NEW-YORKER 
have them In use since 1867, and three-fourths are 
still sound. 
It will still he well to make sure against all fail¬ 
ures by having on hand a few boxes, with mos¬ 
quito netting closely tacked over the top. Tress 
these down over the transplanted bills. Most of 
the advertised plant protectors are perfectly re¬ 
liable. P 
IMAGINARY TRAVELS 
THE COURT OF JESUS CHRIST 
My Dear Nieces and Nephews A very clever 
Frenchman, a long time ago, diversified the hum¬ 
drum of life by falling 111, and Indulged in the ex¬ 
citement of trying how near he could approach 
Death without actually falling Into his skeleton 
arms. During his convalescence time dragged its 
slow length along, and to break the tedium he 
amused himself by Imagining that he was making 
a scries of the most delightful voyages, lie would 
select some familiar object lu the room—a chest of 
drawers, for example—and the wood of which it. 
was made readily suggested the country in which 
it grew. Here, then, was the vehicle; It 
only remained to equip it with the wings of 
fancy, and the sick man was instantly leagues 
away in some delightful land, where “it was 
always afternoon.’’ By the time he had become 
well again he had made many’ such trips, and ex¬ 
hausted the resources of the room. He published 
an account of his fanciful wanderings, under the 
title of “Travels Around My Room "(Voyages 
Ant our ae ma Chambre), and to this day De Mals- 
tre’s is one of the most entertaining books in the 
French language. Anglo-Saxons are restless be¬ 
ings. From the earliest times they have Indulged 
thoir propensity for roaming, and there are few 
places that the Intrepid Englishman or inquisitive 
Yankee has not visited. The result Is that those 
whom circumstances compel to remain at home 
have at their command a very extensive library of 
travel, that, rightly used, can be made to yield 
almost as much enjoyment as If the reader had 
visited personally the scenes described. Few, to 
use a mining term, do more than work a surface 
claim lu this mine of amusing and Instructive 
knowledge. The greater number, even of the 
shoals ot tourists that annually leave our shores 
for foreign countries, go and return with no addi¬ 
tion to their Information. The most lasting souve¬ 
nir of Paris Is the memory of a good dinner at the 
Cafe Anglalse, or the splendid bargains in silks to 
be had at the Ron Maiche, while they are within 
a few minutes’ walk of t he Place Vendome, with¬ 
out thinking or taking the trouble to learn any¬ 
thing concerning the stirring events commemor¬ 
ated by the column that adorns the locality. 
What I wish to suggest from the foregoing, my 
dear y r oung mends, is that we, perhaps, may travel 
at home In Imagination, with almost as much pleas¬ 
ure, and certainly more profit, than scores of our 
envied friends who make the Grand Tour, Our 
preparations for the voyage need not include an 
infallible remedy for sea-slckncss, but our lug¬ 
gage should comprise a good atl%e, a traveler’s 
hand-book (Harper’s European Hand-books are as 
good as any), and books uf travel that arc explana¬ 
tory of the places we propose to visit. 
it has been wittily said that most good Ameri¬ 
cans when they die, go to Purls. We w ill do better; 
we wifi live and travel farther. We will make in¬ 
cursions into lands where there are dates not, half 
so dry as those ot history, mount camels aud ride 
over arid wastes without Incurring the expense of 
a dragoman; experience a fair amount, of the 
pleasure of a trip up the Nile and go to Rome, 
staying as long as Inclination prompts with no un¬ 
easy forebodings that our letter-of-eredlt has be¬ 
come exhausted, or that the malaria Is dogging 
our footsteps. 
