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Dr. .TaMmac Discourses on the
Glories of the Resurrection.
Til Itaspeet Shown to the Dead What
Will Itesarrectlnn Do Kor thaCeme
terletr-Ueath nlr Hest for
the Weary Mortal.
In his sermon at Ilrooklyn on Faster
8unday,Rev. T. DoWltt Talmsgo took
for klaRubjeot, "Machpolah, or Faster
Thought. " It was based on thn words
in Genesis, xxlii, 17, 18: "And tho Hold
of Ephron, whloh was In Machpolah,
which was boforo Mamro, thn Hold and
the cave which waa therein, and all thn
trees that woro In tho Hold, that wore
in all thn borders round about, woro
made aura unto Abraham." Following
is the sermon:
Mora is tho llrsl cemetery over laid
out Machpolah was it namo. It was
an arborcscont lmaiity, where tho wound
of death Is bandaged by foliage. Abra
ham, a rich man, not being able to bribe
the king of terrors, proposes hero, as
far as possible, to cover up bis ravages.
Ho had no doubt previously noticed this
region, and now that Sarah, his wife,
had died that remarkable person who
at ninety years of age had born to hnr
the son Isaac, and who now, alter she
had reached 127 years, had expired
Abraham Is negotiating for a family
plat for her last slumber. Kpliron
owned this real estate, and after, in
mock sympathy for Abraham, refusing
to tako any thing for It, now sticks on n
big price 400 shnkols of silver. This
cemetery lot Is paid for and tlm transfer
mado In the presence of witnesses In a
public place, for there wero nodetdsand
no halls of record In thoso early times.'
Then In a cavern of limestone rock
Abraham , put Marah, and a few years
after, himself followed, and then Isaac
and Roboknh, and then .lacob and Ieah.
Embowered, picturesque, and memor
able Machpolah! Thaf'Ood'H-acre" dedi
cated by Abraham has been the mother
of innumerable mortuary observances.
Tho necropolis of every civilized land
has vied with hit metropolis. The most
beautiful hills of Kuropo outside the
great cities are covered with obelisk
and funeral vase and arched gateways
and columns and parterres In honor of
the Inhumated. The Applan way of
Homo was bordered by sepulchral com
memorations. For this purpose I'lsa
haa its arcades of marble sculptured In
to exquisite bas-reliefs and tho features
of dear faces that have vanished.
Genoa has Its terraces cut Into tombs;
Constantinople covers with cypress tho
habitations; and Paris has Its Turn-la
Chaise, on whoso heights rest liaison
nd David and Marshal Ney und Cuvler,
a'fend La Place and Moliere, and a mighty
f roup of warriors and poets and painters
nd musicians. In all foreign nations
utmost rentus on all sides Is expended
in the work of Interment, mummifica
tion and incineration.
Our own country consents to bn sec
ond to none In respect to thn lifeless
body. Kteryjolty and townnd neigh
borhood of any Intelligence or virtue
lias, not many miles nway, Its sacred
enclosure where ulfectlon has ongugod
, sculptor's chisel and florist's spade and
artificer in metals. Our own city has
shown, its religion us wall as Its art In
the msnnsr In which it holds tho mem
ory, of those who have passed forever
away, by lta (Jy press Hills and Its Ever
greens aid its' Calvary and lis Holy
Cross and Friends' cemeteries. All the
world knows of our (Ireenwood, with
now about two hundred and titty thou
sand Inhabitants stooping among hills
that overlook tho sea and lakes em
bosomed In an Kdon of flowers, our
I American Westminister ahhoy, an Acrop
olis of mortuary arohitooturo, a Pantheon
of mighty ones ascended, elegies In
atono, Iliads in marble, whole genera
tions In peace waiting for other genera
tions to join thum. No dormitory of
Itreathlfsi. sleepers In all the world has
o many mighty dead.
This Is our American Machpolah, as
sored to uses the Machpolah In Canaan,
of which Jacob uttered that pastoral
poem in one verse: "There they burled
Abraham and Harah, his wife; there
they hurled Isaao and Itohokah, his wife,
and there I burled Leah."
