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Dr. 'Talmasre Discourses "on Man's
Usefulness.
AH Human Ilelngii Construct! For Rood
jte-. ihnoslnc the Path Through Life
tiff For the ;ior!oa of
'.the Hereafter.
JflflKcrnion at Brooklyn ev. T.
JjcVijTalmage took his text from
John- xviii. 37: "To this end was I
born." Ho said:
After Pilato had suicided tradition
says that his body was thrown into the
Tilicr, and 'hitch storms ensued on and
alKTj. that river that his 'body 'was
tali out and thrown Into the Rhone,
' and similar disturbances wept that
" river and its banks. Then the body
was taken, out, and rcnoved to Lau-
sanne, ami put in a deeper jiool, which
immediately became the cchter of sim
ilar atmosphoric and aqueous disturb
ances. Though these are fanciful and
false traditions, they show the execra
tion with which the world lookecLupon
I'ila'tc-lf was before this man when he
-was full of life and power That Christ
was arraigne'd as in a court of oyer and
terminer. I'ilate said to his prisoner:
"Art thou a king,; then?" and Jesus
answered: "To this end was I born."
Sure enough, although all earth and
hell arose to keep him down. He
is to-day cmpalaced, enthroned and
coroneted king of earth and king of
Heaven. "To this end was I born."
That is what he came for, and that was
what he accomplished.
lly the time a child reaches ten years
of age the parents begin to discover
that child's destiny; but by the fimc he
'or she reaches the age of fifteen years
of age the question is on the child's
lim.: "What am I to.be? What am I"
going to do? What was I made for?"
It is a sensible and righteous question,
and the youth ought to keep on asking
it until it is so fully answered that the
young man, or the young woman, can
can say with as much truth as its
author, though on a less expensive
scale: "To this end was I born."
There is too much divine skill shown
in the physical, mental and moral con
struction of the ordinar- human being
to suppose that h "" . constructed
" without divine purp It is impos
sible for meto believe that an3 ordinary
human being who lias in his muscular,
nervous and cerebral organizations
more wonders than Christopher Wren
lifted in St. raid's,, or I'hidias ever
chiseled on the Acropolis, and built in
such a way that it will last long after
Sf Paul's cathedral is as much a ruin
as tho Parthenon- that such a lieing
was constructed for no purpose, and to
execute no mission, and without any
divine intention toward sotuc end. The
object of this sermon is to help you to
find out what yon are made for, and
help you find 3our sphere, a:id assist
you into that condition where you can
sav with certuint
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cranks that may have lived in 3our
ancestral line, and who a hundred
years before 3011 were born may have
lived a st3le of life that more or less
alTeots" 3011 to-day. , You arc .hot re
sponsible for te fact that 3our tem
perament is .sanguine, or melancholic,
rJ'ilious, or lymphatic or nervous.
ier are 3011 responsible for the
place of your nativity. Neither are
3ou responsible for the religion taught
In your father's "house, or the Irrejigion.
Do not bother yourself about what
you cannot help, or about circum
stances you diil not" decree. Take
things as" they .are and decide the ques
tion so that 3ou shall be able safely to
say: "To this end. was I born." How
will you decide k? Ry direct applica
tion to the onl3 being in the universe
who'is competent to tell 3ou the Lord
Almighty. Do 3011 know the reason
wiry he ! the only one wh) can tell?
Recause he can see ex'crj'thirg between
vour cradle and 3'our grave, though
the grave .be eight3 years off.
The only Reing who can take all
things that pertain to 3011 into con
sideration is (Iod, and He is the one
you can ask. Life is so short wc have
no time to experiment with occupations
and professions. The reason wo have
o many dead failures is that parents
decide for children what the3 shall do,
or children themselves, wrought on 1)3
some whim or fanc3. decide for them
selves without any imploration of
livino guidance. So we have now in
pulpits men making sermons who
ught to be in blacksmith shops mak
ing plowshares, and we have in the law
those who instead of ruining the cases
if their clients ought to le pounding
shoe lats, and doctors who are the
worst hindrances to their patients' con
valescence, and artists trying to paint
landscapes who ought to be white
washing board fences. While there arc
.'then? making bricks who ought to be
remodeling constitutions, or shoving
planes who ought to be transforming
literatures. Ask God about what
worldly busine&s you shall undertake
until ou are positive you can in
earnestness smite your hand on your
plow handle, or 3our carpenter's bench,
ir 3our Itlackstone's Commentaries, or
vour medical dictionary, or your
Doctor Dick's Didactic Theology, saying-
"For this end was 1 born."
