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The Care Of Colts.


For the past two years, says an East
ern horseman, l have been in the habit
of inspecting my young stock every
month; and when SEGA colt with the
feet out of normal shape, with one quar-.
ter longer than the other, or the toes
growing too long, at once have the
feet put in proper shape by the use of
rasps-both coarse and fine. The out
side quarter of most colts feet is thick
er than the inside, and seems to grow
faster; therefore the ~toe and outside
quarter generally need more rasring to
keep the feet level than the inside.
There is no doubt but that ring-bones
are produced aud the tendons are in.
jured by the strain that is caused bv al.
lowing the toes and quarters to grow to
an unslghtly length, as is sometimes
seen during the winter in many stables.
Another source of trouble is caused by
allowing colts to stand in. manure and
filth until thrush gets into the cleft OF
the frog, which is liable to result in con-
traction. at the heels. To keep the feet
healthy, the colts should have ward to
run in when the weather is pleasant.
The box stalls should be kept dry, clean,
well lighted and ventilated, and should
be well bedded, so that the feet will moi
stand on the hard floor. If it paws to
breed colts it pays to keep them sound
and healthy, and 1t. can not be done
without the best of care. with plenty OF
good food, the first two years especially.
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Airing Church Buildings.

1t is n shame and pity to have the
house of God kept in a slovenly or I'M
wholesome manner. Nobody ought 10 be
compelled to worship in foul air or in
dirty building, or where there are drafts
to induce pneumonia. The laws of
health for airing house of worship are
very simple, and when understood and
properlyapplied never fail to secure the
desired end.
l. Every Saturday throw open every
window and door for from two to four
hours, the higher the wind the better
to carry out the stagnant air.
2. While thus open sweep and dust
the house. If the weather is too cold
for this, sweep before opening; and
open one hour each day if there is an
evening meeting TO be held.
3. In summer open all the windows
at daylight on Sunday morning for an
hour; then close up till time for open.
ing. ''"
4. Before opening for service in sum.
mer pull down the top sashes few
ing them upward, and do the same al
all seasons when fresh air is required
during the services. Never raise
lower sash while people are in the
house.
5. On all occasions when there is
service, keep closed the doors, win
dows and registers that are behind tho
audience, and all blinds turned upward
sufficiently to throw the draft from
heads and shoulders.
6. When more light is needed open
the top blinds to admit it.
q. When the house is closed leave
the upper sashes down little. Base
ments should never be closed up tight
when empty. Christian Gicer.
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the Christian era. and which can never
be lost From what other source has
all true civilization. directly or indirect
~. emanated? What other influence
has so elevated humanity, SO lifted the
poor and humble, so freed the OBJ
pressed, so enlightened the ignorant, so
inculcated peace and goodwill among
the nations, so proclaimed the brother
hood of man under common Father,
so restrained and rebuked vice and
crime, and brought the indispensable
sanction of future responsibility. and
future Judgment to the support Of
earthly laws and human governments
From what other pages than those of
the Bible have all the noble philanthro-
pies of modern times derived their in
centives and examplesp What can leg
islation do but confess that all its labor
ious statutes are little more than the de-
tailed application to existing society Of
the laws first promulgated on Sinai, and
OF the two great commandment
into which those laws were condensed
and crystalized by Him who died for us
on Calvary? And even science, after
all the marvellous discoveries it has of
late accomplished, and all the signal
trlumphs 1t is daily achieving; now
soaring to the skies, questioning each
particular star and comet and remotest
nebula. and Analysing the tints and
texture of the sun itself; now sounding
the depths of the sea, and spreading out
its countless contents, animate and in
animate, to be the subject. of an expo
sition for Princes to inaugurate and the
world to admire; now searching and
exploring the caves and caverns of the
earth, and laying bare to our insatiate
gaze the long-buried treasures of lion
or Assos, or the hardly less interesting
outeomes of mounds and shell-heaps in
our own land; and now suspended over
the broad current which had so long
separated two great sister cities that
stupendous bridge over which travel
and traffic may pass unimpeded from
hour to hour, and look down upon the
tail ships sailing freely beneath them
even science, / say, in all the Just pride
of these and a hundred other successes,
has never found, and never can find,
any other fixed and steadfast point of
departure, or any other sure and final
resting-place to fall back upon, cave in
that sublime announcement, in tie very
first verse of the Bible: I'm the begin
ming God created the heaven and the
earth. "-Robert c. Winthrop.
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The President of n Boston bank once
redeemed n counterfeit fifty-dollar bill
on his own bank, not doubling for a
moment that'the signature upon il was
his own. Mr.. Josiah Quincy mentions
in his FIGURES Of the Past, ''that the
incident WIS told at Daniel Webster's
dinner-table and led to n discussion OF
the value of expert testimony. Several
of the guests asserted that it-could not
be depended Upon but Mr.. Webster de-
Tended il. He said that he had found il
valuable, and that experts were like
children who saw more than they could
explain to others. Cd"
"And this reminds me-" he added,
q of my story of the tailor. A case of
life or death was being tried, and the
tailor's testimony was very important.
He had been called TO prove that he
had made certain coat for the crimi-
nal. and he swOre to the fact stoutlv.
Upon cross-examination he was asked
how he knew that the coat was his
work.
why, I know it by my stitches, of
course. >
". Are your stitches longer than those
OF OJner tallOrSg
'Oh no.
Well, then, are they shorterP'
"'Not bit shorter
Anything peculiar about them?
Well, don't believe there is
80 Then how do you dare TO come
here and swear that they are yours?'
This seemed to be n poser, but the
witness met il triuniphantly. Casting =
look of contempt upon his examiner, the
tailor raised both hands. to heaven and
exclaimed: ~
mercy on u.s. as If I didn't know
my own stitchesr' EFA =
The jury believed him, and they
were right in doing so,'' continued Nj
Webster. The fact is,n he added
= We continually build our Judgment
,opon details too fine for distinct cooni-
zance. ~ - - -
"And these nice shades of sensibilitv
are trustworthy, although we can give
no good account of them. We can
swear TO our stitches, notwithstanding
they seem to be neither longer nor
shorter than those Of other people. ~
Kos'tA's COmpasSon. /,
n d
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Johnny and the MIX.

