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RELIGIOUS READING.
GODS WORK.

When God strengthens the soul or intensi-
fles its life. He does higher, more tremen-
dous work than II He merely wrought some
change in the outward things to accommodate
them to our weakness. Take the EXTREMIST
case-say such case as that OF old Bishop
Hooper, who, in Queen Marys time in 1853,
was burned at Gloucester for his Protestant
ism. All the time he was burning at the
stake there was a box before him with his
he cried out to- God for help, what
would have been the nobest answer?
Had the Lord put cut the fire by
providential interposition, every one would
say that was good, real answer. Or II the
Lord had suspended the law by which fire
burns, and made it that it had climbed and
| wreathed about him without scorching him,
that, too, would he reckoned a good, real
answer. But tell you that when that old
man. by his praying, was strengthened 80
that through the long three-quarters of On
hour that his torture lasted he never finched,
never stretched out his hand to the box with
the pardon in 1t and that when the shriveled
life at last ebbed out of him, 1t went not out In
mad shreiks OF incoherent agony, but In
broken gasps Of faith and trust-I tell you
that there was more tremendous mani
festation Of the power of prayer than there
would have been in any outward help against
tne uaueS. 1uat Is JUST now TUG anom0i w
Paul's prayer came in. Not the "thorn in the
flesh" removed, but his heart strengthened.
Paul came to feel at last that that answer to
his prayer was the nobest answer. He came
to glory In it at last, even as he gloried in his
revelations and exalted spiritual experiences.
Instead OF his faith in prayer being weak
ened it was strengthened. And 80 1t mas
been all life through. The strongest believers
in prayer have not been those to whom it has
seemed to bring loaf in their want or de-
liverance in some danger. No The
strongest believers in prayer have been those
who. though they have asked score OF out
ward gifts IN vain, have yet felt its power as
the sweetener and strengthener OF life
Brooke Hereford, D. D., in Sermons o.
Courage and Cheer"
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TREASURY DEFICIT FOR 1895.

Corrected Figures of Receipts and Ex-
penditures Placed at S43,941,5S9.
The corrected official statement of Govern
ment receipts and expenditures for the past
fiscal year was made public at the United
States Treasury Department. 1t places the
total receipts at s313, .O75.11. de-
rived from these sources: Customs,
s152.15s615; internal revenue, s143,-
421,672: sales Of public lands,
$1.10S,347; miscellaneous, S16.706,4 ,43S.
Expenditures are stated at 1856, 195, ,29s, Of
which S141,995,227 went for pensions.
Among the expenditures is an item of s1,-
1876. .366 which was placed to the credit Of the
sinking fund. During the past three years
about $4,000, 900 has been placed to the cred
1t of this fund. Prior to 1898 the least
amount for any one year for number of
years back placed to the credit OF this fund
exceeded $37. 900, 900. The exact deficit for
1895 Is stated at s43, ,941, ,5s9.G1. This is the
amount which will SO on record.
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hook and handle to lift by. Each side

hook and handle to lift by. Each side
is open and fitted with wire barbs
placed two inches apart, each end OF
these wires being bent at right angles,
driven through the strips of wood snd
clinched. The food is placed in the
trough by raising the cover Of the box
A tight cover is necessary to protect
the food from their droppings when
they jump on the box and make q
roost of it, which they are certain to
do. Feed at one time only what will
be eaten clean, and keep the trough
well washed out. Nothing is more
productive of mouth, throat and bowel
disease in chicks than soured and mus
ty food or a filthy feed trough
Farm and Home.
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TEMPLE OF GOD.

Slowly. through all the universe, that tenn
pie OF God is being built. Wherever, in any
world, soul, by free-willed obedience.
catches the fire of Gods likeness, it is set
into the growing walls, living stone. .....
In what strange quarries and stone-yards the
stones for that celestial wall are being hewn !!
Out OF the hillsides of humiliated pride
deep In the darkness of crushed despair; in
the fretting and dusty atmosphere of little
cares; in the hard. cruel contacts that man
has with man wherever souls are being tried
and ripened, in whatever commonplace and
homely ways-there God is hewing out the
pillars for His temple. Oh if the stone can
only have some vision Of the temple Of which
it is to be part forever, what patience must
fill it as 1t feels the blows Of the hammer, and
knows that success for it Is simply to let it.
self be wrought iuto what shape the Master
wills Phillips Brooks.
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HE DIED ON THE MOUNT.
Rev. I. T. Miller Wanted to Preach 14,444
Feet Above the Sea.