At this" Faster service 1 ask and
answer what may seem a nnvol question,
but It will lie found, before I get
through, -,a practical and useful and
tremendous question: What will resur
rection day do for the cemeteries', First,
l remark, It will be their supernal
beatification. At certain seasons It Is
customary 1A all lands to strew flowers
over the mounds of the departed. It
may have been suggested by the faot
that Christ's tomb was in a g.trdon. And
when 1 say a garden, f do not mean a
garden of these latitudes. The late
frosts of spring and the early frost of
autumn are so near to oach'otber that
there are only a few months of flowers
in tho field. All tho flowers we see to
day had to be potted and coaled, und
put unitcr shelter, or they would not
have bloomed ut all, They are tho
children of the conservatories. Hut ut
this season, and through the motto! the
year, the Holy Land Is all ablush with
floral opulence. You Und all the royal
family of flowers there, some that you
supposed Indigenous to the' North,
ana others Indigenous to the far
Month thn daisy and hyacinth, crocus
and, anemone, tulip and water Illy,
geranium and ranunculus, mignonette
an'i sweet marjoram. In tho college at
Uajrout you may see Dr. Post's collec
tion of about eighteen hundred kinds of
Holy Land flowers; while among tree
are the oak of frosen climes, and tho
tamarisk of tho tropics, walnut and wil
low. Ivy and hawthorne, ash an 1 elder,
Sine and sycamore. If such floral and
otanloal beauties are tho wild growths
of the fields think of what a garden
must be in Palestine! And In such a
garden Jesus Christ slopt after on the
aoMicr's spear, his last drop of blood
h4 coagulated. And then see how ap
prefriate that all bur cemeteries should
M Mnrilsed end tree shaded. In June
OfeeWMfted u ltrooklyn's garden.
"tYelL tfces," you say, "how can you
ask out that the resurrection day will
feeentlfy the cemeteries? Will it not
'leave them a plowed up ground? On
4ht4y there will be an earthquake,
nd will not this split tho polished
Aberdeen granite as well as tho- plain
slob that can afford but thn two words,
Our Mary,' or 'Our Unsrloyf "
Woll, I will tell you how resurrection
day will lfoaullfy all tho cemoterlos. It
will lo by bringing t.p tho faces that
woro to us once, and in our memories
are to us now, moro beautiful than nny
calla Illy and the forms that am to us
morn graceful than any willow by tho
waters. Can you think of any thing
moro beautiful than tho reappearance
of thoso from whom we have boon
parted. I do not earo which way tho
treo falls In the blast of tho judgment
hurricane, or If the plowshare that
day shall turn under tho last rote leaf
and tho last china aster, If out of the
broken sod shall como tho bodies of our
loved ones not damaged, but irradiated.
Tho Idea of tho resurrection gots easier
to understand as I hear the phonograph
unroll somo voire that talked Into It or
sung Into it a year ago, just beforo our
frlond's decease. You turn the wire
und then conies forth the very tones,
the very accentuation, tho very cough,
tho very song of tho person that breathed
Into it once, but is now departed. If a
man can do that, can not Almighty
Ood, 'Without half trying, return the
voice of yonr departed? And If lie can
return the voice, why not tho lips and
the tongue and tho throat that fashioned
tho voice? And if the lips and the
tongue and the throat, why not then
the brain that suggested the words?
And If tho brain, why not tho
nerves, of which tho brain Is the
headquarters'.' And If He can return
the nerves, why not thn muscles, which
nro less ingenious? And If the muscles,
why not tho bones, that urn less won
derful? And If tho voice and the brain
nnd the muscles and the bonus, why not
tho entlro liodyV If man can di U.c
phonograph (led can do tho resurrection.
Another consideration make. tlm Idea
of resurrection easier. lod made Adam.
lie was not fashioned after any model.
There had never been a human organ
Ism, and so there was nothing to copy.
At the llrst attempt (led made a perfect
man. He made him out of tho dust of
the earth. If out of tho ordinary dust
of tho earth and without a model Cod
could make n perfect man, surely out of
tho extraordinary dust of the mortal
body, and with millions of models, Oixl
can matte each one of tis a perfect being
In tho resurrection. Surely the last un
dertaking would not bo greater than tho
llrst, .See the gospel algebra; ordinary
dust minus a model equals a perfect man.
o.x Inordinary dust and plus n model
equals a resurrection body. Mysteries
about It? O. yes; that Is one reason
why I bellovo it. It would not ho much
of a find who could do things only as far
us I can understand. Mysteries'
yes; but no more about tho resurrection
of your body than about Its presont ex
istence. I will explain to you the last
mystery of tho resurrection, and make
It as plain to you as that two nnd two
make four, If you will tell me how your
mind, which Is entirely Independent of
your body, can net upon your body so
that at your will your eyes ojsin, or
your foot wulks, or your hand Is ex
tended. So I And nothing In the lllble
stntement concerning the resurrection
that staggers me for a moment. All
doubts clear from my mind, I nay that
tho cemeteries, however beautiful now,
will be more beautiful when the bodies
of our loved ones uome up.
