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Dairy and poultry. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. ■ow Hnwlal r»r»»« Oparata Thle Impart man I af tha Farm A Faw lllaia aa t® tha Para af f.lra Mark and foaltrf. HE Motion (Eng land) Lira Block Journal for October 18th contalna an ac count of the milk ing trial at the Mo tion Hairy Show. Several quite Inte? eatlng facta were brought out In tnia trial. There were 124 entrlea aa agal net •7 laat year and M In 18M. That ahowa that# Ilia IfiIspseI In tllPMA trlttltt III lO" ereaa'ng. A challenge cup, valued at •260, wa* nut up to be won. Tbla cup waa won oy a croae-bred Shorthorn Ayrablre cow aeven year* old, with a total of lie a point* In h*r favor An other croae-bred Shorthorn cow cam* aecond with a total of 127.1 point*. The morning'* and evening'* milk of two daya of the ahow worn weighed, aampled, and analyzed. The milk of tboae cowa competing In the butter con teat only waa taken for one day, aepar ated, and each cow* cream churned aeparateiy. The prize* In the milking trial* were awarded on the number of point* obtained on the quantity of milk, the *nuly*l* of the aame, and the total number of day* alnce calv ing. The prize* In tbe butter yield conteal* were awarded on the total quantity of butter actually obtained out of each cow’* cream by trained butter maker* under the auperlotendence of the Judge*. In the butter trial*, the buttermilk wa» kept over night, and on examination *howed that there were great difference# In the amount of cream left In the buttermilk after oburnlng. In all ca*e* where the milk ■bowed a high per cent of butter-fat and a low yield of butter reaulted, tbe loat butter fat wa* found In the butter milk. Another noticeable fact I* that there wa* an extremely large proportion of tbe cowa prenent whoae milk allowed Iim than 3 per cent of butter fat. 01 tbeae, nine were Shorthorn* out of aev •nteen in thl* poaltlon, two Jeraeye, one Ouernaey, four Red I'olla, and two croa* breed*. Tbe Live Stock Jeurnal aaya: W view of tbe fact that all the*# ani mal* were brought up by their ownera In the belief that they were good cow*, tbla large proportion la noteworthy.' Whether In Bngland or America, ev ery time cow owner* aet about tenting their herd* they atrlke the eame amaze ment thoae BngtlKhinen did; everybody wake* up to the fact that they own altogether too many poor cowa. Yet it may be fairly aald that about the moat difficult thing In the world 1* to get a dairyman to give hi* cow* a fair Babcock teat for even a month.— Hoard’* Dairyman. Too Much Huttor Color. "What I* the matter with that but ter? Do the cowa give bloody milk, and doe* the blood ahow In the cream?" W* did not make that butter, that came . .._tiritw In iha mini** of all IIUUI iMB ” —* that I* good make* the creamery man put in such an overdone of butter color ! It mult be becauae It Incrcaaea the weight, the increaae coating lean than ao much cream. Yeara ago, no matter how many—any bow it wan before any creameries or butter fat teater either—a firm In New York manufacturing churna offered fifty dollara aa a premium for the beat eaaay on butter tuaklug. I thought l would compete because I had yeara of experience under a lady then my wife wbo had learned and practiced the art in Delaware county, New York, one of the beat butter countlea In the Empire atate. So, having some use of the pen and also a little of the English lan guage, I set to work, commencing with the empty pall and In the cow yard. The committee was composed of prac tical men and also an editor of an agri cultural Journal, Thurber by nnme. It ■eemed to me a long time before they reached a conclusion. The commit tee bad debated long and seriously. They thought me entitled to the premium, but because a lady competitor of Jack sonville. Illinois, bad recommended or advocated butter color, elating the eye ought to be pleased aa well ae the taste, of course I bowed respectfully—because the premium went to a lady. 1 have not changed ray miud at all. and would not for |M>. The deepest orange color