s SUNDAY SERMON 3
S 2
2 A Scholarly Discount Br JJ
Rv. Robert Mac Donald.
BROOKLYN. N. Y. Sundav even
ln the Rev. Hobpit MneDonald. pas
tor of the Washington Avenue Bap
tist Church, preached to young wo
men. UN subiect wan "Beauty: How
to Keep It." Ills text was from Pro
verbs lv., 23. "Keep thy heart with
all diligence, for out of it are the Is
sues of life." Mr. MacDonald said:
What lm such .t text to do with
beauty? Everything. The source la
the heart Beauty of character de
pends on quality of heart. Every
thought, desire, sentiment, ambition,
that enters the heart Is sooner or
later expressed in character am! con
duct. All the life Issue radiate- from
that center. And when the writer of
the Proverbs tells us to keep the
heart with all riillgenpp. he speak?
the foundalinn word of all wisdom and
carries us hack to the primary cause I
"i truth or error, righteousness or
Bin. We have already seen In this
series that beauty of character is a
divin" possession, existing only where
t.rirh holds sway. And that we can
neve;- satisfy the claims of Almighty
iod until we Rive back to Him that
which is possible to us all beautv
of character, instead of ilirormeij,
honieup. uiisymmetrical lives. What
Michael Angelo said once to n young
artist about his statue applies to fls
all. "Do not trouble too much about
the. light on your statue. The UrM
of the public square will test Its val
ue." So the light of the public square
beyond, which is the light of God's
countenance, the unerring light of
Judgment, will be the test of our char
acters. All modelling, all building
should be with the light of cternitv's
public square in mind. We a: all
unibr obligation, a contract based ou
and rnote,i in ,..., ,;..,, i 1
to build for eternity. Inasmuch as the i
Creator has marked out a celestial
destiny ,,s all. and it oLhfto b'
our chief business to conform to that !
gracious provision which will mean
realization along all infinite lines
throughout the eternal years. Be
careful, then, oh. be careful, whit in
fluences yoU bring to bear upon the
formation of your characters. No out
ward embellishing, no e::tericr mold
ing, will suffice. It rienends uuon
what you receive in your heart wheth- I
or your rharacter will be perverted
and deformed, or true, well propor
tioned, beautiful.
Numberless are the precepts that
suggest themselves Just here. All the
Christian virtues bound toward us to
offer their assistance to help us keep
that we have striven so hard to ac
quire. We gladly accept their help,
but instead of packing your memories
with these multitudinous aids to the
retaining of this high possession, let
us fasten our thought on a few founda
V'on principles.
The first I would suggest Is self
control. No beauty of ciiaracter can
be where there is no self-control.
Danial Webster was once asked whl.-h
he thought the greatest virtue. It was
just after one of his most powerful !
sn-eches hut it, w'.im, i.. I
, '. ' 1 r
any couirauicieu uy tne opposing
counr.fil, he lost his temper, and also
the case he was pleading. That even
ing, in the course of conversation, he
was asked the question, and answer
ed. "Self-control, and it Is the most
dilficult, too." 'Tis true, young wo
men. It is an underlying urincinlo.
In.-ludln.s a host of greater virtues! :
M no has not felt sorely the need of
Ki cater self-control. Patience is rep
le.sented in the Scriptures as the very
fruitage of Christianity, but patience
is only a com Jtuer.t part of self-controlnamely,
self-control in pain, in
affliction. Very Christ-like it is. En
durance of wrong treatment. Misun
derstanding. So easy to complain, and
:e disagreeable,. wh"n tint sky is dull,
and the way drear. I ref.-r not to
that patience that springs from our
natural disposition, which is purely
empe.aniental. Constitutional hero-
:.. i ...... i . ... ;
i-.ii is won, out it noes nor. stand in? i
strain. A prii-:ee that f .iis at ,he I
hanies' point, is wea't nil th-o- -h
Nothing short of tin
paO-uco will suffice
Lut not only s.-ll'-contrnl In pain,
also in pleasure, unoth: r name for
whicfl is temperance. Voting ladies
Oft'iil to be temporate as well as voutig
men. I am not referring to the liquor
'pestion, although never more tiee.J
than to-day for temperance there, but
to the whole problem of living. To
be teuiperaitj In thought, in speech,
in desire, in act insteol of extrava
gant. It is so easy to let pleasure
run away with us an,! cause us to
think liie has no ali;c beside. Dissi
pation Is only extravagance in pleas
ure Tne curb has le'-n thrown of"
our necks, i'le'isiire was given too
much license. W entertained it too
freely, endowed it with our own per
tonality, and before we were aware of
t, it iook us up in its arui3 and :an
iway with us. We handed the con- '
:rol of the situation over to It. Wp 1
leeanie dissipated. We are lost. Self- :
oairol in pleasure as well as in pain j
s the demand. Temp-ranee as well I
AS patience.