Feet Above the Sea.
Rev. Ichabod T. Miller. pastor of the Fow-
Ter Methodist Episcopal Church, OF Tacoma,
Wash, was member of mountain climb
ing party that started out week ago twenty
two strong to hold religious services on the
top Of Mount Tacoma at height OF IA, 444
feet above the sea level.
One minister. Rev. William n. Jefferies,
rector of the Episcopal Church Of the Holy
Communion. of Tacoma, and six followers
reached the summit. whore Jefferies preached.
selecting as his text "The Sermon on the
Mount" Rev. Mr.. Nillerand another Metho-
dist preacher became exhausted at the II 600
feet level and retraced their footsteps, but
were lost In fog.
A courier had to travel seventy-fve miles
to get physician to attend Mr.. Miller. The
party remained over night huddled In snow
and ice behind n rock known as Camp Misery.
Blood poisoning set in, and Miller died in
great agony. -.
Rev. Mr.. Miller was sixty-three years old.
During the war he was Chaplain OF the
Ninety-fourth Illinois Regiment.
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CRUSHED UNDER A PRESS FRAME.
Heroic Efforts of Press Riggers to Save
the Life of Their Foreman.

Heroic Efforts of Press Riggers to Save
the Life of Their Foreman.
Foreman David P. Williams and two press
riggers OF the Cottrell Printing Manufactur-
ing Company we're at work removing an old
press from the Knickerbocker Press Com
pany's building, New Rochelle, N. Y: Alarge
iron frame that they were taking from the
elevator tipped over on Williams. The men
and Williams used their united strength In
holding the frame up, but they soon became
exhausted, and the frame gradually pinioned
Williams to the floor. The men shouted for
help. There was no response, as everybody
had left the establishment.
Williams and the men were worn out by
their exertions. Seeing that there was no
help for him, Williams called to his compan-
ions:
"God help me! Let it drop and put me
out of my agony!'
The two men were in fainting condition
from supporting the frame. They withdrew
their hands and the mass OF iron fell upon
Williams, crushing him to death.
Williams was fifty years OF age, and Lived
at Spuyten Duyvil. He leaves widow ana
three children.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
GRUB IN THE HEAD OF SHEEP.


Now is the time when the hateful
parent of the injurious grub which in
tests the heads OF sheep is to be looked
for and provided against. One way
of circumventing this pest is to keep
a few sailing troughs in the pasture
made in the shape of a V and smear
ing both sides inside with tar. The
sheep licking the salt take up some of
the tar on their noses, and this deters
the fly from, laying eggs on the sheep
at this place, which is its natural
habit. A few fresh burrows turned in
the pasture in which the sheep plunge
their noses are also very useful
Farm, Field and Fireside.
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Two Fatal Cloudbursts

In Algeria, q cIoudburst destroyed an
Arab village in Side-Aich District. Four
teen persons were killed and sixteen severely
injured. have been rescued from the ruins.
In Mexico many houses in the village OF
Huatinso we're washed away by water
spout and eight persons were drowned and
all the crops in the valley were ruined.
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LAWN MAKING.

