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ONE GREAT QUESTION. IT IS. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? Mr. T«la»|t PmrkM •• Ik* Crylae kail »t Ik* TIbm rwpl* A r* Star* lag far that Thar Kaaw -No* Wkal— It la Ballgtaa. ASHINOTON, Dec. 29, 1895.— Kor loe dosing dis course of (he year. Rev. I)r. Talmsge chose s subject which upped*loth# unconverted every where, vis: "The Philippian Jailer." The trxt selected Vis: "Mira, what must I do to be saved*' Acta 16:30. Incaroerated In a Philippian peniten tiary, a place cold, and dark, and damp, and loathsome, and hideous, unlllum Inad save by the torch of the official who cornea to sea If they are alive pet, are two minister* of Christ, their foot faat In Instruments of torture, tbelr •bouldera dripping from the stroke of leathern thongs, their mouths hot with Inflammation of thirst, tbelr heads faint because they may not lie down. In a comfortable room of that same building, and amid pleasant surround ings, la a paid officer o' the govern ment whose buatness It Is to supervise the prison. It Is night and all Is still In the corridors of th» dungeon ssve as some murderer struggles with a hor rid drsam, or a ruffian turns over In his chains, or there Is the cough of a dying consumptive amid .a* aampnesa; nut •uddenly, crash! go the walla. Tha two clergymen pass out free The jail keeper, although familiar with tha darknass and the horrors hovering •round the dungeon. Is startled beyond •II bounds, and flambeau In hand he rushes through amid the falling walls, •boutlng at the top of his voice; "Sire, what must I do to be saved’’’ I stand now amom; those who are Asking the same question with more or less earnestness and I accost you In thla •riala of your aoul w.th a message from heaven. There are those In this audi ence who might be more skillful In argument than I am; there are those here who can dive Into deeper deptba •f science, or have larger knowledge; there are In thla audience those be fore whom I would willingly bow as the Inferior to the superior; but I yield to no on# In this assemblage In a de •Ire to bave all tbe oeople aavad by 'tbe power of an omnipotent Gospel. I shall proceed to characterize the question of tbe agitated Jail-keeper. AnS first, I characterize the question •a courteous. He might have rushed In •nd aald: "Paul and bllas, you vaga bonds, are you tearing down this pris on? Aren't you satisfied with disturb ing the peace of the city by your In famous doctrines? And are you now going to destroy public property? Back with you to your places, you vaga bonds!" Ha said no such thing. Tbe word of four letters, "Sire!" equiva lent to "lords," recognized the majesty •nd honor of their mission. Sirs! If • man with a captious spirit tries to And the way to heaven he will misa It. If a man comes out and pronounces •II Christians as hypocrites and the religion of Jesua Christ as a fraud, and •sks Irritating question! about the mysterious and the Inscrutable, say ing. "Come, my wise man, explain this •nd explain that; if this be true how •an that be true?"—no such man finds She way to heaven. The question of the text was decent, courteous, gentle manly, deferential. Sirs Again, I characterize this question of the agitated Jail-keeper by saying that It was a practical question. He did not Kr K WO/ UHU ICl nill CUUIU 1IIU1 U1S world. he did not ask how Christ could fee God and man In the same person, fee did not ask the doctrine of the de ereeg explained or want to know whom Cain married, or what was the cause of the earthquake. His present and ever lasting welfare was involved In the question, and was not that practical? But 1 know multitudes of people who •re bothering themselves about the non-essentials of religion. What would You think of a man who should, while discussing the question of the light and bent of the sun, spend hie time down in a coal cellar, when be might come out and see the one and feel the other? Yet there are multitudes of men who. In dlecueelng the chemistry of the Gos pel. spend their time down In the dun peon of their unbelief, when God all «be while stands telling them to coine out Into the noonday light end warmth •f the bun of righteousness The ques tion for you, my brother, to dlscuae Is not whether Calvin or Armlnlus wee right, not whether a handful af water In holy baptism or a baptistery Is the better, net whether foreurdlnattea and frm agamy cun be harmonised The practical quaatlaa for yeu to discuss, and far m* to discuss. Is, Where atll 1 spend ei»t ally f** Again. I characterise this queettea ef the agitated fall beeper as was personal to hlmeslf I barn ae doubt he n*d unsay frtaada, tad he was laterasted la their walfare I kata s« dauht be feund that there were persons