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Fifteen or 0ver..... 300 each. ffe and Jana. Our Lady Ekaoers, eery ninny of whom are largely expe rienced in Domestic Economy, will confer a special favor upon those of less prac'lcal experience, by making frequent contri butions to the Family Department of our paper. Many of them have, doubtless, recorded valuable recipes, which, if pub li.hed, would be of service to otheis. Sisters, let us hear from you. The Seasons. It is a very common misapprehension, that the four seasons of the year arc of pre cisely equal length, or that they begiti with the first and close with the last days of *the three months respectively assigned them. The real truth of the matter is brought out by the following statement. The past Winter began Pec.. 22nd, 1867, at 31 minutes after 1 o’clock in the morning, and lasted 89 days, 56 minutes. It gave place to the present Spring, March 20th, at 27 min utes after 1 o’clock in the morning; and Spring, will last 92 days, 20 hours, 27 minutes. Sum mer will begin at 54 minutes after 10 o’clock in the evening, June 20th, and last 93 days, 14 hours, 31 minutes. Autumn will begin at 25 minutes after 1 o’clock in the evening, Sept. 22ud, and, lasting 89 days, 17 hours, 55 minutes, give place to Winter again, Dec. 21st, at 20 minutes after 7 o’clock in the morning. The Vegetable Garden. No time should now be lost in carrying on the various operations of planting, sowing, etc. When any of the main crops fail, more seed should be immediately sown, and where they have partially failed, procure plants, if pos sible, and make good all deficiencies. Now is a good time to destroy bugs; late in the evening and early in the morning they leave their places of concealment, and may be de stroyed by fresh lime, which should bestrewn over where they abound several mornings and evenings in succession; in the morning, as early as it is light, and in the evening as late as eight or nine o’clock. By perseverance for a short time, a garden may be entirely cleared of thispest. When hard, dry winds and clear weather render it necessary to supply water to recently planted vegetables and seedling crops, they must be attended to without fail, otherwise they had better be allowed to re main in a dormant state until the rain comes, as continued waterings bind the surface of the soil into a hard, impenetrable crust, which ig very prejudicial to the germination of the seeds. This may, however, in some degree be prevented by shading from the sun orfcov ering the soil, so as Jo prevent evaporation as much as possible; 4’requent waterings are not then necessary, and then the soil is kept in an open porous state. Cabbage. —Where they were planted a foot apart in the rows during the autumn, every alternate plant may be pulled tip for greens as soon as sufficiently large and as required for use.. This will give those that remain space and time to attain perfection. A sow ing of two or three kinds now will furnish a supply of useful plants to fill up vacant lots as summer crops are taken off. Early Dutch, Sugar Loaf and Winningstad are kinds that may be relied upon. Asparagus. —The beds will be greatly ben efited by liberal waterings with liquid manure, taken from the barn-yard, stable, house, sew erage, etc., and especially, where the plants are weak, be careful to keep the beds free from the weeds. Lettuce. —During dry weather give some of the earliest plants a good supply of water, to bring them forward. Make a sowing of two or three kinds. By this means the sea son of one sowing is prolonged. —American Farmer. Cucumbers, grown in hot-beds, will require constant attention that the beds do not be-’ come too moist, or mildew may appear. Sow ings may be made in open air as early as the ground is sufficiently dry and warm. Brussel’s Sprouts. —Seeds of this delici ous vegetable should uow be sown, and trails-, plant the early sown, to strengthen them, previous to planting out. ’ Cauliflowers should he liberally supplied with water, and where large heads are requir ed, manure water may be given them once or twice a week. Sow for a succession. Celery. —Transplant young plants upon a slight hot-bed or warm border. If the main crop is not already sown, sow it at once in the open ground upon a warm border. Corn. Make plantings for succession. The Early Darling and Dwarf Prolific Sugar are valuable varieties for family use. Beans. —Bush and pole up ; several kinds should be planted forthwith; those coming up, should be earthed up after a shower. Fruit Garden. Now in most places comes the trying pe riod of the season. In these times (April and May), the head (or whatever he may be styled) of the farm or garden, must be turned into a sort of almanac and monthly register, and his hands require to be magically increased some tenfold. Everything in field and gar den demand his attention, and now happy that man should be who can