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l - ..... - Nil TWILIGHT. lory In the sky, . ' d la waves which strive no more ; Stry6t night birds, flitting by, And lo ! the day is o'er. The crescent moon disc, rising slow, With one attendant, radiant sphere, A cloud across the sunset's glow, And lo ! the night is here ! Ninette JL Lowater, in Youth's Companion. The Sword and the Altar. ET WALKER T. PAGE. MOXG the almost innumerable inci dents of our Civil War, be r oie, pathet ic and otherwise, which from time to time have found a place in the col umns of the lead ing magazines and newspapers of the countrv, I have failed to see any mention of the sim ple f tory which I rrr t V m am about to relate, vhich, while it is nt it. wlirillv tlcK iluto nf TiittTin will nt the fame time serve to illustrate mott j forcibly the undercurrent of genuine ---A'- .J. -1 1 J ' religious eenTimem anu personal piety that ptrvaded all ranks and conditions of the rnc-n engaged in that fratricidal strife riri iiinlr.rr::rrent nriTift tlxn Iprr deep and strong that the surface Was stain d with the blood of brothers and strewn with the wrecks of war the dying and the dead. Jn was in the early spring of 18C2, wlr;ii the Federal forces, under Major- General 1 , were advancing on that memorable campaign in the valley of Virginia. Kverv foot of crnnnd. frnm the Potomac to Htaunton, had already been, fought over at one time occu pied by Federal hosts, at another by Confederate. General II had advanced his lin.'-s as far nsMiddletown, in the upper valley nnd beyond, while the Confed erate army, under General J , was occupying the Luray valley, near fttauuttm and Harrisonburg made fa mous in history by tho not far distant battle Held of Fort Republic. Jt was one of those calm, quiet Sun day morning, suggestive rather of peace on earth and good will to men than of the iiery passions born of war and bloodshed, when General B rode out from his headquarters in the town, accompanied by his personal staff, on n short tour of reconnoissance. It was a lightly pageant that well ap pointed band, with their bright sabres Hashing in the sunlight, nnd their gaily caparisoned 'steeds impatient of the control of bit and bridle. An hour's rapid ride through field nnd wood brought them in sight of a small country church, nestled away just within tho vestibules of a forest, with its modest spire still pointing -heavenward, having not yet had the desecrating hand of war laid upon it. As tho cavalcade approached they became aware of tho fact that a con gregation had assembled, and that the Concluding that he was still by several miles within his picket lines, General 13 ordered a halt, nnd after a brief consultation with Ids officers, and the stationing of four sentries commanding all tho ap proaches to the building, the whole cavalcade dismounted, and leaving their horses in charge of their order lies, proceeded in u body to the church. Tho beautiful morning service the distinguishing feature of Episcopal worship was just ending as this un expected accesbion to the congregation entered. The organ was pealing iorth its al most human cry of "Jesup, Saviour of my 5onI, let me to Thy bosom fly," ns,,' 'quietly and with most respectful tlulcmnity, this small but distingusihed band of euTjcers took their seats. Small as was that little country church, there were numbers of empy pews, and those that were occupied were occupied mostly by women and children, with a small contingent of gray-haired men. There was a most noticeable absence of men worshipersonly two or three old men with whitened locks, . and three others, two young men and a manly boy who had seen scarcely four teen summers, all three dressed in Confedcreto uniform. The momentary ripple of excitement occasioned ly so unlooked-for a pres ence soon gave way before the spell of Eious devotion which pervaded that ttle sanctuary as though some angel had whispered to their hearts : Teace, be still!" And now came from the chancel the voice of the aged pastor, as he an nounced his text a voice deep, sonor ous, and pathetic. Standing there, with his long white hair and flowing beard, his very presence seemed a ser mon in itself; but from the moment he announced his text: "Come unto Me, all ye that are weary nnd heavy laden, and I will sive you rest," every eye was riveted upon him, every ear was strained to catch his holy utter ances. He stood within tho chancel rail, without manuscript or note. He said: "I come to voiv this Sabbath morning, my beloved brethern, with a gracious message from heaven..1 I como as the ambassador of Christ, to offer rest to tho wesxv, and relief to the heavy- laden rebt, sweet abiding rest, to earth's toil-worn and sin-laden suffer ers. "Let us first consider, my brethren, wno it is mat maites tnis gracious offer. hen I tell you it is Christ Himself, mighty to save all who come unto God through Him, you. will re co-jnizo not only the ability, but the willingness of the gracious oflerer. We all know, mv brethren, what rest means to the hungering and thirsting