5 SUNDAY SERMON s!
Z o 2 ..
J A Scholarly DUcours 5 j
m Dr IV. A. Torrey.
N'rw York City. Tnr iter, lloubon
A. Torrey. I D., the celebrated evan
gelist, preached Sunday morning In
the Fifth Avenue. Presbyterlnn
Church. Thorp was a. largo congre
gation, consisting almost entirely of
Grangers, only a very small per
.'entago being members of the church.
Dr. Torrey's sublet was: "TIip
Resurrection a Fact, not Fiction."
and his tuxf wa 1 Cor. xv:;i : "rint
now I. Christ I'N-n from the (toad,
und become the firs'-fruiis of them
tin t sliit." Hp sad: '
l.nst. Sundav morning tf said Hint
'hp resurrect i in of .losus was tlu
most important event in history, and
we tail that if it c in Ul b" prov-d
to ho a his'orio fact i Ji n t ev :r t hint!
Mypni!al l'i Christ:;. nitv was proved,
hut that if. o-i t!i other hiiml. It
could not by i. roved to bn n historic
fact, th'-n ev :!iln-i rs-ntisil to
'"hiiiitianif.- must go. We started
out. without it - u pi i ti tun thing as
to l.y wli. ::i , or wh"ti, the gospels
were wn'l to decide Whether they
were n record of facts, or merely lio
llia. rir.it. we .lis - n-ere l that the four
K i.:;ie!s nacli :m inl'ii"lid";it
Rc-oimt. aril we were driven to Hie
conclusion that th'-y were a record
of antral oc(v; itp::c"S. Next, wp dis-rove,-"
I that, each bore the evid-'ii-os
of having been written by an eye-wiiti-s.
It fcu happens that a
witness t.e'.ls his story so artlessly,
whh such an entire absence of any
nt!.?;npt to color it, that his testi
mony carrie weight. ,'e have not.
only on" witne'. but four, differing
apparently in d tails (showing that
th".v we-e p.o' ro-iched) but all agree
ing In the ess-.titlvl facts, and each
oae's story hearing marks of nrtless
;-! ni ul it 1 1 y. sn that we were driven
to the conclusion that the story of
the four gosut-ls was u record af
actual t'a'-ls li'vand dispute. Some
tinrs tiie i!"tails of evident"1 are
more ooneiuslve than the dir 'i t evi
dence, be cause it Is nof the testi
mony of the witness, but of the truth
that is so'iglil.
We begin he-e this morning, and
v. e hhall sno'v that the narratives In
th Gospels j r've ( omdnsive'.y that
they are not fit" Inn. lint fact. One
illustration : In St. John's account
of Thoms-i" r"fm;il to believe that
th Lord ha ! risen, notice what. Is
raid about h- character of Thomas
and the i.h.t.'a-ter of Jesus. How
characterise1 is Thomas' action and
how oha:-act -; is: ie is the rebuke of
Jesus! When the oth"r di-'cinles tell
Thomas tha' they have seen th" Lord,
be refuses tn b"iieve. and says. "I
won't believe it until I sop the prints
of the naiN in Iis hands." A week
passes and th disciples, including
Thomas, are g;Uhprd together, and
Jesus suddenly appears atain. He
bids Thomas put forth his linger and
thrust it into His side, and Thomas
cries out, "My Lord and my Hod."
And then Jesus introduces the tender
rebuke. "Thomas, you ought to have
believed before; but because thou
liast seen Me, thou hast believed;
Messed are those who btdieve on suf
ficient evidence without sight." -Is
that, male up? Is It a lie? If It Is
made up then the man who drew that,
picture of Thomas, without a word of
explanation, and that, picture of
Jesus. Is the greatest, literary master
of the centuries. It Is not made up;
It Is the record of reality.
Another Illustration: When Peter
said to Jesus (John xxi:21. "What
shall this man do?" the Lord rppllrd:
"What is that to thee? Follow thou
Me." The Ushers had breakfasted on
the shore, and Jesus had told Peter
of Pet-r's e-ni';iig crucifixion, and
then starts down the shore and says.
"Follow Me." And Pe'er, turning
round as he goes, s-'es John follow
ing, and s-.uvs: "Lord, you have told
m what lit" future is to be.. What,
will this man do?" Now, remember,
ail though tile life of Jesus, u:i It
recorded in the four Gospels, Jesus
never answered finest ions of mere
speculative curiosity. Peter wants to
know another man's business, and
Jesus savs. "What is that to thee?
You S'e Hi a' you obey." is that .nade
no, or If. Is renlltv? Is It. a lie? An
other Illustration In the same chap
ter Jesus asks Pet'jr. "I-ovest thou
Me?" thre tim-s, and Peter was
snevei because He a; k "il him that
question three times. Notice ths"
words: "Peter was erieved because
said nut i him the third time.