la to me repulsive, and I cannot help thinking of oleo when It la placed be fore me. Corn meat, pumpkins, bran and carrots, and. if on band, rutabagas, or mangolds, with Ana bay. red-top and clover, will make naturally yellow but ter which is attractive, rather than re pulatve. (Jeo. W. Murtfeldt In Journal of Agriculture. W tutor tor# of Pool*. Now that the winter la beginning to bo cold tbe hens should have h warm meal every morning Hell seme Irish er sweet potatoes or turnips and toll with them seme brnu, ship stuff and •ora meal In equal parts and feed hot litre thorn Just what they will eat up clean At hinbl before they go te r«u«t food a mtature ef whole corn and oata In aqua) parts If the weather should become so cold aa to frees# wa ter. thru they should have water slight ly warm glvaa them two or throe um«a g day Always ae* that they have imeen food in the shape of grass, clover #r vegetal!** every day, sad a feed of freeh ben* cut or brehon hne. twn sip three * w*eh will assist ha the predu- - ton »f *#e» dost Wrapt and fat will al«o betp th»m Oleo a tartoty el temi a> t warm gad 4rf.~*«»*her* Many Hre««ler». There are but few persona who make a bu*lne»* of raising thoroughbred poultry alone, but the number Is In creasing escb and every year. I have known men of small means, after they have proved to their own satisfaction that they could make a fair profit keep Ing fifty fowl*, who have ventured to Increase the number, until enough had been procured lo occupy their whole time and bring In a good profit and the expense of living. In a great many In stances there Is a great saving of time when business Is done on a large scale. Today we can find poultry planta that require the services of several men, attending and feeding the fowl*, gath ering and packing the egga, and get ting fowls ready for shipment. Taking the Hast, West. North and ttouth, poul try keeping Is more generally practiced than any other business tbst you could mention. More people breed poultry today than can be found In any other braoch of Induatry. In many caaes only a few fowls art kept to aupply the egga for tha table of a family. Tha greatest number are kept by the farm ers, In flocks ranging from fifty to three hundred. The farmers should be the poultry keepers; they have the best facilities for raising the cblckena; they can take advantage of a sure supply of Insect food, which promotes growth. There arc farmers who rslse poultry more or less, as a source of Income; and this Income, though It seems small, helps to obtain many a thing without which there would be discom fort. The Importance of this branch of Industry must be recognized by every one who likes good fare; take away the fifiM it ml HiKi linw munv dluhou would be spoiled. The poultry Interest Is so much scattered that Its value Is not properly estimated. Just look at tbs new journals that have been bobbing up all over the United Himes. People at large are better Informed In regard to taking care of poultry than our fore* fathers were; they bouse their fowls more comfortably. Wealthy people have taken hold of the business, and It la this class of people which help along the "fancy” wonderfully. Poultry will always be kept, In large or small flocks, und will always Interest a greater num ber than any other branch of live stock breeding,—Poultry Monthly, Commonplace Observations. The feeding of fowls and chick* should not be done in a heedless man ner, and the food uaed should be given for a definite object. Feeding poultry merely because one thinks they must be "filled up” before going to roost Is not the Idea at all. Proper feeding of a flock requires good judgment, both as regard* the selection of food and the time certain kinds should be given, and why they are more aultable at one sea son than another. The feeding of fowls and growing chickens la neces sarily quite different. Fowla require food for nourlahment, after they have ceased to grow, nnd any amount beyond the bodily require ment* that Is given goes to form fat or eggs. Careful experimenting by In telligent