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Facts for Farmers.
Soakino seed corn in a weak solution of
Dlue stone or blue vitriol, _ followed by roll
ing in lime has proved of value in prevent
ing smut of corn. :
With grape vines overhearing is the
usual cause of imperfect ripening. When
the fruit does not mature well it is certain
that the wood is unripe. It should be cut
back severely, and the canes covered light
ly with earth or brush and straw.,
Thk Minneapolis Tribune .. says .... t a goa , ... s
are the best land cleavers known It men
Irons that a herdI of 1,600 entirely cleared
a piece of brush land consisting of fiOO
acres, m three years. So complete was the
work that not a vestige of undergowlh was
left
Thk Indiana Farmer fears many farmers
will find their seed corn defective next
year, saying much did not perfect itself
fully, and was damp at the time cold wrath
or came on, so that wbat was left in the
field had the sap in the cohh frozen and
the germ destroyed.
F. D. CttttTis says that twenty years ago
he treated a stunted Fameuse apple tree
with a wheelbarrow full of leached ashes,
and the tree shows the benefit of it to this
day. Mr. CurtiR also says that too many
* varieties of fruit are a nuisance, making
an endless amount ol work.
It has been stated that hog cholera is the
result of over-feeding, and that the “razor
backs” that used to get their own living
never were troubled with disease. But now
comes a Tennessee man, who says they
have the “razor back” and “rail splitter"
sort of porcine and plenty of hog cholera
too.
A. B. Am.bn, in the Live Stock Journal,
•ays : “I have tried all kinds of floors for
horse stalls I have heard of, and except
concrete, plank is the only one that 1 can
keep dry; and i prefer the latter to the
former, for, if it is not absurd, to use the
expression, it is the most elastic, i have
used plank for many years, and I never
could discover that it injured my horses in
the least
Dk. Sthiidkvant says that in growing
melons it seems well to add a handful of
sulphate of potash, or several handfuls of
wood ashes to each hill. The effect seems
to improve greatly the quality of (he food
grown, and if his experience is sufficient to
generalize from, he would say that the ad¬
dition of potash in excess to the soil upon
which the melons are grown will add an
excellent quality to the fruit.
A oooji corn ground is one that is rich
warm, deep and mellow. The plant needs
an abundance of the necessary food in the
soil, and it must be in the most available
form. The season of rapid growth is very
short, and there is no time to lose in wait¬
ing tor the plant food to ho made soluble
by any slow process of chemical action.
With no other crop is it jnore important
to have the soil properly prepared before
the seed is sown.
Quietioug Down About Ensilage.
Tbe first attack of the ensilage craze hav
ing passed, our farmers are now soberly
, considering the real utility of the system
Some have discovered that land rich enough
to produce twenty tons of green cornstalks
per acre will, in,most localities, produce
four tons of good well cured hay, provided
two or more cuttings of the grass are made,
Now comes the question. Which contains
the most nutriment, the hay or the corn
kraut; and, furthermore, which has cost
most to raise, cut, cure, and preserve toi
winter use? I here can scarcely he u
doubt in regard to the nutritious properties
of the soft, preserved corn fodder, but its
cost, and the expense necessary to keep
land fertile enough to produce ten to twoii
ty or more tons per acre are matters wotlh
h very careful consideration. Such crops
of corn fodder a* are reported to have been
raised per acre must be very exhaustive,
and no land will produce them for any
length of time without liberal applications
of manure. Hauling out manure requires
labor, and this is neither abundant nor
cheap anywhere in the United States. We
advised fanners when the ensilage system
ol preserving fodder was first introduced
to no slow, and we*may add, count the coat
and be sure you include every item of ex
pense before undertaking to build a silo.—
Exchange.
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The Ai t ol Reinomberng.
