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HEAVEN IS LOOKING.
t>R TALMAGE PREACHES HIS
FIRST WASHINGTON SERMON.
Ilk* ramnoa Taaaaga from Ha
M Haring W« Ar# Atao Corn
About with ■# llraat a Claud
mt Wlta.a.aa "
N this, my opening
sermon In the na
tional capital I glvo
Christian saluta
tion. I bethink my
self of the privilege
of standing In this
historic church, so
long presided over
by one of the most
remarkable men of
(be century. There are plenty of good
sainislers beside Or. Sunderland, but
1 do not know of any man except him
self with enough brain to have stood
successfully and triumphantly forty
(bree years In this conspicuous pulpit.
JiOng distant be the year when that
Gospel chieftain shall put down the sli
ver trumpet with which ho has mar
shaled the hosts of Israel, or abeatho
(be cword with whtrh ho has struck
such mighty blows for God and right
eousness. I come to you with the same
Gospel that he has preached and to join
you In all kinds of work for making the
world belter, and I hope to seo you all
In your own homes and have you all
come and see me, but don’t all come at
once, and without uny preliminary dis
courses as to what I propose to do. I
begin here anti now to cheer you with
(be thought that all heaven Is sym
pathetically looking on. “Seeing we
aiso are compassed auoui wun so great
• cloud of witnesses."
Crossing the Alps by the Mont Cents
pass, or through the Mont Cents tun
nel, you are In a few hours sot down at
Verona, Italy, and In a few minutes be
gin examining one of the grandest ruins
of the old world—the Amphitheater.
The whole building sweeps around you
ia a circle. You atand In the arena
where the combat waa once fought or
tbs race run, and on all aides the seats
rise, tier above tier, until you count 40
elevations, or galleries, as I shall see fit
Co call them, in which sat the senators,
Che kings, and the twenty-flve thou
sand excited spectators. At the sides of
Che arena, and under the galleries, are
Che cages In which the Hons and tigers
are kept without food, until, frenzied
with hunger and thlrxt, they are let
out upon some poor victim, who, with
bis sword and alone, is condemned to
meet them. 1 think that Paul himself
once stood In such a place, and that it
was not only figuratively, but literally.
Chat he had "fought with beasts at
Ephesus."
* The gala day baa come. From all the
world the people are pouring Into Vero
na. Men, women and children, orators
and senators, great men and small,
Chouaands upon thousands come, until
Che first gallery Is full, and the second,
Che third, the fourth, the fifth—all the
way up to the twentieth, all the way up
Co the thirtieth, all the way up to the
fortieth. E««ry place is filled, lmmensl
Cy of audience sweeping the great cir
cle. Bllencc! The time for the contest
bas come. A Roman official leads forth
Che victim into the arena. Let him get
bis sword, with firm grip. Into his right
band. The twenty-flve thousand sit
breathlessly watching. I hear the door
■t the side of the arena creak open. Out
plunges the half-starved lion, his ;
tongue athirst for blood. aDd, wltn a !
roar that brings all the galleries to 1
their feet, be rushes against the sword 1
of the combatant. Do you know how ;
strong a stroke a man will strike when
tola life depends upon the first thrust
of his blade? The wild beast, lame and
bleeding, slinks hack toward the side of
the arena; then, rallying his wasting
strength, he comes up with fiercer eye
ard more terrible roar thuu ever, only
to be driven back with a fatal wound,
■while the combatant comes in with 1
stroke after stroke, until the monster
Is deid at his feet, and the twenty-five
thousand people clap their hands and
utter a shout that makes tbe city trem
ble.
To an amphitheatrlcal audience Paul
refers when he says: "We are com
passed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses."
The fact Is, that every Christian man
baa a lion to light. Yours Is a bad tem
per. The gates of the arena have been
opened, and this tiger hat come out to
destroy your soul. It has lacerated you
with many a wound. You have been
thrown by It time and again, but !u the
strength of liod you have arisen to
drive It back. I verily believe you will
conquer. 1 Ibtnk that the temptation Is
gelling weaker end weaker You have
given It so many wounds that the prua
poet Is that It will die. and you shall
Its victor, through ''brief. Courage,
brother! Do sot let the sands of the
arena drink tke blood of your soul!