Aside from the pure pleasure of such an imagi¬ 
nary tour, the young traveler, with the aid of atlas 
and lttneraiy, has had photographed on his mind a 
clear Impression or many countries, physically, 
politically’, and socially, lie will be able to talk 
Ai.THOuon “church courts” are a thing quite 
unknown to the New Testament, they' are some¬ 
times justified upon the ground of their practical 
advantage in making all things to be “ done de¬ 
cently and in order’ in eases of discipline. The 
court recently in session upon the case of Mr. Tal- 
raage, Brooklyn, can certainly not be cited as an 
example In proof. Here Is a glimpse of Its pro¬ 
ceedings • 
“ There was one very ludicrous scene, when the 
Moderator t rlecL, during one of the pauses In the 
middle of the drollery, to have a hymn sung. The 
opening line ot that which whs suggested, “ Blest 
be the tie that binds,” fairly brought down the 
house, aud a suggestion of the Lord’s Prayer was 
equally’ mirth producing. Rut nothLng excited so 
much merriment, as the Moderator’s proposal that, 
on the failure of the hymns, they should pass a 
few moments In “ sacred silence.” This was more 
than the audience could hear, and they doubled 
themselves up with laughter.” 
The wraugllngs and bickerings of the counsel 
were equal to those of any police court; aud the 
whole thing a farce and disgrace, not alone to the 
Presbyterians, hut to the Christian name, aud 
ought not to be permitted to pass without general 
rebuke. These outrageous proceedings, be It re¬ 
membered, took place In a tribunal whose ofilcial 
title IS “ the court, of Jesus Christ. 1 ’— me standard. 
PATCHES AND HEROES 
“ Three ! four! five: How funny! ” cried the 
girls. “ Hurrah! ” shouted the boys. What were 
they counting? Yes; the patches on poor little 
Constance's dress. She heard every’ word and the 
hoys’ loud laugh. Poor little heart! At first she 
looked down, then the tears came with a great 
rush, and she tried to run home. 
“ Cry-baby! ” said the boys. 
“ Don’t want her to sit next to me,” said Ella 
Gray. 
'• What right, has she to come to our school?” 
whispered proud Lily Gross. 
“ There! don’t mind a word they say,” ex¬ 
claimed Douglas Stew-art, leaving the group of 
rude hoys and try big to comfort. Constance. “ Let 
me carry your books,” be continued. " Cheer up! 
It Is only a little way to your home, isn’t It ? 1 ' 
Constance looked up through her tears to see the 
bravest boy In school at, her side. 
“ I hve lu the little house under the lfill,” said 
Constance. “ It isn’t like your grand house.” 
“No matter for that. It has pretty vines, and 
climbing roses, and It’s a very nice house to live 
lu,” said Douglas. “ I dare say you are happy 
there?’’ 
“Yes; I don’t want to come to this school 
again,” said Constance, softly. 
“ Oh, tilings will be all right in a day or two,” 
said the boy, kindly. “ Never mind them just 
now.” 
They had been talking of heroes a little while 
before; they had been wishing to be like Alexan¬ 
der and Crnsar and Napoleon. There was not, a 
hero among them except this same Douglas Stew¬ 
art, who ilared to stand out before all his school¬ 
mates and befriend this poor, forlorn little girl.— 
■v. s. Visitor. 
PRESS ONWARD TOWARD THE MARK 
Certainly If there Is any man In the world who 
has a right to look for success and to go forward 
with the assurance, that success though delayed, 
will enme at last In answer to persevering effort, 
it is the man who puts his trust in God, and uses 
all the appointed means with diligence to the end. 
If other men, by mere force of will, bending all 
their energies through life to the accomplishment 
ot a single definite purpose, have succeeded at 
last In winning triumphs which have sent their 
names down through history with honor, whatin- 
couragements Ims t he Christian to attempt great 
things and to expect great t hings, ever knowing 
that while he works. It la God himself who la work¬ 
ing In him and by him in this battle of tbe good 
against the ex 11, no true labor Is ever lost., lu the 
battle of truth and right, which Is always God’s 
own battle, as well as ours, success Is bound to 
come, success is assurred rrom the beginning. In 
this battle, all we have to do In order to feel the 
Inspiring Incentive of certain victory at last, Is 
just to know that wc are on the Lord's side, and 
then to light, on manfully to the end. And what if 
we fall in the conflict v It is only to wear the crown 
of success at last.— The interior. 
