Nebraska Newspapers

    UO NOT COMPLAIN;
DCCAU3E PROSPERITY HAS NOT
BEGUN BEFORE POSSIBLE.
Tlir \\l»y IIuhIii**** IIim Not Itr
\ImmI Mon* IIns **•
with Junior ( ulJout on th#*
•C ukHplallit* About 4 outfit Ion*.
(Wash in glim Correspondence. I
Incredible as it may appear, there are |
apparently some people In the United
States who are Impressed with the cry
which the Democrats are raising that
"the promised prosperity has not
come.” It seems difficult to understand
why anybody could expect the business
improvement promised by legislation
lo occur before the legislation Is had,
hut they evidently do. judging from
the reports reaching here.
Reports reaching here Indicate a dis
position on the part of some persons to
join In the eiimplalnt which the Dem
ocrat a are fostering by these meaning
less and absurd statements.
"I can not think It true, however,*'
said Senator I'ullom of Illinois, talk
ing on tills subject, "flint the people
as a class have any such thought. It
Is to lie expected of course that those
who are opposed to the Republican
party politically, especially those who
are willing to make any sort of trouble
for political effect, would put allout and
encourage suggestions of ibis sort. Hut
I can not believe that the thinking
people, who know that It Is Impossible
to enact a tariff law In a single month,
or even In two or three months, are
making the complaint which the news
papers and politicians are charging
tiicm with.”
“You do not think It reasonable,
then, to expect prosperity and business
activity until sonic IcglslatIon Is had'.’
"Not to any considerable degree. Of
course the result of the election last
fall showed to the countr> that the
stability of our currency system Is not
to he destroyed. But. the same vote j
which gave confidence to the business
public as regards further destruction I
of our business conditions showed j
them that a restoration of the proa- j
perlty whleh existed under a protective i
tariff could not be accomplished with- ;
out legislation.”
"By the term legislation, you refer j
of course to the larlff bill."
"Yes. That Is at least the first step
in legislation promised, and the (list
step necessary to restore business ac- j
tlvlty.”
"The mere promise that such legis
lation is to be had you do not con- j
sider sufficient to start the factories, !
then?"
“No. On the contrary, In isapv !
cases, the knowledge that such legf.v [
iation Is to Ire had reduces the amount
of work they are able to perform un- !
til the proposed law Is actually upon ;
■ ha statute I looks In nor a row cases 1
the effect will he felt still longer, for !
■wherever an Importer sees that rates
of duty are likely to be increased on a*
given class of articles he Is rushing
those articles Into the country in on- !
ormotis quantities. The result is that j
the manufacturers are not only unable
to determine what they can do In
prices until they know what the new j
larlff law is lo actually he when it Is
placed upon the statute books, nut
the* niso know that the country is be- {
ing flooded wwfe an unusual quantity i
cf goods at the low«,«- t*atcs,"
"The result, then, upon tin» manu
facturer must be to reduce his business l
activity rather than increase it for the
present?"
"Certainly. This has always been
the effect to a greater or less extent of
tariff legislation. Everybody familiar
with the history of our former tariff
hills will remember that the mere fact
that < hanges were about to he made in
the tariff law was of itself sufficient to
compel a temporary suspension of man
ufacturing. or at least to so disarrange
prk s and the possibility of making
contracts (hat business! was to a great
extent suspended among that class of
citizens. I mu is especially title when
a tai iff Is to he ehuiixi <1 I'i'om a lower
to a higher rate, for not only Is
there uncertainty on the part of the
manufacturer as to what his prices
must lie In (lie future, hut there is a
certainty in his niiml that the country
is being tilled with . hc_p foreign goods
it the (dd tariff rates which will lie
peddled out ill competition With him
fi r many months."
"It Is a fact, then, is tt. thut very
large duantltles of foreign goods are
HOW being In ought In and urt like In to
continue 10 compete wiili our own
manufacturera for many months yet?" ,
Certainly Anybody »»** **• •"lee
lb, irouble to-"n,‘ ru.toma co
IH»'V being made at New Veers
tied other iserts will see that at a
plain Krone ihe day tmigien. no l
gid began coiisoln.iiii.il of tie tariff
I ill the iccvipta leone custom e in. ir..»ed
• 11 orme.ualy. doubled and sometime*
trebled This iieeaiia that the ipianti
t» of duttuble goods being brought >U
sow auei fur many weeks past is more
Ibau lie tilde I be ordinary Importation*
fur the saute length of ttri" In adit
i ion to this emir mints .piuulll Or of
giee's tti.w on the free list, but likely
tei be tr* safer red to the dotiai i ot
» i« i s lug brought in. but tod iniintioi
•n tke insresne tn eiirttset p. siyp n.
