2 SUNDAY SERMON 5
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JJ A SchoUrlr Dlicouro By J,
Iv. Dr. D S MtcHuy
New Turk nt.v. Sunday morning, m
the Collegiate Church, the Rev. lr.
Donald Sage Mnrkuy preached on
"How to Crow n Soul." The text
from II Peter lii:IS: "Crow in grace
mill in the knowledge of our I.onl mid
Saviour Jesus Christ." Ir. Murkily
snld:
In the course of my reading the othrr
evening I came across t)i Ik striking nnd
suggestive sentence, "We run each
grow n soul If we are willing to pay
tlie iirl'e." These words set me think
lug. What n tremendous possibility
Coil has placed in the grasp of null
oiip of us. We linve in our power tlie
opportunity of growing 1111 iminortnl
soul, 'llii't opportunity Is this life - tlie
question is. Are we willing to pay tlie
price'
I)o we realize what the growth of n
soul within u means? Do we realize
what life is without n soul? We hear
It sometimes saul of '" that lie Is a
"soulless man." I'sna'.lv we under
stand by that description a man de
void of the ordinary feelings of our
common Immunity, lacking In kindli
ness nnd sympathy, and Incitpahle of
generous nctlon. True enough, but n
soulless man in the real Import of the
words, mean a great deal more than,
that. To lie soulless U to lie dead nt
the vital centre of life. It is to he cor
rupt nnd degenerate nt that point in
character from which tlie divine and
Immortal springs Into power. Soul
lessness Is spiritual degeneracy. It
Is what Paul en lis "Dead In trespasses
and sins, without hope and without
God lu the world."
Is It worth while, then, paying nny
price If we can stnrt within ourselves
this growth of nn Immortal soul? "We
can each grow a soul." said the writer,
"If we are willing to pay the price.
Assuredly It Is worth It, for this Is
the one and the only victorious life."
More than that this Is the heart of
all true religion. If our religion is not
developing spiritual life within us our
religlou Is vnin. That is the great
thought of Christ's teaching, and In
that He has emphasized the deepest
thought of all the great teachers of
the world. You may remember, for In
stance, the words of Socrates in his
Defense, addressed to his accusers,
when In describing the greatest work a
man could do he said, "For I do noth
ing but go about amongst you. persuad
ing you all alike, young and old. not to
take thought of your persons or your
properties, hut to care about the great
est improvement of your soul." Than
that statement of the great Greek
teacher the Gospel of Christ can add
no stronger emphasis to the tremen
dous significance which belongs to the
growth of a soul.
And yet It Is Just nt this point that,
for most of us, the real tragedy of
spiritual experience unveils Itself.
What Is It that most troubles you In
your religious life, if at nny moment
your give yourself to honest self-examination?
What Is the real discourage
ment that haunts us even in our keen
est prayers and most fervent supplica
tions? Is It not just this our utter
poverty In soul growth, the dreadful
luck of any real evidence of progress In
. spiritual things? Judged by the or
" diuary standards of life our souls do
not grow. At the very best they sim
ply stand still, so that spiritually, even
the best of us, are pretty much as we
were fifteen or twenty years ago, with
the sume tendencies dominant, the
same temptations present. With others
of us it is worse than that. In spite
of our prayers and aspirations we are
conscious, when we are brave enough
to face the fact, that spiritually we
grow more stunted and dwarfed as the
years pass on. Our faith becomes less
f 'rvid, the spirit of prayer dwindles,
the sense of Cod evaporates In Ihe
stilling atmosphere of selfishness and
wordliness that wraps Itself like a sea
fog around us. That. 1 repeat. Is the
spiritual tragedy that plays Itself out
In the secret places or our lives; spir
itually we do not grow as we ought;
our souls lack that touch of life which
reveals Itself III ever deepening
strength and power.
Well, now having faced this two fold
fact on the one hand that each of us
can gro'w a soul If he Is willing to pay
the price, and on the other band that
this soul-growth Is not being realized
within us as it ought let us see this
morning what are some of the condi
tions lu obedience to which som-growth
nuiy become a glorious reality for each
one of us.
1. I.et us recognize in the first place
what tlie soul Is, what It represents.
By the soul. We mean something deep
er than "the machine which ticks in
the brain, that calculates and memor
izes, that len-nx the tricks of trade,
nnd practices them lu the world." That
Is not your soul, tilthough I dare s:iy
it. is the only apology for a soul some
of us have. The soul is that In yon
nnd me which has kinslilu with Cod.
It is the chamber lu which the divine
nnd Immortal within us dwells. The
soul Is the holy of holies lu a man's
life. It Is as l'aul hays. "The Temple
of the Holy Ghost." When, for in
Rtanee. you feel at times, as surely at
times we all do, an almost overpower
ing yearning after Cod. to know Him,
to be like Him. it is your soul that Is
speaking. It is tlie immortal within
you, crying out for Its kinship with
God. Tlie vitality of your soul, there
fore. Is th pledge of your Immortality.
