J St'NDAY StfiMN I W Scholarly Discourse Rev. Dr C T. L. By Brooklyn, N. V. Bunriay morning the union services of the Central Presbyterian, Nostrand Avenue M. E. and Puritan Congregational churches were transferred to tho first named church. The prearher was the Rev. E. Trumbull Lee, D.D., pastor of the Chambers-Wylle Memorial Presbyte rlan Church, Philadelphia, who Is prominent in all the work of th de nomination. His subject was "God's Plan of a Christian," and the txt was taken from Kpheslans ill: 19. "Filled unto all the fullness of God." (R. V.) Dr. Lee said In substance: As the apex of a pyramid Is that point to ward which the upright lines of the shaft converge, so our text Is the cul mination of the teaching In verses 16-19, Inclusive. In these verses tho sacred writer gives In outline an Inspired sketch of a Christian as God would have him. The writer would have his readers understand him. and also he enabled to fill out the plan In their lives, so he makes the matter the subject of prayer. See verse 14. He pravs (16-101 that the whole family of Christian believers may be character ised by power, faith, knowledge and love In an unusual dgree, as the text says: "Unto all the fullness of God." That is, an overflowing measure. P,y this Is meant that if in order to meet tho requirements of God in the Chris tian life It is necessary to have power, then we must overflow with power, or faith, overflow with faith, or knowledge, overflow with knowl edge, or love, overflow with love, "the love of Christ," the redemptive love. In a word, God's plan of a Christian Is that a Christian Is a h--liever In Christ overfiowini; with these constituent qualities of the Christian life. This raises the que-itlon of re sources. When I whs living in Colo rado the Arkansas River, running east from the Rockv Mountains, car ried a large volume of wat;;r. as It now does. The river was drawn on to supply catiais branching from the river and laterals from these canals, whlch for extent and capacity would Boon have exhausted the river but for vast stores of snow and ice pllea un In the 1'isins or Great pockets of the mountains, which the dally toll of the summer sun distilled into count less streams, which flowed down and supplied the river. The ability of the river to supply the large draughts of water required by the canals was In resources which the river drew upon In the mountains. God is character ized by infinite resources. In Him is an infinite reserve of power, knowl edge, love. He, therefore, plans that Christians shall overflow with those qualities hrein enumerated, namely, power, faith, knowledge, love. See the plan unfold under the masfr hand of the inspired apostle. Study with me the passage, first, the over flow of power: "Strengthened with might through the Spirit, in the Inner man unt0 au tne fullness of God." This means that the entire moral nature comes Into touch with God at conversion and becomes strengthened so that It becomes the expression of the power of God to save. In this city is a vast electric car system. Each car has a known earning ca pacity and moves, empty or filled full of passengers, not only on the level at the City Hall, but up a steep grade as when passing up Fulton street past Fort Greene place. But such a car is a unit in a system, let us say, of 200U cars. Now the company d-oes business on the basis always of more than enough power for all the cars to their united carrying canacity. These cars are "strengthened with might" by coming into contact with that overflow of energy. And each car in the system is the expression of the totality of the company's electric power. So when we become Chris tians we become such by coming into contact with God through the Holy Spirit, and we become the expression on earth of God's power to save. This is the reason why, again and again, vast systems of wrong and of unbelief have been toppled over, why no force of evil can ever come to stay. The first question any one needs to ask Is, "Am I a Christian?" Heaven and hell are fixed according to the answer to that question. But the next question is, "What kind of a Christian am 1?" Am I a unit of pa tient, persistent, unconquerable pow er? Counting Protectants in this country, we are fonv millions in number. Twenty millions of these are members of churches. It. is im possible, to estimate the vastne-is of the victories of our religion if each unit were the expression of overflow ing power in Christian activity. Paul, however, grasped the dynamic possi bilities Involved, and ecla;med: "I can do all these things through Christ, who strengthened me." This assurance of superlative ability of accomplishment can be cultivated by us If we make use of all the agencies, lnstrtinientalitlua. ordinances and in stitutions of our religion. Just as a man in the physical world can make himself a hundredfold the