I Sunday Sermon & 5 A Scholarly Discourse By J 5 Rev. I. W. Henderson. Brooklyn. X. Y. r reach in?; at the. Jrv.ug Square Presbyterian Church (in the theme. "The Chrisi Life,'' the K"V. I. V Henderson, pastor, took, m his text I'hillpplans 1 : 2 l : "For me to live is Christ." lie said In tho niiirsf or his sermon; It. Is my desire to convey to your ruin J nnd to press lastingly upon your hearts Rome homely, yet help ful, truths relative . i the Christ llf". Persuaded o( tho similarity of your : f ., trials, diflicult les, problems, to my own. and recognizing the com mon needs or all men, I would talk 10 you about this text. Horace, the old Koman poet, ships til praises oT him to nhrnii It Is r.w-rt and honorable to die for his r-iuntry. I bring to you from the Fook of Hooks no not.? of d-ath, but a pi-alr.i of Hie. For n,e to livi Is Christ," and to pass beyond the veil i- " 1 1 1i enfr into lir,' more .-ihiind-u.'.i." Tb n s says Paul, For him end for us there is no death. To live th" Christ llf ' I ve is to daell within I he (.'.: el' Mis presence there. "Kor 1. ' to live U Chris'"-- a plan of sclf 1 cl'-.ii ion to His service here, u 1 i'::r.est nl cur entrance inlo Joy ei-'n-al there. "For a;, art from Me : ' i-n do not hin::," sail ii tiu Lord. I'aul. the most strenuous of Cli.-'.stlans, e;ii; oniizes the Christian I if" in Ih'-.v words to th; church at I'hliippl. sum and :!::' ual '.leisure duty, as His utterance slates the substances of the complete lit". Pur aim a".d our it should be. a-i I is our men and wonvn who love our jor J, to so live, that me:!, look- rig uriori 1 4 may view i:i m the rist-n. Clir.s?. The le.vt presents to our minds a fourfold thought. P.roadly speaking w r.:ay say that ni ui have four rela tions in this life to (iod, to society, i'j the home and lo th?nnelvr.. To s' .! forth the f:inu thought different I": Men have spiritual, civil, .louu's t a.id personal duties. r. -Union nilaht. u3 multiplied upon relation; di:i upon duty could be indefinitely remarked. Finr thai would be to suggest su'Kliviskr.is raiher than fun damentals. Indeed. I am cognizant tlia' the moral duty to the home i ..;' asily b included under the head or s.'eitl rela'ior.s. Unr fjr the pur :i; of lily mo:n?nt we will resolve ethics of the Christ llf,' Into the i.'oi'eminio:ied divisions. 71:o first, the greatest, the noblest imp&ral.ve i:i the life of the man who desires tj conform to the pattern of I he true Christ life, who wishes to make ttu words of Paul his motto for right living, is to love and to a."vs and i.bey our Heavenly Father. ? may say that the v.'iole duty of man is hound up in this declaration. For. Christian!.' speaking, there Is i.o department of life Into which the i:--rvice :f our Clod does not enter. Loyalty to God is the basis of all purest living and highpst thinking. To be true to the Father is to be loyal to society and strong for self. We may not lie true to Hod and un true to the social, civil and domestic conditions with which the mere fact (.'" life confronts us. "The. earth is the Lord's rind .tho fulness th.-.reof." sings the psalmist. Yo be a traitor to the world is t be craven toward the Maker. We t not praise CioJ with our lips and dis obey Him in our every act. Our words, honeyed tlioirih they be, will fount nu.tgiit for us unto righteous ness. The te-t of fealty Is In action. We .:;:s; measure true to thi Ideals I hat we preach, prayer and praise '.re worthy, but they n. not service. Prayer i leases Clod and if sttvngtli i i:;. Praia', no doubt, makes joy .".r.ioii'- the angels who surround the Ihrone. I'. ut U is the service which (!";, thing-: the prayer which re-r-iiv -s it self Into action: the praise i ::ai c.f a is tou::.l .1 u;io:i the knowledge task", I'nrou'sh Mis grae. well i!o:t. i 1 .1 mains m jt for pleasure in the he;;-: of our King. was trite to Cod and to I.) F.'di". The happiness of .'. uuive.s- was His hone To His home, t i His t I lis (Vein: ry. to all a:i.l for C- wi i ar.. I t Hie !'-;i'h'V :,:..! care, ii i-'ulor ., n n:;ts, t he l.ad :m e. l al! ),vit:g : ' I f.f life. And .-.j. Savi ear was fail hi'ul. lt' .-iti.ly toward holy and :. ice. 1'reaching a ;;o- I i lived a ill' of love, o be lik" ("Jirist we . tust hrist. His h jpfs must b" ; His Measures must be Tli motive in His je the foive whicii, in our live- like C i'ir hope., o';r pleaj; i. ii: t.Ki.ie n And g., i lo i Chrisi b j . l r u i ' gOOJM-SS i!i:ie..,s is .in 1 1. v. j..-. so must spirit ual. and but r,o;! ! n A S t il ! f'nristia'i the His : Hide and I Is Comffirter who guard nui.v, b" the comet H from above. I ivi ity. : p deep down in his heart, will nier and the mai!irpri::g in b" the his me. Christ b'l -'itl-.'S.S ".ml no'. aity is pure politic.