? Sunday Sermon
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A Scholarly Discourse By f
jj Rev. Dr. A. D. Carlile. J
AiiiiVi,,i',i,'i'1'i" v
Brooklyn, N. f. The Itev. Allan
Douglas Cnrllle. 1). D., who has re
ceived n unanimous rail to the pastor
ate of the Throop Avenue Presbyterian
Church, In this borough, made vacant
by the dentil of Dr. I.ouis Itny Foote
In December Inst, preached for the ftrt
time to tlie congregation of thnt chinch I
Sunday mortiinu I Ie is now the pastor '
of the Tabernacle Presbyterian C'linrcli i
ill Pittsburg. I'ji.. where he Is highly I
etiteetneil. The subject of his discourse I
was "Christian Growth." His text was I
II. I'eter )li:iy "But Krow in grace, nnd
In the knowledge of our Lord nnd Su- I
.vlonr. .lesus Christ," nnd he said: i
In (lie Greek the article is before the
noun in hoth ruses: "Grow In the grace
n iiI the knowledge." (inire is dclined,
theologically and abstractly, r.s "God's
loving favor; unmerited ly us." The
"gvace" of our text Is definite and spe
cific: "the grine of our Lord Jesus."
mid. for our purpose this inoi-i-ing. may
lie taken as the sum total of the graces
Hint make up Christ's matchless char
acter, our development in Christ's like
ness, and not by the acquisition of new
Braces, but by a growth of those with
in us already received. Growth, nor
mal growth, is necessary to health: if
life be rhecked it argues serious mal
ady. Christina maturity Is nothing
short of Christ -likeness. This we have
not yet attained; until we do there enn
be to more important question than:
Are we trowing at a normal rate':
Are we better than our fathers'; In
the Church to-day better than the
Church of the Information 7 Or In the
Apostolic day? Perhaps you doubt the
possibility of such a thin?. But mark
liow It grew from Pentecost to John,
and then remember that we have the
came things before us still undone. We
Jiave the same spirit of God to guide
us. nnd we have hud 1SU0 years more
time. Would It uot rather seriously re
llect upon us If we hail not advanced
upon them? In the days of Ahnb, the
darkest period iu history. F.lijnh want
ed to die because he was no bettet
itb.tn his fellows.
In the church, as in nature, there is a
twofold growth; One from without
nnd the other from within. From with
out the development of what 1 call cor
poration in numbers cud in wealth nnd
in the consequent influence upou ths
world which it has gained in the same
way nnd maintnine 1 for the same rea
son ns any other world power. The in
ward growth is development from the
heart outward; -i.jwtli of character,
and, necessarily, a growth of individ
ual character. The development of the
church in character only through the
development of the individual charac
ter. For the chnr-h is like other cor
poratinns; it has no character apart
from its members, a ml it depends upon
the perfection of ear,h several inembei
for i's perfection. One. you see, i
grov, tii in bulk, the etlie.' in charnctei
one of the corporation, of the corpor
ation indeed, but only by the growth
nf t lie Individual, and one is the re
building of the temple of Cod. One is
the progress of the kingdom of Cod
wherein we have a citizenship, and the
other the progress of the kingdom of
Cod. which is within you. The tirst
we read of constantly, the second we
bear of rarely. The' hist is the most
important nnd the less continuous in
this our day. I do uot wish to be mis
understood. 1 glory in the outward
growth of tiie church and the mighty
works done for Christ in the world, but
nil our works mean nothing beyond the
whitewashing of the outside of the sep
ulchre, save only in so far as they are
the naturai nnd inevitable evidence ol
the working of a Cod-like character.
Are we growing in char.", etc:- nt a nor
inal rale? We know he standard
Christ gave it the parable of the tares
nnd the wlrtat. tares and wheat grow
ing side by side, bur further and fur
ther n part. .So are the church nnd tin
world .nwlng together, but more am
more unlike until the .'rrest. At sow
ing time, even, was ;.ot the dividinj
line clearly marked? Is it so to day
If n'jt it shows change of character oi
one side or the Oder. W'hlo.i is it
You ask: Is not this spiritual develop
meat of so subtle a character that wt
can hope for Its continuance evei
though not I'ocogniz.Ml in ourselves o
others? How can there be change o
character wltlnut n corrcspoudiiii
change of life? Look bad; to the sow
ing time, when to cross the dividinj
life meant martyrdom. We have i
Iiarder tusk to perform than any mar
tyr had who died for Christ. There an
Imndreds here to-day who would di
thnt. It is not hard to die for Christ
but I tell you it is i.-ird to live foi
Christ: to plod on day by day on om
iiuhci'oir way, persistently, consistently
living with Cod in tills world. Am
that is your task and mine. Cet tin
character that will enable you to 1
that ami yoj may !.' the works t.iki
care of themselves.
