t A '"cHo-lar-jr UicourM By Krv. 1 H. Ovtilon Subject: ' Cod't Obligation to Han. ' Brooklyn. N. Y. The Rev. Dan iel H. Overtoil, pastor of Greene Ave nue Reformed Church, preached Sun day night In the Hushwlek Avenue Reformed Church at the union ser vices with His own congregation. The subject was, "Cod's Obligation to Man." 'lhe text was from 11. 'in othy, 1:9: "Who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, nt according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Jesus Christ b irj times eternal, but hath now been manifested by the appearing 'of our Havtour Jesu3 Christ. " Mr. Over ton said: There Is the law of God and there la the gospel of God. Oftpn have I spoken of the law of God. now I would speak of the gospel of law. The law of Goo may he defined as t.iat which .xp. -s d man's obliga tion to God. j.nd the gospel of God as that which expresses God's obltga t on to man. The Old Testament and the New T. tametit unite in ti.is, that they give not only the law of God. but the gospel of God. It is tiiis fact that makes the Hebrew re ligioa and the Christian religion dlf feient from all .he other religions r the world. Many other religions give directly or Indirectly the law of God, but nor of them gives the gos pel of Gcd f- thus defined as the obligation of God to man. Tile go. s of the heathen nations round a. out ttr Htbrew nation wert of suca a nature that they must e appeared and pleased 1 y worship and sacrifice on in" part of man or they would torment and crush man. The la r ft the gods must be obeyed, but only th:t man might escape the punish ment of the gods, and not from any particular love of man for the gods. It Is Btrange how this heathen con ception of the gods hes crept Into the thought of so many about the true and living God. He, too, In the thought of many, is a God that must be appeased and pleased by worship and sacrlflc; or He will punish and torment and itiis'.i men. Men must obey the law3 of Cod or perish by them. This Is, o.' course, tnu as far as It goes. "Ck fo,i! that slnn-n'.i, It shall die. ' Men cF.nmt. sin wich impunity. Man is responsible to God. and under obli gations to Him to keep His law and do His will. We musi rever forget this, nor get fa away from this in our thought tn God. But we mist not stop with this thought. I? we do we will have only a partial view or Gud we will liave or.iy a heat'aer. so!. And If we hive oniy partial God or a heathen go, then e shall lave 0 ily a partial or a heathen religion. If f.-ar is our only motive in religion o: wcrsalp. then our religion and worship will be for the purpose of escaping the wrath of an angry God, a ail it will find expression in our a;:eripts to appease and please an angry God by propitiations and atonements. and sacrifices, and servile ob-tjience to His laws. We must rise abova fear, and even above the thoughts of future rewards, to lov3. and to the thoughr. of loving, loyal service, p. ad, present rewards in doing something to hasten the coning of God's kingdom upon the earth. We must rise above tne ob lijraMon of man to God. as expressed by law, and think of the obligation Hi God to man as expressed by lova and the gospel of love. We r.uist think of the gtspel of jc:I t well as of th- law at Cot'. This will not belittle our rsspvee for the law of God. nor in any way lower on- sense of obligation to Him. Daniel Webster, when asked what was ty greatest bought that ever entered his mind, replied, you re member, that it was t'.ie thought of man's responsibility to God. That certainly is a great thought, and yet the one I bring you to-day is greater. God's obligation to. man is, I believe, the greatest .nought that can ent-r the mind of mer. This thought of God's obligation to man is newer than the thought of man's obligatiou to God. It may lie new to many of yo,i who are . l e to-day. There are some, I expect, who wJU den that God iB under auy obligation to man whatsoever, and some of you may be ariong that num ber, but 1 believe that the thought is true, even if it Is new, and tliut is why I proclaim it to you to-day. Gnd's obligatiou to man is the great gospel of Cod to man. The go3oel is good ntwu. and what be ter news is there in all the world for man than this that God. the God of infinite love and Fatherhood, is under ob ligations to him? Let us see if this is a tact, and if we tin J it so, let that fact rest in our minds and bless our lives evermore. First, look at our hunrin il.uioii sliips for proof of the 'act. Children have, obligations to their parents, but parents have obligations to their chil '.ren also. My boys urn' under obligations' to me, but ! am under obligations to my bovs -so. Why'.' because I am their lather, with a father's heart and a father's inter est. I cannot leave them to perish until all my fatherly resources are exhausted for their good. So tied, by becoming the Father of the Hu man family, has placed Himself un der obligation to the whole human family. The very meaning of the word religion implies this. Itellgion, true religion, is that which binds a man to God in right relationship. Which Is it that binds a man closest to God? Is it mans obligation to God. or Is it God's obligation to man'.' 