TALMAGE’S SERMON.
•CONSOLATION IN TBOUBLS"
LAST SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
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HE reference bere
la not to a cyclone
but to tbe long
continued blowing
of tbe wind from
an unbealt h f u I
quarter. The north
wind le bracing,
the south wind Is
relaxing, but the
tut wind lx Irri
tating and full of
threat Eighteen times doex tbe Bible
apeak agalnat tba Eaat wind. Moaea
deaerlbe a tbe thin eara bleated by tbe
•aat wind. Tbe I'aalmlat deaerlbe* tba
breaking of tba ablpa of Torablah by
tba aaat wind. Tba locuat* tbat plagued
Egypt were born* In on tba eaat wind.
Tba gourd tbat abeltertd Jonah waa
•battered by tbe eaat wind; and In all
the six thousand auimnera, autumns,
wlntera, springs, of tbe world's dis
tance, tbe worst wind tbat ever blew
Is the eaat wind. Now, If God would
anly give us a climate of perpetual
aor'-wester, bow genial and kind and
placid and industrloua Christiana we
would all be! But It takes almighty
grace to be wbat we ought to be under
tbe east wind. Under tbe chilling and
wet wing of the east wind tbe moat of
tba aartb’a villainies, frauds, outrages,
suicides, and murders have been
batched out. I tblnk If you should
keep a meteorological history of the
Says of the year, and put right bealde
It tha criminal record of the country,
you would find that tboae were the
best days for public morala which were
under the north or west wind, and that
tboae were the worst daya for public
asorala which were under tbe eaat wind.
Tba points of the compass have more
ta do with tbe world’s morala and the
cuurcu s piaiy man you nave yei ■im
pacted. Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexander,
eminent for learning and for couxecra
tion, when asked by one of bis stu
dents at Princeton whether be always
had full assurance of faith, replied,
'Tee, except when the wind blown from
the east." Dr. Francis, Dictator of
Paraguay, when the wind waa from the
•eat, made oppressive enactmenta for
the people; but when the weather
changed, repented him of the cruelties,
repealed the enactmenta, and was In
good humor with all the world.
Before I overtake the main thought
of my subject, I want to tell Christian
people they ought to be observant of
cllmsttcal cbangA. Be on your guard
when the wind blow* from the east.
There are certain etyles of tempta
tions thst you cannot endure under
certain etyles of weather. When the
wind blowe from tbe east, If you are
of s nervous temperament, go not
among exasperating people, try not to
nettle bad debts, do not try to settle
old disputes, do not talk with a bigot
on religion, do not go among those
people who delight In saying irritating
things, do not try to collect funds for a
charitable Institution, do not try to
answer an insulting letter. If these
things must be done, do them when the
wind la from the north, or the south, or
tbe west, but not when the wind is
from tbe east.
Tou say that men and women ought
not to be so sensitive and nervous. I
admit It, but I am not talking about
wbat tbe world ought to be; 1 am talk
ing about what the world Is. While
there are persons whose disposition
does not seem to be affected by
changes In the atmosphere, nine out of
every ten are mightily played upon by
such Influences. O Christian man!
under such circumstances do not write
hard things against yourself, do not
get worried about your fluctuating ex
perience. You are to remember that
the barometer In your soul la only
answering the barometer of the weath
er. Instead of sitting down and being
discouraged and saying: *‘I aiu not a
Christian because I don't feel exhllu
raut," get up and look out of the wtu
dow and see the weather vuna point
ing lu the wrong quarter, and then aay,
“(let thee behiud me. Katun, thou
prince of the power of the air; get out
of my house! get out of my heart, thou
demon of durhut-m horned on the rant
wind Away!” However good aud
great you may be In tbs Chrietiau life,
your soul will never be Independent of
physical condition. | feel 1 am utter
ing a most practical, ureful truth here,
one that may give relief to a great
many Christians who are worried and
despondent si times.
