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lam going home to die no more.


Take good courage from that Bible, all
of whose promises are for those in bad
predicament. There are better days for
you, either on earth or in Heaven. l put
my hand under your chin and lift your
face into the light of the coming dawn.
Have God on your side, and then you
have for reserve troops all the armies Of
Heaven, the smallest company of which is
10000 chariots, and the smallest battalion
144, 900, the lightnings of Heaven tn cir
drawn swords.
An ancient warrior saw an overpower.
ing host come down upon his small COM
pany of armed men, and, mounting his
horse with handful of sand, he threw it
in the air, crying:
"Let their faces be covered with confu-
sion?"
And both armies heard his voice, and
history says it seemed as though the dust
thrown in the air had become 50 many
angels of supernatural deliverance, and
the weak overcome the mighty, and the
| immense host fell back, and the small
number marched on. Have faith in God,
| and though all the allie1 forces of dis
| enlargement seem to come against you in
battle array, and their laugh of defiance
and contempt resouuds through all the
valleys and mountains, you might by
| faith in God and importunate prayer pick
up a handful of the very dust of your hui
initiation and throw it into the air, AMI it
shall become angels of victory over all the
armies of earth and hell. The voices of
your adyersaries, human and satanic,
shall be covered with confusion, while
you shall be not only conquerer, but more
than conquerol. through that grace which
has SO often made the fallen helmet of an
overthrown antagonist the footstaol of a
! Christian victory.
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OWN A HOME.

Every man should own home
if he can. The philosophy which
tells 4 man to drift over the ocean
of this uncertain life without Il
home of his own is wrong. The
man who does not own his home is
like a ship out at sea at the hazard
of the storm. A man who owns
his home is like ship that has
arrived IN port and is moorcd IN a
safe harbor. One man should no
more be content 10 live in another
mans house, if he can build one of
own, than one bird should take
the risk of Matching in another's
nest. l should rather be able to
own a cottage than to hire n palace.
| would say to every man, buy n
home if you can and own 1t. If a
wIndfall has come TO YOU, buy Il
home If you have laid up money
by honest toll, buy n home, if you
have made money in stocks, buy Il
home. Do let anybody tempt you
to put all your winnings back into
the pool. Take out enough 10 buy
home, and buy 1t. Put the rest
back if you will, gamble on ii if
if you must, but buy YOU home
first, buy it and sell it not. Then
the roses that bloom there are
yours, the clematIs and Jcssamrnc
that climb the porch belongs To
you; when you are at work upon
them you are working for your
self and not for others. If there
be children there, then there are
flowers within the house and with
ont. Buy q home.-Exchange.
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Z. G. Matthews, of Baltimore,
wPltes as follows to the New York
Tribune under a recent date: ~
note in your paper an account of
two bales of cotton picked before
the war and recently sold by the
administrator of an estate at Rock
Hill, S. c. / think 1 can give you
a history of two bales equally re
markable, in 1861 Transports
ton company received here two
bales of cotton for which there was
no claimant, and which no one has
ever appeared TO claim. In 1864,
when the market advanced to a
fabulous price, l offered the agent
for one bale of good m,ddIrng
$1,000 and for enc bale of stained
middling s99s He declined to
sell unless l paid HIM $4,000 for TIE
two bales, and 90 for the sum of 50
the trade was off. About one
month ago knowing that he still
held them | asked if he did not
think it was time to sell. He said,
Yes and l sold the two bales at
eight and a half cents per pound
realizing about $50 for the same
two Identical bales. This, think,
cannot be beat"
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sKuLFuL CULTIVATION.

