: SUNDAY SERMOiN :
W V
A SchoUrlr Discour Sy
Dr. C. Ed-ward Locke.
Brooklyn. N. 7. Dr. Cbsries Edward
Locke, In the Hanson Place M. K.
Cliuri'h Sunday, preached on "Popular
Desecration of Sacred Vessels; or, The
Sin of Irreverence." The text nil
from II Samuel vl:d-7: "Vzzah put
forth his hand to the ark of God and
took hold of It: and Hod smote hiiu
there for his error." Dr. Locke said in
the course of his sermon:
There Is danger that our greatest
national sin shall he the sin of irrev
erence. The ancient story of Vzzah's
act of desecration In placing Ills hand
upon the holy ark of Cod Is full of
Serious and Important lessons which
apply with solemn slgnitlcnnoe to our
age. and our country and our Indi
vidual citizenship.
Cod had given comniendment to
Moses to construct a sacred chest to
be overlaid within and without with
pure Bold. It was to he surmounted
with two cherubim of lieu ten sold.
This casket wa to he a receptacle for
the Tallies of Stone which Moes had
received on the top of Mount Sinai, and
1 '.s beautiful ark was to be an altar of
prayer which was to be ke;it In the
midst oT the people, for Cod had said,
"Tii re wiil I meet with thee." Hod
explicitly commanded that no band
should touch the ark save the priests'
and rings and poles were provided by
which this sacred vessel was to be
carried.
The Philistines came up against
Israel and ruptured the ark and held it
captive for sixty years, when David
conquered Piiilistin and bnihied :i suit
aloe place for the ark, and, with SO.ixx)
warriors, went down to the borders of
tlie enemy's country and secured pes
session of the precious treasure. In
the excitement and joynusuess of this
long looked for victory, I'z.ah's mortal
sin of Irreverence was committed,
which cost him his life.
In the days of prosperity, irreverence
prows most Insidiously. When men
feel secure in their own successes they
are prone to forget the commands of
f.'nd. We do r.ot depend so helplessly
cm our Heavenly Father when our
achievements have given us groat con
tidonce in ourselves. National and In
dividual prosperity are at once our
greatest dang r and greatest security.
In the frenzy of vlelnry. as did Czzau,
so do we often commit acts of irrever
ence. S cnetimes it is fashionable to be Ir
reverenr. Tin? Phil. Mines, in trans
port ina the ark. had placed it upon an
ox cart, and when the Israelites cap
tured the ark they followed the error
cif the 1'Liiistines and were returning
with the ark drawn by oxen, instead
of carried by the staves and rings, as
God had peremptorily commanded.
One act of Irreverence leads to an
other. And when the ark shook as
the cart went over Nachon's threshing
floor. I'zzah heedlessly committed Lis
serious offense. When the church al
lows the world to set its fashions, sac
rileges, disastrous and deplorable,
speedily follow.
Two other fruitful causes of irrever
ence are forgetfulness and familiaritv.
The ark had been in I'zzah's house
since his boyhood and he dared to take
privileges with the sacred furniture.
Familiarity sometimes breeds 'con
tempt. It is not discoverable that
T'zzah was either malicious or willful,
but lie was heedless, and even so ap
parently a harmless sin as heedlessness
brought upon him the awful penalty
for his disobedience. The Influence of
sacred things depends upon their sa
(redness being preserved. Hod could
nor control Israel without their respect
and obedience, hence the suffering of
I'zzah. No sin Is more treacherous
than irreverence. It decoys its victims.
It is like dry rot in the ship's timbers.
Irreverence slyly grains admittance
where grosser evils would be easily re
pulsed. Satan is constantly busy" try
Ins to transform the sons of Levi', who
serve at holy altars, into the sous of
Eli. P.eware of the deceptive tendon
cies of familiarity; when delicate re
spect for holy things is lost, then do
tiiement and sacrilege easily enter.
When reverence departs character can
not be retained, for character depends
upon faith and in obedience to sacred
things.
At Ilelshazzar's feast, in the sup
posed impregnable city of Babylon, it
was the towering crime of Irreverence
in detillng the sacred vessels of the
temple worship ut Jerusalem that
brought disaster and death to the dis
folute young monarch. What ure some
of the holy tilings to-day which must
he honored and preserved?
The church is a sacred vessel. Dedi
cated to the service of Cod, it should
not be diverted Into secular uses. Jesus
drove the merchants out of the courts
of the temple, and, as yet, there has
liven no permission granted for their
return. The sons ot Aaron were de
voured by the strange tire which they
undertook to offer ut the altars of the
Lord. And similar results occur to
day In the oonsumii.g'of holy instinct,
ami re.-peetful Inclinations, 'when tin
church of Cod is made a place of
amusement and merchandizing. In
chapels and parish houses many things
are proper which in the sanctuary lead
unmistakably to Irreverence.
Tin; Ilible is a most sacred vessel.
There is not much danger of bibliohi
try. but we need to be much on our
guard lest the very availability (,f our
Creek Book shall cause it to' be less
appreciated. Tilings are often valued
by use In proportion to the s'crilice
which has oeen suffered for them.
