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loads will Eat Bees.

The Ohio Farmer says: We once had
two hives placed close to the ground, and
with alighting boards that were easily &C
cessible to the toad, if he chose to jump a
little One morning there were two mid
dle-sized ones seated on one of the alight-
ing boards, like sentries, on each side the
entrance, and they exacted toll from every
bee that attempted to enter, and the toll
was like that levied by the old robber bar
Ons of the Rhine; it was all they had, and
themselves too The other hive had a
great, fat, overgrown old fellow, playing
the part of King Crane. The way he took
down bee, showed that he was an adept
at the business. There he sat, squatted on
the board, with head close to the entrance,
and his big google eyes sparkling. Miss
bee alights; the great mouth is opened,
the tongue thrust out, and as quickly drawn
back, and with it the gatherer of the honey.
Some minutes were devoted to the study Of
this trait in the toad's character, and then
they found themselves taking an involun-
tary flight over a fence. The hives were
raised after that, and the toads were less
encouraged to stay in that vicinity.
The Working Farmer says: The toad
might and probably did plead in extenua-
ton, that he was death daily on great
many flies, gobbled up with great CELEBRITY
that he was not sufficiently versed in ento-
mology to distinguish Between a fly and q
bee, but this availed not with the prosecu-
ton, and over the fence he went, involving
the labor of hopping back again, only tc
find his chosen food elevated above his
reach. Was not that hard on the docilt
toad?
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Stirring Soil Around Trees.

Opening or tightening the soil around
roots of trees, either in the spring or fall,
for the purposes of letting in warmth and
afording freer medium for the expansion
and development of the roots, is of great
value in promoting the health and vigor
of the tree. All trees, whether fruit or or
namental, young or old, indigenous or ex-
otto, are vastly benefited by this process.
In old orchards, the soil about the trunks
of trees, and to a considerable distance
from them, in every direction should be
carefully broken, and the upper surface to
the depth of three or four inches, removed
in the spring every four or five years The
eggs of the curculio and other insects are
deposited in this stratum, and if not de-
stroyed, will procure insects, the ravages
of which the succeeding year will be pro-
ductive of far greater loss than the expense
of removing the soil and replacing it with
compost or loan. 1t is an utterly hopeless
undertaking to attempt the cultivation of
good fruit, when no measures are resorted
to, to obviate the fatal ravages of this de-
testable and insidious foe, and the rene
dy now suggested is by no means expen-
s.ve, if we take into consideration the ad-
vantages otherwise resulting to the trees
from its application. Any good soil, tax
en- from the open fields or cultivated lands,
may be used as substitute for compost,
and very small quantity will suffice
Even if no fresh matter is applied, I would
recommend the removal of the surface
soil, and would replace it when convenient.
Chip manure, or old dung covered with
straw, answers well for that purpose.
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The Power of Mothers.

1t may be feared that the maternal meet
ings which used to exert so much spiritual
power in evangelical churches are less
marked by earnestness and union than in
former days. But mothers, in view of the
temptations besetting theirchildren, ought
to be doubly vigilant and prayerful. The
following remarks, from the chronological
Journal, commend themselves to every
mother:
Each mother is a historian. She writes
not the history of empires or of nations on
paper, but she writes her own history on
the imperishable mind of her child. That
tablet and that history will remain indel-
ibe when time shall be no more That
history each mother will meet again, and
read with eternal JOY or unutterable grief
in the coming ages of eternity. The tho't
should weigh on the mind of every mother,
and render her deeply circumspect, and
prayerful in the solemn work of training
up her children for heaven and immortal
ity.
The minds of children are very suscepti-
BILE and easily impressed. A word, look,
frown may engrave an impression on the
mind of child which no lapse of time can
eface or wash out. You walk along the
seashore when the tide is out, and you
| form characters, or write words or names
in the smooth white sand which is spread
out so clear and beautiful at your feet, ac-
cording as your fancy may dictate; but the
returning tide shall in few hours wash
out and ef5ace all that you have written
Not so the lines and characters of truth or
error which your conduct imprints on the
mind of your child. There you write i'm
pressions for the everlasting good or i'll of
your child, which neither the floods nor
the storms of earth can wash out, nor deaths
cold fingers erase, nor the slow moving
ages of eternity obliterate. How careful,
| then, should each mother be in her treat
ment of her child. How prayerful, and
how serious, and how earnest to write the
eternal truth of God on his mind-those
truths which shall be his guide and teach
er when her voice shall be silent in death,
and her lips no longer move in prayer in
his behalf, in commenting her dear child
| to her covenant God.
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Twn Birds with one Stone.