Your lion Is tbe paeatun for strong
drink V oo may have contended
■gainst It twenty years; hut It Is stroug
»r body and thirsty of tongue You have
tried to light It bach with brakes but*
tie or empty wine flask Nay* that la
got the weapon With one humble roar
he o|,| eels# thee by the throat and
read thee limb from limb Take this
weapon, eherp and keen reach up and
gat It from tied a armory tke daord
ml the hptrlt With that thuu ma>e*t
drive him bach and .onquer!
Hut Why Specify, a hen every man
■ad woman has a Uua I > hgnt If there
ha the here ana he* mu ma
1st him speak tot. for him have I of
tMide ‘ If you hsve not (ought the lion
It ta b* vase rot. hate let the Hot eat
paw up. I hi* very m*""nei the canieal
gaaa aa. f he Trajan •icbratiua where
Sea thoug*»d giadiaiura fought, and
eleven tlea, 1 eild beasts were alala,
maa gat aa forrifl a struggle aa that
•huh at tfcia moment goes ea in many
a aoul. Tuat combat waa for tho Ufa
of the body; thla la for the Ufa of the
aoul. That waa with wild beasts from
ths jungle; this la with the roaring lion
of hell.
Men think, when they contend
agalnat an evil habit, that they have to
fight It all alone. No! They aland In the
center of an Immense circle of sym
pathy. Paul had been reciting the
names of Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham.
Sarah, Isaac, Joseph, Oldeon and Bar
ak, and then says; "Being compassed
about with so great a cloud of wit
nesses."
Before I get through I will show you
that you fight In an area, around which
circle. In gallerlea above each other, all
the kindling eyes and all tho sympa
thetic hearts of the ages; and at every
victory gained there cornea down the
thundering applause of a great multi
tude that no man can number. "Being
compassed about with so great a cloud
of witnesses.”
On the first elevation of the ancient
amphitheater, on Hie day of a celebra
tion, sat Tiberius, or Augustus, or the
reigning king. So, In the greut arena of
spectators that watch our struggle'* and
In the first divine gallery, as 1 shall call
It, sits our King, one Jesus. On his
head are many crowns! The Roman
emperor got his place by cold-blooded
conquests, but our King hath come to
his place by the broken hearts healed
and the tears wiped away and the souls
redeemed. The Roman emperor sat,
with folded arms. Indifferent an to
whether the ewordsman or the lion
beat; but our King's sympathies are all
with us. Nay, unheard-of condescen
sions! I sec him come down from the
gallery Into the arena to help us In the
fight, shouting, until all up and down
his voice Is heard: "Fear not! I will
help thee! I will strengthen thee by the
right hand of my power!"
They gave to the men In the arena,
In the olden time, food to thicken their
blood, so that It would flow alowly, and
that for a longer time the peoplo might
gloat over the acene. But our King has
no pleasure In our wounds, for we are
bone of hi* bono, flesh of bis flesh,
blood of bis blood.
In all tbe anguish of our heart.
The Man of Sorrows bore a part.
Once, In the ancient amphitheater, a
Hon with one paw caught the combat
ant’s aword, and with his other paw
caught his shield. The man took his
knife from bis girdle and slew the
beast. The king, sitting in the gallery,
said: “That was not fair; the Hon must
be slain by a sword." Other lions were
turned out, and the poor victim fell.
You cry, "Shame! shame!” at such
meanness. But the King In this case Is
our brother and he will see that we
have fair play. He will forbid tbe rush
ing out of more lions than we can meet;
lie will not suffer us to be tempted
above that we are able. Thank God!
The King is In the gallery! His eyes arc
on us. His heart Is with us. Hla hand
will deliver us. “Blessed are all they
who put trust In him!”
1 look again, and I see the angelic
gallery. There they are; the angel that
swung the sword at the gate of Eden,
the same that Ezekiel saw upholding
the throne of God. and from which I
look away, for tbe splendor is insuffer
able. Here are the guardian angels.
That one watched a patriarch; this one
protected a child. That one has been
pulling a soul out of temptation! All
these are messengers of light! Those
drove the Spanish Armada on the rocks.
