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——=ss= TAL MAGE'S SEEMON. EXPATRIATION THE SUBJECT OP LAST SUNDAY'S TALK. ••Mot Tevti “Am* tb* Slav* W«at r«nli mm* TarrMd la a trim— Whl«b Wa* Ear OT-IotH Boob mt Umm m*t ■*., IT. AH up and far back In tba bletory of heaven tbara cam* a period when It* moat llluatrloua cit izen waa about to abaant himself. He waa not going to aall from baacb to beacb; wa have often don* that. H* waa not going to ona bamlapbara to an* many of ua bar* don* that. But be waa to aall from world to world, the apace* unaapiored and tba immenaltle* untraveled. No world baa ever balled beavan, and beaven baa never ballad any other world. I tblnk that tba window* and tba balconie* rare thronged, and that the pearly baacb waa crowded with tboae who bad com* to eee him aall out of tba harbor of light Into the ocean be yond. Out and out and out, and on and on and on, and down and down and down be aped, until on* night, with only one to greet him, when be arrived, bla disembarkation ao unpretending, ao quiet, that It waa not known on earth until the excitement in tba cloud gave Intimation to the Bethlehem ruatlc* that nomethlng grand and glorlou* bad bapper.cd. Who comes there? From what port did he sail? Why was this the place of bis destination? I question the shepherds. I question the camel drivers. I question tbs angels. 1 have found out. He was an exile. Hut the world bad plenty of exiles. Abraham, an exile from Harsn; John, an exile from Ephesus; Kosciusko, an exile from Poland; Max/,Ini, an exile from Home; Emmet, an exile from Ireland; Victor Hugo, sn exile from France; Kossuth, on exile from Hungary. Hut this One of whom I speak to-day had stucb resounding farewell and came Into ouch chilling reception—for not even a hostler went out with his lantern to light him In-that be Is more to be celebrated than any other expatriated nils of earth or heaven. First, 1 remark that Christ was an Imperial exile. He got down off a throne. He took off a tiara. He dosed a palace gate behind him. His family were princes and princesses. Vasbtl was turned out of the throne-room by Aba guerus. David was dethroned by Ab salom's Infamy. The live kings were burled Into a cavern by Joshua’s cour age. Some of the Henrys of England and some of the Ixiulses of France were Jostled on their thrones by discontent id subjects. Hut Christ was never more honored, or more popular, or more loved than the day he left heaven. Exiles have suffered severely, but Christ turned himself out from throne-room Into sheep-pen, and down from the top to the bottom. He was not pushed off. Ho was not manacled for foreign trans portation. He was not put out because they no more wanted him la celestial domain, but by choice departing and descending Into an exile live times as long as that of Napoleon at Bt. Helena, and a thousand times worse; the one •xile suffering for that be had destroyed nations, the other exile suffering be cause be came to save a world. An Im perial exile. King eternal. “Blessing and honor and glory and power be unto blm that slttetb upon the throne.” But I go further, and tell you he was an exile on a barren Island. This world Is one of the smallest Islands of light In the ocean of Immensity. Other stellar ■ inguoms are many mousana limes larger than this. Cbrlat came to thla ■mall Patnio# of * world. When exiles are aent out they are generally aent to regions that are sandy or cold, or hot —some Dry Tortuga* of disagreeable nesa. Cbrlat came as an exile to a world scorched with beat and bitten with cold, to daaerta simoon-swept, to a howling wilderness. It was the back door yard, aeemlugly, of the universe. Yaa, Christ came to the poorest part of thla barren Island of a world—Asia Minor, with It* intenaa summers, unlit for the residence of a foreigner, and In the rainy season unfit for the residence of a native. Cbrlet came not to such a land aa Amarlca, or England, or Franca, or Germsuy, but to a land one-third of the year drowned, another third of the year burned up, and only ono-tblrd of the year Just tolerable. Oh! it wae the barren Island of a world, liarron •nough for Christ, for It gave such small worship and such Inadequate af fection, and such little gratitude, Im perial axils on the barren Island uf a world. I go further, and tall you that ba was aa axlle In a hostile country, Turkey was nevar so much against Itusala, Fram e was never so uiuyb against Ger many, as this earth was against Christ, It looh him In through the door of a ■table. It thrust him out at th* point of a spear. The Human government against hint with every weapon of Its army, and every decision of Me soon* and every beah of It# war