1 The Puipt 1 A SERMON ' 4 ttY te REn- - Mi " Subject: Lying. Brooklyn, N. T. PrcncTitng at the Irvine Square Presbyterian Church. Hamburg avenue nnd Welrfleld tiaut, on the theme "Lying." The Rev. Dr. I. W. Henderson, pastor, took as his tett Ex. 20:16, "Thou halt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. To cut the text down to four words and to make It come straight to the point and our own day, we will re write It: "Thou shalt not lie." In our time whether because of the prevalence of the evil or not, I shall not attempt to say the word lie seems to cause a shudder to run over the average human frame am! to merit reprimand from many. Plain words, we are told, are too harsh, and besides, yon know they aren't gooc". form. The thief, be he weak enough to give us strength of cour age so to do, we will generally name without the slightest hesitation, but we are slow to give any mnn the lie, This desire to be proper and polite is all very well In Its place. Harsh Words are not necessary over points upon which wo may honestly nnd rea sonably disagree. Either or both of the parties to a matching of Ideas may be at fault. All men are fallible and prone to error and mistakes. None of us Is Infallible and most of us now and then remember things that are not so. and mnke statements that the facts will prove untrue. The sharp answer Is here very manifestly out of place. But the common liar who wilfully, deliberately, malicious ly spreads untruth should be branded as a liar and that In hot haste. The varieties of falsehood are like the shades of black endless. But iierhaps In no other place than our courts of law is the lie found more frequently or In a more vicious and abandoned form. The unbridled per jury which takes place In our courts is really past belief. One would think that men would hesitate to swear in falsehoods under cover of God's name, but any judge will tell you that hundreds do. The infamous attacks upon men In our public life, the lies gigantic, of our political campaigns, started with malign Intent to destroy trust to a candidate who Is beyond re proach, are unworthy of a self-respecting people and should be aban doned. The unfounded attacks up on the characters of good men, by editors who should be above such things, are not fair either to the at tacktd or to the Intelligence of the writers. The stories that are spread through financial centres in order to weaken public confidence In standard securities or to destroy public faith In the standing and solvency of Indi viduals, firms, or corporations, are pieces from the same cloth. They are clearly within the meaning of the text. No desire to give vent to spite, no satisfaction of a grudge, is sufficient excuse for any man to en danger the happiness of other men or the health of his own soul. The jugglery of figures to prove balances, trade or profits that never did or will exist, is wrong; nnd the men who do it know it to be unmixed evil. The number of ' palpable false hoods that are told in the business world is beyond compute. The de Bire to excel leads many a man to be come exceedingly careless In his choice of words. The very advertise ments of our day are self-confessed falsehoods. No one believes them half the time, for experience has proven the need to take them with a grain of salt. Palming off something "Just as good" which really isn't; selling adulterated food stuffs under the guise of pure supplies; unload ing on the public veneers of all sorts as solid material throughout; the publishing of symptoms that may exist at intervals in the physical con dition of any man, as the certain and unmistakable signs of the speedy de struction of our bodies by incurable dlxease; these and a hundred more untruths may be charged against the liar. The great American sin of fal sification by exaggeration and over statement is too rife in our land. It bodes no good for respect for truth and it can and does do harm. In our social, or should I say so ciety, life we find the seeds of false hood also. The desire to seem to be more than we are makes many of us resort to means that are, at bot tom, false. Simulation of position, wealth, character or wisdom that Is not ours, Is precarious business. Sooner or later the lie will down us and the truth will find us out. Be fore we expect we may be caught. Who of us does not pretend to, friend ships which never did or will exist? Those little social catch words that slip so glibly from our tongues but that have no heart behind them, had Just as well be left out of our vocab ularies. The desire to say something that we do not feel, in order not to hurt, nnkes many of us liars. It Is not necessary to perjure oneself to escape embarrussing predicaments. The sure way is to be silent. If you can't speak the truth say nothing or better turn the point of conversa tion. Don't be affected, for affecta tion Is a sham, and anyway the culti vation of Belt la best. Of all the mean and despicable things In this world the He that is born of