'I.'.vesi thou Me'."" Why v. us Peter
Kiv'vtd? John offers no explana
tion. Hut fan Lord's thought went,
back to the court of Annas and Cala
phas. wher? f.ir.e tirn-s peter had
denied Hiui, and, if the narrative had
been m,H .j no. tins would have been
explain" J. Have you ever noticed
that the f jur (lospels insist upon the
fact tnat our Lord retrvue-j thanks
in the brakin; of bread? That, is
soniet !iiii w do three times every
day, bif I d not think that any one,
in writi.'it; our lives, would put it on
record. We simply return thanks as
a nia'ter of form. but. when Jesus, .n
the breaking of bread, lifted up His
heart and op -tied His lips, there was
Kc ii a real d-awina; into the presence
of (iol that no one at the table ever
forv.ot it. When, after the walk ,o
Kuimaus. Jos;is returned thanks, al
though li.ey hul r.nt recognized dim
before, not .vithsti'.nilin ; that, their
h-arM buruel within them as He
talk"!, the d.S'iples knew llitu. In
a moment their eyes were opened,
anil they said: "It is the Lord; no
body else ever returned thanks that
way." Is this a tlcjun" If one man
wrote the story of the four (lospels,
why ghoul I bo put in ail of these de
tails without explanation? It Is In
credible; and that four should do so
is absolutely unbelievable. How
comes it? HerausH this Is what oc
curred, and they told what they saw
without realh'.int? tho significance of
what they put down. Still another
illustration: if a man were inventing
the Htory of the Resurrection, why
should he put In the fact that tho
little napkin "was wrapped together
in u place by Itself?" Who cares
whether It was in a place by Itse.f or
not? I do not know whether John
knew thu significance of i. or not, but
there Is a significance In it that no
fiction would contain. It showed that
us Jesus arose, triumphant over death
eU tiie k -iv -Mil lim supreme moment
ill tho world history, there was no
hurry, no ha.te, no excitement, but
(hat, with the same majestic com
I'osur?, the sums divine Hiiblimlty,
b sauu majestic calm that marked
i'l-n In th itarm on the 8ea of Gal
ilee, He riijg from the grave. Ha
do-a not tear the handkerchief from
Ills fare and fling It acrosi the room,
but calmlv unbind His bead and
face, lays it aiide in a place by itself
and passes out of the sepulchre. Ia
that mads up, and put in without a
word of explanation Never, e
have read not a picture, but facta,
wltU a detail here and another there,
of which the writer, apparently, had
io conception ot tne inenuin but
slintily wrote what he saw.
We have a volume of evidence on
the resurrection of that kind. First,
Hie apostles, beyond perad venl ure,
made the resurrection of Jesus Hi"
cornerstone of their preach inc. and
t hoy preached It in the verv city
whore He was crucified and before
the court that condemn1! him. Fur
thermore, tliv gave their lives for a
testimony. Men do not do that for
what they know lo be false. Second
v, thj early church, which cam" out.
i f the Jewish church, changed the
Sabbath observance from the seventh
day to the first dav of the week nn I
I'tiyone who has riu liod Jewish his
tory knows the hardest thins In the
world Is to chang" Jewish customs-,
".n ' something treni Mirlons must have
happened to make this change possi
ble, slmplv by common consent. The
third fa"t Is most significant the
moral transformation of the npovles
I homs"lves. Thev were a pack of ut
t"iiv (l"tuonilied cowards, and a few
bavs after wo see that, same company
tilled with Ho- most Indomitable l our
(bat th" world has ever seen.
What had happened'' Jesus Vv ! ris oi
and thev hail sin Him. 'l itil"!',
genf m "i who deny the fesiirc-Hon
id ml l. that, the upostl"! t '' He
had risen. Straus savs: "We admit
that th'v had s--..;i soip th'C.r. ivv
not this auoearaiic h,ie boeti vis
ionary?" That Is. thev yaw' n vision.
Our answer Is thi": Wh.vvor h erd
if eleven iii ii having fie same vision
it the same time; ami of T.ni men
having the same vision? An oi l :ir-f.-illii'
iit agaiir t the l esnr'. c-io'i l.a.i
been revived within i e last live
vea-s. and it was that .). was no
really dead and was resume; , -., a:,d
they appeal to n historic fee' tl'ti' a
ertain Jewish ollicer was taken down
rrom a cross and brought bad: I i
life. W'e have live objections to this:
First, v. ha' pr-coded tlr crucifixion
the scoiirgina', etc. S ootid, the
lews and th" KomniH took special
pie cant ions to prevent this. Thir l,
remember His broken heart. Fourf'.
:f He had been resit sol I at "d I'e would
have been In n slate of absolute phvs
cal collapse, as was the case with
'.be Jewish ollicer, who w:is an in
valid all his life. Fifth, if so, the
mi's who resuscitated Jesus must
have been the apostles and the .fans
formation in them remains it..:iM
ounted for. Finaliv. if it was not
resurrection, then the whole thing ii
fraud, and a deliberate fraud. Who
an believe t hat, Christ i:i nit y wilii bs
lofty preceuis of moralitv and holy
living rests upon a fraud and fiat
Jesus was a party to il? No man can
btdieve It.
