Pike County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 8, Petersburg, Pike County, 2 July 1885 — Page 4

PIKE «TY DEMOCiUT. Published Kv«ry Thursday. PETERSBURG. - - - INDIANA. PORTRAIT OF A LADY. 1 alht me a perfect lady. 1 have seou , Some part, perhaps the whole, of what I mean, Yet inarticulate feature to declare The form that haunts my thoughts divinely fair / May well outrange my skill, but thy requost Strikes all denial dumb. Here take my best: No no se thou hear'st, no preparation blows A irumnet where my perfect lady goes; Nor with rude tramp she beats the hollow ground. Nor minces nicely, nor with girlish bound Trips the light sod; a woman, not a fairy, Upon an earthly base firm poised her airy Consistence rests. No Haunting, broad display Of rustling flounces marks her gentle way. Hut, like tho breezes of tho light-winged May* Softly she comes, and fragrant alt as they. Oh, she Is lovely l all the Summer dwells in her bright eyes, and every feature tells A treasured sweetness la the soul within, That beats like music through the lucid skin; And when she si teaks soft silvery accents flow Full-throated from u mellow depth below. Not diptshreds, nor with a tinkling din, A shallow plash from hollow heart within. Not bold is she to place herself before The first, nor slinks demure behind the door; Hint takers her place just where she ought to be. Nor makes you feel when there that it is she. With native grace and fine untutored mien, Hho greets the poor, or stands before a Queen, Sweeps with light floating ease the festal floor. Or bends o’er sick-beds with the suffering poor. She hath no postures; knows no attitudes; Her unschooled gesture gently shows her moods; She easts no proud nor patronizing eye On those below, nor ducks before the high. All things to all she is: for why?—in all Her sk111 is to be true and natural. % True to herself, and to the high ideal v That God's grace gave her to iuform the rca%; True to her kind, and to your every feeling Kcepondent with a power of kindliest healing, She knows uo falseness; evon tho courtliest lie She dreams not; truth flows from her deep blue eye; And if l\er tongue scales pleasant things to all, ’Tls that she loveth well both great and small. And all In her that mortals call politeness Is but the image of her bright soul’s brightness . Direct from Heaven. Such Is the perfect fair Whom in my heart I hold, aud worship there; And if the picture likes thee well to see. Know, lady, more than half l stole from thee! —likickwood's Magazine. ICopvright Secured. AM lights Reserved.] Driven From Sea to Sea; Or, JUST A CAMPIN’. BT O. 0. POST. PUBLISHED BY PERMISSION Or J. K. DOWNEY & Co., Publishers, Chicago.

CHAFTEK X.—Continued. “This is Mr. Hetumingway, strangers; a member of my family,” said Mr. Parsons, introducing Erastus. *- 'Ow do you do, Mr. ’Emmiugway,” said Mr. Jobbers, extending a red and rather fleshy hand; speaking deliberately and with a slight accent upon the first and last word of each sentence, “ ’ow do you do? Hi ’ope Hi see you well.” - Erastus assured him he was in good health, and expressed the hope that their guest i were not too greatly worried with the jaunt over the hills. With Mr. Annolser he shook hands cordially as he had done with Ensign whejj meeting him at the well. In a few moments Mr. Parsons, who had left the room after introducing Erastus, returned and invited the party out to supper. . “This is my wife, and these are my daughters,” he said as the gentlemen entered tho room where the table was spread. > “ 'Ow do you do, ladies? Hi 'ope Hi see you well.” And Mr, Jobbers, who appeared to have one formal phrase for the exprcss'on of his pleasure at meeting strangers, bowed low in recognition of the introduction. The younger men bowed also. Ensign ouee, with a respectful glance about the circle, Annelsey to each of the ladieh in turn and with a slightly a fleeted air and his right hand upon his heart. He was a little surprised, evidently, as was jjso Mr. Jobbers, at the degree ot ease and general air of refinement that characterized the young ladies, and desired to make a good impression. "Hi say, you ’ave a huncommonly fine place ’ere,” remarked the Englishman, after they were seated at the table. “Hit is wonderful ’ow you Hamericahs do things. Great henterpr se, that of building a railroad haeross the continent. Hi don't wonder you people hare proud of your country, sir. Ow long, may I hask, since you hopened this place, sir?” “It’s eight years last fall since we first camped on this spot,” returned Mr. Parsons, “and mighty rough campin’ it was, too. Mother there ’n’ the girls slept in the wagon for nigh onto four weeks, while me and ’Rastus took the ground fer it until the shanty was up and a roof on. We see some party hard times for the first few years, but, as you say, we hev made a good bit of improvement since then.” “Hi should say so. And you ’ave done it hall yourselves, without capital.” * “Yes, without any capital ’eeptin’ a pair of bosses and a wagon, that brun" m other and the girls across the plains. ” “Hi declare; hjf that don’t beat hanything rve seen yet. Hi don’t see ’ow you could get anead without capital to start hon. ” “We had the land to commence with, and we had good health ginerly; an’ we had willin’ hearts,” replied the host; “an’ I am of the opinion that that is abput all the capital a man an’ a woman needs to start on. We’ve opened two places afore this, besides addin' to the one we begun on, and have been driv’ off of ’em all; an’ I don't see what anybody needs more than an ekil chance with everybody else. I'm sure that’s all the men that work for a livin’ are askin’." *"8Ii say. But there is many a man

