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ScKolrl Discount By
Rv I. W Mtndron.
Brooklyn, N. V. Preaching at met
Irving Square Presbyterian Church
on the theme, "The Eighth Com
mandment," the Rev. I. V. Hender
son, pastor, took an his text Ex. 20:
15: "Thou shalt not steal." He Bald
In the course of his sermon
This Is a call for simple honesty,
and the need for clear and fearless
thought and utterance Is
both im-
peratlve and apparent as we apply
this eighth commandment to the so
cial life and communal conditions of
to-day.
The common Interpretation of
what It means to steal Is quite ele
mentary. In the public estimation,
stealing, very largely, is a form of
open and specific disobedience to law
which will likely land the evil doer
In behind the bars. It Is not my pur
pose to say or to Imply that the aver
age Individual conscience does not
reeognizo .he obligations and the va
lidity of that moral law which over
laps our penal code. But to a large
extent the robber, In the public mind.
Is the man who forces locks; who
spends his evenings at his neighbor's
safes with dynamite and jimmy; who
misapplies to his own uses our sil
ver, our clothes, or our money. Ask
mai, Who !s a thief? and the like
lihood Is that often, though not al
ways, he will run the Hat of those
who bear the Insignia and the dis
honor of that self-seeking fraternity
whose members live by their wits.
But are the men and women who de
clare open war upon society and who
adhere to the principle that the world
owes them a living the only ones who
steal? Is It the man who picks your
pocket or the man who steals your
savings, by heedlets mismanagement
of that fortune you gave Into his
trust, who robs you of most? Who Is
the most dangerous criminal, the seC'
ond story burglar or the man who, j
under
tne gutse ol a conservative ;
financier, wrecks your home and
takes your all? Who best merits
prison clothes, the man who steals to
save his family from starvation's
grimmest death, or the millionaire of
Wall street who inflates values that
he knows can never last ? Who most
deserves the scorn of honest men, the
man who cracks a safe or the phil
anthropic plutocrat who made his
wealth at the price of human blood?
The consensus among those whom
the lesson hardest hits Is that rob
bery is all right so long as you steal
enough. Only the small burglar Is
to wear stripes. The sin of stealing
is in balng caught, and its worst dli
grace is not to he deft enough to bag
everything In sight.
Stealing Is wrong and It should be
punished no matter by whom or how
It may be committed. The Member
of Congress who violates the law and
robs his country for his private gain
deserves the limit of the penalty, j
The moneyed man who wrecks a cor- I
poratlon to satisfy personal spite or !
secret grudge, should wear the Irons j
together with that other of his com-
pany who represents as a real In- I
vestment proposition a property that
Is chiefly air, paper and water. The
business man who underpays- his
labor and hugs the lion's share of
the profits to himself, with no con
cern or care for the toilers who made
nossible his material success. Is a
thief. The rich man who raises j
prices and lowers wages, without :
rlg'iit or need, to such an extent that I
poor men have no decent chance to
live, steals more than money.
"Thou shalt not steal," says the '
commandment, and to my mind's eye i
there comes the vision of that cotton I
mill In the sunny southland. I hear I
the whirr of wheels, the rattle of j
tne loom, the roar of leather belts, !
the shoutlug of the mill boss: and I
there. In among that bustli and clat
ter and ceaseless racket, I see mere
children watching wheels, instead of
birds; tending cotton when they 1
should be at their hooks; growing
old mid blunted in body, mind and 1
Bplrit, when they should be learning '
lessons In God's wonderful out-of-
doors. Mere children driven Into j
slavery by the laziness of lying par- j
ents or the greed of northern capital.
And what you may see in the cotton
mills of Dixie, you may see In the
glass works of New Jersey, the mines
of Pennsylvania, or in the sweat
shops of New York. Is such stealing
wise?
The amount of wholesale and un
r strained robbery that takes place
in our public life is enormous. It
would sem that the sense of honesty
Is on the decline did we not know
better. The caliber of the con
sciences of a host of men who admin
ister the affairs of the plain people is
not very large. Dishonesty Is,
strangely, even yet, with many lead
ers in our political life, a synonym
for assured success. "Thou shalt not
steal'' is left out of their moral code.
To be honest, to bo square, Is, with
them, to be marked for defeat.