A gurictlcmaii placed a copy of the
Gospel of Si. John on my desk the
other day, and said it cost only two
Cents. It was in excellent type and
neatly hound. During the days of
the per"cntion of Diocletian, many
Christians surrendered their Bible's
anil the sacred uu-usils of worship,
and In consequence lost their faith!
When the Bible goes out of our lives,' I
our Clirlstiaii character loses its chief i
support. A man once, in the presence I
of ids family, picked up a liible, !
turned its pages carelessly for n few
moments, and petulantly threw it j
down upon the table, saying, pshaw! '
give me Shakespeare!" Perhaps he '
never knew tht tiie Bible was the ,
acknowleged Inspiration of the mar-
velous lines of Avon's greatest bard; j
It is certain no man ever prefers I
any other book who has discovered j
the extraordinary beaut v and powe: !
of the Bible.
We must valiantly defend the IVble
agniust Irreverence. It is the bul
wark of our civilization the founda
tion of liberty, the cornerstone of
truth. I submit whether we do not
commit a serious offense against the
iacredness of the Hook when we In
dulge In constant jokes and puns bated
upon the Scriptures. It cannot be
anything leu than sinful sacrilege to
weave the holy personages and Inci
dents of liible history Into ridieu
lous story. The Bible deals with most
Serious questions which involve the
life and death and weal and wo 01
the race, and do we not volute it
sacred rights when w make ft the
basis of our fun and lnughtcr? This
Is a popular desecration, which, like
I'zzah's sin, has been committed so
long that it has not occurred to many
people that they are unintentionally
undermining the very hook which
. they desire most to defend.
The Sabbatli Is a sacred vessel. A
divinely Instituted day. for rest nnd
worship and home. We cannot spare
; the Sabbath, but we cannot keep it
if It Is steadily allowed to become more
j and more a social and a business day.
All vices and enemies of our nation
thrive best where the first day of
! the week Is decreaslngly reverenced
, Dinner parties and hilarious outings
arranged for the Sabbatli are direct
attacks upon the security ot our re
public. The perpetuity of a nation
depends upon the reverence of the
people. When the temples are empty,
the walls of the citadel crumble
When the altars of worship are neg
lected, virtue and purity are de
throned, a nation's protectors lose thelt
i courage and spirit of sacrifice and
there is speedily decline and fall. Cod
has put Himself on record as ready
to cause those nations to "ride upon
the high places of the earth" which
keep Ills Sabbaths. History fulfil
In every century the curses of the
Almighty which have rested upon
those people who have destroyed Ills
holy day. Why do we argue the
question when h" who runs may read?
The human body is a sacred vessel.
What a marvelous gift is the voice
with its capabilities of music and
speech. Alas, that ever its powers are
profaned! Consider, too. the tastes
and appetites and muscular possibili
ties and vital forces. What exquisite
joys Cod lias Invested in the human
body! r.ut. desecrated and disre
garded, how this body may become n
bundle of clashing nerves, a prison
pen full of cruel and warring enemies.
Cod's great npistle wrote. "If any
man detile the temple of Cod," as the
body is called, "him shall Cod de
stroy; for the temple of Cod Is holy,
which temple ye are."
The human mind soul Is n sacred
vessel. A man is not with "all dill
pence, for out of It are the issues of
life." Man Is the- upward looklnc
animal. Lis mind has been created
with powers of concentration and
analysis, that be might tind out Cod.
When man uses his faculties against
his Creator, he has desecrated n sacred
vessel. Man's logical faculty nnd pow
ers of invention are often diverted .c
the injury instead of the elevation of
men. A prostituted printing press it
doing much iy "n.mpire literature" to
violate the human mind. A bad book
or an immodest picture is n poisoned
arrow driven jut.) the mind, from
which an nhsulme recovery is not pes.
siblo. F.aeli must revere his own
mind, and shield himself from the
ten thousand inimical influences thai
are intended to thrive on the spolia
tion of pure natures. How empty
would be the playhouses and how
bankrupt many of the publishers If
the American people would suddenly
refuse to be any longer the recep
tacles for the tilth and corruption of
many of the popular books nnd most
of the popular dramas!
Josephr.s says that In the closins
scenes of Jerusalem, such were the Ir
reverent anil sacrilegeous practices of
the people, that If the liomans had
not destroyed the city, some dreadful
judgment like that which befell Sodom
would have come upon that citv. Thus,
Indeed, have nations and cities and
Individuals disappeared under the dis
integrating processes of irreverence.
As the bold and wicked Helshazz.11
was. in revelry and drunkenness, de
filing the sacred vessels of the Lord,
n white hand came out of the black
sleeve of the night, and wrote. In
letters of fire. "Thou art weighed tr
the balances and art found wanting!"
And that night the Irreverent young
king was found dead in his palace.
The inexorable penalty of Irreverence
is dentil!
