5 SLiDA. SfRMON ' 2 6 R. Rev. CShop Seymour JjJ Brooklyn. N. Y. At the Churei nt t!n Messiah, the ltlght ltev. Bishop Se ilium- wns the preacher Sunday morning. He chose for hi subject, ".M.v Shepherd," nnil tils text wns Psalm 1:2": "The Lord Is my shepherd; therefore I run lack nothing," he said: We pass from the brightness of Christi.ias and Kplphnny to the sen icui of l.ent thnt closes with the dark ness of Hood Friday. Kre we bid Kplphany goodby let us consider what It tells ii. namely, that our Saviour name to be the Saviour of nil mankind. Kplphnny falls Into two divisions: The Christmas of the .lew and the Christ mas of the (ientlle. First, the Christ inas of the Jew. when the shepherds mine as the representatives of the shepherd nation: mine en I toil on by tin angel through whose dispensation the law was (riven to the Jew; en me to the manger; mine to worship. And then the Cintile iiiMstm.ls, called Kpiphnny. when the kings were led by the star to worship the child. And then i he fact that the .Tew and the lientile alike fell down and worshiped the little child, n baby, weaker than the weakest, I may say. of nil the vomiL'. and yet Ilim by whom the , worlds were mane. It is imleeil a won derful spectacle to see the .lew nud the lientile alike worshiping the babe. We leave the angelic host thnt snug over Bethlehem and . le brightness of the star which brought the three kings at all events the kings of the Fast worshiped the little babe with appro priate gifts for t lie transition period of Lent. (-.nkl I do better than ask you, with myself, to consider our personal re sponsibility in the wc-ds of the text: "The Lord is my shepherd: therefore ?nn I kick nothing';" Here is a dec laration which may make or not. (is we chooM', for the possessive pronoun is intensive "my," as though it were something that we loved, as jewels of earth "they are mine: I own them." So: "The Lord is my shepherd." und based upon that declaration Is the fact; "therefore can 1 lack nothing." There is no word w hieh more frequent 'y falls from our litis than "I." It is the short" t word in human speech i single letter because it brings to !he surface personality. (Jo whither you will, on every side you will hear men, women anil child uttering "I." "I" is to each one the centre of the universe; everything radiates from it nnd everything comes Into it. And this Is light in Its way, only sometimes it Is exaggerated and we have what we cull selfishness. But I am not dis posed to criticise that lust now, only to say that this p.-ouonn "my" grows out of tl.t perso.i.n pronoun "I." be cause it denotes ownership "my." And we may say. the poorest of us, lirst we own ourselves: "I, thyself; I belong to myself." and it is on the basis of that claim Hint we have the wars for independence, for liberty or nersonal right, and men resist the Idea of being owned by the others, and pre eminently in tills land of freedom claim to be free "I own myself." I have not time to analyze the worth of the claim, tor it is immense: "Mine, spirit, body;" this creature, of God like mould and sunning workmanship, how marvellously built up! A single profession, numbering some of the greatest men, devote days nnd weeks to studying it and yet has not fathomed its secrets. The medical profession is largely experimental to-day. It has made wonderful discoveries in fifty years, and still It has not yet probed this little mass of matter, the body, to its depths. And back of it is the mind, the intellect, the memory that holds the past und hope that grasps the fu ture; the mind that deals with prem ises and' conclusions and reasous. It has no moral quality, it Is pure Intel lect. Deeper down than It Is the spirit, the seat of conscience, the moral sense, marvelous beyond expression! that em phasizes our nearness to (lod. Body, mind and Fplrit bound up together mid each of us claim to own that trinity blended Into unity. "I, myself, I own myself." Let us pass on. ".My time;" that is. "my life. These hours and days nnd weeks are mine," and. hence, the wage question, when men claim the right to sell their tune for so much. So, you see, we claim the ownership of time. Of course. It is not really ours. "Our times are in Ills hand." Still, we claim it. "My years are so many." Hence, wo see another element of wealth time, opisntunity. Then, ignin. character, "my character," em ,)hasi,c(l by the name. A good tiaine is worth n good deal. We pass still further: "My position in life, in so ciety, my parentage, my surroundings, my friends and relatives these belong to me." Ami they are worth a great deal sometimes. Then we come down to thnt with which we are most fa miliar: "My material wealth, my stocks nnd bonds, Jewels, wardrobe. They be long to me." Now, thnt: brings us to David's claim: "The Lord is my shepherd." You do not give up the other things, but you make iinother claim, and thnt you can only make through Ilim who allows it. und He allows it by coming here to he readied nnd embraced. It yon will, und loved. lie revealed Him self as one of us In ord-r thnt through Ilim we. by the Holy Ohost, might