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REV. DR. TALMAGE. TUB NOTED DK VINE'S SUNDAY SKKMOX. Text: "\Y ii.ivo an n<lvocntc with tho Father, Jesus Christ tho ri;:hte jus."?I John i.. '. stiiinliii;' in a court room, you say to your' lf: "At this bar crime tins oftou been iirai'.'uo I: at this witness slaiul tho oath lias liieu been tr.';cu; at t us juror-.' bench tin? ver>liet has I) *< ! ivuiloro.l; at this jit'lRo's lesk MUitenoo has hem pron I'ut I uvo t t?'.i v.. i to-ilay ?>f u trial hiyhor thau my Oyu- ?u I Tcrminor or Circuit or Susri'iu" or Chancery. It is tho trial of every Christian man for tho lifo of his soul. This irial is ililY-'rcnt from any other in the fact lluir it is i> .*ii ,-ivil ami criminal. Tim issii"s at stake urn tremendous, ami I >hall in my sermon show you, llrsl. what are Ii" "roun 1 "f complaint: then, wlio are tho Witnesses in tho eause. anil la-llv. who lira the advocates. Whoa a trial is called on tho llrsl tiling is fo have the indictment Stand up than, (). Christian man. ami hear tho indictment of the courc ??f hitjit heaven against tiiy soul. It is an in iictmoat of ten counts, for tliou hast directly or Indirectly hrokeu all tho ton tonimamlnieuis. You know how it thuulered on Slual an i when God came down how lie mountain rocked and the smoke mounded as from a smolderiut; furnace, and the darkness uathorod thick, and the loud, deop trumpet uttered the words: "Tho soul that sinneth, it shall die!' Are you guilty, or not ituilty? Do not put in a negative pica too quick, for I have to anuoum*e that "all have sinned ami come short of tho jflory of God. There is none that doolh tfood; no, not one. Wltos >evor shall keep the whole law. yet offend in one poiut. he is guilty of ill." Do not, therefore, lie too hasty in pronouncing yourself not nuilly. The lawsuit hofcro us also charges you with the break, m.: of a solemn contract. .Many a time did we promise to he the Lord's. We got down on our knees and suid: "O. Lord. I am Thino now and forover." Did you keep tho promise? Have you stood up luinvi'iiuiwir ?;iv" yon not soniwiI;nes faltered when you ought to have been true? Havo you not been proud when you ought to have been humble'? Havo you not played I ho coward when you ought to have boon tho hero'? I charge It upon you and I charge it upon myself?wo havo broken tho contract. Still further; this lawsuit claims damages at your hands. Tho greatest slander on the the Christian religiou is an inconsistent professor. The Bible says religion is on? thing; we, by our inconsistency, say religion is some other thing, and what is more deplorable about it Is that people can see faults in others while I hoy can not sea auy In thornselves. If you shall at any time find some miserable old gossip, with imperfections from the crown of her head to tho sol? of her foot, a perfect blotch of sin herself, she will go tattling, tattling, tattling, all the years of her life about the inconsistencies of others, having no idea that she is inconsistent herself. God save the world front the gossip, female and male! I think tho males uro the worst! New you have heard the indictment read. Are you ready to plead guilty or not guilty? Perhaps you are not ready yet to plead. Then the trial will go on. The witnesses will bo called, and we shall have tho nuttier decided. In the name cf God I now tnake proclamation: Oyez! Oyez! Oyer.1 whoever hath anything to offer in this trial in which God is the plaintiff and tho Christian soul the defendant, let him now step forth uud give testimony in this solemn trial. The II ret witness 1 call upon the stand in hobalf of the prosecution ts the world?all critical and observant of Clirlstiau character. You know that there tiro peoplo around you who perpetually banquet on the frailties of God's children. You may know, if you have lived in the country, that a crow cares for nothing so much as carrion. There are those who imagine that out of the faults of Christians they can make a bridge of boats ncro.ss the stream of death, and they are going to try it; but, alas fortho mistake! When they get midstream away will go the bridge aud down will go thoir souls to perdition. O world of tho greedy eye and tho hard heart, come on the stand now and testify in behalf of the nroseeution ncnlnat thin Christian soul 0:1 trial. What do you know about this Christian man? "Oh," says the world. "I kuow a Rreat deal about him. Ho talks about putting his treas-.ros in heaven, but I10 is the sharpest man in a trade I ever knew. Ho scorns to want us to believe that lie is a child of Ood, but ho is just full of imperfections. I do not knew but I am a groat deal hitter than ho is now. Ofteutimes he is very earthly, and ho talks so little about Christ and so much about himself. 