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SHEEP AND WEEDS.

My attention was first called to the
fact of sheep eating weeds in prefer
ence to grass, writes D: A. Kent, when
I was lad in charge OF a flock Of
sheep. There were a thousand of
them and I was keeping them on the
virgin prairie. The pasturage was
almost limitless and abounded in the
choicest of prairie grass. Yet the
sheep would travel over the prairie
selecting certain weeds, most promi-
nent of which was the "white-topped
milk weed.." I have seen our sheep
eat the seed pods of the honey locust.
I have also seen them peel the bark
from the alder bush and young apple
trees. They seem to hunger for some
thing bitter. Whether this is due to
a nauseate condition of the stomach
or whether it is the natural habit Of
the animal might be question. The
horse has hunger for the bitter bark
of trees, especially the aspen or the
willow, and every horse should have
poles of these trees lying before him,
especially in the winter time. The fact
that these animals show relish for
plants containing a bitter principle
proves that they eat them by choice
and not through the force of starva-
tion. Rural Life.
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CoLORNG BUTTER.

There is no deceit or dishonesty in
coloring butter, any more than in dye
ing silks or woolen cloths to suit the
fancy or taste of the purchaser. If
people like yellow butter, and they
seem to do so, it is perfectly proper
act to supply them with the "painted"
butter, as it is sometimes called. It is
a mistake to think that the butter of q
Jersey cow is always of the high color
believed to be a special attribute Of
these COWS The butter made on fresh
grass is the standard color of the best
quality, but most of the Jersey butter
is colored, even in the summer. A
really good COW, however, will yield
yellow butter in the winter, when fed
on clover hay and corn meal, while
corn fodder and bran or oats will give
q lighter shade. The best dairymen
color their butter, and that at the
Chicago test was colored, but it seems
q farce that the color of the butter
made was counted at ten points in the
scale of excellence, when it was arti-
fetal. The true test should have been
butter uncolored, and this would have
been really test of the animals. The
Guernsey cows notably made the best
colored butter at Chicago. New York
Times.
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BEGIN AT HOME.

A slovenly carpenter was once heard at d
weekly prayer meeting to pray with great
fervor for the spread OF Chr!st's cause--a
cause which he disgraced and hindered in
his sphere every time he stood ut his work.
bench. When he ended his prayer hearty
"Amenr came from a servant who Tut her
mistress out of temper hundred times day
by her carelessness.
A clerk also was there, who, although he
taught class in the mission school on Sum-
day, was always late at his employers store
on weekdays. He whispered "Amen,' too,
and meant it, 80 far as he knew himself.
A lady hearer, as she listened, resolved to
Join the Church Missionary Society. and then
went home and found unreasonable fault
with her cook. And others also felt warned
to do something for Christ. who never seemed
to have thought that religion, like charity,
begins at home. The mechanic who Is pow
erful at class-meetinG, and weak at his trade,
Is no credit to the profession he makes. The
servant who drops tears feelingly Mt religious
services. and drops dishes unfeelingly in the
kitchen, has her tenderness altogether too
much on one side. And 1t is a poor kind OF
religion which seeks opportunities to set
others straight, but overlooks its own crook
adness.-Sunday-Seho Times.
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has 90 far been a bar to all machine

has 90 far been bar to all machine
work, and perhaps always will be.
But the dairyman need not be un-
happy because of this fact. If milk
ing were a merely mechanical opera
tion, milking machines would be as
plentiful as sausage grinders and
dairying would be revolutionized.
Revolutionizing means that those now
in the business would be turned under
and ground to death. It would be
carried on by large establishments
and the small farmer can't compete
with them any more than he can with
the big packing houses in curing
meat. The small farmer has now the
advantage in dsirying. He can milk
the COWS his small farm will support.
Could the large farmer milk all the
COWS his large farm would support, he
would have an advantage over the
small farmer. A successful machine
might be a public benefit through
cheapening production and lowering
prices for the consumer, but it would
certainly throw the present army OF
small dairymen out of work.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
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WISH I WERE A CHRISTIAN.