poultry men has proved be yond peradventure that certain foods are required for egg production, and that, while there are also some foods that will help egg production, they have auch a fattening tendency that it be comes necessary to use them sparingly; otherwise the bens will become too fat to lay many eggs. There la also a great difference In the effect of food upon the various breeds. The Asiatics are of a sluggish nature, not much Inclined to search around, If they are too liberally sup plied with corn, no matter bow excel lent a foraging ground they may have. Consequently they should not be fed too much corn In any shape, and If fed too liberally of It during the hot season serious loss is apt to occur. The Spanish breeds are very active, and apparently take greut delight In foraging over their runs, no matter how well they are fed. Their activity almost borders on nervousness, and on this ac count they can hardly be overfed. It Is a saying that corn will fatten Asiat ics like hogs, but that Leghorns will keep In prime condition If their food la almost exclusively corn, provided they have a good run.-—Ex, . Saved tiy lbs Poultry. Everything that usually goes to the swill barrel can be turned to more prof it on the farm If tt Is put in proper condition for feedlug the poultry. Po tato and turnip parings boiled are good to put with the mixed food. All table scraps make the very best of food; even the meat bones can ba crushed, and will mors than pay for the trouble In the tu crease of eggs. The buttermilk used In a scalding slate or sour or sweet milk the same add increased nourish ment to ths mlitures mentioned The whey when curd Is made can also be utilised ths same way. Whols grain should be fed at evading Wheat, bar ley, buckwheat, corn and rye are valued as respectively enumerated The fuwla show a preference fur corn, but If fed too libei ally It will wake the hens too fat for proBiable egg layers, of course, excosatve feeding of wheat will have a Ilka tendency, but In not sc quick or so marked a degree. Train the ('owe Pur progtable dairying you should get ths hssi wei your means will admit of. If ttumwoa •tuck at grades, bread always lo a thoroughbred hull af guad butler etrala Trala your cowe from ths Aret la milk aloe ar ien months in the yaar. Wean your calves and raise then, by hand, b’sad liberally all the year, never mars at aaa lime than the saw will ant up clean Ha Pretty Hut# pea wlpst* eeea this ess ecu are made of several layers of brightly entered felt with s dell a head. I «uk a frill M the nech glued Is *he 1 felt. Hn* ( hnlor» ami lla I*r# van Horn Newspaper bulletin No. 15. of th* 1 dlana Experiment station, says: It Is difficult to estimate the loss II dlana farmers have sustained from h< cholera and swine plague this ysar. I some counties It will reach $25,000 at If th* whole state has suffered as muc as the northwestern portion, the tot will probably exceed $H00,<MX). There are two diseases responslb for these heavy losses, hog cholera an swine plague. As they are much sill In symptoms and occur under slmlli conditions, they msy be treated as :oi disease. Both are germ diseases of sue fatal character that only n small pt cent of the hogs snacked ever recove Medical treatment Is not very effectus Preventive measures are more succest ful and sre the ones to be adopted. These diseases being due to germ cannot exist without th* germ* beln present. They sre taken Into the bod with the food, water and air. Tb* dost animals come In contact, the great! the possibilities of spreading; benci healthy and diseased animals shoul tie separated a* soon as the disease I recognized. The healthy hogs shoul lie taken front th* sick and not the sic from the well, as In the latter case th excrement and secretions contalnln the contagious principles are left In th pen, on the ground, straw and troughi During an outbreak, It Is better to hav the herd divided In bunches of shot fifteen In small pastures, rather then large herd In a large field. The bogs should not have access t ponds or wallows, as this afford* favoi