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AGR CIILTUiAL.
Tomatoes in Barrels -
A Ciarrespendent to Viek's Magazine has
this to say about raising tomatoes :
Hera, on t•he Dakota prairies, we find
some trouble in raising tomatoes, vines,
etc., on account of high, hot winds and dry
weather. Last year some neighbors, or
rather a neighbor, raised tomatoes in this
way : Old barrels were placed where water
could be thrown into them conveniently. A
good supply of manure was put in the bottom
of the barrels and good soil on top of that.,
filling them within one -third -of the top. In
this soil tomato p' -ants were set, three plants
in each barrel (there were only two barrels).
The sides of the barrels protected the
plants from the winds ; water was thrown
on them a9 needed. The plants grew and
thrived wonderfully, overtopping the bar-
rels, which after a time were rolled under
the partial protection of small trees. It is
needless to say that the plants bore well.
If they bad not I probably should not have
written about them. Three bushels of
tomatoes were picked from the vines in
those two barrels. Sorely the yield more
than paid for the time and labor expended,
for last fall tomatoes sold at the rate of
eight cents per pound.
I have been thinking a good deal about
• this method of raising tomatoes. I cannot
see why this same plan can not be adopted
in raising the delicious strawberry -tomato,
or ground cherry. We have no native fruit
here. Probably there are others who live
in just such places, and any way to raise
anything in the fruit line is hailed with joy.
If one did not have the 'barrels, I should
think holes could be dug in the ground, as
deep as the depth of a barrel, manure put
in, and soil above that, then seeds sown or
plants set. This method would be virtually
the same as the one first given. We mean
to test its efficacy the coming season, and I
would be glad if some one else Might be
helped with the same idea.
It is saidthat a heavy mulch around cu-
cumber vines is a great help in a °ley season.
Indeed, I think ietwould always be a help
here, for the seaso s are never so wet as to -
cause damping off or rotting.
The Age of Cows.
Farm, F"-eld and Stockman, replying to
an inquiry about the rings on cows horns
• quotes from Age of Domestic Animals.
In the second year the horns start a fresh
growth, and a small groove is found encir-
cling it between the substance secreted the
first year and that which developed in the
second.
During the third year a similar activity
takes place, and a second groove is found
marking the line between the two years'
growth. These two grooves or circular
furrows around the horn are not well mark-
ed and have been frequently over -looked,
and all trace of them disappears as the ani-
mal becomes older.
From three years on, the growth of the
horn is marked by a groove or furrow, much
deeper and so distinct that they show be-
tween them a decided elevation or " ring "
of horny substance which forms an accurate
basis for estimating the age of the animal.
In an animal over three years old we count
all of the horn beyond the first groove as
indicating three years, and add one year to
its age for each groove and " ring " which is
present toward the base of the horn.
The grooves are always better marked in
the concavity of the horn than on the con-
vex surface. In feeble, ill nourished ani-
mals they are but slightly marked.
In the first four years the teeth are the
most valuable indications of age, from four
to ten years the horns furnish the more
accurate signs, and after ten years a careful
comparison of both is required to determine
approximately the number of years which
have passed.
appears in a few days if the cause be re-
moved by leveling up the foot carefully. A
person will experience the sane difficulty
in his ankle if he wears for a few days a
boot that has run over at the heel. Neither
man nor horse is permanently injured un-
Iess the faulty conditions continue. How
such an error, almost unnoticeable, should
be so frequently committed is easily under-
stood when it is seen how much faster the
knife removes the horn while being drawn
than pushed. - The shoer lifts the foot and
draws the knife toward himself on the bot-
tom of what is then the rigbt side, but
which is really the left of the hoof, as his
back is toward the horse's head. To pares
the left (right) side of the hoof is more dif-
ficult orunhandy, and it is, asa consequence,
left thick. The horse's feet are so con-
structed that if they must turn over, to turn
out is less hurtful than to turn in ; hence,
the first indication of lameness from this
cause is usually noticeable in the right foot
the left side of that foot being the lower,
thus inclining to roll in. The lesson is,
hire competent farriers and be sure to keep
the horse's feet level from side to side a
well as front and rear.
Fattening' Sheep.
At, thalast farmers' institute heldat Port-
age, Wis., an experienced sheep feeder said •
The fertility of the farm is the one thing
which should be kept constantly in view.
Many point us to the worn-out condition of
the eastern states to help us realize the
necessity of keeping up the condition of our
farms, but the contrast in the older portions
of our own state, between the farms which
have had their fertility carefully preserved
and those that have been neglected, is suf-
ficiently markede without going farther.