HIDDEN GULFS 
1. ’Tls Ills mat I assure you. 
2. Enee evoked a promise. 
3. Can a barrack be comfortable. 
4. Yenlse Is killed. 
5. At Karska 1 asked for food. 
«. lie wore a sprig of bay on a black ground. 
7. Try “ Stebu ante-pectoral ” for your cough, 
s. Such Jargon Cbagua makes use of. 
9. Mamma, Raca Ibo and Dan have arrived. 
10. On the dish-pan a match is lying. 
U. ’Twas called Le Dramatlque. 
12. Did you call pap a gay old boy. 
13 See tills eaLi. Nova. 
14. I saw Sis at Allantha’s wedding. 
15. Grandma cried. 
1C. Call this my “zNathan. 
17. lladra my -t ” takes the prize, 
is. Have you read -• Secar on mind ?” 
19. While bathing in the Vat, Nannie sank. 
20 . She had R In O’s place. 
21 . I saw Messrs. Cass and Ray. 
Answer in two weeks. Little One. 
BEHOLD YOUR KING.” 
Go back to the day of the crucifixion ; follow the 
feeble and fainting steps ot the Victim as He passes 
through the streets of Jerusalem on ills way to 
Calvary ; witness the scene of torture and igno¬ 
miny which followed. Is this the King that was 
promised ? Is this 11 Is coronation ? All experience 
all history, all our affections answer, “ It. Is.” To 
a suffering, and not to a triumphant Christ the 
thoughts of a tempted, perplexed aud sorrowing 
race instinctively turn. It Is the memory of that 
love which was stronger than death, mingled with 
the consciousness that the sacrifice had become 
necessary to our reconciliation with God, that has 
enthroned t he Crucified One forever In the heart of 
man. — Dr. James t vaih-er. 
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA 
My first Is In big but not In small, 
My second Is In short but uot In tall; 
My third Is In snow hut not lu rain, 
My fourth Is in killed but not In slain; 
My fifth Is tn hat but, not In Cap, 
My sixth Is lu tree but not tn sap; 
My seventh is In aim but not In shoot, 
My eighth Is In prize but not In boot; 
My ninth Is In sell but not in buy. 
My lentil Is in lear but not In sigh; 
My eleventh Is in bear but not in cub, 
My twelfth Is lri spokes but not In hub. 
My whole Is a temperance organization. 
Vat Answer in two weeks. 
An evil-minded and malicious professor of relig¬ 
ion always appeal’s worse to the public view than 
an evil-minded and malicious person who la not a 
professor of religion. This fact has often attracted 
attention, and It la attributed to a contrast, between 
a black life and a white profession. Rut there Is 
certainly more in It than this, one who has been 
trained In the doctrines and morals of the gospel, 
when he gives way to envy and malevolence and 
hate certainly can exceed depravity, In its crude 
state, in all the arts of those evil passions, and he 
scarcely ever falls to do It. Like a wandering star, 
the greater distance the fall the profonnder will be 
tbe plunge, it, took Lucifer, Son of the Morning, 
the brightest star In heaven, to become that lnef- 
fibly contemptible criminal, the Devil, no it takes 
a professing Christian, when he surrenders him¬ 
self to evil and malevolent passions, to excel all 
other men In evil conduct.— The Kcanyelist. 
Say, what Is honor ? 'Tis the finest sense 
Of justice which the human mind can frame, 
Intent each lurking frailly to disclaim. 
And guard the way of life from all offense 
Suffered or done. Wadsworth. 
We picture death as coming to destroy; let us 
rather picture Christ as coming to save. We think 
■of death as ending; let us rather think of fife as 
beginning, and that more abundautly. Wc think 
of losing; let us think or gaining. We think of 
parting; let us think of meeting. We think of 
going away; let us think of arriving. And as the 
voice of death whispers " You must go from earth,” 
let us hear the voice of Christ saying, “You are 
but coming to me!” .Xoratun Mi l.rod. 