There is onlv one conclusion; The
resurrection of Josus fhrist from
the dead is tire bst iprnved fact in
history. There Is onlv ov really
strong n-gir.nent against it. and Hint
Is thai no one else was ovr raised
from the d-ad. The answer to that
Is that the life of Jesti.5 was liliiilU".
His mission and nature and character
were all unione and it was onlv to be
expected that, the Issue of that life
would be unifiup. It is Impossible
for any man of loval mind, or who
has had any experience of evidence,
wiio wants to know the truth, to sit
down before the four Uospels and
ake them up. point by point, examine
the statements and thoronghlvslft th?
evidence, to come to attv other con
clusion than (hat Jesus Christ, actual
ly arose from the dead, as recorded
In the four Gospels. What of It?
Kverythlng. If Christ rose again then
Christianity is no longer a system of
abstract divinity, but a gospel of
proven facts, and everything that you
and I have lieen taught, to believe,
and (hat l.: dear to the Chrisilan
heart, and the glory of the life to
come, is an absolute certainty.
Keeking to Save.
Christ is In all His redeemed, as
the soul of their soul, the life of
Iheir life. He is the pitying heart
i nd th- helping hand of Clod with
Jverv needy, praying spirit In the
world. He is the sweet light of the
knowledge of Cod (hat breaks in up
jn every penitent heart.
He Is not only with those who be
ieva In llim and love Him. but also
with those who neither believe in
Him nor lovu Him, that He may be
to them also Jesus their Saviour.
The Christ of Cod it In fay heart,
waiting and aiming to get the i-on-lotit
of thy will, that He may save
the". Wherever man is, there also
is Christ, endeavoring to free him
from the law of stti and death, by
becoming llims.;lf the law of the
spirit of bis life.- John Puls'ord
The Way to Success.
The men whom I have seen sac-?-ed
best in life have always been
rheerful and hopeful iie-n who went
ibout their business with a. smile on
heir faces, and look the changes and
hanees of their normal life like men
lacing rough and smooth alike as it
came, and so found the truth of the
old proverb, that "good times and
laid times and all limes puss over."
Charles Kingsley.
A Continuous Praying.
Avoid diligently those false and de
repiiv- thoughts which say. wait a
little, I will pray an hour hence: I
must perform this or that. Fur, with
such thoughts a man units prayer
for business, which lays hold of and
entangles him. so that lie co.nes not
to pray tho whole day long Martlu
Luther.
You can tidl bow much a nein
means bis prayers by tho way lit- gets
out and pushes things after the meet
ing. The best evidence of your own sal
vation is , your Interest in that ot
others.
Workmen' Pensions in Franco.
The Senate lias Just nominated a
"Brand comnilislon" to examine tho
workmen's pension bill voted in thu
Chamber by ,r,12 deputlej against
live, and of which the penoKyrio la
still posted on the walls of the 2C,
ooo communes of France. This com
niiselun, ulready clearly hostile, will
have no need to open Its eyes widely
lo perceive that this project is mora
unrealizable than, a ruliway to the
moon, and that, if it could be real
ised, it would not be a benefit, but a
disaster. It would cost 30,000,000
a year. Le Figaro,
IMPARTIAL.
"1 suppose you've heard that I'm
to marry Mr. Oreeo," she said to one
of her old friends.
"No," he replied, coldly.
"You don't aeem to be very en
thusiastic about it."
"Why should I be? Not knowing
Mr. Oreeo, I haven't any grudge
agaiust him." Philadelphia Ledger.
UDEJ
AUGUST TWcNTY-SIXTH.
Topic Home Missions Among Our
Island Possessions. ,lsa. 2: 1-12
Ir (iod. who sees ul! possibilities,
and how far we fall short of them,
is never (llsconi ac,od. why should we
be discouraged cei?
The Hi st Uiing- all our Island pm
s "ss.ons have ivtpilrod of our Christ
Ian lvilizatlon is law. for law Is the
foundation or all comfoit, beauty,
f nil joy In life.
In taking possession of (he Islands
we have made many national coven
ants. Let us liiterir"t (hem all in
Cue spirit or Christ's covenant with
Ills people.
It Is a couiparal Ive'.y small matter
if our nation gets glory In the Philip
pines, Cuba. Hawaii and Porto Hleo:
it Is a gte.it matter that. Hod should
get glory there.
Island Mission Notes,
Tin' lust five years of mission
.ork in Porto Kieo show lilt preach
ing stations, 11 of them being organ
ise! churches. There are l." Pro
lesiant ministers and native helpers,
ami (ho chnri Ii-iik tnbetshlp Is l.usp.
The lust throe years of Protestant
work in Cuba alter the war resulted
i.i Hi slat ions, with :! organized
churches and more than 2m) meir.-
llet'S.
The various missionary societies at
work In the Phillpplms have di
vided the tenitoiy among them, so
that there may l no clash and no
duplication of oflort. and the natives
may not be contused by diverse doc
trines, Tho population of Cunm Is about
in, poo. ti. Congregational r.iis
slonavi(; have oiganiz-'d a church
nmong the rniives, and a Christian
Kndouvor society.