They will como In Improved condition.
They will come up rested. Tho most of
them lay down ut the last very tired.
How often you have hoard them say:
"I urn so tired!" The fact Is, It In u tired
world. If I should go through this au
dience nnd go around the world I could
nut find u person In any style of life Ig
norant of the sensation of fatigue. I do
not beliuvo there are fifty tmrsons In
this audience who are not tired. Your
head Is tired, or your back la tired, or
your foot Is tired, or your brain Is tired,
or your nerves are tired. Long Journey
ing, or business application, or Ixireave
mnnt, or sickness have put on you heavy
weights. So the vast majority of those
who went out of this world went out
fatigued. About the poorest place to
rest In is this world. Its atmosphere,
Its surroundings and evun Its hilarities
urn exhausting. Soiled stops our earth
ly life, and mercifully closes the eyes
and quiets the feet and folds the builds
and moro especially gives quiescence to
the lungs ami heart that have not had
ten minute' rest from the llrst respira
tion and the llrst lio.it.
It a drummer boy were compelled In
tho army to beat his drum for twenty
four hours without stopping, his olllcor
would be court-martialed for cruelty. If
the drummer boy should be commanded
to beat his drum for a week without
ceasing, day and night, be would die In
attempting it Uut under jour vestment
is n poor heart that began Its drum beat
for the march of life thirty or forty or
sixty or eighty years ago, and it 'has
had no furlough by day or night; and,
w bother In conscious or comatose state,
It went right on, for If It had stopped
set on seconds your life would bae
closed. And your heart will keep going
for some time after your spirit has
flown, for tho auscultator says th.it lif
ter the last expiration of lung and the
Inst throb of pulse, and after the spirit
Is released, the heart keeps on beating
ror a time, n nat a moroy, then, it is
that the grave Is tho place when that
wondrous machinery of ventrlele and
urteryean halt! Under tho healthful
chemistry of tho soil all tho wear and
tear of nerve and muscle and bone will
lie subtracted, and that bath of good,
fresh, clean soil will wash off the last
ache, and then somo of the same stylo
of dust out of which tho body of Adam
was constructed may lie Infused
into tho resurrection body. How can
the bodies of thn human race, which
had no replenishment from tho dust
since the time ot Adam In Paradise,
get any recuperation from tho store
house from which he was constructed
without our going back Into the dust?
That original, llfe-glvlng material Hav
ing been added to the body as It once
wsand all the defects loft behind, whst
a body will bo tho resurrection body!
And will not hundred of thousands of
such appearing atiovo tho (towanua
Heights make (ireenwood more Jteoutl
ful than any Juno morning after a
shower? The dun ot the earth being
tho original material for the fashioning
of thn first human being, we have to go
back to tho same place to get a perfect
body. Factories ore apt to bo rough
places, and those who toil In them have
their garments grimy und tholr hands
smutched. Hut who cares for that,
when they turn out for us beautiful
musical Instruments or oxqulslto up
holstery! What though the gravo Is a
rough place, It is a resurrection body
manufactory, and from It shall come tho
radiant nnd resplendent forms of our
friends on tho brightest morning the
world over saw.
You put Into a factory cotton, and It
comes out apparel. You put Into a fac
tory lumber and lend, and It comes out
pianos and organs. And sointo the fac
tory of the grave you put In pneumonias
and consumptions, and they como out
health. You put In groans, nnd they
como out hallelujahs. For us on tho
final day tho most attractive places will
not be the parks or the gardens or tho
palaces, but tho cemeteries.
