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Subject: "Profit and Loss."
Brooklyn, N. Y. Preaching at the
Irving Square Presbyterian Church
on the theme, "Profit and Loss," the
Rev. I. V. Henderson, pastor, took
as his text Mark 8:36. ' For what
doth It profit a man to sain the whole
world and forfeit his life." He said:
Jesus draws the picture with
strength and In a startling manner.
What doth It profit a man if. In the
end. h shall have gained control
over the sura total of the material
things In the universe and have for
feited his soul life with God? "Tho
question Is between that life which
onsl:--ts mainly In having and that
which consists In being." The ques
tion is whether or no our' efforts
shall tend to Belf-aggrandizement or
to soul culture. Shall e deve'e our
larger and finer energies to the at
tainment of possessions which are of
use in this world alone or to the en
largement of our spiritual powers?
The difference Is between getting
and growing. The man whose ca
reer is given over to getting things is
measured as a success according to
the material wealth he has acquired.
But the man who Is a "growing man"
is marked by his richness In grace,
goodness and godliness.
There Is In our time a moat coni-
mem) able snirit abroad in the hearts
cf our people leading them to seek I ill conscious of the beauty, the no
the amelioration and tinliftment of bllity. the transcendent importance
the conditions of life about us. There
Is an earnest desire among men of
purpose everywhere to make the
most out of life. We have small pa
tience with the shirk and are getting
to have les3 with the business slave.
Ve read of the possibilities of cheap
power In its relation to economic af
fairs and millions of money trans
form .Niagara Into electricity and
rapid transit. Our hearts are ap
palled at the ignorance of thousands
of men here in America and we build
schools. We are told that in order
to a successful social system the !
worker must have rair hours and a
good wage. The luxuries of yester
day are the necessities, and inexpen
sive, too, of to-day. Our millionaires
have gold galore for charities and
clubs, and men In all grades of so
ciety put more money into amuse
ments than ever before. All this !
well In Its way and place. -Soeial
conditions should be bettered and the
standard of life raised. No man
should waste any of his tale:it3, nor
should he give tin lue attention to
any one to the detriment oi' lb" rest.
The iat t-nt wealth of the world should
tie made orod active. o mnn should
be sent out into tho ban'.. of lire '
mentally unprepared. Each member
of this State deserves and should be
enabled to acquire sulfirient physical
endurance to fit him for the fight.
The man who sells his labor must, re
ceive a fair wage and decent oppor
tunity for enjoyment and for the Cul
ture of other than his "business na
ture." We cannot have too many
charitable Institutions to meet real
need, nor can we do other than re-
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Joice over the wealth that lies at our 1
hand3. All of thesa things are good
all are necessary, each when used
properly will be found to be a means
to the betterment of thi3 world and
life.
But In our endeavor to utilize the
possibilities of the present and mate
rial life there lies the danger to for
get the immortal and spiritual exist
ence of the soul. Education at the
State's expense Is a cure; far many
social ills and a sa'.ve for many an
economic fftjre. Money may and does
bring happiness to the hearts of all
who, righteously, may possess it. No
man can deny the vaiua of physical
culture in the cure of many bodily
ailments nnd In strengthening the
constitution. Fair pay for a fair
day's work is only Just. None of us
begrudges the man of millions except
we are aware he has robbed 113. Hut
brain muscle and morality are not
necessarily synonymous. Some of
the most dissolute) men the world
has ever harbored have been the
mightiest in Intellect. The antics
End eaiessea of not a few college
men but prove that book knowledge
and parity of Ufa are not one. Money
is not an unrighteous thing of itself,
but, oh, what slave:-, it does make of
men; how soon the greed for it will
siiflB all that is nook) in its lovers
The size and development of your up-
rer runt arm is in no way an indica- ,
Vr, , bt 7"St" ':f ,T J';' po(r !
sess nor Is it. a subst.tute for t. !
B.ilK of purse, brawn of muscle,
depth r.f learning and a fine mental- !
iry are both commendable and dt-sir-
able it so be they are righteously ac- !
quired, but the acquisition of all i
1 !,.. thi.iL- u n,i,in if ha ,. i
lnau has forfeited his soul Ufa for
trie ill.
To-dav we train our yo ith for
business or profusion that is to
Kay, for careers of economic useful
ness. Our main aim in education Is
to f.t men to achievo material sue-
cess We demand that our schools :
shall turn out men who are abla to
take care of themselves. We pay
bu F'-ant attention to individuality
and to the leanings and peculiarities
of personality. Any one here can
siaie. as well as I, how much moral
training the schools give our youth.
