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FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. — ftoma l p-to-ilmt. Hint* Abnat 9*ltl» tlon of tho Soil and Yield* Thereof - Horticulture, Vltlrnllore Bed Horl eeltere. 1IE Rhode Island experiment station has the following suggestions to' make on apple growing: Apple trees need water. If the sup ply of water In the Hull In an orchard la deficient when the fruit Is matur ing, as it frequently Is. the tree* cannot produce a full crop of apples, however well they may hnve been fed and other wise cared for. The lack of a sufficient "mount of water In the soil In orchards often is the cause of apples dropping prematurely and the ripening of win ter fruit during the fall months. While It may be Impracticable to attempt to supply water artificially In most cases, at least, to orchards In this state, yet much can be done by good management to prevent the needless escape of the natural supply, and In this way large quantities of water may be retained In the soil for the use of the trees when It Is needed ,by them. A mulch of grass, leaves or other organic mat ter is useful for this purpose, and the ground In some cases may be culti vated In the open spaces to good advan tage. In this connection we must en i. ter a 'protest against the practice of trimming off tho lower limbs of apple trees. This allows the wind to sweep through beneath them and the sun to continuously on the same land at Col- ! limbus yielded twenty-five bushels pet acre, and this yield wus increased b> five to six bushels in the average by the use of fertilizers. Throughout this seven-year test It was obsesved that fertilizers carrying phosphoric aeld produced a marked increase of plant growth in the fall, and It was hoped that, in seasons of severe winter kill ing, such fertilizers might enable the plant to successfully resist the ad verse climatic Influences; but in 18#*. the yield of the unfertilized plots hav ing fallen to less than half a bushel per acre, the largest increase made by any fertilizer was not more than three bushels. In the experiments at Woos ter, where wheat Is grown In rotation with corn, oats, clover and timothy, three crops have now been harvested. The results for 1894 and 1895 are giv en In Bulletin 71. In 1894 there was no Increase, in 1895 the Increase on the plots receiving a complete fertilizer averaged nearly eight bushels over an unfertilized yield of three bushels; while In 1896, the winter killing being almost complete, the unfertilized yield has averaged hut a bushel to the acre, and the Increase over this has been less than six bushels. The fertilizers which have produced the largest In crease of wheat have been complete fertilizers, containing nitrogen, phos phoric acid and potash, all three. The average increase of wheat alone has not paid for the fertilizer, at present prices, but the Increase in the grass crop following the wheat has in some cases more than made up the loss on wheat. The clover sown in March, 1895, in this rotation made a good catch, and maintained Its hold through out the season, notwithstanding the un favorable conditions, and In the fail the growth on the unfertilized plots ap peared even better than where fertil izers had been upplled to the wheat. During the winter, however, the clover opposed to what they please to term book" farming. This Is ait wrong. | The farmer must read books, paper* | and magazine* devoted to hi* railing. 1 He must keep posted. Otherwise how is he to keep up with the procession, I should like to know. The time when a man can keep aloof from all out side knowledge and comradeship and make farming pay has departed. Orange meeting*, and all agricultural associations and Institutes cannot be too highly Indorsed a* medium* for making progressiva farmers. The farmer of the next century will become more and more a man of thought and intellect, for only by so becoming may he hope to cope successfully with the ever recurring problem* that arise for practical solution The progressive farmer must occasionally visit the near by city where he market* his produce. There lie Is to observe and listen to find out how