AoiiicumiiiAL . ,,,,OP INTKHKHT KKfiATlVK r'r'o F.U ANUOAUDEX. ...Hit TIIU roCLTP.V Bt'MSKM. .en'rYinies it I n:.t to decide how . TIib fit t;,i!, for th" nnrr W a 1 ..1 I.H 111) AM lllluf !"r,twmU lH..uit,blo to his pur- matter what other mar like or r, ;, . ,.iruw. u nmst iuiiivini- 'l0 ' .. iinil iiiirniiscs. mi .,...-,.r Iir-fntisllrd. After hnv- 1. . . i .t... .....f ihinff !o consider is ni!"""""' " ....1," It U not ,f who'll 1,1,1 " " . i. u with poultry ns with other v TtV cheapest is the dearest In tho i" "ln not canvass the country to Mini ,'t' ,t( k t reasounblo I'tlcce. Timet- rrnTIM7.IS(l VAMK OF TtnNH. The fertilizing vnliic of lino hone is , ..,-i!,,m tln.t of coarse. Imnc. The li't'T may lie in the ground for r, while very tine bono is readily de- vw ,1 ami taken up iy pianis. i uc ' i .-..million and increased value Lour I"""' immure it to some extent " .I.- r. t l,i- itnfinn . fysllit OI mo mil"" ... ...... ........... ' Lin viMir 1879 first carried into '"f.vtthc method of valuation based on ty mechanical as wen as ino cncmicni IwiImi'". Nitrogen in mo nncsi none is nnn sixtrrn ami ono-unu ecuis per u Milled only at cij;ht nnd onc-hnlf .... .,.l i.lmsnlioric acid 1 valued tit' Lreti uiiJ four cent In tho two grade. WnTtivcly. ery nnciy prounu Done tit nun of the cheapest source L; q.ii. kly available nitrogen and phos- j.h'iric acid. Wimeatcui ntjirrmirni ctn- At.Tl.NO STOCK. iu ninnv fanners salt their stock on the "impulse, or spusmoiuc plan. mat ji, tli' V give them an extra allowance one iir and in turnups a week or fortnight, i-!'iniing to tho iirifrncy of farm opera nts or the. unportaiico they attach to m.itier, deal out another supply. ill!' II eenainiy n wruiifj m.uimi', .i k li tilil be salted at least twicn n ircrk :i"d regularly. I am positive that 'if 'he h'Hiv ife knew what un unpoi taut ii t.ir tlii salting of cows is l.l butter iikin.'. omc one would attend to It in a iin-'iyiti'inatic manlier. Tliw can he dune by providing "salt I .. i . t i ;i i . . mum utlieiieu 10 a lencc, nnuuiiii; r iirwt, provided cither with n hinge cover (if a swinging uoor in uiiin, iu wiim ii it 1 !.. t .' ...I .!..!. '. k.-jit a supply of salt. Iu cither case ! :ivc the door open for several days, and hen rinsed you will be surprint-d to see iow ipiitkly cattle, horses ami sheep .urn to open it. You will also learn by tin; old plan you have failed to Hve tlatn an adequate supply. If pos .,!i!c. have the cattlo box Neparnte from thit fur the horse's, as tho former are nthor dainty oa this point. Scio Turk VilM'lIf1. F.VAr-ollATlMI KllflT. An authority advises that with small fruit, especially, care should be taken not tii allow them to get too ripe, and iu li.uiillini; not to mash or bruise. Mushy fruit ill not evaporate iu as good con dition a that which is more solid. The l.'Mt iiuiild lie given gradually, taking i ire ut an Junes not to get too hot. It is in ci,y matter to burn the fruit, or drv it .) that the natural juices arc all c trsntid, and the fruit will be nearlv or I'jite nil seed and almost tasteless. After wiring the light teinierature to dry npliv, keep it so as nearly as possible. The damper can be used to advantage. After a start is made usunlly tin- lower tray will dry faster, and it will be n K'mmI plan to change, and then tho travs in he doubled up; that which is in two !riy can he put into one and the cmiitv "iiu he tiled with fresh fruit, and in this way u st.sfem of enmtving and lilliiiir can If kept up, ami with n fair-sized ewmo- ntor it will require tho sternly work of r.ep'rsiiii e.t u-ast to keep it going. A '."ui p an uiier it has dried is to put it inti.ti-lin wks without starch and lay in he sun for two or three days. The fruit will kee p better thau if it is sorted in U.v.s or barrels, Mrt.nii.Nu iht.es. Muldiilig U L'cncrallv nnolied in trees fir one of two obieets: lnt in tlm f.,11 .r "arlv in winter as u urotcctiou lon.iit thawing i,ud freezing during the w inter. And iu the fatter part of spring or early '"inner U1 '"i "id in retaining moisture ill 'Iw-' soil. Uy its aid a better growth ami "velopnn nt is secured, but ut this time ' u I' "' "I'le to allow it to reiunin too long, ad 4ue us much injury to result us ';! ha liccu derived. Time must be given for the now growth fwiKid t, fully mature and harden be- to freezing weather sets in. If not mu "fvd, the liability of being injured bv ""zing U considerably increased. Al i"ing the mulch to remain around the ,r,'es too long, or continuing tho cultiva