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r-.S,. The Sioux County Journal, VOLUME VIII. HARKISOX, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 18. NUMBER :3. TALMAOE'S SERMON. SHOWS JOSEPH'S UFE TO BE FULL OF PRACTICAL LESSONS It Ulaatratea the Feat that Yon Can ot Keep a Oood Man I)oi and tkat the World la Compelled to Hoaor Christian Character. The Life of Joaeph. This sermon of Iter. Dr. Talniage if full f all mug tad practical lesmns fur all. Washington baa many men who, like the hxro of the twin, started from almost nothing and rose to high place. The teits chosen were: Genesis mill.. 28, "They draw and lifted up Joseph out of the pit nd auk Joseph to the Iehmaelitee for 20 pieces of silver." Genesis xlv., 26, "He is governor orer all the land of Kgypt." Yod cannot keep a good man dawn. God baa decreed fur hhn a certain poiut of elevation. He wDl bring hiui to that though H cost him a thousand world. You sometime find men fearful they will not be properly appreciated. Every man come to be valued at juat what he la worth. You cannot write hlui up, and you cannot write kirn, down, These facts are powerfully il lustrated In iny subject. t would be an insult to suppose that you were not all familiar with the life of Joseph how Ills jealous brother threw fa tin Into a pit, but seeing a caravan of Arabian merchants trudging along on their camels, with spires and gums that loaded the air with aroma, sold their brother to these mer chants, who carried bun down Into Egypt; Joseph there sold to Potlphar, a man of influence aud office; how by Joseph's in tegrity hs ralaed himself to high position in tbe realm until, under the false charge of a vile wretch, be was hurled Into the penitentiary ; how in prison he command ed respect and confidence; how by tbe in terpretation of lliaraoh'a dream he was freed and became the chief man iu the realm, the Bismarck of his century; bow in She thne of famine Josejh had Che con trol of a magultlcent storehouse wbl-h he had filled during seven years of plenty; how when his brothers, who had thrown him into the pit and sold him Into captlv i'J, allied for corn he sent them home with tlie beaat of burden borne down un der tie heft of the corn sacks; how the in against their brother which had so long been hidden came out at last and was retnrned by that brother's forgiveness aud kindness, tbe only revenge he took. Yon see, in the first place, that the world is compelled to honor Christian 3aracter. Potlphar was only a man of tbe world, yet Joseph rose in his estima tion until ail the affairs of that great booae were couimitted to his charge. From his servant do honor or confidence was withheld. When Joseph was in pris on, be soon won the heart of the keeper, aud, though placed there for being a scoundrel, he aoon convinced the Jailer that hs was an Innocent and trustworthy man, aud, released from close confine ment, he became general superintendent of prison affairs. Wherever Joseph was Blared, whether a servant In the house of Potlphar or a prisoner in the peniten tiary, he became the first man everywhere and is an illustration of (tie truth I lay down that the work) Is compelled to honor Christian character. There are those who affect to despise a religious Jife. They speak of it as a system of phlebotomy by which the man Is bled of ail his courage and nubility. They say he has liemeanrd himself. They pretend to have no more confidence In him since his conversion than before his conversion. Bat all this is hypocrisy. There Is a great deal of hypocrisy in the church, aud there ia a great deal of hypocrisy outside the chart. It la linMtaaible fur any man not to aihnlre and confide In a man who shows that tie has really become a child of God and is what he professes to be. You can not despise a son of the Ird (.Jod Al mighty. Of course we have no admiration for the sham of religion. Religions Pretense. 1 was at a place a few hours after the ruffian had gone Into the rail train and demanded that Che paasengers throw up their arms, and then these ruffians took the pocketbooks, and aatan comes and suggests to a man that he throw np his arms in hypocritical prayer and preten sloa, aud then steals his soul. For tbe r mere pretension of religion we have ab horrence. Hedwald, the king, after bap tism, had an altar of Christian sacrifice ami an altar for sacrifice to devils, and there are many men now attempting roe same rVing half a heart for God and half a bean for the world and It is a dead failure, and it Is a caricature of religion, and the only successful assault ever made ' on (forktoanity Is the Inconsistency of its professor. Yon may have a contempt for pretension to retiginn, bat when you behold the excellency of Jesus Christ come out tn the life of one of his disciples all (bat there Is good and noble in your soul rise tip mto