kill you lake those facts into e* 1st
• alien any of os ran with a tte .* put
lit eight 'hat eh > menu1 e«e tier
id make co-tir.ifts to go e g ndth their
e taring enterg«t«» « erttt I %he
..g.c«r Stilt the no* he ■' iO '< aud
ilut ink *.h> u th*k 4n ki<>t II. tipi
» < ih he baiige »d foe to. t t t. • »th • hi
it oda » Msh the in.i«>i«n l this it •«
Hi ami ike SUS1 rilsie. , |.d dr s
asibrad hats bw *4 into |i I ’lad
piaten, hi Hug the t» »4*4 nareho.,**
•a,, raipsMeg the cyod of ban
Ut > J it* 'tw i TM
It will be months lieforo manufactur
ers can resume the activity which ex
isted under the McKinley law. Not
only must they l>e able *o tix definite
rates uftef they know what the new
law in to be. but they must wait for
some proportion of the enormous flood
of foreign made goods now coming in
to disappear. While it was expected
that the retrospective clause of the bill
would In time check these importa
tions. It has not yet done so, because
importers order their goods months
ahead, and the act Is only to apply to
goods ordered after April 1.
"Then* are things." continued .Sena
tor (’ullom, as he resumed his paper,
"which I he intelligent people of the
country ought to understand and they
are intelligent; and if they will slop
to think a moment of these facts, I am
sure they will understand it."
(i. II. WILLIAMS.
flunllnii of sugar Market.
Mr. Henry Wallace of 1>ph Mollies,
Iowa, delivered an able and Instruc
tive address before a beet sugar con
vention at New |t|ni last week. He
puts the <|iiestlon to the farmers In tills
way: "Why grow fill bushels of corn
to the acre and sell It at 20 cents per
bushel, when you can grow from 10 to
20 tons of sugar beets to the acre and
sell It at from $1 to i*er ton?”
Fifty bushels of corn al 20 cents
aggregates $10; ten tons of beets ut $1
aggregates $40 and twenty tons of
beets at $•'■ would bring $100 per acre
gross. If the possibilities of profit from
beet culture are even as good us the
lowest aggregate named. It would not
taki much to Induce our northwestern
farmers to turn from corn and wheat
growing to sugar beet culture. All
the inducement they would need would
be the gnu ran lee of a steady market
rnr me h.
Could a steady market lie Insured If
a large percentage of our farmers were
to engage In lieet culture? On this
head Mr. Wallace presents some fads
and figures that are very utriking. He
suys there Is practically unlimited mar
ket in ihis country for sugar. Accord
ing to official statistics our people have
consumed during the past thro,, years
an average of nearly 65 pounds of sugar
per head. To supply this demand we
have Imported during the last four
years an average of 1,672.613 tons of
sugar, and to pay for t.h)*< sugar re
quires about our total export of Wheat
and flour combined. "We pay," says
Mr. Wallace, "from $76,000,000 to $126,
000.000 a year for our Imported sugar,
while our exports of wheat and flour
combined have been lint about $95,000,
OOo. St. 1 stills (Ilobe-Democrat.
,„U«- Tlgurrs In liolnler I-res Trade.
A very careful and a thoroughly in
formed writer on finance has thrown
down a gauntlet which Mr. Worthing
ton C. Ford, chief of the bureau of sta
tistics in the treasury department dur
ing President Cleveland's term of of
fice, must pick uii, or confess himself
to he discredited. Mr. Ford has stated
officially that the exports of American
manufactures for the calendar year
1896 amounted to $256,962,505, and
thereupon the Democrats have assert
, ,1 the Wilson tariff to he the most ben
eficial of measures, acting directly to
ward enlargement our foreign
trade, and of <*oiir#e. creating a de
mand for home labor in the manufae
Uii-e or toe articles exported.
It may tic said in passing that If the
free trade statement, "Tariff is a tax
added to the price of the thing upon
wh c i duty is paid." he true, then the
wages paid for the manufacture of ar
ticles of export must he lower than
those paid for articles manufactured
for home use. For such exports mu»t
compete with the "untaxed manufac
tures” of foreign countries.
Hut the gentleman who. under the
signature of "Statistician,” occupied
nearly two columns of the Inter Ocean
of Wednesday, waives all special pleas
and boldly denies the accuracy of Mr.