Hut tiiey who bear reverently the
nrk of Cod, who obediently follow the
commands of Cod, who dally hotioi
In thought and deed the Son of Cod,
who hold in highest esteem the priv
ileges of the sons of Cod, shall enjoy
peace and Joy forever more, for the
reward of reverence is life here and
hereafter!
Drawn Toward the lnrn Conntry.
Wo have secured a property right in
the unseen country because dear onel
have migrated thither, and it now ex
erts a more immediate and vital influ
ence upon us. An old lady who had
made lull acquaintance with bereave
ment was asked if she ever received
intimation of the presence of those who
had parted from her, and she replied
that she sometimes felt "a drawing."
Daniel Webster, In lines of tribute to
his angel child, touchingly says that
lie had expected to become the teacher
of the boy, hut that now, instead, the
boy has become the ancestor, the
father and the guide; nnd the great
Statesman humbly Lu-seeches the saint
ed nie to lead him on in the earthly
path. Surely, ull who have experi
enced n genuine sorrow by the entrance
or death into the cherished circle, suys
Lev. II. I'. Dcwty, ure constrained. "if
they have held to the Christian faith,
to feel that I let. ven has uecome nearer
and dearer, that life has become more
sacn-d and duty more commanding,
and that the gracious ministry of the
loved ones lias been continued, though
the Veil has hiddeu them from sight.
The Trayer Which Aralli.
5lx characteristics of the prayer
which avails may be named as follow;
1. It present., a need.
2. It is importunate.
:i. It Is according to the will of God.
4 It is faith.
It is in Christ's name.
i. It Is for the glory of G91I4
ALL TRUE LOVERS OF NATURE.
Preachers, Doctort and Actors the I
Best Fishermen.
The best fishermen In the world nre
preachers, doctors and actors. And
some of tin in are mighty hunters. Dr.
Itobert Co'dyer once said: "I think a
trout really loves 10 be caught by a
nimble angler and breathe out its llfo
on tho beautiful green grass." Hishop
Dudley of Kentucky lived In the
mountains n part of each year and
was regarded as tho crack shot of tin
blue gras3 state. Joseph Jefferson
was one of tho most expert anglers
President Cleveland ever knew. It
used to bo Bald of Jefferson: "Tho
fish held a meeting one day while Joe
and G rover were wetting their linos
and tho spokesman said: 'Fellows,
want tho first nibble at, the old man's
bait. All of you stand back. He
may be smarter than am, but I
don't believe It. However, accidents
happen In the best regulated famlllea.
If Hip lands me don't worry. It Is
always an honor to be a straphanger
on hit line.' "
TIIE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONA'. LSS30N CDMVIENT3
FOR JUNE i:.
ial'Jortt Vftn't Orct Cnnfn1nn,
Sl., 13 SB (lot, U11 Trxi: Mull. Krl., til
Miniory Vnift 94. 8.1 Tuple: Ci-n-fisln
Ctrlt-f'iiiimen1iir.v.
I. Different opinions concern'ug
.Tesns (v. 13, 14). 13. "Cncarea Phi
lippl." It seems that Jesus did not en
ter this city, but taught In Its vicinity.
"Whom do men say':" Christ did not
ask this question ill for Information,
or '2) because He desired the appiiinsi!
of men. or Cll because lie Intended to
form His course according to the reply,
but (4 because "He desired to ground
Ills disciples in the deepest faith."
"Son of man." This was a title lie fre
quently applied to Himself.
14. "Some lay," etc. People held
different opinions concerning Christ.
Some said John the Baptist had re
turned to life. Some thought that He
was Klias (the Creek form for Klljahl.
who was to be the forerunner of th"
Messiah; others believed Hiiu to be
Jereinias, In accordance with the tra
dition that Jeremiah was to come and
reveal the place where the sacred ves
sels were concealed, and other said
He was one of the prophets.
II. The great confession (vs. I0-IT1.
1.". "Whom say ye':" Notice the pro
noun "ye." plural; Jesus speaks to all
His disciples. Hi. "Peter answered."
He answered as spokesman for nil. as
he did In many other cases. "Thou art
the Christ." The expected Messiah,
the "anointed One." "Son of the living
Cod." Cod is here styled the living
God. because lie Is the author ot all
life and existence; hence, self-existent,
eternal. 17. "Blessed art thou." Pe
ter and tho apostles were blessed be
cause they had broken away from Jew
ish prejudices and oad really accepted
Jesus as the Christ. "Bar-jona." The
son of Jonah. Hnr means son. "Flesh
and blood." No human being hath re
vealed It unto thee. Such knowledge
does not originate In the human mind.
III. The sure foundation (v. 1S. is.
"Thou art Peter." Petros. the Greek
word for stone, or n piece of rock.
Jesus gave him tills name when lie
first met him (John l:4".i. "Ppon this
rock." In the Creek this pe'ra or rock
in ntass. This verse has elicited taucli
discussion. Uegardlng It there are
four principal views, ail of them sup
ported by good authorities. 1. That
Peter was the rock on which Christ
was to build Lis church. 2. That
Pcier and all true believers are the
rock. .'!. '.'"hat the confession Peter
had .1ut made was the rock. 4. That
Christ ha I reference to Himself when
He said "upon this rock." "My church."