The Chiistl.iu natives of Samoa
carry on foreign missions among the
Fiji islands.
Our Island Possessions.
While tiie HO Homa:i Catholic
churches of Manila were celebrating
Hood Friday night with got goons
ceremonies. Sou eager listeners were
filling a mission church.
Th V, M. C. A. is now established
in Cuba.
From one Christian Fndeavor so
cleiv in Samoa more than one hun
dti I of its membeu have gone as
mission-trios, chlti!;.- lo the perilous
tie! I o New HulncM,
There are sitting Christian Kn
ile.ivor societies in ail our island pos-
Worldliness.
Alicrnate Topic: The Snare of
Wcrldliness. John 14: 27; 15:
12, 19; 16: 33: Matt. 6: 19-34.
EPWQRTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26.
Filling the House of God. Luke 14.
15-24.
The Topic. This Is Hie great prae
I leal question for everyone who hopt s
to see the kingdom of Hod establish
ed fully In the earth: How shall we
till (he i.ord's house? That is, how
shall we multiply Hie number of
members ot the church? Not merely
gi t people lo "join the church," for
there may be very little value in (hat,
and perhaps real harm sometimes.
There must be a spiritual change.
. Jesus did not deceive his apostles,
trying to make th'-'iu content with
tlx-lr vocation by minifying Its dilll
culties ami clangers, He (old them
Hun the world would do Its best, to
de.stroy the good seed they might.
Sow. The world's thorns, stones,
cares, riches mid pleasures are In a
conspiracy against success. Indeed,
the world'' is a mass of depravities,
errors, Immoralities and fulse doc
trines. For il the follower of Jesus
rati have no approving love, however
lunch be may love Its welfare. And,
besides, Hod is very much grieved
with Hie world of sinners, and ex
presses himself as being angry, and
that be will laugh and mock in the
the day of the sinners' calamity.
He "cannot look upon sin with any
degree of allowance," and he will In
no wb-e "spare the guilty." While
it Is the business of Hod's messeng
ers to proclaim Hie truth, God holds
the woild responsible, for the way It
treats those messengers. Those who
reject and kill his servants will have
their blood to answer for. We must
not forget that there Is an awful side
to the gospel as well as a swoet and
lovely one: a tragedy side, a Nemesis
side, which In these days Is too apt
to be ignored and l'orgoltt.n. We
must go alii invite to the gospel
feast, though wo know that many will
lind reasons for not aci opt lug wives,
oxen, fai inn. Never mind, some will
tear an come. If the Jew will not,
the Hentlle will.
TOMMY'S ACIC.
Tummy's father brought a busi
ness friend honi.! for dinner. While
ihey were waiting for thu meal to
!') announced, the vUi;or look Tom
uy upon his knue, patted bin bend,
leaked bis car, and tickl-::! hi3 ribs.
Tommy s:e.l'o.il and lat.inr lilted
he vloito- wiHi hij round, flit Jolly
'ace.
"Now tell me, To:.r.uy," tmi.l the
visitor, "how obi would you bj If you
were right fat ?"
Tommy '.ia 1 novce tho.Hjbt abr.ut
;his question before. Ilo was ten
years old, but be couldn't sjo hov;
j -ji n if fat would m;iV.o bli.i any older.
Ho sat still and thought deeply.
At lait lie looked up I'-ild aaid:
'How old are yon?"
"Well." ald the visitor, "we'all
ay thai I am forojaveo yaars old."
"Well, you are lia'nt fa'., nron't
you?" askid Tomm; .
"I suppon'i I nr.i," ansvoreJ ths
visitor. "Peopla atm to thiolt so."
"Well, then," sal-l Tommy, solemn
ly, "if I were rlt,at fat, 1 s'poas I'd
j-i forty-seven years old."
The visitor laughed loudly nod
tald that Tommy was a very bright
HYPOCRITICAL.
Mrs. O'niley "Pfwat kolnd av
felly is it th' new sooperlntendent do
be?"
O HIley "He's wan a thelm fel
lies that's all th' toim shlappln" pay
ple'a face beholnd their backs."-
Columbus Dlspatou.
Starting Young Trees,
Newly set trees, save tho cherry,
Ihotild be severely cat back. A good
tart is half the race, and nowhere
ioes it have more significance than
in the new orchard. With proper
pruning, cultivation and fertilising
you may reasonably hope for a
Mrong. vigorous and healthy trc3
which will be able to give returns in
way of laiRe ylelda of luscious fruit.
Lowell Koudebush, In the National
Stockman and Farmer.
;ivc (lie Chicks Jir Quarters.
Our chicks, sonio tliiriy, have been
remarkably healthy und vigorous
Ihls summer. So have those of a
neighbor, who has three times as
many as we. We are not specially
successful chicken growers, nor urn
our chicks exempt from that univers
al peat lice, but we have scarcely
lost a biddy yet. We attribute our
success in the d-y Benson and dry
liiariers. The fowls have plenty of
vard room, but no grr-.r.s for the little
fellows to rub into. If we were go
ing Into the poultry business on a
large scale we should locate the
?oops on sloping ground, and keep
the surroundings clear of weeds and
yrass till the chirks were half grown,
and ubl" to take care of themselves.
foul hen, in a big grassy yard, can
kill more chicks than all her egss
are v. orth. Indiana Farmer.