1 believe it is the latter. Close as the law may bind man to God, love binds him yet clos. Now, all true human relation ships Involve obligations on both sides, and from both parties to the relationship. God has always acknowledged Ills obligation to man, evti it man bus not always acknowledged his obligation to God. What is a covenant but an obliga tion on the part of two or more peo ple? God has made many coyeriants with individuals and with His chosen people. He made covenants wlm Alel Noah. Abraham, Isaac, Jasob, Mifse , Elijah, Ellsha, David and with many oihwri that we might men tion. He made covenants with the nation of Israel and or J"dah again and again. These covenants Implied the obligatiou of God to man, as well as man's obligation to God, else they would not have been covenants, but iiimply laws These covenants are the l-oupel of the Old Testament and of the Hebrew religion. Tills gospel of God's obligation to man unites tne Old and Nnw '''istanients as one boo.; and as the book of oim '.rue religion, aud the revelation of one great gos pel, the gospel of God as a covenant making and a covenant keeping God, loving man and doing all that Infinite love cau do for man's salvation. Kays Dr. Abbott; "Tl) Old Testament is the gospel ot tne obligation of God to man in the bud; me New Testament Is the gospel of God' obligation to man In the flower." 1 There i no doubt. I think, about the fact of God's obligation to man. It Is really t is central fact of the Old I and New Testament nllke. It Is the ' very gospel of God In His great book from beginning to end. if only we Interpret that book aright! But before we boast of that gos pel, or pride ourselves that God ,t under obligations to us, let us seek to know the ground or that obliga tion. Net us know that we have not put God under an. obligation to us by anything we have done. "Not icrordlng to our works, but according to His own purpose and gra " Paul says In the text. It Is therefore Cod's own purpose and active love, for grace Is love In action, that has put I God under obligation to man. "God so I loved" and there It all began this j gospel of God's obligation to man. God so loved that He voluntarily and out of His great love, and for no other reason, placed Himself under obligation to the whole world of hu manity, so that whosoever in that, world would believe In that love, and would let God fulfil His obligation toward him. should not perish, but be saved. This Is John 111:16, In t'je light of our text and In the words of nur theme. This Is the gospel that Test's Christ came to proclaim and to live. lis cam to tell every man that God so loves him that He Is willing to place Himself under obligations to him. It was for this ree.son that God gave us His greatest gift the gift of Himsalf In Jesus Christ as much of Himself and even more than man would or could comprehend and be lieve In. It is because He Is the great loving universal Father .irt He has placed Himself tinder obliga tion to every child of His, to every man and vonia- in all the world. Be this our toast then: not that we have put God under any obliga tion to us by anything that we have done, but that Gcd out of His Infinite love for us and according to His ow'.i loving . nd eternal purpose has plp.red Himself under obligations to us. Tl is purpose whs given us in Jesus Christ, "before timet eternal," Paul says. That is, it was born in God's eternal Father-Heart before time came to be reckoned or counted. God ever a Father must ever have had a Son. else He would not have been ever a Father, and in that love for that eter nal Son we ore God's purpose f r all His sons in ;'l the world. And this purpose has now bsen manifest?.! to the world and to us by the appear ing of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. That is. Christ rann to show God's, the Father's, eternal purpose to the world. Ki came to tell the worid that He has been willing to place Himself unier cl: ligation to every one in all the world. This is the gos pel that Christ came to proclaim. This is the gospel that shines forth in all that He said or did. And now we are ready io see what this obligation of Goil to us and His eternal purpose, ha3 led Him to Jo for us, or the result of His obligation to man. What is the issue of this gospel of Gad's obligation? What has it led God to do for us? It has lud and It will lead God to do every thing that infinite ' love can do or that we will