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nnd tho text Herniations Iv. 3: "There
wan a rainbow round about tho throne."
Following Im tho sermon:
An after a night o( fearful tempest at
ana onn whip, wore Htauaeb, than an
other, rldos on andemsgea. abong ,thn
fragments of searaaee. walks that goat
about, no old Noah's nrk at tho clone of
thn deluge float on nvnr llm wreck of a
dead world. Looking out of thn win
dow of tho ark, you son tho planks of
houses, and tho .sheaves of wheal, and
tho carcasses of cattle, and tho corpses
of mon. No tower la lefi to toll tho
burial; no mourner to form In thollnoof
procession; no ground on which to bury
the dnnd. (Sinking a tine twonty-sovon
-faot loagjjyo tank tenth uth tops of thn
ittouijtalifr i (Hiastamasl and horror!
&:lWakinHtea4 '.walking tho sea.
like a modern ahlp in mnjeNty and
beauty tosses helplessly; no htilin to
guide; no wall to set; no whore to steer
for. Why protract the agony of tho
Rood people in audi a craft, when they
might In onn danh of tho wavo haw
been put out of their misery?
Hut nt yonder Npot in tho horizon we
nee colors gathering In the sky; nt just
the opposite point In tho horizon other
colors are gathering. I find that they
are tho two buttresses of an arched
lirldge. Thu yellow, the rod, tho orange,
fthn blue, tho I ad I go, tho violet are
m paJedrfanclbyUn visible hand
' whole structure in bung into the aky,
ft and. IM ,ark has a triumphal, hrch to nail
.Vd,ervAn. ngl of light swings hla
hand across tho aky, and In tho anven
prismatic colors ho paints with pencil of
aunlioam tho everlasting covenant be
tween Hod and every living creature.
tlod lifted up that groat arohod bridge,
and net it over Hla own heal In lleavon.
John aaw It, lor ho ssys: "There wan a
rainbow round about tho throne."
1 notice that nono hut tho peoplo who
were In tho ark aaw tho rainbow, ft
cast Ita shadow olonr down Into the
water whore tho pooplo wore burled and
lighted tip tho dead face with a atrange
radiance, hut they could not aeo itl Ho
only those who are at laat found In
Christ, tho Ark, will wo the ovorspao
tilnjr glory of tho throno. Hence you
had better get Into tho arkl Aa you call
your family out at tho clone of the
ahower (a nhow tliem thn algn in
Heaven, ao I want you all at laat lo aeo
the grander rainbow round about tho
.throniil "Look therol" says Noah to
hill wife, "at that Iww In the clouds;
,adyhfti,apd Japkot, look I look!-the
irroen, the yellow, the red and tho
orangel" I ahould not wondor If aoino
of yM OWMhlldroaJu tho Oood Land
shouidi after awhile ,cry out to you:
"Look, father! look, mother! there' U a
rainbow round about tho throno!" You
had hotter got Into tho ark, with all
your families, if you want to aoo It.
I notice aluo that the chief glory of
d OMAN after , tho rain. No ahower,
4a4'ralnbaw; ao troublo, no brightness of
,v Chrlatlan; ooaaolatlon. Weavers are
''eomntlmes, by reason of their work,
dusty and rough In their apparel; and an
It la the coarse-clad tempest, wlume hand
and foot awing the ahultlo, that weaves
the rainbow. Many Chrlattana are dull
and atuptd, and useless because they
have not had dlaaator onouirh to wakn
them up. The brightest acarf that
Heaven makes Is thrown over the
ahoulder of tha. storm. You can not
make a thorough 'Christian llfo out of
aunsblnn alone. There are aome very
dark hues In the ribbon of tho rainbow;
yon must have In llfo the bltto as woli
a tho.orango. Mlagllng all thn colora
of the farmer makes a white light; and
it takes all (he shades, and sadness, and
-vicissitude of Ufa to make tho white
luster of a pure Christian character.
Your child aaka you: "Father, what
ij snakes the rainbow?" and you say: "H
la tho sunlight striking through tho
raindrops." Tboroforo, I wondered how
there could he a ralutniw tn Heaven,
alncn there are no alorms there; but
thon I conclude that that rainbow must
be formed Khy tho striking of llaavon's
aunllght through the falling toars of
earthly Morrow. Whon we see u man
overwhelmed with trouble, and hU
health goes, and his property goes, and
, , ,klar friends go, I Bay: "Now we shall
ace the glory of Uod in this good"
man's dolt veranco." As at Niagara Full
I Haw one day ton rainbows spanning
the awful plunge of the cataract, so
over tho abyss of tho Christian's trial
hover the rich hued wings of all the
promise.