I'-'it a H-'cmd reriuirement is se'f-
':(:, imand. This may be regarded as !
iir.. ).-fiet st If-c-oiit rol. Self-control
;s passive. Self command is active, i
Tlie other is to fore? yourself on. ;
Patience and temperance are good, In- :
dispensable to beamy of character. (
Forbearance and forgiveness are hard
?r still. Ww speak from experience '
n -ajlng so. Controlling your speech, ;
wi'hholding the adverse criticism :
when just dying to speak, to give
four adverse opinion. We often think
we are not saying anything worth
while unless we criticise. Forbear
meet of the senseless gossip, and the
-etailing of Kleueier. Forbearance of
:he disagreeable person
Thon forgiveness of that which It 1
n uuiui i nil juii lu lu.irui, o ftltlij i
to hold spite. They Injured me. I
tnust get even with them. And we I
lever thought that the getting even
" mu
:a get uneven with ourselves and un- I
a n with nmi i ..,i. .
idpIIs human nature. Hut it also
spells bu-ent sin. Not until we cm
Kiaud veil JeMis and say, "Father
rorgive them," have wv any benntv o.
cnaiart.r wnrihy the name. To liat
m hun.Ti; to forgive Is divine. Ti
fr-niemiier that is to help yourself
over main- a hrd n'.ie,-. or temper an(
hatred. It is an axiom that no beauty
of character can he where no Hpl-!l
of forgiveneps abides in the heart
Hatred, s-ger. tvtng vm,rs-.f ln nt(
a knot. 1(H bpantv. Forglvene's ex
pands the hcurt, fim.tij thp tn nj PX.
alt tin; spirit Then beiutv exist.
VNuuld ynu he nble to cnnur.and seir?
(it;t rid nf sin. Ili-lnff In it otronger
will, tlod'a. to iP:nforce your own.
A third neccMsiiy n tlie rnlainlnii
of bf.-uitv !t 5if.f jiT-tf-lness This It
n iiitisive qtia'itv. s 1.4 sn'.f-pnntrol.
Jt Is aUj resaUv. I'm It i3 neither
passive nor negative until certain ac
tive graces and positive virtues enter
In and make It ?o. J mean by self
fortret fulness the becoming cb'hiouf
to those desires nn.' 'm-rid- of vqui
nature, the remembrance of whlcn
make von se!feontnlned and til at
pase. even miserable ami sinful. To
becomp so. nossess faith, belief In
some PT'onnlltv crcnter than vour
Helf. Belief In anv nhlpetlvp fnct or
pprson mnr Important than vourself,
and thev nt? are. for yon aro a verv
Insignificant factor In the llfn nrolj.
lem, a mere atom In the nildst of the
sensualities, will nrndiip" self-forget
fulness. The e-cntnt- the obleef faith
the greater the oblivion of spir. Tor
It gives se'f a ehonpo to expand
alone the line of th other person's
excellence, and eraditnllv s newer,
larger 'elf take the nlaco of the old
In your consciousness. It Is a fore
gone conclusion that faith In Cod.
through .Testis Christ, enlarge and
regulates the life as can o other per
son, for vou are Immediately given
the worthiest nosible object on which
to fix your attention.
Then trust. Do not be afraid n j
mm somebody. Test, then trust.
More loss come to us mortals through
under trust than through over trust.
It Is hard to believe It. hist n hard
to believe as to believe (hat sins of
omission TTin-p -.itinrdonah'p at
the hand of Hod than fns of commis
sion. Sins of omission are so vague
and attenuated that thpv cut little or
no fitinre In our consciousness. We
need to bp m-eached to that thpse .am
the great lack among mortals in the
consciousness nf Almightv Hod. The
higher and grander the object of your
trust, thp more hpnitifiil the charac
ter fashioned, lleallv remarkable that
wp are so constrnetod that we can
trust beyond bcpsp perceptions. Tt j
shows us to he snirit more than aught
else. TIip heart in us all was destined
beiote tne foundation of the earth to
be Cod's guest chmiber. Forbid him
entrance, enterta'n less Imnortant
gno'ts. ami the spirit is burdened.
1IT1" ' i"" nearr is sad. It is His resl-
!,Pnro- ')V,1,r,n!, rrca,inn aml, wmp
'V'-"- A'H WP "rf "rh fof'lis',
" ptnocI " "'
rPst: r't'M'1. r"- Infinite calm, that
mi iiriiiiuii in tune or eieniuv cat
overthrow. All this helns us to se
whv trust In .Testis nrndttcps beauty
In the life. lie was the beautiful life
"par excellent." All the virtues blos
somed and emitted fragrance in Him.
Of course, self-forgetfulness is en
hanced and made more sure through
love. And faith and trust always
blossom into love exercised toward a
spiritual object. Love is the peerless
transformer of our life. All else is
medial. .ns only Is ultimatp. Love
only is all-powerful to mold like unto
itself. Love Ood and yon became God
like. Pelf slins out the same door
that Cod comes in. They pass each
other on the threshold. The evicted
tenant, goes out bruised, defeated,
friendless. The victor, ruler of our
fate, comes in with all strength of
cheer and grace of countenance, and
all wealth of blessing In Ills out
stretched hands. No trouble hence
forth to forget self, and no difficulty
to be beautiful. In forgetting self
wo forget our weakness and failures.
our disappointed hopes and sorrows.