Fertility, " the farmer's bank," should be
the key -note of all farming operations,
Prof. Roberts of Cornell university finds by
repeated experiments that sheep are the
most valuable of domestic animals in keop-
ing up the producing capacity of a farm ; so
-- if we have $100 worth of hay and grain and
clan increase the value of a flock of sheep by
feeding it to them, equal to the price ot the
hay and grain, we have a profit from their
stables. The consumption of mntton is
largely on the increase. An experience of
over twenty years in fattening sheep con-
vinces me that it pays to have a regular sys-
• tem; to be followed as nearly as possible in
both -feeding and- marketing. One who is
near -large cities can get the most profit from
fat_lambsfrom 2 to 3 months old if he takes
them to market early in the season. The
next most profitableage is from 6 months to 1
year old and there will always be a market
for ripe sheep of mature age. About half
of those I have known who have attempted
to fatten sheep have made.a failure of it by
not carefully complying with the natural
wants of the animals. They must have dry,
comfortable quarters, with as little commo-
tion about them as possible ; clean, dry
troughs to feed from ; clean water; and
racks for hay into which they cannot get
their feet. It is next to impossible tofatten
a poor sheep in cold weather. Sheep need to
be put in good condition in autumn. I find
nothing better for this than a stubble field
with a good growth of young clover. As
winter approaches get the sheep in nights and
feed them a little good hay and grain,
gradually increasing the latter until they
are on full feed. For coarse feed I like a
variety, feeding each kind at a stated time
:ach day. For grain, mixed feed is better
Shan all one kind. I know of nothing better
xhancorn and oats, fed whole, two feeds
,ach day. Feed at the rate of one and . a
half pounds of grain to 100 pounds of live
weight of the animal, each day. Sheep kept
timet, handled in this _way, will thrive and
out on flesh very rapidly.
On Shoeing Horses.
A curious mistake, common among black-
mi!the, was pointed out recently by a paperwhich fi
iraetieing veterinary surgeon. He drew the enormous waves at Bishop's Rook, Jng-
attention to the fact that most farrierl41 laud, declares that it is a fact that an iron
column twenty-three feet long and weigh-
ing 6,000pounds—part of a lighthouse being
erected on the rock and which had been
chained by means of eyebolts to two heavy
boulders—was moved twenty feet in one
night and deposited upon a projecting rock
eleven feet and ten inches higher than it
original position. At the same time a black .
smith's anvil weighing 200 pounds and sunk
in a pit three and a half .feet deep was wash-
ed out of the pit and actaally floated and
Tolled :100 yerds from the site of the _ light-
house I
Sheep Power for Churns.
A correspondent speaks of his tread power
in churning as follows : " For twenty-three
years I have used what is called a tread -
power, or one like most horsepowers, and
for the last twelve years have used a wheel
six feet across, which gets its power by fric-
tion on a smaller iron wheel. I have used a
dog and also a goat, but for the last three
years have used, and am now using, a
sheep, which is by far preferable and de-
cidedly the most profitable, as he can do the
churning and give me a fleece of wool that
will weigh from eight to nine pounds, and
this is sufficient to pay for his keeping.
" My experience in using a dog is that if
they churn they are not as a rule good for
anything else—will not do much in hand-
ling cows or sheep on the farm, and to keep
a dog simply for churning is a great expense
with small returns. The goat did very well
on the churn, but when you have the exper-
ience of having him get loose 'and eat up
the week's washing on the clothes line, or
your hat or coat, the expense is rather
heavy, to say nothing of your feelings, when
you know no words are sufficiently strong
to express what you feel is wrapped up in
that animal.
"The care of the sheep in summer is very
little trouble. He can be hitched out to
stake or pole, and with very little trouble
changed each day as you take him from the
churning. A sheep will, if fed too much,
often get too fleshy, and will suffer from the
heat badly, but in my own experience I
have never had any trouble, as they are
seldom on the power to exceed twenty min-
utes, and our churning is always done the
first thing in the morning, and it is seldom
warm enough at that time in the day to do
any harm. A sheep will work just as well
on any kind of power as will a dog, and
have more weight, which is a favorable
point. The power I am using cost $12, but
could, now, I think, be bought quite a bit
cheaper. I cannot give the name of, the
manufacturer."
