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THE augmentation of parental In
fluence as the centuries go by Dr,
. Talmage here sets forth while dis
eoarsing about one of the grandmother!
f Bible time. The text is II. Timothy
L. 8, "The unfeigned faith that is in thee,
which dwelt first in. thy grandmother
JjOia."
In this pastoral letter which Paul, the
Id minister, ia writing to Timothy, the
Tonne minister, the family record is
brought out. Paul practically says:
Timothy, what a good grandmother you
kad! Yon ought to be better than most
folks, because not only was your mother
good, but your grandfather was good also.
Two preceding generations of piety ought
to five yon a mighty push in the right di
rection." The fact was that Timothy
ceded encouragement He was in poor
health, baring a weak stomach, and was
dyspeptic, and Paul prescribed for him a
tonic, "a little wine for thy stomach's
eke" not much wine, but a little wine,
and only aa a medicine. And if the wine
then had been as much adulterated with
logwood and strychnine as our modern
Wines he would not hare prescribed any.
But Timothy, not strong physically, is
encouraged spiritually by the recital of
grandmotherly excellence, Paul hinting to
kirn, as I hint thia to you, that Uod some
times gathers up as in a reeervoir, away
hack of the attire generations of to-day, a
godly influence and then, in response to
prayer, leta down the power upon children
aad grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The world ia woefully in want of a
table of statistics in regard to what is the
protractednesa and immensity of influence
f one good woman in the church and
world. We have accounts of how much
aril has been wrought by a woman who
Ured nearly a hundred years ago, and of
how many criminals her descendants fur
nished for the penitentiary and the gal
lows, and bow many hundreds of thou
sands of dollars they cost our country m
their arraignment and prison support, as
well as in the property they burglarized
and destroyed, but will not some one come
ut with brain comprehensive enough and
heart warm enough and pen keen enough
to sire us the facts in regard to some
good woman of a hundred years ago and
let us know how many Christian men and
women and reformers and useful people
hare been found among her descendants,
and how many asylums and colleges and
churches they built, and bow many mill
ions of dollars they contributed for hu
manitarian and Christian purposes?
. Good Women's Influence.
The good women whose tombstones
were planted In the eighteenth century are
snore alive for good in the nineteenth cen
tury than they were before, as the good
women of this nineteenth century will be
more alive for good in the twentieth cen
tury than now. Mark you, I have no idea
that the grandmothers were any better
than their granddaughters. You cannot
get rery old people to talk much about
how things were when they were boys and
girls. Tbey shave a reticence and a uon
eommitfaliu which make me think they
feet thenmelves to be the custodians of the
reputation of their early comrades. While
our dear old folks are rehearsing the fol
lies of the present, iX we put theiu on the
witness stand and cross examine them as
to how. things wene seventy years ago the
ilence becomes oppressive.
The celebrated Frenchman, Yolncy, vis
ited this country in 1716, and he says of
Woman's diet in those times, "If a pn
Biium was offered Imt a regimen moat !
tructive to health, none could be dev i.v .J
more efficacious for these ends than that
In use among these people." That eclipses
ur iobeter salad at midnight, .Everybody
talks about the dissipation of modern so
ciety and how womanly health goes
down under it, but it was worse 1W years
ago, for the chaplain of a, French regi
ment in our Revolutionary 'war wrote in
1782 in his "Rook of American Women,"
saying: "They are tall and well propor
tioned: their features are generally regu
lar; their complexions are generally fair
and without color. At 20 years o' age the'
women have no longer the freshness of
youth. At 30 or 40 they are decrepit." In
1812 a foreign consul wrote a book en
titled "A Sketch of the United States at
the Commencement of the Present Cen
tury," and he says of the women of those
times, "At the age of 30 all their charms
hate disappeared." ' One glance at the
portraits of the women 100 years ago, and
, their style of dress makes us wonder how
' they ever got their breath. All this makes
me think that the express rail train is no
. snore an improvement on the old canal
' boat or the telegraph no more an improve-
- Bient on the old-time saddlebags than the
women of oar day are an improvement on
tb women of the last century.
V ' A Glorious Baca,
i- Bat still, notwithstanding that those
times were so mock worse than ours, there
was a glorious race of godly women 70
nd .100 yesrs ago who held the world
back from sis and lifted it toward virtue,
ad without their exalted and sanctified
Influence before thia the last good influ-
- dace would hart perished from the earth.