Inr Hush, a monarch In medicine,
ntler curing hundreds of csss* of men
tal depression, hi ait* If Ml sick and
tool his religloua heps, and he wuuld
not believe hi* pastor when the pastor
told him that hi* spiritual dspressioa
waa only a eoassqusncs of physical do
prsssioa Andrew toiler Thorn**
•soil William Cow per, Thoms* Hus
ton, Mold llrwtasrd. l*hMtp tlstsac
tn«u wars mighty maa sf U«4. hut all
at ihewi llitutuaiioos of ths fs-1 that a
man's soul is net independent of hi#
physical health Aa eminent physl
etsa gave as hid opinion that ao maa
•ear died a greatly triumphant death
who*# disease was hstow the dia
phragm dischhoure, the learned
i'hrtsltaw swmmeatalsr says he does
not thlhh Pawl was ta**ao wh«« Mivid
played tea harp hsfius him. hut it was
h hypochondria ic-uing from ladsmmn
lien of tho lies- Oh, h»o mauy good
people hat# hosn mUiahth m regard la
thnlr roligtous toot* a«t taking these
things into seaside aii»m' Ths Uui of
Chrlists, one of tho hast mss that sear
Jirsd, gnd on# of tie must «**fut, sal
down nnd wrote: "Though I hare en
deavored to discharge my duty as well
as I could, yet sadness and melancholy
of heart attck cloaa bj and increaaa
upon me. I tell nobody, but I am very
mueh sunk Indeed, and I wish I could
hsvs ths relief of weeping ss I used
to. My dsys are exceedingly dark and
dlstreaslng. In a word, Almighty Ood
seems to hide his face, and I Intrust
the aecrst hardly to any earthly being.
I know not what will become of me.
There Is doubtless s good desl of bodily
affliction mingled with tbla, but it la
not all so. I bless Ood, bowsver, that
I nsver lose sight of the cross, and
though I should dls without seeing any
personal Interest In the Redeemer's
merits, I hope that I shall be found at
bis feet I will thank you for a word
at your leisure. My door Is bolted at
the time I am writing tbla, for I am full
of team."
What was the matter with the Dean
of Carlisle? Had he got to be a worn*
man? No. The physician said that the
state of his pulse would not warrant
bis living a minute. Oh, If the east
wind affects the spleen, and affects the
lungs, and affect* the liver, It will af
fect your Immortal soul. Appealing to
Ood for help, brace yourself against
these withering blasts and destroying
Influences, lest that which the I'salmlst
said broke the ships of Tarsblsb, ship
wreck you.
Hut notice In my text that the I»rd
controls the east wind: "The Lord
brought the east wind." He brings It
for especial purpose; It must sometimes
blow from that quarter; the eaat wind
Is Just as Important as the north wind,
or the south wind, or the west wind,
but not so pleasant. Trial murt come.
The text does not say you will escape
the cutting blast. Whoever did escape
tt? I was In the pulpit of John Wes
ley, In I/mdon, a pulpit where he stood
one day and said: "I have been
charged with all the crimes In the cata
logue except one—that of drunken
ness," and a woman aroee In the audi
ence and said: "John, you were drunk
last night." Ho John Wesley passed
UN'IVI MBM. • tv.v.j)..
Journal a report of on* of George
Wbltefleld's sermon* —a sermon
preached a hundred and twenty or
thirty year* ago. It seemed that the
reporter stood to take the sermon, and
bis chief idea was to caricature it; and
these are some of the reportorial inter
linings of the sermon of George White
field. After calling him by a nick
name Indicative of a physical defect in
the eye, it goes on to say; "Here the
preacher clasps bis chin on the pulpit
cushion. Here he elevates bis voice.
Here be lowers his voice. Holds his
arms extended. Bawls aloud. Stands
trembling. Makes a frightful face.
Turns up the whites of bis < yes. Clasps
his hands behind him. Clasps his arms
around h n, and hugs himself. Roars
aloud. Hollas. Jumps. Cries. Changes
from crying. Hollas and Jumps again."