cagls*. Far year* after hla arrival, 'he oaiy ques tion was how beet to pul him out. Herod haled him, ihe high priests bated him. Iba Fbaraseaa bated him, Judea Iscariot hated him, Gestae, the dying Ihief, haled him The whule earth seemingly turned into g dew- the to watch hla steps And yet he farad this lerurity Notice that meat e( Christ's wounds wet* Is front dam* scourging M th* ehouldsrs. but moat *1 Christ * Wound* |« float Ht *«* sol ea retreat whea ha aspired. Face is fare with the world # f*rarity Fa** tu tea* with th* world's sis, Faso to far* with ths world's woa. til* on Ida rating aauntsaauce* of his foaming a a logout lata when he expired. When the cav alry oBcer roweled his steed so that bs might come nearef up and see the tor tured vlaage of the suffering exits, Ohtrst saw It When the spear waa thrust at his side, and when the ham mer waa lifted for bis feet, end when the reed was raised to strike deeper down the spikes of thorn, Christ watched the whole procedure. When his hands ware fastened to the croee they were wide open still with benedic tion. Mind you, bts bead waa not fas tened; he could look to the right and be could look to the left, and bs could look up and be could look down. He caw when the splkee bad been driven home, and the hard, round. Iron beads were In the pelms of his bands; he sew them as plainly as you aver saw any thing In the palms of your bands. No sther, no chloroform, no merciful anes thetic to dull or stupefy, but, widea wake, be saw the obscuration of the heavens, the unhelenclng of the rocks, the countenances quivering with rage and ths cschlnnstion diabolic. Ob! It was tbs hostile as wsll as tbs barren Island of a world. • • e Homesickness will make a week seem as long as a month, and It seems to me that the three decades of Christ’s residence on earth must have seemed to blm almost interminable. You have often tried to measure the other pangs of Christ, but you bsv# never tried to measure the magnitude end ponderosity of a kavlour's homesickness. 1 take a step further and tell you that Christ was In an axils which he knew would end In aseaaalnstlon. Hol man Hunt, tbs master painter, has a picture In which he repreaenta Jesus Christ In the Nacarene carpenter-shop. Around blm are the saws, tbs hammers, the axes, the drills of carpentry. The picture represents Christ, as rising from ».»»•» »-#*» » * nviniiin u< uvm wearily atretrblng out hla arma aa on# will after being In contracted or un comfortable poeture, and tbe light of that picture la ao arranged that the arma of Chriet, wearily etretched forth, together with hla body, throw on the wall the ahadow of tbe eroaa. Ob! my frlenda, that abadow waa on everything In Cbrlete'a life-time. Shadow of a eroaa on tbe Bethlehem awaddllng clothe*. Shadow of a croae on the road over which tbe three fugitive# fled Into Egypt. Shadow of a eroaa on lathe Oalilee aa Chriet walked ita moaalc floor of opal and emerald and cryatal. Shadow of a eroaa on the road to Em* maua. Shadow of a croae on the brook Kedron, and on tbe temple, and on the aide of Olivet. Shadow of a eroea on aunrlee and aunaet. Conetantine, march ing with bla army, aaw juat once a eroaa In the aky, but Cbriat aaw the eroaa all tbe time. On a rough Journey we cheer our aelree with the fact that It will end in warm boepttallty; but Cbriat knew that hla rough path would end at a defollag ed tree without one leaf and with only two branebee, bearing fruit of eucb bit terneae aa no human Up* bad ever taat «d. Ob what an exile—alerting In an infancy without any cradle, and end ing In aeaaaalnation. Thirat without any water. Day without any aunllght. Tbe doom of a deaperado for mere than angelic excellence. For what that ex patriation and that exile? Worldly good aometimea cornea from wordly evil. The accidental glance of a eharp blade from a raxor-grlnder'e wheel put out tbe eye of Gambetta and excited aym pathiea which gained him an education and atarted him on a career that made hla name more majeatlc among Frenchmen than any other name in tbe laat twenty yeara. Hawthorne, Balem, went borne in despair. His wife touched him on the shoulder and said, “Now it the time to writs your book” and bis famous “Scarlet Let ter" was the brilliant consequence. Worldly good sometimes comes from worldly evil. Then be not unbeliev ing when I tell you that from the greatest crime of all eternity and of the whole universe, the murder of the Bon of God. there ehall come results which shall eclipse all the grandeurs of eternity past and eternity to come. Christ, an exile from heaven opening the way for the deportation toward heaven and to heaven of all those who will accept the proffer. Atonement, a