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GOD IS LOOKING ON. THB SLIGHTEST SERVICE TO MANKIND WILL GET REWARD. « I ■ 'I ■!■■■ M Dn4 Net B» Dob* la Pabllr -Bacood Waahlagtaa Hariaaa Ujr Dr. Talmag* —Aa*lh*r larg* Omlirnr* Hear* lb* Orml Preacher. ’ AHIUNQTON, D. C„ Nov. 3, 1*95.— I)r. Taltnage to-day preached hlaaecond bernion Niue* com ing to the National Capital. It poaalble the audience waa even larger than laat Hunduy. The aubject wae "The Dleabled," the Uxt eelected being: 1. Ham. 30:24, "Aa hie part la that goeth down to the battle, eo ahall bla part he that tarrlotb by tho ■tufr." If you have never *e«n an army change quortera, you have no Idea of the amount of baggage -twenty loada, fifty load*, a hundred loada of baggage. David and bla army were about to atari on a double.quick march for the recov ery of their cuptured famine* from I be ‘Amalekltea. Ho they left by the brook Beaor their blanket*, their knapeack*, their baggage, and their carriage*. Who ■ball be detailed to watch thle etuff? There are alck aoldlera, and wounded soldier*, and aged aoldlera who are not able to go on awlft military expedi tion*, but who are able to do *ome work, and no they are detailed lo watch the baggage. There la many a aoldler who la not atroug enough to march thirty mile* In a day and then plunge Into A ten hour*' fight, who la uble with drawn award lifted uaaliiHt hie ahoulder <0 pace up aod down a* a sentinel to keep off an enemy wbo might put the torch to the baggage. There are two hundred of those crippled and aged am) wounded soldiers detailed to watch the bagguge. Homo of them, 1 suppose, had bandage* aero** the brow, and •ome of them had their arm In a sling, and *ome of them walked on crutches. They were not coward* shirking duty. They had fought In many u fierce bat tle for their country and their God. They are now part of the time in hos pital, and part of the time on garrison duty. They almost cry because they cannot go with the other troop* to the front. Whllo these centlnel* wutch the bagguge. the l»rd watches the sentinels There 1* quite a different scene being enacted In the distance. Tho Amale kltes, having ravaged and ransacked and robbed whole countries, arc cele brating their success in a roaring ca rousal. Home of them are dancing on the lawn with wonderful gyration of heel and too, and come of them are ex amining the spoils of victory—the fin ger-rings and ear-rings, the necklaces, the wristlets, the headbands, diamond ■tarred, and the coffers with coronets, and cornelians, and pearls, und sap phires, and emeralds, and all the wealth of plate, and jewels, and decanters, and .the silver and the gold banked up on the earth In princely profusion, and the embroideries, and tho robes, and the 'turbans, and the cloaks of An imperial wardrobe. Tbe banquet has gone on 'until the banqueters are maudlin and 'weak and stupid und Indecent and loathsomely drunk. What a time It Is now for David and his rnen to sweep on them. Ho tho Bullish lost the bat tle of Uannockburn, because the night before they were In wassull and bibu lous celebration, while the Scotch were in prayer. Ho the Syrians were over thrown In their carousal by the Israel ites. Bo Cherdorlaomer and hla army were overthrown In their carousal by ‘Abraham and hla men. So, !n our Civil War, more than once the battle was lost because one of the generals was druuk. Now is the time for David und his men to swoop upon these carousing Arnale- j kites. Borne of the Amulekltes are toacked to pieces on tho spot, some of them are Just able to go staggering and | hiccoughing ofT tho field, some of them ' crawl on camels and speed off In tho | distance. David and his men gather to gether the wardrobes, the Jewels, and put them upon the back of camels, and j Into wagons, and they gather together I the sheep and cattle that had been ntolen, and start buck toward the gar rison. Yonder they come, yonder they come. The limping men of the garri son come out and greet them with wlid butsa. The Bible says David saluted them. That la, he usked them how they all were. "Mow Is your broken arm?" ■ "Mow Is your fractured Jaw?" "lias the stiffened limb been unlliubered?" "Have you had another chill!" “Are you getting better?" Me