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say Amen 10 that, Brother.

In the the south of New Jersey, some years
ago, there travelled over some of the hardest
Counties good, faithful, hard working brother,
named James Moore or Jimmy Moore, as he was
familiarity called He devoted to the timer
ancy-a true loyal Methodist, plain, pointed
and sharp in all his preachings aud exhorta-
tiOns.
He had been 1abOring year on one of his cir
cults, and before leaving for his new field he
gave his people, who dearly loved him, his fare
well sermon. At the close he said: my dear
brethren this is my last address to you. am
going from you, and You may never hear the
voice of James Moore again"
"Amen~ came loudly from the seat before
him.
He looked at the man with u little surprise,
but thinking it a mistake, went on:
"My days on earth will soon be numbered. /
am an old man, aad you may not only n:ver hear
the voice of James Moore, but never see his face
again."
"Amen " was shouted from the same seat, more
vigorously than before.
There was no mistaking the design now. The
preacher looked at the man; he knew him to be
a hard, grinding man-stingy and mercless to
the poor.
He continued his address: "May the Lord
bless all those of you who have done your duty,
who have honored Him with your substance,
who have been kind to the poor, and
Pausing and looking the intruder in the face,
and pointing to him with his finger
MAY His curses rest those who cheated
the Lord, and ground the poor under their heels
Say amen TO that, brother"
That shot told. He was not interrupted q gain.
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The Ripenine af Coru

w. B. Pratt discus SEES an interesting ouestior
in letter to the Elmira, n. Y, Farmers Club !:
ALLOW me to dissent from the idea some hat
current among your speakers or writers, that to
cut corn as soon as it is glazed is to render the
stalks innutritious. They say the corn will ri
pen, nut at the expense of the fodder. Their
theory must suppose a continual circulation of
tine sap alter the corn is cut, whereas | should
as soon expect a natural coursing of the blood in
the veins of the human body after the mans
head was OFF. The glazed corn is sound when
dried, because it is matured. The smallest hard
speck is the signal of maturity to the human eve.
II Immediately stripped, and the partially har-
dened Kernels exposed to rapid evaporation. thew
VIII not be as plump as when protected for a
time by the husks. And this is so whether the
ear is broken from the stalk or not
rake Two ears of equal rpeness, strip down
the husks of one of them while vet attached TO
the severed stalk, break off the other. but leave
the husks untouched, and the latter will come
OUT pest, showing that it is not because the kerr
mel draws support from the stalk, that il is
piumper, but because of the protection against
S 700 rapid drying while partially soft that the
Let us reason from analogy; Millers tell ms
shat wheat is heavier and of better quality for
nour II cut ten days before it is ripe. Who of
your Club will say that the early cut straw is
worth less Tor fodder than the latei If thirty
years experience have taught the writer anv
sning, u Is tnat early cut oats are brighter and
heavier imam those allowed TO stand till dead
ripe Which one of you savans will saw that the
early cut straw is damaged for feeding by being
drawn from the shock, by the unhardeped oats
and that the dead ripe straw is of the better
quality Docs different law govern corn and
eorn ioaaerf II early cutting gives the best re-
suits with the former, why should it not with
the iatteri 1t does, in my poor opinion. the
only disadvantage from the practice being that
II makes slower and harder husking.n
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Exhausted Fruit Trees.