There are children who curb develop
natural affinities for certain st3les of
work. When the father of the astron
omer Forbes was going to London he
asked his children what present he
should bring ench one of them. The
hoy who was to be an astronomer cried
Mit: "I'ring me a telescope!" And
there are children whom 3011 find all
by themselves drawing on their slates
t on paper, ships, or houses, or birds,
and 3-ou know the3 are to bo draughts
men or artists of some kind. And 3ou
find others ciphering out difficult prob
lems with rare interest and success
and you know they are to be mathema
ticians. And others making wheels'
and strange contrivances and you know
they are going to be machinists. And
others are found experimenting with
Mlow and sickle, and you know
le farmers. And others are
vapping jack-knives or balls
and bats and making something by the
bargain, and they are going to be mer
chants. Hut in almost every lad there comes
a time when he does not know what
he was made for, and his parents do
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- . '.i!n ibeii1v Thn tbort nrr thoso
(j 0lfor some especial work, and their
' e-v, does not develon until nuite
? When Philip Doddridge, whose
nhous :inil bnnlre hsvo harvested nn
J,? counted souls for glory, began to study
for the ministry. Dr. Calatny, one of
the wisest and best men, advised him
to turn his thoughts to some other
work. Isaac Barrow, the eminent
:lergyman and Christian scientist his
books standard now though he has
been dead over 200 years was the dis
hcartenment of his father who used to
jay that if it pleased God 1 1 take any
ot his children awav he hoped it might
be his son Isaac. So i-omc of those
who have been characterised for tin ir
tupidit3 in boyhood or girlltr.o". have
turned out the mighties beuefa : r
or benefaelres-cs oi tno i.n t 1 .
TliCbe things being to, ai.i ! :i
in saying that in many cases God oalj
knows what is tho 'most appropriate
thing for you to do, and Be "is the oti
to ask. And let all parents, and all
schools, and all universities, and all
colleges recognize this, and a large
number of those who spent their best
years in stumbling about among busi
nesses and. occupations, now trying
this'and now trying that, and failing in
all, would be able to go ahead with a
definite, decided and tremendous pur
pose, saying: "To this end was i
born."
Hut my subject now mounts into the.
momentous. Let rac say that you are
made for usefulness and Heaven. - I
judge this from the way you are built
You go into, a shop where there is only
one wlictel turning' anef'tnat by a work-
,ri)tf's foot on a treadle, and yon say to
yourself: "Hera Is something gooo. pe
ing done, yet on a small scale;" but if
you go into a factory - covering many
acres, and you find thousands
of bands - pulling on thousands
of wheels, and shuttles Hying,
and the whole scene bewildering with
activities, driven by water or steam, or
electric power, you conclude that the
factorj.jyas put up to do great work
and on a vast scale. Now. I look at
you, and if 1 should find that you had
only one faculty of body, only one
muscle, only one nerve, if you could
see but could not hear, or could hear
ami not see, if you had the use of only
one foot or one hand, and as to your
higher nature, if you only had one
mental faculty and you had memory
but no judgment, or judgment but no
will, and if you had a scnl with only
line capacity, I would M not much is
exacted of you. jdp -.land up, O,
man: and let me look Jou squarely in
the face. Kyea capable of seeing every
thing. Kara capable of hearing every
thing. Hands capable of grasping
everything:" Mind with more wheels
'than any factory ever turned, more
power than Corliss engine ever moved.
A soul that will outlive all tho universe
except Heaven, and would outlive all
Heaven if tho life of other immortals
were a moment short of the eternal.
Now, what has the world a right to
expect of' .you? What has (iod a right
to demand of 3ou? (Jod iff the greatest
of economists in the universe and he
makes nothing uselessly, and for what
purpose did he build your body, mind
and soul as they are built? There are
only two leiugs in the universe who
can answer that Question. Th
mute equipment doing nothing,
or next to nothing in the way of useful
ness. "What shall I do?" you ask. My
brethern, my sisters, do not ask me.
Ask God. There's some path o,f Christ
ian usefulness open. It may lie a rough
path, or it may be a smooth path, a
salvation of the one to whom they
were uttered, and he became the llov.
Mr. Champion, one of the most distin
guished missionaries in heathen lands,
for 3ear.s wondering who did for him
the Christian kindness, and not finding
out until in a bundle of books sent him
to Africa ho found tho biography of
Hrainerd Taylor and a picture of him,
and the missiouar3 recognized the face
in that book as the man who. at the
watering trough for horses, had said
the thing that had saved his soul. What
opportunities you have had in the
past! What opportunities 3011 havo
now! What opportunities you will
have in the da3s to come! Tut on your
hat, () woman, this afternoon, and go
in and comfort thnt young mother who
lost her babe Inst summer. Put on
your hat, O man. and go over and see
that merchant who was compelled yes
terday to make .an assignment, and
tell him of the everlasting riches re
maining for all those who serve the
Lord. Can you sing? (Jo and sing for
that man who cannot get well, and you
will help him into Heaven. Let it lie
3'our Jbrain. your tongue, your eyes,
3our cars, 3'our heart, your lungs your
hands, 3our feet, your lody, your
mind, 3our soul, 3'our life, your death,
3our time, your eternity for God, feel
ing in 3'our soul: "To this end was I
born."
