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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. Colic in llotaos. This very common trouble among horses may be avoided by regular and moderate feeding, by keeping the ani¬ mal from exposure to extreme changes of temperature, not allowing it to drink cold water while heated, or to change suddenly from dry fo green feed. Colic may be detected from inflamma tion of the bowels by noticing whether the pains are spasmodic or constant. Colic is spasmodic, and rubbing or pressure upon the abdomen appears to be enjoyed by the animal, while the soreness from inflammation will make it cringe. As the u/xm presence of gas may be surely counted in case of common colic, alkali is demanded. One-half ounce spirits of hartshorn to a pint of warm water is good. A tablespoonful of saleratus in a quart of warm water is also an excellent remedy, and if neither one of these are handy, put 1 a stove shovelful , , of , , hot wood , -ashes , and , embers , into two quarts of water; allow it to settle ... after - thorough , stirring, and ... then a drawoff. Use by drenching. I once saved j a >o,000 -r ono stallion , ir after he iiti had been given ~ up 1 to die by - a horse doctor by (1 o use of the last given . remedy. , T If , the J horse has chills and is constipated, al ternate five drops of tincture acouitum and nux vomica every J thirty \ minutes in a pint of warm water, or give one and one-half one nail pints nints of oi linseed linscca oil oi . — Tribun li and Farmer . Hint, for tli« Hay Field. A few short and pithy rules for mak¬ ing the best hay might just now be re¬ peated, as follows; Get tbe mowers into good condition,without a day’s unavoid able , , delay; , , watch . the . grass closely, and , cut it before the seed is formed—just when . the ,, blossom , , • fading. , Cut ., . it is as soon as the dew is off, blit not while it B damp. , Before „ the , aew falls , „ evening upon it, rake it up and put it in cocks , holding , ,. about , :>00 pounds , each. , ... If rain threatens, cover the cocks safely with hay caps. lake hay until all ,, , has m no been cut and cocked. Tbe hay will cure in the best manner in the cock, and it may stay a week without harm,if covered with the caps. When ready to draw it to the barn, uncover tlie cocks and throw them over and open them. Have one person doing this, while the others are loading and drawing in. Do not stack it, but place it under a t gbtrcof, if it is only a barrack, open at the sides. Un¬ cover only what can be drawn in in one day. As soon as the field is clear, give qjt a top dressing of compo-t or some ar¬ tificial fertilizer: but do not turn the cows upon it it would pa;/better to buy some hav from a neighbor. Tiiis , last , rule I applies to the next . years crop but it is rightly placed here,because nex^ ter would be too late to use it. It 'is of the greatest importance, and should by m. mean, be omitted. Finally, gather the hav caps ‘ together; drv them, if ‘ necessary; lay them cvenlv one upon an other; roll them up; bind them in the roil, ,, and , -store them , in a drv place where , no mice can gnaw holes in them. It would be an excellent tiling to steep them in a solution of alum and sugar n of lead, ’ to preserve and make them waterproof, —American Agriculturist. Hitilt '.or Marketing, Good beef, when fresh, has a fine grain and is of vermilion color, with a slight tint of purple on the cut surface. It is firm, but tender to the touch, and is so elastic that no mark is left, alter pressure from the finger. The fat is yellowish white, like fresh butter, and firm. Some times the lean is slightly veined with fat, but it must have no flavor of suet. Tlie surface must be quite dry when cut, scarcely moistening tlie finger. If a clean knife be pushed up to tlie handle into the raw meat, the resistance will be uniform, if it be fresh, but if some of the parts: re softer than others it has begun to decompose. When beef is lean, coarse and sinewy looking, it is old and tough. Cow beef is coarse looking and lias white fat. Mutton and lamb should have a fine grain ; tlie , , em should , be bright and , evenlv tinted and the fat perfectly white, I„ mutton tho lean i, tod. in liana ing mutton, if it be hung with the cut pait up, instead of down, as usual, the juices will be far better preserved. A eal should , x , have firm, white i .. ( fat . and , ♦he lean have a pinkish * tinge. If the , barbarism . of , bleeding has been practiced the flesh will be quite white. Veal should . .. ... be six or eight . , weeks , old ,, , before , it is killed, else it is unwholesome. Too young veal , may be detected by a bluish , , . , tint. The vigilance of the meat inspec ors should, . . however, . prevent the , | im- ; mature veal from entering the markets ‘ J In , choosing , mutton veal , from , the or carcass the quality ‘ raav be determined • • from , the , fat . inside the . thigh. . ,, U there , 1 be Diemv l™! of clear firm fat there th. meat mea is good. i Pork, when fresh and young, is smooth and firm and the rind is thio. The lean must be of a uniform color and the fa whUeandnotat i A fah* all streaked. ii oia Salted corn i I pork has pinkish fat. A good test for ham is to run a knife under the bone; if it comes out clean and smells pleasantly , the ham is good. . In choosino fish see that the g gills ‘ are bright pink, the fins stiff and the eves clear and full; the scales and skin must be bright. Lobsters and crab# must be chosen by their weight as com pared , with . , their . ur When , e fresh \ the sire. tail of a lobster will quicklv spring bsck into position after it is straightened. A -r .fr- W ‘? "T" •*» the bluish tinge of the flesh and the iri descence of the cut part. It is not fresh if the fish be yellow. *• ke round; they should be cho-en for | their thickness rather than for thur size, | SERMON A Ilf * the Insignificant Becomes mentous.” Sermon by tho Rev. T. De Witt D.