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No. 80. J MIDDLEBURY REGISTER, KEPTEMBEft 3, 188G. JL'srS TJIK TRUE VIXE. DR. JOHN HALL'S NOTES ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON. ttonn X f tlio Intrrnntloiiiil Serlcs l'nr Sumlny, Sept. 5 (lcilili-n Tcxti "I Am thc Vine, Yo Aro tlic IJranclies." John x , 1-10. Tho lnngunge of this lesson is morc than usunlly fnmilinr. Perhaps itsmeanlngdllTers soinewhnt froin tho coinmon impression. Let us try to know it, nnd look l'or God's bless ing with it. Some havo supposed tbat tho conipany Jesus niul the dlsciples going down tho stoep, outsidc tho wnll, snw n vlno which sug gestod this llgure. Others hnvo hiiiigined a viw 011 tho wull nnd its branches liy tho win dow briiigmg upthis iningejothors think "tho fruit of tho viiic"' suggested thc llgure, Ilut tho fnr greater likelihood is thut Josus had in tnind the new dispoiuatiou ho was bringing bi, and was rnther tcaching his ilisoiples what thcy had to d- in it thau setting out tho shn ploand great truth reganllng union with him wliich is i'- whero tauht. (John xiv, 10.) Now th.- Hchrcws wero used to tho vine as a description of their church and nation "a vino out of Egypt," in Ps. lxxx, S; ' the viue yard of the Lord of hosts," in K-i, v, 7; "a noble vino," iu Jcr. ii, 21, Ezok. xix, 10, etc. But (1) Isrncl was typicnl of God's wholo church, with Jesus at tho head. ('-) Isrncl was, according to Hos. x, 1, an "ompty vine," anil so romovod. It is with roferenco to the real fruit to be brought forth tliat Jcsus says, "I am tho truo vino." If hohadsimply nieaiit to show that a soul must lie in him to bear fruit, as a branch in tho tree, it would havo been enough to say, "I nin a vine," or llke a vine. Iiut "truo" implies tho roality as dis tinguisbed froin tyi?s and flgures, just as vo mny say, "C'hrist is tlio true paschal lamb." (Soo John vi, JS2.) Ho joins lifnitclf and tho churcb in ono for roasons that will uppenr. Tliis is not surprising. It is only in another fonn the truth of Christ tho head, and the whole body joined to him, as in Eph. iv, 14-10. He is as such the truo Israel, the truo "seed of Abraham." ForthopurjKiseof being a blessing to all tho world, ho and his peoplo aro ono. So ho represents the Father ak 1ms bandman to him, and his jieople as in him. This, of course, is not of him as tho Son of Ood, but as one with his Cburcli. Of him by hiiuself God is not the liusbaudnian. Ilut he cores for the mystical body of which he is the head. (See I Cor., ili, it.) This should be noted at the outset. The need of a soul lieing joined to Christ for sal vation, they hal learned (v. 8), Ho is now tcaching them coneerning tho churcb they wero to found. Jo.sus nnd his church nmko one groat treo, for which tho Father oares. While the words includo spiritunl truths wo nll need to know, tliey wcro mount first und most for the men who wero to represent him after he was gone. V. 1, "I am tho true vino." The Hebrow economy was tho shadow. Tho substunco is now hero. God tho Father iu makiug the covenant and giving His Son plnnted this vhio, nnd as u "huslinndmnn" (vines wcre what grain crops now are) eures for the vine ho plunted, pruncs it (v. 2), ilesires it to lio fmitl'ul iv ."), throws away tho doad, uscless branches 'V Oi, does all tliat is for tho good of tho treo iv Ti, and lia- crodit wlion lnuch fruit is borne. f5o tho Father (v. s) doi-, with bk pooilo. V. Tho "branoh" niay bo a sertion of tlio chureh, or a fnniily, or an iinliviiiual. If it bear not l'niit l-ee for "fruit" Hob. xii, 11; Gal. v, '.-'j:li, it is tnken away. Th" candlo stick of a fruitlcxa chureh will bo reinovod (Rov ii, .1). I'ngodly tinnilics like Jorolioam's aro brokon otl'. Fuithlen inilividuali liko Judas, who had "gono out," and who was brobablv in C'hri'-t's mind, go to dostruotion (Stv .Mntt vii, 21; Rov. iii, Acts i. 17-),) So tho ijUiMion, Is such and such a denomi nation n branch of tho churcb ( is not so iinportant as this, Is it fruitfuK So a family in the church, boaring mi fruit, will 1k- tukun away loo its advantagos. So a dead pro fessor will be east out. So alio tho fruit bonring branclios are purged, eleanscd, as by trials, to make thoin more fiuitfid. (Seo as proofs and oxainplos Itev. iii, IU; Hob. xii, 11; II I'et. ii, M This is the training we nocd. V. .'i. Tlio disciplcs had lieon trained "clean" so as to bo llt for their iilace through the tenching ho had given thom. Thoy wero engrafted, had Iwlioved his word, and boen iu purt made good spiritual men by it (Soe I Pot. i, aa.) V 4. That this is tho meaning is elear f rom v. 4, in connection with v. ?. "Kut'p lieliuv ing what I havo told you; so let me by