Well, my brother, if that good man
went through all that process, In your
occupation, In your profession, in your
store, in your shop, at the bar. in the
■lek room, in the editorial chair, some
where, you will have to go through a
similar process; you cannot escape 1L
• • •
When the French army went down
Into Egypt under Napoleon, an en
gineer, in digging for a fortress, came
across a tablet which has been called
the Rosetta stone. There were in
scriptions in three or four languages
on that Rosetta stone. Scholars study
ing out the alphabet of hieroglyphics
from that stone were enabled to read
ancient inscriptions on monuments and
on tombstones. Well, many of the
handwritings of God In our life arc in
decipherable hieroglyphics; we cannot
understand them until we take up the
Rosetta stone of divine inspiration,
and the explanation all comes out, und
the mysteries all vanish, and what was
before beyond our understanding now
is plain In its meaning, as we read,
"All things work together for good to
those who love God.” So we decipher
the hieroglyphics. Oh. my friends!
i have you ever calculated what trouble
did for ltuvid? It mace him the Hacred
minstrel (or all ugr*. Whut dirt trouble
do for Joaepli? Made him the keeper
i of the corucrll* of Egypt. What did
1 It do for Raul? Made him the great
apostle to the Gentiles. Whut did It
do for Rtimml Rutherford? Made his
invalidism more Illustrious than robust
health. What did tt do for Rnhurd
Raster? Gate him capacity to wide of
"Hathl's Everlasting Rest." Whut did
It du for John Runyan? Showed him
the shtulnr gate* of the city. What
has It dene ter you? Hints the loss
of that child your spirit has been
purer. Hints the loss of that prop
erty, you have fowl out that earthly
Investment* are Insecure. Pism yuu
lest your health, you feel as never be
fore a rapt anticipation of eternal re
lease. Trouble has humbled you, baa
I enlargeu you, h<.* multiplied your re
, source a. has equipped you, has U«-m god
your grasp im , tfc,» * rbi and t sht
•*>»•! >« ip p . t. ■ * i v. tli bit .
God for tics *A>t wind It hi* driven
| >***» Into tb« barber of (tod s sym
pathy
Nothing tlbe trouble to show us that
this world is an ;nsuHb*l*al petti,.n
llogadb was about duo* with Ids and
h* Wanted to | ...nl l;,, ml ,»f ail
ihingw He pul IS cistii « shattered
botile, a cia- bed bet! an un.irung
; harp • sign l*>%»4 of a tavern called
| "Tbs Wuiw« |*tkd falling down, a
i ship* let a tbe bettes Of Ph, , I,us |y
tug dead in tbe dead* lU utwua in b*r
1**4 quarter, lbs wet id on Hr* no*
I thing m»r*. ’ Mid Hogarth "nnd ny
| pklur* U dune" 1b*n b* added lha
bruben p*i* t* of i ydim Tb*n bo
dhsd Rut tr. ilt* w ig bold might
I hf wad wot* shMful tban llugartb a,
I pictures tb* fat.tog, tailing, m«uW*t
tag dying w«dd And w* w*M *> me
•bing pstmaatal to lap laid of, nnd
w» grasp with both hands after God,
and aay, "The Lord Is my light, the
Lord to my love, the Lord Is my for
tress, tbe Lord fa my sacrifice, the
Lord, the Lord Is my God."
oiess ood for your trials. Oh, my
Christian friend! keep your spirits up
by the power of Christ’s Ooapel. Do
not aurrender. Do you not know that
when you give up, others will give
upT You have courage, and othera will
have courage. The Romans went Into
the battle, and by some accident there
was an Inclination of the standard.
The standard upright meant forward
march; tbe Inclination of the standard
meant surrender. Through tbe negli
gence of tbe man who carried the
standard, and tbe Inclination of it, the
army surrendered. Ob! let us keep the
standard up, Whether It be blown down
by the east wind, or tbe north wind,
or the south wind. No Inclination to
surrender. Forward Into the conflict.