This is wish very often expressed, and
that, too, with such tone and manner, as to
give some evidence of sincerity. But let US
analyze the matter a little. When you eX-
press this desire to be q Christian, do you
mean to imply that God is unwilling that you
should be one, or that your fellow-men have
any power to prevent your becoming so? Do
you mean to imply, that there Is any real
hindrance In the way, except what is to be
found'in your own heart-in the perversity
Of your own will? When you express
this wish to be Christian, what Is 1t
that you really seek for? Is it simply sense
of slcurity, in the midst of the dangers that
surround you? Is 1t simply a selfish desire
to possess yourself of the blessings promised
to the righteous, and an exemption from the
punishment threatened to the wicked, and all
of this without any of the burdens. the re-
proaches, the crosses Of the Christian life? II
so, do you really mean what you say? Is
there not O principle of 1nsincerity In the
action of your mind upon this subject? There
is great fund of instruction upon the point
now under consideration, In those words
OF Christ, which were designed to set
before his disciples the true condition
of the Christian life: "For which of you,
intending to build q tower. sitteth not
down first and counteth the cost, whether he
have sufficient to finish lt2 Lest haply, after
ne natn lalQ tne lOuuuaClOu, anu - nOt dpio
to finish 1t, all that behold 1t begin to mock
him, saying. this man begun to build, and
was not able to finish" May 1t not be that
this instruction in Is most strictly applicable
to your case? If you are prepared to lie
Christian on the conditions which
Christ has laid down, If you are ready to
take upon yourself oil the self-denying duties
of the Christian life, rest assured that there
are no obstacles in the way. The path Is
open, and all are invited to walk therein.
But, II you wish to be Christian with a
mental reservatio; If you dt sire the crown
mounrable obstacle in the way, and, until
your thoughts and feeling are changed in re-
ference to the matter there Is no
hope for you. Sit down, then, and count
the cost. and resolve to sacrifice, to surrender
all for Christ, and then there will be no
farther NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
ICE CHEST MANAGEMENT.

Food that has little odor itself. and
food that absorbs odors readily should
be placed at the bottom of the refrig-
orator. All foods with strong odor
should be kept on the top shelves
Sour milk or cream should not be
kept in the refrigerators. Salad
dressings, tartar sauce and celery
should be covered closely 80 they will
flavor everything that is shut up with
them. Pineapples, strawberries and
raspberries, should not be shut into
common ice chest with milk or cream.
In the refrigerators where there is a
circulation of dry air, butter, milk,
cream and other delicate foods may be
kept in the lower part OF the refriger-
ator, and the fruits, vegetables, etc.,
with stronger favors and odors, may
be kept on the top shelves. II ar
ranged in this way there will be little
danger that one kind of food will alb
sorb the flavor or odor of another
New York Telegram.
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BEES AND FRUIT,

Because honey bees sting, people
who don't like them and are disliked
by them often accuse them of sundry
misdoings. Among these it is claimed
that bees will sometimes injure ripe
fruit. To determine whether this &C.
cusation is deserved or not an expert
ment was tried. A quantity of dam
aged fruit was placed on q table in
the open air, and many bees from
neighboring hives were quickly at
tracted to it. After they had gotten
fairly to work upon it the damaged
fruit was removed and sound fruit put
in its place. In few minutes the
bees had all abandoned the table.
Most of the damage charged to bees is
done by birds, ants, wasps and hor-
nets, but the honey bee is not able to
iniure sound fruit. .-Courier-J Journal
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THE HUMBLE EXALTED.