my words abide in you." This word from him in them is counterpart of the union lietween branch and stcm in tho vino. Cut oif the branch and there is no fruit. Tnke God's word out of men's hearts and they obey self, tho world and the devil. (Seo I John iii, !i4 and Gal. ii, 20.) V. 5. eniiha.sizes this and drops the flgure, "without me," etc. Seo Hos. xiv, 8, ,-from me is thy fruit found." Take, as an oxample of this, Paul in Phil. i, 11. V. 0 expamls tho idoa of v. 2, ''taketh away." They necd not wonder at Judas' courbe. When a uian, no matter what ho professed, no longer bolicves in Christ's word, he no moro doos Christ's work. He is liko the withered, dead branchos which men gather and burn. (See Jlutt. iii, 10.) On tho other hand (V. 7), if thoy havo his word in them, they aro of ono mind with him and shall ask and get what they will. It is safo to givo this privilego to thoso who lieliovo as God says. It is liko leaving tho koys with a son ora truo Bcrvant. "Ho will do nothing but what I would do," says tho trusting parent or master. V S is to bo read thus; "I havo bi-on glori fying my Father on tho earth, but, us you know, I nm going away. You remain here; as you preach, livo aud work as I havo done, you glorify my Father, nnd will thus Ikj secn to bo my disoiples to bo continuing what I had in hand, under my tcaching." Soi Phil. i, 11 and John viii, i!l.) Then our I)rd givca instructions as to duty, privilego and encour agoment in tho placo which ho has showu them they aro to occupy. V. 9. "Tho Father loved me, made me his representntive to menr so I havo lovcd you and make you my rcpresentatives. Continuo ye in my love." (Seo Judo xx, 21.) So a good father dying might say to his boys, "You know how I loved you, and what I wished to havo you be aud do. Koep on that samo Ilnu always." V 10 expands this idea. The way to abide In the Saviour'k lovo is .to do his will. So Josus, as God's "rightoous servant," aboilo in his love. He could look up and say, " Not my will but thine Io dorio." "The cup that my Father hath giveu me' shall, I not drink it?" So aro they to do. V. 11. He was going away, His presence gave them joy, but if they kept His words iu thcir hearts and did them, His "jo."- tho joy Ilis presence gave them would coutiiiue theirs and be full. It mado Stephen's faca thine. It mado Paul aud Silas sing praises in prison. It made haiuts glory in tribulation. "Joy in the Holy Ghost" tho tanio thing U the third elemi'nt in tho kingdom of God witliin men il'om. xiv, 17). V 12. Uranchos in the sanie vin" aro oni thing to ono another. So Gou's sorvu;.t imihrth' FRtno Mstcr nrc iclati'd, and aro M love ono nnotlur, Lnvo U pntleut, gentlo, p'tu roii". It rt nipts .ofoirlvonoss. Itcn laiV. U roo'. hoif, and lnal.is us tho serv antsoftl.c iiolovcd. llcnco Chrkt's "new" comniandincnt. The law snid "Love thy nelghbor as tliysclf." I say "Lovo nsl havo lovcd you." This 'is "nnw" iiidccd. So we soo iu (V. 1"), which noeds no oxplanntion but tho fact of John x, 11, It is only becauso he is s)ionking to them in so closo nnd tonder a way forgetting nll tho past, as it wero that hc says "li iends." In point of fact, it was for "oiieinU's (Ps. v, i) ho gnvo his llfe. Hence he adds (V. 14), "Yo are," not "yo will liecomc," but "ye will bo suro to bo my frionds, if yo do," etc. Tho word "fricnds," in v. i:i, sug gcsts this nnd lcads up to it, and v. 13 makcs the idea cloarer aud gives a fresh l-cason for their apineciating his lovo. Ho is not trent ing them as "servants," though thoy wero so, but as "friends," for ho is taking them into his conildonco, unfolding his plnns nnd giving thom to know his father's mind as ho was cur rying it out iu tho world. Xn bottcrexikma tion ot this cnn bo given than wo hnvo in Gal. iv, JJ-7. Tho fullnoss of tho timo had come, and they wero not at a distaneo; not servants, but sons. God was doing with them as with Abraham. (Soo Gen. xvlil, 17.) V. Ili. Alurther lvasou for their valuing his lovo is that it drcw thom to him. Ho choso nnd ordaincd them, mado thom his siK'cial servants that thoy should go and bear fruit, abiding fruit. Tlio npostolic doctrino and 'npostolic ways "romain'' now in tho XineU'euth century. Ho gavo them in that snnio lovo tho right nnd )K)wer of prnyer, as cxplninod in v. 7. While they moved on tho linos ho laid for thom and in th"i right spirit, thoy would llnd God tho hearer of prayer. (See in illustrntion Aots il.) Soino tcachcrs may flnd it casier than tho explanation of ench verso to take tho topics, the vino, the hu'bandman, tho brnnchcs of two kinds, tho oueuess ot vmo nnd branches, tho kind of fruit to bo borne. Lenrn (1) Wo niay lio in the church visi blo