hi Hrngland that would be glad of the hopportumty to make ’im a ’ome like this. Hi know several good, honest farmers that could raise money enough to make the trip, and when I go back I shall hadvise ’em to come to Hamerica, and to California. ” During the meal the conversation was principally between Mr. Jobbers and Mr. Parsons, with an occasional word from Mrs. Parsons and Erastns. Ensign made no effort to take part in it, but devoted his attention strictly to the business of satisfying his appetite, unless an occasional glance at the young ladies may be considered an interruption. Annelsey made several attempts to enter the conversation, addressing his remarks principally in the direction of Lucy, who sat opposite to him, but, although too sensible to be really bashful in the presence of strangers, she was not sufficiently self-confident to engage in a lengthy conversation in the presence of so many gentlemen whom she had never before met, and so caused Annelsey to fail in his efforts to be especially entertaining. Bnt after supper was over and the girls had removed the dishes, and in company with their mother joined the gentlemen in the sit-ting-room, they found it much more easy to talk together. Mr Jobbers had communicated the fact of his h«ving an interest in the Hydraulic Mining Company to their father, who was listening very earnestly and attentively to what he was saying regarding the size of their claim, die length of the flume and the power which they expected to obtain from so great a fall. This gave the young people an opportunity of chatting among themselves in' a less formal manner than they could have done with their elders taking part in the conversation. Annelsey, having just arrived on the coast, was full of the incidents «f the journey, which he had made by rail; and his referent** thereto naturally '*

[ called Up, on the part of the others, remembrances of their own far more tedious journey, and soon they felt quite . ut case iu each other's company. Then, too. Annelsey had spent a week in San Francisco, and hearing that the girls were but just returned from there, found fresh food for conversation in the objects of interest in that city. At first the custom to which he had ‘been bred, of looking upon a workman as an inferior baa shown' itself in his treatment of Ensign, who was but an employe of the company in which his father was a large stockholder, but the peifect equality with which he was received by the family of intelligent people beneah whose roof they were, together with the fact that Ensign evidently had himself no thought that he was not socially the equal of any, soon forced the young New Yorker to treat him as an equal; and when the time came for retiring, the youug people, with a single excopt on, felt that they had passed a pleas-, ant evening. That one exception1 was Erastus. He had not ced that Annelsey appeared especially anxious to make an impression upon Lucy; and, without stopping to ask himself the reason for it, was yet conscious that the evening had been spoiled thereby. ' “Good morning, ladies; Hi ’ope I see you well tills morning.” It'iyife Mr. Jabbers who had arisen and descended to the dining-room on the morning following the incidents ju st rela'ed. ‘jQuito well, thank you,” replied Mrs. Parsons. “1 hope you had a good night’s rest.” “Hi never slept better in my life. Hiding ’orseback hover the ’ills" gives one a happetite for sleep. And I’m sure no one ever’ad better ^opportunities for enjoying it than your ’capitalitv furnished us, ” he added, gallantly. Seeing that breakfast was not yet ready, he passed out onto the porch, and plucking a magnificent rose from the-bush that climbed over and shaded the whole side of the house, buried his nose several times in its perfumed leaves, and then carelessly throwing it down as he might have done the rind of ah orange from which he had suekeil the juice, sauntered slowly off the porch, anil, putting his thumbs m the armholes of his vest, inflated his lungs with the pure, cool air of the morningmean while looking out across the little valley with an air of entire satisfaction with himself anil the world.

"uoou morning, Mr. Jobbers, said Mr.^l’arsons, coming around the house from the rear. “Takin’ in a supply of California air, I see. Beckon you don't have such pure air in London. ’ “ ’Ope I see you well, sir. No, siir, the hatmosphere in London is’orridly beastly at times, but most of us manage to take a run into the country for a change and a little shooting once or twice a year; that is, them that can hafford it Hof course the laboring folks can’t hafford it, and what I wonder is that they don’t hall leave Hinglandand come to Hamprica where they oould get pure hair and ’omes for their families. This is a great country for folks that ’as to labor, sir; great country.” ' At this point of tneir conversation they were joined by all three of the young men,' who had risen before Mr. Jobbers and gone out to look at the animals and prepare them for the day's journey. Aimelsey had at first ordered Ensign to rub down the horses for the K, but had been told in reply that 1st take care of his own animal it he expected it done. He was the employe of the company and on the company's business, and not the bodyservant of those whom he guided to the mines Ensign had told him. He would rub down Mr. Jobber’s horse as a matter of courtesy to an older man, but as for Anuelsev, he was able to care for his own animal, and. he could do it or leave it undone as ho chose. Accoidingiy the New Yorker had given siieh care to the animal which he rode as served to smooth ills coat, and had fed him from the bin of oats which Erastus had shown them; and then had returned to the house. But seeing no' opportunity of. Speiking to either of the young lad es, they being busy With the morning duties, he had remained for a moment in the sitting-room and then gone out to the vineyard, returning as he saw the others coming toward the house as if in anticipation of breakfast Each of the young men respectfully bid the elder ones good morning, to which John Parsons replied with a hearty: “ Good morning,bovs, good mornin g. ” Mr. Jobbers “ ’oped he saw them well.” Being summoned to breakfast,' they entered the house and gathered alxmt the table. Ensign and Annelsey, both of whom were feeling a little out of humor over their recent tilt about the care of the horses, had their go<xl nature fully restored in the presence of the young ladies, who greeted them with smiles and pleasant “good mornings.” Had there been no ladies present it is possible that the meal of which they were partaking might have had thesame effect. The most delicious coffee, fresh laid eggs with ham; the lightest of bread; the mealiest of potatoes, and such fruit as California alone can produce, weut to make up a repast which only required the clear bracing air of the climate to render it a feast lit tor any occasion and any company. Mr. Jobbers was prolnse in his compliments. He had dined with the Honorable Mr. So-and-so, and been present at the public banquet of the Lord Mayo? of London, but he had never eaten a meal “more satisfying to the happetite ” than the one before him: and he ended his remarks on that subject, as he frequently did, with the assertion that on liis return to England he should advise all the farmers whom he saw to emigrate at once to California.