Iiestroy the soul, and you destroy that
within you without which eternity Is
unthinkable. That is why Chri-t nut
such emphasis on the awful possibility
of losing the soul. "What shall It prolit
a man," He said, "If he gain tlie whole
world and lose his own soul'.'" Noth
ing can compensate that loss. Christ
doe not say that "gaining the world"
necest arlly lneiing loss of the soul;
what He says is, that a prize even so
great as the attainment of the whole
world would not offset the loss of n
single Individual soul. Do we realize
that?
The first condition, therefore, In until
growth. Is to realize the issue at stake,
to recognize the infinite value of your
oul as your one nnd only asset when
death, with ruthless ringer, strips
you of nil else. "Think of living,"
snld Carlyle, "for wert thou the pitl
fullrst of all the sons of earth thy life
Is no Idle dream. It Is thine own. It is
all that thou Last to face eternity
with." True, but living without a soul
is to make eternity a vol, Ileus blank.
It Is your soul wlihlii you, claiming Its
kinship with Gou, that Is the only
thing worth living for. That Is the
first point. When you recognize that,
yon have taken the tlrst step In soul
jrrowth. 2. The second condition Is to recog
nize clearly the great hindrance to
soul-growth. II Is futile to ask why
our souls do not grow naturally, as. for
Instance, the body does. Spiritual de
velopment Is one thing, natural growth
1h quite another thing. Tlie fact must
be reeognlxed, explain It bow yoa will,
that soul-growth Is tremendously hand
icapped and hindered by forcei which
conspire its ruin, in other words, our
souls nre In the grip of a deadly ills
ense, which dwarfs and stunts them.
What Is that disease? A correct diag
nosis Is the first step to complete the
cure.
Suppose for n moment yon hnvp n
hoy who, Instead of growing Into
health nnd strength. Is pinched nnd
dwarfed nnd anemic. In appearance.
You take the lad to a physician, and
he will tell you that that boy of yours
Is really suffering from a wrong habit
nf life. He is not being nourished nrop
erly. Ills digestive organs nre being
overloaded with food which he cannot
assimilate. What the hoy needs Is not
more food, but less: not richer diet,
but shunter. Nature is being thwarted
by nrtlllclal living, nnd artificial living
Is the seed-plot of disease. And the
physician will doubtless tell you that,
the bov being young, the cure Is simple.
He will sav: "Give nature a chance !
bv simplifying his daily diet." Well.
It Is even so with the health of the soul.
Our souls nre starved and stunted by a
disease, which Is created anil aggra
vated by a wrong mode of life. We
are so gorging our minds with nil the
elaborated nnd artificial forms of liv
ing, that the spiritual within us is
stilled. Sin is tlie disease which kills
the soul, hut sin is simply a product of
that sordid selfish life which clogs the
great arteries of tlie soul. If deliber
ately we follow a life which makes no
provision for prayer ami coinmunlon
with God. which cherishes evil habits
nnd nourishes actions which beg'.n and
end In self, then we nre deliberately
killing the soul w ithin lis. What. then.
Is the price we have to pay If we want
to grow a soul? We must change th
mode of life Which enthralls us. and
make provision, not for the things of
the flesh, but of the spirit. In that
purer, sweeter, simpler atmosphere the
the soul will Inevitably begin to grow.
The vitality of your soul Is wonderful.
Its recuperative powers nre marvelous,
but these powers must have their im
portunity. Here is a disease which is
stunting and slowly killing my soul
am I willing to fulfill the condition
which will eradicate that disease, and
make snirltual growth a reality?
!!. That leads to the third point, j
What Is that condition? And who of i
us. by Ids own strength, is sufficient to
meet that condition? We cannot cer
tainly, by our own efforts, hope to re
verse those natural tendencies within
us which wnrtngalnst our souls. Wo ,
cannot, by any strivings or our o n.
force spiritual growth. If we are till
able to add a cubit to our physical
stature, much less can we add to our
snirltual growth. Yet. the call of
Christ is to "grow In grace, nnd In His
likeness." What. then. Is the secret of
that growth? The Gospel of Christ Is
the answer. Our souls grow ns tl'.ey
come into living touch with Him. We
cannot transform ourselves, but we nre
transformed into His likeness, as we
reflect the spirit of Jesus, nnd we re
flect Jesus In the measure that we re
flect on Him. Make Clirist the theme
of your dally prayer nnd meditation,
and every moment you spend in His
presence Is a springtide of spiritual
growth within your soul. That growth
von cannot check: no sin can hinder it
if vou are living in the atmosphere of
Christ's life. It Is not our strivings
nnd stniggllngs that add to tlie stature
of the soul: It is our faith, simple as
that of a little child which, laving hold
of the love of God revealed jn Christ,
builds up the soul, dav by day, into His
grace and Into His likeness.
Niiv. I ask. Is there anything strange
or mysterious about Unit? Is snirltual
growth subject to laws nny different
from those which govern nny process
of mental development? Surely not.
To make nny theme a subject of dally
thought is to make that theme a potent
influence In your life. The more deeply
It lays hold of your mind the more pro
foundly It becomes a part of yourself.
All you have to do is to fulfil the con
dition of continuous thought, and the
oblect of your thought reacts upon you
anil becomes n dominant factor of
growth. We sponk, for instance, of a
man being possessed by some master
passion It may be the love of money,
or of power, or of sordid self-indulgence,
or of some higher Interest, but
whatever it is, the result is the same.