The account of the marvelous perform
auces by Jacques 1 naudi in Belgium suggests
a few remarks upon the cultivation of the j
memory—the faculty of all others most
capable of improvement. The science of
mnemonics is as old as the Egyptians, but
Cicero tells us that it was first reduced to a
system by the poet Simonides of ('os about
500 B. C. -The story is that he was called
from n banquet just before the root fell in
and crushed the remaining guests beyond
recognition. Simomdes identified
bodies by remembering their places at ta
ble, aud this suggested to him the associu
tion of thoughts and words and things with
places, images, aud signs. Petros Raven¬
ous in 1491, John Romberch de Krypse
in It>33, Guliemo (irataroli in 15G2 Mars
fortius in 1602. Lambert Schenkel in 1609,
and John Wallis in 1618, all published
plans, more or less complicated, and more
or usek tor assisting the memory.
The Memoria Technica of Richard Grey
first published iu 1630. appears to be the
first system of much practical value. Con
sonants represent figures, ami aie formed
into words by connectin*! them with vow'
els. 1 remember at school forming the
initials of certain historical pe rsons and
events into words, and have never forgot
ten history thus learned. For example, four
of Marlborough’s battles in the order in
which they were fought, form the worfi
Brow —Blenheim, Kamilies, Ou4«rarde,
and Malplaquet The system ot Fainaigle
who lectured at the heginniuc ol this cen¬
tury, is very complicated, and requires.
one would imagine, more labor for its mas
tery than would suffice to impress the mat
ters with which it deals ai first hand upon
the memory. Dr. Stokes, who is now
—•4
simple and more practically useful system
than any which has gone before.
I believe, however, that the true method
of strengthening the memory is to cultivate
a habit of close and careful attention. What j
is read, heard or seen should not he dis
m ' SHed instantaneously, but should be, as
il w “ re . revolved in the mind for a mo
m “ n *' ^ ^' 8 m &y at first prove a little irk
8ome > and mft y &' ve a certain appearance
sbiggish apprehension, but il will not
long be so, and the gain will be found in
calculable. Robert Houdin, the great
flench conjurer and mechanician, gives
a „ intRmitjn g acC ount of the origin of the
.. flecon(l gi( , ht /' which he invented, and
whicb wafl hponj?ht t0 sucb a pit(;h of pRr
fe( . tio „ by tbe lat( , Prof Heller H e sav<
that as he and his son walked along the
streets they would look at windows crowd
<d with toys or jewelry. Then they would
each write down as many articles as they
I could recollect having seen, and, going
back, would verify their lists. Very soon,
he says, his son could with one
hensive glance take in every article in a
large, well-furnished window. Houdin then
conceived the idea of the second sight, pre
pared an elaborate system of mnemonics,
and made'his fortune, Miss Heller’s ex
pioils in the same line are almost incredi
ble.
It is needless to insist upon the , extreme
Value of a good and trustworthy memory
1’etty annoyances as well as serous incon
veniences are the result of forgetfulness,
and most forgetfulness is the result not of
any organic defect or morbid condition, but
of simple heed less ness, a ml the habit of
“letting things in at one ear ami out al the
other.”
“Oil on Troubled Waters.”
Says the Glasgow Mail, December 9th;
"At the instance of tl..- Board of Trade,
important experiments , were made t on Mon* m .
day at Aberdeen harbor entrance, with a
view of testing the practicability of
oil .. of reducing the danger of
as a means
entering the , gale. , I he occasion was the ,
favorable . , , that could ... have . been
most se¬
lected. A stiff southeaster was blowing.
f Phe sea was running high, the waves
ing over the piers, and it was next to im¬
possible for any vessel to cross the bar in
safety. The danger , e!y . .. .1
was approprm
lustrated shortly before the expernne ts
commenced by the airival of the brigantim
Conoid, of Peterhead, in n helpless condi
tion. She had been driven before the gale,
her flails beings carried away and her sleer
iiig gear broken. The poflition of the ves*
sel whs at once seen, and the life-boat wir
got ready. The Conoid whh drifting on to
the pier, when, by an almost superhuman
effort on the part of the crew, the broken
wheel was moved, and she got ch ar over
the l>ar amid intense excitement on the
part of the Nrowd of spectators who had
assembled. Shortly afterward the oil ex
periment was commenced. Captain Brice
representing the Board of Trade, and tin
leading harbor officials were present. Some
improvements had been made in the pump¬
ing apparatus since the last experiment, a
*•#*-'*• mnmn kohrffl uttnhlioJ Qtwl 1 oil be¬
ing used instead of coarser oil. When the
pumping commenced the waves were dash¬
ing wildly against the piers, After pump¬
ing for twenty minuses the crests disap¬
peared, the breakers assumed a rolling
I notion, and the entrance iw,is , rendered
omparatively safe, Two hundred and
! ighty gallons of oil were used in the
j -xperiment. The result will be reported
o the Board of Trade.