Breakfast over, Ensign went immediately out and brought around his own horse and that of Mr. Jobbers. Annelsey lingered behind, anxious for a few words with Lucy, and hoping that Ensign would bring his animal with the others. But in this he was disappointed, as Ensign led out two only; and bnt that Erastus, not willing to appear lacking in courtesy to their guests, led out the remaining animal, he would have found himself behind at the starting. Hitching the horses to the front gate Ensig&returned to the house to thank the fkfuny for their hospitality. Annelsey attempted to prevent this by hastening his own departure and that of Mr. Jobbers, but Ensign had too ^elcar a perception of what was due their host to leave without a word of tiianks^for hospitalities enjoyed, and left his companions—who were ignorant of the direction to be taken—to await him at the gate while he paid his respects to the family. He did not offer to pay, as Mr. Jobbers and Mr. Aanehey had done, for he knew the customs of the people and that pay was neither expected nor desired; but he thanked Mr. and Mrs. Parsons for their kindness and gave express'ou to a desire to be of service to the family in return—should opportunity offer. Then, bidding all good-bye, he rejoined his companions, and together the three resumed their journey. CHAPTER XI. THE PICNIC. The picnic which John Parsons had told the girls wat being gotten up for their home coming by the young people of the neighborhood was held a week later than, the events recorded in our last chapter. The place selected for the day’s enjoyment was a beautiful grove On the banks of a little lake that lay nestling in the bosom of tbs hills some

seven or eight miles from the Parsonsj cottage. Early in the morning the young peo-, pie started for the rendezvous. Most1 were on horseback, for among the hills' the ladies, almost as much as the men, were accustomed to the saddle. In the spring-wagons, with those wljo chose this mode of conveyance, were placed the cakes and roasted fowls, with bread and butter and fruits which were to furnish the repast Among those who elected to go oh horseback were Jennie and Lucy Parsons and Erastus Hemmingway. By a previous Understanding It dozen of the young people of both sexes met at the Parsons cottage, from whence they started together. These were, joined on the way by others, making a gay and jolly cavalcade that waked the echoes in ths foot-hills with their merry laughter and started the quails from their hiding places in the wild oats. Some of the more venturesome ran races across the bits of level ground between the hills. Now and then a couple Would drop behind their companions and exchange a look or word of endearment, for it is not to be supposed that in California, more than elsewhere, thirty young people—young men and young women—could come together, and that among them all there should be none whose hearts had been touched by the boy with the bow and arrows. lu the main, however, they held their ranks well enough to be able to exchange merry jokes and witty repartee. NoW thev sting a verse of song in concert; now bantered each other with accusations of loneliness because of the : absence of some lad or maiden who perchance had found another partner for the day, or been detained at home by some untoward circumstance. In all this merriment Jennie and Lucy Parsons took fult part and share. Usually Jennie was more sedate and quiet than her sister, but to-day was the tirst time for months that she* had been on horseback among the hills, and the pent-up gaiety of her nature found outlet, aud she rivaled them all in merry speech and reckless riding. Arriving at the grove they found a platform erected for dancing and two mnsiciaus ready with their violins. Very soon others who were to be of the party, but -who were later in starting or had come a greater distance, began to arrive, and soon a half hundred gaily dressed, light-hearted young people were on the ground. Then the violins were tuned up and

uancing Began. When tired of dancing they sat in the shade of the live oaks and laughed and chatted, or wandered away two and two, and spoke low, and looked love, and may be planned for a future to be spent in each other’s society. Or they rowed on the lake, six or eight in one light skiff that had but a single pair of oars, and sunk so low with their weight that when some one among their number moved, it dipped almost to the water’s edge, causing screams, half of fright and half of pure joyousness, to issue from lips as its! anti ripe as red raspberries in July, and which were a temptation as hard to be resisted by those young men as are the berries to boys who gaze at them through a crack in the inclosure within which they grow and ripen in the sun. Autl if, sometimes, the temptation was-too great to be overcome, and some bold youth took advantage of the helplessness of a maiden, who feared, or thought that she feared, to struggle, lest she overturn the boat, and preferred being kissed to getting wet, why, what business is it of mine, or of yours, my dear sirs? There are other lips as red and ripe await ng to be kissed, and there are other lakes and other boats with single oars, and other sunny days and starry nights to eome. Then why should, we linger over this picture of a golden day that is past; of red lips and ripeued fruit that were not for ns; that were gathered by others on this beautiful day in spring, away off in the foothills of California? When the sun became too fierce in its reflection from the cairn waters of the lake, they gathered themselves in little.knots, all near together, and the provis oes were brought from the -spring wagons, and spread upou clean linen cloths on the ground, and they ate, and drank lightly of their natlv • wines, and laughed anil called back and forth, and twittere 1 just as did the birds that had taken shelter from the sun in the leaves above them; and were as happy and as free from care. While they were-thus engaged there approached two men; strangers they at first appeared to all. Each carried a fishing pole and basket. The younger one was dressed in a very handsome suit, resembling those seen in pictures of Euglish life and supposed to be worn only by very wealthy gentlemen when engaged in hunting or tisbing. The other was a much older man, dressed in the garb of a citizen of the locality, an(l might have been either a miner or a farmer; and was, in fact, an employe of the Hydraulic Mining Company, for whom Mr. Annclsey—for the young man in the English hunting suit was none other than he—had obtained leave of absence that he might accompany himself as guide and game carrier. ts , Perhaps yonng Annelscy had come simply for a day’s fishing in the lake. Muhv a man had gone farther with less sure promise of being rewarded for iris labor by the ousting of a hook and line. Perhaps he had learned from some casually dropped sentence of Erastus,’ or one of the girls, during the evening passed in their father’s cottage, that a picnic was 'on the tapis, and the day and the spot where it was to be. Perhaps he had learned from them only the fact that one was to he held on a fixed day, and by inquiry had ascertained where the most pleasant snot for holding such gatherings was, and had taken the risk and now found himself rewarded by finding those whom be sought. Perhaps—hut why assign a reason for li’s coming.

