IMS A 60NDAV Subject: VNion. Bror.klyo, N. Y. Speaking at the tin Square Presbyterian .Church oa the .theme, "Vision," the Rev. I. W. Henderson, pastor, took as Ms text. Pa. 119:18: "Open Thou mine yes." Mb said: Of all the physical gifts which we kave received at the hand and tiy tha rxace of a loving Father the natural tiyeslgbt Is the best. What a blessei bestowal It le. I fancy that most of ns. had we to give up any of the senses would relinquish the sense of sight last. Most of us, t believe, would lose all our other faculties be fore thin one. The eyes reveal to us the animate world. They ar the windows out of which we look upon the univers of God. With them we study the nandlwork of Jehovah In nature and in human kind. Through them we search thp wonders of the Heavens arid view the brilliant beau ties of the paintings of God In sky and cloud, in hill and vale, In wood land, at ream. In lake and sea. The eyes are for use. They grow strong and acute and Increase In power of discernment by exercise alone. Visual facility Is the result of Tlsual activity. The man who does r.ot, or cannot, use his eyes, sooner or Inter loses the faculty of vision. The poor prisoner In the donjon keep, with only darkness for companionship and with no consola tion aare the slow approaching hand of death, i ificr years of dark confine ment and of torture hideous and Hiartderiinc, loses the power to see. Seeing is not looking. Many peo ple look who never see. They look upon thine?, but th"y rarely see into thing. Their eyes catch visions, but they rarely pierce beneath th" sur face. Many people look at thing, they rast their eyes upon things, but they do not Bee. Seeing is a discipline. Looking M a habit of the lax. To see we must cultivate" the power of perception. We must school ourselves to look be yond the superficial to the et?r:ial un derlying realities. And because they lack perception, because their eyes have not be?n opened, because they do not possess, through exercise, the ability to differentiate, lo discern, to perceive clearly, many p?ople really "o not see. It was not until the clear ',isioit of a Ruskln showed to me the purple haze at sunset that I learned to know and love the darkening beau ty of the hills. Those who have used their eyes are the world's greatest men. "As one ot onr wise-t teachers lia-i said, the Urea test thing a human soul ever does in this world, Is to sea some thing, and to tell what It saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk, for one who can think. But thousands can think for one who can see: to see clearly la poetry, prophecy and religion, all In on?. Therefore, finding the world of literature more r less divided Into thinkers and aeers, 1 believe we shall find al?o, that the seers are wholly the greater race of the two." For. a3 Dr. Hillis has said, "grsatneas is vision." I fancy th-.t many a man had bathed In a tub before Archimedes, at his bath, discovered the eternal fact of the displacement of, bodies and for mulated tho truth of displacement Into law. Multitudes of men un questionably gated upward into th beavenly firmament and studied the movement of the heavenly spheres before Copernicus: but it remained for him, with the sesing eye. to re teal to humanity the underlying prin ciples of the celestial galaxies. New ton wa-t not the first man who had watched an apple fall from a leafy bough; but he was the first one who real'y saw the apple fall. Other men Bad seen it and had not been by it irapress?d. Newton us d his-eyes and to us vezn given the law of gravi tation. Columbus was not th9 first man who srood upon the shores of Portugal and watched the ships sail noil first over the horizon's edge. Into the unknown bosom of the sea: but in the disappearing vesst-l Columbus saw the prophecy of the rotundity ef the earth. Multitudes of kettles of diverse form had Bteamed on many h hearth before the days of Warts; but enly Watts Raw the loco motive !n the wasted, superheated vi Ivor. With a kite and a string many a boy and many a mau had wiled away the pleasant hours; but it was not until Franklin, wifli a pre vision born of application, sent his frail sky-craft up into the ciotuls that the wonder of electricity becamj re alized to m: n. Marwln, Wallace and Agassi, delving into the mysteries as well as the superllclaltles of natural life, wcr? not Iho first ,to gaze upon e animal life that Is teeming round about ns; but they were the first to underhand, with insight and clear vision, the handiwork of God tbereiu. It is said that Henry ,.'ard Beecher could see and reveal more beauty in the top of a head of celery than the average man Is able to dis cern In the. full-bloom beauty of the rose. Yes. ' greatness U vision." The world needs discernment. That Is to eay it needs seeing eyei;. It needs to cultivate the habit and the faculty of perception. This is true in tha intellectual, in the civic and the spiritual world, not to mention cthera. We need vl.