Wo are not told In what season that
day will come. If It should bo winter
those who como up will bo moro
lustrous than tho snow that covered
them. If In the iiutumn, those who
come up will bn moro gorgeous than the
woods after tho frosts have penciled
them. If in the spring, tho bloom on
which they tread will bo dill compared
with the rubicund of their cheeks ),
thoKtrfoet resurrection bod! Almost
every one has somo defective spot
In his physical constitution; it dull
ear, or u dim eye, or a rheu
matic foot, or a neuralgic brow, o"
n twisted muscle, or weak side,
or an Inflamed tonsil, or soma Klnt nt
which tho east wind or a season of over
work assaults him. Hut the resurrection
body shull bo without one wenk spot,
and all that the doctors and nurses and
apothecaries of earth will thereafter
have to do will be to rest without inter
ruption nfter the broken nights of their
earthly existence. Not only will that
day be the beatification of well kept
cemeteries, but some of the grnvoyards
that have been neglected, nnd been the
pasture ground for cattle and rooting
places for swine, will for the llrst time
have attractiveness given them. It was
a nlinme that In that place ungrateful
generations planted no trees and twisted
no garlands, and sculptured no murblo
for their Christian ancestry; but on the
day of which I speak the resurrection
shall make the place of their feet glori
ous. From under the shadow of the
church, where they slumbered among
nettles nnd mullein stalks and thistles,
and slabs aslant, they shall rise with
n glory that shall Hash the win
dows of tho village church, and
by the bell tower that used to call them
to worship, and above the old spire be
side which their prayers formerly us
(ended. What triumphal procession
never did for a street, what an oratorio
neverdld for an acudemy, what an orator
never did for u brilliant auditory, what
obelisk never did for a King, resurrec
tion morn will do for all the cemeteries.
This Faster tells us that in Christ's
resurrection, our ressurectton If we are
Ills, and the resurrection of the pious
dead, Is assured, for He was "tho llrst
fruits of them that slept." Kenan says
He did not rise, but live hundred and
ulglity witnesses, sixty of them Christ's
enemies, say He did rise, for they saw
Him after lie had risen. It Ho did not
rise how did sixty urmed soldiers let
Him got away? Surely sixty living sol
diers ought to be able to keep one deud
man! lilessed 1st (led! He did get
nway. After His resurrection Mary
Magdalene saw- Him. Cleopas saw Him.
Ten disciples In an upper room at Jeru
salem saw Him. On a mountain the
eleven saw Him. Five hundred at
once saw Him. Prof. F.rnost Itenan,
who did not see Htm, will excuse us for
taking the testimony ot the Ave hundred
nnd eighty who did see Win. Yes, yes;
Ho got nway, And that makes me sure
that our departed loved ones and we
ourselves shall get away. Freed Him
self from the shackles of clod, He is not
going to leave us and ours in tho lurch.
There will tie no doorknobnn tho inside
of the family sepulcher, tor we can not
come out of ourselves; but there Is a
doorknob on the outside and that Jesus
shall lay hold ot und opening will say:
"Wood morning! You have slept long
enough! Arise! Arise!" And then
what flutter of wings, and what flashing
of rekindled eyes und what gladsome
rushing across the family lot. with cries
of "Father Is that you?" "Mother. Is
that you?" "My darling Is that you?"
"How you nil huve changed?"
"The cough gone, the croup gone, the
consumption gone, the uralysls gone,
the weariness gone. Come, let us as
cend together! The older ones flrst, the
younger ones next! Quick now, get Into
line! The skyward prtsjesslnn has al
ready started! Steer now by that em
bankment of cloud for the nearest gate!"
And as we ascend on one side tho eurth
gets smaller until It U no larger than a
mountain, and smaller until It Is no
larger than a palace, and smaller until
It Is no larger than a ship, and smaller
until it Is no larger than a wheel, and
smaller nntll It Is no larger than a
speck. Farewell, dissolving earth! Hut
on the other side, ns we rise Heaven
at tlrt appears no larger than your
hand. And nearer it looks like a
chariot, and nearer it looks like a
throne, and nrarer It looks like a star,
and nearer It looks like a sun, and nearer
It looks like a universe. Hall,, scepter
that shall always wave! Hall, anthems
that shall always roll! Hall companion
ships never again to bo broken, and
friendships never again to part! That
Is what resurrection day will do for all
the cemeteries and graveyards from the
Machpolah that was opened by Father
Abraham in Hebron to tho Machpolah
yesterday consecrated. And that makes
Iady Huntington's Immortal rhythm
most apposite!
