brigands.
however, are only hanged when
they have laid hands on foreigners and
caused an outcry in the European
nrosa O-onninA Tnrlra aolrlnm find
their way into jail, saving for murder
or inability to pay taxes, and the murders
are often committed under the influence
of religious fanaticism, -when
the Mussulman, driven mad by the fast
of the Ramadan or by the rejoicings of
the Bairam holidays, runs amuck with
a knifo among a crowd of Giaours.
Such offenders, however, are always
leniently dealt with by tho Pashas, unless,
of course, they happen to kill a
foreign Christian having an Amlassadoro
to avenge him.
In Turkish prisons the Mussulmans
and Christians are kept apart, and tho
former, a grave and gentleman-like
looking set of men, bask in the sun
most of the day, smoking, and the perform
frequent ablutions at the trickling
fountain in tho middle of their airing
yard. They give no trouble, and wait
with the utmost patience until it shall
pleaso Allah to open the prison doors
for them. The Christians, a herd of
Greeks, Bulgarians, and Macedonians,
with tho most villainous faces, morals,
and manners imaginable, have to be
ruled with a tight hand to be kept
from strangling one another. "When it
becomes necessary to hang one of these
gentry the Greek goes to his punishment
struggling and howling; the
Turk makes no more ado about the
matter than if he were going to have
his head shaved. As the Turkish Exchequer
provides no hangman or ropes
for executions, some curious things
occasionally happen. Not long ago a
inrfc, who had to be hanged at Jturdjoli,
walked about the town for an hour
with two soldiers who had been ordered
to execute him. These soldiers did not
mean to buy a rope with their own
money, and they failed to borrow one.
Eventually, they broke into a stable,
Btole a rope, aud hanged their man
from a nail over the door.?Temple
Bar.
Three Noted Widow*.
Mrs. Henry "Ward Beecher has returned
from Florida, and is seen on the
streets occasionally, a little figure,
slight, white-haired, and folded in a
blaok shawl. When seen latel, there
was the faintest touch of pink on her
checks, giving her that delicate, shell[ike
beauty which sometimes goes with
i soft, white skiu and white curls. She
lad a bunch of lilies of the valley in
her bosom.
Mrs. Beccher's rooms aro full of piciuros
of her husband, as the young
over, in the prime of life, as he was
;hc year he died; and most of these
pictures arc so placed that the trail of
i vine, the petals of a llowcr caress
;hom. Her interests in lifo arc largely
;he things that interested him, or that
ilie believes would, if he were now
iving, meet his approval. She gives a
lolping hand to the Brooklyn Woman's
Icalth Protective Association, which
vislies to clean the streets of a dirty
lity.
Mrs. Custer, in black dress, and with
vinning eyes, was seen on Broadway 1
ho other day. Mrs, Custer has the 1
ecord, I believe, of never making an ,
icquaintancc who does not wish to be- ?
lomo her friend. She walks the pave- i
nents with a splendidly free step, in 1
illicit one could almost fancy a reminscence
of the plains. A more prosaic
xplauation is found in her broad-soled,
ommon-senso shoes. She is devoted
0 her hur,band's memory, and absorbed
a her litcrarT occupations. j
Mrs. Julia Dent Grant looks well and '
:indly, and is at present rather stouter J
han is altogether becoming. Queen j
Victoria, however, is floshier, and Mrs.
Jrant dresses in better taste than
t>ncen Victoria. Not much credence
1 to be givon to the report that she will
o to England to live with Mrs. Sartoris.
ill her interests are on this side of tho
rater. Another report, even less probblc,
says that she has plans for voluminous
literary production. When she as
finished the reminiscences which I
ow engage her, which will be practi- j
ally her autobiography, it is more than I
bubtful if she sets about any further '
abov '
A Woman's Ai-jjuincnf. t
Mother-in-law?Why is Jane in the \
ulks? I
Son-in-law?We had an argumont
his morning over a trivial affair. "
M. in L.?Tell mo about it. I
S. in L.?I said tho winters were [
rowing less cold and the summers less
rann than formerly, and she said she u
iidn't think so, and if I had to stand
vcr a hot stove in summor, and hang f!
ut clothes in wiuter, I would know ;
otter. Then I gave her tho opinions
f moteorologiats, and she said, "Well,
don't c.arc I" I asked her to judge by
ho weather itsolf, and she said, "Never
aind!" I was about to point out othor
bings confirmatory of my opinion,
rlion sho burst into tears and said I
ras a bruto, and she has been sulking
vor since.?Boston Courier.
