THE PULPIT. THE REV. JASON NOBLE PIERCE. Theme: riirist's Example, part of Jesus Christ. She saw his wife first, and nfter making known her errand the husband was summoned and this woman said that tho very AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY I moment hn entered the room she con Id not repress the reeling tnat sne was in the presrnee of Jesus. HI whole appearanee. his whole mannPr eonveyed the ilfellkp Impression ol Jesus. And this not when he was on exhibition, hut when he was sum moned from his workshop Into the house, without knowing that nnvone. was there or whv he rame. And the wife told my hostess thnf she he-Moved her hushnnd was ahsolutelv perfect; that he had so studied the life of Jesus: that he had so put his heart Into every part nf it; that he had so striven to perfert himself In playing the part of Jesus, not onlv on the rross. hut off the rross, and that he had. so far ns she knew In the Intl 1 1 Tht 1 JUNE TWENTY FIR9T. Brooklyn, N. Y. At the Pin-Man Congregational Church the new pas tor, the Rev. Jason Nohle Plerc. orearhcd Sunday morning on "The Examples of Christ." He said: My subject this morninc Is found in John It: IB; "For T hnve given you an ex ample that ye should do as I hnve done to von " If yon put that right In Its setting It would he natural to wonder whether the example Jesus Kavp Involves the girding of the towel i marv of familv life, mastered life and and th taking of the basin and per- overromp rverv temptntlon. and in 11 INTERNATIONAL LESSON mi:ms roR tvtnt ai cost- How to Get and Keep a Situation. Gen. 39: 1-6; 41: 38-44. ne respeetful. 1 Tim. 6: 1. i. Be obedient. Eph. C: 6-7. Be faithful. 1 Tor. 4: 1,2. Gods presence. Gen. 39: 20-23. A lying servant. 2 Kings 5; 20- 21 Reward for service. forming the service of love that He performed for His disciples; whether Hl examnle Is literal In Its setting. It Is not strange that rortaln hrnnrhes of the church have In different times held that His exampl" was to he taken literally; that He instituted an ordl nanro as truly as the ordinance of baptism or the Lord's supper. And o. even down to the present dav, here are some rhurches that literally believe In the washing of the feet as a religious act. From 1880 to Ifi30 the sovereigns of Ens-land were ac customed to literally carry out this example of the Lord, and Indeed down to the present day It Is not unusual for the imperial ruler of Russia to have the nrlstorrarv seek outgoers earnestness and humility she said she did not know imp single thing in all his life that was not Just as she would like to have It. Hushand, ran your wife say that? It shows, dear friends, the possibility of living so near Christ that Ills evample and life, not In Its glorified perfection, hut In the pure ness of heart, shall enable us to put every sin under our feet. Now, friends, If It Is possible to follow Jesus' example as literally as that, is It not necessary to rise to It when so many people are following your example? Why did Jesus wash His disciples' feet? Not because it was necessary, nor because It was an Oriental rus lom. I think lie wnshed their feet Review of the BeCOIld Quarter of the Yenr Golden Text. John Mill The Pnrposr of John's Gospel Explained. Golileu Tct. "Hut these things are written that ye might believe that Jesus Is the Christ the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through Ills name." John 20:31. The purpose of John s Gospel Is i whether they realize It Matt. 20: 1- who are aged and infirm and helpless I bernuse He saw that the disciples and wash their feet as Jesus washed the feet of His disciples. On every Thursday In Holy Week the Pope, not in the simplicity that Jesus had, hut with great pomp and splendor, and In the eyes nf the multitudes on a high platform where he can be seen by all. washes the feet of twelve of the old eat men that, can be found. But the natural nuery is. why do it once a year, if it Is really an example to he followed, and why does only one per son follow It Instead of everybody you and me? And if you turn bark to your original testament you find the words "like as" "that ye should do like as I have done for you." and you realize that Jesus is not institut ing an ordinance, but He Is. by a lov ing and kind Mi of minlstrv. teach ing an ideal and teaching it hv exam ple. He might have talked about it and the words would have gone in one ear and out of the other, hut no one of those present could ev?r forget His example, and I venture to sav that though John lived as lone as he did in his last day he still felt the Influ ence of the Master's tearhing as strongly as he did on the day when the Master washed his feot. Jesus' whole llfp is an example, is It not? We find other neople that are examples. 