For a long time I felt my sell to be a lost sheep, 
not knowing on whom to rely; and now, with the 
deepest consciousness that I have at last attained 
rest, I exclaim, •• The Lord Is my Shepherd. What 
Is there that can harm me?" And as I look for¬ 
ward Into the future, I exclaim, with David, “ I 
shall not want."— Tfiolucic. 
So surely as the day and the night alternately 
follow one another, does every day when It yields 
to darkness, and every night when It passes Into 
dawn, bear with it Its own tale of the results w hich 
It has silently wrought upon each of us, tor evil 
or for good.—>P. A'. Gladstone. 
HIDDEN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 
1. That’s a bad ram. 
2 . Down the area Mary hid. 
3. She inquired for you. 
4. Lake c hamomlle. 
5. The stall at Nome Ues hid. 
6. Lea, guests are coming. 
7. Is this the proper change? 
8. shadraeh made friends. 
9. For her penny weigh twice as much. 
£3?” Answer in two weeks. 
EARLY VINES 
A hint to those who are desirous of early melons, 
tomatoes, cucumbers and squashes will be of value, 
I think. Go to a poilery aud have a hundred or 
two hundred small pots, two Inches across the top 
aud one at the bottom. Plunge these In your cold 
frame or hot-bed, In rows; fill with dirt, and put 
two seeds in each one. If both come up, destroy 
one. Let them grow here till the second or third 
leaves show; then transplant to their hills in the 
garden. The advantage is that you can trans¬ 
plant vines without disturbing the roots or check¬ 
ing growth. Lima beans and vines are especially 
in need of some such method. In this way a 
month or growth can be secured from middle of 
April to middle of May. The vines will then be 
out of the way of bugs before they appear. Nost 
can picture the surprise of the striped bugs when 
they find themselves too late lor breakfast. 
This method Is quite superior to the use of in¬ 
verted sods. It is, ol course, understood that 
beans and vines cannot be started in a hot-bed In 
the usual way. It Is better even for tomatoes, 
peppers, cauliflowers, &o., to start them tn pots. 
The cost or the pots will not exceed two dollars a 
hundred, and they will last. If well baked and 
stored properly when out of use, for ten years. I 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA 
I am composed of 20 letters: 
My 6,12,10,13,17, u, 19 is insulting language. 
My 20 , 14, 10 , 18 ,19 Is a bandage. 
My 4, 5, 7, 8 Is a kind of fuel. 
My l. 2, 9, in, io Is to breed teeth. 
My 3, 17. li, l Is to coin. 
My whole Is what everybody should be. 
S3?” Answ er in two weeks. M. Smith, 
A TRIP TO THE WOODS 
In every-day life, it is often the case, that peo¬ 
ple have golden opportunities and precious pearls, 
lying at their feet, which can be had for the trou¬ 
ble of picking them up, but are rejected H orn the 
very ease with which they can be obtained; while 
something of much less value, but beyond reach, 
is eagerly grasped at. So It Is with our- floweis. 
There are many treasures In the woods and mea¬ 
dows, which we perhaps pass by dully without 
giving them the least attention, while we seek the 
pets of the garden that are more difficult to ob¬ 
tain, but otherwise may be no better than their 
sisters of the fields. I have thus seen plants 
cultivated In greenhouses In Europe, that may be 
found on every field and by ever roadside here 
in America. Among othere the very common 
Poke or Garget Weed, Phytolacca decandra. If 
the members of the club are willing, we wjll cast 
PUZZLER ANSWERS 
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Centrals form “Switzerland” and ‘' X 
Hidden Straitk- 1, Matotchkine, ! 
Malacca , 4. Daumier; 5, Cook; 6, Foyei 
Banks: 9, Hudson; 10, Menai; if, Frob 
Mandeb, 13, Magulhaens. 
