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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1895-3-28, Page 7"‘ THE SERAPHIC DIET." fierlItan by'Rev. T., De Witt Talmage, 1).D,1 at New York Acaderav of 111Wik. Rey. Dr. Talmage took for the subjeet of his discourse for the afternoon, "A, Seraphic Diet," the text selected being Psalms, 78:25: "Man. did eat angels' food." Somewhat risky would be the undertak- ing to tell just what was the manna that fell to the Israelites in the wilderness ; of what it was made, how it was made, and who made it. The manna was celled axes' food, but why so called? Was it be- cause it came from the place where angels hive; (a. hecaose angels ex rapounded it; or beams° angels did e t it; or 'because it was good enough for angels? On what crystel platter was it carried to the door of heaver, and thep, thrown out? How did it tot'? We are told ther I was in. it .something like honey, but if the samba - rine taste m it had been too strong, many would in t have liked it, and so at may have had a a =tingling of liavors—this delicaey of the skies. It must have been nutritious, foa nation lived on it for forty years. It must have been healthful, for it is so inspiringly applauded. It mist have been abundent, because it dis- missed the necessity of a s-utlerfor a great army. Each pers( n had a ration of three quarts a day allowed to him, and SO fifteen raillien pounds were necessary evert -week. Those were the times of which my text speaks when "maxi did eat angels' food," If the good Lord., who has helpfe Me so often, will help me now. I will Bret tell you, what is angels' food, and th en how we may get some of it for ourselves. In our mortal state we must have for rna.sti .etion, P a digestion, and assimilatirm. the products a the earth. Corporeity, as -well as mentality, and. spirilTnality.ebereeterizes ns. The etyle of diet has much to do with our well-be- ing. Tight and frothy food, taken exclu- sively results in weak musele and semi - invalidism. The taking of too much animal fe d pre Imes sensuality. Vege- tarians are cranks. Reasonable selection of the farina centre and the solid ordinarily produee physical stamina. Bet -we have all ainaienally been in an ecstatic state v be -e we forret the latices- sity- of earthly ford. We were fed by joys, hy anticipations, hy discoveries, by companionships that dwindled the dining hour into insigni ff canoe. and made the pleasures of the table ettmid and uninvit- ing. There have heen eases where from seemingly invisible sources the human body has been maintained, as in, the re- raarkable caee of orr invalid and Chris- tian neiglihrr, Mollie Fancher. known throrgheut the medic 1 and Christian world for that she wag seven weeks with- out earthly filo& fed and sustained on heavenly visions. Our beloved Doctor Irenans Prime, editor and theologian, re- corded the w nders concerning this girl. Prof. West, the great seientist, marvelled over it, and Willard Parker, of world- wide fsrael in sergery, theew up his hands in amazement at it. There are times in all our lives when the soul asserts itself, and says to the body, "Hash! Stand back 1. Stand down! I am at a banquet where no chalices gleam, and no viands smoke, and no culinery implements clat- ter. tam feeding on that which no hu- man hand has mixed. and no earthly oven baked. T ara eating angels' food." If you have ne"er been in sr& an exalted state, I commiserate yoer leaden tempera- ment, and 1 dismiss you from thisservice as incompetent to und rstand the thrill- ing and glorious suggestiveness of my text when it says: "Man did eat angels food." Now, what do the supernaturals live on? They experience none of the de- mands of corporeity, and have no hin- drance or environments in the shape of bone, and mesele, and flesh, and hence that -which may delectate our palate, or invigorate our poor, dying frames would be of no use to them. But they have a food of their own. My text says so. There may be other conrses of food in the hea- venly mean that I ant not aware of, but I know of five or six styles of food always on celestial tables -when chenthint, and seraphim, and archangel gather for heavenly repast; the mystery of re- demption; celestiaIzed music ; the heavenly picturesque; saintly associa- tion; Divine companionship • celebrative jubilance. There is one subject that excites the curiosity and inquisitiveness of all those angels. St. Peter says, "Which thing the