'"7 3011 13 T.ea'y ?r T
FP(,d to be sown, for truth and right-
enntinntjis tn pmw fnr honn
eousness to grow, for beauty to blos-
Eotn.
This array of foundation principles
is hardly complete without self-surrender.
The give-up principle in life
counts for all. The reason we do
not find is because we are afraid to
lose. We fail to take hold of truth.
beeauso we fail to let go of ourselves
Through obedience we become divine.
Ah. you say, you are beguiling us into
religion. Just so. Did you dream
you could possess beauty of character
without being religious? We desire to
proclaim nothing other than the old
gospel. But to set it before you in
new dress and under an attractive,
lie A-itrhing title. A man hearing the
second :-ermon of this peries forced
his way to the pulpit after It was
done, iind exclaimed. "I thought you
wc.uld he sensational. The subject
looked it, but you everlastingly
riii-iic'inl tr'wr tn.nifht T n m lioth
' " "- i
disappointed and plwisotl." Yea. That' I
-whor tne effectiveness of the gospel !
rnmes in. ic remses to ne suppressed.
.-.! i JJi.i , 11 ine Jir-ui :n-l lie line, i-iiii :
strike home, nowever roundanout the
journey it takes, without meeting ;
Christ somewhere In the way. And j
when the meeting takes place, Jesirs
always gains the central place, and '
glides Into our consciousness as the I
hope of glory. Christ's place of resi- j
dence is in the heart. He is the God- i
li"-; ine( Master of Ceremonies. Hi !
directs the life Issues that emanate j
from that ritadel of attack and do I
fense. Let Him in and all Is we!!, j
Then It is easy to keep the heart
with all diligence. Remember, the ;
heart's emphasis Is always right.
Lm-r. on said another lasting thing.
What the heart deems great is great.
The Master of Men as our Master I
will see to it thaL. all th" life issues
will be true and beautiful. Sorrow i
wl:1 nm corroue niose outgoing ucies
oi aiti.-i uou. .-mi win miL ftfdncu
them. Death will not obliterate nor
overwhelm them, Nor eternity ex- I
haust them. God will recognize the
beauty and exclaim, "Well done; t-n-
ter into the joys of thy Lord." j
Weslev'ti Mill to. I
i
John Wesley's motto: "Get all you
emu; save all you can; give all you
cm snonid be taken to heart by
everyone who wants to become effici
ent in the service of God and to
knevw the joy of fellowship with Ooid
in CUiat.
(I'auio In tfio Philippines.
Seventeen fleer and twenty-five
wild hogs, making u tolul bag of
forty-two is the result of one party's
holiday hunting trip.
A party left Manila on Wednes-
,,ay lasc u"' Jalujala and after the
exi-IUng experience of grounding in
the Pasig on one or two occasions
reached that pointonThursday nioin-
iiiH. Tlie party was Joined at Jalaju'la
oy Governor Cui es, or Lamina, and
,.,,.,.,,.. t , , ,OA
tiecrctat v, together with 130
beaters and sixty clogs. An early
start was made for La Punta dis
trict and a bag amounting to twelve
deer and hogs secured that day.
Ou Friday morning the parry was
joined by Major Iiishop and son. Or.
McVelsh, M. Chandler and Lieuten
ant Jones and the liuni.lng for that
day was carried on in the same dis
trict. The morning bug amounted to
nine and the evening bag to three.
During the eveuliiB bunt the largest
buck during the trip wui secured.
This buck put up u very hard tight
and was killed after a gallant light
on the beach.
Saturday morning the party moved
to the Nagiabas district, wluro they
Brfcuvad thu lanjesj ba, one of tdgh
tueu h-d. Manila Times.
SUNDAY, JULY 22.
How 3rethren Can Hslp Each Othar
In the Christian Life In Every
day Affairs. Gal. 6. 10.
The Old Testament dispensation
was full of the idea of helpfulness.
They must not glean ufter the ivap-
r.M, for that would rob the poor. Must
not build houses without bntlomen.s,
for that would euduuger lift for peo
ple lived much on the roof, of their
dwellings in that country, . iust not
keep the wanes of the hireling over
night, for bis laniHv might suffer for
lack of I be money. Must nol require
interest t;f a fellow lit brew, or make
a slave of bint he was n brother.