Indeed all orer this land were .are seated
r not ao faaefe la churches, Tor many
them at too feeble ts cone a great
any aged grandmother. They some-
-es feel that the wend ass gone past
, and they hare aa idea that they are
f little acooant. Their head sometimes
''""rT 1 aching from the racket of the grsnd
: tlMim down atain or la the next room.
Thar steady theaioelres by the banisters
aa they go ap and dawn. When they get
a sail hr tsars ea (teat longer than it
vcpf-dn. ; They cannot bear to hart the
s-W&tOdnin vanished, eran when they
j m tV aa -ism so fsjlaaiai their Idea
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great troubles come, aUI there is a calm
ing and soothing power in the touch of aa
aged hand that ia almost supernatural.
They feel they are almost through wkh
the journey of life and read the oid book
more than they used to, hardly knowing
which most they enjoy, the Old Testament
or the New, and often stop and dwell tear
fully over the family record half way be
tween. We hail them to-day, whether in
the house of God or at the homestead.
Blessed is that household that has in it a
grandmother Ixis. Where she is angels
are hovering round and God is in the
room. May her last days be like those
lovely autumnal days that we call Indian
summer.
Is it not time that you and I do two
things swing open a picture gallery of
the wrinkled faces and stooped shoulders
of the past and call down from their heav
enly thrones the godly grandmothers, to
give them our thanks, and then to per
suade the mothers of to-day that they are
living for all time, and that against the
sides of every cradle in which a child is
rocked beat the two eternities?
For Good or Evil.
Here we have an untried, undiscussed
and unexplored subject. You often hear
about your influence upon your own chil
dren. I am not talking about that What
about your influence upon the twentieth
century, upon the thirtieth century, upon
the fortieth century, upon the year 2.0U0,
upon the year 4,000, if the world lama so
long. The world stood 4,000 yesrs before
Christ came. It is not unreasonable to
suppose that it may stand 4,000 years af
ter his arrival. Four thousand years the
world swung off in sin, 4,000 years It may
be swinging back into righteousness. By
the ordinary rate of multiplication of the
world's population in a century your de
scendants will be over 300, and by two
centuries over 60,000, and upon every one
of tbem you, the mother of to-day, will
have an influence for good or evil. And if
in four centuries your descendants shall
have with their names filled a scroll of
hundreds of thousands will some angel
from heaven, to whom is given the capac
ity to calculate the number of the stars
of heaven and the sands of the seashore,
step down and tell us how many descend
ants you will have in the four thousandth
year of the world's possible continuance?
Io not let the grandmothers any longer
think that they are retired and sit clear
back out of. sight from the world, feeling
that they have no relation to it. The
mothers of the last century are to-day in
the person of their descendants, in the aen
ates, the parliaments, the palaces, the pul
pits, the banking houses, the professions!
chairs, the prisons, the almshouses, the
company of midnight brigands, the cellars,
the ditches of this century. You have
been thinking about tbe importance of
having the right influence upon one nur
sery. You have been thinking of the im
portance of getting those two little feet on
the right path. You have been thinking
of your child's destiny for the next eighty
years if M should passonto be an octogena
rian. That is well, but my subject sweeps
a thousand years, a million yesrs, a quad
rillion of yeara. I cannot stop at one
cradle. I am looking at the cradles that
reacb all around the world and itow all
time. I am not talking of Mother Eunice.
I am talking of Grandmother Io's. The
only way you can tell the force of a cur
rent is by sailing np stream or the force
of an ocean wave by running the ship
against it. Running along with it, we can
not appreciate the force. In estimating
maternal influence e generally run along
with it down the stream of time, and so
we don't understand the full force. Let
us come up to it from the eternity side,
after it has been working on for centuries,
and see all the good it has done and all the
evil it has accomplished multiplied in mag
nificent or appalling compound interest.
Like a Mighty Kiver.
The difference between that mother's
influence on her children now and the in
fluence when it has been multiplied in
hundreds of thousands of lives is the dif
ference between the Mississippi river
away up at the top of the continent start
ing from the little Lake Itasca, seven
miles long and one wide, and its mouth at
gulf of Mexico, where navies might
; ,de. Between the birth of that river and
its tmnaj in we sea tue .Missouri pours in,
and the Ohio pours in, and the Arkansas
pours in. and the lied and White and the
Yazoo rivers pour in, and all the Htates
and territories between the Alleghany and
Kocky mountains make contribution.