admiration,' and you cannot tiefp it. Though that man be far beneath yon in estate as the Egyptian slave of wbin we are discoursing was beneath his rulers, by an Irrevocable law of your na ture I'otiphar and Itara.nh will always esteem Joseph, Warn Kudoila, the empress, threatened - (Sirysosiom with death, be made tbe re ady. Trfl tbe empress I fear nothiug but , sin." Much a scene as that compels the admiration of the world. There was , something iu Agrippa and Felix which demanded their respect for Paul, the rebal against government. I doubt Dot they would willingly have yielded their office aad dignity for a thousandth part if that true heroism which beamed in the eye and beat In the heart of that uncon querable apostle. Paul did not cower be fore Felix. Felix cowered before Paul. ' Tbe Infidel and worldling are compelled to honor in rbelr hearts, although they a nay not eulogise with tbeir lips, Chris tian firm in persecution, cheerful la pov erty, trustful in losses, triumphant in dcatb. I find Christian mm In aH pro- ' feaafofit and occn nations, aad I Had tfcem . reapectrd and honored and? aoceaaarul. John Frederick Oberlia alleviating ignor ance and distress; Howard passing from dungeon to laxaretto with healing for the body and soul; Elisabeth Fry going to the orofliiracr of Newgate prison to shake lis obduracy as the angel came to the prison at I'hHipDl, driving open the doors and snapping loose the chain, a well as the live of thousands of follower of Jesus who have devoted themselves to tbe temporal and apiritual welfare of the race are monuments of the Christian re ligion that shall not crumble while the workl lasts. Pereecntlon Reveals Heroism. We learn also from this story of Joseph that the result of persecution is elevation Had it not been for his being sold into Kgyprian bondage by his malicious broth' ers and his false Imprisonment Joseph never would have become a governor. Everybody accepts the promise, "Blessed are they that are persecuted for righteous- neas sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven," but they do not realise the fact rti at this principle applies to worldly as well as spiritual success. It Is true in all departments. Men rise to high official po sitions through misrepresentation. Pub lic abuse Is all thst some of our public men hsve had to rely upon for their eleva tion. It has brought to them what talent and executive force could not hare achiev ed. Many of those who are msking great effort for place and power will never suc ceed, just because they are not of enough importance to be abused. It is the nature of men that i, of all generous aud rea sonable men to gather about those who are persecuted and defend them, aud they are apt to forget the fault of those who are tbe subjects of attack while attempt ing to drive back the slanderer. Perse cution is elevation. Helen Stirk, the Heotch martyr, standing with her hus band at the place of execution, said: "Husband, let us rejoice to-day. We have lived together many happy years. This is the happiest time of all our life. You see we are to be happy together forever. Be brave now lie brave. I will not say 'Good night!' to you, for we shall soon be Iu the kingdom of our Farher together. Persecution shows the heroes and hero ines. I go into another department, and I find that those great denominations of Christians which have beeu most abused have spread the most rspidly. No good man was ever more violently maltreated than John Wesley belied and caricatured and slandered, until one day he stood iu a pulpit iu Ixiudoti, and a man arose in the audience and said, "You were drunk last night," and John Wesley said: "Thank God, the whole catalogue is now complete! I have been charged with ev erything but that." His followers were hooted at and maligned and called by ev ery detestable name that iufernal inge nuity could invent, but the hotter the per secution the more rapidly they spread, un til you know what a great host they have become and what a tremendous force for God and the truth they are wielding all the world over. It was persecution that gave Scotland to Presbyterlanlam. It was persecution tii at gave our land first to civil liberty and afterward to religious freedom. Yea, I might go farther back and say it was persecution that gave the world the great aalvation of the gospel. Tbe ribald mockery, the hungering and thirsting, the unjust Charge, the Ignomini ous death, when all the force of hell's fury was hurled against the cross, was the Introduction of that religion whli4i la yet to be the eartih's deliverance and our eternal salvation. The state sometimes aaid to the chunti, "Come, take rny hand, and I will help you." What was the re sult? The church went back, and it lout its estate of holiness, and it became in effective. At other times the state said to the church, "I