The rholo of Pl"t.
Fifty yi'iitu ago a wvM-paluied bouse
ws a rare eight; to-day nu unpointed
house 1 rarer. If people knew the real
Talno of pn Int a bonne la need of point
would be "scarcer (hnn hen's teeth."
There was tome excuse for our fore
fathers. Many of them llvpd !n bouse
hardly worth preserving: they knew
nothing about palut, except that It was
pretty: and to got a limine painted was
a serious and costly Job. The differ
ence between their case and our Is
that when tliey wanted paint It had to
be made for them: whereas when we
need paint we can go to the nearest
good more and buy It. In any color or
quality ready for use. We know, or
ought to know by this time, that to
let a bouse stand uupnluted Is most
costly, while a good font of paint, ap
plied in season. Is the best of Invest
ments. If we put o!t the brief visit of
the painter we shall In due time have
the carpenter coming to pay ns a long
visit nt our expense. Lumber Is con
stantly setting scarcer, dearer and
poorer, while prepared paints are Ret
ting plentler, better and lesr expensive.
It Is a short-sighted plan to let the val
uable lumber of our houses go to pieces
for the want of paint.
For the man that needs paint there
are two forms from which to choose;
one is the old form, still favored by cer
tain unprnirressive painters who have
not yet cnuaht up with the times lead
and oil: the other Is the renc'y-for-use
Taint found In every up-to-date store.
The lirst tnnt be mixed with oil.
driers, turpentine and colors before It
is ren.:y fur use: 1li ether need only
be stirred up in the can and It Is
ready to gn on. To buy lead and oil,
colors, etc., and mix them Into a paint
by hand Is, In this twentieth century,
about the sumo as refusing to ride In a
trolley car hecause one's grandfather
had to walk or rldu on horseback
when lie wanted to go anywhere.
Frepared paints have been on the mar
ket less than fifty years, but they have
proved on the whole so Inexpensive, so
convenient and so good tliHt the con
euniptlcn today Is something over six
ty million gallons a year and still grow
ing. Unless they had been In the main
satisfactory. It stands Xo reason there
would have been no such sternly
growth lu their ue.
Mixed paints are necessarily cheaper
than palm of the hand-mixed kind, be
cause they are made In a largo way by
machinery from materials bought in
large quantities by the manufacturer.
They are necessarily better than paints
mixed by hand, because they are more
finely ground and mora thoroughly
mixed and because there is less chance
of the raw materials In them being
adulterated. No palnler. however care
ful he may bo. can ever be sure that
the materials lie buys are not adulter
ated, tint the lnrire paint manufacturer
does know in every case, because
everything he buys gos through the
chemist's hands before lie accepts It.
Of course there are poor paints on
the market (which are generally cheap
palntsi. So there Is poor Hour, poor
cloth, poor soap: but because of that
do we go back to the hand-mill, the
hand-loom anil the soap-kettle of the
backwoods? Xo, we use our common
sense In choosing goods. We find out
the reputation of the different brands
of tlour, cloth and soap; we take ac
count of ihe standing of the dealer that
handles them, we ask our neighbors.
So with paint; If the manufacturer has
a good reputation. If the dealer is re
sponsible. If our ncighlxirs have had
satisfaction wlUi it, that ouc-ht to be
pretty good evidence that the paint is
all right.
"Mmy men of many min is"
M;ny paints of niimv kinds;
but while prepared paints may differ
considerably In composition, the better
grades of thorn all agree pretty closely
lu results. "Ail roads lead to Koine."
and the paint manufacturers, starting
by different paths, have all the same
object to make the best paint possible
to sell for the least money and so cap
ture and keep the trade.
There is scarcely any other article of
general use on the market to-day that
can be bought with anything like the
assurance of getting your money's
worth as the established brands of ire
pared paint. The paint you buy to-day
may not be like a certain patent medi
cine, "the same as you have always
bought," but if not, It will be because
the manufacturer has found a way of
giving yon a better article for your
money, and so making sure of your
next order. P. (j.
Was Right in His Line.
Those little dabs a man gives his
wife when he loaves town and calls
them kisses are about, as thrilling as
the average kisj one sees given in
parting at the Union Station, for kiss
Ing at that place Is so common an oc
currence that, the employes pay little
attention to It. But the other after
noon, the people who watched the
Twentieth Century Limited pull out
saw a kiss that was nearly good
enough to put in a "best selling"
novei. The man put his arm around
the woman, drew her clore. and then
kissing her on the mouth, pressed
his cheek to her3 for a moment; let
her go and jumped on the already
moving traiti.
Every one was thrilled until It was
learned that he was an actor and had
learned to kiss as a child learns its
A. U, C's. Colufitbi-.s Dispatch.
The Western Man.
Here Is someone's conception of the
western man: "He rolled the prairlo
up like cloth, drank Mississippi dry,
put Alleghany In his hat, a steamboat
In lii.s eye, and for his breakfast, buf
fahies some twenty-one did fry. He
whlpp"d the whole Comanche tribo
one day before he dined, and for a
walking cane ha took a California
pine, and when he frowned he was so
black the sun It couldn't shine. He
whipped a ton of grizzly bears one
morning with a fan. and proved him
self, by all these feats, to bo a west
ira man."