malignant motives is the worst. The He, like the opportunity that is passed, never can be called back. Spawn of an evil mind, it goes on a way of sin. Before Its scorch ing breath good reputations die, and in its wake sorrow, trouble and dis trust are sure to lurk. Of all the mean things in this world the He In the most contemptible. Here as in other cases the popular mind is slow to perceive the truth behind a sentence. Men are not quick to carry pilnciples to conclu sions nearly half so extensive as logic V i! demand. The point-blank false hood with Intent to ruin reputation or to bulster up another He is usu ally what we think of first. Most of us nre fairly quick to see and to o thus far. But Is thu He fiom the IuOau. tun ou.y lie Ul,u doM m,.m Is the story of iiiallsnai,. falsehood Which never stops the or.lv sort of unt;v; that we should a old and disdain? I think not. That knowing look or that evasive answer, or that usplelon of a smile, which we all can use and have seen, all three nre parties to too frequent lies that ve dare not utter. The knuwing iCOk has struck fear to many a trusting heart. The evasive answer has caught away the fall, of not a few be lieving souls. That silent, quiet smile has shattered confidence in many a character ere this. "They say ' and some one tout me so are the unholy parents of a godless host of lies. Here Is a mother who has asked for good news of her hoy, only to receive that mean and fslBe eva sive answer that leaves so much un said and so much to be Implied. The Implication kills her trust. Here Is the man who paints to you the virtue of a friend. Yon give to him that knowing look, as if to say, "and you, too, trust him, poor fool;" and confidence Is gone. The dainty maiden with her heart so full of love recounts to you the nobleness of the man she loves, and you give to her a smirk. Of course you've said noth ing, perhaps you know nothing to rontradict her view, but you Bmlle and the light of her life Is dimmed. Meg by consent, perhaps, falsehoods by Implication no doubt they are; but before tt6 Judgment bar of God they shall be termed "unclean." But thus far our talk has been largely negative. Let us approach our topic for a moment from the posi tive point. The command not to speak evil of our neighbor when re vised In the light of the life of Christ becomes a positive demand for strict adherence to the truth. The sense of the obligation to bo true and to live true Is at the base of nil Indi vidual und social life and advance ment. No man can He to himself nnd be a party to his own uplift ment. To move ahead and Into uni son with God we must be true to our personalities. The desire to obey the pure dictates of a good con science 13 the beginning of Individual advance. We cannot be untrue to self nnd true to men and to God. The agreement of each man by and with himself, to be consistent with the demands of his hlgfiest Inner light is the basis of social credit. The power of credit, that Is to say, credibility or trustworthiness, can not be too much remarked. Credit or the assurance we have of the hon esty and reliability of individuals or companies of men, whether firms or nations. Is the foundation upon which political systems are built. Wa could not do business nor conduct a government for a day were it not for this great and fundamental principle of human life: that credit that Is to say, honor and truth must be maintained. For how long think you would the fabric of our state remain intact were mutual faith destroyed and credit given up? The elaborate business system to which we point with pride will be a wretched thins of the past so soon as personal and social honesty is removed. Iniman ucl Kant regarded falsehood as "the forfeiture of human personal worth, a destruction of personal Integrity," and another forceful thinker has de clared that "credit rests on the gen eral social virtue of truthfulness." Truthfulness Is necessary to the maintenance of personal Integrity. Integrity Is unity with our best Ideals. To say it short personal In tegrity is the Individual recognition of the necessity for personal unity unity in personality if you will. The man of Integrity Is the man whose mind and heart and actions are at one. His conscience is the arbiter of bis deeds. Disintegration comes with the denial of the rights of con science that is to say, of the voice of reasonable truth. The disinte grated man is a man without Integ rity, whose life is a Jumble at the best or whose conscience and deeds when at their worst are disreputable and. a discredit to self and society, lie true to self! Be yourself! Main tain your personal integrity. Be a .'ltilfled soul growing in the nuture of the Spirit into the stature of Christ. Thus only can personal truthful ness be maintained and social credit be assured support. The best Indi vidual Is the one whose Integrity is unquestioned. The only sound gov ernmental and political system Is that which is rested upon that social credit which has its roots in personal