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SENATOBIA FARM
NEAR SENATOBIA, MISS,
oFTtRs TIIE SIENiCrs on TWO IROr.
IING SWALLOWS.
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t'r ll rruIsIu onward. ll'N BEL the ruuirgt
size ui coli tuilCH known, having put four iutvu.
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bruud MANI siHr kCutuIby CLAY luuf of the kuirs
marv. dam lady lhurnc, gls' aud Mumhruo
rugUpuI, lls thIul dam hy silll .uuihcf famous
UrHUd mar lrt. .IWlu forr'st fourth, Hth uui
sixth dums b. thoroughbred sIrv. Individually
capt ,urnes isu three curuld hluud hay, sixteen
hands hi.h. elegantly prop"rti'n,i stallion
Col Joiior2Cn Blind
lsuUcrcd tn ihc Public ut $40 ,ush
Tic vas ifcl boy the greatest hr'ol man sv
known. Nlmhrun lutyhcu. Whose Suns Hrr taking
inst rank us hrIod marc sir~; dam Aloi nu old
tmU UuilDr JuIersou nj thIcc yrur ui ngr was d
UIuluu that wuulI make amy hUrCmuu feel good -
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gated. Nuuy col uis Eut urc blind Hll show splcn
900 ifuftiug Hruuu. AMI nr game aud huud'um,
uIdstrul llu t.Ifi the iHsirsi two year old tha
showed nhnut Memphis last summer
90 an stock handled carefully, but 100 fcspon.l
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month fed grain. slu lur further Information
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Gigglers In. Church.

Giggling is described in the diction-
ary as the act of ia ughing with short
catches Of BREATH" las Laughing idly,
tittering, grinning." 1t is silly and
childish enough anywhere, but in
church it is abomin able, and yet there
is no place WHERE. giggling is more
common. It is natural in school girls,
but when met with in young women
of nineteen and twenty it is unpardon.
able. 1t is frequently CHARACTERISTIC OF
young men with incipient mustaches,
who think they qualify themselves for
manhood by affecting contempt for
what their elders revere. They gig
gle. If they catch the eye of an &C,
quaintance they giggle; ifan old wom'
an rises too soon for hymn they gig.
gle; if baby cries they giggle if the
clergyman cough they giggle; if the
plate is handed to some one who puts
nothing in they giggle; if some one
near them sings out or repeats the re-
sponses loudly they giggle; if the
choir makes q mistake they giggle
In fact nothing is too insignifit ,ant te
arrest their notice and produce q gig
gle, not even the fact that they have
just enough sense to giggle b ecause
they did giggle, and can giggle-
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TEE CHOIR BENT ON BATHINGs
The editors continue to poke fun at the
performances Of the modern quartette.
choir. This piece, which has been
floating around among our exchanges
for some time, is sample; OF start,
ed the niinble soprano with the very
laudable though startling ann ounce:
ment, I will wash. y Stra1ghfway the.
alto, not to be outdone, declared she
would wash. And the TENOR finding
it to be the thing, warbled forth he,
would wash. Then the deep-chestad
basso, as though calling up all his for
titude for the plunge, beloved forth
the stern resolve that he would wash.'
Next, short .interlude on the organ
strongly suggestive of escaping steam.
or splash OF waves, after which the
choir individually and collectively as-j
serted the firm, unshaken resolve that
they would wash. At last they solved
the problem, stating that they propos-
ed to wash their hands in innocency,I
so will the altar of the Lord be conn.
passed. ~
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Pioneer ,Justice.