tion too te, will aid to keep the plants lowing and lessen the tinio for the wood t mature. This is especially the case "In re tlm trees uro growing in good, rich "'" . und good cultivation has been given !;' in the season in order to iuduco n '"fifty and vigorous growth. If tho trees keep on making now "f wtli, tho better plan is to remove the """hand not stir the soil. In manv 'if ii this will check tho growth suf- 'ui'iitly to induce, u proper luirduuing. loiing trees ure often severely injured by fw-ingtlie new growth of wood, often so ; virely that they never fully recover from uc llects, and it is certainly advisable to "'""l this ,;S much na possible. ""er till) irmilifil f .... l,n ''iicli ran Lo applied ngnia in order to " vent injury from thawing mid frcez But early in tho fall mid until tho .found freezes hard, und then again after '''I weather in tho spring until early , uramcr, the mulch should be re- iove.1 from around tlo tKiw-l-'unn, "MindJStvclman. now m AtiT Kiir.r.r pn acrkI TiiU question lias been nsked us: IToti many sheep enn be mnntnincd )mt acre oi n farm ns a Sccinlty? We have aubmit ted tho question to several persons having some experience in keeping shrcp. Thosi who have snswen-il have agreed generally, that large brectls require more food t( mantain them in good condition than tin smaller or Merino brecd.which weigh only about one hundred poumU. Two reply that lijjht, avcrnge si.ed sheep require about the same amount to keep them thai one cow does. Another says that ho lrnl found that with large Shropshire, grade! that will nveraye eight to nine pound nf wool per fleece, and weighing one him dred ii nd thirty to one hundred and fifty pounds each, nre ns seven to eight to one cow in the food to keep them. Now it i estimated that tho product of two acre of what we call good land in Indiana will keep one cow under tho paMturagc and dry feed methods of farmini;. So by these statements it is seen that the pro duct of one Hi re of good laud w ill keep four head of sheep per year. This is on the assumption that the pasture season is a fail average one. With these facts one may readily estimate the profitable ness of sheep farming on our fairly good lands. Considering that flocks of large breeds may and do average seven pounds to the fleece and that nliout ninety per cent, of the increase in saved, it will be found that thero is profit in sheep hus bandry. The value of sheep us fertiliz ers, of course, must he taken into ac count. But a new era has dawned in livestock farming, and its advantages arc as great in sheep husbandry as in other stock. We refer to tho silo and ensilage feeding. The noted dairyman of Wisconsin, Mr. Hiram Smith, mys he fully believes that with this new method of stock funning one ucrc of good land mny be made to keep a cow. If it will, then the products of ono aero may easily keep seven to eight head of sheep, fur it has been found that ensilage may be fed to sheep with most excellent results. A gentleman who has tested this mutter says: TheclTcct of feeding ciuilaife to sheep is very grati fying in the past few years, and feeding it to ewes is ns excellent us feeding cows with it. They were in splendid condition at lambing time, md I never saw health ier or more, thrifty lambs. I fed all my sheep corn ensilage and some lmy daily, but very much preferred thcsilugc. After over two years practice I found them more? thrifty and healthy than my flock was before, and I think that I nm keep nearly double the number of sheep on the some quantity of land I could in the old way of feeding them." ImUnnn FA It M AMI OAllliKX NOTES, Onio'is keep best in burn lofts, uhrra they freeze. If mildew appears on the rose bushes dust them with sulphur. Chop up grass for the confined poultry, and they'll thank you for it. Dig around the chicketiyards as often as you can possibly get time. I Kii h soil is necessary to the production of rich, succulent vegetables. A community shows thrift by having ornamental trees and shrubs well kept ; about every dwelling. Wlo re it is desired to produce the li-st missi?