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The Growth Of Trees.

The stems of trees increase in height
only by the addition of new cells at the
top, the old cells remaining fixed in one
position; consequently there can be no
stretching or elongation of the old stem.
If you will drive large nail or spike
into the stem of tree, it will remain at
the same height as when driven as long
as the tree lives. As the branches of
trees enlarge, the point of junction with
the main stem may rise or increase in
height through the disposition in wood
on the upper side, but as it is the same
all around the branch, the under branch
will be less distance from the ground
than when the branch was small and
young. In the matter of growth of our
forest trees, we have passed beyond mere
theories and deal mainly with facts.
The stem of tree is composed of wood
in different conditions. The term
"alburnum" is applied to the new or sap
wood. through which the crude sap alb
sorbed by the wood passes upward to
the leaves where it is assimilated. On
returning, it is distributed over the en-
tire surface of the tree, forming new
LAYERS of wood and bark. This albur-
mum of sap wood, sooner or later, is
mostly changed into heart wood, assum'
ing in most kinds of trees a dark color,
as seen in the red cedar, black Walnut,
beach and oak; and, although it is in
fact dead wood, decay is prevented
through its protection from the air by
surrounding layers of alburnum. The
old or heart wood gives strength to the
tree, and prevents blowing down, but i:
in no other way necessary, for an old
hollow trunk may live and thrive fol
many years, because new layers of wood
cells are annually added to the outside,
and through these the nutriment is OBJ
taincd. .-.Ne.O York Sun.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
Christian Union.

Christian Union.
Blest be the holy bands,
Uniting hearts and hands,
One chain Of love;
One life, one hope, one aim,
One faith in one blest Name,
Our rock, our God the same,
Below-above.
Cleansed by atoning blood,
Washed in one healing flood
One God we own;
Ours to accept his word,
Ours to obey our Lord,
Making, with glad accord,
Our hearts his throne.
The whispering pine and palm
Shall blend in one sweet psalm,
Dear Lord, to thee;
We seek the world to save
We form one army brave
As thousand drops-one wave,
All streams-one sea.
Glory to God, our King;
Saviour, thy kingdom bring,
Thy will be done;
Exert thy glorious might,
Put all thy foes to flight,
Triumphant, c aim thy right,
And wear thy crown.
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The Cross of Christ.

Let the cross of Christ teach US to look
calmly on this suffering world. Life is full
of trials, and it is a perp!eHing thing to look
around US and see the race Of men groaning
under their burdens. We know but one sat-
isfactory explanation Of this strange mys-
terry, thoroughly satisfactory, (which calms
all doubt. The cross Of Christ is the explain
alton. The cross is the distinct announce
ment to us, Of that wonderful law which fills
all ife,-that Through much tribulation we
must enter into the kingdom Of heaven"
Perfection through suffering,-that is the
doctrine Of the cross. There Is love in that
law.-tF. w. Robertson.
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All Can Understand.

Here is temperance lecture all can under
stand 1t is copy of placard hung up IN
kirkville, Mo-, grocery store, and reads: .
"Any man who drinks two drains OF
cents a drink for it, can have at our store
thirty sacks of flour, $50 pounds of granu,,
lated sugar and seventy-three pounds OF good
green coffee for the same money, and get
s.. so premium for making the change in his
expenditures" l."
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TEMPERANCE,
Found Dead.

| 4ouuu Dt5du.
"Found dead by the roadside, Augustus Hallf
With bottle clasped to his frozen breast3
He died from drink, where he CHANGED to
falln-
Ran the coroner's verdict-and this was alld
God only knows the rest.
Where was the soul, once brave and stronf
As he staggered along the broad highway
Where was the Mentor Of right and wrongly
As he babbled stave Of the drinking songi
Heard in den that dayl
"Vire la vier' as the maudlin swell
Went trembling out on the startled ait
An echo marked, from the frozen dell,
ala Uie-la rier' he reeled and fell,
Where to, he did not care. -..- i
The wind, in the leafess treetops, beat
The onward march Of wintry storm,
But the snow came down with silent feet
And tenderly spread a winding sheet >.
Over the human form. &
They found him THERE when the morningl
I. light
Shone over the woodland far and free,
Still and stark in the shimmering light
With his lips apart as, yesternight,
He sung, "Vire la uie!"
This human wreck in his rags and CRIME,
The lowest and least Of his fenow-men Y
Had never committed a penal crime "
Was followed and fattered, In manhoodS
prime. -,
For eloquent tongue and pen.
He had led the van for truth and right, 80
But, alasl he fell, where thousands yield;
Fell, with the goal Of his hope in sight,
Fell, in the strength Of his mind and might
And sleeps in Potter's Field
The terrible sin, may God torefend,
OF the man who never stops to think
He may dig pit, and shape the end -
OF a ruin life, when he asks q friend
To take social drink -,
Sarah T. Bolton. IN Youths Companion. =
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Rev Joel Swurtz, DID,, of Gettysburg.
pa nroyes by the testimony Of the biogra..
nhers of Luther that he was not the author OF
the familiar couplet: ''Who loves not wine,
wife and song. remains fool his whole life
long" but that it originated in l113, two
h"niral and ninoty-two years after Luthers
DEATH
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A federation of all the women's societies o.
Chicago has been formed under the name OF
the Federation of Womens Societies, WIN
Miss Frances E. Willard as President
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Of pig iron we turn out twelve tons,
and of steel rails three tons every minute.
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Confession Of a Drunkard.

