V1 ' " ' -- 4 ,. Jt V J-,ri -U ' -7i "': .wmiw.w.-.' ".-. i-r- ." -j t - 1- - '- -"V a a -r -C - s;i Sf -.V :v 8EEM0N TO FARKEfta - Ite, TUsmc oa Fannfaw and th Fannatfai nil Hiatal JL .jj'Sm Far ana wuu m mm Ep' late Fart m' - Ib, P.. Sat. T. DeWiU preacked to a neat crowd mm nwIX fl1 If . .. . -bi - uini jpo, aw iezc oa lag from L Klags, xix. If: Eliiaa. (he son of Shaphat, who was plewiaf witt twelve oxea before him aa4 ke h the twelfth." Dr. Talnafe uM: Farmers of America, accept mj aala tation! Our text puts us dowa iato the plow's furrow, where maay of as have beea before. My boyhood passed oa a farm aad my father a farmer, your style of life is familiar to me. Ono of my earliest rccollectioas is that of my father coming ia from the hot buwit field exhausted, the perspiration sigh ing from his forehead and cVaad fainting on the doorsill, and nj& mother resusciutmg him, until sfeiag the alarm of the household be said: "Don't be frightened. I got a little tired and the sun was hot, but I am all right now." And I remember mother seated at the table often saying: 'Well, 1 am too tired to eat!" The fact is that I do ot think the old folks got thoroughly rested until they lay down in tho grave yard back of Somerrillo to take the last sleep. Office seekers go through the land and they stand oa political platforms, and they toll the farmers tho story about the independent life of a farmer, giving flattery whoro they ought to give sym pathy. Independent of what? Of the curculio that stings tho peach tree? of tho rust in the wheat? of the long rain with tho rye down? Independent of tho grasshopper? of tho locust? of the army worm? of tho potato bug? Independ ent of tho drought that burns up the harvest? Indcpendcnfof the cow with tho hollow horn? or the sheep with the foot rot? or tho pot horao with a nail la his hoof? Independent of the cold that freezes out the winter grain? Independ ent of the snowbank out of which ho must shovel himself? Independent of tho cold weather when he stands thrash ing his numbed fingers around his body to keep them from being frosted? In dependent of tho frozen feet? Inde pendent of what? Fancy farmers who have made their fortunes in tho city and go out in tho country to build houses with all the modern improvements and mako farm ing a luxury may not need any solace; but tho yeomanry who got their living out of tho soil, and who that way bavo to clotho their families and educate their children, and pay their taxes and moot tho interest on mortgaged farms such men find a terrific struggle. Tho lliblois full of thorn. In Christ's sermon on tho mount you see tho full blown lilies and tho glossy back of the crow's wing as it flics over Mount Olivet David and John, Paul and Isaiah find in country lifo a sourco of frequent illus tration, whilo Christ takes tho responsi bility of calling God a farmer, declar ing: "My Father is tho husbandman." Noah was tho first farmer. Wo say nothing about Cain, tho tiller of tho soil. Adam was a gardoncr on a largo scale, but to Noah was given all tho acres of tho earth. Elisha was an agri culturist, not culturing a ten-acre lot, s-Xor in my text you find him plowing with twolvo yoko of oxen before him, and bo with tho twelfth. In Uible times thoJand was so plenty and tho inhabit ants so few, that Noah was right when bo gavo to every inhabitant a certain portion of land; that land, if cultured, evor after to bo bis own possession. Thoy wero not small crops raised in those times, for though tho arts wore rude, tho plow turned up very rich soil, and barley, and cotton, and flax, and all kinds of grain camo up at the call of tho harvesters. Pliny tells of ono stalk of grain that had on it botween tbreo and four hundred cars. Tho rivers and the brooks, through artificial chann-ls, wero brought down to tho roots of the corn, and to this habitof turning a riror wherever it was wanted Solomon refers when ho says: "The King's heart is in tho hand of tho Lord and Ho turnoth it as the rivers of water are turned, whith ersoever Ho will." Tho wild beasts' wero caught, and then a hook was put into their nose, and then they were led over the field, and to that God refers whon Ho says to wicked -- 6ennachorib:""I-wiirputa hook in thy noso and I will bring thee back by tho way which thou earnest" And God has a hook in every man's nose, whether it bo Ncbuchadnozzar or Ahab or Herod. Ho may think himself very independent, but some timo in his lifo or in tho hour of his death he will find that tho Lord Almighty has a book in his nose. This was the rule in regard to tho cul tivation of the ground: "Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together," illustrating tho folly of ever putting in telligent and useful and pliablo men in association with tho stubborn an un manageable. Tho vast majority of troubles in tho churches and in reforma tory institutions comes from tho disre gard of this command of the Lord: "Thou shalt tiot plow with an ox and