A story that Judge Reilly occasion
ally repeats when the subject of Mich
igan justice is up for discussion, runs
substantially as follows:
When Gratiot county, Mich, first
began to be disturbed by pioneers, and
after it had its first justice of the peace
a farmer named Dawson walked three
miles to secure warrant for the arrest
of his neighbor named Meacham for
assault and battery. To save the con-
stable six mile trip the defendant
walked with the plaintiff. They en-
countered his honor just leaving his
house with his gun on his shoulder,
and Dawson halted him with:
Squire, I want q warrant for this
man for striking me-"
Pm in an awful hurry" said the
squire. "Come tomorrow"
Som I in hurry, and Pm going
to have raising tomorrow"
"Meacham did you hit him?" asked
the justice.
YES" "
Dawson did you strike first ?"
"No.
"Meach m, had you rather work for
Dawson three days than 60 to jail?"
II guess so," answered Meacham.
"And will that satisfy you, Davi-
SOM"
"Yes.n 49, 10,
"Then make tracks for home and
don't bother me another minute! My
son has just come in with the news
that an old bear and three cubs are up
the same beech down at the edge of the
slushing, and Pm going to have some
bear meat if it upsets the supreme
bench of Michigan. Court stands ad-
journed at present. !"
CHICAGO Tribune.
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HOUSEHOLD SERvIcE.-Is 1t not
possible to re-establish the home partly
on it's old basis, partly on the new !?
By simpler living, simpler dressing, q
more equal division of the intepests
without with the. interests within, a
more sensible training Of the girls, ay,
and the boys, too, in requiring the dali
ly performance of certain light house,
hold duties. This, while it lightens
the hbors of the often severely taxed,
one or two servants, makes the later
young man or woman practically indie.
pendent of the insolent presumption Of
the kitchen goddess when aware Of the
helpless ignorance Of timid mistress,
or of observation-disclosures Of an easy
master to whom the resources OF club.
or hotel are readily accessible whenthe
domestic machinery moves unsteadily.
How many men and women pledged
to love and cherish each other have
drifted apart through lack Of just such
training. Home Maker.
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Rivers and Lakes.

Riveas are the mortal enemies OF
lakes. The river that flows into a
lake brings stones and sand and fine
mud, and, dropping these into the qni,
ct water, endeavors to fill the earth
cup that holds it. The years tribute
of sediment may have as little appar'
ent effect as the years tribute of wa
ter which quietly escapes to atm 's'
phere and ocean but the river is long
of life and steadfast of purpose, and, i
years and centuries prove too short, II
resolutely persists through geologic
apes. The river that flows away from
n lake constantly deepens its channel
of escape, and thus attacks the lakes
rampant at its weakest point: If lf,fad tns
and fioated away bit by bit, and the
work goes on merrily; if it is of fl rm
rock. this is dissolved, and then the
process is exceedingly slow. But time
is long, and even by solution the ram,
part may be channeled to its base, and
the whole lake drained away.-Foras'l'
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dollars to benevolent objects, or the
Christian who spends his life in preach
ing the Gospel in foreign pagan lands.
Those manual exercises that will do
the most good to our suffering fellow
beings should be sought out and pre-
ferred before all others they are far
better and more elevatiDg to the phi
lanthropic mind than any "gynanasi-
una" that has yet been or ever will be
discovered by the sharpest ingenuity of
men.
The nations of the earth, even the
nations of Christendom, as nations,
have not yet learned the alphabet OF
Christianity, as tuaght by Christ and
His inspired Apostles-what burn
ing everlasting shame! They cheer
fully spend untold millions of dollars
for hated war purposes, even in time
of peace, but how little for peace by
arbitration. Let these Christian (?)
nations in Europe and America, oil OF
them at once, abolish their useless, mis-
chievous, and expensive War Depart
ments and establish Peace Depart
ments., This they ought to do, even if
they were nations Of infidels; how
much more when they profess to be
Christian nations.
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The Work Cure.
BY SENEX SMITH.