1 can turn to the Old Tes tament and studv Job, and say that he was an exanude of patience, or to the life of Abraham, and say that he is a perfect example of faith. I turn to Impetuous Peter, and I sav there is a man of fervor: or to John, and see the perfect etamplc of John, the loving disciple, and wonder if we shall ever grow into the love of John. These men are examples In part, in some things, in one or a few charac teristics, but Jesus was a perfect ex ample complete. If you are speak ing of faith. He is perfect; if of pa tience. He Is perfect : if you sneak ol fervor, or of love, or of humility, of dignity, or of power, or of anv qual ity of the heart, you find that Jesus if perfect, the one supreme, perfect ex ample. You and I know it is one ol our human failings to look at people and imitate them. How quick the child is to discern. Did you never see a little girl who spoke not only the same words that her mother did. but with just the same intonation? If the mother says a thing with a little sharpness, so does the daughter. 1 think nothing in all this world Ib so quick to discern the things they see as a little child, and not only to discern them, but to'lmitate them. If Jesus had handed down His Sermon on the Mount just as a document given by an unseen hand, it never would have had the resonanre. the rlearness and the power that it has when we see it coming from the lips of the Man whom we almos ran see because His followers really did see Him. You do not take any reasoning of Jesus apart from HlmBelf. You and I need to un derstand Jesus, and need to follow ri ID e..l ill ) ' i ' . uoiU3- w.ic . i following our example. Here is a lit- tie boy in the Sunday-school, and the teacher says. John, you ought to were too proud to do it for one an other. It takes a manly character to do a menial task. I fancy that If we tried to imitate some of Jesus' exam ples, we would find that It would be better to go apart into a mountain and pray and com" down to the orig inal channels of life and love strengthened before we could do the acts of service that Jesus did. I be lieve that He did It because He saw that His disciples did not vet under stand or comprehend the ideal that He came to establish. What Is the law, the ideal, the essential of God's kingdom'' I know that some would say that it Is love. That is the right answer If you understand what love is. It is not merely a love that con templates and does nothing; that is well disposed and stops there. If you think that you are obeying His com mandment to love your neighbor when you do not tfate him, you have not got the ideal of Jesus. Love that is love at all finds its expression in service. The mother toils late Into the night, that her hoy may be neatly dressed and educated. That Is tho mother's love. If God only loved us by only looking on us complacently, deliver me from that love. Tint what wonders hath He not wrought; what hath He not done for us that wo might have life, joyful lives and use ful lives? If you are going to love, you must serve, nnd I venture to com mend that definition of servlre which says that It Is the fundamental rule of (rod's service. But the dlBciples did not catch the idea. Do you wonder that Jesus Baid to theni, "Whosoever will be great among you. let him be your minister, and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant." In His parables He taught the idea of service, but though the disciples listened they did not seem to comprehend, and so on that last night Jesus did something they did comprehend and clinched all His teaching by girding Himself and min istering to them, and said, "I have given you an example." Let me close by calling your atten tion to the last part of the text: "That ye should do as I have done to you." Are you doing what Jesus did, or is it only contemplation? Are you car rying out HIh example, or have you encountered some obstacle that is too hard to do? In the great galleries the artists sit and strive to reproduce the masterpieces, and so in the gallery of life you and I are sitting at the feet of Jesus. Are we reproducing per fectly? He Is tho example. Are wP doing as He did? given In the Golden Text. The best 1 review of the lessons of the quarter Will be to go through the lessons one I by one nnd find out how this great truth is illustrated In each lesson. In Lesson I. the deity of Christ comes out In His claiming to be the door, through whom alone any man ran enter into the kingdom, and In l His claiming to be the Good Shep hard, the relation that in the Old Tes tnment Jehovah claimed. In Lesson H. the deity of Christ j conies out in His demonstrating His power to raise the dead by His simple word. In Lesson III. the deity of Christ comes out again In His being the One 1 who raised Lazarus from the dead. In Lesson IV. the deity of Christ romcs out In the assertion of His pre- existence with the Father, and In His work Father's having given all things into i Ills hnnds, nnd in His knowledge of what was going on In the hearts of men, and in His assertion that He was Master and Lord. In Lesson V. the deity of Christ comes out In His commanding men to believe in Him just as they believed in God, and in His assertion that he that, hath seen Me hath seen the Father. In Lesson VI. the deity of Christ comes out in the assertion of His pre exlstence, and In His