There Is near Bombay a tree that
they call the "sorrowing tree," the pe
culiarity of which la It never puta forth
any bloom In the duvtlme, but In tbe
night puts out oil its bloom and all
He redolence. And I have to tell you
that though Christian character pure
forth Ita sweeteat blossom In the dark
ness of sickness, the darkness of fi
nancial distress, the darkness of be
reavement, tha darknesa of death,
"weeping may endure for a night, but
Joy comotb In the morning." Across
the harsh discords of tb!» world rolls
tho music of the skies—music that
breaks from the lips, music that breaks
from tbe harp and rustles from the
palms, music like falling water over
rocks, music like wandering winds
among leaves, music like carrolling
birds among forests, music like ocean
billows storming the Atlantic beach:
"They shall hunger no more, neither
thirst any more, neither shall the sun
light on them nor any heat; for the
Lamb which Is In the midst of tbe
throne shall lead them to living foun
tains of water, an;l (<od s call wipe
away all tear* from their «>rs." I
see a great Christian fleet epp)cach
ing that harbor. Home of the ships
tome In with oetls rent and bulwarks
knocked away, out still afloat. Nearer
and nearer et ’rna) anchorage. Haul
away, my lads! haul away! Some of
the ships had mighty tonnage, and
others were shullopa easily lifted of the
wind and wave. Some were men of
war and armed of .he thunder* of
Christian battle, and other* w< re un
pretending tugs taking others through
the "Narrows,'’ and uorae were coaster*
that never ventured out Into the deep
seas of Christian experience: but they
are all coming nearer the wharf—brig
antine, galleon, Une-cf-battle ship,
long-boat, pinnace, war-frigate—and as
they come Into the harbor 1 And that
they are driven by the long, loud, ter
rlAc blest of the east wind. It is
through much tribulation that you are
to enter into the kingdom of God.
You have blessed God for the north
wind, and blessed him for the south
wind, and blessed him for the west
wind; can you not In the light of this
subject bless him for the east wind I
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to tbee.
E'en though It t* a Croat
That ralaeth roe:
Cttll all my son* ihall ha,
Nearer, toy God, to thee,
Nea rer to thee.
THE QUESTION OF RELIGION.
Uattheer Arnold C'rltleUre * ISr.lllai.t
Skeptic.
We And a brilliant mathematician,
Prof. Clifford, launching Invectives,
which, If they were Just, would prove
either that no religion at all ha* any
right to mankind's regard or that the
Christian religion, at ill events, has
; none, says one of Matthew Arnold's
! letters. He calls Christianity "that aw
ful plague which has destroyed two
civilizations and hut bareiy tailed to
slay such promise of good as is now
etruggiing to live among men.” He
warns his fellow-nun against showing
any tenderness to "the slender remnant
of a system which has made its red
mark on history and r1111 lives to
forms of Its Intellectual lu lief." he
scornfully adds, by way of flnirb, "have
i survived the dltcredlt of Its mural
j teaching." Hut those are merely the
crackling fireworks of youtblul para
dox. One read* It all, half-sighing.
hnlf-am!!lng. as the declamation of a
clever and confident youth, with the
hopeless Inexperience. Irredeemable by
any cleverness, of bis age.
Only when one I* young and head
strong can one thus prefer bravado to
experience, can one stand by tn» Bea of
Time. and. Instead of listening to the
solemn and rhythmical lost of its
waits, t hoose to nil the air w .th one's
own whooping* to start the talk. Hut
the mas* of plain people hear mo b talh
with impatient Indignation and flu-k
all the more esgerly to Mesert Moody
and Monkey. They feel that the bril
liant free-thinker and revolution MU
talks about their religion end yet is all
abroad In It dure not know either that
nr the great faeta ol human lit* -sad
■ bey go to those who know then* better
Mod ih« plain people are got wrong
r» up* id with Frof Clifford Messrs.
Moody and Banker nr* KrssUtt of the
phUesuphy of history.
