Turnip For Chicken, i A Rood sized turnip cut In hnlf and nailed to a hoard will furnish entertainment and food for a flock of hons for half a day. Another food way to keep the hons busy In cold weather Is to fasten a beet or carrot or other root from the celling of the ben house by a string, having It Just hlsh enough so thnt the hons will have to Jump far It. Farmers' Homo Journal. Fan:?' 1 Horses. For horses fagged out after a tiring Journey, there In no safer nor better tonic than n "white drink." made by Stirring in a bucket of water a pint of oafni'ial off nhlc ii tti? chill has been taken. U'lil'c l;inks nf this kind are not only sood thirst quenchers, but they also kcliu to art a3 a restorative and a;e found very effective in en abling; animals to rogaln strength lost tiro.i'.;h llliK'js or severe exer tion. K.'iltoini.n. for hens, but. even with this corns vegetables may be Riven to advan tage. Grain alone for hen?, even If It were best, makes nn expensive ra tion these times, and the alms of the poultry farmer should ba to utilize as much of the waste of tho farm and house as possible. In setting a pood yield of eggs the main factors are fr.sh cut bone and meat, clover and vegetables, a dry, comfortable house and plenty of exer cise. Farmers' Home Journal. THE PULPIT. AN ELOOUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV EDWARD MLES. Theme: John's Second Fpistle. Sulphur For Sheep. Hoi bai hs, made by putting sulphur In va; ure a specific for scab In shorp. a. ah Is very Infectious, and any slf.'-p haviug It should he kept by Itself. Tho bath will need to be re peated at intervals of one or two days, for at least three times. In order to destroy germs that were not ad vanced enough for the first applica tion to kill. The Australian sheep growers have 8urceed,d In eradicating scab from their country. Now every sheep brought tr Australia has to submit to the bath once to destroy possible genus that have not become visible. Epitonilst. Useful For Feeding Hogs. A number of breeders use a crate for handling hogs and find it a very useful article. It should be made as light and strong as possible, two by two Inrb posts and one by four inch whit pine strips being used. The most useful size is fifty-four Inches Ion, thirty Inches hih and sixteen Inches wide. Inside measurements. The bottom is mnde one Inch smaller each way than the inside measure ment In order to allow the crate to slip down over it. Two pieces of half-inoh gas pipe twenty-four inches long can then be slipped through the hole3 In the lower side pieces, which will hold the bottom up and also serve as handles when lifting It. After the crate is finished keep it In the yard where the hogs will get used to It, and when you want to pick out a hog place the bottom of the crate where it will be handy; The Hone Grinder, It Is surprising that every farmer that has fowls should not also have a bono grinder. Perhaps the main rea.; n 13 undoubtedly because the fanner does not understand the many advantages there are In having such a machine, because I have never heard of any one who gave the bone grinder a fair trial that was dis.iatis fied with tin investment. Hones cannot be utilized without being ground, and they contain a large quantity of very valuable food ingredients that go to make cut bone one of the very best substances that can possibly he fed to Induce quick growth In chicks or heavy eoproduc tlon among hens. Bones contain much lime, which is a necessity to the fow l dropping a large number of egg3 during the year. They also contain valuable nitrogen and phosphorus, which elements are not found in very large quantities in many other feeds. So, altogether, green nut bone Is well nigh indispenBable to the poultry keeper who understands its feeding value. Many rich bones are wasted every year on the average farm, and this condition really should never exist. The manurlal value of bones also is considerable) and made thoroughly available after being used by fowls. Epitonilst. Crate For Handling Hogs. then pick up the crate, with the right hand holding tho tipper crossplece, and tho left hand holding a side slat near the opposite end, and after you have the "swing of It" approach tho hog from the rear and a little to the left side and pitch the crate length wise over hlni, letting go with the left hand, that the front end may strike tho earth first. Hold fast with the right hand and pull the crate backward, and you will find that you can In this manner tako tho hog anywhere you choose. Do not speak, and keep out of sight of the hog an much as possible. Do not try to hold the crate still or to bark him on the bottom of the crate until he quiets down a ll'.tle. You will be surprised to see how quiet he will become after he has walked backward a few rods. To put hlni Into another crate or through a door, says the Twentieth Century Farmer, raise the front end a little, and he will go in like a shot. Trees Protect From Liglitniii;;. It has beeu said that all pointed ob jects, such as leaves of trees and blades of grass tend to