--, cl-an t:i'thods. snirdy honesty purpose, all rolled into liar conscience m-aiis a one. A c'. : brrve ballot.; ballot m-aii' and. con erseiy, u dirty a smeared soul. I'p- rigiit business methods earn thir f:wn reward: periiain not in unde veil dividends and wrongly divid ed or d:verti profits, but In liappl Iies4 of heart. Honesty Is but a step tjv.ard bulin -ss. Nobility and sln "rity are mighty forcrs. And these facts the civic and the business worlds ae recognizing, more and more. Iiishonesty is a bad asset; Mi J the Christian man, who stands four siitiare to the world upon the rock Christ .Jesus, is tj have the call. 'I'iin.. --serving poiiiicians may scoff; I .ios'j who d fine character in the terms of preferred stock, nnd who prefer gobl to goodness, may run liiui'j lu misjudge what is highest in life; sin ma seem mill to have the :.t runglid'.fJld upon the world; Chris tians inuv numbl", yea fall, upon the King's highway, be derelict to duty and lo faith, may Imitate poor, fore warned Peter and deny the Christ, bin. file eternal principles of Individ ual and of social righteousness lire b- ind lo win. Uut while many of us are, through tho gracH of Cod. enabled to approxi mate rlnhi eousnei's In our wider Bu rial I'elailo.n. there are but few ol us who ara Chrisllike In the hotni life. I have sinned must be out Idea; tor pardon must 'e our prayer A renewed llf must lu our resolu lion, that Christ, may be our portio;'. The gross sins of the believing Christian nre. largely, not thos ol Ii. un -us or awful dell lquency. Most of ns managed to keep out of prison Fw of us havfi to stand for ' -ial ii;ion charg3s of overt crime. Most r . us, by the tnrcy of God. are gulit p?ss or th iin which shock the :nse. The duftlmif slu of til Christian In his bonis llf are what we ar 'Ik'i'.y to term the weakness! . of Ufa. For you and for r-12, pett faults nre otteiitintes the greatest sins. With us the pro'ienesn to fa (he unkind word: think the unwor thy thought; to do the hard net ot lo speak the stern sentiment: to give the rein to anger fir to let passion rule; these are the most detrimental and defiling sins. Many n mother who would give up life Im.df for the child ho nestled at her breast; many a father who lot only would, but does, work long sml weary h-nr? Tor the loved ones of his home and hearth; many such a man and many such a woman linds the love of those most dear to them s lost and lost to them perhaps forever, because of tin Christian unchixrltableness in the homo. "For me to live U Christ," you say. But do you live the life.' Are you thoughtless of the rights of others? Are you self-centred rather than world" loving? Are you heedless of the needs of men? Thes? ar ml not things In life; these are the trifles. Hut to the soul that is growing up toward Cod, and out toward men, and that Is spreading roots through the eternities, they spell either fail ure or success. As has be"ti said, "success is made up of trifles and success is no trifle." Selfishness, hastiness, iuconsider atencss, all these are the sins which weight the soul. For those of who have laid our hearts at the feet of Christ, they are me sins fthich keep us from attainment unto si. ini tial perfection and the r.tren c,,di of Cue Saviour. They are the cancers which gnaw rt the vitals of th" l.inn spiritual, and which consume the very life's Mood. Leaving behind these lessor sins we nav grow into the stature of the Son of Cod. Put ting meanness and pettiness behind us we may become 1 ! I; Hint win' was in all things pure. P.ut only ns we exclude the smallnrsfes of lifj from oar natures do we grow. Hut we must always remember that we have a duty to self as well as to society and to the Saviour. Here, again, duty to Cod presup poses and Implies a right relation with self. We cannot be true lo Cod and untrue to self. Right relations with Cod preclude an evil Inner life. "To thine own self be true," the poet, sings, "and it must follow, as the night the day. thou canst not then be false to any man." He might have said, with equal surety, that loyalty to God precludes disloyalty to man and to self. Triteness to self implies Christian!' speaking, that the man is In harmony with man kind and with, God. Trueness to the highest and ho liest motives and Ideals that are within us brings greatest happiness and peace. Right, thoughts produce and conserve a right life. High thinking is a tonic. Low thinking breeds disease. Cleanness of heart means clearness of head. To grovel spiritually is to deflate one's self to be a sloven mentally. We must keep ourselves purified of unwholesome ness if we would attain the heights where holy men dwell. Education is not salvation. Knowl edge is power and should Induce pu rity. But the pure In heart mind you, not the strong in mental force the pure in heart alone see Cod. The vile of soul are always in the depths of hell, and all the wisdom of all the ages could not pull them out. A clean heart fits a man for life's labors. We cannot submit ourselves to the rule of our evil