"How, then, is a sick man to get
well? Medicines don't seem to do me
any good, and you don't seem to think
there is any help for me in the faith
cure"
"shall I tell you my theory and
practice p"
eyes; for you seem to be always
we'll and cheerful. You must have
had better constitution than l had"
"No. On the contrary, I was deli.
cate child, and until learned about
the new cure, was sick a great deal.
I often have symptoms and premonl.
tions of the old maladies now. But
when they come like cold shadows
creeping over me, I do not 60 to bed,
or begin to take all sorts of herb teas
and patent nostrums, nor DO l kneel
down and pray to the Lord to make
me we'll. / 60 out into the open air.
I dig or NOW or chop until the perspi-
ration starts from every pore, and the
blood tingles at my fingers ends.
While working I pray. I can pray in
faith then, for T am doing my best to
work out my own salvation. The
Lord will hear the prayers that I send
up While welding the axe. Its strokes
| give emphasis to my applications.
They are hearty 'amens' that enforce
the petitions. Paul says: I'VE are Ia
borers together with God.' God works
| in us both to will and to do.' When
we are too lazy to do anything, 1t Is
evident that the Lord Is. not working
! in US. Exercise is necessary to a
healthful. circulation. When we re-
\ fuse to take the exercise, and thus
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Farmer Bell.

Farmer Bell did not believe in men,
tai or moral sugar plums in his own
family circle. He was quite willing to
commend friend or acquaintance, but
he had a theory that his own family
would be best improved by Spartan
discipline. The children must learn
to do their duty without praise; and as
for his wife, she had toiled for fifteen
years without having once been told
that she was satisfactory housekeep-
er
One night the two came home from
a tea party at neighbours house, and
Mrs. Bell, with the courage of the
meek, said:
Ezra, it seems to me I heard you
praisin' the notices the Smith girls
worked. =
"Yes, did," said Mr.. Bell. "Real
pretty they were for such nonsense"
"Your own girls have made some
Just like 'em. You'd better praise
them. It'll tickle 'em to death. And
didn't I hear you say that squash pie
for supper was powerful nice? -.
"Well, Miranda, twas good pie"
"Was it mite better'n mine, Ez-
ra?"
"Well, no, I can't say as twas"
"When have you ever said one
word to praise pie or cake I've set
afore you ?"
"Maybe I amt praised you much,
Miranda, but then I amt complain
ed."
Eyes, you have" said Miranda.
"Yes, you have! Sayin' nothin's
complainin' sometimes It's just like
pushin' a heavy load up hill besides
what ye have agreed to carry, to 60
along day after day an not hear a
word o. praise"
Ezra began to think, although he by
no means changed his spots entirely,
he did from that time try to act on the
theory that "women folks" are fond of
commendation.-Selected.
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A Boys FoREs1aHT.-A little boy
wanted his mother to make him some
nightshirts, "just like papa's," and
put pocket in them, too. The good
mother made him one, and he went to
bed in great glee.
In the morning, when the mother
took the robe off, she found in one
pocket couple of seed-cookies, three
matches, tooth-pick, small silver
watch, several pieces of cough-candy,
and the boy's pocket-handk dkerchief!
When the little fellow was asked
about this varied assortment, he le-
piled
"Well, thought might be hum
pry in the nighttime, and If I ate the
cookies I'd want the tooth-pick after.
ward; if I wanted to see what time IT
was by my watch, I must have q
match; and I was afraid of coughing,
SO I put my candy there"
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Dorsey and the Mail.