Ford's figures, and in great detail sets
forth the name and value of every class
of manufactured exports during 1896,
and finds them to he not $256,962,505,
us officially set forth by Mr. Ford, but
$138.-193,637 Inter Ocean.
Tirol of Hit- I'ontiliat Combination.
Th« Topeka Democrat Is a new spa
p, r of unimpeachable Democratic reg
ularity, which put Its bruins in Its pock
n mil! i.«11111u11\ Mii|i|Mincii m i an in
thi i-ampaiyn nl IS##. Thl* I* what
it hut lo **a\ about the matin now Vij ,
Kunlun in brail in Hannan. *
. . ..1*1011 with i
U1. ni lH.li aurt ammain Paopl* * imr
lv Thr nuprrtnr ililty of I hr hour lor
Itrntt > rai* in Hanna* I* lo nit hainr
, ... in. tvatrrlni rorpa* of thr l*ro
p|r a pirl) Thr rautlnp CopuM*!*.
with full powrr to art. hat* irlnl thrlr
hauil at ntatr ttovrrnmrnt lawn an- |
n unthl* man want Ibrnt hat h attain .*
\V« nhnihl proftt b> rkparlrhrr I hr
laiiiMratb party <lnl not win In th*
tat« ptr»nlrt»ilal • atupalhtt hr. *!■»*> It
UmiI l«u> hrab) a haul a> Chliapo to
|t« plmlomi Capital U prn»r»*nlh
lint lit, Thr hUittt*** Intrrratk of Ih*
lOttbllI t»" h alarm at th«* moluttun
aty platloMn I* *** a r>ar ta** of
biiitta oh mutt than »h*> itutld . ha* “
Th* imutt nhoul'l *rr»r a* a aanima
Th*' l'*'i’Ull»t pasty la ili«oH»>*.l |t *111
imti itaatpl th* . uuhora * of ih*
gw* pi* If th* »*•«■* tail* » * ImmI t ip*
vrktMMk I# !!***• ah alt r*p*at th* bilk
ttwf of ino* tu labta# it ia u a | ta»f» m
la ttii'h Ih.poliat »«* t, *r b'M**« (I
w,il * .r with • ok a |t*«lii
t thr y Hi )t«k II oil h»l Siunwutf
*i, rtntntbw IUI *»» InmiO •*
la 1*1* h* »<*al ahtoMi ' ttf it.*’ >1
iu%«• r1T « tkaaui. * a*** th lh» • tot
nt Sfiata* *a* |4ltM’ Tht It* HP'
it **» #*J .*# iT^.ta* Ih lit# ‘*V!? 4rti#
«.§ | b|: *,1 g*«| « % ** * *V* »f UtUk'
I*, moil in4-.«tM**t » . » a up I*
t*T» H »*» I ft; i; it lo I »l»th* *».-•*
paid to employes of this description
a mounted to $775.584.743. Ill IS90 t V.'
wages uaid were $2.283.2115.529. In ii.71
llie value of the products of Ar. .'■lean
factories was $4,232,325,412. fti 1830 it
had Increased to $9,372,437 283. These
are merely a few of the u.iient feature
in the progress of the nation under
twenty years of continuous protection.
Here was prosperity which lasted an
era of widespread Industrial develop
ment. of increasing employment and ol
rising wages without precedent in tin
history of human affairs.
The teglllnifttr Trulls of the (Tileugc
■*l«t form.
Iti addition to this abandonment ol
the vital principle of tariff reform, lh<
convention at Chicago nominated fot
pretldent a man who had repeatedly
declared that the free coinage of sllvei
was liie only aim to lie considered, anil
who In the whole course of his cun
vais either evaded qucslions about Hi'
tariff or absolutely refused to discusf
the subject. The cue was taken by
all (hi- free silver orators and press
and fmni first to last nobody heard a
tar IT speech or read a tariff editorial,
The subject was tabooed. There win
nothing but silver and abuse of sound
money Democrats.
Four of llie five Democratic member
of the House who voted for the Ding
ley Idll are pronounced sllverltes. and
ttm Republican sllverltes and I’opu
lists In the House either voted for the
Idll or refused to vote at all. Not
even to tills late day lias Mr. Bryan
abated one Jot or little of his cam
paign position that free sliver was the
whole thing.
What Impudence It Is, then, in Me
Mlllln and other slxteen-to-one-or-bust
enthusiasts to get up now and howl
about the lurlff prlnelple which they
x I * 11 11“ I ill * I Jr Mil* I V i'll III III* nil i
roll v cut Ion. to gain protectionist allies
with whom it ey are still cheek by Jowl.