Fiy-time?Whfii u m? l ilo: is nftT you.
A
ine census
May Not
Please You, But
You Will be
Fully Satisfied J
With
Hood's ]
Sarsaparilla
CANNABIS INDICA, l
The Great fCnst India Kcmcdy. J.,
mported by Craddock & Co., lt'32 Hnce street,
Philadelphia, I'ii. In warranted to cure f|
Consumption,Bronchitis, Asthma t
and Nasal Catarrh.
,nd will break up a fresh cold in 24 hours. Skeptic,
sk your druggist lor It. One bottle will satisfy you
r Us merits. $2.50 per plut buttle, or three bottled,
6.30. Send for circular. j f
The Trno Homo Spirit.
The love and reverence of children
for their parents, the perfect love that
casts out fear, and which can never be
enjoyed by fathers and mothers who
have been harsh and hasty or selfish;
the friendship between brothers and
sistors which make3 each happy in the
other's company; the pleasant freeand-easy
intercourse in which every
one can speak his or hor own mind
without giving offense?these are the
things which go to makp all feel lhat,
"be it ever so humble, there's no place
like home."?Kew York Ledger.
"Which i? the best, way to k< t fnf, d< cloi?"
"Oritur from your butcher a p.<ce of 1?. u
h?ei."
One Thonsnnd Dollar*.
I will forfeit the nl>ovc amount, if I fall to
prove that Floraplcxiou is the best medicine in
i.Tktpnpn fnr )VHr,iMisiii-In(li<?estlon or IJiHous
ncas. It is a certain cure, and affords immediate
relief,in cases of Kidney and Liver Complaint,
Nervous Debility and Consumption.
Floraplexion builds up the weak system and
cures whero other remedies fail. Ask vour
druggist for it and pet well. Valuable book
"Thing Worth Knowing," also, sample bottle
gent freo; all charges prepaid. Address Franklin
Ilart. 83 Warren street. New York.
The tea-kettle sin-rs because it is always
able to keep itself outside of I ot water.
A. M. Priest* Druggist, sncloyvilie, ?u...
says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure gives the best ot
satisfaction. Can pet plenty of testimonials,
as it cures every one who lakes it." Druggists
sell it, 75c.
"You seem to think Pin an idiot." "What
a mind-reader you are!"
FITS stopped free by Dr. Kmne's Great
Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day's
use. Marvelous euros. Treatise and S2 trial
bottle free. Dr. Kline. Area St.. Phiia.. Pa
If brevity is tl.esoio of wit, levity is tlie
upp r.
Dobbins'a Electric Soap does not chap the
hands, being perfc tin )turc. Many people alfllcted
with Salt Hlieum have been cureo by its
use. Preserves and whitens clothes. Have
your grocer order it and try it now.
"Mlas Paccthal goea around a gool dca'."
"Yea. She'j a regular spinster."
Biccham's Pills act like magic on a Wtak
Stomach.
Moat people eat to fill, but the dentist Alls
to eat.
! ONB ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the KidneyB,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system
effectually, dispels colds, head
acnes ana levers ana cures nabita&l
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever produced,
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 or Figs is for sale in 50o
and $1 bottles by all leading druggists.
Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will procure
it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL
lOVtSVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N.t,'
FHE CAUGRAPH^I^;
Most poopta cm. in less thmawu-k. lesrn to write
rith the ijaliernph fastor tlian with the pen. and c in
leonine expert in a few months. This is the ino*l
irulitablu employment for young men and wnm-.ii.
sew and second-hand machines rem el and sold on
nontuiy payments. Auurusi ror priniej la-iuor.
NEWMAN 4. SON,
_ BALTIMORE, MD.
WM. FITCH & CO.,
J 02 Corcoran Building, Washington, D. C.