master of situations by laying hold on steam, electricity and the like. Second Tho overttow of faith, "That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith unto an the fullness of Ood." Faith removes mountains. It has always done so. The victories of faith are simply marvelous. But victorious faith la not a sentiment, nor an enthusiasm, nor an imagination. Victorious faith Is conviction In action. It begins with a man and externalizes Itself in achievements. .Neptune was discov ered by men who believed that that planet existed long before It was dis covered. Fulton believed that he could propel a boat by Bteam, and ceased not till his steamboat was striking the waters of the Hudson with Its paddle wheels, and so evoked a new note in the song of the world's Industry. The achievements of faith come from the overtlow of faith from within to the great world outside Bo in the field of the Christian life. "Faith without works Is dead, being alone." Faith is a conviction of truth, and there Is the harnessing of all our faculties of mind, body and soul to the vast enterprises by which surely the kingdoms of this world are becoming the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ Is des tined to rule the world, to create here a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness. Show the wicked, the unbelieving, the worldly people all about you that Ood reigns, and you belleva it, that Christ saves and you believe It, and that the Holy Spirit sanctifies and you 'believe It. Over flow of faith! Third The overflow of knowl-dKS- L'That ye may be able to com prehend to now the length, breadth, depth and helghth of God's plan to save unto all the f ulln of God." Any one who re sponds to God's great passion of re deeming mercy becomes a larger and a better being, made so by that very response. Such an one gets knowl edge of God, and the relations be tween Ood and man. man and Ood, and man and man, that no school of philosophy on earth can supply. Think not. In knowledge of divine truth, to live up only to the average of your contemporaries, hut push that average up. Knowledge deter mines the world In which we live. Here are two men. on Ignorant man and an educated man. They live on the same planet, but also they live In different worlds. The ignorant man cannot understand the world In which the educated man lives. He was never In It. The educated man understands the world of the Ignor ant man. because out of that world he came. The difference between thee men Is the degree of knowledge possessed. Similar!v the natural man, the man of the world who lives for this world, cannot understand the world In which th Christian lives. They live in different worlds. The distin guishing fact Is In the degrees of knowledge possessed by them. And It is knowledge, and then the over flow of knowledge, that makes the Christian, and the effective Christian. Fourth The overflow of love. "And to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge unto all the fullness of'Gort." What Is the greatest thing about God? Not omnipotence, omniscience nor omni presence, nor yet any of his attrib utes, but love, for "God Is love." What He Is must be greater than what H does. Moreover, what redeems the world? Not philosophy, nor science, nor mere classical or scientific educa tion. But love saves the world "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoso ever believeth In Mini might not per ish but have everlasting life." Jesus Christ came into the world "not to condemn the world, but that through H'.r.i the world might b saved." The Holy Spirit makes this offering of divine love good. But it is written that v ho.-o "dwelleth in love, dwell eth In God, and God In him." There you have it. Into the plan of a Christian love enters. It is defined here as the "love of Christ," that is a redemptive passion to "go Into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." To meet the plan you must be missionary. You must be filled with a passion for evangel ization and philanthropy. Thus will you conquer sin, destroy the works of Satan, and hasten the final epiphany of Jesus Christ. la conclusion, how meet the re quirements of the plan of a Chris tian? By prayer (verse 14 1. The best life is begun and is continued Id prayer. By prayer we worship. Through worship God opens to us the door of life. Men and women oZ this world fumble at the latch, but the believer in Christ enters in and takes possession. Eternity is age less, has no gray hairs, no wrinkles chiseled on its regal brow, and who ever of you will build tho temple of life, character and d?ed, after God's plan, hath undying youth. In the evening Dr. Lee preached on "A Living Faith," and took for his text James 11:1: "The faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of Glory." Among other tilings he said: This is the faith of which our Lord Is