angels desire to look into." That is, why did Christ excl. ange a palace for a barn? Why did He drop a scepter from his right bend to take a spear into his left side? Why quit the anthem of the worshipping heavens to hear the croon- ing of a weary mother's voice? Was a straw better than a garland? "Could it not have been done in some other way ?" says angel the first. "Was the human rare worth such a sacrifice 21' says angel the second. "Hrev could heaven get along without Him for thirty-three years ?" says angel the third. "Through tbat assessination may sinful man rise into oar eternal companionship 1" says angel the fourth. And then they all bend trward each other and talk about it, and guess about it, and try to fathom it, and propheey concerning it. But the subject is too big and they only nibble at it. They only break off a piece of it. They only taste it. They jost dip into it.. And then one angel cries : "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain !" ,And another says, " Thi.sea re ha ble !" A ad another says, "Past a Andioout!" And atiother says, ".And then they all fill their curs of gold with the "new wine of the kingdom." Unlike the beakers of earth, which poi - sot, these glow -with immortal health, the wine pressed from the grapes of the heavenly Eschol, ard they all drink to the memory of manger and (rose, shat- tered nerni)ehre and Olivetic ascension, 033, that rapturous, inepiring, taansport, frig theme of the -world's ransom 1 That males itgels' food. Tbo taking of that food gives stronger poise to their glad- ness, adds several mornings Of radiance to their foreheads ; gives teeter oircle to the sweep of their wings on initialer) inter- eonstellation. Some of the ertnebs of thet apple' food fell all swoon(' our wil- denim camp to -day, and we feel like' crying with Paul, "Oh, the depth of the richt* both of the Wisdom and knowledge of God 1" or with expiring Stephen, "Lord Jesus, receive my epirit 1" or with many .ati enreptured soul; "None but Christ! None hat Christ!" Pass around this angels' food. Carry it through all these aisles, Climb with it through all these galleries. Take it -among all the hovels, as well as amoog all the pelotas, of the greetItown, Give all laatich8 a taate of this angels' food, Now in the emerald paltiee el heaven, let the cap bearers and servants of the Xing remove, this course frcxxx the ban- quet. and bring on another (game of at gels' food, which is Celestialized Music. You end 1 'have seen at some concert or oratorio a whole assemblage to whom the music was a feast. Never anything that they took in at the lips of the mouth was 00 d'elightful to their taste as that which they took in at the lips of the ear. I have seen, end you. have seen people actually intoxicated, with sweat sounds. Oratorioe which are always too protracted for those of u$ who have int had our faculties cil- tivated in that direction, were never long enongh for them. As at eleven o'clock at night the leader of the orchestra gave the three taps of his baton to again start the music, they were as fresh and alert as when three hours before, and at eight o'cloek, the curtein first lifted. Music to theratis food for berly, food for mind, and food fox, soul. From what I read in my Bible! I think celestialized music will make up a large part of angels' food. Why do I say `celestialized music?" Be- cause though mosie may have been born in heaven, it had not all its charms un- til it came to earth and took a baptism of tears. Since then it has had a pathos and a tenderness that it could not othere Ise have possessed. It had to pass under the.shadows, and over sturmy seas, and weep at sepulchres, ancl.to be hum- med as lullaby over the cradle of sick children before it etould mount to its present altitudes of heavenly power. No organ on earth would be complete -with out the stop "Tremolo," and the "Vox Hurasna." And no mueic of heaven would be complete -without "Tremolo" of earthly sorrow comforted, ard the "Vox Humana" of earthly sympathies glorified. just take up the New Testament and find it a note book of celestialized music. It says Jesus sang a hymn. before He went to the Mount of Olives, and if He could sing on earth with Bethlehem humiliation elose behind. Him, and sv orn enemies; on both sides of Him, snd the torments of Golgotha just before Him, do you not sup- pose He sings in heaven? Paul and Silas sang in midnight, dungeon, and do you not suppose that •now