I notice that tho most beautiful things
of this world are lo lie pre nerved In
Heaven. Whon you see the last color
fade out from tho rainbow of earth von
need not feel sad, .or yon will aoo tho
rainbow round about Mia lIinim I'l .1
atory aboiit the world burning up hat
given me many a pang. When I road
that Paris was besieged, I said: "Now
tho picture and statues In tho Louvre
..and Luxembourg .will be destroyed; all
V,htM face of Rembrandt and those
t Void dashes of Kuhcns, and those en
chantments of Raphael on canvas, and
those statues otCanova." Hut is It not a
more melancholy thought that ruin la
to come upon this groat glory of the
earth In which the mountains am the
chiseled sculptures and upon the sky,
in which tho "transfiguration" of sunrise
and aunset is hung with loops and tas
sels of fire? I was relieved when I found
that the pictures had boon rcmovod
from the Louvre and tho Luxembourg,
and I1 am relieved new when 1 think
that the best parts of this earth are
wither to be removed or pictured In the
good land. The tree must twist In the
laat Arethe oak and tho cedars and
the maples; but In Heaven there shall
Tm the trees of life on tho bank of the
river, and the palm trees from which
the conqueror aball pluck their
dmnvhes.
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Tho Hudson and thn St. Lawrence
and thn Ohio shall boil In tho last
flame, but we shall havo more than
their beauty In tho Itlvor of Llfo from
under the throne. The daisies and thn
portulscas and tho roses of earth wilt
wither tn tho hot sirocco of thn judg
ment, but John tolls of tho garlands
whloh tho glorified shall wear, and
there must be flowers or there could bo
no garlands. Tho rainbow on our sky,
whloUU only tho pillow of tho dying
atorm, must be removed; but thon,
glory 1m to Hod, "there Is a rainbow
round about tho throne' I have hut to
look up to thn radiant arch above tho
throno of (lod to asiuro myself that
tho most glorious things of earth are to
be preserved In Heaven. Then let thn
world burn; all that Is worth saving will
bo snatched out of tho fire.
I aeo tho same truth set forth In tho
twolvo foundations of thn wall of I leav
en. Ht John announces tho twelve
foundations of this wall to bo, tho first
of jasper, yellow and rod; thn second of
sapphire, a deep blue; tho third a chal
cedony, a varied beauty; thn fourth,
emorald, a bright greon color; tho fifth,
sardonyx, a bluish white; thn sixth,
nardlus, rod and flnry; thn seventh,
chrysolite, golden hued; thn eighth,
beryl, a bluish greon; tho ninth, topaz,
a palo green mixed with yellow; thn
tenth, ohrysoprasu, a golden bluish
tint; tho eleventh, jacinth, fiery as the
mmset; thn twelfth, amethyst. Hut
these precious stones are only the foun
dation of the wall of Heaven thn most
Inferior part of It. On thn top of this
foundation thnre risen a mighty wall of
JaMr of brilliant yellow and gorgeous
crimson. .Stiiondous cataract of color!
Throno of splendor and sublimity! You
sen that thn beautiful colors which are
the robes of glory to our earth are lo bo
forever preserved In this wall of Heaven.
Oar skies of blue, which sometimes
seem almost to drop with richness of
color, shall he glorified and eternalized
In tho deep everlasting bluo of that fiery
stone whloh forms tho second founda
tion of tho'hoavonlf wall.
Tho gre'nn that sleeps on tho brook's
bank and rides on tho sea wave and
spreads its banners on thn mountain top
shall lie eternalized in thn emerald that
forms thn fourth foundation of thn
heavenly wall. Tho fiery gush of tho
morning, tho conflagration of thn
autumnal sunset, the electricity that
shoots its forked tongue out of thn
thunder cloud, tho flames at whose
breath Moscow fell and Ktna burned
shall bo etc rnnllzed In tho llery Jasper.
It eonms as if all earthly beauty were in
one billow to ho dashed up against thn
wall of Heaven so.that tho most beauti
ful things of earth may be kept either
In tho wall or the foundation or In tho
rn nhow around about thn throne.
