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Subject: Clothed With Christ.
Brooklyn, IT. T. Preaching at the
Irving Square Presbyterian Church
oq the theme. "Clothed With Christ,
the Rev. Ira Wemmell Henderson,
pastor, took as his text Romans 13:14
and 14:8: 'Put ye on the Lord
Jesus Christ. For whether we live,
wa live unto the Lord, and whether
we die, we die unto I he Lord; wheth
er we live therefore, or die. we are
the Lord's." He said.
The need to-day in the church of
our Lord and Saviour is (or men and
women who are truly Christ's. The
alt or God and of the world about us
Is (or men and (or women who in
life and unto death are the Lord's.
High In His Heaven the Fa'her
yearns In the deepest recesses of His
heart for human souls who will serve
the Masl.-r tirelessly and with n liv
ing talth. The world looks toward
the servants of Jehovah for leader
ship and light. Whichever way we
may turn our oyes, we may discern
the pleading, beckoning hands of
Jesus and of men who want salva
tion. Do we listen hut a moment we
may catch the cry of a sin-sick world
and may hear the rail of God. Be
loved, God desires and man needs a
atrong, full-bloodod. sanctified host to
live and to preach the true Christ
life. The consummation of the King
dom and the coming of the Christ
depend largely upon the activity of
us who are called Christians. The
measure of our fullness of life within
Christ Jesus will bo the measure of
our lasting Influence with men, of
our favor In the sight of God, of the
amount of Heaven's happiness that
shall fill our hearts. The way unto
"righteousness and peace and joy"
la through thorough-going union
within the Christ. He is the mediator
of our sure salvation. He Is the
leader who can bring us perfect love
and who Is worthy of our aid.
WRhln Him and clothed with the
power that He gives we may fear
naught but God. Without Him all
Is vanity. Are you weary" Put on
Christ. Are you sad or sick or do
you wish the richest joy? Turn to
Jesus. He is the healer of the whole
world's Ills. He Is the Saviour who
can really give salvation.
The burdun of our text is a call for
the strict and whole-hearted alle
giance of the Individual man and
Christian to Jesus Christ. "Put ye
on the Lord Jesus," says Saint Paul,
and the implication is that we are to
dwell wholly withiu the Christ. The
call is for men and for woman who
will be clothed upon with Jesus
Christ not merely once but contin
ually unto the attainment of the
perfect likeness of our Lord.
Now the text brings us face to face
do we think a moment with these
two separate and distinct truths. The
first is that It is the duty of every
man to enter Into the Christ life.
The second Is that having entered
Into that life we must progress to
ward Chrlstllkeness That is to say,
we must grow continually toward
spiritual maturity and toward the
perfectnesB of character which should
accept the Lord as Saviour, for His
power to save Is a fact proven and
attested by a long Hue of human ex
perience. We Christians ought to
grow Into new and richer graces, for
thus only do we evidence our love for
that Master whom we serve.
The duty which we have predicated
to bo obligatory upon every muti is
not less a need. The man who neg
lects to obey the call of Christ for
entire yielding of -self up to God.
destroys for himself the greatest
blessing which, in life, may be at
tained, and which God proffers to
human kind. Only as we accept the
Christ as our Saviour and our Friend
are we surest of life eternal and of
fellowship with the Father here.
Convinced of the awfuluess of our
own sin, as every normal, right
minded man must be, it is clearly as
much a necessity as an obligation for
each of us to seek and to sieze that
certain cleansing from the stains of
an evil life which God has sent us
through His Son, our Elder Brother.
Desiring, as we all do, the highest
happlneta for seir, it is hard to un
derstand why man refuse the Gos
pel. Hoping, as each of us should
hope, for the accomplishment of the
greatest usefulness In the world. It is
difficult to believe that men can, de
liberately and willfully, disdain to
accept that Heaven-born power which
:au make us most worth while. Pur
ity, happiness, success: All three can
be had at the hands of God Himself
If men will but heed the Gospel of
His Son. Wise Is the sinning soul
who believes. For he who loves
Christ, lives best.
If the need of the man who is far
away from God is great to put on
Christ, the obligation of the Chris
tian to be continuously clothed upon
by Christ is just as real We must
ever be renewing that spiritual life
with which the Christ In our first
acceptance of Him hath rlothed us.
The Christ life permits neither stand
stills nor retrogression. We must be
on the move and that always ahe.td
To stand still is to stagnate. We
must push on. Desire for further
and grander attainment in the God
blessed life should always consume
us as with a fire. Our faculties
should be concentrated not upon pres
ent succesb but upun future accom
plishment. Self-survey is a good
thing If so be it lead not to aelf-satls-factlon.