reach the Father, for lie comes out from the invisible to be visible. He can be touched und handled and seen here. He was here with n certain gen (ration when this was the case. We must not envy them, for we have u greater privilege than they. You re member Thomas. Jesus said to him after be. had been so obstinate, "He cause thou liast seen Me thou bust be lieved; nlesscd lire they thnt hnve not seen and yet have believed." We may believe if we will, on the undoubted testimony of the ages, that Jesus after death was on this earth. He had passed through the graven gate of death nud had consummated for man the glory of the resurrection, and took our nature through Into heaven and blessed It on the throne of (Jod, where He ever remains as a magnet to draw men In love, no that we inuy say with David, "The Lord Is my shepherd, therefore can I lack nothing." Now, my friends. I wish to ay that no other element ot wealth can eiiiune us to say, "Therefore cau I luck noth ing." Try the experiment with which .we are most fnmillnr us a world power, wealth In any form. I hnve been with some of the wealthiest men that the lust generation knew. 1 have ecn them In the hour of death and as they died the boutla and stocks of wcultli fell down and pasted hands. It could not buy an eutrauee ticket to Parudise nor to heaven. If you would be wise consider the end and nothing between. Forecast the frture, not as bounded by the horizon of eartb, but by the gloried of Paradise ami heaven. "The Lord 1 my shepherd, therefore enn 1 lack nothing." becaus; He was burn with its, pay. conceived witn us, nnd lie goes through life's Journey with us ns our friends do who survive lis. but they must part with nr. ns we bid thein the Inst farewell; but He, of whom the l'salmlst speaks. "The Lord my shepherd," He dies w ith me, Is burled with me; He goes to Paradise with my soul; He will be with me at the lust great day, and If I hnve been loyal and true to Him, He will wel come me to His everlasting blessing; He will be my advocate and plead Ills facrltlco to take away my sins. Observe thnt the religion which Jesus gives us embrnces the whole of life. There is no other religion thnt does. You inuy divide them Into relig ions thnt appeal to pleasure, "the lusts of the flesh," and the religions that ap peal to the pride of intellect. Take the ancient Sadticeeisin. the medieval Mohammedanism, nud the present-day Mormonism. They nre the flesh In religions. They cannot begin to teil upon mankind until passion shall de velop in manhood and womanhood. Take the intellectual systems of (ireeco nnd the philosophies of the present day that appeal to the Intellect, nnd n man Is almost half way upon the Journey of life before they touch him. Take Christianity; where does it bo gin? With conception, with birth, In fancy, childhood, youth, manhood, in health, in sickness, in death nnd the resurrection nnd the life eternal In the presence of the great Whlto Throne. Christianity embrnces the religion of life. Does It appeal sim ply to the body! No. But It appeals to the body, the Intellect nnd the soul. lteineinher the declaration of St. John, "the disciple whom Jesus loved." He says: "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, as of the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace nnd truth." He embraced the whole of mail. The Word was made tiesh, but with that was intellect and spirit, nnd so lie was n complete and perfect lnnn. This morning we were Joined to gether hand In hand In the prayers of fered by your rector, but when wa come to the creed, how is It? The hus band drops the hand of the wife, the father of the child, the friend of the. friend, and each for himself, as in the Day of Judgment, stands on hi" own feet nnd says, "I believe." It is a personal act. "The Lord Is my shepherd: therefore can I lack noth ing." There is one element of wealth on which we can rest, nnd which will enable us to "say "We shall lack noth ing." Without our Saviour we shut! hick everything when we come to die. I care not who we nre or whether we have been chid in the purple of kings or the splendor of Jewels, we shall be stripped stark naked and go up naked Into the presence of (Jod. We shall lack nothing if we can say from the depths of our soul. "The Lord Is my shepherd." Then when the end comes we shall be able to sh.v: "Thy mercy and loving kindness Thy mercy for forgiveness; Thy loving kindness tot my needs shall follow me all the days of my life, and 1 shall dwell In the house of the Lord forever." There if no dwelling place here. I wns once a rector in Brooklyn, but where nre my parishioners now? Most of them are gone. Within the last two months two of my classmates in Columbia are gone. And there nre but few of those I knew In the lecture room left. There Is no dwelling place here. It Is a cheat we put upon ourselves when we talk of houses ns dwelling places. They nre not. Ood grant, my brother.?, that it limy be our lot to "Dwell together forever in the house of the Lord," which will be our eternal home. The limy Watrluuaker. A watchmaker who enlisted for the war thinking