will crush you." What has been the result? After the storms have spent their fury the church, so far from having lost any of its force, has in creased and is worth infinitely more after rhe assault than before, iiead all his tory, and you will find that true. The church Is far more Indebted to the opposi tion of civil government than to its ap proval. The fire of the stake have only been the tories which Christ held in his hand, by the light of Which the church has marched to her present glorious position. In the sound of racks and implements of torture I hear the rumbling of rhe gospel chariot. The scaffold of martyrdom have been the stairs by" which the church mounted. Mn Kapoees Itself. Learn also from our subject that sin will come to exposure.' Ixng, long ago had those brothers sold Joseph into Egypt They had made tbe old father believe that bis favorite child was dead. They had suppressed the crime, and it waa a pro found secret well kept by the brothers. But suddenly tba secret la out. The old father hears that hi eon is In Egypt, bar ing been sold there by tbe malice of bis own brothers. How tbeir cheeks must have burned and their bearta aunk at tbe naming out of this long suppressed crime. The smallest iniquity baa a thousand tongues, and they will blab out exposure. Haul waa aent to destroy tbe Canaanites, their sheep and their oxen, but when he got down there among die pasture be saw some Ane sheep and oxen too fat to kill, so he thought be would steal them, NoUidy would know It. He drove these stolen sheep and oxen toward home, but stopped to report to tbe prophet how he had executed bis mission, when In the distance the sheep began to bleat and tbe oien to bellow. Tbe secret, was out, juid Samuel said to the blushing and confused Saul, "What meanetb tbe bleating of the sheep that I hear and tbe bellowing of the cattle?" Ah, my hearer, you cannot keep an iniquity still. At Just the wrong time the sheep wilt bleat and the oxen will bellow.' Achan eannot steal the Bab ylonish garment wltViut being stoned to death nor Arnold betray bis country with out baring bis neck stretched. Look over the police arrests. These thieves, these burglar, these counterfeiters, these highwaymen, these assassins, they all thougbt they rouid bury Chair Iniquity so deep down it would never come to resur rection, but there was some shoe that answered to the print in tbe soil, some false keya found in tbeir possession, some Moody knife tbat whispered of tbe death, and the public Indignation and the anath ema of outraged law hurled them Into tbe dungeon or hoisted than on tbe fallow. 'ling with his offioers how he could take hi army into Italy, when Ameril, the fool of the court, leaped oat from a corner of the room and aald, "You had better be consulting how you will get your army back," and it was found tbat Francis I. and not Ameril, was tbe foot. Instead of consulting as to tbe best way of getting into ain, you had better consult a to whether you will be able to get out of it II the world doea not expose you, you will tell it yourself. There is an awful power in an aroused conscience. One Mighty Plan. Learn also from this subject tbat there is an inseparable connection between all events, however remote. The universe li only one thought of God. Those things which seemed fragmentary and laolated are only different parts of tbat great thought. How far apart seemed toeae two even ta Joseph sold to tbe Arabian mer chants and bis rulership of Egypt, yet you see In what a mysterious way God con nected the two into one plan. So the events are linked together. You wbo are aged men look back and group together a thoiisaud things in your life tbat once seemed isolated. One undivided chain of erents reaches from the garden of Eden to the cross of Calvary and thus up to the kingdom of heaven. There is a relation between the smallest insect that hums In the summer air and the archangel on his throne. God can trace a direct ancestral line from tbe blue jay that this spring will build its nest in the tree behind the bouse to some one of the flock of birds which, when Noah hoisted the ark's windo with a whir and dash of bright wings went out to sing over Mount Ararat. Th tulips that bloom In tbe garden tbls spring were nursed by the snowtlakea. The furthest star on one side of the universe could not look toward the farthest star on the other aide of the universe and say, "You are no relation to me," for from that bright orb a voice of light would ring across the heavena, responding, "Yes, yes, we are sisters." Nothing In God's onl verse swings at loose ends. Accident are only God's way of turning a leaf in the book of his eternal decrees. From our cradle to our grave there Is a path all marked out. Each event in our life Is con nected with every other event In our life, Our losses may be the most direct