That question come.-: "What Is the
use? I Joes u'Jt the u ccliism say we
tire not going to lie perfect in this life
but will be when we die? What is the
use?" Suppo.o; the death angel sum
inoiied yoj in-day. In order to stand
worthily in the presence of Jems every
thing that d.'liietli must be stripped off
What would there be left? A babe I
jcu-fecl, but it is only a perfect baby
I omo I ne.v a beautiful child, the do
l:ght and ,1-,y of the household, but.
alasl She -MV up to the ego of twen
ty and was still ,i bal.e. A bnbe ot
three is a el . 1,1 of promise, but a babe
of tucalv is a monstrosity. And is h
l;ol possible that in 'l.e holy city there
are babes of tiuee n.-oi c years and ten
v. lin-O! only place is among- the chil
dren? Would that satisfy you1.' So'.
Then "Gr.nv iu grace and in the knowl
edge of our Lord ami Saviour, Jesu
Christ." Il'it how? Two tilings are
necessary; The spirit of Cod in out
liearts and tins knowledge of the trntt
us it is ill Jesus. The spirit of Cod yot
have; the knowledge of the truth yot
mils' n, -quire. F'-r it is by the tr'l:
Hi.M, you will be liberated; by the trutt
you nr,j ninetiliod.
It is not enough, therefore, to any
"! know I have not done us well as I
Uii( ; I will try to do better." You al
ways do us well ns you know. The
Until you know bus bei u making you
what you are. To be holy you must be
wiser; to be better you must know
more, for truth Is not a thins you cat!
record In n book or formulate In I
creed. Truth lit a stent living charac
ter, n life -Determining principle; "As a
man thinketh in his heart, so Is ho."
Take the- i'.lble and follow the word.
Like prow tli in Christ growth In
knowledge must be gained Individually.
You cannot kuow another's knowledge
,nny more than you can go to heaven
on another's faith. Some years ago In
a theological seminary a young man
'.was being examined. He got along
well until one of the examiners asked
lilm a certain question, which took hlJJ
'by surprise, lie could not answer iu
lis then stnte of mind. If lie had been
asked suddenly his ago be could not
shave told It. At last on the question
being pressed be said: " believe what
the Presbyterian Church believes." He
did not pass. It will not pa you.
There are some things like that In tle
church, far too serious to be funny.
Such ns going to the par' or time nftcr
time nnd nrkinii: "Is this right?" "Is
thnt man's position correct?'' Where
Is that spirit that gtlidetli Into all
truth?
What are yon doing to ndvnncc the
Presbyterian Church, or our name In
Ills name, by your own development?
A danger to-dny lies In believing In the
wrong or error that may be In our
creeds. Is there nnything in them that
ought to be eliminated? It Is n great
peril tu think thnt all truth Is in our
creed and that wlmt Is not written
there Is wrong. For that stops ad
vancement nnd Is n check to nor pro
gress In Christ's knowledge nnd grace
nnd means declension loss. Christ
taught the truth nnd did not formulate
It. The apostles enlarged upon It to
meet the needs of the growing church:
the early fathers systematized truth
into creeds. And so It went on down
from the time of Constantino to the
Itenaissance. until we found the truth
not by ecclesiastical dictum, but In ef
fect It was the same. I have seen old
people so under the domination of
their eccleslnstical commentator that
they could see nothing In the Bible but
what he taught.
Hut ns I read the signs of the time
the church to-day is on the eve of an
advancement In the knowledge ot
Jesus Christ ttnequ.illed Iu her history.
You ami I want a part In that. 1 know
some of my ministerial brethren do not
so rend: they listen to the Jarring
voices of to-day: "Ioivn with the Bi
ble. Lop off lump after lump nnd give
us love iu n mighty principle." which Is
but a sentimentality. Thnt is not what
Cod means. We are nt the hendwnters
of a mighty, flowing river, which Is yet
bubbling nnd hns not become deep nnd
cnlm and still. But it will, nnd when
It does we shnll have more truth, not
less. He sure of thnt. Our creeds
ought to gather up In themselves nil
the truth thnt is in Christ Jesus per
petually. Just ns He gathers up in Him
self the "fulness of the godhead bodi
ly." Their confusion Is like a puzzle
picture from which some pieces are
lost. It is your duty, and mine, to flud
the pieces nnd put them In their proper
places until our creed becomes a per'
feet pen picture of the Cod-man. When
It does, w e shall have n creed on which
every lover of the God-man will stand
comfortably. It will be that way In
henven. It shay he that way on earth.
Don't you want a hand In that? How?
Not only for your own sake, but for
the world's sake nnd the church's sake.
"Crow In grnce nnd in the knowledge
of our Lord nnd Saviour. Jesus Christ."
How? Simply by the use of the
means of grace which Christ Instituted
for thnt very purpose; by the public
ministry of the Word, by private inter
course with Jesus, by your right use of
the Word of Cod. by those activities
for which you llnd channels not only
In the church, but out of it every day.
whereby your spiritual muscles mid
smews are developed as your physica
ones are by use.
A I'myi-r,
Lord. I know not what I ought to ask
of Thee; Thou only knowest what I
need. Thou lovest me better than I j
know bow to love myself. O Father,
give to Thy child that which lie himself
knows not how to ask. I dare not nsk
either for crosses or consolations; 1 i
simply present myself before Thee. I !
open my heart to Thee. Heboid my
needs which I know not myself; see
nnd do according to Thy tender mercy.