passions If we would escape ruin. "Our bodies are good servants, but poor masters," Is an apt and a wine saying. The Christ, was a power, because lie had a healthy mind and n pure heart. To Him evil was hateful. For Him love was the law and th" light of tht world. For Cod Is love. To be pure, to be genile. to be no ble, to think kindly and to act wor thily, to be right toward man and in the sight of Cod, to be growing con stantly into Cod-likeness, that Is to be truly Christlike. And to those of us alone who are trying, as Chun nine: has said, "to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common," who are liv ing nearest to the source of all Ir.ve and of til life. Is it. given to say, with very truth, "Forme to live is Chris:." Cecils That Crew, Seeds That Didn't, "I have noticed that when the green leaves have appeared, and have lifted themselves a little above the soil, It. often happens that a bit of soil adheres to them and seem to wright them. Put, as the plains go on giowing. they cast off these specks at earth and push on valiant ly. Some or my seed must have been dead, for though they bud abundant time for sprouting, they did not all appear; they lay th?re inertly umhl the earth. "Which things have been a kind of a (arable lo me. Though the liv ing seeds In their growing have car ried on their leaves some n( the soil as they grow tiiey are dinging it off, while i'i b rd seeds are help less under the cirih. A Christian may be carrying some mean and un seemly earl hllness. lint If he be really athrill wlih the new life ami growing, be will be finite sure to slough it off lu time. LeL me be patient with him and give him a chance. Cod docs The hopeful fact is that he is alive and growing. Dead seeds are powerless. So are dead souls." Dr. Wayland Iloyt. The I 'oolsiool ami the Watf litower. How many answers have been missed simply because we did not follow our petition with a heaven ward eye and with the calm wav ing) of expectant faith! Remember, when you pray, go at oi ca from thu footstool to the tower. .1. Nnuhai. I'osslbilltlcs or Dry Fanning. Estimates of the amount or land that can be reclaimed by IrrlgVion vary all th-? way from ;0,0ui),uijt) acres up to 12,'JUU,Ouo acres, with the weight of nuthorltativo opinion dedd;dly favoring the lower figur. Yet If one per cent, of the money now being expended for irrigation works were made available for tho educa tion of the people who ought to be Interested In dry (arming. It Is prob able that live hundred million acres of land perhaps more than that could he reclaimed from Its present unproductive, and comparatively worthless state Just as rapidly as nettlem, whether native born, or Im migrants from foreign countries, could be taken to it. Century. VITAL QLK3T10N. "Let m tall you ho to keep the house on $10 a wee!;," began the lo cal economist. "Nonsense," replied the practical man. "Tho house don't eat. Teil me how to keep my family on 110 a weak and I will llstan to you." Chi cago News. FR Demand Registry Certificate. When n person buys an unimal that Is claimed to he registered the purchaser should demand the certifi cate of registry and have the trans fer of ownership made with pen and ink on the back of the certificate. This transfer should give the name of the purchaser nnd dale of the Iransucilon. and fdiould be signed by the seller. Tail Docking Still 1-Nsent in). It Is difficult to convince an old horse breeder, who has been acctis 'iiini'il in early life to raise sheep, 'hat acquired characteristics nre iansniitied. At what date the prae tic of docking tails of lambs was first practiced is inknown. It was i great many years ago. yet (he tails of lambs from those nnccstoi-3, whose tails have been docked for genera tions, do not seem to have diniin- shed any In lengih. The docking process Is just as essential now us when it. was first, practiced. Uoston Cu Ii ivat or. Feeding Plants. Farmers can learn how to feed Ihcir plautr. as well as. their animals ami have everything to gain by en deavoring to gain more knowledge in that direction. Plants require food and drink, and they have their preferences as to the kinds desired. If improper foods are supplied the plants they refuse them and seek In the soil for something which the farmer has not supplied. When the food Is suitable the plants make rapid growth and thrive, but when they are sickly there Is something wrong with tho food. To set plant food free promotes ni trification, supplies air to the soil and roots, makes all the soil avail able by fining it, breaks up the hard pan, makes a reservoir for water, warms and dries the soil, saves the rain by taking it into the soil, pre vents evaporation or conserves mois ture nnd makes the moisture aud, fer tility of the soil available. Scabby Legs. Th" rough, unsightly scales some times seen on the legs of fowls, caus ing I hem to swell and become dis