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RKV. DR. TALMAGE Tjie Brooklyn Divine's Sun day Sermon. ' Tft "iii'llf ve on the Lord Jesm Christ, an I thou shnlt be saved." Acts xvl., 31. Jailt r 1nrlr. dnll. damp, loathsomo pincps ''vn now. but they wera worse ip the npo-tili" tlm'f. I imainn to-lay wo ;Bre s'nn-lini In the Philiprdnn dungeon. Do vnu not f-el tho chill? Do you not Mrthotrro-ins of thosi incarcerated ones who for tn vnrH hivo not wn tho sun- i-it nn l th" deep siir'u of ro-nn who jT,n.l 'T their father's lionso .-in 1 mourn rv,.rtli''ir wasted estates? T.'stnti nriin. It )t th- ' l-i-h nf ft ?onarnitiv or th stni? pu. ot Mi'' in tho nlcMmnro of a irront hor rr Y"'i listen nu'aln nri'l hoar a culprit. ).s -liri" r.-ittlin:; as ho roll ovit in ! is ,!ro.vi !n 1 yiu My, "do I. pitv tho prisoner'- :.i 1hero is nnoltiMr rund in that ri-on. 't is the sont: of invn.nl cIidn-9. Vt,V n ! :i to sin,' in! Tho music comes wiri'lim: tlirou .-li tho corri lors of tho prison, Willi "I1 '1:r': ward the whisper Is .nl "Vti:.l'stliy What's thit?" Itlsth" fin,' of P.ml nnl 8. la. Th-y wn'- i'. They been wiiippoi Vrv --!-l'v whippM. Tim Ion gashes on tlv-ir 1 !! are blc-lin? yet. Thv lio flit 'nn t i" '-oi l sronnd. their feet j'ast in woo len fo k' l. m l of course they cannot sleep. But -- cm sin". Jailor, what are you dol hi with the" people? Why havo they boon rut in her O'i, they hav. ),pen frvincr to nm'.eth" -TorM better. Is that all? That i alt. A pit for Jos-'ph. A lion'd cava for Thnu-i. A l i n r furmc... Tor Rhadrnch. r:u for .T.ihn Wes'ey. An anathema for Hiilirt. M".ancl:tho:i. A -lunxeoa for Paul rn I Silne. Hut v 'nle we are st in i:n; in the crlooti of th" I'hil'wiian .!in,'.'on. an I w-J hear tho mini; i ik' v : or o' an I ifr.-vio, and blas phemy and Irilloliijnh, U Idenly an narth itMk"' The irin bars of the prison twist. tl" pilln'N ene'e ofT. tho solid masonry lv Vitn to heav . an I all th' door.? swin ot vi. Th" jailer, t 'el n bi-tiseir responsible for j,.... ,ri"iieis an I believln j. in his p-i'iin j..n,, r , suicide to b" b'nior iMe ?ii.; Uruim killed himself, an l Cio killed him ffl'. nn I raviim killed himself put hh yvr I to his own heart, propositi? wit'i otio Mriii.'. k "ii thrust to put an en I to his ex-eitem-iit :.n I riirit -it ion. I'.nt Paul cried out -t -to;. ! Do tityself no harm ! We lire :i h'T-'" I 'r, I pee ihe jailer runnin? throut'i tho i:i-t : ii ! rriii I the ruin of that prison, an I I si-f !,i-u throwing himself flown at the feet tnlttH - rr.'-oii. r. eryin-' out : "What shall Mo? Wh it shall I .1..?" Did Taul answer "Ot "lit of t!os plnec l.eforethere is another :trt h'i .1 ik1. I'ut lian b-n'Ts an 1 froM.les or; Ihe-.- f.: li- r prisoners lest they t-et away V" No w-T ! 'if t tint kin.!. His eompiet, thrill-In.-, ti. ..,. ii.(.iis answer memorable al! I'.ro'i -h virt ti an 1 heaven, r,i, "ji-diev i on Hi- l.'.'.l J.-u-i Christ, and thou9!ialt no mv -i." ; W-ll. h ive all r-a I of tho earthquake, lu 1,1- .n. in Lima, in Aleppo and in f'ar.i tp.i. I nt y live in a latitude wherein all our ni'-n 'i v there has not been fine severe vo'-cin:- ! : -t n rt inee. An I y-t we have seen fl'ty e-..rth. takes. Her;-is a -nan who has (pen I'inMiir; up a laro forimi". His bid ni th- money market was felt in all the fiii'5. It" thinks ho lias ot beyond all an Bfoii": rivalries in trade, and lies lys to him-F-l', "X'.iV I am free and s ifo from all .oss' Mc p-tf;r'..ati in." Hut in IS 7 or in 17) :i liiiio.i it i in J-- strikes the fouu bit ion of th WMtieTNa! world, mid er.is'i jjowi all that r.i-iiiih-nt business estaolishinent. f H-re is a m in w in h is built up a very )c:in ifnl hoai". His d tiiliters have just con- ho'iie from the seminary with diplo jrr.s ef graduation. His sons have started in lif-. hoii-st, temperato and pure. When the ev-niii ; lim its aro stru -k. there is a hap-pia-s and uu'.roken family circle. But there has been an uvideut doTn.it Lon I'.r.in The youn- man venturtxl too far nut in fie surr. Tlio telegraph hurled tho terror up to the city. Au earthquake Btruek liul-r tho fuulatiou of that beautiful Lorn . The piano closed ; the curtains dropped; Hie km thter hushed. Crash jjo allthose do urest hop "s an I prospects and exp'jeta lir.ns. S ,r,v fri-n Is, wo h-ivd all felt tho n'l-ikm-r .!o,vn ol some jiroat trouble, and th-re w is a tim when we were as mueli ex fit' d as this man of tho text, and we cried f ut as he dl I : "What shall I do? What shall 1 i!oV" Th" same reply that the apostle irmde to linn is appropriate to us, "Jtelieve on l!i" Lord Jesus CUrist, an I thou shalt be MVU'I." ; There are porn" documents of so little im por.au en that you do not care to put any rmr-tliau your last n inio under thorn, or yen . nr initials, but tliero are some doeu-n-tn- of so itre at importance that you write "t y nir ibl a i ne. S tho s iviotir in soma rtr;.eti,e !M. is ealle.l "Lord," and in Oih-r parts o tde liil.le He is called "Jesus," im I in other parts of the I!il. Ha iscallel "i'.iri-r."' Inn that there iniijht be no mis t ik iai ont this passage all three names co jio to-tii-r -ihe l,,,r Jesus Cririst." ! Now. who is this i.eiu-; that you want me t"!i ';i in an t bu.iov. in? Men sometimes ro ue to ni,. with credentials and certillcates so 1 1 . riri-ter. i.ut l cannot trust them. Tlier- is soam disoono-i y in tuoir looks that lii.iii-s m know that I shall be cheated If I w "Ji in th-,,,. ou cannot put your 'Mr. s ...id leu in ;i man until you know Vi it niT he is made o an 1 am I uureason-!'l- when 1 stop to ask you who this is that 3ou want mo to trust in? No man