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GETS $25,000 A YEAR. i ORIGIIN OF TBE FLYING ROLL
Method of Fleeting the Speaker of the
House of Commons. Story
The election of Speaker is rather an i13-
teresting ceremony. The member proposed
remains seated in the body of the House
untilithe vote is declared, when, after the
leaders of all the political parties have
eulogised his character and expressed their
desire to support his authority, he proceeds
to the steps of the chair and submits him-
self to the House, begging them to consider
well their choice before deciding. No dis-
sentient voice being heard, he accepts the
office and seats himself in the chair amid
plaudits from all sides.
- Some nominal business having been done,
a short recess follows, after which the
Speaker -elect reappears in court dress,
black cloth coat, with lace frill and braided
buttons, black kerseymere breeches, black
silk stockings, shoes with silver buckles,
and over all a richly braided black silk
gown with a long train, and a full-bottomed
curled white wig falling on his shoulders.
He is preceded by the sergeant -at -arms, in
full court dress and sword, bearing the gold
mace, and followed by a retinue of ushers
and other officials.
In the meantime word has been sent to
the Queen of the election, and a few min-
utes latera royal messenger arrives convey-
ing Her Majesty's pleasure that her "faith-
ful Commons " would present their Speaker
to her at a certain date and hour.
When the time comes the Speaker and his
officers drive in state tothe palace, followed
by his proposer and seconder and as many
other members as choose to go. The party
are ushered into the Queen's presence and
the Speaker, kneeling, claims for the House
of Commons a renewal of their ancient
privileges and for himself free access to the
sovereign and all rightful favors. The
Queen greets him graciously congratulates
the members on their choice, promises to up-
hold an/1 defend their rights, and dismisses
them to theirs, labor.
Simple Home Remedies. -
Onion -juice is one of the most effective
remedies for earache. To prepare: Wrap
a large onion in heavy wrapping -paper, wet
it thoroughly and roast in the coals. When
tender, strip off the skin and squeeze out
the juice by twisting in a thin cloth. Bottle
and save for use. When needed, pour one
or two drops in a spoon, warm a little and
drop into the ear. Afterward put in a bit
of warm cotton to exclude the air. It rare-
ly, if ever, fails to effect a speedy cure.
Lard and camphor are excellent remedies
for a cold in the head or tightness of the
chest, causing hard breathing. Soften a
little fresh lard near the fire and stir into it
an,equal amount of campor. Pour into a
tin salve box or open-mouthed bottle and
cool as rapidly as possible, beating it all
the time, that the camphor may be
thoroughly incorporated with the lard, else
the latter will settle to the bottom and the
camphor remain on top.
If one's head be stopped up, rub all about
nose, as well as forehead and temples. If a
little be rubbed or snuffed up the nostril it
will be all the better. For tightness in chest
rub ioroughly on throat and chest, and
only a few applications will be needed to
effea t• a cure.
For a bad cough, boil a tablespoonful of
flaxseed for a few minutes in a cup of water.
Strain, add the juice of a lemon, sweeten to
taste and drink. The lemon cuts the
phlegm, thus loosening the cough, whilethe
flaxseed allays the inflammation.
How to Strengthen the Throat.
Sir Morrell Mackenzie, who was a special-
ist in throat troubles, always insisted that
a great many of the ailments that were
brought under his notice could have been
escaped but for injudicious codling of the
throat. The throat must notbe wrapped up
too ---much ; the great thing is to try to
harden it. By care and persistence the neck
can be made as weather-proof as the face.
Many people who are not in the secret are
amazed that the patriarchal Gladstone can
stand for hours with head uncovered in the
open air while a strong breeze is blowing.
The ability to do this with impunity was
gained by sitting habitually at a window
through which a draught was created, so
that the head became accustomed to all
variations of temperature and all degrees of
air motion. In the same way the throat can
become habituated to varying conditions.
It should be kept free from wrappings.
Women should dispense with. their great
feather boas and Medici collarsandmen
should cast aside their stifling mufflers. It
is an excellent practice to wear turn -down
collars, and "gargling- with cold salt and
water in the morning has sovereign virtue,
as well as bathing the throat first with very
hot water and then with very cold. The
throat thus gets the effect of a sudden shock
and is braced up and permanently strength-
ened.
The Tremendous Force of Waves.
It is difficult for one to believe the hun-
dreds of wonderful stories told to illustrate
the power exerted by a sea wave of the re-
gulation size and strength. At the -time of
the high waves on the north coast of theShet-
land islands gneiss boulders of three -
ton weig tik have been moved upward of 300
feet in a sing night. United Britain, the
t set the stories afloat about
being:;right-banded, unintentionally lower
WO lett aide of he foot more than the right
aide. = As the result. the .pasterndoes: not
evenly on the coffin bone, or the bone
suspended inside the wall of the . -hoof, and
in time- the concussion of the foot on the
rept produces soreness in the joint, which
exist -if -the - feet were Ievel. A
out of "oint, so to speak, the foot at.
