: SUNDAY SERMON J 2 A. Scholarly Dlso iur JJ Rv. David J Durrell, D. D. S JJ New York Clt.r. "A King In the Til lory" was tho subject of it strong ser mon preached liy tile Itev. David .lames Hurr-ll, I. !., LL. 1"., Sun.l.i.v In tlic Marble Collegiate Church. Fifth nvo inn'. Tli- text wns from 1 Kings xii:2: "And It came to pus when Jeroboam, the s-iti or Nobat. heard of It (for lie Miis !n Egypt . Unit they sent and called him." 1 r. Hnrrell said: In reading tlii rhronielesof the Kings of Israel wo ciiiiik upon the mum? of .tTil')M 111, nnd it n huoHt always men tioned In these terms, "Jeroboam, the son of Nelmt. who nnnle Israel to sin." This Is repented no es than eighteen times with weary ivitei ,1 tioti. Jero boam litis slood in the pillory throe thousand years, with that placard over liim. Why Is he thus branded mid dis honored? At the time of our context ho wns living in Egypt. II? did not belong there. He wns a Jew: a widow's son, distinguished as n civil engineer, lie had begun at the Toot of ihe ladder, lendiim a hand with pick and shovel In the repairing of the fortifications of Milo. The eyes of King Solomon fell upon the tail. broad-shouldered youth and. admirim: liis Industry ami cleverness, he promoted him step py step until he wns made superintendent of pnhlle works, and plitred In charge of thirty thousand men. His ambition grew with his advancement: nnd thus, at length, temptation overcame llim. He was like many others of whom we say, "They rainiot bear prosperity." At this time in Israel there was much dis content, owing to royal luxury and ex tra vii sa nee. ;md to excessive taxes and governmental impositions. Tile young engineer was approached by the mal- , contents, ami became involved In n con spiracy. Solomon got wind of it. the conspiracy collapsed, and Jeroboam I tied to Egypt, where he was now living in iinpat.eiit exile. At the death of Solomon the smolder ing lite burst Into a tl. 11110. His son Itchtibcani refused to listen to the complaint of the people, saying: ".Vfy father chastise,! you with whips, but I will chastise yon wiili scorpions.'1 The ten trib.'s awmblc.l and resolved on s-- -ossein. The ,-ry ,as raised: "To your tents. O Israel:" And we should be tile ln.st to litil fault Willi theni, since Ihe Mate of nl'l'a'rs wns much what it was when our forefathers dime together l:i IudcpciiiMi'v I la 1 1, and iliew n) a notable protest beginning. "When in the rour.-e of human events It becomes necessary lor one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another." etc. When the question arise as to who should bo the leader of the ten tribes all eyes turned t) Kirypt; and Jeroboam I xvna c:.nt fut ile had longed for that message, and hastened to answer it. He was prob ably not more than a fortnight on the way. The Israelites had consumed forty year ill the same lonniev. when they came op -nit of the house of bondage:" but .Iciohonm's foot their Were were winged with ambition as theirs not. What dcanis and visions Mimulati him: d him! Tl:? crown beckoned He met tho r,s--i mbled people nt Schecheni and was formally iunngii-ruli-il. "(bid save the King!" The noies ut th iiiubitiuus youth were real-, ized .at last. What an opportunity was now before him! What an outlook, if only he would reign in the fiar of Hod. Hot. alas. 1:? b. gnu in the wrong way. I'll in !: Iiiir only of persmuil ad vancement, he left Coil out of tho ro.-knniiig. That was .1 tl-spcr.i te Plun der. II s ivign of f.'-o and twenty years is brictly sinum 1! up in three sins: fill of the:i: doc to what Sponsor calls "the sacred hunger of an ambi tious lllillde." His fust sin wa against Cod. in .- uing up Ihe golden ralvt-.. From the : :t 1 1 1 i i 1 1 1 of a aidless kinu this Wiis -ood policy. He r iis .m 1 thus: '1 11" '.iw 'venires that the pi-i.plo shall go to .lerus:itni to attend the thro .iniiunl festivals. If fliey do this, however, it Is only a ,tosfjnu of tin." when they return to their former jr.: gianoc. Wo must, therefore, have our ,,wn ccliircs of worship: and where h -iter than at Dan in tho north ami liolhel in the loiilh. both consecrated by sacred ass,), oialioiis. As we cannot li,i ve tho ark of the covenant, we must ib otlor visible symbols of th Of Cod. And what hotter Bold on calves, with f.ie, s s some iiresenco t than two like Ihose r tin? ark'.-" 01 me uiysttciti tiin v J ho shrines were 1 . . U : 1 1 -i I nccord liittly and the royal proclamation went forth. "Tlics'. IP yi, or -,.,s. ( 1. Isfni.i;" Kroe.i the stamlp .int of imre st.ite craft this may have levn "i."!,),! nol- loy;" but it was had re form of Idolatry is ,n'c;; It is not l.ecossitry lo set crt 1 r". Wo may mnko an v.'f-aith or pleasure "f Inn fiaaie nn Idol nut of our .11:1011. Any ive to Cod. up a fc'oldon idol out of r. We may imagination. All aos are f;tlse. eX"cpt the One who lias revci.le.t Hims.