an ass together." There wero largo amounts of property invested in cattle. Tho Moabitcs paid 100.000 sheep as an annual tax. Job had T,000 sheep, 3,000 camols, 500 yoke of oxen. The time of vintage was ushered in with mirth and music. The clusters of tho vino wero put into the wine press, and then five men would get into tho press and trample out tho juico from tho grape until their garments wero satu rated with tho wino and had become tho emblems of slaughter. Christ Himself, wounded until covered with tho blood of crucifixion, mado uso of this allusion when tho question was asked: "Where fore art thou red in thine apparel and thy garments like one who treadeth tho wine vat?" He responded: "I have trodden the wine press alone." In all ages there has been great honor paid to agriculture. Sevcn-eightbs of tho people in every country are disciples of the plow. A government is. strong in proportion as it is supported by an ath letic and industrious yeomanry. So long ago as boforo tho fall of Carthage, Strabo wrote tuonty-cight books on ag riculture. Heboid wrote a poem on the - same subject "Tho Weeks and Days." Oato was prouder of his work on bus- J bandry than of all his military con- fcVy quests. tLJf7.y V-Ib the first nlace. I remark, in praca as the fields thore must be a plow. rat wmen theologians can conviction oaly the plowshare turning up the as that havo been rooted and matted a the soul. A farmer said to his iado- leat son: 'There are a hundred dollars buried decj im that field.1' Thesoa went to wore and plowed the field from fence to fcn.e, aad he plowed it very deep, and tlea complained that he had aet found tio moaey; bat when the crop had beea ;athered aad sold for flft more than .Qy previoas year, thea the yoaajr mm took the hiat as to what his father me twhea he said there were buried dowa ia that field. Deep plowing fo crop. Deep plowing for a aoL He he aaakes light of sia wiQ aever aniojittoaay thing ia thachareh , eriatheiftrld. If a man speaks of aie ae.taeegait .were, aa iaaccaraer era laeteet ml the will v? r. . r - rsT M.VM5$L i St- -?' k---'-S5' " i S F thief that Ged hates, that aever yield a harvest ef aeef al My word is te all Sabbath school teachers, to all parents, to all Christiaa workers Plow deep! Aad if la yoar owa peneaal exaerieace you are apt fee take a leaieat view of the siaf ul side of your aatsre, pat dowa iato year seal the tea commaadatesK which reveal the holiness of God, aad that sharp aad gUtteriag coulter will Ura p yoar soal to the deepest depths. If a man preach es to yoa that you are oaly a little eat ef order by reason of sia' aad that yoa need oaly a little fixing ap, he deceives. Deep plowing for a crop. Deep plow ing for a soul. Brokea heart or ao re ligion. Broken soul or ao harvest Why was it that David and the jailer sad the publican aad Paul made such ado about their sins? Had they lost their senses? No. The plowshares struck Lhem. Conviction turned up a great njpy things that were forgotten. As a farmer plowing sometimes turns ap the skeleton of a manor the anatomy of a monster long ago buried, so the plowshare of conviction turns up the ghastly skeletoas of sin long ago en tombed. But what means all this crooked plow ing, these crooked furrows, tho repent ance that amounts to nothing? Men groan over their sins, but got no better. They weep, but their tears are not counted. They got convicted, but not converted. What is the reason? Ire member that on the farm we set a standard with a red flag at the other end of the field. We kept our cyo on that Wo aimed at that We plowed up to that Loosing sight of that we made a crooked furrow. Now in this matter of cou viction we must havo somo standard to guide us. It is a red stand ard that God has sot at the other end of tho field. It is tho cross. Keeping your eye on that you will mako a straight furrow. Losing sight of it you will make a crooked furrow. Plow up to the cross. Again, I remark, in grace, at in the field, there must bo a sowing. In tho autumnal weather you find the farmer going across tho field at a stride' of about twenty-three inches, and at every stride he puts bis band Into the sack of grain and ho sprinkles the seed corn over the field. It looks silly to a man who does not know what he is doing. He is doing a very important work. He is scattering tho winter grain, and though the snow may come, the next year there will be a great crop. Now, that is what we are doing when we are proacmng tho uospel we are scattering the seed. It is the foolish ness of preaching, but it is tho winter grain; and though the snow of worldli ness may como down upon it, it will yield after awbilo glorious harvest Lot us bo sure wo sow tho right kind of seed. Sow mullon stalk and mullen stalk will come up. Sow Canada this tles and Canada thistles will como up. Sow wboat and wheat will como up. Lotus distinguish botween truth and error. The largest denomination in this country is tho denomination of Noth