ship large enough to take all the pas sengers that will come aboard It. Fur this royal exits I bespeak the love and service of all the exiles her* present, and. In one sense or the other, that Includes all of ua. Thi gales of this continent hsvs been sc widely opened that thero are hen many voluntary exiles from olhei lauds. Home of you are Scotchmen I see It In your high cheek-bones, and In the rotor that lllumlues your fact when I mention the land of your nu Uvlty. Ilounle Scotland! Hear old kirk! Some of your ancestors eteepiui In tire) friars churchyard, or by th« deep loch a filled out of the pitchers o! heaven, or under the heather sometime* so deep of color It makes one (hint of the blood of the Cav euautsrs »h« signed ihelr names for Christ, dlppini their pens Into the veins of ihelr owt arms opened for that purpose Hoe every Abr* of your nature thrills si I mention the names of Hubert H»w sad the Campbells, sad Cochrane, bee peek for Ikta royal exile of my lox the lave and the service of all Scald • xltee. Some of you are fcUtgUshnten Vuur ancestry served Ike Urd Mar I not read of the euteiiaga of the (lay market? oad lava I not eeea la Ux ford the vary apot a here Itidtey xs< laiiiuer mounted the red rharlot Some of your aarcetors heard thetf Whitefkid thunder, or heard Charta Wealsy slug, or heard John tloayw tall his drssm of Ihs celestial rlty and Ihs cathedrals under the shade* et which some si ysu uses hern hs la ihelr grandest organ roll tha nan* sf Ihs Messiah 11**»peex tor ths r«> • •ills sf «y sermon, ths laff and |h I service of *11 English exiles. Ye*, some of you came from the Island of distress over which Hunger, on a throne of human skeletons, sat queen. All efforts at amelioration halted by massacre. Procession of famine*, pro resslon of martyrdom* marching from Northern Channel to Cap# Clear aad from the Irish Be* across to the At lantic. An Island not bounded «a geographers tell us. hut as every phil anthropist know*—bounded ou the north and the south and the east and the west by woe which no human poli tic# can alleviate, and only almighty God can assuage. lond of Goldsmith's rhythm, and Bherldkn'e wit, and O’Connell's eloquence, and Edmund fiurke’e statesmanship, and O'Brien's sacrifice. Another Patmoe with Its apoclaypee of blood. Yet you cannot think of It today without having your eyes blinded with emotion, for there your ancestors sleep In graves, some of which they entered for lack of bread. For this royal exit* of my sermon I bespeak the lov* and the service of all Irish exiles. Yes, aom* of you are from Germany, the land of I,utber, and some of you ars from Italy, the land of Garibaldi, and aom* of you a re from France, the land of John Calvin, on* of the three mlgbtlex of the glorious Reformation. Home of you ar* descendants of the Puritans, any they were exiles; and aome of you ar* descendant* of the Huguenots, and they were exiles; and soma of you ar* descendants of the Holland refuge*#, and they were exile*. Home of you were born on the hanks of the Yazoo or tbs Havsnnah, and you are now liv ing In this latitude. Bom* of you on the banks of the Kennebec, or at the foot of the Green Mountains, and you are here now. Home of you on the prairies of the West, or the table lands, and you are here now. Ob! bow many of us far away from home. All of us exiles. This lx not our home. »leaves is our nome. uni i am so glad when the royal ex I la want back be left the gate ajar, or left it wide opes. "Going home!" That la the dying exclamation of the majority of Cbrlatlana. I have aeen many Cbrl* tlana die. I think nine out of ton of them in the laat moment any, "Going homa." Going homo out of banlabmont and aln and sorrow and sadness. Go ing home to join In the hilarities of our parents and our dear children who have already departed. Going boms to Christ. Going home to God. Go ing home to stay. Where are your loved ones that died la Christ? You pity them. Ah! they ought to pity you. You are an axils far front boms. They are homa! Ob! what a time it will be for you when the gatekeeper of heaven shall say: "Taka off that rough sandal; the journey's ended. Put down that aahre; the battle's won. Put off that iron coat of mall and put on the robs of conqueror." At that gate of triumph I leave you to day, only reading tbree tender cantos translated from the Italian. If you ever heard anything sweeter 1 never did, although I cannot adopt all 1U theology: whispered one morning in heaven How the mile child-angel May In Die shade of the great white portal Mat sorrowing night and day; How she said to the elately warden lie of the key and bar— "Oh, angel, sweet angel, I pray you Met the beautiful gales