In our fear that the Bible In the
school may savor of denominational
ism we leave, often. a free field for tho
devil. From earliest youth till the
child hi a man dependent upon 17
own resources the continual cry is
lor him to achieve success. Fortun
ate, indeed, Is the man who, by wise
direction and personal preference, is
enabled to choose, the way that leads
to real and lasting success. But the
pity 13 that too many of ua spell suc
cess in the terms of material achieve
ment. Too few are they who know
that success is a matter not so much
of getting as of being; that it is more
a mutter of soul culture than of ma
terial gain. Success is measured not
by the amount you have, but by what
you amount to.
Far be it fros m to belittle a
'proper material success. 7he world
owes a debt it never can repay to the
men of money, the masterful mechan
ics, tho learned lawyers, the erudite
doctors, the brainy business men, the
tireless teachers and toilers and lead
ers' who have made possible and ap
parent the civilization we now enjoy.
1 am the last man to deny the value
and advantage, aye, the necessity, o.'
all manner of human development.
But what shall it profit us, Individu
ally or socially, if, surpassing Ureeca
for wisdom, the Poiiiaus lev wealtl ,
the arts of Fraucn, tin m;a-ihvsical
acumen of Germany, I he lauded pos
tesiiuus c' Russia, tiiti cramerclul
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IRA W. ME:NDR.S'oN,
THE: F-AMOOS DiO'iNEl
' power of our English cousins, we
! shall attain material success at the i
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captriioo Will own. n it... . a v. i
what doth It profit a man to gain the ,
whole sum total of material things i
and have forfeited his soul life with- I
In Cod?" !
The highest measure of success l j
the permanency of achieved results, i
The test of service Is in the wo-thi- j
ness of the labors to which our efforts .
have been applied. If sound money J
Is more Important than sound morale i
then tho teacher of political economy i
Is of more value to the world than
the teacher of ethics, that Is to say. 1
of the science of rluht living. If
fleets are of more consequence than
spiritually minded and Chris'-tnoved j
men. then Morgan with his nier- ;
chant murine is mightier than Mondv ,
with his Hihle. If cash c uinterbal- ;
atices character then let its relec.it j ,
the Christ life to its prouer, that i. ,
to say, the second, place In o.u
scheme of living. If policy Is better !
than principle and gain at any cost j
superior lo righteousness, then let .
us hoist the Jolly Roger to the fore- I
peak of the ship of State and de- !
clare ourselves the moral pirates that
we are. But I am persuaded that we !
do not value the material i)re than ,
manhood. I am sure tliut funda- ,
mentally we do believe that princi-
pie, purity and godliness are more ol j
account than all else In life. Wo are i
' of the culture or tue soul, mere is
not a man, or but few. men anywhere
but who will admit at once and with
out discussion that to trade the soul's ;
Wii for material success Is to strike j
a poor bargain. I have yet to meet
the thinking man, whose opinions are
worth a snap of my linger, who sus
tains any other proposition save that
n godly life Is the only sure founda
tion of sorl-ty and the only guarantee
of the permanency and efficiency of
success. '
Believing these latter truths to h
divine why. tlS'n. do
sit ate to
connote logic with action'.' Why d.i
we reTraln to vanllel oar academic
conclusions with definite effort. W'.iy
do we refuse ous-isi 'icy a hea.ing '
and continue to serve the god of ma
terial success?
My friends, the whole iiues.ion of
servica and sitc??ss is a mart.-,- of
gutting or being, o:' self-aggrandize-ment
or of self-realizr.rlen ar.,1 soal
culture. C -tring is as natural as
breathing. Hut we breathe no: for
the sake of breathing, but in order
to live. Getting, the acquirement of
temporal wealth, may he a means to
the culture of our so ils. When so
usea ricnes are a uie..u.: iu:uiiiau
1 wl-st who makes all tilings in this
life tend toward his soul's develop
ment. Let us teach our youth tlia".
growth In godliness Is the prime
function, tho prinCpal task f hu
man endeavor. Let us tell our young
men and our maidens that it is best
to serve God and to grow constantly
into the graces and beauties ol
Chrlstlikeness. Let us send home t
tho young and Impressionable hearts
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o 0l"' "-va and our Ki!'13 V'B thiUls'1
less and eternal truth that it can
never profit a man to gain the whole
world und lose his own life within ;
God. Then shall wo have inculcated
the true philosophy of life and hast
ened the coming of the kingdom cf ,
the God of Christ our Lord. '
Worry ami Fear liemoved.