to pack In best shape, and to learn what the market demands; but of cnui'Hc these excursion* are mere Incidents, the chief labor and atten tion of the farmer Is demanded upon the (arm Itself, The thrifty, progressive farmer will show his character clearly by hlH stock, farm buildings and fields. The fruits of practicing modern Ideas and following the most trustworthy light upon agricultural matters will be very manifest. All classes of stock will not be of a nondescript standard, but of some recognized breed. They will show the evident results of care and good management. The farm buildings will h» solid and substantial, and, what Is more, covered with a good coat of paint, not alone for appear ance's sake, but for the purpose of se curing greater durability and lasting qualities. The fields will show the re sults of the liberal use of tillage cou pled with fertilization without stint. '1 he progressive man’s acres never look as though they had Just been pulled through the proverbial “seven SHIRE STALLION, HITCHIN CONQUEROR, A NOTED ENG LI8H PRIZE-WINNER. •bine in and dry up the soil over their roots. In the average orchard in Rhode Island these limbs should be spared If for no otber reason than to retard the evaporation of moisture from the soil beneath the trees. Apple Trees Use Sunlight.—In order to produce ten barrels of fruit as the product of one or two seasons growth, an apple tree must do a large amount of work in collecting the crude mate rials required and In manufacturing them Into such refined products as Gravenstelns, Greenings or Baldwins. Sunlight, by tts action upon the foliage, furnishes largely the power that runs the machinery of an apple tree. The amount of this power that a tree can use in a measure determines how much fruit the tree can bear. For this rea son the surface area of the top of an apple tree should be as large and as well exposed to the light as circum stances will allow. The natural habit of the apple tree is to form a rounded top with its branches bending lew to catch as much sunlight as Is possible. It Is a too common practice to cut off these lower limbs, which may In the ^ case of a well-grown tree represent ' from 400 to 800 square feet of the nor mal hearing surface of the top, and In this way tu permanently Injure the trees. It is as Important for an apple tree that la to do tta heat work to have He top adjuated to use tb • light aa It Is for a sailing vessel to be trimmed to catch the wind. Have the lower limbs that Increase the surface area of the top. for theee when the roots are well cared for eularge the b< irtug rapa< tty of the tree, bat thin nut and when nec essary shorten la the 11 mba that the light atay shin# brighter oa those which are left Muallght and Fruit Muds, l.imhs of apple ireea that are espuaed to strong tight pred wee more fruit buds than those whkh are tn partial shade la enter te peeve thte we secured permit ston te ge lata aa orchard • here the trees, although rather tso near tegeti at. were ea the whale well grown, and cat two Mmha from each ef tea trees la different parts ef the ere herd Tb* Hmbe selected were about sss* lavb in diameter, end la each case one was p tehee thei was fully espsssd te sua light end the ether where part tali) shaded When the ttmha were taken to the laboratory where the buds were roue led the saitua ef the suaMght la prehteilah Ute I or me Dee of frost bode see appnisac feemtss— aa Vineet. Metis*)a ft sd the Okie Ktpenmen! isaiisa non being dfatrtbuted. gives the results <4 the atalteap eapertsaents eltk hntiltsers far Ibe seven years, IMP te I Mb tee twelve In the average pf three seven tears (he wheel g.'uea was badly heaved out, the destruction being much more complete on the un fertilized plots, and these finally gave an average yield of less than fifteen hundred pounds of hay per acre, a large portion of which was ragweed, while eight plots receiving a complete fertilizer, used at the rate of about 400 pounds per acre, gave double this yield, of hay free from weeds, and two plots, dressed with barnyard manure at the average rate of six tons per acre, gave an average Increase of more than a ton per aere, or