To make good stretch OF lawn re-
quires considerable practice and skill
besides pretty thorough knowledge
of the nature of grass seeds. The
science of making properly drained
and fertilized lawns is one that has de-
veloped within late years in this coun-
try, but many are in existence to-day
that are a thing Of beauty to look
upon.
In my own experience I have found
that the foundation lof all good lawns
is thorough understanding. We can
not expect to have lawns that will not
be washed out by water unless the soil
under the grass sod is properly drained
so that all suSplus water is carried
away. The drainage is necessary,
too. Stone will give only fair re-
suits. The soil will settle in places,
and after the dirt once works between
the stones an uneven, spotted lawn
will be the result. These hollows may
be filled in, but they are apt to settle
more, and in other places, after each
heavy storm. A stone-drained lawn
consequently keeps one busy fixing it
up. It is much better to 60 to the
extra expense at first and tile drain
the land.
Grading should be done 30 that all
of the water will be conducted away
from the house. If the natural un-
dulating surface Of the lawn is to be
retained, the grading will be much
harder, for the slope of the land will
tend to collect the water in the hol-
lows. During heavy storms this will
not flow swsy, even through the most
perfectly underdrained soil. The
grade must be arranged so that the
water will follow the hollows, and coll
lect in tile drains arranged for it. In
this way the water will be run off the
lawn without doing any damage to tha
grass sod. D.,
We do not, as q rule, fertilize our
lawns sufficiently. To begin with, the
soil should be made extremely rich.
and then every fall the grass should
have top.coat of manure to protect
the roots in winter, and to enrich
them for early spring growth. The
soil should be made very mellow and
fine on top, and stable manure then
worked into it to the depth of foot
or more. Thoroughly composted ma
nure must be used for this. Manure
that is perfectly rotted will not con-
tain weed seeds, and there will be no
danger of introducing them in this
way.
Sow the seeds either in the spring
before May 25, or in the fall not later
than September 25. If hand sowed,
90 over the field once and harrow
them in thoroughly, and then go over
again with more seed, and harrow
lightly. Roll firm and even after the
second sowing. A grass seeder will
do the work much quicker and pro-
duce q more even stand of grass, al
though good sower can do the work
by hand and produce excellentresults.
If sown in the spring apply CONNER
cial fertilizers at the time Of sowing,
being rich in potash and nitrate Of
soda. If the grass is sown in the fall,
make this application in the spring,
or the winter storms are apt to wash
away the soda. Do not SOW timothy
on o lawn. Although some advise it,
the results are always bad. Blue
grass, red-sop and white clover make
the best mixture for lawns. German
town Telegraph.
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HANDSOME SILVER VASES.
How Acts of Hcroisrn Will Hereafter Be
Rewarded.

Rewarded.
Hereafter tho Government will recognize
acts of heroism on the high seas in behalf of
citizens of the United States by the award
of handsome silver vases instead OF gold
watches, compasses, etc, as has been the
custom in the past. 1t has frequently hap
pened that these watches, fine though they
are, have been bestowed upon mariners
possessing chronometers OF q nuch superior
duality. The same is true OF other navigat-
ing apparatus which, it has been customary
to give in acknowledgment of valuable
heroic service to American seamen. The
State Department officials who have charge
of this matter have decided to substitute
vases for other articles as an experiment,
and, If 1t proves successful, that style OF
award will be adopted as the standard. The
design most favored is tall vase, embossed
at the base in imitation Of dashing waves,
with an American eagle surmounting a
shield inscribed with the American coat-of-
arms.
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dollars and cents in it as well. Dis
comfort of any kind lessons produc.
tiveness and growth. A rough shed
of boards, or even a rough framework
covered with green boughs, will
answer the purpose very well, but
where lumber is expensive and green
boughs are not at hand, cheap cotton
cloth can be used very effectively,
and economically. Such cloth can be
bought for five cents or less yard,
and can be stretched over frame
work set up against the pasture fence.
New England Homestead.
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Duke of Orleans Gives Uv.

The Duke of Orleans. who upon the death
last year OF his father, the Count of Paris,
became the head OF the Royalist party in
Frunce and claimant to the throne, has be.
come convinced of the futility OF further
fighting tho republic. He has, therefore,
decided to abandon the Royalist propaganda
in France, cease the payment of subsidies to
Royalist newspapers, and abandon the offices
in Paris occupied by the Royaist Committee.
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When man conquers his udversaries and
his difficulties, it is not as If he never had
encountered them. Their power, still kept,
is in all his future life. They are not only
events in his past history. they are elements
in all his present character. His victory Is
colored with the hard struggle that won it.
His sea OF glass is always mingled with fire,
just as this peaceful crust.
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The best way of feeding chicks is to
use covered pans or troughs which
permit poultry to obtain the food and
at the same time keep them out OF 1t
with their feet.
For small chicks, double trough
is made of tin, as shown in Fig. l.
1t is twenty eight inches long and four
inches wide, each half being two
inches wide and one and one-half
inches deep, with square ends SOL
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Killed in \ Peculiar Manner.

