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Sunday School Lesson Notes.
r.V HEV. J. O. SUEHliUHN.
July 'lid : Israel Defeated t Al-Josuua 7:10-26.
Tlio Israelites, under Joshua, became
somewhat confident lifter their easy con
finest of Jericho. Siiouts were sent out
into the interior of tho country, with
particular instructions to find out what
was the strength of the city of Ai, and by
how large a force it was defended, This
was one of tho ancient towns of the land,
some twenty miles northwest of Jericho,
probably tlio lirsi important place on the
wav to the center of the country. The
scouts returned with the report that but
fo.v wero found defending the place, and
added to their report the suggestion thai
it was not necessary for nil their large
forces lo niako tho fatiguing journey
lliiiher; they judged that a force of three
thousand nun would be all sufficient.
Accordingly that number wore sent out and
were overpowered by the natives. There
is something worthy of thought which
illicit e isily bo overlooked in this history.
Joshua and his followers started out under
the special guidance of the Captain of the
hosts of tho Lord; in other words they
were lo wait for divine direction. They
did so ut Jericho und prospered; but sud
denly from depending wholly upon God
u r.d waiting his command, they begin to
depend upon human skill and Btrategem,
and start off to capture a town, without,
us far as we learn, asking any counsel of
the Lord j there is in this some reason for
(heir failure. The sin of Achan was before
they started for Ai, and if they hud asked
God's direction, he would probably never
have suffered them to face their enemies
until that sin had been proven and punish
ed. We had better always know our faults
and settle tho matter with God rathor than
bo humbled under his enciuios.
Joshua and his leading advisers, learn
ing of the defeat of their people, fell pros
trate beforo (he ark of the Lord and
bewailed their defeat and supplicated his
returning favor. Same have thought that
Ihe conduct of Joshua botrayod weakness
or even cowardice; but his fuith is more
clearly shown, lie realized that if God
was not with him tlio case was hopeless;
and as defeat proved that God was not
with tlio people he was ready to despair.
At this point in the history our lesson
really begins. God speaks to Joshua.
The account suggests an audible voice
addressing him. Tho tone is that of
reproof. The important lessons of this
scripture cluster about the person of Joshua
and Achan. God commands Joshua to
li-c lo his feet, and leave off his bewail
ings and his prayers. Something was then
ruuru necessary than prayer. God's
people should learn a losson from this.
What use to pray when tho laborer has
been defrauded in his wages, or the sub
scription for church repairs left unpaid, or
u quarrel been suffered to grow between
us and those who wore heirs with as in
some estate? Those things stand in the
way of prayer, and we may as well cease
('coloring our lack of divine favor, ceaso
to pray, indeed, until wo nro ready to set
about making a'l these mattorj right. We
only mock God when we ask his help and
still persist in those things displeasing to
him. God plainly declared where Ihe
difficulty was with his people under
Joshua, and this case is an example for
us. Tho charge which was mado against
the people was very specific Tho general
charge is sin in breaking tho covenant
ihey had made with Jehovah. Under this
charge are four specifications. Gjd knew
tlio case thoroughly, though it was hidden
from men. lie knows the sins of his peo
ple as well to-day. And to-day the same
command goes out, "Sanctify yourselves."
God could have pointed out tho offender
lit once or have smitten him dead for his
sins, but lie wished to make an example
of him beforo all the people that all might
be deterred from like conduct, lie wished
also to havo Joshua help in finding out
ihe offender. All the make up of the
hosts of Israel made it easy to find out the
guilty man, if God would direct in the
matter of the lot. First the twelve tribes
were brought up and appeared by their
representatives leading elders then the
families of the guilty tribe were taken one
by one, i. c., the families under the head
of the tribes; in this caso the families of
the children of Judah, next tho households
of Ibis family, and last of all tho individu
als composing Ihe household were taken.
In this way tho guilty man was soon
ri ached. Now Achan, tho accusod, be
comes the important figure of the lesson,
lie confesses that in tho sack of Jericho
he s iw and desired and took and secreted
spoil gold, silver and clothing. All this
had been expressly forbidden. They
would prove a enare lo God's people, and
a temptation to idolatry. Tho secreted
treasures were brought forth, and in
solemn manner Joslina oharges upon
Achan tlio defeat that the people had
suffered, Trien the people slonod him and
.ill his family to death and burned the
Indies logdhnr with all Ihe other properly
belonging lo the condemnod man. The
punishment seems eevoro lo us, particu
larly the feature of making the whole
family suffer with Ihe guilty head, but the
crime was a great ono and great ends
were to be served by the losson thus
brought so painfully before the people.
As lor Achan himself ho mado honest con
fi s-ion, and for ought wo know was par
i'oned and saved; but the people must
nlsii lie saved from like transgression, and
like disasters in tho time to oomo. Tho
ease is quite like that of Ananias and
S ipphira, and covctness was at the bottom
of both
A Texas paper tells this choorful tale of
the expel nucuial school ol medicine: "A
woman came to a prominent physician
null asked lor a remedy for her husband s
rheumiilisiu. the doctor gave her a
prescription and said: 'Get that prepared
ut the drug store and rub it well over
your husband's buck. If it does any good,
eome and let me know. I've got a touch
of rheumatism mysolf.' "
The Conflict in China.
liy L. N. WHEELK1S, I). I.
A chief obstruction to the advance of
the gospel in China is ihe corruptness of
nominal Christians. The traveler, on
making his first visit to Shanghai, cannot
fail to notice among the gallant array of
nalivo and foreign shipping on the river
number of dismantled and converted
hulks. If ho but Seek information on tho
subject he will learn that these huge and
unsightly floating structures are used for
tho storing of opium from British India,
because tho authorities will not allow il to
bo otherwise than surreptitiously kept on
Chiueso soil. Whatever apologists may
havo lo say with relereneo lo it, the
Chinese deploro the use of the drug as a
modern evil of gigantic proportions,
which has suddenly sprung up in tho land
under the protecting shield of Christian
nations, formidable gunboats and invad
ing armies thundered at the gates of
many seaboard cities and river towns,
apparently with no other object than to
enlorce an indemnity tor the destruction
I iy the government ot a lew thousand
chests of opium, which hud been sum
glee) into the country by English trailers;
and since that time the arts of diplomacy
and tho forbidding presence of vessels of
war at the various treaty ports Havo been
relied upon to protect a trallic legalized
under solemn protest by the emperor,
and everywhere recognized as opposed to
the welfare of the people and lo all tho
best traditions ot the empire.
