' “l‘llE.SENTI§EL.
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“OI‘TII IORWALK. APRIL 1.
GLApsroitr. SPEAKS:
‘l'hc Nx-l'rrmior Uppumxs Coercion
in Ireland.
In the lit Itash House of t’I-uunotia on'l‘htmr
LII I‘M‘llill; lilo tlt‘lsll" on the motion for or]
(Now for the Common lull was ““llilk‘l by
Mr Hlsnlstnuo. He nIfermdto tho “unpnso
.l. utul" petition of tho lions». which had all
nwly cit tun iIInuths,Thiruvgwhirh. he said.
It.» urloymudvni ItIuIat'ch-hml tin-u Mthprusqul
Ki on now tho l'nim‘rvuth cs I-xultvd ”\‘t'l‘ tlio
inn-spud uf luvssiiigu :IIuti-In for. iugtho limits»
in .m :Ilpuuuu surrmulor of its wholl- IIIIII‘
(will it bill of an tixtI‘I-Iuvly saw I-rc I‘lirtt‘:i=“lt‘r
hint boon carried. The Ilouw w as. thumb-inst
“tlil a l‘i‘I-Ipivnt application of \‘ltlstlh‘ shut
tit-g v't‘ tllN‘thelUIIl if tlt‘lmli'a’ wrroptw-tructisi
.\ . .‘lzaitoi --.Il.uutt\‘ could ln-lall tho House
Hun this sort of lrt‘.\\lll‘1‘ it would suptht-
mnh» -rIt\ I Hlioi‘ our and bring thoprwuluw
l'”! s an - dish-put"
llvrwti furr. III :Liktltg spnvial lt‘gl‘l'ltb‘n for
vli‘ullll; “1th i‘l‘llllt‘ Hr ih'ltllhi. hltiitstvt's but
it ml in show that 1h;- tvrt'Iblc pn'vulcuw of
t‘z‘uw thrrzitth-«l “vial order Wusthnt tho
.w' ii I“ ‘ Nu 'i'lic lluiise‘ had luwu told that
22:» numb. l' of ugruriun I-tt'vticos prior to tho
..1~\i:.~ at Mr Fv~i'xtrr'smh-I‘I-Iniiact I-vnsslrsi
‘i . 51.4mm: iIIiziii- -r stun-V ('I'iIIiI- tlII-n. lIIIiv
u Is ot a Iiz'lvrv'tt vhru‘artvr finu. that
“L: it tho lthi‘l‘lllth‘ltl would in.“ to chuck
'ltw raw-~12! wrmI«-I~.III~.<tvsl in combining to
.‘3 mm: u Io luv Ilk‘il I-t mm. {Irish Cltt“l.\.l
loin-2: tho va :~'l.|“‘ Much tln- tlmrinmcut
ram lh‘lul't‘ tlw Hausa \llUWHT that. this rum:-
\\.I~ imtt'xi tut tn Ilt-mutrls fur ,llht uluiti-utouts
- ' t Nwirr lI:IIl any t'ut‘mor asu‘rslou act
:.-. !! "r%:~iu‘l by u mrIyut‘Itv of tho nuimbot‘
Fran. lrr-iuiitl. Ll 'iII- 'l\ 2 No“ Illi‘!‘t‘\\'ll\ a pm»
'v‘t I..‘. llll‘I I-w-t‘I'wiI fix-m iIu u\.~r\yliI~lnIiu'.'.
ti‘.t_"-‘l .tv of the It hit Itlt‘hllw2\ {l'lhs'rs}. Had
'tw _< urrnii. .. :my Just . ~iiui fordviiiuudiu:
own or urgcauw for .1 [WW n-pi‘vsxh-
‘u-dvn'o .-\tt~ I .Iptmuitua; :i i‘\llthlL\\l\llllUt‘X
filrlllh‘ on tl..- stud t l" rout IpII-stii-u and thc
ll‘ «u - mun tlu- lunl laws. ”In titflvl'll
:2 ti! 'lH“ put :Lwlv tho nwutiuivmlntInns I»!
. 9b. Ill’lt:\‘1-rll:llllil‘h’t‘l l'urluiulrut for m
. t'i’:l\1‘l tslfivt‘ t-s muko Ill-77‘ lows- still mun-of
bunny In tho :I-unrsil sc-uw of tho [I Mph‘
l"Hl\«‘l.-1‘.‘\ '
in ll=‘l‘&-’i liul-x’e WM lvuvu prI-nsl tlI'It the
Y: mums lli‘l l if. 112.: PP!” \‘I to :nixumstu ts‘it
lliv t‘v “no ll“ gt‘lt-‘t‘ul “Ion-snout .‘i;:iiti.~t
tlm
tiw plumb! \IE Xvilt, but with u vuniluunsl of
,u’
"I!
I‘tul
lix
or! t.. loiluu rtlzo cvumplv constantl)
«t l-\ ul‘iwi'x :iu-l we o h It tho) l‘ulllll
I1. out If t‘.\"ill.\l\t‘ Ilculuig
‘ Tl". Huxriniurnt soul that
li'l lli'l
.. w sl'.‘
'. l'l‘ lit‘I-kvti. _\'v~t .\Ir lial
lv I12. .\ .‘lllI‘ pr l"l.‘ll;lilt‘IlIH‘ll'iH!‘ of tlit‘xnta‘
Ht} .{ r'AIIilLl -t \\.i~ gum; in mtrI-IlIII‘c a hill
lu'tuklnh l: :iwllv i I'Iviltl‘ul'ts that worI- ad
.Ii~hsl m. ln-r lb“ Ititvl act of l\\l. just :1: lb»
“:‘lu'. T I. tits \x-wo
l: “4‘ l'HI Zn 2 iilillt‘uli' t‘u- sanctity or con
ll’uvts in r lav ti": n is :i \\ lilt‘r'jd‘iflil IuitliI‘I-uk of
'I unwind tl; tivnt't'lllllt'll! tI--\\ .lciuunilvd
w «rs u for ln~l..nl HI' whutcicr lliltut‘t" [lit
'f‘lltllt'lzl :lnanlu‘“ ~li~~ul-i turn u‘it t-I lw. ll
olh lh-- duty at tho I.ll-¢‘l‘ul\ nmv. “liothrr u:
Hull ~t‘;t \ "l’ in llidlt‘l‘ll) .turcfilsc ill‘gt-tu') HI
trust-st Hut ”W p upb- ut lituluiht \vi-uld w.
9.. v.
:'--- l .‘u lfl'.‘ out ‘l H! -t‘1>[‘~*\lil‘uillll\lll onion“; ;
in. l\ .I in flat lust rillgt‘JilI-l that tho Libor
:il mums-on w -l rm; out ilh‘ \I)ii‘t~\ of ju‘
'4va and ruin "l .Igmu‘t a lii‘ivvrnun-ut \\ hich
dlh‘t' viJI'y \l\ \vul“ of ourrbu-v- ““N
'Ffdillvlv‘l‘ tho Iifuuc of ii :tatiiv- I-l' l‘at‘
ii.l'tl" . in ~ttaliout1t-slIblI-w ttllllt‘lllt‘ utivl
.luspgun \s of lrvi: rd and tit tin- pr-wwu’xty.
v- 'lit‘llfllll‘lll null *tlllll) Hf tho v-mpiri-
tl'h w rs ’
Mr t‘hqul-I I'lam hl\\‘kl‘ lll j lie-half u!
t'--' .'ll.£|ll\i\1til.illi‘lilki“HI.ik‘lltWt‘tt'illl‘tllld
bun“ >‘.\ \I’Itlll-i lunv- :utv I-lium‘o tn hllv‘l‘ausl
m l!" ml \\hil~~ tho National lmugm- was
n‘u-l 'l'
gov,
. .
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
‘I‘tii- f‘nuintiqxiunI-Im .\ppt’iinti-Il
furry Hut tlu- \i-w Law.