-repair the injury received or
f. the .day ; it `gradually gets
yen--tender,and_ the:.-horseis
i'npi - The lameness. dis
Thenceforward the Speaker ceases to be-
long to any political party or to take any
part in debates or divisions, unless to ex-
ercise a casting vote, which he always gives
on that side which allows of further consid-
eration of the question. Hie duty is to pre-
side over the proceedings of the House and
to decide on all questions of order or pro-
cedure, and his authority in every case is
final.
Of late years, his personal power and
responsibility have been vastly increased
by the rules of " closure," which require
him to use his discretion in cutting short
debate when willful obstruction takes
place. He has the power to suspend
members, or even to commit them to prison
for gross misconduct, and his warrant is all
powerful for the punishment of persons
found guilty of contempt of the House -
On the other hand, he himself is exetnpt
from arrest, or any other legal , process for
acts done in his official capacity. At any
time he chooses to retire from the Speaker-
ship, or fails to secure re-election, he re-
ceives a peerage with hereditary descent to
his heirs male.
The Speaker receives a salary - of $25,000
a year, and a retiring pension of $12,500 for
life ; and he has the control of patronage
and expenditures, independently of the
Government, amounting to $150,000 a year.
He has a very handsome residence and suite
of!offices at the House of Commons, and his
official dinners and other entertainments are
among the choicest festivities of London
society.
He goes in procession with his sergeant,
chaplain and usher, the laced skirts of his
long robe held up by train -bearers, to hear
prayers, read and open the proceedings—a
quaint little bit of mediaevalism thatvisitors
to London may well spend a few minutes
in witnessing—and on all state or public
ocasions he comes immediately after the
House of Lords and receives high honors
and deference as the impersonation of the
people of the United Kingdom.
QUEER THINGS FROM THE ORIENT.
of the I. atter Day House
of Israel.
Founded by a Soldier in the British Army
—How He Took to Himself a Wife and
How They Journeyed to Toronto and
Then to Detroit—One of Their Dupes
Who Ruined Himself for the Cause.
The New and Latter House of Israel was
not founded by "Prince " Michael, as many
suppose, but was originated by - James
White, a private soldier bi the English army
in India. He had little or no education,
and was notorious for his immoralities, but
he was imaginative, shrewd and plausible.
In India he fell in with a number of fana-
tical native fakirs and dervishes whose mys-
ticism and jugglery fascinated him, and he
soon became an adept in it. He obtained_
copies of some of the writings of Johanna
Southcote and John Wroe, the famous
" false prophets " who created likesensa-
tions in England. From them, with the
aid of the fakirs, he compiled an out-
landish book which he called the " Fly-
ing Roll," which he intended should
be the bible of a new religion. When
his term of service expired, he returned
to England and told the disciples of
John Wroe that he was their leader risen
from the dead, and sent by Heaven to be
their spiritual head again. They rejected
him with contempt, but, nothing daunted,
he presented himself to the disciples of Jo-
hanna Southcote and told them that he was
her spiritual son. They promptly accepted
him as such, and made him their prophet
and ruler.- His questionable practices soon
aroused their suspicions, however, and, his
autocratic air exasperating them, they drove
him our. He was followed by 20 or 30, and
with these, he founded what he called the
"New and Latter House of Israel." He
then made wholesale additions to the "Roll,"
saying that the spirit of Jeremiah appeared
to him and showed him his command as
written in Jeremiah xxxvi., 28: "Take
thee again another roll and write in it all
the former words that were in the first
roll, which •Jehoakim, th¢ king of
Judah, hath burned." He also renamed
himself James Jershon Jezreel. He now
claimed to he a trinity, and that his
initials "J. J. J." signified that he em-
bodied in himself three persons, John
Wroe, Johanna Southcote, and James
White. Among those who stood by him
and aided' him to establish his new re
ligion was an uncommonly pretty girl about
16 years old. Like "Prince" Mike, Jezreel
was decidedly fond of pretty girls about
this age. But this one was as shrewd as
she was pretty. She made him marry her,
not according to the ritual he had made, but
according to the laws of England. Then
she made herself as completely his ruler as
he was over the community. Esther Jezreel
was the name she took, and she called her-
self "the servant of the House of Israel";
she held herself entirely aloof from the rest,
to whom she was known as " Queen Esther."