able conditions for the germs, Th drinking water should be from dee well*. The food should be clean an often changed. If a hog has bee separated from the herd and recover It should not l»e returned to the her for several weeks, as It Is capable c giving the disease to others, altboug It may appear to be perfectly wel Hogs should not be placed In pon where the disease has been for thr* months. All dead animal* should b burned or burled deeply In place where hog* will not graze for a y*ai Diseased hogs should not be drive (hr/niffh lunuM nr nth$»r nilhltC way*. The healthy hogs should b cared for first and then the diseased otherwise disease hearing material ma he conveyed to the healthy. Clean th pen*, use plenty of air slacked lime oi the floor* before using again. The following formula given by th Bureau of Animal Industry I* a* *1 flcaclous as anything known a* preventive and remedy. It ha* glrei fair result*: Wood charcoal, one pound; sulpbui one pound; sodium chloride, tw> pound*; sodium hyposulphite, tw< pounds; sodium bicarbonate, twi pounds, sodium sulphate, one pound antimony sulphide, one pound. Olvs a teaspoonful once a day to i ISO pound hog. Give In sloppy feeds, a hran, middling, crushed oats, etc. I will co*t about ft to have It Ailed. A. W. Bitting, Veterinarian. Klnt iioiMnstlr The sheep wa* the first animal tha was domesticated, says Sheep Breeder This I* not to be doubted, because li th* earliest written history of manklm we learn of man being a keeper o sheep. And those equally expresslvi proofs, viz., those found In the remalm of mankind In his ancient cave dwell Ings, the mound* of refuse of long In habited villages, and In other connec tlon with human remains, w* find tbi bones of sheep, and doubtless the sof wooly skin* were then u*ed for man’ clothing. We cannot believe that havlni been found so valuable, nay Indlspensa ble, to mankind, the sheep wll «v>>r be dlsDensed with and discardei as useless; for Its flesh and Its flees All a place In the supply of the necessl ties of mankind that for want of th gentle animal, loved by the good step herd, essentially a domestic companloi and Indispensable as a part of the stoc of any civilized agriculture, mankln would be at a loss to And any subs) tute.—Ex. _ Flax Straw for Feeding.—At ou request Harry Snyder, the Min nnsota station chemist, made an anal) sis of flax straw, threshed clean, and r< ports as follows. Flax straw Is cone posed of water, 4.86 per cent; ash, 3.1( fat, .89; protein. 4.96; fiber, 61.60; cai bohydrates. 24.61. Flax straw Is rich* In protein than wheat, oat or barle straw. It Is not as rich In ash as thoi straws, which Is a point In Its favo The flax straw Is also dryer. Althous the flax straw has a large amount of I her, wheat straw, as well as the stra of other grains, contains so much stile (sand) as to make up for a large poi tlon of this difference In Aber. Tl Aax Aber has the power of abaorblt water and Increasing In volume nearl three times. Hence In feeding Aa straw care should be used so aa not I cause sbnurmal expansion of ths dtgex Ive organs; In other words, do not li flax straw be eaten at will, but deal ei such quantities as experteace shov to tie safe. Farm. Stock and Home. A Hood Hatpin Hoarse ground eat ground rye and wheat brand wou make a very complete ration mixed i follows' Two quarts of ground oal one quart of ground rye and thr pints of wkeat bran This should I mixed with boiling water, sllrred until ihe mixture bee assumed numbly nature, not a sticky one. F«< while ll Is about milk warm Tb makes s good morning meet for o end young Hround ksrtey sen be su •muted for Ike ground rye. bulled p tstoes can take Ike place of wke bran, so may athsr boiled vegstab! • hea alternating the diet. IU ltd ward Atkinson says Ifeai li product »f th# hea mine# Is greater value than the product of the Iron fu pare, Is shout twice Ike vela* of II wool product sod Ikree el four luo the value of our output of silver A v I the minvo of viiver own our voasiui l he sska sli« crews tor Iks I nulls I hen In tks kail* of