These tire but specimens of the grac
ious statutes of Israel. In tit,' New
Testanieiit tills grneioustiess of pur
pose Is still mure lully manifested:
and the .Mosaic Inn! came to n fall
and swt et fruitage in the H"sP''l of
Jesus Christ. That fru.ihm iiivalv-1
the expansion in the law of helpful
ness until its boundary lines covered
a!) the world. -'l am debtor," ex
claimed I'aul. "both to the Creeks and
the barbarians, both to the wise and
the unwi.e." (Koni. 1. II.) That is,
be fell that he ri ved the gospel mes
sage lo everybody. "Shall we lake
the children's bnad and cast II to
the dogs?" uskt'd Jesus (if the Syro
pliot'tilclnn woman. "To the lost
sheep of the house of Israel was 1
sent," be said. And so It was. "To
the Jew first anil afterward to the,
Gentile," was the divine plan. And
so wlnn the woman refused to ac
cept i he rebuff, saying, "Yet the dogs
eat of the crumbs that fall from their
masters' table," the Lord heard and
healed the absent daughter. So I lie
Cetuibs received the touch of the
helpful hand. Other like Instances
are on record. "All the world" be
came kin to Jesus. It was very hard
for the Jew to accept this expansion of
tile Old Testament idea of brother
hood. A wonderful vision was neces
sary lo convince 1'eter that God was
no respecter of persons. Sometimes,
til this clay, professing Christians
( m slow to understand the new In
terpretation of the law. 'It is easy to
believe that Christ died Vor the Anglo
Saxon, but not so easy to believe, or
at least very deeply to feel, that he
died fur the Negro, the Chinaman or
the Hindu. "Charity begins at home."
So let It put out the helping hand to
every needy brother and every ne 'dy
cause. It is a ureal thing to be u'ol '
to realize one's ident.tlcat ion with tin
movements and enterprises which
have God back of tbim and in them,
and which, therefore, must, win, and
whose purpose Is the blessing of
others. Let the charity which be
gins at home muke home sweet.
JULY TWENTY-SECOND.
Christ's Life. VII. How Christ Pray
ed, and How We Should Pray
Matt. 14:23; 26:36-44.
We are not always to pray alone:
but unless we pray much alone, we
can never pray with others.
God wants in our prayers, not what
we might desire if we were wiser and
bettei, but just what we do desire,
graced with "as Thou wilt."
I'rayer is the steam, watching is
the helm: each is useless without thi
ol her.
We are not heard for our much
praying, but wo are heard every time
we truly pray.
Suggestions.
The only eloquence in prayer Is
love and obedience.
Fraying at regular times, when '('
may not feel like it, is the only path
way to i lie prayer "without ceasing."
Xo one can truly pray unless he
believes in direct answers to pray
er. What is more rude than a prayer
that talks but never listens?
Illustrations,
Prayer Is a hand stretched out, not
palm upward, to beseech, but palm
sldewise, to grasp God's hand.
Frayer is a Jacob's stairway into
the clouds. We cannot see where it
rests, but we see that it does not
fall.
I'rayer Is a language to be learned,
and the best way to learn u language
is to surround yourself with those that
speak it.
Kvery society should have a press
committee if only of one member.
I'liice upon it the society's nio.-d
skilful writers, and also some Kn
deavorers whom they will train up
for the work.
Write about anything connected
with your society or church that is
of Intei est to the people for whom
you write. Do not hastily conclude
that because a matter interests ynu
it will therefore Interest, every one
else.
Send it to the local paper, the de
iioniln.il ionnl paper, the Christian Fu
ll. -aver paper. But send to each only
what each is most likely to want.
Iti'o.t-bl io tlooli at I ast.
Tibbie was a Scotch lm. hard-WGri:i-g
and coni-ly. She ruled over
a grat-iVI ir.:l .;;ipp:-;-'s-d family of
New L'n;r'o 'i 1 vs for eight years, anil
then niiiiouii-.-d her intention of
lnari-.iru; within six weeks,
"I BUppos! it is Hal) whom yo i
mean to marry. Tibbie?" tished her
nominal niislrf ss, referring to a tall,
lnlld-facMl young Scotchman who
had spoilt more or less time in Tib
bie's spotless kitchen for the last
thr" years.
"It is," unnoimced Tibbie, calm
ly. "Here I 'j's b'ien coming und sit
ting wl' me ull these timet:, j.n.1 never
a word o' merrylng. So at. long
last I said to him, 'If you vo no mind
to tak me, Itab, ye tail jlut say bo,
and I'll spend nae more on bright
ribbons to ait ip v-T ye, but I'll tuk
my money to buy oneo' thosg calk-ing-machliies
that play tunes, after
I've paid for a strip o'. new oilc loth
to cover tho floor where you've worn
out the old one; and then I'll tak my
reloeglous books and settle down in
quiet.'
"Jlabble was no concerned at my
drear prospects and the thoughts o'
my savings ho eald he would huo uie
whenever I got reedy."
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSOR C3MVIENTS
FOR JULY 22.
Subject) Teaclilnc How to PrT,
I,nk il 1.13 Qolilnn Text, t.uka
1 Memory Varans, 9, 10 Toplct How
to nuppltcata ttointnetitary.
I. Christ teaching His disciples to
pray (vs. 1-4). 1. "Was praying." It
was the habit of Christ to pray. "When
He ceased." Terhnps He was praying
such a powerful prayer as to arouse
the feeling that they knew not how to
pray aright. "As John also taught."