I notice the unspeakable attractlvn
ness of Heaven. In other places tho
Itlhlo tells us of the floor of lleavon
tho waters and the stones and tho fruits;
hut now Ht John tolls us of tho roof,
tho frescoed arch of eternity ami thn
rainbow round about tho throne, (let
atlokotand carefully guarded you go
Into tho royal factory at Parla where the
Gottelln tapestries of the world are
made, and aeo how for years a man will
a t putting In and out a ball of colored
worsteds through the delicate threads,
satisfied that If ho can In a day make so
much as a llngnr'a breadth of beauty for
a King's canopy. Hut behold how my
Lord, In onn hour, with his two hands,
twisted tho tapnstry, now swung above
tho throno, Into a rainbow of infinite
glory. O, what a plaro Heaven must be.
You havo heretofore looked at the floor;
this morning lake one glance at the
celling.
I notice what must be tho feeling of
safety among the people of Heaven.
Havo you evor soon a cloud burst?
There have been days when it rained an
If It would never stop. You know If It
kept on In that way long all tho nations
would bo drowned; yet you had no ap
prehension, for you remembered the
how of promise painted on the cloud in
Noah's time. No tho glorified had but
to look to the arch around thn throno of
tho King to bo reassured that tho deluge
of trial Is forever past.
On earth the deluge of sin covers thn
tops of the highest mountains. I heard
an Alpine guide, umld the most stu
pendous evidences of Hod's power, swear
at his mule as ho stumbled In tho pass.
Yes, tho deluge of sin dashes over the
top of thn highest mountain ranges.
Itovongo, drunkenness, impiety, false
hood, blasphemy nro butdllferent waves
of a flood that has whelmed nations.
Now York is drowned in It, Hrooklyn Is
drowned In II, Loudon Is drowned in it,
Nt. Petersburg Is drowned In It two
great hemispheres are drowned in It,
Hut the redeemed, looking Into the
"rainbow round about the throne." see
tho pledge that all this Is ended for
them foroor. They have committed
their last sin and committed their last
temptation. No suicide leaps Into thoso
bright waters; no profanity Iwfouls that
pure air; no villain's torch shall lire
those temples; no murderer's hand shall
strike down those sons of Hod. They
know that for them tho deluge of sin is
assuaged, for "there Is a rainbow round
about the throne."
Now the world Is covered with a deluge
of blood. The nations are all the time
either using tho sword or sharpening It
Tho factories of tho world are night and
day manufacturing the weaponry of
death. Throne against throne, empire
againstempire. The spirit of desHtlsm
and freedom at war In every land; des
polio America aguinst free America, des
potic kngland against free Kngland,
despotic Hermany against free Germany,
despotic Austria against free Austria.
Tho great battle of earth Ubolng fought
tho Armageddon of tho nations. The
song that unrolled from tho sky on the
first Christmas night, of "Peace and
good will to mon," is drowned In thn
booming of tho groat siege gnns. Stand
back and let the long line of ambulances
pass. Hroan to groan. Uncover and
look upon tho trenches of the dead.
Hloodt blood! a deluge of blood!
Hut the redeemed of Heaven, looking
upon tho glorious arch that spans the
throno, shall sou that tho deluge Wovor.
No batteries am planted on ihoe hills;
no barricades blocking thoo streets;
uo hotlllo flag atntve those walls; no
sutoko of burning village; mtshrleksof
butchered tucu; butyoaco! Herman and
Frenchman, who foil with arms Inter
locked in hate on the field of doath. now
through Christ In lleavon. stand with
arms Interlocked In love. Arms stacked
forever; shlolds of battle hung up. The
dove Instead of thn eagle; thn lamb In
stead of tho lion. Thorn shall be noth
ing to hurt or destroy In all God's holy
mount, for thnre Is a rainbow round
about tho throne. ,
Now thn earth iscovored with thn del
ugoof sorrow. Trouble! trouble! Thn
vory first utterance whnn wo come Into
the world Is a cry, Without any teach
ing wo loam to weep. What has so
wrinkled that mon's face? What has so
prematurely whitened his hair? What
calls out that sigh? What starts that
tear? Trouble! trouble! I find It In
tho collar of poverty, and far up among
tho heights on tho tops of tho crags; fur
this also hath gone over tho tops of tho
highest mountains. No escape from It.