assertion "that all things that the Father hath are Mine." In Lesson VII. the deity of Christ comes out in His very presence, over powering His enemies. In Lesson VIII. the deity of Christ comes out in His fulfilling in detail so many of the Old Testament pro phecies regarding the Christ. In Lesson IX. the deity of Christ comes out In His resurrection, the Fnther's seal of Jesus' claim to deity. In Lesson X. the deity of Christ comes out again In .he certainty of His resurrection and in His accepting to Himself ascription of deity when Thomas called Him, "My Lord and my God." In Lesson X. the deity of Christ comes out again in His resurrection fully attested. i 1C. God's favor Is the best asset. In any ! business (Gen. 39: 2.) To find favor with God means to find favor with man, and usunlly it leads to worldly success (Gen. 39: 4.) Men are always on tho lookout, or not, for of God Is" men whom US spirit (On. 11: 38.) Whether men put you at the head or not makes no difference; you are in a royal position If you are where God wants you to he (Gen. 41: 43.) Suggestions. It Is not dlsgrnce to seek honest work, and It Is false modesty to shrink from offering yourself (or it. No one who was not willing to do more than he was paid for ever got paid for more than he did. A recipe for getting Into a firm: Work for it as If you were In it. Never mind who gels credit, for your work. The Indispensable man, In the end, la not the one that get the credit, but the one that does the Illustrations. The square peg In the square hole Is only half of the philosophy ol chcAialng a calling; a peg can be whittled to fit a hole, a hole can be bored to fit the peg. The men at the head of tho line are continually falling out at the touch of deuth; some one must take their places. A beam must be at least not. too small for the place; If too large, it can be cut. If you consider a position simply a springboard from which to leup li to a better position, you will certainly lund In the ditch. EPWOHTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY. JUNE 21. THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK An Experimental Plot. The experimental plot in field or garden may not be directly remune rative in a financial way, but Its value cannot be measured when we count the pleasure it gives and the interest it awakens. These are Items that make the difference between the farmers who find pleasure in their work and those who consider farming a drudgery. Kpitomist. Preserved Eggs Tested. The Agricultural Department at Washington recently tested eggs which had been preserved four years in water glass (sodium silicate). They were found to have an unpleas ant taste, and the white coagulated In cooking. There was a slight taste of soda and the whlto had becomo pink In color and very liquid. Eggs kept In water glass for six months tasted nnd smelted like well kept eggs a few days old. I ( lover vs. Timothy For Steer. In very carefully and sensibly con I ducted experiments with yearling cat tle at the Missouri station it was found thnt by substituting clover for timothy the efficiency of the ration i was practically doubled. That is, a bushel of corn when fed In combina tion with clover hay produced essen tially double the number of pounds of gain thnt were produced on similar steers with the samo amount of corn and good timothy hay. What was found to be true of clover apples al most Identically to cowpea hay. Weekly Witness. "Rejoice in the Lord." Why Bhould we not rejoice In tho good things of God? If the day is pure and serene, we enjoy its glad ness. Why should we not rejoice in the serene light of truth that shines from heaven upon us? We find a Joy in the presence and cheerful greeting of our friends. Why should we not look up to heaven, whence so many pure and most loving faces look upon us with divine affection, and with most tender desire to cheer and help us? Having an almighty and most lov ing Father, in whom we live and move and have our being, let us re joice in Him. Having a most loving Saviour, who has made Himself our brother, and feeds us with His life, we ought Burely to rejoice in Him. Having the Holy Spirit of God with us, making us His temples, and pour ing His love Into our hearts, we ought certainly to answer His love and re joice In H1b overflowing goodness. "Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice." William Ber nard Cllathorne. God's Protection of His Children in Peril (Pea. 34; Luke 12. 6-12. Psa. "i. This psalm Is crowded with meaning for those who need to learn confidence in God. It has sprung to the lips of uncounted servants of God In limes of persecution and per plexity, for it voices the deepest feel ings of those that have learned how to trust God in the hard places and in the dark places. It is a catalogue of the privileges which belong to those whose confidence Is In Him who re deenielh the souls of his servants. Luke 12. 