When we read In our daily papers of
the shameless frauds perpetrated
upon the Government by corpora
tions, by and with the consent of
those who make and those who ad
minister our laws; when we learn
from time to time that hosts of men
and women are ruined by get-rlch-quick
syndicates; when we find daily
Instances of wholesale defalcations
by men of trust and repute and form
er Kpt-mlnt nrrttittv U'hun wo had tha
expressed will of the sovereign citl- j
lenshipof self-governing communities
made the football of political brl- I
gands, and whole States beneath the
power of political buccaneers; is It
any wonder that we feel at times that
the sense of the unrighteousness of
stealing has been abandoned by many
in control of affairs In public life?
We need an enlightened public con
science. Men must be made to feel
and to know that corporate and pub
lic thievery, as private, are contrary
to the law of God. Statesmen who
wink at and foster robbery of the
treusuries ought to be returned to
private life, If nothing more. Poli
ticians who are out for graft must be
relegated t the rear. Clean men
muBt cut the way to the regeneration
of our social life. The crowd of un
wholesome and immoral civic para
sites who despoil and besmirch com
munal life should be removed from
power and influence.
"Thou shult not. steal" said Moses.
So say. Christ to u. All that Moses
asked of Israel, Christ demands of
America. No man can steal and be
plumb to the law of love. With the
entrance of Jesua the heart will seek
to give rather than to get; and with
the soul that walks with Moses' God,
the right will ever reign supreme.
But despite all the unwholesome
nesa around us, the signs of the
times presage a glorious transfor
mation that is near at hand. What
ever may have been the evil sowing
of yesterday, and whatever may be
the alarming harvest of to-day, we
need not fear for the harvest of to
morrow. The Lord Is coming Into
Ills own. Society Is coming to Its
Rpnso3 and better men are moving to
the front. The dormant will of a
mighty people is awaking and woe
betide the wicked charlatan who
ails to see the writing on the wall,
or seeing, falls to heed It. And the
awakening will come most largely, as
In the nature of the case It ought,
among the common people of te
land; those at whom the unphllo
sophlral slander Is so often hurled
that they are not worthy to be trusted
liAfamn Ihnv n,Q an n,k1n an fnnltuh
, .,UlUU,., , ...V, ... .w, .
mill an weak
J That a social regeneratl
moral revival Is taking place
Ion and
ace In so-
j elety no man may, with reason,
doubt. It Is in the nlr Men are ap
plying moral standards that for
years we have never, or seldom,
heard employed In the Judging of In
dividual and public actions. The
newspaper to-day blazes the trail
ahead of the pulpit, and many an ed
itorial handles the ethical cudgel
more forcefully and effectively than
many a sermon. Men, within and
without the church, are asking for
more decisive, concrete, fearless ethi
cal preaching from tho pulpits of our
land. Ecclesiastical authorities are
I hesitant about receiving the money
of our tainted millionaires, not be
cause they are convinced that money
Itself can partake of the moral quali
ties of the individual who possesses
it, no matter how Lad a man he may
be or however flagitiously his money
may have been acquired; but because
they do not want to become suspect
ed of being receivers of stolen goods
or lay t.iemselves open to the charge.
Just or unjust, of compounding wick
edness. Reform movements nro rife,
and the bottom plank of the reform
ation platform is, almost without ex
ception, In substance, the Eighth
Word of the Mosaic law.
Now and again we heart said that
those wno promise us reform will. In
their turn, when they shall have en
tered Into power, exploit the people
for their own advantage, as has been
done of yore. I do not believe that
this Is so, as I read and Interpret
to-day's events; but of this I am
sure, that, they who betray the con-
fldence of tho people under the prom
ise of a clean reform, will go down,
at a later day, to a political disaster
beside which the downfall of an Ar
nold will be counted tame.
Hand In hand with tho moral
reformation, a religious revival which
shall purify men's bouIs will sweep
the land. Spiritual blessedness and
"joy and peace In a holy spirit" will
become the chief desire of men's
hearts. Having tried the comfort
that the world gives and found It.
faulty, men will seek tho peace of God
which nasseth all human comprehen
sion, which the world cannot give and
which the world cannot take away.
Let U3 place our trust In the God of
Israel and of America. Let us face
the future with a cheer.
Plowing Around a Rock.
