PfK FR THE vTlf
Thn Handy Holbait.
A New Knglnnd Farmer writer thinks
every farmer should have a hotbed
even If only n single snsli. three feet
wide and six fret long, In which to
start his early lettuce, cabbage and
cauliflower, tmnnto, pepper nnd egg
plants. The market gardeners often
sow their hotbeds In January, lint un
less one has very early hind to set
them in the farmer will do as well
not to Mart these plants before Febru
ary, if the lied is properly made. Then
io needs at least twice or three times
us much spa'-e in cold frames as lie
had In hotbed. Into which he can set
the plants when about three Inches
high, giving n foot square to each of
the last three named, and six inches
to the other three. The cold frame Is
like t.le hotbed without the bottom
heat, and in it the plants make more
stocky growth Willi wore abundant
roots, if the soil is rich. If the women
want n tlower garden, start u few
jilimts for them, such as asters, ver
benas and others that they want, and
What up-to-date womau does not want
flowers' It is not much trouble to
make a hotbed if the pit Is dug when
the ground Is not frozen. Many die
their pits In the fall and till them with
leaves, which are easily thrown out
when frozen. The convenience of
having these vegetable luxuries, which
have become necessities to many, will
many times repay all the ccat and
trouble. .,,
t'tirii llukir.
In the hushing season the corn
hunker has a great deal of work to do
of the one variety, bringing muscles
of the hand and arm into constant use
muscles which are idle at o,hcr sea
sons. Naturally, this causes spraining
of the wrist and great fatigue at the
Grasps the Ear of the Corn.
Joint. To overcome this two Illinois
farmers have devised the corn busker
Illustrated here, designed primarily to
form a rigid support for the wrist.
The support extends from n point
slightly In advance of the ball of the
thumb to a point considerably above
or lu the reur of the wrist Joint. It
affords free piny of the lingers and
thumb to allow the operator when the
hook has pulled the husks away from
the ear to grasp the latter without
niakins an extra motion of the hand or
arm.
Coal ol Irnnriincs to Dairy Fannrra.
Ex-Governor Hoard has said that Ig
oorance is the most expensive thing
that a man can have. My former art:
clo on the wasu of manure showed g
norauce was costly. This time I want
to take a look at the dairy Industry of
onr .State. The last census credits In
diana with S74,.'"iS4 cows, and it would
he safe to say that the average butter
product iou Is not over 125 pounds per
cow. Professor llaeekir, of Minne
sota, has found chat the average farm
cow can by good care an 1 proper feed
be brought up to 1275 pounds, which
would mean an increase of 150 pounds
year. To the farmers of the Sta'e of
Indiana that would mean $17. 1!:;?..".-!) a
year, valuing butter at twenty cents a
pound. That is n j t ail, however, as the
value of the butter produced could eas
ily he raised live cents a pound by tak
ing the proper care of the milk and
rream and churning .the butter .lust
right and packing it for market in the
most npppiveil way. That loss of live
cents a pound amounts to ,;:"!.tl.l.Vi a
year for the State.
Then again the value of the calf
from these average cows is consider
ably less than what It would lie from
cows getting the best of care and feed.
Such a calf would lie worth at least !?."
more at a year old than the other one.
This again means $J.ST.!i,J') for the
State each year. These three items
amount to J24.7(il.5!Hi, tho cost of Ig
norance to the farmers in the matter of
dairying alone. In my last paper the
fact was brought out that the loss from
manure was over SO.ikmi.oihi a year to
Indiana farmers. This Is only the be
ginning of a long story, nod it will all
emphasize the value of trained brains
and hands. XV. C. l'abner, Winona
Agricultural, Institute, Wiuunu Lake.
Thn liecnril l'uinto Clop,
I nni in receipt of various letters ask
ing for the methods employed by Mr.
Ailken in growing his record breaking
acre of potatoes "no bushels. One In
particular, coming from New York
State, expresses almost a "reasonable
doubt" as to the correctness of the
record.
As potato growing is assuming more
importance each year, and as mitny
young farmers of my acquaintance In
several States aro interesting them
selves in the work, a more detailed ac
count of Mr. Aitken's methods may
not be out of place.
This orov was grown on an old pas
ture sod, heavily manured with cow
manure and plowed In the fall, then
cross-plowed very deeply in the spring,
thoroughly harrowed and a thorough
dressing of a special fertilizer ap
plied. Then with a side hill plow
the land was thrown up into ridges
bout twenty-eight Inches apart. Mr.
Aitken's experience leads him to think
this space gives ample room for the
perfect development of the plant, econ
omizes labor and leaves less room for
weeds to grow.