Knoll new dispensation may not only
have Its uew unfolding of (roths, but
Us new revelations may open new
modes of access, and new topics of
prayer and modes of worship. A differ
ent prayer was offered In the Mosaic
ritual from the patriarchal form. John
opened up a new scope of prayer, and
this new dispensation requires of Jesus
to set the range of prayer In accord
ance with the new range of truth, and
the new position of man wllh Ood.
'J. "Say." Tlie beauty and value, of
the les.-ous In the Lord's prayer arise
from, 1. The tone of holy confldenc
it tenches us to approuch God as our
Father (Horn. 8:15), in love as well as
holy fear. 2. Its absolute unselfish
ness it is offered fur all the brother
hood of man. 3. Its entire spirituality
of seven petitions, one only is for any
earthly boor., and that only for the sim
plest. 4. Its brevity and absence of
nil vain repetitions (hlccl. 5:2). 5. Its
simplicity, which requires not learn
ing, but only holiness and sincerity for
its universal comprehension. For
these reason the fathers called It the
I "epitome of the gospel." "Our Fath
' er." Au expression of love and conde
! scenslcm. "Which art in heaven." In
Hie former clause we express His near
I ness to us, In this Ills distance from
I us. This phrase In the Scriptures
j seems used to express, 1. His omul
I presence (1 Kings 8:27l. 2. His utaj
! esty and dominion (2 Chron. 2o:t!l. 3.
I His power and might U'sa. llfi:3). 4.
I His omniscience (1'sa. ;i:t:13-lf). 5.
His infinite purity nml holiness (Isa.
ri":15t. "Hallowed be Thy name." The
j "name" stands for the man himself
, his character, his ability, his posses
j sloiis. "Thy kingdom come." The
i kingdom of His power, His gospel. His
grace and His glory. "Thy will be
clone." Tlie will of God i-s infinitely
good, wise nnd holy. "As in heaven."
by the angels and nil the hosts of heav
en. "So iu earth." By mortals.
II. "Give us." The pood things of
this life are the gifts of God. "Day
by day." In the order in which our
needs are felt. "Our dally bread."
Life's most common necessity. Strength
to gain It, skill to earn It, power to eat
all are from God.
4. "Forgive us our slus." Sin is
here represented as a debt. "We also
forgive." Else how could we entreat
Thee for pardou. "Not into tempta
tion." As the prayer for dally bread
raises us above care for to-day, and
the prayer for the forgiveuess of sins
Is meant to quiet us concerning the
past, so ls the prayer against tempta
tion a weapon for the uncertain future,
that we may not fall again under the
might of evil. "Deliver us from evil."
From all the wicked fascination rtnd
miserable results of sin, from its blind
ness aud lusenslbillty, from its unspir
ItUHlity and rebellion, from its hard
ness and Its punishment; from all that
dishonors God ami ruins the soul, from
its guilt, its power, lis shame und its
doom.
H. The parable of the importunate
borrower (vs. o-Hi. u. "lie said." Al
though idle repetitions iu prayer are
forbidden, yet persistency and impor
tunity iu prayer, wrestling with God
and not letting Him go uutil He has
blessed us. are here distinctly taught.
See Luke IS:1-H. "Midnight." In those
hot countries it Is common, where it
can be done safely, to travel in the
night. "Lend uie." It was usual with,
the .Tews to borrow bread of one an
other. ti. "Friend is come." Benighted,
belated and who lias lost bis way. A
strong reason why he should'have
prompt relief. 7. "Trouble me not."
The trouble made him insensible both
of the urgency of the case and the
claims of friendship. "In bed." Wo
learn from travelers that it is usual in
the East for a whole family to sleep
in the same room, each Jaying his mat
tress on the floor. "1 cannot." With
out exertion, which was equal to. "I
will not." 8. "His importunity." Lit
erally, his shamelessuess; that Is, his
unblushing persistence.
HI. The disciples urged to persist
eney in prayer (vs. 9-13). 0. "I say
unto you." We have It from Christ's
own mouth, who knows His Father's
mind. "Ask seek knock." In every
thing, by prayer and supplication, we
I are to make our requests known unto
! God; then we are to "seek" continue
j to ask and knock at the door of Ilia
j mercy.
! Kt. "Everyone receiveth," etc.
i Christ promiseth to hear and answer,
i No soul can pray In vuln that prays
I as God has directed. 11. 12. "If a son
i shall ask," etc. From that which the
i friend will do, the discourse of the Sa-
vlour rises even to that which one
1 could expect of a "father," and from
that which an imperfect earthly father
does even to that which the perfect
Father in heaven bestows.
13. "Being evil." Sinful people are
, ready and anxious to give good gifts
to their children. "How much more."
: How much more will one whoso nature
, is love and who Is Infinitely holy anil
good give good things to them that ask
Him. "Holy Spirit." The essence of
, all good gifts which the Father in hea
: ven can bestow on His praying child.
"To them that ask." The asking must
be hearty, sincere, earnest, fervent and
in faith.
NKMVJUS WOMAN'S COMFORT.