-Whan Thou, my righteous Juiiiv.ihsll
com
To Wko 111) rsntomed prcp'o home,
Mull I among them traml?
Hhll tuclt a worililixa worm tt I,
Who tomellm-t mil sfrjbl tu die,
IU Ion nil si Thy rts'u liamlr
"Among Thv saint let rae be tomtit.
Whose r IV arvhui' trump all
tun 4.
To tee Thy smiling (see;
1 hen loiiilvat I the throne I'll tins,
While llfsven' mounding mc h.-t ring
With sauutt ut tuwrvif a grace,"
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
KEROSENE.
II
Minu'il, However, lie. i'serl br Hortl-
eullurltt at an KmaUInn,
Insects esn bo resdlly destroyed by
the application of kerosene to their
bodies; but. unfortunately, this sub
stance is equally destructlvo to many
kinds of plants. Consequently, says a
writer in the New York Ledger, kero
one is not as available for thn destruc
tion of Insects as wo might wish. One
must always, In proposing an Insecti
cide which Is to be applied to plants,
take Into consideration tho effect of the
aubstnnco upon the planti.
The effect of kerosene upon plants Is
a puzzling matter, and ono about which
we aro not able to make generaliza
tions. We are ablo to freely wet some
plants with undiluted ke rose no without
uny appreciable Injuries resulting to
them, while, on tho other hand, a small
quantity applied to other plants will
usually destroy thorn. Thn matter is
more puzzling when we find that certain
of our hardy forest trees aro easily in
jured by kerosene, whllo certain deli
cate, tropical herbaceous plants are not
injured by It.
If knroseno could be easily diluted
with water Its uso as an Insecticide
would doubtless liecomo much morn gen
eral; but it is so much lighter than wa
ter that, In uny attempt to mix tho two
aiibstnnces, tho kerosene quickly sepa
rates from the water and floats upon It
During recent years considerable at
tention has been givon to making emul
sions of keroseno which can be diluted
to a greater or less extent. It Is claimed
by thoso who havo had much more ex
perience In thn matter than I, that
these emulsions can bn readily made,
and dilutions of them safely employed
in many cases.
Kerosene emulsion Is made by churn
ing together milk nnd kerosene, In the
proportion of ono part of milk and two
parts of kerosene. The best way to do
the churning is to use a force-pump nnd
spray-nozzle, and to pump back Into the
vessel containing tho mixture. In this
way, the churning can ho done very
thoroughly In n short time. It is said
that tho emulsion Is formed not grad
ually, but suddenly; in short, to use n
familiar phrase, "it comes" like butter.
Tho emulsion, If perfect, forms a cream
which hardens on cooling and should
adhere without ollluess to the surface
of glass.
In regions whore it Is not easy to gel
milk, a solution of soap made by dis
solving one pound of soap In two gallons
of hot water may be used as a substitute
for milk. This solution should ho lidd
ed to the kerosene, boiling hot, and then
the mixture churned until the emulsion
Is formed as described above. For or
dinary purposes, In using kerosene
emulsion, It is diluted with nine times
its bulk of water. In this ease one
pound of soap and four gallons of kero
sene make sixty gallons of wash.
In using kerosene In this w-ny, great
pains must ho taken to havo thn emul
sion u erfect one; otherwise the kero
sene will quickly break from It when It
Is diluted with water. Kven then, in
making thonppllcutlon, the wash should
bo frequently stirred, especially If there
Is the slightest Indication of tho separ
ation of the emulsion from tho water.
In using either strongalkallno solutions
or kerosene emulsion, I advocate the
making ot preliminary experiments
upon u few plants, and carefully noting
the results, also tho putting of the
remedies only in the hands of reliable
workmen; otherwise, through some
mistake or carelessness, a great amount
of Injury may lie done.
Ilrspri't the Cow.
A cow ot mine firmly believes she Is
as much entitled to meal as I am to
milk, writes II. T. llrooks in tho New
York Tribune. Sho has converted me
to her opinion, or. rather, forced mo to
acquiesce. In the spring after she
calved I gave her night and morning, at
mtlklng-tlme, u feed ot bran nnd meal.