Constant dwelling upon It moulds char
acter Into Its likeness.
So It Is with the soul that surrenders
itself to the Influence of Jesus. As we
think of Illni, nnd as we enter into the
spirit of His life, and breathe the at
mosphere of Ills love and purity, grad
ually we nre transformed, nnd the soul
within us leaps up Into glad recognition
of Its lawful Love. Kvery power we
have, every faculty we possess be
comes interpenetrated by His spirit,
and becaus" Ills spirit is life we live
also.
Kxclted.
Rowland Hill used to tell this story
of hill self:
"I'eople say when I preach the Gos
pel very enri.estiy, ihmv excueu .nr.
Hill gits:' Why. said he, "1 was
walking through Wotton-uhder-Edge
the nt her day, and saw some men dig
ging gravel. All of a sudden the earth
gave way and buried two or three of
tlie mm. 1 ran oil us fast us my old
lens would carry inc. und I s'louted,
'Help! help! help!' but people uid not
say, Tour old Mr. Hill is getting dread
fully excited!'
"Oh, no! he might be as excited ns he
pleased when men's lives were III dan
ger; but when a mini's soul was in
danger the proper thing would be to
say to him vu-y quietly und calmly,
'My dear friend, unless something shall
Interpose, and you shall one of these
day become somewhat different from
what you now nre, It will not b quite
so well for you in another world as,
perhaps, you might di-olre.'," Helfust
Witmws.
'i'he models of fashion here cannot
even be certain of passing muster as
ill. door muts lu heaven.
Rat Hunts in Favor in England.
Rat catching as a pastime is fast
hounding into popularity. It la
claimed by the many fresh devotees
of this peculiar hobby that it pro
vides excitement and sport, while
ail Its aim U the extinction of vermin
Its ucsfulnesa lg beyond question.
Mr. H. F. Wllloughby Oreenhtll, a
stock broker, and a party of friends,
with the assistance of four dogs, bag
god ninety-two rats on Saturday, and
nearly as many during the preceding
week. The- sport Is general all over
the county of Surrey, and tin services
of those who follow the pastime are
In requisition In all rat Infested quar
tersLondon Express.
Expects to Round Out Century,
Harvey K. Fowlor, dean of the Ver
mont bar, was 88 years old last Tues
day and most of the day was spent lu
his Bennington office. He Is still en
gaged In the duties of his profession
at his office every day, Is exceedingly
well preserved and expects to prac
tice another twelve years. Mr. Fow
ler was born la Poughkeepste, the
youngest of thirteen children.
THE" SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LSSSCN COMMENTS
FOR FEBRUARY 15
Sut joeti Jesns' rowM to Knrslve, Mark
II., l ,11-(iolilpn Tuf, Murk, II. , 10
Mrinory Vere, 6Topir: rorslTenesa
of SlnComtiientary.
I. The multitude gathers to hear
Christ (vs. 1. 2i. 1. "And again." At
the close of the missionary tour In Gali
lee. "Into Capernnitin." "Which was
Ills home or headquarter. "After
some days." Sume t'.nys after the leper
had been healed nnd the excitement
had quieted down. "It was noised."
The news spread very rapidly. "In
the house." Either the house which
He occupied with His mother and Ills
brethren (Matt. 4:13), or possibly thnt
of St. I'etcr. When Christ Is In the
house, 1. Good men will lie nttracted
to It. 2. Bad men will be benefited In
It. 3. Divine benediction will rest
upon It. 4. Beneficent ministries w'll
flow from It. 'I. "Many were gath
ered." The audience Included Phari
sees and doctors of the law who had
come fr nn the towns of Galilee, Juden
nnd Jerusalem (Luke 5:17). They had
come to inspect und criticise this new
Teacher. It was like the gathering of
Israel on Carmel to witness the issue
between F.lijith nnd the priests of Baal.
"About the door." There was a greut
concourse of people so that the house
nnd court were both filled. "Preached
the word." The dor-trine of the Son
of God. Thev had come partly to criti
cise and partly out of ciirloslly. and
now Jesus seizes the. opportunity to
preach the Gospef.
II. A palsied sinner brought to
Christ (vs. 3, 4). 3. "Come unto Illin."
Access to Jesus seemed Impossible.
There were many obstacles In the way.
Should they have waited for a conven
ient season? No. They must force
their way to Christ. "Bringing one."
He wns young for Jesus calls hi in son.
but he wns full grown for it required
four men to carry him. There are
many so weak nnd discouraged thnt
they cannot go to Jesus without assist
ance; we should nlwRv he rendy to
help such. "Sick of the palsy." 1. It
tnkes nwny the sense of feeling. 2. It
weakens the will so thnt when men
would do good evil Is present with
them. 8. It produces n fixed condition
of evil, with intense suffering. "Borne
of four." Each one holding a corner
of the "pallet" or bed. which was mere
ly a thickly padded quilt or mat. There
was co-oppratlon in this work. One
could not have done it; it needed four.