1 am very glad to testify that this is a bad man." Stop, O World, with the greedy oyo and hard hear;. I fear you nro too much interested in tliis trial to t?iv? impartial evidence. Cot all those wiio lr*ar the testimony of this wit tie., s know tliat there is an old family ipiarrei le-tv. m tliesn tiro parties. There ill v. ays iu;s n a varianie bid ween the V.'orjii ami tis ' liur-m, and while tlit* World on ike witie*. . stand to-day ha* l? Id a great deal of tr al> at this t'hri.-tian man, you iim-t lake 1; all wit 11 much allowance, rclliemberilr,' t k it J l.e .* si ill keep t lie old grudge (food. t>. Wo"! I ?.f the greedy an I the hard heart, that wiil do; you must -it down. 'i'iie -ee..a I wiln v-ss | call 111 this ease is Conscience. Who art t iioii. t) Cons *i mee.'j What is o r ou-ine?'' Wiiero wore you born'.' Wiiat ar > von doing In-r "Oh," says O m-eion-e. "J was l? irtt in heaven. I I cams down to h'friend this man. 1 have lived with him. I have instructed liini. I have w.irii".l him. I showed hint the right and the wrong, advising him to take the one and eseiiH,v tlio other. I have kindle.', a ifreat light in liis soul. Willi a whip of scorpion i liav 'scourged his wickedness, ami i iiavu in' *i i i iionr him when doing right; ami yet 1 ani oompelleil t > testify on the -tan I to- Irv that lie :i;h sometimes rejeotn I my iTs'-i"!', Oli, how iiiiitiv eups of life Iniv 1 Jita -V | to hia lij a that ho dllsbe I down, ami h-n* often has he .-tor I with hi-hard -i ?:i t!*' I?! ?* ling li'arc <>f th 'Soii or r. . it pain- mm' very nrii'h that I have to I;iagain-. this <'a'i-iian man. and yet I a... t. >it li"'iali ?>,' Mio .vh<> will in n | wi.- in ."lilty. miv that (hi - Christian in an ha- -I "in \v i >!.:. tin litis team worldly. Ito tia- M"Mi i: ".'in tfiit. M" has iloin> a ihnu-aii I thing- In- nit^nt n -t t > havn done, tin I li'it ni' . tliMii-an i things lio ought t?? tiavn ! That will <1 >. Con- donee. Vol; -all -it <1 -Mil. The third W'diin-.- I nail iii Hi" ease i-an n11 I of (io . bright ami shining on", what doost thou lu>rn? What hast thou to say against tins tunii on trial? Oh," says tho nngei, "I havn hmm a me-songer to him. 1 hava guarded him. f have washed him. With this wiiii; I havn deieiidod him, and oftentimes, wlum In- know it not. J lod him into green |ins| iri- ami br<idu still waters. 1 snaleh'td fr>, n htm tin* poisoned chalices. When had spiiit- eaine upon him to destroy him. I fought flietu haek with inlinile Mei 'i ins-. ami \et?l have to testify t >-day tluit lie has re'eoto-l my mission, II" ha not dole* n- In* ninth: t > have done. Though I I'ame fr-uii the -i;v, lie drove nu? back. j Though with tiii? wing i def"iideil him. ami | though with this Voi-'e I wooetl him, 1 havo I to am. multiplied imperfections. I | dare ma geep I,:.ok lie- M'.-tituouy, lor then I j diotihl not da;'.? to appetir u".aIII aiuoiu;-t { the ,-inle-s oin s before tin* great wlute Throne." There i- only one more witness to bo ealled | on behalf oi him prosecution, ami that is the "rent, the holy, the august, the omnipotent Spirit of find. We bow down before Hun. rloly Spirit. k no west Taou this man? "Oh, yes," -ays the holy one, I know him. I have striven with hint Jen thousand times, and though sometimes hit did seent to rcpont, tie fell back again as often from his llrst estate. Ten thousand times ten thousand lias ho grieved Mo, although the Diblo warned , * t V S > V hlro, saying: "Grieva not the Holy Oho??. Quench not the Spirit.' Yes. lv> has driven Me back. Though I am the Third 1'erson of the Trinity, he has trampled on Mv Mission, and the blood of the Atonement that I brought with which to eloans'? his soul, ho sometimes uosptsod. I came from the throne j of God to eonvorr, and eomfort and sanctify, aud yet look at that man and see what !to i is compared with what, unr-'si.-toJ, 1 would have tnado iiiin." The evidence on tho part of the proseon tiou lilts elosnd. Now let the dofeu-m bring . on the rebuttal testimony. What have von. I O Christian soul, to bring in ropiv o> thi- evidence of tiio world, of Ike eon rmiv, <> o ? angel and of tie lloly Ghost? Vo evid?r.e ? Aro all theso things true? "Yea Uti d?:iii. ' unclean," :->'.ys every Christian .-. ill. tYii.-it'/ Do you nor bogm to livi.edo lit tlm th.mgut oi < mdoiminliou? ? ; Wohavo now eoiii'1 lo 1 ho most interesting ?>:?rt of this great triul. The ov;Toir<> ::M i The advocates speak. Tiio prnfc.