Memphis SHmlter
No I(«>mI DniKHMlic (txliift.
Mayor-elect Harrison of Chlcigo.
spoils the beaut Jful theory which Dem
ocratic shrlckers were spreading
hroadeast lhat the municipal elections
were a hopeful sign of restoration for
the Democracy. He admits lhat Ihe
success was purely upon the question
of municipal reform and that national
questions did not enter Into the cam
paign Investigation of the conditions
attending Democratic success In other
cities show lhat this was the case gen
erally. In not a single one of the
municipal elections did national Issues
•-lit any figure, while In Ihe state elec
tion of llhode Island, where national
issues were at the front, the Ilrpuhli
eans increased their vote 20 per cent
over that which they gave to William
McKinley In 1896.
IlfMvjr Wrtjglit C'lntliliig Tlial.
Professor Wilson, who Is now adding
to the »7r,.000 which he has drawn In
salary from the government during tin
past few years, by writing articles at
so much per column for the New York
Herald, say-B in a recent attack upon
the Dlngley hill that the wool tariff
will add more than 2f> per cent to On
cost of clothing. By this he means
that about $5 will he added to the cost
• if a suit of clothes. As the rate of
duty nameu the bill uverages 12
cents per pound, the professor must
calculate that 40 pounds of wool goes
into a suit of clothing. But what bet
ter can he expected of a man who
framed such a measure as that now
upon the statute books bearing his
name?
T!i« south Want* .
The experience of the Soufn (||r
paHt few years with the new indusi
developing there, the manufactures and
the new demands which they call out
has strengthened the protective sent!
ment very greatly. Not only has it in
creased the demand for material foi
use in the manufacturing establish
ments, such as cotton, lumber, Iron
coal, wool and other articles of that
class, hut It has also proved advan
tageous to the general agricultural in
terests of that section.
lllrt hplrti r.
Buddha Sakya-Muni's long lost birth
place was recently stumbled upon ae
cldentally, according to the Pittsburg
Chronicle, by u gnvernmefjj lc
uglcal expedttjgn^f around his Nlr
_
.anil stupa lit ixoiingummu. 111 it iuuii
<ler the expedition nut the Nepalim
authorities 15 miles from the place t<
be explored, near the tahsil of MhMK*
wunpur. In I he district of liuraul Whll
encamped there a monolith of the em
peior. Aaoka, was not Iced standing ten
(eel above the ground. On It was a
pilgrim a Inscription of the ninth
century, which led the expedition tr
dig around the stones to s depth ot
(niirteen feet, when an iiim Opsum ol
the emperor was found He stales that
IB the twelfth year of his reign t a bout
;jf H C I he had erected this column
on ih* xerf spot where Lord Itoddah
wss born Ktghleen mites northwest o
the column the expedition cams upon
great ruins of stupas monasteries and
pata.es roxered with (ores! and
stretching Its Axe miles u. ike Han
gwaga river the tin umf* ien«e iieiaa
aheutt seven miles This Is the sttr ol
txspttaxssta. the t apiut »f Htcddha«
lather, and will ambiutaedlx »t*M la
witpltwas caiilet th >a Ih taa of tsot »
Kv txaHona wtU be made ther* a«
moat aa the lam In* wht»h is now a I
gt ling Vcptal la over it »• *> p»d «• x
Wittier
teas*
I a* mag soiroun I the Ilgh of p*»‘P
vit» with evtw t« me'll safeguard*, bn
i* i# «Msa> MisyiHf .a *« in th» wn
t unHy «*«. dm da and bounds are n
» ih the pap*t lb t arc arittea p».
I. It »’ ihhcnaat
>ARM j AND GARDEN.
V1ATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Some |*p-to-«l»»te Hint* About C'nltlva
fl«*« of the Soli hih! V i«*l<l« I lirr#*of
* Horticulture, Viticulture mi<l t'lorl
culture.
T THE Wisconsin
round-up Institute
I,. K Scott read a
paper on the above
s ti b J e c t. Among
other iIiIuks he
said:
We are told by
the chemists that
some thirteen or
fourteen elements
enter Into the
growth of all plants, and that
nearly all agricultural soils con
tain a sufficient supply of all except
three of these, to be practically Inex
haustible. These three are nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and jmiash. The fann
ers of New York are already paying
annually five million dollars for these
three elements In the form of commer
cial fertilizers, paying 12 ceutB per
pound for nitrogen, i% cents a pound ;
for phosphoric acid, and 414 cents a
pound for potash. * * * Inasmuch
as two different plants do not require
elements of fertility In the same pro
portion, a proper rotation of crops will
aid In conserving ihe hidden treasures
of the soil. A careful attention to the
analysis of the crop that we are sell
ing Is also of the utmost Importance.