unity with the truth of God. Moral Inability. What is the meaning of "dead in trespasses and sins'.'" We must take great care In our use of the illustra tion of death In connection with Bins! Physical death, of course, Includes absolute Insensibility, or else there would be nothing to which the evan gelist could appeal and no conscious ness of responsibility. What It does mean is moral inability. Man is so far gone from original righteousness that he Is absolutely unable by his own unaided effort, without divine grace, to come back to God. Thus the sinner, so far as ability is con cerned, needs, not merely an awaken ing from slumber, but the bestowal of new life. Keep in view this distinction be tween mnrnl InaenHihilitv and moral I Inability, and apply the term "dead In trespasses and sins" to the latter. ! Rev. W. H. G. Thomas, in Loudon Christian. KTMEM NOTES JUNC SIXTEENTH. Serving one master. Mntt. fl: 22 2!. Servants of sin. John 8: 31 -SB. A slave of Satan. Acts 1C: 1B-18. Freedom promised. Isa. 61: 1-3. Freedom iv.illzed. Bom. 6: 1G-23. Sl.nding fast. Cal. 4: 22-5; t. Who ate slaves and who are free men? Rom. 8: 1223. fly as many things as yo:i fear, by ro much the more you are a sl.ive. What earthly dlffcrenrp wldr than that between a slave nnd an adopted son? Yet n far greater difference separates the worldling nnd the child of Ood. The only bondage In the world Is the bondage of corruption; what Is not corrupted Is free. The liberty of God's rhlldren Is ft liberty of glory; then- la nothing sal or restricted In It. Cuggcstions. A slnve Is one that cannot do ns he WtlhOSJ and what dln'erencn whe ther the restraining power is outside us or within us;? If you would realize whether a s!n Is making a siuve of you, try to es cape from It! Human Slavery looks forward to n.n end. nt least In death: but death flxe: forever the slavery to Bin. Paul delighted to call himsMf the bond slave of Christ. In serving Him. he knew, la the only frredom. Illustrations. No slave can Blgn his own emanci pation proclamation. Christ has signed ours, but we must countersign It. The token of Hebrew nlnverv wa3 the ear fastened to the door. So the token of Bpirltunl slavery 1b the ear, responsive to the suggestions of Satan. The chains of Fin nre not thrown around us In a long roll: they nre fastened upon us one link at n time. and each link Is thought to be a sep arate, ornament. When Satan Is buying slaves, he promises thorn fine clothes rnd lux ury. After he has bought them, be l.-ads llietn straightway to the gal leys. A Cluster of Quotati-ns. Vcne are more hopelessly enslaved than these who talealy believe they are free. -Goethe. To have freedom Is only to have that. wblCb Is absolutely necessary to enable us to be what we ought to be, and to possess what we ought to pos sess. Itahel. Hublt, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. St. Augustine. A Greek Tragedy. Think This Over. Nothing lessens tho flow of milk quicker than chilling the cows. The preventive Is warming the drinking water and keeping the cow stable draft-proof. Geese Are Profitable. Geese are very hardy and easy to grow, and if marketed properly bring a good price. It is very strange that they are not seen on a greater num ber of our farms. Balance the lt.it inn. It is not so much tho qunntlty of food consumed as tho proper prep aration and judicious mixing of va rieties of grains, as well as offering variety In provender, that Insures successful fattening of meat produc ing animals. Ground' Alfalfa for Hens. We find that our hrns do not take to alfalfa meal very readily. We have to add corn meal to the mash to induce them to eat It, but with about a half and half mixture they clean it up in good Style. It Is an excel lent feed when snow Is on the ground and tho fowls have no other green stuff; but two cents and a half pound for It 1b plenty there must be a big profit In It to somebody. slghtedness to market the hogs be fore filling them? I have a neighbor who claims ho can make a gain of over two pounds each day on each hog during the fattening process; and where a man has eight or ten such hogs and has skim milk to feed he certainly can make more by fattening when prices are well up, as they have been the last fall. There 1b none too much money In growing pork in the East, with the high prices paid for grain, and when one has fed a bunch of hogs from pigs to 200 pounds, he should get all there is due him In the finishing. Of course, the price of pork products would Indicate whether or not there would be additional profits from extra fattening. D. J. Hyther, In the Tribune Farmer. EPWQHTH LEAGUE LESSONS Number of Peninles With One Mule. The number of femnles that may I safely be allowed with one male bird appends upon tne age and vigor or the bird and upon what breed the chickens are. Males belonging to the Leghorns or some similar breed are, other things being equal, capable of look ing ufter a greater number of hens I than a male belonging to the Ameri can or Asiatic class. I Fifteen to twenty hens with the Medlterrnnean breeds and ten to fif teen with the American and Asiatic breeds leema to bo about the maxi mum number that may safely be al lowed with one male bird. Sometimes, to be sure, good results are obtained where a male has many more mates than this, but ordinarily I such cases are the exceptions that I prove the rule. On our own poultry plant, this sea son we are allowing three male birds to every two pens of females, there being twenty hens in each pen. The males are alternated between the two pens each day, while each bird Is given a day's rest overy third day. Poultry Editor, in The Epitomlst. SUNDAY, JUNE 16. Wasting Harvests Matt. 9. 