FeediiiK Work Horses.
Ixierietic; and observation teach
us that horses that are nt work
should bo fed at regular intervals,
and after eating, a hah hour's rest
given to a tired animal, as It is hurt
ful to require (hem to work on a full
siomacli immediately after eating. If
work liorses are fed every five hours
the meals are digested pretty well In
the intervals between eating, und so
I he horse is in much better condition
lor work. A horseman says that
most people know bow a bucket of
water will slop a race horse, but few
think how the overcharged stomach
rlTecis tho lungs of a horse when at.
work. A horse when fed while heat
ed and out of breath cannot digest
Its food, and the result Is diarrhoea,
or curiously enough, the extreme op
posite In file form of colic or indi
ces! ion. Indiana. Farmer.
Keep Cultivator Working-.
Farmers have learned that the cul
tivator has other uses besides keep
ing clown the weeds; true, the weeds
are destroyed by the process, but the
judicious stirring of the soil incites
growth and const?
rves the moisture
in the soil, which Is of immense ben
efit to the plants later in tho spason
whoa prolonged droughts are likely
to edst. Again, cultivation means
Increased crops, hence the work is
one which may be done with profit.
In the orchard cultivation, very
shallow, mainly for the purpose of
conserving the moisture In the soil
nd breuking up the surface which
Is likely to bake, pays lull as well
ns with a cultivated crop, and It is
especially valuable when combined
with the cover crop, ilia seeding be
ing done In lato July or early Aug
nsi, atid the cover crop plowed un
der in Hie spring lo add humus to
Hie sail, something much ne?ded by
most soils in which tree. are sat.
Indianapolis News.
Ferliliiy Must He Kept.
It Is estimated by aome. of the lead-in.-;
agricultural chemists that the
world's supply of phosphorus, a very
Importune and eisenllal element of
plan- food, and without which . no
plant can be grown, will, under o.ir
present, wasteful system of agricul
ture, be exhausted wi'.hin the ne:;t
fifty years.
The stupendous waste of soil fer
tility that has occurred in ti,3 amj
oilier countries in the past must be
Bpeadily chucked. This means that,
tt new system of agriculture which
economizes the plant food in the soil
without diminishing the yield of the
crops produced, is being developed.
In other woi this system will take
thought of the future as well as of
the present produelyyiie,;s of the
land. This means that the farmer
of the future must be acquainted
with the soil ami ttnd'jrsland how to
nianasa it co as to secure tho largest
yield with the least injury to his
land. H. .1. Waters. Columbia, .Mo.
I'oi-lilir.ers on Home Harden.
Th'j practical fertilizer qt.esllons
that Hie amateur wants unswared
are Just th?s;a: What to use, in what
quantii ies?
Moat of the articles and nil the
l ooks on fiiriiliiiors ley special stress
upon the food values and costs.
Thojgii of great lmiiortanoe to i lit.
farmer, thosj details nr.- only o! mi
nor Interest to ihe amaieur. Tho
sreat problem !'o- the home gar
dener Is hov to i;et earlier, larger,
letter fruit, ve-telab'cs and flowers.
There are thrao area, plant foojs,
nitrogen, phosyiioi ia acid and po.ush.
Tho one most likely to )e deficient
in the soil is ullrogen. The troublo
is that th) nalts that ate available
for the plant ara so soluble thul they
are quickly washed out of the soil.
Ktable. manure give.i nitrogen In
small quantities over a comparative
ly ions period, and Is valuable on
lhat uccount. Its vegetable matter
(fc'iviug humus ami holdluj water)
li. ulso un important factar, render
ing it especially valuable on light or
sandy soils.
Many people have a notion that a
black soil must of necessity be a
rich one. Hut, on the contrary, it
way be almost devoid of nitrogen,
and so stands iu need of aome fertil
izer. Whilst it is true that garden
soils iu general have a sufllciency of
both potash and phosphoric acid iu
them, the thauces aio that these two
food materlalu nre to a certain svtunt
, "locked up" that is. they ore not
immediately available to the plant,
and are ouly taken out by slow de
grees, Therefore, the amaleur gardener
will find that the best aii-rouud fer
tilizer for him to buy is csj with an
abundance of nitrogen, and moderate
quantities of the other two Btib
stanccs. Of course, for large opera
tions, sperlnl compounds of fertiliz
ers are on econotrv, and, while tho
same thing holds gocd in theory on
the small scale, yet. In Hotlcp, as
the amount. Involved ia bo little, it Is
wir.or to have one all-round fertilizer.
Succulent vegetables particularly wilt
thrive on nitrogen. It makes them
Krow rapidly, and that means ten
derness. Potash is used to improve
the quality. Phosphoric acid helps
to build the tissue of the plant. What
a fertilizer, contains can always be
ascertained by reading the analysis
which must accompany it. Look
only for tho3e three terms. Don't
regard anything else.
