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? esoen-rive? cheapest article for the i the market. la that? Cannot I purchase kal ? _t a few ??t* per pound? kai?ocQffQfcj can be purchased at :*>' ?tm? t any price. ? Q. Why then is A!aba*tine less expensive* ' ML In the first place a package of Alabas ? th*e_ coatinK a few cents more, will csver do?Me the surface that a package of kalso asrioe will. * Q. What other advantage ha> Alata->tine that? kalaomioes do not possess? Af Alaboit'iee is entirely different from ' allkalsomtnes. It is manufactured from a biaein itself a cement, and when applied to a wail sSU hard-. Q. How do kalanmines differ from this? ?t Kalaominaa are made from whiting, efts* dtaila or tooft inert powder for a baaev and are eotirrir dependent on animal fia? to hold them on the wal1. V Qi What are the results? ? v A, la one case the Atabastine betnga ce tsetfrhsrdens with agr and the kalsomine ai^ajott ** the glup, which ^xonstitt&es its btattOg <ju*lity decay*, rubs and scales off, m M baa nothing to bold it on the wall. <?: Q* Does Aiabestine require washing and KTMphtf off before coating? JL 5}; Alabastine when once applied to mdmnpot tow can be recoated for any iHHtl or tome without having to wash or XmSgm the walla. Q; Does this feature count for much? m Alfc' any practical housekeeper wbo fcMtfbae* driven from home to have. wails J ?M(d ?od scraped, whether it will be de? > #mhia to have all of this overcomey'and''' wal hij^proved instead of spoiled by-^coat 1 get Alabastine? ^ your ?jcal paint dealer. If he " it in-stock* and tries to sell you tell him you are determined and it he will not keep it get it elsewhere. Ckaarr birds sing their J h< ifljid with tobacco smoke. ????; Hi I i'l il" in roomi Rtgilator Tjteold 9ajcing that 4< con mnjpticn can be cured0 if ?$& in time" was poor com *ti It seemed to invite a Laj, to anticipate failure. itejghef-one, not so old, abjosuijiption can be cured," draisidered by many false. Both a^e frae and not 8$; the first is prudent ? acj cannot begin too early. The means is careful liv^* ig^Jieottfs Emulsion of jSfrver diii is sometimes ^ta tjDOrtant part of that. 'jpelussend you a book on ' Ireful living ? free. It^fftfcwwj^CliwatiU, South 51 }*? A?etsae, fllk i kero. Son's Eraulsoc of cod-lr**r 'tkes hold in, this order ?pn?yf Wi ttt?t ml> ?M??i oa know whether >u needlt or not. ?? fum ill 07 DONALD KENNEDY, ? 1 bass^ Ivate European PaftiBJ f Undw Utt M&ronage of D M"*1 I>? Fraaar, ?nd j?l CKob# BoOiUag, Boston. AH y ?Lad forty- Ave Capo s*11* Jane is. StlttHMAP reftenawea. REV DR.TALMAGE The Brooklyn Divine's Sun day Sermon. j Tzxt: "Daniel teas first.'"? Daniel vi, 2. I Where in romnace can 70a find anything j fqaal to what Daniel m in reality* A young man, far away from borne, intro ; duced into the most magnificent and most ' di*-oJute palace of all the earth. The king, ! wishing to make this young man a prodigy I in personal appearance, orders his attend' ' 1 ants to see that be has plenty of meat as1 wine, and Daniel refuses these delicacies and insists on a vegetable diet, refusing every thing but pulse and water, waving back a'll the rich viands w$h a determined 4t5o; I | . thank you. ' He surpasses all tile princes in brilliancy. As this sun ris s higher and I higher in the flrmanent, it puts out all the i stars, and- if there is anything the stars hate : it is the sun. - Daniel becomes so much of a favorite | with King Darius that our young hero is promoted to be prime minister or secretary of state? the PreKnghuysen or the Bis marck of the anctents. But no man ever attained so high position without exciting the envy of others. The meanest ana wrath test passion of the soul is jealousy. You see it among all professions and occu pation*. 1 am sorry to say yon see it as tbtkt-1 among clergy man as among other classes of meo. It ts a passion bitter as hail and it is immediately recognised, and yet. though it blacken* the man who indulges in it, men will kin lie this fire which consumes AdJv themselves. - There were demagogues in Babylon, who, highly appreciative of their own dapacity, doubted the policy of elevating such a young msn as Daniel. They said: "Thy, we know more than be does. We could manage the public affairs better than he can manage there. The tfea of patting Din in such a Ai ? m /v? ? V ? - ? - ? ^ ouvu a place as that." Old Babylon w? afraid - of young Babylon. They began to plot his ruin. He was an illustrious target. The taller the cedar the more apt to be struck with the lightning. , These demagogues asked Darius to make an unaiterable decree that any man who r within thirty days shall ask a petition of any one except the king, shall be pat to death. Darius, not mistrusting any foul play, makes such a decree.' The demagogues have accomplished their purpose, for they ? knew that Daniel would not stop sending up | petitions to his Go*, and Daniel, instead of > beiag affrighted by the decree, -went three tifnes a day to hianonsetop for prayer He te caught in the act. He is condemned to be devoured by the lions. Such a healthy young man will be for the leonine mooapefae the best banquet they ever had. By the rough executioners of the law he is hurried away toward the den . 