saluted (hem. But now came a very difficult thing, the distribution of the spoils of vic tory. Drive up lltoee laden camels now. Who shall have the spoils? Well, some relfish soul suggests that these treas ure* ought all to heloug to those who had been OUI la active service. "We did all the fighting while these men stayed gi home in the garrison, and we ought to have all the treasures." Bui lnivtd looked Into the wura faces of these vet grans who had stayed In the garrison, •nd he looked around and saw how clean y everything had Uuu kepi, and he saw that the baggage was all safe, ggd he hnew that theas wounded and •rippled men wuutd gladly enough have hoen at the front If they had been able, and the little general loohs up from uu der hi* helmet and says 'No. no. let ue have fair play," an I he rushes up to •ae ot these men and be says, "Hold your hands together," and the halide are held I age i h»r and he A U ih*» with ellvor. And he rustea up to an other King who w ,» s t ing away back and tutd AO Idea wf a< ting any of tho spoils, and throw* a Mubytualeh gar ment pltr him nod All* hie hand wtih gold Add hw rnehe* up lo another man grhw had I owl all hhi pr-uwriy In eerv ing 0«4 and h»g country #**ie before, and El .ns he drive* up *ome of the cattle and aome of the aheep that they bad brought back from the Amalekltea, and he give* two or three of the cattle and three or four of the aheep to thla poor man, ao be ahall alwaya be fed and clothed. He •eea a man ao emaciated and worn out and alck be need* atlmulanta, and he glvea him a little of the wine that he brought from the Amalekltea. Vooder la a man who haa no appetite for the rough ration* of the army, and he glvea him a rare morael from the Amaleklt* lah banquet, and the two hundred crip pled and maimed and aged aoldlera who tarried on garrlaon duty get juat aa much of the apolla of battle aa any of the two hundred men that went to the front, "Aa hla part la that goeth down to the battle, ao ahall hla part be that tarrleth by the muff ” The Impreaalon la abroad that the fhrlatlan reward* are for thone who do conaplcueua aervice In dlailngulahed place*- great patriot*, great preacher*, great phllnnthroplata. Hut my text acta forth the Idea that there la juat aa much reward for a man that ataya at home and mind* hla own bualneaa, and who, crippled and unuble to go forth and lead In great movement* and In the high place* of the earth, doe* hla whole duty juat where he la. Uarrlaon duty la aa Important and a* remunerative aa aerv ice at the front. "Aa hla part la that goeth down to the battle, ao ahall hi* part be that tarrleth by the atuff." The Karl of Klntoro aald to me In an Kngllah railway, "Mr, Taimage, when you get buck to America 1 want you to preach a aermon on the dlacharge of ordinary duty In ordinary place*, and then *end me a copy of It." Afterward an Kngllah clcrgymun coming to thla land brought from the Karl of Klntore the aarne meaange! Ala*! that before I goi ready 10 do wnai ne asKcu me iu mi, the good Earl of Klntore had departed this life. But that man, surrounded by all palatial surroundings, and In a dis tinguished sphere, felt sympathetic with thoss who had ordinary duties to perform In ordinary places and In or dinary ways. A great many people are discouraged when they hear the story of Moses, and of Joshua, and of Duvld, and of Luther, and of John Knox, and of Deborah, and of Florence Nightin gale. They say: "Ob, that was all good and right for them, but I shall never be called to receive tbs law on Mount 81 nal, I shall never be called to command the sun and moon to stand still, I shall never preach on Mars' Hill, I shall never defy the Diet of Worms, I shall never he called to make a queen trem ble for her crimes, I shall never pre side over a hospital." There are wom en who say, "If I bad as brilliant a sphere as those people had, I should be as brave and as grand; but my busi ness Is to get children nIT to school aud to hunt up things when they are lost, and to see that dinner Is ready, and to keep account of the household expenses, and to binder the children from being strangulated by the whooping cough, and to go through all the annoyances and vexations of housekeeping. Oh, my sphere is so Infinitesimal, and