had position high and holy. The demon
tore from around me the robes OF my sacreo
ottice and sent me forth churchless and God
less, less a very Kissing and byword among men.
Afterward nv voice was heard in the courts;
But the dust gathered on my open books and and
no football crossed the threshold OF the
drunkard's office. had money ample
for all necessities, but it went to feed
the Golfers of the devil which pos,
sesssd me. 1 had a home adorned with an
that wealth and the most exquisite taste
could suggest. The devil crossed its thresh-
old and the light faded from its chambers
And thus stand, clergyman Wlthout
with scarcely q friend, a soul without hope
all swallowed up in the maelstrom OF drink
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Of 5000 convicted criminals exam ned by
a French medical man, NJ. Marambet, more
than half were drunkardS-that IS, seventy
cants. fifty Der cent. of the assassins, tfty,,
seven mar cent. of the inceaiiaries, and
seventy-one per cent. of the robbers. .
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Jesus, lover Of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the blilows near me rou.
While the tempest still is high.

The heart right toward God and man, we
are happy. The heart wrong toward Goo
and man, we are unhappy.
Another reason why we should come 70
this spirit inculcated in the text IS the iact
that all the differences Of earthly condition
are transitory. The houses you build, the
land YOU culture, the places in which you
barter, are soon to 60 into other hands.
However hard you may have it now, II you
ara q Christian the scene will soon end.
Pain, trial, persecution never KNOCK at ene
ioor of the grave. A coffin made out OF pine
boards is lust as good a resting place as
one made out Of silver mounted mahogany
or rosewood. Go down among the resting
places of the dead, and you will find that
though people there had greater difference
of worldly circumstances, now they are all
alike unconscious. The hand that greeted
the Senator, and the President, and the KING
is still as the hand that hardened on the
mechanics hammer or the manufacturers
wheel. It does not make any difference now
whether there is plain stone above them
from which the traveller pulls aside the weeds
to read the name, or a tall shaft sprnglnS
into the heavens as though to tell their VIZ
tues to the skies.
In that silent land there are no TITLES LOT
greet men, and there are no rumonngs OF
Chariot wheels, and there is never heard the
foot of the dance. The Egyptian guano
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scold and those who get scolded. The car
penter wants to be anything but carpenter,
and the mason anything but mason, ana
the banker anything but banker, and tne
lawyer anything but lawyer, and tne nin-
lister anything but minister, and everybody
would be happy if he were only somebody
else. The anemone wants TO De sunHomei,
and the apple orchards throw down their
blossoms because they are not tall cedars,
and the scow wants to be a schooner, ana tne
sloop would like to be aseventy-four pounoer, :,
and parents have the worst children that ever
were and everybody has the greatest mis-
fortune, and everything is UPSIDE down, or
going to be- Ali my friends, you never
make any advance through such a spirit as
that. You cannot fret yourself up; you
NAV fret yourself down. Amid all this graf,
ing of tones strike this string OF the Gospel
harp: Goodness with contentment IS grea5
gain: We brought nothing into tne !, ,Utb;n1 wGilu,
and it is very certain we can carry nothlns
out; having food and raiment, let us there
with be content"
Let ms ali remember, If we are Christians,
that we are going after while, whatever be
our circumstances now, to have a glorious
vacation. As in summer we put OF our gar
ments and go down into the cool sea to paine,
20 we will put off these garments OF heSh' ana
step into the cool Jordan. We wiz look
around LOT SOIne pldCo W 10y
wearipess; and the trees will say: Come
and rest under our shadow" and the earth a
will say: "Come and sleep in my boSom,
and the winds will say: "Hush! while sing
thee a cradle hymn" and while SIX strong Sa
men carry us out to our last resting place,
and and ashes come to ashes and dust to dust we
viii see two SCARED feet standing anna andaS Ine
broken soil, and lacerated brow prov DtauMs taudas
over the open grave, while voice, ,,;th tgnuel el
with all affection. and miiSnS tto 49, ras,,r'
,ectian ] and the life; be that bslieyeth in me,
] thouoh he were dead, yet shall he live"
@n,,fort one another with these words.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-04
MINOR SPORTS OF THE DAY.