attend to every thing at once as soon as it requires attention. ‘‘Do it at once” is a grand axiom, and should ever be kept in mind by those who resolve on being orderly and methodical; and with out order there will be muddle, there will be doing and undoing, and a considerable waste of boots; but the difficulty is “to do it at once.” The order to do so, not unfrequently emanates from “heads” not overburdened with brains; the consequence is, the “do it at once” is not done at all. At this season of the year there will be dozens of things that want doing, and perhaps but few hands and feet to do it. In such circumstances thoughtful arrangements must, or, rather, should be made, so that whilst doing some things thoroughly, others should not be allowed to suffer. Not only to the “fruit department” are the above remarks applicable, but to all the de partments of the field and garden our desire is that they should aflffrd food for reflection. Where method and system is the order of the day, activity must be exercised in the fruit garden and orchard, as the rapid growth of the trees w ill require constant attention in re moving superfluous shoots, etc. Strawberry beds will now require attention a§ to watering, should the weather become drv. After thoroughly cleaning the beds, an effectual soaking should be given, and if a moderate watering from the manure tank can THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: ATLANTA, <JA„ TH URSDAY, APRIL 16, 1868. be supplied, after the ground has been well saturated with clean water, it will materially assist in securing large fruit. The beds should be mulched as soon after watering as conven ient, in order to prevent evaporation and the fruit from being soiled. For mulching we prefer clean straw to any other material we have ever used for the purpose. Strawber ries in pots —do not suffer those on which fruit is swelling to get dry; use plenty of liquid manure constantly, clean and weak. Remove the suckers from Currant and Gooseberry bushes. Thin Raspberry suck ers. Attend to regulating the growth id trees designed to be trained in any particular form, stopping useless shoots to throw more strength into those that are wanted. Newly planted trees should be kept mulched and watered at the roots during a continuance of dry weather. Manure on vine borders should be removed, at once. The only good it can do, is to pre vent evaporation from the surface and keep the soil more uniformly moist. On the other hand, it prevents the sun from hgating the soil. Remove it entirely, and fork the soil over a few inches deep, but pot so deeply as to injure the roots. Liquid manure may be given with great advantage, during the growth of the vines, and after the fruit is set, once or twice a week, according to the state ot the weather. Profits of the Pear Crop. P. T. Quinn, of Newark, N. J., in a paper read before the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, furnishes a statement of some suc cessful results in raising pears for market. The orchard under his charge contains many trees planted seventeen years ago, and at dif ferent periods since that time. The original fifty selected varieties have been successively reduced to only six. Os these the-Duchesse d’Angouleme proves to bS the most profitable. Nine years ago a single row, consisting of thirty trees of this sort, was selected and an accurate account kept of the sales, lbe fol lowing is his statement for seven successive years, to which we have appended a column showing the average product from each tree. The account commences when the trees were only eight years old—and one crop failed. They were originally dwarfs, but are supposed to have now thrown out roots from the pear: Ist crop, trees 8 years old $120.00, or $4.00 per tree. 2d do. 9* do. ... 139.41, or 4.64 do. 3d do. 10 do 156.17, or 5.20 do. 4th do. 11 do 201.28, or 6.70 do. sth do. 12 do 267.49, or 8.90 do. 6th do. 13 do 310 20, or 10.34 do 7th (94 bu) 14 do 705.00, or 23.50 do. Total $1889.55 $63.28 do. The distance of the trees asunder is stated to be ten feet—at the same rate there would be 435 on an acre—which if yielding like the rest would give a total for the seven years of $27,398, or $3914 annual average. The ques lion occurs —if this result can be obtained from a whole row, why not from an acre? The numerous disappointments which the planters of pear orchards have met with, are owing to the fact that they have begun all at once on a large scale, without understanding their trade. The three requisites for carrying on this trade successfully, are to ascertain by experiment on the ground, or in each locality, what sorts succeed the best; secondly, how to cultivate and prune them to the best advan tage, and thirdly, how to pack well, and to find a propei-market. In the instance we have quoted, fifty varieties were taken to begin with —it is, perhaps, not necessary to try so many now. Several