That self-survey, moreover,
la most profitable which takes stock
of mistakes and which incites to
further and finer effort. Relief on
Christ is not merely assent to a fad,
but the consecration of the soul to
a S'.fe of service for His sake. Mere
belief may gain us Heaven, but we
must labor would wh grow In grace.
Mwiy of us who would lie ashamed
to be ruled us just passed" In the
records of this life's victories, seem
to. be very well satlsfled to slide into
Heaven with but small margin to
spare. The best of our love and our
work Is none too good for God. The
apostle was right when in the words
ot tne text ne aurisea us unreserved
ly to put on Jesus Christ. Thus only
can we become the children of God
whom we should be for the fullness
of the Christ Is perfection.
And now that we have considered
thus briefly the reasons why all men
should serve God and all Christians
should be re-clothed day by day with
Christ, let us also reflect what Is the
nature of this life wherewith we are
clothed by Christ What does the
apostle mean when he urges us to
put on Jesus f What sort of men
will we be?
Well, to be sure the first answer
jrill be that the nature of that spir
itual life wherewith we are to be re
clothed or clothed upon, as the -ase
may be, is essentially Chrlslly. The
apostle advises us to be Christllk
when he points us to Jesus. Neces
sarily and logically, therefore, we will
be men who act and live like Jamil
Christ. The hymn which runs. "Jesus
Christ Is my all and In all." states tin
situation perfectly. Self is glorified
through the losing of self In ttu
Saviour.
To put on Jesus Chi ist and to he
rlothed upou by Him is to be saved,
to grow from grace unto grace, to be
one of that strong, full-blooded, sanc
tified host who. under God. llv.j ami
preach the Christ life. You will no
tice 1 say live and preach, for thr
I only preaching that Is of value oi
that, in the lotig run, will count f i
anything very much. Is the preaching
that flows rich and full and free out
of a life that is consistent, that rings
true; out of a heart rich with SXperi
ence of the glorious joys untl possibil
ities of the life within Jesus. And
as with the preaching, so also With
all the means by which God's Ooapei
Is mediated to men. The only testl
mony which secures results Is tltut
which springs from a trusted sour.-.'.
The only word which will strike home
Is that which has behind It a convic
tion and an assurance that Is horn ol
experimental knowledge. To preach
Christ with power we must be ac
counted sincere and sure
The Christ man will he a atrOttg
man. That is to say, he will be full
of force. He may be warped and
drawn physically, as one mighty met
senger of God whom I know, but nil
heart is pure, and his mind Is clean
and his soul looks out toward Heuvii
through windows that are not dimmed
by sin.
I The man who Is clothed hy and
I with JeBiis Is a full-blooded' man
His heart beats powerfully, his ,
. is clear, his head 'works quicU .
his hand is ready anil his at I
is firm when sin is to be U it
and battled to the death. Without
a quiver, a quaver, or even the lllght
est fear will he fight annlnst th;
wrong. To be sure, he may not be
blue-blooded, as the social standard
of our day set the term. He maj
quail to forc the unjust combat, lie
may refuse to pick a quarrel merely
In order to despoil a people. But
there, there where the fight is hottest
and sin la at rongeat entrenched; then
where the odds are against him and
it seems his Cod must fuil; there, oa
the Lord's ovvn side, will you llnl
the man who is clothed upon wlt.i
Christ.
Btit, above all, the man who put
ou Christ continually is sanctified
He Is being perfected in BoUnesa,
He is in process of attainment in
growth in godliness. Sanctlfliation i.
not' only perfectness. but the proocai
and way to holiness entire. The aim
of the man who is serving is for th
goal. His hand is ever in the hand
of God. He never lets policy give th
sidetrack to principle. With him
truth has the right of way unit tha
clear road always. His motives art
above suspicion. If he falls in th
race he Is still undaunl"d. For him,
to be well up at the end. Is ambition's
hope. To keep the faith is h is en
deavor. "For Christ and the world"
Is his motto.
Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ
and be ye clothed progressively with
Him. Thus shall ye learn the hie'"
est service, thus shall ye enter Into
knowledge of the finest life.
Nourishing the soul.
Why should not everybody, espe
cially every church member, belong
to the Sunday-school? usks the editor
of the Observer. Surely no one can
lay claim to sufficient knowledge of
the Bible. Even the most scholarly
men of the ago are constantly study
ing the Old Hook, and are ever find
ing something new in it. In spit - ot
the sensation produced by recent
works of fiction, the Bible is more
discussed to-day thuu any other book,
and the interest is of the intensest
kind. Such a book ought to be stud
ied regularly by every person. We
are convinced that by joining the
Sunday-school and making use of the
best helps in Bible study, the best
results can be secured. Good help.-!
are cheap, for one thing. Then the
Stud of certain portions of the Bible
every week will teud to regular and
systematic habits of nourishing the
soul with the very food that it most
needs. -Ram's Horn
FEBRUARY SEVENTEENTH
An Easy Life Versus a Hard One. 2
Tim. 2:1-13.