ingarians. Thoir religion is a system of negations. You say to ono of them: "What do you believe?" "Well. I don't believe in infant baptism." "What do you believe?" "Well, I don't bolievo in tho pcrsevcranco of tho saints." "Well, now. toll mo what you do bo liovc?" "Well, I don't bcliovo in tho eternal punishment of the wicked." So their roligion is a row of ciphers. Be lieve something and teach it; or, to re sume tho figiiro of my text, scatter abroad the right kind of seed. A minister in New York preached a sermon calculated to set tbo denomina tions of Christian quarreling. Ho was sowing nettles. A minister in Boston advertised that ho would preach a ser mon on tbo superiority of transcendent al and organized forces to untranscen dcntal and unorganized forces. What was bo sowing? Tbo Lord Jesus Christ nineteen centuries ago planted the di vine seed of doctrine. It sprang up. On ono side of tho stalk are all the churches-of Christendom. Oa the other side otfhe stalk are, all the free govern ments or tbo earth, and on the teg there, shall be a flowering milleniuat after awhile. All from -, the gospel seed of doctrine. Every word tbat a pareaV or Sabbath school teacher, or city mission ary, or othor Christian worker speaks for Christ comes up. Yea, it comes up with compound interest Again. I remark, in grace, as ia the farm, there must be harrowing. I refer now not to a barrow that goes over the field in order to prepare the ground for tho seed, but a harrow which goes ovor after the seed is sown, lest the birds pick up the seeds, sinking it dowa into tho earth so that it can take root Bereavement sorrow, persecution, are the Lord's harrows to sink the Gos pel truth into your heart There were truths that you hoard thirty years ago, but have not affected you until recently. Some great troublo camo over you and the truth was harrowed in and it has como up. What did God mean in this country in 1857? For a century there was the Gospel preached, but a great deal of it produced no result Thea God harnessed a wild panic to a harrow of commercial disaster, and that har row went down Wall street and up Wall street, down Third street and up Third street, and down State street aad ap State street until the whole land was torn to pieces as it had aevor been be fore. What followed the harrow? A great awakening in which there were 500,000 souls brought into the Kingdom of our Lord. No harrow, no crop Again, I remark, in grace, as in the farm, there must be a reaping. Many Christians speak of religion as though it wero a matter of economics or insur ance. They expect to reap in the noxt world. O. no! Now is the time to reap. vainer up mo joy ox tno unnstiaa re ligion this morning, this afternoon, this night If you havo not as much grace as you would liko to have thank God for what you have and pray for more. You are no worse enslaved than Joseph, no worso troubled than was David, ao worse scourged than was Paul. Yet amid the rattling of fetters and amid tho gloom of dungeons and amid the horror of shipwreck they triumphed ia tho grace of God. The weakest man hero has 500 acres of spiritual joy all ripe. Why do you not go and reap it? You havo been groaning over your in firmities for thirty years. Now give one round shoat over yoar emancipa tion. You say you have it so hard! Yoa might havo it worse. You wonder why this great cold trouble keeps revolving mrougn your soul, turning and turning, with a black hand on the crank. Ah, that is the grindstone on which yoa are to sharpen your sickle. To the fields! Wake up! Take off your greea spec tacles, your black spectacles. Pull en the corners of your mouth as far as yon. pull them down. Take to the fields: Reap! reap, Agaia. I remark, ia grace, as ia farm ing, there is a time for threshing. I tell yoa bluntly that is death. Jast as a farmer beats the wheat oat of the straw, so death beats the soal oat of the body. Every sickness is a stroke ef the fail aad the sick bed is the threshisw floor. What, say yoa, is death to a food ntaa only takiag the wheat oat of the straw? TkatisalL Aa aged asaa has faljiatalsep. Only yesterday yoa saw him in the seaay parch playiaf with hi grandchildren. Jpalmly he received the BMSssge te leave this world. Ha food-bye to.his old aT ft will j away te tho member el tomb. He will aet he afraid of Bight Grandfather was aerer afraid of aaythlag. He wiU rise U the saoraiaf of the rosarrectWa. Grandfather was always the first to rise. Bis voice has already mis led ia- the dexelegy of Beavea. Grandfather always did staff iacharch. Aay taiag ghastly ia that? No. TIm threshing of the wheat oat of the straw. TkatisalL The Saviour foMsalambia His assess, The little child filled ell the hoees with her ssle, aad her toys are scattered all ap sad dowa the stairs Jast as she left them. What if the head thatplacked foaro'docks ont of the meadow hi still? It will wave the eteraaltrismpa. What if the voice that made music ia the home Is still? It will slag the eternal hosaana. Pat a white rose ia oae head aad a red rose ia the .other bead aad a wreath of orange blossoms oa the brow; the white flower for the victory, the red flower for the Saviour's sacrifice, the orange blossoms for her marriage day. Any thing ghastly about that? O, no. Tbe sun went down and tbo flower shut The wheat threshed out of tbe straw. "Dear Lord, give mo sleep," said a dying boy, tbe son of one of my elders. "Dear Lord, give me sleep. And he closed his eyes and awoke in glory. Henry W. Longfellow, writings letter of con dolence to those parents, said: "Those last words were beautifully poetic. 