soul. It is this Ho offers you on the sole condition that yoa will come. His invitation is: Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money, come ye, buy and eat yea, come, bnv wine and milk without money and without price, Incline your ear and come unto Me, and your soul shall live. . ' "This gracious baviour offers a balm for every wounded heart in Divine il - ' " A 1 -J 1 .. urcsence mis mormnrr inn mi ni hit ?T7 mourning, and the garment of r . . i . . jdiso ior me spini oi Heaviness. Nhere are many of you, I know, who reatly need this Divine Jomforter. f i s j - t Those habiliments of woo (the ladies &i the congregation we,re all in mourning) speak to me of bleeeling hearts beneath them. To yon my text commends if self with special emphasis. The grave has shut forever from your eyes the loved forms and faces of those who were once your joy and pride. Did 1 1 6ay 'forever?' Oh, "no! not forever Hear ths righteous Job, and let Ms holy confidence be your abiding con solation : 'I know that my Eedeemer liveth, and that He shall etand at the latter day upon the earth ; and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my fiesh shall I see God, whom I shall see for myself? "Yes, my beloved brethren, be as sured there will come a time when all these tears shall be wiped a-arcr, when our loved and lost ones shall be re stored to us. when reunited we shall sing together the song of the redeemed. "Come! This is the only condition He imposes. Come just as you are. Weary and heavy-laden, it may be, with the burden of your sins, heavily oppressed with sorrows manifold, many of you, like Rachel, weeping for her children, and who would not be com forted because they were not, Come to the only Fountain that can wash away sin, the only true balm and con solation for wounded hearts ; come, for earth hath no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. ' "'Tis vou sli Jesns bids you come. "Will ht Hi3 eraeious invitation? Come, my beloved brethren, to the ta ble of your Lord, which is 6pread for you this day ; come with your bruised and broken hearts. He has said : 'I will refresh you.' Come to the foot of the cross this morning. View your crucified Redeemer agonizing there. See in His feet and hands the nail prints, and the spear thrust in His side. Behold that crown of thorns, and hear that mocking cry of 'Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the J ews. ' Was ever other king so crowned ? "Let us commemerate, my brethren, that scene in our hearts this day. Let us feed on Him in our hearts by faith with thanksgiving." The above is but a meagre sketch of the sermon of that eloquent old man. When he closeel, there were but few dry eyes in that hushed and awed con gregation. Ferhaps it was expected that the visitors would retire quietly at the close of the discourse. But no ! they remained and participated in ttee ante-communion service, and when the communicants were invited to approach the sacred table, the church presented a scene as rare as it was impressive ; eight Federal soldiers, together with the,ir general, and three Confederate officers, including the boy, knelt to gether around that holy tablo and par took of the broken body and shed blood of a common Lord and Saviour. Not until all had communed, and the old pastor had invoked a blessing upon all, did these' Christian soleliers offer to retire ; and when they arose to go, it seemed as though they were loath to quit tho sacred precincts of that old . country church where they hrtd doubtless been brought nearer, to God and nearer to their loved ones, worshipers of the same Al mighty Father, in temples far away. With bowed heads . and deeply rev erential manner, they filed two and two out of the church, led by the com mander, the congregation remaining in their, pews until" all had passed out. Tliis soldierly cavalcade, once more m tne saddle, lormeu an imposing group to look upon ; the general, a man of rare personal presence, seated on a magnificent charger, and sur rounded by his staff officers, each of whom was but second to ' his com mander. The spell of the sanctuary was still upon them, for as yet not a word had been spoken, and they waited in silence for the commend "Forward." It did not come. Their leader seemed pon- elering upon some thought which had taken possession of his mind to the exclusion, for the moment, of the sol dier instinct of mental alertness. Suddenly he spoke. "Call an 'or derlv,J' he said. When the soldier came forward, he thus addressed him : "Orderly, go to the church and pre sent General 13 s compliments to the three gentlemen dressed r in Con federate uniform, and say that he would be clad to see t them for a mo ment." Without a moment's hesitation, the three camo forward, accompanied by the orderly. After the salute, which was gracefully acknowledged by the gen eral and his entire staff, the general, addressing them as "soldieny said: "I requested your presence, gentle men, because I suppose you cannot possibly be aware that you are several miles within our lines, which nave