la that prison who. If Ihe earthquake hsd da atruyed them, would have found their wane desperate He la net question tap about them Tbs nhde aetabt af feta qiseatlaa turns an the preneoa "I “ “What shall I do*" IH course when n man becomes a Christina he imme dlately become* intlaaa far the *nl*n ttoa af ntber peopl*. but waul that point th reached the m*>et imports*.! que.iioa In about yaur awn hnl»tth*« "What te to be my 4*etiny What 111 mr pwpsrls fur the tsUtr* Where *>u 1 painp*" ' What shall 1 d*' Tbs trouble Is ae thwMa the raepwnslhtutt #p open ntbatik w» prophesy a had j end to that Inebriate, end terrific ex posure to that defaulter, end awful ea taatrophe to that profligate. We are *o buay In weighing other people we forget ouraelve* to get Into the acalea. We are ao busy watching tbe poor gar den* of other people that we let our own dooryard go to weed*. W# are ao buay tending off other people Into the lifeboat we aink In the wave. We cry 1 "fire!" hecr.uae our neighoor’a houae la burning d <wn and teem to be unln tereated although our own houae la tn tbe conflagration. O wandering thought*, dlaappear today Blot out thla entire audience except youraelf. Your aln, la It pardoned? Your death, la It provided for? Your heaven, la It secured* A mlgh'ler earthquake than that which demollahed the Philippian penitentiary will rumble about your eara. The foundation* of the earth will give way. The earth by one tremor will fling all the American rltle* Into the duat. Cathedral* and palace* and prla ona which bar* atood for tbouaanda of year* will topple like a child'* block houae. The aurgea of tha aaa will sub merge tbe land, and th* Atlantic and Pacific ocean* above the Alp* and th* Ande*. elap their hand*. What than will become of me? What then will be come of you? I do not wonder at th# anxiety of thla man of my text, for he wa* not only anxloua about tbe fall ing of tha prlaon, out tha falling of a world. Again, f remark: I characterlxe thla queatlon of the agitated Jail-keeper aa one of Incomparable Importance. Men are alike, and I auppoae he had acorea of queatlon* on hla mind, but all quea tlon* for thla world are htiahed up. forgotten, annihilated In tblr one quea tlon of the text: "What muat J do to be aaved?" And have you, my brother, any queatlon of Importance compared ] with that queatlon’ la It a queatlon of bualneaa? Your common aenae tell* /VU /WH wssa business. You know very well that you will soon pass out of that partner ship. You know that beyond a certain point, of nil the million* of dollars’ worth of goods sold, you will not handle a yard of cloth, or a pound of sugar, or a penny's worth. After that, If a conflagration should sweep all Wash ington Into ashes, It would not touch you, and would not damage you. If every cashier should abscond and every bank suspend payment, and every In surance company fall, It would not af fect you. Oh, how Insignificant Is busi ness thIf side of the grave compared with business on the other side the grave! Have you made any purchases for eternity? Is there any question so broad at the base, so altltudlnous. so overshadowing as the question: “What must I do to be saved?” Or, Is it a domestic question, Is It fomething about father, or mother, or husband, or wife, or son, or daughter that is the more Important question? You know by uni versal and Inexorable law that rela tion will soon be broken up. Father will be gone, mother will be gone, chil dren will be gone, you will be gone; but after that, the question of the text will begin to harvest Its chief gains, or de plore Its worst losses, or roll up Its mightiest magnitudes, or sweep Its vaster circles. Again, I characterize this question of the agitated Jail-keeper as one crushed out by hts misfortunes, pressed out by his misfortunes. The falling of the penitentiary, his occupation was gone. Besides that the flight of a prisoner was ordinarily the death of the Jailer. He was held responsible. If all bad gone well. If the prison walls had not been shaken of the earthquake, If the pris oners had all stayed quiet In the stocks, If the morning sunlight had calmly dropped on the Jailer's pillow, do you think he would have hurled this red W/.» nnoutinn frnm hi* ami 1 Intn tho ear of hts apostolic prisoners? Ah! no; you know aa well as I do It was the earthquake that roused him up. And It Is trouble that starts a great many people to asking the same question. It has been so with a multitude of you. You apparel Is not as bright as It once was. Why have you changed the garb? 1 Do you not like solfcrino, and crim son, and purple as well as once? Yes. But you say; "While I was prospered and happy those colors wsre accordant with my feelings: now they would be discord to my soul." And so