equalize the electricity in the earth and the atmos phere. If this theory Is true, It would seem that It would be wise to plant plenty of trees about our premises to act as protectors from lightning. It would also seem that trees with many sharp points, like the ever greens, would be better than our com. mon deciduous trees. I never saw an evergreen that had been struck by lightning, nor a beech, nor sugar pine, nor sugar tree, nor any fruit tree, such as the apple ami pear; but I have seen locust, walnut, oak, hickory, yellow poplar, maple, ash and a few other kinds that had been struck. It is said that In India there Is a tree that is never struck by lightning, and the natives fly to It In time of storms for protection. This Is a matter of no small Im portance, and If everyono who has made any special study along this line would give the results of his ob servations to the readers or the Farmer It might be the means of sav ing lives and property from destruc tion. B. S. C. We trust that come attention will be paid to this suggestion. There it no doubt something in It. Tho writer speaks of tho sugar tree as being ex empt from lightning, while the maple Is sometimes struck. What maple does he rorer to? The rock maple or hard maple is the sugar tree, as is generally understood, and Is, we be lieve, sometimes ttruck by lightning. How about the elm? Is it ever struck? We du not recall an instan??. Indiana Farmer. Raiting Broilers. 1' U very early to talk abouc broil ers, but It Is a subject that requires forethought. During March, April and May there Is a demand for chicks weighing from one and a half to two pounds that greatly exceeds the avail able supply. Chicks hatched during January and February so that they may be mar keted In ten or twelve weeks are the ones that bring the high prices In the broiler markets often from fifty to seventy-five cents apiece, so there is good money In the business if one Is prepared for It. What U most neccB gary is an incubator to hatch the eggs, a brooder to raise the chicks, and a brooder houso to accommodate their increased ulze afleri the first few weeks. This Is a good work for the farmer, because it comes at a time when the farm work consists mainly of chores. Try your band at it this spring; not too exWnslvely at first until you get a little experience, but once that Is acquired the business may safely be developed to almost any proportions, for there is no danger of an overaup ply. Epltomlst. Succulence Necessary. Closely yarded bens require succu lent fod. If you throw an apple into the pen to a flock ot beus that have been closely confined and fed on grain lone, you will observe bow quickly they will eat It. These same bsos, If turned loose Into an orchard, after a few days would not touch an apple, though the fruit might be very plen tiful. An apple, as well as other kinds of green food, is a luiury to fowls only when tbey are closely yarded or boused and fed principally on (rain. There Is little nutriment lo apples, cabbage, potatoes and otber green foods, but tbey serve as a succulent and change of diet, and for this are a great belp. Clover and atfal.'n 'land at tbt bead oi ail green am? Pluming the Out Field. With tho oat crop, as with ot!i?r small grain crops, the lirat essential of success is that the seed bed be In the best state of tilth. To meet these conditions we believe the best results come from full plowing. On land that has been plowed tho previous fall, we disk both ways with the disk harrow and then harrow lengthwise and then cornerwise with a spring tooth harrow. This is done so that the man who Is driving tho drill may have a clean field and so that the harrow ridges will not confuse Ulm in driving In a straight line. When grass seed is sown the land should be gone over with a smoothing barrow, so that all the fine seed may be covered. Many farmers still cling to the old Idea that tho .field should be gone over with a roller, but there are certain conditions of the soil when a roller will prove an actual detriment to the growing crop, and for that reason we no longer make a practice of rolling our oat Holds. There is more light and Inferior oat Beed sowed than any other variety of small grain. Poor sVed causes low yields of oats. The actual cost of im proved seed Is very smull compared with the Increased yields that come from Its use. By good seed I do not mean extremely high priced seed that comes from seedsmen who claim great yields, but I mean good, plump, heavy seed. It Is an excellent plan to use one acre of ground to grow seed oats on each year, and this crop should be kept separate from the main crop and used only for seed. Under ordinary conditions I think we should change sued every four years, for there Is no crop that will deteriorate faster than oats when they are kept on the same farm year after year. Of course, proper selection ot seed and culture will prevent this. Closely linked wltb the question of good seed comes tbat of bealthy seed. I nave fouad It a good plan to treat all oats tbat are smutty with formalin before