In a game OF cricket at Prospect PARK yesterday The
Cosmopolitan Club. OF New-York. defeated the Kings
County Cricket Cub OF Brooklyn, By score OF nS 20
1913. and six wickets to fall
The Manhattan Cricket Club OF Brooklyn, sent suohs
team to the Johnsonave. groun s Newark. " j. yesieH
day. defeating the Newark club BY 10 wiekeis Ia t"~
inning game scores-Manhattan. l22 and fof 10
wickets; New ark, 81 and SO.
The first football match OF the season was PLAYED IN
Prospect Park yesterday. The conesting teams we're
the Oxfords and the Bcdfors ofshoo Of the Bed ora
Academy, IN Brooklyn. The latter won BY scers
OF 3 goals TO .. under Intercollegiate rules.
MI Mauer Of Mauawan. Yesterday played Professor
Jacobus the Horseman mae,, the coquet sounds
a. New. - unswick. y. j. Jacobus won TWO games AZ
the Norwich tournament, and yesterday each won iva
thus leaving Jacobus the winner.
As Central Park yesterday the Claremont and Bridge
port eims played rather onesided OF cricket no
Jersymen walking away from their competitors Oy making
90 runs inning. The Connecticut could and
ball the aGst inning for only Is runs and IN ne
second for 5.
The cricket match between New.York and Harlem in
Central Park by tho former by a 10 90 ruAs
Tho Staten Island Athletic clubs Lacrosse team ycsHs
day match with the Baltimore lacrosse team NAY
ing goals to =
large company Yesterday witnessed the final comes
in tho Island Athletic Association tennis toufu[
ncnt. Ray mond the first prize in singles boating
J. c. Elliott GO l-O. GO. In the doubles h'9Ar
and MeMullen beat Elliott and smith 6-l. Go e-L
Tho New.York Athletic Club finished Its tourney 1of
Galley beating H. IL. Nell In tho second round ss'''
losing tho Nell and Cadey won hrst place Il
tho doubles defeating Messrs. Thompson aud oulnis
ham wellcontestei sets Tho latter pair e0s
second prize the doubles, winning the ret easily ron
f. H. Bruner and j. J. u Donohue. j.. The closest cob
test Of the tournament took place between IL. H. Mem
aud l. A. Thompson. the former winning BY 0S, -
6-3.
The New.Jersey Athletic Club celebrated Labor DAY
with carnival OF athletic sports AZ their GROUNDS -
Newark Bay Bergen Point which were thfonSea
with spectators Nearly every athletic CLUB "ithih
"a ius OF twenty-five miles hal entered In the confess
New York clubs prcdominatiug There we're about los
entries nearly all o. whom took part The contests 60"
sisted OF yards DASH handicap lmle bicycle race o'
novicss. l.me walk. ss0-yards run. Keller race OF w
yards, l.mlle bicycle race handicap; 22o'yaas huIS
handicap; mile rum handicap. poslo race, quarter IN"
run for cub championship (won by A. D. stohe)' se"
fouroared shell race tandem and single padding FAcs
hurFy-scurry. and a baseball match between 'ns ~.
nine and the Hands OF Philadelphia won by the fofh'~
3 TO O..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-04
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1888