The plow was run n deep as possi
ble, so as to make the ridges high, with
deep trenches between. Then a brush
or light smoothing harrow was run
lengthwise over the ridges, levelling
them somewhat and filling the bottom
of the trench with two or three Inches
of tine, mellow soil, with which the
fertilizer is thoroughly mixed. The
potatoes are dropped about fourteen
Inches apart and are covered by run
ning the plow through the centre of
the ridge. In doing this the off horse
is made to walk on top of the ridge to
avoid stepping on the seed.
The field was then left until the first
crop of weeds started, when the ridges
were harrowed lengthwise. This har
rowing Is done as often as necessary
to prevent the weeds from getting a
start, until the potatoes are about to
come through the surface, when the
final harrowing is given. At this time,
I understand, the ridges were har
rowed until the stems were left bare
about two inches. In this way the
field was left level and perfectly free
from weeds. The white, uncovered
stems soon leaf out and grow rapidly,
covering the ground enough to shade
it so that weeds cannot grow.
When cutting the seed, the top, or
seed end. of the potato Is cut off, the
remainder of the potato being cut into
pieces containing two eyes, being care
ful to leave a good sized seed for the
plants to feed upon until the roots are
well established.
Mr. Aitkeu claims that this method
of cutting the seed, planting ami cul
tivating will give a larger percentage
of marketable potatoes than any other.
The vlilge system has a further advan
tage of protecting the crop from late
spring frosts, as the last harrowing
can be delayed till all danger of frost
has passed.
The potatoes were sprayed at Inter
vals through the season with Bordeaux
mixture to prevent blight and with
I'aris green to kill the beetles. It Is
very Important that tho spraying be
done early enough to get ahead Of the
blight.
(.in this acre of potatoes a common
force pump set in a kerosene barrel and
mounted on the forward wheels of a
lumber wagon was used. To do this
work it requires two men, one to drive
aiM pump, the other to handle the hose.
This briefly describes the methods
used in producing this record breaking
crop of 7" 0 bushels an acre.
It was adopted after years of experi
menting on all kinds of soil and in a
great variety of climates.
I may say the Aroostook (Maine) po
tato growers use nearly the same
methods, except that their large acre
age makes it necessary for them to use
machinery more largely. Probably no
crop grown in New England responds
more readily to heavy applications of
commercial fertilizers than potatoes.
Some Aroostook farmers apply as high
as 1500 pounds of high grade fertilizers
an acre. This practice in rotation with
clover and the grains gives them large
crops of potatoes, preserves the organic
matter In the soil and Increases Its
fertility. Walker McKeen, of Maine,
lu the New Y'ork Tribune Farmer.
Itat-Prnnf Fnutrlullnn,
The sketch shows a vat and mice
proof foundation for a chicken house.
As the sketch will show, the stono
foundation Is sunk six Inches below the
surrounding surface and extends one
font above it. It is laid In cement, and
by sinking it down into the ground six
Inches rats ami mice cannot dig holes
below It, as they always start to dig
their holes close up to the walls of a
building. As the sketch will show the
in-hie has been tilled up even with tho
to; of the stone foundation. The lower
six inches is clay, well packed down,
the upper half is gravel, while on top
is laid a thin layer of cement to form
!." tloor. A wooden Hour can be used
in place of cement If si desired. If
preferred, both cement and boards for
construction of tloor may be left out
and c'.ay only be us. .1; in such a case
1
J
reur nt rt.oon
the gravel and clay should be reversed,
so that the clay is put on top of gravel
and tirmly vaeked down, and It will be
found that when it becomes hard and
dry it will give perfect satisfaction If
a good quality of clay has been used.
Hut In such a case It may bo well to
sink the stone foundation one fool be
low the surface, to make sure that no
animals might possibly find their way
Into the house by digging through tho
ground. The advantage of having the
tloor of the chicken house raised one
foot above the surface of surrounding
ground is that It will always keep per
fectly dry even in tho wettest season
of the year and also make the house,
warmer in winter. Lewis Olsen, I.ako
Elizabeth, Minn., in The Epltomlst,
Earnings of Woinau la Germany,
The houseworkers" exhibition in Per
lln shows the miserable gains which
women and children are forced by tho
brutality of hunger to accept In splto
of the protection afforded to workers.
For painted toys a child receives
three pfennigs (less than a half penny)
per hour. Photographs show what
stunted women and crippled children
are engaged In this work.
Ribbon with religious mottoes are
made for fire pfennigs per hour. Ho
ziallstlscba Mima ti lief te,
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J A Scholarly PUcswit Br
Jj R,t. Dr. .Terror..
assgttstMSM
Philadelphia. The Iter. Dr. Torrey,
the great revivalist, on Sunday deliv
ered a compelling sermon entitled "One
Miser Worse Thau Twelve Whisky
Fiends." His text was Acts xxll., 10:
"And now, why tarrlest thou? Arise
and be baptized, washing away thy
sins, calling on the name of the Lord."