God chooses tie humblest instruments.
He passes by the tempests, and waters, the
fields and gardens with his imperceptible
dew. He passes by the great elephant, and
bestows the hues of sapphire and amethyst
upon the tiny humming-bird. He passes by
blossom and perfume on the violet. All his
tory teaches the same truth. Moses was the
son OF poor Levite Gideon was thresher;
David was a shepherd-boy; Amos was
herdsman the apostles were ignorant and
unlearned; Zwingle was shepherd Melan-
chthon, the great theologian OF the Reforma-
ton was an armorer Luther was the child
of poor miner; Fuller was a farm servant;
Carey, the originator Of the plan of translat-
ing the Bible into the language Of the mil
lions of Hindustan, was shoemaker; Morri-
son, who translated the Bible into the Chin
ese language, was last-maker; DR.. Milne
was herd-boy; Adam Clarke was tie son Of
Irish cotters; John Foster was weaver; Jay
of Bath was a herdsman. the apostles were
fishermen, and Jesus Of Nazareth was car
penter.
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COLOR OF HORSES.

ga great deal of Importance. is at
tached by expert horse buyers to the
color of horses, particularly with re-
gard to their legs" said a Western
stockman. "The best horses I have
ever known had their feet and legs
marked with white. It is proverbial
that sorrel and chestnut horses with
white upon their legs are good ma
tured, while horses of the same color
without a dash of white are often
found to be unsafe animals. Many
people think that the parti-colored
horses belonging to circuses are Sc
lected for their oddity, but they are
really chosen on account of their gen.
tleness and docility. It is said that q
black horse cannot stand the heat.
and white horses have been pro-
nounced as unsuited to cold. The phys
iognomy of horses is also much re-
garded. If he is full and broad be-
tween the eyes, he is supposed to have
superior sense and to be easily trained,
but if he has a sharp, narrow face, be
careful how much you trust him. -
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
HAVE A PLACE FOR PRAYER.


We do not need to enter the closet in order
to find the Lord. He Is ever near us. But
we enter it in order to escape from distrac-
ton, and in order to regain those associa.
tions, and, 1t may be, to surround ourselves
with those mementoes, which we formerly
found help to our prayers. One who has
great powers of abstraction may take refuge
from surrounding hustle III the depths of his
own spirit and pass along the crowded
own self-seclusion, undiverted and undis-
tracted by all that Is whirling round
him. But few have this talent
Of inward sequestration-his power to
make closet of themselves; and
in order to find for their thoughts peaceful
sanctuary, they must find for their persons
tranquil asylum. 1t little matters where or
what it is. Isaac went out into the field, and
Jacob piled his night long prayer beside the
running brook. Abraham planted grove,
and in the cool shadow Of his oaks, at Beer
sheba, he called on the name of the Lord.
Abrahams servant knelt down beside his
camel; and it would appear, from some OF
his psalms, that cave, q mountain fastness,
or cavern in the rocks, was David's eloquent
oratory. Peter had chosen for his place OF
prayer the quiet and airy roof of his seaside
lodging, when the messengers OF Cornelius
found him. It would seem that the open air
the noiseless amplitude Of the SOLITARY
place'-the hillside, when the stars above,
and the shadowy world below-the fragrant
stiffness of the garden when evening had
dismissed the laborers, where the Man OF Sor-
rows loved to pray. 1t was in the old church
of Agra that John Welsh was wont, all alone
to wrestle with theangel of the covenant; and
we have stood in the wild rock-cleft where
Peden found frequent refuge from his. perse-
cutors and whence he caused his cry to as
cend 'unto the Lord most high. 1t does not
need four walls and bolted door to make
place of prayer. Retirement and silence, and
a sequestered spirit will create it anywhere.
By the shore of the sounding sea-in the
depths OF the forest-in the remoteness Of the
green and sunny upland, or the balmy peace
fulness of the garden bower-nay, admidst
the dust of the dingy ware-room, or the cob
webs of the owlet-haunted barn-in the jok-
ing corner of the crowded stage, or the un-
noticed nook Of the travellers room, you
have only to shut your eyes, and seclude your
spirit, and you have created closet there.
It Is closet wherever the soul finds itself
alone With God.
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HOW TO TRIM A LAMP.