It may lie helpful to some if 1 recite
line of the enemy's force by a similar
force. One reason wli3 he lost Water
loo was because he did not work his
usual theory, and spread his force over
a wide range. O Christian man, O
Christian woman, break through some
where. Not a general engagement for
God but a particular engagement, and
made in answer to prayer.
And now I come to the climacteric
consideration. As near as I can tell,
you were built for a happy eternity,
all the disasters which have happened
to your nature to le overcome by the
blood of the Lamb if you will heartily
accept that Christly arrangement. We
are all rejoiced at the increase in
human longevity. People live, as near
as I can observe, about ten years longer
than they used to. The modern doc
tors do not bleed their patients on all
occasions as did the former doctors. In
these times if a man had fever they
bled him, if he had consumption they
bled him, if he had rheumatism they
bled him, and if they could not make
out exactly what was the matter they
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mium.at "fifty than when he wn forty.
Ily the advancement of medical science
and the wider acquaintance with the
laws of health, and the fact that people
know better how to take care of them
selves, human life is prolonged. But
do yod realize what, after all, is the
brevity of our earthly state? In the
times when people lived seven hundred
and eight hundred years, the patriarch
Jacob said his years were few. Look
ing at the life of the youngest person
in this assembly and supposing he lived
to be a nonagenarian, how short the
time and soon gone, while banked up
in front of us is an eternity so vast
that arithmetic- has not figures
enough to express its length, or
breadth, 'or depth, or height For a
happy eternity yon wc!re born unless
you run"yourselfagainst the divine in
tentions. If standing in your presence,
my eye should fall-upon, the fee blent
sbul here as that soul will appear when
the world lots it up and Heaven en
trances it I suppose that I should be
o overpowered that I should drop
down as one dead. Youihave examined
tho family Hible and" explored the
famil3 records ami yon. may have da
guerro types of some of the kindred of
previous generations, you have had
photographs taken of what 3011 were
in boyhood or girlhood, and what you
were ten 3'ears later, anil it is very In
teresting to anyone to le able to look
back upon pictures of what he was ten,
or twenty or thirty yearn ago; but have
you ever had a picture taken of what
you may be and what you will be if
you seek after God and feel the Spirit'i
regenerating power?
There is 3our soul, so pure that ail
the forces of dialolLsm could not spot
it with an imperfection. There is your
lx-ing. so might3 and so swift that
llight from Heaven to Mcrenry or Man
or .lupiter and back again to Heaven
would not weary you, and a world on
each shoulder would not crush you. An
eye that shall never shed a tear. An
pnerg3' that shall never feel a fatigue.
A brow that shall never throb with
pain. You are young again, though
yon died of decrepitude. You art! well
again, though 3ou coughed or shiverwd
yourself into the tomb. Your every
day associates are tho apostles aud
prophets and mart3rs, anil most exalt
ed souls masculine and. feminine,
of all the centuries The arch
angel to you no embarrassment (Iod
Himself your present and everlasting
3. That is an instantaneous picture
f what you may be, and what I am
ure some oi you will he, 11 3011 re
iizc thnt it is an imperfect picture, ray
pology is what the apostle John snld:
"It doth not3et appear what we shall
lie." "To this end was 1 lorn." II I
diil not think so I would bo over
whelmed with melanchol3.
The world does very well for a little
while, eighty; or 100 or 1.10 years, and I
think that human longevity may 3etbe
improved up to that prolongation, for
now there is so little room between
our cradle and our grave we cannot ac
complish much, but who would want
to dwell in this world for all etcrnltyl
Some think this earth will finally be
turned into a Heaven. Perhitps it
uia3, but it would have to undergo
radical repairs and thorough elimina
tions and evolutions and revolutions
and transformations infinite, to make
it desirable for eternal residence. All
tho east winds would have to become
west winds, and all the winters
changed to springtides, nnd the vol-
nnoes extinguished, and the oceans
hanged to their beds, and the cpl-
lemies forbidden entrance, and the
world so fixed up that 1 think it would
take more to repair the old world than
to make an cnircby new one. Hut I
must say that I do not care where
Heaven is if we can onty get there,
whether a gardeni.ed America, or an
emparadised Kurope, or a world central
to the whole univeise.
"To this end was I born." If ench
one of us could say that we would go
with faces shining and hopes exhilar
ant amid earth's worst misfortunes and
trials Only a little while and then tho
rapture. Only a little while and then
the reunion. Onl3 a little while and
then the transfiguration.