This turned Sennacherib's living hosts
Into a heap of one hundred and elghty
flve thousand corpses. Those yonder,
chanted the Christmas carol over Beth
lehem, until the chant awoke the shep
nereis, IUcd*', Ul mauuu, fnuuu 114 inv
balcony ot heaven, and serenaded the
new born world wrapped In twaddling
clothes of light. And there, holler and
mightier than all. is Michael, the arch
angel. To command an earthly host
gives dignity; but this one Is leader of
the twenty thousand chariots of clod,
and of the ten thousand times ten
thousand angels. 1 think Hod gives
command to the archangel and the
archangel to the seraphim, and the ser
aphim to the cherubim, until all the
lower orders of heaven hear the com
mand and go forth on the high behest.
Now, bring on your lions’ Who can
fear? All the spectators In the angelic
gallery are our friends. "He shall give
his angels charge oter thee, to keep
thee in all thy ways. They shall bear
thee up in their hands, lest thou dash
thy foot against a stone. Thou ahalt
tread upon the lion and adder; the
young lion and the dragon shall tbou
trample under foot."
Though the areua be crowded with
temptations, we sha I. with the augello
help, strike them dnwu In the name of
oar llotl and leap on their fallen car
casses’ Oh, bending throug of bright,
angelic fares, and swift wings, and
lightning foot! I hall yon. today, from
the dust and struggle of the arena.
I look again, and I see the gallery of
the prophets and apostles. Who are
those mighty ones up yonder? llosea,
and Jeremiah, and Daniel, and laniah,
and I’aol. and peter, and John,
and James. Theta sits Noah,
waiting for all the world to come
Into tbs ark. and M«*e*, walling till
the last H*d H*a .halt divide, and
Jeremiah, waiting for ths Jews to ra
1 turn; and John, of the Apor'aly p*».
wolfing tor the swearing of the nngel
I that Time shall he no longer. Hlorioua
spirits! Ye were howled at; >• were
stoned, ye were spit upon! They have
I berk Id the nghi themselves, aud they
art nil with ns. Dantet knows ait about
\ Hon* Paul fought with bruiata at
; Kuhe.tr*.
In tho one tent amphitheatre, the
i people got so netted that they would
I about from the pallatise to the men In
I me erenw "At It again!” ••forward***
j "One more atiok..look nut!** "fall
hath!" ’ Itussa' bused!" Me In that
gallery, prepnette and npeelolte, they
cannot heap thali peace Davit I tries
out. "Thy tied mil deliver thee frem
the meotn ef the Huns'" David *»•
claims: "He will not aulfer thy foot
to be moved!" Iealah rail* out: "Fear
not! I am with thee! Be not dismayed!"
Paul exclaim*: “Victory through our
Lord Jeaua Christ!" That throng of
prophet* and apostles cannot keep
still. They make the welkin ring with
shouting and hallelujahs.
I look again, and I see the gallery of
the martyra. Who Is that? Hugh I-at
Imor, aura enough! He would not apol
ogise for the truth preached; and ao he
died, the night before swinging from
the bed-post In perfect glee at the
thought of emancipation. Who aro
that army of alx thousand alx hundred
and sixty? They are the Theban
I<eglon rhn died for the faith. Here
la a larger boat In msgnlflccnt array
eight hundred and eighty-four thou
sand—who perished for Christ In tho
persecutions of Diocletian. Yonder la a
family group, Fellcltas, of Home, and
her cblMren. While they were dying
for the faith she stood encouraging
them. One son was whipped to death
by thorna; another was flung from ■
rock; another was beheaded. At last
the mother became a martyr. Thera
they are, together a family group in
heaven! Yonder Is John Bradford,
who said, In the Are, "We shall have •
merry supper with the hord to-night!"
