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THE WEEKLY LEDGER; GAFFNEY, S. C., DECEMBER 19, 1895. INSECT ANNOYANCES. >W AND WHY GOD SENDS THE SMALL TROUBLES OF LIFE. Th«FAre All Neceswirv to Spiritual nonlll »nd Growth, Say* F.ov. Dr. Tn Inin go—Ji Sormou of Comfort For Everyday Dxpe rlenee. WASHiNaiON, Dec. 15.—Dr. Talmagf today chose for his discourse a them? that will appeal to most people—viz, the petty annoyances of life. His texl was, “The Lord thy God will send tbf hornet,” Deuteronomy vii, 20. It seems as if the insectile world were ; determined to extirpate the human race. It bombards the grainflelds and the or chards and the vineyards. The Colorado beetle, the Nebraska grasshopper, the New Jersey locust, the universal potato bug seem to carry on the work which was begun ages ago when the insects buzzed out of Noah’s ark as the door was opened. In my text, the hornet flies out on its mission. It is a species of wasp, swift in its motion and violent in its sting. Its touch is torture to man or beast. Wc have all seen the cattle run bellowing under the cut of its lancet. In boyhood we used to stand cautiously looking at the globular nest hung from the tree branch, and while we were looking at the wonderful covering we were struck with something that sent us shrieking away. The hornet goes in swarms. It has captains over hundreds, and 20 of them alighting on one man will produce leatb. Wasps, Flies and Hornets. The Persians attempted to conquer a [Christian city, but the elephants and the 'beasts on which the Persians rode were assaulted by the hornet, so that the whole army was broken up and the be sieged city was rescued. This burning and noxious insect stung out the Hitt- ites and theCanaanites from their coun try. What gleaming sword and chariot of war could not accomplish was done by the puncture of an insect. The Lord sent the hornet. My friends, when we are assaulted by great behemoths of trouble wc be come chivalric, and we assault them. We get on the high mettled steed of our courage, and we make a cavalry charge at them, and if God be with us we come out stronger and hotter than when we went in. But, alas! for these insectile annoyances of life, these foes too small to shoot, these things without any avoir- idupois weight, the gnats, and thcMidges, and the flics, and the wasps, ; ! the [hornets! In other words, it is the small [stinging annoyances of our life which [drive us out and use us up. In the best conditioned life, for some grand and [glorious purpose, God has sent the hor- ' net. I remark, in the first place, that these small stinging annoyances may ’ come in the shape of a nervous organi zation. People who are prostrated under typhoid fevers or with broken bones get plenty of sympathy, but who pities any body that is nervous? The doctors say, and the family say, and everybody says, “Oh, she’s only a little nervous, that’s alii” The sound of a heavy foot, the harsh clearing of a throat, a discord in music, a want of harmony between the shawl and the glove on the same person, a curt answer, a passing slight, the rom the east, any one of 10,000 alnces opens the door for the hor net. The fact is that the vast majority of the people in this country are over worked, and their nerves are the first to give out. A great multitude are under the strain of Leyden, who, when he was told by his physician that if he did not stop working while he was in such poor physical health he would die, respond ed, “Doctor, whether I live or die, the ^Wbeel must keep going round. ” These isitive persons of whom I speak have leediug sensitiveness. The flies love light on anything raw, and those peo- ' are like the Canaanites spoken of in text or in the context—they have a Fery thin covering and are vulnerable m; all points. “And the Lord sent the (hornet. ” In Hainan Guiaa. Again, the small insect annoyances may come to us in the shape of friends and acquaintances who are always say ing disagreeable things. There are some people you cannot be with for half an „ hour but you feel cheered and comfort ed. Then there are other people you cannot be with for five minutes before you feel miserable. They do not mean to disturb you, but they sting you to the bone. They gather up all the yarn which the gossips spin, and retail it. They gather up all the adverse criticisms about your person, about your business, about your home, about your church, and they make your ear the funnel into Hitch they pour it. They laugh heartily when they tell you, as though it were a |1?ood joke, and you laugh, too—outside. These people are brought to our at- ption in the Bible, in the book of (nth. Naomi went forth beautiful and vith the finest of worldly prospects, and ito another land; but, after awhile, lie came back widowed and sick and What did her friends do when she aetotbecity? They all