Smite or heal, depress me or raise me
up, I adore all Thy purposes -without
knowing them; I nin silent: I offer my
self in sacritice; I yield myself to Thee;
I would have no other desire than to
accomplish Thy will. Teach me to
pray. Prny Thyself in me. Amen.
Francois de la Mothe-Fenelon.
Kecrt of Her Power.
What was the secret of such a one's
power? What had she done? Ab
solutely nothing, but radiant smiles,
beaming good humor, the tact of divin
ing what everyone felt and evervone
wanted, told that she had got out of
self and learned to think of others; so
that nt one time It showed Itself by
sweet words; at another, by smoothing
an invalid's pillow; nt another, by
soothing a sobbin? chi!-!. None but
nhe saw tho'e thl'i'-s. .-.one but a
loving heart could see them. Thnt was
the secret of ber heavenly power.
Ham's Horn.
A Hrt Throb.
O most glorious God, relieve my
spirit with Thy graclousness. Take
from me all todlousness of spirit, and
give me a hope that shall not fall, a
desire of holiness not to be satisfied
till it possesses a charity thnt will al
ways increase, thnt I may turn all
things Into religion, doing all to Thy
glory; that, when Thou shalt call me
from this delieiousness of employment.
I may puss into the employments of
saints nnd angels, whose work it Is,
with eternal Joy and thanksgiving, to
sing praises unto Thy mercies. Amen.
Jeremy Taylor.
1 tin Victor VI tn 1,'arcauie,
The word "tribulation" is derived
from the Latin word tribulum. a
threshing Instrument, by which the
Human husbandmen separated the
corn from the chaff, snys n writer in
the Southern Cross, and it was often
used by the Christian writers as an
Image for setting forth a hither truth,
and so the trials nnd sorrows of this
life are "Cod's threshing instruments"
for separating in men whatever is
light, sinful, poor and trivial from
what is j;ood. solid nnd true literally
the wheat from the ehalf littlug them
for the heavenly garner. t
M all' Ni lilellt ArqilUlllon.
Goodness of heart is man's brightest i
minor a tin notnest acquisition. It is
that ray of Uivinity which dlgulfles
liuiiia nity.
ST A I IT TTTF. PIGS BIGHT.
The man who starts off his pigs on
the corn ratlou about as soon as lie
cuu after they tiro weaned Is laying In
a store of trouble for himself later.
There Is u trouble known to nwlne
raisers ns contracted stomach, which
results from an Improper rnlion. The
animal is apparently "off Its feed,"
nay the Indianapolis News, but the
fact is, the ration hns been so poorly
balanced that the stomach lias not
grown with tho growth of the rest of
the body. If the young pigs are to be
allowed a range they will do more or
less rooting, eating of soil and sod; as
this Is their nature, It will not hurt
them, but If they are placed where one
does not wish the sod uprooted, then
the animals must be ringed. If mid-dliiib-si
and ollmeal are introduced with
lha corn ration there will be consid
erably less trouble. Some of the stock
foods on the market have their greatest
value to the swine raiser who does
lot feed a balnnced ratlou, and if these
Mock foods can be obtained practically
free from drugs or condiments, they
die very valuable la stifli cases.
P
JULY FIRST.
Humility, the Foundation Virtue.
Matt. 20:20-28; I Pet. 5:5.
To be served requires no greatness;
those only require greatness that
nerve.
Christ camo to show tin Ood as the
Infinite Servant, the great Solf-Olver;
who henceforth dares scorn a ser
vant? Humility Is tho true ch, ",i of gold;
no royul robe Is so resp' -ndent.
There Is no more certa. i omen of
failure than to have- God against you;
thut is, to be proud In spirit.
Suggestions.
"Humility" Is from the Latin
"humus," the ground; It Is the
ground or all nobility, (he foundation
virtue.
Humility Is the foundation of wis
dom: l he conceited man rnnnot. be
taught.
Humility Is the foundation of In
fluence: men do not love self-lovers.
Humility is the foundation of hap
piness; overweening ambition ulwayH
ineanr. misery, hut modest content
ment means peace, whatever the lot
may be.
Humility Is the basis of sulvation.
Muny men will not be saved because
they want to save themselves.
Illustrations.
Any teacher will testify that a
mediocre scholar who is teachable
will learn more than a brilliant
scholar who thinks ho knows It nil.
The head o u church is culled a
minister, 1. e., n servant. The head
of a government is called a prime
minister, 1. e., the first servant.
Questions.
Am I trying to exalt, myself, or my
Suvlour?
Ho I llnd my joy In the service, or
the reward'.'
Do I count any service of others
beneath me?
Quotations.
Huifiility Is the solid foundation of
all the vlitues. Confucius.
There ure sweet surprises awaiting
many a humble soul lighting against
great odds In the buttle of a seem
ingly commonplace life. Henry van
Dyke.
The doctrines of grace humble man
without degrading him and exalt him
without inflating him.--Hodge.
At our worst, we are weaker than
we think. At our best, we are strong
er than we think. We have help in
both directions. Let us, therefore,
be humble and wutchful on the one
hand, and hopeful and joyful on the
other. Bishop O. P. Fitzgerald.
That things are not so 111 for you
and me as they might have been Is
partly due to those who lived humble
lives and rest In unvisited tombs.