sowing. This kills the smut pores and Insures bealtby seed. W. Milton Kelly, in tbe Epltomlst. Cops to Ilcd Mad. When a man comes borne at nlgbt bis wife pours forth a recital In a mill stream of all tbat bas happened all day. Then she gets a hook, puts on ber bait, and begins to flsb to And out what He bas done all day, and she Never Catches a Thing. Then she goes oft to bed mad because she told so much. Atchison Globe. Brooklyn, NT. Y. Sunday morning the Itav. Edward Nlles, pastor of the Musnwirk Avenue Reformed (White) I Church, corner of Hlmrod street, j preached from text in Acts 2:46; "With one accord In the temple, and i breaking bread." as Illustrated by i John's Second Epistle. Mr. Nlles i said: We read aloud this entire book of the Bible in four minutes. Shortest or all the sixty-six, It is easily written jm three pages of lady'B note paper. The most precious goods comes in , small parcels. A vest pocket full of gold buys coal enough to heat and light this church for years. The thir teen verses of Second John are more . precious than the thirty-six chapters of Second Chronicles. Especially interesting Is this letter , to every woman and to every man whose dearest friend Is a woman. Few are outside one or the other cate gory. While nine of the twenty-two New Testament letters are directed to churches, four to Christians in gen eral, two to the Jews and Ave to ln- : dividual men, this is the only one Bent ; to a woman. 1 The writer was John the aged, her 1 spiritual adviser and Intimate friend. 1 Often entertained at her home in : Ephesus, he oftfn thought or ber ; when out of the city. I believe we are right in giving her :i name. The word translated "lady' in the English text. In the margin Is "Cyrla. " I.Ike "Martha" In the He brew, "Cyrla" means "lady," but was .lust as much a girl's name among the Creeks as "Flora" with the Romans r "Grace" with us. i Cyrla, then, was a well known C'.irUtlan with no less than four chil dren. At least two were young men whom John had just found to ba steadfast disciples In the town where he was holding evangelistic services, j There, too. was the home of Cyria's j married sister, as well as of some i.ieutrs huu nepuews. v un mem tae apostle probably stayed. Cyrla was a widow of ni'.'ans, leisure and inclina tion for e,ool works. Not long before this tlm?, Petron ius. Nero's "arbiter of elegance," a prominent character In "Quo Vadis," published his "Ephesian Widow." It is a futire upon silly women, living for pleasure, devoted-to dress, so evil minded and foul mouthed that Its translation is prohibited our malls. The contrast between that typical haathen widow of Ephesus and this ' typical Christian wldew of Ephesus speaks most eloquently of how the Gospel transforms womankind. The motive of John's letter is two fold: To commend the widow's chil dren whom he has seen and to warn the widow lest the children still at home be contaminated. Only a pastor fully understands John's delight at writing with a clear :onsclence, only a mother fully under Jtatds Cyria's delight at reading with beating heart, "I rejoiced greatly that I I have found some of your children , walking In truth." Archimedes leaped out of his bath shouting : "Eureka! I have found it," when he there discovered the long sought proor or nis pet theory. John cries out "Eureka!" with even more joyful Intensity when he finds In Cyria's children proof of his and Peter's the ory propounded at Pentecost, "the promise is unto you and your chil dren." When toys could go away from a Christian home and, in the midst of paganism, live pure, Christ like lives, Joha's preaching had passed beyond the experimental stage. A shadow falls ever even this joy. "Soma of your children" Indicates that the cup of happiness was not full to running over. Rumors had reached John that Cyria's hospitality was being abused by plausible counterfeits of Christian ministers who were circulating the blasphemy that Christ did not really live on earth in fltsh and blood. It was only an appearance. So these men were later known as "000211313." Those children were in imminent dan ger of being led into perdition by the heresy which asserted that only Jesus ot Nazareth was crucifitd: not the Messiah at all. Divinity, they claimed, could not be subject to hu manity. Matter is essentially evil. All sin comes from tae body. The passion story Is drama, not history. Nothing Is real tut mind. They called themselves "r.dvanced think ers," because they wanted Christian ity to keep pac9 with the times and infuse iUielf with tho popular Oriental mysticism. "rrogres3" was their watchword. In reality, says John, It is retrogress, for they "go onward by not abiding in the teaching of Christ." The glamour we are inclined to cast about the early church is not Justified. Its members had the same fallings as ours. Its vagaries are strikingly duplicated now and here. Theosophy, Free Thinking, Christian Science flourished in Ephesus. "The teaching of the Twelve Apostles," a church manual probably written be fore John died, warns believers against