-.-ion of an advocate js full of responsibility. In F.;r,' land an.I tho United States there have nrit* -n i men who in this calling hiivo b'*c:i honored | by ihdc race iliul tbrown contempt upon those who iu tho profession havohe >n guilty of a groat many meannesses. That profession will bo honorable as long as it has nttiiehe * to it such names as .MaiisiieM, t'.'ul Marshall, nii'l Story, inul Kent, an I SouthiirJ, antl William Wirt. Tho oourt room has sometimes been tlw scene of very marvelous and thrilling things. Some of you romembor tho famous Qirurd will case, where one of our advocates pleaded the cause of tho I'ihlo and Christianity in masterly AngloSaxon, every paragraph athuiiderholr. lJut I turn from tho recital of this momorable occasion to a grander trial, and I have to toll you thai in this trial of tho Christian, for the life of his soul tho advocates are mightier, wiser and tuore oloquont. Tho evidence all being in, severe and stern Justice rises on behalf of tho prosecution to make his plea. With the ltibie open in his hand, he read* tho law, slwrn and inflexible, and tho penally: "Tho soul that sinueth, it shall die." Then he says: "O, Thou Judge and Lawgiver, this is Tliiuo own statute, and all tho ovidoneo in earth and heaven agree that the man has eintiel against tlieso enactments. Now lot the sword leap from tts scabbard. Khali a man go through the vorv Humes of Sinai nn singed? Let tlia law bo execute.). Lot judgment bn pronounced. Lot him die. I demand that bo die'" O. Christian. does it not look very dark for thee? Who will plead on tliv sid?5 in so forlorn a enus-?? Sometimes a man will bo brought into a court ot law, aud bo will bnvo no friends and no inonoy. and the Judice will look over the bar au?l say: "Is there any ono who will volunteer to take this man's case aud defend him?" And some young mnu rises up and says: "I will bo niscounso!;" perhaps starting on from that very point to a great aud brilliant caroar. Now, in this matter of the soul, as you have I nothing to pay for conns >1, do you think that any ono will volunteer? Yes, yes: I see Ono rising. He is a young man, only thlrtythroo yoar.s of ago. I see His countenance suffused with tears and covered with blood, and all the galleries of heaven are thrilled with the spectacle. Thanks bo unto God, "we have an advocate with tho Father, Jesus Christ tho righteous." Oh. Christian soul, your caso bogins to look butter. I think, perhaps, after ail. you may not have to die. The best Advocate in th<? universe has taken your side. No ono was ever so qualified to defend you. Ho knows all the law, all its demands, all its penalties. Ho is always ready. No new turn of tho case can surprise Him. aud He will plead for you for nothing as earnestly jis though you brought a world of treasure to Ills feet. Besides that. Ho has undortakeu the caso of thousands who were as forlorn as you. aud Ho has never lost a case. Courage, 6 Christian soul! I think that, after ail, there may he suno chauce for you, for the great Advocate rises to make His plea. lie says: "I admit all that has been proved against My client. I admit all those sin*. ay, more; but look at that wouuded hand of Mine and look at that other wouud?1 hand, and at My right foot and at My left foot By all these wouuds I plead for his clearance. Count all the drops of My tears. Count all the drops of My blood. By the humiliation of Bethlehem, by the sweat of Gethsemane. by tho sufferings of tho cross, I demand that ho go froc. On this arm ho hath loaned: to this heart he hath down: in My tears ho hath washed; on My righteous* noas ho hath tloponded. Lot him go free. I am the rauscm. Let him oscupo tho lash; I took tho scourging.*. Lot tlio cud pass from him; I drank it to tho dregs. Put ou him tho erown of life, for I have worn tho crowu of thorn4. Over against my throne of shame set his throne of triumph!" Weil, tho counsel on both sides havo spoken, and there is only ono more thing now remaining, and that is the awarding of tho judgment. If you have ever been in a court room you know tho silence and solemnity when the verdict is about to be ronde.-sd, or tho judgment about to be given. About this soul on trial?shall it bo saved or shall il bo lost? Attention! above, around, beneath. Ail tho universe cries: "Hear! he ir!" Tho Judge rise-and gives this decision, never b> bo change I, never to bo revoked: 1' iore is, th %refore. now no condemnation to them who u'? i 11 Christ Jcmi-." lint, my friend -, tii i ;s . mil tig a day of trial in which not only the s lint but the sinner inusi appear. Tnat day of trial wiil ' coin" very slid iimlv. Th" far nor wilt b? at j the pl.ov, th" in -lii'.nt Will be i:i the .'