torted, are due to a mite a small insect closely resembling that which produces scab In sheep. About olio eight hundredth of an inch in length, it burrows in the ukin tinder the scales, the consequence of the irrita tion being that purulent matter Is formed, on which it subsists. In acute ftages the diseased limbs be come covt red w ith rough, lumpy rrusts, which may be removed with a blunt knife, although if the parts are not first moistened with soft soap and warm water furious bleed ing will follow. These crusts are generally hollow and contain a spongy mass, in the lower portions of which the pests are lo be found in all stages of growth and develop ment. Left lo itself, the disease makes very r.low progress, and birds having ii may linger along for a year or more. Occasionally, however, it results in such violent inflammation and corrosion, ns it were, that the toe or afflicted part.-; drop off. While il is as contagious as. nnd in many respecis similar to the srab of sheep, spreading from one bird to another by the iuii.es, Mr. prevention and cure, foil nmitely, are simple and easy. One of the best things to do for il is to wash the legs of the diseased birds wilh narm wau-r and carbolic soap, and wh n dry apply with a feather, kerosene oil, working it thoroughly into '.he crevices be'ween the scales. At the same time the roosts should be coated with a mixture of grease, containing enough kerosene to make of II a thin paint; with a stiff paint brush it should be Inserted into the cracks and crevices until they nre filled, it being there that the mites secret- themselves during the day. As it is an easy maiter for the mites to be in the nects. they should also receive proper atlention; the old straw, too, should be laken out and burned and new put in lis place. Fowls enjoying plenty of room in their runs are less liable to be both ered with scaly legs than when kept in i onlincd spaces. Fred O. Sibley, iu The F.piioniiht. ' Pools For Siocli. A writer lu I he Rural New Yorker mentions the excellence of beets, par ticularly the sugar variety, for all kinds of slock, including, also, poul try, lie recommends Golden Tank ard a:: the best of the mangel wuru el.i, and Lane's Imperial Sugar us the mosi satisfactory or t tie sugars. He would plan; some of each, but most of the. former. The objection to this crop, the writer says, is the umi.'iiut of. labor required to keep litem free from v.eed i the early part of the ?. asoii. Come hand weeding Mil! be necessary. I'nless this labor is ul hand at the critical time beeis will be ji disappointment and a fall i'ie. Any laud thai will grow good torn will Rrow beets, but a friable loam is best. It should be very rich, if a heavy drcsKing f stable manure has beta applied the year before it will bo U,tler. Plant in drills twenty lo Mjl.'.y Inches iipurl, using from tv.vlw to twenty seeds to iho foot. Jr Virginia this seed fan be put in p-j'.v. He sure the land is put in th best of condition. As soon as the oung plants have Marled so the tows are visible cultivation should i.onimence. I have sowed plaster over the rows beiorn tha u?3d came up. si) I could sc where not. to culti vate and thus gained time. They should receivo constant attr.t!ou so as to koep the soli looje and free I from weeds. Whu about two or tinea iuclies lilh they 'uoi:ld b THE" $yJ, thinned so ns to stand about nix inches apart. This can be done with a narrow blnded hoe, Cultivation should be discontinued after th roots have begun to form. Often late cultivation starts n new root growth when they should be matur ing and developing sugar. The cooler they can be kept the better. As a matter of fact It does not seriously Injure them to freeze if they are fed Immediately after thawing. Of course they soon will rot after the frost Is out of them. The cellar referred to would be all right, except It Is a poor plan to store roots in the cellar of a house, ns there Is an odor arising from them that, is neither pleasant nor henltli ful. An excellent plan is to, put them in cone-shaped piles of about forty bushels each, not to exceed five feet nt the base. Cover these with about six inches of straight straw, if It is to be had, twisting a flue or chimney every two fir three feet at the top of the heap for the air to pass out. Then cover with four or ail inches of earth. These can be tnkeu out at any time on a mild day, or if left till late in the season will keep much firmer than if In a cellar. I have kept them in piy-fect condition here, where the mercury goes to twenty degrees below zero. . The heaps should be on dry ground where no water stands. Air in Poultry Houses. Ventilation Is one of the most im portant things to be considered in the poultry house during the winter. The average poultrynian, especially if in a cold climate, is much given to thinking his fowls will freeze unless they are kept so that not a bit o'f