many who went into evangel ism for what they could make out of it. It lays down this very practical test of genuineness: "ir he stays more than two days he Is false. It he teaches the truth and doeth It not, he Is false. Whatsoever shall oay In the spirit. Give me silver," or anything else, ye shall not listen to hlni. If he tell you to give for others who are in want, let no man Judge him.". Let us apply this test on tbe present-day professed Improvements upon the old fuith: How much do they charge for their text books? What Is the price of their treatment? Do the poor have thesa substitute gospels preached to them? Tbe central thought of this minia ture epistle is the same as in all of John's writings, love. Faith is love's basis. Wben belief Is false, love dis appears. Tbe disciple whom Jesuf loved was now a hundred years old. Although bis handwriting was trem ulous wltb age, be was still a Son ol Thunder. His conception ot love wat not an Invertebrate sentimentality, but a discerning reasonableness. H ever emphasized tbe need of an ac tual, incarnate Christ on whom to focus a fraction. So be burled bis thunders at who! vsr would emasculate the love-re. Ilglcn sod stirred Cyrla t guard ber faintly against them. Shortly afterward, John la said to hve returned to Epbesus, so weak he needei to be carried to tbe Chris tlan meeting place on young men's sboulders. Unable to stand up and preach, Sunday after Sunday bv snreal his hands over tbe worshipers, I'd rig the same five-word sermon, "Utile children, love one another." Whss asked why, be replied, "Be ra.ise tbat Is the command of the lrd. and nothing can be done unless this U done." The wor-Cyrlsj: has. gtui another. meaning. It Is" '.'what relates to the Lord," and hence "church." From it comes the Scotch "kirk." the Dutch "kerk" and the German "klrche." Soma think It should be so rendered In this epistle, and that this lady Is the Fpheslan Church personified, her sister the church where John was holding services at the time, her chil dren the sorely tempted Ephesian converts. If so, the significance simply broad ens from the family home to the church iiome. The lesson was and remains a,.irnirlnte to both. Neither at the house nor i.i t:i church do we need a nfw theology, nor additional commandments. In both places we need the Ptntacostal spirit Inspiring js "with one accord to continue stead, fast In the temple; with gladness and singleness of heart breaking bread at home;" in church, in tho house, on the street constantly reiterating, thoughtfully contemplating, logically applying tne duplex commandment of love. Such a widowed saint as I have Imagined Cyrla, when a boy I was privileged to know. Her time, too, was spent in helping others. Ona day she stopped me on the street and said: "My hoy, do you remember how Nero wished all the Romans had cne neck, that he might wring it? Well, I was Just Wishing that, nil thn Christians of York had one neck, that i m.nni nug it." Her life, whether wors.-lplng at the tsmple or break ing bread at ho.ne, approved her words. What a warding is John's "Look to yourselves that ye receive a full re ward." Religion is more than a means for gaining heaven or escaping hell. In neither place, any more than upon earth, are rewards and punish ments meted out with stupid and in discriminate uniformity. In the future life remorse will not b? localized. Some among the saved barely squeeze through the gates, others have an abundant entrance. Ir.3lde. many are unadorned at Bli the crowns of ethers are plain cir clets; gome heads are wreathed with stars. While rejoicing in their re demption will not multitudes regrtt their empty-handedness? To be first at school. In games, among business men, is a lofty ambi tion. Loftiest of all ambitions Is to be first in the kingdom of heaven; to be richest where moth and rust cor rupt not, where thieves break not GJit Sunbaij-Scftoor INTERNATIONAL LESSON Y).M. MENTS FOR FEBRUARY 28. Subject: The Gospel in Samnrla, Arts 8:4.2.1 Golden Text, Acts 8:8 Commit Verses 14, 13 Com mentary on the Lesson, D. PLACE. TIME. 35-37 A Samaria. EXPOSITION. I. Baptized With the Holy Cihost as Well as With Wat er, 14-17. The apostles gladly re ceived the intelligence that the de spised Samaritans had received the Word ot Ood. They Bent their very best men to foster the work. Peter and John on their arrival found that none of tbe converts had received the Holy Spirit. Certainly among this company of baptized believers there were Borne regenerate persons, but we are distinctly told that "as yet the Holy Spirit had fallen upon none of them." They were precisely in the position of many In the church to day. They had believed the truth concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, and had been baptized, but tbey had not re ceived the Holy Spirit as a distinct and definite personal experience. So important did the apostles regard it that believers should receive the Holy Spirit that the first thing they attend ed to was this. They .evidently thought that the way to obtain the Holy Spirit was