He had leisure. He eould come and go as it pleased him, and he had pleased t’> make a trip to the lake of which he had heard, and to take with him the list-ing-tackle which he had brought from New York. And he had found on the banks of the lake a company of young people, two or three of whom he had met before; what more natural than that.he should join them, and if made welcome, spend the afternoon in their company. He advanced toward the group of which our friends formed apart; greeted the young ladies in a gay manner and shook hands very cordially with Erastus, and was made welcome and bidden to “eat, drink and be merry, for he was a long way from borne ami wonld regret it if he ever showed any backwardness in accepting invitations to eat while among the root-hills and breaththe appetite-creating atmosphere of When the lunch was eaten he was introduced to others and invited to take part in the dance; for in the country there is less formality than hr the city, and in new countries less than in old ones; and here eveiy well-appearing stranger was treated as a friend and introduced freely to all, and bv all—a contidenco less frequently betrayed than might be expected by those who do not know that hearts not altogether hardened'are always prompted to exhibit whatever quality of honor or goodness those whom they inspect credit them with. frO BE CONTINUED.] —.Sandwiches are a great staple in London. Forty thousand women are daily engaged ,n veutl.ag them, not to mention the thousands who assist in their preparation.

" » 1 — DELIGHT IN THE LOBD. Men's Mistakes in Judging and Condemning. Many Would Forget God. While Others Dread anti Dislike Him — What It Is to Delight In the Almighty. (From a Recent Pcrtnon by Rer. Charles H. Spurgeon ] u For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and stialt lilt up thy face unto God,”—Job Zt: 2S. THE MISTAKE OP ELTPHAZ. Eliphaz and his friends had judged Job from their own point of view, making their own experience to be the standard. They themselves had prospered, and therefore they inferred that if a man served God he must necessarily prosper in worldly things; and that if he. did nut succeed as they had done, he must have been gililty of great crimes- Though they could not discover any actual fault in Job, they concluded, without further evidence, that he must have been a hypocrite, and have acted oppressively to his servants, or have beeu unmindful of the claims of the poor, or in some other way have brought upon himself the wrath of God. It never entered their mind that so terrible a sickness and such a list of dreadful calamities could have befallen any man except as a punishment for special sin. They inferred virtue from prosperity, and sin from adversity. Unrighteous aud cruel logic t At ouce false and brutal 1 It renders them at once false witnesses and Pharisees; condemning the innocent because of their sorrows, and flattering themselves because of their ease. To judge according to outward circumstances has been the tendency of men in all times; even David could not understand how it was that the wicked were so * free from troubles, while all the day long he was himself plagued, and chastened every morning. A ri. ht principle lay at the bottom of this wonder; for, indeed, the Lord will reward the good and punish the wicked; hut a great mistake is made when we suppose that this life is the time for meting out rewards and punishments. We must not judge according to the sight of the eyes, or according to present conditions, or we shall make gross mistakes. The richest may be the most wicked, and the poorest may be the most gracious; those who suffer least may deserve to suffer most, am:l those who are mbst afflicted in this life may have the highest glorv

in the life to come. I sgspect that Eliphaz and his friends had enjoyed smooth sailing. How should they judge the man who had done business amid tempests? Their mental life was not disturbed by great conflicts; they had not gone deeply into things, nor searched to the bottom of spiritual matters; they had no knowledge of their own hidden corruptions, and had endured but little of the rod of chastisement, and, consequently, they had been at ease. Their mistake was that they sat in judgment upon another who was more tried than themselves, and condemned him for being in sore distress. Their own serenity led them to judge the troubled one very harshly. This ought not to be. If any of us are inclined thus to jud^p and condemn, it is time that we put this mischievous spirit far from us. If we judge others, others will judge ns. God’s children always play the fool when they play the judge; they are never in order when they act as if they were the head of the family of grace. The Father knows all His children. All who observe carefully will also know that while some are strong iu the Lord and in the power of His might, others are weak in faith and t mero babes in grace. These little ones are not one jot the less precious in the sight of the great Father than the more fully grown ones. Let none of the strong cattle push the weak cattle with horn and with shoulder; for when the weak ones complain unto God He will regard them, and will average them ui>on the proud. If thou be strong, God keep thee so, and make thee stronger; but use not thv strength for treading down the weak. If thou be weak, the Lord strengthen thee and deliver thee from this malady; but do not envy the strong, and begin to speak lightly of those who excel the*. The more of light, the more of joy, the more of holy confidence, the more of faith, the more glory to God: therefore covet these things earnestly as among the best gifts. May the Holy Ghost help us to attain the highest degree of grace; but may He ever prevent us from judging our brethren. Here was the fault of Eliphaz. He was right in many of his statements, bat he was wrong in his ungenerous application of them to holy Job.. Many men forget God: He is no object of delight to them, for they ignore His existence, and they would even think it a great relief if it could be proved that there were no God—no God to observe them, no God to record their misdeeds, no God to call them to judgment, no God to punish them for their iniquities. Let us pity the multitudes who claim to be happy without God; for it is the last extreme of depravity .when, blotting out God from his soul, a rnau obtains a wretched comfort as the consequence of his folly. To be without God is to be without rest in the present and without hope for the future. Great numbers of meu go a stage further: they believe iin God, they can not doubt that there is a Most High God who judgeth the children of men;. but their only thought towards Him is that of dread and dj-dike. They do not want to hear of him: if the things of God are forced upon their attention they are soon weary of such distasteful themes, for they only look upou God as a just and terrible Judge, who will certainly puuisli them for their transgressions. It is woe to them eveu to think of the great God. Though this dread of God, aud this neglect of God, can not deliver them out of His hands, yet they And a kind of comfort iu it. As we are told of the ostrich—1 know not whether it be true or not—t hat when it can not escape the hunter it buries its head in the sand so as not to see its pursuer; so these foolish persons blind their own eyes, and thus produce a foolish security of heart. They think of God with dread, dismay, despondency and despair. I am grieved to add that this principle even tinctures the thoughts of true friends of God: for when they bow down before God it is not with the reverence of a loving child,