would tliiiik of v-iiMinn-; his life on a vessel (joins cut to sea that had uewr bceu inspected. No; y..it mu-t have the certificate hun nn; letups, t'-lliu-; tiuw many tons it carries. ul li.nv I .in-; a;o it was built, ant who e'l'lt it, an I all. about it. Au I you cannot M,,v,i me to risk tin carijo of my immortal Interests on board any craft till you tell mo ""it it is ma le o', an I where it was made. n I what it is. r lien, then, 1 ,ak you who this is you want B-tntriist in, you tell me He is a very at-bit-.ivi. person . Contemporary writers de 'ntw His whole appearance as beiug re T ''ii'l-nt. There was uo need for Christ to Wl the -lul lren to come to Him. "Suffer "ttiH children to come unto Me" was not 'Pk-n to the children. It was spoken to t!w diseipies. The children came readily nou-l; without any invitation. No sooner J.'sns appear than tho little ones jumped jro:n their n. others- arms, an avalanche of iuty and lov. into His lap. Christ did twt us'; John to pm his hea-1 down on His "vn. John could not help but put his J''al tie r-. I suppose a look at Christ was Jji-t to love Hi n. llowattactive Hi9 manner! "h.v. when tliey saw Christ coming ';i,' th- s;r-et, they rau into their houses, nlthey wrappe I u;. th-ir invalids as quick ?t lev eoui i an I brought them out that He J'shtlivk at them. Oh, there was some innsi pieasant. so inviting, so cheering in '"whin-Me did. in His very look ! When si.-k ones wore brought out. did Ha '' i'o not briuu before Me thosu sores. J- n t trou'.le M- with these leprosies V" No, - there was a kind look . there was a gon i'C word; there was a healing touch. They 1 uot keep aw.iy trom Him. 1 -think there are msnr tinder the Infln ... 1' r t of Go t who are saving, j!!' tnist Him if you will only tell mo rr',r' 1 treat question asked by r ,,,V 'i,,nr- I'owV" And while I answer ''" I 'ook up and utter the prayer hi i:..w an 1 11 ill so often uttered in tho . o his sermons. "Master, help !" How u'o trust i Christ? tirtn V"" ""'Wt allv on"- Yo" truaf trust vour s with important things. '! ' "r ''on- eivesyou a note pay r..m r"' '"""ths hence, vou expect the iltlw. 'Oil have nerfeet- confl.lcnce in 'Tw-rl I in their abilitv. Or. airain. I:.. I,.. '"Mm, '" t"- lay. You expect there will the table. You have contldcnce ow. I ask you to have the same ' tn the f.orl Jesus Cbr'st. He !" " !i. v . . J t lko aw,,y your sin." !,r'' al taken away. v "What!" " '"'ore I prav imv more? He I u.v r.il.:., any tsore? Before r 'uv s ns anv more?" Y'es. this mo--.I'v-with all vour heart, nnl you hy, Christ ;s only waiting to V i what you iriv.' to scores of pco ;''' What isthat? Conldenee. If 'I1 - who n vou trust .lav hv dav are kith "!,'."' y ' 1:111 (-'Krist. if they are more '-S'l'ci. l" 1 lr,stf l they have done more ,' V T thou -',ve them tne as (..,;'"' ,1' t yo i really think that Christ Hi,, ,s . ,v:,rt 'y as they arj then deal with ... 8 airiv a.i " llipvJti, : 0'n, oae 'n 1'ght wiv, "I IlU i'instWa9 in Bethlehem, WUeve ttiat He died on tile cross." Do Hr7veneart ofh1 3rou.rea1 h Captain aananon of his passengers. You sav- "Wht i4ll"0W he "-e been ? Hi". again. That is historical faith. udUyonu7rraS,rnan!l8ea aal " iS D,bt rte hrle???:p"i,J0i are "wakened the dick Yo h Flfe 1 . . You rusa out he tts &fci&UX?UX 'rTlT1 "U weTrelostV' ' , 8al1 Puts out Its wing of Are the ro',es Hie senir!U 1"nin Mdr ia u"'i,X,,venT the sp,r t oi wree js Iiisshh iu tUo w ives an I on the hurricane decks shakes out its b'4er mZTvJ-Y9- "JDowtt witU the heHfoboatsr- phW';:lp,aT- "Do e7heUcaSrn"re Who shall it be? You or tho captain? The captain says, "You." You jump an 1 vm,TTd- Hs'andsthero nud dl C jou be ,eve that Captain Braveheart sacrTl Sve'Tw thfo h'S P-, but9 you an l lnni l0Ve. W"u ,"tr''. with hot KrefnhUnt,Ura x'--'ion, with That i. 'OSS an'1 JO' Ht "our 'liverance. . saving fami-'n other words what you believe with all , he.rl nnl beT:eVa in regard to yourself. Oa this biuse turns my sermon aye, the salvation of your im mortal soul. You often go across a bridge you know nothing about. You do not know wuo built the bridge, you do not know what material it Is m-ide of but you come to it and walk over it and ask no question?. An I her is nn arched bridge t.lastel from the "Ito-fc of Ages" nnd built by tbo Architect of the whole universe, spanning the dark srulf be tween sin an I righteousness, and all Goi asks you is to walk across it. and you start, an I you come to it, and you stop, and you go a little way on, an 1 you stop, and you fall back, and you experiment. You say, "How do I know that bridge will holl me!" in stead of marching ou with Ur n step, askin ' no questions, but feolinr t nt tho stran-trl of the eternal Go 1 is under you. Oh, was there ever a prizi proffered 60 cheap as pardon au I heaven aro oTered to you? For how much? A milliou dollars? It is certainly worth more thau that. Hut cheaper than that you can havo it. T-n Ihousard dollars? I,e.ss thau that. Five thousand dollars? Less than that. One dollar:1 L'ss than that. One farth in.? Less than tli.it. ''Without money au I without price." So money to pa v. So .iouru y to take. Xo penance to suffer. Only just one decisive action of the soul, "li' ln ve ou the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Shall I try to tell you what it is to bo saved? I c.muot tell you. So man, no nugel, can tell you. But I -,in hint at if. for my text brings mo up to this point. "Thou shait be saved. " It tue.ius a happy lifo here, nn I a peaceful death, and a blissful eternity! It is a gran I thing to go to sleep at night, i:n I to get up in the morning, and