You go Into thn store, and It meets you
at your counting desk; you go Into the
rftreot, and it meets you at the corner;
you go Into the house, and It meets you
at thn door. Tears of povorty! tears of
jMiMccutlonl tears of bereavement:- u
deluge of tours! (lathered together
from all the earth, they could float an
ark larger than Noah's.
Hut tho glorllled, looking up to thn
bow that Hpans the throne, shall son
that tho deluge is over. No shivering
wretch on tho palace step; no blind man
nt tho gto of the heavenly temple ask
ing for alms; no grinding of the screw
driver on eotlln lid. They look up at
the rainbow and read In lines of yellow,
and red, und green, and blue, and
orange, und Indigo, and violet: "Tlmy
shall hunger no more, neither thirst
any more; neither shall the sun light
on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb
which is In tho mldstof the throno shall
feed them and shall lead them unto
living fountains of waters, and Hod
shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes." Thunk Hod for the glory span
ning the throne!
In our boyhood wo hail a superstition
that nt the foot of tho rainbow there
was a casket of hurled gold; but I havo
to announce that at the foot of the rain
bow of Heaven there Is a box made out
of thn wood of the cross. )on it and
you will find all the treasures of Heaven.
O, that our eyes may all look upon
this bow of promise, lifted by Christ's
own hand! Wo shall trace the separate
lines of beauty ucros the firmament.
In the line of red I shall sen the blood
of my Lord; lit the blue thn bruises that
colored Ills cheek; in tho green thn
freshness of Ills grace; In tho violet Ills
humility; In all that curve of beauty
thn bend of Ills right arm of love swung
over all thn redeemed.
Hut mind what I told you at thn be
ginning und what I tell you at the close
that nono but Noah's family In thn
ark saw tho rulnbow und that only thoo
who uro at last In Christ shall discover
It am d the glories of Heaven.
"Kxcnpt a man be born again ho can
not sen tho kingdom of Hod."
A SPENDTHRIFT'S END.
Afler HquaniUrlna Hair a Million He Mm
In a I'nnr-llnus.
John Kagan, a second "Coal-oil John
ny," und an Individual of many eccen
tricities, died at thn Hillside poor-house
not long ago. Kagan was tho only son
of Patrick Kagan, who located In the
Lackawanna valley forty years ago.
Thn father bought a forty -acre farm,
which afterward turned out to be a
mint There was coal underneath, and
one day Kagan received an offer of 8.1(H),
000, which he accepted. He did not live
long to enjoy his fortune, however. Thn
next year he died and his great wealth
reverted to his son. The latter wan
brought up a hard-working hoy on the
farm, and his sudden acquisition of a
fortune evidently turned his head, as he
took to drinking and carousing and
sending money In a reckless manner.
He thought nothing of spending S'JOO tn
an evening's enjoyment among frlonds
and boon companions, which he had in
plenty at that time. Many stories were
told of his queer escapades. One ol
them was of his riding down Lacka
wanna avenue, Ncranton, one summer
night about ten years ago. He was go
ing along leisurely playing on the vio
lin, on which he was an adept, until h
espied the open door of a saloon. Ho
drove his horse through tho opening Into
the bar-room, still playing on his favor
ite Instrument. Unordered drinks for
tho whole crowd, wheeled alniut and
drove out again. This Is only one of
the queer and amusing actions of this
poor unfortunate, who squandered
enough money to keep him
self and friends living In af
fluence for tho remainder of
their lives. One day he went out In tho
country and gave u farmer $'.',000 to set
lire to his barn. Ho said ho wanted to
Mo the hay and straw burn. On another
occasion he gave 100 to Tod McNulty to
let him punch him In the eyes until they
were black. One I'ourth of July he got
tirvd waiting for a regular train to carry
htm twenty-eight miles. He paid tho
railroad management S100 for a special
train to carry him to his destination.
When the Moltlo McHulros were con
demned to the gallows Kagan went to
llarrlsburg with a cortitlcd check for
3100,000 and offered It to Uovernor Htrt
ran ft If he would pardon the Mollies.
He had two locomotives built at a ma
chine shop and had them shipped to hla
farm. Ho built a track !M0 feet long,
and after both engines got up a good
head of steam he caused the two throt
tles to l opened. The two engines
came together with a great crash.