The example of foreign merchants.
sailors, and adventurers in China tends,
on the whole, to conhriu a wide impression
through tho country that ours is a gross
and inferior morality. Not only are
intoxicating drinks and licentious pictures
imported under the protection of lawlul
commerco and sold to native dealers, out
the vices they imply are known to bo
practiced by men and women from the
west, bailors horn snips oi war nnu
merchant vessels frequently brawl and
light in the streets of Chinese cities, and
aro even turned out of the shops as too
vile and abusive to be tolerated. ihey
lie dead drunk in public places, to be
mocked at by passing crowus of sober
heathen. Tho crew of a tea ship from
England, during the last season, while in
Hankow, behaved like rowdies and com
mon thieves, to the terror of the commu
nity. A European circus recently pitched
its tent in Hongkong, and aiiorwaras in
Shanghai, and lor many weeks was
visited by thousands ol Hie people, who
there saw such exhibitions of female
nudities as would not bo tolerated in their
own theatres.
Thero oan be no doubt Ihat among the
ignorant masses, where the reputation ol
ihe foreigner has gone, ho is often regarded
in tho light of a being who possesses
vicious and satunio characteristics. His
well known custom of carrying a heavy
walking stick is thought lo be evidence of
a set purpose to smite barking dogs and
inflict summary punishment on any per
son who mav chance to give him offense.
And it cannot bo denied that many an
ii rate westerner has used the club to defend
his heels, or ntsert his honor ; and some
times when the necessity for so doiDg
was more imaginary than real. The
habit throughout eastern and central
China of applying to foreigners the epithet
yang fcaet-C.c possesses a aeep meaning
It signifies a mingled leoling of supcrsti
sious fe.T, hatred, anil contempt, arising
largely from a parlial infoi million which
proclaims tho evil deeds rather than the
virtues of men of our race. A philosophical
resident of China once declared his reso
lution to bear meekly the insult whenever
the Chinese called him "foreign devil,'
since so many of his countrymen had
acted like devils!
Il is scarcely necessary lo say that
exceptions should be taken to the above
heavy indictment in favor of men in
mercantile, professional, and diplomatic
circles, who have nobly represented our
Christian civilization in tho lar east. But
it is, nevertheless, true that missionaries
lind among the most formidable difficul
ties lo be encountered a prejudice against
us and our religion, which, in the absence
of bittor knowledge, is fully justified by
the facis in the cae. Piolestant mission
aries, unlike Ihe propagandists of Catho
licism, have from the first been compelled
to meet ibis form of opposition.
We find out hete, in this oriental west,
that many of the worst associations of the
foreign namo are comparatively unknown,
notwithstanding that tho fame of horse
racing at the posts and of various immoral
practices has reached tho oars of some.
But little, if any, of the Indian opium
eamo lo this market. American and
British sailors do not reel in the streets of
Chunking and Chiulu. A majority of the
foreigncis who havo visited these remote
provinces aro known to live virtuous
lives. Tho colporteurs and preachers of
tho gospel travel freely iu tho most
populous districts, and meet with less of
insult and more of encouragement than is
common in other parts of the empire.
There is a marked absence of superstitious
fear of us on tho part of women and
children, plainly indicated by tho fact
that they visit our mission compound in
large numbers, llomun Catholic missions
are probably more successful iu Sze-chuan
than in any other province. These are
certainly hopeful indications, and (hey
aro not loast among tho many things that
might bo said commending the west
China mission to the sympathy and gen
erous support of Ihe Methodist Episcopal
church. Tho Hev. W. Scarborough,
superintendent of tho Englhh Wesleyan
mission at Hankow, says in a recent
letter to me: "You have a splendid field;"
and that experienced missionary knows,
for ho has "traveled it, aud has been
impressed with a viuwof its wide extent,
its great t.eed, and tho providential open
ing. But wo do not flatter ourselves with
hope of oasy conquest. The god of this
world is strongly intrenched in tho igno
rance and vnuily of the people. The
agents of Home may throw obstaoics in
our path. Satan is doubtless ready to
hurl at us some fiery dart designed with
infernal skill for our mortal hurt. These,
however, are not sources of discourage
mcnt. They are powerful incentives to
our best endeavors for God in theso ends
of ihe enrlh. "For a great door and
effectual is openod unto me, and there aro
many adversaries."
The New Yohk Elevated Railway.
Dr. Hufus Gilbert, who designed the
New York metropolitan elevated railway,
is credited with the statement that the
structuio is not heavy enough for the
tralllo now being done; that it was built
lor twenty ton engines, while twenty
eight ton engines are being run upon it.
It seems almost incredible that even a
Jay Gould monopoly could so recklessly
invite wholesale slaughter. But whether
this special complaint is truo or false, there
is clearly a gi owing feeling in New York
that the road is overwoightod and over
worked. Indeed, one has only tokeep watch
of the lines between five and six on any
evening, and see the trains rushing by,
jammed to the platform and only one minute
apart, to acquire a shuddering conviclion
that there will be a torriblo disaster some
day when one of tho engines jumps the
track, comes to a sudden and accidental
halt, or loses control of its brakes, while
avoiding a train ahead.
Character, liko a cable of a million
Iwlstod tin ends, is mado up of compara
tively insignificant acts again and again
repealed. Storria.
TUB 111 Iflil.All AND TIIK ED1T01U
I.ACIS.
A burWur di-nbod iuto an editor's room
Needy and poor waa he;
And ho saw In tho dim, uncertain Klooin,
withicgsasiuugasthesteniofabiuoin,
A pair oi trousers. "I'll just freeze to 'em;"
I He chukied with neudisb Kiee.
scarp.
! lie lifted them ui from the back of the chair;,
I Lightly they hung on bis ann;
They were the editor's only pair,
Thiuuer lliau gossamer everywhere.
Oh, but the kueca were woru and bare,
(loud clothes wheu the weather la warm..
COUNTEIlBCABr.
All over the room ho searched lu valu;
1 hero wasu o more to nod;
There was 110 Blgn of sordid gain,
No passing drops from a golden raiu,
Ouly the w ealth of the sleeper's brain,
Tho peaco of the editor's mind.
tAUAPKT.
He turned his hack on that happy home,
Thoughtfully netting IhoBo pants;
Out of the window he cautiously dome:
Ilo emptied tho pockets a broken comb,
a stub of a pencil, a manuscript poem,
AiiBworcd htB searching ylance.
RAMPART.
He started ; the tears flashed into his eyes,
He leaned up ugainst the fence ;
A look of pitylug, mute surprise
Softened his face; ho stilled his cries.