'Dear Lord, givo mo sleep.'" Twu But in cruelty, not ia wrath That the rraprr came tbat day; 'Twm an annel that visited tbe earth Aad took the flower away. So it miy be with us when our work is all done. "Dear Lord, give me sleep." 1 have one more thought to present I have spoken of the plowing, of the sowing, of tbo harrowing, of tbo reap ing, of tho threshing. I must now speak a momont of the garnering. Where is tho garner? Need I tell you? O, no. So many bavo gono out from your own circles yoa, from your own family, that you havo bad your eyes on that garner for many a year. What a bard time somo of tbem had! In Gethsemanos of suffering, thoy sweat greatdrops of blood. They took tbo "cup of trembling" and tbey put it to their hotllpsand thoy cried: "If itbe possible, lot this cup pass from me." With tongues of burning agony they cried: "O Lord, deliver my soul!" But they got ovor it They all got over it Gar nered! Their tears wiped away; their battles all ended; their burdens lifted. Garnered! The Lord of the harvest will not allow those sheaves to perish in the equinox. Garnored! Somo of us remember, on the farm, that the sheaves wero put on the top of tho rack, which surmounted the wagon, and these sheaves wore pilod higher and higher, and after awhile tho horses started for tho barn; and these sheaves swayed to and fro in tbo wind, and tbo old wagon creaked and the horses made a strugglo and pulled so hard the harness came up in loops of leather on their back, and when the front wheel struck tbe ele vated floor of the barn, it seemed as if the load would go no farther, until tho workmen gave a great shout and then, with one last tremulous strain, tbo horses pulled in the load; then thoy wero unharnessed, and forkful after forkful of grain fell into tho mow. O, my friends, our getting into Heaven may be a pull, a bard pull, a very bard pull; but these sheaves are bound to go in. Tho Lord of tho harvest has promised it I see the load at last com ing in tho door of tho Heavenly garncry. Tho sheaves of tho Christian soul sway to and fro in tbo wind of death, and tbo old body breaks under the load, and aa tbo load strikes tho floor of tho celestial garner, it seems as if it can go no farther. It is tho last struggle, until tho voices of angols and tho voices of our departed kindred and the welcoming voico of God shall send tho harvest rolling into the eternal triumph, whilo all up and dowa the sky tho cry is heard: "Harvest home! Harvest homo!" AGRICULTURAL HINTS. CONVENIENT fftssBaeHrl COW-STAaMX. - . V Moaty of MCTALIVOflOUS HRUSS. Vaa ffarttwe oa Copptr Coftast 04 OM Tw rtMk Scholwioah, the well-koowar aatareltet of Bavaria, while traveling-. with tho StaaWy expeditloa ia the heart of Afriee, noticed a piaat with a steel-colored foliage, aad em It was feaad that the shratv althoaga growing like othor plants frees the soil, was praetloally composed of 3 Iroa. The leaves, although very thia, were heat with great difitoalty. aad tho twigs aad breaches resisted Asabscriher of the American . Agri ealtarist asks me to describe ay style of cow-stable, method of faasealag; eta. first, the barn is ballt oa rhOaff greand, with smple draiaage, leeuiriaf ao floor to keep oaes feet dry; heiaff boilt oa a low concrete wall states laches thick, sad twelve inches blah ciiiawvBMiTt I, jnava ega three-fosrtbs feet above the floor. The outside is covered with matched drop siding; the inside ceiled up with leer ing, backed with tarred paper. The floor overhead is of matched pine floor ing; tho roof is of the best quality ef shingles. Tbe stables are each tea feet A1 1 PaVBfixaWsjmfir WE jewelry store) Hello there! who's he low? A Voico Below A barglar; I am leek lag for your tori leg silver. Maggs Hold on; lit be np la a s!a ate aad help yoa. Jewelers' Qrealar. This famiai rwaodv was an KF lit ' lt: it V m riu. l. sectiox or stalls. four inches wide; as is also the alley and manger-room. Back five feet from the manger a trench, eight inches deep and sixteen inches wide, was dug, and a trench-box, made of two-Inch plank with eight-inch sides, was put into this trench, and bedded in cement mortar, making it absolutely water-tight A plank fourteen inches in width was spiked to tho inner edge of the trench box, for the hind feet of tho cows; the fore feet are on tbo earth. This shuts out all