About 12 or 13 years ago these two made a
tour through Canada and the United States.
Among the places visited by them was Tor-
onto, but, as far as can be learned, they
made but few converts, although in other
parts -of the continent they acquired a large
following. Jezreel was then a fine looking
man, tall and well proportioned,with his hair
falling over his shoulders and his beard
reaching to his waist. He was a singularly
effective speaker, always talking as though
in a trance or a frenzy, with his eyes seem-
ing to start from their sockets. The `pair
went from here to Detroit, and preached
among the farmers in the outlying district.
It was here that they secured Noah Drew
for a disciple, but who afterwards became
an -object of pity. On their return to Eng-
land they began the building of a great
temple at Chatham, which would serve at
once for a dwelling, workshop and place of
worship. Before it was finished, however,
Jezreel, in the midst of one of his wild ser-
mons, burst a blood -vessel and died. His
mantle fell upon his wife and she became
head of the house in name, as she had long
been in fact. Then she began totruly
Merit the title of "Queen Esther. -y -She
dressed in royal fashion, wore a jewelled
crown, and was attended by liveried ser-
vants. Her rule was more autocratic than
her husband's had been, but her tact and
shrewdness enabled her to keep her follow-
ers content. She told them, and they be-
lieved it, that she would never die but
would live to see the end of the world
which would occ tr - in September, 1895.
She did die, however, in June, 1888, to the
surprise and grief of the community. But
they did not lose their creed, but actually
increased in numbers, and are now await-
ing the coming of Michael who is spoken of
in Daniel. Be it said for them, however,
that they refused to accept Prince Michael,
claiming that the Michael they look for
would noccome iu the flesh but in the spirit.
The Noah Drew mentionedabove was pros-
perous farmer near Detroit, when he came
under the influence of Jezreel, who induced
him to sell his farm of 100 acres, ' convert
all his property into cash and turn it over
to the general treasury of the House of Is-
rael at Cjiatham, where he and his wife
went to live. The deluded man never saw
a dollar of it again. As he grew old and
infirm he asked for some of it, bit was re-
fused, and was forthwith turned out of the
temple. A wretched home in the outskirts
of the town was assigned to him for an
abode, and bread and potatoes were sent to
him daily, and thus they laved
until 1890, when he died. The Jez-
reelites refused to bury hire and his
wife had to apply to the authorities for
pauper's funeral. Some benevolent people
raised a fund and sent her back to her
friends near Detroit. This affair created a
great indignation butpublic wrath soon sub-
sided and the event was dismissed from
mind. -
It is said that Jezreel used to appear at
the community's private services in a red
cap and a massive sash ornamented with
golden keys, swords and stars. In one
hand he held St. Peter's keys and in the
other a rod of iron.
A favorite dish of the East Indies is an.
ant mash. The insects are caught in pits
and mashed by handfulls like raisins.
The Rajah of India, who likes showy
things has had made a furniture set all of
glass. Glass bedsteads and chairs, huge
glass sideboards and other articles of do-
mestic use.
The Emperor of China does not stir much
in wet weather. This is due in part to the
fact that it takes ten men to carry his um-
brella, and it is difficult to get them away
from the fantan table all at once.
Japanese auctions are silent. Each
bidder wri es his name and bid upon a'
slip of paper, which he places in a box.
The box is opened by the auctioneer and
the goods declared the property of the
highest, bidder.
The€amousKhajah tunnel of India pierces
the •Khwaja Amrate --:mountains about
sixty miles north of Inetta at an elevation
of 6,400 feet. It is 12,800 feet long and
was constructed broad enough to carry a
double line of rails.
A Wish.
When angel censers softly gleam,
Their sacred smokes waft through the skies;
Still clinging to a parting dream,
Morn slowly ope's her heavy eyes.
The naughty sunbeams steal from home,
Nor care they now for skies of blue,
Through fields of drowsy flowers they roam
To sip a breakfast of their dew. -
So when the morn of life is done
it steals the joys of childhood dear,
Still life is bright ;peath noonday sun,
And fate untarnished with a tear.
When skies are hid'neath Old Sol's gleams
And buds of Earth burst forth in bloom,
Like diamonds sparkle humblest streams,
Beneath the glare of brilliant noon.
Then Cupid, harbinger of fate,
Gives life a charm stole from above;
And all the doubts of youth abate
Calmed by the bliss of trusted love.
The noon of life —ah, may it give
Agleam to guide thy life aright •
Which will the darkest hour outlive,
And lend a brightness to the night.
When twilight coverings softly spread
About the couch where Nature rests,
And weary Earth throws back her head
To sleep on Evening's saving breast.