0-12. If a man will con fess Jesus Christ before men, the con fession may seem to get him Into trou ble, but his Master Is pledged to con fess him before the throne of God. That means that no real harm can come to him; for when a man is in the thought of God, nnd is doing God'a service, all God's forces are under compulsion to render him aid and comfort. It has been seen In other studies of this series that this does not meun any cheap protection from merely superficial hurts. It Work of Large and Small Cows. Small cows consume relatively more feed and produce more dairy products than largo ones. The Jer seys, per one thousand pounds live weight, consumed dally during the 3t. Louis dairy demonstration on an average seventeen per cent, more J nutriment than tho Holstelns. twen ty per cent, more than the Swiss and ' over fifty per cent, more than the Shorthorns; but they returned forty ' three per cent, more butter fat than (he Holstelns, seventy per cent, more than tho Swiss and 100 per cent, more than the Shorthorns. Ameri can Cultivator. The Interpreter of Life. Jesus is the interpreter of life. He holds the secret of the life which is, as well as of the life which is to come. VVe don't know how to live, and we will go on blundering and wearing i ourselves out until we take Him as our exemplar. The fever of life Is the result of our experiment with the things which ought to make for our happiness. Somehow c cannot get the right grow up into a true, noble manhood, 1)rol)or.lon, and Inatend of receiving and be an example for others." John cannot help belnc an example. I can not stand here this morning and say you ought to be examples; you are, and you cannot get away from It. You may not want people to look at you, but you cannot shut their eyes. There is not a person here this morn ing who is not, unconsciously as well as consciously, leading the thoughts I and Impulses of other people. You j are examples. Whut-klnd of exam ples are you? What kind of an example are we , Christian people? In think one of tho I most wondeful men was Paul. He wrote to the Galatlans, and he said: "Brethren, I beseech you be as 1 am." Now a good many of you are looking at me and saying: "Here is our new 1 pastor. 1 wonder what kind of a man I he is really going to prove to be." I What kind of a man would you think I am if I should say in utter serious ly Ml joy and peace and a larger lite from I our use of the mixture, wo find our ' selves weak and feverish, and sick at ! heart. Let us go to Him, and take ' His life for our example. Let us j note what things He counted precious and what things He rejected as harm I ful to the soul. Let us accept Him r.s the way, and ' the truth, and the life, and He will : enter the room in which we are now I lying sick of the fever of life, and He I will take us by the hand and lift ub up, and fill us with new life for service to His glory and salvation of our fellow men Rev. Percy T. Or Ion, In Pittsburg Christian Advocate. Thy Last Thuught. Practice to make God thy last thought at night when thou sleepest and tby first thought when thou wak est: so shall thr fancv be sanctified Members of Puritan Church. in the night, and thy understanding I beseech you be as I am Look it me, behold me. B? as 1 anv" Why, that is what the apostle wrote to his congregation. He sent another letter to the Pblllppiaus, in wh.ch he said. "Those things which ye have both learned and received and heard and seen In me, do; and the God of peace shall be with you." Is there a school teacher here that would dare to lay: you only do what your teacher does; if you only look at my life and follow my example, the God of peace will be with you." In th:ee of his epiitles Paul wrote: "Be followers of me." What a presumptuous man! Is there a father In this audience that wishes his son to be just llko him? Or la th-sre a mother that wishes her little child that God has given her, to be just like her? God knows that every parent says "Ob, that my child may be better than I am." What, then, is the secret of this man's won derful courage" You will find it in what be said to the Corinthians; "Be . i followers of me, even aa 1 am afso of Christ." and he dared to say It, ana he was right, because he knew that his life was rlose to God. The first time I preached In th if Dulplt several weeks aco I went out the next day from this rltv to a neigh boring place and visited the homes ol peonle who traveled evtenslvelv, am) 1 talked with the mUtress of thai mansion who had spent some time Is personally visiting the neople whe took parts In thm Pnslon Play ai Oberammeigau She did not go to th i, lav, but she went afterward In theli homes, and I shall nevr forget th Inrldnnts aha related. She went tc the home of the nan who took the be rectified In the day; so shall thy rest be peaceful and thy labors pros perous. Francis (Juarles. How to Conquer Sin. Sin beglnB In the heart. It the thoughts are pure the life will be blameless. The indulgence of sinful thoughts and desires produces sinful actions. When lust hath conceived It bringeth forth sin. The pleasur able contemplation of a 3inful deed is usually followed by Its commission. Never pause and consider the