let Him do for our sal vation. The first part of the text gives this answer: "Who saved us, and called us with a holy calling." He has called us to salvation and to holiness through faith In Him, as thj loving Father, and in His Son, as t':ie revealer and exam.pl-3 of the Father's love and character. This is the cov enant that God waits and wants l make with every one of us. It is no;. His will that any should perish, Lu; that all should receive tho light of life, and live the life that is abun dant and eternal. It was God's obli gation to us. born of His love for us, tnat led Him to send Christ to suffer and die for us, in order that He might become our Saviour and load us to j-ahaiion and to holiness. It was ttiis that led God to do the very best tnat He out of His infinite power and love coubl do for us and for all ot His children of the ear.h. Ah, yes, we may be sure of this God has kep., and God will ever keei. His part of tha covenant that He has made with us and for us. He has I'u'.tilb'd and He eve. will fulfil, His full obligation to us. This is tre gospel of thp Old and New Testament ti.at I proclaim to you to-do. This is the gospel of J eaiis CI rist the gospel of God's obligation to man born of God's great love for man. The Sinfulness of Sin. Unhappily that "secularization of morals," which thp late Herbert .Spencer proclaimed to be imperative ly necessary, has already made soma progress. The tendency to minimize slu by characterizing it, not as a personal crime against God, but rather as "indiscretion," a " disease," or as the Inevitable result of "hered ity" in irresponsible persons is de veloping 'n quarters where thero ought to be clearer aud more accur ate views of life. Thero can bu no successful sin." It may bo hidden from man, and only from man, but in the divine order its inevitable re fcult Is (b ath I Rom. 6: 23), and no preacher ran be true to his Master who fails to declare that Immutable truth. London Christian. How to Understand. Obey Jesus with cordial loyalty and you will understand Jesus. Not by studying Him, but by doing His will, shall you learn how divine He is. Obedience completes Itself in un derstanding Phillips Brook In the ree- t troubles with Zulua In Africa the military searchlights have been found to possess a certain valuo as weapons -n r.ccount of the paralyzing ter or which they Inspire. The awestruck natives call them the Kye of the Almighty, and fall on the Krotind when the light Is flashed In their faces. They are also struck with amazement anr1. fear when they ee distant hills suddenly bathed la mimic daylight, and all the trail distinctly revealed. But, like the ter ror once produced by firearms, this fear will, of course, eventually lose Itti effect. Savages are quick to adopt the Inventions of civilization when they serve the purposes of war, or, it they cannot adopt them, they discount their effect. Youth'i Com panion. The richest orchestra In the world Will be the Warsaw philharmonic, which has just received a legacy ot ll.000.000 from music loving Pole. American shoes are so popular in Germany that many manufacturer! In that country sell their goods at "American made." i EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Interpreting God's Word to the World 2 Cor. 3. 3. Showing the likeness of God. Lev. 19. 2: Matt. 5. 48. Finding our pattern In Christ. 1 Pet. 2. 21; 1 John 2. C. With convincing consistency. 1 l'et. 2. 11, 12. Love the touchstone of dlsclpleshlp. 1 John 11. 10-17. Submission to lawful authority a virtue. 1 Pet, 2. 13-15. Having his character we bIso share his triumph. Rev. 3. 21. Synthesis. "Ye are our epistle." said Paul to the Corinthians; the "epistle of Christ written on your hearts by the Spirit of the living God." What clearer evidence of the divine commission do I need than this These Corinthians, Instigated by enemies of the great apostle, lind begun to speak slightingly of him, and to question his apostolic commis sion. "Christ formed within," so that his presence may be seen and under stood as you read and understand, this writing -that Is the way to inter pret the Word of God to men. Lack ing this, men will get to arguing, cavilling, hairsplitting. The measure of the transformation contemplated was given away back in the early Btnges of revelation, for God said through Moses to the Israelites, "Ye shall be holy," which Jesus quoted in his Sermon on the Mount, saying, "Be ye perfect, oven as your Father In heaven Is perfect." Wesley caught up the strain of holy exhortation and said, at the same time guarding tho precious doctrine by a warning: "I want you to be all love. This is the perfection 1 believe nnd teach. And this perfection Is consistent with a thousand nervous disorders, which that high-strained perfection Is not. Indeed, my Judgment Is that (In this case particularly) to