The Grange advance., 1874-06-10

been sown At the same time. The glass
Of the frames were respectively trans
parent white, dulled white, black, red,
yellow, green, and blue }; and the whole
greenhouse was shielded from the d.
rect rays of the sun. The observations
commenced on the goth Of June; on
the 24th various seeds were sown which
all sprang up at the same time in all
situations. On the 18th Of July the
plants requiring the sun were all dead
under the black and green frames, and
were very sickly under the other COL
ors, especially the red. The other
plants were all declining. The mortal
ity continued to increase, and on the
End of August all were dead under the
blackened glass, except the cactus, the
lemna, frs, and maiden-hair: Under
the green glass nothing was left alive
except the geraniums, celery,an house
leek, besides those that were not dead
under the black; but all were in bad
state. The mortality was much less
under the red glass, and still less under
the yellow and blue. On the goth of
August the acotyledons alone were still
alive, though perishing under the black
and green; and as to the rest, the red
had proved more hurtful to them than
the yellow and blue. The stalks were
much taller, but also much weaker than
the red blue seemed to be the color
least detrimental to the plants-their
greenness had remained natural, and
even deeper than under the yellow.
The plants sown on the 24th of June had
all died off very quickly under the
black and green, later under the REQ,
and had thriven better under the blue
than under the yellow. AS for the
plants under the white glass, they all
continued to live, though less luxuriant-
ly under the dullcd than under the
transparent glass.
CUTTING UP PRANKs.-A German
minister, who understood English well
enough, but spoke it very imperfectly,
announced that on the following Sab
bath he would preach in English. A
large crowd gathered to hear him, and
the congregation was so amused at the
way he sprinkled German words through
his English discourse that they fire.
quently burst out laughing. The girls
were particularly enlivened, and think
ing they were making fun Of him, he
pointed his finger toward a group of
them, intending to say: g Girls if you
don't stop cutting up your pranks, I'll
point you out to the congregation"
But this is the way he rebuked them:
" Girls, if you don't stop kicking up
your shanks," etc. This caused gen.
eral roar among the auditors, and he
brought his sermon to an abrupt
close.
GETTING BApr1zED.-Joe Blank
was hardened sinner, and during the
late revivals was earnestly beseeched by
all to mend his ways. Finally he re-
solved to join the Baptist church, and
when it became known that he was to
be baptized, dozens that had never been
to church before went to see him. The
service was concluded and two had been
baptized when it was whispered that
Joe's turn had come. Stepping up to
the platform, beside the pool, he stood
there while the minister asked the usu-
al questions. Stepping down and feel
ing the water with his hand, he inter-
rupted the minister with this exclama-
ton: ''Thunder and molasses ! that
water aint warmed to suit me! I guess
I'll watt! 1t is not necessary to say
that Joe still follows in the paths of the
wicked.
\ FINANCIAL PARADox.-A we'll
known contributor, after acknowledging
the receipt Of a check, closes with the
appending neat epigram:
Herein paradox is found
For some inquirer's testing sieve:
In that our means should more abound
The oftener they check receive.
The Davenport (Iowa) Gazette says
encouraging news has been received
concerning President French's negotia-
tions for the sale, in Europe, of S3,0O0,-
600 Of the bonds of the Davenport e.
St. Paul railroad. This, if true, is " en-
couraging news" for Minnesota.