Men ore not mistaken in thinking
that Christianity hes done tk*m goud,
In l*s «g it. m wishing ies listen in ta.<se
who will talh to them a haul what they
lu.« an t will telh of If with *Uu. ration
and gratitude, u«t con cm pi gad
hat -o4 Ckrisnsntr Is truly ss in
' I.UeMtuf. sal lu-sms I h*«s *| * I
H, "Iks greatest and bwpptest stroh*
***» fet made for human pert* n«n “
Men do not err, they are «n grin g-ound
of viper lease when they say ihst they
hots pmetlegtiy f*und Christianity l»
is somsthlng Insawpartbly mu-gcni
Whey* they err Is in thsty w#y of gs
ew tnting f«r thm and *» e**.g> ,ug Itt
: saw***
FARM AND GARDEN,
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
■am* I'p-ta-Dat* Hlnia About Callltf
lion of tha Hall in<l field* Thrraaf—
Hortlraltura, tltlrultars mud riort
ealtare. _
O. HAH HI SON, In
Journal of Agricul
ture. says: The veil
that ha« so It ng en
shrouded In mys
tery the growing of
ginseng by artificial
means has at last
been torn asunder,
and Its dazzling
posslbillilea laid
bare. Like many
other supposed mysteries, when learned
and fully understood It Is not si all diffi
cult. In this connection I wish to
quote the botanist In his letter of trans
mittal of report to the United States
Department of Agriculture He says:
"The report bring* out the facts that
the wholesale price of American gin
seng has steadily Increased from 62
cents per pound In 1868 to somewhat
more than $3 per pound In 181)3, and
that the value of the export for the
past decade has amounted to between
1600,000 and $1,000,000 per year. The
report also points out the fact that the
natural supply Is now rapidly decreas
ing and that Its extermination, If pres
ent condition* continue, Is Inevitable.
At the same time, there can be no ques
tion but that the cultivation of ginseng
I* entirely practicable. Knough has
been achieved In various part* of
America to fully demonstrate the truth
of the botanist's statement In regard
to the practicability of Its culture. The
following statement is from a Chicago
farm paper: Ginseng Is scarce this
year In the Hlg Sandy Valley, Ky.,
from where much of the ginseng pro
duced In this country come*. F°T
■viuo i t;«nuu wuw uiuuuiuiuvvi - --
neglected the Industry during the last
year or so. Ginseng Is now worth |3.&0
per pound, but the price Is likely to in
crease considerably very soon.” I have
studied the habits and growth of this
plant from boyhood, and am now grow
ing It successfully In the garden. It
can be grown In the garden, orchard
or forest. It can be grown In the gar
den with very little attention and no
expense after plantation Is started, and
where the plant grow# wild, this ex
pense can be saved. Kvery person own
ing a few rods of land should engage
In this pleasant and highly lucrative
Industry. A few bed# In a farmer’s
garden will more than pay the farm
expenses each year.
Cifp«ui«i for Alkiftll Holla.
Robert H. Forbes, chemist of the Ari
zona exjrerlment station makes the
following statement In bulletin 18 of
that station respecting tbe use of gyp
sum on alkali land:
1. —The cost of gypsum depends
largely upon freight rates. It may be
gotten as low us two cents a pound.
Arizona contains undeveloped supplies
of gypsum.
2. —It is said that a surface dress
ing of gypsum will enable tender plants
to make a start In alkaline eolls. When
tbe crop is large enough to shade the
ground, evaporation and rise of alkali
Is retarded and the crop may be safely
matured.
3. —In the case of fruit trees as with
annual plants Injury most usually re
sults from the corrosive action of the
alkali Just at the surface of the ground.
The soli, however, and Its bottom
waters, may be so salty as to Injure
tbe trees through Its roots.
4. —Gypsum Improves the tilth of
alkaline soils by acting upon and
changing the sodium carbonate to
which the lumpy character of these
soils is largely due.
5. —-The water of Halt river contains
small amounts of gypsum In solution.
The use of this water for Irrigation
ought therefore to result In a gradual
disappearance or black alkali wherever
It is applied.
0.—Wood ashes contain considerable
amount of potassium mrbonate, a Mtb
stance having properties similar to
those of sodium carbonate. The use
of nehts on land already afflicted with
alkali Is therefore not sdvtsable.
i'runa I.rowing In Oregon.