And then to chant a vesper hymn,
The birds their joyous travailings cease :
When all is hushed night softly comes,
Wrapped,in her sombre robe of'peace.
When years have passed -thy day is done,
And twilight shades about thee close,
May Evening's angel gently come
And bear thy soul to sweet repose. -
LILraN Minx.
Five hundred people Iost
recent eruption of -the volcano
in the Sandwich Islands. -
Coffee planters in Mexico make a profit of
100 to 250 per cent. on the aMount of money
invested.
their lives by a
Ngauruhoe
Religious Doubts and Difficulties.
" Religious faith has its difficulties, but
not, properly speaking, its doubts. If I be-
lieve the word of God, and that word is
made clear and certain to me by a messen-
ger, who, though fallible, naturally is pre-
erved from error in the delivery of this mes-
sage, then I believe firmly, constantly, un -
doubtingly. But have I no difficulties z
Yes, but difficulties are not doubts, Abra-
ham had no doubt that he was required to
sacrifice his son Isaac. ` Take thine only
son'—every word a dart to his paternal
heart—` Take thine only son, Isaac, whom
thou lovest, and offer him up as a holocaust
on a mountain which I will show to you.'
There could be no doubt about this com-
mand. But bad he .io difficulties ? Yes.
How can I sacrifice Isaac ?' How can God
make him the father of future generations,
as He has promised, if now my right hand
must smite him ? And I must burn his re-
mains. How can I reconcile the past pro-
phecy with the present command ? But, as
prophecy and command are both certain I
believe both, and leave reconciliation to
God, for there is no contradiction in them,
because He who gave Isaac life can also raise
him from the ashes of the holocaust and ful-
fil the prophecy. I will give you, perhaps,
a clearer illustration of the difference be-
tween doubt and difficulty. If, as a student
you see a sum in mathematics worked out
on the blackboard by some pro-
fessor of ability, you have no doubt
whatever of its correctness. But
you examine it, and you eneount-
counter certain portions of it which you do
not understand. Still you have no doubt
that the Professor could explain it. You
have therefore a difficulty, but not a doubt.
The Magi at Bethlehem had their difficul-
ties, but they never doubted what God had
revealed to them. Difficult questions pre-
sented themselves. ` Is it reasonable that
a King be born amidst such poverty? Are
the shepherds and this carpenter suitable
courtiers for the great Ruler whose star we
have seen in the Zest and followed? Can
this be the new-born King of the Jews?'
But, being wise men, they might have rea-
soned with themselves, `After all, to Him,
if divine, it is the same. What is the dif-
ference between cottages and palace halls
and Heaven itself ? What difference appears
to the great God between these several little
things? Infinitely above all in Heaven
and earth, is God; and whether he selects a
palace or a stable, to Him they must be
alike for all are infinitely beneath Him.
And when he comes especially to elevate
the poor down -trodden, it is appropriate
that he should deify that poverty, which
was almost a crime before He came and
thus teach that man should never look again
with disgust and contempt upon the poor,
since the Lord God had donned the vest-
ments of poverty in order to exalt it.' Be-
ing absolutely certain, then, of the great
primary truth, we can reason away our dif-
ficulties or seek their solution from author-
ity which proposed the primary truth itself,
as we consult the professor about the sum
on the blackboard, of which we had no
doubt, and much difficulty. It is important
to keep in mind this distinction between
doubt and difficulty:"
Our Daily Bread.
Day by day the manna fell
Oh, to learn the lesson well!
Still by constantmercy fed,
Give us Lord our daily bread.
Day by day, the promise reads ;
Daily strength for daily needs;
Cast forebodirgcares away ;
Take the manna of to -day.
Lord. our times are in Thy hand;
All our sane ine hopes have planned
To thy wredom we resign,
And wou?.1 mold our wills to Thine.
Thou our daily task shalt give,
Day by day to Thee we live ;
So shall added years fulfil
Notour own -o ur Father's will. -
As riches and honor forsake a man, wee
discover him to be a fool, but nobody could
find it out in his prosperity.—[La Brayer.
Snakes appeared through the broken plas-
tering in the school of Chestnut Hill,.Mont-
ville, Conn., and the pupils- fled in terror.
The Music of the Reel
BY CHARLES WESLEY KYLE.
There is music in the woodland
When the matin breezes blow
Through the forest trees that shadow
The fresh river's rippling flow,
Where the golden sunbeams softly
Through the leafy branches steal,
Ana the angler's ear is gladdened
By the whirring of the reel.