you have plaited up the shadows Into your ap parel. The world Is a very different place from what It was once for you! Once you said: “Oh, If I could only have It quiet for a little while." It Is too quiet. Korns people say that they would not bring bach their departed friends from heaven «ven If they hnd the opportunity: but If you hnd the op portunity you would bring back your loved ones and soon their feet would ho heard In the family, and tha old times weuld come beck )uat aa the festal days ef Christmas and Thanksgiving daye gone forever Oh. It le the earthquake thet startled yeu 10 asking this ques tion the earthquake ef dooseotle mis fortune Death la eo cruel ee devour ing. so r« ea'ile** that when It ewal Iowa up our loved ones we must have some one lo whom we can carry our torn and bleeding hearts We need a balsam better thaa anything that el uded from earthly ire# to heal the f' e ef Ike euul It te pleasant to have • if friend* gather around us and toil us now sorry they are, and try la break up Ike loaetlaeee kut nut king but the head of Jeeue Christ * aa take the bruised soul and pul It la bis hoaow. kueh.ng l< with (he lullaby ef heaven O brother, O staler! the grave ateae will ae«»f he lifted from yeur heart wall! Christ lifts It Was II ant the bees of yeur friends ee the perseuutlea ef yeur enemies, ee the eveethrow ef your worldly estate • wee It ant an earthquake that Started you Sol le e*»k Ihta stupendous question ef my welt see la the i rook ted times ef Pewtlged, Wf )ehn fhuhrene was vendsmasd te death hy the hip* The death wafteht | wm ob the wav. Sir .Tnhn Cochrane waa' bidding farewell to his daughter Orlsel at the prison door. He aald: "Farewell, my darling child I I must die." Hid daughter aald: "No,father, you shell not die " "But," he sald."the king Is against me,and the law la aftarme.andthe death! warrant Is an Ita way, and 1 must die; do not deceive yeurself, my dear child." The daughter said: "Father, you shall aot die," as she left the prison gate. At night, on the moors of Scotland, A disguised wayfarer atood waiting fori tha horseman carrying the mall-bags! containing tha death warrant Tha) disgulaed wayfarer, aa the horse came by, clutched the bridle end shouted te the rider—to the man who carried the mall-bags: "DlsmountT" He felt for hla arms, end wee about te ahoot, but the wayfarer Jerked him from hla sad dle and he fell flat. Tha wayfarer picked up the mall-bags, put them ea hla ahoulder and vanlabad la the dark ness, sad fourteen days were thus gained for the prisoner's Ife, during which the father coafeasor was plead ing for tba pardon of Sir John Cochrane. Tlie second time the death warrant la on Ita way. Tba dlagutaad wayfarer cornea along, and asks for a little bread and a little wine, atarta on aeroae the moors, and they aey: "Poor man, te have te go out on auch a stormy night; It Is dark and you will lose yourself on the moors." "Oh. no," he anya, "1 will not." He trudged on and stopped amid the brambles and waltad for tha horse man to coma carrying tha mail-bags containing tho death warrant of Sir John Cochrane. The mall-carrier spurred on bla steed, for be was fearful because of what had occurred on the former Journey, spurred on hla steed, when suddenly through the storm and through the darkness there was a flash of firearms and the horse became un msnaeaahln tnrl ns this m *1 Ur.ft.rr I nr discharged bis pistol In response, the horse flung him, and tbe disguised way farer put upon his shoulders the mall Lags, leaped upon tbe horse, and sped away In the darkness, gaining fourteen more days for the poor prisoner, Sir John Cochrane; and before tbe four teen days had expired,pardon had come from the king. The door of the prison swung open, and Sir John Cochrane was f ee. One day when he was standing amid his friends, they congratulating him, the disguised wayfarer appeared at the gate, and be said, "Admit him right away." Tb disguised wayfarer came in and said; "Here are two let* ters; read them and cast them Into tbe Are." Sir John read them. They were bis two death war rants, and he threw them into the Are. Then said Sir John Cochrane: "Te whom am I Indebted T Who is this poor wayfarer that saved my life? Who Is it?" And the wayfarer pulled aside and pulled off the jerkin and the cloak, and the hat. and lo! It was Orlsel, the daughter of Sir John Cochrane. "Graci ous Heaven!" he cried, "my child, my savior, my own Orlsel!" But a more thrilling story. The death warrant bad come forth from tbe king of heaven and earth. Tbe death warrant read: "Tbe soul that sinneth, It shall die." The death warrant coming on the black horse of eternal night. We must diet But breasting the storm and putting out through the darkness was a disguised wayfarer who gripped by the bridle the on-coming doom and flung it back, and put his wounded and bleeding foot on the overthrown rider. Meanwhile par don flashed from the throne, and, Oo free! Open the gate! Strike oft the chain! Oo free! And to-day your lib erated soul stands In the presence of ! AiaarulaHii wayfarer and as he nulla of the disguise of hU earthly humilia tion and the disguise of hts thorns, and the disguise of the seamless robe, you find he Is bone of your bone, flesh of your flesh, your Brother, your Christ, your Pardon, your Eternal Life. Let all earth and heaven break forth In vociferation. Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! A guilty, weak and helpless worm, On thy kind arms I fall; Be Thou my strength and righteous- i ness. My Jesus and my all. FOR WOMEN ONLY. Wash the face every morning aad evening in warm water. Follow the morning ablution by dashing cold watsr ovsr 1L Use soap at night. If the hands chap wash them In warm j watsr at Bight, partially dry them, rub esld cream well Into tbelr ahla and dot , n pair sf loose, fingerless hid gloves. Thorough drying Is half the secret of pretty hand*. In cold weather, when the slightest dampness will cause the heads is chap, they should be rubbed with almond meal after drying with a bsurel. T* keep the abta eeft rub U fre quently with sold cream T* keep II fra* from wrinkle*, tuaaaaga 11 ones s week T* beep It clear la cuter take ptaaly ef eueretae aad eat aourtshlag easily digested food The sails should fas soaked la warm, soupy water every three days, tad wn*a the cuticle la Isnmmvd It should be pressed hash aud irtmsaod with a pair ef sharp set seers The sails should be tut se the *4404, died tu aval shape, liMshed sitehtly with pander washed agate, drwd and peitshed with • ehamst* rubber PINION AL. The Berman empwrer la about t* lab* I* hi--j» ling sad a tr». k for hi* private use I* being laid dews at Potsdam The Pvtaea ef Wale* reset»e* daily ee as average beteswu lv* hundred aad eti hundred letters, twe hundred sf ehleh are hegjtag letters It u said that vkrtkrt at beta* er nbr*« t the Prince ef Walae Meet fails I* glance Ihreugh a «pr sf the Lradn FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OR INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. !»• (Jp- lo-Oat* State A boat Caltlve tloa of tho boll and YlollU Thoroof— Bortloaltar* Vltloull.ro aod Fiuwi •altar* BULLETIN OF the Indiana Experi mental Station aaya: Tbe smut In oorn differs In sev eral Important par ticulars from tbe common smuts of the smaller cereals, wheat, oats, rye and barley. In no re spect Is tbe differ ence more marked than In Its mode of attacking the plant, and In this faot lie valuable bints to tbe cultivator. It has been assumed that because tbe smut of wheat and oats can be pre vented by immersing tbe seed In bot water or a solution of some fungicide, the same method Is applicable to corn. But It Is not true and for the reason that the method by which tbe corn smut attacks the plant Is very unlike that of most of tbe other cereal smuts. It baa been found out at the Indiana Experiment Station that the smut docs mot attack the plant through tbe seed, but like wheat rust It starts In tbe leaves and stems, wherever the spores are carried by the wind and And lodg ment and sufficient moisture to enable them to germinate. The spores will grow as soon as ripe, that Is as soon as me mass containing mem ium» black, and they will also retain their vitality for a year or two In case con ditions for growth are not favorable. It Is evident from this that neither the time of planting nor the previous condition or treatment of the seed will have any effect upon the amount of smut In the crop; and experiments al ready carried out substantiate this de duction. It Is equally evident that me teorological conditions will have de rided Influence. But the farmer cannot control the weather. Two things can bo done to decrease smut In corn. The growing crop can be sprayed with a suitable fungicide and the entrance of the smut Into the plant prevented. That this can be made effective Is shown by the experi ments of the Indiana station. But it is an expensive and troublesome method. The other, more convenient but less thorough method. Is to gath er and destroy the smut, and thus eventually rid the fields of It. The best time to gather the smut Is Just before the ears silk, when the fields should all bo gone through and every sign of smut removed, being careful not to scatter It upon the ground, or In any way let the spores get free. The gatherings must be burned or deeply burled to certainly destroy the smut. One or more later gatherings should also be made. This i may be called clean culture, and If 1 persisted In for a few years would re duce the annual production of smut to an Inconspicuous and harmless amount. J. C. Arthur, Botanist. 