It Is not religion, but the Uck or
it that makes people unhappy. Yet
how strangely and how widely the ,
opposite view prevails. There are, .
many who think of religion not only
as a galling drudgery, but as the
surest source of morosetieas, uielan- ;
choly and unhappiness of life. Their
idea is that religion is a system of
suffering to which many people are t
willing to submit here in order that j
they may not suffer hereafter that ,
religion's only happiness is In the
future, Us rewards ai.er death. Ir.- .
stead, the rea' fact is that religion is
a thing of present Joy and ever con- j
tinning blessedness. It is the glad- '
dest, happiest thing in all this world. :
"Her ways are ways of pleasautness
and all her paths are peace." ' j
It is religion that gives us the j
bright thiugB in life and sin the darK
things, and not vice versa. 'Religion
goes down to the deepest spritixs o: ;
our mental and spiritual well-being. !
;, ' 1 t-7ng' out of
s( , , Rm thH w;, r ,
of .he present. It t ..k-s the fear out ;
()f MUlr,,.Tlle Kev. G. U. i-
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, u ' l,rUH. ,luiT '",v" ,a,nnot b
forced, that It. cannot be made to or-
der, that wo run not love because we ,
ought or even because we want. But
we can bring ourselves into the pres
ence of the lovable. We can enter ',
into friendship through the dour of j
discipleship. We can learn love j
through service. Hugh Black.
What Could Hinder? j
If man's device can produce purn ;
white paper from filthy rags, what ;
should hinder God to raise from the !
dead this vile body and fashion it '
like the glorious body of Christ?
'-otthold. I
A man's
counts for
duty.
knowledge of doctrine ;
nothing if he neglecW j
DISARMED.
There Is a frank honesty which
cannot be made ridiculous, although
It be an acknowledgement of lgnor- :
mice. It was an honesty that Lin- '
coin used, and an anecdote of him In ,
the Century shows how with It he '
once disarmed a learned opponent 1
who had overwhelmed him with quo- '
tat ions. i
t Lincoln was not a learned man, but j
for true knowledge he had the high
est respect. The practicing lawyer ;
with his psoudo-leaiiiing, however, j
was a fair target for Lincoln. One
such lawyer, iu order to Imprest his
hearers and to embarrass his oppo
nent, quoted massively a Latin
maxim.
'is that rot so, Sir. Lincoln?" be
allied.
"if that is Latin." Lincoln re
sponded, dryly, "I think you had bet
ter call another witness."
Probably tho jury hailed the frank
young Ittwyer as their own champion,
slaca h professed himself as Ignor
ant a3 they.
EPWQRTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23.
Temperance; the Use of Strong j
Drink. Prov. 23. 29-32.
Dally Reading.
Strong drink unfits for the service
r.f God. Lev. 10. 8-10.
Its evil hereditary effects avoided.
Judg. U. 4, C.
Abstinence while acquiring nations.
character In the wlldernnss. Deuf
2H. fi.
Strong dilnk brings personal and
universal ruin. Isa. 28. 1-7.
Abstinence lias ro do with making
a great character and career. Dan.
1. S-1U.
An ancient cure for drunkenness.
Pent. 21. 20, 21.
If Christ Is really to reign: If pov
erty and crime nre to become excep
tional rather than common: If the
family shall ever have a fa'r chance
to develop onward and upward: if the
haunting specter of fear that her boys
may be lured from virtue and safety
by the gurgling song of the wine Is
ever to be removed from the heart of
the mollier; If politics Is to he made
clean: If the law of heredity Is to be
utilized for happiness nnd not for gor
row; If the slums of our city are ever
to be purified nnd disinfected; If the
annual tribute of hundreds of girls
to appease the mlnotiuir of lust Is
ever to be discontinued, then the
"saloon must go." It will go when
the Christian forces of our land see
eye to eye nnd stand together speaking
with one voice and voting one ballot,
saying, "It's Got to Go!"
This Is not a plea for any party that
might be named; It Is a idea that the
good men all get on one side, under
some banner, no mutter how named.
When that shall happen then the rope
of the great criminal will he found
very short. It Is quite possible that
the voters of Methodism alone, could
do the deed; that Is, they could "elect
the issue," and when that had been
done the victory would not he far off.
Dr. William A. Smith, a prominent
Southern Methodist of the old slavery
days, said: "I told Dr. Bond that
nt any time when the membership of
the church shall unite their votes wlto
the non-slaveholders. In West Virginia
particulaily, they are competent to
overthrow the whole system.' The
author from whom the above Is quot
ed (Matlack. The Anti-Slavery Strug
gle) quotes Quaker Thomas Whltson's
remark on Methodism: "I have been
at one of the camp meetings of thy
piople. and heard them shout and
pray, with much Inward comfort. And
I tell thee, Lucius, what I think,
moreover: that if the Methodist peo
ple would try It they might shout and
pray down this slavery In a short
season. They have much power In that
direction." But, alas! Methodism
divided on the question, and God had
to Interfere, to settle the debate with
"his terrible swift sword." The prob
lem which might, could, would and
should have been solved, In a repub
lic of sovereign people, by votc, was
figured out with red-pointed bayonet
for crayons, and wide, gory plains for
blackboards.
