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A Scholarly Oisooura Dy J
Kv. Luther R. Dyolt
Brooklyu. S. Y.-Tho Her. I.ntlipr
R. Pyott, pastor of the United Congre
gational Church, preached Sunday
morning on "Tub Indestructible Foun
dations." Ha took Ills text from
rsalms x.:3: "if tho foundations be
destroyed, what cnn the righteous do?"
Hebrews xl:l (revised version): "Faith
In the assurance of things hoped for.
the proving of thing not Keen;" II.
Timothy 1:11 (revised version): "I
know whom I have believed, and am
persuaded that He is nhlo to guard that
which I have committed unto Him
against that day." .Air. Dyott said:
We seek the solid and safe In the
things of the unseen world. This la
of supreme importance. Other things,
in this connection are relatively Im
portant. They ore to be thought of,
and appreciated, anil even sought,
found and kept. Wo must have them.
Room for the active life of a growing
belief is Indispensable. A place for the
sweet and sustaining comforts of the
larger hope of humanity is desirable.
The garniture of reUned and immortal
love Is over to be regarded as more
than a mere luxury of the inner life.
Other work Is Important; but only so to
a comparative degree.
Tedious and temporary Is the task
of the theologian. Unsatisfactory Is
the task of the creed-maker. Small Is
the task where "Jarring sectaries"
learn their selfish Interest to discern,
and, not unfrcqucntly. to become Irre
ligious In the mime of religion. Spas
modic the task, and thankless the ef
fort of the Iconoclast. Feverish and
fitful, though somewhat sensational
and Imperious, Is the task of the sci
entist. But all who are concerned
about biiilding character rtpon Inde
structible foundations and are actively
engaged In this work, are realizing that
which Is of supreme Importance, as day
by day. hour by hour, moment by mo
ment, rises that "house not made with
hands." Here we must toil with clear
understanding, magnificent courage
and untiring patience. Here we must
be serious and certain.
It is a line intimation and a Lnnefn!
indication that, in some respects, at
least, we are equal to the demands.
We do desire foundations which can
not be destroyed. Here we are serious
enough when we are serious at all.
We do not wish to be deceived with
reference to these things. We delib
erately prefer not to have our fountains
of life poisoned. We object to the
destruction of the foundations of be
lief. Krror. falsehood, deceit are bad
enough anywhere, but they do the most
harm if admitted into the affairs of re
ligioD. He who poisons my body may
only affect the place where my real
life sojourns for a little while, but he
who poisons my mind and my soul does
me untold harm for eternity. He and I
may never be able to make satisfactory
Tepairs of snti! kinds of destructive
work. Most of us think so. W7e do
desire the solid and safe things of the
Immutable, verities of truth which will
stand the tests. "If the foundation
be destroyed what can the righteous
do?"
The strongest emphasis of our times,
especially in matters of religion, is be
ing placed upon the demand for the
real. Notwithstanding the prevalent
superficiality of our age, the quick
sales of birth-rights for pottage, the
heated passion for pleasure, the gaudy
show of those who "glory in appear
ance aud not in heart;" notwithstand
ing the fact that we are living in
"grievous times" when so many are
"lovers of splf, lovers of money, boast
ful, haughty, r.illers, disobedient to
parents, unthankful, unholy, without
natural affections, implacable, slander
ers, without self-control, tierce, r.o lov.
ers of good, traitors, headstrong, puffed
up, lovers of pleasure rather than lov
ers of God, holding a form of godliness
but denying the power thereof;" not
withstanding the fact that in the very
church, itself, there are certain oscil! -.-tory
movements calculated to perturb
the life of some believers; notwith
standing all these things, aud many
more, still the underlying current Is to
ward the fuller and freer life, and the
immediate and increasing demand in
the religious life is of the "assurance
of things hoped for. the proving of
things not seen," and for that certitude
of knowledge which enables the indi
vidual believer to stand upon some In
destructible foundation and say, "I
know whom I Lave believed, and am
persuaded that lie is able to guard
that which I have committed unto Him
against that day."
Good is deeper than evil even in per
sons who do not profe.s to be good.
The oscillations of belief may be per
mitted of God Hiuisp;.", anil end In
doing much good f,;- the common faith
of Christendom. The unsettled condi
tion of certain moods of faith may only
reveal at last that there are some
things which can not he shaken and
must remain. Cod may lie permitting
the shaking up in order that we may
have the removing of those things that
are shaken, as of thing., that are made,
that those things which can not be
shaken may remain. Ours has been
called an "age of doubt," but the evi
dence and proof of the claim are not
altogether satisfactory. Professor
James says: "Our religious life lies
more, and our practical life less, than
it used to on the perilous edge." lint
does not the proressor attempt to draw
a distinction where no distinction he
longs? Is not our religions life, in fact and
in line, a practical life? Are not the
most practical deeds in the world born
of religion? flood life, good thoughts,
good words, good deeds belong to re
ligion whether they be done in this or
that church, or bear no ecclesiastical
stamp at all. Reality is at a premium
iu the religion of to-day. Let us be
lieve that tho demand for. the real,
the desire to investigate, the new state
ments or old truths, the rewriting of
some theology, the revising of some
creed, the call for n new adjustment
of things, do not invariably imply the
existence of doubt and the destruction
of the foundations of belief. If, in
deed, this be doubt, then It Is not the
kind of doubt that wo need to fear. If
these things destroy our foundations.