-rcsiiits iu gardening we would ! ndvise watering just before sundown. (ieese prefer parsley and plantain to j grass, anil their nid hi killing these i weeds out is valuable in both garden and ' patnre. If you have .my cod ushes, give thn 1 currant patch u good dressing, it will ! keep do.vti the wcuds nnd save much hard work. A farm horse well treated should be, ' and really is, good for many more year i of full service than another, subject to 1 abuse ami neglect. I Farmers who have silos to till will do I well to remember that full developMient I ut' the crop, if of corn, will insure -rent-' ct feeding Milue of the ensilage, j One advantage to be derived fri;u ' mulching :-im:il fruit, strawberri:-., etc., is that it keeps then back in the i-pring and there is less danger from trust-. I "Muke hay while the sun shim s." Yes, to be sure; but the work Ls s.MiKulnt dillicult when sunshine and rain alternate) ; in quick siicccs.-ioii every day in the j week. riauting of young trees is to be urged, I because they grow more rapidly than old ones, as tlicir roots an: comparatively much less injured in taking up and re setting. lleifcn coming in at two or there nbouts, who were not fresh again for a year or more did ns well us those which came in at three or thercaiioiits, ami were fresh again inside of a year. if you intend to build up a dairy herd it will pay you to feed your young heifers something besides corn give them some oats. You will reap the good of it in their progress us well as in churn. (success in fanning comes principally from learning how to do everything and the exact time when it should be done, adding tho not extravagant presumption tMit tho farmer is industrious mid frugal. The importation of dairy breeds of cattle has been much better sustained in the last few years, than that of the beef breeds. Importations of all kinds have fallen off, but of the latter more largely than of tl' former. In starting what might be called an ordinary dairy herd, ono should begin with heifers or young cows of moderate si.o und good quality, with shapely bags, and on these should lie put a well-bred bull from a good milking strain. In regard to tho advisuhility of clip ping tho queen's wing, some twenty prominent beekeepers, us reported by tho lift Journal, seem pretty equally divided in opinion, about half of them making a practice of doing so, the other.! not. More plays of Bhukespearc's have been turned into operas than those of any other dramuti.it. They number tuu in nil. TEMPERANCE f.BAftRINO TO COUNT. "ITunuVr Ons Ths beer shop stum, Numlior Two Nor drink, nor brew. NumbrTlire K teetotaller be. Numlier Konr Keep drink from th door. Numlier Klvs Abstain and thrive. Number Oix To teetotal fix. Number Heven lie to temperance frlvea. Numlier KlRht Don't tw caught by the bait. Number Nine A murker in wine. Numlier Ten He toetotal then!" rnTsrcAt. rrrxrn or alcohot. Dr. W. 8. Bearlo says In the North Amrri tan Jlevifw: Hut if the physical results of alcohol are varied, much more diverse are its elTecU upon the mental and moral nature of man. Indeed, they are as multiform as man himself. One gt neral classification only Is possible. Certain individual (fortunately the smalt minority) are always pleamirahly affected by stimulants. Each iiiccewilvs dosA arouses in them Increased exhilaration, and when intnxiration nenerrcnos their sensa tions are delichtf ul, Their every sent is ex alted; they fancy themselves endued with vrT gift with all power and possession. As is often remarked, these are generally men of th most brilliant intellect, and of the most charming moral qualities, tinea led captive bv alcohol, these unfortunate snldotn hav sufllctcnt power of will to re frain from renewed indulgence. No moral considerations avail to restrain them, ami, with few exceptions, they yield wholly, finally and fatally to the tempter. For sueli men total abstinence is the only refuge. Upon the large majority of mm the effects of alcohol, taken to intoxication, are clearly and eeeentially different; although at first exhilarated, repeated indulgence brings drowsineae, dullness of apprehension, anes thesia, vertigo, nausea and vomiting in short, bodily and mental symptoms which are excessively disagreeable. Of this class very few become drunkards, and those era men to whom anipsthesia liecomea drairatile as a tenuwrary renige from bodily pain or mental distress. Herein lies the sole expla nation of the faet that the proportion of drunkards to moderate and habitual drink ers remains so small. TEiipr.nANCx news Ann notes. Of the Knglisli bench of bishops twelve are pledged abstainers. "Ails Hold Here" Is suggested as an honest sign for saloon-keepers. New Zealand sent for drink last year tti),n.V),OU I, the lowost amount for eightoon years. Of Sort men reUascI from the ltirmingliam, England, workhouse on a recent holiday, not more than fifty went aek wilier. Although In many places In (lermsny