"Why tarrlest thouV" It was God
who asked that question of Saul of
Tarsus, who, as yon will remember,
was n most bitter enemy of Christ; I
doubt If Jesus Christ ever had a more
bitter enemy, a more determined, more
relentless enemy than Saul of Tarsus.
Saul of Tarsus sincerely believed that
Jesus Christ was an Impostor, that Ills
claim to be the Son of God was a false
claim, and he hated Iliui with all tho
intensity of a sincere soul. There
were times when the thought would
eome stealing Into Saul's soul, Per
haps lie Is the Son of God." Espe
cially when Saul stood and saw
Stephen stoned to death and heard
Stephen's dying testimony, "I see the
Heavens opened and the Son of Man
stands on the right hand of God," the
thought came to Saul, "Does he really
see HlmV Is Jesus really the Son of
God?" Hut Saul would not listeu to
these suggestions.
Me kicked against the goal and bo
came all the more bitter against Christ
lu his enmity, because there was a
lurking suspicion that he was wrong,
lie breathed an atmosphere of threat
ening slaughter. lie went down into
the streets of Jerusalem, going from
house to house, dragging from their
homes men, women and children, spar
ing neither age nor sex, all those who
professed belief In Christ; he dragged
them to be tried and punished, to be
put to death, and If anyone was to be
killed he always voted for their death,
until at last he had exhausted all his
opportunities for persecution of the
Christian people oi Jerusalem, but ho
had not exhausted his hate of Christ.
Ho heard that 130 miles away from
Jerusalem at Damascus there were
other Christians, and his heart went
out In bitter hatred toward those Chris
tians he had never stv-n. So he went
to the High Priest anl asked tho au
thorities to allow him to go to the city
of Damascus and to do what he hail
done in Jerusalem. They were only
too pleased to allow him to go, so ho
started on the long, weary way to Da
mascus, hurrying there, neither stop,
ping for the intense noonday heat, but
pressing eagerly on, so intensely did he
hate the Son of God.
And now he has almost reached Da
mascus; he stands on the last foothill
and stands looking down Into the val
ley at Damascus. Damascus was n
city noted throughout the aucleut
world for Its beauty. But as he stood
there looking at the beautiful clvy Saul
did not think of its beauty, but of the
thousands of Christians there whom he
wished to drag from their homes to
death.
As he was standing there, ther'e'sud
denly shone around him a light
brighter than the sun, and In the midst
of that light the brightest and most
wonderful face and form that Saul had
ever seen appeared. It was Jesus.
With a cry Saul fell on his face to the
ground, and out of the cloud came a
voice saying, "Saul, Saul, why perse
cutest thou Me?"
From a humbled man came back the
answer, "Who art Thou, Lord?" Back
comes the crashing response, "I am
Jesusj whom thou persecutest."
Andnow from a thoroughly humbled
man came the answer, "What would
you have me to do?" "Arise; get on
thy feet and go Into Damascus, and
there thou shalt be told what thou
shalt do." He arose, and found lilm
self totally blind, and thus he entered
the city where he had expected to come
as a conqueror, blind, helpless as a
cripple, where he spent three days and
three nights fasting and praying. But
still he did not accept Christ.
Christ sent a certain disciple to Saul
with the question, "Why tarrlest thou?
What are you waiting for? Y'ou know
I am the Son of God; why don't you
arise and be baptized in your accept
ance of Me?"
I am going to ask that question of
every man and woman in the building
to-night. "Why tarrlest thou?"
There are a great many In this build
ing to-night who in their secret hearts
believe In Christ, but have never open
ly professed that faith In Him. Why
tarrlest thou? What are you waiting
for? Why don't you accept Christ to
night? Why don't you publicly con
fess your acceptance of Christ to-night?
I wish it were possible for me to de
scend from this pulpit to-night and
go from seat to seat, from man to man,
woman to woman who luis not publicly
accepted Christ and put to them the
question, "Why tarrlest thou?"
I believe that If I could do so that
almost every man and woman who Is
out of Christ In this great building
would be brought to Him to-night: But
that is impossible, so the next best
thing to do Is for you to forget that I
am speaking to a great congregation
here, and just think you and I are hav
ing a personal talk together, and that
I am asking the question.
And while I am asking that question
I want everybody to draw near in
prayer for a few moments, at the end
of which time I shall have your honest
answer. Let us have a few moments
of perfect silence. Why tarrlest thou?
Perfect silence for a few moments.
I know what the answer of some of
you is. It is, "I am waiting until I
am convinced, and just as soon as I
am convinced that the Bible Is the
Word of God and that Jesus Christ la
the Son of God I will accept Jesus."