I ai m* in the older portions of the
slate from which the moat grain has
been sold present a sail contrast lo ad- ;
... mi inn nm m n r>.. i
or dairying has been the leading In
dustry, ami upon which the products
of the farm have been more largely ,
fed. • • * it would seem that ho
long an we can purchase brun or lin
seed meal from Minnesota and the lia
kc las, or cotton seed products front the
south, and can get first cost or more
in the milk pall or from stock grown.
It would bo wiser for us lo add this
fertility to our farms than to see It go ,
to enrich the lands of Europe. Men j
still leave manure In the yard all sum- i
mer to rot, knowing full well that they i
are losing the use of It for a year, and
that even when piled in the most ap- j
proved form, It will, on the average, |
lose more than half Its value If al- |
lowed to remain there six mouths in j
the summer season. If spread out |
over the surface of the yard the loss
would be even greater. While the loss J
from these piles has been ascertained
from carefully tried experiments, It
seems Incomprehensible to the major
ity of farmers, if not really Incredi
ble. We all recognize the difference
In strength between leached and un
leaehed ashps, and we might make the
same contrast between leached und un
leached barnyard manure. Some farm
ers *mve recognized these facts and
have n. .de provisions for saving these
teachings, which are the most avail
able, If not the most valuable portion.
They have dug cellars under their sta
bles with water-tight floors. This Is an
excellent place for the storage of the
manure,but the fumes arising from this
decaying vegetation All the atmosphere
with impurities and permt«»e the hay
loft and the meal bin, rendering tno
feed unwholesome. Covered barnyards
have been advocated by some of our
eastern farmers, but are expensive.
Sheds large enough for a few months'
accumulations might he practicable,
but as manure never gains anything
by age, except In solubility, I believe
the better way is to take It to tlie field ;
ns directly from the stable as conven- j
lent and spread out al once.
4>l»nl Knot w eei. „ . ,,
“■»* luilliie,
(Polygonum Sachalinen*e ,
This Is a hardy herbaceous peren
nial, six to twelve feet high, with
strong, extensively creeping root
stocks. The plant Is a native of un
Island off the Siberian coast where It
grows along moist river banks. It was
Introduced Into England about 1870 :
and has been quite generally cultivated |
in the botanical gardens of Europe. I
At a time of great drought In France
In 1893 It was discovered that cattle !
would eat the leaves anil..Miu>er
branches of this Jilnemy presented a
of the JggtfeUng that it might prove
X valuable addition to the list of fod
I der plants. This seems to lie the flrst
I intimation that sachaline had any for- ;
J age value, but the Idea wus at once i
taken up by others, and the hardiness,
the rapid growth and other qualities
of the plant were extolled and rn- ;
larged upon hy Interested parties
Wtthlu the past year or so moat ex
(niviflBt HTUiinti valiio or
mi tiallnr for furnge have appeared !n
American paper* and »*ed i at u log lie*
All who have had experience with ihe
plant advl*# caution lu Ita Intrudin'*
• Ion becauaa «f Ita very atrong. spread* )
Ins a ad pervutent rooiatwcha A writ
er in ihe Mural New-Yorker who ha*
-,»,1 some **p«rt«w* with the plant
U;i if the land will grow anything
• >ae. do not plant It. flint corn for
Ved. not Polygonum Stmhallneu** tin*
l*«a you want trouhle" A writer la
llurpe* • farm Annual aay* that th*
t*finer* la thia country will h* t«rrt
My dtaapp>dat*d If they »*p*ct to real
Me th* hop** that th* glowing 4** rip
thin* from Kurupa would term lu »ar
rant Thia plant fa d»aerlh*d la t'tr*
Mar Sty i of th* iHtUnot «f Uut*ny of
lh* I'atltd Mat** IwparinttMl of Ag
ri-ulim* Il la *dv*ftla#d IH aogt* t»l
I th* Mil eeed catalogue* Th* advhr*
! ttf th* liapettiweat Ntattua t* tat ad
mg purthawr* la. dot* A
t'It a tie* It h'*>4»
IhmkM VUin# Mapariwat diatloa
!»*••«• »»!•«•*# Irr»»
Multetia So Id id lh* di*«*n Aa«
n.«li*r«l K*p*ri*>”Ui dt*tl«* t. turn
1 fa hy Pmf J d dtwdaaaa t*po*ta
the results of c'uborate experiments
with means of preventing two Insects
very injurious to apple trees, and de
r.crtlies cheap and efficient methods of
combating them.