other English words are comparatively unknown, the various ICie'lisli nnmvs of liquors are In tlliilile everywhere, inn I "American Drinks'' nre universally advertised. It was a yonn man who discovered pearls In Hucar 1 liver, mivs the Milwauken.S'nfine(. Tlionlio did the Cleopatra net of ilrinking pearls, though in n roiiudatiout nay. lie transmuted his pearls into greenbacks and tbs greenbacks into liquor, and when (lie liquor did its business with his had, he ruwaled his secret, A Loyal Temperance teflon at South Fram' Ingham, Mass., a few montlist old, has t plmlged nio'iili-rsliip nf over j) mid an ex cellent plan for holding the interest of tin children. Tho names of all members nre to lo placet in a bank vault nnd left tnero un disturbed for leu year. Titer will then 1st brought forth to ciuiuucud and coudoiuu thoir pledged owners, nrfKASKs or wins tastit.i. A tiermnu medical pnpor mentions a Helen tille investigation by r. llonntt, of bor deaux, and Dr. Marandnn, of Dijon, Kranoc, of thosiecialdiscaswi of w ine tasters, whose services as cxiert are called into ropiisltiou to test thoqunlitiea of wines and liquors. I( appears that tlieee wine tasters frequently sufrer with disturliancea similar toaliMhol ism, although the claret tnsters do not swal. low the wino, but, on the contrary reject it, nnd tiven rinse tlicir moutlis afterwnrd. Omi coso mentioned by Dr. Donunt wns that of a ninn t hirt v-tivo years olil, do used to taste every day thirty or forty samples of wine, occasionally liquors nnd rum, without ever snnllowinj any Mrt f them. After two years ho ln-cninc very excitable, lost bis ai etite. did not sli-cii vicll, and suffered with, distal bailees of sensibility, pains in tho brenst, a fecial); of weakness, nudu ditllciilty in lacuthiic,'. He improved niter nbaudon inc bis profession, nlthouxh a nervous de bility still rviiiniiid, as noticeable by the fa cility with which liownssetiu tnnrs. Auotlior stutenieut made bv Dr. Donnet is the great number of npopWic in llonleaux.wliuiii ninny persons drink one nnd a half litres of wino with a meal. This iiiimlior exceeds Hit number of nKiplexies iu any city of the world. All this serves to illustrate the fact, thnt alcohol is indeed an "irritant Miison," ami that total abstinence, is a safe and wise rule of conduct. DO TIIKV fiET TIIKIIl nKWAItn? When a father, nys a letter to the I'nfce, dtnnds at thu grave of a sou who died from Inteinprrjiice, und rellocts up hi the faet that lie never rsisa l a linger to iielp crush the power that ha-i al. last dostroye 1 him whom be I iy.hI as he love 1 his own life, hn realises now, too lute, his error, and that ho has re ceived his just reward. Whcu u son sr-ss his fr.tlier slowly going to a drunkard's grave, and fails to help in crushing nut tlm saloon power, at Inst, whun hid parent's loved form is hidden beneath t lie) mhI, bo knows thut his own punishment is just. When a wife, who 1ms a loved husband or son who is in daiig.ir of dost ruction through drink, and fails to use Iit influitnce to crush nut tiie liqiMi' trallle, she finds out, too late, her neglect, und shids bitter tears of repent Biica over tho graves of her luvod oues do stroyeil by inteinperanee. Allien a daughter sens her fathsr or brother being brought, into the vortex of drink, and fails to rit hoc voice and use tier influence against the drink liatlle, slio finds too late, when roblwd of ber loved ones, that her i porltiuity to savo them hus pasjod uway tor aver. O, fathers, sons, wives, daughters, waks up from your lethargy and help destroy the great liquor evil that is ruininj so many homes iu our glorious Land of Liberty. MINN'XROTA'B.iNKW hW. The new law in Minnesota which makes the drunkard rather than tho liquor seller the criminal is itqiorted to bo working well. As will perhaps be remembered, it makes com pulsory upon the police magistrate to impose a penalty of thirty days' imprisonment upon any one found (cuiliy of druukenness for the third time. In Ht. I'aul the roturns for the two mouths iu which the law has been in forco show a decrease iu the number of ar rests for drunkenness from 481 lust year to 4SU this. Last year no record was kept of "ropiiaturs." This year thore have boon only two cases where any ono has boon found guilty of a third oirmiee. The principle of this law it new in America, but is quitu com monly accepted iu Kurope. In Austria, for vzuinple, whoever is punished throe times during a yuar for drunkenness can 1st pro hibitod from entering places