so Insig nificant. I am clear discouraged." Wom an, God places you on garrison duty, and your reward will he just as great as that of Florence Nightingale, who moving so often night by night with a light In her hand through the hospitals, was called by the wounded the "lady of tho lamp.” Your reward will bo Just as great as that of Mrs. llertzog, who built and endowed theological seminary buildings. Your reward will be Just as great as that of Hannah More, who by her excellent books won for her ad mirers Garrick and Edmund Burke and Joshua Reynolds. Rewards are not to be given according to the amount of noise you make In the world, nor even according to the amount of good you do. hut according to whether or not you do your full duty In the sphere where God has placed you. unjntov y vh ria • v « vi j vui viiii dren errunds, and they are to go off to make purchases, and to one you give one dollar and to the other you give twenty dollars. Do you reward the boy that you gave twenty dollars to for pur chasing more than that amount of money than the other boy purchased with one dollar? Of course not. If (Jod give wealth or social position or elo quence or twenty times the faculty to a man that he gives to the ordinary man, Is he going to give to the favored man a reward because he lias more power and more Influence? Oh, no. In other words. If you and I were to do our whole duty, and you have twenty times more talent than 1 have, you will get no more divine reward than I will. Is Uod going to reward you because be gave you mure? That would not be fair, that would not be right. These two hundred men of the text who faint ed by the tlrook llesor did tbelr whole duty; they watched the baggage, they took care of the stuff; and they got as mum of the spoils of victory a* me men who went to the front. "A* his part U that goeth down to the battle, so •hail hla part be that tarrletb by the •luff" There Is high encouragement In this ?’>r all who have gri'itl rrtponslluliiy and little credit for what they do. You know the name* of the great cummer* clal houses of these cities Do you know the names of ths confidential clerk* ibe men who have th* key to Ike safe, the men who know the com bination lock? A distinguished mer chant goes forth at th* summer water ing place, and he flashes post, and you •ay: "Wkn Is that?" "Oh.’* replies some one. "don't you know? That is the great Importer, that I# the great lx*n*er, that is the great manufactur er'" Th# coaUdenilal dark ha# kia week off Nobody know* him, and alter • while hla week la doao. and he alia down again at hi* desk Uut Uod wi I reward his ftdoHli Just a* much a* ho recognises the work of tho merekoat philanthropist whom Imostmenta this unknown clerk so torefully guarded* Hudson Hirer It allroad. I *t!**/lvaata Railroad, Erie Railroad, New York ft Naw Haven Railroad—business men know tba names of the presidents of these roads and of the prominent dl rectors; but they do not know the names of tbs engineers, the names of the switchmen, the names of the flagmen, the names of the brakemen. Tbeaa men have awful responsibilities, and some times, through the recklessness of an engineer, or the unfaithfulness of a switchman. It haa brought to mind the faithfulness of nearly all the rest of them. Rome men do not have recogni tion of their services. They have small wages, and much complaint. I very often rlda upon locomotives, and 1 very often ask tbs ques tion as we shoot around some curve, or under some ledge of rocks, “How much wages do you get?" And I am alwaya surprised to find bow little for such vast responsibility. Do you euppore Ood la not going to recognize that fidelity? Thomaa Bcott, the presi dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, going up at death to receive from Ood his destiny, vae no better known la that hour than was known U«t night | '.he brakernan who on the Krte Rath road, was jammed to death amid the car couplings. “As hla part Is that goeth down to the battle, so shall hla part be that turrlelh by tba atuff." Once for thirty-six bours we expected every moment to go to the bottom of the ocean. The waves struck through the skylights, and rushed down Into the hold of the ship, and hissed sgalnst the hollers. It was an awful time; but by ths blessing of Ood, and the faithful ness of the men In charge, we cama out of the cyclone, and we arrived at home. Each one before leaving the ship thanked Captain Andrews. 