to do bus iness all day teelin-; that all is right between my heart and Go'. No accident, no sick ness, uo persecution, uo peril, no sword, can do nie any permanent damage. I am a forgiven child of Go 1. an I He is bound to see me through. Ho has sworn Ho will see mo through. The mount ains may depart, the earth may burn, the light of the stars may be blown out by the blast of the judgment hurricane, but life and death, things present aud things to come, are mine. Yea. further thau that, it means a peacelul death. Mrs. Hemaus, Mrs. Si gourney. Dr. Young and almost all the poets have said handsome things about death. There is nothing beautilul about it. When we stand by the white and rigid features of those whom we love, and they give no an swering pressure of the hand nnd no re turning kiss ot the lip, we do not want anybody poetizing round about us. Death is loathsomeness and midnight and the wring.$ of the heart un til the tendrils snap and curl in the torture unless Christ shall be with us. I confess to you an infinite fear, a consuming horror of death unless Christ shall be with me. I would rather go down into a cave of wild beasts or a jungle of reptiles than into the grave ttniess Christ goes with me. Will you tell me that I am to be carried out from my bright home and put away in the darkness? I cannot boar darkness. At the first coming of the evening 1 must have the gas lighted, and the farther on in life I get the more I like to have my friends round about me. And am I to be put off for thousands ot years in a dark place, with no one to speak to.' Wiien the holidays come and the gifts are distributed, shall I add no joy to tho "Merry Christmas" or tho "Happy New Your?" Ah, do not point down to tho hole in the ground, the crave, and call it a beau tiful place. Unlessthere be some supernatu ral illumination I shudder back from it. My whole nature revolts at it. But now this glorious lamp is lifted above th3 grave, and all tho darkness is gone, and tt.e way is clear. I look into it now without n single shudder. Now my nuxicty is not about death ; my anxiety is that I may live aright. What power is there in anything to chill mo iu the last hour if Christ wraps around mo tbo skirt of His own garment? What darkness can fall upon my eyelids then, amid the heavenly daybreak? O death, I will not fear thee then. Back to tby cavern of dark ness, thou robber of all the earth. Fly, thovt despoiler of families. With thi3 battieax I hew thee iu twain from helmet to sandal, tho voice of Christ sounding all over tho earth aud through tho heavens "O death, I will bo thy plague. O grave, I will bo tby destruction." To bo saved is to wako up iu the rrosonco of Christ. Yon know when J.-sus was upon the earth how happy He made every house Ho went into, nnd when Ho briugs us up to His house in heaven how great shall be our glee ! His voice has more music in it than is to bo heard in nil the oratorios ot eternity. Talk not about banks dashed with eftlor escen3e. Jesus is the chief bloom ot heaven. We shall see the very face that beamed sym pathy in Bethauv aud take tho very hand that dropped its blood from tho short beam of the cross. Oh. I want to stand in eternity with Him. Toward that harbor I steer. Toward that goal I run. I shall be satislled when I awake in His likeness. Ob. broken hearted men and women, how sweet it will rae in that too 1 land to pour all of your hardships nnd bereavements and losses into the loving ear of Christ aud then have Him explain why it was best for you to be sick, and why it was best tor you to be widowed, and why it was best for you to be persecuted, nnd why it was best for you to be tried nnd have Him point to an elevation proportionate to your disquietude here, say ing, "You suffered with Me on earth ; come ap now uud boitloritied with Me in heaven." Someouo went into a house where thero oad been a good deal of trouble and said to Ihe woman there, "You seem to be lonely." "Yes," she said ; '"I am lonely." "How mnnv in the family?" "Only myself." "Have you had any children? ' "I had seven .hildreu." "Whore are they?" "Gone." "Allgoue?" "All." "All dead?" "All." Then she breathe.! a long sigh into the lone liness and said, "Oh, sir, I have been a good mother to the grave." And so there are hearts her-i that are ut veriy broken down by the bereavement of 'ife I point you to- lav to the eternal balm tt heaven. Oh, at,'el men aud women who lave knelt at the throne of grace for three score years and ten wi'd not your decrepi tude change for the leap ot a heart when you come to look face to face upon Him whom having not seen you love? Oh. that will be the Good Shepherd, not out in the night and watching to keep off the wolves, but with tho lamb re cliuing on the sunlit hill. That will be the Captain of our s ilvation. not amid tho roar and crash and boom of battle, but amid His disonn led troops keeping victorious festiv itv That will be the Bridegroom of the church coming from afar, the bride leaning upon His arm while Ho looks down into her s-ivs "liehold. thou art fair, my j love ! Behold, thou art fair !" How to Control a Sneeze. Sneezing may be averted y prcss in" lirmW-jou tlio upper lip with tho lingers. "The ".vliy" oi this is that by soloing we iWeii the impression made on a certain branch oftho "fifth uerve," sneezing beia- a renex action excited bv some slight impression made upon that nre. Proof of thw is seen in the fct that sneezing never takes plac when the nerve mentioned is paralvzed, even though the sense of Buiell be fully retained. Atlanta Constitution. TARH AXD GARDE. HOW TO 8FEAT. In applying spraying