^I). Subject: Tlie insignificant becomes : mentous. • Text: Ruth ii. 8; “Andshe went and and gleaned in the field after the reapers; net hap was to light on a part of the lieid lie longing unto Iioaz. who was of the ° The "hno'.hat Kuth and Naomi arrive H wa* the custom «Jt^ field fo^tL reariers°to refuse to e ither iUrp' were handfubof gnfiifseatteml across ‘the £?™ n i‘ ttrV8 ? t ' laa .' ,( f n r .® a P ed - "the i Tand' left Ynl'ts* j by the custom of office' -What is the use of all these harvest fields to Ruth and Naomi? Naomi is too old and feeble to go out and toil in tho sun: and can you expect that Ruth, the ohieks young and the her beautiful, hands should tan her and blister in the harvest field!” Boaz owns a large farm and he goes out to see the reapers in the grain. Com,ng there, right be bind the swarthy, sun-browned reapers, he beholds a beautiful woman gleaning_a wo Ina “ '“°re lit to bend to a harp or sit upon a throne than to stoop among the sheaves Ah, that was an eventful day. It was love at first si S ht Boaz forms an attachment for the dying woman interest gleaner—an attachment lull of un to the church of God in all R uth with an ephah or nearly a bu>hel of barley goes home to Naomi to tell h?r t* : - • adventures of the day. Vhat Ruth, who left her native land of M ab in darkness, and traveled, through an undy ing affection for her mother-in-law. is in the harvest field of Boaz, is affianced to one of the best families in Judah, and becomes in after time tlie ancestress of Jesus Christ, the Lord of Glory! Out of so dark a night did there ever dawn so bright a morning! 1 learn in the first place from this subject how trouble develops character. It was be¬ reavement, poverty and exile that developed, illustrated and announced to all ages the sub ii„,ity of Ruth’s character. That is a very unfortunate man who has no troubles. It was sorrow that made John Runyan the better dreamer, and O’L’oimell and l)r. better Young the better poet, the orator, and Bishop Hall the better preacher, and Havelock the better soldier, and Kittotho better enoyclo pedist, and Ruth the betterdaughter-iu-law. 1 onco asked an aged man in regard to his j pastor, who was a very brilliant man: “Why « it that your pastor, so very brilliant,seems i to have so little heart and tenderness in Ins sermons?” “Well,” lie replied, “the reason is 1 our pastor has never had any trouble. When ! misfortune comes upon him Ins style will be | different.” After awhile the Lord took a child out of that pastor's house; and though tlie preacher the was just us brilliant as he was lief ore, oh, warmth, tho tenderness of his discourses! The fact is that trouble is a great educator. You sets sometimes a musician sit down cold at formal an instrument, and his execution is and and unfeeling. The reason is that all his life lie has been prospered. But let misfortune or bereavement come to that man, and he sits down at the instrument and you discover tho pathos in the first sweep of the keys. Misfortune and trials are great educators. A young doctor comes into a sick room where there is his a dying child. Perhaps he is very rough in prescript ion, and very rough in bis manner, and rough In the feeling of the pulse.and rough in hts dLi‘ta*hto answer to the mother’s ^^HS^^ b 0 n toS own ami now he comes into tlie sick room and I | with tearful eye ha looks at tlie dying child alul ho says: “t)h, how this reminds me of my : Charlie!” Trouble, the great educator, sor¬ | rhl^'rttta^iiL^Vt^te 1 ;; 1 its power in the mightiest argument;. Gre in ringed hie that home the PjMsng. brightest I and have most often beautiful noticed fountains of Christian comfort and spiritual p have lieen struck out by the iron-shod hoof of disaster and calamity. I see Daniel s courage best by the flash of Nebuchadnezzar's t UI ’! ia ,' ?• * *** s prowess best when I find him on tlie foundering ship under the glare of the lightning in the breakers of “ eli t a - ( ;° a ‘towns his children amid the howling blood-splashed , . of wild beasts and the chopping of guillotine and the crackling l " a '/ vr,l j l,M ' u ,,,ol j the persecute 'US of Marcus Ourelius to , develop , Polycarp and Justin Martyr. It took the pope’s hull and the cardinals’ curse an l the world’s anathema to develop Martin Luther. It took all the hostilities against the Scotch covenanters and the fury of Lord Claverhouse to develop James Kemsiek and Andrew Melville anil history. Hugh McKail, It the the glorious martyrs of Scotch took stormy sea and the De¬ cember blast and the desolate New England coast and the war whoop of savages to show forth the prowess of the pilgrim father— •‘When amid the storms they sang, And tlie stars heard, and the sea: And tho sounding aisles of the dim wood Rang to the anthems of tho free.” It took all our past national distresses and takes all our present national sorrows to lift up our nation on that high career, where it will march long after the foreign aristocracies that have ntoeken and the tyrannies that have jeered shall l»o swept down under the omnipotent wrath of God, who hates despot ism and who by the strength of his own red is right individually arm will make all men free. And so it and in the family and in tho church and in the world, that through dark ness and storm and trouble, men, womed, churches, Again nations, are developed. I see in my text the beauty of un faitering plenty of friendship. I suppose there were friends for Naomi while she was in prosperity; but of all her acquaintances how many wore willing to trudge off with her toward Judah when she had to make when Naomi’s husband living TStf and they had was well, plenty they of money anti all things went had a givaf many callers; but l suppo e that after her husband die l an 1 her property went an 1 she got old an l poor she was not troubled very much with callers. AH the birds that sang in the bower while the night sun shone, have gone to their nests now the has !a len. Oh, these beautiful sun «°"ers tlmt spread out their color in the morn mg hour; but they are alwavg asleep when the suit is going down. Job had plenty ?