undercurrents of air, frost and odors. Tho stalls are made double, to hold two cows each. The stable is spaced off into places six feet twolnchos wide, and two planks set upright as seen in Fig. 1, and nailed to tbe joist overhead, and toe-nailed to blocks sot in the ground, having first been charged with bot gas-tar. A brace-board fourteen to sixteen inches is set up and toed first to the heel-plank at tho gutter, and clinched to the uprights, a a A littlo more than three-and-a-half feet from tho floor (according to the size of tho cows) a neck-piece, is fastened on with large wood scrows, this keeping the cows out of tho manger. Between each of these uprights a lottor A is fastened, as seen in Fig. 2. This keeps tho two cows standing side by sido apart when eating from tho manger. When not oating, thoy often stop back. as they can, the length of tho slack of thoir chains twelvo inches and can TFrfF J My CONVERSATION LUNCHES. Hew the Weon ef Uar Day Briar TfceW Knowledge late Uar. We have bad something to say occa sionally of the art of conversation, which is in danger of being lost in the confused babel of tho reception and the chatter of the dinner party tho art of listening and tho art of talking both be ing lost Society is taking alarm at this, and the women, as usual, aro lead ers ia a reform. Already, by reason of clubs literary, scientific, economic womaa is the well-informed part of our society. In the "conversation lunch" this information is now brought iato use. ine luncn, and perhaps the din ner, will no longer bo the occasion of satisfying tho appetite, orof gossip, but of improving -talk. The giver of the lunch will furnish tbe topic of conver sation. Two persons may not speak at once; two persons may aot talk with each other; all talk is to be general aad on tho topic assigned, and while one is speaking tho others must listen. Per haps each lady on taking her seat may find in her napkin a written slip of pa per, which shall be tho guide to ber re marks. Thus no time is to be wasted on frivolous topics. The ordinary nat ural flow of rejoinder and repartee' the swirling of talk around ono obstacle and another, its winding and rippling here aad there as Individual whim sug gests, will aot be allowed, but all will be improving, and tend to that general culture of which we have beea speak ing. The ladies' lunch is not to be ex actly a debating society, but aa open occasion for the delivery of matured thought and the acquisition of informa tion. The object is not to talk each other down, but to Improve the mind, which unguided Is apt to got frivolous at tbe convivial board. It is notorious that men by themselves at lunch or dinner usually shun grave topics aad indulge ia persiflage, aad even descend! to talk about wine and the made dishes. The women's lunch of this summer takes higher ground. It will give Mr. Browning his final estimate; it will set tle Mr. Ibsen; it will determine the suf frage question; it will adjudicate be tween tho total abstainers and the half way covenant of high license; it wUl not hesitate to cut dowa the tariff. The Drawer anticipates a period of repose in all oar feverish social Ufa. We shall live more by rule aad lees by impulse. Wbea we meet we shall talk oa set topics, determined beforehand. BythlscenceatratieoAwe shall he able as oae man or oae womaa to reach the humaa limit of cultivation, aad get rid of all the abcrratioasot ladividusl as sertion aad feeling. By stadyiaa to gether ia clubs, by conversing ia moao- toae ana by rale, by thinking the same things and exchanging ideas aatil we have none le't, we shall come iato that social placidity which is owe dream of the aatieealists oae loag step toward what may bo called a prairie mental condition the slope of Knasas, where those who are five thoasaad feat above the sea-level seem to he ao higher Una those who dwell ia the Miesoari valley. Charlea Dudley Warner, ia Harper's Magazine. . ' ' WW. 2. PKItSI'KCTIVE VIKW OP STALLS. "peacefully lick" each other's facos, but not cross horns. Twenty inches abovo the floor (Fig. 2) a nolo is bored through the ianor upright and tbe ond of these neck-halter chains slipped through, one hole answering for a chain from each sido. Tho chain is what is known as a four-O, and has a swivel at tho "split," so that it will not kink. This chain gives the cows much free dom of movement allows them to com fortably lie with their heads upon their sides and often allay the irritation ef an itching hide. If tbe end. bar of tbe chain is put through two end rings, they aover unfasten. Tbe cows are quickly tied or untied. A nail is driven into the neck-piece, aad whea the cow is loosened, tho chain Is hung over this; and whea tbe same cow is to be tied up, the chain is dropped over tbe neck and fastened without bother. The balance of Fig. 3 is self-explanatory. With this style of stable, the care of the cows seemed reduced: to the mini-. mum. American Agriculturist -t A Geo4 Waterta