In the union of hearts and hands there
Is strength. 4. "The press." It
seemed quite Impossible for the crowd
to make nn opening sufficiently large
for tlu'in to pass through. "Uncovered
the roof." Luke say, "through the
tiling." "Broken It up." Oriental roofs
were made of different kinds of mate
rial. Luke says they let this man down
through the "tiling." They appear to
have broken up the tiling or thin stone
slabs, sometimes used nt this day.
HI. Christ forgives sins (vs. G-7). G.
"Saw their faith." Many of the gifts
of hcnllng nnd restoration were ob
tained through the faith nnd prayers of
the friends of the sufferers. See Matt.
K:13: Mark f:3ri: John 4:5(). Jesus
"saw" their faith. Ileal faith acts.
Christ always notices nnd commends
faith. "Son." He spoke with tender
ness. Matthew adds. "Be of good
cheer." "Thy sins nre forgiven." tR.
V.) Our first great need Is the forgive
ness of sins. Jesus rightly puts this
ahead of the healing of the bodv.
i. "Certain of the scribes." The
scribes were the leaders of the nation,
tlie theologians. "Itensonlng in their
hearts." Our word "dialogue Is de
rived from the same Greek word. 7.
"Blasphemies." "But God only." They
rightly understood thnt all sins are
sins against God. nnd therefore only
lie could forgive them. See Pun. Gl:4.
IV. Christ heals disease (vs. 8-12).
S. "Jesus perceived." Jesus knew their
thoughts (Matt. :4). When Bur Cocav
declared lilmself Messlub. the rabbins
quoted Isn. 11:3, nnd examined Iilm to
see if he could revenl the thoughts of
their hearts. Ho fulled and they slew
him. "Why reason ye?" Matthew
says. "Wherefore think ye evil?" 0.
"Whether it 's easier to say," etc. Some
think thnt In these expressions Jesus Is
merely asking which Is the easier claim
to make. But He evidently means
more thnn that and uses the term "to
say" with the farther thought of "do
ing." He then shows thnt He has the
power to forgive sins by at once heal
ing the palsied uinn.
10. "That ye may know." "Son of
Mnn." This is the title which Christ
most frequently applied to Himself,
sometimes interchanging It with the
"Son of God." This title Is never ap
plied to Christ by the writers of the
Gospels. Jesus appropriated to Him
self the nrophecy of Daniel (Matt 26:
f3, 64; Dan. 7:13). It is applied to
Christ more thnn eighty times In the
New Testament. "Power on earth."
They were thinking of God ns being in
1 leaven, nnd Jesus calls attention to
the fact thnt there Is power on earth
now to forgive sins. 11. "Arise."
Here Is the test. Christ shows His
ability to forgive fins by His ability to
henl.
112. "He arose." "Before them nil."
This Thing wns "not done In n corner."
Christ's miracles were performed in the
most public manner and were never
questioned by those who witnessed
them. "Amazed." Luke adds, "They
were rilled with fenr." "Glorified God."
They had a high degree of reverence
for God and were filled with admira
tion for His power and goodness. "On
this fashion." Christ's works nre
without precedent. He nets independ
ently and advises with no one. They
had seen three marks of Ills divinity:
1. Forgiving sins. 2. , Perceiving
thoughts. 8. Healing disease. The
works of Christ are astonishing tlie
world to-day. He is the same mighty
Saviour, and is still able to forgive .
Children's Jokes.
Mary announced the other day that
she was hungry. Her brother, to
tease her, Inquired, "How do you feel
when you are hungry?" Mary prompt
ly replied, "Exactly as If I bad a
"orkscrew In my stomach."
The same little girl bad Just been
Introduced to a viHitor named Mr.
Hunter. After dinner this . visitor
said: "If you remember my name
you shall have these bonbons, Mary,"
and in her eagerness to get the bon
bons lost by exclaiming, "It's Mr.
Shooter."
WIlllo had Jut started to kinder
garten. The" Umu horizontal and
perpendicular had been explained.
The next Sunday Willie said, "Moth
er, I don't like my Sunday school
teacher."
"Why?" asked bis mother.
"Well," replied Willie, "she's all
right for a school teacher, but I don't
like her for a Sunday school teacher
She's too horizontal, aud she ought to
I be more perpendicular," Exchange.
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8UN0AY. FEBRUARY 25.'
A Pure Life. Rom. C. 15-n.
"This one thing I do," snld Paul.
He believed In singleness, thnt Is to
say, purity of aim. Mo made a'
specialty of solvation. The captain
of an ocean steamer Is In charge of
fifteen hundred people, nnd hns au
thority and responsibility over a
thousand nctlvltles. Rut his great
business Is to get his ship alongside
her pier, safely at any (tint, and as
swiftly as may be. That one hilslness
settles many questions which might
otherwise trouble the captain.
The Christian's great business Is to
make his Christian life productive and
profitable. He has been set apart for
this. He must he In command of
himself, and for this definite pur
pose. He Is to develop a character
fit fpr heaven, and It Is fo great a
tusk that it demands all his powers,
linked to nnd co-operating with the
might of God. He must live the sim
ple, the true, the pure life.
The Christian who hns this concep
tion of his llfework la saved from
much trouble nnd vexalhui of spirit.
