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.
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•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*.
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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*