The prune industry has grown to be
one of the most Imporunt Interests In
the state. Already It has assumed great
er proportions (hull all other orchard
Industries. As the favorite fruit crop
it OfCtNs H has much In Its r
the trees are sure to hear, there are no
climatic conditions to overcome, the
finislieil product Is not perishable, and
Ita insect p«au and fungous diseases are
lesa nutueroua than other frulta. The
tree# suffer. Ilia true, from several pests,
hut they sre slight adllcllous In com
parison to the codttn moth snd apple
scab of lha apple aud pear, and. until
we have curculio and blach knot, which
| render plum growing la Ihe east almost
impossible, ws can say that prunes are
tree from diseases. Moreover, there Is
« growing demand for the product, dried
and gieen. which premiere well for the
industry. Them are about je.uoo scree
devoted la prune growing in Oregon
1‘tuaea are grown throughout th» west
ern part of lbs state aad stoag the Col
umbia and it* tributaries in northern
snd eastern Oregon, hut the major part
at lha Industry la comptisad In tha Will
•metis and t-mpgua river valleys In
the Willamette Valley, there ale about
PS MU a« re# of prune urcharda As pet
meal of tkeee orchards are on lb* blech
alluvial soil near tha rtvar, and hava
not to any appreciable stunt en
t mat h*d upon Ihe ted hill soil farther
away, though that Ihla sail will produce
prunes la mrtelh The second largest
prune district la tha t mngua Mlvar Vat
lev Here tkata am about i,&tw aster at
prune orchards. Tha valley of the Imp
got *0- ms la b# lha meat leveled teg ten
for prune*, tree* and fruit reaching
their highest perfection there. Th#
Petite or French prune especially seems
to thrlvs; the Italian can be a* well,
and perhapa better, grown In the Will
amette Valley. The Petite prune, and
the Italian more or less, are grown very
■uccesafully In (be Hogue River Valley
also, where there are approximately
1,600 acre*. Attempts are Inning made
to grow prunes In Hood River Valley
and along the Columbia In eastern Ore
gon, hut experienced orohardlsta say
that these sections cannot well com
pete with the more favored prune lo
calities, and that tbelr splendid fruit
resources can he used to better advant
age In growing other fruits. In these
districts there are about 2,600 acres.—
U. P. Hedrick,
front In Troo I’lantlng
In an address upon "Farming,” pub
lished In bulletin 17 of the Arizona
experiment station, Tucson, Arlz., Gov
ernor Hughes Is reported as having
said, moat pertinently for Arizona;
"There Is profit In tree-planting.
Nearly every farm has little nooks
which cannot he utilized for farming.
The ash, cottonwood, perhaps the eu
calyptus, and other fuel-growing trees
ought to be cultivated on the border*
of canals, und the main laterals might
be planted with one or more rows of
trees; they would grow here without
Irrigation, und would serve as a wind
break, und thus aid In preventing the
moisture of the Held from being ab
sorbed by hot winds sweeping over
them. They would huve a tendency to
check evaporation from runuls und
laterals by shutting out the rays of the
sun, und at the same time It would
provide homes for thousands of the
feuthered tribe who would pay for
tbelr lodging many times In the de
struction of Insects, us well us by pro
viding free concerts for the farmer's
family.”
I(ca«*illnc C’iuvar llmlimi.
The Ohio Kxpcrlraent Htatlon I* now
planning some experiments In attempt
ing to get a stand of dover on fields
sown last spring, but which failed to
make a perfect stand, owing to the
drouth. The bare spots In these fields
will first be gone over with a sharp
spike harrow, or with a disk harrow;
crimson dover and common dover will
then be aown side by side, and lightly
covered In with smoothing harrow. A
light seeding of oats as a nurse crop
may be added on part of the land, for
comparison, but we expect the best re
sults from seeding the dover alone.
I,a*t season’s experience demonstrated
that the nurse crop may prove a rob
ber Instead of a nurse, by taking all
the water from the soli and leaving
none for the clover.
Iloisujr at ( iiampalan.
The University of Illinois has recent
ly been making extended Improvements
In its botanical department. Among
these are substantial additions to the
herbarium, which has, for the flrst
lime, been placed In a room by Itself,
t.nd the erection of a building for the
cultivation of plants needed in the
laboratory. Arrangements have been
made for the cultivation of aquatic
plants, and for carrying on various
1 Inds of experiments, both by students
In their regular practice, and by inves
tigators endeavoring to make contri
butions to knowledge In a most Inter
esting but not sufficiently explored field
of science.
(’reparation of Kpraylng Mixture*.
Too much care cannot be taken In
preparing any mixture to be used on
trees and fruits. If not properly pre
pared, injury may. follow. Bordeaux
mixture, If properly prepared, will not
Injure the apple; but If there Is not a
sufficient amount of lime, Injury muy
follow, causing the mrface of the upple
to be russeted and rough. Also damage
U> foliage may result. Other fruits are
susceptible to Injury from the mixture,
If carelessly prepared. This mixture
Is one of the most e ffective fungicides In
use.