road to our gain. Our defeat and our victory are tnrin brothers. jue wooie direction ot your life was changed by something which at the time seemed to you trifling, while some occur rence which seemed tremendous affected you but little. God' plans are maguiti cent beyond all comprehension. He mold us and turns and directs us, and We know It not. Thousands of years are to him as Che flight of a shuttle. The most terf lie occurrence diiee not make God tremble, The most triumphsnt achievement does not lift him Into rapture. That one great thought of God goes out through the cen turies, and nations rise aud fall, and eras pass, and the world cbangea, but God still keep the undivided mastery, linking event to event snd century to century. To Uod they are ail one event, one history, one plan, oue development, one system Great and marvelous are thy works, Ird God Almighty! I was years ago in New Orleans at the exposition rooms, when a telegram was sent to the President of the United States, at Washington, snd we waited some fifteen or twenty minutes, .1 .1. .1. r . . . nuu uien me i resident s answer came back, ami then the presiding officer waved his handkerchief, and the signal was sent to Washington that we were ready to have the machinery of the exposition started, nnd the President put his finger on the electric button, and instantly the great lrliss wheel began to move rum i.ii i ,:. ,i ... . uiiiiu, rniiininiK, roinng, roiling. Jt was overwhelming, and 1,VW people claptMtl ami ttliouted. Just one finger at Wimh ingtuu started that vast machinery, liun dreds and hundreds of miles away, and I thought then, as I think now, that men sometimes touch influences that renpond In the far distance, forty years from now, fifty years from now, l.tsX) years Irom now l.OdO.U") years from new one touch sounding through the agea, What of the Future? Now, there are two ways of laying up money. One or theae is to put it ill stock and deposit it in hank and invest it on bond aud mortgage. The other way to lay up money is giving it away. He is the safest who makes both of these invest ments. There are in this house men who If tbey lose every dollar tbey have In the world would be millionaires for eternity. They made the spiritual investment, but tbe man who devote none of his gains to the cauae of Christ and looks only for bis own comfort and luxury is not safe, I care not how the money is Invested. He acts as the rose If It should ssy, "I will hold my breath, and none shall have a snatch of fragrance from me until next week; then I will set all the garden afloat with my aroma." Of course the rose, re fusing to breathe, died. But above all lay up treasures in heaven. They never depreciate in value. They never are at a discount. They are always available. You may feel safe now with your $1,0U0 or $2,0110 or 110,01)0 or 120,000 income, bnt what will such an Income be worth after' you are dead? Others will get It. Perhaps some of them will quarrel about it before you are buried. They will be so Impatient to get hold of the will they will think you should be buried oue day sooner than you are buried. They will be right glad when you are dead. Tbey are only waiting for you to die. What then will all your earthly accumulations be worth? If you gathered It all in your bosom and walked up with it to heaven's gate, it would not purchase yuur admis sion,' or if allowed, to enter it could not buy you a crown or a robe, and the poor est saint In heaven would look down at you and say, "Where did that pauper coma from?" May we all have irt-aauree in heaven. Amen! Ia 1820 tbia country produced 22,400 ton of pg Iron, and Great Britain pro duced In tho same jmr 400,000 tons; In 1800 the product of thin country had ftaen to Bie.rTO tone, ftnd tbat of Great Britain to 3,OM,7B2; Id 1(100 the United Stat en produced 0,202,703 tuna, utd Great Britain 7,004,2(4 torn. QOWNS AND GOWNING WOMEN GIVE MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY WEAR. rtaf Glance at Fancies Feminine, rrireloaa. Mayhap, and Tat Offered ta the Bape that the Banding Prove antral ta Wearied We mankind. Oaaalp from day Ontfeaaa. Nsw ten eorreepeadeaea: O many elabora tiona are demanded In Bilk and velvet Jacket bodices that the rexult la tbe extreme ornamen tation, and Ha ef fect la felt even In tailor . riga, which reapond by relax lng a bit of their neTerlty. Even the prlmeat of them may have, Instead of the formal linen at the neck and in the triangle open ing of the coat, a Mb and tucker of smooth cloth, formal enough In cut, yet of aoine pretty color that la especially becoming. A tailor gown of demure tone-colored broadcloth ahowa auch a yoke beneath of pale blue cldth, and made the blonde that wore It look aa If he had slipped her brother's coat orer her own blue frock. Another permissi ble departure from prlmneaa In the tailor