Some things are Impossible- to him,
not because they are wrong In them
selves, but becuuse they will hinder
hlrn In his great task. Will he dance?
play cards? spend his evenings at the
theater? or at some cheap nnd frivol
ous "party'? Will he keep his mind
constantly occupied with the details
of his temporal affairs? Will he bo
eager for the small rewards of earth?
He will do none of these things, or
the thousand other things unworthy
or Ihe Christian name. Ho is '-de-,
voted." "sancl ifle.l." "consecrated."
i Ufa which, hns nn r"oni for iliesq
1 I..HUS
I rouidn't help It." is often a good
'enson and a poor excuse. The apol
ogist may speak the truth, but he
cannot avoid his responsibility. The
mnn who has formed the habit of
swearing Is likely to bo profane with
out being conscious of It. The Im
pulse to swear springs up at the In
stant of provocation, nnd the-act is
quicker than his perception of It. He
didn't mean to swear, he may say.
Nor did he, this time But ten years
ago he could not swear without stop
ping to think what to say. And he Is
responsible for the habit.
FE3RUARYTWENTY-FIFTH.
JNcoslma, and Missions In Japan.
Isa. 50:4-10.
Neesima knew that whatever ho
pained of the western learning was
his only In trust, and he was a faith
ful trustee.
Neesima could say with Paul. "I
wns not disobedient to the heavenly
vision." What he uuld he followed,
and what he heard he obeyed.
Neesima was ; one man against a
nation, hut he was also one man wit'.t
God; and he was "not ashamed."
Neesima had many trials but one
tru.'it, and the one trust was I'.ore
than equal to the many trials.
Facts In Neesima's Life.
Neesima was born in Tokyo, Feb
ruary 12, 184:'.. When he was six
teen years old, the reading cf a
geography of the I'nlted States caus
ed him to long to know more of
America. A chance copy of a Bible
lu Chinese gave him Ihe principles of
the true religion.
On July IS. 1HU4. at the risk of hU
life, Neesima ran away to this coun
try. On the way, nt Hong Kong, he
sold his sword to buy a New Testa
ment lu Chinese. The owner of the
ship lu which he sailed, the Hon.
Alpheus Hardy, of Boston, became in
terested In him aud gave him an 'edu
cation. He graduated from Amherst Colic;;
In 1870. He spent a year with the
Japanese government embassy, visit
lug nil European capitals to study
systems of education. Graduating
from Andover In 1S74, he was ordain
ed as the first Jnpuneso Christian
evangelist, and returned to Japan In
December.
His great work was the establish
ing at Kyoto of the greatest Christian
college and theological school In Ja
pan, the Dushisdiu. The name mer.na
'one endeavor."
The Doshluhn was opened Novem
ber ID, 1S75. There was tremendous
opposition, both to the foreign relig
ion and to the foreign teachers, hut
tmn Imd strong frt"mls at coe
In lSj Necslina ugaln visited the
United States, and the Doshlshu soon
nfler broadened into a university. At
the lime of Neeslina's death It had
700 students.
Neesima died tin January 23, 1K90.
His last words were "Peace! Joy!
Heavcu!" '
Four thousand portions nltcnded
his funeral. Including the governor
and a delegation of Buddhist priests,
and the funeral procession wns a mile
and a half long.
FORGIVENESS.
Alternate Topic for February 25:
What Christ teaches about the for
giveness of sins. Matt. 6:12, 14, 15;
18:21, 22; Luke 7.36-50; John 3:14-21.
Those Who May Not 'Vols.
How many kinds of people are net
allowed to vote at State elections?
Women in all States except Colorado,
Idaho, Utah aud Wyoming; Idiots
and criminals in most States; paup
ers In many States; Chinese In Ore
gon. Nevada and California; Indians
In Mississippi, Montana and Nevada;
Indians not taxed In Maine and Wash
ington, and in Minnesota when they
lack the "custom, 'of civilization."
Mississippi und Idho exclude bigam
ists; Florida and 'Michigan bar duell
lstB, and several States disqualify
United States soldiers and sailors.
(Wisconsin excludes those who bet on
elections, and this clause ought to in
clude the silly forms of betting which
entail riding in wheelbarrows and lot
ting the hair grow. Youth's Com
v.ulon. '
Whisky 8hlpped In Barrel of Apples.
The United States customs officials
have made an Important seizure at
Newport, at the office of an express
company. A barrel supposed to con
tain applet, consigned to parties In
Maryland from Quebec, wag opened
and found to contain thirty-two quarts
of sealed Canadian whisky. A layer
of applea covered the bottles. St Al
bans Messenger,
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tijexi arm
la ftrsT Out nuts. .
A fanner said he rid his farm of rats
as follows: "On a very large number
of pieces of old shingles I put alwut
a tenspoonful of molasses, nnd on thnt
with my poeketknifc I scraped n small
amount of concentrated lyp, then
plnccd the shingles around under the
floors nnd under the cribs. The noxt
morning I found forty dend rats nnd
the rest vamoosed. I hnve cleared
ninny farms of the pests In the snme
wny, nnd hnvc- never known it to fall."
Weekly Witness.
A Gnotl Poultry flonsit.