Twenty-Five cattle were killed by lightning
In most remarkable way:in Finney County,
Kansas. Eight hundred head were being re-
moved to another pasture, and for part OF
the distance were driven through narrow
lane, hedged in by q wire fence. While In
this narrow passage thunderstorm over
took them. The lightning struck fence
post, following the wire for 200 yards. Every
head OF cattle crowded against the wire
was killed. The herd belonged to George
Ingee. John Stevens and John Mitchell. The
loss Is $500.
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THE VALUE OF LINE AS A FERrMIzEB.

As lime is largely contained in the
ash of all kinds of crops, it follows
that when there is deficiency Of it in
the soil an application of it must be
useful. But it has another effect on
the soil besides contributing plant
food. It dissolves the soil to. a large
extent and in this way adds to the
fertility of the land by increasing the
available supply of other elements of
plants, as potash, phosphoric acid,
magnesia and 80 on; and what is Of
greater use yet, it causes the quick
decomposition of any vegetable matter,
such as the roots of former crops, or
manure that may be in the soil as yet
undecomposed. Thus the old practice
of applying lime to the land once in
five or six years is good now, as it was
then, and it always will be a good
practice. It is mostly used at the
present season when the land is pre-
pared for wheat; twenty or thirty
bushels to the acre, air Stacked, is the
usual quantity.-New York Times.
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Last Of the ShinnecockS.

With the death Of John Bum the noble race
ofShinnecock Indians ends. The old man
died with his face to the SUD. which, as he
died. rose over the Shinnecock Hills on
Long Island. the ancient home Of this once
powerful race.
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The cause of the Christians unrest is you
have not vet "received Jesus into your ship"
You have give your heart to him, but you
have not Who'll ly grasped him by faith. AS
surance comes only from the abiding pres
ence in your soul Of personal living Jesus
"A. Z. kittredge.
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Fastest Train In the World.

The London and Northwestern Railway
Company's new fast train, which left E1ston
station. London. at s n. m, few days ago,
arrived at Aberdeen, Scotland, Al 4.5S next
morning. having covered the distance OF o4o
miles in the shortest time on record.
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dered on. Tin is best, as it is easiest
washed and kept clean. This trough
is set inside of the box, seen in Fig.
Q, the same in width and length, in
side, and eight inches high. 1t has
hinged cover fastened down with q
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SHADES FOR TREH1Ess PASTURES.

Where pastures contain no trees for
shade in the strong heat of summer,
it is cruel not to afford some artificial
shade for the stock. Such shelter
should be provided on humane
grounds, but there is a question of
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Read your Bibles; I'll your whole souls
with the thought Of Christ; make of him not
only Re1ee!ner. but brother-not only u
Saviour, bat friend.-Cannou Farrar.
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LIGHTNING Kills a Flock of Sheep.

Lightning struck a tree on the farm OF
Austin Emmons. OF Peapack, N. j., and in
stantly killed twelve sheep, twenty lambs,
ana two COWS that we're huddled beneath it.
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The failures in Christian life arc not duo TO
lack Of power, but to the failure to use tho
mower that is ID u-.-G. f. Phntecost
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Largest of Sailing Ships.

The largest sailing ship ever built Is now
ready fn- her maiden voyage. The vessel is
named Posos!, and is owned In Hamburg.
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rub,rcu,osis In Cattle Not Hereditary.