a total yield of a ton and three-quarters. In the three-crop rota tion of potatoes, wheat and clover, the unfertilized wheat yielded this year seven bushels and a half per acre, and this was Increased to twelve buBhels by the use of complete fertilizers. The clover following the unfertilized wheat of last year yielded nearly two tons per acre, while the Increase from fertilizers averaged nearly six hundred pounds, and that from barnyard manure was over thirteen hundred pounds, the quantities of fertilizers and manure be ing the same as in the five crop rota tion. In these experiments neither fer tilizers por barnyard manure have more than partially prevented the de struction of either wheal, clover or timothy by winter killing. In the case of wheat, six tons of barnyard mauure has produced about the same average effect aa four hundred pounds of fertil iser, hut In the case of the clover and timothy fallowing the wheat, the aver age residual effect of the manure has i been considerably greater than that of the fertiliser. I'nitMiiia r«(*>iu| Time* and conditions are aecessa*- j Uy always changing. We cannot do all things aa the> one* were done W* ; w>mM watch the sign* of th« ago and be governed accordingly We cannot farm aa o*tr grandfathers did. for the Utters' procure* tf bow followed wuold reewlt la banhroptcy, Th* farmer most he progressive, He must climb out of the “rat. * wee hta brain* to ehow him the right twin* to fellow and not he weighed down and hardened hy irndt none and huary p<wept* now proved la be unworthy *1 #r«d#n»* I do not mean to be understood to imply that any farmer *horid embrace every n«w j (henry and fnlksw it h-lndly Ju*» b* <auee it h new. but talher put him j «*M In the Una a| leattng iha a*w and , holding in that which to good while | “f aiding the wrong Kor. on tb* ; ! itMr It*# 4, iM form** H* I MMMnI *4*»*«t #!#* w [ »iim it mi If II I# #l*lu !*• i Ifni} ||mi Uni #1 i»•#• ■ ICHtt tl* UM Uh III il If# I# IldM Vlf%r “* ■ Ilk# #14 #####1 #f# *4 4 tffc### years .of Pharaoh.” but rather they support a vegetation of great luxuri ance and abundance. Finally, it may be said that the lands of the progres sive farmer are constantly undergoing some improvement; something is al ways being done for the betterment of the farm. There is no stagnation. W. P. Perkins. K«rn«miff Kmtl!»lnti l i»|»lin«»i lom. Prof. Howard Hearts Weed, in a bul letin of the Mississippi station, says: Although poisons like Paris green are not applicable to Insects which take their food by sucking, yet an external irritant, like kerosene, is applicable to all. and It matters not bow they tak« their food. Kerosene can be usei| against all Insects except those living In confined places where they caunot be reached, such ns tomato worms, those living In stored grain, etc. The amount of kerosene which shoul 1 t>« used will vary with the kind of insect to be treated, some requiring a much larger proportion than others. Nearly all plants will bear one part of kero sene to ten of water, but when a strong er application Is to be made. It should first be tested on s few plants to sc« If the foliage is affected. For the treat ment of ordinary Inserts the following proportions are recommended: Plant-lice, of all kind, 1-20. Caterpillars or other larvae sxposed | on leaves, 1-15. Scale Insects on leaves, l-ie Scale mani* on bark, summer treat ment, 2-10. Scale insects on bark, winter treat ment, 5-10 I,le# on domestic animals, except bogs. J to, I .Ice on bogs aad ticks on eattk, 5 m, The mixing of the two liquids takes place partially In the pump, hut mere largely tn the aoasle, where they are divided late very Sn# partlrlea, of course a mixture made ta thla way la aat a permanent one. nor la It aecaw enry that It should he aw What is needed ta simply a dilutioa of the hero •sea so that It wilt not cause injury whew applied, sad the etiachmeat ee> uaipushes this object tally. A Inference la Cwwe rival differeat mwi need differeat f Ottawa ta certain As ta the bumaa family so la the bo «ia« family there are wide difference of mats Una cow will eat ami relma a tom! that moms «• he dtagoe iag to a out her cow It t* the so eta with the redone. The same rattan operetta dr tereatly with different -owe. Wherever n hoettewltwral eealety re mixes aa eaev.