Do you love the mountain valleys?
Do you love afar to roam
R'here, on rocks, the mountain river
Beats its wavelets into foam?
Then come with me in the morning,
With your rod and boots and creel,
And we'll angle for the artists
That make music on the reel.
Up amid the peaks that glisten
With eternal robes of snow
Which, kissed by the warm sun, furnish
Life to shrub and flower below,
Where its waters laugh and gambol,
Shouting loud, peal after peal,
We will wait and watch and listen
For the music of the reel.
There are players skilled and finished
In the art of music's school,
But none can play the instrument
Of the tribe within the pool.
Cast your flies upon the waters,
If •the pleasure you would feel
Which is wakened by the music,
Flowing from the spinningreel.
Now the winds, low through the branches
With slow wingings, softly steal ;
And the striking of the artist
Now within the pool. you feel.
Gently wakens now, as echoes,
The soft touches of the breeze;
And the artist in the river
Strikes upon the piercing keys.
Now the music hums and quavers, -
Oh! the joyous thrill yon feel
As, awakened from its slumbers,
Sings with glee the whirling reel!
Joys there may be that will equal
Those, which thus, we all may feel,
But to me there's none that's be iter
Than the music of the reel.
Storm and Calm,
The turmoils and the storms of life
That toss us where and whither
.Are not the galls that blanch our cheeks
Or make out spirits wither.
They clear the mists that veil the peaks ;
We see beyond the mountains;
The barren aesert now appears
A vale of crystal fountains.
Ourrestless spirit, caged within,
With frantic, wild endeavor
Cried out for some calm, lovely spot
Where it could rest forever ;
No calm retreat our soul could find
Amid the dust and rattle
Of clashing swords and blazing guns --
Life's never ending battle.
We pined for some familiar friend,
To whom we could unravel
The tangled skein of life's wild dream
As through the maze we travel.
• No kindred spirit answered back ;
The spell was only broken
By echoes of the feeble voice
By which our words were spoken.
Just then we heard a still small voice,
As of an an angel bending'
Abote our heads to catch the cries
That were to heaven ascending
The surging billows ceased to roll—
A flood of joy supernal
And peace possessed our wondering soul—
It was the calm Eternal.
THOMAS BAIRD.
•
PERSONAL:
The German Emperor is said to ha
posed before a camera one hundred and
times since he ascended the throne, and.
hardly a week passes that does not bring a
summons to the royal photographer to ap.
pear at the palace. Many of the negatives
are destroyed, but the residue, after the
weeding out, amounts so far, if the story
from Berlin is true, to six dozen photographs
of the Kaiser in different attitudes.
An inquest was held on Saturday ou the
body of Charles Stone, a plumber, belong-
ing to Birmingham, who murdered his wife
on Tuesday at Blaenavon, and then cut hie
own throat. Evidence was given that. Stone
appeared rational both before and after the
tragedy, but it seemed from an old mark on
the throat that he had attempted suicide
previously. The jury found that Stone was
responsible for his actions, and returned a
verdict of felo de se.
Mr, Flamand, who has been studying the
inscribed stones in the southeastern part of
Algeria, has found many rocks upon which
men, women, and children, who were evi-
dently prehistoric, are represented. The
stones show the figures of horses, cattle,
ostriches, and elephants, though the ele-
phant has not inhabited this region within
historic times. No clue has yet been found
to the identity of these people, who were
evidently neither Berbers, Arabs, Romans,
Vandals, or Visigoths. The designs bear
considerable resemblance to Egyptian
figures.
In the book in which Mr. Berry, the
famous executioner of England, describes
his experiences, he says it has long been his
habit to ask from a condemned man or wo-
man a private confession for the relief of
the executioner's own feelings in order that
he might feel sure that he was not hanging
an innocent person. The confidence reposed
in him at such moments, he says, he has
has -never divulged, but he is at liberty to
say that of all the people he has executed,
only two or three have died withost fully
and freely confessing their guilt to him.
Henry George is just finishing two more
books, one upon recent attitudes of Herbert
Spencer. Mr. Spencer and Mr. George, by
the way, have in common a sort of scientif-
c curiosity and a faculty of minute obser-
vation. Mr. Spencer, who for years lived
with a family not far from London, and
usually dined along with whatever guest
happened to be present, took a most em-
barrassing interest in his neighbors' table
manners, and asked many singularquestions,
touching whatever struck him as peculiar
in the conduct of his fellow diners. Mr.
George is nearly as unconventional in his
queries of strangers or acquaintances.