The Providence Journal has weekly
column of rural talk which is agreeable
reading always, and generally suggestive.
We cut the following sensible paragraph
from recent issue:
GIN aid of health and of the fertilization
of the soil, sooner or later, the earth-closet
will be everywhere used. The wells of our
cities are deteriorating rapidly, to the det-
riment of the public health, and not only
could this be prevented. but the whole at
mosphere kept purer and agriculture great
ly advanced by cheap and easy employ
ment of means known to every intelligent
reader, and attainable in more or less cost
ly modes to every householder. So con-
WINGED are we of the Importance Of this
subject. that we deem every head Of fam
lily derelict in duty who does not examine
into it, and follow the teachings of the
laws of hygiene, and the dictates of sound
rural economy in this regard. 1t is as
foolish as it is btasphemous to invite the
attacks of the fever fiend, and then deplore
the mysterious Providence which carries
off child or prostrates a father. Igno-
rance is crime in matter concerning the
health of the family, when knowledge is
attainable for the asking. Economy, com
fort, even life itself, are involved, and
without trouble, and almost without ex,
pense, a stride can be made in behalf O
each, which shall be only less, if it be in
deed not equal, to the introduction of vac
cinatiOn."
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Ashes in an Apple Orchard.


The Maryland Farmer, in a talk about
orchards, says:
owe consider the ashes of hard wood,
unleached, worth thirty cents per bushel
to mingle with the soil used in setting APP
pie trees for an orchard, and in dressing
the surface of the land for the space of
three to four feet in belt around each
tree, extending from the outer margin of
the hole in which the trees are set"
We have found great benefit in placing
them on he surface of the ground, near
the trunk Of the trees. for a succession of
seasons after they were set. The same pa
per says that:
"a common error in applying mulch
ing to trees, Is in placing it, when applied,
Immediately around the trunks, instead Of
directly over and just beyond the point to
which the roots have extended, by which
to protect and keep moist the soil where
the terminals of the roots require that con-
dition to insure thrift and development.
"All mulches of light material should
be removed from around the trunks OF
your trees, particularly in winter as it
forms q harbor for mice"
An experience peculiarly disagreeable
came TO US several years since, in the utter
destruction of young orchard of two
years growth from the setting, in conse-
quence of leaving the stubble and grass
following heavy crop of oats around the
roots of the trees. The mice had hopeles
ly eaten the bark from seven eighths 81
them when the snrinr came
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Loo MANY Committees.

A friendly and watchful" correspond
ent writes as follows to the Philadelphia
Baptist:
'The sad fact is that in some churches
everything is done by a committee. One
does the singing in public worship; anoth-
er does the giving to benevolent objects
another looks after the Sunday school, and
so on. Now it is very well to have COM
mittees for some objects; but it is utterly
wrong for the rest of the church to stand
still. Every member, male and female, is
bound to work for Christ, in all these de-
partments, in some way. Especially is il
wrong to have a committee to do the pray
ing and exhorting. In most churches this
is SO. You know quite well who will speak
at every prayer meeting. Sometimes this
little squad do everything, because there
are really no others who will. Sometimes
the others are compelled to keep still, be-
cause the self appointed committee ALWAYS
take the business into their own hands. In
some churches the minister is expected to
lead the prayer meetings, and make them
interesting. My cure for this, when pas
tor was to stay away most of the time,
never felt called to do the church's praying
When l did attend prayer meetings, al.
ways called on at least one young brother
who had been backward at such times.
am satisfied that, as general thing, the
pastor ought not to attend thestated prayer
meetings of his church and that only by
encouraging all the members to pray anG
exhort, can ministerial talent be discover
ed and fostered."
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Potatoes for Mich Cows.