%1 «p propria don from the state ail msavWrshlp tarn and <m should be abwMsheff SAVED IN A TRANCE.I DRESSING THE WOUNDS OF A ; CUBAN INSURGENT. Set s r«iif Felt h» lh« While the Itoi'ler < li|i|inl ami Mewa«l the Qulverieg H«h- liver Forty Stlfchva Ware Tehee □ IIE use of hypno tlsm ln»t?ad of an anaesthetic In cur tain surgical opera 11 o n a baa lately been l he subject of cons Itleiable dla eusslon among the higher authorities of the medical pro fession. A very re markable case la that one which recently happened in one of the Insurgents' rumps In Cuba. I* was at Nojazza when such an opera tion was performed on a sub-lieutenant, who understood English perfectly, and who was brought In with a machete wound to the advance guard. The slash which the nfllecr had received .left the right thigh and continued down, exposing the bones of the knee Joint and laying open the calf below. The wound was tilled with clotted blood, stifling the flow of blood, but every writhing or twisting of the stiff erer dislodged the clothe and started the bleeding afresh. He lay In a can vas hammock, pale and exhausted. Ills wounded limb, from which the trousers had been cut, prottitled crosswise over the canvas, lie groaned and cried for assistance when the surgeon arrived. The implements for a surgical opera tion were exceedingly scant. Some water was boiling In a cracked old Iron kettle, Into It were dropped the only Instruments at hand, a knife, a needle, a iircillf forceps and on artery forceps, with a spool of surgeon's silk. An -tsceptle of mercury tablets dissolved In water was prepared In two little titled gourds. The surgeon now began to wash the wound with a piece of cot ton netting, sterilized from germs by boiling The suffering of the man was Intense lie writhed and twisted so II)Hell that the now of blood lilt teased. Operation was Impossible without de volving him of consciousness. In this dilemma, the physician, although not. hypnotist. determined upon an experi ment And now lagan an exhibition of hypnotism, which would have put Svengall In the shade. Drawing from Ills pocket a small gold coin and lean ing far over the patient, he held 11 be fore his eyes, saying In u clear, low, earnest voice: "Look directly at this. I want yon to think of nothing else but this coin.” Still holding the coin, he passed his right hand over the pale brow, stroking li softly. "1 am tak ing the sensation from your forehead. It Is numb. Yon do not feel anything now. Why! you are very sleepy, are you not? You are growing sleepy. Breathe deep. Sleep! Intense became the surgeon's look. For a moment he neither moved nor spoke, Intently hanging over his pa tient with the golden coin. "Breathe deeply,” he continued. The man’s eyes had a vacant stare, hut he breathed as commanded. "Breathe! You are breathing for the whole uni verse! Breathe! 1 am going to close your eyes now, so'that yon cannot open them. You cannot open them.” He now closed the patent's eyelids w ith the palm of his cool hand, and the man remained as if In a deep trance. Motionless and calm. Hurriedly slip ping the coin Into his pocket, and still looking intensely on the man before him, the surgeon said In a sharp tone: ■‘I have taken, all sensation from your forehead. It Is numb. You do not feel anything now. I am going to make your arm rigid.” Hereupon he struck the patient's elbow with his hand, and stroked his nrm. “it is rigid. You cannot bend it now." What was the wonder of the specta tors when the man's bare urm became absolutely rigid, and his muscles stood out. "That will do." said the doctor. L<ei ll urop. ftiiu me umi uroppeu. He wag an absolute victim of hypnotic Influence. "Your leg la ilc.nl," continued the hypnotist. "There Ik no feeling In ll. It la m piece of wood » log. You have no aenautlon there." Now Ihe imtlenl waa ready for the surgical operation. The doctor picked out a needle from the pot of boiling water with the needle forceps and with defines* und agility bred of practice lagan to sew up the gash In the leg, from the bottom