PENSION ATTORNEYS
if over 25 years' experience. Successfully pro?eiute
peuslous and claims of all kinds In shortest
xmslble time. rzr.No FEE unless sfccKssyut/T?\
/^J0NE8\
/TON SCALES \ / OF \
$60 BINGHAMTON
V Beam Box Tare Beam/ \& N. Y, a/
V M AIXSUXS % / W Q >/
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)[||emup new LAW CLAIMS.
tnoluHo^MM Stevens &C).
Ittorney*, 1419 F Sr., Washington, I). C.
Irniich Odices. OlevHniid, Detroit,Chiengo.
DS<jL | a jej ran end WHISKEY habl
a SB I U?t{J*\vo^1lby,'m. a!
ATT.ANT Alia Office W* Whitehall St
ICMO \Mq ^pension Bill
LII5! U W 5 is Passed.
?^? crs.-.nd Fathers are enIIled
to $13 n inn. Fee till when yuu get your money.
Ian Its free. JOSKril It. llliSTKtt, AUj, ITubUuMa. D. L
nnill&J HABIT. Only Certnla and
SlrSBSfftfl ""V CI' It Kin the World. Dr.
1*1 171 .1. L. STEPHENS, I-ebanou, 0
ipfeir^pt the posi i
BROTHERS, 66 Wane
FIFTY DOLL A US FO
h\\ PALMS BUS;
|J9 1709 Chestnut St.. PHILADA.. Pi
3 to 4 ino.t. Uest Kuuippcd. Ut-alt'c
Money in
I0NEYIN CHICKEKS .
?if you? _y
INOWHOW ML#*
o keep them, but it is 0 <7"FT"! "i "1/
rone to let the poor thine* IS^l( | ; 7
utter and Pie of the va- h\\. ft
on* Maladies which afflirt H #L
ictn when in a majority of ?|A. Y-aX
iscs a Cure con.d have IwVvV VIV'U V.-,
[ en effected had the oh iter V^?Wv \Sctij,{v<'
assessed a little kr.owll?0.
such as can be pro- V^Ssi=5g?^V.*;?
ired from the ? ""''
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> offer, embracing the ItrJtt'&SSSfcP&i
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On the mencl . j
?the consumptive who's not be* ,jj
reft of judgment and good sense. .%
He's taking Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. If taken in
time and given a fair trial, it will J
effect a cure. Consumption is
Lung-scrofula. For Scrofula, in its
myriad forms, and for all Liver,
Rlnod and T.iinrr flispjispq. tViA^DJa.
coYery" is an unequalled remedy.
It's the only guaranteed one. If
it doesn't benefit or cure, you get ?
your money back. You only pay
for the good you get.
" Discovery " strengthens Weak
Lungs, and cures Spitting of Blood, a
Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis,
Sevcro Coughs, and kindred affec- ~.
tipns. Don't be fooled into taking ;
something else, said to be " just as
good," that the dealer may make a
larger profit. There's nothing at ^
all like the "Discovery." It con- k
tains no alcohol to inebriate; no j
syrup or sugar to derange di- .'X
gestion. As peculiar in its cura- ^
tivc effects as in its composition. 'J
Equally good for adults or children. J
fililTlfW w* Donglits Shoes are -j,
vftUIIUn. warranted, and every pair
has his name and price stamped on hotton. .Ui
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3SHOE GENTLEMEN.
fjrscnd address on postal for T.aluablo InformaOoB. E
W. 1,. DObULArt, Brockton. Maes. -;S
ARB THE OLDEST FAMET STANDARDr'
A Purely Vegetable Compound, without
mercury or other injurious mineral. Safe
and sure always. For sale by all Druggists.
