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DB. TALMAGE, drawing hit Illus
trations from a deer hunt, in this
discourse calls all the pursued and
troubled of the earth to come and slake
their taint at the deep river of divine com-
tet; text, Pamlma xlii., 1. "An the hart
BasLeta after water brooks, to paateth
ty soul attar rhee, O God."
David, whe most tome time have aeen
. deer hunt, points us here to a banted
sjta( making for the water. The faseinat
tag aoimal called in my text the hart is
ta same animal that in sacred and pro
taae Iterature Is called the stag, the roe
buck, the bind, the gazelle, the reindeer.
Ia central Spria, in Bible times, there
were whole pasture fields of them, as Sol
sbob suggests when be says, "I charge
you by the hinds of the field." Their
am tiers jotted from the long grass as tbey
lay dowa. No hunter who has been long
in "John Brown's tract" will wonder that
ta the Bible they were classed among
fean animals, for the dews, the showers,
the lakes, washed them as clean as the
way. When Isaac the patriarch longed
far Teniaon, Esau shot and brought borne
roebuck. Isaiah compares the sprightH
Msa of the restored cripple of millennial
times to the long and quick jump of the
tag, saying, "The lame shall leap as the
aart." Solomon expressed his disgust at
a hooter who, having shot a deer, is too
lazy to cook it, saying, "The slothful man
eoasteth not that which he took ia hnnt-
Bat one day David, while far from the
fcome from which he had been driven, and
aitting near the month of a lonely cave
where he had lodged, and on the banks
f a pood or river, hears a pack of hounds
la swift pursuit. Because of the previous
tjtteaee of the forest the clangor startles
atlas, and he says to himself, "I wonder
what those doga are after." Theu there
m a crackling in the brush wood, and the
load breathing of some rushing wonder
of the woods, and the antlers of a deer
rend the leaves of the thicket and by an
iasttoct which all hunters recognize the
-crsatare plunges into a pool or lake or
crver to cool its thirst and at the same
time by its capacity for swifter and long
er swimming to get away from the foam-
-ng Barriers. David says to himself: "Aha,
taat is myself! Saul after me, Absalom
- after me, enemies without number after
- sae; I am chased; their bloody muzzles at
at heels, barking at my good name, bark-
laa after my body, barking after my souL
Oh," the hounds, the bounds! But look
- there," says David to himself; "that rein-
- veer baa splashed into the water. It puts
Ha hot lips and nostrils into the cool ware
that washes its lathered flanks and it
swims away from the fiery canines and ft
is free at last. Oh, that I might find to
the deep, wide lake of God's mercy and
"consolation escape from my pursuers! Oh,
for the waters of life and rescue! 'As the
aart panteth after the water brooks, so
aaateth my soul after thee, O God.' " .
Like a Doer at Bay.
' Well, now, let all those who have com
iag ftr them the lean hounds of poverty,
-ar the black bounds of persecution, or tbe
Wotted hounds of vicissitude, or tbe pate
fcooads of death, or who are in anywise
jArsued, run to the wide, deep, glorious
sake of divine solace and rescue. The
saost of the men and women whom I hap
pened ,to know at different times, if not
mow, have bad trouble after them, sharn
Mizzled troubles, swift troubles, all
' soaring troubles. Many of you have
tae mistake of trying to fight them. :
body meanly attacks you, and you a. ...tit
1Bm; they depreciated you. yuu depre
ciated them, or tbey overreached you in a
bargain, and you tried, in Wall street
parlance, to get a comer on them, or yon
hat bad a bereavement, and instead of
bfUK submissive you are fighting that be
laavement You charge on the doctors
Who failed to effect a cure, or you charge
- the carelessness of the railroad eom-
aaty through whie.htbe accident occurred,
a you are a chronic invalid, and you fret
and worry and scold and wonder why. you
-. cannot be like other people, and you an
lTly Wame the neuralgia, or tbe laryn-
"flltls, or the ague, or the sick headache.
iv fact is you are a deer at bay. In
awad of rnnning to the waters of divine
e.wolatkm and slaking your thirst and
sding your body and soul In the good
ejwer of the gopel and swimming away
ialo the mighty deeps of God's love you
at fighting a whole kennel of harriers.