-li' in His word as tile ln:e Cod. And iinylhiiii; Is an idol which is snrved or honored moro than We serve or honor Illni. The second s.u of .1, roboain was uuains; hiinsclf. He was warned tv.icr, Cut refused to h 1 it. (Hi one toen;o:i. as h" s,.i bosido the altar pi-'sumiii',' to burn ineens,- there, an nnl-.nown and niion ucd prophet stood beside him cryim:. "it idiar. alt.ir: thus Raith the Lord: A child shall be born who .shall destroy the priests of tho Idlfh places ami burn men's bones upon this-:" And when .liroboa m stretched I rlh hU hand and cried. "Lay hold i:"ii him.'" his hand was palsied, so ll. at ho must needs entreat tho Lord to restore It. On another occasion his sou, t lie heir upparent. belnK d-spcrntdy' 111, the kinir. knowing the futility of prnylm; to (ho Kolden calves, sent his wife In d'iBtfuIsi? to tin? prophet nt Shlloh. As she approached the prophet's door he tried, "Como In. thou wife of Jero boam! Why fei-ncst thou thyself to be another? T have heavy tidings for thee. Co tell Jeroboam, Thou hast done evil; therefore, I will bring evil upon thy house, for the Lord hath spoken It!" All vnrnlngg were lost upon this man. Ood t!d the best Uo could, for for him, o He does for every lneter te sinner. He warns. prouiUes, en treats In vain. Ho sends blessinm In. nuiuerable, then chnstisi ments. sorrow, adversity to no purpose. Like Jero Ikihui, belli),' wedded to his sins, they "run upon the bosses of the shield, of God." The third sin of tills man was ngnlimt the people. His Influence whs like the lipns tree; nnd they eat under It. lie "made Israel to sin." Ho Issued a proclamation requiring them to bow at the Idolatrous shrines; and during all the subsequent history of the ten tribes his baneful shadow was over them. They had fourteen kliiRs. before they were led away Into exile, and there was not a godly mnn among them. One after another they took 1 their place in tne putory nrslde Mm, beliitf characterized on this wise, "Who followed In the steps of Jeroboam, the son of Nelint, who made Israel to sin." Hut why do we have the record of (hose sins? Would it not have been kinder to pns over them In silence'; In the Assembly Hall of the Military Academy nt West l'olnt you may see the portrait of the various captains who have coininaiided there. One place, however. Is left blank; It is the pinre thnt should have been occupied by Hon edict Arnold, the traitor. The picture of Jeroboam niliiht in like manner have been turned to tho wall, but for the fact that the reiteration of h's sin car ries n areat lesson with It. namely, the perpetuity of influence. "No man llv eth unto himself and no man dieth unto himself." There are three kinds of In lln once which every man exerts; and wo may wisely consider them. The first Is voluntary. The sins of Jeroboam were not inadvert.int; ho meant to have tho people worship tl? pildon calves. He did wronif deliber ately. There are others who do like wise; thieves, rum sellers, dive keep ers, manaaers of Sunday theatres, pur veyors of unclean literature and au thors of inlldel books; those do evil with malice aforethought. Not content with ruininn themselves, they plan to ruin others. To all such the word of the Master applies: "It must needs be that offenses come: but woe to that man by whom the offense coinoth. It wore better for him that a millstone were hanued about his nock and that he were drowned in tho depth of the "sen." Hut there are multitudes who do cood nnd Intend lo do It. The world Is full of them: toucher of truth, "sisters of mercy." life savers and philanthropists; who speak the seasonable word "which is like nppies of told In baskets of silver." and who onuerly stretch forth the helpline hand. To such tho word of the Master applies, "Inasmuch as ye have dom it tin'.o one of the least of these, ye have done It unto .Mo." The second kind of Influence Is auto matie. And tills Is by far the largest force In iifo. for intluence docs not wait to be exerted. It exerts itself whether we will or not. 1 used to pi lishim; for trout In a clear stream iitnoni; the I'ocono Hills; but when I Wiis last there tho waters were dull and dark, and my errand was vain. The man who had built a paper mill up above did not mean to kill the fish; nevertheless, the refuse had effectually accomplished It. John Mills, who translated Chninbers Kneyolopedhi Into Krench In 171". was moved by nothini: worse than the thoiiitht of personal pilii. I'.ut when, with that end in view, lie enlisted tl services of Vol taire. Rousseau. rHiie'rot and others of that infidel i:roup, lie set in operation forces which fifty yean later brought on the lldpi of Terror. It is thus that men do evil without intending it. Tho third kind of inlluouce Is pos thumous. A man who had lived an evil life said on his deathbed, "I wish you could ptther up my Intluence and bury it with me." Alas: that could not be. His body inluht lie In the sepul- cher ard h:s jiame bp forgotten, but "tho evil a man does lives after him." Of nil the thimts that followed Jero boam not one was so alive as Jero boam himself, thonnh he had been "iMthered unto his fathers;" for through Xadab and Haaslm and Khi nnd Zimri nnd tho others ho was still "makini; Israel to sin." And tho liitlueiice-nf richt-llvlns men Is likewise immortal; "they do rest from their labors, but their works tlo follow them." The odor of thp spike nard, with which an unknown woman once anointed the feet of Jesus ha I come down through the centuries, her deed beiiiK told "as a memorial of her." So tile