ajar— Only a little, I pray ypu, Met the beautiful gates ajar. "I ran hear my mother weeping, Mhe is lonely, she cannot ace A glimmer of light In the darkness. When ths gates shut sfter me; Oh. turn me the key, sweet angel, The splendor will shine so far!" lfut the warden answered, "1 dare not Met the beautiful gstes ajar." Mpoke low and answered, "I dare nol Met lbs beautiful gstes ajar." Then up rose Mary, the blessed, Hweet Mary, the mother of Christ; Her hand on the hand of the angel Mhe laid, and her touch sufficed. Turned was Ihe key In the portal, Kell rlngliiK the golden bar. And w In the little child's lingers Mtood the beautiful gates ajar. In the little child’s angel tinners Mtood the beautiful gates ajar. BITS OF KNOWLEDGE. The Kngllah govern*-** to the king ol Hpaln recently appointed, who I*, of course, to teach him her language, la to receive a aalary of f3,760 a year. The coming edlp*e expedition of Amherat college will be In charge of Prof. David P. Todd. It wilt observe the eclipse of 1KH4 from the island of (lego. Japan. Crime la more common In elnglr life than In married, In the former 33 In •very 100,000 are guilty, while only 11 married men of the same number bava gravely broken the lawa. There are In Ohio about 17,6<to oil wells, of which more than J.000 were I bored In 1M»4. The Klrkrldge yield* 110 barrels per hour, or 7,740 per day, Another yields over 1.700 barrels a day. In London unllka other rltlee, eo ! peetally New York and Vienna n« house la permitted to egceed In height the width of the street In front and tb< number of Inhabitants la limited by law. Prince l»t*marc k received about ?l» (too postal card* front •• many admirer* congratulating him on bi* etgbtlotl birthday. These rarda have a total weight ef I,SIM pounds, and pilled up la one column would reach a height ol IM feel A VAMIBTV UP HINTS. Chloride of lime baatehee rau gal •ewer gee Itruuo tut loo* are used oa neetur llum velvet hodl.es Hand painted rbina ball# haadi* are unlgue gifts. Date* eluded wtib almond* are be loved by Ibe mallnee girl i The tithe# la mute faabtooabl* Ibat tithe* the maadollg or boom t 1 w»p,e get wisdom by nywlHM * I ; man never wabee up hte aeeond baby I i geo II laugb The Mouth WveL FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. noma (jp-to-imt• HleM AImmI Caltlva lira of tha Soil and YUM* Thereof— IfortMultnr* Vltloallare aad Florl* (altar* Tub question ob spontaneous com bustion In fodder •tuff* ha* received considerable atten tion from agricul turist a from time to time, and baa been discussed In the agricultural litera ture of the day aa suppoaed caa<‘* have arisen. Nearly’ all the supposed cases have originated where con siderable quantities of clover hoy have been stored, either In stacks or barns, and In nearly every caae the stack* or buildings have been consumed, so It was Impossible to sudl clently understand the circumstance* of the cases to determine whether they were of spontaneous or Incendiary ori gin. A recent Are, supposed to be of spontaneous origin, occurred In a hay mow In on# of the college barns, with out damaging the barn to any great ex tent and without consuming very much of the hay. The following detailed ac count will enable the reader to form some opinion as to the origin of the Are: In the evening of October Id, 1d*R, Are was seen to be dropping from the celling of the cow stable underneath the east wing of the college barn, A general alarm of Are was sounded, and Immediately a auAlclent force of men assembled to prevent the Are from breaking out. Investigation soon proved the Are to be conAned to a mow of h&V 1kit22 fot’t fan/1 fitann# 9ft til ah which occupied a part of the wing over the cow stable mentioned. Precaution* were taken to exclude all drafts of air from the hay mow by Ailing the hole* burned through the floor over the cow stable with wet blanket* and cloth*, and also keeping the top of the mow covered with wet blankets. It was be lieved at this time that the only mean* of saving the whole barn from burning was to remove the mow of bay that wa* already on Are. Consequently open ings were made In the side of the barn and the wbde mow of hay, about thir ty tons, was pitched out. While re moving the hay, which all through tho center of the mow if a* smouldering and ready to burst out In flames when exposed to a draft of air, It wa* found necessary to keep the top of It con stantly wet. Fortunately, a hose from a nearby hydrant and pall* in the hands of students afforded ample means of keeping the top of the mow constantly saturated, which prevented the hay In the barn from bursting Into flames, and also prevented the hay that was thrown out of the mow