"I had plowed around a rock In
one of my fields for about five years,"
said a farmer, "and I had broken a
mowing-machine knife against it, be
sides losing the use of the ground In
which It lay, because I supposed that
It was such a large rock that it would
take too much timi and labor to re
move It. Hut, to-day, when I began
to plow for corn. I thought that by
and by I might break my cultivator
p.gainst that rock; so I took a crow
bar, intending to poke around It, and
find out the size once for all. And it
was one of tha surprises of my life
to find that it was little more than
two feet long. It was standing on its
eriife, and was so light that I could
lift it into the wagon without help."
"The first time you really faced
your trouble you conquered it," I re
plied aloud, but continued to enlarge
upon the subject all to myself, for I
do believe that before we pray, or
better, while we pray, we should look
our troubles squarely in the fare.
We shiver and shake and shrink,
and sometimes we do not dare to
pray about a trouble because It makes
It seem so real, not even knowing
what we wish the Lord to do about
It, when if we would face tho trouble
and call It by Its name one-half of
Its terror would be gone.
. The trouble that lies down with us
at night, and confronts us on first
waking In the morning, Is not the
trouble that we have faced, but the
trouble whose proportions we do not
know.
Let us not allow our unmapped
trouble to make barren the years of
our lives, but face It, and with God's
help work out our salvation through
It! Advocate.
The Great Weaver.
Life is a great shuttle. But the
pattern grows, the web Is wrought.
It takes both dark threadsand golden
to work out God's design. You can
not judge the purpose of the Weaver
by the thrust of the shuttle or tho
weave of one thread, whether It is
dark or bright. "All things work to
gether for good to them that love
God." We are yet on the loom. The
shuttles are not yet empty. Give God
time to put this and that, Uark
threads and bright, together, and
complete the purpose of Ills Provi
dence. The Law of Growth.
There comes a time when the
chestnut burr opens up Intuitively
and the nut rolls out there is a
time when an apple gets so luscious
and ripe it can hang no longer on the
tree and falls there comes a time
when the chicken gets too big for its
shell and picks its way out and man
ifests his larger form of life. There
comes a time when every Justified
soul that keeps in harmony with God
will walk into the experience ol holi
ness. T. H. Nelson.
Ktiral Simplicity.
"It's dreadful queer," said
housewife, "that the potatoes
the
you
bring me Bhoutd be so much bigger
at the top of the sack than they are
at the bottom."
"Not at all, mem," said the hon
est farmer; "Us Jest this a-way.
Potatoes is growin' so faBt jost now
thet by the time I dig a sackful the
last ones dug is ever bo much bigger
'u the fust ones." Harper's Weekly.
A Lesson In Etiquette,
. P.-iscilla had, unknown to her
mother, paid a visit to one of her
small friends, and on her return
Mrs. Parsons was disturbed to note
the soiled dress her child wore.
"Pristilla. do you see that big
spot? What do you suppose Mrs.
Blakeslee thought of such a dirty
dress?" she asked.
"I don't know," was Prlscllla'a
prompt reply, "If Mrs. Blakeslee
saw it, she was too polite to mention
it." Harpw'a Weekly.
rm sunday school.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR XOVKMREH 4.
Subject: The Lord's Supper, Matt.
xvl 17-30 -. Golden Text! I
Cor. xl 21 Memory Verses, 20,
27 Commentary on the Lesson,
I. The preparation for the meal
(vs. 17-1IM. 17. "First day of the
feast." The 1 4th of Nlsan was the
day of preparation. The celebration
continued until the 21st (Exod. 12:
1N-20). "Of unleavened bread." So
called because at this feast only un
leavened bread was allowed. "Where
wilt thou?" .Testis had no home of
His own, and the disciples knew that
some place must be chosen at once.
"That we prepare." That which was
required consisted of a room fur
nished with tnble and couches; and
for- food, unleavened bread, bitter
herbs and a paschal lamb, which
must be slain In the temple between
3 id 5 o'clock, and cooked In a pri
vate house
IS. "Go li.to the city." Luke says
that Peter and .lohn were sent. They
were now at Bethany and Jesus sends
them to Jerusalem. "To such a
man." It is probable that this meant
some person with whom Christ was
well acquainted, and who was known
to the disciples. "Say unto him."
Sav unto the master of the house,
"who was probably a disciple, but se
cretly, like many others, for fear of
the Jews (John 12:42); and this
niay explain the suppression of his
name.' "The Master salth." The
teacher salth. This may, or may not,
have identified Jesus. There was
great respect shown for rabbis and
they would be received gladly In al
most any home. "My time Is at
hand." The time of His death, else
where Pldlnil Ilia hnnt "A thv
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ger to us than It would to the man,
even If he had little knowledge of
Jesus Dtitlng the week of the Pnss
over, hospitality was recognized as a
universal duty In Jerusalem.