mixtnref, if one has only a small garden, a bucket with a whisk-brook is a good thing to throw the spray. If a larger garden, a hand syringe is a good thing, and on large trees or orchards a force-pump and barrel mounted on a hand or horse cart will be found essential. Large trees are sprayed by means of a long pole attached to the nozzle of a spray in? hose, to carry it within a few feet of the leaves, for it is important to reach all the leaves if possible. New York World. crib Errrso. There is only one certain remedy for this vicious habit, which is to give the food on the floor in a loose feedbox. For a horse to crib there must be some fixed thin;? of which the animal can take hold with his teeth and on suoh a level with his body that he may stretch out his neck horizontally, thus affording free passage for the wind which is inspired and suddenly ex pired. And this thing must be firmly fixed, that the horse may pull on it with considerable foroe. Now, if the stall has nothing of this fixed kind in it, no trough for the food, which is usually the object seized by the ani mal's teeth, and no bar or other fix. ture, but only smooth walls, and the only furniture is a loose feedbox on the floor, or a loose shallow feedbox fixed if it is desired on the floor, then the animal has no power to perform this curious act, and cribbing is im possible, and then for want of oppor tunity the habit will gradually die out. New York Times. WEEDS BY. THE WATSTDB. The borders along the public high ways and country roads are too often the seed-beds of noxious weeds. This is often the case also along the rail roads. Along the latter the passing freight cars are constantly jolting oil and distributing injurious weedseeds from remote places. This evil i9 in creasing every year, and the adjacent fields show the bad effects. During the present season in Maryland the fields have been dotted with the com mon white daisies to an extent that actually threatens the crowding out of the grasses and clovers in the meadows. In Baltimore County there are roads where the sow-thistle, teazle, wild car rot and many other noxious weeds are annually allowed to grow in rank pro fusion. Tho win.ls and birds are among the agencies that distribute weedseeds over the country, and year by year they are gaining a stroug foot hold at the expense of the crops. In some States there are county laws which require the roadside and fence corners to be kept clear of weeds. Such laws are of great beuefit and ma terially assist the farmer to keep his fields free from weeds. Home and Farm. HAT. BACKS FOR SHEEP. Ilay racks are now constructed of iron, or iron and wood", and although slightly higher in first cost are cheap er in the long run thau those made of wool only. Those on wheels are niost convenient, as one man can easily shift them about without assistance. All racks should be provided with "economizers." A simple and efficient one, says tho Farmers' Voioe, consists of n light wire railing running tho wiiolo length of tho raok on each side, about eighteen inches in height, stand ing about a foot from tho rack, to which it is attached by means of cross burs bolted on tho ends of. the latter. By this means waste of hay is prevent ed, nil that is pulled out and left un eaten falling between the railing and rack, in placa of being trampled under foot by the sheep, as it would be were this precaution not taken. Some htivo troughs beside the racks, which are useful for fee ling with corn, etc. Troughs are best male of wood. Those intended for feeding grain and cake should b3 V-shaped. For tur nips aud other bulky food the flat bottomed pattern is preferable. Cov ered troughs are not very extensively used, being cumbersome and expen sive. One or two of them are, how ever, useful on every farm for hold ing a supply of rock salt for the sheep ; to allow the brine to escape a lew auger holes should be made in the bottom. WEEDS ON THE FARM. The annual expenditure for labor in keeping down weeds on the farm is a large item, but there should really be . no weeds, says the New York World. A large number are destroyed by cul tivation of crops, and a persistent war fare is waged against them, but in most cases the work of destruction is not thorough, as a sufficient number of weeds escape to reseed the land for the next year's crop. The repug nance of most farmers to using the hoe, depending on horse cultivation entirely, is responsible to a great ex teut for the presence of weeds, but even when the harrow and cultivator are used the work is not as frequent as may be necessary. There are a great many kinds of weeds, and they come np at dillereut times. Work must bo applied so as to do the most damage to the weeds at the least cost, and this means not only to begin on the weeds early but often. The work is performed to the best advan tage when the weeds are just coming through the ground, as a slight Kcrtttching of the soil will then be more effective than the cultivator or plow later in the season. As soon as the seeds germinate they should be destroyed. Every weed that grows robs the crop of nourishment and moisture. During a period of draught weeds can bring to the surface and evaporate as much moisture as ot'ier plants, being veritable pumps, which take moisture from the soil, and the larger they are permitted to become the greater the capacity of their roots to take away from the crop the necessary plant food. It is when the corn is young that it needs the greatest care, and it is more difficult to keep the weeds out than when the corn plants are higher, as thty are more liable to be covered