1 a I hear the growl of the monsters, an 1 I their pawing of the du*,andas their months 1 arc placed to ctfce ground the solid earth i quakes with their bellow. * The door is re I moved and Daniel shoved into the den. which w*s an agieam with 007 eysball* that seem to roU and map in the cavern L2W ap proach the defenseless man. Tfti/^ppetite was sharp with hunger. One stroke of their C*V one crunch of their teeth and he would ve been lifeless. How rtraoge a welcome lMniel receive* from the iwwtTi Thev fawn about him. Tbey cover his feet w.ti then; lon^mane. They are-struck with the lockjaw ?JThat night Daniel's sleep ia calm and undisturbed, with hi* head pillowed on the warm neck of the tamed Hons. But King Daria* was not so happy. - He loved Daniel and he hated the stratagem by which his favorite had been condemned. Be pace* hip floor ail tight Eh cannot sleep. At the least sound he itarts and hi* StT creeps with horror. A bad conscience will mat^the bravest man a coward. He watcher eagerly, for the da wit which seamsso long in tarrying. At the first streak oDight he starts outto find out the fate of Daniel. The - palace gate opens and jars heavily behind him while yet the city is asleep. He comes tothedeq, He locks throng the crevices but sees nothing. He dare not speak. Ex pecting fhe worst, hie heart dope. fathering strength, be pats nis month to th# rifts in the rock ami cries, "3b, Daniel, is thyGod whom thoa servest continually able to deliver thee from the hoes'" An i answer comet* rolling qp out of the darkness: "Ob, king, live forever . My God bath sent His angel and hath shot the lions? -mouths, that they have not hurt me." The young man is brought out and the demagogues who made the {dot are thrown in. ' But they hastily struck the bottom of the den when their flesh ia rent, and their bones cracked, atid tfceir blood sported through the rifts, white the fierce monsters shook the rocks with their terrible roar, aanounemg tc all ages the truth that while God defends His people, toe way of the wicked shnfi perish. flow, you see froistbris subject tint in the eyes of many the greatest offense yon cm commit is success. Of what crime had tbi* young man been gnilty that he should come under the bitter hatred of the demagogues? Why. he bad gone to be prime minister of Babylon. That they could notforgfve. Be hold in this sketch a touch -of human nature! . As long as poverty pinches you, and yon run the gauntlet between taxgatherer and land lord, and you have bard work to educate your children, there will be multitulee to saj: "Poor fellow, he ought to succeed. How sorry I am for him V > * But after awhile you begin to emerge from the darkness. That wss a capital invest* ment. .Yen purchased at just the light tarn?. Fortune became good natured and smiled. Yob buildsd your own house. You &ot to be one 'of: the first men -on tne street, now as you pass a number of those late sym pathizers stand on the corner of the street. They scowl at you from un !er the rio% of their hats. You bave more money now than they bave, and you ought to fe scowled at from under the rim of their hats. Before yen get folly past you hear a word or two*. 'f>tock up,"' says one. "Didn't get it honeih'.* says another. "Will burst soon," says a wiird. Every stone in., your new house was laid on their heart. Your horses? hoofs went over their nerves. Your carnage tire cut their neck. W hat have you done, outrageous cuipri'.5 You ought to be cast to the lions. You have dared to achieve suc cess. Depend upon it that if in any one re spect you rise far above your fellows ? if you are more truthful, more wise; more eloquent; more influential? the shadow of your success will chill somebody. The road of honor and virtue is within reach of the enemies' gun?. Jealousy say?, "Stay down or I will knock you down .* In midair a snowflake said to a snowbird, "I don't like you." "Why don't you like me*' said the snowbird. 4 Because/' replied the snowflake, "you are going up and I am coming down.*' Success is often a synonym for scorn. The first thing a man wants is religion The second is grit. If you do not want to face wild beasts you mu-t never get to be prime minister. It you are now, as a young man, rising in any one respect, I bless God for your Advancement, bnt I wi>h to say before I quit this thought, lookout for the lions. Young merchants, young " lawyers, young physi cian -v- ou>?g ministers h<tve much sympathy, ana k iut a'. vice is ?iven them at first, but as you become your own masters* and begin to succeed in your different occupations and protessiotts, how is it then, young mer chants. young lawyers, young physicians, young ministers? How is it then* Again behold in our subject an exhibition of true decision of character. Before Daniel were condemnation and death, if he continued faithful to his religion. Yet just as before, three times a day he prayed with his face toward Jerusalem. There is nothing more fatal for the religions or worJly adv*?v?meut than a spirit of inde? cis-ion. How often youth is alsiost gone before the individual has determined upon are those who for thirty or forty years have accomplished nothing anywhere because they have not felt themeclvea set tled. They have thought of the law. of medicine, of merchandise, of mechanism. They have some idea of going west. Per haps they w'ili go east. Perhaps they won't. They may go north or south. Perhaps they will" invest their money in rsttroale or in real estate. Periape they won't. They are tike a vessel starting from New York bar ber. which should one day decide on going j *0 Livercoo'. an 1 the next on New Orleans, sad the next on Marseilles. How many men 1 lave for a long while been out on the great *>a of liferent they 4o not know to want port they are destined? Itgs an everlasting tackinr of afairv bnCwo haa/rwav Tne man who begins *3 ba?kl a house in tbe Corinthian styie an i whan half way up c >ndndes~t-> mike it Doric, an I than com petes it in Ionic, will have an unseemly pile artd be. Curse. I o* every school of architect ura. These men that try every thing ge> t# he notibtB?.