- ^kmls when lie was the richest mania U*; but when his property went and the trials came, than there were none so much as the Temanite and Bilda l the! hubiteand Zophar the Nainathite. Life often seems to be a mere game where the mc wssfii! pulls down all the other men into man’s lap. Let suspicions arise about a character an 1 he becomes like a bank « P a, n' - . and ail the imputations push on lam ami break down in a day that character which in due time would have had strength defend ifself. There amputations biding, that nave been half a e ntury in which tern,?,!"'"" >r «m.e moral exposure as a vast ' a 't a ‘onsumetl by thetoueh of asniphu hypocrisy h ,vv thtallmg it is to find.some nend ns faithful m days of adversity as mdays „f parity. Davidihad sul-h * such a friend in Mordecai who never forgot their cause. Paul tiad such a friend in Ones Pb” n ! s « •' visited him m jail, t’hrist had such m the d totem on the cross. Naotm had such a one in Ruth who ” r ied out: “Entreat me not to leave thee or return from following after thee; for where thou goest I will go and where thou P Sf 9 °P le aud Ld'teU'tEi thy God thy my P?°? (.ted; te where thou dtestwill 1 die, and there will I be buried. w mea “ l1 nK>re also if au J ht but death part thee and me. Again I learn from this subject that paths ”‘ >en m hardship and darkness often SS2S: started from 'zrss towa^r'jerusatem tense,* X when Nao£i, bTS ltuth started oil with teild her in my text in the harvest field of And so it darkly " “ ends veiy brighUy. When yw . Once more, I learr from my subject the value of gleanings. Rutli going into that harvest field might have said: Tin-re is a straw ami there is a straw, but what is a straw? I can’t get any barley for myself or my mother-in-law out of these separate straws.” “Not so,” said beautiful Ruth. Bhe gathered two straws and she p’-fi them together, and more straws, until she got enou gh to make a sbeaf. Butting that d—vu she went aud gathered more straws until she had another sheaf, and another and another and another, and then she brought them all together, and she threshed them out, and she had an ophah of barley, nigb a bushel. Oh that we might all be gleaners! It is all the straws that make the harvest, it is the pence that make the pound, and it is all the oppor¬ tunities of doing good that make a life of use¬ fulness if rightly employed. Klihu Burritt learned many things while toiling in a black¬ smith’s shop. Abererombie, the world-re¬ nowned philosplier, was jihilosophy, a philosopher the in Scotland, and he got his physician h or chief part of it, while as a c m, waiting for the door of the sick room to open. Yet how many there are in this day who say they are so busy they have no time for mental or spiritual improvement; the great duties of life cross the field like strong reapers, and carry off all the hours, and there is only here and there a fragment left, and that is not wortli gleaning, f h. my friends, you could go into the busiest day and busiest week of your life aud find golden opportunities,which whole sheaf gathered might at last make a for the Lord’s garner. It is the stray oppor¬ tunities and the stray privileges which,taken will up and hound together and beaten out, at last fill you with much joy—yea, more joy than Ruth felt when she took home to her mother-in-law, Naomi, tlie ophah of barley. There are a fevr moments left worth the gleaning. Now, Ruth, to the field. May each one have a measure full and running over. Oh, you gleaners, to the field! Aud if there be in your household an aged one or to a sick relative that is not strong enough come forth and toil in this field, then let Ruth take h me to feeble Naomi this sheaf of gleanings. “He that goeth forth aud weepeth, bearing with precious seed, shall doubtless come with again him." rejoicing, Lord bringing God his Ruth sheaves and Naomi be May the of our portion forever. A Fight Hettveen Turtles. A novel combat was witnessed by two Erie Railway employes, on Big Walker Rond, a few miles back of Shoholu, l’enn. The men u’ere fishing in the pond, and were in a boat near the west shore, when they saw a commotion in the water u few rods away. The fisher¬ men paddled out to the spot turtles, aud saw for two which very large snapping engaged in the pond is famous, a desperate fight. The turtles would rush at one another and come together with such force that the shock would cause them to rebound several feet. Then they would dart around one another, and as they passed each would make a savage lunge with its great head and long neck toward its an¬ tagonist’s legs, the evident effort of each one being to seize the other in a vulnerable part. The two men watched the collisions and frantic dartings to and fro succeeded for several in minutes, gaining but neither turtle inv advantage over its enemy. Finally one of them swam off a few feet and, the turning, made a terrific rush through water toward its opponent. The latter awaited the onslaught with glar¬ ing eyes. When the former came to within a foot or so of its foe it divad like a ilash and came up under the othA - turtle, and before the latter could thV fend itself against this unexpected atl tack, seized one of its forelegs in its massive jaws The ensuing struggle was