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I? usee! on th^-%-* b? added at to 100 gallons $f the foliage willbe : In the use o? ?, ?purple the only da poison about a faw h|a the case of spara ?teeodling moth j THE FARM AND GARDEN. CHEAPEST HAY CROP. Hungarian grass is perhaps t he-cheap- > est crop that can be gr own for oar. The ; seed may bz sown as early as iky, but it . loves the warm weather. On rich land, : if the seed is sown in Jtute, or even in ! July, it wi:l yield wosL It entails no Labor other than j*r *r?ow tlio land, har row it well, and sow. The c*st of the seed is but littie. It is a cheap crop. It will allow of a crop of early peas or early potatoes being ta3ren off for market j before sowing. ? Chicago Times. SHA3E TBEE3 IS THE PASTCBE. If po33ibie, every field used for pas ture shoudd have a shade tree ia it. Tne trees may produce fruits and nut* as well as shade. At the proper season plant or three trees in the field and build fence abiut them. Fertil ize and cultivate weil. Tee fence can be removed in a few years. If intended for horse pasture the lo**er limbs ahouid not be less than eight feet from the ground. Never put barbed wire near a thade tjee frequented by stock. The, animal droppings about t?tese trees cause them to grow far more vigorously than those not visited. Cut the top back every two or three years, to make the tree spreading. Tne shade wiil not greatly retird the crops growing near. ? Ameticm Agriculturist* . MILS TESTS. Tne relative composition of milk give3 U3 an idea of the amount of nourishment obtained from it. Tnere is usually about eighty-seven per cent, of water, wiin abou' thirteen per cent, of solids. Tnese solids are the nutritious part of the liquid, and they consist of fat or butter, casein or cheese, milk, sugar and certain salts. Milk is thus naturally more valu able when it possesses greater quantities of these solids. We often speak of the richness of m<ik, and thi* meias that it contains a larger proportion of fat solii than anj>o f tne other substances. Al though this fat is the most valuable c >m ? merctaily, the casein has as much real nutritious value. The value of milk, however, is rated by its amount of fat or cream, and this has been brought ;tbout largely by the general production df butter, to which ?ao3t nulk is lu-edj The other solid svbstances scarcely receive any rating at ail. Milk that will sko?v a test of trcice as much fat as another lot is valued at just jo much more. \ So:ne cows, an I even herd?, vary iu tup amount of this fat produced in the milk, and the ani mate and breeds have dbmc to be rated ?ccordiug to the amount of fat which they produce in their mHk. ? American ^Niryman. - ABOUT SELECTING THE FLOCK. - Selecting means a little more than < culling the flock, a*d is the most direct and reliable way of improvement. The flockowner that expert to improve his ?beep by buying all his good sheep will have to keep on doing so.. Tne import ance of having a weli-de3ned si<tn lard of a proper sheep for the business in tended and the circumstances surround ing the plant cannot be overestimate J. "Without this standard ail the selection is guesswork. A Missouri sheep-bree ier had an expert select his fiock oa the basis of fleece excellence. The results ?were the next clip brought four cents a poand more in price than the' former clip bad brought, though wools were lower ia price than the former year. There are other points that s'aouL^fc considered besides the The size, form, symmetry, th^if^early ma turity, feeding, antLjblwKliog qualities are among the vyztz important charac r-trood fiock, but they are no; ail; there ism?re ia quiet handling, domestic qualities than is generally recognized. A nervous, fussy sheep can never be the most useful, and these qualities in a flock are very objection able. .1 ' The rule with most sheepmen is to aelcct the floe* either at shearing or tup vjting season ; both are proper, but the better plan is to keep a dish of lamp black or Prussian blue oa hind to mark objectionable animals wheuever sufficient Cause for condemnation is discovered, fhatead of selecting once or twice a practice it every dc.y with unre aiittinii vigilance. Xo matter ao.v ~ooi -a sheep may be in one or two points, if St is not a paj ing sheep it should be disccxd.'d and one put ia its place that fill pay. ? American Farmer. SAPSTY Off AasrtNrCAL SPJIATINQ. faker's bulletin No. 7 of iae Depart of Agriculture treats ?5 the prac. tica, methods and effects of spraying tot trees for insec; pests and fungus dis caiesL The fact that tho compounds as d are slightly poisonous in er has lei aome persons to rehension lest their applica jure the fruit for consump mixed, cither Lon? ari3 green may be applied ; and other fruit trees, e$- ? at the rate of one pound Ions of water, the latter j mended for the plum. I ich, lime water saouid j t e of a^orutcwo gallons I the poison^ oFEferwwe injured. - ;aris green or London er lies in having the j it plantation in bulk, g apple orchards foi re is scarcely a pos- I the consumer of the computation wiil ere the poison is j|kpnfripTOd to (the customary pro rc wili be so distributer! - that it 4ffl bo impo Hitf tO" caWect ; have thetiight the consumer. L a matter of factcareful, microscopic j ^ s hate been tnade of the and foliage of sprayed trees at whioxyiQ. tel soon entiielj^t^appears, *va off bj the rains, so than after minutest trace cai i of actual experiment as ia vfiry finely divided state o' toe extreme smalt q<?n used to each tre\ Professor the Michigau jVgricuitur;*! has conducted some striking ex A thick paper was placed