1 saw in the Adirondack a dog lying
sums the road, and he seemed unable to
get ap, aad I said to some burners wn;
"What is the matter with that dog'r
Taiey answered, "A deer hurt him.". And
I saw be bad a great swollen paw and a
' battered bead, showing where the antlers
strata him. And tbe probability is that
. some of you might give a mighty clip to
''jssf pursuer, yoa might damage their
-.-. rajsMness, yoa niigtit worry taem into ill
,r'- aBsasaaamaa. auu uiixiil u ui a im -aaa asjs uiuiu aaa
' ' :tay bare hart yoa, but after all it is not
- ' rwrh while. Toa only have hurt a bound.
J? ,C.f for tbebpper Saranac. into
- I .Jl ' laa- taonniains of Gof eternal
-tk look down and moor their, shad
As (or roar physical disorders, the
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n' t aad tae best medlciae is religion.
. fv " 'I asr peopla who were only a little
r hiMi, yet bare fretted tbemaeives
' ) caaict valatadinarianiam, while
' tftA thfir trast la God aad come ap
1 1 wtf bado of death and bare
Iff 'xtabljr tweaty-tve years wMk
j -f, A maa wKb one lung, bat
ll Is bettat off thai s gadlm
-1 1 1 r lawCSk aaae of rot batt
! aaUSag araaad Cape
fi - vl U besaaaUiaf
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Adirondacks, and from one height you can
see thirty, and there are said to be over
800 in the great wilderness of New York.
So near are they to each other that your
mountain guide picks up and carries the
boat from lake to lake, the small distance
between them for that reason called a
"carry." And tbe realm of God's word
is one long chain of bright, refreshing
lakes, each promise a lake, a very short
crry between them, and though for ages
the pursued have been drinking out of
them they are fuU up to the top of the
green banks, and the same David describes
them, and they seem so near together that
in three different places he speaks of them
as a continuous river, saying, "There is a
river the streams whereof shall make glad
the city of God:" Thou sbalt make
them drink of the rivers of thy pleasures;"
"Thou greatly enrichest it with the river
of God, which ia fill of water."
But many of you have turned your back
on that supply and confront your trouble,
and you are soured with your circum
stances, and you are fighting society, and
you are fighting a pursuing world, and
trouble, instead of driving you into the
cool lake of heavenly comfort, have made
you stop and torn around and lower your
head, and it is simply antler against tooth.
1 do not blame you. Probably under the
same circumstances I would have done
worse. But you are all wrong. You need
to do as the reindeer does in February
and March it sheds its horns. The rab
binical writers allude to this resignation
of antlers by the stag when they say of a
man who ventures his money in riky
enterprises, "lie has hung it on tbe stag's
horns," and a proverb in the far eat tella
a man who has foolishly lost his fortune
to go and find where the deer sheds her
horns. My brother, quit the antagonism
of your circumstances, quit miaanthropy,
quit complaint, quit pitching into your
pursuers, lie as wise as next spring will
be ail the deer of the Adirondacks. Shed
your horns.
The Redeemer's He wanj.
But very many of you who ara wronped
of the'world end if in any aasejibly be
tween here and Golden Gate, Skn Fran
cisco, it were asked that all those that
had been sometimes badly treated should
raise both their bands and full response
should be made, there would be twice as
many hands lifted as persons present I
say many of you would declare, "rVe have
always done tbe best we could 4nd tried
to be nseful, and why we shouls become
the victims of malignment or invalidism
or mishap, is Inscrutable." Why, do yon
know the finer a deer and the uore ele
gant its proportions, and the mors beauti
ful Ms bearing, the more anxious the hunt
ers and the bounds are to capture it?
Had tbe roebuck a ragged fur and broken
hoofs and an obliterated eye and a limping
gate tbe hunters would have said, "Pshaw,
don t let us waste our ammunitn on a
sick deer." And the hounds wot id have
given a few sniffs of the scent snd then
darted off ia another direction for better
game. , But when they see a deer with
antlers lifted in mighty challenge (f earth
and sky, and tbe sleek bide looks ta if it
had been smoothed by invisible ban Is, and
the fat sides inclose the richest pasture
that could be nibbled from the backs of
rilla so clear they seem to have d "oppd
out of heaven, and tbe stamp of iu foot
defies the jack shooting lantern and tbe
rifle, the horn and the bound, tha deer
they will haTe if they must needs break
their necks in the rapids. So if there
were no noble stuff in your make ap, if
you were a bifurcated nothing, if you were
a forlorn failure, yon would be allowed to
go undisturbed, but the fact that the whole
pack is in full cry after you is proof poni
tive that you are spleudid game and north
capturing. Therefore sarcasm draws on
you its "finest bead." Therefore the
world goes gunning for you with its best
Maynard breech-loader. Highest coupli
ment is it to your talent or your vitue
or jour usefulness. You will be asailed
in proportion to your great achievements.