thnt he might earn n lit tle when off duty, took some of hie tools along with him. But he found so many watches to mend that he for got he wus a soldier. One day he was ordered into battle. He looked r.bout ill in in consternation and exclaimed; "Why. how enn I go? I have ten watches to mend?" Many of our ex cuses and sometimes our reasons, which we try so hard to be conscien tious about, if correctly translated, would read: "Why, how can 1 read my Bible and pray every day? How can I be true to my religious duties? I have something else to do." What We Can Do. ' Ood has not given us vast learning to solve all the problems, or unfailing wisdom to direct all the wanderings of our brothers' lives; but He lias given to every one of us the power to be spiritual and by our spirituality to lift anil enlarge nud enlighten the lives we touch. Phillips Brooks. Spiritual Life. A soft snap is Satan's trap. A failure to make a living is not a rating to preach the gospel of poverty. Some men will feel cheap when they read their own advertisements at the Judgment, Preaching dogmas Is fighting the devil with the scabbard Instead of with the sword. The modern idolutor fails down be fore the work of his own Imagination Instead of thnt of his hands. The mighty Clod i a tireless (lod; He fuintcth not, neither Is weary. This is brave doctrine, then, that a tin less deity attends humanity nuiid nil its struggles and hardships, und at tends it to aid, to soothe, to cheer, to purify, to redeem, to save. C. Silvester Home. There in a pow eiicssness of utter ance In our blood that wo should tight against, und struggle on ward townrds expression. We can educoto ourselves to it If we know and feel the neces sity; we can make It a Chtisthtu duty, not only to love, but to be loving; not only to be true friends, but to show wurselves friendly. Harriot Beecher Btowe. Not Mistaken. The story Is tokl of a coUego pro fessor who was noted for his concen tration of mind. Tho professor was returning home one night from a scientific meeting, still pondering over the subject. He hnd reached his room In safety, when he heard a noise. "Is some one there?" ha asked. "No, professor," answered the In truder under the bed, who knew of the profe.saor'1 peculiarities. "That's strange! I was positive some one was under my bed," com mented the learned man. Just a Trifle Confuted. We bave a friend who went home feeling rather well a few nights a?o Ho came to tha top ot his outHide steps, and then O, shades of John eon he rang the electrio belt. And in one minute there was a response. "Why didn't yon ute your keyf asked tbe gracious landlady. "Use my key!" exclaimed tbe sur prised lodger. "Why, I thought this was an elevator." Boston Post. shool ! Worth league lessons I fflOTff THE INTERNATIONAL LESSO"! COMMENTS FOR MARCH Sultjrct! Tlio Tonsne anil the Temper, Mall. 03-48 Uolden Toil, l'sa, ll 3Meinory Varies, 44, 48 Toplcl A Mmly or Hi New Life. I. Christ's teaching on oaths (vs. 33 r,7i. The Saviour hns been showing nnd now continues to show "the rela tions in which His gospel stnnds to the previous dlspenjntlon, ns being the ful lilment and continuation of true Juda ism nud the reformation of degenerate Judaism." 3.I. "Hath been suld." By the Jews when they received tho law nnd In their interpretations of It. "For swear." To swear fnlsely; to perjure. "But shnlt perform." We know from Matt 3:10-22 that the scribes nad Pharisees declared oaths to be binding or not binding, according to the sup posed sanctity of the object sworn by. "t'nto the Ixird." The ter.cb.lng was that only such oaths ns we.- mado 'unto the Lord" or in the name of the Lord were sacred nnd needed to be kept. "Oath." An onth is a solemn affirmation or declaration. 34. "But I say." The emphasis here Is on the "I." "Swear not at all." Profane and coin ir.iii swearing, with all light. Irrever ent oaths, such ns are not required by the civil magistrate, are Intended tu our Lord's prohibition. "Neither by heaven." None ot the onths which our Lord adduces ns specimens are Judi cial oaths. "God's throne." "Swear ing by heaven cither hns no inennlngcr derives its moaning from tho fact Itut heaven is the residence, the court, the throne of God." :!,). "The earth," etc. See Isa. CG:1; Tsa. 4S:2. ;iil. "By thy head." A common form of oath in the ancient world. 37. "Yea nay.'" Let your statements be in ac cordance with facts; let your language simple, nnd let your answers be Yes or So. ' Cometh oC evil." All swear ing, gcntrel or otherwise, "comes of evil." II. On the law of retaliation (vs. 38 4'Ji. 3S. "F.ye for nn eye." As a legal remedy the law of retaliation wns prob nliiy the best possible in a rude state of soricty. 31). "But I say." Christ In troduces a different method ot dealing with nn assailant. Uesist not evil." "Hi ist not him that is evil." "Turn the otlK'f." It is the preparedness af ter one Indignity, not to invite, but to submit meekly to another, without re taliation, which tills strong language Is meant to convey. 