-ilon In the Inttllettual life. Too great insistency canno: be laid upon the need for clear-cut, def inite, incisive thinking. We cannot afford as men or as a society to do less than cultivate our powers of In tellectual dlsceruniint to the full. If e are to huo a theory of knowl edge which chall be valid; If we arc to have a wise statement of the underlying principles of life, we must have men who, with keen Intelligence and with prevision extraordinary, hall be able to analyze their experi ences and ours, and give to humanity , a philosophy which shall explain, as well as be founded upon, the facts of our human existences. All honor to' the mou In every school, in every land and In every age, who have Jriven their best years and tneir rip est wisdom to the task of the luvrs tlgation, delineation, revelation of the phenomena of which humanity Is conscious. They have placed the world in debt. And If we in the com lug generations are to continue the auerltorious service that the philoso pher of the past have achieved for hs, it la absolutely requisite that we hall have an intellectual fidelity and power of pre-vlslon which shall be commensurate with the need, the op portunity and our time. Nut otherwise is it in the civic lire. Hare, if anywhere, we must have tlsion. Tb memories of Washlux- m n m IRA W-HNDR,So JTHE: F-AOUS DM(S.. ton and JefTerson, of w el:.. Gladstone, of Lincoln, project before our minds the crying necessity for a civic vision. As we stand at the part ing of the wayr, when to go forwird is to accept new opportunities and to be Invested with larger responsibili ties and obligations unto service. It Is imperative that we shall see clear ly and far-renchlnglv Into the future of our civic life. Blind men cannot lead us. Only a leadership that sees Is fit for the front in the march of erclse of Insight and for men of vis ion In the Intellectual and civic, af fairs of men, still greater Is the de mand for profound vision In the spir itual life. As Moses and Isaiah saw the truth of God unto spiritual sat isfaction, for the men and women of the Israel it Ish race; a Paul and Lu ther and Wesley and .loan Knox and John Calvin and Channine and a myriad of other saints of God laid hue the truth of God to the eaze of the Gent Up world: as the Lord Jesus Christ with divine insight revealed i he eternal truth of the Father for the benefit of sinning souls; ao must we, to-dav. as we desire to be leai ers In our time, have the vision of the propheU nnd of a son of God. unto the portrayal of the truth of God to th" rn"e. No man i fit to be p lender for the souls of -i nt i! first he has had a vision of the Lord. None of us i rtmnhle of lifting men to the lv. of tl' life of Jesus Chri-.t until h ha bid himself a clear dis cernment nnd nrecention of the truth of God Th blind rannnf lead the blind. The blind do not desire to be. led bv the blind. The blind should not have the temerity to at tomtit to le-ul the blind. Only n mau whose spiritual vision is unclouded should bave either toe courage or the au dacltv to trv to show tho beauties of tbp God-blessed life to other men. That man. alon, is competent to be a guide throneh the wilderness of life, and to lead men along the road of righteousness to the goal of spir itual victory, who has seen already for hVm-elf the truWi of which he is the revelation. Th.1 snlritual vision Is the best vis ion. We ma'- not. as did Moses, walk with God. We mav not sense His presence with the faculties of the natural man. But wo mav. in the fineness of our spiritual perception, be and become as intimate with God in a spiritual manner as Moses or Ao.ham or Enoch or Tsainh ever were. Spiritual vision is the best vision. As the Psalmist olendd. so should we cry out to God in earner1: supplication, "open Thou mine eyes." Not only that we may learn won drous things out of His law. '..tough we may do that; but that we ma also receive such a vision of the heav enly realities: of the eternal verities: of Him who dwelleth in the seert chambers of the Most High; as shall sustain, uplift and inspire our Immor tal souls. Oh, that, we might, have our jyea opened wide bv God unto the discern ment of the truth of His Kingdom nnd of the life in-dwelt by Him. Would that Christ might be allowed to lay His hand upon thp pvs of those who are spiritually sightless. What joy would be theirs. What contentment would ho their nortlon. What peace would pervade their souls. What a vision of God's in finite and eternal glory would be oppned to their gaze. Yea. Lord, onen Thou the eyes ot Thv church. Onen Thou the eyes