dead are really the livinp We are tiulded by the memory of those whom we have "loved and lost awhile." (loudness is "proof amiiust the tooth of time and the raisure of oblivion." If a lixed star were to be extinguished In the i!ist:int heavens, it would be a million year before tho people of this world would discover It its liviht would still be shiniui; on. So when a uood ni.ui dies. Km1 veins beyond our ken I .lie int lit he Icitvos he! l'p:.n the pin lis of nie: d ilitll lies The lesson is plain. Let us look to our Intlnenoo: Hut how? Tho secret of dolus i.'ood is holny aond. Can men f::it her irrapes of thorns or liu's of thistles? "A ptotl man out of tho treasure of his heart brinp-th forth i-'ooil fruit." our influence H never better than our character, and charac ter has its seat nnd centre- In the heart. If we would set ourselves riirht in the mutter, the first thlni: to do is to come to Christ, that w,; miiy rid ourselves of sin; and all the rest is following Him that is. to believe His teaehiiii;, to do His work it ml to be like Him. Liyht cannot help shinim:. It sounds no trumpets, waves no banners, makes no announcement of its comiui;. but Just con.es. "Let your liaht so shine before men that they may see your food works and elorify Cod." O m il 1 join the choir invisible 1)1 'a"4 mortal dead who hve nrain In minds mad,, better by their pica-nce; oe In liaises stirred to jfencrosity, III lie.- is 01 d lllllK rectitude, in' scorn for iin.-eiiiiti,. aiH thnt end with ..'f in wiouiTiiis sit tine- tint bUe stars. i . , ... pl.-t tae ninht Willi I lien mild p,., search To vaster issues. ta'.t-iir-p uri;e man Tho H nl ami u,0 l;i'im. There is not such a great difference between grace and glory niter all. Grace Is the bud and glory is the blos som. Grace is glory begun, and giory Is grace perfected. It will not come hard to people that are serving God down here to do it when they go up yonder. They will change places, but tin y won't change employments-p. L. M'jody. Irish Mon as a Medicine. I.-lsh mo83,is used as a foundation for many desserts in the dietary kitch ens where especial dishes are pre pared for Invalids. An authority on the question of seaweeds stales that scurvy, the dreai of sailors caused by the absence of potash in the salt meat which forms a part of every ships provisions, would bo ameliorat ed by the liberal use of the seauioss Jelly, which Is rich in potash. Irish moss Ins always a place In the medi cine, chest of tho old fashioned house wife, who pins her faith to lis heuliug properties for colds, Bore throats, etc. I.eille'g Weekly. Bavaria Suppliei Skeletons. Trade In human skeletons, which is a tegular business wltb certain houses Is most active In September, when the medical schools and colleges open for tho year. While some skoletons are obtuined In this country, the great bulk of the iiupply comes from Bava ria, and the price rules high or low as the death rate In that country moves up and down. EPWOBTH LEAGUE LESSONS i SUNDAY, MAY 6. Our Call to 8ervice. John 15. 16; 1 Cor. 1. 27, 28. Every true call is from Ood. Ho knows us our powers, our peculiari ties, our limitation. Knowing us, he calls us. Who are we, that w should refuse? We can refuse. True enough; but what life Is worth living It it l being lived In opposition to God's de Hlre? Such a life has lust lis Inner springs of Joy. There Is no confidence in it, no jiuvtrr, no iusiiiik roou. Deo ter to he a vessel of dishonor. In the world's eyes, than to be a broken vc.--sol, unfit to Bcrve man because unwil ling to serve God. All power comes through obedience to the laws which control It. The en gineer has power by the use of steam, because he obeys the laws which con trol stoani. Let him disobey them, and he not only loses his power, but j he Invites disaster. The sailor trims his sail to the wind if he would hasten his voyage. So God's power Is ut the disposal of everyone who Is willing to Jise It. If the life Is really submitted to God he will work through It, and it will he, in the highest sense, a suc cessful life. Wherever you find tho record of a life which has done gnat things fot God, you find that It has been a life definitely joined to Gou-s life by fattb in him. It has net measured Its task? by Its own weakness, but by God's strength. To believe that God will al ways give power to do all he require! of us Is to live the victorious life. God is In no such haste mat he seeks to use unprepared people. A w ise man once said, "I care not how late I come, so I come fit." When a man starts unready on God's work he soon gets tired. That explains the lofurnier who needs re formation, the preacher who succeed better iu business, the evangelist who has broken down, nnd the nomimi.' Christian who is taking a permanent vacation from Christian work. These have seen no vision, have felt no com pelling incitement, have heard nr. voice of promise and power. Th' re Is no rest for anyone whott God has called to service until the cal.' Is obeyed. The deserter cannot rest He knows his place Is with the army Ho Is trying to hide from the authori ties. He Is never safe from dotecttlor and exposure so long as he lives un dor the flag. He uses more euerg; in avoiding his duty than he wouli need to do his duty. God has giver us our right work, our best work. II we hut see It, and attempt it with alt our strength, our life will he lived al Its best Otherwise our better life w1i: never begin. No worker works sc. hard as Uie shirker, or gets so little pay. MAY SIXTH. Among the Wheat or the Tares: Where am I?. Matt. 13. 