1 When Planting sn Orchard. Dig the holes the proper depth and , level at the bottom, and large enough , that the roots may be straightened to their full length by the hand. The roots should lie equally divided as near ( as can be done. The proper placing of the roots has much to do with the ( growth and beauty of the tree. If the roots are thrust Into the ground cramped, crooked, and without proper ( care, the trees will grow In like man ner, stunted, crooked and misshapen. When the trees are placed In the hole, the roots properly divided and stratgni- | ened, a little fine earth should be | shaken over the roots, the tree slight ly raised so as to give the roots a na tural descent. The tree-fop should In cllne to the west several Inches, the hole to be Wiled with Wue earth and firmly pressed, so as to hold the tree In Its proper place. The prevailing west winds will soon bring the tree up to a perpendicular position, for If you will take the trouble to examine the orch ards around you, you will Wnd nearly all the trees leaning to the east. This Is caused by the strong west winds. The ground Is prepared, the trees se lected and planted, but your work Is not finished; cart, must be taken of the tress and ground. The tree tops should be well formed by proper pruning. The branches from the trunk should be at or as near equal distances apart as It Is possible to have them, and three msla branches or llmbsare quits enough to form a beautiful head or top; If this i Is dons after pruning, no large branch- | es will require to bo cut or removed < from the trunk, without ibis precau- i tlon at Itrat pruning and forming tbs top It Is often necessary to remove large IImha front tbe irunks. thereby ; •aualng a gradual decay <*nd dually de straying the tree Tbs grouai should bo woll cultivated sad kept ta good heart, aud may be prudishly cropped hr several yeara with potatoes, tur kips, mangold*, carrots, cabt sgoa or gy other root crop* \Vtu Orny ttrewteg I s*«otber* ! Hume of our uelghbore have been j I rowing cucumber# in a aew way for | < to last yssr or two, aad as thstr sue i fee with them has heeo »« wond-tful will gtvo thstr way for the beaedt of 1 here A spot about four feet square , i drat spaded up and well manured, a I alf barrel with the head hnorhed out I then sot !h the middle of the spot ; l m pushed down into the eotl. hut *tm I | resting on the aorta e The barret I hi led aently full of well tol'ed mu i u'e The loose wsrth le drawn up | i ightly all around the edge of the bur , 1 il and the good I* pUot»*i lt>> t« is | la ground livery day a pntllul or I re of water Is poured into t he hnrtot, j i and It soaks slowly through the manure until It reaches the soil where the eaeda are. The surface being hollowed allows the water to reach the roots of the cucuml>»r more readily, and the ma nure In the water makes them grow so last that the striped squash bugs hare little effect on them. Bernice Ba ker, In Vick's Magaxlne. Soalh Dakota and Irrigation. The Dakota Farmer baa Issued a spe cial Irrigation number. By illustra tions and by reports of actual trials It Is shown that the most marvelous re mits followed successful Irrigation. Ao sordlng to all reports the supply of wa ter beneath the surface is unlimited. It la estimated that the 10,000 square miles In the area staled with a single well on each section that Is, 10,000 wells ju the whole area, could be flooded an nually to a depth of 30 Inches, while ten Inches of water supplied by dllrhes Is sufficient to mature a crop, for every bit of the water Is utilised aad none rune to waste, carrying the fertile soil if the bills with It, as Is the case with rain water. The population that such in area could support under such a itate of cultivation almost esceeds comprehension, His million people could have len acres each, or one mil lion could have sixty acres each, and I sixty acre farm under this intensive cultivation would be as productive as a lection In a stale of nature. Tills Is by no means a dream-picture. It Is believed to be possible, and that by men who have given scientific study to the question, end it has been already realised In many places. The Issue of the Farmer referred to shows that all iver the basin fanners are sinking ar tesian wells and constructing large res irvolrs in which to store the water un II ilie iirnner time comes for ila mill ’.atIon. What wan once a nun-dried re gion I* becoming a region of dltchc* and lake* and ponda with vegetation and !)