A PRECARIOUS CONDITION.
Many Women Buffer Inl y Mlaerles a-d
Don't Know the RaSon.
Women who are languid, suffer back
ache and dizzy spells, should read care
fully the experience of Mrs. Laura
Sullivan, Bluff and
Third Sis., Marquette,
Mich., who says: "1
had backache and
bearing-down pain,
and st times mv
X K3 1 limbs would awell to
1 V J iL twice natural size. I
i could hardly get op
or down stairs, and
ften could not get my shoes on. Be
ginning to use Doau'i Kidney Pills I
got relief before I had ue half box,
but continued taking them cured.
The bloating subsided and ! was weli
again."
Sold by all dealers. SO cent a box.
Foiter-Mllburu Co.. Buffalo, N.
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: SUNDAY SERMON :
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J? A Scholarly Dliooun By 2
Dr. .A. H. GoodonougH
m
Bristol, Conn. The Rev. Pr. Arthur
II. (loodenough. long a Brooklyn pas
tor, now of the Prospect SI. K. Church
here, preached Sunday a strong ser
mon on "Is Our Nation Drunk With
National Prosperity?" The text was
from Kxodus xx. 2 and 3: "I mil the
Lord thy tied, which have brought thee
out of the land of Kgypt, out of the
house of bondage. Thou slialt have no
other gods before Me." Dr. Cioode
bough said:
The text is taken from the Deca
logue. The Ten Commandments were
Israel's national constitution. The
Decalogue was given ns the rule of
conduct of the people of Israel. The
story of Israel's deliverance and snlva
tion and the birth of the nation as re
corded in the Pentateuch reads like
fiction. It Is a wonderful story. It Is
not fiction, however It Is history. Uod
is always and forever against human
slavery, t.od Is a Just God. l.od loved
me pour mm Kiliit-riliK mm uwiit-it-
people down In Kgypt. It was Ills
purpose to deliver them. He did de-
liver them. And as many of them as
Infinite mercy could save finally
reached the promised land. I suppose
(Jod has a right to have favorites, a
well as anybody else. To make a law
that nobody should have favorites
would be the legislation of lunatics.
That would be contrary to the law of
life. The law of life Is the law of
iod. and you cannot go back of that,
(iod had n special regard for Israel.
Why not? He certainly had a right to.
because He was kind and merciful
and good to everybody else. But the
favored people frequently forgot f!od.
They turned away from following ni
ter Him and sought out ways of their
own. And sometimes they preferred j
garlic and onions in Kgypt rather than
the discipline of the journey, which
would ultimately bring them to the
land of milk and honey. Very often
Cod had to say to them the words
which we have read ns our text: "I
am the Lord thy Cod, which have
brought thee out of the laud of Egypt.
Thou shalt have no other gods before
Me."
It bus often been said that America
Is Cod's second Israel. God has surely
been good
shown us
to this nation. He has I
many mercies. He has
abundantly poured Into our laps the I
"J"" lue i"""e ii mi mine. vim
the most valuable crop of nil with
which God has enriched us Is In the
galaxy of great and good men, by
whose life and labor we are nil blessed.
Our republic. In a little over a hundred
years, has worked its way to the fore.
And now, by sheer skill and industry,
by mental power and the kindly heart,
she has made herself the foremost na
tion in the family of nations. Other
nations tell us that we are a great peo
ple, and we are Inclined lo believe
them. The late Archdeacon Farrnr,
that much beloved and widely known
Englishman, has said. "America was
God's destined heritage; not for tyr
anny, not for aristocracy, not for priv-
Ilege-but for progress, and for liberty,
and for the development of a great
nnd noble type of righteous, fearless
and independent manhood."
That Is the world's estimate of us.
God forbid that we should ever fail
in one Jot or tittle of what Is expected
of us! Our mission is lo make tho
world better. The ways and means
nre here: the ability to use them is also
here, fiod grant that what Is In our
heads and in our hands nnd in our
banks nnd In our barns, may all-be
laid upon the altar consecrated to the
advance and uplift of all the people
who look m us for guidance nnd bless
ing. In order to accomplish that we
must, ourselves, keep right in thought
and pure in heart, nnd walk in tho
upward path that leads to more light
nnd to tho summit of human perfec
tion. For some years past there has come
lo us nn unbroken stream of prosperity.
This Is due to two things: First the
blessings of heaven, In rain nnd dew
and sunshine upon n rich nnd fertile
soil. Second -the industry and skill of
man In making the host nnd most of
what is within reach.
Our Secretary of Agriculture has j
given to the world a report that makes
the heart of every American dance
for Joy. The whole world has stood
before It in surprise nnd delight. Not
only has it beaten all previous reports
In our own land, but .it has surpassed
anything that any nation has ever been
able to render. The value of the year's
farm products, that actually came into
the pockets of the farmers, was ?tl,
415.ooo.oihi. That sum would more
than pay the national debt of France
or Russia. According to t lie editor of
Current Literature, it would purchase
all the gold produced In the world in
the last twenty years. Three farm
products have yielded enormous sums.