In the seventeenth century all Europe
was threatened with a wave of Asiatic
barbarism and Vienna was especially
lwsieged. The king and his court had
fled and nothing could save the city
from being overwhelmed unless the
king of Poland. John Sobieski, to whom
the3 had sent for help, should with his
arni3 come down for the relief, and
from every roof and tower the inhab
itants of Vienna watched and waited
and hoped, until on the morning of
Septemler 11 the rising sun threw an
unusual and unparalleled brilliancy.
It was the reflection on the swords and
shields and helmets of John Sobieski
nnd bis arni3 coming down over tho
hills to the rescue, and that day, not
only Vienna, but Kurope was saved.
And see you not, Oyo souls besieged
ith sin and sorrow, that light breaks
the swords and the shields and the
clmcts of divine rescue bathed in the
ising sun of heavenly deliverance?
jet ever3thing else go rather than let
leaven go. What a strange thing it
mist be to feel one's self born to an
arthly crown, but 3011 have been born
o a tnrone on wnicn tou may reign
fter the last monarch of all the earth
hall have gone to dust I invite you
o start now ior your own corona-
ion, to come in nnd take tho
itle deeds to your cvelasting in-
critanee. Through an impassioned
raver take Heaven and all its rap-
ures. hat a poor lanntng is nil mat
lis world can offer 3011 compared with
anion here and life immortal beyond
le stars unless this side of them, there.
1 a place large enough and beautiful
nough and grand enough for all the
ansomed. Wherever it le, in what
orld, whether near by or far away.
this or some otherconstcllation. hail
ome of light and love and blessedness!
h rough the atoning mercy of Christ
re may all get there!
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People are not alwa3s well-informed
ncerning the usefulness of the toad.
he does not carry a jewel in his head
he is quite as valuable as if ho did, for
hu does a work no gardener can do in
clearing a garden of its insect pests.
Many a gardener builds this little
gnome small dwellings of bits of stone
in the nooks of his flower beds and
cherishes him as a valuable assistant,
destroj-ing larva?, worms and flies as
ho does with neatness and dispatch. A
very remote eousiu of the garden toad,
commonly called the tree-toad, is really
a frog, he looks so much like the old
bark and liche'ns on the trees he fre
quents that it is difficult to discover
him. The song with which he helps
the cricket break the peace of summer
nights is apt to be a true prophecy of
rain. Detroit Free Press.
KaUed HIm.
He stood awaiting the elevator in the
county building, and tapped his feet on
the stone floor with impatience. As he
turned to look down the hallway the
elevator shot by.
"Going up!" he yelled.
The elevator man dropped down a
peg to get him.
f'Don't you see me? asked the maa.
th impatience.
Yes, I see you, replied the elevator
,n. "and I go vou better. I raise too,
fins'i came over the man's face, bat
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AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
AN EXCELLENT BARN.
EprrlI!r Adaptec! for Lorahtir Wlier
tliff ('round Is I-rYrl.
For economy of spae, ease of work,
nd comfort of animals, few barns are
better than this one, which is for situa
tions where the ground is nearly level
nd where three stories cannot le used.
Fig. 1- shows the basement which
should not be over S feet lx.low the
surface. This affords plent3 of sun
and light Large half windows should
be pleiitifully used in the walls in
front of the cattle. It will le seen that
the hay. grain, roots, water aud al
sorleiits are ail handy. Water is piped
from the cistern and the faucets are
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with a pail of milk, but tn narrow for
the cow; the alley K is widevnoiigh to
pass with a bushel basket and has a
gat The root cellar, manure cellar
and bpace in front of the cattle should
Ik-cemented. The walls lctwcen the
bilf and foundation can 1 of wood, but
brick is better. Fig. i nearly explains
itself. The grain room is sheathed up
all around against the stairs and the
walls and made vermin proof. Chutes
lead to the meal chest in the basement
The 11:13- chutes extend from sill to
plate with doors on loth sides from top
to bottom. They are put together so
that all will he smooth and even inside
They should Ik put in two sides H and
C so that either ba3 can In emptied.
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water from the cistern below. There
should be .it least five large windows
in the front end of tl(e barn, one in the
grain room, one in the harness room
and one in the gable. This will give
plent3 of light The barn should not
have less than IK-foot posts and if one
one wants a great deal of storage room
for h:i3 and is to use a horse IU13 fork,
120-foot posts are none too high. Venti
lators at the ridge should be provided.