author both in the structure uf the gospel, and In the experience of the believer This faith, then. Is a divine thing. It has always been subject to tests, but these very tests have only brought out its enduring qualities and sublime achievements. I was never more confident than I am to-day of the need of proclaiming the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ as the only solvent for life's perplexi ties, disappointments, anxieties, wor ries, doubts, problems, unrest, law lessness and the world's sin, both old and gray-headed, and all so strong yet, having age-long redundancy. I am convinced that human wisdom in powerless to change the experiences here listed, that no evolutionary process can deliver us from them by enabling us to outgrow them and throw them off, and that there is no "new theology" to provide a better way than the old way "the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory." We need to pray the disciples' prayer "Lord Increase our faith." That faith conquers everything but God, and wins Him. Value of KfTm-t. ! Nothing worth having in this uni verse of God is to be obtained with out effort. Strenuous endeavor, de I liberate, unceasing, persistent toil i await him who would follow after j truth. 1 'oes the wilderness open out I before him? Then let him go into ; tlie wild -rn-ss. By and by it will j b!os.:uiu as the rose. is it desert? 1 Fountains of living water will spring up In iu dry places. Is it lonely? I its solitudes- will become peopled ; with congenial companion.-. Angels will come and minister to him. William I). Little. God's Type-Sett itig. Our Lord God !s llko a printer who sets the letters backward; we see and feel Him set the types, but here we cannot read them. When we are printed off, yonder in the life to come, we shall read all clear and straightforward. Meantime we must have patience. Martin Luther. Talk With Jesus. A little talk with Jesus is worth a lot ot tulk about Him. Ram's Horn. SAVES FATHER FROM BULL. Ths courage of his son, aged twelve, saved Charles Lorena, a Port Eliza beth farmer, from being torn to pieces by the horns of an angry bull, writes the Mlllville (N. J.) corres pondent of the New York World. Lorena was returning from the field to the farmhouse for dinner when he noticed that the bars had been low trad by one of the summer boarders. Crossing the pasture, his big bull spied a red handkerchief on his neck. Bellowing and snorting the bull charged the farmer and tossed him over his head. Lorena fell near the fence,, but before he could move ha was caught on the enraged animal's horns and thrown again. Then little George Lorena came to his father's residence, and, striking the bull with a pitchfork, attracted his attention while bis father crawled through the fence and fell into the next field unconscious. Dr. Walker and two Mlllville physicians hurried to the scene. They believe the man has received fatal Internal Injuries. He sustained serious con tusions of the body and leg. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS 8UN0AY, OCTOBER 7. 'The Grace of Giving, 2 Cor. 8. 1-5 Christian Stewardship Day. Dally Readings. 1 Benevolence one of the tests of the Judgment. Matt. 25. 35-40. Benellcer.ee must not be confined to our friends. Prov. 25. 21, 22. The grace that needs developing to abundance. 2 Cor. 8. fi-9. Prudence in administering. 2 Cor. 8. 1S-21. A liberal spirit. 2 Cor. 9. 0-S. A system of giving. 1 Cor. 1C. 2. The special use made of the term grace l:i the New Testament is In reference to the mind of God as man ifested toward sinners, his redemp tive mercy, whereby he grants pardon for offences and bids those who have gone aslray to return and accept his gift of everlasting life. Quite easily the word came to attach to the spirit ual state of those who have come un der the power of divine grace, a id to the evidences or tokens of such ex periences, as when the alms contri buted by the Christian churches are so designated. The Corinthian churches abounded In "faith, in utterance and knowledge and diligence and love;" and see, says Paul, "that you abound In this grace also" (2 Cor. S. 7.) So, giv ing, or the spirit of giving. Is exalted Into a high fellowship among tho lovely qualities of Christian charac ter. And giving Is a means of grace; that Is, a method by the use of which we obtain more favor of heaven and by which we cultivate the spiritual nature. Giving tends to kill in us tvery manifestation of a greedy, covetous spirit. Tho Bible seems to have been written with the Idea that one tenth of one's Income n:id one seventh of his time belongs to God. Giving a tenth of the increase and keeping a Sabbath seems to have been one of the constitutional provisions, so to say, for the government of the human ftimily. True Christian liberality Is eager and clad, because there goes before It the giving of