Wanting ease. Luke 18:18-27.
Turning back. John ll: 00-71.
Wanting hard things. Josh. 1 4:0-15.
Glorying in tribulations. Rom. S:
11.
Christ's hurd things. Heb. 12:1-4.
The ciidurer's promise. Mark 13:9-'
11.
We do not think or grsoe and
strength together, yet they belong to
gether; specially when the grace Is
Christ's (v. I ) .
Not merely '-endure hardness." but
"suffer hardship with me" (v. 3, re
vised version I .
What can we not endure, when we
'nave h comrade'.'
A man Is free, though In chains, if
his soul is a part of the things that
cannot be chained (v. 9).
Who would mind hardships, If at the
end of them lay even au earthly
crown? Aud how if tin eternal crown'.'
(. 12).
Suggestions.
Those who are nlwuys looking for
"soft snaps" get n hard life.
Let us be ashamed to want mum
ler life than Christ had. Shall the
disciple be above his Lord?
All tasks worth the doing are diffi
cult at hist. it they were easy,
greatness would not be possible for
any man.
Tim rock that Is enslcsl to cut in
the quarry is not used in the tallest
buildings.
Illustrations.
It Is not soft beds, bill hard one3,
that mean healthy bodies.
It is easier to run over a hard
packed road than over a bed of mud.
Bishop William Taylor, in order to
accustom himself to hardness, was In
the habit of carrying a Hut stone with
him, and using It for his pillow.
If yon want to sharpen tools or
character -you rub them on lOmathlng
hard .
Questions.
Am I Making an easy Ufa, or tu do
God's will'.'
Am I keeping at difficulties until
they become easy?
What is my solace in hardships?
RACK TO ATI 'HI'.
Wooden Troughs For Poultry.
Wooden troughs are best to hold
drinking water for fowls In winter,
as It does not freeze as readily as In
other vessels.
Mulching.
tn mulching fruit trees be careful
not to make resorts for the nice
To avoid the disaster of girdled stems
raise a slight mound of earth about
the tree, beat It smooth with the bark
of the spade, and keep the mulch at
least a foot or two away. Another
mistake is in making these mounds
of chunks of turf or of sod, the grass
of which, with the crevices between,
offers a strong invitation for the mice
to enter. The earth used for such
mounds should be in a pulverized
state, and then be beaten smooth and
compact. New York Witness.
Make I s Strong in Trial.
We remember the temptations that
are before us, when passion from
within is allied with opportunity
from without, and that we have so
often tlu-relu gone astray, and we
pray Thee that the spirit of religion
may he so strong within us that it
shall enable us to overcome evil, and
prove ourselves stronger for aver)
trial Amen. Theodore Parker.
Rest Rnvlronnaf lit
True religion tomes not by vio
lence, but chiefly, I think, from being
brought up with good men, reverenc
ing their ways and words. S it.
Crockett.
Meaning of Unti tling mill Praying.
The call to watch and pray means
more than wutchlug your neighbor.
Kings (famed John.
John I. of the "eastern empire"
was poisoned by a servuut; John IV.
was deposed aud had his eyes put
out; John V. ruled only In name and
lived In constant dread of assassins;
John VI. was deposed and died in pri
son. One of the Swedish Johns was
driven out of his kingdom by his sub
jects, aud another was belittled und
defeated at every turn. John I. of
France had a short und disastrous
reign, and John 11. was a prisoner of
the English for years. A long list o(
Johns have changed their titles when
taking on kingly robes because of the
superstition that a "John" ruler can
not be otherwise than unfortunate.
EPWGRTH LffiE LESSONS
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 17.
Thj Divine Purpose for Us. Eph.
4. 11-16. Studies in Christian Ex
pc rience.
Passages for reference: Acts 20.
2S-32; Rom. It. 1,2; Eph. 5. 2li, 27.
God has a purpose In human lives.
Slid we do well only when we
try to realize that purpose In our ex
periences. Bpheslans gives to us the
exalted purpose Which our heavenly
Father has for us. It seems from
this reference that he has taken into
account our associated life, and so
has bestowed upon men different pow
ers that each without the other should
not he perfect, and that In working out
our lite purpose we should each be
inspired by a spirit of mutual help
fulness. Perfect manhood after the
pattern is the Ideal before each one
of us.