By far too ninny poultry houses nre
built tn.h and wh'c. The high house
must be more varmly constructed
than the low Lous?, while the wide
liou e give 'ar to) much dorr room,
nnd espec!nl.y If t:e scratching shed
Is In use. By the pre per r.rrangemet.t
of nests undjr the roosts, protected
by dropjlng boards space Is econo
mized greatly and, most of Important
of nil. It Is possible to get much more
sunlight Into n narrow house than In
n wide one. nnd t- put It where It will
do the most good, on the floor. Thp
profitable poultry house Is nlso the one
where provision Is iniido for good
ventllntlin, without draughts, where
the sun will strike In nnd cover the
dust boxes, ..here the nrsts are lu the
dark nnd where the roosts nre in the
warm corner and nrrnnged so thnt
they niny be curtained !t further pro
tection IS needed In very cold weath
er. The walls bnck of the roosts
should be covered w'ta ta.-.od paper,
so there will be no draught f;oni thnt
side. Indiani.polis New.
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The Stun-Fcit Cow.
Somehow many dairymen hnve
reached the wrong conclusion when
reading of dairy farms where the cows
nre stall-fed the year round.. It by no
menus Is intended that the cows shall
have no outdoor exercise; on the con
trary, except for cows, thnt nre on
pnsture entirely during the summer,
few cows nre more Intelligently exer
cised and proper ventilation furnished
them than stall-fed animals properly
brought up. At regular hours the cows
nre turned Into commodious bnrnynrds
for nir nnd exercise. During the win
ter this outdoor exercise !s ns carefully
looked nfter ns during the summer,
and. In the majority of enses, the cows
occupy only sleeping hours nnd milking
hours In their separate stalls, the bnl-ar.t-e
of the time being spent in large
sheds.
Don't be afraid of ihe fresh air for
your animals during the winter; see
that they have all the outdoor exercise
the weather will permit, but more than
nil, see that the stables are properly1
ventilated nnd aired. There nre n num
ber of devices for this purpose, nnd
one of the best of them is the win
dow frame covered with muslin.
Remember that close confinement
and foul nir predispose the cow to
tuberculosis, nnd Hint fresh nir nnd
plenty of It will enable her to do her
slime, not only ns n milk producer,
but as a mother. Indianapolis News.
Kep I.lvo Htock on the Farm.
We will take for example a 1(Ki ncre
farm, which is small enough if It is
to pay both landlord nnd tenant. I
think a great deal the most satisfac
tory way for both parties Is to go on
equal shares; that is, the landlord to
furnish the farm lu good repair, also
the buildings nnd fences In good shape,
so all kinds of slock can be kept, for
there is where the good, easy money
is for both landlord and tenant. The;i
the farm Is getting worth more day by
day, by keeping stock nnd feeding nil
the grain and liny. Also the straw
can be used to frond advantage rather
thnn burn it or leave It to plow
around for years.
I own and .manage my own farm,
therefore enn look nt this matter with
out being partial. The tenant should
take the same interest in the farm as
though he owned it. He should devote
all his time to the Interests of the farm.
He should put his spare days, when
not busy with the crops. In fixing
fences nnd digging out noxious weeds
nnd trying to keep the farm and farm
buildings, fioiccs and everything per
taining to the farm In ns good repair,
or better, than when he came.
Each party furnishes equally of the
farm stock, except the farm horses,
which should belong to the tenant.
All feed that is raised on the farm
should be fed on the. farm, and If any
feed Is needed it should be bought and
paid for by landlord and tenant equal
ly. All stock that is told, the money
f-hould be divided equally. By so do
ing each party will have nn equal in
terest, nud the tenant .will "not be con
stantly trying to sec how much he can
get off of tha landlord nnd tho landlord
trying (o see how little he can let his
tenant have. Otherwise In one short
year they nre both rendy for a change,
which does not pay either party. The
longer the tenant can stay, the belter
it will pay both landlord and teuaut.
G. II., In the Imiiana-Farmer.
Profits Fiom Turkeyt,
The prolit on turkey raising depend
very much on how we handle the
breeding stock during the winter seu
soii. On most farms it is the practice
to fatten all the turkeys together In the
fall. It is not nn easy matter to sep
arate them. There is really no harm
done fattening all together. The com
mon mistake Is continuing to feed more
grain than they need after the market
stock is disposed vi. The proper thing
to cio Is to make them use up their
extra fat by fiiedliit; little grain at this
season.
.The young hens are not to npt to he
come too fnt as the one and two-year-old
hens. When the fanner is fatten
ing hog in open yards during the win
ter It is dltllcuit to prevent the turkeys
getting more grain than- they need.
The turkey hen that lu brought through
the winter fat will not be in the Pink
of condition when the time comes to
begin laying. The eggs will be slow
in making their appearance, - will be
few In number and too large. There
would be fewer complaints of poor
hatches aud weak, troublesome baby
turks it everyone who tried to raise
turkeys realized the Importance of get
ting fat hens back to their normal
state at this season, especially old lions.
Don't bo nfruld of starving thorn.
$5
These old hens. I linve found, will kpep
their flesh with little grain to eat dur
ing the winter. Mnny fall to get good
results with the two nnd three-year-old
turkey hens because they do not under
stand their one weakness of taking on
fat so readily. If this is not under
stood nnd avoided now. trouble may
be expected Inter. , .