one's sol:. Till then there will be no real bestowtnent of goods. "The gift without the giver Is bare" Paul's Idea Is that this grace should be cultivated along with other Christian qualities. As loving develops power of loving; as speaking increases ability to speak; as forgiv ing makes it easy to forgive, so does giving make beneficence a Joy. More over. It usually increases one's capa city to bestow. (See Illustrations). But Paul has a warning also for those who administer the Ijird's funds. He picked out a very trusty brother, with Titus, to carry the money to Jerusa lem, for the name of the church must not be compromised by even 'the sus picion of Imprudent management. This ninth chapter of Second Corin thians' a great evangelist has taught us fo call "The Giving Chapter." In It see how Paul lays reason to reason for benevolent giving. OCTOBER SEVENTH. Christ's Life. X The Commandment He Left Us; Our Obedience. John 15: 1-7. All the failures in keeping Christ's commandments come from trying to keep them without Christ. There are many rewards of commandment-keeping, but there are no rewards unless Christ's love is thought reward enough. ' Can we love one another because it is commanded? ,No; but because we love the Commander. Can we be friends of Christ, that "whatsoever" standing in the way? Yes, for Christ lias promised to give us "whatsoever" help we ask. Suggestions. Christ "knoweth our frame"; where He commands, obedience Is al ways possible. No one can heed without hearing. Obedience to Christ Involves Bible study. Christ Issues no commandment that He did not obey when u mortal like ourselves. It Is not natural to us to obey good orders; we must learn to obey. Illustrations. No command of the general Is for hardship, but for victory. It Is thus with Christ's commands. A parent must issue many com mands that he cannot explain to his child, but thev will be understood by and by. So with Christ. Obedience to Christ, often repeat ed, becomes an instinct, as a sol dier responds automatically to tho word of command. A general's commands must often reach the soldiers by way of under officers. So Christ's commands often reach us through Christ's ministers. Quotations. The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience. Hare. Obedience Is not truly performed by the body of him whose heart Is dissatisfied. The shell without a kernel Is not fit for store. Saadi. Let thorn obey that know how to rule. Shakespeare. From obedience and submission spring all other virtues, as all sin dues from self-opinion. Montaigne. A Gold aim Hteel Engine. A watchmakerof Ontario has made a remarkable working model of an engine. It weigh only four grains, and is made of gold and steel. It would take almost 120 of these mi croscopic engines to weigh an ounce, while 1820 would be required to welgi a pound, and 3,840,000 to weigh a ton. The speed and horse power of this little model have been estimated by Professor Chant, ot the University of Toronto. It make 6000 revolutions per minute", and It working power Is 1-498000 of a horse power. The bore of Its cylinder 1 3-100 of an Inch In diameter, and the length of Its stroke 1-32 of an Inch. Truly a wonderful little engine. London Globe. u . .tin extensively used ci .n.iu railroad. Tbey Ico.t c'ul. The roadbed Is certainly Lvil-t:t. They are hollow and the loa set well Into the soli and baW THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS l-'OIl OCTOBKIl 7. Subject: The Two Great Command silent Mark ill., 28-34 and 3R 44 -Golden Text: Murk xll., 80 .Memory Verses, 30, 31. t. The two great commandments ' scribes." Matthew rails him a law yer. A doctor of divinity. A pro fessional Interpreter of the law of Moses. "Came." Probably at the request of the Pharisees who were determined to catch and overthrow the Saviour. "Having heard per colving." He had listened attentive ly to the discussion of Jesus with the Herodlans about the tribute money and with the Saddurees about the resurrection and had been pleased at the answers Jesus gave. "The first commandment." This was a dis puted question among their doctors of the law. Some ascribed flrst place, to the law of sacrifices, other to the law of circumcision, other to the law of the Sabbath, while some gave this distinction to the law of meats. But Jesus, -with much better reason, decided In favor of a com mandment Inclusive of the whole of piety, and leading to every holy tem per, word and work. 23. "Jesus answered." He quoted from Deut. 6:4-9. "One Lord." Fulth in the absolute unity of the Godhead Is the point where the Chris tian religion antagonizes all heathen religions. 