Yonder Is Henry Voes, who exclaimed,
as be died, "If 1 had ten heads, they
should all rail ofT for Christ!" The
great throng of the martyrs! They
had hot lead poured down their
throats; horses were fastened to their
hands, and other horses to their feet,
and thus they were pulled apart; they
had their tongues pulled out by red
hot pincers; they were sewn up In th*
skins of animals, and thou thrown to
tho dogs; they were daubed with com
bustibles and set on Are! If all the mar
tyrs' stakes that have been kindled
could be set at proper distances, they
would make tho midnight, all the world
over, brigut a* noonday: Ana now iney
sit yonder in tho martyrs’ gallery, Kor
them the Arcs of persecution have gone
out. The swords are sheathed and the
mob hushed. Now they watch us with
an all-observing sympathy. They know
all the pain, all the hardship, all the
anguish, all the Injustice, all the prl
■ vatlon. They cannot keep still. They
cry: "Courage! The Are will not con
sume. The Aoods cannot drown. The
lions cannot devour! Courage! down
there in the arena."
What, are they all looking? This
night we answer back tho salutlon they
give, and cry, "Hall! sons and daugh
ters of the Arc!"
I look again, and I see another gal
lery, that of eminent Christians. What
strikes me strangely Is the mixing In
companionship of those who on earth
could not agree. There I see Martin
Luther, and beside him a lloruun Cath
olic who looked beyond the supersti
tions of his church and is saved. There
Is Albert Dames, and around him the
Presbytery who tried him for hetero
doxy! Yonder is Lyman Beecher, and
the church court that denounced him!
Stranger than all there is John Calvin
and James Armlnlus! Who would have
thought that they would sit so lovingly
together. There Is Oeorge V blteAeld,
and tho Bishops who would not let him
come Into their pulpits because they
thought him a fanatic. There are the
sweet singers, Toplady, Montgomery,
Charles Wesley, Isaac Watts, and Mrs.
Sigourney. If heaven had had no music
before they went up, they would have
started the singing. And there, tho
band of missionaries: David Abeol,
* .iirir.rr nf rhlnn rprlAArnAtl* nnrl .fnhn
Scudder, of India saved; and David
lirainerd, of the aborigines evangel
ized; and Mrs. Adonlram Judson, whose
prayers for Burmah took heaven by
violence! All these Christians are look
ing into the arena. Our struggle la
nothing to theirs. Do we, In Christ's
cause, suffer from the cold^ They
walked Greenland’s Icy mountains. Do
we suffer irora the heat? They swel
tered In the tropica. Do we get fa
tigued? They fainted, with none to
care for them but cannibals. Are we
persecuted? They were anathema
tized.
ODD ENDS.
There is said to be a total of 482 sys
tems of shorthand in practical use.
Orange growers of Southern Cali
fornia have realized $1,850,000 for their
crop
The Income of the Goudon Dally Tel
egraph Is said to be about $U50,000 per
year.
Thirty per rsut of the Iron made In
Tennessee Is sold outside the Southern
States.
There are now 219.273 Indians In thla
! country, or were at Hie taking of the
laat rensua.
Illinois stands third among the states
in the number of Its mil' ll klne, with
1.087,888 animals.
fomonu County California, will pro
cure 750 ions of apricots this year,
against 2.*oo tons laat year,
A snake alleged to be fourteen feet
; long, aleals rhlckvu*. duck* and gee«e
at Cold Spring Harbor, l». I.
Th# largest map of the world la In
gfleen feet w Me and 128 fret long
It.i barest has the reputation of being
I he place of residence of the greatest
number of awindlrre In th# world
In 1**9. lo.2Vt.4lu bushel* of II**
ik'«d and 141 ISO pound# of niter were
produce t on 1.319,8*4 sere* In thla
•unify.
1 tt«er froaeti and called "hop* frapp# '
la very popular in I ha Monday retort*
of Philadelphia true# the eofalklUseUI
•f the Sunday law,
JUST POH PUN.
“And you aey vuwf lather wen wound
ad In the war?** Itad sir ' “Win ha
abut In the rauhef* "No, elf—Is the
b—b.**
Tom "I can't realise, old wan. that
yeti are g father “ George ‘ Can't yout
Just i owe too ul and apend the night
with we '*
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OP INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
ft«m« llp'lfllil. Hint. A limit CultlTS
tlnn of thn anil and Vl.ld* Th.rwif—
llnrtlralttar*. Vltl: ulliir. anil Hurl
•glura
N bulletin 20, of
the low* experi
ment elution I’rof.