they sing in the Delectable Sernmits ? What do the harps, and trumnets, anil choirs of Re- velation suggest, if not music? What would. the millions of good singers and players upon instruments who took part in earthly worship do in heaven without music? Why, the mansions ring with it. The great halls of eternity echo with it. The worship of unnumbered hosts is en- wrapped with it. It will be the only art of earth that will have enough elasticity and strength to leap the grave and take possession of heaven. Sculpture will halt this side the grave, because it chiefly commemorate the forras of those who in. heaven wil1 be reconstructed, and what -would. we want of the sculptured imitation when we stand in the presence of the resurrected original? Painting will halt this side the grave, because the colors of earth would. be too tame for heaven, and what use to have pictured on canvass the scenes -which shall be de- scribed to us by those who were the par- ticipants? One of the disciples will tell us about the "Last Supper" better than Titian, with mighty touch, set it up in art gallery. The plainest saint by tongue will describe the Last Judgment better than Michael Angelo. with his pencil, put it open the ceiling of the Vatican. Architectare -will halt this side the grave, for what lase would there be for architect's compass and design in that di- whieh is already built and gar- nished 'until nothing can be added; all the Tuileries, and Windsor Castles, and St. Clouds of the earth piled up not equalling its humblest residences- all the St. Paula, and St. Peters, and StAzaaks, ar d St. Sophias of the earth built into one cathedral not equalling the Heavenly Temple. But music will pass right on, right up, and right in, and millions in heaven will acknowledge that, under God, she was the chief cause of their salvati-n. Oh, I would like to be present when all the great Christian singers and the great Christian players of all the ages shall congregate in heaven. Of course they must, like all the rest of us, be cleansed and ransomed 'by the blood of the Lamb. Alas ! that some of the great artists of sweet sound have been dis- tinguished for profdigacy as for the way they warbled the song, or fingered the key -hoard, or trod the organ. pedal. Some who have.been distinguished bassos and sopranos, and prima don.nas earth,elth. I fear will never sing the anag of Moses and the Lamb, or put the lip to the trumpet with sounds of victory before the throne. But many of the masters who charmed us on earth will more mightily charm us in heaven.. Great Music Hall of Eternity May you and I be there some day to acclaim when the "Hallelujah Chorus" is wakened. As on earth there have beenharmonies made up of other harmonies, a strain of mume from this cantata, and a strain of music from that overture, and a bar from this, and a bar from that, but one great tune, or theme, into which all the ethers were poured as rivers into tbe sea; so it rosy be given to the mightiest soul in the heavenly world to gather something from all the sacred aongs we have sung on earth, or which have been sung in all the ages, and roll them on in eternal sym- phony; but the c ne great theme, and the one overraasteriiig tone that shall carry all before it, and uplift all heaven from central throne to furthest gate of pearl, and to highest capstone of amethyst, will be, "Unto Him who lc ved us, and wished us from our sins, in His own blootl, aud make us kings and. priests unto God, and the Lamb; to Him be glery !" That will he manna enough for all heaven to feed on. That will be a bancruet for immon teas. That will be angels' focd. out stellar, Innen; solar; constellated achievement, ',They vie with eaoh. other as to 'who shall do the grenclest thing.for the eternitien They compose doxologies for the Temple of the Sun, They preside over ooropations. If in the great organ of the universe one key gets out of tope, they plan for its re -tuning. No under - tilting is so diffieult ; ao post of duty is so distant; no irtiSSI011 is 80 stupendous, but at God's eorainand they are gladly obedient. When they sit together in the heavenly placies, Gabriel, and Michael, the archangel; and the ano that point ed. linger to the fountain in the desert, and the angel that swung openthe prison door of delivered Peter, and the apgels who are to be the reapers at the end, of the world, and the. augel that stood .by Paul to encourage him on the founderns corn -ship