Thu l'nsdont ll“L" :tpisuutul thi- following
to
l-trt‘ Stritc ('Q'illuurz‘o t‘ntitnitx‘wulliu‘s'
ill-"lift“ M. ‘t't...lI-y «If» Michigan, for tho
h'l'llt ‘3"in yours.
\\ album It. .‘IUI’I‘Imbil-rilf Illinois.
who of llvu- yours.
.\u:mtus SI-lumnnuskcr of New York. for
Hm term of four yours.
\Ellu -.- l-‘ “’ullcor of \'v-riuunt. for tlII‘t-‘rm
..i Illth‘ )I‘JY
“HI-t. t" A. long; of Alabama. for the term
of to I \ou‘s
Im ll Morrison was born in Monroe
\, bl . ill ht}. and “as four terms n
e. t IlliI‘l‘ :ItI-i nuo torm Sprokor of tlu- Illinois
tluuv- ...' liepiv‘wntattws lio has rcprcscnt
on to ilmil'l‘ t in tho I‘nth. {1li 44th. tiitlIglV-th
‘ "~ t‘tlt iuhl «it'th l‘ung‘ri-sw .
- :u u .\‘l 'l‘I-«Ilvy \\‘.L\ burn at Attica. N.
: lr‘Jl. \ftl'llfil law m that State. tut-l m-
iuwhsl in Michigan lll l‘lii. when: ho has
win-v l't‘\l“!‘\l
._ till-‘f’ ul' tho Stutv laws. and in l'\\\‘ ropiu‘tvi-
T-t‘ lit" Supi'vmo t‘uurt. ln l'x'i‘J th was
:IIIV n l-v tho
to I"'.,’ll‘.l.‘~‘ the law dopurtuicnt of
Hm l'myutwtv at! Michigan. and ho has
“vi-r stum- lr-wt i‘uflltm‘hsl with It. In NH he
rhh.‘ lowlul lustico of ”Ir anromo Court.
uni mu I'I' I-ln'lssl tn l‘fil'fittd l‘i? "6 was
:‘HE'll‘lulo‘l by tho lil‘llillllit'fbil‘ for "H‘lai‘tiou
.u I“ ~ unit wanton-«tut .\t r t‘miloy wasw
it nth .It-gwmtnl by l‘tIItml Status Judge
im~h~uu III to murmur of tho \\.lll):k\h Rail-
I.k\\i t'dtulvuifv. . .
Axum! Sshmutntikot‘of ngdou. .\'. \'..
mu burn in flow t‘Iiunty March 1’. his. and
is .I luwyor III :v‘tIvo pi‘a-‘ttco. iio hits
:tlwuu lw-n 'a llotnuxrut m mlitns He
has tns‘tl t‘nunty Juilgo of its county,
diltl the «jutllelatAi ui his party for
Supninio (‘Iinrt Jihlj;c HI‘ “its 7 it
Nutv Svuutor duI'Iugtlm‘i-rnor 'l‘ildou‘s torm
v
as Hm crnoi . and was tuuvuf tho loaders in tho ‘
:n‘gisiatur‘c on w bum .\Ir.'I'ildon tidied uicarry
I-.It ills t‘cfurtu meantime - lie was ulwuysa
Flyiwt-ursnittil :til‘l political fricud of'Mr. Tll~
lion . l' Svhmummkor was Attorney Honor.“
of vav \‘urk 5‘1qu tu lfi‘ and hill. Judge
Suhmumiukwr Isnow a "II-tuber of thc t‘ivil
.‘otw Im t ‘omtmss on of New York State. huv-
mg lnin tilll'llllllvil by Governor (‘lcvolaud
and h-tuilII-d In uttico bv Governor iiill.
Aldum- F. Wulkcr is ii Vermont lawycr.
all-int. H yoirs out. n Republican in minim.
who studied low with Senator Ei munds,
«mi I‘i us l‘I-lutIol III tho l'uion army. and has
‘ltl-‘t' thou pructwvl low at Rutlund. in the.
Vermont Senate hu has taken a hunting part;
In training legislation tomlve the railway
pmblum, Mid haul givon much study totlic
illit‘fiflltll '
Walter. l. ltI-nggrmis burn in Alabama in j
l‘v‘h but n-sIIlul III Arkanvas from ”Hit until .
"lHt‘il. lit“ wiuuluca'ol Iit
lily ‘ill'l \‘tuubridgc Law School, and
prwuwl law in Arliunsas. At the
‘l y n In .r i WI—Lit '
bzuuii. utIII “us for sonic
”I'll‘r of tlI-ui-v‘ul Morgan.
Iudm; IlI-movrut
mismiudhus servui its National delegate.
Iliu‘vnrd Univmx
mats the law
Ila has been a
\Nl'l‘fllll'll t‘ll1’I‘Ir, and mumbcr (I
the I )I-nu u-rutr- .‘uit qutd t‘ommitr
hm l H I \\ l ho was mudo i‘i‘osiv
dons of th~ .Xlu‘twu-I Ftutc Railroad t‘ommis-
hi0“ and served lll that place four years. dur-
mtr “'llli'll tim- many important oestrous
arcing L"I\Vt~'ll the nulroeuls and t. eir our
tenth-t" .iI-re satisfactorily adjust-ail.
PRo’iiI/iififi «PEOPL E.
Cows In. Faun (IIIAchsembles his father
to his lulhliu-ss for smoking.
. Puer-k ll. LtsLIi-z. Governor of Mom
has. used t4: be u terrymau.
SPEAKER CAHLISLF. LS going to‘tue his
Wife abroad for u stimuli-r jaunt. . .
Sana Humivs is the King of the dry
suds busiuuss of New York and worth $50,-
lull).
GINERAL Smuumm is to build a. summer
home lit‘lll‘ Sew Redford. on the Massachu—
am out.
(‘uucr Gnuuvnm. the captured Apache
liar. ls euipniyud at. gardening at. Fort
Picket“, Fla.
Tulane are only five (ix-Governors cf
Pimsylvanm living: Pollock, Curtin. HIT“
nun. Hoyt. Ml‘l l’uttisou. .
Govimson Btu-xii of Perms Ivania has
1 Stiuduy-sclwnl I l.t\‘i in Harris org, which
be instructs every Sunday.
Mr. Joiiiv 4. Ixn-:xn.wn of the late General
Law, umTiQ-l a short. timeago Miss Edith
Audiol'S. u! Ymmup‘wwn. Uhio
- *v
Husk! 303322.19“ itFiem-tim 01 1c...
0rd. Mala. claims to be fun ears old.
a win born in the Province of 3'1“,"
”an“ 3 his first. wife. by whom he had
» re children. He married a account time
Aldtlveinorecbildm were boratobin.
tool-tutu full‘ h'lll‘ 'l'hvlt isl; invplo “N“. ‘
fur tho g
In l\‘-T ho “th clot-test t‘otn- .
Rom-tits as t‘omuttssionor‘
in that Stute for some,
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OI“ INTEREST RELATIVE
'1‘) FARM AND GARDEN.
Warming Food for Cows.
“'hcn cows first drop their calvcs a
mesh of brain mixed up with warm water
) in excellent to cool the internal heat and
, prevent fever; At this time and for a
i
drinks should at loast have the chill
taken from it. Thcre is no doubt that
warm food and drink are greatly stimu»
lating to the production of milk. but is
. it best for tho, gcucrgil hcalth of the cow
1 to continue it? The failures in giving
oookcd food to stock may throw some
E li§ht on this subject. Thcy are geucr~
g‘al y given warm, and while the experi-
menter is usuallymurh plI-uscd with the
results at first. hc finds. after one or two
years‘ trial that tho now mI-thod is not. so
‘ advantageous in he had supposed. If food
is fiver warmer than thc animal bout. it
: Ill s digcstiou. but in the same proportion
_ enfccblus the stomach by giving it. lI-xs
. work to do. It is Sulltt‘llling likc the
effect of stimulants when tukru by hu»
man beings. ~~—Ameri.‘.m .«tgrirrdturbt.
Turning 0m Sheep Too Early.