where liquors are sold for a your in tho pines of his resi dence and in tho towns immediately sur rounding it. Any infringement of this law U liable to a penalty of one mouth's imprison ment, or twenty dollars' flue. Tho same penalties are imposed upon the dealer who sells the liquor. -Yew York Commercial sldcertistr. Twin investigations carried on by Pr. Happoport in Ht. Petersburg, it would leein tliat this quantity of gastric juico secreted during sleep is much smaller limn that secreted during the da time or active life. Tho digestive power is ul.so less. Pepsin is found to much tho sums amount; but chloride of sodium und hydrochloric acid nre in smaller proor tions. SUNDAY SCHOOL. lkson for gkrruMnnn 2a " Death of Haul mid Ilia Rone, t fnm, itxl, 1-ia Ooldcn Test: is- xtlr., JO Noiea, VPhen Pavld again had Paul In his power, after the time recorded in the last lesson, and Abiahat wanted to slay him, David refused train to touch the Ixird's anointed, and said; "The Lord shall smite him, or his day shall Soma to die, or he shall descend into battle uid perish." The last of these predictions is fulfilled In the lesson of to-day. The eventa between the last lesson and this are: Tha asath of Hnmuel; the death of Kabal, upon whom David was restrained from taking ven reance; David marries Abigail and Ahlnoam; Se snares Saul a second time; he goes to the Philistines and lives at Ziklag; Saul again liantieva od by eonultlng the wrMi of Kn dor; David's town of ukiag is smitten dur ing his absence with his six hundred, ami women, children and flis'ks all carried cni tive, but David pursues and recovers all. 1, "Now the riiillstines fought against Israel and the men of Israel fl"d from before the Philistines." This was the battle to which David and his men hnd started, when they were sent back by the lairds oi the fhilistinee only to find Ziklng desolate and burned with nre: ()sl again hindered David from having anything to do with the death sf Kaul. It Is a sad sight to see the people of Mod fall !sforethedenrsof Ood, when tho promise was that one should chase a thousand and two put ten thousaud to flight (Dent. lull.. HO); but the liest of men are nothing If Ood Is not with them, and Israel, through Haul, had forsaken (sl, and the dearly Im loved of His soul is given again into the hands of her enemies lieennsit of her sins (Jer. xll., 7) that she may by chastening learn to know (hid. 9. "Tha Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua. Saul's sons." H makes one's heart ache to read this. especially concerning Jonathan, the loving, the brave, the noble. How David lamented for him is recordist In the next chapter, nnd w e do not wonder at the depth of his lamentations over one whose soul was knit with hisown, but wn do wonder when we read thnt it wns a lamentation over Knul as well ns JoMiifhnu. (II Ham. i., 17.) The secret of It is thnt David saw not the man Saul, bis enemy, but. tm aw tho King Saul, the anintid of the Urd. If we could only we th children of (Sod as dear to Him. and ns they will lie when per fected, we would have more pity for their failingsand sorrow for theirsms. 3. "The battle went sore ngalnst Saul, and the archtrs hit him." He wns not any longer in merciful hands, but In the hands of those who know no mercy. I-ong sultering and mercy had followed bun many years; lie had Is-en spared manv n time and warned often; but "ho t lint being often reproved, harileneth his m'k. shall suddenly Ih de stroyed, and thut without remedy;'' mid now mercy is past for liini and judgment has reached him. 4. "Therefore Snul took a sword nnd fell upon it." Snnl Is'iug sore wounded nsked his armor hearer to slay him: but notice the reason: "l,et these uiiciivumcisfd come and thrust ine through and utilise inc."' What n fenr he has of Is-ing dishonored by tho.e uu rircumc isvd, what n ki-cn s'-nso of honor, but. itistheold story ns when h plendnl with Samuel: "Honor mo now bel uc the i I lersol' my people and before Isra -I'' e-hnp. sv , :iui. It was liis honor, and not the honor of Cod. thnt ho was careful alsuit. In Saul's case it was Saul and his glory that was uppermost ; but in David's case, David was nothing and the Lord and His glory was everything. fi. "His armor bearer fell like. wino upon his sword and died with him.'' This lisiks heroic and like a t'pirit of devotion to his master, but hud he Wen devoted to liod instead of to Saul, or more clevot.sl to .Ood than to Saul, ho would not have dono no. No man who fears Hod w ill t.