1t is no uncommon thing to meet with single
tres or even whole orchards, once productive
that have become barren, either yielding nc
fruit whatever, or few scrubby specimens
mere apologies for the products formerly given
In such cases you will perhaps hear it said that
the trees have failed, or become exhausted
whereas the truth is the soil is exhausted. Such
phenomena are viewed as among the mysteries
OF the vegetable kingdom, but they among
the simplest and most easily explained facts 20
Be met With out of doors. 1t would be difficult
TO md anything more irrational than the course
pursued by some in regard to fruit growing. A
young orchard is planted out, and forthwith
sovn to grain crop in which the trees stand
during the summer months, like storks in rush
pond, their heads just peering over the nodding
grain. Year after year a similar course is pur-
sued. The land is expected to bear as much of
some sort of crop as though an orchard had new
G been thought of. After much hard struggling
half the trees-two-thirds perhaps-are found to
have survived, and they begin to bear a little
fruit. At last, by stretch of eniency, the orch
ard 10 seeded down, and after one or two now
ings converted into hard-run pasture Who ey-
or thinks OF manuriDg an orchard-or what fool
would think Of giving up the land to the trees,
and manaring it well, and cultivating it thor
oughlyf Yet, if after the worst possible usage
the trees do not bear plenty of choice fruit eith
or the nurseyman is blamed, or the climate is
cursed, or forsooth the trees are exhausted! In
the June number of the Horficulfurist the author
of "Ten Acres Enough" cites the case of a farm
or in the best fruit-growing region of New Jer-
eey, VINO came in possession of a farm which
thirty years ago was used as a nursery. Many
choice fruit trees were planted upon the
estate, but the new proprietor, considering the
raising of sweet corn and pickles the chief end
OF man" neglected his trees until they only bore
meagre crops of Indifferent fruit, and had made
up MS mind to grub out the useless things to
furnish more room for "corn and cucumbers,n
when be was successfully tempted to sell out
The buyer determined to reclaim the degenera-
ted trees, being encouraged to take this course
by an account which appeared in the Hortieul-
turist many years ago.
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fnr the farmer.
Solid Land for wheat.


From m English standpoit, Mr.. J. ]. Mechi
says-and so far as the question of solidity is
concerned, the rule will hold good anywhere:
From long observation and experience l am
more and more convinced that loose friable
bed for wheat is a mistake, and that compress
sion or soldity is essential to the well doing and
1on-rootfaiing of the crop. The old system OF
dibbling wheat might well be esteemed, espeoi-
ally in light and friable soils. The ireading'
and also the wedgipg by the dibble, had the ell
fects of consolidating the soil The driii mas sa-
perseded the dibble for it does the work SO
much more quickly, and deposits the seed more
uniformly. good dropper was not oiteii 10 DC
obtained. Remember seeing lines OF human
beings treading the newly sown wheat on inc
late Mr.. Wood " ards farm in WORCESTERSHIRE.
So convinced WAS he abont solid soil for wheat
that he used twenty four horses for three days
trampling down some newly broken-up grass
land after sowing il with wheat, and ~ got
fine upstarting crop.
After discussing the relative merits of dib-
blIng-dropping a single grain of wheat at reg
ular intervas-he says:
As regards the proper quantity of seed wheat
per acre. much must depend upon certain cir-
cumstances of soil, climate, and fertility. No
doubt, as a rule, the excess of quantity is alb
Ourdly wrong; but / will make an humble bow
and defence TO those who, by trying COMPARE
tive Quantities, have arrived at a suitable and
profitable conclusion. The average increase, ac-
cording TO Card, is nine to one. will venture
10 assert that il is impossible to obtain from
sound wheat kernel, having room for develop
ment, SO small a return as even a single ear,
which would probably give thirty to forty OF
more for one. When dbble my one peck per
scre of wheat Zone kernel in every dibble hole at
Sbout four and one-half or five inch intervals,
there were usually several ears from each kern
q, often ten to twenty-five, and / know of q
case recently in Kelvedon where a single kernel
produced 10o stems and heads, but then it had
% competitors. 1t grew on a parsley bed. Lie
big truly says that the greatest enemy to a
wheat plant is another proximate wheat plant.
From what hear, the thin sowing light is dawn
ins gradually on British agriculture.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-07-25