tree tfeich was thoroughly . a windy day, so t'oat the drip-/ rather excessive. Alter tha^_ id ceased, the paper, (covering . seventy -five square feet) was d four-teutltT^i^a grain o? {ouatk ie matter \va> well summed n-> Uiley ia a receat .lecture Lo -veil Institute iu Boston, in ; said: ??The latest sensational i his d was tho jtmior emana London withia the lasc^.v that American apples were bein^ fear that thesr -^e was u^| consider for a moment how | i quantity of arsenic that can \ favorably circumstances calyx of an-appje we shall hotv ab?rd this fear is* for ii?yjoisofi tbal ori^inaUy killed . w" ~ - ? - f I tie worm remained intact one would bav< j to cut many barrels of apples at a meal U ; get enou g.i to poison a human being. Moreover, much of the poison is washed i off by raia, and some of it is thrown off i by natural growth of the apple, so that j there is as a rule nothing left of the i poison in the garnered fruit. Add to ' this the further fact that few people eat apples raw without cutting away tha calyx and stem ends, the only parts j where any poison could under the most favorable circumstances remain, and that ! these parts are always cut away in cook ing, and we see how utterly groundless are any fears of injury and how useless any prohibitive measures against Ameri can apples on this score. ? New York World. F-itiVC AND GlROv^ JfOTEi. he^1 *oar tabIe r^U3e to the laying ; When leghorn* want to sit they are too fat 3 Good pulled lay when six months old, if not too fat. It uot weather the poultry quarters need attention every da v. Ti*j roost3 an i nests should be washe 1 i witn^cefosene once a week. An open shed on the side of the pjul- I trr-house will be found convenient. Young chickens that are in a goo 3 condition wili bring better prices than matured fowls. It is quite an item with all young fowia to give them a good feed just be-,, fore they go to roost at night. See how the poultry seek tee shady side ' of a fence or building. How they must sailer where there is no shady side Do your best to keep the sitting hem j free from vermin; it is not pleasant to ! be eaten alive whiie trying to do one's duty. Whjn con Sued one of the cheapest and best green feeds that can be supp ied is lettuce; it grows quick and gives a good yield. Some one remarks that a-rteal of calcu lation is required to make a dollar from poultry. The same remark applies to any business. Generally if matured fovls are to be marketed the sooner they are seat to be marketed the better, as often prices get very low in summer. When you plant those fruit trees this fall trim in the top to correspond with the roots. It is a great mistake to leavj a big top and a small bottom. Cut doc ;s and all other weeds that ara very teoactou; of life in Au^.ot close (Iowa to tiie root. Very few can sur vive such treatment at that ssasoa. Pasturage is the basi3 of sheep hus bandry. It raav be grass, and there be very little gra-s ab?t it, bus as it is so are the sheep in every characteristic. This is the whole secret of breels. A 2ock of sheep were attacked by do^s in Mon^han County, Ireland, with greai destruction of life. Some that weri bitten, and some that did not show sign of being bitten, developed unmistakable evidences of rabies. Tne vaiue of pure bred and registered sheep will be apparent and appreciated only when the condition is kept up to the highest notch. Otherwise all the time aad money put into goo 1 stock is a total waste. Keep this in miad. It is of the apple borer -to maxg^|*!*?ay iiiio the trunk ol the 'free ^ypcbelow the ground. Therefore it is a good plaa to mound about each tree in the early spring, and later, to rake away the earth. If they are in the tree they cau then be easily destroyed. After a young orchard has begun to grow atteatioa should be ?iven to the suape which the heads assume. A sym metrical form can be preserved by rub bing oS. the needless shoots when an inch or two long, as this is much easier than to cut oh limbs with a saw 3fter they have grown largfc. When trees are flr^t set out they are naturally wtsi'c, and if tuey are placed in tne way of a strong wind, the chances are that raaay of them will be blown down. For this reason, it is obvious that the trees shouid be protected. If they are sheltered by a building, well and good, but if they are in the direct path of the prevailing winds, a wind break should be erected. A Liaely Voyage. Captain F. Vehling his arrived at San Francisco, Cal., with the 3team launch Kusslloff from Alaska. Daring a peril ous voyage he has been obliged to act not oaly as captain but also as cabin boy, cook and crew of the little vessel. Yearsufcgo the launch Kussiloff wa* sunk off Kariuk, Alaska. Vehling bought the boat tor a trifling sum, ai 1 early this season, after providing her with schooner rigging, shipped a crew and prepared for a trading trip among the Indians. One day Vehling allowed his men to go ashore at Karluk. About noon a heavy wind cane up and the vessel broke her cable and driftel out to sea. Vehling made the best of the situation and steered the boat out to sea. By dusk the Kussiloff was out of sight of lacd, and all that night the wind -blew a gale. A Vehling stood by the helm and scud ded under bare poles. Next morning the wind changed and blew him toward the San Juan archipelago. The captain saw it was impossible to make Karluk, 3nd turned the bow of the boat toward Sac. Francisco. At night Ciptam Vehling would shorten- sail abt, tie his rudder, and go to sleep in the cabin. He cooked his own meals, manned his o wn boat, and was king and captain of all he looked upon. The Kussiloff