tf Thine erring children. Grant, us a vision of Thy truth. And may we with onen eyes, beholding the glory of the Lord, live as ever In His pres ence until there shall come Into our vision th reality of the common wealth of God. the City of God. the habitation of the saints. ;h land not made with hands, eternal in fho heavens. Are You Working For Temperance'.' The great question, after all, in temperance is not whether all people are working in the same way, but whether they are working in some way for this urgent cause. People will never wholly agree upon methods In temperance any more than they will in church policy, it is useless to try to round up all temperance sympa thizers in the fold of oue society or under the leadership of one reform or one newspaper. This is not to say that all methods are equally good, for some are better than others and some may do well for one set of circumstances, but not for others. The beat methods must be sought, with charity for thoaa who differ j from us. And yet, the great, in ( si.itent moral question is not "Are j wuimuk in any way tor iem- I perance?" but "Are you con- j acieinioiiRiy and prayerfully and defi nitely working In some way to re form the drunkard, to abolish the. saloon, to educate the children, tc oppose the exportation of American rum to American colonies in a word, to make the world a cleaner, quieter, happier plac to live in? Caleb Jones, M. U., in the Corner stone. 1'rlests to Other Souls. Every humblo soul that sees ih Father, and lives In that bweet vision becomes a priest to other souls. A sacramental power goes from tii voice, the touch, the look, of every oue who Is himself loving God. CAT AND MOUSE IS LIKED. "Cat and Mouse" Is another game that is simple and being full of ac tion is a lot of fun. Ono big circle is formed and everybody takes hand, for they are bandel together to keep 'out tho cat and mouse, or if they get into the circle, all try to prevent their getting outside again. Two children are chosen, one to be the mouse, the other the cat, and as the circle dances around, the cat chases the 'mouse, and the latter tries to get over or under the hands of those, in the circle. ' ' Though not so active as these other games a candy pull is interest ing, for the object la to pull the taffy to a white color and then to twist it Into some artistic shape. When ithere are thirty or forty in the party 'the plan is to have some object, such at a piece of filagree, a scroll or a i toy man to copy, and the one who i makes the best likeness should re- Icelve a prize, while the boy or girl who pulls the Uff? to the whitest isnaae snouio aiso oe given a rswsru. j New York Telegram. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30. Our Purposes for 1906. 2 Peter 8. 18, Daily Readings. Perseveronce In the observance of thp Quiet Hour. Matt. 6. 0. Faithfulness In the Fellow-Worker's Covenant. 2 Cor. C. 1. Fidelity In Chriiitlan Stewardship. 1 Pet. 4. 10. Diligence in Ulble Study. Acts 17. 11. loyally lo my Church. Col. 1. 24. "Kbeiipzer." I Sam. 7. 12. "No one can harm me but myself," somebody has said. Ve have learned, also, that the example of none is so powerful upon us as is our own. Therefore, It Is well for us to look back over the twelve months and "take account of stock," call oursel ves 'to Judgment, and so make a good starting-place for another year. With what good resolutions we began the year! How well have we kept our promises to ourselves and to our Lord? The year has brought to ns many opportunities, but in the abundance of opportunities life does not consist, but In seizing thpra. Mul titudes go through life meeting thous ands of opportunities but falling to take advantage of them, nnd they are as though they wi're not. It is usu ally because they do not recognize the opportunities. Sometimes we have met persons on the street whom we would much like to greet, but, be ing occupied In thought, and having downcast eyes, we have let our friends slip by. A little later, as the others passed over the hill, or turned a corner, we aroused, and cried, "Why there go So-and-So; I'm so sor ry I did not see them!" But it was too lnle. "Too Inte" shares with "It might have been" the distinction ot being "the saddest words of tongue or pen." Men have lived great lives In dungeons who, had they been free, and had the universe before them to exploit, lacking the right quality of manhood, would have lived luglorlous ly. Life's gscatpst opportunities come only to those who have a right con ception of life, and that conception Involves the spiritual being, and re lationship to the world to come. If this were not so. ihen only opportuni ties for getting rich, for achieving fame In one's vocation or for opening new avenues for pleasure-getting would be worth considering. But this Is not true. We were made for spir itual realities nnd eternal destinies. UlLtAbllt LOTS DECEMBER THIRTIETH. Topic 3arey and Missions In India. Isa. 4:2, 3 (the Text of Carey's Famous Sermon.) . Workers for nilnslons. Matt. 28; 10-20.