congress? Its rHE PRODIGAL SON." MB LATEST SERMON BY RSV. DR. TALMAO*. ill.. Ta««i "Pal a Slag oa HU Head' Lake It I »• Rehold Whal Mana.r •f Lava tha l.ord Ha. teat l’pa" tfl 1 that Wa Map Ha I allad kaa*. i — -- WILL not rehear** the familiar atory of the faat young man of the parable. You know what a ■plendtd home be left. You know what a bard time be had. And you remember how af , - tor that aeaaon of I vagabondage and pdlgallty he reeolved to go id weep oat hie eorrowe on A bottom of parental forgiven***. All, there la great excitement one day 4 front of the door of the old form- J Aim. The Mrranta come ruablng up •1 eay: "What’* the matter? Wbat the matter?" But before they quit* •ire, the old man erlee out: "Hut a on hie hand." What a Beaming ab • dlty! What can euch a wretched indicant ae this fellow that la tramp on toward the houae want with a *? Oh, he la the prodigal aon. No °r* tending of the awlne-trough. No • re longing for the pod* of the carob *No more bllatered feet. Off with 9 raga! On with the robe! Out with 1 ring) Even eo doe* God receive 1 ry on* of ua when we come back. J »r* are gold rlnga, and pearl ring*, t emerald ring*, and diamond ring*: ; the rleheat ring that ever Aaehed he vlalon la that which our Father i i upon a forgiven aoul. » know that the lmpre»*lon I* abroad • >ng aome people that religion be I na and belittle* a man; that It take* . the aparkle out of hi* aoul; that he 1 to exchange a rolaterlng Independ - > for an eccle*la»tlcal atralgbt ■ *t. Not eo. When a man become* , hrlatlan, he doea not go down, ho i ta upward. Religion multlpllea » by ten thouaand. Nay, the multl > i I* In Infinity. It I* not a blotting It la a pollahtng, It la » arboreacence, It la efllorea l», It la an Irradiation. When a 1 cornea Into the kingdom of God he 1 >t aent Into a menial aervlce, but the I God Almighty from the palace* of > Ian call* upon the meaMnger angela > «Blt unon the throne to fly and * t a ring on tola hand." In Christ * (the largest liberty, and brightest * j and highest honor, and richest lament. “Put a ring on his hand." ! emark, In the llrst place, that when , tut receives a soul Into hls love, ha l upon him the ring of adoption. Via In my church In Philadelphia, fe came the representative of the heard Mission of New York. He l light with him eight or ten children ■ K street that he had picked up, and 1 trying to find for them Christian hi •; and' as the little ones stood on tl ulplt and sang, our hearts melted 1 w n us. At the close of tho service a 1 g: hearted wealthy man came up ' a iald, “I’ll take this little brlght ' e girl, and I'll adopt her as one of a tin children;" and he took her by ' tl and, lifted her Into bis carriage, | ai ent away. 1 ) next day, while we were In the 1 cl h gathering up garments for the [ p >f New York, this little child came b with a bundle under her arm, and ! si aid; “There's my old dress; per il some of the poor children would j 11 o have It,” while she herself was li ght and beautiful array, and those « more Immediately examined her i ti ihe had a ring on her hand. It was j a K of adoption. i.r« ar« a irreat many persons who p them Helves on their ancentry, and t glory over the royal blood that r p i through their arteries. In th< Ir ' l was a lord, or a duke, or a prime ' rater, or a king. But when the * L , our Father, puts upon us the ring ' o t adoption, we become the children '• o io Ruler of all nations. "Behold v manner of love the Father hath r t>*'*d upon us, that we should be y c il the sons of God.” It matters not * t poor our garments may he In this ’• , | or how scant our bread, or how h [i the hut we live In. If we have the ‘ r of Christ’s adoption upon our hand " 1 re assured of eternal defenses. * opted! Why, then, we are broth 11ud sisters to all the good of earth * l heaven. W'e have the family * i „ the family dresa. the family key* , t aiully wardrobe. The Father look* * l> us. robes us. dsfends us. blessei [. i Ws havs royal blood In our vein* i there era crowna In our Una. If w« | its children, then princes and prtn * 4 