CoUNTERsIGNs.-A Maine regiment recently
garrisoned certain post in this department, and
of course it became the duty of the adjutant to
provide countersigns. After running through
the names of well-known battles in ancient and
modern history, it became necessary to look
elsewhere for material. Some of his words had
been difficult for uneducated persons TO pro-
nounce, which called forth the censure of the
colonel, who ordered the addjutant to take the
names of rivers, lakes or towns of his native
State, as the men would be familiar with them.
The following is the list sent to the colonel for
approval SysladoLsis, Cheputnaticook, Maya
guodaric, Welokenebacook, Mosselucmaguutic,
Molechunkemunk, Chemquassabamtook,P eka,
gnimack Sheketahank, Pamgockamock, Moosel.
okanoguntic, Mollychunkamug-Ner Sonfh
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Mr. Malvern w. Hes says the Journal of Chen
StTy, has sent US the following note GIVING ON
account Of experiments made by him With S;s ~
TO settling this curious question:
There have been various surmises in reo.rd :,
Snis SUBJECT; none, so far as have been able tc
earn, nave been substantiated by experiments.
In order to learn whether milk did really sour
curing heavy rain and thunder-storms, / made
several observations which proved to me thai
TINS opinion, so commonly held by the dairy.
men, was not erroneous. Ny experiments to ar.
nve at the cause of the phenomena thus obsery.
cd may be stated as follows:
took skinned mornings milk, filled an epd;.
ometer tube 600 C. c., introduced 100 G. c. pure
oxygen gas. Then by the use of an ordinary
battery, and . small Rubmkorff coil, SHARKS If
electricity were made to pass through the oxv.
gen for i've minutes. The current was then
broken, and the tube shaken up and allowed to
stano for nve minutes. The milk does not an
pear quite a. opaque, and shows a noticeable
acio reaction. On continuing the current for
nvs minutes longer, making ten minutes in ali.
the mix curdles very perceptibly, and shows a
decided acid reaction. The contents of the tnbe
on standing for twenty minutes had reached the
consistency Of ordinary sour milk or sbonny.
From the above experiments il will he seen
tnas the oxygen was converted into ozone. which
we think may be stated as the cause for the ran.
ID sourlng OF milk during thunder storms
The increased acidity Is due to the formation
of Tactic acid, and most probably soma acat;c
acid, by means of the ozone. One or hotb Of
these acids then cause the casein to be precin;.
tated. f''0'P'-
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To Avoid Observation-Disclosures for these
Hot Days.

HUI DuySs
The following circular is issued by the New
York Board of Health:
Srnstroke is caused by excessive heat, and es-
pecially If the weather 10 ''mnggy." 1t is more
apt to occur on the second, third or fourth day
of heated term than on the first. Loss Of Sleep
worry, excitement close sleeping rooms, debility,
abusc OF stinulants, predisposc it. Ii is more
apt to attack those working in the sun, and es-
pecially between the hours of IL o'clock i'm the
morning and o'clock in the afternoon. On hot
days wear thin clothing. Have as cool sleeping
rooms as possible. Avoid loss of sleep and Mi
unnecessary fatigue. II working indoors, and
where there is artificial heat, laundres, etc, see
that the room is well ventilated. If working in
the sun, wear light hat, (not black, as it ab-
serbs heat), straw, ETC., and put inside of it, on
the head, wet cloth or large green leaf fire.
quently lift the hat from the head and see that
the cloth is wet. Do not check perspiration, but
drink what water you need to keep it up, as per-
SEPARATION prevents the body from being over
heated Have, whenever possible an additional
shade, as q thin umbrella when walking, a can.
vass or board cover when working in the sun.
When much fatigued do not 60 to work. but be
excused from work, especially after IL O'Clock in
the morning on very hot days, if the work is in
the sun. If feeling of fatigue, dizziness, head
acne, OF exhaustion occurs, cease work immedi-
ately, lie down in . shady and cool place apply
cold cloths to and pour cold water over head
and neck. If any is overcome with the heat send
imm ediately for the nearest good physician
While waiting for the physician, give the per-
sou cool drinks of water, or cold black tea or
cold coffee, if able to swallow. If the skin ia
hot and dry, sponge with, or pour, cold water
over the body and limbs, and apply to the head
pounded ice wrapped in a fowl or other cloth.
If there is no ice at hand, keep cold cloth on
the head, and pour cold water on it rs well as
on the body. If the person is pale, very faint,
and pulse feeble let him inhaie ammonia for a
few seconds, or give him teaspoonful Of arc
matte spirits OF ammonia in two tablespoonfuls
of water with little sugar.
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Msefnl aud Curious.
A specific aer D..rrhea.