*h and crop* which do not depend ipon the uncertain cloud*, but Hiuiply in the Ingenuity and Induatry of man. What a relief It will be for farmer*, relief from anxiety In aumiiier and want in winter when they are no long er compelled to look at the cloud*. Fhat anxloua, deapairlng look which 'ta* been worn on the face* of no many farmer* during the pant few *ea*ons In he tran*-MI»*ourl Went will diaappear ind give place to the look of content ment and joy. The people of Dakota ire not only applying the water from :heae well* to farming operation*, but :o power for mill*, large and email, ’or aprlnkllng pnrpo*e*, lighting and svery want of humanity. The twine arell that ralaea the corn cute It up n the corn ahredder or grinda the fbeat in the mill*. The Arid* of fruit*. The grateful acid of the rhubarb leaf irlaea from the malic acid and blnox ilate of potaah which It contain*; the icldlty of the lemon, orange, and other tpecle* of the genua Cltrua, la cauaed >y the abundance of citric acid which heir juice contain*; that of the cherry, llum, apple, and pear from the malic tcld In their pulp; that of gooaeberrlea ind currant*, black, red and white, ’rom a mixture of malic and citric tcld*; that of the grape from a mixture if malic and tartaric aclda; that of the nango from citric acid and a very fu gitive e**entlal oil; that of the tama -Ind from a mixture of citric, malic, ind tartaric aclda; the flavor of aapar igua from attpartlc acid, found alao In he root of the mar*hmallow, and that if the cucumber from a Decullar Doi lonous ingredient called fungln, which h found in all fungi, and is the cause if the cucumber being offensive to some itomachs. It will be observed that rhubarb is be only fruit which contains blnoxalate if potash In conjunction with an acid. 3eet root owes its nutritious quality to ibout 9 per cent of sugar which It cou sins, and Its flavor is a peculiar sub itance containing nitrogen mixed with >ectlc acid. The carrot owes Its fattening powers tlso to sugar, and its tluvor to a pecu lar fatty oil; the horseradish derives ts flavor and blistering power from a rolatlle acrid oil. The Jerusalem arti choke contains 14V4 per cent of sugar, ind 3 per cent of Inulln (a variety of itarch), besides gum and a peculiar lubstance to which Its flavor Is owing; ind, lastly, garlic and the rest of the inlon family derive their peculiar odor rom a yellowish, volatile acrid oil, but hey are nutritious from containing ,early half their weight of gummy ind glutinous substances not yet clear y defined. O. W. Johnson, In the Chemistry of the World. California Varan* Missouri fruit*. A leading grocer advertises Callfor ila peaches. California lemon cling leaches, California White Heath peach 's, California llartleti pears, aud even 'alifornta corn, tomatoes, cove ®y» era, tie. It see ms absurd that Mis ouri should use such vast supplies root California, not only peach, pear, berry, but even tomatoes aud corn, ind the vatu# la true of lilluota and it her states. These trulta and vegeta tion are produced In California ou uatly land, with high priced labor, uurmuus freights croaalug the mouut las. and yet It pays them Why not isarh peaches and prara, adding Mia ouri or Arhanaas. aa the caae way t*, iud why not Missouri, Illinois, Ken ucfcy and ’i'eaaeeaee mm and luma iwa as well aa fruits IVopl* of the liar ha. Colorado sad New Mnlro nre "•ginning to wake up and aeon Call urnla will eras* gathering all the ream We admire their enterprise hut to waal (• *•* more of It la every state. Vi.pl* ev*»ri*hrr« should grow ruore roll* sad net depend upon dtapeeittg 4 U in the green state, have canning at toil#* make jeltv preset ten. etc, amk shat a great laduatry presort lag if fruits la Kngland Mara Urea Hut el la A woman wi.a a stive* < laugh utteo «poa>a a gold pint* la her mouth I'l4«r or Arid Vlauftr. Cider vinegar la an article little known to the Inhabitants of our Urge cities. Possibly and even probably thl» la true of our smaller cltlea, and even of our towns. It I* doubtful If there be any ether article of food where the Im itation bee ao fully taken posseealon of the market as with vinegar, la many i cases It I* not possible to get pure j cider vinegar. One has but to attend a convention of cider vinegar makers to have his eyea opened lo the astound ing fact that their business la largely In collapse, as (he honest article Is unable to compete with the false. After attending such a meeting aome three year* ago, the writer returned to hi* home determined to find out If he bed been using add vinegar all these yesra when he had been buying what was ed vertlsed as elder vinegar. As It bap pened, he was trading at tbe store of tbe moat reputable grocer In bis neigh borhood, and ao could expect to And the true product there If anywhere. Asking tbe price of vinegar, he wan (old that white wine vinegar was 2” cents per gallon, cider vinegar 26 cent* a