24-39. Tho wheat is the rule, the tare tho exception, In every field. If the church keeps awake, its field will keep clear of tares and ull other evil. Tho tareis are more prominent than the wheat, because their heads nre empty, there is no grain to pull them over. So with nun. "Judge not" is a command for nil times, and especially for the times when Judgment Is obvious and easy. Suggestions. If you are sure you are the only whoat-stulk In the Held, you ure quite certainly a tare. The kind of Christian Christ rc Joleer over has no time for hunting up the sins of others. We are to make men bettor where) they are. This parable does not mean that unworthy members may not be ex pelled from the church; but it must be done only under the sure guidance of God. Illustrations. The best way to get rid of tares Is to crowd the soli full of wheat roots. No farmer fears to enrich his farm, saying, "So much the more food for thu weeds." He does not Intend to have weeds. It is the abandoned fields that grow up with worthless plants; they are the business of such Holds, the accidents of tilled fields. The farmer knows that he mav make a mistake In sowing his field, and sow some weeds; but he sows. Quotations. If the wheat does not seek to change the tares Into wheat, tho wheat will degenerate into tares. R N. IVloithot. Where evil Is clear and open, we may not hesitate to deal with it; but where it Is questionable, we had bet ter hold our hand till we have fullnr guidance. -C. 11. Spurgeon. Wild Board Runs Amuck. Wild boar are always a trial during hard weather In the forest districts of l'rance. About thirty of them have been killed In the Tarheg district dur ing the fortnight: the other day a powerful hoar absolutely wrecked the local fair at Arreau. Somehow It strayed among the stalls, and Its uneasiness ut the sur roundings soon Pecan:.? a furleus panic. The beast rushed wildly at random, hither and thither, knocking people down, scattering the fair booths and their i (intents In all directions, and before It got clear of the place It had completely wrecked the fair. Then it plunged Into the river to swim across, but was pursued ty a crowd armed with revolvers, pitch forks and hatchets and was overpow ered and killed before it could clear the water. London Dally Globe. Uses Old-Time Methods. P. H. Wilson of Embden, Maine. Is evidently a farmer of the olj school. Using an old-fashioned flail, te threshed out eighteen bushels of oats ic four boura. An Expensive Ornament. "Tlia. man la a good player, but be has a regular basebair cabal to con tend with." "That is to say be hat a big dia mond ring on band." TilJi SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MAY 6. Hnlijdet i Th I'uriklii of th Itrn, Matt. xiii., S4-30, nn-4:i.iiiiiii iit, rial, l 7 Mem.trr Vrar, 30 Topic t l'rohlpini of (Inoil ami Kvll, I. The parable (vs. 'M m. 1. The sowing (vs. 04, o.-). 21. "Another par able." Jesus saw that this mode of leaching was the safest and most im pressive method for the general public. "A man." The "man" represents the Hon of Man (v. S7i. He alone Is the source of all good wed. "tiood seed." In the parable of the sower Jesus said the seed wns the word of God. In this He n I1, "The good seed nre the chil dren of the kingdom" (v. US). God sows nothing but truth: His children nre converted through the truth. "In Ills Hold." The field Is the world (v. !Wi. The world Is His Hold. When Christ comes to take possession of thnt which is His own. "."i. "While men slept." In the night, when evil-ills-posed persons would try to injure the property of their neighbors. "When professors were lukewarm and pastors Indolent." Ills enemy." "The enemy that sowed thclu Is the devil" (v. Ultl. Notice that Jesus refers to h!m as "Ills'' enemy. The devil Is not only the enemy of Christ but of all who follow Christ. "Sowed." A kind of Injury j frequently practiced in the East, from I malice and revenge. "Tares." This Is I literally "darnel," tho weed that grows I among the wheat. I 2. The tares discovered (vs. 2fl. 27). j "Brought forth fruit." Their real I difference wns seen when the fruit np I pearetl. Compart? Matt. 7:Ki-'J(). There is a great deal of secret wickedness lu the hearts of men. which is long hid under a cloak of n profession, but breaks out nt lnsl. 27. "The servnnts." The faithful and vigilant ministers of Christ. "Said uulo Him." They dis covered the devices ol the devil nnd came with grief to tell the Lord nbout it and inquire into the cause. "Whence lares." only good seed was sown, nnd we may well ask how have these tares comeV This is a question which has been asked ever since Ihe days of Job. 3. The harvest (vs. 2S-.'