Now, in order to test the power of a moth
er's influence, we need to Come in off the
ocean of eternity aid sail up toward the
one cradle, and we will find 10.OOO tribu
taries of influence pouring in ami pouring
down. But it is, after all, one great river
of Kwer rolling on snd rolling forever.
Who can fathom it? Who can bridge it?
Who can slop it? Had not mothers better
be intensifying their prayers? Had they
not better 1 elevating their example?
Had they not better be rousing themselves
with the consideration that by their faith
fulness or neglect they are Btartiug an in
fluence which will be stupendous after the
last mountain of earth is lint, and the last
sea has dried up, and the lust Hake of tbe
ashes of a consumed world shall have been
blown away, and all the telescopes of oth
er worlds directed to the track around
which our world once swung shall dis
cover not so much as a cinder of the burn
ed down and swept off planet? In Ceylon
there is a granite column thirty-six square
feet in size which is thought by the na
tives to decide the world's continuance.
An angel with robes spun from zephyrs is
once a century to descend and sweep (he
hem of that robe across the granite, and
when by that attrition tbe column ia worn
away they say time will end. But by that
process that granite column would be
worn out of existence before mother's in
fluence will begin to give way.
Mother' JnOaeuce.
If a mother tell a child if he is not good
some bugaboo will come and catch him,
the fear excited may make the child a
coward, and tbe fact, that be finds that
there is no bugaboo may make him a liar,
and the echo of that false alarm may be
heard after fifteen generations bare been
born and have expired. If a mother prom
ises a child a reward for good behavior
and after tbe good beharior forgets to give
the reward, the cheat may crop oat In
some faithlessness half a thousand yeara
fa rtner on. If a mother cultivate a child's
vanity and eulogise hia carls and extol tb
night Mark or sky bin or not brown of
tb child's eyes and call aut la hia prea-
tha ad ssi ration at spectataea, ptiaa
ad atragaaee avay bp
hslf a dozen family records bate been ob
literated. It a mother express doubt
about some statement of the Holy Bills
in a rhild's preaenee, long after tbe gates
of this historical era have closed and lit
gates of snorber era have opened tbe re
sult may be seeu in a champion blasphem
er. But, on tbe other band. If a mother
walking with a child see a suffering one
by the wayside and says, "My child, give
that 10-cent piece to that lame boy," the
result may be seen on the other side of
the following century in some George Mul
ler building a whole village of orphanages.
If a mother sit almost every evening by
the trundle bed of a child and teach it les
sons of a Saviour's love sod a Saviour's
example, of the importance of truth and
the horror of a lie and the virtues of in
dustry and kindness snd sympathy and
self-sacrifice, long after the mother bat
gone and the child baa gone and the let
tering on both the tonibxtones shall have
been washed oat by the storms of in
numerable winters there may be standing
aa a result of those trundle bed lessons
flaming evangels, world moving reform
ers, seraphic Summerfields, weeping Pay
sons, thundering Whiteheads, emancipat
ing Wasbingtons,
God Never Forgets.
Good or bad influence may skip one gen
eration or two generations, but it will he
sure to land in the third or fourth gen
eration, just as the Ten Commandments,
speaking of the visitation of God on fami
lies, says nothing about the second gen
eration, but entirely skips the second and
speaks of the third and fourth generation
"visiting tbe iniquities of the fathers
upon the third and fourth generations of
them that hate me." Parental influence,
right and wrong, may jump over a gen
eration, but it will come down further on
as sure as you sit there aud I stand here.
Timothy's ministry was projected by his
grandmother, Ixiis. There are men and
women here, the sons snd daughters of
the Christian church, who are such as a
result of the conwration of great-great-grandmothers.