30. "Thou." Christ makes this a personal matler; Ho does not speak in a general way. but He brings the truth home to His questioner. "Shalt." There is no chance for ca vil here; no ambiguous expressions. "Love the Lord." It Is Impossible to obey this commandment only as the love of God has first been shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost (Rom. 5:5). "Heart soul mind strength." We nmv iinrfnr-. Siand this fourfold enumeration ns a command to devote all the faculties to the lovo of God. 31. "The second." The first ta ble of the law defines nur rlnfv tr God; the second, our duty to our neighbor. "Is like." Of a like na ture, embracing t)ie whole of our duty to man. "Neighbor as thyself." S.-e Lev. 19:18. The Jews under stood neighbor as meaning fellow Jew, but Jesus taught differently (Luke 10:25-37). II. A discreet answer (vs. 32-34). 32. "The scribe said." He ex pressed his disapproval of Christ's answer. 33. "Is more than offer ings." The scribe gathers up In his reply some or the great utterances of the prophets which prove the su periority of love to God and man over all mere ceremonlalobservauces. See 1 Sam. 15:22; Psa. 51; Hos. 6:6. 34. "Discreetly." With knowl edge and understanding. "Not far." He was near, but still on the outside. It Is possible to be near and yet be lost. "No man." etc. No one under took to entangle Him in Ills talk af ter this. III. A warning against hypocrisy (vs. 3S-40). In verses 35-37 Jesus asks the Jews a question which they could not answer. 38. "In His doc trine." "In His teaching." R. V. "Beware." Be on your guard. 'Long clothing." Literally, in stoles, long robes reaching to the feet, such as ladles of rank were accustomed to wear, and kings, and nobles, and cer tain priests, and other high person ages. "Salutations." They loved appellations of honor and respect such ns Rabbi, Father, Master! Teacher. "Marketplaces." Any thoroughfare or public square. Their ambition was to show themselves off In these public places. 39. "Chief Heats.'" The chief seats were at the upper end of the synagogue near the chest containing the Book of the Law. "Uppermost rooms." "Chief places." R. V. 40. "Devour." Like ferocious beasts they devour the substance of the widows, the most defenseless and the most deserving of the poor. "For a pretense." Hypocrites indeed' They made ii,.n . through their pretended piety they sought to gain the confidence of those whom they were planning to rob. "Greater damnation." Or condemnation." R. v. Implying a most terrible punishment. For the double sin of hypocrisy and fraudu lent injustice they should meet a ter rible doom. Pride, hypocrisy and Injustice ure kindred sins. AV' ,.A !,JS80n on KlvlnS (vs. 41 4). if this narrative Is taken In connection with the discourse Just given it places the hypocrisy of these I harisees In a most glaring light. 1 hey were religious for gain, while she. one ot the very class they were Planning to rob, had a religion that led her to cast Into the treusury all ',ad.'41' 'Sat'" Probably to "T. Ver Rsalust " Opposite. The treasury." A name given by the rabbins to thirteen chests, called trumpets from their shape, which stood in the court of the women i. "Poor." The word rendered poor is a very strong one, nearly equivalent to "beggar." it Implies utter destitution. The condition of a poor man's widow in that country was most helpless. "Two miteB." Thr smallest Jewish coin, about the value of one-firth of a cent. 43. "Called disciples." Jesus directed their attention to this act More. More in proportion to their ability to give, and thus more In the estimation of God. 4 4. "For " etc The worth of a gift Is to be 'deter wined, eot by its Intrinsic value, but what tt costs the giver. J. E. Thornycroft, an English authority on engineering, In review ing recent attempts to adapt the In ternal combustion engine to marine use, says that this adaptatlen may now bo regarded a an accomplished fact. Trials made between Hamburg and Kiel with a motor of seventy horse-power, showed that the gas propelled boat consumed 630 pounds of anthracite, as against 1820 pound of steam coal consumed by a steam boat of practically tlie same dimen sions and making the same speed. Gas-engine ot from 600 to 1000 horse-power for marine use are now being constructed In England, and Mr. Thorncroft expects to see such engine Installed la large sea-going vessel. , A CRITICISM. "Did the audience applaud when Mr. Hytone angT" "No. when she stormed The Bohemian. Measuring Cattle. The following has been given as a rule of some value in determining the weight when actual welgl g la inconvenient, but in all the rule giv en the weight will vary widely with animals of tho same girth. Cattle girthing five feet ordinarily weigh from 650 to 750 pounds, according to form and fatness; for each addi tional Inch in girth add twenty-five pounds, up to sit feet, and for each Inch after six feet add fifty pounds. New York Witness. Tho Berry Patch. Keep ruiinors from strawberry plants. Thl3 Is a good timo to make a new bed. Three years Is long enough for an old bed. A new bed iiR.i