.uniting r.itn, the w.i.i Pi'.an will b< ringing his .axon tile hickories. iho weaver will nave Ins foot ?m the treadle, the nianiifa aurer will be walking amid the iai:-. of looms and the ela ;king ?>f Hying machinery, the counsel may beat tho bar ;>!-?,iting tlie law, iho minister aiay bn in tlio pulpit pleading the gospel, the drunkard may bo reeling amid his cups and the blasphemer with tho oatli caught between his tclh. f.o! The sun hides. Night come* down at mid noon. The stars upp>ar at 110011 today. The earth shudders and throbs There an earth piake opens and a city sinks a- a eroe utile would entti'li a child. M nun a ins roll in their sockets and sen I down ihsir granitocliffs iu avalaucho of rock. Itiver* pause in their cliase for tlie sea, and ocean, upreariiig, cries to the tlx ing Alps and llimalaya. I! -as:s bellow and moan and snuff up the darkness. Clouds 11 y like Hocks of swifi eagles. Great thunders beat and boom and burst. Stars siio ?t an 1 fall. The Ali uglily rising on llis throne, d-elares that lim 'shall be no I mger, and I'.ie ;?r.'h:u:g"ls irump rep.-a's it tiil all the living hear, an 1 the continents of d?ad spring to their -t, crying: " riinoshnll b no l.mgeri" Oh, on on that day wi'.l you be ready. I havo shown y.ot how well the Christina Wl 11 eel olY i n In I roil Will i- im ...if . ,iv well in your trial? Will < li:vI 1 <>u y.?ur side oruguiiist you? -.hat will you do in tin' last great a-if your couseicueo is against you, and tlio worlil is against yon, ami the angels of heaven ar.i against vo?, ami ilio Holy Spirit is against von. ami tlio I.or.l tloil Almighty is against you? IJ.'tter this day stvuro an Advocate. TORCH 100 FEET HIGH. riaminu (las and Oil Well M alien a (.rami .spectacle. Tho Option (W. Va.1 oil fields was tho seem1 a fow nights ago of tlio most brilliant speeuielo ever witii?v?s 1 in the country. Tlio famous Xewhanks o| well, wliieh is also a sti'oii , proiluecr of g..s. tool: tiro through ae-i leal, burning tho derrick atnl .several thousand barrels .,f oil. When tlie pre?siiro was re.limed at the imnith of the well tlio pas broke tlm spouting oil into sprays, throw.ng it into tho air more than otio hundred feet. Tim n une was in t!i -hop of a huge torch, tho spraying oil iorining Into glistening drops in the air ami dropping in a da/./.ling shower, winlo the smoke, densely black, ascended way above tin* mountain. Tl.o liills for miles around were covered by sightseers, who had como from all over the region. Tho los.s to tho owners is enormous, as the well was producing .10 > barrels a day. There was no way to put out tho tire, as tho gas anil oil pressure were constant and tho roaring heat of tho Unities torrillo. ! BILL ARPS LETTER. THE SAGE OF DMM'OW TAKES A ! LIVELY 1XTKUKST IX l'OI.II'ICS. Snyg llryan ,>tust !? ? Kteotoit or Ho Will Mop Talking. ITow funuy and fantastic is politics. Only ii few yours ago the alliance was in full blast and lind it-, star chamber | with its signs and grips and pass-words and no lawyer or doctor or preacher need apply. It rolled into oilico a few lenders utid schemers and tlu-u went into a state of innocuous desuetude, as Mr. Clevclnnd would say. Hut it dideut stay dead. In its dying agonies it gives birth to a child that had more soneo than its daddy nnd they named it populist or the people's party and invited us nil in. The star chamber was abolished. Tho goat was dehorned and turned out to grass. Tho big warehouse scheme was abandoned, j The railroads and telegraphs were allowed to run on awhile longer on their own hook, but they held on to the froo silver plank with a stubbornness that waBborn of desperation. By and by the' southern nnd western democrats began to cry out for freo silver aud they cried so loud and so strong that they carried Chicago by storm aud took the fort like a cyclone had struck it. Then came the populists at St. Louis and with great good sense and liberality said what is the difference between us; let us be brethren. You havo stolen our platform, but we can all stand on it. You take tho head and wo will tako the tail and togother wo will burytheso goldbugs so dee]) the hand of resurrection will never reach them. But tho demoorats had already attached a tail of their own and now tho head has two tails that aro waggod by different parties and it's very annoying, for there is no law or constitution that allows but one. And there is tho republican party, and before long there will bo a goldbug democratic