proved herself an excellent sailor.? -Chicago Times, ? *>. -rrt- ? f? <?lant Tnjes la Formosa. &Jh!t9>rhai nitive paper gives 'de tails of an explAs^ ?rpe*ft?ioa by Chinese merchants into the southern pa*ts of the Island of Formosa, where tijsf . discovered forests that rival the gigantic ridwocds of California for size. Tae vast forests there had never been jj^aeirated by traders, b it it was kaowa that the c junfcry was broken by high and rugged mountains that had very .heavy tl nber. The expedition started from the Chiaese por^ af Samatan. After seven uays ol haru ffevel it reached the tliuiiu River. It fo'^fed no roa ls, not even a trail, and in* many cases the mem bers journeyed for hours along the tracks of wild beasts through heavy tim ber. ^ Many signs <54 natives were ssen, savages were too timid to show themselves. Whether the party suc cee lea in establishing barter with them is not recorded. In one of the great lorests trees of enormous size and height wei*^ found. Tea men, joining their outstretched arms, were unable to cla3p the trunk ?ear the ground. They esti mate I the height at 200- or more feet. Another peculiar tree bore red and white Sobers as large as aa ordinary sieve. The fores* life, from the description of the Chinese, resembles that of the Ama son.? ;New Orleans Picayune. X *? - ? ? Tne man who never attempts to sing at any other time wilt break out in a cicnlc -a^oa. ? Atchison Globe. THE REAII OF FASHION WHAT TO WEAR AND HOW THEY MAKE It. \ Fashion is About to Bebel Against the Street Sweeping Trails. f OOD taste is so strongly k in revolt against the [ nasty style of wearing a train, upon street cresses that although women are . very sub missive to the orders of costuoe^dfisigners, it is -~.qaite likely that tbe decree will soon go forth from social "leaders tbnt bell skirts must- be -the only wear and they must absolutely clear the ground. The season is no w too far advanced for the introduction of any novelties. The summer girl mast be content -> with the picturesque effects which she can attain by the use of wide folded sashes, Swiss belts and deep corselets. It is usual to have the AN EXQUISITE INDOOR TOII,ET. . sash or conelct match the skirt The wise maiden will be careful how> she wears a blouse finished in sailor slyle with singlet. Only a very shapely and smooth white neck can stand such a garment. She had better make choice of a style less trying, say cor selet, belt and co'lar to match, covered with lace. For instance, take the .-charmmg blouse pictured in my initial, the material being a striped and dotted satin laerveilleux, trimmed with crocheted lace__ o I an ecru tone. This blouse sbouid be ^tnajJe up over a fitted lining, the latter being cut away under the lace yoke. \ You can't get a prettier gown for this time of tire year than a crepon/For a young lady, a pink tone, if becoming, may be charmingly set off by the string- colored Irish lace now so much in vogue; the skirt being finished with a silk ruche. It U wonderful what a hold white has cz ! popularity, so rauch so that many women wear it who should leave it severely alone, ? White is a most trying color, not only for ! the complexion, bnt for the figure, and yet ! when yon do see the best figure for a white ; gown, namely: tall and slender, wearing a ? white foulard trimmed with Ucfhu and epaulets of la ce, you can't help being de lighted with it. It makes an ensemble of such charming parity and perfection. The exquisite indoor toilet shown in the picture is in fomp.dour foulard, made prir.cess. The bottom of the skirt has a flounce of the material box-pleated and \ covered, with lace headed by a narrow pleated silk band with bows set as indicated. > they being trimmed with lace. The bodioi is covered with lace which forms very small basqne.->. There taped effect in foC.jft.rd j on the corsage anfflnbbon braces. Already plans are maturing as to what we shall do this winter. What novelties fchall ! wehav^. What will be the latest fad, the j newest sedation* As you have doubtless ! heard, we have taken to skirt dancing. I I don't mean that skirt dancing has su^er- j 8eded the waltz <^r even the lancers, but that certain fashionable ladies have discovered } that they can do a skirt; dance quite as well j as the professionals, and they take the op- j portnnity offered by private theatricals and j home entertainments to exhibit their grace fulness. 1 hardly think, however, thatou* young married ladies or even our single ones will take tfp-^kiirt-dancing seriously. Tbev will most prot>ably let the children have the monopoly. Anyway, it will bet , pleasant diversion for little maids, and in tome cases quite worth seeing, for children take to dancing very naturally, their slender, lithe figures^ fitting them, particular- j fy well for it. In the illustration is present- i ed a spirited sketch of a skirt dancer. course much depends upon the costume npon the colored lights thrown upon the performer. The accordion skirt has usually been made u|e of for parlor entar lainmeut?. bnt wl^jfpW style of afcltt is chosen the greatest on r?