4(v. "Coat cloak." Tho coat was the lnuer garment, the cloak was the outer und more costly one. 41. "Compel thee," etc. Officers and couriers in the service of tho Ho man Government traveling through the provinces had authority to Impress any man or his beast into service for tho purpose of carrying them nud their baggage on their Journey. 42. "Give turn not thou away." 'l'uls cannot mean that an industrious man is to give ut the call of every idler, but it does mean that we nre to be large-hearted, generous, ready to help others and grant favors. We are here exhorted to patience nnd forgiveness, 1. When we receive in our persons nil sorts of in sults nnd affronts (v. 3'J). 2. When we nre despoiled of our goods (v. 40). 3. When our bodies are forced to un dergo all kinds of tolls, vexntlons and torments (v. 41). He thut avenge him sol must lose the mind of Christ nnd thus suffer nn injury far greater than he can ever receive from man. III. On loving enemies (vs. 43-48). 43. "Love thy neighbor." The rabbis Interpreted the command, "Thou shnlt love thy neighbor as thyself," In Lev. 3t):18, ns referring to Jews only. They therefore believed It to be right to hato the rest of mankind. 44. "But I say." Jeius opposed this narrow, wicked view of the case and "extended our neighborhood over all mankind." See Luke 10:25-37. "Love your enemies." (Bom. S:5). It has been said thnt this one precept Is a sufficient proof of the holiness of the gospel on those who call down upon you God's curses. "The best commentary on these matchless counsels Is the bright example of the Ona who gave them. See 1 Tot. 2:21 21; Kom. 12:20, 21; 1 Cor. 4:12; 1 Pet. S:l." 45. "May be the children," etc. To r.ct as Christ commands here would be to act like God, who blesses those who curse Him and nre His enemies by the gifts of tun and rain. This is divine. "Sun to rise," etc. He imparts to all alike, but all do not receive alike. 4t." "What reward." If you have only loved those who love you, you have only come up to the standard of common sinners. "Publicans." Tax gatherers employed by the Romans und hated by the Jews. 47. "Brethren only." The promin ence of salutation in the social life of the East gives a special vividness to this precept. To utter the formnl, "Peace be with you," to follow that up r.itli manifold compliments and wishes was to recognizu those whom men sa luted as friends and brothers. But this the very heathen did ("heathen." rather than "publicans." being the true reading); and were the follower of Christ to be content with merely copy lug heathen customs? Christians must do to their enemies what the heathen did to tlir-ir friends. "Wnat do ye more than others." 1. Disciples have to do more than others, it) They main tain the Christian life; (2i they extend the cause of Christ. 2. They are able to do moro thun others. (1) They are In alliance with God; (2) they have more moral power. 3. More Is expect ed of them than of others. (1) By their Saviour; (2) by the world; (.'!) by their own consciences. 48. "Be perfect." Complete; perfect In love. Take God ns tho model instead of publicum). Tho bitterness of our way may ha the best part of His wisdom. Muzzled Women of Muscat. Women of the better class in Mus cat all wear muzzles, w,htch barely al low them to open the mouth or see with the eye or sneeze. If there happens to be a Cleopatra In Muscat she will never fascinate any Antonv by the beauty of her well- shaped nose, for it Is kept In a special lv made, ugly case. In wmcn it is im possible to tell Its shape. But with all Its faults this Is a far bettor sys tem than that of cutting off the nose, as men in the Kangra district In India are wont to do when any of tnou spouses have proved too fascinating. Allahabad Pioneer. Cut Down Tree to Get Fruit. A Norway, Me., man was seen cut gone so far that he might as well He wau offered a ladder, but declined the offer on tbe ground tha' he had ting down an apple tree to got tbe fruit Onlwa up tbe Job. SUNDAY, MARCH 11. A Christlike Life. Phil. 2. 6-8. The passage from tho Phlllpplan let ter which Is used as the Scripture les son la One of the greatest utterances of the apostle. It has been the Inspir ation of numberless sermons, and of treatises not a few. Much attention Is given to the doctrine of the "Ken osls" Christ's giving up all of the glory nnd power which he lnld aside when he became a man. Great stress Is laid on the Infinite humility of our Lord. These things are of very great Importance. But, after all, they are not at the heart of this Scripture. The chief thing Is that Christ set up a new Standard of life. Instead of choosing to rule, and to enjoy, and to be served, he became subject to others and chose to suffer, and made himself a servant Why7 Not merely because oil that was necessary to his work. Kather, because always and everywhere serv ice Is a greater thing than possessions, or power, or pleasure, or ease. His life was not a humble one just ta show us how far God could stoop. It was humble because no other life can be made Godlike. In It there was no needles pain, no humiliation In or der to win sympathy. What Christ was, and did, and suffered, he could not have avoided, without