overdo Is to un do: and that to set perfection too high (so high as no man we ever heard or read of attained) Is the most effectual (because unsuspected I way of dilving It out of the world." "Kind your example in Christ," says Peter, "'who did no sin. neither was guile found In his mouth." "Yes," adds John, "he that salth he abl.leth In him ought also to walk even as he walked." "Kven so," rejoins Simon, "you must behave yourselves and ab stain from evil, being; honest, ami clean, so that whereas they speak evil against you as evildoers, they may. bv your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God." And again John speaks up. being now the direct mouthpiece of the Lord, and encourages us with the hope of glory with Christ, saying, "To him that overcome! h will I grant to sit with me in my throne." SEPTEMBER TWENTY-THIRD A Strong Wilt; How to Get It, and Use It for Temperance. 1 Pet. 4: 1-11. There is only one sound armor against temptation, and that is the mind of Christ. No one can' "live to the will of God" without knowing that will, meditating on It, applying It to every coiner of his life. We must work the will either of God or of "the Gentiles," the world; which Khali we choose We are forming our will now for all eternity,- -and an entrance upon the eternal ages Is close "at hand." Suggestions. Our "won'ts" are as Important as as our "wills" In forming our cnar acters. A book has been written on "The 'I Wills' of Christ." It ,1s matter worth looking Into. Disagreeable duties are best worth doing just because they are disagree able, and so have wlll-st lengthening power. ., .-' If you would cultivate a strong will, begin every day by something hard for you to do, such as early rising, a cold bath, vigorous exercise, sub stantial Bible-reading. Illustration!. When a man "makes his will," he does It with a view to death; but the will of his character he forms fot eternal life. A will In the wrong way Is like a train on the wrong track, the more force, the more danger. The hopeless trees are not the gnarly, crooked ones, but lhe weak lings; tho hopeless men are not the vigorous bad ones, but those with weaS wills good or bad. The test of a locomotive is not the whistle but the load and the speed; the test of a will is not the bluster but the deed. ELKPHANT HIDE AND SEKK. Captain Sp;-dy, of the British army, writes in Harper's of some of bis adventures wbllo hunting ele phants in North Africa. On one occa sion lie was chased by a huge one, lu imminent danger of being over taken, when h tripped and fell ueal a large tree trunk lying prjne on the sand. He rollej under it Jtiat in time to escape the elephant, who ran from one s;ldo of the trunk to the other lu pursuit of him. Thia game of hide-and-seek continued for some time, and Captain Speedy rdmlts that, though It might have Beamed funny to a bystander, It was far from amus ing to him, as be expected each moment to bo reached by tho excited monster. The elephant flnully gave It up and changed his method of attack, and though he was eventually uhot. by his victim, he gave a very bad half hour to a brave hunter and scUllur. Xegleeled African Klepbant. The African elephant has always been held to be Inferior lu intelli gence to the Indian species, and In capable of being trained. The Congo authorities, after failing to acclima tize a herd of Imported Indian ele phants, are experimenting with the indigenous stock. The experiment seejns likely to prove unexpectedly successful, twenty-eight young ele phants are now being trained, and some of them have already been used with success on railway works, though they have apparently none of them been yet educated for as long as twelve months. New York Tribune. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENT8 FOR SEPTEMBER 23. Review of the Quarter Itend Matt, xxll., 34-4(1 Golden Text: Luke lv., :U Topic: Christ's Lnst Messages Summaries. Lesson I. Topic: Lessons from a "child" text. Place: Capernaum. Soon after the transfiguration; Jesus In Capernaum for the last time; n question asked: Who Is the greatest? A little child railed: to eater the kingdom of heaven It Is necessary to "become ns llttlo children;" those who offend a little one will suffer punishment. II. Topic: Forgiving one another. Place: Capernaum. Peter came to Christ; asked how often he should forgive; Jesus said until seventy times seven times; Jesus spoke a par able to fully illustrate the duty ot the Christian. III. Topic: Love to our fellow men. Place: la Perea. A lawyer (or scribe) asked Jesus what he must do to Inherit eternal life; Jesus asked him how he read the law; the lawyer replied, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart;" Jesus told htru he had answered right; the lawyer said, "Who is my neighbor?" Jesus spoke a parable; a man travel ing from