The lia.y chutes are ventilator, for the
basement, where the cuttle an, but
ventilator shafts should be run from
the manure cellars to the ventilators in
the roof. The partition between the
cattle and manure tUiould' be strong
and tight, with a dior near the outside
door. The muck bin is filled 13 dump
ing it through a large scuttle ,011 the
main floor. I have used a barn of this
st3le for ten .years and for my purnse
I don't know of a better one luised a
horse hay fork and can land h;iy at 11113
place 1 choose. V. H G rover, ip Farm
and Home.
IMPROVED STABLE FLOOR.
How toAvuiil Mini Hole 111 stntli-i ith
out llonril Flooring.
A ISrge number of farmers on the
western prairies accept the free services
if mother earth as llooriug for their
stable.s. The3 thus secure a floor made
l3 the same hand that created the hoof
and one that meets the latter on more
friendly footing than hard plank.
There are no cracks here for the cold
nir to work up through: no weak places
for a heavy foot to break down, hut a
solid, seamless lied, and a warm one.
loo, when covered with straw.
These floors are quite fault3. how
ever, iu their crude condition There
are no gutters behind the animals, and
the earth becomes soft where the hind
feet stand and wears awa resulting
iu lilt 113- mud-holes. A remedy for this
fault is recommended bv Charles L.
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who sends us the accompaning sketch
It represents an earth walk Whtiid the
gutter: it. the gutter: c. pieces of two-by-four
inch scantling bedded into the
earth, even with the earth tlor. !: k.
place for manger or feed trougli. The
rear ends of the scantling, c, rest on a
tw-by-fonr inch seantliug vt islge
wisc. The walk. . is kept from caving
into the gutter bv a piece two-b--si.
inches et on edge and held in place b
short stakes. The pieces, c. should le
from two to three feet in length and
slope a little backward The should
lie set nlx'tit an inch apart and the
spaces kept cleaned out for drainage
purpose. The hind feet have to rest on
wood, but the fore feet, which sustain
the greater weight, have their floor of
earth. Instead of .sawn timler, all the
pieces may lie cut from poles or stii-k.
from the wood-pile. The plan with
slight chance is good for either cattle
or horses. The exju-nse is trifling, and
thousands of western stables could le
greatly improve! bv the introduction
of this method. American Agricultur
ist I'etlahle nioker Ttiel.
After trying main different kinds of
fuel for a bee-smoker. 1 find corn-cobs,
cutfiue. the lest to use. when taking
away surplus, say a writer in Na
tional Stockman. For all other pur
poses I like buckwheat chaff the lest
A tin strainer is needed when chatT i
tuod. to keep the chaff from blowing
out The only objection to usinrchatT
when taking off surplus, is in soiling
the honev. Possibly a fine strainer
would prevent this. The coarser part
of the chaff is best. It is surprising to
ee how well chaff holds fire, ami the
length of time it will burn. I left my
smoker in the apiary the other day
partly filled. When I discovered it an
hour and a half later it was burning
full blast, ready for business.
HluU for swine ItreeJrrm.
According to a bulletin sent out from
the Wisconsin station, feeding bone
meal and hardwood ahe to lug con
fined to an exclusive diet of com and
water gives the following result:
Where ajhe and bone meal were fed
the effect was to save about 130 pounds
of corn or 2S per cent- of I he total
amount fed in producing 100 pounds of
gain live weight It about double the
strength of the bones and SO per cent
more ash wa found in the bones of the
hogs getting bone meal and ashen than
those that did not receive it
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MISSOURI IRON PRODUCTION.
The Mate Drop to Tenth I'tar
In Ihr
CVniu Return.
Wahi.otox, Oct 10. MUsourL ac
cording to the census has not held her
own in the production of iron ore She
was thj sixth state in lS), having ad
vanccd from tenth on the list in lo0 to
seventh in lb70. Hut I W0 UmU her
down to tenth nirain. The order In
production now is Michigan. Alabama,
Pennsylvania. New York. Minnesota.
Wisconsin, Virginia. Tenner. New ,
. .. 1 ,t j t... .1.1- j. .. I
jersey aim .Missouri uut nu s j--
haps, not the worst of It Miaaouri has
!,-. I...- u !... ;. ul,n .m.. n( the"
iVik a t attiw mw "- i--w - ---
few states which produced les ore last
year than ten years agu. In 1S) the
product of Missouri Iron mine wa- 'll.
M'J long ton. Last year it was "".
71?, a decrease of 'Si per cent It docs
not appear from the investigations of
the census officials that there la any
satisfactory explanation of this retro-
grade movement Missouri bla.t fur-
uaccs, as the report shows use chiefly
red hematite, with a small admixture of
brown hematite, and get .VJ per cent of
iron. The Alabama furnace get only
40 per cent Only one other state shows
a letter iwr cent thau Missouri- It
costs in wages to get out a ton of iron
ore in Missouri only V7 cents. Iu Min- ,
nesot'i the cost is Sl.l'J. In Alabama it
is $I.Wk None of the great producing
htites have any advantage over Mis
souri in cheapness of mining The
capital invested in iron mining in Mis
souri is S4,tii:J.:ftW, that is 51.00U.IW0 lcaa
than in I1. Eight mines are reported
in oeralion, giving employment to 1i0
persons.