years were occupied in deter mining the best. All these points, arid many others, must be thoroughly learned before the owner can conduct his business to the best advantage. If a western wood chopper should go into New York ©ity, and engage in the wholesale silk trade, he would succeed no bet ter than the farmer, who, with no experience, sets out a thousand pear trees for ntarket. The former would, doubtless come to the con clusion that the silk trade is very risky busi ness, ar.d the latter, that marketing pears is a humbug. — Country Gent. & - Glanders. The Academy of Sciences has received a paper from Dr. Guyon on the transmission of glanders from the horse to man and converse ly. Some years ago a captain of artillery at Algiers was entrusted with the care of the diseased horses and mules of his regiment, and took advantage of the circumstances to devote particular care to a few of his own horses attacked with farcy. During this time he fell sick, and after several months’ treat ment at home was taken to the military hos pital in a dangerous state. The medical prac titioners who attended him were unable to discover the nature of his malady until with in a few days of his death, when it turned out to be a well-characterized case of glanders. The blood and morbid humors of the dead body were innoculated on two mares, a horse, and* a mule, four animals unfit for service, and placed at the disposal of the physicians by the military authorities. The disorder was reproduced on the horse, the mule, and on one of the two mares; perhaps it would have made its appearance on the other lisewise had the latter not been killed too- soon. A long while after all these occurrences, a military physician who had helped to dissect the captain’s body, and had had his share in the above mentioned experiments, gradually declined in health. He had returned to France by that time, and was living in easy circumstances. His illness was long, and ac companied by symptoms suigenris , unknown in human pathology, such as glandular swell ings with, suppurating eruptions on various parts of the body, a peculiar furgidity of the nose, and an abundant and daily increasing suppuration of its mucous membrane. It was not until the nature of the disorder had be- , come quite patent that the unfortunate phy slektu recollected his having pricked himself very slightly while dissecting the captain's body. The disease ended in death, eleven years after the infliction off the wound. It follows that the affection called glanders pe culiar to horses, is transmissable to mutV-and from him to both man and beast.— VPeslehi Rualist. Profits of Poultry. Nothing which the farmer produces is of quicker sale than eggs and poultry. The prices which he receives therefor are in the main remunerative; the labor incurred is light and agreeable, and can be performed by the junior members of his family. The poultry yard produces food which is highly palatable and nutritious at all seasons, and in this respect is hardly equalled by any other department of the farm. Is it not worth while, then, to bestow more care and skill in managing the poultry ? Left to themselves, half their pro ducts are often wasted, and half the year are non-layersr In the winter they need simply warmth, light and sunshine, clean, roomy quarters, and pleanty of food. Every day they will pay fort- this. In the summer they want range, fresh earth ; shade water seclusion, and protection from vermin. An abundance of eggs and broods of plump chickens, either for market or the farmer’s own table., vyill re sult from this care. It is not feasible to carry on the poultry business on an enormous scale. Many have tried it and failed ; but every far mer should make a couple of hundred dollars worth of their products yearly. That, at least, can be done with profit and pleasure. It is a business adapted for the boys and girls, and they will speedily take a lively interest in it if only proper encouragement is given. — Ex. ' ' *' Gratitude, Glory. —ls we can only say Ho sannah now, we shall sing Hallelujah hereafter. Jot the idsiMtett. “Tabby and Her Kits.” Old Mrs. Tajaby, a motherly dame, (Very tidj and neat you would think,) Has tried all she could, to train up to be good Her little ones, “Spotty ” and “ Pink.” ' Now Spotty and Pink are as chttbby young kits As you ever could wish to behold ; Full ol mischief and fun they will frolic and run, As if they could never grow old. Mrs. Tab often gives them a “ pat ” of rebuke, Yet-they laugh at each motherly hit, As much as to say, “ Did you never love play ? And pray' were you never a kit?” But theu, after all, it is plain to bo seen, By the pleased quiet look of her eyes, That it gladdens her heart to witness their sport, While she chides so demurely and wise. They see how it is, the saucy young kits, And if other amusements should fail, They will spring,without fear, at her whisker or ear, Or play, jump