SkillfuI cultivation should be
the aim for every one who raises
plants and crops. To make gar
dening and farming profitable, il
is necessary to have something in
return of every stroke that is made
and every dollar that is invested.
Even when only a few house plants
cared for we expect 10 sec growth
and bloom in repay for our care
if not, our interest in them would
soon be lost. We devote an acre
of land TO certain crop; it costs
for the season the interest for a
wear on the investment made for
it. besides the expense of prepare
ton, manuring, eultIvating, har-
vest1ng, marketing, etc. Our crop
is but half what 1t might be, or
what good cultivation has proved
might be obtained. The time and
expense of preparation, OF sowing
and cultivation, have been as much
as for full crop, and the cost of
harvesting and other expenses
but little less; but a part OF the
land was too wet and planting
could hot be done early, as it
should have been, aad onthe same
account the manure that was APP
piled, though there was not hell
ensugh of that, could only produce
partial effects, and so, from these
combined causes, we get back the
seasons work, perhaps the expen-
ses and little more. The inter-
est and expenses were fifty dol
lars on the acre, and returns all
told. amounted to sixty dollars,
giving profit of ten dollars. At
this rate per acre on the whole
place, with what it provides for
the table besides, with great eOono-
my, one may, perhaps, live for a
while. and the land is growing
poorer, and the value OF the first
investment is lowered-the place
is running down. But at little
more expense in preparation, per-
lhaps ten dollars on the acre, enough
to insure the best result, making
the whole sixty instead of fifty as
before, and the crop is twice as
great, and perhaps further enhanc-
ed IN value by its superior quality.
All of this success, then, is profit
sixty dollars or more, instead of
ten-an amount that makes pros
perlty and success, instead of fail
n1rn -Vink,r Manaz1ne
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Farm and Home.
THE MISTAKES OF FARMERS.


An exchange furnishes US with
the following list CT mistakes gen.
orally made by Negligent farmers t:
l. To think that anyone can
farm; that nan who has starved
as canvasse.. for patent tooth
pick, or has ben unsuccessful as
carpenter can jump into a business
requiring high intelligence and per-
severing efforts, and, being familiar
with d ctails, be able to make mon
ey.
2. The idea that q largo farm,
halt stocked and poorly cultivated,
pays better than few acres well
stocked and carefully titled.
8. What is 1t but the worst kind
of a mistake to pay hundreds OF
dollars for good farm machinery
and allow it, for want of good shell
ter, to rot, rust and become useless
IN q year or sooner than it should?
4. 1t is big mistake to let year
after year pass by with no attempt
to improve the quality of the farm
stock. Blooded cattle pay, they
make beef quicker, and the cows
give moro milk. Better blood in
horses pays. A Norman or part
Norman colt is valuable piece of
property.
5. To let foolish pride or narrow
minded jealousy prevent the addi-
ton Of new methods when they
have been proven by practical
men.
6. To get up after the sun has
risen, lean on the hoe handle and
speculate for an hour or two on
what the weather is going to be;
to let the weeds get a good start
and then wonder why farming
doesn't pay.
I. To leave lot OF unchopped,
wet or half split wood at the pile ;
lot of old harness hanging in the
kitchen and muddy tracks in the
dInlng-room, and then expect TO
see the women folks good-natured.
s. To have a lot of halt-fed,
emaciared, lonesome looking fowls
roosting deiectcGly in some old
cottonwood tree, when a few good
healthy Plymouth Rock or Brahma
chickens, properly housed, would
make the poultry yard an honor
instead of O disgrace.
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GARDENS.


Texas Farmer.
Many farmers would have better
and earlier vegetables, and conse-
quentIy "better health and more
OF it," but they can't have seasons
to suit for bringing mp the seeds
All seeds require moisture tor ger
mination the ground soon be-
comes dry down for half an inch
or an inch, and small seeds will
not come up if planted so deep. if
we wait tor rain, We may get too
much of it; and must wait for the
ground to dry. Then 1t is too
late for early vegetables, and many
vegetables are best only when
early.
The proper time to plant is when
the weather is warm enough TO
sprout the seeds, and the ground
not too wet. Work up smooth and
light and rake and level the rows.
Ifthere is moisture enough on the
newly made surface, so much the
better if not, givo 1t a thorough
voting, and soon as the surface
will work up fine, drill in the
seeds and on the row lay boards
old planks, or clapboards are as
good as anything-walk on them
to press them firmly down and
pack the soil about the seeds.
Small seeds should barely be COW
cred with soil. As soon as the
seeds germlnate the planks should
be raised by placing something
under the edge, and after two or
three days removed altogether, Ii
the weather is dry aud hot, lay
the planks close up TO the plants
Oh one or both sides. This will re-
tard evaporation and enable plants
to live and grow that would other
wise perish. In this way early
plants may be secured In the dryest
season.
Another cause of delay is wait
lug for rain for transpIanting. Let
us do away with that, also. Thor
oughly saturate the seed bed with
water, and when it is well soaked
In draw the plants. Replant them
a little deeper than they stood be-
fore press the soil firmly about
the roots, leaving the plant stand
ing IN depression. If the soil is
very dry, take q bucket of water
and dipper, and give each plant
gill of water. An armfull of shing-
les will be found useful to stick in
the ground so as to protect plants
just set out against the fierce rays
of the sun. Properly placed in the
ground, and properly inclined, a
six-inch single will protect an or
binary plant from 0 a. M, to 4 p.
m.
Dry weather is not valid ex-
cuse Tor late garden.
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SORGHUM FOR FORAGE.