1’nmrnel aeye:
Poisoning from
eating the root of
Cowbane (Clouts
maculata, I,.) Is not
Infrequent In the
state of Iowa and
elsewhere. It af
fects man, cattle
and horaea. ISvery now and then, there
are accounta of poisoning from "wild
parsnip*” In our papers. The writer
ho* at vnrloua times received communi
cations with specimens of "wild par
snip*." Tho subject la of considerable
Interest and especially so hccuuso the
plant la widely distributed In Iowa, and
a largo number of people are not uwsro
of thn poisonous nature of thn root.
Spotted Cowbane Is a member of the
carrot family, or as It Is known botnn
Ically, Umbelllferue.
It is a smooth marsh perennial 2S>
feot high with plnnately compound
leaves 2-5 times pinnate; the leaves
have long petioles, the coarsely ser
ial* leaflet* are lanceolate to oblong
lanceolate 1-6 Inches long. Walk of the
urabellets numerous and unequal.
Flowers white, fruit broadly ovate to
oval, I mall, Wt lines long. Grows In
Cow*am* (Ciruta nuicuhit' ), showing leave*, flower* uad fruit.
(From the U. 8. Dc pLot Agriculture, divition ot Hot an/, tthghtijr re
duced.
marshes and In low grounds. The
stems spring from thick, fleshy under
ground roots that taper at the lower
end. These usually number from three
to fire, but single specimens are also
met with. On cutting the roots a sharp
pungent odor Is given off, Intensified by
boiling.
Mistaken for Parsnips.
Public opinion, in the west at least,
has answered this question In the
affirmative. There is a diversity of
opinion concerning the plant which
causes the poisoning. The majority of
people attribute the cause to the par
snip running wild, and this belief Is
Indeed very wide spread. Ho wide
spread Is this belief thin It seems quite
9
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In tlUp«ll It front ilr minis
uf torn* |n«|iip I h*»» t>*'it ytrlkii
Urly furtunotu In lb* mum which *r*
h*r* r«wunl*«l tu iiltnilfy IN* »|n>« linen
In g**ry e*** which uu«il ihu poluon
imj nntl w>r«««»r. t burn «!«> in ult*r
gootl nvlit*Men Ibnt lb* ctilmnivtl |i«tr
*nlp rtinning *114 4««>* n«>i .on** pui*
onlng
Tbn will# «t»rc»*l btlkf of lh« »m*I«»*i
out liltlt* nf lb* cntll*nlc>| |UM«l|t
• unging wilt) u *uit*ruiu*4 b> « Ur**
it it in In f uf people. »b4 tint in mump •»<
u>nt by ih* mi'itl *1 frulnnuy A l*»
)««i* *go. ft of l*i*4«rkh it l*uwnr, uf
k>, No* Jorooy. on.I on* uf hi* ptt
plln, Mr i T IknntU, un4*rtooh *un»*
• tporlntonu In intomlno whether lb*
ntltitnuttl purtnlp tunuing wtl«| h«4
I guy toil* properil**,
Mr U< nn»u f*lk«l tc 4*t*»t tb« pt«*
core of any poisonous principle In tho
root of the true wild parsnip (Paatlnaca
•atlva), and when the boiled roots were
fed. In considerable amounts to a cat,
no symptoms of poisoning were mani
fest. We may add as a further testi
mony, that Prof. Power reports that
bla associate, Ur. Cramer, Insisted up
on eating one-half of tha raw roots
from Mr. Rynulng. of West Halem.
WIs., which wero supposed to cause
cases of the poisoning. Ur. Cramer re
ports no III effect whatever. One of
the largeat of the fresh raw roots
weighing three und one-half ounces
avoirdupois, was chopped flue, mixed
with some raw meat and fed to a small
dog. The anlmul ale It greedily and
without disturbance. There worn no
symptoms whatever of any poisonous
action. I have on different occasions
eaten the wild parsnip, I'asilnaca sa
liva, without any III effect, so that the
nbovn results am corroborated. I will
admit that I had some hesitancy at.
first, and that Mr. Hexton, the foreman
of the agricultural department, did not
expect to mo me alive by evening, I
must confess also that the roots were
somewhat woody und not vory palat
able,
Ur. J .1. Hrown, Sheboygan. WIs., ns
rjuotnd by Ur. Power, slates that lie had
prepared and dug enough wild parsnips
for u good dinner, which he ale, and
can testify that he can discover hut
llltln difference, cooked or raw, from
cultivated parsnips and those which
had run wild for about fifty years.