* should be taken in the selections ^ .d make-up for the under sk rts. Ih-jy should be filmy and delicate and clinging, following the motion of the limbs hke white crested w$$es. * The illustration represents a very charm frair sown in rr. Hi a shade of ne lotrojit, tJie st;ipe3 oeiijg. vexvtaj auu red<iish brown. "The yoke is of guipure o} old lace coior, embroisiered with gold. Th? rli f ' be lined with changeable taffeta ? and there must be a baiayeuse. The corsage i books at the back. This is a very original 1 and striking gown, but to bring out all its ! possibilities the draping must be artistically ; done, making nse of a dress farm for that ; purpose. Whi'e is everywhere and especially with 1 va itu ions in ecru and creamy tones.. As for the rag^ in scarlet and crimson which was predicted early in the season 0n ac count of tkeir success in the o'd *Drid. it I has not come,* the reason no dotibt being i that with our almost trophical sun.the glare j would be too trying, both tothe wearer and the looker-on. A very piquant toilet for a garden party is the one shown in the picture, The material j being white foulard set off with a lace bertha. Above ibe Litter there is a yoke of pleated lace. There is a garniture about the sleeves which -weald be very becoming A CALLING COSTfME. | to some young girls. The belt and the hot ; torn of the skirt are trimmed with white | velvet ribbon. This make-up could be ap | plied to many other materia. s; for instance, r OR A GASDE5 PARTY. to a stamped veiling, t>iue ground wiru white flowerets, and trimmed with white lace. The woman of fashion is no doubt regret ting that she can't make her sleeves so wide that she wou'd require a seat in the cars all A PRETTY GOWN. to herself. There is no telling what width sleeves will attain by the end of the season. It is the only portion of her costume that admits of exaggerated size, and she is deter mined to make the most of it. t Hats, too, will increase their proportions as summer draws to a close, and the dahlias, peonies, no!yhocks and August floweri will come in foe their brief day of &*or^_aply to give place to fruit and grain during the supple mental season, whicS has now: become the thing to pass in quiet giiountain towns so. that the devotee of fashion may reco\^t from the strain and drag of the season ;be fore she go?s back to town. I The illustration shows a charming call ing costume in pink sil^r or crepon with a guipure plastron, having the form of a^oke front and back. The crossed ribbonsj meet at a point in the back. There is a ribbon bracelet at the elbow and deep lace jeufla. The plastron should be gathered on u rtraight collar. THE LABOR WOELD. A few compositors use both hands. A Boston girl runs a printing office. English mines employ 6112 persons. England has had 270 strikes in ten months. The 23,000 newspapers in this country em- i ploy 100,000 men. Labor in Chicago is better organized than it ever was before Wyoming, Kansas, Idaho, Nebraska and i In liana have eight-hour laws. Ax adnlt laboring man uses up about five ounces of his muscle every day. The German Miners' Federation his at present 222 local branches in Germany. In Saxony about seventy per cent of the woritngmen earn less than $150 per year. The job printers at Duluth and Superior Minn ., have formed an eight-hour league. ' The London Building Trades Council is composed of delegates representing 16.500 members. The street railroad employes of Philadel phia are about to revive their lapsed K of L. assemblies. In St. Paul, Minn., no distinction is made in wages of male and female teachers in the public schools. The percentage system for the payment of union dues is being discussed by tbe labor organizations of Boston. In some of the brickyards at Spring wells, Mich., scares of women, it is sai l dig in the pits and carry fcbe molds. ?? works are now closed iu Wales and 10,000 hands are idle. Many have sailed to find employment in America. The secret work of the Knights o! Libor ha* been translated into the German, Ital ian, Swedish and Polish languages. Thb report of the New York Buraau of Labor shows an increase of over WOOD 000 paid in wages and $31,000,000 in valua of production during 1891. The congress of the working men's social istic revolution party adopted a resolution in Pans, France, to send to American miners an address of sympathy. SntON Wi!TG, a Boston tailor, for Presi dent and Charles Matchett, a Williamsbure (N. Y.) carpenter, for Vice-President, head the Socialist Labor National ticket. ,o?TPUu*nfcia Ba)% *e^oondlta?.aionO 1200 men and women are employed in the lobster industry. Five millions is the annual oatcb, which represents *180,00) in valu.s Great Britain has 13 labor societies, with 1,035, 9( 909.670 of share capital, qc reserve runa ana ad annual business of $301,137,03?. Mayor C./G. McMuxsn, of Davton, issued p proclamation urgently ao peal|pg to tn population of that city to ceafs ail kinss of labor and business on Labor Daj r Setting One's Teeth on h'dje. The expression, ?'setting one's fceeth on edge/' is a popular method ofj ex plaining the peculiar sensation produced by the harsh grating of one substance against another. These discoi'dant sounds Act upon the sensitive dental nerves aod induce the same feelings as when a particularly acid substance touches the teeth. It is in great measuie dependent upon people's nerves as to whether their teeth are set on edge or not. Some are scarcely affected by noise?, however sharp and shrill; others, who have indifferent health, are the most constant victims.? Chicago Hera:d. It doesn't taicfc a bit of meanness out of & rtscal to polish him.-? Ham's Hora. -- ?. -yZ f >? * .