air enters the house. Except in the very coldest sections one need not fear getting too much air into the house by any reasonable method of ventila tion. If the house is so constructed that the air must come in through doors or windows, it is a simple mat ter so to protect the fowls while on the roosts- that they will not catch cold. During the day when they are moving about they are not likely to catch cold unless a decided draff, of air blows over them for some time; if is at night when the trouble is likely to ifesult, and a few curtains of burlap or old carpet so hung that they may be drawn in front of the fowls and come a foot or two above their heads will lie all the protection needed, especially if the birds nre giv en a warm supper to go to bed on. In this respect do not forget the hint given some time ago to feed the fowls shelled corn heated in the oven and given to the birds as warm as they can swallow It without Its burning them. It is surprising what a lot or heat this will give the fowls and how nice and comfortable they will be through the night. Indianapolis News. -tl-'ni'in mill (ini'flen Notes. Keep an egg record. Sort oul the drones. Profit by others' failures. You cannot keep the place too ciean. A Utile kerosene will brighten a rusty plow. If is the solids In a cow's milk that determine her value. A good time to prune trees Is jiuit after they have leaved out. In breeding be careful not to drop ul ilify points to gel standard. Does the insurance policy permit you to run the incubator in the house? Cockle Is said to be poisonous. Too much of it Is apt to kill the fowls. The value of the manure depends more upon the feed than upon the animal. Plant early garden truck only In ground in first calss condition and well fertilized. Do not attempt to cover a big fluid with a little die or manure. Reverse the proceedings. Hogs should always have plenty of good, pure water to drink. They should never be allowed to drink out of a stagnant pool which is reek ing with disease germs. With the automatic, drinking fountaiti now to be had cheaply, this can easily be done. l uless a sick hen Is far more val uable than an ordinary fowl, a very sick lieu will not be worth doctoring, The sooner her head is taken off the better. Prompt action of this kind may prevent the spread or disease among the eutlre Hock and a heavy loss to (he owner of the fowls. U is a mistake not to trim and shape the trees when young, and ilniH avoid the necessity of removing large branches when the trees are grown, which means but mutilation and injury; and it iu equally, wrong lo let too much fruit mature on young trees, or on uny trees, for that mai ler. The farmer who confines himself to two or three staple crops and who has not ventured beyond them, does not know the full capacity of his farm. He should try aorae special crops on a small area and endeavor to have a greater variety of articles to Bell. The causes of failure iu some crops do not influence other kinds. If you want fat colts, calves, lambs and pigs, sow clover. No kind of feed causes greater growth than clover, either In pasture and hay, f hrr the pasture and meadow lands of our slock farmers are In clpver It Is no mistake. Aside from supply ing the beat food for stock, It kos up the fertility ot the soil ind eu blea the farmer to raise good croys. Tnr Ini'irores Macadam. Experiments In tar and oil for road Improvement at .Jackson, Tenn., are described In a bulletin issued by the United Htntes Department of Agri culture. During tho spring and summer of 1905, Bays the Bulletin, the Office of Public Roads co-operated with Sam C. Lancaster, city engineer of .Tack son, Tenn., and chief engineer of the Madison County Good Konds Com mission, In making a series of care ful experiments to determine tho val ue of coal tar for the Improvement of mucadam streets and roads. Tests were also made of the utility of crude Texas oil and several grades of Its residue when applied to earth and macadam roads. The niHcudam streets in tho busi ness centre of Jackson were built originally of tho bard siliceous ro. lv known as novaculite. About Jlay 1, 190!, after fifteen yrais of wear, re pair of these streets became neces sary. The old surface was first Rwcpt. clean with u boise sweeper, so as to expose tho solid pavement benenth. This was dona because tar will not penetrate a rock surface which is covered with dust und loose material. Next, the Biirfaco was loosened by moans of spikes placed in the wheels of a ten-ton steam roller, the street reshaped, and new material added where needed. The road was then sprinkled, rolled, bond ed and finished to form a hard, com pact, even surface, and allowed to dry thoroughly before either tar or oil was applied, for these substances can not penetrate a moist road sur face. The best results are obtained when the work Is done In hot, dry weather, an 1 accordingly