went out, and, : instead of giving her common sense con- | solution, what did they do? Read the book of Ruth and find out They threw |ap their hands and said, “Is this Nao mi?” as much as to say, “How awful I bad you do look!” When I entered the [ministry, I looked very pale for years, id every year, for four or five years, a indred times a year, I was asked if I id not the consumption, and, passing trough the room I would sometimes people sigh and say, “A-ab, not sg for this world!” I resolved in [those times that I never, in any conver- [■ation, would cay anything depressing, [and by the help of God I have kept the ilution. These people of whom ) reap and bind in the great harvest pld of discouragement. Some day yon them with a hilarious “good ling,” and they come buzzing at with some depressing information, sent the hornet. ” I cm to many people in the world who like to soy disagreeable things and write disagreeable things, I come almost in my woe her moments to believe what a man said to me in Phil adelphia one Moucbiy morning. I went to get the bonse at the livery stable, and the hostler, a plain man, said to me, “Mr. Talm; r> >, I saw that you preached to the ynrug men yesterday.” I said, “Yes.” He said, “No use, no use; man’s a failure.” Domestic Irritationg. The small insect annoyances of life sometimes come in the shape of local physical trouble, which does notamouut to a positive prostration, but which bothers you when you want to feel the best. Perhaps it is a sick headache which has been the plague of your life, and you appoint some occasion of mirth or s ciality or usefulness, and when the clock strikes the hour you cauuot make your appearance. Perhaps the trouble is between the ear and the forehead, in the shape of a neuralgic twinge. No body can see it or sympathize with it, but just at the time when you want your intellect clearest, and your disposi tion brightest, yon feel a sharp, keen, disconcerting thrust. “The Lord sent the hornet. ” Perhaps these small insect annoyances will come in the shape of a domestic irritation. The parlor and the kitchen do not always harmonize. To get good service and to keep it is one of the greatest questions of the country. Some times it may be the arrogancy and in- considerateness of employers, but what ever be the fact we all admit there are these insect annoyances winging their way out from tho culinary department. If the grace of God be not in the heart of the housekeeper, sho cauuot maintain her equilibrium. Tho meu come home at night and hear the story of these an noyances, and say, “Oh, these home troubles are very little things!” They are small, small as wasps, bnt they sting. Martha’s nerves were all un strung when she rushed in asking Christ to scold Mary, and there aro tens of thousands of women who uro dying, stung to death by these pestiferous do mestic annoyances. “The Lord sent the hornet.” Those small insect disturbances may also como in the shapo of business irri tations. There are men bore who went through 1857 and the 24th of Septem ber, 1869, without losing their balance, who aro every day unhorsed by little annoyances—a clerk's ill manners, or a blot of ink on a bill of lading, or the extravagance of a partner who over draws his account, or the underselling by a business rival, or the whispering of sloro confidences in tho street, or the making of some little bad debt which was against your judgmeut, just to pleaso somebody else. Yellow Jackets. It is not the panics that kill tho mer chants. Panics como only onco in 10 or 20 years. It is tho constant din of these everyday annoyances which is sending so many of our best merchants into nerv ous dyspepsia and paralysis and the grave. When our national commerce fell flat on its face, these meu stood up and felt almost defiant, but their life is go- iug away now under the swarm of these pestiferous annoy Alices. “Tho Lord sent the hornet.” I have noticed in tho history of some that their annoyances aro multiplying and that they have a hundred where they used to have ten. The naturalist tells us that a wasp sometimes has a family of 20,000 wasp , and it does seem as if every annoyance of your life brooded a million. By tho help of God I want to show you tho other side. The hornet is of no use? Oh, yes! The nat uralists tell us they are very important in tho world's economy; they kill spi ders, and they clear the atmopshere, and I really believe God sends the annoy ances of our life upon ua to kill the spiders of the soul and to clear the at mosphere of cur skies. These annoyances aro sent on us, I think, to wake us up from our lethargy. There is nothing that makes a man so lively as a nest of “yellow jackets,” and I think that these annoyances are intended to persuade us of tho fact that this is not a worid for us to stop in. If we had a bed of everything that