and yet not in beaven. Wo mny be un fruitful, withered, do;id branches. (2) Afllictious are not iiroofsof God's anger, but to GihI's iwople jiroofs of love. Ho is clennsing tho branches for moro fruit, f J) Tho word of God is vital ; it must be in us as the sap of the treo in its branches, if thcy aro to livo nnd bear. (4) Tho branch Iwnrs truit nftcr its kind lovo like Christ's to the Father and to one another, joy and holy obedience. The Sun day School World. Suniliiy ft'chnnl Touehlnc. When we tnko ui the cnlllng inconsider atcly or thoughtlessly, wo are in dangcr of treating this great work with too inu"h in difTercnce. This is tho reason why so many continue for n brief time in tho Suiulny school nnd then lonve it. I foar such suiwrlicial workersdid not count tho cost. "Ko man, hnving jmt his hand to thc plow, and looking back, is llt for tho kingdom of God." Tho prosfiit dny niiiiros toachers who will work with zcal, discrction, pationee, flrm 1HS.S, irayerfulncss and studiousness, having tho Master'.s help very nenr. Thus Suiulny school tcachcrs will bocome mighty instru ments in tho hauds of the Saviour; in nll their eiroits thcy will produce a powci ful in llui'nco ovcr their scholars. Wo rciiuirc more tcaclu'i having such qualitics. Tho Kun dny schiKil neeils sti'iidy, jieix-vcring wnrk from tcachcrs who hnvo a solcinu consiilcr ation of tho rcsponsibility of tho work, as thoso w ho have to givo nceount. Our lcssons nnd aildiesscs and disclplino in tho Sunilay school .sliould nn'nn that wo aro m carncst, as cngagud in wnrk of tho hight-st imjKirtnnro Wo must not think that anything will do fnr tho Sunday school, whosc chiof aiiu is for tlia sidvation of tho young. AVhcn wo cousnt.jr tho gri'iitncss of tho Snviour's lovo in commg into tho world to dio tho ilrendfcil ileath of tho cross to rceoncile man to His Father, wo mny verynioii seo tho importnuco and charactcr of tho work wa co-o))erato in. The riileiuption of man wns a btupondous und inlinito work which the Saviour achioved, Wo, his servants, sUouid labor with prnyvrful and solemn considera tion. Tlio Sundny school is a nurscry foi th training of the young immortals for an etcr nal destiny. Tho rownrd to the faithtul will lo glorious in a liettor world. Yes, an im perishable crown, which will never fad away, ctornal in the hoavens. It liohooves cver- Sundny school toncher, in considerntion of tho vastness of the work, to deeply consider what is neces.sary, when h takvs tho tcacher's chair. Let mo say that llrst of all, Josus must dwell in our hearts, having tho control of their workings and as pirations. Keeping closo to the Master, and recciving his help, his Spirit, tho wisdom h is able to givo, wo shall gain greater influenco ovcr our scholnrs, nnd in God's hands win them as trophies for tho Rcdoemer, to shine forevcr and ever. Thomasneath, Plymouth, Eng. Suiulny Scliools in tlio AillromlnrUs. A vcrj- worthy mcmber of tho Society of Friends, who is fnmiliarly called tho Quaker missionary of thu Americnn Sundny School 1 Union, writcs to tho primnry class of a Con giegationnl Sundny school in Ilrooklyn, of liis work among tho Ailirondack mouutnins, i uhcro so many go for health: j "My dcar littlo helpcre: after organizing a Union Sunday school, I promisisl a prctty card to cvery scholar thnt would bring mo a dollnr for tho library. One littlo girl said, j 'Wcll, I knowgrnnilpa isuwful tight, but I am going to try to lovo a dollar out of him 1 some wny.' " To the Sundny school of Plymouth Congre gatlonal Church, Hrooklyn, ho writes of ineoting nhennlt who has lived nlone among tho mouutnins for tliirty yem-s, on eorn meal and wator, but has given 2,.00 largo Tcsta ments to such os would ngreo torend in them evcry day. To tho GosihjI Chopvl Sunday school ho j writcs: "As I drovo up in front of a grog i shop a man said, 'Mistor, you need a icvolvor I moro'n a Riblo up hero; nary a Christinn (hero. Wcdon't go much on 'ligion; ruther havo n keg of bcer and n dancc' This com- muimy wns n ny-woril Nothing worso this sido of Atricn.' " Ilut tho missionary i.tarted threo schools in that neighborhood and round about. All tlin Oolil un Keurtli. Somo ono with a mathemutical mind hns flgured it out that nll tho gold on earth to-day, in whatover sb,.pe tliat is, mined gold, or, to put it plainer, the gold in uso in all nations aud tho pro duct of all uges if wulded in ono muss, would Iw contained in a cube of less than thirty feot. Exchango. Tlm Unrth'ii Inliubitmita. All tho people now living in tho world say 1,400,000,000 could find standing room witliin the liinits of a licld tcn miles squaro, and by aid if a telephona could bi addressed by a bingle speaker. In