been very recently moveel forward. I do not know how you propose to fget back to vour command, but this I do know, that any way you may choese will be attend with much risk and perhaps cap ture as prisoners of war. After what has transpired to-dav, I feel anxious that you should get back without being subjected to the danger and annoy ance of arrest and probably indefinite detention." Then, tearing a leaf from his pocket portfolio, ho wrote : Give the bearers safe escort beyond the Federal lines. Signoa S , Major-General Commanding. This he repeated threo times ; only, when ho wrote the boy's passport, he said: "Confederate boy soldier." He bowed gracefully as he handed each on o his passport. As ho handed tho boy his, no saiai My son,, you are young to bo a soldier; I hope you may live through this terrible conflict to be a blessing and a comfort to your mother." The boy's heart was touched, for as he turned away, unbidden tears were in his eyes. Tho general continued: "Gentle men, please present our thanks toyour worthy pastor for his sermon to-day." So, saving, "Forward! double quick! and almost before the three Confeder ates had rejoined their friends in the church, the Federals were out of sight in the distance. When five or six minutes had elapse in discussing the event of tho day, and before the congregation had dispersed to their respective homes, they were startled by the appearance of a horse man in their midst, riding a noble steed, black as a raven's wing, except where his glowing bide was flecked with foam. The rider, who, at the head of his command, sat like a centaur, as he drew rein in front of the church, was recognized at once br &U the co&sxe- praHon as the.famous commander of th "Black Horse Cavalry." When in formed of the character ( of theii distinguished visitors, the part they lifd taken in the services of the davy and the generous manner in which the Confederate soldiers nael been treated, he made no comment, but - merely re marked: "We knew they were here. and rode hard to capture them, and should have done so, but for the time consumed in a skirmish with their picket line." 'After what has happened, con tinued the famous chief of the "Black Horse, " "I am glad that we did not arrive in time. Even now we might cut them off before reaching Middle- town ; but let it pass ! We will return to our headquarters empty-handed, as we came." The Confederate horsemen dis appeared as suddenly as they bad come, leaving the congregation stana- mg in tnat old cnurch-yarcl dazed. and uncertain whether it had net all been a Sunday morning's waking dream, the baseless fabric of some distorted vision. Blue and Gray. A Durable Watch. After hanging on the limb of a tree all winter, exposed to the rain and snow, a valuable gold watch and chain " belonging to O'Hara Darlington, who lives a short distance above Sharps- burg, Penn., has been discovered, and to-day is keeoing time just as it did ; before it was lost early in last Novem- ; ber. Mr. Darlington owns the old Darlington mansion with its broad acres at Guyasuta, where the noted In elian chieftain bearing the same name is supposed to be buried. Last fall he was in the woods superintending the burning of some brush. The day was warm and s'ltry, and on his way home he carried his coat and vest over his arm. At the supper table he had occasion to look at his watch, but it was not in the accus tomed pocket, neither was there any trace of the heavy gold chain with which the watch had been attached to the vest. A careful search failed to reveal the missing valuables, Hastily leaving the supper room, Darlington called his hired men, six in number, who in turn gathered together a large number of neighbors. Procuring lanterns and rakes, the party went to the woods and spent the entire night in searching for the miss ing watch and chain. Early the next morning Mr. Darlington were back in the woods again, and the search w&3 kept up for two weeks. The entire woodland was raked from one end to the other, but no trace of the watch and chain was found. The search was finally abandoned and Mr. Darlington gave up his watch for lost. One afternoon recently Fred and Frank Stout, sons of . Harry A. Stout, manager of .Tibb's glass house, Sharps- to the wood for a stroll. The two boys had not erone far till one of them had his hat knocked from his head .by the overhanging branch of a tree. Glancing up to see what he had. run against, he was astonished to see right before his eyes and within easy reach a gold watch and chain. The boys approached, the limb to which the watch was haneriner, cau tiously, lest by some awkward move ment a pretty optical illusion should be dispelled. However, they soon be came convinced that they had not been made the victims of a trick, and a few moments later they were flying homeward, with the watch and chain safely stoweel away in one of their pockets. When Mr. Stout came home in the evening and was shown the watch he, too, was greatly surprised, for along with a party of other neigh bors he had gone on an all-night search