It is rotupnmtivob~ nu cosy matter to
_ turn out. the sheep too early in the spring.
. says the Chicago Sharp b‘mwlc‘r. “'hilc
it is. of courso. dosirublc to lot thcm have ,
grass as soon as it can bo secured u tho i
spring. yet care should lac taken not to
turn out cutirI-ly. We huvo. always found
‘ it a good plzui to sow a pzitch of dye in
thc :Ill. ou purposc to turn in the breed-
ing cwI-s in the spring wbcn thcy espe—
cially ticrd smut-thing grown. Whilc wo
may bo able to kccp them in afziiri’y good
condition on dry food. yct to insure tho
best gumth. not only of thc unimal but .
hlsoof the “Mill, gr-‘cu food should be
'. given wlII-nI-vcr lmssiblo. and especially;
In order to ku‘p.
l the brooding ewe-s.
l them thrifty and houlthy. and :it the same
. timi- furnish a full supply of milk to kecp
thc lzinIl-s growing. gII-I-u food is almost
I nt‘t'tx‘ll)‘.
into the postures too curly.
Iwcr to lct‘thcm have the run for two or
thrcc. hours cut-h day. when the wcuthcr
il pleusunt, but in Cold. wct. or stormy
f‘wruthcr it will be much bcttcr to feed
. under shelter. and this, is cspcciully the,
, case with shrcp that. have been rutsouubly
1 Well slicltcrcd all winlcr. _
It is certainly poor .muuugomcnt to
,kccp slu‘cp all wiutcr. lillx'llttf pains to feed
and shelter so :is to obtain it good growth
in flesh and want, and HIV“ in the spring.
just whi-n they nocd thc fwd and cure '
the worst. to turn them out and lct tin-tn
‘ look out for thrmsclu-s.
' It is un rmy muttcr to stunt the growth
and u stuntrd growth li-tlt‘t‘t‘l‘ dcsirziblc
in anything. The lonqor \vc farm the
[hurt thoroughtly sutisticd do We brcomc
tint it p.in to bl‘t'l) stink growing
3 steadily :ill the timo. just the. sumo as u
crop. linti tlut :uiy fziilurc to do this is a
failure to secure its much profit us we
could. .
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Boo. K cc [1 l u g.
Who can kwp bros? Anybody pos-
lcsscd of coutidcucc. gctitlcucss. pzitiI-ncc
and some. ThI-rc are. pI-rsoits who be»
licvc that the bl‘t‘.) lustllti'tlu‘ly st‘lt‘t‘t
thcm for rticmirs. pursuc Mum and sting.
' Fouudml in this bt-licf such pcrsou! will
lnt'vcr bu'uiue lbt‘t‘~kt't‘1lt‘t‘3. but if thoy
' Ihoulii :ittcmpt it. thinning usidc all
{ fc:Ir, thry would find that tho “instinc-
. tive antipathy“ against them pcru-uolly
. did not t-xist. Mun is the enemy of every
lliviug thing rcgurtlt‘tl from tlicstund
5 poiIItgof the living thing. If it be dcsircd
to tukc eggs from n brooding hcu, they
are not :iluiudonod because tho hcu drives
her book into the limb, or [lit-s into the
rfncc of, the intruder. 'l‘hc lwc-kccpcr
may be stung a hundred times in a scu—
thuti of tlics. 'l‘hc bcginucr is udviscd
alwuys to at glovcs with long gaunt-
lrls 1.“.de to Illt‘ arm by clustic cords.
\t'livn roulixleurc is cstziblislu‘d fully the
glovc‘wil‘l bie- l.iid :Isidc. All liI~o~kccpcrs
wrnr veils. . Thor.- may be :i few cxvcp
tions. but only it few.
“'omI-n bookccpcrs have bccu vcry
Iuch-vsful. A bro pspcr. pcrhups the
first our of any :u‘t‘ouut in this country.
l was publishcd by u \vomuu who \vot‘kI-d
; out :Ipivultuml problruis in lII-r own
apiury. The “bloomrr” cawtumc. or a
Inoditirstiou of it, is rocomluoudcd by
wine \vritrrs. But there is a gcncml dis‘
like for that picturesque dross. The ob~
the bout that it may be guthcrcd about
. eei‘h ankle bclow the top of the Shoo.
; The material must be strong. but. may bc l
.u light us gonzo. and bring light and
1 atom. For ull Illt‘rt‘ is recreation, excr-
cisc. hcultli. and'ut lcnsttwcuty-fivc pcr
cont. profit.
Thrrr :irc two ways to shirt an Apiary.
. nmncl‘y : cithcr to buy colonicsiu modcru
i hivcs all rciidy to make harvest. or to buy
' colonics in Ultl-fzhlilont‘d hives and trains
. for to modern hives. The lIittcr is the
l cheaper. and the transfcrriug. even of
1 one colony. will usually rob li:~e;kocping
l'of any terrors it may have mudc in any
, timid mind. It is a gruud' introduction
; to the whole science. t‘olouics in mid-
% winter have boon bought for two dolluts
apirvc, and fill-it‘ll tit. oncc‘tnot long dist-
ances) to the places they \vcrr to occupy
. in the coming summer. lint tlic rcmovul
i must bo mmb- carefully in cold weather.
l
;Thn combs arc. brittle and will brcuk, p
€e:le. and if the boos tire Jarrod from “l‘
1 tho. combs to the bottom the hive thPy
will remain there to pci I. There ism
: risk in buying bccs in winter, that is, no
2 mmon risk. lt‘tthc hive. an ordinary
A box lll\'l‘. weighs thirty or forty pounds
in January thrrc will be honey enough in
it topziy the cod, cvcn if the bees be
dcutl. llut .I‘rolony of this wcight will
not be d. all unless killed by an overturn-
ing of the hive, wlicn the combs might
fall tIIgI-tlicr out! crush thczu.——Gcorge C.
Slackers”. in TV. 1. Farmer.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Garden sccd should‘bc selected in due
time.
If onions are planted, see that the
ground is fine, rich and well mauurcd.
Equal wci hts cf oats and corn make a
good ration or faittcning young sheep.
If a hog is worth having on the farm
then he is worth feeding untilhe is at his
bez; 7
Slow feathering. while growing. is
considered indicative of hardiness in
fowls. - '
Do not burn your straw stacks, but fix
them up for food and shelter. “Waste
makes want.”
A good hedge makes the best kind of
wind-break for agarden or orchard, in a
cold climate. ‘
A feed of cooked turnips, beets or In.
. am, occasionally. is greatly relished by
dumb animals in winter.
“on in chicken- usiially proceeds
from mpnesi. Keep your fowl: “u
Iheitcrcd in early spring.
Comtmofmk civeayouno
week Iftcrwsrd all the water the cow 7
But. it is tIcttI-r not. to turn ’
It will an»;
of thc wooluf tlIc shot-p and thc lambs. .
con. and yet he lllks‘ no morc four of boos ‘
joct is gained by having it skirt so full at.
ample will not intcrfcrc with any movc~ T
1
any breed, however good.
A covering of stniw, leaves or stalk:
burncd over garden und, will serve to
destroy not only'scc s but insects. ‘
Experiments show that. the native
kecpcrs than our improved varieties.
Nobody has seen ground burrowed too
much for the ireptihition of wheat. for it
is hardly possible to get too tine tiltb.
Cubbeges. onions and steamed chopped
hey a . road for stimulating fowls, and
will greatly increase the laying of eggs.
Undet- like conditions young animals
catch. than those that are fully matured.
If you would not. have your improved
down to razor—backs, be careful of them.
potted plants. Asmall quantity applied
frequently is better than a full allow-
ance at one timc.
The demand for bulls of good blood,
for use on the plains, has been so great
that it has absorbcd nearly all the surplus
stock of thnt kind for years.
It is said that good buttcr cannot be
made from the milk of cows kept in a
dork stable. :iir, light. clcunliness and
warmth being essential whore cows are
krpt for profit.
linisc everything nccdcd on the farm
and makc cotton a surplus crop—such is
ing. in ordcr "to find their way out of
the wilderness."