up ward. with quick, regular movements. | toward the joint. The patient lay comfortably without I suggestion of pain or even discomfort I In a short while forty stllche* had been j Made and small skein* of silk were ■ left at Intervals In the gask. to anawer i the purpose of drainage pipes The sound was sprinkled with powdered Iodoform and the pane of* body well washed with ihe saeepllr mercurial so tut Ion When Ihe op<•anon was aver the surgeon passed his head over Ihe man's ‘ brow and shook klm slightly by the j shoulder, "You are safe now he sail "You | • re perfectly well." dtowty lh« man opened hla eyes, } glanced shout him and tried is rise j tram hie ham mo* It Hut fell back with a leak of mild ear prise lie described hie sensation as he i area mie the tomaiaea roadmen, that . i be rain placed above h*e ope* had : grown bigger and bigger until H term I sd itself min n guides pslaee in e girai i reel, blue aeeou that * ashed hbove end i below It. and then be Had fallen asleep j rbks I* the only bnewn instance that hypwt t sm hag been slumped In as in ; surge a I tamp ths operating •»* a ra mesksbls Vgrasta. TRAPPING PARK DEER. - j ThrM nf t h** Druid lllll Herd Will lit Captured and Hold. Capt.Cassell.superintendent of Druid lllll park, says that Mr. F. H. Roehllng of Trenton. N. J.. who a few daya ago wrote that be wished to purchase throe deer for the park at that place, will have to wait until there la a snow-fall In Baltimore which will cover tha ground, as the deer at the park cannot be captured except when there la enow enough to hide the grans and herbs they usually feed upon, says the Balti more Sun. At other times their hun ger does not compel them to seek the bait In the traps. Whenever deer are to be captured the traps are erected Just after a snowfall. A pen of board* Is built twelve feet high, back of which there la a door leading to a small hut. The pen must be at least twelve feet high, as deer at the park have been known, Capt. Cas sell says, to Jump a ten-foot fence. On the floor of the hut corn la spread, and a mill the corn are arranged triggers which, as soon as touched, cause the door to fall anil the hungry unlm.il finds Itself In captivity. In this way as many as seven deer have been cuiigbt In one pen in a single night, that many getting Into the hut before any of them happened to touch a trig ger. The pen la used to attract deer, as they might he afraid to enter a hut. "There Is no use trying to catch them except when It snows," said Capt. Cas sell yesterday. “For several days ws have hml a peck or ao of corn dumped here and there to see If they would come up anil eat It, hut they will not go near It when they can get grass. Mr. Itoebllng wants two does and a buck, but he cannot have a buck, us wc cannot spare one. There are uow in die park but three bucks with horns, which means three over eighteen months old. There ore Home younger UIH'lt, Mill III' Rl' Ul imiyviii/ »«v . bid does. Kvery autumn we shoot a number of the horned bucks to keep them from mutilating the young trees with their home. Bust fall we : hot twenty. There Is one which we have spared for several years and he has now a beautiful set of branching ant lers, adding a branch every year. In I he park at present there are 135 deer. They arc In separate herds In different parts of the park, from twenty-live to thirty usually going In a herd.’’ THERE ARE MANY O’BRIENS. lint III* funicular On* Wsntad Now U An old man, travel-stained and weary, wandered Into Kssex Market court this morning and stood patient ly walling for some one to speak to him, says the New York Mail and Hx presa. lie was finally arrested by Rounds man O'Brien, who asked him his busi ness. "Ol've came all th’ way frum tli’ owld country looking for me lad,” said the old man. •*OI’m near 80,” lie continued, ’’an' ine hoy run away from home twenty year ago. Me name is O'Brien, an' me eon Is a policeman. I)o yez know any O Brlens’ thot are on th’ foorce?” ’’Yes.” assented the roundsman, "my name is Tom O'Brien.” "How long hove ye been a polcec - nion?” asked the old man, excitedly. “Twenty years,” said the rounds man. “Hurroo,” how led the old