It will provo nothing more than that
we were on temporary and destructible
foundations, when we should have had
something better.
King calls our attention to the fact
that "just as the acceptance of the
principle of the correlation of forces
called for a rewriting of physics a new
physics, or the theory of evolution for
the rewriting of biology a new biol
ogy. o, in the same sense, the accept
once of certain great convictions of our
day calls for a rewriting of theology
new theology." Call it a new theol
ogy If yon will, but do not let prejudice
blind you to truth, no mutter from
which direction truth may come. A
thing is true not because Its statement
is old, nor yet because that statement
1 new, but because It conforms to the
great fact, or facts, for which that
truth stands. The" great fact, or facts,
back of the truth aud it statements.
SUNDAY SERMON
maturity, the old age and death of
nations; amid things present and
things to come, life and death; in spite
op everything that may oppose, or as
sail, belief, character, hope, love. In
corruptible life all may have perfectly
indestructible foundations. What are
some of these foundations? Itellgious
experience; that is an experience of
God in the soul of man is an Inde
structible foundation. Such exper
ience is knowledge derived from fact
and abiding in spiritual consciousness.
"(Jod is a spirit." Man is n spirit.
There is possible contact ;nd commun
ion here. There Is the possibility of
the best knowledge in the world right
here. Fact, evidence, proofs, knowl
edge, they are all here. Knowledge
has found the proof; proof Implies the
existence of tho evidence, evideiice
implies the existence and reality of
the fact, while the primary datum
ubldes In experience.
When a man has a religious experi
ence then he has an indestructible
foundation. He cannot then be morally
ignorant. II knows something. That
which a man sees may deceive him.
That which he hears may not always
be so, but that which he knows, iie
knows, and no man can take it from
him. He Is upon n foundation which
cannot be destroyed. Then faith finds
her best function In establishing the
fact, in dealing iu the great unseen
realities which are always more than
the seen, in giving the 'assurance of
things hoped for, iu proving things not
seen." A man cannot subject such an
experience to the test of the natural
senses. It is too large for such a test
as that, but he knows he Is right, and
he knows he is upon an indestructible
foundation. It Is not only our knowl
edge of God. There is another inde
structible foundation In Ills knowledge
of us. It is written: "Howbelt tho
firm foundation of (Jod standetb, hav
ing this seal, the Lord knoweth them
that are His." He cannot mistake. We
could not deceive Him, even though we
might deceive others, or be deceived by
what we might suppose to be experi
ence, even religious experience, even
though we might deceive ourselves,
(lod knows. Of this we are certain.
Ho knows us perfectly. If we are His,
He knows it. If we are not His, by
the regeneration of the Holy Spirit, we
may become His. He will know. He
will cause us to know It. "The secret
of the Lord is with them that fear
Him. He desires it to be there.
Every man has just as much right to
know that he is alive spiritually as ha
does that he fs alive physically. This
knowledge Is brought to us in the wit
ness of God's spirit. Thus it is that
we go deeper than religious experience
aud find another foundation In that
firm foundation of Cod His knowledge
of us. Jesus Christ is another founda
tion. He is our chief cornerstone. Tho
ideals Ho holds. His simplicity. His
grandeur. His humanity. His Deitr,
His faith. His love. His life all com.
bine to make Him the perfectly incom
parable one among nil religious teach
ers; and while in n certain profound
sense Christ and Christianity aro one
and Inseparable, there is still another
sense in which Christ, ns our founda
tion, is more than Christianity, even as
the sun is more than the multitudinous
rays which fall upon our little portion
of the earth: Christ is more than Chris
tianity, as the thinker is more than his
thought, ns life is more than that
which embodies life. We build, ns
Christians, not upon this or that creed
about Christ, but upon Christ Himself.
He is our indestructible foundation.
Our faith rests at last, not in a creed,
though we should oil have a creed,
and not in a book, though we can never
do without the Bible, hut in a person,
and that person, Christ, places our
lives upon God.
Let us resolve to go deeper, deeper.
If we are at all unsettled in matters
of religion, we should not despair. We
can rind the solid and the safe. Let
us build there. Let us build according
to the plans of the Supreme Architect
of the universe. Let all build until I
humanity shall become a temple com- i
do not change. Theological statements !
and systems may change. Some per
sons may become angry, others fright- j
eued. and still others foolishly and j
flippantly declare that they have no
theology; but, In the meantime, theol- ,
ogy remains the greatest science in
the universe, even the science of God
and divine things, based upon a reve
lation made of God. through Jesus
Christ; and that science. Itself as such,
docs not change.