from burn ing. All of the center of the mow was thoroughly compacted, hot and smok ing. The high temperature of the bay mad* It decidedly uncomfortable for those who were working to save the barn from burning by removing this smouldering fodder. The continued ap plication of water on the surface of the mow alone made this possible on ac count of the excessive beat. Not until all this lot of hay wa* removed from the barn was the danger from Are thought to be over. The floor of the barn on which this mow of hay rested Is constructed of two thicknesses of wide Inch boards so placed as to per fectly break Joints. This floor forms the celling over the cow stable and is ahfiiit tif.t hikfh Thu hnlpK burned through the floor were over the middle of the liable and not near par tition* or poets. From the position of these boles burned through the floor, would seem Improbable If not Impossi ble for the origin of the Are to have been either accidental or Incendiary. The side of the barn Is of matched lumber; this undoubtedly averted a serious loss by Are by preventing any thing like a draft to supply air to the hay already on Are. -Oeo. C. Watson, Pennsylvania Experiment Station. Talk* on Prutt. (From Farmers' Review Kpecial re port of Michigan Round-up Institute.) The fruit session of the Michigan Round-up was held upon Wednesday, Feb. 12, at Grand Rapids. This city la In the center of the Michigan fruit belt, and os the fruit Interests of Its Im mediate vicinity are of great snd grow ing Importance It drew out a large el tendance of Intelligent aud experi enced fruit growers. The first upon the program waa Rowland Morrill of Iteiitou Harbor, who spoks upon "Th* Cultivation and Care of Peaches." Th# substance of this talk waa given at Mouth Haven and ha* already appeared In our column*. The paper was dis cussed by G. J Monroe of Mouth Haven. The subject of "MarheGug Peaches" was treated by It. I* Graham of Grand Rapid*, who lias been one uf the leaders In securing better transportation fa cilities, snd co-operation tu msrheGng for the peach** grown In Keul county. As n result of th* movement buyers and shipper* have tome In large num ber* to Grand Rapids, and last year, when the antes were upon some days up ward of lo.diw bushel* they were handled without lues tu the grower* and at fair price*. The grower* #«• 1 changed packages and went hum* with the cash In their poehet*. The principal reason for romplntnt waa that the eastern market# were vul 1 off by a high freight rale. It being Afiy per sent higher enet «t Hutalo than within the limit* af the Central ?»#•* Aeeov 1st lua He gave ns an ssGtwat* of ‘ shipments from Kent county. tM.nmr lushel*. while »t#r I f&u ooo were sent k flew Allegan county, with smaller * quantities from llerrten. Van Karen. Gtenea and M*s*a. The question wan I dlaruaaed by C. A. Beaalona of Shelby and others. The "Growing of Peachea In Central Michigan" waa the subject of the paper of H. P. Gladden of the Agricultural College. While peach culture la not aucceaaful upon the low landa, there are many rldgea throughout th* central and southern part of the state where they have been grown for year* nearly aa profitably as In the famed "peach belt” Itself. While an occasional crop waa lost In part, there had not been an en tire failure for yeara where the or chards were In favorable locations and were properly cared for. It Is dealrabl# to have ravines lead down the alopea, as these will aid In drawing the cold air to the lower levels. Aa a rule the north or northwest alopea were preferable as on a south slope the buds are likely to start early and be killed by spring frosts, while an east slope la not desir able, aa the morning sun does harm by quickly thawing out the bud* after a severe cold snap. If located near a small village or city the fruit could bo marketed without eapenae for trans portation at a somewhat higher price lhan could be obtained for fruit brought from a distance. Although the price* might not run as high a* In large cltlea, they would not go aa low, Prof. W. It. Harrows of the Agricul tural tlollege, who waa to have talked upon "Uoe* and Horticulture" waa un able to be present and the queatlon waa opened by J. A. Pearce of Grand Itaplds, a aucceaaful fruit grower and apiarist. He spoke of the value of bee* In fertilizing the flowers of our fruit trees, as without them many of the va rieties of apples, pear* and plum* would be unfruitful, He claimed that It bad been demonatrated that bees cannot puncture fruit, although they feed upon specimens of which the skin has been broken by means of hornets or birds. In reply to a queatlon, Prof. Taft atated that It would not pay to use a mulch about