Device. The cheapest and the best device let watering fowls is an earthenware foun tain made expressly for the purpose. It has the form of a cylinder with a con cave top. In tho side is a small aperture forming a trough when the jar Is oa its side. Into this trough the water flows only as fast as It is used by the poultry. Thus tbe supply of fresh clean drink ia kept continually before them. Filled with hot water in winter it will not get cold enough to freeze before night, in a fairly warm house. A substitute Is aa s leaf it was foaad aeeeosery to separate it from the hash with a file. While Prof. Schelwiach wasdlgglagst the base of this pleat for the purpose of making aa examination of its roots. the natives crowded arosnd him in great aambers, gesticalatiag ia a menaeiag maaaer. The Professor desisted from his work and the interpreter was seat for. He explained tbat thia waa a. holy tree, aad worshiped by tho natives la their fetich religion as a god plant, and. that to dig one up would bring ruin and desolation upon tbe whole village and. surrounding country. Prof. Schelwiach offered to buy the plant and. taking out a handful of cop per coins, gave them to the savages, who gladly accepted the money and. distributed it among themselves. Tbe Professor then returned to tho work oP digging up tbe uniquo plant, but had. aot made any great progress when the natives again set upon him. Through, tbe interpreter the Professor informed them that be had legally bought the plant and intended to remove it Aa soon as this message was mado knowa to the savages every ono who bad re- ; ceived a coin came and dropped it in. the bolo at the base of tho shrub. Prof. ! Schelwiscb allowed the coins to remain. ia the hole and walked away toward the. j mountain to bunt another specimen. Next day, aa tbe party were preparing' to continue the march, tbe Professor was curious to know if the coins bad re mained undisturbed during tbo night by tho superstitious natives, and on ap proaching tho metal plant was aston ished to find it bad changed its color completely. Instead of boing a beauti ful atee color, tho stem, leaves and. what was exposed of tho roots presented, the appcaranco of newly-coined copper coins, and glittered In the morning san llght liko polished gold. Upon exam ination it was ascertained that during tbe night tho strange plant had ab sorbed nearly all tho copper coins, with tbe result of completely changing it color. What was left of the coins in tho hole- showod that thoy wero more than half eaten away or absorbed by tho roots of tho metal plant Not only was tho color changed, but tho texturo of tho plant had undergone a similar transfor mation. It was found that tho thin ivy shaped loaves were now easily beat around tho fingers, would retain any shape givon, and could bo readily cut with any ordinary pair of scissors. Prof. Schelwiach succeeded in surrepti tiously securing several branches of this wonderful metal eating plant, and was. also successful in obtaining a good photograph of it No further trace of the existenco of tho metal plant was found' until tho expedition reached tho Uniamesi country, when at tho base of tbe Nkomabakosi Mountains a perfect forest of this curious plant was found. This being an uninhabited region, no difficulty was encountered in securing specimens to take back to England. A great firo was built about the tree, but it would not burn the loast little bit Philadelphia Times. ettareverrdby liaeat Ir. Jeaa TsalLof Umlavilie. It la ialcaded as a arJeattfie Mbetitete Kt. forenlaiae. aad ie rapaibj saprmadiao; the nee of this drag, for aay ailateat that may ladtttoae?ef qatalaa, tWeilh's Teale Syraa) may he preaoriaed la pre'rreaee aad with sum satisfactory reeewa, a it aevor loaves aay aapleaeant aftereffects, sach as rauaeeeet tae need, aeaoacae. Bailing a taears,deafne,uaeaeyer achlagacaaa tioas, aauara, coavalaloae, mratjris, etc Haas all the rood medic! sal qualities of eniaiae aaU is free from it many evil tea-deacM-m. As atonic, aadperiodic aadaati pyretic. It U unexcelled by aay drag knowa to medical aciracc la rases ef malaria. colds, influenza, inordinate trmprratureef tbo body, fercriah symptoms, chills aad fever, etc, no other raaetly ran bo ased with such certainty of bearflcUl rffecta. It U a certain antidote for the evil iuflucacea ef malaria and climatic caaaxva. A raoToauruta't aegaUve and a pretty giri'a aalnaatire are both developed la a dark room. It is a common belief that att advrrtlae mcutft of medicine arucruaa i-xKKvraUa or downright lie. More than thirty vcaraaKu Dr. ShaHrnberffpr, or llochenter, I',, diV covered an Antidote for Malaria, aad the medicine ha had alarr a!o without new paper advcrtialnK. Could a Ifc lire ami pros pereo many years without help! We are now tellinp the imidU'c through tho newaint per that auch a remedy i within the rem:h of every sufferer rom Malaria, and ahail stato nothing that docs aot square with ab solute truth. A. T. 