BUSINESS IMPROVING.
Hun A o.
Notlrrs a
Criieral I'lrUmg
I p.
Nkw Yokk, Oct 10. It (5. IM111 .t
Co.'s weekly review of trade says.
From all "parts of the west and south
comes advices that business is gradual
ly improving and tho improvement is
felt in e.istern centers. Purchases are
governed by unusual conservatism and growth, and as corn is a rery fatteuin; -yet
are large in volume. Failures are food tho natural couseipience is :i ear
rather numerous but ure in nearly all cass with a largo projHirlion of fat !
cases the results of a long continued With hogs the farmer must breed an!
commercial strain since the foreign feed so as to supply what Is needed as 1
disasters of last Novcmler. It is true fully as ios.sible. Instead of a lg
that prices of nearly every uianufac- made extremely fnt a K-tter proportion .
tured product are low and the margin of fnt and lean and not so large an ani- '
for tiro tit verv narrow, while the coin- mal is wanted and sells at a l-tt-r
petition is severe. Hut the volume 01
trade ii larger than in any previous
year, in spite of the fnct that some
branches of business are retardeiL It is
also true that collections in some
(Mtarters are slow, but the latest re-
iMiffs from various sections are ou the
.
whole more favorable.
The news regarding the chief indus
tries is decidedh favorable. The iron
industry is more tlrm iu tone. It is f'dt
that the dela3 In the improvement of
the demand for rails Li at present the
01113 barrier to a general advance.
NANCY HANKS' EFFORT.
71m .sin re Kalln to Itrenk the Krroril at
Terre llniiteliitl.
Tkukk Hautk, IniL.Oct 10. -A warm
er air and occasional glimpses of the
morning sun gave promise of a record
breaking day and l.,000 people jour
neyed to the track to see the events on
the programme, but when the unfin
ished '2:'2: pace was called at 1 o'clock
a cooler northwest wind was blowing
and the knowing ones abandoned all
hope of seeing Nancy Hanks dethrone
Maud S.
After the second heat.of the 2:'21 trot
Doble appeared with Nancy Hanks. It
was seen thnt tho great mare was not
looking right and as she scored down
the first time to go against the world's
record she went to a bad break some
thing she was never known to do lie
fore. On the third trial Doble nodded
for the wonL She was at the half in
l:0rt!,j and finished the mile in '1:1 1 4
Mr Doble said he would make another
effort, but the best Nanc3 could do.
after a b.ul break at the half, was the
mile iA 'l't?4- '1 1'e judge announced
that the mare had been coughing for
several d.-ys and was not in racing
form.
OMAHA'S DAY.
Nrtirmka Metropolis Unit nn KlrHIng
I(jr -Murderer Neal llanj;el unit a Ne
gro Unite l.jrnrlieil.
Omaha, Neb.. Oct 10. Hd. Neal. thw
murderer of Allen Jones anil Dorothy
.Tones an aged farmer and wife, near
this city in Februhry, 1M0, was hanged
nt noon yesterday. At the last mo
ment Neal confe.sed to the murder.
The hanging of Neal and the mem
on of his terrible crime hail worked
public sentiment up to a high pitch anil
when the report became current that
I,i.7.ie Yates the five-year-old victim
of a fiendish assault liy John Co, n
disreputable negro, hnd died, excite
ment was at the highest. At night a
mob attacked the jail, battered down
the doors and dragging the miserable
wretch out hanged him to the wires.of
the electric railwa3 near iloyd's oj?ra
house.
Hare Knurkle Kvent.
PlTTMH'iioii. Pa., Oct 10. A bare
knuckle prize light under Iondnn prize
ring rules for a purse of S"J00 was
fought at a point aliottt sixty miles
from this city. The principals were
Jack Dexter, 131 pounds and Harry
Leonard, l'J7 pounds. I'oth men fought
desperately and In the 37th round
Leonard was knocked out The fight
was on the turf and lasted one hour
and ten mlnutev It was witnessed by
but thirty persons including million
aires of this city.
No Ttvr of I'arnelt IVnntril.
rmcifio, IlL, Oct. 10. At a meeting
of the confederated Irish ocietic.s of
Chicago last night at the (Jrand Pa
cific hotel the following resolution
wa,s adopted "KcviItciI, That this
meeting, while disclaiming any desire
to suggest, much les t dictate to
Irishmen resecting the lcaderhip of
the Irish party, deems it eential to
anr plan of union that no perMin prom
inent in the persecution of the late Mr.