How much to use? Of course, the
Mttwrr largely depends on the grade
of the fertilizer. Stable manure can
bn spread on three inches thick. A
pound of nitrate of soda is sufficient
to cover from eighty to 100 square
feet.
Cabbage in tiie Garden.
The farm housewife who spends
some time cultivating cabbage and
less over pastry will bo ahead at the
end of tho year. Hoeing, even, Is
not such hard work ns some Imagine,
If the ground has been properly pre
pared. It. has been well said that
freshly turned sod is good ground for
cabbage, and soil in which it wns
grown the previous year Is about tho
poorest : the latter clause Bhould bo
emphasized if clubroot has Invaded
tho premises. Tho old Herman rule
of "two fertilizers to one dirt" still
holds good: for cabbage ground can
scarcely be made too rich. And to
economize this fertility It is best to
manure in the hill, thoroughly mix
ing It with tho soil. Any well rotted
stable manure la good, but nothing
Is belter than poultry droppings.
For winter cabbage the seed may be
best, plunted in the hill, putting In
four or five seeds, and reserving only
the most thrifty ones as the plants
attain the size for transplanting.
This will usually glvo ti surplus for
filling vacant, places, and perhaps
supply it neighbor. For early use it
is best to star!: seed in boxes. Trans
plant at evening or on a cloudy day,
letting the boxes in which the plants
arc be thoroughly wet for several
hours before, in order that the stems
may become full of moisture. With
these precautions they seldom suffer
the check in growth that becomlns
badly wilted is sure to cause. Plant
deep, and firm the earth about tho
plants. Hoe often enough to keep
tho weeds down and the soil light.
Earth kept light and porous absorbs
more moisture and is less susceptible
to drouth than when compacted. It
the heads incline to burst, tip them
partly over, thereby breaking soma
of the roots. Should this not avail,
use them at once. They will soon be
fit only for slock.
When tho white butterfly appears
it, is time to guard against, cabbage
worms. Soapsuds sprinkled over tho
plants are often effective. W'oodj
ashes are n still more forceful rem
edy. Hellebore and paris green are
said to be harmless until the cabbago.
begins to head, but I'll go without
cabbage rather than use any that has
beaa so doctored. Destroy all co
coons found; they are frequently
seen clinglns to board fences or un
painted buildings in the vicinity.
Salt and water or flour dusted over
tho plants when the dew Is on aro
standard remedies. Early cabbago
will be out of the way in time to
make room for celery. Even where
a second crop is not e::pected from
the ground it is wise to feed the
stump and refusa leaves to stock and
remove tho entire plant, which may.
If left, oecome a harbor for insects
of fungous growth. The main thing
Is to Btart right. I'O-.-tilizo and culti
vate to induce rapid growth, und in
sects will do Utt.o harm. Bessie L.
Putnam, Conneaut Lake, Pa.
Farm Notes.
Anything which checks tho .growth
of an animal for a single day is a
loss of a day's feed ami t Cay in tho
time of maturing.
Itomember, to grow hone, muse".-?,
feathers and flesh a varied diet la
ary, and tho food musl: bu of
the very best, whatever is used.
Do not tempt your hogs by placing
them Iu u ramshackly old pen. Make
Hrj pen good and Strong. After a
hog ones gets out, it Is hard to keep
him lit.
Be sure to have suitable gutters
around the upper Bids of th9 coops
i hut. will prevent all possibility of
wat-r running in tho coops during
heavy sudden showers.
Hrlndsiones sometimes become so
hard that they are almost uBel?3s.
If they are buried in tho ground for
u while it will soften them. . If the
sioae is large It will require several
months.
A small herd of cows well bred,
well cared for, give better returns
per cow thai a large neglected herd;
besides this the master could have
better control of u smell herd than a
large one.
llo;,'s and growing pigs may bo
turned into the orchard whero they
will have shade and can eat the early
falling fruit. Hogs uru tiboiu the
only stock that can bo turned Into
an orchard without: doing some dam
age. The male for breeding purposes
should be a typical animal of some
established breed, then we can calcu
late with reasonable certainty on re
sults. There is no use trying to
breed good stock with a sire selected
haphazard. Farmer's Voice,
Mliierul Production of Canada.
Canada's mineral production for
1 90r amounted to 6S.G74,707, an
Increase of fourteen per cent, over
that ot the previous year. The Yukon
gold production fell off at least $2,
000,000, but copper and lead of Brit
ish Columbia, silver from the Cobalt
district and newer gold bearing ter
ritory west ot Thunder Bay gave un
increase ot $8,331,042.
A Mighty TTunter in India and Mr.
Kipling's dun. "lie Hook.