TO finish the work OF the convention Tomorrow.
Clearly the members Of the association DO not dc.
sire prolonged newspaper attention. me 9Dle e
OF the vention is to raise money TO elect DAVID
aim can be quickly stated, there
is no reason, in the opinion Of the leaders, why
the convention should he long one
The creature comforts Of the dclegntes are
carefully provided for in Turn Hall There is
bar in the place, but it is much too small to
accommodate the thirsty delegates IL was ten
feet in length, but has been made forty feet in
length. great many barrels OF whisRey ana
beer have also been put IN stock.
On Wednesday the delegates viii be put IN car
riagcs and driven through Buffalo. They viii
then take steamboat ride upon the Niagara
river There will be plenty OF On hqm quo eve, every
banquet at McCombs, on the Niagara River a
special train will arrive here from New,i ork To-
morrow. Upon its way over the New ORR Cen
trail, 1t will pick up two or three hundred ucie-
gates to the convention. There are many dele,
gates to the convention already in the city, and
all favor the reelection Of David B. hlll as OoV-
ernOr
b. r. kcarns, president Of the Association, said
tonight One Of the purposes for which we meet
tomorrow is to take measures to elect members
of the Legislature who will act in our interest
and defend US from legislation that womb pc I'M
favorable to us. We have decided to hold an
open convention Mr. kcarns said that no reS0,
luton would be passed commenting DAVID Is iiiu
for his vetoes Of temperance measures nat
would be unnecessary II was plain from Mr..
Kcarns's cautious talk that he had been warned
by the leaders Of the Democratic Mrty :, UT.
kearns will act with more elect as coilectOr
Of money for David Is. I'LL
Seeing that there will be so much money 10
handle, the liquor dealers were quarrclllng TO-
night over the officers of their ASSOCIATION. new
officers annually cleo ed. The leading can
didates for president are Adoph Nelson. Of no.
i Cortlandt-st., WORK and George q. Camp
bell, OF Syracuse.
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RspOrtSrs.
GAMES IN OTHER CITIES.

Boston Sept 3Both the Bostons and the WashIngtons
played great fielding morning but the Bostons
succeeded In punching their hits Hornung played Tor
the first his injury ana made hiee-osse hit
All the washinStons were fined by Umpire Valentine for
hardness In taking positions after Kick decision
which right The score was as follows
Washington RGslSn 80: 9 : Q . . 9 S-s
Decentralization, @; Washington. .. rrrors-Boston
j. washlngton. |. Observation-Disclosures md Aceie I'm
The alernoon's gsnc witnessed by Immense
thronc and Was easily by the Bosons Whitney
WAS hit freely while ClsTkson mpregnable far
a. hits were concerned but extremely Wild The
score was as follows:
H R2s.SH 3 9 J 9 Q 9 ! 81
Ra..hit,- Boston, 10: Washington, g. ErrorS-B Boston,
4: Washington. 3. Pltcheis-Clafkson and Whitney Um
Indianapolis sept 9shreve deserves the credit for
Indianapolis victory In the morning game. Not only
did he pitch very effectively bus he baed well
points and sunday dill some line base running.
The score follows;
E IqSl1S"spoil' ] Q ] 9 . 60
Bisehitr-I indianapolis s, P.ttburg Errors-Indi.
anopls 3 Plusbu q. fItehcrs-shfeve and Calvin.
Umpire-Mr. Daniels.
The afternoon game well played one and re ulted
I'm a victory for the Pitsburg only after tight
Tho score follows;
r InSl.%sp5ll, 9 9 Q 9 u
burg & Indianapolis 4. Ptchers-Morris and lesey.
Lmpre-Mr. Daniels
philadelphia. Sept. 3.--Thc Athletics won game
from Cinoinnsu to-day by the u 8 =. Smith
the pitcher for the visitors up TO the sixth
inning riddle 10 the local batsmen In this inning
after sending to base balls and hitting another
ho Vas hi' four thncs and four runs seaSsd An
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-04
WASH 4 PRACTICAL JOhEf
A MYSTERIOUS BOMB BROKE WINDOWS AMI
FRIGHTENED PEOPLE BY EXPLODING.

A MYSTERIOUS BOMB BROKE WINDOWS AND
FRIGHTENED PEOPLE BY EXPLODING.
mysterious explosion In front OF the fat house
No 4O5 East seventy scvcDth-st., twenty five min
utes after noon yesterday, heard at a distance
of two blocks and caused much excitement and specu
lation IN the neighhoihood. Half dozen persons
Including James Cotton tho janor Of the fat house.
said they saw the thing which exploded. some said
Il was a round Oh ject about the size OF baseball,
and Others described 1t as having the shape Of a
rrcracker about Fix inches In length II thrown
from the roof Of the house by some person who was
not noticed and II exploded before 1t reached tho
Sidewalk Ianor Cotton not many feet dis
tanf and the shock OF the explosion made him stag.
Ger. bur he not hurt Other persons in the
street also felt the SHOCK, but they escaped injury.
Half a dozen window panos 10 the first story of tho
house were broken.
The roof OF the house had been freshly painted.
and Janitor Coon found footprints leading from
the vall Of the nc2t house tho front Of the roof
The person who threw the bomb made HIS escape
during tho excitement which followed the explosion.
so trace of the bomb found, although careful
search mad0 Probably 10 n glass bomb.
Inquiries in the nclchborhood failed 10 show that any
person had grudga against any occupant OF the HAT
house Possibly some Anarchist practising with
bomb, but The police thought the bomb thrown
by practical Joker, who succeeded In his attempt TO
scare people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-04
The Biiing Tongue.