1 do not think there was a man or woman that went off that ahlp without thanking frirtialn A r i /t mar ■ Mfirt whpft VAfirl after, I heard of hie death, I wua com pelled to write a tetter of condolence to hla family In Liverpool, everybody recognized the goodneea, the courage, the kindness of Captain Andrews; but It occurs to mo now thut w# never thanked the engineer, lie stood away down In the darkneas, amid the hissing furnaces, doing his whole duty. No body thanked tho engineer, but Ood recognized his heroism and his con tinuance and his fidelity, and there will be juat aa high reward for the engineer who worked out of sight, as the Captain, who stood on the bridge of the ship in the midst of the howling tempest, "As ht* part Is that goeth down to the bettle, so shall hi* part be that tarrleth by the stuff." A Christ ion woman was seen going along the edge of a wood, every even tide, and the neighbor* In the country did not understand bow a mother with so msny care* and anxieties should waste r.o much time as to be Idly saun tering out evening by evening. It was found out afterward that she went there to pray for her household, and while there one evening, she wrote that beau tiful hymn, furnous In all ages for tbeerlng Christian hearts: 1 love to steal awhile away From every cumbering care, And xpend the hours of setting day, In humble, grateful prayer. Shall there be no reward for such un pretending, yet everlasting service? Knew .fnat IIon Other* Felt "I think the flavor of pure cod liver oil Is very pleasant," said a citizen, "but my wife can never see me take any without twisting up her face, and cxclalmlng:"Oh, the horrid stuff! How can you possibly like It'” A few days ago I was In a drug store when an old school phyxldan came In and axked for a quart of castor oil. As tho druggist poured the stuff Into a measure the doctor thrust one of his fingers Into tbs stream of oil and transferred a spoon ful at least to his mouth. ‘That's good oil,' said he, smacking his lips. Then for a moment I knew Just how my wife feels when I smack my lips over cod liver oil." RELIGION AND REFORM. An Kndeavor society has been organ ized In the Homo of Incurables at Bal timore. The Chrlatnln Kndeavor Societies of Australia have sent seventeen of theli members to foreign mlsalou fields. Los Angeles has n Chinese Christian Endeavor Society of fifteen boys and girls who support a native helper In China. Christian Kndeavor In Madagascar la not yet four years old. Neverthelesa It now numbers nluaty-ona societies, with 3,377 member*. The moa<|u* which stands on Mount Horeb on ‘.ito *‘le of Aaron's grave la being repaired by ttia Turkish govern ment at national cost. The Literary World ask* a place In Westminster Abbey for a tablet to Mr*. Browning, calling her "ths great eat woman poet of all agaa." The government of Canada ha# pro hibited the sal* of IntoaieauU among Iba Indiana of Hudson Bay territory. | and punlahea severely any violation of thla law. As an outcome of the Inta moating of i the Calvintstlc Methodist* In letndon. a committee has been farmed to mature a schema for a missionary la labor autoug the Welah in the great city. Lieutenant Uraalay say* of those who want with him to the North Kola, of ths seventeen of his men who died, all acre smokers but one, and h* died laat. Uf lb* aevan nurvivor* nan* ware smoker* ML Caul's American Institute al Tar I sum Aatn Minor. * *« heal founded by lb* Into Ktlleit ►' Hhepard was at ; taabad by n Turhieh mob which mal« treated lb* aludenta and threatens . thg miantonartaa Tha liak* of Mat I borough t* bra* In. baa shorter than hi* p'u*| »Uta i hrtd* Hot ha wl.t not be as abort' whan bo fait bar million*. FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. •ont I p ln lllt. Hint* About l ulll». Ham of t ho boll and Irloldo Thereof— llortlrtilCur*. VIII: ulturo and Fli.rl rnlluro. HAHHKH are, of nil vegetable growth*, doulitlaaa of thn mom Importance to man. They worn to lie Mlmoal unlvera ally dlffuaed over thn glolm. lining nonexlatenl only at thn