Now, to every one here who makes
that answer, I will make the offer: If
you will come to me at the end of tills
meeting I will show you with absolute
certainty that Jesus Christ Is the Son
of God, and that the Bible Is the Word
of God. Now if you are really an honesl
skeptic you will accept that offer. If
you don't accept it, don't go around
saying you are a skeptic; you are not
a skeptic, you are only a humbug.
Of course, If you are a mere qulbbler
I have no time to waste on you. But If
you are an honest skeptic I have all
the time in the world for you. But let
ma say, right here, that I have yet to
find tho first honest skeptic. Infidel, a or
uostic, Unitarian, or Christian Sciential
who really wanted to know. The truth
is that I could show them that the
Bible is the Word of God and Jesiif
Christ tho Sou of God.
It has been accepted by millions all
over the world, and I know that every
one that has accepted It has found joy
in Jesus Christ and Is rejoicing In Him
to-night, and if you come to ine really
wishing to know and are willing to
obey your conscience, I will put you in
the way of finding out, and If I don't
succeed, you will be the first one I
have ever failed on.
A few years ago I lived in Minneapo
lis at a time when the boom was on
and men made fortunes In a day. I
came back to the State of Ohio on a
visit. One night I and my wife were
stopping win! a friend who was then
seventy years of age. He bad accumu
lated half a million dollars. One foot
was in the grave.
One night when everybody else was
In bed he and I remained up for a
talk, and what do you think be wanted
to tnlk about about eternity, or about
the future of his soul? Is that what he
wanted to talk about? No. lie leaned
over that old white hand of his and
whispered, "Archie, do yon know any
place up In Minneapolis where I equld
invest a little money where It would
bring big Interest?" Laughter.
You laugh, but there is nothing laugh
able lu It; It was appalling. Thousands
of men in Philadelphia to-night are In
the same grip of that awful curse, that
love for gold. I won hi rather under
take to save twelve whisky fiends than
one miser.
How is it with the love of pleasure?
Ah, friends, ns the years pass by tho
less and less pleasure there Is In the
world, but the more pleasure you seek
and endeavor to enjoy, the more of a
slave you become to It. You go to a
theatre and you will see women old
enough to be grandmothers, dressed
In low-net ke'd gowns, exposing their
thin, weazoned old forms, blazoned
with diamonds, as eager to see the
play as the miss just making her debut
in society. The longer you live for
the world the more of a slave you be
come to lis pleasures, but the less
I pleasure there is In It, and the time
will never come when it Is easier to
give up the world than It is to-night.
Some years ago 1 wns stopping with
a friend, and after wo came home from
meeting lie told me the story of his
life. He said: "I had been happily
inn tried for more than fourteen years.
I was the principal of the public
school in the town where I lived. My
wife and I quite agreed In everything,
and we were very happy together.
"One night something over fourteen
nnd a half years after we had been
married my wife said to me, 'Husband,
I have decided to become a Christian
nnd wish to unite with a church.' I
laughed at her and said, 'Tut, tut!
you're not going to become a Christian;
1 have no Idea of becoming a Chris
tian, and don't see why you should
wish to become a Christian. Now we
have lived happily together for four
teen years, nnd If you will do that it
may result In my going my way and
you going your way and virtually In
a separation.'
"After some further tnlk I finally
promised to let my wife become a
Christian, but on her promise that pho
should not unite with the church; so
she became a Christian, but did not
unite with the church. It went on this
way for about six months, and you
know that no really converted Chris
tian can really be happy out of Chris
tian fellowship,
"At the end of six months one Sat
urday night she said, 'Husband, I have
been trying for six months to be a
Christian outside of the church, and I
have decided that it is my duty to
make n public confession of my faith
and unite with the church.' Then I
was angry and I said. 'Wife, sec here,
now, I have no intention of becoming
a Christian, nnd I want you to under
stand that If you unite with the church
you are nothing more to me.'
"That was a pretty stern test to put
to a loyal wife, but that wife was loyal
nnd not only loyal to her husband but
loyal to God and man. That wife said,
'Husband you know that I love you,
but I must obey Gld, and Ills Word Is
clear. I have made up my mind to
make a public confession of religion
to-morrow, and to unite with tho
church.'
"I was very angTy nnd said, 'Very
well, wife, then you go your way and
I go my way; you are nothing more to
me.' We both went to our rooms and
retired for the night. I could not sleep.
At 2 o'clock I cried, 'Wife, I am con
verted; we will go to church to
gether.' "
When he told me that, he was a Con
gregational minister, and now he is in
glory. If that wife had waited for him
perhaps neither of them would have
been converted. She went first nnd
brought him in. If you will come first
perhaps you will bring your friends
along. "Suppose they won't come?"
you say. Then come without them. I
had rather go to Heaven alone than go
to hell in company. If I were not a
Christian to-night and not another per
son started for Heaven to-night, ,1
would start though I started alone.