cut la presented In the Jaunty Jacket of the Initial picture. Here the rest la severe enough In outline, but It la composed of white allk, aa la the tandlng collar that topa It. White allk also faces revere and rolling collar. The Jacket'a stuff la tan cloth, Ita basque Is piped with the goods, and Ita fronts fasten with an ornate gilt clasp. From tbe first pictured costume' prlmneaa to the highly wrought effects DOMING A BTKORltn THOVSAMU 8TBONO, of the second' ta a long alep, one tbat hows In bow bold relief tbe tailor girl stands this season. It's not so much In the elaborateness of cut tbat the differ ence cornea aa In the materials, the Ilka for Jacket bodices being especially brilliant. That copied here waa a cashmere silk In dull tonea of blue, red. and peach, with a front of blue pleated chiffon added to the Imdlce. Its revere formed a square collar In back aud the folded stock collar, rosettes and cuffs were white taffeta. Pocket flaps ap peared on each side of the tiny basque, and a series of eight Jewefed buttons wore disposed on fronts and basque. The sleeves bad lace ruffles at the wrists, which la a finish that Is fre quently seen. Then, too, sleeves of pretty afternoon gowns are finished at the wrleta with big ruches of chiffon. An example la a coat tbat goes with almost any ablrt and la of a gray blue smooth cloth, made with smooth sklrta at the hips, alaabed tbat they may He flat and also that they may show a touch of their pretty lining. The veet of puffed white chiffon alternated with delicate lace, and chiffon ruche tads the cloth sleeve. Wide rever of white aatln are covered flat with the lace, and a pair of handsome buttons are set low down on the coat In front. BIBBON TRIMMln THAT DOM1NATKS. Thla combination of color makes the gannant mttable to wear with any tnlied gooda tbat baa In It a trace of blue gray. A black skirt, of course. adapts itself to the coat and a white moire skirt makes the entire costume almost a formal one. Ribbons have this . season received more than their ordinary share of at tention from tbe designers, and the result ta that they have never been so genuinely artistic, never so worthy to be made part of a gown, nor of a quality and style that will hut in good taste aa long as the ribbon Itself does. So it is not at all remarkable that rib bons are conspicuous. Tbeir use as hat trimming doea more than any other one thing to distinguish and pro claim the new spring hat. In dress trimmings tbey open up a new and wide field of tasteful adornment. The novel use ribbon la put to in tbe next II.KtVKB TBAT SHOW A SLIGHT CHANOr. picture Is but oue of a great many that are possible, so many, In fact, thut every woman with any degree of In genuity In ber make-up should have a bodice that Is distinct from all oth ers and yet in perfect taste and style. Thla model was made of mode suit ing, the vest being of white batiste atriped with valenciennes Insertion and the turned-down collar of white aatln finished with a tie of Persian ribbon. Bright lettuce green la used In little touches with any other color Just ax certae and turquoise-blue have been In their time. There la something espe cially suitable In this pale, fresh green Just now, It aema so spring-like. Be aldea. It Is surprisingly becoming to almost all complexions. When It doesn't quite suit your color, then perhaps some other shade of green will do. If so, use It, for green In most all of Its shades Is a very fashionable color. In tbe fourth aketch, which Is of a dress of gray cheviot, the green Is dark and appears in the velvet bolero. This la finished with a wide bias fold of white cloth showing gray soutache ornamen tation, with turn-down collar to match, the bodice baring a plain stock collar of tbe cheviot. The Hleeves form points over the bands, nnd to the elbow are aomewhat loose. Thin and semi-trans parent goods for summer dresses will exaggerate tbls looseness and be made Into aleevea that wrinkle from the elbow down. Those who can afford It are putting a wealth of detail on their summer A TVFE Or SAMPLE WASH GOWN. dresses, whole bodices being fashioned from a series of tiny chiffon puffings, alternating with insertion and little frills of narrow lace, bauds of baby ribbon being sometimes added. A be coming softness of effect results, but there are lots of stitches to tie taken. It is all very well If yon take than) yonraelf or are blessed with a maid, but to attempt to match with your pocket thla sort of thing, to buy auch a gown ready made, or to order It from soma swagger dressmaker means that well, If you can Bleep the night after, you ought not to, or that's what an or dinarily poor woman thinks. AH thla doesn't mean that simple wash dresses are not to be acceptable, and there will doubtless be a plenty of the Inexpen sive and pretty dresses of which the final Illustration depicts the type. It Is made from red dotted linen, Its moder ately wide skirt being left untrlmmed. The blouse waist hooka Invisibly at the side, la alike back and front, ba A deep quare yoke of embroidered llflea and a stock collar of red aatln ribbon. Copyright. 