Mr.. r. A. Hunt of Euclid, Ohio, gives
in the Ohio Farmer the following result
of an experiment he made in feeding car
rots and potatoes to a mich COW. The
cow to which the roots were given had
precisely the same treatment each day, so
far as other care was concerned, while the
test was being made, having nothing in
addition to the roots but dry hay and wa
ter. While thirty-six quarts of carrots
were fed daily, thirtY-two pounds of milk
were received in return, and while the
same quantity of carrots and potatoes,
equal parts, were fed, thirty-six pounds of
milk were given, and when potatoes alone
were given, forty pounds of milk were re-
celved. The roots were cut and fed in
messes of twelve quarts each three times
per day, and alternate changes made so
that correct estimate might be set upon
the different roots as milk producers. Mr..
Hunt believes potatoes to be a paying
crop when raised for feeding mich COWS
alone.
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Working Members.

How few there are who take part in the
active duties of religion. Some of our
churches, and, in comparison with the
whole number OF protesting members, the
majority are not active workers. They
seem to feel but they do not act. We trust
that the light is within them, but they do
not let it shine out. They profess to feel
interested in the welfare of religion and
their own churches, and wish them success,
but they make no actions, nor do any deeds
by which it may be visible to all that they
have heart to work and do work. There
seems to be a disposition in the minds Of
many, to be recipients of the blessings of
the gospel, without dispensing, or being
the means of dispensing these blessings to
others. Christ said to the man out of
whom he had cast the evil spirit, and who
afterward sat at his feet and clothed in his
right mind, "Go home TO thy friends, and
tell them how great things the Lord hath
done for thee, and hath compassion on
thee" So every christian, every member
of the church, should feel that he is sent
forth to say and to do something for Christ
To come to church, listen to the truth, pay
our pew rent, give to our benevolent boards,
and honor and respect religion-all this is
well, but is it all? Does it give the evil
dence of an earnest christian worker? 1t
is kind of christian lite-a sort of latent
zeal which accomplishes nothing. All, no.
If we want to be earnest workers for Christ
and in our church, we must go into the
prayer meeting, into the Sabbath school !;
engage in the tract cause; interest our
selves in our various missions; ascertain
their wants; read the accounts and letters
of missionaries give ourselves and get
others to give; speak out for Christ by
prayer in our families, and in public; talk
to our friends and neighbors, and constrain
them to come to Jesus-in word, we must
say and do something for Christ and his
cause. Oh, if it were possible so to arouse
the protesting membership of our church
that they would become workers-all doing
something for Christ's cause and the church
of their adoption-we would soon see diff
ferent state of things throughout the
bounds of our beloved Zion.- Christian
Treasury.
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Martha S Need.

The mistress of a house needs more than
almost any one else to breathe the spirit Of
the divine love which said, Behold, l am
among you as one that serveth. She is the
one who must set on everything right, and
keep everything from going wrong. She
must watch over every ones daily
comfort, and it is ten to one whether any
body thinks of hers. If the meals do not
please her family, they appeal to her, If
the servants have any Complaints to make,
they make them to her. If the children
are ailing, she is the one who must lose
rest in consequence, nor can she relax her
care in the day, no matter how fatigued at
night. And many a house has been kept
by a mistress who, although i'll, felt that
she could not rest even on her sick bed
All others may have the blessed repose Of
lying down and taking no thought, because
it is home; she must carry her care about
with her by day, and lie down with it at
night 1t is a blessed discipline of self alb
negation if used Alright, but what wonder
that self seekers are not able to bear it?-
One can readily see how it is that some
elevate marriage to the digRity of sacra-
mental means of grace, and why others rail
at it, and seek to loosen its bonds.-MrS
Hen s6g3r
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MANAGEMENT of Sheep.