rs. It Is only a Question of tlm« i a we get our i-oraaet. Adopted 11 we have th# family secrets. ”Th4 s, i st 4>f the l-ord Is with hem tha! d 1 Him" Adopted! Then we havt is ifamtly inheritance, and In the da) i, , n 1>ur father ahall divide the rlohei >e , iavea we ehall lake our there of thi •e Xaloas aad palaces and lemplce a i-efoMh let ue hoesi ao more af at * , My aacaatry Th# lasignta af ater •d ■ niary »a aur caat el arm# Thli ke i VMHUsi pu«» upon ue all h«u<> Id ! fall privilege Ne* we caa taha th k* j ate af Charles Wesley, the prlncn a a* in makers and slag i* ns ..m Brtmshi 41 '*■ •* ' fu ektelfced th* »»*** _ ; a»4 »* tke eey<« • <»#• *f »*# | ! Ta w eeteerwl im le | .) atl Ike tataM reereeOat *>kg >. • | tk iik »k ee a *» f “* * 1 Par tke e*»««»‘» « #*» #'*♦ »■ | I laheatee a«4 earth are eaa. '* i s,,, gnan laid that whan any af Ik 1 * nkmra af am af tha grant sestet as * ,§ «f this eountry aw lh a dtetae ^ and are In aa> hind ef trauWe an w | eat upon ky enemte# * key have enl to give a certain signal and the mem bers of tbst organisation will flock around for defense. And when any man belongs to this great Christian brotherhood. If h« gala In troubls, In trial, In persecution, In temptation, he has only to ahow bis ring of Christ's adoption, and all the armed cohort# ef heaven will come to his rescue. Htlll further, when Cbrlat takes a soul Into Ills love he puts upon It a mar riage ring. Now, that Is not a whim of mine: (Hosea II: 111 "1 will betroth thee unto me forever, yea, I will betroth thee unto me In righteousness, and In Judgment, and In loving-kindness, and In mercies." At the wedding-altar ths bridegroom puts a ring upon the hand ef the brl If, signifying love and faithfulness. Trouble may come upon the household, and Ihs carpsts may go, ths pictures may go, Ihs piano may go —, the last thing that goes Is that marriage ring, for It le considered sacred. In the burial hour It la withdrawn from tha hand and kept In a casket, and sometimes the box Is opened on an an niversary day, and as you look at that ring you sea under Its arch a long pro cession of proclous memories. Within ths golden circle of that ring thnra Is room for n thousand sweat recollections t.o revolve, and you think of tha groat contrast between the hour when, at the close of tha "Wedding March," un der the flashing lights and amid ths aroma of orange blossoms, you set that ring on the round linger of the plump hand, and that hour when, at tha cloae of the exhaustive watching, when you knew that the soul bad fled, you took from the hand, which gave back no re sponsive clasp, from that emaciated An ger, the ring that she had worn so long and worn so well. , On some anniversary day you take up that ring, and you repolleb It until all the old luatre cornea back, and you can see In It the flaah of eyee that long ago ceased to weep. Oh, It la not an un meaning thing when 1 tell you that when Christ receives a aoul Into his keeping he pule on It a marriage ring. He en dows you from that moment with all hie wealth. You aro one—Cbrlat and the soul- on# In sympathy, one Jn affection, one In hope. ’rh/.ra u Tin nnwsr on earth or bell to •fleet a divorcement after Chrlat and the aoul are united. Other kings have turned out their companion* when they got weary of them, and sent them adrift Irom the palace gate. Ahaauerua ban lahed Vushtl; Napoleon foraook Joae phine; but Chrlat la the huaband that la true forever. Having loved you once, he lovea you to the end. Did they not try to divorce Margaret, tha Scotch girl, from Jeaua? They aald: “You muat give up your religion." She aald: “I can't give up my religion.” And ao they took her down to the beaoh of the aea, and they drove In a atake at low water mark, and they faatened her to It, expecting that aa the tide came up her faith would fall. The tide began to rl»e, and came up higher and higher, and to the girdle, and to the lip, and In the la*t moment, Juat aa the wave waa waahlng her aoul Into glory, ahe ahouted the praise* of Jeaua. Oh, no. you cannot aeparate a aoul from Christ! It