The King of Siam recently cut the first
turf for the new railroad at Bangkok. The
Minister of Public Works read a short ad-
dress, to which the King replied, and then
the King, taking an ivory -handled spade,
thrust the silver blade into the turf, which
he transferred to an ebony wheelbarrow.
The Crown Prince trundled the wheelbar-
row along a carpeted track about thirty yards
in -length, followed by the king, the royal
family, and the assembled guests. The
turf, when removed from the ebony wheel-
barrow, was sprinkled with consecrated
water from a golden ewer by four priests.
The national anthem was played, and that
ended the ceremony.
It is now six years since Alphonso XII.,
King of Spain, died. It is generally sup-
posed that he as buried, but he is said not to
be. Carefully wrapped up in fine linen, his
body still lies upon a slab close to a stream
that flows through the Pudrido, the name
of the cavern on the side of the mountain
upon which the Escurial stands. It will be
left there -until it has all the peculiarities
that belong to a mummy. Then it will be
placed in the niche prepared for it in the
wonderful jasper vault under the great
cupola of the Escurial, where the remains
of all the KingsofSpain are deposited. Some
royal bodies and particularly that of the
father of Queen Isabella remained for
twenty-five years on that same slab before
they were considered fit for removal to
the grand vault.
The old British line -of -battle ship Bel-
lerophon, historic as the the vessel on board
of which the Emperor Napoleon surrender-
ed to Captain Maitland after the defeat at
Waterloo, has been bought by a firm of ship-
builders to be broken up for junk. Of late
years the famous vessel, long since -service-
able only as a hulk, has been moored in the
harbor of Portsmouth, England. Her name
does not appear on the British Naval List,
the Bellerophon which has for some time
been the flag -ship of the Queen's North
American Squadron, and which was seen in
Newport Harbor a few years ago, being a
modern namesake of the battered craft.
An historical house in Panyer Alley,
London, running from Paternoster -row to
Newgate -street, is, it is said, about to be
demolished. In the wall of this house is
the well-known sign of a pannier with a
naked boy sitting on it, inscribed :—
" When you have sought the City round,
Yet still this is the highest ground."
This alley was originally - a standing place
for bakers with their bread panniers, and
the sign has been in existence over 200
years.
In the adversity of our best friends we
always find something which is not wholly
displeasing to us.—[La Rochefoucauld.
Self-love is a principle of action ; but
among no Blass of human beings has nature
so profusely distributed this principle of life
and action as through the whole sensitive
family of genius.—[Disraeli.
Woman's Weakness.
One of the most painful and at the same
time absurd exhibitions of false economy
may be seen in the crowds at the bargain
counters at the ordinary shops. There
seems to be an ineradicable idea in the
minds of some women, that at certain times
and seasons of the year merchants are will-
ing to give away their goods with practical-
ly no profit.
It is a common trick in the inferior shops
to smoke up and soil a few goods, advertise
a " burnt goods sale," mark the goods at
the regular price, and thus they often at-
tract a large crowd of buyers- who remain
perfectly oblivious to the fact that the goods
are being sold to them at the regular mar-
ket price without the slightest reduction
because it is a burnt goods sale.
Almost every shop, nowadays, cuts off
goods as remnants and marks them at the
regular price in order to attract the
inevitable remnant hunter. The success of
the various ninety-nine cent stores is but
another illustration of the frailty of woman
nature in this matter. It is no exaggera-
tion to say that many a good woman has
spent five cents in car fare in order to save
this one cent on the dollar. Forty-nine
cents seems so much less than fifty, ninety-
nine cents infinitely less than a dollar, and
small merchants have readily taken advan-
tage of this curious weakness.
The gift -packages which come with tea
and coffee are another illustration of this
universal desire of the shopper to get some-
thing for nothing. No sensible woman who
reflects over the great amount of money
made by such concerns can believe that any-
thing is given away. An inferior quality of
tea is palmed off at the regular price of the
good quality, and thus the purchaser is
made to pay for the gift.
A collection of butterflies long owned by
Baron von Felder, of Vienna, has been sold
ot Lord Rothschild, of London, for $25,000.
Cumso—" What are you going to do with
that mouse, Johnny ! " Johnny Cumso—
" Use it for bait." Cameo (astonished)—
" For bait ? " Johnny--" Yes ; I'm going
to try and catch some catfish."
Girl Friend—" Do you feel the same for
your husband as you did when he was
courting you ?" Newly -married Lady—
" Well, not exactly. Then most of the
time I was mad for him ; now moss sem-' he
time I am mad with him,"
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