Cod's foundations are firm amid all
the mutations which mark the history
of the human race; amid all the storms
and shocks; amid all the disintegrating
agencies; amid the rise and full of
empires: amid the. birth, the growth,
plete, tilled with the light and music of
Heaven, tilled with the life of God; and
then, even though storms may come
and the last night fall r.botit us, it will
only be the servant of a new day, and t
we shall be able to say, "I know whom j
I hove believed and am persuaded that
He is able to guard that which I have !
committed unto Him against that day." !
Our foundations cannot be destroyed.
Thank God!
The Talent Time Multiplier.
God blesses you that you mav be a j
blessing to others. Then He blesses 1
you also a si cond time in being a !
blessing to others. It is the talent
that Is used that, multiplies. i
Receiving, unless one gives in turn,
makes one full and proud anil selllsh.
Give out the best of your life In the
Master's name for the good of others.
Lend a hand to every one who needs.
Be ready to serve at any cost those
who require jour service. Seek to be
a messing to every one who comes for
biit a m jent under your influence.
This Is to be ange-like. It Is to be
God-like. It is to be Christ-like. We
are in this world to be useful. God
want to pass His gifts and blessings
through us to others. When we fall
as His messengers, we fall of our mis
sion. -Scottish Reformer.
EACH USES TWO ALARM CLOCKS
Hjw Ctreet-Car Men Make Sure of
Cettino to Work In Morning.
T COSTS the street
or man from two
to five days' pay
when his alarm
clock falls to get
aim up in time to
tako his run in the
nornlng. The cars
i 1L'hthn Ilia raaw.
lar crow Is oresetit
or oversleeping. This
has led to a double
precaution by the
men who wield the
metal levers on the
front of cable r.nd trolley cars aud
those who ring up the nickels. The
double-alarm clock system Is now in
ogue with most of the men. One
tlmepleco Is get to go off a few min
utes later than the first.
"I missed once in fifteen yean,"
aid a burly grlpman, "and that was
when my 'kid' had been playing with
the clock and the hands stuck. I
started using two of the sleep chasers
after that." Chicago News.
TIIE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONA'. LESSON COMMENTS
I tHD 1AMIIADV 41
i w, niinri la
Baiijfctt The Boy Jnoi, Luke II., 40-03
Golden Test, Luke II,, As Memory
Vene, SI Topici The Boy Jesus
Pattern For Youth Commentary.
I. The growth nnd advancement of
Jesus (vs. 4i), 62). 40. "The child
grew." From this verse ond verso 62
we learn that Jesus had a human body
and soul. He was a genuine boy and
grew; like other boys, but He was sin
less. Evil had no place in Him.
"Waxed." An old English word for
grew. "Strong In spirit." "In spirit"
is omitted in the Revised Version, but
spiritual strength is meant. He be
came strong in mind nnd understand
ing. "Flllod with wisdom." Ho was
eminent for wisdom eveu when a child.
"Grace of God." Grace commonly
means favor. God was pleased with
Him and showed Him favor and
blessed Him.
62. "Increased In wisdom." This
refers to His spiritual aud intellectual
development. Somo ono has said that
"wisdom Is knowledge made our own
nnd properly npplled." "Aud stature."
There could be no increase in the per
fection of His divine nature, but this
Is spoken of His human nature. His
body incrensed In stature and Ills soul
developed in divine things. "Favor
with God." Though His entire, being
was in the favor of God, yet as that
being increased In amount, the amount
of favor increased proportionately.
"And man." His character and life
were beautiful nn-i the better He be
came known the more He was admired
II. Jesus nt tho Passover (vs. 41,
42). 41. "Wont every year." The
Passover was one of tho three great
Jewish feasts which all males over
twelve years of age were required to
attend.
42. "Twelve years old." To n boy
who had never been outsldo the hills
of Nazareth, the Journey to Jerusalem,
the appeoronceof the city at this time,
a sight of the temple, the preparations
for the feast and especially the feast
itself, must lmvQ been an imposing
sight.
III. Jesus lost and found (vs. 43-40).
43. "Fulfilled the days." The Pass
over week (Exod. 12:15i. "Tarried be
hind." Jesus was so intensely inter
ested in the teaching of tho rabbis that
He failed to start with the caravan on
the homeward journey. "Knew not
of it." This shows tho perfect confi
dence they had in the boy.
44. "In the company." The people
traveled in caravans. Jesus evidently
had been allowed n more than usual
amount of liberty of nction, as a child,
by parents who had never known Him
to transgress their commandments or
be guilty of n sinful or foolish deed.
45. "Found Him not." They had
probably left in the night to avoid the
heat of the day, and in tho confusion
Jesus was lost.
40. "Alter three days." An idiom
for "on the third day;" one- day for
their departure, one for their return
and one for the search. "They found
Him." Jerusalem was 'overcrowded
with millions of people packed into a
small area, nnd they had none of the
means to which we would at once look
for assistance in searching for a lost
child in a great city. "In the temple."