19. "Did as Jesus had appointed."
They obeyed in every particular and
found everything to happen as Jesus
had foretold. Those who would have
Christ's presence with them must
strictly observe His Instructions.
II. Events dtirltrg the eating of
the Passover ( vs. 20-25 ). 20. "The
even was come." It was probably
while the sun was beginning to de
cline In the horizon that Jesus and
the disciples descended once more
over the Mount of Olives Into the
holy city. "Sat down." Or reclined,
according to the custom of that time.
21. "As they did eat:" The Pass
over, not the memorial supper. He
tasted first the unleavened bread and
the bitter herbs, before the lamb was
served. "One of you." How sad!
One who Is pledged to be faithful and
true. Jesus was troubled in Bplrit
(John 13:21). "Shall betray Me."
Judas had already agreed to betray
Him. This announcement would give
him an opportunity to repent, but
this he did not do.
22. "Exceeding sorrowful." Be
cause He was to be betrayed, and be
cause one of their number was about
to perform the dastardlv act. "Lord,
Is it I?" This in the original has a
stronger, negative meaning than in
the English. Surely, not I, Lord?
23. "He that dippeth." It was at
this point that Peter beckoned to
John, who was leaning on Jesus' bo
son., to ask Jesus who It sh nnM ho
I (J0lin 13: 22-27): nnft Tnano r,rr,1..,
bly gave them n sign by which they
knew. 24. "Goeth." To the cross
and to death. "As It Is written." In
such scriptures as Isaiah 53. "Woe
unto that man." A sad statement of
a terrible fact. Jesus had previously
told of His betrayal and death. "Had
not been born." This was the last
warning to Judas, who still had an
opportunity to repent.
25. "is it I?" Judas tried to cov
er his hypocrisy and wickedness by
asking this question. . "Thou hast
said." A Hebrew form of affirma
tion meaning yes. you are the one.
III. The memorial supper (vs. 26
30). 26. "Were eating." Toward
the close of the Passover feast.
"Took bread." Took the loaf or thin
cake of unleavened bread, which was
before Him. "Blessed It." Invoked
the blessing of God upon It. "Brake
it." The act was designed to shadow
forth the wounding, piercing and
breaking of Christ's body on the
cross. "This Is My body." This
bread represents My body. 27. "The
cup." The word "wine" is not used,
but "cup," "the fruit of the vine" (v.
29), so that "unfermented grape
Juice was all that was used." "Gave
thanks." It was like giving thanks
over the shedding of His own blood.
t28v", "s My d.Ioo1-" Represents
My blood. "Of the covenant" (R.
V. ) It was an old covenant renewed,
and thus a new promise to men that
God would provide a great salvation.
'For many." For all mankind. "Re
mission of sins." "For the taking
away of sins." But although the
atonement Is made, yet no man's sins
are taken away only as he repents
and turns to God. 29. "Not drink
henceforth." He would not eat and
drink with them again before He
died; this was their last meal togeth
er. "When I drink it new." When I
drink new wino "wine of a different
nature from this" in the kingdom
of God. Here is a pledge to them
that they would again assemble, In
the kingdom of glory, to commemor
ate the triumph of Christ and Hie
kingdom. 30. "Sung an hymn."
Probably Psalm 118, which was al
ways sung at tho close of the paschal
feast. At this time Jesus spoke the
words recorded by John, In chapters
J&-17. "Into the Mount of Olives."
Where JeBus suffered In the garden
of Oethsemann and was betrayed.
In German some Interesting ex
periments have recently been made
in the protection of orchard trees
against night frosts by means of fum
igation. A part of an orchard In
bloom was thus successfully guard
ed against an April frost by the dense
smoke of napthalene. But the ex
periment wa. very expensive, fifty
kilograms of napthalene being con
sumed by seven flames in one hour.
Later a new preparation of chemicals
was tried, producing a comparatively
huge volume of smoke with the ex
penditure of only two kilograms of
the material per hour. These trials
are under the direction of an experi
mental gardening association.
A DOUBTFUL POSITION.
"As a consumer, you have a right
to protest against the cost of coal and
Ice."
"Yes," answered the patient man,
"but pretty soon I won't be ablo to
buy enough of them to give me any.
standing even as a consumer."!