Corn. $1.L'li;,ooo,OoO; milk nnd butter,
S;t;.-.,o(.ii,(MMi, and hay, fiJuS.OOO.OOO.
Secretary Wilson tells us that the ag
gregate value of all our farms has In
creased in five years $0,133,000,000.
What docs this mean? It means
many things. It means, first of all,
that there is plenty of money. When
tli" farmer does well, everybody else
does well. All our wealth comes out
of the soil. And In the rich harvest
tliere Is more of God than of man
When tho harvests are plentiful, the i
nuns, tne suopg, uie ractones. are all ,
busy. There Is work for everybody.
And when this Is the case, the pom
man grows rich and the rich man
grows richer. To all of which wo have
, no objections.
Lots of money, however, is not an
"" .'iw.-x. 1111:11 uiuiicy, .
i it is a nonie amouion to desire money,
; to work for n competency, and for a
j surplus, to fall back on, in the rainy
! day, or when old age comes on, at
i surely It will, If death do not overtakt
j us goonpr. But somo men have an
I Insatiable thirst for gold. Get money
I Is their shibboleth. It seems easy foi
I some folk to persuade themselves thai
any method la Justified If you only gel
' what you want. Many people, there
fore, in our time, nave become enor
mously rich. Some of them havi
gotten suddenly rich. Be sure and
tag the mau who becomes suddenly
rich. There hangs a story. We art
not saying that getting rich 1 a sin.
W would all get rich If we could.
Thut Is, If wealth legitimately cauie
our way, we should not object.
We hav been hearing, and reading,
much of late about graft, and crooked
methods of conducting business. Dr.
Lyman Abbott bus been addressing
some college students. He has told
the young men In college to avoid the
prevailing e-.uiods of doing business.
He assure them that honesty Is tha
only safe way to permanent success.
Here la a symptom, a diagnosis, and a
remedy the remedy will work a per
fect cure if vigorously appHed.
There have been some recent ex
posure of business methods, which
have brought tha blush to the cheek of
every honest American. These ex
posures have also astounded aud itng-
gerpd tne wholo business woria,
United States Senators have been con
victed of crime, and others are blister
ing under grave and general suspicion.
This Is a dark picture. We cannot
forget It. But we must linger on It.
A few of our own people have said:
"We are a nation of grafters." It has
been ssld "That we are drunk with
prosperity. We have become Intoxi
cated of money. Money Is our god.
We have forgotten Ihe ways of the
fathers. We have gone astray. It was
never so before." And so on, nil ol
which Is only one side of the story.
What are the facts? These: The
love of money Is no stronger now than
It lias been In the centuries past, (iold
has always had a fascination for some
folk. Wasn't It so In Washington's
day? Oh. those were good old days!
Were they? Oh, yes! Do you forget
the hold land speculators at the na
tional cnpital? Money came lu abund-'
nnce Into the treasury of the young
nation. And there the grafters gath
ered for their prey. People were no
i better In the young days of the repub
lic than thry are now.
Again we nsk, Whnt are the facts?
These: Lot me here repeat the text,
"I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt
j lmV( no othpf B0(Jg bpfore Mp.. T1)e
,;o,, nf Iiirao ,he 0o(1 of mlr Mivrn.
ls the find of the vast majority of the
people nt this continent. The people
of the United States are not crazy for
wealth, they are not drunk with pros
perity. Honest men abound. Rogues
are rare. .Sooner or later they are
found out. Then they reap the reward
of their doings. Our people are slow
to wake up. It takes them a long
time to see villainy in their neigh
bors. But when they do wake up. and
when they are sure that there Is sin
and fraud anfl theft, they go for the
wrong doers and mete out to them the
punishment due to their crime.
In proof of this, I wish to remind you
of certain tendencies of our time. We
enn also point to some things which
are happening and which bnve really
i,nppPI1,.j. In tue renm of politics, or
, the 8pll0re of B0Vernmeiit. the
trickster, the .deceiver of the people,
the low politician, the traitor have had
their day. They are relegated to the
rear. They are out of the race. Health
Is catching ns well as disease. A
.healthy moral contagion Is sweeping
over the hind. The cry of the people is
for honest men In the legislative halls
of the country. And the people In the
long run will get what they want.
They are getting It now. They, will
not stop to-morrow, nor the next day.
The .v Aninrlcnn nnlltlr. hnu
roIP. The hn is retiro.i ami mn.
culnM nre BolllB ollt of dntp, The
people are choosing their own enders.
Our prosperity Is God's gift to the na
tion. It was not glveu for the eurleh
'ment of the greedy and grasping few.
The nation's wealth belongs to the peo
ple. They have made up their minds
that they will claim their share of It
They are right. And they will win.
, Reform has set in. The poople are In
it. Next must follow regeneration.
Whether the church may go into poli
tics or not, her Influence Is strongly
there. And the tendency Is to select
the legislators from the ranks of her
membership. The most remarkable
election ever held in England has Just
been held. A large number of the
successful candidates are earnest work-
ers In the Protestant churches. The
revolution has been wrought mainly
by the clergy of the free churches. The
desire over there Is that the people
shall be considered. They have rights,
and their rights nre to be respected.