Men and women, don't you know yon
tire lost? Oh, yes. Don't you know
that Jesus Christ died for your sins?
Yes. Don't you know that if you ac
cept Illm He would save you to-night?
Yes.
Well, will you accept Illm? Will
you accept Illm? Will you accept
Him? Feeling or no feeling, tears or
no tears, agony or no agony, will you
receive Him?
Tha Teacher'a Hellsfon.
It was said of a good Christian min
ister that wherever lie went he made
people fall In love with the Lord Jesus
Christ. Kvldentlj he had the right
sort of religion. It would be well If all
Sunday-school teachers had the same
kind. There are some people. Chris
tians too, godly and conscientious, w ho
live honestly and uprightly, and who
are active in good works, but who 'do
not make people fall In love with
Christ. It was said of a very earnest
church worker the ether day, "I sup.
pose he is u Christian, but somehow he
never makes me think of Christ." Yet
are there not too many such church
members? The teacher ought to have
a religion that will make other people
think of Christ. It should be a sunny
religion. Christ was the light of the
world. It should be a joyous rellglrfn,
for Christ was always Joyous. It
should be a religion of love, for Christ
was all love.
"When Men Get Vise.
The larger part of the Ereat fortunes
of this ccuntry have been acoumu
lutetd after their amassers have passed
40. In fact, the ttr3t 40 years of a
man's life are the preparatory years,
the years of training and discipline. A
large part of this time he is laying the
foundation just getting ready to. rear
the Buperstructure. Many of us stum
ble around many years before we get
into the 'right place, and then, for ad
ditional years, we muke many mis
takes. Most men do not get wise un
til they have passed 40. They may
get knowledge before this, but not
much wisdom. Wisdom is a ripening
process. It takes time. Success Maga
zine. Water at Meals.
' Water taken with meals should bo
sipped as well as taken sparingly.
Ice water should be taken as seldom
as possible; never would be a better
rule. And the habit of, putting
chipped Ice In the drinking water is
to be avoided, as one never knows
what may be taken into the stomach
through this medium. Tha better way
is to fill bottles with water and allow
them to stand beside Ice to ehllh
EPWOHTH LEAGUE LESSONS
6UNDAY, MAY 27.
The Philippines Unparalia.'ed Results.
Isa. 41. 1-5.
Americans knew little of the .Phil
ippines, until the thunder of Dewey's
guns In Manila Bay echoed round the
world. Then we began to ask ques
tions about this far-away archlpelngo.
We found that we had become pos
sessors of 1.200 tropical islands, 115,
000 square miles in extent, populated
much more densely than the
United States. Most of the
population Is nominally Roman Cath
olic, though some tribrs are Moham
medan In faith, and others are frank
ly and entirely heathen.
The Christianity of the Philippines
after four centuries of Spanish oppor
tunity, produced, among other things,
a popular rallying cry, whlcti was rais
ed the moment Snaln's power was no
longer feared: "Death to the friars!"
That menacing shout Is In ltHelf an
eloquent commentary on the sort of
religion taught by notnac Catholic
Spain. The friars have been the Bole
n.Mp-tfiiia trnrhur-. anl D4 thn nutenmp
of their Instruction their parishioners, !
through much bitter experience, de
sire nothing so much as to bo rld.of
theni.
The Philippines are to be given po
litical self-government some day
Both great parties are committed to
that policy. The Republicans promise
to prepare the Filipinos for political
liberty; the Democrats promise to give
them political liberty when they are
prepared for It.
The preparation, however, will be n
long and weary ta?k. To Imagine II
can be done by any patent short cul
Is to cherish the daydream of the fool
ish. Education and religion must pre
pare the way. The first la fairly pro
vided for by the government: the sec
ond must depend on the faithfulness
of American Christians. If we do not
evangelize the Philippines nobody will.
The claim of other mission fields on
our Interest and help Is strong, but
the claim of the Philippines is impera
tive. In tho Philippines to-day, There II
more than one missionary who had
scarce so much as heard the name ol
tho islands five years ago. But all the
world has heard it now, and Methodist
missions are there in force nnd tc
stnv.
The mission began March 2, 1S99,
with a Bermon preached by Bishop
Thoburn In the Filipino theater, Ma
nila. In the same year work among
the natives began and It has continu
ed with unbroken success.
The Filipinos are nominally Christ
ians. They are Roman Catholic by
baptism, but the real meaning of re
llglon could not be taught them by re
ligious leaders who were themselves,
examples of shameless living.
MAY TWEfMTY-SEVENTH.
John Williams, and Missions to the
South Seas. Ps. 97: 1-12.
Until Christianity came to the is
lands their word was "fear"; now,
more and more, their wcrd is "Joy."
All missionaries know well what
clouds and darkness" are, but they
also know that God Is at the heart of
them; they aro "round about Him."