Vasblngton Star.
I EHH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4.
Church Extension. Luke 4.16; John
18.20: Acts 9.20.
Dally Readings.
God honored in the building of the
tabernacle. Exod. 40. 34-38.
God honored In the building of
the temple. I King 8. 10-11.
God honored in the building of the
synagogue. Luke 7. 1-10,
Liberality Is a mark of love. Exod.
30. 37.
The church a holy place. .Exod.
30. 20-29.
The church a place to be longed
.fnr.-Psa. 84.
The Board of Church Extension of
our church Is, so to Bay, a big com
mittee of the church charged by Gen
eral Conference with tho duty of aid
ing In the erection of church edlficea
In places where, locally, the people
are not able to build alone. The need
r un n .inr-v nf thin kind was felt a
hull' century ago anil more, but no
organization was effected until 1SC4.
It ttnrtrd out as a "Society," but be
lug adopted by the General Confer
ence It became n "Hoard." Feeble In
deed were its beginnings and its
1 first secretary, Dr. Monroe, met a
tragic death. But tinder the Napole
onlc leadership of the late Dr. A. J.
Kynett, the movement attained
strength nnd momentum until It has
come to rank as second only In Im
portance to the Missionary Society It
self. it Is well for us to reread the fas
cinating accounts of how God show
ed his feeling toward the people at
the completion' of the tabernacle, and
again when Solomon finished and
dedicated hi temple. Tho "glory of
the lxrd" filled both tent and temple.
The centurion who had built for the
Jews a synagogue was a modest and
stlf-depreelating man, but doubtless
his generosity and devotion, were
counted In when Jesus marveled, and
said, "I have not found so great faith,
no, not In Israel." Liberality In
building a house of God betokens faith,
mwi It lu nMVf.r unobserved of heaven.
"The peole bring much more thun
enough," thowe In charge cried at the
profusion uf offerings for the building
of the tabernacle. O, If it could be so
now there would be no homeless con
gregations; nor buildings which do
not represent the ability of the peo
ple; nor cnulimg debts; nor driving
heavily of the wheels of the mission
ary enterprises, by whatever agency
represented.
Perhnps this computation will en
able us the better to comprehend the
magnitude of the work of the Board
of Church Extension; If the churches
aided from the beginning were placed
three unll one half miles apart they
would make n ' line nearly twlco
around the globe If that were pos
sible. Or, if placed sldo by side an.d
each church given fifty feet front, they
would make a street of solid church
walls more than forty-seven miles In
length.
cisTiraii NOTES
NOVEMBER FOURTH
The Blessedness of Communion with
Christ. John 14:15-26.
If we are In lack of comfort, we do
not know the Comforter. The test of
religion Is Joy.
It Is folly to dream of knowing
Christ till we are ready to be known
of Him. He will give Himself to us
when we give ourselves to Him.
Christ does not say, "Obey me, love
me," but, "If you love me, you will
obey me.'
If we have doubts, it is because we
have not the Spirit; the two cannot
live together.
Suggestions.
Communion with Christ means un
ion with His work, His people, and
His person.
There can be no acquaintance with
ChrUt, any more than with a human
friend, without the spending of time
with Christ.
The more regular we are In our
communion with Christ, the more we
shall commune with Him also at ir
regular times.
The noblo phrase, "Practise the
presence of God," Implies the truth
that perfect communion comes only
after much communion.
Illustrations.
God is here, and It is our fault if
we do not pocelve Him, Just as the
Rontgen rays have always been In
existence, though men did not sue
them.
The problem of wireless telegraphy
was solved when that marvellously
delicate receiver waB Invented; but
God's heart Is instantly responsive to
the least impluse from earth.
Meu spoil a conversation when they
Insist on monologues. There 13 no
communion with God unless we will
listen as well as speak.
Conversation between two friends Is
based on sympathy and la its turn
increases sympathy. It Is bo with
communion with God.
Questions.
Do I spend enough time In prayer?
Do I allow worldly thoughts to vl
tlute my prayers?
Is Christ's presence real to me when
I pray?
A TRUE CAT STORY.