Id lle leAsts L aTileT-
MERRELLTowN, March Goth, $50.
One of our best farmers has said
that Sorghum is the coming forage
crop of Texas. Is it true? l say 1t
is. Whyg First, because 1t is a
sure crop, wet ar dry. Second, be-
cause it produces twice or three
times as much feed per acre as any
other crop. Third, twill grow on
any land, rich or poor, rOugh or in
good condition, sown early or late.
1t does not lniure the land, Of
sown broadcast but puts it in fine
order for next years crop, and is
very easily harvested. And last
but not least, all kinds of stock are
fond of it, and 1t keep them IN
good health.
l know there has been a preju-
dice against sorghum ever since 1t
was first introduced but it is not
we'll founded. / have planted it
for molasses and grown IT for feed
ever since 1t was introduced, over
thirty years ago and l shall con-
tinue to do SO as long as farm.
r. L. RAVEN.
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EAT OR LEAX PORK.

"FeodIDg tor Lean Meat" is the
title OF Bulletin No. 10 of the Mis-
souri, Agricultural College series.
Previous bulletins have shown that
quite marked effects had been pro-
duced on the relative proportions
of fat and lean in pork by different
methods of feeding; that ALBUMIN
GUS food gives Us lean meat, while
carbonaceous foods, like Corn-meal,
increases the proportion of fat. The
latter experiments registered in
bulletin 10 accord fully with the
results OF previous trials and indl-
cate that so far as the pig Is con-
cerned we have it largely in our
power to elect whether our pork
shall be mostly grease or sweet,
nourishing lean meat. The late
trial was with four pigs, one lot be-
ing fed on ship-stuff and blood, the
other on corn-mcal. Both lots
weighed about alike, but the pigs
fed on shlp-stuff and blood, highly
albuminous food, had forty per
cent. more lean, exclusive of bone,
than the lot fed on corn-meal. Much
care was taken TO separate the lean
from the tat, two whole days being
occupied in cutting up single pig.
Prot. Sanborn reminds farmers
that the "block" is no test Of breed
influence in the character of uncut
meat unless measured by the char
acter of the food given, and that
managers of fat stock shows should
recognize this fact when arranging
their premiums and requirements.
Feeders will learn from these eX-
periments that il they would in
crease the palatability of pork for
the American taste they must feed
their pigs on something besides
clear meal or corn. Milk, apples
and roots from the farm, and wheat
middllngs from the markets mixed
with meal will produce a better
grade OF pork, while at the same
tune the cost will be diminished.
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HOW DRAINING LAND PAYS.