of Alexandria, and the two an- gels that sentineled the tomb of Christ, and the four angels that john saw in Apocalypse at the four corners of the earth, and the twelve a,ngels that guard the twelve swinging pearls, and the twen- ty thousand obarioted angels that the Psalmist described, and more radiant than all of them put together, and might- ier than all, mad lovelier than all, "That Angel of the Coveuant ;" the eadences of His voice, the best musie that ever en- trariced mortal or immortal ears; His smile another noon risen on mid -noon; His presence enough to make a heaven if there were no other attraetion—I say, when they meet together in the council charabers cloee to the Throne—eh that will be regalement infinite. That will be a repast supernal. That will be angels' food. And one of my exciting antimpa tions of heaven is this prospect of seeing and talking with some of them. Why not? What did they come out for en the balcony that Christmas night and. sing for our world if they did not want to be put in communication with us? I know tbe serenade was in Greek, but they knew that their words would be trans. lated in all languages. If they thought themselves too good to have atlything to do with us would they have dropped Christmas carols rapon the shepherds, some of them as bad as any of us has eyer been? Aye! If they sang for mor- tals., will they not sing for us when we become immortals ? Now, in the emerald palace of heaven., let the, oup-bearers and. servant of the Kixig remove this course from the ban- quet, and bring on another course of an- gels' food—the last course and the best. the dessert, the culmination of the feast, which is, Celebrative Jubilance. You and I have kdown people who prided themselves on never getting excited. They have cultivated the phlegmatic: You Dever saw them cry, you never heard them. in a burst of laughter. They are monotonous, and to me intolerable. I am afraid of a man or woman that can- not cry; I am afraid of a man or woman who cannot laugh. Christ says in the boak of Revelation that su.eh people are to Him nauseating and cause regurgita- tion. (Revelation, 8:16.) "Because thou art lukewarm, arid neither cold nor hot, I will spas thee out of my mouth." But the angels in heaven have no stolidity or unresponsiveness. There is one thing that agitates them in holy mirth. When that happens if their harp be hung up they take it clown, and with deft fing- ers pull from among the strings a °entice. Th ey run into their neighbors on the same golden street and tell the good news. If Miriam has there cymbals anything like thoae with whieh she performed on the banks of the Red Sea, she claps them in triumph, and there is a festal table spread, and the best of the angels' food is set on. it. When is it ? It is when. a man or a woman down in the world who was all wrong, by the grace of God is made all right. (Luke 15:10.) "There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth." Why are they so happily agitated? Because they know what a tremendous thing it is to turn clear around from the wrong road, and. take the right road. It is bedkuse they know the difference between stvine's trough with nothing but husks, and a King's ban.quet With angels' food. It is because they kr ow the infinite, the ever- lasting difference between down and up. And. then their festivity is catching. If we hear the bells of a city ring, we, say, "What is that for ?" If we hear rolling out from an auditoriura the sound of a full orchestra, we say, "What is happen- ing here?" And wb en the angels of God take on jubila-nce over a ease of earthly repentence, your friends in heaven will say, "What new thing has happened? Why fall diapason? -Why the chime from the oldest towers of eternity ?" The fact is, my hearers, there are people in heaven who would. like to hear from you. our children. there are wondering when father and mother will come into the Kingdom, anclwith more glee than they ever danced in the hallway at your c,om- ing borne at eventide, they will dates on the floor of the heavenly mansion at the tidings of father and mother saved. Be- sides that, the old folks want to hear from you. They are standing at the head of the celestial stairs waiting for the nevi that their prayers have been, answered. and that you are coning on to take from their lips a kiss better than that 'which now they throw you. Calling you by your first mime, as they alwat s did, they are talking about you and saying, "There is our son," or' "There is our daughter down in that world of struggle battling. suffering, sinning, weeping. 