for that watch five months be fore. How' the watch came to be in the position in which it was found is a mystery. Pittsburg Dispatch. Transportation of Frozen Fish. John Wallace, a prominent fish shipper at Kalama, Washington, gives, in Ice and Refrigeration, some inter esting facts in relation to the rail ship ment of frozen fish, which may be of general value. As our readers well know, a large quantity of frozen salmon finds its way from the freezing plants at the fisheries to tho East. In ship ping the trade recognizes the fact that fish frozen solid will in part refrigerate themselves. They therefore pack them tightly in boxes and load into refri gerator cars. -These cars are first re duced to as low a temperature as practicable, and then the floor is cov ered with several inches of chilled saw dust. The boxes of fish are then loaded in, leaving a space of several inches between the sides, ends and top of the car, which also is filled with cold saw dust. Then the car is closed and sealed. No ice is placed in the tanks of the car, but it has been found by quite extensive experience that fish so packed for shipment reach their destination in perfect condition in reasonably" warm weather without ice, and that, too, after a passage o'f fifteen to eighteen days. Tho saving effected is the first cost of the ice ; then cost of freight on the ice, and also a gain of 1500 pounds of fish in lieu of that much weight of ice, which, by the practice of the Northern Pacific road is allowed free. English Canals. There are so many navagable canals in England, that you could voyage from this Regent's Canal end to Liver pool by barge. So completely was this country covered by these artificial waterways during the canal fever, that there was said to. bo in 1836, includ ing navagable rivers, no place south of Durham that was over fifteen miles from . water traveling. Bailways, of course, soon rushed past the slow moving canals in public favor; but tkere are still more than 3800 mile's of canals open in the United Kingdom, while 120 miles have been turned into railways. The longest canal tunnel is on the Thames and Severn, and is called the Sapperton TunneL Its .length is 3808 yards. No horses tug the boats through, but men like birds for once rest on wings; that is projecting bits of wood, and 'leg" the barges along, or push them with poles. The Lappel Tunnel on the Birmingham Canal, is almost as long, extending for 3795 yards ; and it has also the reputa tion of being the narrowest only seven feet nine inches in width. The Blisworth, on the Grand Junction, is 3056 yards long, and here steam tags are used to haul the barges through. CasselTa Magar.ine. SEA MESSENGERS. FAST-FI.YING PIGEOXS IX UXCU5 - SAM'S XAVY." Encouraging Results Were Obtained Through Tneir Employment oa the Constellation Successful Test Made WUh Ten Birds. T" T"KCLE SAM'S cruder New u York is to have its pigeon cote and birds for messenger ser vice. The offer of Mr. Georrre W. Childs to provide the cote and that of his friends to furnish tho birds for it were approved by Captain Philip and favorably mentioned by him to the Secretary of the Navy, and the of ficial sanction followed. The official acceptance of the cote and pigeons, and the fact that pigeons were used as messengers in the naval parade, are steps, some people think, in the direction of the "establishment of National loft3 with pigeons for Government messenger service uneler control. 'The cote upon the New York will be No. 2 of the United States naval mes senger service, No. 1 being that or iginally on the Constellation, an affair so small that when in place it rest3 up on a capstan, but which, nevertheless, will pass into history as the beginning of such service in the navy. Cote No. 1 is four feet high, three and a half feet wide and four and a half feet deep, has only four nest places, and when first placed on board the Constellation last July for the cadets' summer cruise had as occupants eight youngsters reared in the Naval Academy loft and two old birds. Of the work of the ten birds Lieu tenant W. S. Benson, in his report to the Secretary of the Navy, says : "The cote was kept closed for a fort night, when it was opened and all were allowed to fly about the vessel, then at anchor off New London. At night all but two, one i old bird, the jother a youngster, had returned. After this the cote was opened every day when the weather was good and in a very short time the pigeons became accus tomed to the unusual noises of the peo ple about the decks, flapping of sails, washing clothes, etc., and would re turn to the cote even when the awnings were spread and it was concealed from view. "Four of these birds were frequently taken on shore, out in boats and to other vessels, and they alwav's returned. They were taken several miles overlap el and out of sight of shipping and still returned. On several occasions they were taken ashore and not liberated till the ship had left her anchorage and was several miles out, under sail and light yards down, and yet they got back and m