was attractive and soft and easy, what would we want of heaven? Wo think that the hollow tree sends the hornet, or we may think that the devil sends the hornet. I want to correct your opin ion. “The Lord sent the hornet.” Then I think these annoyances come on us to culture our patience. In the gymnasium you find upright parallel bars—upright Lars, with holes over each other for pegs to bo put in. Then tho gymnast takes a peg in each hand, and he begins to climb, one inch at a time, Or two inches, and getting his strength cultured roaches after awhile the ceil- iug. And it seems to me that these an noyances in life are amoral gymnasium, each worriment a p: g with which we aro to climb higher and higher in Chris tian attainment. Wo all love to see pa tience, tut it cannot bo eultnred in fair weather. Patiouco is a child of the storm. If yon had everything desirable, and there was nothing more to get, what would you want with patience? The only time to cnltnrc it is when you are lied about and sick and half dead. “Oh,” you say, “if I only had the circumstances of some well to do man I wonld be patient too.” Yon might as well say, “If it were not for this water, I would swim,” or, “I could shoot this guu if it were not for tho charge.” When you stand chin deep in annoy ances is the time for you to swim out toward the great bead lauds of Christian attainment, so as to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and to. have fellowship w ith his sufferings. Fnrlfltxl by Fire. Nothing but the furnace will ever burn out st us the clinker and the slag. I have formed this theory in regard to small annoyances and vexations. It takes just so much trouble to fit us for usefnlness and for heaven. The only question is whether wo shall take it in the bulk or pulverized and granulated. Here is one man who takes it in the I bulk. His back is broket., or his eye sight put out, or some other awful ca lamity befalls him, while the vast ma jority of people take the thing piece meal. Which way wonld you rather have it? Of course in piecemeal. Better have five aching teeth than one broken jaw; better ten fly blisters than an am putation ; better 20 squalls than ouo cy clone. There may bo a difference of opinion as tnallopathy and homeopathy, bnt in this matter of trouble I like homeopathic doses—small pillets of an noyance rather than somo knockdown dose of calamity. Instead of tho thun derbolt gives ns the hornet. If you have a bank, you would a great deal rather that 50 men would come in with checks less than $100 than to have two depositors come in the same day each wanting his $10,000. In this latter case you cough and look down to the floor, and you look up at the ceiling before you look into the safe. Now, my friends, would you uot rat her have these small drafts of anuoyauce on your bank of faith than some all staggering de mand upon your endurance? But re member that little as well as great an noyances equally require you to trust in Christ for succor and for deliverance from impatience and irritability. “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is staid on thee.” In the village of Hamclin, tradition says, there was an invasion of rats, and these small creatures almost devoured the town and threatened the lives of the population, and tho story is that a piper came out ouo day and played a very sweet tone, and all the vermin followed him—fol lowed him to the banks of the Weser. Then he blew a blast, and then they dropped in and disappeared forever. Of course this is a fable, bat I wish I could, on the sweet flute of the gospel, draw forth ail tho nibbling and burrowing annoyances of your life and play them down into tho depths forever. How many touches did Mr. Cbureh give to bis picture of “Cotopaxi” or bis “Heart of tho Andes?” I suppose about 50,000 touches. I hear tho canvas say ing: “Why do you keep mo trembling with that pencil so long? Why don’t you put it on in one dash?” “No,” says Mr. Church, “I know how to make a painting. It will take 50,000 of these touches.” And I want yon, my friends, to understand that it is these 10,000 an noyances which under ( Jud aro making up the picture of your life to be hung at last in the galleries of heaven, fit for angels to look at. God knows how to mako a picture. Little Strokes. I go into a sculptor’s studio and see him shaping a statue. Ho has u chisel in one hand and a mallet in tho other, and he gives a very gent lo stroke—click, click, click. I say, “Why don’t you strike harder?” “Oh,” ho replies, “that would shatter tho statue! I can’t do it that way. I must do it this way, ” So ho works on, and after awhile tho fea tures come out, ami everybody that en ters tho studio is charmed and fasci nated. Well, God has your soul under process of development, and it is tho lit tle annoyances and vexations of life that are chiseling