with the cultivator. For that reason the thorough clean ing out of the weeds gives less labor next year. io delay the work nntu the weeds are established is to increase the labor and delay the crop, m tho land cannot grow weeds and corn at the same time. If all the weeds are killed by the weeder, harrow, culti vator and hoe, allowing not a single one to grow, even searching the fence corners, and the work repeated a second year, the land can be com pletely cleared of all weeds and kept clean, which will lessen the labor, benefit the crops and give greater profits. HOW TO FLCC5 FBTTT3. Every person, chill or adult, when plucking fruit of any sort, should be taught how to separate the stems from the twigs or spurs without damaging the buds that contain the embryos of a future crop. When plucking apples or pears, instead of hauling off the fruit with spurs, buds and leaves, take hold of the apple or pear, and at the fame time thrust the thumb-nail against the base of the stem and pull on the fruit, and thus sever the stem from the fruit spur at the Beam pre pared in the growth of the stem and spur for the separation of fruit and spur. When plucking cherries, take hold of the long stems and separate them with the thumb-nail, handling the fruit by the stems rather than by taking hold of th fruit. If the hand clasps a cluster of cherries, and tha fruit is hauled off carelessly, the fruit spur will be broken off together with all the half-mature fruit. Then, if the cherries are fully ripe, and they are clawed off without taking hold of the stems, the fruit and stems will be separated, to the great damage of the ripe fruit. When cherries are to be nsed immediately, they may be pulled off the stems. But when the fruit is to be sent to market, the stems should not be separated, as the rupture of the fruit incident to the separation of the stems will hasten decay and dam age appearance, because as soon as the stems of cherries are removed front the fruit the juice will flow out. Almost eTery yariety of cherries fail to ripen with desirable uniformity. For this reason the persons who pluck the fruit should be instructed to glean only the ripe fruit without hauling off immature specimens. But whoever is allowed to pluck cherries should have this brief precept. "Bj careful of the fruit spurs," reiterated, until ha or she will understand that the fruit buds, the fruit spurs, the little branches that are loaded with fruit. must not be crushed by the feet or pulled off by careless hands. Make every dullard understand that every twig and fruit spur broken off repre sents a cluster of cherries of next year's crop, and the fruit for many future years actually lost by inexcus able heedlessness. There should be many placards posted up where pick ers can read the important words : "Do not break off the fruit spurs. Country Gentleman. FARM AJTD GARDES N0TE3. Good sweet pork can only be mala from good, sweet food. The jars containing fruit must bo made absolutely air tight. Sow turnips now. They will bo use ful for the sto3k next winter. As is well understood, all fruits are usually propagated by budding or grafting. Don't cut the new cones back too far. A few inches off the top is enough, according to the number of fruit blossoms. London milk is dyed cream oolor to Buit popular fanoy by mixing one tea spoonful of liquid annatto with eight quarts of milk. It is the stock that a stallion gets rather than the horse himsolf which breeders who patronize stallions should examino most carefully. For colio in sheep give half an ouuee of Epsom salts, a dram ot Ja maica ginger and sixty drops oi tne essence of pappermint. The flesh of the donkey is said to be excellent eating, being as dolicate in texture as the finest mutton, with tao flavor of roast pork. Much of the failure in getting rid of weeds is due to not pulling them up. Except at certaim times cutting oif weeds will not destroy them. Plenty of exorcise means abundant ability to at aud assimilate food. We do not commonly givo the occupants of the pig pea exercise enough. Breeders mu3t pay inoro attention to producing shapely good-sized horses and then thoroughly lit them for ths purposes to which they aro best suited. Put up the farm na 1 garden pro ducts in an attractive form. It is not dishonest to put tho best looking on top if all underneath is sound and good. France is reported to be taking an increased interest in swine raising, aud it is thought that this will en hance the attention given to the pro duction of corn. A farmer a 1 vises thinning early ap ples. Thinning is often profitable, even if t e surplus is wasted, but iu this case they cau bo fed to swine, so mo of them made into pies, etc. If the grain shocks are allowed to fctand very long in tho fields wliic'i were sowed to clover lint spring t!iey are liable to kill the plants thay cover and thus create bare spois in the fields. Jinn ('. nfiiMMlcs Carry Their Young. How centipedes carry their young described by Mr. Qnelcli, who ivriles to Nature from British Guiana. hiring his eight years' residence in iiat cotinlrv he has frequently seen centipedes from five to eight inches in enpt'.i carrying their young clasped .y means ot their legs to all parts oi t'ie underside ot tue iouy, inougn lhey are generally in dense clusters. When very young they are clisely flustered, seeming to be umable to rlitFp their parent iu turn; but when older they move about independently, r.ul when clustered by the action of their parent they incessantly change their position in the cluster. When the young are thus bunched together, the body of the parent is coiled upon