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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1894)
TALMAUE'S SERMON. PEACEFUL DEATH AN OOUSSi-UL ETERNITY COST NOTHING. Ilr. Txlmnt I'rrlihn Al.othrr K. mi kal.l,- St in oil Through lit Ires llit:iul villi mi,) t.i, t Kixt of lug i-aui Ahilr ll:a i.i.e. I: v. Or. Talma.'.-. ho is still all enl In H... iNimti acil.e. I, a s-let i.-IV. ttie -U:n . t Of til'. Week's ScniiOII th o.ifcl tne -Tli.- r. s.'i!..'." t U'.vt i i.o.i-ii . ii ; 1 1. .,.';!- Lev e ft, t i- J,.-d J.jmir ( j,r,.t, an 1 thiitj sliail liv a', ed. ' .ia.ls nr.; u,jj- Uiiil, linmp. lnull "iran J, in . .-, , w. Ii'll t lie.V W ! WO. se l:i !:. .., -... ti-u.-n. i imagin. to Ju w-i.i. :1g in the rti:iu,;iian dung. -tic. lxi vou not icci til- i." I"o wni not ii. ar tue iro im of those incur- ..j Hli-ii ones wlni t. u jar ha e not seen tin- sunlight and '.In; d-.p si.ii oi women iio remember tin 'ir;, ;in-r' house mil ii'.o.ifii 0' i r tin'. r wasted e tates L.sien again. It is Hiccough o a consumptive or tiie sir -n.-ge ol out! in tin- iitiiiii.e ol u cr -ur ln-iror. l oil listen u'uiu ami ji. ai a cuiprit, hit ehaii.s i-iiuling as be ru in over in nm dreams, unit vou ay. "i otl, i i r y tli:- pr.soner." lint there 1h ,:iio'hcr sound Hi '.hat prison. It is the song of ,oy anil gladness. What u plan) to ningini Tho music Counts inning through t corridors of In- prison, and in uii th.- dark wurds tin; whisper is heard "What i thai.' What's tiiat '' !t 1m tin. wii!f of Taul and .Si!a. Tii' V cannot sleep. They ha.e been Whipped vc.-y liadly whipped. The long gashes on t heir backs are bleed- Ing .VI. 'I h. y Iio Hat on tho t old ground, their feet fast iu woolen' wskets, and of court) they ei.nnut sleep. Hut th.y can sing", .lailer, what m e you doing with these people.' j v ny tiiuy have been put In here t ih. they have been trving to make tho world better. NtbataU? That In nil. A pit for Joseph. A lion s cave tor Ianiol. A biasing furnace- for Shad racb. Clubs for John Wesley. An anathema for I'hllipp Melanehthon. A dungeon for Paul and Sil m. u karlfi'itiakft Mi..rk. Hut hilo we w-ece btandintf in the gloom of the 1'hillipj ian dungeon, and w hear the mi,ji.ty iniugl.a voiw-H ofmjhund proan and blasphemy and ballelu uh, udd.inly an earthuuaKe ! The iron bur of the prison twist, the pillars crack oif, the oiid masonry be pina to heave, and all the doom owinjj -open. The jailor, (oeliag hlmlf re npmible for tht-He tiriMiiiurs nnd Ikj UovinK in hia paj,'an ignorance, Biiicide to lo honorable - ii nee Urutus killed binielf, and l alo kilted himHelf, and ;a-;im killed himself - puu his sword to hiM own heart, proposing with no lron(f, keen thnmt to put an end to liin excitement and agitation. Hut I'uul cries out: "Stop, stop! l)o thy- no hai ui V are all here!'' 'Then I see tDe jailor runninsr through tho dust and amid th$ ruin of that prison, and I see htm throwing hliiisolf down at the feet of thews pris oners, frying out. "What shall 1 do.J What shall I do?'" Did I'uul answer: '(Jet out of this place beforu there is another earthquake, i'ut handcii'la ud hopples on thesu other prisoners lent tliey (jet away '" No word of that kind. Ilia lOJipa. t. thrilling, tromon dous aiwer, memorable, all through eurlh and heaven, was: "lielieve on tho Lord .Ichu' Christ, and thou shait 1ms saved.'' Well, wo have all reuj of tho earth quake at i.islsm. in Lima, in Alicppo an i In t urai as. but wa live in a iuti t' (ie w here in all our memory there has not lieon one Mivero volcanic dis turb inco And vet we have seen Tilt earth ,uukes. here is a man who has been building up a lar'o forl'ine. His bid in the money market was felt in all the Iu,"ko cities. Ho thinks he has trot beyond all annoying riva rios in trade, an I he sa, s to himself, ''Xnw I am free and wife from all )hHille per turbation." Hut in J-.'