cut your immortal nature. It is click, click, click! I won der why some great providence does uot come and with one stroke prepare you for heaven. Ah, no! God says that is uot the way. And so he keeps on by strokes of little vexatious until at li st you shall be a glad spectacle for angels and for meu. Yon know 4liat a large fortune may be spent in small change, and a vast amount of moral character may go away in small depletions. It is the little trou bles of life that are having more effect upon you than great ones. A swarm of locusts will kill a graiuflcld sooner than the incursion of three or four cattle. You say, “Since I lost my child, since I lost my property, I have been a different man.” But yon do uot recognize tho architecture of little annoyances that are hewing, digging, cutting, shaping, splitting and interjoiniug your moral qualities. Rats may sink a ship. One lucifer match may send destruction through a block of storehouses. Cather ine do’ Medicis got her death from smell ing a poisonous rose. Columbns, by stopping and asking for a piece of bread and a drink of water at a Fraumjiean convent, was led to the discovery of a new world. Ami tb«o is an intimate connection between trifles and immeu- bities, between nothings and things. Now, be careful to let none of those annoyances go thrgugh your soul uuar- raigmd. Compel them to administer to your spiritual wealth. The scratch of a sixpenny nail sometimes produces lock jaw, and tho clip of a most infinitesimal annoyance may dainngo you forever. Do not let any anuoyauce or perplexity como across yonr soul without its mak ing you better. Our goverument docs not think it be littling to put a tax on small articles. The individual taxes do uot amount to much, but in the aggregate to millions and millions of dollars. And I would have you, O Christian man, put a high tariff on every annoyance and vexation that comes throngh your soul. This might uot amonut to much in single cases, bnt in the aggregate it wonld be a great reveivneof spiritual strength and satisfaction. A bee can suck honey even out of a nettle, and if you have the grace of God in your heart you can got sweet ness out of that which would otherwise irritate and ummy. A returned missionary told me that a company of adventurers rowing up the Gauges were stung to death by flies that infest that region at certain seasons. I have seen the earth strewn with the carcasses of meu slain by insect annoy ances. The only way to get prepared for the great tronbles of lilo is to conquer these small troubles. What would yon say of a soldier who refused to loud his gun or to go into the conflict because it was only a skirmish, saying: “I am not going to expend my ammuniiion on a skirmish. Wait until there comes a general engagement, and then yon will see how courageous I am and what bat tling I will do.” The general would ssy to such a man, “If you are uot j faithful la a akirmisb, you would bt nothing in a general engagement. ” And I have to 1.11 yen, O Christian men, if yi n cannot; apply I ho principles cf Christ’s re.'igh'ii mi a small tv ilo, y< j will never ha aide to apply them on a largo scale. Goml Will to All. If I J:;.d my way with you, I v.’wnld hc.vj you po.-fr. :; all possible v.. . .j prosperity. I v. ,ld have you e.» < no a garden—a river flowing throir’h it. geraniums and shrubs on tho silks awl tho grass and flowers as beautiful as though the rainbow had folic n. I would have you a hou-o, a splendid mansion, and the bed should bo covered with up holstery dipped in tho setting sun. I would have every hall in yonr house set with statues and statuettes, and then I would have tho four quarters of tho globe pour in all their luxuries on yonr table, and you should have forks of sil ver und knives of gold, inlaid with dia mouda and amethysts. Then y n should Cache no of yon have tho finest horses and your pick of tho equipages of the world. Then I would havoyou live 150 years, and yon should uot have a pain or ache until tho last breath. “Not each ouo of us?” yon say. Yes. Each one of you. “Not to your ene mies?” Yes. Tho only difference I would make with them would be that I would put a little extra gilt on their walls and a little extra embroidery on their slippers. But, yonsay, “Why does uot God gives us all those things?” j Ah, I hetliipk myself, ho is wiser. It would tnako fools and sluggards of us if wo had cur way. No man puts his best picture in theporiico or vestibule of bis house. God ine.art this world to bo only tbo vestibule cf heaven—that i great gallery of the universe toward | which we are aspiring. Wo must not j have it too good in this world, or wo i would want no heaven. Polycarp was condemned to be burned to death. Tho stake was planted. Ho was fastened to it. Tho fagots were i placed around him, tho fms kindled, but history tells us that