larger perries and is not so weedy. In planting strawberries, keen the un and wind from the roots. If plants are received from a dlR tance and roots are drv. wash roots in cold water and shorten one-third Plant at once in moist soil, mabinc the earth very firm around them Rake the bed to loosen trampled soli and conserve moisture. Clean out all old canes from black berries and raspberries, and leave five good new cane3 standing. Good strong canes mean plenty of good oerries next year. Remove all seed caps from shrubs that have flowered, as they consume a lot or strength from the tnisb. and also from the new growth. Indian apolis News. The Robber Cow. Two cows cost $4 0 each a year for keep. One of them yields 4 000 u.ui'.rii ot nunc a yea;-, that brings $.S6. The other yields 1200 quarts. ttiat brings $20. Tho latter loses about $14 and reduces the gain on the former from $4 6 to $32. Why do you keep that 1200 auart row You would be better off with tho one that clears $46, for you would have only half the investment, half tho work and half the feeding, and you would gain $14 each year. There would be no surplus butter on the market for years to come and prices would rule strong it all the cows were eliminated which are kept at a loss. Dairy farmers have not yet half waked up to an understanding of the great practical Importance of weeding out the unprofitable cows trom their herds. Many a man would make a fair profit, that now faces constant loss, If he would keep only such cows as pay a profit on their keep. Indianapolis News. Uemedy For Dandelions. To the person who is trying to maintain a lawn dandelions mean nothing but a source of work and an noyance. Cutting them off. even be low the surface, seems merely to nave the effect of making them mul tlply the faster. Dr. XV. H. Evans, of the United States Department of Agriculture, cal s attention to tha e cellent results which he obtained this spring by the use of gasoline. A spoonful of gasoline poured Into the centre or the head of each dandelion or chickory will destroy them root and branch within twenty-four to forty-eight hours. At Dr. Evans' sug gestion the remedy was tried on dan delions and with perfectly satisfac tory results. The gasoline penetrates throughout the plant, even Into the tip of the roots, causing a slimy de composition. Apparently, gasoline has some affinity for the milk or la tex of these plants and follows the latex tubes through the whole plant. Grass and shrubbery are not Injured by the gasoline unless It is carelessly applied In undue quantities. How to Plant IVas. Cow peas can be planted In lino with the corn at second working, but this Is not desirable as It binds up tha :orn injuriously. Tho best and com monest way is so bow them between she rows and plow them In at tho last cultivation of the corn. In this way tho crop costs only the seed and tho sowing. Of course these vines oan not be cut for hay, but the peas 2an be gathered for feed, or if tho Black Peu or Red Ripper are U3ed, they will lie on the ground until the lorn Is gathered and the hogs can be fattened oa them. For pea hay, :ut the vines when tho first peas begin to ripen, otherwise the stalks will become too woody. Mow the vines after the morning dew Is off. Let them wilt until afternoon and then haul them Into the barn. If you wish to stack your pea hay In the field, cut three forked pules the size ot a man' arm and about eight feet long. In trimming leave the prongs ten or twelve Inches long. Make a tripod of the poles, locking them firm ly together with their forks. As soon as the hay is mowed, haul to these poles and throw the vines on them, keeping them some two feet from the ground. When finished, cover the stack with a cap of canvass or long grass to protect It from rain. Cucumbers. Few garden plants- have boon known to and cultivated by man long er than the cucumber. De Candolle has proved that this plant baa been In cultivation between three and four thousand years. There 1 no specific remedy for the striped cucumber beetle. Direct applications of poi sons, such as Paris green or other arsenical, will destroy the beetles when they occur in moderate num bers. A normal crop may be placed at about 200 half-barrel baskets per ere. the urlce varvinsr from futv cent to a much a 12 per basket. Alter the fruit have been harvested nd tbs marketing season has clo.it the vine should be destroyed by gathering and burning or (lowing them under, so as not to harbor or breed disease. A point which is ot prime Importance in the manage ment ot the cucumber patch 19 that none of the fruits be allowed to come to maturity. The ripening process, which means the development and maturing of the seeds, produces a heavy strain upon the growlug plant, thn llfrt nnrl vfnbl nf tha nlnnt l,ol n tr In proportion to the number ot fruits which are allowed to ripen. Farm