but with the terror of a slave; they are afraid of Him who should be their exceeding joy. Their view of God is incorrect, for it is not such as the Spirit of adoption would give them. They are really trusting in' Him and in the great propitiation which He has set forth, but they have not come to know Him under that blessed term which our Saviour puts into our mouths when He bids us say: “Our Father which art in Heaven.” Such trembling ones are still under the spirit of bondage, which causes them to fear, as condemned persons dread the executioner. They stand like Israel trembling at the foot of Sinai; they have not come unto Mount Zion and the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of AM God is still to them exceeding terrible, % that they fear and quake. Even though they are His children, they are not able to lift up their faces unto their own Father. They haunt the outer courts of the sanctuary, but into the most holy place they do not dare to enter: they see the smoke of the burnt-offering, but they have not learned to feed upon it,and so to have happy communion with God. These people may be safe, but they are not happy: they may be Baved from sin, but not from sorrow. J Faith, if it were stronger, would effectually slay and bury servile fear. StHAT IT IS TO DBLIQHT IX OOB. Let us meditate a while upon what is here meant by delighting In the Almighty. The man who experiences this delight is glad that there is a God. That atheistic philosophy which makes the whole world to be a chance production which grew of itself, or developed itsalf by seme innate force, in a very dreary piece of fiction to the {sail who delights himself in the Al

mighty. I tremble at any teaching, re* llgiong or scientific, which seems to place God further off than we have beliered Him to be. To draw Him nearer to me, and myself nearer to Him, is the innermost longing of my sonl. Do you not feel the same? I know you dor if you have a childlike spirit towards Him. j We delight to see God in the shadow of every passing cloud, In the coloring of every opening flower, in the glitter of every dswdrop, in the twinkling of every star. The Lord is personally at work in all the processes of nature, and natural laws are simply the Lord’s usual method of operation. Oar God is so near ns that in Him we live, and move, and have our being. Beloved, the thought of God is to the souls of those who k low and love Him the most delightful that can cross the mind. To put God away from us is injury to our happiness^ as well as treason to our duty; but to get nearer and clearer views of Kis omnipresence, His omniscience. His omnipotence, is to in* crease the joy of our heart. Practically pot, this delight in the Almighty shows itself in the Christian when nothing else remains to him. If he bo stripped of everything, he cries: “The Lord is my portion.** When the cupboard is bare, and the garments are worn out, and poverty stores the man in the face, he says: “My God is such a satisfactory and all-sufficient portion that I am gich and increased in goods while possessing noth ing but my God.” The same Is true when such a man is surroui?A>d wit's every earthly comfort, for he still feels: “The Lord is my portion.” The saint begs vehemently of his God that he may not have his portion in this life. If God were to multiply his stores beyond his power to count them, he would be dissatisfied unless in all these he saw his Father’s covenant love. One saint, who suddenly became poor, was still as happy as ever, for he said: “When I had abundance, I saw God in all things, and now that I have lost my property I see all things in God.” These are equally blessed states of mind. It were well to combine them, and see God in all things, and all things in God, at the same time t Bo it should be with the believer. “Why,” saith he, “these earthly comforts never were my delights; these were not my daily manna, but only little stay-bys for the time; sips of sweetness while I pass through the barren wilderness.” The Lord was and is my chief portion, my well of comfort, the rock of my salvation. If we make props of our outward joys, we shall fall when they are taken away; but if we rest wholly upon the foundation of Divine love, altogether apart from external things, we shall never be moved. Happy is the Christian who can practically eujoy delight in the Almighty by making Him to be his all in all, all the day, and every day. “Delight thyself in the Lord.” This will give you pleasure in the midst of pain. Do you know what it is to have many aches