The insect known as the apple leaf
folder tnay he readily killed hy thor
oughly spraying Infected trees or nur-'
sery stock Just as soon as the young
Insects heglu to hatch, and before they
have had time to fold the leaves to
any considerable extent. This spray
ing should be done Just as the apple
tree leaves are unfolding. The spray
ing mixture should he made as fol
lows: One pound of Paris green, three
pounds of fresh lime. 150 gallons of
water. Since there are three broods of
this Insect each year, there are three
periods during which spraying can he
most successfully done.
The leaf crumpler, another Insect
very Injurious to apple trees, may be
readily killed hy thoroughly spraying
the Infected trees while the leaves are
unfolding and’ before the blossoms
open, with the same mixture as rec
ommended above, if necessary, the
trees may lie sprayed again immediate
ly after all the blossoms have fallen,
but In Ibis ense the amount of water
In the mixture should he Increased to
175 gallons.
Never spray a fruit, tree while It Is
In blossom; serious injury to the blos
som and Imperfect pollination muy
result,, and In many instances honey
bees will be killed. Never omit the
fresh lime, and always use two or
three times us much lime, hy weight
as Paris green. This will lessen the
chances of burning the leaves and In
juring the trees. Spray with a mix
ture of the strength Just given. To
make It weaker Is to render it less cf
fective In killing Insects; to make It
st> ,iger l» to Injure the foliage of the
tree*. Always see that the mixture
Is kept constantly stirred while spray
ing- Apply with as much force hs pos
sible, and use us tine a spray as can
he made. Spray thoroughly. Hold
I he spray on the tree long enough to
saturate It and to reach all parts, and
a I ways spray front at least two side*.
This bulletin Is for free distribution to
the farmers, and may he hud by writ
ing to the director of the experiment
station, Columbia, Mo.
Fruit ffHtnil liy lie.
During a recent cold snap In Florida,
an orange-grower named Felt saved
his trees and fruit by spraying them
with water. When he found the ther
mometer 7 degrees below the freezing
point, he took bis spraying apparatus’
Into the grove and turned a tine tnlst
upon the trees, which froze us quick a*
It struck them. The mist was kept
playing upon each tree till It was com
pletely encased In Ice from the ground
up, appearing like an Ice statue, so firm
that It could not he shaken. The weath
dld not moderate enough to thaw them
out till the fourth day, but when t lie
warm sun came out and caused the Ice
to gradually rot and drop off, not a teal
wilted.
Commenting on this. Dr. A. M. ftag
land, the noted horticulturist of Pilot
Point, Texas, says a sleet In April,
many years ago, completely enveloped
young plums and peaches as large a*
marbles, in North Texas, without In
juring cither the fruit or leaves. Tbc
coating of Ice stops evaitoratlon, and
retains within the cells all heat ven
erated by the vital forces of the tree.—
Ex.
Pruning Quince Trees.—Quince tree*
are probably less pruned than any oth
er variety of fruit. The habit of send
ing upward several shoots from the
same root Is defended by some on the
theory that if the borer destroys one
of the shoots others will take Its place.
Uut It .s In these neglected clumps of
trees that the borer breeds and multi
plies. until quince growing becomes
Impossible, it io to toB_
tine the growth to a single stem, and
then watch for borers every June and
September, letting none escape. Many
sucker shoots will sprout up from the
roots of quince trees confined to one
stein. These may be transplanted, and
will soon extend the qntnee orchard
to us great an extent as desired. n"- - *■
will be a new cron and trans
or more wy tall. It requires only
tour to five years for these young trees
to ite«ln to hear, and every year for
the next ten succeeding will Increase
the value of their crop. The quince
tree is always inclined to grow too long
branch *s. The quality of its fruit will
he bettered by shortening those that
are inclined to grow most vigorously.
Decline lu Number of Farm Anioitls.