ers' Dultelin, United States Depart ment of Agriculture. Ttox For Tylna; Wool Crop. Theer are two ways of tying wool still practiced In many sections. Both have their advocates, and both have their merits. Boxing, as It Is called. Is probably most commonly practiced with wool on the farms. On the ranches wool is either sacked up loose or tied In a loose bundle. Personally I prefer the boxing, but one should try to Batlsfy the demands of the trade which at present seems to bo in favor of the loose bundle. In cither case the obiect soiizht la to m do up the wool that each fleece will be Kept entirely separate and with the soiled side out. The reasons for this are obvious. There are no two fieece3 alike. All wool must be sorted, each grade put by itsslf before anything else ran be done with It. It all fleece3 were allko and all parts of the fleece were alike it, or course, could all be packed to gether without tying, but the task of assorting a lot of loosely packed wool Is such that much less can be paid for it. The loose bundle is preferable ex cept in two ways. A loose bundle Is more apt to come to pieces before eacning tne sorter, unless too large in amount of twine is used. Ttnth are objectionable features. In boxing tho fleece can be dona D iu a more comoact form with thn use of less twine and is less liable to The Wool Tying Hoc. come to pieces In handling. Buyers, however, do not make nnv serloim ob jections to either form when Dronerlv done. First, the shearer should endeavor to keep the fleece. inus nearly a com. pact form us possible. After remov- ng all tag locks, lay the fleece flesh side down, and nftor closing in the edges fold over towards the centre from all sides, folding over enough to make a bundle about a foot square, then turn the fleece over on about four feet of twine pressing it around the second time the opposite way and tie firmly. Tho same nroeesa U through In preparing It for the box. for me oenent of those who have never seen such a wool-tvlnc imr tho following description by the Orange Judd Farmer may be helpful: for each side take boards a a throe feet long and one foot wide and for the centre three pieces, b c b, a foot square and hinge them together as shown in the cut. Now saw two notches on each of the four sides to hold strings as indicated In diagram, cut your strings about thren feet Innir and lay them on the board as Indi cated by dotted llrfes. After folding the fleece as stated above, lay It on .the box, fold up the Bides, then the end pieces, fastening them with cleats. Tho end of the stri ngs are handy to tie together. The Meadows. Tho pasture land (and that I ed for producing hay for mowing uhould consist of separate fields. If a pasture can suunlv the stock in Lummer It should not be required to ao more. Another reason whv the hay crop should be senarata from tha pasture produce Is that the pasture suouiu contain as many varieties ot grasses as possible, some of the best kinds being profitable If grazed, as they do not grow to ufflclent height for being cured as hav. Paatura ra should be short, because the animals prefer it thus, and they can then bet ter Beiect tne kinds preferred. The young and tender grass, nnlv a fam Inches high, Is always weeter and more highly relished than any other, and If a pasture is to be occupied by the stock they will keep the grass down. No farmer, therefore, should eipect a crop of hay from his pasture ground. The meadow ia depended upon for producing the hay crop; but the meadow Is also given up to the animals at times. Tha nnht In nnt take advantage ot the meadow, but to mate ii uotter by Increasing the variety of grasses. A variety iuvin. some fault should not be condemned If it also has merit. Orchard grass euines early in spring, it will remain for several year, and It thrive wfctre some grasses could not exist. ueru grass 1 excellent oa meadow land that Is somewhat moist. it running root oon form a thick and' permanent soa. Blue grasa can be made to thrive on manv aolia nrafar. ably limestone land, and tt is a grass mat gives tne Dost late pasturage, but It should not be grazed too close ly early in the season. Tha fnrm,.r should study hi soil and adapt the varieties ot grasaes thereto, in order to avoid total failure honll tha u. sou be unfavorable for some kinds. v uiiaaeiyuia Record. ! ' ' ' It 1 shown In the Philippine Jour nal of Science that the waste of tht stripped abaka (Manila hemp) often excellent prospects for paper mann. facture. as do certain other Philip, pine fibres and grasses. The cost of forms and moldi amounts to such a large proportion of the totat cost of reinforced con crete work that earnest endeavor to bring about Its reduction deserves at tention. For this reason the Intereit of engineers is anticipated In the new method of forming reinforced con crete plies, pole and column with out molds