Jerusalem to Jericho fell among thieves; a priest passed by on tho other side; a Levlte did the same; a Samaritan helped the man, "Go, and do thou likewise." IV. Topic: Jesus teaching how to pray. Place: lu Perea. When Jesus had ceased praying In a certain place one of the disciples asked Him to tench them to pray; Jesus gave them' a form of prayer. V. Topic: The believer's social duties. Place: In Perea. At the house of a chief Pharisee; Jesus sees a man with the dropsy; it Is the Sab bath day; Jesus nsked them whether It was lawful to heal the man on that day; they refused to answer; Jesus healed the man; He then asked them If they would not take an animal out of a pit on the Sabbath day; call the poor and not the rich neighbors. VI. Topic: Blessings and condi tions of salvation. Place: In Perea. Jesus Is still at the Pharisee's hoiiBe; one at the table thought It would be a great privilege to sit at a banquet In the Messiah's kingdom; Jesus spoke a parable to show that al though the blessings of the gospel would be offered them, yet they would refuse the invitation. VII. Topic: God s great love for the sinner. Place: In Peren. The parable of the two sons; the younger left home after receiving his portion of the inheritance; went Into a far country and wasted his substance in riotous living; decided to return and confess his lolly to his father; he did so and the father received him Joyfully and made a feast; the elder brother came from the fields and was angry; the father entreated him. VIII. Topic: Characteristics of ef fective prayer. Place: In Perea. A parable on prayer; a widow asked a judge to avenge her; the judge re fused; the widow urged him; the Judge finally did as he was request ed; the Lord will avenge those who call upon Him; another parable; the Pharisee's prayer; the publican's prayer. IX. Topic: Great facts connected with salvation. Place: In Perea. A rich young ruler came running to Jesus and asked what he must do to Inherit eternal life; Jesus said. Keen the commandments. He asked. Which? Jesus mentioned several; the young man had kept these; he asked what he still lasked; sell what you have and give to the poor; went away sorrowful; the rich are saved with great difficulty. X. Topic: Finding salvation. Place: Jericho. A great number of people; blind Bartimaeim by the highway, begging; hears it Is Jesus passing; calls loudly lor mercy; Is rebuked by those stnndlng near; cries louder; hia cries reach Jesus; Ho stops; commands Bartlmaeus to bo called; UurtimacuB went; made known his request; Jesu3 heals him; his faith has mado him whole; he follows Christ. Zacchacus was a rich publican who sought to see Jesus; he was small of stature and climbed into a tree; Jesus saw hire, and told him to como down; Jesus went to his house; the Jews mur mured; Zacchaeus truly reponted; gave halt of his goods to tho poor; confessed hrs sins; restored four- fold; Je3tis forgave and saved him; the Son of Man came to save tho lost. XI. Topic: The kingship of Jesus. Place: In and near Jerusalem. Jews and His disciples Journeying toward Jerusalem; two disciples sent to Bethphage to secure a colt; the pro phecy of Zech. 9:9 s fulfilled; a great multitude shout "HoBanna!" and spread garments and strew branches In the way; Jesus cleanses the temple; the chief Pharisees and scribes are sore displeased. XII. Topic: Christianity's conflict with the world. Pkice: In Jerusa lem, In the temple courts. The Phar isees and Herodlans try to catch Christ In His words; He answers them wisely; they marveled at Him; they ask whether it Is lawful to "pay tribute to Casear; He says, "Render to Caesar the things that are Cae sar's, and to God the things that are God's;" the Sadducees come to Him and ask Him a question dealing with our relation after death; seven broth ers, in turn, married the samo wom an. In the resurrection whose wife will she be? Jesus said that when they rise from the dead they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Living Not lu Vuin. Life is a bubble, which any breath can dissolve. Wealth or power a snowflake, melting momently Into the treacherous deep across whose waves we are floated on to our unseen des tiny. But to have lived so that one, loss orphan is called to choose be tween starvation aud Infamy; to have lived so that some eyes ot whom Fame shall never know, are bright ened, and others suffused at the name ot the lived one so that few who know him truly, shall recognize him, as a bright, warm, cheering presence, which was here for a season, and left the worid no worse tor his stay In It, this surely, is to have really lived and not wholly In vain. Horace Greeloy. , At a protective coating for lion, cadmium s proving much superior to sine. The coaling looks like line, but It Is much more adhesive and harder, it tarnishes less rapidly, and It withstands the fumes ot acid better f Hog Cholera. The Department of Agriculture has made many seccessfut tests of the following formula In cases ot hog cholera. Of course no remedy was ever found to save In every case, but If successful in many It !s well worth trying. Here It Is: Wood or cob charcoal 1 lb. Sulphur 2 lbs. Sodium chloride (common salt) 2 lbs. .Sodium bicarbonate (baklngsoda) 21b., Glauber salts 1 lb. (Or Epsom salts. 2 lbs.) Antimony sulphide 1 lb. Pulverize eneh of the ingredients well and mix them together thor oughly. The dose i a tahh-spoonful for each 200 pounds weight of the hogs, ! given twice a day in shorts or bran slop feed. Potato Cutting Table. When one has a ;arge area to plant to potatoes the work of cutting the seed tubers in the ordinary way Is not Inconsldeinble. One who is handy can readily make the seed cut ter here detcribed and save consid erable time In preparing the seed for planting. Build a table about three feet deep c"d six wide, setting It on legs bo it will stand about twenty fivo inches from the floor, just high enough ao that, the average man ran get his knees under, it comfortably vhen sitting down. Have a back to the table a foot high, with sides cut so that at the front end they will bo not more t .rn six inches high. A similar boa -d is run dow.t the cantre, thus making a table at which two can work. In tho :,lde pieces, about three inches from the end that is open, the fror.- end. cut a hole eight i-ches long. A basket is set under this hole, on the floor, and the cut tubers ar-3 passed through the aole inti tho basket. This 13 done so that by - movenunt of the hand tho cut j 'oecB may 19 dropped .nto tho bas ket, rather than have the cutter leach over or aroui d to drop the pieces, which would be necessary if tho bas kets were behind him or at tho sides. Tall baskets are used generally, al though the ordinary peach basket will answer the purpose. A shelf Is placed at the top of the cutting benen at the back, on which knives and any other tools needed lu the work may be kept. Thj idea Is plainly shown In tho 'Lustration. Indianapolis News. i Treating Old Apple Trees. German newspapers huve been publishing articles describing experi ments looking to the improvement of declining apple orchards of the Var terland. A brief outline of the ex periments has been forwarded to the department of commerce aud labor by Consul Mahin of Nottingham. Of five long rows of apple trees, ho writes, one row was left untreat ed and the other four had different combinations of manurings. The row left unman tired gave 104 pounds of apples per tree during the; five years from 1900 to 1904, both inclusive, and In the fifth year (1904 ). which was tho year of maximum yield for the entire orchard, the weight of ap ples per tree was fifty-five pounds and the number 294. The best re sults from' manuring were obtained by a complete manure, consisting of 1 pounds ot sulphate of ammonia, 1 Vi pounds of basic slag per tree per annum, applied to the roots during the winter. During the five years the yield per tree from this dressing was ICS pounds of apples, while by the llfth year the bearing increased to 401 apples weighing 105 pounds per tree that is, the weight of the ap ples per tree Increased by manuring from fifty-five pounds on the unman ured trees to 105 pounds on the man ured tuees, or 90.9 per c?nt.; while the number of apples increased from 294 to 401 per tree, or thirty-six per cent. The increase in average size of the apples Is, remarkable. Those from the unmanured trees averaged 2. 98 ounces each, and those from the manured trees 4.19 ouncas each. National Fruit Grower. Honey Heo Habits. The honey bee has uumerous hab its, some of which are good and oth ers not quite so good. Still I, for one, am glad that every female bee Is equlppod with a good sharp sting. If it were not so, how could such small, helpless creatures protect themselves and their homes from man aud beast? Tho race would soon become eitinct, for the honey bee has many enemies. It would be necessary for the keep er" of bees to keep u cotistunt watch on his hives to prevent them from being looted, says the New York Farmer. As It Is, the bees them selves do their own sentinel duty, and no one yet hus come around nnd foiind them all nsloep. After a hard day of toll tho beekeeper can lay his weary self down to rest and feel quite confident that the bees will hold the fort until morning. Probably the Ihlng most annoying to the beekeeper is tho swarming habit f tho bees did' t.ot persist In dividing their forces so frequently much more surplus houey could be obtained, and the beekeepor would feel more easy about his bees. In producing comb honey in one pound boxes It is necessary to crowd the bees Into the sertiou boxes, for they Beem loath to begin work in