Joseph and Mary evidently knew
where they would be most likely to
find Him. Jesus -was probnbly lu one
of the porches of the court of the wom
en, where tho schools of the rabbis
.were held. "In the midst of the doc
tors." Teachers of the law, Jewish
rabbis. "Hearing asking." But it is
not suld teaching or disputing. Ho sat
not as a doctor, but as au inquirer
among the doctors.
IV. Jesus astonishes Ills hearers
(vs. 47-50).
47. "Astonished." The Greek word
is very forcible. The import is that
they were in a transport of astonish
ment and struck with admiration. "At
His understanding." He brought
with Him a clear knowledge of God's
word. 48. "Amazed." To see such
honor given to their boy, and to see
such boldness in holding n discussion
with these learned men. "Wty," etc.
This was the mildest sort of a reproof
and probably given privately. "Tby
father." This form of speech was
necessary, for how else could she
speak? "Sought Thee sorrowing." The
word here rendered sorrowing is ex
pressive of great onguish.
40. "How Is it that ye sought Me?"
This is no reproachful question. It is
asked in all the simplicity and boldness
of holy childhood. He Is apparently
astonished that Ho should have been
sought, or even thought of, anywhere
else than in the only place which He
felt to be properly His home. "Wist."
Kuow. "About My Father's business."
See R. V. "In My Father's house" un
necessarily narrows thp fulness of the
Expression. Better; iu the things or
affairs of My Father, in that which
belongs to His honor and glory.
These bpor with them the stamp of au
thenticity in, their perfect mixture of
dignity ond humility. It is remarka
ble, too, that He does not accept the
phrase "Tliy Father" which Mary had
employed. 60. "Understood not."
They did not understand His mission.
V. Jesus sub.oct to His parents (v.
61). 51. "Wet down with them." If
His heart drew Him to the temple, tho
voice c duty culled Him back to Gali
lee; and, perfect, even in childhood,
He j .ded implicit obedience to this
voice. "To Nazareth." Here He re
mained eighteen years longer. These
were years of growth, and preparation
for His great life work. "Was sub
ject unto them." There is something
wonderful beyond measure in the
thought of Him unto whom all things
are subject submitting to earthly par
ents. "In her heart." Expecting that
hereafter they would be explained to
her and she would understand them
fully.
Sendinjr a child for liquor is put
liicr him to Satan's school.
Wherever there is room for sorrow
there is room for the Savior.
Christ fulfilled the law by filling It
full of love.
An aim in life is little good without
some powder. '
I Mays in dealinjr with duty cause
lull' diiliotiltics.
No enemy can come so near that
God is no neuier.
Truu self-respect is never built on
corn-parsons.
It is easy to be liberal where our
Justs are concerned.
A correspondent to the New York
Outlook writes : "The Young Men's
Christian Association of Seoul, Korea,
lias a membership of about 400, drawn
from the young men of high class.
A cl'il Ircn'n branch nf the North Indie
Liu!e Se-icty ha been formed.
For (ha llore Owner.
tlere are a few things that all good
horsemen know: Flesh Is not horn.
Horn is not Iron. Horn comes next to
the flesh. Iron comes next to the horn.
Iron Is not organic tissue. Horn Is
organic tissue. There are no nerves or
blood vessels iu Iron. But the ordinary
blacksmith who pounds iron all day
long must not think that horn will
stand. Heating may not hurt iron, but
It does destroy horn. There lire no
nerves or blood vessels In horn, hut It
Is very easily Injured by agencies that
will not Injure Iron, nnd any material
Injury to the horny part of the foot will
affect the flesh and bone of the foot,
the parts that are supplied with nerves
and blood vessels and that can become
inflamed. Tribune Farmer.
About the l'.ailUh.
If the account of this radish, from
the Garden Magazine, is not grently
exaggerated, the seed should be im
ported nnd American lovers of rad
ishes given au opportunity to test Its
merits.
Picture to yourself o pure white rad
ish the size of n baseball or larger,
firm nnd solid. Such is the Japanese
radish. Cut it, nnd you find It lias
the consistency of a Baldwin apple,
firm and fine grain; taste, ond It proves
to be away ahead of the most delicate
spring radish that ever passed your
lips. It will thrive ot any season dur
ing the growing year. It may bo
transplanted or left alone, cultivated
or uncultivated. It is as good to eat
when In bloom as In Its younger days,
aild one radish will provide bulk
enough for three or four people or
more.
Buying an Axe.
The essential points in a good axe
aro (1) good quality of steel In blade
and well nnd evenly tempered; (2) pro
per shape In the blade so as to get the
best results for the force used; (3) the
poll or back to be smooth and made of
the right weight that the balance of
the axe is right when swinging: (4) the
weight of the axe to ne in proper pro
portion to the worker and user; (5)
(hot the blade is fitted with n suitable
bundle, liy suitable handle is meant:
(1) one that lias the grain tho right
way; (2) one that Is the right shape
and thickness. For tho first wo saw
in the description of wood what this
should be and why so.