'Why can they not see that Christ is the only one who can help, and comfort, and save ?" That is what they are saying about you. And if you will this hour in one pra. er of surrender that will not take more than a sec( nd to make, decide this, then, swifter than telegraphic dispatch the news we rthzi reaeh them, and angels of God. who never fell would in your glorified kindred in celebration, and the caterers of heaven would do their beet. ai d saints and seraph side by side would take angels' food, Glory to God for such a possibility ! Oh, that this moment there might be a rush for heaven! Tp Spiri t and the ttride Oecv Come; Rojoicir g Feints rr-eel o, Come; Who feints, 'she Ildrettn, who vrillmay eonae ; Thy Saviour Wee thee eon e. THE FIRM AND GARDEN. AllIATEIJR8 IN THE GARDEN. Nettle of Interest to the Plower, Fruit "'act Vegetable Gkrower, and Tants on Trees and Shrubs. "eentroitelear• Psedp." Prof.Armsley, of the Pennsylvania Ex- periment Station notices that within the past year a new Station, stuff called '*cot- tonseed feed" has been quite extensively advertised in that and other states. This feed purports to be a miXture of one part of cottonseed meal and five parts of cotton hulls by weight, and is sold in car lots at $11.50 per ton in bulk, rt le specially recommended for fattening purposes, but is also (defined to ghee good results in the production of milk and butter. In a bill- letin now in press, the Experiment Station gives the details of some experiments car- ried. out to test the value of this feed. The feed has been examined as to its chemleal coraposition, its digestibility, and its actual feeding value for dairy cows. The results of these experiments were in brief as follows ; The chemical composition was found, on the whole, to correspond very well to the composition claimed for the feed. Its digestibility was comparatively low, the total amount of digestible food present in the feed being sornewlaat les e than in clover or timothy hay, and sonaewhat greater than that found in good cornfod- der, although the proportion of protein ie' considerably higher than. that m either cornfodder or timothy. At the price named, a pound of digestible food in the cottonseed feed was found to cost 84 per cent. more than ita timothy or clover hay, and 20 per cent. more than in. corn. Two experiments were made with dairy cows to test its value as a feed for milk and butter. In the first experiment a ration of cottonseed feed and. bran produced 18 per centless milk and 10 per cent. less butter than one of cornfodder, mixed -with hay, cornmeal and cottonseed meal con- taining the same amount of dry matter. The estimated net profit per cow per day was 17 per cent. less on the cottonseed feed ration than on the hay and fodder ration. In the second expariment, a ra- tion of cottonseed feed, bran and Buffalo gluten. meal produced 15per • cent. less milk and. 6 per cent. less butter than a ration of °laver hay,cornmeal, bran and gluten meal containing 21 pounds more grain and three fourths of a pound more coarse fodder. The net profit per day and. head, in this case, was 4 per cent. less on the clover ration than on the cot- tonseed feed ration, but it is probable that the cows on the clover hay' ration were. somewhat overfed. Thegeneral conclusion drawn from i these nvestigations is that cottorineed feed is too expensive in proportion to the amount of food which it contains to suc- cessfully compete on equal terms with ordinary dairy feeds at average prices. An incidental result of the experiments is to illustrate the possibilities of profit in dairying. The net profit above the estimated cost of feed and. care in these experiments ranged from 77 to 85 per cent. of the cost of the feed. While there are other elements of expense in dairying which are not included in these estimates the results nevertheless raake every good showing for the profits of dairying and particularly of butter production. Now, in the emerald palace of heaven, let the cup -bearers and servants of the King remove this course from the ban- quet, and 'bring on another course of an- gels' food, which is, Laying Ott of Mighty Enterprise. /he J3ible lets us know positively that the angels brae our world's affairs cn their heart. They af- ford the rapid transit from world to world, Mipisteriog