!ih. 2S. "An enemy." The teachings of Christ phow conclusively that there Is nn active, I11 telligent, personal devil. Those nre In error who teach that the devil Is only a principle of evil in nan. "Until done this." Col made men. as He did an gels, Intidliger.t creatures, and conse quently free. pith"r to choose good or evil: hut He ii:phmtod no evil In the human soul. An enetjy. with r.,an's concurrence, linih done this. Darnel lu the church is properly hypocrites ar.d wicked porsons: which Satan Intro duces into religious societies In order to destroy the war!; of Cod nnd thus fur ther bis own deslirns. "Wilt thou." etc. Here is another question which has agitated the church for ngesn question us to Uie right of discipline. Let us remember that n rash zeal Is as much to be feared as lax discipline. 2!. "He said, r.ay." God's thoughts are not our thoughts; we oftentimes net very unwisely when wo di cot ap ply to Christ for direction. 30. "Let both grow together." Both will grow together, and It Is God only who knoweth the hearts of men and wtuld be aide to separate the righteous from the unrighteous. "Until the har vest." "The harvest is the end of t lie world" (v. :i!)i. Tin? judgment day: the time of summing up the accounts of the world. A linal and complete separation will certainly be made nt that time. "I will say to the reapers." The angels nre the reapers (v. 3lh, but they nre under the direction of Christ, into whoso hands all things have been given. "In bundles." Some writers think (here Is nn intimation here that In eternity sinners will bo put togeth er "according to their sinful propensi ties." "To burn them." The wicked will le punished. II. The Interpretation (vs. 3d -13). 1. Testis alone with His disciples (v. 30). 3'"-. "Into the house." This had been n very busy day, and on that same eve ning Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee with His disciples: but before they did tills they evidently retired to their place cf nbodo in Capernaum for rest ar.d refreshment. When alone they asked Him to explain the parable. 2. An explanation of terms (vs. 37 33). 37. "Son of Mali." No doubt our Lord claimed the title Son of Man. which wns already given Him in th Old Testament (I)au. 7:13). .'IS. "Kleld Is the world." This parabje explains the entire structure of the system of probation under the Christian dispen sation. It describes the struggle with evil Li the world until the judgment day. "Good seed." Clean wheat rep resenting the truths of the gospel nnd also those who embrace those truths, (iod's children are the seed. "The tares," etc. The wicked are called children of the devil because their sin ful natures have been brought nbout through his agency. 30. "The reap ers." Those who do the divine will. 3. The end of the world (vs. 40-4:1). 4i. , "Tares burned." That which Is worthless will be destroyed. ITre is a common figure In the New Testament to describe tho retributions of tho wicked. The wicked will lie destroyed, but not annihilated. "laid of this world." The day of Judgment, when Christ will come and the probationary titate will end. 11. "Ills kingdom." The world Is lu re regarded as belonging to Christ. "That offend." Those who cause oth ers to sin. as well as those who are openly wicked, shall be cast into hell. 42. The figures of this verse express the ten ibleness of the end of a lost kc ut. 43. "Then." When the proba tionary state has ended, nnd wheu the wicked and every evil thing have been removed. "Shine forth." A picture of heaven. "Kars to hear." The one whose mlml is open to the truth, nnd who is rendy to obey. All have ears, hut all do not have ears to hear. Wonderful Dragon Tree. The dragon tree or the Canary Islands Is believed to be the oldest living vegetable organism In the world. The age of one tree. In par ticular, the once famous dragon tree of Tenerlffe, has usually been estimat ed to be "from four thousand to six thousand years, having thus' an an tiquity comparable with that of the pyramids. This wonder of the plant world was seventy feet, or more in hlght, and survived Intact ur;.'ll the year 1819, when during a terrific storm one of the large branches was broken off. A similar storm in 18C7 stripped the trunk of Its remaining branches and left' it stunding alone. This tree derives its common name from a reddish exhudatlon known as dragons blood, found In the sepulchral caves of the duanches. and supposed to have beea UBed by thorn in embalm Ing their dead. It Is suld t6 have been at one time an Important article of export from the Canaries, and has never fallen entirely Into disuse I-'onil and flavor. The food thnt nnlmnls consume modifies the character of their flesh. Turnips yield a peculiar flavor to mut ton. The flnvor of mutton from sheep thnt have lived upon the highland Is different from thnt of sheep which have obtained their food chiefly from tho lowlands. The garlic of the mead ows nnd some fragrant herbs modify the flavor of the moat. Oily food tends to mnke the fat soft. Hens partly fed on scraps of decayed meat yield eggs thnt are at once unpleasant to the taste nnd unhealthy, reeding the nnlmnls for human food Is of great Importance nnd demands experience. It Is not enough that food makes fat It should also impart nn agreeable flavor. Horsp Haitian Cultnra. Horse radish does well on any kind of soil, but best in rich, moist