a fleld twenty milB sqimiv they could all ba comfortably seated. The Argo I naut. A GAHDEX STORY. Tho story bcgnn on a picco of grounil, or purlmps I ouglit to say, in it, wliore thero lind been n ilowor garden foryeara nnd years, of tho most old-fnsliioned Bort. It ahvnys spenied in tlio spring as if nobody need toucli it, tia if nll the flowera had come up nnd blossomed so ninny times tliat they might bo left nlone to look after themselves. She would not hnvo n man nbout tliat part of lier small domain not sliot Old Jlike O'lirien had been a gardonor to a lord in his nativo country, and might be trusted to take the wholo care of lier short rows of beans and forty liills of potntoes; but sho nover could let him looso among tho ilower beds only once when sho had to spend a great deal of time with a sick sistcr, and gavo him patterns of threo kinds of weeds which he might pool; even then, scornfitl ashe wns of lier directions, sho found tho top of one of her best lilies, and nearly all tho sprouts of her favorito mist-iilant lying with the pig-weed and rag-weed on the garden walk. Sometiines she got very tiredj but rfter all it was very good for her to spend so much timo out of doors, and she had tho prettiest sweet peas, and poppies, and marigolds, in town. It was her one great luxury and pleasuro, and one friend after another found a chance to give her a raro bulb, or a slip from a new geranium, or some raro ilower seeds, as the years went by. The ministor's wifo had a very rich cousin near Boston, who lived in a tine place, and was mistress of a hot-house. Miss Dunning had onco succeoded in making something bloom that the cousin's gardener had failed to persuado into flowering, and thero had been moro than ono niessage and tribute pass to and fro. It was a great triumph, and Miss Dunning was asked to write her course of treatment for the gardener's beneflt. The only pain sho ever had all sum mer in regard to her little garden, was her fear lest sho should bo indulging herself selfishly. She really did spend too much, according to her slender means, in this gratiflcation, She knew thut there were other ways in wliich the money might do more good, and if a contribution box passed her by in church after sho had been buying a new roso or a named geranium of high degree, she felt as guilty as if she had directly robbed it, and had been caught, by tho deacons. But, dear soul! she tried in many ways to give as many people as possible a sharo in her joy, and the whole country j village was the better for her beloved i ilower garden. Sick people and little ' children were suro to have enough of j posies; tho pulpit in the old meeting I houso was ndorned Sunday after Sun- I day. Thero was never a bride or a fun- J eral in Littletown that did not depend, more or less, summer or winter, upon Miss Dunning's stoie of blossoins. This ycar she had added to her bene fnctions. Sho hnd sent her name to Boston as one kind soul who would givo a little child her ble.sscd country week. I "No boys," Miss Ann had written in her plainest hand, with two or three un dorlinitigs, and if she had picked Boston , all over sho could not have found a littlo l maid thnt was moro to her mind than the one who fell to her share. She had said bhe would be ready any timo after tho first of June; and sho was ' a little dismayed to be taked at her word. She wished that she could at ' least havo got her weeding done; but I tho spring had been very late. I On the first of June itself, sho had gone to the depot to meet the unknown visitor, and the little white house was put in as careful order for the reception of small Peggy McAllister as if sho had been Queen Victoria herself. II. Three ladies had read Miss Dunning's letter together in Boston, and had smiled at it a little. Tho "No Boys" had divert ed one of them particularly, and she in stantly began to make a little picturefor herself of tho dear old-fashioned coun-try-woman who . had writlen the prim note. "I can seo just how neat and nice the littlo house is, and I know what grows in her garden. AVomust keep that place for a very deserving littlo person. I really should love to spend n week with Miss Ann Dunning myself 1" "I believe I know just the right child, now," said one of the ladies. "I was at tho Blank street liospital, yesterday, and ono of the sisters sjioke to mo about a child for whom sho evidently had a great alfection; a littlo Scotch girl at least her father and mother wero from Scotland, originally. They had both died and an aunt took Peggy. Tho sis ters sent for her so I could seo her. The aunt and tho child wero brought to the liospital sick, early this spring, and the loor woman