- Money for Missions. 2 Cor. 9:(i-lL Prayer for missions. Luke 11:1-4. Missionary obstacles. Acts IS: 5 11. Missionary triumphs. Phil. 1:12-18. Missionary promises. Ps. 27:1 9. Outline of Carey's Life. He was born in Panlerspury, Eng land, on August 17, 17G1. His father was a weaver, and for twelve years the boy wa3 a shoemak er. He was converted by a fellow ap prentice, and became a Baptist preacher. Preaching was h!a busi ness, he said, but lis cobbled Bhoes "to pay expenses." He was a gr.'at student, thorgh very poor, nnd learned Latin. Greek, Hebrew, Dutch, and French. Missions soon bfcame a passion, and he kept by his cobbler's bench a large, homemade) map of the world, which he covered with notes regard ing the religion, population, and con dition of the different countries. At a ministers' meeting at Notting ham he preached his famous sermon, tho text of which U this week's Scripture. His sermon outline was: "Expect great thing from God; at tempt great things for God." As a' result of this sermon Ihe first Kngllnh missionary society (the Bap tist Missionary Society) was formed at Kettering, October 2, 1793, and Carey was at once sent to India as its first missionary. Settling near Calcutta he earned his living by superintending an indigo factory. Later he became prof.'ssor of Indian languages at Fort William College, Calcutta, with a salary of $7,500 a year. He and his family lived on $:!00 a year, and gave the rest to his missionary work. Carey was an evangelist, a preach er, and a teacher, but his great work was translation. This "consecrated cobbler," as Sydney Smith sneeringly called him, translated thu Kiblt? Into twenty-four languages and dialects ot India, giving the Scriptures to U00, Omi.noO human belngn. He labored for years toward the abolition of the "suttee," the cruel burning of widows on tho funeral pyre of their dead husbands. Whon, In 1S9, the government sent him for translation a proclamation fixing for the suttee the penalty of homicide, he threw off his gown, for It was Sunday and he was about to preach and wert to work ut once on the translation lest some life should be lost by de lay. The ;reat pioneer died at the pg9 of Beviuity three, on June 9, 18;' I MAD RUN WITH WILDCAT. With a struggling wildcat helj lightly to his breast, Joan Sieh, a armer near Lake City, Iowa, ran four miles for aid. The aninml had leaped at the farmer's throat as he was hunting quail in a plum thicket. The heavy collar of his coat saved Sleh. The farmer threw his arm about the animal as its claws lacer ated his flesh aud tore his clothing. Then ensued a fight for life between the hunter and the wildcat. The struggle required all of Sleh'l strength. He was four miles from home, and wheu be obtained a grip on the animal he started to run home. Two neighbors killed the wildcat with a bullet while Sieh still held it. Bleb, collapsed when freed from his dilemma. New York Herald. j At the theatre at Naniur the per lormers making their debut are ac cepted or rejected for further per iformances by tha votes of the au dience, the artists usually appearing in three different works before tfcelt (at U sealed. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. IXTEnXATION.ti LESSON COM MKXTS FOIl DECEMUKll 80. Review of tlio Last Qunrter Itcnd John i 1-t I Golden Text, Isa. - ix., 0 Topic t Lessons bf the Tri umphant Redeemer -Summary. Lesson I. Topic: Love the su preme duty of man. Place: In Je rusalem, In the temple courts. The Herodlans, Sadducees and Pharisees ask Him hard questions, testing Him; nil are silenced; the great command ment is given by Christ; we should love God supremely; sin, the world and the self life must all be re nounced; we should love our neigh bor; Jesus asks the Jews a hard ques tion; warns His disciples against hy pocrisy; rails attention to a widow casting two mites into the treasury. II. Topic: Guarding against fnlso profession. Place: On Mount Olivet, ihe subjects ot Christ's kingdom are likened to ten virgins; Christ Is tue Bridegroom, and the oil represents the grace of God; the foolish virgins bad the lamp of profession, but lacked oil true spiritual life; they endeav ored to make good their preparation at the last moment, but it was too late; the wise are the true Christians who not only have a profession, hut the love of God in the soul. We should always be ready to meet the Bridegroom. III. Topic: Reasons for fidelity to duty. Place: Mount of Olives. The talents are given and the master takes his journey; two