The State Veterinary Department of Iowa
has conducted an exhaustive series Of e1-
periments to determine whether tuberculosis
in cattle Is hereditary. They conclude that
it Is not.
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A Short Peanut CrOn.

j. saort peanut crop is announced for this
yeur.
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sun.
St. John bids US look again. and we see
thrones-t thrones OF the prophets, thrones Of
the patriarchs, thrones Of the angels, thrones
Of the apostles, thrones OF the martyrs, throne
of Jesus, throne Of God! And we turn round
to see the glory, and 1t is-thronesI Thrones!
Thrones.
st. John bids us look again, and we see
the great procession OF the redeemed passing.
Jesus, on q white horse, leads the march,
and all the armies OF salvation following on
white horses. Infinite cavalcade passing.
passing; empires pressing into line, ages
following ages. Dispensation tramplng on
after dispensation. Glory in the track Of
glory. Europe. Asia, Africa and North and
South America pressing into lines. Islands
OF the sen shoulder to shoulder. Genera
tions before the flood following generations
after the food, and as Jesus rises at the head
Of that great host and waves His sword in
signal OF victory all crowns are lifted, an |
all ensigns flung out. and all chimes rung,
and all halleluiahs chanted, and some cry,
1'Glory to God most high" and some,
''Hosanna to the Son of David" and some,
worthy Is the Lamb that was slain.' till all
the exciamations OF eudearment and homage
in the vocabulary OF heaven are exhausted.
and there come up surge after surge or
'Amenl Amen! Amenn'
"Eye hath not seen it, ear hath not heard
it." Skim from the summer waters the
brightest sparkles. and you will get no idea
of the sheen OF the everlasting sea. Pile up
the splendor5 Of earthly cities, and they
would not make stepping stone by which
you might mount to the city Of God. Every
house is palace. Every step triumph.
Every covering Of the head u coronation.
Every meal is banquet. Every stroke
from the tower Is wedding bell. Every
day is jubilee, every hour a rapture and
every moment an ecstasy. Eye hath not
seen 1t, ear hath not heard it."
Iremark further we can get no idea on
earth Of tn, reunions Of heaven. II you
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-04-12

Those who never read the advertise
ments in their newspapers miss more
than they presume. Jonathan Kenison,
of Bolon, Worth Co., Iowa, who had
been troubled with rheumatism in his
back, arms and shoulders, read an item in
his paper about how appointment German
citizen of Fl. Madison had been cured.
He procured the same medicine, and to
use his own words: at cured me right
up" He also says neighbor and
his wife were both sick in bed with rheu-
matism. Their boy was over to my
house and said they were so bad that he
had to do the cooking. l told him of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and how it had
cured me, he procured bottle of it and
it cured them up in a week. 30 cent bot
ties for sale by Goddard & Gibson, So.
Londonderry, G. L. Richardson, Peru
and Londonderry.
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II all the people who shut the door

II oil the people who shut the door
in the summer could be- sent to the
equator, and nailed to II, and oil the
people who leave the door open In the
winter carried to the North Pole,
and tied TO 1t, what a comfortable
world this would be to tho rest Of tis.
-Rocklend Tribune,
Mrs. Murphy-"Ycs, sonny, I've
had fruit stand on this block for
thirty year" Tim Ryan-nIf yod'd
have advertised yoa might have own.
ed the block by this time. boston
Globe.
When you give others advice take
some Of it youself.-Ram's Horn.
A mans experience teaches him to
fear nothing on earth but his friends.
-Atchison Globe.
There are few fossils In this coun.
try that as yet are In no collection. =
West Union Gasetts.
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At prayer meeting in a small
town near Syracuse recently, an illit-
crate but good man made the follow
ing prayer: so Lord, Thou know
est that we are thankful to Thee that
our souls are safe from the fire that
quencheth not. II man lose his
horse Thou knowest that he can buy
another if he lose his house Thou
knowest that he can build another
if he lose his wife Thou knowest that
he can get another, but if he lose his
soul-goodby, john"
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The kitchen of Jefferson Davis old
house in Richmond is being utilized
as school room for colored children.
This is one of the things the whirligig
of time has brought around. Bob
Toombs of Georgia once said that he
would live to call the roll of his slaves
at the foot of Bunker Hill monument.
But he didn't. Progress don't run
that way. Instead his old slaves can
now congregate at the foot of Bob's
tomb and sing:
Old massa run, ha, ha,
De darkies stay, no, no,
1t must be now the Kingdoms coming,
The year of jubilo.