A family moved to a new home
Iwelvo miles from the old one. They
gave their cats to a friend about six
miles from the new home. One of
them, the mother cat, remained at
her new quarters only a. short time,
and nothing was heard from her until
this summer, when nearly two years
had passed. One morning she was
discovered lu the yard of her old
mistress' homo In the city which she
had never seen, being born and
raised at the old home In the coun
try. To the greeting of her mistress
she responded with every show of af
fection and delight. Of course, the
wanderer was made welcome. She
shows a decided aversion to being
put out of doors at all, and clings
with a devotedness which is really
touching to her old friends. "Now,"
asks the writer, "could this be mere
ly chance that pussy In the tramp
life, should find her way to that par
ticular place, or do these dumb crea
tures know more than we give them
credit for?" Hartford Courant.
Actual Value of Cow.
A high record for seven days Is not
ilways a good one, so far as showing
'.he actual value of the cow Is con
serned. The true test of the cow is
;he number of pounds of butter she
woduces In a year, and its cost. The
-esults for a single week may be
!roin excessive feeding, with extra
lost for labor, but such cows, how
jver, are usually capable of giving
ood results for a month or year also,
flood Sort of Nest.
Never fasten the nests to the walls,
So poultry house can be kept clean
if lice so long as the nests temaln
,n a position that prevents their
selug thoroughly cleaned, and to do
;h!s properly they should be taken
nitside of tho house. The nests are
narboring praces of lice and need
sverhaullng ofteuer than anything
else in tho poultry house. Ordinary
onp and caudle boxes make the best
uef boxes.
Vegetables in Cellar.
Tho purer the air can bo kept In
tho cellar, and the cooler, without
freezing, the better will the veget
ables keep In It. Onions bear a con
siderable degree of cold without In
Jury, provided they are kept dry and
not handled while frozen. Parked
in sawdust, chaff or cut straw, they
may be kept all winter In an out
house or barn. Squashes are Injured
by the lightest frosts and should be
kept in a warm, dry store-roam,
rather than In a cellar.
Animal Wnnts.
It Is possible to give an animal an
abundance of food and yet not supply
Its wants. It Is tho amount of di
gestible matter iu foods that fixes
their value. When hogs have a de
sire for coal, charcoal, rotteu wood,
etc., the indications point to a pos
sible lack of something required,
which may be the mineral elements,
especially lime. The feeding of wood
ashes or ground bone would no doubt
then satisfy the desires of the ani
mals. Tho food should also be im
proved by the use of bran and grouud
oats.
White Plymouth Hocks.
Many poultrymen who have bred
and raised both Barred and White
Plymouth Rocks claim that the latter
are superior as egg producers.
While there is some question about
this, it la certain that there Is a
market demand for a fowl with white
feathers which the White Plymouth
Rock will fill better than any other
breed for the reason that It has the
size, coupjod with the clean legs.
While this Is also true of some other
breeds with white fenthers, there Is
a plumpness about the Plymouth
Rock peculiar to the breed which Is
greatly desired by certain markets.
In the experience of the writer,
the White Plymouth Rock is no bet
ter as an egg producer than the
Barred, some poultrymen claim It Is
not so good, but as a general purpose
fowl It certainly ranks high among
the largo breeds, and will give one
entire satisfaction. Tho Illustration
shrws a typical bird, and from Its
form It is easy to see why the breed
Is popular la many markets. Indian
apolis News.
Fire Protection.
The following suggestion from the
Farm Journal should be given seri
ous thought by all thoso who live in
agricultural districts:.
"Ladders to the number of four or
five should have a place on every
farm, either fixed on four wheels for
transporting from one building to an
other, or else permanently secured to
some handy building where they can
be found without asking where they
are. An emergency case of fire Isn't
the time to hunt up, borrow or make
ladderB. Have them in plain sight,
for tho darkest night." '
We are sorry to say , that on a
great many probably the majority
of farms the matter of protecting
the buildings from fire does not re
ceive much attention. A large finan
cial loss can sometimes be saved by
a little preparation before band
which will enable you to "fight the
fire" in a systematic way. New
York Witness.
Keep Your Eyes On the Cow,
The Cheese and Dairy Journal
cays some good things in behalf of
the dairy interests in the following:
It is too often the case with many
farmers or dalrjmen that they keep
their cows, regardless of their pro
ducing capacity, till they are old be
fore they replace' them with others.
A cow Bhould be, aB it were, ou trial.
And her owner should be exacting
plough and enterprising enough to
demand large returns from good feed
and treatment. Every generation of
cows can for many years yet be made
an improvement on their dums.