Johnny's parents are puzzling them
selves whether that youth is likely TO
turn out spendthrift or person Of
intensely economical habits, shrewd
politician or rogue, and all because Of
little incident that happened while
the family was recently spending a sea-
son of recreation in the country. The
other night, as they sat down to tea as
usual, the horrifying intelligence was
brought from the pantry that the milk
and cream that had been set out for the
bowls and berry-dishes of the company
had all disappeared. The first sugges-
ton was, of course, that it was the cat,
but when it was suggested that the
family kept no cat. Suspicion pointed
its whitening finger at Johnny. John
nyr' said his sire, in the accents of q
man who had been disappointed in his
supper, Ibid you drink that milk?"
"Ye-yes, did," replied the culprit,
screwing tear out of his eye with his
knuckle. 'And what did you do il
for?" was the next question in the
catechism which leads to q licking.
cause" said Johnny, blubbering, ~
saw big cloud comm up, and thought
twas goin' to be thunder storm, and
i knew thunder soured the milk and
'twouldn't be good for nothin', and so
pitched in and drank it up to save it, !"
and he wept afresh.; Neither his
story nor his tears, however, averted
the interview with his sire which subse.
quently took place in the woodshed.
Boston Journal.
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Manure as a Mulch.


Stable manure makes one of the best
materials for mulching hoed crops. If
applied before dry weather commences
one or two inches will carry crop
through quite long drouth without in
jury. Probably the manure accom-
plishes double purpose. First, like
other materials, it shades the land and
prevents it from being overheated by
the hot sun. Second. the slightest
showers extract from the, manure plant
food, carrying it TO the roots of the
plants, thus filing the soil with large
quantity of. materials necessary for
plant growth; when this is the case
plants can, be kept vigorous with much
less water than when the soil is poor
Every one, who has given this subject
any attention knows that poor soil
dries a crop up much sooner than rich
one. The reason generally given for
this is that a rich soil is not so compact
but pulverizes better--This is no doubt
true; bptthere is still another reason
that is oftens overlooked namely, when
the earth is fun of plant food the liquid
which enters the roots of the plant is
more nutritious than in soil that is
deficient in plant food, so that the plant
in feeding gets sufficient amount of
plant food without absorbing very large
quantities of water. Plants, the same
as animals. when fed ona material that
isnearly all water, willconsume larger
quantities than they require when fed
on richer food.
In poor'soil plants get food greatly
diluted, therefore, to- get nitrogen,
phosphate, potash and, other materials
enough 10 cause a vigorous growth,
they must have a very large supply of
water, thus very rapidly exhausting it
from the already too dry soil.
Another advantage OF manure for a
mulch is that a considerable portion of
Its valuable quantities are left to enrich
the soil for the next crop. 1t is true
the cost of the manure is more than
ordinary mulch, and probably would
not pay except when valuable crops are
grown; but every farmer has, or ought
to have, some choice plants which he
desires TO save that he does not stop to
count the cost, he only desires to know
what is the best material to apply. The
manure thus applied is not lost, most
OF 1t not taken up by the plants the first
year will be available foI. the crop the
second year, and the land will be i'm
proved both by the shade the manure
affords, and by gradually imparting to
the soil the elements of plant food
through the process of decomposition.
-MdSSdc hlGSetts- PiOu0h71dl2
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Choice Selections.