36-38 Passages for Reference Luke 10. 1, 2; John 4. 35, 36; Eph. C. 18, 19; Col. 4. 3; 2 Thess. 3. 1. God Is represented to us as a nus bandmun. As such he loose upon men as the harvest. Tholr being brought into saving relation with himself Is the gathering of the harv est. Tho failure to do this is to have the harvest go to waHte. When Jesus was here ho looked upon men, with no one taking an Interest In their soul's welfare, as harvest going to waste. It greatly concerned him, and he called the disciples' attention to it. Doubtless the presence of ripen ing grain was the occasion of his making the comparison, as he bo fre quently used the ordinary things to enforce the higher truth. A plente ous harvest deniandB numerous labor ers, but the Master lamented their scarcity. A thought of the conditions existing when these words were ut tered will convince If Its truth, but Points in Potato Planting. In speaking about the amount of seed required to plant an acre of po tatoes, L. A. Aspinwall, In a small pamphlet on potato culture, Bays: 'The one-eye system is probr.bly the most economical and should be adopted to increase new varieties. When tho distance between the rows is thirty Inches and thirteen Inches In the drill, about six or seven bushels (according to size of the potatoeB be- j lng cut) are required per acre. If three feet between tho rows and thlr ; teen inches in the drill, about one fifth less seed will be required. The seed end, which contains eyes : closely grouped, cannot be divided, hence should be cut off. When seed is cut to two eyes, or thoreabouts, and planted thirteen Inches in the drills, which are thirty inches apart, eight or none bushels are required per acre. When the rows are three feet apart, about one-fifth less seed will be required. When planting small potatoes whole, thirty it is likewise true to-day. Here ! mcnes Detween tne rows and fifteen Jesus suggests the method of secur- Inches in the drills (which is close lng tho laborers for the harvest. John warns us against thinking the harvest time 1b not yet. Do not plan to reap three months In the future, for the ripened fields already Invite the sickle. Ephesluns, ColosBlanB, and Thessalonlans Impress us with the truth that the Word of God on the lips of his consecrated measengers Is to be the Instrument used in garner ing the harvest. A harest time. Farmers well un At rstand that a harvest follows seed time. They watch for It and pre- enough) from ten to twelve bushels must be allowed to the acre, accord ing to the size of the seed." Weekly Witness. Why nutter Doesn't Come. A great many letters have been coming to this office lately irom dif ferent sections of the State telling of difficulties experienced in the churning of cream. Only to-day a letter has come to hand saying that Wondrous Love. A repulsive-looking old woman who, after a life of unbelief, had been converted, became the subject of persecution at the hands of her godless neighbors. In every way they sought to anger or otherwise dls turn the spirit of patience and loving kindness that now possessed her. Finally an old persecutor, having exhausted all her resource! in the ul U nipt, venomously pxclalmed, "I thluk you're the ugliest old woman that I ever saw." To which the old woman, her face beaming with a light that made her beautiful, replied In tears, "Wasn't it wonderful thai He could have lovxd an, ugly old woman like me?" men, and he will see to It that it comes to maturity. The great ques tion is to know Just when the grain is ripe. The farmer has little diffi culty, but the reaper In the other field may have more difficulty. It will take closer observation to diBcern the time, but It can be found. We be lieve there Is a favorable time in every life to present the claims of tho gospel. Where the Soul Refreshes Itself. There la a power In the peace God ' giveth of which the men who nre ! rushing along the broad und dusty highway can form no conception. The ' meadows on which the soul refreshes , itself are ever green. Thelwall. Women Auto Members. Tfce directors of the Long Island Automobile Club voted almost unan imously to i.dmit to membership wo men who own cars. Special mem bership privileges for women were adopted at the meeting, and one ap plication, that of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Seaman, will