Then the more rapidly one genera
tion of cows is made to replace an
other, the more rapidly will the herd
luJircT la producing ra?&ty U Uie
-THE A5r
proper care Is exercised In breeding.
It Is possible to have all cows In the
herd approach and even equal tho
best cow In the amount and quality
of milk given. A little ambition and
enterprise on the part of dairymen
should soon bring this about.
The dolry herd can be renewed by
direct purchase or by the farmer
raising his own calves. In either
case they should at least be the prog
eny of a (horoughbred sire.
Our pasture fields and feed supply
should be used to their full capacity.
When a cow on account of some ac
cldunt or for some other unforeseen
cause does not give sufficient milk
to make It profitable to keep her,
there should be heifers ready to take
her place. It Is a good plan to raise
a certain number of heifers each
year, and if no vacancies should oc
cur in the ranks of the older cows,
then create some vacancies by selling
the least productive ones. A farmer
must see to It that his herd is re
duced in numbers. With improve
ment In methods of growlrg and
handling the farm crops, the farmer
is easily enabled also to enlarge his
dairy herd. To renew the herd is
the only way to keep it possessed of
vitality and thrift with capability or
capacity for large production.
We should make a Bort of civil ser
vice examination of our herds-. That
is the only way to bo up with the
times; It Is the only way to get the
profit. If the Babcock tester was
more generally used, the scales would
quickly follow. It is as "mportant
that the herd be kept to its full num
ber, and that of generous producers,
as It Is that we sow sufficient seed of
the best quality on our grMn and
grass fields.
The Points of a Good Horse,
Here are some good suggestions
from a Canadian bulletin, giving the
points of a good reliable horse:
"If a horse is short-ribbed he Js
light In his middle and Is nearly al
ways a poor feeder.
"He has not the stomach to con
tain succulent food to serve hlra from
one meal to another.
"A light-centered horse seldom
weighs well, and weight in a draft
horse, It it comes from bone, sinew
and muscle, goes a long way to de
termine his commercial value.
"A stallion whose feet are con
tracted nnd brittle and whose hocks
are puffy and fleshy-looking should
be avoided, as sue?- hocks are gen
erally associated with a coarseness
throughout his whole conformation
and a general lack of quality.
"When a horse is well coupled to
gether on top and has a short back,
he must have the length below from
the point of the shoulder to the back
of the thigh. When so built he will
stand the strain of drawing heavy
loads much better than if he has a
long, loose back.
"The front feejt and hocks are the
parts of either a draft or a driving
horse that come directly in contact
with the hard work, and unless they
are sound and good a horse's useful
ness will be very much Impaired and
his commercial value very much les
sened.
"Before using a stallion, get the
groom to lead him away from you.
Stand square behind him' and see
that he picks up his feet and places
them on the ground properly, travel
ing in both trot and walk clear and
clean, not striking the ground first
with the toe and then bringing down
the heel.
"The feet should be large and
waxy In appearance. The sole of the
hoof should be concave, the frog
spongy, plump and elastic, because It
acts as a buffer to take the concus
sion from acting too severely on the
foot, pastern and fetlock. See that
both sire and dam have sound f?et,
free from flatness, brlttleness and are
not contracted. There should be no
"gummlness" about the hocks of the
draft horse, as It indicates coarse
ness. They should be large, flat and
Arm, and should be wide, especially
from a side view."
Economy Horse Manger.
This Is Intended for C-foot stall
and can be any width. Stall posts
are set up In front of troughs also,
two feet back, with cross piece mor
tised Into each, two feet from floor,
for trough to rest on. Trough two
feet wide, 7-inch breast plank, 9-iucb
front. Entire trough made of 2-incn
oak plank. Hay board two feet wide,
one Inch thick, hinged to edge of
trough. Brace ou outer edge of
board to bottom of trough, I use an
old buggy top Joint. Board can be
dropped down out of way wheu nut
lu use. Rack fits space between stall,
posts, hinged at top so as to swing
back when placing grain feed in
trough. Rack Is made of 2x2-lnnh
hemlock, corners smoothed off.
Horses will not chew' hemlock. Rack
can be made of Iron or any kind of
wood. No animal can toss hay from
this manger or waste any grain.-0.
E. Scroggs, in Farm Progress.
An lugeulous farmer in Mezleros,
France, has succeeded in grafting to
mato plauts on potato plants. The
product Is a crop of tomatoes abovs
ground and of potatoes below.
uamt
and
unousA
In Egypt there aro 100,000 nior
men than women.