Trust not SO much to the comforts
of God, as to the God of comforts.
The way to preserve the peace of the
church is to preserve the purity of it.
We blame others for slight things,
and overlook greater in ourselves.
Thomas q Kempis.
The sacrifices we make of selfish
pity may be rewarded by the incense that
rises from useful lives--a sweet SAVIOR
even to ourselves as well as to our
MASTER hrittan AdUocate.
Preserve your conscience always
soft and sensitive. If but one sin force lis
way into that tender part of the soul and
dwell easy there, the road is paved for
thousand iniquities. - Watts.
The worst education that teaches
selfdenial is better than the best that
teaches everything else, and not
that; for it is by self-denial that we arc
able to help our suffering neighbor.--
Sterling.
The very habit of godly life helps
to keep one from temptation and sin.
There are times, perhaps, when spirit
uality is at low ebb in the heart, and
little of Gods sweet love seems to have
place therein Then this habit of cor
rect living-a habit acquired through
years of watchful prayer and persistent
purpose-holdst the man to circumspect-
ness, and keeps him from many things
that might soil his soul.
is there intelligence i'm sewing the
skins of animals together for a garment,
and no intelligence in the mechanism
that weaves the skins and covers them
with soft fur? Is there mind in knitting
stocking or hammering nail, and no
intelligence in the manufactures which
turn out the finest cloth and the fur
naces which cast all the iron used in
utensils and architectural And what is
human mandatory but the attempt
of human intelligence to utilize on a
limited scale those mighty natural
forces which the Divine Mind is using
for the sustenance and comfort of man.
kind, for the maintenance of the globe
we live on, and the illimitable universe
of which it is partp-EvangeIist.
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HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.


An Eastern horseman says scratches
can be cured by winding Wooden rag
around the horses ankle and letting ii
remain until it wears Chicago
Journal.
Mrs. G. ID. Swart. Cannonsville, n.
z, lost a COW, and examination after
showed a darning-needle in her heart.
supposed to have been swallowed with
apple parings. e,
Moss on single roofs, by holding
the moisture several days after rain,
hastens the decay of the shingles. 1t
can be removed by throwing Stacked
lime on the roof just before or immedi-
ately aftera rain. Post - r-
DO notallow the plantsto berobbed
IF bothfood and moisture by worthless
weeds, aud more OF them can be de-
'troyed in enc day, when they are small,
han in ten. after they are well rooted
and cover the ground. ETchange. IA
-Hominy Waffles: To two tea-cups
Of hot hominy, add one tablespoonful
Of good butter; when cold, add one cup
Of sifted wheat flour, a little salt, and
enough milk to make a stiff batter: add
hree well beaten eggs. mix the ingre-
dents well together, and bake in waffle
irons.--N. y. Times.
After a field is newly seeded with
blue grass says the Ne1o EnqIqnd
Farmer, it should be allowed to 90 to
seed once or twice, or until thick turf
is produced but never afterwards, as
producing seed diminishes vitality. If
dry weather stops growth, the grass is
very nourishing, and is eaten greedily
by animals till the rain comes to drench
and rotit. -
-Somany of the small fruits, such as
blackberries, piums, etc. are delicious
picked that a general rule for making n
sweet pickle is desirable. To seven
pounds of fruit allow two pounds OF
sugar, one quart of vinegar, and spices
to your taste. Cassia buds makes q
very delicate flavor, but are somewhat
expensive when compared with other
spices.-N Y Post.
-,l-Peach-leaves are poisonous and
often prove fatal when eaten by ami
mails The leaves are said to contain
prussic acid. and number of instances
are recorded of sheep being killed by
eating them. Instances have occurred
in which cattle and sheep have been
poisoned by eating the leaves Of the
wild cherry. 1t has been said that the
leaves of the cultivated cherry are free
from poison until they have wilted; but
cases have been known in which The
green leaves have proved poisonous and
fatal to Chicago Tribune.
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Religious Reading.
4 FATHERS TENDER PITY