The first two verses of the twelfth
Of Romans are a wonderful appeal To
men to present the whole being in
subjection to the transforming power
ot ine spirit ot tiod In order that his
perfect will may be wrought out.
The high aim that God lias for hi.s
whole church Is declared In Ephes
lans. "That he might present to him
self a glorious church, not having
spot, or wi Inkle, or any such tiling;
but that It should be holy und with
out blemish." if it is such, then
the perfection must be In the Individu
al members.
The Bible is not an announcement
nf some ethereal thing that has no
possibility of tangible existence. It
simply declares wnat cun be made
reality. It tells a man what he may
have if he meets the conditions. It
tells its what Christ has already done
for us. It tells us how to make the
tiling done In our behalf au actual
reality In our lives. The word pro
OlaiuH great truths and talks of wond
erful things, as peace, and pardon, and
growth, and holiness. It tells us
what we may have and how we may
get It.
Bible Truths are to be experienced.
Many a finespun theory of men has
never been reduced to practice. It
has never been embodied in life. But
th truth of Scripture con be exper
ienced. The power of Christianity Is
not in the theory but in the experi
ence. A FELINE HEROINE.
During the tire lu the Tyner Block.
Hartford City, lad., there was an un
usual exhibition of feline InBtlnct,
says the Syracuse Slandurd.
While the flumes and smoke filled
tin- room a cut. which had a famlli
of four In the rear ot the store. mad
use of the Are escape in rescuing he:
family. She carried two kittenj
across counters aud shelves to reach
a window. Here she left them and
went after the other two.
The mother cat was drenched on
her return trip, hut safely carried th
third to the landing. The fourth was
abandoned after she had made a final
effort to go back Into the store. The
firemen, noticing her efforts, rescued
the fourth.
To Protect Tree From Mice.
A writer for the Rural New Yorker
says: "Two years ago I lost a great
many trees by mice. Last fall we
wrapped the trees with tar pnper,
and not a tree was touched. And the
paper seems to be as good as ever
und good for several year yet. I
take a roll of paper and cut It in two
pieces, making two rolls of it. One
of these, a ball of twine and a pair of
shears or n sharp knife are taken
by each man. and strips the desired
length are cut at each tree: these are
wrapped nround the tree close to the
I ground and tied at lop and bottom.
One roll of paper will cover a good
many trees, making the cost very
small, and if care is taken to cut the
strips long enough to lap over well
and allow for the tree growing, they
will last for several years."
Carrots For Horses.
It Is not alone nor chiefly the nu
trition in carrots that makes them
valuable feed for horses aud other
stock In winter. They have nn ad
mirable effect in keeping the bowels
open, loosening the bile, and thus
promoting healthful circulation of
the blood. A stalled horse kept on
dry feed through the winter becomes
bilious, just as human beings do who
lead sedentary lives. We have not
got Into the habit of dosing horses
for biliousness, nor need we. A
mess of carrots daily, with ,ialf the
uusal amount of grain, will keep a
horse in better working order than
oats without the roots. in most
places carrots can be bought by the
quantity at about half the price of
oats, and pay the grower well at
that. Weekly Witness.
Remember the Birds.
The best friends of the (ruit grow
er are the birds, and their welfare
should be looked after more than It
is. We have heard or men so Ignor
ant that they would wage war on
their feathered friends, kill them by
the score, and allow the bad boys to
destroy their nesting places. The In
telligent, up-to-date fruit grower,
however, is trying to court the good
will or his feathered friends and is
trying by every means possible to
make his place their home. We were
noticing one day the wild black cher
ries in the forest were laden with
their wealth of fruit, and how the
birds were feasting in the tree tops.
Why would it not be a good plun for
the fruit grower who wants to pro
tect the few cherries that his birds
might want, to plant a few of these
and a few Russiun mulberries about
his place? These trees are heavy
annual bearers and would furnish
abundant feed for these noble song
sters and friends. Farmers' Tri
bune. ,
THE NEW WAY.
"Are roa guilty?" the lawyer asked
his burglar clleut.
"Sure," replied the prisoner. "1
cracked the crib all right, but 1
thought from the sise of your tee
you might dig up a little of this un
written luw for mv " Philadelphia
Ledger.
As They Impressed Her.
Little Kitty, who had happened to
be the only one at home when the
strangers called, was trying to de
icrlbe them. "One of 'em was a good
deal younger than the other," she
said, "and he's the one that did the
alklng. He wanted to know when
rou'd be back."
"How did he look?" asked her
father. "Did be have any beard?"
"No; he was barefaced."
"How .about the older man? Waa
he barefaced, too?"