> " ?: . V ? r'r-/''"'- *. : *! ' i / .tire REVw DR. TALMAGE THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN DAY SERMON. Tkxt: 'LI have fought with ^beasts at Ephtsv.s: ?I Corinthians xv., 32. Crossing the Alps by the Mount Cenis pass or through the Mdunt Cenis tunnel vou are in a few hours setSwn at Veronia, J^y* and in a few minutes begin examin ing one of the grandest ruins of the world - the amphitheatre. The whole building sweeps around you in a circle. You stand in the arena where the combat was once fought or the race run, and on ail sides the seats rise, tier above tier, until vou count forty elevations or galleries, as I shall see fit to call them, in which sat the senator? tha kings and the twenty-five thousand ex cited sp5cLa*uor?. At the stites of the arena and under toe galleries are the cage* in which the lions and tigers are kept^thout food until, frenzted wifh hunger and Ifeirst they are let out upon some victim who, With his sword and alone, is condemned to meet them: I think that Paul himself once stood in such a place, and that it was not only figuratively but literally that he bad "fought with beasts at Ephesus." The gala da^ has come. From all the world the people are pouring into Verona. MeD, women and children, orators and sena tor.*, great men and small, thousands upon thousand?, com?, until the first gallery is full, and the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth? all the way up to the twentieth alt the way up to the thirtieth, all the way up to the fortieth. Every place is filled. Immensity of audience sweeping the great circ'.e, Silence! The time for the con test has come. A Roman official leads forth the victim into the arena. Let him get his sword with firm grip into his right hand. The twenty-five thousand sit breathlessly watching. I hear the door at the side of the arena creak open. Out plunges the half starved hoQ, his tongue athlrst for blood, and with a roar that brings all the galleries to their feet he rushes aga'nst the sword of the combatant Do you know how strong a stroke a man will strike when his life depends upon the first thrust of his blade? The wild beast, lame an J bleeding, slinks back toward the side of the arena; then, raljjing his wasted strength, he comes up with fiercer eye and more terrible roar than ever, only to be driven back with a fatal wound, while the ' combatant comes in with stroke after stroke, until the monster is dead at his feet, and the twenty-fivo thousand people clapthetr hands and utter a shout that makes the city tremble. Sometimes the audience came to sea a race, sometimes to see gladiators fight each other, until the people, compassionate for the fallen, turned their thumbs down as an appeal that the vanquished be spared, and sometimes the combat was with wild beasts. To one of the Roman amphi theatrical audiences of one hundred thousand people Paul refers when he says: "We are com passed about with so great a crowd of wit nesses." The direct reference in the last passage is made to a race, but elsewhere j having discussed that, I take now Paul's favorite idea of the Christian life as a com bat. ? The fact is that every Christaia man has a lion to tight. Yours is a bad temper. The gates of the arena have b:en opened, and this tiger has come out to destroy your soul. It has lacerated you with many a wound. You have been thrown by it time and again, but in the strength of God you have arisen to drive it back. I verily believe you will conquer. I think that the temptation is getting weaker and weaker. You have given it so many wounds that the prospect is that it will die and you shall be victor, through Christ ! Courage, brother ! Do not let the sands of the arena drink the blood of your soul ! Your lion is the passion fpr strong drink. You may have contended against it twenty yearsT'but it is string of body and thirsty of tongue. You havfe tried to fight it back with broken botae or empty wine flask. Nay! that is not/the weapon. With one horrible roar he /rill seize thee by the throat and rend thee lyhib from limb. Take this weapon, sharpyand keen ? reach up and get it from Gods armory? the sword of the Spirit. With that thou mavest drive him back and conquer ! But why specify, when every man and woman has a lion to fight. If there be one here who has no besetting sin, let hi<n speak out ; for him have 1 offended. If you have not fought the lion, it is because you have let the lion eat you up. This very moment the contest goes on. The Trojan celebration, where ten thousand gladiators fought and eleven thousand wild beast* were slain, was not so terrific a struggle as that which at this moment goes on in many a soul. The combat was for the life of the body ; this is for the life of the soul. That was with wild beasts from the jungle; this is with the roar ingitoirot hell. think when they contend against an evil habit that they have to fight it all alone. Sol Tbey staud in the centre of an im mense circle ot sympathy ! Paul had been reciting the names of Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Joseph, Gideon and Barak, and then says: "Bring compassed about with so great a cloud of witness^." Be.'ore I get through 1 will show yorrtiat you fight in au arena around which circle, in galleries ab>ve each other, all the kin-, dling eyes anl all the sympathetic hearts of the age.-; \niat every "victory gained there comes <lown the thuuiering applause of t* rveat maltilu ie that no man can numb*, "neing ^mnassed about with so great a clou 1 of witnesses." Though the arena be crowded with temp* "j tations _ we sha 1, w.fch the angelic be'.p.f"' strike them down in the name of our God anJ leap on fieir fallen carcasses! 