be acted upon at next month's meeting. No action was taken on the proposal to Join tho American Automobile Association. The club reigned last year, but a strong sentiment has recently been expressed for returning to member ship. The Board of Governors has been asked to report on the question, and the subject will probably meet with favorable action at the April meeting of the directors. Failure of a concrete arc'.i bridge whlcn bad just been built but not yet put Into service is reporter to have occurred at Lowry, near Bed ford C!t;r, Va., on April 27. The bridge is stated to have had a span ft about 100 feet. requires from two to three nnd pare to gather It when it is in readl- one-half hours to bring butter. Now, nesB. woo hub in one ny uu mis is entirely too long, and In a other sowed the seed In the hearts of i good many cases emiM ha rnmHi,i The principal causes for long churning are here given, and possibly those Interested may find out what is wrong by comparison with these ! different causes. The following are i the chief causes for s!ow churning: t. ream may be too cold. H. Cream may be from "strippers." 3. Cream may be too thin. 4. Cream may be too thick, and thus whip up into a lather when the churning commences, and by stick lug on the side of the churn, Is not really churning, even If the churn is revolving. 5. Churn may bo too full. 6. You may be churning too fast, and thus carrying the cream right around with tho churn. Of course, there are bacterial in fectiona that will cauBe slow churn ing, but I would hardly suppose that you would be bothered to that ex tent. Probably in looking over your work some of those causes may give you a clue. Prof. W. J. Elliott, Mon taua Experiment Station. Roosevelt's Four Muxims. President RcoBevelt's four life maxImB, until now a secret between himself and Intimates, have been made public. Jacob RHs, In disclos ing them to the students in Miss Hill's School, in Philadelphia, said: "The President has placed his pol icy In four hitherto unspoken max ima, which I will give as guides to you young women. " 'First Fit yourself for the work God has for you to do in this world and lose no time about it. " 'Second Have all the fun that Is coming to . u. " 'Thlr Go ahead, do something and be willing to take the responsi bility. " 'Fourth Learn by your mis takes.' " Truly Considerate. A considerate patient had an artery opened by mistake for a vein by a French physician in the operation of blood-letting. The woman succumbed not long after to the effect of the blunder, but in her will left the Bur geon a small yearly pension, "not only to comfort him, but so that ht could live the rest of bis life without doing vivisection any more." A similar historic occurrence is re- Cuttlng Profits Needlessly. I have been surprised tho last sea eon to see several loads of hogs go leg to market without being pro erly fattened. In fact, they were In Just about such conditions as hogs would ordinarily ho kept by a reasonably good feeder. It seems to me that a hog that will weigh 200 to 240 pounds alive in good growing condition, with pork at six cents to aix and a half cents alive, and with plenty of skim milk to mix with cornmeal, which could be bad ut about $1.30 a hundred, could be profitably fattened. It la claimed, I think, bv ernei i lated In the Medical Times of a Polish ' !ncad 'eu,-'r '"a Pork can be grown princess who had had the sumo ex perience. She added a clause to her will expreaalng her forgiveness and leaving the surgeon a small pension to indemnify him for the "loss of I reputation that may follow my sad catastrophe. " Philadelphia Ledger, oi iuur uuu a nan cents a pouml when only grain is fed, and by the Judicious use of skim milk the price a pound cau be reduced by one to one and a half cents a pound. Supposlug a pound of grain costs four cents and la worth six cents, Is it not short- In the Lambing Season. The flock owner who breeds his ewes to lamb during the late winter and early spring months, while the weather remains more or less vari able, tempered by warm days and cool nights, must afford adequate ac commodations to provldo comfort and protection to the flock, and, in bo far as possible, guard against del eterious lnfluenceB that would ulti mately prevent the full development of his plan of management. The later winter months as a rule do not afford tho most favorablo conditions for a successful lambing season, the weather being unreliable, and when accompanied by an open period dur ing the fore part of the season, simi lar to the last winter, there 1b in creased uncertainty. The flock mas ter, however, who breeds his ewes to lamb during this time shoulders a double responsibility which demands more attentive care and consideration to details concerned in the manage ment of a flock of breeding owes. When climatic conditions are unfav orable for handling early lambs dur ing tho months previously planned qpon, the task Is before the flock owner to amend