* wrote in vour briin and eogray^conyoar oojeswaa* youoiuht to ,^e. lftsbe that, nothing more or nofching. , f*J- la that direction mymg setxfia. Evetfip ' <*her rovt is* TWL- V8s^ex adjusted roar en ahead. Set your teeth together. - rttfficultivis do not notice. Great dif by Goa*? grace strike them down. Ix-cowarda sknU. T ? Hv IT* ,h*? *>?" <*<**? if yo? ?iant ?p ?Mltoth.lMd ^go'.i jfft mM ; doable dw taoe. To usefidnees and strong ch areetar r^* v** great (teepeyou rnu^t fly. Hoet of the war it is . either bead wind or tempest. Character fitai the goldfinch of Tonqaia. is magniS~eafc " - "T7** bwtkwetaJl itssoTeulor ? ** Paul got to be Stephen H ? : ? ? ? : i t : ? ? ; ; life, he doe* not always find it smooth sail ing. Old companions leash and ?y with saraostic tone, "He has got to be pious." ' They go on excursions, bat do not ask him. They prophesy that lis religion will not hold out They call him long-laced." They ^wonder if he is not getting wings. They say 1 -sharp tilings about him for themselves to 'angn at. When he passes they grimace and I wink and chuckle, and say loud enough to be I heard, "There goes a saint." If you have j never eeen-Kfe as it is, you know not what strength of resolution it often require* for a young man to be a Christian. Again, let this frtory of Daniel teach us that the way to future success is through present self aeoiaL 2iot only did Daniel show his willingness for ^lf restraint by refusing the luxuries of the king's table, but must ! have denied himself ranch social ea torment and sightseeing in order to hava attained ?most wonderful proficiency in study. The rush of the chariots under his window and tbs sound of mirth that rang out on the air of Babylon weald have attracted most young men into the streets and to expensive , places of amusement. Bat Daniel knew that it was only through severity of application be could attain tile honorable position' for which he was intended. Indega, you may carry tW? truth into universal application. The most of those who have succeeded in any profession or occupation have come up from the very bottom of the ladder. The brightest day began with the twilight. The admirals who commanded the navies of the world started as cabia boys. The merchant prince*, whose messengers are ships and whose servants the nation's custom houses, once swept the store a ad kindled the fires. The orator who lifts up the gate of the soul, ; as Samson carried off the gate3 of Gaza, > once stammered and blushed on the stage of a country school house* The vounz Da inter. - under whose pencil skies blossom an d waters gleam, understands his .subject so well be cause be has but little to. shelter him from the one sad is obliged to *flnd bis only bev erage in the other. Out of the dark, deep mines of want and suffering has been dug the marble for the world's greatest te moles of wisdom and palaces of power. Vanderlyn, the artist, mast first contend himself with a charcoal sketch. Franklin, before becoming the re nowned philosopher, must be a journeyman printer. Columbus must weave carpets be fore be can weave hemispheres. David must take care of his father's sheep before he rules Israel. Amos mist be a herdsman before he becomes a prophet Daniel must be the humble student before he rises to be the j prime minister of Babylon . If a young man starts in life with large notions of what he mu&t immediately have, ] willing to consider no economy, buc expect ing with a small ship to unfurl as much sail as an ocean frigate, be will find himself cap sised by the first northeaster. It is the small sprig that you oan carry in one hand which will thrive best' when planted. But it by lexers and huge lumber wagons, you bring from tbe mountain a century oak, though you may plant it, you cannot make- it live. So be who begins life on such a grand scale and with such exorbitant notions, will never succeed,' while some young man who went to town without means, but having a right spirit through bis sslf-deniaj, planted a tree which has reached above Wall street and flung its shadow in one direction over the : granite palaces on the avenues and In the ? other far out over merchant vessels an-* chored in the bay. Men say success in life is all a matter of i good luck, but industry and economy and self denial put together always make good lode. There are young men who failed twice and are getting notes shaved the third time before taey are as oldrSs their father When he first began business fbr himself. They started with the idea that their wit would do as well as capital. For awhile it did, but when creditors sent their duns and banks their protests they found that mere shrewd ness wv greatly below par. You. cannot cross the cx^an in a yaw.'. AryODBgeaglet nI> ? the mountain eyrie, says to its winged mother, "I will fly no longer from tree to tree as you tell me, but like you, mother. I will swing from this Cbimborazo peak to yonder Cbimborszo peak.* Like an arrow it shot into the heav ens, but when over the awful chasm its bead was dizzy and its wing weak, and it began \o whirl downward and with.?wiki scream gftfcj it struck on tbe rocks. A traveler patting trough the gorge saw the mangle! i remains o? the eaglet - *'How came you to have this faitP sail the traveler. "Ah. me," said the eaglet, "it was because I w*>uld not fly from tree to tree until 1 was -*jfd enough, but headstrong 1 started from Ch mboraao peak to Chimborazo pi tic." If young men would seizj the advantage of intelligence, it wilt be by great ecoaomy of time and the refusing of many forms of gratification. Show me a roan who, refusings many of the frivolities of gossiping youth*, can see more to attract his attention ih the pages of a treatise or a history thau ihthe flash of bright eyes, or the air? step or t.iose who find more skilf in their heels than their bead* and I will show you a man who will yet master languages am sway a very scepter over his fellows. Many an e Juration which is now considered complete is made up of a smattering of newspapers and the last page of a fashion magazine. ; The parlor and the drawing room cannot sducate us. They . may give us outward adornments of man ? but getting valuable Knowledge is like sweltering at a for,?e, be'~ lows in one hand and hammer in the other ? like digging in mines with crowbars, pry* iag under the ledge and toe constant ban-; of blasted rock?. Especially is it true that no growth in grace is possible unless, like Daniel, we are wilting lo take up the cross, however heavy it mav be an I rough with nails. Moses cboss affliction with-the people ?