There is no destructive disease or
the nervous system, and ull cases,
even the most uevero ones, are cura
ble, oi course, neurasthenic women
can seldom cure themselves without
niedlciil assistance, but, by a clearer
comprehension of the nature of tholr
disease tfiey can rob it of many of Its
terrors und reduce th-'lr Bufferiiiys
to a minimum. I have oft?n noted
how frequently wo men who come to
vo dejected, tearfu: an ' hopeless,
leave me hopeful and with llioir re
covery well under wnv liv ibn truth.
ful UKauruiiCH that they are In no
l danger of either insanity or heart
j disease. If a woman once under
I Btanda this, a dreud la lifted from
her niiud which goes far towards
helping her to food health again.
Insanity or loss of mind Id hover
caused .by neurasthenia, and though
tho heart may I t-have out rngeoiisly,
It Is not beeauso that organ Is dis
eased, but rdniply berau.-iu its nerv
ous mechftrrUm in out of order. Or.
Graeme Iiammaud, in Harper's
La:ar,
Wmh r5l( i Pap'" Sottae. 1
mBm and MM0k
Sunflowers For Poultry.
Sunflower seed makes a good feed
for poultry during ooultlng time, and
they are especially useful In adding
lustre to the new plumage.
Money In Horse Breeding.
One of the most profitable Bide
lines in which the general farmer
may engage is horse breeding. It Is
a business for which a grtat major!
ty of the farmers already possess a
part of the equipment, as there are
few who do not have at least one
general purpose mare suitable for
the purpose. Here Is a great oppor
tunity t hen to secure a good profit, at
a small additional outlay. Now,
there are horses and horses; some
bred for speed, some for style and
gait, some for work. It. is with the
last clnss that the farmer would best
deal If he wants to keep his peace of
mind and a plump wallet. Farming.
Scire Head.
A reader at Strayhen, Miss., asks
for a remedy for sore-head, which ap
pears in form of scuba on heads and
combs of fowls.
Sore-head Is nothing more than a
blood disease and Is easily controlled
and cured. Sulphur In soft food, a
teaspoonful to each dozen hens, fed
every other day, will cure almost
every case. If the heads are very
sore, It may be necessary to rub the
affected parts with carbollzed vase
line, but mild cases will not require
such treatment.
A few drops of tincture of Iron In
drinking water will materially aid In
toning up the system and keep the
blood in good condition.
While feeding sulphur It will be
necessary to keep the fowls out of
rain or damp grass, as they easily
coftlract colds. Home and Farm.
A Good C'ellur or Care.
One of the handiest cellars or
caves I have ever seen was construct
ed in the following manner: A cyl
indrical hole was dug Into the ground
at the desired spot about eight feet
In diameter and three feet deep, the
dirt being thrown just outside the
circumference line. Then the well
shaped excavation was walled with
brick !hid In mortar and brought to
an apex at the desired height above
the surface of the earth. Aa It ex
tended above the ground the dirt was
drawn to It and covered it to the
desired depth. In the apex was
placed nn air tube, which could be
opened or closed at pleasure. The
door was constructed nearest the
dwelling house. Up to this was fitted
n frame work, which was enclosed,
the outside doof being made to fit
closely. In order to keep out dogs
and cats. Around the wall of the
cave benches were constructed for
fruit and vegetables. The floor was
cemented, and contained a hola near
the wall Into which any water might
drain and be dipped out with n
bucket. This cave or cellar fur
nished a warm place for fruit and
vegetables during the winter, a cool
place for milk In the summer and a
refuge from cyclones and tornadoes
Y. D. Neule.
Tlie Condi Horse.
A horseman of experience com
mends the coach horse as a class in
good demand at, profitable prices al
ways, nnd says that a carriage horse
should be able to pull weight and
have endurance enough to continue
at a fair rate of speed. Tho demands
of the times call for true natural ac
tion. Boots ami .weights are Imprac
ticable, unsightly and Inconvenient
for use on the public highway. More
over, the action should bo pure and
frlctionless. Horses for pleasure use
in tho great cities must possess cour
age and great endurance.
While speed Is a very desirable
quality, tne breeder should not sac
rifice size for it. The ordinary farm
er will hardly profit by breeding
horses for speed purposes only. What
he wants is a saleable animal or
horse of general utility, and a horse
to bo generally useful a.nd the class
that command tho longest prices are
those that belong to tho carriago
type. As aforesaid, if the farmers
and small breeders can evolve a type
of horses with nice conformation, a
fair rate of speed, with plenty of sub
stance nnd size for pulling weight,
and to this add endurance and game
ness, they will find horse breeding a
most profitable und useful Industry,
ravntit Stork AVnnk.
A subseriber at ltlngood. X. C. nsks
why her chickens die. She says she
scls the eggs under bens, nnd they
bateli very well, but that several from
eac h brood are weak, and He on their
backs for n few days, when they die.
Tills is clearly u case w here but little
attention bus been paid to the selection
of males and females fur the breeding
yard.
No change has been made for some
years and no new blood bus been se
cured; Inbreeding has been allowed to
continue until the vitality of the fowls
Las become weak.