such small divisions, and this erowd- inC Is one Of tha Ineenllvi.u ,l. (, crertes the swurming fever. When prouucing extracted lionoy, abundant room can be given, and the swarming Impulse Is greatly checked. Therefore. If bees urn t,- , tuni I far from the house aud cannot have much attention Jt Is advisable to pro duce only fxtractcd honey, which la done by giving the bees targe combs and plenty of room, tor It matters not whether the combs are entirely complete or not,, as the honey is taken from them and the combs re tained to be used again. Gn pes nnd III Treatment. The popular fallacy that Incuba tor chickens uro Immune from gapes doubtless nrlsea from the fact that they nre usually kept from the ground until past the stage to be troubled. Turn an incubator chicken loose on ground where chicks with gxpes have- run within two or three years, nnd they will soon be gaping: keep the Inn with her brood on board floors or ground not infested, and they are safe. The olserse, as Is generally under stood, Is caused by a small worm which lolges In the windpipe. Some adepts remove the offender with a skilful turn rf a feather or loop of '-rsehalr, but the novice is apt to add to the patient's torture without removing Its cause. Chicks are rare ly affected until several weeks old. Rainy weather favors the develop EiPiit of .he disease, and the first pre monitory 3nteze should be a signal to "ommence treatment. Sometimes a little kerosene or tur pentine In the food or drinking water (being careful tt only Blight taint it or thy will not touch tt ) is suffi cient. Kerosene in which a little camphor gum has been dissolved, forced down the throat with a medi cine dropper or' feather, is one of tn best remedies, two or three drops being given at a time, repeating the dose several times a day if necessary. Turpentine used in the same way is r ether ritf.nda-t remedy. The medi cine dropper, which can be bought for Ihree cents, will be found a great convenience in administering medi cine to chicks. They simply can't dodge taking the do9e presented in this way, and It Is t milder treat ment than the feather. Bessie L. Putnam, in the Tribune Farmer. Double Coop nnd Feeding 1 Slock. One of the most useful styles ot coop which I have seen is that used by Professor Edward Brown, a poul try expert of high repute in England, and it Is depicted in one ot the accompanying illustrations. Double Coop, With Shelter. This appliance -consists of two ooops, each of which Is Suitable for the accommodation of a hen and her brood. They are Bet down on the ground at any convenient distance apurt. say from three to five feet asunder, and lu such a position that both fronts face the same direction, extending from one, coop to the other there is a light frame of wood testing on the roofs, and this frame supports nn awning of canvas, un bleached calico, oilcloth or any sim ilar material. The awning forms a roof over the spacebetween thecoops, and also extends to the ground nt the back and hangs over the edge a fow inches in front. Ample shade und shelter are thus afforded the chicks in both coops, the space be tween being common to both broods. While the chicks are under a week old, it it is so desired, they may be confined to this sheltered space by means of a strip of wire netting placed along the front, and thus a convenient feeding and exercising ground is formed at very little ex pense. This arrangement does not suit very well when the two broods of chickens are of different ages, but when hatched at tho same time they fraternize in the most amicable' manner Imaginable, and yet do not make the mistake of returning to the wrong coop. Dili i i r French Feeding Block. The leediiig mock shown In an en larged form Is a round log hav ing a handle driven into one end und to prevent the chicks pruching on the block und also to serve for moving the block from place to place. There Is no possibil ity of the food getting soiled which U a most Important consideration, for very many chicks aro lost when the food Is thrtwn on ground which Is none too clean, and which Is tram pled on and fouled by the chicks. The method here Illustrated is one ot the oldest and most common ot French systems ot feeding, and on most farms In that Industrial country several ot these feeding blocks may be seen In the fields which are fre quented by chicks and fowls, For feeding young turkeys, also, tha French feeding block Is must valu bblo, as lt Is absolutely necessary, that theia birds should have clean, tresU food. -mlantf I'ouitr Journal. rJrlw W It II Jt t.-. .