party, and so if this tail question is not settled tho populists will put up on electoral tickot of their own with Bryan nnd Watson electors nnd it will tako four electoral tickets to Bottle the great question of the next president and vico president. That imaus RlcKinloy and Hobart, it 6oems to me, for the republicans always stick to their party. But I reckon tho general managers know mors about thia than I do and will nrrnngo about the details. I hone I ho, for if Bryan is not elected I shall do like Evan Howell Haid, "I will take to the woods," or I will do like lego said, ,4I will never speak word more;" that is to pay, a political word. When the lato war began I heard p. preacher say in the pulpit that if the Lord suffered the yankees to defeat us he would never again believe in a spooial providenoe. I don't say that, but I have a superstitious faith in Bryan's election and shall go to bed sick if he is not. I believe he was raised up to purify and reform national politics. But I was ruminating abont these populists in our state affairs. It hasent , been bo very long sinco Tom Watson sold his law books and burnt the bridge , behind him because his party said that lawyers were not fltten to hold office j or go to heaven and wero not fltten to get fltton. But now Tom has picked up Seab Wright, a lawyer in full practice, and is grooming liiin for the < governor's chair. Besides that, Seab has tho misfortune of being rich, which 1 was another unpardonable sin. But now Scab dident have to sell his law books liko an idiot, nor take his wife's money out of a national bank. Tlio i fun of tho wbolo business is tliat the i populists took a democrat for president and now have con-ei ipted a (loiuo?rnt for governor. Scab Wright never joined them until after he was nominated, in fact, f. don't know whether iio lias joined them yet or not, nor how long ho will work in the harness, j For several years ho husent been ; lonsiilerod a subdued working demo- j Drat. lie wasent well broke and had > to bo watched, for sometimes ho | bucked like a broncho. J Sir t this is in j jis favor, for I never ndiniro a demo- I 'rat who would go it blind and never ' tick at tho pop of ti.e party whip. : ( Stateliouso rings ain't courtiiouso rings | lavo sometimes to be broken up and I t takes a man of nerve to do it. l?ut t is funny to see the populists hunting | i iroutul in tho bushes tor a standard j Dearer. And they f. und a good one. 1 [ like Seal)?everybody does, lie wns ' , raised in my town ami went to school | .villi my boys and wanted to marry in? j 10 my iinniiy eonueeiion aim can mo ! ( uncle, and Seab savs everybody was 1 willing but the girl, and she nindo a | mistake and said no when she meant : jos, but he dident know it at, the time and he lost her. Hut he called me I nclo I 1 > 111 tho other day to show his affection, j lie dosent want this mentioned at all, \ for such things sometimes interfere with domestic felicity. Senb is smart, hriglit, handsome, eloquent?another hoy orator who will make the "welcome ring," as a popu* > li*t said in the convention. They I wanted him had or they wouldn't liavo j let him hring his plank in with h.m. , hub carries that prohibition plank J under Ins arm qnd when lie stops to . resi he lays it. down and stands on it. ! r -- r*? Another catching plank is the j promise to the school teachers. Tliero j are now over 0,000 of them and they , Want their money, and ought to have ; it promptly, whetlur it is in the treasnry or not. If every teacher can control his own vote and one other that will make 10,000 or 12,000 votes on that line. Hut the plank against railroad passes is a hail one. livery law-maker and public oflicial likeu to have a freo pass. I It magnifies a man's importance and flatters his conceit and rides so easy. I The law-makers will never prohibit th? iu. On the contrary, the tendency of legislation is to increase their pay and their privileges. The last cougrass voted a clerk to every member. This tiling of picking and hawking at tliH railroads has got to bo a chestnut anyhow and a healthy reao.ion has hot in. If thu rail- < road commission doesont understand | railroading in all itseoinnlicated details j Mr. Thomas does, ami so does my ' friend .loo M. l'rowu. 11 is late reply j to Mr. Crensluiw was not only admira- { hie, hut unanswerable. I heartily en- i joyid if, and so did all impartial men, i "You can't pick up n politician out of j tli woods and make a good railroad commissioner out of him. It takes a ; long railroad education to fit a man I for that oltlce. n?! \v ll V klmtllil ^sr.oli