NOVEMBER VWENTY-FIFTH
Whitman, and Missions on the Front
ier. Hab. 2:1-4.
Whitman was u man upon a tower,
watching the whole horizon for the
tokens of God's providence. Such
should every patriot be.
Whitman had a vision, such as
every man tuny have, a vision of
great possibilities for his nation, if it
followed God's leading.
When Whitman .saw his vision, he
girded himself and ran for the goal
of Its fulfilment, ran three thousand
miles.
Whitman, like u'.l great men, was
great through faith; great because hj
lived for the unseen future and fur
God.
Outline of Whitman's Life.
Marcus Whitman, the famous pio
neer missionary to the Northwest,
was born In Ruslivl'le, N. Y., Sep
tember 4. IMC.
Ill his boyhood he was adventur
ous, 111. 1 at the same time a Bible
lover, He intended to be a minister,
but on account of physical weakness
became a physician. Four Flat. Head
and N'e. IVrce Indians travelled east
three thousand miles, and made an
earnest idea for Christian teacher!!.
This resulted 1:1 the founding of Ore
gon missions by the Methodists.
In ls;U the American Board decld- .
ed to send Dr. Whitman with Rev.
Samuel Pur ter lo explore Oregon with j
a view to establishing a mission. '
By September, !s:iii, Dr. Whitman, 1
who had returned and married a noble
young woman, had readied Walla
Walla alter a most difficult Journey.
He established his mission at Walllat:
pu, and In August, 1S:!S, he organized
there t'.ie llrst Presbyterian church In
the Oregon country, that Is, Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, and parts of Wy
oming and Montana. There were then
only lilty Americans In that region.
lii the winter of 1S42-3, Dr. Whit
man made his famous ride across the
continent to . Washington, his purpose
being to prevent the loss of Oregon to
the I'nltud Slates and Its seizure by
Great Britain. It was a huzarduus an 1
thrilling ride, accomplished only with
great and heroic suffering.
Dr. Whitman Interviewed President
Tyler. Webster, and other statesmen.
On bis return he piloted 800 emmi
grants, with 1,500 cattle, and thus
proved Oregon accessible.
During his ubsence the Indians be
"a me disaffected. On November 29,
1 S47, a terrible massacre occurred,
anil Whitman was the first to die.
Fourteen were killed at his Btation.
In his memory Whitman College
has been established at Walla Walla.
A memorial church has been built at
the scene of the massacre, and a noble
monument lias been erected over the
martyr's grave.
Gregorlo Lecca, of Vllladama, Nue
to Leon, has invented a new machine
for the extraction of fibre from plants
which, according to Modern Mexico,
is said to be very successful and eco
nomical lu its operation. A model
machine at work at the Golondrlna
bucleiida is said to have demon
strated with maguey fibre, that, while
It Is considered one of tho most diffi
cult fibres to extract, the mtchlne
bandies it with ut '9.
To Kill Cabbage, Worms.
Common salt sprinkled on cabbage
leaves will kill oft worms and destroy
their eggs as well. The salt applica
tion will have to be renewed after
every rain. This Is a simple and ef
fective remedy, and It does not in
jure the plants, either.
Ditch Cleaner.
A ditch cleaner Is described in
Farm, Field and Fireside' by C. T.
Baker, as follows: "In connection
with the road scraper a ditch cleaner
Is used to pass the earth from the
side ditches up tho grade far enough
for the road scraper to reach it. This
ditch cleaner is made something af
ter the fashion of a snow plow, but
(he left hand side Is made shorter
and the side Is made vertical, so that
In practice this perpendicular side
acts like a landslide. The other Bide
Is beveled , something like a plow
share and Is faced with steel. This
side is made longer than the other,
and it Is this side that shovels the
earth out of the ditch. The hitch is
not at the point like a snow plow,
but about ten Inches to the right of
the point, as shown In the illustra
tion, which is adjustable."
The Perches.
The perches should be so arranged
that the hens are on a level. One of
the best arrangements that I know Is
a frame made or Inch lumber with
strips nailed crossways, eighteen
Inches or two feet apart, for perches.