Kagan said the sight of seeing them
come together was worth what they cost.
The locomotive wore of no use after
wards. When his money was all gone
Kagan was a pitiable sight Ilia clothes
were ragged and no hoo adorned his
feet No one recognized him, despite
the fact that In his days of prosperity
he helped many a poor family In their
struggle with the world. Ills remains
now repose In tho little plot of ground
back of the poor house without any mark
or sign to tell who slumbers In the
newly-made grau. Wllkesbarro (Pa.)
Letter.
The man who tnlks In hla aleap has
at least the happiness of knowing that
ho does not hear all tho fojollhln ha
utter. Puck.
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
FOLDINQ'OOOr.
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An Kirrllrnt Ilflr for Blilpplng Poultry
to Markst-lt Naves Katura freight
Chargr.
A serious drawback to the business of
shipping live poultry Is occasioned by
tho loss upon empty coops. Thoy are
bulky and clumsy to handle, and, with
tho rough treatment they are likely to
receive, they arrlvo back In very broken
condition, if at all. The accompanying
illustrations represent an unpatented
folding-coop, which may be built at a
small advance aliovo thn cost of
the old, plain coop. The most con
venient size Is for foot long, three
feet wide and onn foot high, with u
hinged partition through thn mid
dle. Tho bottom is made of boards
four feet long and three-eighths of
an inch thick. Four cleats, each three
feet long, two and a half inches wtdo,
aavs mih
I'MI, 1. TDK CIXII' IN I'OMTiO.V.
nnd three-fourths Inch thick, uro fast
ened, one at each end, and two near the
middle, with a space between tho luttor
wide enough to udmlt the mlddlu par
tition. The top and sides urn open
frames, made of hard-wood slut, two
nnd u half inches wide und 0110 inch
thick, halved together ut the intersec
tions and thn whole fastened with wire
nails. Ouo-eluiith-of-.in-lnch holes are
bored through thn end and middle
hints for thn wlics, which urn slip
ped In as Mhown In the engrav
ing. Thn top wires are close together,
to keep the fowls from sticking thnlr
heads through.
When completed the sides are secured
to the bottom by two pairs of strap
hinges in each. One side Is hinged to
the Insldn of thn coup, and tho opposite
c:ie to tho outside, us shown in tho
Illustration. Tho ends are made of a
pleco of board, twelve inches wide,
two feet ten Inches long and three
eighths of an Inch thick, hinged to thn
liottom by two pairs of wrought butts
screwed to tho outside. Two screw
boles are bored through cuch end-plcco
of tho top and thocud-hourd, Into which
ecrows urn Inserted to hold every thing
secure, when the coop is In transit Thn
middle cross partition is a piece of
three-eighths Inch board, twelve and
three-fourths Inch wide and three feet
long, with clouts across thn ends and
middle. It Is hinged to tho bottom
und may bo temporarily fastened like
no. 'J. tii root' roi.nr.ii.
the ends. All tho lumber, except the
framed ends nnd top, Is of pine or other
soft wood.
Fig. 1 shows the coop set up ready for
uso. Tho ends may bo let down to fill
or empty tho coop. When not In use
tho screws are removed from the top
slats, the middle partition turned down,
the ends folded backward under tho
bottom and the upper works folded
down, aa shown In Fig. 'J. When two
or more are to lie shipped together, they
are laid In a hundlo with the liottom
outward, and luiund together. A bundle
of five will occupy little moro space than
a single non-folding coop. When prop
erly tied together the slats and wires
are fully protected. Tho advantages of
such a coop aro obvious. American Ag
riculturist BUQ8 AND ROT.
Ilw to Vrevitnt tho llavagas of r)lh an
th rntato Vln(.