conditions by artifi cial means and supply those essen tially important. The great secret of successful man agement of early lambs lies In the provision of the right kind of condi tions at the proper time. Immeasur able loss Is suffered annually by flock owners who attempt to handle early Jambs without exercising proper fore thought to have In readiness accom modations to afford the right kind of conditions when necessary. The man who has not tho facilities at hand for handling early lambs should never attempt the work, for In the majority of instances the loss will be in excess of the total gain. The first step nec essary to succeed with early lambs is a well constructed and arranged sheep barn. It must be spacious. light and well ventilated. Leo C. Reyuolds, In the Tribune Farmer. ny HORATIO WIN8LOW. There was once a young Greek shepherd named Steve who used to spend his time warbling lays of love about the Doric Hills. Eat. though Steve was the champion sheep tender when It came to metaphors and fln-gers-llko-the-rosy-dawn-poctry, and various other hyperbollcs, It was no ticed that he kept hanging on and hnnglng on in the bachelor class. Occasionally some of his friends would rail at him and say, "How now, Steve! Was' not. a fortnight since thou sangest. of the Joys of wedded life and Chloe's neatly turned ankles, yot hero thou still art, by Zeus, as lusty a bachelor as ever scoffed at the arrows of Eros." Then Steve would scowl and ex plain that Chloe was all right Just now but Just wait till Bho was fifteen years older nnd seo how that short waisted effect would make tho angels weep. "But," his friends would protest, "one month ngo thou sangest the praises o fair Phyllis. Surely thou wilt admit there was no short-waist-edncss there." "No," Steve would say; "but Phyl lis was too thin. You Just wait till Bhe's fifteen yearB older and see how you can Btlck marbles In her cheeks." In the same way Clarlnda was too quick-tempered and Doris had Irregu lar teeth and Helen was such a Jenl oub little thing, and anyhow Just wait till they were fifteen years older. So things rested till one day tho Doric HIHb were brightened by the arrival of a kittenish stranger who wore a veil and swore that she wouldn't marry the best-looking and wealthiest shepherd In Greece or out of It. Of course It was nil off with Stevo and two months later the once happy but critical herder was a married mnn able to account for every second of his waking time and with a standing ad. for a good plain cook and a sec ond girl in both papers. When kind friends tried to point out to Steve (and with entire truth) that his wife had already reached tho flfteen-year-older stage, that she was so short-walsted that she had to toss up to tell her belt from her col lar: that her cheeks caved in so far that she looked like before taking; and that she was uncertainly tem pered and wore false teeth and was as open-minded as a dyspeptic wild cat, Steve would say in a trembling voice that they didn't know that girl that he'd never believed in women before but that now he just wondered what, he'd ever done to deserve this fairest blossom on the Tree of Life. Moral: It's hard on posterity, but then what's posterity ever done for us? Puck. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL, INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS FDR tVIM Ifl, nv TnB REV. I. W. HENDERSON. WORDS OF WISDOM. Care of Animals. Some of the most glaring faults of modern stables aro herein described, A woman may talk sociology, but she thinks millinery. Tho average man thinks he's an orator when he's only a foghorn. Where the photographers make their money Is out of the pretty girls. The average woman will go wlth- i.usciiici wiui u iew iiinis regarding out a Bquaro meal to ride In a cab. ineir correction: Lack of proper ventilation is the first in the category, and where m.-i-.y horses are kept this violation of hygienic laws Is the most noticeable. Smarting eyes and various other dlB agreeable experiences soon drive away visitors from most Hvory sta bles, as well as many private ones. Tho horse's eye Is a very delicate or gan. How, then, can it be expected that his vision will remain unim paired if he be compelled to remain many hours out of the twenty-four in an atmosphere strongly impregnated with the fumes of ammonia and other foul and disagreeable odors? Fresh air, and plenty of it. is essential to tho health and welfare of the horse. Small windows should be replaced by large ones, und these should bo kept open, or partially so, night and day, at all seasons, at least sufficleut- ly to insure good ventilation. Doors should be sufficiently wide and high to enable large horses to enter without danger of injuring the hip bones or the poll. "Down at the hip," or the bone of one hip frac tured, Is a not uncoinmou conse- qjei.ee of too narrow doors, while uiany accidents occur from doors that aro too low. Whenever practicable, partitions ', thinking of the mtan things she can between stalls