The fertility of (he eggs, though
fairly good, will of necessity develop a
weakness In the chicks, and this In
time will produce a Hock of fowls so
delicate that they wll be easy prey to
every dlsVase know n't o poultryduui.
'Each year strong and vigorous fowls
should be selected foi the breeding
pens, aud these should be conniied until
the lititehiug season has ended.
Should It not be possible to make
such a selection from one's own flock,
then by all means buy a male of the
same breed from some reliable breeder.
From the chick hutched from this
mating you may select pullets for the
following year and again secure a male
as was done the previou year.
Experienced poultry breeders may
successfully Improve their flocks each
year by careful gelecilon, but with
those who are nut thoroughly fu miliar
with all the requirement necessary, It
will be better to proceed as before
stated.
Inbreeding Is practiced by many ot
the most successful poultry flinders of
this country, but Indiscriminate choos
ing of a male and n few females, with
no regard to results required, will in
evitably prove a failure.
It does not pay to keep a dozen or
go males running nbout the place. Keep
only a few and let them be the best
ymt on n get. Each yent try to Im
prove on the previous one, nnd do not
work blindly to accomplish your pur
pose. Home and Farm.
Wight That Attacks the l'otnto.
The grower who hopes to mio.ceed
In raising potatoes must arrange for
a fixed acreage every year, regardless
of price. Increase your nrengo rath
er than decrease It when seed stock
is cheap. Plant freely when pota
toes are a drug on the market. Don't
neglect the potato crop this year.
Give It timely and Intelligent care.
Start the cultivator after the plant
ers and ridge the rows much like
hilling the same. In two or three
days start the harrow across the
rows to destroy the sprouted weed
seeds. Keep these Implements busy
on large fields of potatoes or corn
and thus kill the weeds before they
see daylight. When the potatoes are
well established sprny them with
Bordeaux mixture and Paris green,
regardless of the absence of bugs or
blight. These enemies to potato
growing nre so active when they
begin work that they may ruin the
prospects of a good crop in a day or
two. Blight is now fully as destruc
tive as polato bugs in the North
west, hence, growers must anticipate
Its annual appearance and keep the
crop sprayed with Bordeaux, the
cheapest and most reliable preven
tive in use up to date. Farmer's
Bulletin, No. 243, which may he se
cured from the Department oT Agri
culture, Washington, D. C, gives a
very, complete list of the various
formulas and methods of preparing
and applying the fungicide mix
tures. Send for a copy at once. The
"5-5-50" combination is easily re
membered and as good as any. Cut
an oil barrel in half, each part of
which will hold twenty-five gallons
of water. Dissolve five pounds of
blue0 vlrrlol (Sul. of Copper) in one
container, and five pounds of Btono
lime In the other. Cover the top
of another fifty gallon barrel with a
cheese cloth, strain and dip the ro
hition from the small containers into
the larger, using equal parts of each
as they are mixed. Add one-fourth
to one-half pound of slrictly first
class Pnris green to tho fifty gallons
of Bordeaux mixture. Apply with
a sprinklier or a spray pump. Every
neighborhood should own a mounted
automatic sprny outfit to be operated
with a horse. These will cover four
to six rows and do the work better
than it can be done by hand.
Don't neglect this important work
until the damage has been wrought,
but arrange for the material, at once.
Indianapolis News.
Fiii'tn" nnd f; aid en Xoles.
Popular interest in dairying is In
creasing.
Keep tho grass away from around
the trunks of the trees.
Uurn the litter and trash that ac
cumulates in tho poultry house, fre
quently. The flock of hens that keep busy
scratching do not contract the vices
peculiar to .those fowls that have
nothing to do.
Turkeys can not stand dampness,
at least until they are e'lght weeks
old, and not then unless strong and
well developed.
Put eight or ten drops of tincture
of aconite to each gallon of tho drink
ing water twice a week, to prevent
colds and roup.
Leg weakness In chickens usually
results from three causes, rapid
growth, bottom heat In brooders and
the use ot sulphur.
There Is no excellence without
great labor, and It certainly is as
true In the poultry business as In
any other business.
Experience has taught us that the
most profitable kinds of poultry to
raiBe for market are the quick-growing,
early-maturing 1 breeds.
The Increasing price of fonee ports,
and tho decreasing supply 13 cu.i Si ii g
men to reflect about the future post.
We will havo to get some good sub
stitute or plant trees.
Paint, when judiciously applied to
farm implements, will give better re
turns than when applied to buildings.
Paint buildings for appearances and
implements for durability.
Potato scab can be largely prevent
ed by submerging the seed for two
hours or more in a formalin solution
made by dissolving one pint of for
maldehyde In thirty gallons of water.
There Is always more clear money
Iu raising one good colt and in rais
ing it right, than la raising half a.
dozen mongrels and not raising them
as they should be raised.
Every farmer should have his
seed corn testing patch, on- whfcU
competing selections from his own
fields and varieties secured elsewhere
may be subjected to a careful field
test tinder his own eye.