by prayer (v. 15; cf. LukeJ.i-13). It whs now years after Pentecost, and still we find the apos tles praying for the Holy Ghost. We cannot Improve upon their method. The reception ot the Holy Spirit by these Samaritan converts was some thing so very definite and marked that Simon saw it. It has been ar gued from the fact that the apostles laid their hands upon them that the Holy Ghost can only be given by the laying on or an apostle'B hands, and "as the apostles are no longer with us the gift of the Holy Ghost is not ior to-day, Plo- reward. Such deposits in heavpnlv vaults Increase at compound Interest If we walk determinedly in the nar row path, abhor falsities, work no unworthy schemes, speak no unkind words, are Intolerant of our own sins, tolerant to other sinners, make tem ples of our homes and homes of our temples. Browning puts in the dying mouth of Its leacr the cause of that post Pentacostal Joy at church and at heme: For life with all it yields of joy and woe And hop aud fear believe the aged friend Is just our chance of the prize of learning love, How love might be, hath been indeed nd is. This is fit ran pa Inirlo tnrougli, where Industry has its full T co"'rauicts plain scripture teach merely "a certain disciple," who laid hands on Saul when he received the Holy Ghost (Acts 9:10, 11). The household of Cornell us received tho Holy Ghost without the laying on of any one's bands (ch. 10:44). The Samaritan believers did not have to spend weeks "waiting for their Pen tecost." It came the moment the conditions were fulfilled. It was so everywhere In Acts after Acts 2:1. II. Baptized With Water, but Un regenerate, 18-25. Simon desired to buy the power of imparting the Holy Spirit. His heart was bo thoroughly corrupt with selfishness and covet ousness that he would turn God's gift Into a way of unholy gain. This brought n stern rebuke and awful warning. It is all very solemn. Are there not to-day those who are long ing and praying for the baptism with the Holy Spirit for their own aggran. dlzement or gain? An evangelist once spoke on the baptism with the Holy Spirit. A pastor as be walked home with him said, "That is just what I need. I must have the bap tism with the Holy Spirit. I am now getting $1200 a year. If I had this baptism with the Holy Spirit I believe I could get $1500." That was fright, ful, but this pastor onlv nut into plain words what many another has dimly felt and for this reason has longed and prayed for the gift. Let all such ponder the solemn words In vs. 20-23. Such a view of the matter reveals an Irreverence toward God and a selfishness so profound as to make pardon almost Impossible (v 22). The one who thinks that God's gifts can be purchased with money does not know God nor the methods of His grace. All of God's gifts ar gifts indeed. They are not to be pur chased, but received (Is. 55:1; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8: Rom. 11:6). Simon bad believed Phllio's doctrine and had been baptized with water (v. 13), but he was an unregenerate man. hie heart was not right in the sight ol Ood, and he had no part nor lot in this matter. Tbe only one who bas part or lot In the matter of the gift of the Holy Ghost Is the one whose heart is right in the sight of God (cf Heb. 1:9; Acts 6:32). It matters little whether our hearts are right in the sight of man, the question is. are our hearts right in the sight of God. We need forgiveness not only tor out outward acts, but also for the thoughts ot our heart. Simon was in tbe visible churcb, but nevertheless he was "in tbe gall of bitterness and thw bond of iniquity." There In no gall so bitter as the gall of sin. There Is no bond so strong as the bond of Iniquity (John 8:34). Simon did not want to draw near to Ood himself, so askea peter to pray to the Lord for him He does not appear to bave been bo sorry for his sin as he was frightened at the possible penalty. According to tradition Simon did not repent, but became an enemy to tbe Gospal. The apostles did two things the testl fled of what they themselves knew of the Lord (cf. Luke 24:48; Acts 1:8) and "preached the Word of the Lord." The word translated "preach" means "spoke." They did not preach ser- mona, but JuBt talked tbe Word of the Lord. Notice carefully what it was they talked, not their own Ideas, but the Word of tbe Lord. Oivthelr Tinm Mni c. w 7 "" uumw iucj loon opportunity Truo Moral Suasion. of dec,arlnf the K00(1 tld,ns , thJ Correct moral suasion In tbe kind villages of tbe Samaritans through wntcn they pasted. Their prejudices were breaking tlown rapidly. Their method of preaching Is worthy of imi tation. Just talking the Word of the Lord and declaring tbe Gospel (the good news'. FEBRUARY TWENTY-EIGHTH Home Missions: Present-day neers. Eccl. 11: 1-4. The sower and the seed. Matt. 13: 3-9. A missionary call. Jer. 1: 4-10. A missionary message. Isa. 40: 1-11. The missionary's s..ength. Ezek. 3: 4-11. , Achieving impossibilities. Elzek. 37. Missionary hardships. 