The word for church properly denoted
n congregation or assemblage of people,
IV. Divine authority given (vs. V.l.
201. 1!). "Will give keys." Keys are
a symbol of power and authority. The
apostles had knowledge and authority
which no one after them needs or can
rightly claim. "Shalt bind." This Is
an explanation of the gift of the keys.
20. "Tell no man." Cubical' enthu
siasm tuight now endeavor Mo make
lllm king If this announcement were
made openly.
V. Christ foretells Ills death (vs.
21-2o. 21. "H.'gan Jesus to shew."
Heretofore He had spoken obscurely,
but now for the first time He speaks
plainly of His coming sufferings and
death. "Of the elders." etc. The San
bedrln. This detailed eh.mieratlou
proves that there was a general con
spiracy. 22. "Peler took ITim." Aside: apart
from the rest. "To rebuke lllm." The
idea of a suffering Messiah was abhor
rent to Peter and to all the apostles.
2:;. "Said unto Peter." Christ per
ceived that He was but boldly uttering
what the others felt, and this rebuke
was before them all. "(jet thee behind
Me, Satan." Satan means adversary.
Jesus did not call His apostle a-devil.
"Thou mlndest not" ill. V.) Thou dost
not understand or discern the things
of Cod: then art wholly taken up with
the thought that My kingdom is of this
world.
VI. Conditions of dlsclpleslilp ivs.
21-2Si. 24. "Will come after Me."
Will follow My directions and be My
disciple. "Deny Himself." Christ
shows the apostles the nature of His
kingdom. They must "abstain from
nil Indulgences which stand In the way
of duty." "Take up His cross." Who
soever would follow Christ must be
ready to endure aUllctlon and even
death for His sake. 2."). "Whosoever
will save." etc. Whosoever succeed
In obtaining the life of worldly comfort
and pleasure by avoiding the life of
self-denial and nt the expense of right
eousness shall lose even the earthly re
wards he seeks nnd also the eternal life
of spiritual joy and blessedness. "For
My sake." The loss of life for Christ'
sake brings the promised blessing.
2d. "What profited." The question
Implies that there is no profit. "Tho
whole world." Eveu though It were
possible for a man to gain all the
wealth, honor and happiness the world
had to give, and then lose his soul, ills
loss would be luilnltely greater tluu
any earthly pleasure he may have had.
"Lose." "He cast away." "Ills own
soul." The Creek word for soul has
the double ineunlng "life" and "soul."
The soul is the man himself. Tho only
thing we really and absolutely possess
is our "soul." "In exchange." Tho
price the worldling pays for carnal de
lights is his soul. 27. "For." Ilea
sons are now given why the soul is of
such priceless value. "Shall come."
From heaven, nt the end of the world,
nt the Judgment day. 2S. "There no
some," etc. This verse has elicited
much discussion, ami concernlrj it
there is n wldo difference of iqiinion.
This verse is parallel with Matt. 10:2...;
both are fuilllled nt Christ's resurrec
tion. The coming of : u kingdom of
God with power (Mark 11:1) was the
consequent miraculous establishment
of Christianity ou earth.
Valuable GIiss.
When Is glass worth more than
gold? Whc3 it Is the .'ens-.1 of a mlcro
s ope. Th ? ,-ecord lncrens! in value of
the manufactured ar'.lclo over tho raw
material D probably made by this va
riety of g'.ass. which multiplier Itself
5'U.m0,i!0'I times. The front lens of n
micro-objective ousting about $5
weighs no more than about .0017 of a
grummo, hence the valuo of such lensea
to the weluht of a kilogramme would
be about :(:;,0n0,o00. The cost of mak
ing this weight of glass is three to six
cents, and thus when worked up Into
the shape of a lens the glass has In
creased In value about 50,010,000 times,
His Periodical.
They stood on the old porch watch
ing the red full moon climbing over
the wutar. '
"Dear me!" said th girl. "I won
der why the moon Is always reddr
when It Is full."
"Sh'!" whlBpered ths tall young
chap at her aide. "That Is Just the
man In the moon's nose that we fee,"
Columbus Dlgoatch.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 10.
Christian Education a National Safe
guard. 2 Chron. 17. 7-9; Dcut.
3t. 11-13.
Education, to be complete, must be
of the who'e man physical, intellec
tual,' spirltunl. An educational
scheme that neglects any of these
elements is Itnitcrfect nnd may easily
beromo dnngerotts.
In this country there Is amall reas
on to fear that education of the physi
cal and the Intellectual faculties will
bo overlooked. Tho danger Is that
wp shall forsct the culture of the
spiritual nature.
To avert this danger Christian
schools and colleges nro established.
They nre not rivals to the state
schools, but supplement, these nt tho
point of religious culture, while
equating them In the attention paid
to the other element of education.