so desperate that the water was lashed into foam about the two combatants, and in a short time became colored with blood that followed the laceration of the outwitted turtle’s leg by the jaws of ?h« <wb«r Ttvc. former twisted and turned, dived towhrd the bottom, an 1 darted back again to the surface with such speed that half its body, in spite of the weight of the other turtle hanging to it, shot out of the water, but it could not break the vise like hold of the deep-set jaws on its leg. It was plain to the two spectators that the battle was to end in favor of the turtle that had secured hold of its opponent, and they determined to capture both combatants if possible. Paddling close to where they were strug¬ gling, and, watching their opportunity, each man seized a turtle by the tail and lifted them both into the bont. The fishermen soon became aware of the fact that they had made a move that was destined to give them some lively work, for the fight went right on in the boat, and the men were compelled to take a hand in it in order to keep a place in the boat for themselves. With the aid of the paddle and a seat they suc¬ ceeded after a few r minutes, in stretch¬ ing both turtles on the bottom of the boat. The jaw of the one remained tightly locked on the leg of the other, and for hours after the head was severed from its body, the hold could not be broken. The turtles weighed twenty pounds each, and were served at a grand banquet at a Port Jervis hotel. Mexican Water-Carriers. Guaymas. savs a letter from Mexico is built of brick and adobe ,Y ’ the hrieks b ”? ks being ,„ , very large ana „ o thin, something like the Roman brick in shape. They are very soft, and although there is no > u °Vc° j causes them to crumble ,, flway almost like much adobe, ir „ n „ . . so The city lias no wells, and, as yet, no water works, with the exception of the nines P 1 of the r railway iilwav rnmn-inu company, from « , , . the , , bouses of its officers, beside its shops and tanks, are supplied. The water carriers are a curious local specta cle. The public wells are at the tinner emt i „*• ot tl aud nude , v Yaquilndi- . * ,.,, ( e t0 " “• , . aus may be seen there all the day, pull ing up the water in buckets, standing on a staging beneath which donkevs are coming and coin ”. ” with enormous ot f a ' v hlde , riveted and water ’ ti . s“ t > hanging down almost to tiie ground on either side. When the donkevs arrive the baos are flabbv and ' light. The naked Yaoui ,! ul above a ?°' e nours pours ‘'own the ., w ater in . a glistening stieam, aDt ' the skins swell up until they hang heavy Tiie and distended, like a full paunch* ! donkevs then depart down the street ^ into ^ the town ^ on a slow deliber ln F r slowly as they go. .Scantily clad bovs, happy siUastride looking 'the and hindfriers brown as ' berries. an i kick their, bare heels incessantly against the donkey’s flanks. There is a bullock's horn in the bottom of each hair and when ' ttie the bom horn is is noshed pushed nn up ! >t>ets the water out into a bucket, also ! of raw hide. \\ ater is sold for one real (twelve and a half cents; a bag or bv • the bucketful for a cent or so Alto- L 6 e *u t ' ler tbe8e water a carriers are about \ ! j as oriental . in anything aspect the as on this: continent, and lover of the pictur- i esque might regret the establishment of the waterworks which with uianv other n PW thi "S 8 arn to be introduced under I , bJ " a ’ I w - Wb ° ^ Ws hogs «ven tow "- “d then sold them for r < ciselv what was offered him before m.iney, r but theoompMty then, "brightening, of “you 10 * the hogs on wav down. ! Btarted out for heaven, oh, how dark was the I hour ot conviction—how Binai thundered aud devils tormented and the darkness thick j I ened. and Ail it the sins the ot your darkest life hour pounced you upon ever you was saw when you first found out your sins. After a while you went into the harvest-field of God’s mercy; you began to glean in the fields of divine promise and you had more sheaves then you could carry, as the voice of God addressed you saying, “Blessed is the man whose transgressions are forgiven and whose sins are covered,” A very dark start¬ ing in conviction; a very bright ending in of the pardon and the hope and the triumph the Gospel, Ho, very often in our worldly business or in our spiritual career we start off on a very d ark path. We must go. The flesh may ; shrink hack but there is a voice within or a ; voice f rom a h OV e saying: “You must go,” J ’ and^e have'totr^e^tto (les t and w e haV( . (0 break through the thorn hedge, and we are pounded and flailed *^ leS w“ baTO^^itftheriv^weXveto climb the mountain, we have to storm the castle; but, blessed be God, the day of rest captumfblttlenuXwe wiUM^the vfc H not in this world then in that world carry, „•/battles no t atties U> to fight ngnr How now do qo I j knowit> Know ,,.,!> noW ■} [ knoW ^ because God says so Jhe >’ »hafi ,, hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb which is in the fountains oi of w'X water, an^ltl and <*od shall snail wi™'^ wipe all tears Noa from their eyes.” It was very hard for his j day . h to while e , n ^ upe he tbe was s foffmg trying to of build the people the ark, in and was every morning quizzed about his old “ e ^ er of any pra'-Hca! use ' out when the deluge came and tho tops of tbe mountains disappeared like the backs * *i hed UI ? m rury, clapped their hands over a drowned w °rld, then Noah in the ark rejoiced in his own an(i safety footed and in the safety of his family, out on the wgeck of a ruined ® art “- behold Christ, hounded of persecu t ? r8 ’ denied a pillow, worse maltreated than thiov es on either side of the cross, human , hate smacking its lips in satisfaction after it had been draining His last drop of blood; the sheeted dead bursting irom the sepul¬ chres at his crucifiction. Tell me, oh Geth seruane aud Golgotha, were thereover darker times than those4” Like the midmight sea against the rock the surges of Christ’s an giiidi beat against the gates of eternity to be echoed Lack by all the thrones of heaven ami all the dungeons of hell. But the day of re¬ ward comes for Christ; all the pomp and do¬ minion of this world are to be hung on His throne, him, uncrowned heads are to bow before on whose head are many crowns and all the celestial worship is to come up at his feet the humming of the forrest, like the rushing of the waters, like tlie thundering of the seas, while all heaven rising on their thrones beat time with their sceptors. “Hallelujah for tlie Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Hallelujah, t ie kingdoms of this world have become of our Lord Jesus Christ.” “That song of love now low and far, lire long shall swell from star to star; ’j hat light, tlie breaking day which tips Tl.a golden-spired apocalypse.” Again ] have to learn from my subject that event? which seem to be most insignificant may he momentous. Can you imagine any¬ thing more unimportant than the coming of a poor woman from Moab to Judah! can you imagine anything more trivial than the loot that this Ruth justhappenened to alight that —as they say—just happened to alight on field of Boaz? yet all ages, all genera¬ tions have an interest in the fact that she was to become an ancestor of the Lord Jesus Christ and all nations and kingdoms must look r.t that one little incident with a thrill oi uu ;; cnkable and eternal satisfaction. So it is iu your history and in mine; events that you been thought of of no importance at all have very great moment. The casual did conversation, that accidental meeting—you not think of it again for a long while; but how it changed all tho phase of your life. It. seemed to be of no importance that Jubal in vented rude instruments of music,calling them of harp and organ .but they wore the introduction all the world’s minstrelsy; andasyouhear <u “ Vilaaiiiw e-t' ■» .oiJiiiu. rHt?' t V" *'’ ow ailet th.? fingers have been taken away from it, so all music now of lute and drum and sonnet Jubal’s are harp only the long-continued strains of and Jubal’s organ. It seemed to he a matter of very lit tie importance that Tubal Cain learned the uses of copper and iron: but that rude foundry of ancient days lias its echo in the rattle of Birmingham ma¬ chinery and the roar and bang of factories on the Merrimac. It. seemed to lie a matter of no importance that Luther found a Bible m a the monastery; brass but as lie opened that Bible and lids fell back they jarred every¬ thing irom in the Vatican to the furthest con vent wormed leaves Germany and the rustling of the was the sound of the wings of the Angel of Reformation. It seemed to be a matter of no importance that a woman, whose name lias been forgotten, dropped a tra t in tho way of a very bad man by the nane of Richard Baxter. He picked up the tract and road it and it was the means of his salvation. In after days that man wrote a book called “The Call to the Unconverted” that was tlie means of bringing a multitude to God, among others Philip Doddridge. Philip Doddridge wrote a book called “The Rise and Progress of Religion” which has brought thousands and tens of thousands into the kingdom of God, among others the great Vv iiberforce. Wilbcrforee wrote a book called “A Practical View of Chris¬ tianity,” which was tlie means of bringing a great multitude to Christ, among others Leigh Richmond. Leigh Richmond wrote a tract called “The- Dairyman’s Daughter,” which has been the means of thesalvation of uncon ve ried multitudes, and tint tide of influence sta rted from the fact that one Christian woman of Richard dropped a Christian tract in the way Baxter-tho tideof influence rolling 011 through Richard Baxter, through Philijj through Doddridge, Leigh through the great Wilberforct, forever. Richmond, on, on, on, forever, So the insignificant events of this world seem, after all, to be most momentous. The tact that you came up that street or thil street seemed to be of no importance to you, ami tho fact that you went inside of somt PUSSK.8 it the turning point in SASHS history. Again I in your see beauty my subject an illustra of female in dustry. Behold Kuth toiling in the harvest field under the hot sun, or at noon taking the plain bread with the reapers, or eatino her? Tho parched com which Boaz handed to customs of society have changed, and w ithout the hardships and exposure to which Ruth w as subjected every intelligent woman will find something to do. I know there is a sickly sentimentality on this subject In some families there are persons of no practical service to the household or community, and though there are so many woes all around about theni in the world, they spend their time languishing over a new pat tom. or bursting into tears at midnight over the story of some lover who shot linn s,,|f ’ They would not deign to look at Ruth carrying back the barley on her way horns *° her mother-in-law Naotni. All this fastidiousness may seem to do verv well while they are under the shelter of their i father's nnsmrf.me"uJwlmt* house-but. wh -n th.. th^'U^ri^i -i.,,... , , - of ,,myg.?t Persons under indulgent parentage upon themselves habits of indolence: but They severely will feel in their h art? wha! the’poet c so satirize soawk^arff l when tet^'imp h • -iiti “Folks ,’ite, The > , ' ru, '; , ’Sa" t iy panic 1 from morning until mght - " g!l !il; np< ’’ 1 P Kate of indoleuce how tnany m 11 amt I , women have marched, useless earth, to d-sir. on a v, d cternitv: Spinola said “•",>> Horace Mere: "Of w hat did. ” your brother die? ’ “Of having nothing to do’t was the answer. Ah!” -aid Spm.da “that 11 - 11 h ' p*>”-»L b/ m ai tue Y Bvn.ral world ofu.-.” where there Oh.-vm is *<» ,m,rh suffering to b» alleviated, so much deiib a,",',-i'?TJ' to be carried ' that there U '” J is so any many person bur cannot, find anything to do? Madame ‘ 1 .« ' v ;‘ rl( l °f work in her timojand ments of murie, auTSfwhkh sl^“hL<l"utSt Btsfrsrrw.s* -tsa* wv” mu/h ‘Ant'd ^ritu^w^k | f to te dime iu how vast the tield< rJ?J« Ho» fails, more Hannahs, more Rebeccas, ‘ Everybody’s Alr-ltroko. “Ycb, sah,” sail! Uncle Zach, “I’se watched it forty years an’ its as I sjz: De fust of May an’ Christmas day of de same year alters comes on de same week day.’’ _ . Further conversation proved Chancing Uncle to Aaeh cl a most incredutou? person. m W on Dr. Carver s feat of breaking glass balls with a ride, he said: and knawel . “I hoard ’bout dat shootm’ right off it wasn’t squar’; dat was a \ ankee trick, boss, sho’s you born.” “What was the trick!” “Dar wuz loadstone put intode _ glass balls, an’ likewise onto de bullets; so when de bul¬ let fly outen de gun, it an’ de ball m?’drawed tergodder, which, in course, brokes de glas3 —dats de trick!” Later, Uncle Za -h observed a rope running along tho side of the car. “Boss, what’s dat line fur? ’ “To apply the air-brake in case of acci¬ dent.” Then we had further to explain how tiie force of the brake was obtained, to which Uncle Zach responded: study , don^t . , spect . “Look a here, boss, foolishness? you Why, do me to b'leeve dat btegest harrieane whatever blowed couidn t stop dis train, runnin’ forty mile a hour. Au’ you think I gtvine to b’leeve a little pips full of wind under de kyars cau do it! No, There are a great many Uncle Zaehs who judge everything simply by appearances be Tlie air-brake does not seem to a very powerful necessarily thing, equivalent but power to and bigness efficiency and pre- ,,r. . n it Phillip Beers, Esq., who resides at the United States hotel, New York city, and is engaged in raising subscriptions for the New York World Bartholdi pedestal fund, was once upbraided by a distinguished commending relative in such who was a physician, for enthusiastic terms, a remedy that cured him of Bright’s disease eight years ago. He said: “Sir, has the medical profession with all its power and experiences of thousands of years, anything that can cure this terrible disorder!” No, no, that is true, there is no mistake about it but that Warner’s safe cure is really a wonderfully effective preparation. that That remedy is an “air-brake” every man can apply, and this fact explains why of it has saved so many hundreds of thousands lives.— Copyrighted. Used by permission of American Rural Home. SOMETHING SURE. “What a pity nothing ever Has a beauty that will stay!” Said our thoughtful little Nellie, Stopping briefly in her play. “All these velvet pansies withered— And I picked them just to-day!” “And there's nothing very certain.” Answered Bess, with face demure; “When it rains wo can’t go driving— I wish promises were truer 1 I could rest, if I were certain Of a single thing that’s sure l" Grandma smiled from out her corner, Smoothing back a soft gray tress; “ Sixty seconds makes a minute; Did you know it, little Bess 1 Sixty minutes make an hour, Never more, and never less “ For the seconds in a minute, Whether full of work or fun, Or the minutes in an hour, Never numbered sixty-one 1 That is one thing that is certain Ever since tho world begun. “ Though the rose may lose its crimson, And the buttercup its gold, There is something, through all changes You may always surely hold; Truth can never lose its beauty, Nor its strength, by growing old.” —Julia P. Ballard, in Our Little Ones. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. A host in himself—The inn keeper k pluVoaapber says: “Man was born I fo rule in this world.” It is believed tjhat the philosopher was never married. j-Brooklyn Times. There are about 700,000 cats in Lon¬ don. The manufacturers of bootjacks have all they can do to supply the de¬ mand .—Boston Transcript. In France there are 100 holidays; . - this country there are only sixty. This is one reason why the Frenchmen excel this nation as fishermen.— Graphic. in those old days when wrangling ns Flung down their clanging gages, There were so many knights, since th' They have been called dark ages. —Lift. “I threw a stone I knew not where” is the first line of a recent poem. Thu' A? the great trouble with women's throwing stones; they never know where they will hit. - -Puck. There is one aspect in which fashion able young ladies and old herring fisher¬ men are exactly alike—they both spend the greater part of their time bragging about last year’s catch. “The Bumble Bee’s Mistake” is the title of a new poem. The bumble may mistake his mark occasionally, as he never sights his piece, but lie manages to get his work in, as a rule.— Picayune. Flupgon is becoming quite proficient as a gardener, lie planted some beans this spring and in a short time noticed the seed pushing through the ground. He was amazed and exclaimed, as he pushed the beans back into the earth: “Them vegetables don’t get away from me this time, b’gosh.”— Judge. Doctor—“Your wife is in a very criti cal state, and I should recommend you to call in some specialist to consult on the case.” Husband—“There, you see. doctor, 1 was riqht again! 1 told my wife long ago she ought to get proper medical advice, but she thought you might get offended .”—-Fliegende Blaelter THE AMATEUR HARDENER. With joyous expectation tiilwl He goeth to his hone at mg it. Explores And the patch, so lately vilied. Some hopes to find the shoots in sight. tiny sprout? begin to show The precious promise of his seeds; He tends them tor a month or so, To find at la?t they're worthless weeds. —Boston Courier. v. Nature (n .e, 8 I ranstoi million. ^ tadpole, the larva of a frog, lias a ta ;i j n . R s P‘»s ,dll, instead instead of ot lun^s. Linos r? - a a . , . J 16 * 111 precisely like that oi a fish, a horny beak for eating vegetable food a “ d a *P Iral lntestme to d, S est U ’ Wlth "‘C approach 1 of maturity the hind legs ^off ‘To ^ T' f ' ^ ^ ’ th andgill? wasteawav ; lungfs are created; the digestive hull ap $«»*** diet, the heart becomes to suit reptilian the an m D'P 6 b y the addition of another auricle; ' n s kin, muscles, nerves and blood vessels vanish being ° absorbed atom by atom j set is llwtit - at0m ’ and an( 8 „ “ uew eW Set 18 8ub 8 . ’ tlt,,ted ,. tpH - lh ® , ast , n lint,sh ... . census shows that ®W> tiOO.OOO more womni than men in England b and WrIpr The Care of Children. »* ** OSTO *L Mass.—A a* leading • &i thinks medical F ,urn it is about time mothers clnhl'rln wnlte i'^^fh ^ hea!th ol and tifies officially effective that «c^«yTharmle* plaints yot srticle for such com has come to his notice He refer# ' P y TegeUp,,-. ___________ _ About three fifths of the State of New Jersey is devoted to a#jtoui»ure. lfow to Make Hens Lay. About the quickest way to make a hen lay is to wring her neck or else nil Ler full of bird-shot. And this is what many persons feel like doing when they do not ,et any eggs, while tlieir neighbors and selling are netting a goodly number them at high rices. I hose who keep poult rv for profit must realize that a ben is an egg machine, and that the machine must have material from which to man u tture the finished and salable goods. profit Hous cm not be made to return a my more than a loom will pay without running it and keeping it supplied i-ufficient with he proper raw material, and in .aid rogul r quantities. If no more is suppl ed than to keep the machine Irom listing, then no profit will result, hut ra;her a h ss. Breed is a good thing, but without liberal and judicious feed mg, t igothor with proper housing and i■ ro, mere breed will not bring the de tred answer <f profit, f both breed nad food arc happily combined, the re¬ mit will invariably be plenty of eggs and i very com ortable degree of profit. their Kc-v tbe machines running at fullest c pacify, and there will be no room for fault-finding or any complaints all li it the hens do not or will not lay the eggs winter aud summer, that cau reasonably be expected from them. The only goose runclie—a farm de¬ voted to the breeding and care of geese— in tiiis country, is oeated on the eastern shore of Virginia, and covers nearly 8,000 aerts Its flocks number in the neighborhood of 5,000. Hlo'.v nsj I p Hell <>«te has been a 1 iu u-i u . and costly work, but the Obstruction . •nil justiSos the effort. m any nnpni'laut channel means disaster. Obstruct¬ ions ill the or.ans of t li ■ human bo iy bring n witable dise.is-‘. They must be cleared awav, or physii al wreck will follow. Keep !he liver in order, aud the pure blood courses through the body, conveying health, strength a-ul life: let it beta me disordered and the ■haunels are clogged with impurities, which result in disease and death. No other modi cine equals Hr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical lfis covery” for a ting upon the liver and purify ing tlie blood. The camel is the only bird that we yearn to hear after listening to a man learning to play the violin. Foit DYsrK.rsiA, indigestion, depression or spirits and general debility in their various forms, also as a preventive against fever and ague aud other intermittent fevers, the “Ferro rhosphovated Elixir of Calisaya,” made by Cas¬ well. He.zzard A <’o., Ionic New Fork, and sold by all Druggists,is the best ;andfor patients recov cring from fever orot her sickness it liss no equal. Tlie best way to accumulate property is to buy wlu-n others want to sell, and to sell when others want to buy. We guarantee the speedy, painless and permanent cure, without knife, caustic or salve, of the largest pile tumors. Pamphlet aud reference? sent for two letter stamps. World’s Dispensa -y Ale ii.-a! Association, ti l. Main street, liullalo, N. Y. If yon are in a public office, be punctual—at all events in leaving. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c Nothing can constitute good breeding that has not good nature for its foundation. “The Ere n*r Srndv of tfankinit is Man.” say’s the illustrious i ope. It lie had included woman in the li t, he would have been nearer the truth, if not so poetical. I)r. B. V. Pierce has made them both a life study, espe cially woman, a id tlie peculiar derangements to which her the delicate who system is liable. rited Many with women in land are aequa Dr. Pierce only through his “Favorite Pre scription,” bless them him with all their hearts, thovc for he has brought the I a lacea for all uktom- u-i "’prvnlhq- r, 11 ' ,■. .— a suen a* leucorrho a, prolapsus and other displace merits, ulcei ation, “internal fever,” and bloating, tendency to internal cancer, other ail ments. Price reduced _’ to one dollar. By druggists. profound Simplicity of character is the natural result of thought. An Only Daughter l ured of Comumptlnn. When death was hourly expected from Con¬ sumption, all remedies having failed and Dr. H. James was experimenting, he accidentally which made a preparation of Indian Hemp, cured his only child, andnow gives this recipe on receipt of stamps to pay expenses. the Hemp aleo cures night swi a s. nausea at stom¬ ach, and will break a fresh eold In 24 hours. Address Craddock & Co., 1032 Race street, Philadelphia, Pa., naming this paper. Avoid temptation, through fear you may not withstand it. Important. When you visit or leave New York oity, save baagasta. ipressane and $:? carriage hire, aid stop at the Grand nion Hotel, opposite Grand Central depot, _ dolia fit*) elegant *1 and rooms, upward fitted up at European a cost of one million vator. irs, Restaurant supplied per day. with the beat. plan. Horae Ele¬ stages and elevated railroads to all depots. Families cars, can live better tor less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at anv other firat-efasa hotel in the oity. He hath riches sufficient who hath enough to be charitable. «1 Pli m ■ ffjggl oil •ufM p •< ma GEMkpMtflt FOR pain. „ ■T* 11 fc ~ £ tea’Ssc?ft£*s r,r; AGENTS WANTED We want a reitable Lady or Gent in each town and ticultrrs^ree.^iidreM^EF FE^os’M’F’Q *1<»TO *20 A DAY made with outfits for manufacturing Steuclla' Kev Chccka aud Rubber stamp*. Catalogue free. .8. M. SPENCER, 11- Washington St. Boatuu. Mae*. GENERAL ■ i 10,OOii pipe** saving 7Uc. on » dollar re - to Organists unu lenchers. Post 4c. THURSTON’S S” TOOTH POWDER Keeping Teeth Perfert and Gums llealthy. PwsimlSSS^' A J T JiyR addr ess, ^ 40c. L Ben. on Rubber W. stamp. ^CH^Iq^ 25c. Name and Austin, VIGOR iu •ate. St., New Honk York. free, of Prices Inatruction, Reasonable, Painting tW AiSt etc P R(, ; . ‘ >llW * n T e>ch"rs: Thorough and Goraplete umirse FOR Man and Beast. Mustang Liniment is older than most men, and used more and mure every year. OH! MY BACK Every strain or eold attacks that weak back and nearly prostrates you. BR Wm -tj = a? si ml liLu 5 II = ml 4 s , r % v> Intssn lifflp! Strengthens the Muscles, Nerves, Steadies the Enriches the Blood, Gives New Vigor. VASa'fflfcT™ 30 years’ practice. I i;*ve medicine frond! I have known in my physical exhaus it specially benehcial debilitating in nervous ailments or that bsar fi,,n and m all system.Use freely in faiL'ily." so heavily on the it my own Genuine has trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. Made only by BROWN CIIKMICAL CO., BALTIMORE, MD. Ladies’ Hand Book— useful and attractive, con¬ taining Hot of prizes for recipes, information about coins etc., given away by all dealers in medicine, or mailed to any addre ss on rec ei pt o t 2c. st amp.__ - A j* 1 *-sr* Obtained, oeud stamp tor r , & IM * Inventors'Guide. L. Bing¬ w ham. Patent Lawyer. W ashington. 13. 0. Paynes' Automatic Engines and Saw-Milt. gmm OFR LEADER. Engine . We offer an 8 to hill. P. mounted with Mill,,. oO-in ‘ olid haw, 50 ft. belting, cant-hooks, ‘W5M? rig complete KTS •; ilH: W. HONS, Mannfactir-rsof alt styles Aut......... Hanger, Kn. giliea, from 2 to3 11 H. I’. : also Pulleys, and Snaitug, Kl mira, N. Y. Bo, 18 50. mSi&BMS. RELIEF! Gordon’s King of Pain relieves pain of whatever na¬ ture, the tnonieiit it is applied, autl Is a household remedy wherever known for Rheumatism. and Neural¬ gia, Headache and Toothache, Diarrhoea Burns Dysentery, Scald*. Sore Sprains and Bruises. Burns will Throat. Ulcers, Fresh Wounds, etc. noi. blister If applied, and Bruises will heal in a day that would require a week bv any other method,. The remedy is furnished In powder, with labels, etc., and is sent by mall, postage paid. It is put up in 50,e., tl and *5 packages. The 60c., or trial package, when reduced to liquid form, will till W iloz. bottles, whitch are worth at retail, S«. Agents can coin money sidl¬ ing It. It Is worth ten times its cost for burns alone. 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CHAILLE, For 5”™ ,? r !)***» ditional Drawer information, address 8. La. E. P. O. 261. New Orleans, Roanoke Cotton Press. The Best and Cheapest Pro** made. Costs less than fiUelt** over other presses. Hundred# m in actual use at both steam and hense power gins. Bale# r» faster than any gin can in pick. gio The new improvement# the words houses described in all. of their inventors free to m ,.v Address Roanokk Iron ash* i'L ite Tenn., Wood Worm. Roanoke Chattanooga, Cotto» or IN Press Oo. , Rich Squa re, •o STEAM ENGINES, A. Cheapent B. TARQUHAR, and for York Pa i beat ail pur- # ■ pones—simple,6trong and flu- Jm table. Saw, Gkibt Mills and MACHunuiT generally. Inquiries promptiy an- m wm owe red. Serid for Illustrated Catalogue « YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED with your Window Fastener. Tty Leische’s Burglar-Proof Sash Loci m and Automatic Window Holder and YOU WILL BE. Made of Malle - : . all ,, ble Iron and cannot be broken. Equal in respects to cords and weights, and at one tenth the cost. Can be applied with a screw-dnver by any handy person. Sample complete for the window mailed upon receipt of 10 cts. Agents wanted iu every town. J. K, CLANCT, Syracuse, N. I Established FAY’S 186«. MANILLA ROOFING! KeMemblpN -LS®end^NwlbFln^Vnoe nV V’la. SIDE WAI ter. Very stroll^ and durnble. Carpets anc Kdiin oi Name material. Catalogue with tesu nionials and am samples, if. Free. L. , W. FAY 6c CO.. Camden, N. . German ASTHMA A 8th C cyREfil foil* to tn ve tm-* ma u re never comfort-* mediate relief in the worst cases, insures able sleep; effects cares where all others fail A. ■ trial convinces the moat ekrpticalM Price 50C. ami ■ for S1.00,otDrugtristHorbyniail. startup. Lm.R. 8CHIFFMAN. BampleFRBfcB St. Paul. Min^ ro° M V R. U. AWARE THAT Lorillard’s Climax P’ng bearing RoaeTeitf a red tin tag ; that LorillardJ LoriUtrd'i Navy .. —77,. t'lippinga. fine cut; that th beat and that LortllardVi Snufil." e and c heapest, quality considered? MORPHINEop!t r ibi» __ EASILY cured. book free. DR. J. C. HOFFMAN, Jefferson, Wisconsin^ D| a :j. mu. Great English Gout and DEui! S ■ Ilf Si Rheumatic Remedy. »>' id Dox, Sl.UO; round, dO ctfc___ _ “■ • WlWl Dm. J. SrarflSNs. Lebanon. Ohio A. N. C.......... ............Thlrty-ane. HAGAN’S Magnolia Balm is a secret aid to beauty. Many a lady owes her fresh* ! ness to it, who would rather not telly and ypu cant tell.