Considerable has been said in medical ;our-
nails concerning the value Of milk - remedial
agent IN certain diseases. An juterestiug .rtiole
npon 1 this subject lately appeared in the London
M,tS journal, IN which 1t Is stated, authority
warm milk 10 used TO great extent rs . sDrci6c
Tor diarrhea pint every four hours will check
the most violent diarrhea, stomachacbe. ipcipi.
ent cholera and dysentery. The milk should
never Ice boiled, but only heated sulficieutIv 70
be agreeably warm-not too hot TO drink N;ik
which has been boiled is not fit for use. The
writer gives several instances to show the value
OF tins simple substance in arresting this disease
among which is the following:
1T has never failed in curing in six to ten
hours, and have tried it, should think. ffty
times. l have given it to dying man, who had
been subject to dysentery eight months, latterly
accompanied by one continual diarrhea and IL
acted ON him like charm. In two days his d.
arrhea was gone, and in three weeks be- became
hale, fat man, and now nothing that may here
after occur will ever shake his faith in hot milk,
writer also communicates to the Medical Times
ara Gazette statement of the value Of milk in
t~enty,slx cases OF typhoid foyer, in every one
OF which Its great value was apparent. 1t checks
diarrhea aud cools the body. People suffering
from diseases require food ~ much a. those n,
health, and much more 30 in certain diseases
where there Is rapid waste of the system Free
qnenfiy all ordinary food, in certain diseases. is
rejected by the stomach, and even I0athed by
the patient; but nature, ever benefceut has
furnished food that in all diseases is beneficial
in some directly curative. Such a food is milk. !,
The writer IN the journal last quoted, Dr. Alex
ander Yale, after giving particular observations
upon Inc points above mentioned, namely, its
action in checking diarrhea, its nourisbiny prom.
critics, and its action in cooling the body, says:
I'VE believe that milk nOurishes in fever. pro-
notes sleep. wards of lelirium, soothes the in
testines, and, in fine, is the sine qua non in ty-
phod fever"
Another writer in the same i,urnaI savs g. aw.
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Mr. Brown called in at neighbours, and was
urged to take supper, which he did, the old lady
all the while saying:
I'm afraid, Mr.. Brown, you will not make a
supper; you have eaten nothing; do eat some"
After he had stepped ont, he heard the old
lady say to her husband:
why, do declare, should think Mr.. Brown
had not eaten anything for month";
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ONE OF NATURES BExEpIEs-Paonl. xbo
without knowing that they were applying ma,
lures remedy, have drawn in their breath hard
when they had cut finger or barked . shin on
coal scnttle, will DO pleased to learn that thew
nave employed respiratory analagesia in its sim
and quickly for the space of three minutes or
less, he will thereby lose acute sensibility 10
pain, 90 that be can endure a minor surricaf op-
GRAFTON without Inconvenience. Eminent sur
geons nave found the process Of great advantage
also were employed, in which latter case the
2as1ffy OF the drug to be used is greatly dimin-
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TOP-DREssING WHEAT LANp.-Some of nm,
wheat fields are not so rich rs desirable. lit
tie rotten manure spread over them and har.
rowed in with the grain, will have wonderful
enect. Such is also the case with our timothy
neids. The seed will take better and the grass
grow more rapidly. But nearly as much as any
thing, is the influence which manure has in re-
slsting the effect of the frost. Our fields are
naked in winter, and the frost penetr ates Ma
nure Is coat to protect it. It's more; it will
cause mat OF roots and good covering of grain
or grass; adding TO the protection of the manure.
The field in consequence will open in the spring
green and thrifty; so that it may be said q top
dressing Of manure secures a crop. Where the
soil is poor, manure is Indispensable II is also
guard against drouth.-RHral World
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A CORRESPONDENT Of the Cosshy Ge.fle.s,
says Hydrophobia can Be prevented, and ]
will give what is well known TO be m jnfsllible
remedy, if properly administered. for man Oh
beast. A dose for q horse or . COW should be
about four times as great as for q pens on. II +
not too late to give medicine any time before
is an ounce anasa half of elccampsue roof. hruis-
ed, put in pint of new milk, raduced 70 one
half by boiling, then taken at ono dose in the
morning. fasting till afternoon, or at most, very
light diet AFTER several hours have elapssd. The
second d0se - first, except take two Dances of
taken every other day. Three doses are ali that
a1s needed, and there need be no fear. This
ksow from my own experience, aud know num-
Der OF other cases whereit has been entirely sue
cessful. NV
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Two brothers, coming to be executed for some
enormous crime, the eldest was first turned off
without his saying word. The other, mount.
ing the ladder, began to harangue the crowd
whose ears were attentively open to hear him
expecting some confession from him, Good
people, y said he, 'my brother hangs before my
face and you see what q Iamentable spectacle
he makes; in few moments l shall be turned
of, too, and then you will see pair of spec.
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AN APPEAL.