should be removed, j sav about it. thus converting them into box-stalls. A woman can't help being inter Many a good horse has been seriously i ested in a man who has linen hi. or even fatally Injured by being i vorced without her kuowlue th 'cast in the stall." For this reason. I reason why. ZT, , ,h t raUe1 t0 BUCh a When a raan doe" h bualnoss height that the horse can not be his wife thinks It's because he gets "cast under the manger;" or better I such good meals at home, and prou still, the manger should be on the able she is right. .no imiw, iitiLui any. iraiiu.i.s Some boys do well even to learn in college what kind of neckties to wear. When a woman say3 she hns no clothes she meuns somebody elso baa more. The average man wants to buy a safe before he has anything to put in it. A girl gets mighty mad with you if you call it squeezing her hand in stead of pressing It. A girl seems to think being en gaged is so as to be like people in a novel. Some people want to bo on a jury so as to get the testimony that Is not printable. A man is tcriiblo smart to have as big a bank balance as he wants people to believe he haB. A girl's idea of a nice man is one who says she broke his heart by not marrying him when ho didn't ask ber. Moat of tho money a man could save if ho had no bad habits wouldn't be any fun to him if ha dldu't have them. A woman has a real good tlmo at somebody else's dlnucr that is poor floor nis ioou from the ground. In a box- stall natural incHnations can be par tially imitated to advantage, where as the old-f-Jhloued, narrow stall precludes such a sensible arrangement. Hay lofts over the stalls aro in every way objectionable. Tho effluvia of the stable contaminates the hay; One thing a woman likes about a husband is she can pretend he un derstands about rullroad time tables and let him figure out her train for ner. From "Reflections of a Bach-- 'or," in tho Now York Press. Ruthcr Smart Spurrovts. A gentleman bought a lot of chick more or less dust sifts through the 1 e.nB a?d commeDce(l feeding them on Cracks and knot boles and through tne opening above the hayrack, and ventilation Is also much Impaired. foreleg over the halter, head un der the manger, standing with fore feet in the manger, lying in the gang way with head outstretched and rigid from the halter strap, sleeping Btand- ng inrougn rear of lying down, these are some of the evils that are obviat ed by tho adoption of tho box-stall. When free and in IiIb natural state he horse always stands while at rest, with the forefeet on a lower plane than the hind feet, thus rellev- ng the strain upon the back sluows of the forelegs; nor is tbla all the re lief secured, for the bones of the feet und the Joints are in more natural lOBltlon, bencu the flooring of all talis should be at least level i. no where partitioned stalls are Imnera- tlve the floors should slope forwurd Instead of backward. True, tbiu haa its drawbacks regarding drairafe, hut thla Is only another argument In favor of the box stall. luUiuiiauolla New a, There are two former newsboys in the United States Senate Smith, ot Michigan, and Curtis, of Kansas. rice, but could not make out what they did with the large quantities that were thrown down to them. He determined to we.tch. No sooner hnd the rice been scattered over the grouid than a cloud of sparrows swooped down and made a splendid meal. There was one consolation, and that was that tho chickens would soon be "fowl" enough to eat Indian corn. Next morning came and he threw dowu corn, thinking he would be one in front ot the sparrows, but no such luck. They came as usual and picking up the com flew away .with It to a railway, placed it on tho rails, perched on the telegraph wires and waited for a train to come by and smash it! He has since given up keeping fowls for profit. American Fancier. Subject! Tempi's Escnpe From 3gypt, Ex. 14:18-27 Oolden Text: Ex. 14:30 Memory Verses, 18, 14 Commentary. Ood not only delivered Israel from the evil that fell upon the firat born of tho Egyptians but He also dellv- ereu mem altogether out of the hands of Pharaoh and his heavy handed taskmasters. The circumstances of this escape of the children of Israel from Egypt are memorable. They are worthy of study. For they reveal to us many strictly human characteristics and other characteristics that are divine. All went well with the children of Israel as they Journeyed through the desert to the borders of the Red Sea until Pharaoh loomed up behind with his chariots nnd hla warriors. Then terror took possession of God's peo ple. They lost sight of the fact that God was still with them although Pharaoh with a mighty nrmy was at their heels. They lost sight of the pillar that by night and by day bad gone ahead of them. They for got that they were led of God and that His nrm was mightier than the arms of the Egvptinn hosts. They forgot that God had promised to Bee them through with this expedition to the end. And It Is not strange. To get a squnre view of the enemy they had