Potato bugs and potato rot can bo pre
vented by spraying the vine with tho
bordeaux mixture, adding I pound of
London purple or of Purls green to each
UK) gallons of thn mixture. This prac
tice was followed by the Ohio experi
ment station last year, the vines King
sprayed May J. June '.it, Juno 'jo, and
July KV llllgbt appeared alxwt the
middle of June und did serious damage
for tho next six weeks on such plants
as wero not sprayed. The sprayed vines
showed much less Injury, remaining
green after the others were dead and
yielded a profitable crop, while tho
blighted and unsprayvd portion of the
field was a practical failure. The tuber
on the treated portions were also much
more free from soalv
It will be seen that It is no more worn
to apply this preventive of potato rot
than to spray on the usual solution to
kill the bugs, as both operations ran be
done at onetime. The Itordeanx mix
ture is made us follows: Dissolve 0
pounds of sulphate of copper (blue
vitriol) In 'J quarts of water; slake :iH
pounds of lime In 'J quarts of water; add
ttt gallon of water to the slaked lime,
and pour this Into the vessel containing
the copper solution, rejecting while
doing so the undissolved luaipa of lime.
Another formula for the bordeaux mix
ture Is to dissolve pound of copper
aulpbate tn Id gallons of water, and In
another vessel slake 4 pound of lime In
quarts of water, mixing the two after
thoy aro cool. I hit mixture 1 aio the
bet preventive or remedy tor rot and
blight on all inula and crops, especial
ly the grape. It ahould be applied with
a brass .force pump. If ordinary nozzle
aro used, they should be cleaned and
oiled at once when through spraying.
A I'irrn of farm work done In taon
la twice as valuable aa tho same work
done out of aeaaoa.
BpE9BE&CCEBQnflM
HAY NOTM.
Hints aa Aaw dratsaa, Tiase to Cat, Car
ing and I'alllag I'm.
Timothy and clover are our hay
standards, says a writer In the lirecdor'a
Oazotte, and probably always will ba
and there aro many good reasons why
thry should. In the first place, the
seeds are cheap and easily sown; both
grow readily when sown with grain;
thoy mature at nearly the same time
and can bo cut together; they make aa
nearly a perfect ration as any two
forage plants can; whllo timothy la
rather hard on the sotl, clover always
belters Its condition; they will form a
sod quicker than any others, and, tak
ing every thing Into consideration, I
see no reason why we should try to In
troduce any other kinds to take their
places. There aro other grasses that
aro as useful as these; but not in ttio
meadow; orchard grass, blue grass, red
top and one or two others are useful In
tho pasture, but for hay they aro not to
bo compared with timothy ond clover.
Tho time to harvest any crop Is when
It Is ripe, and the degree ut ripeness do
pi.wids upon tho kind of crop und the
purH)so for which It Is to bo used. If
w cut wheat or oats for hay, we would
cut them whllo in tho milk or just as
the seed began to toughen; and corn for
sllngn at tho same stage; thon why not
grass for hay also? At that stagn of
growth thorn Is about sap enough In thn
stalks and leuves to mature the seed,
and If cut then wo get moro nutriment
than if cut at nny other puriod of
growth, nnd it will be distributed
through thn whole plant. If wo wait
longer, much of tho nutriment will be
condensed In tho send, leaving tho stalk
nothing but straw, as Is the case with
wheat cut for thn grain. The feeding
value of hay depends u good deal upon
tho kind of grass It is madu of; rye
straw has but little, oats has more, corn
still moro and Timothy moro than any
of them; but wo want hay, not straw,
and we must cut it at a timo when tho
feeling vuluo will bo distributed as
equally us possible throughout tho
whole plant and that tlmo Is when thn
stalk contains about all that it will
nverget; the "llttlo moro" that It might
get would bettor In ptrennlals In left
In thn roots for tho benefit of thn noxt
crop, and sometimes this must bo done
in order to make tho next crop a possi
bility. How much shall we cure? is a ques
tion that must be decided each tlmo that
wo make hay. To-day thn weather may
Im line, with a good wnst wind, and the
ground very dry, and there may have
been llttlo dow last night; the timothy
was cut yesterday und raked up in tho
afternoon; it Is cured enough so far aa
keeping Is concerned; but as It Is rather
heavy to bundle, suppose wo go over the
Held and throw tho hay Into "tumbles"
or big bunches. In doing this always
mako tho "tumble" on tho ground,
never on part of tho windrow, Itrcauso
that will Insure ono damp forkful at tho
bottom of thn pile, and If tho weather Is
nut Just right these numerous damp
forkfuls wilt make a had Impression on
the character of tho hay. Thesa tumbUu
will let our western breeze go through
the hay and carry off tons of water that
otherwise would Im evaporated in the
barn, and as the hay must bo bunched
before it Is pitched (unless a loader Is
used), we have lost no tlmo or Ulsir,
but have saved both. Hut If tho wind Is
in tho east we must be a little more
careful In putting the hay Into tumbles;
It must be pitched as lightly as possible
and well shaken apart.