very good time. This proved conclusively the useful ness of pigeons as messengers to the vessel. The other experiments of communicating with the shore from . the vessel while at sea-were more ex tended, but through lack of-time for , preparation, the results, although they surpassed expectations, did not reach the limits of succees obtainable under better conditions. The incentives for the flight from the Constellation to the shore were the prizes offered by Mr. George W. Childs ten for best returns the day of liberating, a special prize for best work and a special to be placed by Professor Marion. The entries were ten birds owned by the Messrs. W. Jarmin, W. B. Lauden slager, C. D. Stickney and J. A. Webber, of Atlantic City; six by Theodore P. Green, of the Royal Blue Line loft at Woodbury, N. J. ; .four by L. A. Mehler and W. T. Innes, Phila delphia ; two by P. E. Galligan, Provi dence ; two - by Fred Bowers, Fall Biver and five from the Naval Academy loft at Annapolis. This table 6hows the prize winners : Bird. Home. Start. Benson. . . .Atlantic City Aug. 16 Marion Atlantic City Aug. 16 Pythian Atlantic City Aug. 18 Finish. 2: 57 p.m. 6 39 p. m. 11 20 a. m. Noon. SterJoubury Poweison . Woodbury Aug. 18 Aug. 18 Aug. 13 Aug. 24 Aug. 24 5 K)0 p. m. 5 00 p.m. 4:36 p. nv 4 36 p. m. Fullain. . . .. Woodbury Ninety-one . . Annapoli3 Keeder. . . Annapolis The 'specials for best work were awarded to the two Philadelphia birds, J. Q. A. Herring and Miss Con over, of Louis Mehler. These birds were in regular training from the Southwest, had never been flown in any other direction, and the week previous to being sent on board the Constellation had returned from High Point, N. C, 387 miles. It was expected that the two would be held until the vessel was off Cape May, but Captain Chester, wishing to advise Philadelphia that the Constellation was on her way, let the two go when off Point Judith, R. L, giving the birds fully 225 miles journey from the northwest. Both returned, one bear ing an empty quill, the other deliver ing its despatch intact. This one experience was worth all the experiment cost, as it overthrew the pet theory that pigeons need to be taught the way ; that to do good work they must always be kept upon the one course, because, if put upon another, they would become demoralized. The birds were let go at 9 a. m. of each day. The Atlantic City returns were about ninety miles from home, when started, the course all over water. Of the ten three returned the same day. , The Woodbury birds were liberated from about fifty miles off the coast, and all sent returned. The New Eng land birds were let go the second and fourth days out, but only one, Miss Bead (known at home as Small Hopes) was reported. Morpheus, of the Innes entry, was shot when within sight of home the day of liberation. The Naval Academy birds were ldt go off Point Lookout, about sixty miles from land. Other birds owned by Mr. R. B. Caverly. Washington, were used from the Constellation, but without being recrularlv entered, and it was to Madame Chester, let go at sea and 2CXJ miles distance, that Professor Marion awarded the special prize placed t.t his disposal. New York Herald. Afghanistan has 6,000,000 of popu lation and no missionary ; India, one missionary to 275,000 ; Persia, one to 300,000; Thibet, one to every 2,000, 000. If 40,000 missionaries were sent to India there would still be only one to eTerj 50.0CO. A Petrified Man. "A renlarkable case of petrifaction came within mr observation not long aineo," sayl H. G. Bartlett, who is a guest of the LindelL 4WhiIe in Car-, lyle, HLv fk body was exhumed from neighboring graveyard, : which had turned to fctqne in the course of six years. The body was that of John RusselL who had died six years before, and bis friends lately saw fit to remove his body to a new cemetery. Theplae where Bcssell was buried is a low, wet part of the cemetery, with a kind of lime stratum running through it. Time had not played 6ad havoc with any particular part of the burial ' outfit. The pine box was but little decom posed, and the coffin was 'in a very fair ttate of preservation. Though tha clothing had molded away from the body, the flesh had undergone a queer and complete change. "It had taken to itself the property of lime, had hardened into a perfect stone condition, so that four men could but barely move the coffin. Perhaps the frame was more compact than it had been in Life, but otherwise the features, according to friends, were as of the living man. The body, how ever, of Russell's father, by whose side he had been buried, was also exhumed, and showed no trace of petrifaction. It was in an excellent state of preserva tion, however, and might have in. the course of time undergone the sama change. By what wonderful process the body could absorb ingredients that would harden its every pore is more than I can comprehend. It seems to me, and I suggested it at the time, that it might be policy to analyze a portion of the frame and learn again, if possible, the perfect way of pre serving