Soil for Strawberries.—The Ideal soli
Is where u clover sod has been manured
and a crop of potatoes raised the pre
vious year. Corn stubble uuder same
conditions Is good If the strawberry
rows are run between the old corn
rows. If they are run on the top, the
old corn hills are apt to be caught by
the cultivator and the plats loosened.
Clover sod Is vety good, but liable to be
Infested with grub worms; besides, If
there are any clover seeds left In the
ground they are likely to grow and
prove troublesome. Whatever ground
Is used, it must he well manured and
made ready to set lu good m.,Tianlcal
rendition. If msuure Is used, II should
be well rotted and cultivated In the
ground after plowing K*.
Chinch ting i;*g» and Young Kmh
female deposit* about Mai eggs, usually
placing them about the surface of the
ground on stem* of grass, grains and
in rare ruse* other plant* The young
are at first of a red color, taler chang
ing lu brown tie. h. while the adult I*
Mach with white wing* Th* wings nr*
not obtained until lull development
: ha* been reached, and. henva In th*
1 Mint destructive period the Insect*
(ratal instead el My, and the true cause
of injury te lesa on account of number*
than of the habit of clustertag in my
riad# on the plant attached
Iturnlng lM»tu** The report tomes
from some parts sf tbs country that
farm#!* have bson burning their po
tatoes for fuel, the tubers being worth
only about |l per ton tin th* other
hand, there are thousands of fstulller
In the great dtle* who ate paring gv#
and ti v 11me# that pile* fur the few
potato** they are ahte to buy. Wh«n
will we lenrn that genetal prosperity
Is impossible so loan ** we have *u< a
i a crudo *i#« iu of distributing th*
l u» esattlss of life* H«
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XII.. JUNE 21—JESUS.
ARISES FROM THE DEAD.
tloldan TmIi "Tha laird ft Itlaan Irt
daad"—Luka *4lS«—Tha Mind* nf tha
lllarlplaa of tha Maalor Opened In
Scripture*.
K hava but nna teanon
upon tha re*urr*cllnn,
and It la wall, In ordar
that wa may bring ilia
whola alory Into on*
plotura, and may aaa
tha portion* whlrh wa
hava atudlad In olhar
yaari, In thalr rala
tlona at romponant
parta of ona graat and
(lorloii* fart.
Tima.— Jean* roan
from tha daad Hunday
morning April K, A. I*.
M, and gacandad to day* lalar. May IK.
I'lau a. ■ Joan* ahowad hlmaalf to hi* diuniple*.
naar tha lomh In Ilia garden by I'alvary, In
Jaruaalam, at Kmiriaua, In Oalilaa and laally
on lha Mount of Olive* naur ltathuny, whaneu
ha aarandad.
To day'* li »*on Includaa Luka 24: M M. Tha
explanation* ara aa follow*:
''A* lhay Ihu* apake.” Ilia two from.
Knimaua. who hud gaan and talWj/1 with .la»u*.
"Pear# ha unto you." Tha tu u 11 f III, common
Jawlah aalutatlon.
37. “Tarrlflad," aa waa natural In lha ami
dan prraent-e of a myaterlou* powar.
3*. "Why do thought* arl**," raaannlnga.
qui aliening* 7 Why do von not pareelv* that
I uni her* a* tha fulflllmant of my oft n panted
protnlaa to rlaa again on lha third day 1
3lt. "Ilahold my hand* and my faat, I It at It
la I myaelf" The nine J> *u* wlm hnd tiaan
4heir teachar anil frland, and had baan aru
< Hied. "A aplrll hath not fla(h and bone*."
II* waa no *pa< far. Ila had a**utnad no *plr
II 144*1 and heavenly body, auch a* halnng* to
the glorlflad aflar theli rami rt it lion, hut a
body Ilka Dial which bud baan bla during Ufa.
40. "Ila ahawad tharn bl* band* and hi*
faat." nmrrail and marred bv tin arm Iflxlnn.