pole*, Thn fart that thn rnrnala am all mnmbnra of Ihn grant family will muke It morn may for our read*** io comprehend thn great aervlrn to ruunkllid rendered hy the graaa family. In their variety they aupply the varied forena neceaaary to hulld up the unlmal body, namely thn bonne, mum lea and fat. Tbe number of Indlvlduul apnelea In the family I* probably not ynt accu rately aacertalned. Aa early a* IH2fi aelentlata bad agreed that there were at leaat 812 apnelea. Other and more recent wrltnra give the number aa In axcea* of 1,100. Hpeeulolor*. judging the grnaaea growing In the unexplored region* of Ihn earth by Ihoae In aeetloil* of thn earth already known. Judge the number to be not lea* than 2,200. Them la great difference In the ap pearance of graaaea. Home would never be recognized a* graaaea at all. An example la our Indian corn, one of tbe moat valuable of all gruaana. Alao there la great difference between tbe graaaea In different zonce. The tropi cal graaaea aometlme* grow to am h height that they aaaume the uppear ance of tree*. Home of them, of tbe apeclea Huiribuaa, attain a height of alxty feet. Tbe leavea of graaaea In • foot thick, of pine or other straw on the ground, and on thla pile the pota toes In steep heaps, not over 25 bushels In a pile. Cover the piles thickly all over with the dry pine straw—now build a rough board abed over the plica and let them remain until the weather g'-ts colder, or until they have gone through n eweat and diled off. Then cover the heope with earth six or eight Inches thick and beat smooth. The Important point# are the sweating un der the previous cover of the pine straw before covering with earth, very care ful handling, and the hoard covering overhead, Dry earth keeps out more cold than .vet earth. If for family use, put In smaller piles and lake up an en tire heap at once for use keeping them In a dry warm place while using. - -w •tlp«< liltiif llortfi, At riatesvllle, Ark., a recent (hooting affray brought to notice a woman known us Horrel Hue. Hhc hud always appeared In public riding a sorrel horse. K Is believed she belonged to a gang who etole horses. A surgeon who was summoned to at tend one of her admirers, who had been wounded In the row, mistook his way and wandered Into Hue's cabin. De fore he could b« hustled out he saw things which aroused his suspicions. These he reported to Hherlff Tlineoe, who, with a posse, managed tn sur round the den of horse thieves, esptur lug Hue and two of her gang, lie found that Hue had applied the menus 1 of blenching her own hair lo that of | her horses. When the posse entered they found a horse enveloped In u Jack et made of rubber emits, being treated to a sulphur vapor both. The appll- I nneos were very Ingenious and worked very well. A black or hay horse would he stolen and run Into the bleachers, After Its color was changer] and Its mum and tsll trimmed Ibe disguise became so pronounced that without any risk Die animal could he taken In daylight, through the very district from which It had been stolen, It was Hue's busi ness not only to superintend the REED GRASS (PHRAGMITES VULGARIS.> m , m a M n Sterna tall and stout, 6 to 10 or more feet high and sometimes almost an Inch in diameter, from very coarse fibrous roots, and large, sealy creeping sterna, which are at or near the surface of the ground; leaves broad, (ono to two inches) and Hat, smooth; panicle very large, loose, more or less nodding, about ono foot long, reddish, becoming woolly at maturity. This grass is widely dls trUnited and grows In shallow water In pond* and sloughs and along the mar gins of lakes and larger streams. Stock seldom eat It. except when it l» young or when the better grusses are scarce. • I I It )h aomctlmca cut for early hay. lu windy hoil along the Mltmourl rK'er the 1 creeping Mte'm* often grow to a great length. Kach Joint of tho atcin (itrlke# root and glvea rlae to on upright atom bearing leave# and (lower#. The large panicle# arc often need for decorative purpose#. An alr-drled Npeclmen an- ! ul> zed by the Mouth Dakotu experiment Hint Ion gave; Water, 7.fit; aah, 6.