"Kind o'," aald Kitty, remember
ing his shaggy brown beard, "only ha
was grizzly bear faced." Youth'a
Companion.
The Cape Parliament in South
Africa paaaed a bill which oompeia
each trader to keep proper books and
refusea him a license unless he can
abow that he has some capital and U)
not a man of atra.
"Weathered" Farm implements.
It is full time that mowing ma
chines, harvesters and other horse
implements which cost money to buy
should be left lu the field to ubtsln
the benefit of the fall and winter
weather. Plows and harrows will
of course, be needed yet, und these
will be kept under cover for awhile,
but can be left out later after the
fall plowing has ceased. This prac
tice of fall weathering of implements
is quite general in many farming sec
tions, and Is eucouraged from year to
year by a large class of farmers. It
Insures thorough weathering or the
wood and produces in the metal parts
of the machinery a fine brown color,
culled by some scoffer rust. The
greatest satisfaction from this prac
tice, It seems, is derived by the
implement sellers us a class.
There Is a spirit or ecouomy, too,
lu this "weathering" us wooden build
ings in which to house the imple
ments cost money and at the same
time the odd moments needed to
construct them can better be utilized
by the rarmer in sitting around the
stove In the village store telling stor
ies or commiserating with u neigh
bor whose wife has scolded him for
not purchasing her a sewing machine.
- Our Funny Man, in the lndiuna
Farmer.
Furm Beekeeping.
There are two best wuys of hand
ling bees for box honey. In the first
place you must not be afraid. If you
cun control yourself you can control
the bees; if you don't behave they
will drive you out.
In the spring there are the quee'n,
twenty thousand to fifty thousand
workers and from a pint to a quart
of drones or male bees in each hive
Put on twenty-four boxes; when they
Oil these they are apt to swarm; this
will spoil the crop of honey, if you
can, remove the cause of the swarm
ing fever. Take out four frames In
the centre of the hive, and put lu four
empty ones. Another way is to let
them swarm once and cut out the re
maining queen cells.
From six hives not swarming four
hundred pounds of boney weri gath
ered. From eleven allowed to swarm
onre only two buudred pounds were
harvested.
The elngle hive Is as good aa any
I cover wl'.h chaff for the winter, hav
ing no success in wintering in the
cellar.
If bees were kept strong, as a
uaual thing, they would not be
troubled with moths. If, however.
the pest did creep In, they should be
scraped out.
Th nilted or hybrid bee Is most
Generally kept at the present day.
The queen cell can be told because
it is fifty times the size of that of
the worker; 2500 bees will fill a
quart measure.
If not sufficient honey has been
made for the bees to eat, the supply
can be supplemented hy sugar syrup.
As bees will go out in winter when
It is warm enough, place tin over the
opening, leaving space enough for
the bees to pass, but not for mice to
get at them.
White clover makes the best honey.
Golden rod is an excellent wintering
honey. A good hive of bees Is worth
from $B to $7, and should contain
from six to eight quarts ot bees. S.
P. Roberts, Penobscot County, Me.
Cows Paid For the Farm.
Example Is better than precept, it
Is said. I am quite sure It is morn
effective, and I expect much from it.
I have a factory, the patrons of which
are all trying to excel each other in
the quantity and the quality of the
milk they send to it. I use the Bab
cock test in this factory, and to its
use I attribute the great, improve
ment in the quantity and in the qual
ity of the milk which has taken place
since I first adopted It.
About six years ago. a farmer
moved from a rented farm on to
one In the district where this factory
Is situated. When he was on the
first farm he thought he was doing
exceedingly well if he drew from the
factory $35 a month. After he had
been sending his milk to our factory
for about -a couple of months, he
came to me and said. "Mr. Eager, I
want you to lend me some money."
I said, "Very well; do you mind
telling mo what you want It for?"
He replied, "I want to buy some
cbws. I see the other patrons tak
ing three or four cans of milk to the
factory every morning, and there I
am with my one can and that not
always full. I can't stand the sight
any longer; .1 am going to catch up
with those fellows that is, if you
will lend me the money to buy cows."
I was very glad to do so.
As I have already said, that farmer
before he moved was content to re
ceive from the factory $3r, a month;
in two years from the time he first
came to me he was drawing over
$100. He enlarged his herd; he im
proved it, and to get the best results
from the test, he sent his milk to the
fuctory lu a condition such as he had
never sent it before. At the end of
six years he had a farm of his own.
William Eager. Morrisburg, Ont, in
American Cultivator.
Wealthy Swiss Woman Livid in Hie
Woods nnd Acted Like an Ape.