>u <iod rather than the Measures of sin, and it we would bs aaythin ; like him w; must be willing sometimes to choose the hard 1 r*ad of self-denial rather than the imperial c.usters from royal vineyards. - To get strength and depth enough m rivers for turning mill wheels ani manufac tories, dams are built across them, and the;* through the mill race the quick floods ieio on tb% water wheel to turn it with tremend ous t?wer. So natures thai would othv wisebave been powerless and insufficient :>y self-restraint ha** been dammed back and deepened, until with consecrated power thev rusi; into the world, turniug its ponderous machinery of important interests. Unre rtraiceJ men may have much good in them, out it is so scattered that you see no positive effects. Electricity in the air does uot strike, but gathered in the cloud with its bare red arm it cleaves the mountain . Passions harnessed and vokeJ make excel lent bea'ts of burden. However attractive mav be the sin<ul offer3of the world, though rich and luxurious as the provision of the king's table, we mast be williog to ref s* , tbem if nothing be left but plain pulse, j Oh, bow we want the faith and courage of a | Dauiel and a Paul, but how we dread l be hot atocospbere of trial, in which their graces ripenedr' The richest fruits of re* lilion grow it, the su try tropics of 'tria'. :? If want pearly you must dive for the:u . ? f ; you want gold, you mu4 dig for ir. The richest parts of California an i Australia ar 4 j underground. D?yeni upon it, if noprun iTg, no fruit; no climbing, no elevation; :io j battle, novfcoory; no cross, no crown. H.ai '? here been no Nebuchadnezzar, there would ; have been no Daniel. Even so it ha* be.Mi in ; all ages. The flames that have flashed up ^from the stake have been so many illumina tions of Christian triumph. _ j TThen God would make a gr?at light of truth and hoiinesC in the world, he otbe-i takes great pjrsectttioas and with th in strikes fin*. The devil's hate is God s c or y, I aad it not t)een for the ner.?ecution * of Ecn- ! peror Valerian, the worid wou.d not have ktown of the courage o? a Cyprian, and i? . Ihe tyrannv of. Ducletisn had never h^e:i knowu, the triumphant gra?ie would not have been seen wnich inade-Olaximihan, when sentenced to death, exclaim: "Go.1 be praised." Had not tae bandits of Piedmont pursued the Walden>es through the vallev of the Alp* and the infuriate decree put to I massacre the Albigenses of France, the world i would have had fewer illustrations of Chris- | tfan heroism. Be Joseph before Pharaoh Be Pan1, tefore Peiix. Bj Daniel before D*riu? , Acam let the story o: Daniel teach ns the beauty of that youthful character whic.i re mains unblemished and uorigbt when away I fr?jm home. Had Daniel, on arriving ??? Babylon, plunge i into every excess, his friends in Jerusalem would uevar have beard of it. His dissipation and renunciation o. religion would not have cast one sorrow on the famiiy hearth where he had iivei or ta i old family Bible which he used to read. But. though far away from home, he knew that b'o^'s ey? watched bun and that was cnongh. It is not evqry young man w go maintains the saone character when absent that was maintained at home. , Frederics Tvatcbtug his fathers sheep i among the hi* or thrashing fje inthe-jarn I is far different from Frederick on tfce btoclc !. Bechangif. How often doc's the kiad, retir ' ,ftr spirit becojae bold effrontery, and toe tmiinimndiitin - self sacrificing disjJfcitictt eneeexhi a-uoo^ brothers and sisters j tacnuoes a cold and unresponsive selfishness, ! aadeccco uy, wastefulness and open handed^ charity., ti^ht " * ' keeping of ! night rere^rx- , ? ******* s*r ? ~ J? i probab v. address young men now. o? tant from their father's hou??. and others who, still under thi parental roof, k>ok for ward to a 'Sims when they jriU depart alcne to conflict with the wocld.and among stran tm to cj:?d?v boU?p ctortewn for ttoomtihM* Happy f|r you, on, jcwng ,- ons Jacob, or Daniel as poretn Babylon as in Jerusak?n. ThereTrappassage in amao a it eot more thrifiing m W&* than the day ui which be leaves home and goea off toaee* , his fortune. Tho novelty. and roraancecon i^tecf with the dimOmn mar kaeo the tri--s ^i}! si ? . ? yoaag man flrom any poignant sorrow; tat parents, wbo haw ten Um ilwh among itriMinof those who ww* oan afawad promising youths cannot Mp tad iBf thai tfabatop w fall o t momaatoas im? partence. Before the youth left home all hit conduct was under affectionate guardian j of folly, carel? ess and law propriety of manner and looseness of speech were kindly retproved, and although there strain t seemea sometimes too severe, yet boar* of sober reflection have convinced him that it was salutary and righteous* Bat behold how the soeee changes. The fatter, through the intereeeding of metropolian friends has secured the son a place in some bank or store or office. Schoolmates, on toe night before his departure, oome to take their farewell of the young adventurer. That morning he takes a last waJfcpround the old place, and going past somswvsd root a sly tear may steuVbutno one sees it The trunk is on the carriage, and after a warm goodby away they speed over the hills ? Set down amid excitements and among com panions not overscrupulous as to their words or deeds, temptations troop around the stranger. The morning oomet, bat no fami ly altar, and the Sabbath, but no real quiet, and perhaps at the sanctuary the faces are all strange and no one cares whether he goes to church or whether he doss not go. Long winter evenings arrive, and how shali they be spent? On %is way home from his place of business he saw flaming placards announcing rare performances and that this was positively the last night. At the door ot his cheerless boarding house no one greets him, and the evening meal is insipid, for no one cares whether he corrupted population snau pour, into our great thoroughfares to keep them pure and manage the traffic of the world Multitudes of such are constantly making their depar ture from home. To-morrow morning all qf the thorough ?< fares leading toward the great cities of our land, on steamboat and rail car, there will be young adventurers for the first speeding away from their homes in order to try their lortune in town. The Lord stretch forth HSs arm for thedeliverapce of these Daniels away down fn Babylon. Wherever your lot may be cast, in far inland town or in some great seaport, maintain inyourabsenca the same principles of morals and religion which may hive been instilled by parental solicitude. And while you may feel in your hsart an1 life the advantages of early religions culture, forget not those to whom you are chiefly in. debted, and pray that as age comes upon them and the night of death begins to tall in their pathway, the hope of heaven may beam through the darkness, lustreu y- and eats <?