itself at that part. The eggs are laid iu clusters like little berries on th round, under ticks, etc. If the parent is left shut up in a box with her young and left unfed for a day or two, it will "feed quite leisurely and Kree lily at times on its young." It js a matter of congratulation that the favorite food of centipedes is cock roaches. .. Wood Used a? Fool. Did you ever hear of wool being nsed. for food?" inquired Amion L. Vandervate, of Pensacola, Fla., of the corridor man at the Lindell last even ing. "I traveled rather extensively through Siberia a few years ago an I found that among the natives along the northern coast wood in a certain form is a most common and constant article of diet. The natives eat it bo oause they like it. "Even when fish are plentiful it usually forms part of the evening meal, as many cleanly stripped 1 ircn logs near every hut testify. Tiieio people know by experience that the fact of their eating wood arouses ths sympa thy of strangers, and shrewdly use it to excite pity and to obtain gifts ol tea and tobacco. ' They scrape o3 tick layers immediately under the bark of the log, and chopping it fiue mix it with snow. It is then boile I in a kettle. Sometimes a little fish roe, milk or butter is mixed with it. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ' Iujuu 'loo Big lor Ills tVH." There is trouble on tho Umatilla In dian Reservation because the cells in the calaboose are too small. The other day Swichlick, one of the tallest of the Government wards on the reserva tion, was arrested, and he couid not enter the door of the guardhouse erect, and in the morniug was found curled up like a spiral uprlng because tho cell was not long enough for him to lie straight in. Tho Indian is seven feet tall, and the Indian police think the Government should build a new jail there. Portland Oregonian. A MOTHER'S STORY. HAPPINESS ( OMHs A FT E It YEARS OF Hl'l-FKKINt;. The Terrible Experience al a Well Known Officials Wile A Starr That A p. peals io Every Mother iu tbe Land. From the Chattanooga, Tenn., Press. No county official iu East Tennessee Is better known and more highly esteemed than Mr. J. C. Wilson, Circuit Court Clerk ol Rhea County, at Diiyton, the homo of Mr. Wilson. He enjoys the eon fl.lenee and re spect of all classes, and in tho business com munity his word is as good as his bon 1. Just now Mr. Wilson is rweiving heart iot con gratulations from his numerous Irion Is bo cause of the res oration to robust health of his estimable wife, who has for ye:irs been a helpless invalid. Mrs. Wilsons high stand ing in society, and her m:iuy lovable traits of character have won her a host of friends, and her wonderful recovery has attracted widespread attention. As the Press was the medium of bringing to the invalid lady's attention the remedy that has effected her remarkable cure, a re porter was sent to Dayton to interview Mrs. Wilson, n order that the general public might have the benellt of the sufferer's ex perience and be made aware of the treatment that wrought such a marvelous change in her condition. The reporter was welcomed at the Wilson home, and tho enthusiastic lady with beconiim; reluctance gave tho his tory of her a miction and the manner in which she was relieved : "Yes," said Mrs. Wilson, "I was for 8 years an invalid with one, of the most dis tressing afflictions woman can sulTer. For 8 years I moped around, dragging myself with difficulty and pain out of bed. My lilt le ones went untrained and were greutly neg lected, while I looke I listlessly and help lessly at the cheerless prospect before me atd them. I suffered the most intense pnins in the small of my b;iek, an I tln-se seemed even greater in Ihe region of the stomach, extending down to the groins. I buffered agony sleeping or awake. Despnir is no word for Ihe feeling caused by that dreadful sensation of weakness and helplessness I constantly experienced. "I was treated lor my trouble l y several local physicians, but they were able to give me only temporary reliot by the use of se :a fives and narcotics. 1 had almost given up all hope of ever securing permanent relief when I saw nn account in the I'ress of a cure which Dr. Williams Tiuk Tills had effected. I decided to try them, as I knew the lady who had been enrol nnd had great eon II dence in her statement. I begun to take the pills iu October, 18!Ki, and in two mouths I was doing light housework and nt I en ling to the cru.dreu without any bad effects or weakness, such as I had formerly experi enced. Hitherto, I had been unable to re tain any food, but now my nppetite grew stronger, and with it came back l lint old, healthy and hearty tone of the stomach. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cured me, and I assure you thecure has brought a great change in our home. I can now rejoice in my hus band's success, for I feel that I have some thing to live lor. Who has a better right to leel this than a mother? One thing more. I have recommended these pills to others, and many of the women of Diiou have taken tbem with good results, and it is my greatest pleasure to recommend to every suffering woman a remedy that has done so much for me." An analysis proves that lr. TTilliams' Tink Pills lor Tale People contain in a con densed form all the elements necessary io give new life and richness to the bloo I and restore shattered nerves. They are au un failing specific 'or su-h disenses as locomo tor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous heaiache, the alter effects of la grippe, pal pitation ot the iiearl, pale anil sallow com plexions, that tired feeling resulting Irom nervous prostration; all diseases rrau tnj? from vitiated humors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysipelas, elc. They are also a specillc for troubles peculiar to fe males, such as suppressions, irregularities, and all forms of weakness. In men they effect n radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork, or excesses of wh ilever nature. Dr. Williams' Tink Pills for Pale People are now manufactured by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Scheuecta ly, N. Y., and are sold in boxes (never in loose form by the dozen or hundred, an I the public are cautioned ngaiust numerous iin'tatious Fold in this sh ip.