spirits, escorting epirits. de- ferdiag spirit s, nonillion spirits. Yea, they have all worlds on their thooglit, We are told that they sing together at the Creation, end that implied not only fhe Ores tion of bur world, bat of other w orlds Shall they plan only for one little plenet and be neor °erne for a planet three h tied re d times larger ? No, /hey have all the galaxies under their ()Nervation ; mighty echernea of belpftilness tri be laid out and executed ; shipwrecked. worlesto be towed in; plenetary fires to be pot out; clemotiad hosts riding up to be hurled back end don. These one.ele of light unhorse an Apollyon with cu stroke of battle-axe eelestial. They talk these matters all over, Tey bend to- ward etch other in sublimest eedlequy. They hate cabinet meetiags afeeiaged iv mortals, The assemble the mightiest of theta in holy bonstiltation. They plen ROWIICULTURAL reams. The demand for fruit has not yet been supplied. Every ambitious boy or girl should be encouraged in frnit growing and have a little garden, with the. profits thereof all their own; The Silent Grove. A grove full of the roost musical birdr 4 hat ever warbled note or song, at night is silent, It is dark, and the time of A well -kept garden is an ornament to any farm, and tells the passing stranger that the owner is proud of his profession and one who believes in having the c,ora- forts of life when they can be got as eas- ily as a supply of garden stuff can. For home use, if the apple is otherwise perfect, it will not be objected to if it be rather undersized, neither will the family be particular if it is of a dull and unat- tractive color, if in flavor it, is among the best. The farmer also may think that he can afford to grow some choice sorts for the family table that are not suffici- ently productive to be profitable for mar- ket. sleep. But no sooner does bright dawn appear, and the sun peep over the horizon, than no litblo songster burets forth in solo; atiother flbow, sn4 then another; sad soon the morning authera of praise 18 fell ana hrod, nod from a thotleand lice id veicee. Sr Ictig as nen Ore asleep in sin they have in bent t. no living Voice for Grd ; bet when the bright sea ap- peers, and tbe warmth of Christ's love wakes tip the heart, then eoiisee the song of praise to the Iledeeroer. /he very before of the tewly-avalter ed heart is to btrst forth in amigo and gratitude. ChariOtte Bronto's Plate In Literature. As the autobiography of a brave and original woman, who hares to us her whole heart without reserve and without fear, "Jane Eyre" stands forth as a great book of the ninetoentli century. It stands just in the middle of the century, when men were still under the spell of Byron, Shelley Coleridge and, Vieille - worth, and yet it is not wholly alieu to the raethods of our latest realists, It is true that a purely sobjeetive work in prose n paanoe, an autobiographic reve.- lation of a sensitive heart, is not the highest and certainly not the widest art, Scott and Thackray—even Jane Austen and Maria Edgew rth—paint the 'quid, or part of the world, as , it is, erowded with men ahad women of Variolls eheraca tors. Charlotte Bronte painted not the world, hardly a eorn.er f the world, but the very soul of one proud aud loving girl. That is enough; -we need ask no more, It was done -with consummate power. We feel that we know herlife, froo3 ill-used obildhood to her p oud roa- trolahood.; we know 13.er, home, her school, her professional duties, her loves and hates, her a,gonies and her joys, with that ' intense fan iliarity- and certainty of vis- ion -with which our own personal memo ries are graven on oux brain 17i Mr all its faults its narrowness of rat go, ita oa easional extravagances, "Jane Eatee" will long be reraerabered as one of the most creative influences of the Victofian literature one of the most poetic pieoes of English romanee and among the most vivid masterpieces in the ) are order M. literary "Confessions."