pleasures and profit of any sin. Close your mind against such suggestions at once, as you would lock and bolt your doors against a robber. Let this one thought, "It is wrong," end all dalliance. If Eve had not stood par leying with the devil, and admiring the beautiful fruit, earth might have yet been a paradise. No one becomes a thief, a fornica tor, or a murderer at once. The mind must first be corrupted. The wicked suggestion must be indulged and re volved in the thoughts until it loses the hideous deformity and the antici pated gain or pleasure conies to out weigh the evils of the transgression. Detroit News-Tribune. that deeper and profounder thing, the protection of the soul. But if a man denies Christ, he himself will be de nied in the presence of God. What does that mean? It means that he is cut off from all the resources which save and protect nnd hold secure. The sinner is adrift in ithe world, with no one resiionslble for him, no ono In helpful sympathy with him, no one who can offer him any real aid. Ha has linked himself with the forcea of Confusion, nnd nothing but confusion can conm Into his life. These things are not arbitrary; they are natural causes. If It were not so. if a man who confessed Christ were abandon ed, anil one who denied him were nro- tenteii tilt U'h.tl. x l.l wnnM tuml.1 l i Car Into nioiul rhaos before night. The Spreader. Corn ground Is one of the best places for the manure. A top dress ing of only five or six loads to the icre will show good results. A thin coat over a large area will bring greater returns than a heavy coat ver a small area. Tho fact that the jpreader can spread a load over a much larger spree and much more evenly than can be done by hand is i strong argument for its use. No ither tool on the farm gives us more satisfaction. We also like to give ihin places in the meadow a light means I coat of manure in the spring. We keep all the manure on the farm under cover. What is not hauled out this spring will be usod this fall to top dress tho meadows and wheat ground. Epitouiist. High Ideal. We should all strive for high IdealB, and live the life the Master has laid down for us. The Rev. Junius Alex ander, Boston. A LAZY BOY'S INVENTION. Tho long handled shovel has made ivor 1300,000 for its Inventor, and Ihe Inventor was a lazy, shiftless boy -t seventeen, named Reuben Davis, whOBe father llvec', in Vermont at the time. He set Reuben to digging dirt :ind loading it on a wagon, and the ihort handled shovel made the boy's back ache. One afternoon when hia father was away, he took out the short handle and substituted a long one, and found the work much eaa ler. When the father reached home Reuben got a licking, but after the old man had used the shovel himself he saw that it was a good thing and got it patented. They are now man ufactured almost by the million. i American Uoy. THE REMINDER. The Patient "But look here! How do I know all the times I'm getting absent treatment?" The Healer "Don't' worry. I'll end you an Remixed bill." Life. My Chief Joy. I can bear you this witness, that not all friendship, not all praise, not success In life, not the joy which I experienced in communion with na ture, nor the rapturous and exquisite sensations In the presence of things beautiful, nothing in earth, has ever been to me such strength, such con slant Joy, as the sense that Christ loved me wsrfle I was a sinner, and as I am a sinner; that because I am sick, He is my physician; and because 1 am weak, He is my captain; and be cause I am imperfect, He is my "all and in all." Henry Ward Beecher. It Is hard to catch heavenly fruits when you are oarrylng earthly frets. -i' .i Swallows Burying Ground. When the coast erosion commis sioners visited Walton on the Naze they were shown a spot north of the pier, and about a mile from the shore which was formerly a churchyard. A quarter of a century ago the tomb stones could be seen under water at ebb tide, but since then the sou has further encroached, and even when the tide is extraordinarily low and the sea clear the old burying ground is scarcely discernible from the sea level. London Dally News. Boiler KxploMMins in Germany. Fifteen boiler explosions are r ported in Germany for the year 1906. I ii.ee out of the fifteen explosions ire attributed to low water, one to failure of the bottom of a vertical boiler which had been In aervlua twenty-eight years, and one to corro tion proceeding from outside Inward at a spot where the metal of the botU sr. thirty-two yearn old. was In con taet with an outer wall THE LEGEND OF THE COWSLIP. There was a time, long ago, when the cowslip had no golden blossoms. To be sure, she wished to have them, but as Bhe did not know how to bloom she contented herself for one summer j with her rich dark leaves, and in autumn fell asleep with her feet curled close and warm underground i and her head tucked beneath the j cover which her mother had provided. But one night she woke with a j little shiver and said, "Mother, I'm cold;" and her mother hastened to cover her with a gayly