died, but Peggy remains be hind. Sister Ilelen asked mo if I couldn't iind boincbody who would like to adopt her. She said she had been so dear und useful they should hardly know how to do without her; but it is really no placo for her at tho liospital. I thought she hnd a sweet, wiso littlo face, but sho nceds sun and air now. I never thought of tho country week! Do let us send her, Something may como of it!" "This seems to be the very place," said tho first speaker, smiling. They were used to Mrs. West's enthusiastic descrip tions of people, and to the sensible promptings of her warm heart. "I am going through Blank street on my way homo," said one of Peggy'a would-be benefactors, "and I will see Sister Ilelen about it. If your Peggy ronies back ive will try to find her a better friend." Poor, lonely littlo Peggy! Sho had he gun to wonder what was going to bo come of her and whether there was really any placo for her in such a big, busy world. Sho had been grieved enough when her nunt'a housekoeping was hroken up, and when they went to the liospital everything had seemed strange und sad. N'ow, just as sho had learned to feel :it liome thero and to really love dister Ilelen and two or three of the other kind-faced ladies who nyrsed th the sick people yes, and two or threi of tho sick peoplo themselves sho had found that sho nitist go away, though no hody know exaetly whoro. Sho hnd tricd so haril to run errands quickly and to wait upon every one, sinco she hnd felt better and had hegun to mis's her nunt a littlo less and not to cry about her quito so nitlch. Bhe was a silent, gravo littlo child and old for her years. Sho hoped if she wero very good and gavo no trouble that Sister Ilelen would let her stay. It was, indeed, a great sorrow when sho was told about tho country week visit. They said it would only bo a week, and yet Peggy cried herself to sleep that night. Sho was to go on Saturday, and Sister Ilelen was going to tako her to tho train; but Peggy could not bear to seo children go by on tho street when she looked out of the liospital window. They were all going liome; they hnd brothers and sisters, she was sure. Nobody guessed in thoso days how snd this little heart was grow ing. It would have made the tears como quiek to all our eyes if wo had known her and had seen the poor child sitting nlone on a wido red seat in the cars. bound on her snlitary journey. We aro so glad thnt wo know nlready something about Miss Ann Dunning. Ul. Only two business men and Peggy herself were landed by the train at tho Littletown station; but all the idlers in the villago were there to look at them. The brakeman, to whom Sister Ilelen had spoken about Peggy, helped her down tho car stops very kindly into the middlo of the awesome crowd. Then Miss Dunning, who was waiting, too, puslied her way eagerly forward to say: "This must be the little girl that ha3 come to mako mo a visit," and tired, be wildered Peggy looked up with brim ming eyes into tho homely, pleasant face, and said: "Yes, please," without a doubt or fcar. "I liked her tho minute I saw her," Miss Dunning whispered to everybody the next day, going and coming from church with Peggy fast held by the hand. "She's so handy and sensible I don't know as I ever shall send her back. She's got no folks. Come here from the liospital." And ngain: "You'd never take her to be a 0-year-old. She's forever a-watchin' me to try and get what I want and save steps. She set the table as handy as could be last night, two hours after she come when I was busy cuttin' and bastin' for Miss Farlev. You know she was called away to stay with her mother, and has ended up her schooK-" After such a promising beginning we need not be surprised that arrnngements were made for Peggy 's further continu ance. And here again were solitary set in fnmilies Miss Dunning, tho busy village dressmaker; Peggy, the lonely child who clutig to the new friend with double atrection, because the littlo house was in a way so much like the two rooms in wliich she and her elderly aunt had lived together. 