—Frederiek Har- rison, in the March Forum. kaunples of Successful Prollt-Sharing The plan of profit-sharing, as adopted by the N. 0. Nelson Manufacturing Com. piny, of St. Louis, in 1886, sets aside thae-tenth of thfr profits for a reserv, fund, one-tenth for a provident fund., and one - twentieth for an educational fund, and the balance is divided equally between the employer and the employes. There. serve fund was created to meet the losses of had. years and equalize dividends when profits were small, The provident fund was created to take care of the sick, the disabled and the families of deceased la- borers. The management of the provi- dent; fund was placed in the hands of a coraraittee of five of the employee, elected by the employes themselves. Every em- ploye who has served the company for six Months dr more is entitled to the ben- efits Of this fund and medical assistance is provided. by the committee. The al lowance on account of disability ie $5 a week for an. adult, $3 for a minor, $2 for an eraploye's wife or dependent mother and $1. a week or each child. The fami lies.and dependents of deceased employes are suitably provided for to keep them from want. There are no conditions at trolled to employment and profit sharing except the man's capacity for his work, and there is no agreement respecting an- ions, the time of sernice or the manner of quitting. The manner of division was finally modified so as to yield 2 per cent dividends on wages to every 1 per cent, on capital, and the early praetice of set- ting aside 10 per cent. as a provident fund and 5 per cent as an educational fund was displaced by the practice of pay- ing out whatever -was necessary for the -e fads, charging the same against the gross profits. The provident fund is managed entirely by a committee elected by the employes without any interfer- ence on the part of the corporation. The whole aim of the company has been to make a simple plan free from entangle- ments and intricate conditions. The re- sult of the first year's business, after pro- fit-sharing was adopted gave a dividend of 5 per cent. on wages, the second year 10 per cent.'the third year the same, the fourth year 8 per cent., the fifth year 10 per cent.. the sixth year 8 per cent.. the seventh year 4 per cent. and 'the eighth year, which was 1895, no dividend was declared. The total amount of dividends paid to wage-earners as their share of divided profits is about $65,000, or an average of 9 per cent, on the wages paid. —Prof. Frank W. Blackmer, in theMarch Forum. Most farmers prune their hedgee as tbey do their fruit trees, whenever it is most convenient. If the pruning is done while the tree is dormant, all the vigor' of the tree will be concen- trated on the buds that remain, and especially the upper ones. This is sure to n3ake the growth larger than is profitable. As the tree grows more vigor- ously at the top, the lower parts die out, and unless the hedge plants a,re very close together there will be vaeant places through which small animals can pass. -What is wanted in a hedge is not a la vigorous growth, but a thickening of the lower portion, so that there will be no vacant places in the hedge. This result CS )1 may be secured by pinching back the top growth in early sanaraer, throwing the sap back to the lower buds,which often will not start to grow while the top buds are drawing all the sap away from them, This early summer pinching back of shoots is sufficient while the hedge has not grown the height desired. But after full growth is attained, there must be a second cutting back in July or August, cutting out very nearly all of the upper growth. In this way the hedge may be ept with very little growth for many years, yet all the time making a close fence against all kinds of animals. In New "York are many' fancy fruit stores, which sell the finest fruits, both domestie and foreign, put up in the best possible and most attractive manner, at the higest prima. The prices which they receive would tnalte most growers open their eyes in astonishment. The fruits are taositly purchased in the ordinary packages need by fruit -growers, taken to the storee read thete assorted and re -packed to snit the trade. A num- ber of these merchants were asked if it -would be practicable fcr the grower to put his frait in these packages, and. if they would eat* to buy it thus packed. The unanimous answer was, no. And why should they? They make a fine profit itt doing this work themselves. Then again, it would be out of the ques- tion to peek the fruit, in these small and fancy packages, and have it come out in attraethe conditioe after shipping a.ad. handling. tt isn't likely that the grow- ers will ev r reach this trade to any Ent - tent, tlat they eat to a certain extent, reaeh their own local trade, and build up A profitable and pleasant business hygup- plying willing customers with the choicest of the farm's ptoduets. There is Mote profit, ha this