1
j Queer Subterranean Growths.
j Down in the lower levels of our min
j h ^ ndreds of feet below the surfaw of the
earth, in the dominions of Erebus, where
darkness ever holds its reign unbroken by
j the light of day, are found some curious
vtl . ow th, s
The Grass Valley Tidings makes the
j following mention of a specimen of this
, ubterriU1(ml| vwtation . Hu Saturday
j some miners found a rather queer specimei
j in the 700 level in the Idaho mine. I bo
i specimen was found among the timber, is
,
j sort of f(l0|pw (punki Wl . believe the miners
Call it), and is just the shape of a luima
hand. The hand has five lingers and n
thumb, aud appears to be in a sort ol
cramped position It is a singular lookinu
, specimpn K11(1 be aI th Wiwon
may geell „
Hot» the’ l
i„ lower levels of the Comstock
mines par ticularly those long abandoned
or unused—are sn many wonderlul
growths of different kinds of fungi. Some
of these are of great size, almost filling up
| d die f if * look ft, like ' d sheeted b ? ‘ he ghosts, d,m H « bt Down of a beiov c&n
1 in the dark these growths seem to strive o
j imitate the forms of things seen on th.
■surface. In oue of our mines was once
: found an imitation of a fancifully-carved
| meerschaum pipe, stem and all so perfect
that it would easily be mistaken for ih<
genuine article it not taken in the hand and
closely examined. Some of the fungi re
soluble the horns of animals and are from
‘"‘’f m, K h ' > * s a for -'' ard “ l”' n ‘ m ' d d, ‘ vd ^ l,dl '"' lr '
« u ’ ,a < NVv ) ,tPr P n8e -
A OATAi.tHiUK of the articles which have
accumulated in the Dead Letter QSfmc, and
which were sold at public auction in De¬
cember, covers I2S double column pages,
and includes all sorts of things. There are
12,002 lots, and iu many cases a lot c >n
, ain „ seV eral articles of dilfe rent ki ads
Among the articl. omimoraUHi ar * aU s >rts
ol soi!w} aml aM * 0 iiecl el©;hing, hardware,
ehromo irsets. cigars, unredeemable coins
an< j notes, watch< s an- i ah kind-4
automatic toohpicks, revolvers.
«heet mu ic, muskrat skins, aud or
3,000 books. It tbe persons who mailt
these 12,(MO article* had placed thei
gll( j addresses on the wrapp 8 ,
n J nel y p.-i cent, of them would have
returned it they had been willing t,
the return poslace. The amount re:.
by tlie nale of* a packa&< can
c | ainie , t bv the se ,„ ler or
drcsat*d utter ident *at ion
years j from the time when
n ltie [*, <j r Otficc.
--«*»
Utah has marble enough to supply every
person in America with a tombstot ie.- —D r -
i troit Free Pres*.
The Wanderer's Return.
The mining town of Bunko had shanties.
10 0 tents, GOO population, and 99 men who
,] ran | < whiskey, played old sledge, and car
ried knives and revolvers and stubbed and
peppered onc-h other on the slightest provo
cation. The one man who didn’t drink was
a K ]i ln , hungry-looking man, whom the boys
ba ,j elected for ju -i ce of the peace, police
chief of police, chief ftig’eman at
funerals, superintendent of hospitals, and
principal Q f public schools. around"
He had all he could ‘ do to can ,Ld v
hig M of hp a one
dlink of w hi-kw to his harden he woul
bfiftn (rM (0 eartb
One afternoon i, became the painful duty
()f t)l0 man ,,t many h-mors to proceed tc
tbe ^ty occupied by Wicked Jim of Ar
i. :aris; ,„. K ,„! to remark to that individual:
“James, it is the sentiment of this ’ere
enterprising town that you git up at d git.”