I'arnell can be at all recognized as !n
the runnins or in any vnc acceptable
to the IrUh or the Irish-American
people." '
Ihr Mnrdrrnl K'tlltor I'rnrn..
ItiTTn. Mont. Oct. 10 After a pre
liminary examination that lasted forty
iavs it was decided Testenlav to htll
Kellcy. Hickey and Dceney. the mi !
pectetl mnrtierers 01 Miior i.HlumJ
Penrose, for triaL The mnAler wxs
wraraitted the night of June 9 The
lreui 4.1- F.o..uCu. ... ,JW. vr.rv j
Paring the examination ! witne).-, '
were on the stamL The ease has al-,
ready cost 5i--.,t. Half a doxen fink-
'rtonmen hare U-n working on the
i;ase. The prisoners are confident of
1 istablisbing their innocence.
i.la.Utno Dikaptointt.
Lo.xitox, Oct 10. Mr. Gladstone wav
i i:..nn.:.i i. ,v. i i . .
lection. He had taken a dep interest
in tne siruggie ana nope, tnat Mr.
Scott, the liberal candidate, would pall
' ,i-r,'h Tf-u! he done' vi Mr HtkA.
.......,...- .. - - ... ......
ttose wa.s prepared to welcome bU
ilection as a harbinger of triumph in
the general contest whenever it comes.
The September atatment of th
Atchison. Topeka Jt Santa Fe railroad
for the entire sjitrcx (approximad)
hows grow earnings of KSH, ao
Iccrcatc of $5:4.037, ,
STOCK ITEMS.
A yountf animal, if well fed, will
gain In meat, bon and fat and gain
more In proportion to the foodsiipplke!.
Two acrrn of alfalfa and one uf corn
will grow twice a much pork a thrvo
acr of corn, and It will not cxt ihm
farmer one half to jfnm two acrr of
alfalfa and out; of corn.
The earlirr in an animal' .r full
feeding can U- rvrtl to the better.
lar " ?l,ld
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whether the autmal arc
ratwl for
nwt or ior breeding
' hen the farmer la feeding for his
own meat he hx no one but bU owa
taMc aud that of hi familr to cuntttlt
but in foMing for market, if he ept
to realize tho beat price, he raut ujp
ply what the market demand.
Ion't attempt to keep too many head
of hog ruunlug together. epeclallr In
cold weather They will pile on top of
one another and of ten toother the un-
dcr one. If thejr do not get m thered
they get very warm and eal and
when they come out .to eat they on
chill, take cold and top growing.
If the breeder of Meriuo leej
would get to work and couwlidate'
their different rrgUur and then breei
from election ou n gtrcn trp-. hatw;r
in view uc, con&tlttiltot, v atwl
mutton, what stride they would nuU
towards a still ln-tter claxs of nbeep for
the range and the general farmer
lly supplying a gil variety of ft-eI
to hogs and using uch materials a art
well adapted to a detclopment of lean
an well us fnl meat, a tx-tter animal
can
an le sccnreil. and while ordinurily
, ., v , v .!
I " "'
other materials can I- used in connec
tion with it thai will still he'p to ro
il uce the cost
One of the principal causes of the n
cess of fat with hogs Is tho exclusive
feeding of corn Manj relj aim t en
tirely Uhiu corn as a fonl for their j
hogs, not only In fattening or finishing
for market hut also in feeding tor 1
price Hr pound than the fat nniui.il.
while iu nearly all cases it can U;
placed 011 the market at a less cost.
Jf farmers but fully understood the
value of sheep, there would ! a small
flock on iiviT)- farm adapted to that in.
dustry in America. I-ss weeds and
less waste land is always to Ik- found
where the flock with the golden hoof
treads. Mutton is far more preferable
than beef as a summer diet and lamb
will 1ms found a rare delicacy by way
of variation on the farmer's tablo in
harvest time.
FARM NOTES.
One reason wh- corn should tie fed
to fowls at night during the winter Is
that it is one of the ver3 lest materials
for making animal heat
If the corn stalks can 1m run through
a feed cutter thc3' will make a go mI
bedding. Otherwise they make fresh
manure ver inconvenient to handle,
nnd the3 are not a gnd nbsorlieut
A Saline count' farmer near Mar
shall, Mo., who had never ln-fore used
manure on his meadow, did so thi
Reason, and he got sixty tons of hay y
Oiltting twice oer twelve acres of land.
There is no use trying to save a
blighted jar tree with any application
for that pur'Misi; until all the alfecleil 1
limbs are removed. The same rule at-
plies to black knot on plum and cherry ,
trees.