servants irfake a large gain, the third buries his tal ent; the master's return, though de layed, Is certain; eo Christ will surely come again; two servants come to their master and bring tho talents given them and as many more; they are commended and rewarded; the Idle servant has no Increase, but bard sayings and excuses; he Is cast into outer darkness. IV. Topic: The believer's heart devotion. Place: Bethany. Mary anoints the head nnd feet ot Christ. While this offering was cosily, yet Its great value turned on it3 element of sacrifice and loyal love. The motive and spirit ot tho gift Is of first im portance." V. Topic: The Lord's Supper. Place: Jerusalem. It was Thursday; Jesus sent Peter and John to Jerusa lem to prepare the Passover support He establishes a perpetual memorial of Himself. By the Lord's Supper He graciously apprp.ls to the disciple and inspires him to love and obedience. VI. Topic: The agony of Jes-is. Place: Gethsemane. He sets a pat tern of prayer and submission. The Gethsemane agony is expiatory and nlso exemplary. The believer gets comfort and inspiration from both points of view. We should watch and pray. VII. Topic: The trial of Jesus Christ. Place: The palacs of Cal aphas. Jesus Is sent from Annas to Calaphns, the high priest; Peter fol lows afar off and thrice denies the Saviour; theSanhedrln Is hastily sum moned; false witnesses are sought and a-e found with difficulty; at last two testify that He said He could de stroy the temple and build It In three daya; Jesus is silent; Cainphas asks Him it He is the Christ; Jesus replies that He is; Calaphaa rends His clothes; Jesus Is condemned to death; they mock and abuse Christ for Borne time. VIII. Topic: Warning against wine-drinking. Place: Probably Jeru salem, Isaiah's home. The drunkard follows strong drink; wine inilam"s; God's judgments will fall on the drunkard; all classas go down to gether. There is nothing too bad or too vile for a saloon-haepar or for a man under the Influence of BtroMg drink to do. The drunkard's charac ter is always bad. IX. Topic: The wordltng's treat ment of Christ. Place: Pllnte's Judgment hall. Jesus is taken to Pilate, the governor, who investigates the charges and finds them falso; Jebiis is sent to Herod, who finds no fault with Christ. He stands the most rigid investigation ot enemies. In and from this crucial test He comes forth unscathed perfect in His life as He is in His work. X. Topic: Jesus dying on the cross. Place: Calvary. Christ on the cross; mocked by the soldiers; vinegar offered; the superscription; the two thieves crucified with Christ; one railed on Jesus, the other con fessed his sins and asked to be re membered in Christ's kingdom; the prayer answered; darkness from 12 till 3 o'clock; Jesus cried with a loud' voice and died; the centurion's testi mony; Joseph begged the body of Jesus; wrapped it in linen and placed it In a new sepulcher. XI. Topic: The resurrection of Jesus Christ. Place: Garden near Calvary. Christ was crucified on Fri day, April 7; rose early Sunday morn ing, April 9; He puts the seal on all His words and works; this is the great value of the resurrection. "He is risen, as is said," therefore all He did is endorsed and all He promised is certain of fulfillment. XII. Topic: Jesus' parting words to His followers. Place: In and near Jerusalem. The disciples (Thomas absent) are assembled In an upper room; Jesus appears; He has entered upon His eternal work of Intercession. This is the blessed sig nificance of the ascension parted from the believers that He may be more effective for them. Christ Must Tell. We want a Bible and we want a Christ to tell us what is duty. Mac laren. Some preachers think they are flaying the devil because they are raising a dust in tha pulpit. INCONSISTENT. "Yes, a big red bull chased her nd frightened her nearly to death." "I wonder what made him chase bsr?" "Because ot her red parasol." "Papa?" , "Well, son?" 'It the bull was red why didn't h etas himself?" Houston Post. SHE HAD. "Did you ever hear anything to idlotlo as that talk of Mrs. Sorter's when she Is addressing her baby?" Queried one woman of another on the street rar. "Yes. I think I have," was the re ply. "Then, for heaven's sake, what was it?" "I once heard a fat man talking to his canary bird." Col unit us di. atch. ' riant Gloxinias. If you want the most distinguished Bowers ever shown at a lawn party, or used for temporary porch decora tion, plant gloxinia bulbs bought in November. They need to be potted as quickly as yoa get them. Among large, tender, bell-shaped flowers they have no equals in purity ot reds and blues and beauty of throat spot ting. Rury the Apples. Keeping apples by burying them In the ground proves successful when other methods fall, provided every