Without exercise, It 1b' impossible
for the muscles ot the young horses
to develop, hence, the necessity ot a
good-sized field for them to run In,
If you would have homes of endur
ance, give the colts a chance to de
velop tbelr muscles.
Sir Gilbert Parker, the novelist,
likes to go from one room to another,
writing a little In this and a little la
that. He also has a weakness for
Cbuigljig CiJJj'i ikvbJ.h) composing.
The Government are having
lene engines put In tome of ,
new life boats. These boa'."
built In New Jersey. a"
The Louisiana State Hom ,
Lepers is Bald to have cured nin
tients of the dread disease by . J
treatment, which may prove to Z
the boon for which auffcrlnr r..
furies have waited.
San Francisco's earthquake
felt and duly registered by the'w
mograph of the Zikawet observatory
near Shanghai, China. The pert,,.'
batlon was rather strong, and ',h
commotion propagated through tV
earth's crust lasted a little over ml
hour and thirty-live minutes.
Pontypol, England, is anxlom
about the electric cable that runs
through the town. The corporation
surveyor asserts that several horsti
have taken fright owing to the cM.
trie current catching their shoes and
throwing them on their haunthes
A town councilor said tho streets
were "full of currents," and that
"the town might bo blown up at any
moment."
B. F. Bobrlch utters a warning a
regard to t.ie danger from bacilli in
the mouthpieces of telephones a
which lurk the bacteria of influenza,
pneumonia, diphtheria and tuhorciiio!
sis. His tests show that the coatings
of the mouthpieces contain many
species of bacteria and he urges that
tho health departments compel tits
telephone companies to furnish anti
septic devices to destroy gonns ia the
transmitters.
Alcohol is used in the nnii;ifa"1.r.-
of transparent soup, aj a solvn; for
clarifying. Transparent soap i;i mails
by mixing fat and soda to form a sop.p
mixturo in tho usual manner. Al
cohol is then added and an emul
sion formed by violent agitation, thus
bringing the alcohol into contact
with every particle of soap. The al
cohol Is then allowed to evaporate
and the now transparent soap is run
Into molds and pressed into the
shapes In which it Is sold.
Typhoid fever deaths in New York
State numbered 1554 during 1903,
according to the report of Dr. Eugene
H. Porter, State Commissioner of
Health. Dr. Porter says that It la
no exaggeration to attribute almost
every one of these deaths to infected
water. While there may be some
doubts as to this statement, unques
tionably many of the deaths were ao
caused, and there is no dnubht that
his recommendations for a hotter
sanitary control of tho potable water
of the State should be heeded. He
recommends legislation "providing
that all plana for public water sup
plies be approved by the State Com
missioner of Health, and also to se
cure inspection of proposed and exist
ing sower systems and water sup
plies." MKX WHO MVK ON STIllS.
Turpentine Cuitbcrt-ia nml .Sheen
Herders of Paris of France.
The peoplo live on sixteen foot
stilts in the remarkable turpentina
growing country of France. They
don these stills after breakfast. They
do not remove them again till it 13
time for bcd.
There are two reasons for the
wearing of, stilts in the turpentine
country. One is the turpentine gath
ering. The other fs the herding of
the great Hocks;
Tho turpentine comes from th?
maritime pine. This tree is tapped,
a shingle is Inserted, and from the
shingle Is hung a tiny bucket, into
which tho turpentine drips. The
tapping process is like that used' on
the American sugar maple.
Young pine trees are tapped low,
but with each year's passage the In
cision is made higher up, so that it
is not long before most of the trees
are tapped twenty or thirty feet from
the ground.
Hence the huge stilts of the work
men. On these stilts they traverse
the flat country, covering five or six
yards with each stride, and quickly
and easily collect the turpentine that
overflows tho little buckets hanging
high up In the trees.
It Is for herding also that the stilts
are userul. The country is very flat,
aud the herdsman, unless he con
tinually climbed a tree, would be un
able to keep all the members of his
huge flock in sight. But, striding
about on bis stilts, he commands a
wide prospect; he Is always, as it
were, upon a hill.
The stilt, wearers carry a fifteen
foot staff with a round, Hat top like
a dinner plate. When it is lunch
time, or when they are tired they
plant upright undes them the staff
and sit down on Its round, fiat top
Then In comfort seated bo dizzily
high, they eat and rest and chattel
a strange sight to behold. Na
leans Times-Democrat.
New Spellings.
Tho twelve words which the school
superintendent's department of the Na
tlonnl Educational Association conven
tion advise -should be given new spil
ing In the schools of the United States
are these:
"Hed" for rend.
"Tuf" for tough.
"Kuf" for rough.
"Tung" for tongue.
"Yung" for young.
"Knuf" for enough.
"Trauf for trough.
"Thrue" Jor through.-
'Fether' for feather.
"Mesure" for measure.
"liesure" for pleasure.
"IJusslneHH" for busluemi.
George Meradlth, it is said,- will
write no more 'novels. Though both
legs were fractured In an accident
some mouths ago, he Is, when his
age is considered, making what
Stems to be surpriultitT progress.