aud catch with her tail. One day mother Tabby came in from the field With a proud stately step to (he house, And what do you think she brought Spotty and Pink? But a funny wee little live .House. The kits now commenced their most frolicsome pranks; They fairly were wild with delight. As they fumbled and shook, then toss’d and forsook, The mousy near dying with fright. Now “Towser,” the house-dog, was taking a nap, And happ’ning to open an eye, He saw at a glance, here was a rare chance To train these young pussies so sly. “ My ladies,” said he, “you’re so fond of the play Which you with such zest have begun, I will try iny paw too, making mousies of you, Then see how you relish the fun,” , - . So, giving Miss Spotty a vigorous shake, In less time than you could sty “Jack,” He caught little Pink, and as quick as a wink, He toss’d her quite over his back. The pert little kits, taken quite by surprise, Showed no wish to continue the strife, *. But scamper’d with fright, aud were soon out of sight, And mousey escaped with its life. Old Towser growled after a word of advice At parting, as if he would say,„ “Look to it again, that you cause not more pain Than the pleasure you take in your play.” — Standard. The Best Joke of the Season. “ The best joke of the season ! the very best joke I ever played !” gasped Ned Towers, quite out of breath from toiling Up the long hill from the soa. ‘‘l don’t think young Stokes will set me down again in a hurry.” “Why, what have you done now? Tell us your joke? What fresh torment have you in vented for that miserable boy ?” cried isolated voices here and there from the nooks of the long schoolroom, almost deserted to-day, from two substantial causes—namely the absence of the head master, Dr. Black, and the boon of a whole holiday, to the school. “ I set him down, that’s all—tit-for-tat, you know—set him down on the top of a high rock out at sen—there, that rock out bey'ond the island ; if you look, you can catch a glimpse of his hat with the blue ribbon, just a little way round that corner. Do you see, Mark ham ?” Two or three boys who enjoyed jokes of this kind rushed to the open window at the further end -of the room, and craned their necks in the direction seaward pointed out to them by Towers. “How did you manage to get either him or the boat out there ? I should have thought Stokes knew you too well by this time to trust himself in your hands.” “ Not he—the tamest little bird that ever was snared, if you go the right way about it. Why, I just got six or seven small eggs from the cook, and made him believe they were gull’s eggs. I told him I had been so moved by the sermon he gave me on cruelty this morning, that I was going to put back some sea-birds’ eggs in a nest which I had robbed last night. He belived every word I said, and was all in a shake of delight as we went down the hill, and asked me if I would allow him to put the eggs back in the nest. to the boat, I found it already half afloat,*! had no trouble that way.” “ How you did gull the poor little fellow !” laughed Broughton ; “ but I say, how long do you intend to leave him there? we are late as it is, waiting for you to come back; all the boys are off' already on the paper hunt, and we shall have to put on a plenty of extrai steam to overtake them.” “All right, let’s start at once, we shall be back in lots of time to take him down from his perch before dinner.” “ Did he holloa much after you ?” ques tioned Markham.” “Did not he just! and begged me to take him off, or he would be drowned. I knew there was no fear o/ that; but his face got so ■awfully white, I rowed the boat round to the foot of the rock, and offered to take him down if he’d retract what he said of me this morn ing; but fancy the impudence of the boy—he shouted down to me that he would not, and that I was even crueller than he thought I was. So now he may cool his temper in. the sea-breezes till dinner time. Come, let’s be off, boys, for we have no time to lose.” There was a general tramping across the school-room as the boys followed their leader, and went out to join the paper-hunt, over the heathery hill into the valley beyond. Only one boy, Richard Campbell, remained behind, who, disabled by a lately sprained ankle, was unfit for so long and tiresome a chase. His attention during the foregoing couvcFsatib#: had appeared absorbed in the contemplation" of his aquarium, Xo which been just added some choice specimens ; but he rose presently also, and taking his stick from the windowsill beside him, limped out of the room. Mount Eagle College stood half way up a breezy hill, whose foot was in the blue sea, ar.d whose head, on this lovely summer day, seemed touching the blue sky. Never was there such a spot for happy school boy games; ifcs heather and gorse could hide the flying hare, and its woods the chosen band selected to act the part of brave Robin Hood and his com panions. A holiday