Hut Christian oilucntlon Is not, first
cif nil, a matter of schools. It Is a
matter of homes and churches, which
shall seo to It that always In the
ttudy of past events, of present nat
ural phenomena, of processes neut
ral, mathoinntienl. mechanical, bio
logical, there shall always be the
! background of deity. Education
which Ignores God is on;- of the
strongest allies of tho devil.
Klucathm Is development. It may
become cither a blessing or a curse.
The thing? Paul condemns, in one of
the Scripture passages given for ref
erence, are Clings which develop the
power of evil In the lite. Shun these
tblni;s, ho sevs. Hut he does not stop '
wllh mere prohibitions. He provides
positive lin;1 ructions. He recom
mends (he doctrine which Is according
to god'inoKiJ. He urges the student's
attitude toward the Word. Ho In
rists on spiritual education.
There is abundant opportunity for
wrong education. Life calls to us In
so ni.oey alluring ways, and promises
short cuts to so many -desirable
pieces, that U Is easy to be deceived.
'F.oli:di r.nd unlearned" Is the apt
description of these short cuts. They
promise learning, but have only the
show of P. They look wise, but their
wl.-dom Is lucre veneered folly. There
Is mai-y ;-. short cut In the malting of
livl:-.:;, but none to the making of a
li"'
When one becomes a Christian In
Ics a new ambition to make the most
of himself.
IMncil bin that is not Christian In
o::e-sided, and or doubtful value in the
ui.l. both to the i'.nlh Idua.l end to the
tiailon.
The .hiliy li'r. c,r t'v nat'on needs
In bo moved l.y Christian ideals and
The hlghesi pal riot ism is found In
.11 iat.. liigc.t Chi Minn citizenship.
Christ !n-i e.hua'.l n put cmphualg
on 1 i'.i 1 I'd '-.
JUNE TENTH.
Christ's Life. VI. His Relations to
His Desclples, and What He Ex
pects of Us. Matt. 10:16-33.
Whomever Christ sends forth Is ns
safe In the midst of wolves ns of
lambs.
Our testimony will bo given us
without our preparing only when we
have had no chance for preparing.
We "hated of nil men of His name's
sake," when for Ills sake we do not
dare face the sneer' of one man?
Onr confession of Christ means
our life for Him; His confession of us
means His life for us a gift Infinite
ly greater.
Suggestions.
Christ does not promise His dis
ciples peace, but better than peace:
victory!
Christ has promised to be with His
disciples always; that promise In
cludes all others.
If Christ should appear to you In
human form and bid you follow Him,
would your dlseipleshlp take on new
reality? Then how real Is It now?
The most holy life Is none the
worse for shrewdness, nor the
shrewdest life for holiness.
Illustrations.
A loving child is ashamed' to have
a comfort or luxury that father or
mother cannot have; do we want our
lives to bo more fortunate than our
Lord's?
A soldier readily follows his gen
eral who has worked his way up
from the ranks. There is no Bervlco
or trial In which Christ has not pre
ceded us.
The true Christian Is an Image of
Christ, projected by the Light of tho
world, a new and marvelous stere
opt Icon.
Wireless telegraphy Is giving us
a hint of how subtle and direct Is
Christ's communication with His dis
ciples. Questions.
Am I recognized as standing for
Christ?
Would Christ gladly own all my
acts and words?
Do I rely upon any guide but
Chrbt?
Quotations.
There Is no way of being deliver
ed from this life of self but one: we
must follow Christ, get our heart
upon Him. Andrew Murray.
We must walk bo close behind
Christ that people will not see us,
but Christ. Hishop Thulium.
Few can take part helplngly In a
prayer meeting without planning for
It, and those few cannot do It often.
Kvon they could be more helpful with
preparation.
Leaders of meetings should have
their assignment at least a month In
nd'ttneo, and put Into their meetings
tho prayerful planning ot all those
lour weeks.
Memories of his Youth,
i A hard-hecdod old Pittsburg manufac
turer who made his fortune, as he ex
'pre3ses It, "with his coat off," was in
duced by his daughters to accompany
thorn to a Wagner concert, the first he
had ever attended, relates Success Maga
zine. The next day he happened to meet
an acquaintance who had seen him tt9
eight before, who asked:
"I suppose you enjoyed the concert
last night, Mr. Brown?"
', "Yes; It took me hack to the days of
my youth," the old man said, with a
' reminiscent sigh.
' "Ah, summer days In the country, girl
lin a lawa dress, birds singing, and all
(that?"
; "No, the days when I worked In a
ibjiier.sj)Qp.Jn'8cranton." T...
Muklnc Vsrldar I'ulntuM.
While we would not advocate tho
Mihstltutlon of fodder for grain by any
means, there Is ho doubt lint what more
fodder may t fed to advifulflge by the
majority of dairymen with a corre
sponding cheapening of the grnlu bill.
For example: During the lirst mouth
when the cows ore 011 pasture, before
the feeding Is very good, we follow the
same plan of feeding ns during the
winter, namely, preparing mixed ra
tions of fodder and grains.