Hasten the cooler days and nights,
A plenteous store
Balm bearing breezes from the sea,
And from the shore.
Shut up the ovens of the sun,
And bank the fires;
Some patience dies with every drop
That man pcrsPires.
The wandering cister ms Of the sky
Put to good use;
Knock all their bottoms out, and let
The water loose
This torrid madness cease, ere all
Our virtues faint;
For Satan, hopeful, contemplates
a reeking saint.
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AT recent meeting of q parish, a solemn
straight bodied. and most exemplary deacon
submitted report, in writing, of the destitnte
widows and Others standing in need of assist.
ance in the parish "Are you sure deacon. that
You nave embraced all the widowsi" He said
he believed he had done SO: but if anv had 49,
omitted, the omission could easily be Corrected
He did not take at all.
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"wHo is he" said pas,er-by to a policeman
S Mno was endeavoring to raise an intoxicated in
dtviduai who had fallen into the gutter.
Can't say, sir" replied the policeman che
can give no account of himself,n
'Of course NOT, said the other; chow can Won
BALANCED" '-o '''' "'S
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Che fun Of the Ching.
WARN WEATHER POETRY.
By RoAsrrER yoHHsox.

WARN WEATHER SoGI6x.
By EoesrTER yoHxsoS.
Oh for a lodge in q garden Of cucumbers!
Oh for an iceberg or two At CONTROL
On for a vale which at midday the sun cumbers!
Oh for pleasure trip mp to the pole
Oh for little story Thermometer,
With nothing bat zerocs all ranged In q row.
Oh for a big double barreled hygrometer,
To measure this moisture that rolls from my brow.
Oh that this cold world were twenty times colder.
fThat's irony red hot. il meth to me D
Oh for a turn OF its dreaded cold shoulder!
Oh what q comfort an ague would be!
Oh for a gro.to to typify Heaven.
Scooped In the rock under cataract vast
Oh for Winter Of discomfort even.
Oh for wet blankets judiciously cast
Oh for q soda fount spouting up boldly
From every hot lamp-post against the bot sky!
Oh for proud maiden to look at coidly,
Freezing my soul with glance Of her eye!
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YOUNG man engaged in making himself at
tractive to young lady on Elm street. on Mon.
day evening, was taken with a violent it of
coughing, and brought up two marbles he had
missed him. She said she didn't want To mar
q stone quary.-Dasbxry Nexs.
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NUMBERS is what does the business" shouted
. man VINO lives on Mechanic street. "Whsn
my wife is alone, can reason with her and RIM
things to suit myself, but when her mother is
around, am not even stakeholder in the con.
cern."-ISfusrius Herald WI
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Remedy for Snake Bite and Hydrephsbia
IIse raftlesn GA nasta.- .....-.....-.

AsCssseuy AVH SA6Ac nntc ma 0DhODt0>
Use rattlesnake's master-Synyixm aqxaticxm
sometimes called corn snake-root. This plant
is most common on the prairies of the western
states ; grows from two to three feet high, and
very much resembles young corn, though having
much stouter and tougher leaf, and being Of 4
blush green color. The stalk usually dividss
into two or three branches near the top, bearing
large balls covered with white bloom. Tksy
are long, like the blades of corn, having . nam
Der OF sharp spikes or prcklcs along their edge,
and one at the point Of the leaf. You cannot
mistake it with this description. The rosA Is
bulbuous, perennial, and only from one to two
inches long, being decayed or rotton at the, bot
tom, and giving off numerous little branchse or
hbres around the sides. The root 10 ths part
used, either green or dried, but the green b best
Take about the same quantity you would Of any
other herb, and steep in sweet milk drink as
much as the stomach will bear, AnA apply some
to the bitten part. It may be uss4 several times
during the day. 1t is my opinion that it would
prove an sntidote to mad-dog ite. 1t should be
used internally, and poultice made aud applied
to the bitten part. This should be done as soon
as bitten.-Dr. }. II. Oyssr IN Kassas Farmer.