man, "ye're me lad fer sure.” And he grabbed O’Brien around the neck and kissed him ecstatically. "I'm not your son," said the rounds man, blushing furiously, “my father Is still living with me. 1 was born right here In New York. "Be they ony other O'Briens that Ib poleeeemen?" “About 100.” "Glory be to God! But how'll Ol ever folnd me sou?” The old niau was directed to go lo police headquarters, and he left court with the announcement: •'O’U foind that lad If It takes twin ty years. Ol want to see me boy." Over I <»<»<> IlMronilmli. A half-breed Indian who cornea arrow* the Canadian border with anowahoe*. nKK'raaln* and banket* to ae|| may ha *een almoat any day about the atrceta of Saranac latke. He occaalonally make* excursion* to thla city. Hla name ta Marnmber, hla father having been a Frenchman. The tribe to which he belongs has a reservation twelve mtUs square. The tribe Is descended from the Five Nations. The reset va> lion Is known as Caughnawaga. Ma combci's grandfather died last week, aged to.'t, and leaving considerable wealth He bad beeu married three times the Aral two wive* being dFa-t. Hla Aral wife bore him atx children, the eeroutl Afleen and (be third the same number. Ills grandchildren, graat grandi blldren and great-great, grande-blldren number nvir l,WM Of the tblrty-alx < blldren twenty-eight are living, aa are moat of tba grandchll dim. great grandchildren and lb* • rent great grand*blldren the tribe < la ma n portion of Ver mnnt terrtlnry known aa Ike Miaata qu**l valley (‘kiefs and areal men <*f the tribe* af tbn Ft*# Nation* ha*e ap peared before aver) an* a ten nf the beta latnr* far upward nf half n century de manding remunotnilnn - New Vmb Times lower owe latrUt t-i**. ** Ktpartmenle ettb vyrieig and «nr rear ydgeena fee transmitting menmgen a«« being made by the ilymr.aa to la flat* of Nome in the internet nf the Itaitaa army, lbe rider rerr.ea n anaalt rage attar bad in bln mnmtne. tn ret A are aeaernt watt trained ptgewnn IA ben imt-ertaat ahaervatlena bare keen tghan and jattmt f*ai they are pta.od tn entelnpen and a*ted tn lbe birds wbltb ate liberated THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON V —NOV. 1 — BUILDINO SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. llalilM Tilt: Kirtpl the laird Hutld the Home They Ulmr In Vntn that nail* II”—Psalm* 1*7:1—Tampla'a Tra.li __ 8 huxt Sabbath " lesson alao oon cerna the Tempi*, we will consider to-day only the Temple Itself, nn<l leave Ita furnlsh Inga for the later study. The building uf the Temple marks one of the most ImfMirtant -res In the li I « t o r y of lerael. It intro duced a new force fn I lie making of Ihe nation. Ita In fluence was religious and political. In the words of Doan Stanley, 'It wax far more thun a mere architectural display. II supplied Hu- framework of th* hlatory of the kingdom of Judah. Aa In the Grecian tragedies we always see In the back ground the gale of Mycenae, so In the story which we are now In traverse we must always have In view the Temple of Solomon. There Is hardly any reign which Is not In some way connected with Its construction or Its changes. In front of the great church of the Kacurlal n> Spain—In the eyes of Spaniards Itself u likeness of l he Tentplc overlooking the court called from them the Court of the King*, are six colossal statues of the kings of Judah who bore the chief pari In the Temple of Jerusalem: David, the proposer; Solomon, the founder; Jehosh aphat, ilexcklah, Josiah. Manassch, the successive purifiers and restorers. Th* Idea there so Impressively graven In stone run* through the history which we have henceforward to consider.” The section Include* 1 Kings 5 and *. nrtd the parallel account 111 2 Chronicles 2 Mini a. Tlnic. The building of the Temple was le g mi on the second day of /If (lu ll Haney, the month of Mowers), correspond Ing to our month of May, In the year lull It. the fourth yiar of Solomon's reign, and 4N) years after the exodus (I Kings 6 1, 37, 3K). Il wits completed In seven and one-half years. In the eighth monlh. Hid (Octolier-November), II. t‘. 