'What could have been more fitting than their being housemates? Miss Dunning did not prosper the less though money was not too plenty in a village where there was a vounger and moro fashionable person busy at her trade, and almost every one of her cu? tomers had very few dresses, and made them herself after good Miss Dunning had cut and basted them. But she had some good, generous friends, and at any rate never once thought about Peggy, as sho did sonietimes about the garden seeds, that she was ashamed to look the contribution box in the face. This brings me back again to the garden. Thero was ono pleasant June evening just after Peggy came I know that it had not yet been decided that the visit was to last any moro than a week when the new friends wero busy together among the llower-beds. Miss Dunning was right in saying cheerfully that this was a good growing year; ilowers and weeds aliko were springing up as closo together as they could, and just beforo it wns dark the good woman told her little guest that she might tako the old hoe and wago war against a velvety growth of seedlings that spread from one sido of the path nearly to tho other. Nobody had taken tho timo to attend to tho dis orderly narrow path, thero had been so much to do with transplanting and more important things. Peggy's eyes had shono at her first glimpso of tho garden on Sunday morning, and she was prov ing herself a most apt scholar under Miss Dunning's instructions. Sho had been tho somewliat neglected liospital garden a few times beforo she left town, and already knew the names of many plants. Sho looked up in unmistakablo dismay when Miss Dunning sjioko; but she went dutifully to the sido of tho doorstep and brought tho hoe; then she stood still and looked down at the green bit of seedling cnrjK't, "Ilurry up, Peggy!" said brisk Miss Dunning. "It's getting dark, and wo arn't near through with what I set my self to do to-night." "Do you want mo to kill them all?" whisjiered Peggy. "Did you seo that they weren't weeds. I could find nico littlo places over thero by tho fenco." "Mercy me!" oxclaimed Miss Dunning, with great amazement. "We can't save every sprout in she garden. I do have a feelin' for 'em sometimes, but we might just as well let 'em grow up into a wilderness at onco," "They would all bloom and bo flowers, wouldn't they?" asked 'Peggy, timidly. Perhaps the poor child felt as if she had been saved out of just such a crowd that nobody seemed to want. "I wish I could put them in little boxos and tako them back to Iioston. They would grow, and bo so pretty in the liospital." Sho spoke as if she were asking the greateat favor in the world. "I'll givo you better things than these," said Mrs. Dunning, with a sudden feel ing of desperate jealousy at tho mere niention of liospital and Peggy's native city. "Well, you needn't murder the petunys and things to-night, anyway. Jly back aches and I feol a chill; so we must go in, and you can help mo set my bread to riso bcforo wo go to bed. Tis 8 o'clock now, if it's a minute!" And Peggy carried the hoo back again with a sigh of relief. Littlo tho seedling poppies and mari golds and petunias know about their fate, when they came crowdlng up to gether through tho rich, hard soil of tho footpath that lato spring; but this is what hapiiened to them. Who over thought of saving such llves but quaint little Peggy McAllister? But sho dreatned that night about carrying a llower-pot full of small green plants to everybody in tho sunny liospital wards, to stand on tho tables beside tho bed or in the windows, so that all the sick peoplo could watch them grow. Sho did not know how sho could really carry so many; but sho was suro Mis3 Dunning would let her, when she waked up in tho morning and thought about tho dream. It took a good deal of courage to ask Miss Dunning at breakfast time, nnd the kind little dressmaker laughed until Peggy felt that she must have been very foolish. "It's a reasonahle dreain enough, cer tain; but, there! I don't know how I'm ever going to let you go back again, you dear little thing!" she said to Peggy. I believe I shall keep you all the timo, if you liko well enough to stay?" and Peggy's wondering face grew rosy for a minute; then slio dropped her head and felt as if she were going to cry. "Oh! pleaso do keep me!" she said, and that was all dear, anxious, homeless I'eggy; and yet sho gave a thought at that very moment to Sister Ilelen, whom she might never seo again. But Miss Dunning, too, was very good to her. A few weeks later a wholo company of ilower pota that Miss Dunning gath ered from her own stores and one or two neighbors', was sent to tho lios pital in Blank street from Peggy. She had rooted the rescued seedling anew, and tended thein patiently until they were growing again. Perhaps somo day we will follow their fortunes and see who they bloomod for, and whether they bloomed well. But tho happiest day of all was when a long letter came to Peggy from Sister Helen, with many messages in it from the sick people whom she had lovingly remembered in her new country liome. "I declare!" said Miss Dunning, "mv garden is worth toiling over. Think of all those folka in Boston being so pleased to have the leavings. The Independent. Tho Young I'nglUh Lortl. At a coming of age of the heir