losing his power to save. This, we must all confess, Is not the standard of men. It Is scarcely ac cepted even by many Christians. We are very much under the spell of the heathen Idea that getting is the su preme business of life. We nre not quite willing to take" Christ literally when he tells us that the only worthy geting is a getting In order to give. He did not count even so great a dis tinction as equality with God a thing to be sought, but he gave every ener gy of his soul to the work of getting onto the same level with men. This is Christ's law. He spoke It by his life, with the high eloquence of perfect deeds. He urged it on the disciples when he told them that they were to reverse the Gentile Ideal, and to find their greatness in serving, not in getting. Have we learned the les son? We must get to give; we dare not get for the sake of getting, for that is the heathen way, and we are Christians. MARCH ELEVENTH. James' Picture of a Perfect Man; How Can We Realize It Ourselves? Matt. 5:48; Jas. 3:1-18. The perfection of God would seem an Impossiole goal, had we not God Himself to help us toward it. Perfect speech would mean a perfect man, because perfect speech would be an index of the heart. The tongue is a tire to consume; It may also he a fire to warm. As long as the outgoings of our na ture are partly evil and partly good, we may he sure we are only partly what God would have us be. Suggestions. There has been only one Perfect Man, except as that Man has been "formed In" other men. I,e no one be afraid thut he may not speak well, but only that he may nut live well. If you are crosa, crabbled, critical, do not say "1 was made so," livil natures are made to he changed. No man becomes a "good speaker" till he speaks for God. Speech is a bridge between souls, made sometimes of granite, sometimes of cobweb. A sentence is a ship, on which we may crocs the ocean, or sink to the bottom. Woids nre either wings or weights. Our tongue may lie well-trained horse, or a runaway; and tne latter Is as dangerous as the former I useful. Questions. Do I plan for pleasant speech as much as for helpful deeds? Am I seeking to perfect my 'charac ter? Am 1 ready to give an account of my words at the day of judgment? Why do you take part In prayer meetings? Let It not be to show off, or from mete sense of duty, or because others do it. The only fruitful pur pose is to help some one. Put Into them your prayers. Ask God to permit, you to help some one by what you are going to say. Put into them your planning. No good results are likely to come with out preparation. Be lavish of your time and thought In this great cause. A Hat Trick. There are many bat tricks. This is an easy one for children. Get some wax and model a child's finger, coloring it a flesh tint. Insert in tho axis of it a needle, which should pro ject about half an inch. The victim must be "In the know." Producing an ordinury top-hat, you hand It round to the company to show there is no .deception. You summon the victim to thrust her (girls are generally smart) hand as far as sho can into the hat) Tbe sham finger, la of course, about you, and smactly insert ed Into the outside of the crown. You pretend to be angry, and exclaim that you did not ask tho victim to thrust her finger through the hat. As a punishment, you must pull It off. Cries of pain! Consternation! which you allny by handing round the in-, tact headpiece, and, if you are clever, by quickly bandaging the Injured hand and restoring the lost finger. Montreal Herald. Railway Whistles. One long blast of the whistle Is the signal for approaching stations, rail roud crossings and Junctions. One short blast of the whistle Is a signal to apply the brakes stop. Two long blasts of the whistle are a signal to throw off the brakes. Three long blasts of the whistle are a single that the train has parted. Three short blasts of the whistle when the train Is standing are u signal' that the train will back. Two long, followed by two short blasts of the whistle are a signal to the' flagman to go back and protect the rear of the train. A suc cession of short blasts of the whistle Is an alarm for persons or cattle on tbo track and; calls the attention of trainmen to danger ahead. Beef Cltle. In our lieef entile the breeders have developed the most available and choic est portions of ment where It Is most desired. The hind quarters and loins nre henvily developed, the bend Is smaller, the bones finer, nnd the qual ity of the flesh Increased. In thus producing large cavensses at tnnll cost the value of the animals Is en hanced by being bred to thnt degree of perfection which enables the farmer or breeder to realize the best prizes obtainable. Ktieep Nnter, The greatest argument In favor of feeding sheep, rather than cattle or lings, Is that so much greater returns can be realized from t lie amount of feed consumed. Lambs should be put In (he feed lots nt three to six months old, nnd forced to an early market nt eight to nl.ie months old. Keep your sheep dry above and be low, nnd hnve the sheds on dry ground and free from draughts. Half-fat nnd inferior sheep will not bring near ns much ns well fattened sheep, and usually meet with very slow sale nt low prices. Vnlfortnliy of carcass, nge and size nre indispensable in the selection of n good nnd profitable bunch of sheep for feeding to fatten profitably. "Feeding Fljr. 1 hnve forty fall pigs from thorough bred Poland-China sows, crossed with a thoroughbred Berkshire hour, weigh ing 100 pounds nt three months old. This makes the best cross I ever saw. I let these pigs run with rows until eight weeks old. then separated them and begun f wiling to themselves. 