> does not eat. iwtQoot in the third fjary that evening seems doleful and repel ling. A book snatched up from the stand proves to be dull, for no sister is there to look over with him. In despair he nshea out, reckless as to where he goes if only he can see something to make him stop think ing. That night may be the turning point in bis history. Onoe within the fatal cirqk of sin; and tne soul has no power Co repel i^On that dark sea he is launched, where the giUam of joy is only the flaih of the pit and the roar of. laughter ik^nly the creaking of the gates of the lost. i In many a country churchyard is now the grave of some youthful spirit that went away lithe and bounding, but carao home diseased and crushed apd blasted to disgrace the sepulcher of his fathers. Yet this exo dus must be made. As from far distant hills rivers find their way through tunnels to great cities, so from far distant points of the countrv it is necessarv that a stream of un steady as the evening star. The Lo: . i or bid that by our conduct we should *vr.- .-ring tjiisgrace on a father's name or |.r re re creant to the love of a mother. j.nw poet ,rd uot exaggerate when he exclaim? : How sharper to an a aerpetn1 > tootb, it u, To Baye a thankless child* THE LABOft WORLD, ZxTLV wjsmen build the houses. Farm nelp is in great demand in North Dakota. A Seaman's Usrios of America has been organized at Chicago. Chinames have been imported into Bel gium to replace striking iron worker-. Strikes for eight hours and more wages are being reported from all over the coun try. The sponge industry of the Bahama Isl ands employs 500 boats and nearly 5U00 men. _I?E Pvi!h?m (England) miners will go to work eight hoars a days and five days a minimu<n age of employment on the t?fourteenS gefl6raUy twelve, or from twelve s It w calculated that the aggregate an nual income of the working classes ol Ene land is about f 1,500,000,000. Out of the 240,000 domestic servants in London it is estimated that 10,000 of them are always out of employment . . Engush army nurses are paid $600 a rear, and this is increased *50 foreverv year of service until it reaches $1000. \ ' In Massachusetts the demands of orean~~. ized labor have secured the pas.saze of thirtr-flve laws during ths last five years. The dry^oods firms of Baltimore, Md. have agreed to close their stores at dood on Saturdays throughout the summer months. Ovkr S700 journeymeu have CTadoated during the ia.? ten years frojfxhe New York ^ School, which at present has about tiOO pupils. iJ?f bakei'8' unions of Berlin< have es?ab Jwhed a co-operative shop, furnishing bread to eighty-three different stores and many hundreds of families . The entire membership of the trades unions iq Germany is abcut 350,000 at Dres *T? b-v . tbe sports at t ie recent >auonai Convention in Haloerstadfc To enable the continuanca of the Queeos and sugar industry it has bs?u fouud im perative, tnat ch?ap Polyoesi&u labor be introduced from the South Sea Islands. Labor Commissioner ttoBWsox, of Mich igan, shows in a recent report that the average uours of labor for women in that five cems.at presentten I>er da-v at seventy T HE Superintendent of a big division of the Pennsylvania Railroad iu a lectura to employes under him recently dS against the running of passenger an i freight trains on Sunday. ^ i?*ork As$ociat;on of Working G rls Clubs has twenty different societies? a niemb5'^ip Of ^500. Seven sacietfi rent an entire house, twelve rent rooms and one owns its bouse. Lancashire, England, the Feleration of. Ia>ter Cotton Spinners has ordere I a general lockout m order to limit production. ? j action will result m throwine thou sands of null hands out of employment. Euuual reP?rt of John Bur nett, Chief or toe British Labor Bureau shows that the trades unions of Great Brit am are,.,n a bi-hiy prosperous eSdiS" and that then- membership is growiag rap^ ynf rHfrI)fb0r C'?P>srress of Canada demands of the Dominion Government an employers' iSS- a?f ' IncorPOratJon of trades unions, abolition of convict con'.ract laocr, a nine hour wgrkday. factory inspection bv wo We^, y payments, public libfarie? . -.e puohc an j trade scrolls with ire*t b ookg and uo vvrsal softrase. Suicide Is Run-l,- -Attempted Twice. 4,D:d you ever notice that as a rule the persons who seek death a&1 art rescue! irom the grave never court the society of the dark angel again?1' J" Thepiopounder of the questiorfwas~* hospital physician, and he proceeded to explain without waiting for an answer. " What I mean is that of ai! the per sons who attempt suicide aad are toiled, . but few try self murder a secon I time'. Probauly one-half, if not more, of al! those who try to kill themselves are frustrated. The percentage of those who leap iDto the dar-< river a second time is exceedingly srnail. I have trie I to dis- = cover the reason tor this from the lips of those who have gone through the terri b;e experience, but I have not roe^with --success. (j "It is queer that persons, after devot j iog weeks an I mucins to a consideration of so momentous a questwaq decid es to end tbeir |inii|l I, when foiled, declare th^gjnfip fort Itfok, and - swear neveu^giTtfre fiice a aw. Ytt t^pMiis^a^is ddM in a Urge majority p*fnBltlfS<ira. Those who hare stared at de?tn seera to live life anew. The past is i effaced? a new light seems to have ; dawned. The .sunshine dearer; the ^air is purer, it is the convalescent tais inff great draughts of the outdoor air ?itn a keenne*} of reujt was*un | known Wojff 53 r-TSe ?tnp,ndolehL,jIs Z;Z?y aH ** **** 10 % '?<?> ? 1 . sal. ,ht, t-lrans-wind, ' ? SW.vHtf lot settie. - 1 :i % ? a pair or Btasiji won** bot?. Oft a median med farm; a p?lr of: steers may to raiaod with no great trou ble. or expense. 