., or In I.. I a national anic s'rikes the foundation ol tho commondal wor d, and crash goe all tha magnificent business ea tablishmetit! Here is a man who has built up a Tory beautiful ho i.e. Jlis daughters have just come home from lhs semi nary with diplomas of graduation. His on have started in life, honest, toin- ferate and pure. When the evening ihts are b'.riick, there is a huppluess and unbroken family circle. Hut there hubcenan accident down at I on if Branch. Tho young man ventured too far out in the surf. The telegraph curled the terror up to the city. An arth'iuake struck under the founda tion of that beautiful borne. Trust and ttollnva. Toe piano closed; the curtains 4ropied: the laughter hushed. Crash $o ail those domestic bopes and pros. pecU and expectations. So, my friends, we have all telt the shaking down of ome great trouble, and there waa a lime when we were aa much excited this man of the text, and we cried ut aa he did: ' What shall 1 do? What shall i do?" The same reply bat the apostle made to him is ap- Jroprlate to us. "lielieve on the Lord sua ChrUt, and thouihalt he saved." There are some document of so little Imtto, taaco that you do not care to put any more than your last name under them, or even your Initials, hut there re some documents of so grt InijHsrt ance that you writeoutyour full name fto the Kuvious in some parts o' the Bible i called "Lord." and In other part of the Hlble He is called "JeUH," and Id other parts of the Bible lie Is called "Christ," but that there might be no mistake about this passage all three names come together "the Lord Jesus Christ." Now, who is thii being that vou want Bie to trust In and believe in? Men ometimos comu toniewith credentials and certificates of good character, but I cannot trust them. There Is somo di honcatv in their looks that makes me know "that 1 shall be i heatel if I conllde In them. Vou cunnot put your heart ' conlldcni'O In u man until you know what at u'l h is made of, and am 1 unreatonahlo w hen 1 stop to usk you Who this is that you want me to trust In? No man would think of venturing bis life on avesFclgolngouttOsoa that ha I never been instoctd. So; you mutt have tho c'rtllirate bungamldship, telling how many tons it arrles, and how long ago it was built, and who built it, and all alwut it. And you cannot expect mo to risk the Mrgo of my Immortal interesta on board m craft till you tell n what It wr. ma1. -..f. and wher it was made, a., t u iinl ,t is. '., li,n f !ir--lrr, Wht-.i, then. I dM you who Uui is y'U w nit lie- to trust iu ..o i le!) rur he ia a vt rv altru. tins . . i'otitem porary writers deerilHi his who e ap pearance as l-inif resplendent. '1 be e was r.o r.e d f( r Christ to tell the lit 1: h.ilr-n to co:ne to him. 'M iller lr.t.o cliiiilrcn locoine unto me.' was not f-j. ri t the children. It wa ssj'.eii to the li s. i:.es. Tho rhiiuren came rei-.-lily . r.oiifi without any invi t a. on. ,m wn-in r did Jous ujc car than tile little ones .u:uie!l from their r o:her- ni .us. an avalanche of beauty and ..... it t, J,:s lay. t hri-t did mil '.'u'l t.i put ii: nead iirjv.ii on Jli li rn. .'. I. i on i i not hci)) but put ' ' !'''' I ' h- '. 1 r-'l ,j ,i,; a Iixik at t 'hr,-.' Bin int to love him. How ultra- tlve Hi, n iiiiii.-i- Whv, when they -a i'l.ri-1 coming ai'.ng the et. fiey r:,n in i . j i t- ' honi --. and tie-,- vvi i p,.,j n;, t ij t-. I- invalids as ei,;, k :m they could and lir.iii -lit them Hi that He i,,ie it !tik ut them. Oh, I in; re w sniiii-thing i-o pleasant, so in- r n, m eh, ei-iujr in i-vi i 1 1 li.i He did. iu His very look! When i he-e hi.-iv one. !r,,uj.lit o a, did lie ra,. ,,to not br;iiy las tore .Me t lies sores. I 'o lint troub'u Me with these leprosies.-" no: there wuh a kind look: 1 here, w:.s a L'eM!i wonl: thare v.ii- a healiiii? toncli. They on d not k. p away Irnm Him. I think there are many under the in- II jetiee of the Spirit of C.od who are saying "1 will trust Him if you will only t' !l e how." And tiie great ijiu-si ion asked hy manv is "How, hov. r" An I h !e I answer vour i.ues t:iiii 1 look up end utter the prayer w hich I ow iand Hill so olteti uttered in the mid-t of his sermons, "Muster help:'' ilow ure you to trust in Christ.' 1'erfert Contidrll.-e. ,hi.-t as you trust any one. You triiBt vour partner in business with import ant things. It a co. i iiiereial house gives sou u note payable three months . hence, you execl the a incut ol that note at the end of throe months. Vou have perfect conlideiice in their word and in their ability. Or. again, you go homo to duy. Vou expect there will bo food on the t.ible. Vou have conli dence iu that. Now, I ask vou to have the same confidence in the' Lord .Jesus ' ( hrist. He says, "Vou believe; I take away your sins," and they are all taken away. "vVhat!" vou say, "belore I tiray any more? He'ore 1 read in .' Hi bio an more? Ik-fore I cry over my sins any moro.' Ves, this moment, lielieve with all your heart, and you are saved. Why,Chriht is oniy wait ing to gel from you what you givo to scores of feople'every duy. What is that? Conlideiice. If these people whom you trust day bv day are more worthy than Christ, if they are moro faithful than Christ, if they have done liiore than Christ ever did." then icive them tho preference, but if you really think that Christ is as trustworthy as thev are then deal with Him as fairly. "Oh,"a,fl someone in a ight way, j "I lielieve that Christ was born in Bethlehem, and I beiiovo that He died ' on the cross." Ho you believe it wilh jour bead or your heart? I w ill illm-1 trato tho ditlerence. You are In vour I own house. In the morning you oen a newspaper, and you read how ( ap tain Braveheart on the sea risked his life for tho salvation of his passengers. Vou say: "What a grand fellow he must have been! His family deserves very well of the country.'' Vou fold tho newsnier and s t down at the tublo and perhaps do not tuink of that incident again. That is historical faith. ShvpiI hr Ksl' h. Hut now you are on tho soa, and it is night, und vou uro asleep, and yon are awakened fy the shriek of "i ire!" Vou rush out on the dock. Vo i hear amid the wringing of the hands und the fainting, the cry: "No hope, no hope.' We are lost, wo are lost. ' The sail outs out its wing of lire, the ro; es make a burning lu idor in tho night heavens, the s irit of wrecks hisses in tho wave, und on the hurricane deck Bhukus out its buiiuer of smoke and darkness. -'Down with the lifeboats " cries the cant in. "Ihiwn with tho lifeboatsi" 1'eople rush into then. Tho Isiuts are atsnit full, idiom only lor ono more man. "iou are standing on the deck beside the captain. U ho shall it be.' tun or tho cap tain? The captain savH, "Vou.'' Vou jump and are t-av ed. Ho stands there und dies. .Now, you believe lhat Cant. Braveheart sacrificed himself lor his passengers, but you believe It with lo.o, with tears, with hot and long continued exclamations, with grief at hiii loss and joy at your deliverance. That is saving faith in other words, what you believe with all the heart and believe In regard to yourself. On this hinge turns my sermon - aye, the salvation of your immortal soul You often go across a bridge you know nothing about. Vou do not know who built the bridge, you do not know what matertal it Is made of, but vou come to it and walk over it and ask no ques tions. And here is an arched bridge blasted from the "Hock of Ages" ana built by the Architect of the whole universe, (panning the dark gulf be tween sin and righteousness, and all Uod asks you la to walk across it, and you start, an I you come to it, and you stop, and you go a litt e way on, and you stop, and you fall back, an 1 you experiment You say, "How do I know that bridge will hold me?" in stead of marching on with firm st- o. askln? no questions, but feeling that tho strength of the eternal God Is un dor vou. Oh, was there ever a prize proffered so cheap as pardon and heaven are of fered to you? For how much - A mill Ion dollars ' It is certainly worth more than that. But cheaper than that you can have it. Ten thousand dollars? Less than that. I ive thousand dol.arsi' Less than that. One dollar? Ix-ss than that. One farthing.' Less than thut. "Without money and without price." No money to pay. No .ourncy to take. No ponan- e to suffer. Onlv just one de isivo action of the soul, 'Believe on thrs Ixird JosusChrist, and thou shalt be saved " I-org; viii nml taf. Shall I try to toll you -what it is to lie saved,.' 1 cannot tell vou, No mini, no angol, can tell you. Hut I can hint at it, for my text brings me up lo this point, 'Tboti shall lie saved." it means a happy lite here, and a peace ful death, and' a blissful eternity. It Is a trand thing to go to sleep at night, und to get up In the morning, aud io do business all day feeling that all Is right botwoen rny heart and Hod. No accident, no sickness, no persecution, no peril, no sword, can do me any per manent damage. 1 am a forgiven child of Uod, and JJa 1. bound to seo me in ("-.'h He has sworn He wi!l see j ij. t!nc:gh. The uountu.no ma uti- ' iM-rt. tile earth may burn, the l,g ,t of j t".'sU-. s u.ay lie t oA U out bv the) bii.sL ol the judgment Lurric'iii", j but li: j anl death, thinga present . ami things to come, are .Llnu. tea, nirther loan that it means a peace tut death. .Mr-s H. tna ns, .M rs. Sign .rn-y, hr. oiiu. and uiinost till the joeti have sai i handsome things alsnit death. There is nothing bcauti;ul alsmt it. H hen we stand by the white und rigid features of this-e whom .e love, and they give no answering pres sure olthe buna and no returning kit-9 of the hp. we do not want anylssfy poeii.ing iiiiind a'Ml us. Le-this loathsomeness ai.d midnight and tin wriuj'ig o: the heart until tne ten ui ills sua i a:id i ui : iu tiie, torture uo le s ( hri.-t h,:ll lie. w ith us. I enn'ess to you an infinite fear, a consuming horror of ceat h unless Christ shall lie w i t ii me. 1 won d rather go down into a cave of wild hearts or ajiiiigin of r-p-tiies than into the grave unless Christ goes with me. Will you tell m that I am to be carried out from my bright home and put away in the darkness. U the hrst coming of the even ng I must have the gas lighted an i the further on in lite 1 got the more I like to have my trien Is round about me. i-i-arl.!ii of llealh. And am I lo be put o f .or thousands of yea. s in a dark place, wit h no one to (peak to.' When tho holidays come and tne gi ts are tiistrihtited, shall add no oy to the "Merry Christmas' or the "Happy New Vear.'" Ah, do not iHiint down to the ho'e in the ground, the grave and call it a beau tiful (ilaee. t'nless there be some su pernatural i luminationl shudder back from it. My whole rial ure re vol is at it. Hut now this glorious lump is lifted uIkjvo the grave, and a 1 the dai-Kiiess is gone, and the way is clear. I Iook into it now without a ainglo shudder. Now my anxiety is not alxjut death my anxiety is that 1 muy live aright. V hat power is there in anything to chill me in the last hour "if Christ wraps around mo the skirt of his own garment? What darkness can fall up on rny eyelids then, amid the heavenly daybreak.' O death, I will not fear thee then. Back to thy cavern of darkness, tlio'i robber of all the earth. Fly, thou desnoiler of families. With , this battlisax 1 hew thee in twain from helmet to sandal, the voice of Christ sounding ull ovor the eurth und through the heavens: "O death, I will lie thy plague. O grave. 1 will be thy destruction." To be saved Is to wake up in the presence of Christ. Vou know when aesus wus upon the earth how happy he made ev.ry house he went Into, and when h ij brings us up to his house in heaven how great shall be o r glee! His voice has more music Wi it than is to lie heard in all the oratorios of eternity. Talk not of banks dashed with elr oreicence. Jesus is the chief bloom of heaven. We shall see the j very face that beamed sympathy in Bethany and take the very hand that i dropped ils blood from tho short beam of the cross, oh, J want to stand in j eternity with him. Toward that har iborlHtcer. Toward th.t goal I run. ' I shall be glad when I awake in his - likeness. Olorlfleil In Heaven. i Oh, broken-hearted men and women, how sweet it will lie in that good land : to pour all of your hardships and be reuveinents uiil losses Into the loving ear of Christ and then have Him ex plain why it was best, for you to bo sick, and wh - it was best for yon to bo widowed, and why it was best, for you to Ins persecuted, and why it was best lor you to be tried and have Him (siint i to an elevat on proortionato to your disquietude, here, saying, "Vou suf- ! fered with me on caiti. come up now : and be glorilied with me in lleiven." Some one went into a house wheo thero had lieen a go d deal of trouble nnd said to t e woman there, "Vou seem to be lonely.'1 "Yes," she said; "I am lonely." "How many in tho i family?" "Out. uivsolf." "Have you had anv children':'" "I had savon children.'" "Where are they?" ; "Gone." "All gone?" "All." "All dead" "All." Then ho breathed a lung sign into the loneliness and raid, : "Oh, sir, I have been a good mother ' to tho grave. " j And so then are hearts here that I are utterly br-iken down by the lie I reaveiiieiits of life. 1 point you to-day lo tne ei.ernw.1 oaiui oi ijeaveu. i m, aged men and women who have knelt at the throtie of grace for threescore years and ten will not your decropti tudo change lor the leap of a heart when you come to look face to face upon Him whom naving not seen you love? Oh, that will bo the Goo Shep herd, not out in the night and watch ing to keep off the wolves, but with the lamb reclining on the sunlit hill. That will be the Captain of our salva tion, not amid the roar and crash and boom of battle, but an id his disbanded troops keeping victorious festivity. That will be the Bridegroom of the chur h coming from afar, the bride lean' ng upon bis arm while he looks down into her face and says: "Behold, thou art fair, my love! Behold, thou art fair!" A Natl-DrlTlnH Tourney. "A Female Columbian Carpenter, hip Contest" was a novel feature of an entertainment Riven not long since at Allen Methodist Episcopal Church. South Stockton street Eight women entered the contest, and each was decked out In a white cap and tan enter's apron. Before each was a pine plank, down which a line had been drawn. Fa h con testant was armed with a ham ner, and a handful of nails. The feat for which the pri es were awarded was the driving of twenty-four nails In a workmanlike manner within a time limit of ten minutes. When the signal "Ho" was given there, was a sound of nighty ham mering, an o caslunal howl over a mashed finger, and a tremendous fumbling for nails. Annie McCar inlck got her twenty-lour in first and, as they were also driven straighier than those of the other lady carpenters, she was awarded llrst prize. Baltimore Sun. Wiikn a woman is too stout we have noticed that her Intimate fi lends are sure lo refer to her as an "awfully nice little woman." A man's idea of thu right time to move Is when he become too well known In a town to have a good time without hit wife hearing of lb IuSaL RU RAL READING WILL BE FOUND IN THIS PART MENT. OE. UoiHt Method or utln Hug lli- Torn Crop fJUHiiruple Kt-p-ll.l.r for I'll k ng fruit - CMiJi(l,ili I il'li.r Wtiif-li 4'trful r.,j.,a are I'rolitaule Mtral of so I I- ree. tlnrvett .in; lli- t orn Crop I plai.t my orn in sections of twelve rows, skip three, plant twel ve mote, skip three and so on, wiles A II. Watts, in Farm and Louie 1 plant jiutatoes, peas, or anything that can I b irvesit-d beio e iheco a in tho-c three row-. I-or a harvesting wagon I take ti e Ax'e A A and win e s of my bay rig ing, a hi take two stout, poles 15 B arid attach them to the r ckit ami hind ale the same a to a buy rig ging and then loie four bob s C C C COKS-H A l: V KSl INi W A " N . 0 in each po c. I then put four stakes 1 1 I) 1) in each pole under neath and let th in hang down eighteen Inches from the tcp of the iiiles, then put the cross pieces on from one Make to the other and pin them fast, and lay a couple of boards on the cross pieces for the I cttoiu and put one on each side. I'ut a piece in front and one behind ami trial forms a box I se wooden pins or bolts to fasten the pieces together. This rigging is diawn to tho first gangway, a bar dr ven in the ground and the horse hitched. I pick the ears of orn llrst and put them in this riggiriif. I take six rows on each side oi the gangway and when I come to the next gangway I do tho same and so un 11 the piece is coveted. The ears of corn are put in a large open chamber and h-.i-ke I at my leisure. Then 1 made a horse for shocking corn. Take a small pole and bolt t he legs to the pole and bore a hole for the pin. The cornstalks are shocked as I go along. 1 take six rows three on each side of the horse, and bind "im i rV--" HORSE FOB HHOCKINO COBS', the sho ks with rope. There will be two rows of shocks in a sect on. 1 use the same rigging to draw my cornstalks to tne bara and the shocks are easily taken off. I put my corn -stalks just where I want them and do no not disturb then) until fed out. There is no waste In feeding, I do my work all alone without any help. This Is tho cheapest way and best to harvest the corn crop that I know of. Oinvfrnii-ncn la Fruit h! lii-rlnji. I c signs for fruit ladders are legion, some good, some ba 1, and some in different. The iuadrupie stepladder here Illustrate 1 must be classe I QUADRUPLE STEPLAIinRR. among the good designs for obvious reasons l'laced under low, branch lug trees its use permits one to move about within reach of a large port ion of the whole side of a tree, because of lis four sides, about which one c n freely step. Moreover, when not oc cupied as "standing ground," the top alTor.ls an excelle t resting place for the basket. It should not be ni'ide strong, but light, so as to be icadily mov. d about Coal-CrhrwinB Kg. Pigs like to chew coal and they do It from a natural instinct Among ths causes of Indigestion, diarrhea, and other functional dleturhancee'oX the digestive organs, la a state : of abnormal acidity. To satiate a cow--e iient era Ing for an antl acid, says the Massachusetts Ploughman, we of.en And horses licking the earth or 1 me washed walls when opportunity occurs, and probably for the same reason pigs will evince a desire for crumbling coal or coal clnde s. In coal hydrogen is the predominating element, and It Is also probable that when pigs are red for any length of time on food which Is deficient In ni trogen, instinct prompts' the animal to evince a desire for bituminous coai. Coal also contains sulphur, which, to some extent, serves a bene ficial purpose. In the animal economy. A desire to consume indigestible ma terial Is not Infrequently met- with in all our domestic animals, but this evidence of a depraved appetite is due to some funct lonal derangement or disturbance of tho digestive or gans. Oresl Croon. As a result of five years' continu ous culture of wheat and oats, eight train of wheat and twenty-one of corn on soils varying widely In char acter, the ( hi i Station has reached the conclusion that at present prices of cereal croj s ind of forilll.lng ma terials reHpcciIvelv, the profitable production of corn, wheat, and oats 1 1 poo chemical or commercial lertll- a u Q vtf It W ' Izer-t or upon barnyard manure, if it. cost i propo tiotia'e l . thai of tb chemical constituents of 'ertility found in commer- al :crt,ili ers, u a lioieless undertaking, unless these i cro lie grown in a systematic tota- tiou with clover or a similar nitr i-gen-storiiig crop: and the iiorer the noil n naturai fertility the smaller the probability of profitable crop pro duction by meaiiaof artificial lertil ; izer A 'oiiv.n nt Tslile. The cut herewith shows a faLle 1 1 at Hon e son or atber might well mule! lake to iuae for the mother of the lamilv. The const r u ci i o d Is sitcpie. ami the con eniemes to le dins secured to t be sewer are manv. While wood is the be t material for such a purpose, a? it is e isiiv winked, and I- comparatively IIOMEM AI1K SKVV l.M TA'M K. Inexpensive. It may be s a:ned a handsome red and varnished when completed, i'hccxti.i leale provides for increased top room, when such room Is desired, while the variety and the abundance of drawe swill prove a great con enieiice, as sewing materials, darniiu materials, ma terials for crocheting etc. may find separate accommodations, and yetull be within reach of the band. Wlri- Cs'ile fit- Ci. ri-rlnu Vfatpr. In the mountain regions of Tlr. ginia an used to ingenious contrivance 8 iriug water fiom d slant springs to the house. The springs are often at a long distancedown very sleep hills, but as the water is very puie and wo- d, they ate pru feried to wells close by, which would have to be dfl' p. The il us traiilon, which is taken from the American Ag riculturist, shows the different parts of this water tele graph " as it is called. A large uiiiuiiu ileal luc iiiius. WaTKB TEI.B- . . . . iii okai'h. A bent iri.n rod, b, is fastened to the post, and to the up per end of this tod is attached a stroDg wire, c. over which rus an ordinary sash pully, 1, which Is at tached at b to carrying arms, d, which are so bent that the bucket of water will swing under the pully. The other end of the wire is attached to a similar post at the spring. To a bale on the pully is attached a small rope, which is wound upon a windlass at the nous -, and being un wound allows the bucket to go down hill oc the wire and reach the spring, into which it dips by its own weight atid Is tilled. The windlass is turned, and winding the rope brings tho bucket full of water up to the house. A similar contrivance is often used carry coal and ore, from ni nes down the mountain side, or across gulches. Kt.'pr l-'oert'lll?. An English beef breeder recently experimented a little to lind out at iust what year a steer would show the greatest gain. He took the calf weaned at twelve days old, fed skimmed milk arid linseed meal, and later on chopped roots, bran and hay with cut grass in summer. Every three months he was weighed, and it was found that when t years old he gave a. profit., but after that a bs. This is the experience iu this country also. Steers are most profitably fed up to Is and 2i months, but must be fed liberally from the start, with no check at any moment from call'hood. Butchers insist that ;.ny break in the growth destroys the cair bloom which they prl.e so much, and Kj never can be regained. Farm Not.i-n. AortiCTTirrtiAL Is not overcrowded, and never will be. There is less food per capita than ever before in all tho history of civilization. Faioiinu is largely experimental, and must be so long as soils dlller. We leain successful cropping in part, from others' experience, but largely from our own. Yv bete such a course brings profitable results we know that It Is good practice An Ohio man who fed twelve hogs on wheat estimates that he got J7. rO for Ufty bushels of wheat by market ing it la the form of por, whereas if ho bad sold it be would only have re ceived 20. He advises buying hogs, even at a good price, to feed the wheat la It will never Injure land to have It Dear two crops a year, if two applica tions of manure or fertilizer, in suiti clent quantities to teed the crops, are applied. There is no limit to the posslbi Itv of the land, provided all the conditions are favorabla It will always pay to grow two crops instead of one, but not unless the farmer thoroughly undei stands how to do it. An acre of ground mar yield by poultry ra sing from IOOto $1,000; but the management has much to do with the pro ts. A bright, eoergetlo Yankee can oftentimes bring about resu ts that another would say was impossible. A certain Massachusetts laiiuo" makes -f , uoo pur annum from poultry because he knows how to go about it He makes it pay better than farming, and keeps his flocks on the land that used lo feed bis cattle. An Interesting contest recently took place In Korhcstcr, N. Y. pub lic schools. Prizes wero olTcreJ for the students ami the s hool whi h could collect the greatest number of cocoons of the tent caterpillars. One school iicuinHy collecie-l -,.H1,4R!) of these cocoons. Mime expert has fig ured out that that means the de si ruction of 7, r.oo, ObO,ooo eggs! The pupils who collected those cocoons re ceived handsome prizes, which were well deserved. tea1 ,. ."v. it y SOURCES OF THE MISSOURI. Half iJorn Stremwm OlitibliM. to ft. I lie tlatrrs of the Hig M.nlUr. Fince. the time when . ewis ait Clark ascended the .Missouri Liver in a row boat, o t upymg the better part of the years l-oi-.-o, equipped by the L niied Mates Government for the purpose of exploring the country' along the source oi the Missouri i.iver, the st earn has becon e famil iar as lar as the hea of navigation. Port Benton, Mont. Beyond that p int, savs the New York KveniDg Post, it is yet comparatively un known. The actual headwater of toe Missouri, cr what should le known as such ha 1 it lsseii intelli gently tiatned. I- . e Lacy' or ! bo shone 1 ake, iu the National Park. This lai-.e, :i considerable body of water, is the sou tee of the Maaisoa i ive.-, and loitus with the river the drainage outlet for the mo-t of the waters of that portion of the Na tional lark. The CalUt n, or left source of tht M issonri. is formed by two streams, tho East and West Gal latin, which unite about a mile above its junction with the Missouri. Tha Mi.disou and the dallatui are both somewhat s i aber h n the .ietferson. Had Lewis and I lark ascended the .Madison instead of the Jefferson, which, be. ng the larger stream, they naturally mistook lor the continua tion of the Missouri, they would have uiscovered the famous geysers in Pirehole Basin, Shoshone Lake, and all the country which is now iniur porated within the limits of the ?"a tional I ark. The Big Hole and the Beave head Rivers How into the Jef ferson at Twin Bridges, a few miles from the contluen. e of the Jefferson with the Missouri, so that in reality there are six cons derable rivers, all joining one another within a radius of a few ra les, which unite to form' the longest river In the world, meas ured f orn the gulf to the heart of the Kocky Mountains. Spirits. Forest and Stream gives an erper. fence of two boys which will appeal to any one who has ever trembled at the mystery of the woods and, it denizens. Two lads. Ezra and Ike, received a sound whipping from "the old gentleman," as they called their rightful guardian It seemed to them entirely undeserved, and they resolved to 'spite him" by running away. Behind the house was-a pie e of woods which must, they supposed extend to the end of the world, and which they had never entered. Into this they would go, and remain until their persecutor should besuiliciently remorseful, and then they would, re turn, to be whipped no mora w e hadn't gone far into the wooda when the deep shade and deeperstill ness made us feel very queer. After we bad gone about- a quarter of a mile we stopped, afraid, to go farther and afraid to speak. We had stood there about a minute when we beard a sort of snapping or clicking noise, and looking rou -d, saw five young scteech-owls s tting in a row on a limb within five feet of our heads. One at a time they opened their big mouths and shut them with a snap and one of ihern let out a long, tremulous, quivering shriek that sent told chills of terror all over us. Their big eyes seamed to look right through us We were so paralued by fright that we couldn't move. Perhaps we sho. .Id have been there yet if some noise had not made the owls all turn the other way. That broke the spell and we fled. "We t el 1 over logs, scrambled through briers, and stubbed our bare toes against roots, but we never stopped until we got into the house. The old gentleman was hoeing po tatoes, and we went out there and pulled weeds all t he aiternoon, and found lots of comfort in keeping close to him. We didn't say anything about it, not even to each other, but for a while alter we went to bed we lay perfectly still with the quilts over our heads At ia-t I whispe ed: "Ike, what was they?" 'Spirits," whispered Ike. "What kind of spirits?" tSpirits of boys that run off and get eat up by bears." (Swindling the Suitor. "A young and 1-eautif ul Hungarian ma den, au orphan without means, but well educate; and with domestic tendencies," has been seeking a "partner for life" by the help of ad vertisements in various Continental papers. The answers to these advertise ments wete to be directed to Paris, and tblthei a dozen eligible offers or marriage was speedily on their way. To each of the suitors, in due course, a modest acceptance, accompanied by aa ex uisite photograph, and a request for a remittance to defray traveling expenses. By this ingenious method some three or four hundred dollars were netted, and the would-be bride grooms are left mourning, and In mortal dread of their names appear ing in the matter. Joint Owners. In sailing from New York to Brest, In 1 8ti!', Charles G. Leland saw on the table of the smoking-room, be fore they had left port, a copy of the "Ballads of Hans Brelemann." "Is that your book?" asked a fellow-traveler. "Yes," I eland replied. "Excuse me," cried another, "it'a mine!" "1 beg ycur pardon," said Leland, "but it Is really mine," "Mr, 1 bought It!" "1 don't care it you did. It la iiilno, for 1 wrote It!" Whkx a man says you are too mart to be fooled, look out lie la about to sptlng a scheme to fool you, L' ok at any girl areftilly. and you will find a bl 1st- on her ne kof forehead, made by a curling iron.