1 give them slop made of ground corn and onts of morning nnd whole corn tit nights. I get the pigs up in a pen regular once n week and sprinkle them with some good disinfectant mixed with warm water. If It is real cold I sprinkle them at noon .In a doe pen nnd leave it there until they rub it in nnd dry off, ns the beat from them will Roon do so. This keeps the lice off. always keeping them in n healthy growing condition. I have built good hog bouses for them to sleep In, built five by six with a shingle roof, with swinging doors, so whenever a pig goes in or out lie always shuts the door utter him, therefore keeping the druft nnd storm out. A pig two weeks old will work these doors. They nre some thing every hog raiser should have. The hog beds must be kept dry and clean. I always make It a rule to clenn out nnd sprinkle nlr slacked lime nroiind nnd fresh bright wheat straw once a week. Keep slacked soft coal salt and ashes in a trough where they can get it whenever they want It. II. W. H., in Indiana Farmer. The Care of Chlckl. Many of the losses nniong the broods of young chicks may easily lie trnced to some neglect, cither In care or food In the first place, many nre killed in tlie nest because the hen is disturbed nnd they are trampled or chilled. Do not go near tho nest after the eggs be gin to pip, except perhaps to remove the shells nfter u portion of the chicks have batched. As n rule, unless the lien Is very quiet, this should' not be done. After I weniy-fonr hours take the hen nnd brood to a coop already pre parpd under n dry shed. These coops should consist of slats arranged so thnt the hen can move around comfortably with a roomy box nt the end, where she may take the chicks to roost. If the wentlier Is cold, keep the hen nnd chicks In a warm room for n few days. so that the chicks will not get chilled, As soon ns taken from the nest, feed the hen, ns she will be very hungry from her long fast, ns he never leaves tier nest after the chicks begin to hatch. The chicks will begin to come from under her wings for food nfter n few- hours, and the first meal should be rolled oals or stale crackers slightly moistened with milk or wnter. They will eat but little the lirst week, but It should be given them every few hours. They should have milk or wnter to drink, but you must wntch thnt they do not get wet. A shallow plate or saucer filled with little pebbles will keep them from falling in the wnter. Change the food occasionally nnd give some kind of green stuff, cut line. Teach the chicks early to scratch by scattering o.iimpnl .in litter and let them understand that they must work for nt least a portion of their food. After the weather Is warm the coops should be scattered about over the yard and orchard, where they should remain until the mother weans them; nfter that they will still return to the coop to rcost or for protection from danger. Hav Knino ttel Corn I'nys. The farmers of Clifton township, Bartholopiew County, estimate that there is a loss in that township of $10, (hki every year, on account of Imper fect seed corn. That Is to say the crop would be worth that amount more than now if perfect seed corn were planted by all the farmers. This looks like n wild statement, but it may not be even less than the truth. The seed corn experts show pretty clearly thnt nn average loss of thirty per cent. Is sustained by planting corn thnt Is not carefully selected and stored. Kach ncin then that ought to yield sixty bushels Willi perfect seed loses eighteen bushels when common seed is used; at tlnrly-three cents n bushel this Is 0, and It takes only Kiiii! ucres at $0 loss per ncro to make a total loss of ?10,(XK). There nrn certainly more than thut number of ncres planted In corn in thnt coru growing township and there are hundreds mure of our townships to -which the same estimate would apply equally well. Kvery farmer who plants Inferior seed loses from $5 to $7 on ench acre In the yield of corn. If he has twenty-five acres in tkls crop he loses over $125; If forty acres, f 200 or more. Indiana Farmer. (?onienleit Farm 1'ower, Oil and gns en glues are now exten sively adopted lor farm work, sayti the American .Cultivator, and it is safe to prophesy that steam will be ill p'luced by these liiternul cuiub,vtLua tu- glues nt no very distant clnte. Tbolr ndvnntnges nre ninny, nnd have so frequently been denlt with thnt' it Is tinnecessnry to recapitulate them here; stifllce It to sny thnt a small oil engine Is more economical to run than a small stenm engine, all things considered. The