Through wool of gloom and sorrow.
Through warp of pain and tears.
Ihere flashes bright silver thread
Amid the flying years.
For as father pitfeth
The children of his love,
so, with compassion failing not,
God watches from above,
And sees our need and weakness.
ana NOT IN vengeful wrath
SENDS down the dark calamity
mat docks the tangled path.
But ever wise to guide us,
And always full of love,
a Fathers tender pity seeks
To draw our thoughts above.
sweet, when our hearts are heavy:
Clear, though our eyes are dim
The old, old word of blessed trust
Which lifts US up to Him.
y. dear, when flesh is falling.
That breath of Heavenly Dove.
Which whispers in the silent hour.
VI Gods paternal love.
Life hath its desert shadow,
Its lnterspace of tears;
And yet. sunburst often breaks
ana scatterS swift our fears
For as father pitieth
The children of his love.
SO GOD, our Father, watcheth us
With pity from above.
Our feeble frame He knoweth,
Remembereth we are dust.
And evermore His face is kind.
His ways are ever just.
In evil and in blindness
through darkened maze we rove,
But still our Father leads us home
= strength of mighty love.
Margaret Il. Sdngster, in S. s. Times.
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what the Bible Has Accomplished.

The least and most hopeful among us
are, / know, sometimes disposed to de-
spondency and almost to despair, as
they witness such floods of lawlessness
and infidelity swelling and sweeping
over our own and other lands, and
dashing down SO many of the old land
marks of morality and religion. But
we may all take comfort and courage in
thinking of all the great and glorious
things which the Bible has already
done for mankind since the opening Of
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The later The plants can be put out
without detriment the better, for it is of
no advantage to have them head some
time before theproper period of storage
TOR winter. If the ground is rich and
In hne condition, the plants will push
ahead as fast as may be desired Cab
bages should be worked frequently, the
oftener the better, which protects them
from drouth and enables them to grow
during the dry period Being gross
feeders they are not partial; and there
fore any kind of manure is serviceable,
but if well rotted, the action therefrom
is more immediate. In. setting ont late
plants water the roots. if possible, COW
ering with dry earth. Put them in
deep and pack to the roots closely
Farm ard Garden. -zs13
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DR.. Moffat, the father-in-law of DIR.
Livingstone, whose death has been an
nounced, was for many years a mission
airy in Africa. In 1870 he returned to
England, and he was presented soon
afterward by his friends in that country
with the sum of $4,000 in recognition
of his great services in the missionary
field. Such recognition is too rarely
accorded to missionaries who have
spent the best part of their lives in an
apparently thankless work.-N Y
Tribune
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ID Tar Ar THE DooR.


Nd 1HP AT THE DOOR,
A hand tapped at my door, low down. low
Ic.-sucd IL and a . two eyes Of brown.
Two NE OF cherry nd,
littlo curly head.
Who s,ld,. with nfied face > Pam. good
"'' 49,. ~. N
she climbed upon my knee. ana knccirns
Lisped softiy. solomnly. her little prayer.
Her meeting hnvcrtips.
80 Hrr pure, sweet bahyiips.
Carried a,slanni with hers half unaware
Into some clcarcra divincr AR.
tried 10 lift again but an IN vain.
- scientific thHught the subtle chalng f.
- sunll. ~ small.
Ny learning all;
Though could call each star. and tell its
My chnd's "Our Father brilscd the gulf OF
space.
sat with folded hands. M rest 40 rcst.
Turning this solemn thought within my
breasts
How faith would fade
tf God had made M a-.
No children iu this WOrld--nO baby arp--
Only uic prudent man or thout httul sage;
Only tho woman wise; no little arms
To clasp arouud our nccitsno baby charms,
No loving care,
No siuIr-s prayer.
No thrill Of lisping song, uu pu'tCring feet
No infant heart against our heart 10 beat.
Then. " tiny baud, low down. low down.
Tap no thy heart or door. uh. do not frown:
Bond tow 10 moct
Tho little teCt;
TO clasp the Cliuairg hand; the child will he
Nearer b. Heaven than thco-- nearer than
thee.
-LWic p. Burr.
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CHAPTER XXI.
An OLDER sroRY.