“j- jn y0II baek them remarks?" eaimy
inquired the Wicked, as he turned over in
bec j
{ “I reckon,” whispered the Judge, as he
bought two “Coil’s” to bear on the lemon
j B j, a ped head riot ten feet away,
\V eked Jim surveyed the situation with
„ ut R witlk( Hnd a f tor the lapse of seventy
i seconds he placidly remarked :
i ,,
“When ?”
: "Soon as I can pack.”
I “That’ll dew James," observed the Judge,
I I and he eased down the hammers of his
revolvers and wont away to select a site for
: college.
a
Wicked Jim betrayed"no particular emo¬
tion as he went about his work packing up,
and at the end of an hour, when he rode
I l,is ®“ le olU u t ,on tllr ‘ Cam I’ ,ls Martiu8 ’
| ' v,<h u!1 !ll: ' (r a l ) ' >nade fast to the saddle,
no one could l i have 8UHpec*ed the Vesuvius
| ' a « ,n « ... h,s hcar '' A crowfI fiad * a » ,Rred
<0 ^‘
l (icntlcmen, said .. the .. Wicked, r . , . . he
’ ’ as
i bowed . , (he right . . and . the , left . 1 .
! to spit
of . Jnmko. . 1 , , build ...
upon your town can a
1 belter town of sand and grease! It, a ; n t
| a fit town fur an aristocrat like me, and
I’ve alius know!d it 1"
At this point three or four individuals on
. otitf . ktrts . of , the , crowd . . began .
i trie snooting,
j Wtck( „, took „„ notice of the fact
[ is lie continued.
" The lion can’t partner with the jackal !
The eagle can’t mate wilh the buzzard !
.Slinks, sluggard, curs and reptiles, l go !”
. Here tbe shooting increased one-half,and
| one of the bullets passed through the
! Wicked’s hat as he raised it and continued:
| “But 1 will return, and when I do look
out for oceans of gore! In less than a
i year l’il dump your town into the rivtr and
hold the site fur a private graveyard I
Whoop 1 Yip—yi I—whoop !"
j The Wicked held two shooters on the
j , rowd as he galloped off, and the result
was two men wi re killed and three wounded
A hundred bullets whizzed around the fn
| gitive, but he turned the bend without hav
j ing received a scratch.
Twelve months had passed away. It was
i evening wren live norsemeu rode siuniy In
! lo Bunko Wicked James rode at the beod
of the procession. He had came to fulfil
his promise, and there was blood in Ins
eve.
“How's this 'ere? queried the Wicked as
the band reached the brow of the bill and
j looked down upon the town.
Gas lamps were burning in every direc¬
tion !
The procession moved down to the spot
I where the lied Eye seloou had stood a year
j hi t,■ r* nod ; ■ "u the Wi ked uttered a
! growl of Eurnrise.
The saloon hud disappear'd and in its
l”' 1 1 ! "° 11 ' ,J htaiing
I ^ u * i ^ anufactmus > uiii.
The process on moved down th - next cor
ner ovi r ivusbly laid pavements. In place
of “The Gan Cau Dive,” was a fine opera
j house, and across the street was a gr- at
hotel.
Like meu who walk oil the steep roof n
house the procession moved down to the
public squan e. This was the spot from
which ti e Wicked had taken his departure
1 year ag>. i^o, it cant bo I Here nrp
blocks ol stores, a street, car line, a market
hou: e. another hotel, a railroad ticket office,
a police station, and a public museum !
The Wicked rubbed his eyes like a man
who h is s . pt too long and he looked this
way and that in dumb amazement. By and
j by be said :
“Bovs, let s gin one old fashioned yell,
j and break this mirage.”
They yelled in chorous.