ground. A sandy loam, well enriched with de composed stable manure, will give fine t'leau, straight roots; on clay soil the roots are apt to fork and "linger." The rows are made twenty-four Inches apart, and sets nre planted eigh teen Inches apart In the rows; uo other cultivation Is required but to keepthe ground clean. As It Is a late crop It Is usual to grow some other crop as an early crop, between the rows, and put the tows two and a half feet npart. Hoots of an early kind nre excellent to grow with the horse radish In alternate rows, ns they do not make large tops. Horse radish is entirely hardy, nud can be left safely in the ground nil winter, but It is best to harvest the roots nud keep them In pits. Killing Vrrinln nn Plc. A matter thnt .should have careful attention In raising pigs Is the bedding and sleeping quarters. They should have warm, dry pens with ntnple von tilation. The bedding should be changed twice weekly and the pens well cleaned out. Ileforo replacing the bedding n little lime, sprinkled about the floors, or a good disinfectant should be used. See that there Is no vermin on the sows or in the pens; If there should bo drive them In the pen and sprinkle with any of the "hog dips" or with crude petroleum. This will free them after three treatments at inter vals of a week npart. To thoroughly get rid of vermin the remedy should be applied vigorously and the floor ami nil parts of the sleeping pen should be sprayed and all old, liifeoled bedding burned. Farming. Iftitcherlna; Appliance, Much of the disagreeable work of butchering on the farm might be avoid ed if one would take the trouble to have the necessary conveniences. First build u low nnd strong platform. It should be made of lumber faced on the top side and made extra strong by cross pieces underneath. The legs short, stout and well braced. At one end cut out a piece so that the barrel described may rest In the opening. A strong brace is made in the form of a frame, in which the barrel Is used for scnlding purposes. At the rear of the ;ilatforin a scaffold is erected, being simply a strong piece of stud ding mounted on heavy posls set into the ground. Figure C Miows the curve In the platform cut for the scalding barrel, figure 1! Ihe form of construction of the brace set back of the barrel and figure A the scaffold. ludlaiiapolls News. Shade Iinportunt. Now, the treeplnnting time is nt band, every poultiymnn should en deavor to plant a few fruit trees near the poultry house, not little, small twigs, which will not furnish shade or fruit for several years, but the largest that can be found. There nre many kinds of fruit trees that will bear the second year, and the fruit will add to the profits of the poultry yard. I'luius, especially the new Japanese varieties, are very fine, while cherries, peaches and apples all do well. It the orchard has already been planted it will be better to arrange the poultry houses so that the fowls will become accustomed to staying there. There Is no bettor place for them, and they will keep the insects uway from the trees. Whm't a Cootl Potato Most people, I suppose, take ii for granted that the best potatoes are the ones that contain the most starch, says a writer iu Garden Magazine. On the contrary, it Is the ones that contain the most gluten, been jse gluten- is an a! bumiucus food, und starch Is much cheaper than albumen. Now ait 11 potato open end look at the small illustration and we shall lenru sotuethlug worth kuowlng nbout this gluten. First comes the .klu of Ihe potato. In a uew potato It is thin ard clear, whllo a ctrky skin Indicates a mature potato, and or.o more likely to be mealy. Second s a thin layer varying from one-eighth of uu Inch to one-bulf an inch in tUlckuess. This is the gluten. Third comes the lurg.ct,t purt of the potato-the starch. If this is very dense the potato will be mealy, but if non-uniform tho potato will be of poor quality. Fourth Is the very centre of the tu ber which contains little starch and a great deal of water. If this area branches out into the stares the potato will not be u good cooker. Ciiauilcalf oa Old Psiturw. A series of ery luterestlug experi ments !u pasture renovation have been carried ou In Kngland for the past tight years, and the geueral results are r-t 'll.' ? A worth repenting because they agree In a general way with experiment! In this country. The experiments wore In the line of bringing up the quantity and quality of pasture oy topdresslng with chemicals. On a light soil potash pro duced but little effect. On heavy soils phosphate fertlll.ers were most profit able. The topdresslng was not profit able for the 1'rst three years, but after that period lime proved profitable, nnd potash wns also profitable the Inst two years. Nitrogen fertilizers proved of little tire. The groat advantage of the phosphate fertllli'.ers and lime was to promote the growth of various kinds of clover, which resulted in improvement of the soil r.nd the stand of various grasses. Fertilizers containing both phosphate s nnd lime proved very effect ive, esrieclally on benvy boI'f, which generally contain enough potash to last a number of years, but were dell clout In lime and phosphoric