Is an everlasting mar riage. Hattie and atorm and darkness cannot do It. Is it too much exultation for a man, who Is but dust and ashes like myself, to cry out this moment: “X am persuaded that neither height, nor depth, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor tblng* to come, nor any other creature shall separate me from the love of Ood which I* In jeaua Christ my Lord?” Olory be to Ood that when Chrlat and the aoul are married they are bound by a chain—a golden chain—If I might aay ao-a chain with one link, and that one link the golden ring of God's everlaatlng love. I go a step further, and tell you that when Chrlat receives a soul Into his love he put* on him the ring of festivity. You know that It has been the custom In all ages to bestow rings on every happy occasion*. ruoio more appropriate for a birthday gift than a ring. You delight to hc*tow such a gift upon your children at such a time. It means Joy. hilarity, festivity. Well, when this oUl man of the text wanted to tell how glad he was that his boy had got back, he expressed It In this way. Actually, before he ordered san dals to be put on Ills bare feet; before he ordered the fatted calf to be killed to appease the boy's hunger, he com manded; “Put a ring on his hand." Ob, it Is a merry time when Christ and the ooul ere united. Joy of for gtvsuess! Whst s splendid thing It Is to feel that all le right betweeu my Ood and myself. What a glorious thing it Is to have Uod Just take up all the sins of my Ilfs and put them In one bundle, and than fling them Into the depths ol the sea. never to rise again, never to i be talked of again. Pollution all gone. Darkuete all Illumined. Uod recon ciled. The prodigal home. "Put a ring on his hand." Kvery day I ftnd happy Christian peo ple. I Bud some of them with no sec ond coal, some of (hem In huts and l»o ament houses, uol one earthly comforl afforded them, and yel they are as hap py it happy b* Th«y ilftl of Agee" aa no other people In ihe worlii slug II. They never wore any Jewelrj 1 in llielr life but one gold ring, and lhai r wee Ihe ring uf Undo undying affection , oh. hew happy religion makes ue! INI I II make you gloomy and eadt Did yot go with your head cast dawnt I d< net think you got religion my brother This la net Ihe effect of religion Trot religion la a Joy. "Her way# ere »**' el pleaeanlaeee. end her pet he ari pen**." Why. religion lightens ell our bur dean It smooths alt our way a It in s terprete all our sorrow# It change * the Jar ol earthly discord for a paal o I fwetal halls In front ol the ffamtoi I fornaca ol trial It sole the forge ei f «auh gweptme ero hammeteg ou Would you not like thla hoar ta eariM up from tho awlne-feedlng and try tfeld religion? All tho joy a of heaven wenld oomo out and meet you, and Ood would ory from tho throne: "Put n ring •• hto hand." You aro not happy. I boo It. Tbara It do peace, and aometlmaa yau langH wban you fool a groat deal more Ilka crying. Tho world la a cheat. It Aral waara you down with Its folllaa, than II kick* you out Into darkneaa. It aaaaaa bark from tha maaaacra of a million •oula to attampt tha daatruction of your aoul to-day. No paaca out af God, but hero la tha fountain that aan slaka tha thlrat. Hero la tha barhor whara you can drop aafa anchorage Would you not like, I aak you net perfunctorily, but aa ona brother might talk to anotbar -would you not Ilka t# bava a pillow of raat to put your head on? And would you not Ilka whan you ratlra at algbt to faal that all la wall, whether you waka up to-morrow morn ing at d o’clock, or alaep the deep that knowa no waking? Would you not llko to exchange thla awful uncertainty about tho future for a glorloua aoeur anco of heaven? Accept of the Lord Jeeue to-day, and all la well. If on your way home some peril ahould croaa the atreet and daah your life out, It would not hurt you. You would rlaa up Im mediately. You would atand In tba ce teatlal atreeta. You would ha among tho great throng that foravar worablp and ar# foravar happy. If thla night eoma audden dleeaee ahould come upon you, It