The cases reported by I’rof. Power,
the writer und others urn Instructive
ns showing that In nearly all cases
where It was attributed to parsnips
running wild, (he roots sent with spei •
Inicns Indicated that Cowhane had
been eaten. {Experimentally no better
evidence Is needed than these where
persona have eaten the wild parsnip
and no III effects have followed. Peo
ple should therefore become familiar
with the deadly plant described above
and throw aside superstitious belief.
In this very common belief wc have an
other evidence that writers who have
attributed the poisoning to cultivated
parsnips running wild have not Inves
tigated for themselves, they have as
sumed that the plant is poisonous.
The Manana Trade. The New Or
leans Times-Democrat says: California
and the eastern fruit have played havoc
with the banuna trade of New Orleans.
Nearly all the steumuhlp lines plying
between tills port and the Central
American bununa ports have reduced
the number of vessels In service, and
the banana trade Is set down as diniln
Ishlng 5o per cent from the last spring
trade. The California crop of fruit ha.*
been an exceptionally large uric this
summer, and has Hooded northern,
eastern and western markets to the
detriment even of the local fruit In
those sections, and |>Mch«* are ubout
50 cents a bos there and apples m low
ns $1 50 tier barrel. Ilauuua* being an
all year crop have bruu brought In com
petition with this seasons! fruit, and
they can be bought i beeper III the
localities mentioned than in New Or
lM«a
Pigeons Out of all the bird* that 1
may be called domestic th« pigeon
holds the Hrst place The dove that
weal forth from the ark to search the
stats of the earth hoc developed many
specie* during the ages. No bird cm
be •‘crossed mare easily than the pig
eon, These bird* are more carefully
classified than au» others, an>| another
thing In their favor la that they nave
realty more intelligente Ilian an. of th» ,
feathered Hot k Pigeons are a tic (ion j
nig creature# and ate always read> to 1
show (Heir appreciation of guy kind |
ness shown in ihem The "carrier I
elans uf pigeons has utti many varieties j
but they have quits a ttlerntuie of their ,
awn A thoroughbred pigeon * an wing
II at mo rate of about M mile# an k nit I
That Is the average rate of apeed, but j
in the Prawn Herman war, during ttt« i
siege uf I'arls, that was frequently el |
ceded t V
Twenty five years age men (bought i
II Impossible to overdo the horse bust j
pit.# lh« unexpected happened t
lismitM n» Crop.
The Minneapolis Market Record says:
“The movement of the new crop of flax f
date* from about three weeka ago,
when receipts at Mlnneapolla Jumped
from little or nothing to aa high aa
81,000 buahela In a day. These heavy
receipt! began about a week earlier
than In 1894, 1893 or 1892, and about
two weeka earlier than lit 1891. Hut
taking the flrat three weeks’ move
ments of all yeara on record, thla year
outdoea them all, ao far aa receipts ut
this market are concerned. In 1891.
the year conceded to have brought
forth the heaviest crop yet harvested,
the receipts at Mlnneapolla during the
flrat three week* of the movement of
that crop were 19,820 bushels, hut later
the arrivals became heavier, and con
tinued very heavy until the
next August, In 1892 the first
three weeks of the new crop
saw 30,192 bushels received on this
market, or nearly twice aa much a* In
1891, but receipt* fell off much earlier
that season, and for the crop year they
were much lighter. In 189:1 the re
eelpts during the first three weeks of
the movement were 24,220 bushels.
This year they dropped off soon after j
January 1, and continued small te the m
close of the crop year, Last year, 1894,
(he receipt* during the corresponding
period wero 86,010 bushels, hut this
year during tbo same time they have
been 109,240 bushels, or nearly twice
those of any previous year, and about
ten times us much as was received dur
ing the came period In the memorable
year of 1891, The yield thla year prom
ise* to exceed that of any year since
1891, so that In three states a harvest
fully an great as lhaf. of 1891 might
reasonably bo expected.”