The echo (mil not yet died away when
men wearing uniforms and silver stars sud
j denly appeared, as if rising from the earth
I The Wicked and his companions were pulled
j from thiir saddles and hustled across the
’ square into prison cells, and while they
seemed to be struggling in the embrace of
j some terrible dream they were brought into
court, aud heard the observation from ■
dignified Judge:
”We cannot tolerate such conduct in
I H ' a, ’ efu1 ’ !aw abld,u * C, U’ Luuko. Ihe
8ente,,ce of tK> ^ urt ** n,n || da vs in lW
-
workhou -e for each one of you ! ’
The Beauty oi Plain Living.
If we would thick, speak, and act eour
nsy with a certain hardy directness
th. vet men of our life must partake of
rt :e aud hardihood. We do not gather
* -ing fruit limn vims, but from
ia^ ni tret.-, t ... '■ and rough >ark, with
owth of hibernal 1ineb.cn. We
do not fit for ti c hrrotc games by pursuing
such drill as they can give us at Sybar s
I xperies e is some.relalivc of the musts.
We shake our i.tads dubiously when the
aid wl: never tasted salt borrows a ssL
theme, and presumes to launch on ocean
• l.’s unsraworthy ccckle sheii
Humorous Auro-a was heard
to IftUjch behind i * at it-.e in ran , m
r - v a tfd a- yte.
t the sphe res of the
'•: : *. h * mov ~
ic-Tis* an.: ezbaied to Leaven,
Mode n. irugaliiy, and simplicity ob
g .. rt; rt «■_>; only at the mouth e*
. the i os >pUer, il irom every manner ot
lutSfiNL ** Hat iu6il.au8tibl* capitoi tor
poetry and painting are the liven of sheph
erd and backwoodsman, of soldier, sailor
and the often desperately crowded mechanic
We like to heai thatonr poet formerly kept
the herds of Ad met ns, that the prince ii
disguise turned griddle cakes for a cross
grained house wife. We kiss the hero t
rough hand- with zealous affection, and il
he have also acquired rough manners whih
undergoing the indurating phased his for¬
tunes, we accept the rough manners, too
Only let him be entire hero—without s<
much a - a valet to whisper aught agains
t‘'.s claim tu that high title WhatEO charrat
UB in tho8e vwfiea of the Ta U
winch describe the maidenhood , of Gns.l .
A, s ?
She made her bed full hard and no thins
soft,
And ay she kept tier father’s life on loft.
It escapes not our sympathetic notice, in
leading the history of Mahomet, that ht
‘clouted his own cloak and cobbled his own
shoes,’ kindled bis fire, and swept and gar
tiisbed his cave of vision. If romantic o,
reverential interest attaches to these austere
conditions, it must be because of some pure
a c! permanent virtue inherent in them.
Yet, possibly, we often go to disproportion
aie lengths of admiration for the external
features of the hero’s life. Did he feed on
locusts and wild honey, or on true honey
dew and milk of paradise? How was he
clothed and housed withal ?
The marvel Itere ! he lives, to outward sight
full meagrely, in lodging plain and hare,
Brown bread and winding fruit Ids daily
fare;
ids taper burns far into desert night.
And yet, he’s lorth to greet the earliest light
Bis soul is jocund at the morning air,
And sit* at feasts immortal hands prepare;
ills body, only lives the anchorite!
—The Critic.
A Shrewd Ambassador
On a certain occasion an ambassador,
whom the Emperor Charlamange had sent
to an Eastern monarch, while sitting at the
table of the latter, quite thoughtlessly
moved a dish that was near him.
It. happened that the King had issued an
edict that if a guest touched a dish before
lie himself was served, he should be put to
death. Therefore, most naturally, every
*ye was turned towards the enemy, and
some of the courtiers proclaimed his of¬
fense and loudly demanded his immediate
punishment.
The monarch was in a dilema. On the
one hand, he dreaded to excite the dis¬
pleasure of so mighty a ruler as Charla¬
mange by putting his representative to
death; on the other, he was unwilling that
liis subjects should find him remiss in the
execution of any law which he had prumtil
gated. Of the two alternatives, the latter
seemed to him the worse; so he acquainted
the ambassador with the law of the land,
and told him he must die.
’ i sinned ignorantly,” said the Frank,
“but ignorance of law is no excuse for its
violation. Your every decree must be car¬
ried out to the very letter, and 1 am the
last who would wish you to relax from your
vigor in my behalf. I only implore you
lii^U'U.’O tu ^tuuli IUO 4 m otu^lv (utgi ofo • v.
1 die."
“It is not my desire, but the law, that
renders thy death necessary,” replied the
monarch, “and I promise to grant whatso¬
ever thou uskest. My word is fate,”
"I only ask," remarked the ambassador,
looking around with a grim smile, "that the
eyes of all who saw me touch lhu dish be
placed in my hand ”
Hearing this, the courtiers gazed upon
one another with fear and trembling Even
I ihe King himself was dismayed ; but the
promise had been given, aud the singular
r,, 'I uest n ‘ U8t ^ com P lied with - So 1 “'
said :
“It shall be bone.’’
On enquiry, however, not one was to hi
j foulld among the courtiers, nor among the
wrvanfs, who was willing lo acknowledge
■ that he had witnessed the act; and the
King confessed that he had not seen it.
“If no one saw me commit the deed,
there is no evidence to prove me guilty,”
I observed the ambassador; “and certainly
there can be no reason why 1 should suffer
death.”
“Thou snyest wisely,” returned the mon
arch, who was so delighted at the ab»ssa-
1 dor’s cunning, that he not only pardoned
him, but bestowed upon hiui many pres¬
ents of exceeding value,
Scholastic Note.
“Thomas, why have you not learned your
lesson ?” asked an Austin teacher of a pu¬
pil who was noted for his impudence.
“Because I did not feel like it.”
The reply pleased the teacher immense¬
ly. It was really refreshing to hear a new
excuse from him, so he said:
“Tommy, I’ll give you a good mark for
your truthfulness. Now, Billy,” turning to
tbe next boy, “wbat is the reason you did
not learn vour less ju ?”
1 «.•. M a. a
Billy, thinking he, too, would get a good
mark for his truthfulness, but, instead, the
teacher took out a strap, and said :
“Billy,I’ll have to punish your plagiarism,
You stole that answer from Tommy.”—
Texas Siftings.”
Althocgh newspapers are so numerous
an d man j- of them so able, there is proba
y y n0 e 0U ntry with western institutions
where newspapers are so little influential
; u tbe (Juited States. Oue might travel
a |j 0<er tbe B ast eru States without fiuding
a giugie individual who regards a statement
iu ty pe with that stupid simplicity so
mon iu this country. Belief in the veracity
0 { j be newspaper is as little kuown as re
s pect for the patriotism and wisdom of the
public ui AU. The American is much less
0 f a reader of books than is generally sup
posed. He wants his newspaper to bring
him the intelligence of the day, tbe state of
the raatkeW . anil „ fonh. She political
ar ticle helps him to judge how certain po
fi . va l combinations are working. If the
piper adds a social essay or a scandalous
»*® 5 ‘y kiatory, or a column of verse, these
coriiribution* f-npply him *k>a:e mental en
^rtainmenL He may note the scandal, but
he never thinks of believing it because he
has seeu it in print.—The Comhill Maga—
iiae.
Talmage on Length of Life.
"If any one dies in youih,” said Dr. Tal
mage yesterday morning, “we say, ‘What 8
pity !’ If one be in pleasant circumstances,
he never wants to go William Cullei
Bryant, at 82, standing in ray house, and
reading ‘Thanatopris, was just as anxiou
to live as when he wrote that immortal
threnody. Cato, at DO, was afraid he
wouldn’t live to learn Greek Tburlov
Weed, at 89, found life as pleasant as when
he suffered out his first politician. 1 sup
pose i hat Methusaleh, at 969, was afraid t
.0 out in a storm and get hi* feet wet, Its 1
he should shorten his days.”
D^. Talmage said that if he were an or
agnostic he would call a man blessed ac¬
cording to the number of years he could
stay on terra firma. But, since man bt-
1.eves in immortality, an abbreviated ex is
tenee on earth is a blessing, because it
makes one’s life more compact. Some met
can do their day’s work in ten hours, som<
in five, and some in one. And, other thing t
being equal, the mau is to be congratulated
who can get through with his work in one
hour. If a person dies at five years, he gets
through his work at 8 in the morning ; if he
dies at 40, he gets through at noon; if he
dies at VO, he gets through at 5 in the after¬
noon, and if he dies at 90, he_has to toil uj
to 11 o’clock at night.
“All we ought to do is to get our work
done, and well done,” said Dr. Talmage,
“and the sooner the better. The number oi
men who fall into ruin between 50 and 7(
years of age, is simply appalling. If they
had died at 30, it would have been better foi
themselves and their families. The gr a'
temptation of a man’s life sometimes comet
far on in middle life. At about 45 years oi
agea man’s nervous system changes. By the
advice of some friend he takes a stimulant
to keep him up, and he keeps on taking
stimulants till it keeps hint down. Con¬
cerning a vast multitude, it seems that i
would be better if they disembark from this
earth early in life. Why do so many die
before they are 30 years old ? • Because
God sees the storm coming up from the
Caribbean, and runs them into the first bar
bor. if a soldier who has been on guarc
all night is glad when somebody comes ti
relieve him, ought not that man shout foi
joy who can lay down his weapons aud en¬
ter the King’s castle ?”
Illustrating how men escape perils early
in life and fall into them later, Dr. 'Talmage
said: "The first time I crossed the At
lant.c ocean, it was as smooth as a mil
poad, and 1 wrote a magazine essay abou
the calm sea. 11 1 hadn’t written it then
before I crossed the ocean again, 1 nevei
wouli have written it. 1
Another reason why it is a blessing b
die young, Dr. Talmage said, is because
those who die early in youth escape si
many earthly bereavements. He enumei
ated some of the sorrows which King Davie
would have escaped if he had been taken
from life ea ly m youth, aud said that tie
would have es aped the crimes of unclean
ness and murder. ‘ When God tuk 3 liult
chiidren,’ the pri-ailur continued, “He us¬
ually takos the brightest. Why? Beeuus
they wouii nave tne grea;e>t capacity foi
sutlering if permitted to live.’’
"Again, to die early in i.fe," Dr. Talmage
said, “brings one so much sooner to tin
center of things AH astronomers ugiet
that the universe swings around to negreat
center. God’s favorite figute in geometry
is the circle. Somewhere is the great huh
around which the wheel of the universe
turns, aud that is heaven. Our sttndpoin.
in this world is defective. We are at tie
wrong end of the telescope. We are down
in the cellar of life, and yet trying to scat
the broad heavens of iinuioi tahiy, wh.leoui
Christian friends have gone up stairs ti
s udy it. The child who died at live yean
oi agea few days ago, at wlijse funeral J
ollieiated, knows more of God to-day that.
Andover, or Princeton, or E iiuhurgh or ai
the theo'ogians of the worid. l et men are
rushing around among the apothecaries
wondering if this medicine is good for rheu
mutism or that for neuralg a, and o hers for
other diseases, lest they should suddenly he
ushered into heaven. Men ought net to gi
around complaint! g because another yeai
is gone. We ought to be not living accord
ing to the oid maxim, which says that men
should live as though every day might he
their last, but as though we were to live
forever. But don’t let us be nervous, lest
we should have to move out of a shanty in¬
to au Alhambra.
--♦#«-
The Fangs of a Rattlesnake.
A physician who captured a rattlesnake
proceeded to dissect the head for his amuse
ment and information. Taking one side o'
its head, he extracted the faug, when, lying
close by this, he found another fang a little
shorter than the first, ready to take its
place when the long one should be broker.
oil' or fall out. Next to the second fang was
a third, and next to this a fourth, aud aftei
.be * «*» -*• *• » ™ ‘-“I
j proving just a little shorter and a little
smaller than the ones fouud just before i’l
So that the serpent was endowed with five
fangs on one side of its mouth, each Jto
come into use iu regular succession. The
physician dissected only one part ol
the snake s head, but this prOTed to hi»
satisfaction that the current belief that a
rattlesnake has only one tang on each side
of the head is a very erroneous belief as
applied to all snakes of this species,
*' *
One should be careful not to carry any
of his lollies ef youth into old sge; for old
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