larger sizes nre now being con structed for consuming crude oli In stend of the gasoline hitherto em ployed, the former fuel being much cheaper; thus the oil engine has be come n still more serious rival to the steam engine. A gns engine operated with producer gas Is about the cheap est power obtainable, water or wind, of course, excepted, the cost of fuel being only about one-fifth of a cent per nctunl horse-power per hour For intermittent work oil and gas engines possess a great advantage over steam engines in thnt they are avail able for full power at a few minutes' notice, much less attendance Is re quired, and that can be given by any laborer of ordinary intelligence. On most farms n small oil engine will generally bo found tho most con venient motor, but If considerable power Ir required, a gas engine com bined with n gas producer plnnt would be preferable on the score of economy. These plants, which nre coming rapid ly to the front, do not require much more attention thnn slow combustion stoves, and it is perhaps superfluous to add that they render the engine in dependent of the locnl gns supply. If n fnll of water Is available It should prove nn excellent source of power. The old-fashioned, cumber some wnter-wheels hnve now- given place to the modern turbines, the latter being more efficient in the utilization of the energy of the fulling water, cheaper in first cost nnd erection, nnd owing to tho fact thnt they run nt a far higher speed, the massive and costly . gearing necessnry with water wheels, to give the requisite velocity to the machinery, can be dispensed with. It should, however, be stated that in a few situations an "over-shot" wnter-wlieel still holds Its own. Wind power Is coming to fie fore ignin; there is nn doubt thnt It might be util ized more than It is. - ' 'i Non-Setting Ileni.' The Minorca has been dubbed the "middleweight egg machine," and there is good reason why the name is ap propriate. While they will not luy as many eggs as some of tbe smnller breeds, yet in point of weight they easily outclass all others. It Is not unusual to find a dozen Monorca eggs weighing thirty-two ounces, all being uniform in shape and color. Minorcas nre strictly non-setting liens, though like all others of this class, one will occasionally become broody. They are large enough for good table fowls, the males weighing nine or ten pounds, and tbe females weighing from six to seven. They have beautiful metallic black plumage, with 'urge single combs, and clenn slate-colored shanks. They ure good foragers, nnd like to ronm over the fields, but they stand confinement well nud nre very getitlo when kept in smnll yards. m One of the greatest objections to them, nnd yet one of their most attrac tive features, Is the large comb, which gives so much trouble In cold climates. They require houses where the temper ature will not go Uelow freezing, and they must lie closely watched during days when there are sudden changes. l-'rosted combs nre not only unsight ly, but hens will not lny for several weeks nfter swelling hns disappeared. Taking them altogether, the Minor ens are excellent nnd useful fowls, nnd exceptionally well suited for those dl mntes which nre only moderately se vere. Home and l-'ni'tn. Trapping a Burglar. Whllo n Purls architect nninod M. George was sitting In bis ollico the other day. he heard a knock nt the door, but as he desired to be nlono he took no notice und went on with his work. A few minutes Inter he henrd n key moving In the lock, so, npt doubting that his visitor was n burglar, tho arch itect armed himself with a revolver nnd hid behind some curtains. A mo ment later the burglar entered nud proceeded to rlfie the room, Then sud denly he started nnd grew pnlo. In a mirror he hud seen a rovolver loveled ut his head from behind the curtains. "Open the window." ordered tho architect, "and shout Police!'" Tho burglar hnd no alternative but to obey nnd wus speedily arrested. Loulor. Mall. Heclrlolty For Sickness. The ship physician of tho Humburg Amerlcun liner Patricia publishes his account of a new method for treating seasickness by mean of nn electric vibration chair, writes Consul Ostium from Ktuttgurt. Six ot theso chulrs were placed aboard tho Patricia and conuected with the electrlc-llght con duit. The sedative effect on tho pa tient when vibrated la tho chair was noticeable, reducing the pulso and ner vous excitement. The use of these eloc trie chairs will be exteuded to other steamers this wlnter.