the tar was first applied In August. It may be well to add that, the novaculite used lu the const ruction of the roads Is an almost non-nbsorbent rock. The tar used was a by-product from the manufacture of coke and was practically free from moisture. It was brought to a temperature which generally reached 210 degrees Fahrenheit, but. when placed on the road is was reduced to a tempera ture of from 1(10 degrees to 190 de grees Fahrenheit. The hottest tar produced the best, resulls. It was spread with hose. Laborers with Btreet cleaners' brooms of bamboo fibre, followed the tank and Bwept tho surplus tar ahead. They spread It as evenly and as quickly ns possible, and in a layer only thick enough to cover the sur face. One side of tho Btreet was fin ished at a time, and barricades placed to keep off the traffic until the tar hud hnd time to soak into the sur face. Tho time allowed for this pro cess was varied from a few hours to several days. From the results ob tained it. can ho stuted that, under a hot mm, with the road surface thor oughly comnuct, dean and dry, and with the tai' heated almost to the boiling point and applied as de scribed above, tho road will absorb practically all of it in eight or ten hours. A light coat of clean sand, screenings or the clean particles Bwept from the surface of the road may then be spread as evenly as pos sible and rolled In with u Btearn roller. After more than seven months, in cluding the winter Bcason of l'JOo-li, the tarred streets and roads are still In excellent condition. They nre hard, smooth and resemble asphant, except that they show a more gritty Burface. The tar forms a part of the surface proper, and Is In perfect bond with the mucadam. Sections cut from the streets show that, the tar has penetrated from ono to two Inches, and the fine black lines seen in the Interstices between the Indi vidual stones Bhow that tho mechani cal bond 'has been reinforced by the penetration of tho tar. Tho tar Is a matrix into which the stones of the surface are set, forming u conglom erate or concrete. A second coating applied a year after the first would require much more tar than the first, as the Interstices of the rock would then bo filled with tar. A tarred street Is dustless in the same sense that nn asphalt street Is dustless. though a line sandy powder wears off, as In the case of asphalt. It can be swept or washed clean. These streets have since been swept regularly and tho city government is In favor of treating all of the streets with tar. The cleaning that would soon ruin an ordinary macadam road does not injure the tarred surface, as the stones are not torn up or dis turbed. The tar itself has antisep tic properties, henco lis use would be beneficial both as a germicide and as a means of securing cleanliness. Ootid I'.oatls. Many things work together for good roads. The bicycle craze, while it lasted, encouraged highway im provement, the automobile Is doing the same and the general Increase ot carriage travel for pleasure has its part. Cut. after all, the improve ment depends on the farmer, who Is not moved by automobile influence. Ha Is affected by more practical in terests, and when ho is convinced that his business prosperity depends on having better rouds he proceeds to build tbom, as the people of Craw ford County are doing In order to af ford easier access to their new cream ery. Good roads and prosperity go together. Indianapolis Star. F.nglisli In the Lead. Owing to the rapid growth of the United Stales, the English language la now spoken by more persons than use any other civilized tongue. To day 130,000,000 people speak Eng lish, 100,000,000 speak Itunslan (for not all thu people ot t'to empire talk the national tongue), 75,000,000 use German, 70,000,000 employ Span ish. Including the Inhabitants ot the Latln-Ainorlcan ountrle, and 40, 000,000 speak Kierca. A PLEA FOIt ARI)FN WAMA Or nt T;cnt n Hedge, to Give One a Hit of- Outdoor Privacy. There are two ways of getting out door privacy at home. If your house Is placed on a hillside, you may build a retaining wall, nnd no provide yourself with a terrace which lifts you above the surrounding country, but such rooflesB outdoor rooms will be few compared with those obtained by building a wall or planting a hedge on the level ground. The mere mention of a wall dis turbs the equilibrium of many Amer icana; one or two actual walls have stimulated the pen to action, and fcara of tho "revivals of feudalism" have appeared to warn us that such, treatmont ot our grounds would place us In a most precarious condition; but there Is the hedge, and if the differences between mineral and veg etable matter will produce such a calamity as "feudalism," let lis by all means keep to the vegetable and have the hedge. If your hedgo is properly planted, with the trees not more than one foot, npnrt, your boundary will, in time, be almost as