- 1 VVH-Tt JJJr- The Hiawatha (Kan.) World nrin,. , this Interesting Item: "Ewlne Mo.. , bert tried to prevent a dog fight U the Dark Wednesday nlvht. inH nn. of the dogs bit a piece out of his new pants and bis old leg." London suggests ten Bostons pieced together at the edges. The occupants of the-Philippine? represent such a variety of races that thirty-one languages aro- spokeo there. Making postal cards carrying In. suiting allusions to the German V.m. peror is a oleaslnn Parisian lnrtimti-v The partisan political nostal card quite common. Perhaps tt will invade America. Traveling on the Argentine pampas Is Interesting If not entirely comfort able. Men there are ncarce. bm horses are plentiful. Often sixty horses ore driven In the same team The drlvsr is perched thirty feet from the ground. Tho wagons are some times fifty fee', long and fifteen wide while the back wheels are fourteen feji or bo high. A proud young father, according to the Buffalo Commercial, telegraphed the .news of his happiness to Mg brother in these words: "A handsome boy has come to my house and claims to be your nephew. We are doing our best to give him a proper wel come." The brother, however, failed to see tho point, and replied: "I have not got a nephew. The young man I? an Imposter." On the watch tower of the Vela., at the Alhambra, Spain, there Is a silvei toned bell which the Moslems rung a? a signal to let on the water in the gardens and fountain In the city be low. Its sound con be heard nt Llga thirty mllss away. The maiden who strikes it to-day is sure of a husband before the year Is out, and of a good one If she rings It loud enough. On certain fete days It Is lively for the bell. A new fruit that seems likely to prove of considerable value has been developed by the cultivation of the very fanilliar"maypop,"a plant which is very familiar in the Southern Stales, quite ornamental, easily grown from soeds and affords a hand some cover for arbors and verandas It is known to botanists as passlflora Incarnata. The fruit In its improved form is somewhat bigger than a hen's egg aud r'.ecldedly palatable. It lookf like a May apple. "Water billiards" 13 the newest and oddest of European pastimes. A bil liard table is floated iu a quiet pond, sometimes where the water is only four or five feet deep; sometimes in very deep water. Players in street costume and high hats wado or swim out, cues lu hand, and, tb the delight of the spectators, play a "straight" game of billiards. The hazards of tho sport include a frequent ducking the occasional capsizing of the table during a difficult shot and the cer tainty of ruined clothes. SHNDS COIX 1SA.KF.I) IX 15I.SCCIT. Colorado Girl's Novel Way of Getting Money Through tho Mail. A Colorado girl who wanted a cer tain Bchool boob ordered It from a Chicago publisher and sent the money tor it, baked In a biscuit. The sender explained that she was so far from a money-order selling office of any kind that she had no other mode of sending the price than to enclose It as she did. It was a silver quarter that she sent. We often hear of clouds with silver lin ings, but here is a chunk of dough with a silver nlling. The Kavenswood woman who tells the story says that this Is only one of many Inventions of money mailing people. Their resources lu contriv ing ways to disguise the presence of coin or currency in letters and pack ages seemingly are unlimited. Chi cago's big stores that handle a heavy business through the malls are abl? to recount some unusual methods Some of the women who send to Chi cago for various articles are ingeni ous In this matter. The Colorado in cident simpiy shows the scope ot the human mind In trying to outwit the. thieves who occasionally manages to "slip Into the Federal service. The lost ant found department of the United States railway mall ser vice in Chicago produces some won derful conceits In concealing remit tances. Frequently pacKages break open, and dollars, halves, quarters and dimes roll out of unheard of hid ing places. One queer fact concern ing the matter Is that after a person has taken unheard of pains to hide a remittance he will do up his pack age bo carelessly that It breaks open with tho slightest Jar or jolt. In the Colorado book order the sender sent with the biscuit a uote telling where the coin-was secreted The book she wanted was "Studies lu French." Chicago Dally News. Fumy Table Wuys In Missouri. We are getting dead swell In this good town. We eat ice cream with a fork. Some tlmo ago we learned to make salad at the dinner table. Then we served coffee lu the library after dinner. We have had finger bowls some dozen years. We are beginning to use them eveil when there Is no company. One family has finger bowls at breakfast, aftor fruit and before bacon, even when there Is no guest at the house. That's dead swell. We have drunk soup out of a teacup and put grass on thS fried chicken, and now we cat Ice cream with a fork. Why not? These little evidences of social progress are com litendabla. Columbia Herald. .7
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