Every mission field, and none more
than the islands, has known Gol aa
tho mysterious Destroyer of opposi
tion. The foes of missions melt away
before Illm.
Idol-worshippers are confounded;
they worship many gods, lest. they
miss some true god; and tho more
they worship, the more they mlsa
Him.
John William's Life In Brief.
He was torn iu England, June 27,
179.
He becama an Ironmonger's ap
prentice In London, and a very
skilful mechanic.
A devotee of tho world, ho wag im
portuned by his employer's wife one
day to go to church and was con
verted In thnt hour. '
Hearing of missionary successes h
the South Seas, he decided for thai
life, obtained release from his nppren
ticesldp, and on November 17. 1S1C.
set sail with his young wife for tfc:
southern Pacific.
He took up work In Ralatea in tho
Society Islands, where he built a re
markable house and introduced civil
ization. By the end of the first year tho na
tives had contributed $2,00u to church
work, and had built a wonderful
church.
Williams contructed, in nil, five
vcssols. One was called the "En
deavor." One, tho "Messenger of
Peace," was sixty feet long, built nl
most without nails, and with tools ho
made himself.
He energetically reached out over
the Pacific, and discovered Raro
tonga, the largest of tho Hervey Is
lands. They had barely heard of Je
hovah and of Jesus Christ, and the
king had given those names to two
of his children. Within seven weeks
William's converts built a . church
that would accommodate 3,000 per
sons. The missionary carried the gospel
to tho Sumoan Islands, where tho
sonverls drowned the national god
of war, a piece of rotten matting.
Finally the heroic toller went to
work in the New Hebrides. The na
tives of Erromanga, on November 20,
1839, mistook him for one of tho
cruel white traders from whom they
had Buffered, and murdered him.
Beaver In New York State.
Although alr.ee J870 the beaver bus
continuously hovered on the point of
extinction in the Empire state, there
has never keen a time when the North
woods did not contain at least one
wild colony. I have in my possession
fresh beaver cuttings which were ob
tained within the past five years from
'.wo different localities in Franklin
county, and at present there is in this
county, in the waters northwest of Up
per Haranac lake, a small family
perhaps two distinct famlllos which
are undoubtedly tha direct descendants
of the original wild stock. Flora
"Bringing Buck the Beaver," by Harry
V. itudtord, In Four-Track News.
A Colored Wish-Dress.
If you are doubtful whether a mus
lin or print dress will wash well
preface the washing by soaking li
(or ten minutes In a pail of tepid
water, Into which a teaspoonful ol
turpentine has been stirred.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT!
FOR MAT 27.
abjantt TniIIiii tha Fla Thnmand
Mark Tl S0.44-GoHa Taxt, Jobs
VI., 89 Mamorr Vanr, 41 Topic
Th Great Qnapal Fcait.
I. Josus and His disciples retire t
n desert place (vs. 30-321. 30. "Tin
apostles told Him." A few weeks bo
fore this Jesus hnd sent the npostlei
out among the villages of Galilee (Matt
10:5; Mark 0:7-13), He Hlmsolf golns
also (Matt. 11:1). When the news ol
the death of John the Baptist reached
them they hastened to Jesus. They
made a full report of their missionary
tour. 31. "A desert place." Not f
sandy, barren desert, but an nnlnhab
Ited place. "Rest a while." There wer
two chief reasons for taking thl
course. Herod might attempt to shi)
Jesus and Ills disciples. The second
reason Is here given. They needed rest
and communion with God. "No leis
ore." The door stood always open, at
In Eastern houses generally, for al
who chose to come In or leave at theli
pleasure. No one can do his best wort
without periods of rest from work. 32
"By ship." They took a boat and
sailed from Capernaum across th
northern end of the lake.
II. Jesus teaches a great multitude
(vs. 33, 34). 33. "The people." Frotr
John 0:4 we see that the Passover wai
Just nt hand, and there were throngi
of people going up to Jerusalem
"Many knew Hlm.V Becnusu of tin
many miracles which He had wrought
(John 0:1!). The whole country was Is
an agitated state. "Han afoot." Th
people, watching the sailing of .Tesut
across the northern end of the lake,
ran around the northern shore so rap
Idly that they "outwent" the boat and
met Him as He landed. "All cities."
At this time the western nnd northern
shores were populous with cities nnd
Villages.
34. "Compassion." Although weary
yet Jesus was moved with pity for thit
people. He walked among them teach
lug them and healing their sick. "Nol
having a shepherd." They were desti
tute of teachers to feed, to guide, tc
protect, in a word, to shepherd them.
III. The disciples confer with Jesui
(vs. 35 38).