WtMrrlif ^1*^1 lenge Governor Atkinson, or vico ! versa? What issuee are there-between J them? Upon what great priucipleB j do ilu-y differ? Atkinson bus made n j pood governor ; bo will Seab if elected; j bo would a thousand others I could \ name, one of whom I am whioh, and so I Hm contented. Let tho procession proceed.?Binn Aitp, in Atlanta Constitution. CAMPAIGN CLUB OUTFITS. flow to Continue nn Up-t >-I)atc Political Oricunir.ution. Political clubs are the pride of those who belong to them and the envy and i admiration of those who view them. , To manage a campaign club takes the skill of a Napoleon. Put before tho Napoleonic era comes that of the lloths/.kll.i tn.? ...i ' ? viiiui. me niifrewitiiiii jiiki 1110 now\vitli:: 1 to light. Then the conflict! In getting up a campaign club the rooms take care of themselves. A friendly nook always opens itself, and there unite the forces that are to con- 1 quer the opposing elements in the 1 neighborhood. The initial step is the uniforming. A warrior must be armed cap-a-pie before he goes out to meet even the curious small boys that hang around the doors. To dress a campaign warrior is a ma-.ter of price and endeavor with the committee having tlie dressing in hand. < Manufacturers have been busy for i months getting ready to meet these committees, and shop windows are as ' luminous at night as the transparencies they offer. A battle jix, a gun and a transparency may be enough < for a boys' club, but men want more ( elaborate equipment. They must be dressed from peak to toe. Uniforms of all styles are made for them, anil 1 to ask the price of them is to set a clerk I rattling off prices as though a handle ; had been lifted from a phonographic machine. , The most extensive political uniform outfit can be purchased for $7. This is a very exi?ensive outfit, and is bought i only by gilt-edged clubs with either ^ a fashionable neighborhood to parade or a woman's auxiliary club to admire. A complete outllt of an expens- 1 ive suit in a Prince Albert coat, a pair ] of trousers, a belt, a lantern, a battle ( ax, a shako and leggins. Of these the Prlnee Albert costs $21; the trousers $1.50, made either of white duck or felt of any color; the belt, of white canvas, is 25 cents; the white duck leggins 25 cents, and the shako, $1.25. The i remainder goes for torch and battle i ax. A cheaper uniform, and one that looks almost as good, comes within 1 $1.15, There is a helmet costing 30 1 cents, a belt, a gun charged with a flag upon the end, and a flannel shirt. , The last Is stamped with the name and ( face of the candidate. "Vote for A." A cap, a capo of oil cloth In any color, 1 and a torch can all ho bought for 55 < cents for the uniforming of a hoys' ( club. The most Important part of a | political uniform is the hat. There arc small white duck caps that cost 1 15 cents. Oilcloth ones in colors can he purchased for 125 cents, ami so up to I the fur shako of fairly good quality 4 for 75 cents. Makers of uniforms say there is no call for good materials. The cam- ' paigners want a great deal for the * money, hut they do not ask for endur- t ing tilings. They want them for nightl.v appearance for three mouths, hut after November they will he hung up 1 in the archives of the clubs or thrown 1 to the hoys for city elections. The i cost of getting up a campaign club is , so small that it is practically nothing. A collection will inaugurate the movement. A ten-cent cap. a ten-cent double swinging torch and a fifteen cent oilcloth cape set the hall rolling gayly. There lives n<> man with political soul ' 1 s> dead that lie lias never Joined a t campaign club, and this year the low j price of uniforms brings the political club within the range of nil who feel mo span; ot ninrchine patriotis;n. l-'.fo?iod fT:t* Wroiii; Mnn. A well-klinwn etelx r recently set him- I sell* tlx' task of ? !ii i> ?i*l rn ii of Andrew I. inc. tlx- >*r -11 pool. I!.* < ordered a p'loioeraph of his subject from oix- of the itroadway dealers. When it arrived lie made an elaborate ' etching, of which an art dealer bought a fow copies. I/iirj is a man about in i yonrs of aire. with a lone, slender faoo , ami a droopine mustache. The oteliinu was of a man marly oti yours of a;..-, with a ronml luce mid full boanl. S?uno- i 1 !ino who know I.a lie saw tlx* piotuiv, ! i and declare! thai his friond must liavo I Kiown that board vor.v puickly. and if j tho piotnro was corroi t ho ! 