The day of the select few In good old
England Is past. And shall we, In this
splendid republic, fall back to second
place? I trow not. Let political lead
ers take notice. The old regime Is over.
The kingdom of Cod includes the halls
of legislation. The Christ demands
fair play. The spirit of Jesus is taking
hold of the people, and they nre no
longer to be fooled. No, no. The na
tion Is not drunk with money. The
nation is. nnd Is becoming more nnd
more serious, sane, sober. The people
nre growing Intelligent, thoughtful,
reverent. The kingdom of God Is win
ning glorious victories. The golden day
Is coming.
Last of nil I point you to whnt tho
church has done and Is doing In proof
that our nation Is not drunk with pros
perity. The church, like science, the
handmaid of religion, is adapting her
self to the needs nnd work of the hour.
The church Is more than an evangel
ical force. She is a mental stimulant
ii nd a moral regenerator. To preach
Christ crucified is but a part of her
great mission. She must stand square
ly and firmly In the pathway of evil
doers. She must permeate by her in
fhienee all phases and conditions of
life. She must make It hard to do
wrong, and easy to do right. And sin
Is doing It.
Jesus Christ died on the cross for
human sin. Thank God for that. The
cross Is our hope. But He did move
than that. He preached to the poor.
He healed the sick. II showed men
and women the way of love, or lion
psty, of kindness, of brotherliness. Tho
social, the political, the moral, the re
ligious life of the people. Ho touched
and quickened and saved. Sly friends,
take heart. The country Is not going
io iiuioo. iue cicvii naan t all or the
American people in his grasp. Grent
things are taking place in the name of
our Lord and Saviour. Let us look to
Him, follow Him and victory Is sure.
XVu Bhitll We Do ?
Gehazt and Elijah looked on the self
same scpne. The one llimiirlit ha wait
surrounded by adversaries, and cried.
"What shall we do?" The other saw
the mountains tilled with the chariots
Bnd horsemen of the Lord of Hosts,
The panic of Gehazl! The poise of
Elijah! Depeud upou it, our days will
be full of panlf.g lr we llave not lnat
blearer vision of faith, the eyesight of
uie I0U1. VT . WOelfkui.
A Will That Held.
"December 20, 1901.
"Well, Magle, I will you our home
stead and tho children won dollar
each and pay the dot with the stole.
"J. B. ARMSTRONG."
This was written on a slip of paper
five Inches long and three Inches
wide, In a poor scrawling band, and
thought by some lawyers who read It
to be valueless, turns out to be worth
$5,000 to Mrs. Margaret Armstrong of
Waurika, Oklahoma Territory, and Is
the last will of her husband, who died
there on Jan. 7 last. Probate Judge
Glenn of that city has held that the
document meet all requirements,
and ha admitted It to probate. Kan
sas City Journal.
8oclty Youth a Hard Worker.
Rhlnelander Waldo, the young soci
ety man of New York, who occupies
the post of deputy police commis
sioner, I disappointing bl enemies
by showing; a capacity for hard work
la bis new post. He arrive at the of
fice at 9 a. m., and ticks to hi desk
until 5. Then be makes an evening
tour of the city to familiarize himself
with the actual working of the department.
ram lealue lessons
8UNDAY, APRIL 22.
Our Resource in Service. Matt 7.
7, 8.
The Creator, for his own Great and
wonderful purpose, baa put us into
the world. We have our own plans
for life, our ambitions, our strong de
slrfs, but all of them are of slight im
portance compared with Ood's plan
for our lives. He who knows tho end
from the beginning has chosen us to
be a part of his wonderful and uni
versal scheme. However Important It
Is to us that we should be properly
cared for, helped, and directed ,lt 13
more Important to God.
Out yonder on the farthest outpost
of a great army is a single picket, lit
Is the nearest soldier to the enemy's
lines. Of course. It Is Important to
tho soldier that he shall not be harm
ed. It Is of the utmost concern to him
that the enemy shall not destroy him.
He Is naturally Interested In his own
safety. But up at headquarters thero
Is a general In command of the entire
force The life of that picket on the
remote outpost Is of more Importance
to the general tuan It is to tne soldier
himself. On the picket-guard s ability
to guard the camp against sudden an I
unexpected attacks may depend the
lives of thousands of men, and even
the destiny of a nation. This la a
very Inadequate Illustration of the fart
that God cares more than we do; tha
we should be each of us In his right
place. So he guides us.
But (iod Is able, as the general of an
army Is not, to guard the safety of
every faithful servant. Many a pick
et has lost his Lfe, without blame on
his part. In the discharge of his duty
But no child of God came to loss while
he wns faithful In the place to which
God had guided him, and where h"
had been put on duty.
When we can say, '"My times ar
In thy hand," we have no need to fear
final disaster. The seeming loss, the
present grief, the pain of to-day, wll
all come, through the alchemy of God'3
providence, to real and lasting bless
ing. ,
Everybody would be glad to feel
confident that. God's resources were a
his command, but not everybody may
have this assurance. We oannot claim
the promise until we itj-e willing to
put ourselves under his control. Sub
mission must come before en down
ment. No one can follow the leadings
of God's providence unless he has ac
cepted God's authority.