Scientists are greatly interested In
a woman who has reverted to the
habits of the highest apes, who, in
seven years of solitary wandering in
lonely mountains, has forgotten the
civilizing Influences Into which she
was born and has regained the super
acute sense of hearing and the tree
climbing power which prehistoric
man possessed.
She is a widow of a wealthy mer
chant of Geneva. Some time before
her husband's death she deserted
their luxurious home In this city and
vanished utterly. Some whispered that
she was jealous of a certain opera
singer. Others gossiped that she
gambled and had contracted debts of
which she dared not tell her husband.
Again, It was said that for her ec
centricities she had been immured in
a neighboring asylum.
It is knnwt. now that the woman,
who -vas delicately reared, went
away. She wandered Into the thick
forests of Hautesavoy, a most sparse
ly settled country. There she has ex
isted for seven years, munching nutR
and berries, seeking refuge in lonely
grottoes agninst. the winter's rigors.
Growing bolder at last, she pene
trated to the outer edge of the forest.
Her appearance, almost demoniac,
terrified the peasants, who told the
police of the wild vision that had pre
sented itself. She eluded the police
by darting into the thickets, which
they could not penetrate, or by swing
ing herself from one of the tree
branches far above the ground.
Even when they captured her the
police could learn nothing from her.
She mumbled n jargon. She has been
positively identified. Her husband
left a fortune to her, but It is not
likely she will enjoy it, for she has
been incarcerated in an asylum.
Geneva Correspondence Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Packing Poultry.
Every bird should be tlinrnnhlv
cooled before packing for shipment.
it lanes longer to entirely remove
the animal heat than the uninitiated
would believe, but if it is not done
thoroughly the stock is very likely
to spoil In the package. Much loss
Is caused by negligence at this point.
Never let the dressed stock freeze,
unless It is to be retained for some
time and sold as frozen stuff Thaw.
ing iujures the nualitv ntwl lll'f'flV
soon follows. Birds shipped without
ice snouiu he entirely dry before
packing.
Careful grading of stock designed
for the open market is verv imnnrt.
unt. A few scrawny or badly torn
birds will often siioll the
of a shipment which would otherwise
oe excellent, aud a lower price must
be accepted. Keen the inferior stock
separate from that which is desirable.
r.acn grade will sell to better ad Min
tage If kept separate from the rest.
Inspect each bird carefully before
packing. Wash the feet, remove the
clotted blood from the mouth, and
wash the head. Sew up any bad tears
In the skin, using fine white thread
for this purpose. A curved needle is
more convenient for this work than
u straight one.
Birds which have a dark or dinirv
appearance can often be greatly
origutenea uy washing in a strong
suds made of some good soap or
wasning powder. Water fowl In par
ticular can he much lmnrnvnrf he
speclal cleaning. An ordinary hand
orusu is convenient to use for this
purpose.
Packages for dressed noultrv varv
greatly, but should meet two require
ments. They must be neat and clean
and small enough to permit easy
handling. For delivery to retail cus
tomers pasteboard lioxeH of ...,u i
size to hold a single bird, or one pair,
are aesirahle. The birds should be
wrapped In clean paper, preferably
wuxed paper, before being placed in
the box. Retail CgK customers whi-itin
supplies are shipped by express, may
oe serveo. witn dressed poultry by
using an egg case built Hire th..
standard case, one end being used
ior eggs and the other fitted with u
metal box in which to place the birds.
In warm weather sufficient ice may
be included to insure arrival in noort
condition.
Barrels of various sizes nrp Tini.ii-
lar packages, especially when ice
must be used. Pack them with alter
nate layers of ice and blrdB. the bot
tom and top layers being invariably
Ice. Upon the top place a good-sized
piece of ice, which will melt, causing
the ice water to contliiiiriimiv t . i , -u i .
down through the layers of birds be
neath. Cover the top with a piece of
nuriap, fasten this by means of u
hoop Cases may be filled with Ice
und dressed poultry in the same man
ner, and lu SOUlu resnects i re , .
able to barrels. Burlap tops should
be used on cases of iced stock, aB well
us on Iron barrels, an all nack. ....
covered will be kept right side up..
r. m. Btoneburn, Storrs, Conn., In
Cultivator.
The Philosophic Grocer.
A retail grocer of Burlington dis
plays on his store walls some trench
ant placards. He is a recognized
adept in rhyming and effective ad.
writing, especially in adapting cur
rent events to that end, but those
quoted herewith display some homely
philosophic thought.
This placard is placed directly over
the clock, where all who look for the
time of day will see this also: "What
time is it? It's time to quit lying.