There is now on exhibition at Smith:
jewelry store magnificent oll-palnt
ing, forty by fifty inches, the central
figure being Scotch collie. The sub
ject of the picture is known as Dorsey
and has the distinction of being the
only dog in the world regularly en-
ployed as letter-carrier. Dorsey has
for more than three years carried the
mail between Calico, San Bernardino
County, and Bismarck, mining camp
between three and four miles away,
over almost impossible mountains.
Calico is stage station and has q
postoffice. Without the aid of the
dog, many a miner would have q hard
time getting his mail, as the country is
very rough and steep in places, and
most of the year the weather is very
warm. ..
Dorsey belongs to the postmaster at
Calico, and, in his youth, he was not
regarded as anything more than a
common puppy. The picture shows
him to be about average size, with
white color, shaggy coat and bushy
tail. The way the dog became a mail
carrier was as follows: One day the
postmaster wanted to send word to
his brother at Bismarck, but did not
want to make the trip. It occurred to
him to try the dog. He wrote letter
and tied it around the dogs neck,
pointed the animals nose toward Bis
marck, and told him to 60. He trOtted
off short distance, and then turned
abont to see what else was wanted.
Some of the small boys showered
stones ut him, and he ran on to Bis
marck. Next day he returned with an
answer tied on his neck, and showed
that he had been well treated. The
experiment was repeated, each time
with success and additional dignity on
the'part of the dog.
AS soon as it became known that
Dorsey could be depended upon, re-
quests were constantly made by the
miners to send their mail by him.
The loads soon increased, and be it :
came evident that they could not tie
on all the letters. The miners then
ordered handsome little mail bag and
fitted it to the dogs shoulders. 1t
fastened around his chest by one strap,
and around his body, back of his fore
legs, by another. He has never miss
ed trip for about three years, or lost
letter. Now, when the stage comes
in he gets up, stretches himself walks
to the postoffice, waits to have the
mail strapped on him and starts off as
as soon as he is told all is ready. He
will 90 long way around to avoid
meeting stranger, seeming to realize
the Importance of his mission.
AS might be expected, Dorsey is a
great favorite with all who know him.
The picture shows the animal with the
mailbag on his back and his fore-feet
on rock, as if he had just stopped to
rest on his way up the side of q rugged,
desolate hillside.I
San Jose (Cdl.) Times.
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Various Thoughts.
BY ]. II.

Tenderness is the ornament OF love.
Love without tenderness is unlovely.
Devotion is not increased by dan
cling. :. , -. ;.
The greatest of sinless calamities is
insanity. -.
Recreation should be help to busi-
ness, never business. j.
No one can bear the cross OF Christ
but the Christian.
No person of good sense will be
found in theatre or in ball room.
Walking rapidly on errands of love
or of mercy is very good exercise.
The more we combine veneration
with doing good to the needy the bet
ter.
Devotion makes human beings an
gelic, but dancing makes them simple
tons.
The alpha and omega of Christian
patriotism is honor to God and good
will to men.
All men would be glad to be las wise
as serpents,n but few desire to be "as
harmless as doves"
Before we approve or condemn any
sentiment or conduct we should care
fully and honestly examine IL in the
light of Him who is "the light OF the
world"
IF we are wise unto love toward God
and toward man we are greatly wise
for time and eternity.
The arrows of truth enter the deep
est into the memory when they are
well shaped in poetic form.
Cannot Christians meet Christians
and fight in love? Yes, if saints and
angels can fight in heaven in love.
EVERYTHING about war is disagreea-
BILE and loathsome to the truly sensible
philanthropic Christian mind. 49,
We can never be in any place In Life
truly and reasonably hopeful, unless
we have "good hope through grace"
Saving wood is an excellent gym
nasticU exercise, and very useful as
well as very healthful for young
man. -,
No person of good sense will be
pleased with military display and
pomp and noise, even if he believes in
the propriety and necessity of war.
The pious sayings of the weakest
minded and obscurest saint are words
more beautiful and valuable than the
choicest wisdom of the mort learned
worldly philosopher.
What our world needs everywhere is
the sweet, all conquering power of q
holy and sublime love, free from sell
fshness and folly, such as lived In the
character and life of Jesus Christ. the
Prince of Peace.
That poor saint who languisnes out a
| long life on bed of sickness and pain,
a beggar or a pauper, may live i'm
mensely more to the glory Of God than
1.-The Christian who gives millions OF
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His Best Girl.