bodies." St. Louis Globe Democrat. People Living in a Tolcano. V Thirty miles from the city of Kuma- ; moto, Japan, is the volcano Aso San. ; This volcano has the largest crater in the world. It is more than thirty miles j in circumference, and peopled by 20,- j 000 inhabitants, says the Chicago i Times. Think of walking for miles among fertile farms and prosperous villages, peering into the school house windows and sacred shrines, all within the shell of an old-time crater, whose walls rise 800 feet all about you. It gives one a queer feeling. Hot springs abound everywhere. In one place I saw the brick-red hot water utilized to turn a rice mill. "The inner crater is nearly half a mile in diameter, and a steady column of roaring steam pours out of it. The last serious- eruption was in 1884, when immense quantities of black ashes and dust were ejected and carried by the wind as far as Kuma moto, where for three days it was so dark that artificial light had to be used. But what interested me most was to learn that out pf that old-time crater had come not only a stream of pure water and many kinds of farm product, but young men who, seeking a wider school and home than the mouth of a vigorous volcano, had found their way to Kumamoto, Kyoto, and America, and were now foremost among the Christian educators and preachers of Japan. - The pulpit orator of Osaka, the principal of an English school at Kumamoto, who is a graduate of Andover, and one of the Doshisha professors at Kkoto, a New Haven graduate, all came from that valley of death. Kangaroos. The kangaroo plague has always been a great nuisance to the Australian squatters, for on an average these ani mals consume as much grass as a 6heep. It is stated that on a sheep run of '60, 000 to 80,000 acres 10,000 kangaroos were killed annually for six consecutive years, and yet their numbers remained very formidable in the locality. In the colony of South Australia hundreds of thousands of kangaroos are slaughtered annually for their skins and the bonus offered by the authorities. The number of these marsupials in New South Wales in 18S9 was estima ted to be, over 4,000,000, and yet about 500,000 kangaroos and 650", 000 walla bies were destroyed in the colony in that year. A bonus of sixteen cents for each kangaroo killed is offered in Australia ; hence .the colonists are grad ually exterminating these native ani mals. Over half a million skins are annually shipped to England and a large number to North America, to be converted into leather. The macropidse include several kinds of kangaroos and wallabies. The pro gress of settlement in Australia has driven these animals from the more densely populated parts of the Austra lian continent, but in the country and unsettled districts they are still numer ous enough to cause very considerable damage to thematural grasses. So seri ous has been the injury thus wrought that the colonial governments and run holders pay a small sum per head for the destruction of the kangaroos. Hardwicke's Science Gossip. Mast Have Sailing Vessels. There is a great deal said from time to time about the decline of the sailing ship and the near prospect of her total disappearance off the seas. But, in point of fact, there never were' such a large number of fine sailing vessels, both afloat and building in our yards, as the British merchant service boasts to-day. As our colonies thrive and in- crease for with them our chief ocean intercourse lies-so must tbe demand for - shipping necessarily become greater, and there will always exist many branches of commerce in which sailing ships may be far more profita- bly employed than steamers. New Zealand annually gives work to a very large fleet of clippers, outside the regular liners, in carrying the worses inan any one eise, you are posi frozen carcases of sheep to the tte foregoing is wrong because European markets ; the wheat trade of 7 had horses die from watering California emplovs every season many to meb, and boldly say that agitators thousands of tons of our shipping; the oi frequent watering are fools in your wool exports from Australia, the jute estimation and you would not do such traffic of India and the slowly expand- a thing. ing industries of the South American Jast reason for a moment if an ani seaboards. are all trades which still mal would have overdrank and chilled give more work to sail than to eteAn. kia stomach if he had not been allowed The sailing ship will never ajain to get overthirsty. A horse is a great carry passengers, but so long as coal at uelike a man. Let him get over an average of & pound a ton remains j worked, cverstarved or abused, and a condition of the employment particularly for the want of sufficient Df the steamer, so long is j water in warm weather, and the conse the clipper ship likely to go on flour- ! qnencea will always be injurious. Sen iahin in those trades where prompt horsemen in all large cities are dispatch is not matter of the verr first moment. Encliah Illustrated Magazine. 