1 become j roinarkably fat. The dealer at oix-o i 1 bo'ean an invosiiprali< an I for.ml that, I i I ho ]>h< to;e:ap!i importer bad sent the | otolx'r a phturoof Sh Amlrow I .ope. a j ( prominent iniportor of tiltmeow. and a j Jolly genii man. who is said to liavo J ' laughed heartily when In- hoard of tiio mistako. Tho artist has promisod to j toll anothor portrait. .Moanwhno sonio Aniorioan biblinnhiles have doooratod thoir librr.rlos with plot tiros of tho 1 Scotch Importer, who prefers jollity to ' Lioot ry I ? ??* FOB FARM AND GARDEN. * TIIE BEST SOIL FOR RHUBARB. It requires high manuring to inalco rhubarb growing protitable, cbj?ocially us most of tho money to be modo is from tho very early cutting, and these must bo grown on wurra, sandy land,which is not generally very rich. The plant is a great consumer of nitrogen, and this is not supplied early in tho season by coarse manure, liithq'r tho manuro applied must bo well rotted, so that it will havo available nitrates, or those must bo applied in tho form of commercial fertilizers. Tho luto rhubarb is easily grown with coarse stnblo manure, but its prioo is , always very low. " * *N *. i / CAKE OF FLOWERS. Dust roso bushes occasionally with nir-slackod limo to kill the bugs. Try sprinkling pulverized borax around plants that nro infested by ants. If rose bushes mildew in hot, damp weather apply sulphur after they are watered. Koop the flowers pickod from tho annuals if you would have abundant and constant bloom. Keep cut flowors fresh by clipping tho ends of tho stoma aud putting a pinch of soda in tho water. If tho roso bushes bccomo rod and rusty, give them a thorough sprinkling onco n wcok with a solution containing a handful of pnris greou to a bucketful of water.?Chicago Record. GROW $200 HORSES. Thero is a groat deal of importance attached to tho ndvice to bo careful in brooding horses that will sell for something, instead of the old haphazard way. A writer in ono of our agricultural exchanges suggests now that farmers have had a good deal of hard experience with the cheap service craze, ami the fasthorso craze and the color craze, all bringing the same result?millions of small, worthless horses for which there is no profitable market. Iu sober judgment, lgt us look at the markets aud raiso no horse that will not sell above S'-IOO. The heavy draft and largo coachors will do that, and the sooner wo begin to grado up to what the markets want the soouor wo will begin to mnko horse boeding pay, and wo will not then complain of tlio times or the [>riees when wo have good horses to ?ell.?Indiana Farmer. SOUR MEAL KILLS CHICKS. The following from tho Ploughman, is a plain fact so well known that wo call attention no it, as each reador well knows that ho has perhaps lone tho same thing. Hero is the method of murdering tho chicks: This commou custom is to keep a lish of Indian meal mixed up, aud two or three times a day a lot is thrown down to the ch'ckons. If they cat it, well and good ; if not, aud the hnnces are they will not, they having i become tired of one single article 'of f l;..i .. .? ! .1 .1... IIVK I}w? ww i vt >i t UVlIt *-* <? I ll'i * i ay It i hands ami sours. Jf a quantity is I hits found uneaten, the next feed is : lkely 11> be a light him', and the.ehtck as, driven ! . hunger, finally devour !h- sour ft in'?"; there nit is cholera,or tome other fatal disease, sets 111 nud iieir owner wonders "Why lay ehicksus are dying oil"." In our own prnoice we timl quantities of varied loud, f given to the chickens often, pro- I luce vastly hotter results than aav i ilher method of feeding. I)K3TUOYING CANADA Til I ST MIS. There is no time when the Canada liistle can he entirely destroyed hy j aowing the tops. Jf the thistles arc 1 id >\\cd to <jet into blossom, and tueir talks are hollow, the cutting may detroy most of them, but enough will emain <11 the ground to till it witli iv.! roots after a year or two. It is i irohably true ttint such a plan will | omctimes partially clear the ground. , What ij \\nnlcd is to kill all tlie tuis' .o oots, for if they are loft alive tiie dc lyii:;? dea 1 roots make the best feed- I "L> grounds for the thistles to spread :i. It is supposed timt the root is . venkcued by tlie complete maturity | >f the stuik, and if raiu falls into the tuiiitic stubble the rain helps to ' ot it amd tins extends to tiie root. I'll is idea surest.> the proper j va.r to kill tile Canada till. 11.j ilso quack prass an 1 other iron- ' rhvoaie p'Teiini ils. i.-i tiio tnisiies ittuia nearly tlu ir fill: prowtjli, and lit i time \vuii'ii tii v are fni/est of .sap >io\v tiiein under pretty deeply, in irder to turn upas many of tlie roots is po .s;bla. J iley Will I?