This frame Is hinged to a 2x4 strip
on one side and rests on some suit
able support on the other. This can
ae easily lilted and fastened out of
the way when the hen house is
cleaned. The size, of course, must
be adapted to the size of the ben
house, which If large may require
several of these frames for conven
ience in handling. Thirty-five feet
of roost will comfortably accommo
date fifty hens. Dropping boards are
doubtless ' good, but we do not all
have them, and yet manage to get
"lots of eggs" in the winter. If the
roosts are Just laid across saw-horses
there is danger of mites hiding under
them. But a handful of coarse salt
placed just where the perch comes in
contact with the saw-horse is very
discouraging to mites. C. It. P., in
rami Stock and Home.
Wheat For Layers.
While growers have long recog
nized the value of wheat for laying
hens, attention has been recently ac
cidentally called to its value as an
egg producer. At the time we hauled
our whent to tho barn the hens had
almost ceased to lay, The wheat was
unloaded from the wagon outside of
the barn, and tho scatterings were
picked up by the hens. In a few
days the egg product increased from
five or six to sixteen or eighteen, and
so continued fpr about two weeks,
and then again dropped off. Three
weeks later the threshing was done,
and the hens had access to the straw
stack, especially among the chaff that
remained on and near the ground
The result is about two dozen eggs
per day at the present time. We
have taken tho hint, and are now
feeding about two quarts of low
grade wheat per day among the
chaff, In the scratching room. 'At
that rate .1 bushel will last about two
weeks. The money value of the in
crease is about $1.70 per veiic
Farmers' Home Journal.
Hog Ringing Trnp.
Mr. C. Avery, of Indiana, writes
the Ohio Farmer about his hog ring
ing trap as follows: "Subscribers who
raise hogs may bo Interested in a
ringing trap which I use, so I Bend
sketch. The frame of trap la 2x4
inch pieces, D, D, and D, lapped and
bolted at corners as shown, and a
tight, smooth floor; also side and top
boards are solidly nailed to Inner
edge of the frame, as shown, making
a strong crate from which boards can
not be crowded off. Rear end if.
fitted with slide door to raise up as
indicated by dotted line V. Front
end has a door, AA, made of two
thick, strong boards 011 Inside crosn
cileuts at top and baltom. A, A is
Joined ut bottom by two strong
hinges to frame D, nnd hold up when
Hog Ringing Trap.
In use by iLe. iiou i-iamp V, being
placed down over to;i of door and
trnme, D. Door has a central open
ing B. below which are several bolt
(ivies X, for fastening an Iron lover,
C. The top of door also has wide
;:leat, E, bolted at one end with
blocks behind to hold It out from
door, so the other end will form a
guide for lever C, which, when pulled
forward, partially closes opening B
and firmly holds hog, with head
through tho opening. Lever O la
fastened whilo In use by a spike nail
inserted "as shown. In one of several
boles bored through suit cleat and
door at Z. Opening n it twelve
Inches long and ulni nnd one-half
Inches wide at widest place near low
er end. and lower end of opening is
ten inches above floor. Crate Is four
feet two lnchea long, two feet four
Inches high, and one foot six Inches
wide. Inside ineature, Place trap
iquurely witU rear end cloi.t up to
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hog house door, with lever C thrown
back; raise slide door, drive in a hog
and drop slide door behind him, and
he will thrust his head through hole
B. Pull lever C tight against his
neck and insert spike to hold it
there, and you can ring (as I have
done) with ease, a hog weighing
nearly 400 pounds."
Liming the Land.
Recently there have come to us
frequent enquiries as to methods for
liming the soil and the relative vnlue
of such treatment in comparison
with commercial fertilizers. We
consider It worth while and in sea
son to bring up the subject for such
of our readers as are contemplating
tho use of lime upon ground just in
preparation for next season's wheat
crop. Lime gives the best service to
plant growth when placed on land in
which soil acidity prevails. This la
Indicated most certainly by the pres
ence cf sorrel, oxalln and sometimes
by yellow dock. The existence of
much organic matter In the Boll Is
conducive to the acid condition.
Lime being alkaline by nature na
turally follows the chemical law of
neutralizing or sweetening the acid
in the land when applied in moderate
quantities. Every farmer can readily
tell whether his land needs an appli
cation of lime by the presence of sor
rel in his fields, and if he is not sat
isfied with that sign he has recourse
to the blue litmus paper test. This
test never falls.
To make the acid test for soil with
litmus paper dip a small strip of the
moistened paper Into the liquid,
made by stirring a sample of the soil
in clear rain water, after the solids
have settled to the bottom. It acid
is prfsent the paper turns red.
There is as much dangr from the
abuse of lime on the soil as from its
non-use. One must exercise good
judgment in its application. The
amount to be used of course must be
guaga by the degree of acidity. For
land of ordinary sourness usually
about twenty-five bushels (equivalent
in weight to a ton) of air slacked
lime Is applied to an acre. For ab
normal acidity more than this will
be required.