colored i blanket of leaves, after which she ' slept many days and nights, until a frosty, starry hour came, when she I stirred a little and whispered, "Moth j er, I'm cold." Then her mother covered her with a white blanket, soft as down upon i the mother bird's breast, and our cowslip slept softly, but soundly, many weeks. One May, morning she heard a de lightful rustling all around her, whereupon she nestled In her bed, not knowing that the rustle was caused by tho whispering of her companions underground, who, like her, were lust awakening from their happy dreams, pushing out their white feet, and stretching up their tiny hands, as you have seen waking babies do. Then she heard a robin sing; but as the earth still covered her, the -long was but half understood, and to bear better, she lifted ber head high enough for a yellow sunbeam, who had been looking everywhere for her, :o see her. She remembered both the sunbeam and the robin, and so glad was she to lee them both, that she laughed a low, sweet, "Ha, ha, ha, ha!" and there she stood in full bloom, every ha-ha having become a smiling, sunny-hearted blossom. Of course, ahu was amazed, and hung her head In a sweetly modest tashiuu, as do cowslips to, this day; 'or since that happy springtime not. sue of the family has forgotten to laugh Itaolf Into golden bloom, when it hears the roblu and sees the yellow lunbeam ot merry May. From the Bea Hive. Getting Alfalfa Started. 'An Illinois farmer writes: "I have not been very successful in getting a stand of alfalfa. I am anxious to get a small field started and would like to have some suggestions how to go at it." If a stand of alfalfa is the thing you are after, and do not care much for a grain crop from the land this you should give this land a thin dressing of barnyard manure, then plow it under, and harrow It frequently, up to say the middle of May. Then roll and harrow it. Then sow twenty pounds of first-class al falfa seed with two or three pecks of barley per acre. If you are near a field where alfalfa is growing, scat ter a few loads of this soli over your uwn field. Then cut your barley off for hay and remove it from the field as soon as possible. Don't give It up. L. C. B., in the Indiana Farmer. vidual farmer, but tho necessity of obtaining It in some way Is dally be coming more evident. Epltomist. Very Important to Know. Dr. W. H. Dalrymple, of the Louis iana experiment station, calls our at tention to differences between cano molasses and beet molasses for stock feeding which are Important, but not generally understood. Beet molasses j contains large quantities of residual saltB, which produce various derange ments of tho animal's system it fed freely or long. On the other hand, cane molasses does not contain these elements In sufficient quantities to In jure the animal's health. In fact, its effect is quite the reverse, aB a rule. Cane molasses can be fed far in ex cess of what any of our renders Is likely to feed without the slightest danger. Dr. Dalrymple reports that as high ns thirty pounds a day have been fed to horses without ill effect, and that on forty-seven plantations from which he has heard the average Is about ten pounds a day per horse. As the feeding of molasses Is extend ing it will be well for feeders to keep In mind this Important difference be tween the beet and tho cane product. National Stockman. Work the Ground. There is economy In putting in all the work possible on the ground be fore planting the seed. A well plowed, well-harrowed and pulver ized field Is exactly the right condi tion to start the seed. Good seed is hard to kill, but C.:e more conge nial germinating conditions we give It the quicker will it start. A sue cesslul corn grower says: "I would rather have one good day's work put upon a corn field before the seed is planted thau ten days after the seed starts growth." Clear the ground of all trash and stalks possible; follow the plow with the harrow and keep tne seed-bed mellow. Ground hand led In this way will warm up quicker than poorly tilled lund, and conse quently, the seed will not be so apt to rot in the ground Indiana Far mer. Soil Fertility. Don't let the truth escape from your observation, that soil fertility I before production. Therefore, guard jeulously the elements which secure the harvests. There Is a say ing In Indiana: "Drive your grain to market, meaning, feed It to the stock and drive the stock to market There Is no better way to maintain soil fertility, for it secures the en vied gain while accomplishing the desired result. Crop rotation if practised systematically and lutein gently, guarantees the same result, but It is not believed to be as pro ductlve. There are farmers whose land is not adapted for stock raising; these will ot necessity follow other means to maintain the fertility of their soil than by feeding all farm products to stock. In whatever way it can ba moat economically accom pushed la the best way tor the indl- Sore Neck anil Shoulders. A little care right now In properly handling the horses when they are