(10; ether extract, 2.66; crude Ilbre, 3#.Ob, crude protein, M2; extract containing no nitrogen, 28.71. Total nitrogen, 1.35. Albuminoid nitrogen 1.08. - Kartnera’ Review, Chicago. ihe tropic# are broader than those of iruKKt*ii native to the temperate xotit i. gorgbum la un example of the tropical gi-ntw, uud huuihoo, one of the tlMtit graaaea, Auioiir our gru**e» may be named In dlnii corn, wheat, oam, barley, rye, rice, broom-corn, eugnr-cune, millet, and a lung Hat of cultivated graaaoa, like tim othy and ted top. The Hal !» aliuply too long to be enumerated In Ha en tirety, We need not cult the attention of the reader lo the Immenae com met - rlnl value of the grueae*. What '• lit" Immenae corn crop of thla year worth to agriculture* llow much all the paa t or age and buy In the tolled Mutes alone? heeplut *w»el I'mMIiwc W I*. M weey, horticulturlat. North Caroline Kiperlm« at fftaUow. «aya The fallowing thud I have foun t to ktrp • sect potutoea tn perfect order until June Procure a good aupply of pine •traw front the wood* In a dry Itme uud keep It under cover ready l»r ua*t trig the potatoes aa toon »* froal cuta the vines If out eegVOOlegi to dig at once, cut H*e froa-ed vines off at once or they will harbor funga* growth that will duntrre the potato** lug un a warm, sunny day lay the potato*# along the row aa dyig, aud do not ollow them to It* browed by throwing tntn piles. Handle at all times aa gently aa eggs Allow them lo lie In Ihe aun war ing the day and Hr the oveulng haul to l,on«*nwni plate IMave a good layer, bleachlnic. but also to ride the uuliiiul out of the country.- 10*. -- I ItnfMi# lii W lieai lull Inal luii. I'eater Uoyd any*: The moat atrlk Inn dlaciloauru In the recent lIuuKurian mlnleter'e report of the wheat «ud rye crop of 1M15 la the (liminutlun of the wheat area In the undermentioned countrlea, which la ahnwn aa follow*: tireat Hi limn eluce IMW. .9* 3* per cent France alnce 1*91.... fill! per cent Deriiiany alnce Ikiiu.U.&6 per cent lluimary alnce ivu. 3.01 per cent Austria alnce l*«o...13 at per cent Italy alnce Util.,,,.0.1? per cent Ituaala eluce 1*91. ... T INI per cent | t'nlied Mute* alnce littt, ,110k per cent AuntralaaU aluc# Util 3.0* per cent Mime laat year the area under wheat ^ he* decreased about U.'Vtmo acre*, lleep (MowIII* tin Ike pilnclpla uf I ladiatlun. deep ptuwtna ha* d«vlded a,| : vantage* over ahallow, la pintcimi * ! the crop* aaalnat float aa well a* druuahli fur the mure cow pact a auh »iau>a ta. the areater the power* uf ra diation, tuuseuaeaily It MoouVr part* with Ita he-il and la reduced to the tern petolure uf the •tmueph>-r«, which la lia|iunlli h»low the fleeting point, wh«n the too*** mellow m*II la far above It. tin rutting land* much Injury la done by aurfave wu«Mug. and Ihla, tow, I * an be largely prevented by deep plow lap. which make# II puaatbl* fur tku . I sc I to lake up and • Mailt more if tk* | i mult tor* Tull, Wmliroum firuwlac. Ad account I* given by the Klorlata* Exchange of aucreeaful and profitable muahroom growing by Mr. John Hcott, a florlxt of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Hcott growe hlx muxhroomn on the benchee, under the benchee, and In a cellar, having In all about 2.600 equare feet aet apart for the purpoae. One bed of a width of eight feet la under the center bench of an ordinary three quarter xpan greenhouae, elghty-aeven feet long and twenty feet wide. Mere the bed la formed on the ground; board ing extenda from the edge of the bench on each aide right down to ihe floor. No healing plpea are nearer thla led than Ihoae which run under the aide benchea of the greenhouae. The bot tom of thla center bench, which la made of boarda, la covered by a coating of cement, tlila preventa the ponalbll lly of drip on the muahroom bed I'lanta are rained on thla bench which the temperature of the Itooae will milt, It being kept from 6f» degree* to 00 de gree*, which Mr. Hcott c«n*lder* w ont suitable for growing mushroom*. In on even span greenhouae, alxty feet long, la a bed under a aide bench four feet wide, and under u aide bench of another even-epan houae, nlnety two feet long, la another bed, the Seat ing plpea In both eanee being boarded off. The hot water nyntern of beating la uned. Another place which Mr, Hcott. baa utilized for muahroom culture la a cor ridor which extenda Ihe entire width of the