One of the best and most con
venient seasons of the year in which
to apply lime Is in the fall just be
fore the wheat Is sown. It can bo
hauled upon the plowed ground and
placed in small piles at convenient
distances apart, and then, if it is
quirk lime, it may be allowed to He
until it air slacks and later, scattered
and worked into the soli with a har
row and cultivator before sowing tho
wheat.
In some sections of the country
farmers secure the finely ground
quick Umo In sacks and apply it with
the fertilizer drill when sowing the
wheat. This Is a very convenient
way, but the lime costs nearly 100
per cent, more than if it is scattered
by hand.
We knovof farmers who haul
quick lime and place it in great
heaps, and there allow It thoroughly
to air slake and afterwards scatter it
over the field. This seems an in
creased labor, but if the lime is se
cured before the field upon which it
is to be used Is broken this is the bet
ter way. Lime may be r.pplied to
land at any season of the year most
convenient to the farmer. It may be
used as a dressing upon broken
ground or plowed under, just like or
dinary manure.
Lime is not a fertilizer. It is a
substance which acts on the locked
up constituents of the soil and ren
ders them available for assimilation
by plants. Potash is one of these.
It is said to encourage tho presence
of the nitrogen bacteria found in root
nodules of legumes, such as clpver,
soy beans, etc. It also renders the
soil more mellow and workable.
Either quick lime or air slaked
lime can be applied. The quick lime
is calcium oxide, which soon changes
to caustic lime pr calcium hydroxide
by coming in contact with moisture
from the air or aoil. Slacking of
lime is the changing of quick lime
to caustic lime. It is in the caustic
condition that lime does its best work
Indiana Farmer.
Farm Xotes.
Quality In mutton can be improved
by careful breeding and feeding.
In attempting to feed sheep during
the winter be sure to have good ones.
Be patient with the cows. They
can't help giving you a swat in the
face with their talis.
If there are any unthrifty sheen
among the flock now is the time to
select them out and fatten.
Give the new born calf a touch of
fly repellant on that spot on the back
where the hair parts. The files like
to feast right there.
It Is not the man who cures bis
sheep so much as the one who pre
vents their becoming sick, who makes
the most out of them.
Of course there Bliould be ohade la
the pasture. The more dense the
better the cows like it Just now.
Make a shade if there is none.
In sheep breeding there Is but one
way of keeping the ideal sheep and
that is by trying to Improve it. Sheep
are either deteriorating or elso they
are Improving.
Dou't expect the hired man to
work in bay and harvest till dark
and then milk a dozen cows after
dark and be very gentle about it. He
isn't built that way.
At this season cows should bo dry
so as to avoid milking during fly
time and excessive beat. Pastures
are short, too, and a dry cow can
stand it better than a good milker.
It's a toss up between milking out
In the cool yard whore mosquitoes
and flies pester the cow and the tali
work like perpetual motion, and the
darkened barn with a host of hot
cows adding to the beat of the day.
The following advertisement ap
peared lu a New Zealand Journal:
"Wanted, capable girl, for dairy farm
able to milk. Four jood-lookluj sunt
la t!:j family."
EDUCATE THK FAIl.tf HOYS.
Got. Terrell, of Georgia, Advises Ap
propriations to Colleges.
In his annual message, Governor
Terrell, of Georgia,' gives more at
tention to schools, says the Savannah
News, than to any other subject.
"He is particularly impressed with
the necessity for educating along ag
ricultural lines. He advises that an
appropriation sufficient to erect agri
cultural college buildings at the
State University be made. He points
out that the prosperity of the State
Is largely due to agriculture, which,
therefore, ought to be encouraged in
every possible way. That he is right
In this matter, there are few who
will deny.
In connection with the proposed
agricultural college at the State Uni
versity, he believes there ought to
be an agricultural college established
In each Congressional District, and
It it is thought not to be advisable
to have so many agricultural schools
supported at public expense, he
thinks there ought to be at least
three such schools, one In the north
ern part of the State, one in the
central part anc another In the
southern part. There is now one in
the northern part."
The South has developed Its man
ufacturing Industries In a way that
is wonderful and has become a great
manufacturing section; but it is still
a great agricultural section, and Its
manfucturlng industries make the
farming Industry all the more val
uable. The South has many tecn
nlcal schools for the training of men
in the manufacturing branches, but
she has neglected to provide ample
schools for the training of men In
the art of agriculture. It Is encour
aging to know, however, that this
subject is now being agitated in all
the Southern States and that the peo
ple are becoming more and more im
pressed with the Importance of bet
ter school facilities for our embryo
farmers.