A caterpillar will eat twice its own
weight of food in a day.
The thinnest nnd toughest leather
Is made from frog's skiu.
Persons bearing the same surname
are forbidden to marry In China.
Paisley was the first place to makt
pocket handkerchiefs. That was In
1743.
I Bees can fly .faster over Phort dl.
tances, up to three miles, than can
pigeons.
A new material to supersede tin
foil is being made In Germany. It ii
a paper coated with aluminum.
Out of every one thousand letters
used in writing English E occurs 137
times. T Is the next moat frequent
ly used.
English people eat on an averase
thirteen pounds of butter a heail
yearly. That Is more thtn Is eaten
per head In any other nation.
The canaries of Germany excel all
other canaries as singers. One hat
been recorded to continue a single
thrill for one and one-quarter min
utes, with twenty changes or note In
it.
Prussia now boants 7409 million
airess These are millionaires in
marks, a murk being worth about
twenty-five cents. Only twonty-fom
of this number are mulLI-milllun
aires.
Banana flour Is sold In London.
Demand, Is small and price high.
One merchant puts the cost as $120
a ton. At the place of manufacture
bananas are dried and reduced to a
powder. This powder Is used chief
ly as a diet for children and inva
lids. It Is supposed to be aervlce
able In cases of gastritis and dyspep
sia. Hailstones as large as hen's egs
are a common phenomenon in Soutl
Africa. Summer thunderstorms often
bring a terrific, shower of halt. Thes
crush through corrugated iron, do
stroy vineyards and kill whole llockt
of sheep and goats. After such a
storm has passed they generally gc
over a narrow strip of country the
veldt looks as If It bad been dovas
tated by a lire or a swarm of lo
custs. King Edward's kitchen Is finished
completely In black oak, which wai
fitted up by George III. at a cost ol
$50,000. There Is also a confection
ery room, pastry "room and bake
house besides the kitchen proper
The chef of the royal kitchen recalvei
$3500 a year, whilo under him ar
four master cooks, who In turn havr
a bevy of servants under them. Th
strictest economy Is observed in the
king's kitchen, and what food re
mains unconsumed is given to the
poor, who apply dally at tho castif
gates.
FAILING OP THE LEAVES.
The Wind In the Autumn Has Keullj
Very Little to Do Willi It.
When the storm clouds gather be
hind the brown autumnal woods and
cold winds begin to blow thea th(
bright leaves come drifting down U
fluttering, fast - thickening showen
until it almoA seems as if the wind
were the active agent and actuallj
tore the wind from the trees. This
of course, is not the case. The leaf'
fall only becomes possible after
long preparation on the part of th
tree, which forms a peculiar layer oi
cells in each leaf stem-called the
cleavage plate.
The cleavage plate, or separatlot
layer, consists of a section of looselj
attached, thin walled cells with a few
strands of stronger woody fiber Ir
among them; so. In the early nu
tumu, although the leaves appear ni
firmly attached as ever before, they
are really held on the trse by thest
few woody strands and the outei
brittle skin or epidermis of the stem.
Now only a slight shock or wind
flurry is sufficient to break the tragi!'
support and bring the leaves in show
ers to the ground. We may see these
woody strandB broken through in tin
leaf scar of the house chestnut, whore
they appear as little rounded projec
tions on the broken surface and are
often spoken of from their fancied
resemblance to tho nails of a horse
shoe. The hickory and ash amonf
other trees have similar markings ol
their leaf scars and from the same
cause. On the root of the wild sar
saparllla which projects Just above
the ground a like series of little pro
Jectlons will be seen upon the ring
like scur which surrounds the but
where the leaf stalk has Just sepa
rated. Often the leaves separate and fal
even on the quietest days, for tbeli
own weight Is sufficient to break tin
fiiiil support. Thbao hushed and su
premely tranquil days we all remom
ber, when ourOctober walks are ac
corapanled by the soft, small soundt
ot falling leavos, by the rustlings anf
dry whisperings of their showerlnt
multitudes. From Nature and Bel
ence, in St. Nicholas.
The Extreme.
"Co'ld bloodod! Why, Henry, 1
believe you would acf ally calculate
whether or not a girl was a goof
housekeeper while kissing her."
Ufe.
Fish dealers In European cltlee
when their salmon becomes stale an
dull In color Impart healthful tlnj
(to the flab by using cochineal.
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