-ke his own life, and nnvone who lieli-ves (fori concerning the nwlul furnri' of the ungodly as revealed in S"ripture could not think of rushing madly into it . Simple unbelief is the cause of nil such conduct. . "So Siuil died, nnd his thro sous, and his m inor bonmr. nud all his men, that same day together." What then? The wo'ds of the Lord .lesus, in Luke xvi.. nnd otlii'r words of the Spirit plainly ris-ord-il in Scrip ture, teach us I hut if we believe I bid and uro redis'inisl by the pns ious blood of His dear Son. "to die is gain." "to depart and be with Christ Is f ir better." nnd when the -pirit leaves the bod v, our coc.-eiou personal 1 1 1 continues, nnd the angels guide or carry us to perfect bliss in His prencuce. Hut if we ille ill our sins and diobe,liont it is equally pluin thut the portion of such. while also per sonally conscious, is darkness, torment, gniibhing ol teeth and fearful looking for of judgment. 7. "Israel for. 1 ok the cities nnd fled, and the Philistines came and dwelt m them.'' litre is not only t defeat and slaughter of the Lord'- people Israel, but. their poisi ssions, which they ou'ht to have kept ami enjoyed, are p- s-esscd by their ene mies. This is Kid, indeed, nnd tie-only rea son is that the people of (ioil hail turned tin ir bncks upon Hun. x. "The Philistines came to strip the slain." The dehors of Ho. I cannot do i iioujli to show their haired of Hun and Mis piofcs.cd fol lowers. It is tlm devil who posses?-.", them mid who is culled trnlv n duvourer mid destroyer. '.. "Tlicy cut oil" his load and si ripp-sl otf his armor, nud sent to pn'nli-li it " among the s ope." Thus w l.ut Saul feansl came upon him. and Hi. so ine irciiui-I'is-sl Philistines nbusHit Ins I m 1. 1 v . Ilul worst of nil it wus imhlishisl ul road anion ; iIh-.-ii idolatrous di tiers of the Living and Trim (tod. Win n one who be.ns ine ii'i'iio of Jcmis is in any wuy overconin by the world, thi'lh-sh, or the devil, tnat Holy .N'ninn is Mssphemed and thus dishonored by the sins thus coinnuttcd, 11ml not only are such I'lms tinus (if they Hi'o ( 'hrist iansi laugliisl ut nnd despised by the world, bill the pi'is-ious uniiie they lieur, instead of being exulted, is de spised also on tlicir account. 10. "They put. his nrmor in the house of Ashtaroth; and they fnslened his Imdy to the wall of llethshan " Whut n vicUiry for tho idoluters, but it will not isintiniie. I'llussed 1st (lor that nil the victories of His cut-mil's are only for a little time, but thu victory of His dear Son is for eternity. 11. "The, inhabitants of .Tats'sti Cilind heard." Thuuk (out for tho faithful in all ages who w ill not tolerate an insult to His name or His peoplo if bo can prevent it. He has always had them, linn them to-day, and will have them, n little thick until His body is complete, 1 and then shall tlm whole earth begin to be lileld with them. VI. "All the vnliitiit men nrose and went all night." We are not told how many were valiant men, but it it was with them us with the men of Oidcoii, there were but lew, and vet (b si can do more with ''lo liko liideon's bund than with :iooo, or :iii.ism). or :iuo,(MMI who are half hearted or feurl'ul or nfraul. Jesus our I'nptaiu, knowing all thimH that were to Ix-lell Him went steadily forward to the consummation of His agony nud our sal vation, never stopping or turning usld". l.'l. "They took I heir Imuics and buried them uniler a tree at .Tnbesh, and lusted seven days." It wns only I heir bodies they rescued after all. Wo uro ut ter souls, ami our Cap- taln will rcsiMio tho liodii-s, too, In duo time, not to be buried, but to ls raised incorrupti ble, immortal, .just like His own glorified btsly. Tills is tlm end of tho story of Saul, raised by the (iud of Israel to b ICiu over liis ptsople; if ho huil only obeyed (lodwhut a Mossing he might huve been and w hut a different record ho might havo left. Arc yon walking iu Hod's way or in your own wuy, and what record will you leave? .tdy-j.i lclur. If It were only the exercise ot tho body, the moving of tint lips, thu bending of tha kuoo, nun would as commonly step to heaven as they go to visit a friend; but to separate our thoughts and affections from thu world, to draw forth nil ourgruces, nnd eiiL'nr.e each iu its proper object, and to bold them to it till tho work prospers in our bunds, this, lb! is the diflleulty. lijucltr. RELIGIOUS READING.. KSOCKS. Heat thou not heir thnt sound! Must it b always lrow ad fy clamorous voices of the worl I replying It is the voice of