As Gordon Marquis had gone once.
Launt Harrington wcntnow. straight 20
Alexia for informa tionrof Dana
Miss Hraxtof consented TO see him.
and rpade her appearance. very lev.
very constrained. very much inclined TO
visit his past dereliction most severely
upon. his offending head. but relentin9
after She had looked into his haggard'
miserable face. and heard the iustifca-
ton which she did not in the least
understand A secret. had separated
them. which wps-sleAred away now.
and II she could and would direct him
to Dana. he would be grateful all, ibis
life, s,Miss Bra1ton 'couIi; whether she
woila All that >xss n question.
"You see." said Lex. "Dana mighfn't
ike Il. And II she don't care. why.
he mightn't like II. 1 wouldn't in his
cHSP wkSs' asked Daunt. with a
sudden pang. .tNnna
Gordon Marquis. to be sure. Be
saase you went OF and left her Il. no
r
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-Pug-dogs have gone out of fashion
as ladies' pets, and Japanese spaniels
and Italian greyhounds have taken
their place. Chicago Journal.
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Ice cream may taste good. but it's
cold comfort after all. Boston Star.
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HER ,LIFE'S SECRET.
ny JENNIE DAVIS BURroN.

Aisihor ~ "S,r1ng,'u Wod," II hs Thornh,,-st
Apsterv.' The Mad icst H,Irrfags Erp
Has," CscFs Sccrc',""A Ser
CO. Euf" flr. &c.
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The TaiIOr's Stitches.

TUE RND.1
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-29
CLOSING THE MILLS
The Great Lockout in the Iron
Industry to Begin Friday.
Eighty housend Workmen
Involved in the Strike.
Two Mtlls In Esbraslta Included in
the List.
Tho Iron Lockout.

special Dispatch 70 TBr Bss.
PirriBuRa, May 28 From sn eff.
ci II source n complete list of all Iron
mills il Pltttb lrg and the west, which
1t Ia claimed will shut down OF Taars-
day night, 10 consequence OF tho
.trike the workmen viii insugurate
that 5 dat, has been 4 obtsiueed.
Tao firm, operating establishments
,us'u1e> In tha iiBt have oil re.
fased to sigu tre amalgamated asso-
citation Gcslo of wages, It 10 alleged,
aud lockout must ba tho result. Tao
ist 10 no follow: Pltthbprg district,
20 firms, many of whom operate ~v-
eral mill1 under one name; West
Pennsylvania, ou'fi6e Of the Pltts.
ouyg district, 8 rolling mills; C,ncin-
nn.i 'istrict, 2 rolling mills; Wneeiirg
(W.VA district, which oxtendd into
Ohio, Ii miiip; Ohio district, below
Wheeling and l. uisvilIe, 3 mills,
ore Of which Ia now idle; Mahoney
Valley, Is mill interior c>nu'ies of
~ Ohio, 8 mills; l. ke county, l mili;
Indiana, 2 mile: Illinois, 4 m,ils, l
of which 10 at Caicago ard At Balle.
VILE; WiEconsio. 1 mill, nt MLwsu-
kec; Missouri, 3 milli; Michigan, 2
mile; N brsaks, 9 mi.is. This list
does DOT emorace the steel mills,
which may or may not slgu the scale.
At tho Amalgsmated headquarters to-
night tho romor that five or six firms
In Ohio aud West Virgins had or
we're about to sgn tho scAie was partly
accredited. There mills no doubt ere
omitted from the mani ficiu 'ers'
lat Given. Secretary Mar in sayS q
number of mills will have to shut
down for repairs and for that reason
mainly will not sign the soile. All
nills given in the foregoing arc
operated by men In Tho Amslgamated
association, who will strihe, There
are only twenty three non.union mills
In the United Ssasev. Eghiy thou.
ea1d men In oil srs employed In oil
miir, Of which number one Ia every
five are union men, soout one-th'rd
If ths entire number working IN p it's
burg.