peach trees to retard blooming land bhv« iruux »i/riuK »» though It might have a slight effect It had been demonstrated that the flower would open while the ground was still frozen, If the weather was sufficiently warm. The afternoon session wss opened by J. W. Stearns of Kalamazoo who spoke upon "Currants and Gooseber ries." He favored a distance of six by five or six by six feet, the llbersl use of stable manure, frequent shallow culti vation up to the first of August and the use of Paris green for the currant worm, applied when they first hatch. Four ounces is sufficient for fifty gal lons, and this can be used In Hordeaux mixture which Is effective against the mildew and loaf-blight disease. Goose berries should remain until ripe upon the bushes. The Victoria currant and Downing gooseberries are productive varieties and are particularly desirable on ac count of freedom from the attack of borers. The subject of "Strawberry Culture" was treated by K. M. Kellogg of Ionia, who ascribed many of the failures with this fruit to the use of plants from old, run out plantations. They should al ways be taken from plants set the pre vious year and before they have borne fruit. Prepare the land by plowing deep, and subsolllng If there is a hard pan near the surface. Light land should be rolled, after It has been thoroughly har rowed, In order that the moisture may be brought up to supply the newly set plants. Then loosen the surface with some shallow-working barrow in order that the evaporation Into the air from the surface may be checked. After the plants are set start the cul tivation at once, using a weedet, and keep It up once a week and nftener In dry weather through the season, using a Planet. Jr., or similar cultivator alter the runners start. Cut off all blossoms as soon as they appear the first year, and remove many of the runners so that if In rows the plants will make a thin mat not over a foot wide. Winter Wlieat anil 'Vinter (tyre. Reports have been received from the correspondent* of the Farmers’ Review In ten states on the condition of win ter wheat and winter rye. In Illinois winter wheat Is In fair shape, but ha* been Injured extensive ly by the late thawing and fresting weather. The percentage of damage run* all the way from 6 to W). For tunately, there are not many report* of the latter amount or near It. A like condition exlai* In Indlanu. In Ohio the loss Is still greater, and the present condition Is below fair. Michigan re port* great loss, but the condition, tak ing (he state a* a whole, I* a little above fair. In Kentucky Ihe crop I* In a very uneven condition, soinu coun ties having good prospects, hut oilier* expecting little more than half a crop. Tit* loss from frees I tig and thawing doe* not swin lo It* much of a factor. Missouri also has an uneveu crop al this time, aud Ihe condition* have been various. Hum* count!** hav* a I good atari, and tiu (reeling and thawing has taken place Ollier rountle* have ! lust half of ihe present eland from Oil* cause alon*- VVe may summarise by ■ saying that Ihe loaa for Ihe slate ha* lets considerable, and that Ihe prwsnl I iuudlilun*of ihe crop are fair, lu Kan •a* and Nebraska lbe crop I* In fair lo | good condition l.liit* lue* haa been 1 experienced from I tee slug and thawing, | In fact some of the correspondents tom ptaiu that they have nut bad aa mu«h cold aa they would like. In Iowa there has boon sot all too* on account of ro cent changes of weather, and the crop in lb* *4*1* Is in fair lundtilu* la Wisconsin lb* crop I* repotted dull* poor, and lh* recent toss** hav* b**a great, Winter ry* Is In murk belter rondl lien than wheat, and I* generally r# ported al an average of fair lo goad, A I’klcogo man salts hi* dug lame t'osu loslun sum b* baa a broken tall. l)o|i and (hoop. Doga are a great menace to aheep husbandry and there la nothing more exaaperatlng to the ahepherd than to feed and care for a flock of aheep all the long » Inter through and then have them run down, maimed and killed by aome of the worthleaa cure of the neighborhood. More than once have I met with loaaea in the aprlng by doga belonging to nelghbora who thoughtleaaly al lowed them to roam about the com munity at will, until finally, caught raiding aheep iolda. The doga are a privileged claaa of anlmala becauae, no doubt, of their having been need by all mankind In the chaae, and aa out door aentfnela to Inhabltanta of lodgea or manalona. Probably at no time In the progreaa of the world'a hlatory haa the dog been of aa little worth to man aa he la now, yet It la one of the difficult, queatlone to aettle aatlafactorlly to the average dog owner. The Inherent frlendahlp of dog and maater