: SUNDAY SERMON : 2 w w 2 JJ A Scholarly DltcouM. By m Rev Robert II. Canon. n f flronklyn. N V.-In Grn', rresby. terlan Church the pastor, tie Itev. Hub ert H. Carson, prcin.li Sur.day even lr.g froir. the hook of Uutli. Arro::g other things hp sntd: We a great cf the b-anty and power of tlx1 ilible tpcaue cf the manner In which wf are accus tomed to rend It. There lire very few who tnke time to rend n whole bonk through at a single sitting. We dip Into Scripture ns if it won' n book of fnte, reading n verse here nml nnother there, so It is not surprising tlint we rise from the exercise having received but little help nml spiritual refresh ment. There Is im royal road to knowledge. There Is no way to gar nor tho lessons which Holy Script ur ten cli i' save through that sternly and persistent searching of which our Sav Ions poko when He saiil. ' Search the Scriptures, for they are they which testily of .Me." It is our hope this evening to point out some of the beautiful lesions con. tallied in one little book of the Itililo, in one of the most d"liglit fill stories ever presented fur contemplation by the mind of man. I refer to the book of Ruth. Its very place In the sacred canon makes it a memorable piece of literature. It Is. as you know, pre ceded by the book of Judges, and fol lowed by the book (if Samuel. These books are concerned almost exclusively with the national history of rao with the wars, defeats, humiliations, murmuring, coniplainincs. repininus nnd repentances of the people. They r not. in the main, pleasant reading. Their pases are red with blood, and violence, and rapine, nn.l lawless deeds, the unchangeable consequences of a nation forgetting Ibid and negating to do Ills will. i It is n great pleasure, therefore, to 1 turn from these books that t ll of the ups nnd downs of national life, and ' tix the attention upon the charming story oT He.th. That little book pic tures domestic 1 i r i -: it gives u a glimpse Into the )ii.-t. everyday habits and customs of the men aril women -of that time, ami we see them in their homos. In Hie harvest tn.;d. at tin' festivals, and at religious services. ! ISiogrnphy is, I think, the favorite reading matter. V are deluded with a flood of lii-!itions biography in the shape of novels which come by thou rands from the printing pi-ess every 1 year. It is an easy, but not very profitable kind of reading, for in the majority of cases there is a treat deal of unreality , too great an nlisenee of the lifelike, ami too little of what we know to ho a common expoi lenee. It is not so, however, in the book of Ruth. There we have lite truly de picted: there we meet wiih men and women as we llnd them to-day not an gels nnd not demons, but erring, endur- ' inc. faithful and not mildest. ! It is not my intention to enter upon the story. I trust that yon all know it. or that if you do not. that yon will take a quiet half hour this very even ing, and peruse that little book, which, in its superiority, is as far removed from our modern stories ns the east Is from the west. In coming into touch, then, with this piece of sacred literature, and cnnsld- ; ering for our cditication some of the lessons which it teaches, we see tirst of all the superiority of character. The two chief figures in the story are P.oiijs nnd Until, and it Is their Char:ters thnt make them such. There Is not in the whole range of literature a bet ter type of manly, healthy religion than is exemplified in the case of lioaz. Yon remember that scene in the har vest field. He went down to his reap ers, and his salutation without any cant or Insincerity, was. "The Lord lie with you." My friends, when such a erecting as that can lake place be tween master and men, it testifies to !he presence of a religion that leaves Its mark upon very act. and upon nil the conduct". of life. It is the men like Bonz who are the ornani":it and glory of religion; the men whose beliefs in fluent p them all in the manifold con cerns of life. In the forum, in the mar ket place, abroad as well as at home. Our Lord tells us who ar In be no counted blessed. It is not the mere hearers of His word nor thy who can cry. "Lord. Lord," and a'i'inii that they have prayed in public places. It Is "Messed are the doers of the Word." nnd blessed th-y n;one. Such in ids day was lioaza man of kindly feel ings. pore heart, strong conviction, true purpose, and the benediction of the Host High was upon him. Such, too, was kiith. with her loving, tender, considerate heart one of the fairest characters in the whole range of Hebrew Scripture. And the most noteworthy fact In this connection Is that these characters were produced aimd .-unor.ndings nnd mi environment that would have dls court! god the average person. It was n lawless time; restrains were weak ened or entirely removed, and men be- , came a hnv unto themselves. Smlj a condition of society is not favorable to the cultivation anil development of the nobler virtues, and yet. amid smh a state of things, we have the stirring example of those two who bravely Maintained the testimony and did the right. It Is not at all unusual to hear men blame their furrouiidlngs for their errors and mistakes: It is, indeed, the common way by which we seek to con- i clone our failings but the excuse Is not valid. Some men, it Is true, are more strongly tempted than others: some ure in places that rcijuire a strong to-art, a linn faith, an unshaken confidence in (iod ami in the power of Christ In order that they may bo kept from the evil that prevails around them; but no man. If his purpose be true, -un ever bo wholly overcome. There is no temptation that hath befallen any man but what is common, nnd always with the temptation there Is a way of on- ' cape if, trusting in the grace divine and in the strougth omnipotent, our heart ' and wills be let on delivery. i Amid surroundings most unfavorable J these two saints went on from strength , to strength, growing In grace and in I favor, both with God md men, be ! cause their hearts were right and theli I spirit! true. Hy their example we ! should be taught; w should pot weak- ' ly blame our place or condition for our failures but looking ap to Cod, we I should ask Him to search and try nt. to see 1? there Is any wicked wny In -.is, nd lead o In the way everlasting. Bet we learn again, from the story, the place of good works in the religious Ufa. I do not think we would have heard of Boas sr.d Ituth !f their religious life had consisted of faltb alone. !; (i their deeds, the, results. In dally life, of tbelr faith that Is especially dwelt upon. In this respect the book of Ruth makes an adailrablj cotiinipntnry upon the epistle of James. Indeed, one of the most cheering features of modern re ligious life lies In the fact that this tfivfcielx. appointed coiuectiop between faith and work' is daily "peelving more attention. Fur be it from mp to lightly crlticlfc our Puritan forbears, still ns we read about these heroic men of w limn the world was not worthy, does It not sometleirs seem as If the neces. s ty of faith was emphasised at the expense of the necessity of works to I correspond? The two have been Joined locetner; ineir union constitutes tuo perfect religious life, and what God hath Joined together let not tniin put asunder. What I am trying to say lias been summed up In a sentence by the late F. XV. Ilobertson, a sentence which the church should never let die, nnd thnt sentence Is, "Fnith alone saves, but not the fnlth thnt Is nlone." You remember Christ's words. "Po men gather grapes of thorns, or lies of thistles?" The mnn who rises from Ids knees with the glow of the divine com. nrunlon upon his face, the man whose faith hath mnde him a partaker of the power of Hod, and who then uoes forth to live the life which his faith hnth I revealed to him. is the mnn of whom Christ nlone will not be ashamed when I He cometh In the glory of His Father l and of the holy nngels to Judge the 1 world. I It Is no'pworthy. too, I think, that the virtue in which Ilnnx nnd Itulh ex ; celled was the plain, everyday virtue i of kindness. The greatest material I blessings t'p the most common; air. : light, water, these nre within the reach of all. So nlso the greatest virtues I nre within the power of all to possess. , Paul says, "Now r.bideth faith, hope, ' ehnrily, these three, but the greatest of j these is charity." It Is possible for us i to nttain to the possession of that grace : the greatest of nil. We all have di verse gifts and powers, differing one i from another, so that some mount . higher than others, but there Is none of us, no matter what our limitations may be. who cannot speak the kind word, do the kind deeil ami pass the kindly judgment, and that is charity, the greatest of the virtues. Wliiit 'n change would take place In this old and weary world If only our deeds cor responded with our faith ami we fill lilled the royal law according to the Scriptures; "Tlnm shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." lint, again, the book of Ituth teaches us the necessity of decision. We read that Until and Orpah came to the part ing of the ways, that one turned back to Moab and her people, and that the other took her way to the land of Israel. Is not that n true simile of life? Sooner or later eacli one of us comes to the parting or the ways, and we make the do, is on whose results are endless. "The kingdom of Heaven." saith our Lord. "siilTereth violence, and the violent' take it by force." That means that one cannot drift into it. It needs a strong exertion t the will. n decision that abides. Memorable forever is Uuth's decision. When she says to Naomi. "F.ntroat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge, thy people shall be my people, and thy Hod my (Jod," she takes her place among the first ranks of thoe to whom the high nnd gracious hearis of all ages pay reverenc. Friends, It is n great thing, it Is a needful thing in life to be capable of a clear resolve. The man is to be envied who can part between this and that of opposing claims and considerations, and is able to say, "Here I see my path: along this and no other will I go." Indeed this ability to make decision is the founda tion of nil true ami successful life. In religion there is no escape from it. You cannot drift Into n state of salva tion In n crowd. "Once to every man and nation comes the moment to de cide In the strife 'twist truth and false hood, for the goml nr evil side." To each of us Individually comes the choice what to do. Many a one, I think, is kept from the freedom and Joy of Christianity not because these things are tiiidesired, not because the call of Christ is unheeded, or Ills claims unacknowledged, but simply for the want of the power of decision, of strength to go forward upon a per sonal ipiest. Young friends, to you especially this lesson conies. You Iinve still with you the power of choice, and to you from out eternity comes the cry. "Choose ye. choose ye. this day whom ye will serve." I'ray (iod that you make the good choice, and receive His grace to abide therein. Iii-lticlnn. The common conception of life is false. Th" vast majority of people nr laboring under a delusion. Vou stand where the tides of humanity roll swli't and fctroug you see men accumulating colossal fortunes at a hound and living In a dazzling splendor; you notice the sleek, fat and pleasure-loving ejd cureans lit the clubhouses; t)(. ()ar.se, amorous Falstafls ci t the social func tions, the Ceopatras, the Salomes and society pi s whose studied grace and wine Hushed cheeks entrance but to de. stroy and you say: "This is life, life at high noon nnd high midnight or the twentieth century." Uev. C. C. Urien wood. Ill Ortrrt NuliimliifMH, Nothing is more wonderful nbout our Lord than Ills perfect naturalness. His ub'olute balance. His reality, reason-ablenei-s, urtlos.sness, completeness. Nothing excessive, nothing wanting; nothing iirtitleinl. nothing unsyninietri cal; no underdoing, no overdoing. The goodness of Christ was like tho sun shine, the breeze, the dawn, like the sweet siiinmer rain braided with the rainbow.-Williain L. Watklnsou. . A Merloni flirt. Whnt a glotius gift conscious cxlsV enco is in itself; Heaven must essen tially consist in the absence of what ever disturbs tho iiiiet enjoyment of that consciousness In the Intimate conviction of the prexL-uce of Clod. Blauco White. rmtipnny Inaurra (Itnry After Death Any 'Austrian believer In a post mortem glory, provided be Is not a con victed criminal nnd can pay the sub scription to tho "Uulversal Memorial Insurance Society," limy neci.ro the erection of a monument or mural tablet to his memory after bis death. This novel insurance company, which has Just Issued Its prospectus, provides me. mnrlals to lis policyholders who die nfter reaching the uge of Ufty, In desll' able sites in Vienna, the prominence of position being graduated according to the amount of the premium. Thus, by paying ou the hlghost scale, one tuny insure a statuu In the tttadt Park or other public garden In central Vienna; tho two next classes of policies provide monuments In less honorable posi tions; and tho fourth class Is for mural tublets. A 'policyholder dying before be is fifty forfeits his premium. Ou the death of an Insurer a committee meets and decides the character and site Jr the monument, tuklug into account the class of policy held by the deceased. To provide data for their decisions, the Insured have to send tu anuuul reports specifying any. thing noticeable they bare achieved. SUNDAY, JULY 8. The Claim of the Church Upon My Life. 1 Cor. 3. 10-15. The church has a valid, Indivisible. claim upon thoso who profess to b! followera or Christ, and has a stand ing and Imperative conmilsHlnn to de mand that nil others yield themselves to Jcsiia Christ and fonnully Join his nrmy Tor their own good nnd tho con quest of the world for their Lord. The church brings great, privileges and immunities to the Christian; shall we receive, and glvo nothing bnck? That is what makes the Dead Sea dead It Is ever receiving and never giving. "Cannot I live a Chris tian life and not be a member of tho church?" Is somctlmcM asked. It Is the testimony of j multitude of ob servers nnd watchers over souls that iilmost, If not nul'c, Invarlablv those l who undertake the business of Clirls- tlanlty without going into the church, I nnd becoming a part of It, make a dismal failure. "(iod lidded to th" church dally such as were being saved, " was said of the first revival movement under the apostles. It Is ns natural for tho truly converted to Join the church ns It Is for the littlo child to run into Its mother's arms. Then you wero allocked, and ex claimed, "What nn unnatural child!" If a young Christian does not find liiniMir reeling like uniting with the church ho would do well to examine himself and seek for the reason. He will he pretty certain to discover that tho merit lies In the fact of a failure. to make a full surrender to Jesus. Some will lay the foundation of re ligious performances, nnd mime will build their hopes upon keeping tho commandments, saying with the rich young man, "All thes" have I kept from my youth up." In vain! Hoar I'aul: "Other foundation enn no mnn lay than that Is laid, which is Jesus Christ." ICven relationship to tho vis ible church will go for nothing un less there Is a real building on Jesus Christ." "All other ground Is Kink ing sand." Hot if on Christ, then the divine acknowledgemctir, "the Lord knowclh them that are Ills." The divine purpose and Ideal for ns Is holiness, ami Acts I. S promises us (veil that "power," tho power to be holy. Otherwise wo nhall be poor, halt lug witnesses, but poorly en.lur ing the searching cross-exanilnal Ion of tho world. Our work on earth, opening the kingdom of heaven for others, Is for eternity. So wo will rejoice when .b'sus counts us in, when he says, "Co J" Into all tho world and preach tho gospel to every creature, " and espi chilly blnco he says thnt lie who has nil power will bo with us to tho end of tho world. JULY EIGHTH. Forgiving and Being Forgiven. Matt. 6:14, 15. lr a man prays the Lord's Prayer with an unforgiving heart, he prays that he may not be forgiven. Those that say "I'll forgive, but I will not fccgi't," never forgive. Why does (iod's forgiveness of us follow our forgiveness of others? IlecaiiKe the humble and loving may safely be pardoned. Why cannot Cod forgive those that do not foigivo others? llecause they cannot recelv.; a blessing they know nothing about. Suggestions. It takes two to make a quarrel but not to make a forgiveness. Never be ttutlslled with your own way of forgiving until you would be patlhlled f Cod should adopt it to ward you. Tho:;o that are themselves most In clined to certain sins often seek to atone for it by bitterly condeninlnij others for the tame sin. If it Is easy to forgive the wrongs done you hut hard to forgive the wrongs done Cod, you are safe in this matter. Illustrations. A forgiveness that does not forget is like thoso half erasures that rend er the error more conspicuous. A Chrlstllke mind is llko the o i an. that clows over a cannon ball, nnd Is ns If It. hud never fallen there. Some men are mirrors to an Insult, and n fleet It back; others nre sen-t-itlve plates, and record It in a per manent photograph; others nre llonr OHcent plants, and aro merely excited to radiance. Forgiveness that covers only part of the wrong in like two Ilng-Ms given In a handshake. Questions. Is there any ono whom I have not foriflven? Has Co J been able o forgive all my Klll.-i? Quotations. May I tell you why It seems to me a good thing for us to remember a wrong that lias been done us? That we may forgive It. Charles Dickens. nly tin; brave know how to for give; It Is the most refined and gen erous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive nt. Laurence Sterne. Let no ona .eipalr of (iod's Mon ies to tot give him unless lie be sine that bis idns be greater than Clod's er ries. ,lri'iiiy Taylor, "lie doelh well who docth good To those of ids own brotherhood; lie doelh better who doth bliss The stranger in his wretchedness; Yet best, oh! best of nil doth ho Why helps a fallen en -my." RAKlNfl OK ASS AFTKIt MOWIXfJ. Home persons advise raking after each mowing. I do not, because the clippings drop Into the rass and form a mulch, which I consider of great ben etlt. They also help to fertilize the soli. Tho lawn that is not mowed often enough will not look well after you have been over It with the mower, be cause there was growth enough to pur tlully hide the sward upon which it fulls. This wll! wither oud turn brown in a day or two and greatly detract from the beauty of tho lawn. Hut if yon keep jour lawn well mowed and that means going over It at least three times a week In ordinary seasons the amount cllped off lit each mowing will be so slight that there will uot be enough of It to show. Utt the knife blades be set high enough to leave at least two Inches of the foliage. Outing Magazine. Attractive Farms. If farms are not too lnrgc there will be fewer neglected fields, bad fences and weeds and the land will be bettor plowed and harrowed nnd cleaned In after culture, timely har ested and well secured, the proflU Icing large proportionally. It Is only where farming Is conducted on moderate scale, generally, that uni versal nearness, ihsiij ana nnisii throw around tho whole scene n sort of rural enchantment which attracts nnd impresses every beholder and such condition is most easily nc counted for, ns tho whole is under the farmer's eye, within his means and managed chiefly, If not exclu sively, with his own hands. The Kpitomist. Kiadlcat Ing Horseradish. Will tome of the renders of the Tribune Farmer inform mo how to pet rid of horseradish? L. R., Mid dlebitrg, Vt. Answer There Is no special method of getting rid of horseradish which Is distinguished from other methods of eradicating perennial j weeds. It Is a very troublesome weed when It becomes established In tho field, and one can kill It out only by persistent cultivation. No plant can grow which is not allowed to make gr?en leaves, and If cultivation is frequent enough to prevent the growth of tho tops, the roois are bound to dlo. Put your field in a hoed crop und keep It cultivated I i i rou g nun v uio season, nnu ine liorseradlsli will hnve to 0. John Craig, Cornell University. A Dry Floor. There was considerable written n few years ago about cement and gravel floors for poultry houses nnd raking off tho litter to the same every morning. Of late years there has ben more in tho poultry papers about board and plank floors. F.lght years ago we built a poultry house sixty by thirteen feet of lumber, put ting on a Fhlngle roof, partitioning into five apartments, with a board lloor and boarding up four feot be tween apartments, nnd then screen wire to within a foot of the roof, leaving three feet for a hall through the building, with screen doors from this hall into each spring door, the doors shutting themselves as you leave the pens. Tho fowls ore fed and watered from the hall, pens con tuln dust boxes, chaff and straw, perches are movable, and platform for droppings. Soft Food or Craln First. It is now generally conceded that soft food or mash, us it is usually nulled, should not ba fed to laying hens until near the noon hour, un less, perhaps, In very small qunntl .Us Just enough to partially satisfy '.heir hunger. Kxperience has shown that hens;, tvhen given a full meal early In tho .ay, will have no desire to scratch, but. will stand around, content to wait until the next feDdlng time. R'hile on the other hand, those that ire given only, Hay, one-fourth of a ull meal, will begin at once to scratch ud husllo for any grain that may je concealed beneath tho littor of the scratching shed. Wo would suggest the following M'.cs, varied, of course, to suit chang ng conditions: drain scattered In litter for first 'cod; mash nt noon, and whole corn :ut In evening. Endeavor to keep tho hens busy, 'or it is the busy hen that keeps filled .ho egg basket. Home and Farm. Culture of Sweet Potatoes, Contrary to what tho uninitiated may (suppose, the Bweet potato is by r.o means difficult to grow. Given a tandy loam one not too rich, or, at least, on which too much fresh ma uure has been applied, thia tending to Induce a heavy growth of vino tt tho expense of the tubers It can bo easily raised and made to yield a large crop. The first requisite is to plow the land well, turning a very thick furrow, and then with a two Lorao plow throw it up In long, large ridges. After that It should be pul verized t.nd finished thoroughly, fol lowed by marking it out in rows uboat three and one-half feet apart. In these tho plants, already started In a hotbed, Bhould be set about eighteen Inches apart. Good, stocky plants iiro safest to bank on, and that they should have a fair chance there thould be no guetswork about seeing lo it that the soil comes In close con tact with their roots. They should ')u placed at a reasonable depth and If the soil Is dry, the roots dipped in rich mud and stirred about so us to Ret a.i much of the mud a possible to adhere to thorn, the soil then be ing pressed around them when then f-ro set out. Watering also is some times advisable, esneclullv In 1 ntn tint - ting. After that it Is only necessary to cultivate sufficiently, to keep the weeds down and the ground mellow. '1 hat no weeds at ull may thrive close to the plants, the earth there should be hoed occasionally afnd the vines then lifted up that they may not take root. Ulg Stem, Jersey and Cedar ville are some of the varieties ot sweet potatoes that have been found satisfactory. Fred O. Btbloy. Potatoes as Horse Feed. If you ure raising potutoeg and have more culls and small ones than ou can find use for, the following from the Tribune Farmer may give you a valuable hint: I noticed an Inquiry in your valua ble paper of June 1, relutive to feed ing potatoes to horses. .Our experi ence may be of Interest to the brother wanting information. Borne few years ago one of our neighbors harvested a large crop of potatoes, and from some cause there was quite a percentage oJ small, unmerchanta ble ones, and corn and oats were high that season. Our friend had lumbering to do that winter, kept four horses and fed them raw pota toes twice each day. He ivas careful to wash the potatoes well, as the grit would make the teeth and mouth of the horses sore. These teams did a good winter's work, were In excellent order In the spring, their hair sleek and the animals very healthy. We keep eight heavy horses on our farms, and each year feed them more or lees potatoes, and we are satisfied they are a pretty good food for them tc work on. After they become ac customed to them they will eat a peck night and morning raw, and by feeding oats or corn nt noon they do well, keep healthvand are usually In good spirits for business. We have sown some seventy acres to grain, and are finishing planting about eighty acres of potatoes this spring. Our horses have done this work fed on potatoes night and morning, na above stated, usually raw or tin cooked. Our experience satisfies us It is better to cook the potntoes, and we are planning to do this In the future. Uy so doing, with the addi tion of a few shoots, we expect to have a fair feed for horecs. 'Practice Kotation of Crops." That a proper rotation of crops Is essential to success in farming is evi denced everywhere, for there Is no Innd that Is proof against depletion. Some soils hold out longer than oth ers, but the ultimate end Is failure It wo persist in continual cropping with one crop. We rotate, primarily, to prevent this depletion of soil fer tility nnd if legumes figure largely In the rotation, considerable nitrogen. the principal nnd costliest plant food. Is added. Then we rotate to secure a better distribution of labor and Rtockmen rotate to Becuro r. variety of feeds with the least damage to the soil. Another advantage of rotation Ij the gettihg rid of insect nnd weed pests. Potatoes have several Insect pests that are peculiar to potatoes. and If wo change them to a new loca tion, we nre apt to get rid of them, or moat of them on that crop and by In cluding other crops in the rotation on the Infested ground we can get rid of them there. Different crops feed differently, ond by rotating them any oue partic ular plant food Is not exhausted, as day be the cuso in Blngle cron farm ing. Some crops re.'ulre more nitro? gen than others, boiiw more potash and some more phosphates. I hnve heard the expression "That land will not grow tobacco, because it has been In It so much." Yes, but I proved when I rented It that it would pro duce a good crop of corn ond other things in the way of feeds, no I pro ceeded to rotato and fe?d stock. It is probably in the tobacco dis tricts that tho worst effect of lack of rotation nnd diversified farming 13 found. Tobacco is very hard on land, and It needs a rest more than any other crop. It requires a very ptrong soil, and the tendency is to crop a field that is found to produce n fine crop of tobacco too much. We find many instances whero Euch land has bean in tobacco until it Is worn out, at least as far as that crop Is concerned, and greatly dapleted In the elements of fertility for other crops. E. W. Jones, of Kentucky. Farm and Garden Xotcs. A sheep, like clover, enriches the ground that grows It. Do not feed the sheep too much corn, especially the breeding ewes. Dry soil is one of the first requi sites tor successful sheep farming. Sheep have excellontdlgestlon, and hence they utilize feed to the fullest degree. One of the very beBt feeds for ewes with lambs is oats and wheat bran mixed. 9 Keep the floor of tho sheep quar ters dry, and to this end use plenty of bedding. Sow parsnips and satisfy now for next winter'B use. They require the entiro season to develop. When bringing oleanders "out" of the cellar, cut them back a little be fore they start Into growth. Growing chickens should be fed three times a day. Just what they will eat up clean, no more. The object of caponlzlng Is to Im prove the quality and increase tho quantity of the flesh of fowls. Continue to plant all the hardy vegetables. May is the month in which to sow the tender eorts. Plant -some flowers In the veget able garden. It is us important to please the eye as the stomach. Tobacco stems covered with straw are an excellent preventive of Insect breeding wiicu ths hens aro sitting. The grass upon the lawn has made a sufficient growth to be cut. Mow across one week and lengthwise the next. It la the nice appearance of goods that sells them. Nice, lnrge, fut, plump fowls always bring the best prices. Throwing food on the ground is wasteful. A clean board la much better. Feed no more than la readily eaten up clean. In arranging the poultry house, ao fur as can be done, it is always best to have the doora and windowa facing tbe south. Short-legged fowla fatten quickly; long-legged ones are hard to futten. Those first hatched fatten quickest lr. brood. The moBt Important thing connect ed with the work of the aheep breed ers In the selection of rams from which to breed. Never under any consideration breed from a scrub, a grade' or an inferior ram, for in do tug this you do your flock aad your elf an IrrtparabU Injury. k and X No bird of prey has the gift of sou?. Germany breeds . 230,000 canaricj every year. A curious butterfly pxlsis In India. The male has the left wing yellow and the right one red; tho female has these colors reversed. A pheasant has built her nest on ono of the butts of n military rllle range nt Tieohnrst, England. She has not been bit yet, and evidently does not expect to be, the soldiers doing their best to Justify her confidence. The rhnotlng fish, a native of the East Indies, has a hollow, cylindrical beak. When it sees a fly on the plants that grow In shnllow water, it ejects it single drop of water, which, seldom misses, and. striking the fly into tho water, the fish obtains Us prey. Japan has a wonderful avenue of trees extending from (ho town of Xa iiionda to Nikko. This avenue is fully fifty miles in length, and the trees are the tryptomera. Kaeli tree is perfectly straight, and from 1110 to l.'o feet In height, and twelve feet to fificen feet In circumference. Many animals feign illness. In mili tary stables cases, are recorded of horses pretending to bo lame In order to nvold going to n military exercise. A certain chimpanzee had been accus tomed to receive cake when ill. After his recovery lie often feigned coughing lu order to procure dainties. A German student finds one of tho causes of the inability of the Itussinn railroads to handle their tralllc is tho antiquity of their locomotives. The number of those seems intolerable iu proportion to the trailie, for out of M, Il'j locomotives no less than 001!) aro from twenty-four to forty-six yeuis old. A curious fact is brought out In the official correspondence regarding the recent disturbances in British Guiana. It appears thut some of the women ar rested in the course of the riots were sentenced to have their hair cut. This Is a legal punishment in tho colony, but the Karl of Elgin lias intimated that women nre not again to be pun ished in this manner. Fnmc queer recent judicial decisions In Victoria nre mentioned in the Aus tralian Itevlew of Kevlews. A man who embezzled some money from a bank has received a sentence of nearly three years' Imprisonment, while n man who murdered bis mother by stab bing her to the heart received only oue year, and another man who shot his sister and killed lier was sentenced to only two years, ami Immediately after that n mini who wrote a letter to an other man threatening to kill him re ived three years' Imprisonment. TORTURE RcUCS ON SALE. DninkarJ' tlioU, Iron Loot anil a Foot Several torture relics were put upToT auction at Stevens', Covent Garden, London, some days ago, but they did not excite much eonipi'tltlon. There were no eager calls, even fur n hang man's rope. A paltry 7s. was all that was given for one which bad been used by the renowned Merry, says the Lon don Dally News. An iron screw, or foot squeezer, was bought for 1, and the same figure was paid for a set of double stock, and also for whnt Is termed a "drunkard's cloa k." The last named Is ono of those In struments of old which was intended to put the delinquent to shame. It Is shaped like a huge pull, and the drunkard who was to be disgraced was fastened into it with only his head visible through a 'narrow aperture at tho top. The -cloak gave the 'wearer the minimum of room, the hands being practically pinned to the sides, and walking was only possible iu a kind of fhulliing movement. Other articles sold were an ancient whipping post with shackles from Ox ford, two sets of sliaekles which were used In old Newgate Prison, ancient branding iron nnd an iron "boot," Into which the victim's naked i'oot was placed and boiling oil puure.il Iu, all cf which sold nt l'.'s. each. An ancient chair from the Castle of Nuremburg, In which people" were se cured for torture, fetched 18s., and nn iron torture collar with spike;, 21s. An Army of HrltUh Tmiipi, A committee appointed k-y tho r.rit Ish Parliament to Investigate the tramp problem lu England estimates that in seasons of depression there are 80.000 tramps In that country, nnd that It is never less than half thnt number. Tramps aro everywhere ond constitute an eyesore. They are considered to be vehicles of Infectious Blseas-s. Legls;. liition by Parliament 'to regulato and mitigate the evil Is recommended, though no solution, of 'the problem short of finding employment and pay ing bttter wages is regarded us possi ble. ' ' Th Spirit of Ilia Agr. If the spirit of tho ago is Incorpor ated uud concisely expressed Jn any thing, it Is lu the automobile, declares the Automobile Journal. There Is speed, uiechunlcul genius and compact ness. It constitutes,., !n fact, the triumph of tin uppllcatloa of scientific principles to practical purposes, and If that Is uot the spirit of the age, oua uiuy well ask what Is? Sorlptnrx For H. Cornered but not defeated nutomo blllsts now quote Nuhum the Prophet: "The chariots shall ruga In tho tUeets; they shall Jostle oue against another lu the broad ways; they shull seem llko orches; they shall ruu like the light tilng." Still the man with the egg ivagou refuses to ba coDolud.-Louls-fill LUrald, THE. SUNDAY c,; ' INTERNATIONAL LESSON em. ' FOR JULY fi. " Sotdeot t Th ""tyon-or,!,,. ti-as-ooi,!.. r... ? . ".. i as-Ooi,i,n r, Htm V ' - - j -vrr, HI, 1-1 clTln(One Aoother-rn I. Christ's teaching conwJl givenes. (vs. 21, 22). 21. Peter always made himself T2 inent. Ills question was i,,!!? Christ's words coneernlns against others (Mntt m.,, oft." Teter perceives that tenderpr HkhIIiii? i . A -. ....... . j iu prevail church than exists In the 1 "And I forgive." He knLTj' duty to forgive, but the oU(.," how often "TIM .o. . "'"M uses the term seven In n .inJ,. ' sense. The teaching of the rakt l never to forslvo nmi-n 4i, "'I - - ..mil lUI-ft. 22. "l-ntll seventy time, Is doubtful whether the origin,, four hundred nnd nlnetv nr J. seven (seventy times seven, or -1 tv titnn nml invon " n ' H ltevlspd Version). Hut In either '. J Is n symbolical expression fn. . 1 ending forgiveness. . II. Our duty lllnstrnted nnd , (vs. 2U-27). 2.X "Kingdom of H, likened." Tbe teachings of Clirii, respect to forgiveness are fn. trated in the parable which folk..,' shows. 1. The ehni-netni. t tlon to God. 2. The real mem, give. "King." The king r,i God. "Would tnnke a reckoning V. The picture is drawn from entnl court. The fundamental i principle in iiiui s Kingdom It eottsness. The great King 0f Hf.' nun cni-in win, one nay, reckon w; 01 ins RUDjects. "Servants." TlioJ nuom oou uns commuted groat t u.ni ui'l'uruiiuucH. 21. "Ten thousand talenti enormous sum. The amount mm,.. reckoned definitely. It has bB J imueii an tne way rrom nine to tt, millions of dollars. 2o. "Hailn,,' pay." Our debt to God Is to great' wu in c uiieriy nicapiiHie ot tun Him any satisfaction whatever, x niauded him to be sold." An aiit to the Law of Sloses. See Kjii" Lev. 23:30, 47.; 2 Kings 4:1. Crtf had power to sell insolvent dobin;, several countries of Europe, aivi'; In Asia, In ancient times. WethcJ ny tins parable what our situ dw: Captives to sins are euptives torn-:; "And payment to be mud." w amount obtained would be whollil miciiiuue to cancel mo (lent, bit large a payment was to be oiiJ possiute. 20. "Will pay thee all." The to admitted and he comes pleadlot mercy, ine means wiiicli n it should use to be saved are, 1. w Humiliation of heart. 2. Fen prayer. 3. Confidence IB the merr God. 4. A firm purpose to Ucvott soul and body to his Maker. 27. "Forguve him the debt." are debts of our heavenly King. I if we cast ourselves at Ills feet, B ready in Infinite compassion note, to telease us from punishment, ta forgive us .the debt. III. The doom of the unforgiving 1 ID r.i o in- t i , .i-ou;. o. a.Mi uuiiureu pec About firtoen or sixteen dollars. AUl one millionth part of the debt thlid merciful servant had owed the "Took him by the throat." Thus iti: festlng a most unkind and basedisp tlon. 'ine sin is greatly acrravi: when we consider his own debt, d the mercy shown him. Whnt nre 4 brother s sins against me compared my numberless sins ugaiust God. "1 me that thou owest." Ho wai wining even to forgive him s ilv dollar. Ho must pay in full and pari oncq. We must be very enreful d not show this same disposition In nj trentment of others. 21). "Fell dol at his feet." His fellow-servant to: bled himself nnd plead for mercy ui hlmseir had done Just before um 30. "And he would not." Such man; so harsh and bard against M who are In every way his equal! 1 noraiice of his own condition mas him unforgiving and cruel to otliu 31. "Were very sorry." An act oft kind re so dishonorable to all tri Christians, and to the spirit of IlieG'iJ pel. that through the concern tliejR for the prosperity of the cause A Christ they aro obliged to ipul against it. 32. "Thou wicked servant TJnmorcifuliiess is great wlckednen! To the unmerciful, God will IiaveH mercy; this Is nn eternnl purpose of 'A Lord which can never be chans-i JeBus said, "If ye forgive not men u trespasses, neither will your Fa forgive your trespasses" (Matt. 6:1' 33. "Even as I had nity on tt' The servant is here shown the obi!?: tion ho is undor to his fellow servf- because of the mercy that had of- shown him. It is Justly expected : those who have received mercy it show mercy. 8t. "Delivered him to the tornifi' ers." The person who does not b" a forgiving spirit will be torraemr; both In this world and in the world'; come. A tt-ulltv conscience the fca'! the judgment day ond the fires of GodA, wrath (Rev. 20:15) will. In turn, V: us tormentors. "All that was due I -at t . "I i tint And inasmuch as the amount wai great thnt be could never naV must llHl-0 lieeu .lullvnrAil nver to tti tormentors forever. Tbe wicked will hi bnnished eternally from the pressM of God. 35. "So likewise." This verse 1 application of the whole parable. Tin parable is not Intended to teach ustlw' God reverses His nardons to any; W that He denies them to those whoa" not worthy of teui. Those who UM' not foririven nt tiers their treel0"' have never yet truly repented, aj Hint which Is spoken of as having taken away is only what they seem to possess. uke'8:18. NEW GOWN CAUSES A Love of Query is the same In worldly ranks of womankind (f"f know already that the Colonel's li"1-' and Judy O'Grady are sisters uud" their skins), and so an observer w' not surprised last night to see "V eager attention u new frock caused I' the Washington street section of the Syrian colon v. The warm evening, & flares the New York Press, found dot" steps thronged with swarthy mother" In slovenly attire ubsorbed In wati Ing their begrimed offspring at olaf Thore was hardly the lifting of a beafl when fire engines dashed by. But girl came by, and lo! every daugM''1 of Eve struHfhtened to gnse. TM By Hun beauty was arrayed In a costly gown of flowing materia 1. Tho r.e stared only at the pretty face, but tin dark-eyed mothers, who nioiiientiii'llf forgyt their littlo oue.. craned necks t view the silk cloth of brilliant uue. Really, from tbe uudglng ami oll' I half suppressed comment oue woui'ij have thought au Eastur purude o.f wcl. brad folk wa under vuv. n Id r V 1 1 r t t: li li
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