The Garden journal observes:
scientific kuowlcdgc is necessary to :1 full
brlirf in the importance of repeated
changes of ground for kitchen pardon
crops. and tofully curry out. systematic
rout ion. "
A writer says: “Potato growers should
run at common burrow lcugthwisc of their
noses througlnaud thus destroy all words;
:iftcrward cultivate tin! through the sca—
' son with a common cultivator.
The Indiana Farmer says: Mr. f“. D.
the log of his horse by simply rubbing it
ltwo or thrro times a day‘till it' was
'wurmcd by friction, with a corn cob.
. He did this during four days. and cured
the horse pcrmuucntly. .
Beets. turnips. carrots and other auc~
; culcnt roots and tubers are capital food
lfor dziiry cows. and so are cottonseed
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3 and linseed. but it would be as sonsible :
in a landlady to subsist her boarders on
, fruits and plum piddings as for :i farmer
i to rely on thosc vI-gctublcs for the stcedy'
dict. of his cows. »
It is plain to practical {armors that if
' tliorc were no mouus to rcstorc the cx~ -
huusting fertility of soils the curth‘woold
comic to yicld hcr incrcnsc. and all atti—
mulshthc humuu £5"..in included. polish
from the fuco of it. Individual cultivu
tors uct most \visrly who kccp their soils
in maximum producing condition by cu-
lightcncd and generous trcutmcut.
The Atlanta tbnsfi‘hiti-In says rod
; clover grows rcudily through Middle
Georgia. and tho climutc‘of that rcgion
; is a prrtty fziir nvcrugc of Southcrn
i climntc. Otlicr things bring equal.
,I'lovor grows host on ruthcr thick clay
soils. and will take care of itscif almost
as v. t‘ll as ordinary words. The journal
says «lover is a profitable crop on clay and
' limc soils in Georgia.
If any one will go over a corn ficld in
spring. nftor frost is out of the .ground,
he will find runny of the corn stubs tilt-ed ;
. m'cr by the frost, and ulsoso loosened
, that thcy will uproot easily. This shows
‘ that they are mainly hour the surfacc, and
gives u hint as to the best mothod of cul-
ture during the growing.I unison. \Vith
tl:It culture the roots stand tinucst.
' thre a mound of earth is made around
. the corn the frost almost entirely uproot:
Grit-dons are commonly visitcd very
early by the various kinds of noxious in-
: sects that dostroy the vcgctubb-s grown
in them. One much for this is that
' thcy remain dormant in their hiding—
plucos uudcr woods. picccs of board or
clods of manure. It is a common pruc~
. tire to change the garden spot ut‘t‘fts‘iutb
sionally. so that the plants when they up—
pcnr will not be immediately disturbed by
their insect ourmios. 'l‘lIc lwttcr plan is
to rrmove all words, littcr and rubbish
from gardens. Thcn late in the full plow
the soil. lcuviug it as loose as possible.
and some time during the winter cover
liberally with manure. This will give
: plenty of time for the soluble fertility of
the manure to leach into and be incor-
porated \\ ith the soil.
l - _
lloiv living Starvation Can Be Restated.
In an article on “Fustcrs iiud Fasting“
: in the (L‘dminiulitmi. Ilcury llowurd'suys:
' As to animals. (‘hossat rcckons from tif-
; trcu to cightccu duys as the average
1 period during which they are able to re
sist inunitiou. The extreme limits of
. cudumncc, howuvcr. are very varzible. fat
‘ animals and cold~blomicd animals rcsist.
l ing a much longer time than the others.
i 'I‘Iikc its examples of the formcr, creaturcs
‘ that hibcruntc, such as the bear, uuirmot,
etc, and of the bitter. tortoises and frogs
As cvrry body knows, a bear or ii prairie-
dog will remain scvcral months without»
food; it tortoise encased in plaster of Paris
will retire from its enforced domicile
tiftrr three months in fairly good con-
dit ion. '
Thus the hibernating animal. the re-
. . . . ,
{stowed up to nourish it until the
‘couclusiun of its winter‘s sleep,
it docs not succumb.‘ Man. in ccr—
tuiu diseased conditions of the ucr~
vous system. is enabled to suppress the
sensation of hunger. and to live by auto-
nutritiou. or fccding on onc‘s self. and
also bya sort of hibernation with or
without the element of dormancy.\ All
tcui have under observation hysterical or
insane patients that remain weeks and
months without food, and yet maintain
a tolerably good physical condition.
Again. influences purely physical, such
as powerful moral emotions. Without any
sen the dcnutrition that results from de-
irivation of food.
Ii-nri dc Purvillc cites the experiment of
agined that by depriving himself of nour-
ishmcnt for forty days. and drinking his
own urine, he could produce the philoso-
plier‘s stone. Duchnutcau supported this
rogimcn during twenty-six days, and
didn’t diet
’4 —-——-———
Detective Cameras.
The detective camera is so constmctcd
that the touch of a spring starts it noise-
lcesly into action, and is variously in-
cloud so as to resemble ii paper-coveted
ck n band satchel, &c.. The latest
invention iii this line is the “vest camera,“
a flat. disk, the _ and sized like a pie,~
which is camed under the vent. the all
seeing eye of the lens doing duty as an
innocent looking button—Nu: Yer-l
Herold. .
opportunity to reclize the full vein. of'
thick skinned grapes are better winter»
make greater gain. in proportion to food ,
Bcrkshires and I‘olnndt‘hinas to dwindlc
Do not use fertilizers too lavishly on:
the rule the Southcrn plautcrs arc udupt- .
“Little ,
rows just before the plants push their
field: writes us that he curcd splint on ?
flcx scnsc of hungcr bring latent. feeds l
. . ,
specialists on diseases of the ncrvoug sys- ’
diseased condition existing in the indi- .
viduul subjected to them, may also lcs- :
In this condition, 2
an alchemist named Duchantcau,who iin~ ‘
Inoculation doiiewitb him.
REV. DR.TALMAGE.
l
l THE BROOKLYN mvnsu‘s scx-
i
l
DAY SERMON.
. Subject of Discourse: "A “road Gos-
pel.“ tl‘rcached at
Motors. Iowa.)
Dos
l E
TkxT: “(‘omr thou man" (by Aliffy him
the urk.“-—— ‘ masts vii. l.
“'9 do not need the .Biblo
lk‘lugo. The geologist-‘8 hammer announces
; it. Scarshclls and marine formations on the
« top of some of the highest mountains uf the
_ earth pruvc that at some time the waters
washed over the mp of the Alps and the
Andm In what way the catastmphc came.
; We know not; whether by the stroke of a
comet. or by flashes of lightning. changing
thoair into water. or by a stroke of the hand
, of (hid. like the stroke of the ax brtvmcn the
i horns of the ox. the earth st Q‘n‘d. To
5 meet the cutastmpbc’. God mm a grant
. shipbuilf. It was tube without pmw..for it
. was to sail to no shore. It. was to be without
. helm. for no human band should guide it. It
; was a vast structure. probablvas la was two
' or thine (“mun-d steamers It wast iv Ghent»
g Enacru of olden firm-s
to p11 Ive the
. Thu ship is duno. The door is open. The
lirards flaw] in. The cattle walk in. The
grasshoppots hop in. The birds tlv in. The
invitation guns forth to Noah: "(“omo thou
and all thy house into theark.“ Just'oiie hu—
g luau family embarked on the stnuigu “wage.
and 1 hair the door slum shut. A grout .51.an“
swoops along the hills. and bonds the «slurs
until all the branches snap in tho gale. Then-
is a moon in tlic wind like unto the moon nfa
. dying world. Th.~ blackness of the heavens
E is shutti-nsl by the tiara of. the lightniugs.
that look down into the waters. and than :1
glmstlimxs on the fami’of the mountains. How
it lflnxe it looks' [low suflocutini: tlu- airsnc‘ms!