Tae best and the migutit being the
world ever saw had set after him all the
hounds, terrestrial and diabolic, and they
lapped his blood after the Calvarean nua
acre. The world paid nothing to its Re
deemer but a bramble, four spikes and a
cross.
Master of the Hounds.
Yes, for some iieople in this world ths.'e
seems no let up. They are pursued frooi
youih to manhood and from manhood info
old age. Very distinguished are Losl
Stafford's hounds, tbe Karl of Varbo,
oubu'b hounds and the Duke of Kulland s
houuds, and Queen Victoria pays $S,r()
a year to her master of buckhounds. Bit
all of them put together do not equal m
number or speed or power to hunt down
the great kennel of hounds of which s n
and trouble are owner and master.
But what is a relief for all this purnuj
of trouble and annoyance and pain and bi
Kiaveuieot? My text gives it to you in
a word of three letters, but each letter jt
chariot if you would triumph, or a
throne if you want to be crowned, or a
ltke if you would lke your thirstye,
i chain of three hikfs O-O-D, the one
for whom David longed, and the Oiie
whom David found. You might as wIl
meet a stag nhicb after its sixth mile -jf
rnnning at the topm speed throuth
thicket and gorge, and with the breath -jf
the dogs on its heels, has come in full
sight of Scronn lnke, and try to cool !
projecting and blintercd tongue with a
drop of dew from a bhde of graes as iJ
attempt to satisfy an immortal soul wlirp
flyiog from trouble owl sis with auytliir. f
less dei-p and high snd bro.id and imnienc
snd infinite and eternal than God, IIU
comfort why, it embos'ims all distrews,
Ilia arm, it wrenches off all bondage. Hi
hand, it wipes away all tears. His OhrUt
ly atonement, it makes us all right witl
the put iiuti uil liiiiU with the mure, al;
right with God and all right with mat.
and all right forever.
Uo i's I'romUw,
For htm I thirst, for his grace I beg, ot,
bis promise I build my all. Without hint
I cau not le happy. I have fried tbe world,
and it does well enough as far as It goea,
bat It is tap uncertain a world, too evan
escent a world. I am not a prejudiced
witness. I bare nothing against this
world, I bare been one of the most for -taaate,
or, to use a more Christian word,
aaa af tbe most blessed of ajea Messed
la aty parents, blessed In tbe place of my
aattrtty. Messed ia aty health, blessed la
say aetd af wars, blamed la my aatarai
stmasraawt, Ueased la my CasaUr, kissa
1 hi (FT ranoajttaa, haMlild la aatav
that say soul will go to heaves
tbe pardoning mercy of God. and my body
unless it be lost at sea or cremated ia sosae
conflagration, will lie down in the gardens
of Greenwood among my kindred aad
friends, some already gone and otbeta to
come after me. Life to many baa been a
disappointment, but to me it has been
pleasant surprise, and yet I declare that
if I did not feel that God was now my
friend and ever present help I should be
wretched and terror stricken. But I want
more of him. I have thought over this
text and preached this sermon to myself
until with all the aroused energies of my
body, mind and soul I can cry out, "As tbe
hart panteth after tbe water brooks, so
pantetii my soul after thee, O God."
Through Jesus Christ make this God
your God, aud yoo can withstand any
thing and everything, and that which af
frights others will inspire you. Oh,
Christian men and women, pursued af sa
noyances and exasperations, remembVr
that this hunt, whether a still bunt or s
hunt in full cry, will soon be over. If
ever a whelp looks ashamed and ready to
alink out of sight, it is when in the Adir
ondacks a deer by one tremendous plunge
into Big Tupper lake gets away from hiui.
The disappointed canine swims in a littie
way, but, defeated, swims out again and
cringes with humiliated yawn at tbe feet
of bis master. And how abashed and
ashamed will all your earthly troubles be
when you have dashed into the river from
under the throne of God, and thr. heights
and depths of heaven are between you
and your pursuers.