apple is sound and free from blem ish when harvested. The reason Is that the temperature in the ground or mound in which the Apples are kept varies but little, and they are always cool. The same results will be obtained if a cold nnd even tem perature can be secured in a cellar. Philadelphia Record. . Keep Hens at Work. To prevent disease keep the hens at work by making them Bcratch for their grain food. Overfeeding is the cause of bowel diseases In the sum mer, or, rather, too much concen trated food is given, and not enough of that which is bulky. If the quar ters are kept clean there is little danger of contagious disease unless an addition is made to the Hock by bringing a bird from some other farm. When "new blood" is want ed procure a sitting of eggs of tho breed desired, as it is very Important that when the coops are clean, and the fowls free from disease, no fowls frorj, other places be introduced, as a flock may thus be stocked with lice or Infected with disease. Phila delphia Record. The Caro of Hogs. It is neither profitable nor always safe to keep great numbers of hogs together. Besides the liability of fciease getting among them there is always the certainty that the strong er will crowd the weaker from their feeding places, so that the inequal ity in sizes will Increase instead of decrease. In every litter there are always one or two weaklings that were born runts, and unless given a better chance than their fellows they will always remain small and weakly. The best way to manage this is when the' pigs are seven or eight weeks old to take out the strongest ones and wean them, giving them plenty of the best food that can be got to make growth. Then the runts, left to suckle the sow alone, will in two or three weeks more take a start that will make them as rrood as the others, so that In later life all can be fed together No other feed, without the sow's milk, will do this, though other foods should be given, and the pigs be encouraged to eat all that they can be made to eat. Filler Trap For Cistern. This is a barrel placad between tho eaves, spout and the entrance to tho cistern. In the barrel is a float, and above the float about eight inches from the top is a diaphragm with a hole in the centre. The hsad of the barrel is replaced, but several vent holes are bored in it. In the dia gram, the upper pipe represents the supply pipe from the roof and tho lower the outflow to the cistern. With every shower, the barrel being empty, or nearly so, the first flow of water brings most of the Impurities (bird dung, leaves, dust and dir etc.) off the roof and they are caught in the barrel before it fills. When the water rises as high as the dia phragm, the float closes the hole and the pure water then risas nnd flows Into the clstsrn. After tho rain tho water In tho barrel should be drawn off. It is useful for watering plants, washing flagging, wagons, etc. Ford Durfee, Newark, N. V. Angora Coats. The Angora goat is destined to be come one of the mo3t valuable of the domestic animals, and their recent popularity Is something that tbev have long deserved. Formerly the public was prejudiced agalnBt An gora venison, but tha growers end butchers have demonstrated Its ex cellence, and now there are but few mutton eaters who do not like goat meat. The result is a steady remu nerative market demand for Angora goats, but the raising of them Is con fined almost exclusively to the Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast States. In Colorado, New Mexico and Ari sona there are' many herds ranging from 300 to 8000 in each flock. The average price obtained for mohair for a six months' clip Is 23 V4 cents per pound. This is a good average price and docldedly remunerative. Nearly all the goat raisers in those localities are paying special attention to the breeding of fine stock, and the result during the past six years hat developed some very flue stock and for which good prices have been ob tained. In tha opinion ot many experi enced and successful stock raisers there is a great future for tha An gora goat because ot its many fine points and valuable uses that can be mads ot them oa the farm. Tha hair from tha Angora goat maks 4 DIAPrtftAGM 1 fabric which rivals that or silk. A good goat will produce from 4 in a pounds of this class of mohair, which ranges in price from 26 to 40 contf per pound, according to the length, quality and luster 'of the hair. The most valuable service which the Angora performs on the farm Is In clearing brush land. There I nothing that kills brush and treef quicker than the constant nibbling away ot the tender leaves and bark, which constitutes the best food for a goat, although they will eat any class of food that Is fed to domestic animals. There Is no reason why the Angora