APRIL TWENTY-SECOND.
The Lord' Day; How to Keep It
Holy. Luke 6:8-10; Ex. 20:8-11;
Rev. 1:9-18.
Whatever means more and better
life, for yourself and others, is ap
propriate to the Day of the Lord of
Life.
I oia uiijs sunn mou laDor- is just
I as much a part of the Sabbath law aa
j "on tho seventh day thou shalt rest."
I We are livlne in God's Snhhnth Hla
rest day; and yet how busily Ho Is at
work! But He Is at work for others.
If we have the Lord's Day spirit
(Rev. 1:10) we shall keep the day
in tho right way, as no amount of
rules will enable us to keep It.
Suggestion.
If we keep the Sabbath physically.
It will keep us physically; and it
spiritually also, we shall also bo kept
spiritually.
Christ is Lord of the Sabbath; and
so are we, if Christ dwells In our
hearts.
No one keeps the Sabbath If he
thinks about its prohibitions rather
than Its privileges.
"Time saved" by Sunday labor Is
life lost.
Illustrations.
It has been proved by many experi
ments that workmen who- labor seven
days In the week accomplish less, In
the long run, that those that rest on
Sunday.
Sunday Is not the week's dormitory,
but the week's gymnasium.
Sunday Is the day of the sun new
light, new fire, new life; and the sun
Is the Sun of Righteousness.
Sunday Is a bridge over the dark
river of bodily and mental ruin into
which we should fall without it.
Questions.
Am I using Sunday for myself or
for God?
Is Sunday the Joy to me It should
be?
Am I preparing my self for the end
less Sabbath of heaven?
Quotations.
O day of rest! How beautiful, how
fair,
How welcome to the weary and the
old! H. W. Longfellow,
We cannot count, the' treasures of
our Christian Sabbath. It spreads
out over us the two wings of the arch
angel of mercy. T. DeWltt Talmago.
Sarah Swift.
Sarah Swift, sews seams swiftly. Sh
saw some stylish serge samples. Sarah
saved six samples, saying she should
secure stylish serge suit shortly.
Sarah sewed Bleadlly seven Satur
days. She stitched such satisfactory,
salable shirts she soon saved sufficient
silver.
Sarah Btarted shppping. She
strolled Blowly six squares. Seeing
several stores similarly situated she
said, softly, "South street." So Sarah
Swift selected serge, sewing silk six
spools.
Sleepy Sarah sewed serge slowly.
Supposing Sister Susan sleepy, Sarah
salJ, "Sleepy sister, Susan, Suaan?"
Sister Susan smiled. Sleepy Sarah
soon slept soundfy. Sister Susan softly
slipped sleeping Sarah' serge, sewing
silk, scissors. She sat silently, swiftly
sewing Sarah's serge skirt. Six seams
eecurely sewed she.
Sarah, suddenly startled, surprised,
sat staring, seeing Sister Susan sitting
sewing seams swiftly. Sarah said,
"Sweet Sister Susan sitting sewing;
Bullish Sarah sleeping!"
Sister Susan, smiling, laid, "Supper,
Sarah."
Sarah soon spread (upper. Salad,
salmon, sandwiches, steaming soup.
Sister Susan saw. She (topped sewing.
Sumptuously ihe supped.
Stylish aerga satisfactorily sewed.
Spring sunshine smiling. See sweet
Sarah (Sister Susan's sunbeam, so she
says) strolling slow!" smiling sweetly.
THE. SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR PRIL 22.
Subject t Jeetit tke (Mnner'a Friend,
Luke ll., SO-BOGolilea Text, I. like
vll., SOMeuiory Vcree, 47Com
inentary on Ihe Day's I.eetoo.
I. Jesus anointed In Simon' house
(v. 30-39). 30. "One of the Phar
Isees." Simon, by name. Thl wn a
common Jewish name. There were
two by this name rmong the apostles,
nine are mentioned In the New '. jsta
ment and twenty In Josephus. ."Sat
down to meat." "Reclined at table."
Tho custom was to recline on a couch,
on the left side, the herd toward the
table, and the feet outward. But Si
mon omitted the usual ceremonies of
respect which Jesus might well have
expected.
37. "A woman a sinner." There Is
a difference of oplulon as to the char
acter of this woman. Some think that
she was n notorious woman of the
street, while Clark, Whedon and oth
er think the term "sinner" is used
here, as In many other places, merely
to designate a heathen. There Is no
evidence to prove that this woman
was Mary Magdalene er that she
wns a grossly Immoral character.
38. "Stood-behlnd." The knees
were bent nnd the feet Vrned out
ward behind. The sandals were put
off on entering "the house. "Wash
wipe." She wept profusely: her hair
was flowing loosely about her shoul
ders as a sign of mourning, and with
this she wiped Ills feet. "Kissed."
The kiss Is an emblem of love, subjec
tion and supplication. "Anointed
them." She did not think herself
worthy to anoint His head. :t!t. "Phar
isee saw it." The first feeling of Si
mon was that of displeasure that a
heathen sinner had ventured to pollute
bis pure threshold. "Within himself."