George Kliot.
THE I.KXGTn OF G MILS' DHESSKH
"Madam Modisl" snys, in House
keeper: "It seems to me that I have
never yet made a gown for a girl any
where between fourteen nnd eighteen
years of age that it did not involve
n discussion about the length of the
Bkirt, which almost amounted to a
little quarrel between the mother nin!
daughter. Of course, I realize thai
the girls are foolish Iu wanting to be
young ladies before they have had all
the fun out of their young girlhood
but I often think thai, If the niothen
remembered a little more about theh
own feelings on the subject when the)
were the same age. und, Instead ot
being cross about it, told the girls the)
could have the skirts the very longes
that would be proper, it wouldn't meai
so much unpleasantness during theh
dressmaking seances. When my owl
opinion Is called for Iu the matter. I
always strenuously Insist that girls be
tweeu fourteen and sixteen should
not wear their skirts an Inch below
their shoe tops, which Is nine lnchel
from the floor; but I try to Imprest
on them that my reason Is that the)
look very much more attractive It
skirts this length, and that It Is ful
more 'proper' than to wear a longei
skirt at that age. When a girl gets to In
eighteen, the length of her frocks mus
be lurgely determined by her height
If she looks younger, I always advist
ber to keep them short for a while
but if she is tall, there Is no reasot
why she sould not wear them nukli
length if she wishes. Like the moth
ers, I cannot leave the subject, though
without reminding them tli.-it- 1 1 ,,.-.. i.
plenty of time ahead for long frocks.' 1
FLONT) STEXOGK.VPIIF.lt PASSF..
"The pretty little blond stenogra
pher," said u commercial traveler
"has almost disappeared from th
hotels, also the kittenish telephone
girl and telegraph operator. Thelt
places are taken, in the belter grade
of hotels all over the country, by
sedate, dignified, self poised, self re
specting young women, wbo know how
to treat hotel patrons with unassail
able reserve, at the same time beiii
perfectly courteous and attentive.
"Oh, no, of course there Is no objec
tion to blondes as such, but they must
jiot be of the artificial variety. Any
young woman who is employed around
a hotel ollice nowadays must dress
well, but not gaudily, nnd must under
stand that it Is no part of her business
to flirt with the hotel patrons.
"Xo, I don't think the change was
brought about by the complaints of
married women, but by the attitude
of business men who travel. When
they wish to dictate a letter or other
document, or send a message by wire,
they do not wish to be suspected of
trying to strike up n flirtation with the
girl iu charge of that department, it
is a bore, and no man who Is anything
better than a Johnny lias time foi
It. Hotel managers have learned that
their best patrons have little time to
lose In such ways, and they choose for
olilce Jobs young women who are self
respecting and expert In their work."
New York Sun.
The forest service of the Department
of Agriculture has Issued statistics of
the crosstles purchatted by the men in
railroad companies during 1!K)5. The
total number of ties reported Is 80,051,.
000, of which 22rii;!),Ouu, or 0 per cent.,
were to be used for the construction of
now track. As 05 per cent, of the rail,
way mileage reported, the total num
ber of ties used by the steam railways
would bo 84,400,000, representing near
ly 8,000,000,000 feet nt lumber, buurd
measure.
! TIIE SUjNDAI SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JULY I.
BDhJerti .tenia unit the Children, Matt,
llt., 1-14 Golden Text, Mett.xvill.,14
MmnnrT Vfnn, a, 3 Tople I l.rllonl
From a. Child" Tent Commentary.
I. A question asked (v. 1).
1. "At the snme limp." After Peter
bad returned rVoui paying the tribute.
"Came the disciples." By coinbinlni!
the three nccounts we learn thnt the
disciples had discussed the question as
to who should he the greatest, nnd
thnt Jesus, knowing their ambitions,
hnd opened the subject by nsklng them
about the dispute they hnd among
themselves by the way. At first the
disciples, thoroughly ashamed, were
silent, but n little Inter they came nnd
submitted the question to Him. "Who
is the greatest?" Such Is blind human
nature; always desiring to be mnde
prominent. "In the kingdom of lieav
en." They still view the kingdom of
Chiist ns a temporal one.
M. Lessons from a little child (vs.
2 5i. 2. "Called a little child." Jesus
purposes to teach them by means of an
object lesson. He corrects their false
ideas about greatness. The little child
was their teacher.
:i. "Verily." A word that denote!
the Importance of what is to follow.
"Kxcept ye be converted." The word
here rendered "be converted" moiiiif
"turn about so as to face In the othei
direction." It always signifies a radi
cal and complete change. "And become
ns little children." Humble, teachable,
obedient. "Ve shnll not enter." They
not only could not be Hist, but they
could not enter. There Is no way into
the kingdom of grace only by the door
ot Humility. 4. "Whosoever." All
have equal privileges. "Shnll humble
, himself," None but the lowly are In
the kingdom, nnd the lowliest In the
kingdom are the greatest. "The same
is greatest." Selfishness is the root of
nil sin. True humility is the surest
mark of true greatness.