A correspondent of the Southern
Planter gives his experience IN
draining land as follows: CATER
an experience of thlrty-fve years,
/ will say that in 1849 we had IN
one of our fields a narrow strip of
land some six rods wide and about
12O rods long. 1t was so very wet
as to produce nothing but swamp
grass. 1t being very Inconvenlent
to pillow around it, we dug a ditch
through it, and blinded it with
stones loosely thrown in. We then
cultivated it with the rest of the
field in corn, oats, wheat and hay
alternately for fifteen years, the
land producing enormous crops of
each during the time, when from
some cause or other, the drain be-
came ehoked, and nothing but
swamp grass could be raised upon
it. Alter allowing it 10 remain
idle four years we again drained
It with slx-ipch pipes, and 1T has
produced excellent crops ever
since, this season yielding hay at
the rate of three tons to thS acre.
In all this time it has not had any
manure put upon it, yet the crop
shows no diminution in yield.
"Aagain, we have another field
of eighteen acres of rolling, heavy
clay soil, very wet in spring and
very dry and hard in summer.
Being mostly upland, it has been
cultivation many years, although
never producing a paying crop
the usual yield of wheat beng
about eight bushels TO the acre of
oats, twenty bushels; of corn, tif-
teen to twenty bushelsj and of hay
one thousand TO fifteen hundred
weight per aero. In the winter of
1892 we drained the field with
pipes, running them four rods
apart, and from two and one half
to three feet IN depth. The follow
ing spring We planted it IN corn,
but the ground was so very hard
that the crop was a complete fail
ure. In the spring of 1888 we
sowed the field in oats, and gather
ed a crop of fifty bushels per acre.
We then plowed in the oats stub
BILE and sowed in wheat, and al
though much pinched by a drought
lasting from the first of May until
harvest, we got a crop of some ff-
teen bushels per acre, and the pres
ent season have taken off q fine
crop of hay, not less than two tons
per acre. And all this at an out
law of s20.50 as the cost of drain
age.
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ROBIN HOOD.
The Horse Texas Qualities Has
No Superior in the United States.
ROBIN HOOD

Is n beautiful dark
brown, with dapples.
black name, tail. and
points. Is now four
years old and stands
(under the Standard,
full Is IL hands high,
without shoes, and
measures to go over 16
hands. You will see
from the following ped
igree that Robin Hood
is from the best saddle
stock of Kentucky. He
makes friends and ad-
mirers OF all who see
him, being a horse of
grand and imposing ap-
pearance, perfect con-
formation, and has the
best OF action, while his
get speak for them
selves all having high
finish and show SUI
perior saddle qualities,
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According to the National Ga
zette the loss Of the Oregon has
very materially affected passenger
traffic across the ocean.

About three years ago the agent fol
Acker's English Remedy first called % hi,
town, and since then the number of testimo.
mails that have been sent in to Carton &
Nash concerning the merits of the
Remedy, and the many cures effect.
ed surprises them. They wish il
to be thoroughly understoo that for al
colds, hoarseneSs, asthma, Group, whooping
cough, all phthisical troubles. they have
never known it's equal, and positively guar,
antee it.
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Carlton & Nash i6lI Us Of a remarkable
gentleman was literally covered with soFes,
brought on by neslecting his system; ulcers
cured him. They say that they will warrant
this rs being the best blood medi-
cine that can be bought. It is always
certain to cure Syphilis in its worst form.
1t Is POsitiyely guaranteed.
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Many a person is starving with full table
before them, Appetite gone! Ambition
gone! Life burdenI What is the matter?
The Liver has ceased to do its proper work.
The life channels are clogged. Poisonous
fluids are thrown back into the blood, which
should be thrown out. SMITHS BILE
BEANS will surely stimulate the liv, r 10 do
its work well, and headache, sallowness and
bad breath will fee away. Price, IS cents
per bottle, All druggists,
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In order that our town may have the best
goods possible, the popular Druggists, Carl
ton * Nash have agreed TO sell Kcker's
English Prescriptions, among which is
Acl;er's Dyspepsia Tablets. They act upon
the system when suffering with Dyspepsia,
Tad breath, sour stomach, tstulency, heart
burn, &c, &c, with wonderful certainty,
hence they guarantee them to cure always,
or will refund the money.
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That is where the influence comes from
which gives people in the country malnrial
fever and horrible ague. This influence
drags its victims down into the Slough OF
Dispond, and gives then awful visions Of the
future. Browns Iron Bitters is the grand
tonic which builds up the olorn system, and
raises suffering victims of malaria to the high
est enjoyment of complete health. 1t cures
liver complaint and corrects all kidney
troubles.
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One Bottle Instead ola nnzcn.