In an article on this subject, the West
ern Rural says: During the busy time
of harvest, sheep are too often neglected,
or at all events not looked after with suf-
fcient care and attention. Unremitting
care is necessary to protect them from the
attacks of flies and also from foot rot, scab,
and other diseases to which they are liable.
The Gstrus OUis, or gad-fy of the sheep
makes persistent atttmpts to deposit its
eggs in the sleeps nostrils, and the ami
mails are terribly harrassed by this perse-
cutor. The maggot fly tries to take posses
sion of the soiled wool near the tail as a
covert tor its larva, which, if suffered to re-
main, will eat into the sleeps entrails and
cause death. Wounds given by the shears,
or abrasions of the skin of the poll, or any
other part, when irritated by flies, become
sources OF annoyance and pain which keep
the sheep from feeding, and, of course,
prevents improvement in condition. Ev-
cry wound or sore on the skin should be
smeared with tar, or an application of the
same kind to the nose will keep off the
Estrus Ovis. Old ewes should be kept on
the best pasture, in order to make them up
for the market. Their places in the breed
ing flock should be filled with young ones
of the most suitable age and best quality
Every breeder of sheep should select the
best bucks and ewes, and keep them in
good condition by rich pasture in the pas
ture season, and the best hay and roots in
winter A field of rye will afford succulent
pasture for sheep until December, and al
so very early in spring, before grass i:
available. Lambs should have rich pas
ture, to keep them from falling away after
being weaned, and to make them strong
| before winter"
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Little Brothers.

Sisters, do not turn off your younger
brothers as if they were always in your
way, and any service which they might
ask of you were a burden. Perhaps the
hour may come when, over coffin that looks
strangely longer than you thought, and
over pale brow where often, half unwil-
lingly and perhaps with petulent push,
you parted the hair; you bend with blind
ing tears and sobs that shake your very
soul while remorseful memoryis busy with
the bygone hours. You will wish then,
that when he came and asked you to help
him in his play, or to lift him on your lap
because he was tired, or take him out be-
cause he wanted to see, you had laid aside
your book and made the little heart glad
-Aikmdn's Life at Home
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Watch I!

An aged christian met neighbor one
day and said, Il feel it becomes me to be
on my watch" But the neighbor did not
anticipate any immediate change, and
probably he had no definite expectation of
so near a death. But the next morning
he was not seen coming to his door. And
when the neighbor went to his house, he
lay peacefully on his bed, as if in sleep,
but there was no life in the cold body. The
Master had come for him in the still watch
es of the night. He had been man of
prayer, and christian watchfulness, and
had borne many trials of life with religious
fortitude. If our Lord should come for us
in the stiffness of the night, or in the du-
ties of the day, would he find us on our
watch and ready for his coming Con
gregatiOnGlist.
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Idle Dauuhters.

1t is most painful spectacle in families,
where the mother is the drudge, to see the
daughters elegantly dressed, reclining at
their ease, with their drawing, music, their
fancy work, and their reading; beguiling
themselves of hours, days and weeks, and
never dreaming of their responsibilities,
but as a necessary consequence of neglect
of duty, growing weary of their useless
life, laying hold of every newly invented
stimulant to amuse their dropping energies
and blaming fate when they dare not blame
their God for having placed them where
they are. These individuals will often tell
you with an air of compassion-for who
can believe it real that poor, dear mann
ma is working herself to death. Yet no
sooner do you propose that they should as
sist her, than they declare she is quite in
her element-in short, that she would new
err be happy if she had only half as much
TO do.
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The Eye of a Needle.