_The last government report on do
mestic unlmsls, dated Feb. JO. 111!
shows a continual ion of the decline in
number and value of horsew during
IxtMi, the average price having got
down to |*i 07, aa figured. The ollt
rial* anil about avaryno.ty nan
u» that *urh tlrrlln* la dur to th*- ill*
pUrriumt of horaa po»*r by mnhan
l.*l motor* *'»*l to tha f».« larr*a.ln*
»,p .;{ to. hi. .1 l«* tut »i»ld rrport
•bow* that bug* alao h*»* loat In mint
bar ami talon during lha aatm* lima In
if rad. that lh« diminutton in th. Ir nutn
bar ha* bam < optimum* *lnr« 1*S»2 am
mora rapidly nlnra l*M. t'artalnly Iht
ii.aartton that otarprudwtloa hat
I'auaad tha daaltaa in ttaluaaian not ai>
lu intua In fait, lit# aturfc It
■< natal ba* baaw da* rowing in numbat
and vnlua alao atma l*»f. tha gfaaom
total tnitta hat a* III *tar rant law that
ta twtd Kt
Itrtlt for t‘*rru(a, %n •alhoaiaaitt
Itnilah Journal In a rocaot artnla, mt>
ibat a thooaotul ar i»« pound* u# aali
*u»n to th* a*'i# *tl! «h**h th* nut it
vafwaln prutrvt u*t* aaatoat tha «rut
«n4 «tra worm. p*»**ns potato do
Min, Itaalpot* fuagotd gioath* th
potto***- *1*0 tha »ro»th «l *H**a*n
a HI ntaha tha fougbaf gi***a* nan
MolatabJa. and aaaataa haihngn «•*
*tali I h*»
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
lesson vm. second quar
ter SUNDAY, MAY 23.
(•olden Text: '‘Through the <«rac e of ttw
V,ord Jesus ( hrlst We WIimII He HxMd
Even as They'* Art* 1A:!I Tti* ('an
ference at »leros*lcm.
PR leaaon for thin
•lay include* v*reev
1-H and W-20 of Are
1T». ax follow*:
1 And certain met
which cam# down
from Judea taught
the brethren, and
raid. Except ye t*
clrcomelaed after th#
manner of Moae*. jn
cannot he waved. 2.
When therefore Paul
and Harnaha* had
no riiihIi dl#*er»Hlt>ii
and deputation with
them, they determined that Paul and
Harnnhax. and certain other of them,
whould go up to Jcruaalem unto the mi#ow~
He* and elder* about thl* nuewtlon. Z
And being brought on their way by tt»«
• Imrch. tiny pmmmc(I through Phenice and
Hii maria, declaring the convention of tb#
Ocntlle*; and they < -aimed great joy unto
all the brethren. 4. And when they were
• om# to Jerusalem. they w<r** re# e|ve#l of
the church, and of the apostle* and el
der*, and they declared all ’hlngx that
Mod had done with them. f» Hut ther#
ro*e ii|# certain of I he *cet. of the Phard
ace* which believed. paying Thai It wax
needful lo clnumclpe them. Mild to < om
rnand them I ;> keep the law of Mount. K
And the apostle* and e|#ler* came togeth
er for to coriMfder of thl* matter. 2Z
Then p) cawed It the apo*tle* and elilern.
with the whole church, to *end chosen
non of their own company lo Antioch
with Paul and Harnahaa; namely, Judaw.
womanie<| Hiirnaha*. and Hlla*. cdilef met*,
among tfie brethren Zi. And they xrotif
lei lei * by (hem afler till* manner; Th#
apoMlle* and cider* and brethren *en#l
greeting unto ih#« brethren which are of *
ihe t frill Ilea in Antioch and Hyrla uiul
(•lllc ln 24 Forasmuch a* we have heard.
' «nim wnicn went out rrom uh nav«
troubled you with word*, xul>verting your
moiiIh, Maying, Ye mtlftt be HrcumrlMil,
and keep the law. to whom we gave r«r»
*in h commandment: 25. It neemiHl g*K*i
unto iim, being a**ctnbl«d with one accord,
to Mend ehOMcn men unto you with our
beloved Hanial»a* and Maul. 'M Men that
have hazarded their live* for tin* name of
our Lord .lean* Chrlet. 27 We have *eur
then fore Judaa and Hila*. who *hall abw»
tell you the Marne thing* by mouth. 2k.
For it Meerned good to the Holy Giro*!,
ami to uh, to lay upon you no greater
burden than theae nrVe**ary tiling*: 2ft.
'•’bat ye abataln from meal* offered tr*
Idol*, and front blood, and from thing*
Ml tangled, and from for tile a lion: from
which If ye keep youraelve*, ye ahatl
do well. Pare ye well.