He looked at his swag, and measured its size.
Value about nine cents.
TEIUIEPLEIN.
Into his pockets hlfi own he went.
And he dragged out a ten dollar bill;
And he hastily crammed it, every cent,
Into tho editor's pocket, and bent
The trnuscrB into a wad and sent
'Jhem over the window sill,
SLOPE.
Then on to n wealthier houBe he aped.
" 'Twas a charity well bestowed,"
He said to himself, and when night had flod,
And the editor rose from his virtuoUB bed,
And found the money, be whistled and Bald
" Well, I am o-sontially blowed I"
Ilawkcie.
amekican t.nglisu. "i proved my
devotion to my wife by mairying her
when sho still said things wore 'real
good,' " said an English husband of his
American wife. To be an American is to
belong lo a nation of which we have as
much reason lo bo proud of as any people
under tho snn havo of their country; but
American vulgarity is no dearer to our
hearts than the vulgarity of any other
nation, and it is unfortunately true that
English gentlemen and gentlewomen do
spoak tho English language more correctly
than most Americans.
Hero and thero a thoroughly trained
scholar speaks bis mother tongue in its
perfection; but nine out of ten, even of
our professional men, say sensnble for
sensible, tcrnible for terrible, and so of
all words of that class. For prudenco,
prudent, president, impertinent, we have
urudunce, prudunt, impertinunt, etc..
and al is turned into ul, and we have
musicul, suicidul, and the like.
The crying sins, in fact, of American
pronunciation are the use of the u sound
where other letters belong, and the
misuse of it in its owq place. We bear
stupid and duty and tune and virtue, and
other words with a u in them, pronounced
as if they were written with double oo
as if they were dooly and stoopid and
toon.
Then thero aro words ending in ince,
like province, which we often hear pro
ncunccd provenee. Yellow becomes
yelluh; piano, pianah; and, though we
triumphantly flaunt our lis in the faces
of tho English (though, by the way, it is
only the lower class of English whose h's
are ever misplaced,) we often hear Amer
icans say wat, witch and won for what
and which and when.
These aro but a few examples of very
prevalent inaccuracies in pronunciation;
but there are alsa errors in the nsn nf
words which aro equally American, and
equally common. "Heat good" and "real
nice," instead of "really good," or "very
good," are in constant use. "To fix" is to
lasten, to make firm, to attach, but we
constantly hear the word do duty instead
of ar' ange, mako over, put in order. New
Lnglanders "guess," southerners "calcu
late," and westerners "reckon," instead
of think, or imagine, or suspect.
les, sir, and "ics, ma am, are used
in England only by those nhoare employed
to their employers; and they are no long
er considered good form in America,
except by very old fashioned people.
ihe (ono ot the voice is something
which should also be a subject of consid
eration. A high Pitched, screaming voice
would do more to prejudice a stranger
igamst the speaker than any ono can
rcalizi who has not noticed Ihe difference
between the average American girl, and a
well trained English girl. Let us be as
American as we please; but let us prove
to our detractors that to be Americans is
not to be loud, and inaccurate and ungram-
matical. Youth's Companion.
The Peace of Death. How peaceful
is ihe dwelling place of those who inhabit
i he green hamlets and populous cities of
the dead! They need no antidote for care
no armor against fate. No morning sun
shines in nt tho closed windows and
awakens thorn, nor shall, until the last
great day. At most, a straggling sunbeam
creeps in through tho crumbling wall of
an old, neglected tomb a strange visitor
ihat stays not long. And there they all
sleep, the holy ones, with their arms
crossed upon their breasts, or lying
motionless by their 6ides not carved in
marble by the hand of man, but formed in
dust by the hand of God. God's peace be
with (hem! No ono comes to them now,
to hold (hem by tho hand, nnd with deli
cate fingers to smooth their hair. They
need no more (he blandishments of earthly
fiiondshlps. Ibey need us not, however
much we may need them. And yet they
silently await our comiug.
Beautiful is that season of life when we
can say in the language oi scripture.
Thou hast tho dew of thy youth." But of
these flowers earth gathers many. He
p. aces them upon his bosom, and be is
iransf rmed into something less terrific
than before. We learn to guzo and shud
der not; for he carries in his arms the
sweet blossoms of earthly hope. We shall
see them all again, blooming in a happier
land.
Yes death brings us again our friends.
They nro waiting for us, and we shall not
long delay. They have gone before us
and are liko the nngels in heaven. They
stand upon tho horders of the grave to
welcome us, with the countenance of
affection which they wore on earth; yet
more lovely, more radiant, more spiritual I
He spako well who said that graves are
the footprints of angels. Longfellow.
Virginia Scenes. In our five mile
drive wo pass numbers of farm houses of
all sorts and sizes some old, some large,
some small, sometimes with shady
porches embowered in annual creepers
and sometimes old straggling gardens full
of box and honeysuckle and myrtle.tbyme,
and balm, and many half forgotten herbs.
Rippling streams cross the road in every
valley, for it is mostly up and down hill.
Nothing can be more picturesque than the
country through which we are traveling;
sometimes the rough nnd winding road
leads us through woodlands whose large
leaves wave above our heads, sometimes
through open fields, where the tobacco
just ripening for the cutter's knife is
spreading its dark green leaves above the
warm red soil, and where the tall Indian
corn in all tho splendor of its full foliage
rustles gently 1n the evening wind. Here,
too, to the right and left, stretch wide
stubblo flo'.ds with their deep carpet ofimont. Arnold was a young man, not
annual weeds over which in a month'? more than 21 or 25, handsome, highly
time mo sportsman s setters win tie rang -
ing for the convoys of quail, but now half
grown. In the valleys toft meadows
spread their level surfaco fresh from
recent rains along the margin of willow
bordered streams Ihat water and enrich
them, while over their soft turf the shad
ows of overhanging woodlands grow long
or and longer as the light of day declines
From tho tall tobacco barns comes the
familiar odor of the curing of Ihe first cut
plants, and thin clouds of smoke above
their roofs bang clearly against the red
dening sky. Negro cabins of squared logs
cluster upon tho roadside on sunny hill
tops, or in shady glens, while from field
and forest come tho wild melody with
which (he Ethiopian cheers his hours ol
toil. Behind all, though many miles
away, the grand masses of the Blue Ridge
mountains lie piled against the western
sky, their rocky summits, their ehestntii
shaded slopes, their deep ravines hallowed
by white cascades that thunder ceaselessly
through hemlock groves mid shrubberies
of rhododendrons nnd of kalmias, all
mellowed into a uniform tint of Ihe softest
nnd Ihe deepest blue.