by a simple process of roll lng or winding concrete and rein- lorcemont on a permanent mandril. An Italian scientist Las Invented a novel ubstltute for Irrigation. He uses the fruit of the Barbary nopal, a fig tree which bears figs that are excellent reservoirs of moisture. In' the spring the scientist digs a ditch about the foot ot the tree he desirei to protect from the coming drought and this ditch Is filled with figs cut Into thick pieces. A dense, layer it made and beaten down. The mucila ginous pulp, covered with earth, stores up much moisture, which it gives off gradually, watering the tree sometimes for as long a period a Xour months. M. Constantlnl, ot Paris, after hav ing been successful in adapting a gasolene motor to a roller skate, now brings out another use ot the motor In the form of a life saving apparatus or automatic swimming device which can be used for sport as well. Bath ers, for instance, can take exercise with the apparatus along the coast. Such an apparatus must be light as possible and precautions must be taken so that the motor will work under water in all conditions. A good distance can be covered, even by a novice, which distance is only limit ed by the Blze ot the fuel tank. Scientific American. An attempt to account for the fa miliar rayed or starlike appearance of the stars when seen by the naked e; o Is made by W. Holti In an article on the "Appearance of Stars," which appeared in Gesell. Wlss. Gottingen, Nachr., Math.-Phys. Klasae. He finds that all stars show precisely the same rays, but that in the' case ot the brighter stars the rays are plainer aul somewhat longer. It is further remarked that the rays seen by the left and right eyes differ, and that it the head be turned the ray are ro tated in a corresponding manner. It is thus concluded that the source of the rays is not in the stars but In the eye Itself, the middle ot the retina being not perfectly homogeneous in Its sensitiveness. Scientific Ameri can. A PROPOSAL IN JAPAX. Quaint Custom of Placing n Plant In an Kmpty Flowerpot. Old customs appear to be fast dis appearing in Japan, a fact which can not be wondered at considering the childishness which lay at the root of many of the most picturesque, but In some of the Japanese islands the quaintest marriage formalities are observed. In houses wherein reside one or more daughters of marriageable age, an empty flowerpot of an ornamental character Jjj encircled by a ring, and suspended from the window or veranda by three light chains. The Juliet of Japan are, of course, as attractive to tne Romeos as those of other lands. But instead of seren ades by moonlight and other delicate ways of making an Impression it is etiquette for the Japanese lover to approach the dweJIlng of his lady bearing some choice plant n hi hand, which he boldly, but, let us hope, reverently, proceeds to plant in the empty vase. This takes place at a time when he is fully assured that both mother and daughter are ,at home,, neither of whom, of course,. Is at all conscious that the young man is taking such a liberty with the flowerpot outside their window. This act of placing a pretty plant In the empty flowerpot is equivalent to a formal proposal to the young lady who dwells within. The youthful gardener, having set tled his plant to his mind, retires, and the lady Is free to act as she please, if he la the right man she takes every care of the gift, water it and tends it carefully with her own hands, that all the world may see tha donor 1 accepted as a suitor. But It he 1 not a favorite, or if stern par ents object, the poor plant is torn from the vase, and the next mornlnif He limp and withered on the veran da or on the path below. McCall' Magazine. Retributive. Justice. When a man loses sight of Justice toward those near him, there Is risk that hi rulings in the affair ot stranger may be one-sided, it 1( not a bad thing that occasionally there Is a varloty of Justice known as retributive, evidently designed for those who lack other kinds. When Lord ElleuDorough was a Judge, his wife-used to accompany him on a circuit. His lordship, how-' . ever, always stipulated that she should not tuck bandboxes under the seal oi me carrluge. On one occasion the Judge while stretching his legs, kicked against one of the flimsy bonnet receptacle. Down went a window with a bang; a :.d out weni the bandbox into the ditch. The atartled coachman pulled " np, but was ordered to drive on and let the tbifig lie where it was. They reached the assize town in due course, and hi lordship proceed ed to robe for the court. "And now, where' my wigt Where' my wig?" he demanded; when everything else had been , donned. ; "Your wig, my lord," replied the ervant, tremulously, "was in that (bandbox which yonr lordship threw out of the window a we came along."
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers