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Shall I be frank and tell you what are
my designs on you today? They ere to
make ycu homesick for heaven; to con
sole you concerning your departed Ohrla-
tian friends by giving you some idea of
tho brilliancy of the scones in which they
now commingle; to give all who love tho
Lord a moro elevated idea ns to where
they arc going to paaa the most of the
years of their existence; and to act all tho
indifferent nnd neglectful to quick and
immediate preparation, that they may
have it likewise. Vos, it istojindueemany
of onr young people to study a volumo
of Qod that few ever open, but without
some acquaintance with which it iB im
possible to understand tlic Jlible—I mean
the precious stones; thoir crystalizslion,
their powers of refraction, their cleavage,
their fracture, thoir lustre, their phospho
rescence, their transparency, their
Infinity of color and slisne, and wlmtthey
had to do with tho welfare and doom of
families and tho destiny of nations; aye,
tho positive revelation they make of Qod
himself.
My text stands us in tho presence of
the most stupendous spiondor of the uni
verse, and that is the wall of heaven, nnd
says of itn foundations that they are gar
nished with all manner of precious stones.
All tho ancient cities had walls for safety,
und heaven has a wall for everlasting
safety. You may say that a wall mado up
of all rnannor of procious atones is figura
tive, but you cannot understand the
force and significance of the figure unless
you know something shout the real strnc
lure and color nnd value of the precious
stones mentioned. Now, I propose this
morning, so far as tho Lora may holp
mo, to attempt to climb, not tho wall of
heaven, hut tho foundations of tho wall,
and I ask you to join mo in tho attempt
to scale iomo of the heights. Wo shall
only got part of tho way up, hut hotter
that than to stay down on tho stupid
lcvol where tho most of us liavo all our
lives been standing. Wo begin clear
down at tho bottom aud where tho wall
bogins.
The first layer of the foundation, reach
ing all arouwd tho city, nnd for 1,800
miles, Is a layer of jasper. Indeed, there
Is more of jasper in tho wall of heaven
than of any cither brilliant, because it not
only composes a part of tho foundation,
hut makes up tho chief part of tho super
structure. Tho jasper is a congregation
of many colors. It is brown; it is yol-
low; it is green; It is vcrmillion; it is
rod; it is purple; it Is black; and so is
striped with colors that much of it is
called ribbon-jasper. It is found in Si
beria and Egypt, but it is rare in most
lands ami of great valuo, for it is so hard
tho ordinary processes cannot hrenk it
off from tho places whore It has been do-
poaited. The workmen boro holes into
tho rock of jasper, then drive into those
hole, sticks of dry birch wood, and then
saturate tho sticks and keep them satu
rated until they swell enough to split tho
rock, nnd the fragments are brought out
aud polished nnd transported and cut in
to cameos and put behind tho glnsn doors
of museums. The portraits of Homan
emperors were cut into it. Tho finest
intaglio ever seen is in the Vaticnu mu
seum, tho head of Minerva in jaBpcr. Ily
divine arrangomont jasper adorned tho
breastplate of tho high priest in tiro an
cicnt temple, hut its must magnificent
position is where it glows and burns and
darkens and brightens nnd preaches from
the lowest strata of tho wall of heaven.
Glad am I that the very first row of
stones in the wall of heaven is inBpor of
many colors, and if you like purple it is
purple, and If you like brown it is
brown, and if you like groou it is green,
nnd if you like oehro-ycllow it in ochre-
yellow, and if you like vermllllon it is
vcrmillion, and if you like black it is
black, It suggests to mo that hcavon is
a place of all colors—colors of opinion,
colors of croed, colors of skin, colors of
taste.
Hut wo must pass up in this inspection
of tho foundations of tho grant wall of
heaven, and after lonving tho jasper, tho
next precious Btono reached is sapphire,
and it sweeps around tho city 1,500 miles.
All lapidaries agree in saying that the
S hire of tho Hlble is wlrnt we now call
i lazuli. Job speaks with emotion of
‘‘I'ho l'laco of Sapphires,” and Qod
thought so much of this procious stone
that ho put it in tho bronsplnt.o of tho
high priest commanding, “Tho second
row shall bo an emerald, a sapphire and
a diamond." The sapphire is a blue,
but varies from faintest hue to deepest
ultra-marine. It is found a pobblo in tho
rivers of Ceylon. It iselsownoro in com
pact masses. Pcrsit and Thibet nnd
Burnish nnd Now South Walos nnd North
Carolina yield exquisite speeimeus. It*
bhio eye is seen in tho valley of the
Rhino. After n burial of thousands of
years it has been brought to sight in
Egyptian monumonts and Assyrian cylin
ders. At Moscow nnd 8t. Petersburg
and Constantinople, I have soon great
masses of this sapphire commonly called
lapis lazuli. Tho closer you study its
veins the moro enchanting, and I do not
wonder that tho sapphire is called into
tho foundation of tho wall of heaven. It
makes n strong stono for tho foundation,
for it is tho hardest of nil minerals except
tho diamond. Sapphire based on jasper; n
blue sky over a fiery sunset. St.
John points to It in Revelations, and
says; A'Tho second sapphire;” nnd this
suggests to mo that though our earth and
nil its furniture of mountains and seas
and atmospheres is to collapse nnd van
ish, wo will throughout all eternity have
iu some way kept the most beautiful of
earthly appearances, whether you take
this sapphire of the second layer as lit
eral or figurative. The deep "blue of our
skies nmi the deep bluo of our seas must
not, will not ho forgotten. If a thou
sand years after the world bus gone to
ashes, you or 1 want to recall how the
earthly skies lucked in a summer noon, or
the mid ocean in a calm, wo will have
only to look at tho second row of the
foundation of tho wall of heaven. Ob,
I am so glad that St. John tells us about
it! “Tho scc'iid sapphire 1” While we
are living in sight of that wall, spirits
who have come from other worlds, and
who never saw our earth, will visit us.
nnd we will visit them, und sometime w B
will ho in converse about this earth
when it was yet afloat and aswing, and
weshull want to tell them about how it
looked at certain times, und then it will
bo a great object lesson for all eternity,
and we shall say to our visitors from
some other world, as we point toward
the wall of heaven; “It looked like that
stratum of foundation next to tho low
est.” John Slst chapter and 19th verse;
“The second, sapphire.”
A step higher and you coma to chalcedony,
another layer in tin. foundation or the wall
and running 1,500 miles around the heavenly
city. Chalcedony! Ivanaluccnt- A divine
mixture of agate and opalb aud cornelians.
Ktrlped with white and gray. Dashed of pal
lor, blushing Into red and darkening into pur
ple. Ireland and the Hebrides hold forth
hcanttfnl specimens of chalcedony.
Itnt now no must make a swift ascent to the
top of tho foundation wall, for we cannot
uunntoljr examine >11 the layers, and so put'ing
ono foot on the chalcedony, of which wo have
been speaking,wo spring to tho emerald,arid we
are one-third of the way on the top of tiro foun
dation, for the fourth row it emerald. That, I
would Judge, is God's favorite among goms,
because it holds what reoma evident is his fa
vorite color on osrth, tho green. sinco that is
tho color most widely diffused scroes sit tho
earth’s continents-the gross, the foliage, tho
every-day dross of nature. Tho Emerald!
Kings used it ss a soil to stamp promnncla-
mentooa. Tlic rainbow around tho throne of
God is by St. John compared to it. Conquerors
have considered it tbs greatest prize io cap
ture. Wbat rathlessness when tho soldiers of
Pizarro pounded it with their hammers. Em
eralds liavo had much (o do with the destiny of
Mexico. Five of them were presented by Cor
tez to his bride, ono of them out into tho slispo
of a rose, another into tho shape of a trumpet,
another into tho shape of a iielt, with tongue
of pearl, nnd tilts presentation aroused tho
Jealousy of the throne and caused tho conse
quent downfall of Cortez lint the depths of
the sea were ik oersted with those emeralds, for
in a shipwreck they wont down off Iho coast of
Itsrhsry. Napoleon wore an emerald at Aus-
torlllz. In the Kremlin museum, at Moscow,
there aro crowns and sceptres and outspread
miracles of emeralds. Ireland is called tho
Emerald Isle, not Because it is a verdure, hut
because it was presented to Henry the Second
of England, With an emerald ring. Norn had
a magnifying gloss of emerald through which
ho looked at tile gladiatorial controls at ltorno.
Hut hero are fifteen hundred miles of emerald
sweeping around Iho heavenly city in one layer.
But upward slill, and you will put your foot
on a slrntnm of sardonyx, while nnd rod, a
seeming commingling of snow and lire; the
snow cooling the lire, the Aro melting the
snow.
Another ollmb nnd yon resell the anrdiua,
named after tho eilv of Sardine. Anothor
ollmb end vou reach tho chrysolite. A speci
men of tills belonged to Kpjnhat.uB, in tho
fourth century, and was said to ho so brilliant
that whatever was put over it to conceal it was
shown through, and tho emperor of China lmd
a specimen that is described ss having Kuril
penetrating radlnnce that it makes the night as
bright as tho day.
A higher climb and yon reach Iho Vicryl. Two
thousand years ago Iho Greeks used this preci
ous stone for engraving purposos. it was ao-
onunlcd among the royal treasures of Tyre.
Tlio hilt of Murat's sword was adorned with it.
It glows in the imperial crown of Great Brit
ain. Luther thought Hie beryl of tlic heavenly
wall was turquoise, Kallsch I bought it was
chrysolite,Josephus thought it a golden-colored
Jewel. The wheels of Ezekiel's vision Darned
with beryl, nnd were a revolving fire. Tho
beryl appears In six-sided prisms, and Is set in
coals and Intaglios, in nook laces and coronots.
It was the Joy of ancient Jewelry. It ornament
ed Hie effluent with eardrops. Charlemagne
i iresei ted it to his favorite', Beautiful beryl!
''.xquistteiy shaped beryl! Divinely colored
hoyll It seems like congealed color. It looks
like frozen fire.
But atop not hero. Climb higher and you
como to lopsz, a bewilderment of boauly
arid named alter an island of Iho Itcd Boa.
Climb higher and you como to chryoopra-
siih, of groouish-goldan lino and hard ns
flint.
Climb higher and yon reach Hie Jacinth,
named aftor the flower hyacinth and of reddlah
bluo.
Take ono moro step and you roach tho top,
not of tlic wall, lint tho top of tho foundations
of Iho wall, and HI. John erica outs “The
twelfth, an amethyst.'' This piooious stone,
when found iu Australia, or India, or Europe,
statidB in columns and pyramids. For color H
is a violet blooming in stone. For its play of
light, for hs deep mysteries of color, for Its
uses In Egyptian, iu Etruscan, in ltomau art, it
lias Ural honored. The Greeks thought this
stone a preventive of drunkeness. Tire Hebrews
thought it a source of pleasant dreams. For
nil lovers of gems, it is a subject of admiration
and HnggcRlivrnoHs. Yes, the word amethyst
means a prevention of drunkenness. Long be
fore the New Testament made reference to the
amethyst in the wall ef heaven, the T’er-
slans thought that cups made out of nuiothyst
would hinder any kind of liquor contained there
in from becoming intoxicating. But of nil tho
amotliystine cups from which tho anolcnts drank,
not ono lmd any such result of prevention. For
thousands of yoaia the world has been toe,king
in vain forsuch a preventive umothyHtino cup.
daggering Noah oonld not find it. Convivial
Almsueriia driving Vnalili from tire gales eonld
not find it. Nabol breaking tho heart of licau-
tlful Abagail could not Und It. Belahazzor,
tiro kingly reveler, on the night that the Chal
deans took Babylon, oonld not tlml It. Not olio
of tho millions of inebriates whoso skulls pave
tiro continents and pave tho depths of the sea
could And it. There is no such cup. Strong
drink from, hallowod amethyst imbrntos the
samo as strong drink from pewter mug. It is
not tho ntylo of etip wo drlnV out of, but that
wliieh tho otip contains tvhieh decides Ilio help
ful or damaging result of the hi vorage. All
around tho world last night and to-day, out of
mips oostllcr than amethyst men end women
have boon drinking tlrolr own doom and tho
duom of their children for Ibis life arrd tho
next. Ah, It is .the anuthystiuo oupa that do
■ ho wildest and worst slaughter. Tho smash of
tho filthy goblets of tho rnmmerics would, long
ago have taken plaoo by law, but lire nmethyat-
ino chalices prr vout—tho chalices out of which
legislature' and oongresaes drink before and af
tor they mnko tho laws. Amethystine ohalleos
liavo boon frionds of intoxication instead of its
fees. Over tiro fiery lip-i of tho amethystine
ohaltocs Is thrust the tongue of that which
bitoth liko a serpent and stlngcth llko an adder.
Drunkenness is a combination of apoplexy and
demotio. The four hundred million victims of
ophinvooms out to meet the 150,000,000 victims
or alcohol, and tho two agents take I lie contract
of tumbling tho human race Into perdition that
they will succeed in filling the contract depends
on the aotion|of the amethystine enpa, tho nmo-
thystlno demijohn, tho amethystine ale pitch
ers, tho amethystine flagons, the amethystine
wine collars. Oh. Persians! Oh, Assyrians!
Oh, Greeks! Oh, Egyptians! You were wrong
in thinking that a oup of amethyst would pre
vent inebriation. But standing on the top of
tills amethystine layer of tho foundation of tho
w all of heaven, I bethink myself of the mistako
that many of the ancient Hebrews mado when
they thought that tho amethyst was a producer
of pleasant dreams. Just wear a iilqce of ame
nds! over your heart, or put it under your pil
low, amt you would liavo your dreama tilled.
with ucrylhiiig beautiful and entrancing. No,
lio. The style of pillow will not decide tho
character of the dream. The only recipe
for pleasant dreams ia Io do rigid and think
right when you are wide awake. Con
ditions of physical dia -nso may give a good
man a nightmare, but a man physically
well, if he behaved himself aright, will not bo
troubled with had dreams. Nebuchadnezzar,
with osgle's down under his head and Tyrian
purple over it, struggled with a bad dream Iliac
matte him shriek out for Hie soothsayers and as
trologers to como and interpret it. Pharaeh,
amid tho marble pstacea of Memphis, was con
founded by a dream in which lean cows ato up
tho fat cows and tho small ears of corn devoured
tlio seven largo ears, and awful famine was pre
figured. Pilate's wife, amid clouds of rionost
uphotstoiy, had a sturtliug dream, because of
which she aent a message in hot haste to a
courtroom to keep her husband from onacting
a Judicial outrage. But Jacob, at llothel, witli
a pillow of mountain rock,had a blissful dream
of the ladder angel .blossomiug. Banyan, with
Ilia head on a hard plank of Bedford jail, saw
the gates of the Celestial Citv. St. John, on tlio
barrenost island of the Aegean sea, in his
dream, heard trumpets and saw cavalrymen ou
white horses and a new heaven ami a new
earth. No amount of rough pillow can dis
turb the night vision of a saint, and no amount
of amethystine charm can deleotate tho dream
of a miscreant.
But, some will say why have you brought
u» to tins amethyst, the top row of tho founda
tion of tho heavenly wall, if you aro not able to
accept tho theory of tlio ancient Greeks, wlto
aatd that the amethyst waa a charm against
intoxication, 1 liavo brought you to the top
row, tho twelfth layer of the foundation of Iho
Do yon not sac that It was impossible that
you understand a hundredth partof tho sag-
gcations oi that twenty-flr.t chapter of Revela
tion without going into acme of the portioulant
of the wall of heaven, and dipping up ootne of
itadr)— 1 aiasnatimOTUTw
noma
aminlng
qooise, and feeling with your own Anger the
hardness of its sapphire, and Shielding your
eye* against the thuumerlng brilliance in its
beryl, and studying the fifteen hundred miles
of emerald without a
i dripping colors, and running your eye along
me of its wondrous erystalillations.-'and ex-
nining some of thfe frownligbtin its »ur-
flaw? Tat all this on 1?
iho outside of heaven, aid the poo’eat part of
the outside; not the wall itacif but only the foot
of tlio wall, for my text say>: “The founda
tions of tno wall of the city were garnished
with all manner of precious stones." Oh, got
down your harp if you oan play one. Get
down a palm branch, if you oau rcaeh one.
Why, it makes us all feel like Crying out with
James Montgomery:
When •hall theee eyea tby heaven-built walls
And pearly gate* behold?
Ob, my soul 1 If my Mit shows us only the
outside, wbat must the fSrtde be ? While rid
ing last summer through the emperor's park
near St. Petersburg, Russia, I was captivated
wilhtbe groves, transplanted from all zones,
and the flower bedB, mites this way and miles
Hist way, incarnadined with beauty, and tho
fountains bounding in such revel witli the Bull
fight an nowhere olso is seen. I (aid : “Thin is
beautiful. I never saw anything like thin be
fore.” But when I entered tho palace and «aw
the pictured walls snd tho long line of statuary,
slid aqnnrinma afloat witli ail bright scales, and
aviaries a-chant with bird voices and tho inner
doors ef the palaco were swung back by tho
chamberlain, and I saw tho omperor and om-
presa and prinoes and princesses. and they
greeted me with a cordiality of old acquaint-
anoeship, I forgot all the groves and floral be.
witcliment I bod seen outiido before entrance.
And now I ask, If the outside of heaven at
tracts our souls to-day, how much more will l*>
the uplifting when wo get inside end see the
King in Uis beauty and all lire princes and
princesses of Iho palaces of amethyst ?
Aro you not glad that wo did not stop in our
ascent this morning until we got to the top
round of tlio foundation wall of heaven, tho
twelfth vow, tho amethyst? Perhaps tho an
cient Hebrews were not, after all, so far out of
the way when they thought that the touch of
tlio amethyst gave pleasant dreams, for tho
touch of it this hour givei me a very pleasant
dream. Hlandlng on this amethyst, I dream a
dream. 1 close ray eyes and I see it all. Wo
aro there. Tills Is heaven I Not the outside
hut the Insldo of lioavon. With what warmth
of welcome our long-ego doparted loved ones
liavo klasod ns. My j How they have changed
in looks. They wore so sick when they went
away, and now they are so well. Look! Yon
der is the palaco of our Lord, tho King. Not
kept a moment outside, we are ushered into the
throno-rooin. Stretching ont his scarred hand,
ho says: "1 have loved thee witli an everlast
ing love, ” and we respond : "Whom have I in
hosvou hut thee ?’’ But, look ! Yonder is tlic
play-grotind of the children. Children do not
want a throne. A throne would not flt a child.
There they aro on tho play-ground of heaven—
tho children. Ont of tho sick cradle of earth
they camo into this romping mirth of tlie eter
nal [day-grounds. I. clap my hands to cheer
them in Iho glee. Yonder are tho palaces of tho
martyrs, and before thrir doorway the flowers
crimson os the bloody martyrdoms through
nhloli they waded up Into glory. Yonder is
Apostolic ltow, and the highest turret Is over
tlio homo of Paul. Hero is Evangelist Place.
Yonder are the concert halls in which the must-
elans of earth and heaven are taking part—
Handel with organ and David with liarp and
Gabriel with trumpet and four and twenty
others with voices. And an angel of God sais
to mo : "Where shall I take you ? On what
street of heaven would you like to live? What
celestial habitation would you liko to occupy ?”
And I answer : "Now that I liavo got inside tlio
wall made up of all manner of precious stones,
I do not onro where you put mo. Just hIiow me
where my dopsrtod loved ones are. I have seen
the Lord and next I want to boo them. But
hero are those with whom I toiled in the king
dom of God on earth. They are from my old
parishes at Belleville and Hyracuse and Phila
delphia aul Brooklyn, and from many plaeos
on noth sides of tho sea whore I have been per
mitted to work witli them anti for them, ulvo
them ttie best places you eon And. I will help
steady them as they mount tho thrones. I will
help yon burnish thoir coronots. Tako those,
my old friends, to as good rooms as you can got
for thrill in (lie House of Many Mansions, amt
with windows looking ont upon Ihe palace ol
the great King. As for myself, anywhere in
heaven is good enough fur mo. Hallelujah to
tho Lamb that waa slain." But I awake. In
the ecstaey of tlio moment my foot slipped
from tho layer of amethyst, that so-called pro
ducer of dreams, aud in the effort to catoh my
self, the vieton vanished, And lo! it was but a
drexm I
A Wonderful Collodion of Coins.
Tho Philadelphia mint 1ms a wottdorful
collection of coins. Among other
curiosities it includes wlmt is believed to
Ire the oldest piece of metal money evor
made, which was minted'in sEgina about
700 U. C. Tho design is in high relief,
representing a tovtolso crawling across
the face of the coin. It lias no date.
Dates on coins were unknown up to 400
years ago. The vtTv early coins boro
designs only on one face. Of all coins
that ovor existed the smallest in value
was the “mite,” such ns the widow in
the Bible dropped through tho slot of
tho poor box. The most valuable coin in
the collection described is a Chinese
piece worth ♦2Utt. It is simply a rect
angular chunk of gold stamped with
Oiiineso characters. Lumps of gold aro
commonly used iu China for ourrcucy of
largo denominations. A coin minted in
Egypt boars the bond of Queen Arsinoo,
who was Cleopatra’s great-great-great-
great-great great-grandmother. Queer
est of till tho coins are those from Siam
—irregular roundish lumps of silver,
from the bignoss of a walnut to that of
half a buckshot, Modern coins, though
the mechanical processes for producing
thorn have been so greatly improved, are
far inforior artistically to those of
ancient times. Iu Babylon of old, which
fell before coining was invented, gold
and silver were weighed out with scales
for use ns money. The earliest form of
money is still in use to-day in southern
Asia, tho islands of the Pacific ocean nnd
ports of Africa, where cowrie shells are
the favorite negotiable medium. They
are usually quoted at about 100 for two
eonts. Most of them aro obtained from
the Maidive aud Laccadive Islands iuthe
Arabian sen.—[Washington Star.
W?put' 1 posfii^ where*yen’eaii ot .» «**>«»!*£? “J b ' 8
iiioa of heaven; to let you see that af-
tir yon have climbed up twelve strata of glory,
you are only at the base of the eternal grand
eurs, to lot you, with enehautmrut ol' .ou!,
l«)k fur down and look far up; anil lo force
upon you the conclusion that it all our climb
ing lias only shown in Ihe foundation of Hie
wall, what must the wall itself be; aud if this is
tbn outside of heaven, what must the inside bo;
and if all this is figurative, what must tlio real
ity be? Oh, t it its piled up magnificence of tho
heavenly wall! Oh, this enmity u! do:oration!
Oh, this opalescent, fltiresrant. prismatic mira
cle of architecture! VVhat . ntluoncment of alt
colors! A mingling of the bluo of skies, and
tlio surf of the seas, amt the green of meadows,
and ilio upholstery of autumnal forests, and
tho Are of August sunsets. All the splend, rs
of eartli and heaven dashed iuto those twelve
rows of foundation wall. All that, mark you,
only typical of the spiritual glories that roll
over heaven like the Atu
swung in one billow.
ilautio and Pacific oceans
Tlio “ Grlpmuu’s Arm.”
The. introduction of coble ears iu this
city has boon responsible for the rearing
of a peculiar race of people. Every grip-
man employed by the traction finds him
self so peculiarly developed after a few
months’ w'ork at the lever that one-half
of him would weigh about twice as
much as the other.
A west Philadelphia physician tells of a
frail young man of his clientele who ac
cepted a place iu the bay window of a
cable ear. After six weeks of work at
the lever he came puffing aud panting to
the doctor's office one evening to say that
lie was suffering from a one-sided case of
elephantiasis.
He hastily striped to tire waist, and
showed one nrm that would bo the glory
ashamed to display the other oue because
of its puuy outlines. The young man
was assured that his malady was not at
nil serious, and was nothing but an over
development of one arm by constant
exercise. It is known by. physicians as
the “gripmau's arm.” The arm of this
particular gripmau continued to grow
until it baeamo so weighty that he said
that it was only with great difficulty
that he could walk straight.
This same condition of affairs is experi
enced by clerks snd persons employed
much at desk work. In this instance the
right shoulder is several inches above
the level of the other one, ami the de
formity can only be hidden by the tailor,
who puts an extra layer of padding
in the other shoulder.—[Philadelphia
Record. „ .. .. ’ .
TIIE FAltM HOUSE FRONT DOOR.
The front door should certainly have
a neat appearance, os strangers will
quickly estimate the character of the
owner by tho appearance of bis house,
nnd the tront door is the most conspicu
ous part of the house. A mean, untidy
front door ts truly an index to the char
acter of tho family who live bohind it.
But for a farm house, neatness is prefer
able to any gaudy or striking appear-
nuce. A dork oak color is always pleas
ing and gives an idea of solidity nnd j
strength which is proper for it front
door as the defense of the dwelling. If
it is not easy to got tho graining done, a
dark drab or a light brown is a good
body color, with the stiles in a little
darker shade than the panels. If the
panels are surrounded by moldings
these may bo trimmed with a still dakcr
slmde, so as to show the outline distinct
ly. These colors may be mado by using
white lead and linseed oil (boiled), and
thinned with turpentine; the colors are
made of raw sionuo and yellow ocher,
and the shade deepened by brown um
ber. When the paint is dry a second
ami third coat is given and finished with
good varnish.—New York Times.
In the New York Observer recently,
there was an inquiry as to how to drive
away and destroy moles, writes John E.
Parmly.Every ao-cnlled pest, undoubted 15
serves some good purpose—at times the
purpose may be to Bimply toaoh us n
moral lesson. Yet I will uot preach n
sermon, but will only tell of a few facts
which may bo of interest nnd help.
Some time ago a lawn was overrun bj
moles to a most distressing degree; all
at once tho moles left. They had feasted
while there on insects injurious to tbt
grass roots, and they graciously and
wisely took their departure when
through. Tho presence of moles gonerallj
is an indication of insects injurious to
vegetation, so that tho molo in burrow
ing after these insects to feast on them
does uot deserve to bo condemned so
severely as ho is. Yet while wo see no
apparent injury from such insects, it is
nothing but right to try to get rid ol
the moles. Thcro arc various chemicals
which can be put into their burrows,
which will, principally by burning, put
an end to their ravages. For instance,
take a long strip of paper which ha«
been soaked in a strong mixture
of rod pepper and nitre, set on Art
when dry, put iuto the burrow and close
the opening. If you prefer poison, tako
arsenic, and with a small knifu put n
little carefully into a grain of sweet
corn. Put several ot these “pills” into
u burrow. But one must, bo very care
ful of poison on account of dogs, chick
ens, otc.,boing so likely to eat it by mis
take.
Castor oil plants aro especially dis
tasteful to motes, and a few plantod here
and there will drive them away and keep
them uway. Of courso these bean plants,
until well established in tho ground,
will have no effect, so it is well to
plant them ns soon us possible. Shingles,
for instance, will help to rid tho ground
of moles if stuck around the plants oi
across tho burrows of the moles. Fir ru
ing the ground ou top of the burrows is
of some use. Sometimes by watching
thu ground, one can see tho ground rise
us tho molo pushes ahead; in such a
oaso tho mole inny bo captured by dig
ging quickly down iu front of the ani
mal, or by a dog trained to the work.—
Now York Observer.
An Exatrt'l Opinion.
Our renders have doubtless noticed lha
numerous discussions by the scientists and
hygienists at to the relative value of tha
vnrioua baking powders. A careful sitting
of the evidence leaves no doubt ns to the
superiority of the Royal Baking Powder in
purity, wholesomeness and strength, from
a scientific standpoint. An opinion, how
ever, that wifi have perhaps greater influ
ence with our practical housekeepers, is that
given by Marlon Borland, the well known
and popular writer, upon matters pertain
ing to the science of domestic economy, of
housekeeping, end of home cooking, in a
letter publlihad in tho Philadelphia Ladies’
Home Joumil, this writer say,:
"I regard the Royal Baking Towder as
tho best manufactured anil In the market,
•o for as I have ony experience in the u-e of
such compounds. Since the introduction of
it into my kitchen 1 have used no other ip
making biscuits, cakes, etc., and have en
tirely discarded for such purposes the home
made combination of one-third soda, two-
thirds cream of tartar.
“Every box hxi been in perfect condition
when it came into my hands, and tfce con
tents have given complete satisfaction. It
Is on act of simple justice, and nlso a pleas
ure, to recommend It unquslifle tty to Amer
ican housewives. Marion Harlano.”
City Farmers.
While many have left the farm for
town and city during recent years, and
and many business men of means have
invested in farms, yet only a c -mpara-
tively small number of city men have
actually gone out on the farm nnd bus
tled for a living. These have been mainly
tnon who have broken down under the
confinement of office work and have
sought the country for health’s sake,some
without experience iu farm affairs, and
others returning to the farm after many
yenrs of nctivo business life. Experienced
farmers have had a good deal of fun out of
the blunders of these “embroidered night
shirt farmers,” as Bill Nye calls them,
yet as a rule the city farmers havo been
fairly successful, nnd some of them ex
ceptionally so. With a limited knowl
edge farm of methods, and sometimes
haudicoppcd by poor health, they have
succeeded where many “to 1 lie manner
born” havo failed, Whether this is the
result of superior business methods, or
better knowledge of the demands of
consumers throng it residence in the city,
or what not, the fact remains, and it may
be profitable for others to look into the
cansea of this success and apply the win
ning methods to their own affairs.—Na
tional Stockman.
At It Again.
“The clove,” said theexebango editor,
“is probably the strongest thing of its
size ”
“Isn’t the nutmeg greater?” broke in
the financial editor.
“You think so,” retorted the other,
glaring at him, “became it bears the
mace?”
“Such talk as that,” thundered the
railway editor, grabbing his cane, “I dc-
spice!”—Chicago Tribune.
Slight Misunderstanding.
Mudge—“I was looking over my top
coat today, snd I find that the moths
have nearly ruined it.”
Yabsle;—“Why don’t you sue them
for damages?'’
“Sue the moths for damages? You talk
like a child.”
“Ididn’t mean the moths; I mennt the
pawnbrokers.”—Indianapolis Journal.
SvfopjiGs
ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it ia pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gen'ily yet promptly on tho Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers find cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all nnd have made it tho most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60c
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliablo druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO,
Petrified Wood.
On a farm near Eiktoo, Columbiana
county, Ohio, an extraordinary find of
petrified wood has been umnrthed.
It is n solid piece, weighing 418 pounds,
on the smooth surface of which appear
the outlines of several different species
of animals, ns if traced by human hands.
Geologists are said to have examined the
nature of tho petrifaction, and to have
agreed that its formation dates back
3,500years by the mostconsi rvative calcu
lation. It was unearthed by ditchers in
a mucky swamp. Several agents of the
Ohio commission are also suid to havo
examined the strange object, and aro
proposing to utilize it to add to the in
terest of Ohio’s exhibit at tno world’s
fair.
To Remove Marks from Tables.
Hot dishes sometimes leave whitish
marks on varnished tables, when set, as
they should not be, carelessly upon them.
For removing them pour some lamp-oil
on tlic spot nnd rub it hard with a soft
cloth, Pour on a little spirits, and rub it
hard with another cloth, and the whole
innrk will disappear, !# iving the table ns
bright as before.
Easily Started.
Auty—“I hear there was a terrible
panic and stampede at your school today.
What, was the cause? Did some oue cry
fire?”
Little Boy—“I didn’t hear just whnt
it was, but it doesn’t take much to stait
a panic w’en the weather is pleasant an’
tli’ lessons is hard.
FARM AND HARDEN NOTES.
Do not feed common I to young ducks.
Changeable weather is harder on poul
try than severe cold.
Pullets mated with two year-old cocks
are best for breeding.
Sorghum seed makes a good food for
the poultry in winter. It is not neces
sary to thresh it.
Keep tho young poultry in an even
temperature; extremes cither way are apt
to causo disease.
Neats-foot oil ia preferable to coal oh
for many of the ills of poultry boenusc it
is not so irritating.
A good, thrifty chicken should
weigh 11 pound when six weeks old and
two pounds when ten weeks old.
By this timo you ought to know what
roosters you will want to keep over for
breeding. Fatten and market or eat the
rest.
A young colt can be grown ono hun
dred pounds a month on sweet skim milk
with a very small grain ration and some
clovor hay.
The last half of a bee contr oversy gen
erally consists in couceuliugthe fact that
neither party knew just precisely what
he was talking about.
A most excellent remedy for tho
striped potato bug is said to bo air
slacked lime and wood ashes mixed.
Sprinkle on tho vines while they are wet
with dew.
In feediug whole corn to tho hens it
is nearly always best to feed a small
handful at a time, taking pains to scat
ter it well, so as to give that much more
opportunity for exercise. •
Cut. out tlic blackberry plants affected
with yellow rust aud burn them, then
spray the healthy plants in case the
spores have reached thorn. The copper
solutions, if used iu time, will keep iu
check such diseases.
If you wish to be a successful potato
grower, attention must be given to every
detail. Plant, only good seed in good
soil. Dig when thoroughly ripe, ami
store iu a cool, dark cellar, or iu some
place arranged for the purpose.
After tho incubator is well started
keep it at work steadily, examine the
eggs every seventh day and take out all
the infertile ones nnd put in fresh, mark
ing the date upon them, so that there
will be no mistake. When the first are
hatched put iu fresh ones. In this way
it can be run all winter.
No plant cau thrive if it constantly
loses its leaves, anti rhubarb plants a, r e
often made weak by pulling off the
stalks. Enough should be planted to
allow some to grow a whole season with
out being disturbed. Of course, early
stalks are most prized, so it is well to
plaut on a southern slope.
None But Royal
Baking Powder is absolutely pure. No other equals
it, or approaches it in leavening strength, purity, or
wholesomeness. (See U. S. Gov’t Reports.) No other
is made from cream of tartar specially refined for it and
chemically pure. No other makes such light, sweet,
finely-flavored, and wholesome food. No other will
maintain its strength without loss until used, or will
make bread or cake that will keep fresh so long, or
that can be eaten hot with impunity, even by dyspeptics.
No other is so economical.
The Baking Powders now being offered in this
vicinity, with the statement that they are “ as good as
Royal,” have been shown by the official analyses to be
composed of alum and detrimental to health.
, The official chemists of the United States and Can
ada, State analysts, municipal boards of health, and
physicians indorse the great qualities of the Royal
Baking Powder.
Unlike the Dutch Process I SAVED BYA SURE-FAST
No Alkalies
— OR —
Other Chemicals
are used in tho
V preparation of
W. BAKER & CO.’S
reakfastCocoa
which is absolutely
pure aud soluble.
It has morcthan three times
the strength of Cocoa mixed
with Starch, Arrowroot or
Sugar, and is far more eco
nomical, costing less than one cent a cup.
It is delicious, nourishing, and easily
DIGESTED.
Sold bj Grocers everywhere.
W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mau.
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sold at the price. Every style. Equals custom-
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The following are of the same high standard of
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to got tho best value for yoox
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