2 Tim. 2: 1-7. Missionaries seems to throw away time and strength and money; but the missionaries are trusting it all to God, not to men (v. 1). The word comes back, after many days always, after few days some, times, always enough to encourage, and how gloriously much in the end less years! (v. 1.) ' A missionary docs not choose among his hearers, b t gives to all. He has had so many I py surprises in men that he Is not ..ver-careful of bis pearls (v. 2). The missionary finds many clouds and much wind, but he is like the man who said, "I do love weather!" (v. 4.) buggesiona. A missionary, thoiuvh In New York City, Is on the outpos.s whenever be meets an unconverted man. A pioneer Is one that first opens "up a country; and what territory is so wonderful as a soul! A missionary Is the pioneer of cIt. Illzatlon; it Is he that makes possible law, order, trade, and wealth. Missionaries are pioneers of educa tion: first the Sunday school, then the day school, then the college. Illustrations. An unconverted soul Is a jungle, In which lurk all poisonous serpents and wild beasts. A pioneer must first let In the sun with the axe and then break up the soli with the plough. So a missionary starts with the sunshine of friendli ness, and then ploughs for sowing the gospel seed. As CruBoe found footprints on tbe sand assuring him of the presence of an unseen companion, so everv mis. Ing, for it was not an apostle, but 8lnary pioneer sees certain bleeding THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK TEMPERANCE RATTLE GATHERS STREXGTI1 EVERY DAY. footprints gone before him. It Is gold that has drawn most ot the worldly pioneers, but there Is no such gold as the missionaries' nug gets, Immortal souls. When We Long For Power. Many a Christian of good average standing really longs for spiritual power at times. When be bears it said of certain rare Individuals, as was said recently of a widely known leader in the Kingdom, "Mr. lives his Christianity so remarkably that you are always uplifted by it when he Is in your house," he thinks he would rather have that power, so uibi peopie woum talk that way ' about him, than anything else In the ! ona. his desire is sincere, for the moment, but It does not last long enough. If it did, the longed-for power would come. "Blessed are they that huDger and thirst after righteousness, ior they ahall be filled." But they must care more for the power of the Spirit than for any thing else In their lives. Which means that they must be willing to pay the price that the Spirit demands for complete entry into anyone's life. And that Is stern, rigid duty-doing at every point; absolute surrender of self and all of self's Interests; the making of the Kingdom and its Inter ests flrBt and supreme in one's life. If this Beems too high a price to pay, we need not wonder that our lives lack the occasionally, languidly cov eted power. Sunday-School Times. "They Feared as They Entered Into the Cloud." Many of the greatest and most up lifting experiences of Ufa approach in the guise of fearsome clouds. Whether any cloud shall be changed into "the Majestic Glory" depends upon whether It shuts In or shuts out Christ. If He be within it. the vision splendid must soon burst forth to show the Master more radiant, more divine than before. To those drawing consciously near the close ot their days this mount of the transfiguration has its lessons of exceeding grace. It is not a pleasant thing to anybody to grow old. To most men, despite all tbey say and the Jests they make, age comes as un expected and unheralded as a cloud drifting across Hermon's heights. From some source, invisible, there rcmes a sudden shadow acd a dread ful thill. Something has shut out the sun, slowed the beating ot the heart Happy, thrice bappy, thai dlsclplo who sees the curtain shut down behind him and life only to see the veil thrown back which reveals to hlni the Saviour glorious in the light of immortality. The Interior EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28. Shepherds and Hirelings John 10: 1-16; Matt. 8: 11-13. John 10: 1-16. For many centuries Palestine bas been a country of Bheep walks. You may find today de scendents of the shepherds ot ancient days wbo trod those paths, and who, true to the traditions ot their tribe, still keep watcb over their flocks. When our Lord traveled through Ju daea and Galilee and In the country east ot the Jordan he frequently saw great flocks of sheep foodlng, and very probably among his auditors many times were shepherds themselves. In Christ's declaration of truth it was his custom to make It clear to his hearers by using illustrations which immediately won tnelr atten tion. In the passage before us be was about to teach a most important and interesting truth, one which was or the deepest concern to mankind He used the Hebraism "Verily, ver ily," meaning 'it Is true, Indeed." Of course every declaration the Master made was true, but there were occa. slons when it was necessary, either Because or tne blindness or the antag onism of men, to emphasize Dartlcu- larly the truth which was about to be announced. This was such a time. Lord was