there is a great celebration. This is of courso far more of an event than a meet of the hounds, for it occursonly once in a quar ter of a century. It is a feast for tenauts and family relatives, intimate friends, and laborers on tho estate. The house is crowded with guests, and the neighbors of rank often open their establisliments and assist in the hospitality. There aro booths and inarquses upon the lawn, an ox is roasted whole, beer and wino are abundant, and tho best of hitmor pre vails. All classos minglo freely, and the upper tenantS aro invited to the dining room. A speech is mado by the heir, often on the stens in front of the house. so that more may see and hear than can be crowded under roof or canvas. The father and mother and other relatives stand near, tho flag flies over him, the tenantry and retainers cheer, the brothers and sisters are proud, or envious, who can say which? and the young lord feels all his grandeur and importance, perhaps moro keenly than ever again. There is a drive over the estate, which is every where decorated with indications of loyal regard; presents are made to the poor and their children; tho parish church bells ring, and sometimes even poachers aro forgiven or released. At night the great houso and the village are illuminated. Everything is done to fos ter the feudal feeling that still lingers, and the paternal system and inlluence of the aristocracy are as conspicuous as on any occasion yet left in England. Adam Badeau's Letter. The Kecoril of n I'lgeon. Eight hundred and sixty-six miles in four and one-fourth days is the record of a Newark pigeon, It was liberated at Montgomery, Ala. This time, it is claimed, is the fastest ever mado in the world by a pigeon for SOO miles or over, the best previous record being nine to ten days, also in this country. This bird was hatched April 5th, 1SS4, from some German military stock. Before it was six months old it flew in dilferent races under club rules, the great distance of 1,582 miles, tho last race being from Morgantown, N. C, 535 miles air line, this being tho farthest distance young birds were ever shipped. During tho season of 1885 it was left at liome to do as it pleased. This season the bird was put on tho road again. It was flown from Altoona, Pa., for tho Yerinder prize. It was liberated in rainy weather and did not return tast enougli to win. It was again tried in tho west, this time from Steubenville, Ohio, 333 miles. The bird did not como homo in good speed, but in its raco from the south it has no bly redeemed itself. Chicago Herald. New ITse for Scrup Tln. It is only witliin a few years that any uso was found for old scrap tin. All ef forts to reclaim tho tin by smelting wore failures. At last somo ono hannened to think tliat to placo it around tho outsido oi tno iounuatiou waus oi muuungs, anu to uso it beneath the flooring of cellars, would lio to render new buildings ver min proof. Tho plan was tried and waa a big success. You can imagino how tired a rat would get trying to burrow through a Iot of sharp and jagged tin. Tho demand for scrap tin during the building season exceeds tho supply. Globo-Democrat. In the Three Profosstons. Tlio numbor of men in tho professions livinity, law, and medicino was, in 1880, 254,520, of whom G4,C9S wero min isters, 04,137 lawyers, and 85,071 physi cians and surgoons, 12,314 dentists, und 28,700 pharmaciste. Tho American colonists of Great Brit- ain havo a population of 3,375,000, and JOAQUIN MILLER ON CALIFORNIA. Irrlgntlon Noodfnl to Incrnnte Cnllfor nln'n A;rlcultiiral l'riipcrlty. For foity years tho Amcrican has foolishly fought tho Mexican mothoda of agriculture. IIo insisted that naturo would provido tho rain. Indeed, I onco heard a preacher, who was flghting rather against tho priests than for his followers, insist from tho pulpit that it was sinful to irrigate. And his text was that "God sends His rain on tho just and tho unjust." And so to-day I look away, 300 miles to tho south, and seo a brown land glcaming and glitter ing under tho precipitato sun, with tho unhappy settlors sweltering in 104 do grees of heat. Not a spear of verduret Not a sign of any green thing, savo tho solemn and impressivo old oaks that dot tho boundless scono and shelter tho sheep, and cattle, and pigs. But many of the croatures must perish. The val loy is, of course, sparsely settled. And how could it be otherwise where wo havo farms with 00,000 acresl But away over yonder, beyond tho capital, lies tho less fertilo vulley of San Joaquin, green, fruitful, restful; beauti ful and bountiful as in middlo May. An d all this because last year tho obsti nate Amcrican idea succumbed to tho Mexican