protecting as a wall. Tho evergreen Is preferable, for then you may have a winter gar den. Nothing 'can exceed In beauty the deep green hemlock. The desire for a gurden Is too old, even though comparatively new in our country, to be called a fnd. You can leave a part of your grounds open ! to the public gaze, nnd thero indulge in a lawn and such flowers as will give education and pleasure, but If you want a garden to live in and enjoy, and not to show to the world as a rare exotic, the first thing to do Is to enclose your space. The gar den should be quite ns personal an affair as tho bouse. Atlantic Month ly. The Constitution Forever. Patriotism in this country is by no means extinct. The fathers who framed the Constitution have left be hind them nn invincible line of de fenders for all Us sacred rights. Liv ing men are to-day upholding its bul warks of individual liberty with as great though sometimes different fervor as when the Federalists saved the day for one great republic. Let the wavering and down-hearted read this report from a pending trial for law enforcement In Kansas and draw new courage and Inspiration from It: "What Is your business?" "I decline to answer." "Do you operate a Joint?" "An answer might Incriminate me." "Did you ever pay the county pros ecutor for protection?" "I stand on my constitutional rights." ' Where would one find a finer Illus tration ot the perpetuity of our Insti tutions than this? And In what period of our national life has more zeal been displayed for the protection from sacrilegious hands of what Fed eral Judge Humphrey declares to be "Hie most cherished right of an American citizen tho right to re main silent when nn answer might incriminate?" Kansas City Times. Public Art In the Country. The farmer needs to be trained to apreciate the value of pleasant house surroundings. His house grounds should be well kept ; his barns should be devoid of advertisements, and he. should manfully resist, the persua sions of the advertising man who would paint signs on the rocks or stand them u.i In the meadows facing tho tailroads. These things are com monplace enough In themselves, and yet U no more was done than Im prove these, matters, the country would be a plea'santer place to visit and to travel through. Tho country doe3 not need monumentB, it does not require costly works ot art, it does not call for the tilings the city de mands as a matter of course; Its needs are Its own, but they are quite as urgent as any ot the matters which appear so essential in the cities; Its claims to artistic consideration are ! Important. American Homes and Gardening. Proud of Infamous Itpvord. Tho "King ot Tramps" got a term In a French gaol the other day. . He Bald he was born of wealthy parents nnd educated for the bar. He lost I money by gambling, and to pay the debt broke open his father's safe "Turned out of doors I became a j terror to all honest folk. I have : toured France twenty times, and have been all over Belgium, Ger many, Italy, Switzerland and Spain. I havo been Bhut up In almost every prison In Europe. The magistrate having informed him that he would have to go to gaol once more, he cried, "Hooray! I have Bcored my century. I have been sentenced ex actly ninety-nine times by magis trates all over Europe." Watering the Desert. South Algeria, which borders on ' the great Sahara desert, is ex periencing great benefits from gov ernment Irrigation by boring for water at considerable depths. In many parts abundant springs have been encountered which rise to the surface and render It possible Co cultivate land that has long -been waste. Some of the borings may reuch a depth of from 1660 foet to close 'upon 2001) feet. Already It Is possible to employ in certain of the palm groves iu the oases double he amount ot water formerly available for this purpose. There seems thus nothing to prevent the gradual ab sorption of the great desert by Irri gation, Hog Had Month of Liberty, A hci, belonging to W, H. Wyer, which escaped on Nantucket in Jan uary, was captured after thirty-five days of freedom. Day after day the animal was hunted by men, boys and dogs without success, only to be Ignomlnlously taken while sleeping In an unused shed. The coach In which the lord mayor ot London rides on state occasions has been la use since the year 1767. y AUGUST NINETEENTH. What Is the Sin of Pharisssismt Luke 11: 42-44. Pharir.etlsni is form without stance, the one tenth without tlw nine tenths. In condemning I'harlseelsm Cliriy did not condemn forms; we must have the clothes, but we need a bodi Inside them. Tho Christian fears fame, p,, Pharisee fenrs neglect. The Ian,, seeks the chief places: so does tin fornier-that he may place others ic thorn. Hypocrisy la the most dangero!. of sins, as It Is so often conceal".! from men, nnd especially from thi hypocrite himself. . Suggestions. It Is not praying till we coast, i. think of men that hear us, nnd thlnl only of the listening God. It Is not giving till we begin r. long to df) good with our money, an: cease to desire to get good from t It la not Christian scrvie? If , work for Christ on condition that H will work for ns. The only cure for Pharlseelsm . self-surrender, which Instantly gujti all that hypocrisy thinks to gain. A Few Illustrations., Pharlseelsm is nn ornamented hot empty ami opnque; sincerity 1st full box made of glass. PharlseclKin is a Bhout against a cliff expecting back the echo. Phari.