2 il FTXDIXa AX OLD HOCS3L 1 requires good feeding to fatten any old animal, and especially a horse whose system has been run down by bard work. The best kind of feeding is cut hay, wetted slightly to makt the meal adhere to it, and mixed with it eight or ten quarts daily of ground oats, with two quarts of linseed meaL This is for a day's feeding. Salt should be.given in moderation a small hand ful with each feed in the morning. At noon loose hay may be given. Thorough currying of the skin is helpful to tho digestion. New York Times. vrnmK ox pocltet. A very good plan to exterminate ver min from xoultry is to take a common oilcan, fill it with kerosene emulsion, or whatever you prefer using, go to the henhouse after dark with a bright light the fowls will remain quiet apply the oil to the 'head and under the wings of all fowls of your flock ; put it on thick, it will do more good than harm to them, only keep it out of their ej-es, ears and mouth as much as pos sible. Kerosene the roots well and the lice will pick up their traveling bags and depart. Sulphur henhouse will also rid burned in the them of lice. but apply oil to th9 work is done. -New ent. . fowls and the York Independ- EOW TO. PLAJiT SEED. Farmers lose a large amount of seed by covering too deeply, which is money thrown away, says ft writer in the Practical Farmer. Red top, tall oat, orchard, meadow, Italian rye, millet grass and red clover should not be covered more than half an inch to secure the largest per cent, of growth, Of the above grasses, all except red clover, if covered from, three-quarters to one and a quarter inches, only half of the seed will grow. Of red clover, if covered from one and a quarter to two and a half inches, only the same amount will grow. Timothy and blue grass should be covered only one-quarter of an inch for the greatest per cent, to grow ; if covered three quarter to one inch only one-half will grow. The above shows the impor tance of having a fine, level seed bed to sow on. There are 960,000 speeds in two quarts of medium red clover, which would give over twenty-two plants to the square foot, more than twice as many as will grow on it. Last spring we used, only two quarts per acre and never had a better stand. After sowing we go over with a light smoothing harrow. KAISTXa TOMATO PLANTS. No crops have received such a vast increase in the area planted within the last lew years as tne tomato. inis is partly due to the establishment of canning factories and also to .the increased demand for the fruit in city markets. The price of early, tomatoes has decreased for $6 to $10 per bushel twenty years ago to S3 now owinc to large shipments of Southern tomatoes, which were formerly unknown. But the average price is higher now and the yield has increased from 100 to 300 or 400 bushels per acre. The price paid by' canneries is twen- ty-nve cents per busneL wo years ago the farmers of this section tried to force the factories to pay higher prices and make contracts more favorable to the farmers, but they failed, mostly because they lacked confidence in each other ; and those who were most en thusiastic in forming the combine were the first to rush to the factories to secure contracts. The tomato is very susceptible to the care bestowed upon it. One must try to secure a; rapid; vigorous growth during the early part of the season and a slight check then will very material ly decrease its yield. If the seed be not sown in a hothouse during March plants can be bought at $1 per thou sand. The houses used to force early tomatoes are generally heated by box stoves which take two foot wood, one at each end of . the house under the beds, and the pipes are extended be neath the beds to the further end of house, gently inclining upward to se cure a good draught. The tempera ture is kept at about sixty degrees and the soil for the beds is composed of equal quantities of rotted manure and sandy soil Bif ted together. New Eng land Homestead. . IfCMAXE WATEBIXa OF HOUSES. That a horse should never be watered oftener than three times a day is not oaV a mistaken idea but often an in- unman practice, a norse s siomacn u ver7 sensitive, and will ruffer under the least mterierence, causing a Ieverwh conamon. keeping a norso pnncipai- .KT. on g11 antt "vmg it nve nours ""ou water is us-e giving a man sail mackerel for dinner and, not allowing 10 ""at beiore supper time. " 7ou know anything about the care of horses and have any sympathy for uiem water as oiten as tney want to "iu. aoing inis you wiu not omy ?1A .. mercirui 10 your animais out Dene- tit yourseii, as they will do more work, better ana live longer, ii you 6X0 sceptic ana know more about 1 awakening to the advantage of frequent i watering, btreet car norses are watered in. .1 W a. ... . i . . i every noux wnue at wort. At is plenty of water that supplies perspiration or evaporation and keeps down the tern perature. What old fogy methods amount to may be seen in the change of medical practice to man. ? Twenty-five yeara ago a person suffering with ever ot pneumonia was allowed but little water, and then it had to be tepid. To-daj