Why, who do you think
the Lord is? You talk as though bis mem
ory was weak. He can as easily re mem
ber a prayer offered five centuries ag as
a prayer offered five minutes ago. This
explains what we often see some man or
woman distinguished for benevolence
whn the father and mother were ditiu
gusskd for penuriousness, or you see
sum poung man or woman with a bad
father and a bard mother come out glori
ously for Christ and make the church sob
and shout and sing under their exhorta
tions. We stand in corners of the vestry
and wbier over tbe matter and say,
"How is this, such great piety in wins
and daughters of snch parental worldli
nesa and sin?" I will explain it to you if
you will fetch me the old fsuiily Bible
containing the full record. Let some sep
tuagenarian look with me clear upon the
page of births and marriages and tell me
who tli at woman was with the old faabiou
ed name of Jemima or Betsy or Mehitahel.
Ah, there she is. the old grandmother, or
great-grandmother, who had enough re
ligion to saturate a century.
Transmitted I'ower.
There she is, the dear old soul, Grand
mother Lois. In beautiful Greenwd
cemetery there ia the resting place of
George W. Bethune, once a minister of
Brooklyn Heights, his name never spoken
among intelligent Americsus without sug
gesting two thiugs eloquence and evan
gelism. In tbe same tomb sleeps his
grandmother, Isabella Graham, who was
the chief inspiration of hia ministry. You
are not surprised at the poetry and pathos
and pulpit power of the grandson when
you read of the faith and devotion of his
wonderful ancestress.
trod fill the earth and fhe heavens with
such grandmothers! We must some day
go up and thank these dear old souis.
Surely God will let us go tip and tell them
of the retails of their influence. Among
our first questions in heaven will he,
"Where is grandmother?" They will point
her out, for we would hardly know her,
even if we had seen her on earth, ao beut
over wilh years once aud there so straight,
so dim of eye through the blinding of
earthly tears and now ber eye as clear as
heaven, so full of aches and pains once
and now so agile with celestial health, the
wrinklea blooming into carnation rows
and her step iike the roe on the moun
tains. Yes. I mtiRt see her, my grand
mother on my fathers side, Mary Mc
Coy, descendant of tbe Scotch. When I
first spoke to an audience in Glasgow,
Scotland, and felt Somewhat diffident, be
ing a stranger, I began by telling them
my grandmother was a Scotchwoman, and
then there went up a stout of welcome
which made me feel as easy as I do here.
I must see her.
Make it as easy for the old folk as you
can. When they are sick, get for them the
best doctors. Give them your arm when
the streets are slippery. Ktay with them
all the time you can. Go home and see
the folks. Find the place for them in the
hymnbook. Never lie ashamed if they
prefer styles of apparel which are a little
antiquated. Never say anything that im
plies that they are in the way. Make the
road for the last mile as smooth as you
can. Ob, my, bow you will miss her
when she is gone! How much would I
give to see my mother! I have so many
things I would like to tell ber, things that
have happened in the thirty years siwe
she went away. Morning, noon and night
let us thank God for the good influences
that have come down from good mothers
all tbe way back.
Copyright, MBS.
The Master. W'ben Christ came, the
world did not need any more would-be
or so-called maKtcrs; It needed the mas
terone all commanding, all-authoritative
voice; one who could any, "I aru
tbe light; I am the truth;' one of whom
tbe father could say, "Hear ye blm."
Jesus Christ gains tbe mastery of the
human heart ncd of the world by nn
attractive jMiwer; be wins hia way.
The common people Heard htm gladly.
The multitude followed blm. They
were astonished at hit doctrines. He
mastered all hearts by bis very dnctu
od. He had faith enough Id man to die
for blm. Hev. Frank Bristol. Metho
dlat, Washington, district of Columbia.
Of every 1,000 Inhabitants of the
globe live Id Asia, 242 In Europe,
111 In Africa. K2 In America. Ore In
Oceanka and tbe Polar regions, and
only two In Australia. Asia contains
more than one-half of the total popula
tion of tbe earth, and Rnrop nearly
one-foortb. - '
Tars things too much, and throa too
Uttto are pernlcloaa to man; to apeak
ocb, and know little; to spend auch.
aad bare little; to ptaauBM snoch, aid
b worth llttbL-CorrMtssv '
FORTUNES LOST BY GAMBLERS
Millions tb Chanto Hasida ln
Tarsi of a Card.
Benson, the jubilee plunger, thought
It worth while to write or hare written
for him a book telling bow, In 1(407, he
apent and gambled away a fortune of
250,000. Yet Benaon'i was by no
means a record; indeed. If a Hat of the
biggest lossua in a single year by gam
blent were compiled It would be found
that Benson would not be Id tbe first
hundred.