Milk Diet in Uhight's Disease.
Since we know not at present any drug
that possesses therapeutic value to any
marked extent in this terrible and fatal
disease, and since it is daily making sad
havoc among human beings, and princi
pally among that class who, by reason of
their valuablo public labors, are particu
larly necessary lo the welfareof tho world,
therefore il becomes a medical question of
paramount interest that we should dis
cover some potent method of combating
this very prevalent disease. Some years
since Carel first called attention lo tho
treatment of Bl ight's disease bv the use of
a milk diet, and since then Duncan, us
well as many other prominent physicians,
have written on this subject. Wo havo
ourselves seen some remarkable results
follow this treatment while Dr. S. Weir
Mitchell, of our city is now quite an
enthusiast on this subject. This method of
treating a lorniidable disease lias received
sufficient distinguished endorsment to
recommend it seriously lo our notice. We
would, therefore, ask all physicians who
read this article to try this method of
treatment, i nd to furnish us with their
experience, which we will publish. The
milk is used thoroughly skimmed and
entirely freed from butter. To procure
the bost results it has been ndvisod that
the paliont shall restrict himself absolutely
to milk and continue the treatment for a
longtime. If it disagrees with the stom
ach (as it will In some cases,) Dr. Mitc'iell
advises that the patient be put to lied, and
the treatment commenced with tablespoon
ful doses, to which lime water is added,
until the stomach tolerates the milk, when
from eight to ten pints daily should be
taken, and absolutely nothing else. The
sanction of such a distinguished physician
as Dr. Mitchell forces us to seriously
consider the merits of ibis treatment, and
we trust to receive tho experience of all
readers of this journal who may havo
oases of Bright's disease to treat. Medi
cal and Surgical Reporter.
English and American Railways.
Railway travel by what might bo called
the solitary system in contradistinction to
the American or congregational plan of
passenger car will get a new shock in
Europe from tho experience of U iv. Mr.
YVitcbborne, an J'.nglisli clergyman on his
way to Paris, who was assailed and stab
bed live times with a chisel by a robber
in a car. Tho thief nnd murderer, for it
is not expected Mr. Wilchborno will live,
was captured at Armiens, after a terrific
struggle, and proved to bean Englishman.
The lines between London and Paris are
great resorts for Ihieves, as is proved by
another recent incidout. Maxim, the
electrical inventor, had 10,000 francs
stolen from him at Paris, and as ha was
traveling to London by the Dieppe line he
found the three thieves in the railroad
lunch room at Rouen. Mr. Maxim seized
ono of them, and demanded the arrest of
the others by the bystanders. The railroad
interpreter was sent lor, but proved to be
of 1 it I lo assistance, the police were equally
Incuiclent, and tne three rascals bolted lor
the train, Maxim still clinging to his man.
A desperate struggle ensued, the thief
tryiug to throw Maxim under the wheels.
The train ran into a tunnel, wilh Maxim
and the robber clenching iu the doorway
of a compartment, being of course r n the
side ot the train. Maxim tiad somo linger
nails turned and tho sole of his boot strip
ped off, but hung lo his man, the train
was stopped and he handed over lo the
police (o be taken back to Pans Inc
police were very inefficient is regards the
others, neither arresting them nor tele
graphing for their detentions at Dieppe.
Maxim's captive offered him a large sum
for his liberty but it was refused. These
two affairs will be likely to lead to an
oveihauling of the arrangements for the
protection of the public on (he crowded
continental lines. Springfield Republican.
The Dky Toktugas. W. B. Prentice,
an old New York soldier, recalls the
following interesting rcminscences of the
old military prison, in a letter to the San
irancisco Ilulklm: It happened to be my
fortuno also to be sent to the Dry Torlugas
soon after Dr. Mudd, though I had the
good fortune to be relieved from duty
somewhat sooner. The place is a queer
one, and has seldom been described. The
Dry Tortugas (the word, I believe means
turtles) embraces a group of several small
coral islands, or keys, lying In the Gulf of
Mexico, 120 miles west from the southern
point of Florida. Tho largest embrace
only a few acres, they are destitute of
fresh water, and barren, with the exception
of a few small mangrove and cedar trees.
They were a part of the Florida purchase,
nnd a fort ws commenced on Garden
Key, one of the larger, by tho Spaniards.
It is now a first class brick fort, wilh two
tiers of casemonts, and mounts more than
three hundred guns. During tho war it
was used ns a military prison, and many a
poor fellow, after a court-martial, heard
the words : "Sentenced to the Dry Torlu
gas for life." These are aecnmnlntod till,
in the autumn of 1865, more than 000 men
of all nationalities and all colors, were
gathered there, and for crimes, from some
hasty word, most likely true, said to a
subaltern officer, up to robbery and at
tempted murder.
Our guard oonsistod of only about two
hundred men, and thero was plenty of
work for us to do. Tho records had bocn
but imperfectly kept, and tho term of
sentence of somo prisoners had long before
expired. Those wore hunted out and sent
home first. Then 100 or more of the
better men were recommended for pardon,
which was freely granted by President
Johnson, for be was in a pardoning mood
at that time. But tho main intcrosts
centered around the four conspirators,
Mudd, Arnold, Spangler and O'Loughlin.
They were supposed to be terrible fellows,
ready to cut all our throats any time on a
moment's notice. Dr. Mudd was the cen
tral figure, lie was a fair-haired man of
good size and ralher prepossesing appear
anoe. His ono all absorbing thought was
that be was the victim of great injustice,
and whenever he could gtin a listening
ear, into It he always poured his grief),
lie was detailed as general nurse in the
hospital and did good service there, till in
an evil day be attempted lo escape by
secreting himself on board a steamer. Ol
course he was found, sent back in disgrace
and afterward kept in solitary confino-
1 eaucatea, relined ana retiring in ills man
ners. Ho said little, never complained,
but felt his disgrace most keenly. Ilo
was kept ns a olerk in the provost
marshal's office, and many a descriptive
or muster roll in bis beautiful handwriting
went to Washington. He had the ability,
and ought to-day to be taking good care
of himself somewhere. Spangler, the
stage carpenter at Ford's theater, was a
jolly German, and, lo all appeamnoes. as
happy (hero as mortal man ever is. How
well I remember his portly form, bustling
nbout nt his work, the happiest looking
man in tho fort. Lastly was poor
O'louglili.i, an Irishman, I think a shoe
maker by trade. He had left n family in
Washington, and could not bear up under
punishment ilo drooped from the day he
reached Ihe place, and died soon afior I
left. I have to-day a letter from Mudd
ind one from Arnold, written after I had
left the service, asking my aid iu procuring
somo iniligation of their punishment.