-) at 5J cents a box, or six boxes for f 2.50, and may be had of all drui gisis, or direct by mail irom Dr. Williams' Medicine Company. A tASDSMDit In Bengal transformed a val ley into a large lake, which is steadily ris ing. Walter Baker & Co., of Dorelies'er. XIass.. thy laruet manufacturer-of pure. I.iuh itrade, noii ci e nic i ly treu'ed Cocoas an I ( liocolatei on thi continent, have j mt carr'ed off the I iuhe t honors at th- Milvinter Fair in San Ki-iincisco. The printed rn'e- irovt-rninr the .Indues at th Fair, st .ie that "One hundred 1-ointf en'it f the exhi'.it to a special award, f.r ifip'om . of I!'. nor. Th c tic. however, is lai ed so hii;!.. the say 'that it will t e att.iin . I only in ino-t exceptional i:i-e.'" AH of rutin- lStt'if ,t To.' tk rrerivnl one humlrfA -iiiN. rut t iivj them to the i"cuU airard tated i the rules. The Union Paciflo hn begun ousting 60imttrs from Its lands in Vbrn,ska. A Good Appetite Is essential to goo 1 health, nnd when the natural desire for foo I is gone strength wilt oon fail. For los of appetite, indigestion, sick headache, and other troubles of a dys- Mood' Sarsa- parilla peptic nature, Hooi's Sarsiparilla is the lircS remedy whica moot BlV certainly cures. It quickly tones the stomach and makes one "real hunsrry." Be sure to get Hood's and only Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable. 25c ASIDE from the fact that the l cheap baking powders contain alum, which causes indigestion and other serious ailments, their use is extravagant. It takes three pound" of the best of them to go as fur as one pound of the Royal Baking Powder, be cause they arc deficient in leavening gas. There is both health and econ omy in the use of the Royal Baking Powder. ROYAL BAKING POWPEIt CO.. 108 WALL ST.NEW-VORK. Whistled Their Thoughts. When on August 10, 1792, the Jaco bins dictated their terms at Paris for a national convention, Lafayette, who was in command of the army of the froutier.and Revera! of his generalo fli cers quitted the French army in disgust. They were seized ly the King of Prus sia, from his custody transferred to that of Austria, and lou confined in the castle of Olruutz in Moravia. Al though each of the prisoners was kept solitary, yet their apartments were so arranged that they were all within hearing of each other when standing nt the windows of their respective chambers. To improve this advantage they thought of the following ilan There was at Paris a number of tunes called airs of the Pont Xeuf, or those popular ballads that were sung at the corners of the streets and other pub lic places. Tho words belonging to theso airs were so well known that to strike up a few of the notes was to re call to memory the wcrds that accom panied them. By this means the cap tives at Olmutz gradually composed for themselves a vocabulary by whis tling these notes at their windows, and this vocabulary after a short time became so complete and even compre hensive that even two or three notes from each formed their alphabet and eflected their intercourse. By this means they communicated news to each other concerning their families, the progress of the war, etc., and when, by good fortune one of them had procured a gazette ho whistled the contents of it to his partners in captivity. The commandant of the fortress was constantly informed of these unaccountable concerts. Ue listened, ho set spies, but the whole thing beiug a language of convention the most practised magician would have failed in detecting the intention and real expression of the notes heard. Chicago .News. The English income tax Las been changed eighteen times since 1S42, varying from two pence in the pound to sixteen pence. No I'so to 'ry. No use to fret an.l worry and itci and scratch. That won't etirj 3-f.11 Tetterino will. Any sort of ki:i 1 ease, Tetter, Eczema, Kult-IUieiiiii lliugworm r intre abrasion of tin skin, (.'ot-.ts i0 renin a box, at dru ttorep, post paid by J. T. Slinptiim-. Savannah, (ia. ' Pennsylvania has $200,000,000 In vests 1 ta iron and steel mills. Beware of Ointment" f'.r Catarrh That CuDiain Mrrrnrr. as mercury wi.t surely destroy the senso of smell and enmpletfly derange the whole system when entering it through t he mucous surf aces. Such articlestshnuld never bu used except on prescriptions Irom rcpulablephy-if-ians, an the (luiii.me lli. y will lo is ten fold to t lie khh1 you ran xs.sil:y derive from them. Hall's Catarrh nre nianufact ured by F. J. :hn'- tt, iUt.. Tolclo, ., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, actinu directly iiou the blood an I mucous surfaces of the nvsiem. In l.uyii.c II ill's 'at irrh Cure bo sure toiret the genuine. Jt is taken internally, and i. made in Toledo, O'.io, by K. J. t.'hcney& 'o. T'- timonialslree. HytSold by Druggists, price 70c. per bottle. . Chicago is suffering an epidemic of bicycle thievery. Karl's Clover Koot, th (treat bloo I putiner, trlves fre-iliness and clearness to the complex ion tnd cures constipation. Si els.. "U !., jl. Artificial granite is ma 1 in California. Th True Laxative Principle Of the I'lauts Used in manufacturing the pleas ant remedy. Syrup of Fi;s, has a permanently beneficial effect on the human &yhtem, while the cheap vegetable extracts and mineral solu tions, usually bold as medicines, are perma nently injurious. Iieing well informed, you w ill use the true remedy only. Manufactured by the California Fig ir-yrup Co. "Dcrino the last twelve m onthg there have been 456 fires in London caused by parafflna tamps. If afflicted with tuney"' n-e Ir Isaac Thnnii on 'ft K?