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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* ;
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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*
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