When the gmss Improved 1 omitted the
bran and meal, but proposed to milk
her ull the same. She objected to this
arrangement, kicked and walked spite
fully nway. My man and I got her into
close quarters, held her fast, determined
to have milk on our own terms, but
Crumple Horns was just as determined
that we shouldn t nave It. Wo soon
found that the cow controlled the sup
plies; she wouldn't -'glvo down" her
milk. We took ui coaxing and patting
her; persistently, but gently, squeezing
her teats; It availed little; we retired
worsted, thinking we, would get a
double portion In the morning; hut (n
the morning she gave us little more
than half her usual quantity, and so on
for a week. 1 saw that wlti.wat meal
she would diminish her mllkt.tid soon
dry up. 1 said to my hired mani "Had
luck to the fellow that quarrels with his
cow; wo should romcmtor that In all
milking arrangements the cow Is a party
concerned In fact, the party of the
llrst. Unices we can be on good terms
with our cow we had better not have
one."
Wired lutt fur Hall rente,
send you the description of a wired
post for rail fence.
1 think this Is the
cheapest and strong
est fence that can
lie made out of old
rails. You can w Ire
tho post either be
fore or after It is
set. ltegln at the
bottom ot the post
and wire an you see
shown In the cut,
then fasten with
staple where the
wire crosses; after
the rail is put In
hit the wire above
the rail and It will
be tight. L. W. Marshall, in Farm and
Fireside.
Cohxcom contain more potash than
wood. It they are used tor fuel, and
the ashes saved, It will be the most
teonomtcel mode of dispensing of them.
tH'rns lay nt night or early In the
morning. Don't let them out nntll
after nine o'clock. They seldom use a
SVMb
JlBmC
CATTLE IN THE UNITED STATES.
ralrly Accsrat RatlmatM Show an In
rreate of Thlrtr-Three I'er Cent, la
Ten Years.
According to tho last report of the Dv
partmentof Agriculture, thonumt-crof
milch cows Is necessarily lncreasln-
somewhat unequally, as attention Is it
cally directed to dairying. The dairy It
a prominent rntource of hastorn farm.
ors, not only for milk, but for butter, ,
notwithstanding Western competition.!'
ling Western competltl
Creameries am still Increasing in the
Now Kngland Statos, as farmers keep
the skim milk for feeding, and thus re
tain the fertility of their lands. Vir
ginia and North Carolina are engaged In
dairying operations considerably, mak
ing a domand for cows. Wisconsin and
Minnesota are rapidly Increasing num
bers of milch cows, and Introducing or
breeding Jorseys and other milk breeds.
The estimated number of milch cows on
farms is estimated at l,0.'J,bS.t.
Tho winter of ISSs-'tU was fuvoruble
for range cattle, and numbers are in
creasing. The aggregate of present
local estimates U im.MI'J.OJt on farms
and ranches of tho United States. So
large a proortlon are now rained In the ,
arid Iwlt, where the ofllclttl or assessors' ,
returns aro so unequally Incomplete,
where taken nt nil, that there is no
available basis for such estimate. Sev
eral Territories have no collection of
such stitistlcs, nnd In several of the
Governors' annual reports of lt-SU there
is no attempt to estimate the number of
farm animals. In the older States the
assessors' returns range from one
tenth to nine-tenths In complete
ness, according to the varying pro
visions of law und more widely vurylng
diligence nnd thoroughness In making
returns. Many of tho States mnko no
returns of young animals, und there are
many exemptions which, aside from the
wretched Incompleteness of returns in
a large proportion of tho States, render
them misleading and unreliable.
The winter losses on the range con
stitute another element of uncertainty.
They are light In somo winters, und In
others very heavy, und only partially
known to the ranchmen themselves, ex
cept us approximately determined nt
the summer round-up. The difference
between u loss of live per cent, und
twenty-live Is n demoralizing element
in stock estimates, us well as In stock
profits. The apparent numl-ers, as
estimated, Indicate an Increaso In ten
years of forty per cent In cattle other
than milch cows, nnd thirty-three per
cent. In all cattle. They come to maturity
somewhat earlier, und it Is fouud Mint
beef can not be made ut a prollt without
steady flesh-making, summer nnd win
ter. This causes some Increaso In the
amount of beef produced. Western
Uural.
1lMte.l,jti-h.
A New Jersey friend sends a drawing
of a gate fastener. The wind can not
Jar it open, neither can cattle push it
open with their lio.-ns. It Is construct t
IAII,AT II.
thn same as the ordinary slldo l.itch,
except that It has at one end two levers
fastened to It and tho gate. At the oth
er end Is u slot, through which a bolt
works, fastened in the gate. The Illus
trations plainly show how uny one can
construct lu Farm and Fireside.