80 may colts^indead,, but the steers will never any tbe boyi!" to the racecourse. Let their training, ba the boys' pastime and pride, Tbe fteerii will grow up between the |>ays and thai city. Boys who have a little yoke of; steers, and a little cart, a little sled, and) a little stoneboat, all of their own manu- ; factare, will not pine to forsake the f' farm. Before the boys are men, tbel steers may be great, powerful oxen, well' able to perform a kind of labor always in demand.'? Hartford (Conn.) Tirnej. ? ? [I; y A PLUM ORCHARD. J No doubt* planer orchard will be a profitable investment if it is taken care ' of as it should be. The trees are set eighteen feet apart, and some gooi kinds are tb6 Lombard, Green Gage, Yellow Egg, German Prune, Damson, and Jef ferson, with so&e others of local reputa tion. Wood ashes or lime is an excel lent fertilizer, and to prevent damage from tho only dangerous insect enemy, the curculio, which is such a persistent enemy of the plum that it is almost im possible to grow this fuit unless the fowls are kept among the tree*, or the trees are s [frayed with Paris green . One hundred and thirty trees may be planted on an acre at the distance mentioned. i New York Time?. R0SEBUG BAIT. ; The object in planting spirsis in the vineyard or garden where grapevines are growing is for the purpose of attracting the rosebu^ or rose beetle. This insect, as is well known, is very fond of the flowers of the grape and will soon de stroy them, and thereby cut off the crop 0? fruit; but they 4fe also very fond of, asrrd seem to prefer the flowers of certain; species of the spiraea. They will usuallyi desert the grapes, and cluster up~>n the! spirals if afforded ai opportunity, and, as these Borubs and herbaceous plants, cost little or nothing, we m*y use them freely aa bug traps or bait, and from' which the insects may be shaken daily into hot water or a little kerosene ail water. Tbe two best species of i:he spiaes foi this purpose are the Sorbus leared, a harjdy, early-blooming shrub from Liberia, and the Goats-beard,, a native vigorous growing herbaceous species. There are also several Japan species, with tine white flowers, tvnd blooming at the same^ season as the grape that may also be employed for the sam purpose, but the two we have named seem to answer every purpose. ? Ameri can Agriculturist. HELPFut HI5T8 FOB BERRT OROWEFISA In setting out new Beds of raspberries i or blackberries cut back the canea to j about six inches above the surface of the | toil. Tli row all the strength in the plant and get a gogd sturdy cane this season for next year's fruiting. Plant as earljr in the season as possible, while plants" are dormant. ? When setting strawberries in spring cut back the roots one-third with a sharp Jtoife; this starts a new fibrous growth quickly. Let the soil be rich aod deep. When strawberry plants are received and it is not convenient to plant at otce, let them remain in their packing of moss out under a tree oh shady place in the light. * ; X Current cntting3 ought to be set to .that the top bud of the cutting is oa a level with the surface of the ground. Prune bearing currant bushes, cutting back last year's growth. The fruit is borne on wood of two year* old and more, and the cutting back develops, the lower bud9 and causes larger fruit. Re move all old, unproductive wood and thin out so as to admit light and air ifreely into the centre of the busb. ? Orchard and Garden* L ? ! ? H '' -v SETTING OUT TREES ASP PL A NTH. So far as is possible^ early planting is the bestj but it is no advantage to set out trees or plants until tfce eoil is in a condition to work into a "good tilth. About the only exception to tbis is ever greens; the^e can be set in the mud and will grow and be none the worse for it. A good plau with all trees and plants is to have a bucket or tub ot water con venient and dip the roots of the plants carefully into this so as to wet the roots thoroughly, before doing this all of the bruised or damaged roots should b3 cut off and the top cut back in propor tion to the roots. T wo men can set ou*. trees to the best advantage; one to hold( the tree and work the soil in among the roots with the finders and v the other to find and shovel in the dhct as needed. No kind of manure should bfer&ppliod so as to come in direct contact with the root>?. If the soil is not naturally rich the best plr.u of applying manure -ia to work it thoroughly in with the tpitlte fore filling in around the roots. It is important to tramp the soil well after the rooits are covered, so as to keep the ' treetfrm, or the winds we usually have in the spring will tend to loosen it. If necessary to stake, when the tree is set out is a good time to set the stake. A piecc of rubber shoe or boot put around the tree where the cord is fastened will aid materially to lessen the risks of in- i jury by chaing. Wool twine will be less liable to injure the trees than hard . twiste 1 hemp twine. Set the trees at the ' samt depth that they grow in the nurs ery. ^ ^ With plants prown either in tTT^5 ? trot bed or seed-box, cr.ro snould be taken to harden them oil before transplanting. This can 1** done readily by leaving them exposed two or three. days and nights be-, fore tranipiauting. If the soil is dry, a good plan is to water the plants thoroughly an hour or two before takin r them up". With early plants this is not usually necessary, as there is generally plenty of moisture in the soil. Set the . plants down to the tirjt lea'. This can be considered a safe rule with all plants, and if the plank- ha?e made a long, spindling growth even d???*per setting than this will be advisable. It is im portant. to see that the soil comes inclose contact with the root?. Generally with all garden plants it will b: best to do the transplanting late in the evening. ? St. Louis Republic. ! f r 2fOTES OV THE ^\HOEN. Oftentimes very little l'orech >ug it is given to the plan ?? the ireljetable gar den, and yet it is. oil* of (the most im portant c9pai derations onnxtel with gardening. ! The great object should be to pliict m such a manner as to facilitate tlje use of all Horse-power possible. Yerv few farmers fibd much time to u*e the boe, /while many of tite garden ?r; 96 planted as to admit no other .ueaT | of cultivation. In the ban Is of manv the hoe is not the l?c>t culti 7Ator ; it <l'??? not have the de*nred effect of Ioo?eui;]i the soil, aad is often good only in ri-mh iag qp after the plow, for many plant? ? the soil needs to be deeply and thor , oughly dug. Frequent a&rrripg prevents a cruet forming, which is so deMi-neata! | "b plant growth, it %ahutti*i ? out the air KifDOi the roota/"^When !:iw much ii? - tedence is laid'- upon the hf>e a grea; 3 eat iof neglect will oatHra-'i ? re- 1!'