Ml ace* Jerusalem and Antioch In Syria.
Lexgon Preview. Soon after the return of
I 'url and ManiaImm from their imIkhIoimry
Journey a cofitrovemy aro*e in the church
at Antioch concerning the Gentile con
vert*. Many Jewieh Chrlxtlarm urged
that theae new dl*e|p|e* rnuxf become
Jew* and ohMerve the whole eereriionlai
law. tliii* making < 'hri*tiardt y u mere
branch of Judiai.m and tending to tie
error of juMtlticatlon ty work*. After a
long argument on the vital novation. cn
which the whole future of the Church wan
at Htnkc. it wa* ugr« ed to xend a depu
tation to JeruMalem. led by Maul and Hnr
naba*. for the decialon of the apoatle*.
There the ttubject wa* again debated,
and It wa* rexolvcd to acrid a letter to ih*»
Gentile ChrlMtian* declaring their free
dom from all rlten and burden* difftfne
tlvely Jewish. Our leaxon ronimtw*
letter Hood Hook* to Refer to. Jame*
and the council at Jerusalem, vol. I. 4?&
42k; the declMioii, 429; not ‘a council." 431
Maul arid Meter at Antioch, 437. Contro
versy In the Church, Conyheare and How
son. "Life of Hi. Maul," vol. 1. 203; Mission
of Maul and Rainahas to Jerusalem, vol.
1, 211; conference* and recognition «»f
Maul’* mission to the heathen, vol. 1. 213
219. The synod at Jerusalem and the com
promise between Jewish and Gentile
« nr-tntiariii>. •*« nati » -+ »•«*
ChrlMtian Church," vol. I. 334; the con
Mi-rvatlve reaction and the liberal victory,
vol. 1. 352. The council at Jerusalem and
the question* whether the law of Moses
should be observed by the Gentiles. Lew
in’s "Life of Ht. Maul," vol. I. lati. Frater
nity of the Pharisee*. Kderxhelm’s "Jew
ish Social Life," 231; synagogues, their
origin and atructure, 250. 251.
Mow beauteous were the marks divine,
that In thy meekness used to shine.
That lit thy lonely pathway, trod lu won
drous love. O Son of God!
O who like thee, so inild, so bright thott
Hon of mat., thou Light of light?
o Who like thee did ever go. so patient
through a world of woe?
O who like thee *o humbly boro the sooni,
the scoffs of men. before?
Ho meek so lowly, yet so high. glor
iouH in humility?
-A. c»
.vital Paper.
journalism in tbtj Transvaal date*
back less than forty years; the first
paper published there appeared be
tween IK61) mill 1K60. probably In ISM.
says the Westminster Gazette. It wa*
.ailed the De Ou<le Emigrant, and the
editor printer and publisher was m.
Gap. Colonial Dutchman. It was iasue.1
at Potchefsatroom. which, although
most of our contemporaries seem uiu
ware of the fad. »»» then and still t«
the capital of the South African reput.
lie. The paper, which wus ahort-ltved.
waa a single sheet printed on both
sides, and Us reports were personalty
tarried to the oWca oa horaebach by
the more enterprising and educated of
the old voortrekhers.
KHiallnl l» Wurhl.
Th» . maltrat inhabltril tnlalt t In t.i»
»url4 In tbnt on wnt-h K*l<t t •tua* HgAt
hotiw ni»n>l» 41 low *at»r »* hi tAtr
t> l«i in auiuvirr At high wattr in«
tight hull**, whom ilngwtnr *1 lA* !**♦
u iwnuty nght nn«l tArw |u«rter font,
. I.m|.lfirl> •*»»»» U H In mh«l»u«»
|(| Iltrrt |tri»on» ll Hit nth* Util** ob
th* l*urnnh »«m»t nna Iwartiwt mi’w
,.,„tl,*« i of FtymiMiU brmkuaNr -
K»< hut «*
WIH WUNUI.
th» glory In nut in th* »uNi hut *»
I hr autng It fur IhrL J**» NgnhMT
U u hi on th* **»g* u| Ant* wh
i unt, it ttutt|Mi Nr pnrrtun iIuHhk
Iti no noth Anuw tAi hutuon*
Hiwt trt«u4 n nutn «*t ulnd IttiNf.
ll. wi t« lb* itnurt «>l N«* rial* Nnr
mtniMMM minghi tntu Alfctn I botuntuh.
ih nil Ihttiti hwh im the »trt,
ib«l mb you ut tun* ntut <»•»*»
thrill*