acid. Mrenllng Partrlilsa t'orhlnt. HI10ugh Mr. Mitchell's residence nl Bristol, Conn., Is right In town, he has demonstrated that It Is not necessary to have a forty-acre farm to rnise fine birds. His poultry house Is a model for neatness, and the Second story Is entirely arranged with Individual pens for setters as well ns pens for mated birds. It is equipped with Incandes cent electric lights, so that the birds can be seen to good ndvnntago In the evening. These birds nre the result of years of line-breeding in n systematic manner thnt has, and is, producing birds so perfectly finished that one simply won ders at their perlectlon. Mr. Mitchell is both a fancier nnd n naturalist. Ills labors toward perfec tion hnve been persistent, nnd he has consistently followed a line marked out for himself from the beginning. The result was shown nt New York last winter when he showed four genera tions, nnd every one of them was a prize winner. I saw over 100 birds on tho place. They were youngsters, and all roosted on a bed of sand, except the more for ward ones, and they had pens espe cially prepared for them. Their rooM wore but a few inches from the soft sand. Now, here is where develop ment of the Cochin conies in. Leaving aside food, they were handled ns nil Asiatics thould be quietly and close to the ground. As soon ns they nre In good feather they nre placed If the training coops and taught to pose nnd to be handled. That Involves labot, but It wins many prizes. J. II. D., lu tho Massachusetts I'loughnian. How to Make a Hot-Bod. The location of the hot bed is an Im portant matter. It should bo on well drained soil, well sheltered from wind and fully exposed to the sun. It shoulii be 'near the house, for convenience. Fresh manure from tho horse sta ble, mixed with litter from bedding, Is the material most generally made use of to furnish the heat needed in the hot-bed. A pile of this material -is spread on the place selected for the hot bed, covering an area somewhat larger than the hot-bed Itself is Intended to be. It Is thrown on the ground in lay ers of a few inches in depth. Each layer is trod down firmly before an- othet Is ndded. The pile should bo finished off by rounding It over. Leave It In this condition for a few days, uu- til fermentation sets in. This can be told by a warm moisture which will bo seen rising from it. It should then be forked over, shaking out the long straw as this Is done, und making uuother heap of It. ns at first. In two or three days It will again give evidence of fur ther heating. After this It Is In condi tion for final disposition lu the bed. As the manure is now thrown into shape it should be packed down well, milking It as uniformly compact ns pos sible. There should be about two und a half foot of this material. It is now ready for the frnme. This should be put In place and covered with sash. Hank up well outside tho frame with the manure. Allow the sash to remain In place until strong bent 1 generated. When this begins to de crease, nnd the thermometer does not register more than eighty-five or ninety degrees, cover the manure Inside the frame with ubout 0 Inches of One, rich soil, worked until It Is Iu the mellowest possible condition. The bed Is tintr ready for use. Ebon E. Itoxford, in 'Making the Country Home," iu -the Outing Magazine. Hluts For Ponltrf. A good egg will sink In water. With the dust bnth tho hen cleans her body. Silting hens should not be fed while on the nest. Growing chicks should be protected from the num. The nest must occasionally be re newed and kept clean. Itoad dust, with tlno sifted ashes, makes a good dust bath. Cleanliness nnd vigilance nre the best preventives of disease. As a rule fowls will keep healthier if they huve a good range. A dark comb is an Indication of a congested state of tiio system. There is more profit in marketing fowls early than at any other time. Now you who have attended the poultry shows and who have found out that you did not know K nil, can you not Improve the next season. ? An aid to making fowls lay In cold weather Is to heat their grain before feeding, but do not get it. too hot, as fowls have been killed that way. After cleaning your poultry bouse thoroughly and uslug crude keroseuo oil la all the crevices nud on perches, thes litter the floor with straw and chaff. The festive lice still give their atten tion to the fowls, notwithstanding oiled perches, etc. A good dose of in sect powder is about the only thlnj that will rout them. It W poor pellcy to sell all your best birds, even If you can obtain a good price, for while you obtain more ready money you are not Improving your stock, and your birds will deteriorate eacb year as long as yeu practice sell lug all of tke best. POPULAR SCIENCE The Intent Image the undeveloped photograph Is an electro-chemical for matlon of molecular nuclei, arounij which the visible image is s'-bsoqtient ly built up by development. When the glnss plnte of a photo graphic negative Is scraped free from film and cleaned chemlcnlly, nothlnj remains visible, but on breathing on the glass the photographic Image ninj be brought out again as a faint gray and white positive. ''""ice as much heat Is generated