The following anecdote, from the
Detroit Free Press, is about drum.
mer who, on arriveing at u hotel
asked at once for letters, One was
given him by the clerk, which he read
eagerly, then kissed it tenderly. Some
of the men standing near laughed
aloud, and joked the man about his
"best girl" The man coolly offered to
let them read the epistle:
"I guess not,", ",said the one who had
been loudest in demanding it. "We
like to chafe little, but I hope we are
gentlemen. The young lady would
hardly care to have her letter read by
this crowd and he looked reprVogo.
fully at his friend.
"But I insist upon it," was the an.
swer. '"There is nothing in it to be
ashamed of except the spelling; that
is a little shaky, I'll a dmit, but she
won't care in the least. Read it, Har.
dy, and judge for yourself"
Thus urged, Hardy took up the let
ter shamefacedly enough, and read it
There were only a few words. First
he laughed, then swallowed suspi
cuously, and as he finished it threw il
on the table again and rubbed the back
of his hands across his.eyes as if troub
led with dimness of vision.
"Pshaw!" he said, "if / had love
letter like that"-and then he was ST.
lent.
"Fair play !" cried one of the others
with an uneasy laugh.
"I'lr read it to you boys,". said theil
friend, seeing they made no move K
take it, "and 1 think you'll agree with
me that it's model love letter" And
this is what it read:
MY OWEN DEER PAPA-I sa m
PRairs every mite annd Wen I XII
yure Picture I ASK god to bless yoi
good bi PAPA yure best gurl
DOLLY.
For q moment or two the company
remained silent, while the little lette
passed from hand to hand and yol
would have said that every one hat
, hay fever by the snuffing that wa
heard.
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Gathered NOUes.

More pigs and less dogs, more bacon
and less debt.
More depends on management than
on the breed.
Georgia farmers cultivate the Span
ish peanut extensively as food for hogs.
Milk should be strained directly into
the creaming vessel, Immediately after
milking.
Corn meal, cooked into mush and
given to cows warm, is said to be a
choice food for butter-making.
1t pays to curry and brush the cow,
to wash the teats and udder before
milking and provide bed for her.,
Wet grass is injurious to young chick
ems even in the summer Do not turn
the hen and the brood out until the
sun is we'll up.
Farmers who have lands well under
drained enjoy advantages this year,
while almost every day brings a soak
ing rain.
Some compensation for floods and
hindrances to farm work by continued
rains may be found in the greater crop
of grass.
Hens will become lousy now if not
provided with dust baths and the hen
house kept clean. Lice propagate very
rapidly in warm weather.
Successful dairymen believe that a
cow, to be q success, should earn an
[annual sum equal to her entire value.
Watering throughs by the roadside
at convenient distances are highly ap-
preciated by travellers, and are sure in.
dications of kind and hospitable farm
ers.
You may denounce monopolies, com
bines and trusts; but nine chances to
one your credit will give you more
trouble in the end than all of them
together.
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War, In any shape, from any motive,
and carried on in any mode, Is utterly
indefensible, on Christian principles,
and utterly irreconcilable with Chris
tian spirit. When will the disciples.
and, above all, the ministers Of the
Prince of Peace, acknowledge, In
theory and practice, this' great and
solemn truth hf There was q time
when the distinguishing mark OF
Christians was that they would not
bear arms. But for more than fifteen
centuries Peace has been the lost Pletad
in the constellation of Christian
virtues. g
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Mothers Hymn.
HY GEORGE W. LACEY.


Through the shadows of the twilight dim
hear the faint voice OF Mothers hymn,
That Mothers lips, now still and cold,
Sang midst her cures in days OF old.
There was something in il underlined
That quioted my troubled mind.
O'er my hardened heart brcathcd spiri
bland.
Like the warm south wind DER frozen land
Binding my heart with silken cord,
Like the moving words of our loving Lord,
That sheds through the penitent soul abroad
Asense OF the perfect love of God.
The hymns of the singers that fame has
crowned
In the vista of years are lost and drowned,
But mothers hymn, each pause and tone,
With the lapse of years has sweeter grown.
And II seems not ont of the past to come,
An echo from the lips now dumb,
But down from the home OF the Glorified
1t has come ever since tho morn she died.
We know not the music the angels hear
AS earth recedeS and Heaven draws near.
While passing through Life's shadows dim
Let me hear the sweet voice Of Mothers
hymn.
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There was an Irishman who said
that he thought the moon infinitely
more valuable than the sun, "be cause"
said he, "you have the sun in tn Q day,
when you don't want it, whereas, you
have the moon at night, when you do
want it.n n