at Mount Eagle was a thing to be enjoyed beyond other and tamer holidays. And such a day, too, as the boys had for their chase ; not a breath of wind was stirring to destroy the white tracks of the fly ing luufe or to drown the sound of hurrying footsteps* The hawk poised in-mid air, watched the excited pursuing crowd come swarming up the hill, while the sea-bii'd, hovering over tne creeping waters, flew scared to land, frightened by the cry of a human voipe far out at sea among the rocks. Poor little Willie Stokes, with blanched face and long white hair, draggled with damp and tears. Was there no one at hand to save? was there no ear open that could hear ? for the sea, though so still and calm, seemed full of deadly purpose, and the sea-weed which had hung dry and shrivelled on the rocks for many a week, to-day was spreading its yellow palms upon the waters. Well, the longest hour and the pleasantest hour must both come to an end, and down un der a huge boulder of rock, in the midst of a yellow furze-bush, the hare has been pinned. The gong from the college has throbbed up the hill, through the heather, summoning the boys to dinner, and down on the sea-shore the waves are still silently creeping up over their aecus tomed land marks. “ Well, boys, had you good sport to day ?” asked the second master, by name Wingfield, taking the-bead of the table, as the boys troop ed in, red "and flushed, to dinner; “ I heard great shouting on the hill.” “ Yes, sir, the finest run we ever had.; we tracked our hare right over the steep shoulder of the hill, past the monument, right away down into the sheep-walk on the other side.” “You were not able to go, I suppose, Camp bell?” S “No, sir; but I took a good long walk, for all that—all the way down to the sea shore.” “ Did you find any new specimens for your aquarium ?” “No, sir; it’s a spring tide to day; the rocks are all covered with water, and there is scarce ly a rim of dry land to walk on.” There was a sudden start somewhere low down the hall, and a chair was pushed back a foot or so from the table. Keep your place, Towers, and don’t begin "any of your noisy pranks. 1 say, boys, where is young Stokes ? I don’t see him here." “I don’t know, sir; I suppose we must have left him behind us on the hill,” replied several voices, from boys xshowere evidently unaware that poor Stokes had not formed one of their parly. “He is such a small, weak fellow, he loses breath, and cannot keep up with the big ones.” “ Some of you big ones ought to have looked after him, then. You must al) go up the hill, after dinner, and search for him until you find him.” * I—[—PH g 0 an( j ] oo jj f or him now, sir,” stammered Towers, again pushing back his chair, and.trying to catch a glimpse of the sea through the far window. u I—l’m not hungry. The little chap may got spill coming over the rocks. Let me go, sir, if you please, and look for him—l’d like to go awfully/’ All heads turned in amazement at this re quest, proffered it was by the bully of the school and acknowledged enemy of all small boys; and still greater was the general surprise to see the sudden pallor which had ’spread over Towers’ rubicund, freckled face. Only the two or three boys who had shared his joke in the morning understood the secret of this sudden fear and strange pity. “Keep your place till dinner is over; you' may go choose; though you are scarcely the kind *f messenger I should se lect,”'replied the piaster dryly. Towers’ dinner remained untasted on his ► plate, and to the guilty two or three at the ta ble the meal seemed the longest they had ever sat through. But, after grace had been said and they arose from the table, there was a movement towards the window at the far end of the room, and a supposed groan from Towers’ as he leaned out and looked across at the sea, where not a vestige of rock or island was to be seen—nothing but the smooth green waters, with just a dark shadow showing where the rocks lay deeply beneath. The secret of Stokes’ absence could now no longer be kept concealed. Towers’ terri fied, bewildered manner, called for explanation, and those who had laughed with him in the morning, now hurried to explain its meaning. Soon the whole school was in commotion, and parties of pitying, terrified boys trooped down to the sea-shore, to see if they could learn anything of the fate of their companion. But evening darkenedvon the search; the moon rose over the hill and sea; the doctor was hourly expected home, and no tidings of the lost boy came to shore, only his straw hat with its blue ribbon, which the tide had car ried up to the foot of the cliffs. Exhausted and worn out by fear and sor row, Towers sat now in his own room ; or rather lay upon the floor groaning with fear and sorrow. Thtf-ooys, his companions, had all deserted him, and left him to think over, in solitude and darkness, the result of his morning’s joke, Some one opened the door