"And it took only one bottle TO do it,
81 SAID gentleman, speaking of Parler's hair
Balsam. l had run of fever, and when
got well of that my hair began TO fall out so
what to do, until one day a friend said, Try
Parker's Hair Bnlsam.' That was some
months ago. What surprised me was the
fact that one bottle was enough. ! eKpepted
to use dozen" Cleaned, highly perfumed,
not oily, not dye. Restores original colcr.
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The Best Salyc IN the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Tihsum, Fever Sores,
letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains' CoShs,
and all Skin Eruptions. and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by 2. E.
Luhn.
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Denmark has law requiring
all manufacturers of imitation but
ter to pack it in elliptical tubs,
plainly marked, to show its true
character; and 1T is said the law is
enforced.
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Cracker pudding: One quart Of
milk, eight tablespoonful powder
ed cracker, four eggs, sweetcn and
and flavor with nutmeg. Bake
one-halfhour.-The Caterer.
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Economy in production is the
true secret OF success in farming.
and should be the first thing aimed
at. Splendid or high farming may
come afterward, but only when it
can be made to pay.
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Heve used To galine in two cases of neu-
ralgia and one of rheumatism, and obtained
almost instact relief. Recommend its use in
oil such cases Jno. F. Clarke, NJ. D., Garth,
Ala.
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HIS BREEDING.

He was sired by Rot
Roy, he by Blue Jeans
the king of saddle stall
lions. Rob Roy's dan
was by Gaines Rot
Roy, second dam,
prcmium--saddlo mare
Gaines Rob Roy wa,
by Old Denmark. dan
by Kosciusko, both o
which were thorough
BREEDS.
Ronin Hoods dan
is Madam ZONES a rOnl
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The Richmond Wing is a Demo
cratic paper which advocates wip.
ing out the whole internal revenue
system.
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Is pure, sweet breath. This drSidcrutum
is one of the results of using SOZODONT,
which not only invigUrates and reserves the
teeth, but renders the mouth as fragrant as a
rose.
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Save your poultry by using p, P, p, the
most successful remedy known for all dis.
eases of fowls. Price % cents. Sold by
Jos. Tristram.
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An English court decides that a
divorce obtained in America from
a marriage performed in England
is valid.
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Kiss me, darling, for your breath is
Just rs sweet rs new-mown hay;
Kiss me, darling, for your teeth are
Free from tartar or decay;
Kiss me darling, for you won't
Forget me or your SOZODONT.
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Like a PRAIRIE On Fire

"Parkeris Tonic is bound to sweep the West
In cases of dyspepsia, kidney and live trouble
it wins fliends every day .i'-S. MathsOn,
Pharmacist. Chicago.
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John Kelly is strong enough 10
walk about the house and take an
occasional drive on pleasant after
noon.
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A monument to the late Senator
Ben Hill is to be dedicated in At
lanta next month,
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p .. p. is warranted 10 stop cholera in
chickens. Sold by jos TristraIn
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Spalding's Glue will mend anything ON
cept broken heart.
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The dowager Duchess ofNorfolll
is dead.
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Gladcstone's name IN Canadian
audience usually invokes rising
cnecrs.
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Lily and Blanche are taForite
names among the eOlored children
An southern schools.
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Henry Watterson will spend the
summer IN Europe.
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The Memoirs of Gen. Geo. B.
Mcclellan will form volume of
about 600 pages, which will appear
in the tall.
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A son of Jay Gould is member
of the engineering class of Colum-
bia college.
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brother
Texas d2
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Gov. Hill, of New York, has APP.
pointed women as notaries OF pub
lie TO five counties,
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A Positive Written Guarantee
MARRIAGE GlInE

Elegant cloth and gilt binding. Sealed for soc
in money or postage stamps. Over fifty WONDER
tul pen pictures, showing who may marry. who
not, Why; Proper ageto marry. Who marry first
Manhood. Womanhood. Physical decay. Who
should marry. How life and happiness nav be
increased. Those married or about TO marry
should read it; of interest and value to eyerS,-
thinking man and woman. Popular eait;o-JJ
Paper cover, 25c. Address DIR. WHITTIER