-.eeisiii is a tower with a ri rayed foundation; and the higher i: Kf'es, the greater Is its peril. The hyprociito Is n chameleon, bik ing his color from the changing cit cumstauces around htm. Questions. Ir jny worship in the Spirit and la truth? Do those nearest me believe most In me? Would I be willing that my mos' bidden nets should became the most open? Quotations. All false pretences like flowers fan to the ground, nor can nay counter felt last long. Cicero. He is already half false who spe. dilates on truth mid does not do It. F. YV. Robertson. No true man can live a halt life when he has genuinely learned that It is only a halt life. The other half the higher half must haunt him. Phillips Urooks. EFWOHTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, AUGUST 19. The Sunday School Union and Local Sunday School Interests. Deut 31. 12, 13. Our church has no leas than 33.1st Sunday schools under her care, with an enrolled membership of 3,2li",37ii, besides a Home Department member ship of l,")l),C2'.t. This .includes the schools iu mission lands. While we have less than one-sixth of the Pro testant Church membership in the United States, we have one fourth ol the Sunikn school people. If the Sunday school Is the right arm of tli3 Church, the' Kpworth League Is her left arm; u.nil upon these two mem bers of the body ecclesiastical de pends the future of the body. The League should know about our Sun day School I'nion. It is the head o! oil the Sunday schools of the denomi nation. It furnishes nil the litera ture, "helps," etc., for the use of the schools. Ileyond this the Union Is benevolent society , und disburses, in a benevolent and charitable way, the money contributed by the churches. Sunday schools, und individuals, it given about $7,000 per year to sup port the Sunday school work In our iiilsslomyy Holds. In connection with the Tract Society, the Union prepares and distributes Good Tidings, a beautiful weekly paper for the color ed people, of the South. During the year 101)3 there were printed, of that paper, l,7l!t,000 copies, being a week ly average of 3.n,,S5. The Uniot also furnishes supplier, gratis to very weak schools; particularly lu the initial stages of church organization. Up till now the work ot tho Sunday School Union has been supported chiefly by collections from the churches, this being one of the "Dis ciplinary" causes. But last General Conference made it obligatory upon the Sunday schools to take a collec tion for the Union. The duss in any Sunday school- which gives the lai'S est amount, provided that it be not loss than one dollar, to this cause, will receive a handsome silk ban ner. The receipts from the Confer ence collections last year for thu Union were $2,!US.;s. Of this sum the Sunday schools contributed only $1,095.01. only .132 schools havluS given anything. The schools every where ought to wheel Into line. A rAAlB THAT LOVED OLIVli. A few years ago my little si.t-yoar-old was presented with a young lamb which was brought up by hand, an! which soon became a great pet. H quickly Grew to love Olive and her little brother, and was often let out of the pen where the sheep wer kept to become :.n Interested partici pant In all their romping games. As the warm days of May came on It became necessary to drive the sheep to a distant pasture, but Ollvs pleaded bo earnestly for her pet that she was finally allowed to keep hli: at home. About the same time OUv and her brother began to attend ttia district school. The lamb, mlsslinl both his four-legged and two-leggeJ friends, Immediately became very lonesome and Inclined to stray from home, bo that It was though! best to tie him to an apple-tree not fur til tant. But poor Dlckany rebelled st thbt InrMrnlf v nnH hlpntpH IncpttflHntty, One day he broke his ropo, and w found htm In the back room chewlnn his end and peacefully standing by Olive's old familiar dress, which buns' low down upon a nail. This gave us an idea: and, "vlien Dlckany went back to the appltj-tree, the dress went too, and was hung on a branch whe-9 he could reach It. After this the lamb stopped bleat ing and led a very quiet and happy life, wealing his rope with patlenc In school hours, aud bounding and Jumping with Joy when toe children returned at night. CbrUtlsn Eu deavor World.
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