There is no doubt thnt turkeys pny,
especially when they hnve the rnnge
of a large farm, but we need turkey
knowledge, more thnn ninny of us
possess, to mnke success with them.'
The nearer they live like wild turkeys,
the more profitable they nre. , We make
a serious mistake when we try to do
mesticate these wild fowls too thor
oughly. Fnnnle M. Wood, in Tribune
Fanner.
Every Fiii Slu.nlil llavft Ton! Rlieil.
One of the greatest expenses lu run
ning a farm Is the cost of farm ma
chinery. "Money saved is money
enrncd," is n true saying, and I know
of no better wny In which to cut down
the expenses of farming than to know
how to manage and care for farm ma
chinery. Every farm should nave nt letist one
shed in which to plnce machinery. This
shed should be a good substantial one,
with a good roof and tight fitting doors
to keep out all fowla and stock. A
piece of machinery should never be
taken from tlis shed until ready for
use. and' should be returned ns soon
ns its work is accomplished. In this
wny a tool will Inst much longer and
do the work much better, thus saving
Hie farmer time nnd money. Just be--fore
a piece of machinery is to be used
In the field It should bo looked over
with grent enre. Every part should
receive careful attention, and should
be in proper condition to accomplish its
work. All holts should be kept tight,
and nothing should be allowed to run
that is not In proper condition. This
careful examination beforehand often
saves a great amount of time and labor
in nfier dnys. Besides, It makes the
work much more pleasant. '
While In use In the field the bearings
on farm machinery should be-kept well
oiled. This will lessen the draft, and
the machine will last much longer. It
Is much cheaper to buy oil than ma
chinery. Binders, nnd nil other mnchlnery thnt
Is complicated in construction, should
Ik- carefully examined at least twice
a day when In use, once in the morn
ing before work begins nnd then again
at noon. Every part should bo exam
ined very carefully. This often pre
vents serious trouble und delay, when
the grain Is ripe and wages high.
When the farmer Is through using a
piece of machinery, it should be taken
to the shed. Before storing away for
the season nil dirt should be removed
nnd the parts most likely to rust should
be greased with nxle grease or painted
with oil. Should any part be broken
or damaged, it should be repaired nt
once. Every farmer should be provid
ed with good paint nnd paint brush, so
that he may repaint his machinery
when the paint begins to come off.
Buy good, substantial mnchlnery lu the
first plnce; keep It well pnluted, well
oiled when In use, nnd well housed
when not, nnd you nre on the rond to
wards successful farming. A Farmer,
in the Indiana Farmer.
Stock In the Winter Months.
To the farmer who keeps live stock
through winter, the arrangement of
the feeding place has inuch to do
with the success of his busiuess. If 4
Inconvenient and not suited to the pur
pose, there will be loss of time and
waste of feed. A half hour's loss in
feeding two or three times every day
Is a grent saciiilco of time. If the
horse stables nre so constructed that
the grain and hay must be carried sep
arately to ench stall, it will take as
much time to feed the ono or two
horses ns It will to feed a hnlf dozen, or
even more, when the mangers nre so
placed Hint nil feed can be given from
the barn floor. In the summer season
the teamster w(,th'luindy feed mangers
could easily feed and harness bis tenm
in the time taken to carry corn to the
separate stalls. Much more time must
be lost If many men nnd teums nro
used lu the fields.
In many feed bnrns the nimrgers nro
placed conveniently to the barn feeding
floor. But the hay Is pulled from them
down into the stall nud wasted. Where
the animals must reach up nnd pull
their feed down to them, ns lu the old
fashioned stake rack that wns made
to lean from the side wall, this waste
Is very noticeable. There nro mnny
mangers where the hay Is rooted out
nt the side and 'becomes soiled. A
waste of feed three times a day Is
like n waste of time three times every
day. When added they take very con
siderably from the profit side of the
account. This Is the feeding time, an
excellent opportunity to exumtno the
mangers nnd determine whether they
nre time wasters or wasters of feed, or
perhaps both.
If a minger Is permanently fastened
where upright pieces cannot be nailed
on, n ladder made Just to fit the top of
the manger nnd hinged nt the bnck side
so It can be lifted when hay or fodder
is placed Into It, and then let down
again, will prevent rooting the hny out
nt the side. With sheep, a box manger
Is satisfactory. The sides, If too high,
will wear the wool under the necks; If
too low, the sheep nre- likely to put
their feet iuto the box. The upright
slnts need not be -nearly so far apnrt
as for horses or cattle. Movable man
gers about two feet wide nnd twelve
feet long, so thnt the sheep may eat
from every Bide nnd end, nnd high
enough to prevent their climbing into
them, are servlcenble.
Where the barn floor can be made
into a manger along the sheepwny or
at tho stalls, It. makes an excellent
feeding floor. Usually the bulky food
will remain In place if a twelve-Inch
partition Is made to separate the feed
away from tho main flock. W. B. Au
derson, In the Indianapolis News.
The Kindly Word.
A kindly word Is a UUle thlng-a
breath that goes and a sound that dies.
But tho heart that gives and the heurt
that hears may know that It sings and
sings till, at last it bends with the wild
bird's song and the coo of babes lu
what man call the celestial choir.