33. "Day-far spent." Matthew
says "when it was evening." Thf
Jews had two evenings. Thu first be
gan at 3 o'clock, tho second nt t
o'clock. This was iu the afternoon
30. "Send them away." The disciple
called Christ's attention Xo tho facl
that this was a desert place, and a
the multiude had been there since
morning, It was tltno tj dismiss the
congregation so the people could go and
buy vietuuls, lest they faint by the
way. Many of those present were ou
their way to tlu Passovev and had no
homes near.
37. "Give yo them to cat" Jesus
was testing His disciples. Just before
this He suld to Philip, "Whence shall
we buy bread that these may eaU"
(John 0:5). But He snld this "to prove
him," for "He Himself knew what He
would do" (John 0:0). Our Lord saw
thnt His apostles needed lessous in
faith, and this miracle was ns much
fer their benefit ns for the benefit oi
the hungry multitude. "Two hundred'
pennyworth." Tho penny was a siivet
coin, and was worth about sixteen
cents. The value of tho bread neces
sary would bo, therefore, about $32.
"And give thetn." The import of the
question is, Would It not be unwise to
take our last penny nnd spend for thif
purpose?
38. "How many." Jesus knew Just
the amount ot food there was, but Ue
desired to have them find out and tell
Him so thai the miracle would make a
greater Impression. "Five, and two
fishes." There were five barley loaves,
Barley was their poorest food. The
loaves were round, flat blfcuits or
crackers. The fish were small nnd were
dried cr pickled and eaten with breud
like rur sardines.
IV. The multitude fed (vs. 39-42).
80. "He commanded." Christ had fed
their souls, and healed -their bodies,
and now He purposes to feed tnelr bod
ies, and thus show that He is able to
provide for all their necessities. "Sit
down." They sat in orderly ranks foi
the convenient distribution of the food
nnd so they could be easily numbered.
41. "When He had taken." Accord
ing to Matthew Jesus said, "Bring
them hither unto Me." All must centre
In Illm. We may hove but little, but II
we will give the little we have to Jesus
He will multiply It a thousandfold nnd
pass It back to us, and grant us the
privilege of passing It out to tho starv
ing, slu-burdened multitudes. "Bless
ed." Jesus thus sets us an example;
we should never eat without first
thanking God for our food and asking
His blessing upon It. 42. "Were
tilled." No one ever need leave Christ's
table hungry. He is able to satisfy
every need of soul uud body.
V. Tho fragments gathered up (vs.
43,44).
43. "Twelve baskets." The word
translated "baskets" means pockets or
wallets. The twelve baskets were
probably the twelve wallets of the
apostles, which they carried on their
Journeys. "Fragments." Broken pieces
which remained over. According to
John, Jesus directed them to gnther up
the frngments, "that nothing be lost."
Why were they required to gather up
the fragments? 1. It would teach
them a lesson In thrift and economy.
2. It would show them that the more
they gave the moro ithey would have.
3. It would teach them that nothing
was to be wasted that God hall given.
There Is no surer way to receive the
full sweetness and blessing of the gos
pel ithan to carry It t some hungry
oul. 44. "Five thousand." Here is
pne miracle wrought by our Lord at
tested by 5000 men, probably 10,000
persons.
The "Dead Line."
Look nrohnd the world to-day, and
lee what somo of the men who have
long passed the "dead Jlne" are doing,
and what they have accomplished.
Look at 'the young old military lead
ers in little Japan who conquered
great Russia. Oyania was 20 years
pnBt his fatal lino when he won his
great victories, and all" of hU corps
commanders wore pat 60. Marquis
Ito, the grand old man of Japan, her
greatest statesman, and the one who
has done more than any other to make
Japan what It is to-day, Is still active
In tho service of his country. Success
Magazine.
Horns-Mad Beef Taa.
Dr.' Wllloughby, lecturing in Lon.
doa on "Popular Food," said that
homo-mnde beof tea was only found;
to contain 1 per cent of albumen, andi
this was often strained off, leaving
miy discolored water, more delecta-!
II.- to tho nose than nourishing to the I
SOURCE Of IMMICRATlONp
pala Baa Not.Yat Ntarta4 Larva atM
to This Country.
The subject of Immigration hni n
been so Important a one for the VJn2
Stntes ns now, when the fields, '
and mills of the country are cainS, i
for more labor, and the interemj! j
question is, From what source shaiu 1
come? The tide of immigration trl
Northern Europe has ebbed, and Italy,
sons have been coming In peaptfni
armies to onr aid. But this source
supply also will soon fall, not only
cause Itnly Is fast becoming deplete
of the emigrating classes, but also b
cause the kingdom is experiencing tin
beginning of an Industrial progrm
which will afford ample scope for m
the native labor available. Spain b
the only Mediterranean country that
has not yet started a tide of emljr,.
tlon to America. That 'the Spanlnrj
has not been infected seriously m,
the migrating fever is shown by th
fact that less than two in every on,
thousand of Spain's Inhabitants started
for other lands In 15)04, while In the
same year seven Irishmen out of T.
ery one thousand left their native land,
nnd still more Italians quit the pealg.
sola.