soft will save a whole lot of trouble after awhile, and it will save the poor beasts a great deal of needless suffering. The spring seeding sea son is the hnrdest time on the horses' shoulders and neck, because the flesh Is soft and easily bruised, and the dust seems to irritate now more than any other time during the year. By carefully hardening the team to their work, their shoulders will soon be come firm, and pads will not be neces sary. In fact, collar pads are a nui sance. They are hot and soon be come gummed up with dirt nnd sweat, and will cause irritation easily. Use a close-fitting, well-made leather col lar, ono that fits the horse's shoul der. Break in a new collar on a horse as you would break in a new pair of shoes, and then after that particular collar has become set to the animal's shoulder, never use it on any other horse. The changing about of collars and harness Is not a good thing. Fit bridle, collar and tugs to suit each horso, and you will find that the team will work much more willingly, and without any worry. Even the best fitting col lars need daily attention. Keep the collar clean. Scraping the collar with a penknife Is not a good thing, because It destroys tho smooth sur face and is apt to leave ridges. One other thing. Wo use riding cultiva tors and other machines or imple ments with tongues. These are all hard on the neck ot the team, unless the collar fits so snug that it cannot slip up und down with every move ment of the tongue. Then be sure to set the harness so that the draft comes direct against the shoulder, and not too low or too high. Epltomist. Good Cow Ration. A correspondent of the Jersey Bul letin gives the following as the ra tion he is feeding his cows, with ex cellent results he says: We are milking twonty-five Jerseys and weighing the milk ot each cow and testing for fat every month. They are doing finely this winter; in fact, never did better are giving an aver- ige test of bettor thau 6.7 per cent. fat. We have been feeding a grain ration composed of thq following: 200 pounds dried distillers' grains. 250 pounds corn meal. 100 pounds cottonseed meal. 50 pounds flax meal. Mix, und feed a 900-uound cow. giving from eighteen to twenty pounds of milk per day, about six pounds of the mixture, together with twenty pounds of roughage, com posed of mixed hay, oat hay and corn clover. We Increase or diminish the grain ration according to the amount of milk the cow is giving and her individual requirements. By taking advantage of the mar ket in the fall, we were able to put this grain ration together for about $1.40 por hundredweight, which Is very low for a ration containing over twenty-seven per cent, digestible protein, together with the standard requirements ot carbohydrates and fat. I have been feeding this ration for nearly a year and a half and I have never fed anything that seemed to give better results, both at the pail and in tho general health and condition ot the animals. Cottonseed meal is a valuable feed for milk and butter production. At the South Carolina station it wsb found that cottonseed meal when fed In conjunction with good corn silage may be fed to the extent of from five to six pounds per cow dally without affecting the health ot the animals In fact, keeping them in an un usually good state of health. Cows fed exclusively on this diet for a period ot five months exhibited no craving for dry roughage, but always preferred silage to good hay. More milk and butter fat were produced during that period than during any correaponding period. It is the con clusion of the station that cottonseed meal and corn silage form the cheap est dairy feeds available tor the dairy men ot South Carolina. The Virginia station concludes that as cottonseed meal when pure con tains a larger percentage of digestible protein than gluten meal and is much richer In fertilising constituents and can be fed with equal satisfaction for tha production of butter and milk it should ba utilized In tha ptasw ! tha latter. TEMPERANCE BATTLE GATHERS STRENGTH EVERY DAT. Voting Out the Saloon Crusaders Who Formerly Despaired Are Now Joyfully Henring of One Victory After Another. It seems only a few years ago when the outlook for the triumph of tem perance appeared discouraging, and even those who knew most about the movement and were working hardest for the suppression of the liquor traffic would aay that it would prob ably be a generation or two before great gains could be counted. To-day these same workers are watching with pleased astonishment one victory after another over the saloon. It Is like a great snowball that has started at the top of a moun tain. At first It had to he formed and pushed along, but gradually It gath ered more snow unto Itself, and then, of Its own weight, rushed onward, growing In size with every foot it covered. So it Is with the temperance move ment. It is gathering momentum and drawing to Itself all of the respecta ble elements In many communities, and is sweeping everything before it. It differs, however, from the snow ball In this