Quaint.
and
CurbustM
Not once or twice, nut mnny times,
a crown has been lost, stolen or
pawned. At the close of the Abyssln
Inn war the crown of King Theodore
was bought from a common soldier by
n Prussian officer, and presented by
him to his Sovereign. It Is now in
England.
A., wonderful clock has been con
structed by n Tarlslan. It Is seven
feet high and about two feet wide,
and has automatons to represent the
birth, life and death of Christ. It
strikes the quarters nnd the hour, and
at any time of night. If one pulls a cord
wbich hnngs by the side, the hour will
strike, thereby saving the trouble of
getting out of bed aud ighting a match.
Off Gibraltar, the British Channel
Fleet bns been practicing night tiring
at a novel target. It is shaped like a
destroyer, nnd is outlined with incan
descent Inmps thnt can be switched on
or off at will from the towing boat
The idea la to make the practice as
realistic as possible. Out of the dark
ness tho "destroyer" suddenly springs,
giving the gunners only a few seconds
to take aim before she disappears
again.
A curious case of museum robbery
is engaging attention at Weimar. An
agent offered some time ngo to the
Goetbe-Schlller Museum a ccties of
Goethe mnuus rlpts. which on exami
nation proved to have been stolen from
the museum Itself. 1'ho agent ex
plained that ho had received them In
good faith from a well-known anti
quary in Berlin. A search of the anti
quary's house brought to light many
othei' documents belonglug to the Wei
mar Museum.
Norway, with all Its preference for a
raonnrchlnl form of government, seems
to be the most democratic country in
Europe. The King is not "your maj
esty." He ia addressed with sturdy
indifference to formality, as "Mr.
King," Just ns in this country we any
"Mr. President." Haakon accommo
dates bimself cheerfully to the demo
cratic spirit, and is to be seen walking
about the streets of Christiana in a
most unpretentious manner, carrying
his baby boy on his arm.
The mall service between the island
of St Kildn nnd the coast Is doubtless
the most remarkable of i's kind in the
world. Since very few mall stenmers
visit St. Klldn, the inhabitants fre
quently set adrift their mail in- tiu
cans, which they cover with cotton
wool canvas. Tho can Is tied to sheep
skin bngs, inflated with nir, nud
marked "St. Kildn mall. Plense opeu."
One of these enns made the Journey
recently from St. Kllda to the Shet
land const in sixty-two days.
ELOPED BY ADVICE.
The Lata Blahop Uarlei f lletrolt Tells
an Amusing Slorjr.
"The late Bishop Thomas Frederic's
Davlcs of Detroit," said a Detroit mnn,
"once told me nn Interesting story of an
elopement. He figured iu this elope
ment as the otliclatlng clergyman. It
was in Philadelphia, during his rec
torship of St. Peter's.
"It-seems that the proprietor Ot' one
of the largest dry goods houses in
Philadelphia had noticed for somo
months the melancholy attitude of hl3
head clerk, "a young man whom he
held in high regard.
"The clerk's pallor and Increasing
leanness, bis frequent sighs and ah
sentmbadedncss, worried the million
aire proprietor. lie questioned the
young man dally. Aud finally the
young man admitted liiut he was in
love.
"'Well,' snld the head, 'ainrry her.
Your salary Is big enough.'
"'Ah,' said the clerk, sndly, '70U
don't understand. She belongs to one
of the first- fumilies of Philadelphia,
and her father is a millionaire.'
" 'Well, maybe ho wasn't when lie
married. You have n good position
and a good name. You are a .fair
match for any glii,' said the other. !
" 'It's no use,' sighed the clerk.
'Her parents would not listen to me
for one moment.'
"'Then,' said the head, 'elope with
her.'
" 'Do you advise that?' the clerk
asked excitedly.
" 'Certainly I do. Is she Do I
know her?'
" 'Yes. She will be at your dance
at Devon, to-morrow, night.' ,
" 'Well, see here.' suld the head,'
'I'll have my coachman out In front of
my gate at 0.30. Rush the girl off
Into town and marry her. I'll arrange
with a clergyman for you.'
'By Jove,' snld the clerk, 'I'll do It!'
. "And he dld.v The next night Dr.
Davles performed the ceremony, and
an hour or two later the millionaire '
found his daughter missing and was
telegraphing In every direction to the
young couple to come home and nil
would be forgiven." Provldeuce Jour
nal. . Too nihlv Thought Of.
.One of the faculty of a university ia
New Jersey tells of a professor there
who never lost an opportunity to re
buke any bumptiousness on the part of
the students. On one occasion, when
the professor was taking leave of a
certain graduate, be is reported to have
said:
"Sir, your, fellow-students think
highly of you; I think highly of you;
but, sir, no one thinks more highly of
you than you do yourself." The Bun
day Magailne.
'Lars; Crops From Small Farm.
On eight acres of land J. F, Daulels,
of Bristol, Vt, raised, the past season, '
200 bushel of onions, 2200 bunches of
mail onions, 13,000 ' cabbages, 000
cauliflowers, 100 bushels of cucumbers,
100 bushels of turnips, 100 bushels of
table beets, 160 bushels of green peas,
200 bushels of potatoes, and three acres
f swset corn.