Tf eggs nre cheap In the local mar
het. why not preserve them for use In
the fall and winter? The water glass
way Is the best. Dilute the commer
cial solution with ten times Its bu'.k
if waier. A gallon will cover seventy
live dozen eggs. Next winter they will
bring only a few cents a dozen less
tha i fresh eggs. Preserve only fresh
eug.s. No process can improve n stale
eng. Pack In wooden or earthen ves
sels, put ting the eggs In from day to
day with u wooden M 0 in to avoid
breakage. Keep them covered with
(he solution and keep Ihc. vessels cov
ered and In n cool place.
' linii'l Xrelrct tie Snilitn. I
Many dairymen who are inclined to!
be exceedingly cleanly about llie
sinbles during the wilder give them
little care during the summer when
the cows are largely milked In the
pasture, a plan of milking ninny fol
low. There are days ami nights dur
ing the summer when the cows niiisl
be housed and the milking done !' '.he
stables, hence if they have beei. neg
lected the miik Is sure to ahsotb any
Undesirable odor that may exist.
We lit'.il It an excellent dan lo clean
Ilia stables thoroughly just as soon as
Ihe cows are turned onto the grass, and
this thoroughness consists in washing
the walls and Honrs with n strong so
lution of carbolic acid, then going over
them thoroughly with whitewash. In
this manner all germs and odors are
destroyed. This is by no means all, for
each week the St.. hies are thoroughly
purilied so that there will bo no pos
sible odor lo spoil the milk.
Sriwlnc Crlnmnn CIiivit.
Many who are having their first ex
perience with crimson clover make tin
mistake of sowing it In the spring
usually sowing it In with the rye. Tin
Idea is that If this Is done there wil
lie a fairly good crop to turn under li
the fall. Possibly this may work in
some cases and some tections, although
It Is not a safe proposition to follow
generally. Hy far the belter plai:
would be to sow the crimson clovet
seed in July or August In some cuiti
vnted crop, corn being the usual crop
In which it Is sown. The result 01
this plan would be a good crop ol
clover the 'following spring in nlm
rases out of ten where the soil was
suited to the crimson clover. Thb
plan will not In any way interfer.
with the proper cultivation of the core
or other crop which will have ceased
before the time for sowing the clover.
For Miplleil Corn.
Where considerable corn has to lu
shelled for the animals 011 the farm li
Is often wasted by falling on the barn
floor and through the cracks between
Ihe boards. The device here suggested
Is easily uifde, aud If correctly made
will certainly save llie coru to the
last grain. Make a -ox three feet
long, eighteen Inches Alde and teu or
twelve Inches deep. Cover over one
end of this, at the top, on which to
fasten the corn shelter. Make an In
?llned bottom to wlthlu eight Inches ol
the end, which remains open. Put
legs under this box and set it hlgn
enough so that a pall or a bag can be
set under the open end bottom to catch
the grains of corn ns they come from
the sheller. If a bag Is used, books
will have to be put in the sides of
the bottom of the box 011 which to hang
the bag. A high box or a pall would
be preferable to the bag. The cost of
tanking this device Is very small; any
cue with a few tools can do It, and it
will certainly "tve bolh corn and labor.
The Illustration sbow3 the plan so
clearly that no further explanation Is
necessary. India impel is News.
Milking YKtnblf Tender.
Many people have n notion that a
black soil must of necessity be a rich
one. Hut, on the contrary, It may be
almost devoid of nitrogen, and so
stands in need of some fertilizer.
While It is true that garden soils In
feeneral have a sulllcieucy of both pot
ash and phosphoric acid iu Iheni, the
chances are that these two food ma
terials are to a certain extent "locked
up" that Is, Ihey are not Immediately
available to the plant, nnd nre only
taken out by slow degrees. Therefore,
Ihe amateur gardener will find that the
best all-round fertilizer for him to buy
1 one with an abundance of nitrogen,
and moderate quantities ot the other
two subsiaiices. Of course, for large
operations, special compounds of fer
tilizers are au economy, aud, while the
same thing holds good lu theory 011 the
snialf scale, yet lu practice, as the
amount Involved Is eo little, It Is wiser
to have one all-round fertilizer, Suc
culent vegetables particularly will
thrive on nitrogen. It makes them
grow rapidly, and that means tender
ness. Potash Is used to Improve the
quality. Phosphoric rcld helps to build
tho tissue of the plant. What a fertil
izer contains cnu always be ascertained
by veaiHug the analysis which im-st
accompany It. Look only for those
three terms. Don't re&itri auythlug
also. How much to use? Of course,
the answer largely depends- on tile
grade ot fertilizer. Stable manure can
be spread ou three- inches thick.. A
pound of nitrate of soda i sufficient
to cover from eighty to one hundred,
square feet. Garden. Magazine.
Fonltry tfoti
As Ihc health of fowl depends fnrgely
upon the place they roost, I thought I
would tell the renders of the Epitom
Ist something about a poultry house.
Make It where it will not be too windy.
Have lots, of ventilation, sun nnd light.