tho flames bent | outward like tho canvas of a ship in a stout lai(zc, so tl. t tho flames, instead | of dost u,yiug Pi lycarp, were only a wall between him and his enemies. They h: d -ually to destroy bin with ; tho poniard. Tho flames would uot touch him. Well, my hearer, I want you to understand that ty God's grace tho flames < f trial, instead of consum ing your soul, nro only going to bo a wall of defense and a canopy cf bless ing. God is going to fulfill to you tho i blessing and tho promise, as he did to Poiycarp, “When thou waikest through ti e lire, thou shall; not bo burned.” Nov; you do not understand. You shall know heieuftcr. In heaven you will bless God even for tho ho? net. every- Tlio Jtullau riomrce, tho Athens cf Italy, had banished tho Medici family, after hav ing put them in power, and had just burned Savonarola at tho stake, after having regarded him as an idol a d a prophet. The city was governed by a grand council. Trade was prosperous; certain families had imnieir o riches. One Rucellai sprux 1,000,000 francs upon his wedding, while a merchant named Luca Pitt i commenced tho erec tion of a palaco which, it is ture, he was unable to finish, bnt which has, neverthel' ;-s, made its founder famous. Brunelleschi drew the plans for it, but this Pitti has received all the credit. His edifice is the most perfect specimen of Tuscan architecture extant. It be came tho palace of tho Medicis and is today one of 4he finest museums in the world, and the only one cf which it can ho said that it contains many master pieces and not one pqoj picture. Wealth and a. love of art were not the only features which distinguished tire inhabitants of this center of the Italian lenaissaucc. They did not confine them selves to tho building of palaces, the construction of monuments and tho en couragement generally of science and art. They professed, also, the worship of woman and tho adoration of beauty. Every rich man, if ho were not tho hap py possessor of- a lovely wife, indulged in ti^ h4*ury of a pretty mistress. Tho customs of tho period threw no obstacles in tbo way cf keeping a mistress, al though they were movo in favor of cer tain unions, legitimate but ill assorted, which contributed to society tho seduc- t\Yo elements of wit and beauty. Read Boccaccio, and you will obtain a suffi ciently exact idea of what was said and done in those houses filled with works cf art and handsome women.—Nineteenth Century. Tea and Medicine. Advertising seems nowadays to re quire as much training and finesse as tho diplomatic service. Tho old time method of giving away crockery, framed pictures and literature with a pound of tea is now considered a crude and unconvincing way of inducing the attention of wonld be purchasers. Now it has become the happy privilege of a tea merchant to retain on his staff tbo services of a medical practitioner and give to every customer a coapon en titling him or her to free advice und a bott le of medicine. The medical profession, while realiz ing the resource and genius of tins method of securing customers, has de clared that the tea merchant is trespass ing on its preserves, therefore has ap pealed to its own council to check this ebullition of inventive geuins and order tho tradesman to desist from mixing his lea with its medicine.—Loudon Letter in Chicago Tiroes-Heruld. FOUND IN THE DISMAL SWAMP. Tho Invest : R:»tlon» of a (lovon.in' :it Oi/tl- ttiotoRint W'HI Upward i. "I have retimuil fiom a visit to the Dismal swamp,” said Dr. A. K. I? her, ornithology t of the. department of agri culture. “It is a stv.iiige r.jgion, full of oddities that aro not to be found else where. The purpose of my e:q -htio:'. was to investigate tho fauna of the lo cality, and of rare mammals and birds I secured quite a number. Snakes are abundant and are alleged by tho na tives to bo venomous, but all that I saw were harmless. When I picked up a good sized one from a log and held him by tho neck, tho negro who was paddling for mo shuddered so that ho nearly up set the boat. * ‘ I found about 50 species of birds breeding in the swamp. One of them was Swaiuson’s warbler, which is very rare. I trapped several species of small mice—rice mice, field mice, golden mice and lemming mice. The lemming mouse is hard to catch, because it will not take any sort of bait. The only way to capture it is to set a trap in its run way. I set my traps in dry places out of water. Among other things I got two rare shrews. “There are plenty of cattle in the swamp—small, dark and very wild. They are the progeny of animals that have strayed front domesticated herds. Hunters stalk and shoot them like deer. Bears tiro numerous. In tho autumn they feed greedily on the fruit of tho sour gum. Wildcats, opossums and rac coons are not scarce, while squirrels are remarkably abundant. Tho squirrels have discovered