The red dog never reaches the bIzo
of a rolf, though it exceeds that of a
jackal. Its shape is uncouth, the
body narrow and low in the fore
quarters, with loose limbs ending In
lafl;e awkward paws, the head and
brush carried low. The head, re
markable for the large blunt furry
ears, is intermediate between the do
mestic dog and fo::, without the hon
est look of the one orthe quick wltted
sharpness of the other. Against
theso disadvantages the bright chest
nut hue of the wild dog's coat, shad
ing into black at the end of the
brush, does not avail for handsome
ness. Over most of India it -is to be
found, on mountains and iu plains,
in forest, whero forest grows, and
about the bare slopes where the hills
have not vegetation. East of India
a very similar beast ranges even to
Java, and another, paler and shag
gier, haunts Siberia and Saghalten,
ao that over most of Asia one form
or other is to be reckoned with. Nat
urally tho Indian species is tho best
known, yet It is noc known at all In
timately, for though bo widely
spread it is r.ot u common anlmul
and tho field naturalists of India
have little to say of it. But it 13
clear that the red dog is a very dif
ferent animal from the wolf, and lar
superior to any other Eastern canine.
Most of tho wild relatives ot our dogs
nro cowardly beasts, feeding on car
lion and small animals, and only at
tacking largo ones when hard pressed
by hunger such Is the wolf's way ot
life; while tho jackal skulks round
villages and sometimes enters .arge
towns in Bearch of scraps, making
night hideous with bis howls, evon
in Calcutta. But tho red dog is a
true hunter, the deadliest foo to the
game, animals that is known In the
East. Ho is not very swift less r.o
than the jackal nor is he adroit at
the double or graceful In his actions,
but he follows the scent, mostly iu
silence, with a deadly persistence,
and however long the trail may bo
the pack runs into their victim with
out fall In the end. They do not go
in large numbers a dozen would be
a big pack but what they wanl in
force is replaced bytheir coura;;e and
cunning strategy in attack.
Their ordinary prey is the power
ful Biimbur deer and the beautiful
spotted axis, corresponding to our
red deer and fallow doer; the various
antelopes of the plnln3and wild goats
of the hills. All of these they harry
In turn for a few days; then the ter
rified beasts forsake that section of
the jungle, and the red pack must
range far afield again, not to return
till long after, when tho terror of
their raid has subsided in the local
ity. Their methods of attack are ter
rible iu the extreme; some of their
devices can hardly be mentioned
here. Suflice it to say that their or
dinary plan, whenever possible, 13 to
disembowel their victim.
Deer nre not the only prey on
which the30 terrible creatures ad
venture; the biggest horns known ot
tho gaur (Bos gaums) came from
one said lo have been killed by wild
dogs, of the Burmese race in this
case, and yet the gaur, tho largest of
all wild oxen, is too much for the or
dinary tiger. And the tiger often
falls with the boar,' the most gallant
of all wild animals, but the red pack
will bring him to his end. Their fel
low carnivores even are not safe, the
black bear of the Himalayas, al
though the fiercest of Indian bears,
has been seen in his laststruggle with
the pack, with torn coat and flesh in
strips, fighting gamely still. Satur-'
day Review.
The Whale Hobbod of Her Young.
"What'3 in a name?" writes a cor
respondent at Scltutue. "I read in
yesterday's Journal of the bark E3sex
having been struck by a floating ob
ject, supposed to have been a whale,
that tho bark shivered as If she- had
struck a rock, part of her stern was
carried away and the vessel sprung a
leak, etc. She wa3 not so unfortu
nate as her namesake, 'the ship Essex,
of Nantucket, Captain Pollard, iu
1S20. The latter vessel succeeded In
capturing a young whale. Shortly
after a whale of the largest class
(probably the dame of the one they
had Just taken) struck tho hip,
knocking part of the falsa keel off
Just abreast of the main channels.
The animal then remained alougsldu
endeavoring to clasp the ship within
her jaws, but could not accomplish
It. She theu turned, went round tho
stern and came up ou the other side,
and went aw ay ahead about a quarter
of a mile. Then, suddenly turning,
she came at the Bhip with tremendous
velocity, head on.
"The vessel was going nt the rato
of five knots, but such was the forcj
with which sheslruclcthe skip "(which
waa under the cat-head) that thu
vessel had aternway at the rato ol
three or four knol3. The conse
quence was that the sea rushed into
the cabin windows, every man ou
deck was knocked down, and, worso
than all, tho bows were completely
stove in. In a tew minutes the ves
sel filled and went on her beam ends.
The masts were cut away and the
vessel righted, The upper dock was
Ecuttled and provislon3 were ob
tained, when she was abandoned in
mid-ocean." Boston Journal.
'v.
Ijirge Trumpet Gourd.
W. F. Brown, 300 G'oyeau street,
Wiudsor, has a t'uuipet gourd which
he sajs 13 the larg-'st ever seen in
this part of Canada. The vino, which
was planted about the lust of May, is
now fifteen feet tall aud the gourd it
self Is six feet one Inch In length. It
is of the long narrow variety grown
in California or tropical regions. The
plant al bears two smaller gourds,
one three feet eight Inches and the
other four feet nine inches long. Mr.
Brown bas always bad phenomenal
success tn the raisiug ot plants, says
the Detroit News, and tils good luck
is due to a process known only to
himself and bis wife. The gourd seed
was planted by a number ot families
about the same time, but Mr,
Brown's was the only plant which
grew to anything more than ordinary,
ttl. .