HORTICULTURAL HINTS.
Ni:vku prop a fruit tree, says the
New F.nglaud Homestead. If the load
Is too heavy, thin the fruit, and make
what Is left hotter than It could pos
sibly ho If over-crowded.
Nisji: cases out of ten, where a variety
of fruit which once nourished In a given
soil has ceased to flourish und perfrsit
tine fruit there, thuchangn Is duo to the
fact that the soil has Iwvotno destitute
of tho necessary mineral manure.
Sr.r.Ps of beets, carrot and parsnips
are slow to germinate. They may be
mode to twell and sprout quickly If
placed In a flannel ltag and moistened
with warm water dally. Som
o "anlen -
rtf" before
em mix the needs with flue earth
placing the seeds in the bag.
lu flu turn iirtilm- iInt tiw ati-wl -w- n---,-nle
re iMiu . -i ' rrv-itt tsw r e--MJ I
thirty bushels ot ulr-slaokM Htnn per '
acre (orproHrtionately), and thencross-
plough tho land In the spring, Ths
ground must be well hsrrowis) and made
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ir jHi wish uj hh a iree or vinownert
an out one nas uie.i out, remove a con
siderable amount of earth and All in
with good and fresh new soil. It will
pay to take this trouble. A new plant,
for some reason, recoils from taking root
In the soil ot one that has tailed to live.
It is said that the still around an old
tree, especially a dead one. Is unfavora
ble to the growth of a young one proba
bly because the soil Is exhausted on
some Important food element, which
may have eautwsi the death or tbe oil
tree lta young treo Is set in place of
sn old one It Is best to remove a largw
portion of tho old soil and replace It
with new If you w ant the young tress to
thrive.
It is better to apply the manure
thick thsn to attempt to make It go as
far as possible by spreading It on In
thin layers. In the ono cese Iv must
nourish more plants than It possesse
nutrition for, and ln the other rose the
plants will have a sufficiency and pro
duce more than If the supply It de
ficient. I'lanta waste a portion of the
manure in tbe growth of stalks and
leaves that are nntalahte, and It they
can be mads to yield more at lose ei
penso of growth the manure will glvs
better results anl the sroflt will Tm
name
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS,
A house Is no homo unless it con
tain food and tire for the mind as Hell
as for the body.
White woolen goods rnay lie cleaned
by rubbing In dry starch or flour. Shake
thoroughly.
Moths like warm, dark, stuffy cor
ners, and always avoid light and a
l.wn If tifkttl1l,. Till,. .Nl li.F.lv I..,
,;,,,, oun, UufTalo moths,
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.,.i"tu iiu !.- i4rni,iN, ibj in mint
until ready to uso, season, dip In .flour
and frjr in dear lard or butter. If tho
parsnips are old pafltoll before frying.
"some prefer egg natter to tho flour; this,
of course, Is Iqft to taste.
Thread of nil kinds should be kept
as much ai possible from the air, which
rots it. If ono buys thread by tho
quantity, which Is tho economical way
of buying It, only so much an Is needed
for dally use should be taken out. and
the rest put away In a covered box pro
tected from the air.
To put up furs la the simplest and
most practical way, It Is only necessary
to beat them thoroughly to dislodge any
concealed moth-worms, and examine
them carefully for deposits for t'ig;
then wrap itieni in tissue paper, aiter
wards in newspaper, nnd then tie tho
various parcels up In a bag made of
thick muslin or linen.
Cut up a quart of mixed vegetables.
say carrots, turnips, cabb.igo and ono
onion, into long, nan siireas sue ot a
match: put in pan, sprinkle with spoon
of sugar and a little butter; place In
oven In pan; cook half-hour, stirring
, often so as not to burn: when nicely
. colored drain oil the butter, turn Into
the broth, boll slowly ton minutes, add
a spoon of parsley cut line, well washed;
serve at mice, 'litis will give you anico
family julletrhe sottp.
Kidney Toast: Chop fine four xeal
kidneys with half a nonnd of calf's liver;
season with pcpor and salt. Make a
little butter hot in a frying-pan and toss
them about until cooked but not over
done. Heuiovc from the fire and stir In
the bpaten yolk of oiw egg and half a
tcaspoonful of lemon jntee. Spread on
toast and servo at once. Stewed or
boiled tomatoes, and hot Indian meal
mutllus, go nicely with this excellent
dish. American Agriculturist.