Some people lie when they know the
truth would be better." Here are
some others: "If you get out of hu
mor, before you swear count five. It
works; we've tried it; you try." "Do
you know the hardest thing in the
world to do? Do unto others as you
wish to ie done by; try it for a day."
"If you put good crackers into good
soup, it will Improve both." "Hon
esty may be the best policy but it
keeps some people poor all their
lives. But cheer up, Bill; you'll have
wings while others are singed."
"What's worse than a rotten egg?
We don't know, unless it's the fellow
who brings it to market." "We don't
know which is the bigger fool the
one who orders a cake of yeast de
livered, or the one who delivers it."
Chicken Monopoly jn South Africa.
"For months and months follow
ing the Boer war in South Africa I
was the only man living in the Trans
vaal who owned a chicken," said
Jake Hildehrandt, of Capetown, Af
rica, yesterday.
"I began raising poultry as a sort
of hobby," he said. "Then I saw
there was a lot iu it, so I began rais
ing poultry on a large scale. Now
I'm called the poultry king of Africa,
and every chicken in the Transvaal
can trace its ancestry to my farm.
"in the war all the chickens were
killed. I made a contract with the
Government to take all the chickens
I could supply for two years. The
Department of Agriculture bought
the chickens and distributed them
among the farmers to get another
start in poultry In the country. I
imported a lot of fine stock from
England and America, and fitted up
my farm of eighty-eight acres for
raising fowls. I used Bixteeu Incu
bators, and the hatching capacity of
the farm was about 6000 a month
I sold the fowls at from $1.25 to $20
each, the averoge being about $3 a
fowl. You can well believe that only
few chlckenB are eaten In that part of
Africa." Kansas City Times.
Little Beggars in Mining Camps.
"The mining camp child usually
develops into the greatest beggar us
a class that child life ever seeB," said
H. D. Smith, ot Milwaukee. "I have
never been iu a mining camp yet
where there were children that one
of them did not stop me every now
and then and ask for some money or
a piece of ore. Their plaintive waila
are to be heard on all sides.
"A story is told of a -i-i i
Dawson who made It her custom to
ever miner sne saw for a nugget
She was a cute little thing, and her
request was nearly always acceded
to. After a while she had $3000
worth of nuggets collectod In this
fashion. As a rule, the miner is a
generous fellow, particularly in a
gold camp where the inhabitants
have prospered and where most of
the men have claims of their own.
Nearly all of them carry loose gold
around in their pockets and think
nothing of giving little chunks of It
away.
In camps where they are not thus
supplied with gold they usually are
free with their money, and the beg
ging child is tossed anything from a
nickel to a dollar." Duluth Herald.
Did Her Best.
The new servant had presented
her references, and the mistress read
them over with u doubtful eye.
"I am not quite satisfied with your
references, Jane," aha said
"Nayther am I, mum," responded
the stalwart maid. "But they're the
beat I could gat." Auewara.
Cry of Geese and Serpent.
The hiss does not mean only dis
gust and reprobation. In Japan, for
Instance, it means delight, a Jap
anese, in greeting you, hisses.
In West Africa the hiss denotes as
tonishment. Iu the New Hebrides they hisa be
fore anything beautiful.
Tha Basutos hiaa in sign of cordial
agreement. Whan a candidate for
office scores a point, a hiss from tha
Basuto audlanoa is his reward.
Among the Kayles the hiss denotea
satisfaction and content. Indlauap
oils New.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOB FEBRUARY 17, BY
THE REV. L YY. HENDERSON.
Subject: Lot's Choice, Gen. 13:1-13
loldeii Text: Imke IfltlB .
Memory Verses: H, Helpful
Notes.
Last week's lesson completed with
the arrival of Abram and Lot with
their retalnera, slaves and posses
sions, In the land of Canaan. While
there a grievous faminearlaes. There
is not. enough food for a subsistence
diet. Starvation stares them. Ca
naan is barren Egypt is the gran
ary ot the world. Here If anywhere
there will be food. And so Into the
dominions of Pharaoh, southward
from Canaan, they journey. While
there Abram has trouble with the
Egyptians because or the relations of
Ablmllech, King of Gerar, with Sa
ral. Ood brings a swift Judgment
upon the house of the Pharaoh. Ha
dignifies Abram among and delivers
him from the hands of the Egyptians.
Released from their- troublous en
vironment Abram and Lot go up out
of Egypt into Southern Judah. Tha
years have brought wealth to both
Abram and Lot. What with their
cattle and flocks, their silver and
gold and tents, they were rich men.
With these possessions they travel
as far as "between Bethel and Hai.
unto tne place of the altar," which
aforetime Abram had erected.