Ointhnt standeth crying; tif (Ine that standeth at a fast clo-ed door Patiently knocking knocking evermore. Dost thou not hear that sound' The snow i on the ground fontght ; t ho cold north w ind Is blowing chill; Put surely must thnt heart b colder still Kronen with cold, and futtired haid with sin That cannot take this Mossed Ktrangor in. Thou d st not nk what ibior Is thnt Ho knocks belore. Nor who It Is; for thou ai t wvll nwnra It is none lose thnn ,li-us stindiiig thero I H' wnita, 11 "pleads as oulv lb knows how 'lliou bnst not always listened listen now I I think I h-nr Him say, "Thou wilt not tun away fliy truest Friend? I shed My blood long years Ago 'or thee. To-night I shed my tears If still I llnd no enti anc to thy heart, Is it siiiM sin fr ail which thou canst not part! "Is It the Jove of gain That mik-s Mv pending vein! Didst Mum hut know what treasure I have brought! Whnt peace 1 VVhnt pnrJ'.nf thou would'st count as naught All els 1 lieside. Kight dearly were they won, Kor I havo dio I for thee. My Hon! My Hon! "Tho thorns bnve ploroM My brow; Tho nnll prints even now Are In mv hnuds these hands thnt brinj t thee Such gift; II, say at Inst thou Invest Me, Kor I have wnitid ninny a we-iry year. Ihi that lint U oars to hear, now let him hear." Thus Jesus knocVs. O, might There only be to night One dnnr by eiger, trembling hand unbarred To let htm in; one heart, however hard. Touched by t lu greatness of this livedivine! Whoso shall it be? I) brother, why uot thui).' r.nr.NTAi. riuvena. Surely nmong nil prayers that go up to J 1 oii none me uc 1 re i' or in h e prevailing i nan th" intcrcessjonso' parents for their children. They nro tho hallowed breathings of the purest, tinderest love. Such pravcr., if jsTsislent, believing and imp u tuniite, nriv wo not say I hut (io,i alwuvs answers in some wav in th e id? Monien, Hi" mother of Au gustine, prnvs f ir her son. I'or ntiniuli" goesd ep r and ihsqier into sin. ami it seems that the mother's stipphcit ous uro unheard or unavailing. Hut sin luints le I ; sh ill Hi t kive I 1 111 up; she icltisi s to be ills I rii'tened I'or many tens her -on wanders fnr Irotu ioil, faith, r nnd farther, but she lavs nt. h r nltar, nil li-m ie,, beli -vin still, mil pleating it Ii ten we. I earnestness. At Isst nil her intercessions nreiinswcred in 01.11 hour when Augustine fulls l mil at Je.cs' lis t in -ul'iiii-si ,11, mid iiist'intlv turns nli the WKiltli of his splendid lile uilo I hi M't vicnof Lis 11 wMa-tcr. s'';'i'iMa uU seiti'C. OOI) I.AVK IIIS I'fsT. It Is s n.i-li!. si,i,i isii tna -. bill 11. a . ts go 1 1 enough for the in at .hm. Tlcy ic ed the very be. I we lei v... liol gave 1 1 it best. even Ills nnlv l eotl-n Son I o rescue the lost world The m .st darkened and iiiornit souls itis'd tho best, f Minting. When our bl".sei l.oril was pres' ntin llis Oi spel to a fallen Samaritan woman Ibi lectin to Imvo preserved llis b st thoughts for her, mid, in order to make n bad woman e, si I, utters in her ears tho most Migild phln s pi I'-iil thesis to Imj found in any tongue: "(J. d is n Spirit, and they that woiship Him must wor ship Him in s,;i it nnd in truth." Missions hav had their grandest success -s When liiulllll I s liest Kclnil.irs. like ll'shop Putt Tsou mi I llisli ip S 'I a yu h ie d 'Voted their splendid talents to the c inversion of the lleiC'st and lowest suvn.'o o M icroiicsnt and .New , il unl. It would be 11 sad day for American Chris tians if thov should ever d"s rvn Nehemiah s ii piciiu'li: "Their nobles put not thur necks to the work or the I .or, I." Cbri uianit v will ndvaiice over tho earth Willi line;, swift strid s wle ii tho diuretics nre ready to send their bc-t men. and tho b st men nrj ready to c,n. A' f e 1 l Jti'l . ju . "TltF SAMK Dt.ll .TIM." Tho ultimate evidenc i of value In a r e ligion iinisi l its M ints, or tin effects w hich It pr due -s on t h ' letup f lite I conduct of It I nlheri tits. Ileligj.iiihnsitssc.il iutlnhent. No amount of outside intinipul'ition can make n man a real ( hri-tiau. I'orius of f ilth. III ! Ill l n to I II, s and ceremonies, are tin sure cMib lli cs of a good III ill. S imc of the worst men have serv.