-Ilo.ist Fillet of Veair Take tho
bono out of the joint, and make a deep
incision between tho tlllet ami the sad
dle. Fill It with, a forcemeat of veal
stultlng. Kind tho veal up In a round
form, and fasten with skewers and
twine. Cover the veal with buttered
paper, and put In a modr-rutn oven.
Uoastwith melted butter, nnd allow two
hours for a six-pound fillet. When
done, take up, pour over melted butter
und brown gravy. Household.
Meat mayo be soved In very warm
weather if. us It Is out njyuu havoa
kettle of boiling brine. Dip each pleco
of meat In this for about ono mlnuto;
tako It out and lay it aside to cool, and
while cooling have a quantity of pul
verized nitre (nitrate of potash) tins
mfiil uhflnllit iivitr this tlitstrt tslilan tt east11'
piece about a dessertspoonful, Jfv
will Imi absfirlied by the meat In ul.
half an hour; then pack thv meat down,
flesh side up, with plenty of line salt
say one Inch deep-all over the meat.
In a week or so overhaul and re-salt.
Old Homestead.
PRETTY HOME-MADE RUGS.
How Ina-etilnti t.aillr Cn I'rmlnre Soma
Very I'leitslliK Itraulla.
To make a rujr. plenty of persever
ance Is needed, for It Is u large contract
to make one of ordinary size; but It is
very pretty work, and can be done with
ease by even those ladles whose eye
sight is falling. Purchase from somo
carpet dealer u supply of scraps of tap
estry and llrussels carpeting; pieces
that ure too small to Imi worked up Into
bannocks are quite large enough for this
purpose. '
Cut those Into trlps of any length
thi'lr size allows, but let them lie of uni
form width, say three Inches. Itavol
these out, rejecting tho linen and col
lecting In a box the Utile crluiKsl
worsted threads. Then provide yourself
with a pair of the largest sized sloel
knitting needles nnd a ball ot thn
coarsest crochet cotton, either whlut
or colored. Set on ten stitches and
after knitting a row or lo, to make a
tlrm lieglnulng, goon as If you went mak
ing a garter, but with every other stiteh,
lay a thread of the crlmpod wool aenrss
the iioihHos. After knitting the stitch
take the wool which shows upua tho
wrong side, and turn it toward the right
side, knitting a ttltch above to M-curn
It. Then out In another thread of win1
1 " r,'l,oal ln" pr,,-,,,- The back of th
I ,lr'ls should lo something- the appear
ance ui mai ui m immjt iruBt'i -jarpii,
while the front should 1 like a sort of
I "' I "
The color may u usihI witlioul se
lection, making sort of "chene" effect;
or carpets may be eho-nyi for raveling
which show only shades of acaiint or
l.lia.t. .. 1.P..U ta a eiui ft lit te twl HhiL.1 fnra
I u.l.u, HI tuunn .....i- - ...j .- ..-... ...r
, h, (,f hJ ruff) Mi lauranr uf
scarlet or blue mwih on all amend.
After doing a little ot this work, many
idcts as to the arrangement of colors,
will suggest themselves, and a little
practice will enable the knitter to pro
duce somo very (devilng results.
When the strips aro all finished they
must bo sevtAsl together at tho back. It
It only for convenience that they arw
knltUsl in strips. The rug. as a whole,
would be rumhersom and unwieldy Ut
handle, llrussels or velvet carpet hearth
rugs, ar made with a strip ot this knit
ting for the border, giving a very pretty
Inltdw Itorv-aa.
A oertaln yoeng lady natlrn ot
llelfast wishing to please an absent
friend Christmas, aeat her to her homo
In Idaho a daintily-embroidered silk
table scarf. In due time a letter camn
with grateful acknowledgement and
saying: "A thousand, thousand thaaka
for the lovelr presont you have so kindly
sent me. It It exquisitely beautiful,
and came jutt In the nick of time for
me to war to onr Christmas tall. It 1
eery, very hfcomlaf to rae, and you
couldn't have chosen bettor colors. It
Is a new thing here and has made a
grathil tor tho girls are fairly wild
over it aa everybody Is having oau."
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