Whilo I did not pity (hem as I did the
more 150 soldiers sent there for tho most
trilling breaking of military law, I cm
siill see huw they were all, perhaps, more
iiulortunale than criminal.
Indian Scalps. The taking of soalps
came to be a recognized part of colonial
warfare. Hannah Duslin, who escaped
from Indian captivity in 1G98, took ten
scalps wilh her own hand, and was paid
for them. Captain Church, undertaking
ins expedition against tne eastern Indians,
in 1705, after the Doedfield massacre,
announced that he bad not hitherto per
mitted the scalps of "Canad men," but
snouid nenceloriu allow it. in 1722, when
(he Massachusetts colony sent an expedi
tion against the village of "praying
Indians," founded by Father Rasle, they
offered for each scaip a bounty of 18,
afterward increased to 100; and this
inhumanity whs so far carriod out that the
French priest himself was ono of the
victims. Jeremiah Bumstead of Boston
mado his entry in this almanac in the
same year: "August 25, 28, Indian scalps
brought to Boston, one of which was
Bombozm's (an Indian chief) and one
fryer Railo's.'' Two ye.rs after, the
celebrated but inappropriately named
Captain Lovewoll, Ihe foremost Indian
lighter of his region, camo upon ton
Indians asleep near a pond ; ho "and his
men killed and scalped them all, and
entered Denver, N. II., bearing the ten
scalps stretched on hoops and elevated on
poles. After receiving an ovation in
Dover (hey wont by water to Boston, and
were paid a thousand pounds for their
scalps. Yet Lovewell's party was always
accompanied by a chaplain, and had
prayers every morning and evening.
The most painful aspect of the whole
practice lies in tho faot that it was not
confined to (hoso actually engaged in
lighting, but that the colonial authorities
aciually established a tariff of prices for
scalps, including even non-combatants
so much for a man's, so much for a
woiiKin's, so much for a child's. Dr.
Ellis has lately pointed out the striking
circumstances that whereas William Penn
declared the person of an Indian to be
"sacred," his grandson In 17E4 offered
13 1 for the scalp of an Indian man, $130
for that of a boy under ten, and $50 for
that of a woman or girl. The habit
doubtless began in the fury of retaliation,
and was continued in order to conciliate
Indian allies; and when bounties wore
offered to them, the white volunteers
naturally claimed a share. But there is
no doubt that Puritan theology helped tbe
adoption of the practice. It was partly
boiause tho Indian was held to be some
thing worse than a beast that he was treated
ns being nt least a beast. The truth was
that he was viewed as a fiend, and there
could not be much scruple about using
inhumanities against a demon. Cotton
Mather calls Satan "the old landlord" of
tho American wilderness, and says in his
"Magnalia:" "Those parts were then
covered wilh nations of barbarous Indians
and infidels, in whom the Prince of Power
in the Air did work as a Spirit; nor could
it be expected that nations of wretches
whose whole religion was the most explicit
suit of devil worship should not be acted
by (he devil to engage in somo early and
bloody action for the exlinotion of a plan
tation so contrary to bis interests as Ihat
of New England now."
A Lake-Dwelling in Afhica. Com
mander Cameron, in his walk across
Africa, met with many novel and interest
ing things, among which the houses of (he
natives of tho district of Lake Mohyra,
near Kilemba, were not tho least curious.
These dwellings are erected on piles
driven into the lake. One of the huge
stakes consists of the trunk of a tree made
into a kind of ladder by not removing tho
stumps of tho branches, which thus serve
as Ihe means by which entrance is obtain
ed to tbe small platform in front of the
hut. The boat is usually suspended
beneath ihe house, and fishing nets are
stretched from pile to pile. The inhabi
tants are powerful swimmers, and seldom
employ their boats to reach tbe shore.
Similar dwellings which are not such
frail structures as might at first be
supposed nro also found in various parts
of South America, where, owing to the
heavy floods which are so frequeut in that
country, the natives are compelled to live
in huts built aloft to escape from death by
drowning. Those bouses are recognized
as modern samples of the lake dwellings
of prehistoric times.
The Railway up Pike's Peak. Tho
railway up Pike's peak is intended to
overshadow the Mount Washington rail
way. The plan is to construct three
trninways, each nearly three miles long,
one beginning at tho end of the other.
The first will start from tho rear of the
iron spring at Manitou, and the last will
be terminable in front of the signal station
on Pike's Peak, at an elevation of 14,200
foot. The supports will be made of trees
not less than eight inches in diameter, and
about 2-1 feet high, braced above and
below. On these an endless wire cable of
one inch boro will revolve, and upon
which will bo fastened, at intervals of
about 100 feet each, a large covered arm
chair in which two persons can comforta
bly sit. This will be suspended about
eight feet from the giound and pass at
entering nnd discharging points along a
movable platform lo load and unload
without stopping. The lower section will
be propelled by an engine at the lower
end. Tho center one will be driven by
water power, utilized on tbe mountain
sido through a turbine wheel, and the
third by nn engine erected on the summit
of the peak.
The ostriches on the ranoe in California
havo exploded tho old story that tbe
female covers up her eggs and leaves them
to be hatched out by tbe hot sun. Tho
female sits on the eggs in the daytime,
and tho malo assumes that duty at night,
allowing the female to seek rest nnd
recreation while ho attends to the house
hold duties. Tbe male is much more
solicitous for his household than is tbe
female. Il not unfrequontly happens that
the latter prefers to gad about rather
than lo take her turn at sitting, and on
such occasions her lord and master
administers to her a deserved chastisement
by kickipg her heartily around the pad
dock until she manifests proper contrition
and signifies her willingness to settle
down on the eggs.
Tub Planets in July. The Stella
contributor to the Providence Journal
says that it will be an interesting study to
note the rising of the morning stars during
July, as lliey appear one alter another
above the horizon. Neptuno is first of the
five and rises on the 1st at I: lit) a. m. On
tbe 31st he rises about 11:30 p.m. Mars
is morning star nnd will be in conjunction
with Saturn on the morning of the 20th,
both planets rising that morning soon
after 1 A. M. Saturn is morning star and
will take on a more splendid appearance
at his coming opposition than he has done
Tor nearly thirty years. His widely open
rings, his high northern declination, and
his approaching perihelion, form specially
favorable conditions for observation.