It waa not till bla garanalon that bla body wu*
(hanged Into lha aplrltual resurrection la dy
41. "And whlln tliay bellevad not for Joy," 4
II waa too good to ba Irtia, and lliay h*d Ihelr
taachar and frland ran tor ad to them. Tliay
were terrified at first, but glad when they w©r©
convinced that they saw their |*or4. "Huv«
ye here any meat (food)?" This was to re
more the last doubt that he was the same
Jesus, with the same body, whom they had
known,
43. "Arid he took It and did "at before them,"
We note how the apostles dwelt afterward on
what now occurred as a proof of their lord's
reaurrei tlon.
44. ' Which I spake unto you. Written In th©
law of Moses." Bee the prom I *0 to Kvs tOene
sis 3: 6), the promise to Abrsham MJetiesi* 22:
If); flic paschal lamb (Exodus 12); the brajten
serpent (Numbers 21 9). the greater prophet
(Deuteronomy Ik; 15); the star and s»ept,or
(Numbers 24; 17).
"In the prophets." He© Isaiah 7 14 0;
Immanuel. Isaiah 63 and Zacharlah 12; 10,
th© suffering Havlor. K/eklel 34, 23, the heir
of David. Jeremiah 2’. f : II 16; Zacho
rlah 0; 12, the branch. "The psalms." The
third division of the scriptures. (Psalms 2,
72, etc.).
46. "Then opened he their understanding."
whbh had been closed by prejudice, by wrong
teac hing, by meager expertem -* and observa
tion. Many things could not be understood
Ull after his death.
4(5. "Behooved," was fitting. "Buffer, and to
rise from the dead " The foundation truth*
of the Christian religion.
47. "Among all nations, beginning at Jeru
salem." They we re to b*gln at home, but by
| no me ans to rrtnuln there.
4k, "And ye are witness**." They had been
with Jesus throughout ills ministry,
40. "And behold I send the promise of my
Father upon you." Th* promise of the gift
of another comforter contained In Christ's
last conversation with the eleven. "Tarry ^
ye In the city," do not go out to the work J ^
have set you. They remained praying, con
versing, studying the scripture*. "Endued."
clothed, "with power." This was fulfilled
ten days later at Pentecost.
60. "And he led them out" of the city, where
he had been giving hie lust Instruct lull*. "As
far as." until they were over against "Beth
any. Blessed them." No mere form, but a
real, enduring blessing.
61. "11© was parted from them." By be
ginning to ascend upward. "And carried up
Into heaven." The tense of tin- original Is
picturesque, and Indicates u continued ac tion,
a gradual going up out of their sight. Com
pare the more detailed account.
62. "And they worshipped him." They gave
him the religious Worship due only to <!od.
"And returned to Jerusalem with great Joy."
Every sorrow hud been turned into Joy.
53. "And were continually In the temple," at
the hours of worship. They were regular In
attendance.
Th* tempi© was th© visible symbol of wor
ship.
Slone romti nf Arlioiw.
The rcglotm of the Uttle Colorado
river in Arizona abound in wonderful
vegetable petrifactions, whole forests
being found lu some places which are
us hard as Hint but which look hh If
but recenly stripped of their foliage.
Some of these stone trees ure standing
Just as natural us life, while others ure
piled ucross each other just like the
fallen rnouarchs of a real wood forest.
Urologists suy that these stone trees
were once covered to a depth of l.WHt
fret with marl, whh h u.ui»:>im*'d then*
from wood to solid rock. The nuill
after the lapse of ages, washed out.
leaving some of the trees standing In
un uptight position. Che majority of
them, however, are plied helter-skelter
In ull directions, thousand* of cords be
ing sometimes piled up on un acre of
ground, ('indunot! Commercial Un
set te.
Hour HUU I kwa> ktolr
A wilier lets out n secret regaining
the way In wht h young women read
novels. It was tu the ttanusr and two
girts were talking of what they read.
"It I choose a novel easily enough," one
said "I go to ike iti utaiing library
sad look at Ike last chapters It I And
the ralA softly snd sadly dropping ovsr
etas or two lonely graves 1 don't leave
It, hut If tk* attuning sun Is glimmer
tug n**t hr idol robes nf watts satin I
knew It sail rlgbl sad take It snd tut
to kuy sweets to sat while I read It.**
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