rllnga with aeml-bar barlc aptitude. No worae combination of aheep-kllllng dog from my experi ence than a hitch of the neighborhood, with the doga for trillea around, that frequently form a compact and deatroy aheep with a vengeance. Next la the ferocloua email dog and hound or bird dog, with no unmleUka l/le pedigree long aa the moral law. Moat etntea have dog lawa recogniz ing owncrahlp and holding them aa taxable property, aald tax paid town* ahlp trualee, to pay for loaaea of aheep Incurred by doga, yet the purpoae of the law la not compiled v/lth In tho majority of inatances. Indiana haa had aeveral forma of dog lawa on tie atatute hooka In thir ty yeare, and none of them were atrlct »/ mi'iniariwrr « ii»j rc||iFHBi uuu »#»»* law was doubtless the most effective / since It provided for every dog to be A. registered wltbln thirty day# after the 1st of April each year, and tab# were furnished by trustee# at 10 cents each containing numbers corresponding with those given Ir. assessors' books. Anyone harboring a dog (male fl, fe male 92) not complying with the law bad to kill their dog or allow the of ficers do It for them. The present low empower# township assessors to list dog* at 91 each, 92 for every additional dog and fernal# dog for taxation, collectible as other tax, by county treasurer, and returned to trustee# of the respective township# to defray damages to sheep Incurred by dogs during the year, the balance re verting to the school fund. Not more than half the dogs are assessed and the tax collected, consequently the most worthlekk dogs and those liable to cause the most damage escape taxa tion. Don’t believe a dog tax can be regulated by "weight,” since the smaller dog has frequently been a* rnucb the cause of attacks as the larg er when permitted to run at will from farm to farm, either by day or night time, when most of the mischief I* done. Where law recognize;* the dog a* taxable property, they should be rated according to value, say at 91b, 926 and $60 each, paying a tax respectively of 91, $3 and $6, accounted for by the as sessors and tax paid to trustee be tween the first day of April and the first day of June each year, receiving certificate of register and tab numbered correspondingly, to be worn by the dog to secure his Identity, consonant with the law for hi* protection if lost, and treated as estrays provided by law for other stock. Hut If fouud running at large with no tab may be killed with no penalty following: otherwise malicious killing subject to value of dog and prosecution.—!. M. in Farmers' He view. Sweet Teas. As soon after the first of April as possible plant the sweet peas It not already done. Hpude up the ground to a depth of ten Inches, work some ma nure In thoroughly, also a little wood ashes, and work the soil until It Is mellow and thoroughly mixed with the fertilizer*. Make a trench six Inches deep, drop the peas along an Inch or two apart aud level up. A pretty ar rangement I* to plant them in a circle, und when they come up stick brush on the Inner side of the circle, bending the tops In lowurd the center In cone shape und fasten them there so the peas will grow over them making a mound of beauty and fragrance. Sweet peas also make a beautiful hedge when planted along gardeu fence*. Horses or Cat Us.—A reader of the farmers' Itevlew recently reported that he had mude a great mistake In breeding horses Instead of cattle. He bought a lunch !u Kuusaa, aud as part of bis purchase b« secured a large number of horses, the ouly animals on the plate. After feeding for several tears he was nimble to sell fur even enough to pay for coat of feed. He i now lament* that lie did not raise cat tle instead, aa then he could at least have had all the veal he wanted fur tamlly use. Title hut Illustrate* the re mit* of lulling commuupUce horses. Modem tuventluns bsv* mightily sI | frcied the market far horsos, hut uover I can alfcct the market lor edible n^ah. Sheep In the West. Favorable re ports toms trow the \V**t a* to the • audition of the Suck*, The lose this • thief bee been very small, not uu y : Iwtgtlse the winter ha* bean sviepitua * ally mild, but alas because the herd vrs had made preparation* to protect i their eheep against unusual stoma tme man with n Such of to.uuo shsep I report* having lost but thirteen dM( i i tug the winter. s«our* Am»ng dt«eg*ee in which i c*iv** nro eobfaci scour* are lb* meet j lr*uc*ui. These era g*u*r*l|y the »* j sail of either **wr fond, wn> laanlinean 1 »r over feeding, A* in nil Mb** case*. •o that goblvn mavtm "An ounce of j pf***nitnu I* better then a pound of I core," bv id* true la tbta on*. A setf-med* man ninny a spoil* hi* ! )nb eoni*«has«