Abram and Lot have such numer
ous herds and flocks that the land Is
incompetent to support them. Their
herdmen fight. Grazing lands and
watering places are equally subjects
of dispute and of strife. Open war
between their retainers Is imminent.
An open breach between the chief
tains is likely. The situation is
strained. But Abram is a man of
peace and of no contentious spirit.
His riches have made him neither
hard nor arrogant. He scans the
landscape as it stretches toward the
four winds of heaven and he sees op
portunity abundant for them both.
With a wise economy he perceivea
that war is the last thing that must
come to pass between Lot and him
self; that with Canaanites and Periz
zltes still in the country life will be
perilous at best, without any family
feuds; that the one way to Invite con
certed attack by their common enemy
Is for them to fight between them
selves. And so ho proclaims an iren
icon: "Let there be no strife for wa
are brethren." With beautiful spirit
he offers Lot the initial choice: "If
thou wilt take the left hand, then
will I go to the right; or if thon de
part to the right hand, then will I
go to the left." There is no trace of
pugnacity, no evidence of self-aggrandizement
in his dealings with
Lot. The entire proposition is well
worthy of a man who enjoyed the
divine favor to an unusual degree.
Abram had profited from his inti
macy with God.
Lot accepts the proposal. With an
oye single to his own preferment and
auvaniage ne cnooses the fertile and
luxuriant Edenlc country eastward
toward the Jordan. Fair as the pri
mordial garden of the Lord, it ap
peals to his self-seeking soul as offer
ing an opportunity for profitable ex
ploitation. Therefore "Lot pitched
his tent toward Sodom."
Lot is a sample of tho man who la
spoiled by wealth and success. The
more he has the more he wants His
spiritual sensibilities are dulled and
his finer qualities are blunted.
Practically Abram teaches us the
virtue or humility, fairness, magna
nimity. What he lost by granting Lot
the first choice he gained in just self
satisfaction. Lot may have selected
the best land, but Abram gained a
richer spiritual blessing. Abram'a
course was as generous as It waa
diplomatic. He might have drawn
lots for position on the land and have
left the decision to fate. But he did
not. His open-handed dealing with
Lot is a lesson trf-us all.
Lot stands a warning against the
insidiously destructive influence of
prosperity. Greed hardens and dead
ens; It destroys the powers of spirit
ual perception; it leads men to look
with favoring eyes ou sin. And to
look with favor is to invite tempta
tion. May God keep us from the ad
versary of material gain.
Vs. 1. "South." See Gen. 12:9.
Vs. 3. "Bethel." They travel back
the way they had gone down to
Egypt.
Vs. 7. "Strife." Water and wella
are prolific sources of friction among
i..isi. i ii iierumen to-uay.
Vs. 9. "Land." The unsettled
country.
Vs. 10. "Plain." Better, "Basin
of the Jordan." The Jordan, in the
region, near Jericho, which Lot
chose, Is surrounded by a valley four
teen miles wide. It is to the north
of the Dead Sea. "Watered." Lot
was desirous of the most favored
places. "Garden." Eden. This land
was bountifully supplied with
streams. Near Jericho water waa to
be found four ways, practically from
a common centre, as a glance at a
map will Bhow. And besides a mul
titude of other streams ran Jordan
wards or to the Salt Sea. "Egypt."
This land was remarkable for its fer
tility. Vs. 11. "Close." Lot was so anx
ious to Becure the best in sight for
himself that he even forgot his man
ners. Vs. 13. "Wicked." They were
prosperous nnd rich. It is not at all
strange that they were wicked. The
wonder 1b that prosperous men are
aa good as they arc. No temptation
Is so insidious and subtle as that ot
ense. "Exceedingly." They were so
wicked that, as we learn from Gen.
19, they were ready even to do harm
to the very messengers of God.
Jjo, the Wise Indian. '
There has been quite a little aald
about the grafter taking advantagi
of the Indian. It Is, not always thus.
A land man who wanted an Indlan'i
algnature to a deed told the Irdian,
who was suffering with toothache, to
go to a dentist and have his teeth
lied, and said that ha, the grafter,
would pay the expense. The graftal
did thla to Jolly the Indian into sign
ing the deed. Tha Indian returned
from the dentist's with $238 worth
of gold crowna In his head. Tha
land man paid the bill. Whether the
Indian signed fhe deed la not neceu
aarlly a part of the story. Kansai
City Journal.
Still Left: "The Milky Way."
At the Chicago Exposition they
called their popular entertainment
promenade "The Midway Plalsance."
At St. Louis they called it "Tha
Pike." At Portland, Ore., tbay called
It "Tha Trail." At the Jamestown
Exposition lt to ba "Tha Warpath."
Boston Transcript