-rNew York World. Aalliue Kuiilaii Loromollvaa. A German student, finds one of the causes of tbe inability of the Itusslun railroads to handle their traffic is the antiquity of their locomoL.ves. Tbe number of these seems iu tolerable proportion to the traffic, but out of 14,320 locomotives no less than 00111 are from tweuty-four to forty-six years 'jld, FUEL FOR WORK. Foods Thnt Muscle unit Brain Itri.icct, Irely Keqiilre, Considering the powers of the bncly of the average man at the average innniitil labor, the showing of some of the simpler foods ns fuel for the work Is unusually interesting. Based upon tho complete combustion of these foods In the system the following table la full of startling comparisons: Enises Torj One Pound. One. I t. Ilinh Beef fat 6.1141) Ontmeal 2,M Gelatin lyenn beef Potatoes Milk Ground rice.... m RID m Indicating the difference in pro scribed menls for the mnn who labor with his hands and the man who works with his brain nt sedentary pursuit, two tallies nre presented in compari son. Ideal ration for manual worker: Foot Tom Ounces, of Energy Tlresd 16 l,si)2 Meat 18 .l,i Oysters 8 10,1 Dtt'iikfaat cocoa 1 205 Milk 4 114 Hroth., 10 920 Sugar 1 17.1 Hutter 6 177 Total.. .: ..3,023 Ideal ration for professional or lit erary mnu: Font Ton Ounces, -of Enerfry Hrend Ill LMi2 lleef 1H m Sugar ,, 1 :C4 Butter... 4 7iHI Milk 8 228 Ovsters 4 51 ISroth 4 W Potatoes 2T).1 Kggs 3 1S.1 Ontmeal 2 3S Cream 1 10.1 Fruit 8 310 Additional liquid tea or coffee 30 Total foot tons 4,885 These two tables serve to point out some of the differences that should exist between the diets of the active and the sedentary classes. With the brain worker meat should be eaten but once a day unless the possible rasuer of bacon at breakfast be expected, says the Chicago Tribune. Milk, eggs, fish, fruit In abundance, with light, dry porous bread should be staples. Men working as stokers, furnace men in rolling mills, fouudrymen and the like are subject to tremendous beat. Thirst is aroused and too often beer Is used to quench it Instead of water, or, preferably, oatmeal. Any form of al cohol used under these circumstances means the shortening of the life of the drinker. In many cases where a person eating meats and vegetables at the same meal suffers from the combination, he may find relief from stomach disorders by making his meal of meat one day and the next meal of vegetables wholly. New York Evening World. The Value of Kre-Teeth. It is a mighty nice thing to have your eye-teeth cut to be "on to the ropes" to be "wise." About a year ago the editor of this paper felt in a Jocular mood and answered an Invest i ment brokers advertisement in an KiiHturn magazine. We expected some boud or manufacturing proposition, and felt hurt and Indignant upon learn ing that we were expected to put money Into a gold mine. They had evidently mistaken us for a fresh one. For several weeks letters continued coming, urging us to take a little stock iu the Ulank Mining Company "Bound to be one of the best money-making propositions in the United States," etc. Circulars with cuts showing the ore in, huge stacks nnd millions "in sight" never fuzed us. We remember incidentally figuring on the money we could make by Investing $1000 in the fifteen-cent slock. If the Increase in valuation which the producers "knew" was coming materialized but we only figured. Wo felt that what money we bad to throw away should be shied nt preachers and orphans. And tbe investment brokers finally caught on that we were "next," and quit send ing us their literature, and In the rush of money-making, friends and a repu tation we forgot tbe whole business, Hut-how strange things do turn out By some hook or crook gold was struck In the Blank dlgglu'B, and the price o" stock advanced from fifteen cents to $14 per share. It is a little painful to think that If we had Invested thnt $1000 Instead of just figuring it, we we ad. a is 1 would have been some $1)0,000 ahead but, really, what could a man who "wise" need with that much money? iirauito (Okla.) Enterprise. Wlialu'e Manse of Hearing. It seems perfectly evident that whales must bear when In tho water. This Inference is confirmed by the comparatively small development of the other sense organs. Tho eye, for instance, Is very small, and enn be of little use evou nt the comparatively small depths to which whales are now believed to descond. ' Again, the sense of smell, Judging from the rudimentary conditions of the olfiictory.orgnns, must be In abey ance; nnd whales have no senso or gans comparable to the lateral Hue system of fishes. Consequently, it would seem thnt when below the sur face of the water they must depend chiefly upon the sense of bearing. I'robubly this sense is so highly de veloped as to enable the animals, iu the midst of the vibrations mado by the screwlike movements of the tall, or flukes, to distinguish tho sound (or the' vibrations) mude by tbe impact of water against rocks, even In a dead culm, and, lu the case ot plsclvoroun species, to recognizo by tbe pulse in tho water the preseuce of a shoal of fish. Falling this explanation, It is dif ficult to lmnglne bow whales can find their way about iu tbe semi-darkness and avoid collisions with rocks and rovk-bouud coasts. London Field. I.ogia Is Logic. An old abbe, talking among a party ot intimate friends, happened to say: "A priest has strange experiences; why, ladles, my first penlusut. was a murderer." Upon this tbe principal nobleman of tbe neighborhood, enters the room. "Ah, abbe, here you are; do you know, ladles, I was tbe abbe's first penitent, and I promise you toy coufesslou astonished him." A Primer of Logic. . V
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