direction thaii is dteareed of by blest farmers. Nothing is Xore Pitiful Than the conditiou of the consumptive, when the life is slowly ebbing away. Bat science has come to the rescue, and all afflicted that way may be restored if they will only take Miller's EmoLion of Cod Liver tail. It is as sweet as cream, so that the most fastidious can take it. After a few doses new blood comes to the rescue, and in a short time the patient is about again, hungry and hopeful, witb a new lease of life. It will almost raise the dead. Miller's Emulsion, is the great nerve strengthener and blood maker, and cures coughs, colds. bronehitis, scrofula and all lung affections. In big bottles 50 cents and. $1, at all drug stores. or NERVOUS PROST64r1ON, 138,AltiN HAVSTION, an 1 DOPRESsiON etpSitpeprti resulting from undue Strain upon. the Merifal or Phy- sical Energies. Crell WINE A Xost EfreetiTe Nutrient Tonic and. Stigralant, - In this Preparation are combined the nutrient and digestive properties ef Max,72iNit with the powerful tonic and ntimulant action of Comm ErevnutoxrhoN. The 1,repanation bas been very largely and successfully used for relief of Morbid condition0 due xo nervons exile:05t1031i and depression of spirits resulting fx. t rri undne strain upon tbe mental or physiet4 energits, 'be found a valuable reeuperettve agent In eonvaiescenee from Vk eating dISeilP es. improv- ing the appetite and pm/10111g chgestion—and being very palatable. is acceptable, to the most qP. 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Damonie, 9 hese several preparations from the fixed, onelut ging: and 14 'able Compound Ox.i, gen nature the Ore be. comef3 Nature's *nu in oat eillearlous Life - gkr1)$ g Abttseptle, (,tins -I,11 lug (Joned- tuional invigorating Won.lc evir before know n to man, nriehing tI e hi d ilife's foun- tain), enahiing the vital organs .livert kidneys, fivnr0 tomiech,x, ete.) ;to prierform their functions, thus makinglife pleasurable and we rtb Uvthg trregi,erla,vttiiisn,c8ono;sesuerc.iatpatiTohn: will cure Diphtheria while -V ere in life in the body; acres all Throat Diseases, Burns. Seaids, Old Sores f every descriptio, • Disci tery, Cho- lera Morbus, DittrriKka, (it MGM, riles, Deafness, Female Weakness and all Female Complaints, Dyepernia. Rheumatism,„Ncrvous Sleeplessness, etc. ORE sufficientta make one quart • of the Elixir sent safely seared to anypart of the pie be by mail, postage paid, on receipt of.' price, 81 00 enrh package, or three for 52.50. A GENTNTFI) in unrepresented lo- calities. Send stamp for particulars. No al tention given to pastels. ddress THEO. 1%0EL. Geologist, Toronto. An Objectionable Part. A delegation'of players from the com- pany visited the manager. "We have come, sir said the spokes- man, "to ask you, on behalf of ourselves, that a portion of the part played by Mr. Jackson be cut out." "What portion is that ?" "Where he wants to borrow $5 from the disguised duke." • 'What's the objection to it?" "A. very seriouspne, six, He rehearses the part on us, six, every time he thinks any of us has any money," WHEN YOU ARE IIN' 50Bargains in e. Bulbs and Plants Vie Ma:taunt of Worth at hiintratm of cost No. B-15 Gladiolus, finest assorted, for SOo. " 1— 6 Dahlias, selectshowvariet's ' 60c. " Q— 8 Montbredass handsome . '50c. 0 0— 6 Roses, everbloornt beauties ' 50e. (Window Collection, x each, Tr— Fuchsia, Dbl. Fl. Musk, Ivy '4 and Sweet SeTd Geranium, 60c. P—'Manetta Vine, Tropaioliurn, litiez.PrialroSe et Heliotrope " E— 8 Geraniums, finest assorted "50c, " R-12 Coleus. fine assorted colors "50c. " OS— 5 Iris, finest varieties . . . "50n. Any 3 anlections fig M. ; 3 for SISS; or S for 55., Br Mall, poetvall, our selection- A Snap 1 Catalowno Free. THE STEELE. BRIMS. MAROON SEES 00, LTD. Toronto, Ont. use the matches your father and your grandfather before you used By attending the Northern Business College, Owen Sound, Ont. If you want to know wheels taught in our Business Course 1)=40-s '• rt send f r Annual An, nouncernentwhich is sent free. C. A. Fleming, A. H. CANNING, WHOLESALE GROCER, TORONTO Sells direet to the people, and he pays the freight. Be is now selling No. 1 Granulated Sugar at Sp. per lb. and sells the best Tens in Canada, price and quality considered. Remember he lays the freight. As they were the DOUBT best theny they are the best now • E B, EDDY'S LAN EAU RST SA NITA B IUM 'OAKVILLE, ONTARIO. 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