The roosting room does not need to bo
very large.. Nests should be about
eighteen Inches from the floor nnd un
der dropping boards. Always clean
the dropping board every morning and
never have roosts one higher than the
other, as it enusvs fowls to nli try to
roost ou (he highest one. Never have
a board floor, unless yot. will clean It
twice a week and have plenty of litter
on the Hour. 1 prefer a ground Hour.
Always after, you clean the poultry
house sprinkle lime around in the cor
ners and put lots of lice-killer In nests
and on fowls. Always Itave n box of
grit for tin fowls and some dust boxes.
And give the fowU fresh water twice
a day. I here show you a plan for a
good poultry bouse. The dropping
board Is under the roosts. J. U. Day,
Jr., In Agricultural Fpitoiulst.
Vrtlutt of limt .Mulclt.
Most of the readers of this depart
ment know eomethlng of the Import
ance of the so-called dust mulch dur
ing the season of cultlvi.tlon, although
all do not fully reall'.e what It would
menu to them if they will carry out
the plan thorouf.hly. Most of lis who
have to work the sod realize the Im
portance of conserving the moisture In
It in order tiint the plants may use It
during the periods of excessively dry
weather which are usurl all through
the country. They understand, too,
that a spll allowed to remain unstirred,
especially if It is of a clayey nature,
will dry, bake and then crack. As n
result the moisture In the soil is lost
by evaporation. On the other Jinnd, It
the surince soli to the depth of two
or three Inches Is kept very line, a
dust, ko to speak, the capillar" notion
011 top is destroyed nnd the water Is
retained In the soil so that the roots
of the plant have the benefit of It. Any
cultivated crop treated iu this manner
can lie readily Improved, the crop bo.
much larger, nnd, after all, the labor
In raising It much reduced for the work
necessary to retain the dust mulch de
stroys the weeds so that we get the
valuable dust mulch without labor.
Indianapolis News.
Fnrin Notes. '
New blood should be introduced fre
quently. Crowding Is a foe to thrift aud pro
ductiveness. Injurious effects are often produced
by Inbreeding.
A hen, to be profitable, should lay a
dollar's worth ot eggs In a year.
In supplying water to little chickens
arrange so that they can uot get their
feet wet.
Farmers have come to value sweet
milk for feeding as never before. Hun
dreds of pounds of pork nre now
grown with skim milk nnd meal.
Oue of the prettiest flowers of au
tumn is tho cosmos. Don't neglect "
plant them, and plant now, an they
are of slow growth nnd late bloomers.
The man-who goes to his stable, wa
ters his horses and gives them a light
feed the last thing every night before
he retires always has round, sleek,
good-looking animals.
Skltn-mllk for pig feeding Is worth
more than the average farmer hns ever
estimated, nnd we doubt If even tho
experimental stations have been able
10 figure out Its real Value when used
carefully In pork making.
In breeding to a family In which
great constitutional vigor ls-preseut.
and by the use of Individuals selected
011 account of their possession of the
qualities desired to bo perpetuated and
strengthened, is the shortest route to
KUCC0S.S.
To rid asters from the Inroads of the
black beetle, prepare n mixture by
melting n half cake of ordinary size
good soap aud adding six quarts of
water; spray the plants as soon as the'
Insects appear and re-spray If they per
sist lu staying.
It would be difficult to find a better
food foi young hogs aitd shouts than
two parts (by weight) of wheat, two
parts of coru and 0110 of shorts; or a
ration perhaps of equM weights of
wheat, corn and shorts, especially
where alfalfa Is not available for feed
ing. One hundred pounds of milk will
produce from 13 to 23 pounds 0" cream.
The best and largest amount of course
Is securid by using cream separators,
which always save a much larger per
eeut. of cream than cau be saved any
other way. The amount of cream also
depends upon tho Qualify of the milk.
The man who has .-. natural fond
ncBs for horses and is a good Judge of
horse stock will derive both pleasure
aud profit In breeding good horse stock
provided he starts right, keeps his sails
fairly trimmed and sells when he gets
fair offers so ns to prevent tils stock
from accumulating nod becs&Ug a
burden.
fORTIMER PRESUMED.
WMH r ramlBln Blratlr,
"Mortimer Jarvis, t hate you!"
It struck him squarely between tk,
yes, and ha reeled as-lt. from nn actum
blow. m
Tho yottnj? woman wh. spnko th,
words snt in a- Gibson girl, nttituj
with her elbows- on the- table, ijj
' glared at the masculine' person i,
faced her from tho- opposite sid6
41, ...!. I..
UJf 111 VIC.
' "l'ou-yoii' hate mc?"' lie said, rewt
erlng his equilibrium' with an effort
MA,nd hatred is a'iln- to to well, neva
mind what It's akliv to;" lie- added, t,
no- available- relationship, seemed tt
suggest itself. "Is- this n new enioiu
Grazelln, or Is it one you- hnd left ,
stock when you Invoiced hist?"'
"Sly name Is MIss TwIgg."
"Yes;. Grazella Q. Twlgg. Of courw
t do."