0 bend ing throng of bright angelic faces ani swift wings an 1 lightmng/ooti ,1 hail you to-day from the dust an :1 strlfgfte of the arena ! I look again and see the callerv of the prophets and apostles. Who are those mighty ones up yonier? Hosea and Jere miah ani Daniel and Isaiah and Paul and Ptt?r ar.d John and James. There sits Noah, waiting for ail the world to come into the ark ; an i Mo^es, waiting till the last Red S?a shall divide; and Jeremiah, waiting for the Jews to return; and John, of the Apocilypse, waiting for the swearing of th? angel that l ime shall be no longer. Glorious spirits ! Ye were howled at; ye were stoned; ve ^eres^it upon! They nave been in this fight themselves, and they are a!l with us. Daniel knows all about lions. Paul fought with blasts at E >hesus. In the ancient amphitheatre the people got so excited that they would shout from the galleries to the men in the arena: "At it azain !" "Forward!" "Ona more stroke!" "Lookout!*' "Fall bick!" Huzzi! Hu^zi!" .-"o in that gallery, prophetic and apostolic, they cannot keep their peac\ Daniel cries cuf, "Thy Go 1 will deliver thee fro n the mouth of the lions!" Davii exe'aims, "He will not suifor thy foo* to be moved T* Isaiah calls out, "Fear not! I am with thee! -Be not dismayed T' Paul exclaims, "Victory through our Lori Jesus Christ!" 'That thrung of prophets an 3 apostles cannot keip still. _ They make the welkin ring w!th shouting and halleluiahs. ^ I look again and I see the gallery of the martyr?. Who is that? Hugh Latimer, sure enough ! He would not apo!ogiz3 for the truth preached, and so he died the night before swinging from the bedpost in perfect elee at the thouzht of emancipation. Who are that army of six thousand six hundred ana sixty-3 x? They are the Theban legion whd died for the faith. Here is a larger host n magnificent array? eight hundred and eighty-four thousand ? who * psfrished for Christ in thejpersecutions of Diocletian. Yonder is a family grono, Felicita*, of Rome, and her children. Winjle they were dying for the fj:t!i she stood encouraging them. On* sou *.a3 whipped tb diath by thorns, another was flung fro n a rock, an other W ha-.on^A.-* At In-st rb\ mon.W oecame a martyr: mere tuey are togecner ?a family group in heaven. Yonder ii John Bradford, who said in the fire, "We shall have a. merry supo=r with the \lori to-night!" Yonder is Henry Voes, whdtex c aimed as he died, "If I hai ten heads tn>y should all fair off for Christ!'1 ^ The gr;at throng of the martyrsl They aad hot lead poured down their Bhroats; horses were fastenel to their hands, and ether horses to their feet, and thus they were pulled apart ; they ha/f' their tongues pulled oat by red hot pmcers; they wera sewed up m the skins ot toiurais and then' thrown to the dogs; they were daubed with ; combustibles and then sec on fire! If altf the :uari.yrs' stakes that have been kindled' could be set at proper distances they wouhf make the .midnight all thr world over a* bright as noonday. ; ? And now they sityonier in the martyr's*' gallery. For them the fires ol persecution nave gone out. The swords are sheathed1 and tb? mob hushed. Now they watch us with an all observing sympathy They < know all the pa n, all tne hardships/all the anguish, all the injustice, all the privation. They cannot keep still. Tney cr f: "Cour age! The fire will not consume. The floods cannot drown. The lions cannot devour! Courage! down th re in the arena." What, are they all iookiu?? This night we answer oac'i the salutation they give, an 1 crv, 'Mail! sons and dangers of the tire* 1 look again and see another gallerv, tha* of em'nent Christians. VHVhat strikes me strangely is the .nixing in co npanionship o! those win on.<ar:h c?ufi not agree. There is Albert Barnes, and arouud him the pres bytery who triel him for heterodoxy! Yrto.-'c* ie Tvrnxan RasjshAr and fthurrth 1 won bbk oeoogncm mmr ?11, there Is John Calvin and Jum ?ttuQ> ius! Who would havs thought Aw tkey would sit to lovingly togenar? Ttan is George Whitefiel 1 and the ministers who would not let him oome tato their pulpit* be cause they thought him a fanatic. There are the sweet angers Toplady, Montgomery, Charles Wesley, Isaac Watts and Mrs. Sig ournev . If heaven had had no music be fore they went up, they would have started the singing. And there the band of mfesionarios? David Abed, talking of China redeemed; and John Scudder, of India saved; and David Brainard, x>f the aborigines evangelised, and Mrs. Adaniram Judsoo, whose prayers for Burmah book heaven by viofeooe ! All these Christians are looking into the arena. Our struggle is nothing to theirs. Do we, in C&rtst's cause, suffer from the oold* They walked Greenland's icy mountains. Do wj suffer from the heat? Thev sweltered in the tropics. Do we get fatigued? They Tainted, with none to care for them but can nibals. Are we persecuted! They were anathematized. And as they look from their gallery and see us falter in the present of the lions, I seem to hear Isaac Watts address ing us in his old hymn, only a little changed Must you be carriei to the akle* On flower; beds of ewe. While othen; foajht to win the prisj Or sailed throng^ bloody seas? Toplady shouts in hii old hymn: Yoarharpi, ye tremMiag uiatf, Down from lb 3 willows take; Load to the pnise of lore divias. Bid ever y string; swsks. \_s While Chaxle3 Wesley, the Methodist, breaks forth in Lis favorive words, a little varied: A charge to keep yoa hsvs, A God to glorify; A never dywj; tool to save, And fit It for the s ky! I look again and I see the gallery of our departed. Many of those in the other ?galleries we have heard of; but theee we knew. Ob, how familiar their faoes! They sat at our tables, and we walked to the house of God in company. Have they for gotten us? These father* ani mothers staled ui on the road of life. Are they careless as to what becomes of us? And those children? do they look on with stolid indifference as to whether we win or lose this battle for eternity? Nay; I sss that child running its