He had doubt with reference to his
guest, but he dare not speak his
thoughts. "A prophet." The Idea
prevailed among the Jews "that a
prophet must know everything secret."
"That toucheth him." Simon, if she
had touched him, would have said,
"Stand by thyself, come not near me.
Iam holfer than thou;" and he thought
Christ should say so, too.
II. Jesus speaks a parable (vs. 40
43). 40. "Jesus said." Simon prob
ably expressed his displeasure by his
looks. Simon did not see through his
guest, but Christ saw through him.
"Somewhat to say." A courteous way
of asking permission to speak. Those
whom Christ hath somewhat against,
He hath somewhat to say unto. "Mas
ter, say on." Although not believing
Him to be a prophet, yet he recognizes
Him as a teacher. 41. "A certain
creditor." The creditor Is God and
the two debtors are Simon and the
woman. "Five hundred pence." Or
denarii. Silver denarii were worth
from fifteen to seventeen cents. 42.
"Nothing to pay." Simon, the Phar
isee, was In debt und without tho
means of paying. He could no more
pay his fifty pence than the poor wo
man could pay her five huudred. and
if both be not freely forgiveu by divlnu
mercy both must perish. "Forgave
them both." No righteousness of ours
can merit His pardoning love. Salva
tion Is the gift of God.
43. "I suppose." With greater mod
esty than that with whleh he had just
murmured In secret does he give his
opinion, and Jesus proceeds to turn
his answer immediately as a weapon
against him.
III. Jesus reproves Simon (vs. 44
47). 44. "oeest thou this woman."
Alllicted nnd distressed and burdened
with sin, but longing to be delivered.
Do you see the tenderness nnd affec
tionate regard she Is manifesting to
ward Me? "I entered." As a guest,
by your invitation. ' "No water for My
feet." Simon was greatly deficient in
not performing the common civilities
to Christ. The custom of providing
water to wash the guests' teet was
very ancient. It was one of the rites
of hospitality. "With tears." Tears
of jxirrow for sin nnd of love for Me
her Savior. 43. "No kiss." A kiss on
the cheek from the master of tho
house, with the Invocation, "The Lord
be with you," conveyed a formal wel
come. A kiss was un expression of a
hearty and affectionate welcome to a
friend. "My feet with ointment."
This woman had not forgotten any
of these marks of respect,
47. "Her sins, which are many."
If we come to Christ in the right spirit,
confessing our sins, He Is as willing
to forgive many as He is onlv a few.
!'Are forgiven." What precious words!
They are all forgiven, never to return;
the Lord will remember them no more,
for ever. "For she loved much." Or,
therefore she loved much. Her great
love wes the effect of her being for
given. "To whom little Is forgiven."
a man s love to Uod will be lu proper
tion to the obligations he feels himself
under to the bounty of his Maker.
"Loveth little." What Simon lacked
was a deip sense of his sinful heart
and life. The one who thinks his
debt is small feels but llttlo gratitudo
when it is forgiven. Those forms of
theology which treat siu lightly always
belittle Christ's dlvlue nature and the
necessity of the atonement.
IV. Jesus forgives the woman (vs.
48-r0). 4S. "Said unto her." Jesus
now for the first time speaks directly
to tho woman. "Forgiven." A prec
ious word t a sin-burdened soul, nnd
doubly so when siioken by Christ.
While the self-righteo-.:: Pharisee mur
mured the poor penitent rejoiced.
40. "Who Is this," etc. He need not
credit them with unbelief; they were
amazed at a claim which doubtless
many of them soou came to see wa
fully Justified. 50. "Thy faith hath
saved thee." Christ ascribes to faith'
those benefits which are dui to Him
self as the meritorious cause. Faith
Is the instrument on our part by which
His benefits are supplied.
Peculiar Hobby.
Of all the curious things collected
as hobbies, none could be more bo
than that of a London fruit Importer,
who possesses more than 1,200 little
squares of variously-colored tissue pa
per In which orange and lemons are
generally packed, each one of which
bears a quaint Inscription or device.
The fruit wrappers In the collection
are contained in an album, each one
being labeled with the date and the
name of the town from which It
came. It" has taken upwards of
twenty-five year to make the collec
tion. Fir It Own Extinguisher.
A curious outbreak of fire occurred
late at night recently In the bar of
the Clarence Garden Hotel, Scarbor
ough, England. The beat of the flames
melted a leaden water pipe, and tho
result was that when the water guBh
ed out it completely extinguished the
fire. It was not till some hours later
that the manager, attracted by the
smell of burnt wood, discovered tb
outbreak.
Healing Manure to Field.
While It Is admittedly the better plnn
to aret the manure to the fields n soou
ifter it 1 made a possible, the plan
lias It greatest value when the ma
nure Is spread a soon as It I placed
on the soil that Is. do not put It in
heaps to spread at some later period,
but. If possible, load It from the stable
Jlrectly Into a spreader, so that a soon
9 It reaches the field It can be put on
the soil, where it will leach In dur
ing the winter. The Idea of carting
the, manure direct to the field 1 to
have It Improving the soil Instead of
letting a portion of It virtue go Into
the air, a is the case when It lays In
the barnyard all winter.''