It is a branch of education that
must not be neglected. Agriculture
Is the very foundation of our wealth,
and it ought to be conducted by men
who have had the best scientific and
business training. Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Size of Heads.
The average adult head has a cir
cumference of fully twenty-two in
ches. The average adult hat is fully
6 size. The sizes of men's hats
nre 6 nnd 6 generally..- "Sevens"
hats are common in Aberdeen, and
tho professors of our colleges gener
ally wear 7 ' to 8 sizes.
Heads wearing hats of tho sizes
G nnd smaller, or being less than
twenty-one Inches in circumference,
can never be powerful. Between
jilneteen and twenty inches in cir
cumference heads ' are invariably
weak, and, according to this author
ity, "no lady would think of marry
ing a man with a head less than
twenty Inches in circumference."
People with heads less than nine
teen inches are mentally deficient,
and with heads under eighteen in
ches are "invariably Idiotic." Young
Woman.
Bereavement in Bombay.
Lady Curzon made a point of col
lecting any amusing attempts made
by Hindus to write English that came
under her notice and had many
curious specimens in her scrap book.
Once she got from Bombay a letter
that two brothers sent out to their
patrons on the death of their father,
who had been the head of the firm.
It ran: "Gentlemen: We have the,
pleasure to inform you that our re
spected father departed this life on
the 10th inst.. His business will bo
conducted by his beloved sons, whose
names are given below. The opium
market is quiet and Mai. 1500 rupees
per chest. O, death, where is thy
sting? O, grave, where is thy vic
tory? We remain, stc." London
Standard.
Diving For a Wife.
In many of the Greek Islands div
ing for sponges forms a considerable
part of the occupation of the inhab
itants. The natives make it a trade
to gather these, and their income
from this source is far from con
temptible. In one of the islands a girl Is not
permitted to marry until she has
brought up a certain number of
sponges and given proof of her skill
by taking them from a certain depth,
but in some of the islands this cus
tom is reversed. The father of a
marriageable daughter bestows her
on the best diver among her suitors.
He who can stay longest In the water
and brings up the biggest cargo of
sponges marries the maid. New
York Herald.
Anti-Phonetic.
President Eliot, of Harvard, is no
believer in the Rooseveltian spelling
reform. Once there was a student
who was a candidate for the degree
of doctor of philosophy. The man
adopted spelling reform as ills lino
of work; and as commencement day
drew near be went to President Eliot
with a requost. "YcXi know, Mr.
President," he said "that you are pro-'
posing to make me a Ph. D. Now,
I have made a bpeclalty of spelling re
form and I always spell philosophy
with :uu f. I therefore called to ask
you If you could not make my da
grea F. D. Instead of Ph. D'." "Cer
tainly, my dear sir," replied the pres
ident of Harvard. "In fact, It. you
insist we shall make it D. F."
Rings 011 Her Finger. Nails.
A famous Philadelphia beauty,
Kate Furnlss, hardly more than a
debutante, though she Is now Mrs.
Thompson, has been the sensation of
fashionable watering places all this
Bummer, displaying her rings which
are countless in a most original
and barbaric manner, fine wears her
Jewels only on the upper joints of
her (lingers, weighting the slender
digits up to the nails with diamouds
and rubles, and sapphires and emer
alds, leaving the bottom story entire
ly vacant. Tho effect is certainly
bizarre and not altogether fortunate.
But what's the use or being alive It
one can't be unique. LoulBVllie
Courier-Journal.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTS FOR NOVEMBER 23.
Subject! The World's Temperance
Sunday, Isa. v., ll-2:t Golden
Text! I Cor. ix., 27 Memory
Verse, 11.
I. The drunkard's feast (vs. 1,
12). 11. "Woe." Grief, sorrow,
misery, a heavy calamity, a curse.
"Early in the morning," When it
was regarded especially shameful to
drink (Acts 2: 16). Banquets for
revelry began earlier than usual
(Eccl. 10: 16, 17). "May follow
strong drink." That they begin and
continue to use it from early morn
till night. Palm or date wine was,
and is still, in use in the Eastern
countries. Judea was famous for the
abundance and excellence of its palm
trees; and consequently had plenty
of this wine. Drinking strong drink
Is the chief business of the day. "Till
wlno Inflamo them." Until there is
excited, excessive action in the blood
vessels, causing them to act In ex
citement, in anger, or any evil way
which their natures might be made
to feel, under the unnatural pressure
upon the forces and functions of the
body. In this condition no man is
able to use good judgment, or to ex
ecute his work correctly.