hand over your brow and saying, "Father, do not fret." "Mother, do not worry." ' They remember the day they left us. They remember the agony of the last farewell. Though years in heaven they know our faces. Tney remember our sorrow*. They spiak our name?. They watch this fight for heaven. Nay, I see them rise up and lean over and wave before us their recognition and encouragement That gallerv is not full. They are keeping places For us." After we have slain the hon they excecl the King , to call us, saying : "Come up higher r Be 1 tween the hot struggles in the arena I wipe the sweat from my brow and stand on tip ! toe, reaching up my rizht hand to clasp tbairs in rapturous handshaking, while their vdioes oome ringing down from the gallery, crying: ,48e thou faithful unto death, ana you shall have a crown !" But here I pause, overwhelmed with the majesty and joy ot the scene! Gallery of the King! Gallery of angels! Gallery of prophets and apostles! Gallery of martyrs! Gallery of saints! Gallery of friends and ; kindred! Oh, ranjestic circles of light and love! Throngs! Throngs! Throngs! How shall we stand the gaas of the universe! Myriads of eyes beaming on us! Myriads of hearts beatiDg in sympathy for us! How shall we ever dare to sin again ! How ?h%l' we ever become discourage 1 again ! How shall we ever feel, lonely again ! W ith God for a?, aDd angels for us, and prophets and apostles for uf, and the great sou s of the ages for us, and our glorified kindred for us? shall we give up the fight and die? No! Sor of God, who aidst die to save u-. No! ye angel?, whose wings are spread forth to shelter us. No! ye prophets and apostles, whose warnings startle us. No! ye loved ones, whose arms are outstretched to recsive u?. No! we will never surrender! Sure I mast fight IX I woald reign Be faithfal to my Lorrt; And bear the Cross, endure the pain, Supported by Thy Word. Thy saints in all this glorious war Shall conquer, though they die; They eea tha triumph from afar And seize it wi:h their eye. When that iliostrion* day shall rise, And all Thine armiej shtae In roies of victory throagi the skies, The glory shall be Thin?. My hearer, shall we die in ths arena or rise to join our friends in the gallery? Through Christ we may come off more than conquerors. A soldier dying in the hospital ro e up in bed the last moment and crier1, "Here! Here!" His attendants put him back on his pillow and asked him why he shouted "Here" "Oh, I heard the roll call of heaven and 1 was only answering to my name." I wonder whether, after this battle of life is over, our uame will be called in the muster role of the pardoned and glori fied, and with the joy of heaven breaking upon our souls, we cry, "Here! Here!" NEWSY GLEANINGS. Immigration- is increasing. Georgia took in 1500,000 on watermelons this season. Chicago's great drainage canal has been formally begun. There are 400 bison at the Yellowstone Park, in Wyoming. An immense variety of campaign badges are shown this year. Chile has trouble in distributing the Peruvian guano fund. Minnesota paid the enormous sum ot $J?i,000 last year for wolf scalps. The University of Pennsylvania, at Phila delphia, has a hospital for sick dogs. Throughout all Japan there are now open for traffic 1717 miles of railway. The Canadian Dominion will have about 20. 'XX), 000 tyishels of wheat to export Decatur, Ala., has one colored alder man. one colored justice and two colored policemen. A railway train has arrived in Jerusalem from Jaffa, the railway between the two places having been completed. Grasshoppers in countless numbers have been destroying entire fields of oats in Huron County and adjoining counties, Ohio. The Bavarian Government is experiment ing with aluminum as a material for mak ing boots for soldiery especially for winter wear. The Government of Chile has prohibited sealing in the Straits of Magellan and the waters of the Chiloe Islands and Juan Fer nandez. A cholera depot with 680 beds, which the authorities will be able to dispatch to any part of the Austrian Empire, has been established at Vienna. The New York aqueduct commission has awarded the contract for the new Croton dam at the Cor hall site to James Coleman. His bid was 14,150,573. The official statement of deaths from | cholera in Russia gives the total, up to Au gust 22, as 107,647. These figures are un doubtedly too conservative. The actual I number of deaths are 125,000, or perhaps more I The coffee crop of Brazil has been so large that the railroads of one of the provinces have for weeks been blocked, every availa ble car being in service, freight depots being crowded ana further receipts of coffee being i declined The railway over the Andes, between the Argentine Republic and Chile, has besn so far completed that the steamship companies in Europe are selling through tickets from Southampton and Liverpool to Valparaiso by this route. ^ j It is said that in n& time in the history of Pennsylvania has the acreage of the buck wheat crop been so large as it is this season. The inability of the farmers to get in their corn crop, owing to the wet weather, has caused them to utilize their land largely for buckwheat instead. I A Home-Made Safety Lump. To fastantly obtain a light sufficient to read the time by a watch or clock at night without the use of matches ani without danger is an easy matter. Take an oblong vial of the elegit glass, put into it a piece of phosphorus the size ot a pea, upoa this poui some pure olive oil heated to the boiling point, Oiling the bottle about one third full. Then cork tightly. To use the light, re n >ve tho cork, allow the air to