In Spain the maritime provinces art
the most abundnnt sources of emlnra.
tlon, nnd yet the sea const population
has Increased, while that of the in.
and provinces, which contribute few
emlgrnnts, is much lower in cotnpnri.
son and remains stationary. In lfloi
08,3I4 persons left Spain by sea and
71.254 entered her ports. There are no
official statistics showing the percent
age of the emigration from Spain
which came to the United States. Som
notion, however, may be gained from
the amount of money sent to Spain
by persons who have come to fbla
country. In 1904 one banking hotu
of Corunna paid $2,200,000 on drafts
from the United States totally uncon.
nected with any commercial trnnsae.
Hons. In the same year the bank of
Rio de la Plata paid drafts for $8,000,.
WO. It may be inferred, therefore, that
in 1904 more than $10,000,000 was sent
Into Spain by Spaniards who had eml
grated to the New World.
The total number of emigrants from
Great Britain, including Ireland, in
1905, was 409.917, nn increase of 0040
over the number of 1904. The British
nnd Irish emigration to the United
Stntes last year was 122,389, a de
crease of 17 per cent. Great Britain
herself Is confronted by a serious prob
lem lu connection with Immigration to
her own shores. In 1905 190,529 imml.
grants arrived In the United Kingdom
from the Continental countries. More
than half of these were in transit to
other lands, 108,347 of thera continuing
their Journey. This alien immigrating
to Great Britain has resulted in the
passage of a partial exclusion act The
flood tide wns not quite so grent, how.
ever, In 1905 ns in the previous year,
but 74,409 remaining in the country,
as agninst 82,845 in 1904. Trlbuue.
At X.aat London Laaila Faria.
It Is a strange anomaly that In the
matter of that Important class of au
tomobile vehicles, the motor-omnibus,
London should have shown the way to
Paris. Vet so It is; and in the cradle
of the horseless vehicle there is at
present not a single motor-bus. But
It Is coming. The recent trials made
at the time of the great automobile
show have convinced the authorities
and the public that the motor-bus !
the popular vehicle of the future, and
arrangements nre being made to place
a number on the Paris thoroughfare!
without delay. In view of the im
mense increase of traffic which will
ensue when the new motor-omnlbusei
are inaugurated, a number of import
ant regulations for the better control
of automobile traffic In the streets is
now under consideration. The disa
greeable warning horn -will probably
have to go, and two substitutes are
suggested-Kine, the siren, which has
many advocates, including the Minis
ter of Public Works, and the other the
electric bell, less- insistent than the
siren and favored by the Minister of
the Interior. No uncertificated chauf
feur will be allowed to drive, and
certificate will be of three classes:
(1) For the use of th motorcycle, (2)
for machines of less than thirty horse
power, and (3) (much more difficult to
obtain) for vehicles capable of travel.
Ing at high rate of speed. No chauf
feur under seventeen years ol age will
be granted a driving ceitlflcate Lon
don Globe.
City Whera Tlma Halts.
Most trovelers, I think, will award to
Damascus, In Syria, the palm of being
one of the most "untouched" of Orien
tal cities, a lovely ancient snow-white
garden, surrounded by forests of pome
granates and other orchards such as
caused tho 'Arabs, & thousand years
ago, to speak of it as a "pearl en
circled by emeralds."
Time has stood still in Damascus for
a thousand years and life goes on In
the country outside its walls precisely,
as it did when the ancient Bible his
torian spoke of the city in the Book
of Genesis. For there, plowing is doue
with a crooked bough drawn by a
ragged camel; or by tho Arab farmer's
wife in double harness with a donkey.
There, too, and likewise within the
walls, ono sees the long lines of indo
lent Eastern women drawing water
from the well. Just $t Rachel did; or
women sitting before the doors ot
their houses grinding corn in the old
Bible way, with upper and nether
stones. Four-Track News.
- Tbeatra Doctors.
The, Association of Theatre Doctors
ia about to hold a banquet, which
must be a very pleasant reunion. Each
of the Tarlslan stuges has about forty
doctors -who tuke it in turn to be pres
ent every day at afternoon and even
ing performances, but in case of unex
pected engagements the doctor whose
turn it is to attend may find a substi
tute, so that there are few medical
men who hare not at some time or
other occupied the reserve bos where
the doctor may be found in case of
beed.-Jounial des Debats. ' "
Whoa Doctor ' Bills.
In every neighborhood there la torn
apparently healthy woman whose doc
tor bills cause the other woman to
scream. Atchison Globe.
Indiana had, In 1005, fifty-two cities
taayh having population of 0000 t
tnore.