-d the ih vil under Ihegui "of ih'Volioii lolio.t. l'liirisecs an I J. suits are no belter for tle ir long pray, n find sanctimonious faces; the deviltry si ill wc iks under their rofc-i ceil r be-, and is Mire, in duti tin. -, t burst t tue m f - ia , fh rv II I. The l an.i It. in in I an, iu Ins blunt wuy, bit tin- nail on the Lead, when, in d, -1 .ii 1 1 n tin .le nit's ihs' ".l ino of llio ellicicyol I i-m, lie sai.l, ''Ntlhe luce; tie I I ;i I I 1 1. - Is wa-lllllg. "W ji t - r "ii l"ce all gu f .f nothing to b id man. .Tun lin k Tree hid as ever uilii strut;; ut n' ! I.i pt i. ' oil 'lice do hilli Ill good; lie tle sann old .Tims'ill." The aim i'f Christianity is to diipo-c of this oil .lull. Is'o hoi , water -priliKI 'd iqi oil hint w ill do l In- work; tho oh m in hum In cast l oin the In art. nnd the new man rencwe l i i tho i.iiaiii.f Clirist iutroilucl. Chris .uni'y U entiiiciitly a I. cart work. To be sure. In art religion will iiitoilett ii.self ill external rm iluct; but it must b lii-st iu the hearl. The heart is the matter of lirst impr t.ilico. '.ti,'i lit ,nlt. nEsui.Taor rnv.sicAi. Tii.itNiNO. i Tlis Kur(hu-ftem Christian Ailrnratr, from the late brutal prixe-flght exhibition, draws the following useful lesson concerning tho value of non nlcoholie physical training! "The one thing thnt attracts us in this in stance is the result of Kullivnu's training by Professor MiiLloon, who seems destined to fame because of his success in training the big drunkard, whose profanity, quarrelsomeness nud general dchnueliury are a general dis Hi'.ieo to even that prolligato. After bernj se-thed in whisky for yeurs, damugod by ty phohl lever, and disable I by a broken arm, this Sullivan has submitted to severe train ing, exercise, ilietiliir und abstinence, until he is pronounced a perfect specimen of physical manhood. If all Ihis be true, it suggests tha possibilities respecting uny man whoso bodily functions have been damaged by whatever means. If the Muldoon can uplift such a limn, what msy not other trained trainers tin for the sober, temperate mail who needs (sirre.qionding at ten lions nnd rulative rebuild ingr Wo have no doubt thnt proper train big can add a very large fraction to the lifo ami elllciency of many hundreds of profes sional men, and thus add to tho sum total uf thu world's braiu-wcirkers," a rnurr or tiik bai.oon iiuhinkss. According to thu Topeka (Ivan.) Capital, the COO saloons iu Kansas City, Mo., have lllched $.'0,000 a day from the laboring men, emptied 6ho business places, U'.NKI rvsideneus ami iiotK) olllces, and driven laboring men and mechanics from 400 dwellings to stele work in Kansas. As a further fruit of this business, says tho Com'fuf, $IO,UOO,000 are in vested in buildings thr.t are not paying taxes, 714 chattel mortgages were filed iu Juno, while from two to three thousand idle men stand lu the publio squais btiug fur work. , . CXAnOKKI) OF TIIK ( HASE. The Adventures iif a t'hlravo Tenth Who Waa.aelseil Willi an Amlilllon lo (! Met ami May the Illmm of the rialna. .Tohnnv Murphy, of Chicago, rends of Ked I'.vc, the noble Indian tighter nnd buffalo slayer. l'ircd by the exploits of lied I've, be lakes to the chase, "llu, the lioblo tauic !" )(." ts. ' Tl.c itiiMe g.nue at bay. .1 ' v ft ."o'-'V;m.1 v ie- f f"-. . --k, - v(vJv OT VNs"'.:,.,.. ..'kV ir . , if. 1 1 iv' .lubiinv rotni'Ms from the iIi;:m'. Clf-tfin ,o, ,.. A Crovi luiliail 'einelery. The CroiVs Itavi u t made such prie;re louard civil!. dioii us to put their dead under jrioiiud. They stiil inclose thu corpses in Iioms i.ml perch tin in on plat foinis as hi;!i iu tic air as possible. In a different clinuile a Crow cenictciy uni. Id be a nuisance. Mont ilia air iiiaUes mummies of bodies lluis exposed. There i luithiiii; in one of these places to otl'cnd the olfactories. Tourist;, vho biin with them their amateur cameras, have i; iv at sjioit visiting the '-last it-tiiicj M S,j.. iian ri r"i plai n" of the Crow s. They even open the boxes, t.il.c out tin! dried bodies and prop thi in iu ir roups in order to obtain more strikim; iews. The Crow is iinythiiii; but n stoical in dividual. If you say "II w" to him ho is likely to reply with iiu hasis, 'liood moriiine;." Ho is a wit and a sport, and w hen ho is in tow n he sees all tlu.t is fo in( on. lie will start it j-'iiuio of "lay'' in a crowd nnd keep it up by the half hour. When ho ipics into u store hn Knows just w hat he wants nud doesn't pull over forty dim-rent thiutrs whilu tryiiiif to make up his mind, liiit he is still addicted to feathers and lcvjoinos Hid blankets and the loudest possible Solum. (Jlulic-lh tucfrct. An Addison c xinty (Vt.) farmer has co t that has lemucd to rin tho furin bell by cut-hiiiR thu ropn m his toctlt and prancing bu-.-k au 1 foitb. 1 cKifeitr' -. 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