an easy way to get a living by going along the shores of Lake Drummond and picking up the nuts and berries which have fallen into tho water and drifted in windrows. They trot along the logs and fish them out with their paws. Doer aro common, but hard to get. In the fall hunters run them into tho lake and catch them with dogs. “There is line fishing in Lake Drum- mend, which e mtains plenty of perch, black bass, two kinds of pickerel, three species of sunfish and other panfish. There is no dry ground in tho swamp, and ouo sinks at every step to his knees in mud. Tho cane which forms brakes all through tho south is abundant. To gether with a varied undergrowth, it is tangled with vines that run up into tho trees, so that half a milo an hour is a good rate of progress. One must carry a knife to cut the vines, walking being furt her impeded by the cat brier, whoso thorns catch in theclothing and hold on like hooks. “The boats used in the Dismal swamp are all dugouts, made frem cypress logs, 1 12 ft et long and very narrow. To shape such a craft properly is a nice piece of work. Tho novice who steps into one cf | these boats is apt to go out on the other side, but the native Mauds up and pad- A HANDY FEED RAOR. A Novel and Convenient Devloa tratcil and Dekuribed by Ohio FanMf. A denotes stall partitions. 0 Is 9 rack for hay and is hnng on hinMS 4 tho bottom, so that by taking hold flf the rope G and pulling it out of tfcft notch in the board H, the front part cl the rack may be let down at right angb* with tho back part. The hay ig thrown upon the lowered part, and then b(rpaa» t get The dies with security. Tho water is darker than amber and excellent to drink. It is said to he a sure cure for malaria. There are no malarial diseases in the swamp. The swamp is full of magnolias from the size of bushes to trees 60 feet high. When I was there, they were full of flowers. The cypress trees are cut for shingles. The best trees for the purpose are those which fell from 25 to 50 years ago yud are now covered with moss. The negroes wade in and cut off the mo.-s and rotten bark. Then they cut up the log into shingles on tho spot. Tho next best tree is one that is newly fallen, and the) third quality is the tree that has to be felled.”—Washington fatur. Coal Vi>v.s«l Loading Machines. Machines for transferring coal from cars to vessels more rapidly than can be done by any of the old processes are now receiving a great deal of attention at Lake Erie pons, and three new ma chines are soon to bo put in operation at Cleveland. One cf these is for tho Erie Coal Transfer company and is on tho New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio dock. This will probably bo completed within a week or two. The loaded car is mu into a largo cylinder, where it is securely fastened, and the cylinder is then rolled up an inclined plane, stop ping in tho right position to let the coal fail out of the car by gravity. The ma chine that is being built on the Cleve land and Pittsburg dock consists of a cradle, in which the loaded car is placed and then swung on a trunnion, tipping tho car sufficiently to pour out its cou- tents. The coal falls throngh six hop pers into six buckets, which aro then conveyed to tho hold of the vessel. A third machine, differing from the other two, is to be built on the Cuddy- Mullen dock. The machine emptying into six hoppers is made by the Brown Hoisting and Conveying Machine com pany, and it is said that the company have orders to build similar machines at Toledo, Huron and Ashtabula. At tho latter place there is ouo of the McMyler machines, which was built last year. All of these machines are for unloading cars which have no hoppers in their bot toms.—Iron Ago. A CONVENIENT FEED RACK. ing the rope G it can easily be raised te the position shown in the cat At each end of the rack there is a piece of strong canvas, which serves to keep the hay la the rack and also holds the front part si the rack when let down. E is a feedbox 18 inches wide at the bottom. This box runs the entire leogfli of the rack. D denotes supports for the rack aul .should overhang the front edge of in feed box about two inches. The bach part of the rack should be nearly per pendicular and set to the extreme fnnt of the supports, so the horse will not hay seed in his eyes and mane, space between the bottom of the rack and the top of the feedbox should be about 8 or 10 inches, so that the grain may be fed throngh this space from tftie front. I is a pulley wheel through which the rope G passes. The grain- boxes F are bui It under the feedbox E; they take up very little room and are handy to get at. This device gives per fect satisfaction in all respects when properly constructed. Itecipn For Orange Wine. Take 1 part orange juice, well strain ed ; 1 part water; 2 pounds sugar per gallon. Any kind of