5. "Whoso shall receive." That Is.
shnirshow kindness to, shall help and
care for. "One such little child." This
refers not only to actual children (Luke
IMSl. but also to Christ's followers who
have a humble, childlike spirit." "In
.My name." Out of love '.o Me and for
My sake. "Itecelveth Me." Jesus con
siders Himself treated ns wo treat His
little ones.
III. Christ's teaching concerning of
fenses (vs. ti-iii. (i, "Shall offend."
Whoso, shnll cnuse one of My little
ones to stumble nnd fall Into sin. "It
were better." This shows the great
ness of the offense. "That a millstone."
A very large stone. "About bis neck,"
etc. liiownlng iu the sea was a pun
ishment used among the ancients. 7.
"Woe unto the world." Or, alas for
the world. "Because of occasions of
stumbling" (1!. V.i Because there are
so many temptations and stumbling
blocks put before men. "It must needs
be." In this world. Hint Is so full of
sin nnd wickedness, those who serve
Christ will be tempted. "Woe to that
mnn through whom tlw occasion Com
eth" IU. V.) Woe to the man who Is
guilty of the awful crime ot lending
others into sin. F.neh man Is personally
responsible for his own actions. 8.
"If thy hand foot causeth thee to
stumble" (It. V.) If objects as dear to
thee as these most valuable and pre
cious member of the body cause thee
1o stumble nnd to fall Into sin. "Cut
them off," etc. The pleasing thing if
hurtful, must be given up and re
nounced. "Into life halt." The only
one who renounces a successful life
here by giving up a profitable business
because of Its worldly character, or by
giving up a pleasing and profitable oc
cupation because It cannot lie followed
to the glory of God, and who accept
poverty nud hardship, may be said to
enter into life "halt or maimed," but
It Is better to do this than to lose eter
nal life.
!. "Into the hell of fire" IK. V.) The
literal Gehenna was a valley to tho
south of Jerusalem, a former scene of
Moloch worship, and later the place
where the refuse of the city was
burned with perpetual llres. This tire
Is the symbol of terrible torment, which
is awaiting the finally Impenitent.
IV. Christ's care for His little ones
(vs. 10-Hi. 10. "IJesplse not." As
though they were beneath your notice.
"Little ones." Children; therefore the
weakest and most lowly of those who
believe iu Christ. "In heaven their an
gels." The angels In heaven, who he
boid the face of the Father, have a pe
culiar charge over ttieni. 11. This
verse is omitted from the Revised Ver
sion, hut If it does not belong here, it
certainly belongs elsewhere, for Jesus
came to save sinners. Yi. "One
gone astray." This parable is given
more fully In Luke 15:10. The lost
sheep is a type of one straying away
from the fold ot Christ Into sin. i:i.
He icjoicetli more. That sheep was of
no more value than the other sheep. It
was Its "rescue" that caused the joy.
1 I. "F.ven so." Our heavenly Fath
er has done all that He can do to bring
all men to repentance; It Is uot His
will that any should perish.
CFItING ALFALFA.
Many farmers who have had their
first experience with alfalfa have had
ome difficulty in curing the hay. They
treat it ns they do timothy or other
grasses, and find It loses much of its
virtue cured lu this manner. As a
inulter nf fact such a process is jiot
curing, but drying, and alfalfa will not
stand drying.
The best plan of curing it which
bus yet been tried is to rake the ndfnlui
into wluiows as soon as It can be
handled to advantage. It is then
cocked up Into small cocks and covered
with the regulation muslin hay caps,
w hich have weights at the corners.
Iu this way It cures perfectly If left
for five or six days, and Is then taken
out. allowed to dry In the sun for half
a day. and then carted to tho barn.
This plan holds the color lu he nlfalfa
und cures the plant perfectly without
drying Ir out. If those who have bad
trouble with the curing of alfalfa will
try this plun there will be no trouble
iu curing the liny su as to retain lm
full value. Indlunnpolls News.
Tha Age or an Kg.
A sit.iple method of finding out the
age of an egg Is by means of the air
apace, which Is situated toward the
broad end of the shell. If the egg is
held up between the hands before a
light lu a dark room the air space can
be easily discerned, and by its size the
age can be determined. In a perfectly
fresh egg the air space is very stual!,
but as ago Increase it Mteiid, until
when the egg is three weeks old the
air apace occupies about a sixth of
the entire contents. With practice the
age can be told to within twenty-four
hours. British Agricultural Economist.
1'
Food For tha l'lanta
Do not be afraid of getting too much
!ommerclal phosphate under the crop,
except nitrate of soda, which should
be used as n top dressing on all pul
verized plants.
Utray Toola,'
If some farmers would just calculate
'.lie time (hey sometimes use "up In
uniting for tools thnt hnve gone astray
there would very shortly be a "place
for everything nnd everything in Its
plnce." It doesn't pay to use up a dol
lar's worth of time to hunt for a fifty
lent tool that has been lost or mislaid.
Now Thnt Yon Are Properou.
There is no getting over the fact that
It the present time the greater major
ity of the American farmers are pros
perous ami fairly well fixed financially.