constantly meetlns Our with false teachers. He had to enm, bat them and assail their teaching. The Pharisees persisted In declaring that they were the real pastors, and that Jesus was an impostor. Tht Galllaean contrasted tbe good sber uwru wun tne nirenng. and allowed his hearers to judge which was the true pastor. Matt. 8: 11-13. The last verse of the aoove passage contains Christ's pre diction of one fold and one shepherd. Here in this part ot Matthew there is a similar announcement Whoever It is, Jew or Oentile, who has be- nevea upon Jesus, be has entered his fold, which Is but another name for the kingdom of God. But disobedient. uuuoiiBraij jews win oe cast away, "Children of tbe klnadom" IlAttk ham reference to tbe members of the re bellious nation who would not bate tiirisi ruie over them. that Induces a person to cast out ol bis heart and life tbe roots and seed) of the evils which so excite Tils wrath when they come to fruitage In otbei men. Quick Work, lie bad made bis "pile" very quick ly, and chiefly by plunging. Not long ago he visited tbe little town where he was born and brought up. He was In too much of a hurry to stay long. In point of fact, his stay lasted five hours. Tbe newspaper next day came out with this bust table of bis activities while In bis home town. II Is dgnlficant and doubtless cbarac i-. i . i ulled on bis old mother. Got shaved by tbe town barber, and gave blm a $10 gold piece. Threw showers of quarters and half dollars to tbe street boys. Wss run borne by a curious crowd. Bought a stock farm for $25,000 and gave It to an old friend. Visited the Home for Boys, wblcb be founded wben he first made bis money. Yelled at tbe son of a friend to come and go to Europe wltb blm, and took blm along. Left for the coast at midnight wltb his wife aud son. after one ot tbt greatest days of bis life. Youtb'i Companion. The Weeping nell. The convent of St Mark at Flor ence, now a museum, has preserved Its old bell, given by Cosmo de' Med. tel. It is known as the weenlnz bell. because It sounded tbe death knell of Savonarola, mingling Its tones with tbe groans of the crowd. The effect ot tbe atmosphere during four cen turies threatened It with ruin. It will be replaced by a new bell, but tbe old one is to be preserved In the second cloister. Tbe curator ot tbe museum, Slgnor Ouldo Coroccl, bas made an exhaustive examination of tbe old bell, on which some ot the original Inscriptions can atlll be read. The principal scheme of decoration Is a frlese of children, wblcb, In tbe opinion of Slgnor Coroccl, was exe cuted by Micbelosso after designs of Donatello. London Globe. THE LADIESrWAY. Stella "Do you do your Christ mas shopping early?" Bella "Of course, but I never buj till the last minute." New York Sun. S American : :-: Duelling The years which separate us Amer icans from duelling are fewer than most of us realize. The late Prof. Shaler's Autobiography; now running in the Atlantic, has this amusing iem Iniscence: The first occasion was when a silly cousin of mine with too much wine in hlra challenged a well known duel ist. James Jackson, who as a general fell at Perryvllle. Fortunately, I knew Ja?kson as well as a boy of eighteen may know a man ot twice bis years. I made my plea to him to give my kinsman an easy way out. At first he was obdurate, saying that he would have bis life be had, in deed, reason to bo vexed but In the end he told bis second to "fix It up" with me. My good, I may say in deed affectionate, relations with Jack son had begun a year before in a like absurd business in a ball room In Frankfort. I had accidentally stepped into the mess made on the Poor by the breaking of a bottle of champagne, which be as manager was trying to bave cleaned up. Wltb a sharp word, be pushed me aside; my new found manly dignity was offend ed; so therefore, ss usual In such cases, I asked blm for bis card. His answer was: "I beg your pardon, my dear sir, I took you for a boy." We both saw the fun of the situation acd became friends. He was one of the glories of this world, be lifted my sense of what it was to be a man tbe ancient type ot gentleman. f . f. GOT LEFT IN THE RUSH. "Jessie Is engaged to be married. "The mischief she Is! I Intended to propose to that girl myself when ) got time." Chicago Fto:-d-Hr n Id. Rolllrklnu Drinking Song. With a Clicrk on the Rollick. Lome. Pour in the ruhv red wine! ror in it renl hnppinco lien. Inspiring philonophy riflilv divine. In every true thinker endenred! bright sointillnnt sparkles it brings to the even. UtJ'1 mikes them at last father hlenred.) The juice of the pnlpitant grane 'lie mini optimistic expiimU; Jlie Future tnkes on such a ravishing shape Twere idle with Hope to ditmemble. Ambition itnelf you might graxp with your handx! (Until it's observed that they tremble.) A fig for the fooli'h who think In temperance jov thev csn find! In idle indtfierent'P gaily we drink hile jeering the stoics who ponder, io quaff, and qunft' deeply, we have but one mind. mind which befiie long will wander.) Right clear thrnuah the niplit. is we sup, Wo drink the rich juire of the South; ee no To morrow inside Un wine cup; So what of its thought i the use? ihen pour the delicious :cd 'vine in your mouth! . (8on painfully thick I!"