the best practitioners allow their pa tients all the cold water they can drink and oold bandages are applied to re duce and control the temperature of the blood. Colman's Rural World. KAISX rLESTT OP TEm. There is perhaps not one person in a hundred who does not like fruit, but not one in ten has all he wants of it, writes Doctor W. F. Bird. Yet everj one who owns an acre of ground .could have this want fully supplied at a ; -slight cost. Even a village or city lot could be made to accomodate a small strawberry bed, a row of raspberries, a tree or two of plum, peach,- cherry, pear or apple and half a dozen, grape vines. ' I lw?lieve, however, that town . people of moderate means are far better supplied with fruit thau farmers, though the advantages of tho latter are far ereater. The plea of nc ime" to look after it, , night be given if everybody did not know that the plea was learned in younger days when you played so long that there was no time , left for the tasks your father signed yon. An acquaintance who lias cnarge oi an extensive Dasitei factory finds time to cultivate in most successful manner more than half an acre of strawberries, doing nearly all the work himself before seven o clock in the morning and. after six o'clock in the evening, and ho ii nearly eighty years of age. When showing visitors his strawberry bedi he seems twenty years younger. Duriag the meeting of our State Hor ticultural Society, the last of Decern- ? ber, Doctor Vaughan, of the State University, read a paper on the food value of fruit. He produced some facts, that all should know. Fruit is not only nutritious, but its health giving properties are far greater than; most peoplo suppose. Orange Judd Farmer. - ; THE FARMER'S VEGETABLE 0ARD2K. Every farmer should have a good vegetable garden. Nothing wjR con tribute to the health and well being oi a family more than an abundance- o! fresh vegetables, and the cost and t Inlinv is nmnAt irel v urt tmnll 4 li a I even the busiest farmer can find titmT to give the garden the necessary attcn tion. - r Perhaps the best situation for the average garden is an open, unshaded piece of land-sloping slightly to tha,, south. Abrupt slopes in any direction ! are undesirable because- of their .liabil-! ity to wash in heavy rains. The best soil is a deep, rich, Triable i loam, and the nearer your soil can b iia Tl it is impossible to put in the drains, " cheaper system may be had by leaving? smooth-bottomed furrows at intervals of from ten to thirty feet, which will carry off the surface water. The best form for a garden is a rect-j angle, several times longer than wide, r and if arranged for horse cultivation, ' much time and labor may be saved. ' As soon as the ground can be worked in the spring apply w ell rotted stabla manmre and plow, underi Use the bar 1.11 iL. 11 l.l 1 ized so that the seed may be surround ed on all sides by minute particles of soil from which to absorb moisture. Plaster, wood ashes and other Jom- : mercial fertilizers may bo used to ad s vantage. Sow the wood ashes broad cast just before planting and harrow in. . , ' ' After the ground is prepared the dif- ferent seeds should be sown as nearly aa possible in the rotation .in which they mature, so that as soon as one crop ripens it may be cleared away and a later one planted. When selecting, eed be sure to secure it of a seedsman who has a reputation for honesty and fair dealing and select the old ap proved varieties rather than new un tried ones. It is of the greatest importance that the rows should be perfectly straight, j not only on account of their improved appearance, but because of the greater ease with which they may be cultt- . vated. Do not think that as soon as you have planted the seed your work ia over, for, in truth, it is only just be-, gun. Destroy every weed as soon m it appears. If this is done the later work will be much lighter, and the im- -proved appearance of the garden and improved quality of the vegetables will , amply repay you for your Work. AS the roots of the plants grow larger and stroager cultivate shallower bq as not , to injure them. Last, after all the vegetables are safely stored, clean np all rubbish and burn. Give a liberal application of , coarse stable manure and plow under no , that the frosts and snow of winter may ' benefit it as much as possible. Farm, Field and Fireside. FARM ATD OAKDEW KOTES. Over-feeding is an evil to be guarded i against. Pea-vine hay is recommended as food for live stock. , . w- Sunflower seed is good used now and . hen for a change. " For good mutton the ewea and j lambs need grain food. ' v Color has nothing to do with the , Laying abilities of chickens. A constant succession of green crops. is desirable for soiling cattle. Oats are recommended for the sum- raer seaaon instead of wheat and corn. - Linseed meal isexcellent f or poultry. It should be given in small quantities about once a week, then it will act as a tonio to the system.
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
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