Oh, when some of you get there, it will
be like what a hunter tells of when push
ing bis canoe far up north in the winter
and amid the ice floes and 100 miles, as he
thought, from any other human beingsl
He was startled one day as he heard a
stepping on the ice, and he cocked tbe
rifle, ready to meet anything that came
near. He found a man, barefooted and
insane from long exposure, approaching
him. Taking him Into hia canoe aud
kindling fires to warm him, be restored
him and found out where be bad lived and
took him to his home and found all the
village In great excitement. A hundred
men were searching for this lost man, and
his family and friends rushed out to meet
him, and, as had been agreed at bis first
appearance, bells were rung and guns
were fired and banquets spread and the
rescuer loaded with presents. WeH. when
some of you step out of this wildernens,
where you haTe been chilled and torn snd
sometimes lost amid the icebergs, into the
warm greetings of all tbe villages of the
glorified and your friends rush out to give
you welcoming kiss, the news that there
is another soul forever saved will call -the
caterers of heaven to spread the banquet
and tbe bellmen to lay hold of the rope in
the tower, and while the chalice click at
the feast and the bells clang from tbe tur
rets it will be a scene so uplifting I prey
God I may be there to take part in the
celestial merriment
Copyright, 1888.
SHORT SERMONS.
Personality. Tbe greatest power In
the world 1b a llrlus; personality Man,
made In God's image. Is greatc than
ny of man works, and ! God's own
greatest creation. We all know tbe
magnetic Influence of persoaalSty.
Christ felt that power was imjwtned
from Win when the woman touched the
hem of h!s garment. Bishop J. If. Vin
cent MeLbodUt, Detroit Mich.
Trust la the Lord. WUn Je.u
came near the disciples, walking -i the
waves, tiny did not know him. and
were akinm-d. So In tbe midst t f our
trials we sometimes fall to recognize
the band of our Divine Master, '.f 'we
only knew that God's hand was in It
all, and that he as surely loves m as
. j i 1. 1 1 At... .(.,!.. .1... . I,
ne ukj ni ioue vu' jpie on uie iij
would give us hotie and fill us with I
courage. Be?. Mr. Wiuahip, Method
ist, Cheyenne. Wyo.
Secular and Sacred. We hare d.iawn
an arbitrary line between scculai and
sacred. Such a lltie doe not real'; f ex
ist God is not t-p or down. He ! In
the ni!d-t. Tbelilgh priest ministering
a the altar Is mi more sacred than the
servant who in a reverent spirit carries
out the ashe. Wbatprer needs to be
dune in bish woik or low work Is Vk1's
work. Itev. Myron W. Keed, Independ
ent Denver. Colo.
Acquainted with God. He that
dwclleth In the secret places of the
Most High shall dbide In the shadow of
tbe Almighty. TU; power that we see
manifested In nu.ure h better under
stood and we learn to know more of
her wonderful workings as we lucriue
in our knowledge of her creator. Our
power to further develop the sciences,
our grasp of Intellect and our spiritual
force cannot fall to be enhanced, as
history abundantly testifies, by a per
sonal knowledge of the true God.
Bishop I. W. Joy.us, Methodist, Dcti-Jlt,
Mich.
God's Hand. God's hand rests on tbe
wheels of history. Even the wratt of
man can be turifl to Account. The
world moves between the efforts of (be
angelic aud demoniacal forces. The
Influence of Cbt !tianlty on warfare
has diminished tae frequency of It
War at first waa a, patlme with th(m.
Later came the instinct of se!f-,ig-grandlwment
by the adding of terri
tory. Now we have come to a vtur
which Is not for a selfish end, but for
the liberty of other people. We have
stepped In foetweon a bully and bis
prey. Bev. Frank T. Bayley, Coogr
gatlnruilist, Denver, Cola.
Christian Victory, God CAiiseth tts
to triumph. We do all things through
Christ He fights for tts; we must tri
umph. If God Ik? fr us, who can be
against us! Ob, what a world this will
be when tbe Gospel shall hare fully
realized Its dniue mission! I believe
that that iielod will one day come.
Hln's thunderstorms will Dot alwny!
beat on this world. Kvery conflicting
element shall lie hushed. Kvery cloud
shall melt into sunshine, erery moun
tain and every vnllejr shall blossom
wltb beauty. Tbe great God shall look
down on the moral world as be did on
the material, and pronounce all thing
IxxxL-Ber; Dr. M laglM, Method la t,
Aatouj Park. N. i.
ear I mw. assaBw M.
White Wraodot.
It la probably a fact that no variety
of fowls has so quickly and so com
pletely taken captive the heart of tbe
practical poultry keepers as bave the
White Wyandot. Tbey arc encroach
ing upon the popularity of the Barred
Plymouth Kock, which for a decade baa
been the most popular breed of poultry,
by far. In tbe list. The reason for tbe
high estimation in which the Wyandot
is held Is not far to see. In the first
place. It has a splendid market form
and Is. moreover, a most excellent lay
er. The fowls are quiet and tbe hens
make excellent mothers, In fact, tbey
cannot be excelled In this respect.
Wb.en wanted for market, the Wyandot
Is always plump and fat, ami this Is a
condition, too, that Is true of them at
almowt any time after they are ten
WHITE WTAKDOTS.
weeks old. Another point In favor of
the Wyandot Is its quick maturity. It
can be got to laying in five months after
hatching. Al) varieties of Wyandot!
are of great practical worth, but the
white variety Is accepted everywhere
as being the practical fowl par excel
lence. -New England Farmer.
Fruit Tree I'ckU.
Orchardlsts In Tasmania are subject
to a fine of from 12.50 to ?.), with costs.
If they fall to bandage their trees to
keep down the codling moth, or If they
fall to gather and destroy an Infested
fruit Wormy apples sent to market
are liable to confiscation and destruc
tion, and the shipper to prosecution. In
New South Wales all Infested fruit
coming from other colonies may be
seized and destroyed, or returned to tbe
shipper at his own expense. Fruit
growers are generally assisting the
Government lu enforcing these laws.
Similar laws lu this country for a few
years would seem a hardship to many
parties, but would be of benefit to fruit
growers and to the country If tbey were
strictly enforced.
The Oiiernner.
If there Is what Is commonly called a
special all-purpose cow, that Is, one
which is excellent for the dairy and
good for beef. It Is doubtless the
Guernsey. It lelougs to the so-called
Channel Island races, the origin of
which seems to bave been the cattle of
Normandy, the nearly adjoining pro
vince of France, but being a part of
TUB Ct'EKSSItT I'OW.
Great Britain for maey centuries. The
cut Is one of a prize cow which re
cent! j gained tbe first prize at the Eng
lish dairy exhibition, and tbe Lord
Mayor's cup in a milking contest In
Loudon. She Is an excellent type of
this breed, w hich is noted specially for
tbe high quality of butter, and Its fine
color, beating the Jersey in as regards
the fine grain and high rich flavor of
her product. This cow will surpass the
Jersey, one half at least In the weight
of carcass, and still more In tbe quality
of the meat. In this respect this breed
stands very high, and very nearly ap
proaches tbe Devon. This cow gave
27.y.-i pounds of milk In a week, of
which was made sixteen pounds of
butter weighed before salting. The
breed generally Is noted for gentleness
aud good disposition.
I!nltcr Making.
Bntterlne cannot cuiupete wltb good
butter. There Is uo such thing as me
dium butter. If It Is not choice It de
serves no place lu the market. Much
of the butter sold Is unfit for use, and
the cause Is iguornm-e In making It.
In Europe dairy schools have been es
tablished for many years, the result
being a rapid advance In the methods
of butter-making. In this country dairy
schools are Iieglnriing to lie established
aud are well attended. Kutter-nmklng
begins when the uilik Is drawn from
the udder, (be strictest cleanliness be
ing observed. Filth and carelessness
are tbe obstacles In tbe way of good
Gutter.
The KoalUh s-pnrrnw.
At the recent meeting In Boston of
the Society for the Promotion of Agri
cultural Science, It was stated that tbe
English sparrow eats tb caterpillar
of tbe brown-tall moth with avidity.
It would seeiu to have met this moth
In England and to bave acquired an ap
petite for It It has doubtless kepi It
In cbaek there, and may do so here. At
last tbe nse of the tnucb-roallgned Eng
lish parrow has been discovered.
Usjkt Paadlr.a, I.IHU Milk.
It has been den mstratcd that a cow
will eat as much i, stventy-Ive pounds
of fiaei food in one day. This ppaan
aa a tart quantity, bat aae cows art
which eat bat MttJe. It li of no a4vs
tage to have what Is termed a "light
feeder," as It Is Impossible for a cow
to yield milk In large quantities onleai
she coumime sufficient food from
which to produce the milk. Do not re
duce tbe food because of a scarcity, but
buy bran and linseed meal, fcconomy
In tbe saving of food means a loss In
the product. Food brought on the farm
Is not only an addition to the raw ma
terial to be utilized, but Increases th
manure heap.
A Kwpply ot Ladders.
One of tbe most Important things In
harvesting fruit Is to bave a good sup
ply of Udders. Tbe modern methods of
pruning trees do not require tbe long
and inconvenient ladders that were for
merly used by leaning them against the
tree and picking the fruit from the out
side. This always bad tbe effect of
destroying many small llmlw aud strip
ping the bark from larger ones where
the ladder rested. Light self-supporting
ladders that can be set under trees,
so that the picker need not climb
through them, are what are needed.
Tbe saving In fruit by picking from
these self-supporting ladders will repay
their cost any year when tbe fruit crop
is abundant
Wood Ashes.
All farmers know that wood ashes
are valuable for fertilisers. But this
value is due very much to tbe material
from which the ashes come. Thus
ashes made from hard wood are more
valuable than ashes made from soft
wood. It has also been found that the
value Is largely governed by the part
of the tree from which the ashes Is
made. It is declared by chemists tbiU
the ash of tbe young twigs is of more
value than the ash of the trunk of the
tree, and tbe ash of leaves still more
valuable.
Far MenillaK HarntH.
Take two pieces, Jx." Inches. foet
long, trim one end of each to a nice
edge to hold leather, and nail to block
4x5 Inches, cut five Inches long and
champered off so as to bring points
of board together at top. Haw one
board off one-half Inch below top of
block, and rejoin with hinge of leather
or rubber belting. Nail two strips 1x2
Inches and 20 Inches long, one on each
end of block to make stand up. Make
HARNESS CI.AMP.
hand lever, as figure 1, with a cylindri
cal roll at end, 2 Inches In diameter and
24 Inches long. Put bole one-half Inch
from upier side, fasten In place with
two pieces of stray Iron running
through slots In clamp boards, and wltb
holes In each end to receive six teen
penny wire nails, one through hand
lever and one on outside of opposite
board. An old lied spring will do for
spreader. Practical Farmer.
Hlpr Isabella Grape.
The Isabella grape is an old-fashioned
variety that came Into general cultiva
tion years before any of the newer
varieties were originated. As a conse
quence, being a lnte-rlpenlng variety.
It was long grown by farmers whose
locality was not adapted to It and who
could cot get It to ripen. To be at Its
best tbe Isabella requires as long a sea
son as does tbe Catawba. It should
hang on tbe vine two weeks or more af
ter turning black. Then it is nearly or
quite as good as tbe Catawba, though
with quite a difference In flavor.
Temporary Fencing;.
Tbe zigzag plan of building tempor
ary board fences Is recommended by a
correspondent, who says: If the boards
are 10 feet long, set the posts 7 feet
apart and In a straight line. Put the
boards on as shown In sketch, nailing
one panel on one side of the post and
the next one on the other, with the post
In the center of the board on the oppo
site side of the board. This method of
putting on boards bends them slightly,
and the boards are Inclined to bug to
si-
ZI0.AO HO A BD ritXCE.
the post. In case an animal pushes a
board loose from the post If It Is not
broken It will spring back to Its place,
making It appear tight thus present
ing no Inducement to stock to Jump.
Farm and Home.
Hint for ftee keepers.
Moth worms bother Italian bees very
little.
Spring dwindling Is tbe result of bad
wintering. !
Bees require ventilation In tbe hive
during tbe winter.
Tbe nourishment of tbe bee consists
of honey and pollen.
Honey will ripen just as well outside
of tbe hive as In It.
In wintering It Is always beat to take
away all but one queen.
Do not allow any drone comb to re
main In tbe hive except the colonies you
wish to breed from.
A piece of ground taken op with bee
hives la of little value for anything else
except fruit.
The (Hire Italian bees show three yel
low or golden bands encircling tbe body
when the bees are Oiled with honey.
Tba blvea should not ba Bblfted
around from oaa place to another, aa
tha baaa will at aonfnasd and It win
oftaa laciU rofebtB.--lt. Loula Kagwlv
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To Polish or OIsb Uasns.