8nAi.i.EttEKflEK K Co , Uocliej.trr, Pa. Women are not j4ow to corripfehcnd. They're quick. They're alive, and yet it wag a man who datcovered the exc remedy for their ftcutar ail ments. Tha man waa Dr. Pierce. The discovery waa his Fa vorite Prescription- the boon to delicate wcaaenl Why go round "with one foot in the crave." funrme in silence misunderstood when there's a remedy at hand that isn't an experiment, but which is sold under the tmtmottt that if vou arc disappointed in any way to it. you cui get your money back by applying to its makers. We can hardly imagine a woman's not trying it. Pos sibly it may be true of one or two but we doubt Women are ripe They must have it. of a prescription and nine out of ten waiting for it. Carry L the news to them! .i .-ft 2EWa aCaflaoaaaaaaoaaJSlsss W5aaaaaaaaaBannm1eMa9 DlBnaaaaaaaaaaaBaaaaaaaMaBaaaa W.L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE 'K fa tta4o neeeV a eSaaw aS SOW tTinr aar,ewejwiia eiaan hmK. J ajj moa i-eaeiea wan. a sea WH K tao oaweaes onaa a Ca tiaaSea lOtew a v. at rrtr , i ft raMeeaaaaV laen tUKMNI it. for it. t3$2SHOuSy av.baa raMfclyiwiMasHuiaWiiaaOane. m4dr tWt cif y rf. re . khMUl WerKf M, ru- I I ir. f-nxra 1 hmlC i wutiMtwHi(ai sr iasTiaajaaBBaawBBaBaeasea) The scat of sick headache Ir seems quite natural that the lhra! of nnf . .tu KMJn Mturtx coaversation should aoairtltne produce a ' ,s no " llie Drum. Ivegll loAa- ames it. . t a tne stomacn ana you it. Dr. Pierce's Pellets ioegyam. A Valoahle rraarblae MerurrO. The frunohiM: of eay dizttlon -ono of tho most raluablo in tho pitt of modtca! seienro cun be wvurod hv unvoenton ri I eaough to uso Hostetter's" Stomach Hitter. ciuier to auppn trrowmc uyH'Mta. or to uproot it at maturity. Hillou. rheuiuatio and fever and apuo sufferers, persons troubled with nervousness, and the eonstl pated, should also seeuro tho health fran chise by tho oino means. late cure arc the Little Regulators. Tna receiver lsaa neither of them feel Denver Road. bud us the thief, hut as bad at the loser. The Slot hmr'm rriatM Not only shortens labor and lessens pata attending it, but jrreatly diminishes tho danger to life of both mother und child if asou a few month before conflaemenL Write to Tho HradlicM llepiUtor Ca, At lanta, Oa. , for further particulars. Bold by all druggist. A rorutan fallacy-that theealotthlnne to. do aro to tell tho truth and to edit a pa per. Light 1kvai.ui. utfed euile, nursing mothers, overworked, wearied out father, will rind tho happiest results from a judleious uno of Dr. Sherman's l'rlekly Ash Hitter. Wheru the liver or kidneys aro affeeted, prompt actum is necessary io cnauo tho tide to ward health, ere thodiseato ivouie chronic possibly incurable, und Ukto In nothing better to bo found in tho vrholo nuiyoof tnaterut mtdka. Sold everywhere. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS . Y I lata isaoyltlasLmi. m ajBeaiBejafeV lelv aaJABpj eiMEYS. STMMCN. SoWCLt. all rates tsamlsiwwswwotn. TSfirfU.Cta STIP ATlf, MtWMTrHI. IhWrfV MS EAtC ota., are iissHs. eaten seme miMteeeaeteessle! Malar Mlerewtea aa tw lmaaJliewa AABoaal eW Pff fir'an"l aaeaaaaaanas mj of a Taunt Wffa. tmi te Hutho penknife to tho ieucii: ''Since you're so sharp. 1 think I'd better shut up." Bnijjhamton Kcpublican. I. L. Ctuotx & Co., of Pbila , tho mfrs. of Dvltbhi'1 EUrtrie. .Snip, say they woul.l rather close up their immense works than to put ono grain of alitttrint(fi in their Dobbins' Klectrio Soap. Would that all were us honest. jjoTSaaaaanaaaaawi PI'-' Im aanBBLsBBaanBBHanBaVanaPaV'aBBBBT era? Heweatlel aaaoar laterals eearalMmtTrav- iTtsi witaaia WATEBiaa DCVICK. air-tight keg or caa with a small gim let hole acar the bottom. This is stooa ia a paa with sides higher thaa the hole. The water flews iato the pea, aad wbea it has covered the oriice, stops. Saeh a contrivance secures moat of the aavaatages of the heaght vessel, though I prefer tbe letter, as It is dara ble. George H. Northroa, Washinrtoa Coimty, N. Y. American pork is the cleaaest aaa sweetest ia the world. It io aot jest the kind of pork that we oght to are dace, as tbe Western Kara! has fre quently said, aad the' time is cemiaf wbea the development ef mascle will receive more attention aad the aovelea meat of fat lees. Bat barriae; its fat ness oar aork. la food, htcease It is largely fed aaoa good sweet food: Taos who are aot feedta thoir swine aaoa saeh food shoahl know, aad tawyrasaat kaow, that the aerie is the exteat that the v fes aot It for aaoa: to eat." jTae av, SAVED AT. NIAGARA. Why the Draasaaer Did Net On Over the rails With m Jfaalae. "I bavo scon three ortfour suicides at Niagara Falls." said the.drununer, "but tho first was tbo queerest snd gave mo tho greatest shock. I bad made the scquslatance of a gaest at the hotel ss we sat oa tbe veranda, s man ;of band somo look and soft, lew voice and at about ten o'clock be proposed that we go over to Uoat Ialand together.oa foot. I readily