sl0DdeI attacks from behind Tho bite is rarely felt
unless 1t Is malignant and persistent Dlsease too, often
upon through vital channel The air we
lunes-if IL be msarious It enters the
blood. II It change too Qrickly In the temperature IL
produces Of the throat &c Whether Hosteter's
Stomach Blters is taken TO prevent or TO remedy the
various form. Of dhcase produced by masrna such as
Intermittent fever dumb aeue. cake or bilious r
mttcnt i is and las proved to De an effective and
thorough rmeiy-one which does not only ameorae the
symptoms Of the nasdcs Of this type but eradca,es their
cause. Dyspepsia. liver complaint rheumatism. bladder
ana kidney uoJbles among the humanity all citing
troubles which 1t pstmpuy relieves aad ultimately removes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-04
TIE NETWORK sLoop A WINNER

Tho oFtyfOot sloops which competed at Larchmont last
Friday Of Interesting ever seen In
thes. waters hal another contest yesterday the
I.archmont Yacht Clubs course, In the sound, twelve
miles to windwaid and back There restrictions
a. to sails be- used and cluboDails, Therefore
we're not barred This the taste Of the Boston
deeudaught keel boats Baboon and Papoosc. and both
expected the New Workers couple Of hne Burgess
oyer.hsngng sternS Mr. Burgess however, had gwen
the Larchont one his oupdeiening centre boards on
and with reach on every part OF the course
owing TO 4 shifting wind. The Nymph good race
AGAINST her opponents The NV York s0op al all races
has shown powers In pointing and In the three races
Of Ia Friday Saturday and yesterday has shown up well
10 the front against the keel boats large heet OF
sailing and steam craft attended yesterdays race The
Nvnnh won bea ng the Bab.ou minut A. seconds and
the Banshee II minutes, | second. fapoose WAS Oeaen
ou The wind at the start northeast, blowing light
breeze and Increasing to twelve knots All the yachts
carried ub-t opslls
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-04
PROuIRITIONISTS AT WORK.

The Prohilonists of Westchester County met In
convention at Gorham Hall. Mount Ksco. and put In
nomination candidates for members OF Assembly and
county officers The convention was called to order
ty j. b. Stephenson. Of New-Rochclle. son Of the
builder who IS supporting Grover Cleveland for ~
election Clarence NJ. Lyon. Of Mount Vernon. and
George NJ Brown. Of White Plains were elected chair
man and secretary. The nomination Of three members
of Assembly was as follows Ist District John Pagan
of Yonkcrs lid District b. J. Carpenter Of Scarsdac
III District. IIcksOn Covert. OF Yorktown. The nom
nation Of sheriff followed next. Lewis W. Elliot. For
the Office Of Coroner Or {. }. Miller, of Mount KiscO
and Dr. j. s. Hatch. OF Chappaqus, were unanimously
chosen for the office of Surrogate. stephen ". Col
Inns, Of Harrison. The platform adopted stated in
part We declare our unaterable opposition to all
systems Of license, whether high or low, bonefu
in results and wrong in principle helm. pcrmssive aud
restrictive; and that the complete prohibition OF
tie lqnor traffic by National aud state Legislatures isl
the only efiectual method OF dealing with it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-04

Tho sixth annual sweepsake regatta OF the Newark
Yacht Club took place yesterday over the new hveme
course in Newark Bay. Tho time allowance was one
minute TO the 10. for all classes The races resulted
an follows:
First class-cabn sloops - feet and oyer-AeXanier
p :46 80; H. W. Beecher. As IS Vixen, 30 80
AMMO r. 30 .07 -; Emma c., $50 :23; Caprice.
1 % 10. Second cass-cabin sloops under - feet
Arrow :05 20; Nellie c. did not finish. Third class
lib and mainsal, under 10 fcet-Our own, 80 O5
Maggie H. 80 %, smurgler . 90 20. Fifth class
eaiboats 10 feet and oNer-Wiwaw Ol 10; Just Woke
ID 2.O3 Lealcr. 2:0l 10; Lizzie v, , :O4 20; Unex-
celet II O5 Robin, time taken. Sixth classical
boats under Is fcet-Adle 2:17O3i Annie c.. II -
Triton = 20 10 Daisy. time taken.