Right grain is very Important lu nn
qxo handle for two reasons: First, if
you break it. as you generally do, nt
work, you may have to go miles for n
new one, nnd when got lose n lot of
time taking the remains out nnd put
ting the new handle In. Farmer's
Home Journal.
Seed fJvnwlng:.
The proper behavior for carrots,
onions and other plants of n similar
nature is to put in their time at grow
ing during the first summer. Seed
growing should be reserved till the
second year, when the roots that are
found worthy may be given a chance
If it is desired. Now and then some
root will go to seed the first year.
Such seed Is not desirable for planting,
ns it is the result of a tendency to de
generate. A crop raised from it would
show a still stronger propensity in that
direction, till it would become an an
nual, which would not be wanted.
With some plunts this tendency is very
strong ond must be continually guard
ed against by the seed grower. They
seem never to bo satisfied with civili
zation and ore continually lapsing to
ward their wild state. "Rack to na
ture" Is tho cry of those who udvocate
a return from the city to the country.
It may do for people, but ft Is not
wanted for plants. National Fruit
Grower.
Tettinc (he Shoit Fi-eri.
In the sale of thirty-four steers, av
eraging 1313 pounds, on the Chicago
market, nt Su.uo, u very timely cattle
feeding experiment by the Illinois Ex
periment Stutlun was terminated, re
lates the Tribune Farmer. These
steers were bought on the Chicago
market the last week in August. As
purchased they were fleshy feeders,
weighing 1073 pounds, and cost $4.2.j
on the Chicago market, and have been
fed for ninety days.
Professor Mumford, associated with
II. 0. Allison, a senior student in the
College of Agriculture, who is to use
the records of the experiment station
relative to this test as a basis for a
graduation thesis, planned this experi
ment, as being oue which would be
likely to appeal to a large number of
cattle feeders throughout the country,
Who have tried a similar experiment
and who ore not In u position to know
accurately the results of their work.
The cattle were fed In two lots, both,
however, receiving similar rations,
which consisted of comment, oilmenl
nnd clover buy. One lot received these
feeds after the common method of feed
ing, while for the other lot the clover
hay was chopped (cut into two-inch
lengths by being run through on ordi
nary ensilage muchlue ut a cost of
about $1 a ton) and mixed with the
grain part of the ration. This mixed
feed was then fed in a sell-feeder, to
which the cattle had access at all times.
The Malnteunnce IEutlon,
The Wisconsin station has made
some interesting experiments which
seem to show that the maintenance ra
tion may vary with the age of the ani
mal, conditions of shelter, care, etc.
This experiment deajs with mature
Poland-China and Berkshire sows
eight weeks ntter weaning their Ut
ters. Their average weight was 378
pounds. Their feed consisted ot corn,
shorts, oil meat aud skim milk. Of the
grain an overage of 3.64 pounds dally
was required and of the skim milk an
average of 7.1 pounds to maintain
weight. Per 100 pounds weight of
sow the average ot grain was .05Vi
pound and of sklin milk 1.01 pounds,
a total of 2.87 pounds per 100 pounds
live weight. This was found to bo the
average maintenance ration of the
pure bred sows ot th,a weight gives.
Now, with the scrubs, It was soiae
;wbat different. In the experlnien'
were four raxorback sows, averaging
220 pound. They ate an average of
8.10 pounds grain and G.3 pounds milk
per day. Per 100 pounds of live weight
they at 1.41 poundi grain and 2.81
pounds milk per tiny, n total of 4.22
pounds against a totnl of 2.S7 pounds
per 100 pounds of live weight in the
Improved breeds. So according to this
It costs more to keep a scrub sow than
It does a pure bred one, which Is on
other point added to the many which
prove to farmers tl"t they should
keep nothing hut Al stock.-Weekly
Witness. .
Th Corn Flant.
Reliable figures show the great feed
ing value of the hard lower end of
the corn plant generally known as the
stubble, a part usually discarded or
thrown to the hogs, but which, If prop
erly prepared, would add much value
to the food supply. It Is estimated
that the top part of the. corn fodder
contains less food value than the lower
part or the stubble and that fifty-two
per cent, of the food value Is iii the
plant and but forty-eight per cent. In
the ears. Moreover, the digestible con.
tents ore much greater in the lowi r
stubble than iu the main stalks
farther up or In the leaves.
The reducing of this stubble to n
condition so that the cows can eat it
readily is where the great value of
the shredder comes in, but with the
majority of farmers the old-fashioned
cutter must take tho place of the
shredder. As nn experiment the writer
took nn old ond very dull ax and broke
to slivers n lot of corn stalks, particu
larly the lower part, usually thrown
away. This mass was thoroughly
moistened In water which was quite
warm, covered thickly with wheat
bran nnd offered the cows. They ate
it with much nppctite, although they
had previously partially discarded the
fodder thrown Into the mongers in full
length. They hnd become tired of the
corn stalks fed in the old way, but
were glad to have it when presented
in a new form, Just ns we humans like
our accustomed foods prepared with
more or less variety. Indianapolis
News.