and sufferings, and peraaps a throbbing, head, and yet to feel that you have another self which has no pains, because it dwells in God, where all is calm and quiet? You felt that it would be a great mercy to, be released from this painful life; and yet you have not raised the question with your God, but have waited His good pleasure. Faith has made you feel: “WhereTer I am, whatever I feel, so long as God is near me, and His sweet lovo tills my bosom, I will greatly rejoice and triumph in the God of my salvatipn,” This will show itself in your life, for it will be a pleasure to do anything to exalt the name of God. It will gild your ordinary conversation with Heavenly splendor, if in it you adora the doctrine of God your Saviour in all things. You will march to Heaven beneath the spell of celestial music, and the bliss of the gloritted will stimulate your spirits, when "you can feel that all is for God, and that God is all in all to you. This is to delight yourself in the Almighty. God give us to get into that state, and to keep there till we leap to Heaven, aud are in that State. THE NAME ALMIGHTY. I call your attention to the special name by which Eliphaz describes the everblessed God; he says; ‘“Delight thyself in the Atmiyhtij.”, Is it not singular that he should choose a term descriptive of omnipotence as the paramount cause of the believer’s delight? God is love, aipl I can readily underst.i id how one might delight himself in God u i ter that aspect; but the believer is taught to delight himself in God as strong and mighty. What a mercy it is that there is a power that makes for righteousness!—that at the back of all these wars and confusions, and behind all sin and false doctrine, there is an infinitely powerful God! During the last few weeks you have felt an intense joy in the omnipotence of God. 'You have whispered to your forebodings: “It is all right. The Almighty is not paralyzed, His arm is not shortened, the Lord reignsth.” Brethren, the pendulum swings to and fro, advancing and retreating, but yet there is a real progress made; you can not see it by watching the pendulum; but up higher on the face of the clock there is evidenoe of an onward march and of a coming hour. The Kingdom of God is coining Righteousness shall prevail. Delight also in the fact that Jehovah is almighty in mercy—mighty to save. He can forgive the greatest sin; He can change the hardest heart; He can help us to fight out unto victory thb sternest of our battles against unrighteousness; He is stronger than sin and Satan; for all power dwells with him. Surely, when you see omnipotence linked with righteousness and mercy, you will delight yourself in the Almighty. Think of the Lord's alinigbtiness in tho matter of the keeping, preserving, defending and perfecting of all His people. The sheep of His pasture shall not perish; for the good Shepherd is omnipotent to smite the roaring lion who would devour them. None that trust in Him shall ever l>e ashamed or confounded, world' without end. THE UPLIFTED FACE. Now, let us turn with intense satisfaction to the other expression used by Eliphaz: “Thon shalt lift up thy face unto God.” What does it mean? Does it not mean, firs', joy in God? When a man hangs his head down he is unhappy; it is the attitude of misery; but oh, when our thoughts of God are changed, aadfour relationship to God is different, w^Kft up oar faces and sun our countenances in the light of God’s favor. The face of God in His Anointed is toward the believer, and therefore the believer’s face is toward the Most High. He hath said: “Seek ye my face,’; and how can we seek His face but with our own faces? “Look uuto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth,” is the divine call; and the believer looks to God with intense joy, knowing that in Him is his salvation.'

1/W5 IIUU UUl WAV luuivauv ivwnvoswivw Fear covers her face, and would fain hide herself altogether, even though to accomplish concealment the rocks must fall upon her. That sacred bravery which the Holy Spirit breathes into the child of God makes him cry: “Abba, Father,” aud in the spirit of adoption he lifts up his face unto God. J|ay it not also signify exjfectationf “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.” “My expectation is from him,” says David. Oh, to lift one’s face toward God, looking for deliverance, safety and rest, and expecting both grace and glory from his right hand 1 Brethren, I am talking very simply of things well known to me, and yet I can not convey to you a sense of the joy of a face uplifted unto God. You must feel it for yourselves, by lifting up your own faces. Some of you poor creatures can not lift up your faces unto God by reason of despondency ; but we pray that you may yet do so. As for you who. are God’s own people, and yet go through the world In b ondage, I charge you, ary unto the Lord to change your condition, and fill you with His joy, for then your faces will shine in the light of His faoe. When yon delight in the Lord, nothing can disturb the unbroken current of your joy 1 The sublime serenity of the henvens which arch above your head enters into Sour own spirit when Hie Lard who made te heavens dwells in your heart. Strive after this sacred peace: delight in ths Al* mighty, and lift up your faces unto God.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. —A wise observer says there is too much pig-pen and not enough pig-past-ure. A truthful alliteration.—Chicago Titaes. —Mixed husbandry is generally best in the long run, although there is a wide range of choice among crops in that, The time to take up a specialty is when everybody else is quitting it; the time to drop it, if ever, is when many stand ready to catch at it—A". Y : lie-raid. —Orange Ice: 'Squeeze the jftice from six largo oranges and two lemons; pour about live gills of bailing wat r over the broken peel and pulp and let it stand until cool; then strain and add the water to the orange and lemon juice. Sweeten to taste with loaf sugar and freeze.—The Household. —Complaints are becoming more and more rife of. the ravages of the army Worm aud chnch bug in various sections of the West and in California. Seeding to wheat year after year is. iure Inot only to impoverish the soil disastrously, but also favors the multiplication of insect pests whenever favorable seasons occur for their breeding.— Chicago Tribune. — In relation to the cont: oversy g >ing on between :in English and American agricultural journal as to whether ’the same' person should always milk the same eows. it would make very little difference if the law of kindness veto always observed. A brutal person should never be allowed about farm animals of any kind, and the assertion is of especial importance in connection with mfich-oows,—Chicago Tribune. —When planting pot plants in the open ground, and the ball of eatth is matted with roots, the ball shouli always be broken by slightly bruisi ng it between the hands before placing it in the ground, to lessen the resistance. Healthy, vigorous, growing plants can hardly be watered too much at this season, provided the pots arc well dra ned. Such plants take up and evaporate water with great rapidity.—Boston Budget. —Farmers make a mistake when they slight the a IvantagesTo oe derive 1 from keeping good horses, and from b:-ced-ing a pair or two of • colts every year, remarks the American Agriculturist. A three-year-old colt can be reared as cheaply as a cow of the same age, but while an ordinary price for a ypung tliree-year-oUl cow is forty dollars, a young colt is worth seventy-five dollars, at the very least, when a year old] an t one hundred and fifty dollars when three years old. —The report of the Bureau of Agriculture for the year 1881 states the annual value of the forest product at $700,000,t)(X>. The products of! the country, on the score of value, 'stand in the following order:

ruiysiry...-.....^impi i,uw Corn.. 67:»,tl4.®> Wheat. 474.291,850 Huy..... 571.*11.084 Cotton .;. 230,2Bi>,242 oats. isKmais GClil anil silver. 74.4 4),OO'i Coal, anthracite and bituminous... 91,5040)0 Iron ore. 5tl.4i0.010 Total, iniroral, jirec ous and not 2lS,:j85,452 -^.The American Cattle (jrawer says that it is not the heaviest nor the fattest animal that should bring the highest price for the batcher’s .block, but that animal giving the largest per cent, of lean meat to live weight Such an animal will always contain fat enough with the meat liber to make it palatable. juicy and nourishing. Thj; fat parts of beef cattle or mutton sheiip ore little used as human food, lienee the crucial test must ever be the greatest proportion of lean meat (muscle) to the carcass. THE COW IN SUMMER Auimals That Are Neglected In Warm Weather. There Is nothing that can bej said u)ion the treatment of the cow in summer which has not been said over and over again. But it is a fact, and everybody will acknowledge it as sue! , '.hat notwithstanding the eft repeated statement of the truths which we shall state in this article thousands of cows are neglected. The peculiar excitabi ity of the eow ought to be more particularly considered in summer than at any other season aud it ought never to be f >rgotten. But we all Snow what excitement means. It meaus a terrible jeri; and strain to the entire machinery of Hie animal system. The effect upon the system from frightening a cow is i good deal like the e lect upon machine ry of which control is temporarily lo>i . It rushes on in its revolutions with exhaustive wear. As we have often said, rough men, thoughtless boys and barking dogs ougiit never to lie allowed about a eow; but they do much more harm in hot weather than :>t any other time. It is oruel, to say ii< .thing Of its- being unprofitable, to per mit a cow to be worried bv boys or d< >gs in hot weather. If in driving her to and from the pasture the boy "hurries her, or uses a dog to bring her up, that boy needs attention at once. Explain to him what an injury it is to the animal, how her becoming overheateil will harm her. and what a torture to her running, w .th an udder so full thtt the milk is running from it, is. Do not scold the boy, for that may excite him and, as much as many people act as if they did tot belieVe it, a hoy is unite as valuable as a cow, and his feelings should be highly respected. But if after talking kindly to him and explaining to him the whom matter, he does not mend his ways, there is no legal or moral objection to thrashing him into the adoption of humane practices. As to the dog do not speud much time in teaching him his place, which is nowhere near the eow, if he is a noisy, larking, snapping dog. Better shoot him, if his reformation is not sudden and complete. Then there is the matter of shade in the pasture. Notwithstanding that some sneer at it and even say tuat it is an injury, we believe in shade. We believe that it pays to have it, besides there is great consolat on that we are doing something for the comfort of as good a friend to us as the cow is. Of course, if there are no trees in the pasture, none can be provided for this summer. But it js very appropriate to refer to the matter in this connection, as .t may lead to providing shi the future. It may suggest, slight ehange of the boundaries! pasture, by which shade in field may tie thrown into the oi we are pasturing. In some cas there m «y be shade in one pastni none in another in the same field,

ny tmis caning attention to the subject the shaded pasture may be Utilized when it might not otherwise be. Perhaps the most common neglect that characterizes the summer! treatment of the cow is found in connection with providing her with water. There :tr.' large numbers of cows that never have a mouthful of good water front the beginning to the end of the su aomer. Their entire supply of water is from some stagnant pond. This is a thame. But those who are guilty that sort of neglect show no more disregard for the health of the animal than they do for their own health. Milk from * cow that is compelled to drink such water is utterly unlit for consumption. Bad water will have quite as bad an effect upon an animal system as bait food, and though we may not always be able to see the effect we may tie assured that it exists; and if we wilt critically examine the milk there will be no trouble in finding the effect upon it It need not be stated that the cow should have all the water she wants. She should have free access to water, and the water should be just as pure as we drink ourselves.— Western JturaL