There is such q vast difference be-
tween the quality and quantity OF
light given by kerosene lamp prop
erly trimmed and that given by the
same lamp unskillfully trimmed that
it is surprising any person of average
observation will. endure the; Light
given by q badly trimmed lamp for
even a single hour. But few people
can trim a kerosene lamp properly,
and not many people who read or sew
by kerosene lamp seem to mind it. '~
Many implements for trimming
lamps have been invented, but few Of
them are of any signal value. The
best instrument for trimming lamp
wick is the human forefnger.. 1t is
much superior to pair of scissors
whether the wick be cylindrical or
straight, turn it up until the part that
is thoroughly charred is exposed, hold
the wick. firmly in place with the
screw and rub off the charred portion.
A little practice will enable one to
make a perfectly straight, smooth
edge to wick this way, and single
wipe on piece of paper or cloth viii
cleanse the finger: 8 e.. ~.
Lastly, be careful not to let any Of
the charred refuse from the wick stick
on the burner, where it will obstruct
the drsught of the lamp. Brush it off
or blow it off, and keep the draught
clear. York Mail and Express.
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THE TRUE BROTHERHOOD.

Only see that your heart be right toward
God-that you now love the Lord Jesus
Christ-that you love your neighbor-walk
as your Master walked, and desire no more.
am sick Of opinions. am weary to bear
them, my soul loathes their frothy food.
Give me solid and substantial religion, give
me humble lover Of God and mana man
full of mercy and good fruits. without par
TALLY, a man laying himself out in the work
OF faith, the patience of hope. the labor of
love- Let my soul be with such Chris
tians wheresoyer they are, and whatso-
ever opinion they may hold. "He that doeth
the will of my Father in heave II, the same is
my brother, and my sister, and my mother" !"
Waaley
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English Rabbits.

English rabbits are seldom exposed
for sale save in the large markets and
in the butcher shops of the French
quarter. In the latter they sell at
from fifty cents to 81 each, and are
purchased mostly by the French
people themselves. The rabbits are
rnised for home consumption and Tor
market by suburban French folks,
and characteristic feature of we'll
known suburban French restaurant is
the rabbit coop, where the proprietor
grows the little creatures to feed his
family and his guests. New York
Recorder.
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RECIPES.

Spanish Toast-Take stale bread,
cut in thick pieces and dip in egg with
milk prepared Like custard, but with
out sweetening or favoring. When
the slices are all we'll saturated, fry in
a very little butter, enough to prevent
adhering to the pan. Serve i'm
mediately, with sauce.
Hollandaise Sauce-Rub one-haf
cup butter to a cream, and beat well.
Stir in the juice of half lemon, one
saltspoonful of salt, and pinch OF
cayenne pepper. When ready to serve,
add one cup of boiling water, place the
bowl in steam kettle and cook until
thick as custard, stirring all the time.
Rice Croquettes with Raisins-Make
rice croquettes, using enough eggs to
give them the delioacy of custard. Be
sure the fat is boiling, otherwise the
croquettes will be grease-logged. Make
tart pudding sauce, favor with lemon
iuice and throw in q few boiled raisins
and chestnuts. Pour this over the
croouettes and serve with fish or meat,
in place of potatoes and gravy.
Corn MuAins-Take the yolks of two
eggs, beat we'll and stir in gradually
two level tablespoonfuls of sugar.
Pour in one and half teaspoonfuls OF
sweet milk, add level teaspoonful OF
salt, q teacupful of cornmesl-yellow
or white-two teacupfuls of sifted
-four, two heaping teaspoonfuls of
good baking powder, and one table,
spoonful of melted butter. Bake IN
gem pans.
Prune Soup-Soak one-half cupful
of sago for one hour in cupful of
cold water, then add one quart OF
water, and cook IN a double boiler un-
til transparent. In the mean time
cook together one cupful of raisins in
a small quantity of water until soft,
then add the whole to the sago when
it is transparent, with the juice of one
lemon and one tablespoonful of sugar.
Strain and serve hot with croutons.
Marble Cake-Dark Part-Brown
sugar, one cupful; molasses, one-half
cupful; butter, one-half cupful; sweet
milk, one-half cupful; soda, one-half
teaspoonful; -four, two and one-half
cupfuls, and the yolks of four eggs;
cloves, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg,
of each one-half teaspoonful. Light
Part-White sugar, one and one-half
cupfuls; butter, one-half cupful;
sweet milk, one-half cupful; soda, one
half teaspoonful; whites OF four eggs,
and flour two and one-half cupfuls.
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AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
WEEDS on TURNIP LAND.