would not frighten you. If you knew you were going you could give • calm farewell to your beautiful home on earth, and know that you are going right Into the companlonahlp of thoee who have alraady got beyond the toll ing and tbe weeping. You feel on Haturday night different from the way you feel any other nlgbt of the week. You come home from tbe bank, or tbe atore, or the office, and you i aay: "Well, now my week'a work le done, and lo-morrow la Uunduy." It la a pleaaant thought. There la re freshment and reconetructlon In tbe very Idee. Ob, bow pleasant It will Mi, V, when we get through the day of our Ufa, end we go end He down In our bed of duet, we can reall/.e: "Wall, now tha work la all done, and to-morrow la Sun dry—an everlasting Sunday." Ob, when, thou city of my Ood, Shall I thy courts aaeandt Where oonir*sattnns naar break ap. And Sabbaths have no and. Thdre are people In tble bouee te> day who are very near the eternal world. If you are Christiana, I bid yoa be of good cheer. Bear with you our con gratulations to the bright city. Aged men, who will soon be gone, take wltfc yeu our love for our kindred In the bet ter land, end when you aee them, tell them that we ere soon coming. Only a few more sermons to preach and bear. Only a few more heartaches. Only A few more toll*. Only a few more tears. And than—what an entrancing apeeta ela will open before ue! Beautiful heaven. whsrs all M light, antcflN, clothed In whlU, tl-auilful attains tha! never ‘‘r*i K-autlful harps through all tha oholfl Tli-re shall I Join tha chorus sweet. Worshiping at thu Havlor a fast. And ao I approach you now with a general Invitation, not picking out her* and there a man, or here and there a woman, or here and there a child; bub giving you an unlimited Invitation, gaylng; "Come, for all things are now ready." We Invite you to the warm heart of Christ, and the Inclosure of th* Christian church. I know that a graab many think that the church does nob amount to much-tbat It la obaoletej that it did Its work and Is gone now, aa far aa all ueefulnega la concerned. Ib la tha happiest place I have ev*p been !• except my own home. God's spirit will not always strive With harden**!, aalf-dsstroylng man, Ye who persist his love to grieve May never hear hla voles again. May God Almighty thin hour move upon your soul and bring you back from the huaka of the wlldernegn to tha p'othor'a house, and get you at the ban quet, and "put. a ring on your hand." (•real ailvrr Nugget . Attention haa lately been called to a nugget of native illver weighing tiOttJ ounce* troy, one of the alxty that have been found at the •Greonwood" group of mine's In the itate of Mich* oaoau. Mexico The other nuggeti weighed from ono to thlrty.flvi pound! each. The large nugget li entirely worn, except In oavltiea where lorne of the oryitali are rounded and th# form li Hill vliible. It li almoit pure ( •liver, icarcely a trace of any gangua rock being dlicernlbla Thla •peel men waa found on the lurfaoe, and, la ila original itate It ii laid to hava weighed twelve pound* mores It la one of the moil remarkable nuggeta of »llver ever found. The geological formal on ta llmeilone with outcrop* plug! of limonlte. (ireat Divide Iks aevenliealfc* It li a iirto >i matter in Armaata ■houlu a maid >n attain her i«veu tvaulh yaar with no prue|>act of marriage fur »o surety ai the faetivai of bt berg 1 hi 1*0inn round ihe to obliged to fait three dayi and thea eat tailed tUh. without the right to queach her thtrit unlen icute kind iwaia ha fuuad a ho will prom lie to taka her and ha her ’waiter." ta thaied t» llv* Married daughter Oh dean luck i a time a* i do have with that huibiad af mine’ i don't have a uiiautei i peace wkea he • la the h“U#a He la i alee • calling me to help him de d , •oim.thieg or other Mother What doea he want a»wf Daughter lie want* ate Iw tramp way up itair* jo«i to thread a aeadla far hint m ho can mead hli cluthaa «• (few lurk Weekly f I Thai far aa owe haa had eaaugh ea* i •urau » ta inaaeat (hat Ike new "warn* an • hiwie'* ta reed la ihr puklte wtuila