This Is one of our very barsllest
crops, and seed cun be sowed very^arly
In spring, and again In September for
late fall and winter crops, and In Octo
ber for winter and spring crop. Tbo
differences between the leading varle
tIfs are slight, tang Htandlng Hummer
Spinach, especially for spring planting
Is best. How seed with tbo drill. The
Indicator will tell you how to set It for
sowing this seed. Don't rulse more
than yott urn reasonably sure you can
sell. If demand and prices urn good
when the lilnrils have made some, hut
not their full growth, It may In soma
ease* pay to thin them, leaving tho
remaining ones three or four Inches
apart to corns to full size, anil selling
thinnings. We use ordinary ten-quart
peach basket* In which to put up the
crop for market. Or the plants may
be put In bushel crate* or barrels, and
sold by the peck or other measure, or
by the barrel to retailers. Usually wo
cut the whole rows down as fast ns the
crop is needed for sale, pushing a
sharp and bright "crescent" hoe under
(he plants Just on top of the ground,
thus cutting the plants off and leav
ing them ready for gathering, washing
and putting up for market. Applica
tion* of nllrate of soda often have a
wonderful effect on this crop. If wo
are crowded for room, we sow u row of
spinach between each two rows of early
cabbages. The spinach has to be taken v
off tn good season, when all the space '
is needed for cabbages.—Ux.
Hut or ftry food#. ^
Prom a strictly theoretical standpoint
wo are taught that these foods should
be given dry that the animal will cat
It slowly, giving ample time for the
salivary secretions to form, as does man t
when eating crackers, etc. Hut Is this
true? My experience says no. Our
horses and cattle are a little lower down
In the animal scale than man, and their
animal natures are not controlled by
mental faculty as that of man is or j
should bn. riaco food In reach of tbA
hungry animal and the one object is to
swallow It as quickly as possible.
Again, let a man attempt to make a
■ ••Slot I I will nti ■< '*1 J 1‘IIU 1. x;
a glass of water n very satisfactory ac- ■
companlment. Probably it suits our V
taste* better In litis way than to have It
ground and made Into a niusb, but the fl
animal docu not object to It so, and the •:
Holds thus taken answer the same pur- »
pose. Furthermore the salivary secre
tions In both horse and ox have been rS
found by chemical analysis to contain 3
little or nothing of a digestive nature K
farther than emulsification.— Ex.
l*r«v«ntlng relate Nrali.
A bulletin of the Indiana experiment -‘.jH
Mtution says: ,flrH
1. I’otato scuh is caused by the at- ^B
tack of u mlliute vegetable p.uWite, us 'H
was (list demonstrated at thla siatlou. 3j|
if. It chiefly attacks the crop JHj
ihrough infected seed material.
;t. The seed material may be dlsin- r.j
feded by Immersion lu a buih of cor- j 1
roslve sublimate. Jl S
4 The corrosive sublimate solution
should be of the strength of one pro ff|
in11le 12 ox lu 16 gal. of water). l i
5. The bath should b« about an hour 11
and a half lung, although ooum vai ls- s 1
tlon iu lime Is liuiuaterlal. VI
dug and pluuitug is dona ns SI
usual. H
T. The result of tb« treatmeut Is a II
i rup eMentlally free from surface bkw I I
lubes, and of greater market value |fl
x. puiuetliue* a considerable In- fl
crease In yield result* from the treat- U
menl. fJ
a. The method Is easily and i kcaplv rl
a| piled, and worthy of exteuded • ial, [fl
Turnip* as a Hoed Crop HW<k<Mp- B
n .rod Uet'er fvery way to have turnip* H
■ loan lu row* ao that th». ran he rut- H
llvatrd Bud ho*d than to M*i1|nsi B
broad1 t*i The latter method has gen B
erallv prevailed owing to the loo c«m> B
moo I>lea that growing a cron with lit. H
tl* labor makes It t beeper ttut whs** ■
the turnip* or* drllleg sod »ultlv*t.t*f H
this extra labor u more lbs a repaid by H
iui reared prodm I ibos making the H
drilled tut nipt «m| l*«* per bushel than H
those mw a broadcast Then la a fur* B
tbtr *<*v vuMge In the let that lb# col* B
tlxated turnip may be kept free from B
weed*, thus Mtlag labor la future H
crop* ).'• ■
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