These conditions will culminate in 1885.
Saturn rises on the 1st about half-past 2
o'clock in the morning; on Ihe 31st he
rises at half-past 12 o'clock. Venus is
morning star. 'Ihe interesting incidents
in her progress are her near vicinity to
Mercury in the first part of the month, and
her near vicinity to Jupiter in the last
part of the month. Venus is in coniuno
tion with Mercury on the 31 at 11 p.m.
and on the 8th at 11 p.m. She rises on
ihe 1st a few minutes after 3 A. M. and on
the 81st at 3-45 a. m. Mercury is morning
star until the 29 and evening star at tbe
rest of the month, ending his career as
morning star at G P. M., in superior
conjunction with Jupiter. Mercury rises
on tho 1st about a quarter after 3 o'clock
iu the morning; on the 31st ho sets tit
half past seven o'clock in the evening.
Jupiter is evening star until tho 5th, and
morning star for the rest of tho month.
The giant planet is a busy member of the
solar community during July, as a chief
actor in four of its principal incidents. He
is in conjunction with the sun, in conjunc
tion with ibo moon, in conjunction with
Mercury, and in conjunction with Venus.
On the 5th, at ten o'clock iu the morning,
be is jn conjunction wilh tho sun, one of
the grand epochs of his course. He rises
and sets with Ihe sun, is entirely hidden
in bis rays, pa sing behind him, and, alter
conjunction, appearing ou his western
side. He then commences IPs course as
morning star, and before the month closes
will be visible in the northeast shortly
before sunrise. Jupiter sets on tho 1st
sbortlv after half-past seven o'clock in the
evening; on the 31l, he rises not far from
half past 3 o clock in the morning. Ura
nus is evening star. Uranus sets ou the
1st at 11 o'clock in Ihe evening; on the
31st, he sets soon after 9 o'clock.
The Virtues ov Chocolate The
ordinary chocolate, as manufactured in
P.tfitt ftntv nnrl Kn'iin. ifl nnrtinnonrl nt
cocoa, vanilla and sugar, those who
desire a more delicate flavor uso cinnamon
instead of vanilla, and a small quantity of
spico. it is to be noted tint chocolate
when required tor use snouid not be melt
ed in a pan, which is liable to absorb the
essential oil. The Milanese use a peculiar
stone lound in the environs ol Milan,
fluted and semi circular in form, between
two of which they crush the nhocolale
tablets. Two of theso stones cost 12.
It is well known that Milan is celebrated
for its chocolate, and it is for the reason
that these stones do not absorb any of its
valuable properties. What these are we
will endeavor to describe from competent
authorities. Gimrod do la Keyneiro in
the "Almanach des Gourmands" for 1805,
says that 20 years bofore, chocolate was
the breakfast for old men only, bat that il
had become in those days the nourishment
of all who wished to keep their imagina
Hon fresh ahd vigorous, and even of those
whose brains were on a par with a fowl s.
It may be a valuablo hint to ladies and
gentlemen who pursue- the pernicious
babit ot hve o clock tea pernicious be
cause it undoubtedly destroys the appetite
for dinner that chocolate has not that
ellect. It was necessary to discover a
subitance, at once light and nu(ri(ous,
friendly to the intellect and digestion
which, while enabling us to await a late
dinner wilh equanimity, would not inter
fere with our doing honor lo that meal.
Therefore chocolate vas invent d. La
Reyneire specially recommends its use to
men of loiters, to consumptive people, and
to the ladies, whose charms, he declares.
a cup of chocolate every morning for
breakfast will preserve indefinitely. If
that he so, then indeed, this article has
not been written in vain. Tlio author of
Tho Physiologie du Gout" says that
however copiously you may have lunched,
a cup of chocolate immediately afterward
will produce digestion three hours after,
and prepare the way for a good dinner.
He also strongly iccommen Is it to the
man of pleasure; to every one who devotes
to brain work the hours be should pass in
bed ; lo every wit who finds ho has be
come suddenly dull; to all who find Ihe
air dnmp, the time long, and the atmos
phere insupportable; nnd, abovo all, to
ihoso who, tormented wilh a fixed idea,
have lost (heir freedom of thought. To
make chocolate(it must never be cut wi h
a knife) an ounce and a half is reqnisite
for a cup. Dissolve it gradually in hot
water, stirring it the while with a wooden
spoon ; let it boil for a quarter of an hour,
and serve it hot, with milk or without,
according to tasto. "More than fifty years
ago," relates Brillai-Savarin, "Mme.
d'Arestrel, the lady superior of the convent
of Iho visitation at Bolley, told me
that, if 1 wished to drink really good
chocolate, it must bo made the night before
in an earthenware pot, and left. The
night's repose concentrates it and gives it
a softness which make3 it much better."
Bake Places in Lawns By "lawn"
wo mean any piece of grass kept solely for
ornamental purposes. It may be merely
a front yard, or in largo places it may
include many acres. Theso may, from
some cause show thin and poor places
hero and there. Theso may be mended
by several methods. If tho bare places
are large, tbe surface may be worked over
wilh a sharp rake, to take out dead stems
and roots, and then after fertilizing, be
sown with grass seed of a kind similar to
the rest of the lawn. If the bare patches
are small, the quickest way to mend them
is to lay turf. In England, a method is in
use, not only for restoring bare places in
established lawns, but also for starting
now ones, called "inoculating." The
ground being well prepared, bits of good
turf (sods)about three inches square, are
inserted a fool apait each way. Theso
will take root and spread, soon covering
tbe whole surface. In making or mending
a lawn recollect that tho work is to last
for years, and that a good supply of fer
tilizing material will be a good invest
ment. American Agricultural.
The Origin of thk Teum, Pkinter's
Devil. Everybody knows who is tho
printer's devii, but there are few who
know how ho came lo be so dubbed.
Printing used to be called the black art,
and the boys who assisted tho pressmen
wore called tho imps. Acoording to
legend, Aldus Manutius, a printer of
Venice, took a little negro boy, left behind
by a merchant vessel, to assist him in his
business. It soon got wind that Aldus
was assisted by a little blaok imp, and to
dispel the rumor, he showed the boy to
the assemDiea crowd, and said: "tie it
known to Venioe, that I, Aldus Manutius,
printer to the Holy Church and the Doge,
have this day made a publio exposure of
the 'printer's devil.' All who think he Is
not flesh and blood, may come and pinch
him." Tho people were satisfied, and no
longer molested the negro lad.
Earth is full of heaven
And every common bush anro with G;,d.