If the ground Is wot from rain wo
must allow still more tlmo for curing,
as tho air Is full of moisture arising
from the ground and coming with theeast
wind. Somotlmos hay can be put away
so green that It seems dangerous on no
count of ita liability to mold; but it
comes out bright, sweet and green In
winter; at other times, hay, apparently
exactly in thn same condition, will coma
out of the mow with a cloud of dust,
showing that it Is musty, and has lost that
sweet odor and bright appearanco which
well-cured hay ought to havo. It la
safer, therefore, to got rid of aa much
water as possible while the hay Is In the
Held, as by so doing we not only save
handling the extra weight but are surer
that the bay will keep.
If hay can bo cured and housed with
out cocking, so much time and labor
will be saved. Sometimes It Is neces
sary to cut u Held of grass and cock It
then lo cut tho wheat, and by the time
that is cut tho cocked bay l ready to Im
hauled and no time Is lost by men and
teams walling for the hay to cure.
Hay cap are llrst-rato things for hay
cocks if it rains. If a let of hands aro
hurrying to cock up a Held of cured hay
on account of a threatened storm, nono
of them can be spared to put on tho
caps. If a field is to be cocked and left
for several day then, if cap are used,
they will pay for their use If it rains.
A Coru-Nhllr.
The following suggestion for making
a corn-Mheller is taken from Farm ami
Fireside: Take two pieces of wood 3
rui gut m Hnynn fyyfa nM
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con.vn:t.t.KK.
feet long, 1 Inches thick and A lachea
wide. Nhave each piece down to a sharp
edge, finishing in the center of ono
edge of each pleco. Place then IX
Inches apart with the square edge)
together, and wrap them from ono oast
to the other with telephone or smeeih
fenciug wire, of an Inch apart oa
the slick, crossing It between the
stick. Fasten the wire far starting by
meanaot a small staple. When done,
place It la a box, and, with a tlttla
elbow grease, It will shell surprislagly.
Wats buying aa animal, la ordar to
Improve tha took. It will be of but lit
tle value unleaa It is better than the
stock that Is to he Improved. Many
animals are brought Into a herd or flock
that do more Injury than if ao attempted
Improvement was made. Always aim
to select something better thaa tha
stock you hat.
9oi'n swill ( one of tha sources of
disease la the hog. Much of it is heat
I until it becoascs too aals f&r avea hog.
FtRESIDft FRAGMENTS.
Cranborry Jolly, currant Jolly or
tomato sauce aro nice with roast veali
cranberries havo excellent tonic proper
ties and should lie freely used when tho
market affords tkem.
To a patrol shoes that havo becom
stiff and uncomfortable by constant wear
In tho rain, apply a coat of vaseline,
rubbing it in welt with a cloth, and tn a
short time the leather will become as
soft and pliable as when It was take
from tho shelves of tho shoe-dealer.
Asparagua Jiauoa: Ntew ono pound
of tender asparagus beads, in barely
enough water to cover thon. Whoa
tender drain off the water and cover
them with sweet rich cream, mashing
them up thoroughly. Add a large table
spoonful of fresh buttof, salt and pepper
to taste. Simmer gently for a fuw mo
ments. Ladles' Homo Journal.
Wilted Uittuco: Stir together one
well-beaten egg, one-halt cup of sour
cream, ono teaspoontul of sugar, one
half toaspoonful of salt and one-half
cup of vinegar; melt ono tablospoonful
of butter la asacopan, stir in tho mix
ture and heat; whoa hot add lettuce,
cover, sleam oaly. for a moment or two
and servo. -Tha Household.
Jollied Apples: IVol ten or twolvo
tart apples, core, leaving thorn whole.
Pour a pint of cold water on two tea
spoons of gelatine, when dissolved add
a cup of while itug.tr and lot It boll tlvo
minutes. Hratu tho rind of 01141 lemon
and .squooit In tho juice, stir well and
pour over tho apples in an earthen pud
ding dish, then cover tightly with a dish "
bottom side up so it will uot touch tho
apples. Hake half an hour or until
done. ISural New Yorker.