1M. Mrs. Percy Fleming, Ja D.( and Mis AldTlch Blake hare been ap pointed registrars of tbe Royal Free Hospital, I-oadon offices hitherto dis charged by men Cleaning; Black Dreae Oooda, Every one has or wants a black gowm nowadays, and such goods aa serge, cheviot, cashmere, Henrietta, etc., are easily cleaned. First remove the greaaa spots with naphtha, and remember that this fluid is very explosive when exposed to either light or fire. Make a lather of warm soap suds, using a good, not strong, soap, and a teaspoonf ul of borax to every two quarts of water. Into thla dip the gooda up and down and wash between the hands; then wring gently and pat partly dry; hang in the shade, and when nearly dry iron on the wrong side with a moderately warm Iron. Always rinse once in luke warm water, and Iron until the materi al is perfectly dry. Never rub a fabric that is being renovated on the wash boa rd, nor wring it tightly, and in using naphtha remember Chat It rough ens the bauds, and that after using it It h well to put vaseline upon them and to wear old gloves. Wah alpaca In the same manner as cashmere, add ing a little gum arable to the rinsing water. If the black goods are of a rusty color restore them by sponging with ammonia aud alcohol. Always use a piece of the same material or one near to It to sponge with. Ladles' Home Journal. Pleasant Qamea. A pleasant variation in an evening of games Is the drawing of flowers with colored crayoun, and then having your guests guess the names of the flowers. A Hat of flowers should be made out, each one with a number. On separate slips of paper write the name of one of the flowers with Its corresponding number, until you have used each one on the list. Give each guest one of the Blips, or have a draw for them, and provide them with crayons and sheets of paper. Give fifteen minutes for the making of the flowers, then collect the drawings and pin them up about the room. Aa the names of the flowers are read from the list guesses are given, aa to which flower among the drawing represents it. Another pleasant game is called matching quotations. Well known lines are written on slips of pa per and then divided Into bits, each part having three or four words. These fragments are pinned about the room on furniture, curtains and hangings, and each person takes one and starts out to find the other parts tbat will make uhe quotation complete. Some times the quotations may consist of aa entire line, with the second Hue form ing the other half to be looked for. New York Post. Gingerbread Padding. Mix one-quarter pound of suet witn one-half pound of sifted flour; add a pinch of salt, oue and one-half gills of molasses (eiflher Porto Blco or New Or leans, preferably the former), one tea spoonful of ginger, and when thorough ly mixed one well-beaten egg and one half pint of milk, In a part of which should be dissolved one-half a , tea spoonful of soda. It may be necessary to use inore liquid. It should be pro portioned to the stiffness of molasses nnd flour. The original receipt calls for candled peel, but currants, sultanas or all three may be used.' Turn Into a buttered mold or bowl, and boll for three hours. Ladles' Home Journal. Mncnroona. Blanch and beat half a pound of sweet almonds in a mortar with a ta blespoonful of water, till quite fine, gradually adding the whites of eight eggs, whipped to a froth; then mix In half a pound of loaf sugar, finely pow dered. Spread sheets of whrce paper on your baking tin and over that the proper wafer papers; lay the paste on it, In pieces the size of a walnut, and sift fine augur over it. Bake In a mod erately hot oven. Lobater Tlmbale, 1 Take three pounds of lobster (cooked). Pick meat out of the shell and chop very fine, i Add a little thickened cream and beat all to scalding point. Then line a rice ring mold with a soft cooked rice and put the prepared lobster In. Turn all out on a dish and pour over all a white cream sauce. Bologna Sausage. Boll bologna from one hour and a half to two hours. Serve with a wall of mashed potatoes and thick brown gravy outside tbe potatoes. 1 Hints to Housekeeper. The "Instantaneous" chocolates and cocoas are greatly Improved by being brought to tbe boiling point. To remove a grease spot from waH paper hold apiece of blotlng paper orer tbe spot with a hot fiat iron for a few moments. If smell branches of lilacs, apple or cherry tres are now brought Into tba borne and put In a sonny window In a pitcher of water the buds win aoon well and blossom. Tbe pitcher should be kept fllltd, at tba water evaporates rapidly.