12. "The harp." A stringed In
strument of triangular figure. Music
was common at ancient feasts (Amos
6: 5, 6). "The viol." An instru
ment with twelve strings. "The tab
ret." A small drum or tambourine,
played on as an accompaniment to
singing. "Pipe." The principal mu
sical wind instrument of the He
brews. Such as Indulge in revels
must have every sense gratified, for
only by being stimulated by such ex
citement could they at all be satis
fled. "They regard not." The most
positive proof that such conduct is
sinful.
II. God's Judgments on the drunk
ard (vs. 13-17). 13. "Therefore."
Because they ignore God's warnings
and continue in their drunkenness.
"My people." Judah, or Israel, or
both. "Are gone." The prophet
sees .the future as though it were
present. "Because they have no
knowledge." Because of their fool
ish recklessness In following strong
drink they make drunkards of them
selves. They are contrary to wisdom.
They become captives because their
brains are so ruined by excessive
drinking that they are not capable of
acting the part of prudent, careful
men. "Honorable men are fam
ished." Strong drink ruins those In
honorable positions just as quickly
as men of low estate. "Dried up
with thirst." Both the great men
and the common people suffer alike
'when In captivity to the cruel power
of strong drink.
14. "Hell." Sheol, the place of
the dead. Sheol is personified and
compared to a ravenous beast, eager
to swallow its prey. "Hath enlarged
herself." There has been so great a
slaughter that the world of the dead
is too narrow to accommodate all
who enter there, and has to build 011
an addition has to increase its ca
pacity. "Opened her mouth." The
tense in the Hebrew changes here.
It should be "and is opening her
mouth." The slaughters have not
ceased.
16. "The mean mnn," etc. Its
victims include nil classes. Even
"the mean man" Is "brought down"
to a lower level, and to the same level
"the mighty" and "the lofty" are de
graded. The drunkard soon loses all
self-respect, then his respect for all
that is good, even respect for God
and fear of his judgments. This Is
to become a scoffer. 16. "Shall be
exalted in judgment." .When man's
glory is all passed away God Is un
changed. Though men scorn Hi3 of
fered mercy and refuse His wise
counsels He is not cast down. He Is
exalted. "Sanctified in righteous
ness." Regarded as holy by reason
of His righteous dealings. 17.
"Then shall the lambs," etc. When
these afe gono Into captivity and
swallowed up in death others Bhall
fill their places.
III. The woes of the drunkard
;(vs. 18-23). IS. "Iniquity." Guilt
incurring -punishment. "Cord3 of
vanity." Wickedness. Rabbins say,
an evil Inclination Is at first like a
floe hairstrlng, but the finishing like
a cart rope. These sinners harness
themselves like horses to a cart, and,
straining every nerve in sin, they
drag their punishments with them.
19. "Let him make speed," etc.
They challenge the Almighty to do
His worst, and set His justice at de
fiance. They do not believe that the
judgments threatened will come. 20.
"Call evil good," etc. Men resort to
lying subterfuges to justify them
selves In sanctioning the liquor
traffic. 21. "Wise In their own
eyes." Those who prefer their own
reasonings to divine revelations, who
despise or reject the gospel, or who
claim to have a knowledge of it, but
do not practice it.
22. "Mighty to drink." Those
who boast that they can drink more
than others and yet be able to stand.
They shall not escape the curse of
drunkenness. "To mingle strong
drink." To add spices to strong
drink, and then count themselves
strong because they can endure the
effects. Their glory is their shame.
23. "Justify the wicked for reward."
Who, as judges, pervert justice and
for a bribe acquit the guilty. Who
for the sake of votes, or political in
fluence, or favor with the people,
vote with the saloonkeeper and help
make bad laws. Qod will punish
such. "Take away the righteous
ness." Though: a man be proved in
nocent, yet because be does not give
a fee be Is condemned by these un
just men. Misery will overtake hlui.
Ball Player's Finish.
The ending of a ball player's ca
reer has In it much the same tragedy
that accompanies the loss of voice
by the singer. At one tell swoop the
player and bis family drop from com
parative luxury, ease and ability to
have all the ordinary pleasures of life
and fall to something like actual pov
erty. Oftentimes poverty is encoun
tered before the end of tbe struggle
Is reached. The still young couple,
after several years of good living, -traveling,
seeing the world, enjoying
all tbe fun In sight, suddenly come
with; a splash to the Icy water ot poor
living, poor clothes, Inability to pay,
for theatre tickets and trlpB about,
and Inability perhaps to much more
than pay the rent of a small fiat tor
tho ball player wbo has never done
anything but play ball and who has
not saved his money is .against' a
bard proposition before he ican learn
a trude or find something to carry
him safoly along. Brockton Enterprise.