gallon. He wanted elder vinegar, but he wanted mill more to know If that dd<»r vinegar bad ever had any cider In lit. lie got the grocer aside and briefly gave him an extemporaneous lecture on the atate and conditions or the traffic In cider vinegar, and also aa to lla manufacture and the high price at which It had to be sold In tbe mar ket, taking into consideration the high price of apples. He did this to Im press on the grocer I he Idea that h« knew so much about the Ins and outs of the vinegar trade that It would be useless to try to fool him. Then, to make It catty for said grocer to tell tbe tPIlfh h» rant him mioolimi In fhtu wuv "Of course, I know that the vinegar you are eelllng for elder vinegar In not . cider vinegar, but what I want to know * Is, why you do not keep Home real genuine cider vinegar for such people aa myself who are willing to pay for It?” The reply of the grocer waa rea aonable and to the point, lie aald: "1 ntu aware that the vinegar I aell la not cider vinegar altogether, though there may be aotne cider in It. I would be glad to keep the genuine article If I could aell It, hut 1 can't. 1 would have to aell It at 40 cent* a gallon to mak* any profit on It. Hut here la the trou ble, and the reaaon why I would not be able to get rid of It: I would charge 40 centa for my beat cider vinegar. My competitor!* would advertlae that they had genuine cider vinegar and would aell it for 25 centa a gallon. They would make ua much nolae over the Imitation article aa 1 could over my genuine article, and people would be lieve them, and buy where they thought they were getting It the cheopeat. W« are obllg-id to aell aa cheaply aa other*, and there la probably not a grocer among hundred* that la Helling vine gar without aclda. The people are themaelve« to blame, for they will not uae good judgment, but expect to get thing* even below the wholeaale price.” The grocer further juatlfled hlmaelf by aaylng that perhapa the add prod uct waa aa good and aometlmea bettor than that made from cider-, at leaat b* believed It waa better for making pick lea, “for cider vinegar alwaya eata out the heart of the cucumber and leave** It hollow.” The above reply will Indicate somewhat the scarcity of non-lmltatlon vinegar; It being ao little used that a grocer could make a statement Ilka the last one quoted, and believe It. In addition It la to the Interest of LUUirilHIlin IW i i f^ui UKIUU from acids, since the profits are larger. Sulphuric and muriatic acid cost hut little, and these are the chief acids of which the common product Is made. Someone has said that not more than two pounds of either Is needed to make a barrel of the stuff sold on the market as vinegar. As to remedies, there is great diver sity of opinion, In Illinois and mauy other states there Is no law to prevent this wholesale swindling of the people. Laws have been advocated by the dif ferent state societies Interested In such matters, but have never got be yond tbelr Introduction In the legis lature. The general trouble with them has been the)' were so very radical as to be unconstitutional. They called tor total prohibition of the manufacture of acid vinegar; while the most a consti tutional law, in Illinois at least, could do, would be to prevent add vlnegsr from being sold as cider vinegar. Buob a law should be passed In every state where one does nol already eitst How- w ever, little real relief could be hoped for from any legal measure. The most feasible plan would seem to be to brluf the producer and consumer together by correspondence. This would neceasl tata the consumer buying bis vinegar In larger quantities tbau Is his custem wbeu be depends ou the corner gro cery. Some orrhardlsts that are mak Ing vinegar have adapted this plan, and also pul up their product In kegs cos talalng but a few gallons Soil I’rotectlon In Winter One ms terlal Is always at hand In protecting garden plants In wittier that la, the soli. And It la one of the beat malar! ala, and for vary many plants all that la needed It ran be drawn up arouni them, and over theta. If needtd, and thus secure them against Injury. Tba ground ofteli fr***««» two feet deep .a out northern climates. and thus must at th« some ttnie frees* the root* at many plants, hut as they thaw alowly and gradually, on account of tha sur rounding soil, they remain uninjured tse the soil tor protection wherever H «, tea bo employed to idvautage Ki flower t'ulture at Hallway Htaltoae t*rtree ta tha amount uf II (too eSersd by tba Midland Hallnsy company el Kuglaud ta I he station beeper* along tbetr route resulted lb Sun entries for • ompeturns It.v this means tha ata lions along tha course were heoutlltsg Hi Appetite for drink la tha davit t lend chain an tha drunkard a ns* k