Poultry Tarda and Shrubbery.
The best poultry yard for fowls
that have not free range is the one
with plenty of shrubbery In It and
one In whleh grass may be sown to
allow the birds plenty of green stuff
to eat. It is advisable to have two
yards, and while the birds are living
lu one sow some seed In the other. It
Is also n good plan to turn the soil In
the yards and the birds will get many
worm and Insects. If there are no
trees or shrub In the yard It la very
little trouble to plant a few there. The
hens, nnd little chicks, especially, will
appreciate them on hot days. It Is not
a pleasant thing for a hen to be com
pelled to remain out In the broiling
sun, with a flock of little ones, trying
to keep cool. And then so many per
sons forget to give plenty of fresh
water to their fowls In hot weather.
Thcrp Is nothing that Is more of n
drawback to the health and comfort
of the birds than to be forgotten
when the days are so warm. They
get run down nnd their systems nre
In a condition to get all the diseases
that are going around. Mirror nnd
Farmer.
An, Eariv start
Whether for hay or pasture, the land
should be deeply plowed and well bar-
rowed, so ns to have the soil In tho
finest possib:e condition. This Is es
sentlnl, for the reason that the young
plants will have better facilities for
feeding and will rapidly increase In
root growth before the warm days of
July nnd August. The more early the
growth the grnss can make the better
It will be able to endure a dry spell,
If manure Is used It should be thor
oughly decomposed in order that nil
seeds or weeds may be destroyed, aa It
is difficult to get at weeds growing on
n grass plot. The safer method I to
apply fertilizer. Wood ashes are ex
cellent, but a mixture of 100 pounds
of acidulated ground bone (or phos
phate rock), 125 pounds of sulphate of
potash nnd fitly pounds nitrote of soda
per acre, if the land Is In moderate
condition, will give the grass an early
start and enable it to become well es
tablished before meeting with lack of
moisture. The main point In the crow
ing of a grass crop Is to get an even
nnd uniform stand nt the beginning,
for nny gain nt the start will be of ad
vantage nt later periods' of growth.
While mixed grosses should be pre
ferred on n pasture field, l(t Is better to
grow hay crops singly unmixed the
mixing of the foods to be done at the
barn when feeding the nnlmals after
harvesting the grass crops. It Is bet
ter for the farmer not lo depend upon
n single kirn of liny crop, as a pro
longed dror, jt may destroy It. In
stead or growing clover and timothy
only, there should be fields of cowpens,
Hungarian grass and fodder corn,
which can If necessary be seeded late
nnd mowed at nny stage of growth,
according to cireumstanccs-rhlladel-phlo
Record.
The Matin at T'oirli,
Few things are more worthy of care
ful attention than the proper mating
of poultry. If one. for Instance, has a
flock of common liens, It Is possible,
by placing them with n thoroughbred
mole nnd securing n new cockerel of
the same breptl each yenr, to change
In three years' time all the common
blood to that which Is pure and thus
have n flock of pure bred of tho male
variety. The way to bring it about Is
to select, according to the egg-record,
the best tivo-yenr-old hens one has and
then purchase n thoroughbred rooster,
nine or ten mouths old, of such breed
as he desires. The chief point in doing
this is to keep In mini! that the weal:
characteristics In tile female should
be the strongest In the males. The
next year the most promising pullets
from tills mating In slmpe, color and
other points, should be selected and
placed with onolher cockerel ns be
fore. The pullets then obtained will
be likely to grow fast, feather rapidly
Bud mature early. Accordingly, they
should be mnted, not to n young rooster
but to n thoroughbred cock two years
old of the snmo breed, though not from
the same breeder ns the others were
purchased. Any rejlalile breeder who
understands his business can furnish
the right kind of a bird if the would
be buyer will only write bim, deslgunt
!ng the shape, color and general charac
teristic, of his pullets. . Tho results of
this mating should be a lot of very
line poultry. Including valuable cock
erels, nil of which will find a ready
market anywhere at good price. Thus,
by selecting the nearest standard pul
lets In color, shape aud characteristics,
one may carry the grading up still
further year by yenr and ultimately
have the finest birds that It Is possible
to breed. -The Epltomlst.
Urn la the Hairy-
There I no- better purifier, disinfect
ant and germicide for use In the dairy
than ordinary lime. It Is so cheap as
to be within the means of every dairy
mau. Unlike so many disinfectants,
It 1 non-poisonous, while at the same
time It Is thoroughly efficient aud easy
of application, whether as a wash for
the wall or a an addition to water
used for clvnslng vessels which con
tain milk or cream. There Is no rem
edy which will sweeten a badly con
taminated churn. Before It get to
that stage it should be destroyed, but
to prevent a churn "going off" or rather
to always maintain It in a sweet and
wholesome condition, It should be filled
once or twice a week up to tbe top
with lime water and allowed to atand
overnight The water may b vsed
again to wash the wall, floors,
The following I an excellent nitt
of making lime water: rut a qunmitJ'
of unslacked lime Into a tank or bam!