* found most il ntilui on the bottom of the furrows >( previous piowin.es. One or two aches below this depth will therefore I be needed. The root and top, not | * ' r.. ?T being separated, will tfot t'ogotheV.l If any new shoots start np on th? plowed surface, bond them down and put a handful of salt on them to i>isteu their rotting. If they aro -to? plentiful for that, cultivate so frequently and thoroughly Unit no sprout . eun reueli tho surface. Before fall the thistle's will lin nntii-nlv Irillo.l ami | tho field eau bo seeded with wiotop grain :uul timothy seed.?Bostbn Cultivator, , ? t '' f I- . _ CT/KAN DAIRIES. Thore is hardly. ij^i^lo^Relorm now* ncetleiLiu farming greater than that of 4 securing extromo clciinliuesH about ! our milking, says J. Morgan of Now York. It is a groat pity that wo havo lost the Euglisli ami Dutch euatom of having tho cows hamllod entirely ;byj the women, ami so tho dairy product bo in thoir hands froui tho beginning.' Tho original moaning of the word* daughter was milker. llaviiig occasion latoly to buy a few quarts of milk per day for a few wookB, I found most of it taintod from tho baruyaad.' Iu ono case it was so foul that it could not bo used. Evou tho cats refused to drink it, I was led to iuvestigato and found ono herd in a barnyard whero tho uriuo was a foot deep, aud tho^ cows were a horriblo sight. In another yard tho hired maiuspit on his hands frequently Whilo milking. Bo-, monstrating, I was told, "Oh, lots of, 'cm do that." Tho sum of my investigation was a resolution to buy as; little milk as possible. But iu our own yurds it needs tho most constant watching ami determined supervision' to prevent tho avorago hired man from habits which foul tho milk. There is no reason why a horse ^ should bo groomed and curried that, docs not eipiully apply to a cow. It conduces to her health and tq.tho flow of uiilk. It is vastly mora important for our own henlth. Tho milk from the largo dairy that I found too bad for men or cats goes iuto a creamery every day to be worked up into ' butter. That this is wholesome for consumers no one need assert. It is a steady sourco of disease. 1 It is aa outruge on tho community. Tho average Americau barnyard i? far from what it should be. It has not improved largely on what it was when our paopolo campod in tho? woods ns pioneers. It is seldom thoroughly draiuod, and tho burn eaves pro-, vidod with gutters to keep tho yard from being 6oakod by showers. ^ot over! half of the yards of this seotion are; supplied with wells. In many cases! the cows drink from pools 'that ara .tainted from the yard.' Saying to a: farmer that the Women ought to be givcu charge of the milking* ho said,. "They can't get around in barnyards." To bo sure; tho woman without rubber boots would bo ruined; in fact, you could not persuade her to try it.', There is a common sentiment that a barnyard is too dirty foY women.' While living- in Michigan, I saw the burnyards of the Quakers of tho Raisin va.Lloy. That _\yos a sight worth nui-iiig. a uo uows werocieiju. xuoro was neither tilth, uoc profanity, nor tohaccb juice about. Tiio spirit of love and peace touched the animals, linimr pervaded all that was done. There was n ? lit; or deceit about \ what was.dt>ne any fnore than'ttbont v. hat was said. ? American AgrlculturI Si. I-'AUM AXI> liAUhUN NOT I'. A; Careful feeding produces a good growth and healthy condition* The. way to tntl?o finning prulitablo is to keep land and stock it; ujiealthy, vigorous conditio". . The evenness and regularity in feeding mark thud -greoof .success 111 feeding hogfl Tor market. f ... To raise good horses in tho best possible way'it is esse mini 'to start right and end right. All of the food possible wiN not keep horses in good condition without plenty of pure water. Those who market* the lower grades <>l product* are always nggcutaiu us to what they will get out of the:$, i u sol^cling breeding animals .Jirofer those froiu regular Ixrecders in jirotereiieo to those that arc transient. The greatest sue rot ahout bee-hooping is to keep your colonics strong; watch thctu in the spring, mid don't let tlu-in die for tii-> wantrrf a little .attention. .S??ni titnos.yoii cm help a dwindling (j.ilouy l?y,.tn!t^:^- .tueiu in time and giving th-ni ^ilittlQ.assistance from oilier colonies. 1 > ?ihoney, eilhpr co;nbi or- exti-act-al, <-iii s-.rely be sold at., any ni ic in 1 he thin-ago market. Don't - hip it, ?* x | ci't .ng to got4 vet-y'mucb for it. D tter forward a sample tlrst, an<* get a <) notation for it before sending a whol - shipment. If at all possible, disjio.se of all dark grades ol honey i.7 .'ho home market.