After tbe linen has been careaBf
starched, have ready at hand a bass a,
of cold water, dean-covered Ironing
boa rd. a piece of soft rag, and s weUV
heated polishing Iron. To polish col
lars, take one at a time," place It flat
on the board, dip the dean rag Into
the cold water, and then tightly wet
the surface of the collar. On no ac
count must it be made too wet, or It
will blister, and be careful that no
drops of water fall on It Hold the col
lar In position with the left hand, and
run the polishing Iron up and down It
with the right At first the linen will
have a streaky appearance, but tba
smoothing must be continued until the
surfaca Is glossed all over. Different
kinds of glazea are to be bad for polish
ing llneJj, which are used Instead of tbe
polishing Iron, but they do not give
such a high gloas, and are someUm
Injurious to the linen.
Fmall Kitchens.
"By all means have a small kitchen,"
write Mrs. S. T. Borer In reply to an
Inquiry In tbe Ladies' Home Journal.
"A large kitchen with a cellar door at
one side, a table at another, a range at
another, and the sink at still another,
requires too much walking. Time Is
consumed in going from ow place to
another, rather than with actual work.
Have your rouge placed In a light and
convenient part of the kitchen. In front
have a good-sJzod table, containing
drawers aud spaces underneath for
keeping utensil, one portion of the top
covered wltb zinc ami the other half
left plain. Have uiwrnealb Uie top
a baking board which ;-ou can easily
pull out Tht sink should lie near at
hand. The pantry may be on the other
side of tbe kitchen, aud be sulliciently
large to hold a barrel of flour, a small
pastry table and a convenient arrange
ment for shelves,"
Take Care of Old Newspapers.
Old newspapers form an Import
ant part in domestic economy, and are
useful for polishing window glaiwc,
foi the cleaning of la.uip chimneys, for
testing and cleaning llatiroij, aud for
a dozen other things. You will also
need heaps of them wiieu you come
to pack away the winter clothing. Tbo
clothes moth, like other evil doers, has
an aversion to printers' ink. An excel
lent mothproof bag may be made of
two thicknesses of newspaper, with the
edges folded as If for au Ini-tt-wide
hem, and securely pasted.
Cleaning Gtnit Decanter
For deanlng discolored glass decan
ters, should the better known remedies
of shot sand, cinders, and so forth, fall
of their purpose, fill tlie lwttles with
chopped potato sklus, corjf them closely
and leave untouched for several days
until the Bklns bave fermented. Then
empty and riu.se out with much cold
water, to which has been added a small
proportion of liquid ammonia.
Kffcct of Olive Oil on Fllex.
If you trace a circle on a piece of
wood wltb (dive oil, flics will never
cross It Those which. pass over a
plate covered with this oil fall asphyx
iated. They never approach meat
which baa been, rubbed with olive oil.
Hints.
Breakfast bacon Is said to be almost
a cure for dyspepsia, arid is one of the
best things a dyspeptic cau eat.
For stings and poisons a strong solu
tion of salerafis and water, Immediate
ly and frequently applied, give relief
ind sure cure.
We hope that mother will reniember
that good brandy Is a cure for summer
complaint; In bad casw a teaspoouful
three or four Umca a day.
Oil stains may lie removed from wall
paper by applying, for four hours, pow
dered pipe clay mixed with water to
the thickness of cream.
For enrache r,wst a small onion Until
fi'ift dip It In sweet oil and Insert In
the ear. When the pain Is relieved take
out the onion aud put raw cotton In.
To cure a felon take a lump of com
mon rod. alt, dry It In the oven, pul
verize It t.toisten with turpentine,
spread ou a cloth aud wrap the linger
in It
A flannel cloth, wt In hot brandy, or
btitter, camphor and brandy, mixed and
heated, will relieve the pain of bowels
If frequently laJd over the atom neb and
bowels.
All fort..
Don't sit down aud wait for your
fortune to turn up.
If you do a thing you are ashamed
of you can always depend upon Its be
ing found out
Seymour Keyser, postmaster at Man
helm, S. V., bas an apple tree which
was brought from Holland In th sov
eutiomh century. It still liesrs fruit.
Tulip Is derived from the Persian
word "dulhaiid," meaning turban. Bus
beck, a German traveler, brought the
first bulb to Europe In tbe sixteenth
century.
It the highest of earthly honors to
lie descended from tbe great and good.
They alone cry out against a noble an
cestry who hare noue of their own.
Ben Jonson.
Blanche Holly, who died recently in
Philadelphia, was a daughter of Thorn
as Stilly, the famous portrait painter,
and bad the unique distinction of pos
ing In the royal robea and Jewels worn
by Queen Victoria at ber coronation, for
har father's portrait of that monarch
bow owned by tbe goclaty of tba Son
af tt Oaorga la Phlladalphla.
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