fill up with water and stir well. AfJ
settling, the water -will be clear an4( '
cura (carbonate of lime) on the n,
face. Use clear water without jj
turblng the lime at the bottom, wj, I
emptied fill up again with water iM
stir; then leave to settle nnd sootl
The quantity of lime first used ir'
serve for many fillings of the vJ
with water. A long as the carbotuJ
of llmo appears on the surface ftJ
settling, it may oe considered of m.
flelent strength. Every dairy or iw
tory should have a tank placed In i
high position, with taps laid on to n.
quired place. Lime water should bt
used by all milk suppliers to rim,
buckets and milk cans after they hjt,
been cleansed. The canse of mm
turning sour so quickly In cani, b
often on account of the bacterial atsrt
er left In the vessels previously ntM
A simple experiment will demonstnt,
this to be true. Rinse one can afta
cleansing with lime and after leavlnj
the cover on for some time, compK
witn nnotlier can that ha not bee-
rinsed with lime water and baa alio
bad the cover left on. There will bt
a noticeable difference In their appear
nnce nnd In the aroma arising fron
ttiem. Again, it two cans are taken
one treated in the former way and the
other In the latter, it will be found
that the milk will keep much bettet
In the one that was rinsed lu lira.
wnter. There 1 very little extra tron.
ble Involved In observing this simple
precaution to secure cleanliness and
the expense Is not worth mentioning
W. R. Gilbert.
Fonttrr Notes.
The best breeds will not be profitable
If they are mismanaged.
' The 8molIer tbe Poultry quarters the
I c,ennor thcr mU8t "pt.
I Provide nests where they are handj
I for upn8 an(l bandy to gather eggi
from
Poultry is the cheapest and most eco
nomical and best meat raised on the
farm.
Are you giving your poultry the at
tention you give the other stock or Just
allowing it to shift for Itself?
Coarse food promotes digestion and
helps to keep the fowls In a bealthj
condition. Feed as much of It as poj
Bible. Do not simply throw the water out
of the drinking vessels and put la
fresh water, but wash the vessel thor
oughly every time you change the
water.
We suspect that in a good mnny
cases where tho egg yield falls to come,
though all due attention is said to be
given the poultry, tho fault is due to lr
regular care.
If market poultry Is chiefly desired,
begin by killing off nil the two-year-
old birds. Discard, also, all the late
hatched stock, as breeding from these
tends to decrease the size of yuor
stock.
An experienced farmer poultrymaa
says that the best way to keep poultry
droppings is to put them In a barrel
ond keep them slightly moist, using
dishwater or soapsuds where available.
When fenced away from gardens and
flower beds fowls cause but little an
noyance on a farm. They do an Im
mense amount of good In the protection
of crops by the destruction of injurious
Insects, larvae nnd worms.
roultry may be raised with the great
est iconomy on large farms, where
there Is unlimited range, nnd exhaust
less supply of Insects und worms and
Abundance of seeds nnd grains going
to waste which poultry alone can
utilize.
Where one habitually nllows other
things to inlerfer with bis work with
his poultry. Irregularities become so
numerous that his poultry keeping is
likely to be remurkable chiefly by long
periods of unproductiveness, and al
most constant losses..
Too often the only thing a farmer
does townrd selecting breeders is to
obtain two or three big roosters, size
being their only merit. But It Is more
Important that they huve vigorous con
stitutions, symmetrical forms, rk'bt
color of skin nnd plumage.
If the fowls the farmer has on hand
are of large size, and It is desired to
improve their laying qualities, purchase
pure urect leghorns, white or brown
ns fancy dictates cock to mute with
pullets nnd cockeivls to mate with
yearling females. Or, if the size is to
be Increased, Brahma blood will do the
work effectually. ,
Same Old Town.
A traveling salesman whose "terri
tory" lies lu the Southwest was one af
ternoon In the depot awaiting nn east
bound train, when a Uushily dressed
person covered with cheap jewelry
came Into tho waiting room from the
platform, where he had beou standing
siuce the coming of the Inst train.
"Well, this old town busu't chonged
a bit hicevI lived here," said he, by
wuy of general observation to the
drnmmer und two or three natives of
the place. "Everything Just tho same
a It wa fifteen year ego; not a par
ticle of change."
"I reckon that' about it, mister," re
plied an old fellow who was embracing
a stove in the corner. "Your leuvin' It
don't 'pear to have made much dlf-.
ference in the blamed old town."
Harper's Weekly.
Motor Skatee.
At the great Automoblb Exhibition
in Paris much interest was taken In
the "Patio Automobile," or motor
skaU, a new Idea for rat'd locomotion,
which sooni to be In process of devel
opment aero tbe water, Tbe appar
atus consist of a pair of four-wneelad
roller skate, about ten Inches high,
which are drlvon by a motor of one and
a balf horse power. The reaorvolr 1
contained lu a belt, which 1 worn
around tbe skater' waist, ond hold
enough fuel for a run of over fifty
mile without replenishing. Having
successfully, started, tbe skater can
work uu to t speed, It 1 said, of thirty;
mile an hour.