hounea, aome III feet, Benchee were erected In lltla corridor, which baa a gradual Incline toward the entrance. At Hie lower half muxhroomn were grown the benchee to a dlatanc* of flfly-flve feet, thn teda extending over one of tha two four Inch plpea which aupply heat for thla part of tha . niab llalimenl, the bench being about two feel above the plpea, Thene beda were . prepared tn Ihe ordinary manner and i after apawnlng were covered by naxh which wan abaded with a coating of terlnl how near the glass the bed# are, Iti the winter the mushroom* will •land ull the light available, hut to want# spring It I* loo strong for them. The sash keep# the beds dose and pre vent* draught* and drying out, They are placed on a gentle slant so as to csrry off any condensed moisture which may gather on them. In this corridor the temperature last winter was sometimes down a# low as forty five degrees, yet a good crop of mush rooms wss picked from the bed. In the remaining sixty feet of the corridor beds were placed tinder fhe bench, flowering plants being grown on the bench Itself, Mr. Hcott obtains hi# supply of horse manure from near-by livery stable# on v»ry favorable terms. As It Is brought in the establishment It la piled In a sited and then mixed with about one fourth loam and turned every second dtty, This gentleman believe* In pack ing his b»ds, snd the manure with this finality of loom In It rentier# It more available for that purpose, beside* ob viating Its tendency to overbear, the loam also absorbing the ammonia In the manure. When the compost Is of fhe consistency lhat It will expand af ter being squeezed In the band It Is r< fitly for use. The bed# arc made up to a depth of seven Inches, and spawned when the temperature fall* to HO deg tee*. Aft'-r spawning the beds are covered With about two Inches of loam. Mr. Hcott begins the formation of bis bed# about the llrst week In Oc tober, and keeps on preparing them In succession a* often an he can get the manure, right along until March, Thu# lie ha* mushroom* from Thanksgiving to the (list week In June. The spawn used Is the Kngllish Mill* track; It is broken-Into pieces of about two Inches square and placed In the beds eight or nine inches apart, to a depth of two or three inches. The beds are never watered until the inush room* appear If It can po**'***r *>e avoided. Komeilrne* portion* of them will dry out, and these arc gone over with a watering-can having a flue no.e. During the winter water at a tempera ture of HO degree* to UO degrees I* used, and In May and June water I* applied with ft hose. Mr. Heott «ay* ho ha* picked mush rooms twenty-two day* after spawning; but the usual time when a crop cun be gathered Is from *lx to seven week*, The mushrooms are pulled froot the beds, never cut; care being taken to re move the root* also, a* If the*o are al lowed to remain In the bed they will decay nnd kill off niuny of the mush room* which are left, and every thread of mycelium which comes In contact 1 with them The hole* left by the re moval of the roots are tilled up with soil. Mr. Heott ha* never calculated the yield to a square foot. Hoinetlmcs he has gathered Individual specimens which weighed time quarters of a pound. However, he fliul* mushroom growing sutflrleiitly remunerative to warrant him continuing It, Two of the most vital point* for success me se lictton of guod spawn and the proper preparation of the manure. These as* anted, the remaining work Is easy. flay Holts These sre called '•heavy'* rolls, evidently bet a use they are hard to work, Just as sandy soli* are celled light, because theey are easy to work. Htli'U soils frequently ltd'll to lie dtallied. They sre good retainers of moisture. They are very strong soils, that la, have a natural wealth of min tral mutter, aud retain tuauures ap plied ll is estimated that gu.iyonooo rase* and lb non uoo initiation* are sold by the New York flutists every yr«r, ana that tb« wholesale lot It get a ptoflt of 11 , tow out of their boo loess, Violet* ranh third in popularity, and the Illy of ths valley runs a good fourth. As a rule It Is th* slip shrnl nay n« have of doing thing* that allow* tha manure lu lit about tha Uaru yutd and waste the i* ay* Jvt» Idle pi Inter* In Chug*