If projM-rly mulched liefore the wenth- '
er gets too cold onions can 1m planted j
in the falL One of the principal ad
vantages in planting iu the fall is that
the work is done, the seed or svts have
germinated, and when the season opens J
in the spring llwy are re inly to start to
grow.
The sooner onions are planted in the
spring the Wtter. and in many eases by
planting iti the fall the3 will get several
days to grow earlier than if the p'ant-
lug was not done until spring Octnlei
Is a good time to do the limiting, al
though in a favorablr season the plant
ing may be done as late as Novembei
with good results.
Sometimes a gixxl profit is realized by
holding a product after it is fully ready
to market for a higher price, but In
many cases It proes a loss. one
trouble Is that often the farmers hold
too long Many farmers dislike to sell
on n rising market and iu eonriirtnce
hold a little too long. Products cn d
n rule, 1 held to a lotter advai.tage
than stock
Poultry iiimtii-o is go! fcrti! zer
for onions A pood plan of app yin l
to prepare the soli all ready for t'.
seeds or set, then apply the pi 3 1 try
manure as a top dressing, w.-rk.ng it
into the surface with a rake, or it can
lie applied broadcast after the p!antng
Is done. Onions (jnir rerv near the
surface, and whatever fertilizer is ap
plied should be on or near the surface
The advantages of thlnninc the fruit
on the trees was made apparent thi
M-aon with peaches. On some trees
the larger of the fruit dropped t te
ground, leaving but a few teaches o
the trees which grew to an enormon
size. Sample of wnches ine.-uring
three inches in diameter were n t nn
common, and on mie trees the yie!
of large peaches was gretr in meas
urement than tho on tree thai were
crowded with fruit
The natural pncrvs of vinegar-mak
ing may i accelerated by eeaHi,-vi y
running the cider from e liarr i m'o
another and inn etfing it for a timr
more fully to the air Adding a j- To
or two of strong inegAr or & htt
mother to each barrel of our cii r -
another m,thoL Sull another m-tiKl
is trick'ing It down through 1-erh
chijrs, or haTing rnl eorn-l kat.
ratetl with strong old rinecar
N'om- is th time t- sell the pr?r of
the farm t--ck. The mriir if th-m
it will not pay to wlitv-r. and lhwier
they are marketed the belter
I The difference I Ineen tin- eglit
of milk from a scrb cvr and one of
the ltst of the improved brr-el s th
difference ltwcn . rxxtx! rnl
14.C pouls.
It t "vjt ecvnoflij to keep a c arJ
allow be to le dry sx months imt of
the rear The treAtoent give the
lifers lanrcly dctnBaes the lergtl. ,
of time they can t- mUke,L
Hie sheep U t-ig Improve! each
a , . -.-..,.
u th renlt xel, t.tal .--,
IrJg hearier Mere., ii.. tK Car-Lwt.
of the mutton brep arc lierAag 'n
eight &Imv
t Tlu- Inl(l -,,i ,wi ,t, t..
year has importel TQorc xhxn fire, times .
the amount of sheep than ncrt eprt- '
,i ,. t e -
rricipally from Canada, re t.IM
neac, naiieuie ep.rt wore mij o.- :
T hL
WtlK Ik. n!,.... (.. . t . i.
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doc not pay to kcp hep and allow
tbers to be exjve.l to co,d iUrmv
Yoa khoald prondi abndant he.Ur.
A cabbacc be-ad w. lately takes Us
gpringfieli. Mo., br a farmer wkkh
treirrhed sixteen rvtnni4 aiili ....
loo leaf nS od u . '
f. in cLxoBfcrrs.
7 -r
S Uffl2 ' that
"C6Wftitlr
(.ltirr tieTy
a!! the trouWe anI -ulm-nU jl'
make woman' life a ltr'!o ;., hr
bhe' rvtViel, curelf ani ruptured,
with Ir. lVrre Fatortto iVrvjip.
tion iVrRwlienl itu, rtk ha. V,
in-annjj luw n fiatK. nerttyo,
prostration, all "female nt-Uitt,M
are cn-l ly IL It joijwow Ui
lotion, eanrbe the 14h1, iiif-'
ache atui un lng rvfrrh.ng
leej, aital rrUrt health xuA
trerKlb
It' a jKwtrfwl ganoml. 3.4 el x
uteniK", t'Mty tui! rMTYMio, Mnfwirtifvg;
vigor ain! Krttiglk f tl oitUrw -tem.
Ctitnm t atWfcul U ifrlri
ate ; o ""vntf- r cgnr to U-miie.
iiigenltM ; a U-jjUnii
not a i-e-TMjK
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Citv Women
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know thi new jiiras If f'tutitmg s i for thrw.
it's of f.ir morr a!ur u r- r
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