"Do what, sir?" . .
"Twlgg. Do you continue to hate tnt
Miss Twlgg?"
The stony glare with which she mm
regarded lllm appeared to Indicate that
she did.
"Do yon hnre me, Miss Grazella.
Twlgg ns much as you did a minute
ago?"
The eurllng Irony of her lip, so to
speak, was sufficient answer to tliii
question, likewise.
s "I will nsk you now. Miss liss,"
he said, after the mntiner of n yorni;
unison lawyer conducting 11 3 tlrt In.
portant case, "why you detest, nboro.
inate nnd regard with abhorrence tlij
Individual who now presumes "
"That Is the reason, sir," she Inter.
rupted. "You are presumptuous."
"Pardon me, Miss Twigg. lienicta.
her rou are not on cnth. Do I mulir
sland you to say 1 am presumptuous!
"I think that Is the word I used, sir."
"I will ask you new. Miss Twigg, (
you nre aware tiint 'presumptuous'
derived from the Latin word 'prae-
sumere, meaning 'to take beforehand?
"I pr "sumo It Is."
"Ha! Then you yourself presume!"
Hastily making n note of It on th
margin 'of n newspaper that lay 011 the
table, he proceeded:
"Waiving that point for the moment.
however, maylnskyou in what respect
I have been presumptuous, in the
sense of taking before "
"You take too much for granted."
"For instance ?"
"Por Instance, Mortimfi1 Jnrvis. run
take It for granted that 1 i.on't know
why you J.ave been devoting yourself
to me for the last three years."
"Oh, do I?"
"Yes, sir; you do. You presume to
think I nru -oing to be surprised nnd do
the 'this is so sudden' act when
you "
"When I what?"
"Oh, you think you've tieen so sly
about It that I never suspected "
"Suspected what?"
"As If sty girl didn't didn't
Unow "
"Know what?"
riien, all at once, her t elf-possession
deserted her, and a horrible suspicion
took Its place. Hal she been undi'lf
presumptuous herself?
Her Hps moved, but no sound cam
from them.
The young man presently assumed
control of the situation.
"Grazella," he raid, in a voice which
by every rule t accepted drama tie
nrt, should hnve hnd an accompani
ment of rlow. tremulous music, "I
plead not guilty to the main charge,
but I nm golngto take something for
grnnted now."
By executing .1 rapid flank movement
lie took possession of her hand.
In her agitation she hnd neglected to
place It out of the rench of possible
danger.
She tried to withdraw it, but it was
too late. Apparently it was there to
stay.
"And you thought me presumptuous!"
lie continued, with a desperate nttempt
to pull out theflute stop In his vocal
organ. "Why, bless your dear little
heart, I nm the shyest," tlmldest, most
self-deprecatory mortal on earth! Been
devoting myself to you for three years,
have I? Grazella "
Here he thrust the table aside with
a masterly Hank movement of his free
hand, ns being easier than stepping
around it.
"If I hadn't been the biggest coward
alive I would have spoken two years,
eleven months and twenty-nine days
ngo. That's the way they do nowadays
In all the " -
"Oh. Mortimer, what must you
think!" she walled, still struggling, but
with less desperation, to withdraw ber
hand,
' "I think you did perfectly right, dear,
to bring me to I mean you did right
to give me n chance hold your bend
still, will you! . . . 'Presumptuous!'
. . . Well, I like that . . . and
that . . . and that!"
"That's Just what you are!" sli
pouted, half an hour later.
But he took a similar advantage 0
the pout. Chicago Tribune.
UMi-lielora' ltldse.
' There Is a place in Webster Tow
ship known ns "Bachelors' nidge
Beveu unmarried men keep "bach"
as many different houses within
radius of two miles, and within th
dlstnneo there Is nof-a woman livli:
One of the bachelors, lsnr.c Brow
lias a small tract of laud, but has 1,
' live stock, uot even a chicken, n
does scarcely nny work. He refu
help from neighbors, who somelin
offer to give him something to
saying ho has no uso for their V
.it,
ve
slous. Last winter he dug n hole
an
tier his house four feet square,
placed his b'ed lu tills hole and
In It, pulling tho lid down on it.
says he kept very warm lu his
nul
Ifl't
lie
I mill;
nil the time. Corydou itiriesi) )ii
leuce
Indianapolis News.
Ktmiu'i Hun I'reienoo of IMrinil.
One ot tho most .itr klng snn Jiples of
presence of mind that has com) to our
knowledge recently Is that df lsplayed
by Mr. Brooks last Tuesday when
helping Mr. Peppuueller breijTu a mule.
The animal was hold by a jFhulter and
a rope also when It slartec A to van. I"
It he fracas the halter sllppe Id out ot Mr.
Brooks' hand, but the roifio became en
tangled about his feet a uTud threw hlnl
lo the ground, dragging him somo di:
lance, hut while u P'fie B0, at such
rats as an tiuruly nvjle cau mnke, ho
j cot his pocketkulfc j; out and cut tits
i-ope. Lawrence uni '.ette.