experienco of centuries. San Joaquin valley is irrigated. A poor French family, escaping from death. brought a letter to a friend of mine near here many years ago and set tled down on the nearest spot of vacant ground he could find. And that nearest spot was four acres of tiand and gravel and chapparal. It was so poor and dusty and dry and withered, men toll me, that even the rabbits would not livo there. But it was not more poor ot withered than tho weary family that had worked its way here on an old sail ship coming out from Liverpool for grain. And so thoy sat down on these four dry and dusty heaps of sand and stone to stay. Let us pass over tho wretchedness of the first year, during which time tho man dug a well, put in a windmill, raised a rivulet of wator, and then planted his stoneheaps in black berries. Briefly, his four acres is to-day a big fortune. It is, literally, every inch a garden! And theso four acres aro all that this nian can handle or cares to have. His one acre of meadow producea six crops of alfalfa a year. He now haa J cows, horses, pigs. In fact, he getsmore 1 out of these four acres of sand and gravel than my good friend, Gen. Bid well, gets out of any forty acres of all I his G.1,000. And this is the way for 1 Californians to make California populoug and profitable to cure the country of 1 tranips and communists. And I now propose tho greatest scheme on this con ' tinent. Look at the niap. Liko a new moon the vast lovel vulley of the Stcre mento sweeps away from this ti)) of tho upper horn around past the capital, Sac raniento City, then down to San Fran j cisco. Well, ttirn the Sacramento river out of its bed here abovo Kedding and I let it tlow down and lill the hungry hol j low of the moon! Then will the fertility and eternal richness of Egypt be onco 1 D1r with us as of old It is all very easy. I urged this same thing years ago, have gone over all tho ground, and know what I say. Of course I was laughed at years ago, and derided as a lover of Mexicans, and all that sort of argument. And even now ono little paper is pounding me for urg ing this greatest state measure, and charging me with having come up from Mexico tilled with Mexican ideas. But timo will settlo it all my way and show that I am entirely right. I am very am bitious, liowever, to shorten the time of sutrering for those thirsty and panting brutes tliat stand in the burning dust under tho noble old oaks over all thesa thousand of square miles down toward San Francisco. I took a horse and rode out over tha hot heaps of "tailings" that lie on the deserted and worked out mines this morning. I found tho few farmers who havo settled down without first securmg water for irrigation not in good heart. Things are burning up where thoy are not irrigated. But where water flowi all things aro rank, and full, and fairly tropical. And so let me put down the invitation to this, or, indeed, any partof California, with this qualification: Settle almost any where, for tho land is all rich, and farm or grow stock, if you can have water. Otherwiso it is too much of a lottery. You niay strike a "lieated term" like this, and havo all your apples turned to ashes. Tliirty years ago, when I came here, a great ditch tlooded all the place. Water was sold at 75 centb jer inch at the head of the sloping mining region. Then it was bold a second, third and fourth time, at scaling or declining figuros, till it llowed into tho Sacraniento near this town. Senator Jones, of Nevada, not long ago tried to restore the great dttch. But , ntter investjng a great many thousanda ho let his noble enterpnso stop. And so the whole world is simply scorching and blazing and burning up. Small farmers i who hoped the ditch would be restored j are sitting by helpless and discouraged. I And tho sightof them makes mecautious hero today. Tho truth is, if all this country this side of Arizona, where the great rainfall tinds its liinits must pin its future to irrigation. 11 theso great rivers must ultimately flow over thesa great valleys. Then surely seed-time and harvest-time shall not fail. Kedding (Cal.) Cor. Chicago Times. l'eakn of thu CaRCiirie Kance. Of tho Cascado Mountains in Oregon and Washington Territory, thero are iive 1 notable poaks, Mounts Hood, Adams, St. i Helen, Tascoma anil Baker. Hising al I most from a sea lovel to a hight of from 10,000 to 14,000 feet, isolated and pre dominant, thoy aro moro impressive and heautiful than tho prominent peaks of equal hight of tho Uocky Mountains, which reaoh but a few hundred feet abovo their fellows. Chicago Herald. Tho common potato is full of most dangerous narcotic properties, that aro I onu- nmdered harmless by the cook