enter and then re cork. The whole empty space in the bottle will then become luminous, and \ the light obtained will bo a good one. Us soon a? the iight becomes dim, Its wer can be increa^d by opening the tt!c and allowing a fresh supply of air to enter. In very cold weather it is 80 retimes necessary to hold the vial in 'the hands to increase the fluidity of the oil, and one bo'.tle will last a winter^ This ingenious contrivance may be car ried in the pocket, and is used by the watchmen of Paris in all magazines in which explosives or iuflammibla raateri ais are stored. ? Detroit Free Prts*. ? j * ** _ ^ : ' i ' ? '? J- ? ? Oahnacn kw in the Iron Brills of Pennsylvania are paid H50 *> per day. Sample Packagc Mallei Free. Address Smdii Bile Beans, New York. The St ."Louis Chief of Police requires the 1000 Chinese in that *ity to be photographed. Long spells of sickness and heavy doctor bills can be prevented bv u;?inc in time one txmaa Stk*!L * __ There are 525,000 Congregationalisms in the United States. Go twice as far as liver pills and cure ofteser XtkuU Bile Beans. ? I f A million dollai sugar refiner/ is to he built a t Brooklyn, N. Y. To aid Digestion take one Small Bile Baan after eating^ :5c. per bottle. There were 1500 railroad accidents in l New Jersey last year. Constipation cured by i>'?>aU Bile Beans. The Knights of Lscor hare at present about 9000 members in West Virginia. ^ Tfce Only On* Brer Printed. CAR TOC rxvs TBI WORD? thu ** *3 Inch display advertisement In inf week, which has no two words ^uae except one word. The urne is true at - S:Ve* one appearing each week, from The ?vnJ. ?? Medicine Co. This house plaot* a 1iTk^55i. ?n 9v?rythinjc they makssndpob wr>rd 3,send th*1? the name ofthe rr?L , wlIi return you book, a*AOT?. LtrHOOILlPHS Or SAMPLES THJUL twice**5 IS a ?reat sc^i'j of bin-iiof ? mJSTSTi and ???rbutic affections, pimples, fon 1 s*,n aiT caused by impure blood which Beecham's Pills cure. Northern- Mexico is a^ain confronted by e total ctod failure. Tbe True Lnxnttve Principle j | Of the plants used in manufacturing the pleasant remedy, Syrup of Fig\ has a perma nently beneficial effect on the human system, while the cheap vegetable extracts and min eral solutions, usually sold as medicines, are permanently injurious. Being well Informed, jrou will use the true remedy only. Manufac tured by the California Fig Svrnp Co. The acreage of watermelons at the South is twenty live per cent, less this year tlaaa last. Malaria cured and eradicated from the system by Brown's Iron Bitters, which en riches the blood, tones the nerves, aids diges tion. Acts like a charm on persons in general ill health, giving new energy and strength. A general expansion of trade has de veloped itself. M. Priest Druggist, Shelbyville, Ind_ says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure gives the best of satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonials, as it cures every one who takes if.*' Druggists sell it, 75c. Thirtt sardine factories in Maine are closed because there is no run of suitable ?ir?d fish to pack. BROwn'8 Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia,Mala ria, Biliousness and General Debility. Oivef Strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerves creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing Mothers, weak women and children. No Chinese has been naturalized for thirteen years. .~~"s If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thomp son's Eye-water.DruggistS sell at 25c. por bottle Simply Awful " I had what th? dcxS tors called the worst case o f Scroftila they over saw. It was on my arms,face and neck and was simply aw f ull Five ycard ago I be gan to take Hood's ^Sarsaparilla and Get. W. Turner. fon"d the sores gradual ly began to heal. 1 tCK)k 10 bottle* and was perfectly cured. For tbe past 4 years I have had good health and no sores." G.W.Tur>*ek, farmer, Galway.N. Y. Hood's Pills cure liver ilKconstlpatlon.bfl lousness, jaundice slci headache, indigestion Who are for the first time to undergo woman's severest trial wo offer "Mothers Friend" A remedy which, if ur-cd as directed a fc^ weeks before confinement, robs it of it^ ?PAIN, HORROR AM) RISK TO LIFq of both mother and child, as thousands uho cave used it testify, MIu?ed two bottles cf Mothfrs Fit ksid with marvelous results, aad wibh iver> wemaq who has to pass throuchthe orde:il cf chikt-biilh to know if they will usg MotmI;R> Friend lor n few weeks it will robcor.finement of tain and sx f~- >ing. Jjid insure safety to Itfc cf mother and ehi! ?? ' Mrs. Sam Hamilton, Montgomery Lity, Jio. Sent b y express, charts pre aid, on r-Ccir t of price. |l.o0 p- rl o'tk' ? uidLy a!i dtuggijtj. liools 'l o Mothers mailed Jure. Bkax>field KtGiLATca Co , AUanta, Go. St nail Positively cure Sick-lieadaclic 40 to \ the bottle. Price 25c. Reliable, Kcouotu ical. Sold by dru^p.-ts. " I am ready to testify under oath | that if it had not been for August Flower I should have died before 1 this. Eight years ago I was taken i sick, and suffered as no one but a dyspeptic can. I employed three cf our best doctors and received no benefit. They told me that I had j heart, kidney, aud liver trouble. | Everything I ate distressed me so that I had to throw it up. August Flower cured me. There is no med- j icinc equal to it." I.crknzo F. Slkf.pkr, Appletoa, Maine. ? j LUXURIES? UEAKSVILLE ELSNKEtt. H nseWoeper* 11 ? . I* ir lir.i .? 1 ? I ? . ? ti I"'C r-ilr. !.'iik,,vllifRi.rr,i > 'it- v. 7!r*\. ' ??Ml Ul?<-K !Xc.. lOr. aa-t (iOr. jt K r e\ i lira*. .'{2 I - Jr. l'r->wn. 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