HAT THE RATE LAW
PROVIDES FOR,
The following question and answw
appeared recently on the editorial
page ot ine .-ew lorn worm:
The newspapers printed columm
about the speeches ou the Rate bill
and the wrangling over proposed
compromises, but I have not seen i
single article explaining what the act,
as finally passed by Congress and
signed by the President, actually pro.
vldes for. H. W. H.
The so-enlled Hate law Is a serlei
of new amendments to the Interstate
Commerce act of 1887 and its pro.
Vlous amendments. Its fundamental
prlrviple is that all charges for the
interstate and foreign transportation
of passengers and property "shall
be Just nnd reasonable." Every "un
just and unreasonable" charge for
such servlco is prohibited and de
clari unlawful.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Is enlarged from five to Beven
members, appointed by the President
for seven years, with an annual sal
ary of $10,000 each. Not more than
four may be of the same political
party.
The act applies to all common car
riers engaged In Interstate commerce,
including express companies, sleeping
car companies and pipe lines other
than those transporting water aud
gas, as well ns railroads and steam
boats operated in connection with
railroads. The definition of a rail
road is broadened to include railroad
bridges and ferries, switches, Bpurs,
tracks, terminal facilities, freight
depots, Grounds and , yards. This
broadening will enable the commis
sion to regulate switching and ter
minal charges, which have been a
prolific source of discrimination.
Transportation is defined to include
all cars Irrespective of ownership and
contract, and all services In connec
tion with the receipt, delivery, eleva
tion, transfer In transit, ventilation,
refrigeration or icing, storing and
handling of property transported.
This brings all the private-car lines
under the authority of the commis
sion. Every Interstate common carrier
must file with the commission, and
keep two copies conspicuously dis
played In each of its depots for pub
lic Inspection, schedules showing all
its rates and charges, not only be
tween all points on its own lines, but
to all points on the lines of other car
riers. These schedules must Btata
separately all terminal, 'clng, storage
and other charges, and all privileges,
facilities and rules affecting the value
of the service. In order to destroy
the iniquities of "midnight sched
ules" no change3 may bo made except
on thirty days' notice to the commis
sion, without the commission's per
mission. These published rates are
the only one3 that may be lawfully
charged to anybody. All carriers are
forbidden to vary in any way from
these schedules until duly changed,
or to extend to any shipper privileges
or fa-dlllles not enumerated therein.
After May 1, 1908, railroads are
forbidden to carry, except for their
own use, any commodity which they
directly or Indirectly mine, manufac
ture or produce, except lumber. Rail
roads owning coal and iron mines
must dispose of these properties or
whip the product out of the State over
a competing line.
Whenever complaint ia made that
a rate is unjust or unreasonable tha
commission is to grant a hearing. If
It finds the complaint a justified It
is to fix the just aud reasonable rate,
which then becomes the maximum
charge wWIch the carrier may levy.
This rate Is to take effect within
thirty days aud remain in effect for
two years, unless suspended or modi
fled by the commission or suspended
or set asldo by the courts.
The commission is also authorized
to compel detailed reports from all
common carriers showing capitaliza
tion, investment, franchise values,
salaries, earnings, profits and the
like, and to compel a uniform system
of accounting.
All violations of this act are held
to be misdemeanors committed by
the corporation Itself as well as the
individual. For refusing to obey the
commission's- orders in fixing rates
the fine is $5000. Every distinct vio
lation Is a separate offense and each
day Is a separate offense. For giving
or receiving an illegal pass the flue
is from $100 to $2000. For falling
to file and publish tariffs the fine is
from $1000 to $20,000. For giving
or taking rebates there are several
penalties. The carrier and shipper
are each subject to a flue of from
$1000 to $20,000. The railroad offi
cial or agent responsible for giving
the rebate is liable to two years' Im
prisonment and the fine. Iu addition
the receiver of the rebate, instead of
imprisonment, is liable to pay three
times the value of the rebate re
ceived. For making false entries in
the books or failing to keep correct
records there is a fine of from $1000
to $5000 and imprisonment from one
to threo years. ,
The commission, after hearing,
may award damages to a shipper for
the carrier's failure to observe the
law. In case the carrier appeals to
the United States Circuit Court, and
tho shipper wins, he Is entitled not
only to damages and costs, but to a
reasonable attorney fee.
All suits to roverse or review or
enforce the . commission's decisions
and orders must bo brought in the
United States Circuit Court of the
district where the common carrier
lias Its principal oiteratiug office or
the violation took place. No prelim
inary injunction maybe granted with
out five days' notice to the commis
sion. The commission, the shipper,
the common carrier or any other ag
grieved party may bring suit. Either
party' may appeal from the Circuit
Court to tho United States Supreme
Court wltblu thirty days and have
priority over all other causes except
criminal cases. The short time of ap
peal and the preference are to pre
vent making the commission's orders
Ineffective by delay.
Returns ot the railway clearing
house In Loudon show that 1000
parcels a day are lost on the rail
ways ot the United Kingdom.