AH ordinary chin or earthonwarn
is porous, and the ttno pores will fill up
with grease or fatty substance, which in
tlmo Incoming rancid will give an offen
sive odor and taste to any food put into
such vessel. Soap should not lie used
for washing such ordinary china or
earthen vessel (tho solution of sola is
hattor), and all vusjols should Imi after
wards well rinsed with clean, Uot water,
free of any fatty subrttancw.
Hoof Stew with Pease Take three
pounds of beef, let It boll four hours in
salted water, rumovu thn scum carefully
as It rlfo; whon thn moutl ubotu half
done udd ono onion, on small carrot,
one-half u turnip arid two largo potatoes
rut In small pieces; cook one pint of
peas tn a separate saacepan in liquor
taken from tho meat; add them when
done to the moat and vegetables, with a
little pursluy and white popper. Cut
tho meat Into small pieces ami serve it
In the stew. Huston Herald.
In any good housebote?. Lard should
be rendered In tho kitchen from tho Itesk
healthy pork. For small famlllo ln
cities who can afford It, It would ho ad
visable to keep leaf-lant In summer for
a few days in the Ice-box, In winter in
any cool place; and never morn than a
supply fur a few days should bo laid in.
vresh leaf-lard and lnef-Huet can bo cut
up-anil rendered tn a frying-pan 1
over wanted fof- 'HreL'arlnu
-Thuro 1 1 nothing mors? offensive
rancid tat used lor cookLug. Hood
Housekeeping.
EXCEEDINGLY SMART.
A Ton Man Ktplslaa h- Mo Hao
Takmi to fvdillliig I'Ut,
You wouldn't take tun for a very
sharp fellow, would you?" asked an ola
man who Uvea la a "boomed" district of
Tennessee. Several mea war sitting
oa tho platform at a railway station,
waiting for a train. Tito old fellow had
come up with pies, made of dried poaches,
and had ottered in vain to sell out for
ten cents.
Nv" answered one- o tho men, "I'd
not tako you to bo very shrp."j
"Well, 111 jmtt toll you how sharp I
was. Two or three weeks ago, at tec the
boom set in over yander at Cardiff. I
noticed ono morn In' that a lot of taller
wan pokln' round in my field. I weat
over aa' found that tlwy had a let of
chain an' three-legged tilings, an' was
a takha' sight at noUilsVIn particular,
kbit I soon seed that thoy must V had
somethln' particular In view, fur they
didn't want to tell me what tlu-'r bust
noes waa an finally they worried mo v
with the'rdraggln'otchalusan'takln'of
sight that I told thorn, that If they didn't
novo on away I would set the dog oa
them. That brought tbtim. to time, aa'
wnnuf thetu draw'd inc twono side an'
asked ra what I would take foe that
Held. Wall, 1 didn't know. It was a
patty fa.'r piecn of land an I wa'n't
Itchln, to sell it still I uuuit be dragged
Into partln' with It. Ttuy didn't sevm
wry anxious about tho price -all they
poured to want lo know was if they
could git the land. Finally I toM them
that Uiey mout have It for atw thousand
dollar, a putty Ugh n-trk, I nan tll
you; but they bit like n tnxit. They paid
ao tho money an' I wnt lxmut Unt as
happy a man as thar was In the county.
Wall, the next day, wU.it Old I dUklver?
Them fellers bejun to lay the land off
in town lots an' then my wife hopped on
ms She 'lowed that I never did hare
ao sense nohow, an' swum that them
feller would build a twn right thar
under our very nose an' soil the lots for
big money aitl that wo would hav
to lt thar with our llttlo tliousa
aollar an see a oily with gre
block of buildings grow up I seed t
point an' tho next day 1 got a feller
slip around an buy up thn lot,
borred ail tho rmwviy I coald an'
he borred all ahu could, an' atf-r
vestin' nearly four thousand dollars
were master of tie? situation. n
heara of the new railroad that
com In' ia an' wo waited an wal
It didn't come; so after whll
that tho mo a had stopped takla'
an dregffln thar chains. I went
to tavrtiata an' lo and boh
feller had left the neighbor!
have sense learned that tb
played that trick In several pi
teat tliey aever aid nulld
They put up the job mighty
fellow that was so sharp la
tae laad for tn was 000 of
hlauwlf. Now, my wife '
the biggest tool la the
goae to town to git a
aa' here I awt try ha
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