goat venison Bhould not be conldoied as dainty a meat as that of the deer. If the health of tha animal 1st a criterion for the purity and healthfulness of the meat, there is no flesh food comparable with that of tha Angora goat. The Turblt. The Turbit, as shown In the ac companying cut, Is one of the most highly prized of tho family of "toys," of which It Is the very foundation, and from it were made all orientals such as Frills In their numerous va rieties, the Domino, the Nun, tha Priest and Others. It Is one of the oldest varieties of Yellow Turblt Hen. fancy pigeons and has been bred in tho old countries for centuries. It is a very Bmall, chesty, proud and Jaunty little bird, with large, round, "bull" (dark hazel) eyes in a head large and broad, having a high, round forehead. Its prominent, broad, round chest is adorned with a frill which extends up' to the throat or gullet. This frill is composed of very fine feathers growing awry or In all directions. At the back of the head is a crest. either shell or peak, which is now preferred. From this peak down the back of the neck is a "mane" which extends down to the saddle, giving the neck a very broad appearance from a side view. The Turblt is bred in nil coin in selfs and winged. Selfs are pure wnite an over or any one ' color throughout. The winged are white except the wings, which are richly colored and should have ten white flights, meaning the ten longest feathers. , The standard colors are black. rad, yellow and blue. la bl uea two broad black bars 'should cross each wing Ju3t above the white flights. The feet should be bright red. At one time the Turblt was th most fancied of all varieties of fancy pigeons and was bred In great quan tities and to a very high standard ot perfection, but of late years it seems to have been forsaken by the expert breeders, though some few have stuck to it nnd have continued to improve the type, which to-day is its greatest .quality. Its head has been a most interest ing subject of discussion lately, and much has been written on the ques tion. In fact, it is doubtful if nn ii n to date Turblt fancier would hesitate to pay any price for a nerfect linad even though the bird had no other qualities. A good specimen. i3 a verv hltrh. pric3d bird, and in this country them are single birds worth $250, and in England they bring even higher prices. It is a good breeder, but hard to got true to type. Feather. Farm Notes. Don't plan to keen too manv hoira through the winter; they scatter too many corn cobs about the place. Draft horses ara in good demand. and will continue to be. The same may be said of light harness teams. Charcoal, or screenings or slack from coal mines is good for hog3. The auto may have frightened thn horse, but it has not driven him out of business. The effectiveness of whitewash In the poujtry house is much increased uy uppiymg u not ana getting it In to the cracks and corners. , Always add plenty of salt. The best effect is produce) unon scalded poultry by dipping them in to hot water after thev are nic.!:nd and then putting them into cold wa ter until tnorouguiy coolod. Times have so chanced thnt no careful poultryman thinks of feed ing much sort poultry food, nor of placing It upon the eronnd.. Ha feeds dry food mostly, and puts it into irougns or upon boards. The currycomb and brush are two articles which should be made dully use ol in every stable. Yes, it pays for looks alono, but, brother farmer, do not consider looks anything but tha least part of the good derived from It. Feed the colt soma oats tho first winter and give hrm a. good start. See how much better ha will grow when on grass next summer.-1 would not like it much if oats were takon out of this world. It would ba hard to find another feed that would take tha place of oats for horses. I am sure I would hate to ba without it. E. J. Waterstrlpe, in American CuU Uvater. v i, ... .'''I i" r kt!',tv;';l , - " ir ' ; ,. , . r. . ':: r.-r.-j aH: yff '-.v e . . ..-'i ' t.I DEARTH OF CATCH PHRASE'S. Old Ones Hackneyed and No New Ones to Take Their Places. "Song writers are becoming alarmed at the continued absence of a catch phrase," said Mr. Charle3 Wllmott, the well-known musical au thor, "Are" we downhearted?" has had a good Innings, but nothing -ew, I'm afraid, is likely to turn up until the pantomime season. New phrases have been invented since the ftolldays without striking popular fancy. We had hoped that some of the seaside pierrots would bave de viled a fresh phrase. Take, for ex ample, 'Are we downhearted?' There are many stories as to the origin of that phrase, the most authentic, I be-l!