Cutnnd around Alfalfa.
In H few instances we hear that alf
alfa hay when dried is cut in short
bits by the cutter and then run through
the corn mill and made Into meal which
is mixed with corn men I and so fed to
hogs, the reason for this being that
hogs not used to alfalfa will not eat
It readily when only cut, but will when
mixed with comment. It Is stated that
an experiment In which ground nlfall'u
cut in half-Inch lengths for fattening
pigs was recently made by tho Color
ado Experiment Station. It required
4.77 pounds of corn and alfalfa mixed
at tho rate of three pounds of corn to
one of nlfalfa to produce ono pound of
gain, while 4.S1 pounds of corn nnd
ground alfalfa mixed in the proportion
of three parts of corn to one of alfalfa
were eaten for one pound of gaiu, not
counting labor.
With cut alfalfa costing $8 a ton nnd
ground alfalfa $10 a ton, the cost of
producing 100 pounds of gain with tho
former was $2.02 and with the ground
alfalfa $3.12. With corn nnd cut alf
alfa fed iu equal parts by weight, the
cost of producing 100 pounds of gain
was $2.i2. With corn and ground alf
alfa fed in equal parts by weight the
cost was $o.'J'J.
These results go to show thnt at the
prices quoted alfalfa is more economi
cal to feed than ground olfitlfa, and
that a ration couslstingof three-fourths
corn and one-fourth nlfalfa is cheaper
than one consisting of half corn nnd
half cut nlfalfa for fattening pigs.
Grinding nlfalfa is au expensive pro
cess, nnd it is doubtful if machinery
cau be improvised which will grind It
as cheaply ns it can be ground by au
animal. Farmer's Homo Journal.
The Cure of Acre.
For years we have been accustqmed
to reading nnd hearing of those who
have been bind poor. How often we
learn of some one who has hud some
very unpleasant dealings with tint
sheriff who, after it is too late, openly
acknowledges that such would not hove
been the cose had he not been pos
sessed of so much lund. A writer in
the Natioual StockmAn in speaking of
this subject of being "land poor" says:
"Many a man Is burdened unneces
sarily by the ownership of too many
acres of laud. The desire to extend
one's business nnd to have income in
creased is natural. In the case of the
farmer this desire takes practical
form In the purchase of more land very
often when it should be in the im
provement of the land already owned.
I believe I have met personally 1000
farmers who were making the mis
take of striving to be owners of more
land than they should own. Tho evi
dence was seen in tho neglect of tho
opportunities offered by the farm, or
by straining under a load of debt, de
priving themselves nud family unduly
for the sake of au expected reward in
tho future.
"There is a vast amount of lund in
America whose nature and surround:
ings are such that it will give satisfac
tory returns only when farmed by .the
owner, nnd in lurge part with home
labor. In fuct, there i little land out
side of the fertile bluc,k soil of the corn
belt, or of the districts peculiarly
adapted to a cosh crop of unusual
profitableness, that con be made to
yield a good net income when ull the
labor is hired, nnd the farm usually
owes much of its desirability ns an in
vestment to the fact that It provides
employment for all members of the
owner's family, and rewards tho skill
of interested workers according to
their special skill and Industry. If de
pendence were placed entirely upon
hired labor, In the field and in the
farm home, ' ninety per cent, of tho
farms outside. the districts named
those having wondrous fertility or a
special crop of unusual profitableness
would not pay ns investments.
Health aud Mtuplillty.
Commenting on a recent debate at
the Louth Education Council, the Rev.
T. C. Blmmonds, Vicar of Gralnthorpe,
suys: "I drew attention to the very
large number of people distinguished
for amazing bodily constitutions and
ctupidlty, also to severul friends of
mine distinguished for high mental at
tainments coupled with weak, health,
and concluded therefrom that 'health
and stupidity go together.' "London
Chronicle.
THAT AWFliL
"THEY SAY"
V V V V V V
JOJaV HE box-Jo wed, steely-eyed
V man looked grouchy.
a . . , . .. .
irienci nsseu niui wny,
"Becnu8e, you know," tho
friend said to him, "this
grouchlness of yours Is becoming
habit. They say "
It was nt this instant thnt be leaped
upon his friend In a sudden access of
fury, spun him around, pinned lilm In
a corner of the room, and, thus holding
lilm In a vlse-Uke clutch, exuded the
following:
"iney say tnnts the answer,
You've hit it.
"They Say is what's the matter with
me. I'm getting tired of being hound
ed, bully-ragged, hectored, pestered
ond bulldozed by They Say.
"Not that I care tho leavings of an
omelet souffle in the nethermost depths
of Tartarus what They Say. What
They Say doesn't concern me any more
than the boll weevil concerns the blubber-hunting
Eskimo or than the sum
mary dismissal order concerns the
clerk who's got the. good eye of a cou
pie of Senators who stand in. But, all
the same, They Say annoys and tantal
izes me like a bunch of gloating house
flies on a gummy 'Washington day in
August.