. ; 'r uj weeds get a star:, the ground be : ' I ? ? J 1 j ?'? ? -H. J'r; ? . : " 1 ' ' ? ' ? : : i '*? ! ? Mi ? ? ! ? : jcomet baked, and in a rary brief period the crop it pat beyond recovery^ tad th< yield grettly leasened. Thia taking t itiay day to t garden will [result unsatisfactory. Soil worked ovei ?it such a time becomes baked io clodi [mnd unlit for seed*, Or tbe tender root* of pltnts. Too wet to ploTCom, means too wet to stir the garden.-. Plants that tjtTe been grown in t hot bed should bej transplanted in roils in the open tir before being \agfc. out, and given protection from the sun and drying winds until they become well etttblished. By this method o! management they grow more efcocky/.tnd make healthier and larger growth id the garden. For most vegetables the long row sys tem will be ioimd besk t Tomato plants ought to h*7e a distance between rows of about tbr ? feet and a half, and two feet and a half in the row. Some might think the diatance too great, but with the large varieties, such as the Acme, Trophy and Livingston, tbe ground will be pretty thoroughly covered at the time of maturity. With plenty of room it it possible to tec&re large, well-ripened fruit. Cabbage needs lest room. Rows two and one-half feet apart in the row for -jlarge varieties will be found a satisfac tory distance. . All plants of the garden should be so ! put out as to make horae cultivation in part, at least, available. The value of potting plants to reure a good set of roots, cannot be mated. All who have tried regard J the plan most favorably. Plant* put io pots should not be left too lo^g, for in that case the rootvbecome cramped, and that is a detrimenrcather thku an aid te its growth. ? American Farmer. FARM AND GARDEN XOfCS. Keep the cattle off the ploweKfarad. Parker Earle is generally c weeded to be an excellent strawberry. Plenty of water and! grain should be furnished to ewes in milk. X Set out the strawberry plants as eat as the ground can be prepare J. , The Souvenir de Coagres pear h larg4 in size, good ia?fjuaiitv ani mitures early. I Young chickens that are begin ning to run about should be fe'i^ri^gu larly every day. If the egg shells are fed to the poul try, care should always be taken to. crush them thoroughly before feeding. The syring* is a most soluble shrub, and by planting the late flowering soru the season may be considerably extended. Marshall P. Wilder is a rose of vigaj ous growth; the flowers are full, well formed, fragrant and cfcerry-carminf hue. ^ A hen pays in p^ortion to the num ber of eggs she produces; therefore it ii an item to feed so as to secure plenty of eggs. In shipping young poultry at this time ?see that they are well watered and feo before cooping, and do not crowd to< ?many into the coops. ; When desired to fatten rapidly therf is nothing that will equal good cori 'meal. Fowls should be given all tha' ?they will eat up clean. f One can -depend with close, carefu jplucking, upon an average of one pound of feathers per bird from a flock of com jmon geese per annum. If the weight ot^the fodder in the silo will complete its perfeefc, packing after it v has been well tramped, by settling it several inchef, why need it be trampeo ] any more than is necessary to insure it. j | being level and of tmiforcn solidity 1 I Boft this uniform solidity cannot b? secured by any other than a persistent tramping and crowding by faithful he!;). The advocates of not tramping say thai ? it might be obtained by the U9e of eoai* method of delivery which would send ii to all parts of the silo in equal quantities, but would not this cost more tian tlie spreading and tramping by careful men] A Perfect Apple. A perfect apple must have richness of flavor, productiveu<i?s, long keeping qualities, attractive color, fruit firmly adherent to the tree, "short stom, regu larity in size and shape, even maturity, smooth skin, yet firm epough to prevent easv bruising, together \with vigor and hardiness. There is money in a well kept apple o&hard; too many are neglected that should yield largely. ? New York Independent. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Japan has 2038 corporations. low 4i has wiped oat her State debt. Gbq^era is epidemic in Benares, India. SEAifSkins have gone up twenty per cent, Australasia has 53,000,000 acres of for * ? ?* ! > There are 260,000 acres planted to tea in Ceylon. Terrible prairie fires have been raging Jn Nebraska. Gray otters are being found in the ponds .of Mill vi lie, N. J. Prairie wolves are creating havoc among stock near Elk horn, Wis. ? It cost the United States *150,00) to ad Just the Bering Sea trouble. New Orleans, La., is to have a new courthouse and jail to cost ?350,000. The hall for tbe Republican Convention at Hinneapolis, Minn., has been completed. jThe Wyoming Exoerinent Station has six experiment farms in different sections. Mixing property in Mexico is hereafter to par annual taxes, like any other property. The Scotch- Irish congress at Atlanta, Ga., held an interesting three deys? session. The population of tbe town of Okarohe in Oklahoma grew 1500 in one night recently. No grain of any kind can be shipped from Russia til! after the harvesting of the next crop. Indications are that Alaska will be the great objective point of tourist travel this to mm e J* Italy has resolve i to give up all her African colonies, with the the exception of Massowab. A Bio rat hunt has been going on in tbe Postoffice and Treasury depart man ts at Washington. Coax planting in portions of Arkansas was given up on account of tbe wet weather, i and cotton substituted. On of the most valuable finds Alabama ever knew is that of a bed of almost pure kaolin in Marion Countv. The condition of winter grain in New | York 8tat?is reporied as good. The past, winter waa unusually favorable. 