- -.it.-r. Urn 'v ,i hi I ir itottit SI2to$355H ('nnbrmidr ward lax fat le pref'-rre.! io c.mi m I. rif a-.'l tr tvel ill mm t.ir u li ih - - .it .try: a ta.u, A kJ r tn It ' ' "wy- a 1 ti m t f-v v f'.iii.-i-t In towimaifi u li ih r i dry; a tani. i , i- i::i. i -if ..mi .-li.iroc. r will find :cs -en x- . pi .". -p;M r miii'v f r pro'itaMe eiu .im ut !S nr.-1 ... iv t iw I Io -.. I advaa .Sv. M. r JOII"l A CO.. 4. It n u it Mam -!., Kirbuiana, Va. 1 lfll,i,,,'"t',l,n, 1UUUTiii5Uki.au. Hj A. Luiu SI, l lula.. l'a. WALTER BAKER & GO, Tbo Largest Manufacturers of PURE, HIGH CRADE COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES On thit Continent, bar ncfriTed SPECIAL AND HIGHEST AWARDS on all their Goods mt tho CALIFORNIA MIDWINTER EXPOSiTlOit' Tbir BREAKFAST COCOA, iftiuula witbo.t th of Aikal ca other ( hemic lis or ire. il faar uU-j pun and aoluU. aa4 cuti 1m this oc cr;t a cup. COLD BY G.1CCER3 EVERYWHERE. WALTER BAKER & CO. DORCHESTER, MASS. PI Many Clncklrss Teople. Liberia, in Africa, has neither clooi nor timepiece of any sort. Tbe reck oning of time is made entirely by tha movement anil position of the sun, which ries at f. a. in. anil sets at (i p. in., aliuoht to the minute, the year round, ami at uoou it is vertically overhead. Tho islanders of the South Pacific hae no clocks, but make a curious tiuie-mniker of their own. They take tho kernels from the nut of thd caudle tree and wash aud string them ou th.' rib of a palm loaf. The tirst or top kernel is then lighted. All of the kernels are of the name fize and bub stiince, nud each will Irani a certaiu number of miutites and then net lir) to the next ouo below. The natives tie pieces of bark c'otli nt regular iutervals alons; tho htrin-; t mark tho divisions of time. A'iioti. the natives of Zinqar, in tho M-!uy Archipelago, another peculiar !w:cj is used. Two bottles ar pi it" I ueek, an I nock, au I s.iu I p! n I i i of them, which pintr itselt him iho other iic-j every U ilf-ho ir, w i-;.i Uii buttles are reversed. Newcastle Chronicle. LOWQ STRIK3 of diseases and do ranRenieutfthave their origin in torpor of tha liver. Dcranpeit ap petite, constipation, headache, sour stom ach. caKsy beli-hinjTS. I. fi-ji'Sl iaditfostion, or dys V' 3 pepsia, are due to Ma. Jon A. Dn Rkuhy. U. 8. ltmpecU or of Immigration at BujTolo. '. writes ni follows: "From early childhood I suffered from a slutr Irish liver. Doctors' prescriptions and p:it4-nt medicines R!Torit-d only temporary relief. I tri?d llr. Pierce's 1'lcaKant Pflleta, takiuir thieent nirht and two niter dinner every iImv for two weeks and then one ' Pellet" erery day for two months. 1 l.nvo in six months iu en a.fJ in polid tlesh. twriily-sii ound. I am in Iwtter health than I have Ik-cii since rhiMlfOod. Drowsiness nnd unpleasant feel lui alUr inea!s have completely uwappearcd. Kespt'ctfully yours, 6 IT. 8. Inspector of Immigration. sAYF.a Hi shopph;: Sl.o..ln fif.nc lu Kalinin, n w.ilcl'ff o r fill j S AU.KS A Ml ti A III; V s 'niio nn l .r fi riffitii'lv mmiI ffii f pit Mrs. J. It. rhict, 7 "Out -Hit a .lo pul.ln.wr , M.I. In m toner i benlfles other valua' la V'yWM bill (.iter, rnlch an. fr ollt-r in iill.lt: VM (lll'S'l'.ll .tlA;t .I K I'. If.-, -!:. it) .tn. .Na.n.'le Miucaalnr rait lt ff . a fl full .iril.-.i ar . obtain 1 mm. f.m. o. All KewMlea'er, fr M Kast IiHii H.rret Nfv V rk ' . I .miiiw to (noa prwri Uxor- SHOE.' THE BEST. CQUEAKINi 5. CORDOVAN, FRENCH A. Ef4A.MELLED CALF. 4.3.5? FiNECALF&KiGAHDl 3.yP0LICE,3 Soles. o5j2.W0RKINGri., EXTRA FINE. u' 2M?3 B0YSSCH09l5W!S. LADIES' SEND fCR CATAI (IGUE W'L'DOiJCLAS. DMCKTOK. A1AS3. To rna money by vresrlaf tho W. I Doaclo SS.OO Ehae. Tlrrooor, we &rs tb largest irtanafactorrr of ItiiSfeTtuleur abort ia t no world, nORuarmuU; lti;lr value by stamping nam ami prlca on ttia b .ltf.m, which protm-t you ncalntt high prketaul ihe ml jtlleman profile Our i!io equal cuitom work In ftvle. eft.y Cuing ant weiring- qualities. We have tbem sold ererywhere at low. r pries for Ibe value given than sorotlirr niilc. Take do sub stitute. IX your dealer caanul supply you, w? caa. kirctTob Feed bag. Pat. April 11, 1W3, axd Jam. 30, isw. Mmle of ran. v ami cl- ttiroiifh Into fM b it I n, vrmtualtr filling It ijmt one tntrli, diMTlly umtV-r trst nor mouth. Jt.? irrvfttta want, jwinMiuliZ liitT, aIolbrii.tf, brt-atttinf tn lh vaiiiZfil Two Hat. ie Iiik1; of I h o hr, with pir he-twtwrt f itftil quart of (Mil, wliicn newer get M.OO. font, and ttoeltively cures the habit of throwing lite iieul. r.wr ttuni trfffat. .Iwly UA where (be burse sets th'-m all i fff more value tlian x wasted. W Kosrsnlrfl It the fmlv bar ever offrretl for sale with titeM luf-nit. Bend ft cimlars. JOHN Pi LOVELL ARMS CO., BOSTON, MASS. wbo bare weak Inogsor Atb FtJ ma.sb9aldasa fisos Core for ff'nM f.ii.lYri and necmle jonsBmpxmn.. 11 nms ewrea a. taaaiamaa'e. It has not in)ar-1 ed one. It is sot bad to ta. .' Deal. V9BD syrusw everywhere. S&e. it r to! W.L $3 li If 10 itnit; & oau rjiusta fcl Bold