to turn their harks on God. And whenever any man turns hla back on Ood and then tries his courage against the hosts that bo sorely be set him he becomes arrald. The on ly way In which we can fight sin suc cessfully 1b to keep our eye fixed on Ood. Israel was blissfully unconsci ous of the nearness nnd the power of the enemy until she turned her face from the front and looked back ward. And so we If we are to march out of sin Into the Holy Land of God's Kingdom must contemplate God more and sin less. The Chris tian life Is aB much a renunciation as it is a warfare. It Is as much the steadfast following of a light as It ib running away from or fighting against darkness and sin. "The Lord shall fight for you." That would have made a better Golden Text. This is the Inspiration of every Christian. The Lord shall light for us. What weaklings we should oe were it not for Ood. How little we should accomplish were It not for the empowering of God. How futile all our efforts would be were we deserted of God and left to our selves. The knowledge that God fights for us and that we are in spired and led of Him is the main stay of tho Christian heart. We should be helpless were It not for this. True as It Is that we nre guarded and shepherded of Cod It is no less true that we have to do much for ourselves. In all the dealings of God with Israel we find that He in sists that they shall do something as well as He. Moses had told them that God would fight for them. It was a great truth. But when God com manded Moses to order Israel to go ahead and keep their eyes to the front and leave the rear guard to Him ho declared a truth equally as important. For God's victory would have been harder won if they had remained in the desert. It was neces sary that they should go through the Red Sea. It was necessary that they should move on. That is to say that It was not so much a time for dec larations and for prayer as for ac tion. And so, with all of us, the time comes when we must nlace the emphasis not so much on talk and on prayer as on work. Pharaoh might easily have overtaken a pray ing Israel that stood still; but he found it an impossible task to catch up with a God-fearing Israel that kept on the .move. That Moses Bh'ouia pray and that the people should stop to cpnslder and to de bate was perfectly human. But God's plan was different. The time was one for motion rather than for pray er. And this is a lesson that We all ought to learn, the lesson of reinforc ing our prayers with constructive ac tivity. We should go further and accomplish more and be less vulnera ble to the onslaughts of sin If we were alwayB certain to reinforce our prayers with good wholesome prog ressive activity in the interests of God and of His kingdom. The tenacity and steadfastness of Jehovah are worthy of comment. God gave His promise to Israel that He would see them safely out of the hands of the Egyptians. When the host of the Pharaoh drew near God did not desert them. Although the; Israelites grew frightened God was not terrified. He did not desert them. He kept His word with them. The pillar that by day and by night bad gone ahead of them as a guide was transferred to their rearguard as a defense against the enemy. Qod not only guided them but He pro tected them. He was tenacious. When they grew weak and lost cour age God was stroug. When they vacillated God was steadfast. Al though they doubted Him He did not leave them. He stood by them to the end. Having decided and promised to see Israel In safety out of Egypt God carried His work to completion. This is ever the charac teristic of the divine working. How evor languid we may become, flow ever our courage muy wane, however much wo may be terrified by the hosts of sin He never deserts us. He never fallB ub. He always has opened and He always will open a way of escape unto us if we will but trust Him and do His will. Compliment to i.'u Mi.. An Englishman waa once persuad ed to aee a game ot baseball, and during the play, when he happened to look away for a moment a foul tip caught him on the ear and knocked! him Benaeless. On coming to himself he asked faintly, "What waa it?", "a foul only a foul!" "Good hear-, -ns!" he esetalmed. "I thought it' Waa a mule."-!-Argouaut. The Beat Things In Life. About the best thing there Is In life la a good night's sleep. Instead ot worrying and fretting for wealth and fame a man should conduct him self In Buch a manner during the day that he will sleep well at night. It a man will behave himself und sleep well he need not worry about the future. He will succeed in every thing that is desirable very much better than those who do not behave themselves, and consequently do not sleep well. The great secret of life Is good conduct. It brings all the re-' wards that are worth having. Lex-j lngton, Mich., ..News. SAME THING. Maggie "Say, Mayme, what's a manlf uro parlor?" Mayme "Oh, that'a the swell namo for a hand laundry." Harper's Weekly.
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