by X-ravs lu lead ns In Kino. Tim nni. explanation evident to the discovers Is thnt certain elements nre broken up by these rays, nnd thnt rlie energy lib erated from these atoms forms a part of that appearing whin the rays are absorbed by matter. The automatic gas kindler nnd ex. tlnguished of Herr Itaupp, of Mayetice, i based upon the slngulnr effect of light In increasing the electric conduc tivity of selenium. With the coming of daylight, the selenium permits the ready passage of nn electric current, and this causes the shutting off of tin? gns, which the apparatus turns on again and Ignites ns darkness comes again. The selenium, of course, is shielded from the light of the burning gas. Tho powers of tho stomach hnva been gauged hitherto by moans of n test breakfast nud the subsequent use of the stomach pump, or loss directly by chemical test of the urine. A new method Is being tried In Europe by Dr. Schwartz. He administers a large pill of n third or n half ounce of sub nitrate of bismuth enclosed lu a coat ing of connective tissue trom the sheep or ox, and when examination is then mude with X-rays, this subsequent an made with X-rays, this substance shows ns a dark shadow. At first it appears ns.'n deep blnck spot. As di gestion progresses, however. It dis seminate through the stomach, and In health gives a faint shadow of the en tire organ In nbout seven hours. In puch disorders' as deficiency of acid, pyloric disease and cancer, the black spot persists nine, eleven or even twen ty hours, while In hyperacidity the too rapid digestion may cause the spot to disappear lu -two to five hours. A toxlne of the blood of eels nnd al lied species, preventing coagulation of poisoned blood, was discovered by M. Mosso as long ago cs 1SSI). The toxlue bas not yet been Isolated, but lute In vestigators have found that the eel serum retains its toxic power for a considerable time In the dark, but that the degree of toxicity varies with the Individual eel nud with the season. I.Ike snake venom, the toxlne appears to be active only when entering the blood, being harmless when swallowed. An nutl-toxino can be produced lu the blood serum of susceptible animals, and this lenders rabbits nnd goats im mune against great doses, though lit tle effect is produced on gulue pigs. Experiments made by G. F. Decker and A. L. Day on the linear force ex erted by growing crystals have brought out Interesting facts. They found that crystals of iiluni ore able to form In a saturated solution, In opposition to the pressure of n heavy weight, whicn they must lift. This linear force of. growing crystals Is of geologic impor tance, for It has been found that py rltlc crystals formed In slate rock are able to drive apart the laminae of the rock without any perceptible deforma tion of the crystals. FORESTS ON RESERVES. How the Government U KeMorlng De nuded Mountain! and Waiter. The area now finder forest lu the West Is less by millions of acres than the urea suitable for forest growth. In the first place, fire has destroyed an enormous quantity of forest, denud ing mountain slopes so completely that forest renewal by natural menus lias been rendered impossible for ages. Again, vast areas, scores of millions of acres, like the chapnrrel lands of Southern California, which once bore forest growth but long since lost it, ( must remain indefinitely unproductive wnstes uuless brought again, by plnnt lng, under forest. Moreover, the de mand for timber, even, the local de mand, cannot long bo supplied from the reserves unless they are developed to tho highest productive capacity, and, for this, forest replacement nud extuuslon, quite as much as conserva tive logging, are essential. Finally, the indirect use of the reserves is not less impressive. The vital importance of water for irrigation would, in the case of several of them, alone, suffice to render forest blunting on water sheds Imperative. In Southern Cali fornia forest extension on tho mount ains is strongly favored by public sen 'timeut, at almost any expense, be cause it is water, not the supply of fertile soli, which limits agriculture, so that laud worth $2000 nn acre with water could hardly be given away without it. United flutes Agricultural Bulletin. v Germany In China. ' There comes from Berlin an Inter esting echo of the terrible events Which six years ago necessitated tho pouring out of Europeuu troops into China. Few persons are probably aware bow large a proportion of those troops still remain in China. Greut Britain withdrew the bulk of hers sev eral years ago, but several of the Con tinental powers are only now beglu Ulug to follow her example. Germany still maintains a brigade on a war rooting at Tientsin. An order has, however, at last been Issued for Its withdrawal, and tho force, will em bark at the end of April. But a battal ion will -be retained, part of it being tnoved tip to Tekin for the protection' Of the Legation, and part retained at 1 reserve at Tientsin. AttUilo Paris, Paris can teach us much. In matters relating to art. There is art every where art lo every public bulldiug and in every street railing, says the Municipal Journal. v
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