and came in slowly, candle in jtand. It was Campbell, his acknowledged enemy—eonie in, no doubt to gloat over his despair. “ Well, Towers, what do you think now of your morning’s work? are you satisfied with the success of your joke ?” “ 1 did only tnfan it for a joke. I did in deed, Campbell.” “There are two kinds of jokes,” replied Campbell, dryly. “ Yes, yes, I know there are ; but this is the worst joke l ever played.” “Think of hispoor mother,and he is her only child,” continued Campbell, with apparent cruelty. “Don’t, don’t! I cannot bear it!” cried the sobbing bully. “When I think of his white face, and his little arms stretched out after me, why, I’d stop a year on the top of that rock to have him safe again.” I '“Think of his empty bed in the next room, and how you laughed at him the other night for kneeling beside it, and saying the prayers his mother taught him.” “O God! - forgive me for it now!” cried Towers with anguish. “Come in, then, and kneel down in the same spot beside the bed, and ask for that forgiveness.” “ l could not—l could not go into that room ! don.’t ask me !” pleaded Towers. “ But you shall,” replied Campbell, raising him from the floor unceremoniously. Towers followed tremblingly ; there was a force in'Campbell’s manner to-night against which he felt too weak to rebel. The moon was shining faintly in the quiet room ; the curtain I ess beds were ranged order ly round the walls. ,*■:>> 74 „ “l played a joke, too, to day—if :l thing can be called a joke which only gives parnob served Campbell, as he blew out the .candle, and -his voice sunk to a whisper ; “but some day you will forgive me for it;” and he pushed Towers forward Towers covered his eyes with his hand and stumbled aertfU the room, then fell on his knees beside, the bed, and almost forgetful of poured out his earnest confession arid call for forgiveness; but even w„hile the worck still came sobbing from his heart, he became aware of a litle soft hand creeping towards him in the darkness, and a child’s voice* 01 of infinite pity, which asked him. the his grief. The shock wlls almost too great for Towers. He withdrew hbs hand suddenly from his eyes. The moon was’shining full on the bed before which he knelt,; but unlike its silent compan ions, the quilt was tossed, the pillow was drawn to one Side, and in the centre of it, like a piece of moonlight itself, lay the white face of little Willie. He was safe, then, poor little Willie Stokes ! Out on the far rock in the silent sea, there had been an ear open which could hear, and an arm which could save. God was not willing that this little one, who loved him, should perish.” Towers’ joy became almost as overpower ing as his grief, and he hugged the restored child with such energy, that Campbell thought well to withdraw him from the room, and walking a little way out with him on the moon, lit hill, explained to him how it all came about. “ You had scarcely left the room, Towers, before I remembered there was a spring tide to-day. I had no time to go looking about for help, so was forced to tell Wingfield of Stokes’ danger. We went down to the shore together, and reached the rock just as the wa ter had touched "his boots. The little fellow had grown quite silly and confused, and could not say a connected word when we lifted him into the boat; so we thought it best to put him to bed. Besides—besides,” hesitated Campbell. “Besides what ? Go op ; I guess what you mean.” “Besides, Wingfield said, and I agreed with him, it was better you should learn for once the kind of pain you so constantly inflict on others.” Towers was silent, but he streehed out his hand to his new friend, and wrung it. Thus ended, in tears and mortification, but repentance, “ythe best joke of the season.”— The Quiver. I Helping one Another. “Why, Isaac, you seemed to be much pleas ed ! what has happened ?” “I will tell jou. As I was (summing along to school, almost ready to cry because I could not say my lesson, one of the boys asked me why l was so sad, I told him the reason.” “ ‘Do n*»t be discouraged,’ said lie, ‘I kiuw how you feel; let me help you.’ Then he went over the lesson, and I said it after him, until 1 knew- it all. ~ “ I asked him how he came to be so kind to me.” “ ‘Because,’ said he, ‘ I know your trouble ; for I was once just so, and a man stopped me and helped me over the difficulty, as 1 have you.’ “ He said, too, that when he thanked the man, he was told to do the same kindness to the first boy he found in the same trouble.” — Little Sower. Publications. JD RIT IS H PERIODICALS. The London Quarterly Review ( Conservative ), The Edinburgh Review ( Whig), The Westminster Review (Radical), The North Biitish Review (Free Church), AND Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (Tory.) These periodicals are ably sustained by the contribu tions of the best writers on Science. 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