’1 h:- tiig lll‘kllk\ of rum plush upon tho upturned
tacos of thust- who am watching the IQ'IIIP ~st.
, t‘mshi go tho rocks In convulsion? Boom go
, tlr: bursting hoiuI-ns. Theinliubituntsuf the
' ourtb. instead of llwiug tu bolts-b1» and
mountaintop. as men have funciisl. sit down
in dumb. “hitc horror tn dio. For when God
. grinds mountains. to pivot“. and lots tho ocean
slip its cubic. their is no plucc for men to fly
. to. Son. the ark pitch and tumble in tho surf:
: While from its windows the pikxvngt‘t‘s loot:
; out upon the smpwwk of a raw. and the
i carcass-s of u dcad world. “be to thi- moun-
tains: “Km to the soul
I am no alzirmist. “'hc-n. ntitho L’mh of
Soptumbcr. after the wind has for More days
bis-u blowing f mm the northeast. you prophe-
sytltat tho mpitnoctml storm is coming. vou
simply state it fuct not to be dispuksi. Noifhcr
_ am i an alarmist wh--u i say that a storm is
l coming. Isuupztnid with which ‘Nouh‘s deluge
was but an April shower: mid that it is tilt"
“13631. and safest for you and for mo tn got
s'IfI-ly housed for t‘tcrllit)‘. The invitation
that wont forth to Nauihvsounds in our ears:
' “Come thou and all thy 110th into tho ark."
“Well. how did Noah and his family come
, into tho ark! llid thI-y climb in at the Win»
do\\‘. or I-IIuII- down thi- roof? Nu; thcy wont.
' [lit‘nu h Illt‘ tliuir.‘ V And just S“. if WI-gt't lulu
llnI in“ of limbs mo’wy. if “Ill ht- thniuglt
- l‘hrist the dI-or. 'l'bo- cntrann' to the ark of
old must. ht|\t‘ born a vory largo entrance.
\Vu know that it was fn-In the fact that
there won- monster animals in tho ourlior
arms; nuvl. in I-rIlI-r to get them tutu the ark
two and two. an‘nnliug to the iliblo stato-
j mout. tlu- door must lin \‘t‘ boon vcry wide and
‘ \‘m‘y high. So tht‘ door into tho mercy of
God isu him-- Ills-r \"c go in. not two by
: two. but by hundreds. and by tliotiuuds. and
2 by millions. Yru. till the natiottsuf tho earth
i may go in. ten millions abn-ast, '
, The door of tho uncII-ut ark “lb. in the side.
‘ .N‘ i now it is [hm-ugh the side of (‘hriSt “the
pnihxsi stiit‘. tlw Wiriuupvn side. the hf‘at’t
sichthrlt we cut-r. Aha: "to Roman soldier,
thrusting his sis-or into tho Saviours Sltit‘.
cxlu‘tI-d only to lot tho blot-d out. but he
i opium! the way to let :ill the world in. 0,
“but It brood (itnpvl to punch? II it man is
about to give an vutcrtuituucut. ho Nuns tine
' ur two hundnsi Invitations. carefully put up
and dtns'tcd to tho lull‘llt‘lllfll‘ persons u hum
ho wi~ht~s Il' I-iita-rtmu. But God our Putin-r
ttmkos tillmuquI-t. und guns out t'uthc front,
: door of hwucn and stretches out his hands.
' ovor bind and sea. and. with ii voice that
it~itotmtcs the Hindu) ‘nuglo and the limo!»
and icoaub'tlc. and raxiliiui groin. and
l English factory. and Anicrcuu homo.
- cries out: “Porno. for all things are
‘ now rvudy." it is a wide door:
' Thu old onus has bot-n taken apart. and its
two ‘llt‘q‘Q‘S arc stool up fI Ir tho door posts, so
for apart that all the world can comr- in.
Kings scatter trousuns uI Iluys of grout re»
juicing. So t‘hrist. our King. comm and
,- 5..au..r§ tho imvolsof beau-u, ltI-wlund Hill
said that he hopni to "ct iutnhoavru through
the I-rI-viccs of tho I our. llut in was not
obli‘crd thus to go in. Aftcr tuning proncliod
tlti~ grasp-l iu Such-y t‘lu-ip~l. going up toward
3 hcuvrn. tho gntv kcopct' crtul . ‘- Lift tipyixur
f lmnls.yo everlasting gates. and lot this mail
l come in.“ TN» dying thief “out in. Richard
Z lluxtcruud ltola‘rt NI-“town “out in. Europe.
' Asia. ;\frit':L North and South AItII-rica nuiv
‘ yet go through this wide doci- withuut crowd—
r mg. HII.I~\oryI-Iicf ullwiuilttinushllranks,all
l proplo, Luthor said that this truth was
. worth carrying on onc‘s kins-s from Rome to
' Jorusidom; but. I think it worth varrviug all
umund the globe. and all around the funvons,
F that. “Hod so loved the world that. He gave
i llis only-bl 'ottvu Sou. thit whim-ever I»
Llit‘Vt‘lh in lTim should not wrish. but have
i cvcrlastiuu lifc. ' \\'hII~-.u-\ot‘ will. let him
‘\\lllr‘ throuWh tho lingo dour Archimcdts
’ wuutcd a in crqu on which to pluccliis lover,
und thI-n ho said that he could movo the
world. t‘ulvtiry is tho fulcrum. and tho cm
. of l‘hrist is tho lover. and by that powcr all
‘ nations shall “‘1 b0 lit‘ttsl.
Further: it is adoor that swings both ways.
i do not know whether the door of the ancient
. ark was lifted. or rollod on hinges; but this
i door of Christ. opous both ways. It swings
. out. toward all our worst: it swings in to-
‘1 word tho ruptures of heaven. it swings in to
, ct us in; it swings out. to let our .miuistering
é onus come out. All M“ one in t‘hristwL‘hris-
i tiaus on onrth and saints in houveu.
“One army of the living God.
At His couunaud we bow;
Part of the host have crowed the flood.
And psrt chiming now.“
Swing in. 0b blexucd dmr‘ until all the
, earth shaltgo in and live. Swing out until
i till the honvuns come forth to mlcbrate the
‘ victory.
lint. further. it is a door with fustauings.
I The Biblo says of Noah: “Tho Lord shut.
9 him in." A vcsw‘l without butwurks or doors
i would not be a safe vwxsel to go in. When
: Noah and his family heard the fastening of
thmloor of the ark. they “'i‘m very glad. .
, Unless thoso doors wore fastened, the first
{ bcuvy surge of tho son would have wholmrd
! them: and thoy might as Well have xrisked
. outside the ark as inside the ark. “’I he Lord
. sluitihhtijiifguhkthuiccmesaf . ..
: ark! Tho surf of the son and the lightuiugs
‘ of tho skv may b.» twistod tutu a garland of
; snow anI firth—(imp to deep. storm to storm.
, durkncss tio darkness: but- ouu- in the ark, all
% is well. “God shut him in.“
, 'l‘lII-n- minus upon the good man a deluge of
; financial troublc. Ho bud his thousands to
' lcnd; now he cannot borrow a dollar. He
once owned a store in New York. and had
brunch houses in Boston. Philadelphia and
New (lrlouns Hr owned four horses. and
; employed a man to keep the dustoff his coach.
haetou. carriage and curricleuiow he has
. :ird work to got shoes in which to walk. The
great. dot-p of «numerciiil disaster was broken
up. and fore. and aft. and til-rum the hurri-
‘auc deck. the waves struck him. But he was
snfclv shuttered from the storm. “The Lord
shut him iti.“A flood of domestic troublefell on
him. Sickucss and bereavement came; The
rain pelted. The winds blew. The heavens
tin-Mame. All tho gardens 0f earthly do-
light are washed away. The fountains ofjoy
are buried fifteen cubits doc . But, Stan
by the empty crib, and in t e desolate nun-r
: cry, and in the dolcful hall. once wring with
l merry voices, now silent; forever. he cried:
“The Lord gave, the Lord hath taken away;
hlcmed be the name of the bond" “The Lord
shut; him in." All the ems of a lifetime
clamored for his overthrow. The broken
vows, the dishonored Sabbath-i. the outrage—
ous pmfnuities, the misdemeanors of twenty
years, matched up their hands to the door of
the ark to pull him out: The boundhss ocean
or his sin surrounded his soul, howling like a
simuozn, raving like ‘8“ Bumclydou. But,
loosing out. of the Window. he saw hissins
sink llKu lead into the depths of Fl“? m The
dove of heaven brought. an olive—branch to
E the ark. The wrath of the billowouly p
usbed
‘ himtoward heaven. “ The Lord-hut lulu in."
The W doom‘ustenmzs that. “£1th in
keepthe worldout. I unghd to out that
ithu'ebewiuneverhu
zwip-awayauhuimhkm".
. m V -.*
may have hard worn to chow; mm
Father‘s house are many‘amansious. and NE:
daymmromflmfimmmmand
coffins, and graves; there no sicknem, no
weary watching, no choking cough, no cou-
sumiug fever, no chatter-fix chill. no tol ‘
hell. no grave. The sorrows of life shall come
u and knock at the door. but no admittance.
T e purple-zines of life shall come up and
knock on the door, but no admittance Sam
forev r! All the agony of earth in one wave
dashing against the bulwark: of the ships:
celestial light shall not luv-alt them down.
Howl on, ye winds. and rage. ye seas! The
Lord—“the Lord shut him in."
0 what a grand old door 2 so wide. so
easily swung both ways, and with such sure
fmenings No burglars key can pick that
lock. No swmhy arm of hell can shave buck
,thebolt. I'mjoice that {do not ask y u to
come alumni a crazy craft with leaking bulk.
and broken helm. and unfasteimt door: but
an ark fifty cubits wide. and three hundred
cubih‘. long. and a door so large that the
round earth. without grazing the posts. might
be bowled in.
Now. if the ark of (.‘hrist is so granda place
in which to live. and die. and trium i. come
into the ark. Know wcli that the 1 our that
shut Noah in shut the world out; and though.
when the pitilm storm came petting on their
heads. they beat upon the door. saying:
“Let me in) let me in I“ the door did not open.
For 120 yous they were invited. They ex‘
piu‘ted to come in; but. the Aiimliluvians
said: “\Ve must. cultivate those fields:
we must be worth more flocks of
Sher and herds of cattle: we will wait
unti we get a little oldor; we will enjoy our
old farm a little longer.“ But meanwhile
the storm was brewing. The fountains of
heaven were filling up. The prv was being
plans! beneath the foundations of the great
tit-op. The last your bad (‘0'!10. the last. month,
the tint vvcok. tho last day. the last. hour. the
lint. moment. in an a“ fix] dash. an mm
dropped from the skv. and another lulled u
from boncath; and Gui rolled the earth an
sky into one wave of universal dcstnlctinn.
So mcii now put off going into the ark.
They my [boy “‘1“ watt twenty vents first.
They wnt have a little longer timé with their
Worldly iLNI‘iNIPx. 'l‘hev will wait until they
got oldcr. They say: “You cannot expect a.
main of my attmumonts aud'of my [tuition to
surrendcr myself just now. But Icfom the
storm Hum-s. I will gii in. Yes. 1 will, I
know what lamabont. Trust me.“ After
awhile. one night about twelve o‘clock. gain
home. be p rm a. N‘ufl'olding asagust of win
strikes it.and a plank falls. Death? and outside
the ark: t lr.riding in the parka his-kicks vehicle
c ~nshI-s into him. and his horse becomes uu-
umnagoablc. and hc shouts. “ “'hoaf “'ltoaf"
and takcs another twist in tho rcius. and
plants his for-t against the dashdxuird. and
pulls back. But no use. It is not so much
down the avcnuo that he flies as on the wav
to eternity.
his body is drawn.
not picked up. It.
swiftcr t‘uuNr into the fli‘fiflt future.
Dead! and outside the ark? Or. some
night, he wakes up with a distrws that
momentarily iucruviss. until he shricks out
with iuiiu. The doctotscouic in. and they
give him twenty drops, titty drops. sixty
drops. but no n-lie-f. Notion-for prayer. No
timo to read our of tho.- pmmisus. No time to
go! a single sin pardoned. Tho whole house
is aroused in narm Thochildrru scream.
The Wifo faints The pubis fail. Tho heart
stuns. The soul flies. Uh. my God! dead!
ant outside the ark'
but his soul
flcd bchind
is
a
(tut. of the wreck of the crash '
; fht‘ ark.
..............._.,..... "N...“ .. ..- tam... ”w“-.. a... .. _. ___...........
have no doubt that derision kopt many 5
fusiplc out of flioark. The world laugh“) to
starting for th ~ ark. “'hy. then- will be no
deluge. if thon- is mic. that iniscrablo ship
will not weather it. Altai going into thcark!
\t'e-ll. that Is hm good to k I. Herc. follows.
how you board the iicstNThis
into the ark.“ l‘ndor this artillery of scorn
thv- imin‘s curl n-solutiou prrishcd.
And 5 i thorr uro iuiudt‘ods kept out by the
{\‘ilff'ni'tifi‘rlslllil. Tho young man asks .hinr
so :
ttiorrow nu-rniug. if I should becnmo a (‘hrne
tian? “'hn-u I go down to thoclub house they
would shout: “lloro comes that new Chris~
tiau. Suppose you uro praying now.
down on your kit-cs and let us hour you pray.
t‘omo. now. gin‘bs‘ a touch. \\‘ill_uot do it.
oh' I‘trtty (‘hristiun you turf“
four of bring laughed at that kco is you out of
the kingdom of God! “'hich of t uscsmimem : _ . .
2 felt so vvcll satisfied With it that it he:
will kclp you at tho but? When you licdown
‘ the shirt; and ovcrskirt, which were in
. cold water.
than is going ’
“What would they say at the store to- :
Got. . .
. and the day clear and warm, it was soon
3 d and read to brin1P in.
Isit nottho ' ry . y b
on a dying pillow. which of them will be ‘
thcrc?
you Iuit.‘
My friends and uoighlmrs. come in right
away. l‘ome in through l‘hrist. the wide
dour—tho door that swinzs out toward you.
t‘omu in. and bc suvul. (‘otnoaud be happy.
“Tho Spirit and the Bride say. l‘ome.“ Room
in tho ark-E Room in the ark?
But do not (Vlltti‘ alonu. The text- inn‘tos
you to bring your family. “l‘oim- thou urid
all thou llutb‘u.“ That nouns your wife and
vuur I‘hildn-u. You cannot drive thorn in.
If Noah badtriodto drive the xigwius and
tho dovos into the ark. be vroul only have
scatwrvd thorn. Sumo permits are not Wim
about tilt‘S"tlllll\:\'. '1‘]on tuako iron .uilI-snlmnt.
Saliluitlis. :uI-i they form- tho catn‘hism down
In the day of eternity. will they bail '
‘ fuls flour, two heaping tcnspooufuis bak~
tho thnut. as thcy would hold the child‘s nose 3,
and force do“ n :i duw of rhubarb and calomof.‘
You cannot drive your children into the ark.
You can draw your childrcu to Christ. but
you cannot coerce them. The chm was
liftod, not to drive, but to draw. "If I be
hftcd up I will draw all men unto me.“ As
the sun draws up the drop: of muruim: dew,
so tho Sun of Righteousness cxhnhs the tours
of rclwutunw.
"Como thou and all thy house into the ark.“
13o sun- that. you bring your husband tutd
wife with you. How would Noah have felt.
if. when ho board the rain path-ring on the
roof of the ark. he know that his wife was
outside in tho storm! No; she vrcut with
him. And yet sumo of you am on tho ship
“outward bound" for heaven. but your con»
mniou is uiisholtetvsi. You mtuotubrr wheni
llieniarriugc ring was sit. Nothing has yet.
been ublo to broak it. Sickness came. and
tho linger shrank. but the ri staid on. the
twain stood alone above a child‘s grave. and
the dark mouth of tho tomb swallowed up a
thousand hopes; but the ring dropped not
into the upon grave. Days of povorty came,
and tho band did many a hunt day‘s work ;
ring only Inado it. shiur brighti‘r.‘ Shall that
ring over to lost! Will tho iron clung of the
sopuloluv-guto crush it. fm‘cvcr? I pra 'God
that you who have been marnsl on cart. tmay
be together in heaven. Oh! by the quiet bliss
of your earthly homo; by tho babes cradlo:
by all the vows of that day when you started
life together. i bog vou to as) to it. that. you
both get into the ark.
Come in, and bring your wife or your bus
band with you -uut by fretting about. R‘-
ligiou. or ding-dougiug thou) about. ivlig’ibn,
but by a musistent lite. and by a coin lin
[liruyor that stud! bring the throne 0 Get
I own into your bedroom. Bet-tor live in the
smallest home in Brooklyn and get into heaven
than live fifty years in the finest. house on
Madison Square. and wake u at lest and
find that. one of you. for all e emit-y. is out-
side the ark. (in home tit-night: lock the
door of your room: take it this Bible and
‘ . (V . ‘t ‘ I‘ ‘illkl. I -. ”:Q‘
commend your souls to Him who has watched
you all those yetus; and, before you rise.
more will be a ttuttcringof \vi 's over your
head. angel crying to angel: ‘ Behold they
ray.“
13 But. this does not include all your family.
Brim: the childrvn too. God blew the door
children! What would our homes be with-
out. them! “'0 may have done much for
them. They have done more for us “Khan
a EU?! tor ii wounded heart there is in the soft;
palm of a child‘s hand! Did harp or flute
cvcr have such music as there is in a child‘s
“goodnight!“ From our coax-5.x rough life, the
angels of God are, often driven back: but who
comes into the nursery without feeling that
migels are hovering around! They who die
in infancy go into glory, but you are expect-
Ing your children to grow up in this world.
Is it not a question. then. that riu through
all the corridors. and winding-s. an heights,
and depths of your soul, what is to be-
come of your sons and daughters for time
and for eternity! “03“ you my, “I mean
to see that they have good manners ” Very wall.
“I mean £0de them well, if Ihave myself to
go shabby.“ \‘cr ' mod. "I shall give them an
(duration. and shall leave the-in a. fortune."
Very wall But. is that all! an‘t you mean
to take them into the ark? Don‘t you know
that the storm is coming, and that out. of
Christ. there is no safety? no pardon! no hope?
no heaven! .
How mget. them in! Go in yourself. If
that: had staid out, do you not, suppose that
his sons, Shem, Ham. and anbet. would have
staid oat! d Re
apt. to 0 just. as you 0. jcct. Christ “our-
srlf. and the probability is that your children
will Eject Hun.
An account was taken of the religious coir
ditiou of families in a certain district. In the
families of pious pamnts, two-thirds of the
childicn were Christians In the tamilim
where the tn were iii y,only one~
twelfthof children were main. Re-
sponsibhuyouuefortbair temporal exhi-
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sm- a man go' in. and said: “More isn man 5
' them out singly and drain them.
or Henry. or Frank. or or Anna!
“more mthnm precious stumb'whom int.~
eels I commuted into your bands 1" "
his father: “W.
you gave mean education. and ' unn-
nets. and everything that the war if could do
for me: but. father. you never told me how
to die. and now my soul is going out in the
darknm“ .
Go horny and acct a family altar. You
may break down in your prayer. But navel
mind. God will take what you mean. whether
you oxxm it intelligihly Or not. Bring all
your into thoark. is thereonoson
whom you have given up! Is he so dissipfitec
that you have stopped counvlting and pray
mg! Give him up! How dare you give him up‘I
‘ God ever give the up? tt’hilszthoubaatl
single articulation of speech left. cease not tt
pray for the return of that prod a]. H!
may cvgn now be standing on the h at
Hung hung or Madras. meditating a return
to his father‘s balm Give him up ! Never
give him up. This God pruning} to heu- tb)
prayer only to mock then! It is not too late.
In St. Paul‘s Loudoufibemis a whispering
gallery. A voice uttered must feebly at am
side of the gallery is heard distinctly at thq
opposite side. ngreat distance off. So. every
word of earnest prayer goes diamond the
and niakm heaven a It ‘ ‘
gallery. Go into the ark—not to sit down
but to stand in-‘the door. and call untila!
the faniilv come in. Aged Noah, where i:
Japhrt! David. where is Alum In: Hannah,
where is Samuel! Bring them in through
Christ the door. \t'ould it not be plea!“ tit
icud eternity with our families! Guilder
t an Christmas or Thanksgiving festival wib‘
he tho Nuniun. if we get all «ml-family intc
Which of them can we spare out of
lit-avert!
(In one of the late steam”?! them were a
father and two daughters journeying. They
scrim-d cxtrcvuely pour. A benevolent [,zientliL
man surplus! up to the pin:- man to prom-r
some form of relief. and said: “You men:
to be very poor. sir.“ “Poor. sir.“ replied the
man. “if them‘s a poorer man than
mo a troubling the world. (Sol pitv
both of usi“ “I will take one of
your children. and adopt it. if vou
say so. I think it would be a great relief tc '
you." “A what!" said the poor man. “A
rclicf." “Would it be a relief to have the
hands chopped 03' from the hill". Iii-the been
torn from the breast! A relief. indeed? God
ho good to us! \Vhat do you moan, sir!“
However many childn-n vvo mav have, we
have none to give up. “'hiI-b of our fami-
lies can we afi'nrd to Span! out of heaven:
Come. father! Como. mother: t‘ome. son?
Conunduuzhteri (Tome. brotbor.‘ (‘omasistert
Unl y our stcp. and we are in. Christ. the door.
swings out to admit us: and it is not. the
himself“ of a stormy blast that you bear.
but the voiix- of a loving and patient. God
that address-s you. saying: “Come thou and
all tb ' house into the ark.“
An then1 may the Lord shut us in.
HOUSEHOLD “TIRES.
Cleaning'a Black Dress.
A black dress. whose owner had worn
it on a fishing excursion in a row boat,
and was caught in a severe thunder
shower while out on the water. hung
month After month an cycsore. and. as
the supposed, past cleaning without
ripping. As the time rolled around that
cursion. she tried an experiment. and put
one binding, into a large tubful of clear
The busmic did not need it.
After soaking awhile it was brushed
thoroughly. especially the plutings. with
cast-oil” weaver! brushes. and hung out on
a picket fence by the binding, dripping.
not. having been wrung or the water
even squeezed out. The folds and plain;
were brushed in place as wcll as ‘ible
a! it. hung. and it being of sti goods,
It needed no .
ironing except in a few wrinkled suits, ‘
which she daimpcd and pressed. an she
been worn aftcrnoous, sweet and clean.—
Cultivator.
Recipes.
Mock SAcs.mi;.~Soek dry bread in
water. Take as much cold meagcboppcd
fine, as you have broad. Mix and sca~
son with salt. pepper and 3353‘. Make
into small cakes and fry in hot lard.
CIRCLE CAKE.—0ne egg. one cupful
sugar, one-third cupful butter. oue~half
cupful sweet milk. two and one-half cup-
ing powder. a pinch of
taste. .
llouuvr Marius—One cupful of cold
hominy. one beaten egg-Jhrce tablespoon-
f'uls of melted butter, two-thirds of a cup
of milk; stir into this mixture two cups
of flour in which has bcensifted two tear
spoons of baking powder. Bake in mu flin
rings in a quick oven.
salt; flavor t0'
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PLAm»Pcnnisc.—One egg. half cup
of sugar. butter half size of egg. half cup
of currents. half ‘cup of milk or water.
heaping teaspoonful of baking powder
mixed with flour enough to make a stiff
batter: steam without removing cover for
en hour. Ct“! be eaten with any good
sauce. ii
Murine": or Eons—Pour into a stew
add a bunch of mixed herbs, an onioii, a
clove of garlic, salt, pepper and spice;
Dress
them in a dish upon some toasted bread.