sugar will do, and the darker the sugar the richer will be the color of the wine. For each 10 gal lons keep a gallon of the same for refill ing ilio cask during fermentation. Lay casks on the side, fill full and leave bung open. Do not let it be exposed t* too much cold. Fill up the casks evecy day from the quantity kept out, as the scum is thrown off, and watch closely until tho wine passes the stage of al- colndie fermentation. This will usually require from 10 to 20 days and can easily be determined by its ceasing to rise and the cessation of brisk fermen tation. When it arrives at this stage, place the bung in loosely. Watch close ly for a few days, and as active fermen tation ceases put the bung in fast. Let it stand two months and then rack off carefully into clean casks. If perfectly clear, seal and let it stand six month)', wh' ?i ii may bo bottled. If not clear, if may bo racked off a second time, two months after the first time, and sealed six months before bott ling. Bo sure your ernks uro full, for contact with the afr will cause tho wine to pass into acetie fermentation. The foregoing recipe is furnished by a correspondent of The . merican Car- bouator. Place to Keep Honey. When honey is removed front the hive, never place it down cellar. That is tho worst thing you could do, because there is always more or less moisture in a cellar. At first thought one might be inclined to think this a useless state- mem, as it has been repeated in various forms a great many times, but it is far from useless. In fact, writes a cor re spondent of The American Bee Journal, it is very important. Tho truth of the matter is that there are a great many who have uot learned that it is just as important to take proper cars of the honey and put it on the market in first class condition as it is to use the best and most economical means of seenring it. One of the essentials of proper cam is keeping tho honey in a very dry and warm place. Especially is this true at comb honey or extracted honey in open cans. Honey taints very easily. A Three Hone Kroner. A Now York correspondent of Rural New Yorker thinks the three hone evener here sketched ahead of all fht eveners ho has seen. On tho short end is a wheel or pulley around which runs a chain about 2 feet long, with a hook in each end into Orator Plunket. “No one,” says The Saturday Re view, “who has uot heard David Plun ket speak can have any idea of tho ora tory of the house of commons. His speaking, when he is in tbo vein, is what oratory should be, something be tween poetry and prose, with a function and purpose of its own. His voice is very sweet and has sometimes a pus- sionuie, pleading ring, that stirs cue like fine music, and hn chooses his words, >oo, with the ease and tact of a literary artist.” Intereiited Friends. Let me especially warn the reader, particularly tho newly married reader, against tho type of friend from tho country who, so soon as he learns you have set up a hor^ in Loudon, sud denly discovers an interest in your for tunes which, like certain rivers, has run underground farther than you can remember. They write and tell you they aie thinking of ccniiug to town and would like to spend a few days with you. They leave their Loudon ad dress vague. It has tho look of a blank which you are expected fo fill up. You shrewdly surmise that, so to say, they meditate paying a visit to Euston and spending a Ion night with you on the way. But if you are wise and subtle ami strong you cut this acquaintance ruthlessly as you lop u branch. Cut it away and cast it into tho oven of obliv ion. Don't four to hurt it. These peo ple care as l.ule for you us you for them. A!! they want is board and loo’g- ing, and if you give i t to them you mny he an amateur hotul keeper all your days.—“Prose Fmiw?,m,” Le Gr.llieune THREE HORSE EVENEK, WITH PDLUY*. which the tugs are hooked. A» om horse fulls behind or steps ahead of the others, tho chains play around the pulleys so that each horse must do hie share. The pulleys should be fastened on with a strip of band iron, M wide OR the diameter of the pulley. News and Notes. A profitable job is that of growing “out of season crops. ” New hay is scarce and much of it ie of poor quality. The acreage of potatoes thie year la about eight per cent above that of laat year, and present conditions am gener ally favorable. The condition of sweet potatoaa la considerably below that of laat year. The seed division of the agrionltnral department will be abolished on Oot. 1. Visit at least one good agrieoltoml fair this season. An overdose of electricity will hill plants as well as man. The eleotHe current has couseqaently been employed to destroy weeds along railroad traoin li is claimed that these eleotrioal wtad killers are very effective. N< braska will produce this year (hi largest yield of grain in its f