-ave, bolng that It was an Impromptu wheeze from the brain of a seaside Pierrot. But the holiday season crop has failed, and for the first tlma fof a good many years London Is without Its catch phrase. Go to any muato hall, which you must bear in mind if the quickest reflex of anv trui J phrase struggling for popularity, and I thflrA Id wt nffnAtlM ... Klt..i m so uu iitLH BUUBLlLUltJ tOT 'Now we sha'n't be long,' 'Where did you get that hat?' 'Knocked 'em in the Old Kent road,' or 'They're all very fine and large.' Whether the creators of these phrases each ol them famous In their day have lost their originality, or whether"the pub' lie taste is becoming more refined, I do not know." The art of winnlngthe public fancy with a catch phrase depends on the skill of the man who seeks to do so. A politician may unconsciously coin a phrase that will cling to him for ever, such as Mr. Balfour's "I am a child in these matters;" Mr. Winston Churchill's "terminological inexacti tude," aud Lord Rosebery's "plowing the lonely furrow." But with a pro fessional Yorlck It Is different. The way Harry Randall popularized "Get your hair cut" at the Grand Theatre some years ago was a masterpiece. At his entry in every scene in the pantomime the trombone played the oponlng bar of the song. As scene followed scenq his hair gradually got shorter, till at last he was perfectly, bald, and when the trombone played the notes again he brought down the house with the remark, "You're jtet too late." Years ago, at tha Stand ard Theatre, Cyrus Bell, a well-known comedian, leaped into fame as the originator of "I never expected that" a phrase uttered by him each time a property brick or cat greeted him as he took the stage. The following year he won more popularity by, twisting the phrase into "That's Just what I espected." There Is a faint hope that the open Ing words of the song "Pu a little bit away for a rainy day" may soon be transformed into a catch phrase. It is very popular Just now on ac count of its homely melody and tha catchy rendering of the old proverb. It is sung by one of the sisters Levy. "Waiting at the Church" is another popular song . which has met with great success in America, where car toonists have seized upon a certain line in it and ara booming It for all they are worth. One ot the most popular airs In London at present is, according to Messrs. Francis. Day, and Hunter, Whit Cunllffe's "Hello,' hello; it's a different girl again." London News. Tricks of the Types. An amusing column la the Now, York Sun, entitled "Humors of News paper Type," reminds me ot a modest collection in my scrapbook that might add a little to the happiness ot man kind. A kinsman of mine, a man of most correct method, was rewarded for his pains with the printing of his mar riage notice In the death column. Investigation ot the official conduct ot a postmaster occasioned the report that he was acquitted ot any "inter national" wrongdoing. Mr. Bostock's return was chron icled as the homecoming ot an "an nual trainer with new features to show." A coroner was "killed" in Brooklyn when he should have been called. On the financial side "wheat" was depressed one day by weakness in the steel shares and a certain "curb" stock recovered in the "subsequent deluge" (dealings). . An account of equestrianism In our park related that morning was the lime when the "horseless" riders were out In greatest f4ce. Shortly afterward the preparations tor the nuptials of a young lady of the greater city were described as arrangements for her "murder." A case of marital Infelicity under the headline, "She is 18 Ha is 78," was detailed In the body of tha arti cle with a revision of her age as 08 and his as 18. Last, but not least, the protrait ot a gentleman said to be engaged to marry a famous prima donna was published as "Calve's Finance." J. W. E. The Peacock's Voice. j She was a very beautiful woman and she was very beautifully dressed. She entered a Randolph street thea tre at laBt Saturday's matinee with a Iwoman friend and banded her seat checks to an usher. As she swished and frou-froued down the aisle she appeared a personification of all that Is exquisite. I Tha usher, tha beauty tnd tha friend arrived at tha fourth row from tha footlights. Tha usher turned down tha seats and bowed low, as ha handed back tha checks. Tha beauty spok: "Is them seats ourn?" she demand ed shrilly. The usher did" not wince. Ha bowed thrice as low as before. "Them seats is youru," said be. Chicago Record-Herald, The Crime of the Postcard. Quite a number of valuable friend ships have been hurried by tha pic ture postcard to a premature grave. Absence does not make tha heart grow fonder .when tha interval la bridged solely by the receipt of a' picture with a cross on tha sky Una and tha words, "We ara staying just juuder this mark: you can't see tha lousa." Rapid r.avlew.
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