feAffTHOLDrS BIG GfRL. | I he Prejudices Met tit a Canranw for ths I'etiistal Fcnlh The Bartholdi pedestal fund is deafly complete. The statue has arrive*! and soon New York harbor will be graced by the most magnificent colossal statue the world has ever seen, r “Liberty Enlightening the World!" IVbat a priceless blessing personal liberty is. It is the shriue at which people, ground, under the heel of tyranny in the older worlds, worship with a fervency that Americans can scarcely realize; it is a principle for which Nihilists wdliugly die the death of dogs; and fit and proper it is that at the very entrance of the Bay of New York this emblematic statue should flash a welcome to the world. The press is entitled to the credit of this achievement, Mr. Philip Peers, who has been making a circuit of the couutry ou behalf of the Pedestal fund, says that the fund will certainly be raised, as the World does not know the word fuit. Mr. Beers says that ho has futtud the most pronounced g.-nerosity among thots of foreign birth. They seetii more appreciative of liberty than do our native born. Moreover, among some a strange prejudice Seems to exist. “ Prejudice?: In what particular?” “I have ever found that however meritorious a thing raav be, thousands of people will inevitably 1)© prejudiced against it. I have spent most of my li‘e on the road and I know the American p»ople ‘dike a book,’ In 18,1) a personal misfortune illustrated this prevailing prejudice. I was very ill, had suffered for several years with headache, fickle appetite, dreadful back ache, cramps, hot head, cold hands and feet and a general break down of the system. I dragged myself back to New Yoik, seeking the best professional treatment. It so Happens that among my relatives i3 a distinguished physiciau who upbraided me roundly for preaching so much about my own case. Finally,with some spirit, I remarked to him: “ ‘Sir, you know that much of your professional wisdom is pretense. You are controlled by prejudice. You can not reaeh a case like mine and you know it, can you?’ ” “I had him; and he finally conceded the point, for it was bright’s disease of the kidneys which had prostrated me, and the schoolmen admit they can not cure it. Having cured myself, -however, in 1879, and not having seen a sick day since, my relative finally admitted that Warner-s safe cure, whieh accomplished this result, was really a wonderful preparation. Had President Rotter, of the Central Hudson, used it, I am certain that he would be alive to-day, for he could not have been in a worse condition than I was.’’ “I have found similar prejudices among all classes concerning even so laudable a scheme as this pedestal fund.” Mr. Beers'® experience and the recent death of President Ratter, of the CentralHudson railroad, of an extreme kidney disorder, proves that the physicians nave no real power over such diseases, and indicates the only coarse one should pursue is, as the late Dr. Willard Parker says, headache, sickness of the stomach, dropsical swellings, back actie,dark and offensive fluids, prematurely impaired eyesight,loss of strength and energy occur, for t hey unmistakably indicate a fatal result, if not promptly arrested.? “Yes, sir-eeyevery cent needed for the pedestal will lie raised. Of course it will be a great triumph for the World, but would it not havebgen an eternal disgrace had o"r people failed to provide for this pedestal?”

Her Rights. ‘ i .- Koseitisco Murphy was engaged to bte married to an Austin beile, Miss Esmeralda LongcoQin, and for a while, they used to be very affectionate. Of late he has neglected her. Uis father asked him why he had' given her the cold shake. “Because I found out that she has only half as much property as I thought she had,” was the reply. "Well, Kosc’usko, " said the old man, “she is entitled to fifty per cent, of yourdevot on. anyhow. You should remember that when you go courting some other girl/V—Texr* Hitlinm. THE MARKETS. Nkw York, June 29,18-5. CATTLE—Native Steers.if 5 40 ® 6 55 COTTON—Middling. K»x« 1»J4 FLOCK—Good Co Choice.. .... 4 05 ® 5 50 W UE AT—S o. 2 Ked . 100 ® X 01 % CORN—No. 2... 5i ® 5334 OATS—Mixed., r.. :« ffl 39 FORK—New Mess...... 11 37)4® II 50 ST. LOUIS. COTTOX-Middling .. .... ® io»4 BEEVES—Good to Heavy.,., 5 40 ® 5 05 Fair to Medium. 4 75 ® 5 35 llOOS—Commou to Select.... 3 65 ® 4 25 SITKEF-- Fair to Choice. 3 00 ® 4 00 FLOUR—XXX to Choice...... 3 30 m 4 15 WHEAT—No.2 Ked Winter.. os « os,>4 No. A..... ffl 94 CORN—No. 2 Mixed.. 4t)„® 404 OATS—So. S ... 32*. « SI KYE—No. 2.... 58)4®- 60)j TOBACCO—I-ngs.... .......... 2 7o ® 3 00 Leal. Medium.... 4 90 ® 7 60 HAY—Choice Timothy.. 15 00 ffl 15 50 BUTTER -Choice. Dairy..r.-ip 13 ® 15 EGOS—Fresh:......_....... 8)4® 9 FORK—New Mesa............. 10 60 ffl 10 73 BACON—Clear Kib. 6)4® .6)4 LARD—Friine Steam_.... 6)4® 6)4 CHICAGO. CATTLE—Export.............. 5 00 ffl 6 20 HOGS—Good toChoiee. 4 10 ,ffl 4 25 SilKEF—Good toChoiee_ 2 50 ffl 4 15 FLOUR—Winter... 3 50 ® 5 50 Patent.. 4 75 a 5 50 WHEAT— NO. 2 spring._... - 87)4® 87)4 No. iRed.. ® 93 COHN—No... 47V® 47)4 OATS—No. 2... ......... ® 32)4 FORK—New 31 ess.... ......... 10 23 St 10 30 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers. 4 60 ffl 5 50 HOGS—Sales at..7........ __ 3 65 ® 390 WHEAT—Np. 2. 75 a 75S CORN— No. 2. ffl 36)4 PAIS - No-2.. ® 29)4 NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grades 4 75 ® 5 50./ CORN—White.... I.s ® for OATS—Choice Western ....... 40 ffl /Tl HAY—Choice.... . .... 20 00 ffl/00 FORK—Mess............ 10.87)4% 11 W) B ACON—4 lea Rib. ® 6)2 COTTON—Alidihing .•'«. lu , LOUISVILLE. )- WHE4T—No. 2 Ked.. . @ 100 COKN—No. 2 Mixed. >d> 61 OATS—No iMuetfi........ <d 36.S POKK-Mess..... 11 uo BA' ON-tlear Kib........... id 0 UOT1 ON- MRkliin-td 1

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