assented, aad we werocrosslag tbe bridge whoa he suddenly stepped sad looked ovor the railing. TaaturaDy I followed anit. He hsd'beea M Brssll. sad bo began telling me of thescnateaM aad manners of that country; hat after about ten minutes he suddenly stopped short aad queried: "Would jou m'iad taking awlm with me this morning?" "A swim! Great heavens, man, bat where coald you swim here? I gasped. -Here, in the, rapids." "But you'll Inswept over tbe falls ia tea seconds!' - "Of course!" he laughed, abowiag bit white tco.tb,.and (before tho words wero fairly uttered he struck tho water. Al most before I coald breath twice be was over the falls and ont of sight forever, snd I stood there, rubbing my eyes and wondering if I was anleop. until a crowd came and began to ask quest ion. In tbe afternoon tbe keeper of a private insane asylum arrived and Identified tbe man as an escaped patient, and whom be had heard my story bo asked: "Did he lay hands on you?" fNo." "It's a wonder. He waa always plan ning to get here and compel some one to over the falls with him. Excuse me, bat do yon chew?" "I do." Yos didn't offer him aay?" "Bat I did while we wero leaning over tbe ralL" "That accounts for it He always de clared that a maa who ased tobacco was a hog. aad tbat to dM with oae meant eternal disgrace. Tea fit came upoa him aa he looked at tho rushing waters, but yoar tobacco saved your life. Stranger. lend us a shawl" N. Y. Sua. Hail-stosm Intended for publication are usually as big aa hen's eggs. Mouth Hide Observer. I rarscBian Smith' Tonic Kyrtip in my practice, having found it to lie us recom mended a euro for chills and fuver A. Brown, M. D.t Concord, Tex. '- a lac Irst week that a'man has a telepttono in his offlco ho is apt to have tho ycllcr fever badly. Boston Dulletia. Alwavs avoid harsh purjratlve pills. They first make you sick and then leave vou con stipated. Carter's Llttle1.iver Pills repilat.j tbo bowels and make you well. Dose, one pllL Tatas is nobody or nothing In thia world that is So often crossed in love aa tan f root door-mat Binghamtoo Leader. Prkklv Ash litttft ! 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KEllWfi lEWSf AfU CO., aaa a aro ST., mmm, sk m a ti4 wsLMur atattr, ar. iaw, . a ts oajTo sratr. aiwmas, . m a ITS tua feTIMtT, (SVCMWMTI, et t Wfaaaont stast r, otr. a. aa a Mfioaaam ar., m. waa. ta so aa sasesaM saaetr. or. aata. am .- nrMmBBmmW'XJl ma mmmmSumplm 5 jmm&&::- -:4- .fJiii eaaBBBBWBBBBBBW SBW .aflaw 'iv3;:: a aaaaal aa BBBaaaai AbM' aBaaaaaUaaMBl7' r . :' 6 aBaaaaaaMVBBvlaVaP BaT aBBBBBBaSaaaTaa SBmaaWBnaVBHaTaBBV IbbbbbV'--" aaaaaTaaa mmmjM'mWt awa" BBaasaa an aa bbbbT a . .-m aBaaam -,..' --v . mWW LaUaMaatwmMrl aaaai aaaai bbbbbbbbsbbbbbbbbb aaaaaaaaaaw' -: c " ma- i wuummr? - 'M.---.: x .aasi It is no longer necessary to take blue pills to rnuso tho liver to action. Carter's Little LlYerPillsarc much belter. Don't forget thia. a Wisa as aa owl-the lawyer with his "to. wif-Pm. a Albrbv Bcsch. West Toledo, Ohio, says: Ball's CaUrrh Cure saved mvllfo." Write him for particulars. Bold by Druggists, 75c, a Oold ia protcetion In raaay cases, particu larly ia tho case of a watch. Texas Hiftiaga. ' a A cnru that Is restless at night and doat sleep well, should he given Dr. Mall's Worm Destroyers. .It may have worms. PAINLCM. aw WORTH A GUINEA A ForBIUOU8ftNERVOU8DI Suck m sTW oW Him in f Aa Ifomora. rVAveto sW JwonVsf a1e Biixin, UH0 mYmnin09$. CahlCMill,riMhiH9 of weof, foes or SAerfsess fwrth. Cagtiwn; Scurtj, BMcm oo fao 5mw, FrigMfut Mream; mint mil Ktttut turn ft TMt rinwr Boat will oivk aiticr m MlCHAHt HUS TAM AM CMCtt MTMi Hi Far Sick Headache, Weak Drfestien, Censtiaetion, Di ttiT ACTUMtmWC, th atnaml pMh. hrtnfftnft-Uw-fc tha aa aft f aaaoaj i th nm (WiMmiM t Uimi mircasar sav PMrsinMT awmeme w tnv. aeats. rnmrTm7 av xtisMa. at r. i rat a st. as. aw4WriieaWaaa. av a. f, Alllk M Sto aaar iii t, "4 ' ,r;f r-rarMataass a hiibjiusti riusM Hr.;r.irrf ra ::. t. a m lu ebherouhof.rticwqrldlhfn our of Hie faonion-- aViC. " The maa who lives a himself sooner or laler,- 4i life willklU KlairaUacctte. A taih lady becomes still fairer by using Glenn's Hulphnr Snap. Bill's Hair and Whisker Dye, 90 ccata. Tutf s Pills M a"wjaw ai4 VaBVaU IN rvplQH WaEwfJWJwlwlw5 r WWaWlW-aBWaBBBWWaaaaJ $ SBBBm for house-cleainin Ibis & solid c&Ke of scounn$ 450ApTry if Cte4Uilkww) to always faewilonaWa and the) hm oTortlwmglecttoute 5APOLIO marks a wide) difference in the social scale. The best classes n rnnimrfauMe remedy or are always the iTtoet scrupovoos ki matters of oiirA ntmuML, iutuiu cleanliness--and the best classes use SAPOLKX UER, DYSPEPSIA, PILES, MMUm COSWENESS, AND ALL BILIOUS DISEASES. ! wald ETAi-ywkaurato j THE GENERAL MARKETS. kassas crrr. sag. CATTUC-WiHnilmt tssrs ..t $ 73 hatchers steers... in O 3 ", Satire eews. JS 2 34 BOOS BooStocaelca-aaavjr m a s WHKAT Km. t rati sftje 9 Xm. a ears. f ma m coax v x... 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