"When I say They Say, I mean you,
You belong to the Universal Order of
Garrulous, Loquacious nnd Gabberlf-
erous They Says, and I'm a-tnlking
to You!
"What difference does It make to me,
or to you, or to anybody else oue
elghtleth of one degree removed from
a shell fish in mentality or a crusta
cenn in self-respect what They Soy?
"Hey?
"Don't you know thnt They Say has
caused more trouble and grief andhu
man misery generally since the begin
ning of the world than strong drink
and jealousy nnd battle and murder
and the plague and fire aud storm
nnd envy nnd covetousness nnd Bloth
nnd the devil nnd all combined? If
you don't know it, why don't you?
"They Say, hey? Well, what If they
do? Did you over know a member of
the Order of They Say to possess the
brains of a young turkey in a rain
storm? Did you ever hear of one of
the They Says who had enough of the
milk of human kindness and charity In
his system to moke a bread poultice
for the wounded fifth rib of a potato
bug? Were you ever personally nc
quaintod with a They Say who wasn't
himself mean enough to swipe the rug
out of a swampoodle baby carriago iu
the dead of winter?
"Did you ever meet up with a They
Say, male or female, who did not pos
sess tho physiognomical liueuments of
a Soudanese simian?
"Aren't you aware of the fact that
the Order of They Soys has got a
perpetual charter, issued on the first
day of the creation of tho Garden of
Eden and to endure until the last faint
echo of the crack of doom, and thnt the
They Says ore Irresistible, incapable of
being extirpated or depleted?
"And, Inasmuch as the They Says
have always Said It, aud will always
go right on Saying It till the lust
whistle has blown, what's the use?
"Let 'em Say It! They Say? Who
says?
"They Say Is lwnys anonymous
collective, vague, nebulous, nnd lnevltU'
bly a liar.
"They Say Is always possessed of
the Imagination of a hasheesh-eater
nnd tho pestiferous ciackiness of au
unolled threshing machine in a hollow
echoing valley.
"They Say is the dum-dum bullet of
human speech.
"They Say Is the rock thrown in the
dork.
"They Say Is tho intangible Mafia
cankering the heart of civilization;
the Block Hand thnt besmirches the
outer hide of human sweetness.
"They Say is the hooded cobra of
human society.
"They Say is tho sneak that slinks
up behind Its best friend aud stabs him
in the back.
"They Say is th'e hideous, discordant
buzz that foully slays the reputation
of decent men nnd destroys the good
name of women.
"I never hear one of the They Says
giving tho verbal office of his order
that I don't, in tho ear of the imagina
tion, detect the yelping of graveyard
hyenas lu the distance.
"They Say works while the rest of
the world sleeps, and They Say is so
busy that no man may know when he
Is liable to ,meet the askance and
aslant glances of his They Buy pois
oned friends.
"If I had the commiseration for
human woe of that Slddartha who
was Buddha, the tenderness of Lin
coln, the grave stability of Washington,
the chivalry of Chevalier Bayard, tlie
knlghtliness of King Arthur, the spir
ituality of St. Augustine, the unselfish,
ness of Damon and Pythias if I had
nil these things wrapped around me
like a nimbus or an aureole, d'ye s'pose
for one sixteenth part of a second that
I'd be free from the onnery little un
derhand wallops of the They Says?
"What's the answer? The answer,
for you and all of the rest of the They
Says, is to cash in nnd quit! Withdraw
from the Order of They Says and, if'
you've got a kuock coming, say it your
self! Don't emit an nnonymous kuock
in. the name of the They Says, but, if
you feel that you've got a knock in
your midriff that has lust naturally got
NO be let out, why, Just skato to the
kcentre, shy your -bat on tho carpet,
take a long breath to give your lungs
free play, and bawl the knock right
out loud, with nil of the power and
strength that you can put into it. and
4a the name of you yourself not in
the name of the They Saysl
"When you're feeling kuocklsh don't
Met behind the They Bay screen! Claim
the kuock for yqur very own, and stay
tvita it stand by It! Don't be a hid
ing knockerl Be a personally-eon-ducted
knocker.
"If the knock that you think you've
got coming is so uncertain, so second
band, so unauthoritative, so unidenti
fied, so nebulous that you feel tempted
to let it out of yaur carcass in the form
of a They Say, Just punish the flesh
by keeping it back of your teeth alto
gether, and go our ttlui get hold of
some kind of n knock thnt you know
oil about ol first hand and that you
cnn sling Into the general knock Test as
nn original package!
"Thot's all! Sit right down and send
In your resignation from the Order of
They Says, and the next time you drop
around here I'll listen to you, even if
yon hand me twenty thousand knocks
for myself coming from you ns your
self. But no more They Says! You
hear?"
The friend heard. The box-jawed,
steely-eyed man released him from his
vise-like grasp, and when he suddenly
woke up, with the morning sun stream
ing through the windows, he found
thnt he hod become tangled up with
the bedclothes. Washington 8tor.