- i and loose.) We laugh at the progrc -if Time, No matter how sterol'- ,3 stalk; The roseate liquor is far i.io sublime a i UVFV1" tn n,ore t,lnn a rambling, And tilled with our nectar we proudly may walk! (t.'ntil it drifts into a shambling.) We'll live just as long as we can. And in the bright Present repose; -The Future we'll leave to the non-drinking man, Who has no real sense in his hend.1 to. ere you imbibe, snill the wine in your nose. (Which will soon be a furious red.) Associated Sunday Magazine. Why Do They Drink? As one walks along the uelv street the big black bottles stand out in the wide glass window, so close at hand that one might almost put one's hand on thorn. Liquid damnation, as our friends the prohibitionists would say. But, even though the proprietor of this place might be Induced to wash the thirsty gutters with his wares, .there is no pressing haste for this. Pray ask him first whether he has yet other commodities In stock. Up there on that high shelf, Inside the store, has be per chance, in bottles that we can empty in tbe gutter, too. such miserable stuffs as these: The quintessence of selfish heart; the scourge ot scold ing tongues; the haste of wealthy vagabonds to kill themselves and dragging hours; the memories ot lit tle ones who died because the great world, that had called them here to play their parts a trifling time, had greedily withheld her bounty from their pallid Hps; or the unceasing round of drudgery that changes hu man beings Into mere aching cogs in wheels? All these must run along the gut ter .there; else do you not know that, for the temporary washing ot the ttain of sorrow from the heart, men would perform a miracle and make them fiery beverages from out the very paving stones of the street? Yes, if they shall ask for dally bread and have but atones, they will trans form the unpalatable diet into mo mentary cloud castles, from whence. It is true, they shall descend to a itlll sadder and more sordid earth. But what would you wish? Stones are highly Indigestible, good tem perance friends, and grate unpleas antly upon the teeth of those who bite at them. Louise Harding, In Christian Register. One Cause of Child Labor. A common contributing cause to child labor Is the saloon and the beverage liquor traffic, which discour age thrift and frugality among the poor and often force their children at a too early age from the school Into the mill or shop. When poor men undertake to support saloons and poolrooms, their families are sure to suffer. To relieve that want, the wife "takes in washing" and the son or daughter leaves school to seek em ployment. Child labor voluntarily undertaken and the experience accompanying it have in many cases proven more beneficial than the schooling sacri ficed. However, there is a great difference between Mr. Lawrence, the wealthy contractor at Fairfield, leav ing horn i at eight years of age to as sist his poor mother In the support of a large family, and the children of an able-bodied spinner In Lewlston who are forced to toll In the cotton factory to support their father, who spends bis time playing billiards and drinking in beer shops. Intoxicating liquors, more than any other thing, tend to make people Idle, wasteful and vicious, thus strik ing at both morals and wealth. Liquor blights the last hopeful pros pect of the poor and creates paupers, defectives and criminals. Cause of Pneumonia. "Men drunk from llauor anil mon drunk from overeatinur are mmt in. ceptlble to pneumonia and die of it," saia ur. uvans, Chicago's Health Commissioner, in an address a day or two ago. "The majority of cases of pneumonia are of patients who con tracted the disease after a rirnnkon debauch or who were drunk from overfeeding," Dr. Evans continued. "People drunk from overfeeding, I think, are almost as immoral as those who stupefy themselves with li The effects of pneumonia. In such pa tients are much the same." Temperance News and Xotes. " The "bumper" Is well named. A sherry cobbler does not mAnrt the soul. We favor shorter hours for ovr- worked bartenders. The use of tbe cud that lnehrlt. la often bowled out. It rectifiers could onlv rrtif t, mistakes of alcohol- One month after Galesbura. III.. went dry, ber "drunk list" bad de preciated from ninety-one to uvsn. teen. Every moderate drttfk abandon the intoxicating cup If he would; every Inebriat vnuM it k-' could. John B. Gougb. Tbe National W. c. T. ti n. w.i nnlona In 10,000 towns and cities. The work Is carried on bv thtrtv. eight departments. Tbe organixatloa Is but thirty-four years old. The value of farm products la the past year is placed at $7,778,000,000. Pretty soon tbe liquor manufacturer will come along and want to know how the country could possibly sur vive If it didn't have blm to rot tin Ills llttlD sixty-four one-hundredth of t r - -. t.
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