Mm. Iritwninff.
The world Is cold to him who pleads;
The world bown low lo knuhtly deeds.
IS. I: Roe.
Tho sore of tho world Is trouble,
The cure of the world Is faltu.
lie. Veeiim.
The soiii's hih prido
Is writ in ail tho conduct of the akloa.
Vounu.
KuowtedKO dwells
In heads replete with thoughts o( other men
Wisdom, in raindB attentive to their own.
Cowjter.
Midst soulless forma, aud false pretence
Of spiritual pride aud pampert-d aense
A voice saitu. "What Is that lo thee?
lie true thyself and follow Me."
Whittier.
O Wad somo power the Kifts trie us
To see ourselves us ithers see U6l
It wad Ira inouio a blunder free us,
And foolish notion.
Hubert Hums.
' Whether ou tlie scaffold hiKh,
Or lu the battle's van,
The attest place whore mau can dio
Is where ho dies for man.
In malice bo ye children. Paul.
Charity is the truest triilh. Faber.
Brevity is Ihe soul of wit. Sliakcspeare.
Error is worse than ignorance. HuHey
Desires are Ihe sources of action.
Allien.
Taught by calamity I pity the unhappy.
r iiyti.
Faith is a law of our
Dr. OrmUlon.
spiiituil life.
The knowledge of any (ruth is nloas int.
Melancthon.
The secret of the Lord is with them thai
four him. Jiible.
No one can know God unless lauhi of
God. Irenaems.
And to know tho love ol Crhist which
passclh knowledge. I'uul.
Tho evil word is a long step bevoLil the
evil thought. Canon t'arrar.
Stand but your ground, vour
rhoitly
foes will ly.J. Hus.icl Lowell.
The great ideas of the Biblo
protect
themselves. Ulunn. De Uuincev.
The light of studious hours shines in
the speech of the wise. Slorra.
Among all forms of mistake, prophecv
is tho most gratuitous. (Jeonc KUiot.
The secret pleasure of a generous act is
I mo gieat luiuu s
rent bnou.Dryden.
To a mind inllitod with vanity Ihe
simplicity of truth is disgusting. iioberl
Halt.
Tho Christian on his knoos sees farther
than (be philosopher on tiptoe. Dr.
James Hamilton.
No Christian is so fanatical for his
oruoifiocl Lord as the sceptic fur his doubts.
Dr. John Halt.
The golden marriage is a part of love
which the bridal-day knows nothing "of."
Theodore Parker.
The angels aro swift winged in God's
service because they love him. Love is
never weary. Watson.
Let no man complain of the shortness
of life, until ho has measured tho full
capacity of a day. Henry T. King.
If work baskets were giftod with power
of speech, they eould tell stories more
truo and tender than any we read. For
women often sew tho tnigjdy or comedy
of life into their work. Louisa Alcalt.
Carlyle once said tho teachings of the
materialistic atheists was in appearance
like the finest flour, fit to make tbe most
exquisite bread out of, ard when you came
to try it you found it was powdered glass,
and the deadliest of poisons.
God knows the man who has fought
faithfully against the heavier odds. Many
a poor despised wretch, forced into a
pauper s grave uy circumstance or some
taint of blood, has heard tho words.
"Well done, good nnd faithful servant.'
N. Y. Tribune.
I esteem tho gospels to bo thoroughly
genuine, lor there shines lortli Horn them
the reflected splendor of a sublimity
proceeding from the person of Jesus
Christ, of so divino a kind as only the
divine could over havo manifested upon
earth. (Joelhe.
Unless all signs fail tho next 00 years
will bo a glorious period in which to
work tor God; glorious because there will
bo much to endure; and glorious because
unbelief will become, nay already is bold
and defiant. Baccalaaratc itcrmon al
Williams College.
Ask for tho old paths of tho glorious
gospel, which comes to us crowned with
the victories of nigh two thousand years.
Bv this we conquer the Word is as true
for us to day as the legend makes it trne
for Constantino. Dr. Kdwtrd's Sermon on
The Old Paths.
The N. Y. Evening Post says:
"A careful survey of tho murders, sui
cides and other great felonies committed in
he chief cities ot the United Mates during
tbe last ten years shows that a heavy frac
tion of the perpetrators were atlioisis and
freethinkers, these unhappy persons, por-
suaded that life is tbe be all and end all
hero, imagine that they can jump the life
(o come. A collection of letters and other
papers ofton left by criminals, when
anticipating death, shows a foarful number
of instances, some of which many readers
will recall, of absolute disbeliet in the
existence of God or in penalties for sins
committed in this life to bo exacted in a
future ono."
Light is govorned by certain laws. It
moves in straight lines. Honoe, if we
bide ourselves in some place not in range
with the sun, his beams will not find their
way to us. But suppose wo plaoe a
bright, strong reflector where the sun's
rays will fall directly upon it. We can
then throw the glorious sunlight far down,
even into dark plaoes undor the ground.
Spiritual things are often beautifully
illustrated by material things. God's
spirit is a light that lighteth every man
ihat cometh into the world. And the
operations of the Holy Spirit are carried
on in no capricious way. His influences
fall upon all men as suroly as the sun
boams do. A man can very easily hide
away in some dark placo whore no ray of
light oan ever reaoh him. But for all that,
tho sun is in tho heavens above him, and
shines as brightly as ever. He has but to
come within range of the sun and he is
flooded with its glorious light. But the
sunshino will not chase him from one
hiding place to another and force its light
upon him. It will not wait upon his foot
steps as his shadow doos. Neither does
the Holy Spirit forco an cntranoo into the
hearts of mon who turn their backs, and
desire only to be let alone. Such persons
plaoe thomsolves voluntarily outside of
and away from spiritual influences. But
is thero no way by which they can be
reached? Wo are commanded to reflect
the imago of our Savior. A true Christian
may carry the light of God's Holy Spirit
to hearts that sit in the region and shadow
of death, as surely as bright refleotors will
bear tho rays of light away from their
natural course, and threw the light away
down where the law of its own operation
would nevor have taken it. Blessed aro
they whose holy lives retleot the Savior's
image. Church and Eome.
BKI.I It I V. II TU Ml ENS.
UT DAVII, HIM
O, God I once more this frenzy wltl
Has seized upon my brain;
And Ksnut, uuirainly, Khastly slip's
Are round me once attain;
Wbllo all my frame Is racked and torn
With atoriueutltiK- pain.
Ou beds of nettles I repiae
Beneath a thorn-prest sheet;
A neat of wasps Is in my hair,
I feel their burning heat:
Newta, lizards, yellow-hued, and asps,
Writhe round my letts aud feet.