The passage from the New Testament,
at is easier for a camel, " etc, has perplex-
ed many good men who have read it liter
ally. In oriental cities there are in the large
gates small and very low apertures, called
metaphorically needles eyes," just as we
talk Of windows on shipboard as "bull's
eyes," These entrances are too narrow for
n camel to pass through them in the ordin-
AIRY manner, or even if loaded. When a
loaded camel has to pass through one of
these entrances, it kneels down, its load is
removed, and then it shuffles through on
its knees. Yesterday" writes lady Duff
Gordon from Cairo, 81 saw camel go
through the eye of a needle-that is, the
low arched door of an Enclosure. He must
kneel, and bow his head, to creep thr ough
and thus the rich man must humble him.
self.
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SPREADING Manure in the Autumn,

B. I. 1antic, an experienced Indiana
farmer, in experimenting between spring
and fall spreading of manure, decides in
favor of the fall and early winter.
"In the early part Of the spring of 1866
l tried spreading manure on an old mead
ow, which had been mown for eight years
in succession. ! covered part of it with
sheep manure but the larger part with
manure from my horse stable, and part
was left without any. The sheep manure
doubled the crop; the horse manure was
little better than that which had none
and, in fact, never saw much good from
it atterward.
have, since that time, used my manure
in the fall and early winter, with the best
result. In November, 1868, I covered
about five acres of meadow, giving it about
fifteen large two-horse loads to the acre,
about half of which was sheep manure,
and the rest a mixture of COW and horse
manure.
The following season THAT of 1869 being
wet, l thought l never saw such grass
grow; it made nearly three tons to the
acre where the sheep manure was put.
had hard work to tell where to drive when
| was moving, for it was so very heavy
that the cut grass could not fall. l left
about an acre to see the difference The
manure more than trebled the crop. Ii
was all clear timothy, and was the second
moving. The ground never had any ma
nure before, having been cleared twelve
years, and had been tended every yeal
with either wheat or corn. | last fall tried
the same experiment, and hauled out as il
accumulated until the middle of February
since which time | will save it until JUS
before seeding my wheat. / covered abou
two acres of wheat ground the last autumn
and that looks As if it had stood the winte
without much damage, while the rest o
the same field looks as if It might belong
| IN the SOuirp
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A correspondent says, ''Take hogs lard,
melt it and mix with it little sulphur
and apply the mixture thoroughly to a
space six inches wide on either side of the
back bone from the head to the tail of the
animal. Do this On warm, sunshiny day,
and if there is living louise on the animal,
twenty-four hours afterward, won't say
that will eat it, but l will say that louise
has a stronger constitution than any other
specimen with which l have come in con-
tact"
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The horse is like his driver, and the dog
like his master. A nervous timerous man
is almost sure to have skittish horse, shy
ing at anything, unsteady, and runaway
if he get chance. Many COW is spoiled
by lack of patience and quietness in the
mixer, and the amount of milk depends
more upon the mixer than the pasturage.
If a man is afraid of horse, the animal
knows it before he goes into the stable.
We have seen the most inoffensive COW in
the herd so wrought upon by the nervous
ness of a greenhorn son of Erin, as to dex-
terously plant her foot in his breast and
send him rolling heels over head. A noisy
boisterous fellow about fattening stables
will cause serious loss in gain of flesh to
the animals, SO important is quiet to them
when they are digesting their food.
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Conservatism.

Whilst Noah labored on the ark,
From early morn to evening dark,
His jeering neighbOrs came to mark
Progress.
Their owlish eyes blink as they gaze;
A muttered curse to heaven they raise,
Upon this inRorator'S ways
This Radical!
The flood descends with angry roar,
To cleanse the earth of filth and gore;
But Noah's ark floats calmly Ger
Conservatism
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Rather be a SeraDh.

Papa" said son of Bishop Berkely,
"what is the meaning of the words cheru-
BIN and seraphim, which we meet in the
Holy Scriptures?" Cherubim," replied
his father, SIS Hebrew word signifyng
knowledge; seraphim is another word OF
the same language, and signifies flame
Hence it is supposed that the cherubim are
angels who excel in the knowledge, and
that the seraphim are angels who likewise
excel in loving God" Il hope then" said
the little boy, when 1 die I shall be a SER
aph; for l would rather love God than
know all things