Let the water boil a little. and then add
while stirring it. a piece of frcsh butter
the size of two eggs rolled in a spoonful
of flour; strain this sauce over the eggs
and serve. .
Uscful lliuta.
The application of dry buckwheat flour
will sometimes remove grease from deli-
catc fabrics.
Any letter not heavier than a silver dol-
lar, which weighs a little less than an
ounce, can go for a single two-cent
stamp.
MAIL ABOB’BERS.
HOW THEY ARE CAPTURE!) DI
POSTOFFICE DETECTIVE.
Retention Put-salt of Diana-eat. 3-
ployca or the Foetal Serv-
ice—A OueDollar “I
With a History.
Attached to the United States Mail serv-
ice is n of sharp-Irina! and. keen-
eycd dctecttvegwhose exploits madden
recorded in the columns of the newspa‘
pets, but who perform no small part i‘
the safe conduct of the postal
merits of the country. The men
compose the corps are known as poctnfiee ‘
inspectors. They are sometimes eon-
foundcd with the agents of the Unite.
States Secret Service Bun-an. but are in
fact of an entirely distinct and new
organization. having not even a renew
connection with the latter.
New York is the most fruitful field for
the postoffice inspector to exercise
genius. The hmdquarten of the corp
was formerly situated at the soothe-fl
corner of the Federal building, up on
flight of stairs, but recently, on eccouai
of the public character of the situation,
the bureau was transferred to two
apartments on the fourth floor. where
work of the office iscarricd on free from
the noise of the street and the intrusion of
the public.
Every complaint which comes to the
postmmztei- of letters which have never
found their destination is referred to all
inspector for his thorough examination.
Note day goes by in which thereare not
several complaints of this doseriptiomand
consequently the inspector's him sure full.
with the hundreds of cases which ac~
cumulate so rapidly as to overburden his
desk. .
It is said of a great express company
that it. never pcnnitsa dishonest Langley.
to go unpunishcd. even) if it shoal f.-
quirc years of high-priced detective skill
it. which to hunt him down, no matter
how small may be the amount of 1:.
which the Company has suffered. Bec-
ords show that this express company hfl
pursued a thieving scrvant for twenty
years before it captuie was effected.
The United States Government ism
ly lI-ss relentlcm with the robbers of the
mails. but it seldom takcs so long I time
to corner the culprit. There is no branch
of public or private industry where di-
boncsty is so certain of ultimate detection
as in the United States postal service. A
single theft may possibly escape notice,
but. a succession of thefts will make the
thief‘s apprehension but a question at
time.
The postofiice inspector is alwayl I
quiet, gentle-manly person. His dress in
that of a well-to—do business man. The"
is nothing about him of the detective of
fiction or the drama. He is familiar“
the faces of hundreds of the subordinatu
of the oflicc, few of whom know himeva
by sight. His presence is day!
dreaded. ‘
One of the inspectors clinched to th-
New York postodicc told a .Neirs to
flu othcr day some of the methods used
in the detection of criminals in the serv-
ice. The narrator is a tall, slender g
souagc. of perhaps forty years, who
passed the major part of his life in tho
tat service, having been in the postob
‘c in Boston. in the railway mailserviea
between Boston and‘this city, and Into:
an inspector in charge of the Solution
division of the dc ‘ ment. A. keen.
dark eye and shrew Yankee face are all
that distinguish him from the thousand:
one meets in elbowing one's way through
crowded Broadway. , He said:
"When a clerk or letter-carrier om
bcginsto pilfer from the mails he new
stops until Arrested. Upon that fact tie-
peuds the ccrtaiut ‘ of his apprehensio-
sooner or later. (3 chief Weapon
which wet-91y for catchin the criminel
isthe decoy letter. in whic is inclosed a
marked bill or bills. I couldwtcll many
an interesting experience in that connec-
thin.“
The inspector then took from a car
‘Icious pockctbuok a Cl United Stat"
rcesury note well marked in blue ink.
“l have." e continued. “caught b.
thieves with this particular bill. Sona-
how, I do not know why. there is a cer-
tain fatality connectcd with murktd billa,
and if I put one marked and two in.
marked bills inn letter which is stolfl.
the thief seldom spends the one whichil
sure to cause his detects-on.
“I lost the other day. however, a '1
bill which caused the arrest of over forty
clerks and lottercarricrs. It was literally
covered with private marks. I ll
it a decoy letter with one marked bill to
catch a follow attached to an uptowl
branch office. “'hcn 1 arrested the all
I found this note I lave in my band, bnl
the other was gone. I offered to [in
him $10, if he would tell me where H
spent it, but he wfuscd.“——- Vein Toni
New.
Daniel in the Lion‘s Dan.
A riclkold speculator imagined that he
knew all about. art. whereas he vyu II
ignorumus in regard to everything, ll
fact, except in making money. This old
fraud determined to make a valuable
present to his comic-law, who viral I
preechcr. ‘
It wee suggested to him that an oil
intiug representing Daniel in the Lion‘l
Em wouldbe very appropriate, so II
order was given to a painter to not
the work of art. It was almost. inched
For cleaning lit-asses belonging to ma-
hogany furniture use either powdered
whiting or scraped rot-tenstone, mixed
with sweet oil, and rub on with achamoia
akin.
An authority says if eggs are kc t for
future use they should be tnrnc over
twice a week. Also that eggs for hatch-
ing will keep two or three weeks if turned
half over each day. Eggs should always
be kept. in a cool place, but where they
will not freeze. '
Faded hangings may be restored by
beating the dust from them and brushing,
then apply a strong-Tether of castile
011‘ with clean water and afterward with
alum water. When dry the colors will
generally be found to be restored.
Children's stocking knees can be mend-
ed nicely by picking up a row of stitches
below the hole and knitting a stri wide
enough and long enough to cover ehole
good. Then whip down the edges to the
stocking with yarn the same color as you
knit. the strip with. If you have yarn like
the stockings it can liardly be seen. New
heels and toes can also be knit bycutting
off the old one: and picking up the
stitches Knit. the heel and new in.
In his earlier years the late Professor
vvu
spcct it. It represented e cross section
of the den with Daniel walking about
among the lions. \thn the old mall
saw the picture he refused to take it.
He insisted that if Daniel was in the den
neither he nor the lions could be
and the artist had to cover the lions on
Dan with a thick coat of black paint.
When the son-invlaw was pm
with the picture he was somewhat dated
to know what it re resented. ‘
”It. represents nicl in the Lion'-
Den," re lied the art critic.
"But don‘t ace either of them.”
“Thnt makes no diiIet-cnce.
in there. I saw ‘em myself."—.fivua
German, in Sittings.
A Bomb Test. ,
The inventor of a new kind of bomb,
for which a patent is pcndtng. came in
see the Commissioner of Pntente at
Washington. He brought with him I.
specimen bomb, which was enclosed in e
pasteboard case, and beehowed it to till
Commissioner’s Private‘Secnury, My.
Will Montgomery. The inventor all!
fhetit would go 03 as soon as it. touched
water, and this s _ imen would nah .
noise whenc t ed like a fire W.
The Privategcretafy had some citric:-
itytoseethebomb tested, and canton:
and procured a pail of water. Will.
an
a.
E. L. Youmns was very fond of rare
roast beef; but: on one occasion Professor '
is told him thatfichin‘ even-v
ti letobefoundinbeefuin pork. and
that the 0211 we toavoid tbs riakof “‘0 ’00”? vhjlethenoimofthoexrb;
cutin themviu tbhaveone’sneatthmb .uonlonnded liketbercportofccanm-
. Pro”-
.Yomiaunted' upon hflaghili
the bomb was thrown into the water tho
efiect was star-flit: . The water 1.
forced up with viofcnce to the
and fell in a shower pretty well all m
As soon an the few minim-s could tip
“tar-ma «may,»
mmuem
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