'i hebe are forty-one companies doing flrean?! insurance business in Pennsylvania. The losses paid last year were f7,2ft5.?42.17. new method of*gauging distilled spir.ts. in order to ascertain the taxable quantity is each, barrel, has gone into effect. Twenty THOUSAND women have peti tioned the Canadian Dominion Parliament in favor of the extension of suffrage to wo men. - t There is a general feeling throughout Prance, iu ?pite ol tbe quiet which reigned on May Day that the danger frorn^ Anarch ists is by no mean-? pas?* J. Tbet are taking m from fotf) to $1000 a day gate monev now at the World's Fair grounds in Chicago from people who go to see how the workmen are getting on. TH? descendants of Christopher Columbu*. who are to be invited t) tbe World's Fair, were named as i'oliow? in the U nited States Senate: "Cristobal C?.on de Colon de Cor da. Duke of Versus. Marquis De Barbo'eo. his brother iH?u <Yis:olai tie Laxreatiim, bis fct-u. and the;r wives uuti children, it ? ?? any/ P T BirSXOBTB - Dm *11 XOLDlEESt :> 0:*?bl?5. f2 !*?? for furrr*-* X y ?>*r< i>*ri*"nee. Wr:?f for l aws. A 'V *1< < si Sost I, W'XRIXm*. I?. C- *? ' 'v N ATI. KJ. aj^oy^gf cSySh jhat cannot "be Vurcd V Chgoeyfor theUct 15 years, and believe bid potfecuy honorable in iHnfulTioss tnuM* &?*aad HnanclaUy eble to carry out any ob Toledo. ^AtMKQ, Kijwxh & Mabtxjt, Wholesale Druggist*, Toledo, O. Hall^ C5x?rrb CurtTk taken internally, act uif directly upon the blood and mucous Bur gees of the ajnjtem. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. bottle. Boldby &I1 drujarfsta. Tn trouble oa the Mexican border ooo ONB ENJOYS Both the method and results when 6 yrup of Figs is taken ; it is pleasant and refirefhing to the taste, andjacts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys^ Liver and Bowels, cleanses t*esys< tem effectually, dispels colds, I bead- \ aches and ftsers and cures habitual J 1 constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste ana ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in Hs effects, prepared only from the most ; healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities com mend it to all and have made it ^ the most popular remedy know 0^00 Syrup of Figs is for kteln 60c tod SI bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggiat who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. > CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUf* CO. SAM FR A kCt SCO, CAL, lOUTSVtUf KY KW YORK. M 1 "German Syrup". I am a farmer at Kdom, Texas. I have used German Syrup for six years successfully for Sore Throat, Coughs. Colds. Hoarseness, Pains iu Chest and Lungs and Spitting- up of Blood. I have tried many kinds of Cough Syrups in my time, but let me say to anyone wanting such a medicine? Gormau Syrup Is the best. We are subject to so many suflc'en changes from cold to hot, damp weather here, but in families whcie German Syrup is used there little trouble froui colds. John T. Jones. 'hwfl* ! iiurlTy the blood, an* Nrf* fwttULl. Tb? be?t (r?Ef-r?l fnuuh-, tetdlcjn* known (or BiIioum***,. Constipation, P7ir?p*U* Foul! Brealo, Hradach", H?artl)?i'B. Jx>?i or Appetite. Meat*! rnrxn^l u. Painful Insertion, Pimplef, Complexion. Tired Ftclibf, and PT"7 "rtnpfcom em avtetm rwauiin* rrmn impure* blocd, or a Tillurf by tb? i ? " * to perform their pi o??r-eMtnf arebtn Mrhmwl Prtce.br , dre* THERIPAFBC At??U W tnt?4| L'lVHTY prt rent profit. H N. II COPY***" is thii : whan yo Sick or Bilious , patios, ilndjgeetto or any; derangett Stomai, orf Bow that relieve w permanently. 1) tern with the o Dr. Piercels Plw They're the smj (bat that'i a git easiest, to take. ThefVe the bi in Nature's own gently, bat thox UTely.i ' . I They're the oh guaranteed to gj jour money i* n only fj>r the tfdo Whft more ci But j don't get t dealer' lays! i> may he better pret ty certain to ?t odcbJi M nell m for W.BAK?*CO?] *s,e?oel?YS? S5s< COfMVBHtOO. It kM SET BoM * 1 bo mot eitni m MB 'Taal^'ZJVsSi SB* ft 3 =f "ZJi |G? ttrrou . ?v'ia4i.'r wapUrtaa %r Mrifl bU Od. PCBIXT VfOCTAaLt. ?-? ? '," , ,C'J t0 ?"? C?f?, UMHll fc*th ^???<'9nUini3Sremrrt*?M "j|P*w i, Butlneii nuwli t<H'>r, ?"*>!?' twUr ti?a (mV ?W* A. <r?riunwi ro<xli t?tr "OmeraL" hl?i?'.tittn|.VM(c()|plgkMkvttai ML HAtTER ftCOlCINI CO., it. Utlt, LOVELL DIAMOND cm c* ror t.aaies ana 'Dents. ?>> in Pneumatic Cushion ana i St.. J nc ud.r.g p,^ 5 Stnrtly man OMADtW,^ P.r**?L. I jwss ar ???&?*&& i? Bkyrl* < ???lo?o* I'HKK. JOH N P. LOVELL ARMS CO., H/ Washngton St.. BOSTON. MASS W. L DOUGLAS S3" SHOE ? I For (Mtltaiii is e Hoe C?M ? de TTirnlnsi the b??t leather produced In tUa OMBtry Tbete ere no tacks or was threads to hart lk? flag*, sod to made as smooth Iptfla as a band-sewed She*. A to as stylish east fitting and darable as oaaton>aa4t shoot ooetloc troM $4.00 to $1.00. end aoktxrolpdfet H fee the !*? 7^ ? 7p!: Best in the World fsr the price!' For QENTLEMEN. HC AA vivv Hand-&?we'l. fii AAHud-B?*'(l 4.U0 W#lt6ho?. 90 CA Po,ic* aad tJivv iarnMr. $A ?*/\ Extra Vah? Zi9U Cal! Bho*. SA AC Workin? ? ihv mio'e Shot. *2.00 Gw4'"^ rot LAOIW. *3.00 ?2.50 ?2.00 ?1.75 J&i. i Fcr BOYS' & YQUTHt. ?2 * ?h75 SCHOOL SHOES, 4 TARE NO SUBSTITUTES. IT IS A DUTY you owe to yourself nnH your famiJv. fluriiw thcve har&iJ nnj c*. to ge t the most value for vonr monev you ran economize " ><>? purcuas* w. J? Dowlas' SW* whion. *??botTt ^ KT-iirr vaiue for die money than anv other mak***. CAUTION. W. L. DOUGLAS' name and jkhe on the bottom of each shoe. consumer against n?gh prices and inferior wno acknowledge xne superiority of W. L. Doug**** >ng to substitute other makes tor*hem. ntutiofefVaJtUI ulent, and subie ct to prosec Uxion by la W, for obtn mow t*m false pretence*; W. L. dou OlAS, ? f it for Mil* u '?tf j>l*r* arm A direct! fa if*. "?4. wlJS ?G*ipz0 Jr??i - *WfcNTW W t * TIES' U Mlfltt urlaci* 4*4 *??? ?? %4 n? ? M< a4??rt Um