1005. anil lb* eleventh year of .Solomon's reign il Kings il: IS). The revised version of Acts 12: 30 relieves tile difficulty from Paul's ■ limnology there glvi n. Place. Jerusalem. The Tempi* was hull! on Mount Moriah, tire eastern hill of Jerusalem (2 Ch(>n. 3: I), the lilac* which when a threshlng-lloor David bought of Araunah In order to offer sac rlltces for the cassation of the great plague (2 Ham, II: 16-26). Here, loo, al most 900 years before, Abraham, in (hi gnat (rial of Ills faith, brought Isaac for sacrifice (tlen. 22: 2). Contemporary History Tyro nourish ing under King Hiram. The Haheun King dom uf Yemen, the queen of which cams to see Solomon Commerce extended ta Europe, Africa and India. To-day’s lesson Includes 1 Kings 1-12, ns follows: I. "And Hiram king of Tyre," the rich, commercial and Industrial kingdom on the northwest of Israel. "Sent IiIh ser vants unto Solomon." Seemingly with a message of congratulation on Ills acces sion. Josephus lApt, VUI. 2.y 6) says so. —Cambridge lflblc. "Hiram was ever u lover of David.” See 2 Samuel 5: II; 1 Chron. 14: 1: 22: 4; 2 Chron. 2: 3. Cook 4. "Evil occurrent." "Oocurrnnt" Is tin old English form of the noun for which we now use "occurrence." 5. "Cedar-trees out of Debanon.” (See Ezekiel 31: 8-5.) The cellar Is one of tin most majestic trees of the Eastern for ests, and Is found In Its greatest perfec tion on Mt. Debanon. It grows to the height of seventy to eighty feet. The wood Is of u red color and bitter taste, which prevents Its Injury by Insects. It ccntlnues to grow for 1,000 years. It Is very durable. There Is no such thing as a rotten cedar. There Is a specimen In the British Museum labeled "Cedar ot Initiation. from Palace of Nimrod; 3,00b year* old." 9. "Convey them by sea In floats." re vised version, rafts "made of the trees fastened side by side, and formed Into long raft-llke structures, somewhat like those which may be seen often on the Khlne, sent down from Switzerland. Such Moats would keep etose to the shore and lie anchored at night."—Cambridge Bib)*. "Unto the place.” Joppa (2 Chron. 2: 16). the most convenient port to Jerusalem. The pay was an annual supply of tiie pro duets uf Palestine, In which Phoenicia II. 'Twenty thousand measures of wheat." The measure was a "cor.” or homer. e<|ual*to eight bushels. "Twenty measures of pure oil.” This amount U so Insignificant In comparison that It seems best to adopt the (Jreek reading here (agreeing with 2 Chron. 2: K>. and with Josephus), of 20.000 baths, or 2,000 cors of olt—Blllcott. A hath is *1* or seven gal lons, or one-tenth of a cor. The Temple was built upon Ml. Moriah, where had been the threshing floor of Or nan (Auratmah).-2 Hum. 24: 14-2S. This was probably the spot where Ahrahani was to offer up fsuae This was file eastern hill of Jerusalem, overlooking lh< Kedron and the Mount of <Hives, and sep aialml from Mt. '/Ann by, the Tyropoesr. Valley. We oun hardly be wrong In Iden tifying the remarkable rook known as the Hukrah. over which the moaqve of Oma> (Kubbet-vs-Hakrah) Is built, the "pierced rock" of ihe Jerusalem Itinerary, -will. I he threahtng-ttoor of Oman. 1‘ulptit Commentary, over this rock Is seuppo»e*i to have been the lloly of Holies. lit ninth this area are still U't'ie.lucl*. pas sages and tanks use* US* d for l he proiier drainage ami use of the Tempi* "The rugged lop of Mortal* was levels., i with Immense labor. Its sides, which l» the east ami south were precipitous, were faced with a wall of stuns butli up pet pemtk ularly frunt the bottom of tin* »a’ Iwy. Mil am I ft tU Ihts-o* who KmllVf1 flown of utuci u trills h*i«M a *«rk alllll tlkl lAfeor, A* tbs it* nteitae stones Were rtrtStgll mot Use*I le ge the r and Wedged Into the rack‘‘- Ml) man The mwgnttWnt wall on the east Side known as Iks Jews grading ptac* ’ Vs duubttees Ik* work of gd-ntem. a**t. after nutlgstlng tha drums and i*gmt> lings gf • hundred trlompha M remains In ■ big tlgy in uninjured tesohiSm, ISM td I tv* Sa-tv be. Sled Slades* It MV* feet lung and I lent high. Md gaigbs yggt than ISi lugs. These vast st»Mi»e wets hewn ft out g yuan* abnvs lbs level nf Ike wall sad towered hr vtdleeg down *a inclined ptage MM. 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