The ftUDOti Lady Oawlemaine waa
one of the moat notorious gam Were of
her day. Pepya, In bis amusing diary,
tells us that in a single Dlght her bless
es amounted to orer 25,000. and that,
too, In a time, be It remembered, when
money had two or three tifnos iu pres
ent purchajilng power.
NVU Gwj-nne, acrtress and court fa
vorite, beggared herself times over
and over again at the gaming table.
Her couteiniKwarr, tbe Duchess of
Majarin, nlex-e of tbe famous cardinal
of that name, raised In many ways
larpe sunss of money, always to base
them In the card room.
Oharb Jamett Fox, aa well aa being
a g7cai ttUUctravnn, whs a notorious
gambler, aud managed to get through
e vera I fortunes. His own estate and
fortune passed out of bin hands very
parly, and theD Lird Holland paid for
him 140,000 to rid him of bis debt.
Fortunes that rame to him afterward
by marriage were simimrly gambled
away In tbe gambling clubs of St.
James ond Iail Mull. Fox always
took his bcutlng like a mn; he waa
the elet gnmbb-r of a gambling age,
and watched the turn-up of ft card on
which thousands depended with an ap
parent mole Indifference.
The clubs at the end of tbe Inst cen
tury were Inst beds of gambling. Lord
Stavoninle hurt 1 l.OOd at one sitting at
Almai'k'H one night, and was rising to
go when the winner offered to throw
blm the dice fr double or quits; Iord
Kuivonlale did so and won.
At tbe Cxxtni Tree, a famous club In
It day, tb ere was in 17W one famous
evening, of which the records are still
preserved, when a sum of 180,000 de
pended on a (tingle hazard.
As an instance of Che enormous
sums Vut even early In this century, It
may be stated that the club known as
Crock ford's wax started In 1S27 by a
fishmonger of that name; by keeping a
huzard bank he retired in 1840, twice
over a nilllionairv.
To come to more recent times, the
Int.? Ird Wflterford lost on thp turf,
and by his e centric wajpers Immense
sums, tbe preelse amount of which it
would le ItujM3stlblc to set down. The
Marquis of Hastings plunged till he be.
came at once the terror end tbe joy of
tbe racing fraternity. His losses on
"Hermit's Ix-rby" were considerably
over 10n,0ii(.
When Ablngton IVaird died It was
computed that his Idhkcs on tlie turf
alone amounted to close on half a miil-lon.-Tit-Bits.
A Letter Written In lotto.
The following copy of a letter writ
ten In 1 r'jr by a young lady when re
siding with a lady of rank as attend
ant in ber waiting room, an olilee carry
ing no menial service with It, and much
sought after by the daughter of gen
tlefolk, is published In The Gentle
woman: "To my pood Mother, Mrs. Parke, at
Kroumfk'ld.
"lear Mother, My humble dutye re
membered unto my father nnd you, &c.
I received on Wednesday lust a letter
from my Fattier and you, whereby I
understand It Is your pleasure that I
should eertifie you wboA times I do take
for my lute and the rest of my exer
cises. I doe for the most part playe of
my lute after supper, for then common
lie my Lady henreth me. and In the
monilnges after I am reddle I playe an
bower and my wrrtlngc and siferinge
after I hnve dune my lute. For my
drawlnge I take au hower In the after
nowne and my French at night before
supper. My Lady bathe not been well
these toe days; she telleth me when
she Is well that she will see If HIIHard
will come and teache rue; if she can
by any means she will. I hope I shall
perfortne my dutye to my Lady with
all care and regard to please her anil to
behave myselfe to everye one fdse as It
ahull Iwcoine me. Mr. Hiirrlwme was
with me npone Frldaye, he heard me
play and brought me a dusson of
trebles. I bad some of him when I
came to London. Thus fleslrlnge pnr-
done for my rude wrttfnge, I leave you
to the Almlglitle, deslringe Him 1o In
crease In you nil health and happlne.
"Your obedient daughter,
"RKBFCCA PARKE."
More I'rec liius than Gold.