Aboie my face, ou silken web,
A tarantula hanits;
I Kaze into Us tlamina- eyes,
I see its doad.y fanvs;
TboBe KaplUK Jaws and borrld c'a va
Pill all my flesh with paus.
Aud now I sweat jareat drops of sweat,
Which fallluir, quickly turn
To cr-iepina: thiiurs with deadly stiua
That pierce, and leave a burn ;
They creep about my naked form,
Then iro aud then return.
Through blood red windows I look out
Upon a world of lire:
Tbe names leap up ou every side
And flash like burning briar;
Yet in their white hot heat those stiappp.
Like me, cannot expire.
These seeming friends w ho stand around
Are all my secret foes;
They will not cool iny parchin t tongue,
Nor ease these painful throi s;
O, God ! I tight, they bold me tight.
Then laugh st all my woes.
They urge these tangled messes on,
Nor heed my pleading cry ;
That horrid thing tbut hougs above,
They even pass it hy ;
With hempen coids they bind me down
And wait for me to die.
O, thousand times ten thousand worlds
For power to break this cluilu :
To hurl these blsck-like demons back.
With their satauic train;
And walk once more umoiig the crowds
Ot earth with sober brain.
Our best words will nile the wor d some
lay. Their meaning will flash t ut some
iine. Speak iheiii bohll,. and It list the
growing soul ot the race for luuiru cuui-
pensaliou.
Anything that iu ikes the heart warmer.
tnyihing that makes tho current of affec
tion run Miller, anything that makes
latitude and love and honor and truth
ind reason stronger, makes llni in iu
stronger.
A letter from Dallas, Texa. , says thero
a general boom in that section of iho
slate. I he first through passenger over
the Texas & Pacific one and a half years
igo would ne astonisned going over (he
route from Fort Worth to Et Paso to day.
Everv hour or two he would run upon
villages and towns of from 300 to 3000
nhauilnnts which then were sinsle deool
houses and no oth' r building. And back
of these are the thousands upon thousands
of farms opened since then. Thero is a
tally increasing! tide, which, like Ihe
wateis of the E rean, knows no return.
It will go on and on until arrested bv the
Pacific. As it passes, leal cslato behind
enhances in value. Town lo's in the
ties of North Texas are now nearly as
nigh as lots in New Orleans. In Dallas
they are quite so.
Joshua as a Model fou Boys. There
was no "luck" in his fJoshua'sl success:
it was by simple faithfulness Ihat he rose.
He tilled well every placo in which ho was
nod. It he had tailed as a soldier or as a
subordinate ofiber, he would never have
been elevated to higher trusts which were
at last reposed in his bands. This bit of
personal history ought to havo iis lessons
for the boys and young men who study it.
liieio la nu iiu,iuasiuu aoiomi tieii success
n life can only be achieved hy smartness
or by "strokes of good luck," or in somo
other way, at least, than by hunest hard
work and simple devotion lo duty. Never
was there a faiset idea abroad. Tho only
way (o rise to success and honor and to
ho highest places is by starting wherever
God puts us and doing wilh faithfulness
ind earnestness tho humblest duties of our
calling. We can only get up lo a higher
placo when we prove ourselves roady for
oacooss is a ladder or a stairway, and
wo must g.) up slop by step to roach the
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lol' - stminstcr Teacher.
Skimmed Milk fob Chickens. There
is nothing better for laying hens in tbe
spring ihan milk, after the cream has
been taken off. We have tried it several
seasons, wilh complete success. With
the milk given fresh from the dairy room
every day the fowls will need no oilier
drink, and it will supply everything re
quired in the way of auim il food The
pullets feed with milk and corn, and a
mixture of torn meil an 1 milk, through
the eold weather, have given an abundant
supply of eggs. Wheal bran is also a
good article lo mix with milk. Il is baiter
lo give ihe mixture a boiling and lo feed
it in a warm stale, bin this is not necessa
ry. Wo havo also found the mdk one of
iho best kinds of diet for young chickens
soon nfer they come from th i nest, lo
promote their health and rapid growth.
Indian meal ground coarse and scalded
wilh milk, is a perfect feed for llieui. As
they grow oldor, grass, cabbage or onions
may be ohnpped fine and added to the
daily rations A pinion of the milk on
dairy farms usually going to the pig
trough may be diverted lo tho chicken
coop wiin groat auvautage. I'.ggs are
worth !i5 cents a dozm and poultry 20
cents a pound when pork brings but 10
cents a pound in the market.
How to Tiiain Tomato Vinfs. In my
experience and observation in the cultiva
tion of the tomato plant I havo nevor seen
so profitable a wav as it practiced by iny
next neighbor, wnen ins grounu is uiui e
ready, he sets the plants in rows about
four feet a part and three feet in the row.
When about a foot bigh he places a stake
about six foot long firmly driven into tho
o-round. leaving about lour and a nan loot
above the ground. To those stakes the
stalks are tied, pains being taken as tbe
plants grow to have a crotch at or near
the ground. As those two branches grow,
ha entwines them about tbe stake. When
any branches set out of the main stalk
they are allowed to grow only a few inches
long, thon headed in by taking off Ihe
terminal buds. In that way many sii'a
branches are furnished for bearing.
When planted in this way the plants nro
easily cultivated. Light and air freely
circulating in every part. The tomatoes
being thus favored, grow very largo, and
being so lar abovo grouno, are ireo irom
dirt, and all washing and cleaning are
avoided. They are ready for market when
picked. Where there is not a suitable
branch formed near the ground, one stalk
is wound round the stake nnd does very
woll. When the stalks reach the top of
the stake they are allowed to grow no
higher. On plants set out in this climate
about tbe last of April or the first of May,
the first ripe fruit appears about tho mid
dle of July, the growth of vine and yield
of fruit continues nntil the frost kills the
leaves, usually three months of ripening.
Mv neighbor tells me that in a coed
growing season he has pickod from half a
bus net 10 inree pecss irom eacu average
stake, and no larger or smoother tomatoes
than his appeared in market. Ue also tells
me that be would rather have the stalks
taller than shorter. In this way of train
ing tbe stalks, the fruit is ripe two weeks
earlier than by the low way of training.
The object of this trimming is to induce
growth o( fruit instead of unnecessary
branohes. When the stalks are in rapid
growth, trimming is needed once in ten
or twelve days. In this way he has raised
at the rate of 1200 or 1500 bushels per
aore. Country Uememan.
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