A DANCER AVtRTED
The Story of Two Old Maids of Sixty Od
Yearn,
The Misses Malcolm were known to
the little world of which Greenby wa
the centre as "the two Malcolm girls,"
In spite of their gray hairs and sixty
odd yenrs. They were also known ns
the best housekeepers In nil the region,
nnd any lapse from tho exquisite nent
ness of their domain seemed to the
Misses Malcolm a terrible thing.
When Cousin Palmer Malcolm, a
reckless Western relative, died, the
Malcolm girls started for the Missouri
town on four hours' notice, although
they hnd entertained thirty-two "Har
vest Gleaners" the night before, too.
To Miss Sophronla. the elder, was al
lotted by mutuul consent the task of
putting the, lower rooms in order, so
far as possible, while Miss Euilora
attended to their bedrooms nud their
simple pneking.
When they were at Inst seated in
the train, after a two miles' Jolting
ride in the old conch, MIsb Eudora no
ticed thnt Miss Sophronla's face wore
a troubled nnd anxious look. As
Cousin Palmer Malcolm had been a
great trial to the family, Miss Eudora
felt that his denth could not be the
cause of her sister's worry, and ufter
a few moments of silence she decided
to probe the matter. At thnt very mo
ment Miss Sophronla spoke.
"Eudora," and her tone was one of
distress, "I let Mrs. Goodwin go up
to the spnre room Just before supper
last night to get the measures of our
quilt nnd bolster-spread, and the bell
rang while she was measuring, nnd
she hurried down, leaving the quilt on
one of the chairs and two of the cur
tain shades up to the top. She told
me, and I forgot it. Suppose the house
caught on lire while we're gone, and
the neighbors went nnd saw that quilt
on n chair, and all, what would they
think of us?"
"Now, Sophronla, you ought to have
trusted me, and not worried," said
Miss Eudora, calmly. "Something led
me to open that spare-room door the
last thing, and when I saw what a fix
was in, and knew I hadn't another
minute. I Just locked the door nnd put
the key in my pocket, for the thought
of fire came to me Just as did to you."
Miss Sophronla's face clearedf
"I'm so thankful," she said, simply.
"I shouldn't have had one mite of
pleasure or comfort iu the Journey or
the fuuernl if that door had been left
unlocked."
"And Don't On Near Iba Water,"
There lives in Washington a physi
cian who bus a ten-year-old boy, a boy
of great spirit, but with no overabund
ance of strength. Not long ago the boy
secured his; father's permission to join
a camping party organized by boys In
the neighborhood; but In the parting In.
strnctlons there was one restriction.
"Now, my boy," said the father, "I
don't wish you to go out In your cousin
Rob's canoe. He uud those other luds
are quite used to the water, but you
nre not; ond you r' en't as yet learned
to sit still juiywhere. You'll be with
them but a short time, nnd with the
other amusements you'll have, you can
afford to let the canoe alone this visit,
so that your mother will not be worry
ing all the while you're away."
ihe boy pvomptly gave the desired
promise. On his return he was most
enthusiastic with regurd to the pleas
ures he had enjoyed.
"Didn't mind not canoeing a bit,
father," said he. "The only time they
used the canoe, anyway, was the lost
day, to go over to the other shore. But
I remembered my promise, and I
wasn't going to break it the last min
ute. So I swam across." Youth's Com
panion. No Spoiling For Him.
"No, I shan't be looking for any
spelling schools this winter," replied
the drummer with a shake of tho head.
"Last winter, as I was loafing around
a country town on my route, an ac
quaintance informed me that an old
fa shlonod spelling school was to be
held that night at a country school-
house, and I was invited to go with a
crowd. Boys nnd girls piled into a big
sleigh filled with straw, nnd I natur
ally tried to make myself agreeable.
Before we had gone a mile one young
fellow said that if I didn't quit grin
ning at Ills girl he'd punch my bend,
and wheu we got to' the schoolhouse
niiotuer put nis nst unacr my nose ana
called mo too fresh.
"On top of thnt I was ass enough to
go iu nnd spell the whole crowd down, 1
and I had to make my escape from the
building by n window and walk four
miles through tjie snow by my lone
some. "I used to be fond of old-fashioned
things and the spelling school headed
the list, but I guess I shall have to cut
it out und be satisfied with mince pie
Hud popcorn." Chicago News.
"Or" Not "And."
People who have hud a wide experi-.
ence with the ordinary summer boarding-house
in a place where the season
Is- short and buy must be made while
the sun shines have learned not to ex
pect too much. There are, however.
certulu limits beyond which economy
seldom goes.
These limits nre evidently unknown
or disregarded in a mountain resort to
which a meek Boetonlao lately struyed.
On the morning after her arrival she
seated herself at the breakfast-table
with the hope stirring in her heart of
a meal more generous than the last '
night's supper. The neat, stern-fea
tured waitress brought her a small
saucer of breakfast food, and bent
over. her.
"We have Graham muffins or white
biscuit, haui or egg," she said, with
a distinctness of articulation which left
no doubt ot bur meaning. Youth'
Companion.