Although gold Is generally considered
the most precious of nil metals, there
are no fewer than sixteen others which
for exceed It In value. An ounce of va
nadium commands a price of ir5, and
could only le purchased by 37 ounce
of pure gold. Zirconium is valued at
100 an ounce, lithium at 08 and cal
cium at 2. Icscendlng the scale of
metals, we And that Iridium, which oc
cupies tbe last place on the list, is
worth 3.0 times as much as gold; palla
dium 4 times! aa much, and barium,
which Is fourteenth on the list, nearly
all times no much.
Made a Hit.
"Gray green la selling bla pictures like
moke."
"Tea; be baa quit painting to please
tbe artists and la painting to ploaae the
public."
Dnsndarabla.
made you resign.
"What
Miss
lamps 7"
"My employer was so silly; he waa Id
tor with a typewriter girl la another
offce." -
I When a man la a bora ha It tlwart
Ot but to diaoorar It ;
Caltirstiaa In an Orchard.
Tonng fruit trees greatly need to
hare the soil about tbem cultlrated.
In working about trees, however, tba
whiffletree Is almost sure to bruise the
bark, sometimes quite spoiling the tree,
nnlesa tbe greatest care Is exercised.
The cut shows a neat little device for
avoiding this difficulty. A bit of old
trace la tied to the wbiffletree and car-
rler about Its end, as scown. It Is then
tied to the trace, when It will prevent
the wbiffletree Iron or wood from bruis
ing the bark of any tree It haptens to
strike. Tbe Importance of preventing
Injury to young trees is recognized by
but few. If badly hurt, the tree never
fully recovers.
Harnesses to Fit Horses.
Whenever a horse Is sold the harness
fn which it has been used to working
ought always to go with tbe bargain.
No two harnesses were ever made to
lit alike, and especially where the pres
sure comes on the shoulder or neck In
drawing. The skin under the old har
ness has been gradually toughened by
pressure on one spot. But with the new
harness the pressure Is shifted, It may
be only an Inch or two, but it cornea
where tbe skin la tender and will quick
ly break when exposed to the collar.
If tbe whole harness cannot go, be at
least sure to secure the collar with any
new horse purchased, so that the ani
mal can work without being tortured.
The collar once used for one horse
never ought to be used for another.
House for Winter.
The cut shows a method of securing
great warmth in a house that can be
used either for poultry or for tbe stor
age of fruit In winter. An excavation
THK EXCAVATION.
is made In a aide-bill, as shown in the
first picture. A 6tone foundation wall
Is then lnld and the bouse shown In the
second illustration erected. Not a great
amount of excavating Is required, us
tbe earth that Is thrown out helps build
up the bank that is to protect the house
on all sides. A drain laid below tbe
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HOfSK COMPI.BTB.
foundation, and brought around to the
south entrance, will take care of tbe
water that comes down from tbe higher
ground.
I.ate riirs.
Pigs farrowed during September will
get a good start before winter. Late
pigs are liable to be checked by severe
cold. The moat profitable plga, how
ever, are those farrowed In the spring
and alaughtered late In tbe fall, as
they need not be kept over winter.
Farmers do not now give much atten
tion to raising pigs farrowed In tbe fall
nnlesa they are patrons of a creamery
and bare an abundance of material for
feeding, which only the pigs will con
sume. Gypsy Moth.
' The gyiy moth baa made Its ap
pearance In South Dakota. How It got
away from Massachusetts to the far
West, instead of spreading over New
England and tbe Middle States, Is un
known, but If tbe work of extermina
tion la not performed faithfully tbe
Eaat wHl be Invaded from a Western
direction. Tbe foreaU of the Went
will be destroyed aad tbe damage to
the entire country will amount to mU
llooa. . - - - - ... ,,,, ,
The Handy Wheelbarrow.
. Tbe wheelbarrow li rery useful
bout the stable aad garden, for
wheeling out manure from the stables
the canal barrow, with flaring side
boards, la beet, as the manure can be
caipsil from eiaaaff sida. far the gar
vr.
u. u. the barrow with moraabUr lo-
Is.ard Is the most convenient la buy
ing a barrow, seUtt one with a larga
wheel and with a high front board. aV
wide tire Is also to b preferred; a
wl.e-t!red barrow can be wheeled orer
soft ground; a narrow one warn Id cut
so deeply as to be almost luiposelble to
move. A rannl barrow can be bad for
J2..". and a good garden barrow will
cost from 3.rst to $4. -A strong, well
made barrow, that Is carefully built
and nicely painted, will answer every
purpose, and if cnrefully boused when
not In use will last for many years. It
will pay to buy a good one at tbe start.