respect: It does not melt nway, no matter how fierce the heat f the attack made upon It. It is here to stay, and here to win. Tho liquor traffic Is being beaten in all parts ot the country. It has received Its death blow In the South, and knows It, though it is making futile efforts to appear alive In a few places. The Christian people In those districts mny be depended upon to finish its existence, and Its menace to manhood and to the homes of helpless women. A short time ago there was chron icled upon this page the vigorous campaign In Canada and the stories of the temperance battleB that were won. Hardly has the liquor traffic had a chance to think twice about how It could change Its tactics and save It self elsewhere, than the thousands of voters of Illinois go to the polls and vote that the saloon has done enough harm In towns In that State. Not all ot Illinois has "gone dry," but the list Is an encouraging one. There local option was voted upon in 1160 of the 1295 townships of the State. The temperance forces made gains in all ot the country districts with, perhaps, three exceptions. Some of the larger places voted for license, but the liquor majorities were greatly reduced. It Is reported that the women prayed while the men were at the polls, and when the voto was an nounced It wns found that between 1500 and 2000 saloonB had been voted out or existence. It shows what can be done with the ballot, If tho respectable portion of any community would work together for the common good. Christian Herald. Texas Decision Hits Snloons. Judge Pollard, Attorney-General of Texas, has recently made a startling decision for the liquor men in that State. In answering a question re garding the new Baskln-McOregor Law, Judge Pollard declares that the law will requlro that a saloon man must have resided in a county at least two years before he can take out a saloon license. Since the wave of local option spread over North Texas the saloon men have emigrated to other counties and started anew in the business. In hun dreds of cases, therefore, they will not have been residing in their pres ent locations for the requisite two years, and, according to Judge Pol lard, their licenses are invalid unless secured In accordance with this clause of the new statute. Carlyle Called It "Prating." "A nation of drunkards Is even preferable to a nation of slaves," said Rev. Mr. Mapgusarlan in an address to a "Liberty League" in Chicago re cently. But what about a nation ot both drunkards and slaves! Remem ber what Carlyle said to the English people: v "No man can oppress thee, O, free and Independent franchiser! But does not this stupid porter pot op press thee? No son of Adam can bid thee come and go, but this absurd pot of heavy wet, this can and does! Thou art the thrall, not of Cerdlc the Saxou, but of thy brutal Intemper ance. And thou pratest of thy 1'" erty! Thou entire blockhead!" Sobriety in Great Britain. The decline in consumption of al coholic beverages iu Great Britain, to which wo have occasionally called attention In recent years, steadily, continues, and has now reached a point at which it seems judicious to regard it as a decidedly significant movement which promises permanent results. There are, ot course, in the records of all nations variations and fluctuations from year to year in such matters. But when either an In crease or a decline continues per sistently year after year for a consid erable period, and is not reasonably attributable to any merely transient causos, it becomes worthy of serious attention. New York Tribune. Our Sober Sailors. Fourteen thousand American Bailor boys in the great battle fleet made a most notable record for sober and or derly behavior during their visits to South American ports. Which proves that they must conio from a different part of the country than their broth ers who make up the American army, or else somebody Is doing some tall lying about the necessity for the army anake hole, otherwise known as the "anteuu. Temperance Notes. In local option the opponents of the saloon have found their most ef fective weapon. It still retains Its hold in tho cities. A good deal of the spirit of '76 ap pears to have cropped out In the Il linois women who have enlisted to conquer the demon rum. The anti-saloon forces claim that In the recent elections in California they won in two-thirds of the towns In which the saloon question was at issue. The government of Roumanla haa projected a new liquor law, under which the right to sell drink will pass Into the bands of the local com munal authorities. Tho Chicago Qroat Western Rail road Company, indicted last winter on' two counts charging sale of liquor on Its trains and which pleaded guilty to one Indictment In Iowa, has paid a line ot $800. The almost uniform fate of tha aaloon when presented as a local Issue In the country districts raises the expectation that It will eventually! succumb to the mora slowly aroused it.oral sentiment of tha larger centres ot population.
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