Full printed directions for using with each
package. Dr. Schenck's new book on Tho ' ,
Lungs, Liver and Stomach SENT FREE. Address
Dr. J. H. Schenck & Son, Philadelphia
it roc wish n urn _ i
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pcurcbaae one of the cole- \t> CTlUl JWT i
anted SMITH h WESSON
jimi. The flneat small arms H vyfr AMR
orer manufactured and the \JJ )) WH
flrat choice of all experts. Mjil
Mannfactured In calibres 32. 33 and 44-110. Sin- WB
ale or double action. Safety linmmerlosa and V2EW
| Target model*. Constructed entirely or heat aaal*
Ity wrought steel, carefully Inspected for wor*I
manship and stock, they are unrivaled for Sain*
durability nnd nccnrncy. Do not be deceived by
cheap malleable eaiMran Imitations vun
are often sold for the grrnlne article and are w ' 7,,a
onlv unreliable, bnt danweronai The SMIT? *
WEH80N Revolvers are all stamixt) upon the bofrela
with firm's name, address and dates of PateMI
and are guaranteed perfect In every detail. n> '
1st Qpon having the genuine article, and If row
dealer cannot supply you an order sent toaddreea
below will reoelre prompt and careful attention r
Dsacrptlvscatelngne and prices furnished npoa W
ws*5 SMITH & WESSON,
, HTHWttWtola paiwr. Sarlnsflold. 31 *s#MWLL1
MLJvrn ATTENTION
\ KS^MENandBOYS! i
I J 8*4 fcl; W DonTVutt your Boot* and Shoe* I
I t ' gaJfefl ?rcr at the HeeL But 4 pair of
I f JMWm Jlsrton'.Conntcr A n?clT?lf.
|> J%: M fencra from your dealer, or sspd
B MSc. insUmpiaivirecetTeanfir
E> ALJLjJ by moll. W e guarantee them So
Jg^53E keep the Ilcel straight. Made In
Kft WUtfa*4fl all sixes for ladles', children'?
Myk. iv sod men's wear, aire else Of
BEnh? ' MM ?hoe. Any boy can put them oil.
ET SfcfeievJ MORTON HEEL STIFFEMER CO
l'u iimMifii'W 00 Chambers St., New York.
nriininiin oed claims settled
HrraS I NX UNDER NEW i AW.
I LilwIUIlU Soldiers. Widows, Par.fiis, send
j for blauk applications and Information. Batbjck
{ O'Karrki.l, Pension Agent, Washington, 1). C.
B N U 36
EBtW M 1 proscribe and tally sag
dorse Big U as tb< only
Mj(tr(tares la specific for the certain CUIW
Aivl TO 6 DATS. M of this disease.
JMOBnaWd no* ? n H.INTIIUHAM.M.DJ
Rffl o?Strtctare- Amsterdam, N.jrl]
B9 urdoaljfc/it* We have sold Big Gfoe
11 ri D. Il< i)TCHK A CO.? j
? Chicago. iiUi
Tndo9MP^V?t>v81.00. Sold by JDrngtfat?.J
CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH
PENNYROYAL PILLS
BCD CNOSS DIAMOND BRAND,
Bnfc*acl ili;> rell?D>. Lodlca, A i
% S\ It-Vd ??? Dr?tciK for JHamond Brand, la ?j\ \
(f1 Brt*l|le b*xn, (raled una Hue >j\\
^ ??~^3^[,lbbn,, Take no other, All pllli \*;3^
?T *y lopaatrbotM bo?M, ptok wrapperi. art \9r
I ~ rf dangeroot eonoterfelU. Sen.l 4e.
W Jf I'tamt^) Tar pirllialir., teitlmooltli tod
et ?l "Keller f >r Ladles," It letter, by retani
. \ /' mill 1.1 A'.im? Paper,
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Chickens.
__ a man u ho devoted 25 rear*
XT-* 11?v ol his life toCONDl'CflNG
\ A POl'l.TRY YARD AS A
? \ >? BUSINESS, not as a pat\
ftata. r??A living rtf Kiwi
'A' n ? self mid fiiiniiy depended
\3y II'1'!" ? on it. he gave tbc subject
l/'l1ll fLlllil I Jl 'it' ll attention an only a
fi/'HHnr * il need ot bread will comK't/I
j U 1 maud. and the result was a
Tfluf l II11 If grand success, after he had
^VCSsIm l| " "pent much money and loit
/yS* hundred.*' of valuable chick*
Aih n ii ji ens in experimenting. What
he learned in all these years
i> embodied in this book,
which, no send postpaid for
hL. 25 cents iu stamps. It
tenches you how to Detect
X0SjLi( iind Cure Disease*. how to
Feed for Eggs and also for
Br Fattening, which Fowls to
Sax* for Breeding Purposes
'i~- V] ,i m d everything, indeed, yoa
^'k '-uL *v should know mi this snhjsd.
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