Tbe American.
Orchard and Garden.
Look out for tbe black knot on tb
plum trees.
Cherry culture Is tbe simples of all
fruit culture.
Wood ashes Is a ralusble fertiliser for
the raspberry.
Worm fruit In tbe orchard Is the beet
disposed of by sheep.
Cutting of roses may be made as tbe
wood acquires firmness.
Cut out every cane affected with rust
among tbe blackberries.
Cutting out Is about the only sure
remedy for the peach borer.
Old bones burled near trees or grape
vines will have a good effect.
Luck In planting is the result of good
common sense aud Judgment
In budding, the scions should always
be of the current season's growth.
Cut off and burn all branches found
affected with the tent caterpillar.
Clear the raspberries and blackberries
out well, treating all useless sprouts as
weeds.
liuds should always be taken from
bearing trees If possible, so as to lie true
to name.
Every farm should have one orchard
for home purposes, proportioned to tbe
needs of the family.
A mound of enrih built up hard and
sharp around tbe stem of young treea
will help to protect them from mice.
The orchard may be made to serve
two purjioses, one the production of
fruit and tbe other as a range for poul
try. A Gate that Will .Not Has:.
Most farm gates begin to sag at the
outer end after a little use, thus caus
ing oftentimes much Inconvenience. If
the upright at the hinges can be kept
rigidly in place there Is no reason why
PROCEHI.T COXSTBt'CTKn OATK.
a gate should sag If it Is properly con
structed. A propcrcotiHtruciIott Is shown
In the accompuiiying Illustration, two
braces being used, both of which bold
the outer end of tbe gale rigidly In
place. Fansgntes are often made of
materia! too light to lo strongly pinned
at the ends of the bars. This is a mfs
t:ikc, as secure pinning is necessary In
order to give the braces a chance to do
their work.
AMERICA'S FUTURE.
An I Dlita Coper see in I s the Done
InHtinic Power of the U'orl,
The London Spectator takes this view
of the future Of the United Kiates:
The future of the world will depend
greatly upon the political character of
America as. When In lOIX) they are
Uisi.fsKl.isK), and hnve absorbed, as they
will absorb, the swarms of immigrants
whose presence now imike continentals
doubt except just after a great sea
fight whether American are English
men, their purposes, their Ideas, their
will will le to all mankind matter of
the gravest moment. Tiny will be able
If much stirred to cruslj any single
people, except perhaps the Slavs. To
(It the Americans for that destiny the
first necessity Is that they should, be
fore they are Irresistible, have dllllcnl
ties, dependencies, complicated and
urgent relations with the remainder of
mankind. At present everything Is too
easy to them, and they live too much
to themselves, "comparing themselves
with themselves," as the Scripture has
it, till they have no Idea of equals, nnd
see their own powers as well na rights
through one medium and their rivals'
through another.-- TUey thought, not
out of boastfuiness, but pure Inexs rl
euce, that they could crush Htiuln nud
lilierate Cuba In a fortnight. Tbe
Spanish war will teach them much, but
to be fit for their great work Ameri
cans must learn bow to govern as well
ns how to lie governed, must add to
their splendid patriotism the English
gift of cold and lofty tolerance; must
learn bow to keep subordinate govern
ments as clean of corruption as their
Ktipreme Court Is; must, above all,
learn the lesson none have yet learned
except the English, how to keep dark
races subject while they are being edu
cated without Incessant menaces of
force. Tbey have to create a great
fleet, yet eonnne Its action to police
work; they have to enlist a great army,
yet preserve tbelr own liberties fully;
they bare to maintain a clrll service
which can administer successfully, yet
remain all tbe time submissive, cordi
ally submissive, to the will of the oil
ers who pay for alL 'Tbey bare, la
fact, to exchange tbelr role of prosper
ity for a role of greatness among man
kind. It to asserted that about 80,000 peopbt
la Berlin bear bettor with tbelr left ear
than With tbelr rbxbt "The cesaataa. naa
of nbe telephone hj given as the
or thai peeallar
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