If the land that has been prepared
for turnips has become covered with
weeds use the cultivator. After the
next rain more young weeds will show,
which may be destroyed. By killing
the young weeds before the turnip
seed is planted there will be less risk
of having the turnips overrun with
weeds at the start. Every weed seed
that terminates and is then killed
lessons the number of weeds remain
ing in the soil, and also reduces the
number for next year.-New York
World.
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Slams King IL Chloral Fiend.

Bangkok, Siam, is in q fever heat OF eX'
citement on account of repeated announce
ments that the King was dead.
In high Siamese circles it is asserted that
the King is suffering from fever. the result
of indulgence in chloral. which has long
been his favorlte drug. 1t is said he cannot
recover. The palace ladies are turning their
wealth into diamonds, and the duration OF
the dynasty is regarded rs improbable.
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The Sumac Harvest.

The sumac harvest is on in Kentucky. All
along the small waterways. in the fenca cor
ners and by the WOO Is. girls and hoys men
and women, are curing sumac. The crop
this year is the best ever known, and is u
sodsend to the poor people. In three coun-
ties the crop will make several million
pounds. Buyers for New York dye houses
are on the ground. and spot cash will be
paid, and the people vino are suffering will
find relief
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Discoveries In Labrador.

Sixty thousand square miles Of iron-bear-
ing formation, q lake 100 miles long and
thirty to forty miles wide, and proof that
the big falls of Hamilton River are the
coveries made by Messrs. Low and Eaton, Of
the Dominion GEOLOGICAL Survey, on their
sixteen months exploration OF the interior
OF the great Labrador peninsula
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English Farmers In Luck.

The failure OF the potato crop in jersey
and in the north Of France turned at
tention to the English crop, and early pota-
toes made exceedingly good prices. In fact.
all the side crops promise to be extremely
profitable. Mustard. rape and turnip seeds
are looking exceptionally we'll. Altogether,
English agriculture Is reported to be In bet
ter condition than It has been for some
years past.
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This Years Salmon Catch.

The bark Harvester has brought good
news Of the salmon run. Last year the catch
resulted In about SOC, 900 cases, and this year
1t will amount to nearly as much. II there Is
o heavy demand from England the price
will advance.
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A plumb-line by the side of a very
large building inclines little from
the. perpendicular because the weight
is attracted by the mass OF the edi6ee.
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TIE ART IN GOOD SOUP.

In the art of cooking there are un-
told details to be learned, and among
them the most important in that great
art-the making of soup. A noted
traveller once remarked, "Oh, the bad
soups I have eaten atpeople's housesP
The old-fashioned soup Of fifty years
ago was thick glutinous mass which
was dinner in itself. When the soup
was done the soup meat from which
the soup was made was served and con-
sidered an excellent dish. But nova
days the soup has become q separate
institution, the commencement of the
dinner aftc> the half dozen oysters
are served.
In this age the French soup is the
delicate liquid that is usually gwen.
1t requires genius of home woman
to accomplish this desirable end, for
it is only one in a hundred OF ordinary
families, whose cooks are not up to
the mark in all dishes, that really can
make good pot of soup. For the
breakfast la fourchette, the soup, If
one is to be part of the menu, should
be light and delicate, and for dinsAr
the same should be served.
Meat for soup should always be lean,
and that from the shank is excellent.
It is muscular and full of nutriment.
For every quart of soup allow one
pound of meat without fat. It should
be washed, then placed in kettle with
one quart and pint of cold water and
teaspoonful of salt. After boiling
SLOWLY for five hours there will be only
.one quart of the liquid, the extra pint
having been lost by evaporation. New
York Recorder.
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Sheep thrive best IN a pasture in
tested with moles, because of the bet
ter drapage Of the land. ;