This being the case, Isn't the present a
aiost opportune time for you to send
,our son, or sons, to some good ngrl
.'Ultural college or school? By so doing
roil can assist blm In his pursuit of
juowledge, which will, In after years,
e of untold assistance to blm in ad
vancing the business of agriculture
ind mnklng himself Independent of oth
;ra, so far as this world goes, New
Vork Witness.
Air.ilra an a Hob Food.
At one of the Canadlau institutes a
speaker said that "In no way will alf
lfa yield a larger return than as a
pasture for hogs. A srront mnnv of the
i farmers are doing this, and are getting
very targe returns. I know one who
tept ten head of bogs to the acre of alf
alfa, and they were not able to keep it
Jown, and he cut It for bay ouce and
jot a ton to the acre. It is possible to
grow good large hogs on alfalfa with
aut any other food, but the best results
have been obtained from feeding a
small amount of some other food along
with it, such as corn. I would feed
about two ears per day to hogs pas
tured on alfalfa."
A Cause of Poor Separation.
From experiments In Sweden to de
termine the cause of the unsatisfac
tory results occasionally noted In the
sparntlou of milk, it hns been shown
tWit when the milk bus been strongly
agitated (as in certain methods of pas
teurlzatiou), before separation, n lower
percentage of cream is obtained. In
tho skim milk, when separated under
good conditions, the percentage of fat
suould not exceed 0.1 per cent.; If the
milk hns been previously agitated, this
mount may run up to 0.5 per cent.
The explanation is that during the agi
tation some of the large fat globules
are broken tip Into smaller sizes, al
though some may increase their vol
ume. Very minute globules are sep
arated with dllliculty; the smnller they
are the more effect has the stickiness
of the milk upon them. The snme dif
ficulty is also noticed when dealing
with the milk of cows that have been
long lu milk, the fat globules of their
milk being much smaller than when
newly calved. The conclusion, drawn
from the experiments, Is that milk in
tended for butter making should not
be subjected to any violent agitation
previous to passing it through the
separator.
Why Mowing- Kill, (he I!uK.
On most soils fall plowing lays the
ground open to the action of the ele
aieuts, rendering fertility available,
oosening nnd fining the soil and de
stroying insects and vermin. Another
idvautage is thnt It enables the farmer
lo sow liis grain earlier than he other
wise could, for at tire first thawing, be
fore plowing Is possible, he could sow
his wheat. Besides, if it should be a
ting year he gains on them by early
planting, ;id the grain is out of the
way before the chinch bug becomes nu
merous. The harrow cannot be used too much
tor surface fitting. The roller Is a dan
gerous Implement except on light sandy
soils. If used on heavy lands it should
generally precede sowing and at least
one harrowing iollow it. On fall
plowed lands disking and burrowing lu
the spring is sufficient. Plowing may
lafely be omitted when the wheat fol
lows corn or some clean-cultivated crop
int on yrass lauds or where weeds or
jther growths are prevalent it is best
lo plow lo a depth of five Inches, turn
ing under all green growth, then pre
pare with disk and steel-tooth harrows.
Uon't skimp the harrowing, it is the
Important part.-Farmlng.'
Kohlrabi For Block.
This root Is cultivated much In the
same way as Swede turnips, but Is
homewhat more hardy that is, bears a
little more roughing It lu u general
way. Manure at the rate of sixteen
tons cf good farmyard dung to the
acre, work the ground to u fine tilth,
and drlil on the Hat as soon as the
ground in ready. It is a characteristic
of the crop that It may be varied In lis
time of sowing from early In April un
til nftcr mid-summer. It Is really of
the cabbage family, nnd, like the cab
bage, may be transplanted. If It is
found more convenient to rear the
plants on a nursery bed. Unlike the
Kwcde. It nourishes on clay land. If
sown directly in field, drill In rows
twenty Inches apart, four pounds of
seed per acre, lightly roll to cover the
eed and to leave n level surface to
Hie ground. Tup dress as soon as the
plunts appear with some active dress-Jug-say,
Kiinnu at the rate of 400
pounds per acre, or it may be sown as
soon as the seed la drilled, or even with
the seed. Klugle the plants out In due
lime. Ktotii lu precisely the came man
lier as mangel or Swedes, and serve to
atock lu a similar manner, it Is
claimed for kohlrabi that when served
to dairy cows it does not make the but
tor strong, ns Swedes are so apt to do.
There are only two varieties lu use
Ibe "short top" and tho "hardy green."
Both aro suitable for field or garden.
The former Is the earlier, but the latter
suits sheep and limbs quite as well
probably a bit better. Uostou Cultiva
tor. ltenovatlug- Iforia.
Farm bores generally have a hard
spring, as arrears of work have to be
caught up hurriedly, and tho soil is
iFXceptioiiMlly beavy to work, Tho
boraos will, undoubtedly, enjoy and
benefit bt a rest or less work, and be
ing out at tho jrms is a great ease
nrmi
ment In many ways. The buggy or
riding horse on tho farm Is not usually
overworked, nnd unless on extra duty
the grass alone should keep It In condi
tion. Any partial cripples that hnve
been mnde ns much use of as possible
nnd nn old horse or two are often very
useful on the farm should be given a
complete rest on the grass to recoup
against haying time. When there Is a
milk run, the milk cart horse Is the
one whh h has ns much bard work to
do as any one on the farm. lie Is at It
dally, Sunday Included, width sooner
or luter generates weakness, mostly in
the legs, and a rest on the grass if' not
only well merited, but highly advan
tageous, especially If given in time, nnd
before the horse bus become a chronic
cripple.
When these horses are put out and
rested a month or so nnd this Is none
too long they should have their shoes
taken off and run bnrefooted. Hacks
which have been much employed dur
ing the winter, but are now not so
much used, should never be kept In
the stable, ns a ruu at grass Is much
the better way of cither resting or Im
proving them. If the winter work has
been hard and the horses are run down,
the sooner the rest nnd grass cure Is
begun the better. To run them on till
the fall will only Increase their ail
ments, while a rest In time will often
quite cure deficiencies, which, If let go
or aggravated by further cause, may
end In serious loss or permanent flaws.
A horse that really needs a rest should
have nothing short of one month. Two
would be better In many cases, while
three months will rejuvenate most
animals In a satisfactory manner.
If possessed of any ailments which
no veterinarian can relieve or remove,
this attention should be given when
grazing begins, or grazing should fol
low the treatment closely, If It ennnot
b accomplished when on grass and
out. The most favorable lnnd for re
cruiting horses' is that of a marshy
character. Leg and foot ailments are
the most common, and soft ground Is
desirable as a remedy, but It should
always be associated with good grass.
A good water supply should Invariably
be a condition of horse grazing fields,
which should be absolutely free of
barbed wire, broken rails or shnrp pro
jections, which are likely to enter
either foot or body. Shade in hot
weather Is also enjoyed, and If not suf
ficiently supplied by trees, nn open
fhed should be erected. Iu that ense
rough, strong posts and nny kind of
cool roof answer the purpose perfectly,
W. It. Gilbert, in Massachusetts
Ploughman.
KKC-Kutlng Habit.
"The egg-eating, habit Is laid to a
good many causes. However, in my
experience I have seldom noticed It
where plenty of oyster shall or shell
forming material was at hand. It
generally has its beginning where
fowls get to laying soft-shelled eggs,
There are two reason for this a soft
shelled egg is an invitation to a fowl
to help itself nnd also If they did uot
need the shell element they would
not lay soft shells unless In tho case
where the fowls nre over-fat," snys C.
A. Stone lu Poultry Standard. "There
are a good many remedies, but I have
never run across any that were abso
lutely sure every time. The most pruc
tlcnl way I have ever struck Is to catch
the leader, If possible, nt the very be
ginning, before the flock has learned
the trick, and apply the hatchet cure.
Or where the habit Is universal supply
all the oyster shells they can eat.
Keep them hustling for their feed.
Gather the eggs as often as possible;
don't leave any in the uest if yon can
possibly help It. Also supply a liberal
amount of animal food, a piece of raw
meat bung up where they will have to
Jump for It will detract their atten
tion, as with other habits. Then stock
up with a number of loaded eggs.
Take a few eggs and cr.;ck them
apart, keeping the shell as whole as
possible. Then make a paste, mixed
up with a liberal supply of red pepper,
altogether too much for comfort, or
something similar; now by Ailing the
shells we have an egg which, if sup
plied liberally for a few tiays, will gen
erally discourage the egg-eating bnbit
very soon. This remedy combined
with keeping the nests in a dark loca
tion will almost always effect cure."
Farm and Onrden Notea.
There Is no soil too good for the gar
den. Poor seed lu good soil is mnklng a
poor use of a good thing.,
For. the best and most tender vegeta
bles tho ground must be rich.
Every orchard that Is well cultivated
can be made to pay handsomely.
Keep the stables clean; standing In
wet manure tends to make the feet of
the horses tender.
Systematic training Is of value In
handling young colts; teach tbem one
thing at a time and l.-arn It thoroughly.
With poultry, as with other farm
products, one secret in being able to
secure good prices lies In the offering
of good stock.
The proper way to feed corn to young
chickens is to give In a crushed or
cracked condition, nnd It may be fed
dry or scalded.
In breeding for color, always select
birds a shade darker than the color
you want to breed, as fowls, are In
clined to breed lighter.
The crowding together of young
chicks is productive of more evil thun
almost any other form of mismanage
ment, and especially so In summer.
Catch the first toad you sue and
place It In the garden. Aside from his
usefulness In catching insects be is
nn amusing creature, for when be
stands be sits and wiimsj It tmmt k
bops.
Seeds of all vine crei.e may be sown
on inverted sods In tho cold frame.
After danger of frost has passed, ths
sods and plants should be removed In
tact to prepared hills In tho gardou.
Place four plants to the hill.
.In the mountains of Panay and other
Islands of the , southern Philippines
moths can be scrapod up by the quart
Tho natives bave learned to prize
tbem as an artlclo of food, and they
now collect and sat tbem la largs
quautltlei.
The smallest vibration of sound
be distinguished better with ou
than with both. tt;
Only one person in flftten hnj p.
feet, eyes, the largest percentage of h.
feets prevailing among fair-liaiM
people.
The prlmnry cause of sour milk k
the growth of certain bacteria thnt i
always very numerous in the air am
cannot be kept out of the milk. The
are most abundant during damp, iiea(.
weather, which usually acootnpnrjli,
thunder storms, as such weather h
particularly favorable to their devi.
WW f T I .... n ,l,n .... , ..... '
nic I'ui'uuiL uotion tint
thunder storms make milk sour.
A testing apparatus for varnlnh
supplying a needed standard, has bp,
brought out In Scotland by Profesior
Bally and Dr. Laurie. It lncludei ,
blunt steel point pressed down by i
spiral spring, and this point Is drairj
over a dry coat of the varnish on gl&ii,
the pressure being Increased until
the varnish is scratched. The prewute
being known, a definite meaanr.
the oughness and hardness of the vat
nlsh Is made available.
Liquid air blasting cartridges, as it
scribed by .. Jacquter, are made bj
packing powdered charcoal In a can
of stout paper, and covering this win
an asbestos wad through which i
paper tube passes to the bottom ol
the cartridge. When ready to tjne,
liquid air is poured Into the tube, tbi
cartridge being fired bv a fnlminai.
pap In the usual way. The firing shouli
follow the filling within ten minutei,
as the liquid nlr gradually evaporatei.
Mr. W.'E. Scarrltt, formerly presi
dent of the Automobile Club ot Anier,
lea, says. In Cassler's Magazine, thai
be expects In the near future to see
very fair runabouts sold for $300, and
touring cars of a similar gTade foi
$500. He also predicts thnt in tinu
prices will be still lower, so low. In.
deed, that the average city workman
will bo able to own bis own automobile,
as he now owns his bicycle, so that
he can keep bis family iu the country,
and rldo to and from his work.
Why the teeth of some people decay
cnrly -while those of others continue
sound throughout n long life Is n prob
lem that appears to have been only im
perfectly solved. A European investi
gator, Dr. O. Risn, has lately unalyzed
the saliva of 21!) children, averaging
thirteen yeors of oge, and hns con
firmed the idea that there is a rela
tion between the alkalinity of the sal
iva and dental carles. A bighly alka
line saliva Insures good teeth. lie lias
made many experiments to determine
bow nn ucld or slightly alkaline saliva
tuny be made decidedly alkaline, and
has proven that a diet containing much
lime bns a marked Influence, and doe
much to keep the teeth In perfect con
dition. Cheap oxygen is the one Important
product thus far obtained from liquid
nlr, for which such extravagant prophe
cies have been made. As the nitrogen
nnd oxygen of the" liquid air return to
the gaseous state at different temper
atures, it has proven to be possible to
separate them by fractional distilla
tion, and ns the evaporation of the
gases cools the air entering to be com
pressed In the apparatus, tho process
Is very economical. An Idea of this
efficiency lias lately been given by M.
Georges Claude. Ills plant produces
one thousand cubic metres of oxygen,
with a purity of nlnety-Hix to ninety
eight per cent. In twenty-four hours,
and the cost In France is only one
twentieth of that of oxygen from the
electrolytic decomposition of water.
THE COLO UPPER AIR.
Surprising- Htreaka or Warmth Encount
ered Sometimes.
Generally speaking, the temperature
f the air falls with ascent about one
degree for every three hundred feet.
The change la pretty regular, too. There
are exceptions to the rule, though. A
report has Just appeared lu print about
some experiments made lu Italy with
"unmanned" balloons. They wore seut
up near Venice. One Important Inver
sion of temperature amounting to tea
degrees Fahrenheit, wan experienced
between 10,000 and 10,885 metres, on
August 4, last year, notwithstanding
the fact that a few hours previously a
ery violent thunder storm occurred
at the station. The second ascent was
made on August 30, at the tle of the
solar eclipse; the luferslou ot tempera
ture was uot so marked as in the pre
vious case, but amounted to Ave de
grees between tho heights of 18,000
metres and 20,000 metres. The exact
altitude of the inversion during this
ascent Is somewhat uncertain, as the
barometric trace was partially obliter
ated by the peasants who picked up
the records. Thunderstorms wero also
prevalent about twelve hours prior to
the lime of this ascent. Tho discov
ery of such inversions of temperature
Is known to be one of the most inter
psting result3 connected with tho recent
explorations of the upper air.
The lien and Behnoltna'aras.
Continuing his talks lu "Nature
Study," at tho Teachers' Institute of
l'ottstown, Pit., Dr. Bigelow said that
the barnyard bun is the first bird of
the year to lay uu egg. and that it 19
this that makes her the most lovable
American bird. ''The greatest need of
the public school teachers," be said,
"Is a f utter pocket-book," and he would
recommend io them as c pleasant out-of-door
diversion and wealth-promoter
the honey boo business. He instanced
cases Aif the greut profit and pleusure
derived Jtom It, he having harvested
twenty-blue tonB of happiness from his
thirty colonies of bees last year.
Will of Three Wordi.
"All to mother.0, T."
The above words constituted the
deathbed will hy which Frederick
Charles William Tboruu, y. Ixjudun,
about 10,000 to bis wife, whom hn
always addressed auC spoke of at
"mother." , , ., ..
Ia pronouncing th) will valid, tbt
Probate Judge said Uitt It was ths,
hortest aver aeea. . ..,